Open Thread: Game 141 - A's at Minnesota (cont)
by baseballgirl on Sep 12, 2009 11:24 AM PDT
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it is healthy
the real stuff is too fattening, gotta retain my girlish figure
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
i work out 5-6 days a week but i still watch what i eat
however i have an indulgence like once a week, like last night i had duck, so good
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Have you ever had duck bacon? It's really, really good.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
So, my brother's flight lands in three hours
He’s going to be a bit jetlagged, so my plan was to go to the park and then go have an early dinner, but last night’s fireworks have put paid to those plans.
Any indoor, low intensity San Francisco based suggestions of things to do that’ll help me keep him awake? Plan B is sitting in and drinking beer, so, yknow. He can do that at home
Actually, that's a good plan. I forgot that was on.
I’m not sure I’d feel about watching erotica sat next to my brother, but, yknow. I can get over that.
Can we learn from our feeble first inning failure?
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Hey, I like this thread!
"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
Any Sharks fans?
Sharks just made a huge trade. I’m freaking out right now.
by idunno723 on Sep 12, 2009 11:36 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
My brother, who is a huge Sharks fan, informs me that “that’s the trade we wanted.”
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
We'll see,
Sharks get a big goal scorer but one of them is a young player 24 years old, but a little bit overpaid. The roster is a little bit incomplete though.
I've heard of the two players they're sending away, but not the one they're getting back
Is he good, or is this a cap move? Please enlighten us
Nice
So, what you’re saying is, they’re definitely going to win the cup this year? Excellent.
But they're depth is as strong anymore.
Plus Heatley has a huge cap hit. This trade has ups and downs.
Forgive me if I'm totally wrong about this
but wasn’t one of the knocks on Cheechoo that he was good in the regular season, but went quiet when things started to get more physical?
Like I said, total outsider on the NHL
Even though he was from a small place in Ontario (Canada, ahem) he grew up an A's fan
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Cree kid from tiny Moose Factory, Ontario
Diehard A’s & Sharks fan
I’m going to miss that crazy skating wacky celebrating lil’ bugger
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Sep 12, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Would rather they sent Marleau instead of Cheechoo
But both Marleau and Cheechoo have been up and down in San Jose. Heatley could be a beast with Thornton.
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I would have rather sent Cheechoo.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm just not very big on Marleau overall
Seen too many playoff disappearances from him, especially for a captain.
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Since 2002
Marleau is second in goals in the playoffs. Recently he had 2 game winning goals in the playoffs with a sprained MCL.
The media kind of exaggerates his disappearances.
Are we getting to Sharky here?
Overall Marleau has done well to put up points in the playoffs
However, he’s been incredibly hot and cold. He’ll dominate a series, then disappear the next. Pretty streaky.
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by SwisherThresher on Sep 12, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
That's what I've seen, mostly
One of the playoff games I went to against Edmonton a few years ago saw him get a hat trick. But he’s also gone through very dry spells that have hurt the team when they needed just decent play from him and a few others.
Granted, I’m not blaming playoff losses on him.
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OMG
Oh wow. I have to go to work in a bit, and now this is going to be weighing heavy on my mind…FRICK
Time to skip on over to FTF.
(Noooo, not Cheechoo!)
Now my two favorite boys are gone
“I’m a sad seal”
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Sep 12, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
well, I figured after Bucci said a trade was made
that there had to be some truth to it
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by SwisherThresher on Sep 12, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm feeling a triple here with runnin' Rajal. Or another walk.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Yay Rajai!
"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
ok, we got a run
GS would have been better, rajai, but this works
I'll take it.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
YEAH!!!
"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
This is a Sac Fly game.
5 of the 6 runs via the SF. Right?
More than just ANtics: http://www.louisgray.com/live/
Nice job by Pennington to get into scoring position for Suzuki.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
It's one of THOSE games for Cust
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Last of the Ninth - Photography
Yes! Anderson hanging tough.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Hi all
I walk in from the car and the game goes from tied to we’re winning! I like that in a game!
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 11:51 AM PDT reply actions
Must be a long walk from your car.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Had to feed the cat in between and read the thread b4 I posted.
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Heeeey
What are you sayin’ exactly?? JK
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
That always happens to me,
I went into Safeway the other day we scored 3 runs, walked from the car to the house scored another, but not when I was actually listening to or watching the game.
It's that Hey-that's-cool-moment
followed by the how-did-that-happen-moment!!
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I like it.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
My brother...
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I was just wondering what the projection for that game is
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
cal will win
my bf and his friend are going, he said he will make sure cal wins
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Can he come to some of our games too??
Why aren’t you going?
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
he isn't so much into baseball, i know, he's crazy
his friend got him a ticket…i don’t want to see football until baseball is over…omg only 3 weeks left of A’s baseball!
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahhhhhh
just curious since you seem like a person that likes sports in general….Let’s not talk about no BB…..
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
i like sports in general but really only "get into" baseball and maybe tennis
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Tennis.....me too
I’m switching back and forth to the Open – but Roddick’s not in so it’s more casual. Did you see any of the Nadal/Gonzales match?
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
just a bit, unforunately i didn't watch much of the open, so i wanted to today andit's rain delayed
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Serena and Venus are on now.
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It might be a replay of a classic match
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
We could play our backups and we’d still blow out Eastern Washington.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
That's sort of what I had heard.....
I get that they play games to get some wins – but will it be competitive enough to get them playing at the higher levels they need to get ready for PAC 10 play?
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
This game won’t be competitive at all, but next week’s game at Minnesota could be.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
It seems at times that an "easy" team leads to poor play b/c the expectations are so low
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I am definitely going to watch it on television.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm ready for more runs.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Me -too
We can DO it!! Go A’s
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm all for giving the kids a chance to play. Except Patterson.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Play too close to the runner?
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
not what I had in mind.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
I like when they swing early in the count and make outs. I'm a simple guy.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Just as long as you're not a simpleton...
LOL
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Lurch is up in the Twins' pen
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Looks like Nick, you and me, Berry Jo.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
I just got back from shopping
and I have to finish cleaning out the fridge and then put the food away. So I’m gonna be on and off the thread for a while.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
You've got some discipline!!
Cleaning out the fridge – a task I love to avoid!
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah---brother incoming
where is he visiting from?
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
All the way from Europe
plus, my parents are coming out mid week from the East Cost.
My brother, he won’t mind so much a bit of mess. My mother? she’ll notice.
The worst is the passive-aggressive cleaning
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
It's not so much that, it's more the look of dissapointment and regret
that I’m a thirty year old adult, and I still leave half read books everywhere.
hey, you're a grownup and can live the way you please.
mom will have to deal with it and i say that as a mom.
You go Mom....
but I totally understand wanting a clean place for the visitors.
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I know
I won’t bother me, especially, it’s more that I think it puts her mind at rest if she thinks I’m somehow a fully functioning adult. Which in turn makes my life easier in the long run
WOW - that'll be cool to see him since you probably don't much.
I got an idea…..keep him awake by getting him to clean for Mom!! He’d LOVE that!
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh REALLLLLLY?
spill – buddy
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, nothing exciting, more that when we were younger, and our parents went off for a few days
on holiday or wtvr, we’d just leave stuff lying around everywhere and clean up at the last minute.
Crack pipes, hard to hide.
mmmm-hmmmmmm
I left all that stuff for my older bro and sisters. By the time I got there – my parents were savvy or I was less rebellious.
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The Boss as it were...
you’ve had to be the recipient of parental mistakes and sibling mentorship
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that much discipline
I can’t even remember the last time I did it!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
A woman after my own ♥
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a good crowd!!
I think others are here…..checking into their other sports….
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I really like this new version of the A's
They play small ball pretty well…I am a huge fan of the SB too. so far 4 today. I think they had 5 yesterday?
I agree. It's a page from the Angels (and others) but I like it.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Although all the CS'es in the extra-inning game against the White Sox might have cost them the game
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
True enough. I like speed with wisdom.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Even with wisdom, though, it ends up costing you outs
People complain about the A’s’ recent low-risk baserunning, but there’s a legitimate reason to play that way.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
so what happens with AN during the off season?
do you still have threads or does everything start up again for spring training?
There are playoff threads.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think anything happens.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
We spend more time in the DLDs
and have more analytical/hot stove league discussions.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
We have lots of stuff
Postseason threads for everyone else’s games, Hot Stove talk, winter ball reports, discussions of baseball books/movies/games, rumors, rosterbation, retrospectives. Stick around.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Sep 12, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
There's that after BB thinking again......
hmmmm
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry just mentally preparing myself for not having my daily dose of the A's : (
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I know -
I’m just giving you a bad time….like I do (I tell my kid it’s my job!)
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Now he’s going to get the hit.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:19 PM PDT reply actions
I didn’t say anything.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:19 PM PDT reply actions
he doesn't drink coffee, he's agrowing boy and caffeine might stunt his growth
when he goes to college he’ll learn of coffee’s vital importance to staying up late to write papers
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
He doesn't grow.
He blotches through osmosis.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Sep 12, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I will never drink coffee.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
just wait until college, you'll be doing many things you never thought of
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I highly doubt it.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Just be sure you report back here.....
Life is a journey and college life is alllll about making your own decisions w/o mom and dad looking over your shoulder. Not getting permission just making the decisions.
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’ll be here.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
But you said you like tea, right?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
You've got your stimulant beverages covered, then
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
My brother is bringing me some tea from England today
I am very excited. I’m nearly out of decent teabags
Loose-leaf
much better than teabags.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Tea is a very personal thing
As much as anything else, the way you grew up drinking it is the way you like it – for me, it’s got a very
Proustian quality. So, I like it strong, from a teabag, with a spot of milk. That’s just how it is.
that's the good stuff
also from ireland like bewley’s and barry’s
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
This
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Let this be a lesson.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
He narrowly dodged the golden sombrero.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Sep 12, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Anything is possible...
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Cust hits ground balls?
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Sorry for bailing out on you guys...
my interest level in this current game kind of just dropped. You guys understand right? right!?
Understood.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I love that Geren is letting Anderson pitch.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
OK so I'm not paying super close attention, and I got here late....
no sweeney?? any reasons we know of?? my guess is LH pitching?
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions
Probably that and giving other guys (ie Patterson) a chance to play.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
About what I thought....just curious
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
The Twins' starter, Manship, is RH
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
it was also mentioned that he has tendonitis in his knee
that’s been bothering him on and off
Nevermind then.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Daric is going to rip one here
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I heard he had a burrito for lunch
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Hmm, Wuertz coming in for the save
Can we assume that Bailey’s knee is hurt then?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Whoops, my bad
I’ve been doing errands and stuff around the house and checking in on the game — thought it was the 9th.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Well - I'm paying more attention that you!!
at least…..can you come do my cleaning when you’re done with yours?
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think so...
since I’m on the East Coast.
How much do you pay?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
NJ right??
we could negotiate….srsly…I wouldn’t do that to a friend…..it’s bad enough to do your own!
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup -- near Philly
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
2 inning save?
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
I'm engaging in some shopping therapy
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
True that
And I did all my work this morning, so I’m free Free FREE!
stranegely enough what i really want to do is take a nap
even after 2 cups of coffee
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's really thrown me, the thunder. I was up at 7am today.
But the coffee is keeping me going.
And the sweeping.
Woke me up.....kinda strange
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
me too, plus my neighbors dog kept barking
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I was hoping that there was enough rain to keep the red flag warning/fire danger down
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
according to yahoo there are several lightening caused wildfires burning.
it didn’t rain much at all
yup, very strange. i'm from the east coast. i miss thunderstorms.
i prefer that they don’t wake me up, however.
I stayed with my sister one summertime when she was living in CO
there were thunderstorms almost everynight. At least it seemed that way. I just loved watching out the window as the cell passed by. Fascinating.
Kind of like the firefly phenomenon in the east coast. Phenom to me who had never seen one!
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by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
It totally woke me up
Having spoken to a few friends, there’s an interesting division – those of us who were born in the seventies (and earlier) and grew up under the shadow of mutually assured annihilation all went through a brief moment of ‘is this it??’ style panic, whereas those younger just thought it was a truck, or at worst, an earthquake
I remember only a couple of thunderstorms from when I was growing up in the Bay Area
and in retrospect, I wonder if the topography there allows for the thunderheads to be much closer to the ground there than here on the East Coast. I remember the thunder being a lot louder in the Bay Area than it usually is here — though a few weeks ago we had some really booming, shake-the-windows thunder here near Philly.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I think part of it is, we very rarely have thunderstorms here
It’s the first one I’ve experienced in the five years here, and friends tell me it’s the first one in about ten..
That's true, but with a lot of thunderstorms
you get a flash of lightning, then a pause of 7 or 8 seconds, then a distant, low rumble. Other times, it’s a flash and then almost immediately a BANG! That’s the scary kind, but even back here where t-storms are common it’s unusual to get the kind that sounds like a grenade going off down the block.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
The time between the flash and the bang
depends on how far away the storm is – in reality, they happen instantaneously.
if you count in seconds, 4 seconds = approx a mile away
i thought you said "1 mississipi, 2 mississippi", etc. and each one of those was a mile
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
assuming the light travels so quickly that the speed can be assumed to be infinite,
the speed of sound is approx 330 m/s, so three seconds is ~1 km, and four ~ 1 mile
or you can have a neat tool that shows
that the lightning is right on top of you.
Yeah, that's what I meant
when I wondered above whether the thunderheads sit lower to the ground in the Bay Area. I imagine that height matters as well as ground-distance.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Oh yeah, sorry, I misunderstood
You’re right, of course. I don’t know much about the microclimate here, but you could be right in that?
I had a similar occurance last fall of a massive amount of helicopter overflights
that lasted for about an hour – I thought what the heck?? There was some army night flight training exercise. Why no one knew about it is a mystery. It was really freaky.
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It's true
It really brought back memories of just how scary it was to a child growing up in the early 80s. To me, at least.
And hell, I wasn’t even alive for the Cuban Missile Crisis
I was so young I never even knew it was happening!
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
that brings back memories
i was living about an hour from NYC. my sister was complaining about watching the news and my dad’s pissed, “you might not wake up tomorrow”. it was scary shit.
Yeah, in the list of books I'd like to get around to writing, eventually
I’d like to write something about people’s experience of the CMC – not the immediate experience, but more
how they reacted when they’d ‘survived’ it – did it change the way they approached life, how long did that last,
etc. It would interest me, is for sure.
Some of the folks - like my parents- are no longer with us.
They would have been in their 40’s at the time. Married with children- well established in their careers…..for my gen it would have been the effect of Vietnam
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
What I'm most interested in is
Whether people were like, ‘oh fuck, that was close, I’m going to live each day as it’s my last’,
or made some radical change upon being confronted in such a graphic way with their own mortality,
and things like that
What I think is interesting...is that we seem much more blase about thr risks
are we just more fatalistic or realistic about whether we can have any effect on the outcome.
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
good question
personally, i think we’re pawns in the hands of the big guys. that doesn’t mean i think we give up. we just have to fight harder and dirtier.
yeah, see, the CMC wasn't about us taking risks, it represented an
external existential threat – which, of course, exists in every day life, but getting through the
day involves ignoring that, to a certain extent. Like I said, haven’t even started the groundwork
i wonder if age has anything to do with it
when i was younger, i never thought about my or anyone’s mortality. now that i’m older, i know that the vagaries of life mean you can be here one minute and gone the next. so some things aren’t worth worrying about. if they happen, they happen and i probably had no control over it anyway.
I think, to an extent, everyone does this
We’re cursed and freed by the knowledge of our own mortality
i was around 10 at the time
i can’t say that it’s had any lasting effect on me but i sure remember the tension and fear at the time. the entire Cold War thing was so pronounced then.
Yeah - I haven't even begun thinking about how to go and research this yet
It’d be hard to find a control group. None of us who lived through the cold war think it had a profound
effect on us, for the most part, but then, we never knew anything different.
I guess I'm suggesting there is probably a generational effect
BUT- the one generation that may have felt it most intensely is slipping away.
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't have memories of the crisis
I was four, but the adults apparently did a good job of not letting their concern show. But I do have memories from that era of my parents looking in the paper at breakfast for information about recent nuclear testing in Nevada — they did some calculation about how long the fallout took to drift over Minnesota and would avoid buying milk for a few days thereafter.
My mom told me years later that throughout the early 60s there were door-to-door salesmen offering to dig fallout shelters in your back yard or basement, and lots of our neighbors had them. Her plan in the event of an imminent attack was to stick us all in the car and drive TOWARD downtown because she figured it would be better to be killed in the first blast than to hang around in the basement for weeks eating canned tuna and then die of radiation sickness anyway.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Sep 12, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting.... I really should talk to my parents about this
though, that might border dangerously on having an emotional connection with them.
And that won’t do at all
My dad worked at the Nevada test site but we never knew at the time what he was doing.
I knew a family here that did dig a bomb shelter. They sunk a box car in their front yard. The neighbors thought they were CRAZY!!!
I remember drills in school – ominous – but I never connected it to the CMC
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, the duck and cover drills
not that they would have helped anything, but they gave the illusion of having some control.
Or the realized the risk was really not as great or that our weapons capability was much greater
we had more deterrent(SP?) so not so much need to worry
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Nick, I love your Jimmy Stewart icon.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Thanks!
I was originally going to pick a great closeup of Joseph Cotton from Shadow of a Doubt, but I decided it was a little too creepy.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
The Vertigo shot is classic.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Those pancakes in the A's brunch ad look horrible
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
I was just thinking that
they look like they are made of cork
I can't stand that pan with all that grease.....
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Take that Brandon Harris.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Brendan.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no respect for him so I misspell his name on purpose.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Good save...
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, nobody's buying.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
so i could've said to my teachers i have no respect for that word so i misspell on purpose
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Absolutly (another word I don't respect).
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
I love the Cal commercial.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:47 PM PDT reply actions
Let's add on please
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Throw up the “C” for me one time.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
L!
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s good.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
GO!
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
i think i want the A's to finish this game off now
by the time i get to the grocery store, there will be no more unripe bananas. that will make me sad.
If he hasn't earned the starting SS job for next year
I don’t know what will.
Maybe his dad could call Beane out in his hometown newspaper
I’m sure that would make things a lot easier for Pennington.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
LMAO
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Rajai is due for a hit today.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 12:55 PM PDT reply actions
is having a GREAT game
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:55 PM PDT reply actions
ADD ON ADD ON ADD ON
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:57 PM PDT reply actions
Wow. 5 HR's yesterday. 5 SB's today. Who are these guys?
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
they are your 2009 Oakland A's, 2nd half of the season
by OakA'sHoney on Sep 12, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
No wonder I'm loving the 2nd half.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
The A'S of our future
or so we all hope
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:57 PM PDT reply actions
I keep mis-posting
argh
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm ready for this to be a Mark IV.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Bailey will set an A"s record with this save!
Let’s go Oakland
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:02 PM PDT reply actions
Win!!!!
Ok, bit premature, but hey, look at my name
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
one of my favs here!!
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
ah shucks!
blushes
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Sep 12, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Why do they keep saying "Orlando Cabrera"
formal, both names…very weird.
"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
I think it's just a fun name to say
lots of Rs to roll
Hey...ROOKIE OF THE YEAR!
"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
+1
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Sep 12, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Ichiro would have swung at the 0-2 pitch
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
The ball would have landed in left field somewhere.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Most likely
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
OH HELL YEAH!!!!
NICE! C’MON K THE SIDE!
"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
That is some HEAT Mr. Bailey
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:05 PM PDT reply actions
and that Crosby guy
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Sep 12, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I likes me some A. Bailey
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Just groove one to Morneau here
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Oh .... crap...
C’mon, worst that could happen was a one-run game!
"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est
Yeah, just toss a bp fastball over the heart of the plate
If he launches it, you’re no worse off than you’d be with a BB.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
That was a strike, but okay.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 1:08 PM PDT reply actions
Whoo hoo!!!!!!! WIN!!!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Can we go to the Second Half World Series?
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
awesome
"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 Sep 12, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Who would we play??
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Were you naked?
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, okay.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I’ll leave it at that.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 12, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Well done, A's. A solid game all around, beginning with Mr. Anderson.
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
Well my A's friends....
I would say with what we have in AAA and the play of the second half, we most certainly have something to look forward to next year!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
Good thought!
I always look forward to next year whether it’s realistic or not — but grounded optimism is better!
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Sep 12, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
That's very sensible
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
That will make the off season interesting.....
the looking forward. I am so gonna try to o to spring training in 2010. Gotta save my sick days so I can make it happen!
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
have a good day everyone
time to do the errands
HAve a GREAT day
hope you get the perfect banana!!
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Have an awesome visit!!
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Sep 12, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Weird weather, but I doubt you'll see the sun
all that sub-trop coming up from the South.
I got up at 4:07AM to put away my drill, still live on the electric cord and outside. Nice lightning and thunder! (East Bay).
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Sep 12, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
A's beat the Twins, 4-2
After a five-homer game, a lot of SFs.
Great pitching by Anderson, Bailey again unstoppable in the 9th. Twins sent up Morneau and Mauer to no effect.
Yaaaaaaaaah!
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Sep 12, 2009 1:18 PM PDT reply actions
I see Tim Hudson is pitching his third game this year
He’s at 147 games won. Used to think he’d get to 300, but this surgery ruined those chances.
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Sep 12, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions
300 is so incredibly difficult
You have to average 15 wins for 20 seasons. Unless teams go back to 4-man rotations, it’s hard to imagine many guys having the talent, health, luck, and opportunity to get to 300.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I'm watching the game, it's on Fox (ch 2 Bay area)
Cards 2-0 and still batting…Pujols, Holliday and Rasmus all singled
You guys had a game without me?
how come nobody told me?
Al: We gotta form a government for the settlement.
Merrick: Who does?
Al: Us! You and me. Come to me in a vision! You stupid bastard
RECAP UP!
twiiter feed is down though
"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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