Brian Fowler Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 I'm still sad the A's managed to kinda stabilize themselves into being just a bad team instead of the historically awful one they were the first couple months of the year. I mean, they're still on pace to lose about 117 games, but they were looking at a run towards 130 loses for a bit there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Tabe said: That seems impossible to believe. The A's have been around for 123 seasons and have never blown a 5-run lead in the 9th? It’s because it wasn’t true The actual stat is that it never happened since they moved to Oakland 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 1 hour ago, RIPPA said: It’s because it wasn’t true The actual stat is that it never happened since they moved to Oakland That's still a pretty impressive 50+ year run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 49 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: That's still a pretty impressive 50+ year run. The cynic in me might say that they have been terrible for so many of those years that they didn't have many 5+ run leads to blow 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 Angel Hernandez's discrimination case against MLB was rejected by a Federal Appeals court My favorite part of the lawsuit is Hernandez claims he was discriminated against by Joe Torre because Torre was still pissed at calls Hernandez made while Torre was managing the Yankees. (It should be noted that the Judge said Hernandez provided no evidence about that claim nor did he provide any evidence towards any of his other claims) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 8 hours ago, RIPPA said: The cynic in me might say that they have been terrible for so many of those years that they didn't have many 5+ run leads to blow And when they were good enough, they had pretty good closers. . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Kuetsar said: And when they were good enough, they had pretty good closers. . . the Oakland A's invented the closer, no less. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 Btw - in case you were wondering what the last 6 weeks of the season are gonna look like as a Yankees fan Its daily stories that Derek Jeter is replacing Brian Cashman as GM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 The Rays Shane McClanahan requires TJ and is now expected to miss the entire 2024 season He is the third member of the Rays season opening starting rotation to require major surgery this year (Jeffrey Springs and Drew Rasmussen are the others) and that doesn't count Shane Baz who has been out already after having TJ Clearly what Tampa is doing works but they fucking churn through pitchers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 On 8/15/2023 at 4:13 AM, RIPPA said: It’s because it wasn’t true The actual stat is that it never happened since they moved to Oakland I wondered if that was the case but when you say "franchise history" for A's, that includes Philly and KC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) baseball! Edited August 16, 2023 by Cobra Commander 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 8/16/2023 at 8:05 AM, RIPPA said: The Rays Shane McClanahan requires TJ and is now expected to miss the entire 2024 season He is the third member of the Rays season opening starting rotation to require major surgery this year (Jeffrey Springs and Drew Rasmussen are the others) and that doesn't count Shane Baz who has been out already after having TJ Clearly what Tampa is doing works but they fucking churn through pitchers Just for the Yang to this Yin - Andrew Kittredge was activated last night as he returns from his TJ surgery in June 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 LAA - in a desperate attempt to try anything to stay in the race - are calling up 1B Nolan Schanuel who they literally just drafted 11th overall. It should be noted he has only been in AA for like 5 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, RIPPA said: LAA - in a desperate attempt to try anything to stay in the race - are calling up 1B Nolan Schanuel who they literally just drafted 11th overall. It should be noted he has only been in AA for like 5 weeks John Olerud says hi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 1 hour ago, RIPPA said: LAA - in a desperate attempt to try anything to stay in the race - are calling up 1B Nolan Schanuel who they literally just drafted 11th overall. It should be noted he has only been in AA for like 5 weeks Because when you can start the free agency clock a couple of years early, you DO it. . .lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 7 hours ago, RIPPA said: LAA - in a desperate attempt to try anything to stay in the race - are calling up 1B Nolan Schanuel who they literally just drafted 11th overall. It should be noted he has only been in AA for like 5 weeks his full name would be amazing if he was a pitcher Nolan Ryan Schanuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 How can you not be romantic about baseball? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 On 8/18/2023 at 8:10 AM, RIPPA said: LAA - in a desperate attempt to try anything to stay in the race - are calling up 1B Nolan Schanuel who they literally just drafted 11th overall. It should be noted he has only been in AA for like 5 weeks To be fair, he had a .955 OPS in those 5 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 On 8/18/2023 at 9:32 PM, Cobra Commander said: How can you not be romantic about baseball? Playing for the Mets takes a toll on a person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 (edited) It says more about the quality of the National League this year but I saw that right now the Washington Nationals with maybe 2 star players have a better chance of making the playoffs than the Yankees Edited August 21, 2023 by hammerva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Like Dodger Stadium, Petco basically underwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 6 hours ago, odessasteps said: Like Dodger Stadium, Petco basically underwater. The Dodgers say they were never underwater. Optical illusion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 DODGER ISLAND could be a new marketing tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 TLR apparently drank from the wrong grail... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 He must have looked at the painting. . . . 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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