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Open Thread: Spring Training Game 9 - Mariners vs. A's

After Trevor Cahill (or K-Hill, if you prefer) turned in a sparkling performance yesterday in his three innings, adding to his hype, the pressure is now on new A's pitcher Edgar González, as he throws against Jarrod Washburn and the Mariners in today's game.

According to Wikipedia, RHP González (from Mexico) signed with Arizona in 2000, but was placed on the suspended list when he didn't report for assignment in the Dominican Republic. He made his MLB debut with Arizona in 2003; the youngest pitcher in baseball at the time; at 20 years old. González bounced between AAA and the big leagues from 2003 to 2006, but was on the Diamondbacks in 2007 out of the bullpen, and 2008 as a replacement starter.

Gameday Link

Lineups:

Mariners

Gutierrez, F, CF
Betancourt, SS
Clement, DH
Shelton, 1B
LaHair, LF
Morse, 3B
Cedeno, 2B
Redman, RF
Johnson, R, C

Athletics

Davis, CF
Suzuki, C
Holliday, LF
Giambi, 1B
Chavez, DH
Crosby, SS
Cunningham, RF
Dillon, 3B
Wimberly, 2B

Let's Go Oak-land!

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Let's go Oakland!

Geren now saying Crosby will need to play all positions in the IF and perhaps spelling Cust in the OF as well

really? Wow, I wonder what Crosby thinks of that?
That was weird.

The thread was there.. .then gone… then back again.

Sorry! I went to edit the lineups, and it closed all comments...

…I didn’t think that would work well for a game thread.

Don't scare me like that.

Actually… hold me.

:D

HI BBG!

HI MIKE!!!!

I have no idea what is up with AN…was being a PITA, so I deleted and started over. Sometimes that’s just the best way.

mikev is sometimes a PITA.
You wanna piece of me?

I’ll have to fight you one handed since I almost cut my thumb off last night, but I’m feeling feisty. BRING IT.

(Hi Pam.)

I saw the pic. Grossed me out! Hope you're feeling better though.
if oakinboston comments in bbg's fANpOsT and nobody gets to see it

did it actually happen?

huh

and before that: the deleted Seahawk-guy post.

2 days of my AN life just got erased.

Is your bottle of Wessen half-empty?
No

and neither is my barrel of smith….

Yay! More Wimberly


Go Oakland!

♥ those socks.
yes...socks...yes
He needs to make the 25 man roster based on those.
oooh, my first wimberly sighting

those are seriously hot sox.

I saw him in camp two weeks ago . . .

that picture is actual size.

where did this guy come from

Colorado along with Holliday?

Colorado for Murton
and no batting gloves!
DUCHSCHERER UPDATE

from Slusser

In another note, Justin Duchscherer is back from Los Angeles and he said Dr. Lewis Yocum has recommended the same course of action as the A’s medical staff, along with a stronger inflammatory medication. Duchscherer won’t throw again until Monday, but he said if he is improved at that point, he believes he can get ready for the season quickly and be ready for Opening Night.

I'll believe it when I see it, but damn that's good news.
I don't know what the best news in that report is

The thought that Duchscherer may not be hurt that bad, or the fact that an actual expert agreed with the opinion of the A’s medical staff. Both are exciting developments.

Yocum's the top guy in his field, right?

Not that I don’t trust him or anything…

I believe that would be "anti"-inflammatory...

but with our medical staff you never know.

(Experiencing Rich Harden flashbacks)
I may be mistaken...

but didn’t Cahill pitch 3 innings yesterday?

he did indeed
Sorry, meant to say three!
So when will Cabrera and Nomar get into a game?
wonder how Cabrera feels after driving from the east coast
Very silly when he could have flown...
then his ams would have been tired
why would he drive?
He's only making 4m. Gotta make ends meet.
Everyone likes a road trip...
I just like a trip

Can be home or on the road.

He's got a family to feed.
Whee!!! game thread!!

Hi everyone!!!!

Hi!! I’m actually here for a game thread :)

Aww, my Fanpost Fail picture is gone...
I like the line-up for today

Hopefully they can continue to get the bats going and score some runs.

NRAF on XM

first time this year I’ve heard Ken’s sweet, dulcet tones…

ahhhhhhhhhh!

NRAF on XM

first time this year I’ve heard Ken’s sweet, dulcet tones…

ahhhhhhhhhh!

What’s for lunch?

Apparently,

an A’s lead is for lunch. Yummy.

Boloco

(burrito)

Turkey Sandwich and Cheetos
I simply don't know

except for the beer. It’s been a long week, no way around having a beer to wash down whatever I end up eating.

I ate a McGangbang.
I just lost my ape tit
That's 'A Petit.'

Or Gregorio.

base hit by Rajai!!
I like him

Heres hoping he makes the roster and hits better.

Zooks hits a pop up that

Drops for a hit

Holliday single past 3rd...Rajai scores!
Hooray, runz
who are these freaking guys?
oh great

surely to cause the first of our 50+ IR trips this year…

Chavvy sac fly! 2-0 A's!
Productive outs!!

Chavy has grit!

Chavvy sac fly

Zooks scores
2-0

my gameday is being ridiculous

AM 860 has the game on-line

streamin’ radio

Where's HigherPie?

I need a gameday link!

there’s one in the main post :)

Woooo game time
oh, thanks

good job BBG.

sorry

thought I hit reply?

Cedeno K's

1-2-3 second for Gonzalez

2-0 A’s

That country music valero ad

is irritating now

very

not as soothing as that Silverado Resorts ad with that Andrea Bocelli song in the background

Washburn still on the hill

Dillon up to bat followed by Wimberly and Davis

Dillon singles to left
Good lord the sound quality on these interview clips is atrocious.
Wimberly pops out to Shelton

1 on, 1 out

Davis up

Davis double!!

2nd and 3rd, one out!

Davis doubles, Dillon to third!

2nd and 3rd one away Suzuki up to bat

Davis bloop Dbl!
speed kills

or at least get you to 2nd on a bloop

Infield single for Suzuki, Davis to third

Dillon scores, 3-0 A’s!

Holliday up

Holliday singles to center

Davis scores, Zooks to second, 4-0

Giambi up

Holliday single!

4-0 A’s!!!

Holliday RBI Base hit 4-0 Oak!
single for holliday

4-0

Haha I hate Washburn.

Lite him up!

giambi hit 2x!

washburn out

Giambi HBP again!

Bases loaded, Washburn out. Pitching change time!

Chavvy to the plate

Giambi hit yet again!
There's a drafty echo in here
Gameday still has dillon batting
spoiler alert

he singles

Might as well exit out of it
i still have it up but have been following along here in the game thread
it is only good if you stop listening for a while

and you need to catch up

only updates at the end of the half inning in SP
yesterday if was updating after each batter
hhmm

weird

Friday... no one want to work today
Eric Hull in to pitch

Chavvy to the plate, bases loaded

Chavez pops out to left

Crosby to the plate (sadly), 2 out

Chavvy pops out

:(

Here comes the Crosby Grand Salame!!!
Holliday picked off second by Johnson

Inning over, 4-0 A’s

So much for that great baserunning

He'll fit right at home with the A's
Holliday caught off 2nd 3 out F**K
Bad Holliday... Bad.
Matt holliday out at 2nd

HE DIDN’T TOUCH THE BASE

With the bases loaded, and 2 outs, getting picked off 2nd

is almost inexcusable

Especially by the catcher
maybe the sun was in his eyes????
Fire Holliday now!
Redman leading off

Gonzalez still pitching

Redman K's

Johnson to the plate

Johnson flies out to Davis in center

2 outs

Gutierrez batting

Where is Jr. today and why is not playing?
Gutierrez doubles to right-center

1 on, 2 out

Betancourt up

Betancourt soft liner to Giambi

A’s coming up, 4-0 A’s

have they said whether Gonzalez will pitch more than 3 innings

for this game?

Crosby up still

Hull still pitching

Dunno why that was a reply

My bad. As for you question, they haven’t.

Crosby up

Hull Pitching

Crosby pops out to Redmond

1 out, Cunningham up

Cunningham singles to left

1 on, 1 out

Joe Dillon up

It'd be nice to get some more extra-base hits from the A's

7 singles, 1 double so far.

at least they're hitting
Dillon walks

Cunningham to second

2 on, 1 out

Socks Wimberly up

Wimberly to first on fielder's choice, 6-4

Dillon out at second, Cunningham to third

Davis up, 2 outs

Davis putting on a show
what did he do?
opposite field RBI double, diving safe into second

his second double and third hit today

Davis doubles to right

Wimberly to third, Cunningham scores!

5-0 A’s, Rajai the Magnificent!

Rajai doubles AGAIN

5-0 A’s

NUTTTTSSS

He’s making a case that he should be the backup OF/pinch runner. Hopefully he can keep this going during the season

rajai is on FIRE

Damn Rajai.

Way to go.

Holliday grounds out 6-3

Nice play by Betancourt, inning over

5-0 A’s

Gonna step out from pxp

Enjoy the rest of the game everyone!

I'm not wild about that guy who yells "Oakland A's, yeeeeeeeahhhhhhhh!"
Thanks for the updata Helloooo
OFF CROSBY'S GLOVE

infield single

Crosby hasn't done himself any favors defensivly
I'd rather not think about crosby doing himself favors.
Crosby hasn't done himself any favors offensively/defensively

/fixed

nice play by wimberly to end the inning
860

I’m in Oakland and my signal absolutely sucks on every radio in the house. What’s the deal?

Is your house made of rubber?
the a's are trying to encourage fans to move to san jose
it was going in and out for me driving around oakland
I've had no trouble driving around Oakland with the signal

at home I get the annoying AM buzz that I get with many stations.

The tallest building on my block has 13 ATT microwave antennas — they often surge and the buzz makes it iimpossible to listen to AM stations at home! (Not to mention what it’s doing to my insides.)

Same here

It comes in OK in my car, but loud hum/buzz here at home. Even with a movable AM antenna I can’t seem to get rid of the buzz.

must be the lead in your house paint
That wouldn't surprise me
Just stream it online at their website
Can't

The sound card is occupied by my attempt at actually working.

I was in San Jose last week and couldn't get a strong signal there.
I have it on

a tiny clock radio in my office in Hayward. Have not had any problems at all. Same for my car, anywhere from San Leandro to Union City.

I just hope I didn’t jinx it….ok, wtf?

Giambi HBP for the third time this game?
Jason Giambi gets hit AGAIN!
Jason Giambi hit AGAIN

LOL OK.

wtf? 3 in a row!
seriously!

what is going on!

GTFOH

hit 3 times in a row….wtf

What did Giambi ever did to Seattle?

o_O

just wait til Opening Night!
Why wait, hit them now.
oh, but then it counts...
Anyone interested in doing an iRC Chat?

if so, I created a channel.

server: irc.irchighway.net
channel: #AthleticsNation

bad Mariner baserunning

They still struck for one run though :(

Johnson tagged out in a rundown

hee

Hey An whats up today.

Just got here could I have a quick game rundown please

5-1 A’s
Giambi HBP thrice
Rajai 3-3

Thanks, thats just raj being raj
save rajai davis!
if only he could get a .365 obp...
He doesn't need anywhere near that to be an above-average player

.330-.340 would do the trick.

On threes-day!

Six total runs! 3-3! 3 HBP!

so many exclamation points!
I'm really excited!!!
what's score?
just got here
Have the radio guys said when O-Cab and Nomar are going to debut?
they said that both will need to do some of the same

“get ready” program that the other position players did for the first week of spring training.

Hey everybody. Happy Friday!
A's spring training, and a friday, life is good
just announced ocab today and nomar tomorrow

my guess would be monday and tuesday

Fosse just established

that working for the Giants will kill you.

not the first time he has established that
Who's the voice on 860?
other than fosse
Ken Korach and Vince Cotroneo?
these guys are making me want to go to Zona right now!!!

Join the AthleticsNation IRC Channel

Server: irc.irchighway.net
Channel: #AthleticsNation

I'd prefer a web chat client

I hate dealing with switching servers and the like

No one has anything to say today?
its the sound of silence
especially cuz i'm sitting in a classroom, and can't listen to it
firefox keeps telling me it doesn't know how to access it
Davis doing quite well for himself today
raj 4-4
he wants a job
they all do...but he's making his case
he deserves a job
where would he play? Center instead of Sweeney?

Sweeney is hitting pretty well too.

he doesn't have to be an every day starter

but you want his skills on the team

Platoon Cust
Platoon Buck

fixed

Sweeney is the starter

Right now Raj has a 5th outfielder job behind Buck. He could play 2nd also

4th OF

1. holliday
2. buck
3. sweeney
4. davis

with giambi at 1b and barton in AAA, cust is the starting DH, not an OF.

[Arsenio Hall fist pump]
Rajai freakin davis!

4 for 4!

where are the rajai H8Rs now
Probably preparing to tell you it's Spring Training?
screw them what do they know!!!
too bad he didn't use his time machine to go play some regular season games just now
Rajai scores!

Sac fly Matt Carson

6-1 A’s

Carson sac fly

Rajai scores 6-1 A’s

Doolittle smokes a double
I'm glad they've finally had some offense the last couple games
dolittle double... runners at 2nd and 3rd
Doolittle doubles!
Doo- what?

Doooooubles!

Should the A's...

Keep 7 infielders or 5 outfielders??

7-1 A's
Carter broken bat sac fly
O I didn't realize Giant fav Tyler Walker is in
Great pitching by Gonzales and Outman!

Wow! 5+ innings pitched, 1 ER, 5 K’s! Brilliant! Who cares about offense when you have pitching like this!

I still do!

Because instead of eeking out a 2-1 win, we can eek a 7-1 one

Hi everybody

my interwebs are playing silly buggers today.

looks like i missed some action…

Giambi got beaned 3 times.

wtf.

also Rajai is da bomb

or at least hit...I usually think "hit in the head" when I hear "beaned"
excellent.

looks like these games are heating up, then

Mazzaro pitching now
Bye guys gotta go, schools over

Too bad, cuz I love Vin

Stay after class
so, others would tell you better than i

but i think mazzaro is Italian for ‘hammer’ (vb).

um. not sure what to make of this.

I think it derives from "Mazza" or "mazzo"

which translates as a bunch or pack

just checked, Hammer in Italian is "martello"

(like “martillo” in Spanish), but apparently “mazza” can also be used to mean a club like a golf club or a baseball bat.

So we can call mazzaro

THE CLUBBER

CLUBBER LANG
Don't open up that can of worms.
The Clubber? Can he have glow sticks on the mound?
white gloves!

reach for the lasers…

ring pops and back rubs.
dust masks & vic vabor rub
Green and gold glowsticks

Definitely

yeah, think you're right

it’s been a long time since i studied any italian!

vinny strikes out the side!
Did I hear correctly...

Mazz just K’ed the side?

That's why they call him the hammer!

Awesome!

that took maybe 3 minutes
how many pitches did he throw?

giants, south africa, mariners… when do our pitchers get to face major league caliber teams?

hahaha…. +1

Either he's that good

Or the M’s really suck. I say he’s that good!

herrera singles... 12 hits for the a's
weeks up to bat
Weeks draws walk. One more than Rickie has in his career.
Hmmm?

Rickie draws walks like crazy.

my bad... thought he was a hacker. Maybe I should check what I'm saying before I post. Lesson learned.
No problem!

Keep up with the updates!

Some crazy stuff happens

and herrera scores 8-1 A’s

throwing error with runners at second and third?
nice pxp ;)
thanks. Watching the WBC and listening to the A's. Taipai is getting owned by South Korea.
That happened like 12 hours ago.
first and second, two down.. don't know who's up.
Doolittle doing alot

RBI double

3 run double for dolittle... 11-1
Doolittle doing a lot today

3 run double

Doolittle!

BASES CLEARING DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!

dOOuble

11-1 A’s

DOUBLE DIGIT RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SAVE THEM FOR WHEN WE NEED THEM!!11!11!!
That's never the case.
Is Doolittle doing alot?
That was done a few comments ago.
I know, that was a sarcastic question
Dang, I fell into the

Sarchasm

1-2-3 for vinny
Another 1-2-3 inning for mazzaro
Man I should've stayed

Lot’s of exciting stuff happening.

We need you.
Thanks

But it seems like everyone’s been doing fine without me. I’m lost though where are we in the game?

Can you take over the pxp?
Sure thing

Just don’t know where we are in the game

We're high up in the game
Bot 8, 11-1 good guys
Awesome stuff

And I get to call the end of the game

Cliffy P. flies out to left.
Herrera's up

How many outs, what inning, and everything else… I do not know.

Herrera doubles down the left field line

Apparently he’s 2-2 so kudos to him

would be interesting to see how he does

if he can stay healthy through an entire season

and off the roids
yeah, him and everyone else
Rajai turns his head & says..."that is nothing"
Chen is at bat now

Herrera on 2nd

A's will be making first cuts

to spring training big league camp roster following the game on Sunday

Get your fill of Wimberly while you still can

Might be gone soon

Tuiasosopo fields Chen's grounder, throws him out

Herrera holds at second, 2 outs

Weeks at bat, count 2-0
Blevins warming up in the pen
Please don't suck, Jerry.
Seriously

We need him to be and stay good

Agreed, and he's due for a good outing.
Weeks walks on 4 pitches

1st and 2nd, 2 outs

Copeland to the plate

Copeland singles into shallow left

Herrera scores, Weeks to 2nd

12-1 A’s!

Copeland singles

Herrera scores

Galarraga at bat

Pretty sure I spelled that wrong

He grounds out to third, inning over

you spelled correctly.
gameday says 12 pitches 12 strikes for Mazzaro

that is good to hear

I don't think that's right

I have no idea for sure, but when I followed gameday earlier this spring they only showed the strikes

Gameday is not at full capacity right now

It doesn’t keep track of all pitches. Every strike out is marked as 3 pitches, 4 for walks and 1 for every hit or out.

Blevins in to pitch the 9th

No word yet on who’s batting

Gillias(?) grounds out to Doolittle

One out

Crab at bat

1 out

Crabbe. Let me know when this gets annoying.
No it's fine

I’m just going off what I hear from the announcers and hell if I know how to spell some of these names haha. Please continue if I misspell another.

A's fielders converge and drop pop fly on infield

Crab gets on 1st, 1 out

Word is that it was Doolittle’s ball but Weeks interferred, E4

Tuiasosopo doubles, Crabbe to third

1 out, uh oh Blevins

Someone K's

2 outs. Haha, hard to keep track of who’s up as Fosse and co. don’t seem to care either

Someone else K's!

A’s win! A’s win! Blevins closes it out and the Mariners are the extreme losers!

12-1 A’s!

A's win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOO HOO!!

Yay Jerry!
Got dicey there for a sec
Yeah, but its his best outing so far.
And one of the runners was unearned.

So I can handle one hit.

Don't look now

But we’ve got ourselves a winning streak

Nice comeback by Bag-of-antlers

Two K’s with 2nd/3rd, one out.

celebrate good times come on
Got it playing on my iTunes right now
Nice win, bitches
Yay. Good pitching and hitting. Awesome.

Valley-Ho hotel? WTF

Lines

Mariners: 1 run on 7 hits and 1 error

A’s: 12 runs on 16 hits and 1 error

Victory!

I missed it because I was watching Watchmen but looks like a great game
I hope they play as well tomorrow

when it’s on MLBTV. Our only Spring Training game on. Nice win today. Great pitching by Gonzales, and please make Raj Davis the leadoff hitter!

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