Open Thread: Spring Training Game 2 A's vs. Brewers (cont)
by baseballgirl on Mar 5, 2010 1:58 PM PST
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PrintWe head to the sixth inning; Bailey on the mound. A's down by 5. Taylor is in. A's do have a run; and five whole hits!
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We need some better PBP around here
Gameday is not helpful
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
oh... P Bee P...
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 5, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
I am supposed to be working.
Buy my boss is pretty cool. He likes baseball.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Our defense 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
GYMNASTICS
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
OK, which of the A's rookies
Is trying to make some money by running an under/over pool on A’s errors and earned runs? Whoever it is, stop it!
@worldblee on Twitter.
Good to See...
…that Eric Chavez’s corpse has one of our five hits.
Somewhere, PT is cursing under his breath
After Korach says that Sheets was acquired partially for intangibles
"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
My sheets are gritty.
Does that make me your favorite commenter?
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 5, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
can't promise you anything, but I'll consider it.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 5, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
I'll send you my plastic boobs
and the first chapter of the bible on compact cassette, recited by William Shatner.
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 5, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
someone's in trouble.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
no, that he is gregarious
But he may also be gritty
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Mar 5, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Wish I was there
perfect game to just sit in the bleachers, drink beer, and heckle these guys. Thankfully it’s only March 5.
"Who's this Seagon guy? Is he in A-ball or something?" - Billy Beane
Color me stupid
I just corrected the announcer in my head, “That’s not Ken Macha, it’s BOB GEREN”…and it’s actually…um…Ken Macha.
"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 worries
I kept hearing Heether, and I thought it was Ethier. I was more confused than you.
Not just athletes, Athletics.
Christopher Venon Carter up
Full count.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Cust coming to bat.
He’s swinging a purple rainbow.
Strike outside 0-1.
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
Cust up
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Cust out 1 unassisted
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
1 unassisted. Buck up with 2 out.
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
Buck up
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Buck dinger!
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
Good for him!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Buck yeah!!
"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
Buck hits it out
“A tremendous HR” 30 ft to the right of CF according to Korach.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
6-2 Brewers
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
BUCK!!!!
Just SMASHED a HR!
"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
OAH is missing out
(perhaps she has fainted)
"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
Rosales up
1-1 count
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Rosales hits a single to LF
Pinch runner: Steve Tolleson
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Gabe Gross's dad was a practitioner of Northern Kung Fu.
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
How about Buck for Gross?
Any takers?
"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
Gross up
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
something gross?
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
now that's a directive meant for the A's
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 5, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
2-1 count 2 out Bottom 6 Gross still up
6-2 Brewers
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
concise.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone know how hard Sheets was throwing?
"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 don't know.
But word on the street is he was throwing about 92.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Full count walk for Gross......OR not
Thrown away Tolleson to 3b. Scoreboard showed 3-2 when it was only 2-2.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
6-3 Baby!!
"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
Now Gross singles on a bloop scores Tolleson
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Taylor up
Korach thought Weeks originally and was worrried he had grown a ton. 3-1 count now.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Solid single to left from Taylor
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
Taylor solid single to left
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Now it's
Gross at 2b. Taylor at 1st. Bottom 6. Two outs. 6-3 Brewers. Pitching change.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
The Tease is On.
Where’s Glenn Frey when you need him?
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digging through the dumpster behind Captain Curt's?
oh…how sad for him…
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
can't give him a 20 or he'll drink too much and get sick
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 5, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
he truly belongs to the city and to the night now.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
After being arrested for vagrancy,
and trying to hide tobacco up his ass and getting pinched by the jail guards, he’s got the Smuggler’s Blues.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
At least he didn't die of scurvy...
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 5, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
Yay! A's backups and minor leaguers are better than Brewers AAA pitchers!
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:21 PM PST reply actions
Tim Dillard in for the Brewers
Jemile Weeks at the plate. Taylor on first. Gross on some base further than that…
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
Weeks up
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
1-0
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
bad hop double. 6-4 Milwaukee
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
Weeks bad hop 2b down 1st base line
6-4 now.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Recker at the plate, count 0-1
"The rich people want what the poor peoples got, and the poor people want what the rich peoples got. You can never please anybody in this world"- The Shaggs, "Philosophy Of The World," 1968
Taylor at 3b, Weeks at 2b
Recker up. 0-1 count.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
1-2 count on Recker
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Recker hits it out 7-6 A's!!!!
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
WOO HOO!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! YEAH!
"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est
Fuck yes!!!!
"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
Well that was exciting
Can this one please count?
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:26 PM PST reply actions
It would be a holy crap offense only if Desme was still playing
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MISSED 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
like.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
love.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
love x2
"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
Wow
that ball took about 2 seconds to clear that fence. Line drive home runs are awesome
Not just athletes, Athletics.
agrd.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Cardenas up 2-1 count
pronounced CARD da nus.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
I can't quite tell the difference
All I know is it’s not Car- DANE- us which I thought it was.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
It's Dah NOT deh
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
That would've been my guess
He pronounces it in a much more American way, but he IS American so that makes sense.
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
Adrian walks
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Ummmm sushi
I think they were saying Max Stassi liked sushi (or at least someone he knows does since he was asking Korach for good Sushi in the Valley of the Sun.)
Another run!? Save some for the regular season fellas.
This is a lot more fun now.
Deswho?
by supersugarCrisp on Mar 5, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
I love spring training baseball!!!
woooohoooo
"Who's this Seagon guy? Is he in A-ball or something?" - Billy Beane
Carter broken bat doubles down LF line
Cardenas scored.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Wooooooooooo!
"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
I got no cake yesterday.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
with sprinkles?!
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
yum.
k.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
as long as it's not slegnA red
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Mar 5, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
I had several people advising me on the cherry pie one.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
"It's Bob's birthday."
“Screw him, I hate bob.”
“There’s gonna be cake.”
“Well, I should say hi.”
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Hahaha
Jim Gaffigan is coming to my college in a few weeks. I can’t wait.
Not just athletes, Athletics.
his mother was a polar bear.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
agrd.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
I've seen him live twice
Hilarrrrious.
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
he's just angling for A's fans to send him cake.
pay him no mind.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
a cake made of dibs
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Mar 5, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
he's not as young as he once was.
you probably want to ease that thought to him.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
Man.
I love baseball. I don’t care that this is spring training. I love it.
Not just athletes, Athletics.
Whitney up 3-2 count
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Inning over on Carson flyball
8-6 A’s though.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
yup.
AT INCREDIBLE VOLUME!
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
So my PBP
Too much? What details do people want?
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Oh, yes. This, too.
And tell me if Carter has glistening muscles. Do muscles glisten in the spring Arizona air?
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
you might be taking the man-crush a bit far.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think that's even possible.
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
I was thinking arm muscles.
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
you're perfect.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
No, it's good.
I just would like to know what’s up with each at bat so I don’t have to wait until the inning is over for gameday.
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
Getting Ziggy with it in
Facing Adam Stern. 1-1 count.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Ziggy K's Stern looking.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
could you add in some commercials, in a Vin Scully voice, er...type?
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, please be more monotone and sleepy in your descriptions.
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
QOTM
"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
Whoo! I got two of those in one game thread
Hopefully they’re not canceled out by my semi-gay Chris Carter love.
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by thejd44 on Mar 5, 2010 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
Martin Maldonado batting
RHB. 1-0 count.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
no!
STAY.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER...
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
cause they came back while he was gone.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that.
On the flip side, our warehouse is bursting at the seams. And my two monkeys are awesome.
I'm here to talk about the past.
they're not Canadian, are they?
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
One is Mexican (my ex's nephew)
the other is my niece (whatever we are)
I'm here to talk about the past.
Good.
Canadians smoke way too much weed and celebrate like mad over a game played on ice that no one else watches.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
well, how crisp do you need to be to install office partitions?
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
She answers phones and does admin-y things.
And she says, “Where does this go?” alot. But the installer monkeys seem to like her.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Well, so she's the carrot.
which means you gotta be the stick.
Wait.
How come they’re both phallic? That doesn’t seem fair…
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
well, good, cause I'm gonna need a place to work when the sign shop fails.
My sister-in-law’s working full time here now, though, so at least I have some competent help.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Sweet.
I imagine not much would not get done much if we worked together. But damn it would be a riot.
I'm here to talk about the past.
I actually work hard.
I am crazy, though. So there’s that.
When’s Steph due back?
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
I am certain you do.
And I am hardly sane. She’s due back early May. Can’t wait.
I'm here to talk about the past.
who the hell's Louis Murphy?
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
um....
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
not that i'm bagging on you.
I’m an honorary Raiders fan.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
I'm a suffering Bengals fan.
but my surrogate team has always been the Raiders.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
no. He got me twice, though.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
WELCOME!
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
you should've seen their ones before.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
kinda like 'nam.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
you know where you are?
you’re in the jungle, baby.
you’re gonna win by a slim margin cause we let the game slip through our fingers!
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Walks Maldanado
Jonathon LeCroy (?).
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Lecroy the new batter.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Error on Cardenas
1st and 3rd 1 out now.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
SuSlu just tweeted:
MLB Network to lift local blackout restrictions in the Bay Area for #Athletics Sunday’s game against the Angels (tape-delayed at 4 pm)
The artist formerly known as HigherPie.
sweet!!!!!!!!!!!
thansk for letting me know.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
maybe.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
He ALWAYS has bacon.
He carries it around in his pockets.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
have the threads always gone this fast? i don’t remember anymore.
can’t step away for like, 5 minutes and not come back with 6-trillion comments.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
they have for the last year or two.
but only until we start really sucking. Then they slow down.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
& hey!
your UID is 27 less than mine and you joined 3 days before me.
wonder how fast 27 people would join these days.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
27 seems like a lot for '05, doesn't it?
It was the beginning of the season…
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
that it was.
then again BBG is 81 and that was sept ‘04. [don’t worry, had to look that up.] so, i’d guess there was already exponential growth occurring.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
I was still lurking then.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
i think i discovered here ST `05.
i don’t remember anymore, it’s all too fuzzy.
i also may have used uppercase letters once in a while back then.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
I lurked the entire year in '04.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 5, 2010 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
I'm 8 days after you Jjj
And my UID is 144 after you.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
*blink*
http://web.archive.org/web/20050411021916/http://www.athleticsnation.com/
even with the standings in tact!
"The hard... is what makes it great."
Woah
Trippy. I’ve forgotten that that was the layout.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
My bad
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Runners at 2nd and 3rd
Escobar sac Fly now 3rd and home. 8-7 A’s.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
4,617 official attendance at Muni
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Cardenas ends inning on groundball.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
seriously!
"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
Mark Rogers pitching for Milwaukee
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Tolleson, Gross, Taylor due up
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Tolleson batting 0-1 count
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton