What will you do?

by Kyli on Oct 13, 2006 5:13 PM PDT

Okay, so maybe our boys are down. Things are damn ugly, there's one last thread of hope remaining.

So it's time to lay it all out before the baseball gods. It's time to make the pledge. If the A's come back from this 3-0 deficit to make the World Series, what will you do?

Baseball gods, if you let the team come back from this, I'll give up Diet Coke until Opening Day '07. I drink 3-5 per day, I don't function without my morning Diet Coke. They're all yours, baseball gods, if you do this.

I'll fly out of my convention early, leave Las Vegas to come home in time for game 2 of the World Series.

I'll wear my A's shirts every damn day until the A's are out, I don't care how funky they start to smell.

I'll buy a real friggin' A's jersey this offseason for the ALCS MVP -- who the hell needs to spend money on groceries, anyway?

I'll burn incense in front of my A's stuff every night until Opening Day, to honor the baseball gods.

Sacrifices of boxes of Crackerjack and peanuts in a bonfire in your name, baseball gods.

I'll become a season ticket holder. Lew, baseball gods, take my damn money, please. Just win.

If the boys make a miracle, what will you sacrifice? Or do to celebrate?

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I will

donate money to save African elephants. Seriously, I will. Nice diary.

by mikeA on Oct 13, 2006 5:18 PM PDT reply actions

awesome idea

www.savetheelephants.org

I'll gladly do the same if the A's author a comeback

by SwisherThresher on Oct 14, 2006 2:48 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm going to do it anyway

by Brian in 317 on Oct 14, 2006 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Kyli, you're awesome.

That cheered me up.

by miguel on Oct 13, 2006 5:19 PM PDT reply actions

I will give up the following:

Red Bull
Grape Gatorade
glitter
paint
Cherry Pepsi
and wearing hoodies to work

AN apeshit!

by Jennifer on Oct 13, 2006 5:23 PM PDT reply actions

I'd like to add...

this is only until Opening Day 2007.

AN apeshit!

by Jennifer on Oct 13, 2006 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions

you cant give up glitter.

that is pointless. we would lose.

by digsthelongball on Oct 13, 2006 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I was going to say that

by mikeA on Oct 13, 2006 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Give up something more than glitter?

AN apeshit!

by Jennifer on Oct 13, 2006 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions

good point.

maybe it distracts the baseball gods, anyways.

by digsthelongball on Oct 13, 2006 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Something more than glitter.

AN.

AN apeshit!

by Jennifer on Oct 13, 2006 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions

... and join HH.

<barf>

by AsGirl on Oct 13, 2006 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions

the bb gods are not sadists..

they want us to show our love for our team, not end our lives as we know them :)

by digsthelongball on Oct 13, 2006 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions

<scratches head>

what the hell am i talking about?

the bb gods are damn sure sadists.

by digsthelongball on Oct 13, 2006 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions

i will quit cussing.

which is damn near impossible for me.

by digsthelongball on Oct 13, 2006 5:34 PM PDT reply actions

Excellent!

I will give up my vow of celibacy. OK, so I haven't taken one. But I'll make a vow and then I will give it up.

Not good enough? All right, I will finally get an A's flag and fly it every day for the rest of the season. And every day next season too. I'll also vow to take the bus to work at least 3 days a week.

My record at A's games this year -- regular season: 13-8 / postseason: 1-1

by peanut gallery on Oct 13, 2006 5:36 PM PDT reply actions

OK folks

Let's hear some big sacrifices.

The baseball gods are not cheap dates!

by mikeA on Oct 13, 2006 5:36 PM PDT reply actions

Hey! :o)

Taking the bus is a big sacrifice. I have to get up an hour and a half early to catch that sucker. But if it helps, I'll try to do it every day until Chirstmas.

My record at A's games this year -- regular season: 13-8 / postseason: 1-1

by peanut gallery on Oct 13, 2006 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions

I will put my remaining A's atenna ball

back on the car, and risk having it stolen, too

Squeak!

by ArakSOT on Oct 13, 2006 5:36 PM PDT reply actions

Ok, that is a good sacrifice:

Boston is a horrid den of thieves.

by mikeA on Oct 13, 2006 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

If the A's win this series... (SIGH)...

I will give up cursing, chocolate, caffeine, obsessively checking my e-mail, Grey's Anatomy, bashing the Angels and Lakers, and bitching about the horrible radio signals.*

*Until OD 2007.

by AsGirl on Oct 13, 2006 5:46 PM PDT reply actions

I WILL ABSTAIN FROM SEX!!!!

(for a day or so)

by WannaBeGM on Oct 13, 2006 5:47 PM PDT reply actions

I will give up reading sports articles.....

on the internet during class. This may kill me, but that's a risk i'm willing to take.

What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do? If your numbers go up, you're having more fun.

by AlwaysSweatin on Oct 13, 2006 5:52 PM PDT reply actions

strip....

paint myself green and run around McAfee three times in broad daylight.

by since72 on Oct 13, 2006 5:58 PM PDT reply actions

I'll give up my occasional backsliding

and will never smoke another cigarette for the rest of my life.

Eternal Springs™: The official October bottled water of your Oakland Athletics

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 13, 2006 6:28 PM PDT reply actions

Wow.

Dude, that's an awesome sacrifice to make.

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Oct 14, 2006 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Okay, big sacrifices:

I will ask my grandparents for money for Christmas and my birthday this year, and instead of spending it on crap I don't need, I will give it to any charity/good cause that I come across. I should do this anyway, but this is the only time I can buy things that I really want.

Instead of wasting my time watching tv and generally doing nothing, I will do some volunteering around my community during the offseason.

I'll actually try to enjoy spending time with my horrible relatives during this Thanksgiving and not hide in another room or leave the house.

Oh, and I will give up drinking rum and tequila until spring training. <starts finishing off bottles>

"Get up!" ~ Ray Fosse, 5/31/2006

by KendallGurl18 on Oct 13, 2006 6:29 PM PDT reply actions

I will be nice to our incompetent

support technician in our office.

a manager, my kingdom for a manager!

by ak_A on Oct 13, 2006 6:49 PM PDT reply actions

i will never bitch about Major League Baseball,

Bud Selig, Fox Sports, ESPN, mlb.tv, or Gameday again!!

THATS IT!!! I GOT IT!!! THATS THE ONE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR!!

by digsthelongball on Oct 13, 2006 7:05 PM PDT reply actions

<emails post to Fox>

by mikeA on Oct 13, 2006 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions

hey now

let's not get crazy here.

"welcome to ME, motherf*^*er!" - tim hudson

by guy incognito on Oct 13, 2006 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I will

run around my dorm halls with my A's shirt yelling MARCO! SCUTARO!

i will right GO A'S on my forehead in green marker.

I will buy an A's jersey.

I will only write in green for a whole day.

I'll never say anything ad about David Eckstien again.

I will carry Moneyball with me everywhere for a week.

"We've never been in that position. We wouldn't know how to operate, I mean, do we get him a corsage?"-Beane on Big name free agents

by pbruins92 on Oct 13, 2006 7:06 PM PDT reply actions

Never say anything bad about Eckstein again?

You have way, way more willpower than me. :-)

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Oct 14, 2006 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions

I will

start working on the 4th bore of the Caldecott all by myself. Late at night. When I get released from CalTrans jail, I will throw a tight spiral over Mt. Diablo.

by southofcruiseamerica on Oct 13, 2006 7:17 PM PDT reply actions

Just to make it to the World Series?

No guarantees about the Series outcome itself? Hmm ... well, I guess that'll have to do.

I'll give up self-abuse, er, sex with mys- I'll be really really really self-celibate until the end of the World Series.
I'll floss everyday, at least once, until my next dentist appointment.
I'll donate to the local battered women's shelter.
I'll will avoid internet pr0n entirely until Halloween.
If the A's win the World Series ... I will donate a fielder's choice ticket package to a local charity.

by Rickeyfan on Oct 13, 2006 7:18 PM PDT reply actions

Hmmm...

Aren't #1 and #4 really the same thing?

More than just ANtics: http://www.louisgray.com/live/

by louismg on Oct 13, 2006 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

not really

I know I personally enjoy the plots

"We've never been in that position. We wouldn't know how to operate, I mean, do we get him a corsage?"-Beane on Big name free agents

by pbruins92 on Oct 13, 2006 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions

True - and sometimes it's

more comedic than erotic. Few things stop the process in its tracks better than plotlines/scenes that are ludicrous / unintentionally hilarious.

by Rickeyfan on Oct 13, 2006 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I will give up.....

~Sodas. ~Any junk food what so ever for that matter. ~My ipod. ~My not yet attained mercedes benz and take the bus for the next 10 years. ~My most excellent high zoom camera.

I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time

by athleticscatcher on Oct 13, 2006 7:29 PM PDT reply actions

While this thread is very comical...

what I really want to know is what the PLAYERS would give up. How badly do they want it?

by rocksolidrichharden on Oct 13, 2006 7:43 PM PDT reply actions

Lew Wolff...

...will announce he is taking the tarps off for the 2007 season, re-opening the third deck, thereby restoring full Oakland mojo.

by freddy on Oct 13, 2006 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions

hear me, baseball gods.

If the A's make it to the WS: I will buy a MaEl jersey, if I can ever find one.

If they A's WIN the WS: I will give up the word "mother****" until OD 2007 (dude, this is my favorite swear word, it's going to be difficult). Perhaps it is Oakland's overuse of this word that has angered the gods in the first place... then again... Detroit?!

What are you, the AN bullpen fluffer? ~ salb918

by poetwee on Oct 13, 2006 8:32 PM PDT reply actions

If the A's make the world series....

I'll go running every day
I'll clean my apartment before the end of the month
I'll finally ask out the cute guy on my bus so I can end my self-imposed celebacy
I'll hit up the AN crowd for volunteers for my local charities ;)

If the A's win the world series? Well, let's just say it would involve running across the field at the Coliseum. I'll start saving the bail money now.

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Oct 13, 2006 8:40 PM PDT reply actions

I'll buy season tickets for next season.

Certum est quod certum reddi potest.

by oblique on Oct 13, 2006 9:34 PM PDT reply actions

I'll Be Nicer

by Eck on Oct 13, 2006 9:39 PM PDT reply actions

I discussed it with my hottie wife

We are both huge fans, but neither of us is giving up...well here are my top ten things I will give up if the A's go to the World Series:

No more Diet Rockstar
I won't eat at Arbys
I will stop Tivoing Pee Wee's Playhouse and Southpark
I will go to church twice a month.
I will not say "Boston Sucks" so much.
No more shots of Jack
I won't go faster in my car than Rich Harden can pitch.
I will consider voting for a democrat
Maxim...no mas
I will quit being so obsessive about the A's winning.

by scampiv on Oct 13, 2006 11:05 PM PDT reply actions

Kyli you mentioned all the best ones

I too will buy a real A's jersey over the offseason if they come back. I might do this anyway, but a miracle comeback would move this straight to the top of my to-do list.

Also, I will go out drinking to celebrate every World Series game the A's play in this month, with the exception of any game that takes place on a Tuesday (I work late Tuesday nights). I vow to down at least one drink every two innings.

"WTF is wrong with you people TASTELESS COMMENTS. I'm disgusted. Mocking a 10 year old's horrible painful death." --eshock

by rubin sierra on Oct 14, 2006 12:37 AM PDT reply actions

Without a doubt

I will, and so will a few of my friends, get an A's tattoo on my back. And thats for schizzle.

"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." Henny Youngman

by franzy on Oct 14, 2006 12:20 PM PDT reply actions

I will

stop swearing for the rest of the year
work harder at training my puppy
call my grandma more often

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

by batgirl on Oct 14, 2006 12:27 PM PDT reply actions

Quit scaring everyone while watching my team

and begin anger management therapy.

so it comes down to this...

by SF Geoff on Oct 14, 2006 12:48 PM PDT reply actions

I will show up for work on time

Until OD 07

by connie mack on Oct 14, 2006 3:37 PM PDT reply actions

I will drink myself to sleep every night,

curled up next to an at-risk goat. I was going to anyway.

I know: I will give Kyli $1,000,000. Seriously, I promise.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Oct 14, 2006 7:05 PM PDT reply actions

Just wait til I get my time machine, man!

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Oct 14, 2006 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Let's face it:

If you get a time machine, you can easily sell it for $2,000,000 and don't really need to call me on my promise.

Quick favor: Can you go back to October 9th and rearrange the A's rotation slightly? Actually, while you're at it, go back another few days and tell Ellis not to swing. Thanks.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Oct 14, 2006 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

But the money is so much more fun

when it's YOUR money!

When I go back to October 9th, there'll be a fun laundry list of things to do... I'm sure 'Don't swing' will be on the list, along with 'Lock Kenny Rogers in a basement (not Jennifer's)'.

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Oct 14, 2006 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions