What we need is a good moustache
by OptimistPrime on Jul 3, 2008 1:15 PM PDT
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What is the answer to our offensive woes?
Maybe we don't need another right handed bat. Maybe we just need a good moustache. Perhaps Billy can offer each player $500 if they can grow a moustache before the start of the second half, and thus we can channel the swagger and the spirit of the Moustache Gang, The Swingin' A's.
The '72 World Series against the Reds was termed "The Hairs vs. the Big Squares," as the Reds wore more traditional uniforms and required their players to be clean-shaven and short-haired. The A's were called the Moustache Gang. The A's seven-game victory over the heavily favored Reds gave the team its first World Series Championship since 1930.
Maybe this team is just too darn nice. I mean, how about Chad Gaudin throwing down with Blanton in the bullpen, telling him that he sucks and that he deserves to be in the starting rotation.
Rollie Fingers and Blue Moon Odom had been involved in a pre-Series fist fight that destroyed any camaraderie in the bullpen. Despite the political overtones, Oakland maintained its hold on the American League and prepared to meet the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the first all-West Coast Classic.
How about Mike Sweeney back handing Custy and telling him that he needs to go back to his own hitting school. Instead of cowering at the end of the bench toward the end of the game, Gerg Smith should march right up to Geren, spit on his shoes, and say "I am pitching a complete game, I dare you to take me out." Maybe in the press Geren should just come right out and say "our hitters are sucking wind and need to step up or will be benched!"
Ok, obviously I am bored and just wanted to have some fun today, but maybe there is something we can learn from our roots. The Swingin' A's had attitude, they were brash and had swagger. This team just seems so gosh darn......nice! How about a little controversy? Let's mix stuff up a bit! Is anyone going to call out Blanton and challenge him to step up? Nothing like a good bench clearing brawl to bring a team together, light a fire under them.
I don't know what the answer is, heck, I am just a fan. But I do know that we need to do something, or we are going to just float along in another "just good enough to almost make it" season. Hopefully The Big Hurt comes back soon, or Patrol Craft and Lil Sweeney go on some ridiculous hitting tear and ignites a fire under this team in the second half.
I say, BRING BACK THE 'STACHE!
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Anyone have the pic of "Vote for the A's All Stars" from MLB.com
Some guy had a pretty sweet stache there but I have no clue who it was.
Edit: hahaha it was Denorfia no wonder I didn’t recognize him:
by iamawesomer on Jul 3, 2008 1:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey, it worked for "He Who We Speak Not Of"
Your 2008 East Bay Athletic Rivercats of the greater Fremont Area!
by asfan777 on Jul 3, 2008 1:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Too much.... or not enough?
Your 2008 East Bay Athletic Rivercats of the greater Fremont Area!
by asfan777 on Jul 3, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The reason I became an A's fan when I was just a wee lad!
"I'm seeing more and more Paul-baiting these days."
by OptimistPrime on Jul 3, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Best. Mustache. This Year?
Makes Mr. Giambi look like an bad guy from a cheesy 80’s TV show or movie. I love it. Worst Stache’ is Byrnes. The Brewers had about 4-5 players sport a mustache for a game early this year, I think in April….Villeneuva, Kendall, Hart among other players got in on it. I thought this was year of the stache’. I’d love to see the A’s start going crazy with hair and facial hair….makes me miss Kielty’s do’.
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by WiscoFan on Jul 3, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i love how
Rich Harden gets stuck with the Hitler mustache. Nice.
"So there I am, getting it on with this perfect female body, but with the head of Abraham Lincoln. With the hat and the beard, everything." -Tony (Dazed and Confused)
by OrlandoAsFan on Jul 3, 2008 1:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
looks more like an Oliver Hardy model to me
He's a very personable, sweet, nice chimp. He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 3, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking Groucho
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Jul 3, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I vote Chaplin
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jul 3, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is exactly who I thought of when I made it TP
"I'm seeing more and more Paul-baiting these days."
by OptimistPrime on Jul 3, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oops, that is PT
inadvertant Paul baiting…sorry ;)
"I'm seeing more and more Paul-baiting these days."
by OptimistPrime on Jul 3, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As Ray Fosse’s mustache goes gray from the edges and the part just under his nose remains dark, he’s gaining the same look.
Root for the Giants? Not even if they're playing al-Qaeda!
by Monday Fan on Jul 3, 2008 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
QOTM
oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
It's only Spring Clean for the May Queen. Call the Gardener!
by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Jul 6, 2008 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's the Cust three-true-outcomes beard
He's a very personable, sweet, nice chimp. He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 3, 2008 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dude, that's the best thing since
the burnside stache. Also known as the Chester Alan Arthur stache. We need someone with a neck curtain.
"Lightning has Struck, Wearing Silver and Black"- Super Bowl XVIII
by KA1Z3R on Jul 3, 2008 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Helluva moustache ride
That is like the Six Flags of Moustache rides!
"I'm seeing more and more Paul-baiting these days."
by OptimistPrime on Jul 3, 2008 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would certainly cushion a head 1st dive to catch a fly ball
by asfansince1989 on Jul 3, 2008 3:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bob Geren looks like Wyatt Eurp in the pic : -)
And Crosby looks like a pirate (think Captain Jack Sparrow, not the bad baseball team)
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by micdog2001 on Jul 3, 2008 4:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
best post ever.
and just think… we could have mustache day at the park! the possibilities for awesomeness are simply endless.
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"I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul." - Ichiro on Matsuzaka
by ConditionOakland on Jul 3, 2008 4:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Our Very Own ZIGGY
or dudely do right
"I'm seeing more and more Paul-baiting these days."
by OptimistPrime on Jul 3, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who doesnt remember was never a kid
"I'm seeing more and more Paul-baiting these days."
by OptimistPrime on Jul 3, 2008 4:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
amen to that
He's a very personable, sweet, nice chimp. He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 4, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The King
Sigh….God I miss that man
"i hope someone in this organization reads this,i've just about had enough of the headscratching moves and wondering if some of these guys are related to someone in management." ~vegasgm
by OptimistPrime on Jul 4, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too bad
Haren isn’t still on the team
Procrastinators unite....tomorrow
by muffinpryde on Jul 4, 2008 1:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What, ask him to cut the beard?
Doesn’t cut really – it’s a ‘stache that we want.
still Swish Fan #1.
by ChrisCEIT on Jul 4, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I vote...
Best Thread Idea of the Week!
Who needs homeruns?
by robber23 on Jul 4, 2008 4:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good ol Haren. The beard works for him. Another good season. I am afraid some of the Athletics look too little to grow any facial hair! Can Sweeney even grow any?! I happy to think in these pictures..Ziggy,Kurt, and Daric look awesome. They are rooooockin’ the look!
by ilovegregsmith on Jul 6, 2008 7:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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