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QOTM - April

This edition of QOTM must lead off with drmmerchk's awesome Photoshop Of The Month...

And now...  it's...

 

One-Liners division

andeux: Crede can have a gold glove when he gives his 2006 Silver Slugger award for 3B back: he hit .283/.323/.506 (with 30 HR and 94 RBI, for the traditionalists) that year, compared to A-Rod's .290/.392/.523 (35 HR, 121 RBI).

Nick: That was a web cubic zirconia.

jubjub: "iMeat" - anything with i in front sells well.

ChadGod: I love the A's. I lose internet access for a couple of days, I come back, and Frank Thomas is in the lineup and we are suddenly the Uber platoon team.

Nico: Paul Byrd is addicted to pornography? So basically the only difference between me and Paul Byrd is that my windup is simpler?

FreeSeatUpgrade: I guess Paul proves the old adage - A Byrd in his hand really is worth two in the bush.

thejd44: Greg Smith should IBB every hitter, and then just pick them off first.

OptimistPrime: Scalping tix for an A's/Royals game is like selling reading glasses to Helen Keller.

Jennifer (no, she didn't submit this herself): Whew. I just had my car worked on, including repainted... wow. It's like riding around in a with 16,800 Sharpies open in the trunk. I was seeing Care Bears by the time I got home this afternoon.

oaklandSMASH: ESPN covers the west — all the way to Wrigley field. They might be wary of taking camera crews too far into the Louisiana Purchase and beyond.

kapers: I have to clean up before the cleaning ladies come tomorrow.

Nick: "Hit it where they ain't... or, failing that, hit it to Cust."

oblique: Come on Casilla! Set them down!! *This message brought to you by the society for the preservation of Justin Duchscherer's ERA

louismg: Regarding KICU... Am I wrong in noticing they're calling it "TV 36" instead of "Action 36" now? I wonder what contributing factors would have led to that change?

guapobob: But you can back into a hot iron while naked, blindfolded, cuffed and calling out "Marco... Polo!" Or at least I've heard you can. Not that I would know for certain, but I've, uh, heard of such things happening.

Nico: The way Eveland is pitching against Cleveland, I feel like we have three days to figure out how to acquire someone named Ronto.

xbhaskarx: can't find it, because sbnation's search function is still completely broken!

sbnation^search^function.... ^me

thejd44: The Jays announcer just called the ass his "kisser" - Methinks Canadians kiss differently.

jonahbartlett: Smart move by Sabathia.... best way to stop the A's from scoring - load the bases.

Double Steel: To bad we don't have Mark Teixeira at 1B. On a pickoff attempt from LF to 1B, it would be funny to watch Email send a Tex message.

Rotoworld qotm (h/t xbhaskarx): Miguel Tejada celebrated his two birthdays going 3-for-4 with a home run Thursday against the Phillies.

coffee roaster: Interesting... I’m watching the Royals pregame show, and Mike Sweeney just said, "God put me in Oakland." Oh, God - ? I’d really like you to put me in Maui right now.

doctorK (on Eveland's weight listed as "170"): That's 170 kg, not pounds.

FreeSeatUpgrade: salb warned us this would happen... Regression to the meanie. (link for context)

Englishmajor: Blez, you're being a good parent. You gave us the big cardboard box to play with out in the back yard, but you're reminding those of us who are busy attaching wings and wheels to it that it is just possible that our spaceship may not in fact fly to the moon. Fair enough. But since nothing we as fans think about the team makes any difference to the ultimate outcome anyway, I think we might as well enjoy our time in this beautiful spaceship.

 

Tag-Team division

Elvez: Kendall scored his 900th career run.
JediLeroy: And in his next plate appearance grounded into his 3000th double play.

Nico: The future is now because the present is on the DL.
PaulThomas: Actually, the present is day to day... Which is kind of funny when you think about it.

mrrickyg: RBIs are sexy. Walks aren't.
ak_A: (pins up paper on wall with printed RBI, hubba-woo!)

louismg: Braden... acceptable again? I think it's his hair that enabled the pickoff move!
IowaA'sFan: It hypnotizes the baserunners.

(re: HOFer Goose Gossage wearing an AutoTrader.com t-shirt during his broadcast booth appearance)
Nick: He should have just painted it on his naked chest.
HigherPie: At least then he'd still have his integrity.

miggy2k: Now Cust is a non factor in this game.
149: "now"?????

monkeyball: the only dangerous knife is a dull knife
A's Fan in the Bronx: Or the sharp one coming towards you really fast...

kapers: gameday says an injured arm. how vague is that?
BigTuna: Larry Davis - promoted to typing gameday reports

xbhaskarx: i could probably throw a 70mph fastball possibly with better control than zito. 
if the giants get really desperate maybe i'll offer to join their rotation for like $80 million...
devo: {psst, hey Sabes} I can get it up to 75... and have a pretty decent curve ball... I'd also work for $1m less than whatever Bhaskar negotiates.

(re: delay in the A's move to Fremont)
mikev: So, why did rotoworld list this info under Daric Barton news?
5Aces: They knew they were supposed to blame any move to Fremont on the A’s 1B. But they couldn’t stick it next to DJ anymore.

kapers: Hi everyone. What have I missed in the last 10 mins?
Nick: The cutoff man? (Oh, sorry, I thought you were Emil Brown.)

paradox: Thank god for a win.
HigherPie: Premature e-Celebration.

smhallert: Surprises? Wins Baby! Bartin will come into his own and be a standout first baseman. Ellis will put up better numbers [...] WINS BABY
monkeyball: RAISES BABY IN LOVING HOME - HAS BIRTH PARENTS PROSECUTED FOR SURRENDERING BABY TO LOTTERY

ohtobe21likehuston: Does Kotsay get to that one? Don't answer.
skutch: that would have been a long run from Atlanta
and
monkeyball: depends which US bobsledder is pushing the gurney

asfaninpismobeach: How much for one rib?
grover: Cost Adam paradise, not sure what it will cost you

lenscrafters: Obvious statement, but Santiago Casilla is effin nasty this year.
HigherPie: +0.00

Blez: Does Ortiz wear a hairnet? He looks like he's a cook at Denny's.
nhayhoe: He looks like he ate the cook at Denny's, then took the hairnet as a souvenir

(re: stupid naming conventions, like "Silicon Valley A's at Cisco Field of Fremont")
Jennifer: NNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Take this knife and stab me right in the heart, please.
monkeyball: you mean stab you in the Central Torso Organ at Jennifer's Chest?

BigTuna: slight like a little bit? or slight like a bus?
oblique: Slight like not being invited to the wedding of someone who you thought was a good friend so you spend your entire life trying to get back at them only to have them visit you on your death bed and ask you why you didn't come to the wedding, didn't you get the invitation?

 

Relay/Frenzy division
...because ANers are a breed that tend to be funny in packs.

mikeA: Brown has no command this year.
510inDenver: What can Brown do for you?
OptimistPrime: He can strike someone out and handle all my shipping needs.

(re: Byrnes & Tejada baserunning gaffes in playoffs)
green star oakland: ...but isn’t "touch first, punch later" fundamental?
Poppy: Ah, brings back memories of dating...
monkeyball: as does getting called out at third on interference

TimTimTimbo: Every time the Angels play, I root for the other team.
redwolf75: And when they play Satan?
baseballgirl: Gimme an "S".....

Blez: It actually said on weather.com that the chance of rain is 100 percent. Not sure if I've ever seen that before.
notsellingjeans: That's amazing. Weather.com is putting a hell of a lot of pressure on themselves.
Eggman: If they can't commit 110%, then I don't trust them.

monkeyball: pet peeve - "Schizophrenic" equals neither "split personality" nor "holding two contradictory opinions."
67MARQUEZ: Well that kills my "I'm a schizophrenic and so am I" joke.
monkeyball: just needs editing - "I'm schizophrenic and so is Steven Spielberg who monitors my thoughts through the implants in my molars."

dbeach13: so what is with lirano, just a real bad outing or is he hurt?
flipgatey3: he is not the same guy
Zonis: it's really a friend who just took his name to enter the US, and found out that he was supposed to be a pitcher.

(re: child with Barry Zito "Fathead" wall decal)
Englishmajor: He doesn't look like he's exactly pleased to have a gigantic Zito floating around his bedroom.
monkeyball: frightening in the zone
salb918: can't sleep, zito will eat me...
Jennifer: He'd be more likely to nibble you to death.

monkeyball: I think we should sign Santa Claus - Believe in him or not, I think he would bring major presents to the batting order.
kaweahkaweah: By sleighing opposing pitchers?
monkeyball: with nine robdeer

 

Honorable Mentions

Comment not made in April, but I'll include it because someone quietly went to the enormous, colossal, mind-bending, time-consuming, sweat-drenching, subscapularis-defining effort of sending an email about it -
jeffro: The more I think about it, Nico is right... castration is the answer.

Other Nico comment not made in April, but for whatever reason (probably Tokyo-game-induced sleep deprivation), it made me laugh until I cried... for days -
Link.

In other states of SBNation... Quote from Mike Krukow posted on Mccovey Chronicles after Zito's sixth implosion of the month: "If you missed the first half of the inning, congratulations." (another email submission, thank you)

And the Best SBNation Recap Thread EVER... sorry.

Thank you to those who helped me out by either emailing QuoteOfTheMonth@gmail.com, or by being Jennifer! As for other April stuff we might have missed... post 'em if you got 'em!

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so hard to choose

I laughed equally hard at quite a few

by OaklandSi on May 2, 2008 1:35 PM PDT   0 recs

Glad to see this feature return.

I think Monkeyball and HigherPie ran away with it this month.

by Rocktopus on May 2, 2008 2:03 PM PDT   0 recs

You're right.

Context is overrated.

Good job Poppy and Jennifer!

pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.

by pam5981 on May 2, 2008 2:11 PM PDT   0 recs

I'm so glad it's back!

Yay Poppy!

Question: If I think of a funny line in response to a weeks-old conversation shown above, does it still count for April? Because.


(re: Byrnes & Tejada baserunning gaffes in playoffs)
green star oakland: ...but isn’t “touch first, punch later” fundamental?
Poppy: Ah, brings back memories of dating…
monkeyball: as does getting called out at third on interference

Or taking second on defensive indifference.

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 2, 2008 2:23 PM PDT   0 recs

Or striking out, but getting to first anyway because your ball was dropped

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

by monkeyball on May 2, 2008 2:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

or diving face first into the dish to prevent someone else from scoring

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on May 2, 2008 2:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

uh oh

“QOTM – May: metaqotm” ;)

I have [null set] to say.

by Poppy on May 2, 2008 2:47 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

or not touching home plate

due to offensive indifference?

by OaklandSi on May 2, 2008 2:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I distinctly remember

About 20 years ago, my sister was talking about a date she had been on the night before. Apparently the boy was shy. When my sister was asked, “how far did he get?” she answered, “I had to walk him”.

formerly known as mdl

by iglew on May 2, 2008 3:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That is classic!

pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.

by pam5981 on May 2, 2008 3:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

your sister dated Jack Cust?

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

by monkeyball on May 2, 2008 5:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

When he was 9 years old?

formerly known as mdl

by iglew on May 2, 2008 7:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oh, sure -- spoil the joke

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

by monkeyball on May 3, 2008 4:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

and spare the rod?

"He's a misfit. He gets along with everyone." - Reggie Jackson, describing Joe Rudi

by McFood on May 5, 2008 11:51 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So his social life consists fo three true outcomes?

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on May 4, 2008 10:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Monkeyball's BABY quote

was freaking hilarious. Instant classic.

It's Rhodes Scholar Night at the Coliseum tonight.

by Scottbass on May 2, 2008 2:42 PM PDT   0 recs

who's going to the games this weekend?

I have tickets for tonight and Sunday…probably have to work tomorrow…

by OaklandSi on May 2, 2008 3:19 PM PDT   0 recs

Going tomorrow...

I have [null set] to say.

by Poppy on May 2, 2008 3:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sunday, yay!

Being a Sacramentan, I see way more of the baby A’s than the big boys, and it’s nice not having to see the home team wearing ugly-ass uniforms (Yes, the Rivercats home unis are ugly. It’s not the sleeveless part that I hate as much as the horrible font and the horrible cap. I wish the home caps just had a damn “S”, not the cat and the bridge and the vague weird outline that’s supposed to look like an “S” but doesn’t.)

"You have to have a catcher or you'll have all passed balls."- Casey Stengel

by Gaijin_Suketto on May 2, 2008 6:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Tomorrow and Sunday.

I probably don’t have to show up more than an hour early to get my jersey tomorrow right? I hope not because I have class until 4:30.

pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.

by pam5981 on May 2, 2008 3:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i meant hat

it’s Friday.

pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.

by pam5981 on May 2, 2008 3:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yup.

I’m just, you know…43 minutes away from being done with this week. Brain isn’t really functioning all that well.

pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.

by pam5981 on May 2, 2008 4:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I have to listen to you.

pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.

by pam5981 on May 2, 2008 7:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm going Sunday

and I’m planning to get to the stadium early and read the Sunday papers while I wait for my jersey. I’ll be in line at D Gate in a Small Market, Big Blog shirt and a sunhat, so feel free to come by and yell “Hi, Englishmajor, thanks for holding my place in line!”.

The candy and the baseball all night long :)

by Englishmajor on May 3, 2008 4:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sure...

and 50 people will cut in line in front of me and it’ll be like my last trip to disneyland all over again.

In search of a new signature. Say something funny and you may see your comment here!

by DMOAS on May 3, 2008 4:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I have to say

despite it being at my expense, the “regression to the meanie” line was, if not the funniest thing I’ve ever read here, at least in the top 3.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on May 2, 2008 5:53 PM PDT   0 recs

if FSU can autopimp, so can I

dialectical materialists always regress to the means of production

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

by monkeyball on May 3, 2008 4:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Excellent work, Poppy

This is a great series. Clearly this is a funny community. I enjoy basking in our collective funniness.

by notsellingjeans on May 2, 2008 6:15 PM PDT   0 recs

Agreed!

You have raised the net level of human happiness with this effort!

by Hot Cup Joe on May 3, 2008 9:39 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Small sample size

But, yeah.

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 May 3, 2008 12:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Monkeyball on Paul Byrd, in response to Nico:

“I usually work from the stretch.”

by notsellingjeans on May 2, 2008 6:16 PM PDT   0 recs

Monkeyball's version should be...

“I usually work from the stench.”

"He's a misfit. He gets along with everyone." - Reggie Jackson, describing Joe Rudi

by McFood on May 5, 2008 1:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks for highlighting the laughs Poppy

Rec’d, of course!

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on May 2, 2008 7:32 PM PDT   0 recs

Great FanPost.

Thanks for keeping track of all of these. AN has some very witty folks.

by IM4Oakgal on May 3, 2008 1:49 PM PDT   0 recs

and then there's the rest of us, like me

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

by doctorK on May 3, 2008 3:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice,

and thanks.

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on May 3, 2008 3:09 PM PDT   0 recs

OMG I feel so special :)

by drmmerchk on May 3, 2008 4:15 PM PDT   0 recs

Awesome job

almost as funny as the A’s making the #2 slot on ESPNs power rankings! =)

"That was kind of funny. I heard we were in Mexico together drinking margaritas and talking about it, but when he was in Cabo, I never saw him. The only person I talked to was a bottle of Jack Daniels." Jason Giambi

by 510inDenver on May 4, 2008 7:36 PM PDT   0 recs

i accept paypal zonis

for setting you up on that liriano joke…call me kiko (circa ‘06)

President of the Joey Devine fan club as of 1/15/08. Accepting applications for other positions. "He has no equivalent." -Paul DePodesta on Jeremy Brown

by flipgatey3 on May 5, 2008 9:07 AM PDT   0 recs

Hmmmm I remember quote of the month as a Poll

Good thing it isn’t though, tummy’s too sore from laughing at them all to vote.

by HuskerFan on May 5, 2008 2:36 PM PDT   0 recs

Too much funny for a poll! ;)

QOTM 2.0 is just a pile of assorted funny, no contest.

I have [null set] to say.

by Poppy on May 5, 2008 3:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice work on this

I love it. Some brilliant stuff in this.

by Blez on May 5, 2008 4:09 PM PDT   0 recs

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