Thursday, December 18, 2003
A'S MIGRATE SOUTH
The A's, with a deal close to being done to bring aboard Arthur Rhodes, have gotten another lefty for the bullpen, Chris Hammond, from the Yankees for two minor leaguers.
The A's will have a bullpen equipped with three lefties in the form of Ricardo Rincon, Chris Hammond, and Arthur Rhodes.
Yes, it's all part of Billy Beane's plan to exploit the Mariners in the late innings and especially their crappy bench. They don't have anything close to the bench depth necessary to flip-flop when the A's start going righty-lefty back-and-forth with their arms. How does that Greg Colbrunn move look now?
Rizzs: "This call to the pen is brought to you by AT&T and MLife. It's 5-3 Oakland here in the top of the 8th at the Network Associates Coliseum, and Arthur Rhodes is coming in to protect a two-run lead with Boone on second with one out. Boone got aboard on a leadoff double to rightcenter off Justin Duchscherer. And pinch-hitting now for the Mariners is their new acquisition from Arizona, Quentin McCracken. He played both baseball and basketball at Duke -- what an incredible athlete he is. Here comes the first pitch on the way to McCracken, up and away for ball 1, 1-0. Must have been tough for Q to deal with those Cameron Crazies...those Duke fans loooove their basketball. Here's the 1-0 on the way to Q, a bit inside for ball 2, two balls and no strikes on McCracken. McCracken...hit .227 last year with Arizona...BUT he hit .309 for the D-Backs in 2002. It's great to have his bat from both sides of the plate on this Mariners team. You could just see it in Bo-Mel's eyes that he likes having this guy on the team. Here's the 2-0 offering on the way to Q, swung on and it's a slow roller to the shortstop Crosby, who underhands to Ellis, who throws to Hatteberg at first for the double play. And that will retire the side. No runs, one hit, no errors, and nobody left, as we head to the bottom of the 8th. Oakland 5, and the Mariners 3."
And yes, because Rick is an idiot, Crack actually played football and baseball at Duke...NOT basketball. But we can all imagine him flubbing that one, couldn't we? Thanks to Jeremy for contributing to that basketball part.
And yes, I may end up using more fictional Rizzs calls throughout the winter as wellas the season. Stay tuned.
The A's will have a bullpen equipped with three lefties in the form of Ricardo Rincon, Chris Hammond, and Arthur Rhodes.
Yes, it's all part of Billy Beane's plan to exploit the Mariners in the late innings and especially their crappy bench. They don't have anything close to the bench depth necessary to flip-flop when the A's start going righty-lefty back-and-forth with their arms. How does that Greg Colbrunn move look now?
Rizzs: "This call to the pen is brought to you by AT&T and MLife. It's 5-3 Oakland here in the top of the 8th at the Network Associates Coliseum, and Arthur Rhodes is coming in to protect a two-run lead with Boone on second with one out. Boone got aboard on a leadoff double to rightcenter off Justin Duchscherer. And pinch-hitting now for the Mariners is their new acquisition from Arizona, Quentin McCracken. He played both baseball and basketball at Duke -- what an incredible athlete he is. Here comes the first pitch on the way to McCracken, up and away for ball 1, 1-0. Must have been tough for Q to deal with those Cameron Crazies...those Duke fans loooove their basketball. Here's the 1-0 on the way to Q, a bit inside for ball 2, two balls and no strikes on McCracken. McCracken...hit .227 last year with Arizona...BUT he hit .309 for the D-Backs in 2002. It's great to have his bat from both sides of the plate on this Mariners team. You could just see it in Bo-Mel's eyes that he likes having this guy on the team. Here's the 2-0 offering on the way to Q, swung on and it's a slow roller to the shortstop Crosby, who underhands to Ellis, who throws to Hatteberg at first for the double play. And that will retire the side. No runs, one hit, no errors, and nobody left, as we head to the bottom of the 8th. Oakland 5, and the Mariners 3."
And yes, because Rick is an idiot, Crack actually played football and baseball at Duke...NOT basketball. But we can all imagine him flubbing that one, couldn't we? Thanks to Jeremy for contributing to that basketball part.
And yes, I may end up using more fictional Rizzs calls throughout the winter as wellas the season. Stay tuned.
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