Why are the A's in trouble? - Blame the Democrats!!
by Yellowhorse on May 7, 2009 11:42 AM PDT
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PrintNot sure if anyone noticed this trend before (sorry if it has been posted before) but our beloved Oakland A's have fared MUCH, MUCH better in the years in which the Republicans have controlled the White House.
1968: Johnson Democrat:Losing season
1969-1976: Nixon and Ford Republican: 8 winning seasons 0 losing seasons (3 World Series)
1977-1980 Carter Democrat 3 horrible losing seasons 1 winning season (1980)
1981- 1992 Reagan and Bush Republican: 6 winning seasons 5 losing 1 year at .500
1993- 2000 Clinton Democrat: 2 winning seasons (99, 00) 6 losing seasons
2001-2008 Bush Republican: 6 winning sesons 2 losing ones.
The transition years were the most striking. In going from Ford to Carter the A's wen from 87 wins (1976) to 63 wins (1977)
Reagan's first year was the best Billy Ball year.
Going from Bush I to Clinton was a huge drop off as well (1992 won AL West) to a horrible 1993.
Anyway. I thought that besides poor managing, weak starting pitching and weaker power hitters we could find another reason as to why we are really struggling this year.
Of course I think its a total coincidence but thought it might distract us from this losing streak.
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Given the current state of the Republican Party
we’re in for a long winter
I don't think that most people on here
would even get that joke anymore, its been awhile…. But it would have been well played.
"I Will Not Relent, I Am Driven"... Clutch
Bring Back The Bash!!!
bAnNeD
Dude, I realize it’s a joke and not any serious political argument, but even still, that headline is totally inflammatory. Major CGV.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Clarification
It’s actually an interesting post, and an entertaining observation. I have nothing against the post, but you really must change that headline. It’s just begging for people to come in looking for a political brawl.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Gotta agreed
I was inflamed enough to peek.
In the reverse of this logic, my mother was ecstatic when the Yankees won it all in 1996, as a Republican had been elected President in every year the Yankees had won the World Series since…?1956?? She was sure Clinton was “Doomed!!”
Again, it is small sample size (plus non-reasoning) that ruins this type of logic. But there is so much, way too much illogic floating around the internet right now, blaming Democrats for the current economic crisis. No need to heap it on….
'I never predict anything, and I never will.' Paul Gascoigne, footballer
by One won lost won on May 7, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh for crying out loud
It’s obviously completely facetious, and it would be less fun without the headline. I suppose I’m one of those who should take offense by your way of thinking, but I don’t at all.
Are you having trouble
separating your lower case letters from the capitals? You might want to lay off that shift key just a bit
"I Will Not Relent, I Am Driven"... Clutch
Bring Back The Bash!!!
hmm...
…the only way your premise might have merit is if California were a Republican state for the last, say, five decades or so, most likely there wouldn’t be as many environmental reviews and mitigation issues in construction, and maybe the A’s would have their new park by now…
REVISED- The magical goblins that live in the Reverend Billy Lard's shower just told him that actually, Crosby's not gonna improve this year and he'll be released by June... Sorry, kids...
but I don't really take your little diversion that seriously :)
REVISED- The magical goblins that live in the Reverend Billy Lard's shower just told him that actually, Crosby's not gonna improve this year and he'll be released by June... Sorry, kids...
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 7, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Please deletinate before this turns into:
or
"Until Holiday comes around, I will refer to him as Coors Light." Ak_A
-1
It is a bit of fun. I don’t think anyone is seriously blaming the democrats for the state of the A’s. Some people need to get a sense of humour or not take everything so seriously.
+1
lighten up, folks
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
I thought the pictures were actually pretty funny.
I don’t want to be *
"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey
by JJ on May 8, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I really don't get this.
doctorK posts some funny pictures and is being told to “lighten up,” to “get a sense of humour” and to “not take everything so seriously.”
I don’t think anyone’s fundamentally wrong here, but both sides seem to be guilty of some overreaction.
Association vs. Causation
Very different beasts my friend, look them up.
I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: "What the hell good would that do?"
And I appreciate the joke...but yeah, it's inviting trouble.
I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: "What the hell good would that do?"
Was there a band in the 60s called The Causation?
Cause them and the Association coulda had some cool shows together.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
That would have been cool,
but probably in the “so square it’s groovy” way. (After all, The Association did “Wendy” and “Cherish.”)
Imagine a line-up of The Association, The Free Design, Harpers Bizarre, and The 5th Dimension! All so well-scrubbed yet so very strange and creepy.
BTW I don’t know of a group The Causation, but there is Dave Koz. He’ll have to do.
This is a really well thought out post
its interesting to how you finesse around the CGV with this one, but I have to hand it to you good sir, job well done. You really can’t argue with cold hard data so going along this line of logic, we can only hope for a Republican president in 2012 and a return to winning baseball for the green and gold.
"I Will Not Relent, I Am Driven"... Clutch
Bring Back The Bash!!!
Because baseball is that important.
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
Yes sir it is
Baseball and capitalism are what make this great country go.
"I Will Not Relent, I Am Driven"... Clutch
Bring Back The Bash!!!
I meant to cancel that, to prove to myself that I COULD resist, when I inadvertently hit "Post."
So I guess I really couldn’t resist.
It's hard to resist popping such a big red balloon!
REVISED- The magical goblins that live in the Reverend Billy Lard's shower just told him that actually, Crosby's not gonna improve this year and he'll be released by June... Sorry, kids...
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 8, 2009 2:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Post is only for fun. I just saw the odd coincidence. No causation at all!
Go A’s no matter who is in the White House.
How could anyone object?
What you are posting are cold, hard facts.
Certainly they are coincidental cold hard facts, but they’re still facts.
Given the current state of the national Republican party, I’m hoping your dataset undergoes some serious regression toward the mean over the next few years! (Can we say that the A’s are “due” to start winning during Democratic administrations?)
I have no problem with the post or the title!
A title is a hook. It’s supposed to draw your interest in! Whether it draws you in because you are intrigued or pissed, it still gets you reading. Then the body is where the point is made. I loled my way through this entire post. Well done!
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
Agree
I have never minded a little political commentary sprinkled in posts, but this one really doesn’t have any. There’s no praise or criticism of any political party, and humor at the end (which we all need right now).
It reminds me of the quirk, which applied for a while, that the stock market went down in years that an old AFL team won the Super Bowl, and rose when an old NFL team won. Of course, the two events had nothing to do with each other. It was just kind of amusing.
I saw a piece on CNN or FOXNEWS
where when an American graced the cover of the SI, the market tended to go up more than when a foreigner was on the cover. I believe it was the Marisa Miller year (2007 maybe?), so I guess it would’ve worked. Whoever was on the cover in 2008 doomed us (maybe that was Marisa Miller – which would’ve thrown the numbers off)!!!
"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey
by JJ on May 8, 2009 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice post! some absurd comments.
incredible that some would not see the humor in this, and take offense. Kind of sick, actually.
durrrrk tjeerrrrbss!!!!
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
I still think
this goes away from the truth, and that is the A’s are significantly better when there is a significant other in my life.
I will now wait for my e-mail to blow up. We can call things off after the season.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Return of the Slumpbuster!
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
thought that was for the players, not the fans
speaking of which, we have no idea what really goes on in the clubhouse…
I'm not superstitious, but...
just to be on the safe side, we need to hook up Marquez.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Now we're talking.
12 e-mails so far. 7 from men. Can we keep those to a minimum, like say, none?
I'm here to talk about the past.
Well, in this case it would be both players and 67 Marquez who benefit
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
"A’s baseball….It’s almost better than a stick in the eye." ~ alox
by Gallagher's Watermelons on May 10, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
Some people are really sensitive. Good Post Yellowhorse.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
well, of course
a team with an elephant as its logo will do better with Republicans, it’s only logical. just like the Yankees will do better under Democrats since they’re jackasses.
1968 A's had a winning record, btw.
I could prove God statistically. Take the human body alone - the chances that all the functions of an individual would just happen is a statistical monstrosity.
~George Gallup
To clarify,
I never took offense at this post at all. I thought the post was inappropriate not because it is political, but because I thought the title would cause others to respond with politics.
Reading through the comments a day later, I see I was wrong. In fact, no one responded that way. So I stand corrected.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Given recent events on AN...
I actually understood your concern.
It’s nice when people surprise you in a good way.
This thread
will allow me to coin the term ‘CGV Nazi’.
Because this thread is full of ’em.
"To this day and dating back 25 years, before every game he plays, Henderson stands completely naked in front of a full length locker room mirror and says, "Ricky’s the best," for several minutes."
by VORP is too nerdy on May 8, 2009 11:57 PM PDT reply actions
As a jew, I'm highly offended by your use
of the term “CGV.”
You see what I did there?
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
As a member of the Green Party...
…I must object in the strongest terms to the author’s presumption that the fate of the Athletics do not bear a correlative or causative relationship to a Green Administration.
It should be obvious by now that every time the A’s DID NOT bring home a pennant, the Greens WERE NOT in power.
And neither were the Golds.
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
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