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The Thread Continues: Will the A's Mount a Comeback?


Or will it be a third straight losing month? Stay tuned. It's 4-1 Detroit, as they stretch 'n' sing in Oakland. 

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Ooh...perfect timing

Coming in right as a new thread is conceived.

"You end up with a name like ‘Outman,’" he said last week. "What else are you going to do? You’re going to get people out, man." ~ Dallas Braden

by Blicks on Jun 30, 2009 9:03 PM PDT reply actions  

Repost of tonite's RALLY BEVERAGE:

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:04 PM PDT reply actions  

WANT.

"You end up with a name like ‘Outman,’" he said last week. "What else are you going to do? You’re going to get people out, man." ~ Dallas Braden

by Blicks on Jun 30, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

What is?

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

what...

behind the beer?

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's a beer made out of smoked malt.

A bit of a love it or hate it thing, but as good a German beer as you’ll ever drink IMO.

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was in Bamberg...

…around this time last year.

And though this stuff is great in bottles, there’s absolutely nothing in the world like Schlenkla Rauchbier vom Fass!

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

you know,

you might as well be speaking Swahili.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Translation:

This smoked beer is even better when drunk draft, from a barrel, at the Heller brewery in Bamberg, Germany.

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've always wanted smoke a beer

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

i assume this is beer

but is there anything comparable you can actually buy here?

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm pretty sure you can get it in the Bay Area

I picked up my bottle when I was in Minneapolis week before last.

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

You might have to order it first

but it is available.

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

ein bier, bitta!

means someone please get me a damn beer!

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

No.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:04 PM PDT reply actions  

might?

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

they WILL tease us again tonight.

They’ve become the Cubs.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

springer starts to loosen oh boy

alaska A residing in northern Idaho.

by ak_A on Jun 30, 2009 9:05 PM PDT reply actions  

OK. Why was Gio pulled after 84 pitches

to start the 6th inning?

God damn you Geren.

"You end up with a name like ‘Outman,’" he said last week. "What else are you going to do? You’re going to get people out, man." ~ Dallas Braden

by Blicks on Jun 30, 2009 9:05 PM PDT reply actions  

Ours is not to wonder why...

aparently like all good sheep were just supposed to accept the move as good managing.

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Moooo

oh…

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bad Sheep!

No! No Mooing! No!

{swats sheep across snout with rolled up newspaper}

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Black Sheep

you can get with this, or you can go with that…

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

roomy.

{sigh}

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:05 PM PDT reply actions  

Did you know that houseplants can be poisonous to dogs?

I learned that online just now.

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 PM PDT reply actions  

Of dog?

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

No silly - computer.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's amazing the things you can learn when the A's play.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

aparently same with chocolate

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

And raisins

and weirdly chewing gum. I think my dog used to chew a pack a day

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

yes, but to be fair,

he was just trying to quit smoking.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

should have patches especially for dogs

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

haha a chain gum chewing dog?

that’s awesome

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rally Hugh?

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm less impressed with Mr. Jack.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

yeah, but...

I don’t think he’s really all that.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

it's weird.

I really don’t have a problem saying a guy’s attractive and I do see he’s a fairly attractive man, but I don’t think he’s anywhere near some guys as far as looks go.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

see? They all love him.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOVE.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

real men

don’t look like in pictures

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm sorry.

If he’s with me all night long, we’re sure as hell NOT going to be talking.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

"signing" then?

alaska A residing in northern Idaho.

by ak_A on Jun 30, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Um, YES.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

I like the new rally trend.

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

The angles contacted the DBacks about Dan Haren....

The dbacks apparently said no way….whew…i would go crazy.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:10 PM PDT reply actions  

thank you.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nice car.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

{snort}

Jeez, Nico. DON’T LOOK AT THE CAR.

Look at that belt! Is that sweet or what?! I’ve got an outfit that would be PERFECT for!

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'd check under that hood

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think she's overrated.

Be right back, setting up my flame shield.

by ElQuesoCapitan on Jun 30, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

I completely agree queso.

I mean…shes hot….but blown WAY out of proportion.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

she's pretty damn hot.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think she's more hot than pretty,

if that makes any sense.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

yeah. that's right.

like she won’t be so hot when she’s older.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

It does make sense,

but pretty is more important in still pictures. Is she hot in motion? I’ve never seen her in film?

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dunno, never seen any movie she's in.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Me neither.

Is she in anything that isn’t a toy for ten-year-olds?

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

*puts away toys*

hey they’re collectors’ items!

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

she always looks sweaty in movies

therefore, she has the “wet look”

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sweaty is good.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

still think overrated. But she is hot. obviously.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Great quote from her...

“Boys in their twenties are a waste of time. They have nothing to offer conversationally; they’re immature. I feel like I have a better shot with someone in his thirties.”

SWEET!!

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

well then

its about damn time they started listening to you!

I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)

by BleedGreen on Jun 30, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

really?

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just wait till you try forties, Babe.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

si

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jun 30, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

That is better.

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sure, but can she sing?

(I admit, she does look pretty in that picture, unlike last night’s.)

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

TYING RUN!

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:15 PM PDT reply actions  

it's the nightly tease, BBG.

don’t get excited.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, it's Holliday.

Never mind.

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:16 PM PDT reply actions  

tee hee.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

your not giving him a chance....he could always pop out

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

My favorite random RALLY dog fact (heard recently on NPR)

Dogs and cats apparently get along like, well cats and dogs, in part because they use body language very differently. For example, a cat puts its ears back to indicate aggression, while a dog puts its ears back to indicate submission. This means that dogs and cats constantly miscommunicate.

When a dog lives in the same house as a cat, he will learn the meaning of his own cat’s body language. But that dog will be just as confused by other cats as dogs who’ve never been around cats at all.

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

So basically you shove a cat and a dog into a rubber room.

By the end of a week, either they’ve both committed fatalities, or they’re BFFs?

by ElQuesoCapitan on Jun 30, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

seems like they'd learn that it applied to all cats.

but then again, we never learn about the women…so….

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Apparently dogs have no conception of species

They essentially just assume that their own cat is crazy and adjust, but figure other cats behave “normally.”

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I see both the dogs and our error now...

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, that's real

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

its fast

but its also straight

by Terk on Jun 30, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

So not like Carl Lewis

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hi.

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 9:20 PM PDT reply actions  

makemenothatyoumattholliday

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:20 PM PDT reply actions  

and apparently she doesn't want to give Holliday a hat.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

lol. was hoping no one would catch that.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

who hurts themselves playing guitar hero?

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Well... this one time... at band camp...

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

that's never a good way to start the story.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well it ends with me being a guitar hero...

so it it picks up a little along the way. But it has second act problems.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

you need to work on your story arc.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

True... very true

It might help if there were a story to begin with. I think that’s where it’s falling apart.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

true.

can’t really get a whole lot of story development without a story.

I suggest embellishment. Maybe consider zombies.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Working on it.

Thinking about adding a little clown porn for character development. That way I can probably get away with less story.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oooo/

you may have an investor.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Where the clown learns something about himself at the end,

and everyone is richer for having had the experience? And then the naked midget comes in with the whip cream?

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

you really need to ask permission if you're going to poke around inside my head.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nah... I'm thinking

Clown gets kicked out of band camp. Clown goes broke. Clown gets into porn to pay the bills. Band campers die. Band campers turn into Zombies. Clown returns to band camp with guitar in hand. Clown gets bitten by Zombie Clown Chick. Clown gets Zombie Clown Chick’s ass. Clown becomes guitar hero. But it’s missing something.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Space aliens!!!

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

You need the protagonist clown to lose

to the zombie king at guitar hero the first time through.

Then a montage.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

There it is!

And that’s why he gets kicked out of band camp! Trying to score with Pre-Zombie Clown Chick and failing because of the Evil Zombie King. Challenges to Evil Zombie King. Gets his ass whipped, not by EZK, but by PZCC which just pisses off EZK who then kicks Clown at guitar hero.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

even Rocky had a montage.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did you not see the scenes where

he gets his ass whipped? AND bitten? And don’t forget the clown porn. Eye of the Tiger baby!!!

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

exactly.

I think you’ve got a winner.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sweet

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I see what you did there

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

yeap.

lot of history on that run.

Or that’s what I’d say if I were speaking to you.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh hai guys.

We can win now.

So sad that Geren hates Travis. LET HIM PLAY.

by whiteshoes40 on Jun 30, 2009 9:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Good.

I have a blank recap right now.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

same old song.

JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker

by JJ Martin on Jun 30, 2009 9:21 PM PDT reply actions  

"Holliday flies out"

Shocking.

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:21 PM PDT reply actions  

TO SHALLOW RIGHT FIELD.

sorry, yelling again.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

If he were batting against the A's he'd be doing fine.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hmm, Rally Hugh wasn't quite enough this time.

Probably bad mojo interference from what’s-her-name.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT reply actions  

That's okay

I didn’t really want a win tonight anyway.

"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt

by Philip Christy on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT reply actions  

click

alaska A residing in northern Idaho.

by ak_A on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT reply actions  

YES!

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

See girls

Hugh is a rally killer

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:23 PM PDT reply actions  

yup.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

We can go back to Rally Salma.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I haven't given up on Hugh yet.

He did OK for his first outing.

Salma has been playing all season long, and what’s our win-loss record?

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jeez, how many times have I heard THAT?

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Please. I'd never replace Hugh IRL.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

hopefully not one so overrated.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well, aren't you a party-pooper?

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I just fail to see it.

Some dirty Aussie is the sexiest man alive. Right.

That Wolverine hair and facial hair was hawt.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dude, have you seen him in musical theater?

I admire anyone who can make Curly interesting. That’s one dull-ass role.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's a stud.

I don’t know about that X-Men stuff. I don’t watch action movies. But he rocks Broadway.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

I loved him in X-Men,

but it was no comparison to what he can do on Broadway.

by lynnzgal on Jun 30, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

he can't act.

he’s not good-looking.

He’s literally NOTHING next to Heath Ledger, either in talent or looks.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Uh-uh!

Heath couldn’t sing, or dance.

by lynnzgal on Jun 30, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

he wasn't supposed to, lynn.

he was an actor, not a vaudevillian.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lynnzgal and I like vaudevillians.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

have fun together then.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not familiar with him.

I mean, I’ve heard of him, sure, but don’t really know his work.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can't tell if you're being serious or not.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's a pretty cool guy so I don't begrudge him that title.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not sure she's any better.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I dunno...

A bounce here, a bounce there and we win all those games!

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

salma can bounce all she wants

oh wait, you meant in the game

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

So how'd Gio do?

Couldn’t have been all that terrible, considering he only gave up 3 runs…

by whiteshoes40 on Jun 30, 2009 9:24 PM PDT reply actions  

I think he had two, Cap'n.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

although he got baserunners in every inning but the 4th

"You end up with a name like ‘Outman,’" he said last week. "What else are you going to do? You’re going to get people out, man." ~ Dallas Braden

by Blicks on Jun 30, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh I stand corrected.

Wasn’t paying attention too much to this game.

by ElQuesoCapitan on Jun 30, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

I say let him start

At least until he has proven he can’t start in the big leagues. We have nothing to lose.

"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt

by Philip Christy on Jun 30, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

He was at 84 pitches after 5

He probably could have gone one more.

And I like the sexy strikeouts. Big knock on him was the 7 hits, and 3 of them for extra bases (including Polanco HR). But outside of the nasty first inning, where he gave up 2 runs and almost a 3rd, he was fine.

All in all, not bad at all. Kept his pitch count reasonably down.

"You end up with a name like ‘Outman,’" he said last week. "What else are you going to do? You’re going to get people out, man." ~ Dallas Braden

by Blicks on Jun 30, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Meh. Too many three-ball counts

Good 4th and 5th, though.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yah, that.

I wasn’t listening to the first 2 innings though.

"You end up with a name like ‘Outman,’" he said last week. "What else are you going to do? You’re going to get people out, man." ~ Dallas Braden

by Blicks on Jun 30, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's the Bob Geren version

The honest version is he HAS to stop throwing balls and giving up so many hits. He falls behind and he does not have the fastball to get out of it.

Control has cost him nearly every start.

Of all the starters we have had this year, he is by far the least polished and needs a lot of work to be serviceable. I don’t recall one good start from him where he looks like he belongs.

Time will tell. Since we are well out of contention then give him 3 or 4 more starts and if the control does not improve them stick him in the pen.

by Trainman on Jun 30, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

How about...RALLY DAVID BECKHAM?

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Peuh, himbo

I’m disappointed in you, Pam.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's pretty!

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

agrd.

he is pretty.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

You have to post Victoria, to be fair.

"You end up with a name like ‘Outman,’" he said last week. "What else are you going to do? You’re going to get people out, man." ~ Dallas Braden

by Blicks on Jun 30, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Or, y'know, someone hot.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

3 up 3 down!

No more rally men. The A’s don’t like them!!

by Terk on Jun 30, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

yes

our one highlight

by Terk on Jun 30, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was nice.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jun 30, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

our first hit.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

So much for Rally Beckham.

That inning was lame.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:37 PM PDT reply actions  

Agreed.

Rally Beckham is retired.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

If I were speaking to you, I'd agree.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dude. Where'd all the bitterness come from?

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Fickle, that one.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

quiet, you.

I sent you presents.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

quiet you.

I’ve sent you presents too.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

or that's what I'd say if I were speaking to you.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe he'll come around if we post

Rally Hugh with more facial hair.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rally men

only work in San Francisco. They should be banned in Atletic’s Nation!

by Terk on Jun 30, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ew.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

I suppose that depends on whether you're thinking of

the interests of the community, or the interests of yourself.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lew is deciding

where he and John Fisher will spend that revenue sharing money they’ll get

by sirbed on Jun 30, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lew and Fisher might decide

to sell the team and abandon the new stadium idea. I hope not but I imagine he’s getting iritated with the product

by Trainman on Jun 30, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Another sell out crowd

Maybe if Wolff tarps over the entire stadium ticket supply and demand will finally reach at something approaching an equilibrium price.

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Ouch

Might not be a classic supply / demand curve -
what do they call goods that the demand goes up as the price goes up?

by MobiusKlein on Jun 30, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

monopolized

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

they may just start a system where all the seats are covered all the time

until you remove it when you get to your seat for the game

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

damn, i thought that was the 9th

now i have to suffer thru another inning

by Deborah51 on Jun 30, 2009 9:40 PM PDT reply actions  

Don't worry. I have a good rally pic ready to go.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jeez

I wanna go to bed but I am curious now.

by swishergirl510 on Jun 30, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pam's such a tease.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hmph.

you have to wait until the A’s are HITTING before posting a rally pic.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, I know, I know.

Or at least wait until they’re at the plate.

If you wait until they’re actually hitting, it might be too late.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

that elephant's throwing up a little girl.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think she's a grown-up.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

An A's fan tries to end it all.

Not seen: the long line of fans waiting their turn.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

I thought Bob Geren as the A's manager already proved that.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Stupid Polanco.

He was 0-4 last night… of course that couldn’t last.

by whiteshoes40 on Jun 30, 2009 9:44 PM PDT reply actions  

I'M BORED.

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:46 PM PDT reply actions  

Hahahahaa.

I don’t know why this cracks me up so much.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

BBG, you were bored three innings ago when you were reporting on dogs and house plants.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did you not imagine the "Clown: the Guitar Hero, a semi-less than true story" above?

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

that is a definite cure for boredom.

Need to work on the title, though.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was so bored

with this game that I came upstairs to read about it on AN instead of actually watching it.

will crosby spread his legs so far apart at bat that the games will have to be rated nc-17 -- emperor nobody

by day-to-day on Jun 30, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

I want blue balls.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

You can have mine?

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Too much sharing.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

TWSS

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

But during that 1-2-3 inning

a foul ball goes into A’s dugout and takes out Bob Geren.

by Trainman on Jun 30, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Make that a 1-2-3 inning

after the 4 BB’s 2 HBP’s and 2 errors

by Trainman on Jun 30, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

umm

nothing fatal, just make him unable to manage. No point in trying for a brain injury.

Perhaps the ankles?

by MobiusKlein on Jun 30, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

12 hits to 3

might explain why we are not winning

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:47 PM PDT reply actions  

Actually we're not winning because it's 5 runs to 1.

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

sure. now you show up.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was here in spirit.

But I had to drive all over God’s Creation to buy MotoGP tickets and parking passes.

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why?

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because motorbike racing is awesome.

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

You know that's not true, right?

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

I thought we were friends.

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

And that's why I'm trying to save you from a dull afternoon.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Um, this will be my 3rd GP in 4 years.

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why do you do it to yourself?

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because it's awesome.

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is a circular discussion.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

what MotoGP?

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Laguna Seca this weekend.

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

oooo

fun.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Indeed.

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

That too

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

very true

but the hits explain the runs…

by Terk on Jun 30, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hope Rally Christian will help:

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Don't know him.

He does look like he would appeal to men and teenage girls, though.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

So, perfect for a game thread then.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Touché

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

TY!

If I want to get beaten.

by lynnzgal on Jun 30, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

liek, omigawd totally!

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

You don't watch movies then I take it.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

True.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

nice, but maybe too pretty for me

i can’t tell until i see him naked. got any naked pics?

by Deborah51 on Jun 30, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not a lot of nakie pics. SRY.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sheesh.

Google Image search.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

So you're not denying it, then?

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's Google's collection, at my fingertips.

I would never deny such a thing.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Heh-heh. Fingertips.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

I loved him in American Psycho.

One of the reasons I dig him is because he might be genuinely dangerous,

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Can we put white cleats on him?

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

he's gotta do better than OCab.

And he could yell at the umps. That might help.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh good, Nomar is 0-2.

And this is why Travis didn’t play tonight. [/bitter]

by whiteshoes40 on Jun 30, 2009 9:50 PM PDT reply actions  

Rally Hugh triple mojo

Shirtless, wet, and being a Dad.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:51 PM PDT reply actions  

Trifecta of the female demographic.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

now I think you're just trying to torture me.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think he's abducting that child.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL

(and that’s hard to do in this game)

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

pay attention, BBG.

It’s time for the nightly tease.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe you prefer the long-hair, pretty-boy version

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

that is actually a little better.

except now he looks like Shawn Cassidy.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ick.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rodney is awful in non-save situations

so, maybe that extra run we gave up was a blessing in disguise!

by Terk on Jun 30, 2009 9:51 PM PDT reply actions  

This is the A's

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just missed it

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:53 PM PDT reply actions  

Map of where previously digested A's fans exit from

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Indeed it will be.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I prefer Nina Dobrev.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT reply actions  

she worked!!

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

well hello there

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

she looks a little young

like 20?

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Quite cute, though.

Let her have a Russian accent and I’m smitten.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've no idea how you know her, her CV is pathetic.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't think they're interested in hiring her.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rightly so, they'll have nothing to judge her off. Lots of made for tv movies

by the looks of it.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know why they think we care about the standings

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT reply actions  

The picture worked!

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by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT reply actions  

UNICORN!!!!

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT reply actions  

Boy, now I'm glad we gave up those other runs!

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT reply actions  

Mini-tease is in effect.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT reply actions  

GREAT.

Now we’ll never know WHICH rally pic worked.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT reply actions  

my thoughts exactly

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ah... so we're teasing tonight.

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:54 PM PDT reply actions  

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:55 PM PDT reply actions  

Bunch of teases, they are...

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:55 PM PDT reply actions  

ATTENTION:

Your nightly tease is in full effect.

Repeat: your nightly tease is in full effect.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes!

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by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 9:55 PM PDT reply actions  

TYING RUN!!!!!

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Do it for Nina, Cabrera!

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 9:56 PM PDT reply actions  

hahaha

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 Jun 30, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

how old?

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

20.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

So, same age as the Bay-Bridge World Series then?

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes?

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Correctly phrased, that's:

“how young?”

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

20 is a pretty good age for me.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because you're young, or because you're a perv?

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Makes much more sense up here!

‘Cos I’m 23.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, you're probably too young for her then.

If she’s smart, she should be dating a guy who is 27 or 28.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Judging by the girls I've been interested in recently that

sounds about right. Well either that or I’d have to have the whole ‘bad boy’ image to get a look in (they ‘date’ some absolute muppets).

That girl doesn’t do it for me though, I was just referring to the age.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, wait, it's Cabera.

Why are there no good hitters coming up when I post “tying run”?

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Oh good, that's the end.

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Jun 30, 2009 9:57 PM PDT reply actions  

and thus endeth the tease.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Damn.

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 9:57 PM PDT reply actions  

oh good grief.

It’s been a while since I’ve been around to watch the Tease. That’s frustrating.

by whiteshoes40 on Jun 30, 2009 9:57 PM PDT reply actions  

Orlando Cabrera fucking sucks.

why was there no pinch hitter there? I KNOW TRAVIS BUCK WASN’T AVAILABLE OR ANYTHING RIGHT?

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 9:58 PM PDT reply actions  

remember that old Dead Milkmen song that goes

’I’m so bored I’m drinking bleach…’

I was thinking about breaking out the bleach in the 8th, but figured, hey, I should wait until after the aborted comeback attempt in the bottom of the 9th…

Now it’s bleach time!

"If you don’t start concentrating and catching the ball, you’re going to have to deal with my black ass!"- Wash

by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 30, 2009 9:58 PM PDT reply actions  

we're not a drunken bunch of frat boys, trashed on beers.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

or a stoned bunch of hippies with no careers...

Drinking bleach is MY way of winning

"If you don’t start concentrating and catching the ball, you’re going to have to deal with my black ass!"- Wash

by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 30, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

I LOVE that song.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

you should check out

www.myspace.com/pilotsdaredme

that’s my band, and we’re hugely influenced by the Milkmen, as well as Ween, TMBG, and the imminent return of Lucifer, of course!

"If you don’t start concentrating and catching the ball, you’re going to have to deal with my black ass!"- Wash

by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 30, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

“I was really rooting for Nina Dobrev Oakland there.”

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 9:58 PM PDT reply actions  

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:58 PM PDT reply actions  

So I missed it earlier -- did Gio look like shit or what? 84 pitches in 5 innings?

"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."

by mikev on Jun 30, 2009 9:58 PM PDT reply actions  

kind of inconsistent.

lots of baserunners, got out of some jams early. He looked young.

This is just unacceptable. People are paying good money to go to the ball park. -Ken Korach

by Leopold Bloom on Jun 30, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

That wasn't much of a tease.

Balls not even remotely blue.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:59 PM PDT reply actions  

It was the lazy milf of comebacks...

"If you don’t start concentrating and catching the ball, you’re going to have to deal with my black ass!"- Wash

by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 30, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was the quintessential A's tease.

Down by X, score just enough runs so a man on base brings the tying run to the plate then GIDP to end it.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bah...

Puffy eyes in the am for that crap? I enjoyed you all though. Nite all.

by swishergirl510 on Jun 30, 2009 10:01 PM PDT reply actions  

No scary porn allowed.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

I mean...

We all knew he’d hit into a game-ending double play. So, at least there’s that.

I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.

by ORthey on Jun 30, 2009 10:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Yay, now I get to watch Wimbledon coverage from today!

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 10:03 PM PDT reply actions  

Ooooh can I spoil it for you?

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Already seen the results.

I can’t get through the day without checking.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well boo you.

Federer’s going to win it though, along with one of the Williams’ sisters.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hope not, on Fed.

He irks me.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Obviously everyone wants Murray to win, but Federer's the best

player in it and one of the best of all time (even if he has lost 10% due to age). I used to like him, but honestly he’s a sore loser and got really bitchy last year when things weren’t going his way – really soured my opinion of him.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's gonna break Sampras' record one day (though I wish he wouldn't)

but when he does, I want him to have had to play the best field, and without Rafa playing at Wimbledon that’s just not the case.

And I agree on his attitude.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Better player than Sampras ever was.

It’s sad that Rafa’s injured, but the way that guy plays the game it was inevitable – he’s going to shine brightly and burn out quickly that one.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because you're young, or because you're a perv?

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oops, reply fail!

and preview fail, too!

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hope Buck is playing tomorrow

Geren cannot use the “Verlander’s too tough” excuse

He is 2 for 4 with 3 walks. So he has some idea wat to do against him.

by Trainman on Jun 30, 2009 10:08 PM PDT reply actions  

Verlander is too tough though.

We might as well just forfeit now.

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

by OldhamA on Jun 30, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

It is of great comfort when the slegnA lose

It doe snot happen often enough but I will be hoping that Their nemisis wipes them out in the playoffs. I am not a Boston fan but I sure love them when they play the slegnA.

Sorry but I hope they all go on the DL and I don’s care how they get there.

by Trainman on Jun 30, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL

It doe snot should be does not. Too quick on the space bar

by Trainman on Jun 30, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Recap

Here

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jun 30, 2009 10:22 PM PDT reply actions  

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