2006 ALDS Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins

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Game 	Matchup 	Day 	Date 	Time ET 	TV

Gm 1 	OAK - B. Zito (16-10, 3.83) @ MIN - J. Santana (19-6, 2.77)	Tue 	Oct. 3 	1 pm 	ESPN

Gm 2 	OAK - OAK: D. Haren (14-13, 4.12) @ MIN - MIN: B. Bonser (7-6, 4.22)	Wed 	Oct. 4 	1 pm 	ESPN

Gm 3 	MIN @ OAK 	Fri 	Oct. 6 	4 pm 	ESPN

Gm 4* 	MIN @ OAK 	Sat 	Oct. 7 	TBD 	

Gm 5* 	OAK @ MIN 	Sun 	Oct. 8 	TBD 	

* - if necessary

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 2 October 2006 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

twins in 5

― gear (gear), Monday, 2 October 2006 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

oak in 4

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 2 October 2006 00:12 (nineteen years ago)

Twins, don't care how many.

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Monday, 2 October 2006 00:22 (nineteen years ago)

PUSH

― Jimmy Mod's Champion Erotic Fantasy Team 2006 (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 2 October 2006 00:40 (nineteen years ago)

twins in 5

― timmy tannin (pompous), Monday, 2 October 2006 01:08 (nineteen years ago)

No clue, but I'll guess Twins in 5.

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Monday, 2 October 2006 01:21 (nineteen years ago)

Twins in 4

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 2 October 2006 02:06 (nineteen years ago)

A's in 5.

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Monday, 2 October 2006 02:19 (nineteen years ago)

Twins in 4.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 2 October 2006 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

Twins in 5.

― boldbury (boldbury), Monday, 2 October 2006 02:43 (nineteen years ago)

Twins in 4.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Monday, 2 October 2006 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

Go A's and in 5

― BeeOK (boo radley), Monday, 2 October 2006 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

A's in four. They don't win Game 5 vs. Santana.

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 2 October 2006 04:14 (nineteen years ago)

twins in 5

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 2 October 2006 05:00 (nineteen years ago)

A's in 5

― jergins (jergins), Monday, 2 October 2006 05:39 (nineteen years ago)

Damn, two teams I really like facing off in the first round. Even after playing .700 ball for 2/3rds of the season, I'm still hesitant to trust any of Minnesota's non-Santana starters, and Oakland HAS to win a postseason series one of these years, so I'll pick:

Oakland in 4.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 2 October 2006 06:27 (nineteen years ago)

a's in 4

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 2 October 2006 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

The first three games in the Oakland-Minnesota division series are day games. The A's were an AL-best 40-21 in day games and the Twins were 27-20. "We're used to playing during the day -- we have the second-most day games in baseball," Macha said. "I don't think it's going to matter." ...

Will it? Probably not for the INDOOR games ...

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 2 October 2006 06:38 (nineteen years ago)

Won't be much to say about this one on the East Coast, since we'll all be at work for the first 3 games.

A's in 4

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 October 2006 12:30 (nineteen years ago)

ELEPHANTS IN FOUR. Because, you know, Santana. Twins hitting will go pffft. A's hitting will go wheeeee. I will stop being glib. Series MVP = Eric Chavez (OH YEAH).

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 2 October 2006 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

A's in 4! Me and the young lady will be at games 3 and 4! GO A's!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 2 October 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to say it's going the full 7. Don't know who'll win.

― c('°c) (Leee), Monday, 2 October 2006 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

Oakland in 4

― chakra khan chakra khan (sanskrit), Monday, 2 October 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

How does a team play 61 day games?

― boldbury (boldbury), Monday, 2 October 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)

MIN in 4

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Monday, 2 October 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

yeah i was gonna say, why the fuck are they doing this shit at 1 in the afternoon? FUKK BASEBALL IMO

― Scott Fajita :( (Adrian Langston), Monday, 2 October 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

Oh man but what if they start the Twins-A's game at like 5 and then people watch its final innings instead of the Yankees? I can't go for that (no can do)

Twins in 4.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Monday, 2 October 2006 21:51 (nineteen years ago)

A's in 5; MVP: Barry Zito

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

twins in 4. god i hate this scheduling. stupid tv

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 10:36 (nineteen years ago)

it's on like donkey kong

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

Frank Thomas goes yard on Santana. 1-0

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

santana's fatal flaw (the solo taco)

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

he seems to have poor control today.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

FRANK THOMAS HAVE MY BABIES!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

of course he throws 7 straight strikes after i post that.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

Scoot!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

Will it? Probably not for the INDOOR games ...

Time of day has just as much to do with this as natural daylight, I think.

Wow, two runs already.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

MARCO SCUTARO HAVE MY BABIES!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

I dint know Alex was so easy...

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

S'true. Barry looks good so far although baserunning blundering always helps.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

I really don't like where this is headed.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

Barry looks like shit... like 50% pitches thrown for strikes. The Twins have no patience and are swinging at first pitch balls. That's not how you "get" to Zito.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

And the Twinkies gave him an out! After 4 Zito is right @ 50% (46 pitches, 23 strikes).

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

Rondelle breaks up the no-no.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:17 (nineteen years ago)

Castillo seems to be the only batter that really has his shit together. Bartlett and Punto getting outs on the first pitch they see is nauseating.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

THREAT

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

AVERTED

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

MY BAD

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

THREAT

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

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Why have a bench if you're not going to use it w/ the tying run @ the plate in the person of a slap-hitting middle infielder?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

Is nate p. okay?

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:29 (nineteen years ago)

So how over-analyzed was the coffee incident? The A's board makes it seem as though the ESPN folx wouldn't shut up about it, but they are over-sensitive types.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

If it makes Nate feel any better, I feel only marginally more comfortable now than I did before the series began. The A's have been here before recently and I didn't like how that ended.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

Haha, I had a "work meeting" too, but I made sure there was a TV in sight.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

BOLD PREDICTION: Torii will not be a Twin next year.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

did they ever take the first 2 on the road tho?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

That would shock me. He's still cheaper and better than any other option. But maybe.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

YES! AGAINST THE YANKEES!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

The Jeremy Giambi Jermain Dye Leg Break Series.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

Bold clam: Johan will be a Giant. In 2017.

― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

I was at the Jeremy Giambi Jermaine Dye leg break games.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

I watched them at home and cried.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

I was at the game and was sitting in the best seat of my life (right behind home plate, third row), so I got a real good view of what misery looks like.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

at least you didn't have to listen to rick sutcliffe

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

mark ellis out for the series with a broken finger.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

Where do you see that? I still see that his status will be reviewed tomorrow.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 22:58 (nineteen years ago)

HI DERE
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― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 23:14 (nineteen years ago)

he was out 30 days earlier this season with a broken thumb.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

I still don't see where it sez he's out for the series. Is that just de riguer for these kinds of breaks though?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 5 October 2006 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

Forget Joe Nathan and Francisco Liriano, even Boof Bonser's performance this year is enough to turn Giants fans' stomachs.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 5 October 2006 04:05 (nineteen years ago)

I know I shouldn't write this series off as an automatic Twins loss, except that somewhere between yesterday and a comeback Game 5 victory lies Carlos Silva.

Dear Frank Thomas: please to be murdering the Yankees.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Thursday, 5 October 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

The thought of a Santana/Liriano/Bonser rotation = way scary, though. The Tigers and ChiSox should pray that Morneau and Mauer had fluke years and Garza doesn't get his shit together.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Friday, 6 October 2006 02:04 (nineteen years ago)

Athletics' Ellis out for rest of postseason with broken finger

By JOSH DUBOW, AP Sports Writer
October 5, 2006

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Oakland Athletics second baseman Mark Ellis will miss the rest of the postseason after breaking his right index finger when he swung at a pitch and it hit his hand.

"I'm crushed," Ellis said. "You play the whole season to get to this point and now I can't play because of this. ... I'll be the best cheerleader we have."

The injury is a costly one for the A's, who lead Minnesota 2-0 in their first-round series but must try to close it out without their top three middle infielders.

Shortstop Bobby Crosby, the 2004 AL Rookie of the Year, is sidelined with a back injury, and backup Antonio Perez underwent surgery Thursday on his broken finger. D'Angelo Jimenez will start in Ellis' place Friday in Game 3.

Manager Ken Macha said injuries are part of the game but acknowledged Ellis will be missed for both his bat and glove.

He's "one of the top defenders in the American League at second base," Macha said Thursday. "You know when balls are hit there, the guy's out. He gets the big hit every once in a while."

Ellis made only two errors in 632 regular-season chances, breaking Bret Boone's record for best fielding percentage by a second baseman. Ellis' .99684 percentage narrowly edged the mark of .99671 set by Boone for Cincinnati in 1997.

Ellis went 2-for-4 with two singles in Game 2, injuring himself in the ninth inning swinging at a pitch from Joe Nathan. Ellis waved his hand and appeared to be in pain while trainers looked him over.

He finished the at-bat by striking out looking, and was replaced by D'Angelo Jimenez at second base in the bottom of the ninth.

The bone was broken in three places and will take three-to-six weeks to heal. Trainer Larry Davis said Ellis would be unable to even pinch run the rest of this series.

The A's can replace Ellis on the roster if they advance to the next round, with Mark Kiger and Kevin Melillo the most likely options.

Jimenez, picked up by Oakland in June after being released by Texas, played in just eight games for the A's, going 1-for-14. He batted .183 for the season with one homer and eight RBIs in 71 at-bats and made four errors in 18 games at second base.

He has played parts of seven seasons in the majors, with his best season coming in 2004 when he hit .270 with 12 homers and 67 RBIs for Cincinnati.

"It's not like I've never been there before," Jimenez said. "It will be the same game. I will just go out there and do my best."

Ellis batted .249 with 11 homers and 52 RBIs this season, but finished strong. He hit .308 with six homers and 26 RBIs in his final 49 games.

Oakland has dealt with numerous injuries this season, overcoming DL stints by Frank Thomas, Milton Bradley, Rich Harden, Huston Street, Esteban Loaiza, Joe Kennedy, Ellis and Crosby to win the AL West.

"That's the good thing about this team: We're a good bench," said shortstop Marco Scutaro, who has filled in well for Crosby. "People get hurt and there's always the bench. No matter who's playing second, I have to throw the ball and make double plays. Communication will probably be good. He speaks Spanish and I do, too. D'Angelo's been in this game for a long time. I don't think it's going to be different."

Crosby missed the final 52 games of the regular season with a back injury. He said Thursday that he's not getting any better and doubts he'd be able to play if the A's advance past the first round.

"He has not done any baseball activity," Macha said. "It'll be very difficult for him to get back and play."

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 6 October 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

Top of the first: runners on 1st and 2nd; one out; nobody scores
Top of the 2nd: leadoff Morneau double; advances to 3rd with one out; nobody scores

Are the Twins 8 years old and playing "don't touch the plate, that's the lava zone"?

― nate p. (natepatrin), Friday, 6 October 2006 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

anything that goes that far that fast oughtta have a stewardess on it...

― Jimmy Mod is COMPLETELY MISERABLE SAN DIEGO (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 6 October 2006 19:42 (nineteen years ago)

http://redbirdnation.blogspot.com/bulldurham.jpg

― Jimmy Mod is COMPLETELY MISERABLE SAN DIEGO (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 6 October 2006 19:42 (nineteen years ago)

Who the fuck is Marco Scutaro? Is he Eric Fox in a Scooby-Doo villain mask or something?

― nate p. (natepatrin), Friday, 6 October 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

Oh goody, we didn't strand anybody in scoring position this inning

― nate p. (natepatrin), Friday, 6 October 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

OK, y'know when Willie Mays was stumbling around feebly in the outfield for the '73 Mets during their postseason? Radke's all "oh yeah, you want to go out on a bad note? Top this." This is just brutal. Brutal and sad.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Friday, 6 October 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, Torii Hunter is like the 3M of costing us potential leads.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

this has to be a playoff record for runners out at home.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

nathan hasn't pitched in the playoffs since he blew sf's chances in 2003. I wonder if that will change.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

SO WAIT, THEY WALKED FRANK THOMAS INTENTIONALLY WITH TWO OUTS AND THEN HE SCORED

― gear (gear), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

TWO OUTS, NO ONE ON

― gear (gear), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

twins don't deserve to win ; (

― gear (gear), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, the A's are really going to do it.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

Man

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmm, only two other teams have ever completed a sweep in the postseason without ever trailing in the series: 2004 Red Sox (vs Cards) and 2005 Cards (vs Padres).

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

Hmm, maybe I should buy ALCS tickets.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

I smell dead piranhas.

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

Turns out they were guppies.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

I guess it beats losing to the Yankees.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

(And Steve, Nathan did pitch, in Game 2. Gave up a run on a wild pitch.)

― nate p. (natepatrin), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

He pitched in 2004 against the Yankees too. Gardy tried to get three innings out of him in Game 2 and blew the series in the process!

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 6 October 2006 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmm, only two other teams have ever completed a sweep in the postseason without ever trailing in the series: 2004 Red Sox (vs Cards) and 2005 Cards (vs Padres).

there's something i'm not following here Barry - how could you trail and then sweep?

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Saturday, 7 October 2006 02:25 (nineteen years ago)

Trailing in a game.

― tylero (tylero), Saturday, 7 October 2006 02:50 (nineteen years ago)

Ohmigod this was the most fun ever!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 7 October 2006 03:55 (nineteen years ago)

Most is the new least

― nate p. (natepatrin), Saturday, 7 October 2006 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

didn't they know ppl wearing their uniform were 0-9 in elimination games? Christ, ESPN's talking points...

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 7 October 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

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