Anderson's 2 Inning Start Ends Pitching Streak, Sinks A's Early
by baseballgirl on Aug 27, 2010 8:20 PM PDT
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PrintIf you're checking in to see if the A's pitching extended their amazing streak another night, I'll save you the trouble and just tell you they didn't. Buried early by Anderson's two-inning, six hit, four run effort, the streak comes to an end. Anderson left after apparently injuring his knee in the second inning; he would be allowed to finish the inning, but was pulled before the third.
The A's offense managed to hit two homeruns (Kouzmanoff and Barton), but they failed to score in the fourth inning with a runner on third and one out, as Suzuki (who had two of the eight hits for the A's tonight) led off the inning with a double. They also put on their usual teAse in the ninth, but great defense by Hamilton (what doesn't he do?) helped the Rangers put up another zero.
The Rangers recorded five infield hits tonight as they built their early lead, and the A's really had no chance to get back in the game, despite the best efforts of Boof Bonser, who gave the A's four innings from the bullpen (and gave up three runs in the process). Ziegler and Bailey threw an inning each, both scoreless.
Coco Crisp put up a 0-5 in the leadoff spot; only Suzuki and Davis had multiple hits on the night. The A's fall yet another game behind the Rangers and all but put the nail in the coffin of the season. The A's haven't played a big game well yet this season, and tonight was no exception.
We do it again tomorrow; expect a full crowd in Texas due to the concert after the game tomorrow night.
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I'm glad you're not the 3rd base coach.
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
hah!
...being a role model I probably wouldn't recommend eating dirt. But at the same time, I'm not trying to be a role model. I'm just trying to eat some dirt.
Quite possibly the quote of the year Lynn!
I’m rolling on the floor……….!
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
We are so not good.
We’re not bad, mind you, but we’re so not good. It was runner at 3rd, one out, by the way. As if that makes it all ok. ;-(
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
Fixed...thanks
I knew that, but ya know, the wine. And there HAS to be wine.
"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 Aug 27, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course there does
How else are you going to wash down all the Vicodin it takes to watch this “offense”?
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 did those hussies do to him?
...being a role model I probably wouldn't recommend eating dirt. But at the same time, I'm not trying to be a role model. I'm just trying to eat some dirt.
Per request,
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
Hey, I hate CT threads as much as the next guy
but I get their appeal. Plus, it’s so rewarding to bust ass to write a recap and then have it be completely ignored.
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 sorry, honey.
If it means anything, I appreciate your effort, as I do all the writers here. I’m not too knowledgeable though, so sometimes I don’t have anything valid to offer.
You sell yourself short.
“Gaaaah we suck!!!” is a valid comment, for example, as is “Woo hoo, we suck but not so much tonight!!!”
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
Oh right.
And I know you sell yourself. So never mind.
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
Selling you?
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
not to distract us from the bigs
but anyone notice that choice is killing it in A ball? i wonder if they’ll promote him to kane county or stockton by the end of the season if he keeps this up.
Not a chance
Vancouver, Kane County, and Stockton all end their regular season schedule on either September 5th or 6th. It wouldn’t be “worth” it for them to jump him up a level at this point.
Glad to see he’s started his pro career off hitting the crap out of the ball though! Hopefully he can work on cutting the K’s down next season.
You know you are big-time when people chant your name while you pee. - 67MARQUEZ
by bakerbeachboy on Aug 28, 2010 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Um, I know this is off-topic but...
Meg Whitman? On the front page?
Political ads. Not cool. Make it stop.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
{slide whistle}
Sadly, I have no control over the ads. I did complain, on AN’s behalf, about a recent NSFW one, but I don’t know if they cared.
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
Slide whistle?
That reference went way over my head, I’m afraid.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
It was part of the anti-Poizner radio ads
Has Jerry Brown run a single ad? I swear I’ve seen or heard 4,362 Whitman ads and not one Brown ad. Not one.
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
Brown's campaign officially starts September 1st.
He doesn’t have $200,000,000 to spend. Whitman v. Brown is kinda like Yanks v. A’s (monetarily, of course)
steve poizner is like that one baseball team that is destroying our way of life and is wrong for california
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
seasonal work
and for an insurgent website, SBN should take whatever revenues it can come by.
the NSFW stuff, though, just makes this place unreachable while at work.
by rollierollieOxenfree on Aug 28, 2010 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
If they are going to allow political ads, then they need to allow political discussion
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
Well the trouble is that "them" ain't the same thems
AN doesn’t allow political discussion for good reason. SB Nation allows political ads, and AN can’t do anything about it. But allowing political discussion on AN would be a very bad idea, so we confine politics to the visual borders since we can’t confine it, as we’d like to, to nowhere.
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
well, that's pretty much the end of our hopes for 2010, time to bail out
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
anyone know why carter only got 1 ab today
Please tell me he didn’t get injured
by gambler on Aug 27, 2010 11:52 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I'm not sure on any details
But he did get hit by a pitch today :(
You know you are big-time when people chant your name while you pee. - 67MARQUEZ
by bakerbeachboy on Aug 28, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
he rolled his ankle and came out of the game
Per the article I read…dunno how to link while mobile posting
by stm72 on Aug 28, 2010 7:44 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh cool, BA is apparently going to pitch his next start.
Yep, dont see any problems with that. We certainly have never been burned by a player claiming they were “fine” when they most certainly were not, who then immediately got hurt and missed tons of time.
-Yeah, I just posted that, but my opinion is apparently "wrong" a significant portion of the time though, so take it as you will.
I can start beating the "bring up Bobby Cramer and see what he's got!" drum now, at least...
It’d push Anderson back a day, which is fine. The team is toast in the divisional race anyway.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
Not that I think the two are related,
but BA picked a bad time to have a bad start, with that recent picture and all.
A's Fan in Sweden
Brett misses his Twitter account.
"You're all like big fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 28, 2010 4:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Anderson posted a picture where he looks decently drunk with two girls and stacks of dollar bills.
Then he was told to delete the picture by the team, and subsequently deleted his twitter.
A's Fan in Sweden
Amazing
I am shocked that there is no mention of how the Rangers worked to add on runs. I guess that didn’t fit the AN template. Even though we hung on to win in Cleveland the other night we did not take advantage of several opportunities to add on by playing "smart’ ball. It seems that AN wants “baseball girl” to succeed because of her gender
I don't understand your last sentence; explain?
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
seriously, now?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hindsight is 20/20
But this is the year, not 2009, when the A’s should have ramped up their hitting because they were poised to win. No one could have predicted the A’s pitching would have been this good – this game notwithstanding. But most everyone could have predicted the A’s hitting would have been this bad this year.
Had the A’s not made their 2008 trade for Holliday, they’d have an emerging star in the outfield (granted not with the numbers he’s produced in Colorado’s ballpark), and with the help of one more bat, would likely be in the hunt this year.
It’s all about lucky timing. And for the A’s management, the timing has been off.
The players know they are done and have known for some time
How else do you explain the fact that they win a few, get above .500 and then drop 2 or 3 to go back to under all the time. A good team would show some balls and go on a streak.
There are no leaders on this team. They are sheep following the shepherd who we know, does not know how to motivate.
We would have to be one of the few teams in baseball over the years who have the best pitching (ERA) and are under .500. That, I think you would find is pretty hard to do.
All I can say is that it will be a complete travesty if the so called GM does not ramp up the offense for 2011. He has no excuse. Overpay some to come here. Whatever it takes. These pitchers pitch their arses off to get bent over by their offense.
I don't think the players have that mentality Trainman
but I do agree with you, just about everyone would, in regard to the offense. Besides bringing in some hitters via FA and or a trade, the A’s should be looking to draft position players that can flat out hit the piss out of a baseball!
It’s Saturday so try and enjoy the sunshine and good things in life……I think, and hope, that next year will be our year to shine legit…….Go A’s!
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
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