ANtics Episode 2.19: Eric Byrnes' Curse Continues

by louismg on Jul 2, 2006 6:34 PM PDT in News

When the A's traded Eric Byrnes to the Rockies last year, feelings on AN were mixed. Popular for his hustle and "grit", yet unpopular for his unconventional route to fly balls and propensity to pop up, Byrnes meant something to everyone. But, apparently the A's meant a lot more to Byrnes, a local Bay Area product. Returning to the Coliseum as a member of the Orioles in August, the Birds swept the A's in three games, which the ANtics first chronicled in "ANtics - Episode V: The Byrnes Curse".

A year later, Byrnes, now with the Diamondbacks, proved the guy can carry a serious grudge. Though not the focal point for any of the Diamondbacks' three wins, his curse lives on, and the A's again are on the losing end of a three-game sweep. The ANtics check in on the curse to see if anything can be done...

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Who Was "Really" to Blame for the Sweep?

The Eric Byrnes Curse

9 votes

An Impotent Offense

12 votes

Bad Managing by Macha

3 votes

Diamondbacks are Simply Better

2 votes

Other (Write-In Below)

2 votes

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I don't like it!

I don't like it cause it is just too true! <sobs>

Why can't he go spread his special brand of LOVE on the Giants!!

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by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Jul 2, 2006 6:47 PM PDT 0 recs

PS

I voted for Other cause I wanted to vote for A,B, and C. But not D.

Oh, and I really do love ANtics, I always do. This one just makes me sad!

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by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Jul 2, 2006 6:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

It's come to this.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...in 2006?...prove it.

by ak_A on Jul 2, 2006 7:20 PM PDT 0 recs

To what?

To you saying, "It's come to this"?

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 Jul 2, 2006 8:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

and this

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...in 2006?...prove it.

by ak_A on Jul 2, 2006 8:45 PM PDT up 0 recs

Ooh, it's worse than I thought

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 Jul 2, 2006 8:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

is that so?

how bad did you expect it would be?

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by louismg on Jul 2, 2006 8:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

If i can be serious...

This...meant coming a point like this in the season with the team in such a funk, and ANtics (which reflects the humor of any situation the team is in) and it ain't exactly grand as we all know.

Looking forward to this Detroit series...I am sure the team is too...best record in mlb and all that...great opportunity to apply all kinds of cliches...that translate into we need to take this series.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...in 2006?...prove it.

by ak_A on Jul 2, 2006 9:01 PM PDT 0 recs

If we can be swept by

a team going as badly as Arizona was, we can sweep a team going a well as Detroit is. That's the great thing about baseball--it makes fools out of prognosticators every day, and leaves you wondering just what tomorrow will really bring.

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 Jul 2, 2006 9:12 PM PDT 0 recs

And even better...

There's no curse! Not even Jeremy Bonderman hates the A's the way that Byrnes does!

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by louismg on Jul 2, 2006 9:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

But I hear

Omar Infante has quite a chip on his shoulder.

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 Jul 2, 2006 9:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

I Lolz'd

But I doubt with Byrnes in the Diamondbacks lineup, I don't suspect him to win multiple World Series while the A's don't win another one for 86 years...

aim: encryptthisthat

by Hit4TheCycle on Jul 2, 2006 10:16 PM PDT 0 recs