Lighten the Mood

by UOSportsDude on Aug 5, 2008 7:44 PM PDT

As a longtime diehard A's fan, and a new member to Athletics Nation, I am excited to write my first fanpost. Unfortunely, it does not have to do with happiness or joy associated with Oakland A's baseball. It is the opposite: how to get by day after day without someone finding me hanging by a rope in my closet.

Today's loss (thank you for your effort again Ziggy) marks a new low for A's baseball. Quoting a great movie (Office Space) and changing a couple words: "So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since [the A's traded Harden and Blanton, and didnt get enough in return] , every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life."

Thank you Peter Gibbons. Well, to make today a little bit better, I thought we could focus on what our homer-ific anouncer said as the A's lost yet another game. He said along with some other mumbo-jumbo: "It's like the A's are inventing ways to lose."

And now, Athletic Nation, we can take Ray Fosse up on his thoughts and bring to fruition ways that are even more painful to lose than to see Huston Street take the mound in the bottom of the 9th, or perhaps the 7th or 8th pretty soon. It is up to you to bring some enjoyment at all to my now ruined Tuesday night.

Let the dramtics begin.

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Game Three 2003 ALDS.

Against the Red Sox. Lilly pitching his heart out. In a total show of bush league, sox players with his named stuck on their back of their jackets in the dugout. Chavez getting called for obstruction of Varitek while Tejada is not. Byrnes not touching the plate. Trot Nixon somehow making contact off Harden…

I can’t continue typing up a recollection of that game b/c it will just lead to the following game where Hudson can’t pitch b/c of some rogue bar fight injury. It’s still oh so painful.

What about Barry?
"Barry who?" Forst said, and I felt like I was in the middle of a knock-knock joke.

by KMoAsFan on Aug 5, 2008 8:55 PM PDT reply actions

I thought we all agreed

to never speak of that game. Or maybe that was at my last AA meeting. I lost all faith in pro officiating that night. [chugs]

by somebodyelse on Aug 5, 2008 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions

No, Don't speak of this,,,,ever, ever!!

That was the worst baseball game I have ever seen an ML team play. Tejada stops running between 3rd and home—little league 101: always get to a base, if you stop running, go back!! There are no exceptions!

Burns not tagging home. Burns sees Varitek run by home to the back of the screen, and still doesn’t tag home. Chavez in the on deck circle, responsible for helping by telling the runner what to do, stands watching like he’s a spectator to the game. The A’s manager, I choose to forget his name, not protesting the play because Varitek blocked the plate without having posession of the ball—Byrnes should be called safe.

It’s too painful to go on.
Hudson goes drinking in a Boston bar and is pulled in the second inning due to an injury suffered in a bar fight scuffle. (no rumor, I know people who saw this.) stop me, I’m going crazy!!

by alamedaman on Aug 6, 2008 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions

By far the worst I've ever felt as an A's fan

I was watching the game with some non-A’s fan friends and thinking to myself “this can’t be happening, this can’t be happening” ... it was happening.

by jdr on Aug 6, 2008 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions

That goes against the title of this exercise!

now you’re going ending up drinking away your sorrows instead of somehow hoping the As stop running out AAAA out there every game. Oh wait! Thats were doing already.

by UOSportsDude on Aug 5, 2008 9:26 PM PDT reply actions

The A's have announced a new ticket promotion

Exclusively for readers of AN, it’s modeled on the popular “HITS” promotion of earlier this year. The “SHITTS” plan (Seriously Horrible Iteration of This Team, Sorry) will reduce the ticket price for an upcoming game by ten cents for every obscenity or vulgarity in the previous day’s game thread. In other words, ANers can make at least $10 a night by going to the games.

by Englishmajor on Aug 5, 2008 9:48 PM PDT reply actions

Is it sponsored by Tourette's?

‘Cuz it sure as fucking hell should be!

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 Aug 5, 2008 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Ah the golden ticket

All right!! Hold on just a second here, are you telling me that if you have this Tourette Syndrome you can say what ever you want all the time and never get in trouble?