Open Thread - NLCS Game Five
by baseballgirl on Oct 15, 2008 8:34 AM PDT
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Okay, so it's not that I love the Dodgers, because I don't consider myself a Dodgers fan. It's not that I will be heartbroken without them in the World Series, because unless the Red Sox are there, there's no ESPN story line to watch in addition to the games. It's not because 1988 was twenty years ago (!!!), and we're starting to forget how much that stung (and we certainly are never reminded by highlights of that homerun, nope, never!).
I don't really know why I've have been rooting for the Dodgers. I'd blame home team bias, considering their ten mile proximity to my house, but the Angels play a mere thirty miles from me and we all know how I feel about them. Maybe it's the allure of Manny being Manny. Maybe it's the old-school baseball stadium that holds enough seats for a good number of Dodger faithful. Maybe it's simply because they aren't the Angels, and it's nice to have one home team--just one--in a city that I love, but don't feel connected to any of its major sporting franchises.
Whatever it is, I have a soft spot for the 2008 Dodgers. So much so, in fact, that I will be at the game tonight, as a birthday gift from someone who knew how much I wanted to be there. If I could have it my way, the series would be tied 2-2, and this game would be important, but had I control of how any one series would go, I'm glad it was the Rays lighting up the Red Sox in a fun-filled ALCS that is making all but the Boston faithful believe a little more in baseball.
After a demoralizing loss on Monday night, the Dodgers would certainly be well within rights to accept that this isn't their year, and just go through the motions tonight, especially with the unhittable Cole Hamels on the mound facing off against NLCS batting-practice Billingsley. This could very well be the last Dodgers' game I am excited about until the A's roll into town next year.
But I hope not. For the good of baseball everywhere; and to make up for an ALCS that continues to be much more fun as a blowout than a seven-game nail-biter; I hope the Dodgers win tonight and Friday and take this thing all the way to the wire.
More baseball games are good for baseball. And lest you all think that I have my priorities out of whack, Go Rays Go! I'll root the Dodgers all the way into the Series, if possible, but I will join all of America minus Red Sox Nation, when I stay firmly on the bandwagon of the 2008 Cinderella story.
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While part of me want to see Manny in the WS vs. Boston
it’s only to see Beckett pitch at him. Manny is an awesome baseball talent, but also a show off who quit on his team.
But, as others have noticed, the Dodgers have become the Yankees West, throwing bad money at bad players who sit on the bench. Pierre. Jones, Nomar, etc. How can you root for that?
And I still hate Lowe from 2003.
by Miata71 on Oct 15, 2008 8:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
1.030 OPS for the month before he was traded = quitter
by mikev on Oct 15, 2008 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good quitters are hard to find these days.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you suggesting that his (unsustainable) OPS from that month suggests he was trying hard?
Was Nick Swisher not trying hard this year? Is Tony Pena, Jr. the laziest player in baseball?
“Trying” and performance have little or nothing to do with one another. The Sox aren’t saying he didn’t play well, they’re saying he just didn’t play in multiple games where he was physically able to perform.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 15, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His career OPS is 1.004. That's pretty damn sustainable.
I’m not interested in the Manny vs. Sox nonsense. There is not one person who can say without a doubt that he was either able to play or unable to play.
Is it possible that he sat out a couple extra games on purpose? I guess.
It is possible that he’s just 36 and his friggin knee hurt? Yep.
Is there any way of knowing which is the truth? None whatsoever.
by mikev on Oct 15, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You've got to be kidding me
His knee hurt… but he couldn’t remember which one.
Right.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 15, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still a little confused
I get your outrage at the pouting spasms that caused him to miss a couple of games, but I don’t understand the part about his July OPS being unsustainable, given his career norms and post-trade performance.
It seems like a bizarre thing to assert, but I imagine you have a reason. Can you elaborate?
by 74mk on Oct 15, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do not think Manny at his current age is capable of sustaining the level of hitting
which he might have been able to once upon a time. At his physical peak, that was probably his true talent level. I don’t think he’s that good anymore.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 15, 2008 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got it
It’s worth noting, though, that his drop-off in performance was confined to last year and, basically, this May. I’m not convinced that constitutes a trend so much as a blip, induced perhaps by some combination of injury, disinterest, and passive aggressive tantrum throwing. This is an entirely subjective observation (that’s code for “probably dead wrong”), but I’ve always thought of him as someone who would age well (in the batter’s box, that is), and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him put up ~150 OPS+ for another 3-4 seasons.
by 74mk on Oct 15, 2008 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I found this in BPs Quote of the Week
“He is going to lay down on you at some point.”
—An AL executive on Manny Ramirez (Joel Sherman, The New York Post)
"The Athletics at Fremont" is soooooooo bad
by ArakSOT on Oct 15, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would hurt.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Oct 15, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LIke I said, he's got awesome talent
But how many times has he stood at home plate, strutting his stuff, showing up the pitcher? (and sometimes turning what he thought was a home-run and actually was a double into a single) Once or twice in big games I can understand, there is emotion in baseball, but he does it all the time.
by Miata71 on Oct 15, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't mind seeing this series go longer
I voted Phillies because I think they’ll take this game (I wasn’t sure whether the poll was for desired outcome or predicted outcome) but I think it’d be cool if this series went 7 games. Also, if the Dodgers did win, at least the WS would have a team from each coast, instead of an all-East-Coast series.
But I can only really accept the Dodgers in the Series if the Red Sox aren’t there, and they haven’t been eliminated yet. I don’t think I could stand the Red Sox/Manny/fake redemption bs storyline that would be shoved down our throats in that scenario. And of course Tampa has to win the whole thing.
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on Oct 15, 2008 9:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
1988
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 Oct 15, 2008 9:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The only part (a very small part) of me that wants to see LA in the Series
(and not against Boston) is my loathe of Yankee and Red Sox fans who would be forced to watch a Series with Torre and Manny representing a team other than their own, while their teams sat.
As for this? 
Twenty years ago TODAY. And it still HURTS.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 9:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for nothin
Could’ve done without that pic
Duck the Fodgers!
"Badges? We don't need no stinkin badges!"
by jbxchico on Oct 15, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
please. that was unnecessary.
as if I dont see enough of this in every Dodger or post-season highlight reel.
by oakinboston on Oct 15, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you suggesting that
you don’t believe what you just saw?
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 15, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good, you're here.
May I credit you for choosing Phillies when they were relegated to “other” status last month?
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously...
…I still turn away and hit mute when it comes on. I just can’t look.
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Oct 15, 2008 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't watched it since it happened
And I don’t ever plan to.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moar baseball plz
The Rays-Suxxx series could very easily wrap up in 5.
I want this series at least to 6, hopefully 7. In other words, GO DODGERS.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
by Blicks on Oct 15, 2008 9:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope the Dodgers give you a win for your birthday!
Oh and by the way happy birthday BBG. I don’t think it will happen but I would love to see a Rays-Dodgers series.
by adragon on Oct 15, 2008 10:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Can I root for whatever outcome results in
them playing less of that damn clip?
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on Oct 15, 2008 10:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Call me crazy
But I really want the playoffs to be over ASAP. The offseason is an exciting time all around starting with the owners’ meetings and then the GM meetings and all the flurry of activity that hits shortly thereafter. An A’s-less postseason is not as interesting to me as a possible A’s-filled offseason.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Oct 15, 2008 10:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
that sounds about right
I’m not resting easy until the Sox are D E A D dead
"The Athletics at Fremont" is soooooooo bad
by ArakSOT on Oct 15, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The outcomes of the LCS have absolutely no impact on when the postseason is over
The World Series will be played on set days, regardless of whether it creates a week of dead time in between.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 15, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know
I was merely saying that I can’t find a real big interest within me when I so desperately want them to be over and done with.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Oct 15, 2008 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would anyone ever go through the motions in the Playoffs?
It’s the peak of competition, you never know when/if you’ll be back, and even if you didn’t care about the team, there are contracts to be negotiated. What are these rights being written-of — some new clause in the CBA that allows [player] to be [player] when [player] feels like it?
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Oct 15, 2008 10:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey, BBG -
Maybe it’s because you want to see former A Matt Stairs come off the bench and belt another homer. :) (Yay, Matt! Still pulling for ya even after all these years grin…)
As far as 1988, still remember where I was and what I was doing when Eck/Gibson happened (building a homecoming float in a barn (!!!) watching on a 10-inch b&W TV) and will be forever scarred. :*(
back to happy thoughts
Happy belated, BBG! :) Have a great time at the game tonight. Playoff baseball is always fun…even if our beloved A’s are golfing…
"Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, doctor, and I'm happy to state that I've finally won out over it." -- Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart), "Harvey"
by Derwood13 on Oct 15, 2008 10:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pulling for Phillies/Rays
1. I can’t abide another Bahston championship. The Massachusetts decline that started with the Tuckers Patriots Superbowl FAIL needs to continue with the Sux getting knocked out of the WS tomorrow night at home.
2. As xbox and 67MARQUEZ pointed out above, 1988 (dammit Eck, blow that gimp away with a fastball!). Even without 1988, I still loathe all California teams south of San Jose (and a couple north), so the Dodgers need to lose, and lose badly. I don’t really care if the Dodgers win or lose tonight, as long as the Phillies advance to the WS
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Oct 15, 2008 10:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And yet after all these years, the real question is:
Why, oh why, did you walk Mike Davis???
No lie, that homerun made me physically sick. I didn’t even make it to Game 3, what would have been my first World Series game. Naturally, I was well enough to attend the two contests we lost.
Oh. It’s not my fault, is it?
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree on Phillies/Rays
That is the matchup I wanted at the beginning of the playoffs and I’m happy that it looks like it is going to happen.
No need to further discuss rooting for the Rays/against the Sox, but I would add the following reasons for disliking the Dodgers:
1. Treatment of Paul DePodesta
2. Bill Plaschke
3. Derek Lowe circa 2003 (mentioned earlier)
I’d like to see a 7 game WS, but I don’t particularly care who wins it.
"That's not a Sherman tank, it's Frank Thomas!" - Monkeyball
by JLeverenz on Oct 15, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, I know this has nothing to do with anything...
But if anybody remembers yesterday’s game thread and me dropping my TV and my radio, I just got a new TV!! It’s just as junky as the old one, but it works!!!
I can actually watch the game today, as long as it’s not one of the low channels.
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 11:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
call me crazy
but i am a HUGE Manny fan. If you haven’t read Bill Simmons’s piece on Manny, and you can handle long articles on tangential baseball topics, I highly recommend it.
He is a different character, and I appreciate his existence in the baseball world. If for no other reason: he is one of the few guys in the league that I will stop what I’m doing to watch his at bats in fascination.
Other than that, the Dodgers can all get the boot from the post season for all I care.
by oakinboston on Oct 15, 2008 11:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Link?
Cuz I gotta tell ya, as a closet Dodger fan (shh, don’t tell my fellow San Diegans), since he came out west I’ve also found myself stopping what I’m doing to watch him swing the lumber.
I also like to watch him bat.
www.myspace.com/sixto80
by Sixto on Oct 15, 2008 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
article
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=manny
He was absolutely run out of Boston. I’m not going to totally defend the guy, but I will say that I think he was vilified to an unfair degree.
by oakinboston on Oct 15, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
If the Red Sox didn't want him why didn't they just trade him or not pick up his option?
Why did they need to vilify him?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's a complex situation, and I don't think anybody outside of the parties involved know the true answer
but many speculate this:
consider what Manny has given Boston since he has arrived. 2 championships. Hall of Fame numbers. consistent performance. ridiculous post-season clutchness.
further, anybody you talk to that works with the guy says that he is the hardest working player out there. constantly in the gym. shows up to the park hours before others. Don Mattingly was quoted saying that Manny is the hardest working player he’s ever seen.
how do you trade a franchise guy like that? in any normal scenario, that type of player is absolutely untouchable.
the only way to get rid of him was to play the PR game against him.
Now, this may all sound far fetched, and I’ll admit that that’s true. I’m not sure if I buy all of it.
There is one thing that I would bet on very heavily though: the Red Sox front office and Boston Media are in cahoots (outside of the trashy bastard child Boston Herald). In no other media market do I see such manipulation of the press. Yes, there are negative articles that get published about the Sox, but not on the crucial topics.
It doesn’t hurt to mention that the NYT (which owns the Boston Globe) is partial owner of the Sox.
I don’t really enjoy being such a conspiracy theorist, or speculating so wildly about things I have no involvement with, but I just can’t help but feel like the whole situation is dirty.
by oakinboston on Oct 16, 2008 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a question
How do a lot of the people here actually know each other? Do some of you guys actually live near each other, or do you only know them from here? I was just curious.
by likeiwouldtellyou on Oct 15, 2008 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
like we would tell you
"The Athletics at Fremont" is soooooooo bad
by ArakSOT on Oct 15, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ArakSOT and I are brothers.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Oct 15, 2008 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately a couple people here have stalked me.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You wish.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No. I don't.
It was awful.
I had to dress like this in public so they wouldn’t recognize me:
Can we just drop it? I know, I know, TWDS.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anything they'd wanna know is already available here --
— just use the “search” function. ;-)
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Oct 15, 2008 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you're actually Ryan Sweeney?
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 15, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ever been to the Collie on a Monday night, against the Royals?
That’s us.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Oct 15, 2008 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rooting for the Dodgers is evil
Any A’s fan who was alive in 1988 can’t possibly be rooting for the Dodgers. I think maybe this is an age thing and if your under 30 you just don’t know it felt to watch Kirk “F’ing” Gibson do something Jack Buck couldn’t believe. I will hate the damn Dodgers till the day I die, it’s the only thing I agree with Giants fans on.
by briandouglas on Oct 15, 2008 1:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Long time ago, none of the same players
And LA has been very fun the last month or so……Living here, I am not a Dodger fan, but it’s just interesting and fun when they are still in it. I will be pulling for them, mostly hoping to avoid the debacle of a Phils/Rays series.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Oct 15, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Derek Lowe is enough for me, even though he doesn't go back to '88 obviously
Also, I grew up in the Bay Area and just dislike LA on principle.
Honeycutt is the only one I feel bad about. I really liked him when he was with the A’s, and I’d like him to be successful.
Just not with a team I don’t like.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, I get the Bay Area vs LA thing..100%
I am the same way, but living here, it is just electric when Dodgers are this deep in the playoffs so not rooting for them, but just fun to be around.
Agreed on Lowe, except I met him in Vegas last year around this time and he was actually friendly, so I lost the hatred, and then he dealt for my big fantasy team this year so he and I are cool now.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Oct 15, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm under 30,
But I have seen the highlights over and over again, and I do not want the Dodgers to have the satisfaction of reaching the World Series again.
by likeiwouldtellyou on Oct 15, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was 2 years old in 1988,
so the only reason the Gibson thing bothers me is because I know how painful it was for other A’s fans. And since I don’t really have an allegiance to or hatred of the Phillies or the Dodgers, I will gladly root against the Dodgers to preserve the mental health of those old fogeys who were old enough to know what baseball was in 1988. ;)
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 15, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate you.
And yet I still love you.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I cause conflicting feelings in a lot of people.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 15, 2008 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me, not so much.
It’s a general disdain. Or they just point and laugh. Does that count as conflicting?
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd kinda like to see
Blanton do well. That’d be the only reason for me to root for the Phillies.
This is shades of 1983. I believe that series was 4-1?
Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC
by closetasfan on Oct 15, 2008 1:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Why all the philly rooting, you guys suck.
by mattman on Oct 15, 2008 2:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
TB is going to sweep Philly (If indeed they are the 2 that get there)
Not even close. IMO
I could care less about Blanton. A leopard doesn’t change it’s spots
May The Red Sox and all their fans get food poisoning and all collectively crap their pants
by Trainman on Oct 15, 2008 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Short series are very unpredictable
Hamels and Myers, in particular, are both capable of dominating. Will they? Who knows? No one thought the Cardinals were going to kick the Tigers’ butts.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes they are
I wanted the Dodgers to win and as soon as Broxton came in I knew he was going to implode. I have several friends who are diehard Dodger fans and one of them defends Broxton as the next great thing and the other says like I say, Broxton has a fastball as straight as an arrow, is not and never will be closer material and even Orel Hershiser called him out the other night.
I wouldn’t have Broxton on the A’s, even if you paid me. They guy needs to lose 50lbs for starters. Looks like he’s more interested in the after game buffet than getting outs.
May The Red Sox and all their fans get food poisoning and all collectively crap their pants
by Trainman on Oct 15, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldnt have Broxton?
Haha…ok, yea, those numbers, including while closing games for half the year are definitely not something you would want on the A’s. But hey, he gave up ONE home run, hig first at home in TWO years….now he sucks.
More interested in the buffet than getting outs? Huh, let’s see, 3 full seasons in MLB….ERA’s:
2008 3.13
2007 2.85
2006 2.59.
What the hell are you talking about that he is not interested in getting outs? What exactly do you base that on? The fact you think his fastball is too straight?? Yea, 2 HR in 69 IP this year..I guess you know better than the MLB hitters facing him all year. Pure comedy.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Oct 15, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed - I'd take Broxton
He has very consistent and excellent stats – great k/9, WHIP, low-average BB. What’s not to like?
Probably not quite a Closer though.
BTW, he’s 24.
by Mark H on Oct 15, 2008 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He does not have the mentality to be a closer at this stage
Orel Hershiser called him out the other night. I think he’s fairly qualified.
Pitchers give up runs by other means than home runs. I remember him giving up 5 hits in a row earlier this season and lowing a game
I have watched him melt down in pressure situations many times over the last 3 years
And the last bit about the buffet is “Pure comedy”. Of course he wants to get outs.
Like I said, I wouldn’t have him on the A’s That’s my opinion.
Quit cherry picking his stats
He has 8 blown saves and 5 losses. which means he has blown over 35 percent of his save opps.
May The Red Sox and all their fans get food poisoning and all collectively crap their pants
by Trainman on Oct 15, 2008 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great Moments in Unintentional Self-Parody
A leopard doesn’t change it’s spots
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 15, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Howard Bryant on espn.com
Good profiles of Joe Maddon and Terry Francona
Maddon leading the cultural revolution
and
"And sometimes, when it seems like all hope is gone, Life tosses you a special gift of a baseball game" . 7/10/08 BaseBallGirl headline
by LongTimeFan on Oct 15, 2008 4:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Read both.
Enjoyed both.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's go Rays
oh wait.. that’s tomorrow night.
Well just to elongate the series, LET’S GO DODGERS!
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 4:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Why are we getting ads for the Red Sox?
BOOOO!!!
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 15, 2008 5:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And speakinng of ads....
I like that Nextel Direct Connect commercial with the Roadies better than the fire department guys.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 15, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why are they telling me to be equipped?
BOOOO!!!
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish this were the Sux game
I need that series to end ASAP
by schmifty on Oct 15, 2008 5:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow. Nice crowd.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 15, 2008 5:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
PS my friend who went to the Sux game last night had a perfectly good time
She said she was just cheering for all the hits regardless of what team the player was on.
by schmifty on Oct 15, 2008 5:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
interesting note from Rosenthal today....
Back in ‘07, Blake DeWitt was considered a possible throw-in in a proposed Joe Blanton to the Dodgers deal. Rumor was the A’s wanted three frontline prospects from the Dodgers, DeWitt not among them.
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Oct 15, 2008 5:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice start.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 5:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Weird.
I had a dream the game started, and Jimmy Rollins led off with a homerun.
And people talked about it.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 5:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What a ridiculous dream!
people don’t talk.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But I can hear you.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ow.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 15, 2008 5:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Huh.
Why is Henry Winkler reading the lineups? Interesting.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 15, 2008 5:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They had the guy from Bones read Phillies'
Mary Hart read them a few days ago.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 15, 2008 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DId I wait long enough to avoid seeing "one of the greatest moments in sports history"?
greatest for who? certainly not A’s fans. Go PHILLIES!!
Proud mommy of "mini-kapers"
by kapers on Oct 15, 2008 5:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Man, it's been a while since I've watched baseball.
by Kimberly on Oct 15, 2008 5:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Why?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
mlb.com is streaming the debate live.
So you can listen to Buck, McCarver, McCain, and Obama all at the same time. Awesome.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 15, 2008 6:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh look
I finally have time to post in a thread.
Screw everyone.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 6:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't want this series to clinch here.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
by Blicks on Oct 15, 2008 6:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
AKA please score moar Dodgers.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
by Blicks on Oct 15, 2008 6:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Darn, they've already gone to the pen???
Proud mommy of "mini-kapers"
by kapers on Oct 15, 2008 6:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's do or die time
and with the travel day tomorrow (if necessary), the pen gets to rest then.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
More to the point, if the Dodgers don't get out of the 3rd right there,
the bullpen will have plennnnnnty of time to rest.
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 Oct 15, 2008 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A little late with this comment
but I kinda think that Ron Washington:fielding::Davey Lopes:baserunning
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Rangers were the worst defensive team in the league per THT
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe he meant when he was 3rd base coach/fielding coach for the A's
but you think it would translate to the Rangers.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Lopes was a tremendous basestealer, one of the greatest percentage basestealers ever — after getting thrown out a fair amount in his first few years, he must have figured something out because his percentages were just great from then on, including 47 of 51 as a 40-year-old. And this year, with him coaching 1B, the Phillies are 136 out of 161 (3rd in SB in the NL, 13th in CS) including Rollins (47 for 49) and Werth (20 for 21) and Utley (14 for 16).
Maybe it’s coincidence, but it wouldn’t surprise me to find out that Lopes has taught the Phillies something about reading pitchers’ moves.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt that Wash had time to focus on coaching IFs as the manager, though
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nor to pick a good fielding coach and train him either I guess
Nor to pick good fielders
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For those watching the debate
What the hell is wrong with McCain? He has the craziest look on his face while he’s scribbling with a sharpie.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 6:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He looks like he's ready to burst, is all.
by lynnzgal on Oct 15, 2008 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be awesome
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel sorry for the guy.
Just another puppet.
by lynnzgal on Oct 15, 2008 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who's the puppetmaster?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Forbes comes to mind, As does Romney.
Pick your corporate poison.
by lynnzgal on Oct 15, 2008 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His eyes are a little red
Does he partake in some medicinal marijuana? I bet he does.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Sen. McCain, your closing statement"
“Did you remember to bring a towel?”
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NICE
then he starts playing the tune to funky town on a touchtone phone.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL, youthful pics of Maddux and Jamie Moyer. I prefer how Greg looks now I think.
Proud mommy of "mini-kapers"
by kapers on Oct 15, 2008 6:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
1984 draft was pretty interesting.
Shawn Abner was the first guy picked. McGwire and Shane Mack the best picks in the first round. Maddux, Glavine and Al Leiter picked in the 2nd round. Ken Caminiti in the 3rd, Mike Henneman in the 4th, Moyer in the 6th, Todd Burns in the 7th
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a feeling that the big post-mortem question
for this series will be, “Should Maddux have started instead of Billingsley?” Looked like Chad was in over his head.
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 Oct 15, 2008 6:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't want the Dodgers to win
but seeing Greg Maddux here is really something special. This guy is one of the greatest pitchers ever, and here he is in the twilight of his career doing mop-up duty.
If this were Game 7 of the WS, and he were a raging alcoholic, we’d be talking “Pete” Alexander territory, here.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He's had a better career than Pete
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know
There’s only a handful of guys who’ve done better than Maddux, and with the exception of Spahn all of them threw harder.
I was just imagining a “fading starter comes in from the pen for a dramatic K” scenario, with Maddux instead of Alex.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd take Maddux over anyone in history other than Johnson and Young.
I guess Clemens had better numbers too, but that doesn’t count for me.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd take his career over Spahn. In fact I'd take it over anyone other than Johnson or Young
Or Clemens, but that doesn’t count for me.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His two-seam "start it at the hitter" fastball
is amazing.
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 Oct 15, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Since I barely have time to follow the A's, much less another team.....
Why is Greg Maddux not starting?
Proud mommy of "mini-kapers"
by kapers on Oct 15, 2008 6:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He's not one of their top 3
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Billinsley doesn't look like one of their top 3 either.
Proud mommy of "mini-kapers"
by kapers on Oct 15, 2008 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somebody has to be in the top 3
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cole Hamels is dealing
Damnit Cole. I want a game 7.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 6:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This just in: "Sarah Palin is a role model" -John McCain
Do with that what you will.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 6:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hell, me too.
Finally restocked the booze in the house.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A role model for hockey moms everywhere
I hope hockey moms are against Palin.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean I actually missed something? Every time I turn back to the debate, I'm hearing McCain talk about Obama raising taxes.
Is that the only topic he can talk about?
Proud mommy of "mini-kapers"
by kapers on Oct 15, 2008 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He forgets he already talked about it
He keeps acting like he doesn’t bash on Obama. He has a “he started it” mentality towards it.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
after McCain mentioned "Joe the plumber'
I thought his next folksy common man name dropping was “and friends, the other day, I met Nico the blogger and his little dog pucini, and you know what he said to me?, folks…..he said….his boss, a fellow he referred to as Blez, could not afford to give him health care and I am going to make that happen.”
alaska A (now in Colorado)
by ak_A on Oct 15, 2008 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look! It's Team 'Roid Rage!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate these debates.
[changes channel back to FOX]
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 15, 2008 6:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, like I already don't know who I'm voting for
There’s no way anything McCain says will change my mind.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer
Burrell’s nickname is “Bait” — because when he was a rookie, the veterans would invite him to go to bars and clubs with him and then hit on the women who came over to talk to Burrell.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like he was the master
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 Oct 15, 2008 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But excellent baserunning by Utley
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
damnit, i didn't see this...
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 Oct 15, 2008 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dodgers do not look like a team wanting to advance
Proud mommy of "mini-kapers"
by kapers on Oct 15, 2008 6:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That play needs to be accompanied by the "Benny Hill" music
by Soaker on Oct 15, 2008 6:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And by a somewhat lower offer by Billy Beane
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is the game on? All I have is a debate.
I get a TV, and I still can’t watch the playoffs. Life sucks.
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 6:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Woo Hoo!!!!
Now we can afford to sign Furcal!!!!!!
Do we want him?
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 Oct 15, 2008 6:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is he Crosby?
No?
SIGN ON TEH DOTTED LINE!!!!!
by mikev on Oct 15, 2008 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
does anybody know what channel it's on?
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Maddux v. Feliz
This should be a mismatch
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
rafael FAILcal
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 Oct 15, 2008 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
or "raFAIL"...
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 Oct 15, 2008 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You could put the FAIL in both places.
Emphasize the point a bit.
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
three errors this inning
his name would still need one more FAIL.
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 Oct 15, 2008 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Middle name?
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Antoni :-(
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 Oct 15, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's just like Scutaro!!! Sign him!!!
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 Oct 15, 2008 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But FAIL isn't as easy to put in Scutaro's name.
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm playing Text Twist again.
The word: “morons.”
I figured it out right away.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 15, 2008 6:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?!!?!!
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess if I had to ask...
:(
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is painful to watch
3 errors on Furcal? Is that an LCS record for one inning?
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 6:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yikes!
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
LA Dodgers, the proud host of the 2008 FAILympics
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 6:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
pity. i sure would like to see another game but don't look like it.
alaska A (now in Colorado)
by ak_A on Oct 15, 2008 6:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jeesh. Phils will hit everything to Furcal now.
Proud mommy of "mini-kapers"
by kapers on Oct 15, 2008 6:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Burrell was more than halfway, and decided to go back to 3rd?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 6:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What?
did someone fall flat on their face trying to catch a ball? Or was it just cruddy defence? I feel so BEHIND!!!
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Furcal keeps kicking, throwing, etc.
away the ball
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he's trying to do the hokey pokey.
Or maybe the chicken dance.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 15, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out
You do the hokey pokey and kick the ball into left, that’s what its all about!
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
First play
was Furcal getting a grounder a little to his right, backhanded, didn’t catch it, and then kicked it into shallow LF down the line. Utley (who was at 2B) rounded 3rd, headed for the plate, and Furcal (I think) tracked the ball and heaved it about 20 feet wide of home plate.
Next batter, Ruiz, hits an easy grounder right to Furcal, he fields it cleanly and short-hops it to Loney at 1B, it bounces up off Loney, Loney goes and gets it and sees Burrell halfway between 3B and home, and he flings it about 30 feet wide of the plate.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now I feel better.
Sort of…. at least I know what’s going on!!!!!
Furcal does know this is MAJOR LEAGUE, right?
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 Oct 15, 2008 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why is Charlie Sheen wearing Joe Maddon's glasses?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nico are you still on the Furcal bandwagon?
by mattman on Oct 15, 2008 7:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Furcal tried to throw him off, but he FAILED
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure - one game doesn't change that
He should also be better off physically next March than he is right now. He probably shouldn’t be playing.
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 Oct 15, 2008 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is not really the defense that the A's would really be considering him for,
even though I would definitely regard him as a decent defensive player.
by mattman on Oct 15, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm still instinctively afraid of him
as a Brave, he was such a Met-killer
by schmifty on Oct 15, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cannot WAIT to see the highlights!
Or should I say non-highlights… or fail-lights….
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
drinkability. sheesh.
alaska A (now in Colorado)
by ak_A on Oct 15, 2008 7:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Who EVER says: "What kind of LIGHT beer do you want?"???????
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No one
Who wants a light beer when there are so many better other beers. I would choose Pabst over Bud Lite.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A bartender speaking to Joe Blanton?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
QOTM!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if they were still going on... :(
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can make it happen.
Who needs Poppy and Jennifer anyway?
{runs}
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you trying to get me kicked out of AN?
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hardly.
You’d be lauded for it.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oooo... big word.
Lauded?
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No idea
why that popped into my head.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah sure, I'll do a QOTM. XP
It’ll be filled with all of…. one quote.
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
QOTM.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yay! now there'll be two!
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're on your way
And still half a month to go.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe the Ostrich burger guys?
alaska A (now in Colorado)
by ak_A on Oct 15, 2008 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quick.
Everyone hide.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I want the Dodgers to rally.
Let’s make this into an actual game.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 15, 2008 7:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
For those of you who are still rooting for the Dodgers:
Tommy Lasorda.
I rest my case.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Cubs really set the tone for this whole postseason
Way too many of these games have been total stinkfests. Add the ludicrous scheduling that has the Dodgers playing just their 8th game in 17 days (the Phillies, their 9th game). It’s showing up in the television ratings in a big way.
By the time the imbeciles who run MLB and Fox get around to starting the World Series in, what, a few weeks, their viewers will long since have moved on.
by Soaker on Oct 15, 2008 7:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ya these off days need to go
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah let's pay Furcal 10 mil a year
He’s clutch
McGwire belongs in the Hall so put him there
by streetisclosedin08 on Oct 15, 2008 7:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Somebody will. I hope not us.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't worry about it
nobody’s getting 10 mil a year from this organization
McGwire belongs in the Hall so put him there
by streetisclosedin08 on Oct 15, 2008 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll take that bet
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
stakes?
McGwire belongs in the Hall so put him there
by streetisclosedin08 on Oct 15, 2008 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Internet pride?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eric Chavez?
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
by Blicks on Oct 15, 2008 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
chavy is getting $10m to sit at home
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 Oct 15, 2008 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I sit at home and nobody pays me
and my home is probably not as nice as his
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
home(s)
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All of his homes are probably nicer than my best home
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cole. Blake. Chase.
Is this a baseball game or a Dynasty reunion?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I resent that
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Since when do you show up in your own news feed on Facebook?
I feel like I’m stalking myself.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You do?
That’s weird I never noticed.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just noticed it today.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's facebook's new "pam is a narcissist" application.
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 Oct 15, 2008 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weird
I believe it just started doing that today. I posted a new status update, and it kind of just floated into my newsfeed.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I fall asleep for a bit
and the Phillies are up 5-0. Damnit.
I hate sleep sometimes, although I desperately need it.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
by Blicks on Oct 15, 2008 7:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You're still asleep.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No...I don't wish...
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
by Blicks on Oct 15, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Project Runway is tonight!
All my favorites have been eliminated though.
by Kimberly on Oct 15, 2008 7:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Woo! Can't wait.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is Kenley still on that shit?
I can’t stand her…
by schmifty on Oct 15, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SHE is horrible.
Lianne’s comment is that she’s SO Holly Hobby. She’s going down at Bryant Park.
by lynnzgal on Oct 15, 2008 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(tries to remember who Lianne is)
OHHH! HER!! She is all adorableness incarnate! I LOVE that one! She looks just like my old research assistant. Who I looooove.
by schmifty on Oct 15, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My only concern is, if she wins (please god)
will she actually get excited? Idk.
by lynnzgal on Oct 15, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aw... in her own way, she will.
Wow, this makes me really miss my research assistant.
by schmifty on Oct 15, 2008 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
though I have to say...
most boring season yet.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There needs to be more Santinos and Jays.
by Kimberly on Oct 15, 2008 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jay's collection/show was still the best
even after 4 seasons.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Daniel Vosovics and Christian Sirianos and Jeffrey Sebelias and....
by schmifty on Oct 15, 2008 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ANDRES.
MORE ANDRES.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Designers!
Look after Andre, he’s our little lamb!
by lynnzgal on Oct 15, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh
What happened to this baseball thread?
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 7:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ended with this game.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
PLEASE.
This coming from the guy trying to “sexy up the thread” the other night.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, after that, this vote doesn't count
by schmifty on Oct 15, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, thesteve9x.
You’re owt.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
{German accent]
As you know, on AN, one day you’re in, the next day you’re OUT.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHAT!
Fine, continue on with girl chat 2008
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is thesteve9x really Billy Ocean?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When I see those baby trader commercials
I see thesteve9x.
by lynnzgal on Oct 15, 2008 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know sweetie.
Just messing with ya.
by lynnzgal on Oct 15, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of baseball,
does anyone watch America’s Next Top Model? It can be entertaining.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 15, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aw, I only saw the "Awards show" shoot
even though I’m sure I’d love the show if I were consistent about watching it
by schmifty on Oct 15, 2008 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This Mastercard ad is a little disturbing
“First base — $58
Second base — 630 pesos
3rd base — 50,000,0000 yen
Home plate — priceless”
Now, maybe it’s just cause I’ve been on these threads too much…
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is hilarious
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 Oct 15, 2008 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Darn, I coulda had a V-8!"
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Phillies must be in debt
If it costs that much just to get to third. I wonder how much errors cost?
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
by #14fan on Oct 15, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look it's RaFAILel FAILcal!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Which ANer wanted Furcal???
I wasn’t even lukewarm to that thought.
THREE ERRORS in ONE INNING!! No Athletic has done that in ten years have they???
….not that it’s an important game…!
Runs Please. A lot of them. The rest of the season. Thank you.
by One won lost won on Oct 15, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've never spent more than 500 pesos
to get to second base.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
There's an extra fee for using a credit card.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Again, Tommy Lasorda
Please. For the children. Go Phillies!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Would Cust have had that?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Does Manny have pigtails?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Manny is just sick
First, he fouls off an absolutely unhittable changeup, then he crushes an off-field homer on a high fastball.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We should sign him and pay him more than $10 million so I can win my bet
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well that seems reasonable.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read about you.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i don’t know what you are talking about
by ilovegregsmith on Oct 15, 2008 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
mikev? no? nothing?
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry
we’re keeping our chatting to ourselves tonight ;)
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol yes we are. Yahoo messanger is for our talking :)
by ilovegregsmith on Oct 15, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank god for yahoo/AIM/ICQ
:-D
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 15, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know you're missing out.
Not really though.
by thesteve9x on Oct 15, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no really. missing out. we’ve had an awesome chat tonight
by ilovegregsmith on Oct 15, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How are the rugrats?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the kids were great today. and their parents decided to have them sleepover tonight. Lucky me ;) lol so ive been watching aladdin all night
by ilovegregsmith on Oct 15, 2008 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, so they can just leave them with you for the night on the spur of the moment?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes they can. they do it all of the time actually. makes no difference to me. I like having them here. they have a playroom and their own little room to sleep in
by ilovegregsmith on Oct 15, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know you're spoiling them?
Seriously. They’re big enough to begin to learn about responsibility.
I’m talking about the parents, obviously.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope they are big enough lol the parent are in their 40’s..but apparently the 23 yr old makes the better parent in this case becaue I take care of those kids. They even give me money so I can buy their clothes so they don’t have to. They are too busy with work for kid..so I get them. and i love them!
by ilovegregsmith on Oct 15, 2008 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love Aladdin.
Years and years ago, our VCR broke with our Aladdin tape still in it. We took the VCR to get fixed, and never got Aladdin back. It was a traumatic time for me.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 15, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
VCR? Tape?
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah it's um this machine where...
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what does this machine do..is it anything like that dvd player? Hmmm. It sounds interesting! VCRs..those were the good ol days hehe
by ilovegregsmith on Oct 15, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol i recorded it on the tv. i know i had the movie a long time of go. Its a good one Lol
by ilovegregsmith on Oct 15, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think they should check Manny for a corked bat, anyone agree?
by mattman on Oct 15, 2008 7:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sure why not
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Oct 15, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEW THREAD OPEN!
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 Oct 15, 2008 7:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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