Yes, the mediocrity on the South Side has been lovingly renamed through the 2029 season.
Friday at 5:10: Jharel Cotton vs. Mike Pelfrey
Saturday at 11:10 11:30: Daniel Gossett vs. James Shields
Sunday at 11:10: Sonny Gray vs. Derek Holland
The inaugural trip to Guaranteed Rate Field 80
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I guess the weeknight start times are no longer sponsored by 7-11.
OK that was a pretty sweet double play.
Which was needed, because it bailed out Brugman and Olson on the previous play.
I was originally typing a complaint about that, but decided to shift to positivity.
they make pretty good stero equipment
I have to think Khris becomes a better hitter if he doesn’t have to spend the defensive half innings standing in left field worrying about the limp noodle hanging off his shoulder. This is four DH starts in a row; he had one stretch of six straight last year. Whether it’s Melvin, Beaneforst or both, I suspect there’s been a decision to minimize his outfield time.
That play where he had to use the cutoff man to get the ball from shallow right to second base was embarrassing to the whole franchise. There is only so much that Melvin or whoever makes these calls can take.
Also less OF playing time can only help his market value.
Khris is back in left field for Saturday’s game, with Joyce at DH, so “minimize” is not “eliminate”.
DHing again today, with Rajai/Brugman/Olson your outfield.
Kuiper is in an announcer fight with Steve Stone involving a Duane Kuiper bobblehead.
Kuiper fighting Steve Stone would be more entertaining than anything these two teams can offer.
im listening to them
Apparently the Orioles have given up 5 or more runs in 20 straight games? How is that possible?
Matt Joyce, not as horrible as you think!
He’s been really good for the last month, bringing his numbers for the season up to almost decent.
I remember Pelfrey being a guy the prospects folks lusted after in the early days of AN. He’s had a fairly long career, but “low-end journeyman” is about as charitable as I can be.
Yes, I remember after the “Hudson for 3 guys” trade as well as “Mulder for 3 guys” the hot rumor was always Zito for Lastings Milledge, Mike Pelfrey, and Phil Humber.
Thanks, and go As.
Oh yes, the much discussed Lastings Milledge. When you put Lastings Milledge and fellow five-tooler Terrence Long side by side, their rate stats are virtually identical, but Long’s career was almost exactly twice as long as Milledge’s.
So neither was particularly Long Lasting?
Hey,
You show up for that one you should at least get an ASVD.
That was a quick hook.
Wow, the White Sox look worse on the bases than we do.
What a fine three minutes of Major League Baseball that was.
That plus the three minutes of hot review action.
Good lord, that was stupid as hell.
Ooh, BoMel, the hard ass.
that’s fine. he needs to, pinder will maen something in 18
long overdue
I missed it, what did Pinder do?
After not fielding a ball cleanly behind second base, he left the ball lying there and went for a walk in the outfield. The batter decided to try for second base. Lowrie finally got Pinder’s attention, and Pinder flipped to Lowrie for the tag-out (too-close play, upheld on replay).
dropped a tough grounder, let the ball lay while he sulked with his back to first, runner was barely caught trying to advance
He allegedly left the game with “tightness in Pinder’s hamstring”; well, either that or tightness in Melvin’s anus.
Ha! Good for Bob. I glimpsed the play but hadn’t realize it was Pinder’s gaffe that precipitated it.
I’m not giving him any break. It was a terrible play regardless of injury. He wasn’t in crippling pain, unable to move, and turning his back on the ball was inexcusable.
what the hell is happening in this gane?
The mournful cry of the Vince listener.
Damn it
Zach Neal started for Nashville tonight; Blackburn is listed for Monday.
Josh Smith, having worked the last two games, should not be available tonight.
josh smith is a fake name. forst is using 4 different generic looking jocks to fill that roster spot
The 2017 A’s, an Alan Smithee Production.
its gonna suck when one of em test positive
tim wolf doesn’t like black guys?
Mets-Giants, that’s quite a series across the Bay this weekend. I see the Giants have started in stellar fashion.
nice work sean
The A’s play 8 of their best innings in a road game this year and yet there’s this sense of inevitable doom.
Urge to kill…rising…
i was way behind!
Never a doubt.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES??
Good use of the full park dimensions there Jairo.
if someone is looking to reclaim the 2013 A’s magic…
um…
Chris Carter dfa
And Derek Norris.
Barreto up!
I just wish brian.only was alive to see it.
Wearing uni #1!
I dunno how well Olsen’s long swing will work over the long run, but it sure looks nice when he connects.
Barreto makes his debut 38 years to the day after Rickey.
Big fly James Shields.
Apparently he was told it wasn’t a big game.
Gnats: 50 losses (first team this year)
Dodgers: 50 wins (first team this year)
hahahahaahahahahahhh FUCK THE GIANTS
Thanks, and go As.
Astros beat the Dodgers to 50, but I take your point.
NL version.
Thanks, and go As.
I got a lot of Fuck the Giants joy from this story yesterday
http://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/As-Giants-tumble-so-do-ticket-prices-on-resale-11243547.php
Somewhat related, and 5Aces will love this: The Sacramento River Cats, who have finished first or second in the PCL in average attendance every year as far back as the online records go (2005), are currently running in fourth place. The league leader is your Nashville Sounds, at 8823 per game. Round Rock (which is the other franchise that usually finishes first/second) and El Paso are ahead of Sacramento, which is at 7574 per game. I don’t think won-loss record affects minor league attendance nearly as much as it can in the major leagues, but the River Cats certainly aren’t helped by their current 29-45 record, which is third-worst in the 16-team league.
It’s just as well that FK was down all day, because it gave me time to cool down after Scarsone held Rosales on Lowrie’s double.
SuSlu reports that scarsone gave melvin a list of reasons why he didn’t and Melvin was “satisfied.”
I hope that means he won’t do it again
“Satisfied” had to come through tightly gritted teeth. Bob blew his entire bench to at least tie the game in that inning and got torpedoed by his third base coach.
…with two outs and Rajai up next.
Lots of sloppy play on both sides throughout the game.
Sonny’s tagout to the face at the plate was the play of the year.
The facial did make that fun, but realistically Graveman wrapped up POTY with the unassisted DP.
I suppose that’s true, at least until Beaneforst’s dialing fingers start making plays.
rosterbaiting, Alanso going to yankees or rockies or rangers or astros saves rosales’ roster spot?
The upper part of the organization is awfully thin as to position players right now. Nashville and Midland each have only 10 position players on their active rosters as of today. Semien, Pinder, Chapman and Marincov are on the DLs. It depends on who they acquire in the July trades, but Rosales’ ability to suck at so many positions makes him pretty valuable to finish out the season, so I think he’s around right through October 1. This, along with nobody else who can play CF other than Brugman on the major league team, is why Rajai, just a late-inning defensive replacement and pinch-runner now, will remain on the roster for the foreseeable future.
Also depends on injuries. In the unlikely event that everyone gets healthy at the same time, probably one of Rajai and Rosales would get squeezed off the roster.
there isnt going to be a market for lowrie