Fox Almost Wins It In The 9th, But...Foul

by Nico on Mar 21, 2010 4:13 PM PDT Comment 39 comments

With the A's trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the 9th, runners at first and second, two out, Jake Fox hooked one down the left field line...in the corner...dropping...foul. Fox would fly out to end the game, hanging a loss on Michael Wuertz in his Cactus League debut.

Dallas Braden had his changeup going, helping him to strike out 6 batters without issuing a walk in his 5 innings. Jonny Gomes touched Braden for a solo HR, and some bloops and bleeders got in the way before Braden's own error, dropping the throw on a would-be 3-6-1 DP, contributed to the A's starter being charged with a total of 3 runs, 2 earned.

Adam Rosales continued his strong bid to make the team, homering and walking twice in four trips to the plate. He also made a throwing error at SS, just to show he's human.

Look for Justin Duchscherer to make his first Cactus League appearance tomorrow in relief of Brett Anderson, for Coco Crisp and Rajai Davis to be back in the OF on Wednesday, and for the battle for the final pitching and bench spots to sort themselves out no sooner than April 3rd. Buckle up, folks: Opening Night is 2 weeks from tomorrow!

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SuSlu commented on Braden's nerve problem

http://twitter.com/susanslusser/status/10841110805

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by Flashfire on Mar 21, 2010 4:16 PM PDT reply actions

Sigh.

Cahill and Gio will both get plenty of work this year.

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by Nico on Mar 21, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions

in the words of my long-deceased grampa

Oy.

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

by emperor nobody on Mar 21, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions

and jason jennings

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury

by Future Ed on Mar 21, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

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by micdog2001 on Mar 22, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions

looks like all of our guys that should be on the roster

opening day seem to all be pitching pretty well. looks good for the season hopefully.

by Twan54321 on Mar 21, 2010 5:50 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Adam Rosales

will be on the opening day roster. Period. He doesn’t have to earn it, prove it, show it — he’s there already. Hell, he probably oughta start.

I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.

by Vacafan on Mar 21, 2010 5:52 PM PDT reply actions

He was always going to be there

Who else would back up at short or second?

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by hero66 on Mar 21, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Not sure he's strong enough defensively to start

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by Nico on Mar 21, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Plus he's way behind in the nickname stakes.

MoneyPenny takes some beating.

Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.

by OldhamA on Mar 21, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions

in Cincy they called him

“Pete” Rosales.

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

by emperor nobody on Mar 21, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

I think MoneyPenny is easily the worst nickname any A's player has ever received at AN

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by thejd44 on Mar 21, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Patrol Craft

I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev

by mikev on Mar 21, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm with Mike.

sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm

by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Don'll get jealous.

Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.

by OldhamA on Mar 22, 2010 7:10 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh, you've got a point there

But I didn’t see too many people call him that, thankfully.

Who is responsible for those two nicknames?

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by thejd44 on Mar 22, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions

How about when some wag nicknamed Bobby Crosby 'Rookie of the Year'?

I mean, what was that all about?

I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.

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by bobnothing on Mar 22, 2010 1:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Bones kinda sucked too,

but he gave himself that nickname, not AN, which only proves his own lameness.

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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 22, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

It should be against the law to give yourself a nickname

by sirbed on Mar 22, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions

Besides

Bones is reserved for Dr. McCoy from Star Trek: TOS

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by cuppingmaster on Mar 22, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm looking forward to Crisp being the lineup tomorrow

As a DH. If he’s going to start the season, he needs to get some plate appearances in.

And I wish Fox had one more option. At the beginning of ST, I thought the option might not be that important as he would make the team, but the way he’s hit, Rosales will probably get the nod over him. On the plus side, he might clear wavers ;-).

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by worldblee on Mar 21, 2010 6:30 PM PDT reply actions

Is Crisp meant to start hitting soon?

I’d totally forgotten about him.

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by OldhamA on Mar 21, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions

aww thats a heartbreaker

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by MJ5 on Mar 21, 2010 7:46 PM PDT reply actions

Damn. It almost..

…sounds like last season- in Chicago.

"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."

by LeSaboteur on Mar 21, 2010 7:49 PM PDT reply actions

If someone picks up Fox on waivers, do they need to keep him on the 25-man roster all season?

And if they get sick of him and want to send him down, is he just exposed to the waiver wire according to the standard order teams get to claim players?

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Mar 21, 2010 8:07 PM PDT reply actions

They don't HAVE to keep him, but if they want to send him to the minors he does have to clear waivers

It’s not like he would be offered back to the A’s.

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by thejd44 on Mar 21, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes to all of what you said, I think.

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

by Nico on Mar 21, 2010 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I think he'd clear waivers

There will be several players on the waiver wire, and most rosters will be set. He’s weak defensively and he hasn’t proven himself offensively. Patterson, on the other hand, shows hints of being a pretty good hitter, plus he can back up second base if necessary. Patterson, I think could prove a useful 25th player; Fox at this point, not.

by richwol1 on Mar 22, 2010 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions