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5/13: Silseth v Jeffries
5/14: Diaz v Blackburn & Laurenzen v Oller in a split entry double-header that is somehow “510 Day”
5/15: Sandoval v Montas
If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
So it sounds like the non-vs the Tigers offense showed up. Maybe I like blackout rules after all.
This is the best headline!
Maybe it should be called a “spliff doubleheader”
Is today the day?
Not today, Scioscia.
Well, not quite yet today
So, This is great. Love the call, love the moment. But what I notice here and when I saw another highlight from I think 2003 earlier this week is the blousing of the uniform. I associate that big billowy uniforms everyone looks bigger and stronger like they are juicing to me. THe 2003 clip shocked me when I saw mark ellis. I think of him as a skinny small middle infielder, but with that cut on his shirt he looked a lot bigger than I remembered. Same thing happened to me this morning, Milo was playing a team featuring a guy he used to play with for years starting at age 9. I commented to that kids mom that he looked huge, and while we were talking she mentioned that he was late for practice the day uniforms were handed out and got the last one which was too big for him.
I think there should be an effort for players to de-giancarlo-stantonify their uniforms.
Pinder should ask to k.
Vince overstates it when he says “A’s threatening”
…to move to Vegas?
Did not expect to have a run bestowed upon us today. What a surprising gift.
we have 18 innings. I am not expecting much out of oller this evening
Angels top of the lineup is such a gauntlet
BTW I am not watching or listening because I can’t with angels games, but I am frequently checking gameday and that is why I didn ‘t know trout was a ph
Trout and Rendon pinch hitting. Must be nice.
“Brandon Marsh singles on a line drive to Elvis Andrus.”
Barrera almost making us pine for Billy McK.
Never mind.
I suspect your first comment there was right, but it’s nice that he has that moment to tell his grandchildren.
“Vamos! Tu eres el hombre!”
https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-barrera-walk-off-first-career-home-run?game_pk=662379
Error notwithstanding, How s the defense? Seems like Barerra has more upside.
WHAT?!
If you had told me this morning we would split the DH I’d be happy. We should just send Oller back to LV, forfeit, and go tailgate all night.
I was thinking earlier (more credibility if I had actually posted it then) that it was a weird for Scioscia to rest Trout and Rendon in the first game, given that they could probably still score 8 without them in the nightcap.
A hot take I’ve been considering is Oller isn’t as bad as his results so far. Seems like a guy the A’s might turn into a useful pitcher down the road.
I will say this-we have always seemed to get guys, have them be tire fires for some time, and figure it out. And useful for the next season or 2 may not equal “good” so you could be right.
I read something from Eno Sarris that seemed to say (if I’m remembering right) that his slider grades out as elite, and that the problem this year has been uncharacteristically bad fastball command. For some reason that’s the kind of package I trust the A’s to make something out of.
That’s an extremely hot take.
My considerably cooler take is that guys who make the big leagues after spending time in indy ball make good stories, but almost never amount to very much.
But 5Aces’ point is a good one. IIRC, Blevins, Jesse Chavez, and Hendriks all had us questioning how they kept their 40-man roster spots before putting it together. And Braden didn’t seem like he offered very much at first either.
Braden also didn’t offer us very much at last, though.
I remember concluding he was the worst pitcher to ever throw a perfect game (though, I also remember it being somewhat close)
He was ok. Just didn’t have a working shoulder.
This. ERA+ of 113 and 117 in the two years once he stuck in the rotation, and even better in 3 starts the following year before his career abruptly ended.
As for the perfectos, Phil Humber (2 years after Braden’s) was clearly worse. Braden is probably second, yeah, but that’s mostly because it’s pretty damn hard for a bad pitcher to fluke his way into a perfect game (a lot harder than a mere no-hitter). For that matter, it’s pretty damn hard for a good pitcher to throw one. There have only been 23 of them.
There was also a surgical mishap involving his foot which resulted in a lawsuit.
I am no longer considering this take.
this is a really good offensive team. That second was painful. the 4th was predictable
I am glad his last major league batter was an out and he got through 5. If its not his last major league pitch, I won’t be surprised, though
Wonder what kind of odds I could still get on Paul Blackburn being an all star.
Poor guy will be on the leaderboards for 2 days, then off. Like every week
But yeah, who else?
related:
I miss the Duke. He was a #1.
#1 in our hearts, #26 in scrabble points per letter. Particularly when spelled appropriately as Duchschererererererer.
Oller does not appear to have fixed his command issues.
More strikes than balls
That tracks
Oller has only given up 2 hits
I mean, Bob III must have though that Oller was going to have to wear it, and a 4 run deficit with 5 innings to go was a precarious spot, but a third time through the order with 2022 Ward, trout, ohtani and rendon?
Nick Swisher on the call for this Peacock game. He’s awfully peppy for 11 am Atlanta time.
Probably still drunk.
I have apparently maxed out my limit of free NYT articles but I see the A’s are a featured story on the front page of their web site this morning.
Now available on sfgate
So earlier this season there was the discussion that it made sense to pull an older starter on a team shooting for the series even if he is pitching a no-no, etc.
What do you do if you have a young guy on a terribly awful team? Somewhat related Hunter Greene is just over 100 pitches after 7 innings against the Pirates.
My guideline is that if they have a chance to complete it with ~120 pitches (maybe 130 for a proven durable vet) they should be left in until they give up a hit or have otherwise clearly lost it.
So 100 pitches after 6, I would take them out, since they aren’t realistically going to make it through 9 anyway. 100 pitches after 7 is right on the borderline.
Pulled after 118(?) pitches. 7.1, 2 walks in the 8th.
Didn’t get swept. That’s the important thing.
Or no-hit!
Would I take getting no hit if we win the game…yes, I think I would.
Oh wow, I hadn’t seen how that one ended.
The Reds are really something.
The other fun one I heard last week was that Yelich had just hit for the third cycle of his career, all against the Reds.
Cleanup hitter sac bunting down two runs in the third inning.
One run seems like a pretty bad return on three sac bunts.
This was the most successful 1-3 series against the angels I can remember.
HS football coaches trying to convince parents that american football is less dangerous for concussions than soccer how powerful new evidence today
Bernie Williams is doing the anthem tonight on his electric guitar. That’s neat.
He’s in the TV booth now, always such an interesting guy.