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« Reply #75 on Mar 7, 2011, 10:14pm »

Mar 7, 2011, 9:36pm, interstateeight wrote:
I already forgot the name of the A's reliever(s) that walked in all those runs today, but I hope they make the team out of spring training and appear in every game against Seattle all season.


i think one of them was Joey Devine...

Here's a little not-so-entertaining-but-yet-kinda-comical note about him.

He was the Braves first round draft pick in the 2005 draft. After a really impressive rookie season in A and AA Ball, he was called up late in the season in the heat of the pennant race for the Braves - right when they lost several key pitchers (typical for the braves). It was supposed to be the dawn of a new era for the Braves. At last they had a new young flamethrower to toss in the game in the 9th inning. Every braves fan was eager to see him make his debut. It surely was a memorable one... he promptly served up a grand slam.
then in his next appearance?... yup, another grand slam. You would have thought he had made his mark by that point, right? No. In Game 4 of the 2005 playoff game against Houston (same season - just two short months after his call-up), he served up the series-ending-walkoff-homerun to the Astros rookie Chris Burke.

memorable player, indeed.

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« Reply #76 on Mar 7, 2011, 10:59pm »
Joey Devine also had one of the lowest ERAs for any reliever in the history of baseball after the A's acquired him from the Braves. You can google it, but off the top of my head, it was something like 0.68. That was the only year he was healthy. I don't think he's thrown a pitch the last two seasons.

Also, the trade was more of a salary dump for the A's. It was Mark Kotsay, right? (although we payed a bit of his salary). Still a great trade for the A's.
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« Reply #77 on Mar 7, 2011, 11:05pm »
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« Reply #78 on Mar 7, 2011, 11:08pm »

Mar 7, 2011, 10:59pm, know ID yuh wrote:
Joey Devine also had one of the lowest ERAs for any reliever in the history of baseball after the A's acquired him from the Braves. You can google it, but off the top of my head, it was something like 0.68. That was the only year he was healthy. I don't think he's thrown a pitch the last two seasons.

Also, the trade was more of a salary dump for the A's. It was Mark Kotsay, right? (although we payed a bit of his salary). Still a great trade for the A's.


yeah, that Oak/Atl deal didn't work out nearly as well for the Braves as the Tim Hudson for Charles Thomas, Juan Cruz and Dan Meyer deal did.

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« Reply #79 on Mar 7, 2011, 11:13pm »
Yep, in 08, setting aside his AAA numbers, he threw 45.2 innings for an ERA of 0.59. Straight up silly.
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« Reply #80 on Mar 7, 2011, 11:13pm »
Anyone who's craving baseball right now can watch a spring training World Series rematch if they so desire. Act fast though, it's almost over.

EDIT: And to bring this back to Sasquatch for no reason, Ben Gibbard has been tweeting from ST.
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« Reply #81 on Mar 7, 2011, 11:16pm »

Mar 7, 2011, 11:08pm, stamper wrote:

Mar 7, 2011, 10:59pm, know ID yuh wrote:
Joey Devine also had one of the lowest ERAs for any reliever in the history of baseball after the A's acquired him from the Braves. You can google it, but off the top of my head, it was something like 0.68. That was the only year he was healthy. I don't think he's thrown a pitch the last two seasons.

Also, the trade was more of a salary dump for the A's. It was Mark Kotsay, right? (although we payed a bit of his salary). Still a great trade for the A's.


yeah, that Oak/Atl deal didn't work out nearly as well for the Braves as the Tim Hudson for Charles Thomas, Juan Cruz and Dan Meyer deal did.



Literal laugh out loud. Good call.

A's traded Mark Mulder the same year, and that trade is going down as one of the biggest rip-offs in MLB history. Win some, lose some. At least the A's didn't have to pay Hudson, I guess.

PS: I could have named each of those players traded for Hudson. It still hurts.
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« Reply #82 on Mar 7, 2011, 11:23pm »
the Braves deal that sent Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Matt Harrison, Jarrod Salti... (something incredibly long) and Beau Jones to Texas in exchange for 1 1/2 seasons of Mark Teixeira is the prime example of a 'lose some' scenario.


worst trade ever.
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Re: Baseball = Entelluhgents
« Reply #83 on Mar 13, 2011, 3:15pm »

Mar 7, 2011, 11:13pm, interstateeight wrote:
Anyone who's craving baseball right now can watch a spring training World Series rematch if they so desire.


Do you have MLB.TV? I do and every year I curse that damn package. At least they added streaming to the PS3 last year, because the computer streaming never really worked out. I'm getting all aggro as I type this, so I think I am going to stop.
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Re: Baseball = Entelluhgents
« Reply #84 on Mar 13, 2011, 4:47pm »
mlb tv and NBA league pass were just added to Apple TV. If I can do sports on Apple TV, movies on Netflix and TV on Hulu, I'm dumping cable.
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Re: Baseball = Entelluhgents
« Reply #85 on Mar 13, 2011, 6:03pm »

Mar 13, 2011, 3:15pm, Peter Gibbons wrote:

Mar 7, 2011, 11:13pm, interstateeight wrote:
Anyone who's craving baseball right now can watch a spring training World Series rematch if they so desire.


Do you have MLB.TV? I do and every year I curse that damn package. At least they added streaming to the PS3 last year, because the computer streaming never really worked out. I'm getting all aggro as I type this, so I think I am going to stop.


I've been going back and forth on whether I want to get it this year. On the one hand, it was hard enough finding streams of non-Yankees games before ATDHE and co. got shut down.* On the other hand, I've heard nothing but horror stories about the stupid fucking blackout restrictions. Look Selig, the reason I want to watch baseball on my laptop is because I don't have a god damn television. Get your head outta your ass.

*I'm aware of the replacements and use them to watch other sporting events.
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« Reply #86 on Mar 13, 2011, 6:10pm »
Fun fact about MLB Blackouts for Giant fans. Hawaii is in the blackout territory for the Giants for MLB.tv. Not like I care, but could you imagine being a Giant fan in Hawaii and never being able to watch them live on the internet because you are part of their "home territory"?
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« Reply #87 on Mar 13, 2011, 7:48pm »

Mar 13, 2011, 6:10pm, Peter Gibbons wrote:
Fun fact about MLB Blackouts for Giant fans. Hawaii is in the blackout territory for the Giants for MLB.tv. Not like I care, but could you imagine being a Giant fan in Hawaii and never being able to watch them live on the internet because you are part of their "home territory"?


"Well, if you want to watch a Giants game, take the afternoon off and buy a ticket!" Blackout rules are so wildly illogical.
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« Reply #88 on Mar 13, 2011, 9:58pm »
Soooo...Back to the A's. Here is a video of Zach Outman's pitching mechanics in high school. Zach is the brother of Oakland A's pitcher Josh Outman. I guess their dad taught them these mechanics to prevent them from hurting their arm. Josh changed to a conventional windup prior to entering the Draft. He is recovering from Tommy John surgery. Imagine that.

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Re: Baseball = Entelluhgents
« Reply #89 on Mar 14, 2011, 1:29am »
That windup is fucked up. It looks like he is dislocating his shoulder prior to beginning his stride. I'm sure he could hurl like a sonofabitch if he was entering the draft, though. Would definitely scare the shit out of me as a batter.
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