All This "Tipping My Cap" Is Giving Me A Repetitive Stress Injury
by Nico on Jun 21, 2009 3:51 PM PDT
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PrintHey, sometimes Kevin Correia just retires the first 14 in a row, tosses a one-hit shutout through 7 and combines on a two-hitter. It happens.
Too often, actually. Especially with Dallas Braden on the mound for the A's. Braden threw yet another gem, giving the A's a much needed 7 innings and a "good enough to win for most teams" 2 ER. Only an Edgar Gonzalez double in the 2nd, which followed a borderline pitch called ball four to Kyle Blanks, and an 0-2 mistake (solo HR) to Henry Blanco in the 5th, marred an otherwise superlative effort by the A's ace and warrior. Kevin Kouzmanoff's 8th inning 2-run HR off of Russ Springer (bad dog) would seal the deal.
For the A's offense, it was Orlando Cabrera's two out double in the 5th, the A's first baserunner, and Ryan Sweeney's RBI double in the 8th, also known as "the A's other hit," driving home Jack Cust, who had walked in his role as - yep, the A's "other baserunner." Somehow the A's were not able to parlay 3 baserunners into a win.
Braden has now gone at least 6 innings in seven consecutive starts. He has made 15 starts this season and he has allowed more than 3 ER in exactly one of them. He has been, in a word, everythingyoucouldask. He is also 5-6, which tells you how much W/L records mean. I hope Braden makes the All-Star team because he has been an All-Star in 2009 -- Pepe just needs to hire a hit man to join the A's lineup.
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Russ Springer makes me sick.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 21, 2009 4:00 PM PDT reply actions
Ditto
Sorry, I know this is late but just getting around to reading the re-cap. I felt it as soon as he came in it was gonna be bad.
by swishergirl510 on Jun 21, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
He makes it very difficult for me to want to watch my team. I'll watch the other guys out there, but really that's just to figure out which one will watch the ball fly over the wall.
Hate Russ Springer. :(
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jun 21, 2009 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
At least he leads the league in something
Sure it’s “HRs to first batters faced” (4) but it’s…something.
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
No f'ing way
four first batter hrs, and he’s a relief pitcher? Why did Geren take out Breslow, anyway.
by MobiusKlein on Jun 22, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Kouzmanoff generally hits LHP well and RHP very poorly
So I think the move made sense; Springer giving up lots of hits and lots of HRs makes less sense.
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
Woo hoo! Small victories.
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
What a boring game...
Braden is definitely the A’s All-Star… and not just because the A’s have to have one. He’s pitched like an All-Star.
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
the only excitement
was a fight/altercation around the RF bleachers (near where I was). The red shirts getting busy on a fan. Cops and all! You’d think this was a hockey game or something.
oh yeah, free gloves for the kids!
Kouzmanoff at it again… 3B for the ’s?
by rollierollieOxenfree on Jun 21, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Russ Springer is garbage
And yet… it didn’t even matter how he pitched, today. The A’s offense did super great at getting full counts, and super greats at squandering all of them.
So much frustration. Kevin Correia? Of the perpetual 5+ ERA as a starter on the Giants? Of the 1.467 career WHIP? Really? Lincecum, I can understand. Cain, sure. But to make Kevin Correia so utterly dominant is a farce.
My only consolation is that Braden, one of the only players I’m truly proud to root for right now, did not have to again watch a win turn into a ND while being interviewed live in-game by Fosse and Kuiper.
I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
PS - Fosse and Kuiper are the two worst TV guys in the bigs.
They are so f’n boring!!!
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
Seperately they are both fine.
Together – FAR too many inside jokes and general stupid crap. Grab some pine Meat!!!
Eliminate Me!!
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
Duane is a legit announcer with a great deep voice and an excellent sense of the flow of the game, whereas his brother Glen sucks. I like Fosse, but his ‘100% pro-everything always’ attitude gets wearisome. Krukow is obnoxious, but then the Giants have Jon Miller and Dave Fleming (both fantastic) and the A’s Ken Korach (above average) and Vince Cottroneo, IMO one of the worst in the biz.
But even with our situation, we are better off than many teams.
I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
I don'e have real issues with vince or Kuip
I can completely ignore them both.
All I can say is, at least they aren’t Greg Papa.
I’ll probably get shot down on this one by Nick as well.
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
Not even f'in CLOSE dude
ever watch a White Sox game on WGN??
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
All the time...
The A’s guys are way worse. I hate the Sox guys, but the A’s guys are way too boring.
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
Hawk Harrelson is not a baseball announcer
He is an avant-garde performance artist, deconstructing the very notions of “play-by-play” and “color commentary”. He shakes the drowsy baseball fan from our doldrums and provokes us. Stop using idiotic nicknames! Stop rooting for things to happen all the time! Stop drinking!
It is not his fault that his genius goes unappreciated by uncultured louts like you.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Avant Garde Performance Art
Sucks.
It’s often a smokescreen for ones lack of talent. A cultural Red Herring if you will.
I am a sophisticated pop-culture lout thank you very much.
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
New sig line.
It is not {Hawk Harrelson's} fault that his genius goes unappreciated by uncultured louts like you. -Nick
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 21, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Trust me, there are FAR worse than them
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I prefer Fosse on radio as opposed to the television side.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 21, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
First A's game I've seen in about a week.
I’m not entirely sure if it was worth the effort. Braden must be so frustrated right now – he’s turned himself into a legitimate ML pitcher, but he’s getting nothing from his offence.
OT
Is anyone watching the Angels/Dodgers game? Joe Morgan just spouted a fountain of nonsense regarding moneyball (shocking). And Steve Phillips and the other dude went right along with it. Ugh. I can’t stand ESPN.
"True fact: In a global thermonuclear war, the only human who would survive would be David Eckstein" -PT
Steve Phillips + Joe Morgan + book = like water and electricity
They just dont mix.
"You end up with a name like ‘Outman,’" he said last week. "What else are you going to do? You’re going to get people out, man." ~ Dallas Braden
That makes no
sense whatsoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeechtchttttzzzztztztztztzt
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
Just tuned in
The Dodgers are up 2-0, but if the Angels manage a comeback they’ll move .5 game ahead of the Rangers to overtake the top spot in the AL West. Oi…
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Jun 21, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Tipping the cap
At an important tournament way back in the 1920s, the great chess grandmaster Aron Nimzovich sat fuming as he stared at a chessboard in which he had what he could see was a losing position. Did he gracefully topple his king? No, he jumped up on a table and yelled, “Why must I lose to this idiot?”
There’s no mention in the story of him tipping his cap, either.
I thought the title of this thread was
Tipping My Cow
so I’m kinda disappointed in it. ;)
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
Nimzovich was genius.
Arguably the greatest theorist of the century, as I’m sure you know, and a brilliantly witty writer as well. But he was nervous and paranoid almost to the point of being mentally unstable. That he played as well as he did is a testament to his extreme talent, because mentally he just wasn’t cut out for the pressures of tournament/match play.
He’s the exact opposite of Lasker. Lasker was a great player, but what pushed him to the top was his unflappable temperament and mastery of the psychological game.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Seriously?
How do you know this?? Lol … that’s awesome. Tell me about Fisher. How would he have matched up? Talk about psycho … chess players are weird.
I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.
Once upon a time I read up on chess players,
and I’m a big fan of Nimzovich.
I don’t know much about Bobby Fischer. He was certainly extremely eccentric.
I would dispute the implication that chess players as a class are weird. Some are, some aren’t — just as in any group. Fischer is not typical.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Dude,
I thought you’d died or something. Where the heck you been?
It is not [Hawk Harrelson's] fault that his genius goes unappreciated by uncultured louts like you. -Nick
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 21, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, I know
I’ve been swamped lately. You know, the usual— sleeping until noon, rec league softball, XBox 360, and those Natty Light 30-packs won’t drink themselves.
I need to be back with my fam here, though. I miss the wit and the rally Salma.
so i did not follow all of the game or even that closely
did Springer give up the hr? if so, i want to spit.
alaska A residing in Idaho.
Spittoon, sir?
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
No, no, you still misunderstand
He’s either in Kindergarten or 1st grade, but I’m not sure which.
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
That's kinda tall for a kindergartener...
It is not [Hawk Harrelson's] fault that his genius goes unappreciated by uncultured louts like you. -Nick
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 21, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
But it's an awfully impressive won-lost record
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
for a four year-old?
It’s off the chart.
It is not [Hawk Harrelson's] fault that his genius goes unappreciated by uncultured louts like you. -Nick
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 21, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Really?
“Prancing fairies” in the photo caption?
That seems like real poor taste.
Whoever writes those should think twice before hitting “post.”
by timed exposure on Jun 21, 2009 10:14 PM PDT reply actions
Well, I'm not sure "ballplayers" would've worked in the caption, either.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." -- Connie Mack
Thinking twice cost extra
These are the fairies of which I speak.
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
Why do you think I need the raccoons?
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
Except that...
you then used “Not that there’s anything wrong with that” – a line made famous by Seinfeld, in an episode specifically whether the main characters are gay. So it certainly read (to a frequent visitor/reader-infrequent poster) that it was a reference to the players being gay.
I think it was poor form.
by timed exposure on Jun 22, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I figured you'd say 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
Thanks.
Glad to see community concerns are being taken seriously.
by timed exposure on Jun 22, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't even watch Seinfeld.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Now I find that far more offensive than anything.
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
Furthermore, I actually find that the show bugs the living shit out of me.
It boggles my mind that so many people LOVE it.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Can't stand it either
but, people love all sorts of things I don’t – Angles, BoSox, Bankees, etc.
I agree
Time to install Giambi in the " ’Pat you on the ass" Mike Sweeney-esque Elder Statesman" role.
And can the A’s just cut ties with Garciaparra already? This guy is a wasted roster spot, along with the relievers that Geren has no faith in. The mismanagement of the 25 man roster always blows my mind. Beane always comes to defense of Geren by stating that Bob rarely gets to manage a healthy team. Using 2-3 spots of the 25 man roster for hurt and/or long under-performing players puts Geren in a precarious position when micro-managing a game. You can’t keep running Giambi, Cabrera, and Bailey out there. A viable bench PLUS the willingness to play these bench players is needed
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Jun 22, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree on both counts.
Although I think if AN had a vote, it’s likely that Ryan Sweeney would win the “pat on the ass” assignment. And not because he’s an elder statesman.
Also, they can’t get rid of Nomar. They need his wife for the company softball and soccer teams.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
A's vs. Giants wives/girlfriend/flavors of the month softball game already occurred
Time to cut the guy.
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Jun 22, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
No need to cut Nomar
Just disable him. They have to pay him either way, so why not keep him around for his elder statesmanhood and his Mia and the chance that he actually heals up enough to contribute on the field. No real cost to it that I can see.
And of course, it’s completely legitimate. He is disabled, and belongs on the DL. Being able to pinch hit here and there doesn’t constitute able-bodiedness. He was brought in to be a backup infielder and DH, and he can’t perform those duties.
Well, we’ll know more within a week. Something has to give among all the infielders when Ellis comes back.
Because by releasing him, the A's could
at least free up a blue zone in the parking lot.
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
True, that
The sad thing is he wouldn’t really be scamming to use one of those.
Definitely
Plus, at this point, Giambi’s season OPS is only one point higher than Barton’s ML career OPS (.721 vs. .720). Who’s bound to get better? Who’s bound to get worse?
If we're talking about this year...
I think Giambi will probrably improve his OPS more than Barton. I’m not quite convinced Jason is done. I think he’s got at least half a season of .800 + OPS left in him.
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