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THEY CALL ME swede

I watched the A's today.  No I didn't, actually.  Somehow they won tonight, even though Swisher shouldn't have played.  Luck luck luck, bork bork bork.

But I watched them a few weeks ago.  They sucked.  The manager is bad.  He really IS the luckiest man alive, Bob Gehrig.  First of all, he lets Kendall play.  This guy can't run, throw, catch, or hit.  He should've played JD Closser that day.  

Star-divide

Then there's Chavez. He wouldn't hit an Orlando Hernandez eephus pitch down the middle on the first pitch, even if Orlando Hernandez wasn't on the DL, the A's played the Mets, and Chavez knew it was coming. Chavez sucks, he's a joke, send him to Sacramento. He's not Aryan enough. Trade him to Cincinnatti. He can platoon with Edlose Encarnacion there.

What's wrong with Stuart Little? He shouldn't be hitting leadoff, he should be hitting 10th and playing left center. He must have plantar fascitis in both of his feet now, the way he's playing.

The day I watched, they showed Dan Johnssssson taking batting practice in a small town in California. He looked like he was working on driving the ball to shortstop instead of second base. Is that what Gehrig wants him to do? If so, he's a bad manager.

Travis Buck is bad. The buck doesn't stop here, it stopped on Opening Day. Stopped producing. Maybe he should cut his hair, and turn the brim of his hat upwards like Jesper Parnevik so he can see better in the field.

Ellis was the only guy who looked good. He was an island. Good fielding, good hitting. But he looked lost at the plate. Like an island.

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Esteban Loaiza could teach you

a thing or two about Drinking and Diarying! I mean...it could happen to anyone!

Your diaries read like a Rubiks cube. Colorful and complex, but ill be dammed if I ever figure one out.

Pure Genius!

by Amnesiac727 on May 5, 2007 2:49 AM PDT reply actions  

haha
thanks man, I like the rubik's cube comparison
www.??e??s??????.com...the "launch" is coming soon...or grand opening in brick-and-mortar terms...I'll be all over the DLD the day it's ready.

by Cutthemullet on May 5, 2007 3:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

YEW REECIST!!!
Wud yew be dewing this if it woornt a Swede? Who ur yew to be yakking aboot Buck's hair win yewr neem is mullet, fur jiminy's sake? Put that in yewr crack coceene pipe 'n smook it! I know I deed. Bork bork bork!
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 May 5, 2007 9:41 AM PDT reply actions  

This team

needs someone like that Drury kid who won the 1989 little league world series? That kid was CLUTCH! What's he doing these days?

I don't know, I've never snelled.

by andeux on May 5, 2007 10:01 AM PDT reply actions  

I heard he's the zamboni technician

in Buffalo.

"Look at this, OK? I want you to remember this face. This is the guy behind the guy behind the guy."

by baseb3383 on May 5, 2007 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Is Dr. Lewis Yocum
considered the Zambrano technician?
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 May 5, 2007 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

I thought Harden
was scheduled to be on the shelf on all days ending in "y".
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 May 5, 2007 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know when you last returned to Buffalo..

but this would've been the weekend to do it, despite the shared border with Canada rather than Mexico, heh.  Not surprisingly, Cinco de Mayo took a backseat, as everything else has to the Sabres since around, oh, October.  But the town's really been going nuts for 36 hours since that ex-Little League World Series winner tied the game with 10 seconds left and the best player ever to be a healthy scratch in NHL playoff history netted the game winner.  Which accounts for why I've been up till at least 7 AM each night.  Buffalo has to be the US city most dependent on its professional sports teams for its collective...mood, the most appropriate word I can find at this hour.  

Oh, and check out www.wgrz.com

...look for the two-part feature on Drury, which ran on Friday.  Our NBC news affiliate proved prophetic with its pregame celebration of the humble captain's killer instinct; the segment that aired before the game (6 o'clock news, game time at 7) couldn't have set things up better.  

Better go set the alarm clock for 2 PM to watch the Sabres conquer the Garden once and for all...

by Cutthemullet on May 6, 2007 4:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

Be careful--those alarm clocks
can be real "DL machines".
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 May 6, 2007 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

Drury!

I don't follow hockey in the slightest, but I've always got to root for a fellow BU alum.

Kettlecorn! Swishercorn!

by TurnTwo on May 6, 2007 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Clap Clap Clap!!!!
"Schleep is for babies. Gamers play all night." Nintendo Fanactic

by capper3 on May 5, 2007 11:45 AM PDT reply actions  

Swede is really Halsey

Gehring shuld bench you for insolence Halsey, you can't hide your real identity.

"If someone wants to think I'm just a big, dumb knucklehead, I can't help that" Nick Swisher

by since72 on May 5, 2007 11:49 PM PDT reply actions  

LOL!
"Don't your coworkers find a baby on your head to be kind of weird?" ~ salb918

by Poppy on May 7, 2007 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

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