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Who's this dude who just walked in an 11 pitch AB.

Like ukyah said, Olt has shown power. Also, his AVG is being dragged down right now by a .169 BABIP. It could be that his AA numbers were a fluke since he wasn't great in AAA last year either, but this would be awfully early to give up on a former top 25 prospect.

Can everyone stop trying to hurt Albert with these shitty throws to first.

Green seems like a bit of a space cadet.

I read Trout's lips after the throw and he said "that one's for Troll Daddy"

That... Weaver gnome. There is no god.

lol this gameday thread tonight..

Cool. So it's fun to go back and forth like this and all, but if you guys just look at CJ's overall splits with Iannetta and Conger, you'll find they're pretty much dead even. BUT... BUT... BUT.... But nothing. You guys are wrong, and the stats don't support you.

What an idiot for playing Iannetta.

Pedro's 99-00 seasons may be the best stretch of pitching the game has ever seen. The fact he did it during the steroid era makes it all the more ridiculous. This part though: “Pitching is feel. Your hand and the ball is a marriage that should never end. The pitcher and the ball should be married forever. Hands, fingers, the ball – they should be married forever. It’s like caressing your wife. It’s touching and getting that feel to know her, alone. It’s the same thing with a baseball." Had me like

I understand what you're saying, but I'm not sure citing a game where we scored 2 runs is helping your point. Also, our good record over the last couple weeks is largely due to pitching (2.87 team ERA since the start of the Toronto series) and not hitting (.253/.331/.396 slash over that same period). We bitch a lot about the lineups (me included), because quite frankly, Scioscia provides a lot of bitch-fodder. Sticking a guy whose OBP looks like a batting avg at leadoff, and fairly strictly adhering to lefty-righty convention -- which is dinosaur logic given how many players have even or reverse splits in the game today -- pretty much gives the middle finger to lineup construction theory. In reality you could throw 9 names in a hat and just play lineup roulette every night and a good team will still win a lot of games, But in a 162 game season that can come down to 1 or 2 wins, that extra edge matters.

He hits lefties better than righties.

So, Tulo had a new walk-up song tonight.

In 2011, which I think is arguably his best season, on May 23rd he had a 2.35 ERA with a .208/.257/.304 slash against him. This year, 2.85 and .197/.262/.332. So far, the reports of Jered Weaver's decline have been greatly exaggerated.

No doubt we've had good fortune with callups this year, but mostly from young guys with upside. The A's have basically taken 3 washouts and turned them into Cy Young contenders.

Pomeranz was a 5th overall pick, but Otero and Chavez... yeah I dunno. The A's got them both for basically nothing.

I really dislike George Springer.

Oh come on

He started 23 games last year with a 3.51 ERA.

My favorite part of this post is that our new-school statistics-embracing GM has not turned off the default iphone signature tag.

Scioscia implies he values the 2 hole by keeping his best hitter there (which agrees with advanced metrics, probably by accident), but then you give that guy a day off and replace him with... Erick Aybar. He's the best angelswin troll and doesn't even know it.

This... I didn't see coming. I guess it makes sense to get him pitching every 5 days again. This is the move to make room for Calhoun I take it?

I think Victor overdid it on just harping on Green there. No doubt it wasn't a good play, but Trout was a pretty similar distance away and also threw his hands up in the air indicating he had no idea where it was.