[lisa mariner]

This is our season long thread for "''phant stomping" (all in good fun, of course!) and general news and notes for about our rivals in Oak Town.

This post has been edited by lisa mariner: 24 January 2010 - 04:15 PM

[lisa mariner]

SFGate.com

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Manager Bob Geren just announced that Justin Duchscherer will have arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow early next week, presumably to determine the source of continual sorenees in his elbow. The surgeon and location have yet to be announced. Recovering from surgery, even if nothing major is discovered to be repaired, likely would take six weeks at a minimum.

Duchscherer referred reporters to Geren when asked for comment.

[kevin_ess]

Pinned these for you.

[lisa mariner]

25-man roster has surprises | SFGate.com

[color="#006400"][b]PITCHERS[/b][/color]

No. 	Name 	        Pos 	B/T 	Status 	Ht 	Wt 	Born 	        
49 	Brett Anderson 	P 	L/L 	Active	6-4 	215 	2/1/1988 	
40 	Drew Bailey 	P 	R/R 	Active	6-3 	234 	5/31/1984 	
13 	Jerry Blevins 	P 	L/L 	Active	6-6 	175 	9/6/1983 	
51 	Dallas Braden 	P 	L/L 	Active	6-1 	195 	8/13/1983 	
53 	Trevor Cahill 	P 	R/R 	Active	6-3 	195 	3/1/1988 	
44 	S. Casilla      P 	R/R 	Active	6-0 	202 	7/25/1980 	
33 	Joey Devine 	P 	R/R 	60-d DL 5-11 	205     9/19/1983 	
58 	J. Duchscherer 	P 	R/R 	15-d DL 6-2 	201    11/19/1977
55 	Josh Outman 	P 	L/L 	Active	6-1 	200 	9/14/1984 	 	
36 	Russ Springer 	P 	R/R 	Active	6-4 	225 	11/7/1968
30 	Dana Eveland 	P 	L/L 	Active	6-1 	216 	10/29/1983 	
39 	Sean Gallagher 	P 	R/R 	Active	6-2 	235 	12/30/1985 
48 	Michael Wuertz 	P 	R/R 	Active	6-3 	205 	12/15/1978 	
31 	Brad Ziegler 	P 	R/R 	Active	6-4 	195 	10/10/1979 	

[color="#006400"][b]CATCHERS[/b][/color]

No. 	Name 	        Pos 	B/T 	Status 	Ht 	Wt 	Born 	      
35 	Landon Powell 	C 	S/R 	Active	6-3 	250 	3/19/1982
8 	Kurt Suzuki 	C 	R/R 	Active	6-0 	197 	10/4/1983

[color="#006400"][b]INFIELDERS[/b][/color]

No. 	Name 	        Pos 	B/T 	Status 	Ht 	Wt 	Born 	       	
3 	Eric Chavez 	3B 	L/R 	Active	6-1 	219 	12/7/1977 
7 	Bobby Crosby 	SS 	R/R 	Active	6-3 	206 	1/12/1980 
18 	O. Cabrera 	SS 	R/R 	Active	5-9 	185 	11/2/1974 		
1 	N. Garciaparra 	SS 	R/R 	Active	6-0 	190 	7/23/1973 	
14 	Mark Ellis 	2B 	R/R 	Active	5-11 	190 	6/6/1977 	
16 	Jason Giambi 	1B 	L/R 	Active	6-3 	235 	1/8/1971 	

[color="#006400"][b]OUTFIELDERS[/b][/color]

No. 	Name 	        Pos 	B/T 	Status 	Ht 	Wt 	Born 	       
6 	Travis Buck 	RF 	L/R 	Active	6-2 	227 	11/18/1983 
28 	Ben Copeland 	CF 	L/L 	15-d DL 6-1     191 	12/17/1983 
11 	Rajai Davis 	CF 	R/R 	Active	5-11 	195 	10/19/1980 
15 	Ryan Sweeney 	CF 	L/L 	Active	6-4 	215 	2/20/1985 
32 	Jack Cust 	LF 	L/R 	Active	6-1 	231 	1/16/1979 	
5 	Matt Holliday 	LF 	R/R 	Active	6-4 	235 	1/15/1980 	

The DOB's of the infielders sort of jumped out at me ...
average age: 33.8

[lisa mariner]

Whoo-hoo!



Nice little road trip...

• 4-game split in Minny

• 3-game sweep in OakTown!

(and one shut out in each series!)


A little blurb from the SanFrancisco Chronicle

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"They were masterful performances by both guys," Geren said.

Cahill got a standing ovation from the crowd of 12,127 in the seventh inning, when he yielded his first hit of the game - a line drive up the middle. Not much was getting into the air as Cahill used a good sinker to get the Mariners to ground into 13 outs.

Bedard allowed only one runner to advance to second base, but he struck out Eric Chavez with two runners on in the fourth. His fastball was in the low-90s, had good cutting action and consistently hit the corners.

Ryan Sweeney led off the ninth with a single to left and moved to second on Orlando Cabrera's sacrifice bunt. Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu called on reliever David Aardsma, who struck out Jason Giambi, walked Matt Holliday and got Jack Cust to line out to left to end a nine-pitch at-bat.

"It's disappointing," Cust said. "You're going to run into a guy who throws like Bedard did today, so you have to capitalize on other opportunities."

The A's have stranded 53 runners in their last five games and were swept at home by Seattle for the first time since September 2007.

"You look at our lineup and there are guys who are struggling right now, but they're going to hit," Geren said. "They've always hit and they will hit. The key to our success is guys pitching well, and I'm very encouraged by our pitching."

Yikes - I know it was Easter, but that's pretty pathetic attendance for the 3rd game of the opening home stand.

And that stranded runner ratios seems more like Seattle Circa 2008

[lisa mariner]

Unfortunately, this time in OakTown, pathetic was a more apt description of the M's play (in just about every aspect) rather than the A's attendance.


the sole winners in the ALW today

[lisa mariner]

It's hard to stomp on the 'phants with the season they are having so far. Because of this, I'm actually rooting for them to beat the hated Red Sox.
And, what do you know - they currently lead the first game of the series in Fenway 5-0 in the bottom of the 6th.

I'm off to the M's/O's game, but just wanted to say Go A's!

(now watch, they will go on one of their typical 15-20 game win streaks )

[senior octobre]

A's MVP Desme retires for priesthood

Top Oakland prospect had breakout season in '09

Milb.com story

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"I love the game, but I aspire to higher things," Desme said during a media conference call. "I really kept this to myself, I kept it from the baseball community. Not many people knew."

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The Oakland A's had high expectations for Grant Desme following a breakout 2009 season, including a potential invite to Spring Training. On Friday, the California native told the club he had other plans.

KC's thread

This post has been edited by senior octobre: 26 January 2010 - 07:37 AM

[senior octobre]

Former KC Royal, long time Mariner killer, and new Oakland Athletic, David DeJesus, who we will see (19) times a year now, came over in the steal of the century on November 10th, 2010. DeJesus, a 30 & 100 guy, with speed, was traded to Oakland for Justin Marks and Vin Mazzaro.

Marks was drafted in the third round of June 2009 draft by Oakland. He spent the remaining time of the 2009 season in Arizona and he progressed in 2010 between the Midwest League mostly and then he had a cup of Joe in the California League. he has a combined 5.29 era in the minors as a starter.

Mazzaro, also a starter, was drafted by Oakland in the 3rd round of the 2005. He made 35 starts the past two years for the A's big club and he went 10-17, with a (4.72) era combined over 2009 & 2010.

The KC Royals organization has to be the worst run in the big leagues. Billy Beane just robbed them with a gun in this deal.

[Huindekmi]

Bob Geren fired as manager of the last place Oakland A's. Our old friend Bob Melvin will take over for the rest of the season.

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[6-pak-abs]

Huindekmi, on 09 June 2011 - 12:03 PM, said:

Bob Geren fired as manager of the last place Oakland A's. Our old friend Bob Melvin will take over for the rest of the season.

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So how do I wish BoMel well while hoping his team does poorly?

[Vidya]

Huindekmi, on 09 June 2011 - 12:03 PM, said:

Bob Geren fired as manager of the last place Oakland A's. Our old friend Bob Melvin will take over for the rest of the season.

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Is that why we are now in fourth place? Oh right, I forgot about the streak.