Harold Reynolds On Sportscenter

by smith1051 on Jul 12, 2005 9:18 PM PDT

Just said he thinks the A's will make the playoffs.

He loves what the A's are doing. Not only are we young but we are young AND talented. Being only 6.5 (actually we are 7.5 out) in the West and 5.5 (actually we are 4.5 out) he sees us getting into the post season.

For once we are getting some love!

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Reynolds

Isn't he always wrong? Is this a good thing?

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -- Gil Meche

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jul 12, 2005 9:24 PM PDT reply actions

Let's hope...

he isn't wrong this time.

I see you are going to try to make it the Royals series - very cool. We have a few of us trying to setup a tailgate on the 6th, too bad you will be in MU country for the wedding.

Never play leapfrog w/ a Unicorn!

by smith1051 on Jul 12, 2005 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions

believe me

i'd rather be at the game.

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -- Gil Meche

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jul 12, 2005 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Do you already have tix...

for the 5th?

Never play leapfrog w/ a Unicorn!

by smith1051 on Jul 12, 2005 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions

not yet

figuring they won't be sold out:)

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -- Gil Meche

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jul 12, 2005 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Go to the game, Alien--

there won't be a wedding anyway; I'm flying there to object.

Nico

by Nico on Jul 12, 2005 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions

which might be more entertaining...

than the game itself! You'll just have to trust me on that one!

"I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." ~Rogers Hornsby

by ZeroIndulgence on Jul 12, 2005 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions

now of course

i'd love to see that.

i've only met these people once. But if you told them that you were the grooms gay lover...well...it would definitely get a reaction. (Because gay marriage was THE ONLY issue that mattered in last years election, just so you know...)

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -- Gil Meche

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Jul 12, 2005 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions

I am disturbed and confused.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

by Kyli on Jul 12, 2005 9:27 PM PDT reply actions

Umm

Is this a sign of the apocalypse!?!? Is Reynolds actually givin some love?!

by ElephantLove on Jul 12, 2005 9:29 PM PDT reply actions

re

2 days ago he said the A's wouldn't make the playoffs.

http://as-future.blogspot.com/

by blee1134 on Jul 12, 2005 9:29 PM PDT reply actions

yeah i knew it was within the last week

i posted it in the all star game thread as i don't consider the opinion of harold reynolds to be diary-worthy...

http://www.athleticsnation.com/comments/2005/7/12/195522/369/236#236

by xbhaskarx on Jul 12, 2005 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Let's see if they repeat the segment on BBT

"Don't you play the flute, Huddy?"

by capper3 on Jul 12, 2005 9:32 PM PDT reply actions

I don't put any credence in his words

one way or the other. Harold Reynolds is a NTAC. And I wouldn't worry about the bandwagon growing. If we want to find the hardcore fans, we always have the Open Threads from East Coast day games.

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by salb918 on Jul 12, 2005 9:37 PM PDT reply actions

what the heck is

a NTAC? You don't want to know what Google's first hit on NTAC is. Or maybe you do... Anyway, I'm 99% sure Reynolds isn't one of them.

by Apricot on Jul 12, 2005 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Curiosity just killed...

this cat! Good lord

Never play leapfrog w/ a Unicorn!

by smith1051 on Jul 12, 2005 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Heh

the nation's preeminent __
So there's more than that one, but NTAC is the best of them all.

"Baseball is dull only to dull minds."
Red Barber, announcer

by Furious George on Jul 12, 2005 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Hmph

My NTAC means "No-talent-ass-clown," with an assist to Mike Judd for writing Office Space.

I don't know what you were thinking...

Fearing Mecir since 2000.

by salb918 on Jul 12, 2005 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions

the NTAC from a google search

better explains his crackly just going through puberty voice.

by xbhaskarx on Jul 12, 2005 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions

And his "flip-flopping"

see below :-)

"Everyone was saying, 'Swisher, you suck!' and I was like, 'OK, we've established that.' "

by oblique on Jul 13, 2005 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions

Is this the same Harold Reynolds

who declared the A's as the "worst team in baseball"?
Just checking.

GO A's!!!

by AsGirl on Jul 12, 2005 9:39 PM PDT reply actions

Yep

That would be the one and only flip flopping Harold Reynolds :)

Never play leapfrog w/ a Unicorn!

by smith1051 on Jul 12, 2005 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll bet

John Kruk doesn't have the balls to say that. OK, that was mean.

Nico

by Nico on Jul 12, 2005 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Damn that was a...

low blow but a very good one

Never play leapfrog w/ a Unicorn!

by smith1051 on Jul 12, 2005 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, let's face it--

he may not be getting too many low blows these days, so maybe he appreciates it.

Nico

by Nico on Jul 12, 2005 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Oaktoon...

are you actually Harold Reynolds? :-)

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by kaweahkaweah on Jul 12, 2005 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions

lol

"Don't you play the flute, Huddy?"

by capper3 on Jul 12, 2005 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions

People change there minds

by Oaktown Kid on Jul 12, 2005 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Give Kruk a Little Credit

I won't call Kruk anything close to an intelligent analyst, but I'll give him credit for a self-demeaning sense of humor. After he had a cancerous testis removed prior to a season, he remarked: "Hey, you reporters should note that I threw out the first ball!"

by reztips on Jul 12, 2005 9:53 PM PDT reply actions

He did cope

very well w/ having only one tater

Never play leapfrog w/ a Unicorn!

by smith1051 on Jul 12, 2005 9:54 PM PDT reply actions

I agree,

it's just who else can one make "single nut" jokes about? It's more about "opportunity" than it is about "motive," or, for that matter, "evidence" (thank God).

Nico

by Nico on Jul 12, 2005 10:02 PM PDT reply actions

Lance Armstrong?

by easyraider on Jul 13, 2005 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions

Harold Reynolds bugs

the living shit out of me and I love the fact that he continues to make himself look like someone who just has no clue. It's always,"The Yankees this, the Yankees that, blah blah blah blah".

And you know something, I hope everyone else in the baseball world continues to think "the A's are the worst team in baseball......until I change my mind because I'm actually paying attention to what the team is doing on a daily basis. Whoops! Guess I just made a complete jackass of myself, huh? Oh well, better to be too late than not get it at all".

Actually, Tim McCarver did mention the A's as a team that is getting hot and putting themselves in postion to make a run at the playoffs. And Buck said nothing.......as usual. No matter, I really don't care for either of those guys, especially Buck. Too bad about Duke, he really deserved to represent the team even for just one out ala Barry Zito a few years back. Looking forward to the Texas series and putting the chair throwing pansies in their place.

"Let's Go Oakland!"

by mrod on Jul 12, 2005 10:25 PM PDT reply actions

I like Harold Reynolds

yes he is a bit mainstream focused, but I love hime during the College World Series and his jovialness seems much more tolerable than Kruk's retardedness.

"Don't you play the flute, Huddy?"

by capper3 on Jul 12, 2005 10:28 PM PDT reply actions

During the college world series...

HR does a great job

Never play leapfrog w/ a Unicorn!

by smith1051 on Jul 12, 2005 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions

My two cents on Harold Reynolds

He is one smooth dude and a good ambassador for the game. I would actually like to see him manage some day. I think he is negatively affected by the association with Kruk. He has been on BBTN for 10 years or so for a reason.

As far as changing his tune on the A's this season, remember that he was in Omaha for the CWS for two weeks in June and then went on vacation like the rest of the regulars did (when we were stuck with John Anderson, Larry Bowa and Buster Olney), so he wasn't closely following the A's when they caught fire. Maybe once Harold got around the "baseball convention" at the All-Star Game all the writers, players, coaches, etc. whispered in his ear that the A's are for real.

by southofcruiseamerica on Jul 12, 2005 10:42 PM PDT reply actions

whoops!

i accidentally UNrecommended this diary!

by gotgreen on Jul 12, 2005 11:07 PM PDT reply actions

this from a guy who said

his biggest disappointment during all-star weekend was not seeing Ryan Freel of all people make the NL squad.

"What's the ugliest part of your body...some say your nose, some say your toes, but i think it's your MIND." - Mothers of Invention

by redclay22 on Jul 13, 2005 1:13 AM PDT reply actions

this just proves their lame at espn

last week reynolds proclaimed that the A's would NOT make the playoffs...as did Kruk. They both figured the A's were palying over their collective heads and would stumble at least once in the 2nd half and miss the WC. These guys are no different than Jeannie Zalasky and K Kennedy...clueless

tdwclark

by tdwclark on Jul 13, 2005 4:34 AM PDT reply actions

Who Cares?

by Eck on Jul 13, 2005 4:52 AM PDT reply actions

Mrs. Reynolds?

"Look what we did!"

by ArakSOT on Jul 13, 2005 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Eck has

the only comment I agree with.

Nico

by Nico on Jul 13, 2005 8:38 AM PDT reply actions

Exactly....

I could care less about these 'Analysts' who were former players. They are what the are. I like HR in the College WS too, but could care less about his assessment of our team. I mean he probably only has watched 5 A's games all year!

Instead of talking about his change of heart, I think all we should be talking about how the A's are going to take advantage of home field advantage in the world series!

by CyZito on Jul 13, 2005 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions

Totally off-topic

Does anyone look dorkier in white cleats than A-rod? I think he must secretly really want to be an A. He wore them in last years All star game too. (and looked just as bad.)

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

by batgirl on Jul 13, 2005 10:36 AM PDT reply actions