HH is delusional

by TexasAsfan on Aug 30, 2006 5:53 AM PDT

I can't wait to see their blog once the A's clinch (I believe the magic number is 24)

Their most recent blog post has their magic number on it (38) despite how they are closer to the 4th place team than the 1st place team. They really need to pull their heads out of the sand.

I think today's game will probably be similar to last night's I'm just glad that Los Kirk was able to keep the line up down because Beckett looked really good. I hope Zito can put together another very good outing, I'm not going to say that him giving up a hit before the 7th will be a dissapointment, but he is on my fantasy roster, and I need the ERA and WHIP boosts

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Athletics magic number is actually 23

http://www.magicnumbers.org/magic.php

Since the Athletics and Angels play each other seven more times before the season's end there is plenty of opportunity to shrink the magic number [since each win by the Athletics in those seven games also will be a loss for the Halos, resulting in the MN being lowerd by two]. If you figure that the Athletics will win at least two of those seven games against the Angels, then all that really needs to happen is any combination of 19 wins (or losses) by the Athletics (or Angels) in the games that they do not play against one another. This is as close to a certainty as it gets without being absolutely certain.

This one is in the bag, folks!

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by LowcountryJoe on Aug 30, 2006 6:35 AM PDT reply actions

Going to liquor store...

must buy Champagne!

I'm not a big wine guy... Where do you grow the BEER?

by str8tarrow on Aug 30, 2006 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions

Joe, that's my kind of math

"VORP? Not a clue what that is. But if it's good, I'll take it!"

-Nick Swisher

by kaweahkaweah on Aug 30, 2006 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions

she's camped outside the rev's house

waiting for the big day, like a star wars nerd

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 Aug 30, 2006 7:37 AM PDT reply actions

Is that Rev?

He looks different since last night's loss!

"A's Brand Baseball: The worst best baseball you've ever seen!" -Chavvy

by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 30, 2006 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions

you know, i don't get the sig.

i would probably rather see the bee gee's over the ramones. the ramones are maybe the most overrated punk band ever. sorry, just my opinion. i guess that's why opinions are like a-holes, everyones got one and noone wants to hear 'em. lol.

"Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home." - #24 Rickey Henderson

by burnone on Aug 30, 2006 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

blasphemy

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 Aug 30, 2006 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions

ramones v bee gees

the ramones pretty much invented punk
disco sucks

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 Aug 30, 2006 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

no dispute on no. 2, but ...

... "pretty much invented punk"? Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman, David Johanssen, Johnny Thunders, and a host of others say otherwise.

IMN-S-HO, the Ramones aren't even really "punk" -- they were a DIY power-pop band.

To quote Lux Interior: "You ain't no punk, you punk! You wanna talk about the real junk?"

A lonely monkey is a spiritually dead monkey. -- tankerraid @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 30, 2006 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions

hey, i never said those other guys

didn't also "pretty much invent punk."

p.s. have you seen new york doll?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436629/

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 Aug 30, 2006 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions

haven't seen it

I'll look for it, though.

A lonely monkey is a spiritually dead monkey. -- tankerraid @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 31, 2006 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Can I just butt in here

to say that, last week, I got my ticket to see the Avengers next week in Philly. I've seen Penelope Houston a number of times, but this will be my first chance to see her in an Avengers set.

I missed a chance to see the first or second scAvengers set in 1999 at 924 Gilman (a work conflict I couldn't avoid). I can't believe my luck in getting to see one of my heros again!

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Aug 30, 2006 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Sig line explanation

Actually, that was me, not Chavy :-):

http://www.athleticsnation.com/comments/2006/8/11/104150/683/16#16

"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 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't care who invented punk...

You said that you WANT to see the BeeGee's - YAK, such a Giants Fan...

by SD Erik on Aug 30, 2006 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

It's not in the bag...

I can't stand you guys talking like this. It makes me think we're going to be eating those words in late September.

All it takes is a hot streak by the Halos and a slump by our guys and this lead is nada.

Chicks dig Moneyball.

by Kelly on Aug 30, 2006 8:03 AM PDT reply actions

no, that's not all it would take

it would take one of the biggest collapses in a long time.

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 Aug 30, 2006 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions

It IS in the bag.

If Oakland doesn't win the AL West the team will go down as one of the biggest choke job...and the organization will not live it down until it captures a championship again. And even then -- after any championship -- it will face the onslaught of criticism all the way leading up to the hypothetical future championship and any future championship runs beyond that hypothetical one. This team is too good to let a total collapse of this magnitude to have happen to it.

So, you must either stand it (the bravdo and smack-talk) or wear it (the uncertainty that you have due to a lack of faith in this team, perhaps)!

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by LowcountryJoe on Aug 30, 2006 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions

I choose to wear it then

because I don't think it's over.

You can chastise me when the A's win the World Series. :-)

Chicks dig Moneyball.

by Kelly on Aug 30, 2006 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Not really chastizing you...

...and if I was, would it really matter? I'm just an opinionated idiot on a message board and it shouldn't matter. I am, however, glad that there are members on the board, such as yourself, that are more even-keeled and more cautious of making such bold predictions.

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by LowcountryJoe on Aug 30, 2006 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions

i'm with kelly...

let's calm down and enjoy the asskicking our boys are providing right. the rest will come.

"The Matt Watson/Chiba Lotte Marines Fan Club"-Through Aug 27th: GMS-53,AVG-.285,OBP-.367, SLG-.418, 9 doubles, 4 homers, 17 RBI

by bigelephant on Aug 30, 2006 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions

HH = www.anti-an.com

Do you ever think that THE REV caters his website towards AN?

I would guess that he gets more hits from AN'ers, than he does from HH'ers.

COME ON, OAKLAND, COME ON!

by Colorado Fan on Aug 30, 2006 8:25 AM PDT reply actions

Well, yeah

Considering there's like 8 of them to our 5,000.

I'll try not to swear.

by Tony on Aug 30, 2006 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions

I check out HH a couple of times a day.....

I don't like or hate the Angels, I just find the Rev and his cronies funny as hell and embrace the sh*t talking that goes on. My 2 cents........Go A's!!!!

by stthomasfan on Aug 30, 2006 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Check out this sobering exchange between...

...those that rally behind [and use corporal punishment on] the monkey.

http://www.halosheaven.com/comments/2006/8/30/4356/39034/11#11

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by LowcountryJoe on Aug 30, 2006 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions

He's gone off the deep end lately.

The horoscope-statnerd strawman has reached its, ahem, apex.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 30, 2006 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions

The "Mr Sabermetric Spock"

currently posting there... It's you, isn't it?

"the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones." -ohad

by ArakSOT on Aug 30, 2006 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions

No.

I use my ubiquitous login (salb918) for all the sbnation sites. If I have something to say, I won't hide behind a false screen name (I say, while hiding behind the anonymity of the web).

If the A's should make the playoffs, we should have a watching party.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 30, 2006 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions

dude - totally!

"the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones." -ohad

by ArakSOT on Aug 30, 2006 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions

i meant to post this here, not in the DLD...

the rev now booting other angels bloggers

http://www.halosheaven.com/comments/2006/8/30/4356/39034/4#4

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 Aug 30, 2006 11:48 AM PDT reply actions

Apparently Inaccurate

He clearly didn't boot Scareduck, since said poster posted in the thread you linked...

by LD on Aug 30, 2006 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions

I wonder who has the ice axe

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...and in 2006 don't make me sick.

by ak_A on Aug 30, 2006 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions

I didn't ban scareduck

His account is still open - he is the Halos Heaven version of OAKTOON - couldn't wear it if a tailor wrapped him in it.

by RevHalofan on Aug 31, 2006 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions

They don't even know what city they are in

of course they are delusional.

Rickey Henderson: 35, 24, hall of fame!

by Athletics fan and runner on Aug 30, 2006 12:18 PM PDT reply actions

A magic number of 38?

I didn't realize they went that high...

Beware the Reverend's rancid carne asada!

by BruceBochte on Aug 30, 2006 12:38 PM PDT reply actions

Funny...

I could've sworn their magic number was 2007.

Stephen Colbert: "Kids who look up to athletes become athletes themselves."
The Word: Or bitter sports journalists.

by JLaff on Aug 30, 2006 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions

(applauds)

Goliath, dissatisfied with his size advantage, decided to buy David's sling, which took steroids.

by TexasAsfan on Aug 30, 2006 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Do you think....

..that the Rev might seem to "cater" to AN a little bit because you guys keep making posts like this one? "OOH, OOH, EVERYBODY! LOOK WHAT THE REV IS SAYING NOW!"

;)

by npcody on Aug 30, 2006 3:32 PM PDT reply actions

sure you're right

bad publicity is still publicity.

"A's Brand Baseball: The worst best baseball you've ever seen!" -Chavvy

by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 30, 2006 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Everyone complains that ESPN ignores the rivalry

between the Angels and A's, the Red and the Green, NorCal V. SoCal - everyone complains that ESPN is all yanksox all the time, but nobody does anything about it - well, i am doing something about it. Stoking the rivalry. That is all.

ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE A PLAYER IN THIS RIVALRY INSTEAD OF THAT TIRED EASTERN SCRIPT?

by RevHalofan on Aug 31, 2006 12:48 AM PDT reply actions