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Game 1-0-2, of Mr Chavez and his Ravine Lunatics 123

Burns, Davis, Reddick, Vogt, Lawrie, Sogard, Semien, Fuld, Chavez.  The National League is dumb.

123 thoughts on “Game 1-0-2, of Mr Chavez and his Ravine Lunatics

  1. Bed Jul 29,2015 7:22 pm

    National League Baseball: Watching Pitchers Hit Will Put Hair On Your Chest

    But seriously, folks...
  2. Future Ed Jul 29,2015 7:22 pm

    vin has lost a few steps on pxp, but is still great

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  3. andeux Jul 29,2015 7:25 pm

    Glen and Ray every time there’s some edge case umpire’s ruling: we dunno, I guess that’s what the rule says or something.

    TINSTAAFK
  4. Bed Jul 29,2015 7:25 pm

    Cole Hamels to the Rangers…I guess all the trades are going to happen before July 31st this year.

    But seriously, folks...
  5. lenscrafters Jul 29,2015 7:28 pm

    It’s sad when you see Sogard hitting 6th and Fuld still playing baseball for the A’s. It’s sadder still when you look at the minor league system and you realize there’s no close long term replacement for either of those two stalwarts.

    • andeux Jul 29,2015 7:51 pm || Up

      At least there is some hope at middle infield – Wendle and Pinder could prove useful, while Barreto, Munoz, Martin, and White are farther away but potentially higher-ceiling.

      We basically have no real prospects at outfielder in the system though.

      TINSTAAFK
      • lenscrafters Jul 30,2015 6:38 am || Up

        Pinder’s performance in AA is encouraging. I don’t know about his defense but he’s probably the best MIF prospect in the system when factoring in likelihood to stay there and proximity to majors.

        I just don’t believe in Wendle. His performance in AAA this year is simply bad and combined with the poor AA showing he had, he’s basically a 25 year old who’s never hit in the upper levels of the minors.

        This isn’t just my dislike of the Moss trade showing through, which looks so much worse now since the Indians just turned Moss into Rob Kaminsky even after 3 more months of Moss performing poorly.

        • grover Jul 30,2015 8:24 am || Up

          I agree with everything you said.

        • James V. Jul 30,2015 8:27 am || Up

          The Cardinals desperation in the wake of the Holliday injury was to the benefit of the Indians, that’s for sure.

        • mikeA Jul 30,2015 8:58 am || Up

          Wendle feels like the sort of mistake they don’t usually make, trading for prospects based on position need instead of quality.

        • andeux Jul 30,2015 9:39 am || Up

          I don’t really believe in Wendle either, and his hitting this year is even worse than I had thought.
          But if he can play defense the bar to be an improvement over Sogard (.244/.283/.278 – 8 xbh all year, the last one on June 17) is low.

          TINSTAAFK
      • mikeA Jul 30,2015 8:57 am || Up

        While he’s old and injury prone, and it’s a SSS, we have an outfielder who is hitting a Bondsian .357/.471/.857 in Stockton. Could move up the system quickly.

  6. Future Ed Jul 29,2015 7:38 pm

    when did jesse forget how to throw strikes?

    BTW vin said jesse’s dad is 6’4″ 260

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • andeux Jul 29,2015 7:40 pm || Up

      Seems like he is a good starter for 2-3 months per year.

      TINSTAAFK
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 29,2015 11:52 pm || Up

      Why does Vin Scully know more about our team than the entire A’s broadcast roster combined?

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • James V. Jul 30,2015 8:27 am || Up

        He does research and shares it with the viewers, that’s why.

  7. Glorious Mundy Jul 29,2015 7:41 pm

    Sam Fuld and Mark Zuckerberg went to boarding school together. #scullyfacts

    • Soaker Jul 29,2015 7:44 pm || Up

      I went to a well-known boarding school in Southern California. One day I’m walking down the corridor, and Vin and his wife come walking the other direction. I’ve never been rendered as speechless as I was at that moment. I believe the kid he was considering sending there at the time (1978 or so) was the one eventually killed in the helicopter crash.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Bed Jul 29,2015 8:03 pm || Up

        I went to an entirely unknown public school. Vin Scully never visited. What a prick.

        But seriously, folks...
        • ptbnl Jul 29,2015 9:37 pm || Up

          Where I come from public schools are the most elite private schools, lemons were called limes (by the navy), and May Week is a fortnight in June.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • Glorious Mundy Jul 29,2015 9:39 pm || Up

            And don’t even ask what a fanny is.

          • Bed Jul 29,2015 9:45 pm || Up

            I never could figure out that whole public school means elite private school thing. But hey…they invented the language so maybe we’re the idiots.

            But seriously, folks...
            • Thunderbutt Jul 29,2015 9:55 pm || Up

              We park on a driveway and drive on a parkway.

              There is always a score.
              • AV Jul 29,2015 10:25 pm || Up

                ask for the check and pay with a bill…

                *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Future Ed Jul 29,2015 7:46 pm || Up

      right? why don’t we know that?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • andeux Jul 29,2015 7:52 pm || Up

        Fosse probably doesn’t even know who Mark Zuckerberg is.

        TINSTAAFK
        • Bed Jul 29,2015 8:09 pm || Up

          Another reason I like Ray…of course to be fair I don’t actually watch the games.

          But seriously, folks...
      • Soaker Jul 29,2015 7:53 pm || Up

        Also interesting, looking at the alumni list of Phillips Exeter, that John J. Fisher of “Wolffish” note is an alum…in fact if I’d gone there instead of where I did, he’d have been a classmate (1979).

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Glorious Mundy Jul 29,2015 9:29 pm || Up

        It’s not even on the wikipedia page.

        • andeux Jul 29,2015 9:33 pm || Up

          It’s not clear they were even there at the same time. AFAICT, Fuld graduated in 2000 and Zuckerberg was only there for the two years after that.
          (But who am I to contradict Vin Scully?)

          TINSTAAFK
  8. Bed Jul 29,2015 8:01 pm

    Arkansas Travelers 12 Northwest Arkansas Naturals 6 Bottom of the 6th Inning.

    Oh, and Hi Jennifer.

    But seriously, folks...
  9. Soaker Jul 29,2015 8:16 pm

    Wow, when is the last time the A’s successfully executed a squeeze? Seems like it’s been a while.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Future Ed Jul 29,2015 8:18 pm || Up

      yesterday when they traded zobrist

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  10. Future Ed Jul 29,2015 8:26 pm

    dammit.

    Still, we got this

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  11. Soaker Jul 29,2015 8:26 pm

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Glorious Mundy Jul 29,2015 8:31 pm || Up

      He also said something about the sky looking like a seashell turned upside down.

      • Bed Jul 29,2015 8:34 pm || Up

        Does that mean if you look at the sky you can hear the ocean?

        But seriously, folks...
        • Soaker Jul 29,2015 8:34 pm || Up

          I think it means Gallego shared some acid with Vin.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • Bed Jul 29,2015 8:36 pm || Up

            This would be the best thing ever.

            But seriously, folks...
    • sslinger Jul 30,2015 11:55 am || Up

      It was a beautiful night for my first trip to Dodger Stadium. Too bad the A’s were playing.

      • Glorious Mundy Jul 30,2015 11:57 am || Up

        That place always looks so lovely on television. I hope (in vain) that an eventual Oakland ballpark looks more like that and less like Coke Bottle Park.

        • sslinger Jul 30,2015 12:01 pm || Up

          It really is attractive, and last night featured not only the sunset but a full moon too. The thing I wasn’t prepared for is how big it is, it always seemed like kind of a quaint small park but it’s one of the bigger parks I’ve ever been to.

          • Future Ed Jul 30,2015 12:03 pm || Up

            55,000

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • sslinger Jul 30,2015 12:15 pm || Up

              But no free kraut for the Dodger dogs.

              • DFA Jul 30,2015 5:48 pm || Up

                and they taste like crap. some of the worst food in baseball

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • Soaker Jul 30,2015 4:59 pm || Up

              The old Cleveland Municipal Stadium was amazing, in a bad way. I saw the A’s play a doubleheader there in front of around 50,000 and it just didn’t seem like that big a crowd. I also saw a game there with about 6,000 fans, which meant 74,000 empty seats. When Fosse talks about how depressing that place was, believe him.

              What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • James V. Jul 30,2015 4:37 pm || Up

            Hopefully this gallery gives people a sense of its size, if they haven’t been there.

          • James V. Jul 30,2015 4:42 pm || Up

            Also, the weirdest thing about it that is tough to tell from aerial images is that the upper deck entrance is basically level with a section of the parking lot thanks to how it was built into the side of a hill. Meanwhile, the entry/exit areas near the foul poles are also at the level of the parking lot.

          • batgirl Jul 30,2015 5:32 pm || Up

            One of my favorites of the parks I’ve been too. I love the pastel seats.

            • Bed Jul 30,2015 6:01 pm || Up

              I’ve pretty much enjoyed every stadium I’ve been to except old Tigers Stadium and whatever they’re calling the ballpark in Dallas now.

              But seriously, folks...
              • Glorious Mundy Jul 30,2015 6:05 pm || Up

                You obviously never went to Candlestick. Shea Stadium was also not very awesome.

                • Bed Jul 30,2015 6:11 pm || Up

                  I’ve been to the Stick a few times. I froze my ass off there once in August. Yeah, it was a bit of dump but it was still cleaner than Tigers Stadium. That place was a pit. The ballpark in Texas is just cheap looking and hot and windy as Hell. Never been to Shea. I went to old Yankees Stadium…I’m glad I went but I can why they wanted a new place. Kauffman Stadium is still my favorite.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Soaker Jul 30,2015 6:13 pm || Up

                  Tiger Stadium was torn down about 20 years after it should have been. The old Comiskey Park on the South Side was in even worse shape when I was there in its last year or two of existence.

                  What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
                • batgirl Jul 31,2015 12:14 pm || Up

                  I want to go to Kaufman. The one time I had tix when visiting relatives it got rained out. Of the newer ones, I loved PNC park. Recently went to Coors field, and it was just…blah.

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 31,2015 12:35 pm || Up

                  Really, I liked Coors field a lot, especially for its downtown location.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • colin Jul 31,2015 12:38 pm || Up

                  The one time I had tickets to a game at Coors it got snowed out.

                • doctorK Jul 31,2015 1:24 pm || Up

                  My sole visit to Coors was for this game. My favorite part was when the Marlins manager sent his starter out for the 6th inning after he had given up nine runs through five.

                • batgirl Jul 31,2015 3:56 pm || Up

                  LOVE the location. I felt the park itself was just there. Nothing to say against it, but nothing really to say for it either. Just there.

                • Soaker Jul 31,2015 5:42 pm || Up

                  Kauffman Stadium is a fine place to see a game, the only problem being that you have to spend at least a little time in Kansas City. The highlight there is eating, and carnivores can get by at the expense of 3 or 4 pounds, but for a vegan, ugh.

                  What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
                • batgirl Jul 31,2015 5:47 pm || Up

                  I have a ton of relatives there including my 94 year old grandpa, so I don’t eat out too much when I’m there!

          • James V. Jul 30,2015 5:57 pm || Up
  12. Soaker Jul 29,2015 8:30 pm

    So Gallego is always on acid, and that’s why he waves everybody in whether they have a chance or not.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Bed Jul 29,2015 8:31 pm || Up

      When I last watched him play I was wearing acid wash jeans…not sure if that helps?

      But seriously, folks...
  13. Bed Jul 29,2015 8:30 pm

    A lot of baseball announcers are boring and lean on cliches which makes me wonder why aren’t there any women play by play announcers? Why not mix it up and try some new voices? When I think about it the fact that baseball lives in the past so much is one of my problems with it and I was a history major. I watched a bit of the All Star Game and it was all a bunch of talk about a Reds team from 40 years ago….oh and Joe Buck being as boring as a person can be. I will say this he’s even worse at golf coverage. Guys like Buck or Kuiper are there because of their names and connections. Give someone new a chance and make the games quicker and who knows maybe people will start watching the World Series again.

    But seriously, folks...
    • batgirl Jul 29,2015 8:49 pm || Up

      /Slusser

      • Future Ed Jul 29,2015 8:51 pm || Up

        right?

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Bed Jul 29,2015 8:54 pm || Up

        She’s great and she knows the game. Why not give it a try?

        But seriously, folks...
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 29,2015 11:56 pm || Up

          She said it’s her dream.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Future Ed Jul 29,2015 8:53 pm || Up

      Yankees have the slightly confused but adequate, rockies had a woman for a series in AZ, she was alright.

      Slusser wants to and the a’s should use her

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Bed Jul 29,2015 8:57 pm || Up

        When I’d go around the dial when I had the MLB thingie on DirecTV almost all the TV announcers were 50+ year old white men. Baseball already has that demographic so it should try some new voices.

        But seriously, folks...
        • Future Ed Jul 29,2015 9:00 pm || Up

          i think i had a stroke in the middle of that comment

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Bed Jul 29,2015 9:06 pm || Up

            This is really going to ruin your lunch for tomorrow.

            But seriously, folks...
      • Soaker Aug 14,2015 2:18 pm || Up

        So, Ed, are you watching the Raiders’ preseason game on TV tonight?

        (waits for the laughter to die down)

        The reason for asking is, on their local preseason telecasts they’re using one of ESPN’s female play-by-play announcers. She’s worked quite a few of their college football and basketball broadcasts, though not any particularly big games, and she’s fine, same as any middling male PxP. She might have to shout to be heard over Meathead Matt though.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • Future Ed Aug 14,2015 7:45 pm || Up

          cool.

          i don’t have cable

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Englishmajor Aug 14,2015 8:07 pm || Up

            It’s on KTVU. And simulcast on the secondary radio affiliates since the A’s game is still going….102.1 or 98.5 FM.

            • Future Ed Aug 14,2015 8:09 pm || Up

              well, maybe if its still playing when the sports are done

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 29,2015 11:56 pm || Up

      Joe Buck and Fox on the US Open was by far the worst golf broadcast I have ever watched.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Bed Jul 30,2015 2:00 pm || Up

        With questions like if you hadn’t won today did you have an outfit ready for a playoff? The whole thing was a sin against God. I’m not sure Joe Buck had ever been on a golf course before and Greg Norman is someone that hasn’t been relevant in 20 years. Oh and the course was butt ugly but I can’t blame FOX for that.

        But seriously, folks...
        • Soaker Jul 30,2015 2:06 pm || Up

          Buck has played in our celebrity tournament (not this year), and I can vouch for his presence on a golf course because I’ve heard him bellow “FORE RIGHT!” in that broadcaster voice.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • Bed Jul 30,2015 2:18 pm || Up

            They’re still playing that tourney in Reno huh? Still at the same course on the lake?

            But seriously, folks...
            • Soaker Jul 30,2015 2:23 pm || Up

              It survived the Roethlisberger episode and is still at Edgewood with all the drunk bikini-clad girls lining the lake side of 17.

              Reno has the PGA tour coming in next week. The top players are in Ohio, I think, so we get some recognizable names who don’t usually have a chance to win. It’s still good for a Masters invitation. I like to hit Friday, start at 7:30 or so and walk 36 holes.

              What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
              • Bed Jul 30,2015 2:27 pm || Up

                It’s nice course. When I’ve gone to tournaments I usually end up following a group. You get a good walk and you get to see the whole course that way.

                But seriously, folks...
                • Soaker Jul 30,2015 2:35 pm || Up

                  Yeah, sitting in a grandstand watching all the groups go through doesn’t appeal to me. I enjoy the walking and getting into the ebb and flow of your threesome’s round; just hope at least one of them is having a good day. It’s easiest to do that on Thursday or Friday, so I go for the second round which at least puts in some drama when somebody is fighting to make the cut.

                  What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
                • Bed Jul 30,2015 2:49 pm || Up

                  I like going to the first two rounds because you have the chance to see anyone you want and smaller crowds. My dad and I are making plans to finally go to The Masters next year. He’s getting to the point where physically it might be tough on him because it’s not an easy course to walk with all the ups and downs. It’s not going to be cheap but it’s one of those once in a lifetime sort of things.

                  But seriously, folks...
  14. Future Ed Jul 29,2015 8:34 pm

    the jeopardy noise reminds me that my friend got a picture of trebek at a dodgers game

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Jul 29,2015 8:35 pm || Up

      if it’s Trebek without the mustache its not mint.

      But seriously, folks...
  15. Future Ed Jul 29,2015 9:16 pm

    honeycutt talking to howell?

    my highest day watching reruns in the 80s never thought of that crossover

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Jul 29,2015 9:18 pm || Up

      My favorite 80’s TV crossover is when Magnum P.I. and Simon & Simon tried to kill the old chick from Murder She Wrote.

      But seriously, folks...
      • Glorious Mundy Jul 29,2015 9:24 pm || Up

        But then she showed the queen of diamonds to Matlock and he shot all three of them dead.

        • Bed Jul 29,2015 9:26 pm || Up

          J-Fletch could throw down yo.

          But seriously, folks...
  16. Future Ed Jul 29,2015 9:17 pm

    one thing about having only lefites, maybe LOOGIES will get tired pitching to the entire lineup

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Jul 29,2015 9:19 pm || Up

      As a Republican if I ever owned a baseball team I’d only have right handed players.

      But seriously, folks...
  17. Future Ed Jul 29,2015 9:22 pm

    for bed’s benefit, the A’s have score 4 runs* this inning and now lead

    *runs are like points, but you only get one at a time like an extra point of a free throw

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Jul 29,2015 9:23 pm || Up

      So you can’t go for two then? Even from behind the three point line?

      But seriously, folks...
  18. doctorK Jul 29,2015 9:44 pm

    Those guys we just traded for can’t get to the majors too soon.

    Also, BOOBIES.

    • AV Jul 29,2015 9:47 pm || Up

      those are also heading north.

      i guess climate change is a sort of pushup bra on the earth.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  19. Glorious Mundy Jul 29,2015 9:45 pm

    Giants fans are about to experience Team Dynamite.

  20. Future Ed Jul 29,2015 9:45 pm

    I’ll give it to rodriguez, its a slow burning fuse

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  21. Glorious Mundy Jul 29,2015 9:53 pm

    Lew has a nice seat tonight.

    • Bed Jul 29,2015 9:55 pm || Up

      Well, he is a Dodgers fan after all.

      But seriously, folks...
  22. Future Ed Jul 29,2015 9:54 pm

    …..

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  23. Glorious Mundy Jul 29,2015 10:00 pm

    This bullpen is so unimaginably bad.

    • Future Ed Jul 29,2015 10:02 pm || Up

      so, so bad

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Thunderbutt Jul 29,2015 10:05 pm || Up

        In play, run(s)
        In play, run(s)
        In play, run(s)
        In play, run(s)

        There is always a score.
  24. FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 30,2015 12:08 am

    On the bright side, my softball team won to go to 4-1.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Bed Jul 30,2015 2:01 pm || Up

      What’s your VORP?

      But seriously, folks...
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 30,2015 3:31 pm || Up

        Off the charts. OBP around .750, best pitcher’s ERA in the league. I’m like a right handed MadBum.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Bed Jul 30,2015 6:13 pm || Up

          I miss playing baseball. I never really got into softball but I’m at that point in life I would think.

          But seriously, folks...
          • elcroata Aug 1,2015 2:36 am || Up

            I played a few tournaments (fast pitch softball). All it did was make me miss baseball more.

            Because survival is insufficient
        • elcroata Aug 1,2015 2:34 am || Up

          So you yell at everybody all the time?

          Because survival is insufficient
          • Future Ed Aug 1,2015 7:43 am || Up

            thrwoing inside doesn’t have the same effect

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
  25. James V. Jul 30,2015 9:05 am

    Gonna suck going from two days of Vin Scully dropping knowledge left and right to the same old Kuiper and Fosse combo. Then again, this team is in “okay to ignore” stage and if I’m going to watch them, I’ll play the radio feed with it.

  26. Bed Jul 30,2015 6:12 pm

    Cleveland at Oakland on a Thursday night…I’m guessing these are tough tickets to get.

    But seriously, folks...
  27. Future Ed Jul 30,2015 6:34 pm

    @bed I’m here with theo in the front row.

    Gold tops

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Jul 30,2015 6:40 pm || Up

      Ed is winning in life. Enjoy the game.

      But seriously, folks...

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