A's Streak Ends with a Thud

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 21, 2009 9:55 PM PDT

Well, as they say, "everything ends badly, or else it would never end", que no?

This was one was pretty much over before it began as the Rangers jumped on A's starter Edgar Gonzalez for six runs on nine hits in just a smidge over three innings on the clock. I will spare you the gory details, and you can thank me in private. Instead there will be only highlights of Christina Hendricks. Here she is eating a Drumstick. And this is one of her doing a crossword puzzle. Sorry, the links don't seem to be working properly, but I am sure you can imagine.

Anywho, Henry Rodriguez made his A's debut tonight, and he made like Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh: in one very eventful frame, he allowed a hit, two runs (one earned), walked one, struck out one, and threw a pair of wild pitches. But he did go home with Annie Savoy.

In short, he wasn't anything like Brad Kilby, who continued to impress with an impeccable 2.2 innings in relief of Gonzalez, while striking out three Rangers.

Matt Carson gave the A's one tiny thrill in the ninth when he stroked his first Major League homerun in the home half of the ninth. By that time, the outcome had long been decided, leaving AN to discuss...other things.

Just a dozen games left. Enjoy them A's fans. There is no pain like the off-season.

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:THUD:

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

by lynnzgal on Sep 21, 2009 9:58 PM PDT reply actions

That was loud.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 21, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Was that just me?

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

by lynnzgal on Sep 21, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions

i'd like to think I helped

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 21, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Well,

I’d like to think I was on top.

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

by lynnzgal on Sep 21, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Oops!

I meant, to cushion my fall.

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

by lynnzgal on Sep 21, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Plastic jugs

I hear they help.

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by Flashfire on Sep 21, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Quiet! You!

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

by lynnzgal on Sep 21, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions

YES MA'AM.

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 21, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions

STRE K

but also….

F IL..

2 things you can’t have without the A’s

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 21, 2009 10:01 PM PDT reply actions

Well

…nothing like a good intra-division trouncing to remind us of where our needs really lie.

by Rancho Canseco on Sep 21, 2009 10:02 PM PDT reply actions

I feel bad for edgar gonzalez

he was pissed when he got pulled from the last game. I wish geren would have left him in.

by Future Ed on Sep 21, 2009 10:10 PM PDT reply actions

< switches over from colts game, sees score >

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Sep 21, 2009 10:10 PM PDT reply actions

You even had a comment to add on top

but you still couldn’t bring yourself to put it in the subject line?

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Sep 21, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Sep 22, 2009 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Does it really matter?

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by Flashfire on Sep 22, 2009 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Is it me or are the additional game threads not showing up on the front page?

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by Flashfire on Sep 21, 2009 10:15 PM PDT reply actions

67M is crafty that way.

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

by lynnzgal on Sep 21, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions

bahleeted?!

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 21, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions

They're still there, but probably hidden

I can get to them through checking my comments.

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by Flashfire on Sep 21, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I got that, too.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Sep 21, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions

He had to hide them so that

no one would accidentally stumble upon all those naked pictures of Megan Fox and Christina Hendricks.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Sep 21, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions

It's cool. I saved them.

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 21, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions

for a loss, it was quite entertaining...

Rodriguez throws the shit out of the ball, and with no clue where it’ll end up, to boot.

Carson’s been fun to watch, too. I hope he has a great year next year in Tokyo or Pittsburgh or Sacramento.

Santangelo in the postgame show suggested that Kilby might be a candidate for the rotation next year. I don’t know about that, but I hope he keeps it up and makes the big club in some capacity. It’s awesome to watch his throwing hand flop around like he’s got a salmon tail coming out of his buttcrack or something…

I’m excited about not seeing Casilla, Crosby, and (nothing personal) Garciaparra clogging up the roster next year.

I hope Patterson gets deported to Siberia on general principles, even though the error should have been on Rodriguez.

I wonder if come April we’ll see Carter, Barton, and Cust all on the roster. I also wonder if that will be bodaciously cool, or suck monkey droppings.

"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard

by Gaijin_Suketto on Sep 21, 2009 10:16 PM PDT reply actions

All of the above

with the addendum that if FP suggests something might happen, it’s probably not the case

by bobnothing on Sep 21, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Where would FP come up with that idea?

Kilby’s never started a single game in the minors. Just weird.

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by Flashfire on Sep 21, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm sure he was dreaming of Kilby's 2 inning scoreless stint times three...

I don’t know if Kilby has enough quality stuff to get them out the second time through the lineup, but that deceptive motion sure works as a reliever.

"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard

by Gaijin_Suketto on Sep 21, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Not that it has anything to do with his comments about Kilby

but I met FP last year at the ACME Chophouse after a Giants game and he was a totally smug prick f*%ktard.

I offered to buy him a beer and he just stared at me and looked me up and….and then said, “Nah”…..while shaking his head and then turning his back to me. Asshole….

But Kilby is impressing me, though.

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

by mrod on Sep 21, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah...

So the initials stand for _ucking _rick, right?

I’d rather shoot rats at the dump with Frank Menechino anyway.

"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard

by Gaijin_Suketto on Sep 22, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions

"Lighten up Frances!".......

Seriously, he was just full of himself and extremely rude…..whatever.

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

by mrod on Sep 22, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

just got back from the game

well that was a dud, wasn’t it?

Even in games like that you find interesting things, such as:
Edgar González’ exchange with the umpire as he was getting taken out of the game. The ump was quite hot under the collar, and even after Edgar was gone the ump stomped around looking for someone to hurt.
Speaking of the ump, he touched the catchers’ backs before every pitch — sometimes one hand, sometimes two. I must say I’ve never noticed an ump doing that before. Maybe it’s common, but if I was a catcher it would really bug me.
Brad Kilby gives a small swipe of his hand and the ball behind his back before he throws a pitch.
Henry Rodgriguez’ debut wowed the fans with his 100 mph pitches — but not with his wildness.
Matt Carson hit his first major league Home run — he ran around the bases fast, grinning from ear to ear…nice!
Eric Munson and Travis Buck sighting — not that they did much at the plate.

Won’t be able to say this in a couple of weeks, but — tomorrow is another game. Hope the guys have more energy for tomorrow’s game than they did tonight.

by OaklandSi on Sep 21, 2009 11:00 PM PDT reply actions

Waaah!

That is all.

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

by lynnzgal on Sep 21, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions

It's common for umps to have one hand on the catcher's back

I’ve seen it said that when the catcher shifts it tells the ump where the pitch is supposed to be – inside or outside.

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by Flashfire on Sep 21, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions

funny, all the many games I've seen, and I never noticed that...

by OaklandSi on Sep 21, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions

You forgot the heat wave

It was cold too. My favorite line came from one of the vendors, during Patterson’s last at bat: “Eric Patterson swings a bat like JaMarcus Russell throws a football.”

Suck game…though the Buck, Carson, H-Rod and Kilby sightings were all fun. Daniel behind me said that Patterson reminded him of Willie Mays Hayes, and Dr. Pez was intently watching Henry Rodriguez, muttering “Nuke Laloosh, Nuke Laloosh.”

by richwol1 on Sep 21, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions

And he runs like JR should.

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

by lynnzgal on Sep 21, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions

guess the A's streak went wherever the heat wave went

by OaklandSi on Sep 21, 2009 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions

The vendor was pure comic genius...

…and he sounded like Scatman Crothers.

by Dr Pez on Sep 22, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I was really mesmerised by Kilby's bizarre little wrist swipe before the pitch as well

by Jackson23 on Sep 21, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions

You sold Henry short in the intro.

He also hit a batter and missed a throw from Patterson at 1B.

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Sep 22, 2009 1:47 AM PDT reply actions

Well, I didn't want to be mean.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 22, 2009 5:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Why in gods name was Crosby starting at 1B?

Is Barton injured? If he is or Geren just wanted to rest him then Powell should have played there. Giving at bats to a below replacement level player over young hitters like Barton and Powell who actually have a future here is so monumentally stupid I am actually choking on my own rage.

by DeJay on Sep 22, 2009 6:53 AM PDT reply actions