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Yoo-NYY Watch: DLD 081909 97

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They’re not BOOing, they’re chanting … Ugh, Jesus, the NYT’s sportswriting, while technically accomplished, sucks: Monday night’s Yankee loss was apparently all about the A’s continually just barely getting lucky, while last night’s return to the normative order was foreordained: An outburst was coming Also: Tyler Kepner thinks A-Rod’s a pussy: It was the second ...

Is this the beginning of the Spartacust-Buddha Stick platoon? 7

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Lineup: Kennedy 3B, Davis CF, Suzuki C, Hairston LF, Garciaparra 1B, Ellis 2B, Everidge DH, Sweeney RF, Pennington SS Seems as though the intent was to start Crosby at 1B again today, but his calf is still tight.

Green-watch! 22

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Here’s hoping the broadcasters can pause in their slobbering all over the Yankees long enough to give us any important updates. C’mon Tomko–let’s beat these weasles.

Deadline for signing draft picks approaching 79

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Haven’t heard much news on the A’s progress toward signing Grant Green and Max Stassi, so I did a little snooping. Update: Kevin Goldstein reports that the A’s have agreed to terms with Max Stassi. It was on Twitter, so it must be true. August 14: “We’ve talked to the agents for Green and Stassi ...

Uni-Watch! 16

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These throwbacks put the A in awesome! I like our uni’s better than the White Sox, though their logo is cool. Our sock stripes are snazzy and I really think they look sharp with the white shoes. Scheduling this game before the Raiders destroyed our pretty field would have been a wiser course of action. I liked Geren ...

Screw balls: DLD 081409 84

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I’m sure we’ve all read about this already, but: (a) ouch, (b) idiot Erik at Fangraphs buries the lede: Braden may be throwing That Pitch He Wasn’t Supposed To Ever Have Thrown after all

Former A’s we thought would never amount to anything having good-to-great years 13

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As of 13 Aug 2009. Dan Meyer (RP): 43 IP, 170 ERA+, 8.5 K/9, 3.2 K/BB Kiko Calero (RP): 41.2 IP, 216 ERA+, 11.2 K/9, 2.6 K/BB John Baker (C): 303 PA, .352/.443 OBP/SLG, 109 OPS+ Carlos Gonzalez (C): 153 PA, .347/.489 OBP/SLG, 112 OPS+ Huston Street (RP): 46.2 IP, 147 ERA+, 10.4 K/9, 4.9 ...

All teams are not the same, after all: DLD 081309 83

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All teams are *not* the same, after all many dozens of stupid things have been done, just in the last decade or so, over the objections of the general manager. Often, it’s because owners consider themselves the public face of their franchises and just can’t handle the criticism that would come with letting popular players ...

Grass-roots community game thread* 22

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* sponsored by Verizon Mazzaro v. Berken. A’s get two on in the first but fail to score after a strikeemoutthrowemout DP.

[generic game thread] 75

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