Open Thread - ST Game #13 - A's @ Communists of Southwest Ohio @ Phoenix, AZ @ 1:05 PM
by emperor nobody on Mar 15, 2010 12:00 PM PDT
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If Epic Baseball Facial Hair was protection against injury, I'd have a shot at 300 ABs.
Admit it: if your dad had one of these with your actual name on it, you'd think twice about misbehaving.
Sunday evening I got on the BART at Lake Merritt after a stupendous meal at the Fortuna Buffet (8th & B'way in Downtown Oakland, super sushi & sashimi spread) to go to Berkeley (Amoeba run, where this was acquired) and someone left a dog-eared Chronicle Sunday Sports section, so I started reading the article about Eric Chavez and his new line of custom bats a lot of our lads are using this Spring... it looks as though if he can get his at-bats to match the quality of his bats, we could be looking at the AL Comeback Beard of the Year. This, if (picture that if as eight-hundred-and-seventy-two point type) he can stay on the field longer than Side Four of Tales From Topographic Oceans by Yes. Don't bother to look it up: it's 21 minutes, 37 seconds and it isn't even close to their best work. Well, that side's OK but the rest just blows.
AN's own Nico takes a break from Spring Training to jam with prog legends YES at their Scottsdale, AZ "Whisperin' Tumbleweeds" retirement home gig
Wow, Cahill (4 IP, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO) looked sorta dazzling yesterday, eh? Creeping up on Gio for that #5 spot, hmmmm... the clot thickens, indeed. Vin Mazzaro (3.1 IP, 3 ER)? Not so much; he looks Sacto-bound to start the season. But I think the big story of the Spring, in addition to the idea that no MedEvac helicopters have yet had to be summoned for Chavez, has got to be Daric Barton, one of Eric's bat customers apparently. You'd think, with these two in prime competition for time at first base, that Chavy would be selling him bats made of polenta and balsa chips, but this is not the case and DB is turning it up deafeningly LOUD with the stick so far... 8-for-18 and good for a googly-eyes-inducing .444 clip for the (merely) 24-year-old, who (according to the voices in my head and no one else) has recently given up plans to try out for the 2012 US Olympic Diving Team to focus on baseball full-time.
Emboldened by Coco Crisp's slow progress back from injury, A's non-roster invitee Count Chocula looks to seize on a backup OF spot.
I've been trying to figure out exactly what is going on with Crisp... is he expected back soon or is the hammy still clammy? If updated injury progress reports and forthright public assessments of disabled personnel were drugs, the Athletics would be Clean & Sober, that's for sure. Just weeks ago, the Mets were saying Jay Marshall (whom they claimed off waivers in January) was broken.... luckily they didn't try to bring him back and exchange him for Joey Devine or something. Oh, wait, Joey has tendinitis! Sorry Mets, you'll just have to take a rain check... or perhaps we could interest you in Fautino (ten million runs in 2 IP) De Los Santos? The missing "s" is for savings!
Reds OF Jay Bruce contemplates Alberta VO5's effectiveness against split ends.
Today's contest vs. the Redlegs (with the Athletics going for 4 straight wins!) probably won't be on KTRB, because that would mean they would have to pre-empt the guy who taunts Alex Smith and the 49ers like a schoolyard bully at recess, all in a tone of voice that makes Gilbert Gottfried sound like Nina Simone, so we A's fans are mostly on our own unless some miraculous broadcasting equivalent of the Shroud of Turin appears and I see Vince Cotroneo materialize in my morning bialy. I'll do my best to get my sorry ass out of bed to fetch the lineups from MLB, or the cat's water dish, or the patterns of ripples that form when I toss baseballs into the bathtub, or wherever they might somehow be posted these days, so look for that around 1 pm (if anyone sees them before this and puts them in the comments, I thank you in advance *hugs*)... then I have to go pay my phone bill, but I'll be back just as soon as I do that and grab some lunch from Cam Huong (Webster between 9th and 10th Sts. in Oakland, stellar and inexpensive Vietnamese eats), so talk tons o'shite about the game or whatever jumps to mind and I'll be back soon with Spring Rolls for everyone =)~
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Nice job EN
Let’s get those Commie basterds!
don’t feed the trolls, they’ll multiply like a wet Gizmo.....Mr Tea
Yeah, nice job!
The reduced complexity with font choice is a very positive move, imho.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
OMG.
Nico, how was Wakeman? Judging by your face, you were blown away by his awesomeness.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes, and How!
"Mammals are drippy. Deal with it!" - Me, earlier today
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
laughing so hard!!
By the way, you guys, the reds stadium is 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 Mar 15, 2010 12:21 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I wish the game would start already
I got used to the game sbeing at “12:00 pm”.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Also, I'm really hungry all of a sudden.
Damn you, EN, for posting sashimi, Vietnamese spring rolls, and, uh, Count Chocula.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
I like the Count's chances on beating out Coco
He’s not as good with the glove but he has massive power, (being a vampire and all).
don’t feed the trolls, they’ll multiply like a wet Gizmo.....Mr Tea
EN, you are truly the awesomestiest
Our comments are not worthy of your post.
by stormtown on Mar 15, 2010 12:25 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
it is actually on the boradcast schedule
so is Wednesday’s game against the Giants.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Okay so Fossee just called Keith Lieppman "Lip"
Kinda weird….
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
It's on for sure!
Listening as we speak…
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
Completely worthless trivia: Robert Downey, Jr., did a cover of "Your Move"
It was surprisingly not too awful (basically because, IIRC, Jon Anderson sang harmony, saving the thing from complete vanity-project worthlessness).
thanks :-)
you’re right, he didn’t embaress himself but i wouldn’t go buy an album by him.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Doesn't everyone taunt Alex Smith
And his supposed Mensa-ness? Encyclopedia Smith, winner of the Nobel Prize for interceptions, etc. Just my family?
by stormtown on Mar 15, 2010 12:34 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Probably, just your family.
But he is worthy of our scorn.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Today's lineup from Lee's Leftovers
First, your starting lineup against the Reds in Goodyear, with Ben Sheets (who manager Bob Geren hopes will go four innings) scheduled to make his third start of the spring:
Davis CF
Ellis 2B
Suzuki C
Kouzmanoff 3B
Sweeney RF
Cust DH
Barton 1B
Fox LF
Rosales SS
Also scheduled to throw: Jennings, Ziegler, Rodriguez, Blevins, Hernandez, McBeth
don’t feed the trolls, they’ll multiply like a wet Gizmo.....Mr Tea
thanks so much adragon!!! much appreciated
Here’s the Cincy lineup:
Cincinnati
Dickerson, CF
Cabrera, O, SS
Votto, 1B
Rolen, 3B
Gomes, LF
Nix, L, RF
Francisco, J, DH
Miles, 2B
Castillo, W, C
Lincoln, P
O-Cab and Aaron Miles, front & center friends!!! Have at it!
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
by emperor nobody on Mar 15, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
no game tomorrow?
sad face.
Tony LaRussa just intentionally walked a batter in a spring training game, weird.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Did Bond's make an appearance?
You know they are hardcore when they start throwing at batters in SP, (oh wait….)
don’t feed the trolls, they’ll multiply like a wet Gizmo.....Mr Tea
next televised game on WGN, A's vs Cubs
On Friday March 26th. Day game.
actually
MLB network has the A’s vs Dodgers on Wednesday 3/24 @ 7:30 pm. It was going to be blacked out in local markets but Slusser tweeted that the blackout would be lifted for this game.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
gymnastics?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
I read that as man sticks.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Man sticks are a dime a dozen...
It’s the premium docking bases that shine like diamonds.
"Mammals are drippy. Deal with it!" - Me, earlier today
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
thank god.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
have you run acroos some that think for themselves?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
There are devices to take care of that problem.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Those guys are 286's.
You need to step up to a Mac.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Geek suave.
asvd.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
oh.
:(
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
I admit I can't help you there.
I must have missed the day it started, because I honestly have no idea what it’s about.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
mikev is an admirer of some of the elite gymnastics competitors from the last Summer Olympics
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
That's when I first noticed it, I guess
Now I’m intrigued.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Oh how I wish I was still sitting in the Arizona sunshine rather than in my office in a cement block....
There's no crying in baseball!
me too!
Still gorgeous here…miss you!
"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 Mar 15, 2010 1:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
you could find a link from a previous thread
and then go to the scoreboard in the upper right hand corner and click todays games.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I just type "mlb gameday" into my browser...
and, it takes me directly to the Gameday page. But, in case that doesn’t work for you: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_03_15_oakmlb_cinmlb_1
"I’m actually a disgrace to myself right now." - Sean Gallagher (quoting me after a night out on the town)
by FoolshGame22 on Mar 15, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
dada
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Blago bung! Blago bung!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Did I fall into a Samuel Beckett play and no one told me?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
No, a recording of a Hugo Ball poem
by Marie Osmond.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
well, of course I confused Beckett with Marie Osmond.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Who doesn't?
You know, I’d actually be interested in seeing how many degrees of separation there are between those two.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I thought that was for our private emails.
"Mammals are drippy. Deal with it!" - Me, earlier today
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
there, too.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Col Dada
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
As long as you call me Dr. John Hightower
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Why hello, there, Dr. John Hightower!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I know it's been said, time and time again
but I think I love you
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
you...mean a lot to me, too, Dr.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
So now it's all out for EVERYBODY to hear?
Are you drunk?
"Mammals are drippy. Deal with it!" - Me, earlier today
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
shit, not for almost 17 years.
which would AMAZE you if you knew me then. As it is, not all that impressive.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay. I was just making sure.
That, and trying to create the sense that you’re arguing with a crazy fat chick, because apparently you’re down for that sort of thing (throws dish).
"Mammals are drippy. Deal with it!" - Me, earlier today
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
your happy Gameday link is right here!!!
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
awesome
not that it works properly, but, thanks
Good job EN!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, is it just me or has anyone else noticed...
WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THE LAST FEW DAYS!!!! YAY!!!!!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
I knocked on Kerry Wood
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
He's on the DL again.
Good job.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I have noticed.
We better not jinx it though! Go A’s!
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
jinxer
Fox just had a blooper moment
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
They need the help of Tom Emanski
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
worked for the Crime Dog.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
If he keeps circling flyballs like that,
and throwing runners out at second the ball into CF,
he’ll clear.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
um...dont think this experiment is going well
Fox misplayed that as badly as possible, ran the wrong way, fell down, and the ball landed ten feet away from him
"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 Mar 15, 2010 1:14 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
It's all an elaborate plan to build up Cust's sense of self-worth
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
A few more plays like that and he'll clear waivers
and another piece materializes on the 2010 PCL Champion RiverCats.
"Mammals are drippy. Deal with it!" - Me, earlier today
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
So, all the reports that he sucked at defense
we had to see for ourselves?
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
We're all gonna die!! :-)
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
eventually....
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully I'll be uploaded before then...
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
By the time you get out
The mercy rule might be invented
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
from little leagues, back in the day
If you are up by more than a certain number of runs, they end the game and automatically name you the victor.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
10-0, top 1st, nobody out
If I were a Reds fan, I would have had to change my underwear twice already!
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Really?
…..
(thinks hard)
….
….
….
You sure?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
is it bad?!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
ACK!
Run away!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
NO outs?
Is that right?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Si, senor
Da, mein freund.
Eh, hoser.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
so I go in the shower
and Sheets still hasn’t got anyone out?
Am I wrong to be sad?
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
No. I'm worried about Sheets at this point
At some point he needs to show that he can get big league hitters out on a consistent basis.
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
I haven't turned on the radio yet.
Are you people telling me I shouldn’t?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
Wait an inning
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I'll just go find some work to do then...
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
was Venice business or pleasure?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
well, I suppose if I just turned 68
and I could afford to go to Venice spur of the moment, I guess I would, too.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
You might say that pleasure is her business
(obscure Gene Wilder reference)
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Lili Von Shtupp?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Start the Revolution Without Me
So it’s also an obscure Donald Sutherland reference.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
That looks fun.
I’ve never seen that.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I love it -- highly recommended
It’s a sort of “Comedy of Errors” about peasant and aristocrat twins who get mixed up at birth, with one pair growing up as peasants and participating in the Revolution, and the other becoming the famous Corsican brothers and heading to Versailles to defend the crown. Hijinx ensue.
No one does rage better than Gene Wilder.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
good outing so far for Sheets...
He’s probably just experimenting with some pitches.
"I’m actually a disgrace to myself right now." - Sean Gallagher (quoting me after a night out on the town)
Ellis just made an error...fucking 6-0 Reds!
Jesus…
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
I haven'
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
t even finished half my lunch yet and it's 8-0
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
what happened to the other half? misplace it? cause seems i’m about to lose all of mine over here.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 15, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, Sheets is getting totally hammered now!
8 zip Reds
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
That's completely unprofessional
Grab a beer after the game, big shot!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
alright.. this is historically bad...
the radio is now on.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
OK I am going to pay my phone bill, and then to lunch
that was a fast game.
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
Ok, I am going to fall on my sword here
I am a jinxer
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
I do blame you.
Just thought you should know.
No, I know
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
What inning?
We haven’t recorded an out yet…
by A'sBowlingLeague on Mar 15, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah...time to hit the shower
with a tire iron!!!!!!!
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
Fuck me, 10-0
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
10-0 Reds
Sheets better fucking get it together….and soon!
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick!
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
everyone know that a burrow owl lives in a hole in the ground.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
(I typed that, but erased it)
Besides, I got this pamphet from Pueblo, Colorado I gotta look at…
something to do with queers and soil…
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
But Bill Jr., he was a DARE-DEVIL!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I swear to god, I like you.
You’re not like the other people, here in the trailer park.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I would watch movies if there were movies like that...
Then again, I have a f’d up sense of what’s dark and what’s funny.
I think Blue Velvet was a comedy.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
well, Dennis Hopper certainly was funny.
and whatshisname’s acting is laughable.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
totally.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
yup.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn commies
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
they even had it on the news...
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
sounds like hype. which i entice you, please, to not believe.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 15, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
your words are sage.
I will reflect upon them.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Slusser's tweets enticed me to check in here.
Heh.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Basically that she couldn't keep up with what was going on in the game.
Love coming over here and finding hundreds of comments already!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
wow
Sheets was ummm sheet-y.
We saw him trying to shake out a hamstring walking from the pen to the mound…anything to do with it? Fastball was all down.
"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 Mar 15, 2010 1:31 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Ugh, derisive cheers
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
we started it!
Our whole section stood up and applauded
"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 Mar 15, 2010 1:33 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
We heard that loud and clear.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
good job.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice the A's are putting there best foot forward for you
don’t feed the trolls, they’ll multiply like a wet Gizmo.....Mr Tea
for the record
I like the guy that is in, Fernando Hernandez.
"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 Mar 15, 2010 1:32 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I support this post.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Anybody got a good
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Ben Sheets Recipe?
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Hello all
Um, what an interesting game…
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
just think.
If you stay and we win, it’ll all be due to you.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Can I handle that much pressure?
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Mar 15, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you can.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope the pitchers just get all the shittiness out today.
I hope this game ends up 22-17 A’s.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
he pretty much did.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
...without all those pesky outs.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Just needed to get through the lineup one time.
Sheets is easy to figure out the second time through, which apparently would mean he would have given up nine consecutive grand slams if left in.
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
Remember the Alamo!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
about a mile from here.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
um....huh?
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Shinjo?
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Palm BeacH?
You going?!
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
sad panda.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
buah buah buah buah!! there’s no basement in the alamo!
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 15, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
EPIC FAIL SHEETS & DEFENSE
yikes, that was a terrible inning.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
The A's just announced that Fernando Hernandez will be the opening night starter.
The artist formerly known as HigherPie.
Back to work...
Will be back when we are up 12-10
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
Barton ground rule double
silver lining?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Everyone needs LASIK.
No more of this contact lens crap.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
followed by more bad Fox
Nice K there. Can we get rid of him already?
That's why I'm high on Barton.
He came up in 2007 and kicked ass,
and then in 2008, learned that he wasn’t going to be a big stud and things weren’t going to come easy, and not all pools are 10 feet deep.
Then in 2009, he learned how to work his ass off and what it takes to be a big leaguer,
and this year, he’s ready to get the job done. Even if he’s forced to start in AAA, I think he’ll take it like a man and just light the damn PCL on fire until they bring him back up.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 15, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Rosales single
1st and 3rd for Rajai
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Barton
I hope he doesn’t use up all his “good” during spring training. Ya know, regress to the mean once the season starts…
"Life is a horizontal fall" -Jean Cocteau
10-1 Reds
I think it’s the 3rd
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
yup 3rd
Vince just said it. runners on 1st and 2nd?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I'm high on Davis too.
He’s so confident and works so hard, but he’s the type of guy that has to play almost every day to keep sharp and get in a rhythm. He’s gonna get that chance, and I think we’re gonna see a lot of Rajai-rallies this year (single, SB, SB, score on groundout)
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
2 run double suzuki
3 runs for A’s
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Never give up!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
What the hell?
Um, do I want to know what happened in the first inning?
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
no.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
not really
sheets got zero outs and the defense was bad. even Ellis made an error.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Zero?
Oh man. What if we only schedule games on weekends?
That seems to work well for us.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
I made the mistake and scrolled up :(
100% Athletics, 100% Baseball. 2009 Athletics, 40% Baseball.
ok, BACK.
had to set up a new computer.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
how is that in any way more important that your being here?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
it was *my* computer
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
oh.
to further ease your being here, then.
Okay.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Turn..it...on?
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
oh. that.
Yeah, I can do that.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Miss an hour, and Sheets gives up a decade
what happened to him?
Million per run!
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
anyone know how many runs were charged to him?
100% Athletics, 100% Baseball. 2009 Athletics, 40% Baseball.
And how do you get
a ground rule double on a fly ball to third? The physics are just wrong.
TONS of side spin?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
I suppose if it bounced off of the third baseman's head
and out of play…
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Jon Heyman wrote an article about how the Angels have the best rotation in baseball.
Insert laughing picture here.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
they don't even have the second best one in the A.L. West.
"Life is a horizontal fall" -Jean Cocteau
by King Richard on Mar 15, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd put them third right now
unless Sheets continues to pitch like it’s spring training during the season.
I mean, really, does
J. Weaver
E. Santana
J. Saunders
S. Kazmir
J. Piniero
really scare anybody?
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
I'm partial to other characters.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
You've heard that joke?
Mickey Mouse getting a divorce from Minnie?
Heyman makes one good observation:
It’s balanced. But that street runs both ways—there’s no terrible journeyman fifth starter, but there’s no top talent. Everyone’s just…bleh.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
laughingsockpuppet.jpg
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
/cocks shotgun
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
thanks, mike.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
quiet, sock puppet sympathizer!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm here for ya buddy.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Sheets got his photo in the featured position on SFGate
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
At least he beat out the pet blog
with the post about the company that makes Rear Gear.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Mar 15, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Sheets is "in the colors"
that’s SFGate-speak for the stories that are getting the most page views, which show up in color in our article tracking software. Yes, it’s a slow news day.
by vk on Mar 15, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
From Slusser
Sheets: “I know people have had bad springs but this is taking it to a whole new level.” #athletics
Said his fastball was 91 MPH and that he felt great.
@worldblee on Twitter.
Talking about Sheets?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
yeah that's what I meant (should have been more clear)
when a pitcher gets killed he always says boy I felt great out there
“I could throw hittable strikes just like it was batting practice. Maybe I should become a coach!”
@worldblee on Twitter.
Sounds like the requirements for a different "career"
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
This is why I <3 you.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Where else could you switch careers and still be a pitcher?
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
I would have preferred
Sheets: “I was just dicking around with a knuckleball the whole time. Sorry, guys.”
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Sheets: I was just demonstrating that spring performance means nothing to management
Take that Todd Linden
Yep.
By the end, he was batting something ridiculous like .500+. Beane correctly attributed it to awesome luck, realized that he was still the same old AAAA guy, and cut him.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
Finished listening to Wait Wait on NPR. Is it any better here?
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 2:27 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
What's going on?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
{enters, checks score, cries, goes back to work, sobs, nibbles on Cheeze-Its, smiles}
I'm here to talk about the past.
hi, sailor!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Cheese-its seem to have a positive effect on you.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 15, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I really, really, really like them.
If only they could wake me up. I have now graduated to 7 days a week.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Goldfish > cheez-its
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 2:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Cheez-its are so good they don't need fake smiles etched in.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
Goldfish can be placed in a cup and be shoveled into my mouth
Cheez-its don’t work as well for that
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 2:46 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Nooooooooooooo way.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Alien
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 2:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
The second one was better
if only for the lines. We are talking about the movie, right?
I'm here to talk about the past.
Sure
Although I like the original one best. In either case having sigourney weaver is a plus.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 15, 2010 2:50 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
+1
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 15, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm consistently amused at the Gameday photoshopping.
That Orlando Cabrera Cincinnati picture is the same picture they used last year for us. They just photoshopped a Reds hat onto him.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
With Orlando it's just easier at this point
he’ll probably get traded at the deadline if the Reds are out of it
not really
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
And I looked over Yonder
Yonder is my stuffed dog.
Old Howie Mandel joke. When he did stand-up. Ages ago.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Came here looking for an excuse not to work
You guys are no help at all. I leave for one day and you can’t hold down the fort? Do I need to come back there?
Losing this team would be a huge failure for this city and an affront to Oakland’s great sports legacy.
driving around sacramento
and KTRB is not too bad of reception….nice to hear KenKo.
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
new thread is open for y'all here!!!
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
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