vs. WHITE SOX 8/29

[MDK02]

Seems like the A's never lose

[snatch311]

I'd rather have Arrieta in the pen for the playoffs than Gregg.

[OFFNY]

And now Buck brings in Ayala. Why not save him for a game we have a chance in. These are the moves when Buck puzzles me.

Maybe he wants to send a message to the front office as loud as possible ???

"HEY !!! I don't even want this guy to finish an inning in garbage time !!!"

Maybe. Who knows ?

[Greg]

Seems like the A's never lose

Playing Cleveland they have packed up for the season.

[OFFNY]

I'd rather have Arrieta in the pen for the playoffs than Gregg.

Just in the playoffs ??? I'd rather have Arrieta in the pen than Gregg in any baseball game in any league where the dimensions of the field are a 60' 6" pitcher's mound and bases that are 90 feet apart.

[OFFNY]

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I'm actually NOT down on the team overall. They are entitled to play a crappy game once in a while, and I'll cut them some slack ....... unless they do it often, as they have in many recent years past.

I've been specifically down on Gregg for quite some time now though, for obvious reasons that I and many others have already stated.

[Dark Helmet]

Maybe the O's could make Gregg as an assistant pitching coach? Show the guys what not to do? Let him throw BP , that should get the bats going.

[Jonesy10]

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I'm actually not down on the team overall. They are entitled to play a crappy game once in a while, and I'll cut them some slack ....... unless they do it often, as they have in recent past years.

I've been specifically down on Gregg for quite some time now though, for obvious reasons that I and many others have already stated.

I understand that sometimes they'll play bad, but IMO what's frustrating is how they look so dead. They look like they're 20 games under instead of 14 over.

[MDK02]

you have to be really slow not to beat that out.

[snatch311]

Just in the playoffs ??? I'd rather have Arrieta in the pen than Gregg in any baseball game in any league where the dimensions of the field are a 60' 6" pitcher's mound and bases that are 90 feet apart.

“I have had two save opportunities. And if I’m going to lose my job over a non-save situation, then I’m never pitching in a nonsave situation. All over baseball go watch closers in a nonsave situation, it doesn’t work. Because the adrenaline, the sense of urgency, it’s not there. It never works. And that’s the hardest part about doing it. We live for having the game on the line.”

[weams]

I understand that sometimes they'll play bad, but IMO what's frustrating is how they look so dead. They look like they're 20 games under instead of 14 over.

You mean like the White Sox did yesterday?

[Jonesy10]

I love how the ball bounces right up to his throwing hand, instead of left or right. Chicago has just gotten very lucky tonight. They aren't hitting the ball any harder than the O's. But again, they also aren't swinging at horrible pitches like the O's.

[OFFNY]

I understand that sometimes they'll play bad, but IMO what's frustrating is how they look so dead. They look like they're 20 games under instead of 14 over.

Yeah, but I think that "looking dead" is part of playing bad. A bad game for whatever reason. In any form of competitive sports (individual sports like long-distance running, or team sports, like baseball), you're going to occasionally come out flat once in a while, for whatever reason. The games and/or races are physical, mental, and emotional, and I don't think that any athlete or any team can completely avoid those days, no matter how hard you try, and no matter how determined that you are not to.

[snatch311]

"The bottom line is you obviously haven’t acquired my taste in pitching yet,” Gregg said. “It’s what I do. It’s what I’ve always done. And yeah, it’d be nice if I was like [Jim Johnson] and went 1-2-3, every inning I’m out there. But I’m not J.J. I don’t throw 97 [mph] with sink.”

[Jonesy10]

And another easy inning... 12 straight retired. At least show some frickin energy. They're play right now is rather pathetic and embarrassing. It doesn't help that Jones and Wieters have turned into bums the last month though. I think I'd rather have Teagarden and Ford play instead of Wieters and Jones. They're costing the team right now.