SB Nation User Blog: BubbaDude

Statistics are dangerous things

BubbaDude — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:15:53 -0000

We all know the A's offense is worse than anemic and that our starting pitching is the only thing keeping the team on life support. I didn't know how good the pitching was until I looked at the hitting numbers for this year for A's and opponents. It's shocking, but when playing the A's the rest of the world hits as bad as our boys do:

R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
A's 79 171 40 3 12 253 76 77 138 10 5 .229 .308 .339 .647
Ops 75 166 35 3 18 261 72 62 148 11 8 .230 .292 .362 .654

Does this mean our offense doesn't suck as much as it seems to or that our pitching is so good that it makes the other teams look like they suck as bad as we do and is therefore other-worldly and stuff?

Or maybe there's a demon possessing the Coli right now that makes all hit balls jump right into somebody's glove.

Anyhow, check it out.

Poll

What's up with the anemic offense?

A's hit like T-ballers

11 votes

Pitching is greater than great

7 votes

Demonic possession

5 votes

Zito took the mojo

4 votes

None of the above

2 votes

What a stupid question

5 votes

34 votes | Poll has closed

Just like a starter

BubbaDude — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:23:18 -0000

Following the lead of monkeyball and Nick, here we have some classic Dylan adapted to our present situation. You can substitute the gimp of your choice for Harden.

Original lyrics here.

Nobody feels very jolly
Tonight as I stand inside the Coli
Ev'rybody knows
That Baby's got new sores
But lately I see him stretching and his strain
Done eat him up with pain
He throws just like a starter, yes, he does
He makes heat just like a starter, yes, he does
And he aches just like a starter
But he breaks just like a little girl.

King Richie, he's my friend
Yes, I believe I'll see him break again
Nobody has to guess
That Baby can't be blessed
Till he sees finally that he's like all the rest
With his fog, his amphetamine and his wounds.
He throws just like a starter, yes, he does
He makes heat just like a starter, yes, he does
And he aches just like a starter
But he breaks just like a little girl.

It was raining hits and walks
And I was dying there of balks
So I came in here
And your long-time curse hurts
But what's worse
Is this pain in here
I can't stay in here
Ain't it clear that--

You just can't start
Yes, I believe I'll send you to the pen
When we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world.
Ah, you fake just like a starter, yes, you do
You make heat just like a starter, yes, you do
Then you ache just like a starter
But you break just like a little girl.

Write ESPN about BBTN

BubbaDude — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:57:37 -0000

The last two days, I've watched Baseball Tonight on ESPN in hopes of seeing some A's highlights, since the games in Baltimore were not telecast on Channel 36 or FSBA.

There was no A's coverage, except for a defensive play Mark Ellis made in game 20 that they rated as the #5 Webgem. Instead, there was 20 minutes each day on the last place team in the AL East and an 0-3 day by their third baseman, Alex somebody.

This is unacceptable. Fox Sports manages to squeeze all thirty teams into a half-hour show, and BBTN has a whole hour.

This is a constant complaint on AN, I know, but why not launch a little letter-writing campaign and let the bastards know we're not happy about their programming?

Here's a link to their retarded complaint form. They only accept a few characters of text, so be concise.

Here's what I told them:

Ever hear of the Oakland A's? They lead the AL West and just set an ML record for consecutive scoreless first innings at the start of a season. Yesterday, they threw a guy right out of AAA at the hottest team in the AL East and shut them down, and the day before Nick Swisher hit two homers.

There was no coverage of either event because your show blows a third of its time on the last-place team in the AL East.

Is this Oprah or a sports network?