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lol the A's lol

Jesus Christ this Oakland team is terrible.

Get Rienzo to Birmingham please. 7 IP 3 H 1 ER 2 BB 8 SO

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 09:59 PM) So far, I think he's done an ok job handling the pitching, a very solid job deciding if/when to run or bunt, and he seems scared to make any changes to the lineup. Just like with rookie players, you're going to get rookie mistakes by managers as well. Hopefully we start to see some changes soon. At least Robin is getting the kinks out in a season where we're going to do absolutely nothing.

Welp, we're f***ed anyways.

Fukudome murdered that ball. Just bad luck.

are you f***ing kidding me?

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 08:18 PM) http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t...ue&sid=t494 Dallas McPherson 3B 12 50 10 15 6 0 2 10 27 2 19 1 0 .321 .540 .300 .861 2 Tyler Kuhn 2B 13 51 6 15 3 1 1 6 23 3 9 0 1 .321 .451 .294 .772 0 McPherson is terrible. We would want players that actually draw contact. Kuhn is a utility player at best.

Clueless. Morel just flails at s*** with two stikes. No power whatsoever.

Morel and Beckham have no clue. But to be fair, I don't think Beckham has had a clue for years.

Rienzo had over 5 BB/9 IP last year (most likely being forced to throw a ton of changeups). He needs to show that he can throw more strikes for a month or two and then get promoted to AA.

I remember when Sale came up and took care of Mauer on three straight pitches. Easily one of the most dominant ABs I've ever seen. It wasn't even close to fair.

Jesus Christ, sports journalism. Someone should tell Mr/Mrs. Hunt to breathe through their nose every now and again, as sucking off both Braun and the Brewers to that extent must be physically taxing.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 08:28 PM) Thats what I thought, so the test is already very unreliable (in terms of drug tests its the worst reliability, 1 is hair and 2 is blood), there was a reading that was far outside of the normal range (even for failed tests,, at least thats what I believe I read when it came out) and there was poor handling of the sample. Surprised that it was 2-1 The three person board is made up of management (MLB), the union (MLBPA) and the arbitrator. Apparently it's common for MLB management and the MLBPA to split on votes.

"According to ESPN's Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn, Braun didn't appeal any evidence of tampering or the science of the test results, but the chain of custody and collection procedure." Those two names are the most legitimate you're going to find about steroids in professional sports in America. Edit: Kalapse quicker on the trigger than me. Sheeeyut.

QUOTE (G&T @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 05:48 PM) What I don't understand it, is it enough to just break the chain of custody? Shouldn't there be some evidence that contamination was likely to occur? My problem is, even if it was sitting around, refrigerated or not, what could have happened that it could be contaminated with a banned substance? Or were they literally unable to introduce the sample into evidence because the COC was broken? Yes, it's enough. If any part of an agreement between two parties is breached, it can be a s***show like this. Braun's lawyers didn't argue tampering or that the test itself was wrong, rather that procedure (lawyers looooove procedure) wasn't correctly followed.

Braun, correctly, got off on a technicality (improper storage of a sample). However, it's still very clear that he was caught using a synthetic substance. He used PEDs, cheated, but was correctly exonerated here.

Normally I'd say this idea doesn't make sense. But with how the current offseason is going, sure, why the f*** not?

Rizzo is young, so reading into his stats too much is dumb. Yes, he played well in the PCL, but it's the PCL. His AA numbers were OK, but he was 20. Verdict on this trade won't be known for a few years.

Incredible value on the deal. Love it.

Chuck Garfien @ChuckGarfien Chuck Garfien Ventura on possible John Danks extension: "It would be huge." Just a hunch, but this seems legit.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 2, 2011 -> 10:12 AM) If it doesn't lead to a run? Another runner on base is going to lead to a higher probability of more runs scored regardless of the situation. As for Manto's quote, I think he's spot on. With a runner on 3rd and less than one out the marginal increase in the probability of runs scored due to a walk is going to be small. If the ball is an inch outside, get the f***ing run in.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) You can find nasty left-handed (or right-handed) relievers well after the first round if you're competent. Bulls*** and you know it. By this logic teams are either full of quality relievers or are incompetent.

Excellent deal.

No, this isn't the Rule 5 draft.