Game blackjack: A’s @ Rays ← FREE KRAUT!

Game blackjack: A’s @ Rays 175

Sheets vs. Wade Davis

Pennington, Barton, Sweeney, Chavez, Kouzmanoff, Gross, Powell, Patterson, Rosales

175 thoughts on “Game blackjack: A’s @ Rays

  1. mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:21 pm

    Powell is great on throws to second. I hope the Rays keep stealing.

  2. spwc2010 Apr 27,2010 4:21 pm

    Wow, the towels in the FK bathrooms are really fluffy.

    \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 8:31 pm || Up

      And don’t forget about the radiant-heat bathroom floor!

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 8:40 pm || Up

        That’s what attracted me.

        • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 8:40 pm || Up

          Well, that, and the free kraut.

          • MikeV Apr 27,2010 8:45 pm || Up

            There’s free kraut here????

            And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

            Thanks, and go As.

            • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 9:05 pm || Up

              Yep. In your cupholder.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 9:45 pm || Up

          Unfortunately, you don’t realize I’m a Fabricator.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  3. mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:22 pm

    The cowbells + awful loud music on the sound system in TB are incredibly irritating.

    • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 4:31 pm || Up

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  4. mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:31 pm

    Time to try to steal 3rd.

  5. mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:33 pm

    Throwing a fastball down the middle isn’t a great thing to do against Pena.

  6. nevermoor Apr 27,2010 4:45 pm

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 4:55 pm || Up
      Pennington!

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  7. mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:46 pm

    More good hitting than bad pitching that inning.

  8. FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 27,2010 4:46 pm

    Crap. “Watching” on GameDay from work sucks. The A’s should play games in the PAcific Time Zone exclusively. Or I should quit my job and ignore my family so as to never miss an inningjury. Crap.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  9. mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:49 pm

    The umpire has favored the Rays so far…

    • mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:49 pm || Up

      But Patterson walks anyway. Nice ab. He has the weakest arm I’ve ever seen…

  10. mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:51 pm

    The A’s should trade for Longoria.

    • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 4:51 pm || Up

      I offer Rajai and Gaudin. And $5.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 4:52 pm || Up

        Free ad space/sponsored threads

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 4:54 pm || Up

      The trade talk rattled him

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  11. batgirl Apr 27,2010 4:52 pm

    Cliffy!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!

    • TJ Apr 27,2010 4:55 pm || Up

      He’s eager to make up some ground while Suzuki is out.

  12. mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:53 pm

    Well, how about that.

  13. lenscrafters Apr 27,2010 4:53 pm

    Holy crap! Pennington regains lead in HRs.

  14. batgirl Apr 27,2010 4:54 pm

    Vince is bugging me. He’s being so sour.

    • Future Ed Apr 27,2010 4:55 pm || Up

      I haven’t minded him as much as others, but this year he has been…different. Sour is a good word.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:56 pm || Up

      Vince is bugging me. He is a radio announcer for my favorite team, the Oakland A’s, despite having no talent and being kind of an idiot on top of that.

      • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 5:10 pm || Up

        He’s ok on rote pxp. When he goes beyond that … bad.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • mikeA Apr 27,2010 5:16 pm || Up

          He’s really not ok on rote pxp.

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 27,2010 5:29 pm || Up

            I’m with monkey…I find Vince technically adequate for the most part; he just has no natural flair for the job.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • andeux Apr 27,2010 5:44 pm || Up

              I’m with mikeA. A decent radio pxp announcer will let you know what’s going on within a few words, either by giving the most important information first, or just with tone of voice. While Vince doesn’t reach Buan levels of incoherence, I often won’t have much sense of what happened until he’s done.

              TINSTAAFK
  15. Future Ed Apr 27,2010 4:56 pm

    this is the “trickle through” inning.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  16. mikeA Apr 27,2010 4:59 pm

    The artificial surface might allow Kouzmanoff’s double play ball to sneak through the infield.

  17. Future Ed Apr 27,2010 5:00 pm

    interesting

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  18. nevermoor Apr 27,2010 5:01 pm

    No score from second?!?

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  19. mikeA Apr 27,2010 5:07 pm

    Near-HR for Powell, near double his first AB.

  20. mikeA Apr 27,2010 5:08 pm

    Some good innings from Ross may be required later.

    • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 5:15 pm || Up

      Here I thought our pen was a strength

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • bbenny Apr 27,2010 5:16 pm || Up

      like now

      -A night you wouldn't conjure in your wildest alcoholic dream!
  21. lenscrafters Apr 27,2010 5:18 pm

    Throw a fucking changeup.

    • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 5:27 pm || Up

      apparently, it’s again’t his religion.

  22. TJ Apr 27,2010 5:24 pm

    Instead of believing that Ben Sheets sucks and is just getting manhandled by the superior league I’m going to think that he’s injured. That way it fits today’s meme.

    • mikeA Apr 27,2010 5:27 pm || Up

      He’s not doing as bad as it looks. He’s pitching a lot better than the first couple games.

      • lenscrafters Apr 27,2010 5:28 pm || Up

        His fastball velocity is good. That’s about it. He’s hanging all his curveballs and refusing to throw anything besides fastball, curve.

        • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 5:29 pm || Up

          plus Tampa is very, very good. They are hitting significantly better than the Yankees, even.

          • lenscrafters Apr 27,2010 5:30 pm || Up

            Yes, they certainly aren’t going to miss those meatballs.

        • mikeA Apr 27,2010 5:30 pm || Up

          He doesn’t have a good changeup. The curves look fine to me.

          • lenscrafters Apr 27,2010 5:32 pm || Up

            Nah, just have to disagree on that.

            I’m all for the PT plan of having all the pitchers learn a cutter.

            • mother pucker Apr 27,2010 5:41 pm || Up

              I know one of N**o’s big arguments in favor of veteran pitchers such as Springer, is that they are the ones who can truly teach others how to cut a fastball motherfuckermotherFKer.

              Do you buy that at all?

              • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 5:48 pm || Up

                I buy the fixed version

                you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
                • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 5:59 pm || Up

                  I’ll cut a motherFKer.

                • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 6:42 pm || Up

                  Btw… is the swap ok? If so, I’ll put it on my calendar.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 6:45 pm || Up

                  yes! most def

                • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 6:48 pm || Up

                  Sweet. Thanks for doing the scheduling posts, since you’re kind of a big deal over there.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 6:56 pm || Up

                  My apartment there smells of mahogany.

              • lenscrafters Apr 27,2010 5:53 pm || Up

                We have Curt Young, Duke, and Braden. If Sheets wants to learn a cutter, he’ll learn a cutter.

      • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 5:56 pm || Up

        So, are we now down to the denying-stats/eyeball-mach-1 excuses?

        I mean, he’s getting hit hard, pretty consistently. I don’t care what he looks like. We’re not cutting motherFKers here.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • mikeA Apr 27,2010 6:05 pm || Up

          What stats am I “denying”? One game stats don’t mean much anyway. I could say he had a .368 babip and was unlucky…

          I think he pitched terribly in the first couple games, less so in this game. What’s wrong with that?

        • lenscrafters Apr 27,2010 6:10 pm || Up

          Eh, for one game, we can only use eyeball scouting anyways. The problem is when people like N*** use it all the time, and deny the stats when it doesn’t match up with their observations.

    • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 5:31 pm || Up

      Honestly, at this point, given Beane’s track record with injuries to key personnel and the signing/extension of and dependence on key personnel with dubious health records …

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  23. nevermoor Apr 27,2010 5:31 pm

    I’m reverting back to my first C/H cartoon

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  24. salb918 Apr 27,2010 5:35 pm

    • salb918 Apr 27,2010 5:36 pm || Up

      • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 5:36 pm || Up

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • salb918 Apr 27,2010 5:38 pm || Up

  25. whiteshoes40 Apr 27,2010 5:36 pm

    I am overwhelmed by the amount of A’s news in the last 7.5 hours. I was sending all my anti-DL vibes toward Dale, and there goes Anderson to the DL… Landon’s back (hooray!) and some other guy I’ve never seen before is here too… Ziggy goes on a rant about attendance, on Twitter no less… and every time I look away from my computer, Ben Sheets gives up another run.

    I should just go watch 24. That’d be not as eventful, and more relaxing.

  26. mother pucker Apr 27,2010 5:40 pm

    The Cardinals sure are cashing out on that Penny contract. Wish I could say the same for the A’s.

  27. salb918 Apr 27,2010 6:06 pm

    Is Cliffy hurt?

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 27,2010 6:09 pm || Up

      Looked like he kinda jammed his ankle a little bit, not serious, seemingly. Should alert the Tampa funeral home just in case, though. It’s Florida, they’re well prepared.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  28. mikeA Apr 27,2010 6:06 pm

    Weird ground rules steal a run, Cliffy gets hurt. Awesome.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 27,2010 6:08 pm || Up

      I would’ve bet pretty heavily that a ball high off the foul pole on the bounce was in play. Seems odd, but I suppose that, just like an HR, a ball that hits the pole above fence level is deemed to be the same as one that had gone over the fence cleanly.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • mikeA Apr 27,2010 6:08 pm || Up

        The rule doesn’t make any sense…

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 27,2010 6:11 pm || Up

          Well, a ball that hits the pole on the fly above fence level and bounces back onto the field isn’t deemed live, it’s a homer. I suppose you could say it’s consistent to treat the pole (above the fence line) as out of play either way.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • mikeA Apr 27,2010 6:13 pm || Up

            But the reason the pole is there is just to be able to tell whether it’s fair or foul. I guess maybe the idea is it would have bounced over the fence if not for the pole, but I find that really strange.

            • andeux Apr 27,2010 6:18 pm || Up

              Also, the ball is a lot more likely to take a weird hop off the pole than off the ground or a wall. It seems reasonable to exclude those. Tampa certainly has other stupider ground rules.

              TINSTAAFK
  29. andeux Apr 27,2010 6:07 pm

    Now would be a good time for that Barton HR clown-molestation we were promised.

    TINSTAAFK
  30. Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 6:08 pm

    Seriously, have we pissed off any gypsies or mummies or zombie-making witches or…?

  31. whiteshoes40 Apr 27,2010 6:08 pm

    Cliffy!

    Did something happen to Cliffy?? Seeing the trainers out there scared me.

    Wait, the TB feed is still running with no audio, and Rosales is back at 3rd. Dang it.

  32. MikeV Apr 27,2010 6:12 pm

    So is Brett dead yet, or what

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 6:16 pm || Up
      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  33. Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 6:12 pm

    RRS on ** via Olney’s Twitter:

    Buster_ESPN Heard this: Brett Anderson will be out the next 4 to 6 weeks, with the flexor strain. less than 20 seconds ago via web

    • salb918 Apr 27,2010 6:14 pm || Up

      FUUUUUUUUUU

    • mikeA Apr 27,2010 6:15 pm || Up

      Could be worse.

    • whiteshoes40 Apr 27,2010 6:18 pm || Up

      I was really confused there for a sec, thinking RRS = Ryan Rowland-Smith, and that he was talking about AN to Buster Olney for some reason… and we haven’t even played the M’s for a couple weeks.

      Anyway. Poor Brett (and poor us). Sigh.

    • grover Apr 27,2010 7:21 pm || Up

      Son of goddamn bitch.

  34. salb918 Apr 27,2010 6:13 pm

    Whoa. Dan Johnson at AAA-Durham: 323/386/742, 8 HR in 70 PA.

  35. whiteshoes40 Apr 27,2010 6:13 pm

    Dan. Johnson.

    Hitting .323 for Rays’ Triple A.

    Looks like he’s taking some facial hair tips from Gaudin.

    • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 6:15 pm || Up

      JOHNSON.

      • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 6:23 pm || Up

        ADMINISTRATION.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 6:46 pm || Up

          THE NEXT PERSON WHO SAYS “DAN. JOHNSON.” IS BANNED.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 6:48 pm || Up

            um, okay.

            • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 7:00 pm || Up

              I was expecting this

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 7:09 pm || Up

                ghost ride your whip!

                I really should remember to watch that once a week or so. Maybe once a month.

          • salb918 Apr 27,2010 6:49 pm || Up

            DAN. JHONSON.

            • green star oakland Apr 27,2010 6:51 pm || Up

              STAN. JOHNSON.

              If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
              • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 6:57 pm || Up

                JAN. HOBSON.

                • salb918 Apr 27,2010 6:59 pm || Up
                • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 7:00 pm || Up

                  HARVEY. MANFREDJINSINJIN.

                  you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
              • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 6:57 pm || Up
                you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
                • Future Ed Apr 27,2010 7:01 pm || Up

                  I don’t understand. The A’s aren’t going to fremont anylonger

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
  36. salb918 Apr 27,2010 6:25 pm

    Wow, Longoria looking foolish on that swing.

    • MikeV Apr 27,2010 6:33 pm || Up

      HAHAHAH THEY FUCKED THAT CONTRACT UP FOR SURE

      And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

      Thanks, and go As.

  37. mikeA Apr 27,2010 6:33 pm

    PHing Fox for Gross is very strange…

  38. mikeA Apr 27,2010 6:41 pm

    That stupid rule cost Cliffy the cycle!

    • salb918 Apr 27,2010 6:45 pm || Up

      It will be a cycle (and a one-run game) in our heart of hearts.

  39. salb918 Apr 27,2010 6:42 pm

    This is a good game.

    • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 6:49 pm || Up

      it would be better if the Rays would stop hitting the baseball so often and with such fierceness.

  40. salb918 Apr 27,2010 6:45 pm

    Red Sox have so little faith in David Ortiz that they PH Mike Lowell for Ortiz with a RHP on the mound.

    • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 6:49 pm || Up

      I GET IT, I SHOULDN’T HAVE DRAFTED HIM. ENOUGH ALREADY.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • salb918 Apr 27,2010 6:53 pm || Up

        Geez, who threw a wrench sponsored post in your keyboard cupholder?

  41. Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 7:00 pm

    okay, well, that kinda sucked.

    • salb918 Apr 27,2010 7:02 pm || Up

      I actually enjoyed it. Not a frustrating loss at all.

      • mikeA Apr 27,2010 7:04 pm || Up

        Fun to see some offense.

        • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 7:07 pm || Up

          couldn’t hold a lead. That part was frustrating to me.

          Plus I had to listen to a lot of **ers bitch about how lousy Sheets was. Against the Rays at home.

          • Future Ed Apr 27,2010 7:09 pm || Up

            had to

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • lenscrafters Apr 27,2010 7:10 pm || Up

            Did you have to?

          • mikeA Apr 27,2010 7:11 pm || Up

            This sickness is suspicious. I think you might actually be an 11 year old girl who lives in Canada, and weren’t expecting Slusser to call your bluff mom.

            • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 7:16 pm || Up

              OBAMA URGES SLUSSER: CALL CANADIAN MOMS

              you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
              • salb918 Apr 27,2010 7:19 pm || Up

                SLUSSER URGES CANADIANS: CALL OBAMA’S MOM

                • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 7:31 pm || Up

                  I have, as of yet, resisted printing out posts and taping them to my wall because I don’t want those around me to think I’m insane.

                  But I’m close.

                  This would go on my wall of crazy.

                • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 8:01 pm || Up

                  “SLURGES”

                  you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
          • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 7:13 pm || Up

            We’re not going to be impressed by your complaining about your other whore’s inadequacies.

            you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
            • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 7:33 pm || Up

              spoken like a true woman scorned.

              • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 9:07 pm || Up

                We aren’t scorned. Just flighty and aloof.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Future Ed Apr 27,2010 7:02 pm || Up

      meh, a couple of bounces away from a win.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • whiteshoes40 Apr 27,2010 7:06 pm || Up

      I’m too tired to have any strong feelings about it either way.

    • grover Apr 27,2010 7:19 pm || Up

      Only died a little bit?

  42. green star oakland Apr 27,2010 7:03 pm

    Both of the Royals runs tonight have been scored on triples to Ichiro.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  43. lenscrafters Apr 27,2010 7:03 pm

    Damn, forgotten what it’s like to lose a game when scoring more than 4 runs.

  44. FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 27,2010 7:20 pm

    So I was slowly reloading my commute iPod shuffle during the game, and I came across the song Bad Man by Juicy Bananas, from the Repo Man soundtrack, which I haven’t heard in a long ass time, so I did some Googling and as best I can tell the lyrics to the song exist nowhere on the internet at all…the Repo man script from which some lines derive does, of course, but not these lyrics…so here’s my little contribution to posterity:

    Born in Chicago
    Raised in the city streets
    My momma gave me the basic facts of life

    Get in the car boy
    Put your seatbelt on
    I never ride with anyone ‘less they wear their seatbelt
    That’s one of my rules

    You look like you’ve been in a few scrapes
    I mean, you’re skinny and weak-looking
    But you’re kind of wiry too
    I bet you can handle yourself alright if you have to
    Know what I mean?

    If I get into fighting, man, I’m serious
    Someone crosses me?
    Straight off I nut ‘em in the face
    And bring my heel down on their foot
    And break the bone

    I’m a fighter and a winner
    I’m a bad man

    You know, everyone can tell the way I am
    I walk into a bar, or someone’s place of work
    They’re shit scared
    They know I ain’t no cop
    They think I’m comin’ to kill ‘em
    And I would. I’d kill anyone who crosses me
    Or put ‘em in the hospital
    I don’t mess around
    Know what I mean?
    I’m a bad man

    Like music? Listen to this
    I was into these dudes before anybody
    Asked me to be their manager
    Call bullshit on that
    Managin’ a pop group’s no job for a man

    Hey, guess how many suits I got?
    Guess how many pair of shoes?
    Guess how many ties?
    Shit, I don’t know
    Must be twenty-five at least
    And you better believe they’re all silk
    Every one

    Think your girlfriend loves you?
    Guess again
    One way to tell if a woman really loves ya
    If she’ll have your dog

    I’m a bad man

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 8:41 pm || Up

      OBAMA URGES WOMEN: HAVE MY DOG

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 8:44 pm || Up

        upon reflection, that would really prove you loved the guy, huh?

  45. whiteshoes40 Apr 27,2010 8:05 pm

    Slusser is awesome.

    Pennington says he rolled his ankle sliding into 3b on the non-triple but he’s fine. #athletics

    Shoulda been a triple! And a cycle!

    None of the #Athletics personnel here have heard anything about Anderson missing 4-6 weeks, incl trainer and Bob Geren.

    Hmmm…

    Brett Anderson himself has this to say:

    finding somewhere new to eat…over this day.

    Words of wisdom. Thanks, Brett.

    • mikeA Apr 27,2010 8:08 pm || Up

      But they must have heard about it when Slusser asked them.

      • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 8:09 pm || Up

        He is? Well, that’s bad news…

        • nevermoor Apr 27,2010 9:09 pm || Up

          The memo is still fermenting in a certain fanny pack

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • mikeA Apr 27,2010 8:23 pm || Up

      Also, if that report was wrong, TJ is back on.

      • MikeV Apr 27,2010 8:31 pm || Up

        wat.

        And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

        Thanks, and go As.

      • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 8:41 pm || Up

        Would Buster lie to us?

        • Leopold Bloom Apr 27,2010 9:03 pm || Up

          I have it under somewhat good authority that Olney regularly throws shit out there unverified via Twitter, because, well, because he hates us, I suppose.

    • monkeyball Apr 27,2010 8:43 pm || Up

      They could have seen a memo …

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come

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