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Here He Is Mazzaro: Game Theory thread 63

2 Jun 2009  |  monkeyball  |Game Thread

Same lineup as yesterday. Another opposing RH starter (won’t make that mistake two days in a row) = another day w/o Crosby.

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63 thoughts on “Here He Is Mazzaro: Game Theory thread”

  1. monkeyball Jun 2,2009 5:13 pm

    Well, alrighty then. Not sure I was expecting a double from Leadoff Hitter Extraordinaire, but then it is Colon — aw, geezus, Geren! Another early-inning smallball tactic? Fuck.

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    • monkeyball Jun 2,2009 5:14 pm || Up

      And with the team’s current best hitter, to boot.

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  2. monkeyball Jun 2,2009 5:14 pm

    Ah, Sciosciaesque!

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  3. mikeA Jun 2,2009 5:22 pm

    Looks like Mazzaro/Suzuki don’t have much faith in the off speed stuff.

    • monkeyball Jun 2,2009 5:32 pm || Up

      Or, to be fair, could be the standard “first time through the lineup, show ’em nothing but the fastball” approach.

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      • mikeA Jun 2,2009 5:34 pm || Up

        or it might be just because he was falling behind all the hitters. The few sliders didn’t look very good. Looks like a good fastball though. High velocity and good movement. Also, my brain associates his neat haircut with good command.

        • monkeyball Jun 2,2009 5:38 pm || Up

          That’s only because you live in squalor.

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  4. monkeyball Jun 2,2009 5:24 pm

    Ah, Greg Smithesque!

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    • mikeA Jun 2,2009 5:25 pm || Up

      Pods was distracted by the giant cross.

  5. monkeyball Jun 2,2009 5:29 pm

    Well, that was exhausting.

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  6. xbhaskarx Jun 2,2009 5:39 pm

    I just turned it on… Mazzaro is in the rotation? Who did he replace?

    • andeux Jun 2,2009 5:41 pm || Up

      We needed a sixth starter because of the doubleheader. But the way they’re talking, it sounds like he’ll stay in the rotation, replacing E_Gonzalez.

      TINSTAAFK
      • andeux Jun 2,2009 5:42 pm || Up

        …unless he keeps walking everyone.

        TINSTAAFK
  7. nevermoor Jun 2,2009 5:42 pm

    He’s getting squeezed hard per gamecast

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Jun 2,2009 5:43 pm || Up

      Jordan rules

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      • nevermoor Jun 2,2009 5:45 pm || Up

        Well… at least he’s on pace to finish 4 whole innings.

        Maybe we should scrap the whole bullpen idea and have 10 starters.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • mikeA Jun 2,2009 5:49 pm || Up

          You have a crazydudewhosewinsarticlewaslinkedinthedld-esque fixation on starters going deep in games.

          • nevermoor Jun 2,2009 5:59 pm || Up

            You young whippersnappers and your 3 inning starts need to remember how it was in the old days (like, for example, yesterday)

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • monkeyball Jun 2,2009 5:49 pm || Up

          Curt Young should start taking charitable donations to match every mile he walks this season.

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  8. monkeyball Jun 2,2009 5:53 pm

    “foul bunt” — my epithet of choice in the first inning

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  9. xbhaskarx Jun 2,2009 6:00 pm

    Wow, Kenny Williams was the final Stanford football player on The Play?
    CUST!

    • monkeyball Jun 2,2009 6:05 pm || Up

      Even lesser-known fact: he was also the last guy off the roof of the American embassy in Saigon.

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  10. monkeyball Jun 2,2009 6:01 pm

    Ah, Spartacustesque!

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  11. xbhaskarx Jun 2,2009 6:01 pm

    When I submit a new comment, I get:
    “new comment is submiting, please wait a moment…”

    It never goes away even though the comment has successfully posted, so I have to open a new tab.

    • nevermoor Jun 2,2009 6:09 pm || Up

      I’ve heard about that problem with IE users on top-level comments only. Are you using IE? Does it happen on nested comments?

      To be honest, I don’t understand the AJAX code that does things like that so I wouldn’t begin to know how to fix it.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • xbhaskarx Jun 2,2009 6:13 pm || Up

        Ah, that explains it. Okay, back to Firefox after I let you know if it happens to this comment.

        • xbhaskarx Jun 2,2009 6:13 pm || Up

          Nested comments don’t have that problem.

    • monkeyball Jun 2,2009 6:10 pm || Up

      There’s also the typo that needs fixed.

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  12. monkeyball Jun 2,2009 6:12 pm

    Not a whole lot of swings and misses from Mazzaro, eh?

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  13. nevermoor Jun 2,2009 6:20 pm

    Please for the love of god bunt with Cabrera.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • nevermoor Jun 2,2009 6:22 pm || Up

      Woooooooooo!

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  15. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 2,2009 6:27 pm

    Whoo hoo! Holliday adds more points to his ROI!

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  16. xbhaskarx Jun 2,2009 6:29 pm

    So do we still want to trade Holliday because he obviously doesn’t care?

    • nevermoor Jun 2,2009 6:34 pm || Up

      Did you mean to post that on this website, or some other one?

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Razr Jun 2,2009 9:54 pm || Up

      He is obviously doing this because he wants to get off the A’s and thus is hitting well to make himself better trade bait. Didn’t you get the memo on that, jeez :)

      "Quit your jibber jabber fool!" - Mr. T
  17. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 2,2009 6:30 pm

    And Giambi’s Fu Manchu is leading the league in HIP.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  18. nevermoor Jun 2,2009 6:30 pm

    Shoot. Holliday just messed up my very own GoG responses

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  19. ArakSOT Jun 2,2009 6:31 pm

    we’re scoring runs in support of a rook?

    There is always a score.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 2,2009 6:37 pm || Up

      Since the rotation is almost all rookies it was bound to happen sooner or later.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • nevermoor Jun 2,2009 6:43 pm || Up

        Are you forgetting about our offense?

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  20. xbhaskarx Jun 2,2009 6:59 pm

    With Mazzaro joining the rotation, this team may be a Hannacroz 3b replacement away from being at least watchable.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 2,2009 7:08 pm || Up

      Or at least a strong contender for the Pacific Coast League title.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • ArakSOT Jun 2,2009 7:10 pm || Up

        you don’t think the Cats are a stronger squad?

        There is always a score.
    • monkeyball Jun 2,2009 7:36 pm || Up

      Heck, the team would probably improve if we simply platooned the H2N3 Virus and Petit, and moved Crosby back to SS after trading O-Cab for extra signing $.

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      • xbhaskarx Jun 2,2009 8:08 pm || Up

        Nah, find another 3b, I like Hannahan and Petit as backups but they’re known quantities offensively. Ellis will be back before Chavy and isn’t 99% done and one more injury away from retirement, yet they got Kennedy for a PTBNL and some cash. Why not trade for a 3b and hope he catches fire for a while?

        • monkeyball Jun 2,2009 10:57 pm || Up

          There’s a lot of assumptions in there that ain’t necessarily true.

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          • xbhaskarx Jun 3,2009 12:19 am || Up

            The only assumption that could be wrong is that Ellis isn’t more injured than Chavez. Is there any reason to believe that’s not the case?

            • monkeyball Jun 3,2009 9:58 am || Up

              1. Ellis doesn’t have to be more injured than Chavez — given his own history, it’s certainly conceivable that he could be one injury away from being done as an A (which for all intents and purposes is Chavez’ situation).

              1a. “Ellis will be back before Chavy” — mmm, probably, but not 100% for sure

              2. “find another 3b” — you first. It’s extremely unlikely that anyone who’s actually available in-season for what Beane would be willing to spend on an already-lost season would provide anything like what Kennedy did by way of a sustained boost above what we’re likely to get from Hannahan/Petit/Crosby.

              3. Petit as a known commodity offensively — is he? Many FKwits/**ers/Slusserites seem to think his minor-league perf ought to translate at least better than Hannahan/Crosby, but the A’s FO seems to think otherwise. I think he’s more of an unknown, and I’d be happy to see him get a shot — especially since the season is pretty much lost, there’s no immediate-upgrade 3b available for cheap, and he wouldn’t be blocking anyone.

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              • andeux Jun 3,2009 10:24 am || Up

                Petit is a career .272/.327/.374 hitter in the minors.
                By comparison Crosby was .302/.381/.480, and Hannahan’s (which includes some years as an older AAA veteran) .271/.360/.392.

                I guess the argument for Petit is that somehow his speedy slap-hitting style will translate better to the majors than Crosby’s minor-league power. But even if that’s true (and I’m not convinced), it still wouldn’t be enough to make him a real solution at 3B.

                Adrian Cardenas has hit .373/.449/.551 at AA this year. I don’t know what his position will end up being, but he’s been playing mostly 2B there.

                TINSTAAFK
                • monkeyball Jun 3,2009 10:33 am || Up

                  Well, neither xbx nor I are looking here for a real solution at 3b, just a temporary random boost from a promotion or acquisition right now. All I’m saying is that Petit is as likely to provide that random boost as anyone else we’d get on the cheap from outside the org.

                  Heck, I’d be OK with giving Cardenas a shot at 3B for shits and giggles, but if the A’s don’t think he can handle it defensively, whatevs.

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  21. lenscrafters Jun 2,2009 7:23 pm

    Pretty good debut by Mazzaro. Obviously the luck factor was involved but he was also squeezed pretty hard. And he looked downright nasty at times.

    • nevermoor Jun 2,2009 8:15 pm || Up

      Yeah. We need someone to do a graph of all the times he got squeezed.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  22. monkeyball Jun 2,2009 7:47 pm

    CHOU DE TRIOMPHE!

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  23. whiteshoes40 Jun 2,2009 9:48 pm

    The shaving cream in the face was awesome (thanks, Dallas!). Unfortunately, Mazzaro will probably miss his next start because of blurry vision.

    • monkeyball Jun 2,2009 10:58 pm || Up

      I was thinking DL.

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    • xbhaskarx Jun 3,2009 12:17 am || Up

      He’s lucky it was just shaving cream and not that industrial strength suntan lotion.

  24. JediLeroy Jun 2,2009 9:48 pm

    Video of Mazzaro getting a shaving cream pie.

    As brutal as that was, Braden is quickly becoming my favorite A.

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    • batgirl Jun 3,2009 10:58 am || Up

      I’m all for it, but jeez, he couldn’t just aim low and go for the mouth/neck area. Poor guy’s trying to soldier on with the interview and he had about 1/2 cup of shaving cream sitting on his right eye.

      • monkeyball Jun 3,2009 11:11 am || Up

        He shoulda rubbed some dirt on it.

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        • nevermoor Jun 3,2009 1:02 pm || Up

          Dirt’s for pussies. He should have rubbed some grit (or, I suppose, shaving cream) on it.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"

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