Open Thread: Game 106 - A's vs. Rangers (cont)
by baseballgirl on Aug 4, 2009 8:38 PM PDT
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PrintThe A's have scored two more runs, one on Mark Ellis' lucky day, and one on a play that Rajai created for himself.
We go to the bottom of the sixth, 4-0 A's. Gio is dealing, and in good pitch-count shape.
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"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
Who holds the record for triples?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
In a game? Season? Career?
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Career.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
I thought it was Cobb.
They were teammates weren’t they?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Cobb is second
and I bet it burns him up, if the fires of hell aren’t already doing that. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/3B_career.shtml
I care about your fantasy team.
He's probably waiting on Rose.
I think Wahoo’s record is safe for all eternity.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Johnny Damon is the active leader,
and with 95, he is 214 behind Crawford. I think you may be correct.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That was cool!
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
nice, nice, nice. you should haunt this blog with more of that.
"Gratuitous gesticulating together sounds even better"
They check out the wood?
uh-huh uh-huh, he said wood.
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
He's got a lot of stories, I've heard.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahahahahahaha
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
I like that Everidge is willing to go oppo
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 8:41 PM PDT reply actions
Tommy Knocker!
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Matt Stairs.
I miss him.
…wait, that means we’re pathetic again, huh?
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
He’s a beer keg.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
have fun fighting tomato cans for the next four years, Fedor.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Another lawn dart by Salty
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
hey y'all
what did I miss (the last 4 days)?
I went to the Rickey game on Saturday and took my sweet-ass time heading back down the coast (I had a “fever”).. alas, back home for a 3 day work week.
witty remark
Sigh
I miss lying ot my boss.
I miss having a boss.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
ditto.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless it's an MG
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I believe the lyric is
“cause I was sippin’ on a MG”,
not “on a MGD”.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Interesting.
That does explain why it doesn’t spill, but not how he got the MG onto the dance floor.
Or why he appears to have put beer into his MG.
grass is always greener.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
you would like all the pressure in the world
with the fate of your only brother, his wife and three little girls in your hands?
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay, Clay Wood!
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
+1
Being the boss is a no-win situation.
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought Lynnzgal was your boss.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Don is, but he's mad at me.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I did, and my friends were scared of how convincing I sounded.
made them wonder I guess.
witty remark
Last night's game was worthwhile
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
yes I watched the highlights/wish I was witnessng it live.
Much love for the newly improved Rajai of late.
witty remark
Knock in another run, Ellis.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:42 PM PDT reply actions
Swing the bat, dude!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:45 PM PDT reply actions
sorry Ellis, you've already used your luck tonight (and maybe this week)
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
Alright folks, it's been fun, but I'm turning in
Gotta get some sleep one of these nights!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Doesn't have to be tonight.
Quitter.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
You have all Winter!
Wimp.
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
Night, 'bro!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
er...."bro'"!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Current mlb.com pet peeve:
If you leave the Scoreboard page open, it periodically automatically opens up a window with a “look in” at a random game, which interrupts the audio of the game I’m actually watching.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 8:46 PM PDT reply actions
FAIL
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
ZOMG, send him down and bring back Gaimbi!!11
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Yeah, he sucks
Bring back Wayne Gross
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
That kid threw an impressive pitch.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:48 PM PDT reply actions
im one of the few thats anti-dld
The Not-So-Casual Fan
I’m actually good at that game.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I suck at it, so I don't do it.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Link for the DLD-challenged
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
wow...
that hudson kid…..
"Twenty minutes," says Jack Sr. "Thank god for Billy Beane."
"Any fan that wants us to do that is going to be disappointed because that just isn’t us." - Wolff
"Joe Morgan's going to think Beane wrote the movie too..." -whitshoes40
"What am I going to do, seriously? Maybe be a bouncer at strip joints. That's about all I'm qualified to do." -Giambi
should he wait to lose it after this batter instead?
The Not-So-Casual Fan
After he's out of the game, preferably.
“Gio’s totally lost his control, but luckily he’s already in the clubhouse!”
It’s not Buck and Sweeney going at it, though.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, huh?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, the throw to first was in time!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:51 PM PDT reply actions
Was I the only one that thought
that was a hell of a quick turn by Penn?
"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
He wouldn’t strikeout with you, though.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
He would jump her spot.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I just looked in my dictionary,
It’s also “jump the bush”. That’s even better.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Those aren't found much these days
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Thankfully.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
They are in my generation.
thankfully.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Didn't take you for a retro guy in this sense.
But hell, you live in Seattle so that may explain it.
Hippie.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Is that retro?
I just like natural. The bald look creeps me out. Makes me feel like I should be changing someone’s diaper.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
There is a middle ground that can please everyone
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Do we have to share?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
I like natural too.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not going to tell any woman what to do.
Whatever makes her happy is fine. I just thing that the younger generation’s fetish with removing all body hair is kind of weird.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Yeah, screw that
I like ’em natural.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
hairs in the throat?
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Better than stubble.
By a mile.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
That might be the best answer. But I still find it unnecessary.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm fine with trimming.
Particularly the nearby ones that are prone to sneak in and chafe.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
while we're on topic....
how do women with fake boobs feel for breast cancer?
The Not-So-Casual Fan
Jump the spot
Macchia also means “bush”, but not in the slang English sense.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
sarcasm?
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you misspelled your username
OakA’sHorney
by oblique on Aug 4, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
" street legal "?
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
What MLB player from the names-on-uniforms era (i.e. post-late 1950s)....
….has the longest last name?
Saltalamacchia must be close!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 8:52 PM PDT reply actions
There’s a fight!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:54 PM PDT reply actions
...and the Raiders haven't started playing
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Preseason starts in nine days for them, though.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The security guard nabbed it!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
FIGHT! FIGHT!
Come on, let’s see it!
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
It wasn't a fight
It was just a couple of sections away from me. It was a large older guy who was sitting in my section briefly and yelling very inappropriate things. When they tried to remove him, he resisted, and when they couldn’t get cuffs on him, they tased him, not once but twice. I saw the cop’s hand reach forward and saw the blue electric light of the taser. Very unnerving. Apparently he hit his head on the rail when they knocked him down with the taser, and he needed medical attention. It was very distracting, especially since a foul ball went directly toward him right after he got tased. There was also some “outside alcohol” involved, according to the usher on my aisle who had interacted with him earlier. Sad.
Losing this team would be a huge failure for this city and an affront to Oakland’s great sports legacy.
Don't you need at least two fans....
….to have a fight?
Must be above average attendance tonite!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
he's a Raider fan from last December
….just woke up. Undisturbed by the sixty games or so for the A’s this year.
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Fight in the stands
People getting ready for the Raiders.
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
I’m ready for some football.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
i think geren should leave gio in...
learn to get out of a jam
The Not-So-Casual Fan
Exactly what I came to post:
Gio should have had another hitter to try to finish the inning.
Gio threw 2/3 of his pitches for strikes tonight. Awesome.
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'd have let Gio pitch to one more batter.
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 8:56 PM PDT reply actions
100% agree
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
Get us through the inning without a dent, Ziegler.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:56 PM PDT reply actions
That was BIG...
for Gio!!! I would have loved to see him get out of the jam, but I’d rather have him leave on a positive. Come on, Ziggy!
he needs to learn to get out of jams... experience for next year
The Not-So-Casual Fan
Yeah...
Building blocks are good too. He didn’t give up the big inning after the Error3 + Walk…. Ziggy will get it done.
Tonight's "fun fact"
It takes longer to say “Saltalamacchia” than it does for a Gio fastball to get to the plate.
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
Finish him off.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 8:58 PM PDT reply actions
FINISH HIM!
fatality
MORTAL KOMBAT!!
The Not-So-Casual Fan
:: Jumps up and down! ::
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
yay strickout
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Man
These starters have got to start going deeper into games. Gio hasn’t given up a run and he’s out in the 7th. Something they all need to work on. (Except probably Anderson.)
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
especially when we are playing for nothing
let ‘em learn to get out of jams so they’ll be more prepared next season
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh
Gio isn’t quite there yet. Plus, why put stress on a young guy’s arm in a “non-competitive season”. Gio is progressing. That is a great thing.
disagree
winning games is more important, as a SP. Not as important, learning to get out of jams, considering the light-hitting A’s.
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, in a lost season,
we could try to get these guys to pitch later into games. I’m no pitching coach, just an idea, but I think in general, the further the starters get into the games the better for the team as a whole.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Fire..
Cohan now!
"Twenty minutes," says Jack Sr. "Thank god for Billy Beane."
"Any fan that wants us to do that is going to be disappointed because that just isn’t us." - Wolff
"Joe Morgan's going to think Beane wrote the movie too..." -whitshoes40
"What am I going to do, seriously? Maybe be a bouncer at strip joints. That's about all I'm qualified to do." -Giambi
by ST on Aug 4, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a real hard time caring about regular season NBA ball
….even now that I have an actual local NBA team to root for.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
{snores}
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
zzzzzzzzzzzz
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
....sorta?
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 4, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
The Thunder belong in Seattle.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
"The Thunder" don't belong anywhere
I root for them, but what an awful name for a team!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
They still should be the Seattle SuperSonics.
By the way, Kevin Durant is freaking amazing.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
He is indeed!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw him play live against KU
and it was sight to see. He had an unbelievable first half.
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
goes on forever, endless, highlight after highlight all the same
from pre-season to the middle of the freakin summer.
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
Gio
I love how competitve he is. He did not want to come out of the game. Awesome! And the starters are doing fine. I don’t think almost 7 innings is too shabby.
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." -Jessica Rabbit
wow...
in game interview with gio….i guess with a last place team, u can do that kind of stuff…
"Twenty minutes," says Jack Sr. "Thank god for Billy Beane."
"Any fan that wants us to do that is going to be disappointed because that just isn’t us." - Wolff
"Joe Morgan's going to think Beane wrote the movie too..." -whitshoes40
"What am I going to do, seriously? Maybe be a bouncer at strip joints. That's about all I'm qualified to do." -Giambi
Really good last few games for Gio.
Would be nice to see him finish the season strong.
skigurl: Buy that man a Swatch!
Where's Gio from?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Sacramento?
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
He is from Hialeah, Florida.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Florida I believe.
"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.
Wow
I totally thought he was from Central America or the Caribbean. I guess that’s what happens when you assume…
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, Pennington can do that?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:04 PM PDT reply actions
Good to see a lead
I am currently entertaining at a local bar, but rest assured my thoughts are with y’all. And the A’s.
Let’s go Oakland!
by Joey C. on Aug 4, 2009 9:04 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
How is that you can post?
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, now.
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 bar and have something to say.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
The colors in that rainbow are all mixed up.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
To save money, NBC went with a factory second.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
“Cliff, Cliff, Cliff!”
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
“You have to hit ‘em where they ain’t.”
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:07 PM PDT reply actions
Pennington went 0 for 1
Therefore, he clearly had a terrible at bat.
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
Obviously.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
For rajai walks are as good as hits
by Belinelli's the savior on Aug 4, 2009 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
or as good as doubles
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
For Rajai, walks are as good as doubles
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I love this fucking guy
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I LOVE the Rajai Runs!
"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est
Bloop it into shallow right field, Kurt.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:11 PM PDT reply actions
This is in Rickey territory fun!
"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
He's been on a nice- run
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't we give them someone semi-good for nothing, too?
I can’t remember who it was.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Gnats DFA'd him
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
I know, that's what I mean.
There was some mildly promising AAA guy we DFA’ed that they nabbed, too. Just trying to remember who it was.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Jesus Guzman
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, that's the one.
What ever happened to him?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
He was back up with the Giants as recently as last week
He appears to struggle defensively even at 1B, and now Garko has kind of made him a non-factor at 1B.
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's in AAA
Tearin’ shit up. Was up earlier this year but didn’t hit.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It was $126 million, actually.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I see, I see.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
What is the A's team record for most steals in a season, non-Rickey division?
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:12 PM PDT reply actions
I believe it’s Billy North, with 75 in 1976. At least, in the Oakland years.
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by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounds right to me.
Those early-to-mid ’70s teams were so much fun!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Top 10 Athletics Single-Season Stolen Base Leaders:
Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year
1. Rickey Henderson 130 1982
2. Rickey Henderson 108 1983
3. Rickey Henderson 100 1980
4. Eddie Collins 81 1910
5. Billy North 75 1976
6. Eddie Collins 67 1909
7. Rickey Henderson 66 1984
Rickey Henderson 66 1998
9. Rickey Henderson 65 1990
10. Eddie Collins 63 1912
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
The link is here. Fun page!
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
How the hell did
Billy North sneak into the Rickey Henderson and Eddie Collins show?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Love the leading single season batter:
Nap Lajoie .426 1901
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Stairs has the 7th highest A’s career OPS of all time.
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by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
And #9? Geronimo Berroa.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
- OF — Rajai Davis (2010): 131 stolen bases
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be a blast for me too.
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Wow, that was almost pretty bad.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:12 PM PDT reply actions
Young made like Arias
missed the bag
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
If Young had found the bag, Davis would have been out.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Davis got back
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Even white boys got to shout
Davis got back!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
That has been outlawed.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Correction
well that was fun for a fewminutesseconds
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
ever since he met with rickey
The Not-So-Casual Fan
That
Made my loins tingle for a moment.
by A's10thMan on Aug 4, 2009 9:15 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Do you want me to do it again?
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You are one sick puppy
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually think I now finally have slightly better stuff than Eddie Guardado.
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Look, we have an Eric Patterson sighting.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:16 PM PDT reply actions
For the first time since July 1, Suzuki is hitting below .280.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:17 PM PDT reply actions
Wow, damn...should have thrown to first!
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Off the hop
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Cust would have had that one
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:18 PM PDT reply actions
I like this commercial.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:19 PM PDT reply actions
I wonder why Wuertz didn't start the inning...
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 4, 2009 9:19 PM PDT reply actions
Cause
We have a retard as a Manager
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How so? Ziggy was already in, had gotten the one batter he had faced,
and had a right-handed portion of the lineup coming up. Why take him out?
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Good call. What's weird is that
Sweeney really should have caught it. He just didn’t get down for it; kind of stiff-legged it.
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I am glad we didn’t trade Wuertz.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:21 PM PDT reply actions
me 3
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
by DyeLongJustice on Aug 4, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
But I wish we had traded Springer.
I think this team could really use an extra bag of balls!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It's amazing what a little A's hiatus will do for your fandom...and some good trades
Lets go A’s!
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
Finish him off.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:22 PM PDT reply actions
yay strickout
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Finish him off.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:24 PM PDT reply actions
That
Was so nasty that it should come with an ointment
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Wuertz is awesome.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:24 PM PDT reply actions
yay strickout
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
WUERTZ!!!
"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
Fucking automatic
Solace: Law says he's a fourth OFer
PaulThomas: I think Keith Law is only a fourth analyst
RITZ CRACKERS!
"If Bowden was a general contractor, he'd build houses with nine bedrooms, six garages, no bathrooms, and half a roof."
Wuertz makes hitters look like
idiots with that slider.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Whew!
I was worried about Blalock and the the 3-run jimmyjack.
Blalock one of the A’s nemeses (among many..).
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by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:25 PM PDT reply actions
Yay our team!!!
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Dominant Wuertz!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:26 PM PDT reply actions
Mine's bigger than that
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
She's very happy with the size of that sausage...
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
No kidding!
"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
Safer for work than dinner, I'd say!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Garciaparra is going to steal second.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:27 PM PDT reply actions
Pinch runner.
Where is Landon POW!
by A's10thMan on Aug 4, 2009 9:28 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
He’s in ZigFan’s fantasies.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
If that was Nomar's last ML AB, at least he got a hit
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It could be.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The non-waiver trade deadline passed.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Cause he is getting old
He could pass soon
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And then erased off the base paths by a 6-4-3 DP
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 4, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Gods do not answer letters.
j/k
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Bailey
Looks like a kid in a candy store
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According to the broadcast, yes
Will miss his start.
Earlier they said it was a rash.
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 4, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Love that juicy double
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Someone asked "why the man crush for Everidge" ...
because the guy swings the friggin’ bat … Gawd, it’s nice to see an A’s player get aggressive at the plate …. it’s easy to forget what it looks like with this team.
I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.
Not just aggressive
Aggressive with hitting ability.
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
OK Crosby, show that rook Everidge how it's done!!
and….oooh…Crosby hittin’ .217??
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:32 PM PDT reply actions
Does Tommy have a .300 batting average yet?
Stupid Rotoworld.
(Yeah, I know, small sample size. But less small than it was yesterday when Roto said he sucked.)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
now at .290
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone else on the team higher?
I mean besides EGon.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Ellis has driven in two runs on two infield singles.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:33 PM PDT reply actions
haha..
seriously….
"Twenty minutes," says Jack Sr. "Thank god for Billy Beane."
"Any fan that wants us to do that is going to be disappointed because that just isn’t us." - Wolff
"Joe Morgan's going to think Beane wrote the movie too..." -whitshoes40
"What am I going to do, seriously? Maybe be a bouncer at strip joints. That's about all I'm qualified to do." -Giambi
by ST on Aug 4, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
must be driving Wash nuts
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Arias can’t throw.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:34 PM PDT reply actions
Arias was throwing the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Pennington is looking for his first RBI of the year, but if I’d settle for a walk if I was him.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:35 PM PDT reply actions
looking for the FIRST RBI???
and they don’t give him the green light on 3-0??
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by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the hitter better, too, though.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:35 PM PDT reply actions
yay runz are fun
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
The Rangers will score six runs in the ninth inning only to lose it on a Kurt Suzuki walk-off home run in the 10th inning.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:37 PM PDT reply actions
Live life on the edge, man!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Just like that loss against the Twins after giving up 11 earned runs, huh?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't it "Springer Time"??
This is where he excels…game out of hand, 9th inning…
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by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:37 PM PDT reply actions
What about Casilla?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope....it's Breslow
Boolah boolah!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
agree, and then they use...Breslow??
does he need the work, or what??
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by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
He hasn’t pitched in a little bit.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Rajai
Could have beat that out…… I Want A Western Bacon for some reason
by A's10thMan on Aug 4, 2009 9:37 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I’m sure it had nothing to do with the sexy female in the commercial.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
buy a burger, get laid
that’s the overt message..
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by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s a nice double play.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
This from Carl's Jr.
The company that tried to sue Jack in the Box for its “So where’s the Angus?” ads.
Hey....she's more than just a piece of meat.
Isn’t that the message?
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Tell that to my eyes.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
How to get 3 hits, and 3 RBI, by Mark Ellis:
First you hit a grounder that caroms off of first base. Then you chop one near the bag at second and watch while the fielder takes too much time missing second base to get you at first with his throw. Then you chop one between first and second, and hope the second baseman forget to throw the ball like a guy.
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by Nico on Aug 4, 2009 9:38 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I could have done that.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
There is absolutely no way the A's can seriously be considering sending Tommy Everidge back to Sac, right?
skigurl: Buy that man a Swatch!
We hope not.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
really hope not.
"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.
Hi, captain of cheese.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m innocent!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
fireworks ready???????
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Close it out, Brez
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
End it, Salty
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:41 PM PDT reply actions
compliance!!
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
2 no bodys
Shut out the Rangers last year
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We don’t really need that.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Double the fun, huh?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:42 PM PDT reply actions
Strickouted
"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.
Just in time for victory
Work sucks. Should have been here instead.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Yay, firewuerkz!
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
VICTORY
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Placeholder until I shoot the fireworks after AN day
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Goodnight
Sweet heart. Crosby back to Sac tomorrow, you heard it here first folks
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So we win a series no matter what?
Have we swept anyone this year?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
It’s a four-game series.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Orioles I believe.
In that 7 game win stretch.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Aug 4, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, the O's
i remember that because i took a broom to work and offered to sweep the cubicle of my co-worker O’s fan.
That's cold.
Dogging Orioles fans is like teasing autistic children.
What’s the point?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
I don't know if everyone caught Breslow's failed attempt
to spit after the strikeout, leaving saliva dribbling down his chin. Talk about a LOOGY.
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
That
Was on purpose. Makes him a scarry man
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Kinda like Anne Murray
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Robot
Can’t show the wiring on the inside
by A's10thMan on Aug 4, 2009 9:46 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Wow. So true.
looks like CGI
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by SwisherThresher on Aug 4, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
i do that too
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
So was Gio as good today as it sounds?
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Yes -- best I've seen him.
Lots of strikes, used the fastball well, curve was outstanding.
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
awesome blossom
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Ken K was saying Everidge's hitting approach was
“take what they give me. If they pitch me away, I’ll hit to right, if they go inside I’ll pull it.”
THAT SHOULD BE EVERY HITTER’S APPROACH. It’s a great, tried and true way to be hard to pitch to. Helloooooooo, guys who aren’t hitting .290.
I have a feeling Everidge will be pretty vulnerable to breaking balls from RHP, but he’ll still mash mistakes. Seems like the kind of hitter who would be 1/5 with a HR against Wuertz.
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
It makes him so much harder to pitch to,
because most pitchers like to stay on the outside corner a lot and his approach doesn’t make that possible. So pitchers have to come inside, where there is less margin for error.
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
Maybe you already said somewhere...
but what’s your roster move to activate G?
The artist formerly known as HigherPie.
Garciaparra.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah then you can have them sign your rivercats thong
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
reserved for a special guy ;-)
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
get a rangers thong
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
"too far"
said the girl who wears a thong of an AAA team
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, they’re 67-43 the last time I checked.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
haha
can’t jinx anything important
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I care about the Pacific Coast League!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
not like that
i mean jinxing your…. nevermind
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
no official word on who takes the walk
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by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
All the more reason to speculate about it now!
I release Crosby.
The artist formerly known as HigherPie.
This is not me being snarky: Send Crosby to AAA.
If he refuses the assignment, let him go. With Everidge, Patterson, Nomar and Kennedy, there is no need for Crosby. The salary is sunk. Clearly, Giambi and Nomar will be kept to the end of the season out of respect, so the only move that makes sense is to cut ties with Crosby.
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
+10000
Unless Giambi volunteers a midseason retirement, that appears to be the only reasonable option. We already have AK for the versatility, and Crosby’s role is no longer clear
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
But AK can
And if anything happens to him, it’s been made clear Wallace is going to get the call when Sept 1 rolls around.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Urban:
“And Wallace, a third baseman acquired in the Holliday deal with the Cardinals, has only veteran Adam Kennedy — who will be a free agent this winter — blocking his path to the bigs; Wallace will be in Oakland this year.”
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
in a pinch, he could
Wallace obviously not. I just can’t see Everidge being sent down with the bat control he’s shown
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess the question is, if one assumes
that rightfully or wrongfully, Giambi and Nomar are untouchable, who else?
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
who would you send down?
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Nomar or Giambi
Or hell, send them both down. Nico might be right and they might be untouchable, but that’s who I’d send down. They’re two designated hitters who can’t hit anymore, they’re not going to be with the team in the future, why in the world are we wasting plate appearances on them?
I already called it.
I get the points if it happens
by A's10thMan on Aug 4, 2009 9:52 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Hmmm...maybe the A's brass
doesn’t want all the negative words Crosby’s gonna give the press if he gets dumped. Just a thought.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Those comments are either coming now or at the end of the season.
Might as well get it out of the way while everyone’s paying attention to actual baseball.
The artist formerly known as HigherPie.
he's already vocally unhappy with his new role
not sure what there is to lose for us now
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
True but
the nicer they treat him now the less smack he talks later.
But I have no idea if this is a consideration at all or not.
BTW when I saw your screen name I knew it was you, before I had seen your sig.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 4, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know that you need one
Pennington can play every inning and if he gets hurt you manage a few innings with someone like Kennedy until you can call up Petit.
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
The A's dugout/bullpen atmosphere has looked entirely different to me since...
the team started running, bunting, scraping. Speed brings energy, it brings teams to the top step of the dugout, and it doesn’t go into slumps. If there’s an undervalued part of baseball, it’s the part many think is overvalued: Speed.
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
Of course it's precisely when everyone thinks it's overvalued....
….that it’s undervalued.
That’s Moneyball®!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Ellis with three hits and three RBIs
see, if Ellis wasn’t injured early the A’s would be neck and neck with the Slegna!
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 9:52 PM PDT reply actions
How...what...why
Does Dallas have a rash on his foot
Maybe he’s superstitious about his socks, and doesn’t change them after he gets a win
I'm a happy seal
he wears a neoprene guard on his toe that drags
apparently it got infected and spread
skigurl: Buy that man a Swatch!
I didn't know that neoprene could get infected!
;-)
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 4, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I suspect it's a cover up for the truth: Pepe got drunk and has a bad liver-finger.
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 am watching wrestling.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 4, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
What the heck do you think you've BEEN watching?
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
boo
the only thing that blows about TiVo is not having VoD anymore :-(
Drool at Betty Draper and Joan for me.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Aug 4, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how he looks everywhere but at the interviewer
He also looks to be rockin’ a pretty cool Popeye shirt
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Aug 4, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
RECAP UP!
"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
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"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 Aug 4, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
dammit…www.athleticsnation.com
"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 Aug 4, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
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