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YES WE CAN

Athletics Nation, I know you're nervous.  I know you're trying to stop yourself from focusing on failures past, on demons of days gone by, that the national media, eager to create drama and viewers, is only too willing to dwell upon.  I know you're excited, full of that "hoperehension" as the hour of decision approaches.  So settle down, take a good few deep breaths (in through the nose, out through the mouth, like the yogis teach), because it's time for your morning pre-game dose of the confidence that only attention to detail can bring.

Because this team is the most beautifully resilient, the most hungry, the most experienced, the most focused, the most underdog, the most like a family of any we have seen in this era of Athletics baseball, it's time for roll call.

Star-divide

YES WE CAN, because we ARE:


16-game winner Joe Blanton

Hiram Bocachica, utility masher

all aboard! Milton Bradley

Kiko Calero, Slider of Doom

the best defensive 3rd baseman in baseball, Eric Chavez

Justin Duchscherer, set-up superstar

the new all-time record holder for 2nd base fielding percentage, Mark Ellis

Chad Gaudin, who is just filthy

one of the most feared starters in MLB, Rich Harden

the devastating splitter of Danny Haren

D'Angelo Jimenez, ready to step in and get it done

Minnesota native Dan Johnson

Scowl Power, Jason Kendall

"ich bin ein reliever," Joe Kennedy

Kolossal Klown Power, Bobby Kielty

most outfield assists since 1999, Mark Kotsay

Esteban Loaiza, the clarity of cutter control

stretched and ready, Adam Melhuse

.355 lifetime on the first pitch, Jay Payton

indispensible and all-purpose, Kirk Saarloos

Mr. Clutch, Marco ("f*ckin'") Scutaro

a dead end for opposing teams, Huston Street

2nd-generation superstar-in-the-making, Nick Swisher

first ballot Hall of Famer, Frank Thomas

the best curveball in the majors, Barry Zito

25 men, one goal.  2 down, 9 to go, one game at a time.

Eyes on the prize, friends... hold on.

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now, for some coffee!!!!
1972...1973...1974...1989...2006

by emperor nobody on Oct 6, 2006 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

ESPN radio guy
just referred to his network as the "Milton Bradley Radio Network"

ha ha

by OaklandSi on Oct 6, 2006 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

who cares
They are both from some "weird" place not called the United States.  It's basically the same thing :-)
"A's Brand Baseball: The worst best baseball you've ever seen!" -Chavvy

by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 6, 2006 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

Nice!
I really like it....Now, lets go kick the shit out of the twins.
ohio roots

by nickatt7 on Oct 6, 2006 11:05 AM PDT reply actions  

Thanks for this
I may be nervous, but I'd be much more nervous if I were a Twins fan.

by RLangford on Oct 6, 2006 11:14 AM PDT reply actions  

awesome post
Love it.  Mission 11W is underway!

But I think you need to add Crosby in the mix as the head cheerleader.  Go A's!!

by sienna on Oct 6, 2006 11:23 AM PDT reply actions  

fair enough
for absent friends (and BCG):

2004 Rookie of the Year, Bobby Crosby
1972...1973...1974...1989...2006

by emperor nobody on Oct 6, 2006 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Anyone else...
feel like they're going to throw up!!!
"Make the biggest little mistake of your life" Starenite's MySpace Page CLICK HERE

by starenite on Oct 6, 2006 11:36 AM PDT reply actions  

Me!
But then I have been feeling this way for the last four days!  

by AsGirl on Oct 6, 2006 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

great diary
be sure to repost it when we're about to clinch the ALCS

by connie mack on Oct 6, 2006 9:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Nice job
yes we can is pissed.

It's cute to see the Halo's jealousy of our success combined with their utter humorlessness in the face of the coopting of their very lame slogan.

Remember folks:  Whatever happens in the ALCS, we trounced the OC's for a well-deserved division championship.

""Let's go home and do this shit!"-Mark Kotsay

by mikeA on Oct 6, 2006 10:23 PM PDT reply actions  

they'll love this
today's PACHYDERM of the game: marco scutaro.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 6, 2006 10:46 PM PDT reply actions  

Emporer's Lair
Now, that's some good diaryin. Payton and Kotsay captions most enlightened for me.
"We're Menudo," -BB

by eshock on Oct 6, 2006 11:31 PM PDT reply actions  

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