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A Tribute to Robb- All Apologies to Robb + Alias's of Robb

Why does everyone hate Nick Swisher?  He is a good player and should play all the time.  Everyone is hating him and for what?  

People need to quit hating Huston Street because of all the saves he blew this year.  The guy is rookie of the year but why doesn't anyone like him?  He is a good closer and doesn't throw as hard as Dotel but he's good.

How come nobody thinks Blanton did a good job?  He probably doesn't know how to pitch yet but he's only a rookie and Redman probably would have done much better anyway, right?  Blanton is a good pitcher.  He pitches good.  Nobody knows how good of a pitcher he is yet but I'm tellin you everyone will like him more next year.

Dan Johnson is a great player but he gets no respect from anyone around here.  Does anyone really know that he is a good player for being a rookie?  No one respects him but you'll see how wrong you were about him after another year of playing for the A's.  He is going to be great.

The A's may not have any chance next year with the team they are fielding but people need to not dog them for the year they had this year.  They could have been much worse and finishing second ain't all that bad really is it?  At least they won the AL West and Texas hasn't lately and everyone's payroll is higher.

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This is extremely wrong
For cryin out loud man, there is no need for this.

Robb is not "mcbronsh". Don't be an ass.

I really don't see a point in this. I thought we were past the whole Robb "saga".

Basically this isn't funny, mcbronsh is not Robb, and this is stupid.

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Oct 24, 2005 4:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

McBronsh?
I wasn't claiming that McBronsh was Robb.   I actually miss Robb's remarks from time to time so it was only a tribute to him.  Sorry if I was an ass but McBronsh has nothing to do with it.

 

"The first thing I realized in this game, there are no weekends."

by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 24, 2005 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

if it's not related to mcbronsh
then why is this post a parody of mcbronsh's Mark Ellis diary?
RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Oct 24, 2005 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why?
There is a guy in my office that is a spitting image of him and he is always making random statements.  He actually made one shortly before I sent the email so that is the exact reason.

I can understand why you say it was in bad taste, though, and I've felt bad about it ever since.  Not because of McBronsh but because of the chance that Robb might get upset.

"The first thing I realized in this game, there are no weekends."

by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 26, 2005 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Unfortunately, he did
(he sent me a private "vent" email since he can't exactly reply here), but it seems to me as if this diary was intended to be harmless; hopefully he and others will interpret it that way and move on...
Nico

by Nico on Oct 26, 2005 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sorry
Hey Nico-  I apologize for causing you an inconvenience too.  Won't EVER happen again.
"The first thing I realized in this game, there are no weekends."

by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 27, 2005 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey ohtobe...
Don't know if you're still checking this diary, but really, no sweat from my point of view. I didn't think there were any ill intentions involved in making this diary; I thought it was, at worst, an innocent mistake--and even using the word "mistake" is a bit of a stretch, IMO.
Nico

by Nico on Oct 28, 2005 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

#67- Make reparations for Robb posting
<crossed off my to do list>
"The first thing I realized in this game, there are no weekends."

by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 31, 2005 5:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not credible
I could read those sentences on the first try.
A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Oct 24, 2005 5:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Bad form
Bad taste
"...It might have been a great year with a real DH."

by A s Eh on Oct 24, 2005 5:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Bad Pie
... and it was at that point that I realized that by thinking outside the box, I had simply walked inside a cube...

by Zonis on Oct 24, 2005 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And the point of this is...?
Not informative, not (realistically) discussion-oriented, not funny.
Bill King "was a genius. Off the charts. The rest of us are just pretenders." ~ Ken Korach

by Poppy on Oct 24, 2005 5:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So...
I decide to go and check who thought this diary was worth recommending, and find that it was Rob.

That made my day.

*Don't tell the Raiders, either. Just leave Mt Davis at the site, with a note: "We believe this is yours, Al. Enjoy! - AN"* - calgbear

by Jjjsixsix on Oct 24, 2005 10:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

B
Rob and Robb are different.
Rob types clearly and thinks soundly.
Robb does not.
Olympian Amil Gartenamo, world record holder in both the javelin and the hundred yard dash--only person who ever died by throwing a spear into his own back.

by Furious George on Oct 24, 2005 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That extra B
was just too much for him to handle.
Monkeyball Note: if the A's postgame radio host was an evil supervillain, his official Evil Supervillain Laugh would be "Buan-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!")

by devo on Oct 25, 2005 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've tried to stay out of this
So that folks wouldn't think we're the same guy.  But I couldn't resist the temptation to recommend this diary just to see the reaction

by Rob on Oct 25, 2005 5:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We've been Rob(b)ed!
"HRs by second basemen are sexy. They're rare and exotic." -Kyli

by McFood on Oct 25, 2005 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nefarious Irish lord
Baron Robb O'Rhee
Bill loved butter.

by monkeyball on Oct 25, 2005 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

but not
if you give it to the poor,

then its Robbin Hood

by Alien on Oct 25, 2005 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I, too, have tried to stay out of this...
...but I feel the need to post a comment.  I don't know why.
I'm not sober.

by white rob on Oct 25, 2005 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now all we need is a post from...
Robbie Knievel.
"HRs by second basemen are sexy. They're rare and exotic." -Kyli

by McFood on Oct 25, 2005 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ohad knows who i am
wow.  i feel so much more important here now.  
vote mcbronsh for most disliked AN'er.

by mcbronsh on Jan 6, 2006 6:57 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

which is to say
he mentioned me in one of his postings.  
vote mcbronsh for most disliked AN'er.

by mcbronsh on Jan 6, 2006 6:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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