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Harden Stifles the Red Sox as Brown Atones For Yesterday

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Well, THAT was much more fun of a game to get up early for! And instead of being frustrated and tired at work, we can all be happy and tired instead!

The big story of the day obviously centers around James Richard Harden, who made his bid to right the A’s ship with a 95 pitch, six-inning outing, that boasted three hits, one run, three walks, and nine strikeouts.

Harden opened the game by striking out Pedroia and Manny, added two strikeouts in the second, one in the third, Ross and Manny again in the fourth, one in the fifth, and one in the sixth. He was absolutely filthy; didn’t surrender a hit until the fourth inning, and the only time the Red Sox even had a threat was Manny’s solo homerun in the sixth. It’s almost too good to be true, and I’m waiting with baited breath to see how James Richard feels in the next couple of days, especially after another long flight home.

The A’s got into the scoring action in the second, as Crosby got a hanging pitch and didn’t miss it; drilling it into the corner for a double and later scoring on Norfie’s single. (Seriously, what would you nickname him?!)

Travis Buck’s early season struggles were exposed later in the inning, and yes, Lester is tough on lefties, but you simply have to put together a tougher at-bat with runners on the corners and two out. Likewise, when you have two more runners on the bases in the bottom of the sixth, get the bat off your shoulder and swing. Buck seems to be taking until he gets two strikes instead of looking for a hittable pitch early. The last thing the A’s need is an automatic out at the top of the lineup, and at 0-10, that’s how the season begins for Buck.

Things got better for the A’s offense during the bottom of the third. After Ellis walked to open the inning, Sweeney moved him to third with a one-out hit (his second on the day; can we find a way to work this guy into the lineup?!), and Emil Brown came up with a chance to extend the A’s slim 1-0 lead with a sacrifice fly and earn himself some redemption for last night. We got a lot more than we expected, as Brown took a Lester pitch over the left field fence for a three-run homerun, extending the A’s lead to 4-0. Okay, fine. Emil, I’m really sorry I tried to fire you after yesterday’s game. It was early in the morning; I hadn’t slept all night and you ran into an out to end a high-profile game against the Red Sox. We can be okay now, though.

The A’s didn’t add to their scoring until they tacked on a much-needed insurance run in the eighth, complements of Suzuki’s second double of the day, and Fiorentino’s single in his first at-bat of the day.

Five runs turned out to be more than enough for the A’s pitchers. Harden was replaced by Casilla in the seventh, with the A’s still holding on to a 4-1 lead. Casilla immediately continued the trend Harden left; striking out two of the four batters he faced, and once again, the A’s used Keith Foulke in a big spot, starting the eighth, facing the heart of the lineup. Foulke retired the first batter, but Crosby chose a very inopportune time to make his first error of the season, allowing a baserunner in front of David Ortiz, who very nearly took Foulke deep. But the ball stayed in the park, and after a wild pitch advanced the runner to second, Foulke ultimately struck Manny out. Alan Embree came in to pitch the ninth, and after the Red Sox got the leadoff man on, he induced a double-play and finished out the inning with no further incident.

Say what you want about the A’s this year, but they hung in there during the entire series against the Red Sox, and not only were the games close, but they played well. I’m seeing a lot of positive things about this team, and small sample size notwithstanding, the A’s look better than I had originally pictured. Take that for what it’s worth, but I’m excited to finish up this series next week.

Final Score: A’s 5, Boston 1
Winning Pitcher: Rich Harden
Losing Pitcher: Jon Lester

The A’s now fly home for a weekend series (Spring Training) against the Giants, and they resume their regular season campaign against the Red Sox on Tuesday night. We will see you back here on AN for all the action, this time at a more reasonable time of day.

It has been fun, though. Thanks for sharing the middle of the night games with AN!

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You're the chocolate syrup in my coffee, BBG

"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 26, 2008 6:06 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great game

It gives me a whole lot of hope for this season!

GO A'S!!

Green Hulk Fists

by oaklandSMASH on Mar 26, 2008 6:06 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BBG types almost as fast as Harden throws!

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 26, 2008 6:06 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

outstanding recap!

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 6:06 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

my prediction for the A's taking the AL West...

is looking better and better every day.

Go A's!

by FoolshGame22 on Mar 26, 2008 6:07 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Your recap came up

almost as fast as Ricky's cleared out!
Great game, great game threads. Thanks all.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 26, 2008 6:08 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

here you go

You can't fire me...I don't work in this van!

by BigTuna on Mar 26, 2008 6:08 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ESPN

Every Sox Players Nightmare: Oakland Athletics

"The Underground Railroad to Candyland gives greetings from Japan"

You can't fire me...I don't work in this van!

by BigTuna on Mar 26, 2008 6:09 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol I have no idea what "The Underground Railroad to Candyland gives greetings from Japan" means, but I like it!

by drmmerchk on Mar 26, 2008 6:25 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just Googled

It's a band from San Pedro who are touring in Japan right now.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 26, 2008 6:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This makes me happy

plus the fact that I'm going to 2 games this weekend. Ahhhh baseball, I've missed you.

by pam5981 on Mar 26, 2008 6:08 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Excellent, bbg...

So the A's win wasn't as completely debilitating and spirit-crushing for the Red Sox as I'd hoped it would be, but I'm happy. Going to sleep now and look forward to seeing the Sox get humiliated in person twice next week.

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 26, 2008 6:09 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm glad this is the last grave-shift game

I'm tired of trying to force myself to sleep when I know that my A's are on.

"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick (AN), 10/7/07

by doctorK on Mar 26, 2008 6:09 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If Fremont doesn't work out...

the A's should move to Japan. We can have 3 a.m. threads... all the time. Don't have to worry about getting off work early to get to the ballpark. Don't have to worry about all that pesky traffic getting to Fremont. Nirvana!

Go A's!

by FoolshGame22 on Mar 26, 2008 6:11 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

a bullet train to the new stadium?

How can AN's public transit proponents possibly argue against the move to Japan now?

Go A's!

by FoolshGame22 on Mar 26, 2008 8:15 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

From Fremont...

...to Flemont?

Notes From The Nat has a new home: http://www.natnotes.com

by Ozzz on Mar 26, 2008 11:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great game

It's a great way for me to start the day!!!!! I almost didn't get up but I could hear what Harden was doing, and I just couldn't resist it. It was just fantastic. Never count us out!!! A team of rookies just took out the Red Sux. I am glad to be back. So Proud to be a fan! And we need to figure out that damn sign!!!!

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

by athleticsgirl24 on Mar 26, 2008 6:09 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Excellent recap

That was quick, where can I find you when I have a paper due?

by rightbackin on Mar 26, 2008 6:10 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Inspiring performance!

I'm loving the fact that we have addressed our former weakness against LHP with Brown, Sweeney and even Suzuki.

Another chapter to the Harden saga begins....

by ChadGod on Mar 26, 2008 6:11 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, as we were just saying yesterday:

Thank God for Emil Brown!

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 26, 2008 6:12 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know

Hawk Harrelson is known for an "I love e-mail" quote...

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Mar 26, 2008 1:56 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Without him

We'd be 1 and 1.

"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 26, 2008 6:14 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn

I figured it'd be Paul Thomas who would call me on it.

"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 26, 2008 6:19 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm not too worried about Buck

Looks like the kind of 0 for 10 skid that no one much notices unless it's the first 10 ABs. Seems like the count is 0 and 2 when you step up to the plate and that opposing pitcher's best pitch all day is the next one.

Nice to be 1-1 against the best in the league with Buck and Barton hitless. Foulke was outstanding, the starting pitching is already proving to be solid, and the team is trying to make things happen - and Ellis' first to third romp was a tad better than Brown's effort yesterday!

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 26, 2008 6:12 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Foulke faced the scariest

part of the Sox lineup two days in a row and came away unscatched. Plus, he perplexed Manny when Manny was hot.

I'm just holding my breath on the Harden health front, as I will pretty much all season long.

by Blez on Mar 26, 2008 6:18 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not to continue to ride the nico train, but

I share the same thoughts on this one. It's more noticeable because it's the first 10.

Does bring to mind Dave Henderson after he went 0-for-6 to start the '89 Series: "As players, we know we're going to make outs. You call it a slump. I call it (Hendu chuckle) 0-for-6."

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 6:48 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Go ahead and ride the Nico train -

you won't be the first man, woman, or goat to do so.

ALL ABOARD!

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 26, 2008 6:50 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

how much is the fare?

(not the fair)

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 6:51 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

$5 for lunch, $5 for dinner

$5 for hay for the goat.

But it's all overcooked.

"[Moneyball] is huge [in Japan], I guess, so I'm like a David Hasselhoff type or something..." -- Billy Beane

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Mar 26, 2008 11:05 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes, 15 bucks

No, I don't mean dollars.

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 26, 2008 1:52 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

we're all a little punchy

that's all

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 6:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My God, IM4Oakgal, you're right -

I totally forgot about the other goat.

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 26, 2008 7:21 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

how dare you?

that goat gave you the best minutes of its life

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 7:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don?

It's MINUTE of the goat's life. Nico is a minute man.

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 26, 2008 9:45 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now wait a SECOND

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 26, 2008 10:01 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Was it good for you too?

You know, the sex we had 187 times while I typed this sentence.

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 26, 2008 10:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can give you multiple orgasms,

not the Big Bang for crying out loud (which you would be).

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 26, 2008 10:16 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sorry...

I talked to your goat and he says YOU'RE not a BIG bang..so regrettably it's a no go.

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 26, 2008 10:23 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

?

the lexington and concord kind or the san yasidro kind?

by Future Ed on Mar 26, 2008 10:03 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh definitely san yasidro goat all the way

And I do mean all the way.

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 26, 2008 10:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

poor thing

what did that goat ever do to you, for crying out loud?

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 10:31 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Look what it did to the cubs!

Curse of the Goat!

Your 2008 East Bay Athletic Rivercats of the greater Fremont Area!

by asfan777 on Mar 26, 2008 10:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Do you really have to ask?

The answer is going to contain TMI. I guarantee it.

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 26, 2008 10:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fine, I'll keep it short -

Apparently I always do (see above). :-(

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 26, 2008 1:54 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good stuff tonight AN.

I think I may actually head back to sleep now. I'll need my voice again next week at the ACTUAL home opener!

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

by Boonee on Mar 26, 2008 6:12 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is that the one where the fans are rooting for us,

and the broadcasters are competent and neutral?

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 26, 2008 6:13 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gary thorne

Did the worst job of announcing a game i have ever heard...totally clueless...I think he thinks Canseco is the plays first for the yankees...To not know the name of our top prospect( a starter!)

You don't win friends with salad.

by tresselfan on Mar 26, 2008 6:58 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was the weirded thing EVER

He REALLY thinks Jose Canseco plays first base for the Yankees. When he was corrected, he said, "Right, Giambi" as if that was another name for Canseco. WEIRD WEIRD WEIRD.

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

by baseballgirl on Mar 26, 2008 7:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He said

"that's going to be an awkward throw from third to first."

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Mar 26, 2008 7:05 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

In fairness, from third base to first plate

is, like, a really really long way. Even if you have Canseco at first plate waiting to stretch and pull the throw in. Or Dale Barton even.

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 26, 2008 7:23 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NO!!!

I know perfectly well that it's third plate and first base. Nice try, but I'm not a moron. Tammi, on the other hand...Well, I'm not gonna say it. But she's not the sharpest bulb in the shed - there, I said it.

-Cindi

P.S. Yay hotties for their first win of the 2008 tournament!!!!!!!!!!

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 26, 2008 7:48 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Our team

can win games against the WS champions...these kids aren't bad. Please Lord, let Rich stay healthy ALL season.

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 26, 2008 6:16 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We have the best record in baseball

Well, we are tied with some other team from out east for it, at least.

Rickey Henderson: 35, 24, hall of fame!

by Athletics fan and runner on Mar 26, 2008 6:18 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dearest Rich,

Thank you.

Here's to many more,

Jennifer

"I have a strange urge to make copies." JediLeroy

by Jennifer on Mar 26, 2008 6:20 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"Love, Your Fer-Fer"

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 26, 2008 12:36 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well that was fun! I'm glad I picked this game to stay up for, rather than the first game. Despite my internet cutting out every 10 minutes or so, I managed to (mostly) keep up with the game threads. Can't wait for the next game! WOO HOO!! Go A's!! Now I'm off to get some sleep!

by drmmerchk on Mar 26, 2008 6:23 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Slusser's notes

This makes me sad:

Reliever Lenny DiNardo bought a guitar that has a back made of sea-turtle shell. [...]

DiNardo said he's having buyer's remorse about the guitar, because sea turtles are endangered. A serious guitarist and guitar collector, he liked the unusual sound the instrument produces, and because the guitar had been manufactured 20 years ago, he figured, well, the turtle's demise had come some time ago.

The next day, though, he was still feeling bad about it. He awoke wondering if he should have purchased it.

"I don't condone it," he said. "Turtles are like my favorite animal, too."

In other news, Dallas got a tattoo and HRH got a sword.

"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 26, 2008 6:26 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, and this blows

Though the A's are the home team for this series (and two games come off their schedule at the Coliseum as a result), the Red Sox wound up with the much more spacious and luxurious home clubhouse and dugout for the two games. One official said that a coin flip determined the clubhouse assignments, but no one in the A's traveling party was surprised that Oakland got the cramped visitors' digs.

"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 26, 2008 6:28 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There was nothing about Dice-K in that paragraph,

so I'm not interested.

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 26, 2008 6:31 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This was hilarious

Braden had considered getting a samurai or a dragon tattoo because he was worried that, unfamiliar with Japanese characters, he might wind up getting "moron" or something else unflattering. He won't be the only Oakland player with Japanese-character tattoos. Kurt Suzuki has his last name inscribed on his left arm, Emil Brown has his Japanese zodiac sign (a tiger) on his right forearm along with "heaven's warrior" in characters on his neck, and Travis Buck has characters that say "youngest Buck brother." A's massage therapist Yoshi Nishio confirmed they read what Buck hoped they did, telling him one day, "That says something about a younger brother and a deer."

I'm not really sure that is what Buck hoped they said.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 26, 2008 7:10 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is Buck's tattoo on his ass?

And if so, why is his massage therapist so familiar with it?

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 26, 2008 7:24 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

THINGS MY FATHER BEAT ME WITH!

This is $25,000 Pyramid, right?

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 26, 2008 1:55 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's going to make me laugh all day.

Unless you're serious, in which case I'll only laugh for the next few hours.

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 26, 2008 2:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm not serious -

My dad never used ivory frets, but only because he couldn't get our pet elephant to sit still long enough to yank the tusks off.

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 26, 2008 2:03 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"yanking the tusks off the pet elephant"

That goes on the list.

way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 26, 2008 2:05 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

List? What list?

I told you this stuff in the strictest confidence!

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 26, 2008 2:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm gonna have that done pyramid song

stuck in my head now

not the final round, the main song

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 3:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wow i need sleep

i meant DAMN pyramid song

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 3:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks for recap, BBG

I look forward to reading the threads..

Baseball redemption can be sweet...and those things I said about Foulke in Phoenix?...must've been the heat.

And I must give big kudos to AN up and with the games in realtime.

AN fans are the best!

Go A's

Faith and perspective...2008 Oakland A's.

by LongTimeFan on Mar 26, 2008 6:32 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Noted

in Leah Garchik:

At 10 a.m. on Easter Sunday morning, Barry Bonds had a hearty breakfast at Lefty O'Doul's, all by himself.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 26, 2008 6:33 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Where was his ego, in the bathroom?

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 26, 2008 6:38 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Under indictment.

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Mar 26, 2008 6:52 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so...

As this is my first go-around in-season on AN, are there always this many fanposts (diaries)?

Now I know what those people were talking about when they said that the off-season was the time to fill in "space".

Not that I am complaining (not even a little), I just had no idea.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 6:56 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Always plenty of diaries during the reg season

But in the past they had to have a certain amount of characters...and there was a two diary per day limit. It seemed to work well but it doesn't seem as if they plan to use those old guidelines anymore.

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 26, 2008 6:59 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The game threads can get a little rowdy.

It's usually pretty lively. Just wait till the team hits the skids for a while. All of AN bares their fangs and are prone to gnashing each other. It's really cool.

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Mar 26, 2008 7:01 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ooh, I look forward to that

I admit it's been pretty tame around here since AN 3.0 kicked off.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 7:59 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

FIRE 67MARQUEZ NOW!!!!!!

Just practicing.

"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick (AN), 10/7/07

by doctorK on Mar 26, 2008 8:09 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

mid-season form

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 8:23 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's sometimes akin to one of my favorite shows...

"Jane, you ignorant...."

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Mar 26, 2008 8:33 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll say it again

These two lineups + ph for CF, which surprised many, are exactly what we should be using with this roster. Platoons are our friend. Also, Murphy should be played liberally, 1-2 times/week for Crosby and once a week for Hannahan against LHPs.

It is bad pr (or something) to sit M. Sweeney and Cust respectively for Brown, but that is the best call. I am pleased.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Mar 26, 2008 6:57 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree about CF, but think one should PH for the other

It was a waste of Cust to bat him in the 6th inning, with a runner at second and two out - I think a lefty-hitting CFer (take your pick) should have hit for Denorfia there, saving Cust for a spot where he might really be needed.

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by Nico on Mar 26, 2008 7:27 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I didn't really like that in today's game

but more because runner on second and two outs is "single or better" time to drive in the run, and Cust has a low single or better rate. When PHing Cust I think it's much better to look at the inning situation (bases empty or runner on first is a great time to have him up) than how late in the game it is. I don't like PHing one CF for the other because they are the two (three with Fiorentino) weakest hitters in the lineup outside of Crosby.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Mar 26, 2008 7:39 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

R*** H***** is fucking awesome

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Mar 26, 2008 6:58 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Are you trying to deify H*RD*N?

Immortality is a characteristic of Y*HW*H. If only that were true of H*RD*N.

My earliest memory in life is of Campy Campaneris

by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 26, 2008 7:12 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good ancient Hebrew knowledge! Biblical Scholar in Da House!

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by asfan777 on Mar 26, 2008 9:20 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thanks, but it's more linguistics knowledge on this one

though i'll admit to some familiarity with biblical studies as well. I can't claim to have faith in H*RD*N yet, though. And, hey, baseball is some kind of a religious experience.

My earliest memory in life is of Campy Campaneris

by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 26, 2008 11:42 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rack Hnrhan?

way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 26, 2008 8:15 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rank Hubris?

way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 26, 2008 9:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hello, sun.

This is probably the last sunrise I'll see for a good long while.

"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 26, 2008 7:02 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Didn't the oh-so-jockular ESPN crew say they were going to have Billy on the broadcast?

Or did I dream it.

Not, you know, that I dream about Billy all that often.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Mar 26, 2008 7:10 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They did.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 26, 2008 7:11 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was wondering about that too.

I guess he shunned them to actually watch the game, unlike Selig yesterday.

by Gromit1025 on Mar 26, 2008 7:14 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yep

I heard it too, and was waiting for it. I eventually figured I must have accidentally fast-forwarded past it or something.

by rageon on Mar 26, 2008 7:14 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Billy was walking down the aisles to the booth

but he saw a loose soccer ball and chased after it.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Mar 26, 2008 7:16 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

After the get down on your Boston knee party ?

they hosted during game 1? I am sure that Billy heard the broadcast later, then cancelled.

You don't win friends with salad.

by tresselfan on Mar 26, 2008 7:17 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There was a coin flip, and Billy

was relegated to the smaller broadcast booth.

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by Nico on Mar 26, 2008 7:28 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

speaking of mid-season form

dude, maybe we should have 3am games more often

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 8:00 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They had to bump him

so we could get a good inning and a half of Orestres Destrade an d see his pose like 5 times.

Thank god I didnt miss that.

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by 5Aces on Mar 26, 2008 11:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

From the Boston Globe

link

Terry Francona stood on the field after today's game, at a microphone, and thanked the crowd for supporting the Red Sox. Then Oakland manager Bob Geren did the same.

Geren thanked the crowd for supporting the Red Sox?
But this is nice:


"I want to give Rich credit,'' Ramirez said. "He pitched a great game. He has a nasty splitter. His slider was working. He was 95 (miles an hour). He's got it all.''

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 26, 2008 7:21 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Also from the Globe

nice picture:

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 26, 2008 7:27 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Shouldn't that be

"Please give me you're autograph"?

That was for Poppy.

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 26, 2008 7:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Its fine; were good.

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by Nico on Mar 26, 2008 1:55 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Slusser's game store

The hits keep on coming:

For those keeping track of the various indignities heaped on the A's this week during this massively pro-Boston event, the Oakland flag in center field fell from the stadium ceiling during the game and had to be picked up and carried away.

"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 26, 2008 7:36 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

have to reiterate BBG's assessment of Harden

from a purely fuzzy "stuff" perspective, Rich looked terrific. There was lots of movement, the Sox hitters never looked comfortable, their timing was WAY off on the off-speed stuff, the NESN gun had him at 94-95 consistently, he could climb the ladder with his fastball and nobody could touch it...
boy it really is fun to watch him. I got to see his first win down in Anaheim (which is huge considering ive been relegated to the east coast and I rarely get to see my team in person), and im still (obviously) smitten.
keep it up you crazy canadian.

by oakinboston on Mar 26, 2008 7:42 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OT: Yahoo Fantasy Players - Help needed

Okay, so I hate the "new" (now like 3 years old) StatTracker. I always use the "Classic" version, which is full screen, readable, cleaner, and better in almost every way.

But I haven't been able to get it to load this season. I've heard from other managers that it's working for them. It hangs on "Loading player data" for me. ANyone here tried it yet? If it's working for you, what browser and Java version are you using? (I'm on Firefox 2.13 and Java 6 Update 5).

If you didn't know the Classic StatTracker was still available, here's the URL:

http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/xxxxx/loadstattracker?classic=1

Replace "xxxxx" with your league ID number. If you're in a "PLUS" league, replace "b1" with "b2".

Thanks for your help!

"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 26, 2008 7:43 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the first of many...woot!

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 8:07 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hell, we didn't even gdp

thats makes ME happy

We've never been in that position. We wouldn't know how to operate, I mean, do we get him a corsage?-Billy Beane on signing a high profile FA

by DyeLongJustice on Mar 26, 2008 8:08 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

he ain't "Norfie"

He is ... THE RALLY PIMPERNEL!

way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 26, 2008 8:09 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nice photo

was it the scarlet pimpernel?

btw, is that a typo in your sig? Or just more monkeyball brilliance that goes over my head?

You don't win friends with salad.

by tresselfan on Mar 26, 2008 8:30 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just thought it would be

humanity's....unless you meant to pluralize it....

You don't win friends with salad.

by tresselfan on Mar 26, 2008 11:27 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Manny being Manny

"I want to give Rich credit,'' Ramirez said. "He pitched a great game. He has a nasty splitter. His slider was working. He was 95 (miles an hour). He's got it all.''

by arch on Mar 26, 2008 8:44 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

back atcha

Huston Street referred to Manny yesterday as the best righthanded hitter in the AL

by OaklandSi on Mar 26, 2008 9:12 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, I'd much rather face A-Rod.

"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 26, 2008 9:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd rather face Lowell

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by Nico on Mar 26, 2008 10:03 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Playoffs start in October

For the regular season, I'd rank the AL's best (middle of the order) hitters as ARod, Manny, Ordonez, Ortiz. Would be nice to see the A's get someone in contention for that list . . .

My earliest memory in life is of Campy Campaneris

by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 26, 2008 12:56 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cust will be better than any of them...

...If he ever makes contact...

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 26, 2008 1:57 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yay for new guys

All the new guys had good games:
Sweeney
Brown
Denorfia
Fiorentino
Harden
Foulke

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Mar 26, 2008 9:00 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ummm,

last time I checked, our whole team is new guys :)

"Doesn't play well with the other children." Ms. Darias, principal, Broad Ave School

by since72 on Mar 26, 2008 9:31 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Because of all of Chavvys new parts in him does he count as new?

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by asfan777 on Mar 26, 2008 9:36 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"refurbished"

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 26, 2008 10:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

At the price

I believe the preferred term is preowned

by Future Ed on Mar 26, 2008 10:08 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey, you bought him "As Is" -

No refunds without a receipt. We do have a Hannahan, though, if you want an exchange.

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 26, 2008 10:09 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think I might have a 1992 Jerry Brown sitting around...

Can I get anything for that?

Your 2008 East Bay Athletic Rivercats of the greater Fremont Area!

by asfan777 on Mar 26, 2008 10:27 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

1% of the vote?

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 26, 2008 1:57 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sincerest Small Sample Size Apology to...

Keith Foulke.

Keith, when you read this, please know that I am very sorry. I thought you were washed up. After your spring, I was convinced that you pretty much sucked. But two times, in two games, in two pressure packed situations against a genuine ass and one of the most feared hitters in the game, you came through. I take back what I said about you.

For now.

"Doesn't play well with the other children." Ms. Darias, principal, Broad Ave School

by since72 on Mar 26, 2008 9:31 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I remember Foulke saying, in his prime,

that sometimes he'd throw all fastballs knowing the hitter was waiting for a changeup. Just before the last pitch to Manny I said (to my brother), "fastball away gets him - changeup and Manny mashes it." It was a fastball painted on the outside corner, Manny frozen. Probably what Foulke was thinking when he faced D. Ortiz in Game 4...

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 26, 2008 10:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This might be the best article ever written, I love being an A's fan

And Rich Harden, who started the game, bought an ancient samurai sword, fully authenticated."I nearly bought some armor, too," Harden said. "Maybe next time."Harden's sword is from the early Edo period, roughly 1650, and it combines two of his great interests, Japanese culture and swords.

I like that baseball and pitching arent his greatest interest. But now I wonder if all of his injuries really come from wielding a halberd at home in his spare time

Your 2008 East Bay Athletic Rivercats of the greater Fremont Area!

by asfan777 on Mar 26, 2008 9:48 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

given his past

he should have bought the damn armor too.

by pam5981 on Mar 26, 2008 10:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

As a gift for BoCro, though.

I mean, Rich could still sprain muscles while wearing armor...

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 26, 2008 1:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You're right.

In fact, he's probably more likely.

by pam5981 on Mar 26, 2008 3:31 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought Harden's two great interests were

injuring his right shoulder and injuring his left shoulder.

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 26, 2008 10:08 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

His true passion

Is throwing his hand out in front of hard smashes back up the middle.

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 26, 2008 11:11 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I would like to boast real quick....

That was my first time using both a block quote and a link. I'm so pleased with myslef

Your 2008 East Bay Athletic Rivercats of the greater Fremont Area!

by asfan777 on Mar 26, 2008 10:15 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great job!

"I have a strange urge to make copies." JediLeroy

by Jennifer on Mar 26, 2008 11:02 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh great!

When does the dismemberment begin?

by methodrampage on Mar 26, 2008 3:27 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hope this ins't the start of me being jinxed

I slept through the whole game and they won. good job holding up the fort without me AN.
*sound of 100 people laughing*

A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!

by micdog2001 on Mar 26, 2008 10:11 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't be absurd - we're not that superstitious

{mails sleeping pills to arrive Tuesday}

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 26, 2008 10:16 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if you use Emil service

they will get there much quicker

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 10:35 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But the post office

may cut off the delivery and make you look silly.

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 26, 2008 11:12 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Talk about superstitious

Right now is the perfect time to load up on Carlos Gonzales Rookie cards. The problem is every rookie player I seem to buy, tanks. I bought 800 Eric Plunk rookies. He tanked. I bought a boatload of Jason Giambi PSA Topps Rated Rookie's. He tanked. The last person I bought was Sean Burroughs, a can't miss super prospect witht he Padres. He really tanked. Is there any conclusions to be drawn?

by alpine26 on Mar 26, 2008 10:47 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is our children learning?

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 26, 2008 1:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This team is better than critics think

I would hate Harden to go to another team and do to us what he did to Boston.

This is one guy you don't trade and just pray that he stays healthy because there are not many out there who have better stuff if any.

I myself think this is the year he stays healthy

by TimTimTimbo on Mar 26, 2008 10:35 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

just a hunch or inside track?

or did you find a penny this morning?

or am I completely punchy about consecutive 3am wake-ups?

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 26, 2008 10:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's not a hunch -

The guy checked with Larry Davis before posting. To do otherwise would be unresponsible.

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 26, 2008 1:59 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Simply thrilled for Emil Brown

After yesterday's mistake, it was absolutely wonderful to see him rip that ball into the left field stands. Gotta love the goat-to-hero-in-a-day world of baseball...

Nico reply about goats-to-heros in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

(Of course now he won't do it.)

"[Moneyball] is huge [in Japan], I guess, so I'm like a David Hasselhoff type or something..." -- Billy Beane

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Mar 26, 2008 11:11 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The only thing goats and heros have in common

is that they both make for a great sandwich. Happy?

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 26, 2008 2:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes. The world hasn't gone completely crazy. :)

"[Moneyball] is huge [in Japan], I guess, so I'm like a David Hasselhoff type or something..." -- Billy Beane

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Mar 26, 2008 2:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"The only thing better is a nice MLT..."

"Mutton, Lettuce and Tomato, when the mutton is nice an lean and the tomato is ripe. Mm, they're so perky."

"I'm going to take a camera crew and march into Billy Beane's office and demand to know why instituting his newfangled cost-saving measures means that the run manufacturing plant had to get shut down." FJM

by Elvez on Mar 26, 2008 8:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Signs you know too much about baseball, #358

I read that sentence as "Murton, Lettuce and Tomato," and was thinking "Why would you make a sandwich with a mercurial Cubs platoon outfielder?"

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 26, 2008 10:29 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Exact opposite...

for Game 1 hero Moss....from hero-to-the-minors.....

by arch on Mar 26, 2008 2:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey, Kurt Suzuki is tied for the major league lead in doubles!

I think he already has more this season than Kendall's career total with the A's ....

"There's one word that says it all about baseball -- youneverknow." - Joaquin Andujar

by DrFunkenstein on Mar 26, 2008 11:13 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My two minor issues after a win

1- If they could play "Sweet Caroline" in game yesterday, why no "Celebration" after the win?

2-This probably was brought up in a thread and I haven't hit it yet, but the in-game recap topped it all. I can understand that the announcers are idiots and would mispronounce or forget the names of newer players. But how in the hell can you have a graphic that gives the stats for a great outing by "Rich Hardin".

I guess I should just be happy it wasn't Dan Hardun.

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 26, 2008 11:15 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Richard Harden...

I kinda wish they would have just gone all out with "Dick Hardon", and we all could have had a party when they got their FCC fine.

"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 26, 2008 11:19 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Harden on the mound is like taking a Viagra...

...Not that I would really know anything about that or anything, but that's beside the point.
Ahem, anyway like I was saying:
• He can make you forget all about the poor results from the night before
• His "upside" can make even the oldest of men feel young again
• Now If he can just keep it up without going limp due to a "repetitive use injury"... :)

Aahh, Frick!... Don't tell me Bill King is going to be passed over again!

by PortlandPachyderm on Mar 26, 2008 2:22 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Another similarity:

He usually lasts about 8 hours.

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 26, 2008 2:25 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But if you can time it right

He sure comes up big, doesn't he?

Aahh, Frick!... Don't tell me Bill King is going to be passed over again!

by PortlandPachyderm on Mar 26, 2008 2:40 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Apparently, they did play "Celebration" according to people listening to radio

But ESPN cut away for a commercial.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Mar 26, 2008 1:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Actually...

...I think they played "Who can it be now?" by Men At Work

You don't know Jack!

by HANrAHANFrAN on Mar 26, 2008 1:03 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nice handle

way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 26, 2008 1:24 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 26, 2008 1:28 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I second that with a LOL!

Your 2008 East Bay Athletic Rivercats of the greater Fremont Area!

by asfan777 on Mar 26, 2008 1:29 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You clever little monkey

Han+Rahan+Fran

The Athletics Nation Braintrust never ceases to amaze

You don't know Jack!

by HANrAHANFrAN on Mar 26, 2008 1:51 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought maybe it was

Hanrahananny until I saw your ID :)

Aahh, Frick!... Don't tell me Bill King is going to be passed over again!

by PortlandPachyderm on Mar 26, 2008 1:53 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hanrahananny! That's awesome.

I didn't even think of that.

way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 26, 2008 2:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it's a hell of a campaign ...

... midget and broom and whatnot.

way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 26, 2008 2:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

THINGS MY FATHER BEAT ME WITH!

This is too easy.

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 26, 2008 2:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lead off hitters

I believe Buck needs to be aggressive if he is going to bat in the lead off position. I think Ellis could be good in that spot. But it's stil early so we shall see

by butler19 on Mar 26, 2008 11:24 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Aggressive

is exactly what you DON'T want out of your leadoff hitter.

A walk is as good as a single in the leadoff spot.

Plus whatever benefits you get out of "seeing what the pitcher's got," which are probably minimal but might be worth something to the #2 and #3 hitters.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 26, 2008 12:26 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Actually a walk is better.

Typically it takes more pitches to earn a walk than a hit.

by methodrampage on Mar 26, 2008 3:32 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I didn't "hate on" your comment

I rebutted it.

I see no issue here, sorry.

I know I've been touchy lately with all the trolls that have been popping up around here (and to your credit, you don't appear to be one), but there was nothing cantankerous in that reply.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 26, 2008 10:26 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree, PT, fwiw

I also think some of the others you've been "touchy with" are not trolls - they're just people disagreeing with you.

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 27, 2008 7:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm just saying...

Sometimes people having differing opinions then you and it doesn't mean that they are wrong. I am just saying I prefer my leadoff hitters to swing for base hits, and thank you for recongnizing that I am not a troll!

by butler19 on Mar 27, 2008 11:20 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rob Neyer just linked to this post!

Of course, he called this blog "A's Nation", but pretty cool anyway:

Considering the low expectations for the A's entering this season, you can hardly fault A's Nation's baseballgirl for being just a little giddy about this morning's game ...

Then he quotes BBG. Then:
The thing is, though, I think the A's are going to be pretty good regardless of how many games Harden starts. Granted, if the A's continue to deal their pitchers -- Joe Blanton, perhaps, and/or Harden if he's healthy -- the picture changes. But at the moment, everyone seems to expect the A's to win 75 games and the Mariners 85, and I'm convinced that those expectations should be reversed. Or nearly reversed. I have the M's winning 76 games and the A's winning 81 games ... and it's not hard to see them winning 84 if Harden is reasonably healthy.

There's more, but that's probably as much as I can lift with "fair use" in mind.

"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 26, 2008 11:47 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think ESPN just blew by their Oakland A's media quota for the year

Your 2008 East Bay Athletic Rivercats of the greater Fremont Area!

by asfan777 on Mar 26, 2008 11:50 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Neyer doesn't count

He's one of those silly stat guys that no one pays any attention to.

"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 26, 2008 11:51 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Casilla undergoes ANOTHER name change?!?

Does Michael Silverman from the Herald know something that I don't know here?

Felix Casilla, the first A’s reliever to come in for Harden, had electric stuff. He allowed one hit and struck out both Brandon Moss and Jason Varitek.

"Isotopes win a game! Isotopes win a game!"

by Hungry Hungry Homer on Mar 26, 2008 12:05 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe

Castilla could alternate.
Home whites: its Castilla.
Road Greys: Garcia
Alternate green tops: WHo knows How about Santigo Powers

by Future Ed on Mar 26, 2008 12:33 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seems like we are the nobody's this season!

Nobody knows who we are....literally!

You don't know Jack!

by HANrAHANFrAN on Mar 26, 2008 12:56 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like when we're in stealth mode.

seems to me being under the radar usually works for the A's. imagine some poor slob trying to find a scouting report on our here-to-fore never heard of reliever with 'electric stuff' named "Felix Casilla". hah!

"Isotopes win a game! Isotopes win a game!"

by Hungry Hungry Homer on Mar 26, 2008 1:22 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wouldn't it be great if...

They pronounced it "Frelix Casilla"?

You don't know Jack!

by HANrAHANFrAN on Mar 26, 2008 1:55 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Eclectic stuff, that Casillas

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 26, 2008 2:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yubris.

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 26, 2008 2:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

OW! My lungs!

Still hurts to laugh. Stop that.

way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 26, 2008 2:09 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think he was going to do it

when Defronia pinch hit for Florentine, but Bob Green used Mark Sweeney instead so Bean never got on Mike.

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 26, 2008 2:09 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Worth waking up at 3AM!

I honestly forgot how great a pitcher Harden can be. Offense still looks iffy but good enough today. Bullpen looks great. Buck looks a little lost. But hey it's a little early.
See you all at the game Tuesday Night!

by fansince1980 on Mar 26, 2008 9:34 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ANy win

against the Red Sox is sweet.

"It's not how people vote that matters, it's who counts the votes" -Stalin

by boatshoes on Mar 27, 2008 12:48 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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