Rain Delay Thread: A's 5, O's 0 Bottom Of 7th...
by Nico on Aug 10, 2009 6:52 PM PDT
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PrintUntil the game resumes, with the Orioles rallying (2nd and 3rd, nobody out), I thought folks might want to discuss the Alex Rios waiver claim by the White Sox, who will take over Rios' contract. We know this:
* The Blue Jays were willing to let Rios go for nothing in return.
* The Jays were not willing to take on any of Rios' salary.
* The A's could have claimed Rios before the White Sox had the chance.
On one hand Rios' contract, pretty reasonable now, gets awfully pricey by the end:
'08:$0.735M, '09:$5.9M, '10:$9.7M, '11:$12M, '12:$12M, '13:$12.5M, '14:$12.5M, '15:$13.5M club option ($1M buyout)
On the other hand, he's under contract for several years and is a quality right-handed hitter currently in his prime.
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Carter hit bomb #21 tonight. Love that guy.
"I feel like we are sending Danny Haren for Mulder all over again." - Cardinal fan on the Matt Holliday trade
"But at this time of year, two plus two doesn't always add up to eight. Sometimes, it equals four." - Geoff Baker, Mariners beat writer.
Something tells me the natives
are perfectly ok not talking baseball. But I’ve been wrong before.
I'm here to talk about the past.
who you calling natives, sucka?
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think that link to this thread works, Nico...
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Rios is good
but I don’t know if I’d want to commit to such a long term, high priced deal.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
I'm struggling with leaving this thread for some
Weed(s)
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 6:59 PM PDT reply actions
DVR can't record East Bound & Down and Weeds simultaneously
Quite a quandary.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Right. Exactly.
We’re talking about a TV show. Totally.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
There is always room for improvement.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re glad to see that you’re here.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. One hell of a throw by Sweeney!
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 6:59 PM PDT reply actions
and Rajai!!
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s too bad that they didn’t do the stupid thing and send Mora.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:00 PM PDT reply actions
I'm going to come out and admit it
I’m quite looking forward to seeing some of the Giants game before I head out this evening
still.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
flu makes me surly.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Been a while for me,
and I ain’t talking about the flu.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe I got surly before you rubbed off on me.
But you rubbing off on me didn’t help matters.
You messed up my shoes.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
It shows.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Davis
I kinda like this kid
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:00 PM PDT reply actions
Is he married?
There was a cute blonde sitting with his family on Sunday. Could be his sister?
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
If that was her than I completely understand
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I guess you could say that
She was a little thick in the legs but not fat. I sat right behind his family and they all had video cameras going simultaneously.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like her then.
She’s very cute.
Someone told me last week that friends of players don’t take photos of them. I disagreed. Thanks for proving my point.
Bring Jerry back!
Yeah, and Josh Hamilton was on the wagon, too
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
this statement brought to you by
Butthead
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know what we’d do without OakA’sHoney.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
What about us Sween-lovers?
Sweeney! I will have your man-baby! Yeah!
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I think you pay extra for that.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, that’s my line.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
:: Cries. ::
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
oh now feel it comin' back again
like a rollin’ thunder chasing the wind…
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:02 PM PDT reply actions
Breslow is the man
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Breslow FTW
Four solid starts in a row for Gio = a very good thing.
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Gio should buy Breslow dinner
(and let Sweeney and Davis come along for appetizers).
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
I think Sweeney and Davis would taste too gamey
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Cuz they're gamers!
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
I think you’d look better in it, though.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
OakFoSho, did you take that lunar eclipse photo?
by A's Fan in Virginia on Aug 10, 2009 7:04 PM PDT reply actions
OAH thinks you would be sexier if
you were 0akFauxChaud.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
fake hot?
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
fake cold, I mean...
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
No, you were right the first time.
Turn the “C” knob on the faucet and find out.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I've got a cold.
I’m delusional.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
“Feel better, baby.”
Is that what you said?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
poor little....baby?
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Poor little baby.
Pauvre as in “poverty”
Petit as in “petite”
Lots of cognates between English and French.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
It's all about the cognates.
I’m surprised you’re such a good speller without having an intuitive grasp of Latin roots.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I guess that I am just skilled.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
some.
English really is a complete mish-mash, though, no?
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but mostly French.
Probably Anglo-Saxon is the biggest single component, but combine the direct French, the Norman French, and the Latin, and together they about equal it.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Quite a bit of German too.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't that covered by Anglo-Saxon?
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
there is germanic contributions through Anglo-Saxon
AND through middle and high German.
There’s some greek too, but mostly through scientific terms
What's the difference between middle and high German?
I’m not a linguist, I just know a little history (hence the Angles/Saxons comment).
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
"High" refers to altitude
Regional dialects. High is further up in the mountains (eg, Bavaria), low is by the coast, middle is in the middle.
But it’s not quite that precise, because they’re linguistic groupings and the geography doesn’t exactly match.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
another fun fact:
according to linguistic historians, the closest modern comparison to what Shakespearean English sounded like is found in West Virginia Appilachian dialects.
Sounds about right.
I doubt I’d understand them either. Shakespeare may be a literary genius, but only when someone translates his work.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
read "The Story of English" it's the companion book to the series
of the same name. It is fascinating. There are a few placed in the US where specific accents and dialects survive and are linked to places far, far away.
"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?" Yogi Berra
by BERRYJO on Aug 10, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I've heard that, too.
This summer I saw a Taming of the Shrew set in a trailer park. Yes, the interpretation worked and it was a really great show, and you really could hear it in the dialect. It was awesome.
(The gender-crossing Comedy of Errors, on the other hand, was atrocious. A travesty in every sense of the word.)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
That's by way of Anglo-Saxon,
which is a Germanic language.
To get the most out of German-English cognates you need to learn the basic consonant shifts.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I've read that Frisian is the closest language to modern English
“Good milk and good cheese is good English and good Fries”
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
hey, I AM Frisian
I went there once and everyone looked like me. Creeped me the F out.
Also, the written language might be similar, but the spoken version is nowhere near it
My mother is a quarter Frisian-Dutch,
but looks even more than that.
When she visited Holland she was thrilled, because everyone looked like her.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I've heard that, too.
I haven’t seen any Frisian to speak of. I do not find Dutch intuitive at all, but maybe I just don’t know the tricks. I’m not good with Germanic languages.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Dutch over a loudspeaker
sounds like English you can’t quite understand. It’s a very weird experience to feel like you should understand it, but can’t.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I'd like to bend Dutch over a loudspeaker.
Oh….oops. I didn’t mean to say that out loud.
Bring Jerry back!
I've experienced that!
But I’m sick, so…
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
just s oyou know, I'm sick
and I hate you all.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, we love you, LB
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
woof.
Screw you all and your Anglo-Saxon is German.
Snobby bastards.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
you don't.
I know.
It’s mutual.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
It's odd to me that Frisian and English should be grouped so closely
because the Frisian people are supposed to be one of the few proto-celtic races that no one really knows where they came from. Other ones include the Basques and the Etruscans
But Frisia is where the Angles came from, right?
Or was it the Saxons?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Yes, Angles.
Britons, too, I think.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
It's my understanding that the Angles were from farther north
i.e. the Danish western coast
The Saxons were more of an amorphous group that were something a catch-all for low-countries people. So Denmark, Luxembourg, German, Holland could all contain Saxons.
Or, it could just all be coming out of my ass
No, that would be flying monkeys.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
That sounds about right.
They’re both considered ethnic Germans I believe.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
I don't think "Angle" is a very
precise term. That far back and it’s not always clear who exactly the term refers to.
The region now known as Angeln is on the other side of Schleswig, I think.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
kind of like how the "Goths" were never an actual race of people
just a bunch of Suevi, Allemani, Burgundians, Franks, etc. all thrown together in a huge moving group
or "Americans"
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Well, there are "Americans"
but they’re about 1% of the population now and mostly live in little cordoned off plots of land that the gov’t pushed them on to back in the day.
I have to say......
the only bad thing I can remember Sweeney doing in recent months is not swinging in the 9th a week or too back and going down looking to end the game.
Other than that, it has been solid hitting, and outstanding defense. 4th now in assists in AL.
S&BP > Mile High Mules
"Why does it always thunder after it lightnings?"
Please tell me Fosse was kidding.
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
he's not too bright ,that one.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
MaEl is on a tear, folks
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Woohoo Unicorn!
Another excellent hit
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:06 PM PDT reply actions
We have 13 hits and 12 of them are singles.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:06 PM PDT reply actions
Hey, I am not complaining.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Ellis 4 for 4!
Ellis, I will also have your Man-baby!
I swear I’m not gay.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
Cla Meredith needs to steal a Y from someone.
I recommend Laynce Nix or Jacoby Ellsbury.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
No
It’s only SOMETIMES “y”
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
He could buy one on WHeel of Fortune if Y is considered a vowel.
"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?" Yogi Berra
by BERRYJO on Aug 10, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Rios Contract
If the A’s felt he could return to the 30-30 type form, I dont think the contract is that bad, I mean 13mil sounds like a lot now, but in 2015 there are going to be a lot of guys making that type of $.
What would worry me more are the numbers in the coming years, like 12mil in 2011
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by Humboldt2Torreon on Aug 10, 2009 7:09 PM PDT reply actions
He's been declining for a few years.
If we had money to spend I’d have done it, but we don’t really.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
That's the rub -- that the A's can't afford to take the chance
It’s interesting to see the Jays shedding F. Thomas and Rios in recent years, paying Thomas’ salary and getting nothing for Rios.
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
Exactly -- it's not a bad contract on balance
Just bad if you zoom in on the end.
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
Rios, No
Alex Rios is a free swinger who doesn’t always seem to be very concerned with the game. He’s not a good fit for the A’s
Technically it's two bad years now.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
Looks like its soup and sammich for dinner
Mrs doctorK is on the 15 hour DL.
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Ouch, what happened to her?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Root canal
The real pain will be to my bank account.
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
I’m sorry.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
as it always is.
Poor Mrs. K. Get well soon.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Camden Yards
Perhaps one of the few places, if not the only place, where it is safe to be alone.
All Games and Comments are Subject to Blackout
You don't trust yourself?
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
he feels the urge...to kill again.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow!
Nice play by Pennington
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions
Haha, looks like he did that on purpose
Let the ball bounce off his glove, roll up his arm and into his barehand
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the arm, I like the speed, I like the strike zone judgement.
Not so sure about the range at SS or the bat though.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
the O's announcers
were really talking him up earlier, and our pitching.
They believe our core is really solid.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey LB, Bourdain in SF on No Res right now
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I saw that on the guide.
So I should shut off all A’s related and go watch?
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I've got A's on the Mac (mute) and AB on the tv
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I pay for mlbtv on the mlb.com website
I’m an NRAF, so it’s the best way for me to see the team.
If you’re in the A’s broadcast area (broadly defined) it’s blacked out.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
NRAF fan as well..
just curious if you were watching it for free somehow…
atdhe.net has free sports, but it’s a grab-bag schedule from day to day you never know whether the A’s will be streaming over there.
witty remark
Everytime I try to watch there the links are all wacked out.
I look every now and again.
"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?" Yogi Berra
by BERRYJO on Aug 10, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
14,688 announced crowd
before the rain
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:14 PM PDT reply actions
Sounds like were in Marlin town.....
we can hear individual voices in the crowd……
S&BP > Mile High Mules
It would be if Breslow got the last 9 outs
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Damn, I get to see most of the game.
Went to dinner during the rain delay, gotta go to softball at 7:30.
skigurl: Buy that man a Swatch!
Hit a home run for me.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
He's awesome on 'The Show'.
Didn’t realise they’d traded for him.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
From 0-2, Davis works a walk
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions
Rajai is on base again.
Take a pitch or two, Scott.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions
Gray warming up in the A's BP
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions
O's announcers just discussing possibility
of Rajai never cooling off.
Overall, the O’s announcers love our team.
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
They were calling us lucky before.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
I like their, uh, Adam Jones and Nick Markakis.
They also have a few good young pitchers.
Gary Thorne is cool.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh! Gary Thorne!
< man-swoon >
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Is that b/c they hate their team?? Mayhap
"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?" Yogi Berra
by BERRYJO on Aug 10, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you gotta be up by more than five.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
DAMN IT, RAJAI!
That didn’t help anyone’s on base percentage!
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
Where’s Patterson when you need him?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
No, we should just send him to your house.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Davis steals 2nd
86th stolen bag for the Runnin’ A’s
32 since the All-Star break
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:20 PM PDT reply actions
That leads all of baseball.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
The graphic showed the A'a lead a few categories
1st in doubles?
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we’re second in batting average lately as well.
We have 14 hits tonight.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, it leads all of baseball since the break.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
yah I knew what you meant, but still they never run this much...
it makes sense and I’m happy with it, especially since we have runnin Rajai whose tits have been on fire for the last month.
witty remark
Matt. Holliday.
He’s the new Dan Johnson.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
It's starting to rain a little bit here in Seattle
About freaking time. It’s rained maybe twice since May. What a horrible summer. It’s been like Arizona here.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I was up there in early July.
Lawns were brown, and it really didn’t feel like Seattle.
Still gorgeous, though.
Has it cooled off at all?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Oh yes, definitely
It finally cooled off last week. It feels like normal now.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Why are they IBB Cust? He's not going to hit a single to drive in Davis.
He’s either going to walk, homer or K. Don’t they know about the three true outcomes?!
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
Cust, intentional walk
1st, 2nd with 1 out. Let’s go Zook!
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions
SS Fail!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
He’s not the best Izturis in baseball.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Seize Her, Is Tourist!
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
There must be a middle brother named Jorhaer
My Hair is Tourist
Your Hair is Tourist
C’s Hair is Tourist
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Aug 10, 2009 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Ceaser Is Tourettes?
"I feel like we are sending Danny Haren for Mulder all over again." - Cardinal fan on the Matt Holliday trade
"But at this time of year, two plus two doesn't always add up to eight. Sometimes, it equals four." - Geoff Baker, Mariners beat writer.
Whenever Maicer or Cesar come up to bat,
Instead of Koooooooouz or Yoooooouk, the fans should just yell curse words.
Not a good AB by the rookie there
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
That was the first time I've seen Everidge
swing too hard and look like he was trying to pull the ball.
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
He listened.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Swingles
flashin that doubles power.
Outman, fighter of the Hitman, champion of the K, he's a master of scoreless innings and friendship for everyone.
This is awesome.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:25 PM PDT reply actions
He is ridiculously good-looking and I am jealous.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there something more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
It can’t be as important, right?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
o rly
Outman, fighter of the Hitman, champion of the K, he's a master of scoreless innings and friendship for everyone.
by walk off bunt on Aug 10, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
:)
although I think I’ll drop the giganticus and go with the family middle name: Cosmo (my dad was a hippie)
witty remark
It has to do with the first name ending with a consonant,
and the last name ending with a vowel. Like JoanAllen.
It’s the first five-hit game for Ellis in his career.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:26 PM PDT reply actions
The game he hit for the cycle should have been a five-hit game.
He reached base on a very debatable error in addition to the cycle.
And a double for Ellis
9-0! mwah-ha-haaaa
Ellis 5-5 for the first time in his career
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:26 PM PDT reply actions
Oh, my gracious hosts,
allow me to offer, belatedly, my obligatory: “Wooo! Sweeney! Represent Iowa!”
Plus: Yeah Ellis!
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
Well, I can only speak for myself.
In that case, yes.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
That explains it.
I need to eat corn now.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Ellis 5-5
Sweeney who?
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Get five hits and drive in four runs? That’s not bad at all.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:26 PM PDT reply actions
Holy Crapcakes 9-0
Can I just say this game delay would REALLY blow w/ out AN. by brian.only on Aug 10, 2009 6:14 PM PDT
Ha ha -- you misspelled "2009 season" by Nico on Aug 10, 2009 6:15 PM PDT
Seriously though
What percentage of runs on the season have the A’s scored in the 9th inning?
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:27 PM PDT reply actions
If he played for Oakland
He’d be Cl
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
If that’s all you have for us, fine.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:27 PM PDT reply actions
Everidge
was not really ebven thought of prior to this season, so whatever he does is sorta extra. Like Icing on the cake the A’s are whipping up for 2011.
S&BP > Mile High Mules
He was never a big prospect, at all.
More of the slow grower, always too old for the level, yet consistently put up good numbers.
Time for bed now that the A’s have a very comfortable lead!!
by A's Fan in Virginia on Aug 10, 2009 7:28 PM PDT reply actions
I woke up from a nap at the end of the rain delay
having a powerful desire to go to Arizona for a autumn vacation.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
That’s weird.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Close game.
Better put in Koch Foulke Street Bailey.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
I am in the central TZ, its nice to hear the whole game without staying up till 1 or 2am and screwing up all of the next day! Only good thing about the A’s on an east coast swing!
From Humboldt to Torreon Mexico, supporting the A's every night thanks to XM Radio!
by Humboldt2Torreon on Aug 10, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions
no shutout.
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
Rajai could be huge for fantasy next year...
If he hits .280/.340 his SB projection is ~50…id love to put some A’s on my fantasy team (besides bailey!)
I miss Chad God
Wow.
Can I just say this game delay would REALLY blow w/ out AN. by brian.only on Aug 10, 2009 6:14 PM PDT
Ha ha -- you misspelled "2009 season" by Nico on Aug 10, 2009 6:15 PM PDT
Well, there goes the shutout.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions
Damn
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by Humboldt2Torreon on Aug 10, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions
Daaaaamn
shutout spoiled
boooo
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions
Who would have thought in April, that the A's
would hit better without Holliday, Cabrera, and Garciaparra??
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 10, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions
Shades of Gray
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions
I’ll take a 9-1 win with six shutout innings from Gonzalez.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions
Lets hope-
it stays that way…
Can I just say this game delay would REALLY blow w/ out AN. by brian.only on Aug 10, 2009 6:14 PM PDT
Ha ha -- you misspelled "2009 season" by Nico on Aug 10, 2009 6:15 PM PDT
Yeah, and I’m not talking about Edgar.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Orioles fans cheering like mad.
Yeah. I remember when we had to settle for such pathetic small thrills. Not so long ago.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
And now the chants of "Let's go O's"
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Rajai should have climbed the wall
and jumped into the O’s bullpen to grab that
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions
He’s saving that for tomorrow.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
1st HR for the O’s in 46 innings, sounds like us at the start of this year
From Humboldt to Torreon Mexico, supporting the A's every night thanks to XM Radio!
by Humboldt2Torreon on Aug 10, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions
Meh, and now Gray gives up a base hit
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:32 PM PDT reply actions
Gray, your chance here!
Don’t make it end, 9-8, or worse.
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 10, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I say we leave Gray out there......
just to see if the O’s could do it.
I mean what are the odds of one reliever giving up 10 runs in the 9th. I would actually enjoy that considering were in last place. It would be hilarious.
S&BP > Mile High Mules
+1 on the hilarious
For that sentiment, I will overlook your “LS” outburst above.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I officially hate Jeff Gray and demand to see Andrew Bailey with an eight-run lead.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:32 PM PDT reply actions
Since when has Crosby been a defensive specialist at 1B?
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
It massages his ego.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
since he's being showcased.
Got some “pop” if you got games remaining against KC.
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 10, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
GAME!
Can I just say this game delay would REALLY blow w/ out AN. by brian.only on Aug 10, 2009 6:14 PM PDT
Ha ha -- you misspelled "2009 season" by Nico on Aug 10, 2009 6:15 PM PDT
Game over DP!!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
What would you guys be willing to trade for JJ Hardy if the A's have a chance to claim him on waivers?
Eveland rocks! Eveland rocks! Somewhere Drew Carey just smiled.
WOW
Sick double play to end the game!
WIN!
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:33 PM PDT reply actions
Another WIN
I like these A’s.
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 10, 2009 7:33 PM PDT reply actions
yay we win
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Grey had heard enough of the 10 run 9th talk
From Humboldt to Torreon Mexico, supporting the A's every night thanks to XM Radio!
by Humboldt2Torreon on Aug 10, 2009 7:34 PM PDT reply actions
Damn......remeber the no so long ago 100 win seasons!
But I am happy to see we are playing better now
From Humboldt to Torreon Mexico, supporting the A's every night thanks to XM Radio!
by Humboldt2Torreon on Aug 10, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Only 62 losses right now
It’s not impossible….
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
YES Victory
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Woo hoo!
Nice one Gray. Good game, guys! Howzabout that Gio? And Ellis? And Sweeney? Big cheers, all around.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
We’re now 12-10 since July 20 and that was three weeks ago.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 10, 2009 7:34 PM PDT reply actions
A's PG LIVE on!
Why do you all think they chose FP after his roid admissions?
S&BP > Mile High Mules
He's cheap?
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Aug 10, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
And the A's creep ever closer to that magical number
of 10 games under! Two more to go!
Outman, fighter of the Hitman, champion of the K, he's a master of scoreless innings and friendship for everyone.
FWIW their pythag is much better than that
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
cool way to end the game.
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
11 non-unicorn hits
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Athletics beat the Orioles, 9 to 1
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 10, 2009 7:35 PM PDT reply actions
Time for another Ellis interview
And since it was pointed out last time, I’m going to be mesmerized by the way he barely moves his mouth when he talks
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Aug 10, 2009 7:36 PM PDT reply actions
No Cheese?
Can I just say this game delay would REALLY blow w/ out AN. by brian.only on Aug 10, 2009 6:14 PM PDT
Ha ha -- you misspelled "2009 season" by Nico on Aug 10, 2009 6:15 PM PDT
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Mindy Bach, your cheekbones are at risk of escaping from your face
and taking over the world.
Simmer down on the rouge, ma’am.
when do you move--tomorrow?
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 10, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
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