2014 MLB Regular Season General Thread

TheKingofSting · Post #461 » by **TheKingofSting** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:15 am

Knowing the Cubs luck all of their young pitchers will get injured.

RoyalMajesty · Post #462 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:37 am

The A's are done. One of the most disappointing franchises in all of sports. The A's can definitely challenged the 1990s Buffalo Bills.

DirtyDez · Post #463 » by **DirtyDez** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:54 am

Shark's fault for not inspiring the offense to score more.

RIPskaterdude · Post #464 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:57 am

Giants win 5th straight, Peavy flirts with a no hitter in the 8th after Bum ended his perfect game in the 8th a few games ago, now only 2.5 games behind Dodgers

Quake Griffin · Post #465 » by **Quake Griffin** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:30 pm

SF Giants, the effin roaches.

Post #466 » by **Da Schwab** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:40 pm

RoyalMajesty wrote:The A's are done. One of the most disappointing franchises in all of sports. The A's can definitely challenged the 1990s Buffalo Bills.

They're only four out of the division with a month left and five up on possibly losing out on a wild card spot.

Calm down.

Quake Griffin · Post #467 » by **Quake Griffin** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:28 pm

And they just acquired Adam Dunn.

Lol.

TheKingofSting · Post #468 » by **TheKingofSting** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:25 pm

Quake I am going to need the Dodgers to catch fire and sweep the Gnats.

RIPskaterdude · Post #469 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:35 pm

Wow A's got destroyed again...

Quake Griffin · Post #470 » by **Quake Griffin** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:02 pm

TheKingofSting wrote:Quake I am going to need the Dodgers to catch fire and sweep the Gnats.

I'll see what I can do for you.

The last half of August we got hit BIG by the injury bug.
Hanley was out 2 weeks.
Uribe out 2-3 weeks.
Ryu out 2 weeks.
Greinke skipped a start because of his elbow.

Looks like we've weathered the worst of it.
We have 6 with them in September...but again...I'll see what I can do.

I dunno if the Giants are hot or the Rockies and Brewers just blow.

TheKingofSting · Post #471 » by **TheKingofSting** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:06 pm

The Rockies just blow, I think the Brewers are just in a funk.

Quake Griffin · Post #472 » by **Quake Griffin** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:44 pm

Does anybody besides Royal have a comment on how Billy Beane's moves have worked out this far?

There's a real difference playing as an underdog and playing with expectations held over you.

DirtyDez · Post #473 » by **DirtyDez** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:49 pm

TheKingofSting wrote:The Rockies just blow, I think the Brewers are just in a funk.

Colorado is tanking hard. Pisses me off cause they're keeping the Snakes from getting the top pick. :lol:

El Turco · Post #474 » by **El Turco** » Mon Sep 1, 2014 12:25 am

RIPskaterdude wrote:Wow brewers got destroyed again...

RoyalMajesty · Post #475 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Mon Sep 1, 2014 6:14 am

Da Schwab wrote:
RoyalMajesty wrote:The A's are done. One of the most disappointing franchises in all of sports. The A's can definitely challenged the 1990s Buffalo Bills.

They're only four out of the division with a month left and five up on possibly losing out on a wild card spot.

Calm down.

Clearly, you haven't watch the A's after Cespedes got traded. It's a whole different team now with no fire whatsoever. Brandon Moss and Derek Norris can't hit a baseball into the Pacific Ocean, Eric Sogard can't throw the baseball to the 1st baseman if there's a gun pointed to his head, and Ryan Cook can't even pitch an idea. This team is no different than the rest of the A's team. They just always end up choking. Oakland Chokers.

RoyalMajesty · Post #476 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Mon Sep 1, 2014 6:27 am

RIPskaterdude wrote:Wow A's got destroyed again...

The A's were held without a run for 29 consecutive innings. Destroyed is a great word to described the A's this weekend. Another word to described the A's is manhandled, choked, soft, pathetic, embarrassing, lifeless, but destroyed is good enough.

RoyalMajesty · Post #477 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Mon Sep 1, 2014 7:10 am

Quake Griffin wrote:Does anybody besides Royal have a comment on how Billy Beane's moves have worked out this far?

There's a real difference playing as an underdog and playing with expectations held over you.

The A's are definitely a team with expectations as the A's have clearly outplayed the underdog role for the last few years now. Billy Beane has made some really bad decisions this season (still trying to forget that he traded for closer Jim Johnson :banghead:

) specifically with the team chemistry.

The first one is trading a highly regarded minor league prospect in shortstop Addison Russell for a average pitcher Jeff Samardzija and a terrible pitcher Jason Hammel who really overachieved this season with the Chicago Cubs that made him into something that he's clearly not. After acquiring Samardzija and Hammel, the A's optioned left-handed pitcher Tommy Milone to Triple A Sacramento when Milone was 6-0 with a 2.62 ERA over his last 11 starts at the time

The A's should have kept Tommy Milone where he was at in the starting rotation and get rid of Jason Hammel instead for a right handed bat, a defensive shortstop, a defensive 2nd baseman, or a better right handed starting pitcher.

Then there's the Yoenis Cespedes trade. The A's did get a good pitcher in return in Jon Lester and a ok utility player in Jonny Gomes, but the hitting was no longer a threat. Cespedes gave the A's a threat in the lineup and the protection for Josh Donaldson, Brandon Moss, Derek Noss, and Stephen Vogt, but without Cespedes, the A's clearly don't have another power bat in the lineup and therefore, more pressure on the other guys. I was fine trading for Jon Lester, but not for Yoenis Cespedes. The A's should have never traded SS-Addison Russel to the Cubs for RHP-Jeff Samardzija and RHP-Jason Hammel, but rather, go trade SS-Addison Russell for LHP-Jon Lester and LF-Jonny Gomes even if that means for a few months of Jon Lester's services because the A's are trying to win it now.

*****Starting Rotation*****
#1: LHP-Jon Lester
#2: LHP-Scott Kazmir
#3: RHP-Sonny Gray
#4: LHP-Tommy Milone
#5: RHP-Jesse Chaves/LHP-Drew Pomeranz

*****Against Right-Handed Pitchers*****
1) CF-Coco Crisp (B)
2) C-John Jaso (L)
3) 3B-Josh Donaldson (R)
4) LF-Yoenis Cespedes (R)
5) DH-Brandon Moss (L)
6) 1B-Stephen Vogt (L)
7) SS-Jed Lowrie (B)
8) RF-Josh Reddick (L)
9) 2B-Eric Sogard (L)

*****Against Left-Handed Pitchers*****
1) CF-Coco Crisp (B)
2) SS-Jed Lowrie (B)
3) 3B-Josh Donaldson (R)
4) LF-Yoenis Cespedes (R)
5) 1B-Brandon Moss (L)
6) C-Derek Norris (R)
7) DH-Jonny Gomes (R)
8) 2B-Eric Sogard (L)
9) RF-Craig Gentry (R)

RoyalMajesty · Post #478 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Mon Sep 1, 2014 7:25 am

Quake Griffin wrote:And they just acquired Adam Dunn.

Lol.

I don't know if I should poke my eyes with a knife or cover my eyes with honey and the bee stings my eyes :banghead:

DirtyDez · Post #479 » by **DirtyDez** » Mon Sep 1, 2014 7:36 am

Quake Griffin wrote:And they just acquired Adam Dunn.

Lol.

Adam Dunn's OPS away from US Cellular is nearly .900 which would be the highest in Oakland's current lineup. I'm sure they'll only play him vs RHP. Not a bad move by any means.

Post #480 » by **Da Schwab** » Mon Sep 1, 2014 1:18 pm

RoyalMajesty wrote:
Da Schwab wrote:
RoyalMajesty wrote:The A's are done. One of the most disappointing franchises in all of sports. The A's can definitely challenged the 1990s Buffalo Bills.

They're only four out of the division with a month left and five up on possibly losing out on a wild card spot.

Calm down.

Clearly, you haven't watch the A's after Cespedes got traded. It's a whole different team now with no fire whatsoever. Brandon Moss and Derek Norris can't hit a baseball into the Pacific Ocean, Eric Sogard can't throw the baseball to the 1st baseman if there's a gun pointed to his head, and Ryan Cook can't even pitch an idea. This team is no different than the rest of the A's team. They just always end up choking. Oakland Chokers.

I can see by the box scores that they're struggling right now, but all I was saying is that there's a month left and teams, ya know, get better by tweaking their lineups and such.

By your original post, you sound like they just blew a 3-0 lead in the World Series. It's only September goddamn 1st.