A's Gameday Thread

[Sherlock31]

8-1 Astros now!  

That's not enough against the Mighty A's, they are gonna come back and win this one, 14-8

Edited July 30, 2014 by Sherlock31

[QuinlansMinion]

Who would have thought Oakland's crap lineup finally came back down to earth. 

[Angel Oracle]

Cant wait to see the walk off grand slam

Game is in Houston.

[Lou]

doubt the Ath's get Lester

Sounding like the O's

[bloodbrother]

GMs should probably stay away from Cubs pitchers. 

 

Seriously. Cubs have been very helpful towards the Angels the past few years. Taking away some nice young assets from both the Rangers and A's in deals for Dempster, Garza, Hammel, and Samardzija. Samardzija is definitely an upgrade for Oakland though

[Sherlock31]

Who would have thought Oakland's crap lineup finally came back down to earth. 

You can say the same thing about the Angels' offense since the ASB.

 

Howie the GIDP waiting to happen Kendrick

 

Josh I left my power in Texas Hamilton

 

David world series hero was so .........2011 Freese

 

Hank my swing looks better than my BA Conger

 

Mike the strike out king Trout

 

C.J I swing at everything Cron

 

Albert just look my career stat Pujols

 

Eric I can dance, I can run but I can't take a walk Aybar

 

The offense better wake up soon, if we want to win the division.

[bloodbrother]

Who would have thought Oakland's crap lineup finally came back down to earth. 

 

they lead MLB in runs scored by 20(Angels in 2nd)

[QuinlansMinion]

they lead MLB in runs scored by 20(Angels in 2nd)

Thats why I said they came back down to earth.  They only scored 3 in the first game, and 1 so far through 8 tonight.  And if not for the blown lead last night they would have lost 4-1 in the 9th.  

 

By the way the Angels as a team have a .747 OPS compared to Oakland which is .735

Edited July 30, 2014 by QuinlansMinion

[QuinlansMinion]

You can say the same thing about the Angels' offense since the ASB.

 

Howie the GIDP waiting to happen Kendrick

 

Josh I left my power in Texas Hamilton

 

David world series hero was so .........2011 Freese

 

Hank my swing looks better than my BA Conger

 

Mike the strike out king Trout

 

C.J I swing at everything Cron

 

Albert just look my career stat Pujols

 

Eric I can dance, I can run but I can't take a walk Aybar

 

The offense better wake up soon, if we want to win the division.

And Oaklands lineup is a bunch of career journeymen.  So whats your point?

[Angel Oracle]

Pitching has been the A's problem in the Houston series.

If not for that 9th inning Astros implosion yesterday, the A's could be looking at being swept by the Astros. 

We know all too well how that felt a year ago.

 

This no doubt intensifies the Lester pursuit for the A's.

 

Interesting stat: neither the Halos nor the A's have lost more than 2 straight games going back almost 2 months.

Edited July 30, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[bloodbrother]

Good news is Oakland can score 6 again in the 9th but still lose. Astros came prepared today

[RallyMo]

Thats why I said they came back down to earth. They only scored 3 in the first game, and 1 so far through 8 tonight. And if not for the blown lead last night they would have lost 4-1 in the 9th.

By the way the Angels as a team have a .747 OPS compared to Oakland which is .735

How are you mentally capable of excluding the runs they scored TO WIN LAST NIGHT'S GAME from your consideration? That's baffling.

[mulwin444]

How are you mentally capable of excluding the runs they scored TO WIN LAST NIGHT'S GAME from your consideration? That's baffling.

Ruins the narrative..

[RallyMo]

Ruins the narrative..

I'd like to see how happy he is when applying this methodology to WS game 6 in '02. THEY'RE COMING TO CONFISCATE THE TROPHY!

[QuinlansMinion]

How are you mentally capable of excluding the runs they scored TO WIN LAST NIGHT'S GAME from your consideration? That's baffling.

Thats nice.  How many runs did they score tonight?  Or on Monday?  One good inning in 3 games against one of the worst teams in baseball.  Like I said theyre coming back down to earth. 

Edited July 30, 2014 by QuinlansMinion

[RallyMo]

Thats nice. How many runs did they score tonight? Or on Monday? One good inning in 3 games against one of the worst teams in baseball. Like I said theyre coming back down to earth.

They had a four game stretch in June in which they scored one run or less three times.

Sure, they may be regressing, but you have no actual reason outside of a crap sample size to think this. You're being ridiculous.

[RallyMo]

Thats nice. How many runs did they score tonight? Or on Monday? One good inning in 3 games against one of the worst teams in baseball. Like I said theyre coming back down to earth.

Why would you edit this to properly spell "they're" and leave out the apostrophe?

If that a-hole EnglishCop were on the board right now, you'd be feeling the brunt of his fury.

[QuinlansMinion]

Why would you edit this to properly spell "they're" and leave out the apostrophe?

If that a-hole EnglishCop were on the board right now, you'd be feeling the brunt of his fury.

Because im not a grammar freak that obsesses over little things like apostrophes.  

[JarsOfClay]

u would think the angels are in last place with all the hostility towards each other around here.

[bloodbrother]

Oakland was 4th in MLB in runs scored last year. They lead MLB by a good margin in runs scored this year. They have a very good offensive team, and have had one for two seasons now. There is nothing crappy about their lineup or offense(except maybe second base, but every lineup has holes)

 

they're a great team, Angels are a great team. The difference in the standings is the H2H records between the two, 2.5 games back, 3-6 vs the A's.

[Lou]

Cubs did well to sell high on Hammel. He's turned back into a pumpkin

but Shane said he's a solid #3 starter

[bloodbrother]

Raul Ibanez homers to give the Royals a 1-0 lead over Oakland

 

Finally making good on the investment the Halos made

[The God of Runs]

Cy Guthrie. Yes

[tdawg87]

Guthrie about to give the lead right back, of course.

[tdawg87]

Guthrie about to give the lead right back, of course.

 

I agree.