A's Massacre Twins Behind Strong Start By Cahill
by baseballgirl on Jul 22, 2009 4:35 PM PDT
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PrintAuctioneer: So, on the auction block today, we have 14 extra runs from the series. Who will start the bidding?
Dallas Braden: You've GOT to be kidding me.
After the A's put together 22 hits and 14 runs in their win on Monday night, and 18 hits and 16 runs on the board today, Dallas Braden probably feels a bit slighted. All it would have taken for the series sweep, and a win for a pitcher who fought hard for it, was a single run in last night's game. Instead, the A's have to settle for two out of three against the Twins, building an insurmountable lead in today's game to win the series.
Cahill got off to a rocky start; walking the leadoff man (who was later thrown out at second), and giving up a monster homerun to Justin Morneau. The A's were down 1-0 early, but Cahill would make sure the Twins wouldn't score again. He finished with the sparkling line of 7IP, 6H, 1R, 2BB, 4K; something very different from his last four starts. He also got the win as the starting pitcher; a rarity for the A's.
The A's offense immediately took Cahill off the hook for the first inning deficit. In the bottom of the first, Cabrera, Hairston, and Holliday hit back-to-back singles to drive in the tying run, and the team never looked back.
Cust walked to load the bases, Barton grounded out and was unable to score the runner from third, but Landon Powell walked to drive in the A's second run. Then it got fun. Rajai Davis tripled everybody home to make the score 5-1, and after Cahill shut the Twins down in the second, Hairston hit a 3-run homerun to knock out Glen Perkins. The A's weren't any nicer to the bullpen, as Holliday singled, Cust singled, Powell singled, Ellis singled, Kennedy singled, and Cabrera singled, bringing in 5 more runs, and giving the A's a 12-1 lead.
They did not let the Twins back in the game; and just for good measure, the A's put 4 more runs on the board. After Powell left with a sore leg, Kurt Suzuki drove in two more with a single. Rajai Davis picked up his fourth RBI with another single to bring the score to 15, and a tough error (probably should have been a hit) from Suzuki in the seventh plated the last run of the day.
Every A's player in the game, with the exception of Barton, recorded at least one hit; Hairston and Holliday had three.
So the A's win the series, and hopefully gain some offensive momentum going into what will be a tough roadtrip; four at Yankee Stadium and three at Fenway. We can hope for the best.
Remember the A's makeup game is tomorrow night; 4:05.
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At least you got the fast game.
Monday was murder. But ultimately kinda fun.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Yeah
Even with extras it clocked in under 3 hours.
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I noticed during his post-game interview...
… that Scott Hairston looks like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. I mean, I’ve seen huge domes, but his is ridiculous.
No, the manager of the Angels
was, is and shall always be the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone know if ther eis somewhere you can go to listen to old radio highlights?
I would like to hear the radio call from Monday’s game but I cant quite figure out if it is available somewhere?
There is no A in OFFENSE!!
MLB.com
I know that MLB Gameday Audio has archived radio broadcasts, but I don’t think they are accessible for free, I think they are only accessible to subscribers.
They are accessible to subscribers only,
but the audio-only subscription is pretty cheap (just $15 for the whole year).
Also, I’ve found it not very user-friendly in terms of navigating around in the broadcast to find the spot you want. You can’t save it to disk, so you’re stuck trying to play it from the browser, with its limited controls and lag time. I like the archive if I’ve missed a game live but have time to listen to the whole thing later in the day, in which case I just start it up and let it run as if it were live. But if I’m trying to find an excerpt, I find it’s rarely worth the hassle.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
What a series
It seems like over the years the A’s have had some great and crazy games against the Twins. I know the offense can’t stay at this level but you couldn’t have picked a better time for this team to go into that bandbox they spent a billion dollars on in New York.
If O.C. and Holliday can have a big few days in the Bronx then maybe that will drive up the price you can get for them. No matter what happens I’m going to remember Monday’s game for a long time.
I want a sweep of those Yankee bitches!
Or at least 3 out of 4 and 2 out of 3 against the Sux. Time to play spoiler and just have fun with all of this……what a crazy series this turned out to be.
Rajai Davis is doing his best to knock Sweeney out of the lineup, eh?
Go A’s!
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I can see having it for your favorite shows,
but to me, there’s something not quite right about watching a game after its already happened.
It's fine so long as
you’ve managed to avoid hearing anything about the game before you watch.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I've actually found it isn't --
If I know the game has already happened, it’s just not the same for me. I need to know that whatever is going to happen, it has happened yet and anything is possible. I’ve given up on avoiding hearing about games and just resigned myself to missing a few along the way.
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
DVR's are great but
for sports they only work if you can have a personal media blackout. I haven’t watched a commercial in years though which is why I love mine.
The two biggest reasons for having a DVR
1) Ice Road Truckers
2) Deadliest Catch
PREPAREDNESS_Because those goddamn zombies aren’t going to kill themselves
Hmm. That doesn't bother me at all.
Maybe you and I have a different conception of metaphysical reality. For me, if I don’t know it yet, that’s not really any different experientially from if it hasn’t happened. In my little universe, the game’s wave function hasn’t collapsed yet. Maybe that’s why the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics always seemed pretty normal to me while other people think it’s paradoxical.
If you were watching on, say, a one-minute broadcast lag, would it bother you that each pitch had already happened and you were seeing it after the fact? I’m just asking because I’m trying to figure out where you draw the line. Seems to me if you’re fine with one minute, how is six hours any different … and if you’re not fine with one minute then how come the real-life lag of microseconds doesn’t bother you?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I remember a few times, back in the days
when we still recorded games with regular old VCRs, when I’d actually be more than one game behind.
Like maybe I’d be out Saturday night, so I’d record the game on tape. When I get home late that night maybe I watch about an hour but I’m sleepy so I turn it off. Then in the morning maybe I watch a bit more, but then the Sunday afternoon game is about to start, so I have to stop the tape in order to record the Sunday game instead, and since I don’t know how long it will go I let it run well into the evening. Then Sunday night I can finish watching the Saturday game, but I don’t have time to watch the Sunday game until Monday. And if there’s a Monday night game….
It can get a little confusing juggling tapes, but before long you’re caught up again. For me, it was fine, so long as no one happened to mention the result of the game in real life.
The real key is how much spare time you have over all. One year — I think it was 2001, or maybe 2002 — I know I watched (or listened on radio if no TV broadcast) 161 out of 162 games. (I missed the very last game of the regular season, but we had already clinched the playoff spot.)
For the past several years I simply don’t have 161 × 3 hours to spare. Not even close.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Now let's sweep those Yankee bitches right out of town
Hank Steinbrenner throws a hissy fit when our home grown arms (something Hankie doesn’t understand) pwn their store bought rotation.
WAAAAH ITS NOT FAAAAIIRRR MY NEW TOYZ CANT BEAT THE A’S
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So, did we win today?
Gawd, I hope we won. I don’t know; I just like winning. You can understand that, right?
I'm here to talk about the past.
Minaya says the Mets will be buyers, not sellers
In other words, Billy, get on the phone with Omar, nao! But then, this could always be posturization, but why?
http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/mets/archives/2009/07/minaya_mets_are.html
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I would like to see a deal with the Mets, just because
I see them acting out of some desperation.
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They've really had too many injuries to win this year
It’s usually a excuse but for the Mets the injuries have killed them.
It's true -- they've actually had it worse than the A's
Reyes, Delgado, Beltran — as if the A’s had guys who would be that good even if they were healthy.
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
Top 100 baseball players
There’s a good story on SI.com ranking the top 100 players in baseball. It’s written by Joe Posnanski whose a really good writer. Not a big shock but no A’s make the list.
If it were of all time,
then the A’s would surely be robbed to not get several guys on the list.
The actual list is for right now. Not to build a future team around, not in honor of a great career, but who can win for you right now.
You could make a case for a couple of A’s sneaking in near the bottom of the 100, but on the whole I don’t think he’s wrong to exclude us.
(There was a link in the other thread where this was mentioned. Where was it? The DLD maybe?)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
So Rajai is #101, eh?
Close.
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
Yes, of course
In a year or two, Ichiro Suzuki will still be on the list. Kurt Suzuki’s existence will still be unknown to everyone else.
They say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing all the time!
Well, that's not inconsistent with Joe's list.
I only see four catchers on his list. He’s got Joe Mauer #2, Victor Martinez #51 (listed as “C/1B”), Brian McCann #81, and Jorge Posada #96.
Either he has little respect for catchers, or he just doesn’t think the current crop is very good. For all I know Kurt Suzuki would make #101.
(What other NL catchers were in the All-Star game, anyway? I don’t follow the NL at all.)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Here's the link
I see there are no Orioles listed either.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
The list is for right now
Sorry about the link but I tried once before and it didn’t work, I’m kind of slow.
This list is a joke!
I’m sorry, but he bounces all over the place. Josh Hamilton had a difficult first half with injuries but will bounce back. John Lackey the same thing. Be consistent! Matt Holliday should be there, as should Captain Kurt. I hate lists like these!
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." -Jessica Rabbit
by A'sfansince1970 on Jul 23, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow - I hadn't counted until just now,
but if I counted right we had 2,625 game thread comments on Monday night (for a game that was a “blowout loss in the making” for at least half the game). That is awesome!
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 number
I’ve read AN for years but this year I finally got on the boards and it’s made a mostly lousy season more fun that it would have been otherwise.
I think it was even crazier at the start.
I remember telling LB that I might have to bow out, because the new kids left me in the dust.
There's a lot of funny,creative people on the boards
and I’m glad you stayed on lynnzgal you post some good stuff.
You're "good fluff"
You know, like “good cholesterol” and “bad cholesterol.”
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
here at AN we are all encompassing & welcoming & celebrate
diversity. (did I attend a work-team meeting today? or what?)
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
Hey, get out of this conversation; you're not wanted.
So like you were saying ak_A, we are all encompassing and welcoming…Go on.
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
I actually do enjoy the diversity.
Modern society tends to be age-segregated, particularly with the decline of the extended family. I love that we have a community where people ranging from 14 to 50 are all in one group, talking to each other like peers (more or less).
I also like AN’s racial diversity. And the fact that we almost never actually discuss race, so it only comes up occasionally in passing, is a big part of what I like about it.
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by iglew on Jul 23, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I feel like I should give you a hug.
(That used to be one of my standard lines, so don’t get creeped out, iglew).
I'm here to talk about the past.
Be creeped out, iglew, be very creeped out.
The fact that he had to justify it by saying it was a standard line should have you worried.
Bring Jerry back!
There's 14 year olds here?
I should leave.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
they say they're teens
but they say it with the diction of someone older than that… and they spell “nonetheless” correctly. so i guess our teens go to great schools.
don't care if i ever get back.
you have way to much free time
and that is a sick number of comments. Just imagine if Pamcakes and some others had stayed the whole game, (yes I mean me).
PREPAREDNESS_Because those goddamn zombies aren’t going to kill themselves
Jack Cust - turning a corner?
I haven’t been active in game threads so perhaps this has already been covered, but – Jack Cust is having a great month of July with the following line: .327/.431/.551/.982. In his last ten games, it looks like this: .290/.525/.613/1.138 with 9 walks and 3 dingers. This hot streak has pushed his season OPS back up to .766, nothing special but giving him an OPS+ of over 100.
He’s walking more, striking out plenty, and flat out getting on base. The sample size is small, but it gives me tremendous hope for my favorite baseball player and a guy I root for with every fiber of my being.
Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
I think Cust is more streaky than average,
so whenever you look at his overall stats in the middle of a downturn they will look especially bad. But he’s still the team’s HR leader by 5 HRs and really the only true “HR threat” (on pace for more than 20) in the lineup. If he can get back to walking a lot — which is a skill that doesn’t tend to disappear — he’s still a very useful player. As a DH. Right, Bob? DH.
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
I think his walking is coming back.
His swing % is slowly dropping, and his other stats are improving. Obviously SSS warning in effect here, but I also think that his approach (and swing %) is more immune to SSS issues than other stats.
"True fact: In a global thermonuclear war, the only human who would survive would be David Eckstein" -PT
Can somebody do a fan post explaining some obscure stats?
OPS+ WARR RAZR cuz as a casual fan i have no idea what those are(i just figured out a couple months ago what OPS is)
HILLIS
So WAR RAZR is designed to tell you:
if you go to war with your razor how does your beard compare with “league average stubble”?
Yeah we may want DFA to take over here.
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
If we trade with the Mets, we could get some undervalued prospects.
They could bring some more pop to the lineup in a couple years. Replace guys like Crosby.
Ian Anderson
{picks up third base}
Got 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
My dog leaves better players than Crosby in tightly coiled piles on my lawn.
Wait, you said this was a family website?
Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
Um, those aren't dog turds,
they’re Jack Hannahan.
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
OK, first the bad news from Sacramento:
Rivercats down 11-1, Blevins gave up 7 hits and 4 ER in 1.2 IP (after Jerome Williams was lit up like a non-religious-specific pre-New-Year’s Winter tree).
The good news: It’s the other team’s starting pitcher who is named “Fister” — not a name I’d want to carry with me all my life.
And Everidge is 3 for 3.
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
"I barely knew 'er!"
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
Fister in the U.S. Army is a good thing
lmfao it’s one of the most respected and dangerous jobs in the Army lol
13 Foxtrot… Field Artillery Forward Observer…
They’re nickname is Fister… haha so i guess Fister can be good sometimes right?!?
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by Let's Go Oakland! on Jul 23, 2009 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
What do you hit? Can you play 3rd?
we might be able to use you, (and not the mikev way)
PREPAREDNESS_Because those goddamn zombies aren’t going to kill themselves
Not sure of my average but I have a really high OBP.
I can’t play third, but I can play second or the outfield. I can pitch too. Better than all my boys.
Bring Jerry back!
You’re hired
Pick up your uniform by the door on your way out. How do you feel about the number 21, (Hairston is not using it anymore)?
PREPAREDNESS_Because those goddamn zombies aren’t going to kill themselves
You should play to hit, not walk in slowpitch! boo!
Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.
My god
i have had to sub in as pitcher on a slow pitch teams and I want to KILL the mf’ers that dont swing after 3 reasonable pitches.
Is that what it's called when you saunter down the line and make the fielder just stop and stare
cuz you’re wiggling your tail as you run?
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
When I was in high school, there was a teacher
named Mr Pfisterer. Not just Pfister, but Pfisterer. Sort of like Duchscherer.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Wondering about Landon...
if he can’t be ready to fill in for Zooks if something happens, will they bring someone else up? Could this be part of a master plan to get Croz behind the plate?
I don't always blog. But when I do, I prefer AN. Stay thirsty my friends.
How far away would he squat?
There isn’t a catcher on the 40-man roster, so if Powell has to be DLed — and if he’s going to be out more than a day or two he really has to be — the A’s need to make a move with the 40 man roster in order to call up, say, E. Munson.
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
I'm liking Powell's bat right now, but isn't a backup catcher's main job
being available to, uh, backup the starting catcher. If his hammies are that bad, maybe they should DL him. Oh, and I just remembered that we don’t have Bowen any more. Where the hell is Melhuse? Are we, or are we not, getting the band back together?
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Manny hits his first PH GS
to untie the Dodger game.
that is like 21 Grand Slams I think.
My favorite team is a fucking embarrassment to all true A's fans and they make me sick to my stomach on an almost daily fucking basis. But being a true fan, I will ride this pathetic bunch of losers out and hope that they get better in 2010
It's actually four in Fenway, too.
And I am guessing Brett Anderson would have liked to borrow two runs for his last outing. ;-)
I'm here to talk about the past.
ROTOWORLD dissed Raji Davis
This is from the ROTOWORLD A’s News on the AN home page. When I read this I almost fell off the couch I was laughing so hard.
He has been rather productive over the last month, so he could be in line for more playing time over Ryan Sweeney. However, he’s still Rajai Davis.
PREPAREDNESS_Because those goddamn zombies aren’t going to kill themselves
Rotoworld reads AN!!!!
ROTOWORLD dissed Raji Davis
I don't always blog. But when I do, I prefer AN. Stay thirsty my friends.
That cracked me up.
Obviously, someone from Rotoworld reads AN on a regular basis.
Speaking of baseball, I just returned from watching my cross dressing brother in laws team play softball. It’s a co-ed league, the team is not all that good and they cheat like crazy, but it’s absolutely hilarious. The league is co-ed, and the other teams in the league consist mainly of people who work together. However, it’s hard to tell some of the transvestites apart from a distance on my brother in laws team, so they take judicious liberties with the batting order. Apparently the batting order is supposed to alternate between genders. I think the other teams are to stunned to protest. By the time they figure out that they’ve been had, the game is over. My brother in law’s team wins a lot more games than they should.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
I vaguely remember knowing (or "knowing")
that the original guy who started Rotoworld was an A’s fan.
I think they have several writers (or “writers”) there now, so who knows who writes what. I know they have Aaron Gleeman now, and I think he’s a Twins fan.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Twins got Buttslammed
I wish the A’s would keep up this kind of offense every game.
All Games and Comments are Subject to Blackout
great to see
our offense terrorize the twins… but it’d be nice if we could have a consistent offense and not just moster spurts of runs.
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by Let's Go Oakland! on Jul 23, 2009 12:05 AM PDT reply actions
Anyone think Rajai deserves an extended look?
I don’t think he’ll be deserving of any playing time when all is said and done, but for now I think he deserves to get consisten AB’s.
"True fact: In a global thermonuclear war, the only human who would survive would be David Eckstein" -PT
He should be in a platoon in RF
Swoony against rightys
Raji against leftys
PREPAREDNESS_Because those goddamn zombies aren’t going to kill themselves
Right field?
Does he have the arm? this makes little sense. But then having Sweeney AND davis on your 25 man and NOT Buck makes little sense to me.
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