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#Athletics @ #Twins: Weeks 2B, Crisp CF, Reddick RF, Gomes DH, Inge 3B, Suzuki C, Ka’aihue 1B, Cowgill LF, Rosales SS
— Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) May 28, 2012
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#Athletics @ #Twins: Weeks 2B, Crisp CF, Reddick RF, Gomes DH, Inge 3B, Suzuki C, Ka’aihue 1B, Cowgill LF, Rosales SS
— Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) May 28, 2012
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SuSlu elaborating, says McCarthy felt good after bullpen and expects to start Saturday.
Today’s game is free on MLB.TV, for those not in the greater Oakland and St. Paul metropolitan areas (which include Iowa, both Dakotas, Nevada, parts of Wisconsin, and Southern Oregon).
states that end in “a” or “n,” but no others.
Looks like I’m good to go!
Me too!
where you at?
South Carolina
ends in A, I am guessing you are blacked out
Watching now.
Watching the nationals game, I feel upset that idiots like FP Santangelo get to see exciting baseball all year.
Agreed.
FB Santangelo should have to broadcast test cricket or senior golf or something boring like that.
Corey Brown is on the Nats’ bench.
the nationals and marlins hats don’t look good, but don’t look terrible
also, the grass in miami looks like field turf, I think I heard it was burmuda, I think most teams use Kentucky blue.
the amazing stuff about this is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon… so on and so forth.
I was unaware of hobo nickles.
4. I endorse economizing on the backup catcher roster spot by making sucky infielders do it. And I don’t mind grinding Suzuki into the dirt with 154 starts. But using spots for the likes of Inge and Cowgill would seem to defeat the purpose.
Cowgill is only keeping Sexy Feet’s spot warm, so I can live with it. As for Inge…you got any better ideas?
Has anyone ever suggested letting Barton play 3B?
No better ideas; my lament is more about the poor quality of the rebuild than either of those guys per se. Though the last week of hoping for Inge’s return to revive our offense has just felt sad and deluded.
pardon?
Yes, this felt like some sort of nadir.
Mike Schmidt? I be he would do it.
1. Never had him, but I liked the essay.
Seriously, what is it gonna take to get Crisp out of the lineup?
Another injury in the Boston outfield?
Cespedes + Manny.
Mostly Cespedes, I think.
You don’t think they’ll just slide Coco over to left? My thinking is that not having the DH spot for Smith/Gomes is the only thing that will force their hand.
It should only take Cespedes returning, but I think you are right, they just slide Crisp over.
Hmmm
https://twitter.com/#!/CaseyPrattCSN/status/207174517104189440
I doubt that means much. They probably just don’t want to take away any more of Green’s development time in center. I wouldn’t be that surprised, though, if that’s the outfield alignment in Oakland as soon as next April.
When I start thinking about the sac bunt with no one on, I think its time
“Number 14 this year for the amazing Josh Reddick!”
w00t
How can the A’s fight for their right to score against this Scott D.
That will surely be all the run support that Travis Blackley needs.
Of Reddick’s 14 home runs, 10 are solo shots.
unclutch
IK,R? he sucks at getting baserunners in front of him!
I don’t understand? Didn’t Weeks singel just two batters ahead of Reddick today?
I had the same reaction. Then saw there were two outs and thought, well that makes sense.
Reddick making a push to be the first non-pitcher for the A’s to make an all-star roster since I wanna say Tejada in ’03?
2003 is right, but it was Ramon Hernandez.
Kila with another nail in the Barton coffin.
I think you are right, but the two of them are neck in neck as far as RC+ and Barton is far ahead of him as far as defense.
But I think you are right.
That home run actually bumped Kila up to 99 wRC+. Yay, mediocrity! Barton’s at 86. Plus, Barton still has an option left, right?
I say screw both of them and just go with Carter.
Ahead yes. I’m not convinced at all that it’s far ahead. Probably not terribly much more than Kila’s ahead of Barton on offense.
What’s that I hear in the background? That familiar song.
*sob*
I MISS YOU, PIG. EVEN IF I GREATLY ENJOY REDDICK.
Vince is saying its interesting that mitchell is not in center, but green is. Has Mitchell been getting more time in center than green?
Mitchell usually plays center when he and Green are both in the lineup. That’s why it’s mildly interesting that Cespedes is in left today and Green is in center.
What’s your feeling on Mitchell? He seems like a prime candidate for “guy we end up giving away because he’s blocked by mediocre players who breaks out for another team.”
Meh, he’s a 27 year old with a .700 OPS in his second go round in AAA. I’m not sure he’s even Corey Brown let alone Carlos Gonzalez.
I am pretty sure he isn’t Carlos Gonzelez. I’m not sure he’s Corey Brown either, but he did have a big year last year, and his knee injury might have contributed to a slow start to this year.
Huh, yeah. Mitchell has 26 starts in center to 19 for Green. Green has 21 starts in left, and 2 at DH.
Looks like a beautiful day in Minneapolis, after a lot of rain and storms yesterday.
This Blackleyguy looks 5000x better than Godfrey.fixed
Argh!
Crispy.
he should but there, and every other time
One of the Minneapolis paper’s sportswriters points out the team is on pace to lose 116 games.
.
You Midwesterners are odd.
Further research informs me that the stand in question, one of the new foods this year, also serves baked potatoes, and that the giant yam is topped with maple butter, which actually sounds pretty good. Better than the fried pickle chips. not as good as the bacon sloppy Joe.
WANT
Though it does sound a little messy for ballpark purposes.
No more so than a hot dog topped with macaroni and cheese.
I’d rather have the hot dog topped with the maple butter.
I think I agree.
I like fried pickle chips, though I wouldn’t expect very much if I got them at a ballpark.
repeat after me, its the twins, its the twins its the twins
Best FK porn lead-in comment since Jennifer said she was about to pull a 16 with Dr. Asshole.
Bocachica wow wow!
Stick that f’in thing out there, Inge.
FKing umpires.
E – Runge
By the time Melvin got out there an ump in the booth watching the replay could have been able to overturn it and get the call right.
Yep. Ugly call. Yeah, he missed the first tag, but no way anyone could think he missed the second
OK, I’m off to take four 9-year-old boys to the movies (Chimpanzee). Scatter my ashes from the Value Deck. Unless that would cause them to commingle with the yam stand.
Counterclockwise Adam, counterclockwise.
Call me crazy..but this Reddick kid can play.
Is it possible to hit a ball out to that spot in this ballpark? He crushed that ball.
Why not put a yellow line below the score board there and call anything that hits it or above a homerun? Ridiculous wall there.
Oh Boy, Norberto.
I know it’s hindsight, but had Blackley gone over his count? He hadnt had a rough 5th, and aFter seeing bad Noberto…geez.
Blackley threw 72 pitches. I’m guessing they didn’t want him going much more than that since he’s not completely stretched out.
Thanks for the heads up about the new Kraut, Ed.
And you all who hoped to hide this place from me can suck it!
Welcome!
Hi EM!
You are Iron Man.
Up your nose with a rubber hose, Ed.
signed, FSU’s mom
I’m sorry you weren’t contacted earlier. If I had known, I would have agitated somebody to do it.
Are we missing anyone else who’s not self-excluding?
PaulThomas?
Awww thanks luv, but FE let me know a while back. It just took me this long to mosey on over.
I miss pig.
Oink.
I bbq’d some pork for my wife last night. She says it was yummy.
Then again, I guess you ate a lot of riverpig as a boy, growing up on a buoy and all…
yeah, buoy?
Does Cowgill have a good nickname yet? Cuz he should.
Maybe Ol’ Out at First.
tom obbins?
BUBA (Bovine Underwater Breathing Apparatus)
Oooooh, I like it. Good one!
I regret to inform you that I do not get that reference.
You left out a critical letter.
so does colin
hey!
Take that same letter out of the title of the book.
cowgirl – r = robbins – r
Ahh, thanks AV. Iron Man sometimes forgets I’m a moron.
I suppose it’s too early to have a beer.
no.
Enabler!
that’s the problem with suppositions. they’re often incorrect.
Peer pressure me some more.
you want me to pylon?
I’m sold.
No, but Let’s Active!
its 6 oclock somewhere
How can I not trust a lawyer?
It’s strange how a couple of months ago, I actually liked Coco Crisp.
can’t stop now
don’t you know
beane ain’t never
gonna let him go…
co-cooooooo.
(synth solo here)
I loathe his commercial.
Vince: “swung on hit into right field, not deep, and Castilla squeezes it for the last out”
Not deep?
With a new radio and an FM station out of Sacramento I can finally listen to such things.
But they’re on t.v. today.
God Bless America is a terrible song under any circumstances, but singing it that slow should be unconstitutional.
Cruel, but not unusual.
I’d rather be forced to quarter troops in my house during peacetime than listen to that dirge one more time.
At least you can drug and hypnotize them and ply them with whores and liquor to do your bidding at night.
It’s Alexi fking Casilla…you can soft toss the ball to him and he still won’t hit it hard.
Damn, kids movies have a shit ton of ads with ’em. How I wish they sold beer. Or shots. Or wippets.
Because I’m a new Dish customer I get every single movie channel for 3 months. I now have 62 movies recorded that I haven’t watched.
Hey, A’s fans, head to the Coliseum for the 5/26 game and get a pet calendar! (In your time machine?)
ik, r?
I’m not sure I’m ready to take care of a calendar anyway.
Hee
And you just get attached to them, and then it’s the end of the year….
2 on one out for Suzuki.
hmmmm
I bet something happens.
And if you pinch hit with Smith, you get Donaldson behind the plate.
Shouldn’t we be pinch-hitting Thmith here?
Dear Ray and Glen- When I say Seth Smith three times fast I develop a lithp. What thould I do?
fixed.
thanks, that was fath.
my radio is malfunctioning, there was no pop up/gidp
He tried though. Groundball just to the right of the second baseman.
Luckily, Kila’s there to pick up the slack.
My tv is broken too.
Oh, it was just on delay.
i think you guys are just catching a 1-minute delay.
So who’s bbqing today?
in 15 minutes i’m going to one.
But what if the game isn’t over in 15 minutes?
house radio to car radio to house radio.
will you B Q’ing?
I’m on my own so it’s not worth firing up the grill for a couple of veggie dogs.
I admire you so much.
don’t. it’s not like i can actually handle driving through an exciting play. but i have confidence there won’t be many of those…
Later this afternoon here.
I’ve heard tell of some of your excellent bbqs.
May do a real low key one with the kids for dinner. Right now they just set up a slip n slide and I just set up a sip n slide into a better mood beverage.
i’m holding all of you personally responsible for this lead. don’t disappoint me.
off to the grills… bye!
Have fun!
We lose yet?
Not yet, be patient.
Not yet, DFA
BOOBIES
Also, why not Barton as a late-inning defensive replacement?
Because Boobs?
That’s always a good answer.
Lil bit squeezed there for Cook, huh?
Thanks, and go As.
The strike zone was in the pool.
Also, shit.
Wow, that first beer went down fast. I’m either going to wind up hammered or stop and get sleepy and headachey.
What a shitty way to give up your first run of the season.
Thanks, and go As.
Definitely 10 game losing streak material.
Playing the Twins two more times might make that difficult, but that’s true.
I’d rather score some runs and start a winning streak.
However, a 10 game losing streak would be a total waste of time. If this team’s gonna streak, I want 20.
if they make it through this seris, they can get that done
Can we go for broke and make it an even 100? It’d say 119, but that just leaves us a game away from the Cleveland Spiders record and if you’re going that low, you want to break it. So 100 straight losses and finish out the season winning the rest.
Terrible luck there.
UnFKing-believable.
dammit, I wish brooks baseball wouldn’t have stopped their realtime pitchfx
Thanks, and go As.
Poor Ryan.
Don’t despair.
If the A’s get a runner on base, Coco Crisp will get to hit again.
It’s OK to come out of a game sometimes, Kurt.
Maybe he cares more about his personal masochistic endurance ritual than he cares about his team or winning games.
Maybe?
I wonder why vince thinks its a good thing that Suzuki refuses to leave the games
For the same reason he thinks Barton shouldn’t take so many walks?
Clearly he understands what DFA is looking for out of this team.
Because Donaldson and Recker are both worse?
Maybe Miguel Cabrera can hit another 2 run lead taking HR today against Capps
Well, it looks like most everyone has this one chalked up as an L. I hope y’all don’t mind if I try to mojo up some extra innings.
error teA’se
Worth pinch hitting Barton for Coco?
Theth?
Thanks, and go As.
Already failed.
I know cause I’m paying attention.
Thanks, and go As.
YES
“Coco’s due!” -Kuiper
Frozen hot chocolates?
Crisp’s primary goal: Don’t hit into a double play.
C’mon, strikeout.
He tried so hard to GIDP, but the pitcher wouldn’t let him do it.
heh
C’mon Coco. You need to play baseball well because you have no career in acting.
that’s FKing hilarious!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Fosse just called Coco doo-doo.
drag bunt.
Thanks, and go As.
Now they don’t have to pitch to Reddick.
I’m calling a Gomes GS.
Okay, critter
Galactic Suck?
I didn’t say it would happen today.
You mean, grotesque strickout?
Did you guys know that Johnny Gomes is from Petaluma? Just wanted to make sure you knew that. Petaluma.
Really? Petaluma?
Petaluma.
Looks like Gomes is just trying to flip one
over the 1B’s head to RF.into Mauer’s glove.oh, waitSuckcess!Thanks, and go As.
Fixed.
Hey, Johnny, we’re going to walk the good hitter so you can K on three straight.
Thanks.
Thanks, and go As.
the last two well over the belt
The last one at his shoulders.
I’m sick of losing. What team bandwagon can I hop on?
The Twins?
Couldn’t be much worse.
The Montreal Expos.
I hear they’re really going places!
They haven’t lost a game in years!
Tampa. They’re like we used to be.
Thanks, and go As.
And we’re like what they will be in 5 or 6 years. Woo hoo!
San Jose Earthquakes
also this!
Thanks, and go As.
I meant a real sport.
(please don’t let Mikev hit me)
And the San Rafael Pacifics have sold out their home opener next week….not only that, but if you lived a bit closer to San Rafael you could be a host family.
Baltimore Orioles?
The Nats and/or the Rays, baby!
A+ teAse. Good job guys.
“Now that the scoreless streak is over, Cook can get back to attacking hitters instead of trying to be too fine.”
Uh, Greg, he got squeezed by McLellan, fucking broke Morneau’s bat and it landed in no mans land, and gave up a fly ball. SHUT UP.
Thanks, and go As.
JFC, even by A’s analyst standards that is incredibly stupid.
Seriously, what’s the best way to shake the loss off? I’ve been down and it’s not because of the A’s but lately they’ve been the sour cherry on top.
So, we’ve lost now?
For the sixth game in a row, yes.
Whatever, everyone knows the A’s are a June team anyways.
Well, life is going to change again. Significantly.
Fuck.
Thanks, and go As.
Not a good change then?
no
Thanks, and go As.
Damn – sorry to hear that. Anything anyone here can do to help (beyond listening to however much you want to share)?
Not unless you happen to have a 3b/2b sort of house in livermore i can rent for like a dollar a month lol.
I dunno. Lot of stuff to figure out. Upside down house, no way to afford rent somewhere else on top of the mortgage, etc.
basically all boils down to money and making it add up.
We are/still will be friends. It never got to the point where we disliked one another so thats a good thing.
Thanks, and go As.
sorry, mikey.
ouch :-(
really sorry to hear that.
I’m impressed by people who walk away from underwater notes, even moreso by people who buy a new place and/or live payment free for months on end first. But I’m pretty sure I could not or would not do those things.
yea.
Thanks, and go As.
{{{hugz}}}
(sigh)
(shrug)
(hug)
That totally sucks. If you need a place to crash every now and then…
Jered [sic] Weaver out of the game against the Yankees after three batters with a lower back injury.
https://twitter.com/#!/susanslusser/status/207289390832160768
The laugh I had after reading that added six hours to my life.
Sweeney is still on pace for a 4 WAR season tho.
Quiet.
And Reddick already has 1.8
nerd knife fight!
And he has a higher slg than at any other time in his life.
I was just checking out his WAR components and he has (slightly) negative ARM. This makes me mad! NEED MOAR HOSING!
does not compute.
Thanks, and go As.
sweeney gonna play 130 games?
Perhaps with a real medical staff its possible.
I see updated ZiPS with a 1.8 fWAR pegged for Sweeney.
Yup this is a clear example of acquiring a player who excells in your park.
I’ll take Reddick, thanks.
Thanks, and go As.
Except that’s not what his splits say:
interesting.
you disappointed me greatly.