5/27: A's at O's

[LA2]

Tony-OH jinxed that bunt attempt by Corey. j/k (See the Hangout's thread on C-Pat.)

[LA2]

Back and v. glad to see the game tied up. Must be b/c I showed discipline and ate just a 6" sub instead of a foot-long one.

Was Atkins' lineout in the 4th struck well? That would be the third hard-hit ball in his last five at-bats.

Lugo's not a very good basestealer.

[LA2]

One more: Was Matt's RBI single a line drive or a blooper? (Desperately searching for signs that some sluggish Oriole bats will actually start sluggin'.)

[adamwolff11]

One more: Was Matt's RBI single a line drive or a blooper? (Desperately searching for signs that some sluggish Oriole bats will actually start sluggin'.)

Liner up the middle. Wasn't hit real hard. Tried to jam him in, and he was able to fight it off and take it up the middle. Nice piece of hitting.

[PaulFolk]

One more: Was Matt's RBI single a line drive or a blooper? (Desperately searching for signs that some sluggish Oriole bats will actually start sluggin'.)

I'd call it a soft line drive. It sounded like he broke his bat, actually.

[PaulFolk]

There are some truly impressive/frightening flashes of lightning going on right now at OPACY.

But the grounds crew isn't behind the tarp, so I guess they're not anticipating a rain delay anytime soon.

[LA2]

When they're on, a Bergy game and a Matusz game go by so differently. Bergeson's outs use a minimum number of pitches and regularly return attention to this glovemen (!) whipping the ball around the infield. Matusz really brings the fan's attention to the art of pitching--the game of sculpting a count and guesses inching toward a strikeout.

I prefer the first. I'm getting too old to listen to long games.

AJ gradually redeeming his season. It wd be nice to see Garrett do likewise in this at-bat.

[SoBo]

Looks like the weather is gonna slide by ya to the northeast.

[Arthorn]

Come on Mr. Bomber (Aka Garret Atkins), get on base some how!

[LA2]

It wd be nice if Atkins cd just get back to the BA he had a few weeks ago....

[SoBo]

Be a real nice time for hr #2.

[Hank Scorpio]

I'm no Bob Turk, but the storm appears to be well off to the east of the stadium.

[Can_of_corn]

These umps need to get a reality check. Pitchers do that all the damn time, STOP BEING APART OF THE GAME!!!!

Why do the A's always seem to have someone on base when one of their fluke homers are hit?

Unreal.

There was a bit of an uproar over Lilly pitching in front of the rubber in the Cubs-Dodgers game last night. My guess is that put it on the radar for the umps.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/cj-nitkowski-caught-someone-cheating.html.php

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/3760/lilly-cheats-twitter-notices

[SoBo]

Cmon sweet Lou...

[BaltBird 24]

At least he didn't make an out. Had a bit of a hanging curve to crush but he weakly grounded it foul. Better a walk than nothing, though.