Blevins and Gallagher have made sure that Anderson's gem wouldn't really be wasted; turning a 2-0 ballgame into an 8-0 rout.
In other news, the A's still don't have a hit, so if you're rooting for that sort of thing, stay tuned!
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Mojo
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Improbable Rally Starts Now!
whaxed - April 15, 2009
The one where we score 1 hit?
That counts as incredible, right?
MobiusKlein - April 15, 2009
What else could we be rooting for?
I’m rooting for a walk myself. Leave the No-no intact.
VORP is too nerdy - April 15, 2009
12 walks in a row!
Helloooo 1st - April 15, 2009
Please get a hit so I can turn off this game!
winchester5 - April 15, 2009
danmerqury - April 15, 2009
Thats the most coverage the A's will get all year.
winchester5 - April 15, 2009
I like no-hitters, just not agains the A's
javaball - April 15, 2009
Please no No-No mojo.
drink409 - April 15, 2009
A's today in pictures
OptimistPrime - April 15, 2009
That's great!
franks a lot - April 15, 2009
Come on Mark!
pam5981 - April 15, 2009
This game has taught us a few thinsg
Our offense really suffers without Giambi and one of, if not both, Chavvy/Nomar. And Blevins and Gallagher should never pitch ever ever ever again.
Helloooo 1st - April 15, 2009
Chavvy/Nomar?
They’re both hitting like crap.
VORP is too nerdy - April 15, 2009
Do you expect that to continue all season?
And would you rather have Crosby in there?
Helloooo 1st - April 15, 2009
You can't judge how the offense performs against a knuckleballer
vs. how it plays against normal pitchers.
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Unicorn Mojo!
c’mon!
cityplANner - April 15, 2009
A walk!
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Does anyone still think the Harden trade is a good one?
javaball - April 15, 2009
Did you see his debacle today?
OaktownPower - April 15, 2009
Yes.
VORP is too nerdy - April 15, 2009
I do
OkayJay81 - April 15, 2009
Did you SEE Harden today?
baseballgirl - April 15, 2009
Buck will break this thing up....
OaktownPower - April 15, 2009
So he's throwing a no-hitter?
Leopold Bloom - April 15, 2009
walk
Trainman - April 15, 2009
He's lost it.
Buck will get a hit!
drink409 - April 15, 2009
Does Wakefield's delivery remind anyone else
of that old pitching coach serving up meatballs to Hamilton in the HR derby?
danmerqury - April 15, 2009
Didn't I say I was rooting for a walk?
VORP is too nerdy - April 15, 2009
Root for nine more runs.
NateHST - April 15, 2009
SUCESS!
kinda
cityplANner - April 15, 2009
One Corn Won!!!!
OptimistPrime - April 15, 2009
C'mon Buck
Trainman - April 15, 2009
Almost
worldblee - April 15, 2009
The perfecto was broken up with an error earlier
Brillz - April 15, 2009
One away
vegAN ryAN - April 15, 2009
Oof, so close.
danmerqury - April 15, 2009
I kind of hate the Red Sox...
…so glad we already won the series.
baseballgirl - April 15, 2009
Wow..that ball really carried...
Another nice play By Ells.
OaktownPower - April 15, 2009
Let's trying bunting
worldblee - April 15, 2009
*try
worldblee - April 15, 2009
That's considered "wrong" in this game
baseballgirl - April 15, 2009
Can't do that this late with the game out of hand
vegAN ryAN - April 15, 2009
That might provoke Wakefield to throw at us with his sizzling 62mph knuckleball
franks a lot - April 15, 2009
ha ha ha
worldblee - April 15, 2009
DP
coming up knowing our luck
Trainman - April 15, 2009
Zooks singles!
vegAN ryAN - April 15, 2009
KURT!!!
drink409 - April 15, 2009
YES
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Why does this always happen at sell-outs?
baseballgirl - April 15, 2009
YEEHAA!
Kurt!
danmerqury - April 15, 2009
Ichiro+Ellsbury=
better defensive outfield than Holliday, Sweeney, Cust
goldenhammer - April 15, 2009
I don't get what the point of that is?
Helloooo 1st - April 15, 2009
I'm just saying they're pretty damn good
goldenhammer - April 15, 2009
Yes they are
Helloooo 1st - April 15, 2009
YES!
Brillz - April 15, 2009
Yayyyyy
Trainman - April 15, 2009
Suck it, Red Sux!
worldblee - April 15, 2009
SUZUKI!!
baseballgirl - April 15, 2009
There it goes....
Stand and clap..great effort.
OaktownPower - April 15, 2009
YEAAAAAHHHHHH
VORP is too nerdy - April 15, 2009
Zoom zoom zoom!
OkayJay81 - April 15, 2009
Finally
Helloooo 1st - April 15, 2009
Yay Kurt!!!!!
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
I love the Zooks, he really curls my flukes!
whaxed - April 15, 2009
Hi I’m Dustin Ackley, Draft me
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
So Boston has a day off tomorrow...
We’re having one today! Kurt saves the day!
anomaly_kat - April 15, 2009
You gotta give Wakefield credit
LongTimeFan - April 15, 2009
Don't make me tip my cap. I did it like 100 times the second half of last year.
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
LOL
LongTimeFan - April 15, 2009
haha
baseballgirl - April 15, 2009
Absolutely!
lynnzgal - April 15, 2009
Okay, 10 more hits and let's win this thing!
vegAN ryAN - April 15, 2009
Oh thank god!
lynnzgal - April 15, 2009
Kind of makes me mad, considering it could be 2-0
baseballgirl - April 15, 2009
Jerry Blevins is worse than Buzz Killington
cityplANner - April 15, 2009
Yea, but then there wouldn't have been the 25 minute wait to cool off Wakefield.
LoneStranger - April 15, 2009
like you were saying....
GO A’s!
LongTimeFan - April 15, 2009
Did I mention Wakefield
is pitching a SHUTOUT?!
danmerqury - April 15, 2009
A shutout? Really?
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Suck a big one, Boston.
NateHST - April 15, 2009
(red sox)...(not the inhabitants of the city)
oakinboston - April 15, 2009
Crosby
3-run HR. I am officially calling it.
VORP is too nerdy - April 15, 2009
Are you staking your reputation on it?
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
You're flippin' flappin' right I am.
VORP is too nerdy - April 15, 2009
so close
OkayJay81 - April 15, 2009
Damnit.
I was elated for a second there.
VORP is too nerdy - April 15, 2009
Watch us score 3
so we can blame the garbage that came in from the pen
Trainman - April 15, 2009
that makes me mad given the bullpen's meltdown.
JJ - April 15, 2009
What did you expect with Blevins and Gallagher?
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
C'mon Bobby Frasor!!!
sorry Crosby
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
So I'm good luck, then?
Leopold Bloom - April 15, 2009
yayyyyyy.
Jjjsixsix - April 15, 2009
This ump is getting rediculous
Is he calling strike outs or doing Tae-bo?
OkayJay81 - April 15, 2009
I am in favor
Of umps getting a good workout.
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Blevins and Gallagher will now become the...
“Don’t Open Until an Emergency” bullpen arms.
franks a lot - April 15, 2009
You mean Jay Witasick?
danmerqury - April 15, 2009
mike neu!
Jjjsixsix - April 15, 2009
franks a lot - April 15, 2009
Not really fair to Sean
He doesn’t pitch forever, then pitches at 11:30pm last night and again at 2:15 this afternoon. I’ll give him a pass.
vegAN ryAN - April 15, 2009
Except it's not like he has a great track record of success
Helloooo 1st - April 15, 2009
You called?
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
That wasnt an outside Slider
yet he got a K, this doesnt make sense
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
Bye bye shutout
Way to go, Landon!
vegAN ryAN - April 15, 2009
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Shutout gone
worldblee - April 15, 2009
NO SHUTOUT!
danmerqury - April 15, 2009
POWELL!
Brillz - April 15, 2009
No Shut Out!
Great Mojo thread!
drink409 - April 15, 2009
Improbable Rally
whaxed - April 15, 2009
SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED
mikev - April 15, 2009
POWELL SINGLED IN ELLIS 8-1
VORP is too nerdy - April 15, 2009
Something happened, and then something else happened!
And then MLB.TV stopped showing Wakefield.
LoneStranger - April 15, 2009
Ha ha
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
YES...
Fighting the good Run Differential fight
franks a lot - April 15, 2009
Woo hoo!!!
But now I’m mad at the pen
baseballgirl - April 15, 2009
A Run
Trainman - April 15, 2009
I think we can come back. I really do.
VORP is too nerdy - April 15, 2009
I know we can!
drink409 - April 15, 2009
Ok, now we root against the win.
LoneStranger - April 15, 2009
Thanks bullpen
Helloooo 1st - April 15, 2009
Thanks Landon
OptimistPrime - April 15, 2009
Oh thank god!
lynnzgal - April 15, 2009
Yay Landon!!!
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
run?
run!
Jjjsixsix - April 15, 2009
Oh no, it's the cleaners! RUN!
LoneStranger - April 15, 2009
Wakefield is winning the game I hear.
Brillz - April 15, 2009
You don't say?
LoneStranger - April 15, 2009
What, Wakefield is guaranteed a win today?
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Thank you Jesus
and Buddah and Tom Cruise
OptimistPrime - April 15, 2009
Did we sign them from the Dominican?
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
Don't forget L Ron.
drink409 - April 15, 2009
Or Xenu.
LoneStranger - April 15, 2009
CBS Sportsline's headline.
drink409 - April 15, 2009
would be so much more interesting if
1 cust-bomb would tie it up.
JJ - April 15, 2009
X7
OptimistPrime - April 15, 2009
It worked!
All of our yelling worked :)
Yay for one run!
streetfan - April 15, 2009
Just think if we'd been yelling all game!
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
too bad it's not 2-1 courtesy of Blevins
Even when he’s not on the team, Jason Kendall still find ways to screw us over.
cityplANner - April 15, 2009
Not to mention that we signed Rob Bowen to a 1-year contract
franks a lot - April 15, 2009
And it was still a good trade
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
Love the mojo!
AN breaks up the no no!
OptimistPrime - April 15, 2009
This is even worse
than Greg Paulus trying to play pro football
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
So we organized a golf event today
close to UNC CH, we had auctions at the end of the tournament and one of the items was a baseball signed by the best players of the baseball team. Including Dustin Ackley and Jason White.
It sold for 25 bucks, sigh
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
Okay, what is the deal with Ackley
mikev - April 15, 2009
He's god
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
brad boxberger of UNC?
Jjjsixsix - April 15, 2009
and
he’ll be a top 3 pick in the draft
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
oh.
so grant green of UNC.
Jjjsixsix - April 15, 2009
Closer to Sean Doolittle of UNC
only he doesn’t waste his time pitching.
OkayJay81 - April 15, 2009
Well he's supposed to be a better prospect than Doolittle
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
Definitely
I was trying to compare him to the Sean Doolitlle of right now, not when he was drafted.
OkayJay81 - April 15, 2009
Ah
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
Maybe more like Yonder Alonso
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
what no
Green is from SC
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
Oh I get it now
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
Less than one minute
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
i know. i go to SC,
and was trying to make a comparison in my mind.
Jjjsixsix - April 15, 2009
He's one of the best college hitters in this years draft
OkayJay81 - April 15, 2009
NOW Gallagher decides to be a good pitcher.
cityplANner - April 15, 2009
Well better than before anyway
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
Or the Red Sox decided they were hungry
Helloooo 1st - April 15, 2009
Mmm, post-game spread
worldblee - April 15, 2009
And the food's good too
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
lol
worldblee - April 15, 2009
It's an oldie but I never get tired of it
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
Works every time
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Zigfan tempted them with her basil recipes
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
And to think, I was going to the game if it were not for a busted radiator hose
Peace out guys, I will take the series win ANYDAY of the week!
Go A’s!!!!
OptimistPrime - April 15, 2009
Cust, for the love of god, think of my fantasy team!
NateHST - April 15, 2009
Oh yeah. Now you, too, Holliday.
NateHST - April 15, 2009
I enjoyed the radio clip
of Shannon Stewart breaking up the no-hitter.
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Me too.
drink409 - April 15, 2009
Cust currently has the longest streak of games where he's reached safely
can he keep it going?
closetasfan - April 15, 2009
Yes he can!
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
another hit?
we’re practically drowning in them!
cityplANner - April 15, 2009
That was such an ugly hit
looked like Cust was hitting a Pinata
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
Is this it?
drink409 - April 15, 2009
No, but close.
At least Holliday is getting closer.
drink409 - April 15, 2009
Yay Cust!
LoneStranger - April 15, 2009
Runzes
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Yay Matt!
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
ugh
game woulda been tied. I’m a sad panda.
cityplANner - April 15, 2009
Holliday
gaining acceptance.
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Wouldn't it be nice if it was 2-2?
danmerqury - April 15, 2009
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
Now we can thank Blevins and Gallagher for their
implosions
Trainman - April 15, 2009
Oh Jerry....{shakes head in disbelief}
ZigFan31 - April 15, 2009
(gymnastics)
mikev - April 15, 2009
see? you did have it in you.
pam5981 - April 15, 2009
It's still half hearted.
Today has not been a good day, for reasons I don’t particularly care to talk about on AN. Too personal.
mikev - April 15, 2009
:( feel better
pam5981 - April 15, 2009
Trying.
mikev - April 15, 2009
sad panda
ZigFan31 - April 15, 2009
Thx.
mikev - April 15, 2009
Holliday has missed about 3 HRs by a couple feet on the wall in the two series.
whaxed - April 15, 2009
All would have been gone in Coors...
NateHST - April 15, 2009
most other parks, too
oakland in april is not a great place to hit homers. i’m confident holliday will end up with 35+ homers.
guy incognito - April 15, 2009
6 more
Brillz - April 15, 2009
has Mark Ellis batted in every spot over his career?
I’ve seen him bat just about everywhere. has he ever batted #3?
closetasfan - April 15, 2009
Yes. He batted #3 in the game where Huston Street K'd Barry Bonds to end the game against the Giants
The day before Bonds hit 715.
mikev - April 15, 2009
Street and his flashy K's
Remember his 1st one? Against Sosa… he had so much future
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
Street was really, really good.
The careers of relievers seem to be rather short, so…
mikev - April 15, 2009
That was sort of a tough game to root for.
I was happy that Bonds got K’d, but I would have loved to have had a shot at a down payment on a house.
LoneStranger - April 15, 2009
That house might not be worth the mortgage today
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
It isn't.
LoneStranger - April 15, 2009
Holliday must be getting frustrated
Yesterday he had another 2B like that, he thought it was a HR
ATarHeel - April 15, 2009
when it starts warming up in Oakland those drives will be HRs
cityplANner - April 15, 2009
Let's get some No Complete Game mojo!
drink409 - April 15, 2009
Not worried about the loss
We used up the bullpen yesterday to get a hard fought win and didn’t have a lot of guys available today. Hopefully Nomah will be available in Toronto.
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Nomar
Future Ed - April 15, 2009
You can't call him Nomar.
Even if you’re not from the northeast, you have to call him Nomah. He might not know you’re calling him otherwise.
LoneStranger - April 15, 2009
Ramno
ElQuesoCapitan - April 15, 2009
Ugh. A loss.
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
Well at least we scored
Trainman - April 15, 2009
Totally
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Twice!
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
179 career wins for Wakefield
WaddellCanseco - April 15, 2009
And only 158 losses
worldblee - April 15, 2009
Hello Fellows.
I’m out for a bit and this happens.
ElQuesoCapitan - April 15, 2009
I was not around much, either, Cap'n
Just enough to mess up the no-hitter.
Leopold Bloom - April 15, 2009
Excellent job!
lynnzgal - April 15, 2009
Recap up!
baseballgirl - April 15, 2009
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