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Tales From the Crypt(ic): All-Star Edition

The All-Star Oakland Athletics from the last 40 years have been horribly mangled.

The vault of horror is about to open.

Who's next? Perhaps you?

Tales From the Crypt(ic)

 

"The foulest stench is in the air

The funk of 40 Oakland years

And grisly A's from every tomb

Are closing in to seal thy doom ..."

 

Survival Guide

 

Star-divide

1.  Bungled long relief, sir!

2.  Unsound Harden, AN.

3.  Whoa! Jelly jiggled.

4.  Partly desire nap? Mac trebled and backed up.

5.  Bash jocose acnes.

6.  Wildly herd unjust riches.

7.  Utterly cater to Clinton flip-flop.

8.  Haystack after Sunday.

9.  Scuff Scully's partner.

10. Eccentric hits mound.

11. Attach microphone to Harry Potter cat.

12. Harm AN nerd zone? Outrageous!

13. Memo: Doubloon misplaced.

14. Needles? I go jam in abs.

15. Stones' Richards' abominable strikeout and error.

16. To know Zito, Ziegler or Zagaris nickname follows otter's den.

17. Engineer vetoes investor.

18. Club mars Kerrigan rival first.

19. Salb! AN does not compute and is partially deleted.

20. A ritzy bro shelled?

21. Gertrude and Johann reportedly stay on first.

22. At first, jamming outfielder's errors reduces unexpected defensive implosions.

23. Mourn after Willard's rat.

24. Agreeing jocks should get tossed.

25. Disfigured elbow hit by car, at first.

26. Elite mug shot--Will Smith's wife!

27. Brady mom ends up shaky without tea, I hear.

28. Digital Animation and Visual Effects pairs with yo-yo maker.

29. Unsophisticated rustic leads Northern Califonia mountain range.

30. Local area networks cross last funfair employee, they say.

31. Hooker patron needs joint; aha!

32. Fred Dryer! Show puss angle first.

33. Golden Fleece captor in a siren's hug at sea.

34. LL blogger Seinfeld's sworn enemy?

35. Hereditary marker sounds like a gentlemen's sport.

36. 3rd-tone strikeout energy twisted Juliet's sweetheart.

37. Befuddles, silence key nerd.

38. Initially, VORP indicates distribution and baseball leagues' utility equivalency.

39. OMG! teh time = knowledge browser crashed!

40. Harden? Do seven? Questionable.

41. Bashed? Am a grim wreck.

42. Flipped 12 dozen archaic wagons? Not quite.

43. Doctor averted swat.

SPOILER ALERT: ANers may post answers below!

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I see that I will not be getting any work done today

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 10:38 AM PDT reply actions  

Word.

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Jul 15, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

First time through the lineup

2. DAN HAREN
4. BERT CAMPANERIS
9. MARK MULDER
15. KEITH FOULKE
19. SAL BANDO
20. BARRY ZITO
28. DAVE DUNCAN
29. RUBEN SIERRA
31. JOHN JAHA
34. JEFF NEWMAN
35. GENE TENACE
38. VIDA BLUE

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 10:50 AM PDT reply actions  

More

5. JOSE CANSECO
6. JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER
14. JASON GIAMBI
22. JOE RUDI
24. REGGIE JACKSON
26. MIGUEL TEJADA
36. MIKE MOORE

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

and

1. ROLLIE FINGERS
10. TIM HUDSON
13. BLUE MOON ODOM
37. DENNIS ECKERSLEY

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 11:16 AM PDT reply actions  

3. JAY HOWELL
21 TERRY STEINBACH
30. CARNEY LANSFORD
32. CATFISH HUNTER
40. DAVE HENDERSON

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 11:32 AM PDT reply actions  

43. DAVE STEWART

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 12:10 PM PDT reply actions  

33. JASON ISRINGHAUSEN

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 12:49 PM PDT reply actions  

16. Ken Holtzman

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 12:52 PM PDT reply actions  

17. Steve Ontiveros

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 1:25 PM PDT reply actions  

42. Wayne Gross

Stuck on 7, 18, 25, 27, 39 (maybe Matt Keough, but I don’t completely get it)

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 4:27 PM PDT reply actions  

Doh! 39 is Matt Keough but I goofed and spelled it as "Keogh" ...

therefore clue makes no sense. Sorry.

The others … are hard.

Blackberry

by Ice Cream on Jul 15, 2008 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can make a case

that #18 is “Ranger Rick” but I don’t remember him playing for the A’s.

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 15, 2008 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dammit.

Give me 24 hours notice before you post one of these! I always miss them until after they’ve all been answered, and then I can’t solve them because I know I have the crutch of everyone else’s answers available… ;)

There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.

by Poppy on Jul 15, 2008 5:32 PM PDT reply actions  

I've got part of each of the ones andeux was stuck on (except 39),

but I can’t make them into players… I suspect they might be “before my time” players?

There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.

by Poppy on Jul 15, 2008 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL... that's what I get for skimming the beginning of the diary.

Almost ALL of them have to be “before my time” players.

There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.

by Poppy on Jul 15, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Man, do I suck at these!

Notwithstanding, they rock.

How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 15, 2008 6:36 PM PDT reply actions  

they make me feel stoopid

"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad

by ArakSOT on Jul 16, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

7 Bill Caudill ( “Coddle” Bill)
18 Tony Armas (Kerrigan rival = Tonya, scrambled mars = rmas)
25 Bob Welch (elbow + b + c + h)
27 Rickey Henderson (I think – Brady mom was Florence Henderson, but I’m not sure how to get Rickey in there).

"There's m'fn sprinklers on the m'fn infield!'" - Ice Cream (AN), 6/13/08

by doctorK on Jul 15, 2008 11:51 PM PDT reply actions  

Very nice

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 16, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

Credit goes to Mrs doctorK for #18

"There's m'fn sprinklers on the m'fn infield!'" - Ice Cream (AN), 6/13/08

by doctorK on Jul 16, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

Dammit.

I was sure #7 had something to do with a thong.

There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.

by Poppy on Jul 16, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the following players got shafted

Harold Baines (1991 Oakland All-Star)
Claudell Washington (1975 Oakland All-Star)
Phil Garner (1976 Oakland All-Star)

Not to mention coaches other than Duncan (who made the game as a catcher)

by nevermoor on Jul 16, 2008 12:27 PM PDT reply actions  

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