and Happy Birthday, Kneeko!

Normally in HD things look more realistic but he could be in another Toy Story right now.

Why is he not starting??? So what if he gets hurt. They don’t need a pitch hitter anymore anyways…besides what good is he if he only bats 5 times in 2 weeks. I say when Ellis comes back, start Nomar at 1st and Kennedy/Crosby at 3rd. And DH Nomar every couple of days and start Giambi when Nomar fills in at DH. It really baffles me that they keep running Hannahan out there….and Crosby for that matter. Whatever the season is hopeless anyways. It’s a sad day to be an A’s fan!

Great now we can call up Eveland for another wonderful 4+ IP, 6ER, 10 H night!

Cant wait! When does the party start!

In reference to the office Christmas party, I would (A) be the boss, or (B) one of the drunk couples making out in the corner! LOL

We can play “Silent Night” everyday before the A’s game starts….cause that’s how quiet their ooooooffense is!

AN seems to be operating normally again. Also, the ads in the background are gone. Maybe related?

Did they really do that? I went to my first game in ‘79. Don’t remember that, but I was only 5!

Remember when he came back and did TV in the 80’s for us? And there she goes!

Facing Randy Johnson is already tough as it is with the offense the A’s have, but as good as Gonzalez has looked in Sacramento I didn’t feel like he was consistent enough to be given a spot start where he’d probably be feeling more pressure to pitch well and hope they decided to keep him around longer instead of getting another 5-10 more starts in Sacramento to try getting even more consistent, then bringing him up for the last month of the season or so to start every fifth day no matter what, if the team’s out of contention. He doesn’t need to feel like he’s constantly looking over his shoulder. If that sounds like coddling, it’s not. It’s intended to let him focus on pitching and only pitching. In the offseason they could evaluate things further from there and decide what else to do with him.

Sure enough, tonight he only threw 57.8% of his pitches for strikes. Of the 23 batters he faced he threw first pitch strikes to just 11, good for 47.8%. That’s not going to do it at the highest level.

Isn’t it time to release some guys? Or is Beane waiting for some other MLB team to come to him asking for the super-utilitiness of a Bobby Crosby or the defensive juggernaut Jack Hannahan?

If this team is going to fail, I rather see it done with guys with some potential upside and a possible stake in the future of this ball club. I’ll venture a guess that Crosby, Hannahan, and Davis have maxed out on their upside (“upside” can be read as “mediocrity”). In the end, I’m just bitter about this team. I’ve never seen a lineup cobbled together with so many poor hittiers. Two-thirds of your lineup is hitting below .250 and the A’s don’t have the added excuse of having the pitcher bat.

My hope? After the trade deadline passes, the team will undergo a major roster overhaul, which will see the jettisoning of the extraneous suck known as the Davis, Hannahan, Davis, Cabrera, Giambi, Springer collective.

in the bottom of the first I knew this was going to turn sour. When you let a pitcher like Randy Johnson off the hook, leaving two runs on the bases, your ass is in trouble.

The A’s made no adjustments, RJ did, and Gio did not help himself with that terrible throw that would have gotten him a dp in the 4th. Oh well, I guess it’s too much to expect decent fundamentals from this team.

And Matt Holliday is really starting to piss me off out in left. He makes Jack Cust look like a gold glover….piece of shit!

By the way, Happy Birthday Nico. :)

Gio’s career ERA! When will the A’s finally realize this guy is not a major league pitcher.