Balta1701

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:48 PM) Or the A's. This game is ova, folks. It's time for Cespedes show. The A's ERA is 2.83. A whole lot of teams are scoring fewer than 2 runs on them.

I'd love to know if De Aza can steal 2b when the A's should know it's coming.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:40 PM) Jones will have the 12th if we don't score. If it gets down to Stewart, we're probably losing this one. Who do the A's have left?

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:33 PM) Bad day not to have Crain available. If Jones and Stewart can't be effective against this lineup, there's not many they're going to be effective against.

Someone needed to make this thread. And yeah, it tied a game.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:32 PM) Balta, did you know Morel has a higher average than Viciedo now And yet you haven't called for him to be benched and sent down in this thread yet. And he even had an at bat? What's the matter with you? Call a doctor, someone, quick!

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:30 PM) DV seems to be the only Cuban that can't hit. It's April and he has a higher OPS than Alexei.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:27 PM) Pray that Brent Morel ever gets to this point. He has a walk today

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:26 PM) Go for the win, and let Lillibridge run for AJ I'd endorse this move.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:25 PM) Be the hero, Alex! Take that walk!

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:24 PM) Our old friend Aviles is killing it right now Well, that settles that, clearly everything that is happening in baseball right now is a trend that will continue the whole season. That guy's an unstoppable hitting talent machine.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:23 PM) Ellsbury is out, Crawford is out, Youkilis is hurt/struggling. Marlon Byrd will kill us!

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:20 PM) Didn't they just score like 10 against the Yankees also? Yes, it was against Garcia I know, but they still have guys swinging the bat pretty well. And the Yankees, of course, are the #8 pitching staff in the AL, whereas the A's and White Sox are 2 and 3. This is a substantial differnence in performance. You would be particularly unhappy with the #8 ERA, you'd think it was terrible and be calling for people to be benched/sent down. I know this, of course, because the White Sox have the #8 offense in the AL right now (despite facing some good pitching), and you're frustrated that people haven't been benched/sent down.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:17 PM) Hopefully they get it going again vs the Red Sox, as their offense is putting up some big numbers. The Red Sox offense just put up some big numbers against Minnesota, the 2nd worst pitching staff ERA in the AL.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:15 PM) WTF is with our offense The A's have the 2nd best ERA in the American league (Right ahead of the #3 white sox)?

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:10 PM) The Sox really do not deserve to win this game at all. I will not lose sleep if we lose this one. The A's really don't either, though, do they?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:10 PM) how can escobar NOT be good at bunting He's like 23 and probably just hasn't had a ton of work on it.

Great confidence in the hard throwing Righty, guys.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 05:51 PM) Does this give Freddy some job security? He looks cooked. Freddy Garcia has looked cooked since when, 2007 at least, and yet still keeps pulling rabbits out of hat.

Ow, Michael Pineda's Labrum!

Well, Gameday's dead, can someone take over PBP for a few bits?

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 05:30 PM) Why the f*** are we sacrificing when this pitcher is losing control Because we're down by 1 and getting a runner to 2b with 1 out increases your chances of scoring that single run even if it reduces your chances at a big inning.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 05:28 PM) Can Lillibridge play a decent 3rd base? You can only take so much from it since Omar Vizquel was going to get his playing time, but he's played 6 games at 3b in his entire time in the bigs (26 innings). He's played 5x as much 1b as he has 3b.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 05:27 PM) Which brings up the bigger point of...why is he playing? Because the White Sox spent $25 million last year extra going "all in" to try to save their manager's job, their manager quit on them completely and a number of guys did the exact same thing, at which point the White Sox responded by going into rebuilding mode, cutting $25 million in salary, removing or trading 4 key contributors from the previous year, and guaranteeing the youth they did have time to play and develop.