While our temporary Florida Man pregames with his haul from Publix, I thought we could use an early game thread to complain about the A’s.
Mark Canha’s batting average got low (low, low, low, low, low, low, low) and he is on his way back to Nashville.
Welcome to the big leagues Jaycob Brugman! I’ve got a good feeling about your debut.
Frankie Montas is somehow still with the big club despite Wednesday afternoon’s unpleasantness. Sometimes you gotta stay in…
Love this handwriting.
who’s got the fraktur handwriting??
Someone metal af
Or auditioning for the cover art for Harry Potter reissues
All of them and Soaker too
I guess Soaker’s rental car fell through:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/911-call-for-ride-to-hooters-ended-with-trip-to-florida-jail/2017/06/08/f879e91c-4c43-11e7-987c-42ab5745db2e_story.html
I would like FloRida a lot more of he had something more meaningful to say. There’s only so much Shorty in the club stuff I can take.
It’s not bad for empty-calorie party rap made for intro packages to televised sporting events. Completely vapid, but well-crafted hooks. Better than, say, Pitbull.
Embracing my role as a middle-aged white guy, I can confidently say I wouldn’t recognize FloRida, or his music, if he showed up in my living room.
I honestly only found out who he was because of that line in Atlanta. But then I realized I had heard his songs a million times during NBA games.
For me it was Tom Cruise dancing in Tropic Thunder.
I agree, his flow is smooth and catchy. If FloRida had even an occasional enlightened lyric he’d be great.
Meantime. You heard it here first.
For often rainy June, the weather for a day at the beach was terrific (Pass-a-Grille Beach, about 15 minutes from downtown St. Pete). Beer at the beach, free beer in the hotel lobby now for Happy Hour, fortunately there’s a free shuttle to take me to the Trop. Ooh, Brugman’s MLB debut. LET’S GO OAKLAND!!
Walking through the dungeon that comprises the under-the-stands concession area here, I see that I am joined not just by the Brugmans but by Stomper as well.
SHIT!
no spoilers… but did the brazil argentina game already happen?
not sure if i should do a regular search for streams, or a squinty one where i can’t read scorelines.
Huh, yeah it did. I didn’t even know that was happening.
[types search terms] [takes off glasses]
dammit. spoilered. could only find highlights.
still, looked like a fun game.
also, WE (me) HAVE A TEAM!
Pride Night, honoring victims in Orlando.
Just a thought…looking at what people actually post on the site perhaps we should change the site’s name from Free Kraut to Jail Trump.
I’ve seen the outside of the stadium in St. Pete…this and other such insightful insights to follow.
My rap knowledge is limited. Which is surprising for anyone whose favorite band is Genesis.
We’re white guys, and we take no crap
when we deliver our
White rap
My favorite rapper? Weird Al.
Rajai and Joyce batting 1-2…legendary.
So, Rajai bats leadoff because he’s fast or something?
gotta have the rabbts on top
I think the only time I was in Tampa was right around this time of year…all I remember is wanting to leave as quickly as possible…enjoy, Soaker!
Those of you who don’t follow the A’s on Twitter may be interested to know that they have acquired a kite in the shape of a peregrine falcon, which is supposed to frighten the seagulls away. I have my doubts.
The finalists in the Name the Falcon Kite contest are Bird Campaneris, Flyda Blue, Scott Hattebird, and, inevitably, Falcon McFalconface. I liked the suggestion of Todd van Popfowl better.
Of those it’s gotta be Flyda Blue. Is the plan to fly the kite during game action? I kinda wanna see that.
I think so. The gulls were really aggressive this weekend.
I don’t think they can go wrong with any of those kite names except McFalconface.
Which was predictably ahead in the online poll.
accordng to vnce, Triggs had shown consistency
The highest praise.
now vince s talkng about Qatar.
oh no
something about triggs need to control it more
asvd
So, a Jaycob joins a Ryon…Fosse is going to get hours of material out of this.
I wonder what Angela Sun is up to?
What exactly does Vogt do well? He never even should have thrown that ball. He can’t hit, he’s terrible defensively…but, what…he’s a leader or something?
He was one of the better hitting catchers in the league over the last two years.
Also threw out runners at exactly a league-average rate.
pfft…facts.
I think except for a few guys catchers mostly just have a short shelf life as hitters.
Suzuki in 2008-2009 was a significant improvement over Kendall 2005-2007.
Norris 2012-14 was a significant improvement over Suzuki 2010-2012.
Vogt 2015-16 was an improvement over Norris (who was traded but also stopped hitting). Vogt was also 30 before he became a regular, which doesn’t help.
Bruce Maxwell is on the DL at Nashville, but he may get a shot at some point this year.
Sean Murphy is supposed to be great defensively, and is also hitting well in Stockton, but he’s probably a couple of years away.
Vogt is just one of those players I don’t enjoy watching. This isn’t based on anything I can back up with actual facts. My main knock is on his defense. He looks sloppy behind the plate to me. As far as hitting if a catcher is a good at working with pitchers and can make plays behind the plate I’m fine with not getting much with the bat.
Besides Melvin he’s the best actor in our commercials.
i don’t know if could root for a team with logan morrison and colby rasmus
And…the Away A’s are back.
The A’s are so thoughtful, they want to make sure this game has become unwatchable well in advance of the Warriors tipoff.
I finally started using emojis in my texts…my parents are very proud.
How close are the A’s to the 6th Wildcard slot?
6 games closer than the Giants.
Yeah, well the Giants have World Series trophies that don’t have rust on them so I think they’ll be fine.
#FtGs
This game is on a pace to run about 4 hours or so.
Make sure to pace yourself and drink lots of fluids, Soaker.
trggs doen’t like the strikezone
hey look bed! they held a runner on a sng;e to left
Not being able to see Khris throw the ball is taking away a lot of my enjoyment of these games.
malloc() smith gives pointers to the other players.
ICWYDT
There’s a Baby Brugman
Damn, this pitcher is slow.
does glen know what the word “drlled” means?
i love the stirrups, the face armband.
I sometimes read your posts in the voice of Harry Carey…it’s very entertaining.
Our 18 man bullpen is likely to get a lot of work the next couple of days.
I haven’t watched a second of the NBA Playoffs…I feel like the A’s are telling me I should give the basketball game a try.
Two minutes into the TV broadcast at home and I’m completely sick of hearing about the hideous Trop.
Curse you Sugar Jesus!
My goodness…a guy who weighs 140 pounds soaking wet just him a Ruthian home run.
The double header tomorrow should be a lot of fun. Has Soaker flown back to California yet?
the comeback will be epic
Your science fact of the day…90% of the world’s spitting takes place on Major League Baseball diamonds.
(checks local concert schedule)
Get out of there, Soaker. Even a trip to one of the various Waffle House’s would be better than sticking at this game.
not gonna root for the souza cycle?
I don’t hate myself enough to watch the rest of this game.
I sit under the giant-screen TVs at work and thus am one of the official Keepers of the Remote. So I picked it up a few minutes ago and switched off Fox News, to the cheers of the few people still here – and tuned in to the A’s game, just to troll them.
Just in time for the home run. So now I know how Theresa May feels.
Now, you need to form a coalition government with Ed to move forward.
Oakland-Alameda Coliseum > The Dump In St. Pete
Grass > fake turf
Outdoors > indoors
Not Florida > Florida
Agreed on all three.
Don’t know what TV showed. Ball went over catwalk but under the roof, not hitting anything.
It was hard to tell on TV. The ball just sort of mixed in with the roof.
we couldn’t tell
When the umps can’t make a ruling because they’re not sure which part of the ceiling something hit, it should be a forfeit by the team that chooses to play in a fking dome.
The Warriors should enjoy these last few hours of their run…the Kings are coming.
Fosse is talking Uber…it’s the end of the world as we know it…and I feel fine.
Glen and Ray are talking about the Buffalo Bills.
They must know I am the only person watching.
ken was talkng about wash
I don’t know Jed, down 10 runs, maybe take the sure out.
Hahahahaha fuuuuuuck
start warming up
With the doubleheader, I think Rosales pitches tonight.
you will have to wait to find out!
plus souza cycle watch!
ken throughs shade at mccain
Early Belmont picks because I got shit to do tomorrow.
This is the squirreliest of the Triple Crown races, so maybe the best chance to score some money. At 1.5 miles it’s longer than any of these horses have ever run or in most cases will ever run again. The Big Sandy track is often a jockey’s race, they say, and that’s maybe even more true in this year’s field, lacking the KYD and Preakness winners and other big name 3-year olds. In the last 20 years only two favorites have won, with many long odds horses have hit the board.
I love two horses tomorrow: #2 Tapwrit (6-1) and #9 Meantime (15-1), though I expect both those prices will tighten up a bit. Tapwrit ran a sneakily strong KYD to finish 6th amid bumps and traffic throughout. His sire Tapit has already sired two other Belmont winners, so the pedigree is as good as it gets for the distance. And supposedly he’s working great this week for Todd Pletcher (who also has a great Belmont record). $10 straight Win bet on #2 Tapwrit.
65% of Belmont winners since 2000 had prior experience on the Big Sandy track. Only one tomorrow does: Meantime. Add two-time Belmont winning jockey Mike Smith to this lightly raced horse who last time out had the best speed figure of any in the field. The knock here is he’s a front-runner, and 1.5 miles is a long way to hold the lead. But he’s the only pure speed in this race, and if he can lead with modest fractions and save something for the stretch, 15-1 could pay off big. I love him to be in the money somewhere, so $5 across the board (Win-Place-Show) on #9 Meantime ($15).
Gotta have a Trifecta, then, because it could be huge. Others I think could hit the board include #4 J Boys Echo, #7 Irish War Cry, and #12 Patch. So I’ll go $1 on 2,9/2,4,7,9,12/2,4,7,9,12, total $24.
That’s $49, so I’ll add a $1 straight Trifecta on 2-5-9, with #5 being Hollywood Handsome, the longest shot at 30-1…trainer Dallas Stewart has finished second with long odds horses at the Belmont three times before. Could happen! Happy returns.
Cut to the chase and give us Primera’s choice.
Finals next week, no pick.
Tapwrit down to 5 but Meantime a juicy 13-1. Climb on board.
Fuck. Yeah.
$375 return? Nice.
And getting both the straight winner and a trifecta … that’s some good callin’
The comeback begins.
yay!
TWO of you are still watching?!?!
CYCLE!
oh god vnce, don’t say the A’s are going to throw at the rays because of that
good lord vince, let it go. nobody care about beckham trying to take an extra base.
besides, hasn’t he just promsed to build a privately funded stadium in minami?
he looked safe to me
Barefoot Contessa now pitching for the Rays.
Looks like the NBA made sure the refs for tonight’s game understand the need for a game 5.
Will only make the collapse more devastating for the Clevelanders about 90 minutes from now.
Actually, I think the NBA just made sure they hired the least-competent officials they could find.
rays need 2 baserunners to get to saouza
oh! forgot about the 9th after the A’s take the lead
i can’t tell rosales and joyce apart
Section is empty enough that I got a Vogt foul ball. Got applause for handing it to 7 year old boy.
Lacking any visual evidence I will assume it was a spectacular one handed grab on the dead run with a full beer. Well done, sir!
I MISCOUNTED THE MEN! HE IS UP
damn
The only thing more tedious than these long officiating delays is the even more tedious announcer discussion about them.
On the walk back from the shuttle stop to the hotel I noted the location of a “Gentlemen’s Club”. Watch two A’s road games, or get drunk while staring at boobs…hmmm…
Technically you can do both. Get drunk at the game.
dmoas wins the thread
I imagine Stomper is considering the same options.
Well, that was bullshit.
Nine-man bullpen!
neal or montas go after today?
Closer pregame inspection of the concessions reveals the presence of packets of Frank’s Quality Kraut Singles alongside the mustard and ketchup.
Rays are wearing hideous 70s style unis as there’s a throwback theme for the doubleheader.
for both games? that seems like a bg investment in throw backs
soaker is not alone
I don’t think I’ll be able to listen to Fosse for 6 hours.
That’s some Guantanamo-level shit right there.
i really like debuts. I really want to see a ht
everyone is surprised at that defense
hey! healy didnt strickout!
RIP Adam West.
[Pours out one bat-drink].
Nice obit at the Hollywood Reporter.
naturally a 1 2 3 dp
Catch the fking ball, ad nauseam.
Are these Rays throwback uniforms from the alternate universe where the Rays were a Major League team in 1978?
Presumably Rosales has to come in at 3B now?
(Other option is having Healy play 3B on turf, while giving up the DH, which seems doubly bad.)
Healy->3B, Rosales->P is still an option for later.
Healy should have tried to score on the Robertson error. With the whole bench used already and the defense compromised, may as well take one more risk to try to get the go-ahead run.
23 K’s combined through 9 innings, and the day isn’t even half over.
And another 21 in the second game.
I said nine hours and we are nicely on track.
Always a win when the first of a double-header goes to extra innings.
It looks like Pinder got back to 1st in time, but may be inconclusive.
That was all very 2017 Athletics.
Liam Hendriks has great numbers but he always seems to be fking up in high leverage situations.
What % extra inning games end in the 10th? Giving Vince that inning feels wrong.
So, Gossett’s debut on Wednesday, if all else fails on this trip, which appears to be increasingly likely.
Did I just hear that the first game took almost 4 hours? Let’s Play Two!
Did I just hear that the A’s lost the first game? Let’s Lose Two!
Manaea ain’t making them miss so far.
Khris Davis does not make that play.
Khris Davis ain’t making that play.
Every time I go grocery shopping Running With The Night by Lionel Richie is playing in the store. I just wanted to share this with everyone because I’m sure many have you have been wondering if the grocery store I shop at plays a lot of Lionel Richie.
Hu is pitching for the Rays now?
Hu is pitching for the Rays now?
Ray is pitching dibs for who now?
Boo Hu!
When you pay him every month Hu gets the money.
The Warriors up 3-0 in the series…the Warriors are the greatest team in sports history.
The Warriors lose one game on the road…Curry and the Warriors are chokers.
The media in 2017.
Safe…I think.
Glen gets very excited over fly outs.
I went golfing this morning…no Republicans were harmed in the process.
Hu are you…Hu-Hu-Hu-Hu-Hu
Bases loaded, one out, Rosales and Rajai up. Need we say more?
Almost seven hours into it now. Glen and Ray must be fun listening. We’re right back at 1 p.m. tomorrow too.
Dingers-4-Kids
Soaker, there’s some guy there, maybe late 30s/early 40s, grey goatee, with a sign for, no lie, “Vince Cotroneo LBHS class of 1978,” with graphics and baseball cards. Be careful.
Just keep this one out of range of Casilla, please.
I haven’t seen him, FSU.
Nobody left in the six rows in front of me or six behind me, so foul balls are in play again.
A’s games have been putting me to sleep lately…well, that and the narcolepsy.
SO youth sports d knda fucked up
Milo’s baseball team was good in their 8 year old division this year, so we thought it would be fun to sgn up for a tournament put on by our league.
a week before the tournament, they told us that the 8u division was going to be coach pitch unlike we played all year. we said fuck that, we aren’t playing down . we looked for other tournaments, almost signing up for one in antioch. But the people from our league finally admitted they decided to change the rules because they didn’t think their “all star” team was good enough. they offered to put us in a 9u division that played wth the league up rules. (dropped thrd strikes, balks, leads etc). we said ok. later we learned that the pitching distance was 8 feet further and that they are actually in a 10u division.
tuesday this week they tell us, we are not playing friday/saturday/sunday, like we were told, but a double header saturday and then sunday (if we win, whch we wont, we play 2 or three games)
so we show up today, the first team we play is Jr. DOns. apparently, these famles pay $1200 to have their kds in travel ball.
the team got crushed in 2 games, but I think they did better than the score. I am annoyed at the league for not being able to just have a tournament without an all star team. just let us play
The Brugmanity!
Also Montas to Nashville to close the DH-day 26th roster spot.
Wow.
I’m sitting right next to the press box today. Hi Susan! Five feet closer and I would be able to read that scrambled wifi password.
This is spectacular.
Sweden’s winning goal against France was pretty humorous.
Yeah Vogt!
It didn’t take long for Brugman to catch Leadoff Disease.
It looks like I’ve said that already!
Thanks for playing, Jesse, that should do it for today.
That three run lead sure went fast. Apparently it’s been two full years since Hahn’s last won a road game.
Back in the lead with a classic Tropicana run. Assist to the horrible RF play.
Oh look, the go-ahead run due to bad defense.
That run’s on Alonso in my book, he got caught between playing the ball and taking the bag so instead just stood in the way.
Alonso, Lowrie, and Coulombe all fucked up in ways that would have been fairly minor by themselves. It took all three to achieve such a high level of disaster.
Jumbo Diaz makes Bartolo Colon look svelte.
Brugmanity slated to hit third in the 9th!
But first some Olsanity!
But it ends in the usual Davistation.
Olson has 2 hits and 9 walks in his brief major league career.
Not quite enough thunder in that rally.
With all the boneheaded baserunning and defensive mistakes, I’m starting to think coaching is an issue.
So, the A’s lost, huh…boy, that’s surprising.
Lost to an unearned run too … wonder how many times that’s happened this year.
Golaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazo de Michael Bradley
Mexico is too good to dive this much.
Shocked. explains the left feild qatar reference
Mexico seemed to lack enthusiasm there with a chance to win.
Very mature job of killing off the game in the last 15 minutes by the USA. And they damn near stole all the points on that Pulisic counter.
I agree Mexico lost their edge a little at the end.
Check please.
If Ida known you were buying Ida drank the good stuff.
Death, taxes, A’s errors, and United delays.
The Ninth Circuit strikes Muslim Ban II down on statutory grounds, with a nice little nod to the Korematsu dissent for good measure:
Justice Kennedy has a buffet of rationales to deliver the coup de grace.
Its going to be roberts with no fewer than 7 votes
Thomas or Gorsuch?
thomas and alito I think are dissent possibilities. Gorsuch (who is a legit first cousin of a friend, but fell out of the family when Gorsuch stopped liking his(gorsuch’s) mom) has an easy “I am not trump’s lackey” vote here. He has to be smart enough to join the majority.
Alito is a dissent certainty.
But just imagine Trump’s face when he hears that **his** SC judge voted against the ban
Meh. I think he wants the ban overturned. He also wants a terrorist attack after that as well.
Yeah, that’s……..not going to happen.
that surprised the fuck out of me.
watch them decline to decide anything as moot
Gorsuch is who I thought he was.
Me too. The final order could be a complete disaster.
Welp
I sure hope all the True Progressives remain proud about not voting for Clinton.
surely now people will wake up! FREE COLLEGE!!
But her Goldman Sachs speeches.
It really boggles my mind that people want to blame that and not the fact that DJT worked with Russia to win the election.
This whole FKing thing is a joke.
Thanks, and go As.
There’s a lot more that happened than just those voters. This whole thing was driven well before this election.
I can’t really blame the Russians for being good at achieving goals that are reasonable for them. Nor can I expect the republican voters to stop being stupid and gullible.
What I can do, however, is hope people learn the lesson they didn’t in 2000 one of these times. Maybe when Roe gets overturned that’ll do it.
I’m enjoying more of my Publix haul at Haulover Beach, which is the C/O Beach between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. It can be thunderstorms in June but it’s very nice so far today.
East Coast people, I have never been to Shake Shack. Miami Beach has one. Is that worthy of a visit or is it just more overrated fast food?
Bill Kinging it?
Shake Shack is good. Nothing to go crazy about, but definitely good.
Bill didn’t do road interleague, but if he did, he would be here wearing this attire. The crowd is decent for a Monday. I will consider Shake Shack, just seemed a little unambitious for dinner.
Sounds like you had broiled sausage for lunch, so maybe not burgers for dinner.
They have in SoCal and Vegas. I’d go with something more local to that area instead. You can give Shake Shack a shot at another time. Wouldn’t be surprised if it shows up near you in the next few years anyway.
I didn’t want alcohol tonight (which is sort of too bad because I might be getting Trevor Plouffe into trouble in South Beach about now) so Shake Shack was fine. It’s not that much different than Five Guys, and you are right, they will likely be everywhere. For now, it’s been checked off the list. I do think that since they named themselves after shakes, they could be more generous with the quantity for $5.29. The burger was quite good, in the greasy class. As far as local, I hope to find a top-notch Cuban sandwich before the game tomorrow night.
They’re not “near me” yet, but I see you will soon have yet another place to spend $18 on a burger, fries and shake in the Bay Area.
IIRC I did eat at Cuban places the following two days. Sergio’s, a small local chain, was quite good.
As strong as the Bay Area has been as a sports town, it is amazing that no one’s clinched a championship at home since the 1974 A’s.
football is stupid.
There should be asterisks for the ’85 Niners winning the SB at ‘Furd, and the ’89 A’s because FtGs.
Not really digging the “A’s in games four and five of a division series” vibe the Warriors are putting off right now.
Eh, they were ok.
Sessions is in full “see, what had happened was” mode.
The defensiveness and tortured grammar of this testimony is something else. And he hasn’t even faced a question from a Democrat yet.
Sharpen your questions up, DiFi.
saving that for lynch
Sens. Wyden and Heinrich are infinitely better.
She made me want to scream.
HE MAD
so bucket 4 is contempt?
The implied bucket
there’s a bucket list?
I hadn’t seen the tables with lap tops in a hearing before comey, who are those people?
sen blunt. time for a pee break
Sessions pronounces “Senator King” as “Senator Kaine.”
Today’s Manchin contribution: “If you were on the other side of the dais [as a Senator], what question would you be asking?”
“Well, Ray. I think I’d ask how great it is to be working for Donald Trump.”
like waldo, but from bodymore, murdaland.