Fien had 'em all the way!

The Tigers are intentionally walking Melky Cabrera AND Joey Bautista to load the bases and face... Danny Valencia.

 

edit: I guess Juan Francisco is PH-ing

Edited August 10, 201412 yr by Willihammer

Anybody else feel a three-run bomb coming?

Yeah, but trying to wait until the game is over...

 

Sorry, that was cheap.   Even for me.

Anybody been to the collessium? Looks like a bad place to watch a game. You're 70 yards from the action even if you're in the front row.

The Tigers are intentionally walking Melky Cabrera AND Joey Bautista to load the bases and face... Danny Valencia.

 

edit: I guess Juan Francisco is PH-ing

What?  He's batting .286 this year!  Oh, sure, some might point to the .362 babip or the .219 avg against righties, but c'mon.  He's got a cool-sounding name!

Anybody been to the collessium? Looks like a bad place to watch a game. You're 70 yards from the action even if you're in the front row.

I have, but I had a great seat so had a good view.

 

Awful stadium though, and when I was there it was literally me and a couple thousand other folks in the stands.  I was sitting behind the plate, and I could hear individual conversations from folks out in the right field seats.  I kid you not.  

I liked your post, but now I think it's a jinx.

 

My bad, mi amigo.

Berardino always calls it "Raw Sewage Coliseum" or just RAC.

I have, but I had a great seat so had a good view.

 

Awful stadium though, and when I was there it was literally me and a couple thousand other folks in the stands. I was sitting behind the plate, and I could hear individual conversations from folks out in the right field seats. I kid you not.

Wow.

Positive sign for Dozier: A walk in each game of this series. He went about two weeks after the All-Star game without a single base on balls.

Let's see that in X mo.

It's not in a great location, when Mrs. Stringer and I were in SF, we came in from the Oakland Airport. The area looked pretty sketchy and then I saw o.co Stadium or whatever they call it.

Anybody been to the collessium? Looks like a bad place to watch a game. You're 70 yards from the action even if you're in the front row.

You are correct.  Had middling lower deck seats between home and first, about 20 rows back, and it felt like upper deck seats minus the top-down perspective.  Day after the 1991 opener.  Pretty packed house as Henderson was about to tie Brock's stolen base record.  Stadium erupted when he reached base, but not a good jump on the steal attempt; Junior Ortiz gunned him down .  Instant near-silence in the stadium, except for me.

 

Oh, and had only lived in the Bay area a couple of months before that game.  One of the guys who delivered my furniture noticed my Twins shirt and cheerfully noted that he and a buddy had gotten into a fight with a Twins fan at an A's game.  "Beat him up pretty good!".

 

Oakland.  Ah, the memories.

Edited August 10, 201412 yr by LaBombo

Cmon hammer, this could be huge.

It's not in a great location, when Mrs. Stringer and I were in SF, we came in from the Oakland Airport. The area looked pretty sketchy and then I saw o.co Stadium or whatever they call it.

 

Everything about the stadium was awful 20 years ago.

 

Then the Raiders came back to town, "renovated" the stadium, and then made it even more awful for baseball.

 

But the A's can't move to San Jose because MLB is lame.

 

That organization deserves so much better than it gets in Oakland.

Well, Perkins or someone else with the nice lead?

yay.  they are winning.  I will drink to a win

Give Hughes credit for a very good outing today.  One run in 7 innings, with 7 Ks.

Heck yeah!  I am really likin hughes!

 I will drink to a win

You must be damned thirsty.

winnah.

 

lower case

tWins, tWins, tWins

 

 

(And I really like Jack Morris on commentary).

It's not in a great location, when Mrs. Stringer and I were in SF, we came in from the Oakland Airport. The area looked pretty sketchy and then I saw o.co Stadium or whatever they call it.

 

I don't scare easy -- lived in Flint, Mich., for golly's sakes -- but walking in downtown Oakland at noon on a weekday put the hair on end.

Nice win, and why I think they will get out of the 60s for wins this year.

 

BTW, mods, what is the green bar on the user profile?

Give Hughes credit for a very good outing today.  One run in 7 innings, with 7 Ks.

He's done it so often you almost catch yourself taking it for granted.

 

Almost.  And the 12 game losing streak to the A's is over.

And mods, I still can't do any smart-aleck stuff over my non-existent picture. If possible, could you put Jedi Master for me? Thanks.

Nice win, and why I think they will get out of the 60s for wins this year.

 

BTW, mods, what is the green bar on the user profile?

 

Your reputation. Likes, mostly.

And mods, I still can't do any smart-aleck stuff over my non-existent picture. If possible, could you put Jedi Master for me? Thanks.

 

Click on your name. Click Edit My Profile. Scroll down to Profile Information.

And mods, I still can't do any smart-aleck stuff over my non-existent picture. If possible, could you put Jedi Master for me? Thanks.

Done.

Click on your name. Click Edit My Profile. Scroll down to Profile Information.

Or you could have done this.