Anyone else see the Simpsons tonight

by Zabat on May 7, 2006 8:13 PM PDT

On the Simpsons tonight...

Bart and his pal were working a scam of painting house numbers on the curb and charging the people for their work that they didnt ask for.

When Homer refuses to pay them Bart and his crew leave one digit off his number. Homer says he will get it done himself and he won't screw it up.

His curb ends up saying 74Oakland A's - Greatest Team Ever

This officially makes Simpsons the greatest show on television.

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I saw it.

Hah!! Props to the '74 Oakland Athletics!!!

Frank Thomas is big.

by robber23 on May 7, 2006 8:30 PM PDT reply actions

Yes!!!

Sal Bando and Gene Tenace guest starred too. This is awesome

by lerei on May 7, 2006 8:31 PM PDT reply actions

Yea, also Sal Bando had a cameo voice

when a car full of A's drove by.

Frank Thomas is big.

by robber23 on May 7, 2006 8:32 PM PDT reply actions

we must have

screencaps henceforth. That was a great scene btw.

by opasewq on May 7, 2006 8:58 PM PDT reply actions

SOMEBODY BETTER HAVE RECORDED IT!

What episode # was it?

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"Cause only one language kicks ass, and that's the one we're teaching!"

by Zonis on May 7, 2006 8:58 PM PDT reply actions

I MUST SEE IT!!!

link???
something!!!
please!?!?

"Mommy and Daddy are going to take a nap before the baseball game starts..."

by Athletics fan and runner on May 7, 2006 9:32 PM PDT reply actions

Yes me too

I was kinda busy tonight, but any refrence to the A's on a show like the Simpsons is just awesome.

"Just throw strikes. I don't understand why that can't happen. You have a three-run lead. Just throw strikes."- Josh Lyman

by doublehustle22 on May 7, 2006 10:07 PM PDT reply actions

Here ya go.

Lisa: Dad all you had to do was paint one number. now nobody's gonna be able to find our house!

Homer: I just wanted to tell the '74 Oakland A's how I felt about them.

(car pulls up)

Sal Bando: Hey look that guy remembers us!
Gene Tenace: Hey Sal Bando, give that guy a '74 A's Thank You Honk.

(HONK HONK)

(car pulls off)

Homer: My work here is done.

End scene.

by The Man of Steal on May 8, 2006 4:56 AM PDT reply actions

cool!

thanks for the images!

Zito: You ever think about the space time continuum?
Huddy: Uh... no.

by mendelbob on May 8, 2006 5:44 AM PDT up reply actions

A's tribute on the Simpsons, & Tim Hudson

I did see the episode & got a huge kick out of it.

I also had to comment on the Tim Hudson quote in your signature, from the Zito/Hudson commercial about the space-time continuum.

A few years ago, I was at the Coliseum volunteering for the Oakland Zoo on a kid's day event & Huddie was at the next booth, ready to sign autographs.

I asked him if he wanted to see our hisssing cockroaches.

His reply?
"Uh-no."

by Batgal on May 8, 2006 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Awesomely awesome awesomeness!

Thanks, Clark!

In defense of the Einar Diaz trade, his stats are very good. He has an excellent vowel/consonant ratio.

by McFood on May 8, 2006 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Hahaha more like Ricky.

As in Ricky Henderson is "The Man of Steal." But either way, you're welcome.

by The Man of Steal on May 8, 2006 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions

You mean Rickey...

...Rickey Henderson.

"74Oakland A's - Best Team Ever" - Homer Simpson

by secret ASian man on May 9, 2006 3:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Et tu, ASian man?

Et tu?

by The Man of Steal on May 9, 2006 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions

Also, new desktop background for my pc.

In defense of the Einar Diaz trade, his stats are very good. He has an excellent vowel/consonant ratio.

by McFood on May 8, 2006 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions

Mine too

Thanks Man of Steal...it looks great!!

by smash on May 8, 2006 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Couldn't believe my eyes at first

Seriously. I mean, why would Homer be painting something about the A's? That's my obsession. But the joke kept going, and by the time the car showed up, I found myself on the floor twitching uncontrollably and struggling for breath. Only this time because I was laughing so hard.

So that's Gene and Sal in the front seat. I suppose that's Reggie in the middle in the back, and the guy to his right kind of looks like Rudi. I don't know who the guy in the back left is supposed to be.

So, who is AN hating on today?

by ArakSOT on May 8, 2006 6:28 AM PDT reply actions

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pfwMI2TZSI

by gdubb925 on May 8, 2006 6:48 AM PDT reply actions

thanks g2

I was rooting for you last week in the homerun contest... too bad nobody came through.

by Brian in 317 on May 8, 2006 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions

Thanks

I listened to every minute that game from the pregame to the postgame, the one minute I left the room, they announced me! I had no idea until my dad called and told me.

by gdubb925 on May 8, 2006 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions

that is so very wierd

i can't believe they started the episode with it. wild.

Zito: You ever think about the space time continuum?
Huddy: Uh... no.

by mendelbob on May 8, 2006 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions

Thanks so much, man!

Wow... that is absolutely hilariouuusss.

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

by Kyli on May 8, 2006 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions

possible (though unlikely) explanation

Sam Simon, one of the creators of the Simpsons, was at Stanford in '74 (with me). I don't know if he went to any of the World Series games, but one of his best friends, whose name has turned up in Simpsons episodes, did.

by vk on May 8, 2006 7:24 AM PDT reply actions

Another possible (though unlikely)

explanation: one of the executive producers of the Simpsons, Richard Sakai, is a graduate of Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord (my alma mater). It's not inconceivable that he grew up in the Bay Area as an A's fan in the seventies.

(Other luminaries who have graduated from this unassuming high school are Damian Jackson and the immortal Lance Blankenship.)

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on May 8, 2006 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions

Another explanation...

Their address is 743 Evergreen Terrace... So it had to be the '74 something...

by gdubb925 on May 8, 2006 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions

...it could have been the '43 somebodies...

So, who is AN hating on today?

by ArakSOT on May 8, 2006 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions

Or the unforgettable

champions of the 1743 Englishmen's League, the Bobcockers of Smithford-upon-Avonshire.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on May 8, 2006 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions

correction

It's pronounced Bobcockers, but it's spelled Bobfeatherstonehaugh. And Bill James claims they outproduced their Pythagorean expectation by 6 wickets and an innings.

by Apricot on May 8, 2006 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions

Wrong

Simpson's Address is 742 Evergreen Terrace, not 743

Hard work never hurt anyone, but I'm not taking any chances.

by Alameda Greg on May 8, 2006 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Whoa, Sal

You went to YV?

Don't hate me!

"Jiminy Christmas, he's throwing 101 miles an hour." - Swish on Tigers SP Justin Verlander // My A's pics

by JLaff on May 8, 2006 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Why would I be bitter?

DLS is only the better-maintained, athletically-superior, financially-better-off neighbor school that happens to share a property line.

My senior year of high school was a good year for the football; so good, in fact, that a buzz built around the YV-DLS match, with pundits predicting that if any team could end the DLS winning streak (is it over yet?), it would be YV. If memory serves, YV briefly held the lead in the first quarter and was only down by three at the half, before getting blown out in the third and fourth quarters. You would never guess that we lost the game - the next day at school, people were celebrating the moral victory of at least keeping it close against the DLS powerhouse.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on May 8, 2006 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah it is over

151 I believe. But still undefeated in the Bay Area. The last game of "The Streak" was my graduating year, 2004. I still have the ticket from the final win. Then, in 05, they went up to Washington to play Bellvue... who pretty much out De La Salled De La Salle, 38-20.

And yeah, going there, I just remember how badly YV hated us. I had to cover a YV/Antioch basketball game earlier this year, and it was my first time stepping onto YV's campus. I felt so weird, like, an intruder.

"Jiminy Christmas, he's throwing 101 miles an hour." - Swish on Tigers SP Justin Verlander // My A's pics

by JLaff on May 8, 2006 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

You stepped foot on the campus?

It hasn't been that long since I left, but I understand the school has fallen into a greater state of disrepair than when I attended. It's too bad - there were a number of wonderful teachers there who have retired or been driven off by administrative infighting. If I had high school age kids, I would do my best to get them out of the YVHS district.

I never cared much for the rivalry between the two high schools. The same kids that threw eggs and water balloons at me and my friends were the ones who were into the whole rivalry, so we did our best to stay away. The first school rivalry I took seriously was UC Berkeley Chemistry versus Stanford Chemistry ("University of Caliornium Berkelium - but still no Stanfurdium"). Caltech vs. MIT just doesn't have that kind of animosity.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on May 8, 2006 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions