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Open Thread: Game 137 - A's vs. Mariners (cont.)

The young studs are matching each other pitch for pitch so far.  A's and M's tied 0-0.

LET'S GO A'S!!!!!!!

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GOOOOOOOOO A'S!!!!!!
wow chavez that was real.............
i cant finish this without swearing.
Chavez is so worth that much money.
We overpay a lot of players.
ERIC!
When we said DON'T SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH, we didn't mean 'swing at the second pitch!'
Fine then, the next time he's up,
make sure you tell him to not swing on the second pitch either.

C'mon A's!

Chavy...please...what are you doing?!?!
Except for Marco, JayPay, and Swisher...
...our ABs are TERRIBLE.

He's good, but that's not an excuse for having a good AB.

Seriously, what's wrong with Chavez?
He never walks anymore and strikes out a lot. I don't get it.
He doesn't strike out at all!
He never gets that far into an AB.

He hits weak ground balls on the first pitch of the AB.

I think I heard
He was among the league-leaders in strikeouts this year ... last year he was the league-leader in walks but that's clearly out the window
The last week or so
has been mind-boggling.

He's definitely striking out way too often and not taking enough walks this season...but the last week, he's been swinging early and often.

He's cut down on the Ks recently...
...like baseballgirl said. He hasn't struck out in the last six games.

He's also only walked once, so...

Oddly enough, he has a six-game hitting streak. But they've all been 1-for-4s...

Offense - struggle bus
I wanna scream
I've been wanting to scream for sooooo long.
You don't know how much i've been holding it in. Even after just a groundout, i wanna KILL MYSELF!!!!!!!
How we win this game.
Blanton goes 9 innings with no runs.
Cruz goes 3 innings
Duke goes 2 innings
Street goes 1 inning
We score a run in bottom of 16th with a walk, an error, a HBP, and a balk.
deja vu
Yeah we heard you the first time.
Whoa there...
just cuz they aren't winning yet does not mean we should be sarcastic and nasty.
Cancel your evening appointments, folks...
:-)
I am the a's mangled offense
Step on me to put us out of our collective miseries
what did you guys have for lunch
Speaking of which, I haven't had lunch yet
I blame the A's.
im eating...
59 cent
macaroni and cheese el dente style
with a side order
of my A's depleting ego
chili dogs for me
fried egg sandwich...
yum. Why?
it's what we say when someone
is trying to get us down
oh yeah
it's also  a good ice breaker
Who's going to put US out of OUR misery???
Ok Guys!
Double Play! Go!
This is exactly how i felt in may.
Like, if they score once, i kinda give up.
But nobody's scored!
kielty is hurt too
papa says that we may be able to overcome the loss of kielty
Just out of curiosity.
How many of you still think we can make it to the postseason? I mean with all these injuries?
You're looking at...
QUEEN OPTIMISTIC!!!!
If I said KING Optimistic...
what would you think?
Please stop.
My day is stressful enough.
I do
win can win the WS too. And the west as well.
win can win?
How does that work?:D
umm...
its either Joe Morgan's logic or a typo
lol
Joe Morgan's new logic! "WIN can win!"

Everybody else: ....um?

:p :D

man
leave us alone cant you see we're in pain
And for some reason you think i'm not..
And for some reason you think i'm not..
Whoops
yeah we heard you the first time
Haha. Guess i deserved that.
You remind me too much of Kotsayiscool
please be positive
Who's Kotsayiscool. Jw.
a VERY negative former member of AN
whatev happened to...
kotsayiscool?
BaNeD
I got banned a couple times...
by Jennifer and Sharon. Not sure what for now...but they went,

kRaZeE wAnD aCtIoN! bAnNed!!

At least three times. It was odd.

would you prefer
kRaZeE guNn aCtIoN?

Becuase Jennifer has the wand and I have the gun...I haven't used it yet.

<bang bang>

gun action?
<scared> <runs>
are you threatening people?
it's only fair that I let them know
Wouldn't you want to know if someone crazy like me had kRaZeE bAnNiNg powers?
they let you buy a gun?
<snicker>
sure

I bought this gun.

maybe
they are one in the same?
What? I don't even know who that is.
I'm sorry but i havent said anything negative today.
Cripes...
Papa has the call?

At least it looks like Blanton is keeping them in the game.

C'MON JOE! GET HIM OUT!!
Great pitch Joe...
...C'MON KIDDO!
GORGEOUS PITCH JOE!!!!
Ellis, hang on to the ball, but nice out anyway!!!

LOVE IT!

Ohhh nice.
Hell of a throw by Kendall, FYI
What is going on?
Gameday does. not. compute.
AN > Gameday
I use An for pxp
Yes, well...
I seem to gather that Kendall threw out a runner? Was it strike-em-out/throw-em-out DP?
What happened?!
Stupid gameday froze!!!
No way did that just happen
kendall-threw-runner-out

need air, need water!!!!!!

well actually
he did not. interference was called on torrealba
HA! that's funny .
Let's score some runs
Now
what up kendall haters
would melhuse have pulled that
weren't it the outfielders
and not the catchers who are supposed to throw one-hoppers?
Strike em out throw em out?
Even Gameday's Like
kendall threw out a batter?....WHOA!!
for those not watching or listening
kendall threw and let his hand hit the batter trying to cross the plate.  interference called for the vet.  kendall rules.
Gameday can't handle it,
Kendall throwing out a runner, but CBS Sportsline helped me out there. Had to do a double take though, "Betancourt out at second"-- me: waaait... does that mean... no. couldn't be. but... yes! it does seem so! He did throw out someone!

Anyway. Stop talking to meself...

Oh.
Maybe I should wait a little before posting. Cool that interference was called though.
ah....no worries
I do it all the time!
nope
he almose threw him out, but Ellis dropped the one hopper, He was called out for the batter interfering with the throw.
Good AB by DJ overall
Terrible last swing though
Kendall
should now jump into all of the batters while trying to throw someone out.  Surely he will get the call more than 14% of the time.
awesome idea!
Just like how he turns into every pitch for a HBP.

:)

i Would love it
if the good times just decided now was a good time to roll
LEts go GOOd tImes LEts Go
boom boom
Blanton's in the dugout going...
...why in the heck do I draw all the crappy pitching matchups?!
No wonder it took Gameday so long.
"Yorvit Torrealba strikes out swinging and Yuniesky Betancourt caught stealing 2nd, catcher Jason Kendall to second baseman Mark Ellis.  Yorvit Torrealba out on batter interference." If you have Yorvit Torrealba and Yuniesky Betancourt in the same play, you know it's gonna take a while...
um you're an inning too late, bro
he's not updating us
I thought whiteshoes40
was a girl...oops.
I didn't know...
sorry!

:)

ooooh
ONE point for the Sexists!
Actually...
Click on her screen name...
I'm sorry!!!!!
I feel so bad.

I suck.

I wasn't correcting you...
I knew you were already corrected. I was correcting cirquegirl14, unless she was correcting you, in which case, I stand corrected. Correct?
I know...
...I just feel bad about it.
lol
I do something else for a few minutes, and look what I miss. That was actually pretty funny to read. (And yes, I am a girl... if I wasn't cirquegirl might be a little worried about me participating in the chick talk...)

And Sharon, don't worry about it. Maybe I should just change my s/n to "Jessica." Make it easier. ;)

I'm the biggest idiot ever.
I mean...if there's chick talk I'm usually there so I should have remembered.

It won't happen again.

:)

um
thats how long it took for him to write what he just wrote. the point of the joke, bro
The cute little trumpet...
...should be playing Taps.
Feels like old times
A classic Labor Day Mariners A's matchup. Bugle in the crowd and Greg Papa on the call, but unlike regular September A's baseball, the Mariners are threatening to score.
Where did THAT miss?!?!!?
I strongly dislike Felix right now.
C'mon A's! Just our luck... the Mariners' ONLY good pitcher and we, not the LAAAAAAA, have to face him.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
runner interference?
argh
C'mon Joe! We NEED YOU!
Crap
C'MON JOE!!!  DP!
Why does 1 run feel like 10-0?
What if Mariners retaliate?
Felix could kill one of our guys
If they think that was intentional...
...then they've got issues. :P
It's ok, Joe!
Get Dobbs and the A's will score some runs for ya!  No, really, they WILL!
Okay, it's just one!
OH WHO AM I KIDDING, WE'RE DOOMED!

BaNnEd bY KrAzEe WaNd AcTiOn

2-0 feels like 12-0
i have this formula
you take however many runs the other team is up by and add 10 to get the actual score.
one run
could be worse
argh
2 runs
Nice freakin' play Chavez.
NOW CAN WE SCORE A COUPLE OF DAMN RUNS!?!??!
LISTEN, YOU DRAMA QUEEN OFFENSE!
Score some effing runs for Joe, would ya please?  Thank you.  
DITTO!
DON'T MAKE ME BREAK MY FOOT OFF IN YOUR ASS! I WILL DO IT!

BITCHES!

Just out of curiousity... in whose ass would
you prefer to break your foot?
:P
the first person to get in my way.
:)
Let's go A's!!!
Has Joe beten a #1 guy yet?
He beat Johan Santana 2-1
Eh.
Muck the Fariners.

Huck Helix.

C'mon bats! For the love of pete! Crosby is not the be-all and end-all of this offense... is he?

Good news. Harden could be back in time for the Texas series.

If we can't hit, doesn't matter
True.
Offense driving me to the funny farm.
huck helix
doesnt quite have the same ring as....
'Huck Helix' doesn't have the same ring as...
F*** Felix.... I know, I know.
LET'S GO OAK-LAND!
seems like death throes right now
Scutaro with a horrible baserunning mistake; Swisher and Chavez-- among others-- looking utterly lost at the plate; blanton making a huge mistake hitting Sexson ahead in the count.

Kielty is hurt. Zito is hurt.

Where will the comeback come from?

sob's
Come on offense you damn bastards pick you Lazy ass up or your out of the house...whoops wait that was my childhood
Can we let Haren hit?
Saarloos can pinch run.
texas clevland boston after this 2 game series
macha is kicking doors now
the door was jammed
macha kicked the door to unjam it
I am kicking an effigy of macha right now
hey.. it worked in may
at the 30 yardline
i hate football
catches like that will kill me
This just in:
I hate Benacourt.
Bentacourt. Whatever.
You, you...niesky, you!
Our only hope right now
is to take some pitches and get Felix the hell out of there.

For a KID, he sure seems to have a rubber arm, though.

C'mon A's!! Your starting pitcher has 5 years of seniority on their starting pitcher!

they are jocking so hard
felix this felix that.   gwynn and papa
wouldnt you
he's 19 and throwing a shut-out against a MLB team, oh wait nvm he's throwing a shut-out against the A's w/o Crosby. Hehe my bad.
us not hitting is nothing new
Joe was in the can ...
smoking a joint.  Macha said "plenty of time for that later!"
LOL
actually
Blez asked him and he only smokes menthol's
does he really smoke ciggy's
i hate cigaretes.  the scourge of society
The A's offense is DRIVING ME CrAzY!
So is Jason Kendall.
<Breaks ANOTHER chair>
I'm going into the chair business stat
I think that Kendall has the ground out perfected
He stinks
this lineup just looks awful on paper.  Beane didn't have the guts to bring up Barton or Ethier and he now has a banged up and tired team going into the teeth of the their schedule.
I couldn't agree more
Look at the impact Johnson had in the first couple of months. Pitchers have no book on those guys-- why didn't Beane take a risk?

I can't figure it out.

ARGH.
MEMO TO ALL ALIENS: THE SCRUBBY KID ON THE MOUND IN A MARINERS UNIFORM IS THE PERFECT TARGET FOR ABDUCTION!

Oh yeah, and take the offense, and give us some supercharged Martian replacements.

We need therapy...
Felix is pitching a SHUTOUT
*JINX* *JINX*
Felix is pitching a two-hitter.

*  JINX JINX  *

I haven't seen
an A's hitter make one freakin' adjustment in two weeks.
Hard to get upset
About THIS offense. We're missing three major components of our success this year. The guys who are slumping, on the other hand ...
Seriously? Guy with trumpet?
Taps, buddy!
trumpet guy
I think that guy is annoying.
I hate Bettencourt.
I hate Betancourt
I. hate. Betancourt.
Aliens, take him away w/ Felix.
We have an Alien on AN
She is very nice.
Game over
Let's Go Chokeland
Clap Clap ClapClapClap
Are you kidding?
Pathetic.
OK-- some truths
  1. jason kendall is no longer a major league quality hitter. It's a joke that he's still hitting first or second in this lineup;
  2. nick swisher has hit the same wall that Bobby crosby hit at this point last year; and Dan Johnson seems to be about to make contact with it as well;
  3. But most importantly, we have a fraud-- and yes, I'm going to use that word-- playing third base. great defensively, but he shows absolutely no growth at the plate. Too many first pitch lunges; no ability to put the team on his shoulders.
And chavy-- I was deliberately harsh in hopes that maybe the reverse jinx will work.
kendall is a major league quality hitter
just not a.l. quality hitter
crap
crap
starting tommorrow
we go on a run.  we will begin winning again.  we faced 3 hot pitchers in a row.  mariners got nothing tommorrow.  texas has nothing new to us.  
Is it too early to say that Blanton is no longer
"keeping the A's in the game"?

Or am I just a negative bitch?

he's still keeping us in the ballgame
6.1 IP 2ER.  That's a quality start.  The offense needs to help, the only way he could do it himself is to somehow pitch 9 innings with -1 ER (didn't we score -1 the other day on gameday?)
Crosbino
I don't get too upset because we don't hit ... I get upset when I don't see anyone making adjustments and trying a different approach..... same hacks, same lame result each and every AB
Papa and Gwynn
I don't know why they wouldn't believe the story about Joe getting stuck in the bathroom.

Joe's a pretty fiery guy and Macha isn't. If Macha had been ticked off for whatever reason, I don't think Joe and the guys on the bench would have been smiling.

Not every story is a spin job.

I'm not watching...
what happend?
After the top of the sixth
when Joe gave up those two runs, he went to the bathroom and the ESPN guys showed a clip of Macha kicking the door. Blanton comes out SMILING. Everyone else is smiling. Someone even gives him some fiveage.

So the story is quickly explained as the bathroom dorr was stuck. Macha kicks it in. Everyone in Oakland is still happy.

But Papa and Gwynn kind of laugh it off like it was just a spin job.

I have a bad feeling that this schedule
is going to bring out a whole plethora of trolls. Bad. AN may get slightly uninhabitable if the A's don't start hitting again.
if trolls come, ignore their post
and reply with a random ice breaker.  this is what i do when someone is trying to get me down in blogs.  ie.  reply with what movies have you guys seen lately.  everyone replies and the troll goes and tries again.  you post the same reply or a new question.  eventually he gets frustrated.  better to mess with them than let them get to you
IBB for Ichiro
Just as good as letting ricki walk him unintentionall.
Lord!
NOT RINCON!!!
<Hides under the desk>
Macha
shouldn't have kicked the bathroom door .... he should have ripped the door clean off and thrown it on the field ... hell, act like you care your ship is taking water and sinking.
<Stands and claps for Joe Blanton>
I'm sorry your offense sucks.
Dear GOD.
I hate saying 'game over' before the last out in the ninth... but...

Okay, okay, some perspective. We faced the Yankees, who hit like mad. We face King Felix today. The rest of the Mariners' staff stinks. After that, we face Texas - we own the biatches.

We can do this.

we will start winning again
we will bounce back
Not baseball oblivion!!
Anything but that!
Rincon....< bangs head up against the wall >
why Macha why!?!?!!?
Joe, he did not seem happy being pulled out
poor Joe, again no run support :( and now its Rinco .. yiiieeeeekkkksss!
Hey oaktoon
man, you better cool it with that "Chavez-fraud" talk ..... they'll kick your ass off this site so quick your head will spin .... that guy is good!!!!!!
opinions are like a-holes
everyones got one and they all stink
Depressing game...
But Felix is fun to watch...man is he going to be special.
"The rest of the Mariners staff stinks"
yeah, right -- like that's going to keep them from 2-hittin us!
See how great ricki is!!!
Unlike just about everyone...
I like Rickey Rincon
We need new thread mojo!! NOW!
Nice play by a "fraud"
It's Oaktoon...
When Chavez hits a big homer in a week, he will proclaim Chavez The Great One.  The dude defines extreme.....im used to it.
Cmon O...
Time to scratch some runs baby
What? Huh? How?
How did we get two outs out of that? How did that work exactly?
Chavez caught the bunt, then tagged 3rd.
pop out
on a squeez play.  doubled up at third
We need Felix to realize he's 19
But at least we (finally) caught a break on that bunt.
NOW what happened?
Snails are outracing Gameday today!!
Reed bunted...
...ball went airborne, sliding catch by Chavez, who took the ball to third to double up Betancourt.

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