I just got home, was listening in the car to ESPN Radio
Apparently many more ESPN listeners and/or KNBR listeners are in trouble with the IRS than is true for our audience. But the ad that made me long for MGD was this:
(Young woman who can’t act #1) It’s such a hot day, why are you wearing those ugly shoes? (Young woman who can’t act #2)[After long pause meant to be full of meaning, but actually suggesting that her script fell on the floor and she can’t remember her line without it] Toenail fungus.
Using his relievers who can’t pitch many innings earlier in the game, so he has SP guys who can pitch multiples later in the game if the game goes into extras, while Maddon is using SPs the whole way. And maximizing the number of pitchers who pitch in the game.
Especially now that there’s interleague play, the team with the better record should get home field.
(And mlb’s excuse that this would make it harder to plan ahead is really lame. Now, the world series could start in either of two cities once the LCS’s begin. Under the other scenario it would be any of three. Not a big difference.)
I'm probably in the minorty but I liked the it better when the all star game didn't count. Seemed a lot more fun to watch and play. (Ray Fosse exlcluded)
Beckett, Wakefield, Verlander, and Fuentes should all be off the team. Beckett and Verlander are having very very good seasons, but the rotation is too crowded. Verlander should be on the team ahead of Buehrle, but he is Chicago’s only rep. With my edits, there are 9 pitchers, which is perfect.
Verlander really should be on the team, but Buehrle prevents that.
I think Papelbon deserves it. ERA under 2. How Brian Fuentes got on the team is beyond me. An all-star closer should not have an ERA over 3. I think that should be written into the rulebook.
The Wakefield pick is incredibly horrifically bad. Guys with career ERAs over 4 do not deserve lifetime achievement awards. That is another thing that should be written into the rulebook.
You really have to put Rivera in there? The guy’s had enough chances to save All Star Games, put someone else in there.
Yeah, I understand that he’s great and bullshit-bullshit-bullshit, but c’mon.
He gets there every year, let someone else try to save this thing…
Keith Lieppman, the A’s longtime director of player development, thinks Daric Barton should get another shot. "He’s regained his stroke at Sacramento and looks like the hitter we thought he’d be," said Lieppman in a telephone conversation, "and he’s developed power, which he didn’t have before. He’s hit five home runs in just a few games since he came back to Sacramento."
By next year, Chris Carter, one of two A’s farm hands who played in the Sunday Futures game (Jemile Weeks was the other), should be ready for his shot.
"He struck out too many times last year [156 in 137 games]," said Lieppman. "He’s working on getting his strikeouts down and making more contact."
Lieppman likes outfielders Travis Buck and Aaron Cunningham, both of whom have been up with the A’s but are in Sacramento now. He thinks Josh Donaldson, now at Midlands, has a shot in the near future. "We signed him as a third baseman and converted him to catcher, but with Kurt Suzuki playing so well, we’ll probably shift him back to third."
The A’s likely will need a shortstop next year because Orlando Cabrera probably won’t return. Chad Pennington is the most likely candidate, though he probably won’t be up until September. Adrian Cardenas, who was promoted to Sacramento after hitting .350 at Midland, can play anywhere on the infield but is probably not good enough to play shortstop every day. Eric Patterson is another versatile player. "We see him as a Chone Figgins type," Lieppman said.
All-Staroomy!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Mmmm...spacious
Blicks - July 14, 2009
So the AL gets to benefit from the ew thread mojo?
guapobob - July 14, 2009
So this is an "ew" thread?
Not sure what makes it so icky….
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Well, Jeter's still in the game
guapobob - July 14, 2009
Adam Jones!!! in the game
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
Adam Jones and Edwin Jackson in.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Another mlb.tv camera-feed fun fact:
Between innings, you get to hear the music cues over and over and over.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Hi Miggy!
stormtown - July 14, 2009
Tejada in!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Ted Williams MVP will be ...??
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
Nice swing by Jones
I’d love to see the O’s get their act together. They’re one of those franchises that’s just supposed to be good.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
It’s tough to be good when you’re competing in the same division as the Red Sox and the Yankees.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
And the Rays!
For the first couple decades of my life, the O’s were always competitive.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Wieters doesn't think so.
mattwietersfacts.com
Blicks - July 14, 2009
I was unaware of the awesome that is mattwietersfacts.com
All hail the interwebs!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
good ol miggy-pooh
ak_A - July 14, 2009
Sounded like a HR
Fell just short of the wall
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
Depressing Question:
How many ex-Athletics will be appearing tonight?
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
another depressing question
how many current A’s will get into the game?
guapobob - July 14, 2009
Zero.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
Nice turn by Miggy
guapobob - July 14, 2009
wtf is this commercial - sheesh.
ak_A - July 14, 2009
It won't stop
It’s like 5 minutes long
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
and it goes on and on and on
is it suppose dto be some Andy Samberg thign?
stormtown - July 14, 2009
Adam Samberg's Thigh?
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Seems weird without our usual game thread commercials
When do you drink a draft beer?
stormtown - July 14, 2009
in the basement when while I am fixing my.....
ak_A - July 14, 2009
I just got home, was listening in the car to ESPN Radio
Apparently many more ESPN listeners and/or KNBR listeners are in trouble with the IRS than is true for our audience. But the ad that made me long for MGD was this:
(Young woman who can’t act #1) It’s such a hot day, why are you wearing those ugly shoes?
(Young woman who can’t act #2) [After long pause meant to be full of meaning, but actually suggesting that her script fell on the floor and she can’t remember her line without it] Toenail fungus.
Englishmajor - July 14, 2009
What do you suppose the A's are doing right now?
Watching the game? Reading? Taking a nap? Chasing girls?
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
hopefully
Geren is reading Your Erroneous Zones by Doc. Dwayne Dyer
ak_A - July 14, 2009
woah, I had a bad misreading of that
and then a terrible, terrible imagine. NOOOO
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
naughty boy
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
Unfortunately, this classic is more likely Geren vacation reading:
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Getting drunk, chasing girls ... or at least that is what i would be doing
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
bible study.
stormtown - July 14, 2009
no rich harden is off the team
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
Rich Harden is devout religious?
(nothing wrong with that, i just didn’t know)
Blicks - July 14, 2009
that’s what i heard from someone in the know
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
This is AN. We demand linkz.
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
Crosby practicing
hitting of a T with the ball placed four feet away and 4 inches off the ground.
ak_A - July 14, 2009
Travis Buck trying to break his record for driving from Sacramento to Oakland and back again
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
actually, wasn't Barton's swimming pool incident this time last year?
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
Manuel's "strategy" is interesting
Using his relievers who can’t pitch many innings earlier in the game, so he has SP guys who can pitch multiples later in the game if the game goes into extras, while Maddon is using SPs the whole way. And maximizing the number of pitchers who pitch in the game.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
bailey hasnt pitched yet right?
robbo650 - July 14, 2009
No.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
as in you're right.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
and yet, we have a new thread
despite promises
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
Negative.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
nice choke chain, dog
stormtown - July 14, 2009
Manuel uses another reliever
Something tells me this game is going to extras.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
it would look terrible if
Madden ran out of pitchers.
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
He just throws one out there for like 3 innings.
and hopes his arm doesn’t blow.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
All star zombies.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
Zombie Harry Caray can sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"...
…after zombie Kate Smith sings “God Bless America”
Then they can share Derek Jeter’s brain.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
I have never heard of Sara Evans.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
ok, it's great they got a local, but
No-one there seems to know who she is, even
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
She isn't Kate Smith, that's for sure
Englishmajor - July 14, 2009
Sara Evans
Country music recording artist
Must be one of those reality show winners
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
oh, she was on Dancing with the Stars but had to leave because her marriage fell apart
I think her husband was addicted to porn or something
stormtown - July 14, 2009
Are you sure you're not thinking of Jon & Kate +8?
Englishmajor - July 14, 2009
you don't know how seriously I take my reality tv
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15251252/
stormtown - July 14, 2009
Hmmm....Sara and Hubby look almost arboreal here:
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Green & Gold
nice
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
That’s so cute.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
nah. legit artist ... but dark hair is new.
country music sucks though
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
"Country music sucks though"
I like you more now.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
I like Shania Twain, Taylor Swift and Faith Hill as far as country music goes.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
They're all hot.
presses mute button
Blicks - July 14, 2009
yes +++
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
Country's not my thing....
But if I’m going to listen to it, it’ll be alt.country and really classic stuff
But then I’m a total geek.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
i heart woody gurthrie
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
^guthrie
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
+1,000,000
Especially special here in Oklahoma.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
yuck. i just threw up.
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
OMG its Pap Smear.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Chuckled at that. =)
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
I think we determined a week or so ago
Half of us chuckle…..half of us wince.
Englishmajor - July 14, 2009
But all of us shed a tear.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
This split is probably pretty close to AN's gender lines.
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
damn
I’d love it if Pablebon blew this one
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
better still, got pulled for bailey
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
+everything
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
PapelFAIL loads the bases with 0 outs
Bailey comes in and sits them down in order.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
mini-pie hole - papblebon
ak_A - July 14, 2009
why isnt tejada playing 3rd for us
rktse - July 14, 2009
'Cause we invested in Chavvy instead.
And he’s also not playing third for us.
Nor is he Mexican enough.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
he'd be an even grumpier 3b than Crosby
stormtown - July 14, 2009
Stay with me folks
I’ll be picking a random recap writer later tonight. Well it is the All-Star Game. I want everyone to play.
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
Why don't you have all of us write half a sentence, then?
Englishmajor - July 14, 2009
By which I mean "each of us"
Englishmajor - July 14, 2009
what if it goes into extra innings???
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
then it's yours
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
but i need my fingers for typing in my job
what if i blow a wrist because you’ve overworked me???
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
We'll get someone in relief.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
Then we'd have to go kidnap some people.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
Ooh, I like.
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
Excellent idea!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
I missed the first four innings....
….so much as I’d like the pressure, humiliation, and razzing that no doubt comes with this honor, let me preemptively say “no.”
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
god, that's annoying
he gives up two long fly balls that just stay in, and they call Pablebon “the thing that shows the difference between the Red Sox and their rivals”
ugh
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
my boy travis hit a 2 run homer off of this guy in his rookie year
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
Travis is special.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Are you really Travis' mom? Or agent?
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
i’m his advocate…i miss the a’s being sexy
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
Well there
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
's Ryan
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
sweeney? he’s cute but c’mon he’s no buck
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
So Buck is the only sexy one?
Am I really having this conversation?
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
yes and yes
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
you're forgetting Jack Cust
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
thank you
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
i’m laughing too hard to type
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
you're typing now, miss.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
Well hell, I'll keep going then.
Define sexy.
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
visuals speak louder than words
check out this clip: http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=4438175
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
What about Holliday - yay or nay?
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
cute, but no lusting on my end
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
lusting sounds sexy.
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
Ok do
RBI doubles are sexy. I get that.
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
not just that, look how sexy and sweaty travy is, yum
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
Okay, you have really got to get a hold of yourself.
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
lol
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
I didn't realize the Angels jumped the Rangers by 1.5 games
I haven’t been paying much attention to the standings
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
Saw that Sunday
and cried.
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
So did Baby Jeebus
He always cries when the slegnA succeed.
Lord I hope it’s not a There’s No Public Transportation Available Between the Parks Series down there!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
please no
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
you haven't?
ak_A - July 14, 2009
Shocking, I know
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
it's that double digit number down near the bottom is it not?
ak_A - July 14, 2009
Neither have the A's.
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
the A's are still, what, three games back, right?
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
Flomax!
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
lollll
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Triple!
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
"it's a good time to do it, with less than two outs"
er…
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
I have to slap a TWSS on that.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Ben Zobrist will unlock it.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
If you're wrong, you're re-capping.
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
Triple me!
chillicothe20 - July 14, 2009
Triple!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Dang. Upton had no clue where that was going.
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
Curtis Granderson showed off his power and speed right there.
Good call, Joe.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
Justin Upton -
is normally a RF … but still. bad read.
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
Well now
Let’s see if the AL All*stars can get the runner in from third with less than 2 outs
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
There's got to be some advantage to having virtually no A's on the squad!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Bailey will come home and be like
“So, one of the things i learned, right, is that when you have a runner at third, and you have a productive out, YOU GET A RUN?!?!!111111
ZOMG.
…"
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
Does that rule apply in AL parks?
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Good point
maybe not.
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
heath bell is shaped like a pear
SoCalA'sFan - July 14, 2009
Or like...a....bell?
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
Not the nicest bell curve, either.
Nico - July 14, 2009
yeah, but his normal distribution is strong
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
{shudder}
Nico - July 14, 2009
Sac Fly!
4-3 AL
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
Now its time for the NL to come back.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Nathan and Rivera will shut it down.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
yeah, Youkilis has just tippped the balance towards getting on my nerves again
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
It's the All Star Game
The NL won’t come back for another decade or two.
Then they won’t lose another game for thirty or forty years.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
I want to see moar pitchers.
Only reason I want the game to go deeper.
And I actually want the NL to win this time.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Yeah, likewise
I’d like to see Matt Cain, too
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
Cain's can't pitch
he’s not on the roster.
Kallus - July 14, 2009
Oh, you're going to let THAT stop him?
Jerk.
Nico - July 14, 2009
Cain's hurt and not in the game
I think Zach Duke is on the team in his place.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
oh huh, he was standing around with the rest of them beforehand
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
he got hit by a comebacker in his last start
they’re probably just letting him hang out in the dugout
Kallus - July 14, 2009
well, he's learned how to win now
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
more like the giants learned how to score runs when he pitches
Kallus - July 14, 2009
mine was a joke
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
His 2 something ERA proves otherwise.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
Will Bailey get in the game?
of course not
supermarc589 - July 14, 2009
Hope we have extras
chillicothe20 - July 14, 2009
BANNED
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
Not personally
I meant if one wants Bailey to pitch
chillicothe20 - July 14, 2009
next question - "well, yeah, I was saving Balley in case we went to the 14 inning"
ak_A - July 14, 2009
Only six outs away from AL victory....
…and home field advantage for the Yanks or slegnA in the Series!
Happy Happy Joy Joy!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Ew
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
Yanks of slegnA in the series = DO NOT WANT
Eh. I hope whoever the Central team who makes it in is gets to the WS. See: 2006 Cardinals.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Rangers?
Please?
Nico - July 14, 2009
booo
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
Worst post ever.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
Just pointing out how the "incentive" to win the All Star Game..
…actually makes it harder to root for one’s own team’s league under many circumstances.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Oh okay then.
GO NATIONAL LEAGUE GO!!!
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
If home field meant that much, the NL would not have won several WS's since the rule was instituted
See Cardinals, Phils
chillicothe20 - July 14, 2009
Yup....
The whole thing is pretty stupid.
Especially now that there’s interleague play, the team with the better record should get home field.
(And mlb’s excuse that this would make it harder to plan ahead is really lame. Now, the world series could start in either of two cities once the LCS’s begin. Under the other scenario it would be any of three. Not a big difference.)
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Twins. I'm calling it.
And for them home field really is significant.
Englishmajor - July 14, 2009
Significantly awful (not for the Twins, of course, just for baseball)
I so look forward to their new stadium.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Inge at second, should be a Pic Nic for him
ak_A - July 14, 2009
He just said 'K-Rod'
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
I'm bored. I want Bailey.
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
How many more pitchers are on the AL bench?
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Beckett, Wakefield, Bailey, Rivera, Fuentes and a few others are available.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
they acted like Wakefield wouldnt pitch
chillicothe20 - July 14, 2009
I guess Wakefield is the last resort.
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
Wakefield pitching = automatic NL win.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
But watching all the passed balls would be fun, no?
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
It would be, of course.
Especially with V-Mart (injury issues + only part time catcher) behind the dish.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
good point. who catches the knuckleball
LBDirtbags - July 14, 2009
won't they just hit lazy fly balls
like the A’s did in Oakland?
surely, there is no other way to face him
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
Walk-off passed ball.
Sounds entertaining, to say the least.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
like this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GOtAQ__wks&feature=player_embedded
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
That was atrocious pitching.
Yet entertaining, yes sir.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
The catcher wasnt ready for a pitch THAT bad
chillicothe20 - July 14, 2009
Verlander
Blicks - July 14, 2009
swisher
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
GO GO NL GO GO
Blicks - July 14, 2009
well you can bet on rivera pitching the 9th
just because hes a yankee
i hate the way baseball works :(
supermarc589 - July 14, 2009
I suppose the fact that he's an awesome closer has nothing to do with it
doctorK - July 14, 2009
Maybe in some apocalyptic twist, Bailey comes in.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
Anthrax strikes the AL Bullpen...
…and only Bailey packed his Cipro?
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Anthrax is passed.
Swine Flu!
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
Rivera goes to the crapper at an inoppurtune time?
chillicothe20 - July 14, 2009
and gets stuck....with no one to Macha
Englishmajor - July 14, 2009
in which case that would be the only time i'd root against an A's pitcher
DyeLongJustice - July 14, 2009
okay, tie it up ryan
ak_A - July 14, 2009
Efffff this BS.
I want to see Bailey.
Let’s go NL, tie this F’er up.
LoneStranger - July 14, 2009
Adrian Gonzalez is awesome.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Well, this could be the game right here.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
well maybe if it goes to extra innings we could see bailey?
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
Factoid.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
That’s what it’s going to have to be.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
But then he might have to pitch three innings and bat twice to save precious Wakefield
chillicothe20 - July 14, 2009
FAILtes warming up.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Matt Cain looks like a grown-up Bobby Hill
doctorK - July 14, 2009
Nathan gets the job done.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
Now, I don't want to seem ungracious here
but this is hardly exhibition stuff, is it.
it’s like watching the US in the WBC
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
Or Olympic baseball
especially since MLB players aren’t allowed to play.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
I'm probably in the minorty but I liked the it better when the all star game didn't count. Seemed a lot more fun to watch and play. (Ray Fosse exlcluded)
attijah - July 14, 2009
yeah, i mean more
no-one seems to be producing their best form, yknow?
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
See, Nathan is classy
He doesn’t point to the sky or the ground or pump his fists like a baboon when he gets the job done (See: K-Rod, Joba, Papelbon)
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Baboons are more subtle than K-Rod
chillicothe20 - July 14, 2009
Baboons are gentlemen compared to K-rod.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 14, 2009
Baboons have a nice ass compared to K-Rod.
Nico - July 14, 2009
K-FRAUD sighting
Go AL, GO!
doctorK - July 14, 2009
yeah, I would not be sad if he got shelled here
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
We need a K-Fraud FAIL pic right about now.
There’s got to be some.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Not a very good one, but here
doctorK - July 14, 2009
That works. Thx.
Bonus points since it was the A’s owning him.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Damn, nice play by Werth
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
And another
From this AN thread
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
Nice Play!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
That was a SWEET catch.
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
I could live with Jayson Werth as Oakland's CFer.
Nico - July 14, 2009
And K-Fraud points to the sky.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Well, he should be thanking someone after that pitch got him an out.
Nico - July 14, 2009
Gravity!
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Because... THIS TIME IT COUNTS
Didn’t you get that memo?
JLaff - July 14, 2009
Beckett, Wakefield, Verlander, and Fuentes should all be off the team. Beckett and Verlander are having very very good seasons, but the rotation is too crowded. Verlander should be on the team ahead of Buehrle, but he is Chicago’s only rep. With my edits, there are 9 pitchers, which is perfect.
rollonubears - July 14, 2009
Rollonubears!
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
Rated-R! I came over here just to see you.
rollonubears - July 14, 2009
How’s it going, pal?
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
Well I hit a lady golfing today. I yelled fore at the top of my lungs too. She didn’t look up. It one-hopped into her, so it didn’t hurt her.
rollonubears - July 14, 2009
It’s her fault since she was warned.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
I still felt bad. You can’t just hit someone with a golf ball and not feel bad.
rollonubears - July 14, 2009
Depends who you hit
Nico - July 14, 2009
Verlander is very, very very good.
Beckett, Wakefield, Papelbon, and Fuentes I agree with.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Verlander really should be on the team, but Buehrle prevents that.
I think Papelbon deserves it. ERA under 2. How Brian Fuentes got on the team is beyond me. An all-star closer should not have an ERA over 3. I think that should be written into the rulebook.
The Wakefield pick is incredibly horrifically bad. Guys with career ERAs over 4 do not deserve lifetime achievement awards. That is another thing that should be written into the rulebook.
rollonubears - July 14, 2009
I still think Zooks deserved to go!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
That would’ve made my day.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
Panama - van halen? i forget
ak_A - July 14, 2009
If Rivera gets the save, he breaks Eck's record...:(
Kallus - July 14, 2009
BLOW THE SAVE MO.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
time for some j up luck
DyeLongJustice - July 14, 2009
tie it up please
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
Damnit Maddon
You really have to put Rivera in there? The guy’s had enough chances to save All Star Games, put someone else in there.
Yeah, I understand that he’s great and bullshit-bullshit-bullshit, but c’mon.
He gets there every year, let someone else try to save this thing…
stranahanahan - July 14, 2009
where's scutaro when we need him for this match up
ak_A - July 14, 2009
Hawpe looked foolish there.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
Brad Hawpe is second among National League outfielders in OPS.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
Brad Hawpe: Why the NL needs a DH
Gotta love the guy though.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
tie it up tejada
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
come on miggy magic
Athletix Man - July 14, 2009
I was doing the Miggy Magic fingers
But no luck.
Englishmajor - July 14, 2009
Man. What a thriller.
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
ho hum
ak_A - July 14, 2009
Miggy, do it.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Rivera broke a record held by a former Athletic by getting a former Athletic out.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
Over, 4-3 AL
Rivera sets the record with his 4th all-star game save
SwisherThresher - July 14, 2009
Aaaaand the NL still sucks.
Blicks - July 14, 2009
Terrible end to an all star game
man that pisses me off. It should be the responsibility of the managers to let the 1st time guys play.
Stupid.
stranahanahan - July 14, 2009
AL Wins! AL Wins!
Better luck next decade, NL!
(….nope….I was unable to get excited about this, much as I tried)
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
".I was unable to get excited about this, much as I tried"
truly,
TWSS
One won lost won - July 14, 2009
NfaiL
doctorK - July 14, 2009
pap is the winning pitcher
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
is papelcrap gonna dance a jig like in that one video
Athletix Man - July 14, 2009
Papelbon ruined a perfectly good Dropkick Murphys song
Blicks - July 14, 2009
There is no such thing....
…as a perfectly good Dropkick Murphys song.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Ewwwwwwwww
Blicks - July 14, 2009
ick...
Kallus - July 14, 2009
They should give the 'win' to Crawford - he saved Papeldouche's ass
doctorK - July 14, 2009
When wins and WHIP fail:
Papelbon gives up a HR followed by a ball to the wall followed by an out and gets: A win with a 0.00 WHIP!
Nico - July 14, 2009
but he'll always be a loser in my book.
Kallus - July 14, 2009
who will be mvp?
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
Who's the MVP?
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Bailey
fruitattack - July 14, 2009
LOL!
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
To be honest, I felt Giambi showed some important leadership
I give it to him.
Nico - July 14, 2009
Give him some credit....
He didn’t ground out to the right side of the infield at all in this game.
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
Look out, Crawford, Selugworth is going to suck your blood!
doctorK - July 14, 2009
I correctly predicted that a Ray would win MVP in an American League victory.
I want a cookie.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
...
doctorK - July 14, 2009
Thanks, doc.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
chocolate chip or peanut butter?
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
I don’t like peanut butter, so I’d go with chocolate chip.
Rated-R Superstar - July 14, 2009
LOL @ticketservices twitter:
(emphasis mine)
pam5981 - July 14, 2009
(laughing, cuz it's funny. and crying, cuz it's true)
Kallus - July 14, 2009
The All-Star MVP gets to be the leadoff hitter in Game 1 of the World Series, no?
GreenNGoldSooner - July 14, 2009
really?
OakA'sHoney - July 14, 2009
I think Obama does
bobnothing - July 14, 2009
Is he just Biden his time until October?
Nico - July 14, 2009
don't you take an all star break too?
ak_A - July 14, 2009
Nope, one rep from every blog
It’s in the rules.
Nico - July 14, 2009
I dare say that was a punny comment sir
sirbed - July 14, 2009
obama gor more mound time than an A's player embarassing!!
Asfan4ever723 - July 14, 2009
Hey Obama's had a better year than the A's
sirbed - July 14, 2009
So has McCain
Nico - July 14, 2009
Hell so has Mark Sanford or Palin
sirbed - July 14, 2009
Chad Pennington to A's!!
Keith Lieppman, the A’s longtime director of player development, thinks Daric Barton should get another shot. "He’s regained his stroke at Sacramento and looks like the hitter we thought he’d be," said Lieppman in a telephone conversation, "and he’s developed power, which he didn’t have before. He’s hit five home runs in just a few games since he came back to Sacramento."
By next year, Chris Carter, one of two A’s farm hands who played in the Sunday Futures game (Jemile Weeks was the other), should be ready for his shot.
"He struck out too many times last year [156 in 137 games]," said Lieppman. "He’s working on getting his strikeouts down and making more contact."
Lieppman likes outfielders Travis Buck and Aaron Cunningham, both of whom have been up with the A’s but are in Sacramento now. He thinks Josh Donaldson, now at Midlands, has a shot in the near future. "We signed him as a third baseman and converted him to catcher, but with Kurt Suzuki playing so well, we’ll probably shift him back to third."
The A’s likely will need a shortstop next year because Orlando Cabrera probably won’t return. Chad Pennington is the most likely candidate, though he probably won’t be up until September. Adrian Cardenas, who was promoted to Sacramento after hitting .350 at Midland, can play anywhere on the infield but is probably not good enough to play shortstop every day. Eric Patterson is another versatile player. "We see him as a Chone Figgins type," Lieppman said.
http://www.sfexaminer.com/sports/Dickey_Time_for_the_As_to_start_thinking_young-50689042.html
Asfan4ever723 - July 14, 2009
As players who don't exist go, Chad Pennington is one of my faves!
Cliff Pennington.
Nico - July 14, 2009
Chad Pennington does exist. He's the quarterback of the Miami Dolphins
Yes, he can play third. But no, we cannot afford him.
Kallus - July 14, 2009
I don't know I've seen
that guy’s arm I don’t know if Chad can make the throw from third to first without a couple of bounces.
sirbed - July 14, 2009
I just figured an NFL QB could toss a tiny little ball 40 yards no prob.
Kallus - July 14, 2009
RECAP
Finally.
67MARQUEZ - July 14, 2009
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