Tribe @ A's (Series Thread)

• ts1227

  

  Laley23;1599247 wrote:Whats the issue with STO for you guys??

  Dish and FSN/STO have been in a pissing match since the end of January, STO currently is not available on Dish.
• Laley23

  

  Gotcha, thats awful.
• HitsRus

  

  starting lineup...
  
  1 Morgan CF
  2 Swisher 1B
  3 Kipnis 2B
  4 Santana 3B
  5 Brantley LF
  6 Raburn DH
  7 Cabrerra SS
  8 Murphy RF
  9 Gomes C
  
  Masterson P
• IggyPride00

  

  HitsRus;1599253 wrote:starting lineup...
  
  1 Morgan CF
  2 Swisher 1B
  3 Kipnis 2B
  4 Santana 3B
  5 Brantley LF
  6 Raburn DH
  7 Cabrerra SS
  8 Murphy RF
  9 Gomes C
  
  Masterson P

  Is it wrong that I still wish we had a thumper somewhere in the middle of the order?
  
  I know they will manufacture runs and all, but I still look at that line-up and wish we had some true power somewhere in there.
  
  Why can't we seem to develop a power bat in the minors at either of the corner outfield positions or 1b/3b?
  
  We are a team that supposedly builds through the draft, and I can't remember the last home grown guy we've had that is a threat to hit 35+ homers in a year. What is wrong with our scouting department that we only seem interested in dink n' duck guys?
• bases_loaded

  

  Something about them having to carry the Braves station jacking the price up quadruple. Also heard Fox owns directv so theirs no real hurry on STO end
• HitsRus

  

  IggyPride00;1599255 wrote:Is it wrong that I still wish we had a thumper somewhere in the middle of the order?
  
  I know they will manufacture runs and all, but I still look at that line-up and wish we had some true power somewhere in there.
  
  Why can't we seem to develop a power bat in the minors at either of the corner outfield positions or 1b/3b?
  
  We are a team that supposedly builds through the draft, and I can't remember the last home grown guy we've had that is a threat to hit 35+ homers in a year. What is wrong with our scouting department that we only seem interested in dink n' duck guys?

  
  well, they are not 'dink and duck' guys. They have shown a propensity to like line drive gap hitters who can hit to all fields rather than pull it power guys. This goes back to Jhonny and Brandon Phillips and Derek Shelton as hitting coach. There was nothing wrong with Phillips' hitting...they were just trying to ram a square peg into a round hole. Maybe they figure that power hitters are too expensive to keep. IDK. One thing is for sure, they are not going to spend for one.
  
  I was kind of excited last year when they picked up Bourn and Stubbs. I thought we'd have an offense that was going to shoot the ball all over the place and run like crazy. Instead they just kind of sat on Stubbs and waited for the big hit anyway....????... I like Tito, but sometimes I feel like he manages thinking he has big hitters in his lineup.
• IggyPride00

  

  Pair of walks to start and then Kipnis pissed down his leg after getting ahead in the count.
• IggyPride00

  

  Didn't get anything out of it.
  
  The A's will be in their bullpen early though as it took Sonny Gray 28 pitches to get out of the inning.
• TBone14

  

  Is Morgan still going by Tony Plush? Or did he see a shrink in Japan and figure that shit out?
  
  I am glad they picked him up. He used to be quite the character and was extremely entertaining. Bat shit crazy...but hilarious.
• Laley23

  

  TBone14;1599299 wrote:Is Morgan still going by Tony Plush? Or did he see a shrink in Japan and figure that shit out?
  
  I am glad they picked him up. He used to be quite the character and was extremely entertaining. Bat shit crazy...but hilarious.

  He said he is keeping Tony Plush in the locker for now, but he "still travels with him".
  
  Lol, dude will provide for some laughs this summer, thats for sure.
• HitsRus

  

  Good to see Druby get the monkey off his back early...blistered a shot up the middle that Sogard knocked down but couldn't make the play.
• Glory Days

  

  HitsRus;1599307 wrote:Good to see Druby get the monkey off his back early...blistered a shot up the middle that Sogard knocked down but couldn't make the play.

  you spoke too soon. his nubber back to the pitcher with runners on 2nd and 3rd was back to his usual form.
• IggyPride00

  

  Masterson is looking like a stud tonight so far.
• IggyPride00

  

  Glory Days;1599316 wrote:you spoke too soon. his nubber back to the pitcher with runners on 2nd and 3rd was back to his usual form.

  Way too soon. Druby is definitely in mid-season form.
• Laley23

  

  I already hate David Murphy.
• IggyPride00

  

  David Murphy fucking blows. Designate him for assignment already and spare us of the misery of watching him.
  
  He was our big FA acquisition. Sickening.
• Mulva

  

  Laley23;1599320 wrote:I already hate David Murphy.

  Said the entire fanbase.
• IggyPride00

  

  Laley23;1599320 wrote:I already hate David Murphy.

  No doubt about it. The guy is a first class pansy piece of shit the way he's just flailing away up there not even trying to hit the ball.
• IggyPride00

  

  Way to earn that extension Gomes. Double Play is off the table now.
• IggyPride00

  

  That was a broken hand if he doesn't have that glove on. That ball was smoked.
• ohiobucks1

  

  IggyPride00;1599324 wrote:Way to earn that extension Gomes. Double Play is off the table now.

  
  Lol youre such a downer.
• Mulva

  

  I was hoping we'd be up 15-0 by now so I could go to bed.
• IggyPride00

  

  Too bad Michael Brantley can't be up every time. These guys are just flailing away up there right now.
• IggyPride00

  

  400ft. single.
  
  A's are trying to give this away right now.
• Footwedge

  IggyPride00;1599321 wrote:David Murphy fucking blows. Designate him for assignment already and spare us of the misery of watching him.
  
  He was our big FA acquisition. Sickening.

  We have our new Mark Reynolds.