Athletics Nation

I AM NOT PLEASED.

nothing makes us happy

a mere schmere 15 game winning streak we sneer at.

MobiusKlein - June 9, 2009 reply

GOD FNG DAMMIT LET'S SCORE SOME RUNS!

: )

maybe we should like break stuff or something?

jeffro - June 9, 2009 reply

LB, to follow up on our disagreement over Mrs. Finch

Some things can be deal breakers, no matter how lovely the lady.

If we’re adding a female athlete for aesthetic purposes, might I suggest Ms. Stokes.

she looks awfully small and she is a brunette...

but those are minor complaints.

She can join the bullpen.

ah, I am of the school of small brunettes

I see

He chose....wisely.

mrbendy - June 9, 2009 reply

yay Indiand Jones

Bullpen? Hell, she can be our Ace.

mrbendy - June 9, 2009 reply

She has no hips.

That is a shortcoming.

She has no hips.

That is a shortcoming.

Those eyes

agrd.

Allison Stokke

[Insert pole vault joke here]

She's not that pretty, but rawr anyway.

I think it’s the whole athlete thing.

yup

it’s why I can’t resist indoor volleyball players: knee pads.

I think I have to revise my 6th inning prediction for the A's

Hannahan is batting that inning along with Davis and I think it might be hard to score 3 runs with those 2 batting

Only Four innings left...

this is the final countdown

The final countdown

You must watch this

Also, screw Morneau.

2 minutes and 42 seconds of mylife gloriously spent

.......

{mouth agape}

…………..

Yeah it was that bad.

Wow.

Thank you

…for everything.

for everything

uh....

idunno723 - June 9, 2009 reply

Well FMA'sL

Dang it!

Hey Comcast,

way to get back to the game before the ball was out of the park.

…oh wait

We have to score a run for that second run to matter anyway

DAMN

Sweeney would have had that.

Shit!

That was a pretty terrible pitch

Nick - June 9, 2009 reply

Eagle-eye Glen FAIL

Kuiper is awful

jax a's fan - June 9, 2009 reply

just because he can't tell where the ball is? You think that's important in a baseball announcer?

stormtown - June 9, 2009 reply

I am constantly amazed

At Kuiper’s stupidity. He constantly makes mistakes like this – calling things home runs when they’ve been caught, screwing up the count or how many outs there are, etc. Everything about him annoys me.

Ellis owns that play.

at least it was entertaining

It was very costly.

DAMN

Perhaps

Anderson is pressing with the lack of run support and trying to be to perfect?

He has a trend of being not so good with men on base.

I have a solution for that

It's Greg Smith's pickoff move isn't it?

that would work too

mine was simply don’t let them get on base

Oh dammit.

The Twins always ruin our streaks.

It's not dead yet!

I think I'll go for a walk

It's not dead yet!

Shit

ugh

damn, the can has been opened...

What was the 20 game one?

6-0?

The 20th game?

We were up 11-0 and won 12-11.

No, the 21st game

Yup, that was a 6-0 loss

This one

here

Of course, the A’s then won the next three games.

you mean the 11-0, then tied, then 12-11 from hatteberg?

Best. A's. Moment. Evar.

Or, at least in my memory.

the game after that...against the twins, wasn't it?

Didn't we have a night off before that series?

Yup, Thursday was an off day

THAT killed the streak

that Twins game SUCKED

This thread is broken

THIS

not good.

idunno723 - June 9, 2009 reply

DO. NOT. WANT.

We have been evicted from Mazzaro World...

okay, not cool

this is a series run of luck on hits down the line//

walkoff baltimore chop - June 9, 2009 reply

Ugh.

I think I'll call it a night

3 AM wakeup call and no nap. Maybe the absence of a slightly conflicted Minnesotan will be the luck we need?

Englishmajor - June 9, 2009 reply

Is it just me....

or does it seem like hes just floating balls up there?

Colorado Booze Hounds - June 9, 2009 reply

Not surprising - any start where you can't get your pitches down,

you’re going to run out of luck sooner or later. And I wouldn’t have pulled him till now either. Bringing in Casilla is just asking for a run-scoring WP. Either Anderson was going to one more out in him or he wasn’t. Bleah.

Anderson has been the least impressive of the rookies to date

Very, very hittable and makes more mistakes than the others so far

That's basically true.

But for a young guy, I think he’s still got potential.

when his curveball gets going, he's a damn good pitcher

just gotta keep his FB’s down in the zone

Of course

He’s going to be fine. Cahill has that nasty sinker.

He hasn't been the least impressive to me, personally.

But he has certainly had the poorest statistical results.

Depends how you're judging it.

Cahill had no clue where the ball was going for the majority of his starts. He seems to have turned a corner though. Anderson is clearly just very close to being dominating, but can’t quite figure it out.

Exactly - well put.

Anderson has a great ability to pitch on the inner half of the plate, but he didn’t do it much tonight.

He needs to go to the Dallas Braden school.

Good school.

damn drunk.

what're you drinking tonight?

Time for a Rally Stokke

You may need to channel Salma Hayek and Marilyn Monroe to pull this one off

Salma got us into trouble last night.

And Marilyn already got Kennedy into trouble.

She was brought out while we were on defense

You can’t do that.

Can we get some rally Salma Hayek again?

Plz?

Rally MLP?

Woo hoo!

Go A’s!

it's all about evangeline lilly

stm72 - June 9, 2009 reply

+1 to you, sir

What the hell is that...award she's holding there?

Nick - June 9, 2009 reply

She's got something in her hands

I hadn’t noticed.

Those are merely bumps

I have no idea who that is.

good, I'm not the only one

The wonderful Mary Louise Parker, of Weeds fame

Oh, I vaguely remember her from the 1980s.

I think she’s my age. Haven’t seen her in ages, though.

I think she was in some John Hughes movie, no?

She was also in the HBO version of Angels in America

along with the actor who plays her brother on Weeds.

Nick - June 9, 2009 reply

and the West Wing for a season or two

are you spying on her

through her bedroom window right now?

She sells weed on WEEDS

ah yes,

one of the shows I would probably watch if I had HBO

Showtime :-)

or netflix

Watched the entire series in about two weeks

Aww…I loved the download option.

You want hot ladies????

RALLY ROOKIES!!!

Oh dear

horrible

you mean (horrible)ly AWESOME

Sure don't.

10 run inning NOW

It will start with 2 outs

if it’s going to happen

Hannahan got his 1 meaningful hit for the month

Whoever said Rajai Sock FAIL was right

And socks are one of the few things you can count on him getting right.

I can't believe he messed with his socks during a streak.

Superstition FAIL.

Well, I take a shower and now it's 5-0

Damn you karma, damn you to h e double hockey sticks

and now, i bid everyone adieu

I'll bid two adieus!

Wait, what are we bidding on again?

C'mon Rajai

Take one for the team – off your noggin.

no more hits in the head.

how about the leg or arm or something?

night in the ruts?

It would mean no more procreation.

Why can't we hit 5+ ERA guys.

because everyone else does

Damn them for stealing all the fat pitches!

sympathy pains?

oh lordy, Raj

that was nowhere near the zone

Grant Green is from the house of Boras

This game makes dolphins get kidney stones

poor dolphins.

what does that mean?

stm72 - June 9, 2009 reply

what DOESN'T it mean?

well, it doesn't mean easy peeing for those dolphins, I'll tell you that.

Yo Jairo, put the ball in the bloody strikezone.

hey give him a break

He’s really 47 years old!

Casilla - 7 balls, one strick

FAIL

Kennedy FAIL

Where’s my unicorn?

E-4

Or at least it should be

Dead Kennedy

shit

I'm starting to miss Ellis. :-(

shit shit shit shit shit

OK, this is not getting better

Boom

goes the dynamite

ugh

Oh hell.

It was a nice run.

We have a run?

nacho runs

Don't mention nachos to me.

My wife almost burnt our house down trying to cook nachos at midnight last night.

Ca-see-ya back in full effect

He's really not a very good pitcher

Seems to me like the epitome of “replacement level” – he’s fine when you’re down 5-0, as is Jeff Gray, as is Kevin Cameron.

He's a headcase.

He was lights out before his DL stint. Since then he’s been absolutely atrocious. He did the exact same thing last year too.

Yeah, he's Jekyll and Hyde

Casilla is pure garbage

Needs to be gone off roster as he is taking up valuable space

whelp, as Ak_A says....click.

put the fork in 'em

Well, I guess if you're going to lose, lose big?

I don’t want Casilla in anymore, thanks.

I think something is wrong with him

He sucks?

I think he’s physically fine, just a guy with a very straight fastball and a “headcase” mentality.

Casilla still has a role to play:

Gascan.

A working class Jairo is something to be.

That was not the 8 I'm looking for

LOL

Would 100000 times rather lose 8-0 than 1-0 though

I don't like losing either way

Boy me neither

it sucks.

If we're going to lose, we may as well look bad doing it

I think we have that one covered

but rather 3-0 than either

It could be much worse.

Meh.

When your opponent scores their 30th run, what’s the difference?

Really? not me.

I don’t prefer it at all. And certainly not 100,000 times as much.

Casilla needs to go. He's been crap since his DL stint.

He pulled this act last year too.

exactly like last year

if I recall correctly

I kept saying that and many folks kept arguing otherwise

But the guy was giving up 2 hits/inning, and really hasn’t stopped being very inconsistent at best, quite hitable at worst.

oh, he's consistent now...

Casilla has consistently awful pitch sequences

I don’t know if Kurt’s calling a bad game for him or he’s shaking off pitches or what, but he makes awful decisions on the mound

like when he decides to let go of the ball?

and there was a time when everyone was excited about young jairo..

danh - June 9, 2009 reply

there was a time when he was a candiate for the closer job

Springer!

I predict a photo

Aah....but will it be the happy spaniel or the sad one?

ooh Springer!

even better

might as well get them both out of the way in this one

Tire 'em out this game...

…so we don’t accidentally put them in when it matters.

Why did I just open a beer

when there is a full beer in front of me? I must be losing my edge. Two-fistin’ time!

That's called a double header.

I got that fresh draft taste in two bottles.

I wish I could afford MGD

I have to drink Busch : (

I'm a total beer snob

living in the bay are can do that to you

Yeah, I can see that.

Living in Iowa can make you drink a lot of Busch.

Things to do in Iowa

1. Watch corn grow
2. Watch beans grow
3. Smell hog shite
4. RAGBRAI!
5. Drink Busch

You forgot cow tipping

And caucusing!

Crap

I even did that in 1988.

Caucusing is so fun.

You California types should try it some time.

The Trappist, a belgian beer bar in Old Oakland, has ruined me forever

I can’t go back anymore

thankfully, the lakers lost game 3

stm72 - June 9, 2009 reply

close game there

I dunno, I think Springer is definitely on _a_ track...

…or perhaps it’s a rut.

How about the next Amtrak train out of town?

yes, it stops right outside the coli

...

Sorry, Russ.

You didn’t earn your Smilin’ Springer….but I’ll spare you your bad dog.

Back to "Big Inning" Brett Anderson, I see?

I'd still rather we get 8 runs than none.

+1

I'd still rather get 10 runs that 8 or none

I’m strange that way.

Well, yeah, but that goes without saying.

Just under that one

Even Jack can't get it out

Just not our night

Jack off a bit?

Here?

Now?

{unbuckles belt}

Breaking news from the "silver lining department":

We won’t miss having Andrew Bailey available tonight.

Yes

This is good.

At this point, just hoping they don't get shutout

I hope we break out of the hitting slump tomorrow

We have been lucky to win Sunday and Monday but we can thank the oppo for wild pitching.

Great pitching has allowe dus to win up until tonite

well, they had a few games with pretty good run production,

but yes, since Saturday, they have stalled

Let's just get all our FAIL out tonight

Come back fresh for $2 wednesday

can we just call the game now?

10 run rule or something

What do you want to call it?

over

Off. But it's too late.

el campysino - June 9, 2009 reply

Mauer is a great hitter

He is also carrying a .404 BABIP right now, so eventually some of those balls that are finding holes are going to end up as outs. Let’s hope that starts tomorrow.

He's earned his great BA

No he won’t sustain a .411 average, and no it is not luck.

And yes I want him and Morneau.

Now, please.

E.Gon is really really bad at baseball

that last pitch to cuddyer was pretty nice

Bye Mazzaro world.

Good times were had.

easy come...easy go

Little high ... little low

we were good and now we blow

So here's to you mazzaro.

I blame the draft for pulling us out of Mazzaro world today.

No first round draft tomorrow = return to MW!!!

Jackson23 - June 9, 2009 reply

hopefully it wasn't just a 1 week vacation.

So we can come back soon

Tolbert fell right on his ego

I wanna see Staplehead homer now.

Almost. Kinda.

1-2-3 inning plz (both halves)

I want to go to bed.

Twins cooperated

And the A’s are sending up Hannahan, Davis, and Crosby.

This month before tonight

we have scored 44 runs in June which is good for second.

We are hitting .230 before tonight and now .217 for the month.

In other words, our hitting sucks goats balls and our great pitching has carried us this month

When does Buck get back?

Sunday? Any word on Nomar or Ellis?

We need to shake things up a bit

After one game?

Win 7 – easy street. Lose 1… shake things up a bit?

Thank you.

el campysino - June 9, 2009 reply

more along the lines of "sit Rajai" "sit Hannahan" and "rest Kennedy"

is that unreasonable?

I think Sunday for Buck

unless they keep him in the minors like last year…
Ellis to start rehad soon I think. Nomah not even running yet, but took swings the other day

Hannabattle.

Yay, Hannahan!

Bring him home, Rajai!

11 run rally time

If that happens tonight, I'd expect the entire Twins pitching staff to be DFA'd tomorrow

That was funny

Raul Ibanez has 20 home runs in the NL

I know Philly is a homer haven but the NL would make any AL hitter look good

How many lawn-darts has he thrown?

You've gotta be carefull when pitching to the mighty Bobby Crosby...

c/mon Croz

get rid of the goose egg

RALLY CAPS?

This game is a great example of how baseball should be implementing

my excellent ideas, one of which is a hole just bigger than a baseball somewhere on the OF fence that if you hit it through it’s a ten-run HR.

JUST LIKE SKEE BALL!

No CG for Baker

Is it time for a rally thread?

Or would that be dumb dumb dumb?

Not a dumb idea.

My browser is choking because this thread is too long.

NO SHUTOUT LOL

Well, no shutout, at least

all I was hoping for since the 7th

No shutout!!

That was almost amazing.

oh damn!

runs?

Run(s)!

We need Norfie to get a hit.

RALLY COTILLARD!

New rally thread time?

haha jk

nice take

but then again...

that was real close

BB

NICE TAKE

that’s some old-school Cust

and the A's just will not go quietly

No Joe Nathan please

buckfan6 - June 9, 2009 reply

I hope to see Nathan at some point now!

The rally Cotillard is working

Rally Pimpernel

He's here, he's there, he's everywhere....

i thought it hit the line...gee that was close

yeah, me too!

Rated-R Superstar - June 9, 2009 reply

You think that would motivate denorfia to hit something high and deep?

It motivates me a lot.

Rated-R Superstar - June 9, 2009 reply

2 walks with a 10-run lead

that’s unacceptable

GoldenStateGuerrero - June 9, 2009 reply

Somehow just scoring

Makes this feel like a win for me. I’m okay with the win streak and not getting shut out at home.

EVERYBODY'S SAFE

Casilla must be a bad name for baseball players

OMG

This is bordering on hilarious!!!!

errrrroooorrrrrrrrrr

Rally Cotillard!

This is fun. I want extra innings.

i want a walk off

3 more baserunners...

If nothing else, we're making them use their 'pen

RALLY!

Time for

a SLAM

Apparently all seven fans at the Coliseum have percussion instruments.

they should have drum giveaway night!

DAMMIT G.

Gah, what a brutal swing by G

peanut butter jelly time!!!!

fight da power!!!!

LETS GO A"s

c'mon Zook!!!

Giambi hates the Rally Cotillard

where are the pictures of half naked men???? hmmm?

Rally McConaughey!

woo-hoo!!!! thanks

more skin = more runs!!!

get some better pics=D

10-4 Good Buddy

If we can burn through their bullpen...

…then this game served a useful purpose.

This is hilarious!

and big Joe Nathan is up in the pen

Gardenhire must be having kittens in the dugout right now

Hannahan's coming up again

LOL

The streak, it is not dead!

c'mon Barton!!!

We Believe!!!!!

Extend the streak

Since it seems to be working...

RALLY COTILLARD!

Playoffs Baby!!!

7 game wins streaks

make games like this totally palatable, and now this rally is putting a smile on my face.

GoldenStateGuerrero - June 9, 2009 reply

Exactly how I feel.

maybe this is just a ploy by the A's

to get mentioned on espn.

WALKED IN

RALLY GYMNASTICS

hahaha

Nathan has to work a game where the Twins were leading 10-0.

Yes! We can!!!!

Damn

buckfan6 - June 9, 2009 reply

4 walks, 3 hits and an error, all with a 10-run lead.

Should I keep the Rally Cotillard coming?

I feel like it’s getting kinda old, but I don’t want to mess with success…

Never f*ck with a streak!!

For the love of Flying Spaghetti Monster

YES

if you don't and we lose, you'll feel guilty

This is really, really fun.

el campysino - June 9, 2009 reply

This guy is lights out

buckfan6 - June 9, 2009 reply

Nathan vs. Hannahan

That should go well. Then Rajai Davis can tie it with a HR.

Nathan throws 3 pitches in the zone at 97

Yup

Here is where Jack should jump on the first pitch.

After all the walks, you know Nathan is starting with a strike.

Coach Cleats - June 9, 2009 reply

Nathan knows Hannahan is an automatic failure

overpowered

lol @ Nathan having to come in.

Sad.

Keys Myaths - June 9, 2009 reply

rally rally rally!!!!!1

c'mon Hannahan!!!

Come one A's

Come all A's

Bring everyone in

bob geren can run the bases too!!

RALLY!

nathan vs hannahan

One True Outcome

That wasn't even fair.

Tell Hannahan not to swing at balls in the dirt, please.

No DP, Hannahan!

I was just gonna say

well at least he did not hit into DP

Came in late

Rally Salma

I call a Grant Green walkoff in the 27th

in 2012.

Coach Cleats - June 9, 2009 reply

Well, Miley's AB was pretty predictable.

A blind man could do a better job than Hannahan

Good job, Jack.

For you, a K is a win.

Alright, Rajai

We’re down to our last Cotillard. Rally!

Who is that?

I really have no idea.

Some french chick

Pretty good actress, but the one time I heard her being herself

she was a complete dingbat.

won an oscar last year

Was in “Big Fish” a few years back

can we get 2 big ones

like hers?

Joe Nathan gets a generous strickzone!

the ump

wants to go home. these are terrible strike calls.

GIFT STRIKE

Ump wnats to go home.

c;mon Rajai!!!

stop swinging at shit

cognitive dissonance between rally cotillards and rally salmas

There can be only one!

awwww!!

rajai in the line!!!!!!!!!

Rajai davis grand slam.

FUCKING CALL IT

Rajai

this is your time!!

Don't worry guys

We got this. BoCro is on deck.

FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK

too late

………..

well at least it was fun for a while at the end...

That was not fair...

Oh well, fun is over

ah fuck!

fun while it lasted

twss

lol.

Oh that’s right, Rajai and Hannahan aren’t major league hitters.

its been a good run

we can start this again

oh, right

our fill-ins are bad at hitting. I forgot for a moment.

well, made it interesting.

Joe Nathan gets a save for that crap.

Just wrong.

Keys Myaths - June 9, 2009 reply

Not really. He inherited a situation that was spiraling out of control,

threw 7 pitches and made it look easy.

that 9th inning was worth watching

it was rather exciting

crap

I blame the Rally Salma. Either that, or we didn’t have enough Rally McConaugaheys

we didnt see enough skin!!!!

more skin =more runs!!!!

is that like 6 flags logic?

more flags = more fun!

well there is a difference between skin and flags

but if flags work for you, i guess so?

Man, Nathan threw all strikes.

Coach Cleats - June 9, 2009 reply

and none were in the strike zone

chipper1001 - June 9, 2009 reply

seriously

that was pretty awful

Hey Casilla

THANKS

A moral victory of some sort

Up 10-runs and they have to use their closer

How does kuiper keep his job?

I understand Fosse’s role as former player/homer, but kuiper is just a goon/doofus.

33SwisherSweet - June 9, 2009 reply

Why the fuck didn't we do that eons of innings ago.

Blame this lost on the giants!

they made that dumb trade……….

How can you get a "save" for facing Hanny & Raj???

oughta be a loophole

Well at least it seems like they were trying?

fruitattack - June 9, 2009 reply

Slumpbuster Cotillard

Expecting Hannahan to reah base twice in the same inning

is like winning the lottery without buying a ticket. It aint going to happen.

This guy better not be playing in an NL park. Having him, Davis and the pitcher is going to be pathetic.

Good to put some runs on the board and use their pen a little.

A's replacement for Jack Hannahan

You think she could hit .300?

Bea Arthur would be an all-star, no doubt

Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew
When we bit off more than we could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
We ate it up and spit it out
We faced it all and we stood tall and did it our way

I'm going to applause for the effort

even though I didn’t follow the game till the end

I saw 10-5 and thought it was over… till I noticed “bottom of the 9th”… OMG

Maybe it was me who snuffed the rally cause I went on Yahoo MLB when Hanny was batting again :(

fruitattack - June 9, 2009 reply

Oh well, it was fun at the end anyway.

Reqium for the Rally Cotillard.

It was good while it lasted.

http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/6/9/904565/as-7-game-run-ends-as-twins-pound

i wish we had a pinch hitter

cant we fill in a spot on the roster with some fat dh who cant move but can hit a homerun every once in a while

i am willing to bet that the a’s are the only team in baseballl who would keep a raja davis equivalent in the game in that situation

mango315 - June 9, 2009 reply

Game Recap Up, All!

I love it when Stomper directs traffic.