vs. ATHLETICS 7/27

[Chavez Ravine]

Am I hallucinating or was Jones laying off that low off-speed stuff with two strikes earlier in the season?

[Lucky Jim]

Thome is embarrassing himself.

Ha. Reverse jinx? He's still got a good eye at the plate, but it seems to me that he's become something of a guess hitter these days.

SSS qualification, but still:

Split ▾ 	G 	PA 	AB 	R 	H 	2B 	3B 	HR 	RBI 	SB 	CS 	BB 	SO 	BA 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	TB 	GDP 	HBP 	SH 	SF 	IBB 	ROE 	BAbip 	tOPS+ 	sOPS+Two Strikes 	42 	82 	70 		9 	0 	0 	3 	7 	0 	0 	12 	45 	.129 	.256 	.257 	.513 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	.273 	30 	99Three Balls 	30 	41 	24 		9 	2 	0 	3 	6 	0 	0 	17 	9 	.375 	.634 	.833 	1.467 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	.500 	266 	210Pitcher Ahead 	32 	40 	40 		4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	24 	.100 	.100 	.100 	.200 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.250 	-49 	-20Full Count 	24 	28 	16 		5 	0 	0 	3 	5 	0 	0 	12 	9 	.313 	.607 	.875 	1.482 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.500 	267 	274First Pitch 	14 	17 	16 		7 	1 	0 	1 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.438 	.471 	.688 	1.158 	11 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.400 	187 	167Even Count 	25 	48 	47 		12 	1 	0 	1 	7 	0 	0 	0 	12 	.255 	.271 	.340 	.611 	16 	3 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	.324 	53 	79Batter Ahead 	35 	57 	40 		16 	4 	0 	6 	13 	0 	0 	17 	9 	.400 	.579 	.950 	1.529 	38 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	.400 	276 	211

[SrMeowMeow]

Or, you can shut your pie hole and not tell the rest of how we should feel. The game thread is for being a fan. The ups and the downs. It's supposed to be fun and that means people can pretty much say and do as they feel. Don't sit on your damn high horse and tell people how they are supposed to feel.

Whatever.

[erb8472]

Good AB by Betemit get on base for the Sheriff!

[Tony-OH]

I am kinda with him. Thome has looked pretty bad. He looks so bad when he strikes out, it is unreal. He does walk and hit a homerun every once in a while, that's good. But compared to a few years ago, he is lucky to be in the majors.

Thome looks like a guy at the tail end of a great career. A flash here and there, but he's long past a guy teams fear. The sad part is we don't have anyone better to bat third.

[CA-ORIOLE]

I am kinda with him. Thome has looked pretty bad. He looks so bad when he strikes out, it is unreal. He does walk and hit a homerun every once in a while, that's good. But compared to a few years ago, he is lucky to be in the majors.

We're probably looking at a guy who might end up with and OPS of around 800 with a good OBP instead of 950 OPS. He looks fine. He's had very high K rates the past 3 years. He's freaking 41 years old. Decent chance he ends up as one of our best hitters by the end of the year imo.

[Malike]

Meat!!!

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[erb8472]

2 out hit scores another run. Come on Marky Mark!

[alaniee]

Wilson with a single and a double. Get a triple and homer and he has the cycle. I remember Felix getting the cycle... that kinda sucks now lol. Whatever happened to him?

[OFFNY]

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WILSON BETEMIT

[Il BuonO]

Are you gonna say Jones embarrassed himself. How bout crediting this kid with a pretty good assortment of pitches and being able to command them from the out set unlike our guy?

Of course that doesn't mean if he throws mistakes we shouldn't hit em.

[LA2]

Noticed straight fastballs in the heart of the plate on the first pitches to both Jones and Betemit. Considering how good his change-up and curve are, I'd be swinging on those rather than taking them for called strikes. (I think that's what Markakis did his first AB--he hit it hard, but grounded out.)

[erb8472]

Come on Reynolds.

[SrMeowMeow]

Looks like Reynolds wants a fastball. Here comes the bomb.

[Tony-OH]

Whatever.

You are honestly like one of my kids when they were about 12. They all thought they knew it all, but in the end, they just ended up acting childish.

People who sit on their high horse during game threads are much more of a plague then anyone just being a fan and expressing the ups and downs of the game.