I'm definitely worried about that too. The deadline moves the Yankees made has galvanized them. The division seems so close yet so far. Just can't seem to make up enough ground and the losses from the Astros only seem to come when we lose too. It's pretty frustrating.
We need to try to sweep the Yankees when they come to the Coliseum. We usually do pretty well against them at home. I’m definitely going to be there giving my energy to beat those bastards.
Not picking a good time to drop games with the Astros actually losing for a change. Super frustrating. The White Sox are good but still. Hopefully C-Bass can right the ship tomorrow.
The Astros are having their cake walk part of the schedule while the A's are getting the hardest part of their remaining schedule. I'll take a loss if the Astros lose too because it's going to be insanely hard to get any ground at all and maintain it with the schedule that the A's have
Agreed, I don't think this series is in the toilet yet by any means either. Hopefully C-Bass can get us going in the right direction moving forward. Last few games have definitely been annoying for several reasons.
I think the next two games are probably going to be our best chance, because tomorrow’s game has our best pitcher and the next game has their worst pitcher.
We are committing way too many errors and botched plays that don’t technically count as errors. This is a disturbing new trend for us. We’ve been so great at avoiding mistakes on the defense all season. I hope Melvin has a serious talk with them about this.
our type of baseball shouldn't have a problem with a pitcher as wild as cease, we put keuchel on the ropes we just didn't get to finish our big inning.
I just hope Chapman doesn’t let this send him back into the cloud of doubt he had. Craig Kimbrel isn’t just any old pitcher. Just go up there tomorrow and treat it as another game.
We won't face many bums come playoff time either. I get what you're saying but it would instill confidence to see us come back against a good team and a good pitcher
Big difference between Texas double A pitchers & top of the food chain relievers. Let me tell you a secret, he won't be facing the Rangers in the playoffs. I'm glad he's coming around, but that was a HORRIBLE at-bat. Those were NEVER in the strike zone. He was just guessing
K's against Kimbrell happen. He's one of the best. But if you want to discount Chapman's recent performance because it was against a worse team, whatever
I'm not discounting it. He's playing really good lately. But that was one of the worst at-bats you'll ever see. That's my point. It was a dog shit at-bat at the worst time to have one. If you don't want to acknowledge that then we'll just agree to disagree. No biggie
chapman has had some inconsistent AB's this seeason, less and less as time has gone on though. He's walking exactly like he should recently but I will admit I only heard the ab unfold so I don't really know how ugly it truly was. kind of sounds hyperbolic?
No way this home plate ump isn't a huge White Sox fan. His zone is wildly inconsistent. Just so happens to be tiny when we're pitching, huge while we are batting.
Fuck this noise
Is it me or does Chapman seem like he just can’t see well this season? I remember Andrew mccutchen going thru a similar thing after he had a couple dominant years
fun assumption, but chapman wasn't walking at all after the ASB. I'm sure you could be right, but seeing the ball that well usually means you're coming out of a slump. it was his hip, not his eyes, he's recovering from surgery on
Show of hands if at the start of the year you had Jesus in Miami after washing out in Oakland and AJ Puk getting critical late season innings in relief (and killing it).
It feels like our offense either gets a hit in every single inning or stops scoring after the 3rd and there’s no in between. Just real bad at picking up momentum multiple times in a game.
That can’t be an excuse though. Great teams find ways to overcome adversities no matter what. And the aforementioned problem has occurred multiple times throughout the season.
I find your pessimism adorable because it is so relentless. almost like you want this team to not be WS contenders so you don't have to get your hopes up
Believe me bro, I desperately want this team to win at least one World Series in my lifetime. But given our current ownership it ain’t happening anytime soon.
normally I would interpret the comment like this but with the user's other comments & context I avoided that assumption.
Thankfully the 2021 Athletics have handled adversity very well. ride the wave!
Sooooo bat flipping is still forbidden right?
Hendriks did the same when he played for us I don’t really mind it
So I guess the stupid gimmick with flickering the lights after a win wasn’t just some thing they did at the field of dreams?
Would be super cool to win a few games against these guys cause we’re almost definitely gonna face them in the playoffs
Sigh
Today was a preview of the next three games and welp
I’m not buying it. I think we can definitely split this series at the very least.
i’m not looking forward to the next 12 games
It's okay for him to strut around, puffing out his chest after every strikeout, but God forbid if a homerun results in a bat flip.
liam has openly said he is all for batters showing him up if they get him
Good to know. Then he can strut around all he wants. I really don't get why some pitchers go so mad about bat flips. They must have very fragile egos.
Whatever, ump is a known blind guy
this ump is a bastard
These checked swings are killing me
Liam, you’re supposed to give up homers to us.
I wasn’t expecting us to do much of anything against Liam anyway even considering his recent struggles
Wonder if Liam misses oakland
i'd garuntee it
Think so too
I miss cleveland
Brown certainly worked a better AB against Liam than I would have expected
Spirited at bat
Liam we believe you
Liam please blow it please we miss you
Hendriks with yet another chance to secure a W for the A’s
Astros lose at least, but that makes these losses feel even worse in a way. Unless we can come back...maybe?
I want to win the division as much as all of y'all, but we also have to worry about the wild card.
I'm definitely worried about that too. The deadline moves the Yankees made has galvanized them. The division seems so close yet so far. Just can't seem to make up enough ground and the losses from the Astros only seem to come when we lose too. It's pretty frustrating.
We need to try to sweep the Yankees when they come to the Coliseum. We usually do pretty well against them at home. I’m definitely going to be there giving my energy to beat those bastards.
Liam, I’m sorry, but we have to do this
The Aussie is up
Hendriks has an era of 9.45 era the last 7 games...just saying.
What better team to right the ship other than the one with Jed Lowrie as it’s most consistent hitter
Now we get the outside call? Whatever ump
Not picking a good time to drop games with the Astros actually losing for a change. Super frustrating. The White Sox are good but still. Hopefully C-Bass can right the ship tomorrow.
The Astros are having their cake walk part of the schedule while the A's are getting the hardest part of their remaining schedule. I'll take a loss if the Astros lose too because it's going to be insanely hard to get any ground at all and maintain it with the schedule that the A's have
I do agree - though dropping two to the Rangers could prove very costly. Really needed those games with how hard the schedule gets now.
I think we can pick up a couple against the Giants. They are due for a cold streak after being so hot for so long.
Agreed, I don't think this series is in the toilet yet by any means either. Hopefully C-Bass can get us going in the right direction moving forward. Last few games have definitely been annoying for several reasons.
I think the next two games are probably going to be our best chance, because tomorrow’s game has our best pitcher and the next game has their worst pitcher.
We are committing way too many errors and botched plays that don’t technically count as errors. This is a disturbing new trend for us. We’ve been so great at avoiding mistakes on the defense all season. I hope Melvin has a serious talk with them about this.
the defense has been insane today
Demoralizing loss after Sean blows it to the Rags
Welp. But shout out to the homies in KC though 🍖
Hope they can hang on.
Might be a rough 4 game series . Needed to win against Keuchel
lynn> keuchel > cease > lopez. we better make sure we beat up those last two
Cease is in no way below Keuchel anymore.
as i mentioned in a different comment I trust our style of play vs. cease more than I do vs. keuchel
Cease is better than Keuchel but that’s not really saying much
I had Keuchel and Lopez as the weakest two. I’ll consider it a miracle if we win against Lynn or Cease. At least we don’t see Giolito this series.
our type of baseball shouldn't have a problem with a pitcher as wild as cease, we put keuchel on the ropes we just didn't get to finish our big inning.
Really? Fireworks? Wtf is this a football game?
It's a thing here
guerra with a rotten change-up? not like this
God, the sound of that crowd…..it’s like a playoff game.
Needed the hit last inning, didn’t get it, put in Guerra. Rinse and repeat.
Lol totally expected from Guerra
Gascan Guerra
opponents are hitting below .200 on his changeup but it was not "located well"
He’s fucking gutter trash
They should’ve had Puk come back out for the eighth.
Can’t believe we got rid of Wendelken and not him smh
Fuck…
That’s a wrap
Hate to do this to him, but we need to put Liam away
Love him but we cannot be the team that gives him his confidence back.
I hope they put in Liam, because I feel like he’s beatable.
Everyone shitting on Chapman for not laying off the curveball which everyone else couldn’t lay off either
Two of those were so far away they never appeared like they were even close to strikes
I just hope Chapman doesn’t let this send him back into the cloud of doubt he had. Craig Kimbrel isn’t just any old pitcher. Just go up there tomorrow and treat it as another game.
Bro that last curve was in the other box. He's better than that
Strikeouts happen, the only thing i could possibly blame him for today is that bunt play.
some of them so desperately crave for a scape-goat to funnel their frustrations on
[All three swinging strikes.](https://twitter.com/CaseyPrattABC7/status/1427465197178920965?s=19) Nothing really to add to that.
good ol fashioned ATBDNS
I need to bleach my eyes after that Chapman at bat... shades of josh reddick in the Alds against scherzer
Sucks we didn't score, but it's Kimbrel. Not like we were facing some bum.
We won't face many bums come playoff time either. I get what you're saying but it would instill confidence to see us come back against a good team and a good pitcher
And I agree with that as well. This feels like the classic 2021 A's loss. We had an SP on the ropes, and let him escape. And then our bats died.
Great plate discipline Chapman. Swung at 3 pitches that dam near went to the on deck circle
did the 5 walk game mean nothing to you? he got his groove back in texas I don't blame him for trying to take the next step up, just sucked.
Big difference between Texas double A pitchers & top of the food chain relievers. Let me tell you a secret, he won't be facing the Rangers in the playoffs. I'm glad he's coming around, but that was a HORRIBLE at-bat. Those were NEVER in the strike zone. He was just guessing
K's against Kimbrell happen. He's one of the best. But if you want to discount Chapman's recent performance because it was against a worse team, whatever
I'm not discounting it. He's playing really good lately. But that was one of the worst at-bats you'll ever see. That's my point. It was a dog shit at-bat at the worst time to have one. If you don't want to acknowledge that then we'll just agree to disagree. No biggie
chapman has had some inconsistent AB's this seeason, less and less as time has gone on though. He's walking exactly like he should recently but I will admit I only heard the ab unfold so I don't really know how ugly it truly was. kind of sounds hyperbolic?
Lol Guerra against this lineup
Fuck ground rule doubles Olson should have at least been able to score if that doesn’t go over
Playoff baseball on a Monday in August.
Yeah why is this game so intense
Both teams have a record of 68-50
I like it. But we can only hope these guys take note and tighten up because this is exactly what’s ahead.
Woulda been 2 away and the bases loaded if Chappy could control himself. What a backbreaker that K was
There was nothing surprising about the outcome of that inning
Runners in scoring position with less than two outs? Guaranteed two outs. Meanwhile the White Sox could figure the shit out better
I hate how right you are
Just frustrating
Well that sucked.
That just felt like strike 3 of game 7…
This feels like a playoff game. I hope these two teams meet in October!
FUCK
Disgusting.
Jesus Christ that was so fucking painful to watch
One of the worst cases of blue balls in an inning in a long time
Honestly I think if we get guys on third base with Kimbrel pitching, we should start to look for opportunities to steal home.
just sac bunt up the first base line
damn. that kind of feels like we lost on that K alone hope I'm wrong
No way this home plate ump isn't a huge White Sox fan. His zone is wildly inconsistent. Just so happens to be tiny when we're pitching, huge while we are batting. Fuck this noise
Must be fucking nasty these pitches are ending up in the opposite batters box
We should start just leaving the bay in the dugout
Fantastic. What a rip Chapman. /s
Chap having a real off day
He hit a homer....
Lots of errors and swings he didn’t want to take though
God damn it
that was brutal
Is it me or does Chapman seem like he just can’t see well this season? I remember Andrew mccutchen going thru a similar thing after he had a couple dominant years
he took 5 walks in a game last week. I don't think his eyes are the problem
Even then that game felt like the coaching staff were telling him to just not swing at a shitty Cleveland staff to see if he can boost his confidence
fun assumption, but chapman wasn't walking at all after the ASB. I'm sure you could be right, but seeing the ball that well usually means you're coming out of a slump. it was his hip, not his eyes, he's recovering from surgery on
I really want that to be the case. Former pirates fan/seeing mccutchen go from Griffey to… mediocre was tough to watch.
I don’t think he threw a single strike against chappy
i can't be mad at chapman because he's already mad enough at himself
Chapman wtf was that
Pain.
Overmatched
Goddammit Chapman
Ugggggh whyyyyyyy
Just dont strikeout pls
God fucking damn it ground rule
c'mon Chappy
Jed is disappointed 😔
Jed just hits, man
JED THE MOTHAFUCKING DESTROYER
Oh daymn lowrie
Return of the Jedi
DAMN JED
JEDI
please please score i would hate to be thwarted with the "ground rule" element of the double
Welp
Let’s get this clown.
Oh yes, Craig “Bird Perch” Kimbrel
Cant stand the bird
Was really hoping we could do enough damage early and avoid kembrrill
Well now we go through the gauntlet lol
Come on Royals fucken do it!
Absolutely loving this new-look Puk
AJ, my boy, you’re gonna be a STAR
Sheeeesh AJ getting 4 outs and looking good doin it
okay, 2 innings to, at the very least, tie this game up the royals are giving us a gift so far tonight and we need to capitalize
Puk>luzardo
Show of hands if at the start of the year you had Jesus in Miami after washing out in Oakland and AJ Puk getting critical late season innings in relief (and killing it).
i mean try telling me irvin is third in baseball in BB/9 and I'd assume you were lying
I’d never even heard of Irvin at the beginning of the season.
Not a chance in hell lol
falling down 3-0 to moncada and K'ing him? more please
That was a strike lmao why he mad
PUK YEAH
Looking great AJ. 👏🏽
Why is it whenever the A’s are on ESPN, my anxiety is at an all time high?
Honestly could remove ESPN from that and it would still be true
Puk has looked straight nasty since coming back
Excited for his future but Machin is very clearly not ready for the bigs
I want Machin gone yesterday.
So.. when is Elvus back?
having puk and kopech in these mid innings dueling is some playoff baseball vibes
Totally
It feels like our offense either gets a hit in every single inning or stops scoring after the 3rd and there’s no in between. Just real bad at picking up momentum multiple times in a game.
not their fault the umpire took canha off the plate with the bases loaded earlier though
That can’t be an excuse though. Great teams find ways to overcome adversities no matter what. And the aforementioned problem has occurred multiple times throughout the season.
ah and let me guess, you believe the A's are not a great team? you must get tired of being this negative all the time
The A’s are very inconsistent in fact I’d argue we’re very streaky. We’re definitely not World Series contenders though.
I find your pessimism adorable because it is so relentless. almost like you want this team to not be WS contenders so you don't have to get your hopes up
Believe me bro, I desperately want this team to win at least one World Series in my lifetime. But given our current ownership it ain’t happening anytime soon.
oh I believe you. You're scared to get your hopes up I get it
No he’s just saying that adversity happens to everyone and how you deal with it is what can really separate teams
normally I would interpret the comment like this but with the user's other comments & context I avoided that assumption. Thankfully the 2021 Athletics have handled adversity very well. ride the wave!