Open Game Thread - Game 129: A's @ Mariners
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 6:41 PM PDT
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Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, Aug 23, 2008 7:10 PM PDT
And the lineup just keeps getting weaker and weaker.
No Cust and Ellis tonight, though according to Slusser Cust is available to pinch-hit and Ellis is taking "at least one" if not several games off as a precaution. Eh, what the heck -- time to see what Patterson can do anyway. He didn't look half bad at second last night, even considering his short-armed throw in the dirt to Barton that opened the floodgates for the Mariner rally. He still needs to show some more life at the plate, though.
Dana Eveland returns to the A's starting rotation tonight after Limbo'ing in Sacto for a couple weeks. The A's depleted, Crosby/DFA-in-the-2/3-slots lineup gets to face Jarrod Washburn, against whom the A's hitters, even the righties, have some fugly numbers. Hannahan in the lineup against a lefty is a puzzler, though. Washburn's platoon split seems to have been increasing in recent years, so maybe Crosby and Emil can both make some solid contact. And maybe Steven Soderbergh will call my cell and offer an option on that screenplay that I haven't even sent him yet ...
Woo. Hoo. Go. A's.
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Emil is hitting around .300 vs lefties
and Crosby doesn’t look that bad lately, so I’m not too concerned about them (given the options, anyway).
by OaklandSi on Aug 23, 2008 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hannahan hitting sixth....
somewhere, the baseball gods are experiencing dry heaves.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 6:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm a baseball god?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno....
do you have some deep seated hatred for the A’s? Cause if you do…..you might be….
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I see how this is
Baseball Gods experience dry heaves
Nico experiences dry heaves
Therefore, Nico is a Baseball God
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
AN has a whole pantheon goin' on
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Aug 23, 2008 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
my pantheons are goin' off
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pantaloons.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has anyone seen my pantheons?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's see how long I can stay up tonight!
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 7:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'll be watching the bronze and gold medal men's basketball games, I know that much
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been canning tomato juice
and salsa all day. I’m a little tired. I haven’t had my medication yet, either. Today’s a good day.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully the cops don't show up at your place for some random reason
They’d have you caught red-handed.
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
My brother came in while I was cutting up the tomatoes for salsa. Some of them were a little juicy and squirted when I stuck my knife in. The kitchen was a mess. His reaction:
“Was there a murder?”
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know where the pieces of my mother are,
but I know where the A’s are.
by theblackpearl on Aug 23, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
QOTM
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy shit... this is a MLB lineup?
I just hope the A’s are actually willing to pay what a top 5 pick will want.
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
by brenarlo on Aug 23, 2008 7:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Gio Gonzalez is fun
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He seems to me to be like a Zito/Javier Vazquez hybrid.
Lot’s of Ks… some years could have a 3.00 ERA…. some years 4.50.
He’s a bright spot in a dark season.
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
by brenarlo on Aug 23, 2008 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really like him - of course, I want results
from players and the team, but I also appreciate it when a player is likable, and Gio truly is.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been struck by how wry Dallas Braden seems to be
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I looked up "wry" and it doesn't mean "hitable"
so I’m not sure what you mean.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two batters, two hard hit balls.
That’s a good sign.
by mikev on Aug 23, 2008 7:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I guess that counted as a hard hit ball for Davis, yeah
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crosby's wasn't that hard
His (usual) big swing fooled Ibanez
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OKAY LISTEN HATERS, THEY HIT THE FRIGGIN OUTFIELD WITHOUT THE BALL BOUNCING FIRST
On the 2008 Oakland AAAAs, that’s a goddamn hard hit ball.
by mikev on Aug 23, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, I'll buy that
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too true
And it didn’t have an NFL hangtime on the flight of the ball, either.
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
boy, that should have been an out
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 7:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
RBI cleanup hitter....
All is well.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Time to end the slide, Frank
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Frank can slide?
Who knew?
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's okay too
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
WTF?
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by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 7:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We know how this ends.
Can we get a new script? Please?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think the writer is striking
by justarebelheart on Aug 23, 2008 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what Eveland meant about where his hands are during the windup.
Looks as though when he went over his head he turned away from his target. Something like that.
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Compare to this, though he's looking forward at that point
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Dammit!!
Next time Betacourt comes to the plate, I want to see Eveland drill him right between the shoulder blades.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Tell Suzuki to set up on the outside corner
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of the batters box?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So far, so good
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Then again, the positioning of his hands on the windup should only matter with the bases empty
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
My one-inning scouting report:
More strikes = much improved!
Hanging changeup to Betancourt, 0-2 mistake to Beltre = still showing command problems.
Conclusion: At least the problems are in the strike zone, ahead in the count – I’ll take it.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 7:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Daric tried his best to gidp....
now he’s failing at that too.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That was definitely not a good one to go after
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ball four.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even with blurred vision, Cust might do better against a leftie, than Cargon
by theblackpearl on Aug 23, 2008 7:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Carlos is pressing -
Which leads to sucking.
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by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which came first, the sucking or the pressing.
We are talking baseball, right?
by theblackpearl on Aug 23, 2008 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was child birth.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hannahan hitting 6th
I missed the top of the 1st inning, so when I saw Hannahan leading off the 2nd inning with no score I was like “huh??” Either we had three LOB in the 1st or whoever made the lineup is on crack.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 7:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
talk hitting with van burkleo?
Wouldn’t it be more productive to talk quantum physics?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The trains in the background at Safeco are so cool!
"If I've got baggage, he's got a whole set of Louis Vuitton." ~ Milton Bradley on Barry Bonds
by UncleLeo on Aug 23, 2008 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I understand Lew is planning a similar feature for the Fremont stadium
You’ll be able to hear the romantic sounds evocative of a bygone era when people driving by honk at yuppies in 500-series Beemers talking on their cellphones with no passengers in the cars.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unless you're nearby, in which case,
they’re freaking annoying.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Patterson really looks ok at 2B
A little deliberate on his throws, but they’re (usually) strong and accurate.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 7:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bomb Shelter?!
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by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 7:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Safeco looks packed compared to last night.
Are they giving something away?
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by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 7:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No. They're just playing a team
that the can beat.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the = they
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is it just me....
or is Dana pitching a good game? Maybe it’s just the Mariners…..
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Dana Eveland looking like he's pitching against a horrible team.
Oh well… I like it very much. It’s gonna be tough to stay up for the gold medal bball game.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 7:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Eveland looked great that inning
I’m ready to give him a second chance at “having potential” – I like how late his slider breaks and the simplified delivery seems to have helped.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 7:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's nice to see an adjustment actually working so far
And I’m not talking about a protective cup, either.
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Knowing this team
It’ll probably lead to an injury of some sort in two weeks.
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
by walk off bunt on Aug 23, 2008 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't even notice he had changed his delivery.
It does seem simpler. It’s like he went to AAA and figured out why he belonged in the majors.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He did stop the over-the-head windup
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the hope, Wong Foo!
Sincerely,
Julie Newmar
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just checked in
Looks like Eveland with the altered delivery is at least a success so far.
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
by walk off bunt on Aug 23, 2008 7:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Seattle TV announcer just said,
“Goooood pitching match-up so far.”
Translation: “Craaaaappy hitting so far.”
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Interesting splits on Hannahan.
Are they telling me that Jack sucks worse at night?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I tell ya when Hannahan makes "solid" contact
the ball really doesn’t go anywhere.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
DARIC
BARTON!!!!
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Staplehead bomb!
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by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Easy Button.
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay!
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It must be nearing September.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Glad that the fans don't run the A's.
Nothing but good things come from him staying up. Let’s hope this extended duty helps him in 2009.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah....he hit well last September as we all know.
I’m glad they stuck with him though. I’m just really hoping he doesn’t Crosby us.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just about to make a smart ass comment
about the Mariner outfield punking Barton. I guess he didn’t like it much either.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Apparently the rest of the A's hitters don't have a problem with it
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bitches.
Did they just play, “Werewolf in London”?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, it's Ibañez's theme song.
The fans chant “Raúuuuul” to the “ah-oooo” part.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's actually funny.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it's fun.
They’ve been doing it for many years.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least that's better than the annoying "Rey Rey Rey" when they had Rey Sanchez...
…for all of 46 games in 2003.
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dale got the shallow/deep thing right this time!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 8:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He learned grover's "near/far" lesson...
"I'm going to take a camera crew and march into Billy Beane's office and demand to know why instituting his newfangled cost-saving measures means that the run manufacturing plant had to get shut down." FJM
by Elvez on Aug 23, 2008 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL - nice
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cotroneo: “Daric Barton unloads on Jarrod Washburn!”
Mrs Monkeyball: “That sounds really gross.”
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
we've got dents in our walls that testify otherwise
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Patterson looks more than ok at 2B
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but that throw.
Isn’t that the same as he did yesterday? Fortunately this time Daric was ready for it.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His arm worries me - so far the glove's been ok
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by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you like that throw? They can't put him any closer to 1B.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Staplehead getting POG honors so far
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ahh, picking throws in the dirt at first
One of those things that looks a lot easier than it often is. Definitely an underrated play.
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Why not just give Raul the double?
Don’t like the dive but appreciate the effort.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
With two outs you might as well go for it. Whether he's at second or third, a hit ought to score him.
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's true unless you give him an inside-the-parker by not being
able to get up right away.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trying for Web-Gems?
No, seriously. I think Rajai thought he had a shot at it. Turned out to be the wrong choice, but I don’t think it was a bad decision to try.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Davis should have had that ball.
By no means an easy play….but still….
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I've got to give Eveland props.
He’s really pitching well. 5 K’s including Ichiro. Not to shabby at all.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yay, Speedy!
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nifty little hit there
by Patterson. Love that he stretched it to a double.
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
by walk off bunt on Aug 23, 2008 8:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Patterson acts like he wants a job next year.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OK, Ken, that bunt was "competent," not "a beauty"
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Consider what we're used to seeing from them
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a Vin Scully hold-over
from the days Ken listened to Vin and the Dodgers. Scully rated almost every competent bunt, “and it’s a beauty..”
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seattle telecast- showed a guy who proposed to a gal
and she accepted. The poor girl was bit by a rattlesnake at a Jack Johnson concert in Washington. God I hate snakes!
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
snakes are okay, I like 'em
just don’t try to pick one up. After all, they can’t pick you up!
No snakes=tons of rodents. Ugh.
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In my part of the country you see spiders or silverfish.
Normally one eats the other.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rattlesnakes or Jack Johnson
Really, a tossup for me.
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
by walk off bunt on Aug 23, 2008 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate snakes too.
I’ve had several close calls with those little bastards. One actually made a strike against me….and missed. I should have caught it and gave it to the A’s as a mascot.
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where do you see snakes- in the city?
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the m'f'in' plane?
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by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still can't get myself to watch that movie.
I like Samuel L. too.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I own it if you don’t want to rent it. Haha.
by justarebelheart on Aug 23, 2008 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've never seen it, either, just heard it from AN.
I couldn’t even tell you the name of the movie. I rarely watch movies at all.
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by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol...no.
I don’t live in the bay. I live in the central valley on the western slope of the Sierra’s. Ton’s of rattlesnakes in the foot hills.
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK
That would make sense.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now that you mention it.....
I would imagine there are a lot of snakes in the hills around the bay.
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw the biggest rat ever when exiting the ferry.
I thought it was a prop until I saw more of them.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gross.
I don’t know what it is about the ocean that makes rats grow so disgustingly large. I use to wonder about that when I was in the Navy….
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The same thing that makes American's fat.
All you can eat buffets and the rats aren’t even picky.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They're fat in Japan too.
Sumo rats I suppose.
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a damn dirty shame for the ump
to do that to Crosby. Calling that outside strike low and away…..it’s live offering crack at a grammar school. Just wrong.
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Croz with a cheap RBI- 3-0
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Correction: Bobby Crobby got a hit
Take what we can get, ohtobe.
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by Joey C. on Aug 23, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love Bobby Crosby.
Too over the top?
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just right
Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.
by Joey C. on Aug 23, 2008 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
... and Riggleman engineers a situation where Crosby's hitting is rewarded
Playing the IF in is so farkin’ stupid.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They must feel that a 3-0 lead is insurmountable?
Yeah we know that feeling all too well. The A’s only have 97 homers as a team this year and, I believe, the Mariners are a couple ahead of us.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, Seattle broadcasters mentioned after Staplehead's HR.
M’s have 99.
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by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's amazing actually.
It seems like every thing the defense does against the A’s is the correct choice.
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It never seems to work...
okay, about once in eight…but they still do it. Maybe a “psyche” effect??
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Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It certainly didn't work during our lovely 20-game streak
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and now Ken is calling Rajai's bunt "perfect"
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
he's multi-tasking
reading AN and broadcasting. Wants to get off the “Vin Scully Version Two” label….ASAP!
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by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bet he has a calendar with big red X's every time another game is complete.
I’m sure he’s ready for a vacation.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Patterson appears to need to work on his throwing. Everything is low.
And I know it’s not an arm strength issue. Obviously he has the strength to throw from second to first.
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I've only been watching for 3 ABs
But Eveland seems to be pitching better.
Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.
by Joey C. on Aug 23, 2008 8:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Definitely excellent tonight, but I want to see it against better lineups.
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He struck Ichiro out.
That bodes well for him.
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All in the windup.
on MLB.com he said he copied Nolan Ryan from waaaay back. But when his arms crossed in front of his eyes…twice…he was not keeping on target.
Doesn’t put his arms up… took about ten minutes to learn new style.
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Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Eveland!
Who loves you, and who do you love?
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 23, 2008 8:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
isn't that image more apt for Rajai?
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that Dickie D with the Gov?
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can has budjit?
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by Englishmajor on Aug 23, 2008 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's kissed more girls than Wilt Chamberlain!
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoops I meant Richard Dawson.
The Gov just gropes women.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it tis.
and now that I think of it, I’m surprised the governator hasn’t thought it through yet-we have a budget issue and too many prisoners.
The Running Man would solve multiple state issues at once.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 23, 2008 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correction.
Not enough prisons. It ain’t exactly easy to get there these days…..guys have to work at it.
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by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
uh, I hope you're kidding
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always wondered what "too many prisoners" means?
People should stop breaking the law so much.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes, only the Chinese are more criminal than we are
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No...I'm not.
I know a significant portion of our prison population on a personal basis. I work with them everyday. You’re kidding yourself if you think that anything other than the vast majority of them belong where they’re at. People rarely understand how much effort goes into getting a bus ticket to the pen. Believe it or not, it requires effort these days.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right.
They deserve to be there. But that’s still “too many prisoners”. We’re saying too many people are criminal in the first place, not that they shouldn’t be locked up when they are criminal.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't help you with that.
People are people. Our criminal justice system is designed to create criminals. Punishment is slow to non existent. When they are locked up they are allowed to form predatory gangs and network with other criminals.
Don’t believe the crap you see written by the left on this issue. They are completely and utterly clueless. They do more to exacerbate the problem than just about any other group of people I know. The system could use an overhaul, but not by the buffoons currently crowing the loudest.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, we're bordering on politics now, so let's not pursue any further.
I was just trying to say “too many criminals” doesn’t necessarily mean you don’t think the ones who are in jail deserve to be there.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree. Let's talk about the upcoming election.
Just kidding!
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No problem!
I know my views won’t be popular with a lot of folks on this site. I get disgusted with the misinformation that is presented to the public as “fact”. The public has no idea of the reality of the situation. Everyone has their political ax to grind and could give a damn about solving the problem. Believe me, I can fault the right as well as the left on this issue, although for sheer stupidity, the left is the clear winner. On the other hand, malfeacsance is the purview of the right. There is truly plenty of blame to go around.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok, not enough prisons
But TRM still solves that. Some runners don’t make it, and the winners get all expense paid vacations and a full pardon!!!
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 23, 2008 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was listening to KYOU this afternoon
Wasn’t sure what time Marty Lurie came on, and when I turned on the radio, it was the beer show that often precedes Marty on weekends. Then the beer guys announced that Marty was their special guest today and he joined them by phone. Marty mentioned that the A’s were in Seattle to play the Mariners tonight. Fine. Then he said, in a very sincere tone of voice, that the A’s were playing terrific baseball and this game was going to be very exciting. I was confused. Then he said that the A’s won last night. I was more confused. Then one of the beer guys said he was sorry that the A’s had just stolen Rajai Davis away from his favorite team, the Giants. Light dawned: it was a rerun from April.
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by Englishmajor on Aug 23, 2008 8:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sad :-(
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i can imagine the wonder and perplexity
alaska A
by ak_A on Aug 23, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Barton..any multi-homer games yet?
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Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 8:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Carlos
is just swinging at everything lately.
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
by walk off bunt on Aug 23, 2008 8:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought Ichiro could hit homers whenever he wants?
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
that's right. just not at that at bat.
alaska A
by ak_A on Aug 23, 2008 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome back, Dana
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Eveland pitching well. Niiice.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It is against a bad Mariner lineup, but its an AMAZING performance nonetheless.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
81 pitches through 6
if he makes it through the 7th and maybe the 8th, it would really help the pen.
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by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 8:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No more 2-inning saves for Ziggy, please
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 on that.
Someone pitch the 8th(depending on how big the lead is), Ziggy the 9th.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
naah
Let Ziggy pitch the 8th and we’ll keep him. Let some other guy become “closer” and then trade him.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or let nobody become "full time closer"
let Ziggy and Devine share.
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by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice AB there for Patterson
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
and an "interesting"
steal attempt.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 23, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Patterson has that Rickey-esque prowling-backward-to-first-after-rounding-the-bag thing down
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Would be nice if an bomb landed on the Angels Pitching mound in about 1 minute
Just enough to leave a 10 feet deep crater
I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production
by Trainman on Aug 23, 2008 8:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
must be watching F-Rod, I gather...
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like seeing them force things a little more. Patterson was definitely safe
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by Flashfire on Aug 23, 2008 8:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Seeing the replay, I agree
But it was very close. Would have been hard to see in real-action speed.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, Ken, now that bunt actively sucked
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That is one serious fu
on the 3B ump.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 23, 2008 8:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Lookout Landing wanted Washburn hit hard...
And the A’s delivered with their version of “hard”
6.0 IP, 7H, 3ER, 1HR, 2BB, 1K
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by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 8:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wanted?
I can see “expected”, but why would they want him hit hard?
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by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Read the bottom of the post
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/8/23/599929/8-23-open-game-thread
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by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crosby!!!
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 8:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ramon Hernandez-ish
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crosby challenging Staplehead for POG honors.
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by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 8:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
good lord
Ken and I are not watching the same game.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 8:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Frank Thomas, where was that LAST NIGHT???!!
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 8:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I mean, instead of the GIDP in the 9th...heheh
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ClaMAYto, ClaMAHto
Grounders are grounders.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What I love about speed is that it forces mistakes
Yes, Patterson should have been out at second and then again at third, but it’s also not coincidence when mistakes are made (especially by poorer teams).
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by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 9:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
especially when you struggle to score runs
You have to do something different when you know that your hitters are what they are.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
perfectly said
At the major league level, that is what separates the .600+ teams, and .400 teams.
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, b/c .600 teams and 400 teams are otherwise equally matched in pitching, hitting, and defense
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Athletics- two games in a row with "five runs"
when has that last happened??
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 9:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not so long ago
Aug 14 & 15.
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by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That curveball looks real nice tonight
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by Joey C. on Aug 23, 2008 9:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably already mentioned here
Zito got a hit, an RBI, annnnd! The WIN!
I still like the guy.
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 9:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
me too
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's my favorite Giant.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is Omar Vizquel still playing?
If so, Barry is my second-favorite Giant.
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by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Less and less
he’s hitting about .188…slowly getting less playing time.
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not surprising. He's been around since forever.
Great career, though. I especially loved the year when he was paired with Robbie Alomar in Cleveland. Best double-play duo I’ve ever seen.
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by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soon he'll be the Giants
“Ball guy”.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Down to almost $2 million per win now....
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by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that was a TERRIBLE relay by Crosby
He’s usually very good with those, but that was … awful.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 9:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It looked like he just tossed the ball
up to Zook. Up by five, can’t say I blame him if he was worried about throwing it away. Unusual territory for the A’s…..up by five runs and all.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
why not eat the ball in that case?
Half-assing the ball like that is a throwaway waiting to happen.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
Maybe he didn’t have a good grip….which is all the more reason to put it in his pocket. Although a solid throw may have allowed Suzuki to clip the runner at the plate. Who knows….maybe he felt he had to at least try.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, finally caught up on the dvr
Now I can play along in the game thread
by easyraider on Aug 23, 2008 9:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You kidding?
He may have gotten run out the game. He sees first so rarely these days…..why waste a freebie?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was in jest...mostly
I like the way he has been swinging the bat lately…also wouldn’t mind seeing this young team get a little fired up.
by easyraider on Aug 23, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
did Rauuuuuuuul swallow his chaw on that triple?
Replay showed the reverse angle. Sure looked like it.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 9:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
did it look like beef chow mein?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if it came back up, it musta been later, in the dugout commode
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ra-jai, Ra-jai Ra-jai Ra-jai
Ra-jaiiiiiiiiiii, Ra-jaiiiiiiiiiiiiii.
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
by walk off bunt on Aug 23, 2008 9:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Let Eveland start the inning.
pull him if pitch count gets too high or he gets into trouble…
the bullpen’s been used a LOT lately.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 9:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I like the move, if not to get Street some good innings
then to keep the wear and tear off the young guys. I don’t know the exact number of innings Eveland and Smith and Gonzalez have logged in minor league years, but it’s got to be getting up there this year
by NateHST on Aug 23, 2008 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With Smith, Meyer, and Gio in the rotation
the team shouldn’t have to worry about relievers getting some “good innings”.
But you do make a good point about the wear and tear of the young guys. It’s just with 4 young guys and one AAAA guy in the rotation, the wear and tear needs to be evenly spread out.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Street sighting
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 9:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What's that '5' mean next to OAK on the line score?
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 23, 2008 9:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
it's short for "5trickout5"
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did Ichiro strike out twice in one game?
He doesn’t do that often.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Even less often:
Two BB in a game for Betancourt. That guy never walks.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
only when he wants to
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now that you mention it, maybe there's something to that.
He hit that long shot to the warning shot, too. Maybe he’s experimenting with a different hitting style. Seriously, he has looked particularly un-Ichiro-like today.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
even more amazing
number of games Tony Gwynn had three strike outs in one game?
Once in twenty seasons! Jack Cust, go talk to him!!
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uhhh.....
Street? Please throw strikes.
Great! Mr. Young is there to remind him why Suzuki holds his glove over the plate.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Warning track power
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 23, 2008 9:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Huston is going to break his neck one day....
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Twisting his neck....
while watching baseballs fly over his head and out of the park.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yikes! that was scary.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That's out in many parks
Obviously he fizzled, but the first two hitters Street was every bit the Street of old. Good to see.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Small victory for Huston!
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 9:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
A lazy old can o' corn
(climbs out of bomb shelter)
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 23, 2008 9:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What are you doing to Rajai?!
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(only counts as a jinx if wording is identical)
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want to answer,
but fear I will jinx it.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 23, 2008 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice job on the last play, you two.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What were you doing with Rajai?
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else think Curt Young looks a little like...
Tim Robbins?
Probably just me.
by easyraider on Aug 23, 2008 9:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I see it, but
isn’t Tim Robbins pretty darned big??
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bobby is looking solid
with the bat. It’s hard getting my fingers to actually contort to type this….but damn. He’s hitting the ball well.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thinking the same thing as he hit that...
but I have always been a Crosby supporter
by easyraider on Aug 23, 2008 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it's more that Washburn and Dickey suck
Bobby’s still doing the same things wrong: way too far from the plate, swing too big, swinging too hard, not recognizing pitches, not knowing where his own hot zones are … he’s run into a couple pitches well, but he’s sure as heck not turning things around.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 23, 2008 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's had a good series, though, overall
Not just tonight. Which is to say (as I see it) that he has the ability to be an accomplished hitter but lacks the discipline/smarts to do it consistently.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If... he only had a brain.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not saying he'll be league MVP anytime soon but he's looked good lately
Knocked in runner from third twice tonight, hit the ball hard every at bat…even hitting one the other way.
I am definitely biased but I think Dude gets a very bad rap for a strong defensive a decent batting SS.
by easyraider on Aug 23, 2008 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just noticed that Wlad is playing CF.
When did that happen? I thought he was a corner outfielder only.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Helluva play by Johjima.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 9:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How has Devine looked the last few times out? Back to his old form?
by NateHST on Aug 23, 2008 9:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Like an absolute stud.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very handsome
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looking ahead to Anaheim
it really would be nice to (somehow) beat these clowns.
The main goal is not to allow K-Rod any save chances. If we are down by 1 in the bottom of 8 we need to bring in Embree to face the middle of the order so he has no save chance.
Or we need to score more than them in the earlier innings (LOL).
Whatever happens, I do not want that exhibitionist facing us unless Frank can hit a line drive right back at him
I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production
by Trainman on Aug 23, 2008 9:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Imagine if by some freak-chance K-Rod had to hit
in the playoffs or interleague or some crazy situation.
There’d be a big baseball shaped hole in his helmet.
by NateHST on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the Halos made the WS
I would hope K-Rod saw an AB.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Aug 23, 2008 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would hope the opposite -
I’d hope people would be saying, in a somber voice, “He never saw it coming.”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would prefer an AK
at kneecap.
Sorry, but I make an exception just for him only. Anyone else, safe health.
Second thoughts, Lackey deserves a punch in the head
I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production
by Trainman on Aug 23, 2008 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You want ak_A to do what to his knee?!?
das naztee
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Aug 23, 2008 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huzzah
Pachyderms win.
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
by walk off bunt on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yay!
First series we won’t lose since the break.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Did we just win a series?
Or at least not lose one?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We clinched not losing one -
WOO HOO!!!!!!!!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
latter, so far...
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 23, 2008 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Tomorrow we break the streak of losing every series
since the ASB.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We just did that - we can't lose it
Tomorrow we try to (dare I say) win it.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dare, dare!
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 23, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got it. Let's win one for the skipper.
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 23, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked Gilligan better.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 23, 2008 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anna Gilligan is not too bad
Appears on Red Eye evry so often.
I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production
by Trainman on Aug 23, 2008 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is this "win"
thing you speak of. Is that like a verb?
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
by walk off bunt on Aug 23, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was nice.
Thanks, Joseph.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, that was fast
I switched over to watch the women’s 4×400 relay, and came back to see that we had JUST BROKEN OUR FARKING SERIES LOSING STREAK!
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Has the men's relay been on yet?
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be honest - I have no idea
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 23, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Emil Brown to Crosby to Suzuki -
Too late, run scored.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NM
I forgot you are in the West. I’m sure I missed it.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They are about to show it right now
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 23, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I missed it by two hours. :(
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 23, 2008 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Celebrate good times, come ON!
Polynesian Sauce may not be available in all locations.
by Englishmajor on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Dana Eveland
“Dominating,” they’re saying on the M’s broadcast. I feel a bit disoriented.
by Faust on Aug 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is your vision blurred?
Does your driver’s license say “Jack Cust”?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mariners book-ending the streak.
Last series we didn’t lose was against them, too.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Aug 23, 2008 9:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
this is one of the better games the A's have played
in quite some time.
Granted, the Mariners stink as a team. But I really liked the way the A’s played — especially Evelan, the Patterson/Davis combo on the basepaths, some nice fundamental play…nice for a chenge
by OaklandSi on Aug 23, 2008 9:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And looking to put bat on ball with runners at third and less than two outs
Crosby’s hit with the infield in was on ball four, and while you don’t want hitters chasing bad pitches you DO want them looking to put balls in play in situations like that.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Aug 23, 2008 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Especially tonight
If Crosby had walked there, it would’ve been 1st and 3rd, one out, with DFA up. And, of course, DFA GIDP’d, so no run would’ve scored there.
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 23, 2008 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well I have to admit Dana Eveland looked much improved with his
new approach.
Let’s hope it’s not the broken clock syndrome.
His delivery with his hands down appears to create a little more deception right?
Of course it was Seattle.
I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production
by Trainman on Aug 23, 2008 9:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
C'mon guys, don't drop the farking baton this time
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 23, 2008 9:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
All right, that's more like it
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 23, 2008 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can both teams forget to play the last game
so we can officially win a series?
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Aug 23, 2008 10:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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