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9 Aug 2015  |  bear88  |Game Thread

So the A’s face the Astros, trying for a series win. Go figure.

Burns – CF, Crisp – LF, Reddick – RF, Valencia – 3B, Vogt – DH, Lawrie – 2B, Davis – 1B, Phegley – C, Semien, SS

Bassitt is pitching. I don’t have any entertaining pre-game banter. I’ve been watching a lot of stuff on Netflix lately, and monitoring the bizarro Republican primary.

45 thoughts on “Game 113: Still Paying a Little Attention to the Games”

  1. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 9,2015 1:07 pm

    Unleash the Hound!

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  2. elcroata Aug 9,2015 1:27 pm

    Speaking of Netflix, Opposite Field documentary should be available on it now – even though I haven’t seen it yet, I warmly recommend it

    Because survival is insufficient
    • bear88 Aug 9,2015 1:41 pm || Up

      Thanks for the recommendation (even if you haven’t seen it). I just finished Broadchurch (the first season, worth watching) and going through the first season of The Twilight Zone. (I find myself finding many of the most famous episodes lackluster, and liking less acclaimed ones more.)

    • elcroata Aug 10,2015 11:02 am || Up

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      Tugende Baseballer from Hubert Kang on Vimeo.

      Because survival is insufficient
  3. doctorK Aug 9,2015 2:02 pm

  4. doctorK Aug 9,2015 2:30 pm

  5. bear88 Aug 9,2015 2:31 pm

    Valencia again. Beane and the A’s front office always seem good at picking up table scraps.

  6. Future Ed Aug 9,2015 2:51 pm

    Is it possible to get altuve out?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • andeux Aug 9,2015 2:55 pm || Up

      Not even when a throw beats him by 3 Altuves (15 feet).

      TINSTAAFK
  7. doctorK Aug 9,2015 2:57 pm

    CATCH THE FKING BALL

  8. bear88 Aug 9,2015 3:56 pm

    Nice hit by Semien. First and third, nobody out. Burns up.

  9. bear88 Aug 9,2015 3:57 pm

    Nice hit by Burns. A’s take the lead. Of course, the team needs more runs.

  10. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 9,2015 3:59 pm

    First pitch fastball slap hit, #1 play in the Billy Burns playbook.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  11. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 9,2015 4:14 pm

    Yeah, our bullpen didn’t need any of those other runs to score anyway.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  12. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 9,2015 4:20 pm

    And yet, somehow it still hurts when the scab gets torn off, again.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • bear88 Aug 9,2015 4:21 pm || Up

      I’m only unhappy because I’m watching the game. Otherwise, it’s just more of the same.

  13. bear88 Aug 9,2015 4:20 pm

    Good old Team Dynamite.

  14. grover Aug 9,2015 4:22 pm

    I know some folks live up where I usually work… thought I’d check in and let folks know I’m good.

    • bear88 Aug 9,2015 4:31 pm || Up

      Good to hear.

    • Soaker Aug 10,2015 10:29 am || Up

      I was aware of the death at Sierra at Tahoe, and now that they’ve identified the kid I guess it might be somebody you knew if not specifically on your crew. Ugh, that’s terrible.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • grover Aug 10,2015 8:23 pm || Up

        I’d met him, worked with his crew once or twice.

  15. Future Ed Aug 9,2015 4:22 pm

    Impressive. Really impressive.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  16. andeux Aug 9,2015 4:32 pm

    Free Ryan Dull.
    Free Pat Venditte.

    TINSTAAFK
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 9,2015 4:43 pm || Up

      Seems greedy, we already got a Free Valencia.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  17. doctorK Aug 9,2015 4:43 pm

    Well, I see that son of Gregor still sucks.

    W00T

  18. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 9,2015 4:44 pm

    I wonder if Valencia knows about pie.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  19. bear88 Aug 9,2015 4:44 pm

    Valencia, again. The A’s offense bails out Team Dynamite.

    Gregorson is just not a closer.

    • doctorK Aug 9,2015 4:49 pm || Up

      This – the Astros better be looking for some other option if they expect to do anything in the playoffs.

    • 5Aces Aug 10,2015 8:37 am || Up

      It is really becoming a joke. I think in every series we have played against them he has come in and given up the lead (though we then gave it back in some I think). I never feel confident against closers, but I always know we are in it as long as the son of Gregor is coming in.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • doctorK Oct 15,2015 3:49 pm || Up

      I’d have to say that we nailed this.

  20. James V. Aug 9,2015 4:46 pm

    Just another typical A’s game.

    • grover Aug 9,2015 4:47 pm || Up

      Yep. Pretty much meh from start to finish.

  21. Future Ed Aug 9,2015 4:56 pm

    me too, daniel, me too

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Aug 9,2015 8:39 pm || Up

      what is geoffrey jellineck saying exactly?

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Aug 10,2015 4:59 am || Up

        i am pretty sure he likes it, god damn he loves it

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  22. mother pucker Aug 9,2015 6:52 pm

    The mystery now becomes whether or not Valencia can accumulate a higher WAR over the next eight weeks with Oakland, than Lawrie has over the entire the season.

    • Future Ed Aug 9,2015 7:08 pm || Up

      why has he bounced around so much?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 9,2015 8:12 pm || Up

        Toronto was just caught in a roster crunch when they got Ben Revere 30 minutes before the trade deadline, I was told.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  23. Future Ed Aug 9,2015 8:14 pm

    farhan, dude, you’ve been through this. stop giving him jobs

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • andeux Aug 9,2015 8:24 pm || Up

      Maybe he can get Arthur Rhodes to come out of retirement.

      TINSTAAFK

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