Rays Still Better Than A's: Price Dominates A's Offense
by baseballgirl on May 7, 2010 9:57 PM PDT
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When you face a team that leads the league in runs and in fewest runs allowed, you have to be perfect to win, especially when a good pitcher like Price is on the mound. The A's weren't tonight.
Gio Gonzalez looked unhittable early and was dealing well into the late innings, but five walks would be his undoing. He has positively nasty stuff, and he is way too good to walk the number of batters he does. It cost him tonight as the Rays' first run scored after a leadoff walk in the fourth, and the two runs scored in the seventh would seal the game.
The A's had two men on in the first inning, after a walk and a leadoff single, but Kouzmanoff lined to the pitcher for the inning-ending double play.
Price got a lot of A's out in the game; striking out six, while allowing only three hits.
Fast forward to the eighth inning when the A's mounted their only threat of the night. Jake Fox walked to lead off the inning and a balk moved him to second. For reasons unknown, Rajai bunted (for a base hit I'm sure, but an interesting choice considering that Price walked a guy who never walks). Fox walks about as much as Rajai himself, which is to say, never, and Rajai hit the first pitch. For some inexplicable reason, Fox did NOT run to third on the bunt, and after Price hurdled Navarro to get out of the way, Navarro threw out Rajai by a step. That would end up being the A's best chance to score as Price loaded the bases with two outs and Barton coming up. Barton got into a 0-2 hole and later grounded weakly to third. Luckily for him, Longoria made a Kouzmanoff-like throw to first and everybody was safe; the first and only run scored for the A's on the play.
Gaudin came in for the ninth to try to keep the deficit at 2, but he allowed another run to score, and had to tag another one out at the plate. The A's went one, two, three in the ninth, and there is your game. I hate games like this in front of big crowds.
Sheets takes the mound tomorrow for the A's; in the game they need; the A's will see Shields on Sunday, so they might want to win tomorrow.
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You'd rather a game like this in front of a small crowd?
It was a good game. A’s played well. Sucks that we lost but nothing to be ashamed of.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
No, I mean I like when the big crowds see exciting, awesome A's wins
So they come back :-D
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
by baseballgirl on May 7, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It was still a good game
I’m on the BART plaza. Big crowd was mostly into the game, lots of chanting.
by OaklandSi on May 7, 2010 10:56 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Short but sweet
Music was forgettable – after all, the theme was “one hit wonders”
by OaklandSi on May 7, 2010 10:59 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Something about Vanilla Ice and fireworks just feels wrong.
I’m always impressed by the A’s fireworks.
Shazbat.
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
So, this is pretty awesome at least:
I run out and grab a chicken burrito from taco bell (don’t judge me)
The first hot sauce packet I open has this on it:
“This Space For Rent. Inquire Within.”
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well, did you inquire?
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by cuppingmaster on May 7, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Taco Bell would be a perfect corporate sponsor.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'm glad to hear that.
This means you must be feeling better?
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by Gaijin_Suketto on May 8, 2010 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait a minute.
Is this the recap?
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No, this is Tai Chi For Beginners
Go down the internet, two URLs to your right.
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we're doing CT thread in game recap?
I thought we decided not to do that.
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by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess if the recap gets up this fast, yes?
I don’t know. I don’t think there’s a strict policy. {checks CGs…} Hey, we can’t what anymore????
&%*$#&@!!!!!
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that went smooth.
I thought the others were not thrilled with 1000 comment recaps?
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by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe like the DLDs, CT threads can just be made as fanposts when people want?
That way anyone can make them and the recaps can be recaps.
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We started throwing a new open thread in the Overflow Game Threads section, out of the way.
I could do that again, if people wanted.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I'm sure people who come to recap threads to actually read game-related stuff would appreciate...
…separate threads for people listening to CT.
Only the people who are actually listening will really have any idea what’s even being said since a lot of the comments are just kind of random.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
Alright, I'll throw up an Overflow CT thread.
Give me a sec.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Just my 2 cents here
but the recap threads seem to be… recaps, and not so much in the comments.
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That would be good.
I agree that “CT threads” should be separate, but I’m not sure the two threads should be front page — first of all, the timing isn’t right as the recap goes up a little after the end of the game and so the CT show. If they happened an hour apart it would make sense but they don’t.
As someone who doesn’t listen to CT and doesn’t care about the show (I’d rather talk about the game than about a show), it would be nice to separate the two. But not by way of delaying the recap thread by an hour or two.
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we hide it on the side.
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by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Sneaky sneaky!
You side-hiding rapscallions!
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[guilty]
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely.
And totally agreed. The CT stuff tends to descend into madness really quickly, and it’s not exactly riveting reading material the next morning.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
well, umm...
I think it can be pretty good reading material the next day. I just read last night’s and laughed six or seven times.
However, it’s easy enough to find in the overflow game threads, so just create one along with the recap and link to it in the recap, and everybody’s happy.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on May 8, 2010 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Last night was pretty tame
There were only a few calls and CT played an interview he did with Ziegler.
After I went to bed it looked like the thread got another 350+ comments.
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OH SURE JUST BUTT IN LIKE YOU FUCKING RUN THE PLACE WHY DONCHA
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Oh, this WAS both...
…I delayed the game so ya’ll would have a fresh thread! I figured no one would want to talk about the ACTUAL game tonight;-)
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by baseballgirl on May 7, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Tai Chi?
or Chai Tea?
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
by oaklandSMASH on May 7, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
The fireworks show began with
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
by OaklandSi on May 7, 2010 11:00 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Making me feel better right now
Streaks
Slegna – L7
Aquamen – L6
We just need texas to have an L number also.
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
oh yeah
I just was reading the bottom of the AN page
Still, I like that we don’t suck as bad as some other people.
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
by oaklandSMASH on May 7, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Ooh -- THAT should totally be this year's slogan!
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2010 Oakland A's
Your team can outsuck our team!
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by oaklandSMASH on May 7, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I just heard the M's had a team meeting before the game today.
by LoneStranger on May 7, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
did wonders.
8-0?
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by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Depends on what it was trying to do.
Perhaps the message was “Hey, those Angels are on a seven-game losing streak. Since we don’t seem to be going anywhere, let’s give them a little emotional boost!”
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 8, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Did the entire team say "I need help" this time?
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Slegna broke that streak tonight,
but the M’s are up to 7 now…
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
You can say the Mariners are really under water...
YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
by oaklandSMASH on May 7, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Aaaaaah!
Evil Dave!
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by Gaijin_Suketto on May 8, 2010 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
It looked like at least 20,000
And they’re all on the same BART car with me!
by OaklandSi on May 7, 2010 11:04 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Watching the Dodgers and listening to Vin Scully
Grandpa Vin will make it all better
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Will there be a CT thread?
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
There will be a scan.
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Phew
I’ll need one after this game
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on May 7, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
this is it!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought CT threads were separate from recaps?
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on May 7, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno...
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
[appears out of nowhere]
CT?
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
not yet, dan.
but hi!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
How did the rest of the game go? Not well, it looks.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
kinda sucky.
Not overly so, but…you know, enough to lose to a good team.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
It's the Rays.
I mean, seriously. Say what you want, we can be all rah-rah and hope that we win and that’s why we play the games and stuff, but their team is significantly better than our team.
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Their fourth starter.
Damn.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
all five are good.
Their only real weakness is bullpen.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Their 4th starter is Andrew fucking Price.
Just sayin.
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David, too.
(is a dick)
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Aw, you beat me.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 7, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
WHAT??????????
This upsets me.
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speaking of appearing out of nowhere
Did they interrupt the other show mid-sentence for CT?
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by cuppingmaster on May 7, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
they will.
is he on?
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by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
yup, just came on
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by cuppingmaster on May 7, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
dan's making us a thread...
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Well it's after midnight....I'm eating top ramen....if there was a REM CD playing
and I asked a cute girl what her major was it would be like I was back in college
would you strike out or seal the deal?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 7, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Gio has to get the head case crap under control
Once again, too many walks, too many trips around the back of the mound cursing at himself, and subsequently too many walks coming around to score. This guy has top-level raw talent but has issues with being his own undoing…. someone needs to mentor him out of this infantile reactive stuff where the opposition sees you starting to melt down. For good teams like Tampa that’s just blood in the water.
Offensively, well, what is there to say? I’ve seen more exciting play from the seals at Fisherman’s Wharf, really. The A’s sometimes hit 2-0 and they look like they think it’s 0-2 is all I can say… words like “trying not to fail” come to mind. And Davis, WTF was that? Maybe tell the guy you’re thinking about laying one down, so he’s not picking his jaw up off the floor instead of running to third? Page, meet same.. glad I could introduce you two.
You gotta play perfect right now to beat these guys and tonight was far from, good a game as it was despite the somnolence of the A’s bats.
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our offense lost this game
As opposed to Gio losing it. Holding this team to 4 runs isn’t something to feel bad about.
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by cuppingmaster on May 7, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea, I didn't think Gio was the problem today.
I don’t mind the guy yelling at himself when he gives up a hit.
by LoneStranger on May 7, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess more to the point is that David Price won this game
No doubt. Very dominating.
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by cuppingmaster on May 7, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
i thought gio pitched very well
true, there were too many walks. but it’s hard to win a game when your team only scores 1 damn run.
I was at the game and I agree....he looked good for the most part.
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
maybe so
but he’s too talented to be carrying on and yelling into his glove after every bad pitch or walk… he does this constantly & he needs to grow up.
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by emperor nobody on May 7, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
The "falling completely over after overthrowing ball 4" doesn't help either
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What a wasted Gio start...
especially with Sheets tomorrow. Hello SWEEP!
Yer killin me kouz, yer killing me!
Of course I hope Sheets gets his act together tomorrow
but his last 2 starts were disgusting and it’s going to take a miracle but that’s why they play the games. Anything can happen.
I wish Robin Roberts could pitch for us tomorrow
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by cuppingmaster on May 7, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm on it!
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Who's sirbed?
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CT Thread:
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2010/5/7/1463254/chris-townsend-and-you
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Jane Lee has an update.
Coco Crisp just told me he could potentially make his A’s debut near the end of the month. 1 minute ago via web
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 7, 2010 10:26 PM PDT reply actions
Take away the bad play by davis
and its a very close game.
This is another one of those games that, with a few different bounces and the A’s win the game.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
Oh Kouz...
That horrible play at third late in the game (where he missed the ball from Donaldson, and then let Navarro(?) get to second)? Yeah, that’s gonna haunt my dreams tonight.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." -- Connie Mack
very ugly...in section 127 we were screaming at him
we also scolded Jake Fox for being anchored to second base while Rajai attempted to bunt his way on base.
It was a close game for the most part. Gio pitched well. But Price pitched better.
Wonder whick Sheets we’ll see tomorrow?
actually, we've also seen a Sheets that at least kept the team in the game
his starts haven’t all been blowouts.
Heh, I was in 127 as well
We were wondering how to boo Kouz without sounding like “Kooooooooz.”
From where I was sitting in 107, it loooked like Rajai completly misplayed the hit that scored the two runs..
He broke in on the ball and it went over his head it seemed like if he would have broke back he may have been able to catch it. I havent seen replays of it or anything so my only perspective on the play was seeing it live but it sure looked catchable, those runs totally changed the game. Dont even get me started on Fox just standing on second, he stood there and watched the whole play, it is time for him to say goodbye!!
There is no A in OFFENSE!!
well, Raj was bunting for a hit
so fox didn’t have advanced knowledge that the bunt was going down. so he couldn’t get a good secondary lead. The bunt was in the air so he had to freeze. And the bunt was fielded by the catcher who would have thrown him out at third.
So no, I can’t fault fox. (you can see a replay on mlb.com
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
you don't need a sign to see that Raj was trying to bunt for a hit
he could have broke for third once he saw the play…the Rays were pretty much concentrating on throwing Raj out…this is, of course, assuming that Fox was watching the play…
Actually, I think what happened is that
off the bat it wasn’t all that clear, from Fox’s sightline, whether the bunt was in the air or not, or very sharply back to the mound or not. By the time he could guage it, he was a dead duck (or fox) if he tried to advance.
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That may be true
but the bunt was still in the air, directly at the pitcher and ultimately fielded by the catcher, so breaking as the play unfolded would have resulted in an out at third.
i don’t assume the Rays would have conceded third if fox were breaking.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
Whether rational or not...
I was upset by Geren keeping Gio in prior to the two runs scoring and then bringing Gaudin to pitch the 9th. Oh well. Geren is too busy smelling his finger.
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
Wuertz was up and had Rodriguez been a righty
(he’s a switch hitter) I’ll bet Geren would have made the move to Wuertz. Instead he was waiting for the next righty because Gio was a better option than any other reliever. If Rajai catches that drive, it all falls into place, but…no margin for error, bad first step… :-(
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Gaudin should never be allowed to pitch in a close game
Any number of others before him.
Nico is right (see below) but Gaudin created the mess by allowing those two runners on.
No matter what any stat says, IMO he is not a good pitcher. His days are past. I know his ERA is horrible and he gives up runs every time I listen to or watch him and the end result is he invariably puts us in a worse position than we were before he came in.
He does not give up runs every time but he does it too often for my liking and for the good of the team. Time to release this guy.
Make that
See above.
Your post came below as I was typing this.
LOL
Note: I was talking about the inning Gio started, not the one Gaudin started.
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
Thing is, what you say is exactly why Gaudin was the right choice:
The fact that he’s not one of the A’s good relievers. Down 3-1 going to the 9th, chances are you are going to lose no matter how the top of the 9th goes. That’s not the time to put in Wuertz; it’s the time to sigh and put in Gaudin. The A’s could release Gaudin but then in that same situation you go to Edwar Ramirez, or some other “Oh not him!” scrub.
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by Nico on May 8, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I know when we are down
we don’t want to waste a good reliever Wuertz etc but there had to be a better choice.
Ramirez is not much better.
Oh well. Let’s hope Sheets get his shit together and does not soil his sheets.
I want Kurt back healthy, He certainly improves the team in all facets of the game. That was a big loss. Maybe coincidence but the ERA’s went thru the roof.
Accidently posted before finish
premature post(ulation). Wonder if the doctor can fix it.
………ERA’s went thru the roof. We were due to get rocked but I can’t help feeling that Kurt woulds have been a help with the pitchers in that area as far as pitch selection etc. But these guys are professionals and have the Scouting reports on the hitters.
I dunno. Ramirez isn't any better,
you could go with Breslow, but would you have been stunned if Breslow gave up runs? And you don’t want to waste Blevins et al on a possible “shutdown inning” down 2 runs in the 9th. Trouble is, the exact right pitcher to go to is one you don’t really want to go to. Better now than in a game you’re likely to win.
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
Price
Looked like a beast last night. Has he lost some weight? He looks like he’s in great shape. Not good for AL East Teams.
He looked fantastic
I hate to use the expression, but I think last night was, more than anything else, a “tip your hat” loss.
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 it's price tipping his hat to Billy beane and his
anemic offense
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
Susan Slusser has a few notes to pass along.
Josh Outman will throw a simulated game in Arizona today with Mark Ellis standing in at the plate but not swinging. #Athletics 1 minute ago via Twittelator
Coco Crisp is 1-2 weeks from going on a rehab assignment according to Bob Geren. #Athletics less than 20 seconds ago via Twittelator
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Kurt Suzuki is close to going on a short rehab assignment. #Athletics 4 minutes ago via Twittelator
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