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"Oops, it just got away."

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"Oops, it just got away."

Only one game today, with PHI-COL snowed out. The Dodgers try to sweep the Cardinals in St. Louis, with Joel Pineiro throwing for STL and Vicente Padilla throwing for the Dodgers (or is it "at the Cardinals"?).

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Doing home improvement projects

So far, I’ve completed the shopping for the projects, and spread a mess of stuff all over the floor. Then I discovered that the cordless drill is out of power and has the wrong-size bit in it, so I decided to sit down and watch some baseball while I gathered strength before going to search for the power cord and the drill bits.

It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.

by Englishmajor on Oct 10, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm doing a deep clean of the kitchen.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Those are some good STL fans giving Matt Holliday a standing ovation.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 3:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Midwesterners and their niceness.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Except the Cubs.

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" ~ Mae West

by Blicks on Oct 10, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've seen probably seen ten games in St. Louis over the years and I have to say

Cardinal fans are as good as their reputation is. It’s a great baseball town and the new stadium is nice.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

2010 road trip!

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do it

I’ve taken three baseball stadiums tours and they were all fun. The east coast trip to Boston and New York is great as well.

 I’m glad I got to see the old Yankee stadium and I got to see Tigers Stadium before it closed on another trip.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

isn't that always the truth

I’ve found some good deals on these package tours on the internet.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, this is the year to do it, as the A's have back to back Cubs - Cards series

Hopefully in six months I’ll be better placed, financially. It’s not a decision that needs to be made today

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's true

I hope you’re able to make the trip.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are some great parks in the Midwest

you have to go to Wrigley at least once and Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City is a real gem of a stadium.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cubs and Cardinals series are back to back!

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Boy a snowed out game on October 10th

another reason besides the Broncos being there to not want to live in Denver.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm mixing this game in with mexico - el salvador

One of these game sounds like all hell has broken loose, and one does not.

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 3:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm rooting against Vincente Padilla personally, but for the Dodgers.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 3:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm pulling for the Cardinals

great fans and I still love Tony La Russa and besides 1988 did happen so the Dodgers are on my list of hate forever.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wanna see Matt Holliday drop the ball and 10 runs score

can this be arranged?

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 3:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I knew I liked you.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

go dodgers!! WOO!

i am still not happy they got padilla, i am pretty sure he is my least fav baseball player.

by drmmerchk on Oct 10, 2009 3:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hi

Hi, people.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 3:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Kansas

They barely survived against Iowa State.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

College Football

The day is winding down and we’ll have at least three new ranked teams due to losses by No. 17 Auburn, No. 20 Mississippi and No. 24 Missouri.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ya I just saw that Arkansas killed Auburn

and it’s always nice as a KU alum to see Mizzou lose even if it’s to Nebraska.

But really RRS you should be on the Raiders blog because and this might shock you there are 27 new posts all about JaMarcus Russell.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Raiders Blog

Are there really posts about Russell? That’s a first. I might just have to take a look.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know it shocking

and do you notice almost none of them spell his name JaMarcus? I sure wish some better people would get on that blog.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

IQ

It isn’t high over there. I will say that.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uh no

when I’m on AN I get humbled from time to time but on the Raider blog I feel like the smartest man alive.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

1050 radio is playing an ad about toenail fungus

I didn’t think I could miss the MGD ad, but here we are.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 3:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

"I had some fungus in the bedroom...I had some fungus in the garage..."

It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.

by Englishmajor on Oct 10, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I actually miss them.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and in the pool.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NFL

I’d watch the NFL over the MLB playoffs. We only get the NFL once a week for about four months. The only MLB playoff game I’m paying attention to tomorrow is the last one because it’ll just be that and Colts-Titans game.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be watching our Raiders tomorrow

because I like to torture myself.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Prediction

I’m going with a 34-7 win for the Giants. I don’t know how we’re going to score a touchdown, but I think we will find the end zone for the second time in four games.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Improvement would be nice

and a touchdown or two would be nice as well. Hell Raiders just be fun to watch at least!

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

EXACTLY!!!

There is no A in OFFENSE!!

by wacchampions on Oct 10, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well you spent more than I did

but I got the NFL package to watch the Raiders play and I haven’t missed a game in years so I’ll never give up (too dumb I think).

I’ll have some great friends and food though tomorrow so at least I won’t suffer alone or in hunger.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had never left a game early before..until the Denver game two weeks ago..I just couldnt take it anymore..

And I ave had tix since they came back to Oakland..so I have seen plenty of bad football..

There is no A in OFFENSE!!

by wacchampions on Oct 10, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've seen them get killed more than a few times in Kansas City

and the urge to leave early was there to be sure. I can see leaving the Denver game as it wasn’t only bad it was beyond boring as well.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I have thought about going to a game in Kansas City before...

I have a Hotel near KC and I figure I could make a business trip out of it..

There is no A in OFFENSE!!

by wacchampions on Oct 10, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe

If the Dodgers win today, there won’t be one.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rafael Furcal is on first

someone whisper “Oakland, California” in his ear so he can roll up the windows of his mind and lock the doors.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 3:52 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Fresno State

Are they playing tonight?

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah they play hawaii

There is no A in OFFENSE!!

by wacchampions on Oct 10, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you know Fresno is the dumbest city in the U.S. according to CNN

I don’t know if that matters in college football but I thought it was funny. I know I almost went to the Universtiy of Hawaii but I was afraid I’d never go to class.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL...I am not surprised...have you ever been to Fresno..LOL..

I went to Fresno State and played there….as you can see I didnt stay there after college…lol

There is no A in OFFENSE!!

by wacchampions on Oct 10, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have familiy there so I've spent some time there

not the greatest place on earth to be sure. I think you made a good decision to leave.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes....the whole central valley..WOW...nothing against RRS..but man...

If you like Hot summers then that is the place

There is no A in OFFENSE!!

by wacchampions on Oct 10, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sacramento in August could make your brain melt

the Delta breeze at night was the only thing that made it decent oh and air conditioning (the greatest invention ever!)

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hello Andre Ethier.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 3:55 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Andre Ethier

hmmmm, Milton Bradley, pick up the blue courtesy telephone please…

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 3:55 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

hit it to Holliday, Loney!!!

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 3:56 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ouch.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 3:57 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

they were a little premature with the “middle 3rd” graphic on that one

by drmmerchk on Oct 10, 2009 3:57 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Cards are melting down

that was not playoff-caliber defense

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 3:57 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So, it's Mexico 1-0 El Salvador at half time

Mexico look decent with the ball, but loose at the back.

And there appears to be a plague of bees at one end. Seriously.

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 3:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Is the game at Azteca?

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

Though, Mexico are not putting in what you’d call a dominating performance.

On the other hand, they’re doing what they need to do, so maybe that’ll be enough.

I keep waiting for them to break through in the World Cup, but on this evidence, 2010 isn’t going to be their year, either

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Walked in just in time to see Ethier's HR

Awesome Blossom! Stick it to the Matt Hollidays!!

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

this is really Padilla's first postseason appearance ever?

wow, maybe he should celebrate by drilling someone, then we’ll know it’s really him.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

my gf saw his pic and said he looked like a criminal

I was like “well….”

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They said he feels all warm and fuzzy in LA.

No personality problems.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rickey Henderson

Rickey is on ABC, by the way, talking to Tim McCarver.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 4:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

why on ABC?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tim McCarver

His show is on ABC for whatever reason(s).

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

is it only on in the Bay?

All I see on ABC is the local news

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe

It might have been on for you earlier in the day.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

looks like it's not on in LA

that’s upsetting

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

AH!

tomorrow on KCAL. excellent!

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wait a minute.

you’re excited to see Tim McCarver?

I could see that, as long as it wasn’t the end of the sentence. As in:

“I’m excited to see Tim McCarver get attacked by ravenous wolves.”

“I’m excited to see Tim McCarver hit repeatedly in the nuts with a billy club.”

“I’m excited to see Tim McCarver covered in bees.”

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about

“I’m excited to see Rickey Henderson who happens to be on Tim McCarver’s show”?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

sure as long as it happens after the interview

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rickey talking to McCarver

but in his mind, Rickey’s thinking how easy it would have been to steal off him.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i mean if Rickey played in the 1960s

Imaging Rickey dancing off first, making Bob Gibson and McCarver all nervous… not that Gibson could be rattled by anyone.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

reply FAIL to sirbed

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know your highness I was just joking around

Rickey would have been great in the 60’s version of baseball. Hell Rickey was great in any era.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

funny how no one has mentioned the idea yet

that the WS could be Joe Torre vs. the Yankees for all the marbles.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

As long as the Dodgers win, I'm cool with that

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

lots of weird possibilities

you could have Angels-Dodgers and have Scioscia vs. his old team

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The All LA World Series

could happen although those east coast types wouldn’t like it.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

although

these hard-hurling Halos will have something to say all about it, what with the Adenhart mojo factor.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you think the sux can still pull it out

miraculously?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

nope

hate to say it but the Angels are dealing, I think they win the whole bag this time… the Adenhart unearthly Halos-with-halos mojo will stifle the Yankees.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah....

I’m hoping for some of that sux mojo, but it all revolved around big papi, who’s more like little mami right now

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

pitching-wise

it’s hard not to look at the Halos and see a ring sliding onto a finger, painful as it is to say that.

All is well though, friends, for the time is soon when we are watching Brett Anderson and Trevor Cahill pitch in October, maybe as soon as a year from right now.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i think the dodgers could give them a run for their money

the Dodgers might not have the starting, but the have the ‘pen. I’ll take either Sherill or Broxton over Fuentes

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed cupps

The Dodgers-Angels might be the most intriguing matchup out there this time.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Yankees will eat their bullpen alive.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

TAKE THAT, TACOS!

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Taco Killah!

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

better run run run run run run run away

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If DFA is the stats killer

maybe he’ll become afraid of me if I’m the taco killer and finally admit I’m always right about VORP

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think you should develop

several taco-eating-related formulas with which to counter his arguments.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

clearly

you need a breakdown chart of mild vs. hot salsa performance

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that'd be a good starting point.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Funny, when I watch the slegnA I feel like hurling hard, too.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

true

but we must respect the more-than-worthy adversary in this case, the Halos look primed to take the title IMO, sad as it is for us in these parts to say such a thing.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cards are getting sunk fast

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ya I think this one is about over

did anyone think the Dodgers would sweep the Cardinals? I know some people picked LA to win but I didn’t see anyone predicting a 3 and out.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the Holliday play

destroyed the Cards’ season, I’m afraid, you just can’t tank a game like that in a short series when if you catch the damn ball you’re on the airplane with a split, can’t happen.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

holliday is a goat

I don’t care if he hit the HR earlier, he personally lost that game for them.

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

his Karma is not good, let's just say

when I saw that picture of him clamming that catch, I thought, oooh he costs them their season AND we have Brett Wallace, this is pretty sweet.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Instant karmas gonna get you

Gonna knock you right in the face (or the groin)

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

we all shine on

like the moon
and the stars
and the sun

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm excited to see Tim McCarver punched in the groin by instant karma.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

instant karma

is that like that starbucks instant coffee? comes in a little plastic packet?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

has anyone tried that yet?

any good?

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a pure soul

I don’t drink coffee. Just my morning sniff of glue and I’m off!

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

glue

you mean cream of wheat?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that stuff tastes like glue to me

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't had cream of wheat since about 1981

but I eat oatmeal every morning….I’m pretty sure this is the most interesting fact I’ve ever posted here on AN.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oatmeal every morning is supposed to be, like, hella good for you.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I live clean Bloomy

it works believe me. I eat oatmeal every morning and do an hour on the treadmill and I stay in really good shape no matter what I eat for dinner.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

even tacos?!

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hell ya I love to cook and eat

and my girlfriend eats like a bird so I finish most of the food and I’m in better shape at 36 than I’ve ever been.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"C.R.E.A.M."

It is a classic.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

not yet

gonna pick some up soon though. i want it to brew cold though. iced coffee during the day.

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

will it brew cold?

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

who knows

i have to try it

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow Reyes is a big boy ain't he?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

... but he's dealing

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

AHH THIS SONG SUCKS.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 4:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

JBJ wuvs you.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

“[he] loves this town”

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that was the dumb song they kept playing last year

“That’s whyyyyy IIIIIII looooovvveeeeeeee thiiiiiissss towwwwwnnnnnnnn!”

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

nothing like hearing how 2 of the 4 teams to lose an ALDS up 2-0

were, well, us.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

bad memories!

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Memories?

What memories?

(whistles loudly to self)

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When I get old and lose my mind

at least I’ll forget 1988 and the tuck rule game and the refs giving the Lakers all those foul shots agains the Kings in the Western Confernce finals.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know,

I’m not even a Raiders fan, but the tuck rule game pissed me off in the moment, pisses me off today and will probably piss me off the rest of my life. The Raiders got jobbed that game.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Referees

If anyone has a beef about referees, it’s the Raiders.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm not familiar with this controversy

care to share LB?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think there a couple people here with whom

retelling the tale might be like discussing various painful episodes in our collective A’s past. Let me find a link.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

okay

here you go.

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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmmm

i guess i need to look for the video on that to see how jobbed they were

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously, they REALLY were.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

here was ESPN's take
In truth, the Patriots were a little lucky. OK, a lot. Referee Walt Coleman authored, on many levels, the play of the game.

When blitzing cornerback Charles Woodson blindsided Brady, karate-chopping the ball to the ground, and linebacker Greg Biekert recovered at the Raiders’ 47-yard-line with 1:43 left, the game appeared to be over — with the Raiders ahead 13-10. But the Patriots had one last chance thanks to instant replay and, after reviewing the play in which Brady appeared to pull the ball down and then fumble, Coleman inexplicably ruled it an incomplete pass.

“It was obvious,” a terse Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said. "I thought it was a fumble, but the officials thought otherwise.

“You can never count on anything in the NFL. Say what you want, (Brady) made some great plays when he had to.”

Well, what about it? Was it a fumble or an incomplete pass?

“Uh…,” Brady said when questioned. “You know, he hit me. I wasn’t sure. Yeah, I was throwing the ball. How do you like that? Damn right. Damn right.”

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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A horrible day to be sure

 I know my Dad has that game second only to the immaculate reception game

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i see

so Brady DID tuck it, meaning it was a fumble?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

exactly, and it was called the opposite.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks for the explanation

I like Brady’s answer though. Classic “gotcha” moment

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I was talking to a coworker who lives in Boston and is a big Patriots fan..

He said with total sincerity…that was the way the rule was written and the referees were just enforcing the correct rule…I couldnt believe it…I thought he would be like, yeah we got away with one there….I am still pissed about that call!!

There is no A in OFFENSE!!

by wacchampions on Oct 10, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And Gruden left that off-season

and despite making it to the Super Bowl the next year ( I can’t remember what happened in that game) the Raiders have gone straight to hell in the following years.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And you can make the case that that one blown call changed the course of history in the NFL...

Who knows what woul dhave happened, but the Raiders would have been in the Superbowl…and you just dont know what would have happened with that patriots team..they may never have gone on to dominate the following years, they may have made some moves and broke up the team or made some chnages that they didnt make becuase they made it to the superbowl…Just a lot of things that happened because of one blown call!!

There is no A in OFFENSE!!

by wacchampions on Oct 10, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No doubt about that

I still wonder if Gruden had stayed how good that team could have been.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

so the butterfly flapping its wings in Foxboro

has a world-changing effect elsewhere?

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was watching the tuck game

and agree the Raiders got jobbed… but didn’t they go to the Super Bowl the next year after that? Or am I mixing it up?

I’m not a football guy so forgive me if I have no clue.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

after Gruden laft and Gruden and that Tampa D ate em up.

Didn’t help that Callahan was too stupid to change the audibles.

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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

they did but Gruden left after the tuck game and he killed us

in that Super Bowl. At least I think he did I can’t remember for sure.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

true dat

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ugh.

I hope that next year, no team goes up 2-0 in the ALDS because then they won’t have a reason to talk about teams that blew a 2-0 lead. Exception: the A’s have permission to sweep the ALDS next year.

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 10, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There we go, then, 2-0 Mexico.

Argentina, bye the bye, are 1-0 up against Peru and are hanging on…

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 4:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I wish I could go to S. Africa for the World Cup

that would be just ill.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It'd be good

But I do worry for all the England fans going and trying to do it on the cheap…

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd love to swim in the ocean around South Africa

but you’d have to pay me to go to the soccer matches

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Say what you want about the cards

But Smoltz can still pitch, boy

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 4:54 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

OMG OMG OMG

peru tied it in the 90th!!

(and palermo untied it in the 91st!!!!!!!!!)

don't care if i ever get back.

by AV on Oct 10, 2009 4:56 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

And then Peru hit the bar from the kickoff!!!

Argentina have their work cut out against Uruguay on wednesday, is for sure

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that was ballsy and good and just a cm too high. whew.

don't care if i ever get back.

by AV on Oct 10, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Two go through from Uruguay, Ecuador and Argentina

Chile qualify for the first time since ‘98… it’s all go, today

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Colombia has never recovered from that WC own-goal, have they?

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the recovered almost immediately. i mean, didn’t they gat that poor guy down about a week later…?

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by AV on Oct 10, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So has Argentina guaranteed itself no worse than the play-in game against the top CONCACAF non-qualifier?

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah... who, at the moment (pending tonight's game in Honduras)

Will be Honduras or Costa Rica.

If Honduras win tonight, there’s a chance team USA! USA! could slip, but that’s fairly unlikely.

Shouldn’t underestimate either of those two teams, mind

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i don’t think so…. i can’t tell how up-to-date the standings chart i’m looking at is. 4 teams go direct, the 5th plays off, the 6th stays home. brazil, chile, paraguay have q’d. argentina is 4th right now, ecuador 5, uruguay 7. what bobnothing meant is that 2 go through to the next round, but 1 of those goes to the mini playoff round and the other is just in the WC.

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by AV on Oct 10, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, sorry

you’re right – Argentina needs a point against Uruguay to guarantee at least a playoff

here’s the table:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tables?league=fifa.worldq.conmebol&cc=5901

Ecuador have a tough game in Chile

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it looks like Argentina could get passed

by both Uruguay (who hosts Argentina in a few days) and Ecuador (who are playing at Chile, which won’t be easy, except that Chile has already qualified). If Uruguay and Ecuador win, then Argentina is out.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hope palermo’s goal just now was a momentum changer.

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by AV on Oct 10, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i do pray for that…

don't care if i ever get back.

by AV on Oct 10, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't see it happening before Wednesday

though, I’m no expert in South American soccerball; I think your best hope is that they scrape through, and then he has a melt down and quits before the World Cup

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

of course not before weds. but my fear is that winning on weds will redeem him and they’ll keep him on. he’s got absolutely no idea what he’s doing there.

don't care if i ever get back.

by AV on Oct 10, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah... I tend to agree with you.

But someone will pull the plug, no?

I mean, he sure picked an odd side today

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who's better than Maradona when they have it in their own hands?

At least he has experience with the situation.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As a manager?

Almost anyone, on the evidence thus far

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

he was riffing. hand of god, etc…

(see nick? sometimes we write things because they sound good not because they’re particularly true. with the radio on, and all that…)

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by AV on Oct 10, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I feel like John Cleese in the "Dead Parrot sketch"

Cleese: Why did you tell me I wasn’t in Bolton?
Palin: It was a pun.
Cleese: A pun?!?
Palin: No, not a pun. What do you call it when a word is spelled the same backwards and forwards?
Cleese: A palindrome?
Palin: Yeah, that’s it!
Cleese: The palidrome of “Bolton” is “Notlob!” No, I’m afraid I’m not prepared to continue this conversation as it’s gotten too silly.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

let’s just agree to disandnowforsomethingcompletelydifferent.

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by AV on Oct 10, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

...

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

so bob, are you from ingland, and do you live there now?

don't care if i ever get back.

by AV on Oct 10, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was living in the UK in 86

and I remember that moment very well.

Though, his first goal was phenomenal.

I live in San Francisco, currently

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it was definitely memorable. i can recall that game more than i can the final.

don't care if i ever get back.

by AV on Oct 10, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, the final, like many finals, was pretty miserable

For me, the most enjoyable game of that world cup was England’s first round game against Poland, and Lineker’s hat trick…

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kinda makes the LF ump last night

seem less awful in comparison.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Some might mention that England were very lucky that

Terry Fenwick wasn’t sent off in the first half.

If we’re honest, though, and the picture bears this out, I feel – Peter Shilton mistimes his leap for the ball. There’s no way that Maradona, hand or no hand, should get to that ball first.

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You mean because he makes David Eckstein look like Manute Bol?

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Padilla

68 pitches thru 5, can’t fault the economy of that.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 4:57 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hope the Cards can at least put on a tease.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 4:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

these aren't the A's were talking about here

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Prince Albert

ring him up!

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 5:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i admit it's hard to resist the prince-albert-and-ring jokes

i’m strong, but not that strong.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am not strong in any way

when it comes to making a bad joke

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and then Holliday fouls out around the plate

not like we’ve ever seen that before.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well I never saw it before

but that’s only because I just listened to the A’s games this year

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

holy fucking shit!

The Florida-LSU game’s on. WTF am I doing hanging out in this sausage party?!

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So you're just slightly less aware of the game than Tebow is?

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LSU

They’re 9.5-point underdogs. I took them to cover.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No

I like to bet, however.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like to pick the games straight up with no spreads in the NFL

but I don’t like to bet. You might as well set money on fire.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would wager that RRS ends up making a lot of money at it.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

could be

I’ve had some friends who’ve made money off of my advice but I just don’t get any thrill out of gambling.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm with you

It’s why I have no interest in “fantasy” sports (which are just complex betting schemes).

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

he will be.

give him time.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

College Football Games
ABC: Michigan at No. 12 Iowa
CBS: No. 1 Florida at No. 4 LSU
ESPN: Colorado at No. 2 Texas
ESPN2: No. 22 Georgia Tech at Florida State
CSNBA: Stanford at Oregon State

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

(I meant something different, but I concur)

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's not food you know.

I recently came to have DVR service, so I’m doing what someone else suggested the other day and letting the first quarter pass harmlessly, then flying through quarters two and three and then watching quarter four live.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

mmm DVR service

I mean that this time. I loveeeeee my DVR.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm still learning how to use it.

I’m concerned I’ve screwed it up now.

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the question is

how much room do you have on the hard drive? and do you record games in HD?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

did you buy it or do you have to give it back?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm renting it

we have two of them in the condo. The living room one is mine and the bedroom one is the domain of my girlfriend.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

too bad

else you could mod it. I’m gonna put in a 1 GB HD in mine next week.

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've never ran out of room yet

but the one in the bedroom is getting close to being full. She never erases the shows even after she watches them.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

here in LA

TWC put “flags” on all shows now. I was transferring things off to my laptop to save them and watch on my iPhone, but now I can’t hence I needed the extra space.

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There is a setting that erases the shows

after they’ve been on awhile but she won’t use it.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cards shoulda started Smoltz

5 up, 5 blown away.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 5:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ethier dismantling the Cards.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 5:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Andre Ethier

is just putting it on the Cardinals today.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 5:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

5-0

this game seems over and it’s just too damn good to be true… did Matt Holliday singlehandedly alter the trajectory of this series and tank the Cards season in the process? I feel like the kid at the end of Animal House who has the cheerleader land in his lap unexpectedly and goes “Thank you, God!!”.

Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?

by emperor nobody on Oct 10, 2009 5:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

boy a lot of you guys sure do hate Matt Holliday

I’ve already kind of forgotten he played with the A’s.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Have a nice holliday

Matt.

Stay in the NL where you can have your nice BA. We have seen what you can’t do against the AL.

by Trainman on Oct 10, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, guys.

Wow, looks like my predictions in that playoff prediction thread are becoming invalid as quick as possible.

Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.

by danmerqury on Oct 10, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

....

did you predict no snow and that Holliday wouldn’t get hit in the nads?

Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 10, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoa, Holliday got hit in the nuts?

I have to see this.

Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.

by danmerqury on Oct 10, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ninth inning

thursday night. watch it and weep cheer

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, the missed catch error?

Wasn’t it more the stomach region?

Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.

by danmerqury on Oct 10, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it looked a lot the groin to me

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hahaha, just rewatched it.

Not sure how I missed it earlier. Definitely the marbles. And he fell down afterwards.

Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.

by danmerqury on Oct 10, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it will be on blooper reels for decades to come

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

baseballgirl sent me this little present yesterday

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

that’s so awesome. It would be perfect it was animated, but this is great!

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had St. Louis sweeping the Dodgers enroute to a World Series trophy.

Um, oops.

Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.

by danmerqury on Oct 10, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I picked the Twins

Although I think they will come back and win both games in the Dome.

It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.

by Englishmajor on Oct 10, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hope you're right, EM

a Yankees vs. slegnA series is puke-worthy

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If there's anything left in our stomachs after RedSux vs.slegnA

It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.

by Englishmajor on Oct 10, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope so

at least make the evil empire work a bit

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When did Padilla get picked up this year?

Towards the end of August right? Who would have thought that he, Wainwright, and Carpenter would pitch in this series, and Padilla might be the one to outpitch them both

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Andrre Ethier is overrated

plays in the weaker league and has Manny for protection
he cant hit lefties
terrible defensive OF
I’m not convinced if he remained in oakland he’d hit even close to as he’s hitting now and most of his offensive value is balanced out due his other weaknesses
A’s traded a solid, not great prospect who has exceeded expectations for 2 positions of need w/ bradley and perez. It didnt work out, but time to move on.

by Asfan4ever723 on Oct 10, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

major baserunning fail right there

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

stl fans

They kept saying for awhile the holliday trade is justified if they make the world series, thats not happening lol

by Asfan4ever723 on Oct 10, 2009 5:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That's funny. Somebody throwing AT Padilla.

The ump and Martin. About damn time.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 5:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL I just saw their replay

karma baby

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The best part was Russell Martin cracking up at the umpire after they both threw at him.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

can't laugh at how he's pitching though

total domination

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah my rooting against him didn't work obv

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Har har.

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" ~ Mae West

by Blicks on Oct 10, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jason LaRue looks like he has a mullet

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

mmm mullets

I had one in 1987. Ah middle school.

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Off to the Sharks game!!!

Go Sharks!!…This baseball game sucked by the way…..BORING!!

There is no A in OFFENSE!!

by wacchampions on Oct 10, 2009 5:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

gotta love the heartbreak teams, eh?

j/k. I love ’em too. Go Sharks!!!

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shouldn't they be the San Jose Landsharks?

are did SJ move closer to the water?

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

land shark stadiium

isn’t that where the marlins play?

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How is that a SB and not defensive indifference?

What is the deciding factor?

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 5:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It's always a steal if the 1B is holding the runner

I don’t think that’s a rule or anything, but that seems to be the way the scorers decide. If the 1B is playing in his normal position, it’s indifference.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Buhbye.

Have a nice offseason, Matt Holliday.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

and if not

he’ll have more money

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And more money

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure. But I'l always have my bitterness.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holliday's not done with his defensive miscues

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's the things that money can't buy that make life worthwhile

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

gotta love the bitterness

it makes life worth living

by sirbed on Oct 10, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok, I love baseball

But I really don’t like 3pm starts; it really makes you feel like you’ve been watching the game for too long It’s light outside when it starts, and dusk when it finishes. Not good.

by bobnothing on Oct 10, 2009 6:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

last chance for the Cards

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 6:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Done and done.

Ok, I don’t want the Angels to win of course, but and LA/LA series would be fun.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 6:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hah. Sorry.

The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And done

Wooo that’s some gas baby

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 6:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

At least Giants fans will be unhappy!

It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.

by Englishmajor on Oct 10, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

One of my cousins in SF

grew up in St Louis and is a huge Cards fan.

Her husband is a huge Giants fan.

Not happy times chez eux.

My LA cousins will be happy, though.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL!

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 10, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

San Francisco Giants Trophy Case

I sent that picture to a friend who was a Giants fan. He was pissed.

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm gonna post it on my gnats friends' facebook page

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

awesome i was hoping someone would post that again

thanks!

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And only three games tomorrow instead of four!

It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.

by Englishmajor on Oct 10, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

first game is at 9AM though

slegnA and sux

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

College Football

There are a lot of games going on right now and they’re basically all good.

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 10, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

or

there’s a preseason warriors-suns game on TNT. lol.

"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey

by cuppingmaster on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow, that series was over quickly.

It’s kind of sad that Holliday will be hearing about that play for the rest of the offseason (and beyond)… oh well. I’m sure he’ll still get a big contract somewhere, although maybe not with the Cards anymore…

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 10, 2009 6:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm not sad

Should’ve played better in Oakland, chump. Enjoy the offseason. Maybe shag a few fly balls — you know, have your dad hit you some pop-ups — you’ll get better, don’t worry.

I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.

by Vacafan on Oct 10, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In your face Matt Holliday.

Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.

by OldhamA on Oct 10, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude

"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden

by doctorK on Oct 10, 2009 8:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That's quick work by the scoreboard people in the background.

Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.

by OldhamA on Oct 10, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Quick work, yes, but by me!

Original here

"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden

by doctorK on Oct 10, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well that's just sneaky!

Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.

by OldhamA on Oct 10, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dear RotoWorld,

Please stop butchering the English language. If Billy Beane has “inferred that Cliff Pennington will be the A’s SS next season,” from whom has he drawn this inference and why wasn’t Billy informed directly? Thank you for your consideration on this excruciatingly important matter.

Sincerely,

Me.

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 Oct 10, 2009 9:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Chavez who got the information from Forst.

Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.

by OldhamA on Oct 10, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who was walking Chavy's dog while Billy was out of town.

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 Oct 10, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow

Dodgers sweep. I don’t think anybody predicted that with the seasons that Carpenter and Wainright had.

I wonder if Holliday will resign with St. Louis because he wants redemption or if he will sign somewhere else to get away from the bad memories? He will probably just go to whoever gives him the most money.

You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}

by micdog2001 on Oct 11, 2009 12:28 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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