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I am trying mlb audio, and they are playing

oldies

I'm having the same trouble

... then they switched to broadcasting Cal Bears, then went back to KFRC oldies.

alleahna - March 8, 2008 reply

F5 the mlb audio , it worked for me

This is gonna be confusing

Both A's games are on mlb.com. And unfortunately, the Cubs game airing on WGN is NOT the one against the A's.

So we're all more interested in Harden's start than Duchscherer's?

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

3--0 cubs already somehow, my audio

just kicked in

Harden gave up 4H, 3 doubles

3-0 cubs

No worries

Harden's decided to only throw beachballs today since it's only spring training.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

Buck grounds out to pitcher

ellis smashed one out to 3B

Cust K's

Cust k's inning over

3-0 Cubs after 1

anyone listening to Duke's game

on mlb.com audio? If so, we might need a split-squad AN thread as well...

I've got that one on

But it's painful listening to the M's announcers.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

Murphy triples and M. Sweeney scores...

Conrad singles and Murphy scores. 2-0 A's over M's in the 2nd.

FoolshGame22 - March 8, 2008 reply

Harden walks leadoff hitter,

AH!!

WGN had preseason baseball on... thought it was against the A's. Sadly, no.

This is the first game I've got to listen to this Spring. It's so awesome to hear KenKo say Rich Harden's name.

Blanco singles, first and second, no outs

Harden struggling

Last inning Korach observed

that so far today and in his last start Harden seemed to be leaving all his offspeed stuff up in the zone. Wonder if that 0-2 pitch that just got hit was another one?

FreeSeatUpgrade - March 8, 2008 reply

anyone else get nervious

when Harden had to field that bunt?

Vince. :)

As he was fielding the bunt,

I kept hearing, in my head, "the throw to first is in time...and Harden is hurt." Luckily, a few of the other voices in my head told me not to worry about it.

sounds like you've got the split

squad all by yourself

Yeah, it's kinda nice

Hang on, the toaster's trying to tell me something.

sac bunt Harden throws to 1st

ground out to 1st, runner can't score 2 out

Lunch?

Well?

I just ate a hot dog, but really that was breakfast.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

Crosby singles up the middle -

all this time we didn't realize all Croz needed was to bat cleanup.

Conrad

Single and an RBI in the other game. Yesterday's forgotten! A's up 2-0 over there.

HR from a nobody against Harden

4-0 Cubs. Whatev, as long as he's healthy.

Harden's getting lit up

It's only spring training...It's only spring training...It's only spring training...It's only spring training...breathe...

Mr. Pixie Dust warming up in the pen

haha, what?

Saarloos?

reference to how he got people out

two years ago (not my words)

I, for one, feel lucky.

He now has the opportunity to get lit up. It's a warm, fuzzy feeling, I know.

danmerqury - March 8, 2008 reply

Donnie Murphy

doubles off Washburn. 2nd and 3rd (Bowen on third).

I'm bad at this PBP thing because I get distracted by email and stuff. I'm the Buan of AN PBP.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

you couldn't even try to match the Buancast

not possible.

2B Buck

Just wait until I drop a big word in my PBP

while totally misidentifying everything else.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

Duke's one-hitting the M's through 3

no walks, one K

is it the M's A-team or b-squadders?

Suzuki, CF
Cairo, SS
Vidro, DH
Beltre, A, 3B
Wilkerson, RF
Balentien, LF
LaHair, 1B
Burke, C
Bloomquist, 2B

looks like the A- team, minus Mr. T

I love it when a plan comes together!

she's on the Jazz

No splitsquad for Seattle today.

danmerqury - March 8, 2008 reply

Rogowski Ks

Conrad up. I swear Conrad bats 3 times for everybody else's one.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

A's/ M's lineups

Does anyone have the lineups for the A's/M's game? I don't have MLB audio and I live in Humboldt where we don't have a A's radio feed.

Linky

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_03_08_oakmlb_seamlb_1

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

Gameday

Gameday is extremely slow at updating anything your PBP is a lot faster

Suzuki, CF
Cairo, SS
Vidro, DH
Beltre, A, 3B
Wilkerson, RF
Balentien, LF
LaHair, 1B
Burke, C
Bloomquist, 2B

Denorfia, CF
Gonzalez, C, RF
Brown, E, LF
Sweeney, M, DH
Bowen, C
Murphy, 3B
Rogowski, C, 1B
Conrad, 2B
Petit, SS

Conrad Ks

Petit is up.

2nd and 3rd, nobody out, no runs? Even the A's minor leaguers know the drill!

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

thanks

3IP ~6H, 4ER, 2BB, 2K,

for Harden

Harden done after 3

And by "done" we mean

placed on the 180-day DL, listed as "day to day".

but still working in the pen.

Well, obviously.

Saarloos on to retire the 1st 2 batters

Duke going..

for 4 innings?

I wish that game were the one on radio

Better lineups, better game. Go Duke!

Crosby E6

He threw it low and away

And actually swung at it as the runner crossed first base safely.

Duchscherer

Looks like from the stat line that he is doing well against the main Seattle lineup. (it's just spring training... It's just spring training... I know:) )

My personal opinion is that all those

who said Duke can't go through a lineup more than once are wrong. If healthy, I think Duke will be a worthy #3 starter.

didn't most of those say

he couldn't get through more than twice?

I think there a lot of skeptics as to whether

Duke can go as many as 5 innings and maintain his effectiveness, and that's mostly the second time through the order. My opinion is that he's fine any number of times through the order if he's healthy - stamina-wise if he can go 7 innings (which he can do on less than 100 pitches), I think he can be as effective in the 6th-7th as in the 1st-2nd. We'll see...

I guess what I should say is

as effective in the 6th-7th as in the 1st-2nd when compared to most starters.

+1

Seattle doesn't exactly have a strong lineup

Duke's gonna have to prove me wrong. I just don't see him being better than league average as a starter, which is alright, but I think he's much more useful in the bullpen.

Whatever boosts his trade value.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

Saarloos gets 4 outs!

very nice!

Figeroua on via E-6?

End of 4 4-0 Cubs

yeesh,

Cust hit in head by pitch

Uggg

..sigh....

CUST BEANED

Cust HPB - helmet.

WALLLLLTTTT!!

Augh, tuned in just in time to hear Cust is on the ground

HI!!

hope he's alrite.

Is Cust alright?

It was offspeed

but he's coming out.

O thank God

They pulled him out of the game, right?

10-4

10 - 4?!?!

that means affirmative

Ah, my bad thought you meant the score

Baisley in to run for Cust

whosley?

Jeff Baisley, minor league 3rd baseman, may start at Sacramento, but more than

likely Midland

STOP HITTING CUST

I swear he's been hit like 16 times this spring. Or maybe just twice, but that's too many.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

Well, if the team...

...would grow a pair and rush the mound or bean one of their players instead of lining up like cows in a slaughterhouse, maybe it wouldn't happen so much.

In the Angels game two players were hit including Cust and there was NO retaliation from the A's.

Threepwood XX - March 8, 2008 reply

WTF is going on?

Crosby?!?

Crosby coming alive...

1st and 2nd

Crosby with a single 2 runners on

Duke Pulles..

after 3IP. One hit and one K, no walks.

solid hit can cut the lead in half

So, Harden has about two more starts until

Japan?

Duke Ptiched Well

2 WPs, A's score!

4-1

Ahhh!!!

Couldn't get the preview function to work on two different comments. Had to refresh and now hopefully it's going to work.

I love the aggressiveness of the youngsters

well that'll work too

Situational out by DJ,

croz scores, 4-2

You called it, Jennifer!

i did?

I'm sorry, but you two look just alike on here

LOL!

Oops, sorry, that was Oakland Si

I look like Jennifer?

ryan sweeney 1b

Duke replaced with Andrew Brown

One scoreless inning so far one BB one Hit one K

Still 2-0 A's

LOB

A's have left 13 runners on in the M's game so far according to MLB boxscore. We're winning, but that always comes back to bite us in the Arse.

The more you get on, the more you leave on

But they probably should have more than 2 runs at this point.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

That's counting the same runners two and even three times...

As a team they have left 4 on.

You couldn't possibly leave 13 runners on in 4 innings.

You're right

I'm only reading everyones comments on AN and checking the slow to update stats on MLB. When I saw that stat compared to Seattle's 5 it seems like a lot.

Yeah, what you're looking at counts how many people are on base each time a single out is made.

5-4-3 DP

I got tix yesterday to Rangers Vs Oakland

May 10 and May 30 (my birthday). The midwest contingent of AN should come down to Arlington.

I thought about it.

A friend of mine lives in Shreveport, LA, and I thought about trotting over to catch a game if I go there this summer. But I am broke.

DJ does a buckner impression...

can't keep Daryl ward off the bases...

base hit but the ball hit Darrly Ward.

Darrly?

LOL!

Darrling?

Ron?

I love your avatar.

why thank you

Ichiro 0-13 this spring

he sucks.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

Linden on first

Hannahan batting 3-2, runner going... hit foul

Linden scores

on a line drive 2B by Hannahan.

Buck high fly

on the track caught by CFer... Hannahan advances.

Are you at 30,000 comments yet?

Almost.

1-2 weeks till 20,000

Nico your getting close to the big day yourself. What are you going to do for the party?

Repeatable skill:

After a few years of football at Notre Dame, Jeff Samardzija doesn't know how to play with a lead.

FreeSeatUpgrade - March 8, 2008 reply

Street in.

Saarloos 2ip 3H 0BB 2K 0R

Good outing by Saarloos. I'm rooting for him to do well.

I'm off to a candle party now. See ya later.

Other game:

7th Inning - Denorfia singles, C. Gonzalez, M. Sweeney walks, Justin Knoedler triples. A's up 5-0.

C. Gonzalez singled

ouch, Suzuki hit by bat

Yeah,

. . . and Chicago scored a run . . . 5-4

Devine's given up two doubles this inning

And another run has scored

Ryan Sweeney just robbed the Cubs of another double

. . . to end the inning

Not a good showing for Devine

Hopefully his back is not still bothering him.

Today is his first game this spring training so it's probably rust

tin man?

Are you saying he has no heart?

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

My boy.

Simmons 1 inning 1 Hit and 1K.

Crosby hits a double

The man's on FIRE!

Conrad

I'm sure this has been asked and answered elsewhere --- but who the hell is this Conrad guy and where did the A's get him? He's had another good day in the game against Seattle.

richwol1 - March 8, 2008 reply

Career minor leaguer with Houston

He's just an organizational filler guy. He'll play the role Lou Merloni did last year.

Even though he showed some power in AAA (as a very old player for the league), his minor league numbers are really not very impressive overall, especially for a guy who's almost 30.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

Replace Conrad with Cust

and travel back in time one year. . .

Horrible comparison

because Cust was a highly touted prospect and a first round pick. Conrad was an 8th rounder who nobody had ever heard of. Cust had some major league experience, and even showed he could hit at the major league level in 2003.

Most importantly, Cust's career in the minors is ridiculous. He has 200 HR and a .286/.428/.518 line in the minors. Conrad does have a thousand fewer ML PAs, but he still has 86 fewer HR and his line is a modest .263/.344/.466. In addition to that, Conrad strikes out a ton but doesn't walk much. He also has only displayed power when he was old for his league. Cust hasn't played below AAA since he was 21. Conrad was in AA as recently as 2005, when he was 25.

Cust is a guy who is finally doing what everybody thought he'd do years ago. I really don't see the similarities other than both guys played a lot of minor league games.

thejd44 - March 8, 2008 reply

DJ is..

worthless. Another 0-5.

Batting

.148 for the spring. Now I know its spring but you still like to see a little success.

Suzuki HBP

Whats up..

with our guys getting hit?

I don't know but i'm sick of it

Ken and Fosse

seem to think Kurt leaned into it to take one for the team, Kendall style.

A's Win x2!!!!

Linden singles with the bases loaded to score 2 in the bottom of the 9th. 7-6 A's!

WOohoo!

The pennant is ours!

Other game:

M's get 2 in the 9th, but A's win 5-2/

YAAAAAAAYYYYYY

Go Todd Linden!!!!!!

On a side note..

I saw Davis Price strike out the side in the Rays vs Yankees game. He was sooo nasty. 99MPH heat.. RJ like slider. Guys gonna be insane.