A's @ Royals AL Wild Card Game Thread

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If you're an A's fan and you hated the Lester trade, you can say that deal messed up the team down the stretch (making this game necessary)..
 
If you're an A's fan and you loved the Lester trade, you can say that he was acquired to pitch this game.
 

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Savin Hillbilly said:
The fact that that was ruled a hit is a measure of how fielder-friendly scoring has gotten. That's been an error for most of my lifetime, but not any more.
 
 
That is ridiculous. Is there one official scorer or 3 for this game?
 

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Aoki could have been had on the over-slide if the throw was on the bag.
 

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Savin Hillbilly said:
You can't call time when a pitcher is already in his windup. That's just incompetent.
 
 
The list of incompetence so far:
 
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You know, I've never actually seen a pitcher get hurt on an aborted pitch, but announcers mention it every. single. time.
 

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Was that an attempt by the Royals to run the old Orioles' "little diamond play" with Butler intentionally picked off?
 

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mabrowndog said:
 
Yup. As alluded to on the broadcast, this is going to be a problem.
 
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Harry Hooper said:
Was that an attempt by the Royals to run the old Orioles' "little diamond play" with Butler intentionally picked off?
In Little League it was called get into a pickle. Let the other team throw it around, score the run.