Trevor Cahill Turns Into Jason Neighborgall, A's Lose Yet Again 7-4
by danmerqury on Jun 14, 2011 10:35 PM PDT
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It's been the story of this entire skid, but Oakland's starting pitching has imploded. The A's scrapped together a .500 team in April and May in spite of unbelievably poor hitting, mostly due to a lights-out pitching staff. But now, in June? The pitching is gone.
The latest victim of the pitching implosion is ace Trevor Cahill, who was pulled in the 5th inning after allowing 7 walks. He struck out none. His velocity and pitch movement were right at his career averages, but his undoing was his horrible control. He was behind in the count all night, and frankly, he's lucky he only allowed 4 runs. With four starting pitchers on the disabled list, the A's cannot afford to lose a fifth.
But it's not all poor process, but a huge dose of bad luck as well. In an inning that's indicative of this entire season, Joey Devine's 8th inning included an unbelievable blown call at 3B. With one out and Alcides Escobar on 2B, Melky Cabrera hit a groundball to Cliff Pennington. It was hit hard enough that Pennington threw to 3B to get Escobar. Alcides slid into the base, and he had to go through Scott Sizemore's glove with the ball in it. The umpire called it safe. The replay showed that he was out by a mile, and instead of a two out, man on 1B situation, Devine was caught in a one out, men on 1B and 3B situation. A single and a sac fly later, the Royals increased their lead to 4.
Sadly, those extra two gifted runs proved to be decisive, as the A's scored two in the bottom half of the 8th, but instead of tying the game, they were still down by two. So close, and yet so far. Typical.
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I wish they were still playing in the east, so the games would be over by the time I get home from work.
Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.
Wheee!
Hey Matsui homered. That’s good, right?
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It looks very good - I can't bake anything
I once made Rice Krispies squares however
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Carrot cake is overrated.
Cheese cake is where it’s at.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
I agree I hate Carrot cake, Cheese cake is much better
by zeroO on Jun 15, 2011 12:20 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I like them both.
Can’t we all get along?
(Though, seriously, virtually any chocolate cake—except, oddly, chocolate cheesecake, which is my least favorite cheesecake—beats either of these hand’s down. Also: pie.)
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 15, 2011 6:08 AM PDT up reply actions
If you love cake you hate America!
(discuss amongst yourselves)
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Personally, I really like carrot cake with the cream cheese frosting.
by LoneStranger on Jun 15, 2011 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree.
Except I just skip the whole “Cake” part, and go for the frosting.
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
I pick pieces that maximize my frosting intake.
by LoneStranger on Jun 15, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
By far the best method
I actually ask the Mrs to double the frosting. That, and the walnuts make for a great dessert
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
I'm not a big nut fan, but in certain cases, they really do add to the effect.
I think carrot cake is one of those cases.
by LoneStranger on Jun 15, 2011 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Guilty as charged
And it has to be the cream cheese icing for carrot cake or nothing at all.
I do want to try making the cheesecake recipe my grandmother had.
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My favorite cake( and one I insist on for my birthday), is Prune Cake.
I know it sounds gross, but it is more of a pudding cake, much like Carrot Cake. My mom drizzles a Karo/Rum sauce on it until it is almost saturated. It’s the only cake I like without frosting. I do want to try it with Cream Cheese frosting next B-D
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
Carter
Remember all of the giddy excitement when Carter was called up last year.
Let’s calm down. My expectations are very, very modest.
Wondering whether Cahill is hurt
Didn’t watch the game and only looked at the box in about the seventh. Seeing that line…first thing that crossed my mind is he’s gotta be hurt (which isn’t to say he is, just that it was the first thing that crossed my mind). 10bbs to 1k in his last two games. He had two good starts during the time, but overall he’s been awful since Geren left him in for multiple innings despite decreased velocity on May 15.
by AgitationStation on Jun 14, 2011 10:42 PM PDT reply actions
It's like a KAAAANNGGG!!
Last of the Ninth - Photography
by Flashfire on Jun 14, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just saw the linescore from tonight
Sizemore was 0-4 with 4 k’s?
Can Rosales get a start now?
by Johnny Bravo on Jun 14, 2011 10:46 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Also, as an A:
.375/.444/.625
I know it’s obviously a tiny sample size, but it doesn’t exactly scream “play Rosales!”.
And the Oakland A's All Star representative is.....
Ah who I am kidding, it’ll be a pitcher they can hide in the bull pen.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Can they choose anyone from the forty man roster?
Wouldn’t be a hoot if they gave it to Kouz just for shits and giggles?
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 15, 2011 6:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I like Sizemore.
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 15, 2011 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Grady Sizemore maybe?
Verlander had 12Ks. Sizemore is a free-swinger
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Saw that on the MLB network ticker
But maybe it was actually from the Indians game. My bad.
But anyway, wasn’t everyone all excited about Rosales coming back? Has he played since re Baltimore series?
by Johnny Bravo on Jun 14, 2011 10:50 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Sooo....who's projected to go number 1 overall next June?
"Some of us know him as the a-hole who piled into Ray Fosse in an All-Star game (it's why Ray is the way he is folks)" - OptimistPrime
It's so sad when the a's lose
everyone gets off of AN and I feel all alone in my misery
by futurebobgeren on Jun 14, 2011 11:16 PM PDT reply actions
It's going to be tough to find an All-Star on this team
I assumed it would be a pitcher, but there is no longer an obvious candidate.
As for the game, it was just more of the same. Cahill can’t throw strikes. (I don’t think he’s injured, although I could be wrong.) The team scored a few runs, although a couple of the late ones were due to another bad umpire’s call at first base. The umps didn’t shine this game either.
The only thing that perked me up was Weeks’ triple. Even our good relievers didn’t do well tonight.
The game felt like it lasted forever.
Jemile Weeks write in
FIRE ILIKEIKE
by ilikeike on Jun 14, 2011 11:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Then the manager uses Ziggy against a lefty, the lefty homers and the NL gets home field
That would be fuuuuuuuuuuun.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
Now is the time:
To NOT suck!
5 game win streak coming up!
by Ron Brasil on Jun 14, 2011 11:26 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Rehire Geren Now!
Just so that people can focus on that rather than on the game. Then, if you must, you can fire him again. Apparently, firing Geren is this year’s feel good equivalent to last year’s Braden’s perfecto.
Hi ho.
Crappy game is crappy. :(
REFIRE GEREN NOW?
This team is just so… depressing. I don’t even know.
But Entertainment Tonight is previewing Moneyball tomorrow night, so at least that will let me watch a GOOD (fake) team.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
I wonder if the loss of Curt Young has had an effect.
"Some of us know him as the a-hole who piled into Ray Fosse in an All-Star game (it's why Ray is the way he is folks)" - OptimistPrime
Did it have an effect when the starters were pitching well the first couple months?
Last of the Ninth - Photography
Impossible to say, really.
"Some of us know him as the a-hole who piled into Ray Fosse in an All-Star game (it's why Ray is the way he is folks)" - OptimistPrime
God forbid MLB expands instant replay
We’d miss out on all that wonderful human error like tagging guys out and having them be safe.
I bet you if the A's gave away tickets
they couldn’t get more than 20000 in the great O.Co
by futurebobgeren on Jun 14, 2011 11:58 PM PDT reply actions
That's what usually happens
When a team is playing as poorly as the A’s have been.
by OaklandSi on Jun 15, 2011 3:17 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I was surrounded by Royals fans
They seemed to be Duffy’s family and friends. An enthusiastic and gracious bunch. So at least they had something to cheer about. As for me, A’s fan, there wasn’t much to get excited about beyond Weeks’ triple and my souvenir draft beer.
There is an evening coming in/Across the fields, one never seen before,/That lights no lamps. -- Philip Larkin, from "Going"
by Ray of Lite on Jun 15, 2011 12:34 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
After the play at third
many fans started to chant “In-stant re-play!” instead of Let’s Go Oakland.
Yes the game sucked and the team’s right there with it (13 losses last 14 games). But it doesn’t matter — I had a great time at the game with all my AN friends in the Value Deck and at the tailgate.
"If we start getting into that sh*t, we might as well get out the plastic sheeting and have an orgy." --Gaijin Suketto
IS CAHILL OVERRATED
I always thought that he was. He faced a few easy teams, I felt Gio had a more difficult sched. last year.
As far as where people sit. Well, it’s left field bleachers, right field got too much sun in the eye for me. Plus the outfielders and bullpen can see you when you have a bag over your head and you are waiving a white flag.
everyone should go to the games with a paper bag stashed away
It’s getting so bad some bleacher bums I know are too embarrassed to be seen at an A’s game.
Gives a whole new meaning to “wouldn’t be caught dead in Oakland”
Hello? You play to win the game!
so the A's lousy play is now expanded to include the entire city of Oakland?
sorry, as someone who lives and works in Oakland I can’t agree.
Nothing personal but the only reason I go to Oakland is because of the A's
Hello? You play to win the game!
I think I speak for many in the right field bleachers
When I say I love Jeff Francoeur. I have never seen a player from an opposing team interact so much and so positively with fans who were at least superficially taunting him. Good sport, and he made a great catch too. I wish I had anything as positive to say about our own players, although of course we were delighted by the Matsui homer.
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by Englishmajor on Jun 15, 2011 8:58 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Francoeur was awesome
Even how he managed to give a thumbs up as that annoying kid in right field was hounding him
by futurebobgeren on Jun 15, 2011 10:27 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Nicest weather of the year
And one of the crappiest games. It sometimes felt as if the A’s were playing the A’s. Only their team has some hitters with talent.
I’m inclined to think the great pitching early in the year really masked what a truly terrible team this is. Part of the problem remains Geren: this team came out of spring training unprepared; but most of the problem belongs to Billy Beane for putting a wretched team on the field.
And another day, another terrible game for Daric Barton. He no longer can throw, and he no longer can hit. It’s not all that unusual for players to have one good year and fade away. Look at Hermida. Barton has no power, can’t hit for average, and can’t throw the ball. (Much like Kurt Suzuki, I’m afraid, but at least Suzuki works well with pitchers).
Good thing we picked this year to be crappy
Kieth Law: "The 2011 draft class was epic, at least on the pitching side, and was particularly deep up top. The 2012 class will be hard-pressed to match it, and the fact that more teams started going over slot more often in later rounds to sign top high school players in 2009 doesn’t help. We’re looking at a fairly thin college class — though maybe with more first-round bats than we saw this year — but a potential bumper crop of high school hitters. And there are fun connections to big leaguers or current top prospects all over the place.
The most enjoyable part of listening to this game
was when Vince Cotroneo told us how to spell “Moustakas,” and I thought that would make an awesome call-and-response chant:
Guy, singsong: “Emmm-Oh-Yoooou-Ess”
Crowd, yelling: “T…A…K-A-S”
And for a fleeting second I wished I was a Royals fan.
And then I felt sad.
Sadder.
"Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation,"
yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.
My almost-three year old repeated "Moose Tacos" last night during the game.
by LoneStranger on Jun 15, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I have to say the crowd in right field last night
was the best, most enthusiastic, crowd I have ever seen at an A’s game.
I was listening to one of my favorite Oakland groups, and realized how their one country hit fits my feelings towards this ownership group
I’ll pack up all my things and walk away
I don’t want to hear another word you have to say
I’ve been waiting for so long
I just found out there’s something wrong
Nothing will get better if I stay
There’s no need to explain anymore
I tried my best to love you
Now I’m walkin’ out the door
You used me you’ve deceived me
(what you trying to do to me?)
And you never seem to need me
But I’ll bet you won’t forget me when I go
Seems I’ve been lost in a dream
Pretending that you care
And now I’ve opened up my eyes
And found it’s all been just a great big fairytale
I’ve been lovin’ you so long
(my love’s so strong)
Don’t think I’ll even know how to forget you
(I can’t forget you)
But now the way that things have been
I think I’m better off alone
Than to be with you
You don’t love me it’s plain to see
I won’t leave the A’s, but this is real depressing.
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
Anyone listen to the Star Spangled Banner?
The Flaggs on Flag Day. Maybe the worst rendition since Rosanne. Sort of set the tone for the game.
They were on the line of so-bad-it's-hilarious
But not quite all the way over it.
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by Englishmajor on Jun 15, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG Trade Cahill Now!!!
Good pictures have rough at bats, innings, games, and seasons. Just ask Nolan Ryan. No one is alway perfect. If your a pitcher on a team that can’t score runs and has multiple players on the DL, your mental focus will be altered. Give the guy a break.
Auto correct sucks and it's hard to proof read when your driving. I'd rather be Gelande Quaffing.
by SeligNeukomSabeanSuckBalls on Jun 15, 2011 4:06 PM PDT reply actions
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