Yankees Drive to Santa Rosa, Repeatedly Kick Me in Junk, Laugh, Leave
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 25, 2011 4:15 PM PDT
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Aver and swear to me, my brother, that once we were lost and now we are found, was blind, but now I see.
- Most runs ever allowed by an Oakland A's team.
- Longest nine inning game ever played by an Oakland A's team.
- First time in baseball history a team has hit three grand slams.
- Most walks ever allowed by an Oakland A's bullpen.
[exhale]
22-9.
They played a marathon game. It lasted longer than the out-loud reading PBS does of Ulysses in NYC every June 16th. Not gonna recap that. Damn Yankees kept scoring and scoring and scoring. I do not like them.
It was officially the longest nine inning game in Oakland A's history. Seventh time in A's history that a nine inning game went longer than four hours.
The Oakland A's got crushed. Spirit and soul. Body, mind, spirit. We despise you, New York. If you ever wonder why so many teams have so much vitriol built up around you, this game is a microcosm why.
A new A's bullpen record of a dozen walks. Three grand slams. First time ever that's been done.
The simple fact is this: the New York Yankees are bullies.
They exploited a dubious strike zone and exploited the small band box they play in. They exploited the fact that they...have a better team than the A's do.
Take another walk, Jeter, you douche.
God, I despise the Yankees.
There is nothing good about this game. There is nothing positive to report. No good can come of this, save for the fact that the ballgame eventually ended.
We had a six run lead at one point. That seems unbelievable from this vantage point.
Not only was it painful, it was long. It was drawn out. It was just a bad, bad time.
I had to be here, AN. What's your excuse?
A's to Boston tomorrow. Gio pitching.
Now...who has ice?
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I turned the radio off as Martin's grand slam was landing
I see things did not improve after that. Way to hold a 7-1 lead, guys. Very impressive.
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 I stopped watching when it was 7-1, does that mean we won?
Not that I did stop then, no, I tortured myself a little longer, but still, it’s nice to think that in an alternate universe we won…..
There's no crying in baseball!
Being an A's fan and a Mariners fan growing up
that attitude is one that I had a lot. I gave up after Martin’s grand slam…
headline of the season, maybe
"If we start getting into that sh*t, we might as well get out the plastic sheeting and have an orgy." --Gaijin Suketto
by emperor nobody on Aug 25, 2011 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The only good thing.....
The only good thing to come of this game was the headline.
I recently bought the MLB package (yay, finally got a job!), and this headline was the ONLY thing that made me laugh and stop cursing the fact I just blew $40, to watch our team look like little-leaugers.
Tear down Mount Davis!
I liked the caption too.
So make that two good things.
The smarter you are, the more likely you are to be tripping balls at any given moment.
Bring Back Dre.
Disagree, needs to be more descriptive per yahoo.com overlords
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by Future Ed on Aug 25, 2011 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
After Brandon Allen caused earthquakes in game 1, 1 win in the series is all I expected.
Especially since Cahill was pitching game 2, based on his history.
by Jufran Sauce on Aug 25, 2011 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I did, for Harden.
That’s when you know it’s a long season.
by Jufran Sauce on Aug 25, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
This has to be the only way that I could feel really shitty after winning a series against the Yankees in NY. Ugh – just awful.
I blame myself some though for texting a broom to my nephew (a Yankees fan) when leading 7-1. I really should have known better!
by longtimeasfan on Aug 25, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
We scored 9 runs today! Against the mighty Yankees!
They destroyed 2 shitty throw-in relievers who wont be with the team next year.
Not mad at all. We won the series.
Honestly, Norberto is exhibit A that velocity doesn't mean jack.
He is a truly dreadful “pitcher”.
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
Total garbage
saw that the first stint in a few innings
I guess they didn’t
Thankfully we have this guy Joey Devine....
Who by the way is kind of kicking ass and not being bad at AAA, any reason why he’s still down there and Norberto is up here?
Because Norberto throws it like 4M mph
With no aim. Who wouldnt want that?
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! We WON a series against the Yankees!
This is, I suppose, still only one game.
LIfe may not be a bowl of cherries.
But I’m currently eating a bowl of cherries, and it’s pretty f**kin’ awesome.
~GreenNGoldSooner
Some history we are not likely to repeat
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 4:19 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
took a page out of the Scioscia playbook
Gag
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:22 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
jeezus
What a dismantling… also first time a team has batted around 4 straight innings, whoops.
Also, it was just one (bad football) game and we won a series vs. NYY for the first time since June of 2007, so there is that.
"If we start getting into that sh*t, we might as well get out the plastic sheeting and have an orgy." --Gaijin Suketto
It'll do wonders for our Pythagorean W-L
It won’t seem like we’re under-performing all the time.
(I suspect only Dan will get this :) )
Cardenas!!!! WoooooooooooooHOOOOOOOOO
by Mattel on Aug 25, 2011 4:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Yes, the rest of us
can’t begin to understand those numbery-things. ;-)
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It's pretty damn nerdy
No offense intended
Cardenas!!!! WoooooooooooooHOOOOOOOOO
Pretty damn nerdy, and discussed on AN frequently.
Do an AN search on “underperform pythag”. On the first page of results, you will see eight different AN’ers (not including Dan) discuss the concept in nine different threads.
(Well, until this comment gets registered and bumps one off the bottom.)
Being wrong about something you’ve worked on is a blessing, not a curse, and people are so invested in being right that that gets lost. —Graham MacAree
I hate pythag records, personally
They’re interesting as far as being able to say “Based on this, their record is projected to be this,” but you could win in a blowout, lose five tight games and it would pretty much say your record should be roughly .500.
I’ve always argued this point because so often the pythag record is used to say, “This is what their record SHOULD be” but as far as I know it doesn’t take into account how many close games a team plays compared to whatever blowouts they have.
I get over or underperforming the pythag record, but that’s where I think the comparisons should begin and end.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
also games sort of cascade like this one
The A’s were down big, had no pitchers left, so left Billings out there as the sacrificial lamb. While a run is a run, when youre just leaving a guy out there to get pummeled its a bit different.
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You don't truly understand what a sacrifical lamb is
until you’ve been to my place on Saturday night.
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
And, for the most part, it would be right.
… you could win in a blowout, lose five tight games and it would pretty much say your record should be roughly .500.
I’m not saying your record is .500 in such a case. Obviously it isn’t. But 50% is a pretty good representation of how good the team can expect to be going forward. Not perfect, but much better than the 83% your record would suggest.
Being wrong about something you’ve worked on is a blessing, not a curse, and people are so invested in being right that that gets lost. —Graham MacAree
True
But that’s just the way it goes sometimes. In this example, of course 3-3 is a lot better than 1-5, but in the end records don’t always show the runs scored. The A’s just went 2-1 in NY but they were outscored 31-21. Their Pythag record took a hit but they came out ahead in wins and losses. Sure, yesterday was a fluke kind of game.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
we still won the series.
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:24 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions 2 recs
No it's not.
Falling behing 7-12 was deflating. Everything after that was just comical.
Being wrong about something you’ve worked on is a blessing, not a curse, and people are so invested in being right that that gets lost. —Graham MacAree
My thoughts exactly
It just got funny after a while…
But I must say the 4 1/2 hour time of the game definitely made me remember why I’ve come to like NL.
I was so excited after seeing them go up 7-1.
Following on gameday I was chanting “fuck you Yankees” after Pennington hit his homerun. Boy did that come back to bite me in the butt.
The photo under the headline pretty much says it all
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 Aug 25, 2011 4:24 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Best. Loss. Ever.
Seriously. If you’re going to blow a game… BLOW it. I mean really BLOW it. That game was so bad it went so far beyond sad that it just got funny. I mean hell they were so scared of us they put their broken down veteran catcher in at second base just so he could throw like a 10 year old to first.
This kind of loss is preferable to them hitting a walkoff in the 9th
We blew our worst pitchers, and saved the effective ones. That’s how to do it.
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:28 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
That's what MikeV said.
Being wrong about something you’ve worked on is a blessing, not a curse, and people are so invested in being right that that gets lost. —Graham MacAree
Gold Glove. He's fielding 1.000.
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 4:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
If this game was a movie it would be 'Showgirls'
If this game was a bridge it would be over Tacoma Narrows
If this game was a sexual act there would be a hamster involved
If this game was junk food it would be Coca-cola and Pop Rocks
Cardenas!!!! WoooooooooooooHOOOOOOOOO
So, the game was: 1. Epic 2. Narrow 3. Possibly illegal 4. An urban legend
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 4:32 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
If for #1 you mean epically horrible, I concur.
by Jufran Sauce on Aug 25, 2011 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Gina Gershon and Elizabeth Berkley DO NOT make horrible movies.
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 4:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Gina Gershon is definitely hawt.
Elizabeth Berkley… ugh, of all the Bayside girls, why?
by Jufran Sauce on Aug 25, 2011 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Great body though.
I like your style, Jufran.
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 4:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
...
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 25, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
So no rain delay?
It was raining runs.
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Sounds similar to my slow, painful, long, drawn out, torturous (etc) comment I said after we lost to Texas.
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 4:27 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
The last two sweeps at the hands of the Rangers were far more painful
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Aug 25, 2011 4:31 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Watching this game reminds me of watching
the Death by Spoon video. The Yankees are holding the spoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvgL58h_Y
Re-sign Josh Willingham now!
Yeah, that about sums up the bad feeling this game left.
Thank goodness we won the series, because otherwise it would have been unbearable.
You're remarkable in a funny way. Or funny in a remarkable way.
Hope Blevins, Devine and Outman are on plane to Boston now
Norberto and Billings can learn to throw strikes in Sacramento. Can DFA Blevins before Saturday’s 2nd game.
Haha, just looked at box score
Did Fuentes really come in for the last out in a 22-9 game? Haha, he must have LOVED that.
Bring back Hammer.
Hey, that's why we got him: To finish games!!!
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 only did he come out for the last out.
He also surrendered a home run that ended up in Connecticut during his time in there – he is def one to want to fit in.
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Well...
At least the Yankees didn’t score 23 runs. Positivity!
Leslie Knope: "...but it has a lot of heart."
April Ludgate: "That's what people always say when something sucks."
Fear The Fin's Fifth-String Moderator !!
Ideally all off of Rivera.
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Foiled by SBN autoformat.
Let me introduce you to my friend *
Being wrong about something you’ve worked on is a blessing, not a curse, and people are so invested in being right that that gets lost. —Graham MacAree
Or blackjack
We should file a grievance with MLB claiming that the Yanks busted.
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by Nico on Aug 25, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bacarat
The Yankees should really only have 2 runs to the A’s 9.
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by Hit4TheCycle on Aug 25, 2011 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
They used to play 22 up at San Pablo.
Three hands, I got 19,20,21. Lost all three. Never went back. Pretty crappy birthday.
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 4:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
the best thing about that place is that there's a Nation's right across the street.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 25, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Hold an AN Day at Nation's, I'm there.
In fact, here’s a list of proposed AN Day locations: Coldstone, Ice Creamery, Fentons, Nations, Mel’s
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 4:46 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Fenton's is great!
But I’m a 5 cent Thrifty’s ice cream guy, myself. #thosewerethedays
by Jufran Sauce on Aug 25, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, those were the days. Back then it was all about rainbow sherbet or mint chocolate chip.
Until I discovered Daiquiri Ice at Baskin-Robbins. After that, it was over. My sister worked there, so I got mine free.
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 4:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Is that near Playland Not at the Beach?
Being wrong about something you’ve worked on is a blessing, not a curse, and people are so invested in being right that that gets lost. —Graham MacAree
Mel's is near the Moscone Center in SF.
Also in Vacaville, before you reach the 505
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 5:42 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
he's talking about San Pablo Casino, I think.
We’re not talking about the same place, then. I’m talking about that burger place in Hayward, What’s that called?
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 25, 2011 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Last I knew, you had to pay 50 cents per hand to the house "just to play"
before winning or losing anything. I declined.
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Just awesome.
That rug really tied the room together...
by Streams Of Whiskey on Aug 25, 2011 4:37 PM PDT reply actions
I had to turn it off when we were up 7-2
Later on I joked to a friend, “I bet we lost 9-7”
I wish…
"A great catch is like watching girls go by, the last one you see is always the prettiest." - Bob Gibson
by Tess D'Emeryville on Aug 25, 2011 4:37 PM PDT reply actions
Three Grand Slams as a record
hard to swallow. everything else, eh. but a MLB record for slams allowed. ouch.
I’ve been overwhelmed and I’ve been underwhelmed. Can I ever just be whelmed?
This.
I refuse to have NY rain on my day when we take a series. If we feel horrible after today the terrorists win.
by Jufran Sauce on Aug 25, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
8 hr at yankee stadium…that place is a bandbox….I hate breslow……oh well….on to boston I go
Ray Fosse thinks Pete Rose is a prick......
by oakwin2004 on Aug 25, 2011 4:42 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
wow
8 hr at yankee stadium…that place is a bandbox….I hate breslow……oh well….on to boston I go
Ray Fosse thinks Pete Rose is a prick......
by oakwin2004 on Aug 25, 2011 4:42 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
It doesn't matter if it's 22-9 or 6-5...
They Yankees still lost a home series to a team with 1/4 of the payroll, and fell out of first place in the process.
It was clear by the bullpen management that Melvin pulled a Scioscia after the Martin home run. Blow out or not, it was still the most expensive team in baseball history salvaging a single game in the series against a cheap, mediocre team, who hadn’t won a series there in 4 years, and had only recently ended an 11 game losing streak against them.
Fuck the negativity, this series is still a positive.
by AsFan72 on Aug 25, 2011 4:43 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, when DLS came in we were almost screwed no matter what
because even had DLS escaped the 6th inning we were looking at what, Norberto or Billings for the 8th and Fuentes for the 9th? Yet Melvin had to make the move. Basically we were going to need another crooked number to have any chance 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
DLS had a bad inning for sure
but the home run was a double anywhere else, possible clearing the bases. Still keeping it within reach.going to come from billingsly or Noberto so it was uphill no matter what.
The A’s would have to cobble together good relief innings that weren’t
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
The guy's name is Billings,
so “billingsly” would be an adverb. As in, “we lost because every pitcher pitched billingsly.”
Being wrong about something you’ve worked on is a blessing, not a curse, and people are so invested in being right that that gets lost. —Graham MacAree
by iglew on Aug 26, 2011 3:01 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's all Vince's fault
In the third inning, joking and laughing about a sweep of the Yankees – I knew as soon as he said it we were doomed. I didn’t think THIS doomed but I knew it would be bad. Time to clean house in the bullpen, a few of those guys are not even AAA material.
The greenmachine
When it 7-1 I told a fellow A's fan,
“I don’t know that they’ll necessarily win, but I can guarantee you the Yankees will come back.” Come on. You give NYY 7 innings to come back and you think it’s going to end 7-1? Not likely.
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Apart from feelings
Did anyone get hurt?
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Evidently, the rumors are true.
It’s really easy to hit homeruns in the new Yankee Stadium. Has MLB ever checked a stadium for steroids?
There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. - Mark Twain
Second half ERA went from 4.55 to 5.02 in one game
and of course was 22 for the. Hope those losers that gave up the bulk are made to watch tape of their pitching non stop until their shuttle arrives to take them back to the minors.
The good news
Their percentage of unearned runs for the season went from 13.5% to 13.0% in one game.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
wow
8 hr at yankee stadium…that place is a bandbox….I hate breslow……oh well….on to boston I go
Ray Fosse thinks Pete Rose is a prick......
by oakwin2004 on Aug 25, 2011 4:53 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
How do you feel about Norberto and Billings
And spare I.E.D’s around? LOL
Le'Bloom-nice job on keeping things humorous
When they clearly were not. The Yankees will hit their way to the World Series this year. They just need one more left-handed bat at DH to make them even a bigger bunch of pricks.
Like the 2 of 3 though. I still vote for a salary cap because the NFL has shown us a better model for their fans.
My idea of Christmas = Bob Geren fired.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 25, 2011 4:59 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
You can have Sunday off
We play 2 Saturday.
I just got up in Bangkok..
to find out that the A’s had
9 runs and 15 hits
2 HRs, a 3B, and 4 2B
Harden struck out 6 in the first 4 innings,
and that the A’s once led by 6 runs and lost by 13.
I am glad I got my rest in stead of staying up all night!!!
I guess this was fitting.
and will lend itself to the media portraying, based on this game, and closeness of the other’s that we essentially lost all three and were swept.
ack-A
Simple explanation
Yankees have thirty wins versus 8 losses in day games. The sun came out in the
bottom of the fifth.
AAAAAAIIIGH!!
(oh. sorry. shell-shocked here. thought it was another slam.)
by AV on Aug 25, 2011 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
The way I look at it is 2 out of 3 (big deal really)
When we take like 35-40 series in a season then great. 2007-2011 not good for obvious reasons.
To be up 7-1 and lose that this way means the players responsible (Billings and Norberto) should be kicked in the balls for every walk they allowed and if they are still able to stand up after that then they get to stay in the majors for another appearance.
Here’s to winning in 2012 at least 90 games.
i concur except for that i would include getting punched in the mouth after kicked in the nuts
THEN they can stay in the majors for another appearance
Texas pitching Nolan Ryan Style
burn them all out. No wonder they are wilting. Ogando is going from like 70+ innings last year to closing in on 150 already. It shows
Fuck the slegnA. Rest these pitchers an extra day and sub in a Minor Leaguer here or there or they will lose the division.
Big Papi gets jammed inside and still launches one
Ogando needs a rest like all Texas pitching
I see the Head & Shoulders Hats Off ad
is filled with tweets again. Do you suppose they installed a filter for genital-related tweets?
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And if so, how can I purchase one?
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Texas is in deep shit in this race
with their pitching falling apart.
Ryan is concerned and should be.
Ogando needs to be skipped.
I never ever thought I'd root for LAA to win the division,
but TEX has gotten smug and annoying enough that I find myself rooting for them to blow it.
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LAA has my support to win the West.
Then they have my support to get swept in the ALDS.
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 9:20 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm rooting for them both to tank
and the A’s make an unprecedented comeback to take the division.
Being wrong about something you’ve worked on is a blessing, not a curse, and people are so invested in being right that that gets lost. —Graham MacAree
Billings, Bleah. Norberto, Nyuck
Billings and Norberto are fodder. Breslow is having a bad time of it.
The moment Harden fell apart was the moment I realized this game was lost. The A’s have hardly anyone in the bullpen who can hold a team like the Yankees. Even if FLDS had gotten out of his jam, the game was lost.
Right now the team is being supported by decent hitting and decent starting pitching. If that starting pitching fails, then it is hard for the bullpen to pick them up. But Billings and Norberto? There’s no way either of these guys should be in a major league uniform. And they won’t be.
Assuming Billy Beane doesn’t leave for Chicago, he’s going to have to reconstruct a bullpen this winter. His starting staff isn’t an issue, with Ross in reserve and Anderson or Braden possibly being available mid-season, and Harden wanting to return. But the bullpen is a mess.
Hilarious
I didn’t even know we had guys in the bullpen named Billings & Norberto. Is Beane f’ing with us?
Norberto was the other piece in
the Ziegler-Allen trade. Billings is the guy we got for Mark Ellis.
Being wrong about something you’ve worked on is a blessing, not a curse, and people are so invested in being right that that gets lost. —Graham MacAree
Well I guess if your gonna Screw Up , SCREW UP BIG
Me and my coworker (another fellow A’s fan) were just shaking our heads in disbelief and laughter. Once again why the A’s are a unique team in baseball history , this time in the unhappy side of things.
My first thought on all those walks
Gee, the Umps are calling the Pinstripe Zone.
Just like the first game, which should have been won earlier,
I suspected the umps were calling the zone generously for the Yanks.
Does anybody have the plots for the balls/strikes to prove me wrong or right?
Yes.
It’s horrific.
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DURRRR THEY’RE TOO OLD, BABIP IS TOO HIGH, TOO MANY Ks, DURRRRRR
Wow. Just wow.
I’m not confused here, am I? All the little red boxes on the left of the box – those are Yankee thrown balls that are called strikes, right? And the green triangles running across the bottom and up the right side, but inside the box – those are A’s pitchers throwing strikes that are called balls, right?
Balls called strikes – 16-3, Yanks?
Strikes called balls – 15-2, A’s?
"A man makes a bad decision and he's an idiot for a day / teach a man to make bad decisions and he’s an idiot for life." - B-E-D
Correct.
and that chart is only pitches that are called by the umpires, so no foul balls or batted balls.
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DURRRR THEY’RE TOO OLD, BABIP IS TOO HIGH, TOO MANY Ks, DURRRRRR
No guys, it's cool. There's no bias.
Light gray is called strike zone for Yankees pitchers, dark gray/black is called strike zone for the A’s pitchers.
Get out the time-fracture wickets, Hobbes! We're gonna play Calvinball!
by UrgentMirth on Aug 26, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait a minute, now.
Look more carefully at it. It’s not like Adrian Johnson was giving the Yankees a different zone than the A’s…he just had an irregularly shaped zone, and the Yankees took advantage. Look at that swatch of called strikes outside, left of the zone. Every single one of those strikes is a square, not a triangle. They were thrown to a LH A’s batter by a Yankee. Notice what you don’t see?
It’s not that he was calling the same located pitch a ball if it was thrown by an A and a strike if thrown by a Yankee. It’s that he was calling the outside strike to lefties. So the Yankees kept throwing there. Not even one of those pitches was thrown by an A. If he’s calling it, why not abuse it?
And by the same token, look at the low balls that should have been strikes. All Oakland pitches. The ump wasn’t calling those for strikes, so the Yankees stopped throwing it there.
Because pitchers shouldn't have to alter the way they pitch due to an umpire having a horrible zone?
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I see four A's pitches that could be fairly included in that group, but I suppose they're off a little ways. How do you explain the chart for RHH then?
13-1 strikes called balls for the A’s, and it’s not like he wasn’t calling similar pitches strikes for the Yankees. Not all of those could have come when Jeter was batting.
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by UrgentMirth on Aug 26, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Was about to post the same.
Effectively, this causes the A’s the pitch higher in the zone, which, surpise! against the Yankees, results in dingerz!
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by PDXAthleticsfan on Aug 26, 2011 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
In other words...
The strike zone is biased toward hitters, and the Yankees have better hitters than the A’s. Nothing like giving the home team an extra advantage.
Oh my goodness
I recorded the game to watch this evening, and as I was about to press play I started getting phone calls and texts of condolences from friends asking me if I was alright! So, I was spared the agony of actually watching the game. Phew! dodged a bullet there! How awful.
i was there... it was such a douche move to put posada in at second
like, come on, rub it in more please
I disagree
this game was ugly because the A’s couldn’t throw strikes. That is not the Yankees fault. Besides, it wasn’t a taunt, it was a veteran having a bit of fun in a horrible game.
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Please?
by player20 on Aug 25, 2011 9:23 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
They say a knuckleballer can put you in a slump
Wakefield pitched against us 5 years ago and we haven’t been the same since.
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After the last two games, I thought nothing that happened today could bring me down...
I was so wrong. I vote that the next game we play against the Yanks, whoever starts should turn and fire the first pitch right into the Yankees dugout.
I like the caption, but
it technically isn’t true. If we actually handicapped the game according to salaries, and in order for the Yankees to win they had to outscore us at least as much as they outspend us, this game would have been a loss for New York.
I hate the Yankees too
But I don’t blame them. The A’s loaded the gun, pointed it at their heads and pulled the trigger, the Yankees just happened to be holding the gun.
by athletics68 on Aug 26, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Amother record?
The evil empire stranded 71 in the series…
by Andrewkpdx on Aug 28, 2011 1:02 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
And before you ask, total team LOB is different from individual LOB added up
Whenever you look at a boxscore in the paper and you see the LOB totals, that’s team LOB based on what’s left on at the end of each inning. That’s how it’s always been before some places online started showing them for each batter as well.
You could have someone bat four times with the bases loaded and if he strikes out each time he ends up leaving 12 on base personally, but if those runners score by the time the inning is over and nobody’s on, the LOB for the innings are zero.
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