Rangers Cancel Fruit Basket; A's Drop Lifeless Game To Angels

by baseballgirl on Sep 14, 2011 5:14 PM PDT

Well, so much for the spoiler role. The A's managed to score one run total (on a solo homerun, no less) after putting runners all over the bases early against Jered Weaver. Just a hunch, but the lack of follow-though (and the possible lack of any good hitters--with the exception of Josh Willingham) might be a reason that the A's are 67-82 as we wrap up a disappointing 2011 season. With their 82nd loss, the A's have ended any hope of a .500 season, and are likely just going through the motions for the next two weeks.

Contrast this with the Angels' play. Trailing Texas by 2.5 games (pending tonight's outcome), the Angels are in a very real pennant race, and they furthered their cause with the game and series win this afternoon. It's always amazing to me when I watch baseball outside the A's, to discover how good baseball teams really can be. The Phillies are in a world of their own right now; they have clinched a playoff berth today with their 95th win. Yes, that's nearly thirty more wins than the A's have, and when you watch their games, it's almost like watching an entirely different sport.

The pennant races may be thin this September, but I think the playoffs themselves are going to be absolutely spectacular.

Oh, does anyone care about the actual game? Let me sum up. Kurt Suzuki batted second. He was out in a sacrifice bunt attempt in the first. The A's later loaded the bases and didn't score. The A's had two hits in the second and didn't score. Suzuki popped up to end the inning. Willingham hit a homerun in the third to give the A's a 1-0 lead. The A's would put two more runners on and wouldn't score. Kurt Suzuki (sense a theme?) popped up in the fourth to end the inning. Harden pitched five scoreless innings and gave up three runs in the sixth. The Angels would score another run on an error in the eighth inning to give them the final score of 4-1.

We open a 4-game series with Detroit tomorrow, and on Friday, we'll try to pretend we're excited about the 2012 season by choosing our AN road trips! I look forward to seeing everyone next weekend in Anaheim; email me if you would like a ticket to Saturday night's game; A's/Angels, I still have a few left!

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I'm gonna mess this up by commenting...

It probably would be better if NOone commented.

Oh, well. so, sue me! At least it was televised (as ALL day games should be- I mean, really, are infomercials really likely to garner more viewers than a baseball game? I think not. Infomercials are not watched, period. They only exist in the listings because various ‘observers’ have passed out and are unable to change the station without outside help).Even Glen and ray, our indefatigable ‘homers’, had not much good to say. We suck!

Brings to mind an old cheer, taught to me by my wife, alumna of the Mid-Atlantic prep lacrosse leagues: “We don’t smoke, we don’t drink! Nor-folk (please feel free to correct the pronunciation here). Norfolk, Norfolk!”

In our case, it would be: "We don’t know, we don’t go, We suck, we suck, we suck/. Did I get that right?

"Feel so bad, feel like a ballgame on a rainy day"-Lightnin' Hopkins

by justANotherAsFan on Sep 14, 2011 7:02 PM PDT reply actions

hey, can we have a game or two with no errors?

(ps, this is not a comment, it’s a bitch. Rant’s are OK too)

by MobiusKlein on Sep 14, 2011 7:19 PM PDT reply actions

yay baseball

We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley

by Future Ed on Sep 14, 2011 8:47 PM PDT reply actions

If someone would get a damn hit

With RISP we would have swept the slegna.

Yay baseball!

"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." -Jessica Rabbit

by A'sfansince1970 on Sep 14, 2011 9:29 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

The fourth inning was the turning point

Weaver labored through the third inning, do what do our hitters do in the fourth to try to get him out of the game? Let him throw about 5 total pitches, fuck. After two quick outs Suzuki comes up and instead of, oh I don’t know, maybe take a pitch or two, swings and pops up the first pitch he see’s. Jesus, what a worthless POS

by dashman33 on Sep 14, 2011 9:34 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

There are a lot of those on the A's

by Trainman on Sep 14, 2011 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL at John Sterling call

Teixeira Batting

“Hit in the Air to deep right and I mean deep, it is high, it is far, it is CAUGHT AT THE WALL”

by Trainman on Sep 14, 2011 10:10 PM PDT reply actions

LOL

That is stone cold classic Sterling.

by Glorious Mundy on Sep 15, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Thhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees Lose!

by AuthenticA'sfan on Sep 14, 2011 10:51 PM PDT reply actions

I seem to be living for

the competition of our hard working AN editors in coming up with Titles for the Game Recaps; they sure are better than the games themselves.

by robertmelvin on Sep 15, 2011 1:26 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Wonderful

Lying in bed sick after another loss; feels absolutely lousy.
There goes our .500 season, just another disappointment in a trashy season. Harden wasn’t bad, but the offense was. Nice to see Willingham stay hot; since we can’t take pride in our team, at least we can cheer for individual performances. I’ll be happy if we reach 75 wins.

by Jason James on Sep 15, 2011 10:16 AM PDT reply actions