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Post by CadesCove on Apr 20, 2023 17:52:43 GMT
The A's are 9.5 games out of first place. In the third week of April!     They may be in the annals of futility. 120+ loss season? Big deal. A few seasons ago the Chicago White Sox were in first place a full 10+ games over second place after just about a month and finished the season in almost last place. It's 162 games. It's baseball. Is this a prediction for the A's? |
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Post by Mercy for All on Apr 20, 2023 17:54:26 GMT
Big deal. A few seasons ago the Chicago White Sox were in first place a full 10+ games over second place after just about a month and finished the season in almost last place. It's 162 games. It's baseball. Is this a prediction for the A's? Wellll...probably not. I don't follow the west coast teams very closely. Not sure who's even on the team, but they've lost some pretty good ones in the past couple. Can't keep 'em, but unlike TB, can't find ways to replace them with unrecognized, unheralded, legitimate talent. |
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Post by CadesCove on Apr 20, 2023 18:04:15 GMT
Is this a prediction for the A's? Wellll...probably not. I don't follow the west coast teams very closely. Not sure who's even on the team, but they've lost some pretty good ones in the past couple. Can't keep 'em, but unlike TB, can't find ways to replace them with unrecognized, unheralded, legitimate talent.  I'll give you a prediction. The A's are bad and they're going to stay bad. Last place is all but assured. |
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Post by jasmine on Apr 21, 2023 0:39:00 GMT
My Dad is a big Shohei Ohtani fan. For his birthday I got him a set of Ohtani Funko Pops: one of him as a batter, and the other of him as a pitcher.  |
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Post by CadesCove on Apr 21, 2023 1:13:14 GMT
My Dad is a big Shohei Ohtani fan. For his birthday I got him a set of Ohtani Funko Pops: one of him as a batter, and the other of him as a pitcher. View AttachmentCute. Rumor is he may be a Cub next year. |
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Post by jasmine on Apr 21, 2023 1:47:28 GMT
My Dad is a big Shohei Ohtani fan. For his birthday I got him a set of Ohtani Funko Pops: one of him as a batter, and the other of him as a pitcher. View AttachmentCute. Rumor is he may be a Cub next year. I would like to see him play for the Yankees, but I don’t know if they can pay him and Aaron Judge at the same time. |
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Post by Mercy for All on Apr 21, 2023 1:48:55 GMT
My Dad is a big Shohei Ohtani fan. For his birthday I got him a set of Ohtani Funko Pops: one of him as a batter, and the other of him as a pitcher. View AttachmentWhy? Because he's amazing? |
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Post by Mercy for All on Apr 21, 2023 1:49:15 GMT
Cute. Rumor is he may be a Cub next year. I would like to see him play for the Yankees, but I don’t know if they can pay him and Aaron Judge at the same time. Yankees? Please, no! |
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Post by jasmine on Apr 21, 2023 1:52:56 GMT
My Dad is a big Shohei Ohtani fan. For his birthday I got him a set of Ohtani Funko Pops: one of him as a batter, and the other of him as a pitcher. View AttachmentWhy? Because he's amazing? My Dad is partial to the Japanese players, I think. Plus, yes, Ohtani is pretty good. |
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Post by jasmine on Apr 21, 2023 1:55:16 GMT
I would like to see him play for the Yankees, but I don’t know if they can pay him and Aaron Judge at the same time. Yankees? Please, no! From Babe Ruth to Mickey Mantle to Reggie Jackson to Derek Jeter to Aaron Judge, the Yankees are baseball history’s all-star team. |
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Post by CadesCove on Apr 21, 2023 3:12:21 GMT
Why? Because he's amazing? My Dad is partial to the Japanese players, I think. Plus, yes, Ohtani is pretty good. He's a phenom. |
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Post by jasmine on Apr 21, 2023 7:45:25 GMT
My Dad is partial to the Japanese players, I think. Plus, yes, Ohtani is pretty good. He's a phenom. Is he better than another Japanese phenom, Ichiro Suzuki? My Dad liked him, too. We went to a few games when Suzuki played winter league ball in Hawaii (this was right before he got promoted to the major leagues). This was way back in the early 1990s. He played for the Hilo Stars. |
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Post by CadesCove on Apr 21, 2023 12:35:35 GMT
Is he better than another Japanese phenom, Ichiro Suzuki? My Dad liked him, too. We went to a few games when Suzuki played winter league ball in Hawaii (this was right before he got promoted to the major leagues). This was way back in the early 1990s. He played for the Hilo Stars. Being a two way player has made him more popular, something no one has done to this degree since Babe Ruth. And IIRC, Babe was only a two way player for three or four years (after starting as primarily a pitcher) before going to the outfield full time (no DH then). Ichiro came from the Japanese majors to Seattle (didn't know he played minor league in Hawaii). He was so freaking good and dedicated he could be anything he wanted to be. He had every tool. If he had wanted to be a slugger or pitch he could have. What he chose was to hit for average and play outfield. His year round dedication was almost maniacal. |
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Post by Mercy for All on Apr 21, 2023 12:37:56 GMT
Why? Because he's amazing? My Dad is partial to the Japanese players, I think. Plus, yes, Ohtani is pretty good. Whether he’s Japanese or not, he’s phenomenal. Beyond “generational player.” A game-changer. |
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Post by Mercy for All on Apr 21, 2023 12:39:05 GMT
Is he better than another Japanese phenom, Ichiro Suzuki? My Dad liked him, too. We went to a few games when Suzuki played winter league ball in Hawaii (this was right before he got promoted to the major leagues). This was way back in the early 1990s. He played for the Hilo Stars. I loved Ichiro. Ohtani as a player is a level or two beyond that (see CadeCove’s post). |
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Post by CadesCove on May 5, 2023 23:47:11 GMT
Ouch.
How about them A's!
Below the Mendoza line at .188 and 13.0 games out a month into the season.
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Post by Mercy for All on May 6, 2023 1:51:13 GMT
Ouch. How about them A's! Below the Mendoza line at .188 and 13.0 games out a month into the season. Not paying attention. Just watched my Jays bomb five games in a row, including an entire series to what was the bottom of the division Red Sox. They faced the unexpectedly successful Pirates today and beat them, so hopefully they've turned it around. But the Red Sox...sneakily better than we thought... |
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Post by CadesCove on May 6, 2023 2:00:30 GMT
Ouch. How about them A's! Below the Mendoza line at .188 and 13.0 games out a month into the season. Not paying attention. Just watched my Jays bomb five games in a row, including an entire series to what was the bottom of the division Red Sox. They faced the unexpectedly successful Pirates today and beat them, so hopefully they've turned it around. But the Red Sox...sneakily better than we thought... My Cubs just ended a four game losing streak to get back to .500. The good news was the whole NL central was on a combined 18 game losing streak and the Cubs didn't lose any ground. They just called up two prospects, a 25 year old lefty first baseman whom hits for average and power that should be the Rizzo replacement we've been waiting for. The other is a double A catcher that should also be the future. He is an injury replacement and probably won't stick this trip. |
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Post by Odysseus on May 6, 2023 6:27:56 GMT
Today the Oakland A's pummeled the Kansas City Royals, 12-8.
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Post by jasmine on May 6, 2023 6:46:25 GMT
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