Bay Bridge Series Time!
….and I’m home.
So, when you are an NL team having to play in an AL park, this is what the bottom half of your line up looks like:
Colvin, Blanco, Arias, Crawford.
That is just not that impressive.
Although the A’s bottom 4 goes Vogt, Lowry, Callaspo and Gentry.
Also underwhelming.
I’m going to bet that their bottom 4 out homer us 1-0 tonight with Callaspo getting the winning bomb (in this mini bet of their bottom 4 vs our bottom 4)
And no it’s not just you, we should all be very scared about what the A’s are going to do to us in this series—taking us out to the woodshed time….
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From the are you kidding dept…
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/fan-who-fell-asleep-during-yankees-red-sox-game-suing-for–10-million-203033996.html
That’s some funny shit.
Fucking tool…not only do I hope he loses the lawsuit, but I hope someone kicks his ass.
I’m kinda hopeful.
I think the Giants should be able to get at least one game off the A’s. They may be tired from winning so much…
“They may be tired from winning so much”
Them or us?
Here’s Grant Brisbee, expressing his feelings about the Giants games with the A’s this week:
“What this series has, though, is potential. It has the potential to surprise us. Baseball is still a trickster coyote, and while we’re all expecting the A’s to win, maybe baseball slaps us upside the head and gives us hope. I’d like that very much. The Giants are the coldest team in baseball, and they have been for a while. They’re about to face the hottest team in baseball. You know how this is going to turn out.
Except we never know how baseball is going to turn out. C’mon, baseball. Surprise us.
Please.
(Baseball will not surprise us.)”
Good one. I was thinking along the same lines.
I’m ready for a surprise (as long as it is good for us and the Giants).
I’m thinking Casilla is going to be big in one of these games, best to be at the O.sheishole.
Last time he was closer for SF, the A’s did a walkoff jack against him at that place, by some dude whose name I don’t even come close to remembering. He had a beard, I think. No longer there, in fact wasn’t the guy demoted soon after? Don’t most of the A’s have beards? That started his slide out of the closer’s spot, so Casilla will wipe out that memory with a dominating close of one of these games.
Or, not…
I researched it, snarkk. It was Derek Norris. He just made the ASG this year. It was his first career homer. I have no recollection of it…
I remembered it, but not him. Yeah, I’m pretty sure he’s got a beard, and he’s going to the AS game. Couldn’t pick him out of a lineup of bearded dudes…
I heard Ray Fosse talking on the KNBR morning show today. He kept calling both Murph and Mac “Murph”. Not that that is too big a deal. But, add to that little bit of cluelessness when voices changed, he just droned on and on after being asked a question, seemingly not to draw a breath as the droning continued. He might be a nice guy, probably is, but there is no way I could listen to him on broadcasts without substantial bourbon or Scotch support…
I cannot stand to listen to Fosse.
I wouldn’t mind seeing Pete Rose lay him out again…
I am hoping Voggy gets through the A’s order the first time without throwing a thousand pitches. These guys take pitches like nobody’s business…
There must be half a dozen All Stars I never even heard of. I’m just a Giant fan, not a baseball fan.
God how I loathe the A’s . I’d root for the Dodgers if they met in the WS.
Rooting for the Dodgers even in extreme circumstances — you may need an intervention… 😉
lqtm.
I don’t know. I am hard-core NL, but I just cannot see myself rooting for the bums. I would probably root for the A’s. As mentioned on the previous thread, when they’re not playing the Giants, I actually like the A’s. This year’s version is fun to watch. And again…when they’re facing the Orange and Black…FUCK THE A’s.
Arias with a surprise steal of 2nd, and no throw. Bochy is getting a little crazy (or Arias did it on his own).
I like it…
Nice escape by Voggy.
Arias steal, hit and run try with Craw — looks like Bochy figures he may need to be a little aggressive to win against these guys…
Bronson Arroyo to have TJ surgery.
Who the heck would have recommended the Gyros pick up that washed up dude?…
😉
Uh, I was one of them trumping hard for the Giants to sign him. Until this year, I believe he had never missed a start.
Fucking Vogey keeps playing with fire. Not sure how much longer this dance can go on…
I was w/you on Arroyo, and also on Voggy’s potential arson. A’s have power, so, much longer with this constant trouble and someone might pop one…
Yeah a lot of bemoaning when they signed Voggy instead of Arroyo
Got excited when I heard Scutaro was playing, then read his back hasn’t improved and he’s just going to play through the pain. How can he even be an effective pH sitting around with a sore back, then jumping up in the 8th to take a crack at a 97 mph fb?
Yeah, sounds like a dubious proposition. Guess they’ll try it for as long as he can go, and is contributing. If it doesn’t work, he’s probably done…
I hear ya Salt re: Scoots, but WTF…let’s roll the dice and see what “Blockbuster” can do. He may surprise us, just like we all hope the Giants surprise us in these two series (nice post on surprises and baseball, Zumiee).
Fuck…hit the battotql bullshit
The A’s going anti-SABR small-ball this inning. Stolen base, and a bunt.
Regarding the Stupid Sleeping Fan Lawsuit, I tweeted that next up is a lawsuit from someone who was caught with a *secret* scandalous companion in front of 44,559 people and millions of viewers.
Jesus H. Christ! About ready to fly out to Oakland and shoot the MOFO pounding on the drums and the other MOFO on the friggin’ horn.
Imagine how enraged someone [this is not directed toward the actual Bladeness] would have to be to actually SUSTAIN the pissed-off-ness through: ticket purchase, booking, security clearance, taxi to O.gasm Stadium, buy ticket, find culprits, etc. Wait. Wait. We actually live in such a world, don’t we? On a related matter, I hear some of the ghetto trash down the block erupting into a very heated exchange. Maybe I had better lie on the floor, below the windows.
lqtm
I have my pc connected to my fairly new big screen tv with MEGA sound system. Even on low, it sounds like those fuckers are in my living room. 🙂
No shit!
No shit…
Poor Vogie has nothing to show for some good outings lately.
Wow, what an amazing coincidence that the Giants have faced great pitchers for about 30 games in a row.
That is (at least my) POTD.
I have a sheepish confession to make: the one game I ever attended in OAK, the day Petit was going for the perfecto, I found the fans in the cheap seats in back of the plate decent and refreshingly loyal and down-home. My shocking confession is this: I mused silently to myself: IF I lived here, I might very well identify more with these blue-collar fans than the smarter, richer, fancier folks at AT&T. Of course, that IF would be a huge contingency; that IF would have to wipe away all personal fan memory, all connection to my NY-SF Giants past. That IF would need to erase the existence of Willie Mays, etc. etc. ad nauseam infinitum. In other words, I’d be in a psychotic fugue.
Strange. The games I’ve been to, about 8 over the past 45 years, the fans were very blase. Rowdy in the bleachers? Sure. But the better the seats got, the more disinterested they seemed. I’m talking 35,000 watching Boston during the Bash Bros days, and Dot racing got the biggest crowd response by far. Or being outcheered by Yankee fans.
Since the game is so slow-assed, dare I (dare I?) reignite the firestorm over “disinterested” from a few years back? Naw. (Throws grenade over transom and walks away.)
Shit. What a slow=ass game.
What…what…I fell asleep. Fuck…I’m going to sue the A’s announcers…
I’ve always wondered: what exactly IS a slow ass?
Slower than half-assed
It is absolutely painful listening to the Giants/A’s TV feed. Listening to, as Steve mentioned, the drums and horn, the lame-ass A’s announcers, and the stories about the fucking A’s is just painful.
Well, the kid (Panik) looked just a tad overfaced there.
Miller and Krukow are on the local TV channel broadcast. Channel 31 in the Sac area; and local NBC station in the Bay Area.
Ahh. Thanks Zum for the clarification (we have the same feed and Chi must have the A’s feed that they are sending via tin cup and string.). 🙂
Chi, I have a question – I have Miller and Krukow announcing the game on my pc feed (to my tv). Who do you have announcing the game? Wondering if it is different for the guys in the SF bay area (I know you are in Sac).
Fucking Callaspo. Shit.
Because the A’s are the home team, the Comcast broadcast is the A’s guys tonight. Miller and Krukow are on the local channel broadcast.
Baseball is a cool sport.
Blanco, swinging for the fences (all 160 lbs of him). Dumb.
Apropos of nothing, I started the first season of “West Wing” today. I’m liking it a lot. I also like Sorkin’s “Newsroom.” I didn’t like his “Studio 60” show. And I haven’t seen any of his “Sports Night” show. “Sports Night” was a take on ESPN, I think. I’ll check it out at some point.
I have brain damage.
Well, I certainly am not gonna get on my high horse over WABOC! Brit newspapers would put it on page 1 without blinkin’ a bloody eye — and not just the tabloids.
I am an idiot.
I wish I understood it.
Soooo, 5th shitout in 13 games?
Looking like it Chuck.
Shitout, shutout. Ooooh, the ball rolls all the way to China after that throw. Surprised he didn’t score.
Fuck, Crawfish. 2 errors in 2 plays.
How’s it hanging, hanger? Still crazy after all these years?
Wagon. Wheels. Off.
Apparently Gutierez muffed yet another easy chance, keeping the Giants pitcher’s crap fielding record intact. Followed by a comedy of errors by Craw. How accommodating.
I did come back in time to hear Blanco strike out. After bluffing a bunt and taking a called strike one for the umpteenth time. I’m at a loss to figure out what that is supposed to do to the pitcher and the defense, since if they’ve been paying attention to scouting reports, Blanco does that all the time, yet doesn’t bunt…
Yeah. Crawfish compounded it by throwing the ball away.
Yeah, what kills me is the stubborn refusal to change anything for some of these guys. Blanco’s hads weeks and weeks to change his approach but doies the same shit over and over. Take the strike, swing at the ball, take a pitch, swing and miss.
Well, he does get caught looking on called third strikes fairly often. That’s a bit of a twist.
If Gutierez actually fields that ball and makes a play, maybe none of that Keystone Kops routine happens, and it’s still 3-0, within reach. Do Giants pitchers ever take an infield? As a staff, particularly the relievers, they seem near incapable of making all but the easiest of defensive plays…
Flemm and Kuip — not good.
Talking about Harbaugh and the Niners, they didn’t even notice the A’s put in a pinch runner for Callaspo or whatever his name is. Even they are mailing it in here…
How the hell were the Giants ever 21 games over .500?
Good question.
After essentially a month of suckage, it’s hard to fathom.
Could be that this Giants team just isn’t very good this year…
Normally, Doolittle closes, but he pitched last night.
Then again, no need since the game is beyond closing.
Sheesh, the only Flapper that had any sense tonight was Bozo – He probably got a good night’s sleep.
Hmmm.
Giants have been shutout in 4 of the last 8 games. But, it’s the pitching, right James?
Well, now the Giants can take 3 of the next 4 — got ’em right where we want ’em. Oy.
G’nite Flappers…
American League is superior. Giants not up to the task. Lets hope for one win at least in this series.
Yeah, the AL has won 2 of the last 6 World Series; clearly it’s the superior league.
Ugly. Vogs was actually not that bad, hitting the 2 guys that both wound up scoring. After Gutierrez (ugh) gave up Callaspo double, I couldn’t watch or listen anymore. Seems every time I watch A’s they win.
Other than Arias, not many bright spots. Panik’s K on the breaking ball close as they got to scoring.
Sidelight, I finished Nate Jackson’s book about pro football, “Slow Getting Up.” Definitely a good read. He describes training camps, locker rooms, coaches (Shanahan in Denver, etc) assistants, endless positions meetings, downtime (and strip clubs and Vegas) and medical treatment. And Bill Walsh.
He’s a real guy who just wants to play, not a Keyshawn “Throw me the damn ball” entitled celebrity who ghost writes his stuff. Most interesting take was his one on weed, which he said NFL should just stop enforcing bans on. While talking about passing the mandatory preseason piss test, his comments on reef were along these lines–pain is a way of life in NFL, and smoking weed gave his body a chance to relax and rest, as opposed to all the other brutal stuff (injections etc) he had to go through to get on playing field.