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Open Thread: Game 41 - A's vs. Diamondbacks (cont.)

The A's FINALLY capitalize on opportunities and take a 3-1 lead into the 7th.

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Let's Go A's

C’mon Outman, shut ’em down

Hey Josh,

Walks are not going out of style.

They're nice to setup the GIDP though
Apparently strikeouts are, though

Outman hasn’t recorded one today.

And how many pitches after 7 innings?
If he can go 7 every game only giving up one I'm cool w/ that.
Yeah. I guess thats ok.
he knew exactly what he was doing - GIDP inducing stud
Thank you, Byrnsie
Hey, uh, what's up with Landon?
Hurt himself on the HR swing

I guess it wasn’t bad enough to make him leave the game.

Jaysus

That guy just can’t stay healthy.

He gets a lot of RBI's in limited playing time.
Dead. He'll be fine.
Tweaked his side when he crushed the ball, apparently.
Ill give it to Outman...

I didnt think we could pitch as well as he has this year. No Ks today but hets getting by without his best stuff and battleing. Give him credit.

Sign of a good pitcher is when you can win when you don't have your best stuff.

I hope this is the case with Outman.

who wants mr 7era joe blanton back??
Or Mr. My Back Hurts Waaaaaaaaaah Rich Harden, for that matter
compared ot what we got for Harden, I'll take him back.
Hold out hope for Donaldson
I'll take Harden back in a second
Even when hes on the DL?
yes
Glad you dont run the team.
We got a head case pitcher and an underdeveloped project player for him.
and Murton, who was dealt for Wimberly's Stirrups.

The Stirrups clearly make it a win for us.

hadn't thought of that.

hmmm. good point.

No thanks

No more “harden is coming bak any day now and the rotation will b awseome” heartache for me.

So we would have him this year for 7 mil...

Now what? Do we resign him? How much and for how long?

Gallagher with figure it out. Donaldson's Bat is legit.
Gallagher's a fricking headcase.

He’s out of baseball in two years.

Nah.

Dude’s only 23. That’s the one problem with running out such youngsters.

Based on what... 90 Inning?

Kid is 22… he will be fine.

he so fractured, he can't even figure out his age!
anybody else's MLBTV down?
This guy, right here
Mine is still running
Wow impressive

Outman has gone at least 6+ innings without allowing more than a run or three hits in his last three starts.

You know, now that I think of it,.

there are a few good reasons to hate the Rays.

Name four.
Maddon is a Scioscia protege
That's all I need.
That they manage to win with a small payroll like we used to?
well,

1. They’re retired Wade Boggs’ number
2. They have no quality food there (though there are rumors now of Gordon Birsch garlic fries)
3. They have a free pizza giveaway that’s not Round Table.
4. The free pizza comes at 10 strikeouts.
5. The free pizza in question, for those of you who remember last season, is full of lies. You have to go to a furniture store and claim a coupon for Papa Johns, and they did an expose where they showed NONE of the Kane’s outlets ever had any vouchers and that it was just an excuse to get you into the building.

You had me at #1
Ojeda should've run through the base

By sliding, it gave Outman enough time to beat him to 1st.

Outman has wheels.
It's the stirrups
They should be a requirement for the whole team.
I've got mine on.
RAWR!
I'll show you mine...
Mine are golden.
I've got no reason to believe otherwise.
Has any Oakland player had a bad game while rockin' the stirrups?

Just sayin’.

That's a great point, actually.
Jason G starting to get hot
HOLY SHIT THAT WAS FUCKING CRUSHED
Did Giambi just hit another home run?
That shoulda counted as 2.

He absolutely crushed that ball.

He turned on it real nasty

It just happened so fast, I kept checking to see if it was a highlight from last night…

401, K?

K.

nice use of the pics today, WBC.
I love this.

Pic saved.

Last year one of our clients said:

“My 401k is now a 201k.”

Classic.

it would be nice if this is the beginning of something for giambi.
holy crap it looks like geren might actaully let outman finish this
I'm guessing he tries to get 8 IP out of him

Ziggy the 9th and call it a day.

Well, that sounds almost... competent?
or I should say, try to finish this
I'm OK with that.

Assuming somebody is up and ready to come in if there are 2 baserunners on at any time.

You were saying???

Can I have Weurtz now?

Not against a lefty.
Dad called:

“I’m gonna go out on a limb and say you’re not at the game.”

{click}

That's awesome.
I like dad.
I don't.

I told him I wasn’t even his.

that's not right.
Come on.

You know me enough to know I could not, would not.

I meant it in an Austin Powers kind of way.

When mini me gives him the finger.

Well that's different.
Hannahan is in

as long as he doesn’t get to bat i’m ok

WE ARE OVERPAYING FOR CABRERA!
Crosby would've had it.
Fucking Cabrera.
That was a perfect DP ball

GODDAMMIT CABRERA

EIGHT errors? Seriously?

I don’t care if it’s a dumb stat. That’s just fucking ridiculous.

Crosby would do better!
He's made some good plays

But I dunno what the deal is with this guy, whether its mental lapses or something, but he’s missing shit hit RIGHT TO HIM.

yes. truly ridiculous.
STOP IT WITH THIS F'n

Hannahan/Crosby defensive substitution. It kills the lineup, when, inevitably the other team ties it up and goes ahead.

Is crosby really better at 1b than Giambi?

Come on BOB?

Here's your reward for hitting a home run Jason - take a seat.
A dead goat tied to a post

would be better defensively than Giambi.

What the hell are you doing in my backyard
Better in so many ways.
Occasionally I come up with a zinger.
G is not that bad, he can scoop real well, but has no mobility.
I have more confidence in him at first than Crosby.
Helpful on root beer float day
Scooping machine.
+1

When your “defensive replacement” will weaken the lineup that much, just no.

RING HIM UP, BLUE!
Well I'm glad you didn't f that up Orlando.
I'll take those two for one
There's our goddamn DP.
Great Effort By Outman

DP’a are good

Great double play

Why pull the kid with the bases empty? Pitch count?

Yeah and that Justin Upton has already gotten 2 hits off Outman.

probably…

Nice job Outman. Way to battle.
I don't feel good about this...

Outman was still throwing heat. I don’t feel good at all about it.

So, what you're saying is

you’ve got a bad feeling about this?

Jesus, that was the longest outing by a starter this season?

That’s… a little ridiculous.

You act like it's late May or something.
Pardon me while I softly weep
strickout please

strickout please
strickout please
strickout please
strickout please
strickout please
strickout please
strickout please
strickout please

wish granted
yay!
2 hot brunette women

2 hot brunette women
2 hot brunette women
2 hot brunette women
2 hot brunette women
2 hot brunette women
2 hot brunette women
2 hot brunette women
2 hot brunette women
2 hot brunette women
2 hot brunette women
2 hot brunette women

(just seeing if this works twice in a row)
It did.

They’re at my house.

You're hot and all

but I dunno if you’re really my type.

God, I hope so
2? Is one not enough?
Depends on the one
Um...ouch?
So you're telling me

TWO Zigfans wouldn’t be double teh awesome?

Nice recovery.
I was serious.

cloning machine, anyone?

One of her is plenty.

Trust.

Well when you put it that way...
See

You can’t even disagree with that.

1 semi-attractive morally loose woman

1 semi-attractive morally loose woman
1 semi-attractive morally loose woman
1 semi-attractive morally loose woman
1 semi-attractive morally loose woman
1 semi-attractive morally loose woman
1 semi-attractive morally loose woman
1 semi-attractive morally loose woman

of all the lefties on this potential staff

who wouldve expected outman/braden to pass up headcase gio?
gio was a top 25 mlb prospect, minor leagues strikeout leader. braden/outman looked like future relievers going into the season

Truly remarkable.

What has happened to Gio Gonzalez?

No idea- but Ed looked good last night.
He hasn't pitched poorly, really

I’d still like to see him in the rotation.

He's been bounced between the bigs and AAA for some reason
Mediocre stuff + good control can get you far
Breslow getting loose?

Um, OK.

Good thing Upton swings at everything.

I feel a little better. A couple more runs would help me feel real good.

K!

We love you Wuertz.

Ragweed's rockin' on the radio.
We need insurance runs.
I just want to see Travis strike out swinging the bat like a man

I don’t even care if he k’s, I just want to see him swing the bat like he means it.

Travis Buck = no fun
no confidence.

It looks like he no longer believes he belongs in the majors.

I think -

placing the hopes of the teams offense squarely on his shoulders last year was a bad plan.

Same can be said for Daric Barton.
It's pretty amazing what this organization has done to Buck.

Tore up the system, promoted him to the bigs at age 22 where he had a fantastic 1/2 season, then toyed with him for most of the next 2 years to the point of him being borderline terrible.

Agreed

Poor guy must be having a confidence problem because of it and it’s understandable

It's the same shit they're doing to Gio and Gallagher.

I just don’t fucking understand it.

Ughhhh

Leave Gio and Gallagher in either AAA or the MLB rotation (not the pen!!!). Give them more than 1 start/appearance before demoting/promoting.

It’s asinine and moronic.

I've changed my mind, Leopold

After watching 2 more hours of this season of Ultimate Fighter, it’s the Americans that are wankers. That Cameron Dollar dude is the essence of douche.

Yeah, it's like I said,

they’re all pretty much wankers.

The first thing you gotta think about is what kind of person wants to do that for a living. Occasionally, there are very cool people who have a strong desire to push themselves and see how good they can become (see Anderson Silva). More often than not, though, there’s a lot of ego and testosterone tied up in winning and losing.

Put them in a house together for four weeks with a lot of booze and no women and…well, you get that.

Yeah, that's what makes the sport so hard to enjoy sometimes

You start rooting for somebody, and then you realize that he’s the same juiced-up moron from high school that picked on all the nerds and manipulated all the girls. That’s why I liked Amir as much as I did— he seemed to actually have a brain in his head.

I swear Anderson Silva is a freak genetic experiment gone wrong. Or really right, one of the two.

But...he's completely humble.

I agree with you. Some of these guys are just scumbag predators who would be locked up otherwise. But some of them are very good people. Another one who I know is a very nice person, who’s very easy to root for, is Miguel Torres.

Yeah, totally

I want to make clear that I totally support Anderson Silva. And St. Pierre is a joy to watch and seems very grounded. I even kind of like Forrest Griffin because he has a pretty good sense of humor for a guy who looks like such a meathead. It’s guys like Hughes, Serra, Tito back in the day… those guys piss me off more often than not.

Yeah, that's true.

With guys like Lidell though, it’s tougher to tell…

Dear Croz

Please hit one over that fence thingy with the “388” on it.

Thanks,

-Me

He got to 368...
I shoulda told him sooner.
Pinch runner for Powell plz

The guy can hardly move

I can see him being forced out at 2nd from the outfield
How does Powell project aside from the injuries- anyone?

Looks like he should be a power machine.

Byrnsie you should have dove for that!
You have to run for the poor guy
That will help

if a base hit is forthcoming

C'mon Kennedy - base hit scores two here.
He heard you
AK was listening
My man comes through!!
Cabrera almost caught Powell\
Hi Kennedy

Just because you play 2B doesn’t mean you always have to go there.

I think we can all forgive him today for that.
AK is just coming up huge right now..

What a freaking godsend. Was he really in AAA for the Rays? wow.

KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT!

Yeah I know, it’s been done.

Nononononono

We’ve all seen how that plays out.

Ellis who?
Sad but true...

Oh Unicorn.

Thes fromer slegnA players

are well coached in the art of hitting and coming thru. Hat to say itbut it’s true

They are gritty players.

Ellis has no shot if Kennedy keeps this up.

Ellis has no offense and is a pop up machine

These former

I get excited when we score and my typing goes to complete shit

So mostly your typing is fine.
LOL
Yep

The A’s will certainly do that to ya

They sure suck at baserunning, though.
I'm lovin' AK right now

Even though he has one of the ugliest swings I’ve ever seen and seems to always get thrown out trying to stretch singles into doubles after a throw home.

It's been established that Adam Kennedy is awesome, yes?
He knows how to make a first impression
How old is Kennedy?

I know that Ray Fosse told us all earlier that we can’t talk about what we are going to do when Ellis comes back, but hey i’m gonna talk about it anyways. if he keeps hitting, we can not possibly keep him out of the lineup!

Can he play 3B?
Ray Fosse is guiding our conversation today?

No wonder you game thread monkeys are so boring!

That's a big if.

If Kennedy keeps hitting like this, he’s hard to replace. If he reverts back to his old self, Ellis’s power gives him a slight advantage offensively.

Ziegler fools him very badly - K!!
They're standing in Oaklnd
Cmon, Ziggy!!
oh Ziggy- if you f this up....
Strickout please, Zig!
Thanks for the 2-run single AK

Looks like we may need those runs

LHB's Kill Ziggy
They're going to run out of left-handed hitters

eventually.

Game.

Excellent outing by Outman today.

Celebration!
Game Over

in the positive sense

I was just about to say that Ziggy is back before he gave up those hits

He had a couple extra batters, but I think he’s returning to form.

A win!!!!!!
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y

In case anyone’s forgotten how to spell it.

Thanks for the reminder

I need to go do some planting.

we...win?

what is this “win” that you speak of?

Great W, y'all
GAME RECAP IS UP

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