And who better to start than Oakland-born, Detroit-paid Dontrelle Willis, the very embodiment of decline.
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And who better to start than Oakland-born, Detroit-paid Dontrelle Willis, the very embodiment of decline.
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Gabe Gross, speaking with Fosse on the pregame, still has a whole lot of aw-shucks in his patter for a guy with seven years in the bigs.
Hey now!
When Rajai Davis turns on your cutter and hits a laser down the LF line, you may not have your dominating stuff.
I can’t stand this fucking dumbass team.
Man, Dontrelle looks really, really bad.
Ooh, nice “before” highlight on TV of the 2003 Dontrelle striking out A’s, including our old pal Frankie Menechino.
AW hell.
We just handed the Tigers the game right there.
Jake Fox bails Willis out with a terrible at bat.
H.E.double hockey sticks.
Crap. Cabrera didn’t miss that fat pitch.
I say Gabe Gross sets his sights on leading the league in reaching base on catcher’s interferences. There’s one…how many more would it take?
Where’s Bob Timmermann when you need him?
If you throw enough catchers into the lineup something good is bound to happen.
Ha, Matt Watson back with the rivercats. EIO will be so excited.
Where’s Graham Koonce?
Has he finished installing Movable Type 4 yet?
Heh.
One if by Landon
Two if by sheets.
Sadly, it appears Bobby Seay no longer plays for the Tigers.
Play Landon more!
(In Oakland, I mean.)
That is his 4th homer now against the A’s?
In fairness, he’s sober now.
Ben Sheets fails to produce the all-important shutdown inning.
Yeah, 82 MPH heat down the middle is just too hard to handle, Gross. Was that supposed a breaking ball?
I will kill Barton if he bunts.
razzafrackinbarton
Happy?
Jani-King, The King of Clean.
As horrible as Willis pitched, especially in the first inning, it’s amazing the A’s only hung three runs on him.
14 baserunners, including a HR.
Hannahan DFA.
aka monkeyball bait
Wow, Powell does not move at all.
I think even Jake Fox would score on that.
Rosales double, Sweeney (PH) IBB, Ellis HBP. Bases loaded, one out. Chances of A’s scoring? Slim.
I foolishly ignored the A’s best offensive weapon, the dribbler which doesn’t leave the infield grass. A’s lead!
Just have to get the pitcher involved in the play.
Bad time for MaElstrom’s unicorn to pull up lame.
The ol’ sacrifice double play.
Good outing for Sheets; pulled his ERA under 5.
This Cabrera fellow, he’s pretty good.
According to gameday, Bailey didn’t throw a single pitch in the strike zone to Guillen.
Huzzah!
Woohoo!
Well, with the way Dontrelle was pitching, the A’s just had to win this game. Hopefully that fail of a first inning convinced Geren to force Barton to swing the bat next time.
And hopefully, Cabrera got all the homers he’s gonna hit this series out today.
Best possible day for ye olde fantasy team.