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Open Thread: Game 162 - A's vs. Angels

Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Athletics, Oct 4, 2009 1:05 PM PDT


"OK, when did someone put a wall there?"

by Elaine Thompson - AP

"OK, when did someone put a wall there?"

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)

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

(sie)

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

(xi)

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

(sihai)

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mitchell Erban

from the Evergreen Counseling Center?

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The Anaheim Counseling Center?

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 12:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

strange.

I was just writing the same thing…

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

those Twins...

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:00 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I would have laughed if he got to play SS today.

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahahahaha.

That’s so mean. I love it.

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bobby Crosby sucks

Why is he worth being nice to?

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Deborah51 on Oct 4, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Or that his swing has a bigger hole in it than the ozone layer

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

To be fair, Ed did blatantly insult Oakland and Billy.

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's not a reason to be nasty in return.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

agrd.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, it's not.

Still funny, though.

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crosby made enough money

He can take Eveland, Casilla and E Gon with him to carry his bags.

by Trainman on Oct 4, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by mrod on Oct 4, 2009 1:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eros? Sidney, my end is sore.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go Keebs!

Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox

by mrod on Oct 4, 2009 1:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Keebs looking sharp so far.

Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox

by mrod on Oct 4, 2009 1:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Scary Charlie.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Royals not quiting.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So they continue to be "not quite"?

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

not quite?

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You said they are "not quiting"

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

excuse me, oh pedantic one,

quitting

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If that's vocative, it should be "o", not "oh".

And who says I’m pedantic?

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you're lucky I like you.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

♥!

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by 9Custs on Oct 4, 2009 1:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

"may"?

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

May?!

You’re scaring me.

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Someone needs to photoshop that.

It would be funniest if you’re standing on the grass. How tall are you?

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Perfect!

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds good.

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by 9Custs on Oct 4, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Today is Zook's 26th birthday?

We need to bake him a cake!

Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox

by mrod on Oct 4, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

yay!

nice cake, cap’n.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes! Happy Birthday Kurt!

Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox

by mrod on Oct 4, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aaaah....October baseball! Always special!

No?

There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

We're playing in October, guys!

Yay!

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You really can't ask for anything more!

There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about 5 dollars?

Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox

by mrod on Oct 4, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Twins add on, 9-4.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going Twins.

2006 too fresh.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Verlander.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that guy.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So does Billy.

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NL's good.

Philly, maybe. Rockies have a lot of our guys…

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 4, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

why are you bitter about Giambi?

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 4, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

they all suck.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i think i'm with you on that

need to pick the lesser of 2 evils

by OakA'sHoney on Oct 4, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, definitely.

Boston is third on the rank of evils.

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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).

There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm rooting for the A's on Tuesday.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

agrd.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

HE's gonna start out next game, don't worry.

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

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

by Helloooo 1st on Oct 4, 2009 1:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

he's a stupid, stupid man.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Helloooo 1st on Oct 4, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by DMOAS on Oct 4, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They lost three hours ago.

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by 9Custs on Oct 4, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Two hits.

No errors. What the hell is going on, guys?

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by OakA'sHoney on Oct 4, 2009 1:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not as dangerous as a toaster, but still....

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BAGS JUICED.

TIME FOR CARSON TO HIT HIS SECOND MAJOR LEAGUE HOME RUN

by ElQuesoCapitan on Oct 4, 2009 1:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

boop boop!

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

runz!

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:38 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by winchester5 on Oct 4, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Esteban:

Scary on the field and scary off the field.

Just kinda all-over scary.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

moar runz!

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by Nico on Oct 4, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Than man has ice water coarsing through his little girl arms.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

fuck Mike Napoli

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

traitor.

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   0 recs

mathis hard

</blonde>

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

+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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

That it has!

[gives an AN five]

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

if I'm not dead or in prison.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!)

There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.

by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 4, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that doesn't stop JediLeroy in Japan

or the UK guys….though whatshisname hasn’t posted in a while ,has he?

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

tax season.

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   0 recs

Of course.

Slightly busy now, too. Extensions.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

CHONE!

(shakes fist at nemesis)

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 4, 2009 1:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by Nick on Oct 4, 2009 1:57 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by Nick on Oct 4, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by Nick on Oct 4, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Have you tried ammonia?

That might work.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Nick on Oct 4, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

make sure you have something to hold against them first.

You can’t trust a cat to their word.

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

will we get new MGD commercials next season?

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 1:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Friday, March 5th!

Mark it!

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:02 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It's the first spring training game. with the Brewers.

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

success!

my shredder is unclogged
now i can get rid of those incriminating photos

by OakA'sHoney on Oct 4, 2009 2:03 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Whom do they incriminate?

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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?

by Rancho Canseco on Oct 4, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.....

by pookeyguru on Oct 4, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

mathis sexy

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Hurray!

We’re cooler than them anyway.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 2:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not quite what I was imagining, but OK.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by cuppingmaster on Oct 4, 2009 2:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

why? you perform a valuable service.

and you get to work with monkeys.

by Deborah51 on Oct 4, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

da-dunt, da-dunt, da-duuuuh-duh

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

No

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bobby very considerate there

Got Nomar off the bases before he could hurt himself.

@worldblee on Twitter.

by worldblee on Oct 4, 2009 2:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Aww.

Our little Bobby’s growing up!

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

by danmerqury on Oct 4, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Whoa, I missed that.

Was it intentional?

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by cuppingmaster on Oct 4, 2009 2:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

bye chone.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

A-Rod already has 583?!

I hate him. A-Lot.

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

A-men to that

@worldblee on Twitter.

by worldblee on Oct 4, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

+1

Especially the first part.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you know he got his GF Pregnant?

Which means A-Rod finally delivered in October.

All Games and Comments are Subject to Blackout

by Hit4TheCycle on Oct 4, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by cuppingmaster on Oct 4, 2009 2:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by cuppingmaster on Oct 4, 2009 2:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

LB likes that.

Gives him a good excuse for spanking.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Plural?

Wow.

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

by Nick on Oct 4, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

double donged Denzel?

Where?!

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

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by Nick on Oct 4, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by cuppingmaster on Oct 4, 2009 2:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by cuppingmaster on Oct 4, 2009 2:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Rajai!

CURSE YOU PENNINGTON.

by ElQuesoCapitan on Oct 4, 2009 2:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by Nick on Oct 4, 2009 2:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It's pretty easy to solve for #2 in your version.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Oct 4, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by Nick on Oct 4, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by cuppingmaster on Oct 4, 2009 2:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by cuppingmaster on Oct 4, 2009 2:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

NEW THREAD OPEN

{shakes fist at God}

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 4, 2009 2:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

you and Simone Weil.

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   0 recs

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