Watching huston street will lower your life expectancy. Do not expose hit pitching to pregnant women or children as he is toxic.

for a guy that is ridiculously positive all the time, the A’s/geren destroyed what little confidence huston had left with the confidence shattering thought save situations would be split with blevins and ziegler.

will the universe implode?

Watching huston street will lower your life expectancy. Do not expose hit pitching to pregnant women or children as he is toxic.

Eff both of you.

I mean, let’s face it, right now he has the worst stuff in our pen. Even Embree’s stuff is better than Street’s right now. It really looks like batting practice out there.

HUSTON STREET

Carlos Gonzalez went 4-for-4 with a double and a pair of runs scored in a loss to the Blue Jays on Tuesday night.

This season has been a learning experience for the 22-year-old outfielder. That he managed three hits against left-handed starter Greg Smith is certainly encouraging, considering that Gonzalez entered the game batting .197 against southpaws.

street blows another save. yeah yeah whatever.

ZIGGY STREAK AT 34!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Down by >2 runs, Embree/Street
Down by <= 2 runs, Brown/Casilla
even or up, Blevin/Ziggy

[QOTM, unfortunately still relevant division?]

Isn’t he healthy? He needs to replace street.

Where was DeVine?

In the clubhouse getting ready to clock Street, I presume…..........

I get the negativity. I don’t get the anger, directed at Huston in particular. He is an incredibly gifted pitcher who’s done great stuff for us in the past, who’s pitching like absolute crap at the moment. But he’s not doing it on purpose. If he knew how to stop it he obviously would. And it’s not like he just blew the final game of the year when we were one game out of first.

but it makes for great blog bashing!!!!!

Yes!

That was cute.

And I second the request for that video of them in Japan—me want to see!

But maybe we can package him for that fat Prince guy.

ol’ swooney got fooled on bajaras’ ball. yes bad pitch, yes tough play, but if jack cust can me a b-line to the right spot, so can swoon. he was playing no doubles defense and cut straight across to the ball, if he takes a better angle we should win

I am looking forward to seeing your guys come up and play and win positions for 2009. Too bad we don’t have a couple more plus closers or setup men in AAA right now. They are already here.

I’ve got your explanation, Nico. Huston Street is fucking awful.

to my way of thinking.

Beane should have traded Street for whatever anybody offered. He’s horrible.

but I don’t know how he can say he still has the confidence in himself to get the job done…..I really did not see the so called “confidence” he was describing” out there tonite.

Personally, I am a Huston Street fan but when my good friend warns me to “never wear my fucking Texas Longhorns hat with the Street pic pen again! Ever!”...well I must start to consider my personal safety….............(gulp!).

Saw the first Jays’ batter get on, and I considered the game lost. Sad state of affairs when one foresees the awful end.

Gio starts tomorrow! SWEET! I think it’s time for Ziggy or Devine to close it out. Shut Huston down for now.

Bob Geren, is that you????

until Devine is ready, then Devine. Let Street pitch in 7th/8th set-up duty if he’s healthy, DL if he’s not.

otherwise he’d be setting up his funeral arrangements…......

that Brett Anderson’s first start in Beijing was 4 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER IIRC, and Trevor Cahill’s was 4 IP, 1 hit, 0 ER IIRC – I may have a number off here or there but both pitched 4 excellent innings.

5.2 IP, 8 hits, 5 ER, 3 BB, 5 K.

Chris Carter has hit his 30th HR and Josh Donaldson is 2 for 2. :-)

right on track!!
...with a closing BA of .259…

Maybe it goes the way of my Scutaro and Bradley shirts.

Radio said today that the A’s were almost inventing new ways to loose.

On the bright side, I’ve discovered the Huston Street diet – his attempts to close out games recently will make quick work of your appetite.

“why put the blame on Huston? It’s not like he’s trying to lose …”
I’m sorry, but that has to be one of the lamest things I’ve ever read. What does “not trying to lose” have to do with anything? You either do the job or you don’t. Huston blew the game - therefore the blame lies with him.
I’m not going to pile on Street … he’s a talented guy, who’s pitching horribly right now. Really, really horribly. But let’s call a spade a spade. Street doesn’t look like he’s trying to duck the criticism, and rightly so - he deserves every bit of it. Therefore, there’s absolutely no reason to defend his abysmal outing by writing that he’s trying hard. That has absolutely nothing to do with it. Huston Street sucks right now. Period. Just leave it at that.

Or lack there of to watch the Dark Knight for $4.50, the movie kind of just went on and on…

Street has just been too scary to watch.

... if he was to miraculously rise from the dead and see what happened to his beloved A’s he would probably drop dead again. When they couldn’t score with bases loaded and no outs I knew that was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back, even before they gave the ball to Street.

I don’t know whether I should be grateful or mad that they did. I didn’t have any access to tonight’s game, but I couldn’t eat 80% of the food we have at home cause I couldn’t use my freakin’ microwave.

and when I saw that the score for the A’s had gone from 3-2 to 3-3 I KNEW that it was Huston. He needs to get his stuff together and figure out why he his having this trouble. If there is no help for him then they need to give Zeigler a chance at being the closer. Ziggy doesn’t have typical closer stuff but he’s a good pitcher and is not allowing runs. That’s what we need for a closer….not a guy with a fastball that is coming right down the middle.

You’ve probably already seen this, but Brad has been nominated for July’s American League rookie of the month. This is a fan-vote award. You can vote using the link on the A’s home page.

to regain its confidence, I think Geren et al. felt Street, just as badly, needed to save this important W to regain his own confidence. To once again feel that the team has confidence in him to get the job done when the game is on the line. Granted, the whole thing blew up in their faces, and now they all probably feel worse for it, but if it had worked, the team gets a huge psychological boost, especially Street.

It was a calculated gamble and they lost.

He’s going through a pretty bad stretch, but he’ll bounce back. I don’t have any graphs or data to prove this, but he’s a smart, heady kid. He’ll get through this and come out stronger on the other end.

I think “demoting” him to a mid-reliever situation would be just as demoralizing and hurts his confidence all the same.

Ideally, Geren/Beane would have a one on one with him and tell him that he is still their guy and they want him to get through his struggles as much as he does and they believe in him 100%. Of course, that isn’t happening as we’ve already heard some rumblings that other guys will get a shot at closing.

Despite his horrendous performances recently, he’s still 18 for 24 in save opportunities. Not great by any means, but a 75% save rate isn’t the worst out there. I’d like to just let him ride it out, at least for the rest of this season, and hope for the best.

The only thing that really has me concerned about him is his struggles vs lefties. 5 of the 6 HRs he’s given up have been to left handed batters. Aside from that concern, I wouldn’t be surprised if Street eventually returned to form.

If the whole team’s confidence gets affected by a blown save, I’m not sure I even want those guys on a team then. Instead, I hope the vets on the team band everyone together and have everyone get behind one another.

It’s a total team effort. There were plenty of moments that cost them the game. Street blowing the game doesn’t kill the entire team’s mood and I don’t think it did.