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Check out the big brain on [googles]…Mike Matheny? “Matheny’s old-school advice might not always be popular or politically correct, but it works.”

Pitching Matchups:

Thurs: Mike Minor (“but preventing the home run ball was a problem”) vs Frankie Montas.

Fri: Brady Singer (2.2 barrels per PA is best in mlb) vs Cole Irvin

Sat: Jackson Kowar (“MLB debut was shorter than expected. He only went two-thirds of an inning”) vs James Kaprelian. Maybe the first JK vs JK matchup in big league history?

Sun: Kris Bubic (“struggled to limit the long ball”) vs Chris Bassitt. Can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a (K/Ch)ris B.

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239 thoughts on “Royals with Cheese

  1. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 5:25 pm
    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  2. Glorious Mundy Jun 10,2021 5:37 pm

    The Royals come in fresh off getting swept 8-3, 8-1, 6-1 by the Angels, part of a five-game losing streak that includes the previously mentioned game where they bunted into a 3-6-4 triple play. They are somehow only two games under .500 and comfortably in third place in the Central.

  3. Future Ed Jun 10,2021 5:46 pm

    I have a bad feeling about this

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 5:50 pm || Up

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 5:52 pm || Up

        I’ve been sharing that image a lot lately; Segundo Upgrade will be a matriculating slug in Sept.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Soaker Jun 11,2021 10:38 am || Up

          Excellent. Your kids like beach towns. Enjoy them now because you can’t afford to live there after college.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  4. Glorious Mundy Jun 10,2021 5:54 pm

    “Politically correct?” Is he a racist or something?

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 6:06 pm || Up

      God squad.

      “I believe that the fear of God is the beginning of all understanding and that’s a love-based fear,”

      Yikes.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  5. andeux Jun 10,2021 6:02 pm
    TINSTAAFK
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 6:10 pm || Up

      Damn, that’s some top notch bref searching. Quite a few names of note in those lineups too.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Glorious Mundy Jun 10,2021 6:29 pm || Up

        Probably gets along very well with Dayton Moore.

    • Soaker Jun 11,2021 10:21 am || Up

      I find no previous games in Oakland A’s history with a JK vs. JK pitching matchup.

      Only one JK prior to Kaprielian has ever started a game on the mound for the Oakland A’s. He started 16 games, and in 13 of them the starting catcher was also JK. This should be fairly easy.

      Pitcher: Joe Kennedy
      Catcher: Jason Kendall

      A JK reliever who faced one batter, walking him, in the 1990 World Series:
      Joe Klink

      And the other two Oakland JKs:
      Relief pitcher, 16-2/3 innings in 1985: Jeff Kaiser
      Outfielder, 110 PA in 1968, uncle of a later Oakland player with the same last name: Joe Keough

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  6. andeux Jun 10,2021 6:06 pm

    And “Jackson Kowar” is going to turn out to be Jurickson Profar with a fake mustache anyway.

    TINSTAAFK
  7. lenscrafters Jun 10,2021 6:49 pm

    Having trouble remembering anything Minor did in an A’s uniform.

    • Future Ed Jun 10,2021 6:57 pm || Up

      he did alright in the ALDS

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • lenscrafters Jun 10,2021 7:06 pm || Up

        We had a pitcher do well in that series?

        • andeux Jun 10,2021 7:12 pm || Up

          3 scoreless appearances in the 3 losses.

          TINSTAAFK
  8. Future Ed Jun 10,2021 7:13 pm

    chapman. Its tough to listen to

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Future Ed Jun 10,2021 7:56 pm || Up

      can’t stay mad

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  9. lenscrafters Jun 10,2021 7:13 pm

    Even Ray is getting exasperated by Chapman getting beat by mediocre fastballs.

  10. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 7:21 pm

    Damn Olson is slick. Between the flips like that and the foul fly catches running away from the field, he may be the best at literally using his glove of any first baseman I’ve ever seen.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  11. Future Ed Jun 10,2021 7:23 pm

    frankie being frankie

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  12. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 7:30 pm

    +1 to Skye Bolt for picking The Chain as his walkup. Maybe see another pitch or three next time though.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 10:41 am || Up

      Assigning other Rumours tracks…

      Second Hand News – Andrus
      Dreams – Luzardo
      Never Going Back Again – Lowrie
      Don’t Stop – Olson
      Go Your Own Way – Canha
      You Make Loving Fun – Ramon
      I Don’t Want to Know – Chapman
      Silver Springs – Petit

  13. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 7:44 pm

    Jed! Nice lesson to the young fellas on how to keep your hands back on the slow stuff,

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  14. Future Ed Jun 10,2021 8:01 pm

    first place for another day

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  15. Future Ed Jun 10,2021 8:03 pm

    piscotty trying to make me forget about the chapman at bat

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  16. Glorious Mundy Jun 10,2021 8:03 pm

    It’s gotta be nice pitching against a team that’s bottom five in walks and homers.

  17. lenscrafters Jun 10,2021 8:05 pm

    Not really happy to see the A’s doing Royals things on the basepaths.

  18. 5Aces Jun 10,2021 8:12 pm

    Frankie FKing Magic showed up tonight. Did you guys all go in on some supplements for him while I wasnt looking?

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • lenscrafters Jun 10,2021 8:14 pm || Up

      Probably the best fastball velocity/command he’s shown this year. I’m always wary of the patented Montas Meltdown inning around the corner though.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 8:19 pm || Up

        One of these starts he’ll just not melt down. [knocks wood / throws salt over left shoulder / says three Hail Marys / farts]

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Future Ed Jun 10,2021 8:30 pm || Up

          catchers interference is maybe the thing that does it

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 8:34 pm || Up

            Dang, Chapman fails to make the (spectacular for most / routine for him) play to end the innings.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • Glorious Mundy Jun 10,2021 8:50 pm || Up

            • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 8:54 pm || Up

              Deliberately trying for that is bush league horseshit.

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • Future Ed Jun 10,2021 10:47 pm || Up

                seems like the rule is overly harsh

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • 5Aces Jun 10,2021 9:02 pm || Up

          Me and my big mouth.

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  19. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 8:24 pm

    I feel like the A’s have a half dozen legit All-Star candidates, which probably means we’ll get one guy and he won’t play.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • andeux Jun 14,2021 9:20 am || Up

      TINSTAAFK
      • Future Ed Jun 14,2021 10:31 am || Up

        Laureano, Canha and olson should be higher, but not much, really.

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Future Ed Jun 14,2021 10:36 am || Up

        OK, so canha should be much higher, and Laureano isn’t qualified anymore so it’s hard to blame informed voters. Admittedly, the voters aren’t informed.

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Future Ed Jun 14,2021 10:40 am || Up

        Side note, per fangraphs WAR, Elvis is 34th if you open up shortstops from qualified to 170 PAs

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • andeux Jun 14,2021 11:01 am || Up

        We have 5 good candidates, all deserving on a strictly 2021 stats basis, but only Olson will feel like a clear snub if he doesn’t:

        1. Olson. 2.4 fWAR (2nd AL 1B), 2.2 bWAR. Stuck behind the clear MVP so far.
        2. Canha. 2.0 fWAR (4th AL OF), 2.2 bWAR. Does a lot of things well but not well-known. You don’t HBP your way to the ASG.
        3. Laureano. 2.0 fWAR (6th AL OF), 1.8 bWAR. Better known, but hurt by recent injury.

        4/5.Manaea. 1.7 fWAR (9th AL SP), 2.1 bWAR (10th AL SP)
        Bassitt. 1.7 fWAR (8th AL SP), 2.0 bWAR
        Manaea has the slight lead in ERA, though Bassitt feels like he has been the ace, and also has a few more IP. Bassitt is probably our best candidate to get chosen after Olson.

        TINSTAAFK
        • Future Ed Jun 14,2021 11:23 am || Up

          olson is very deserving of a selection, but Vlad Jr should be the starter.

          I agree on Laureano and canha, but I am guessing they get snubbed

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
  20. Future Ed Jun 10,2021 8:33 pm

    gak

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 8:35 pm || Up

      Argh

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  21. lenscrafters Jun 10,2021 8:35 pm

    Chapman’s got to make that fucking play.

  22. Future Ed Jun 10,2021 8:44 pm

    Murphy needs to hit a 3 run home run

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  23. Future Ed Jun 10,2021 8:49 pm

    The comeback is going to feel so great

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  24. lenscrafters Jun 10,2021 8:57 pm

    Smart of Bob to limit the frustration quotient to just one game by pitching Montas and Luzardo in the same game.

    • Future Ed Jun 10,2021 10:48 pm || Up

      I think the A’s lost the doolittle trade due to the heighten expectations after 2018 trienen and whatever this luzardo is

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • 5Aces Jun 11,2021 7:23 am || Up

        Tend to agree. Luzardo is starting to frustrate. You can see it in bits and pieces, but it just doesnt seem to be coming together.

        And LC is right-great that I can get all this wasted talent commentary out at the same time and just go back to complaining about the bullpen causing my 1st stroke for 4 days..

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  25. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 10,2021 8:58 pm

    I’m going to go out on a limb and say that mop-up innings do not suit Luzardo’s disposition.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  26. Glorious Mundy Jun 10,2021 9:08 pm

    How soon can he get here?

    • Future Ed Jun 10,2021 10:48 pm || Up

      Gonna have to get out to stockton sooner than later

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      • 5Aces Jun 11,2021 7:24 am || Up

        I’m going to have to go to Fresno at some point this summer. Maybe I need to time it with Ports/Grizz and pray he is still there.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • Future Ed Jun 12,2021 10:07 pm || Up

        think I am going to go wednesday

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    • Future Ed Jun 10,2021 10:49 pm || Up

      at san jose this week!

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  27. Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 11:05 am

    ESPN’s Euro 2020 intro is narrated by Ian McShane. If I wasn’t ready before, I am now.

    • AV Jun 11,2021 1:48 pm || Up

      i’m hearing a split decision on italy’s kits.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 1:58 pm || Up

        I wasn’t looking too closely at the kits because Mancini was cutting such a bella figura in his Armani tournament blazer.

      • Glorious Mundy Jun 15,2021 9:29 am || Up

        I love these Portugal kits. Best I’ve seen so far.

        • AV Jun 15,2021 10:15 am || Up

          cute! the bees knees.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Glorious Mundy Jun 16,2021 7:21 am || Up

          These are hideous.

          • AV Jun 16,2021 9:24 am || Up

            dazzle ships!

            honestly wouldn’t mind them if every jersey had a different pattern. and black/white.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • AV Jul 2,2021 11:40 am || Up

              a fan.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 2,2021 11:57 am || Up

                Sinead hasn’t aged a day.

                "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • Future Ed Jul 2,2021 12:45 pm || Up

                the back plain blue field made them worse

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          • Future Ed Jun 16,2021 11:12 am || Up

            It’s worse for the women. the break is poorly aligned.

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
  28. lenscrafters Jun 11,2021 2:10 pm

    New Fuson interview

    tl;dr: Soderstrom good, everyone else bad (especially Beck/Puk)

    • Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 2:15 pm || Up

      Re Puk, yikes.

      The velocity, which used to be 95-98 is now kind of a 91-94.

      It’s kind of hilarious how brutally honest Fuson comes off in these.

      Diaz: “a little bit slow-footed”

      Criswell: “He’s got a rough delivery, so him getting hurt is not a complete shocker to me.”

      Beck: “he swore to me he was in the weight room every day. He’s just not as physical as he once was.”

    • Soaker Jun 11,2021 2:34 pm || Up

      Reminds me that at one point in the 2018 draft it was thought the A’s, with the #9 pick, might go for tonight’s Royals starting pitcher, Brady Singer. Singer was taken by KC at #18, while the A’s went in a, ummm, different direction.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • nevermoor Jun 11,2021 2:40 pm || Up

        Stupid successful final season at OU…

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • 5Aces Jun 11,2021 3:06 pm || Up
          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
          • Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 3:19 pm || Up

            His trade value will never be higher.

          • nevermoor Jun 11,2021 4:50 pm || Up

            Bo knows e-sports!

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • 5Aces Jun 11,2021 3:08 pm || Up

        Also I like that NO ONE liked the idea (because it was stupid..).

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 3:19 pm || Up

          It remains totally insane that they drafted a guy who already hadn’t played very much baseball in the top 10 fully intending to let him miss out on a year of baseball development while he risked his life playing college football. That was the plan. Let him have fun playing the football and then, a year later, start teaching him how to play baseball if he still had working knees.

          That’s already crazy, even setting aside there being very little reason to think he was a first round baseball talent, that he might just be using them as an insurance policy for his NFL dreams, and that they were in a position of taking Scott Boras’ word for something.

          • andeux Jun 11,2021 3:29 pm || Up

            The pick itself is (maybe almost) defensible on the grounds that they (maybe) thought they could get him to commit to baseball. When he wouldn’t they could have just walked away and taken the #10 pick the following year instead. The really insane part is signing and paying him in those circumstances.

            TINSTAAFK
            • Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 3:40 pm || Up

              I think they had convinced themselves that he was committed to baseball as a profession, but that he wouldn’t sign unless he was paid first round money and was allowed to play that last season of amateur football. They were wrong, in part because he and his family bullshitted them, and in part because they didn’t understand how good he actually was at football.

              • nevermoor Jun 11,2021 4:54 pm || Up

                In fairness, no one expected him to be that good at football.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  29. andeux Jun 11,2021 3:49 pm

    Trying to build a new football stadium at the Coliseum site with the hope of attracting a new NFL team is an obviously stupid idea, and yet still a more plausible threat from the city’s side than anything Fisher/Kaval have come up with from theirs. They are so bad at this.

    TINSTAAFK
    • Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 4:10 pm || Up

      Is your thinking that Kaplan (or whoever) is using the threat of selling the Coliseum site to someone else to get the A’s to take less future tax revenue for HT infrastructure? I’ve lost the plot.

      Part of what makes this so convoluted is that the A’s supposedly need to buy and develop the Coliseum site to finance HT, but the fact of their trying to purchase the Coliseum site emboldens groups like the “East Oakland Stadium Alliance” to say they should just build at the Coliseum.

      • andeux Jun 11,2021 4:50 pm || Up

        Yes, leverage for some aspect of the negotiation, infrastructure costs being the most likely candidate.
        My sense was that the Portland/Vegas/wherever thing was a bit of brinksmanship trying to insist on a take-it-or-leave-it vote on the entire (yes, very convoluted) package with no further negotiation possible. But it just wasn’t credible enough.

        TINSTAAFK
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 11,2021 9:54 pm || Up

        Rebecca Kaplan’s only interest is making Libby look bad. Kaplan’s capacity for self-promotion is staggering, even by politician standards.

        Robert Bobb is interesting. Very very smart guy. He wants a piece of the action and this seems like a clever way to get in.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Glorious Mundy Jun 15,2021 5:09 pm || Up

          Wait…what?

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 16,2021 11:20 am || Up

            Interesting. First, Kaplan’s assertion is somewhere between disingenuous and a lie. While the A’s may not have formally delivered a check to buy the land, that’s not how negotiations work and Kaplan knows this. Over the past years the A’s have clearly discussed such a purchase with the City, as was discussed in numerous Council closed sessions.

            But the bit about “in recent weeks have said they don’t want it” is also really interesting. The Coliseum land is just a financing mechanism for HT. The A’s may have concluded they can finance HT any number of other ways (including the formerly County-owned half of the Coliseum site the A’s bought), and by telling the City ok never mind it potentially removes a bunch of the City’s negotiating leverage. Would not be the first time Kaplan badly overplayed her hand.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • 5Aces Jun 16,2021 11:46 am || Up

              God this is really a classic case of the resistible force vs the moveable object.

              Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  30. Soaker Jun 11,2021 4:26 pm

    The Diamondbacks would rather have Buchter. Sigh.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  31. Future Ed Jun 11,2021 4:54 pm

    Not to be morbid, but Forst should really look into the Nationals fire sale that is imminent

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Future Ed Jun 11,2021 5:09 pm || Up

      Daniel Hudson is the classic A’s pick up

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  32. andeux Jun 11,2021 7:08 pm

    This guy does not seem to throw a lot of strikes.

    TINSTAAFK
    • Soaker Jun 11,2021 7:20 pm || Up

      Meanwhile Irvin isn’t messing around.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • andeux Jun 12,2021 1:30 pm || Up

      Kowar is worse. 26 pitches, 12 strikes so far, and two of them were gifts from the ump.

      TINSTAAFK
      • Future Ed Jun 12,2021 2:14 pm || Up

        They should have a place where recent draft picks play to refine their craft. Maybe get other teams to have groups of younger guys play against each other, like a U19 league, or U21.

        Maybe pitchers could learn to throw more strikes there

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  33. Future Ed Jun 11,2021 7:26 pm

    ken and vince and townsend are talking a lot about degrom and not mentioning he left the game with an injury

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  34. Future Ed Jun 11,2021 7:42 pm

    Also, sidney burke goes to a’s games “all the time”

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  35. andeux Jun 11,2021 7:43 pm

    TINSTAAFK
    • Future Ed Jun 11,2021 7:46 pm || Up

      champman 105, moreland 105, garcia 99, lowrie 98, elvis 98

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  36. mikeA Jun 11,2021 7:46 pm

    Hey, the Twins tied it up!

    Oh, Shoemaker in for the top of the ninth…

  37. 5Aces Jun 11,2021 7:46 pm

    Im such a sucker. Any decent contact from Chappy and I think “Is he back?”

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  38. 5Aces Jun 11,2021 7:47 pm

    Also-SB&HBoR!!

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  39. lenscrafters Jun 11,2021 8:09 pm

    Somewhere, I can imagine **** saying that Irvin’s ability to induce crushed line drives right into fielders’ gloves is a testament to his savviness or something.

    • Future Ed Jun 11,2021 8:20 pm || Up

      giving up solo home runs is a skill

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  40. 5Aces Jun 11,2021 8:24 pm

    What the hell happens to us in the last 3 innings?

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  41. 5Aces Jun 11,2021 8:31 pm

    Flashes the Nick Allen signal…

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  42. Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 8:34 pm

    Andrus is so bad. So, so bad.

    • Soaker Jun 11,2021 8:52 pm || Up

      Checking Cot’s:

      21:$14M, 22:$14M, 23:$15M club option
      2023 becomes player option with 1) trade or waiver claim and 2) 550 plate appearances in 2022 or 1,100 PAs in 2021-22 combined

      FWIW he’s on pace for 531 PA this year.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Future Ed Jun 11,2021 8:56 pm || Up

        Libby Schaaf need to offer to agree to the HT plan if Fischer agrees to eat the rest of that contract

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • mikeA Jun 11,2021 9:43 pm || Up

      Terrible fielder, but they need his bat in there.

  43. andeux Jun 11,2021 8:37 pm

    I think the announcers were right that he probably didn’t have a play on the first one anyway.
    Don’t know what the hell he was doing on the second one.

    TINSTAAFK
    • Soaker Jun 11,2021 8:41 pm || Up

      Had his mind made up to make the easy flip to second, without bothering to check where the incoming runner was.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  44. Future Ed Jun 11,2021 8:54 pm

    man o man

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  45. andeux Jun 11,2021 8:55 pm

    Diehangingsliderman

    TINSTAAFK
    • Future Ed Jun 11,2021 8:57 pm || Up

      at least there was no preceding walk

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  46. 5Aces Jun 11,2021 9:02 pm

    What exactly is “the plan” here?

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Future Ed Jun 11,2021 9:05 pm || Up

      hit dingers

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • 5Aces Jun 11,2021 9:07 pm || Up

        Guess it’s better than the HT plan.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Future Ed Jun 11,2021 9:08 pm || Up

      i am radio only, but I assume its going to end up in a run

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • 5Aces Jun 11,2021 9:10 pm || Up

        If the initial call had been safe it would have stayed too.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  47. 5Aces Jun 11,2021 9:08 pm

    There is nothing definitive

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  48. andeux Jun 11,2021 9:08 pm

    This seems like exactly the same play that gets called inconclusive when our guy is called out.
    So it will be deemed conclusively safe this time.

    TINSTAAFK
  49. andeux Jun 11,2021 9:09 pm

    No! Terrible call in our favor! Yay!

    TINSTAAFK
  50. 5Aces Jun 11,2021 9:11 pm

    2 in a row? Are they making up for the last 2 seasons?? Time to start challenging!

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  51. Future Ed Jun 11,2021 9:19 pm

    nope. can’t. PTSD

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  52. 5Aces Jun 11,2021 9:21 pm

    My TV just shut off for a second for no reason. It is clearly smarter than I am.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  53. andeux Jun 11,2021 9:28 pm

    1 A’s run please.

    TINSTAAFK
  54. lenscrafters Jun 11,2021 9:36 pm

    No PH for Elvis?

  55. Future Ed Jun 11,2021 9:37 pm

    wtf?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Future Ed Jun 11,2021 10:11 pm || Up

      of course what I meant is what the fuck matheney, why walk brown to get to Andrus

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  56. 5Aces Jun 11,2021 9:38 pm

    Did Pinder die and no one told me?

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  57. Soaker Jun 11,2021 9:45 pm

    Well that was improbable. I doubt I was the only one thinking “Just don’t GIDP”.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  58. andeux Jun 11,2021 9:49 pm

    It is only one game, but Chapman really did look better today.

    TINSTAAFK
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 11,2021 9:56 pm || Up

      I thought he might cry after scoring the winner

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  59. lenscrafters Jun 11,2021 10:08 pm

    LOL slegna closer gives up a tying home run with 2 outs in the 9th.

    • Future Ed Jun 11,2021 10:12 pm || Up

      I didn’t understand all the ohtani balks

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • lenscrafters Jun 11,2021 10:13 pm || Up

      Buchter in the 10th against 3 righties, this should go well.

      • lenscrafters Jun 11,2021 10:25 pm || Up

        Strikeout, balk, HBP, DBacks manager tried to take him out but it was only 2 batters faced, HBP

        Bases loaded 1 out

        • Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 10:33 pm || Up

          How far did Buchter get from the mound before the ump stepped in?

          • lenscrafters Jun 11,2021 10:35 pm || Up

            Dugout, umpire didn’t notice. Only Scioscia did.

            • Glorious Mundy Jun 11,2021 10:37 pm || Up

              Amazing.

              • lenscrafters Jun 11,2021 10:45 pm || Up

                Scioscia just had to make another pitching change for the (potential) last batter of the game.

  60. ptbnl Jun 12,2021 10:04 am

    Ugh … looks like one of the Danish players just had a heart attack mid-game.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  61. Future Ed Jun 12,2021 11:25 am

    Melvin to fans: It’s a nice day, spend it hiking away from internet or radio reception

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Future Ed Jun 12,2021 2:15 pm || Up

      [gets back from walk, checks score]

      Melvin to fans: we got this

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  62. Glorious Mundy Jun 12,2021 1:37 pm

    Woulda been nice to get more than one there.

  63. Glorious Mundy Jun 12,2021 1:45 pm

    Kaprielian dominating so far.

  64. Glorious Mundy Jun 12,2021 1:56 pm

    Chapman!

  65. 5Aces Jun 12,2021 1:56 pm

    Having Chappy back would be a good thing.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Future Ed Jun 12,2021 2:17 pm || Up

      cautiously optimistic

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • andeux Jun 12,2021 3:28 pm || Up

        Opposite field HR!

        TINSTAAFK
        • Glorious Mundy Jun 12,2021 3:29 pm || Up

          Tripping over the bullpen mound yesterday reset him somehow.

        • mikeA Jun 12,2021 3:35 pm || Up

          On 100 mph fastball no less.

          • nevermoor Jun 14,2021 4:53 pm || Up

            Holy hell. That’s progress.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  66. 5Aces Jun 12,2021 1:59 pm

    On the bright side for this kid, he double the number of out he got vs his last start. If he keeps that up he will have a complete game in 3 more starts.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  67. andeux Jun 12,2021 2:31 pm

    Skye Bolt not making a very good case for more playing time.

    TINSTAAFK
    • andeux Jun 12,2021 2:36 pm || Up

      Come on.

      TINSTAAFK
      • Future Ed Jun 12,2021 3:18 pm || Up

        there is a team in las vegas too

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • 5Aces Jun 12,2021 4:04 pm || Up

          Starting to think Jesus needs a month long all expense paid trip there.

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • Glorious Mundy Jun 12,2021 4:14 pm || Up

        If you don’t love him now, you will never love him again.

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 12,2021 7:15 pm || Up

          Heh heh, very nice. Fitting tagline for a guy who’s been cut twice already this year.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • Glorious Mundy Jun 12,2021 8:36 pm || Up

            Before he homered I was going with “damn your glove, damn your flies.”

  68. Future Ed Jun 12,2021 4:17 pm

    wade davis doesn’t have it

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  69. Glorious Mundy Jun 13,2021 7:47 am

    Loving the contrast between the PTBNLs coach in a suit and tie and the elcroatas coach in a plain white t-shirt.

  70. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 13,2021 11:39 am

    I usually don’t endorse retaliation against political rivals, but is it too much to ask that William Barr be publicly disemboweled and hung by his own intestines? Really, I ask for so little.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Future Ed Jun 13,2021 11:57 am || Up

      in a true and just society they would all be shunned and jailed, but, you know

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  71. andeux Jun 13,2021 1:18 pm

    Boobish

    TINSTAAFK
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 13,2021 2:20 pm || Up

      Korach using the preferred Slavic pronunciation Boob Itch.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  72. Glorious Mundy Jun 13,2021 1:22 pm

    Chapman!!

  73. andeux Jun 13,2021 1:30 pm

    Everything says HBP but that looked like (if anything) another catcher interference.

    TINSTAAFK
  74. Glorious Mundy Jun 13,2021 1:46 pm

    Matheny has a surly look about him.

    • Jennifer Jun 13,2021 2:04 pm || Up

      You would too if you lived in Missouri.

      • Soaker Jun 13,2021 3:02 pm || Up

        By now you should have an attractive enough resume that you’d have options elsewhere if you wanted to seek them out.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • Jennifer Jun 13,2021 3:04 pm || Up

          My dad had three brain surgeries in May. I’m not going anywhere soon.

          • Soaker Jun 13,2021 3:07 pm || Up

            Well I hope that turns out OK. I guessed there might be something that kept you anchored there.

            What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
            • Jennifer Jun 13,2021 3:09 pm || Up

              I have a house and a dog now. I live two blocks away from work.

              • Future Ed Jun 13,2021 7:13 pm || Up

                nice

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • Jennifer Jun 13,2021 7:18 pm || Up

                  But I sure miss you.

                • Future Ed Jun 13,2021 7:31 pm || Up

                  we all miss you. Theo was using your gift bat yesterday in a game of house ball.

                  my house you can play ball

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 13,2021 3:15 pm || Up

            Sorry, that’s rough Jennifer. Hopefully better days ahead.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  75. Glorious Mundy Jun 13,2021 2:00 pm

    Cal > Stanford

  76. andeux Jun 13,2021 2:04 pm

    Another good start by the offense. The way Bassitt was laboring we may need to keep it up.

    TINSTAAFK
  77. 5Aces Jun 13,2021 2:11 pm

    C Bass left out in the sun doesnt do well.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 13,2021 2:17 pm || Up

      Something about the Coliseum makes a normal 75° day outside feel like the surface of the sun inside.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • 5Aces Jun 13,2021 3:00 pm || Up

        I cant tell you how many times I left Fresno for a day game in Oakland thrilled to “escape the heat” only to have to retreat to find shade by the 3rd inning.

        Related, anytime my family of friends asks if Im going to move back I am glad to show them the forecast this week: 109 Fresno vs 80 or so in Lomita.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • Soaker Jun 13,2021 3:24 pm || Up

          I was giving some thought to driving down to Las Vegas for a couple Aviators games this coming Thursday and Friday nights.

          Thursday. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 116.
          Thursday Night. Partly cloudy, with a low around 91.
          Friday. Sunny and hot, with a high near 116.
          Friday Night. Mostly clear, with a low around 90.
          Saturday. Sunny and hot, with a high near 116.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • Future Ed Jun 13,2021 7:14 pm || Up

            I am 90% going to stockton wednesday

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • Soaker Jun 13,2021 7:44 pm || Up

              Not to see Soderstrom and the Ports, though, because they will be in Fresno.

              What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
              • Future Ed Jun 13,2021 8:48 pm || Up

                dammit. I thought i checked the schedule right.

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
              • 5Aces Jun 14,2021 7:24 am || Up

                crap-no way to adjust my schedule for that, plus Id prefer not to be in the 103 or whatever it will be that day if I can.

                Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
          • Soaker Jun 17,2021 7:39 pm || Up

            It was 111°F at first pitch at Las Vegas Ballpark tonight. It is $2 beer night, however (presumably for Bud Light; the good stuff at those things is always regular price).

            What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Soaker Jun 13,2021 2:59 pm || Up

      The Royals may have something with their young starters but they’ve been a little tedious to watch these last few days, and Bassitt has been compounding the issue today.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  78. Glorious Mundy Jun 13,2021 2:11 pm

    Confused by Salvador Perez suddenly being Pudge Rodriguez at the plate.

  79. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 13,2021 2:22 pm

    Suggestion: instead of the usual home run derby format that we’re all bored by, this year in Denver choose the winner by distance.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  80. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 13,2021 2:31 pm

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Glorious Mundy Jun 13,2021 2:55 pm || Up

      Columnists gonna columnize, and the Chronicle’s sports columnists clearly detest the A’s ownership and take a patronizing approach to Oakland in general. But playing them above the fold every Sunday, including treating one of Ostler’s as a straight news piece, is an editorial choice. Christina Kahrl is too new here to hold a grudge. I have to question whether she is getting instructions from on high to do this.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 13,2021 3:20 pm || Up

        Hard to dismiss all the hints of an agenda from the paper that gets many of its clicks courtesy of the team that already has a cool waterfront park.

        Ostler is just a prick. He spent the last five years relentlessly mocking Fisher for not taking tangible action, now has spent the last year mocking the tangible actions he took.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Glorious Mundy Jun 15,2021 10:36 am || Up

          Ostler is really worried about the continuing vitality of this polluter for some reason.

  81. andeux Jun 13,2021 2:51 pm

    Wow, another terrible call in our favor upheld.

    TINSTAAFK
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 13,2021 2:57 pm || Up

      I feel we are still not even.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  82. andeux Jun 13,2021 3:02 pm

    Bassitt settled down, made it through 5 at 88 pitches. I would still give him only a very short leash.

    TINSTAAFK
  83. Glorious Mundy Jun 13,2021 3:16 pm

    Fosse thinks the past tense of pinch hit is “pinched hit.”

    • andeux Jun 13,2021 3:18 pm || Up

      Not sure I would call John Mabry a “great hitter.”

      TINSTAAFK
      • Soaker Jun 13,2021 3:37 pm || Up

        I summed Mabry’s first 41 games with the A’s, for which “great hitter” is fair, but he never did anything else like that in his career.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  84. Glorious Mundy Jun 13,2021 3:23 pm

    Not sure who brought the referee’s whistle to the ballpark today but they’ve gotta go.

  85. Glorious Mundy Jun 13,2021 3:31 pm

    They just are not going to stop walking Kemp I guess.

  86. Glorious Mundy Jun 13,2021 4:16 pm

    Louuu

  87. Soaker Jun 13,2021 4:19 pm

    KC isn’t going to challenge for a postseason spot this year but they aren’t a pushover. Nice series, bitches.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  88. ptbnl Jun 13,2021 4:36 pm

    Bartolo Colon pitched a complete game yesterday!

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Soaker Jun 13,2021 7:51 pm || Up

      Addison Russell plays every day for that team. Chris Carter (still only 34!) has played in 8 of the team’s 20 games, with 3 HR.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • andeux Jun 13,2021 8:03 pm || Up

        Great, now half of FK will want to bring Carter back.

        TINSTAAFK
        • 5Aces Jun 13,2021 8:20 pm || Up

          I guess Moreland,KD,Carter is what I should prefer, but given the options yeah…

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  89. ptbnl Jun 14,2021 7:12 am

    Oh Scotland …

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  90. Glorious Mundy Jun 14,2021 12:00 pm

    Interesting. Wouldn’t be shocking to see this at some point when the A’s play a Comcast team like the White Sox.

    • andeux Jun 14,2021 12:14 pm || Up

      Of course, this will be annoying to some fans already in these markets who only watch games on cable/satellite RSN coverage and don’t have their TVs set up for streaming

      I have a decent streaming setup, so it is about the same to me, but I don’t understand that part of the plan. Exploring streaming options, with the eye toward a future a la carte service, makes sense, but why take the game away from the people who are already paying $100+/month for cable (which is also owned by Comcast, after all) to see the games? Seems like they are just hastening the death of their own cable cash cow by doing that.

      TINSTAAFK
    • andeux Jun 14,2021 12:22 pm || Up

      Also seems like it could be an issue for restaurants/bars that would show the game.

      TINSTAAFK
  91. Glorious Mundy Jun 14,2021 2:00 pm

    “Sweden Survive the Spanish Inquisition”

    Too soon, Ian.

  92. Glorious Mundy Jun 14,2021 4:25 pm

    There’s a good chance the A’s will be heading to the Bronx this weekend in the middle of a full-fledged Yankees media freakout. Those are always fun.

  93. Future Ed Jun 14,2021 6:44 pm
    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • andeux Jun 14,2021 7:39 pm || Up

      It is interesting, how widespread it is, and how his particular stuff spread around the league by word of mouth as players changed teams.

      And while it does seem unfair that a clubbie selling sticky stuff at $100 per 1 year batch to stars making millions (and in some cases more millions because of the sticky stuff) lost his job over this while the players themselves haven’t been punished, he kind of set himself up as that kind of scapegoat. By selling to players on different teams, he not only gave his own team no incentive to protect him, but also left the trail of texts, packages, payments, etc. The same thing happened around steroids 20 years ago, and for that matter it’s probably pretty much the same as a lot of small-time drug dealers of other sorts, who start out selling to people they know and then expand a little too much without getting more careful. (Props to Adam Wainwright for the “kale salad and beans” venmo payment though.)

      Also, IANAL, but even I could have told him this:

      That may be a basis for an employment action, but not for defamation,” the judge wrote

      TINSTAAFK
  94. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 14,2021 6:49 pm

    Just my luck, radio ballgame coincides perfectly with my grilling plans and Korach has the night off.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  95. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 14,2021 7:03 pm

    I have literally never heard the “old saying” just cited by not-Ken, “you throw strikes to get strikes”

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  96. Future Ed Jun 14,2021 8:57 pm

    not gonna look in the game thread, but this is a real WTF

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  97. lenscrafters Jun 14,2021 9:10 pm

    Burch Smith is someone to keep an eye as to whether he can maintain his spin rates.

  98. Glorious Mundy Jun 14,2021 9:46 pm

    Why are games against this team always so unpleasant.

    • Future Ed Jun 14,2021 10:11 pm || Up

      My avoidance move makes for a more pleasant evening

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • 5Aces Jun 15,2021 7:41 am || Up

        Seriously. I was having a good evening, then my buddy started to offer PxP in our group chat. Sucked me in and got me to put the last 2 innings on the radio.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • Future Ed Jun 15,2021 12:53 pm || Up

          I am scrolling twitter so i get a sense, but mostly i ignore

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

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