134 thoughts on “2012 Game 121: Funnyball vs. Moneyball”

1. Fowl territory? Where's Top Jimmy???

   1. I believe he's bowling for Cornish game hens. Or maybe with Cornish game hens. Either way, he'll never roll a turkey.

2. The cool thing? Duensing only has 4x more losses than wins.

3. Bert Blyleven sure gets a lot of days off.

   1. You say that like it's a bad thing.

   2. A guy like Bert would have a lot of bad things to say about that approach to work.

4. I get to watch this game on the telebishion tonight. w00t!

   just for posterity's sake: green chile chicken wet burritos, pinto beans, salad, Kirkland amber (gone already) and Kirkland Pale.

   1. I wonder if there is a kid somewhere that really likes Nic_ Blac_burn?

      1. And naturally, this doesn't belong here.

         1. Well, Blac_burn does throw like a wet burrito.

   2. That sounds awesome. We did two kinds of stir fry tonight, beef/broccoli/etc. and chicken/snow peas/orange sauce/etc. I'll soon be cracking my final Abbey Ale.

5. plenty of seats available!

6. Revere leads the AL in contact rate.

   1. This may not be totally accurate. I should say Revere has the lowest K rate in the AL.

      1. That's a good quality in a fast player.

   2. According to FanGraphs, he's second in the majors. Marco Scutaro is number one with Denard Span at third. Carroll is 11th and Mauer is 24th.

7. Do we still have poll questions? If so, I suggest we ask what will happen first; Span to the DL or Span misses 15 games?

   1. I heard his shoulder has concussion-like symptoms

   2. Have to add it to a post, but it's there. Perhaps tomorrow's CoC.

      Vaguely-CC to spoons: Add this to tomorrow's CoC: [poll id="11"]

      1. Donesies

   3. Its not funny because it's true.

8. I love those A's uniforms

   1. That makes one of us.

      1. Two.
         Way better than a Black alt.
         A green alt that matches the near-Kelly green of the yellow-brimmed caps would be nice, too.

         1. Near-Kelly as in the cap I bought as a teenager.
            They sure seem darker now.

9. Maestro! Let's get another 8-run inning going.

10. Two outcomes: 1) stranded runners, 2) Duensing give-backs

    1. Well, it won't be 1), so it must be 2).

    2. I'm thinking we'll get both outcomes.

11. starting a little early, but i'm gonna hit the streets in a second. my addition to the obligatory "what are you drinking" thread:

    

    1. I'm not drinking anything at the moment, but earlier I was drinking some Lakefront Pumpkin Lager.

       Verdict: An interesting fall beer. Tastes like pumpkin.

    2. You are going to regret that when you go blind.

       1. but not when i write the next great american novel!

    3. That's it, I'm switching to Courvoisier.
       

12. Plouffe with a chance to help me get close to my over bet tonight quickly.

13. Woot.

    

14. It felt like that should've been more than 2 runs.

    Not that I'm complaining.

15. Revere still doesn't have qualifying number of PA yet?

    1. He's really close. I think he had enough before he took a couple days off with the sore ankle.

16. Twins 1-for-3 with a double, walk and hbp with RISP that inning. That's a 1.267 OPS. Hard to complain about that.

17. How is Coco Crisp leading off?

    1. Poorly.

       1. I laughed.

18. That's two more swinging strikes than Blackburn had in his last game.

19. Robot umps. Now!

20. The Maestro is handling the baton well tonight.

21. Speed kills.

    1. Errors help.

22. Mastro takes 1, gets 1 free.

    1. Stolen Bases: BOGO.

23. Not a good day for A's fielders.

24. Twins making for necessity of more give-back runs. Will Duensing be up for it?

    Is this the same A's team with the great post-All-Star record? I'm thinking not.

    1. A resounding yes.

25. I missed this, but the Twins are no longer the worst defense in the league. Cleveland has taken a solid lead, but I think it will go down the wire to see who finishes last.

26. Is everyone going to bed? C'mon, we have a lead!

    1. Well, hopefully the judges are staying up a bit longer. I'm hitting the hay though; bring 'er home, Citizens

       1. Just finished. Holy carp, this week was awesome. Awesome.

          1. (But don't expect results real soon - nib hasn't been at it for long)

             1. I thought since there are two nibbishes now, it would speed the whole process up, but he probably argues with himself a lot.

                1. I'm starting to think both of those nibbishes are asleep. I can't pry a word from him on IM.

                   1. I've been on the netbook. I didn't even allow myself to catch the gamelog, for fear it would delay me. I come here, and all I get is mockery.

                      ...which i guess is expected.

    2. I was a fan of West Coast baseball until I got a job

       1. I was a fan of east coast/midwest baseball until I got a job on the west coast.

27. What the heck, did they use grease instead of mud when they rubbed up tonight's game balls?

28. Damn, Crisp was out(you know, until he wasn't).

29. Turning on the radio, the 4-0 lead was a nice surprise. The two runs given back- not so surprising.

30. Here, have a free out. Stupid sac bunts.

31. How is it only the fourth? This game seems to be taking awhile.

    1. McCarthy has had about 52 pitches* fouled off

       *number may not be accurate

       1. Baker-itis.

    2. I blame the non-robot umps.

32. Mauer can rack up some RBI's with a bunch of speed dudes getting on base

33. So McCarthy gets knocked out early instead of Duensing. This predicting stuff is hard, especially about the future.

34. Trevor Plouffe is 1-23 with 2 walks since coming back from the DL

    1. Almost like he's still hurt or something. I'm sure that's not the case, the training staff wouldn't miss something like that.

       1. From deep under Target Field:

          'The timetable from this dusty medical textbook says 2-4 weeks.

          Also leeches.'

          1. That's just a piece of old dried-out chewin' baccy. Here, let me brush that off...
             '24 Weeks'

       2. Or maybe he should have had a longer rehab. Remember he faced a knuckleballer in one game and went 0-for-4 in the other. I'm not sure what difference that made.

35. OAK PBP: "And now Joe Willingham will hit..."

    1. I hope he is as good as his brother.

       1. Him and Jason Morneau, always in the shadows of their siblings.

    2. I think he said that Burnett has been closing for the Twins with Capps out as well. That would truly suck. And its not like he had heard of Willingham when he played for the A's last year.

36. Not a terrible curve there, Dunce.

37. A's feed announces that Stephen Drew has been traded there. He was fairly popular here too.

    1. ...I hope he is as good as his brother!!!

       1. Him and Sandy Alomar Jr., always in the shadows of their siblings.

          1. I sees what you two did here.

             1. Delmon?

                1. Dmitri?

                   1. Michael?

                      1. Fredo?

                         1. Fatty Bolger?

                            1. Whoops, I thought that said "Frodo?" and this had turned into "Name your favorite hobbit."

                            2. Rudy?

                            3. No wait, it's Priest Vito Cornelius.

                            4. I initially read it as Frodo, too.

38. I show up and the room cleans out...

    1. It's been pretty clean for a while, man. Fifteen posts in the past hour, maybe.

39. I am a little behind (bottom of 7). The key to this game was Dunce coming in in relief in the bottom of the first.

    When did he abandon the windup?

    1. He hasn't used it most of the year. When he first got put into the rotation he started to use it, but didn't feel comfortable with it and went back to the stretch. Not that he's had many opportunities to use it anyways.

40. So, Fien could have a three-inning save here, right? Any chance Gardy leaves him in?

    1. Nope, dumb question.

       1. Much as I love three inning saves (and let me tell you. i ADORE them), it's probably best to let Burnett have some meaningless time here.

          1. Almost made it meaningful.

41. Nice inning for Fien.

42. Florimon is the greatest hitter in MLB history.

    1. Somewhere Glenn Williams punched a wall.

       1. Somewhere is in Australia.

          1. I ninja edited it to reflect his extra n.

             1. I know ninja as well.

                1. So does Glen.....n

    2. Florimon is the greatest hitter player in MLB history.
       FTFY

       1. Do tell. Just saw the diving snag in the 8th. Made up for the airmail throw earlier

43. I'm feeling good here, I can't think of any time that the Twins blew a big lead in the 9th to the A's.

    Probably because they took that part of my brain out.

    1. CUDDY WAS SAFE!

       1. They didn't lead in the 9th in that game.

          1. That little piece of brain floating in formaldehyde might know that.

          2. He was still safe.

             1. This is true. I maintain to this day that the umpire was just done with that nonsensical game.

    2. Nah, they lost that one before the 9th.

       I remember everything about that day. That whole day sucked.

44. Joe mauer, pussy hitting machine.

45. I don't even have to work tomorrow and I don't know why I'm still up. I don't know how you all are doing it.

    1. Coffee. Cigarettes. Meth.

       1. It's not even 10 o'clock yet. What's the big deal? (recorded tv time)

          1. I mean, in the mornings, to get out of bed.

    2. Easy listening muzak.

46. THE ATHLETICS ARE GOING TO WIN THIS GAME!

47. Twins win!!

    1. Shhhhhh!

48. It looked like there was a weird sense of anger on the handshake line after that win.

    Ah, Oakland.

49. Damn, coco crisp! Morneau needed to inhitch the wagon.

    1. "unhitch"

50. Not even Alex burnett can lose this.

51. Pedro Florimon enters the race for Rookie of the Year! Excellent outing for Brian Duensing! We're still on track for 92-70!

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