CALLING "SWOONEY'S LEFT FOOT"
by Nico on Jul 28, 2008 10:34 AM PDT
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PrintSwooney's Left Foot - please send me a private email ASAP. Now to get to the required Fanpost word count, let me say:
Jack Cust stricks out too much!
If only Garen knew what he was doing this team would be in first place!!!
I think the A's need more offense - what does everyone else think? Maybe get Bay or Holliday but don't give up our good prospects?
What do you think our 40 man roster will look like in 2021? Here's what I think it will be, following a series of 28 exact trades I predict will occur...
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Nico is tired of AN, he's just asking to get BaNnEd
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Blanton abuse of power!
"the A's need more quality preembreetive pitching" ~monkeyball
by OptimistPrime on Jul 28, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
"This should've been a Fanshot!!!!!1!"
For shame…
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
Since we are just shouting Monday morning blubs, Here goes....
Crosby’s last ten games: 39 AB’s and only 7 hits for an avg of .179….. I wonder if Peter Gammons still and Mycheal Urban still think the letters MVP should still be tied to his name ever again!!!
With a 2009 outfield of CarGon, Ry.Sweeney, T.Buck, E.Patterson, and the new Jay Payton who Beane will sign later on, Oakland A’s fans can remain hopeful and optomisitc for the year!
When is MiSweeney coming off the DL???
Beating LAA or wherever the fu*k they are, Priceless!
I'll be your Swooney left foot.
Stuck on Buck :)
by GreenNGoldGirl on Jul 28, 2008 10:52 AM PDT reply actions
As long as my unconcieved child is starting for the 2035 A's I could care less about the rest of the roster.
Oh, and I’d have to think about Petit+Buck for Bay, it’s a lot to give up.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Nico
there are plenty of dating sites out there. Why not use one of them instead of AN for your “hook ups?”
p.s. Swooney’s Left Foot is not a goat!
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on Jul 28, 2008 11:11 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I hope Nico is short for Nicole
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by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 28, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
A boy named Nicole?
When you have a chance to get a guy like Sean Gallagher, you take it!
by WaddellCanseco on Jul 28, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
That doesn't make for a good rhyme scheme--
let’s name him something else.
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Dolly?
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by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 28, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't that the name of a sheep?
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah...the cloned one
Like anyone can tell the difference.
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by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 28, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Nico can.
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
There you go
Bali, collie, folly, golly, holly, jolly, trolley…tons of great rhyming words.
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by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 28, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
We've switched Nico's normal goat
with a clone—let’s see if he can tell the difference…
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Dolly or Bill Dawley?
You be the judge.
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
I think we should sign a bat!
We need some offence! Fucknihg Bean’s just trading away everything. We need to get ridso f him. He;’s an asshoe. Were going to loose all our good players because Bean cant figure out how to win. We need to get rid of him and then well be in good shape, maybey we could get Manny or Ortiz. We need to stop letting the Yankess and the Red Sux sign all of the good players!!!!
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
Trade Bean for Keny Willams
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Jul 28, 2008 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Irrelevant!
I saw him strike out three times in one game! He sucks!
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Must be a vampire bat...
I want a Yanks-and-Sawx-less postseason...
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jul 28, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I think this post is probably a good one.
However, I am forced to disagree with it since it does not end every sentence with an ”!”
begging, really.
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
anarchy!
Please? Can we? Huh huh huh?
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
good
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty." -Steve Friend, head coach, Chabot College, to Laney College's head coach, who asked why we scored so many runs after we beat Laney 30-3 in 2006
Boooooooo
I spent at least 20 minutes on that damn thing
"There's m'fn sprinklers on the m'fn infield!'" - Ice Cream (AN), 6/13/08
I've heard nothing but good things.
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember the original....
has something changed? The bad guys were cyborgs back then. I know some gals tire of male antics and call in the electronic replacements, but this is over the top.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Yeah
but they definitely need to do an XXX rated Galactica. After awhile that cyclon babe just leaves you with blue balls . . . but that’s just me.
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on Jul 28, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in favor of the xxx rated version of everything.
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Brokeback Mountain?
When you have a chance to get a guy like Sean Gallagher, you take it!
by WaddellCanseco on Jul 28, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure.
Why not?
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You should go back at start at the mini-series
Then take it all the way through.
The season before this last one was spectacular.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
well enjoy
It’s some pretty great TV
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Season One was good. Season two was alright.
It will take a while to make sense of season one but each eposide leaves you guessing/ wanting to see the next one. But the back story set up good for the second half of season one. Season two picks up where season one ended and has some good story lines but was cut short b/c of the strike. BUt like the above comment says. WATCH this show
WATCH IT
The first hour of the 2hr season premier was shown at ComicCon this year, and everyone who saw it was extremely pleased with it.
Trust me, it’ll become one of your favorites things about Mondays.
'Who's that guy we had to release last year because he robbed a bank?'- Billy Beane
Sean Gallagher is my hero.
Well, that's good, because I usually hate Mondays.
I just rented the first few discs of the first season, so if I’m not on AN for a while, it’s probably because I got really addicted to “Heroes.”
by whiteshoes40 on Jul 28, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Season one was a good watch...
I expected great, but thought it was good.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Jul 28, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I find that there's seldom, if ever, actually great tv.
There is, however, a lot of good tv. Some that requires some reasonable amount of lower standards/expectations, but really, the question is, “is it entertaining” and Heroes is.
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A few of the shows on HBO
have been great. I was a huge fan of (all defunct) The Sopranos, The Wire and Deadwood, thought all were brilliant in their own way.
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven't really gotten into Heroes
but isn’t it somewhat (if not wholly) a rip off of the X-Man concept?
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
X-Men
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on Jul 28, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure you could easily say it was inspired by X-Men
and it certainly draws enough parellels that it may have borrowed from it, but it wouldn’t call it a rip off of it.
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I thought Harden = Haren?
I’m confused
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Jul 28, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
TV shows worth watching, imho
Limited to those on the air now
The Closer (about as good a police procedural as there’s been since NYPD Blue)
Mad Men (best show currently running on TV)
Generation Kill
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Current shows I'm watching
Wipeout
Generation Kill
My Boys
Black Gold
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
I don't have cable
So I spend an inordinate amount of time throwing things at my radio and breathlessly awaiting another vegasgm sighting on AN. But those shows sound cool.
"the A's need more quality preembreetive pitching" ~monkeyball
by OptimistPrime on Jul 28, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I watch most of the shows online.
Black Gold I download on iTunes.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
I watch
Heroes
Chuck
Lost
House
'Who's that guy we had to release last year because he robbed a bank?'- Billy Beane
Sean Gallagher is my hero.
Any 2-word shows?
I want a Yanks-and-Sawx-less postseason...
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jul 28, 2008 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Uhhhh...
I’m putting on Battlestar Galactica right now…I wanna see what all the talk is about.
Season 1…
That count?
'Who's that guy we had to release last year because he robbed a bank?'- Billy Beane
Sean Gallagher is my hero.
Two words...and SEVEN syllables!
Oh yeah! :)
I want a Yanks-and-Sawx-less postseason...
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jul 28, 2008 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Chuck is great
A lot like Jake 2.0, but not canceled and with tons of hot chicks.
I watch:
Chuck
Psych
Monk
Entourage
The Office
Always Sunny in Philly
DEXTER
Dexter is a must see by the way
Rec'd with love for the homie
This is a perfect example of the proper use of AN and should be posted on the front page as a text book use of a fanpost.
TRADE CUST FOR RAMIREZ NOW!
"the A's need more quality preembreetive pitching" ~monkeyball
Cust = Strickout waiting to happen
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Jul 28, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean
its like hes not even trying or something—he striks out alot. he cant ever hit any thing, so i say we dump him! hes not worth it to hang on to for next season. hes a joke. hes fucking clown shoes!!!!
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Cust! He walks and striks out a lot! It's awesome!
When you have a chance to get a guy like Sean Gallagher, you take it!
by WaddellCanseco on Jul 28, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
LOng, graceful swings....
like a gazelle…
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see it now:
one of the 2009 A’s commercials ending with the slogan:
Jack Cust: He’s fucking clown shoes!
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth."- Ted Williams
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 28, 2008 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Jay and Silent Bob
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 29, 2008 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Liar
Cust does not walk a lot.
He waks a lot. Get it right you loser!
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on Jul 28, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Must be why he stricks out so much
Too much wak-ing.
"There's m'fn sprinklers on the m'fn infield!'" - Ice Cream (AN), 6/13/08
I was
stupid enough to look.
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
One of us should create that page
Anyone have any wikipedia credibility?
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Not very realistic
Cust is swinging in that picture.
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by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 28, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
No he stood in the batters box like that
When you have a chance to get a guy like Sean Gallagher, you take it!
by WaddellCanseco on Jul 28, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
To save time.
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
If you are trying to get me to buy one of your "James Tayloreaque" sounding CD's,
I am going to have to pass. I like Taylor, but I will tell you what I told the lady who asked me to donate to Joe Lieberman in 2006 – If I wanted to give money to someone who enthusiastically supported the occupation, I’d be a Republican.
Seriously, I can’t find your email.
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by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 28, 2008 1:38 PM PDT reply actions
Nico...I just updated my private email address
Feel free to email me.
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by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 28, 2008 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I am about to email you
with new and exciting news about penis enlargement!
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
As long as it is new and exciting
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by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 28, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
is that what she is talking about?
I always see this chick talking about “that certain part of the male anatomy” and I keep asking “WHICH ONE?! AND WHY DO YOU KEEP MAKING THAT WIERD LOOK WHENEVER YOU SAY IT?!”
And now I just want to know if I can pay using some money I should soon be receiving from this desposed prince in Africa. He has all of his money tied up in a bank and I am able to help him withdraw it. As a reward he will be sending me $1,000,000! I just have to find my SSN and ATM pin….
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
Lucky!
That African prince is going to make u rich. And then u’ll b happy 4ever!!!!!!!
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
This post makes me want to do something cRaZy!1!
wEaR iS tEh WaNd!!!
but in all seriousness, im going to reply to a thread way above about TV shows people are currently watching. except, I am going to reply down here.
Just finished Californication (showtime), and im just about to start The Wire after a couple recommendations.
I started watching mAd MeN a while back, kinda got bored though. And then, out of nowhere, it got a ton of awards. should i go back?
Oh, I envy you
The Wire may be the best thing to ever happen to television.
No build-up, though.
(it is PFG, tho)
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Monkeyball, we're talking to you...
You can turn “Practice Makes Perfect” into a song about Cust…
...’cause you see there in the batter’s box Cust, waiting for walks…
...waiting for walks…
...waiting, a’waiting, a’waiting for walks….
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth."- Ted Williams
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 28, 2008 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
If you didn't like it there's probably no reason to go back
It is, after all, a medium where people want different things.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
In all seriousness...
No more Alan Embree. I’m tired of his 1.25 pitch arsenal.
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
Agree.
All in favor of an Alan Embree embargo?
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Start the Embreego NOW!!!
Those were the reasons and that was New York, we were running for the money and the flesh.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 28, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
thirded!
"the A's need more quality preembreetive pitching" ~monkeyball
by OptimistPrime on Jul 28, 2008 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
opposed!
i may be the only one, but I am an Embree lover. The flowing chin-beard, the grace… striking.
We can compromise: send him back to Boston so I can watch him on live TV.
Great post. Thanks for another insightful piece!
Rec’ed.
"I'm disappointed Ziggy didn't pump his fist towards the sky 100 times and scream like a hooker." ~Nico.
Turns out Sweeney's Left Foot
really isn’t a goat. Never mind.
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
Is that a Wienerschnitzel in the background?
I don’t think I’ve seen one of those since the early ‘80’s.
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by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 28, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
YA VOLT!
DER WEINERSCHNITZEL DAS GOOD, YA?
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear nothing. I see nothing. I know nothing.
You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.
by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 28, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Schultz
founded Weinerschnitzel, no?
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
All together now...
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth."- Ted Williams
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 28, 2008 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean...
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth."- Ted Williams
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 28, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, it was part of this marching unit, whose message I think we can all endorse
At the end of the parade, there was a group of teenagers whose job it was to clean up after the many horses who had been part of the festivities. I couldn’t help noticing this young man:
Future ANer.
by Englishmajor on Jul 28, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Considering what he's used to,
he should have no problem with our offense!
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
The restaurant behind him in the picture
Is hilarious because of the situation. I read it as poopin, ahaha.
'Who's that guy we had to release last year because he robbed a bank?'- Billy Beane
Sean Gallagher is my hero.
There used to be a restaurant in El Cerrito
called “Phuping Thai” – can’t imagine why it closed down.
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
Hey,
I got an extra Dick Williams bobblehead yesterday, even though I only got to the game about 10 minutes before gametime. Pretty surprised. Anyone want to trade one of the Stewart jerseys they had a couple weeks ago, which I missed out on despite getting there by 11?
"Surpised," I assume, by the fact that nearly 10,000 fans showed up
and they weren’t insisting that fans take two?
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
wow, the world is upside down
it’s fair to say that having read this post this morning, I didn’t expect 12 Recs when I checked in tonight. haha
It's the magical draw
of Nico.
It’s spooky.
Can Magic Sprinkles Now!!! --Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 29, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
This thread is nothing without a bunch of crazy tags.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
Now we have to git married.
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
the only thing you are allowed to do is
write a fANpOsT about how:
1) cust sucks
2) these trades WE are making are all bogus
3) Beane sucks
3) we need more players with RBI ability like Emil Brown in the beginning of the season (but you can also note how this ability has temporarily and somewhat mysteriously disappeared)
4) how youve lost complete faith in the A’s this season and that you give up your fandom until somebody proves to you that the A’s want to compete
I notice that you have 6 comments. You should have at least 7 fAnPoSTs by now.
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