Open Thread: Spring Training Game 15 - A's vs. D-Backs
by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 12, 2009 12:32 PM PDT
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PrintAfter a day away from the diamond, the A's are back at it today, as they take on Arizona. An old friend gets the starting nod for the D-Backs, while Bob Geren sends right-hander Vin Mazzaro to the mound for Oakland.
Also slated to pitch are Jerry Blevins, Gio Gonzalez, Josh Outman, and Michael Wuertz.
The A's are 7-6-1 in Cactus League play (including split-squad action) and are not even halfway into a schedule that features an Oakland-record 37 Spring Training games. So while we're still 25 days from the real deal, there is ample time to get out to the desert. And for those so lucky, it's like Christmas in March.
Gameday link for those who need it (you know who you are).
Athletics
Davis, CF
Buck, RF
Holliday, LF
Giambi, 1B
Ellis, DH
Powell, C
Crosby, 3B
Pennington, SS
Petit, 2B
Diamondbacks
Frey, LF
Young, CF
Jackson, DH
Tracy, 1B
Upton, RF
Reynolds, 3B
Snyder, C
Skelton, 2B
Wilson, SS
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Woot! Unicorn is in!!!!
will this game be on the radio?
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
So over on MLBTraderumors.com
There was some discussion about the Cards trying Skip Schumaker at 2B wasn’t working. Seeing as we have many people who could probably end up at 2B, is there a trade we could work out with them?
As far as I figure, Pennington, Petit, Crosby, Hannahan and maybe even Corey Wimberly could probably play a competent 2B this year. Seeing as the Cardinals have Pujols blocking Wallace at 1B, and Glaus blocking Wallace who’s blocking Craig and Freese at 3B, would it make sense to work a trade of one of our 2B for Craig/Freese?
Chavez will probably be gone after next year. There’s an 2011 option, but unless he plays extremely well this year, he probably won’t be worth it. They’re not really going to be studs, but they could absolutely be decent. Really, the only legit 3B prospect we have might be Cardenas, who’s really a 2B.
So what do you think?
Cardenas
Perhaps Cardenas’s position will depend on the development of Jemile Weeks. If Weeks pans out, Cardenas shifts to third base. If Weeks flops, Cardenas slides over to second base. Just a thought.
Root for the Giants? Not even if they're playing al-Qaeda!
Well yes, but either way you look at it
He is the only prospect that looks like he could be play third in the future, but he’s a second baseman. Our third base pool is very weak, and this could strengthen it.
Wasn't there some off-season chatter about Buck getting a tryout at third?
What happened with that?
Root for the Giants? Not even if they're playing al-Qaeda!
I wouldn't even call it chatter.
I think somebody mentioned in an article that he played it in college, and that Geren had him take a couple balls at third in case of an emergency.
Don’t count on it.
Obvious. Patterson and Barton for Wallace and Pujols.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
thats a ridiculous trade...
the A’s need to get more back than that garbage :-P
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Mar 12, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Which Landon Powell showed up in Arizona?
Slim LP or Big LP?
Root for the Giants? Not even if they're playing al-Qaeda!
I saw him briefly in the game MLB.tv carried.
He’s a big guy. Didn’t look huge, nor svelte……which to him I gather is a good thing.
Excellent.
Now if he can just keep from blowing out his knees.
Root for the Giants? Not even if they're playing al-Qaeda!
I saw him over the weekend and he looked great
Both great shape and looked very competent both at the plate and behind the dish.
by Tyler Bleszinski on Mar 12, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Just in case y'all missed it.
Blevins has ice water running through his veins.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
Tell the Yankees we have A-Rod's stand-in right here.
A guy can hope, right?
Root for the Giants? Not even if they're playing al-Qaeda!
yeah
I just saw that in the game thread, but on the A’s page they said it was Outman. I got confused.
Mazzy?
Bob Geren and Ken Macha both enjoy jai lai.
by CarGon's Jock on Mar 12, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just going to remark on that
Same dude… even still has his picture from the Tigers on gameday
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Mar 12, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Just to attach a face with the name
Here is Farhan Zaidi, Baseball Operations Analyst for your Oakland A’s
…no, not really.
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
Dan Haren!
heh- Only a year, but he may just barely recognize 1/2 the Oakland lineup…
sanity is insanities underpants...
Slacker.
Who was this sultan of sock, this hero of hosiery, this stalwart of shinwear? Ah, Wimberly — Corey Wimberly. -Uni Watch
But your PxP is the best!
If ever a game should have been called on account of wind, that one was it. Good thing Jerry Blevins didn't have to pitch; he's tall, skinny, and I could practically see one of the 40-mph gusts...sweeping him off the bump and pinning him to the left-field fence. --Mychael Urban
Your wife doesn't appreciate baseball?
Why did you marry her?
by thejd44 on Mar 12, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Mar 12, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Soundtrack
You think the A’s will play ‘Holiday’ by Madonna when he smacks a HR?
Anyone know if he had a theme song in Colorado?
Seems like the A’s are making him the ‘face’ this year.
sanity is insanities underpants...
Holliday would be much better as a heel. (Yay for a joke nobody will get)
Also, they really shouldn’t use a Madonna song.
by thejd44 on Mar 12, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I concur it just seems easy-
I’d go for “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
Foreboding.
sanity is insanities underpants...
I'm sorry, but I don't think
John Donne would be apropos for this…what? He what? They did? Oh.
Nevermind.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
During day games it could be "Holidays in the Sun" by the Sex Pistols
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 12, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
Man, I just watched a rockumentary on the pistols- and Johnny Lydon casually admitted that when writing ‘Anarchy in the UK’ he only chose ‘Anarchy’ because it rhymed w/ ‘Antichrist’!!!
Kind of huge considering what it did to Punk Rock values and all for the next 25yrs…
sanity is insanities underpants...
Holiday in Cambodia.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Holiday by green Day would be more appropriate
Birds of a feather flock together....and crap on your car!
Totally
just seems most of the stadium songs are pretty mainstream.
sanity is insanities underpants...
a green day song should fit in nicely, then
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 12, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
I guess your right, i still think of them in a Gilman sense, its too depressing any other way.
sanity is insanities underpants...
raj is too short... a groundball can go over his head
The Not-So-Casual Fan
Ugh. Giving up on Gameday.
Who was this sultan of sock, this hero of hosiery, this stalwart of shinwear? Ah, Wimberly — Corey Wimberly. -Uni Watch
There's a guy who can out-K Cust
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 12, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, and he doesn't do the good things as well either.
by thejd44 on Mar 12, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I meant offensively
Though Mark Reynolds is a below average defensive 3B
by thejd44 on Mar 12, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that what Barton tried to do when he broke his head?
by thejd44 on Mar 12, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
more than just swimming
… you’re swimminging
...and he did it all while sporting a pouty face
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 12, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
multi-tasker
Who was this sultan of sock, this hero of hosiery, this stalwart of shinwear? Ah, Wimberly — Corey Wimberly. -Uni Watch
Cue Crosby's song
Some Things Never Change
Bob Geren and Ken Macha both enjoy jai lai.
by CarGon's Jock on Mar 12, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
But Crosby reworked his swing with McGwire this off season
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 12, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
well mac and croz are two pretty different hitters
by doublegee203 on Mar 12, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
expectations are high on Croz
I admit he’s not the best SS in the game, but we can’t expect perfection from everyone
Birds of a feather flock together....and crap on your car!
Poor Cliff...everything he hits seems to be wimpy
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 12, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
pennington had done nothing this spring
another bust pick
say hello to crosby, snyder, quintanilla, bynum, and others
So news from around MLB
pappelbon called Manny a “Cancer” with the Bo Sox
Dodger seems to have interest in pedro
And airing your beef in the media?
Is airing the dirty laundry in public being a Cancer or not?
Or was Pappelbon talking astrological signs. What a Virgo!
Much like Dellums himself.
Who was this sultan of sock, this hero of hosiery, this stalwart of shinwear? Ah, Wimberly — Corey Wimberly. -Uni Watch
Hope is alive.
Where do I sign up to volunteer for whoever runs against Ignacio de la Fuente next time around?
First action of any kind from Dellums on this...
…I wonder if somehow they could use stimulus funds for an inner city project like this that could supply lots of jobs?
Maybe...
We could get some kind of cooperation from Oakland’s own Van Jones, Obama’s newly named Green Jobs Guru.
Van + Green Ballpark + Stimilus + Private Investment + Cooperative City Council = Oakland Athletics ?
We don't want green, we want disposable ballpark technologies provided by Cisco
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 12, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Coming Soon!
The Oakland A’s of Jack London Square at the new Cisco field
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, either way, YOU'RE RIGHT !"
Tracy goes to center, raj makes some incredible catch in center
he took it off the wall, anyway 1 out
Sounds like if Gio gets out of this inning alive
its because of his defense.
Glad it was the whole Crosby, not just a partial Crosby
Bob Geren and Ken Macha both enjoy jai lai.
by CarGon's Jock on Mar 12, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like Gio is getting hit hard
Defense bailing him out
"Who's this Seagon guy? Is he in A-ball or something?" - Billy Beane
I was hoping he would be lights out this spring.
So far that hasn’t been the case at all, he’s been very hittable.
Yep
I watched him start against the padres (it was actually on tv down here). He did not look good at all.
"Who's this Seagon guy? Is he in A-ball or something?" - Billy Beane
by pickinmachine on Mar 12, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Any word on how hard he's been throwing??
I know its early in ST, but when we aquired him I kept hearing he sat in the low 90’s and could hump it up to 95. He wasn’t even close during his tour at the end up last season. Sat 88-90 and I never saw him above 92 MPH. Could have been late season fatigue but I wanna see his best stuff.
Not sure
but it certainly didn’t look like anything above low 90s. Didn’t really matter though, he wasn’t throwing that many strikes early in the count.
"Who's this Seagon guy? Is he in A-ball or something?" - Billy Beane
by pickinmachine on Mar 12, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Mama Mia!
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 12, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
it was nice to see Piazza again?
hope he gets a gig coaching somewhere.
sanity is insanities underpants...
Ha! At least he's honest
Bob Geren and Ken Macha both enjoy jai lai.
by CarGon's Jock on Mar 12, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
you're a stupid towel.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
SO YOU'RE SAYING HE HAS A CHANCE!
Who was this sultan of sock, this hero of hosiery, this stalwart of shinwear? Ah, Wimberly — Corey Wimberly. -Uni Watch
Crosby's average now down to .250
The real Bobby Crosby just stood up…then sat right back down.
Give him one more AB.
Then we should see that nice sub .240 average we’ve all grown to know and lov…..
Well at least grown to know, all to well.
He must have strained an oblique
after flailing at that down and away third strike earlier.
Maybe we should continue trash talking him- seems to be doing the trick!
sanity is insanities underpants...
He's shitty.
it won’t last……..wait for it…….
Chad Qualls in for Dbacks
and yes that was one of the choices Buan gave before when he made his grand list for who was warming up
I assumed that he didn't know that difference between hole and whole
by doublegee203 on Mar 12, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Christ, what a line drive.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
They turned two on Raj??
He must have really pissed on that ball to get it to 2B that quickly for the turn
wow, your gameday is ahead of mine
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 12, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
With a shift -
where is ‘up the middle’ with a shift on?
between the imaginary line equally dividing
first and second base and first base.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You might need
to calm down. You’re scaring the kids.
How ya feelin’ these days, hermano?
I'm here to talk about the past.
I'm a wild man.
There’s no doubt.
I tried to pick a fight with 74mk in the DLD. This place is boring lately.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Tell me about it.
I’ll have to check out the DLD. Game threads are a little more challenging when you actually have to pay attention to what’s going on.
Btw, who’s winning?
I'm here to talk about the past.
Apparently whomever this Doolittle character plays for.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup.
She’s so deliciously low. So horribly dirty.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
After much deliberation Buan finally decides that it is Weurtz that has come in the game
not Springer, not Cameron
Uh oh
Wuertz in. If he pitches anything like he has recently it’ll be 5-2 after this innning.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Damn, KTRB isn’t working for me.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 2:53 PM PDT reply actions
I fail at life.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Excuse me,
but the line starts back there.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t get it.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It's the line for life failing.
You see, LB was implying that HE is failing at life, and has done so for longer than you have, thus you have to get BEHIND him in the line for life failing, because he was there first.
He failed at getting that point across.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
thus proving my own point.
thanks for the assist, Mike.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm here to help.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Lots of changes for Dbacks
roberson in center
frey moves to right
whitecel (?) at first
and somebody new in left (buan is working on it)
cesar Valdez in to pitch
isn't he the protagonist in a romantic comedy?
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
is it bad that i just pushed my afternoon meeting back by twenty minutes so i can take in the end of the baseball?
or is this why i don’t have a real job.
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 12, 2009 3:03 PM PDT reply actions
no and yes.
get in line.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
This line is getting long. I need to take a number.
Bachelor’s degree? Check. Master’s degree? Now, check. Job? Oh hell no.
by thejd44 on Mar 12, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I've got a lovely sign shop you can have...
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
There's way too much baseball going on here
for this to be a game thread.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
It's because you don't have hot pants on.
WAY TO FAIL AGAIN, LB. FAIL FAIL FAIL.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
....
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it bad
that I would so eat that piece of cheese?
It is cheese, right?
I'm here to talk about the past.
It's not so bad.
I’ve got some kind of weird thing with animal noses. I want to kiss their noses. I think it was too much of this:
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I suppose
there are worse fetishes. Well, I am certain of that. Not that I want to see any images.
{hopes for images}
I'm here to talk about the past.
{realizes posting midget porn in game thread is almost certainly a CGV}
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 12, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Pssh
We’ve had just about everything else in game threads. I’d rather have midget porn than talk of politics.
by thejd44 on Mar 12, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
you mean
“yo-well galllllerrrrraga”
he enjoyed saying that a lot
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 12, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Problem with Personalized Scoreboard Messages?
No one ever notices them.
Chicago. Where the Dead can Vote. Where the Voters of Tomorrow are found in the Obituaries of Today.
I met Jason Bartlett’s sister today.
In case you don’t know, he plays shortstop for the Rays.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 3:21 PM PDT reply actions
Negative.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Doolittle
Big HR.
"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com
If the Giants were also losing then it would be a pefect day
But they foiled that by not playing today.
Oof- Huston Street getting knocked around this spring
19.29 ERA in 9in 2 HR.
sanity is insanities underpants...
Wait until Coors!
"I know they're the defending World Champs, but they are the whiniest team in baseball" -Rays announcers
by baseballgirl on Mar 12, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to SPRING TRAINING!
I’m ALMOST ON VACATION!!! I HAVE AN HOUR LEFT OF WORK!!
Someone please be excited for me! :-)
"I know they're the defending World Champs, but they are the whiniest team in baseball" -Rays announcers
Haha...thanks!!!!!
"I know they're the defending World Champs, but they are the whiniest team in baseball" -Rays announcers
by baseballgirl on Mar 12, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty damn excited for you.
For me too.
Who was this sultan of sock, this hero of hosiery, this stalwart of shinwear? Ah, Wimberly — Corey Wimberly. -Uni Watch
Would you settle for
bitterly jealous? It’s all I can muster at this point….
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Haha, that works too
"I know they're the defending World Champs, but they are the whiniest team in baseball" -Rays announcers
by baseballgirl on Mar 12, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Copeland pisses off Mclellan (sp?)
By going to first on a called strike. Next pitch was a ball, he walks with permission of ump this time.
thanks!
Did Maz just come out of no where?
at this time last year, weren’t we all talking about Cahil, Anderson and Simson?
Ellis for President
That looks pretty dangerous.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I like wins!
"I know they're the defending World Champs, but they are the whiniest team in baseball" -Rays announcers
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