Sonny Gray pitches tonight, and it’s about fuckin time. I don’t know why Bob doesn’t start this guy every other day. It’s not like Sur Hillkampman the Hound is a better choice for anything but a Game of Thrones character name (and really, “Sonny Gray” works OK there too). The true greats like Mathewson and McGinnity started upwards of 50 games a year or more and thrived. Coddled young punks these days.
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I admit that the Torontoans scare me somewhat.
lefties for sure.
Between injuries (Tulowitski and Saunders not playing today), bad starts (Martin, Goins, Pillar) and today an 80-game PED suspension (Chris Colabello), 5 through 9 in their lineup tonight is sort of underwhelming.
22/30
538 channeling its inner vox-y clickbait.
ibisv
2 outs wash. send em
Vogt early, Vogt often!
So I guess Colabello will have plenty of time to finish off that bottle of hooch he got last weekend.
0 outs wash…
Semi-serious: I wonder if Wash is subject to random drug testing.
Bad Gags, Wash.
I’ve decided this was merely a motivational ploy by Wash. “We will score runs damnit. So hit more or youre all running!”
Well
Getting off on the right foot, Coghlan!
cough drop!
Thanks, and go As.
I’m starting to like this Coghlan dude.
It’s deep…turn your head and Coghlan!
That’s some good Sonny.
“No-hitter” doesn’t usually occur to me after two innings.
“21 strikeouts” either.
Well the first hit was definitely a clean one.
Sonny looks goooood tonight.
Heh heh heh
Have those giant seams always been there, or is that a feature of the new turf they put in?
They’ve had some ugly-looking turf. For a while it looked like the Boston Garden basketball floor. I think this look has been there for a while, even before the all-dirt infield.
Ha ha. Yay replay.
Wow. That sucks for the Blue Jays.
Didn’t realize they changed that rule. Terrible idea imo…
It’s the flip side of the new slide rule. I don’t like it either.
I like it.
I don’t usually have to go out between innings to clear the snow off the satellite dish at this time of year. Sometimes we wake up to some fresh snow but not usually during the day. Must be a fun Friday afternoon on 80 and 50.
I saw a tweet yesterday from some weather boffin who thought there might be small tornadoes in the Sacramento region today, so I guess the snow is better.
80 was shut down for a while, but mrs ptbnl got off onto Frontage just in time to miss getting stuck in the parking lot.
Nice throwback Reddick bat slam there.
Yay replay (x2)
Evidently that’s not Angel Hernandez in New York.
Are replay officials allowed to look at things beyond the call? A’s appealed the call that the runner beat the ball to first. Could replay have said yeah, the ball beat the runner, but Alonso pulled his foot so runner is still safe?
i think so
the jays radio guys thought donaldson overslid, and the batter runner was out
I think the challenge was on the safe/out at first though. Donaldson’s slide looked fine.
It amuses me that one of their radio sponsors is the car company Mazda, but it’s pronounced “Mazz-duh” rhyming with “jazz” rather than “Mahs-duh”.
That sounds more like Sydney than Toronto.
As FSU knows you get a great education in the Canadian language when you go to Maui in the winter. “What time is it?” “It is a boat 3 o’clock.”
Man, the A’s are just hammering this guy.
Sorry, Aaron Sanchez, you’ve been Chopped.
I was wondering why that name sounded so familiar!
I don’t know if any of you FKers play “Coco’s Fro Patrol” — I couldn’t when it came out because my phone was too old, but now I’ve upgraded and find it simple, but addictive, although not as much as Neko Atsume. The best thing is that Coco recorded a number of voice clips that play randomly, so now whenever I see the real Coco do something great I hear the game Coco in my head saying “LOVE this game!” or “Perfect!” or “I’ma FRO your mind!”.
apple only, so no
64 pitches through 5 innings; I’m not sure any A’s starter including Gray has been below about 85 yet this year.
However, I wish somebody would tell Sonny that the Andrew Luck neck beard look isn’t particularly flattering.
fuck. sonny. don’t do that again
oh davis. pay attention
i can’t wait till tulowitski comes back
Khris davis, you owe us a run.
Paid with interest.
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jesse should avoid vertical stripes
Adds to his deception.
vendetti up. in pen. next inning?
stop walking people
and casting porosity
and making Justin Smoak look like a competent major league hitter.
crap. an out please
i’m gibbons?
PH with tulowiski, donaldson to catch
LOL Darwin Barney, not Donaldson, is their emergency catcher.
ok, jerry howerth
……..
&%#@$&$
THROW SOME FKING STRIKES
He did, unfortunately.
That was broken bat though. Walking Thole was just absurd.
yes. yes it was
as was walking barney in the 6th
It was Josh Thole for fk’s sake.
C’mon Doo one out please.
oh for fks sake.
BoMel needs to stop using Doolittle like he’s one of the best pitchers in this pen. He’s not.
OK, that’ll work. Barely. Nice 0-2 pitch by Doo.
also, this means donaldson and bautista
K’mon Khris, make them pay.
cha-ching
Kh-Khing
TY
Coco and Josh will not let Doo down!
Klutch!
and ozun made a lot of pitches. storen has kinda sucked
Speaking of a lot of pitches, it’s not like Madson has a recent injury history or anything…
he’ll get tomorrow off?
Nice.
well?
I’m glad to see the return of WIN EVERY CHALLENGE Bob.
Ray’s homerism notwithstanding, that call should have been overturned.
jays radio was saying not enough evidence
Close, but to me it was more clear than the overturn the A’s won earlier to get the double play.
Umps knew Comcast was eager to switch over the Sharks.
And we win another game that last year was a loss.
Well, I do declare.
Thinking about how many of these 10-game East Coast road trips have ended in 2-8 calamity, 4-0 is pretty sweet.
Victory!
Great start for the Sharks.
I would suggest they might actually try winning a faceoff in their own end once in a while.
Second period didn’t go so good.
The third period, however …
W00T
Die, Kings, Die! W00T!
First place!
yeah, but lefty tomorrow. JA happ. kryptonite.
Nope. Hitting’s infectious. Butler’s going yard tomorrow.
(he meant to say “Butler’s going to Yard House tomorrow.”)
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preseason favorites
Heh heh.
Sharks win!
Figures the only game I watched end to end was the only loss.
So, Melvin wants Canha in left today, which means Davis has to be DH, which means Butler starts at first, which makes no sense whatsoever.
THIS IS A NIGHTMARE!!!
and lowrie hitting third???
5 strikes
4. still
that was fucking bullshit.
dammit. its going to be one of those days
that should be three outs
the first batter was struck out twice on curveballs not called according to the blue jays K zone.
frustrating.
where is ladendorff?
oy
Might as well get all the suck out of the way on a Butler day, although Surkamp vs. the Jays is not especially propitious.
I figure this is something like “Hey Josh, remember in the bar in Baltimore last year when I was hitting on the blonde chick and you cut in and ended up taking her to your room?” BOOM
hitting davis is bullshit, though
Bassitt is definitely leading the “be replaced by Henderson Alvarez” race. This is assuming Surkamp has already been replaced by Hahn.
The last time Rich Hill started more than 4 games in MLB was 2009 (13 with Baltimore). He doesn’t have that many starts or even innings pitched as a reliever in the minors over that stretch either. His scheduled start Tuesday would be his fifth this season. I expect Hill to be part of any solution to a pitching surplus.