Your man on the scene
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 9:39 AM PDT
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Midweek Day Game: seductive gateway drug. The first one’s $2. Next thing you know it you’re unshaven, unemployed, and drinking beers at 11 AM.
It’s sooooooooo good.
Sadly, I am fully employed. And partially shaven. Despite these obstacles, I will soon be savoring a gourmet brunch of burrito and Suds-Over-Asphalt, after which I'll repair to my choice of sun-kissed Coliseum seats.
Scratch a fan alone at a ballgame and you’ll find a geek. And maybe tetanus. No geek-denier me, I’ll wear it today, and if fickle technology and fickle'r motivation allow I’ll bust out the laptop and keep you posted in this thread. If it works I'll post again before first pitch.
This is gonna kill my chances with the ladies.
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No need for the ladies.
Most of ‘em won’t let you liveblog your own damn wedding!
stat-addled alien overlord
Where are you upgrading to today?
I’ll be in 216. In a prescient move last winter (while I was still miserably gainfully employed), I added a little weekday package to my account. :)
I have [null set] to say.
added a little weekday package to my account
Sky rockets in flight?
We're going to knock balls out of the country's park, for the home team, which is America. @('.')@
I'm right below you!
115. See you in a bit.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I am there
I have the day game package. 118.
Being at work vs. Being at an A’s game? A no brainer.
Sadly the $8 Big Corona is now $11, so I may imbibe in the car, and just have 1.
Let’s Go Oakland.
Enjoy the game
My fine $2 ticket is in 203
but I’ll be migrating to the LFB if possible.
The candy and the baseball all night long :)
So jealous
There’s nothing like a lazy weekday afternoon ball game. Have fun.
(Ronald Sukenick wrote something like “Scratch an intellectual and you’ll find a pervert.” Your version is also true, I think.)
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
Great, now I'll have the Black Crowes stuck in my head all day.
There’s a branch of control systems theory I never learned and probably won’t ever learn, but it was all worth it to skip class and go to this game.
Totally worth it.
stat-addled alien overlord
So you're saying there's a chance?
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
Yeah, a chance
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Open the f'in Tacqueria earlier!
Had to wait in Saags line. Have fine freebie seat in 115. Wireless spotty. More in a bit.
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 12:44 PM PDT reply actions
Sweet Suzuki AB
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 12:46 PM PDT reply actions
Barton out in front on change
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 12:47 PM PDT reply actions
Guthrie working Cust inside
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 12:51 PM PDT reply actions
I don't expect to PxP this, BTW.
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 12:52 PM PDT reply actions
In the bathroom Ray Fosse was talking about MC Hammer
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 12:52 PM PDT reply actions
With Ken Korach
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
All...My...Friends...
Know the Low Rider…
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 12:55 PM PDT reply actions
Slow Joe West
Took a while to cheer that K. Blanton got hit a bit that inning.
Costa Rican marlin fishing on the Jumbotron. That’s a nice fish!
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Costa Rican marlin fishing on the Jumbotron
Wasn’t that the title of one of the unfinished manuscripts Dr Gonzo instructed be burned on his demise?
We're going to knock balls out of the country's park, for the home team, which is America. @('.')@
After A's hit I'm moving to the sun
Great miracled seat here under the underhang in 115. Will be back.
There is an A in Whimsy.
If you sit in the first couple rows of the 200 section ...
... are you over the underhang?
We're going to knock balls out of the country's park, for the home team, which is America. @('.')@
Sun for the most part
in the first 5-10 rows of the 200 level, depending on which side you’re on vis a vis the sun.
Speaking of sun, I realized after I got home that while squinting at my laptop screen in the bright sun in the middle innings I missed some questions posted by you and andeux. No snub intended. Shade works better for laptop posting, if not as well for sun worship.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 8, 2008 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice Custian fly there
Up in the sun in 214. I can see Poppy but she’s out of sunflower seed-spittin’ range.
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Have a spare
Blanton wanted no part of Millar there. Sawed off pAyton last time, but Jay looked like he was on the fastball.
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Hannahan's almost on the OF grass
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Got him to rollover easy to short
Barton bailed Croz out on the throw
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Grass is the perfect classic criss-cross, as always. Flags blowin out to right a bit, but breeze feels like it’s in. Ball might stay in the park today.
Huge jump for Ellis. Guthries still looks flustered, afraid of strike zone. Hannahan just missed that one.
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An yet the perfect puchup escapes me.
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Pushup! Pushup!
I’ll never get ripped spelling that way!
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
The Coast Guard Yeoman Class of 2008 is in the house.
Blanton’s throwing a yeomanly game…coincidence?
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There's actually a vendor selling dollar dogs
in the stands. Never seen that before.
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Bunch of 8 y.o. kids watched by a grownup
who looks like Flea are mugging for the Jumbotron mobile camera. Flea’s more into in than they are
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Payton'll hate himself tonight
He put some nice swings on balls vs Joe with nothing to show for it.
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Crqp
Ramon didn’t miss that time.
I’m excited to see Joey Devine for the first time.
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Was this another case
of Blanton left in a few batters too long?
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
+1,000,006
I saw it for the first time Tuesday night, so I’ve seen it twice now. FAIL on both. I love it. I’ll get it…
Sorry I didn’t see you—upper rows of 216 are apparently the seniors section on weekdays. I was actually looking over to 214, but even if I’d spotted you, I wouldn’t have been able to get out to say hi. Do NOT want to piss off the hardcore old ladies by leaving my seat during the game.
I have [null set] to say.
hardcore old ladies?
We're going to knock balls out of the country's park, for the home team, which is America. @('.')@
Action36.com
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 8, 2008 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Understood. My fear of those same old ladies
kept me from stopping by to say hello. Those gals woulda had the ushers get rid of my ilk faster than I could blink.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 8, 2008 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
they'd have sent you home ...
... you know, where your ilks lodge.
We're going to knock balls out of the country's park, for the home team, which is America. @('.')@
Headin back shadeward
If I don’t think of anytign better to say I might not log back on. I know, I know, now I think of that.
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I like the mask on the Suzuki bobblehead
And the newspaper-chuckin’ kid promo is cool too.
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Payton bunting down 2 runs?
Must feel he needs Hannahan a little closer in if he’s gonna get one by him.
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Nice job Big Brown
Textbook up and in, then low and away slice-and-dice of JayPay.
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I miss the cricket farmer
Though our Chad quotient is already filled.
If believe if you have two it’s a Clutch of Chads.
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Gettin much dugout love
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
But not this time
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by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to enjoy the continuing stylings of Mr. Phil Spector
I mean, Dallas Braden. And Donnie Murphy in the OF. The fun never stops.
There is an A in Whimsy.
that was nice
"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick (AN), 10/7/07
Battery ran out after all, eh?
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Nah, I shut down and relocated to Sec. 201
Watched the fantastic finish while counting the minutes of “possible extra innings” versus “picking up the kids from school.” Though I’m pretty sure the nice folks at Child Protective Services would have understood, Mr. Ellis helpfully sent me on my way with plenty of time to spare.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 7, 2008 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
plus, the kids got to ride home on a unicorn
We're going to knock balls out of the country's park, for the home team, which is America. @('.')@
I was expecting this FanPost to be more Bazardo.
We're going to knock balls out of the country's park, for the home team, which is America. @('.')@
This is hilarious.
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.
more people need to liveblog from a's games
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
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