Open Thread: Game 25 - A's (9-15) vs. Rangers (14-12)
by 67MARQUEZ on May 6, 2009 6:45 PM PDT
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After not attending an A's game since April 11, I thought it was time that I drag my behind down to the old ball yard last night.
You know how people, upon meeting a celebrity that they've only seen on television, will say something like "You're much taller in person"?
Well let me tell ya, the A's are every bit of offensive in real life as they are on the tube, and I don't mean in a runs-y sort of way. I do have to say that it was nice of the players to get behind last night's blanket giveaway, considering how charitable they were to their guests from down south.
Of course, one could surmise that the A's are still in throwback mode, because not only do they hit like it's 1979, the fans are disguised as empty seats, too! Sure it's a bit far for a gimmick, but when you have the fourth-worst record in the Major Leagues, you go the extra mile.
And so the race between the A's and the Nationals to avoid being the last team to 10 victories continues, as the Texas Rangers ride into town having scorched Seattle for 13 runs in a two-game sweep. Two teams headed in opposite directions: Ron Washington's ball club has won six of eight, and is on a season-high four-game win streak, while the A's have lost four of five this month, including three straight.
Ah, but there is somewhat good news. Oakland is closer to first place (4.5) games than any other bottom-feeder in baseball.
The A's send walk-off specialist Dan Giese to the bump, in what manager Bob Geren is calling a spot start.
"I enjoy starting," said Giese, who made three starts among his 20 appearances last season with the Yankees, who waived him April 8. "Getting outs is getting outs. You get as many as you can, as quickly as you can."
The Rangers counter with right-hander Scott Feldman, who held his own while Kris Benson was on the disabled list. Says Wash:
"He has real life on his fastball, his slider is harder than it has been, his breaking ball is much crisper, and he's getting a good feel for his changeup. He's got four pitches he can throw over the plate. We just have to figure out how to get him deeper into the game."
"Deeper into the game." Thankfully the A's don't have that problem. Oh, wait.
Happy 78th to the "Say Hey Kid", whose last big-league at-bat came against Oakland during the 1973 World Series. Hmm, the World Series. I remember when the A's used to play in those.
Ah, but we still love them don't we gANg? Of course, we do. Here are tonight's lineups:
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Here's some "hey, it's true" good news
Assuming Seattle loses today (they’re trailing 8-0), the A’s actually enter play tonight only 2 games out in the loss column.
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
Who is this Travis Buck guy that keeps making the starting lineup?? LOL
I hope that he lives up to all of the expectations that have been placed on him by AN!
Go A’s!!!
There is no A in OFFENSE!!
since the natinals lost the o...
doesn’t that mean they reach 10 wins when they reach 1?
"The hard... is what makes it great."
celebrities are almost always shorter in person
models and NBA players being the exception
AN was so much better before I got here.
Ok, so I am watching this Jack Cust interview on the Pregame show....Ummmmm
I have never seen him interviewed before but man he is boring….LOL
There is no A in OFFENSE!!
Oh my gosh...that Interview was painful to watch...
And Shooty Babbit just thew Bobby Crosby’s defense under the bus…LOL
There is no A in OFFENSE!!
Gallagher to pitch Sat
Just heard on the pre-game that Gallagher will throw Sat.
positive thinking! we shall be victorious!
Quote of the day: “He was moderately truthful towards men, but to women lied like a Cretan.”
Major brownie points if you can name the source (without googling)…
Kuiper, "Matt Holliday off to a little bit of a slow start." Understatement of the year!
There is no A in OFFENSE!!
Wow, another huge crowd at the Stadium tonight, there must be at least 3000 people there!
There is no A in OFFENSE!!
Be of good cheer
Bad start, mediocre division without a dominant team (until the Angels’ injured players return), only 4.5 games out, really low expectations.
Go team!
I was about ot say at least I have the Rays to watch
then the Yankees scored 3 in the bottom of the 8th.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
Way to tempt me away from Rich's game for a moment
A's Strategy 2009: "Whoever is not hurt plays" - Syphon, 11/10/08
Harden?
That name sounds familiar.
I think we used to have a guy that hung out in the trainer’s room named Harden.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, pitching well
Or at least pitching lucky… through 6 innings so far, 1ER, only up to 83 pitches. Cubs winning 6-1 over Astros.
A's Strategy 2009: "Whoever is not hurt plays" - Syphon, 11/10/08
He took Zebulon with him to Chicago.
I am fairly certain that’s why the A’s are now made of epic fail.
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 6, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
the lost planet Zebulon?
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Zebulon, North Carolina
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 6, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet there's zombies there.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Zombulon definitely chok full o' zombies.
Still not sold on Zebulon being zombie-free.
He was hurt an awful lot.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, he did!
It was visible in his locker in the background of a recent interview…
A's Strategy 2009: "Whoever is not hurt plays" - Syphon, 11/10/08
A friend showed me the screen cap of an interview with Zebulon in his locker. It only made me miss him a little more.
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 6, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Time to head to chicago and steal Zeb back.
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 6, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going in August.
I might make a trip to Wrigley. Can we wait until then?
"Smells like summer camp!"
Sure, just as long as you bring back Zebulon.
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 6, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Woo! game threadness!! Go A's!!
Who’s here that I know?
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
At least it's a solid run
as opposed to last night’s bloops and blunders.
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 6, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
yesterday was not puppy dogs and rainbow smiles.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know. I am listening to Alan Colmes.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 6, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
All I can say is
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
His radio show still lives on!
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 6, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
let's just say both.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Game Over?
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
Its so wrong.
We used to post that on the ESPN boards when out offense was in such a huge funk. Still Blame Beane.
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
Yes we did used to post that
And sadly 9 times out of 10 we were right.
Realist.
But I sure hope Im wrong.
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
Oh yeah!
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
I really hope so too...
{Goes to try some optimism and mojo}
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
That actually wasn't a bad pitch to Andrus,
especially if he’s looking slider. Pretty solid inning for “Giesey.”
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
Not with twenty pitches in the first
Will he get through the 5th??
The trend says no….
'I never predict anything, and I never will.' Paul Gascoigne, footballer
by One won lost won on May 6, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll be thrilled if pitch count is what gets Giese out of the game
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
Was last night cathartic?
We got some sunshine to finish the day. The gloomy clouds are gone.
'I never predict anything, and I never will.' Paul Gascoigne, footballer
by One won lost won on May 6, 2009 7:15 PM PDT reply actions
That would be something.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 6, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
No, a little girl in the stands.
She had her hair braided, all decked out in pink A’s gear, including a hat. She had a ball in her hands and she was looking at it like it was made out of cotton candy and gummy bears.
"Smells like summer camp!"
It's HUMID there?
You’re joking, right?
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
gf.
It is not humid there.
Come to Florida. I’ll show you humid.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
it doesn't change the fact it's icky.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
Imagine icky, but always.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
You can't
really say Flor-ew-da without the ew.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
flo rida?
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 6, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
nononono
Cap’n, that’s a rapper obsessed with ill-dressed women.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
In the middle of their "heat wave"
I had on a t-shirt, a long sleeved shirt, a hoodie, jeans, and a blanket, and was STILL freezing.
"Smells like summer camp!"
We could make potatoes au gratin with him.
mmmmmm.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
mmmmm.
cancer au gratin.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
no, it was just percolating through the cruelest month.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Pessimist
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 6, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
a hit now and then is the stuff of dreams, then, I suppose.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
but really, who is?
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Curt Schilling that one day in 07.
That was amazing, by the way. Thank you, Shannon Stewart.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
This guy shut us down last time
A Gascan who gets healthy facing A’s
You git!
I nearly wet my armor!
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
awesome quote
but I fail to think of anything witty to say to it. {sulks}
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
Say something back
that’s equally confusing.
He likes that. Then pat his head.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Scrubs series finale at 8 today for anyone who cares
something to watch if the game if the game gets too depressing…
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
Isn't that what we're watching now?
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
poor contact rate, poor walk rate,
but lots and lots of power, yes.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
doesn't look like it.
first search for “chris davis walk rate” says something about 3.9% bb-rate.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
That didn't bounce into Suzuki's glove?
{shrug} OK.
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
More cheeriness
Giese off to a perfectly fine start. Solo homer. Harmless hit in the second. No walks.
Not in his last appearance
I’m remaining steadfast and hopeful.
I'm watching...
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Corey Feldman pitching?
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for the clarification, Nate.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 6, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
does that break up a no-hitter?
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm terrified to say anything
complimentary about Giese for fear of jinxing him.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
A's promo staff is funny
Justin Duchscherer Bobblehead Day! See, they can laugh at the team’s injury woes too.
It would be even funnier
if they were bobbleheads of the Mr. Potato variety.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
did you hear that Giambi had potatoery cancer?
I’m going to run this joke into the ground
AN was so much better before I got here.
Nothing makes me more mad....
than when someone is 3-0 and makes an out.
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
losing in the 15th after giving it away in the 9th and 13th makes me madder.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
seems I'm not alone.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
1-0 Tejas after 2
Not too bad, really.
Note how I didn’t say after 1.5 or 1 2/3. Just playing the odds here.
Non A's question here
I live in Pismo Beach, which showed amost every Angels game for the last few years.
Now this year there has not been one game on tv this and the screen states to contact the cable company. So I call and the cable company just says that they wont be showing the game tonight.
Did the Dodgers buy the rights? A cable company vs. Angels contract squabble? I just love to watch the Angles lose and hear Hudler try and put a spin on it.
by asfaninpismobeach on May 6, 2009 7:34 PM PDT reply actions
We had difficulty here at the beginning of the year too.
I think MLB is making Comcast (et al) negotiate with individual teams.
Comcast and Rays didn’t settle til two weeks in.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks man
I figured it was something. Dodgers are on every night and until this year so were the Angels.
by asfaninpismobeach on May 6, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Is PB considered Angels territory?
If so, it’s a pissing contest between your cable service and the group carrying the rights.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
cust was taking notes yesterday....
note: how to get a hit without really getting a hit.
Quiet, you.
Go get a new room ready.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I thought perhaps I was being particularly witty or something.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
you two having fun way up here?
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
Lew Wolff is sitting in the back row of diamond level.
I don’t know who his buddy is, but he’s really telling Lew a story.
I'd like Lew,
but I’m afraid I’d get poison bananas in the mail.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Unbelievable.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
That sums up the season-so-far nicely.
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
Hey, I may manage the site but I'm hardly 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
well, you're god to me, handsome.
rawr.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Your 2009 Oakland A's
Jack Cust will attempt a steal, get such a huge jump that he’d make it, and then get hit by the ball.
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.........
Who the hell am I kidding, lol
by asfaninpismobeach on May 6, 2009 7:39 PM PDT reply actions
does that surprise anyone?
that’s the epitome of the ‘09 season for the A’s
Your 2009 Oakland Athetics: This time, it's personal.
At least the slegnA should lose
Their pitcher is not fooling anyone and Halliday is going.
That game is toast
4-0 down already.
With no outs and two on in the second and the heart of the order coming up, mwahaha.
To be fair to Buck, Geren and everyone else
I don’t think “lay off a pitch so Cust can take 2nd” has ever been a valid decision.
wish I could have seen
but even if it ends up on gameday the videos are stupid PREMIUM now. :(
{shakes head}
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
if you have the audiio package,
open that to listen and you can still see it?
"The hard... is what makes it great."
gah, i just got home
I think the A’s could use some interleague play…preferentially against the Astros or Pirates
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
but instead we get the Dodgers this year, at their stadium where they're 12-0
AN was so much better before I got here.
In fairness to the A's,
most of them would be about 22 years-old.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I cried
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
by DyeLongJustice on May 6, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
On our next off day we should totally organise a game against a
little league team and tee off on them. It’d build confidence.
as long as it's not against our AAA team
we’d lose even more confidence
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
by DyeLongJustice on May 6, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
You know,
at least the painful ball that was last year, they had the decency to compete until ASB.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
i think that made it more painful
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
by DyeLongJustice on May 6, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
you think a whole year of this will be less painful?
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
For the love of God can we have worse luck?
Cust getting hit by a baseball to record the last out of the inning. This season may turn into a best-selling tragic novel.
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:43 PM PDT reply actions
Zues? There's more than one Zue?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I don't wanna pluck my eyes out their sockets.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
well, mom is quite the hell cat in the sack...
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
We'll call up Goneril and Regan. They can handle that kind of job.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I'm more partial to Titus Andronicus for sheer craziness,
Iago for everything else, though Macbeth was a sexy, sexy bitch too.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, great, now the A's will have bad luck
Thanks, LB!
I’d prefer a good Revenger’s Tragedy, if I get to choose.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
This team is uglier than Hephaestus
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think in modern conversion,
sign shops equate smithies, so I think he’s my god.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Signs of the Times
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
just like Prince.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's start a revolution
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
or a new power generation.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
We'll need a lot of masking
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Or his mama.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
the A's have a hot mom?
i’ll bet it’s not giambi’s.
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
by DyeLongJustice on May 6, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I just saw Jack
Hannahan. How could this be?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
MY GOD!
Is that….is that JACK HANNAHAN MUSIC?!
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That...
Or it’s “Send in the Clowns”.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
No, that’s Crosby music.
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 6, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Mutated clowns?
Ill-tempered clowns?
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Riiiiiiigggghhhhhht
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like angry clowns...
homicidal ones in fact.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
I'd laugh as killed them.
then cry, then laugh again.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Zoahhhhmbie. Zoahhhhmbie. Hey hey hey ho ho ho
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Shooty babbit said in the pregame show that maybe Giese wont be afraid to throw strikes tonight since Hannahan will be at third instead of Crosby!!
There is no A in OFFENSE!!
Hi Everybody!!
Wasn’t that nice of Jack to help Travis’s BA?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
yeah, right?
I was about to ask why T-Buck gets credit for a hit on that. Is that embedded in the rules or a scoring decision?
"The hard... is what makes it great."
More often then not,
foul balls land in entirely vacant sections of the colisseum
I heart R. Sweeney
as opposed to the sections with lots of people in them?
Your 2009 Oakland Athetics: This time, it's personal.
Okay, Holliday cares a little bit
Nice play.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
80-85
I’m guessing, then gone
'I never predict anything, and I never will.' Paul Gascoigne, footballer
by One won lost won on May 6, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
so nobody's told Kuiper about the last 5 years of sabermetric research
AN was so much better before I got here.
Him not understanding it
isn’t proof that no one told him.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
7-0 Toronto vs Slegna
Vernon Wells homered. Not even out of the 2nd inning.
'I never predict anything, and I never will.' Paul Gascoigne, footballer
by One won lost won on May 6, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions
The only salve
that will cure my aching soul. That the Angels suffer a worse fate/season than us.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
the val salva maneuver?
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
by DyeLongJustice on May 6, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
i do that after every failed A's AB
so pretty much the entire game
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
by DyeLongJustice on May 6, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Which means I'll be confused a lot tonight.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
just give them Gregorio Petit
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
by DyeLongJustice on May 6, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Slegna is Angels backwards
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 6, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Backwards.
I have no idea why.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
s'tI sdrawkcaB
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Let me go out on a limb with this observation:
Giese has no out pitch.
'I never predict anything, and I never will.' Paul Gascoigne, footballer
by One won lost won on May 6, 2009 7:49 PM PDT reply actions
but all the pitches per AB
foul ball, foul ball, foul ball etc etc etc.
Sixty pitches by the third inning!
'I never predict anything, and I never will.' Paul Gascoigne, footballer
by One won lost won on May 6, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
He's a poor man's Joe Slusarski
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
ugh, my gameday froze.
is it gameday or just my computer?
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
I don't blame it.
{pokes gameday page}
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
your host
dial-up won’t work well….need at least DSL
'I never predict anything, and I never will.' Paul Gascoigne, footballer
by One won lost won on May 6, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
not much.
Cust got on, got hit by a shot by T-Buck.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
A shot? Peter North disagrees.
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Peter North is at least partially Terminator.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Clam bake. Gonna have a clam bake.
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll tell you if you give me some dinner.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 6, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
lynnzgal and kielbasa
That is funny
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I. Think. I. Might.
LOL
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
H O T
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
nothing good
just some astounding bad luck as usual.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
how do we make it up to Hera?
….Wait, do we have to sacrifice Buck?
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
pick another player too
Zeus isn’t too happy with us either.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
Next Chez Nico
they need to set aside all the fat and yummy parts and burn them as a sacrifice to the gods.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
then woo, we get the gristle.
Oh well, if it gets us a win now and then.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
being missed for gristle comments...
sounds good to me!
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
the guy that used to do the pregame show for the national game of the week in the 80's?
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Good thing we let Guzman sign a minor league deal with the Giants
Not like we could use him right now
Remember to bite down on a fork first!
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah that'd be cool.
Not that he would have been fantastic, but he definitely could have been Pedro Feliz.
You know what would make this game better
Cake Batter Ice Cream or booze, I shall go with the ice cream
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
Marketing slogan-
Guaranteed to make your stomach hurt!
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Crosby will kickoff our four-spot here.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 6, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Should be kicked
in arse for looking at a pitch that caught the plate. I would fine these guys hundreds of dollars everytime they looked at a called strike no matter on or off the plate
yeah it's not easy for him to go through adversity
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Very nice at bat.
He’s looked competent at the plate of late. At least he’s seeing pitches, walking and getting the occasional hit…..whereas others pop out on the first pitch.
With Miley and Croz in the lineup together, we get the best of both worlds!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
My sanity did not appreciate that reference.
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 6, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Miley Cyrus is in the lineup?
Will she turn into Hannah before she bats?
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
and will it happen before she turns to porn?
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 6, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you seen how much money she's made?
She’s not Lindsey Lohan. There’s your best candidate for child star turned porn actress.
he didn't call him a Swearengen.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 6, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
That pitch was in the same spot that Giese's pitch wasin right before the homerun that would have been strike 3...Just saying!!
There is no A in OFFENSE!!
confirmation bias
One remembers whatever to confirm an idea.
'I never predict anything, and I never will.' Paul Gascoigne, footballer
by One won lost won on May 6, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
somewhere in the deep recesses of my brain
i have a sarcastic comment for that…it has something to do with Bobby Crosby
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
by DyeLongJustice on May 6, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, thank god it's the ump's fault
for a second there, I thought that we were just a lousy baseball team
Your 2009 Oakland Athetics: This time, it's personal.
Replay it, so we can hear the "crack of the bat"
'I never predict anything, and I never will.' Paul Gascoigne, footballer
by One won lost won on May 6, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
So this Feldman character's a Cy Young contender, right?
What…..our lineup is pitiful? No, I don’t believe that for a second. You’ve just got to tip your cap to this guy.
Just like last time when we tipped the cap
and he shut us down.
Feldman should tip his hat to the A’s for being a pathetic .235 hitting club.
I bet he was licking his chops when he knew he was facing our powerhouse lineup of strikeout artists.
Go A’s
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