Sonny Gray ascends the hill. Burns Vogt Zobrist Butler Smolinski Lawrie Phegley Canha and Semien man the spots behind him. Not Butler, of course. He may just be stuck on the grass from his pregame stretches.
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Sonny looking sharp so far.
Why does Kazmir keep that mustache, it looks awful.
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Elapsed time to get the title: 7:28.
I’m trying to picture it now.
I don’t care for the Billy Butler drum chant.
Suck it Russell Martin
And FK you, Hunter Wendlestedt.
Don’t you know you’re not allowed to ask questions of the umpire?
I thought the ump got that one right. See also, Rollie Fingers and Johnny Bench in 1972.
The call itself was correct. Tossing the manager out for simply having the audacity to inquire whether it was a pitch out or not, not so much.
Notice me!
Your ass is in my face.
How can I NOT notice you?
If Melvin was ejected while he was still in the dugout, yes that is questionable. If he came out of the dugout while arguing the point, it’s an automatic ejection.
The TV replay seemed to show he was ejected while in the dugout, then Melvin went out on the field to get his money’s worth.
You can hear the audio on TV. From the dugout he asked the question. Got ejected. Came out to ask why because all he was doing was asking a question. He wouldn’t have bothered coming out had he not been ejected and he wasn’t arguing, just trying to figure out what happened since he couldn’t see.
He was asking whether a called strike was a pitchout, right? That’s not exactly an innocent inquiry.
It is when the catcher leaps out of his crouch as if it were one mostly blocking the opposing team’s dugout of where the ball went.
I don’t know if Melvin noticed this last night (probably he did), but Wendlestedt was having a good old time chatting with the Jays’ 1B coach, so good, in fact, that he couldn’t be bothered to actually look towards the plate while a pitch was being thrown.
I guess umpiring is one of those professions where nepotism is still winked at.
andeux is the one FKer whom I notice right away when he has the ptbnl front row seats and Comcast gives us that wide shot.
Looks like we threw him for a loup.
Oh noes, here comes Team Dynamite
Clippy is killing me
He loves the Bay Area and wants to stay for 2 more months.
Ffs, Tyler. We want to trade you to these guys
I know.
I was working on something involving Toronto, Minnesota and Washington.
Now? Why bother?
I reiterate from last Saturday night: FUCK YOU CLIPPARD
High change. Seems like a great idea Tyler
Oh
My
God
OK, I’m done
3 BBs and 30 pitches but yeah, leave him in there BoMel.
Clippard is a lot like Arthur Rhodes, an 8th inning guy whom the A’s tried to jam into a closer role. He’s been a lot more successful than Rhodes was, but he’s still a setup pitcher, and that’s why you hear a lot about teams interested in Zobrist and Kazmir but nothin about Clippard.
@lenscrafters not bomel
Some drunk is deciding this at 1:58 am in New York.
There was time enough to bake a real pie.
That game was annoying, but I watched to the end. It’s astonishing that the A’s actually won.
Later today, Kazmir’s swan song as an A, I assume.
You said that two starts ago.
Thought:
IfWhen we trade Kazmir, it should be to the Astros if possible. Adding prospects while removing some of theirs is twice the bang for our buck.GMFTW!
I was there, and dub this the PIE GOES TO THE RUNNER game
heh
What a rare delight to have your high regard of someone not just survive but be validated by your meeting that person! Magic unicorn is magic.
I’m jealous! But that’s what I heard from everyone else that was there…Mark was extremely gracious.
Also, I miss Kirk Saarloos.
Reddick is really falling down on his pie skills; dropped the one on Saturday, and today there wasn’t enough whipped cream so he used half ranch dressing instead. I would throw up on live TV if someone shoved a plate of ranch mixed with cream in my face.
Thanks, and go As.
Thanks, and go As.
Not a very thrilling return, but they were risking getting nothing every time he started…
I thought we were going to get bank for him. Sigh.
This probably is better than one comp pick. And best case we just took away the Astros starting catcher in 2018. That’s about all I can say for it.
I really like Nottingham. And the A’s are super thin at C. So ultimately, I’m pleased by the trade. I mean it ain’t a Fucking A trade, but it’s still not terrible.
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It looks like he can hit. Do we know anything about his catching?
And based on recent results, I like Billy’s ability to find catchers. Donaldson, D No, Vogt, and Phegles.
Of course I used to like his ability to craft a bullpen. #teamdynamite
Side note-if you are going to a Drs appt and already have high BP, dont look at your Twitter feed right when the A’s start trading. The result will be several BP tests even though you are their for strep throat.
The only time I “failed” a BP test was when I had just finished a Planck telecon.
Was it a particular one? Or do you think you would fail a test after any Planck telecon?
I guess I’d fail after about 80% of them.
My wife has been trying to get me to stop biting my fingernails and cuticles. I can probably stop myself from doing it in most situations, but then I get stuck in a telecon or colloquium with nothing to keep my hands occupied.
Does she care about biting in general? I ended up switching to a pencil that I can either chew or drum depending on the circumstances.
I’d say stick to biting. I stapled my finger during a telco.
While I feel no impact from it, I have high BP so I always “fail” them. And it now pisses me off because it does not matter why I go to the Dr, that is all we will talk about. Today, I spent more time telling him that I will go for yet another blood test than I did explaining that I have strep throat and just need an antibiotic.
Do the doctors in the states always take your blood pressure, no matter what you come for?
no, but I am always asked to remove my pants
That’s the police station, not the doctor’s office.
what’s a doctor’s office then?
to provide low-value care to an increasing number of medicare patiens, but that’s not important right now.
pretty much. it’s part of the get-ya-going-while-you-wait ritual.