The 2007 WILL RICH HARDEN EVER BE HEALTHY OAKLAND A'S THREAD

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Fucking guy is made of glass.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 16 April 2007 01:16 (eighteen years ago)

Meanwhile Scutaro pops a 325 foot shot off Rivera to beat the Yanks 2 out of 3. So yeah go A's!

― Alex in SF, Monday, 16 April 2007 01:17 (eighteen years ago)

Nice, they won.

Too bad the game I watched for 14 innings last night was a bust.

― Belisarius, Monday, 16 April 2007 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

I was there last night too. We left after the bottom of the twelth, so we didn't have to watch Jason Giambi stab me in the heart. Was cold as hell too which made the whole thing even more annoying.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 16 April 2007 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

I'm glad you finally started this, or I was gonna call it "Piazza Don't Squat."

So Alex, would we hafta buy advance tix for Red Sox on June 4? (If Santana pitches in Twins series, I wd go, but understand you are ambivalent.)

― Dr Morbius, Monday, 16 April 2007 13:47 (eighteen years ago)

Well I can't do the Friday or Saturday games and you can't do the Sunday one so I think the Twins series may be out. We should probably get advance tickets for the Red Sox game since the upper deck is closed. Every Yankee game sold out this weekend.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 16 April 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)

gotcha.

― Dr Morbius, Monday, 16 April 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

Is Shasta coming along?

― Alex in SF, Monday, 16 April 2007 17:41 (eighteen years ago)

I would love to but I'll be in NYC & Miami that week.

― Steve Shasta, Monday, 16 April 2007 17:53 (eighteen years ago)

[also: there were a ton of decent Yankees-A's tix on craigslist yesterday, saw 4xlower deck 3B side = $120, which isn't exactly highway robbery].

― Steve Shasta, Monday, 16 April 2007 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

That's pretty close to face value actually.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 16 April 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

Actually no that's less than face value.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 16 April 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

nice, it was posted at 11:30am and we would have had to boogie woogied to get over there by 1:05pm.

― Steve Shasta, Monday, 16 April 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

1. Dan Haren, Oak 1.41
2. Rich Harden, Oak 1.42
3. Andy Pettitte, NYY 1.78
4. Chad Gaudin, Oak 1.85

― Andy K, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 14:32 (eighteen years ago)

Pity #2 just got tossed on the DL until May 1st at the earliest. And Bradly just joined him there. Sigh.

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

May 1st is only a week away!

― David R., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

what year?

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:55 (eighteen years ago)

Haha supposedly this one. I'm not sure I believe it though.

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:57 (eighteen years ago)

Meanwhile screwballer Dallas Braden's line through 6:

H: 3
R: 1
ER: 1
W: 1
SO: 6
ERA: 1.50

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

Also Nick Swisher leaves game with a hamstring injury. I'm shooting for the entire starting lineup to be on the DL by mid-next month.

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 21:04 (eighteen years ago)

Oy, Morning Harden out another two weeks.

I've always been curious, Alex (and other A's partisans), are you just kind, "Enh, A's scuffling in first half, wake me till after July 31"? Or, "Consarmit, can we put together a decent first half for once?"

― Leee, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:55 (eighteen years ago)

The latter. I find it really upsetting.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 3 May 2007 02:39 (eighteen years ago)

Esp. since the rest of the American League got so damned good. It was okay when there was a better than good chance of making the WC, but with the Central as strong as it is and the Red Sox, Angels and Yankees being perennial contenders well let's say the fact that we just can't get the offense going til June at the earliest hurts.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 3 May 2007 02:42 (eighteen years ago)

any comment on all the trade activity? i like the denorfia deal for you guys and liked the langerhans deal. langerhans for snelling? kind of bummed to see the nats part w/ snelling.

― j.q higgins, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:12 (eighteen years ago)

Everything Beane has done I've liked. Snelling, particularly, has real potential. Plus he's super easy to root for.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:30 (eighteen years ago)

I'm curious (even though I'd rather keep his injured ass) how much Harden fetches if Beane seriously shops him.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:31 (eighteen years ago)

Also, given Snelling's injury history, he fits right in!

I wonder if Beane swung that trade after seeing Langerhans muff that fly ball.

― David R., Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:44 (eighteen years ago)

I wonder what the record for most DL time is.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 3 May 2007 14:40 (eighteen years ago)

lol piazza :[

the harsh light of the warriors success is not flattering to the blemished flesh of the a's

― cankles, Saturday, 5 May 2007 07:41 (eighteen years ago)

Jason Kendall is really annoying me.

On the other hand, Jack Cust, Chris Snelling and Dan Johnson are making me very happy! Yay AAAA players!

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 15:39 (eighteen years ago)

Ha - to be fair to Snelling, he'd be a major leaguer all the way if he could stay healthy for more than 5 games in a row.

― David R., Wednesday, 9 May 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

Someone on Athletics Nation was speculating what would happen to Snelling once the rest of the A's outfielders get off the DL which seems to be weirdly optimistic about a) Bradley, Kotsay and Kielty's health and b) Snelling's as well!

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 17:05 (eighteen years ago)

You will regret Kendall til contract is up.

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 17:09 (eighteen years ago)

Which thankfully is the end of this year, cuz despite Kendall's public pleas I don't see Beane re-upping.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 17:18 (eighteen years ago)

Sacramento Rivercats (#1 record in PCL):

Catchers
Adam Melhuse - .375/.375/.625
Kurt Suzuki - .306/.388/.387
Jeremy "Fat Catcher" Brown - .235/.297/.441
JD Closser - .250/.333/.375
David Castillo - .143/.333/.571

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

CUST strikes again!

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 10 May 2007 19:25 (eighteen years ago)

oh no: OAKLAND CENTER FIELDER CHRIS SNELLING LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING DUE TO A LEFT KNEE CONTUSION.

― David R., Thursday, 10 May 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

I think he ran into Mike Sweeney in a bang-bang play at 1st.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 10 May 2007 19:55 (eighteen years ago)

[also: looks like the A's really are moving to Fremont unfortunately]

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 10 May 2007 20:18 (eighteen years ago)

Snelling was really playing well too. :(

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 10 May 2007 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

And Cust is playing really well! I hope he can keep it up. I think his story is at least as cool as say Josh Hamiltons.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 12 May 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)

What was Cust's addiction, rereading his mentions in Moneyball?

Alex, I have printed out 6/4 tix (which could be a Beckett start if there are no rainouts).

― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:02 (eighteen years ago)

Excellent.

I didn't realize Cust was even mentioned in Moneyball. Glazed donuts maybe?

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

God Chavez' suckiness is maddening.

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 13 May 2007 21:39 (eighteen years ago)

OTOH JACK CUST IS PLAYING OUT OF HIS FUCKING MIND!

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 13 May 2007 23:36 (eighteen years ago)

I like that Cust has a similarity index in PECOTA of 18 (meaning that there are very few if any players in the history of the game who have had this guy's career path.)

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 13 May 2007 23:52 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctswOImIEc4

Fuck moving him to LF though. Let him DH or fumble around at 1B and Pizza'll catch and Kendall can look at the want ads.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 14 May 2007 04:13 (eighteen years ago)

10 years in the minors with diminishing slugging with each level attained, I'm pretty sure this guy is going to be the next Jason Giambi, or even John Jaha for that matter. Still, it's a killer streak... pretty damn amazing to get called up (his 4th trip to the bigs I believe?) in the midst of a career hot-streak.

― Steve Shasta, Monday, 14 May 2007 05:45 (eighteen years ago)

ESB: "Cust has six home runs in 26 at-bats this season (4.3 AB/HR) after hitting only five homers in 144 previous at-bats in the majors (one every 28.8 ABs).'

― Steve Shasta, Monday, 14 May 2007 05:48 (eighteen years ago)

"... I'm pretty sure this guy is *NOT* going to be the..."

― Steve Shasta, Monday, 14 May 2007 06:29 (eighteen years ago)

Yes, obv Giambi is a bit unrealistic, but Jaha or Stairs #s certainly seems possible to me. I don't see the diminishing returns in the ML either. He had weak-ish three years, two with the Orioles--where they apparently attempted to screw him up--and one with the A's--where he was suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome and eventually needed surgery, and otherwise he's consistently killed AAA pitching (there also might have been an element of boredom at a certain point too--guys waiting and waiting for the next push often stagnate a little in AAA.) And look at those previous MLB ABs and tell me the guy was ever really given a chance (his longest MLB stint before this with the Orioles he performed really well actually!)

― Alex in SF, Monday, 14 May 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)

Anyway the important thing here is that he's giving the A's something right now they desperately needed (POWER) and that as long as he keeps doing it the A's need to keep playing him! Whether he comps out better as Giambi or Stairs or Kevin Maas or Shane Spencer, I don't care. If he hits, he plays. Plus it's the clearly the dude's last MLB chance and I want him to do well.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 14 May 2007 14:54 (eighteen years ago)

Aw he and DJ got watches!

― Alex in SF, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:52 (eighteen years ago)

Will Carroll:

We finally get a Rich Harden sighting. The A's pitcher is throwing on flat ground and is "at least" ten days away from getting on anything with a slope. Given the time that he's been out and this latest guidance, June 1 would be an aggressive return date. Harden's shoulder is more likely to keep him out at least another month, given a normal progression, though I'm loathe to call anything in this process normal.

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:10 (eighteen years ago)

Street on the DL. Loiaza's complaining of knee pain. Everyone's gonna be stitched up with dental floss by the end of the year.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

bullpen is jacked.

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 04:46 (eighteen years ago)

May 16 Duchscherer wasn't able to pitch on Tuesday night due to an arthritic hip, the Associated Press reports.

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:09 (eighteen years ago)

Bradley's hamstring was sore as was Buck's wrist. Jeez the whole team is like the walking wounded.

At least we won last night.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:40 (eighteen years ago)

How the fuck does a 29 year old have an arthritic hip?

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:59 (eighteen years ago)

Practice?

― David R., Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:00 (eighteen years ago)

GRAAHALALALALAGAH! FUCKING BULLPEN!

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:32 (eighteen years ago)

bring in the rivercat tots.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:40 (eighteen years ago)

this is gonna be a rough month or two.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:22 (eighteen years ago)

(i mean, unless crosby hits a grand slam right now)

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

Oh I don't know. I think it all depends on whether guys can get healthier. The lineup, other than Kendall, is actually passable and the starting pitching is pretty good, other than Braden. If Duke comes back and Calero and Embree start pitching better, I think we'll be okay.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

you're right, barely avoiding getting swept home against KC is totally normal.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:31 (eighteen years ago)

THE TEAM IS DECIMATED BY INJURIES RIGHT NOW! THAT THEY ARE EVEN PLAYING .500 BALL SEEMS AND CAN BEAT ANYONE MIRACULOUS TO ME! I stand by what I said, a few key guys get healthy and I think the A's can win 90-95 again.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

And they already won the second game of this series anyway.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

"barely" = 11th inning heroics.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:38 (eighteen years ago)

;-D

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:38 (eighteen years ago)

shit is uglier than it looks:

- J. Witasick relieved L. DiNardo
- M. Grudzielanek doubled to right
- M. Grudzielanek out at third
- M. Teahen walked
- M. Teahen caught stealing, catcher to second

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 22:24 (eighteen years ago)

Oh no a lesser healthier team is faring surprisingly well against a team that's better than them but cursed with numerous injuries! This has never happened before in professional sports! What are we to do! Gulp!

― David R., Thursday, 17 May 2007 22:44 (eighteen years ago)

REWIND for David R.

this is gonna be a rough month or two.

-- Steve Shasta, Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:22 PM

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 23:04 (eighteen years ago)

Jinkies!

― David R., Thursday, 17 May 2007 23:43 (eighteen years ago)

Haha how can you not love Jack Cust: 53 PAs, 7 HRs, 14 BBs, 17 SOs. Fucking awesome.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 19 May 2007 04:13 (eighteen years ago)

Like I said, this team's in big trouble...

― Steve Shasta, Saturday, 19 May 2007 05:05 (eighteen years ago)

Not that it wasn't obvious or anything, but Harden is officially shut down for at least a week.

― Steve Shasta, Saturday, 19 May 2007 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

TEN on the DL? and Chavez is sitting with tendinitis? Who'll be left by June 1? only Hiram Bocachica?

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 24 May 2007 15:21 (eighteen years ago)

I'm beginning to give up hope for this year, but I thought the same two years ago and they made a fantastic run anyway so. . .

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 24 May 2007 15:26 (eighteen years ago)

The rotation's going to have to keep it up, and Kendall needs to get at least 3 hits a week.

Is Harden ready to throw anytime soon?

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 24 May 2007 15:34 (eighteen years ago)

Not that it wasn't obvious or anything, but Harden is officially shut down for at least a week.

-- Steve Shasta, Saturday, 19 May 2007 16:32 (4 days ago)

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 24 May 2007 15:55 (eighteen years ago)

That's almost 5 days ago, Fancy Pants! I assume the A's silence could mean he's shut down til Flag Day.

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 24 May 2007 16:10 (eighteen years ago)

It looks like Cust is coming back to earth too.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 24 May 2007 17:12 (eighteen years ago)

Hey Milton's back!

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 21:42 (eighteen years ago)

Harden threw for the first time in 2 weeks yesterday.

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 22:38 (eighteen years ago)

And badly according to Will Carroll.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 22:45 (eighteen years ago)

Duscherer was scheduled to come off the DL yesterday but instead boarded a plane for Tennessee to see a hip specialist.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 31 May 2007 18:55 (eighteen years ago)

hey, the A's are listing Haren as Monday's pitcher, not DiNardo?

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 1 June 2007 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

Haren it is.

Alex and I saw Johan lose. what's with him?

― Dr Morbius, Monday, 4 June 2007 16:28 (eighteen years ago)

well, not much, actually, as Joe Sheehan wrote the other day.

I badmouth DiNardo all week and he throws 6 scoreless.

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 6 June 2007 17:19 (eighteen years ago)

He got very very lucky! Still I'll take it. From Carroll's column on Harden:

David Forst, the Assistant GM of the A's, gave an interesting quote to Mychael Urban, saying that Rich Harden could pitch out of the bullpen once he's back to throwing. Now, it's not a closer role the team is thinking of, but squeezing some value out of Harden by essentially doing his rehab work from the pen. I love this idea, and have suggested it for other pitchers, along with using starters in the pen on throw days. It would take an incredible amount of trust in the manager to properly handle this, but in today's game, if a team doesn't trust its manager to handle the pitching staff, why does he have a job? Harden could be back within a couple of weeks, assuming there are no further setbacks, because the normal rehab process would be changed. It seems to me like a very smart move on the part of the A's, especially given all their injuries and the chance that they could get back into the AL West race.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 6 June 2007 17:57 (eighteen years ago)

Hehe take that Red Sox jerks who flooded our town with their obnoxiousness for three straight days.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 7 June 2007 04:36 (eighteen years ago)

Also good job Santiago "Jairo Garcia at 24" Casilla for being our relief Jack Cust for the last couple games.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 7 June 2007 04:37 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Rich "Made of Glass" Harden was activated from the DL and will be serving in a relief role until he's strong enough to start.

― Steve Shasta, Friday, 22 June 2007 04:12 (seventeen years ago)

I am very very tentatively excited by this.

― Alex in SF, Friday, 22 June 2007 04:25 (seventeen years ago)

well I hope he does fine AFTER THIS WEEKEND.

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 22 June 2007 16:01 (seventeen years ago)

Did the ESPN Fantasy guy say last night that he expects Harden to become THE CLOSER?

― Andy K, Friday, 22 June 2007 17:00 (seventeen years ago)

i think it's a committee right now and he'll be part of that Santiago Casilla (RHP) and Alan Embree (LHP) action.

― Steve Shasta, Friday, 22 June 2007 17:40 (seventeen years ago)

That's not what the A's are indicating. They're thinking more middle-relief to build arm strength kind of stuff.

― Alex in SF, Friday, 22 June 2007 17:46 (seventeen years ago)

i think the A's are probably thinking of balancing high-leverage innings with their best available pitchers...

― Steve Shasta, Friday, 22 June 2007 17:59 (seventeen years ago)

Not necessarily if those pitchers are also trying to recover from shoulder injuries. I would think the A's might want to reduce the number of high-leverages situations in that case.

― Alex in SF, Friday, 22 June 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago)

harden is pitching in relief as i type this.

― maura, Saturday, 23 June 2007 01:07 (seventeen years ago)

(the a's are down by eight)

― maura, Saturday, 23 June 2007 01:08 (seventeen years ago)

sorry Alex -- bettter you than me! Plus they aren't due to kick it up til after the break.

― Dr Morbius, Monday, 25 June 2007 13:30 (seventeen years ago)

Harden's up in the bullpen in a 1 run down situation = high leverage inning.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 00:50 (seventeen years ago)

Harden looked lights out (1IP w/ 2Ks and a flyout) and Embree shit the bed (1IP w/ 2 doubles, a single, a walk and a stolen base)...

so why wouldn't they move Harden into the closer role? other than Duchsherer coming back next week.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 01:22 (seventeen years ago)

I'm an A's fan lurker on ilb

I read this and had to post the link *somewhere*. Something cheery during a 4 game losing streak...

http://www.yard-work.org/?p=747

― iatee, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 07:44 (seventeen years ago)

"I felt a little something the last hitter I faced when I tried to put a little something extra on it," Harden said. "I thought, 'I better not push it.' ... We'll see how I feel in the morning."

Manager Bob Geren said he does not believe the problem to be major, and Harden said, "It's nothing too bad. I could have kept throwing. It's one of those things, this early, the second time out, it's not worth pushing it."

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 12:37 (seventeen years ago)

If they want Harden in the rotation in 3 weeks, he shouldn't be throwing every day, right? Hence no closing?

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:36 (seventeen years ago)

I don't think any closer for the A's is going to be quite that busy.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:53 (seventeen years ago)

Thermo OTM.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 14:58 (seventeen years ago)

If they want Harden in the rotation in 3 weeks, he shouldn't be throwing every day, right? Hence no closing?
-- Dr Morbius, Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:36 AM (2 hours ago)

i think it's a committee right now and he could be part of that Santiago Casilla (RHP) and Alan Embree (LHP) action.

-- Steve Shasta, Friday, June 22, 2007 10:40 AM (4 days ago)

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 16:06 (seventeen years ago)

btw, Will Carroll:

The late word from Oakland is that Harden is sounding very negative, comparing his shoulder pain now to what he had prior to going on the DL.

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

IN JACK WE CUST

cust just taco'd again, his 5th in the last 8 games!

― cankles, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 23:43 (seventeen years ago)

I love Rob Deer 2.0 so much.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 23:49 (seventeen years ago)

THE THREE TRUE OUTCOMES

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 23:52 (seventeen years ago)

Justin Duchscherer will have season-ending hip surgery. RIP.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:49 (seventeen years ago)

Yup. And Harden won't pitch til this weekend and Street may or may not be back soon. Sigh.

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:51 (seventeen years ago)

A lonely Nick Swisher now dances alone. :(

― Andy K, Friday, 6 July 2007 09:45 (seventeen years ago)

Joe Blanton needs a nice long suspension

― jergïns, Monday, 9 July 2007 00:49 (seventeen years ago)

"I hit somebody and I'm not even sure what happened after that. I didn't think I did anything wrong."

― jergïns, Monday, 9 July 2007 01:37 (seventeen years ago)

Harden on DL until at least September.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 12 July 2007 15:52 (seventeen years ago)

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 12 July 2007 15:56 (seventeen years ago)

F#&@!

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 12 July 2007 17:08 (seventeen years ago)

Bye bye Jason Kendall.

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 15:57 (seventeen years ago)

a WILY VETERAN PRESENCE

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago)

Any guesses as to what the 2008 A's will look like? Daric Barton at first? Who starts other than Haren and Gaudin? Will they keep Stewart? Will Chavez ever be good again? Crosby?

Also, if you can trade Huston Street for a solid starter or position player, don't you have to do it at this point?

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago)

Texas gonna catch em?

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 13:49 (seventeen years ago)

Can you believe that Bobby Crosby went down AGAIN last night? Hit in the hand by a pitch. We've seen this before. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! This is the season from hell . . . anyone sees any info on whether the hand is OK please post it.

Two straight against the Angels in Anaheim is supposed to be good news.

― Kenny, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 18:11 (seventeen years ago)

Even if it isn't okay, it's not like Crosby is a vast improvement over Scutaro or any AAA scrub they are likely to call up at this point.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

Thanks for Milton Bradley!

― polyphonic, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 21:36 (seventeen years ago)

Even if it isn't okay, it's not like Crosby is a vast improvement over Scutaro or any AAA scrub they are likely to call up at this point.

All too true, though Crosby's still a better fielder. On the other hand, Scutaro is a better clutch hitter, which would seem to be the A's larger problem. (Well, actually, hitting at all is their larger problem.)

― Kenny, Thursday, 26 July 2007 00:45 (seventeen years ago)

anyone up for lackey vs. haren on sunday?

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 06:17 (seventeen years ago)

The only bright spots in this awful awful season are Jack Cust and Dan Haren.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 11 August 2007 02:00 (seventeen years ago)

what about milton bra-- oh :(

― cankles, Saturday, 11 August 2007 02:10 (seventeen years ago)

steve shasta did you go on sunday? because i did

― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 August 2007 04:02 (seventeen years ago)

that was quite a hitfest last nite.

― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 11 August 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago)

I suspect today's matchup will be lower scoring.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 11 August 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago)

I think Alex jinxed Harden with this thread title! T_T

― Steve Shasta, Monday, 13 August 2007 15:11 (seventeen years ago)

C Kahrl on When Moneyball Stops Working:

http://www.nysun.com/article/60256

― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 18 August 2007 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

That article seems pretty unduly harsh. I don't doubt that the rest of the GMs have gotten smarter, but the Beane's still done a pretty good job putting a contending team on the field and picking up useful and undervalued players and producing solid ballplayers from within. And really 80% of the A's problems this year have been injury related. Despite that they've still got a good run differential and I like their chances to contend next year and the year after.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:04 (seventeen years ago)

this makes me wonder about the clubhouse issues that are apparently pretty shitty (eg, Milton Bradley chicken little/crying wolf no longer).

Jason Kendall
2007 OAK .226/.261/.281 = .542 OPS
2007 CHC .299/.407/.429 = .835 OPS

Pre-All Star Break ERA
2007 OAK 3.66
2007 CHC 3.94

Post-All Star Break ERA
2007 OAK 4.71 (+29%)
2007 CHC 4.31 (+ 9%)

― Steve Shasta, Saturday, 18 August 2007 22:41 (seventeen years ago)

Those lines makes me think that Jason Kendall should never have played in the AL.

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 19 August 2007 07:20 (seventeen years ago)

Have I mentioned how much I love Jack Cust?

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 18:20 (seventeen years ago)

Is Cust eligible for ROY? He's not had many ABs before this year. I forget how the criteria works.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 18:21 (seventeen years ago)

Oh nevermind its 130 ABs. He definitely had that many.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 18:37 (seventeen years ago)

Loaiza claimed off waivers, goes to the Dodgers.

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago)

Tell 'em how no player is going back to the A's, but that the Blue Horde are on tab for the remainder of Loaiza's contract.

― Leee, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 22:10 (seventeen years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070916/capt.c997a2e5736f49cda2b15fdd859c768f.rangers_athletics_fight_vbaseball__oas101.jpg

Nice technique, but he didn't wrap him up after the initial hit.

― mattbot, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago)

d00d, of all the pics you could've linked:

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070916/capt.4aae97d6b9ab4be6a7dfa8e2c09dfe3f.rangers_athletics_fight_baseball__oas102.jpg

― Leee, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:22 (seventeen years ago)

let me guess, no A's injuries from the brawl? O IRONY

― Dr Morbius, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:27 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

The Rich Harden trade is looking HUGE for the Cubs (if not the fate of all Western civilization) now.

― felicity, Friday, 3 October 2008 21:15 (sixteen years ago)

Harden performed very well down the stretch against insignificant teams such as the Reds, Nationals and Mets (1.35 ERA, 11.25K/9)... but when up against playoff teams like MIL and PHI he seemed to struggle a bit more (1.40 WHIP).

He has won exactly one game in the past 7 weeks.

― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 3 October 2008 21:22 (sixteen years ago)

That is the weirdest cherry-picking nonsense you've posted in a while.

― MATT KEMP MADE FUN OF ME IN THE CLUBHOUSE (Alex in SF), Friday, 3 October 2008 21:26 (sixteen years ago)

Thank you, I tried.

― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 3 October 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago)

BOLD PREDICTINO:

5 IP, 15 K, 8 BBs, 0 H, 4 Err, Loss

― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 3 October 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago)

I actually am gonna change it to 17K in 5.0 IP on account of some dropped 3rd strikes runner advances.

― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 3 October 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago)

insignificant teams such as the ... Mets

I admire a consistent troll.

― polyphonic, Friday, 3 October 2008 22:27 (sixteen years ago)

The OCTOBER 4, 2008 WILL RICH HARDEN MAKE IT INTO THE SEVENTH INNING CHICAGO CUBS THREAD

― Andy K, Friday, 3 October 2008 22:30 (sixteen years ago)

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