FRANK FROM FIRST!?!?!

by DiegoSegui on Aug 29, 2006 10:35 PM PDT

Can anyone describe what our MVP looked like on his run? Did he slide? How long did it take him to get up? Did Mirabelli poop in his pants at the sight of the Big Hurt that he (and probably Frank too) was about to get? And then he works the count and gets the possible insurance run, except that Kotsay gets nailed at the plate. Man, I haven't felt like the A's have had a hitter like this since Giambi. Dont' get me wrong, I LOVED Tejada, but Thomas seems to be able to get into others' heads when the pressure is on. It always seemed like Miggy got out whenever people shouted "MVP". Frank is just one dangerous dude with mystery rebar. Holy Toledo, I love this guy!

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He didn't slide. He loped.

Youkilis missed the cut-off man and he cruised it.

But by 'cruised it', I mean he ran harder than he's ever run in his life, yet looked like Benji Molina jogging.

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by Ozzz on Aug 29, 2006 10:47 PM PDT reply actions

He dove into second,

got up and then slid feet first into third, continued on and crashed into Mirabelli, then realized he had missed third, went back (doing cartwheels to get back to third), dove into third, got up, and hopped home on his bad foot.

In their highlights, though, ESPN chose only to show Hinske's RBI single.

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by Nico on Aug 29, 2006 10:52 PM PDT reply actions

But it was a really nice single.

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by salb918 on Aug 29, 2006 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Jogged into 2nd

Turned on the burners though when he saw it didn't go out. And Kotsay slid into the tag as he took an inside path to the plate. Don't know why he didn't go wide and try and swipe the plate. Thank God Duke didn't even come close to needed any insurance today.

by eshock on Aug 29, 2006 10:56 PM PDT reply actions

Kotsay should have...

gone wide headfirst and swipe the plate, I thought. But oh well-- we won. Some guys are just better at sliding and others are better at making great catches and then wall-slamming.

by Carlos1118 on Aug 29, 2006 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions

All I remember

Was screaming at the TV: "FRANK!! PLEASE DON'T HURT YOURSELF!!!"

But other than that, he looked pretty good.

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by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Aug 29, 2006 11:36 PM PDT reply actions

But it's good to know

that he can run well enough to score from first on a triple

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by ArakSOT on Aug 30, 2006 8:20 AM PDT reply actions

What about Thomas ON first?!?

What'll we do if we get to the world series? Are we gonna sit Big Hurt at the NL park, or are we gonna throw that sucker onto the into the corner?

Live forever or die trying.

by oaklandpete on Aug 30, 2006 9:07 AM PDT reply actions

Have him stand

on the dugout stairs, brandishing the rebar menacingly.

He'll freak out the other team so much that he won't even need to play to have an impact.

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

by Kyli on Aug 30, 2006 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions

I love that thought

and it reminds me, any good pictures of him with the rebar in an A's jersey?

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by Athletics fan and runner on Aug 30, 2006 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions

He was asked about his run

in the post-game interview. He laughed, conceded that he thought it was gone when it was hit. The interesting part was that he said he hopes to be running "full-speed" again (whatever that is) next year.

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 30, 2006 9:56 AM PDT reply actions