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Open Thread: Game 14 - A's vs. Opponent

Goat_tiny by Nico on in News

Sorry for the early and generic entry, but this is my only chance to post a game thread for today. The A's, currently 5-8 in the Cactus League, take on an opponent today, sending someone other than Danny Haren or Joe Blanton to the mound. Here is the starting lineup for the A's:

Good OBP
Decent bat control
Very Good Hitter
Excellent Hitter
Very Good Hitter
Decent Pop
Good Potential
Good Potential
Gets Hit By A Lot Of Pitches

If you haven't heard them already, be sure to check out Blez' audio interviews with Eric Chavez and Bobby Crosby, and with Justin Duchsherer, in the threads below this one.

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geez, Nico...
Totally just phonin' it in...  tsk...
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 8:06 AM PST   0 recs

great lineup
with this lineup, the A's should win a lot of games this year.  That is particularly true when you add Frankie.  Go team and win.
Charlie Brown GO A'S WIN

by Charlie Brown on Mar 14, 2006 8:15 AM PST   0 recs

joys of spring
i love Good Potential, he's got all the making to be a top of the order hitter.  although, i don't know about hitting him behind Good Potential, i think that he might just get in the way of Good Potential.
Nick's an outstanding defensive first baseman...He's going to want to talk and he'll drive people nuts. They won't want to get to first base if he's there-Beane

by F171615 on Mar 14, 2006 8:34 AM PST   0 recs

Gum-chewing levelhead
will probably screw things up and bat Gets Hit By A Lot Of Pitches in the lead-off spot

by ArakSOT on Mar 14, 2006 8:51 AM PST   0 recs

Chair-Throwing Stathead, though ...
... acquired Gets Hit By A Lot Of Pitches and re-signed Gum-Chewing Levelhead.

(Personally, I'd like to see the A's front office sign Nameless Numberhead Man.)

No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 9:48 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Not *entirely* off-topic
once you've linked to Eventualism.

Isaac Hayes is quitting his role as chef having just realized that South Park can be insensitive, gosh sometimes even offensive !

Of course it took satirization of his religion (Scientology - see, there's the connection) for him to reach this startling conclusion.

by green star oakland on Mar 14, 2006 10:02 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

<golf ball bounces by>
Isaac Hayes is an idiot. This is only going to make Parker & Stone make even more merciless fun of his organization.
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 10:39 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Bad Tivo!
Did this happen to anyone else??

I Tivo'd the US-Korea game last night. It completely skipped the 7th inning, when Huston pitched! It went straight from the 6th to the 8th. Or did ESPN just decide not to air the 7th inning? (It's a conspiracy -- the East Coast Media doesn't want the world to see Huston.)

I ended up paying for MLB.com so I could see our boy pitch. He looked quite good.

I also enjoyed the Jeter error and watching A-Rod whiff. That never gets old.

by SportySpice on Mar 14, 2006 9:08 AM PST   0 recs

Dude.
I knew the seventh inning was missing! I thought I fell asleep and missed it.... I'm not crazy! Woohoo!

I think this happened because ESPN aired the game tape delayed and just cut it out to fit better in the programming schedule. Wouldn't want to miss showing "Who's #1?: Greatest NCAA Tournament Buzzer-Beaters" and "Get Wild With Cindy Garrison" IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!

<throws remote control>

by Jennifer on Mar 14, 2006 9:28 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

silly wabbit!
The 7th inning was edited out by the Hanso Foundation.
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 9:50 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

and Huston would have been really offended...
...if you had actually fallen asleep during his performance.
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 9:50 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

What?
I'm sure he works really hard to be a great pitcher, and wants fans to watch him pitch. Right? Doesn't that sound reasonable? What did you think I meant?
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 10:34 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Now we know who's corrupting
the children on AN.  ;)
"Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up." -Sharon Olds

by AsGirl on Mar 14, 2006 10:37 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

But what about the children?!?
Bud Selig needs to think of the children, and BAN POPPY NOW!!!
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 10:40 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Poppy stole Walt
I think she also may have snatched Cindi.
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 10:43 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

CIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 10:45 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

FFFFFAAAAAAATWWWWWAAAAAAALLETT!
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 10:49 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

BOBBBBBYYYYYYYYY!!!!
<wonders if anyone else is old enough to catch the Brady Bunch reference>
I can't remember what I was going to say, but I assure you, it was brilliant!

by oblique on Mar 14, 2006 11:23 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

considering how long...
...The Brady Bunch was re-re-re-re-re-rerun in syndication, you actually wouldn't have to be very old to remember them...  LOL
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 11:35 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

<persecution complex="indignant">
My statement has been outrageously misinterpreted by small-minded individuals, while other, non-floral AN-ers are routinely allowed to make openly offensive comments with impunity! You are all clearly florist, and your tactics have created an enormous degree of stress within my family.

</persecution complex>

I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 11:01 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

"small-minded individuals"?!?
You, my dear, are apparently skullist.
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 11:03 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

am not
You could have a large skull with ninety small minds rolling around in it...
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 11:06 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

welcome to MINDhead
welcome TO mindhead.

welcome to mindHEAD.

No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 11:21 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Doesn't matter to me
I don't have small mind - I have no mind at all.
Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Mar 14, 2006 11:18 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

YES!!!
Exact same thing happened to me.  I thought the game ended too quickly and then deleted the game from my tivo.  When I saw Huston's name in the box score I was pissed I deleted it.  Now I'm happy to hear that I wasn't crazy, that I didn't really miss it after all.  No kidding--nice job tape delaying it and then cutting it up to get to that stupid buzzer beater thing.  Like it'd kill them not to re-run sportcenter one less damn time.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Mar 14, 2006 12:47 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Game was on the Dish - Huston looked great
I watched the game live and Huston looked good.  Very intense, tongue sticking out, focused.  A-Rod booted a simple ground ball or it would have been 1-2-3 and done.
Baseball is life. . . at least that is what my sweatshirt says.

by 0R0H0E on Mar 14, 2006 2:38 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Zito face his boyhood team today
San Diego Padres. Back to the WBC, Team USA just needs to win over Mexico on Wednesday to advance.
Macha is a great manager. -Ron Washington

by pachydermOAFC on Mar 14, 2006 9:58 AM PST   0 recs

How so?
If Japan beats Mexico and Korea and the US beas Mexico.....3 teams would be 2-1 and it would go to a tiebreaker.  
Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Mar 14, 2006 10:09 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

and if Japan wins those two games
without allowing a lot of runs or scoring same, US could be eliminated before game with mexico
oaktoon

by oaktoon on Mar 14, 2006 10:56 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Very true...
A win by the US definitely does not guarantee a berth.

Any loss by Japan though and the US will control.

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Mar 14, 2006 11:02 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Fixed
Zito face his boyhood <strike>team</strike> today
"Palm d'Or...Cote d'Ivoir...Angels d'Anaheim." - FSU

by eamb on Mar 14, 2006 11:19 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Don't forget our reserve OF ...
... Dances With Clowns ...
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 10:41 AM PST   0 recs

Lets get this right
The standings are:
Korea - 2-0
USA - 1-1
Japan - 0-1
Mexico - 0-1

The remaining games are:

JPN vs MEX
KOR vs JPN
USA vs MEX

So lets just assume that the USA wins vs Mexico.

Lets also assume, for posterity sake, that Korea loses to Japan.

USA would be:
2-1 with wins over JPN and MEX.

KOR would be:
2-1 with wins over USA and MEX.

That means that it comes down to Japan vs Mexico.

If Japan wins vs Mexico and Korea, they will advance.

If Mexico wins vs Japan and the US, they will advance.

If the US wins vs Mexico, they will advance.

Remember, the 1st Tiebreaker Rule is the team that won the head-to-head matchup.

*WARNING!*
Playing online multiplayer games may change your: Religion, Sexual Orientation, Race and/or Gender for undetermined periods of time.

by Zonis on Mar 14, 2006 11:35 AM PST   0 recs

I think I got it now, wait...
What was the middle part?
"Palm d'Or...Cote d'Ivoir...Angels d'Anaheim." - FSU

by eamb on Mar 14, 2006 11:38 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Rosenthal says different Zonis, I don't know.
Team USA isn't assured of reaching the final round even if it beats Mexico on Thursday night in possibly the final start of Roger Clemens' career. Japan must lose one of its next two games to guarantee that the U.S. would advance with a victory.

If Japan beats both Mexico and Korea, the U.S. could be eliminated before it even plays Mexico due to the WBC's tie-breaking formula -- fewest runs allowed in games between the teams tied.

by theblackpearl on Mar 14, 2006 11:51 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Not sure, Zonis
One of the possible outcome is for USA, Japan and Korea to all end up with 2-1 records, in that case head-to-head wins amongst the three teams is not helpful in determining who advances, so a second-tie breaker must come into play, right?

by baseballfob on Mar 14, 2006 12:37 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

could be a three way tie
and the tie breaker is runs allowed--

japan, korea and US-- the 7 runs allowed to the Koreans are not good for us.

oaktoon

by oaktoon on Mar 14, 2006 1:10 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Oh dear...
"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 12:05 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

aw, and here I am with no TV
Barry hitting is always good for a chuckle.
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:07 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Really?
Because I don't like to watch.
"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 12:08 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Lineups & batting order
2B Ellis
CF Kotsay
SS Crosby
3B Chavez
RF Bradley
LF Payton
1B Johnson
C Kendall
P Zito

LF Roberts
CF Cameron
RF Giles
C Piazza
1B Klesko
3B Bellhorn
SS Green
2B Garfield
P Stauffer

Bill Stoneman is about to be offered three seasons of a right-handed version of Vladimir Guerrero - Rev Halofan

by pickinmachine on Mar 14, 2006 12:04 PM PST   0 recs

Am I crazy or has Golden Boy hit third
a bunch of times this spring?

Is that his spot to lose?

"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 12:07 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

seriously
BTW golden boy is a perfect nickname
Bill Stoneman is about to be offered three seasons of a right-handed version of Vladimir Guerrero - Rev Halofan

by pickinmachine on Mar 14, 2006 12:08 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Ellis grounds out to 3rd
then steals 2nd
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:07 PM PST   0 recs

Kotsay walks
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:07 PM PST   0 recs

Ellis scores?
;)
"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 12:09 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Crosby strikes out
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:10 PM PST   0 recs

Chavy flies out
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:12 PM PST   0 recs

and lemme tell ya...
...those unicorns leave a very valuable mess on the field...
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:14 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

<throws unicorn poo>
<strains shoulder, admits such>

<beaten by Beane with a sack of oranges>

<lies about condition of shoulder>

<runs off in chocolate-covered, unicorn-drawn spaceship with SuSlu, MyUrb, and Duane Barry>

<"monkeyball" posts for the rest of the week done by Ron Kroichik>

No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 12:21 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

not Krycek?
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:23 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Crosby K's
But touches home, therefore scoring a run. A's up 1-0.
Gets ahead of hitters early and then doesn't fuck around with the corners, just Shull-shocks them by burning right through their wheelhouse-Oz on Jimmy Shull.

by ohad on Mar 14, 2006 12:13 PM PST   0 recs

Hey...
...Crosby is worth more than just one run when he touches home. A's up 3-0.
"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 12:15 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

and a puppy
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:16 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

and a <censored>
"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 12:17 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

an <AMPLE> <censored>
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:19 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Sure, why not...
"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 12:22 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

AN = Euphemisms R Us
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:24 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Sharon dumped Miggy and Byrnes ...
... because they couldn't even find "home" ...
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 12:23 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Actually
I was Jason Varitek, blocking Byrnes from touching home.
"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 12:25 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

i can't wait for...
...today's buancast of oakland a's buanball

by jsnraider on Mar 14, 2006 12:13 PM PST   0 recs

Top 1
Ellis grounds out to 3B, Kotsay draws a walk.  Crosby strikes out swinging and Chavez flies out to LF.

A's 0
Padres 0

Bill Stoneman is about to be offered three seasons of a right-handed version of Vladimir Guerrero - Rev Halofan

by pickinmachine on Mar 14, 2006 12:14 PM PST   0 recs

Zito strikes out Roberts with a fastball
That thing must've been going at about 86! Whoo! ;)
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:15 PM PST   0 recs

Whats the joke
with the wrong updates.  I just got married and have been on my honeymoon, so this is my first ST game thread.  

I can only assume its Buan related.

Bill Stoneman is about to be offered three seasons of a right-handed version of Vladimir Guerrero - Rev Halofan

by pickinmachine on Mar 14, 2006 12:16 PM PST   0 recs

Read yesterday's game thread.
It's awesome.
"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 12:16 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

first of all, congratulations! :)
second of all, try reading yesterday's game thread... well, maybe you don't have all day...

Basically, Buan is a horrible gamecaller, so we have to just make stuff up sometimes.

I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:17 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Thanks!
I'll have to check out yesterdays thread, 335 comments was a little intimidating when I checked AN today.

Buan is really bad.  I'm still waiting to hear dead air followed by mmmmmmhhhuuuuhhhhh

Bill Stoneman is about to be offered three seasons of a right-handed version of Vladimir Guerrero - Rev Halofan

by pickinmachine on Mar 14, 2006 12:21 PM PST to parent up   0 recs