Gameday Rant Thread - A's @ Angels - 4/14/14

[Erstad Grit]

Baseball umpires are the biggest pricks of all sports officials

Their word or the highway

 

If you think this loss is on the umps you are fooling yourself 

[Docwaukee]

this team just doesn't have it.  no balls.  no luck.  missing talent in key spots. 

 

I love baseball. 

 

This team is a vampire sapping my enjoyment of the game. 

 

It's taking the fun out of one of my favorite things. 

[stormngt]

I will repeat myself.....i dud not expect to score many runs against the A's. There is a reason why they lead the league in ERA.

2 runs won't win you many games

[Butcher'd]

Do really hate Scioscia that much to really believe that?

 

 

You're posting in the wrong thread, man. 

[tennischmp]

I will repeat myself.....i dud not expect to score many runs against the A's. There is a reason why they lead the league in ERA.

 

I guess you shouldn't be expecting many wins against the A's then

Edited April 15, 2014 by tennischmp

[stormngt]

What are you talking about? How was my posts inappropriate?

Storm, the only thing that really gets moderated in this thread is what you are doing, knock it off. This is the second time we've asked you to stop.

[nando714]

If you think this loss is on the umps you are fooling yourself

I never said that sport

[Butcher'd]

What are you talking about? How was my posts inappropriate?

 

 

He's talking about the fact that you're going after posters for ranting in the RANT thread, if I'm not mistaken

Edited April 15, 2014 by Butcher'd

[Stradling]

Storm let them vent or rant and don't question it.

[fan_since79]

4-8 in the order tonight, 0-for-18.

 

Can't win many games with that.

[stormngt]

So let me make sure... we are not allowed to debate on a message board?

Storm let them vent or rant and don't question it.

[nando714]

We blew our offensive load against the Mets

[haloman]

#$%& that! You're not going to score 14 runs every game like SOME of you think. Sometimes you have to depend on your closer to shut #$%& down with a one run lead in the ninth. Isn't that the whole point of a closer? To close ##%& down? A's had a 1 run lead and put their closer in...and guess what......HE CLOSED THE #&$%$& GAME!

some of you have the most bullshit arguments I've ever heard.. and they keep getting dumber and dumber. 1 guy is to blame....the closer.

[Stradling]

Don't play stupid storm. In this thread guys like us aren't allowed to call these guys out about their venting. If you have an issue with it bring it up with Chuck or send me a PM.

[fan_since79]

#$%& that! You're not going to score 14 runs every game like SOME of you think. Sometimes you have to depend on your closer to shut #$%& down with a one run lead in the ninth. Isn't that the whole point of a closer? To close ##%& down? A's had a 1 run lead and put their closer in...and guess what......HE CLOSED THE #&$%$& GAME!

some of you have the most bullshit arguments I've ever heard.. and they keep getting dumber and dumber. 1 guy is to blame....the closer.

 

Six guys. The closer and our #4-8 hitters.

 

Combined 0-for-18 tonight.

[Docwaukee]

They took a lead to the ninth and should have won the game.  Just another example in a long line of guys failing to do their job. 

 

Isolating the source of the failure becomes irrelevant at some point as everyone has played their role.

 

The big question has yet to be answered.  Why does this team continue to fail when it shouldn't. 

[stormngt]

Agreed!

Back in the day when Mike was "a good manager" we never lost a game when we had a lead entering the 9th.

it is amazing how good the guy could manage when he had a good bullpen. Five years of a crappy bullpen is long enough.

#$%& that! You're not going to score 14 runs every game like SOME of you think. Sometimes you have to depend on your closer to shut #$%& down with a one run lead in the ninth. Isn't that the whole point of a closer? To close ##%& down? A's had a 1 run lead and put their closer in...and guess what......HE CLOSED THE #&$%$& GAME!

some of you have the most bullshit arguments I've ever heard.. and they keep getting dumber and dumber. 1 guy is to blame....the closer.

[stormngt]

Don't forget our #2 hitter was 0-4

Six guys. The closer and our #4-8 hitters.

Combined 0-for-18 tonight.

[haloman]

Six guys. The closer and our #4-8 hitters.

Combined 0-for-18 tonight.

Thats my point, Sanchez was absolutely filthy tonight. Can't hit back-to-back-to-back homers every night. Still they had the lead in the ninth everything was set up perfectly and BAM....ernesto.

Also noticed u gave 160 million $$$ fish a pass but whatever.

[Mark68]

It may be the A's, and they may have the best team ERA, blah blah blah...

 

Their starter, Jesse Chavez, has a 5.27 career ERA.

The guy who got credit for the win, Jim Johnson, recently was demoted from their closer role, and his scoreless inning tonight DROPPED his ERA to 9.95.

 

These are pitchers whom the Angels should have hit pretty hard. Of course, hard to do when the last 5 guys in your lineup go 0-for-18.

[tennischmp]

#$%& that! You're not going to score 14 runs every game like SOME of you think. Sometimes you have to depend on your closer to shut #$%& down with a one run lead in the ninth. Isn't that the whole point of a closer? To close ##%& down? A's had a 1 run lead and put their closer in...and guess what......HE CLOSED THE #&$%$& GAME!

some of you have the most bullshit arguments I've ever heard.. and they keep getting dumber and dumber. 1 guy is to blame....the closer.

You can also say their hitters came through in the 9th against the closer and ours didn't.

[Homebrewer]

I live in No Cal and watch the A's all the time. They hit up and down the lineup on a daily basis.

Different hitters and pitchers step up every day.

They are well managed and have solid coaching.

THAT is the real difference.

[Season Over]

Just got home from the game.

We suck.

[fan_since79]

I live in No Cal and watch the A's all the time. They hit up and down the lineup on a daily basis.

Different hitters and pitchers step up every day.

They are well managed and have solid coaching.

THAT is the real difference.

 

There's a different atmosphere at the ballpark, too. Fans are really into the action on the field. I've been to a lot of games over the past decade as my brother lives up there. When I visit, we take in a game. It's more about baseball and less about deafening rock music and beach balls.

[Mark68]

There's a different atmosphere at the ballpark, too. Fans are really into the action on the field. I've been to a lot of games over the past decade as my brother lives up there. When I visit, we take in a game. It's more about baseball and less about deafening rock music and beach balls.

How much is it about backed up sewers and fearing for one's life if one misses the last BART back across the bay?