Official 2007 Oakland A's Thread - Page 26

Green & Gold Heart · 06-03-2007, 04:39 PM

The A's announcers just informed us about this: http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/new...=.jsp&c_id=oak

Faroo6 · 06-03-2007, 07:46 PM

I figured it would be party time in this thread

mirrf · 06-03-2007, 08:21 PM

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I figured it would be party time in this thread

The bay area teams got rid of a couple bad relievers this weekend.

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 12:46 AM

Way to go, scary closer.

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 01:01 AM

Way to go, $66 million man.

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 01:02 AM

Ugh, I hate this team sometimes.

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 01:26 AM

Way to go (non sarcastic), Mark Ellis. CYCLE!!

(Now score the winning run, dammit.)

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 01:36 AM

Aarggh.

jbergey22 · 06-05-2007, 01:46 AM

I have $$$ on the sox. The A's have blown some chances

Serious question though and I dont say it to be mean. How does Oakland scratch together so many wins with this line up?

mikev · 06-05-2007, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Green & Gold Heart

Way to go, $66 million man.

Ready to take that back yet?

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mikev

Ready to take that back yet?

Sure. Unfortunately I went to bed after the 10th inning so I missed it. He made up for his pathetic display in his previous at bat.

But the

of the day has to go to Mark Ellis.

mirrf · 06-05-2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jbergey22

I have $$$ on the sox. The A's have blown some chances

Serious question though and I dont say it to be mean. How does Oakland scratch together so many wins with this line up?

Surprisingly good starting pitching everywhere in the rotation. Relievers have been hit or miss, although there has been some great performances when we needed it.

This team is hovering around 500, now two games over, and they've been the epitome of anti-clutch batting. Lots of double plays, hardly any 2 out hits, ect. If multiple batters get hot, this team will be devastatingly good.

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mirrf

Surprisingly good starting pitching everywhere in the rotation. Relievers have been hit or miss, although there has been some great performances when we needed it.

This team is hovering around 500, now two games over, and they've been the epitome of anti-clutch batting. Lots of double plays, hardly any 2 out hits, ect. If multiple batters get hot, this team will be devastatingly good.

Word.

Just taking a look at some of their offensive rankings in MLB:

- Bottom third in batting average (.252)
- Bottom third in runs scored (241)
- Bottom third in slugging % (.390)
- DEAD LAST in MLB with RISP (.229)

But...

- Tops in the American League (second in MLB behind SD) in ERA (3.34)
- Haren (1.70) and Gaudin (2.41) are #1 and #3 in the AL in ERA

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 12:34 PM

dola,

Maybe I'm imagining it, but it seems there is a lot less manager bitching going on this year. Yes, it's only June, but how many Ken Macha rants would we have had in this thread by now?

Just think, Kendall would still be batting leadoff, Chavez would be hitting third and Swisher would be hitting seventh...

I think Bob Geren is doing a hell of a job with what he's been given. To Bob -

darkhorse · 06-05-2007, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mirrf

If multiple batters get hot, this team will be devastatingly good.

In May, Oakland had Cust, Johnson, and Swisher raking. There's just a ****load of dead wood in the A's lineup.

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by darkhorse

In May, Oakland had Cust, Johnson, and Swisher raking. There's just a ****load of dead wood in the A's lineup.

It's a superstar-less lineup, maybe even star-less. It reminds me of my Fort Collins Owls - a bunch of guys who are good enough to be starters, but only two or three could be considered "very good" players.

Lucky for the A's they have the pitching to make up for some of that. So if they could actually score three or four runs a night on a regular basis, they could be extremely good. It's going to take some luck for the right guys to be hot at the same time.

darkhorse · 06-05-2007, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Green & Gold Heart

It's a superstar-less lineup, maybe even star-less.

Lucky for the A's they have the pitching to make up for some of that.

Nick Swisher is well on his way, if not already a member.

And defense, probably the best in MLB.

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by darkhorse

Nick Swisher is well on his way, if not already a member.

And defense, probably the best in MLB.

He's striking out at a higher rate than he was last year but the average and OBP are way up. I'd rather see those go up than see the strikeouts go down. He's getting there, for sure.

Oh yeah, defense. That too.

Green & Gold Heart · 06-05-2007, 03:25 PM

dola,

Oops, Swisher is actually striking out less this year (one every 4.3 AB) than last year (one every 3.7 AB). I read it totally backwards. So, he's getting better in every way!

darkhorse · 06-05-2007, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Green & Gold Heart

Oh yeah, defense. That too.

I checked out the DER numbers at BB Prospectus and the A's are ranked second behind only the Mets.

06-05-2007, 01:46 AM	#509
jbergey22 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,481	I have $$$ on the sox. The A's have blown some chances Serious question though and I dont say it to be mean. How does Oakland scratch together so many wins with this line up? Last edited by jbergey22; 06-05-2007 at 01:49 AM.

06-03-2007, 04:39 PM	#501
Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	The A's announcers just informed us about this: http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/new...=.jsp&c_id=oak

06-05-2007, 12:46 AM	#504
Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	Way to go, scary closer.

06-05-2007, 01:01 AM	#505
Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	Way to go, $66 million man.

06-05-2007, 01:02 AM	#506
Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	Ugh, I hate this team sometimes.

06-05-2007, 01:26 AM	#507
Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	Way to go (non sarcastic), Mark Ellis. CYCLE!! (Now score the winning run, dammit.)

06-05-2007, 01:36 AM	#508
Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	Aarggh.

06-05-2007, 12:34 PM	#514
Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	dola, Maybe I'm imagining it, but it seems there is a lot less manager bitching going on this year. Yes, it's only June, but how many Ken Macha rants would we have had in this thread by now? Just think, Kendall would still be batting leadoff, Chavez would be hitting third and Swisher would be hitting seventh... I think Bob Geren is doing a hell of a job with what he's been given. To Bob -

06-05-2007, 03:25 PM	#519
Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	dola, Oops, Swisher is actually striking out less this year (one every 4.3 AB) than last year (one every 3.7 AB). I read it totally backwards. So, he's getting better in every way!