Athletics Nation

I'm calling it now

100% guarantee you will not be writing about a 3-1 loss for a third week in a row.

Yay

NO!

You said “a 3-1 loss.” He could write about the Giants’ 3-1 loss.

Light up the Zito Tree

oaklandSMASH - June 13, 2008 reply

Hi, I'm Emil Brown -

I’m so bad that I sit against LHPs while three left-handed batters start in the OF!

To quote Huey Lewis

“Sometimes. bad is BAD”

"If this is it, please let me know."

Sweeney in right, Gonzalez in center

Interesting. I would have expected those two to be swapped. It would increase Gonzalez’ long-term value quite a bit if he can really stick as a centerfielder. On the other hand, I’m not sure Sweeney is ever going to hit enough to be an asset at a corner.

my guess

Sweeney’s being showcased.

My guess is that they have watched both

and believe that Gonzalez is the one who can play a plus CF. So instead of asking Sweeney to upgrade his defense enough to be a good CFer, they are asking him to upgrade his hitting enough to be a good RFer. Which I think is the more realistic hope of the two.

whoops. Duh.

I misread, and thought Swooney was in CF. Nevermind.

I agree with both you and andeux: the A’s are asking/hoping he’ll upgrade his O to be an asset at a corner, even though there isn’t a great likelihood. (And perhaps hoping that he’ll bump his O up enough to generate some trade value?)

I've been impressed by how quickly

Sweeney improved his bat from April to June, so I’m willing to hold out some realistic hope that he can continue to develop OBP/power. He is, after all, only 23 and talented.

Me too

and with some tutelage from Frank Thomas, he will start hitting more HRs too.

And I do like watching Craft patrol the garden.

He gets a great jump and an accurate early read. Although I think I’m detecting just a bit of young-man-flash out there over the last few games. You’d think those game-ending SOs would keep him humble.

The Dogfather - June 13, 2008 reply

One thing that concerns me is that

you kind of have to shade towards right-center in this park, but you hate to leave more room for Cust to cover. Perhaps they can just put Sweeney off the right field line and let Gonzalez stay straight-away or even shaded into left-center, which would be nice.

So, here's what I really don't understand about keeping Emil ...

Obviously, we don’t want him starting, even against lefties.

But for whom does he actually pinch-hit?

If we don’t want him starting vs LHPs, then presumably he shouldn’t be hitting for any of the other OFs (all of whom offer a far greater chance of not making an out than does Emil) late in the game. (At this point, with Cust having arisen from his April torpor and Emil sucking wind, it doesn’t even make sense to PH Brown for Cust in the rare late-innings-man-on-third-with-fewer-than-2-outs-and-the-A’s-trailing-by-1-run situation.)

Of the other lefties in the lineup, you’d never PH Brown for Barton (who, again, has a lower chance of making an out and has a reverse platoon split to boot) or Hannahan (far, far, far better OBP and better bat control). And I don’t think that even the most recondite Chavvy H8r would advocate PH’ing Brown for Chavez late in the game against a LHP.

So, really: what’s he doing on the roster?

Sucking?

This game is a bad example

As someone pointed out in another thread, Zito has a fairly strong reverse platoon split: over the course of his career righties have hit .234/.310/.372, compared to .248/.339/.385 for lefties. (This year, righties have killed him and he has been oddly effective against lefties, but in a sample size about 25 times smaller).

I expect Brown to start against other left-handed pitchers – though ultimately I agree that he shouldn’t be on the roster.

I still wouldn't start Brown over any of the other 3 vs other LHSPs

I still think Brown’s supposed platoon advantage is debatable; and even if it exists, it’s not big enough to elevate his overall game above any of the other 3 options.

What I think it really comes down to

is that Zito is precisely the type of pitcher against whom the A’s excel with a “take and rake” approach of seeing a lot of pitches, driving up pitch counts, etc. E. Brown is not the guy to start against that kind of pitcher, LHP or RHP. Lefties like Cust, Hannahan, Barton, meanwhile, are ideal.

Well...

I heard Bowen & Calero were looking for 2 others for bridge. Brown can join them and all they’d need is a fourth, maybe part time play for Davis or Petit?

Mmm - Raj is needed because Cust is starting,

and Crosby seems to have remembered how to get injured. Can we borrow Yabu from the Giants clubhouse?

Yabu plays with the giants

Future Ed - June 13, 2008 reply

"Gladiator" music for the A's vs. Giants pregame show?

Really?

I would throw the Giants to the tigers during our forum matchup

bu the Tigers suck this year.

oaklandSMASH - June 13, 2008 reply

JAYMEE HAS A BLOG!!

Jaymee Sire’s blog!!

OK, Jaymi, that is a horrible blog -

NOTHING ABOUT HAIR, NOTHING ABOUT ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS??? Just boring stuff about Grant Smith’s throwing? Welcome to Yawn City, Population: Me!

-Cindi

I'll credit Jaymee if Smith gets some hits tonight

Okay, will make sure to clean up the delicious yogurt!

Remember kids -- keep it clean tonight.

Even if it’s Friday, and especially about Jaymee.

The Dogfather - June 13, 2008 reply

I probably wouldn't go that far...

but there weren’t really any fireworks.

The way I understood it

Rick Sutcliffe made some on-the-air comments about Erin Andrews that were more suggestive than anything that has ever been said here about Jaymee.

http://deadspin.com/5015818/rick-sutcliffe-is-a-mere-mortal-and-cannot-control-himself-around-erin-andrews-beauty

Video here

OMG THEY MOVED SUZU UP IN THE ORDER?!

And Barton down??

Barton has an .862 OPS in June right now compared to Suzu’s .633

Even with how bad Barton’s been, his season OPS is still higher than Suzuki’s career OPS (which his higher than his Season OPS)

They want to space out the easy outs

It might be tactical

Geren might figure that Zito is going to pitch around the #8 hitter, and Barton is not going to get himself out flailing at a pitch out of the strike zone.

Zito? Pitch around? Nibble?

So fine... so fine...

Interesting, but in an NL park could have more

to do with who you want batting 8th than anything – not sure why Barton would be the choice there, but it could be a consideration (walk, sac bunt?).

Those Giants unis are yucky.

pam5981 - June 13, 2008 reply

That's just 'cause they have Giants in them.

LOL

Watching a ABC7 report on Custy right now

Portraying him as a family man.

Oh yeah, Let’s Go A’s

Travis Buck

Has absolutly nothing left to prove at AAA except that he can rake AAA pitching. If he is in our plans for the future, then he needs to get big league at bats. I know he has struggled, but he needs to right himself at the Major League level. As much as I love watching Car-Gon and think he is doing great. He should have been sent down. He could still benefit from AAA. He was the one called up because of the injuries. Now that Sweeny is healthy he should get sent down and wait until he is needed again.

Bigtoe - June 13, 2008 reply

of course that is all pending

just getting rid of Emil Brown!

Bigtoe - June 13, 2008 reply

I said it before, but I think the reason why they sent him down

was not because he can’t hit MLB pitching, or because he can hit AAA pitching, but because his approach at the plate right now is flawed and he has to fix it. As soon as he does, good bye Brown.

Swooney's back?!??!?

and ladies everywhere rejoiced….

YAY!

And some guys

I'm hungry.

What’s for dinner?

Giants

hope you brought the pepto…

oaklandSMASH - June 13, 2008 reply

Meatloaf, mashed potatos, and green bean

One green bean?

Had to leave room for the meat and potatoes

or is it potatos. Damn you, Dan Quayle!

LMAO

I have that same problem with potato pluralizing…

Ziti

Well, at least one Zito.

Chicken piccata

pam5981 - June 13, 2008 reply

Pizza

Cause I’m gonna take advantage of my fast metabolism while I can.

Never had one of those

where do you pick them up and when do they expire?

Hot fudge sundae.

You win!

Leftover Pizza

sigh

Its too bad the HD feed is on NBC (Giants feed).

oh snap….those jerseys look hideous….did Zito design them?

I'm not sure my eyeballs will ever recover

It makes me feel a lot better that

Duke likes the black alts

not me...

Eveland likes them too….

Some people think we need to take Blanton out of the ”#1” spot, but they should really just jigger it so that Duke and Eveland never pitch at home.

I admit

that there is too much going on when they wear it, though.

White pants + cleats, Black jersey with yellow outline (and some green), green undershirt.

If they were able to color coordinate it better, it would be cool…
...but a yellow A’s alt would be nice

OMG, it's the 1977-8 Giants throwback unis

Possibly the ugliest era in baseball uniforms: the Astros, Pirates, Padres, Giants…ugh.

do the A's have throwbacks on?

that would be a

1 minus 2

(....negative)

No, regular road greys with "Oakland" across the jersey, and green caps

The Gnats should throw them back

IIRC they also had an all-black "Sunday" uni

I’ll see if I can find a picture.

way better than the A's black unis

Unless Atlanta can light up Garland,

Angels will win tonight. Atlanta’s bullpen has been horrible, so they won’t be able to hold a slim lead even if they get one. It’s up to the A’s to keep pace.

Snake Pliskin! I heard you were dead!

I thought he was taller...

Whats up all?

Speaking of Right handed Outfielders, where is Deno?

Why?

I’ve heard countless anthems being sung…

...and they always go “frrreeeeeeee…EEEEEEEEEEE…”

My friend just said she’s putting “Stank in the anthem”

Jaymee sez....

the Giants are afraid of the A’s!

Then it MUST be true!

Cute girls never lie!

OMG

I really am a geek.

(Wait, I knew that anyway.)

anybody-

what channel does direct tv have for the HD broadcast? 654-1 is showing the blue jays

KCB58 - June 13, 2008 reply

channel 11

Even if Zito

no hits the A’s tonight, you will not see a curse word come out of these fingers. Im cleaning up my font, never know when a 12 year old is on the blog.

Whatever happened with all that?

I read the fanpost earlier, but it only had 1 comment on it…i guess it turned into something big?

People dont like the

foul mouths on the Gameday threads. Youngsters read them I gues

ahh i see...

Not really.

Even if Zito no-hits the A's

there’s a good chance he’ll walk enough runners in for Oakland to win.

I caught a no-hitter in Little League

We won 13-10; they scored all 10 runs in one inning on 10 walks and 2 errors.

Ouch

Oh --- You.

O.U.

Hey, Ice Cream! Ice Cream heeere...

I’m ghost riding tonight’s game thread.

I blame Dan Johnson.

Sorry. Did you post something? I can't read it. Sunscreen in eyes...

I feel dizzy

Someone needs to recap the profanity-related fAnPoSt

so I’ll know whether or not I can still cuss when I feel like it.

Hell yes

Some of the more interesting discourse

(I thought) was about the difference between selectively cussing to make a considered point and exploding with FUCKSHITGODDAMNITs at every ground out.

It takes too long to type those things.

I just shout them.

These are the words that are not to be used on this blog:

B#M
B#TTY
P#X
KN#CKERS
W##-W##
SEMPRINI

Who's got a boil on the semprini then?

No one really decided.

It was someone people bitching about 12yos reading AN. People cussed. I threw my hands up. No one really decided if it was okay before the thread disappeared. My conclusion: this blog is a PG 13 blog. Parents should read it before the kids go crazy posting about tapirs. As I see it, we get 1 fuck, some boobs, violence, other “sdult” language, adult themes or elements, and drug use.

How many thrusts?

It depends on who is batting.

What about Dice-K's windup?

Rated R for Red Sox.

Emil Brown finishes his at-bats too early?

maybe so...

but his “runners” get in.

When in doubt...

FIDDLESTICKS was given the seal of approval

Its super foggy here in Pismo also

Valley must be hot today

usual June on the coast

I remember trying to “hit the beach ” in June the last day of school, and it was grey and cold every damn time!

Already fog in Berkeley ahead of the game in SF.

Smith will hit a triple off Zito

Welcome back, Baby!

Couple of Nolan Ryan throwbacks

on the mound tonight. Going to see alot of smoke tonight.

Wow.

Seriously...Isn't Omar like a year away from being a 'Ball Dude' at this park

As long as they don't score,

I’d love to keep Zito’s pitch count down…

Here's to hoping that this is how the game ends

wow

david is ripped

its no wonder how he won! He had a sword and Goliath only had a stick

I must have missed the part

about David waxing his chest before plunking Goliath in the head with a rock.

LOL

He wasn't Goliath where it counts,

if ya know what I mean.

(look, I’ve said bad words and misinterpreted Scripture all in 5 minutes of a game thread!)

Go for politics now!

You must have missed that day in Sunday school.

David used Goliath’s sword:

So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith.

(1st Samuel 17:50-51, KJV)

You're leaving out the key passage

“And then David oiled his body, and took up Goliath’s sword, and shaved the hair from his chest therewith. And the people saw that he was shredded, and they said, ‘David will make a mighty King of Israel! And a damn good loincloth model.’”

QOTM

QOTM QOTM QOTM QOTM

louismg - June 13, 2008 reply

With these two teams

Which one is David, and which is Goliath?

wow you couldn't be more wrong

its obviously Capitain Morgan vs. Goliath

why is he missing a sandal

He must have seen "Life of Brian"

We get a Giants game

and now the picture is awesome. MLB.tv has the best picture I have ever had since the start of the season.

Hi Everyone,

and I know its already been said, but OH, MY EYES!

Should I keep my current sig

or should I go with facepalm.jpg

Zito will walk Cust every time up.

There was a ~~100% chance that Cust would walk there

Chavy

swing at something close

those pitches looked pretty close

One of those two were prob strikes.

i was expecting

chavy to get rung up via make-up call

First one was, second one wasn't

3-2 looked like ball 4 but Chavy swung.

that's how I saw it.

wonder how Zito feels

about an electronically, computer-called strike zone.??

lookit those pants on g.smith!

me likey

Casilla pitcing in Sacramento right now...

Good to see.

They're hand-me-downs from Zito

Smith's pants, not Jairo's elbow ligament

Casilla's pitches?!

God, I hope not.

I wish they wore the grey more...

they spelling of "gray" is not black and white

What is everyone drinking this evening?

Water.

psshh

what AREN’T we drinking

Vodka Milk

FormerHuntsvilleStar - June 13, 2008 reply

Crystal Light lemonade

Well, you asked. :)

[sings]

“Crystaaaal LIIIIIght!”

[falls backward in to pool of tea]

Beer!

What kind?

Bud Light

The good stuff.

Root beer :)

anomaly_kat - June 13, 2008 reply

Wonderful

wino!

Dr.Pepper

Dr Pepper had her period confiscated.

Pyramid Hefeweizen

brewery in Berkeley is about 300 yards from where I live.
!!

New Belgium’s Skinny Dip Beer

With a splash of lemon.

Wow...greg smith

looks kinda like Paul Rudd

Why arent we wearing awesome

throwbacks?

Anyone know if Bowen

is really alive? Guy must be just a horrible baseball player. Why not get a backup that you trust?

Adam Melhuse is available

who?

carp

Oh Custy

why

/me throws hands up

That

took a nasty bounce!

Do umpires get offended when you laugh at their small strike zone?

No

they make up for it by wearing bigger masks

It's not the size of the strike zone....

Argh! Smitty! Stop the bleeding!

Done!

hahahaha

nice smitty!

Smitty!

Gritty!

yikes

that is lucky.

YESSSSSS!

Suck it, Giants.

Why did Castillo 'wave' at the ump's face as he was being tagged out?

Beats me.

Nice play!

Wow, Smitty

Didn’t know where the runner was, so just laid his glove infront of the plate and he just slid into it

Is Castillo slow, or did he get a bad jump? - Fosse

both?

ok...time to pick off Molina

Okay...

now pick Molina off.

that would actualy be rather funny

since Molina PROBABLY isn’t aiming to steal

If he runs

Suzuki could probably just get up from behind the plate, run down to 2B and tag him out.

haha well

we got one free out…who says we can’t have another?

LOL at the free out

Thanks

Trainman - June 13, 2008 reply

Casilla in AAA

1IP 1BB 1K 0Hits

Nice tag!

OK, let's get ol' Fence Face

Rowand always looks like he's about to fall over backward

He's got a gamer stick up his okole

Or maybe it's David's missing sandal.

It's kinda hilarious that they have Rowand batting 5th

why?

He’d be batting 3rd or 4th for us

Because he is by far their best hitter....

He's their best hitter

by far.

He looks like Nick Swisher's older, more red neck brother.

I bet Rowand

lives in Petaluma.

Wouldn't he have to up the stakes on the facial hair to be

more redneck than Swisher?

Smith is wild

Did you buy the DVD?

oh yeah

Sure did!

Just a little.

But gets the job done.

Smith was getting used to the mound

in the 1st inning. Hopefully, he will settle down from the 2nd on

Who is the second tool calling this game?

I know the first Tool, John Miller, who is the other one? Is tool a bad word?

F.P. Tangerine

santalamacchia? Santangelo?

Those split hats should be banned

You’re either a fan of one or a fan of neither.

Absolutely correct

+1

illegal

in most sane municipalities!

Sweet!

SEE!

wow

i’m having a tough time spotting the “post” button and the “cancel” button

LOL

you sure you have only had beer tonight?

I'm consistant

I’ll stick with beer….quantity to be announced

TOUCH!

No question, Smith's toughest inning is the 1st

I'm still in love with AN 3.0's Search Function,

but I need a new sig. I’m bored. The passion is gone.

Go with a topical Tony homage

I’ll try to swear

Topical, as opposed to suppository...

Go with a palindrome

Anyone watching channel 31 in Sacramento

on DirecTV? It’s all jacked up. Grrrr….

20-pitch 1st inning for both pitchers.

What it's like on the other side

There would be many unrepeatable things written on this site if the A’s just had an inning like the Giants.

really? I think it would be very repeatable

since it happens every other inning.

Baseball is all about failure

Accept it, glasshoppah.

I have, don't you see my sig?

I hadn't

^ pops gum ^

I don’t get it.

a guy named Paradox doesn't get it?

very true

I've forgotten how yucky Zito's pants are.

Its his butt!

Its a little weird.

What it called when you wrap a baby

up really tight in a blanket to make them feel secure? Maybe that’s why he does it.

Barry "Swaddlepants" Zito

I always loved swaddling my kids when they were little babies.

It was like making a little baby burrito.

mmmmm....

baby burritos

Zito and Byrnes once said Zito has "child-bearing hips"

They’re wrong, but something in that area is definitely weird.

fun game

Zito's throwing strikes

we’re doomed!

how can you hit a high outside fastball straight down and foul it off your leg?

filthy

Who is that guy on the mound for SF?

And why is he wearing little league pants?

i just brought home a package of

blue bunny root beer float ice bars. don’t expect them to last the game but i trust they will outlast Zito.

Blue Bunny

um… I’m gunna walk away right now…

WARNING

Do not click this link if you value your sanity (or what’s left of it).

I wasn't gonna click it

till you said not to…

...now its my desktop background

Haha!

So of course I had to!

by the way

They liked your picture at a Daily Kos Open thread this morning.

Frank Thomas out until after the All-Star Break

So maybe they shouldn’t activate him today.

Lovely.

Thanksgiving and Xmas are after the AS game.

Is that supposed to explain

why the A’s held on to Emil Brown?

I was afraid of that

The silence from the A’s about Thomas’ condition worried me, and now we know why.

This _______ ump has

a tight _ zone tonight

Zito gets a hit?????????!

Dagnabbit.

Be taller, Bobby!

rrrrrrrrrrr

Creases me, I hate Zito on base.

Maybe if he stays there too long, he'll get tired.

Z with the single

The ball must’ve hit the bat juuust right.

No Frigging

Way!

Hey...

Even blind nuts find a squirrel, right?

But do they find squirrels gone wild?

ummm

squirrel on squirrel action

There's a chair

for every blind butt?

Settle down Greg.

Did someone swap Greg Smith and Barry Zito

and forget to tell us.

if the pants fit....

Or not...

Oh shit

Greg, hon...

You don’t need to keep setting up situations in order to impress us with getting-out-of-jams skills…

It looks like

we see a lot of Chad Gaudin tonight.

Smith came

up from AAA throwing darts, Not so much now

I know!

Wth!

fuck!

god damn embarrassing

Oops.

wtf

this warrants a fuck

BOOOOOOOO !!!!

Wake up, boys

Oh you've got to be fucking kidding me

steals home!! OMIGOD!

A's starting pitchers have had problems with walks lately

ever since that game against the Tigers. Even Duke walked 5 in a game.

FIDDLESTICKS

Oh for fucks sake

(I believe that profanity falls under the fair use clause)

Depends on apostrophe placement.

Now...

even if we win…Giants fans will keep talking about that steal

Do you blame them?

Shit!

The steal of home was bad enough, but Suzuki did it AGAIN

Two feet in front of the plate.

I noticed that, too

This is a good point

I remain a defender of Suzuki, but he’s got to stop doing that. (It wouldn’t have mattered on Vizquel’s steal, but it matters at other times.)

Still, as others have mentioned, this also seems like a coaching failure.

visquel, welcome to fastball to the face day at Phone Booth Park

Why?

That’s an alert play by Vizquel. Smith and the A’s infield (who should have alerted him more quickly) were caught with their thumbs up their butts.

Smith never saw it

Stood there with his dick in his hand the whole time.

Maybe that's why he's struggling to pitch.

OldhamA - June 13, 2008 reply

WHAT. THE. HELL.

Ummm Stole Home?!?

I have to admit

I hate the Giants and don’t want to give up a run.

But on the other hand I love Omar, and that’s pretty awesome to steal home.

Boo!!!

Do you feel dirty now?

Because I thought the same thing, and I do.

Et tu, Poppy? Et tu?

Hey, it was a heads-up play by Vizquel!

Wear it.

BOO!!!

Yes, I do

I think it’s the first time in my life I’ve felt good about the Giants scoring.

That seriously is a bunch of bullshit.

This ain’t little league baseball. Did Crosby even see what was happening?

hahaha

So much for the league-leader in

pick-offs….he has home stolen on him!!

And, he was attempting to keep Visquel close at first when Zito batted. That was bad.

Damage control

KuSu! Where is the heads up!

Example 572

of why Vizquel is a Hall of Famer.

I’m not even upset about it. That was really smart, and a good lesson for Smith.

gotta respect that play...

Embarrasking!

Pretty shitty pitching by Smith

Giving up consecutive hits to Vizquel and Zito is unacceptable.

For Vizquel

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errr

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http://www.monkeyview.net/framness@athenet.net/default/Pitcher1.jpg

Damn, picture link isn't working

Don't blame Zooks

Smith simply was lost out there, he never knew it, he could have been thinking about is socks for the fuck we all know.

STOP REPLAYING IT

Visquel read that

so well. You’re right.

Haven't seen a great steal of home like that since Billy martin was managing the A's - they stole home a lot.

The outfield looks pretty rough in patches. Got Clay Wood?

The A's are bunting

They really can learn and grow.

geez

that arc on the curve is crazy

got more arc than noah.

They just had one

of their best hitters bunt. Whats up with that?

I think

i need another beer

they want 1 run back fast

Stops the shut-down inning, stops the butt-reaming from the steal home.

Did they say Smith got charged with a balk?

UncleLeo - June 13, 2008 reply

No balk

i wish

it was a balk haha

Yikes!

That was close!

"Zito's changeup is significantly slower than most,"

says Glen.

Is that because his fastball is, too?

I think Glen is slower than Z's pitches.

I'm late to the party. Is AN dragging ass for anyone else?

More of those

Please!

BABYYY!!!

yes! sweeney!

There we go

thank you Sweeny

Way to shut it down, Barry!

Eat me, SF.

Swooney!

We scored a run. I love it.

Can they stop showing the close up on Bochy?

Staring up at him while he is trying to look coy.

Makes me glad I don't have HD

Trust me

It’s as bad as you think…

R-Baby-I Sweeney!

Whoo hoo!

He’s like a reverse Samson.

welcome back Ryan!

OMG

take your hands out of your pants Bochy!

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_06_13_oakmlb_sfnmlb_1

MLB just put SB video up

In case, like me, you aren’t watching on the TV

go back to McCovey Chronicles

Cust,

or bust. Yes, I’m gonna say it every time.

Jack,

or lack.

Atlanta goes up on the Angels 3-2

Still plenty of time for the Angels to get lucky

tag

Nice mustache Zito

Giambi come have a sleep over this week?

Giambi's new motto:

Dope like an all-star, thong like a rock-star, ‘stache like a porn-star.

QOTM

Sweet!

LOL!!!!!!

UncleLeo - June 13, 2008 reply

Yep!

Awesome!

Woo!

Thank You Left Fielder

accurate throw = out by a mile

And just like that

the lead is ours!

Sac Fly!

I’ll take it!

Man, that was a lousy throw

way to lift it to the outfield Custy!

CHAVY!

Woo!

Steal that, Gnats

yeah

Why can't we face Zito more often? It's so easy.

Zito

helping the A’s beat the Giants since 2002

Re-align the AL West. Dump Texas and add SF!

yeah baby

eric chavez makes me tingle.

Nice!

Happier!

CHAVY!

Mexican enough

FormerHuntsvilleStar - June 13, 2008 reply

Chavy RBI double makes my heart super happy.

I think Omar pissed off the A's

It helps that Zito really really sucks

Baby Sweeney looks even prettier in HD.

ah, now i wish i had this game in HD!

Sorry, Barry

LOL

I was inspired to make it real quick

Here’s the famous one, of course not by me:

Go A's!

oh god

He has friends in low places.

don't forget he was doing this while watching Swooney's backside durring his at bat

Well, he DOES have that effect on people.

"Hello there, Kimberly,"

“Why do you have your hands in your pants?”

Bochy goes by "Kimberly?"

I would not have guessed.

LOL

That’s BAD.

Well, I was already feeling dirty...,

Hahahahahaha

this is better.

It's hilarious on Gameday

They show “fastball” for Zito at 82 mph.

Do you want them to lie?

No, just wondering when Barry became a girl

-1

Hot Gun

Flashfire:

I may be writing about a 3-1 game for the third straight week after all.

See the top ;-) Not a 3-1 loss!

And Zito's still pitching

Only if the game was halted now

I heart Zito

A pleasant surprise

Chavez is hitting very well. I’d almost forgotten how good he can be.

under the radar

The way we like it.

Now that we're leading,

can we agree that Visquel’s steal of home was awesome baseball on his part? He’s special.

Fuck yeah, it was awesome

Only if we can spell his name right.

+1

VIZQUEL: leading the league in Scrabble points.

I thought

proper names weren’t allowed.

Touché

It was a pun

I Would

But then Zonis would tell me to become a Giants fan again

Absolutely

(unless we fall behind – then it was a bush-league play)

I agreed at the time

Then again, I’m blinded by my admiration of Vizquel, and annoyance that his HOF credentials are questioned.

I concur.

Another pleasant surprise under the radar

Barton in June: .324 BA, .891 OPS

With the injuries to Mike Sweeney and Thomas,

he’s going to get his chance.

As I mentioned the other day, that’s probably for the best. The A’s need to let him keep playing.

As long as

He can stop having the second worst OPS amongst qualified 1Bs

it will take awhile to overcome that May

Second worst may

ever for an Oakland hitter. Now there have been some bad hitters in Oakland history, so you know he sucked hind tit.

He is our best option- period.

I hope so.

Jaymee Sire looks like she borrowed a jacket from her grandmother.

or a couch cover

Delayed swoon.

And CHAVY!!

PS – we need a new thread.

You ACTUALLY swooned,

so it took a while for you to get up off the floor and post about it.

new game thread now open

Flashfire, I stand corrected. :)

Off-topic, but while searching for the latest game photos,

I found this image hot off the newswire…uhh

I would jump on it

like the last chopper out of ‘nam.

LOL

Im going out tonight after that pic

thanks for the motivation Swish.

Swooney now hitting .405 with RISP

42 AB’s very impressive.

21 RBI’s

Trainman - June 13, 2008 reply

[nods]

That’s the way you do it.

money for nothing and your RISP for free

New game threads

Such a delicate balance. “Do I open it now? Do we need the mojo?”

You gotta know when to wait, and when to strike.

and ya gotta know when to walk away. Know when to run..

FormerHuntsvilleStar - June 13, 2008 reply

Delicate shmelicate

This thing’s starting to get away from us…

NOW!

Open it now! Laptop hates 400+ comments and gigantic images!

Images are funny but they do suck the life out of these threads.

"height=150" is your friend

I hear that!

It's hiding in the FanPosts

Link to new Game Thread

http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/6/13/551780/open-game-thread-cont

New game thread is here

Sorry, I published it as a fanpost on the sidebar.

I like Gonzalez

but he really isnt ready. I mean you have to take some pitches, some walks. very few guys can be good hitters and not look for certain pitches. Good hitters like A-Rod, Bonds, Giambi-they make you throw a pitch they can drive.

More tolerable if he's playing great CF defense though

But your point stands.

Not too many good hitters who don't walk at all anymore

Even Vlad walks.

Guys who don’t walk at all seem to get exposed pretty quick and lose a ton of offensive value. Look at Delmon Young.