Open Thread: Game 162 - A's vs. Angels
by Nico on Oct 4, 2009 12:30 PM PDT
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PrintLos Angeles Angels at Oakland Athletics, Oct 4, 2009 1:05 PM PDT
Dang -- it's only the National Anthem and the Angels are already into the A's bullpen. Meanwhile, Joe Saunders makes his final tuneup of the regular season, next to be seen if there's a Game 4 in the ALDS with Boston.
I remember Game 162 four years ago, when I decided not to bother to listen to the post-game wrap-up with all its "blah blah blah tell me stuff I already knew because I watched the whole season blah blah blah thanks to our engineers and the guy who runs the press box elevator blah blah blah," not realizing that I would never again hear Bill King on the air. So perhaps today is a day to cherish -- cherish the fact that there is still A's baseball one more time, and cherish anything that might be unknowingly cherishable for the last time.
Sorry I can't post the lineups, but I'm at my school's annual "Let's make Nico miss part of the last A's game of the season" picnic, always scheduled for the first Sunday in October. I'll give you a hint, though, about the lineups: The A's have really bad hitters 5-9. And 1-4 ain't too hot, neither.
(Edit by Flashfire: here are the lineups)
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roomy.
six months in front of us.
(sigh)
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(sie)
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
(xi)
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
(sihai)
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Mitchell Erban
from the Evergreen Counseling Center?
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The Anaheim Counseling Center?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Of Evergreen?
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Is that like Ping?
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Oh my
Mention Pong makes me want to eat salted Pretzels from Safeway. (And so does hunger, but I try to ignore actual arguments.)
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Wow it's pretty amazing that Minny & Detroit will have a 1 game playoff
That hasn’t happened since the Angels & M’s in 95, right? (In the AL.)
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Or very likely if Minny wins^
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
strange.
I was just writing the same thing…
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Geniuses think alike
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Almost certain that happened last year.
Twins/White Sox.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Oct 4, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
those Twins...
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
they must really be wishing they won a game earlier this year
when they had a 10-run lead…
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 4, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
We destroyed Texas's chances as well.
It feels all warm and gooey inside.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
We destroyed Texas!
Hawesome. Crap, wrong blog. LOL
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Oh really?
Well, so much for that. LOL
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Should Geren
Run this like an old school All-Star game and constantly switch people up and bring in a bunch of pitchers? I think thy would be cool…
by A's10thMan on Oct 4, 2009 12:51 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I quit.
I can’t bring myself to watch the Raiders game any longer. So…baseball!
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
He deserves it.
He’s been phenomenal, in a bullpen filled with remarkable pitchers.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
Lineups.
Nico almost got it right. It’s actually 4-8 who are really bad. And 9-3 ain’t so hot either.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Crosby gets a "Farewell, good riddance, don't let the door hit you on the way out" game
Last of the Ninth - Photography
I would have laughed if he got to play SS today.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
Ooh, that WOULD have been funny.
Would have been worth doing just for the amusement value.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Then he should be removed from the game in the 2nd inning for Pennington
that should sum up his season nicely.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Oct 4, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahahahaha.
That’s so mean. I love it.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
Bobby Crosby sucks
Why is he worth being nice to?
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oh, that's not nice. bobby has feelings too.
he can’t help it that my 79 YO mother can hit better than he can.
I thought that bobby didn't have feelings.
I always thought that ed told bob that feelings were overrated, and he’d handle it.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Oct 4, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Or that his swing has a bigger hole in it than the ozone layer
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Or that his pitch recognition is that of Stevie Wonder's.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
Or that his glove work is about as nimble as stephen hawking.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Oct 4, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
NRAF's unite!
With our powers combined…
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
Oh, that's too nasty for me.
I enjoy the irony of Bobby at SS for the final game, but I don’t want to blatantly insult him.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
To be fair, Ed did blatantly insult Oakland and Billy.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
That's not a reason to be nasty in return.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
agrd.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Crosby made enough money
He can take Eveland, Casilla and E Gon with him to carry his bags.
And no Travis Buck again...
gonna be a lot of guys with sore butts after this game….
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
He was feeling ill yesterday.
It was in one of the press releases, although I’m not sure which one.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
Eros? Sidney, my end is sore.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Scary Charlie.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
So they continue to be "not quite"?
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not quite?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
You said they are "not quiting"
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
excuse me, oh pedantic one,
quitting
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
If that's vocative, it should be "o", not "oh".
And who says I’m pedantic?
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you're lucky I like you.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
this may be the last time we see crosby in the green and gold!
hip hip hooray!!
If you had a lineup of 9 Jack Custs who hit(Cust career average) .239 AVG, .382 OBP, and .475 SLG, then your team would score 6.12 runs per game-totalling to 991runs a season.The 08 rangers lead the majors in runs score with 901.
"may"?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone needs to photoshop that.
It would be funniest if you’re standing on the grass. How tall are you?
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I can try and whip something up.
Any ideas on what to put behind Buck?
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
Yes, a picture of OAH
standing on the ground with an enthusiastic look on her face. (If we have no actual picture of OAH, we can pick some random minor celebrity and pretend it’s her.)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Wait a minute, if she's on the ground with an enthusiastic face, that would look like
…
by ElQuesoCapitan on Oct 4, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
This is OAH we're talking about.
It’s supposed to look like that.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
wrapping up another year of being out-witted by nico and leopold...
next year you guys are mine!
If you had a lineup of 9 Jack Custs who hit(Cust career average) .239 AVG, .382 OBP, and .475 SLG, then your team would score 6.12 runs per game-totalling to 991runs a season.The 08 rangers lead the majors in runs score with 901.
Today is Zook's 26th birthday?
We need to bake him a cake!
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yay!
nice cake, cap’n.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Aaaah....October baseball! Always special!
No?
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:22 PM PDT reply actions
We're playing in October, guys!
Yay!
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
You really can't ask for anything more!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Well you can.....
but will you?
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
So is there an official AN position on who to root for on Tuesday?
‘Cause I’m sure as heck gonna root for whoever wins to get to the World Series!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going Twins.
2006 too fresh.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
For some reason I've really never liked the Twinkies....
…and I’ve always kinda liked the Tiggers.
And as recent A’s losing playoff series go, 2006 is relatively unpainful.
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Verlander.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
At least it wasn't Bonderman
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I hate that guy.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
I don’t even want to know why.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Somewhere Grady Fuson is smiling LOL
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm going to root for Minnesota or Detroit
And if they dont’ make it, whoever does from the NL. I hate the Yankees, Sox and Angels. I refuse to root for them.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
NL's good.
Philly, maybe. Rockies have a lot of our guys…
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Do they? Cool.
Or, better than nothing I guess. Although I don’t really care and I don’t expect to watch many games come playoff time.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Phillies just won... they should give someone else a chance.
I’m back and forth on the Rockies. On the one hand, Huston! On the other hand, Giambi. (I’m bitter.) But I’d prefer the Rockies to the Cards (again, I’m bitter). So, we’ll see.
why are you bitter about Giambi?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, I don't know. He was bad here, and now he's decent there (I think),
and he’s in the playoffs. I’m kind of a bitter person in general, so… yeah.
we became a better team once he left, but he got to come back here for a bit and kinda
make it right again. Well, not make it right, but remove the bitterness from me about how he left the first time.
He’s not decent. He’s a decent pinch hitter. He would’ve been that for us.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a pretty good plan.
I’d prefer Minnesota over Detroit, but other than that, this.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
if it's yankees-slegnA, I just don't know what I'll root for
Probably slegnA, but it would hurt.
I know I’m probably in a minority here, but while I hope they lose, I’d rather see the BoSox win than either the yanks or the LAAAAAA.
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
they all suck.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Hate everybody
That is the Athletic way.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
You're no good to me then
Hating is only useful if you hate inclusively.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm used to it
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Which is why there's no reason to watch after today.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I hate all those teams
How can you stand ANY of them? (I will grant that not having Man-Ram makes the Sox more your run of the mill good baseball team with assholes on it.)
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Oh, definitely.
Boston is third on the rank of evils.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
I don't know
I think I hate Red Sox fans more know than I do Yankee fans. Which I find amazing, but true.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Yankee fans are more fairweather and less ridiculous.
The humor factor plus the willingness to stick with a team that isn’t win makes Sox fans slightly less bad (note: this doesn’t apply to johnny-come-lately Sox fans of recent years, who just suck).
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Those are the most vocal Sox fans Green
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm rooting for the A's on Tuesday.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
agrd.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit
Did Kurt Suzuki just take 13 pitches? Yowzah.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
HE's gonna start out next game, don't worry.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just checking in to say one thing
And I don’t know if someone’s already said it but I find it incredible and a little bit messed up that Jack Cust isn’t in the lineup for the final game of the year. Unless he’s injured I find this to be another in the long list of stupid decisions by Bob Geren.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
he's a stupid, stupid man.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe he'll play it like a little league game
and let everyone make an appearance.
Oh, I don't know.
Everyone has been saying all month how we need to play the younger guys to give them the experience and see what they’ve got.
Cust may or may not be in our future, but it’s not like we need to see him in one more game to figure him out.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Oh I know
But it’s the last game of the season and I view this game as a means of rewarding your best players by playing them. Much like Geren letting the bullpen pitch the whole game, which I agree with. Sitting Cust and Kennedy in favor of right-handed players like Carson and Crosby who also have no future with the team is just idiotic.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
I don't mind Carson
since this may very well be the last chance he has at playing in a major league game. Crosby on the other hand… wait, this could be his last major league game too. Nevermind.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
cal did what they do every year
mislead you into thinking they were a good team
If you had a lineup of 9 Jack Custs who hit(Cust career average) .239 AVG, .382 OBP, and .475 SLG, then your team would score 6.12 runs per game-totalling to 991runs a season.The 08 rangers lead the majors in runs score with 901.
Two hits.
No errors. What the hell is going on, guys?
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
Earth is disintegrating into your own personal hell
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
my damn paper shredder
i was shredding stuff, it gets jammed, now i’m sitting here with a knife trying to get jammed bits of paper out, this sucks
Don't put so much paper in next time :P
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I hope you remembered to unplug it
before poking around with a knife.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Not as dangerous as a toaster, but still....
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
na, bro got himself a ticket to the santa clara county jail last night.
link failed.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Oct 4, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Loaiza i believe was a reference to when Estaban got arrested for drunk driving.
What you fail to understand in your joyless myopia is that baseball is the key to life-- the Rosetta Stone, if you will. If you just understood baseball better all your other questions your, your... the, uh... the aliens, the conspiracies they would all, in their way be answered by the baseball gods.
Esteban:
Scary on the field and scary off the field.
Just kinda all-over scary.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
In play, run(s).
Matt Carson flies into sacrifice double play.
WTF?!
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
Woohooo the A's Scored!
Except that it also happened via a DP. Crap.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Runz! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Savor the moment
It won’t happen for awhile.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
won't happen again^
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
How'd we score?
I stepped away from the game and now we have a lead!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:42 PM PDT reply actions
That's nasty.
If you were his woman, you’d have to train him a little.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Vince needs to shut up about the Angels-Red Sox
Yeah yeah, I know. Fans love the playoffs, but come on, this is the A’s broadcast. Do we really have spin everything in this game into what it means for the Angels in the next round?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Not a good baserunning inning for the A's
Poor gamble by Barton, and Patterson should have been picked off.
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
Than man has ice water coarsing through his little girl arms.
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traitor.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
mathis hard
</blonde>
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
+1
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
good.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
This is as good a time as any to say what a great season this has been!
Not on the field of course. But in the game threads.
It’s just been incredibly fun. Genuinely genial and upbeat, even when the product we were watching stunk.
There have been many seasons of A’s baseball that have been much, much better. But I can’t remember AN ever being more fun.
Y’all have been great to watch games with. I’m totally gonna miss this season!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:46 PM PDT reply actions
if I'm not dead or in prison.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup....
Though I think I’ll be in Germany in June and a bit of July, so that will limit my participation a bit (but no blackouts woohoo!)
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
that doesn't stop JediLeroy in Japan
or the UK guys….though whatshisname hasn’t posted in a while ,has he?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I assume I will, but
probably not much till after April 15.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
tax season.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course.
Slightly busy now, too. Extensions.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Napoli
This was so awesome, I have to post it again:
(by our very own EnglishMajor)
There was a bad catcher named Napoli
Whose throws from the plate were done crappily
He made such a mistake
He got sent to Salt Lake
And ended his playing unhappily.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:47 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
WTF?!?
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:48 PM PDT reply actions
ah, the WTF birds have returned.....
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Slusser is funny.
I have a rookie vote, and while we’re asked not to reveal our choices, I’d say there’s an excellent chance I’ll vote for Bailey. And if the Twins win today, I’m pretty sure I’ll vote for Joe Mauer as MVP. Again, that’s not official. I could totally change my mind, at least as far as the BBWAA confidentiality guidelines apply. I’d do a smiley face emoticon here except it might look strange in a blog.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/index?#ixzz0T0CYa4NC
Also, Mortensen — really, dude?!
The A’s have just announced that rookie right-hander Clayton Mortensen was arrested last night for suspected driving under the influence and spent the night in jail in Santa Clara County.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/index?#ixzz0T0CjMITe
Yeah I saw that mortensen bit a few mintues ago.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Oct 4, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Dang. Let's hope he learns his lesson.
Was he not around for all the Nick Adenhart / Jon Wilhite events? Or does he just not get it?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
apparently he called rajai off, then backed off.
brilliant work, epat.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Oct 4, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't there one like that in Seattle?
At the last minute Rajai caught it anyway, but it was an obvious miscommunication.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Why is Blevins pitching?
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
why not?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Kilby is a relief pitcher right?
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Yep apparently he is
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
apparently,
when I gas my vehicle at Vallero, it HELPS California.
I had no idea.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
AND Wells Fargo,
aside from being an evil and conniving bank that charges for every little thing, gives its clients no breaks whatsoever and continues to screw over just about everyone they can. Those guys? They give a lot of my overdraft fees to non-profits.
They’re really cool too.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
All banks are evil
One thing I discovered after leaving California is that banks are noticeably less evil in markets they don’t dominate. In California, Wells Fargo was evil while Washington Mutual was relatively benign, but in Seattle it was the other way around.
One thing I’ve noticed about WF: They will reverse almost any charge if you just call up and complain about. Most of the time they don’t even want to hear your explanation, they just say “OK, I can reverse that.” But you have to actually notice it and complain. If you’re among the 95% who don’t bank attention to your bank statement, you get screwed.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I don't wanna relive with you my screaming sessions with WF.
I despise them. Like on a Chone level.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
When I was in California, WF was in my top three
axis of corporate evil. Comcast was another, and I can’t remember who was the third.
Since I moved they haven’t bothered me so much. They’re still evil, of course, but not in an everyday nemesis sort of way.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Hasn't worked that well for Wamu since folding last year anyway
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I was using Wachovia locally.
Then Wells Fargo bought them. They screwed things up, of course. They BOUNCED MY RENT CHECK two months in a row. Literally neither were my fault.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Now, even though it wasn't my fault and I switched banks,
my landlady wants money orders.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Hi folks
Sorry I can’t be on the thread more today — I’ll be in and out. Listening to Ken and Vin online while I do some stuff around the house.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
putting up dry wall?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Cleaning out fish tank
after procrastinating for a (literally) disgustingly long time.
How long do goldfish live, anyhow?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
depends upon the levle of muck.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
They can live through a lot of muck
Believe me.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Have you tried ammonia?
That might work.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I can verify that bubble bath with kill them all except for the sucker fish that clings to the window.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, that's just Don.
Pull the blinds and he’ll go away.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Since the kids won them at our local street fair
I don’t think I can just kill them.
I’m looking for some kind of non-benign neglect. So far, they’re healthy and growing. And stinky.
Maybe I can recruit one of our cats as a co-conspirator.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
make sure you have something to hold against them first.
You can’t trust a cat to their word.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Howdy!
So far the only distinguishing feature of this game has been that it’s the last one.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
will we get new MGD commercials next season?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
I still say he should be drinking at school, not a cruise.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
It's the first spring training game. with the Brewers.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
though they did allude to a Buancast on the 4th
(my birthday), so…maybe not.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
FIRE MACHA NOW!
(aah….just like old times)
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
no more than eight pages at a time.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Glue! I need glue!
(you’re gonna need lotsa glue!)
by LoneStranger on Oct 4, 2009 2:08 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Whom do they incriminate?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
no worries i have copies
"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 4, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Pardon me if there's a conversation about it elsewehere, but
what is the precedent, if any, for just giving the game over to the bullpen from the first pitch?
Is this destined to become Bob Geren’s most noteworthy act as a manager?
Years ago, Bill James suggested going with a staff of all relievers.
Don’t think anyone has tried it, though.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the logic is that
if you have a good bullpen it actually produces good results. The downside is that you’ve used up the whole bullpen for the next day. But with ~170 off days coming up, no problem.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I need to get my math homework done
And sort of paying attention to the game thread is keeping me from doing that. Argh. Later yall.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
chances are.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
They're all at the game for AN Day.
How come you’re not there?
The rest of us here are all NRAFs.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
up until a few days ago i thought i'd be in vegas so i hadn't planned on it
i can pretend to be a nraf
NRAF unite
"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 4, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Hurray!
We’re cooler than them anyway.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Buck's actually in great favor with the management and the front office.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
you know you like 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 4, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
If you provide a picture I'm sure danmerqury will make it so.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Sure.
It’s hard to find a full body shot of someone that would work.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
Not quite what I was imagining, but OK.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
tuned in earlier
just in time to see an epat OF fail. anyway, at least we’re leading
"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
is it the seventh already?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
basically
"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 4, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
oh.
okay.
hi!
(waves excitedly)
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
yo signmaster
i think that should be an alternate sn for you
"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 4, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
so you think I should eschew Leopold Bloom for Signmaster?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe just post under two different ones
to freak people out
"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 4, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
but I hate that I work in a sign shop.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
why? you perform a valuable service.
and you get to work with monkeys.
da-dunt, da-dunt, da-duuuuh-duh
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
that does kinda look like me and my help....
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
because I have an advanced degree,
have never had an inclination toward business and don’t really believe in capitalism.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Bobby very considerate there
Got Nomar off the bases before he could hurt himself.
@worldblee on Twitter.
Is that the last DP BoCro will ever ground into in an A's uniform?
I’m gettin’ sentimental just thinkin’ about it!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 2:14 PM PDT reply actions
let's not care whether we ever see him again.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
If you someone, let them go.
If you hate them, lock the door after them.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Aaargh....PREVIEW FAIL
“If you LOVE someone, let them go.”
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
by world you mean FA market right?
"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 4, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa, I missed that.
Was it intentional?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
not sure
i’d like to think it was. napoli is beast, though
"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 4, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to think it wasn't.
There are sometimes good reasons to throw at someone, but just because he hit a home run earlier in the game is certainly not one of them.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
wha?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Throw Fail
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 2:20 PM PDT reply actions
off a cliff
"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 4, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
gotta work on the throwing, moneypenny
"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
A-Rod already has 583?!
I hate him. A-Lot.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
On the plus side....
He’ll never be a True Yankee®
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
if that keeps him up at night, he can buy himself an island to compensate.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
that'd be fun.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
If he's good enough at growing boobage, he could go from being A-Rod...
….to being D-Rod.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you know he got his GF Pregnant?
Which means A-Rod finally delivered in October.
All Games and Comments are Subject to Blackout
damnit
"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
Ah, well...order has returned to the universe.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 2:24 PM PDT reply actions
Anything to help the slegnA and their little poo-flinging mascot!
You know how I love ’em all!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it sad that i'm looking forward to the twins tigers game tuesday
as opposed to an A’s win
"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
anyone know what time the tuesday game will be on?
while i’m at work, no doubt
"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 4, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe i can catch it on GDA on my iphone
on the way home
"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 4, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
i've been doing it wrong this whole time
"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 4, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
you'd make a poor monkey.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
you can be trained
"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 4, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
i bet you'd do it for a bunch of bananas
or a stick covered in ants
"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 4, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
hmmm
papaya? apples?
"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 4, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
we also have "shiny object".
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, we start you shiny,
and if you work out, we can up your pay grade to shiny and sparkly.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
how about a shiny candy apple?
"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 4, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I think REM and the girl from B52s sang about those.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
LB likes that.
Gives him a good excuse for spanking.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
it's store policy.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, they know it before I hire them.
It’s right there in the manual.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Plural?
Wow.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
the wonders of 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 4, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
double donged Denzel?
Where?!
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, I wish you and I were both in
the Bay Area for Halloween. We would totally go to Thrillpeddlers’ Shocktoberfest and see that play. Live theater with real spanking. What more could you ask for?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
that does sound like a good time.
is it close to the parade? We could see that before or after….
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesn't working at the sign shop make your monkeys poor?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
well, presumably thwy're poorer before thewy start here.
But I try to not to pry too much into monkeys lives.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
some relief
what does everyone think about gray and meloan? i wonder if they’re just providing a good service right now, or if they’re legit ML relievers
"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
My knee-jerk, not very informed opinion:
Somewhere I read about Meloan as a candidate to convert to starter. I don’t recall the rationale, but if that’s not entirely stupid it sounds like an interesting thing to try.
Gray strikes me as trade bad. Not because he’s bad, but because his skill is fungible and he’s probably worth more to another team than he is to us.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
hmmm i tend to think the opposite
that gray looks decent but that meloan is having fluky success. i also see more of a future for a guy like gray
"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 4, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
gee thanks penny...damnit
"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
The A's' version of Underpants Gnome logic
1. Single!
2. ???
3. Double to leave a runner on 2nd with 2 out!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
It's pretty easy to solve for #2 in your version.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
it is, and that's not so with the Underpants Gnomes.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, sometimes it a GIDP
Sometimes it a K/CS DP, sometimes it’s just a CS with a regular out afterwards, or a fielder’s choice and a double with the runner thrown out trying to score.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
delay of game
too many men on the ice balls on the field
"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
matthews!!!
(shakes fist at nemesis)
"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
Sarge jr.?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
sliding catch to end the inning
"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 4, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
NEW THREAD OPEN
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
you and Simone Weil.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
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