Ladies and Gentlemen, QOTM is back, and if not better than ever, at least probably as good as it used to be.
Yes, folks, I went back and read every single post, comment, and fanshot from January 2010, as well as older posts with stray comments from the new year, as well. My estimate was that this project would take about 15 hours. Well, about 40 hours later, we have this month's QOTM, as well as QOTM's sister post, "QOTM: After Dark"
It was one hell of an undertaking, I can assure you, and I sincerely hope you folks all enjoy it. We'll roll after the jump.
The decade started with some interesting New Years' resolutions and hopes...
I plan to soil myself, and then regroup and come up with another plan.
by LoneStranger on Jan 1, 2010 1:08 PM PST
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I can’t wait until he arrives
by TBRMKane on Jan 1, 2010 11:20 AM PST
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by paris7 on Jan 26, 2010 6:29 AM PST
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I think we'll stay tied for first at least through March.
by sirbed on Jan 16, 2010 9:50 AM PST
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His sparkling face will shine on that side of the diamond. I hope he hits .- - - with lots of HBP’s on changeups.
by baseline_replacement_commenter on Jan 16, 2010 4:34 AM PST
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I think it's clear that in 2010
the A’s are gonna need a bigger boat!!!!
by emperor nobody on Jan 1, 2010 5:35 PM PST
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...and of course, bold and well thought-out predictions...
If the A's win the division, I'll scale the Chrysler Building
Wearing nothing but an A’s flag
Now that I have said this, we are sure to win, if for no other reason than mystical powers wish to spite me.
by cuppingmaster on Jan 29, 2010 9:39 AM PST
(Copy) (Paste) (Save)
by baseballgirl on Jan 29, 2010 9:55 AM PST
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Everidge is the future at 3B, thats why they felt okay to give up Wallace.
by Mikey6rocker on Jan 2, 2010 6:19 PM PST
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by WaddellCanseco on Jan 29, 2010 8:25 AM PST
by LoneStranger on Jan 29, 2010 8:31 AM PST
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1. Saying "bunting is great" is stupid.
2. Saying "bunting is stupid" is stupid.
3. Saying "Eric Chavez will bounce back and play a good, healthy season again" is stupid.
4. Saying "Eric Chavez is done, for sure" is stupid.
5. This list is stupid.
by Nico on Jan 17, 2010 7:25 PM PST
by Player To Be Named Later on Jan 21, 2010 7:48 PM PST
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The team might only give up 28 runs all season
(and go 79-83)
by Nico on Jan 21, 2010 8:20 PM PST
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Master Plan for League-wide Domination
1. fans breed like rabbits
2. ?
3. Multiple World Series championships (profit!)
by jakarta on Jan 4, 2010 10:35 AM PST
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Some folks were still admiring their holiday gifts...
an awesome spruce green apron, which I intend to embellish, A’s style. I’m excited about that!
by lynnzgal on Jan 7, 2010 2:24 PM PST
by mikev on Jan 7, 2010 4:03 PM PST
So ... apron, stirrup socks, A's cap,
and nothing else. Right?
by iglew on Jan 7, 2010 4:44 PM PST
then I’d be joining LB in the slammer.
by lynnzgal on Jan 7, 2010 4:47 PM PST
But would they make you wear orange? That would be bad.
by iglew on Jan 7, 2010 4:49 PM PST
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...whereas others were just glad for some time at home, possibly curled up with a book...
3 Sheets to the Win: How the A's Won in an Alternate Dimension
A book by Bizarro-Marquez.
by Joey C. on Jan 21, 2010 8:56 PM PST
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would you like to come live with me?
by Buck Turgidson on Jan 5, 2010 11:04 PM PST
I mean, we could use something like this in the mine shaft
by Buck Turgidson on Jan 5, 2010 11:08 PM PST
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The Hot Stove League was in full force, as we hashed over old games and players from long ago...
(Cool Papa Bell) died so quick
he reincarnated before his old body was even cold.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 4, 2010 5:20 PM PST
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Chief Sockalexis? Well, I hear she deserved it.
Yeah yeah, I know. I’ll go away now.
by thejd44 on Jan 23, 2010 8:14 PM PST
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So who's throwing opening day?
by brian.only on Jan 26, 2010 9:28 PM PST
by Nico on Jan 26, 2010 9:35 PM PST
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and he was a no-doubter HOF before he started roiding in 98/99 or so. There’s almost no choice but to put him in.
He’s the best asshole in the history of the game. He’ like the offspring of Ty Cobb and Dick Allen. Bless him.
by PL78 on Jan 11, 2010 2:29 PM PST
What Ty Cobb would do to himself
if he fathered a person that looked like Barry Bonds WITH another man would be epic.
by Future Ed on Jan 11, 2010 2:44 PM PST
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...as well as current favorites, anti-favorites, and prospects yet to flower...
This might be the year that seeing AAA/AA guys is really a bonus.
by LoneStranger on Jan 25, 2010 9:27 AM PST
if your car is towed because you have a drinking problem.
by Nico on Jan 25, 2010 7:15 PM PST
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by Daniel777 on Jan 23, 2010 12:47 AM PST
I thought that was just my mother every birthday.
by brian.only on Jan 23, 2010 12:48 AM PST
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Oh. I have popups turned off, so I didn't even notice.
by LoneStranger on Jan 20, 2010 11:29 AM PST
Which reminds me, I need to email that add-on to MaEl before the season starts.
by Nick on Jan 20, 2010 12:44 PM PST
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Plus he(Adrian Beltre)'ll bring in the Latin audience
by WaddellCanseco on Jan 4, 2010 5:15 PM PST
like virgil, ovid, and cicero?
by AV on Jan 4, 2010 6:40 PM PST
Ozzie Virgil, Steve Fireovid and Cicero's Pizza
In the heart of the Delmar Loop
by WaddellCanseco on Jan 4, 2010 7:35 PM PST
by iglew on Jan 4, 2010 9:21 PM PST
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does anyone else find it funny
that as soon as wallace was traded to the AL East he suddenly becomes a better prospect despite his shift to 1B…
by supermarc589 on Jan 28, 2010 6:34 PM PST
dead mimes.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 28, 2010 9:35 PM PST
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When the A’s play the Rangers, who’s arm will fall off first? Harden’s or Sheets’?
by ST on Jan 25, 2010 7:52 PM PST
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Are you complaining about having two solid starters?
by Wader on Jan 26, 2010 12:20 PM PST
if neither pitched last year?
by sf drift king on Jan 26, 2010 4:38 PM PST
neither of them gave up a single run!!!! (channeling my inner Dick Vitale) awesome baby!!!
by greenbean on Jan 26, 2010 4:45 PM PST
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When (Reds' prospect Mike) Leake gives up a homer...
…will the announcer say "A Leake Boom Boom Downtown" or what?
by Flashfire on Jan 10, 2010 11:36 PM PST
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WWVP: What Would VIGODA Project?
by kaweahkaweah on Jan 29, 2010 6:31 AM PST
by LoneStranger on Jan 29, 2010 10:04 AM PST
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I'm really hoping it's not Adam Kennedy
by WaddellCanseco on Jan 4, 2010 5:14 PM PST
by Nick on Jan 4, 2010 5:17 PM PST
Do you have to bring religion into this?
by Nico on Jan 4, 2010 5:18 PM PST
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 4, 2010 5:35 PM PST
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My farts smelled worse when Holliday was on the club.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 16, 2010 3:35 AM PST
by WaddellCanseco on Jan 16, 2010 7:52 AM PST
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by asyouwish33 on Jan 24, 2010 5:15 PM PST
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Also lost Jay Marshall to the Met
Not that I am complaining or anything
by inspyro on Jan 8, 2010 2:10 PM PST
The museum or the opera company?
by richwol1 on Jan 8, 2010 4:06 PM PST
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The A’s signed Ben Sheets and the Raiders hired Hue Jackson. All I need is for the Warriors to beat the Kings and I’ll be even more stoked.
by Rated-R Superstar on Jan 26, 2010 11:36 AM PST
And for Al Davis to run out of worchestershire embalming fluid.
by LoneStranger on Jan 26, 2010 11:54 AM PST
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The A’s aren’t spending $10 million on Ben Sheets.
They’re spending $13.2 million on the whole rotation!
by grover on Jan 26, 2010 3:31 PM PST
by PaulThomas on Jan 26, 2010 5:46 PM PST
by iglew on Jan 26, 2010 8:29 PM PST
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but Sheets wants Sweeney to give him #15
by OaklandSi on Jan 26, 2010 8:09 PM PST
Collect $50,000 for surrendering #15 in February. Get #15 back for free in July!
by BlueMoon on Jan 27, 2010 5:55 AM PST
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I bought some jeans at the Gap in 1990 so
it is MY money that Fisher is spending on Sheets. I’m fine with this purchase though.
by sirbed on Jan 26, 2010 7:44 PM PST
What part of "not selling jeans" don't you understand?
by Future Ed on Jan 26, 2010 7:45 PM PST
I wore those jeans kind of tight and it cut of the blood flow to my brain my entire senior year of high school
by sirbed on Jan 26, 2010 7:56 PM PST
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McGwire should make one token pinch-hitting appearance,
break his bat and have cork fly out. Now THAT would be funny.
by Nico on Jan 7, 2010 8:55 PM PST
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I'll take the guy who trades Eric Byrnes over the guy who intentionally acquires him.
by Nico on Jan 29, 2010 6:15 PM PST
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Well, they(the Giants)'re bound to want to trade Lincecum after his drugs issues, right?
The A’s can probably buy low on this one. Hairston and Eveland ought to do it…
by bobnothing on Jan 7, 2010 5:55 PM PST
Assuming, of course, that Lincecum is sharing with Sabes
by Nico on Jan 7, 2010 5:58 PM PST
I think it's likely the other way round
by bobnothing on Jan 7, 2010 5:59 PM PST
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apparently though he (Felipe Lopez) is really lazy and a horrible teammate ask the National fans
they say he was really horrible when he played for them
by MJ5 on Jan 29, 2010 11:22 PM PST
Hold on, calling both of them......
by OptimistPrime on Jan 29, 2010 11:43 PM PST
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In further news of former A's players
Joe Blanton signs a 3 year contract. Good for him. I always liked him
by guapobob on Jan 21, 2010 1:36 PM PST
That's gonna buy him a lot of cupcakes
by doctorK on Jan 21, 2010
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Fire Geren ....now??? [said timidly]
by Berry Jo on Jan 20, 2010 10:38 PM PST
I already hate the decision he will make on May 3rd in the 8th inning.
by Future Ed on Jan 21, 2010 7:06 PM PST
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Kielty got a World Championship
and then went to work doing birthday parties.
by LoneStranger on Jan 23, 2010 11:20 AM PST
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Now THAT is long-term thinking.
by DDroney on Jan 17, 2010 8:12 PM PST
Michel Ynoa
Anthony Capra
by Nico on Jan 17, 2010 8:39 PM PST
Unfortunately, Jamie Moyer will have lost another 10 mph off his fastball
and will no longer throw harder than another guy who will still be pitching, Tim Wakefield.
by thejd44 on Jan 17, 2010 11:57 PM PST
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Like it or not (I personally do), Jack Cust is back with the Athletics...
by bobnothing on Jan 7, 2010 3:21 PM PST
And then Cust smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination.
by Player To Be Named Later on Jan 7, 2010 3:44 PM PST
and experience points were gained by all!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 7, 2010 4:58 PM PST
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I'm really excited to see.....
Cust and Fox play defense in the same game!
by Beane's idea creator on Jan 8, 2010 1:34 AM PST
which one plays center? sweeney's got a lock on right field
by inbillywetrust on Jan 8, 2010 12:04 PM PST
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The Jack Cust on my desk is looking at me right now, bobbing his head with approval.
by danmerqury on Jan 7, 2010 12:48 PM PST
I’ll bet the bobble head on your desk can field better than the real Cust!
by Charlie O the Mule on Jan 7, 2010 12:50 PM PST
by danmerqury on Jan 7, 2010 12:57 PM PST
by EddieVegas_NRAF on Jan 7, 2010 1:33 PM PST
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cust is still a one dimensional strikeout king who should have been cut
by dontex on Jan 10, 2010 8:52 AM PST
Cust looks three dimensional to me
by WaddellCanseco on Jan 10, 2010 9:44 AM PST
by iglew on Jan 10, 2010 12:56 PM PST
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100 fly balls to Jack Cust!
by Nico on Jan 22, 2010 4:42 PM PST
That's catch-32, and it never happens.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Jan 22, 2010 5:29 PM PST
Oh, I think he could catch 32 out of 100.
Easy.
Maybe even 40 or 50!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 24, 2010 9:52 AM PST
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I'm not gonna repost PL78's "Dugout" style hip-hop photoessay masterpiece, but needless to say, it's funny as hell, and definitely a QOTM nominee.
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Yet again, there was no club-sanctioned FanFest, so some good ANer's planned one of their own...
without a player or two. Any kidnappers in our midst? (kidding!)
by Technotofu on Jan 7, 2010 10:05 AM PST
by Kaiser99 on Jan 7, 2010 10:25 AM PST
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I will be honored to have my place
trashed by my fellow beleaguered A’s fans!
by OptimistPrime on Jan 7, 2010 4:19 PM PST
or beleaguered by trashed A's fans
by iglew on Jan 7, 2010 4:48 PM PST
by DMOAS on Jan 7, 2010 6:50 PM PST
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I don’t know what I’m bringing/cooking yet. I like to wait until right before and see what inspires me, if that’s okay?
by lynnzgal on Jan 8, 2010 9:01 AM PST
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 8, 2010 9:23 AM PST
:-P
by lynnzgal on Jan 8, 2010 9:38 AM PST
And what you want to do is decide now.
by grover on Jan 8, 2010 9:40 AM PST
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If iglew doesn't show will the sourdough will be a non-starter?
by Ice Cream on Jan 9, 2010 9:58 AM PST
by lynnzgal on Jan 9, 2010 11:03 AM PST
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In loving memory of Bobby Crosby
I am bringing crabs.
by Englishmajor on Jan 27, 2010 7:59 PM PST
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My sweetie wants to go to AN Day next year...
except she wants to swipe a random nametag and put it on, so people think…
"Holy shit? Is ____________ really a six foot tall hippie amazon with dreadlocks down to her ass?"
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 16, 2010 4:15 AM PST
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 16, 2010 8:11 AM PST
She said she wants to ask people statistical questions
about MERP. I asked her what "M.E.R.P." stands for, and she replied,
"Kitten, my kitten… Merp stands for Merp!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 16, 2010 5:17 PM PST
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I retired from A's blogging too early.
Story of my life.
by kenarneson on Jan 25, 2010 4:01 PM PST
You could always guest blog here.
All the fame, none of the responsibility!
by LoneStranger on Jan 25, 2010 6:54 PM PST
...and apparently, it turned out well and (almost) all had a good time...
Thank you for allowing us into your home
by OaklandSi on Jan 31, 2010 5:04 PM PST
And for letting me have my way with your daughter
What do you mean you don’t have a daughter?
by Nico on Jan 31, 2010 5:17 PM PST
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To kill time before pitchers and catchers report, many ANers have even turned to other sports, like golf...
Yeah, golf courses are pretty.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 1, 2010 9:21 PM PST
especially when I'm golfing on them
by sirbed on Jan 1, 2010 10:20 PM PST
especially when sirbed's golfing on them.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 1, 2010 10:45 PM PST
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I thought golf courses were for sneaking into late at night
and drinking heavily and using those little mini urinals they have buried in the ground. They’ve all got really nice grass around them too, and they’re numbered. We pee for distance in the even ones and pee for accuracy in the odd ones.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 2, 2010 10:10 AM PST
Hmm that's a whole different kind of water hazzard
by sirbed on Jan 2, 2010 11:31 AM PST
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All the golf courses in Florida
is 87% of the reason I want to go there. Of course I’m not much of an enviromentalist.
I burn tires as a hobby and I fell asleep halfway through that Al Gore movie.
by sirbed on Jan 2, 2010 9:10 PM PST
...and football...
I think you have to be a little
insane in the membrane to live in Green Bay. I would last maybe a week in the winter months (what 9 or 10 months?) before attempting to kill myself with a sausage.
by sirbed on Jan 9, 2010 6:53 AM PST
I think that's what they're all doing:
slow suicide by sausage, cheese, and cheese-infused sausage.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 9, 2010 7:56 AM PST
To sort of quote Wilford Brimley
It’s the right way to die and the tasty way to do it.
by sirbed on Jan 9, 2010 11:30 AM PST
...and quidditch...
The sport that REALLY needs a rules overhaul
is Quidditch. Seriously, even with all that magic stuff, the most unrealistic thing in the entire series of books is that any sport could ever evolve such a retarded set of rules and still be playable at all, much less successful and popular. Wizards flying on brooms, I can believe; stupid and counter-incentivized rules, no.
by iglew on Jan 20, 2010 11:18 PM PST
You could call that game "arbitrarily dick around until someone catches the gold thing" and be done with it.
Could you imagine if they did something like that with basketball?
"Okay, you’re going to play 47 minutes of basketball and then in the last minute we’re going to introduce
a gold ball and whoever scores that first gets 100 points and the game is over."
by walk off bunt on Jan 21, 2010 9:38 AM PST
...the upcoming Winter Olympics...
I’m not even going to ask how to pronounce that. It would be like my cat asking me how to program Deep Blue.
by PaulThomas on Jan 7, 2010 8:13 PM PST
Assuming there's a haček on the Z,
I guess "zhurn-chich".
Still less of a problem than Jakov Fak.
Can’t wait to hear the fans chant, "Let’s go Fak! Let’s go Fak!"
by iglew on Jan 7, 2010 9:22 PM PST
...and embarrassingly enough, even Magic: The Gathering...
Desme retiring is like a Grim Tutor
He sacrifices himself for something else, and then we lose a little life.
by JediLeroy on Jan 22, 2010 2:29 PM PST
Kamahl, Pit Fighter, says "hi." and taps to do three to your dome.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 24, 2010 9:48 AM PST
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For a (thankfully) short while, calling Ray Ratto a "fat douchebag" was the CGV of the moment. I won't reprint any of the meaner stuff from that thread, as funny as it may have been to hardcore Ratto haters, but here are a few that are (almost) good clean fun for all...
Ray Ratto was actually laid off years ago but nobody ever told him
by Cheezombie on Jan 27, 2010 1:18 PM PST
...and this one maybe isn't, but I laughed so hard at RRStar's reply that it would be just wrong to hold out on y'all...
I found this when googling Ray Ratto
by Cheezombie on Jan 27, 2010 1:26 PM PST
As you can see, his 6.81 ERA on the road is the reason why everyone hates him.
It’s probably much worse at home.
by Rated-R Superstar on Jan 27, 2010 4:59 PM PST
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For some reason, I made a picture of RR moonlighting as Red 6 (Porkins).
by ConditionOakland on Jan 28, 2010 1:27 AM PST
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all of you derisively/hatefully referring to his weight have exposed yourselves.
Go jump in the lake.
by Ice Cream on Jan 27, 2010 5:39 PM PST
I’ll just float to the top.
by Ovale Fan on Jan 27, 2010 5:42 PM PST
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Thoughts of a new stadium are rarely far from our minds...
by OptimistPrime on Jan 7, 2010 4:22 PM PST
Do you mind tarping off the living room?
by Nico on Jan 7, 2010 7:00 PM PST
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by Eastbayjim on Jan 12, 2010 7:00 AM PST
Nice - the A's could play night games and not need lights
by doctorK on Jan 12, 2010
Just think of all of the tourists that would go up to Nome just to see a game in the Northern Lights
The New York Yankees CF lost the ball in the Aurora Borealis
by Eastbayjim on Jan 13, 2010 6:09 PM PST
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All games would be day games, right? I know a few people who went and played in the Alaskan Summer League and they told me stories of midnight looking like noon.
When does it change? When does it become more dark than light?
by jeffro on Jan 14, 2010 8:35 AM PST
by DMOAS on Jan 14, 2010 8:39 AM PST
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Stadium attractions should be here to stay
try taking a 2 year old to a game with out stomers fun zone
by Future Ed on Jan 20, 2010 5:44 PM PST
I read this as "stoners fun zone"
by PaulThomas on Jan 20, 2010 10:47 PM PST
That was pretty much the last couple rows of the upper deck
by cuppingmaster on Jan 21, 2010 7:22 AM PST
was the sweatshirt hotbox fun zone.
My second favorite was the random security guard flask swig.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 21, 2010 2:17 PM PST
...Neither are stadium promotions...
the Eric Chavez first aid kit day. Or the Coco Crisp cereal bowl day?
by Arcman on Jan 29, 2010 12:22 PM PST
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where is the resusable grocery bag?!
MAN! They could do that promotion every year. It’d be cheap, too. Support the A’s while schlepping groceries!
The "sluggie" will be fun, though I think the blanket was more useful. But the beach towel is cool!
by high street on Jan 29, 2010 3:07 PM PST
nobody returned the reusable bags, so they couldn't give them out again this year.
by mikev on Jan 29, 2010 3:48 PM PST
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In a lot of ways, AN is like one big weird family. Of course, every family has its' "in-jokes"...
think when Nico retires from teaching
He should try his hand at pitching
by OptimistPrime on Jan 21, 2010 12:33 PM PST
Pitching kitchen implements on late-night TV, that is.
by iglew on Jan 21, 2010 1:55 PM PST
It Slices! It Dices! It Even Cindifies!!!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 21, 2010 2:09 PM PST
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by mikev on Jan 23, 2010 8:36 AM PST
quit stealing my lines, fucker.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 23, 2010 10:26 AM PST
But mikev says it with a completely different inflection
really not the same thing at all
by Faust on Jan 23, 2010 2:42 PM PST
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Don will get mad.
by Rated-R Superstar on Jan 22, 2010 11:28 PM PST
by iglew on Jan 22, 2010 11:29 PM PST
I mean, if you like your skin.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 22, 2010
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by inbillywetrust on Jan 14, 2010 2:43 PM PST
Sounds like Tommy John surgery
by Nico on Jan 14, 2010 4:06 PM PST
Ohtohaveasurgerynamedaftermeliketommyjohn
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 15, 2010 2:15 AM PST
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I’m not a manager here!
I’m just a moron who gives my words up for free, so others can revel in the glory and profits.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 5, 2010 1:54 PM PST
I’m just a mimic here!
I’m not creative enough to come up with my own schtick,
so I pirate off of others, changing it slightly to add value.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 5, 2010 1:58 PM PST
I’m just a dead horse here!
I don’t bother with anything but adding the same thing over and over and over!
by mikev on Jan 5, 2010 2:01 PM PST
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ZigFan returned the porno tape to clueless guy. BBG’s financée says hi. We all got in bed with our laptops. OAH went downstairs to get drinks. Lots of music was played. Sexy shoes. LB needs to get laid or get a sex change operation. And everyone saluted Conan with their gadgety fake lighters.
by iglew on Jan 23, 2010 1:03 AM PST
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...and in every family, there's a black sheep (or three!)...
by sirbed on Jan 2, 2010 9:53 PM PST
You’re kinda…um…smarmy evil.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 2, 2010 10:00 PM PST
So I'm kind of on the used car salesman level of evil
that seems fair. By the way would you be interested in this lovely 1978 Chevy Nova?
by sirbed on Jan 2, 2010 10:27 PM PST
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only my wife gives me more….
Feels like family
by ryanmoser on Jan 13, 2010 8:54 PM PST
by mikev on Jan 13, 2010 9:01 PM PST
Remember: Crosby goes in the recycling.
by Nico on Jan 13, 2010 9:32 PM PST
Duke & Cust go in the recycling. Crosby goes in the compost.
by DMOAS on Jan 13, 2010 11:23 PM PST
Meat in the compost draws rats.
The better solution is to dissolve Crosby in acid.
by baseline_replacement_commenter on Jan 16, 2010 5:22 AM PST
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by Leopold Bloom on Jan 16, 2010 8:49 PM PST
I think you owe your comment count championship
to these "sweet sweet Faustus" comments.
I suspect you’ve programmed a macro to generate these things. In fact, I demand an investigation.
by Faust on Jan 16, 2010 9:43 PM PST
by iglew on Jan 16, 2010 10:14 PM PST
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...Then again, it is OUR family, and at least it's not Halos Heaven...
They really are nerd raging over there.
They are even linking year old posts by PT and Devo to prove some stupid point.
by Ovale Fan on Jan 29, 2010 12:56 AM PST
If they aren’t in a rage over some grievous slighting of their precious Halos, they aren’t posting.
by walk off bunt on Jan 29, 2010 6:38 AM PST
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If SBN were a body, HH would be the anus
by doctorK on Jan 29, 2010 11:00 AM PST
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...Sometimes, there are deaths in the family...
Good post DFA
He’s injury prone and he doesn’
by sirbed on Jan 2, 2010 9:24 PM PST
sirbed passed away just before getting to the 't'
but he will always be remembered for his excellent beginnings to sentences
as well as his superb recipe for key lime pie.
by Nico on Jan 2, 2010 9:30 PM PST
call out sirbed three times while hopping on one foot and I’ll tell you my key lime pie recipe.
by sirbed on Jan 2, 2010 9:32 PM PST
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So sad.
by brian.only on Jan 27, 2010 8:29 PM PST
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 27, 2010 8:30 PM PST
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 27, 2010 8:35 PM PST
Well, if he had a heart attack he couldn't have been too young at heart
by thejd44 on Jan 28, 2010 10:29 AM PST
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 28, 2010 10:45 AM PST
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...and where there's death, there's taxes...
the special lady friend is paid on the 1st every month
the work she did in dec 2009 will be dealt with on the 2010 taxes
by Future Ed on Jan 1, 2010 7:46 PM PST
You claim hookers on your taxes?
Egads — I may have 23 dependents.
by Nico on Jan 1, 2010 8:02 PM PST
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This is as close as I'm going to come to a smooth transition to this little exchange on voting...
All I know is every two years I go down to this rec center
and they give me a free sticker for pushing buttons and I like stickers because they’re sticky.
by sirbed on Jan 5, 2010 7:48 PM PST
I would hate to tell you about the other 16 elections in that time that you missed.
By the way, are you 2? cuz 2 year olds like the same thing for the same reasons.
by Future Ed on Jan 5, 2010 8:02 PM PST
I’m a big boy I’m 4!
by sirbed on Jan 5, 2010 8:11 PM PST
I thought 4 year olds could vote in Kansas...
or was that 14 year olds can drink in Indiana?
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 6, 2010 12:11 AM PST
14 year-olds can’t drink at 14. I’d have been trouble significantly earlier were that the case.
I’d have started drinking earlier than…um…14.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 6, 2010 1:07 AM PST
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...and where there's voting, there's Muppets!
by Flashfire on Jan 23, 2010 12:45 AM PST
How many muppets gave their lives
so you could wear that coat?!?
<throws fake blood>
by iglew on Jan 23, 2010 12:48 AM PST
I'm just glad grover isn't here to see it.
by iglew on Jan 23, 2010 12:49 AM PST
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I don't know what this one refers to, but apparently everyone else finds it funny...
by stormtown on Jan 26, 2010 10:22 AM PST
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And of course, you can't go wrong with Wilford Brimley steroid jokes...
Wilford Brimley used (PED's)?!
Man, no wonder he lost his legs…
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 11, 2010 4:00 PM PST
Hey wait a damn minute there Bloom!
My man Wilford did not put HGH on his Quaker Oats….
(The right way to shrink your testicles and the tasty way to do it)
by sirbed on Jan 11, 2010 6:53 PM PST
"loaded with anabolic steroids,
the way God and Mother Nature intended."
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 12, 2010 12:46 AM PST
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McGwire's admission of steroid use got a lot of us confessing the sins of our pasts...
you ain’t trying….I know I only made it through college because of the PED known as Diet Coke.
by sirbed on Jan 11, 2010 7:58 PM PST
by Future Ed on Jan 11, 2010 8:07 PM PST
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 12, 2010 1:30 AM PST
...and cracking jokes about McGwire's own past...
It actually was "McGuire" before the steroids...
that "u" doubled in size once he started cycling.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 12, 2010 1:36 AM PST
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Eric Chavez' health (or lack thereof) is always one of the topics of conversation...
If you were doing the promotions this season.....what whould they be?
by Berry Jo on Jan 23, 2010 12:21 AM PST
by Flashfire on Jan 23, 2010 12:22 AM PST
by brian.only on Jan 23, 2010 12:23 AM PST
by LoneStranger on Jan 23, 2010 12:24 AM PST
by Daniel777 on Jan 23, 2010 12:25 AM PST
It's not has hard as you think. Some of them are two-for-one.
by LoneStranger on Jan 23, 2010 12:25 AM PST
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As in, I will believe it when I Zee it.
by StewCrew on Jan 29, 2010 10:15 AM PST
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What happens if Chavez returns, and is actually able to play, and the A’s have already acquired another third baseman like Beltre. If Barton hits, moving Chavez to first may not be an easy option. Do we DH Chavez? Maybe thats why Cust is gone…well other than the money aspect.
by Mississippi A's Fan on Jan 4, 2010 2:21 PM PST
Hm, also, I'm engaged to be married to Anne Hathaway and Zooey Bechamel
seriously, it’d be nice problem to have, but it’s so much not likely.
Still, buy a hat, you’re all invited to the nuptials
by bobnothing on Jan 4, 2010 2:35 PM PST
I'm still confused by this "Bechamel" business.
Is it because she reminds you of lasagne?
by iglew on Jan 4, 2010 3:20 PM PST
It's because her legs look like cheese
that’s why she wears opaque tights all the time!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 4, 2010 5:18 PM PST
Damn you for ruining my dream image!!!!!
by UncleLeo on Jan 5, 2010 9:11 AM PST
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Chavez’ inability to remain on the roster come May.
Maybe he should beging the transformation to the other side of the diamond at this juncture.
by BleedGreen on Jan 15, 2010 6:34 PM PST
by OaklandSi on Jan 15, 2010 6:37 PM PST
By "the other side of the diamond"
do you mean "the earth beneath it"?
by PaulThomas on Jan 15, 2010 7:13 PM PST
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WTF you had chavez batting fourth just SIX MINUTES AGO
by xbhaskarx on Jan 15, 2010 8:12 PM PST
Chavez broke during those six minutes.
by WaddellCanseco on Jan 16, 2010 7:45 AM PST
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Some of the projections do have him as a corner outfielder
Not a whole lot would be expected of him. Also, Chavy is trying to get into the OF as well.
by Zonis on Jan 30, 2010 3:08 PM PST
by Nico on Jan 30, 2010 3:21 PM PST
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Unfortunately, it's not just Eric Chavez with health issues. However, BlueMoon had a good report on Dallas Braden.
Dallas spotted at Stockton nightclub dancing his ass off
Braden looked pretty healthy at The Brickhouse Nightclub in Stocton last week. My brother said Dallas had a hot babe on the dance floor and showed no limitations in executing several dance moves. Listed among those dance stylings he performed were: Cabage Patch, Sprinkler, Cupid Shuffle, Moon walk, Harlem Shuffle and some basic Popping.
So, I’d say he’s probably OK for baseball.
by BlueMoon on Jan 26, 2010 6:34 PM PST
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Bobby Crosby's finally gone, but his flailing spectre remains...
You had me at "The Crosby Effect"
by OptimistPrime on Jan 5, 2010 2:14 PM PST
where Bobby Crosby woke up in another country not knowing who he was,
and later found out he was an assassin?
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 5, 2010 2:46 PM PST
does he miss every time he shoots at somebody?
and then his father complains that his boss didn’t take care of him right?
by thewhizkid on Jan 5, 2010 3:34 PM PST
was that he was always trying to kill someone by shooting them in the shin.
by scatterbrian on Jan 7, 2010 12:30 PM PST
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You’re saying that instead of aggressively promoting prospects out of Spring Training we should eat their children? I’m confused.
by DDroney on Jan 17, 2010 11:20 AM PST
by Nico on Jan 17, 2010 11:55 AM PST
What kind of BBQ sauce goes with that?
by Eastbayjim on Jan 17, 2010 6:20 PM PST
Well, my boy Swift advises the mother to "let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to
render them plump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for
friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and
seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter."
by DDroney on Jan 17, 2010 8:09 PM PST
"let them suck plentifully in the last month"?
Crosby should be downright dee-licious!
by Nico on Jan 17, 2010 8:35 PM PST
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needs to stick. That’s so fitting for him.
by A's Fan by Design on Jan 12, 2010 11:14 AM PST
Bobby "Finally Not On The Athletics" Crosby
is the one I’ll always treasure.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 12, 2010 11:44 AM PST
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he has lots of family in the oakland zoo. I don’t think he wants to move.
by Future Ed on Jan 25, 2010 10:46 AM PST
Ed Stomper just called and he is pissed
and thinks Stomper should get more playing time
by OptimistPrime on Jan 25, 2010 1:13 PM PST
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With Grant Desme leaving the club to join the priesthood, there have been some days where AN has seemed more like the debate club at a seminary than a baseball blog...
God hates Oakland.
by carp on Jan 22, 2010 10:02 AM PST
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hope Desme realizes that the A’s need him more than God needs him.
by TBRMKane on Jan 22, 2010 11:16 AM PST
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Between Desme religious fervor and Braden’s nerve damaged foot, someone’s been working overtime on their Oakland A’s voodoo dolls!
by grover on Jan 22, 2010 10:22 AM PST
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Who names their kid Grant, anyway?
Did his parents have to apply for him?
by Nico on Jan 22, 2010 7:34 PM PST
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this is a joke, right?
by xbhaskarx on Jan 22, 2010 10:30 AM PST
First thing I did was check to see if it was April...
by grover on Jan 22, 2010 10:31 AM PST
I didn’t know foxsports started taking its cues from The Onion.
……like, really?
by walk off bunt on Jan 22, 2010
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I mean, Bad lord!
No, wait!
by The Dogfather on Jan 22, 2010 10:32 AM PST
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They loved him up and turned him into a horny toad.
by EddieVegas_NRAF on Jan 22, 2010 4:41 PM PST
up and R-U-N-N-O-F-T
by ChickenStanley on Jan 22, 2010 5:33 PM PST
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The A’s should have realized that atheists are the new undervalued commodity.
by Nico on Jan 22, 2010 10:57 AM PST
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Should have given this guy a MILO
by DiNatale on Jan 22, 2010 6:38 PM PST
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I'm not going to re-post the entire "candy bar" subthread, but it sure made me crave an Aba-Zaba bar.
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This discussion wouldn’t be happening because Grantelle Desme wouldn’t be playing minor league baseball.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Jan 22, 2010 12:55 PM PST
Or if "she" were playing minor league baseball,
We’d already have a series of Disney movies about it.
by kidlondon on Jan 22, 2010 12:56 PM PST
by ElQuesoCapitan on Jan 22, 2010 1:00 PM PST
So I actually googled that name to see if it was a real girl's name....
by eastbayexpat on Jan 22, 2010 12:57 PM PST
No one would actually name their daughter Miley.
by Nico on Jan 22, 2010 4:29 PM PST
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do we get 3 #1 compensation for losing a player to God?
Maybe we can stay healthier now that we have an insider with god.
by ryanmoser on Jan 22, 2010 12:57 PM PST
I wonder what people would think
if Desme had quit to get a sex change, instead.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 24, 2010 9:50 AM PST
I'd say, "Can she play shortstop?"
by Nico on Jan 24, 2010 10:48 AM PST
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You got him to do this so he could officiate at your wedding, right?
by Nick on Jan 22, 2010 1:50 PM PST
Of course...was it THAT obvious?
by baseballgirl on Jan 22, 2010 2:26 PM PST
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If crosby joined the priesthood I would completely understand
by MagicMike23 on Jan 22, 2010 1:31 PM PST
We would've taken up a collection.
by UncleLeo on Jan 22, 2010 1:34 PM PST
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WE'RE NOT SELLING SCRIPTURE HERE.
by mikev on Jan 22, 2010 2:24 PM PST
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In my head I am imagining what this thread would be like if he retired to become a clown.
by 67MARQUEZ on Jan 22, 2010 9:51 PM PST
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Then again, a prospect doesn't have to join the priesthood to get us tiptoeing through the CGV tulips of religious thought...
Boy. Multiple personalities, and here I can't even manage ONE.
by Nico on Jan 1, 2010 11:42 AM PST
when I’m sober. Thank God and Jack Daniels for medication.
by Ovale Fan on Jan 1, 2010 1:29 PM PST
I'm glad you mentioned the Almighty.
Mentioning God was cool too.
by Nico on Jan 1, 2010 2:21 PM PST
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by JediLeroy on Jan 22, 2010 3:14 PM PST
You sound JUST like one of my wives.
by Nico on Jan 22, 2010 4:33 PM PST
did she like to facilitate and watch,
or were you just an Arrow shirt fetishist?
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 23, 2010 1:18 PM PST
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Can he play third?
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 10, 2010 12:54 PM PST
He’s a carpenter, and right now all we have there are butchers.
by Nico on Jan 10, 2010 1:55 PM PST
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Dude, everyone knows Jesus Christ is a closer.
They never have to hit.
by iglew on Jan 2, 2010 3:34 PM PST
They're not supposed to get hammered, though
{leaves quickly}
by Nico on Jan 2, 2010 4:17 PM PST
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On a positive note, I’m starting to like the sound of this Hell place. Seems like a good spot for people who enjoy cool shit like fornicating and being prideful. I don’t think I’d want to spend eternity with Matt Holliday, at any rate.
by Aufheben on Jan 2, 2010 3:34 PM PST
Shall we share a room down South in a few decades?
The rent might be cheaper.
by Nico on Jan 2, 2010 4:20 PM PST
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your friend Randy, the Padres fan, is a random Padres fan to me.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 16, 2010 8:46 PM PST
your random padre fan is my randy friend
by Future Ed on Jan 16, 2010 10:03 PM PST
Your randy friend is padre Randy Ready.
by DMOAS on Jan 17, 2010 2:39 AM PST
Padre Reddy was randomly randy with you.
I have pictures. Let’s call the pope and talk deal.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 17, 2010 6:32 AM PST
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I'm pretty sure you can get a camel
through the eye of a needle if you push and squeeze really hard.
by Nico on Jan 3, 2010 12:41 PM PST
is really *(&@% BIG!
by DMOAS on Jan 3, 2010 7:03 PM PST
crosby would still miss the camel.
by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 3, 2010 9:05 PM PST
...There will be a poll at the end of this post for y'all to vote for your favorite QOTM, but if I were less of a populist, I would just declare this last one about Grant Desme the winner and scrap the poll...
Ideal career path for Father Desme
Break into the majors with the Padres.
Get traded to the Cardinals for his peak seasons.
End his career as an Angel.
by doctorK on Jan 22, 2010 11:06 AM PST 16 recs (that qualifies as a f**kload, right?)
...When it's all over, maybe the A's can celebrate the event with a promotion...
Grant Desme commemorative plastic chalice night
by cuppingmaster on Jan 23, 2010 12:24 AM PST
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...What's the antithesis of being a priest? Being a punk rocker, of course!
where's my safety pins and razor blades?
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 2, 2010 10:13 PM PST
i recommend egg whites.
by Future Ed on Jan 2, 2010 10:22 PM PST
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I would so hang out in a punk tranny bar.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 12, 2010 1:50 PM PST
"I would so hang out in a punk tranny bar"
doesn’t someone have to use this as their tag line?
by sirbed on Jan 12, 2010 7:11 PM PST
Hmm...It WOULD match my business card...
by Nico on Jan 12, 2010 7:20 PM PST
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Apparently, the idea of "Gettin' the band back together" didn't die along with Jason Giambi.
"At the Drive-AN"
by Joey C. on Dec 31, 2009 1:19 PM PST
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let's not forget dan johnson was blinded by suntan lotion
by xbhaskarx on Jan 22, 2010 10:53 AM PST
I see your Dan Johnson injury and raise you a Tim Hudson bar fight injury
by franks a lot on Jan 22, 2010 10:58 AM PST
by the_rozeboom on Jan 22, 2010 11:16 AM PST
Daric Barton and the Shallow Ends
Let’s start a band.
by franks a lot on Jan 22, 2010 11:24 AM PST
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Someone needs to start a band with that name
booga booga scare tactics
by baseballgirl on Jan 21, 2010 11:16 AM PST with an assist from PaulThomas
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This section is for the classic Martin/Lewis joke... a straight setup with a great zinger...
No personality, dumb jock, good riddance.
by Buck Turgidson on Jan 2, 2010 9:24 AM PST
Assuming you were dating him.
by Nico on Jan 2, 2010 10:13 AM PST
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So I bought a Wii.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 3, 2010 11:17 PM PST
You know you can't open cans with it, right?
by Ice Cream on Jan 3, 2010 11:52 PM PST
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get out of my head.
by cityplANner on Jan 3, 2010 1:37 AM PST
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 3, 2010 2:39 AM PST
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Ron Dellums flashing a gang sign
is totally freaking me out.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 5, 2010 12:04 PM PST
arthritic riders?
by Future Ed on Jan 5, 2010 12:09 PM PST
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by sirbed on Jan 6, 2010 1:35 PM PST
so that's why you can fit so much into your mouth...
hinged jaw!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 6, 2010 2:11 PM PST
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I’m not going to jump up and down celebrating about a player basically getting screwed over by circumstances.
by PaulThomas on Jan 7, 2010 7:31 PM PST
It's your own fault for not becoming his agent.
by WaddellCanseco on Jan 7, 2010 7:45 PM PST
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You can take the teacher out of the classroom, but you can’t take the red correction pen out of the teacher….
by gigglingone on Jan 8, 2010 1:44 PM PST
but then there’s usually hemorrhaging and screaming…
by grover on Jan 8, 2010 2:04 PM PST
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Michael Jordan is his own country now?
Do they have the Nike swoosh on the flag?
by sirbed on Jan 8, 2010 12:54 PM PST
And France has already surrendered to him.
by Joey C. on Jan 8, 2010 1:13 PM PST
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I think you need a license to carry one of those.
by cuppingmaster on Jan 10, 2010 5:28 PM PST
Nah, it breaks every time you try to fire it
by PaulThomas on Jan 10, 2010 6:28 PM PST
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So, you're saying that Billy Beane is a stalker?
by Nick on Jan 17, 2010 7:09 AM PST
We keep getting guys named Jack
It’s Jack & The Beane Stalk.
by Nico on Jan 17, 2010 10:09 AM PST
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That's funny that you distinguish between 20 and 21.
From my perspective anyone from about 16 to 28 is pretty much the same.
by iglew on Jan 22, 2010 7:25 PM PST
And that's why you're posting from prison
by JediLeroy on Jan 22, 2010 7:27 PM PST
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It is pretty widely acknowledged that up to 50% of unproven blanket assertions are completely true.
by Nick on Jan 22, 2010 5:01 PM PST
Yep. I read it on the Internet.
by iglew on Jan 22, 2010 8:03 PM PST
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3B FIXED.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Jan 16, 2010 7:56 PM PST
The A's castrated Hairston before sending him back to SD?
by PaulThomas on Jan 16, 2010 10:07 PM PST
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The Bandit – Rajai
Captain Clutch – Coco
by catfishunterSthompson on Jan 12, 2010 9:07 AM PST
Does anybody actually use either of those here?
And if so, can they please stop?
by thejd44 on Jan 12, 2010 9:18 AM PST
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Ain’t nuthin can’t be fixed with them two things.
by iglew on Jan 22, 2010 2:24 PM PST
by Cheezombie on Jan 22, 2010 2:28 PM PST
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Because the islands were a top source of high-quality wool.
The wool is named for the place it comes from, and the sweaters were named after the wool. (Similar for "cardigan".) Our use of the word "jersey" came from the jersey sweater. In Australia, guernsey sweaters caught on instead, and Australians now say "guernsey" in most contexts where we would say "jersey".
by iglew on Jan 26, 2010 9:11 PM PST
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jan 26, 2010 10:37 PM PST
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Hurling fits that description, too
I have no idea whether defense wins hurling championships.
by Nick on Jan 26, 2010 6:18 PM PST
i didn’t need a stick
by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 26, 2010
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Its usually the phobes' you have to wonder about, if you wonder about such things...
Republican Senators for $400 anyone?
by brian.only on Jan 25, 2010 3:14 PM PST
Nowadays, it costs a lot more than $400 to buy a Senator.
by iglew on Jan 25, 2010 7:14 PM PST
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So what's the point of Emeryville's existence then?
by iglew on Jan 27, 2010 11:54 PM PST
by Helloooo 1st on Jan 27, 2010 11:57 PM PST
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I hate it when I run out of tea
by Athletic on Jan 14, 2010 8:05 AM PST
You get pretty Ahleic when you're out of t.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 14, 2010 1:30 PM PST
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there was a rule like that in a co-ed softball league i layed in
by Future Ed on Jan 20, 2010 5:30 PM PST
You omitted either a "p" or a "got".
by iglew on Jan 20, 2010 5:45 PM PST
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If we put all the pitchers in a cage, will they stay healthy?
by thejd44 on Jan 12, 2010 11:04 AM PST
or will they eat each other one by one...
Good thing Cupcakes is gone, or he would have eaten Anderson.
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 12, 2010 11:45 AM PST
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Can I push for a ban on any nicknames involving the word 'Dog'?
seriously.
by bobnothing on Jan 12, 2010 3:34 PM PST
I resent resemble that remark
by micdog2001 on Jan 12, 2010 4:16 PM PST
...Here are a couple that would fit nicely into an old "Frasier" script...
Can I insult you for helping to resurrect
archaic plurals for no good reason?
I hope it’s not too late to nip this one in the bud. Using stadia to refer to sporting complexes is a modern affectation. Neither etymology nor tradition supports it, and it blurs a useful distinction between it and the unit of length.
by iglew on Jan 26, 2010 1:58 PM PST
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 26, 2010 5:13 PM PST
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I shall now commence trying to go cold turkey on any hole-in-the-lineup or power-in-the-lineup theories I may have become addicted to. As much as it feels like such outcomes have exponential rather than linear effects, it’s clear I’m just biased by wrenching emotional effects of watching Jason Kendall ground out to third over and over like a scene in Groundhog Day. It will be difficult, though, because I very much enjoy my theories, and the withdrawal will be painful.
by kenarneson on Jan 5, 2010 5:26 PM PST
Jason Kendall did mix in a fly out to shallow right every now and then, pretty much the high-end of
entertainment expectancy for his at-bats. Of course, my personal theory is that he only did that when
there was not a GIDP situation. And I’m sticking to that one, regardless of all the researches someone
might do, as watching sports is only fun when being definitely partial :)
by elcroata on Jan 6, 2010 2:03 AM PST
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This section is for some of the snappier one-liners that didn't fit anywhere else.
I think I've driven over the Natchez bridge
but it didn’t make any sort of impact on me at the time. The only bridges I’ve been interested in are Jeff and Lloyd.
by sirbed on Jan 8, 2010 11:35 AM PST
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My awesome acupuncturist moved to Sante Fe, NM :-(
I also feel a bit guilty when I get acupuncture, because I worry that somewhere out there,
a doll is having really bad luck.
by Nico on Jan 27, 2010 7:45 PM PST
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not to cannibalize our earlier discussion in French
But when it comes to the Cust signing, you could say that the more things change, the more they K the same…
by emperor nobody on Jan 7, 2010 8:11 PM PST
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by danmerqury on Jan 20, 2010 7:01 PM PST
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Saskatchewan!!! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha !!!!!
Can you imagine if that was a real place?
-Cindi
by Nico on Jan 10, 2010 6:07 PM PST
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If the Abbott and Costello team got Hu
they could platoon him, and then "I Don’t Know / Hu" would play third base.
by iglew on Jan 11, 2010 4:58 PM PST
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My grandmother used to call bad drivers "Turkey Twits"
but only after she gave up "m**h*rf**k*r"
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 8, 2010 1:08 PM PST
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OK, so an "anti" is like a bet
and "trust" means some kind of a will, so I’m pretty sure (antitrust) has to do with not having to bet on someone’s will — but I’m only like 93% sure on that so pleeeeeze take all this with a grain of sand!
-Cindi
by Nico on Jan 14, 2010 5:11 PM PST
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$10 million for a very poor hitter
Sheets batting average .076
by BlueMoon on Jan 26, 2010 10:42 AM PST
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I want to live in a cave and eat things I gathered with my own twelve fingers.
by baseline_replacement_commenter on Jan 16, 2010 4:40 AM PST
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It’s a lot like Sacramento, except bigger and more fun…
except General Sherman is a historic hero in Sacramento, because he laid out our initial city grid.
Whereas in Atlanta, he’s a zero, because he LAID OUT their initial city grid…
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 28, 2010 11:53 AM PST
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So, every year after Christmas, my mom takes the ham bone that’s left and makes Split Pea Soup with it.
I hate it. Not important. What is important is the weekend after, we were gonna head over there and have leftovers, and there was Split Pea Soup.
Little MikeV #1 (yes, I’ve spawned. Twice. Be Afraid.) was wondering why we were going over to Grandmas house, so I told him that there was still some ham and deviled eggs, and she had made Pea Soup.
The look on his face was fucking fantastic. He asked me in the most innocent six year old voice I’ve ever heard before:
"Is it really made with pee?"
It took me about 5 minutes to compose myself and explain to him what it was.
by mikev on Jan 10, 2010 10:45 PM PST
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This section, of course, is for "antimetaboles," those lovably huggable little creatures you see
on those creepy cartoon shows your brother's kids watch.
You may be waiting for buds of pitchers
but I’m waiting for a pitcher of Bud.
by mikev on Jan 5, 2010 1:46 PM PST
by iglew on Jan 5, 2010 1:59 PM PST
And it is the Month of Antimetaboles!
by OptimistPrime on Jan 5, 2010 2:25 PM PST
by monkeyball on Jan 6, 2010 1:53 PM PST
by iglew on Jan 6, 2010 3:18 PM PST
Dammit.
by monkeyball on Jan 6, 2010 4:43 PM PST
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Wow! to unwind after laughing so hard, I often like to have a snack. Apparently, so do many of you fine folks...
by mikev on Jan 3, 2010 5:32 PM PST
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… but whatever it is, you don’t want any."
by iglew on Jan 5, 2010 11:27 PM PST
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Bacon is not something that needs to be talked about
It exists. And it is good.
Amen.
by PaulThomas on Jan 22, 2010 9:32 PM PST
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If I oppose bacon as part of the fetishization of meat that helps to oppress the working poor
will I be flagged? I won’t bring it up, if that’s the case
by bobnothing on Jan 23, 2010 1:26 AM PST
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I'm a fan of the Fool's Gold Sandwich
Grilled PB&J and Bacon. Another one of Elvis’ favorites.
by cuppingmaster on Jan 22, 2010 9:54 PM PST
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This late at night I’m getting hungry
by LibrariAN on Jan 22, 2010 10:07 PM PST
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tonight someone ordered bacon wrapped shrimp. Got rave reviews.
by ZigFan31 on Jan 22, 2010 11:38 PM PST
unclean! unclean!
by iglew on Jan 22, 2010 11:42 PM PST
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with maple syrup marinated chicken with a gravy made from the leavings in the pan. Applesauce on the side
by cityplANner on Jan 22, 2010 11:23 PM PST
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I'm an incredibly picky eater : /
In fact, it’s to the point where it’s almost impossible for me to enjoy a meal unless I’ve chosen what’s in it myself.
by PaulThomas on Jan 3, 2010 9:41 PM PST
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I love simple bland stuff, including potatoes. Put a plain potato in the microwave, with nothing on it. When it’s baked, hand it to me and I’ll eat it. That’s pretty much all it takes to cook for iglew.
by iglew on Jan 4, 2010 2:50 PM PST
this is far more disturbing than you not liking the beatles
by xbhaskarx on Jan 6, 2010 12:37 AM PST
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Believe it
by doctorK on Jan 23, 2010 12:37 AM PST
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There are free hot dogs…..but I’m really not sure I’d say that’s a plus. Not the most appetizing items around.
by slusser on Jan 27, 2010 6:08 PM PST
the friggin Collossal dog is just about the best darned hot dog I ever ate!!!
You got some nerve, "slusser", coming in here dissing hot dogs at the A’s games.
If they are the $2 dogs that are free then, yes, I see your point.
by BleedGreen on Jan 27, 2010 6:45 PM PST
actually, I don’t eat meat anymore, so I don’t really know, but I see ’em….and I smell ’em. (shudder.)
by slusser on Jan 27, 2010 6:50 PM PST
also, that was a funny response you had
now that I look at it.
OK, at this point, I’m procrastinating. Darn you, AN, for providing me with an excuse not to work.
(Hockey, not baseball, sorry.)
by slusser on Jan 27, 2010 6:55 PM PST
by lynnzgal on Jan 27, 2010 6:57 PM PST
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Then again, when it's all said and done and put to bed, maybe this QOTM business is all a bunch of hooey anyway...
"Showing emotion" is one thing
His (K-Rod's) grotesque mockery of sportsmanship is something else entirely.
I agree that it’s not in the same category as beating your wife, but it’s an entirely unpleasant character trait.
by PaulThomas on Jan 14, 2010 3:32 PM PST
I'll take "everything in this post" for $500 Alex...
What is "things I agree with"?
by PL78 on Jan 14, 2010 4:17 PM PST
by designatedforassignment on Jan 14, 2010 8:15 PM PST
also agree with PT’s comment, but that jeopardy thing was funny? i guess that’s why leno still has a
job. what else worthy of a QOTM nomination, people copying those mastercard "priceless"
commercials?
by xbhaskarx on Jan 14, 2010 11:34 PM PST
...Then again, QOTM is serious business for some people...
so do I get a QOTM, TWSS edition? :-)
by micdog2001 on Jan 22, 2010 3:29 PM PST
by baseballgirl on Jan 22, 2010 3:43 PM PST
There is no such thing as QOTM, TWSS edition.
And there hasn’t been since the mid 1990s.
by iglew on Jan 22, 2010 8:15 PM PST
...Well, Iglew, because YOU said it wouldn't happen ASKED FOR IT, for the first time since 1993, here's January's QOTM: TWSS Edition! Each and every single one of the following comments was replied to with a "TWSS" or at least something resembling a "TWSS."
Well, Michael Taylor has certain qualities that Matt Holliday lacks.
If you know what I mean, and I think you do.
by Nico on Jan 2, 2010 1:26 PM PST
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by mikev on Jan 7, 2010 2:22 PM PST
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There wasn't really any excuse for EVER batting Cabrera 1st or 2nd
On the other hand, most of the rest of MLB has no idea how to use the #2 slot either, so whatever.
by PaulThomas on Jan 10, 2010 2:52 PM PST
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You have to be all in to go all the way.
by baseballgirl on Jan 22, 2010 1:22 PM PST
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I’d suck twice as hard for half as much money. Sign me, if someone has to suck.
by LoneStranger on Jan 21, 2010 3:53 PM PST
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by baseballgirl on Jan 22, 2010 11:35 PM PST
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by ZigFan31 on Jan 26, 2010 3:46 PM PST
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It's kind of hard without clothes.
by 67MARQUEZ on Jan 28, 2010 2:51 PM PST
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Oh good, i knew I had my pants around my ankles for a reason
by wallywagon11 on Jan 26, 2010 3:37 PM PST
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that looks like a one armed ghost
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 26, 2010 6:55 PM PST
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and have Canseco put it in your butt
by OptimistPrime on Jan 11, 2010 2:57 PM PST
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I learned how to drive stick in a Geo.
by oblique on Jan 12, 2010 4:50 PM PST
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A couple of toes. Not a foot.
by nobodyinparticular on Jan 26, 2010 6:33 PM PST
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Well, AN'ers, that's all for January's QOTM. I'll end it with a chain of out-of-context, self-serving quotes.
If you dont rec this I hate you and find you stupid.
by PL78 on Jan 5, 2010 4:44 PM PST
by micdog2001 on Jan 7, 2010 11:15 AM PST
by baseballgirl on Jan 22, 2010 1:26 PM PST
There's a shitload of them here.
Which makes me wonder if this thread was invented for that purpose.
by 67MARQUEZ on Jan 22, 2010 2:06 PM PST
this whole thread is pretty hilarious
by baseballgirl on Jan 22, 2010 3:57 PM PST
I think it’s closer to 50/50 to which is acceptable. But in American society you are correct.
by micdog2001 on Jan 22, 2010 12:15 PM PST
well played, sir
by cityplANner on Jan 22, 2010 5:45 PM PST
the only thing I'm responsible for is
burning this sign shop to the ground.
You fuckers are my alibi. Any of you squeal, I shank you.
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 22, 2010 9:50 PM PST
I’ve got the gasoline!
by cityplANner on Jan 22, 2010 9:40 PM PST
by lynnzgal on Jan 22, 2010 9:44 PM PST
Did you know you can make homemade napalm
with frozen concentrate orange juice and gasoline?
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 23, 2010 12:28 AM PST
I was very initially really excited about this fanpost,
but once I realized it didn’t involve syphilis, I lost interest.
by Nico on Jan 24, 2010 6:46 PM PST
This was another episode of America's most beloved soap opera, AN
brought to you by "Giambi,"
the only soap that makes you feel dirtier than you were before you started bathing…
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 5, 2010 12:08 PM PST
FATHER DESME IS DISPLEASED WITH YOUR NONSENSE.
by mikev on Jan 26, 2010 10:02 AM PST
Poll
What's your pick for QOTM?
Who's arm falls off first, Harden or Sheets? (ST) (1 vote)
Al Davis Worcestershire Embalming Fluid (LoneStranger) (4 votes)
Catch 22= 100 Flyballs to Cust (Nico) (1 vote)
PL78's "Yo! Lew Wolff Raps" (PL78) (11 votes)
What do you mean you don't have a daughter? (Nico) (3 votes)
sirbed, the environmentalist (sirbed) (0 votes)
"Let's Go Fak!" "Let's Go Fak!" (iglew) (1 vote)
"sweet sweet faustus" = championship (iglew + Faust + Leopold Bloom) (2 votes)
Wilford Brimley on steroids (Leopold Bloom + sirbed) (0 votes)
Bobby "Finally Not On The Athletics" Crosby (Gaijin_Suketto) (0 votes)
Father Desme's career path (doctorK) (1 vote)
Pee Soup (MikeV) (5 votes)
These all stink! I'll nominate my own in the comments! (1 vote)
The QOTM: After Dark winner is better than any of the above (5 votes)
35 total votes
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