Well the A's got all they could ask for from spot starter Dan Giese, who gave the Green and Gold 5-2/3 solid innings, but it wasn't enough as Oakland lost its fourth straight, 3-2.
Elvis Andrus got things going for Texas with a long homerun to left, making it 1-0 just two batters into the ball game. For the 20-year old shortstop it was his second career homer, and the 49th hit by a Ranger this year.
The second inning epitomized the A's woes at the plate this season. Rangers' hurler Scott Feldman sandwiched two outs around a Jack Cust single. With Travis Buck at the plate, Cust broke for second, only to see Buck hit the ever-popular inning-ending single after the ball struck his teammate.
Texas tacked on two more runs in the fourth. Marlon Byrd singled, went to third on a double by Nelson Cruz, and scored on a sacrifice fly by David Murphy. Cruz cruised home on a knock to right by Chris Davis to increase the lead to 3-0.
Things could have been worse were it not for Jason Giambi who speared Jarrod Saltalamacchia's line drive and beat Davis to first base for an inning-ending, unassisted double play.
The A's got those runs back in the latter half of the fourth. Giambi walked with one out, and Matt Holiday followed with a base hit, with both runners advancing ninety feet on a groundout by Jack Cust. With his team in desperate need of a big two-out hit, the sweet-swinging Kurt Suzuki obliged with a two-run double just of the reach of Cruz in right field.
Not once did Giese retire the Rangers in order but kept his club close by working out of minor trouble in the second, third, and fifth. He exited with two out in the sixth having given up three runs on eight hits. He walked none, and struck out three.
Feldman did his counterpart better, though not by much. In addition to the pair of runs, he allowed four hits, issued two walks, and recorded three strikeouts. Feldman got Matt Holliday on an inning-ending double play in the sixth before giving way to the bullpen.
Three A's relievers- Michael Wuertz (1.1 inning), Russ Springer and Andrew Bailey (one inning each) shut down the Rangers on just one hit. Not one Texas batter reached on a walk tonight.
But as was the case from the starters' standpoint, the Rangers' pen was just as good. Derek Holland retired all six batters he faced before Frank Francisco came on to close.
The man with the invisible ERA made things interesting by walking leadoff batter Orlando Cabrera, but Francisco came back to strike out Giambi and Holliday. Jack Cust, who also legged out an infield single in the seventh, stroked his third hit of the night, sending Cabrera to third. With the tying run ninety feet away, Suzuki teased A's fans with a drive to left that Murphy caught up against the wall.
Ugh.
With the win, Texas moves into sole possession of first place.
As for the A's, it was another case of so close, yet so far.
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sigh
oaklandSMASH - May 6, 2009
Baseball
lynnzgal - May 6, 2009
A's Baseball
oaklandSMASH - May 6, 2009
This cant score till the 9th inning stuff is getting old.
Lets rally in the 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th for a change.
brian.only - May 6, 2009
In fairness, the A's didn't score in the 9th
Am I helping?
Nico - May 6, 2009
hey you...
brian.only - May 6, 2009
There's nothing left to comment
I read about the same damn failures every day.
See ya tomorrow! Go A’s!
ATarHeel - May 6, 2009
why oh why do I love these guys?
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
Baseball
lynnzgal - May 6, 2009
Gymnastics
mikev - May 6, 2009
Stoppit!
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
WAT!?
mikev - May 6, 2009
Sorry. Knee- jerk reaction to gymnastics reference.
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
Why indeed?
I do, so I’ll be there Friday. Thursday I’ll be the library.
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
I'll be watching
Baseball
lynnzgal - May 6, 2009
I won't actually BE the library
It feels like that sometimes. at at at
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
Oh man. I was gonna offer to be the hardware store
We could be a whole block.
Nico - May 6, 2009
My lil library
has a sheep farmer’s office next door. The hardware store is on the main drag. A long 5 minute walk.
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
You had me at "drag"
Nico - May 6, 2009
does this count as game threads?
I’d like to participate in this particular conversation, but I made a promise to Pere Chien…
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
I call Quickie Mart!
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
Anyone going Friday evening?
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
I think I can speak for most of the Bay Area when I say, "No."
Nico - May 6, 2009
Fortunately
I have skigurl’s excellent seat for Friday games
Unfortunately, I don’t have the much praised new blanket to stay warm under.
Hope everyone who has it slept snugly last night.
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
I have an extra.
Would you like it?
lynnzgal - May 6, 2009
Cuz you deserve it.
lynnzgal - May 6, 2009
You went last night?
67MARQUEZ - May 6, 2009
Yes, with John.
I was his date.
lynnzgal - May 6, 2009
Front row seats.
You didn’t see me?
lynnzgal - May 6, 2009
Did not.
Wish I would have known.
67MARQUEZ - May 6, 2009
You mean me?
Have your extra blanket?!
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
Yep.
You’re a sweetie!
lynnzgal - May 6, 2009
I am
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
If I could afford it, I would be
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
bought my season ticket package a while back
22 games and the season ticket discounts the price of tickets…it really helps
OaklandSi - May 7, 2009
Stop by and say hi
if they’ll let you into our posh area. 117-17-9
Where is your seat?
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
225, so they might kick me out
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
So funny!
Same sec. Sent you an email.
lynnzgal - May 6, 2009
Haha!
You’re the Fri. girl, I forgot. Let me know your mailing addy.
lynnzgal - May 6, 2009
Dumb question about email addresses
I know they are in our profiles. But I can’t figure out where the profiles are. Mine is in my dashboard, but where is yours, lynnzgal?
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
Click her name on one of her posts, Library Girl.
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
I never thought of simply clicking.
I’m the one who is rarely up this late. Brainpower fading. Thank you LB for not saying yes dumb question.
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
No problem.
I heart libraries.
Leopold Bloom - May 7, 2009
I'm going Friday!
Right now the W/L pattern at games I’ve attended is L-L-W-L-L, so we’re due for another W.
whiteshoes40 - May 6, 2009
unless it's a geometric pattern, whereby the losses increase each time around
LLWLLLWLLLLWLLLLLW etc
this would be a bad thing.
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
Don't even *say* such a thing!
Eeesh.
whiteshoes40 - May 6, 2009
Damn geometric patterns!
somebodyelse - May 7, 2009
jinx!
OaklandSi - May 7, 2009
Having two batters not advancing a runner in the 9th, tie game hurt
Not that I’m suggesting that they bunt, but putting wood on the ball is key, I hear.
MobiusKlein - May 6, 2009
In Giambi's case, putting bat on ball is more likely
to produce a DP than to advance the runner. In Holliday’s case, asking him to swing at an 0-1 fastball right down the middle from a pitcher who throws 95% fastballs is highly unreasonable.
Nico - May 6, 2009
No shift was on.
No apparent dancing off first, hit & run, steals, anything/
MobiusKlein - May 6, 2009
On the plus side, we didn't trail after the first hitter of the game
Nico - May 6, 2009
after the second hitter
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
No we trailed after the second hitter
And every hitter thereafter.
Nico - May 6, 2009
I should re-read what you wrote
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
I should re-write what you read.
67MARQUEZ - May 6, 2009
re: I write what you should read.
Nico - May 6, 2009
If any of you are going to write,
I put a few links in today’s DLD that should help.
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
Links in a DLD??
Rebel.
67MARQUEZ - May 6, 2009
poppy yelled at us.
Us DLD monkeys, we gotta fly straight.
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
Then I must be the rebel.
Oh I kid. I’m Rex, remember?
67MARQUEZ - May 6, 2009
short arms.
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
Big feet.
What to take from this?
somebodyelse - May 7, 2009
Rebel...Sweet I knew Heroes was real.
A'sfaninNC - May 7, 2009
The slegnA announcers (last night) said that OCab is a great baserunner
and wonder why the A’s don’t utilize him. Should have stolen with 1 or two outs tonight and we would well be tied. Especially since the A’s are having trouble hitting their way out of a paper bag, it sure would have helped
Trainman - May 6, 2009
I think Fransisco is too quick to the plate
Probably would have been thrown out, but I guess it’s worth a try.
A'sfansince1970 - May 6, 2009
mid-90's heater
I’ll say he’s too quick to the plate
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
question for Geren
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
The question is how you would have felt if he had gotten thrown out
and then, say, Holliday bounced a single into left field. I think with your “power hitters” up, you look for one game-winning swing.
Nico - May 6, 2009
There's the problem
the scare quotes around power hitters.
You assume to much.
MobiusKlein - May 6, 2009
Yup. Seriously, though,
I wouldn’t run with Giambi up because he’s a high HR, low AVG hitter.
Nico - May 6, 2009
Half right, sadly.
MobiusKlein - May 6, 2009
"was" for the first, "is" for the second
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
I think it's worth a shot
He’s a smart baserunner
Closers are easier to steal off (I don’t know his stats though)
The A"s cannot put two hits in a row together of late so trying to hit runners seems harder at moment
Trainman - May 6, 2009
He may have had the green light,
and being a smart baserunner decided he wasn’t sure enough to go. (BTW, no one has stolen off of Francisco so far this year.)
Nico - May 6, 2009
No one has 'anything' against Francisco this year!
brian.only - May 6, 2009
You can see why. Nobody could hit his fastball.
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
There was a first time for everything
including giving him an ERA that was higher than Zero. But we will never know
Trainman - May 6, 2009
I had my fingers crossed.
brian.only - May 6, 2009
I remember. That bastard!
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
OK
well this loss thing is getting really annoying. We knew that the Division was weak but this is kinda embarrassing being 7 under after 25 games
Trainman - May 6, 2009
plus
he is 1-4 this year. he has been good through his career, but…
Future Ed - May 6, 2009
Well he's stolen one base and been caught twice this year for what it's worth.
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
Holliday had 28 SB last year in 30 attempts and averaged about 16 a season over the past four
He hasn’t attempted a single stolen base with the A’s.
Cabrera was getting about 20 swipes a season. He’s only attempted four with the A’s, succeeding once.
The A’s just don’t run. Or rather, if this year is any sign so far, they don’t run well.
Flashfire - May 6, 2009
I think with those two, it's mostly that
they’re rarely on base. And the A’s have run far too MUCH, IMO, so far this year. Texas is 20 for 24 – that’s running well. The A’s just run kind of randomly.
Nico - May 6, 2009
He has - he tried to steal one yesterday and then comically slid into second
because he had no idea that Cust had hit a single to left field. Story of his season so far.
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
That's right
Doesn’t go as a SB or CS since contact was made. That’s what I meant.
Flashfire - May 6, 2009
slide jack slide
Future Ed - May 6, 2009
i am Jacks sliding Holliday
A'sfaninNC - May 7, 2009
Fransisco was dealing
and Giambi and Holliday were trying to murder the ball. They should take a lesson from Jack Cust and just go with the pitch, not try to do too much with it. I guess that’s what happens when you’re struggling. The best thing about baseball is we get to try again tomorrow.
A'sfansince1970 - May 6, 2009
Jack Cust is perhaps the best hitter on the team.
Everyone could learn from him.
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
"They should take a lesson from Jack Cust and just go with the pitch, not try to do too much with it."
Sorry, I laughed. Never thought I’d see that sentence.
Flashfire - May 6, 2009
I thought the same!
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
And it looked pretty much like every swing I've seen Cust take.
Flashfire - May 6, 2009
I'm really growing to like
Jack Cust, 5 hole hitter.
GoA's - May 6, 2009
It's just a shame the 3 and 4 hitters are automatic outs.
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
i cried until i started to laugh then i cried some more
A'sfaninNC - May 7, 2009
i would like him even more at #2
Future Ed - May 6, 2009
I think it's worth a shift to #3 or #4
at least temporarily, if that makes Geren feel better…and shift Suzuki to one of those spots as well. Giambi and Holliday could be shifted down.
I realize the arguments for not moving the lineup around, but many good managers will at least temporarily juggle their lineup if their 3-4 hitters aren’t producing. Those are the spots Geren keeps mentioning, so it wouldn’t hurt to do it.
OaklandSi - May 7, 2009
It's true though, no?
At least it seemed that way in the ninth.
A'sfansince1970 - May 6, 2009
I don't entirely disagree
But it’s a statement I never thought I’d read
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
Groan
ElQuesoCapitan - May 6, 2009
Holliday is being fed a steady diet of fast balls
not only from Francisco
has he always had trouble hitting a fast ball?
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
You don't post a .900 OPS in any park if you can't hit a fastball
He just decided to go from being very good to godawful upon coming to Oakland.
Nico - May 6, 2009
It's starting to be almost comical now.
brian.only - May 6, 2009
And yet I have not laughed once.
67MARQUEZ - May 6, 2009
You should try it, it really helps- a few beers makes it easier.
brian.only - May 6, 2009
I tried it, but Holliday seemed pretty annoyed.
Nico - May 6, 2009
lol
brian.only - May 6, 2009
It's quite amusing. If you don't laugh you'll cry.
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
hey, at least Ravi Bopara made a century today
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
Think he'd survive a transition across the pond?
We could use a power batter
GoA's - May 6, 2009
he's more of a stroke maker
Kevin Pietersen, on the other hand, would be Good At Baseball
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
Bopara - Well played sir
another Essex product, grins LibrariAN, Essex fan since 1955..
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
But would Jessica like the role of baseball wife?
…Jessica Taylor Models for Tesco’s Diamond Boutique Lingerie… This is a caption, you can find the pix yourself.
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
Attractive wife you say
Well, guess he’ll have to be a Dodger or a Yankee then.
GoA's - May 6, 2009
First laugh I've had this evening
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
I missed it, I was in St Helens filming all day.
I heard he was good though.
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
Every AB is the same for him.
The first pitch is always a fastball down the middle… or maybe towards the outer half of the plate.
brenarlo - May 6, 2009
Looks like he's adapted to the A's philosophy faster than I expected
Flashfire - May 6, 2009
makes you wonder if the whispers are true
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
what are the whispers?
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
Please to tell.
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
I heard they were careless
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
performance enhancers
not that I necessarily believe that…it’s pretty much a standard whisper (sometimes much louder)…seems that some people feel Holliday’s performance was showing some worrisome signs even last year.
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
hmm.
makes sense.
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
you mean a bit like marco scutero having a power surge at age 33? those sort of whispers?
Cause I’ve heard none.
Not that I would have, of course
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
The silver lining for tonight's game
Zook couldn’t hit it out, so no whispers for the Stylin’ Hawaiian.
GoA's - May 6, 2009
actually I haven't read that about Scutaro
I do know that he had been improving at the plate for a couple of years. His performance in the Venezuelan winter league was pretty interesting.
I don’t necessarily think that any player does or doesn’t do it simply based on a decline or improvement (and 33 is not old if you’re in good shape and haven’t had major injuries). For example, Ozzie Smith was always a great defensive shortstop, but in his 30’s he became a better offensive player as well. PEDs? Who knows? But he didn’t show any of the physical symptoms, and neither does Scutaro.
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
Scoot always hits well in the Venezuelan winter league, no?
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
yes, but he's been improving even there
and did well in the WBC
OaklandSi - May 7, 2009
not sucking pills?
Future Ed - May 6, 2009
If you build it they will come
A'sfaninNC - May 7, 2009
We talk so much about how Holliday is doing not so good
Giambi is the real problem in my opinion, but oh well
ATarHeel - May 6, 2009
i'll speak for me when i say that i had higher expectations
for holliday than i had for giambi. his disappointment is greater relative to expectations.
i guess we should swap giambi and cust. cust to third and giambi to fifth.
stm72 - May 6, 2009
Yeah Giambi is a huge disappointment. He's literally done nothing
so far this year.
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
He's been hit by a pitch four times.
Close to the league lead.
GoA's - May 6, 2009
Not literally
iglew - May 7, 2009
The odd thing about tonight's game
Was that, taken in a vaccuum, it was like a regular, run of the mill loss, which occurs for a normal team 60-80 times a year.
Not for the first time today, context is everything
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
it certainly was more interesting than last night's or the night before
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
Yes and that's why I am hoping
for something more interesting tomorrow and ever so satisfactory on Friday.
LibrariAN - May 6, 2009
so by that reckoning by the time I go next wednesday, they'll be knocking the cover off the ball?
excellent
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
stranger things have happened
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
Careful
They might peak over the weekend, they come down with a case of the Mondays, which lasts several days.
GoA's - May 6, 2009
dammit
this has the ring of truth
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
case of the 1979s
Future Ed - May 6, 2009
ouch
OaklandSi - May 7, 2009
I was gonna go there.
But my next game is Saturday and I couldn’t come up with anything just past satisfactory.
67MARQUEZ - May 6, 2009
hey, I am no stranger to hyperbole
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
There is medication for that nowadays.
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
If you find yourself using litotes for more than 6 hours, contact your doctor
Nick - May 7, 2009
You have in fact shared bodily fluids with hyperbole.
You and hyperbole are so tight that you not only know his middle name, you know his mother’s maiden name.
Your relationship with hyperbole is, in fact, the greatest, most loving relationship since the dawn of time. All other relationships combined pale in comparison to the closeness and intimacy that you share with hyperbole. You make the rest of us look like drunken hobos struggling in the dark for greased up water balloons.
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
Told you never
to mention hobos here. Roast beef sandwich, remember?
67MARQUEZ - May 6, 2009
On selected evenings, many baseball players are ho beaus
iglew - May 7, 2009
i think a more succinct way of putting would be
I’m the best.
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
Or, for those who speak alea's language
Ego sum optimus.
GoA's - May 6, 2009
At first, I reaally thought the ball jumped off Zuke's bat
and had enough to do some damage. Harold Reynolds on MLB network practically jumped out of his seat.
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
2009 Oakland A's
Almost good enough to win!
oaklandSMASH - May 6, 2009
I was also going to complian about Rajai davis PHing
I was afraid that again, the score would be tied, and Rajai would have to bat several times in extra innings, taking our best bat out of the lineup.
Should have put Rajai in for OC, if they aren’t going to press on the basepaths.
MobiusKlein - May 6, 2009
That is to say, if they want a pinch runner, put one in earlier when it could do more good.
MobiusKlein - May 6, 2009
that I thought made sense
He’s at first, Suzuki has been pretty hot, extra base hit wins it.
That’s really not what lost the A’s the game, tbh
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
I was hoping that would happen
So as to finally give Rajai a mark in the “helped team” column.
GoA's - May 6, 2009
Sweet
We’re now complaining about the A’s not failing spectacularly enough. They can’t even lose well.
GoA's - May 6, 2009
Seriously
Why did they have to go and score any runs tonight?
67MARQUEZ - May 6, 2009
Suzuki can't help what he is
We should trade him and bring Kendall back. There was a guy who could go cold.
GoA's - May 6, 2009
Nah, just thinking ahead to the later innings
The Sunday affair, for example, where we found that Davis’s D was not as good as Cust’s.
Was fearing that we’d wish for Cust back again.
MobiusKlein - May 6, 2009
not a chance
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
yeah, I take your point
but I say it was worth the risk – only way it’s going to extras is if there’s a hit, so might as well go for the knockout punch
alea iacta est - May 6, 2009
Yeah, but now you're complaining about how we complain :)
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
Who said I was complaining?
I was rather bemused by the complaint’s complaint.
GoA's - May 6, 2009
I, in turn, was then bemused by your complaint
about the complaint’s complaint.
This could go on forever. I will stop now.
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
More positive!positive!positive! from Geren in the post-op....
Jackson23 - May 6, 2009
The operation was a success, but sadly, the patient died.
MobiusKlein - May 6, 2009
That's the machine that goes PING!
It means your baby is still alive!
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
Some kid hurt himself ghostriding in Brentwood
and KTVU’s 10 PM news showed clips of Ben and Nate ghostriding the Volvo to illustrate the concept.
Englishmajor - May 6, 2009
THAT. ROCKS.
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
Dan Johnson.
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
Dan. Johnson.
mikev - May 6, 2009
Linku
For those who have yet to enjoy perhaps the greatest YouTube vid of our generation
Ghost Ride the Volvo
GoA's - May 6, 2009
I had yet to see that. Goofy hilarious, yo.
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
Awe.Some.
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
I was wrong
not sure whether it was KTVU’s assumption or mine last night….but actually, some kid hurt HERself ghostriding.
Englishmajor - May 7, 2009
I started watching in the middle of the game.
And frankly I’m shocked and disappointed that nobody commenting in the live game thread wrote “Elvis has left the building” when Andrus hit his first inning shot.
GreenNGoldSooner - May 6, 2009
the radio broadcasters did
OaklandSi - May 6, 2009
He's not an A, therefore, no-one is going to think of a cool catchphrase for him.
OldhamA - May 6, 2009
Not hitting is contageous
LOL
Some guy on the Robert Buan show telling him this.
Trainman - May 6, 2009
Insert swine flu joke here
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
The A's are so bad, it's like they have the swine flu
mikeA - May 6, 2009
How bad are they?
(ineffectiveness of team has left me unprepared for proper joke timing)
Leopold Bloom - May 6, 2009
Revised: Insert bad swine flu joke here
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
There's a bad joke going around [bad pun]
It’s about WHO’s on first.
LibrariAN - May 7, 2009
Now you're just being clever.
somebodyelse - May 7, 2009
WHO’S ON FIRST, CDC ON SECOND AND CHAVEZ IS ON 3RD! LOL!
slkierley - May 7, 2009
And I appreciate the bad pun!
somebodyelse - May 7, 2009
maybe you need to go back to your leg kick
OaklandSi - May 7, 2009
206 back row thoughts
shorter of breath and one day closer to dammit giese that was fast let’s see if you can get to 200 pitches by the 4th omigod the drunk guy to our left has been on diamond vision 4 times and it’s only the 3rd inning here comes stomper doing the macarena with the microphone lady and the descent into hell is complete wait did crosby just turn the double play error-free wow i gotta smoke pcp before games more often closing eyes and wishing for june is it me or does giambi’s bat speed resemble what you might expect from jason robards nostalgia for 2006 or at least 1996 we were all so young then and life seemed full of possibility and then cust kicked the ball maybe he is nostalgic for all those good times out in right field inning over again and again and again buries head in trembling hands you know your team has offensive issues when the fans are cheering for ball 3 like it’s a walkoff grand slam blank expression of regret and mordant sadness maybe we can just trade the whole team for the sharks instead of moving all the way to san jose can patrick marleau play second bangs empty head against hard wall hoping for a return to sanity or at least a merciful end to the agony young pitching i can live with but the way we hit reminds me of that elliott smith song where everybody dies well at least there is no line for the bathroom oh wait that’s the east side club groan of resignation that’s it i’m pulling the plug on the scoreboard it’s not like we are using it anyway come on zook you can do it when francisco throws it it looks as big as a chair arrrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sound resembling the sound dwight howard makes in that video game ad when he pulls his hamstring that’s it ties last night’s blanket over railing & around neck climbs to top of mt davis and bellows it’s all for you matt holliday and jumps just like the maid in the omen except no sinister carmina burana soundtrack
emperor nobody - May 6, 2009
Please adopt me.
67MARQUEZ - May 6, 2009
I love it
Trainman - May 6, 2009
*follows holliday to parking lot on sled*
I want my TWO DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
emperor nobody - May 6, 2009
And a free hot dog!
somebodyelse - May 6, 2009
with Kraut
A'sfaninNC - May 7, 2009
that doesn't cost anything
mikev - May 7, 2009
and that you don't have to go hunting all over
the coliseum for…they do have free kraut but you have to be wiling to go hunt for it
OaklandSi - May 7, 2009
You're my hero.
pam5981 - May 6, 2009
Greened!
Poppy - May 6, 2009
excellent
A'sfaninNC - May 7, 2009
So many close games...
there has to be a point where we start winning them. Please Lord.
IM4Oakgal - May 7, 2009
3rd?
I’ll take 3rd. I’m healthy!
slkierley - May 7, 2009
Watch 2-4 innings....
Click it off and read about it in the morning. Repeat.
ak_A - May 7, 2009
Pitcher consistency question
I believe it was here that some analysis was done comparing a ‘consistent’ pitcher with an ‘inconsistent’ pitcher with the same overall ERA. anyone else remember this? I believe, numbers showed that the inconsistent pitcher would expect to win more games than the consistent pitcher.
I think it had to do with Bronson Arroyo or Joe Blanton, so it was either here or at Red Reporter. Any help???
JJ - May 7, 2009
Dan Giese looks very pruney in that picture
At least the uneasy feeling one feels when Eveland pitches (likely due to horrible mound presence, slow worker, balls repelled by the strike zone, etc.) were absent. Gooooo Beeltegiese!
franks a lot - May 7, 2009
Haha, that's what I'm gonna call him every time I see him pitch now.
GreenSocks - May 7, 2009
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