A's Gameday Thread

[zenmaster]

They win one game and get the headline on ESPN.com

 

A's Get Needed Pick-Me-Up

[Angel Oracle]

The A'ths will become huge Halos fans on September 15-18 and September 26-28.

[DW711]

Probably.

[T.G.]

9/10 A's lineup vs CWS Crisp CF Fuld LF Donaldson 3B Dunn DH Reddick RF Norris C Moss 1B Lowrie SS Sogard 2B Samardzija P

 

Every time I see Moss in their lineup I figure there's a chance they'll tank again.

[Yes]

2-1 Sox B8.

[Dreams]

setting up to be another A's late game debacle

[nando714]

Close this out chi sox

[AngelArcher]

Chokeland Pathetics

[QuinlansMinion]

You guys are so silly.  The A's made those moves with the postseason in mind.  Just wait til they get there then you will see the genius of Beane!

[2002_halos_II]

The Athletics were in line for the win after Jeff Samardzija threw seven scoreless innings, and Adam Dunn singled in a run against his former team.

Instead, they lost for the 10th time in 13 games because the bullpen failed again to protect a lead.

[DW711]

Another one run loss with 'defensive replacement' Nate Freiman (all 6 '8 of him) basically screwing up everything. With 23 other guys on the bench you want him out there?

 

Hoping the Astros will win...it'd be pretty embarrassing if they weren't playing so above average.

[fan_since79]

The A's are no longer watching the scoreboard for the Angels' result. Their attention is now on Seattle and Detroit.

 

They could miss the playoffs entirely. It's really amazing.

[ten ocho recon scout]

The A's are so much better than the Angels it isn't even funny.

doing my best IE impression by bumping this

(And to be fair i think most of us felt this way at the time)

[ukyah]

doing my best IE impression by bumping this

(And to be fair i think most of us felt this way at the time)

 

 

to be fair, everything has context within the space time continuum. at that time, the A's had been better than the Angels for a long time.

Edited September 11, 2014 by ukyah

[SoCALkid]

to be fair, everything has context within the space time continuum. at that time, the A's had been better than the Angels for a long time.

Which is why bumping posts from months ago is dumb. 

[QuinlansMinion]

Even if the A's make the wild card game, I dont see them getting into the playoffs.  Their lineup is basically a AAAA lineup right now.  Even if Lester threw a CG they would still probably lose 1-0 on a Donaldson error.

[ten ocho recon scout]

to be fair, everything has context within the space time continuum. at that time, the A's had been better than the Angels for a long time.

yeah, if i want clear, i was absolutely one of those who felt the same way as tdawg

[ten ocho recon scout]

Which is why bumping posts from months ago is dumb.

if its purely ro call someone out, sure it is. If its to make a point about patience (not that i was calling tdawg out, i felt the same way he did) its not dumb.

The angels have had a rough few seasons. The pessimists have had more than enough ammo. If anyone gets butthurt that they panicked in april and cant own it now...thats on them.

Im not at all saying this is you, not by any stretch. But theres more than a few on here who overreact to every bump in the road. We all get frustrated. And i roll my eyes at the homers who never see the flaws. But the people who cant see the big picture and seemingly pay no attention to other teams kill me.

No one wanted to see torii hunter leave. He had a great 2012 hitting between trout and pujols. But in 2011 there was a big chunk of people on here saying how sick they were of him because his numbers had dipped, he wasnt a leader, stop giving interviews etc. Just a year prior to that he was still one of our best hitters, and a fan favorite...

Im just saying, theres some one here (again, not pointing a finger at you) who cant see past a small sample, and give up on guys way too soon. Guys like jepsen are totally understandable. No one saw this coming. But pujols deserves more credit than some on here gave him. Im not a big pujols fan, but hes a historic player...giving up on him after an injured year is silly. Aybar right now is making a lot of people look bad. Etc etc

[Inside Pitch]

Another one run loss with 'defensive replacement' Nate Freiman (all 6 '8 of him) basically screwing up everything. With 23 other guys on the bench you want him out there?

 

Hoping the Astros will win...it'd be pretty embarrassing if they weren't playing so above average.

 

Fire Scioscia!

[Inside Pitch]

to be fair, everything has context within the space time continuum.

 

Look at who owns a Delorean

[Inside Pitch]

Which is why bumping posts from months ago is dumb. 

 

Meh, I guess it depends on the individual.  

 

I liked seeing my comments on Rasmus (both early this year and at the time of the trade), I undersold him based on a limited number of appearances and a flat fastball.  Then he started working all his other pitches and rendered all my opinions moot.   I don't mind being reminded that sometimes I need to keep my trap shut and my eyes open.

[arch stanton]

Meh, I guess it depends on the individual.  

 

I liked seeing my comments on Rasmus (both early this year and at the time of the trade), I undersold him based on a limited number of appearances and a flat fastball.  Then he started working all his other pitches and rendered all my opinions moot.   I don't mind being reminded that sometimes I need to keep my trap shut and my eyes open.

To me this is one of the cool things about baseball. It's never incremental and you never know what will give a player a "Eureka!" moment and move him up a level as a player. On the flip side you can't always see a good or great player who is about to step off the cliff. Players and teams go through constant ups and downs over the course of a 6 month season and things are very rarely what they seemed in April when October rolls around. I was always high on this year's Angels because there was so much obvious talent and such fixable flaws. It finally came together. The opposite seemed true for the A's. Players were at the top of their ability and there didn't seem to be significant room for error.

[Waybackman]

I like Donaldson's quote about last nights debacle for Oakland. "Everything was going great for us until the 8th inning, then the circus came to town."

[Angel Oracle]

Gotta love the guy with 7 previous MLB innings shutting down the A'ths for 6 innings.

[Lou]

Adam Dunn not in A's lineup today. No, he's not injured, he just need to rest. That's right, designated hitter Adam Dunn needs to rest while Oakland is battling for a playoff spot .