MiddleCoastBias

My dream is that we trade Cease+ to Boston for Benintendi and stick him in RF. I'm going to be pushing that all off-season.

I want to ask "who, Rodon or Ricky?", but the answer is clearly both.

He's also put all of his pitchers into positions that they're not used to. Relievers are like goalies, creatures of habit. Any given day they know "I'm the 7th inning guy", "I'm the 8th", "I come in for this type of situation", etc. Today Ricky decided to blow it all up and try something totally new, didn't give Dunning an opportunity succeed, and now everyone on the bench is looking around like they have no idea who is up next.

Bump so we don't need to start a new thread.

What's the emergency, "help us, Mazara, we've scored too many runs"?

Live look at the A's studio technician playing the same crowd noise on literally everything

I'm sick of hearing things like "this series is over if we lose either Gio or Dallas' start, we can't win game 3". Sure, the rest of the starters aren't elite, but few teams have 3 elite SPs. This team still knows how to win games when Cease, Dunning, and Lopez start, going a combined 16-11 (starter's record 8-7). Dylan Cease - 6-6 (5-4) Dane Dunning - 6-1 (2-0) Reynaldo Lopez - 4-4 (1-3) Game 3 isn't a lock with any of these guys, but quit acting like the season is over if we lose today or tomorrow. Lot of baseball to play and I'm not writing them off yet.

Swap Leury for Mazara and you've got yourself a deal.

In DeeRo we trust. I still question if we can ramp up immediately after we "toned it down" after the clinch, but we shall see.

When do we have to officially declare the playoff roster? And what does that look like compared to years past eg. players being shifted on and off the official roster?

Garrett Crochet is going to be a household name in baseball by next year.

Never doubted this team, you guys ?

Remember when the team slogan was "Ricky's boys don't quit?" Watching how they're playing for him now, well.... that seems like a long time ago.

The umps are looking at him like the principal in high school that refuses to give detention to the goodie-two-shoes that skips school on senior skip day because "he's just too nice and didn't really mean it".

Why in all holy hell is he throwing Cordero AGAIN. He's pitched half the season. We know who he is. Throw literally any other arm to get them some work in this game. Good LORD Ricky is the worst.

After this absolutely bizarre Bill Murray broadcast, I'd like to go back to the world where ESPN forgets we exist.

Where's the "I'm laughing because I'm crying under the crushing weight of reality" response emoji?

ESPN is just a joke of a network and has a joke of a broadcast team.

Nah, he's just charting his way back to familiar waters the best way he knows how.

Yeah, but then Ricky is going to put in the ghost of Ruiz, so which is worse?

The players look as depressed as we are as fans. Just listless, no energy, no swagger, no fun.

Could use a Moncada dinger, bust out of his homerless streak

We got bat-flipped to the fucking moon. No one is afraid of this team right now.

You local guys won't realize this, but for us out of towners ESPN's cameras use a slightly different camera location and angle on the plate, and it's weirdly noticeable compared to the normal home broadcast. Little quirky anachronism that doesn't make it seem like a 'home' broadcast. (Doesn't help that ESPN is going to be up the cubs' ass all night).

I wish this was a day game - I'm in a hurry to wash the taste of the Indians series out of my mouth. Turn the tide, right the ship, whatever metaphor is needed - let's get a damn win. ?