Gonna tap out tonight. Gotta take the hounds to the park in the morning. Strong contract, what with all that unconditional love.

But damn, Miggy hit a bomb to straight center at Comerica. And that's a big park.

Rickey!

bad call at second. we should have two on, no outs...

jesus, tex. that was *terrible*

70 pitches for gray...through 3 innings.

jesus christ, torre/reyes. dumbass!

another missed opportunity in the infield. we're just giving them extra chances...

good goin', cc!!

remember when castro was good earlier in the season?

must tie the game here.

good job, torre/reyes.

failed safety squeeze. next pitch: 2-run triple!!!

let's plate him now.

rbj - 1st pitch swinging = catcher's interference. i think that's his 5th of the season! he thought he had one the other day too.

wild pitch!!!

3-1

rbj on second with 1 out. gritner at the dish.

i must say, i do like sonny gray's stirrups.

i also still dislike crisp very much. that said, i'm happy he didn't catch torre/reyes' hit!

wait. we have a ballboy with a full beard???

wow. gray has NO command or control, and vogt has having a tough night behind the dish.

i want more runs!

BELI!!! a 2-run double for my man! i'm glad crisp is old; he would've caught both of these a few years back.

5-1

gray out after 3.1 and nearly 100 pitches.

I like it. Nice play, coco.

tex really needs to go boom here...

nope. tex now below the mendoza line!!! : /

[14] i like company! : )

i've always hated coveli crisp. he's now selling his TEN MILLION DOLLAR home resort. it has indoor trees, a lagoon with a waterfall, two-sided fireplace, chef's kitchen, 18,000 (!!!) square feet, and...oh, by the way, a fucking baseball field! goddamn. must be nice.

he bought it for "only" $7 mil. and is looking for $10 mil. good lord.

CC looks really good and his hook is pretty great!

this pitcher is boring. ; )

[wish RI were here...]

gotta cash in on that error.

wow. the a's are baaaaaaaad at defense. i mean baaaaaaaad!!!

i bet they have all mansions though...

bollocks.

I fucking hate coco crisp. Fuck him.

crisp flies out!

can't stand "coco" and "mookie" and, especially, Fat Liar!

cc's hook is awesome tonight!

6 k's for the exceptionally large man.

he's cruising...in his hometown in the cold. me likey!

brett the jet!

Sweet!

oaktown defense!

beli has 3 doubles tonight!!! about to crack the Top 50 all-time.

1 pitch, 1 out for CC in the 6th. 83 pitches.

another K for the guy who will hopefully be tallying his 100th career win in pinstripes!

another lovely curveball!

8 K's for Black Sabs!!!

beautiful game, big man. i hope your fam is there to see it.

welcome back : )

i like hicks. glad he's getting to play daily. hopefully, GI Joe keeps him on the field next week and beyond...

god, i hate crisp's stance and stoopid finger flapping.

The Big Fella looked good tonight. Praise be to the A's.

yates gives up a run scoring 2-out double.

6-2

wow. tex looks *terrible*

torreYES! nice play, dude.

made up for the error...

A 2 out miracle. Hot damn!

3 in a row!

Smells like a Fiday. Cheers, y'all.

Nice "crisp" win.

Sorry I couldn't join you, Maestro. Watching on the iPhone over coffee and meusli, on a lazy (for me) Saturday, avoiding the Wrath of Wife upstairs. When I said "good morning" she said "I"m busy." Didn't want to even risk bringing my laptop down to check the Banter.

I guess no new game thread.

URP alert

Nice snag, Torrey

Rats, a hit

Manaeical.

Good try Teix.

Not enough to overturn

Crap. need a DP

Uh oh.
Let's just keep the ball in the park now, Hiro.

Wow. That was a biiiiiiig K.

I'll take the K

Man, I'm nervous now, Davis.

Whew! Nice job, very nice.

Phew

Headley is going to give me me a heart attack eventually.

Hah!
Seems like that kind of thing happens to us a lot more than, you know, in favor of us.

Teix almost puts us on the board. Damn.
Try again, champ.

I'll take that!

Okay, loaded up nobody out. Let's not squander this shot.

We gots something going.

Let's go. Big inning! Bases juiced. No outs.

Base hit!

Okay, nice! Can't believe Castro didn't score on that though.

Grrrr. Too short. Dammit.
Just one hit please.

I mean, one more hit.

Sac fly. I'll take it.

I'll take that.
So Khris Davis doesn't have much of an arm, huh?

Full count means Teixeira has a chance of scoring on a single...
I'd also accept a walk here.

Hey, look at that!
That was extremely satisfying.

Ref!

[71] Indeed.

That was cute. And Starlin is tall!

Unusual to cheer the REF, but big ups to ours.

Nice shut down inning.

Beauty!
Tanaka back in the groove.

[75] Kill the ump, long live the Ref?

Ooooh, good wheels!

Hm, I dunno. I thin probably he's out. But enough to overturn?

Yep. Damn.

Tex' game face looks particularly sad these days

Oopsie

For some reason I remember that last year the A's had the best defense in baseball. They look like crap. Did I remember that wrong?

Beltran must remain the regular DH, only occasionally playing OF. What does that mean for Arod?

Rats. I wanted more runs

Mighty Carlos has struck out.

Ruh roh

Shoot.
Hicks would have nailed him. :-)

Phew, only one.

Tanaka owns Khris Davis.

Hey guys, just found the game on MLB, Oakland feed. Are the Yanks getting better or are the A's aweful?

just getting home from work.

i see you guys couldn't keep the shutout in tact.

harrumph!

[92] A's lead the league in errors, plus they have twelve guys on the DL, so . . .

[93] We don't do anything in tact, you should know that.

2 pitches, 2 outs!!

Ah, Tanaka-san

I have to admit, though, I never thought I'd be called tactless by a drummer.
Man.

Tanaka!

Amazing how close his name is to Tanana. Minus the Frank part...

[95] I wish you got to see Dull throw the other game. Let's just say his pitches weren't sharp. Maybe he'll be an Oaktown Bullpener today...