How long have you been an AN member?
I have to admit, I've been reading AN for quite some time but never bothered to sign up. The interview with Billy Beane, though, just put me over the top -- it's a thousand times better than anything else in the Bay Area media, with the exception of Susan Schlusser and Mychael Urban. So now I'm a little curious about the readership here, especially since it seems like a lot more people joined recently as well.
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From the very beginning
I only realized AN was the real deal when Blez ran the "first peek" story on the A's 2004 marketing campaign. After that I started reading the blog more often and I remember sending in questions for the Jason Grabowski interview. It's amazing that it's been little over a year, seeing as how AN has expanded so much.
by OaktownTribesman on Jan 25, 2005 12:32 PM PST reply actions
i read about AN
You got me beat
by nothinlikethetown on Jan 25, 2005 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
i like your thinking!
Me too..
by robertmelvin on Jan 25, 2005 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
wow
by Cutthemullet on Jan 25, 2005 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
Thank You Susan Slusser
by secret ASian man on Jan 25, 2005 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
December '03
Name it
Yeah- that was one of them
Also, about once a month, I'd go on a tirade about how little fire our manager had in him, and I'd sign it "Ken Macha's Balls". Then, everyone would ignore it, and I'd calm down the next day.
Since it's the 26th by now...
by secret ASian man on Jan 25, 2005 11:54 PM PST up reply actions
Jennifer, how the hell did you guess that?
What I remember is an acrimonious exchange between an anonymous poster and an AN regular--I didn't remember it was grover. Grover was challenging the annoying anonymous poster to at least take responsibility for his posts by signing them, which led to a philosophical (if you could call it that) debate over whether a web handle was enough of an identity to constitute some sort of accountability. I was sorta with grover on that one. The anonymous guy finally annointed himself "GB" and they continued the fun with their respective quasi-identities. I never knew what "GB" stood for until Tony just explained it; I don't remember that coming up before. I couldn't help but translate it as "Green Bay." (Remembering your other green-and-gold obsession, I'm sure you did, too.) But you have mysterious powers if you made the Tony = GB equation without his having mentioned it somewhere that I missed (or forgot).
All that was before I had taken the posting plunge myself. Fun stuff.
Jeeeeezus
I remember being right, too. :) (that's the first time I've ever typed a face...feels weird)
I'll happily withdraw the "annoying" now
I have a pornographic memory...
How many AN members are there
Thats not a long time but it seems have grown a lot since then.
I have been around
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 25, 2005 2:05 PM PST reply actions
Really?
I also
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 25, 2005 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
don't forget
I've always been partial
by nothinlikethetown on Jan 25, 2005 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, so you were that guy.
that would have been 1979
Then again, they lost 108 games that year.
I just love Rob Picciolo.
I have got some special posting planned for the week of Feb 14th because I have a week off. I am going to include Picciolo in this plan.
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 29, 2005 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
No sooner than you mention his name
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1977698
"Picciolo says fuggedaboutit."
how's the runnin' going...
me, i run on a treadmill at the gym.
in the snow
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 25, 2005 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
good luck on the run
yeah, buffalo too
by Cutthemullet on Jan 25, 2005 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
heh
by Cutthemullet on Jan 25, 2005 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
damn right
I just got back 15 minutes ago
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 25, 2005 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
12 miles?!
by Cutthemullet on Jan 25, 2005 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
my pace varies greatly
I enjoy both running in busy enviroments (although I would not ever want to be in a nike ad) and out in the sticks, in the mountains, or in the woods. I also love running when I travel as you see places in a different light once you run in them. I visited my parents in california over christmas and we drove up to washington state to see my dad's sister. We spent the night in cascade locks oregon and I did an epic run that next moring that started right by the columbia river and up a fire trail on a mountain. There was snow on the ground past a certain point when the fire trail ran along a plateau and then there was no snow about that on the fire trail. At the highest point the trail reached I could see mist rising off of the columbia river as the sun was coming up. If I hadn't of run there I would have thought the town to be boring.
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 25, 2005 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
epic indeed
and if you're running 50-60 miles a week...heh, that's a high level in my book.
by Cutthemullet on Jan 25, 2005 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
I have known
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 25, 2005 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
what????
you are definite hardcore. i run around 40 miles a week-more in the spring/summer. but NEVER in crap like this! my hat (and nike shox) are off to you!
yeah....
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 25, 2005 2:09 PM PST reply actions
first day
I posted now and then
First Billy Beane interview
KNBR and the paper
Sometime last summer
by kent @ Athletics Nation on Jan 25, 2005 2:35 PM PST reply actions
I just started posting
but I've read the sight since somewhere in the '04 season on the old format.
I remember the first post I saw was Blez complaining how he couldn't get the A's on the radio in Paradise (he was on a trip of some kind), but the Giants were everywhere. I'm in Chico, and could relate to the frustration.
by Hegenberger Road on Jan 25, 2005 2:36 PM PST reply actions
I changed my
by guy on Jan 25, 2005 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
Keep it up...
I joined pre All-star break last year. I loved the content, but what really made me keep coming back was the banter between Jennifer, Sharon, JBH, Alaska-A, and the others at the time. I'm always looking for a laugh to ease my A's ache, and that group provided it in spades. I like a lot of the newbies, but this place has gone from small town feel to little city. But hey, that's progress for ya'!
What really surprised me was how many people showed up to AN Day at the Coliseum and how little some of them posted. I took pictures(someday I'll post them) of the people there like Wella and Melisa, and I've only seen them post a couple of times since. I sensed there were a lot of lurkers out there. The poll doesn't seem to confirm that though.
Hey, hey!
I remember...
And "game threads" rhymes with...
Like Wes7 below
Although like many others I'd assumed you were a guy. The only precedent I had in my head for a name like Zonk was Zonker Harris, the former tanning champion from Doonesbury.
blez
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 25, 2005 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
My pleasure...
by Tyler Bleszinski on Jan 25, 2005 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
What was day #1?
Anyway, as soon as AN was linked from Elephants in Oakland or Barry Zito Forever or Baseball Primer... first week or so is when I started dropping in.
What blew me away though was the first time kos guest hosted the site, talk about having an influential blogfather
But REALLY, I joined the Athetics Nation about Sep '81 or so... it was that outfield of Murph, Armas, and Rickey along with the Billy Ball commercials.
November 6, 2003
And Markos is one of the best people I know and I consider him family. He would do anything for a friend. But don't tell him I said that. He likes to keep a low pro about his generosity and caring.
by Tyler Bleszinski on Jan 25, 2005 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
A long time
It seems to me that I'm one of the few old-timers that didn't get completely lost when AN went mainstream. Oh well.
Lurking
by Dirtbag Pride on Jan 25, 2005 5:11 PM PST reply actions
i've been
I've been here....
This blog helped me come over some public speaking problems I had.... and it has led me in the right direction with a lot of things. I made friends, talked about baseball and got insightful information with what to do once I get out of high school. Perfect.
I am thankful for my love of Barry Zito for leading me here. If I wouldn't have been looking for pictures to put onto my Zito shrine, I wouldn't have seen Blez's picture with Zito and I wouldn't have been curious and come on here!!
How I love AN. You guys put up with me. A task my parents haven't mastered yet. :)
Your parents...
But they are only human.:)
A bit of an old timer myself
How consistent? Well, I still think of Sharon as Zonk. I still laugh thinking about her and Jennifer getting the Duke's name tattooed on their rear-ends. I still remember the endless agony that would pop up whenever "Queen Arther" entered a game and I remember how excited we all were when Dotel first came over. And heck, I even made the first AN Day, with my friend Tyler in tow. And it was one of the most enjoyable, most entertaining experiences I've ever had at an A's game, especially when our greeting flashed on the scoreboard and we all roared our approval.
So no, I'm not the most frequent AN poster and no, I'm certainly not the most popular. But I'm still out here, committed to all things A's, and still very in Blez's debt for creating this little sanctuary. That's just the Wes way of doing it. :-)
Since
by oakasfan20 on Jan 25, 2005 10:30 PM PST reply actions
dec 2003
by ucla kid on Jan 26, 2005 12:15 AM PST reply actions
insomnia
I have had this problem for four months or so now, ever Since Slusser's note on AN in the Chronicle. Good night.

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