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Pack Your Bags, We're Going To Motown!

Goat_tiny by Nico on in News


After the Tigers come to Oakland, of course. Who would have thought, when the Tigers choked away the division title, that it would work out well for both the A's and the Tigers?

The A's will now have home-field advantage in the ALCS, hosting games 1, 2, 6, and 7 while taking on a team that set the standard in baseball for 2/3 of the season before limping to a 19-31 finish...before rising up to knock the Yankees out of the post-season.

Be very afraid of Placido Polanco, who hits everyone well and turns it up several notches against the A's. Be wary of Carlos Guillen, who is the most underrated offensive SS in baseball. Don't throw too many strikes to the dangerous but free-swinging Pudge Rodriguez. And speed up your bats if you want to hit Verlander, Bonderman, and Zumaya.

It should be a lot of fun!

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BRING IT!!!!!
Miller-You forgot about Scutaro! Morgan- So did Santana...

by tresselfan on Oct 7, 2006 4:33 PM PDT   0 recs

Wild Card Champion Tigers
I fear the Detroit pitching, and wish we were facing the Yankees who are imploding.

The last time the A's played the Tigers in post season they were managed by Billy Martin!!

This will be very tough for the A's;  however if they get past Detroit, they will certainly beat the national league representative to the WS.  

Girling!

by girling on Oct 7, 2006 8:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Keith Gintner
Will we sign him for the Tigers playoff?  The rumor is he is eligible if signed.  

by girling on Oct 7, 2006 8:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Clarification--Billy Martin
Billy Martin was manager of the Tigers the last time the two teams met in post season which I think was 1972.  

by girling on Oct 7, 2006 8:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

All signs point to yes
I think the A's have no choice but to sign Ginter. What I am more concerned about is the defensive drop off from Ellis to anyone else. How is Meilio with the glove?

by CyberFT on Oct 7, 2006 10:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Kenny Rogers just put on a show
atop the dugout, spraying the fans and the cop with champagne

by OaklandSi on Oct 7, 2006 4:34 PM PDT   0 recs

wow, that display made me almost like him
almost
"We need to bring back those orange glow-in-the-dark balls we used to have growing up for games here." - Zito on the Metrodome

by aymlam79 on Oct 7, 2006 4:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think its funny that Zito
opted to not rabble rouse, so he wouldn't get hurt.  
Nature's first green is gold...

by prana160 on Oct 7, 2006 4:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

well the A's
still have work to do

by OaklandSi on Oct 7, 2006 4:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i meant
Zito good approach, Rogers ??
Nature's first green is gold...

by prana160 on Oct 7, 2006 4:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Did he hit the cameraman?
Uh, I mean spray the cameraman?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 7, 2006 5:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice to see Detroit celebrate so hard...
Because that's the last shower of champaigne they'll taste this season!!

by enz on Oct 7, 2006 8:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Bring it On! We're not afraid :)
The only thing that worries me is that how can I get out from work two days in a row?

by gilaASfan on Oct 7, 2006 4:36 PM PDT   0 recs

Finally a playoff game I won't have to skip school
Goliath, dissatisfied with his size advantage, decided to buy David's sling, which took steroids.

by TexasAsfan on Oct 7, 2006 7:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

2nd Game Time
When will they finally announce the Game 2 time... its ridiculous having it still TBA!
"I see Milton Bradley being the Oaktown player that breaks out this year." breaks out... breaks out of where? jail?

by gdub171 on Oct 8, 2006 12:57 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

12pm Pacific listed
by fox sports, although I'd wait for MLB to post the time before considering it official.

by snowflake on Oct 8, 2006 12:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Was anyone else....
expecting the A's to come back out last night?  I was waiting, and frankly, a little disappointed.  THere were hundreds of people waiting long after the game was over.

The Tigers did it up right with their fans.  I was screaming at the celebratory scene.  Kenny Rogers?  Who woulda thunk it!

by BleacherDave on Oct 7, 2006 4:36 PM PDT   0 recs

I was also a little disappointed...
...yesterday that the A's just party in the locker room and didn't come back out to celebrate with fans.  They'll have to save it until we win the ALCS!

by bringbackgallego on Oct 7, 2006 4:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I agree.
Watching the Tigers share it with their fans was fantastic.
"Meanwhile, Kirk Gibson's a [former] coach with Detroit and I'm in the Hall of Fame.'" - Dennis Eckersley

by El Payo on Oct 7, 2006 4:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Tigers overdid it
We haven't won anything yet. No one remembers ALCS losers. you have to get to the world series. The Tigers apparently think they've won it already.

by MikeyJ on Oct 7, 2006 4:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They celebrated
after clinching a playoff spot, but before they clinched the division (and never did).

by FanSinceKC on Oct 7, 2006 7:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The Tigers nearly set a record
for losses in a season a couple years ago. Guys like Inge, Nate Robertson were on that team.
On Sunday, Minaya ticked off a list of candidates to join the rotation, and for once this season, none of them was Jose Lima.

by rfloh on Oct 7, 2006 10:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I was thinking the same thing
I understand how exciting it can be to win a playoff series, especially when you're 3 years removed from a 110 loss season and even more so when you beat the Evil Empire, but come on it isn't like you just won the world series.

by enz on Oct 7, 2006 11:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Spraying the Fans
I'd much rather have the team celebrate as a team.  They validate me when they play their heartest, not when they spray me with bubbly.

by FanSinceKC on Oct 7, 2006 7:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I waited. :-(
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Oct 7, 2006 4:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

better than
waiting until next year? lets just wait til the ALCS GO A'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think I will have sleepless nights until tues
Ray Fosse > Joe Morgan

by istylez on Oct 7, 2006 4:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

because they came out in 2003
after winning the division, I too hung out hoping

by OaklandSi on Oct 7, 2006 4:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

totally agree!
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Oct 8, 2006 11:12 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I remember
in 1972 last time when the A's and Tigers met in the playoffs, when a pitcher by the name of Larren Lagrow, (hope my spellings' close), threw a pitch at Campy's legs and Campy lost it and hurled his bat at the pitcher and the guy had to duck. Now, that was hardball!

by Salvatore on Oct 7, 2006 4:39 PM PDT   0 recs

Classic picture on the front
of the sports page.  Campy's bat in mid-flight.

by BleacherDave on Oct 7, 2006 5:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What a moment for Detroit. Congrats to them
Too bad we'll have to crush their hopes and dreams now.
"We need to bring back those orange glow-in-the-dark balls we used to have growing up for games here." - Zito on the Metrodome

by aymlam79 on Oct 7, 2006 4:39 PM PDT   0 recs

SEE YOU AT 5PM TUESDAY!
Let's beat up the Kitties.
"Meanwhile, Kirk Gibson's a [former] coach with Detroit and I'm in the Hall of Fame.'" - Dennis Eckersley

by El Payo on Oct 7, 2006 4:39 PM PDT   0 recs

Why do the A's have home field advantage?
Doesn't Detroit have a better regular-season record, or does that not matter?

by NYC A's Fan on Oct 7, 2006 4:42 PM PDT   0 recs

wild card doesn't get homefield
Nature's first green is gold...

by prana160 on Oct 7, 2006 4:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

But ESPN discussed the Tigers...
....for about 30 seconds a day, and the A's only about 10 seconds a day during the regular season.

That's gotta get the Kitties something, no?

"I got a good feeling in a bad city tonight / I got a good feeling everything's gonna be alright." - Rancid, "Detroit"

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 7, 2006 4:47 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

champs v wild card
AL West Champs > AL Wild Card
Ray Fosse > Joe Morgan

by istylez on Oct 7, 2006 4:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wild-card
teams don't get home-field advantage.

by FanSinceKC on Oct 7, 2006 4:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

tigers won the wild card
which means they can't have home field until the world series

by snowflake on Oct 7, 2006 4:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Tigers are the wild card
No home field for them!
Miller-You forgot about Scutaro! Morgan- So did Santana...

by tresselfan on Oct 7, 2006 4:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The wild card never gets home field.
That's just how it works.
RIP MAC DRE, BILL KING, AND 2006 FIELD

by jme on Oct 7, 2006 4:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Tigers' Celebration
Looks like individuals celebrating.  Great that Rogers was celebrating with the fans.  The locker room doesn't look like that much of a team celebration.

by FanSinceKC on Oct 7, 2006 4:42 PM PDT   0 recs

Bring It
The only concern for oakland is Rogers he owns them but than again so does the metrodome and look at what they did there

GO OAKLAND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by antmans athletics on Oct 7, 2006 4:43 PM PDT   0 recs

the tigers
that rogers game, they looked like the tigers from the first half.
Ray Fosse > Joe Morgan

by istylez on Oct 7, 2006 4:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Conventional Wisdom
  • Johan Santan owned opponents at the Metrodome
  • The Metrodome owned the A's
  • 1st round of playoffs owned the A's
  • Big games owned Kenny Rogers
Let's hope the opposite holds true with Kenny Rogers owning the A's at the Coliseum.
"I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care." -Dave Barry

by tmail on Oct 7, 2006 5:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Detroit was the wild card
and oakland was a division winner

by antmans athletics on Oct 7, 2006 4:43 PM PDT   0 recs

Was Leyland the Pirates manager when
Kendall was there?  If so, I hope Kendall is taking his memory pills.
Nature's first green is gold...

by prana160 on Oct 7, 2006 4:45 PM PDT   0 recs

Nope
Miller-You forgot about Scutaro! Morgan- So did Santana...

by tresselfan on Oct 7, 2006 4:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Leyland was his manager for his rookie year.
Josh Suchon actually had something about it in his blog:
Jason Kendall, the A's catcher, wanted to play Detroit because his dad, former major-league catcher Fred, ended his season in Detroit and they were going to meet up. It was also a chance for all of his big-league managers -- Jim Leyland, Gene Lamont, Lloyd McClendon and Ken Macha -- to be on the same field at the same time. Leyland is the Tigers manager. Lamont and McClendon are coaches.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Oct 7, 2006 7:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Interesting
and a very odd occurence
Goliath, dissatisfied with his size advantage, decided to buy David's sling, which took steroids.

by TexasAsfan on Oct 7, 2006 7:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I stand corrected...
Miller-You forgot about Scutaro! Morgan- So did Santana...

by tresselfan on Oct 7, 2006 11:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Robertson Game One
Go Barry Go.  Take the lead and keep it!

by FanSinceKC on Oct 7, 2006 4:45 PM PDT   0 recs

I wouldn't count on
Robertson starting Game 1.

by OaklandSi on Oct 7, 2006 4:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oakland has way to much
Mojo going right now to lose. This team is diffrent from those other teams this team finds ways to win when the others were finding ways to lose

by antmans athletics on Oct 7, 2006 4:45 PM PDT   0 recs

Robertson likely for game 1
leyland says he'll talk to his staff, but probably Robertson.
I miss Bill King :(

by gojohn10 on Oct 7, 2006 4:45 PM PDT   0 recs

Robertson vs Zito
 1-0 Oakland

by antmans athletics on Oct 7, 2006 4:46 PM PDT   0 recs

Woofing Gods Take Note
The opinions expressed on this thread represent the fervent hopes of the A's fans who express them. They are not predictions, let alone bulletin board material for the Tiggers, Fox, Bless You Boys, let alone the Woofing Gods themselves.
"I got a good feeling in a bad city tonight / I got a good feeling everything's gonna be alright." - Rancid, "Detroit"

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 7, 2006 4:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You speak...
of Woofing Gods?  Don't you remember when me and Erik being Erik?  declared divison victory in August?

by BleacherDave on Oct 7, 2006 5:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No offense to the Tigers
but if they're putting AN comments on their bulletin board, that's gotta be the lamest motivator around.

"Look at this, Inge!  Robb thinks you're only 5'8"!!"

"Hey, Jones!  Some A's fans think you have a pornstache!"

"Look!  They posted a picture of a little kittie.  A LITTLE KITTIE!!!!!"

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 7, 2006 5:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Man,
how juvenile can you get.

by Salvatore on Oct 7, 2006 5:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

To be fair,
...I was really thinking of Bless You Boys more than the Tigers locker room, but one wants to keep all bases covered when presenting oblations to the Woofing Gods.
"I got a good feeling in a bad city tonight / I got a good feeling everything's gonna be alright." - Rancid, "Detroit"

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 7, 2006 5:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The Tigers are going to get Hooked!!
Wait, wrong team
Goliath, dissatisfied with his size advantage, decided to buy David's sling, which took steroids.

by TexasAsfan on Oct 7, 2006 7:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Congrats to Your Whorns
My Sooners won the first half by a nose.  Y'all dominated us in the second.

Thanks goodness one of my sports obsessions had a good week!

"I got a good feeling in a bad city tonight / I got a good feeling everything's gonna be alright." - Rancid, "Detroit"

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 7, 2006 9:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lets not get ahead of ourselves.
dont u remember the talks of santana v a's? 1-0 twins? the series will be great, but w/ the yanks v tigers series, nothing is forsure. lets go a's!
Ray Fosse > Joe Morgan

by istylez on Oct 7, 2006 4:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What time is game #2
5:00 pm PST

by baseballbill on Oct 7, 2006 4:47 PM PDT   0 recs

Yep
For TV: ALCS Game 2 and NLCS Game 1 will be simultaneous -- parts of the country will get the A's-Tigers on Fox and the NLCS on FX, the rest get it in reverse.
"So, whatever, Ozzie." -- Nick Swisher

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Oct 7, 2006 4:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yess
since i couldnt get tix for game 2 at least I can watch it somewhere in crystal clear HD!
go Frank go...500 > 756*

by money baller on Oct 7, 2006 8:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

If they throw Robertson 1st...
then we don't see Rogers in Oakland.  He will pitch game 3 in MoTown
MEOW

by smith1051 on Oct 7, 2006 4:48 PM PDT   0 recs

Living on the east coast
Monday is gonna be fun at work. Everyone there is a yankee fan.

by antmans athletics on Oct 7, 2006 4:48 PM PDT   0 recs

ha!
I miss Bill King :(

by gojohn10 on Oct 7, 2006 4:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

My guess
is they'll start Verlander in Game 1 and Rogers in Game 2

by OaklandSi on Oct 7, 2006 4:49 PM PDT   0 recs

Good guess...
...especially Rogers.  Four days rest, at the Coliseum...easy.
"So, whatever, Ozzie." -- Nick Swisher

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Oct 7, 2006 4:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Four days rest for rogers
i would like to see that

by antmans athletics on Oct 7, 2006 4:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

As much as
I would have liked to see them duke it out for 5 games, if you have a chance to get rid of NYY, you do it.

KILL!

"so... I'll take that as 'none of your business'" ~ ArakSOT

by eamb on Oct 7, 2006 4:50 PM PDT   0 recs

A's Have TEAM Mojo
The Yankees had the best offense ever.  But where is/was the team chemistry?  In the toilet.

by FanSinceKC on Oct 7, 2006 4:53 PM PDT   0 recs

A team of All-Stars
it didn't work for the USA Basketball team and it didn't work for the Wankees. When will Steinbrenner learn?

by sf drift king on Oct 7, 2006 4:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Another example
of overlooking the A's (and Frank).  It's all of a piece.

by FanSinceKC on Oct 7, 2006 4:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Just ridiculous
But the bright side is, he'll be cheaper to re-sign!!!!!!!!!!

by 1991batboy on Oct 7, 2006 5:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lol
also, to state the obvious fact: Frank is in the playoffs, while Jim Thome is sitting at home, crying.
"We need to bring back those orange glow-in-the-dark balls we used to have growing up for games here." - Zito on the Metrodome

by aymlam79 on Oct 7, 2006 6:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Rogers
If Rogers pitches Game 3, then he'd be on line to start game 7 as well. Makes sense to me...
"A base hit would have been better, but the ground ball was just as good", Ray Fosse

by Alien on Oct 7, 2006 4:56 PM PDT   0 recs

WE Dont want individual awards
we just want the team