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You can’t spell Game Thread without Ed 121

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Angels in town for four. Bassitt v Sandoval, Manaea v Phtani, Montas v Cobb, Irvin v Quintana.

"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."

121 thoughts on “You can’t spell Game Thread without Ed

  1. FreeSeatUpgrade May 27,2021 6:47 pm

    You can take the boy out of Orange County…

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  2. FreeSeatUpgrade May 27,2021 6:51 pm

    Kinda cool the way Bassitt has become masterful.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  3. andeux May 27,2021 6:53 pm

    All the typos are a fitting tribute.

    TINSTAAFK
  4. lenscrafters May 27,2021 7:12 pm

    That look on Chapman’s face after the K says it all.

  5. FreeSeatUpgrade May 27,2021 7:12 pm

    You can see the anguish on Chapmen’s face while he’s in the act of flailing at strike three.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  6. andeux May 27,2021 7:43 pm

    Ray seems especially babbly tonight.

    TINSTAAFK
    • FreeSeatUpgrade May 27,2021 7:55 pm || Up

      His steady slip may be accelerating. You can hear him think through these aimless tangents. Seems like they’ve stepped up Dallas’s air time too.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • FreeSeatUpgrade May 27,2021 8:07 pm || Up

        Yikes, now free riffing off the African-American Heritage promo, Ray’s entering rough seas.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • FreeSeatUpgrade May 27,2021 8:09 pm || Up

          Lucky for the producers neither of these teams can sustain a turn at bat more than five minutes.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  7. Soaker May 27,2021 8:14 pm

    I spent so much time trying to get the new phone set up that I blew right through game time without noticing. Evidently I didn’t miss much. I should just go up to the local high school and ask to borrow a kid for an hour; it would save a lot of time and pathetic befuddlement.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • andeux May 27,2021 8:15 pm || Up

      Just be careful how you phrase it.

      TINSTAAFK
      • Soaker May 27,2021 8:32 pm || Up

        Yes, that might raise an eyebrow. This new phone marks the official retirement of the battery-operated SiriusXM device which I have used to listen to the A’s on the beach since I’ve lived here. It had become redundant (I do still have SiriusXM in the car, and that subscription includes streaming which provides more choices than the direct-from-satellite device anyway). Will have to figure out this summer whether I need unlimited data or if GoogleFi’s metered plan will still be cheaper; I suspect unlimited data is not far around the corner.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  8. Soaker May 27,2021 8:25 pm

    Heh, Canha. I’ve been sitting out there in the outfield, and there’s that 3-minute period in the evening when the sky is the exact same color as the baseball.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  9. Soaker May 27,2021 8:33 pm

    Well that was ugly.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Soaker May 27,2021 8:35 pm || Up

      Man, Scioscia, you need to light a fire under these guys.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  10. Soaker May 27,2021 8:45 pm

    And Elvis is north of the Mendoza line.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  11. FreeSeatUpgrade May 27,2021 8:52 pm

    Kemp hitting for Pinder in the 6th is an interesting choice.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  12. lenscrafters May 27,2021 8:53 pm

    Really nice to see the A’s hit and score with non homers this inning.

  13. andeux May 27,2021 9:14 pm

    Damn, only hit allowed so far was a Baltimore chop that Chapman had no play on in the 2nd.

    TINSTAAFK
    • Soaker May 27,2021 9:19 pm || Up

      I’m even more excited about completing 8 innings with 101 pitches. We need much, much more of that.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  14. Glorious Mundy May 27,2021 9:39 pm

    The Hound! Great stuff.

  15. Soaker May 27,2021 9:41 pm

    A complete game shutout that’s not a no-hitter. Yes, they do still exist!

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Future Ed May 27,2021 9:49 pm || Up

      likely more rare

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Soaker May 27,2021 10:31 pm || Up

        Very close, actually, and it was true until Bassitt’s performance tonight. I went through all 23 complete games that have been thrown in MLB this year.

        6: no-hitters
        6: 9-inning shutouts
        2: 9 innings but not shutouts
        1: An 8-inning complete game loss in a 9-inning game (Trevor Bauer)
        6: 7-inning complete games in doubleheaders
        2: 6-inning complete game losses in doubleheaders

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  16. Glorious Mundy May 28,2021 2:41 pm

    • Future Ed May 28,2021 4:36 pm || Up

      gudduan is injured?

      Weems I gone after Luzardo’s next appearance?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Soaker May 28,2021 5:43 pm || Up

        Kawahara’s Twitter said Guduan has a “right groin strain”, which wasn’t evident in the game the other night and sounds a bit like something invented to delay the inevitable DFA for the out-of-options guy.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Future Ed May 28,2021 5:20 pm || Up

      yesterday twitter reported the angels were at 85% plus 2 weeks. That’s why the coaches were unmasked.

      Makes me mad that the A’s aren’t

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  17. FreeSeatUpgrade May 28,2021 6:51 pm

    I’m in Sec 107 where it is more crowded than previous games, but fine. Largely masked crowd, possibly because it’s 50% Japanese Ohtani fans

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Soaker May 28,2021 7:22 pm || Up

      It’s tough to play Guess The Attendance but it looks like it might approach Opening Night, which was their largest crowd (10,436) and certainly better than #2 (8,131 vs. the Dodgers).

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • FreeSeatUpgrade May 28,2021 7:36 pm || Up

        I asked a beer vendor, that’s also what he thinks.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  18. FreeSeatUpgrade May 28,2021 6:52 pm

    Also really not liking the extended netting.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • FreeSeatUpgrade May 29,2021 3:20 pm || Up

      Elaborating on this. The netting now extends from bullpen to bullpen with a top edge maybe 25-30′ high (measured from the first row). In practice this means, I think, you watch 100% of the action through the netting if seated in rows 1-20, below the concourse. Except maybe when in 101-103 and 229-232 by the foul poles. I did not care for it at all. Specifically at the moment of pitch/swing, just too much clutter in the depth of field when you want precise acuity the most. And maybe especially while the sun is still up.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • sslinger May 30,2021 3:36 pm || Up

        Honestly, that issue with the netting always bothered me with the FRSs, one reason I didn’t buy more of those.

  19. Future Ed May 28,2021 7:23 pm

    Ok, I am watching, Its a free game i already chalked it up as a loss

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  20. Future Ed May 28,2021 7:25 pm

    walking fletcher might make me turn it off

    and bob, lets get to 85%

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  21. FreeSeatUpgrade May 28,2021 7:52 pm

    DidSuzuki accelerate that? Or was it Cunha being aggro?

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Future Ed May 28,2021 7:54 pm || Up

      all suzuki. Ohtani understood, tapped his chest like “my bad” Cahna was done after he said his peace

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  22. Future Ed May 28,2021 7:52 pm

    Typical MAGA, escalating into a fight

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Soaker May 28,2021 7:59 pm || Up

      I figured there was a “Berkeley snowflake” in there somewhere.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  23. Future Ed May 28,2021 8:10 pm

    hate to say it, but need to get him over 75 pitches through 5

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  24. Glorious Mundy May 28,2021 8:15 pm

    Elvis saving us from the no no.

  25. Soaker May 28,2021 8:33 pm

    It looked like Canha got into Ohtani’s head just enough that it paid off in the 6th inning. Canha more successful than Torii Hunter vs. Sonny in the playoffs a few years back.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  26. lenscrafters May 28,2021 8:39 pm

    Fletcher

    • Future Ed May 28,2021 8:40 pm || Up

      there was no reason for Manaea to face fletcher

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Soaker May 28,2021 8:43 pm || Up

        Well the way the bullpen is constructed the starters have to throw 7 innings once in a while. Bob got two of those in a row and was reasonably going for #3.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • lenscrafters May 28,2021 8:45 pm || Up

        I’m convinced it wouldn’t have mattered even if Bob brought in Eckersley.

  27. Future Ed May 28,2021 8:53 pm

    luckily scioscia trusts his bullpen less than bob

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  28. Future Ed May 28,2021 9:06 pm

    damn. oh well, good inning

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  29. Future Ed May 28,2021 9:11 pm

    Astros tie it back up in the 10th

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  30. Future Ed May 28,2021 9:33 pm

    never in doubt

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  31. Glorious Mundy May 28,2021 9:34 pm

    Louuuuu

  32. andeux May 28,2021 9:36 pm

    Nice win.

    TINSTAAFK
  33. Soaker May 28,2021 9:36 pm

    I give that game a 9/10, falling short only because of one at-bat by David Fletcher.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  34. lenscrafters May 28,2021 9:56 pm

    They’re 4-1 against these Trout-less slegnA (just realized the other A’s killer, Iglesias, went on the DL). They have 5 more games against this version of them by mid June. In between, the A’s face the M’s, Rockies, Dbacks, and Royals.

    Meanwhile the Astros have the Padres, Red Sox (x6), Blue Jays, and Twins, and just lost Brantley/Castro and maybe Alvarez to injuries.

    I mean you couldn’t draw it up better than that to create some separation. Hopefully we’re not disappointed at day’s end June 16th.

    • lenscrafters Jun 16,2021 3:41 pm || Up

      12-5 after this date, but unfortunately the * have been hot so no separation has occurred.

  35. Future Ed May 28,2021 10:00 pm

    Don’t know what to make of Ohtani.More balls than strikes, swing and miss stuff, super wild.

    Seemed to sit 92-94 today, Touched 98.

    just weird.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  36. Future Ed May 29,2021 9:46 am

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  37. Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 11:20 am

    Another day without Ramon :(

    • andeux May 29,2021 1:13 pm || Up

      And days off for Lowrie and Murphy as well.

      TINSTAAFK
  38. FreeSeatUpgrade May 29,2021 1:25 pm

    Glen is wrong there were four banana guys there last night also.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  39. andeux May 29,2021 1:43 pm

    Wow, great catch by Canha in CF.

    TINSTAAFK
    • FreeSeatUpgrade May 29,2021 1:48 pm || Up

      Guys are laying out today, if Pinder had caught that ball in the corner they’d put a Superman cape on his jersey.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  40. lenscrafters May 29,2021 2:00 pm

    Why does it feel like full counts never work out for us.

  41. Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 2:03 pm

    Boring all-English champions league final was boring. Go A’s.

  42. lenscrafters May 29,2021 2:13 pm

    From 3-0 to that? FKing hell

  43. FreeSeatUpgrade May 29,2021 2:14 pm

    Smart baserunning, dumbshit

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  44. andeux May 29,2021 2:29 pm

    CATCH THE BALL

    TINSTAAFK
  45. lenscrafters May 29,2021 2:29 pm

    Again, does Garcia bring anything to the plate, defensively or offensively?

    • FreeSeatUpgrade May 29,2021 2:41 pm || Up

      Just fucking awful. Zero rapport with the pitchers, frequently confused on signs, and literally cannot catch the ball. Cut him now.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Englishmajor May 29,2021 8:34 pm || Up

        We never worked out some Three Musketeers gag to use for him either.

  46. Future Ed May 29,2021 2:30 pm

    what the actual fuck was that fletcher?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  47. Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 2:32 pm

    Was Austin Allen really that bad?

  48. Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 2:37 pm

    I don’t care for this inning at all.

  49. FreeSeatUpgrade May 29,2021 3:08 pm

    Blister discussion, Dallas makes oblique reference to guys who pee on their hands to toughen up the skin.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  50. Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 3:30 pm

    Not sure of the stats, but Alex Cobb feels like a scheduled loss for the A’s.

  51. andeux May 29,2021 3:54 pm

    Mid-inning pitching change to bring in Romo while down 4 runs. Bob must not want anyone to watch the end of the game.

    TINSTAAFK
    • Future Ed May 29,2021 5:10 pm || Up

      way ahead of him

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Soaker May 29,2021 8:29 pm || Up

      I was watching this evening, and gave up after the 5th, pretty sure I could jump to the final score without missing anything.

      As lenscrafters, FSU and GM state above, there are .175-hitting backup catchers galore. If you’re one of those you’d dang well better be great defensively. Because if you’re not great defensively you need to be replaced right now.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  52. mikeA May 29,2021 5:18 pm

    • FreeSeatUpgrade May 29,2021 5:30 pm || Up

      Settling things on the field indeed. Don’t see many fights break out while the ball is still in play.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • AV May 29,2021 7:03 pm || Up

      you can see the exact moment the pitcher realizes the play is off.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  53. Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 5:19 pm

    Tatis hit an astonishingly long three-run homer with two outs in the ninth to tie the game in Houston. In extras again now.

    • Future Ed May 29,2021 5:57 pm || Up

      going tothe 12, Astros bringing in a pitvher for his debut

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 6:00 pm || Up

        The Padres catcher clanked a catchable pitch to allow the tying run to score in the eleventh with two outs.

      • Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 6:03 pm || Up

        The kid coughed up a three-run shot to Wil Myers.

        • Future Ed May 29,2021 6:26 pm || Up

          that is an out in 29 ball parks

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 6:08 pm || Up

        Another dumb ass Enron Field thing as Profar’s booming hit gets “stuck” in between the outfield fence and some kind of screen. Hate this park.

    • mikeA May 29,2021 7:49 pm || Up

      Astros 1Bman dropped an easyish pop up earlier in the count.

      • Future Ed May 29,2021 8:45 pm || Up

        that was tough to see. Like the pirates rundown thing

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 8:51 pm || Up

          Fell right on his tuchis. Pretty rough.

  54. Glorious Mundy May 29,2021 5:36 pm

    Ann Killion column trashing the Howard Terminal project includes the following sentence:

    I’d feel a heck of a lot better about the plan if Lew Wolff, an actual real estate developer, was involved.

    • sslinger May 30,2021 3:46 pm || Up

      This is what really gets to me:

      He calls the Oakland Coliseum site untenable, which shows a startling lack of imagination for 243 acres of prime Bay Area real estate with easy freeway and BART access.

      Spot on.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade May 30,2021 8:05 pm || Up

      She makes many good points, the Coliseum site potential, urban parks that didn’t succeed. But she broadly frames HT vs a vibrant port economy as an either/or choice which is just wrong, or at least ill-argued.

      The Coliseum site advocates are right about everything except the only question being asked right now. Certify an EIR and enter negotiations for a Howard Terminal deal, or not.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2021 2:35 pm || Up

        I was annoyed by the column, despite agreeing with some of it (Fisher and Kaval are being jerks, Coliseum site is viable for baseball).

        The way she tries to give herself moral authority as a defender of Oakland’s interests because her mother is from there is ham-handed. She should leave those kinds of takes to columnists who live in Oakland, like Marcus Thompson (whose take, incidentally, is that the project would be good for West Oakland, despite his frustration with A’s ownership).

        The whole Port thing, meanwhile, is just a laundering of the idea Ostler served as a mouthpiece for, where the idea seems mainly to be that Oakland shouldn’t develop Howard Terminal because the Port may someday want to expand to that area. That strikes me as highly dubious. Maybe there’s something to it, but she’s not actually making the argument or sketching out its contours, she’s just assuming its correctness in order to set up the stark moral choice (A’s vs. Oakland!) she imagines to be present here.

        • 5Aces Jun 1,2021 3:28 pm || Up

          If the port concept is so important you would think that..you know…the Port would be hammering away at it.

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • vignette17 Jun 1,2021 4:19 pm || Up

          The Coliseum site is not viable for a stadium. It’s just not. That said, even if it was, I still could have imagined both the Warriors and Raiders leaving for the reasons she mentioned.

          • AV Jun 1,2021 9:00 pm || Up

            you should travel back to ’63 and let them know before it’s too late!

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • nevermoor Jun 2,2021 10:46 am || Up

              Maybe we could go back then and tell them to build working sewer drains.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • lenscrafters Jun 1,2021 4:47 pm || Up

          I’m going to take this a bit further and say that it’s really fucking easy for a couple of SF based columnists (who let’s face it, may like the A’s but clearly favor the Other Team, Killion’s sob story aside) to tell actual A’s fans that it’s OK for us to lose our team because they can clearly tell us what’s best for our city. I’m sure if the shoe was on the other foot, they’d be happy to write articles about how they’re perfectly ok with losing the Giants cause they “choose” SF.

          Basically, spare me the crocodile tears and concern trolling when I don’t believe for a second these columnists have the same emotional investment in both the city and team we have.

          • 5Aces Jun 1,2021 7:57 pm || Up

            But Hank Schulman and Newballpark told me there is no bias??

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  55. Glorious Mundy May 30,2021 10:44 am

    Ramon still out.

  56. lenscrafters May 30,2021 1:37 pm

    Irvin had a nice first month, but it’s time to make a change.

  57. Glorious Mundy May 30,2021 1:37 pm

    This rotation spot is right there for Luzardo if he wants it.

  58. Glorious Mundy May 30,2021 2:21 pm

    Man, Pinder is struggling.

  59. Glorious Mundy May 30,2021 2:22 pm

    Error, walk, walk, walk, strikeout, sac fly is one way to do a rally.

  60. Glorious Mundy May 30,2021 3:03 pm

    Whole lineup is struggling.

  61. Glorious Mundy May 30,2021 3:24 pm

    Would be nice if Moreland stopped being this bad.

    • 5Aces May 30,2021 4:05 pm || Up

      Sounds like the same is true for all of them.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • Glorious Mundy May 30,2021 4:09 pm || Up

        There is a whole lot of sucking going on.

    • Future Ed May 30,2021 5:55 pm || Up

      Can he face the A’s?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  62. andeux May 30,2021 4:15 pm

    Practically a replay of yesterday: one bad inning on the pitching/defense side, and next to nothing from the offense.
    Having Laureano in there instead of one of Pinder/Moreland/Piscotty would obviously make a difference, but his absence seems to loom even larger than that.

    TINSTAAFK
  63. lenscrafters May 30,2021 4:36 pm

    3-4 to begin the supposed easiest stretch of the season.

  64. Future Ed May 30,2021 5:57 pm

    So in other news you can catch my friend’s kids’ band on jimmy kimmel this thursday. Pretty wild.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • colin May 30,2021 7:11 pm || Up

      Wait, your friends kid is in the Linda Lindas? Did you bring that up a week-ish ago when their video was blowing up the internet?

      • Future Ed May 30,2021 9:20 pm || Up

        Maybe? Dunno.

        Yes, A woman I am good friends with from college is the mom of two of them. Her husband is the one that was in reel big fish and is now a producer with a studio in their home. her brother started giant robot. I know his twin better than him.

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  65. Future Ed Jun 1,2021 8:01 pm

    hope the CG was worth it

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  66. Future Ed Jun 1,2021 9:14 pm

    can’t waste an andrus double

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

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