Open Thread: Game 10 - A's vs. White Sox (cont)

and what has he done with Joe Kennedy?

You know, if Chad Gaudin and Joe Kennedy keep turning out quality starts till Loaiza comes back, Loaiza might find himself with out a rotation spot!

How about trading Loaiza when he comes back from the DL?

fond memories of that fly ball Dye dropped a couple years ago.

Walker coulsnt scoop it.

Seriously!

Is his pitch count high? He's only gone 5! I don't get it.

Also, it's great that I feel like I actually want Joe Kennedy to pitch LONGER in a game.

this is the way to do it Kiko.

not a homerun...

in sacramento airport waiting flight back home.  in rental car i could get the darn kahi 950 am audible enough....but not on mini pocket radio after that...at least i got wifi here.... i feel the sacto fans pain...ridiculous, after experiencing it for real.   dumbass 680 knbr with constanst giant talk by meathead hosts yammering away.

Kiko got lucky Crede missed that one

of using our bullpen for 4 innings when our starter has given up 1 run through 5 innings. AND we're up by 2 runs. If we were to do that all season we would burn out our bullpen arms a la Felipe Alou. It's risky.

Who can keep a straight face when the announcers offered that?

and my tuner can actually receive the channel.

Gustavo Molina has heard of South Beach.

Where are we?  Bottom of the 7th?

go scutaro!

Yeah, baby!

3.60

Applications now being taken!

and also earning Macha's salary that they're still paying.

then he'd really be a useful manager.

Normally we have a rule 5 guy on the squad and he is lucky to get into a game for mop up duty.  Geren has pretty much used Marshall as regular part of the pen from day one.  He has proven to be more then just a LOOGY as well.  Nice pick up by Mr. Beane, even though the guy he really wanted didn't pan out as well.

It's a good strategy to follow...that once you get the lead, go out in order as many times as possible to keep your pitchers from getting tired.  Of course, it works for the other team too.

Let's get some insurance in the 8th!

GO A'S!

He fills me with girlish glee.

Clit! (clutchiness+grit)

Aw, wait. Too late.

I swear it was around here somewhere...

I thought we had an understanding.

Make up your mind - whose team are you on?

And what has he done with Duke?

We need to win this without extra innings.

not a good feeling.

has crazy eyes?

he just picks up bullpen arms out the phone book.

gameday photo?

hfg

I think its the offense telling us to pick it up at the airport.

Can Bobby Jenks come out to play?

to face Kielty?

His swing looks brutal right now.  Just brutal.

Kielty has zero chance left handed

And I come back just in time to see a 2 run homer for the White Sox. The sporting gods hate me with vigor.

Pretty good for a bad pitcher.  That's ugly.

84 mph fastballs???  He better not be hurt...

we know where that will lead us...

after Prickzinksi walks on 4 strikes.

podsednik homers, pierzynski walks, this is a bizarre series.

and roll over to 2nd...

Shallow fly ball and not fast runner?  Hahaha..that was comedy

And the bullpen, the next day, taketh away.

Bad throw today by Stewart.  Karma is a bitch.

Why?

Jenks is warming up.  Repeat of last night???

fire up again and I see things were not secured...crimony

What a comedy this is

Maybe next time.

after giving this one away.

that stings.

guess you can't be perfect every time out.

maybe if we could score enough runs so we don't have to use the same guys so often, this thing won't happen that much all year.

If it's not one thing, it's the other. Nice showing from the offense after that first inning, by the way.

for drinking.

AAAAARGGGGGH!!!!

So who wants to hear about intellectual property rights and the US complaint to the WTO against China?  

Alan Embree > Huston Street.

I know how you're feeling. Salomon Torres messed up bigtime in the 9th for the Bucs today.

Hard not to laugh

In the 10 game span so far, they scored 28 runs total. In the last 3 years, 04-06, the worst 10 game span is 24 runs  during 8/12-23 in 2005, when they scored 24 runs, and went 2-8. Moving a couple games back around the same period in 2005, 8/11-21 or 8/10-20, they scored 28 runs in a 10 game span, and resulted in 3-7 and 4-6 record respectively. I think we are lucky to be 4-6 so far.