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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Baltimore Orioles (16-16) @ Oakland Athletics (20-14), Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 10:05pm

BAL: Brian Burres (27, LHP, 3-2, 2.87)
OAK: Justin Duchscherer (30, RHP, 2-1, 2.40)

The Primer Chimp Posted: May 06, 2008 at 09:00 AM | 23 comment(s)
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1. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 06, 2008 at 11:41 AM (#2770660)

This has to be some kind of joke.

The A's have gotten such fine starting pitching, it's difficult to figure out how they'll wedge Rich Harden back into the rotation. ... Greg Smith has filled in with Harden out, and the rookie left-hander has been so superb that the team appears to be leaning toward leaving him where he is.

Eveland's also been good, and since he, like Smith, is seen as a piece of the team's future, he appears like he could stick, too.

If the A's didn't have four days off in the next three-plus weeks, they might consider a six-man rotation, but the extra time off renders such a plan impractical. So it's possible that if Smith or Eveland isn't sent down, Chad Gaudin or Justin Duchscherer will return to the bullpen.

I can see it now...

Harden, Blanton, Duchscherer, Eveland, Smith
Street, Embree, Jairo, Brown, Foulke, Calero, Gaudin

2. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 06, 2008 at 09:30 PM (#2771441)

C  Should I slice this up for the road?®   .282  .354  .316
1B "It's a Platoon Situation"®             .263  .367  .364
DH Odessey and Oracle®                     .244  .380  .341
LF Skylab...it crashed to earth, see?®     .238  .423  .417
RF I hate this fuckin' guy already®        .287  .315  .410
SS Porcelain Mormon®                       .260  .326  .389
2B Oedipus®                                .228  .312  .346
3B Donnie Murphy figurine®                 .222  .317  .389
CF Private Cowboy®                         .333  .368  .500



P  Rooster Cogburn®

3. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong Posted: May 06, 2008 at 09:49 PM (#2771476)

I like the idea of Chad as long reliever. It won't be for very long anyway and he's better than Braden. Blanton, Eveland and Smith deserve starting slots. Harden and Duke aren't going to build trade value as long men.

4. DKDC Posted: May 06, 2008 at 10:12 PM (#2771511)

Shitty umpire alert.

5. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 06, 2008 at 10:17 PM (#2771519)

Six games haven't convinced me that Smith should be elevated from Break Glass In Case of Emergency to Guy They Simply Must Make an Opening For, especially considering five of those games were of the lefy-junkballer-who-strikes-no-one-out variety.

6. DKDC Posted: May 06, 2008 at 10:20 PM (#2771525)

OK I'm flipping over to Floyd's no-no.

7. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong Posted: May 06, 2008 at 10:54 PM (#2771586)

Valid point Greg, but isn't now as good a time as any to find out whether Smith is part of the future? We basically know Gaudin isn't a long term Athletic.

8. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 06, 2008 at 11:10 PM (#2771614)

They can experiment all they want after the Curse at Fremont wipes out half the team and puts them out of the race. Until then I'd prefer they scratch and claw for every win.

Harden, by the way, has six strikeouts through four innings. So we know he's mastered high-A.

9. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 06, 2008 at 11:19 PM (#2771632)

Of course, they could always abandon a set rotation, assigning starts on the basis of favorable matchups. But I won't hold my breath.

10. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 06, 2008 at 11:25 PM (#2771640)

5 IP, 7 K, 2 H, 2 HBP

11. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong Posted: May 06, 2008 at 11:29 PM (#2771649)

You hit me, I hit you

12. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 06, 2008 at 11:48 PM (#2771669)

A single, two strikeouts and yet another HBP in the sixth.

13. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 06, 2008 at 11:58 PM (#2771688)

Of course, they could always abandon a set rotation, assigning starts on the basis of favorable matchups. But I won't hold my breath.

The more I think about it, the more I like this. Between the six, there's a pitcher for any occasion.

14. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong Posted: May 07, 2008 at 12:20 AM (#2771731)

It would be fun anyway.

15. Dan Posted: May 07, 2008 at 12:21 AM (#2771732)

Good, he should be safe. He wasn't anywhere near the bag.

16. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong Posted: May 07, 2008 at 12:21 AM (#2771734)

Wow. No neighborhood credit given. Surprising.

17. Dan Posted: May 07, 2008 at 12:23 AM (#2771736)

Oh well, no consequence anyhow.

Jairo for the save, apparently?

18. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong Posted: May 07, 2008 at 12:23 AM (#2771737)

Santiago closing. Good.

19. DKDC Posted: May 07, 2008 at 12:23 AM (#2771738)

He wasn't anywhere near the bag.

I agree that he should be safe, but Torres was maybe two inches off the bag.

I've seen guys called out when the shortstop didn't come within two feet of the bag.

20. Dan Posted: May 07, 2008 at 12:25 AM (#2771741)

Yeah, on replay he was closer than I thought he was on the live view.

21. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 12:31 AM (#2771757)

Huzzah!

22. DKDC Posted: May 07, 2008 at 12:31 AM (#2771758)

Stupid ballpark.

23. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong Posted: May 07, 2008 at 12:32 AM (#2771759)

Yea. A win.

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