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Posted September 29, 2008 at 9:45 amThank goodness it’s over!
That’s about the best thing you can say about the A’s season, especially the second half. It’s been miserable to watch, so I can only imagine how much of a grind it’s been for the players involved. Incidentally, the final numbers: 75 victories (their fewest since 1998); 51 players used, including 24 [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Wrap: Game 155 - A’s 5, Mariners 3 (Athletics Nation: Front Page Posts)
Posted September 21, 2008 at 4:29 pmI guess the terminology thrown around in the Game Thread to describe the recent play of the Seattle Mariners was something along the lines of “comical suckitude.” The term definitely applied to the Mariner bullpen today (or rather just Miguel “Poetista” Bautista) who blew a 3-1 Mariner lead in the 7th and 8th innings to hand the A’s a sweep of the 3 game set …
Tags: Aaron "Clutch" Cunningham, Arlington, Brandon Morrow, Bryan LaHair, Jack Cust, Jeff Baisley, Jerry Blevins, Joey Devine, Miguel "Poetista" Bautista, Oakland, Raul Ibanez, Ryan Sweeney, Sean Gallagher, Seattle, Seattle Mariners (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...What a wacky day of baseball at the Coliseum! A’s 8, Mariners 7 (Athletics Nation: Front Page Posts)
Posted September 20, 2008 at 4:22 pmHonestly, the only things missing from this game were a position player pitching and someone pulling off the hidden-ball trick.
We had lousy pitching, good pitching, and unlucky pitching; lousy hitting, good hitting, and lucky hitting; a handful of outstanding defensive plays; startling developments on the basepaths; A’s playing out of position and shifting all over the field; and all this in a see-saw …
Tags: Alan Embree, Baisley, baseball, Bill Miller, Carlos Gonzalez, Daric Barton, Jacric Barnahan, Jerry Blevins, Kirk Saarloos, Luis Valbuena, Rob Bowen, Yuniesky Betancourt (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Decision 2009: Dallas Braden (Athletic Supporters)
Posted August 26, 2008 at 12:07 pmWith the losses piling up, all that is really left for the Oakland A’s in 2008 is to use the remainder of the season to evaluate players for the 2009 campaign. Over the next several weeks, I will take a look at some of the players that the A’s will have to make decisions about [...]
Tags: Alan Embree, Andrew Brown, Angels, Bullpen, Dallas Braden, Dan Meyer, Dana Eveland, Greg Smith, Henry Rodriguez, Huston Street, Jerry Blevins, Joe Blanton, Joey Devine, Justin Duchscherer, Santiago Casilla (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A’s lose 7-5 (Athletics Nation: Front Page Posts)
Posted August 22, 2008 at 10:16 pmLet’s start with the good news…the A’s actually scored five runs!* Notice the asterisk, though. We’ll return to that in a moment.
He made it interesting, but J.J. Putz shut the door on the A’s in the ninth by getting Frank Thomas to hit into a double play to end the game and end the A’s hopes of a two-game win streak.
The A’s still have not …
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Posted August 12, 2008 at 9:55 pmDon’t get me wrong, the A’s did some important things right and a win’s a win, but can a team play a whole lot worse than Tampa Bay did tonight? Here’s how you get all of four hits and win:
In the 5th inning, with the A’s leading 2-1, the Rays put runners at first and third with nobody out against Gio Gonzalez and for some …
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Posted August 12, 2008 at 4:28 pmDavid Laurila at BP Radio has interviews with Jerry Blevins, Ray Fosse and Justin Duchscherer (mp3). If you’re a serious A’s fan, you can probably skip the Fosse interview–you’ve probably heard him say the same things a hundred gazillion times before, but I enjoyed hearing Blevins and Duchscherer.
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Posted August 12, 2008 at 4:02 pmGonna be a short one today, because let’s face it, there’s not a whole lot to discuss at this point. The A’s are horrible offensively, and that fact is starting to burden the team’s pitching and defense. To me, the best embodiment of where this team is right now came when Detroit scored its final [...]
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Posted August 11, 2008 at 9:54 amWith the losses piling up, all that is really left for the Oakland A’s in 2008 is to use the remainder of the season to evaluate players for the 2009 campaign. Over the next several weeks, I will take a look at some of the players that the A’s will have to make decisions about [...]
Tags: Bullpen, Dallas Braden, Dan Meyer, Dana Eveland, Greg Smith, Jerry Blevins, Justin Duchscherer, Kirk Saarloos, Lenny DiNardo, River Cats (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...It’s ‘pen-demonium down there (Chin Music)
Posted August 8, 2008 at 8:48 amI’m on board a train right now heading from Toronto to the Detroit area and thought I’d check in. I’ve never taken a train on a long trip before. No sign of Robert Redford or The Whammer on my car. Anyone seen “The Natural?” If so, you got that last reference. …
In today’s stories, I [...]