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Actually leading the slegnA rocks

I endorse this statement

I posted this at the very end of the last thread where nobody will see it, so I'm posting it again here:

For the first time all season, I feel like Cahill has made progress.

He’s throwing more strikes, he’s throwing his changeup much more often, and much more often for a strike, and he’s getting more swinging strikes. His strikeout rates are still low, but the groundball rates have gone way up, and if he keeps it up, the strikeouts will rise too.

He still needs to work on either his slider or his curveball if he wants to realize his potential, but for the first time all year, I really feel like he’s getting close to being ready to pitch in the majors.

King Richard - August 27, 2009 reply

Getting ready?

Hell, he is pitching in the majors, and doing pretty well.

uhhhhh...

I guess that depends on your definition of “pretty well.”

King Richard - August 27, 2009 reply

6 innings

zero runs allowed

I’d say that is “pretty well”, in this game at least.

yeah,

I agree he’s pitching pretty well today.

King Richard - August 27, 2009 reply

Well, I'm not nominating him for the Cy Young or anything.

But your point is well taken: he may indeed have a bright future.

Jinx

If Sweeney doesn’t get the double, I blame Nico.

I always blame Nico

At least Rajai didn't strike out

RUN THROUGH THE DAMN BAG

I would once again like to take credit for Trevor

my buddy had drinks with my at Momo’s 3 starts ago and I texted him to tell Trevor to get his release point consistent. He was giving up HR’s on good pitches b/c he was tipping them w/ his release point. Since then he’s had 3 god starts and hasn’t given up a tater.

Go. me.

I would like to take credit for the swine flu

I have to stop kissing pigs

if you want an intelligent date, a pig is a good choice

SO IT WAS YOU!!

twirls his mustache and laughs

Snidley?

You found me!

...

My boss called me Snidley for the first few months of my mustache.

Haha!

No doubt! Yay! I get to see your mustache again! And you too, of course.

My boss hates the mustache BTW.

It reminds him of 1973. He’s a Mets fan.

god damnit

Nice Flip

THAT was a freaking awesome play.

and i still hate them

but it was pretty

unfortunately i have to tip my cap

Oh holy Jebus, what a fantastic play

Yes.

But the Slenga’s announcers enthusiasm grates on me.

The A's commentators gave 'em props too

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

i was hoping when hudler said he couldn't sit down again

that he would just leave

WOW!!! Thats all I can say

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Wow.

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Wow!

Those bastards!

that was amazing

unfortunately

That will be seen for years to come on scoreboards

between innings ..

Rickeyfan - August 27, 2009 reply

What's wrong with the crowd?

They don’t sound as juvenille as they normally do.

Cust should deposit one

Vince was very impressed.

Was it really that good?

Yes

As in I-should-watch-ESPN-webgems-tonight good?

Yes

Rickeyfan - August 27, 2009 reply

yes

It was #1 web gem good.

Well, then. I guess I'll tune in after the game.

I should clarify: Unless Jeter fielded a routine ground ball or something.

Or sat in the dugout and applauded a popup

you can’t buy that sort of leadership

It looked great on radio

Yes

and then some

Hudler jizzed in his pants..

buddahead9 - August 27, 2009 reply

TMI

(Although I don’t doubt its truth)

It was damn impressive

Diving grab, flip out of glove, caught barehanded by SS in stride, gunned down Zook by a split second.

Rickeyfan - August 27, 2009 reply

How unlucky is Zooks

He should be 2-2 and instead is 0-2

This game would probably be 3-0 or even 4-0 by now if those didn't happen.

I miss Santana

poor kurt. he gets hit and then robbed twice.

Kurt will get revenge

KURT SMASH!

!

or tomorrows or Sat or Sun – or ALLLL of them

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

thirsty miners demanded, demanded, mind you, a beer

with high quality barely…. right. damn roy, i am sure thirsty, but I won’t drink that and I am gonna head back to camp.

What is with all the F'n beach balls at that stadium??

it's SoCal

it's LA man

it just happens

I will not accept it!

They think they live by the beach!

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

Nice catch Scott

+1 for hairy

Buh bye, Vladdy.

Though Hairston looked a little…unsure.

not enough deoderant

win

wp

Well done, Scott.

At least Hairston made a good play there

i thought vlad got more of that

Right off the end of the bat

the one he would have hit past the flagpoles in 2005

Someone check my pulse

Did Hairston actually make a good defensive play?

DaPorts! - August 27, 2009 reply

It was Cust-esque.

it was. he scared me a little.

Would we checking for a fast pulse or a lack thereof?

yup

Scott provides.

The return of Kendromeda

"sinkerballer pitchers get better as they get more tired"

hm…

we should have him run 20 laps before every game then!

well then he should start on 1 or 2 days rest

Hell, just run him out there everyday.

He’ll throw a perfect game within a week!

PLAYOFFS?

Cue Jim Mora

sounds like a plan

nice

Cahill continues to roll along

NICE JOB TRAVIS!!!!

(yeah, I know his name is Trevor)

Cindi, is that you?

I wouldn't presume.

There is only one Cindi.

where? In this therad?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!

I don’t get it.

-Cindi

here it is...

link

Nice, Trev.

Great job Cahill

12 ground ball out tonight

*outs

That makes 40 in his last 4 games

if he can average 10 ground outs a game he can win a lot of games

Cahill

sippin’ on a CG?

eh don't think so tonight

i hope he’ll come out for the 8th though

He's probably done.

97 pitches. But great work either way.

Bring down the tarps!!!

StewEck - August 27, 2009 reply

Where's my ZF at?

:-(

:: Coughs. ::

She might be at the game with bbg

Oh.

Okay. Hmph.

(hi Lynn!)

hi

How are you?

I'm okay.

You?

I await the exciting conclusion.

Is mikev also okay? Or is he better or worse than okay? We’ll find out…right after these messages.

Ha!

:-P

Only if he chooses to tell us I'm okay - you're OK

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

not bad. Was my brother's 18th bday today.

We had Arroz con Pollo and soda to commemorate his release from rehab.

I went when I was 20.

and 24.

I'm 20 and 24 right now.

Trevor Cahill, is that you?

No.

It’s ~~Jairo~~Santiago~~Garcia~~Casilla.

I'm hoping he's not going back.

He’s just graduated, so it’s kind of a perfect time to change his life, get a job or go to school, and leave behind the friends he had that got him into it.

Help him stay on the road....make sure he goes to meetings..and talks to his sponsor

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

He's going to 4 or 5 meetings a week so far

and has 2 or 3 potential sponsors already

Awesome.....

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

critical time for him right now.

pray for him.

You're still up, Bloomy?

still at work.

It's like 1 AM there.

Pretty hardcore work, must be.

Gosh, baby!

Go home!

yeah, trying to get on top of all this work...

But you'll be dead tired tomorrow.

true...

Well... I'll really hope he makes the right decisions.

But I’m not the praying type.

do what you do, then.

in his direction.

Indeed.

He wants me to come ot a meeting with him next weekend when he’s staying here with us, so I’m going.

You're a good brother.

Shhh

I have a reputation to uphold.

Sorry mikey.

That's a really good idea.

That's awesome. You can go to your own meetings Al-Anon or such.

It’s good to talk with others who are going through the same as you who are not in recovery. But good to see what he’s dealing with as well.

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

Give him lots of tough love and support!

It’s tough…

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

Looks like Cahill is done

The 'dactyl is in control

cycle please

getting excited thinking about a sweeney double....

Sweeney Double?

plz?

Ha, I'd never noticed how funny Sweeney's serious face is

Let's go Sweeney squirrel

did Kuiper just call him baby?

stormtown - August 27, 2009 reply

sweeney?

I know that's your job

I thought he said "get a double, baby"

you two may need to work this out.

stormtown - August 27, 2009 reply

hawt

Dammit!

double fail

but a good game nonetheless

That was a quick inning

No cycle.

Helluva night anyway, Sweenster.

Now, let’s win!

Hey, it's not over yet

We could bat around in the 9th inning and Sweeney could have another shot at it.

That'd be a fun finish! We'd have more runs then!!

Let’s do that!

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

or they could blow the lead and Sweeney gets his double in the 14th!

Hush now

SILENCE, FOOL

Wait.....no pessimists allowed here........;-(

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

hah.

hahahahahahahahahahaha.

YOU! GET OUT!!

is it Wuertz comes to Wuertz time?

6 outs, please bullpen pals.

let's hope things don't take a turn for the wuertz

Sweeney will come back

When the A’s bat around in the 9th.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/detail?&entry_id=46395

Barton's

Slowly getting his job back

StewEck - August 27, 2009 reply

Susan Slusser has this little bit on Doolittle and Carter

There’s been a lot of focus on Chris Carter the past few days, and he might not even be the best player at first base in the A’s minor-league systems. Many scouts who have seen Carter and Sean Doolittle believe Doolittle to be the better prospect. It’s a shame Doolittle missed most of the year with knee injuries; the team would like him to play winter ball. Carter’s future is probably in the outfield. Scouts have mixed reviews on his performance there but Geren said that he’s heard Carter likened to Jermaine Dye because of his size and his running ability.

the cavalry's coming

Get yer 2011 WS tix now!

Angels TV keeps replaying the Izturis-Aybar play

We should feel fortunate that they have no other highlights tonight.

tonight we say "Yzturis"

Ymy ymistake

Let's go Wuertzy

WOOT

Napoli looks like a bouncer

Nice Job, Wuertz

Nice

SADDOWN

yay strickout

I’d love to see Wuertz pitching to Crosby

That would be like watching bear vs dolphin

It makes no sense

What kind of bear?

In the water, or on land? See, this scenario has all sorts of complicated twists, if you think about it.

Water bear and land dolphin.

Woah, that blew my mind.

totally.

Chicago Bears vs Miami Dolphins?

I'd take Chicago over the Dolphins by a touchdown

Yeah, I’ll go with a 20-13 win for the Bears.

That used to be a great matchup

Now, ….

I think the Bears are going to be good this year but the Dolphins will drop off from last year

Is it time for us to bat around?

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

So since this game was supposed to be played at the beginning of the season do we get to go back and start over from that point in the season?

LOL

Good one.

Do we WANT to???

Think carefully before you answer!!

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

More baseball!!!!!

158 more games until the off-season.

True true....didn't think of THAT

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

Im excited cuz this means that tommorow is the home opener

Which I think means AN tailgate!

The end of winter and the beginning of spring

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

I know to get there a lot earlier this time around.

Oh, god.

I'm with you.

Yeah, I need my LIFE back.

Having a life is overrated.

how's school?

It’s alright, I guess.

you'll get into it, hard to now with baseball and warm weather

My dad is letting me drive to school starting on September 14.

cool!

I will have had my license for over 10 months by then.

Oh Ok.....party poopers!!

My connection died.

Did I miss anything? Last I heard was the allegedly awesome DP against Suzuki.

only another slice-and-dice inning by wwuertz

Wuertzy

Awesomeness.

everything is cool iglew

one inning away from the win

Yay

That slider is certainly a good pitch for him

Hudler and Phys going on about how good it is and all the K’s he has

my theory

is that the Halos, whilst a good club with a great attitude towards the game and maybe the definitively aggressive approach in MLB, have peaked too early and will not win the ring this time.

WHo are you calling for the divisions and series?

or is it too soon>?

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

their pitching isn't good enough

Cardinals over Yankees in WS, me thinks

Phil's again

not with Lidge closing

or Pedro pitching his 5 IP every start

I don't think their starting pitching is good enough to win it all this year

Are you British?

then he'd be king nobody

unless he's from the past

What, Americans can't say "whilst?"

It’s one of my favorite words!

See, yes

I got laughed at when I used that word in a press release the other day.

Apparantly it’s only used ironically these days?

No-one sent me that memo.

In conclusion; hipsters, they ruin everything

I am in favor of spreading "whilst" to this side of the pond.

It adds value.

(I’m less enamored of “amongst” and “amidst”, which I think are just fussy.)

I'm ok with any word that ends dst

Art thou serious?

Or kidst thou?

I like amidst,

but amongst can go.

Half the letters in amidst are extraneous

You can do without the a, too.

My favorite word is Crosby

as in Bobby Crosby the greatest A’s player of all time

did his dad tell you that?

Yep Ed has a gun pointed at my head right now

Whilst is efficient.

picked it up more whilst having kiwi and aus g/f’s….. let me tell you about air fares.

love whilst, use it all the time

one of my favorite song lyrics is from King Crimson “Indoor Games”:

“Whilst you sulk in your sauna ’cause you lost your jigsaw corner”

ok let's finish this

Let's Go Oakland......

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

My radio feed is intermittent.

I think I’m on a backup connection that can’t keep up.

I may need PxP.

figgins grounds out to ellis...1 down

my attitude before hitting the hay is on the line.

Let's go Bailey

Giving up on radio feed.

Definitely need play-by-play. Anyone?

1-2 to abreu

Figgins grounded out to 2nd

1-2 to Abreu

one out

two out

what they said

2-2

As Abreu begins foul mode

abreu flies to left..2 down

Abreu flys out to left

2 out

asshole hunter bunts for a 1b

The one who hunts assholes?

LOL...WTF?

Sounds like something the kids on South Park would say.

blame canada

Hunter bunt single

Bailey is limping

bailey tweaks his knee

hunter takes 2nd

vlad grounds to ellis…game over

Campaneris delivers the game-winning RBI when he singled to center off Harry Parker.

She blinded me with science

This game has been scientifically easy thus far.

science!

I've been singing that song all night.

It’s fun because you get to do at least three different voices: the main guy, the “science!” guy, and the goofy synthesizer riffs.

Where was that one

Where the hell was that?

where was the 1-2 pitch???

hairy makes the catch

Abreu Flies out to left

2 out

2 outs

fly out to Hairston

Wow, was Hairston playing deep enough there?

a tension free 9th against these guys? yo

a yo too soon. yikes.

Bunt by Hunter

Bailey fields, no throw, starts to limp

Damn, nice bunt.

Good strategy.

Oh no

BAILEY LIMPING

No!

He's OK

Don't worry! That's just his gangsta walk.

hee.

Uh Oh

THERE GOES THE SEASON

Nate - August 27, 2009 reply

What season?

Oh noes! Our playoff hopes are down the drain!

Crapity Crap Crap

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

don't crap back

{saxophone riff}

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

cue Benny Hill

cue naked english girls

When I was 10 Benny Hill was a great show

They arn't naked

I feel jipped

use your x-ray vision

got it

which one are you?

the cutest one of course

of course

http://images.google.com/images?q=naked+benny+hill+girls

Noooooooooooo!

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

no bueno situation

Chairs aren't being thrown?

Nate - August 27, 2009 reply

Vlad up.

Torii on 1st.

2 outs, bottom of the ninth.

I’m scared.

Come on Vlad

Pop one up harmlessly to Left

How about a hard ground ball to second

ask and you shall receive

Um, FB down the middle to Vlad = bad idea.

Dont’ do that again.

GAME!

Game Over

Ground Out to 2nd to 1st

WOO HOO!

Good night!

Ball Game!!!

WIN!!!

YAY!!!

yay!

Thank you God

(or the pitcher’s mound)

wooooo baby murphy working overtime

GAME OVER

A's WIN!!!

calgbear - August 27, 2009 reply

I love that the throw from Mark there was almost mockingly slow

Vlad "a free swinger", just like tommy everidge

sweet ground out!

Woo Hoo.....

Way out west…

Grounder bounced off the mound to Mark Ellis - throws to first for the final out - WE WIN

Find a happy place find a happy place find a happy place

WOOO!

A’s win 2-0!

Yipeeeeeee!!!! A's win

a very cool win boys

Suck on that slegnA

Looked a bit like he tweaked a muscle. in the hip or oblique area. Just guessing

Yay!

We win, against the Angels of all teams.

After a sweep by the M's.

the world just doesn’t make sense.

My head's awhirl.

me too.

but i’ll get over it because it’s Project Runway time!

Flip!

YAY!!!

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

Yay!

I want to see fireworks. Then it’s ESPN for the loser team’s awesome DP.

VICTORY!

Very nice

Woo! Pretty!

A’s are now 3-1 on the season!

Leading the division!

speckops - August 27, 2009 reply

:: Cries. ::

Yes!!! Is it too early to think Playoffs?

no! PLAYOFFS!!

I only have a few more of them to use up. damn these bulk buys

and you gotta be excited about our potent offense!

I mean, Holliday, Giambi, Nomar, Cabrera. What could possibly go wrong???

nononononononono

They might as well just give us the division right now.

I think that in a mkeup game they should make you field the team that you would have fielded if the game had been played on the right day

It would mean that even if you are playing for a different team you would have to come back for one night…LOL

Ah, sweet April, where have you gone?

Oh yeah....if it's April I have a birthday soon

ummmm – never mind.

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

Me too!!

date?

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

4-29

Hey, that's my record on dates too!

hahahahahaha

um – no! LOL

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

4-18 here

I LOVE springtime…..

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

Apparently your parents love summer.

speckops - August 27, 2009 reply

Yes I guess they did.....

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

You can ring my Bell

Ring my bell

AZ 11 SF 0

Whoa, Gnat FAIL

Blew a chance to gain on the Rox again.

life is good

♥

I want to dance with a chubby guy from Florida!

sweet!

get down stomper!

I love this!!

Stomper rocks or Beat boxes or hip hops

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

Stomper does it all........ GO A's

he even does the thizzlephant

no really, that’s the best thing ever. that’s how you know he’s the mascot from oakland. i’m stealing it for my work email signature or something.

AV - August 27, 2009 reply

hi.

Celebrate!!!

yay A's win

was listening all night but didn’t want to jinx us by commeting on tread… Cahill was a stud tonite

Thank you Lefty

So the irony of our season.....plays itself out again

We lose three to MARINERS and the next say shut out the Division leaders……{shakes head}

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

Ummmm - that'd be day

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

yeah!!! we will NOT be swept.

Nice job A's

2 hit shut out against the dreaded slengA

On only 3 hits!

2 hits and a bunt!

Yeah Sweeney

“There’s no reason you can’t do that all the time”

oh no! sweeney was talking to nomar and crosby.

not for hitting tips, i hope

yes nomar gave him tips, i watched the interview

did he say

hey fucker, you’re 6’4" 220! swing like it!

he said he should wait for "his" pitch and swing, if it isnt then wait for it

LOL really?

i was expecting something like “don’t mess around and swing at the first one you see”

that would've been better

Could they have given him any more ridiculously obvious advice?

Sheesh.

Maybe he just started listening

Since not listening wasn’t quite working for him!

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

I hope he did

A note on Bailey -- he's had a knee problem for a while apparently

It doesn’t seem to bother him much when he pitches, but did when he had to pounce off the mound. It’s not a new injury, though; he’s been icing it heavily in the clubhouse recently.

braden's had a foot infection and he's fi....oops, nevermind

Nick Green, gangrene, who can tell the difference?

SWEENEY BEST A'S HITTER THIS YEAR

With a minimum of 100 games played, Ryan Sweeney is the A’s BEST HITTER for 2009. He is the future captain of our team- period.

mgmmansion - August 27, 2009 reply

Hey, 0akFoSho!

We missed you.

good one Pam

oh and he’s not the future captain of the team

ahhh prolly not

Night all

good win by the Green & Gold

Nighty night!

sweet dreams

if anyone wants to see some comedy on the replays

Nick Green threw 2 IP for boston tonight

Or we can just watch Santiago Casilla's next 2 IP.

fortunately they pitch about as often lately

Let's NEVER see him pitch again and

say we have!!

BERRYJO - August 27, 2009 reply

"past performance is an indicator of future performance"

…or not (Sweeney excepted tonight).

Congrats to Cahill for a dominating performance.

Congrats also to the A’s offense for getting to Santana just enough to win….actually, pretty much to Sweeney.

Great moments: throwing Chone out on the basepaths…Bailey vs. the top of the slegnA order in the ninth.

It’s always extra sweet to beat them…

OaklandSi - August 27, 2009 reply

Great win!

Night, all.