Ginter called up.

not official yet

My guess is that the transaction won't officially go through until just before game time. It's not posted on the mlb.com tranactions at any rate. Your guess is as good as mine, but I'd have to guess that it'll be Mark Ellis. Although, looking at the statistics, they're almost equal players.

I think Bill King and Ken Korach are fantastic broadcasters.

by rich @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 9:15 AM PDT reply actions

unless Crosby's going on the DL

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions

LOL

Watch him go 0-fer in his first few games back in the MLB... why not let him really get into a groove before calling him up?

by OaktownTribesman on Jun 14, 2005 9:18 AM PDT reply actions

crosby

better not be going on the DL

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 9:22 AM PDT reply actions

that's what I'm thinking.

by Sharon on Jun 14, 2005 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions

My exact thoughts.

by Jennifer on Jun 14, 2005 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Me too.

Ok, well, not exactly.

I was actually thinking about a ham sandwich, but I didn't want to be left out.

God, I'm such a sheep...

Mmmmmmm....lamb chops

"There's one word that describes baseball -- 'You never know.'" - Joquin Andujar

by McFood on Jun 14, 2005 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions

Billy and Blez have us brainwashed.

They will be coming after you, McFood.

by Jennifer on Jun 14, 2005 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions

i agree

oh, errrrrrrr wait

"What I'm trying to do is set our pitching up for five years," said Beane

by Satchmo22 on Jun 14, 2005 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions

Just to be contrary ...

I'm hoping Crosby does go on the DL, just so that he can come back off in 15 days -- look at the lift he gave us the last time he came off the DL!

by monkeyball on Jun 14, 2005 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Agreed.

by Kyli on Jun 14, 2005 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Not interested

3 HRs, 4 walks, 10 strikeouts. Looks to me like the same Ginter we had; put one in his zone and he hits it out, otherwise he swings and misses.

by oblique on Jun 14, 2005 9:26 AM PDT reply actions

It's not Crosby

It's definitely Scoot or Harrirrilerikeleikalalakakalka

Wherever You Go...There You Are -J. Kabat-Zinn

by jrwolf on Jun 14, 2005 9:31 AM PDT reply actions

It can't be a pitcher.

They're about to play 13 games with no days off.

Scutaro or Ellis??

Ellis OPS is 695; Scoot 698. Ellis OBP, however, 1s 329 to Scoot's 324. Who can say??

This is a strange one.

oaktoon

by oaktoon on Jun 14, 2005 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions

maybe

scoot or ellis is about to be traded.

or

they are sending down Cruz to stretch him out as a starter.

ANYTHING but Crosby going to the DL

Ginter would be a nice RH power bat against Glavine tonight (yes, I'm reaching)

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions

follow up

how much you think the rockies need infield help since Barmes went down. Maybe Ellis or Scoot is part of the Kennedy package

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions

...or...has someone been traded?

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 9:44 AM PDT reply actions

No being negative but...

I have written off this season. So if crosby's is at all hurt I want him on the DL resting!!!

by novaoakland on Jun 14, 2005 9:49 AM PDT reply actions

Me too

But I don't feel negative about it at all. I think our future looks pretty good!

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Please help disabled kids in Sacramento play baseball by helping the Rivercats build a specially equipped field for them.

by kaweahkaweah on Jun 14, 2005 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Yes

I'd prefer to see deals that will help next year, rather than a quick coat of Bondo for this year.

"You can throw your cocks if I don't care!" - Iggy Pop

by AlamedaAphid on Jun 14, 2005 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Crosby's injury isn't anything

that would haunt him after the seasons over. He can rest the quad and be fine by ST next year. He needs the playing time to get better

by theblackpearl on Jun 14, 2005 9:53 AM PDT reply actions

Yowch

A strained muscle, especially a big one like the quad, is not something you want to "play better." The only thing to make it better is rest and recuperation. OK, the only thing legal to make it better ...

by monkeyball on Jun 14, 2005 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions

exactly

Give him 2 weeks off he will be good as new.

by novaoakland on Jun 14, 2005 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions

in other words...15 day DL

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions

no

he said 2 weeks

"What I'm trying to do is set our pitching up for five years," said Beane

by Satchmo22 on Jun 14, 2005 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions

how many days are in 2 weeks?

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions

weeks?

work weeks, full weeks, richy weeks, which weeks.

"What I'm trying to do is set our pitching up for five years," said Beane

by Satchmo22 on Jun 14, 2005 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions

as in resting a quad for two weeks

would include all days, I assume. That's 14 days. So if Crosby is placed on the 15-day DL retroactive to June 11, he would be eligible to come off the DL on June 26. That way his quad would not only get his two weeks' rest, but the A's could call up someone.

I'm not saying he needs to be rested for two weeks. But if his quad needs two weeks of rest, that would mean putting him on the 15-day DL.

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions

weeks:

kevin weekes (goalie, NY rangers)
two "weeks" notice
rickie weeks
nine 1/2 weeks
six weeks

to name a few.....

The "Free Matt Watson from Sacramento-Redux" Committee has been successful once again! Never give up and chase your dreams Matty. Put him in Kenny!

by bigelephant on Jun 14, 2005 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Kevin Weekes...

You know, I had completely and utterly forgotten that Weekes signed with the Rangers. He was pretty decent for the Carolina Hurricanes.

But here in Carolina, the NHL lockout has pretty much turned what is general apathy about the league into near amnesia.

Pants! Pants! Sing the praises of pants!

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 14, 2005 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions

I once pulled my quad running the bases

(I was out of shape and hadn't properly warmed up). My thigh got all black and blue and I could barely walk. it took a couple of months to heal completely.

Now, Crosby is younger, stronger, and in much better shape than me. but still, a strained quad is nothing to sniff at.

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Nothing to sniff at?

Dude. Sniffing people's quads? What kind of sicko are you?

by monkeyball on Jun 14, 2005 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions

my money's on cruz

scutaro fills in too well at second and ss (and crosby might need rest every now and then - i doubt he's heading to the DL). of course, we could be making a trade. but if ginter's called up, i think we might send juan cruz down to stretch out and come back as our #5. glynn and etharton aren't that good. cruz has amazing "stuff", though he's been off this year. urban has a similar prediction on the a's mlb website. i think he's going down to get it together and come back as a starter.

by guy incognito on Jun 14, 2005 10:00 AM PDT reply actions

I hope so

I would like to see the a's give Cruz a shot at starting, to see whether he would work out better there.

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions

starting?!

you mean in AAA?

as far as I can tell, Cruz has been our least reliable, flakiest pitcher, which is saying a lot. I'm all for letting him work it out in AAA.

by Apricot on Jun 14, 2005 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions

of course he would have to start in AAA

to see whether he can.

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions

That is true

Cruz may just turn out to be a much better starter than reliever. Byung-Hyun Kim of the Rockies had an 8.40 ERA in relief, and he was about to be sent down to the minors when Shawn Chacon got injured. So they made Kim start instead, and he magically became a whole lot better, allowing just two runs in six innings to the White Sox. He still lost the game though, 1-2. Doesn't that sound famliar? :) At least he won his next game 7-3, once again just allowing two runs in 6 innings.

So I wouldn't mind giving Cruz a chance to start, since it's so painfully obvious he wants to. Maybe if we let him do what he wants to do, he'll be a better player and he'll 'try' harder.

by Melody on Jun 14, 2005 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Agreed.

It makes no sense not to give it a try. I mean Cruz did well in winter league as a starter in DR (my purpose is not to compare DR Winter league to the Major leagues, but simply to show he has had sucess in that role). I mean, all we would be loosing is a reliever who has an era of 8 if we sent him to AAA to stretch him out into a starter. Why not?

by CyZito on Jun 14, 2005 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Which Dominican Republic were you in?

I admit I was only there for two weeks, but what I saw of Cruz there did not make me eager to see him start.

by michael on Jun 14, 2005 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Cruz

I think he started quite well and people were raving about him, but he tailed off and finished with an ERA in the 5's.

"Baseball is dull only to dull minds."
Red Barber, announcer

by Furious George on Jun 14, 2005 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

exactly what i was thinkin salarycap

The "Free Matt Watson from Sacramento-Redux" Committee has been successful once again! Never give up and chase your dreams Matty. Put him in Kenny!

by bigelephant on Jun 14, 2005 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions

Does he have options left?

by novaoakland on Jun 14, 2005 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions

I don't see the Cruz starting option

Harden is soon to start a Rehab in the minors, and then goes Glynn or Etherton, and Saarloos back as the 5 where he belongs

by theblackpearl on Jun 14, 2005 10:02 AM PDT reply actions

This is from the "DL STATUS" Diary

Injury Report (none / 0)
Try this:

http://fantasybaseball.rotoworld.com/content/clubhouse_injuries.asp?sport=MLB&leaguenum=&maj team=OAK

Note the Harden/Hudson mixup. I can see why the two would be confused, but Hudson has had the oblique strain more times than Harden. In fact, I would suggest renaming that muscle after Hudson.

Dang it! He pulled a Hudson!

[Insert obligatory groans here.]

by crosis

by JSCHWAN on Jun 14, 2005 10:03 AM PDT reply actions

i'm thinking...

the free matt watson from sacramento committee might have to go to work again.

let's go oakland [clapclap clapclapclap]

by Jjjsixsix on Jun 14, 2005 10:08 AM PDT reply actions

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

but i've got a sneaky suspicion you're right...i just didn't want to admit to it...;-(

The "Free Matt Watson from Sacramento-Redux" Committee has been successful once again! Never give up and chase your dreams Matty. Put him in Kenny!

by bigelephant on Jun 14, 2005 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

I agree with Jjj

It is probably something very simple like just sending down Watson.

by kcir on Jun 14, 2005 10:11 AM PDT reply actions

Scutaro was put on the DL

With a bitten off ear... check out the "You write the caption" diary... :)

by OaktownTribesman on Jun 14, 2005 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah and I heard the Angels signed Mike Tyson

independencefieldsac.org
Please help disabled kids in Sacramento play baseball by helping the Rivercats build a specially equipped field for them.

by kaweahkaweah on Jun 14, 2005 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions

watson

has he been up for ten days?

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 10:16 AM PDT reply actions

watson called up june 8th

The "Free Matt Watson from Sacramento-Redux" Committee has been successful once again! Never give up and chase your dreams Matty. Put him in Kenny!

by bigelephant on Jun 14, 2005 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions

Infielders

If Watson is sent down, our IF is going to be overly-stacked (7 Infielders)...The extra field player isn't needed during AL interleague games.

Hatteberg
Johnson
Ellis
Scutaro
Ginter
Crosby
Chavez

I think Crosby is going on the DL retroactive to Saturday. He would be available on June 26th or 27th.

BB/Macha could be thinking of using Crosby as a DH only vs. Left-Handers...who knows?

Ginter is a AAAA Player...We have a lot of those types of players, don't we?

Let's Go Oak-Land!

by Colorado Fan on Jun 14, 2005 10:21 AM PDT reply actions

Crosby as DH

That's an excellent idea. We really can't afford to lose Crosby from the lineup.

Another hyphenate: Bobby Crosby, SS-DH-wrecking ball!

by monkeyball on Jun 14, 2005 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

at least this year he only takes himself out

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions

Table for one?

by monkeyball on Jun 14, 2005 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions

re

Ginter is much more than a AAAA player.

by 31Boots on Jun 14, 2005 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions

So

You think he's AAAAA caliber or maybe even AAAAAA?

by OaktownTribesman on Jun 14, 2005 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

look

if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to carve 'AAAAAA'. He'd just say it!

Easy reference 10 years ago. Today who knows?

by Apricot on Jun 14, 2005 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Perhaps he was dictating.

:)

by Jennifer on Jun 14, 2005 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions

ahhh

beautiful and smart.

Except... every day I look longingly into my mailbox for frozen custard and every day a small tear of disappointment comes to my eye.

by Apricot on Jun 14, 2005 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Come on, you pansy!

It's just frozen custard!

by Jennifer on Jun 14, 2005 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions

look you stupid bastard

you've got no arms left. What are you going to do, bleed on me?

by Apricot on Jun 14, 2005 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm invicible!

by Jennifer on Jun 14, 2005 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions

damm

invincible

by Jennifer on Jun 14, 2005 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

'tis but a flesh wound!

by guy incognito on Jun 14, 2005 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

People who make typos

aren't invincible. Sorry to break it to you.

independencefieldsac.org
Please help disabled kids in Sacramento play baseball by helping the Rivercats build a specially equipped field for them.

by kaweahkaweah on Jun 14, 2005 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

That's what I get. :)

Alright, we'll call it a draw.

by Jennifer on Jun 14, 2005 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Really?

You mean that no one can see you?

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Please help disabled kids in Sacramento play baseball by helping the Rivercats build a specially equipped field for them.

by kaweahkaweah on Jun 14, 2005 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

You're a looney.

Pants! Pants! Sing the praises of pants!

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 14, 2005 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions

well he did come from the brewers

it makes sense that he would be The Fonz's fav. AAAAAAAAAAA

"What I'm trying to do is set our pitching up for five years," said Beane

by Satchmo22 on Jun 14, 2005 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions

honestly folks

can't we just send Macha down?

"What I'm trying to do is set our pitching up for five years," said Beane

by Satchmo22 on Jun 14, 2005 10:35 AM PDT reply actions

AMEN

to that brotha!!

President of the Brent Gates Fan Club

by SoCal As Fan on Jun 14, 2005 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Someone

Can someone please find out what the hell is going on.

by crd04 on Jun 14, 2005 12:04 PM PDT reply actions

The waiting IS the hardest part

"Look what we did!"

by ArakSOT on Jun 14, 2005 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Sure

do you have BB's cell phone number? I'll call him up.

The next time I slap a guy's ass, can we all just assume it's because I wish I was a baseball player?

by devo on Jun 14, 2005 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Do you have Bobby Crosby's cell number

I'll call HIM up!

by batgirl on Jun 14, 2005 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Who goes down?

It could be Watson actualy, since Ginter and Scutaro could probably play emergancy Left Field.

Lineup today probably looks something like;

Kendall
Byrnes
Kotsay
Chavez
Crosby
Hatteberg
Ginter
Swisher
Johnson

"Pinata's promote violence against flamboyant animals"

by Zonis on Jun 14, 2005 12:06 PM PDT reply actions

I sense a trade brewing...

Aren't Met fans booing Kaz Matsui at every at bat?

Could we see one of our 2b being shipped out? I just hope it's not Scoot.

"You are Marine kids and can chew nails while other kids are sucking cotton candy!"...The Great Santini to his children.

by sf drift king on Jun 14, 2005 12:07 PM PDT reply actions

Boos

There's a reason he's getting booed so much, and that reason is why we would not want to trade for him, or even think about trading for him.

"Baseball is dull only to dull minds."
Red Barber, announcer

by Furious George on Jun 14, 2005 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions

I think ...

alleninsf's point was just that the Mets are in the market for a new 2B, not that we would want Kaz.

by monkeyball on Jun 14, 2005 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Didn't scutaro

start with the Mets?

independencefieldsac.org
Please help disabled kids in Sacramento play baseball by helping the Rivercats build a specially equipped field for them.

by kaweahkaweah on Jun 14, 2005 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions

yes.

he began his career in NYM.

"You are Marine kids and can chew nails while other kids are sucking cotton candy!"...The Great Santini to his children.

by sf drift king on Jun 14, 2005 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions

And His First ML At-Bat

Was a 2 rbi triple.
(As seen in "A Player To Be Named Later," the documentary about Scooter and other minor leaguers in Indianapolis. Highly recommended for all Scooter fans, and fans of the game in general. An extra bonus is Scooter's absolutely adorable wife, who comes across as a really caring, wonderful person.)

by SportySpice @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Good call

Yeah you're right, i misinterpreted it. If we could get Petit or Milledge for a 2B it would be great, but that's unlikely. I'm glad nobody wants Kaz here because we already have one player making way too much money for his production in Kendall.

"Baseball is dull only to dull minds."
Red Barber, announcer

by Furious George on Jun 14, 2005 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

What the !

Lets also call up Freddy Bynum so we get every second baseman and SS on the ML roster. I have never seen a team have so much turmoil over it's second baseman. Just freaking leave Ellis there and let him play. Use Scoot as a backup.

by crd04 on Jun 14, 2005 12:14 PM PDT reply actions

Consistent at bats?

Wow, that might actually benefical to the players. We can't have that.

**sigh**

by Just Me on Jun 14, 2005 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions

No, no, no

Our plan is supposed to be fielding an infield entirely of immobile 1B/DH types: around the horn, Johnson-Swisher-Hatteberg-Durazo!

by monkeyball on Jun 14, 2005 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions

i thought

i heard somewhere (no idea where) that Watson was only up for Atl/Was series.

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 12:30 PM PDT reply actions

he has to stay 10 days

that's the rule

oaktoon

by oaktoon on Jun 14, 2005 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions

I thought the rule was

you have to stay in the minors for 10 days, not the majors

by theblackpearl on Jun 14, 2005 12:59 PM PDT reply actions

I think it is.

by Sharon on Jun 14, 2005 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions

that's correct.

sent down, you can't come back up in 10 days,

but you can be up for one day and go back down.

let's go oakland [clapclap clapclapclap]

by Jjjsixsix on Jun 14, 2005 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm thinking Cruz, or a Rockies trade

They need MI help in a bad way, with Miles and Barmes out. Could be we're getting Kennedy and one of their surplus OFs in return (for Garcia and Scutaro).

Either that, or Cruz going down to get stretched out. Maybe they'll DH Ginter?

Or I'm just in denial about shutting Bobby down...

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Jun 14, 2005 1:11 PM PDT reply actions

Ginter, Ellis, Scutaro

just pick one and start him everyday.

by oscarwdog on Jun 14, 2005 1:23 PM PDT reply actions

I agree

Even though players make a lot of money (and therefore should be prepared for every game), it has to wear on them not knowing if they are going to be playing until they get to the park. I would assume it would be easier to perform if you wake up and know that you are going to be playing today instead of wondering if you are going to be playing today. Additionally, each time out for Ellis, Ginter, and Scoot is a tryout for the position and it doesn't seem that adding additional pressure on them is working. If it had, we would have an everyday 2nd baseman already.

"It's head high and firing...No work today"

by SurfingOC on Jun 14, 2005 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions

true

and we you could also make the same argument for Byrnes, Keilty, and Swish in the outfield for that matter.

"You are Marine kids and can chew nails while other kids are sucking cotton candy!"...The Great Santini to his children.

by sf drift king on Jun 14, 2005 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions

appert to AAA

Luke Appert has been promoted to sacramento to take Ginter's spot. That means that whatever move Oakland makes involves either the DL or a trade.

by andeux on Jun 14, 2005 3:11 PM PDT reply actions

would they wait this long to announce a trade?

by Sharon on Jun 14, 2005 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions

the A's have a habit of waiting

til the last possible minute for such announcements

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions

hmmm...

...I realize this with the DL, and call-ups...but with a trade?

by Sharon on Jun 14, 2005 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah I know it seems weird

but it wouldn't be the first time. they are notoriously tight-lipped and controlling of information. They also try to inform their players of what is being done to them before the player learns of it in the media (that's a good thing, I think.)

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

if Jairo was going

wouldn't they have brought up someone to replace him?

"If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping." -- Carl Jung

by Steve in Napa on Jun 14, 2005 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions

unless

unless a pitcher is being sent down

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions

or being released

Harikkala? released?

"If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping." -- Carl Jung

by Steve in Napa on Jun 14, 2005 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions

can't be trade for kennedy

unless they're trading two guys from the big club. because then he'd be on the ML roster.

by david32 on Jun 14, 2005 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

I bet it's a trade with the Mets

Maybe Billy is chatting with them and finalizing something with them being in town. Or Crosby's injured or Cruz is being sent down to be a starter. Time will tell. I'm betting on Cruz being sent down.

by A'sfansince1970 on Jun 14, 2005 3:36 PM PDT reply actions

I think so too.

The Mets have some young cheap guys (pitching) we could be interested in and Ginter's call-up might be for Omar Minaya to evaluate.

I'm with JMC, the suspense is killng me.

"You are Marine kids and can chew nails while other kids are sucking cotton candy!"...The Great Santini to his children.

by sf drift king on Jun 14, 2005 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions

the suspense

is overwhelming

i heard it on the new 610 AM, hell is full of red sox fans.

by JMC @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 3:36 PM PDT reply actions

All this fuss over nothing

Joe Blanon, has lost so much weight he no longer qualifies as 2 roster spots.

by theblackpearl on Jun 14, 2005 3:37 PM PDT reply actions

well

there are officially 26 men on the A's roster per oaklandathletics.com

i'm hoping for the Harillaka release

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 3:39 PM PDT reply actions

the Harillaka release

... I always have to pay extra for that at the massage parlor ...

by monkeyball on Jun 14, 2005 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions

damn, lmao!!!!!

The "Free Matt Watson from Sacramento-Redux" Committee has been successful once again! Never give up and chase your dreams Matty. Put him in Kenny!

by bigelephant on Jun 14, 2005 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions

wow

That's good.

Let's Go Oak-Land!

by Colorado Fan on Jun 14, 2005 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

damn you

i had to bite my tongue to keep from giving myself away at work:)

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Tongue-biting is extra, too

by monkeyball on Jun 14, 2005 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions

well

i guess there's no need for the "funniest quote of the month" thread.

my mamasan laughed her ass of at that one.

2090, another 86 years please.

by JMC @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Ginter himself...

Would they call him up, and then trade him??

by oblique on Jun 14, 2005 4:01 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah

Hopefully what he meant is that he's been called up by the ROCKIES, after having been traded to them...

by OaktownTribesman on Jun 14, 2005 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Colorado's game has started

so probably no deal with them today.

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 4:34 PM PDT reply actions

Talk to Jose about being traded

after a game starts. He was in the on deck circle

by theblackpearl on Jun 14, 2005 4:38 PM PDT reply actions

Maybe Beane was just calling him on the phone

to ask how he was, not actually "CALLING HIM UP". Ginter is the only one who has said this .

by theblackpearl on Jun 14, 2005 4:42 PM PDT reply actions

It's Watson

The A's have sent Watson to Sacto.

by Arizona on Jun 14, 2005 4:50 PM PDT reply actions

Source?

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Jun 14, 2005 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Page 9 Transactions of Gameday Notes

http://presspass.mlb.com/pp_viewer.asp?d=23431&p=1

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

also, from A's website

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=oak

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions

DANG

after all the talk and rumors, i knd of want to see someone get traded already.

2090, another 86 years please.

by JMC @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 4:51 PM PDT reply actions

All this excitement over Watson

being sent back to Sacramento. What a disappointment this has to be to all of us.

Charlie Brown GO A'S WIN

by Charlie Brown on Jun 14, 2005 4:54 PM PDT reply actions

Ginter is getting the call against Glavine!

He is also a former NL bat who has seen thses pitchers before. And he is hot. I love the move!!!

by saint @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 4:59 PM PDT reply actions

Time for quick changes to guess the outcome

Anyone playing might want to tab Ginter with the best offensive performance.

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Jun 14, 2005 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions

How boring

I thought maybe we'd traded Scutaro for Pedro Martinez.

by matthias on Jun 14, 2005 5:19 PM PDT reply actions

has anyone considered that Ginter

might be showcased for a trade?

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions

There's an idea

Ginter to the Mets? Maybe they wanted to see him in action and prodded Beane into playing him tonight against them?

by OaktownTribesman on Jun 14, 2005 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Thank God It Wasn't Scooter

That would have broken Chavvy's heart.

by SportySpice @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2005 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions

or at least his tongue

by green star oakland on Jun 14, 2005 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions

and he wouldn't get his Harillaka release

by monkeyball on Jun 14, 2005 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Sure

but it's hard to be showcased when you just got back from AAA because you weren't hitting at all. How many teams are going to fooled by that?

The truth is that the A's don't have much of value to trade except, obviously, for Zito. The other trade bait candidates wouldn't seem to have much market value now that Dotel is out of the mix.

Byrnes - platoon player (only against lefties), inconsistent fielder, might have a little value for a team looking for a spark plug type or with a hole in the outfield

Durazo - DH-only, a point magnified by his recent injury. That limits the market, and really does limit his value. Plus, he's not playing now, and wasn't hitting before.

Ginter - see above.

Hatteberg - good pinch hitter and veteran clubhouse guy. How much is that worth?

Some of these players may be dealt to clear the way for younger candidates, or to dump a little salary. Some might be kept because we might get draft picks for them, although someone else will have to decipher the rules about that for me. I just don't see us getting much in return for any of these guys.

by bear88 on Jun 14, 2005 5:33 PM PDT reply actions

I'm not saying that's what's going on

but consider this: Ginter was known to have some pop in his bat. He hit pretty well in the NL. He hardly played when he was up with the A's. In the last 12 days in AAA he raked. Wash has worked with him to improve his defense...

he might interest a National League team...

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree

I just don't think we will get much for him.

Trading him, once we're assured that Crosby is healthy, will clear up the logjam at second base/shortstop. But that's about it.

by bear88 on Jun 14, 2005 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions

unless this is part of a

multiteam, multiplayer deal...?

by OaklandSi on Jun 14, 2005 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions

all this talk about pop

is just making me want a soda. 'pop' has officially become my least fav sports phrase, just beating out 'it is what it is'

"What I'm trying to do is set our pitching up for five years," said Beane

by Satchmo22 on Jun 14, 2005 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Good point

Rincon is probably our most valuable trading chip. Contending teams need LOOGYs more than platoon outfielders, light-hitting second baseman with iron gloves, injured designated hitters, and pinch-hitters.

by bear88 on Jun 14, 2005 6:12 PM PDT reply actions