Comments on: And That Happened: Thursday's Scores and Highlights

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:00:43 +0000

Partially out of curiosity, but mostly out of tropical holiday weekend lethargy, have the Aureoles ever had a winning season under Peter Angelos?

By: Simon DelMonte

Simon DelMonte — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:04:21 +0000

I wish to note that the Mets’ bats might literally have been sleepy, seeing as they arrived in DC from PR at 7 am. It’s not a total excuse for what feels like Road Woes, Part Deux, but it is bizarre that the Feesh were given an off-day and a flight to Atlanta instead. As with some of the other oddities on the schedule, like interleague play inequities and the Mariners visiting the Yankees twice, I scratch my head and ask again who’s in charge.

By: APBA Guy

APBA Guy — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:52:13 +0000

Yes, that famous East Bay bias. The A’s should take a hard look at that game, because as I said before the A’s/O’s series began, the O’s are the A’s future if Beane doesn’t wean(e) himself from Tottenham. There’s only $ 1M difference in payroll between the two clubs, but $ 1M in the AL East is the cost of extra baseballs. What I saw last night was a repeat of Tuesday night’s shabby defense, lack of hustle, NL-style overanxious at-bats, and a paucity of player development. Yes they miss Brian Roberts. But really, the O’s infield makes the A’s look like the smoothest, best oiled machine in baseball. The O’s have the worst record in the game this year: 4 wins fewer than Pittsburgh. Think about that. Their team streak of losing seasons is the second longest in baseball, after Pittsburgh.
Yet Pittsburgh and Baltimore have two of the best stadiums in MLB. Memo to Lew Wolff: cry all you want about the Mausoleum, it’s not the real reason the A’s are losing consistently.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:15:08 +0000

The Feesh didn’t play last night. Ergo, Josh Johnson didn’t give up one unearned run on a pair of errors by his unhapful infielders, the hitters didn’t pop up, strike out or hit into double plays with runners in scoring position, no Feesh baserunner got thrown out on the plate after running through a sign because the new third base coach signaled him to stop at third in English, of which he spoke none, no one who was hap-deprived (but cheap) ran in from the boolpen in the top of the eighth and gave up four runs after pitching to only three hitters after Johnson didn’t leave in the bottom of the seventh after not giving up no earned runs, walking nobody and striking out nine for pinchitter Mike (.167 but cheap) Lamb, who didn’t strike out with a runner on third and two outs, and the Feesh didn’t go down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the ninth after they didn’t fail to score after loading the bases on twelve straight pitches with no one out in the bottom of the eighth.
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It wasn’t a gut-wrenching game, and I didn’t go to sleep grinding my teeth sticking pins in a voodoo doll I don’t have of Scrooge McLoria again.
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I did count my blessings, though.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:04:21 +0000

Like I said.

By: YankeesfanLen

YankeesfanLen — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:46:26 +0000

Now that we’ve determined the roots of “hap” does that mean that you’re no longer S-O-L but S-O-H when used in a formal setting? Just wondering in case in comes up at Chelsea’s wedding in reference to Al Gore.

By: jwb

jwb — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:06:53 +0000

Only if you play football for the local semi-pro team.
“Hap” is an obsolete word meaning luck or occurrence. It’s related to one of the words in “And That Happened”.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:44:33 +0000

I always took it to mean that they have no haps. Seems simple enough.

By: tbliggins

tbliggins — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:42:37 +0000

I thought by living in Columbus you forefitted your right to having a soul.

By: RickyB

RickyB — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:37:37 +0000

You know, most people don’t use the word hapless correctly. Hapless actually means unfortunate or luckless, but most people use it to mean incapable or incompetent. Which do you mean when referring to the Pirates and Nationals? Really almost interchangeable.

By: YankeesfanLen

YankeesfanLen — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:49:39 +0000

ARod was DH yesterday and lost track of innings. He thought it was a walkoff in the ninth and was wondering why everyone wasn’t whooping it up and getting pies ready when he went by the dugout.And he wanted to hit the buffet. Chagrin.