2009 Oakland A's thread

Originally posted by socalfan21:

Originally posted by Jigga:
Looks like we're on for tonight.

I'm so pumped.. If we can't get the balls flyin out in Yankee stadium... Well never hit them out..

I think you guys will tonight!

Devine out for season.

Yep...

Our offense sucks... I'm sorry.

Yeah, betting the A's won't score again tonight.

Well A's score, lost the bet but they're gonna still lose.

Originally posted by ninerpride:
Well A's score, lost the bet but they're gonna still lose.

none of those garbage runs count... they need to score when they actually matter and this season they havent done that.

Originally posted by socalfan21:

Originally posted by ninerpride:
Well A's score, lost the bet but they're gonna still lose.

none of those garbage runs count... they need to score when they actually matter and this season they havent done that.

A's are doomed to offensive ineptitude forever. Someone must have put a curse on us or something. We could have the AL all-star lineup and we still wouldn't score on a consistent f**kin basis.

Was it the first time when one of the two teams to play in a game at the new YS didn't hit a HR?

Fitting it would be the A's if that was the case.

With CC up next, don't like the A's chances.

And somebody please tell Geren to put Buck in there. No reason why Davis should have just as many ABs thru two weeks into the season as Buck. Buck has issues but he has a chance to be a long term answer somewhere in the A's future, Davis is a decent backup OF but I don't care if it's a LH, I'd rather have Buck out there over Davis.

Originally posted by ninerpride:
Was it the first time when one of the two teams to play in a game at the new YS didn't hit a HR?

Fitting it would be the A's if that was the case.

With CC up next, don't like the A's chances.

And somebody please tell Geren to put Buck in there. No reason why Davis should have just as many ABs thru two weeks into the season as Buck. Buck has issues but he has a chance to be a long term answer somewhere in the A's future, Davis is a decent backup OF but I don't care if it's a LH, I'd rather have Buck out there over Davis.

Johnny Damon hit a HR

Correction, are the A's the only team so far in the first 5 games of the new YS to not have hit a HR in the game played.

20 HRs in the 4 game set against CLE over the weekend. I think in all four games, the NYY and CLE hit at least one HR each in every one of them.

Also, please put Cust up in the order. He's as of now the best A's hitter and we need to give him the most ABs as of now so put him at the 2 spot. Move Cabrera or Sweeney down in the order.

Bright spot, Suzuki 4-4 today, i think he's hitting over the mythical .300 average.

some observations by Nico over at AN. I agree with every one of them:

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* Sean Gallagher is not served by sitting around in the A's bullpen instead of starting for a rotation that has two very shaky starters in Eveland and Outman, or working on his mechanics, etc. by starting for Sacramento.

* Travis Buck should be playing against LHP if your alternatives are to start both Ryan Sweeney and Rajai Davis. Of the three, only Buck has a track record of any success against LHP, he provides solid OF defense, and he provides potential power - something the A's desperately need right now.

* Kurt Suzuki should bat ahead of Eric Chavez in the order against LHP. Suzuki's 4 for 4 night was buried at the bottom of the order, while Sweeney led off and Chavez batted in front of Suzuki - and came up in a key situation against Pettitte when Oakland had a chance to get right back in the game.

* Batting Ryan Sweeney and Orlando Cabrera 1-2 leaves you with a liability at the top of the order no matter what hand the pitcher throws with. Cabrera, representing the tying run in the 9th, got the extra bat that Cust and others never saw. What does it tell you that in a situation pleading for a HR Cabrera tried to bunt his way on?

.327, leads the team in AVG, and only one of two players, Cust the other that has a AVG over .270 for this team.

Wonder if both Eveland struggling and Outman coming out of the pen TUE means Gallagher will be moved to the rotation soon.

Still believe he's by far a better choice to be in the rotation over Outman.