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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Baltimore Orioles (16-17) @ Oakland Athletics (21-14), Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 3:35pm

BAL: Jeremy Guthrie (29, RHP, 1-3, 4.06)
OAK: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 2-5, 3.88)

The Primer Chimp Posted: May 07, 2008 at 09:00 AM | 39 comment(s)
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1. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 03:08 PM (#2772404)

C  Should I slice this up for the road?®   .279  .348  .311
1B "It's a Platoon Situation"®             .254  .357  .352
DH Keebler 3:16®                           .299  .360  .442
LF Skylab...it crashed to earth, see?®     .250  .426  .420
RF I hate this fuckin' guy already®        .294  .321  .413
SS Porcelain Mormon®                       .254  .324  .381
2B Oedipus®                                .223  .310  .338
3B Burned up on re-entry; no free tacos®   .227  .375  .347
CF Animal Mother®                          .267  .325  .320



P  "Rube" as in "hick," but also as in "Rubenesque" and "Reuben sandwich"®

2. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 03:31 PM (#2772453)

Gary Thorne.

*gags*

3. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 03:48 PM (#2772490)

Ahahaha! Barton hasn't been with the A's long enough to know he shouldn't swing early in the count! Ahahaha!

Idiots.

4. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 03:54 PM (#2772503)

I pray to the baseball gods that I get to see a guy with a .730 OPS lead the league in RBI.

5. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 04:01 PM (#2772517)

He totally doesn't deserve to get out of this without giving up a run, but I'll take it.

6. DKDC Posted: May 07, 2008 at 04:03 PM (#2772521)

I pray to the baseball gods that I get to see a guy with a .730 OPS lead the league in RBI.

It's clear from the last three days that the baseball gods are listening to A's fans.

The Orioles have run themselves out of a half dozen runs so far, and the A's are poised to sweep the Orioles on the strength of 19 singles (many of the bloop and infield variety) and zero extra base hits.

7. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 04:36 PM (#2772579)

Hey, Tubby, the plate's that way.

8. jonathan (Joseph HannaCust) Posted: May 07, 2008 at 04:54 PM (#2772597)

More smoke and mirrors success so far today, it looks like.

(Smoke and mirror success continues for Joe Blanton apparently, too.)

9. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 04:57 PM (#2772605)

Ahh, Jay Payton.

10. jonathan (Joseph HannaCust) Posted: May 07, 2008 at 04:57 PM (#2772606)

Wait did Ryan Sweeney just almost hit a home run. Ryan Sweeney?

11. jonathan (Joseph HannaCust) Posted: May 07, 2008 at 04:58 PM (#2772609)

Suzuki!

12. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 04:59 PM (#2772610)

Raising his ISO to .004.

13. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 05:00 PM (#2772614)

I hate that Thorne calls a 2-run homer a "2-RBI homer."

14. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 05:14 PM (#2772641)

Wrong guy comin' out of the dugout to visit Joe...

15. jonathan (Joseph HannaCust) Posted: May 07, 2008 at 05:16 PM (#2772648)

Blanton really hasn't had it much this year.

16. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 05:20 PM (#2772652)

Ay-yay-yay.

17. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 05:27 PM (#2772659)

Gift-wrapped opportunity to pinch-hit here.

18. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 05:29 PM (#2772661)

And Geren sits on his hands.

To fine effect. But still.

19. jonathan (Joseph HannaCust) Posted: May 07, 2008 at 05:29 PM (#2772662)

John Joseph!

20. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 05:40 PM (#2772674)

Snow cones all around.

21. jonathan (Joseph HannaCust) Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:01 PM (#2772716)

Andrew Brown making things interesting again.

22. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:01 PM (#2772717)

For the love of Leo Nunez, get out of this thing.

23. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:02 PM (#2772719)

Bah.

24. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:04 PM (#2772722)

BAH.

25. jonathan (Joseph HannaCust) Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:04 PM (#2772723)

Andrew Brown, with a marvelously bad performance.

26. DKDC Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:04 PM (#2772725)

That was unexpected.

27. jonathan (Joseph HannaCust) Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:07 PM (#2772726)

Andrew Brown had to blow up sometime. He's just not that good a pitcher.

I think the Dallas Braden strikeout of Nick Markakis qualifies as more surprising.

28. Klutts! Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:09 PM (#2772731)

Why not bring in Street or Casilla (only 16 P last night) since tomorrow is an off day. I guess I just don't really understand bullpen usage.

29. jonathan (Joseph HannaCust) Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:15 PM (#2772739)

I don't think Bob Geren does, either.

Big Hurt coming up with the bases loaded though.

30. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:18 PM (#2772740)

Frankly, I might be inclined to use Davis here. GIDP avoidance is of utmost importance, and there's not too much value in power.

31. jonathan (Joseph HannaCust) Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:19 PM (#2772741)

Well done John Joseph II.

32. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:24 PM (#2772745)

Where'd those two pitches miss? Retire, you fat ####.

33. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:35 PM (#2772760)

Frankly, I might be inclined to use Davis here. GIDP avoidance is of utmost importance, and there's not too much value in power.

Or, y'know, Denorfia, considering Davis was in the game for defense.

34. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:37 PM (#2772763)

Or Murphy, who inexplicably ran for Thomas and then moved to left. Did Denorfia die?

35. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:40 PM (#2772769)

Hahaha!

36. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:42 PM (#2772771)

The old "Walk the number nine hitter on four pitches, then fail to throw strikes to the leadoff man, keeping the at-bat alive long enough to pick the runner off and escape the inning" gambit.

37. Danny Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:45 PM (#2772772)

############!!

38. Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:45 PM (#2772773)

############!

39. DKDC Posted: May 07, 2008 at 06:46 PM (#2772775)

Thanks, Lance. Enjoy the rest of your career in the minors.

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