Double Trouble: Open Photo Thread + Link Dump

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 3, 2008 1:09 PM PDT

It's early afternoon and we don't have a community dump yet, so I figure my photo diary/fAnPoSt can do double duty... but I'll leave the link dumping to y'all, 'cause I'm sticking to my pictures.

Mmmmkay, so I went to the game on Saturday and just happened to sit in the RF bleachers... and you'll never guess who happened to be patrolling RF.

How convenient.

The sun was annoying for the first hour or so, but it was pretty cool when it peeked through one of the holes in the 3rd deck.

So anyway, we enjoyed the view from the bleachers for quite a while.

And then we were sad---why must you run away from us, Ryan?

But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.

We also noticed that he took off his hat and rubbed his head a lot. Lice, maybe?

And then... hey, wait, we won? That was awesome. Yay Ryan!

Fireworks time! Party on the field!

So pretty...

Being on the field for the fireworks was awesome. I think the only other time I had been on the field was for FanFest several years ago, and it was all torn up and gross... this time, there were football lines, but it was still lovely. I wanted to stay out there forever. It was a glorious way to end a marvelous evening.

But wait, there's more! A reward for those of you who made it this far: scans from Swooney's article in the newest A's magazine.

And the community analysis of the tattoo begins... now.

Article highlights: No time for a girlfriend, has a 16-year-old brother named Kellen, apparently has no wild streak, and is BFFs with Dale:

Then Barton spilled some inside information. Turns out that Sweeney isn't just baseball 24/7. "We like to get away from the whole pro-athlete scene and just be normal people," says Barton. "We watch ultimate fighting on pay-per-view. Sometimes we go to Starbucks."

Aha! Too bad there are 15 million Starbucks in the Bay Area.

That's all from me. Dump your links and photos here!

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Mike Sweeney activated, Big Hurt transfered to 60-day DL

Official press release

by calgbear on Sep 3, 2008 1:22 PM PDT 0 recs

Kotsay hit a two-run triple

to tie the Red Sox-Orioles game, which the Red Sox then went on to win. I’m glad Mark is doing well, but it would make me really happy if the Red Sox fade and miss the wild card by half a game or so.

Polynesian Sauce may not be available in all locations.

by Englishmajor on Sep 3, 2008 1:43 PM PDT 0 recs

Me, too!

"And sometimes, when it seems like all hope is gone, Life tosses you a special gift of a baseball game" . 7/10/08 BaseBallGirl headline

by LongTimeFan on Sep 3, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

"We also noticed that he took off his hat and rubbed his head a lot."

I also noticed that. I think it’s his sexiness oozing out of his scalp… sexiness is itchy.

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

by Jennifer on Sep 3, 2008 1:44 PM PDT 0 recs

Baron Davis and Gilbert Arenas blog on presidential politics

I got a kick out of this article, in which Ratto says to those bemoaning the lack of socially-conscious athletes—check out Boom-Dizzle and Agent Zero debating Obama-McCain via blog! This is why I love Ray; because I agree with his outlook – specifically his indictment of “soul-crushing political shows” and his lament for the need of something “less spun and more genuine.” I also love the reference to MTV’s reality programming, despite the typo.

Link

Brainless Automaton #439

by rubin sierra on Sep 3, 2008 1:45 PM PDT 0 recs

And being able to sit on the Coli grass was one of my top

experiences while I was in Oakland. I wanted to stay there forever, making grass angels, eating hot dogs, and watching those crisp white jerseys. They’d have to play the game around my fatass… like a sand on a golf course.

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

by Jennifer on Sep 3, 2008 1:48 PM PDT 0 recs

We don't say "hot dogs" on a DLD, Jennifer

We say, hot “links”

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 3, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

LOL

“Watch out for the jennifertrap in right field…”

Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"

by Poppy on Sep 3, 2008 5:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

No analysis needed.

Swooney is fine. Tattoos and all. Thanks for sharing!

39 remarkable innings.

by ZigFan31 on Sep 3, 2008 1:53 PM PDT 0 recs

The "S" in the tribal band thing

looks kind of like the White Sox “S.” Maybe his allegiance to his first team is a little stronger than we thought…

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 3, 2008 3:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

I thought it was "S" for Sweeney.

But it does look Sox like.

39 remarkable innings.

by ZigFan31 on Sep 3, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

"Sweeney on Sweeney"? Hawt.

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 3, 2008 2:10 PM PDT 0 recs

This place is a tomb.

I’m going to the nut shop where it’s fun.

[Although this is a quote from a movie, the first part still applies to AN. The second part, not so much.]

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 3, 2008 2:23 PM PDT 0 recs

Growing up,

I lived across the street from a small store that sold a wide variety of nuts, candies, etc. Some of them were even grown in the families fields around the shop.

It made it easy for everyone in the neighborhood to figure out who I was and where I lived because I would say “yeah, I live right across the street from the nut house”.

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Sep 3, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

I literally live across the street from a nut house

in the conventional sense of the term.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Sep 3, 2008 4:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

Which conventional sense?

Vacaville? Or Palo Alto? The former ain’t nearly as fun as a nut house should be. For that matter, nor is the latter, which was the inspiration for Kesey’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.

Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 3, 2008 5:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

You know I didn't even think about it

(too mucgh first of the month work on the brain…)

But since it is a link dump, perhaps I should have said I lived across from the nut house.

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Sep 3, 2008 5:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

Well, technically it's a halfway house

but, let me tell you, most of those guys are not going to be rejoining productive society anytime in the near future…

(It’s in San Francisco.)

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Sep 3, 2008 6:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

You live across from AT & T Park?

by BlameChannel53 on Sep 3, 2008 6:28 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hey, even if we are neighbors, I still resent that comment

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 3, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

I didn't say I lived across the street from the Monkey House

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Sep 3, 2008 7:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

I thought "Double Trouble"

was a reference to the dual ads on this site featuring Commish Jerry Rice.

Which by the way, are making me want to jam a pencil into the side of my head.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 3, 2008 2:25 PM PDT 0 recs

That works too.

He looks extremely creepy in that picture. Like some sort of sleazy magician.

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 3, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

redundant

Is there really such thing as a non-sleazy magician?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 3, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

Maybe

Does this count?

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 3, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up 0 recs

I posted some photos of Friday's game in yesterday's DLD, but this photo thread seems more appropriate.

Yay, Ziggy!

Here’s the ceremony, which was essentially Geren and Ziggy holding a framed picture of Brad.

Cust, Thomas, and Suzuki after Cust’s homer that made the game semi-watchable.

The spoils:

Brad was gracious and kind, and extremely courteous with the giant mob of kids around the dugout asking for autographs. Also, way to come through on your bobblehead night, Jack.

by danmerqury on Sep 3, 2008 2:29 PM PDT 0 recs

nice photos!

I have my Cust bobble displayed proudly atop my desk at work. I only wish they’d built it so that they had the bat lifting off his left shoulder and the jersey sticking to the pine tar ever so briefly.

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 3, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

I got BobbleCust, too.

Don’t tell anyone.

Actually, I have some creative plans for it, but I have to go to the craft store for one tiny element…

Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"

by Poppy on Sep 3, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

Haha! I'm intrigued!

by lynnzgal on Sep 3, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

ruh roh

by inbillywetrust on Sep 3, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

Scooby snacks!

For everyone!

by lynnzgal on Sep 3, 2008 8:29 PM PDT up 0 recs

I swear that bobblehead is taking a pitch

Bob Geren and Ken Macha both enjoy jai lai.

by CarGon's Jock on Sep 4, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

That's actually the theme of my little plan.

Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"

by Poppy on Sep 4, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

He never found time to deal with a new stadium

But now-Atty General Brown is making the world safer for people who have to play on artificial turf. It’s for the children!

Polynesian Sauce may not be available in all locations.

by Englishmajor on Sep 3, 2008 2:40 PM PDT 0 recs

that shit's almost as bad as paraquat

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 3, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

Only if you inhale

Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 3, 2008 2:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

Monta Ellis, Jeff Kent, and Jason Williams walk into a bar...

Or so might go the opening line of a joke whose punchline involves medical fraud, should the suspicion prove true that Monta Ellis is totally lying about how he got injured.

Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 3, 2008 2:53 PM PDT 0 recs

Damn it.

Am I gonna have to rename my cat?

Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"

by Poppy on Sep 3, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

New Ratto column today:

Hey, Giants and A’s fans: Have you had enough? Apparently not, since I make a point of watching our team lose and read columns about nothing by sportswriters who don’t have much of anything to say.

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 3, 2008 3:00 PM PDT 0 recs

Tonight's game washed away...

…DH tomorrow.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-athletics-royals&prov=ap&type=lgns

by Dr Pez on Sep 3, 2008 3:59 PM PDT 0 recs

Yuck.

I wanted to watch the game tonight…. boo.

The A’s haven’t had a doubleheader in ages, and now they have 2 in 3 days? What the…

[Working link: here.]

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 3, 2008 4:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

Wasn't their last DH also in Kansas City?

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Sep 3, 2008 5:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

You KNOW Swooney caught the lice from Dale

I even captured their secret “We Have Lice!” Handshake back in July:

by schmifty on Sep 3, 2008 5:36 PM PDT 0 recs

Haha! Too cute.

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 3, 2008 6:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

As long as he doesn't catch staples.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Sep 4, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up 0 recs

Or his diving techniques

by justarebelheart on Sep 4, 2008 9:25 AM PDT up 0 recs

RIP Bill Melendez

‘Peanuts’ animator dies at 91

by calgbear on Sep 3, 2008 7:20 PM PDT 0 recs

Didn't want to wait for today's DLD

to say that it’s been six years (today) since this:

Sigh…

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 4, 2008 9:49 AM PDT 0 recs

::sniff::

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Sep 4, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up 0 recs

smells like ... victory

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 4, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up 0 recs

Nice pic of Mike Crowley

Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 4, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

We had to destroy the attendance in order to save it?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 4, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

Marketing From Above

Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 4, 2008 6:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

Operation Oakland Plunder

If you’re not lying, i recommend seeing a doctor. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 5, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up 0 recs

those were the daaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyys

"The Athletics at Fremont" is really bad

by ArakSOT on Sep 4, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up 0 recs

awwwwww

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 4, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up 0 recs

It'd be interesting to know

how many players from that happy pile are still on the team.

Doesn’t Macha have the face of a genius right there? (ha)

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 4, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up 0 recs

I'm pretty sure it's just Ellis and Chavy,

but I could be wrong.

One person I’m glad is long gone: Billy Koch. A heart attack every time he pitched. And he’d always blow saves and then get the win… I’m pretty sure he shortened the life expectancy of many A’s fans that year.

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 4, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up 0 recs

but, according to Jennifer's new formulation, he's sexy

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 4, 2008 11:05 AM PDT up 0 recs

the lineup that day:

durham, dh
mabry, 1b
tejada, ss
chavez, 3b
dye, rf
justice, lf
ellis, 2b
long, cf
hernandez, c

hudson, p

also played: byrnes, hatteberg, tam, bradford, rincon, bowie, koch

looking through the full 02 roster… i think it is just ellis and chavez.

"The hard... is what makes it great."

by Jjjsixsix on Sep 4, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

Where have you gone, Jason Grabowski?

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 4, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up 0 recs

Whoa

link

Cubs catcher Koyie Hill will be happy to shake your hand. He’s glad to still have a hand to shake.

Hill was told he’d never play again after he severed three of his fingers and his thumb during a freak accident on Oct. 16. On Monday, he was one of the players called up from the Cubs’ Triple-A Iowa team.

“I’ve been lucky to be able to even play,” said Hill, who was the Iowa team’s starting catcher. “To be back here is a dream come true in itself. I never had a doubt I’d play again, but I didn’t know what limitations I’d have with my hand and what I’d be allowed to do.”

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Sep 4, 2008 10:14 AM PDT 0 recs