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I'm down for a summit it just depends on my schedule.
Official Oakland Athletics 2012 Season Thread (94-68) AL WEST CHAMPIONS
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Plan it far enough in advanced, I'd definitely be down.
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i
love
reddick
love
reddick
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Sooo...
Do we REALLY have the worst offense in the majors, or is it underrated? Seems like we have a few gems among the trash of our hitters.
Do we REALLY have the worst offense in the majors, or is it underrated? Seems like we have a few gems among the trash of our hitters.
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If Tyson is getting Albert to strike out then you know that there's something wrong with Pujols
Just kidding, Tyson could be the goods if he learns to propel his body forward with his legs and not just all upper body motion.
Just kidding, Tyson could be the goods if he learns to propel his body forward with his legs and not just all upper body motion.
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Lowest payroll in the majors
, beating the 3rd highest payroll in baseball. Tyson did work tonight.
jumpmanfromdabay
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Josh Reddick has been killing it. Using the Rock has his walk up theme
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I just ordered my tickets for the Bay Bridge series this Friday
. Anyone else going?
GreenNGold89
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Nice game by Ross. The pressure was on him to show up and he did a good job. Reddick staying hot.
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Hm. Brett and Braden still aren't here yet, and Manny has another 17 or so games to go until he can participate with the big league team.
If all three of them (well, maybe I won't count on Manny to do well) perform as they have before, can we begin thinking about playoffs?
If all three of them (well, maybe I won't count on Manny to do well) perform as they have before, can we begin thinking about playoffs?
GreenNGold89
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We are playing good baseball right now but I think the playoffs are getting a bit ahead of us now. Our offense is still bad and we aren't getting any offensive production from 1B (although I am hoping Kila can continue to put up decent numbers once he is healthy again). Outside of Reddick, we have no everyday player hitting above .250.
I think this will catch up to us sooner or later. Also, I'm curious to see how Parker and Milone perform later in the year when the innings start to stack up. Although our bullpen has pitched well thus far, our closer role is basically up for grabs (we'll see how long Fuentes last).
I am very excited and surprised about how we have played thus far, and getting Manny will help the offense and getting Brett and Braden back in the 2nd half will help the pitching staff a lot but this is still a very young team. I think we can continue to play well and surprise some people, but I can't start thinking playoffs just yet. If we continue to play like this in July, then we'll revisit this.
I am very excited and surprised about how we have played thus far, and getting Manny will help the offense and getting Brett and Braden back in the 2nd half will help the pitching staff a lot but this is still a very young team. I think we can continue to play well and surprise some people, but I can't start thinking playoffs just yet. If we continue to play like this in July, then we'll revisit this.
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Damn, I think Ross just needs to pitch against the Angels every game. He just seems to pitch well against that team.
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all your aussies are belong to us
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madbum hitting 8th in front of burriss...we arent the only ones with corner inf issues, yay
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Does anyone else hate Ervin Santana? Everytime that man pitches against us its an automatic W for the Angels
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we are his slumpbuster (except for his 1st start this season vs us)
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Damn, no team startin Recker Sogard and Donaldson is gonna win a game. Milone pitched real well all things considered. Need to take one tmrw.
GreenNGold89
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[h1]Bud Selig: A's future up to owner[/h1]
Updated: May 17, 2012, 2:37 PM ET
NEW YORK -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig says it's up to Oakland owner Lew Wolff to decide whether to consider additional sites for a new ballpark for the Athletics, leaving open the possibility of a move outside the Bay Area.
Speaking Thursday after a quarterly owners' meeting, Selig said there's no timetable for resolving Oakland's dispute with the San Francisco Giants. The Giants are preventing the A's from building a ballpark in San Jose, which is part of the Giants' territory.
Baseball has been reluctant to approve relocations. When the Montreal Expos became theWashington Nationals after the 2004 season, it was the first shift since the expansion Washington Senators transformed into the Texas Rangers in 1972.
Asked whether the A's would consider other relocation possibilities, Selig responded: "You'd have to ask Lew Wolff. That's really his decision to make."
Twenty-three teams have opened ballparks since 1989, and the A's and Tampa Bay are the only two teams still seeking new stadiums. Wolff would be allowed to consider other sites within the A's territory -- such as downtown Oakland -- but approval from MLB would be needed for a move outside the territory.
"It depends where they'd be. They could be all over the world, for that matter," Selig said. "They need approval. We have to go through an approval process. It just depends on where they're moving to."
Selig said last month he hoped the A's and Giants would resolve the matter themselves, but there's no indication that will happen.
"Both clubs yesterday made a presentation to the executive council, but there's nothing new other than that," Selig said.
He added that he can't provide a timetable and responded "no" when asked whether some kind of decision was approaching.
With the Houston Astros switching to the American League next year, MLB also is working on a new schedule format that provides season-long interleague play. Selig said it's possible baseball could retain six interleague games between rivals, such as the New York Yankees and Mets, theChicago Cubs and White Sox, the A's and the Giants, and the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels.
"The fans like it," Selig said. "When your fans like something, you have to be responsive to that and sensitive to it."
Baseball hopes to complete its new collective bargaining agreement with players within a few weeks. A memorandum of understanding on the five-year deal was signed Nov. 22.
Rob Manfred, MLB's executive vice president of labor relations, also gave MLB's first explanation for last week's decision to fire Shyam Das, the arbitrator who in February overturned a 50-game suspension for NL MVP Ryan Braun following a positive drug test. Braun's lawyers argued his urine sample wasn't handled as specified in baseball's drug agreement.
"Shyam served for 13 years. That's a very long time," Manfred said. "He's a very high-quality arbitrator. We made a decision to exercise our contractual right to make a change. There's nothing more to that."
Management and the union are to talk next week about selecting a new arbitrator, who would hear the union's grievance to overturn a 100-game suspension for Giants reliever Guillermo Mota.
Mark Walter and Stan Kasten, the Dodgers' new chairman and president, attended their first owners' meeting since buying the team from Frank McCourt on May 1 in a record $2 billion deal. Owners approved a six-year extension of the major league constitution and Baseball Advanced Media, the sport's Internet division.
Updated: May 17, 2012, 2:37 PM ET
NEW YORK -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig says it's up to Oakland owner Lew Wolff to decide whether to consider additional sites for a new ballpark for the Athletics, leaving open the possibility of a move outside the Bay Area.
Speaking Thursday after a quarterly owners' meeting, Selig said there's no timetable for resolving Oakland's dispute with the San Francisco Giants. The Giants are preventing the A's from building a ballpark in San Jose, which is part of the Giants' territory.
Baseball has been reluctant to approve relocations. When the Montreal Expos became theWashington Nationals after the 2004 season, it was the first shift since the expansion Washington Senators transformed into the Texas Rangers in 1972.
Asked whether the A's would consider other relocation possibilities, Selig responded: "You'd have to ask Lew Wolff. That's really his decision to make."
Twenty-three teams have opened ballparks since 1989, and the A's and Tampa Bay are the only two teams still seeking new stadiums. Wolff would be allowed to consider other sites within the A's territory -- such as downtown Oakland -- but approval from MLB would be needed for a move outside the territory.
"It depends where they'd be. They could be all over the world, for that matter," Selig said. "They need approval. We have to go through an approval process. It just depends on where they're moving to."
Selig said last month he hoped the A's and Giants would resolve the matter themselves, but there's no indication that will happen.
"Both clubs yesterday made a presentation to the executive council, but there's nothing new other than that," Selig said.
He added that he can't provide a timetable and responded "no" when asked whether some kind of decision was approaching.
With the Houston Astros switching to the American League next year, MLB also is working on a new schedule format that provides season-long interleague play. Selig said it's possible baseball could retain six interleague games between rivals, such as the New York Yankees and Mets, theChicago Cubs and White Sox, the A's and the Giants, and the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels.
"The fans like it," Selig said. "When your fans like something, you have to be responsive to that and sensitive to it."
Baseball hopes to complete its new collective bargaining agreement with players within a few weeks. A memorandum of understanding on the five-year deal was signed Nov. 22.
Rob Manfred, MLB's executive vice president of labor relations, also gave MLB's first explanation for last week's decision to fire Shyam Das, the arbitrator who in February overturned a 50-game suspension for NL MVP Ryan Braun following a positive drug test. Braun's lawyers argued his urine sample wasn't handled as specified in baseball's drug agreement.
"Shyam served for 13 years. That's a very long time," Manfred said. "He's a very high-quality arbitrator. We made a decision to exercise our contractual right to make a change. There's nothing more to that."
Management and the union are to talk next week about selecting a new arbitrator, who would hear the union's grievance to overturn a 100-game suspension for Giants reliever Guillermo Mota.
Mark Walter and Stan Kasten, the Dodgers' new chairman and president, attended their first owners' meeting since buying the team from Frank McCourt on May 1 in a record $2 billion deal. Owners approved a six-year extension of the major league constitution and Baseball Advanced Media, the sport's Internet division.
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Adam Rosales is back gets on base 1st three at bats.
Damn second homer for moreland. Rangers might win without Hamilton
Damn second homer for moreland. Rangers might win without Hamilton
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#### BUD SELIG.
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Fuentes save
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Tyson Ross
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$#$% diaz
how do u make that call bro?
all's well that ends well...
how do u make that call bro?
all's well that ends well...
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I can't wait to see Parker do work tomorrow
