A's 7-Game Run Ends as Twins Pound Oakland 10-5

tomorrow’s game is 7:05. Thursday’s is the 12:35 start. Let’s pray for sunshine and hits. We got buzz-sawed tonite.

If it had happened, it definitely would’ve ranked up there as one of the best moments I’d ever experienced as an A’s fan. As it was, I’ll take the no-shutout and hope the momentum of those five runs carries over to tomorrow.

How bad do you have to suck before you can rip out a seven-game winning streak and still be in last place by two games?

going to wear my new andrew bailey #40 tee tomorrow!

(also known as my old rich harden #40 tee)

:)

If I suffered from low self-esteem, I’d worry that I bring the A’s terrible luck. Fortunately, I regard myself highly enough to know that my presence is completely irrelevant and meaningless.

Starting tomorrow!

have to put in Nathan and ruin our fun? :-)

As much as I’d like to think we’re out of Mazzaro World, I don’t believe it. Not one bit. Especially when Hannahan got that hit, and then struck out in the same inning. Even with the failed rally attempt. Nope. Not at all. I still believe we’re in Mazzaro World.

I am shockingly optimistic.

I don’t really feel the need to count the games we’re moving away from .500.

So. Stories from the ballpark. I went to the game tonight (and last night) with my friend, who is a Twins fan. Tonight we got there early and sat in the RF bleachers while the Twins were taking BP, and about 30 seconds after we got there, one of the Twins players hanging out in RF noticed us and kept looking back at us (mostly my friend, who was wearing a Twins hat). (It also helped that there were only a handful of people there to begin with.) He tossed her a ball, and a few minutes later tossed one to me too. We were pretty pumped, because I haven’t gotten a ball during BP before (not that I’ve tried particularly hard). And still after that, for the rest of BP, he kept watching us, separating from the group and coming closer toward the warning track… totally checking out my friend. All because of her Twins hat. Still don’t know who that player is, though — I have a picture of him sticking out his tongue at us, so I’ll have to upload it later and see what y’all think.

We also got a ball from Rajai after they warmed up between innings. Those were probably the highlights of an otherwise forgettable game — except the 9th inning, which was awesome. I said when the score got to 10-0 that I would count it as a moral victory if we weren’t shut out, and they did so much more than that. 5 whole runs! It was so exciting. I love that the Twins had to put Nathan in. I just found that to be quite hilarious.

Also, I had no idea that Denorfia was up until he pinch-hit in the 9th. I kind of wish they would announce roster moves at the Coliseum before the game… I like to know these things.

Anyway, that’s enough from me. I look forward to continuing our march toward .500 tomorrow.

He’s put a few gems in as of late and appears to be turning a corner. Athletics fans should consider this before contemplating the cord and showerrod.

That’s the last time I let you guys babysit.

We need 7 more steps forward ASAP.

i didn’t see the end of the game, but i see barton had an RBI with no hits. sac fly? and he took a walk! and his split at first was awesome! almost as if he wanted to show off how much better he is defensively right off the bat…

i’ll take a hit more games than not from hannah-barbara…

and finally rajai looks kind of like he did in exhibition season. it was a bummer when he got himself around to 3rd early on and nobody could knock him in. what happens when sweeney is healthy again? sweeney in right, cust at DH, and giambi at 1st with dale available when jason is busy at a porn shoot?

I went to the game last night and was it ugly there was about 10,000 fans their. then they hit Anderson pretty good. offense wasnt coming for this game but, we’ll bounce back from this lost. go A’s

all 5 starters are looking good and duke doesn’t want to be in the bullpen. could we see a 6-man rotation? i think it makes a lot of sense. duke is fragile, so more rest might be good for him. the other guys are probably going to show some wear and tear starting in late august, so maybe having an extra day between starts and less starts/innings overall would be beneficial.

Yeah, maybe for the first 5 innings, but I wouldn’t call a game “close” when you’re outhit 16-5 and headed to the 9th down 10-0. I hope the A’s can start a new streak, but I’m a little weary with such duds like Hanahan, Barton, Crosby, and Davis in the bottom of the order. Is anyone else tired of seeing Casilla and Springer enter a game? Disaster awaits when they take the mound.

I dont care that Rajai got 2 hits yesterday, he is bad at baseball.