McP
Aug 07, 2008 Sep 14, 2008 22 29
My wife was born on October 19, 1972. She was born to be an A's fan, obviously. Me? I was merely born in a year where they won the AL West ... she outranks me, you see. I may be a scout for a midwest MLB franchise that shall remain nameless, but she's the baseball boss in the family.
This blog is lame, by the way. You ban people who express contrary opinions and who don't "follow up their posts". Forgive me for having a real job and a family; I don't live on the Internet. But if you just want to keep your Pollyanna approach to the A's, then you can do so -- but you're not doing the team or yourself any favors.
I mean, it's okay for people who have no baseball knowledge whatsoever to post stupid ideas and comments as if they know the game, but you ban people who actually HAVE knowledge and experience -- just because you don't like what they have to say.
Cheers.
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"Place your deposit for 2009 tickets today"
by McP on Aug 15, 2008 12:55 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
Yeah, right. The A's actually had the nerve to send out their 2009 season ticket renewal information yesterday. As if I am going to pony up for season tickets when the owner can't even pony up to give his team a chance at the playoffs. Forget it, Lew.
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A's are historically bad now
by McP on Aug 7, 2008 11:09 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
Winless since July 27, the A’s have dropped seven straight series and are a major league-worst 2-17 since the All-Star break. The last time Oakland had a losing streak this long was a 12-game skid that began with nine straight losses in September 1995 and continued with three more defeats in April 1996.
Outlook for 2008
by McP on Sep 26, 2007 5:13 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
Looking at the current roster and projecting it to 2008 …
Someone tell me again why ...
by McP on Aug 15, 2007 7:18 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
Mark Kotsay is in the line-up?
Comerica Park
by McP on Aug 12, 2007 8:22 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
I have gone to the last two games against Detroit at Comerica, and I'm going to the next two as well ...
Hey, I love being wrong ... Go A's!
by McP on Jul 29, 2007 6:19 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
The A's are putting up a fight in Seattle, after falling behind 6-0 early.
Why is Beane sitting still?
by McP on Jul 29, 2007 5:10 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
I have to trust he knows what he's doing, but ...
Worst 5-through-9 hitting order in the major this year?
by McP on Jul 24, 2007 10:25 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
Probably tonight's A's lineup: Ellis, Kotsay, Scutaro, Crosby, Suzuki.
Teixeira
by McP on Jul 24, 2007 3:56 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
Why shouldn't the A's try to acquire him?
Yay on the win -- change the lineup, though!
by McP on Jul 18, 2007 7:10 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
A shutout was a good way to end all things bad. Kudos to DiNardo for stepping up today. But the offense still needs a lot of work ...
Don't trade Dan Johnson
by McP on Jul 17, 2007 11:08 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
I think this would be a mistake, unless you can get some serious value in return.
Team has no character or fortitude
by McP on Jul 17, 2007 7:42 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
Seriously. How do you come home on a seven-game losing streak and then lose to the friggin' Rangers?!
Fundamentals? Not on this team's offense ...
by McP on Jul 15, 2007 4:26 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
7th inning against Minnesota on Sunday, July 15, is a perfect example of why this team is so bad.
Shutdown innings
by McP on Jul 15, 2007 3:41 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
A's pitchers just suck at getting the shutdown inning.
I feel like this season is over already
by McP on Jul 14, 2007 10:18 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
The only good thing about it so far is the H2H success over the Giants and the Yankees ...
BP Article on Haren
by McP on Jul 11, 2007 9:01 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
"From a Baseball Prospectus POV, Haren is also the best pitcher in the AL this season. His 4.7 SNLVAR leads the league, and far outpaces Minnesota’s Johan Santana, second at 4.0. Haren’s 9.8 expected wins also top the AL."
AL Starting Pitcher for the All-Star Game
by McP on Jul 5, 2007 5:18 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
There really should be little debate about this, but for some reason, the press is slobbering all over Verlander and Sabathia today. Why?
Cust or Bust
by McP on Jul 4, 2007 12:25 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
With 63 strikeouts in 160 at-bats entering tonight's game, is it all or nothing for Jack Cust?
Makeshift Rotation Has Lost Its Wheels
by McP on Jul 3, 2007 2:42 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
The scrubs looked good for awhile: Joe Kennedy and Lenny DiNardo put up some solid starts here and there, but the end is near for both of them as major league starters. They just suck.
Do the A's "own" the Yankees now?
by McP on Jul 1, 2007 11:57 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
Since Game Two of the 2006 season, the A's have won 10 of 14 games from the Yankees.
Off-topic: Bonds & The All-Star Game
by McP on Jul 1, 2007 11:54 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
Just like the infamous 49er stadium ballot fraud of the 1990s, it looks like the good people of San Francisco stuffed the ballot box enough to get their steroid-abusing outfielder into "their" All-Star game as a starter.
ESPN article on Zito
by McP on Jun 28, 2007 8:46 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
Interesting: "Talk to former teammates and front office officials in Oakland, and several will quietly moan that, with time, Zito began to place too much emphasis on his own press clippings and Q rating."
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