Open Thread: Spring Training - A's vs. D-backs
by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 18, 2010 12:55 PM PDT
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PrintHello old friends, and welcome to another glorious day of bA’seball. I mean, the fact that I haven’t seen the light of day since December does not mean I have lost the ability to picture a partisan crowd under a spectacular sky, while the boys in green and gold ready themselves for a friendly affair with the Arizona ball club. In fact, such a predicament has only enhanced my thirst for all things baseball-y.
Lucky for you, this pity party ends in about two seconds, because who really wants their Cactus League action served with a side of "Waahhhh"?
Last time I checked in on the Home Nine, they were a tad bit healthier than they are at the present time, but I guess we have all come to expect warranty issues with our Athletics. You get what you pay for, I s’pose.
So sit back, grab whatever beverage you are allowed to throw back at your place of business, and prepare yourself for three hours of diamond awesomeness.
Today's lineups-
Them:
Young CF
Drew, SS
Upton, RF
Reynolds, 3B
Jackson, LF
Montero, DH
Roberts, 2B
Snyder, C
Parra, LF
Lopez, P
Us:
Patterson, CF
Ellis, 2B
Suzuki, C
Kouzmanoff, 3B
Chavez, 1B
Sweeney, RF
Cust, DH
Gross, LF
Rosales, SS
Gonzalez, P
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Lemonade
I have lemonade. And a club sandwich.
"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.
Top of the Dback's lineup...
should give Gio a good test today.
"I’m actually a disgrace to myself right now." - Sean Gallagher (quoting me after a night out on the town)
Tough bosses.
Jack and coke for me. Should make for an interesting recap.
I'm here to talk about the past.
But where's Wash?
"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 18, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Who's the new guy doin game threads?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
He's kept you in darkness since December.
I don’t blame you one bit.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
(takes bong rip)
I’m drinking iced tea, Don.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
I like how Beane and the other guy in the picture are wearing the same thing
"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.
Isn't that Forst?
I dunno, I’ve never seen the guy.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
I was almost blinded by the reflection off those legs.
Pitching and defense wins pennants, but offense sells tickets.
both of them have abnormally hairless legs
if it was me, you might not be able to see skin at all.
"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 18, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
How do you know they don't get them waxed?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
HI!
No. :(
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Well I meant no because I can't get streaming audio at work.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
THAT would have been helpful to know! ;)
It was a speaker issue on my end. Fixed it good, though!
Ms. Jesa
Sorry. I'll make it up to you.
Gio just struck out 2 in the first inning!
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Front page of MLB
nowhere else has it
"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 18, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Is the game being streamed online?
JJ Martin
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. ~Bob Uecker
what's Buancast?
sorry – i’ve been reading the posts on the homepage for quite a while, but never really participated in the comments
What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game.... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability. ~George Bernard Shaw
A Buancast is a online only "radio" broadcast by Robert Buan
You need gameday audio through mlb.com to listen to it.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
awesome
thanks
What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game.... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability. ~George Bernard Shaw
I'm a cheap bastard,
but 15 bucks a year for every MLB game on radio is totally worth it.
Here’s something ironic… I own nine or ten A’s t-shirts, and the aggregate of them (purchased at garage sales and thrift stores) cost me less than one year of MLB radio…
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
it was $19.95 this year wasn't it?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I don't know... my sweetie paid for it.
Even as a cheap bastard, 20 bucks is still worth it.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't do it this season.
And at this very moment, I am kinda regretting it.
I'm here to talk about the past.
checked my e-mail confirmation
it was $19.95.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Wow, 2 Ks and an out, all in 7 strikes, 0 balls! That's efficiency! You go Gio!
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."
If you're going by Gameday...
I think they only register the strikes, so you can’t get an accurate pitch count.
Says "19 strikes, 7 balls" as of top-o-the-4th.
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."
strikeout looking for Gio
sweet. good call by Buan too.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
nope that was the only move today
so far
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I hope they optioned him to Burma...
or maybe somewhere farther away than that.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Have some perspective.
It’s not the W-L column that counts, but the health and performance of our top-25. And even the performance doesn’t much matter for most of ’em.
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."
I do not like
this business of cust batting 7th.
Jack Cust: Nothing but true results….
by Athletics fan and runner on Mar 18, 2010 1:13 PM PDT reply actions
What's up dude?
If you wanna keep doing play by play I’d be grateful!
"To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying" - Ichiro
by Philip Christy on Mar 18, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup til eleven
Wanna hang after?
"To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying" - Ichiro
by Philip Christy on Mar 18, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
What's Rosales' speed on the bags like?
Despite the known speed of Patterson, I find it disturbing that he’s leading off for us. He just does not seem much like a high OBP guy…
The next thisng I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
That's because he doesn't have an high OBP.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Reynolds hit a bomb
1-0 Dbags
"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.
Wet Blanket Alert!
This subtle reference 67Marquez made in the intro, i don’t think (if that was indeed his line of thinking) it gets enough mention.
And that is Beane’s consistent paying of big-ish bucks to very injury prone players.
I understand that may be a new “undervalued commodity” and a place the A’s just have to shop (and the Big Hurt paid off, sure,) but the A’s already had/have homegrown injury issues (i don’t blame the club or Beane for Chavez for instance) of their own, yet Beane continues to take big risks.
Are there just no healthier options for a team that needs to get out of the complete-seasons-washed-out-with-injuries cycle? Did Beane take these risks in years he knew they couldn’t win anything major anyway, and that’s why he took them, and wouldn’t have if they were years the team was “right there?”
I like risk. I like Beane, usually. I just wonder about staking so much on so many injury prone players, so many years in a row.
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 1:24 PM PDT reply actions
it's only money though
and so far, it’s doesn’t appear the A’s have a dearth of cash on hand. If Sheets doesn’t work out, oh well, it’s only money and it’s only a year. If he does, and we’re in contention, we have an awesome pitcher. If we’re not in contention, then a contender will give us a somewhat decent haul.
I’m not worried about money, I’m worried about trades like the one that sent out Italiano, Webb, and Gallagher to the Pads to get Hairston only to offer him back less than a year later.
"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 18, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure
It’s not MY money. But money, in this game, can lead to better or worse teams, depending on how you spend it. That is the concern, Beane using the injured therefore cheaper option too often.
If you already had a relatively healthy team, sure, i would agree. But the A’s have tons of injury issues, then add more, for a lot, yearly almost. Not to mention all the years Beane was in denial about Chavez’s health.
Also, that trade you’re more worried about, um, i completely disagree. Italiano, Webb and Gallagher = meh. Who cares if he traded a guy he just got back in Hairston? It netted the A’s the player out of all of them that could actually turn into something decent in Kouz, not that i think Kouz is all that, only pretty good and what we need, 3b.
Also, it seems like Sogard is a piece many teams like, not to mention could be a darkhorse candidate if Cardenas and Weeks fail or are used as trade bait. Not just the glasses, but Sogard has a heady game about him.
I’d love to see Sheets work out in either of the ways you say. And i’m only posing the question. Maybe if these things don’t work out for the A’s, the thinking is “well, we weren’t winning the division without them anyway, and IF they stay healthy for us, like Big Hurt, then it gives us a chance.” THAT i could see.
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
isn't it partially because injury prone guys are cheaper?
not that Crisp and Sheets were cheap this year but in general. Also, free agents aren’t exactly jumping in line to get to Oakland.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
BORRRRRR-INNNNNNNNNNG
"To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying" - Ichiro
by Philip Christy on Mar 18, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to hear Ken rap.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
the A's are more emeraldy than diamond-y
"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 18, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't end up getting that Shamrock Shake
"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 18, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
here is a receipe to make your own
Shamrock ‘n’ Roll Shake (Make your own – it’s much much less calories than the one at McD’s…..
PER SERVING (1 shake, entire recipe): 176 calories, 4g fat, 142mg sodium, 29.5g carbs, 3.5g fiber, 16g sugars, 7.5g protein — POINTS® value 3*
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1 tbsp. Coffee-mate Sugar Free French Vanilla powdered creamer
3/4 cup light vanilla soymilk
1/2 cup Breyers Smooth & Dreamy Creamy Vanilla fat-free ice cream
1/4 tsp. peppermint extract
2 drops green food coloring
1 no-calorie sweetener packet (like Splenda)
1 1/2 cups crushed ice (8 – 12 ice cubes’ worth)
Directions:
Combine Coffee-mate with 1 tbsp. hot water and stir to dissolve. Transfer mixture to a blender and add all other ingredients. Blend at high speed until mixed thoroughly. Pour into a glass and enjoy!
MAKES 1 SERVING
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
omg i might have to make that
even tho it has coffee mate and god only knows what thatstuff is made from
Whoa
Buan said Gio didn’t even know he had caught it at first. close call.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
anyone have anything tasty for lunch?
i enjoyed some delicious pho ga (vietnamese chicken noddle soup)
I had pizza rolls.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
pepperoni, salami, and a boatload of veggies
on a french roll.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
You're trying to make me jealous, aren't you?
(It’s working)
"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 18, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Whadda ya give me for...
Eric Sogard = Shris Sabo?
geek baseball!
The next thisng I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
Does Shris Sabo wear the goggles like his dad?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You know, you can make up your own pbp if the real game is this boring...
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
That's what I am doing with the recap.
“Gio no-hits Backs, Chavez homers thrice”
I'm here to talk about the past.
So all the people who missed the game will wish they didn't.
Except that kinda includes me.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Ken says he thinks Gio has taken the next time
"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.
huh?
He called “nexties”?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
that was supposed to say next STEP
oops
"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 18, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, you're svelte.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
You are loved Lynn
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Keep doin bacon wrapped scallops
and I’ll call you anything you want :-D
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
word
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I think someone missed an acute joke
Too easy?
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
And just to think
Chris Townsend was saying a few days ago that the A’s problem might be too much offense and not enough pitching. Um yeah Chris, where’d that offense go?
The next thing I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
There are two players on this A's team
Who were written off too quickly by the general baseball public, Gio Gonzalez and Daric Barton.
Never I.
"Life is a horizontal fall" -Jean Cocteau
by King Richard on Mar 18, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Barton
should learn another defensive position. I’m so tired of Patterson…
The next thing I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
I won't bring it up again
Okay, yes I will.
Barton could have cemented his future with the team had he learned to play third base this offseason.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Like that time Barton cemented his head....sorry
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Nobody wrote good Gio off
It’s bad Gio some are concerned with, and how to meld bad into good.
I still believe in Barton. Just want him to play full ABs early so his value can be figured out once and for all, to either keep or trade (got to factor Carter as he has the bigger upside.)
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 1:54 PM PDT reply actions
If he's already got a position cemented, then there's no need to get him extra ABs
But Chavez needs ’em, to get him to the DL (poor SOB).
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."
Barton
Has the position, but not cemented into every day ABs. There’s talk of only part time ABs due to Chavez playing 1st a lot and Cust is the DH.
Therefore, not full ABs. Therefore, as all players will tell you, tougher to get into rhythm. Therefore the A’s never fully see what Barton is capable of (theoretically) and move onward without getting his true value in return.
This whole idea of judging without full ABs is mistake. There are few players who feel like they can really do what they do without full ABs. Only career pinch hitters, usually guys who had their chance at full ABs and failed, or are older now, will ever say they now feel comfortable with here and there ABs.
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you mean full ABs in ST or in the regular season?
Because they don’t need to worry about his “value” until they have a need to “move onward”. If they have no plan to “move onward” (and I’m guessing they don’t), then he’s getting all the time he needs right now. The season, perhaps, is a different matter, but only if they plan to move him out for Carter (which I’m pretty skeptical of, doubting that he’s as ready as we on AN have thought, an understandable desire to see some pop in the lineup).
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."
Sorry paris7
I meant in the regular season.
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Right on. I am not (yet) a fan of platoons.
A few weeks ago, I was even complaining about why position players (catechers excepted, natch) can’t play 162 games (though I backed off as folks pointed out that being a ballplayer is actually pretty grueling).
Still, I say find your starting nine, play them hard until a replacement is looking like more W’s will stack up.
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."
I'm all for a platoon IF
Both players have huge splits one way or the other and neither are all that anyway. And both have had time to show you these facts, (unlike Barton.)
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree about Gio
I’m not sure he will ever put up great season stats because there is no middle ground with him. He is either stunningly good or fucking terrible, never in between.
"-i never said half the things i said." --Yogi Berra
kinda like me in everything I do
except I am never good.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
Hey, I'll take a guy like Gio over a guy who's consistently bad/mediocre, but put up the same season line.
There’s a lot of potential in Gio, assuming he can shed the “bad Gio”.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
Geren
Just needs to stop seeing everything with rose colored glasses for once, and yank Gio on his OBVIOUSLY bad Gio outings, especially if there’s a day off near or just passed, or RPs aren’t too taxed.
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounds right.
The hard part is knowing when it is such an outing. 8 straight balls after 3 excellent innings is a good sign. Do you wait through a third batter (he did get the DP before another 4 balls, if I understod Gameday properly), or yank him after the two BBs?
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."
For the record I like Gio alot
My heart says he will someday put together consistently good performances but my mind says my heart is and irrational idiot.
"-i never said half the things i said." --Yogi Berra
Hi peeps.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yo Peep
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Naw. Looks like he's doing good?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hi baby.
So I hear you can’t do opening night? What are we gonna dooooooo?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
oooh. So down!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
You're a rockstar.
I am bummed b/c I can’t join you all on 4/3.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
wat.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
PammyCakes!What?!?!
Opening day without you will kinda be sucky
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't go on 4/3
Opening night, whatever the festivities, I will be there.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Can't come to that either
I’ll be in Denver
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
+3
Me myself and me again
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah!
+4
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
She has to work Opening night though :(
life of a doctor
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I am soooo there
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you guys remember that random guy that crashed our opening night tailgate last year?
I was wearing a green Cal Poly t-shirt, and it turns out we knew each other.
I’m so down for crashing. It would be hilarious.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
cap'n
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
My feed is like 10 secs behind.
Grr.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Ooooh. I can't really tell from gameday, but how did Gio respond to the Reynolds HR?
Looks like he took it relatively well.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
Oh, right NCAA
I forgot. No wonder there is noone in my office today.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
I did a bracket.
I have no idea what I’m doing.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I didn't do a bracket this year
I always like to even though I don’t know what I am doing, but its just too much this year.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
It's the first time I've done one. So I have nothing to compare it to.
I really only follow baseball and tennis.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Gio out, Ziggy in
"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.
OT
Anyone have Verizon FiOS? Any good?
"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.
I have their competitor, AT&T U-Verse.
Which isn’t bad.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
I've had Fios for a while, love the service, hate the verizon billing and support.
What you fail to understand in your joyless myopia is that baseball is the key to life-- the Rosetta Stone, if you will. If you just understood baseball better all your other questions your, your... the, uh... the aliens, the conspiracies they would all, in their way be answered by the baseball gods.
Buan talking about Ziggy closing
if Bailey can’t start the season (obviously Devine won’t)
"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
Hmm.
I’d go for Wuertz myself, but Ziegler’s obviously not a bad choice.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
Weurtz, that guy who hasn't thrown a pitch yet this spring?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Or Wuertz, that guy who has the best slider in the majors.
Obviously that’s contingent on him being ready. But he’s not injured or anything. Just starting late.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
I'm beginning to think
Having a great bullpen is a yearly art.
Past performance is much less predictable in the pen than elsewhere and while you have some return performances and can to a degree say “we have a good pen,” like the A’s whose pen is gushed over around MLB, you also have every year multiple guys falling from what they did (performance and injury) and some new ones coming out of nowhere (not just Bailey, there’s been many over the years.)
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I LOVE Rosales
So much.
"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
No exclamation points?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rosales is the bomb, despite being a doppelganger of Crosby.
"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 18, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Rosales
He also looks like a player straight out of old school baseball. (If old school baseball hadn’t been racist to the core.) And not just his hustle and high socks. His face has the gamer/worn thing that you usually only see in things like Ken Burns’ “Baseball” Series, some guy from the countryside somewhere who could make more money playing baseball than he could farming or working the mill/factory.
’Course love his hustle.
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Rosales with a nice play for the out
and GREAT scoop by Chavez
"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
Repetitive stress injury here we come
"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 18, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Ken Korach just said, "Have a great rest of your broadcast…or should I say “BUANCast…isn’t that what they call it?”
WE’RE GETTING THROUGH!
"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
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THEY
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
I think he said mikev? really softly?
"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 18, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
stop it you're getting me excited.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
They can hear us on the interwebs!!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
ellis
heads up advancing to 2nd on a fly out to center
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
Thanks Bri, you are my gamecast today!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
manup!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
offensive explosion!!
rbi groundout
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
wooohoo!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
2-2 RBI for Sweeney
Kouz scores!
"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.
bless you brian!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Koooooooouuuuuuuuzzzz
Scores
Please tell me I’m not the only one who will be doing the “Kouz” cheer at the game.
"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est
+1
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that gonna be like the K-Hill dance that Pam does?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Dude, that's ACTUALLY BBG's dance.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Dude, we totally have pictures to disprove that.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sooooo busted pammy
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Pammy = not allowed.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
:(
sulking
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, she only responds to Pamcakes.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS
Yes, but she created it.
And thanks. For that.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
you have to admit pulling photographic evidence out of his
well you know, like that was epic
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
AN's search is pretty solid, I gotta say.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS
I think you have to quote yourself in your sig line
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh absolutely.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
only an asshole quotes himself.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS
Exactly.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
♥
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Woah. How did you do that
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
LOL.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
No srsly.
How do you make the lil heart show up like that?
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
" AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS" mikev
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It is awesome.
Even though, at this moment, I loathe it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'm laughing SO hard right now
"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 18, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm totally gonna KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZ if he does something
remotely kick-ass
by ElQuesoCapitan on Mar 18, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, but you'll mostly be in front of your TV.
;)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
WHY ARE WE YELLING?
"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 18, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I AM CURRENTLY TYPING IN CAPITALIZATION FORMAT
TO EXPRESS NOT ONLY MY JOY OF THE LATEST OFFENSIVE OUTBURST BUT AS A WAY OF SHOWING MY SUPPORT OF THIS KIND OF DISPLAY OF PASSION ON MIKEV’S PART
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
THANK YOU SIR MAY I HAVE ANOTHER
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
THIS MAKES ME HAPPY. BUT NOT LIKE THE HITTING AND SCORING DOES.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS
I think this should be your new sig.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
It would be a good one mikev
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Cust
will lead AL in SOs and LOB
The next thing I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
poo on you
cust will lead the A’s with 30 jacks and will not strikout that much
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
By not that much.....you mean.....?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
THAT much :)
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
You are really living up to your name Optimist.
The next thing I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
I'm just getting warmed up!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
tell me you're joking
I haven’t been on this forum long enough to tell if that’s sarcasm!
The next thing I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
I don't think its optimism
who else will hit 30 HRs on the A’s. Strickouts are virtually menainless
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
I wish I had a pizza
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
then you could buy pizzas and burgers
you may be on to something there
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I made cheesburgers from scratch for dinner
with oats, spinach, egg, and cheese mix in the meat. it was good.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
KTRB will back on Sat I think
I wish this game was on TV
"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 18, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
i wish games counted already.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 18, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh
and Glenn Kuiper says the next game (Thursday) will be a Giants broadcast on CSNBA.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
you mean pair of singles? Like two singles? Or is there a guy named parra?
I am so confused
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think I can wait any longer for my wife to get home for "lunch"
since I missed breakfast I have have a mini twix, a mini 3 musketeers, and a swig of bottled water left over from yesterday.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Those are the WORST days
"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 18, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I went and made a truket, salami, pepperoni, cheddar cheese sandwich
she made it for the end of lunch at least.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Raj does the radio commercial good.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
he is better than the other A's players
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I'm still laughing at the pictures!
"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
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hi
I made it. I just got back from school.
What’s the score?
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 18, 2010 2:29 PM PDT reply actions
So motherly.
I wish I had a pet name.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
You do.
It’s not nice though.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Oh don't hold out on me
Let it fly, PC!
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
Yeah, I actually don't have anything
I was just teasin’
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
we have a whole season to go.
I’m sure we can come up with something highly inappropriate for you.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Blah
I was disappointed since I couldn’t really watch the tournament, but I guess I had a nice day. Tomorrow is Friday!
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 18, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, serious question
It came out today that the Rangers were being blackmailed with the Washington news; that’s why it eventually came out.
Aren’t we all taught not to negotiate? WHY were the Rangers giving into a blackmailer? And isn’t blackmail a felony charge?
Can someone explain?
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/03/17/2048257_p2/cocaine-blackmail-converge-on.html
"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
Well
Blackmail is a word for it. but a few more pieces need to be put in place.
First, the rangers have to give up the name and report it to law enforcement. They are the ones that would make the call.
Frankly I don’t trust the rangers story. Giving into demands call into question whether it was blackmail or not.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
But isn't that what blackmail is?
(Thanks, BTW…I’m just curious)
I thought if someone approached you and demanded money (or similar) for not sharing something publicly, that’s illegal and you CAN report it. I guess I want to know why they just wouldn’t give up the name?
What don’t you trust about the story?
(Besides “the first time” at 57)
"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 18, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
The blackmail part is what I don't trust.
Why the rangers gave into demands and don’t alert the authorities. I think they could be covering something.
But yes, blackmail is soliciting considerations for refraining from some kind of illegal action (just a guess off the top of my head). If the article is accurate it is. But because of the circumstances I am guessing there is more to the story.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
I'm sure there is...
…thanks for that. It will be interesting to see. I’m sure it’s not the last article.
"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 18, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, who at 57 decides to go and try cocaine for their first time?
um, nobody…
The next thing I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
that's not true
A scenario which I do not endorse or have any reason to believe happened in this case is he is on a roadtrip, has a party in his room with people and they say, “Ron, have a bump” and he thinks what the hell its just one and does the line.
Its not out of the question.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
I'll have to do it just to prove you wrong
You’ll have to be patient though, it’s 15 years off.
I LOVE 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 18, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool
Hey, maybe I’m good luck.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 18, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Wash washed up?
That’s OK, he has a home in Oakland if we can only get rid of Bob the Doofus
The next thing I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
YAY!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not kidding...
…I didn’t think I cared, but I REALLY want Rosales on the team.
"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est
I like the
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
verve
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
by OptimistPrime on Mar 18, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think he could do much more
to get himself on this team. Seriously, what more could he do?
The next thing I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
Be Eric Chavez?
I think they HAVE to keep him. Chavy at SS is SUCH a bad call.
"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 18, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Chavey's arm will literally fall off his body
and back to the DL he’ll go!
The next thing I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
Seriously.
Why even tempt fate?
A couple days at 1B, a couple days at DH (more often that 1B would be my choice) and more days off than both of those combined.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
ROSALES
Theory A: after bidding for Scutaro, Beltre and trying for Callaspo, the A’s got really lucky and four their 3 WAR SS
Theory B: Bidding for Scutaro and Beltre was a trick to show the MLB that the Oakland park sucks, and a smokescreen to get Utility infielder Rosales, who actually RULEZ !
Okay, there's no DLD so I'm gonna just drop this here
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
Warning
It is not safe for work.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 18, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I doesn't feel the same when my pronographers are using condoms.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
I thought my blackmail link was good
"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 18, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll go Theory A
And they blew B by signing Sheets
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 2:41 PM PDT reply actions
Not that I hate the Sheets signing
In a vacuum. Maybe in a line of injuries for this team i have fears regarding Sheets, but hey, it’s a one year deal and they had the money “lying around.”
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Sheets signing will only suck if he repeats his last outing over and over again
Then I’ll have to replace the “ee” in his name with an “i”.
The next thing I say to you will be true. The last thing I said was false. -Devo
Conceptually, the Sheets signing looks pretty good
IF he stays healthy and you can get a similar package as Sabathia or Holliday
Travis Buck love in the booth
I like how Robert said “I think he is still on the A’s” or something like that.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
the guy just said Buck was good
but have to make phone calls now so I didn’t hear anymore. On hold now.
Oh, and he said buck is sexy.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
About Ross
Not to get ahead of ourselves here, but his weird delivery seems like it could translate to the closer spot well someday if starting never fully works for him.
I say this because he throws from an arm angle most hitters don’t see.
Of course let’s try him as a starter first.
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 18, 2010 2:53 PM PDT reply actions
They have completely forgotten about the game guys, and I have to go.
Anyone want to take over pxp?
Chavez robbed of a base hit.
donnnnnnnnnnnnnnn't leaaaaaaaaaaaaave ussssssssss
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
GROSSSSSS!!!!!
Two-out single!
Tied at 3!
"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
It feels weird to yell "Gross"
"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est
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