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Return of the Grievous Angels 234

We seem to play these guys a lot.

234 thoughts on “Return of the Grievous Angels

  1. doctorK Aug 21,2020 6:56 pm

    Ah – I’ll delete mine.

    Also, Marcus!

  2. doctorK Aug 21,2020 7:01 pm

    Ray deciding to trigger us all by mentioning Keith Foulke. And claiming he was good.

  3. Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 7:06 pm

    Good start

  4. Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 7:07 pm

    Bemboom?

  5. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 7:08 pm

    whoever is engineering the radio is having a day. Royalty free instrumental rock during olson and piscotty ABs and about 20 seconds of dead air after the last out

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  6. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 21,2020 7:18 pm

    I don’t think I’d wear this hat. Maybe in Bill King deck-type situations.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • AV Aug 21,2020 8:01 pm || Up

      that’s the worst hat i ever saw. you buy a hat like this, i bet you get a free utility kilt.

      oh, but it looks good on you tho.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Soaker Aug 22,2020 9:46 am || Up

      That says “I’m carrying a couple small things I think are really valuable on my head.” Phone, cash, car keys. So the risk/reward of snatching that cap off the wearer’s head and running seems particularly attractive. In addition to it looking so foolish to begin with.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  7. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 7:30 pm

    walking tommy lastella in front of trout. Maddon you are a genius

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  8. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 21,2020 7:41 pm

    Wondering if the smoke layer dampens the flight of the long ball.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  9. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 7:42 pm

    it’d be nice to get rendon out at some point

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    • Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 8:14 pm || Up

      Hypothetically, yes. I imagine it would be.

      • andeux Aug 21,2020 8:50 pm || Up

        It is!

        TINSTAAFK
        • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:44 pm || Up

          i don’t remember

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        • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 21,2020 9:45 pm || Up

          No more than one per day though.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  10. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 7:45 pm

    how does pujols double?

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    • ptbnl Aug 21,2020 7:49 pm || Up

      And if Pujols can get to second, how does Redon not get home?

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • ptbnl Aug 21,2020 10:51 pm || Up

        Broken bat double down the left field line, that’s how.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  11. Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 7:56 pm

    That inning had to be frustrating for Angel fans.

    • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 7:59 pm || Up

      i am sure Future Tanner on free orange whip is very mad at that and hitting Khris davis

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  12. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 21,2020 8:00 pm

    Another couple off Heaney would be reassuring, he seems to be settling in.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  13. Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 8:10 pm

    Get it together Fiers.

  14. andeux Aug 21,2020 8:13 pm

    That was some Vladdy shit.

    TINSTAAFK
    • AV Aug 21,2020 9:22 pm || Up

      vlad is hendrix

      this was yngwie

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  15. lenscrafters Aug 21,2020 8:17 pm

    The feeling of impending doom was strong there.

  16. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 8:22 pm

    make them pay matt

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  17. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 8:26 pm

    well, making him work a little before the third out is not the worst thing

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  18. Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 8:29 pm

    Really like Canha hitting between the Matts.

    • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 8:37 pm || Up

      everything about his game has been improved this year

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      • Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 8:40 pm || Up

        Everything about his game has improved every year. This year he’s even stealing bases.

  19. lenscrafters Aug 21,2020 8:33 pm

    B2B 2 out non home run hits that score runs!

    • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 8:37 pm || Up

      that is not my team

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    • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 10:07 pm || Up

      just saw olson’s “double”

      neat that gvoodwin was playing it like adell or upton

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  20. lenscrafters Aug 21,2020 8:39 pm

    Why do we insist on facing the top of the order with runners on base.

    • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 8:40 pm || Up

      related, why is the top of the order always up?

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  21. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 8:46 pm

    walk the next two batters

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  22. Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 8:50 pm

    Could have been much worse.

  23. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 8:50 pm

    score 2 more?

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  24. lenscrafters Aug 21,2020 8:51 pm

    The only response to that frustrating half inning is to score 5 more runs.

  25. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 8:56 pm

    why david? just let us be

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  26. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 8:57 pm

    you know scioscia loves the wrap around pitching change

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  27. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:08 pm

    goddammit

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  28. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:09 pm

    score 6. Please.

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    • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 21,2020 9:11 pm || Up

      Matt Can Matt

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  29. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:22 pm

    unbelievable

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  30. lenscrafters Aug 21,2020 9:22 pm

    Puk, Barreto, and Kap for Fletcher

    • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:24 pm || Up

      throw in kyler murray

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      • andeux Aug 21,2020 9:30 pm || Up

        Won’t happen, Billy is still sure Murray is going to pan out.

        TINSTAAFK
        • nevermoor Aug 21,2020 10:32 pm || Up

          It’ll be years before I’m over that betrayal. Between the OU connection it would have fostered with Mrs. N’s family and having to watch him two weeks a year in the NFL (at least theoretically)…

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  31. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:28 pm

    wow

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  32. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 21,2020 9:29 pm

    Bring some of that cold over this way cause Trout is frozen solid!

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  33. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:30 pm

    soria go 2? batter to batter?

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    • andeux Aug 21,2020 9:31 pm || Up

      They said Hendriks is up. He pitched the last two, right?

      TINSTAAFK
  34. doctorK Aug 21,2020 9:31 pm

    Add on, please

  35. lenscrafters Aug 21,2020 9:32 pm

    Are we not PHing today?

    • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:35 pm || Up

      not gonna pull him in his last game of the year, are you?*

      *Ken said grossman was stretching in case piscotty got on last inning

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  36. Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 9:32 pm

    More A’s and Padres runs please

  37. Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:33 pm

    SLF doesn’t like sports. She used to ask me what I was reading/watching etc, I always said “porn” which would annoy her less, but, but, I think I wasnt wrong

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    • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 21,2020 9:35 pm || Up

      Filthy.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  38. Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 9:40 pm

    Emilio on the hill with a one-run lead…

    • andeux Aug 21,2020 9:42 pm || Up

      I guess I like our situation a little better than that.

      TINSTAAFK
    • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:52 pm || Up

      never in doubt

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  39. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 21,2020 9:49 pm

    Yay! My favorite part was Ohtani not getting to hit.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  40. andeux Aug 21,2020 9:50 pm

    I’m glad Scioscia saved Ohtani while two shitty righties made the last two outs.

    TINSTAAFK
    • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:53 pm || Up

      was he going to hit for benboom?

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      • andeux Aug 21,2020 9:54 pm || Up

        Yeah.

        TINSTAAFK
        • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 9:57 pm || Up

          benboom is a lefty, yeah?

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      • Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 9:59 pm || Up

        Wait, why wasn’t Ohtani in the lineup to begin with?

        • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 10:05 pm || Up

          he has been scuffling, and scioscia wanted to rest him against a tough lefty

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  41. Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 10:13 pm

    Angels worst record in the AL now.

    • lenscrafters Aug 21,2020 10:21 pm || Up

      It’s pretty incredible that they have

      – two legit top 5 position players
      – one with top 5 potential
      – one top 5 prospect
      – 2 scrap heap finds with all star numbers
      – Fletcher
      – Bundy who seems to have finally figured it out

      and a winning percentage under .300.

      • Glorious Mundy Aug 21,2020 10:27 pm || Up

        Fire Scioscia

      • Future Ed Aug 21,2020 10:59 pm || Up

        A’s with 857 wins to their 830 since 2010.

        And they signed CJ wilson, josh hamilton albert pujols anthony rendon and ohtani

        Along with trading and signing simmons and upton

        And of course drafting a signing cheap extention for Mike trout.

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    • nevermoor Aug 21,2020 10:33 pm || Up

      Sure, but can they beat the Astros please?

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Glorious Mundy Aug 27,2020 6:35 pm || Up

      With Pittsburgh sweeping a double header today, the Angels now have the worst record in either league.

  42. elcroata Aug 22,2020 1:00 am

    This testing method is pretty cool.

    In one typical iteration, the Israeli team took samples of 384 people and divided them into 48 pools, so that each person’s sample wound up in a unique set of six pools.

    Each of the 48 pools was then tested. If one person was positive for the virus, then each of the six pools containing that sample should test positive — resulting in a unique combination of positive pools revealing the identity of the person (or people) carrying the virus.

    Like all types of pooled testing, the usefulness of this method drops as a community’s “positivity rate” — the proportion of tests that come back positive — climbs. But when positivity rates are lower, the Israeli method is dramatically more efficient than others, said Dr. Hertz. At an infection rate of 1 percent, he said, the new method is eight times as efficient as individual testing and nearly twice as efficient as an eight-sample Dorfman pool.

    I guess the biggest question is that you now use one-sixth of the sample, but they seem to be fine with that, although the explanation why is not that convincing:

    A frequent concern raised about pooled testing is that samples will be diluted, causing a loss of sensitivity that could result in false negatives. But Dr. Shental said the new method was effective even with low viral loads because each sample is tested in multiple pools.

    Admittedly, I have no idea how the exact process works. I guess what they are saying is that such diluted samples will fail to trigger a response only in certain percentage of cases, not in all of them. So, for example if only four out six samples from the same person trigger a reaction, then that four-digit pool code will still be unique.

    Because survival is insufficient
  43. Glorious Mundy Aug 22,2020 8:50 am

    The Mariners have installed one of those football-style hanging swoopy cameras. Could be pretty cool, but probably won’t work with fans in the way.

    • Future Ed Aug 22,2020 10:08 am || Up

      does the road team get the feed?

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      • Glorious Mundy Aug 22,2020 10:13 am || Up

        How about the replay center?

      • Glorious Mundy Sep 14,2020 2:35 pm || Up

        We got it briefly at the start of the game, so I guess the answer is yes.

        • Soaker Sep 14,2020 2:46 pm || Up

          It can’t go over the playing field though because of the risk of interfering with a batted ball or a throw, so I don’t see how it contributes anything other than artsiness. In football they position it above and behind the QB and it can follow the ball carrier without interfering, so that can be more interesting.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  44. Future Ed Aug 22,2020 10:58 am

    This is two days in a row scioscia has been late with the lineup. I think its his jam

    might swap canha and piscotty

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  45. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 22,2020 1:17 pm

    One of these teams looks like they got a good night’s sleep.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  46. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 22,2020 1:23 pm

    Tony just needed one to wake up.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  47. lenscrafters Aug 22,2020 1:40 pm

    Chapman’s made some great plays, but it doesn’t feel like he’s quite at the same extraordinary level he had been previously.

    • Glorious Mundy Sep 8,2020 12:20 pm || Up

      • AV Sep 8,2020 12:29 pm || Up

        bothering defensively perfectly describes years 5–13 of me and my sister’s relationship.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • lenscrafters Sep 8,2020 12:50 pm || Up

        If the A’s can take care of business this series (4-1 or better), there’s really no reason to rush him back until the playoffs, maybe treat the last series of the year like a rehab stint. I’m a little unnerved that Semien is already back.

        • Future Ed Sep 8,2020 1:20 pm || Up

          I think win 2 of the next four, there is no reason to rush

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  48. doctorK Aug 22,2020 2:05 pm

    So, Goodwin isn’t good at defense, is he?

  49. 5Aces Aug 22,2020 2:10 pm

    So we have to add smokey to the conditions The Hound cant pitch in?

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • doctorK Aug 22,2020 2:17 pm || Up

      Not surprising – I mean, do you remember how freaked out he looked when he saw that guy burning during the Battle of the Blackwater?

    • andeux Aug 22,2020 2:29 pm || Up

      With perfect defense behind him (from Chapman of all people) he might not have allowed any of those runs.
      OTOH, he hasn’t pitched great either.

      TINSTAAFK
  50. lenscrafters Aug 22,2020 3:03 pm

    Somehow we’re in this game.

  51. Glorious Mundy Aug 22,2020 3:27 pm

    OK the fake drumming is really starting to bother me.

  52. Glorious Mundy Aug 22,2020 3:35 pm

    Allen’s framing seems bad even by A’s standards.

    • lenscrafters Aug 22,2020 3:40 pm || Up

      He’s so bad. I’ve counted double digit pitches today that could’ve been potential strikes if he didn’t move his glove so damn much.

  53. Soaker Aug 22,2020 3:38 pm

    After suffering the beginning of the game I decided to FSU several innings. It looks like it got a little better, although Semien makes a hideous error just as I type that.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  54. Glorious Mundy Aug 22,2020 3:39 pm

    So many mistakes.

  55. Glorious Mundy Aug 22,2020 4:11 pm

    Fletcher is cheating somehow.

  56. Soaker Aug 22,2020 4:12 pm

    Fletcher’s BABIP vs. the A’s must be .700 or something. That one was particularly pathetic.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  57. Glorious Mundy Aug 22,2020 4:14 pm

    Trout looks…thicker than usual.

  58. Soaker Aug 22,2020 4:20 pm

    That was dreary.

    Hopefully the air allows them to play tomorrow. It’s a good time to be in that 18-of-23 on the road stretch. Discouraging that atmospheric conditions are better in Texas than in California in late August, but that’s what we got.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Soaker Aug 23,2020 9:12 am || Up

      Depending on whether this thing decides to drown Houston later this week.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • ptbnl Aug 23,2020 11:23 am || Up

        It’s OK

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • ptbnl Aug 27,2020 2:14 pm || Up

          Called it.

          Uncanny.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  59. ptbnl Aug 22,2020 6:24 pm

    Today’s loop:

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    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  60. andeux Aug 22,2020 6:34 pm

    Special alert:
    We are having our daily period of breathable air. Maybe this one will last longer than an hour.

    TINSTAAFK
    • andeux Aug 23,2020 11:35 am || Up

      Stayed low overnight, but shot up over the last couple of hours to near 200.
      The Coliseum is a little better currently, so they might still able to play.
      Just over the hills, all the sensors near Orinda are showing readings > 500.

      TINSTAAFK
      • ptbnl Aug 23,2020 11:55 am || Up

        640 on Skyline.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • Soaker Aug 23,2020 1:01 pm || Up

        It looks horrible on some of those Caltrans traffic cams out around Walnut Creek.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  61. Future Ed Aug 22,2020 7:09 pm

    lolastros

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  62. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 12:15 pm

    With the trade deadline a little more than a week away, SuSlu is indicating that the team is focused on SPs:

    • Soaker Aug 24,2020 1:55 pm || Up

      They’ll get a first-hand look at Lance Lynn tonight. Signed through next season at $8M. That would cost quite a bit more than Barreto.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  63. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 1:20 pm

    come on. really? again?

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  64. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 1:24 pm

    The A’s are really limiting the number of shifts they employ against righties but I think it’s to their detriment. Rendon’s had more than a few pulled and up the middle GBs go for hits, which could’ve been prevented with a shift. It’s not out of line with his spray chart.

    • andeux Aug 23,2020 1:27 pm || Up

      Part of it might be that shifting that way leaves an even bigger hole if you’re also trying to hold the runner on first.

      TINSTAAFK
      • lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 1:36 pm || Up

        True, but I feel like I haven’t seen them shift for him (or most righties) even with the bases empty.

  65. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 1:47 pm

    Gues what? Fletcher is up in the 2nd inning!

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  66. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 2:00 pm

    of course

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  67. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 2:03 pm

    Vince:

    talk about making chicken salad out if you know what!

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  68. andeux Aug 23,2020 2:03 pm

    Just a routine FC 8-1

    TINSTAAFK
  69. Glorious Mundy Aug 23,2020 2:03 pm

    “You talk about making some chicken salad out of you know what.” -Vince

  70. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 2:06 pm

    well at least the throw to third doesn’t matter

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  71. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 2:06 pm

    They suck against everyone except us. Against us, they get all the BABIP luck, fielding mistakes, and Ohtani remembers to be Ohtani again.

    • Soaker Aug 23,2020 2:09 pm || Up

      Fortunately the A’s are done with them after today but do still have 3 left vs. the Giants though.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  72. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 2:11 pm

    score 6 please

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  73. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 2:16 pm

    Oh look, another hard hit ball from us for an out.

  74. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 2:24 pm

    fletcher up in the 4th

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  75. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 2:35 pm

    makes sense, 2 for threewith the 2 likke that

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  76. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 2:44 pm

    Well it makes sense that the A’s are targeting starting pitching.

  77. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 2:45 pm

    sigh. this also means fletcher at the latest, the 6th

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  78. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 2:51 pm

    Is adam dunn available?

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    • Soaker Aug 23,2020 3:07 pm || Up

      Hunter Pence would come cheap.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Future Ed Aug 23,2020 3:08 pm || Up

        Can he hit left handed?

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        • andeux Aug 23,2020 3:11 pm || Up

          Probably not much worse than he is hitting righty.
          There is also Kendrys Morales. (Someone mentioned him recently, and I had to triple check that it was really only last year that we had him. Still not entirely sure I believe that.)

          TINSTAAFK
          • Future Ed Aug 23,2020 3:13 pm || Up

            is bryce harper available?

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            • andeux Aug 23,2020 3:17 pm || Up

              No, but he will get 200 PA for the A’s in 2028.

              TINSTAAFK
  79. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 2:59 pm

    Convince me the offense isn’t the problem

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  80. andeux Aug 23,2020 3:01 pm

    All these routine fly balls are making me think they could stand to tone down the launch angle stuff a little.
    I reserve the right to change my mind when we hit some more dingers.

    TINSTAAFK
  81. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 3:08 pm

    Putting my hopes on the Padres game.

  82. andeux Aug 23,2020 3:16 pm

    Shut up Scioscia.

    TINSTAAFK
  83. Glorious Mundy Aug 23,2020 3:16 pm

    Bye Scioscia

    • Soaker Aug 23,2020 3:30 pm || Up

      And it started going better for the A’s the minute Gallego took the lineup card from Scioscia.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  84. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 3:17 pm

    quiet down scioscia. we all have those go against our team

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    • lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 3:22 pm || Up

      His hitters have gotten the benefit of so many close pitches (like the first pitch of the critical Ohtani at bat vs Montas).

      • andeux Aug 23,2020 3:25 pm || Up

        And all three called strikes on Canha immediately after the ejection

        TINSTAAFK
  85. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 3:27 pm

    Now would be a great time to finally do something against their supposedly shitty bullpen.

  86. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 3:28 pm

    I’d rather be lucky than good

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  87. 5Aces Aug 23,2020 3:30 pm

    Dinking and dunking..who is this?

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  88. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 3:36 pm

    fletcher guaranteed another AB

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    • Future Ed Aug 23,2020 3:51 pm || Up

      I miscounted. Should have said rendon

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  89. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 3:42 pm

    I liked it when the A’s hit dingers

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  90. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 3:47 pm

    diekman threw a strike that was called aball

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    • lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 3:47 pm || Up

      That wasn’t even borderline.

      • lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 3:48 pm || Up

        And it turns into a walk, I fking hate umpires.

      • Future Ed Aug 23,2020 3:49 pm || Up

        and he ends up walking him

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  91. andeux Aug 23,2020 3:48 pm

    Jake Diekman, strike thrower, was fun while it lasted.

    TINSTAAFK
  92. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 3:57 pm

    Machado 2 run homer, Padres take a two run lead in the 8th.

  93. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 3:59 pm

    Score three in this bottom of the 8th please

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  94. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 4:06 pm

    one run?

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  95. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 4:07 pm

    good job A’s. Nobody got hurt

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  96. andeux Aug 23,2020 4:11 pm

    I would use Hendriks against Trout/Rendon/Ohtani, and worry about the 10th inning if/when it comes.

    TINSTAAFK
  97. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 4:11 pm

    FK you again blue.

  98. andeux Aug 23,2020 4:12 pm

    That was a strike all day.

    TINSTAAFK
  99. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 4:13 pm

    that non call on trout means fletcher on deck at least in the 10th

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  100. andeux Aug 23,2020 4:14 pm

    Catch the fking ball.

    TINSTAAFK
  101. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 4:14 pm

    Catch the FKing ball!!!

  102. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 4:18 pm

    Thanks for getting 5 outs Soria.

  103. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 4:26 pm

    scioscia is changing pitchers?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  104. andeux Aug 23,2020 4:31 pm

    Olson is due.

    TINSTAAFK
  105. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 4:31 pm

    stop hitting ramon

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  106. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 4:34 pm

    Fletcher is up third.

  107. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 4:36 pm

    the fuck is wrong with this guy?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  108. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 4:36 pm

    Bob, you gotta get thrown out here.

    • Soaker Aug 23,2020 4:40 pm || Up

      One problem is, the Angels have had this crew for a week so they aren’t flying with the Angels, but the A’s may well be bringing them on the plane to Dallas.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  109. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 4:38 pm

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 4:57 pm || Up

      There was a moment earlier in the game when the ump took a foul ball right into the mask. He seemed perfectly ok afterwards (didn’t get looked at IIRC), but I’m wondering if it was affecting him more and more into the game.

      • Future Ed Aug 23,2020 5:05 pm || Up

        after the second one, murphy should have called out the trainer

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • AV Aug 23,2020 5:30 pm || Up

        inconclusive until we see a monograph like this one.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  110. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 4:44 pm

    Please win here. Can’t deal anymore with the combined slegnA/umpire bullshit.

  111. 5Aces Aug 23,2020 4:49 pm

    For the radio crowd, shoukd Barreto have been deked or did he just Franklin?

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 4:51 pm || Up

      No he did the right thing. It was right at Simmons.

    • andeux Aug 23,2020 4:51 pm || Up

      Line drive directly at Simmons, but over his head. Barreto had to hold up.

      TINSTAAFK
  112. lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 4:52 pm

    We actually won this game.

  113. andeux Aug 23,2020 4:52 pm

    Didn’t see if Canha batflipped on the sac fly, but he should have.

    TINSTAAFK
  114. sslinger Aug 23,2020 4:53 pm

    That win felt good. Let’s hope the Anaheim team can beat the asterisks.

  115. Glorious Mundy Aug 23,2020 5:05 pm

    Excellent win. Not sure about Gallego using Buttery that much.

    • Future Ed Aug 23,2020 5:15 pm || Up

      the angels manager is scioscia, but I get your point

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • sslinger Aug 23,2020 5:31 pm || Up

        If Scioscia gets tossed from the game is the manager still Scioscia?

  116. Glorious Mundy Aug 23,2020 5:15 pm

    That thing with Angels and their pocket cheat cards seems like a contributor to their games taking forever.

  117. andeux Aug 23,2020 5:56 pm

    Now 8 of those extra innings played, and only 1 run allowed IIRC.

    TINSTAAFK
    • mikeA Aug 23,2020 7:18 pm || Up

      That is amazing. I would guess league average will be around 7 runs for 8 innings.

  118. Future Ed Aug 23,2020 7:03 pm

    Vince commented that Murphy leads in DRS, here is the fangraphs leaderboard. SSS. No framing. Sees weird, no?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • mikeA Aug 23,2020 7:23 pm || Up

      I think it’s sort of plausible he could be near the top if you ignore framing, but framing is more important than the other stuff, and I would put extremely low trust in this stat for catchers especially with a small sample size.

    • lenscrafters Aug 23,2020 10:33 pm || Up

      I’ve been pretty critical of both of our C’s framing, but on the positive side, they do seem to be pretty good at blocking pitches, which is a refreshing change from last year.

  119. elcroata Aug 24,2020 12:50 am

    Someone at ESPN just loves the Gnats

    Because survival is insufficient
  120. Glorious Mundy Aug 24,2020 8:22 am

    LOL, worldwide zoom crash on a Monday morning.

    • colin Aug 24,2020 8:26 am || Up

      Ack, making me nervous about my first class session tomorrow am.

    • ptbnl Aug 24,2020 8:48 am || Up

      LBNL zoom not working, but U Chicago is …

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • Glorious Mundy Aug 24,2020 8:51 am || Up

        I knew the Heritage Foundation was behind this.

  121. Soaker Aug 24,2020 11:23 am

    The Rangers aren’t doing the 8 p.m. local starts. I don’t know when they changed that. Monday-Wednesday are 5:05 Pacific time starts, then Thursday is 3:37 Pacific for Fox. The Astros are still listing their weeknight starts at 8:10 p.m. local.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  122. andeux Aug 24,2020 12:55 pm

    The A’s have optioned Austin Allen, and called up my homie Jonah Heim.

    TINSTAAFK
    • Glorious Mundy Aug 24,2020 1:17 pm || Up

      That play on Saturday where he got doubled off first by Simmons was probably the last straw for Allen.

    • Future Ed Aug 24,2020 1:44 pm || Up

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Glorious Mundy Aug 24,2020 1:50 pm || Up

        Did not know Blackburn was on the roster. Probably a good thing.

        • Future Ed Aug 24,2020 2:28 pm || Up

          He was called up after kaprillian went a couple in SF, seems the burch smith roll will be whomever can be recalled.

          But yeah, that was a double “oh yeah, that guy”

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
  123. sslinger Aug 24,2020 2:19 pm

    It’s strange to hear Fitz’ voice calling the Rockets/Thunder game.

    • vignette17 Aug 24,2020 4:03 pm || Up

      I didn’t catch it. How anti-Harden was his game calling? Any complaints about how a team that typically doesn’t shoot well was hitting 3’s?

      • sslinger Aug 24,2020 6:27 pm || Up

        I didn’t end up watching for very long, but he seemed to be doing a good job of calling a neutral game.

  124. Glorious Mundy Aug 24,2020 5:00 pm

    Strategy thing I didn’t think of until Melvin said it on the pregame: He probably would have used Hendriks in the 9th yesterday in a normal season, but he’s a more powerful weapon in the 10th because of the strikeouts.

  125. colin Aug 25,2020 9:00 am

    Probably everyone reads all the Fangraphs stuff already, but this was a fun look at that stupid Fletcher double off Fiers.

    • Glorious Mundy Aug 25,2020 9:06 am || Up

      This is wild:

      So far this year, he’s swung at 51 pitches outside the strike zone and only missed nine of them. That 87.3% out-of-zone contact rate is higher than the league contact rate on pitches in the strike zone.

      • colin Aug 25,2020 9:54 am || Up

        Also, I love that the guy who is slashing 381/438/548 against the A’s this year has:

        hard hit rate is in the second percentile league-wide

        • ptbnl Aug 25,2020 10:04 am || Up

          Presumably the two are correlated.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • andeux Aug 25,2020 12:11 pm || Up

      I spent a chunk of time this morning trying to remember the details of the other ridiculous hit like that (non-Vlad, non-Sandoval division) that I had seen.
      It was Gattis’ two-run double off of Clippard in the 9th inning. Per Gameday, that pitch was a bit (maybe 6″) lower than the one to Fletcher, but in some ways it was even more ridiculous, since Gattis managed to tomahawk it to the wall in CF, not just fight it off and bloop it down the line.
      I had that game a little mixed up with this one where Maldonado came a single short of the cycle, but those were all pitches in the zone. Both big games for Houston catchers against us that I got to see from the FKing front row.
      I also found (via FK comment search for “eyeballs”) Reddick’s homer in this game but that was lower still, more like around the neck if gameday is to be believed.

      TINSTAAFK
  126. Future Ed Sep 14,2020 2:40 pm

    oh ken. Game two is a bullpen game for the A’s also

    I have $5. No I don\'t.

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