Comments on: Sunday update from Petco

By: A'sGirl

A'sGirl — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:51:30 +0000

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but Variety is saying Moneyball movie is dead.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005208.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:07:36 +0000

If Geren can’t win with these pitchers he has starting now, he never will win in this league! But Geren won’t be fired because he’s the GM’s friend and why he got the job in the first place over a very competant manager the A’s already had. This team will never win again with Beane in place. Never!

Con’t ban or shoot me for being the messenger!

You do still believe in free speech I hope?

By: Oakland Sí

Oakland Sí — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:00:47 +0000

that’s fine for the 2 hitter to move the 1 hitter up as long as the 1 hitter actually gets on base – and that the rbi guys actually get the run in. But after the first inning you may not get the 1 hitter to start an inning again, so it’s not perhaps as important.

Not only is Cust not a prototypical 2 hitter, he’s also not a prototypical 3 hitter. Jan K Oski’s dream lineup doesn’t look bad, except I don’t think Giambi scares anyone on the other side anymore, even in the 5 spot (though that’s better than the 4 spot).

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:33:09 +0000

down only 2-1 going to bottom of 8th but the top of your order will be starting the 9th against a team with a worse record than yours. used pinch hitter for braden correctly in bottom of 7th, but he was final out of that inning. so bring in breslow who gives up a hit to the lead-off batter BUT gets next 2 outs and runner still is stuck at first. so dim witted geren using the old righty pitcher vs. righty batter principle brings in the completely washed up SPRINGER. springer immediately falls behind 2-0 with 2 usual off target pitches. count goes to full. NOW the principle used in that instance, first of all if breslow got the last 2 batters and he only had pitched to 3 just leave him in to finish the inning he was pitching well in. another principle NEVER use a washed up pitcher whose arm is done against any major league batter. result if you missed the 9th. the top of the 9th meant nothing as SPRINGER had put game out of reach with a wonderful home run pitch in 8th with 2 breslow outs.

well down geren.

at least SPRINGER will still be fresh for start of tomorrow’s series.

where is macha? is he still laughing?

By: Jan K Oski

Jan K Oski — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:32:04 +0000

Geez, Geren is wacked. I just looked at the 7-game winning streak. Guess what? According to the stats and player of the game on Yahoo! Sports, Cust was only pivotal at the plate in one of the games, even though he batted 3rd in all but one of them. There’s something called winning games that takes presidence to OBP. Cust simple doesn’t win games. Here’s my dream lineup that will never happen:

1. Kennedy 2B
2. Suzuki C
3. Holliday LF
4. Cust DH
5. Giambi 1B
6. Cabrera SS
7. Sweeney CF
8. Hannahan 3B
9. Anybody but Buck RF

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:34:52 +0000

I repeat AND AGAIN AFTER THE 8TH INNING – SPRINGER is the WORST PITCHER PERIOD in MLB how did that dufus GEREN ever get the manager’s job from BEANBRAIN? Because he was his stupid little friend? Only guy who he could find who was a WORSE BASEBALL PLAYER THAN BEANE HIMSELF WAS?