Open Thread: Game 117 - A's vs. White Sox (cont)
by Flashfire on Aug 16, 2009 2:42 PM PDT
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PrintI'm not sure when (or if, I forget) Nico has a continuation thread scheduled but the first one's had a lot of comments and the game's been pretty quick so here's a new one. 2-0 White Sox at the stretch.
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Roomy!
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Thanks, FF.
"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 16, 2009 2:43 PM PDT reply actions
WOW - 2 for 3
Maybe all that rest helped!!!
"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 16, 2009 2:44 PM PDT reply actions
Ditto for BoCro
"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 16, 2009 2:45 PM PDT reply actions
I haven;t been paying attention....
what are they playing?
"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 16, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
They also had the roaming 5 piece band.
They used to be at a lot of games in the past.
"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 16, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Throwback songs!
1929 was a great year.
Ain’t Misbehavin’, Puttin’ on the Ritz, Singin’ in the Rain. (Hmm, strange how they all have an apostrophized G.)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
HRHRHRHR
"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 16, 2009 2:46 PM PDT reply actions
I'd settle for a single
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
me too really.....
just wishing for what would give us the lead.
"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 16, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Everidge looks like Babe Ruth in his retro gear
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
but unfortunately...
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Aug 16, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
This is one of those games I wish I could be taking pictures at
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I'm usually opposed to any uniform that
isn’t green and gold. But the pajamas do look kind of cute.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
The problem that AB
wasn’t K’ing on that slider. That was a great pitch. The problem was not hitting a sac fly or better on one of the previous 3 pitches.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I really don't know how an ump is supposed to call a shot like that
I mean, it’s like calling balls and strikes from 15 feet away on a 100 MPH slider.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Or give us the lead ;)
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I'm hoping for a wild pitch.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Crap. Another can o' corn.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Remember when everybody wanted Cunningham to play?
That was awesome.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
I'd just like to get a look at him.....see what he can do.
I don’t really have an opinion one way or the other, yet
"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 16, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
So far
not much.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Cunningham slugs .500 pretty much every year in the minors
including AAA, he’s only 4 months older than our 3B Savior, Brett Wallace, and he’s righthanded.
Do you want to find out if he can hit in the majors?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Maybe he should prove he can hit AAA first
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
We have afew guys we have that question about.
Who’s gonna get the chance – come Sept. call-ups? Should be interesting.
"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 16, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
So I don't exactly remember (but someone will correct me)
but i think we get to go to the full 40 man roster
"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 16, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Sept 1st
Sorry forgot to answer that part
"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 16, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
So does Eric Patterson.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
C'mon, mikev
Patterson is 26. Cunningham turned 23 in April. That’s a silly comparison.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
It's one game, mikev
against a very good pitcher. And he has a hit.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
not when it counted.
zomg hes not clutch
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Seriously.
That guy’s as bad as A-Rod.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
You know, A-Rod's not a True Yankee anyway
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
As a kid he was a Mets fan.
Goddamn carpetbagger.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
A really disturbing number of Yankee fans, I'd bet,
would rather have Brosius than A-Rod at 3rd (because Brosius was “a true Yankee” and “a winner”).
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Any number of Yankees fans is disturbing.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Except zero. That's a good number.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Good point. I stand corrected.
(Imagines a negative number of Yankees fans.) (Smiles.)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Those two fly balls would have been nice if Everidge hadn't struck out first
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It's OK, he's not very good anyway.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Wasn't it because of the, um, "stuff" the Mexican fans threw at him?
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Doesn't he act as a captain and organize the midfield???
"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 16, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Until it's a game that matters
then he disappears.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
But is that his call or the coach's?
I’m sure that there are players put in against certain teams based on the speed of the opposition and the specific play against that team. He is older – so may not be able to keep up as some younger players might. Kind of a veteran needed at times issue, perhaps?
"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 16, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Nevermind, they think he got it before they made the trip
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Hey, I just realized Rated-R Superstar isn't here.
Is this the first game thread he’s missed since … um, ever?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
He was around before
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
He was here.....I think he said he had to leave early
"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 16, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, he was trying to find someone to cover his minor league reporting thing
Except none of us volunteered…
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Aug 16, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Looking in the wrong thread.
There are a couple of crossovers, but for the most part the game thread crowd and the rosterbation crowd are separate communities.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Okay, that was terrible
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
No, Cunningham didn't try to catch it with one hand
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Absolutely
He’s torn up minor league pitching at every level he’s played. He’s a RH who slugs over .500 every year. We haven’t had many of those in recent years.
He even has a pretty good reputation defensively.
Judging any player on one game is silly. Give him a few weeks of playing regularly and see what he can do.
If Brett Wallace drops a pop up and goes 1-5 in his first game, will you decide he’s not worth it any more?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Cunningham is 2 and a half years younger than Buck and has a better record as a minor-league hitter
Obviously, Buck had a great couple of months back in 2007. But I’d have a hard time saying that Buck is a better prospect than Cunningham. If I had to give up one of them, it would be Buck.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
You go, Nick!
"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 16, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
On the replay, it looks like he might have taken his eye of it briefly to see where Dye was
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Cunningham must be tired or something
He’s not used to playing a full game at the Major League level.
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Geren really needs to stop playing Cust in RF.
They should bring up Cunningham or something.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Dear 2B -- thank you for giving up on the play!!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Run, Rajai, run!
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Wow, what a stupid thing to do by Rajai.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Yep
But can Podsednik ever just pick the ball up cleanly? Does he have a hole in his glove or something?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
He's pretty horrible.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Hurray for successful stupidity!
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
what happened?
all that gameday says is rajai doubled and there’s an on field delay
went for a double when a single woyld have been safer.
He was almost called out and got lucky!
"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 16, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Pop-up into no-man's-land in short LCF
Podsednik overran it, Raj headed for 2nd, Rios’s throw beat Raj, he slid headfirst to the inside of 2B, the ump looked like he was going to call him out, then he called him safe.
Meanwhile, Raj had overslid the bag by 3 feet — he and the 2B were watching the ump. As soon as he got the “safe” call, Raj dove back to the bag. It didn’t occur to the 2B to keep his tag on Raj past the bag. Even dumber than what Raj did going for 2nd.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
OK, can I get on my musical anachronism high horse again?
The sound track for The Sting notwithstanding, Joplin rags were not popular in 1929.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
True historically - But it is evocative of OLD-TIMEY music
"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 16, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
grumble grumble
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I'm thinking the A's did not hire a musicologist for this gig.....
"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 16, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
You don't need a musicologist to know basic eras.
Just so AN readers can know more than the A’s, a brief summary:
Ragtime was big from roughly 1895 to 1915. Joplin himself was highly influential in making the genre popular. His Maple Leaf Rag (1899) was the first non-vocal music to sell a million copies.
Ragtime faded around the time of WWI, though its influence on successive genres like jazz and bebop was huge. After that ragtime was almost unknown for several decades. In the 1960s it enjoyed a big revival, first among musical academics. The use of Joplin rags in the The Sting in 1973 brought ragtime to the mainstream public consciousness, and incidentally planted the false association of the style of music with the 1930s rather than its true era.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Totally with you there, iglew
The first time I heard Scott Joplin was a couple of years before The Sting — my favorite radio host, who would later become my boss, played those early Joplin revival records by the New England Conservatory Ragtime Band and Joshua Rifkin a lot. One morning a guy called in and asked if he could request some of that “Scotch opera” — “Scotch opera?” — “Yeah, I think that’s what you called it, it didn’t sound much like opera though because there wasn’t anyone singing.”
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Aug 16, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Same old same old
Negotiations are likely to go up to the deadline.
I'm just noticing that the uni's and the socks aren't the same tone of white
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
The socks really should be blue with white stripes as opposed to the way they are now.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Oh, I didn't mean to be period correct.
I meant to be better looking.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
1929 -- when the socks weren't the only things that were white!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
KenKo, in his usual diplomatic way,
is discussing Rajai’s play in a way that makes you realize it was stupid, even while KenKo never actually says so.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Yes, gorgeous voice.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
*choke*
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Well, okay. I guess I'd be fine with that.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
TAKE THE FUCKING BASE, RAJAI.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
too easy
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Shame on you, disparaging OAH like that.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
HAHAHAHAHA Podsednik sucks so much
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Thanks, Scott (posednik)
"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 16, 2009 3:18 PM PDT reply actions
Woo hoo 2-2 Hairston double!
And I think Pod’s glove really does have a hole in it.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
The trainer looks like he's going to deliver a quart of milk to 2nd base
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Please. No More Nomar.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Except for the sunglasses
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
I thought they might put him in to run
since they were talking about Hairston’s strained quad
"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 16, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought I was in an old part of the thread!! HAahaha
"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 16, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Um... he was out.
Clearly.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Terrible call.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 16, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a question about this call
The guy had tagged the base with his hand and then slid past. Bobby applied the tag after he had slid past the bag. Doesn’t the first tag at the bag count as safe?
"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 16, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Ump said Crosby pushed him off the base.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
No I got that. I was wondering if the ump had seen the hand tag before the tag by crosby, would that have counted as safe?
I know the point is moot – I just want to be sure I understand the rules.
"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 16, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but you can't overrun 2nd or 3rd
You can be safe on the original slide, then called out when you overslide and are tagged. Which is what happened there.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
OK....thanks that's what I wanted to be sure I understood. Not sure I knew that before now!
It makes sense now (the upset over the call). It was kinda the same on Rajai’s overslide.
"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 16, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
except Rajai got back before anyone came close to tagging him.
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 16, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.....but I didn't get what the question about the call was.
Now I know and will know for the future. Kinda like when I truly understood offsides in soccer.
"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 16, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
well, the question on the call was that the throw was there about four steps before Rajai was
but he somehow slinked past. I think. I didn’t see a close replay.
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 16, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
He slid past - it was hard to see if the tag was applied in the first place and then he sneaked his hand back in-in time
"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 16, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Geren should have kept the Connie Mack duds on.
Think how much more fun this argument would be?
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 16, 2009 3:29 PM PDT reply actions
Terrible call at first, Geren argued.
Didn’t get ejected. Again.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Wow... might not have even hit first base
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Time to bring in replay on plays at first
Enough of this.
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This has been a bad month for umpiring
That was a horrible, horrible call.
Holy shit. This is fucking ridiculous now.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Of course they're going to say he pushed him off the base
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No WAY did he get supposedly pushed off
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Same group that did the Giants/Dodgers series
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Christ's Ballsack are you kidding?
Announcers just said this is the same crew from the Giants/Dodgers series. What a joke.
'
Hey, where’s Bloomy?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Balzac was a writer
He lived with Allen Funt.
(I watched the game for a while…I can’t watch and type..,I normally listen and type)
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 16, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
It was on TV??
I can’t watch and type either, but unless they play the M’s I’m listening to radio.
Oh, and yes, ISWYDT 
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
a social reference you got?!
Is the sun blackened out by the blood of the innocent yet?!
I pay for the Comcast television thing, then NEVER watch it. Sunday afternoon is the perfect time for it, though I miss game threads.
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 16, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Two terrible, terrible calls!
After a great play by BoCro, too.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 16, 2009 3:32 PM PDT reply actions
The fans are not acting like they did in 1929
I doubt they chanted “You suck!”
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The umpires are scuffling.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
They're sucking like a Dyson is what they're doing
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Is this more astronomy-geek talk?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
There needs to be a formal protest filed over those two calls
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Creamy!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 16, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
First pitch walkoff HR please.
Also, tell the ump to Fuck Off while you round second.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
They'd probably eject him on the spot and put someone on second base instead
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Bobby Crosby is THAT strong you guys.
He just is. He managed to push a full grown man 1 foot on the ground with just the upper half of his glove.
"To this day and dating back 25 years, before every game he plays, Henderson stands completely naked in front of a full length locker room mirror and says, "Ricky’s the best," for several minutes."
by VORP is too nerdy on Aug 16, 2009 3:35 PM PDT reply actions
While falling backward.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
On his tip-toes.
"To this day and dating back 25 years, before every game he plays, Henderson stands completely naked in front of a full length locker room mirror and says, "Ricky’s the best," for several minutes."
by VORP is too nerdy on Aug 16, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you have what it takes to be an umpire?
Are you blind and stupid?
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 16, 2009 3:35 PM PDT reply actions
If the answer is "no," they do have a school to help
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Note I didn't say which batter.
It was the first pitch to Ellis!
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Not if you ask the infield umpire.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
YAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
And now it's time for the UNICORN WALKOFF!
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
TELL THE UMPIRE TO FUCK OFF. DO IT MARK.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Did he say anything to the ump when trotting by?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
god I hope so.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Do you believe in unicorns?
Yes!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 16, 2009 3:38 PM PDT reply actions
Unicorn power!
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on Aug 16, 2009 3:38 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Effing White Sox and the Umps.
Screw them both.
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
Someone needs to photoshop a unicorn and fireworks together.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES COME ON
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Dare i say
that that was a good piece of managing… Firing up the squad
for sure
also gets the crowd into it. what a novel idea
Definitely
Without the Geren ejection, maybe that swing isn’t quite hard enough.
Geren got a standing O
When he was ejected
by OaklandSi on Aug 16, 2009 4:04 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
okay
Now’s the time on AN when we DANCE!
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
You surprised me.....
I thought it was gonna be the Sprokets dance from SNL!!
"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 16, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, that's the tone,
but that’s not the celebration of choice here.
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 16, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It was way more appropriate.....for sure!
"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 16, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
did you see their white Gators?
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 16, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
Makes it easy to see if they misstep!!! And if you keep the tab open – it’s ALLLLLLL kinds of good.
"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 16, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Woo Hoo!
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 16, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
that chipmonk doesn't appear to tire.
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 16, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Best part of the video
is the fact that they have got the white shoes on…
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
hey! out of my head, you!
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 16, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Geren confirms Tomko tomorrow, Mazzaro Tuesday
Last of the Ninth - Photography Site / jamesvenes.com - Blog
Tomko stats here:
http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=123387
Career 4.69 era
I'll sum it up in three words
He’s not good.
Last of the Ninth - Photography Site / jamesvenes.com - Blog
Hell, he's only 36.
That’s not old. I was expecting something Moyer-like.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I'd take 36.
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 16, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
If I had two 18-year-olds,
I’d trade ’em in for one 36-year-old.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
agreed. completely.
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 16, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice!!
"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 16, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
They just interviewed Cahill.....he's so young he can hardly grow a 'stache or goatee
Even though he’s tryin’ awful hard!
"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 16, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
21?
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 16, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
somethin' like that
"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 16, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Darn.....I was thinking we'd see Mazarro for the Sat AN day.....
"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 16, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Might be Duke now, right?
If they have him pitch in Tomko’s spot start, uh, spot.
Last of the Ninth - Photography Site / jamesvenes.com - Blog
Let's get some DUKE to PITCH on SAT mojo goin'
"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 16, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess that'd require a bullpen session or two between now and then, though
They could start him Wednesday and push someone else back, too. Guess we’ll find out soon enough.
Last of the Ninth - Photography Site / jamesvenes.com - Blog
I'm not really that into it....really more into wanting him to just get heatlthy.
A first start could be good or bad, huh?!!
"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 16, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you say "sacrificial lamb?"
Can you say “Mike Oquist?”
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Posting from BART
Not bad for my first game in person since late May!
More later…
by OaklandSi on Aug 16, 2009 4:02 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Enjoy that BART ride!!
"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 16, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you know
you can comment on Athletics Nation from your phone or PDA? SB Nation has launched mobile commenting. Check it out next time you’re at the game or BART and have something to say.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
When you get your new phone!!!
hey, girl, hey!!!
"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 16, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I figured...
"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 16, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you know that you can get paid by asking did you know that you can comment on Athletics Nation from your phone or PDA? SB Nation has launched mobile commenting, and you’re gonna be rich, bitch! Check it out next time you’re at the game or bar and need some extra pocket change..
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 16, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Hehehehe
I wont take the Be-otch comment personally!! Unless…….ummmm, nah!
"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 16, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey! I never got paid!
I want my internet money!
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Do what in the butt?
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 16, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
That episode had a whole long segment in
the middle that was completely lost on me. I mean, I got the idea that those must have been popular YouTubes that everyone has seen, but I hadn’t seen any of them.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I'd seen a couple, but I'm right with you.
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 16, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I've seen the sneezing baby panda since then
but at the time I hadn’t. All the others are “… huh?”
I’m not a huge YouTube fan anyway, but I can at least understand it for wanting to watch actual interesting things. Why you’d watch random people you don’t know doing stupid things I just don’t get at all.
(Then again, I suppose one might say the same about chatting about random off-topics with fellow A’s fans after the game has ended….)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
In fact, up until about three minutes ago, I thought
Butters’ version of What What was the original. I’m not deeply disturbed.
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 16, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I knew it was a real song,
but I think only because I Googled it after the show. If anyone else made a YouTube to it, though, I didn’t know that.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
awesome!!
I can sell you a pda if you don’t have on so you can post on AN from the game or bar or bart or wherever the hell else it is you go.
do you hang out in the parking lot??
LOL
"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 16, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
bridge to BART
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 16, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I wanna get on that bandwagon!!!
"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 16, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
WHA???
"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 16, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
K - thanks
I lose it in the threads sometimes……
"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 16, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
you're def not a b-word.
I was channeling Dave Chappelle there.
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 16, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I was pretty sure......but thanks for letting me know!
It’s usually clear here at AN when s/o thinks you’re an idiot!!! I try to stay on the idiot-free train!
"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 16, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
he was however calling me one. and I really took offense to it.
I’m sitting in the corner crying right now. ;)
{hugs}
Feel better??
"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 16, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
that looks a little dirty....it's supposed to be a big smile..
looks more like a small……. not gonna use that one again. lol
well i'm off to do all those weekend things i've been procrastinating doing
unless anyone wants to come over and do some housework for me?
Buan's at the Holliday Inn.
There’s some memories. Or lack thereof.
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
You and Buan at the Holiday Inn?
memories? blacked out?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
...I don't thnik Robert was there, but I cannot aver to it, sir!
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 16, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Well that was ridiculously fun.
And not just because I was with my friend’s husband who is an obnoxious White Sox fan.
YAY.
skigurl: Buy that man a Swatch!
I went yesaterday and it was not so much fun!!
Best thing about it was being at a game on a beautiful day.
"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 16, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
We usually sit in partial shade on day games.....I learned me lesson many sunburns ago!!
"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 16, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
a very zealous usher was constantly kicking people out of the shade in 224
— which was completely empty, by the way — with the argument that he had to protect the higher paying seats. He did this until the seventh inning.
I just want to let it be known the A's scored in every inning after I made the new thread ;-)
I don’t believe in new thread mojo but I’ll take it when it’s convenient.
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Like a typical A's fan this year...
you should have made the switch earlier!!!?!?!?
they've also won every retro uniform game that I've been to
plus the one they played in Seattle, which we watched at Chez Nico’s
Apparently Duke's next rehab start pushed back for another or same "non-baseball related issue."
skigurl: Buy that man a Swatch!
GAME RECAP IS UP
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