A's trail 1-0 going to the 5th on Swisher's solo HR. Smith and Floyd have both struggled with their control, driving their pitch counts up. Expect to see the bullpens in play sooner rather than later.
"G-mith" "Un-nicknameable" "Dog Chain" from his big ass necklace "Dog Collar" ditto "He Who Must Not Have a Nickname" "Caught You Guessing" from his pick-off move "The Crane" "The Sniper" "Extra Arm" "Bullet Dodger" and the aboved mentioned “Rajun’ Cajun" (tonight though it was mildly)
JERRY: Unfortunately, I had to wear a dress. We were on the road in Boston and had to leave the park, go to the airport, and go to the hotel in the dresses. And we stayed at a classy hotel and it just so happened that they were shooting a movie there with some big name actors. I got to meet Kate Hudson, and she was like the first celebrity I met from outside of baseball, and I was in a dress.
Wow... a LINK to the new thread
Nico, take note. ;-)
149 - July 5, 2008
he hasn't even figured out the lineup widget
Give the ol’ man time.
monkeyball - July 5, 2008
It ain't happening, but feel free to keep complaining
Nico - July 5, 2008
( complains )
(begs)
(pleads)
(gives up)
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Did I complain?
Just pointing out a nifty trick…
149 - July 5, 2008
Theres a base knock
A'sfaninNC - July 5, 2008
Come on D-Murph!
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Bankston is our deadline pick-up
and only cost a phone call…
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
good swing barton
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
Damn. I thought the ball was getting ready to pop out of his glove.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
They're not playing our hitters
shallow enough!
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
Ok since he may not make it late into this game
how about this for a nickname Greg “the Rajun’ Cajun" Smith?
A'sfaninNC - July 5, 2008
Two hard hit balls in that inning
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
"at 'em" balls
hate those! A little fraction early or late, all the difference!!
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
can we get some guys who can hit over .250
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
leapin' leprechaun!
Crosby woulda had that
monkeyball - July 5, 2008
GAME OVER
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
NOT!
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
A's have 4 in 'em?
I think they’ll be lucky to get 1 tonight
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Sure they do.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
With this offense... Yes
jax a's fan - July 5, 2008
{reassigns userid as "athleticsBBuntiltheA'strailbymorethanone"}
monkeyball - July 5, 2008
It would be nice to have someone with a longer username than me...
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
love the optimism....
not w/ 4 guys hitting under .225
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Our shitty lineup(s) have already won the first two guaranteeing
a split vs. the hottest team in baseball. Not bad at all.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
true....that had to do w/ pitching
the A’s are not a come from behind team
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
and you're still watching because...?
149 - July 5, 2008
DJ actually called the homerun differently.
“Going. Going. Gone.”
At least they didn’t do their usual bullshit.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
They did it earlier.
On the Swish home run.
VORP is too nerdy - July 5, 2008
Thankfully I hadn't tuned in yet...
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
whoops
monkeyball - July 5, 2008
Now THAT is what I would call
a “BP Fastball”
149 - July 5, 2008
wasn't the speed, it was the location
monkeyball - July 5, 2008
it was both
Smith’s slow FB, combined with the down-the-middle-and-up location. Perfect for BP.
149 - July 5, 2008
its craptastic
A'sfaninNC - July 5, 2008
Thats the only way the sox to score runs
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
Greg Smith....."He gone"
after this inning.
Durn, eyemusta jinxed him calling for a CG.
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
he could still get a complete game...
if he throws over 200 pitches.
FoolshGame22 - July 5, 2008
89 strikes
Smith gets behind way more than a guy with his stuff should. He’s great when he’s, uh, FITZ.
Nico - July 5, 2008
So when is all out DL guys due back
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
what makes you think they're coming back?
FoolshGame22 - July 5, 2008
chavez probley wont come back
but im sure the others will after the allstar break
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
our*
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
Any chance Billy Beane is interested in Prince Fielder?
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
no...he's eating his way out of the league
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Just like you did... sad day...
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
Hmmm?
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
I rather have matt holliday
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
Cust in LF and Fielder DH'ing... I'd like to see that
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
Can't imagine
ever wanting to see Cust in LF.
149 - July 5, 2008
You have been seeing him out there... For a better part of the season too.
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
i was thinking back on the days of the 3-run jimmy jack. sigh.
ak_A - July 5, 2008
I remember thinking that John Jaha, Olmedo Saenz and John Mabry
were average players. Would love to have anyone of them right now!
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
At the moment, I'd settle for a guy named Jimmy Jack
Nico - July 5, 2008
Or a guy named Jimmy. We already have the Jack.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
A pair of Jacks
to be more accurate.
149 - July 5, 2008
At least we can open
Nico - July 5, 2008
Why do a pair of Jacks not give me confidence?
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
When is MLB going to get rid
of those weak bats??
That bust off on Suzuki’s was pitiful. They’re like glass.
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
I'm glad you shard that thought with us
Nico - July 5, 2008
fun with typos!
149 - July 5, 2008
Type-O's
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Yay!
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
Is it truly a "shard" when it constitutes
over half of the original object??
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
yes, I looked it up
no size requirement.
149 - July 5, 2008
Anyone else watch the end of the Sox/Yanks game today?
Thank goodness Mariano didn’t blow it…
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
Yes, except for the part where I was
rooting hard for him to blow it and was disappointed.
Nico - July 5, 2008
Zactly!
The only way I win in that match up is if both teams lose.
149 - July 5, 2008
Why would you want him to blow it?! You do realize we still have a shot at the wild card?
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
What's the math on the wild card race 9 days before the All Star Game?
149 - July 5, 2008
{ the empty set }
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Whats the logic in wanting a team to win so that the A's will have a harder time winning the wild card?
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
No idea why??
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
After you learn math
you can learn to read. No one said they wanted the Sox or the Yankees to WIN. We said we wanted them both to lose.
149 - July 5, 2008
It might be totally worth it to lose a wild card spot, just to see BOTH Stankees and Sux lose in the same game.
149 - July 5, 2008
Logic = -1
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
You still haven't done the math.
149 - July 5, 2008
And you are still and idiot.
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
Again, show me the math.
149 - July 5, 2008
CGV, your order is ready!
Nico - July 5, 2008
6 of one half dozen on the other
in that if there was a way for both those teams to lose it would be great
A'sfaninNC - July 5, 2008
Very poor outing by Smith, IMO
When you allow 6 BBs and 2 HRs, is that “Counterfeitball”?
Nico - July 5, 2008
He has been a huge surprise but, yes, pathetic outing.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Could've been a lot worse... we had that 2nd and 3rd with one out going against us at one point and he got out of it...
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
not horrible and not great just about what you get
but with random bits of him being better
A'sfaninNC - July 5, 2008
I'm frustrated that Davis is batting leadoff.
It may have already been brought up, but having an automatic out in the lineup spot that will see the most plate appearances is disgusting.
SkipT - July 5, 2008
and now he can't pinch-run and get thrown out on the bases.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
I don't necessarily have a playing with him playing/starting
This is a fairly beat up team and he is a plus defensive player (especially in relation to what else we have)
SkipT - July 5, 2008
There isn't a whole lot Geren can do with so many injuries...
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
There are atleast 4-5 healthy players I'd rather have batting there
SkipT - July 5, 2008
Name them?
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
It hasn't been mentioned (yet this game)
but I was thinking it. So get outta my head already.
149 - July 5, 2008
You have to wonder when beanes patients runs out with crosby and chavez
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
double meaning "patients"
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Oh Hanrahananhanana
149 - July 5, 2008
Nicknames for Greg Smith
"G-mith"
"Un-nicknameable"
"Dog Chain" from his big ass necklace
"Dog Collar" ditto
"He Who Must Not Have a Nickname"
"Caught You Guessing" from his pick-off move
"The Crane"
"The Sniper"
"Extra Arm"
"Bullet Dodger"
and the aboved mentioned “Rajun’ Cajun" (tonight though it was mildly)
Anything sticking?
A'sfaninNC - July 5, 2008
Add to this list
Gerg and Smove
149 - July 5, 2008
White Sox 5...A's 2 (Hits)
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
insurmountable. (like an old g/f)
ak_A - July 5, 2008
you mean, she loved it when you drove her down the 1 south of Santa Cruz?
monkeyball - July 5, 2008
i got it. took a few, but i got it.
ak_A - July 5, 2008
I don't like these 4th of July hats on the 5th of July either.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Are we sure we want Gaudin as a starter?
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
I really take it personally when people dog Gaudin. Hell he never gets a chance
to pitch and NO ONE understands what his role is with the team. It’s just puzzling as to why he doesn’t have a defined role.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
don't take it personal...you're just a fan
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Oh yeah. I have put more time into this team than probably anything
else in my entire life. Forgive me for taking it personally.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Don't know if it's personal or not
But I totally agree that Gaudin deserves a defined role.
149 - July 5, 2008
I didn't realize you work for the team..sorry
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
That's okay. They haven't figured out that I work for them.
Heck… I never did receive a paycheck the last 20 years either.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Typical A's
never pay anyone… :-)
149 - July 5, 2008
Bring GIO up
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
One game does not equal Greg Smith or Chad Gaudin.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
2nd. A's suck today... Just have to lace them up and go at it again tomorrow.
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
You would think we were on a losing streak...
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
We could be, With all these injuries where we goign to get offense from
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
DFA everyone we suck again
oh wait what, this is one game and not the whole season that we are rebuilding in
A'sfaninNC - July 5, 2008
so much for the win....
I knda liked the blonde with the dark roots behind the RH batters, until she started yakking on the cell phone. So impolite!!
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
she looks like Repulsion-era Deneuve
monkeyball - July 5, 2008
glad you saw the Deneuve
resemblance … I would have missed that! So nice to imagine Deneuve’s young face. And she’s aged very gracefully!
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
at least, Swooney and Bankston can hit...
too bad they’ve got 7 other stiffs in the lineup around them.
FoolshGame22 - July 5, 2008
TWSS
149 - July 5, 2008
One of those nights...
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
plenty of time on the clock
get up. stretch. come back. watch baseball.
It’s a good life.
149 - July 5, 2008
Tomorrow's game is radio only :(
jwnewman - July 5, 2008
tough luck 4 barton 2night
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
just 2 night?
oaklandSMASH - July 5, 2008
Let's go Blev!
149 - July 5, 2008
Gavin Floyd's .220 babip strikes again
SkipT - July 5, 2008
I think I saw the blondes. They are up and around now.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Kendall's legacy
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
I think Blevins' nickname should be "Ox"
monkeyball - July 5, 2008
Popeye?
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
It's kinda amazing...
he turns sideways and you can barely see him.
149 - July 5, 2008
he's gonna be mikeA's favorite player
he looks like he’s wearing clown shoes
monkeyball - July 5, 2008
Stir Crazy?
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
"The Birmingham jailhouse. The Birmingham jail"
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Time to switch our energies
over to cheering for Doc Halladay to throw a CG shtuout and for the Blue Jays’ crappy lineup to score some runs against Lackey
C-Gon - July 5, 2008
MLB EI...
way off tonight…MLB gameday way ahead
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
It's a holiday weekend.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Re: Rookie Hazing discussion
149 - July 5, 2008
I like Blevins
String bean with a mean slider.
Nico - July 5, 2008
I saw him last year, warming up
and, man, I thought I was thin! He is really amazingly thin!
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
It is early but Halladay has his shit working
No Hit those bastards.
Not just beat them but no hit them. No need for a perfect game because you can drill a few of their hitters to make their offense a little worse
Trainman - July 5, 2008
Frankenstein Strikes out the side
I guess Halladay needs to be on
Trainman - July 5, 2008
Does anyone really doubt that the Angels will win 1-0?
Unless Lackey pitches a no-hitter, in which case they might lose 1-0.
Nico - July 5, 2008
I am waiting for him to have a bad start
waiting and waiting and waiting and it is not happening yet.
His fastball tops out at 91 so far tonight.
Trainman - July 5, 2008
Toronto winning! 5-2
only bad thing is, Vlad appears to be “waking”....2-run HR.
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
the A's shoulda saved some of those hits fom last night
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
I think Hannahan should swing at the first pitch
It’s the only way he has a chance of hitting the second one.
Nico - July 5, 2008
I was about to fall asleep and then you posted that. Well done sir.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
*from
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Hannahan is awful
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Have you only just realized that?
I cannot think of anyone worse
Trainman - July 5, 2008
At least he has been "serviceable" at 3rd.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Yes but we need offense
and he is not cutting it
Trainman - July 5, 2008
Our offense hasn't been cutting it for years. I just get tired
of bitching about it. The bigger question is “should Larry Davis still be fired?’ because things aren’t getting better on the injury front.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Larry Davis got promoted did he not?
Did a lot of good by the looks of it
Trainman - July 5, 2008
He was put into a new position which is to say that he is no longer
touching our players on a daily basis.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Hannahan did well in AA
Of course he wasn’t playing baseball at that point in his life.
Nico - July 5, 2008
Batboy?
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Different AA
Nico - July 5, 2008
Oh no. I thought that was off limits now.
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
wasn't he drunk that whole time
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Been there, done that
I tried to open the front door at 4 a.m. one morning with my key. Only problem was I was 11 miles from my house
Trainman - July 5, 2008
Perfect time for a Rajai solo shot
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Since it seems the A's aren't going to hit tonight,
I’m just going to cheer for Thome and Swisher to swing away; score my fantasy team some points and make it a pretty good night.
149 - July 5, 2008
Note to Brown
A Ramirez HR doesn’t help anyone.
149 - July 5, 2008
The A's better pitch their asses off the next few weeks...
‘cause this lineup won’t score much
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Or it will be "feast or famine"
It’s been that way no matter who was on the roster.
Nico - July 5, 2008
The whole "Andrew Brown sucking" thing
isn’t especially pleasing to me.
Nico - July 5, 2008
isn't life funny
sometimes sucking is pleasing, sometimes it is not.
149 - July 5, 2008
Brown and Casilla
regessing to the awful
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
night folks they will have to try again tomorrow
A'sfaninNC - July 5, 2008
Let's hope Harden has got rid of his dead arm and attached a new one
for tomorrow
Trainman - July 5, 2008
awful call
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Nice play by Hannahan. Now if he could only hit better!
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
I know this is just 1 loss....
but for some reason I feel like this could signal a long 2nd half
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
tongue
bite it.
149 - July 5, 2008
Just a loss
Really, it’s just a single blowout.
MobiusKlein - July 5, 2008
Realistically speaking...
6-0 is not a blowout. Neither is 6-1.
louismg - July 5, 2008
I know...I know
it pains me to think it
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Bases loaded for Alex Rios
Please don’t suck
Trainman - July 5, 2008
2-0 Toronto
Rios accidentlt gets a base hit
Trainman - July 5, 2008
Swing it Swooney!
149 - July 5, 2008
Home run Sweeney!
Surely it’s a tie game now, right?
louismg - July 5, 2008
Sweeney Like Swisher
HR, 1B, 2BB
149 - July 5, 2008
but who is younger?
ohtobe21likehuston - July 5, 2008
Swooney
with the c-c-combo meal HR/SB… when was the last time Nick Swisher did that?
C-Gon - July 5, 2008
Fair enough but
the A’s only started stealing bases this year.
149 - July 5, 2008
Because the opposing weak catchers
have matched up their weak abilities with pitchers who give runners huge jumps.
And, the A’s have people who can steal for a change.
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
SMIRKEY!
monkeyball - July 5, 2008
blue jays up 3 to 0 on angels
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
go Canada!
SwisherThresher - July 5, 2008
4 F'n hits.....that's it
athleticsBB4life - July 5, 2008
Probley wont get any better with all these injuries
buckfan6 - July 5, 2008
Are you dissing Donnie Murphy???
Davis+Murphy+Sweeney+Bankston=victory tomorrow
Go A’s!!
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
At least Lackey's being human tonight
Jays 5-2 in the 5th.
Nico - July 5, 2008
You can put it on the board!!!
Your “1-0” call, that is! ;^))
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
Now 6-2 Toronto in the 6th!
Even Scoot gotta hit off Lackey.
One won lost won - July 5, 2008
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