Sing it with me, everybody: "It's a Saarloos world after all, " (Now just the altos!) "It's a Saarloos world after all"...That's right, ladies, gentlemen, and oversized rodents: It's Aaron Small against Kirk Saarloos today, in a matchup that almost certainly does not affect anyone's fantasy team.
With Gordon, Rivera, Duke, and Street all well-rested, today is most certainly a 7-inning game, and one which Macha has the capacity to turn into a 5-inning game as desired or needed.
Today's "fun fact" centers around the reality that Ricardo Rincon may be called upon in a key spot today or tomorrow: Against left-handed pitching this year, Hideki Matsui is batting .352 with an OPS of .995, while Jason Giambi hits just .236 and the switch-hitting Ruben Sierra drops 66 points (.245/.311).
The starting lineups:
Jeter
Matsui
Sheffield
A-Rod
Giambi
Lawton
Posada
Cano
Crosby
Kendall
Ellis
Chavez
Hatteberg
Payton
Johnson
Kielty
Swisher
Scutaro
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GO A'S
and I hope Seattle beats the Angels and Vlad gets the chicken pox.kvn - September 3, 2005
Or, if he's vegetarian,
gluten-pox.Nico - September 3, 2005
lol funny you should mention
sitting here looking up gluten-free foods/additives etc while I surf AN pre-game, to get a better idea of the specifics of the diet that recently diagnosed celiac disease will apparently confine me to for the rest of my life (first priority: brewing gluten-free beer)...Cutthemullet - September 3, 2005
Anyone for a
Chicken Coors?Nico - September 3, 2005
In the Fire Swamp...
Buttercup: We'll never succeed. We may as well die here.Westley: No, no. We have already succeeded. I mean, what are the three terrors of the Fire Swamp? One, the flame spurt - no problem. There's a popping sound preceding each; we can avoid that. Two, the lightning sand, which you were clever enough to discover what that looks like, so in the future we can avoid that too.
Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.'s?
Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.
[famous last words]
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2005
This is days late and barely related...
Don't you think Colon looks far more like André the Giant than like Shrek?diabolicslugs - September 3, 2005
Haha I could see that.
Although it's kind of an insult to Andre the Giant.I love that movie. "Inconceivable!"
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2005
Basic summary
of Ray Fosse's pre-game interview: "We're joined by Scott Hatteberg. Scotty, isn't Jason Kendall great? How great is he?"Nico - September 3, 2005
SoCal A's Fan wanting to gloat...
I'm ready for the A's to get back into to first. I went to the game on Thursday and was frustrated with the arogant Angel fans.Hopefully the A's will be in first place in a few hours and the Angel fans will be quieted once again by the underdog A's.
LET'S GO OAKLAND!!
mac25fan - September 3, 2005
Ciabatta
C-I-A-B-A-DoubleT-A, CiabattaPeace out.
tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
Nice.
Jennifer - September 3, 2005
Actually Glenn....
The Angels will play in Seattle later this afternoonActually, the Angels will play in Anaheim this evening.
Oh, well. Hope it has the same result! LOSE ANAHEIM!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Hatteberg - Cleanup...
NO MACHA NO!Zonis - September 3, 2005
MLB on Fox
Took a break from all the College Football action taking from their ratings.A televised Saturday daygame for the A's?
Awesome.
Hit4TheCycle - September 3, 2005
not for me : (
OAKobsession - September 3, 2005
Pitchcounts
Saarloos: 1/3 inning, 1.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
This lineup is terrifying.
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
I assume Greenwald is announcing
so I've got Mute + Radio again todayZonis - September 3, 2005
i cant even imagine greenwald yesterday
'....and Hatteberg hits it, and its a three run home run. You know Barry Bonds...."OAKobsession - September 3, 2005
Wow Chavvy!!!
thats why Slappy-Mc-Purple-Lips will never win the golden glove!OAKobsession - September 3, 2005
Pitchcounts
Saarloos: 2/3 inning, 5.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
what a great start for 'Loos!
In what is probably one of his biggest starts ever!baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
You're right, it is.
I love it when EVERY GAME is huge.Gotta love MLB Baseball. :-)
tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
King:
"Chavez grabs the ball instead of the bat"Zonis - September 3, 2005
Saarloos, 12 pitches.
Let's see how long we can keep him in there. It'd be nice to have 2 games in a row where we didn't have to go deep.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
Smallball?
Do we move Ellis over?tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
I love Ellis.
:)whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2005
Good job, Ellis!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
That was a GREAT AB by Chavvy...
...even though he got out.Worked the count all the way, took a tough 2-2 pitch low, and hit it up the middle.
Ellis' baserunning sucked though.
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
3-2
Zonis - September 3, 2005
No, what I meant...
...was he TOOK a tough 2-2 pitch, THEN hit up the middle on the next one.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Whoops!
I missed the hit and run.Sorry, Ellis. Way to take out Giambi!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
College Foot...
What?Hit4TheCycle - September 3, 2005
NO! NO! NO!
Damnit! Why couldn't Bernie Williams be back in CF! That would have been a Triple if he were there!Zonis - September 3, 2005
After 1:
Small: 10 pitchesSaarloos: 12 pitches
tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
There goes the perfect game.
Drat.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
C'mon 'Loos!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
If he had played normaly
he would be outZonis - September 3, 2005
I'm so confused.
Is A-Rod out or on base? First Gameday said "no out recorded" but then I look away for a second, come back and there's one out (and no description of what happened yet).....And now it says A-Rod singled. Spastic.
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2005
Can't listen to the radio?
Might be worth getting Gameday Audio?Zonis - September 3, 2005
Nope, no radio or anything
because I'm in the Midwest for college. I've thought about getting MLB Audio or TV but it would just suck more time away. But I'm definitely planning on buying the one-day thing for MLB.TV if/when there's a do-or-die game at the end of the season...whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2005
Dude, feel free to step it up...
...to less of a 'jog' and more of a 'hustle' to catch that foul ball there Kielty!baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
HAHAH!
4-5-3 Double PlayEllis to Chavez to Johnson
Zonis - September 3, 2005
That sounds weird.
It's b/c of the shift, I assume?Gameday time: nothing; then back in time to previous AB; then the current AB takes about .34 seconds to be completed; and the next one is about 10 seconds long. (As in, Lawton got walked in 8 seconds.) Annoying. Is CBS Sportsline better than gameday? Anyone know?
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2005
GREAT DP GUYS!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
i'm so confused
gameday is worthlesssabriel - September 3, 2005
C'mon 'Loos!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Okay kid...You canNOT help this team!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Wow, nice throw, Kendall.
WHY?!Lord!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
From radio...
...sounds like that steal was on Saarloos and not Kendall. But then again, if you have no chance, don't throw it!Coach Cleats - September 3, 2005
On TV...
...Kendall threw the ball to the center fielder.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Airmail
Hit4TheCycle - September 3, 2005
great
now Kendalls OVERTHROWING the bag instead of not getting there...Middle ground, Kendall, middle ground.
Zonis - September 3, 2005
This is what I don't get...
...he HAS THE ARM strength to get it there...why is he so bad at this?baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
settle down, 'loos!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
3 str balls
come on CapnZonis - September 3, 2005
If this is another low scoring game
huge moment right here...tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
kind of like last night? ;)
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
NO, SILLY
;-)tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
Beautiful. BEAUTIFUL!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
What happened?
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2005
Hard ground ball to 2nd.
A's out of the inning.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
I hear the drums!!!!!
Hi saint!baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
32 pitches for Saarloos.
This could be a short appearance for him if he doesn't settle down.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
it's okay...
we have the whole bullpen available.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Right,
but every extra bit of rest is huge for this stretch run. This is why the Angels using KRod yesterday was such a big deal.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
Basehit for Hatty!
On a 1-2 count!baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Hatteberg
Yankee Dismantler.Hit4TheCycle - September 3, 2005
Hatteberg:
12 hits in his last 24 at-bats?Nice!
tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
NICE RUNNING JAYPAY!
Way to beat that out!One out.
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Let's let that open the door
We need to unload on this guy. He's ripe for it.RLangford - September 3, 2005
See, Kielty?
HE ran for that ball and caught it!Nice tag up by JayPay.
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Yuck.
Next inning.C'mon 'Loos, make it quick!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
After 2:
Small, 23 pitchesSaarloos, 32 pitches.
tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
We need to make Small throw pitches to us
and not just stroll through the lineup.Zonis - September 3, 2005
whiteshoes40
I have the today's game televised. Do you want to use my gameday audio today?baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Ooh, definitely
except I have no idea how that would work... :)whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2005
send me an email
baseballgirl1976@hotmail.combaseballgirl - September 3, 2005
A storms a brewin
Hit4TheCycle - September 3, 2005
Crap.
First two Yankees on.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
GO GO KENDALL
And Kendall Double Clutched too!Zonis - September 3, 2005
AWWWWW....HELL YEAH!
GREAT JOB KENDALL!baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Kendall... throws a runner out?
Way to go! Nice job by Chavvy of keeping Cano out of the endzone... er... 3rd base.JLaff - September 3, 2005
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Geez...'Loos!
ONE MORE GROUND BALL DP!baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Yankees playing a little
smallball.Hit4TheCycle - September 3, 2005
Okay, it's only one. It's only one.
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Whoa
Macha is irate! It looked safe to me, though.JLaff - September 3, 2005
jeter was safe.
But Macha is PISSED. I love seeing that.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
How huge is that Kendall throw, though?
It'd be 2-0.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
I hate the Yankees
And I don't understand why we can't hit Small!Zonis - September 3, 2005
Phew
exhalesJLaff - September 3, 2005
Saarloos
48 Pitches after 3. Guy needs a 1-2-3 soon.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
That inning is a great example
of how running can take you OUT of an inning. With the patented Moneyball approach, the Yanks might have put up 3-4. Score one for the Beaniacs.Nico - September 3, 2005
shhhhh
Scioscia might be readingoaktowngold - September 3, 2005
Scoscia can read?
zing... yeah I know that was bad, lolJLaff - September 3, 2005
Thanks BBG!
It's working :D :D So good to hear Ken Korach's voice. Yay!:)
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2005
You are welcome!
It's really a great bargin for the whole season. VERY cheap.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Gameday is a POS btw
Zonis - September 3, 2005
use this instead
http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/live/MLB_20050903_NYY@OAKMuch better, faster, more detailed.
tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
First time I've seen swish take..
...seven pitches for a full count then walk. Nice!baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Yankees are
the Anti-Angels when it comes to Double Plays.Hit4TheCycle - September 3, 2005
Hee! Nice slide Swish!
And nice catch Giambi! (not)baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Was an error ruled
On Jeter or Giambi?JLaff - September 3, 2005
Neither.
You can't assume a DP.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Can't assume a double play...
so no error.Failing that, I'd have given it to the Curse of the Giambino.
DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
Small is overthrowing a bit...
...c'mon patient offense! Take advantage!baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Hit and run! Awesome!
I like that idea.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
We should be scoring on this guy.
I'd take Ellis' single here!baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
wow
great throw by ARod.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
Anything to avoid a double play
not like the Yankees can turn any.Hit4TheCycle - September 3, 2005
YUCK.
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Small just looks
so thoroughly mediocre, it's a crying shame if we don't get to him. With a lot of crying, I should add.Nico - September 3, 2005
WHY CAN'T WE SCORE OFF THIS GUY!?
ARGHZonis - September 3, 2005
Pitch Counts
Small: 38Saarloos: 48
tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
Did A-Rod yell "Ow!" ...
before the pitch was at home plate?DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
Saarloos playing with fire.
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Earth to Saarloos: Throw Strikes
Zonis - September 3, 2005
Sit down, Roid Boy!
DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
Which one?
Giambi or Sheffield?Or some other unnamed Yankee that the Players Association hushed?
Zonis - September 3, 2005
Good play, 'Loos!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
You know...
for a $220 milllion dollar payroll, there's a lot of holes in this lineup.DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
Defence too
Zonis - September 3, 2005
Well, it's not as if Cano is not a good hitter...
Hee! It kinda is.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Now why does Washington
play on Qwest Field when they've got a capable Husky Stadium?Hit4TheCycle - September 3, 2005
'Cause there's no company called Husky
...that's paying them millions of dollars.spal - September 3, 2005
Darn! SO CLOSE CHAVVY!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
C'mon OFFENSE!!!!
Geez.baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Nice inning offense!
/sarcasmbaseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Offense
Offense wakes up, looks around, kicks some ass, then goes back to sleep.Zonis - September 3, 2005
GLARG.
Come ON, you guys didn't just lose your bats overnight. It's Aaron Freakin' Small, not Cy Young out there. Stop it!Kyli - September 3, 2005
Give me one more
shutout inning from Saarloos and a 2-spot, and Duke.Nico - September 3, 2005
Come on A's!!!!!
OAKobsession - September 3, 2005
Hello A's!
Where are the runs?AsGirl - September 3, 2005
GOOD JOB SAARLOOS!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Can we help 'Loos out here, PLEASE?!!?!?
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Pretty please?!
AsGirl - September 3, 2005
GREAT INNING SAARLOOS!
Now where in the hell is the offense!!??!??!baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Lets go Oakland!
OAKobsession - September 3, 2005
LET'S GO OAK-LAND!!!!!!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Scoreless inning: Check
Next: 2-spot.Nice use of the earthquake drill for Saarloos: Duck and cover.
Nico - September 3, 2005
Saarloos through 5
70 pitches. Keep him in there for 2 more, then put in Duchscherer for an inning or two.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
I am so in love with Saarloos.
That was a great little defensive catch.I love his delievery, I love his pitches, I love his poise on the mound, I love that he's a tad short for a ballplayer and skinnier than Huston, I love his hair, and I love that he's freakin' AWESOME on the mound.
So it's damn well time to GIVE HIM SOME RUN SUPPORT.
Kyli - September 3, 2005
This is freakin' ridiculous.
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
THIS PITCHER IS JUST NOT THAT GOOD!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Wow
Might be relying on a home run here, fellas.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
Unreal
I didn't follow the game yesterday and the A's score TEN runs in the first two innings.I'll take FIVE today in 9 innings.
AsGirl - September 3, 2005
I'll take ONE right now!
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
How many pitches for Small thru 5?
AsGirl - September 3, 2005
Small's first strikeout
He so doesn't impress me. Just keep the Yanks' offense down and we have to have a good shot the next couple innings.Nico - September 3, 2005
The fact is..
that pitchers that throw strikes and get ahead in the count do well against anyone, but especially a patient team like Oakland.In other news, Hank Greenwald just noticed that there are fans in different places in the stadium. No, I'm not making that up.
DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
LOL... what?
AsGirl - September 3, 2005
aww crap... Rincon
We're doomedZonis - September 3, 2005
This is where...
if Rincon were going good, you might have seen him against Roid Boy, since we're in that Era of Expanded Rosters.Loos gets him anyway.
DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
here we go...
OAKobsession - September 3, 2005
And oh by the way...
has anyone else ever pointed out that expanding the rosters for the most important games of the year is kind of nuts?It's not like in Week 14 of the regular season in the NFL, you suddenly get 70 players instead of 45, so you can go crazy with fresh blood on special teams. Only baseball does this.
DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
Saars only 82 pitches
so he SHOULD stay in there... right?Zonis - September 3, 2005
Let him go out there in the 7th
and have a guy warming up at the same time.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
Dandy, I see ZERO runs. famine again.
ak_A - September 3, 2005
I have a question...
Can anyone remember a time when our 1-5 pitchers have pitched a better consecutive five games? Zito, Blanton, Kennedy (filling in for Harden), Haren, and Saarloos have been AMAZING this week; one run allowed, two runs, two runs, zero runs, and today, only one so far.It's just incredible.
baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
We're going to have to pull Saars...
because when the A's score 6 this inning, it's going to take a long time.DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
Now, OFFENSE.
Do your thing, okay?baseballgirl - September 3, 2005
Saarloos
has done everything we can ask for, just like most of our starters.But we're back to our No Scoring offense.
It is amazing how well pitchers can do against the A's if they just throw strikes.
bear88 - September 3, 2005
Greenwald on Hurricane Katrina
"They certainly have a lot of water down there."OK, I made that up.
DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
LETS GO A'S!!!!!!!!!
OAKobsession - September 3, 2005
LET'S GO SCOOT
it'd be huge having a lead off hit here.tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
scratch that.
tblazrdude - September 3, 2005
yes, it would have been.
ak_A - September 3, 2005
Too bad Mussina got hurt...
Too bad Randy Johnson is only getting in some throwing...Strike one. Strike two. 64 pitches through 5 2/3 innings.
bear88 - September 3, 2005
I have a bad feeling about this one...
Small is shutting down the A's with ease.Coach Cleats - September 3, 2005
Does anyone else...
get flashbacks of May whenever they hear Greenwald do a game?DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
Mute
Zonis - September 3, 2005
Kendell
sucks.GrapeApe - September 3, 2005
New thread open
Nico - September 3, 2005
Game over
Without Crosby and Kotsay, and soon, this team is done.oakfan97 - September 3, 2005
What I've learned from TV commercials
DMtShooter - September 3, 2005
i feel.....
...like we;re back in Anaheim. C'mon Offense!!!! Sarloos is pitching too well.BruceBochteBiyatches - September 3, 2005
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