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A's WIN!!!!!!

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What a day for AN to be down!!! I don’t even know where to start.

Ready? Go:

The A’s have claimed Rajai Davis off waivers from the Giants, perhaps to improve outfield defense?

According to Geren:

As for how many starts Davis might get, Geren said, "I'd like to see him play first. ... He plays left, center and right, and he's a good runner and good defender."

(To clarify, I think Geren means that he wants to see him play before he makes a decision, not that he wants him to play first base.)

Kirk Saarloos has been designated for assignment by the A’s, presumably to clear room on the 40 man roster, but the A’s have said they would like him back if possible.

And the rumors continue to run wild about a possible Frank Thomas signing, but Mike Sweeney is trying his best to nip those in the bud.

AND the A’s win, again! What a great win tonight. Gaudin pitched seven innings of sparkling baseball, allowing only four hits, while striking out four. Emil Brown had a sac fly, and Mike Sweeney came alive with an RBI single and his first homerun in an Oakland uniform.

The A’s held a 2-0 lead for most of the game, and after Gaudin squeaked out of some trouble in his last inning (thanks outfield defense!), Embree and Street slammed the door in the 8th and 9th, the A’s added the solo homerun for insurance, and cruised to the 3-0 victory to even the series.

(And on a side note, I forgot to mention in my comments yesterday how awesome Casilla was during his inning. He really kept the A's in the game.)
 
The A’s go for the series win tomorrow afternoon, and hopefully we will all be back here for it!

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i felt so lost without AN during a game… and it was even a game i could watch on tv… with only twins fans around… so sad

by whiteshoes40 on Apr 23, 2008 9:32 PM PDT   0 recs

Back with a new font?

Go A’s! Nice win.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Apr 23, 2008 9:33 PM PDT   0 recs

WTF...

That was a good opportunity. How come we don’t know who signed him?

by surfinsushi on Apr 23, 2008 9:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

no one's signed him, yet...

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Apr 23, 2008 9:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Damn, I always miss the good games. =(

Gaudin.. WOW… what a surprise (sorry, but I’m not the biggest fan of Gaudin) How long did he pitch for?

by surfinsushi on Apr 23, 2008 9:34 PM PDT   0 recs

7 IP

When Gaudin is in THE ZONE, he’s very, very good. I really like the way Suzuki catches Gaudin. Give chad another chance. He has crazy movement on his fastball. Personally, I think he has the best “stuff” of the entire Starting Pitching staff, especially when he is FITZ (Fearless In The Zone)!

by Colorado Fan on Apr 23, 2008 10:47 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't like

the new server. Boo. I say we cut the new server and sign Big Hurt.

Florida ain't no place for a self-respecting A's fan.

by Leopold Bloom on Apr 23, 2008 9:34 PM PDT   0 recs

Great thread, BBG. I feel like a loser cuz I refreshed the website

about 532 times. A’s win. THE A’s win!

"Derek Lowe is an ass."
-ohtobe21likehuston

by ohtobe21likehuston on Apr 23, 2008 9:35 PM PDT   0 recs

Don't worry. You're not the only one.

I laughed at this every 30 seconds as I refreshed:
Photobucket

The kings remain missing, so they're playing with Eric Chavez Bobbleheads. "Chavvy does have six Gold Gloves," Brown explained. "That's good enough to be king."

by pam5981 on Apr 23, 2008 9:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The patience part just cracked me up.

The kings remain missing, so they're playing with Eric Chavez Bobbleheads. "Chavvy does have six Gold Gloves," Brown explained. "That's good enough to be king."

by pam5981 on Apr 23, 2008 9:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah. You want me to be patient? F*** YOU!

"Derek Lowe is an ass."
-ohtobe21likehuston

by ohtobe21likehuston on Apr 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Thank you for holding -

Your comment is important to us. Please stand by for the next available thread.

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

**cue some Michael Bolton elevator music**

The kings remain missing, so they're playing with Eric Chavez Bobbleheads. "Chavvy does have six Gold Gloves," Brown explained. "That's good enough to be king."

by pam5981 on Apr 23, 2008 9:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That's redundant

Michael Bolton elevator music torture, even more so.

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:47 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I would rather have a root canal than listen to him.

SERIOUSLY!

"Derek Lowe is an ass."
-ohtobe21likehuston

by ohtobe21likehuston on Apr 23, 2008 9:47 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh crap

they put on the Michael Strapon elevator music by mistake…

"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL

by oblique on Apr 23, 2008 9:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

There was nothing wrong with A's nation...

until that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.

by phastphill on Apr 23, 2008 11:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I did that about ten times, then tried SBnation.com which was also down.

My first thought was all the conversations I must be missing out on. My second thought was how silly the first thought was.

by phastphill on Apr 23, 2008 11:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ha

I kept refreshing, too. The site actually came up a couple of times, but I was sad that there was never a game thread. I felt like such a dork!

(Formerly Nobody Girl)
"We are a complete freak show." -- Billy Beane

by day-to-day on Apr 23, 2008 9:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I can has AN back plz?

The kings remain missing, so they're playing with Eric Chavez Bobbleheads. "Chavvy does have six Gold Gloves," Brown explained. "That's good enough to be king."

by pam5981 on Apr 23, 2008 9:35 PM PDT   0 recs

Sry! Not mai falt!

am addicted to teh lolcatz.

The kings remain missing, so they're playing with Eric Chavez Bobbleheads. "Chavvy does have six Gold Gloves," Brown explained. "That's good enough to be king."

by pam5981 on Apr 23, 2008 9:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Mike Sweeney

tells AN to stuff it.

I’ve have had horrible days at work myself. Stay away from the alcohol tonight, Blez. Once you get started, you’ll never stop. ;-)

by Soaker on Apr 23, 2008 9:37 PM PDT   0 recs

Heezright, hic.

We really need to stop making so many errors, but I’m liking the whole 13-9 thing.

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ummmmm, who is this Davis cat?

Not the signing I was hoping for.

"Signatures are only for people with hands"
"RIP: UserID: 517"

by Masaryk on Apr 23, 2008 9:39 PM PDT   0 recs

but he's speedy.

"Derek Lowe is an ass."
-ohtobe21likehuston

by ohtobe21likehuston on Apr 23, 2008 9:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

exactly what we need

a speedy outfielder to counterbalance the slow as molasses jack “bread” cust.

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Damn that guy is scary to watch in LF. I was thinking of my

little league teammates over the years wondering if they were going to catch the ball or fall down before having a chance.

"Derek Lowe is an ass."
-ohtobe21likehuston

by ohtobe21likehuston on Apr 23, 2008 9:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Jack looked fine in LF tonight

A damn sight better than Emil in RF.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 23, 2008 10:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Booooooooooooooo!!!

A’s win. :-)

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by HigherPie on Apr 23, 2008 9:39 PM PDT   0 recs

Being AN-less for a full game

and all the while expecting it be there was a shock to the system. I had pause for self reflection on the attachment…..since the 2004 season, my god.

alaska A

by ak_A on Apr 23, 2008 9:39 PM PDT   0 recs

Seriously.

Takl about co-dependence.

The kings remain missing, so they're playing with Eric Chavez Bobbleheads. "Chavvy does have six Gold Gloves," Brown explained. "That's good enough to be king."

by pam5981 on Apr 23, 2008 9:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I signed up for Elephants in Oakland

but never posted….thinking, I would be a two-timer and found out.

alaska A

by ak_A on Apr 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Could you come up with a clever psuedonym,

like “al_skaA”?

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That's neigh-sayer to ewe

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Amazing how this team

just keeps pitching and pitching and pitching. Huston Street only allowed two baserunners, too!

So it goes.

by jeepers on Apr 23, 2008 9:40 PM PDT   0 recs

And we held Jason Kubel to

“missing a game-tying HR by an inch”!

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Baseball Tonight

They created a nice highlight package on Baseball Tonight showing the ground balls that Gaudin produced. I thought I would show some love for once, with all the shit that we give ESPN. Myself included.

"It's a PIVOTAL series! There's only ONE OcTOber! And there's LOTS of unsold AD TIME that we have to FILL with my inNANE bullSHIT!" -Nick 10/06/07

by afansnotes on Apr 23, 2008 9:41 PM PDT   0 recs

Ok someone has to say it

FIRE BLEZ NOW!!!

We can’t be without AN at game time

by 3up3dn on Apr 23, 2008 9:41 PM PDT   0 recs

I disagree.

Small sample set. Since the upgrade to AN3.0 there’ve been too few outages … I think this is simply regression to the mean.

by phastphill on Apr 23, 2008 11:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

someone said "we're all going to die" & I thougth we were dead...

then Mike Sweeney went yard & I knew were were dead

by drink409 on Apr 23, 2008 9:42 PM PDT   0 recs

I'm thinking Mike Sweeney is against us signing Frank Thomas

At least that’s what his bat seemed to be saying tonight.

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think Mike is not happy about losing more playing time

Sweeney showed his value going first to third tonight. Thomas could not have done that, or scored as Sweeney did in the other recent game.

Sweeney HR…=he stays!

"I never predict anything, and I never will." Paul Gascoigne, English footballer

by One won lost won on Apr 23, 2008 10:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sweeney looked pretty horrible running though.

His knee is very obviously still an issue.

I’m not sayin we need him to be swiping bags or anything, but he could very well be thrashing his leg even more by running that hard.

by mikev on Apr 23, 2008 10:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ugh.

For some reason, I had way too many hot dogs.

So it goes.

by jeepers on Apr 23, 2008 9:43 PM PDT   0 recs

ditto that

And WTF: NO KRAUT?!?

I don’t care if it means one fewer scout in Latin America—I WANT MY FREE KRAUT, LEW!

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 23, 2008 10:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

un. acceptable.

How the hell am I supposed to have a big dog if there’s no kraut?

by mikev on Apr 23, 2008 10:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

haha

i always bring along condiments in a tupperware when it comes to these dog days

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

by BigTuna on Apr 23, 2008 11:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

see, that's the reverse of my old plan

I always used to grill up some quality dogs at home first, slap ‘em in some boutique buns, wrap ‘em in kitchen towels, and dress ‘em with Lew’s Free Condiments at the park.

Paying for the dogs at the park and bringing condiments in is just WRONG.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 23, 2008 11:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

a good plan...

but, how did you keep them dogs warm? Cold hotdogs at a ballgame? That’s almost as sacrilegious as warm beer at a ballgame!

Foolsh, the most insane regular poster on AN since oaktoon left - salb

by FoolshGame22 on Apr 24, 2008 12:02 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

1. Warm up the oven to 250F; warm up whatever grill/broiler you prefer for the dogs
2. Prep 2-3 good kitchen towels, a big plastic bag (reused or Ziploc), and your carry bag
3. Start grilling the dogs
4. Warm the buns in the oven
5. When the dogs are done, toss ‘em in the warmed buns
6. Wrap the dogs-in-buns all together in the 2-3 kitchen towels
7. Put the bundle in the plastic bag (or if you have one, an insulated bag)
8. Toss the bag o’ dogs in your carry bag

I’ve never had a cold dog at the ballpark, except in extra innings. They’ll usually stay warm through at least the fifth.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 8:32 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oh, and:

Never dress the dogs with condiments at home. That’s a recipe for a cold wiener with soggy buns. And no one wants that.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 8:34 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Just like Mom used to do

We also used to take in homemade burritos, too.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 24, 2008 8:58 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

haha i had

a tough experience with the ketchup pump exploding on my friend as I was withdrawing the tomato goodness.

its not that bad of a plan though. bringing in premium condiments makes it worthwhile. Of course, when you hotdog costs less than your deli mustard…it can propose a problem

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

by BigTuna on Apr 24, 2008 12:19 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

first paragraph: euphemism watch?

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 8:26 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What was the other message about the 7th inning stretch?

Were hot dogs mentioned?

"Derek Lowe is an ass."
-ohtobe21likehuston

by ohtobe21likehuston on Apr 23, 2008 9:47 PM PDT   0 recs

in the middle of the seventh inning, we all stretched our hot dogs

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 8:27 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Good job again, tonight, Chad!

The kings remain missing, so they're playing with Eric Chavez Bobbleheads. "Chavvy does have six Gold Gloves," Brown explained. "That's good enough to be king."

by pam5981 on Apr 23, 2008 9:47 PM PDT   0 recs

Yay, Chet!!!!

Cindi

P.S. Where was the thread game? I was, like, “um hello!” Does Blizz know about this?

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No kidding, he was dominating

If he has that 7th inning in, I dunno, the third inning instead, that’s a CGSO. (At least, one assumes so.)

Of course, it helps when the other team is punto… excuse me, punting one third of their innings.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Apr 23, 2008 9:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

If you ever leave me again AN, I will find and kill you, I swear to god.

But seriously Blez, THANK YOU. I realize now just how much I love this site and that I couldn’t live without it, not even for one game.

H-A-N-A-H-A-N. Hanahan.

by Rocktopus on Apr 23, 2008 9:52 PM PDT   0 recs

FYI - It was more than just AN...

Looks like all of SBN 2.0 was down. Every MLB, NBA and NFL (made the transition last night/this morning) site I checked served up the same error page, while college/other pages still seemed to show up in their pre-SBN2.0 glory.

by calgbear on Apr 23, 2008 9:52 PM PDT   0 recs

Closet Royals fan

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I love me some Mike Sweeney for one night.

"Derek Lowe is an ass."
-ohtobe21likehuston

by ohtobe21likehuston on Apr 23, 2008 9:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, is that what that "delete" button I have does?

Oops. Sorry.

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Billy sure likes collecting...

former Giants’ outfielders not good enough to make that team.

I’d rather have Frank.

Foolsh, the most insane regular poster on AN since oaktoon left - salb

by FoolshGame22 on Apr 23, 2008 9:55 PM PDT   0 recs

Yeah, can't wait to hear the spin on this signing

"Signatures are only for people with hands"
"RIP: UserID: 517"

by Masaryk on Apr 23, 2008 9:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Our current CFers just get on base too damn much?

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 Apr 23, 2008 9:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs