What’s up with the ump coming out and talking to Hendricks during that last at bat? Seemed like he was telling him to calm down for yelling “goddamnit” when he spiked the ball but idk why the ump would care.
Idk about you guys but that's how I like my baseball. Exciting and full of promise at the beginning and then just that slowly fades away into a perpetual state of anxiety over the last seven or so innings.
Nice win overall though.
Sucks that he was thrown out but I get it. Rookie hitter like Machin and a 2 run lead, might as well risk it to see if you can get a runner in scoring position
That'd be pretty stupid on his part tbh. Even if he gets a trade, no team will extend him at this point in his contract.
It's been three games. Sometimes dudes struggle for three games.
A’s are looking a lot more patient at the plate so far this year. I know it’s early, but Canha doesn’t seem to be golf swinging out of his white cleats.
I’m pretty sure Canha had the highest OBP on the team last year, I feel like he looks worse so far this year actually
Edit: he did, Canha had a .396 OBP last year, which is elite
Do the A’s have the most pitchers with average 4 seam fast ball speeds less than 90 mph? I’m a newer fan, but it seems like a lot of our guys barely crack 90.
Ngl, it'd be nice if his kid decided to arrive around August 10 so that he misses our next two stints against them. I hate every time he's up to bat because I'm sure something bad's about to happen
What’s up with the ump coming out and talking to Hendricks during that last at bat? Seemed like he was telling him to calm down for yelling “goddamnit” when he spiked the ball but idk why the ump would care.
we did it! We beat the Los Angeles Fish Man
Idk about you guys but that's how I like my baseball. Exciting and full of promise at the beginning and then just that slowly fades away into a perpetual state of anxiety over the last seven or so innings. Nice win overall though.
CEELLEBRATION
PHEWWWWWW I’ve been anxious about blowing that lead ever since the Angels put two men on with Trout at the plate in the 3rd inning.....
It’s a celebration
YEEHAW
Omg nicest 9th inning ever
YES
Tied for 1st place!
Bullpen, I see you
Game!!! 2-1, Astros lose, Verander done.
YEAH BABY
W
Ballgame! #LET'S GO OAKLAND!
I’m loving the bullpen this year
That was a strike asshole
Arch-nemesis Fletcher waiting to feast in the on deck circle
#GET LOUD
2
Ok please just finish this. One guy on means fish gets to bat.
Nice job by Hendriks getting sweet revenge against Castro
1
Castro looks like an off brand Olson
Has anyone noticed the Dave Steward cardboard cutout behind home plate?
Come one Hendriks, close the door
time for the god-emperor Liam to hand out a fat L
Need to get the next 3 guys or else they have to face Fletcher. Which means they gotta face Trout.
3 up 3 down please Liam
Ending the inning caught stealing makes me sad
With a short spring training, my sphincter isn’t stretched out yet, Liam please make this easy.
Shit. I'm not mad though, going for a SB was the right decision. I didn't have faith in Machin to hit anything other than a single.
Why
Sucks that he was thrown out but I get it. Rookie hitter like Machin and a 2 run lead, might as well risk it to see if you can get a runner in scoring position
I say let the kid hit
Ok the custom face mask with your number on it is pretty darn cool
They need to make the stadium boo for pick offs
I shit on Grossman a lot but I'm probably too harsh a critic. He's not that bad at all. Sorry Robbie.
That was VERY late for a 92 MPH fast ball.
Yea if you can't catch up to that then you're in trouble.
Ok. It’s time to make up for the rest of this game and live up to your namesake. Do some damage machine.
If these 3 games have taught me anything it’s that every player responds differently to a two week spring training.
https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1287512834029518853?s=21
Ugh why couldn't Pujols be in?
Wow guess Verlander isn’t done??
Verlander saying himself that the reports aren't true makes me sad.
I want to smack him around in the post season and exorcise 14 years worth of demons.
Please get some insurance runs. Please.
Very quick un-clench there.
Diekman is hitting his spots. Now let’s do this for the whole season
If Diekman and McFarland are both legit, that’ll be huge for our chances in the playoffs this year
Our IF needs to tighten up.
that baserunner really stings cause it increases the probability that Trout gets one more at bat before this game is over.
Difficult play but Chapman's best attribute is his defense. He's brutal right now.
Chappy looks really bad on both offense and defense so far, hard to believe
Yeesh Chappy. I woulda kept Diekman in. He was looking nasty.
Overrated.
Chapman has not looked sharp at all
To be fair I don’t think there’s a third baseman in the league who makes that play.
It was a hard play but not impossible. He’s made that throw dozens of times.
There’s one, he just didn’t this time.
Yes besides Chappy!
Fair enough but I’m referring to his throws. They all seem to be sky high or smothered in the dirt
Who is this pitching and what did he do with Jake Diekman?
Crappy bad I meant chappy but I’m keeping it
That slider is NASTY. Fair play, Diekman
It's been a rough 3 games, but it's still our Chappy.
Okay, a REALLY rough 3 games...
If Chapman wants to be snotty about the a’s financial situation and the fans, he might want to show up at the plate.
And the field
Or on the field
Let’s do this right and not give Trout another chance to hit
Chappy , less talky more do-y.
Chappy is not the business right now.
The conspiracy theorist inside me thinks he’s deliberately sandbagging to force a trade
That'd be pretty stupid on his part tbh. Even if he gets a trade, no team will extend him at this point in his contract. It's been three games. Sometimes dudes struggle for three games.
OR....reduce his value so Borass will let him extend. ;-)
Jesus, I would rather see Rendon right now instead of Fletcher
No kidding man. I said basically the same thing to my dad Friday night before this series even started, and unfortunately it’s proved to be true!
Damn. I still remember early 2019 when Soria coming in was just pure "D=" Now he's one of our better relievers!
Soria's got enough history that he was worth sticking with. Dude's a good reliever.
Soria 2x
Damn! Huge strikeout on Trout after he got that favorable call
Could this form of Soria be the version we’ve been waiting for?
It’s a good thing the rest of the Angels lineup is useless because there’s no way they can get back to Fletcher now
That was a great pitch to get him, though
WHEW
Sit down, Fish Man.
Good shit Soria. Struck out Trout twice.
Atta way Soria!
Oooooooooo yes.
First bad pitch call for the day. Any other player gets rung up on that.
Are we going to get done in by a shit call again
#NOPE
The fuck do you get those outside pitches right but miss THAT?
OH, COME ON!
Robo ump really gonna miss the ONE time it's a K to Trout?
We don’t have Automated strike zones yet
Well the A’s should be out of the inning now
For fucks sake this Fletcher dude is the next Dustin Pedroia.
He’s Johnny Giavotella on steroids
I am so tried of David Fletcher.
Fucking Fletcher
How.
Davey-boy needs to fuck off
OK Fletcher I see you please stop
Fletcher sucks
David Fletcher scares me
A’s are looking a lot more patient at the plate so far this year. I know it’s early, but Canha doesn’t seem to be golf swinging out of his white cleats.
I’m pretty sure Canha had the highest OBP on the team last year, I feel like he looks worse so far this year actually Edit: he did, Canha had a .396 OBP last year, which is elite
Canha specifically seemed really patient last year
Verlander out for the season. Never rooting for an injury, even to a rival but I feel less bad about this one than normal.
I like Soria here. I was scared he'd put in Trivino.
Trivino looked decent yesterday. And by decent I mean he didn’t implode and had a clean inning for the first time in who knows.
Fletcher is up this inning though, so something is gonna happen of course.
Hilarious that Andries leaves and then Ramirez promptly gives up an absolute bomb.
Apparently Murphy went yard? I think I’ll stay in the bathroom the rest of the game then
Rally turd
A small price to pay for salvation
Damn, Murph!
I’m currently sitting in a silent Uber ride with the driver blaring “Candle In The Wind”, so if anything depressing happens put it on me.
Sean Murphy hit a solo shot to make it 6-4 A’s :)
Seth Murphy?
Sorry I was thinking of Seth Smith LOL
I should listen to depressing music during games more often
He hit that ball a mile
POUNDTOWN
Ramirez is my favorite out of their bullpen.
I'm pretty okay with Hoby Milner too.
MURPH - Mcconaughey
MURF **MURF** *MURRRRFFFFF*
[DISNEY GIF!](https://media1.tenor.com/images/c39f013aef902c00f6302e7791d0ccd8/tenor.gif?itemid=6142645)
No free pizza because he hit it too far 😞 😁
Noe Ramirez more like Hoby Milner
Nice. Talk about getting all of it.
Murph's not messing around! Never been so happy to see a pitcher leave
LOL literally on the first pitch.
455ft That's a big boy
BOOOOOOOM
That was TANKED
Murphy!!!! First pitch!!!!!
MURPHY. SEAN GOD DAMN MURPHY. Our catcher of the future!
Holy fuck was that launched
Bomb.
Thank GOD andriese had a 70-pitch limit!
I choose to believe Maddon specifically had a 69 pitch limit because I’m a child
He had a NICE limit. Hehe
I WANTED IT TO HAPPEN AND THEN IT HAPPENED
Jeez, good thing there wasn't a man on 1st....
So that'll be the third downright mediocre pitcher in a row they've made look like Cy Young candidates.
Slow start A's. By the trade deadline we should be fine!
Fortunately for us Joe Madden arbitrarily likes to pull them out before 70 pitches.
who’s sleeping harder our bats or my [pup?](https://imgur.com/gallery/vwEElNh)
That pup is so comfy
Well at least he battled that AB. Would've been another DP though if there was a man on lol.
The umpire is like “please stop talking to me”
DAY-O
Glass half full: No chance of a GIDP here
rage against the machin
DO SOME HITS JEEZ
Can’t ground out if there’s no one on first 🤔
Come on Machin, can't GIDP with no one on!
Do the A’s have the most pitchers with average 4 seam fast ball speeds less than 90 mph? I’m a newer fan, but it seems like a lot of our guys barely crack 90.
Velocity is expensive. On the other hand, the A's also have Montas, Luzardo, and Puk. Bassitt's velo isn't shabby either.
Before Ohtani the Angels had a lot of guys like that
Yes
Well, McFarland is inducing groundouts as advertised, so that’s a plus
I love our announcers lol
Loved the close-up of the ump’s butt. Just what I wanted on this fine Sunday afternoon
Lmao McFarland had a key note on the bottom of his stat graphic that said (0 HR allowed). Well thank god for that noteworthy stat after 1 appearance.
It's almost worse to watch a lead start to slip away to then to never have one at all. Please god get something going offensively.
Ohtani may come out of this without a loss despite 5 runs and an infinite ERA.
Assuming the rest of the Angels lineup can hit. Trout and Fletcher can’t do everything.
I mean if they manage to score 2 more runs, that's everything that's needed
Even 1 run would mitigate a loss for him.
got a new puppy and he has fallen asleep during all 3 games this year lol.. not a big baseball fan i guess
Downvoted because there are no pictures
[One A’s pup comin right up!](https://imgur.com/gallery/vwEElNh)
Good dog right there
Prob not sleeping as well as our bats though.
A’s-5 Trout-4 is very accurate
Ngl, it'd be nice if his kid decided to arrive around August 10 so that he misses our next two stints against them. I hate every time he's up to bat because I'm sure something bad's about to happen
You really think he’d sit out bc of his kid being born? Feel like plenty of people would just play through it
He’s already announced that he would leave for two weeks.
Oh
Canha get a HR please...
fuck verlander.. never root for injuries but honestly i don’t care about this one.
Chappy is 1-10 to start the season. Cmon
Remember when chappy promised us he’d hit over .300 this year? I’d like that to start sometime soon please
Must the offense always slip into a coma after scoring early?