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Open Thread; Game 1 - A's vs. Red Sox (cont)

We head to the seventh inning! Manny ruined Blanton's great start in the sixth with a two-run double, giving the Sox a short-lived 3-2 lead, but Hannahan (Chavez who?) BLASTED a two-run homerun to retake the lead for the A's.

It's 4-3.

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I hope this is the right place...

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:21 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sigh, more red sox highlights

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:21 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ellsbury singles

Bad new thread!

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:22 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ugh, leadoff single for Soft Tacoby Supreme.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:22 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wonder what the bullpen lineup is

Does Brown have the 8th? Casilla? Foulke? Me?

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by Nico on Mar 25, 2008 5:22 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't want to see Foulke...

but, I didn't want to see Ryan Sweeney, either. I guess I have no say.

Go A's!

by FoolshGame22 on Mar 25, 2008 5:24 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Who the hell is going to face Ortiz in the 8th?

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:24 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Double play!

Good new thread!

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:22 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bullpen shutdown thread mojo

L e t ' s g o O a k l a n d ! ! ! !

Oakland, baby... always my Athletics.
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by emperor nobody on Mar 25, 2008 5:22 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DP

Thorne pissed.

Good thread.

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:22 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah DP

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by Keze on Mar 25, 2008 5:22 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Double Play!

Just what the Dr. ordered!

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by louismg on Mar 25, 2008 5:22 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why not a two-inning save opp for Street?

Heart of the order in the 8th - Street's who I want out there.

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by Nico on Mar 25, 2008 5:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

15 pitches for Embree...

I say leave him in through Ortiz, and then 4 out save for Street.

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:30 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Absolutely.

No Foulke-Ortiz matchups, please.

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:31 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And if Youkilis gets on,

say if they'll call the game with two outs in the 9th.

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by Nico on Mar 25, 2008 5:32 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DP!!!!!

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 25, 2008 5:22 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Perfect little DP there.

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:22 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"And they turn two..."

Thorne sounds dejected making that call. Arrrggh.

by textonly on Mar 25, 2008 5:23 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fabulous way to start a season. I usually am on vacation at the Final Four

and miss opening day unless you count DVR. This has been great!

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:24 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

1st game of the season

and they're already calling the world series.....

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:24 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah!!!

So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one

by baseballgirl on Mar 25, 2008 5:24 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It was a double play and a weak 1-3

But I still don't think Embree should've been in to face 3 straight righties before Ortiz is up.

Just because it works doesn't mean it's smart.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:24 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Inning over.

Bless you, Alan Embree.

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:24 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

6 outs to go.

3 to get to Huston. We got a chance.

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:24 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great appearance by Embree

Well, y'know...so far(?). *knocks on wood*

by textonly on Mar 25, 2008 5:24 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ortiz and Ramirez due up next inning.

Bring in Street for the 8th?

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:25 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not THIS year!

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Street goes through the 2-3-4 guys.

Bring in Foulke for the weaker part of the lineup in the 9th.

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I say two inning save opp for Street

Brown, Foulke, Casilla ready for tomorrow.

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by Nico on Mar 25, 2008 5:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

solidness from Embree

we like

Oakland, baby... always my Athletics.
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by emperor nobody on Mar 25, 2008 5:25 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They just discussed the AL East.

What are the odds that they even mention the AL West?

Putting the "N" in "NRAF" from Leipzig, Germany!

by GreenNGoldSooner on Mar 25, 2008 5:25 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We just stood up and sang TMOTTBG

The camera crew, for some reason, chose to ignore us.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 25, 2008 5:25 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

home plate umpire trying to give it to the sox

That called strike 3 on Cust earlier was completely inside off the plate.

That 4 pitch walk to Pedroia that started the Sox rally in the 6 was a joke.

"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagines such events unfolding!" Bill King

by Buck Turgidson on Mar 25, 2008 5:26 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Baseball is back!

I just woke up, and now I gotta go to work, but man, it sure is sweet hearing Ken Korach call a Jack Hannahan home run to put the A's ahead of the Red Sox in a game that matters. LET'S GO A'S!!

by Philip Christy on Mar 25, 2008 5:26 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Embree has only thrown 15 pitches

Can we leave him in fir Youk and Ortiz?

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:26 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dale!

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 25, 2008 5:27 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, so 3 times I hear Thorne call him "Dale Barton"

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by Buck Turgidson on Mar 25, 2008 5:28 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Korach:

"Ellis hit the earliest home run in the history of the game". Kinda cool.

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:27 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

in the calendar year?

or in the morning? :)

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 25, 2008 5:28 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe both!

But calendar year for sure.

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if Ellis hits a walk off HR

to win the 2008 World Series on Nov. 3rd, it definitely makes a case (taken with his all-time South Dakotan HR record) that he should be in the Hall of Fame based on best collection of esoteric records.

Oakland, baby... always my Athletics.
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by emperor nobody on Mar 25, 2008 5:31 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Did mlbradio automatically renew for everybody?

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:27 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's valid but I'm not sure if there is any "room" left on it :-)

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep. She is expensive but worth every penny.

I'm in my plush A's robe that she bought me for Christmas!!

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:32 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Barton Walk #3 coming up

That'll rattle the Sox bullpen.

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by louismg on Mar 25, 2008 5:27 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ellis is such a stud

In the great NES game RBI baseball from 1986 (to date the most realistic baseball sim), players will randomly be "dialed in" for a full game, where everything they hit is with power. Long story short, Ellis is dialed in.

by dscel on Mar 25, 2008 5:28 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Except one of the unicorns came up lame on that drive

because it only got to the track.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

juuuuust a few feet

I'll chalk it up to randomness

by dscel on Mar 25, 2008 5:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Could we see M. Sweeney pinch hit for Emil

if Cust gets on?

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:30 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Javier Lopez in. I love LOOGYs

It's really kind of unhealthy.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:30 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He said Hanrahan again!

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:31 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hammer Hand!

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by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:31 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fuck. Foulke warming up.

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:31 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cmon Cust

Solo shot

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by Keze on Mar 25, 2008 5:31 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"Hanrahan" again by Thorne. Unbelievable.

This is easily not the best crew I've ever heard.

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:31 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's really sad to think he's our best option.

Remember when the bullpen was supposed to be a strength?

by mikev on Mar 25, 2008 5:32 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is cust a guaranteed out?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:31 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They are talking about the

A's in a nice way. Hard to believe.

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 25, 2008 5:32 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks for bringing it up

was it necessary to brinng up the mitchell report?

by Zabat on Mar 25, 2008 5:32 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes. Yes, it was.

And Thorne with his smartass comment there... ugh. I hate him.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:33 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Barton usually looks good against lefties...

Lopez is a tough pitcher for lefties to see the ball out of his hand

by snrubnivek on Mar 25, 2008 5:33 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh ugh...Foulke.

So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one

by baseballgirl on Mar 25, 2008 5:33 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What bs

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by Keze on Mar 25, 2008 5:33 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cust called out again

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by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:33 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"Mr. Cust will let you know when you've thrown a strike"

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:34 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't like the home plate ump

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:33 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You...and Cust, I suspect.

Putting the "N" in "NRAF" from Leipzig, Germany!

by GreenNGoldSooner on Mar 25, 2008 5:34 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Speaking of bs...

it also stands for blown save!

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by Nico on Mar 25, 2008 5:34 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hat Trick for Cust

but two of them shoulda been walks.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:34 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If Foulke comes in...

it'll kinda be like watching the Warriors with a lead. I'll know what's going to happen.

Go A's!

by FoolshGame22 on Mar 25, 2008 5:34 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

As a long time Foulke mark

I'm not gonna say a bad word about him.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:35 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Until he blows the lead.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:35 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Figure this way -

Brown and Casilla likely overthrow. Foulke won't.

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by Nico on Mar 25, 2008 5:36 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cust kinda looks like the small hands guy on that BK commercial

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by Buck Turgidson on Mar 25, 2008 5:35 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That commercial freaks me out

Those hands are just so little.

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by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:38 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Comeback player of the year: Keith Foulke

Lets do this, Keith. I believe.

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by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:36 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't

like him in there in this situation.

by sf drift king on Mar 25, 2008 5:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lipozene Ad

"78% of each pound lost was pure body fat."

Which is to say, just over 3/4 of each pound lost was actually fat.

Putting the "N" in "NRAF" from Leipzig, Germany!

by GreenNGoldSooner on Mar 25, 2008 5:36 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thankfully minus Scioscia

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:38 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Swish would've caught that

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:37 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

gulp

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 25, 2008 5:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

whew

2 down

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 25, 2008 5:37 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Really?

On my mlb.tv it was still nobody out.

Putting the "N" in "NRAF" from Leipzig, Germany!

by GreenNGoldSooner on Mar 25, 2008 5:38 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Angles fans again... ooo-ing and ahh-ing

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:37 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was hit way too hard for my liking.

Incredible Foulke anyone?

Anyone?

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by Boonee on Mar 25, 2008 5:37 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This isn't going to be good is it?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:38 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Foulke vs. Papi

It's 5:38, and I'm sweating.

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:38 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i know it's early,

but my nightmares aren't supposed to follow me into my waking hours.

by whiteshoes40 on Mar 25, 2008 5:38 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Foulke looking entirely mashable

please let him survive this inning

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by Keze on Mar 25, 2008 5:38 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Foulke

has he pitched enough in the spring to even be in there?

by sf drift king on Mar 25, 2008 5:38 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm totally amped

after 3.5 hours sleep, but I have no doubt I'll crash at work

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:39 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Foulke's FB looks like Joe Kennedy's did (RIP)

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:39 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Where was that pitch?

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:39 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That 1-2 pitch

was a strike to A's hitters earlier.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:39 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

why wasn't that a strike

UMP? HUH? You messin' with us

by Mark A on Mar 25, 2008 5:39 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Foulke

Looks hittable when he throws.

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 25, 2008 5:40 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A lot like Joe Kennedy did

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:40 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's always looked hittable

because he never threw particularly hard and his out pitch was a changeup.

Now his fastball is slow and hopefully his changeup is slower.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:40 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yup - in fact...they're the same pitch!

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 Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm calling it -

Ortiz two-run double on a fastball.

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 Mar 25, 2008 5:40 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

In which game?

Sometime in August against a different team?

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by louismg on Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sit down Papi!

way to go foulke!!

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn Japanese fans

Scaring the hell out of me. Nice job, Keith!

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oh good grief.

thanks for almost not catching that, brown.

by whiteshoes40 on Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ortiz out

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Goodbye, Big Papi

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thorne couldn't sound more upset.

This is ridiculous.

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

PLEASE ONE MORE OUT!!!!!

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's getting hit pretty hard.

And his pitches don't have much movement at all.

"You're just jealous. You wish you had a rally animal..." -CardinalWraith

by Boonee on Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow

Might as well have cust out there if that's what you get with Emil

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by Keze on Mar 25, 2008 5:41 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm hoping that was a Metrodome-esque

blending in with that white ceiling and/or the low light banks. I hope. I hope Emil isn't that bad in a real park.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:42 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

see you manny!

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 25, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

RING HIM UP!!!

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Foulke Yeah

¿ƃıs uʍop ǝpısdn sɐɥ uɐɔ ı

by Keze on Mar 25, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

welcome back keith!!

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 25, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

YES.

Street's game to lose.

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

or Save

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Foulke you, Manny

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm not breathing

This can't be good for me over time.

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by louismg on Mar 25, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow, I believe in miracles

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by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Could the new Foulke be the old Foulke?

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Beane is really...

smarter than all of us.

Go A's!

by FoolshGame22 on Mar 25, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Okay

maybe I under estimated Folke. Way to go dude.

by sf drift king on Mar 25, 2008 5:44 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd love to see a break down...

....of how much time the ESPN crew has spent discussing the Sox vs. how much time they've spent discussing the A's.

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by GreenNGoldSooner on Mar 25, 2008 5:44 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hmmm

i am skeptical...

I think the percentage would be higher for the red sox.

by Zabat on Mar 25, 2008 5:45 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Foulke being Foulke

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by Nico on Mar 25, 2008 5:44 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Foulke Hero!

Actually, that was far better than I could have hoped for. He looked kinda scared, but he pitched really well. Well done, Keith.

by textonly on Mar 25, 2008 5:44 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It'll be Lowell, Moss (maybe PH?), Varitek

in the 9th

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by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:44 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Best pitcher on the A's staff against

the 4th, 7th, and 8th best hitters on the Sox.

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:45 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But first: Brown, Crosby, Hannahan

...the heart of the order!

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by GreenNGoldSooner on Mar 25, 2008 5:45 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That doesn't sound right.

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:46 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good for Foulke.

What a relief, Is anybody else having trouble with the thread running slow?

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 25, 2008 5:44 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

please let us score a run

this can't be good for my blood pressure

by ChadGod on Mar 25, 2008 5:45 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well I spoke too soon.

Good stuff Foulke!

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by Boonee on Mar 25, 2008 5:45 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sweet caroline??

i thought we were the home team!

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 25, 2008 5:45 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Snowboarding down the mou'in

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:45 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Neil Diamond on the PA

Yeah, real home game for the A's

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by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:46 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rrrrrrggggg

The A's = Washington Generals....fucking MLB

by kbtoyz on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

foulke neil diamond

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 25, 2008 5:46 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No kidding

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:46 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn 2K commercials.

"I said 2K, K?" is going to drive me insane this year.

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by Boonee on Mar 25, 2008 5:46 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it is a really dumb saying...

i dont see how a company could think that was a smart move.

by Zabat on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Does

Blanton still get the win?

by sf drift king on Mar 25, 2008 5:46 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Embree is the pitcher of record.

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, Dice-K gets the win. Just cause.

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by Nico on Mar 25, 2008 5:48 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Prediction: A's will go 162-0

while batting .000 with RISP.

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by Nico on Mar 25, 2008 5:46 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't know that I agree

But I'm okay with that.

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by louismg on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hope we can sustain it through the playoffs.

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scoring runs while batting .000 with RISP...

Is apparently still an undervalued commodity in baseball.

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by GreenNGoldSooner on Mar 25, 2008 5:48 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No

Getting hits with RISP is overvalued. Or something. Go A's!

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:50 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whoa...Corey is one crazy looking dude.

"You're just jealous. You wish you had a rally animal..." -CardinalWraith

by Boonee on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can see...

I'm going to be late for work.

Go A's!

by FoolshGame22 on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Prediction: Brown hits something

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Reminds me of Slingblade's skinnier brother

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by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

shit

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow, great catch

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's a great catch. Bastard.

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:47 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ouch.

very nice catch though

by dscel on Mar 25, 2008 5:48 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn that

really was a great catch.

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 25, 2008 5:48 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

WOW!

A CATCH! DID YOU SEE THAT, FOLKS?!?!? THE RED SOX ARE THE GREATEST TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS!!!

by textonly on Mar 25, 2008 5:48 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

O AN THEY SEXY

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:49 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks, Thorne

Does he not have a TV feed? It was obvious he caught that. What was he waiting for?

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:49 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It was also obvious Youk DIDN'T catch the foul ball

and he was hoping out loud that he did.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hope he..

separated his shoulder there.

When will then be now? Soon.

by Syphon on Mar 25, 2008 5:48 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Come on

Let's don't wish injury on the kid. That's bad kharma.

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 25, 2008 5:49 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My hate for Boston..

Takes precedent over everything.

When will then be now? Soon.

by Syphon on Mar 25, 2008 5:51 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

WEB GEM

That's the highlight of the game. No matter who wins.

Go A's!

by FoolshGame22 on Mar 25, 2008 5:48 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sox 'pen is very suspect

It's going to be a long season for them in the AL East

by dscel on Mar 25, 2008 5:48 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Crosby's swing is still uglier than ever.

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:49 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah.

He looks awful today.

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:49 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that

was quite a grab, seriously.

Oakland, baby... always my Athletics.
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by emperor nobody on Mar 25, 2008 5:49 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah

It's a web gem, it's an amazing play, it's the best play of the game so far. However, if the A's win, that's a much bigger story.

by Basebal_Equals_Life on Mar 25, 2008 5:50 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not on ESPN

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice job, Cros

I could have done that.

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by louismg on Mar 25, 2008 5:50 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How many broken bats have there been?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:50 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How many broken bats have there been?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 25, 2008 5:50 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Croz really hitting for power this year

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 Mar 25, 2008 5:50 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So does the Greek God of Not Catching...

....the Pop Foul get an ESPN lecture about how he should have played that?

I thought not.

Putting the "N" in "NRAF" from Leipzig, Germany!

by GreenNGoldSooner on Mar 25, 2008 5:50 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

9th inning, folks

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:50 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OK

Let's do this

¿ƃıs uʍop ǝpısdn sɐɥ uɐɔ ı

by Keze on Mar 25, 2008 5:50 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

me too...

what's Ryan Sweeney's line?

Go A's!

by FoolshGame22 on Mar 25, 2008 5:52 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

0-3 with a BB

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"Hi, I can't hit a baseball - want to go out on a date?"

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 Mar 25, 2008 5:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's totally BoCro's line when picking up the brats.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:55 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Come on Huston. No telling when you'll be traded

and then I'll have to ask Blez for a new username.

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:52 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep. IM4Oakguy is up for grabs!

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:54 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't tell your husband!!

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Every time I see these "Two Words" ESPN commercials,

I keep waiting for them to say "Base Ball."

It wouldn't surprise me with this broadcasting crew.

"You're just jealous. You wish you had a rally animal..." -CardinalWraith

by Boonee on Mar 25, 2008 5:52 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Two Words? "Sox" and "Yankees", No?

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by GreenNGoldSooner on Mar 25, 2008 5:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Emil Brown looks great despite unproductive line

Patient and clearly packs a punch. F-n Jacoby

by ChadGod on Mar 25, 2008 5:53 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and looks shaky in left field. Looks like the Jeremy Giambi saga continues.

"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Mar 25, 2008 5:55 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

1 out!

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:54 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

UNO!

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 25, 2008 5:54 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

1 down!

Sleep is coming soon!

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by louismg on Mar 25, 2008 5:54 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

really?

I'm going to work, I work from home.

by paradox on Mar 25, 2008 5:55 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BOOOO Moss

Fallout Boy?

Really?

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:54 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I picked a good day to have a day off of work

And a bad day to go to class at 8AM MDT

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:55 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

drunk by 630 am

if we blow this. Or if we Don't. Have a great day everyone!

by Swishdball on Mar 25, 2008 5:55 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Almost there.

Come on Huston!

"You're just jealous. You wish you had a rally animal..." -CardinalWraith

by Boonee on Mar 25, 2008 5:55 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I fucking knew it.

When will then be now? Soon.

by Syphon on Mar 25, 2008 5:56 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fuck.

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by BWH on Mar 25, 2008 5:56 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

HR

Fuck fuck fuck

"If you could fart into a kind of microprocessing funnel, and the funnel poured the fart into a computer, which converted the fart into words, this is what it would look like." - Ken Tremendous, FJM

by HigherPie on Mar 25, 2008 5:56 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"A back that acted up on J.D. Drew"

Whose back was it?

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by GreenNGoldSooner on Mar 25, 2008 5:56 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Uggghh

4-4.

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by louismg on Mar 25, 2008 5:56 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Son of a bitch.

"You're just jealous. You wish you had a rally animal..." -CardinalWraith

by Boonee on Mar 25, 2008 5:56 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Crap.

Chiba Lotte lost simultaneously in the fighter plane of the Japanese ham.

by JediLeroy on Mar 25, 2008 5:56 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OMG

who the hell is Moss?

by Mark A on Mar 25, 2008 5:56 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thorne cares again.

He sounded suicidal for a second there.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 25, 2008 5:56 AM PDT reply reply