Chad Gaudin has two things going for him: A healthy lat and a passport. So unlike 2/5 of the A's rotation, he's actually good to go. Rich Harden, who gets scratched more often than a vinyl record (young fans should look up what a vinyl record is), has been pushed back to Saturday, and so Gaudin will make his season debut tonight against hard-throwing righty A.J. Burnett. The A's will start the nine players who are healthy and have been allowed into Canada, specifically:
Buck - RF
Ellis - 2B
Barton - 1B
M. Sweeney - DH
Cust - LF
Crosby - SS
Hannahan - 3B
Suzuki - C
R. Sweeney - CF
For the Blue Jays:
Eckstein - SS
Stairs - LF
Rios - RF
V. Wells - CF
Big Hurt - DH
Overbay - 1B
Hill - 2B
Marco...SCUTARO!!! - 3B
Zaun - C
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Prediction
A's 5 - Jays 2
drink409 - April 8, 2008
you got the scores reversed
Zonis - April 8, 2008
Not necessarily
Zonis :-)
Tyler Bleszinski - April 8, 2008
Looking good so far!
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
I think this is the best lineup we have right now
It should be the basic format upon which all game to game variations are made
Keze - April 8, 2008
Love this lineup
Lets go, and here is hoping that Rich is healthy on Saturday.
ChadGod - April 8, 2008
man, that's a swing
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Safe
drink409 - April 8, 2008
WHAM!
paradox - April 8, 2008
I thought he hit it out
paradox - April 8, 2008
wooooo
Way to get it going Mike!!!
ChadGod - April 8, 2008
don't slide with that left hand, Dale
mikeA - April 8, 2008
apparently,
the A's scoring is too much for my firefox to handle, because it definitely crashed right before the run...
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
Wow...a REAL RBI!
Not a passed ball scoring a run, not an error, not a walk, but someone on the A's HIT THE BALL with 2 out and drove in a run.
I'm stunned.
Um...c'mon pitching!
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
I thought Sweeney hit it out too
I'll take the RBI double though!
Nico - April 8, 2008
at least that wasn't 0-2
mikeA - April 8, 2008
should be below....
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Welcome back Chad
Time to prove my handle correct.
ChadGod - April 8, 2008
Damn! My free MLB cable package has ended.
Gameday here I come.
asfaninpismobeach - April 8, 2008
Is this David Eckstein,
or "the pesky Eckstein"? I've heard about them both.
Nico - April 8, 2008
Go Dan!
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
Pssh - Harden woulda barehanded that
and missed 4 months.
Nico - April 8, 2008
Damn
drink409 - April 8, 2008
so much for "Um...c'mon pitching!"
drink409 - April 8, 2008
crap...
tosk - April 8, 2008
Don't think Gaudin is ready...
Zonis - April 8, 2008
Maybe, maybe not
Wells is a monster
Keze - April 8, 2008
Not watching though, so maybe I should shut up
Keze - April 8, 2008
Looks like you were right
darn
Keze - April 8, 2008
Ouch!
RenoTy - April 8, 2008
wow, that was an awful pitch...
mikeA - April 8, 2008
So was the one to Mike Sweeney -
too bad it isn't 3-2. :-(
Nico - April 8, 2008
Yeah...um...perhaps more rehabbing?
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
hope he rebounds..
tosk - April 8, 2008
aw
EllisFanatic - April 8, 2008
Um...yikes.
Come on, Gaudin.
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
Way to go!
Hey Riich, how are ya?
paradox - April 8, 2008
Eek
forgot the game started already....oh man.
pam5981 - April 8, 2008
Oh wow, I forgot how big Frank Thomas was.
I miss him.
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
me too
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
I despise Rich Harden right now
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Hey at least at 81.00 era he will get better as the season goes on
asfaninpismobeach - April 8, 2008
I wouldn't be so sure.
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
Somebody end this nightmare
paradox - April 8, 2008
uhm... oops?
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
What did we expect?
Gaudin clearly wasn't going to be ready to start, so if he makes it 3 innings I'll be surprised. I was afraid that this would happen. Hopefully he can settle it down and get out with only these 3 runs, because burning the bullpen and hoping Greg Smith can go 7 is not a good strategy.
sprtsnwyn - April 8, 2008
4-5 innings for DiNardo today should be a good tuneup for his start on Saturday
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Sort of forgot about Lenny
Hopefully we just put up a 10 spot so we don't have to worry about it.
sprtsnwyn - April 8, 2008
Well, that was interesting.
Ummm...offense, could you try showing up today?
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Er, thanks Marco.
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
I thought Cust was going to rob Vernon of that Hr. I also thought Rich was going to stay healthy. I'm 0-2
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
There are few things less likely than Harden being healthy,
but a Cust web-gem might be one of them.
Nico - April 8, 2008
He will win the gold glove with his bat.
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
I think I'm going to steal this for my sig
of course if that's okay with you.
pam5981 - April 8, 2008
lol at the 4 inch vertical Cust gave on that jump
drink409 - April 8, 2008
It looked more like he shoulder checked the wall.
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
maybe the sharks will sign him before Wed night...could be a good enforcer.
drink409 - April 8, 2008
Green jerseys! WOO!
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
Woohoo!
The blacks aren't too bad, I guess, but they're just not the same.
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
Bobby!
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
SCUTARO!!!
No, it's not the same.
Nico - April 8, 2008
Wow, nice hit Bobby!
Good job!
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Bats right, throws right, hes allright, BOBBY CROSBY!
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
is JINX! an appropriate reply?
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
Anti-Jinx, I think.
mikev - April 8, 2008
that works too.
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
I like the lineup but Buck still leading off? how bad do you have to suck to move down in the order?
asfaninpismobeach - April 8, 2008
He needs to hit a negative percent
sprtsnwyn - April 8, 2008
I want Ellis Zooks Barton 123
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Time to end the Suzuki/Powell debate!
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Let's go A's! Let's go A's!
paradox - April 8, 2008
C'mon, Zooks
paradox - April 8, 2008
2-1, nice cut
yes, runners advance, 3-1, hit this chump!
paradox - April 8, 2008
3-2, fouls it off
Watch for the curveball, here it comes
paradox - April 8, 2008
Fastball hot to short
Nice ribby, Zooks!
paradox - April 8, 2008
Totally Unclutch.
Didn't even move the runner to third.
[/Joe Morgan]
mikev - April 8, 2008
C'mon Zook!!!
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Is it just my TV showing bizarre random
characters across the players' faces, or is that CSN? Or my blood-alcohol level?
Nico - April 8, 2008
ESPN MLB Gamecast Suzuki Player Pic Update!
Still no picture :(
mikev - April 8, 2008
Wow Zook
That bunt was so effective, he still gets to bat (wild pitch)
BigTuna - April 8, 2008
I can see it now
Bases loaded for Buck
drink409 - April 8, 2008
That was awkward.
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
Burnett is throwing some heat!
asfaninpismobeach - April 8, 2008
Broke a little late, though.
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
WOOT!
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
YES!!!
paradox - April 8, 2008
Double to tie the game!
No wonder it's my birthday.
paradox - April 8, 2008
happy birthday
drink409 - April 8, 2008
YEESS!!!
drink409 - April 8, 2008
WOOOOOOOOOOO
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Wow...another run!
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Nice!
RBI Double by R. Sweeney
BigTuna - April 8, 2008
LOVE THE SWEENEYS!!!!
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Sweeenneeeeeyyyyy!
There's my boy.
BWH - April 8, 2008
i hate how gameday audio is very very slow.
definitely had it spoiled.
but whooooo!!
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
MLB.TV Mosaic's box score updates itself before the video shows it.
I saw Sweeney's average jump to .500 before I saw the hit.
But whooooo!
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
WOW!
Little Sweeney! HAWT RBI double action!
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
Ryan Sweeney
Looking good.
sprtsnwyn - April 8, 2008
BUCK
GETS A DOUBLE!
BigTuna - April 8, 2008
WOOOOOOO!!!
paradox - April 8, 2008
Oh Travis!
paradox - April 8, 2008
A HIT HE GOT A HIT
drink409 - April 8, 2008
Could Minisweeney's power finally be developing??
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Buck gets a hit!
BWH - April 8, 2008
Ryan Sweeney ESPN MLB Gamecast Update!
Still the Chicago pic :(
mikev - April 8, 2008
Now BISCUIT?!?
Dude!
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
OMG! A HIT!
and a useful one at that! Go Buck!
ZeroIndulgence - April 8, 2008
BUCK IT!
Zonis - April 8, 2008
Wooooooooo x T000000000000000
mikeA - April 8, 2008
ahh hahaha
Buck snaps 0 for 22 hitless streak with an RBI Double past the 1st baseman
BigTuna - April 8, 2008
T-BUCK!!!!
BOOM!!!
sprtsnwyn - April 8, 2008
I knew that shaved head would do it
67MARQUEZ - April 8, 2008
Was it an opposite field hit? Sweeney has looked good with that approuch
asfaninpismobeach - April 8, 2008
Double down the RF line
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
My bad right field
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
No hit it hard to left field
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
So Travis Buck has decided to stop his Charles Thomas '05/Dan Johnson '06 impression.
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
now in
MobiusKlein - April 8, 2008
Now in A. Perez zone
MobiusKlein - April 8, 2008
A HIT!!!
he should try that more often!!
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
uh oh
Ryan Sweeney looking like a major leaguer? Eat your heart out, Kenny Williams.
...not opposite field
ChadGod - April 8, 2008
Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
THAT felt good
Keze - April 8, 2008
Still only one out
paradox - April 8, 2008
Sweeney is lookin' gooooooooood lately
Let CGon get some seasoning, Sweeney seems to be doing fine, thanks.
Joey C. - April 8, 2008
So who's going to pitch the 2nd?
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Foulke?
Can he go 7?
Nico - April 8, 2008
Get your glove!
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
triple!!
67MARQUEZ - April 8, 2008
WHAM WHAM WHAM!!
paradox - April 8, 2008
Triple for Ellis!
paradox - April 8, 2008
hell yeah
drink409 - April 8, 2008
buck looks pretty happy in the dugout
drink409 - April 8, 2008
MAEL!
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
MaEl
TRIPLE
BigTuna - April 8, 2008
Blanton is probably soooo pissed
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Whooo!
Ellis TRIPLE.
Joey C. - April 8, 2008
This rules
Go A's!!
sprtsnwyn - April 8, 2008
Nice Triple!
Haha, good thing Burnett decided to suck today too!
ZeroIndulgence - April 8, 2008
Where in the hell were they playing Ellis?
That shouldn't have been such an easy triple.
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Alaska?
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
Straight away, looked like
MaE gets knocked in!
Hit it perfectly to the long gap and the ball stalled at the fence.
paradox - April 8, 2008
whoaaaaa!!
OFFENCE!! IT EXISTS!!
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
Yeah, and it always exists against my fantasy starters, too
This is better than a crappy Yahoo t-shirt, anyway.
Joey C. - April 8, 2008
Do you get a Yahoo t-shirt?
I thought that was ESPN only... and if it's not, where can I demand one? (not really.)
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
Helloooooooooo offense!!!
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
This makes sense:
We used to have great pitching and bad hitting, now Duke and Harden got hurt, so we'll have great hitting and bad pitching.
mikeA - April 8, 2008
I'd make that trade.
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
That's not such a bad situation
if Gio and Greg Smith and the Stockton Studs are the real deal.
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Time to see
Barton's 1st RBI
drink409 - April 8, 2008
Count it
Nico - April 8, 2008
there it is
drink409 - April 8, 2008
Well, this was unexpected!
jonahbartlett - April 8, 2008
Woo hoo!!!!! I'm shocked. I'm distressed about the pitching, but LOVING the offense!
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Am I drunk?
Please tell me this is real.
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
Not drunk enough
we still have to pitch
BigTuna - April 8, 2008
O.......M.......G
hits, runs, rbi's
ak_A - April 8, 2008
this is fun!
just need some pitching to makeit perfect
tosk - April 8, 2008
contain yourself
pam5981 - April 8, 2008
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Sweeney looks dangerous
Dern, big athlete. 2-2.
paradox - April 8, 2008
Oh well
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay A's
paradox - April 8, 2008
Yay's!
...Sorry.
danmerqury - April 8, 2008
Maybe Gaudin will shut them down?
Too much to ask?
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
I guess not.
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
Tighten up now Chad
asfaninpismobeach - April 8, 2008
Skip to my Lou Jesus Christ yes
C'mon Chad!
paradox - April 8, 2008
A's have offense...
but the Clash on a Nissan commercial??
You have to take the good with the bad my grandpa always said...
jonahbartlett - April 8, 2008
haha
"Jack Cust racing over..."
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Is that still a 1000 fielding percentage?
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
yep
paradox - April 8, 2008
I wish Gaudin would not allow fly balls to left field tonight
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
home after a hard day's work
pasta and a nice Shiraz, and the A's...
AHHH ;-)
OaklandSi - April 8, 2008
at this pace...
it'll be 27 all after 9 innings..
danh - April 8, 2008
Oh gosh...
Cust just ran to get that ball, was chewing gum, and was STILL able to catch it.
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
looked like
he had to turn that glove around to catch the ball tho
BigTuna - April 8, 2008
Is Rich Harden asleep?
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
Is that the "PC" term for it?
Nico - April 8, 2008
No, MAC
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
if he is,
there better not be an alarm clock near.
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
bubonic plague
drink409 - April 8, 2008
Oh Hanny
Gaudin didn't need that.
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Ryan Sweeney's BA now higher than Jason Kendall's
green star oakland - April 8, 2008
Wasn't it last year too?
Nico - April 8, 2008
Wasn't everyone's last year ?
green star oakland - April 8, 2008
Hannahan makes me appreciate Chavez so much more
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Ditto.
Syphon - April 8, 2008
Sixteeen seasons for Matt Stairs
Unbelievable.
paradox - April 8, 2008
apparently Eveland got a replacement passport...
in two hours?
Did anyone else catch that?
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
huh?
no...
tosk - April 8, 2008
It was on the radio.
Jjjsixsix - April 8, 2008
Sir Dana is pitching thursday against the Indians right?
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Thursday in Toronto
green star oakland - April 8, 2008
Isn't it nice to be white?
Nico - April 8, 2008
OK now this comment just looks weird
Nico - April 8, 2008
Who you callin white?
Some of us are pink and proud!
MobiusKlein - April 8, 2008
Yeah 2 hours
At the "San Francisco Office"
Keze - April 8, 2008
SF office gave him one in 2 hours
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
i got one in about that time
when my grandpa died and I had to get to norway within days..
but that was back in 94 when there was two towers in new york..
tosk - April 8, 2008
emergency passport
since he had an active one on file, and there's a passport office in SF, it was easy to get it done quickly
OaklandSi - April 8, 2008
You don't think he slipped someone a $20? Or a $100?
Nico - April 8, 2008
"My, my, my...
"Aren't you a handsome fellow. Let's just see what I can do for you, honey." [/old lady passport worker]
Yes, I'm suggesting that.
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
has that worked for you?
OaklandSi - April 8, 2008
I got one in an hour at the British embassy in Rome
when mine was stolen. It's actually the easiest way to renew a passport (provided the old one is still valid).
green star oakland - April 8, 2008
didn't cost a fortune?
tosk - April 8, 2008
Nope
IIRC it was free - and they gave me a desk and a phone while I waited.
green star oakland - April 8, 2008
no pasta?
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Not at 9am
Cappuccino though.
green star oakland - April 8, 2008
You wanna steal each other's tomorrow -
just to make it easier?
Nico - April 8, 2008
Off to Norway on Saturday, so not this time.
green star oakland - April 8, 2008
heh heh, and I just left norway for the bay area
on saturday.. nice coincidence.
tosk - April 8, 2008
Yeah, Thursday he'll be pitching as Jairo Garcia
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Staris is tough to double up
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
OK
Nico - April 8, 2008
Seriously?
He's like tailor made for that.
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Absolutely joking.
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
This AB will end the Powell discussion once and for all I am sure of it this time.
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Done and done
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Doesn't zooks have an eight game hitting streak going
Keze - April 8, 2008
Yep
Tyler Bleszinski - April 8, 2008
Buck has a one game streak going
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Buck is batting 1.000 in his last 1 at bat. Can't beat that.
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
and he hasn't struck out since opening day
green star oakland - April 8, 2008
jinx
OaklandSi - April 8, 2008
Suzuki rules
sprtsnwyn - April 8, 2008
Man
Fosse has slowly but surely come around on Suzuki. You could just feel his contempt for his last year as he pushed Fosse's man crush out the door.
Tyler Bleszinski - April 8, 2008
kawasaki
better bike
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
don't know about that ump
mikeA - April 8, 2008
ZOOK!
monkeyball - April 8, 2008
Anyone watching American Idol right now?
$5 says Paul has a wardrobe malfunction by the end of the show.
Jennifer - April 8, 2008
AJ a little butt hurt
drink409 - April 8, 2008
Is that better than being back hurt?
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
i'd rather have Chavez butt hurt than back hurt...that's for sure
drink409 - April 8, 2008
chad is hitting hsi spots now
tosk - April 8, 2008
brokeback?
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Harden?
MobiusKlein - April 8, 2008
thats messed up
funny
but messed up :)
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
I love when he hits the HSI spots
anyone watching CSI right now?
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
hehe
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Did that homerun hit Cust's glove?
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
not even close
drink409 - April 8, 2008
No
I think it hit something above the wall.
Tyler Bleszinski - April 8, 2008
I think...
it bounced off canseco's head
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
meanwhile A-Rod was sleeping w/ his wife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBU9hWBfn9U
drink409 - April 8, 2008
that was funny!!!!
thank you for the linkage
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Hey Blez
who put the score at the top of the posts? that was brilliant! thank you!
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Our tech team
We're paying for updating stats now.
Tyler Bleszinski - April 8, 2008
first class!
"we" are paying...how? who?
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Was
that a tooth pick under Cust's feet?
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
K'd the side
I love it
drink409 - April 8, 2008
Nice, Chad
Looks settlin' to me.
paradox - April 8, 2008
STRIKES OUT THE SIDE!!!!
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Well
Gaudin sure shut me the hell up. Excellent inning.
sprtsnwyn - April 8, 2008
reverse jinx
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Nicceeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
asfaninpismobeach - April 8, 2008
welcome backkk
chad
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Gaudin in the Klan?
KKK :)
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
You know what was impressive about that inning
was that Gaudin pretty much threw nothing but sliders that inning. And he wound up striking out three VERY good hitters.
Tyler Bleszinski - April 8, 2008
nice to come home from work
and see a 5 spot on the scoreboard. GO A's!!!!
oakinboston - April 8, 2008
It's six
The numbers are too small and difficult to read.
paradox - April 8, 2008
Yeah,
and have it be on our side of the board!
It is a six by the way :)
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
1/2 cycle!
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Jack Cust...
Only one without a hit!
Come on Jack...you are due
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
ELLY!!!!!!!!!
2 BAGGER
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
I dont know if I've ever seen a player wait back as long as Barton
and still make consistent contact when he swings.
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Ok, he just Kd. But I stand by my "he waits a long time" comment
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Agreed - except he's swinging harder this year
than he did last Sept, which means swinging strikes instead of solid line drive contact.
Nico - April 8, 2008
The games I have gone to...
he is swinging out of his shoes
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Please
Could you reply to the comment. It's tough to follow who you are talking to.
sprtsnwyn - April 8, 2008
Was I talking to someone else?
I was talking to myself :)
ok
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
His critics think he should have more power
(and he should)
I'm sure that explains part of it.
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
Why "should" he?
If what he is a .310 hitter with 15 HRs? Should he mold himself into a .260 hitter with 25 HRs?
Nico - April 8, 2008
I will take the 310 and 15
all day and twice on sunday
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Same here - so stop swinging so hard, Dale!
Nico - April 8, 2008
lol
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
A LA
swisher
(not a la peanut butter sandwiches)
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
ouch
jonahbartlett - April 8, 2008
yikes
BigTuna - April 8, 2008
That ball was crushed
paradox - April 8, 2008
no doubt at all
paradox - April 8, 2008
OY...not good
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
s$%t monkeys
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Gaudin is to pitchers today
what Cust is to hitters.
Nico - April 8, 2008
Geez
Why can't we put together the offense with the good pitching days?
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
oh come on...
what fun would THAT be?
pam5981 - April 8, 2008
When is Dan Meyer going to get a shot at starting?
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
This isn't painful enough for you?
Nico - April 8, 2008
at this rate?
in 5 minutes!
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Might as well give him a chance to see what we have in our minor league system. Cut him loose!
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
is Meyer on the DL?
OaklandSi - April 8, 2008
I think I saw some stats for the River Cats this year. I'm pretty sure he is making it out to the bump.
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Pagging Bullpen......
Bullpen, you are needed at the front desk.
Masaryk - April 8, 2008
Can they just replay the bottom of the third??
I liked that Chad.
jonahbartlett - April 8, 2008
Good AB for Scoot
*sniff*
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
Paging Marco....
Scoo Taro!
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Now you're gonna make a grown man cry
:P
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
I miss the chant
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Me too
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
At least we have the lead
(holding breath)
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
tie
rhymes with sigh...kinda...right?
BigTuna - April 8, 2008
close enough
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
jinxed
OaklandSi - April 8, 2008
I really, Really hate Eckstien...
Zonis - April 8, 2008
No matter what uniform he wears
He'll always be a Halo to me
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
Really? Because he'll always be a minimally talented elf to me
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
LOL
+1 million
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
I have lot's of Elf friends
who are now mortally offended
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
Are they going to get short with you?
Nico - April 8, 2008
How would I notice?
(sincere questioning look)
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
Oh, you can laugh, Nico
but if you'd ever had a wee acorn-cap full of piping hot hollyhock tea thrown in your face, you wouldn't mess with them.
Englishmajor - April 8, 2008
2 elves, 1 acorn-cap?
monkeyball - April 8, 2008
thanks, Ellis
mikeA - April 8, 2008
This guy is tough to double up!
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Seems like we only can do it every 9 batters!
Nico - April 8, 2008
Don't stop doin' whatever you do
Keze - April 8, 2008
eckstein rhymes with
poopy head
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Crosby wouldn't have had it anyway,
but I hate playing the IF in there.
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Too bad Cust wasn't at short. He would have had that.
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
I hate playing the IF in in just about any situation
monkeyball - April 8, 2008
8th or 9th, tie game?
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Bottom of the 9th, tie game - gotta play it back
Try to win it tomorrow.
Nico - April 8, 2008
if Neifi Perez or Jason Kendall is at bat, sure
monkeyball - April 8, 2008
If the infield was back, Crosby would have had it easily
Nico - April 8, 2008
I thought that at first, but on the replay the ball was still rising when it hit his glove
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Yeah but he was well in (too far, IMO, with turf)
Whatever - it doesn't really matter now, does it!
Nico - April 8, 2008
I bet Cust would have caught it in left then if it was still rising. Probably at the warning track!
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
So he should've been in MORE
it's not like Eckstein can muscle it out of the infield anyway
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Zooks is hitting the tar out of the ball.
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
There's tar on the ball?
Nico - April 8, 2008
In it
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
I know small sample size and all
but I really like Suzuki's htiting. He's not getting a bunch of dinky fluke hits. He's showing he can actually handle major league pitching. I think he'll be just fine.
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Kendall did set a low bar ;-)
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
He just poked an RBI single
off Cueto.
BWH - April 8, 2008
poked
being the operative word
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Well, at least there is hitting...
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
At least SOMEONE is hitting on this team
Go Zooks
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
BIG AB for Sweeney
baseballgirl - April 8, 2008
[sigh]
paradox - April 8, 2008
Darn
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
rhino
:(
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
I wonder if Sweeney could have beaten it
I'd like to see how he ran out of the box before he knew Tallet was late covering.
Nico - April 8, 2008
ouch
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Sorry, stepped on your foot
Stupid internet.
Nico - April 8, 2008
You need
tallet lessons
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
That's a blend of ballet and talent?
Nico - April 8, 2008
or lack thereof :)
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Battle of the bullpens -
Hard to say if that's a good thing or not...
Nico - April 8, 2008
Excuse me while I interject....
Hey! That smarts!
Ouch! That hurts!
Yow! That's not fair givin' a guy a shot down there!
Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Yow!) or emotion (Ouch!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
Brown has no command so far this year
mikeA - April 8, 2008
What can Brown do for you?
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
he can strike someone out
and handle all my shipping needs
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Immovable mediocrity
meets
irresistable blandness
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
I just spent $38.21 on a quadruple AU card
of Blanton, Cust, Haren, and Swisher.
Well, it's not really money spent, since it's all money I earned by selling stuff on eBay. But still, that's a lot for an effing baseball card. I have problems.
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Im addicted to Bowman Chrome
Syphon - April 8, 2008
two words
betty. ford.
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Oh great, now SHE'S up in the bullpen?
Nico - April 8, 2008
What if you dont wanna be cured?
Syphon - April 8, 2008
Then don't be a ham
Nico - April 8, 2008
Gotta stay away from that salt,
Syphon - April 8, 2008
she's dead...
oh, wait....never stopped Harden
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
I'm a player collector
and actually, today I got in a lot of 2000 Bowman Chrome Refractors. I only needed 1 of the 9. Now I gotta figure out what to do with a lot in which Scot Shields and Robb Quinlan are the best players.
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Refractor Sheilds UP!
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
I just got into it...
I need autos and 5/5 hotness.
Syphon - April 8, 2008
see Cindi for hotness
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Someone posted some cool..
Bowman Chrome Autos on the fan shot page.
Syphon - April 8, 2008
Barton has scared me twice this game. head first slide into home and a slide into the rail.
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
three times for me
swinging at the plate
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Go Buck
drink409 - April 8, 2008
En FUEGO!!!
Nico - April 8, 2008
Yay Travis!
paradox - April 8, 2008
Open the floodgates, Buck!
JediLeroy - April 8, 2008
LS! LS! LS!
149 - April 8, 2008
Just a triple and a homer shy of the cycle!
JediLeroy - April 8, 2008
thought he had a triple today?
Keze - April 8, 2008
ah, you meant Buck?
Keze - April 8, 2008
whew!
monkeyball off his back!
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
I missed a Buck hit?
Damn! They dont happen often. I hate to miss one.
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Try Halley's comet
Nico - April 8, 2008
You must have blinked
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Buck's batting .500 on the road!
JediLeroy - April 8, 2008
Blink .080
a. rock band
b. Travis' avg
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
dern!
paradox - April 8, 2008
MaE was on the cycle too
paradox - April 8, 2008
darn
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
bruce DERN!
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Laura
Tasty.
paradox - April 8, 2008
not bad I might add
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
come on dale!
OptimistPrime - April 8, 2008
Da(ric Ba)r(to)n
Da*r*n
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
That's the way uh-huh uh-hu
paradox - April 8, 2008
LOL
@ Sweeney's gamecast photo
drink409 - April 8, 2008
Let's go A's! Let's go A's!
paradox - April 8, 2008
Great time for Cust to get his first hit of the game.
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
He got lucky wasn't a DP
drink409 - April 8, 2008
(drumming wildly and waving flag at same time)
oakinboston - April 8, 2008
We got real lucky
paradox - April 8, 2008
Buck opened the flood gate...
of BBs. I'll take it.
149 - April 8, 2008
HAHAHAH NICE THROW YOU GRITTY LITTLE BITCH
er...
mikev - April 8, 2008
+1
thejd44 - April 8, 2008
Good Lord
Loaded for Custy........
Jays sign a suicide pact?
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
Wooohoooo!
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
thanks, Eckstein's arm
OaklandSi - April 8, 2008
Eckstein may have the worst arm in baseball.
Two in the dirt, now this. He's the Johnny Damon of the infield.
BWH - April 8, 2008
somebody update!?
all i have is a slow gameday
oakinboston - April 8, 2008
Ditto
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
Cuts grounds to 1st
try to turn two.. throw from SS to 1st offline 2 score
drink409 - April 8, 2008
8-6 A's
OaklandSi - April 8, 2008
hard hit dp ball to first
out at second, throw went past the pitcher, running to the bad for an error, 2 runs score.
mikeA - April 8, 2008
Sounds similar to the play Barton missed last game
Keze - April 8, 2008
Cust might have safe anyway
Future Ed - April 8, 2008
Oh man....
Cust beating a throw at first????!!!!! Did Eckstein throw it underhand?????
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
Sweeney slid hard into Eckstein at 2nd...
resulting in bad throw. Good base-running by Mike.
FoolshGame22 - April 8, 2008
muy excellente
And he didn't do a Dye? or a Crosby? Wow....players *NOT* made of glass.
Who knew?
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
Eckstein made of marshmellow...
Soft landing.
149 - April 8, 2008
It occurs to me
That Hannahans' name must have played hell on the Japanese announcers pronunciation....
510inDenver - April 8, 2008
I think it would be easy
Ha-na-ha-na-ha-n. Goes perfectly into Japanese.
Englishmajor - April 8, 2008
Half the credit
for that E goes to Eckstien's oompah-loompah arm... the other half to Barton for good clean slide into 2B.
149 - April 8, 2008
m. sweeney
pam5981 - April 8, 2008
NEW THREAD OPEN
Nico - April 8, 2008
wow 8 runs!!!
We Could WIn 6 Games WIth That Amount. Is There Anyway We Can Take A Couple Back And Use Them Towards The Next 2 Games?
Triple Eh's - April 8, 2008
You know we will lose 2-1 tomorrow. Thats how the cookie crumbles.
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
More Like 1-0
Triple Eh's - April 8, 2008
No I am feeling an in the parker from Mike Sweeney tomorrow.
miggyk2 - April 8, 2008
Should Call Up Greg Smith.
Get A Head Start On Hardens Soon To Be Trip Th The DL.
Triple Eh's - April 8, 2008
I think
They can!
saladerr - April 8, 2008
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