Bailey Notches 25th Save as A's Treat Tribe Kurt-ly, 5-2

by emperor nobody on Sep 17, 2009 10:42 PM PDT

Tonight's stars enjoy a little friendly "whose hand is bigger?" competition, remembering of course it's not the size of the mitt, but how you call the game.

The Swingin', Pitchin', Runnin', Streakin' A's undressed Cleveland starter Justin "from my hand to your bat" Masterson in a 4-run 3rd, punctuated by a Kurt Suzuki three-run HR. And Thursday makes Four in a row for Oakland, quietly putting together another more-than-respectable second half here in the Days of Oughty-Nine.

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not pictured: an Indian

Well it looks like 67MARQUEZ got his miracle ticket's worth tonight, with the Athletics continuing the trend of there-is-an-A-in-Awesome with another workmanlike effort in support of Clayton "Le Not-So-Petit" Mortensen, who went a solid and exceptionally tall 5 for his 2nd win, and yet another in a long series of utterly delectable, gourmet, even-better-than-those-veggie-tacos-at-Herbivore bullpen workouts featuring Brad Kilby, everyday Craig Breslow & Michael Wuertz. Wuertz was best yet again as he struck out a couple to get the ball to the AL's most satisfying after-dinner digestif, who proved a liqueur too strong for the tepid Tribe bats and authored his (ongoing Oakland rookie record) 25th save. So Andrew Bailey's ridiculous, eye-popping, and all-around glittering ERA drops to 1.95, and he is clearly qualifying himself more each day to be placed among MLB's ROYalty come this off-season.

Not much else to say about it all, other than

Rajai Davis legged out another hit and sits at .313... if you'd have told me 10 weeks ago, hey Joshy! Raj is gonna hit .300, whaddaya think of that? I'd have politely requested a taste of whatever it was you were having, and to be honest it would have brought to mind this classic exchange, early 2000s, between Ken Korach and the late Bill King:

BK: This guy is on fire, he is really smokin'.

KenKo: Oh yeah, Bill? What's he smokin'?

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yay wins

They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick

by mikev on Sep 17, 2009 10:48 PM PDT reply actions

Yay!

Great night! I want another tomorrow night!

Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22

by lynnzgal on Sep 17, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions

TWSS!

They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick

by mikev on Sep 17, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions

also, happy birthday dollface!

They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick

by mikev on Sep 17, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Thankee!

It was!

Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22

by lynnzgal on Sep 17, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions

hugs

Happy birthday and many more =)

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Sep 17, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks, en!

And thanks for letting 67M off the hook. He came over and gave me a birthday hug, too! Very nice!

Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22

by lynnzgal on Sep 17, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions

So what's it like to finally be 29? The big 3-0 i sright around the corner, huh???

They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick

by mikev on Sep 17, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions

That's right!

It feels just like the first time! TYVM!

Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22

by lynnzgal on Sep 17, 2009 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Happy B-Day!!!!!!!!

"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."

by OptimistPrime on Sep 17, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Lets not forget

Another good day for Pennington. Impressive speed. Thats how you do it Bobby.

by Arcman on Sep 17, 2009 10:56 PM PDT reply actions

I say save any 2011 money

Keep pennington at ss fpr 2010.

by Future Ed on Sep 17, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions

OK, I haven't been around here too much the past few days

So forgive me if this has been covered. But what’s up with the centered text on the posts?

Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.

by ORthey on Sep 17, 2009 10:57 PM PDT reply actions

it's just my style

If I am unjustified, it’s just how I am ;)

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Sep 17, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Clayton "Le Not-So-Petit" Mortensen

Heh heh heh – nice work on the wrap. I also liked "Justin “from my hand to your bat” Masterson." Keep up the obscure and profane references.

''I love Billy Beane. The only mistake he has ever made was writing that braggy book about himself, and how he's so good at computers.'' - Ken Tremendous

by fridaynightfan on Sep 17, 2009 11:27 PM PDT reply actions

OK Empy

You are most welcome here by me, LOVING the goofiness and off-the-wall references!

"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."

by OptimistPrime on Sep 17, 2009 11:38 PM PDT reply actions

Nortons and Indians and Greeves(es) won't do

by jakarta on Sep 17, 2009 11:48 PM PDT reply actions

I think the consensus opinion

is that none of those have a soul like a Vincent ’52.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Sep 17, 2009 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions

or a suzuki '83?

by jakarta on Sep 17, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Note to self:

Come to Paris more often. The boys have won every game since I’ve been gone. Or, er, maybe that means I should just stay away from the ballpark? Nah…I choose Paris.

Losing this team would be a huge failure for this city and an affront to Oakland’s great sports legacy.

by skigurl on Sep 17, 2009 11:54 PM PDT reply actions

Is it incredible?

No way are you staying away from the ballpark! It loves you!

Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22

by lynnzgal on Sep 18, 2009 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions

The sacrifices you make for this club...

Texas in September?! Oy…

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Sep 18, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Veh'.....

Just another routine win for the A’s…{yawns…waits for “We’re all gonna die!” clamor…}

Zooks has 13 dingers and 78 RBI’s, which leads the team. If he ends the season leading the team in RBI’s, he will be the first catcher to lead the A’s team in that category since 1948, IIRC. Cool shit, and Bailey is The MF Mastah!

Go A’s!

Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox

by mrod on Sep 18, 2009 12:38 AM PDT reply actions

emperor notched a save, too

Thanks again, man.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 18, 2009 5:27 AM PDT reply actions

reader question asked during the broadcast:

the fellas read a question from a viewer who boldly predicted (i think i he predicted, rather than asked if it was possible) that the A’s will finish at .500 this year. they need to go 13-3 to do so.

can they do it? can they get through 6 against the angels (not to mention 3 more against the tribe, 3 at home against a rangers team who should be pretty pissed after oakland’s most recent trip to arlington, and 3 at seattle) with only 3 losses? it would be an amazing finish.

any takers?

by jlanning17 on Sep 18, 2009 9:24 AM PDT reply actions