Athletics Nation

We've actually done very

well against bad teams this year.

69 Pitches after 7?

Nice work LOOS.

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060602&content_id=1484665& ;vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

If you missed it!

I'm not crazy! Milton to rehab tomorrow!

lmao

All he would divulge is that among the five relievers who opened the season in the Minors, righty Chad Gaudin is the only one who should count on being with the team in Gotham.

"Chad," he said, "has absolutely put himself head and shoulder above the other guys."

Asked which of the other four -- lefties Ron Flores and Randy Keisler, and righties Matt Roney and Steve Karsay -- has been the most impressive, Macha fell silent for a good 20 seconds.

"It's very difficult to answer that question," he said, clearly aware that by answering honestly he'd be tipping his hand on the roster move. "Everyone else is kind of in the logjam."

Good for Gaudin.

love the deadpan honesty

That game is in Sac!

TEX 4, CWS 3 - FINAL

Double frick!

aCK!

Comment got ate!

Sarloos wants to stay in the rotation, fightin' Halsey for the spot until we get "healthy"

wow, did you see that stat?

how about saarloos at home and halsey on the road...

jeez louize

Johan is pissed or somethin..... K'ing guys left and right.

Tough call for Macha

on how much rope to give Saarloos in the 8th--we might not be able to give up a run and still win, but the pitch count is not a problem...

Nico - June 2, 2006 reply

I'm scared.

Speaking of Rehabbing A's Jay Witascik pitched

4 innings today for the stockton Ports

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Witasick 4.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 4.50

I want to show you something.

Bottom 3RD B:3 S:2 O:0
Wilson Valdez reaches on throwing error by third baseman Hiram Bocachica. Wilson Valdez to 2nd.

Bottom 3RD B:1 S:1 O:0
James Loney doubles (9) on a line drive to right fielder Jason Perry. Wilson Valdez scores.

Bottom 3RD B:3 S:3 O:1
Delwyn Young called out on strikes.

Bottom 3RD B:1 S:3 O:2
Jon Weber strikes out swinging.

Bottom 3RD B:1 S:3 O:3
Eric Riggs strikes out swinging.

I heart Jason Windsor.

<hides>

Hee! :D

Vince: I have a question for you, partner. Have the lights taken effect yet?

Korach: Not yet, it's only 8:34.

uh oh

andrew knows it - June 2, 2006 reply

Gosh Darnit!

Crap!

Not fair!

Disaster

IM4Oakgal - June 2, 2006 reply

Frick on a stick with a brick!

Double frick!

Yikes...

For some reason I kind of felt that one coming...

GreenNGoldSooner - June 2, 2006 reply

DAAAMMMMMMNNNNN.

dum-da-da-dum

MAN, that guy kills us every time......

CUDDYER.....you bastard.

Damn the MLB.tv delay...

It's so much worse when you know it's coming.

ARGGGHHH

exactly

key common indicator words on AN to watch out for.

Nooooo!

#$%^@@!

dammmmmm

as an mlbtv viewer you then prepare yourself.

exactly...

by the number of "o" s in the NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I knew it was a god damn jack

Cue Fire Macha threads...

"Sarloss left in too long"

Spelling was on purpose, or purpoise...

Damn!

Gaudin warming up now

Kendall had set up down and away, Saaloos pitched to Morneau down and in

Jeez, Fosse.

way to pile on!

just so obvious

The A's killers combine to dethrone captain kirk. Son of a (((#$)*.

Friggin Macha

Why is Sarloos out there... he's been hit hard since the 6th inning!!

brenarlo - June 2, 2006 reply

see one comment down

ick

is that sarcasm

or are you serious?

i can't even tell anymore...

oops, one post too low

lol

So.... that Santana guy.

How are we doing against him tonight?
<Slits wrists>

Now I won't win my fantasy week

If Nathan gets a save I lose. If Street gets a save I win.

andrew knows it - June 2, 2006 reply

Wahhhhhhh!!!!

KoolAidDrinkerJr - June 2, 2006 reply

santana will go the distance.....

A's haven't touched him all night

brenarlo - June 2, 2006 reply

I hope so

Actually I hope the A's take the lead again so Street can save it

andrew knows it - June 2, 2006 reply

Are you serious?

And you're a Twins fan, right?

kinda

I'm from Minnesota but Moneyball inspired me...I'm sure you've heard that before

andrew knows it - June 2, 2006 reply

Yeah, just a couple of times. ;)

Your fantasy team...

my ass. Our team is on the ropes !

IM4Oakgal - June 2, 2006 reply

yes

Thats why I said I want the A's to take the lead

andrew knows it - June 2, 2006 reply

Bring in Jeremy!!!!

Tisk tisk

Captain Kirk was looking soo good!

Scoot better do something in this game.

Because he's going to be the scapegoat if he doesn't.

Scoot sucks

He'll be the scapegoat until i see fit.

re

Yeah, I'm begging Beane to bring up Ginter. C'mon now.

No no no

Scoot can't be the scapegoat when plenty of other hitters have ofer's going. Plus, he's played some stellar defense.

Brown! Brown! Brown! Brown!

Yellow! Yellow! Yellow!

Stop that.

C'mon Saarloos! Get out of the inning!

marco scutaro better not get another at bat

let's see jeremy brown hit tonight, macha!

GEEEEZZZZZZZZ

why is saarloos still out there?!?!?!?!? Everything is up up up

brenarlo - June 2, 2006 reply

Offensive Woes

Don't overlook the fact that we have only 7 hits in the last 15 innings....our offense is still in the toilet.

KoolAidDrinkerJr - June 2, 2006 reply

i don't think anyone is saying it's not

re

At worst, Saarloos was a slightly worse option than anybod else. I can't blame Macha for not trusting this pen.

It's still Macha's fault. Zito only had 99

pitches last night. If he goes the 8th inning Calero could have pitched the 8th tonight. It's the 7 degrees of blaming Macha.

Let's Go Offense!

Yeah!!

LET'S GO OFFENSE!!!!!!!!!

Ok, screw Cuddyer.

Rally time!!! <Said with a straight face>

Sarloos was walking on the high wire

the last two innings....while santana was, still is walking on a two foot wide plank.

Hmm...

Santana or Nathan?

<barf>

<Flips coin>

God knows what else is down there.

Payton, I will eat your face if you don't

get on base here!

ugh!

So, what does Payton's face

taste like?

Like the face of a crappy hitter.

He didn't listen.

will payton ever walk?

i'll put $5 on "no"

I haven't been up on this week

Busy at work.

Was Calero not an option tonight?

I thought for sure Los Kirk should start the 8th and get pulled when one batter reaches or the 9th.

If he wasn't an option my only beef with Macha would have been not having someone ready because Kirk was missing and elevating. Especially since Kirk's history says he seems to fall of the table, not slowly get worse at the end of games.

homerozzieandthestraw - June 2, 2006 reply

To quote Janet Jackson:

"What have you done for me K-E-I-L-T-Y?"

Spelling Police

I before E, except after C

sigh, payton

Two baserunners all night.

Both of them in the 2nd inning.
Yiiiiiiikkkkkkesssssssssssss.

Kendall needs to at least get on, so we can

start the 9th at the top of the order

100 pitches for Satan A

At least Swish gets a shot in the ninth

Arg!!! Damn Johan!

Yuck.

Yay. Scoot leads off next inning.

PINCH HIT for the love of Jeebus

anyone - Johnson if it's Nathan

Melhuse actually would be a far better option

<Searching for barf bag>

Lucky us.

re

This will be telling. Who pinch hits? Probably Melhuse, I guess.

I'm guessing no one.

someone better...

or Macha gets a very unpolite letter

I'm guessing the phrase

FIRE MACHA NOW will appear somewhere in that letter? ;)

of course

Actually, it would read...

"FIRE YOU NOW"

re

If no one pinch hits, I will officially add myself to the FIRE MACHA bandwagon.

See, Macha? That's what

a backup catcher is for......

seriously, there had better be a pinch hitter

for stutaro.

Why? Scoot is "remarkable".

He's remarkably bad?

But... but...

He's clutch!

He has to have a chance to win...not just tie

Poo.

Tying the game is so unclutch.

macha's right

it's remarkable scutaro is on the team

it's not as if anyone outside of

Thomas and Kielty looked good against Santana tonight.

And Nathan's no pushover either

you're right

but that doesn't mean you send up a hitter with very little chance of getting on base to start the inning.

scutaro has a .300 obp when he's hitting well.
and lately he is NOT hitting well. at all.

so who would you put in there?

1) melhuse 2) brown 3) whoever else is available

Kielty has 50% of our hits tonight!

Gaudin top of the ninth

Someone has some explaining to do!!!!

WHO LET MY PONY PITCH THE EIGHTH?!??!!?

Saarloos is a seven inning pitcher...MAX.

I come back to THIS?!

Loos isn't even a seven inning pitcher.

But that's why tonight seemed like a special night for him.

and by the way xbhaskarx ,

you owe my 'Loos an apology ;)

Ken says Santana is done.

What does Barbie say?

Barbie says,

"<censored> that."

I thought Barbie was the one...

...who said "Frick!"?

This is X-rated Barbie.

cupcakes has been snacking

Sometimes its better to be lucky than good

you can open your eyes now Jay

we better see a pinch hitter

melhuse makes the most sense, but i wouldn't mind seeing jeremy brown either.

It BETTER be Melhuse.

if it's Scutaro--hell if Scutaro is still on the team in a week--F.M.N.

and so we go.

and who would play second

Perez? I don't think so.

keith ginter / perez

You know this...

Macha is not going to give Brown his first MLB AB in a "pressure" situation...

Morneau

"I'm gonna take his mom out for a nice seafood dinner...and then never call her again!"

uh oh Gaudin walks a batter

and Keisler is warming up

and walks another one

re

Can Bocachica actually handle 2B defensively, or is that just urban legend? I'd be for that move too.

he's more of an outfieldeer

but he's not a deer

Witasick might be activated on Sunday?!

speaking of Witasick, earlier on MILB.com it said

Jay had pitched 5 innings, now it says he pitched 2 innings, and Rogers pitched the next 4.

STRIKES!

Okay, but REALLY...

...are the A's REALLY going to yank Saarloos out of the rotation in favor of Loaiza?

'Loos did just as good as any of our starters against Santana tonight.

On the other hand, having 'loos

in the pen SIGNIFICANTLY improves our pen. Putting, say, Loaiza in the pen . . . . isn't really the best use of him.

If Loaiza regains his velocity.

Absolutely.

Mr. $21 million dollar man will

get a chance to justify the money in the rotation -- and make it possible to trade him if the opportunity arises (my guess is if he pitches decently they won't get rid of him this season. If he bombs they won't be able to get rid of him.)

re

It'd be nice if he made himself useful enough to foist off on the Giants.

ugh, keisler

i'll be so happy when these karsay/keisler types are back in sacto

Keisler vs. Morneau

FUN! FUN! FUN!

Gaudin has done a lot

of things right, but he now has 14 BBs in 18 innings. :-(

Nico - June 2, 2006 reply

That is why he was so wasy to acquire. He has

a good arm, but doesn't know where the ball is going at times

Since we can't get two outs

on this at bat, I'll settle for one and a half.

This is going to hell in a handbasket.

Gaudin

Being squeezed....

mariners handling KC easily 4-0

Karsay warming up

Ugh!

Gaudin can only get 2 outs max it seems.

RALLY, <Censored>!!!!!!!!

Joe Nathan is due for a BS.

Bitch Slap?

That works.

the same way scutaro was "due" for a hit

according to joe morgan?

phew! Keisler retires Morneau

now the A's face Nathan

Whew.

LET'S GO OFFENSE!!!!

HAH - DJ pinch hitting!

re

a five game hitting streak sounds nice.

PG

pinch groundout

johnson looks like a in my grade

Long ginger hair, freckles...beard...well maybe not a beard

andrew knows it - June 2, 2006 reply

DJ

will he ground out to the right side?

dont ask me why===

but i think theyre gonna win this

The twins?

You're probably right.

EAT HIS CHILDREN!

Whose?

I don't want to eat the wrong children!

I don't care.

Just start eating children.

Oh man...

WTH?

anomaly_kat - June 2, 2006 reply

NOOO

Melhuse...not Johnson

Tell DJ to pretend it is Cordero

of Texas

too late, he Ks

Are the fans actually chanting

LET'S GO OFFENSE?

sounded like let's go Oakland to me

Kotsay first ball swinging again

does anyone know

why Kiesler was on the bereavment list? a friend told me that a close family member, like a parent or sibling or something, died. if so, that would explain why he isnt really "there"..

digsthelongball - June 2, 2006 reply

worst ab ever... not kidding

alarsuel - June 2, 2006 reply

agreed

that was a one way ticket to Sacto

LETS GO SWISH!!!

Don't blink!

GAME OVER

DAAAAAAMMMMMNNNN.

kostay...k artist tonight or popup

was that the first swing?

what else?

Yeah.

3 K's.

Another one run loss

i can't stand it.

IM4Oakgal - June 2, 2006 reply

aaarrr...

gggghhhhhhh

BennyS - June 2, 2006 reply

Angels and Mariners won today

don't know what Texas did

They won 4-3.

ugh

our offense

possibly not full of first ballot hall of famers.

the only one who might be

Produced the only run.

I have no problems with Big Frank. The guy's doing as much as anyone could have expected.

14th one run loss

of the season...sad

andrew knows it - June 2, 2006 reply

AL west

every other team won, we lose a game on everybody.

That.... really sucked.

That's why

Johan Santana is the franchise and Kirk Saarloss, is Kirk Saarloss.

Hit4TheCycle - June 2, 2006 reply

Don't blame the Captain

for this one peoples. That was a good outing against a better one by Johan.

Damn our anemic offensive offense!

DJ....

did not win any friends in terms of his immediate future in that AB, did he??

Let's hope not.

nobody did well against Santana tonight

(except that Thomas and Kielty had good first at bats). Santana is one of the games' best pitchers, and the A's are not one of the best hitting teams. So I'm not inclined to blame any one particular hitter.

Agreed

but let's not blame the pitcher either. <insert standard Macha complaint here>

DJ didn't face Santana.

It was nathan and leading off the 9th in a one run game, and the bat never left his shoulder.

Did Rosenthal make this up?

Outfielder Milton Bradley also could be back this weekend, and injured relievers Justin Duchscherer and Joe Kennedy are getting closer to returning.

link

according to the A's

Bradley goes to Sacramento tomorrow and could be activated for the Cleveland series. Kennedy and Duchscherer are not yet ready for rehab assignments. So I don't know where Rosenthal got that.

Rosenthal is a lying turd!

Duke is dead.

more surprising

the table of lowest ops in may.
no a's made the list!

i guess scutaro's 38 at bats weren't enough to qualify, because otherwise his .287 would be #1, even worse than clint barmes.

rushed home to

see the end of the game....and missed it. Did dj seriously get a pinch hit ab? Are you kidding me? Like sending G.W. to fill in @ the World Chess Championship. If it was'nt for bad luck, he'd have...

tresselfan - June 2, 2006 reply

He was pinch hitting for Scoot so...

exactly

it was more like bush taking the place of a mentally disabled earthworm in a chess tournament.

is Macha allowed to

pinch hit?

tresselfan - June 2, 2006 reply

or dan quayle at a spelling bee

timely

t...i....m...e...l...y...timely

tresselfan - June 2, 2006 reply

75 votes

woo!

just 75?

Well, I wanted to watch the game too.