9/14 vs. Athletics

[Slasher9]

Bottom 2

Betts: missed a cookie down the middle on pitch 2. k's at a curveball in teh dirt.

2Bags: smoked a CB linedrive out to RF.

Vaz: weak groundout on 1st pitch.

 

6 up - 6 down vs Cy Young.

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[Maxbialystock]

PSSSSTTT....HEY ALL YOU RETIRED GUYS. wake up. there's a ballgame on!!!

 

I'm both, you turkey. First retirement after 31 years was 24 years ago, but I still work full-time, and, unfortunately, still contribute to daytime gamethreads.

[SoxnCycles]

Bottom 2

Betts: missed a cookie down the middle on pitch 2. k's at a curveball in teh dirt.

2Bags: smoked a CB linedrive out to RF.

 

I've seen that movie before...

[Maxbialystock]

Bottom 2

Betts: missed a cookie down the middle on pitch 2. k's at a curveball in teh dirt.

 

That's his problem--unable to nail mistakes and struggles against breaking stuff.

[Maxbialystock]

There we go again. Another first pitch hit for an easy out. By Vazquez. Fastball, but very low and barely in the zone--made to order for a groundout. He swung at a pitcher's pitch and at the same time shortened his inning. How nice of him.

[Maxbialystock]

Gossett perfect game after 2. 22 pitches.

[Slasher9]

Top 3

- Great AB that resulted in a short popout to RF. made Pom throw a grip of pitches to get that out.

- another good swing. just missed it. whew. popout to LF.

- 8 KC in a row. drills the 8th for a wallball single (gets to second on bobble by beni). terrible pitch selection

- baseknock. benni makes up for the bobble by throwing a seed home to prevent the run. vaz backdoors the guy at first and we get the out.

 

47 pitches thru 3

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[TylerD]

I had a feeling coming in to today that it might be a low scoring game for some reason.

[Jasonbay44]

Its nice to see another team do stupid on base paths

[mvp 78]

Beni really needs to shore up that fielding this offseason.

[Slasher9]

BOTTOM 3

Speier in teh booth. i know most hate him. i actually enjoy him. even though most of the time he says what we have been saying for days, weeks, months.

Devers - good morning, good afternoon, goodnight.

Holt - BB folks...we have a baserunner!!!

JBj - single....folks....we have a HIT!!!

X - Grounds into 5u-3 DP

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[Slasher9]

Its nice to see another team do stupid on base paths

 

boneheaded play for sure. if he got caught up in rundown long enough to score the run it would have not been boneheaded.

[Station 13]

Beni really needs to shore up that fielding this offseason.

 

Send him to boot camp.

[mvp 78]

Speier in teh booth. i know most hate him. i actually enjoy him. even though most of the time he says what we have been saying for days, weeks, months.

Devers - good morning, good afternoon, goodnight.

Holt - BB folks...we have a baserunner!!!

 

It's his bday today. They are contractually obligated to have him in the booth.

 

I believe they have a cake backstage for him and Bill James will jump out of it.

[Slasher9]

Top 4

- k

- lineout to RF

- popout to ss

 

59 pitches thru 4

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[Station 13]

Xander continues to coast on the season.

[mvp 78]

Xander continues to coast on the season.

 

How will we ever afford to re-sign him?

[Slasher9]

Bottom 4

Gritty: K

Beni: drills a double on 1st pitch FB

Mookie: popout to 1b. sigh.

2Bags: can o' corn to CF.

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[mvp 78]

Looks like Mookie shoulda cashed in on that extension!

[mvp 78]

@alexspeier

 

This is kind of Gossett's M.O.: excellent first time through the order (.214 avg against), not so much thereafter (.346).

[Slasher9]

How will we ever afford to re-sign him?

 

Satan will figure out a way to get someone to overpay for him. you get paid when the devil is your agent.....

[mvp 78]

There are people out there who want MORE Alex Speier. Just think about that...

[d-money]

Gotta f***ing win this game! Let's go!

[Slasher9]

TOP 5

- 10 pitch AB. BB.

- K

- Double. 2nd & 3rd 1 out.

- Sac Fly. Beni with another good throw and the get the runner on 2nd out for straying too far.

 

2nd boneheaded running play by A's in this game.

 

73 pitches thru 5

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[d-money]

Not the way you wanna start an inning. Come on pom!!

[Slasher9]

There are people out there who want MORE Alex Speier. Just think about that...

 

i would take him over JV as the color guy in todays game....

[Bellhorn04]

Xander continues to coast on the season.

 

Xander on Xanax.

[mvp 78]

I like that pitch selection to Nunez.

[Station 13]

It's much like Dice-k never left.

[mvp 78]

It's much like Dice-k never left.

 

Pom throws too many strikes to be Dice-K. The problem is that Pom's stuff isn't overwhelming so there's lots of foul balls rather than swing and misses.