Open Thread: Spring Training Game 30 - A's at Dodgers
by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 30, 2009 10:27 AM PDT
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PrintA week away from games that count, the A's wake up this morning on a winning non-losing streak, as they send Brett Anderson to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch in Phoenix. Just three games left in the desert before the team heads home for the Bay Bridge Series (Thursday-Saturday).
Anderson is looking to make the Under-25 club, also known as Oakland's starting rotation. His 2.25 ERA in six outings this spring has earned the 21-year old high praise from some kind of important people on the A's payroll:
"He's really poised out there," said Oakland catcher Kurt Suzuki. "You never know how young guys are going to respond to certain situations, especially when things go bad, but Brett's super-calm out there."
Adds manager Bob Geren:
"He seems to know he belongs here."
And thanks to waxman for this link on the "The Second Coming", which puts a different kind of value on Anderson (for those seeking baseball card bargains):
Brett Anderson may be the best deal of the three. You can get his '07 Bowman Chrome anywhere from $1.00 to $350.00 depending on your color preference, and his '07 Donruss Elite EE autographed parallel can run you $25.00 to $125.00 depending on the type of numbered parallel.
Meanwhile, Slusser weighs in on Powell, Sweeney, and Gio Gonzalez.
Also scheduled to pitch for the A's today: Jerry Blevins, Joey Devine, Russ Springer, and Brad Ziegler.
Lastly, this Sunday is Fan Appreciation Workout Day at the Coliseum. The event runs from 11am-3pm.
Dodgers
Furcal, SS (booooooo)
Hudson, 2B
Ramirez, M, LF
Ethier, RF
Kemp, CF
Loney, 1B
Blake, 3B
Ausmus, C
Kershaw, P
Athletics
Davis, CF
Cabrera, SS
Garciaparra, 1B
Chavez, 3B
Cust, DH
Ellis, 2B
Denorfia, LF
Buck, RF
Thigpen, C
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Anybody know if this here game is on 860?
"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagine such events unfolding!" Bill King
by Buck Turgidson on Mar 30, 2009 10:40 AM PDT reply actions
I must be slow
I have a hard time finding local broadcast info. Why is it not at the top of this page?
"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagine such events unfolding!" Bill King
by Buck Turgidson on Mar 30, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
no broadcast, only buancast on mlb.com
Next game to be on radio/TV is Thursday’s game at the Phonebooth.
It's not spring without a Buancast
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa, just had a nice little ride here in Santa Clara
USGS hasn’t given the magnitude yet.
"The glass is half full….and we are going to drown in it." - OptimistPrime
I hate earthquake
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
weather.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
lol
"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagine such events unfolding!" Bill King
by Buck Turgidson on Mar 30, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Update - 4.4 quake
meh.
Although, since the building I work in is on springs (it houses a wafer fab), a 4.4 can get the heart rate going.
"The glass is half full….and we are going to drown in it." - OptimistPrime
i thought it was a bus going past our house
(in san francisco)
and then i realised that there was no traffic outside….
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
didn't even feel it in Berkeley
I guess this building isn’t as un-safe as they say….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Mar 30, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I felt nothing here.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
and this was the week I was going to take my mind out of the gutter....so difficult....
There's no crying in baseball!
The building here in San Jose swayed pretty good...
of course, we were only about 15 miles from the epicenter. We had a bet going in the office as to how big it was, i guessed 4.4 and thought I had won, but then they downgraded it to 4.3, and i was over. So sad.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby
by ZeroIndulgence on Mar 30, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Link to GameDay
Will post on front page with lineups when ready
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
I'm full of passionate intensity!
Does that mean Anderson, Gio and Cahill will be Mulder, Zito and Tim?
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
So I'm really bummed out that no one got this.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Slouching towards Oakland?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Tim, Mulder, Zito…. TMZ? Then what would that make Anderson, Gio and Cahill? ACG? AGC? GAC? CAG?
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Sandoval] is a big, puffy crouton in our wilted salad of a lineup. Do No matter how bad a movie is a eight game sweep is wacky in baseball, so a one run loss in the series is not the end of the world. disparage the comedian." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 30, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Cahill, Anderson, Gonzalez, Evelend and Duchschererer
CAGED
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
also works for
Cahill, Anderson, Gallagher, Eveland, and Duchscherer
But for our starting rotation, you need to drop Duke and add Braden, so it’s back to the drawing board.
CAGE B?
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Sandoval] is a big, puffy crouton in our wilted salad of a lineup. Do No matter how bad a movie is a eight game sweep is wacky in baseball, so a one run loss in the series is not the end of the world. disparage the comedian." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 30, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like amino acid codons
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 30, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
OK...
Gillian Anderson clearly connected to Fox Mulder
Gio rhymes with Zito, kind of? Or Zito’s dad’s name is Joe which sounds like Gio?
And in an attempt to figure out something for the third, I googled “Tim Cahill” and ended up at this Wikipedia page where I read that Tim Cahill’s wife, Linnea Larson, died last year.
I went to college with a Linnea Larson, and am now on a rather worried quest for more information, hoping it’s not the same one.
Sounds like the truth is out there
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, I love you guys again.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
That was a pretty mild quake
but it shakes my apt building pretty good because it’s really old.
Go A’s! Should be a great matchup today between Anderson and Kershaw. Go A’s!
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
Blez
This place has come a long way since Blez created it. Does he still contribute?
Green and gold in the freezing cold!!!
Buffalo NY.
yes, he does.
though not as much as he used to.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Pedro still looking for a team to sign with. Apparently the Indians are one of the teams he is considering
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/03/heyman-on-strasburg-lackey-pedro.html
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
I don't like the idea of flogging him.
Elisha Cuthbert, yes. Pedro? Not so much.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
how about
Make him pitch many many innings at a great cost to his personal health.
Allow LB to do filthy, filthy this to this other person.
I vote yes.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean . . .
I do!
http://www.wackyplanet.com/napoleon-voteforpedro-costume.html
Do you know the way to San Jose?
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 30, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I vote for
spanking Elisha Cuthbert.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
does she want to spank you back?
just asking
Do you know the way to San Jose?
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 30, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
here's hoping.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
spank / restraining order
who’s counting, realy?
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Restraining orders are just another way of saying "I love you"
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
proud to be the most loved man on the planet!
"True fact: In a global thermonuclear war, the only human who would survive would be David Eckstein" -PT
Does he get to choose his punishment?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
IS it too early to complain about the lineup?
Seriously Cabrera? There is not even a R-L-R argument there. Just a crappy hitter where a good one should be.
Gobble Gobble???????????
Just got cut by the rangers – the guy had a great 07’ season, not so good 08’ — but the guy can do one thing great = get left handers out – something blevins is having trouble with. Maybe sign Jimmy Gobble (we could have control of him in ’10 if he does good) send Blevins to minors to figure things out again and if Gobble fails = who cares – just cut him.
Gio to the bullpen .
Anderson, Mazzaro, Cahill. Yes in that order.
Green and gold in the freezing cold!!!
Buffalo NY.
Then it's a Gremlin.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
By mid june at the latest.
No need to add vets at this point. You may send the wrong signal to the younger guys. You want them to have as much confidence as possible. Its way to late. Maybee at the start of spring. Not now.
Green and gold in the freezing cold!!!
Buffalo NY.
unless it's a sign of the end times
the second one we’ve had today!
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
locust, the band?
i was referring to the earthquake, really
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
You want a sign for Cabrera to bat second?
I can make that.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Bud Selig is putting together a committee to look at the A’s stadium situation, saying that the team can’t stay in its current situation indefinitely.
Why have a committee if all signs point to San Jose as the last option?
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 30, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
So it won't look like the arbitrary
decision of the commish…..which it is.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
I think he'd be fine with it looking arbitrary
but he doesn’t want it to look like he’s favoring he’s college roommate over the giants.
not that any shenanigans have stopped him before.
Interesting committee member: "Corey Busch, a former executive with the Giants"
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 30, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
"Former disgruntled exec with the Giants"
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Why is he disgruntled?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
He's on the committe right?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Let Cabrera Go...
Pennington for President!
The Stockton Ports pitching staff is better than the Orioles.
fingers crossed for Chavez on back-to-back days
Has anyone heard if the plan is for him to play then entire game at 3rd?
yes
and, in a related development, there’s an extra ambulance on duty today
Do you know the way to San Jose?
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 30, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I should be clear
that I totally made BOTH parts of that up. I actually have no idea about either.
Do you know the way to San Jose?
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 30, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
He's supposed to get 3 at bats...
…I wonder if that changes when the A’s get 16 runs in the second inning?
Interesting to note from today's transactions
Colorado Rockies
Optioned OFs Carlos Gonzalez and Matt Murton and LHP Greg Smith to Triple-A Colorado Springs. Reassigned Cs Edwin Bellorin and Paul Phillips and LHP Randy Flores to Minor League camp.
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 12:50 PM PDT reply actions
should've kept CarGo.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
That is VERY interesting
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Mar 30, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Especially Smith.
I wonder if Morales makes the rotation based on his awesome outing yesterday.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
From Joe Stiglich...
Nomar Garciaparra will continue wearing No. 1 for the A’s in the regular season, becoming the team’s first player or coach to don the number during the regular season since the late former skipper Billy Martin in 1982.
Garciaparra was given No.“‰1 when he signed March 6, and A’s equipment manager Steve Vucinich said at the time that Garciaparra likely would be given another number as they became available after cuts.
But Vucinich, who’s been with the A’s since they moved to Oakland in 1968, also described Garciaparra as the type of hard-nosed player Martin would have admired.
At his introductory news conference, Garciaparra said he was honored to wear No.”‰1 but seemed unsure about doing so, knowing its history.
“We talked about it,” Vucinich said. “He was hesitant, but we decided it was the best number for him to wear.”
Okay, what is UP with the lineups?
Why do we have a DH and they don’t? (not that I’m complaining)
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
Why did Eveland stand there then?
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Mar 30, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
because macha is a jerk
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Why don't they send up a DH
then tell the ump to stuff it when he comes out to pitch the next inning.
Have him changes unis every time
“That wasn’t me..I’m number 58.”
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
so that kershaw will get at bats
while we want our dh to get at bats. it just makes sense.
Selig appoints committee to study Oakland’s stadium situation
Bud Selig and Major League Baseball are going to do some fact-finding to determine what the next move should be for Lew Wolff’s Oakland A’s. Here is the text of the press release from MLB that was just handed out:
"After meeting with ownership and management of the Oakland Athletics in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday, Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced today that he has appointed a committee to thoroughly analyze all of the ballpark proposals that have been made to date, the current situation in Oakland, and the prospects of obtaining a ballpark in any of the communities located in Oakland’s territory.
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:03 PM PDT reply actions
sorry, just realized this was posted already
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it a Buancast?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
And gameday?
It seems about 5 minutes behind all of you. Is it always that way?
it is always behind
but it is worse during spring training
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Cool
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Where have you been....
Fresno?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
damn ten years later
i been too busy getting ready for the a’s this season.
barely getting time to be on the AN
is it free preview week for mlb tv
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:13 PM PDT reply actions
better than gidp
or, bocro, gitp
Do you know the way to San Jose?
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 30, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Cust doesn't hit into double plays
Another reason to bat him second
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 30, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
well, every once and a while he does :-(
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
did anyone else lose video?
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:22 PM PDT reply actions
i guess it was a teaser
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
There was video?
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
Ohh...
I saw that. Figured it was just radio.
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
Just logged on.
What’d I miss so far?
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Sandoval] is a big, puffy crouton in our wilted salad of a lineup. Do No matter how bad a movie is a eight game sweep is wacky in baseball, so a one run loss in the series is not the end of the world. disparage the comedian." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 30, 2009 1:25 PM PDT reply actions
Hmmmm...nothing much
Just a Davis triple, O-Cab single, Nomah single, Chavez fielder’s choice, Cust K, Ellis, HBP, Norfie single, 3 runs scored?
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Mar 30, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
STRICKOUT!?!?
Rally killer :(
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Bradley & Perez for Ethier, hmm
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions
A's pitchers are brutal lately
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:32 PM PDT reply actions
Haha...thought the same thing.
Then I remember 2006. Oh Milty.
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
Buan just called O. Cabrera Furcal
You’ve been Buancasted!
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
A's give the lead right back...
Cahill & Anderson, need more seasoning IMO
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:34 PM PDT reply actions
But Anderson has poise
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 30, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Dear Pitchers,
STOP SUCKING!
Sincerely,
Everyone
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
+ a billion
just got here, but just the fact you posted that means it must not be good.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
Fixed
Dear A’s Pitchers
I’m totally OK with the Dodgers pitchers failing.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Sandoval] is a big, puffy crouton in our wilted salad of a lineup. Do No matter how bad a movie is a eight game sweep is wacky in baseball, so a one run loss in the series is not the end of the world. disparage the comedian." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 30, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it too much to ask for
a little bit of pitching AND some offense?
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
Clearly.
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Mar 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
BB needs to pick-up some guys to let....
Cahill and Anderson have at least 2 months in Sac.
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:35 PM PDT reply actions
+1,000,000,000
Anderson and Cahill should not be starting in the rotation, best we got or not…
What you fail to understand in your joyless myopia is that baseball is the key to life-- the Rosetta Stone, if you will. If you just understood baseball better all your other questions your, your... the, uh... the aliens, the conspiracies they would all, in their way be answered by the baseball gods.
And a weird baby crying. Did anyone hear that?
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Mar 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry
I was too busy being disgusted by that woman rubbing lotion on the old fat guy.
This is Andersons first "bad" outing.
It’s spring training, these things happen. Let’s not freak out too much folks. I’m calling it right now….Anderson settles down and goes 5 not giving up another run!!!
yabut
it was st for all of his good outings, too.
he should be good someday, and maybe it’ll be his next outing, but maybe it won’t.
Do you know the way to San Jose?
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
his last outing wasn't that impressive either
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT reply actions
True, but it also wasn't that bad.
He went 4-1/3 and gave up 2 runs. If I remember right he also K’d 3 or 4 and only walked one. Not too bad. Ideally I would like to see him start in AAA, but right now, given the situation, he’s our best bet (along with Cahill).
Kershaw disappointed in the top of the first
and Kershaw has more ML experience than Anderson. Both guys are highly regarded prospects
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
Or Bret Saberhagen or Dwight Gooden
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a good thing Kershaw's even worse than Anderson
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
NOMAH!!!
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions
Really? That’s funny. I mean, you’re Future Ed!
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Sandoval] is a big, puffy crouton in our wilted salad of a lineup. Do No matter how bad a movie is a eight game sweep is wacky in baseball, so a one run loss in the series is not the end of the world. disparage the comedian." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 30, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
NOMAH!!!
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Sandoval] is a big, puffy crouton in our wilted salad of a lineup. Do No matter how bad a movie is a eight game sweep is wacky in baseball, so a one run loss in the series is not the end of the world. disparage the comedian." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 30, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions
CHAVY!!! looks goood
What you fail to understand in your joyless myopia is that baseball is the key to life-- the Rosetta Stone, if you will. If you just understood baseball better all your other questions your, your... the, uh... the aliens, the conspiracies they would all, in their way be answered by the baseball gods.
Chavy looking good
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:46 PM PDT reply actions
Let us pray for a healthy Nomar
And a healthy Chavez, Giambi, Buck, Ellis,….
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
And Duke and Devine and Powell and Sweeney and Gallagher and Casilla
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Seems strangely familiar to last year...hoping for health
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 30, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
That double was like golden crack
What you fail to understand in your joyless myopia is that baseball is the key to life-- the Rosetta Stone, if you will. If you just understood baseball better all your other questions your, your... the, uh... the aliens, the conspiracies they would all, in their way be answered by the baseball gods.
Manny being Manny
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:48 PM PDT reply actions
Thanks to Manny
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
7-3! YAY Cust!
Manny screwed up!
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
that's what $22.5 will get you
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 30, 2009 1:49 PM PDT reply actions
thank you again for that video link
my stomach hurts from laughing so much.
Everything is sunshine when you are Ray Fosse, bitches.
It was an awesome discovery
Like penicillin
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
and, unlike penicillin, it doesn't make me break out into a rash
Everything is sunshine when you are Ray Fosse, bitches.
Possibly the rash came first?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
The Armenian Cust? : )
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Mar 30, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Mar 30, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we all need to go to Fatapples and discuss things
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I have always liked Furcal, regardless of team...was hoping he would sign with us though
A's fan, trapped in North Carolina!
If Anderson doesn't put up zeros...
he better not be in the rotation…he shouldn’t be there anyway
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And yet there he is
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
yup. kind of sad
What you fail to understand in your joyless myopia is that baseball is the key to life-- the Rosetta Stone, if you will. If you just understood baseball better all your other questions your, your... the, uh... the aliens, the conspiracies they would all, in their way be answered by the baseball gods.
I'm excited. It gives me a reason to watch more than Williams and Edgar would have.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
if Buan is right
and Anderson is pitching on the Saturday game vs the Mariners, then I’m pretty excited, as that’s the first game i’ll be going to this year, most likely.
Though, Buan having been the source, it’s just as likely to be Lenny DiNardo
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly.
could he use more time in AAA?? Probably, but he’s about as ready as it gets and has had a very good spring. He comes out and has a shaky 1st and everyone seems ready to jump ship. Let’s just wait and see how he does come opening day.
That reply was supposed to be to
WaddellCanseco.
Also first inning with a catcher who has been in Oakland less than a
week. Takes him an inning to see what pitches work on a particular day.
by theblackpearl on Mar 30, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I'd give him a couple of months -- what's that 11 starts?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Something like that.
I think Anderson can come in and give us a sub 4.50 ERA right now. I’m not too worried about him. It’s Cahill that I worry about. He may succeed, but he also may find that big league hitters can lay off his stuff darting out of the zone. He starts walking a lot of guys and we could see some very bad starts. Either way the guy has talent and i’m excited to see him pitch.
Believe or not the projection guys like Cahill better for whater reason
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I've never been on the ship to start him in the rotation
I always wanted him to start in AAA..so i didn’t really jump ship. He wont be an effective starter right now. And thats not just based on today…
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Well, I never really have been either.
I didn’t wanna see either of Cahill/Anderson break camp in the rotation, but thats the way things have worked out. That’s how A’s baseball is unfortunately. Lots of injuries. I just think we should wait and see how he does before we just come out and say he won’t be effective. He has the stuff, maturity, and polish to succeed now. We’ll see how it goes.
Thats true
and maybe I am rushing the decision that he wont be effective, but I just can’t see him pitching WAY better than cough outman cough…when some time in AAA could be better for him in the long run…isn’t that what we should be playing for?
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Outman could still make it ahead of Cahill or Gallagher
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Well even so, he might learn faster in the majors than at AAA
We could save a year of development.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Or it could brake him and he could never be the same..thats why they dont
put 18 year olds in MLB
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Well we pays our money and takes our chances
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
there is no doubt time in AAA would benefit both of them
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More than time in the majors?
I’m not sure one way or the other.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
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Hopefully we won't have to find out in June
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
As happy as I am that Oakland is destroying Kershaw
I can’t help but realize that he’s a highly touted 21 year old pitcher who was rushed. He only had 86 IP at AA, no time in AAA. And yet he still has more experience than Anderson and Cahill do combined. He put up a decent ERA in the MLB last year, but with less than stellar peripherals.
This worries the hell out of me.
stop drawing comparisons that make the A's look bad
i can see no similarities.
NONE
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Except the realistic similarity that
they are 21 year old prospects that are being rushed before they are actually ready
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(covers ears)
These clouds are pretty.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
hahaah
i like trees!
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm afraid you have a pretty good concern.
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
by baseballgirl on Mar 30, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice easy 1-2-3 inning for Anderson
"The glass is half full….and we are going to drown in it." - OptimistPrime
Anderson needs a real number
I vote for #20
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
Yay Brett!
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn it, have to leave for a meeting
"The glass is half full….and we are going to drown in it." - OptimistPrime
Shouldn't you be saving lives?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Uh oh.
Kershaw’s ready for the majors now.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
my friend, who is a dodgers fan
reckon’s that Kershaw has been pretty decent this spring, and the A’s happen to have caught him on a bad day.
his words “seems like a solid #4 to me”
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Who are their Top 3?
Billingsley, Kuroda and Wolf?
That’s actually a pretty good rotation.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
to quote
The Dodgers rotation is really more Billingsley, Kuroda, Kershaw, Wolf and
McDonald (or TBD). But to start the season they’ve mixed it up a bit so
Bills can start home opener and so Kuroda can get 1st game at SD where he
was unhittable last year. So it’s all shuffled around but it’s really more
that Kershaw is #3.
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Anderson's doing well now. I guess that's because of his poise.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
lol nice
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Tim? Jennifer?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
River?
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Henry
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I tipped my hat a million times last year.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
He's not a good matchup for Anderson
Or any of our other guys…
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Mark Et Ing?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Well he is pretty good.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Well yes, absolutely.
I just think it’s ridiculous that he was just kind of like, “Yeah, to hell with the recession, pay me my money!”
And they did.....
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Mar 30, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn't you?
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
i tried
and now i don’t have a job
what have i got myself into this time... http://damiansthirtyyearchallenge.blogspot.com/
by alea iacta est on Mar 30, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
if ability to get Manny out were a requirement to be a major league pitcher
a lot of games would be forfeited.
Everything is sunshine when you are Ray Fosse, bitches.
I think we should bring up Anderson now.
And send him back down after he allows runs.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
It's too bad we didn't start Crosby at short today
Could have had the all injury infield: Chavez, Crosby, Ellis, Nomar. I wonder what their combined games missed by injury number is (for their careers).
Booby Croosby
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Sandoval] is a big, puffy crouton in our wilted salad of a lineup. Do No matter how bad a movie is a eight game sweep is wacky in baseball, so a one run loss in the series is not the end of the world. disparage the comedian." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 30, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Post is like
that often forgotten secondary character in a long running television series.
Like Chuck Cunningham on Happy Days.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Sandoval] is a big, puffy crouton in our wilted salad of a lineup. Do No matter how bad a movie is a eight game sweep is wacky in baseball, so a one run loss in the series is not the end of the world. disparage the comedian." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 30, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
an oblique
that’s all the rage, right?
Do you know the way to San Jose?
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 30, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Get the General Mills on the phone!
We make a lot of signs for GM, and I’ve driven my brother half crazy repeating this to him.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 30, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Croz pinch-running for Chavvy...
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
NEW THREAD OPEN!
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/3/30/815645/open-thread-spring-trainin
"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover
Aw, but I liked this thread a lot!
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Sandoval] is a big, puffy crouton in our wilted salad of a lineup. Do No matter how bad a movie is a eight game sweep is wacky in baseball, so a one run loss in the series is not the end of the world. disparage the comedian." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 30, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
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