Uribe's swing is like Happy Gilmore's golf swing.  But I don't care cause he plays a hell of a shortstop.

 

He's no Omar Vizquel, but I'll take him.

 

Contreras...

Pierzynski needs to get Contreras in a rhythm.

Oaklands foul territory: Hate it or love it

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Gotta love the foul territory here.

Are noisemakers allowed at baseball games? That has to be a distraction to Jose, whomever has that air horn and blowing it as he delivers.

Yeah, but do you realize how many runs this team could score per game if Uribe could just find what he had the first 2 or 3 months las tyear?

 

I do, but until it happens I'm happy with the amount of runs he saves per game.

Are noisemakers allowed at baseball games? That has to be a distraction to Jose, whomever has that air horn and blowing it as he delivers.

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That noise maker vs. the f***tard in Cleveland with that drum.

He threw Chavez a strike and Chavez beat him...I can't complain, at least he threw him a strike. He keeps throwing strikes, we'll win this game. That's all that matters.

 

Good work on Hatteburg. Pop up foul to Crede on the forkball, 1 down.

 

Another nice thing to note - the A's almost never are going to try to steal, so that's 1 less thing to worry about with Jose. Maybe it'll help him focus on throwing strikes.

I do, but until it happens I'm happy with the amount of runs he saves per game.

I keep wishing more people would say that about Crede.

He went.

 

Oh well, he makes him look sillly anyway.

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The noisemaker might actually be screwing up the A's hitters more than Contreras. But if I was in the guy's section I'd tell him to knock it off.

Sox got screwed on that one, Kielty went around.

 

No harm he gone.

Kielty gets an extra swing but Jose pitches over it, great job.

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Dan "ya doesn't has to call me" Johnson up now.

Hawk with a little dig on Maggs and his 15 mil a year haha.

They need to get Contreras to throw that fastball above the letters, he would be deadly if he'd work up and down in the zone vs. what he usually does ... in and out. He has the velocity to do it too.

Hope Jose doesn't keep depending on his splitter over and over and over again.

D.J.'s Magglio talk is killing me.

1st and 2nd - 2 down

 

Let's go Jose just find an out

Johnson's a moneyball type of guy, has something like a 13/10 BB/K ratio.

Johnson walks, here comes swisher.

Look out for this guy, Swisher. Damn two out walk.

Dammit, all 4 balls that at bat were on the forkball, got 2 nice strikes with the fastball and then never went back to it.

 

I hope that walk doesn't hurt us...

Look out for this guy, Swisher.  Damn two out walk.

He's been very, very hot lately.

Jose gives him a count.