Series Thread: F the Oakland A's 9/11-13

[Nightcrawler]

Well damn... We are still in striking distance

 

[WilltheThrill]

And that's why you don't put Napoli in LF.

That's really embarrassing for him that he can't catch pretty basic fly balls. He stabs at the ball and only opens his glove at the last second like the kid in little league that they stick in right field because he can't play a lick. Major League players of any position should be able to make a simple catch while jogging in.

 

[Justinkm83]

Good job Chi Chi. You should've pitched yourself out of this inning. What an embarrassing play in LF. That should end the Napoli in LF experiment.

Watch that run end up being the difference.

 

[ESPN Refugee]

I wish MLB would adopt standards by which all stadiums had to adhere to. No ridiculous amounts of foul territory, no artificial turf covering cement which injures countless players, no 290 ft. home run opportunities, etc. I'm sick of our team having to travel to these absolute shitholes and play games there under ridiculous conditions. I'm all for different stadiums having different personalities, features, and slightly varying measurements. But some of these stadiums should be condemned.

I kinda dig the differences in each stadium. Makes the game more interesting and exciting and you have to have different strategy each night/series b/c of the different park as well.

On a side note Nap should be nowhere near LF during a major playoff push in September.

 

[Duane1952]

We need stop this Nap in left experiment.

 

[ESPN Refugee]

That's really embarrassing for him that he can't catch pretty basic fly balls. He stabs at the ball and only opens his glove at the last second like the kid in little league that they stick in right field because he can't play a lick. Major League players of any position should be able to make a simple catch while jogging in.

You have a point but for a guy that's only had a handful of professional experience in the OF which started a few weeks ago it's something that I'm not surprised. Banny should not have him out there especially in this stadium since there's so much more ground to cover.

 

[WilltheThrill]

I kinda dig the differences in each stadium. Makes the game more interesting and exciting and you have to have different strategy each night/series b/c of the different park as well.

On a side note Nap should be nowhere near LF during a major playoff push in September.

Differences are fine. Playing conditions which cause injury or completely alter the game are not.

Just my opinion.

 

[romeo212000]

Atta boy Mitch!

 

[ESPN Refugee]

I love you Bitch!

 

[Duane1952]

Way to go Mitch.

 

[WilltheThrill]

You have a point but for a guy that's only had a handful of professional experience in the OF which started a few weeks ago it's something that I'm not surprised. Banny should not have him out there especially in this stadium since there's so much more ground to cover.

But they've been working extensively with him in between games on his fly balls. I can excuse hard to judge balls or long running plays into the gap. But simple fly balls like the one he just missed could and should be caught by anyone over the age of about 14 who has ever played baseball for a few years (regardless of position). It's like he doesn't know how to open his glove and catch the ball. It keeps hitting his glove and bouncing off.

 

[Nightcrawler]

I guess that was a "crawler killer" to center field....

 

[Justinkm83]

All you had to do was hear that one hit the bat to know it was gone.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Lloyd McClendon would have already challenged that safe call.

 

[Justinkm83]

But they've been working extensively with him in between games on his fly balls. I can excuse hard to judge balls or long running plays into the gap. But simple fly balls like the one he just missed could and should be caught by anyone over the age of about 14 who has ever played baseball for a few years (regardless of position). It's like he doesn't know how to open his glove and catch the ball. It keeps hitting his glove and bouncing off.

14? That's being generous. I was thinking more like 11 years old. There's 9 year olds on my sons baseball team that would make that play.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Lloyd McClendon would have already challenged that safe call.

Glad we don't have to play him anymore this year. He liked to be the center of attention, always challenging stuff and making pitching changes like its game 7 of the World Series.

 

[Duane1952]

Good job DDJ.

 

[ESPN Refugee]

Let's add another one here and get that 2 run cushion.

 

[ESPN Refugee]

Son of a gun I wanna slap Burns.

 

[WilltheThrill]

I wish there were a .gif of that throw Rasmus made from shallow center that hit the pitcher's mound that we could post every time some limp-armed OF like Billy Burns tried to make a solid throw and failed.