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

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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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

depends what kind

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Of dog?

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

it's not about you, it's about Hugh

AN was so much better before I got here.

by stormtown on Jun 30, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

"signing" then?

alaska A residing in northern Idaho.

by ak_A on Jun 30, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

look at that schedule. We'll win 3 games.

AN was so much better before I got here.

by stormtown on Jun 30, 2009 9:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

{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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

she does look a little buck-toothed.

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

this one is better

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

*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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

si

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jun 30, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is better.

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

More Rally Hugh.

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

by iglew on Jun 30, 2009 9:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

This one's good too

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

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Interleague Play: Celebrating Thirteen Seasons of Suck

by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 30, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

102MPH are you shitting me?

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

its fast

but its also straight

by Terk on Jun 30, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

the silver bullet just shot a blank

alaska A residing in northern Idaho.

by ak_A on Jun 30, 2009 9:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

"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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Who said a pop up?

looks like you win!

by Terk on Jun 30, 2009 9:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

click

alaska A residing in northern Idaho.

by ak_A on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

If he does fail us, we can find some other gorgeous man to take his place.

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

by pam5981 on Jun 30, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Uh-uh!

Heath couldn’t sing, or dance.

by lynnzgal on Jun 30, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

yuppers.

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

No.

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

clearly

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Please. Rally Salma has failed us many a time.

Doesn’t stop you all.

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   0 recs

i bet if we asked the players

they would go for rally salma

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hahaha. Like we do this shit for the players.

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   0 recs

true true

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

KK: "A lot of frustration for the A's tonight"

No shit sherlock

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

yes

our one highlight

by Terk on Jun 30, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was nice.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jun 30, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

monopolized

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Jeez

I wanna go to bed but I am curious now.

by swishergirl510 on Jun 30, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

LOL

Roy Steele is the voice of God

by cuppingmaster on Jun 30, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs