Monday, May 30, 2005
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BILLY JOE AND BOBBIE SUE
BILLY JOE AND BOBBIE SUE
Bobby Crosby is not with the RiverCats today. But I'm three rows behind home plate.
The A's are running Crosby through a simulated game this morning and if all goes well, he'll be in the lineup tonight.
Have I mentioned this is a stupid move, yet?
No?
THIS IS A STUPID MOVE.
Crosby played three games over the weekend in Sacramento totaling one hit and more importantly, Z E R O walks.
BOBBY CROSBY G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Stockton 3 9 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 .333 .455 .444 .899 Sacramento 3 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .166 TOTALS 6 21 1 4 1 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 .190 .260 .238 .498
Forgive me for totaling High A and AAA stats for the time being, and just look at them.
Does this look like a player ready to join a major league baseball team?
If your answer was, "No, but he fits right in with the Oakland A's..." that joke has been done to death.
Those pointing to the lack of strikeouts, remember Crosby was flailing at the first pitch in a majority of his At Bats, almost a billboard of the player afraid to strikeout - 'hey, if I put the ball in play I can't strikeout'.
The A's should hold out Crosby until he hits in AAA. Unless the thinking is he is not going to hit in AAA and embarrass himself and take a knock to the old confidence.
Still, it does little for the confidence of A's fans.
The PA Announcer here at Raley Field announced the player of the game from yesterday's game. "Marcus Gwynn. Marcus pitched 8 shutout innings...", and on and on. The problem is, Ryan Glynn was the starter yesterday and had his effort wasted by Jairo Garcia. Marcus Gwyn is a reliever on the RiverCats, Ryan Glynn is the starting pitcher.
Glynn indeed had a shutout and Sacramento took a 2-0 lead into the 9th.
The sequence:
- Pitcher Change: Ron Flores replaces Ryan Glynn.
- Casey Kotchman walks.
- With Luke Allen batting, wild pitch by Ron Flores, Casey Kotchman to 2nd.
- Luke Allen strikes out swinging.
- Pitcher Change: Jairo Garcia replaces Ron Flores.
- Nick Gorneault singles on a line drive to center fielder Freddie Bynum. Casey Kotchman scores.
- With Dave Matranga batting, wild pitch by Jairo Garcia, Nick Gorneault to 2nd.
- Dave Matranga walks.
- Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Brian Gordon replaces Adam Pavkovich.
- Brian Gordon homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. Nick Gorneault scores. Dave Matranga scores.
- Ryan Budde strikes out swinging.
- Casey Smith lines out to first baseman Brant Colamarino.
That's why Garcia isn't going to be in Oakland anytime soon. He can't even start an inning for himself, the RiverCats have to bring in a lefty specialist to face Casey Kotchman...of course, that backfired.
posted by ZACHARY D MANPRIN at 1:16 PM
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Doing his best to not strike out...he is so desperate he finally has decided to go the other way.
Amazing what people will do when their back is against a wall.
# posted by
ZACHARY D MANPRIN : 30 May, 2005 19:02
you know, you could stop with the ego thing and just admit it was a nice hit.
# posted by
: 30 May, 2005 19:22
What ego?
Any hit is a nice hit.
However, you're not looking at the big picture. Further, you didn't spend the last four days watching Crosby at the plate.
I've said it many times, Bobby Crosby is a good hitter when he goes to the opposite field. When he tries to jack every pitch to dead left...you get what Crosby produced during the 2nd half last year; .208 Average, .311 OBP and .396 SLG.
Remember, Crosby won the ROY, but he also has a career OBP of .315. Terrence Long has a .317 career OBP.
He is already 25 years old, so there's still some room to grow and improve. But watching the A's the last three seasons and not seeing any progress, just regression from hitters - it doesn't look good.
Also, the A's have Mike Rouse and Omar Quintanilla in the minor leagues at SS. And I'm not going to say his name, but the A's decided they could deal with his loss to free agency because they had Crosby.
# posted by
Garcia's lack of pitching ruined what was otherwise a beautiful day on Home Run Hill. Watching Cust pound his 10th HR makes me wonder why he can't be put on the 40 and brought up.
re: Eric Byrnes
Of course he has a clue that his GM doesn't want him on the team, that he is not respected by this ball club, that he would have been traded if Beane was not a greedy pig. What you see is Byrnes making the best of a bad situation. I believe all of the negativity from Beane and Macha have taken its toll on Byrnes play this year. I would hate to see him go, but for his sake, Byrnes needs to be traded; the team that gets him and treats him with respect will be rewarded with the enthusiastic and exciting player that the large group of Byrnes fans among the Athletics fans have grown to cherish.
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