Open Game Thread: Spring Game 1 - A's vs. Brewers
I hate winter. It's not just because it's cold, or because it seems the sun is never out long enough to do any good, but because there's just no A's baseball. Try as I might, the NBA's just not cutting it, not even when I got to see Lebron James take on the Big Three and the Celtics last night here in Boston. A's baseball, of any type, is better than the best the winter sports have to offer. But today! Today is the day!
After months of waiting for the baseball headlines to be more about kids getting a shot than about old cheaters getting multiple shots, we get to see the once again refreshed "new look" A's take the field in a real game against an opposing team. And taking the mound for the "new look" A's will be a familiar face: Joe "I'm still here" Blanton, who looks to get the year off to a friendly start against the Milwaukee "we switch leagues when we feel like it" Brewers.

It's often thought that a team's Spring Training records don't mean all that much, and while they certainly don't have much impact on a season's final standings, seeing a young team win in a year where many don't expect them to do all that much could be incredibly rewarding. The more jaded among us also are pleading, internally and externally, for an injury-free Spring. After a few seasons where we were more likely to see A's highlights on ER than on SportsCenter, we're looking for a cure to what ails us.
We're dreaming of what could happen if we saw a full year with a lineup that included Barton, Buck, Cust and Suzuki. We're dreaming of a rotation that includes healthy arms by the name of Harden and Duchscherer. We're eager to show that the A's "Rebuild Different", and that this season could be better than anybody ever anticipated. But more than anything, we're ready to realize the nightmarish months without open game threads here on AN are coming to an end.
I welcome 2008 Spring Training. Game time starts at 12:05 PST. Play Ball!
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A's Baseball!
Loving the Buancast already.
by HigherPie on
Feb 28, 2008 11:58 AM PST
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Is anyone else having issues
with the audio from MLB.com or am I alone in that?
by Blez on
Feb 28, 2008 11:59 AM PST
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I was earlier
It was down. There was a message about they're working on the user experience and try back again shortly.
It's working now for me though...
by HigherPie on
Feb 28, 2008 12:00 PM PST
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This is what it is saying:
We are currently performing maintenance operations.
During this time, sections of the site will not be available.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
by Blez on
Feb 28, 2008 12:01 PM PST
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can you loan them clockwerks?
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Feb 28, 2008 12:06 PM PST
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I have a no-loan clause if the team is MLBAM
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by clockwerks on
Feb 28, 2008 12:08 PM PST
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smart clause, that one
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Feb 28, 2008 12:18 PM PST
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Only available on mlb.com for purchase?
Correct?
So it goes.
by jeepers on
Feb 28, 2008 11:59 AM PST
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Usually they have it so
that you can listen if you subscribed last season.
by Blez on
Feb 28, 2008 12:00 PM PST
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Me too!!! It says the site is down.
HigherPie, where are you getting your stream?
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:00 PM PST
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I'm getting it...
from the usual place.
I was already listening to the Astros game, though, so maybe since I was already "in", I'm not having the difficulties you guys are. Like a said, though, it took about 30 minutes for it to start working after 10 am this morning for the early games.
by HigherPie on
Feb 28, 2008 12:02 PM PST
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Can we get a rousing
and resounding new MLB AUDIO SUCKS!? It might make me feel better.
by Blez on
Feb 28, 2008 12:02 PM PST
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it's working for me
I upgraded to the new silverlight player though...not sure if that makes a difference
but I also had the astros game on before like HigherPie
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by clockwerks on
Feb 28, 2008 12:05 PM PST
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Sound quality is crystal clear...not
I am Ray Fosse's man crushes for Clay Wood and Jason Kendall.
by franks a lot on
Feb 28, 2008 12:05 PM PST
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MLB AUDIO SUCKS!
Try the old MediaPlayer -- it's working for me now after many error messages.
by Englishmajor on
Feb 28, 2008 12:05 PM PST
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I think...
it actually started working for me when I clicked over to the "New Media Player".
MLB AUDIO SUCKS!
by HigherPie on
Feb 28, 2008 12:07 PM PST
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Wow...it does suck...I can't find ANYTHING
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:06 PM PST
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Welcome to MLB.com 3.0
stat-addled alien overlord
by salb918 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:08 PM PST
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Okay, I got it...
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:06 PM PST
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Buck
Strikes out swinging on a 3-2 pitch.
by HigherPie on
Feb 28, 2008 12:07 PM PST
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Game over
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
by andeux on
Feb 28, 2008 12:08 PM PST
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Correction
Season over. When does football start?
by thejd44 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:13 PM PST
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to steal alaska A's bit ...
... what's everyone having for lunch?
Progresso vegetarian lentil soup with homemade buckwheat-flour baguette
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Feb 28, 2008 12:09 PM PST
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Wow, healthy
Pizza and diet Coke. Oh wait, that was breakfast.
by Englishmajor on
Feb 28, 2008 12:10 PM PST
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top ramen and
dr pepper
I'm one of the guys who built the new SB Nation
by odacrem on
Feb 28, 2008 12:20 PM PST
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is the ramen *in* the Dr Pepper?
And, is it Dr Pepper, or a cheap knockoff, a la Cap'n Sasquatch?
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Feb 28, 2008 12:21 PM PST
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I don't know what I am having yet
anyone have a suggestion?
Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.
by 5Aces on
Feb 28, 2008 12:22 PM PST
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Progresso available,
but I'm settling for an apple and a banana. Too much to do....
"Put down that Drano!!!!" Oh yeah, that goes in the sink...banana....eat that!
A big breakfast helps, as does a half-gallon of Peet's coffee ("Espresso Forte")
"I never predict anything, and I never will." Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
by One won lost won on
Feb 28, 2008 1:06 PM PST
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I'm a Major Dickason's man
I have a Saeco espresso machine on my desk at work. No, really.
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Feb 28, 2008 1:23 PM PST
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Ellis
Doubles off the left field wall
by HigherPie on
Feb 28, 2008 12:09 PM PST
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Barton
Robbed by Bill Hall on a liner to third, Ellis doubled off second
by HigherPie on
Feb 28, 2008 12:11 PM PST
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I thought that was in reaction to Ellis getting doubled off
"What an odd and fascinating epithet," I thought to myself.
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Feb 28, 2008 12:13 PM PST
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dur
"expletive," not "epithet"
Though, the latter could be OK if we decide that Costco Swedish Meatballs (cold) is Ellis's new nickname.
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Feb 28, 2008 12:16 PM PST
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Red Devil Sandwich from Rado's in Dwntwn SF. Chicken and Provolone with Buffalo Chicken sauce. It's glorious.
by BlueMoonNades on
Feb 28, 2008 12:12 PM PST
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Yay baseball
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on
Feb 28, 2008 12:12 PM PST
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Everyone have their Gameday Audio working now?
by HigherPie on
Feb 28, 2008 12:13 PM PST
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I was listening to Brewers for the first half-inning
but switched over to Buancasting in the break. Although the Brewers guys seemed pretty good.
by Englishmajor on
Feb 28, 2008 12:15 PM PST
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working
I had to reload the player twice.
by reggiejax on
Feb 28, 2008 12:14 PM PST
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I going to have a small burrito
and maybe a buffalo chicken fajita. I get to eat at home, yay!
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:14 PM PST
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gameday not audio
Last spring, some people figured out the url to get the gameday flash application. Anyone know where to go for that today?
by colin on
Feb 28, 2008 12:15 PM PST
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Buan trying to tell us where everyone's playing
taking his defensive positioning with a grain of salt.
by Zonis on
Feb 28, 2008 12:16 PM PST
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So I was already confused
Because he said the A's "got one in, but couldn't get more." A double is not "in." Why does Buan always get confused with MaEl-related events?
by thejd44 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:16 PM PST
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from the chron this morning
Travis Buck, right; Mark Ellis, second; Daric Barton, first; Jack Cust, left; Dan Johnson, designated hitter; Bobby Crosby, shortstop; Suzuki, catcher; Jack Hannahan, third; Chris Denorfia, center.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on
Feb 28, 2008 12:19 PM PST
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which unfortunetly isn't the lineup
as Suzuki isn't catching, and Sweeney is playing instead of Cust.
by Zonis on
Feb 28, 2008 12:22 PM PST
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So slow.....
The boxscore still hasn't shown fielder's home run......it's not very live.
by Coffee13eans on
Feb 28, 2008 12:21 PM PST
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Knoedler????
M. sweeney in Lf? Crosby batting cleanup? Yikes....
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on
Feb 28, 2008 12:23 PM PST
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Is a silly lineup for the first spring training game
enough to get a FIRE GEREN chant started? Too early?
by thejd44 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:24 PM PST
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My Knoedler???
was more along the lines of "I've never heard of that guy"
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on
Feb 28, 2008 12:25 PM PST
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Lifelong Giants organizational filler
Now A's filler.
Is it really pronouned "Kuh-NAYD-ler" or is Buan just insane?
by thejd44 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:26 PM PST
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question for all you gamedayaudio people
If you purchase it on one computer can you log in and listen on any computer?
like say I buy it on my office computer and want to listen on my laptop at home?
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:17 PM PST
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Yes
just remember what email address and password you used.
by Englishmajor on
Feb 28, 2008 12:18 PM PST
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cool thanks
I wasn't going to get it but someone just gave me $20 for a really late christmas gift, so A's game here I come!
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:20 PM PST
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can I have $10?
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Feb 28, 2008 12:25 PM PST
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sure
if you drive over to Novato and pick it up : -)
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:35 PM PST
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Not a problem
I listen to it everywhere, you just have to re-login. And crud, that's gone
by Doug on
Feb 28, 2008 12:18 PM PST
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You can listen to it anywhere you have a net connection
that is the selling point of the service.
by Zonis on
Feb 28, 2008 12:19 PM PST
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Unless they are having maintainence issues
I just tried buying a yearly subscribtion and the site was down. Oh well, I'll try again in a little bt.
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:24 PM PST
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now it works
hooray for baseball!
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:34 PM PST
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Fielder doubles
Buan said it was Weeks who scored, but I thought he struck out. We love you, Robert, don't ever change.
by Englishmajor on
Feb 28, 2008 12:17 PM PST
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That's not good!
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:18 PM PST
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two run homerun for Braun (called by Buan)
3-0 Brews
by Zonis on
Feb 28, 2008 12:18 PM PST
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Yeah, that's a bad 1st inning
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:20 PM PST
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Hello, 2008!
Let's try not to let the door hit us on the way out.
by Philip Christy on
Feb 28, 2008 12:21 PM PST
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Denorfia is playing CF...that's as much as I've got ;-)
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:21 PM PST
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Brewers
have a solid lineup. Kendall will be up soon to end the inning.
by reggiejax on
Feb 28, 2008 12:22 PM PST
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Is Kendall playing?
If he is, I predict 3 HRs.
I am Ray Fosse's man crushes for Clay Wood and Jason Kendall.
by franks a lot on
Feb 28, 2008 12:22 PM PST
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I read this morning...
He lad laser eye surgery this winter. That should fix him.
by HigherPie on
Feb 28, 2008 12:23 PM PST
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so I wasn't the only one
who won the Free Lasik at the A's game!
by Zonis on
Feb 28, 2008 12:25 PM PST
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So maybe those seeing-eye bouncing singles...
will finally find their way past the drawn in infielders.
I am Ray Fosse's man crushes for Clay Wood and Jason Kendall.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:25 PM PST
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How is the C function working for everyone?
I'm finding that it doesn't un-highlight the new comments fast enough for game threadiness.
by Englishmajor on
Feb 28, 2008 12:22 PM PST
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we'd love other people's feedback on that
the thread is growing so fast, this should be a good test of the auto-update system. Do you find that using C and X in combination is smooth enough?
I'm the SB Nation visual designer. We're still tidying!
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Feb 28, 2008 12:28 PM PST
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it's very smooth and functional
But it's difficult to manage actually reading/keeping up with the thread. Could be b/c I'm so used to my HOME/search-for[new] workaround.
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Feb 28, 2008 12:33 PM PST
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c function working great
but what is the x function?
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:41 PM PST
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it allows you to unmark the comment as new
as yer cycling through the comments with the 'c' key
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by clockwerks on
Feb 28, 2008 12:42 PM PST
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oh, well that's helpful
I was wondering how to do that, guess I missed the memo.
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:43 PM PST
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X unmarks the comment
so it's not new anymore, and will no longer appear in the new comment cycle—check the instructions at the top of these comments. we may change some of this behavior.
I'm the SB Nation visual designer. We're still tidying!
by sixfoot6 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:43 PM PST
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oh wow, way faster with the x function
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:45 PM PST
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I'd still like a single key
to unmark and move (the way C originally worked).
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Feb 28, 2008 1:04 PM PST
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I have auto-refreshed turn off
and I think I'll prob turn it on again, because one of the features about AN 2.0 I liked is gone: the comments don't refresh after you've posted.
by Zonis on
Feb 28, 2008 12:23 PM PST
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THIS IS GREAT!!
I just had to do a wonderful "we are listening to you team, here are the changes you didnt ask for" presentation at work. But now I have Baseball to bring me back to the living!!!
Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.
by 5Aces on
Feb 28, 2008 12:25 PM PST
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Crosby grounds out to 3rd
yep, its A's baseball again!
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Feb 28, 2008 12:25 PM PST
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Crosby is really motivated
great news.
The A's colors are green and gold.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:26 PM PST
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Reminds me of when
he was really motivated each of the last two years.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:27 PM PST
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or when he said he'd change his swing in spring training
oh wait, that was last year... and the year before...
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Feb 28, 2008 12:27 PM PST
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You misremember
the timeline of his sense of urgency.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:28 PM PST
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Perhaps the timeline jumped
when Crosby went on the DL after he fell in a wormhole.
Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.
by 5Aces on
Feb 28, 2008 12:29 PM PST
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That was BoCro's wife
who was motivated those years.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:29 PM PST
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I didn't hear a shattering sound
so it couldn't be Crosby
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Feb 28, 2008 12:42 PM PST
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Prince Fielder
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Feb 28, 2008 12:45 PM PST
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Robert "Towelie" Buan?
Bob Geren, on 8/2/07, on the success of Alan Embree as new interim closer: "What can I say,... he's been our Steady Tremendous Bullpen Man"
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Feb 28, 2008 1:12 PM PST
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Sweeney still has that Sox grit
The A's colors are green and gold.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:29 PM PST
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So it's Ryan Sweeney playing
and not Mike? Or are they both in there?
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
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Feb 28, 2008 12:31 PM PST
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Don't ask Buan.
I don't think he can possibly tell you.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:32 PM PST
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I know we're going to suck this year
but I just want the A's to do something about the general hopelessness thats felt whenever the A's are at bat, especially with RISP. I want to at least be able to hope the A's can get a run in, get that hit, unlike last season when you knew they wouldn't.
by Zonis on
Feb 28, 2008 12:32 PM PST
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Well, at least the A's are staying healthy this year
Oh, wait. Shit.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:34 PM PST
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Leadoff Double for Brewers
Blanton ain't building up his trade value.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:33 PM PST
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Zonis
Can you update more? The live mlb box score is so slow......
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Feb 28, 2008 12:34 PM PST
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Jason Kendall batting, count 0-2
Sweeney out hurt
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:35 PM PST
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what happened to suzuki??
i thought he was suppose to be in the lineup today.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:34 PM PST
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Probably has the flu
That seems to be the reason for the lineup changes.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:35 PM PST
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since Buan keeps talking about the Flu
I bet Cust and Suzuki both fell ill with it. Sweeney got removed because he ran into Prince Fielder (you know the guy, can't miss him)
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Feb 28, 2008 12:35 PM PST
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Kendall just got the 6th hit against Blanton
Runners 1 & 3
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
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Feb 28, 2008 12:36 PM PST
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Baun said
Kendall had some good years for the A's. what seasons was he talking about?
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
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Feb 28, 2008 12:37 PM PST
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From Kendall's point of view they were fantastic
paid millions to hit that bad? It was below replacement level heaven.
Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:57 PM PST
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Blanton's given up 6 hits thus far
in 1.0 IP
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Feb 28, 2008 12:36 PM PST
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You heard it here first!
per Robert Buan, Joe Blanton wears Makeup! :P
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Feb 28, 2008 12:37 PM PST
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bases drunk
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
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Feb 28, 2008 12:37 PM PST
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Kirk Saarloos up in the bullpen
Blanton probably out very soon. Has a 45 Pitch Count
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Feb 28, 2008 12:37 PM PST
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Infield single by Weeks, bases loaded, no out out.
Saarloos up in 'pen.
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:38 PM PST
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Buan doesn't know who is playing
or what they do.
But he uses the word "equidistant" during his PBP. Tremendous.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:38 PM PST
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The equidistant thing was awesome.
I really felt like I was there in the valley.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:39 PM PST
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Another single
Bases Loaded, 4-0 Brewers, and Blanton exits the game.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:38 PM PST
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hvn't pulled him yet
but Buan made it seem like it at the time.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:41 PM PST
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"Getting his work in."
I am Ray Fosse's man crushes for Clay Wood and Jason Kendall.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:41 PM PST
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Basehit...4-0 Brewers. Bases still loaded, no out out. Blanton is just about gone.
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:39 PM PST
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Even Curt Young is already day-to-day
I am Ray Fosse's man crushes for Clay Wood and Jason Kendall.
by franks a lot on
Feb 28, 2008 12:40 PM PST
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Young had rotater cuff surgery yesterday
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
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Feb 28, 2008 12:40 PM PST
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Sac Fly, almost homerun
caught by Denorfia at the wall, Kendall scores, 5-0 Brewers with 1st and 3rd (if I understood Buan right)
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Feb 28, 2008 12:40 PM PST
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Denorfia catches the ball in deep center. Sac fly- 5-0 Mil
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Buck catches the second out.
Reveals slighty-glass arm.
6-0 Brewers
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Feb 28, 2008 12:43 PM PST
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What do you guys think
about having to preview before posting? Seems to slow things down too much for the game threads.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:43 PM PST
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kind of annoying when your trying to be fast
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
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Feb 28, 2008 12:44 PM PST
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especially when the preview button doesn't work right away
and takes 10 seconds to load.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:44 PM PST
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I think Buck is in Left
Cunningham in right. Might be other way around.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:44 PM PST
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THE INNING IS OVER! FINALLY!
6-0 Brewers, Blanton's ST ERA stays at a steady 27.00
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Feb 28, 2008 12:45 PM PST
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Braun is a friggin beast
Bring back Hammer.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:46 PM PST
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Didn't he...
hit like 6 homers against us last spring when nobody knew who he was yet?
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Feb 28, 2008 12:47 PM PST
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First game ever in ST last year vs. A's
4-5, 7 RBI, 3 run bomb and a grand slam. He has hit from day one in teh Bigs and never stopped.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:51 PM PST
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on the plus side...

No Harden and No Chavez make the A's go, something something...
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Feb 28, 2008 12:47 PM PST
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Blanton must have the brown bottle flu
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Surely not
He has the pink box flu.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:55 PM PST
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there are two ways to interpret that
Actually, looking at your avatar, make that three ways.
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
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Feb 28, 2008 1:26 PM PST
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Ellis = Rakefest
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Feb 28, 2008 12:51 PM PST
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Yay...Ellis!
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by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:52 PM PST
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and I am out
for a bit, gotta go to class.
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Feb 28, 2008 12:53 PM PST
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HealthNet is sponsoring A's Basics clinic
The jokes just write themselves.....
by Englishmajor on
Feb 28, 2008 12:54 PM PST
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Thank Goodness!
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by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:55 PM PST
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Aaron Cunningham made a pretty good play to catch the first out.
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by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:57 PM PST
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Baseball is back!
Losing still ain't fun.
"I've got a lot of wins waiting in these white shoes." -Dan Meyer
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Feb 28, 2008 12:58 PM PST
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Saarloos issues a walk
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by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 12:59 PM PST
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Ken:
"Crosby is still young enough that his future could be ahead of him".
I know what he meant, though.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:04 PM PST
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Knowing what he meant
doesn't make the statement any less hilarious.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:06 PM PST
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MMMM....kettlecorn!
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Huh...Crosby grounds to the pitcher.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:04 PM PST
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D.J. pops out to catcher in foul ground
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Still good as ever!
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Feb 28, 2008 1:06 PM PST
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At least it wasn't a groundout to 2B
I am Ray Fosse's man crushes for Clay Wood and Jason Kendall.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:06 PM PST
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Kendall = balls to the wall GRIT
I am Ray Fosse's man crushes for Clay Wood and Jason Kendall.
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Crosby soft 2 hopper
Rinse and repeat.
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Hanahan ends up at 1st on a sketchy basehit (maybe E on 3rd)
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Hannahan singles to third
Buan says it could have been scored an error
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Okay, it's the FIRST GAME, and I'm tired of Crosby and D.J. already
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Feb 28, 2008 1:07 PM PST
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Over-react much?
:-)
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Feb 28, 2008 1:09 PM PST
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Cunningham walks
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Cunningham walks on 4 pitches
1st and 2nd, 2 out
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Denorfia grounds out to 2nd
Inning over
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Saarloos in for another inning of work
First Extra Innings show on Saturday, sez Buan
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Feb 28, 2008 1:13 PM PST
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Knoedler?
"The Athletics at Fremont" is lame
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Feb 28, 2008 1:15 PM PST
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there is an "ay" in Knoedler
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
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Feb 28, 2008 1:27 PM PST
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Fielder grounds out to Ellis.
1-2-3 for Saarloos
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Anthony Recker in at catcher,
Singles on a 3-0 pitch leading off
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Hope this isn't a season preview
Bay area teams are collectively losing 14-1 today.
"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick, 10/7/07
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Yay...BAY!
We....SUCK! ;-)
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by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 1:27 PM PST
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Alright BBG, you got this for a while?
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Got it...Dan Meyer in to pitch
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by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 1:27 PM PST
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Dan Meyer in to pitch
Presumably, many other changes as well.
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Hahaha
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Buan reminds us that Meyer was terrible in his A's games last year.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:28 PM PST
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And does Meyer remind us that Buan was terrible in his ST pxp games last year?
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
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Feb 28, 2008 1:30 PM PST
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Susan!!! Hi!!!!!
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since there's no DLD ...
This proves it: Beane is racist after all! He hangs out with a ...
Oh, wait. Klinsmann. My bad.
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
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Feb 28, 2008 1:29 PM PST
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You know -- like a cousin, or an uncle or something.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
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Feb 28, 2008 1:38 PM PST
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Susan Slusser thinks Meyer was 'just nervous' last year.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:31 PM PST
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3-1 putout, 1 out.
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Slussler LOOOOOOOVES Dan Meyer.
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by baseballgirl on
Feb 28, 2008 1:32 PM PST
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Basehit for Cory Hart.
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Klinsmann
I walked by him in the Phoenix airport late Dec. he was flying to Tampa Bay with his family (i'm glad he's not a rays fan). It was funny to see someone so immensly famous in another country, able to easily walk past hundreds of people.
No Harden and No Chavez make the A's go, something something...
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Feb 28, 2008 1:32 PM PST
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Can she Buan-cast?
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Feb 28, 2008 1:34 PM PST
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Dave Kapler is pinch running
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Feb 28, 2008 1:33 PM PST
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The A's turned a 5-6-4-3 double play
but Crosby fielded the ball. Welcome back BUAN
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Feb 28, 2008 1:33 PM PST
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Yes, that was the key ;-)
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Double-play turned 6-4-3. A's out of the inning with just the single. Going to the top of the sixth. 6-0 Brewers.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:33 PM PST
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Buan has now used the words "sardonic" and "equidistant"
in the same broadcast.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:34 PM PST
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But he doesn't know the shortstop is 6.
I think I have a new favorite broadcaster.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:37 PM PST
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Is this your first Buancast Experience?
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Feb 28, 2008 1:39 PM PST
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I only sporadically would listen to
games that were meaningless in the past, never closely enough to get the true value of Buan. I made a point to listen to as much as I could today based on the loooong (but very entertaining) game thread in which Mark Ellis ran around the bases in various directions multiple times in one inning. And something about unicorns.
The point: I will be listening to many more of these (and I love AN, even though I've only been around here for a couple months).
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Feb 28, 2008 8:18 PM PST
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Buan must be gearing up for the GRE exam
I am Ray Fosse's man crushes for Clay Wood and Jason Kendall.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:40 PM PST
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coincidentally ...
the Sardonic Equidistant Parameters opened for Jay Farrar last night.
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
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Feb 28, 2008 1:42 PM PST
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How was the show?
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
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Feb 28, 2008 1:43 PM PST
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Really?
I heard it was going to be Costco Swedish Meatballs (Cold). They must have the flu.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:49 PM PST
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they were driven to the venue by Mark Ellis
... who struck out.
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
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Feb 28, 2008 3:29 PM PST
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Can Susan be a new broadcaster? She's super!
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Carlos Gonzalez was in center by the way.
Shockingly, two outs already. Blackholes of the offense, they are.
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Hannahan draws 2-out walk
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Is anyone else having C-conniptions ?
Its jumping all over the thread for me, including repeatedly back to the same comment while I can see others still unread.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:41 PM PST
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are you also using the 'x' key to unmark comments you've already read?
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
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Feb 28, 2008 1:43 PM PST
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I wasn't, no
I think it somehow wasn't noticing some of the newer new comments but just looping me through a subset.
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Feb 28, 2008 2:15 PM PST
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it goes in order of time posted (I think)
And when it appears to be going to the same comment, it's likely that it's going to consecutive comments in a thread. But I could be wrong.
Someone is wrong on the Internet. @('.')@
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it does go in order of time posted
but we're still playing with that idea
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
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Cunningham takes strike 3...A's still can't score. Bottom 6.
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Not a thing. Except Susan broadcasting!
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Well if this spring training is like the past 3 or 4
The regular A's fall behind,and the rookies come back and win it. Then the ST record looks outstanding.
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Feb 28, 2008 1:46 PM PST
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Meyer gets his first K.
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it's like a rewind of the past...Foulke, Saarloos...who's next? ;-)
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Hopefully, no Koch
"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick, 10/7/07
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Feb 28, 2008 1:49 PM PST
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Ground ball, out #2; Meyer does not look too bad.
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First email of the year:
The writers say we suck.
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and Susan wouldn't use the word 'suck'! Hahaha!
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