DALLAS BRADEN THROWS A PERFECT GAME
by Nico on May 9, 2010 3:16 PM PDT
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On a magical day -- Mother's Day, the first "209" day sponsored by none other than Dallas Braden -- the A's warrior retired 27 straight to make an indelible mark in baseball history.
Gabe Kapler, who gave Braden his toughest battle before flying out to end the 6th on the 12th pitch of the at bat, was Braden's final challenge. Braden retired Kapler on a two-hopper to Pennington for his 27th straight out.
Congratulations to Dallas Braden, a class act and the best pitcher that A-Rod and CC Sabathia have ever dissed.
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Dallas has done Stockton proud
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
This is the first time anyone has done Stockton proud.
- University of the Pacific graduate
My Padres Blog
by Melvin Nieves on May 9, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
STAY THE FUCK OFF HIS MOUND!!!!!!
Work as if everything depends on you and Pray knowing that everything depends on God. - Michael Taylor
Yeah Fuck A-Rod too.
"I thought it was going in," Warriors center Chris Hunter said. "It looked like the invisible man tipped it away at the last second."
by kenntoe on May 9, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
A-who?
Oh, that guy who mouthed off to a pitcher who is only 26 and has a handful of victories, but is already guaranteed a place in Cooperstown?
Pretty sure since there have only been 19 perfect games, he’ll have a place. He’ll probably not be in there as an actual HOF’er when he hangs up his spikes, but who gives a fuck? He’s definitely has secured his place there.
Yes, they collect memorabilia from every perfect game or no hitter
And they have a running display of all of them which he’ll be added to. But the Hall of Fame is about a lot more than having luck and great stuff on a certain day.
Dude. He just threw a perfect game. No need to bring down the party.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I think you need to work on your reading comprehension
Nowhere did ozzman99 say Braden was going to make it to the Hall of Fame. It’s pretty clear that having a place in Cooperstown is not the same thing as being voted in. Tons of players have things in Cooperstown for specific achievements.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
It's easy to go back and construe what was said to mean different things
All I said was “Let’s lay off the hyperbole,” meaning don’t have unrealistic expectations for Braden’s future. And I’m pretty sure that the first thing that anyone thinks of when they hear “place in Cooperstown” is being a member of the Hall of Fame. He pitched a perfect game, and that’s something to be celebrated. But his place in Cooperstown, as of now, is limited to recognition of a single achievement. Please limit your personal attacks to instances where they are warranted.
Personal attack?
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's please not bait this conversation into extending any longer.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Okay, okay.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
No, Flashfire understood me perfectly
And no, most people don’t assume that having a place in Cooperstown = being a member of the HOF. Braden probably won’t be voted in, and A-Rod probably will be, but as of this moment, Braden’s name will definitely be there. A-Rod has no such guarantee.
A-Rod's numbers will certainly put him in
the HOF. But his roid use may keep him out.
That wasn't a personal attack
And yes, I think most of us understood exactly what ozzman99 was saying. If you didn’t, there’s no shame in admitting it unless you’re just coming here with a bone to pick.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
I'm in tears
And I’m not even an A’s fan. Very emotional moment between himself and his grandmother.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
I just lost it.....the love between a mother/grandmother and those they have raised is so tender and touching
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
Absolutely
Wish I could give my mother a gift half as good for this day…
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 9, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
likewise
that extended emotional hug got me all choked up…
by sf drift king on May 10, 2010 3:04 AM PDT up reply actions
HOLY CRAP GUYS I LOVE A’S BASEBALL
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 9, 2010 3:18 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
+ A gajillion million
''I love Billy Beane. The only mistake he has ever made was writing that braggy book about himself, and how he's so good at computers.'' - Ken Tremendous
by fridaynightfan on May 10, 2010 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
BEST. RECAP. EVER.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
by danmerqury on May 9, 2010 3:18 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Incredibly amzing awsome insert more adjectives here!!
I couldn’t even watch. I love Dallas Braden…….
And didn't Buehrle's perfecto
come against these same Rays?
Good on ya, Dallas! :)
"Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, doctor, and I'm happy to state that I've finally won out over it." -- Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart), "Harvey"
but these Rays
are better than the ones that Buehrle faced. More runs than any other team? I’m sure they will fade, but it’s still REALLY FUCKING COOL!
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
The Rays had the best winning percentage of all the teams that had been no-hit, I think, or at least of the teams that have had a perfect game thrown against them.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 10, 2010 6:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Poor ol' Rays
and still yet to throw one themselves! (Like my Padres).
Congrats, to Braden and family and of course his extended family right here!
One of the more exciting moments for an A's fan in the last few years
Thanks, Dallas! Amazing!
BRADENIA!
I did the 10k Sun Run and forgot about this game…
100% Athletics, 100% Baseball. 2009 Athletics, 40% Baseball.
I also love Bob Geren's nonplussed slap on his arse
As if to say, yeah, I knew you’d do it
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
MAY 09 2010
BEST DAY EVER
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 9, 2010 3:21 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Heck of a present for Pam, huh?
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by Gaijin_Suketto on May 9, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I did.
Good day for Dallas, Glen was struggling a bit though.
Keep in mind, of course, that "the best defense of Derek Jeter's life" ranks somewhere in between "the best fiscal responsibility of Mike Tyson's life" and "the best not-getting-assassinated-ness of James Garfield's life." -FJM
But is May 10th Here!!
It’s 5 a.m. here in Bangkok. I have been up all night watching on MLB. I leave in a few hours to fly back to SFO after 4 months on an assignment. I will remember this forever. I still can not believe it: the 209 Day; the sad death of his mother, the support of his grandmother; and now on Mothers Day. Really Impossible. Really Impossible. for all this to converge on the same day!!
Is this the best day as an A's fan since Game 4 in 89?
It is from my point of view. Only 18 other games have had this happen in them in history. So huge.
-The president of the "Sign Elijah Dukes" fan club.
I agree!!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
i have no words, no words.
HEY A-ROD, recognize. Fucking recognize.
I can’t believe. I can’t.
I think this may be the first time in my life I’ve truly been breathtaken.
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
AMAZING!!!
My father called and said he was perfect thru 8, and by the time I got to the radio feed it was over.
also
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
9FHWOIGBEHIWFPOJWEIOFBUO[I
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 9, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey folks, was listening to KK while cooking dinner and didn't want to jinx anything
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, how many people posted a “PUT GROSS IN FOR PATTERSON!!!!” comment heading into the 9th?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
That ball to him scared me a lot
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
A whole lot.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Didn’t want to game thread it and risk a jinx, but I was thinking of you all….OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
Congrats to Braeden and the A's
from a visiting Angels fan.
Respect that A-fraud!
I am on a horse!
by SoCalWine on May 9, 2010 3:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Sorry for the typo, Congrats Braden!
I am on a horse!
Thanks for your thoughts!! What a freakin game!
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
Classy Halos Heads
thanks!!!
Hello, I'm Vince Cotroneo for the Marmaduke B. Mushmouth School of Public Speaking...
by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
On behalf of Lone Star Ball, we also want to send our congratulations
Saw it live on my iPhone while I was at the Rangers/Royals game. My mom and I got to see the moment with his grandmother
Was fuckin ballin’ man… that was beautiful
by oc on May 9, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
From a member of the McCoven to all on AN: Major congrats! I know you’re all extremely proud.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
by TheLetter2 on May 9, 2010 3:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Thanks!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
WOOO
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 9, 2010 3:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Nice
''I love Billy Beane. The only mistake he has ever made was writing that braggy book about himself, and how he's so good at computers.'' - Ken Tremendous
by fridaynightfan on May 10, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm tearing up...actual tears!!!!
OMG what a moment!!!
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
I honestly think Ken was choking up for a moment when he described Dallas with his grandma
and talked about Dallas’s mom passing away from cancer while he was in high school.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Er, SI.com says his mom was in attendance.
Whoops.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
You know that Swish is gonna be one of the first guys to call Braden
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I left my coworkers at the counter and went to the back to listen.
I love baseball!
AND I FUCKING LOVE DALLAS FUCKING BRADEN!
GET OFF HIS PERFECT MOUND!
CELEBRATE EVERYONE! I’m almost shedding man-tears.
"You're just jealous. You wish you had a rally animal..." -CardinalWraith
by Boonee on May 9, 2010 3:22 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Promised my wife...
…she’d get to see a no-hitter soon after the couple near-misses were broken up earlier this year…beautiful!
Pennington's throw
toughest of his career, I’m sure!
"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey
yep, and it looked like he even took a couple extra seconds
before he threw it, so he wouldn’t rush it or anything. ♥ you Cliffy.
Congrats Braden
Making Stockton proud.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
That could change by the end of the week
A’s going to Texas next for three games. With the emotional charge Dallas has given the team, the A’s could be alone in first by the end of the week. I think I like the idea of the A’s and Rangers battling for first and the Angels just looking up.
Yeah Braden!!!!
Perfection! That’s so awesome!!!!
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on May 9, 2010 3:23 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
One of the best moments in A's history
I watched the whole thing on TV.
Nice promotion, huh? The 209 section and he throws a perfect game? AWESOME!!!
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
JEALOUS OF ALL WHO WERE THERE!
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
Yes
I was jealous of everyone at AT&T for Sanchez’s no-no, I’m even more jealous of the people at the Coliseum today.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
why couldnt it happened yesterday when I was there.
I blame Geren for the pitching rotation. There ya go, there is your blame Geren post of the day.
I thought about walking up....now I am sorry I didn't!
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
We were there for about 10 minutes afterwards, but then had to run....
There's no crying in baseball!
Amazing Dallas!
Congratulations on making A’s history today!!
by A's Fan in Virginia on May 9, 2010 3:24 PM PDT reply actions
Braden adds a perfect game to his "handful of wins."
Perfect.
I wonder how many husbands missed this game because they were out celebrating Mother’s Day.
by LongLiveLangerhans on May 9, 2010 3:24 PM PDT reply actions
Me for one
The real killer is that my wife suggested going to the game, but my daughters and I came up with some different plans. We’re all kicking ourselves now.
Re-post.
The line to lay Dallas forms behind me. BRB
by Jennifer on May 9, 2010 3:24 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I WANTO BE at the Coliseum.
Now.
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
GAH
Wish i had kept it on the whole game, but glad i got the best parts at least
[insert inside joke here]
And against the best team in baseball, too.
I can’t get over this.
by LongLiveLangerhans on May 9, 2010 3:25 PM PDT reply actions
this should ensure Powell stays up
but this is the A’s
Congrats to both
A;SLDKFPASDFOWIEJR!!!
I love the Yahoo sports caption right now:
Dallas Braden of the A’s threw a perfect game Sunday, possibly impressing even his nemesis Alex Rodriguez.
by idunno723 on May 9, 2010 3:25 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Someone should tell him
Vallejo is pretty fair from the the 209
by OnlybuyBeaneJerseys on May 9, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
And that CC is pretty far from integrity.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Failed Geography....
Or maybe he just doesn’t know his own phone number.
by OnlybuyBeaneJerseys on May 10, 2010 4:14 AM PDT up reply actions
nah
I grew up in Benicia. Stockton isn’t that far really, just cross the bridge and head out Highway 4. Like an hour, tops.
Jeremy was safe. He jumped over the tag.
In terms of the bay area
An hour is pretty fair. He could be in 925, 510, and 415 much sooner. As someone raised in the 209….My Bay area friends tell me it’s not even the bay area…
by OnlybuyBeaneJerseys on May 9, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Tell you what...
…we’ll annex the 209, and forget about SJ. Sounds fair, right?
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
I grew up in the 408
And now it’s the 831. Damn Silicon Valley.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
I appreciate it....
Now I can officially say I grew up in the bay!
by OnlybuyBeaneJerseys on May 10, 2010 4:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I wanna hear ARod's quote now
“eh, it wasn’t against the yankees. doesn’t count.”
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 9, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
"I made that happen!"
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
May I use that as my Facebook profile pic? :)
"Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, doctor, and I'm happy to state that I've finally won out over it." -- Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart), "Harvey"
Damn, can I like buy the game video or something
100% Athletics, 100% Baseball. 2009 Athletics, 40% Baseball.
I'm still shaking.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
I may have moved to Portland a year ago
But I’m will forever be repping the 209
Way to make us proud Braden!
by nobodyinparticular on May 9, 2010 3:28 PM PDT reply actions
I'm so happy right now.
I lost it when he was hugging his grandmother.
I love the extra attention that CSN gave it, especially foregoing the last commercial.
Somebody needs to interview A-Rod.
Like now. Because news flash Mr. A-Rod: Mr. Dallas Fucking Braden just had one of the 19 greatest pitching performances of all time.
Maybe you know him now.
"You're just jealous. You wish you had a rally animal..." -CardinalWraith
by Boonee on May 9, 2010 3:29 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Signed, danmerqury
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Co-signed, Nico
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
My Yankee hated knows no bounds.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Rec'd
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
Co-signed, the cap’n.
No, not your captain a-rod.
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 9, 2010 3:35 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Smooches!
Leopold
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 9, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Good Morning!
Did you sleep well?
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by Gaijin_Suketto on May 9, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
just back from Mom's,
which I spoiled by watching six innings of a baseball game and then ran here.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 9, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry for picking on you for sleeping...
you were being good after all!
"We support your economy. We make your food and tend your fields. All we want are the same rights and responsiblities as you. Please... Vote YES on Proposition 801- Equal rights for sock puppets!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 9, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Not good enough
He should have been out here taking his mother to a baseball game.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I almost came out - but hate going to games by myself!
I shoulda just gone!!!
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
What Jennifer said
Nick
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
This might be one of cleanest perfect games ever
No sliding catches, just the liner caught by Kouz in the 1st
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
I know, amazing!
I was the most nervous when anything was hit to Patterson in LF, because, you know, he’s Patterson. SO glad he caught that one in the 9th.
Simply magical.
Couldn’t have happened to a better guy. Arod, the good news is you can only go up from here.
Keep in mind, of course, that "the best defense of Derek Jeter's life" ranks somewhere in between "the best fiscal responsibility of Mike Tyson's life" and "the best not-getting-assassinated-ness of James Garfield's life." -FJM
Even though the Rays are the enemies
I have to say that I am glad that Maddon did not send up any PHers, did not instruct his players to bunt, etc.
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
I think the bunt was ok
12 outs into it, a 3-0 game. You’re just playing to win the game at that point.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Are you sure?
I don’t think I would have noticed if it was the top of the 5th. Maybe you are right, but I still think its uncool for the best player on the team to bunt in that situation. Bartlett, OK, but not longoria.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
The bunt did happen in the fifth inning.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The 5th inning is sort of a gray area
But yeah, not sure I’d want Longoria bunting. Then again, they did need base runners more than they needed a single run.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I just remembered
One hell of a birthday gift for pam.
:)
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 9, 2010 3:32 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Oh, yeah, good call
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
So funny!
We went out for drinks after the game, and we just kept looking at each other and saying “We were there!”
Hope is a strategy ~ Chaz Ebert
I'm SOOOOO glad you were both there for that.
That’s so cool!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh man
I don’t have a voice left. I haven’t lost my voice that much since the As went to the ALCS in 06.
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on May 9, 2010 3:32 PM PDT reply actions
And he threw 109 pitches
Wish he’d have thrown another 100, then THAT would have been the ultimate 209 day…
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
And then he'd have been on the DL for the rest of the year.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Not Dallas
any other pitcher, but not Dallas.
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 9, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I LOVE YOU, DALLAS BRADEN.
Oh. My. Goodness.
Dallas and his grandma?! I cried. That was… that was… no words.
I am in SHOCK. And still shaking. What a great day to be an A’s fan.
♥ ♥ ♥
Dallas Braden is now in his 16th minute of fame
posted from the bart bridge
damn I wish I had set the dvr to record this…
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on May 9, 2010 3:34 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
You lucky son of a bitch.
In attendance at a PERFECT GAME!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Wow!
I am still numb, I don’t think I can drive home…lol
It was particularly funny to hear Bailey asking the director, "You want me to say ‘nipple clipper’ as a question?" Susan Slusser via The Drumbeat 03/20/2010
by adragon on May 9, 2010 3:34 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
OMG he threw 109 pitches?
WHAT ARE THE ODDS, jeepers this is some day here.
I am ecstatic… watching Dallas cry on his grandma brought tears of Joy.
Hello, I'm Vince Cotroneo for the Marmaduke B. Mushmouth School of Public Speaking...
Days like these make me think there is a God.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
It's just... what perfect timing
In all respects. On Mothers’ Day. In front of his grandmother, with whom he has an incredibly close relationship. With the 209 promotion. Right after the whole flap with Rodriguez, who, true to form, said some really stupid shit.
Just flat-out incredible.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Incredible
I was almost at this game too! Oh man…oh man….WOW!
Happy Birthday, Pam; I hope everyone I know was at the game!
And it’s not like he threw a game against a chump team…best in AL Rays? Makes it THAT much more impressive.
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
who the fuck is the nobody now Ariod?
you make headlines with steroids, and we get tront page cuz we good.
thats how we roll in the 209!
this type of thing
can only happen to A-freud. Of all the pitchers who could throw a perfect game, it had to be the one Arod crossed.
by sf drift king on May 9, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
ha like the story line by Nico before the game
Dallas Braden tries to prove his fame is worth more than 15 minutes, as he endeavors to make series winners of the A’s over the Rays.
I'm a fan of the understated remark.
When I say “win the series” I mean “toss a perfect game.”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I know you were saying early on that he didn't look like he had "perfect" stuff
Last of the Ninth - Photography
Yeah, he didn't, to me.
But he’s not a “stuff” guy — he’s a comfortable 0 for 4 kind of guy. Or today, 0 for 3.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
From where I was sitting it felt early on that he did
But then it looked like the ump wanted a quick game and was willing to give both pitchers a huge target to shoot for.
Ask me about my squirrel.
This is my 30th year watching the A's
I was wondering if I would ever even see a perfect game from the A’s. Now I can die happy
Zooey Deschanel!
Heehee
I still have that game on VHS
Zooey Deschanel!
by ChickenStanley on May 9, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
EN was just on telling everyone to get on board and head to the Coliseum!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Worst thing about this weekend
Has been Roylas crapping their beds in Arlington for four straight games.
Meh. The Rangers haven't had to face their true nemesis yet: Summer.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
YES!
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Susan Slusser on Twitters:
susanslusser
Dallas Braden’s grandmother is here and speaking to the press. She says, and I’m not joking, “Stick it, A-Rod.”
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
by bobnothing on May 9, 2010 3:37 PM PDT reply actions 17 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHA
awesome
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 9, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I LOVE DALLAS BRADEN'S GRANDMA!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Oh. My. God.
Yes.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
She did raise Dallas,
so I’m not one bit surprised she’d say something like that.
Keep in mind, of course, that "the best defense of Derek Jeter's life" ranks somewhere in between "the best fiscal responsibility of Mike Tyson's life" and "the best not-getting-assassinated-ness of James Garfield's life." -FJM
Well, now we now where Dallas gets it from!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Is his Grandma Betty White? LOL!
Seriously, though, just… WOW!!!
Pitching and defense wins pennants, but offense sells tickets.
Where's the CT thread, damnit?
I just slammed the door in my mother’s face sprinting here!!!!!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
The show's not on yet -- long wrap up.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
we need a CT thread or 27
one for each out.
Hello, I'm Vince Cotroneo for the Marmaduke B. Mushmouth School of Public Speaking...
They are replaying Kapler's 6th inning AB
this was impressive on both ends
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
Seriously, has anyone increased his name recognition
So fast as Braden has in few weeks? Every baseball fan in the world knows who he is now.
Yup, no one has skyrocketed from semi-obscurity to having the NY media all over him as fast him in a long time.
-The president of the "Sign Elijah Dukes" fan club.
And Vida Blue called out Gay-Roid.
I loved that. Catfish pitched a PG the first year here, then I was born.
Not that I’m perfect, or a great ballplayer.
Didn’t know Vida threw 2 no-hitters for the A’s.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
needs bANination
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry guys.
I just hate the guy.
Rooting for the Yankees is like cheering the tanks at Tianamen Square.
Hate away.
There are just other nicknames you can use to express your hate.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
South Park is so right on this.
gay ≠ gay
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Me too ;)
100% Athletics, 100% Baseball. 2009 Athletics, 40% Baseball.
Bradenia, FUCK YEAH!
http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-bradenia.html
100% Athletics, 100% Baseball. 2009 Athletics, 40% Baseball.
braden's mother passed from breast cancer if I'm not mistaken
so to have him of all people, on mother’s day, on breast cancer awareness day, throw a perfect game…I don’t know if it could be more perfect.
What did i tell you...didn't I say they would win? Yeah that's right I did didn't ? Wait.. what? They LOST?!?!?
you get the feeling from an event such as this
that we got something special brewing in the East Bay this summer.
Hello, I'm Vince Cotroneo for the Marmaduke B. Mushmouth School of Public Speaking...
by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 3:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Perfection with few witnesses.
From ESPN: "Braden pitched the A’s first perfect game since Hall of Famer Jim “Catfish” Hunter’s gem on May 8, 1968, against the Minnesota Twins. Only 6,298 were there to witness it. Sunday’s crowd at the Coliseum wasn’t much better: 12,228."
In the battle of the strong, victory goes to the brave.
hey who knows maybe this help the stadium along
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 9, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate ESPN.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 9, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Gotta think this could boost attendance
Average bay area sports fans realize we’ve got a good product.
Really let’s see if there is an attendance spike next homestand…
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 9, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I HATE ESPN!
Negative nellies! This is such a great story! I love Dallas Braden and his Grandmother. So nice! Why ruin it with attendance talk! Enough already! The people of Oakland are mad at Lou Wolff, let it go. It’s just a great day to be an A’s fan and baseball fan! Go A’s! Let’s take over first place by Thursday morning!
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." -Jessica Rabbit
by A'sfansince1970 on May 9, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Screw you ESPN
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Might have only been about 8k at the game too
Just sad really.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Not actually there though
12k is the paid attendance, not the actual gate count.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I'll throw a CT thread up in a few.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Damn.
I’m almost mad at my mother for making me miss that gamethread.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 9, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't be hating on the Mom.
You can’t attend every single game thread. Just be glad that happy things happen, even if you aren’t there.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I think this is the first one he's missed.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Strange thing was I watched the game.
They were playing the Rays, so they were actually on television here. My brother LEFT after the 8th inning (as did everyone, but me). I kept telling Mom, “There’s something very special about this game, but I can’t tell you about it.”
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Ha
Best part— Braden goes down 3-1 to Kapler and the kid holding the camcorder: “Oh no.”
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
listening to the highlights of history here
Gotta say that KenKo’s call of this whole thing was just top-drawer, send the radiocast to the HoF right this moment.
Hello, I'm Vince Cotroneo for the Marmaduke B. Mushmouth School of Public Speaking...
Since we’re off tomorrow, they should show it again.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 3:43 PM PDT reply actions
Moms went to Sacramento to see her granddaughter
Thought about driving to the game at noon … decided I didn’t want to show up late … wow. As I watched at home, I kept telling myself that I would have messed up the entire rotation of the world had I attended. You guys can thank me later.
Dallas Braden, I salute you. You’re freakin’ awesome.
I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.
Good way to look at it
You can thank me too!
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
Excuse me everyone...I have a very important announcement
WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Drinking so much that you forget your name is like trying to cure cancer, it might not be possible, but you should never stop trying.
I had to reign it in so my wife wouldn't see.
Though I think she might have.
I’m going to go call my mom.
This is one of the best days EVER to be an A's fan. Happy you could share it with yr. mom
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
Aw! Yay!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
CT, for the, maybe, two people who are interested today...
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2010/5/9/1465012/chris-townsend-thread-5-9-i-think
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I want this poster-sized
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 3:46 PM PDT reply actions 28 recs
Rec'd
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
LOL! Powell making the celebration all gay. I like it.
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by thejd44 on May 9, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Where's cuppingmaster when you need him?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
i like this one best
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
+ a billion.
I want that picture on my garage wall
SIG SPACE AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP. INQUIRE WITHIN.
There's not a more perfect picture that came out of today.
And if you watch the video, he didn’t hold that pose for a couple seconds. His arms were only out for a splitsecond, before they wrapped around Barton. Great, great work by the photographer to catch him like that.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
That's a hell of a 209 promotion
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
truly
they are talking about just that on the radio broadcast.
"I'm not going to comment on the cacophonous generation of ancillary noise". Ken Korach on the Tampa Bay indoor dome.
by One won lost won on May 9, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Good way to wake up
I’m currently in China right now so this was an awesome way to wake up and see that braden had freaking PERFECT GAMED THE RAYS. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Now let’s get a streak of perfect games going. ;)
Ok this all rules but
why do we have to keep talking about A-Rod when its Braden who did something only 18 other players have ever done? Its a bummer this getting sunk to a lower level trash talking session against MLB’s fave whipping boy. Who the fuck cares about the Yankees today? Its DALLAS BRADEN right here right now…
-The president of the "Sign Elijah Dukes" fan club.
by PL78 on May 9, 2010 3:47 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
I think because A-Rod said something like "Who is Dallas Braden?" that the comments are appropriate
Braden etched his name in baseball history today. He’s pretty much guaranteed to not be forgotten now. All baseball fans know who he is.
Plus, people just really hate A-Rod.
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on May 9, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I understand the sentiment
But making this about A-Rod cheapens something that doesn’t need any other reasons to be totally amazing.
by DDroney on May 9, 2010 6:07 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Ray Fosse talking on broadcast
says Landon Powell was setting up perfectly to cause this to happen. Powell set up almost behind the RH hitters, which made great pitches vs RH hitters.
"I'm not going to comment on the cacophonous generation of ancillary noise". Ken Korach on the Tampa Bay indoor dome.
by One won lost won on May 9, 2010 3:47 PM PDT reply actions
CELEBRATE PERFECT TIMES, COME ON!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
this
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 9, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Good luck with that
But at least Braden will be mentioned 1000 times during the broadcast, especially when A-Rod is at the plate.
Favorite Braden Quote
“Take Ball, Throw Ball, Keep Your Mouth Shut”.
In the battle of the strong, victory goes to the brave.
You can see where Dallas comes from
she is a good bird
Zooey Deschanel!
by ChickenStanley on May 9, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Could you imagine what was going through Pennington's head on that final out?
I would have had an heart attack if that was hit to me at that moment.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
I know, really.
So routine, and yet…
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I got nervous
watching the replay. It was easier that I was listening to the radio at the time, although not as good that I was driving.
But Pennington’s throw was right there.
yep
my heart jumped out of my chest when i had a line drive come at me on the last out of mikeA’s no-hitter. I’m pretty sure he walked a couple guys though, which makes Dallas Braden’s accomplishment better than mikeA’s vs California School for the Deaf
Jeremy was safe. He jumped over the tag.
I threw a no-hitter once against the California School for the Blind,
but nobody seemed all that impressed.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I'm blind
but I did see that game. Heard it was a complete gem.
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
Thanks!
Truthfully, Angel Hernandez was pretty generous with the balls and strikes.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Well, it's good that Angel Hernandez didn't show any bias towards his alma mater
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on May 9, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
True dat.
Helen Keller was screaming in the stands. I finally asked her to please stop waving her hands.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Oh good god!
and I chose to do other things today, out of the house…..and come back just now, fired up mlbnetwork on the tv and saw this…thence came here. OMG gotta watch the entire replay on mlbtv for sure. OMG
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
done
“ARod is still the devil” is winning handily.
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 9, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
uh huh.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
That's a higher number than today's attendance!
Oh. That’s not good, is it?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
join us in the CT thread
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 9, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
this will be part of the Oakland A's history for ever now
fuck lew Wolff and you lame ass attempts to move us.
here's another youtube video
with Dallas pointing to section 209. I think he hugs his grandma at the end.
just got to the to the computer
HELL FUCKIN’ YEAH!!
FIRST THE SHARKS THEN THE A’S!!
GO DIAMOND DALLAS BRADEN!!
STFU A-ROD and SF LINCECUM HONKS!!
just had to say
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
Not to ruin things for you
But the Sharks season is going to end very soon.
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on May 9, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
June
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
In two series.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Wow
Pessimist much?
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 9, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha
Touche
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 9, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Blackhawks gotta watch out
The Sharks just came off murdering a “winged” team!
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
Say 'Blackhawks' five times fast.
But not near your mother.
by LoneStranger on May 10, 2010 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, I wanted to save my first post for something special
I think this qualifies.
by Pop N' Locktapus on May 9, 2010 3:55 PM PDT reply actions
Welcome!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Thank you sir!
I will definitely reply with more regularity now that I’ve peaked.
I would also like to thank Slingbox for allowing me to watch this game while on vacation in England.
by Pop N' Locktapus on May 9, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
We'll skip over our usual...hazing rituals in light of the situation.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
{gives back pants and briefs}
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Excellent
Let’s save it for the next perfect A’s game.
It only took 42 years since the last one right? I better start doin some yoga.
by Pop N' Locktapus on May 9, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Welcome to Athletics Nation...
bandwagon jumper! (I kid, I kid!)
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on May 9, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Welcome and excellent handle
I hope for an equally great avatar.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
yeaaaaaaaah Pepe
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 3:55 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Video
Good quality video here of the last out + grandma hugging
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on May 9, 2010 3:56 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
bawling here
the dam finally broke for me here
Hello, I'm Vince Cotroneo for the Marmaduke B. Mushmouth School of Public Speaking...
by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
{inappropriate gropes}
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Wow, same here
I was out with my family and didn’t find about the game until I caught a few minutes of CT’s show. But man, even this short clip is incredibly moving.
That is beautiful -- thanks for posting.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I've watched it twice already
Tears both times. Man, I’m a sissy
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
So am I a little
My friend the slegnA fan was here and was wanting to watch his Celtics.
I said no fucking way are you not going to be watching some history.
I felt much emotion. He even admitted it was great. I then flipped to Fox and showed him that the slegnA were losing.
aaaaaaw
sniff
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
5-9-2010
= 209 + 510
…Forever! You earned your place in history, brother! Put up that mustache and say “Shhh”!
by Area 510 on May 9, 2010 3:57 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hahaha.
Nice!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
69=(6*9)+6+9
Just saying.
Keep in mind, of course, that "the best defense of Derek Jeter's life" ranks somewhere in between "the best fiscal responsibility of Mike Tyson's life" and "the best not-getting-assassinated-ness of James Garfield's life." -FJM
Ooh, very good. I like that.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Braden said he threw a screwball to Kapler.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on May 9, 2010 3:57 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Gonna Say it in Spanish
Gracias Dallas, toda la Athletics Nation esta orgullosa de ti. A-Rod. Chúpate esa! ;)
Perfect!
Wish you all had been here with us!
by LongTimeFan on May 9, 2010 3:58 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Please help!
What station is postgame show on?
These may be your father's A's!
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 9, 2010 3:58 PM PDT reply actions
Are they even talking about it?
I’ve been listening but not much A’s stuff.
These may be your father's A's!
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 9, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
It looks like not only did Braden re-up on his 15 minutes...
…but he might have just gotten himself an entirely new plan with unlimited nights and weekends.
-The president of the "Sign Elijah Dukes" fan club.
by PL78 on May 9, 2010 4:02 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Join us in the Chris Townsend thread if you haven’t already.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 4:04 PM PDT reply actions
Nomar giving heaps of praise for Braden on Baseball Tonight.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
Chris Berman!
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Ugh. I loathe Berman. I wish he'd go away already.
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on May 9, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Making me cry:
1. Dallas and Landon. They were drafted the same year, have played together since A-ball, and now a freaking PERFECT GAME.
2. Dallas and his grandma. (No explanation needed.)
I love this day.
So many great photos!
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 4:10 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
BANJO MAN!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Good think he doesn't have his 'fro any more or we wouldn't see any fans in that shot!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Seriously
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh no. You know what this means?
Chavez must’ve bitten Braden yesterday.
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on May 9, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know if that means Dallas will pitch forever because he's undead
Or if his arm’s going to fall off because he’s undead.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
It seems to be working out okay
for Livian Hernandez. Jamie Moyer and Tim Wakefield too.
-The president of the "Sign Elijah Dukes" fan club.
LOL, awesome tweet from Zach Zaidman, a Chicago media guy
If you thought Braden was ticked at A-Rod, imagine if the 27th Rays hitter had tried to bunt
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by thejd44 on May 9, 2010 4:12 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hahahahaha.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Dallas Braden is talking to Chris Berman on ESPN!
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 4:13 PM PDT reply actions
You’re welcome.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
ESPN has become just slightly more watchable for the next 24 hours
Drinking so much that you forget your name is like trying to cure cancer, it might not be possible, but you should never stop trying.
Amazing
Just got home from the game still have goose bumps AMAZING day to be an A’s Fan!!!!!!!
ChrisB
Awesome day for me but sad because I didn't see it
I read CC’s comments this morning before heading to the airport for a flight to Nashville. When I arrived at the airport I actually was thinking about the “209” deal and parked in that space in long-term parking. Obviously I didn’t have a clue about anything great happening but then I landed in Nashville, got my rental car and had the iPhone trapped in the visor so I could hear the MLB broadcast. I picked up the game in the 8th inning and was so excited that he had a perfecto going so I called my nephew to let him know.
I was in the rental car tearing up all by myself driving down I-40 east and it was special to hear Korach’s call and the limited postgame. Now I’m in the hotel room in bizzaro world because ESPN is actually covering the A’s!! THIS IS A GREAT FUCKING DAY!!
These may be your father's A's!
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 9, 2010 4:16 PM PDT reply actions
Another odd thing
I actually flew from DALLAS to Nashville while the game was going. Hmmm… :-)
These may be your father's A's!
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 9, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Keep the party going in the Chris Townsend thread!
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 4:17 PM PDT reply actions
I tried to call into the show but my AT&T service doesn't work here :-(
These may be your father's A's!
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 9, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
aaaw
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Another update from Yahoo
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
So ready to go to that Yankees game in June
I was already in the process of making a Braden shirt to wear to yankee stadium in June, but after today, I’m getting a jersey and wearing it with such amazing pride while strutting around Yankee Stadium. Couldn’t have happened to a better guy at a better time. Epic can’t even begin to describe it
"I am Jack's inability to cleanly field a ball." ~Leopold Bloom
I heard Dallas was perfect through seven and I hauled ass to the Coliseum
Made it there for the final three outs. Holy Moses was that amazing! As a man from the Stockton area, I couldn’t be prouder of Dallas!
The best part was some guy who ran to the box office to buy tickets for an upcoming game. He had no idea what was going on.
Braden just said the hat, shoes and glove are going to the Stockton HOF, not the MLB HOF
Awesome.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
right on!!
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on May 9, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Is he allowed to do that?
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
The HOF isn't run by MLB, so I think he can do more or less what he wants
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
HOF usually wants the ball, not everything else....
they’ll take everything else, but it’s the ball that goes in the permanent display…
There's no crying in baseball!
Braden said
He’s gonna give the ball to grandma. Don’t think the HOF is going to get the ball. Or anything for that matter.
TV guys said he was sending his shoes....they have 209 on them!
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
You sure they didn't mean 409?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I like how on Twitter Braden was the #1 trending topic
But A-Rod was the 4th one down and didnt do anything today.
-The president of the "Sign Elijah Dukes" fan club.
I was born and raised in the 209, and I have to say
Dallas, this is probably one of my most memorable moments watching a baseball game.
It’s not easy filling the shoes of fan favorite Bobby Crosby, but Cliff Pennington says he’s up to the challenge.
I just heard a sound bite of Dallas
They asked about him talking to his teammates.
He said something like, “They don’t talk to me on days I pitch, I am all business, I have 4 days to be a moron with them”
LOL
HAHAHA.
Hey, I think moron time has started early!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Good stuff
These may be your father's A's!
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 9, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I just took my mom to Chili's....
But luckly we sat in the bar part and they had the MLB network on and they showed the last 3 innings live…..so it was like being there….with my mom….but we’re in Arkansas…..
"I am Jack's inability to cleanly field a ball." ~Leopold Bloom
by athleticsgirl24 on May 9, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
So good :)
19th perfect game, but first with a numb foot?
Is this the real life-
Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-
That's it! Kill the nerves in two toes for every pitcher!
Sheets: “But I like my toes…”
A’s trainers: “Shut up, Ben! Bring your damn foot over here!”
So a friend of mine is in town...
…and demands to go to BOTH weekend games…Saturday so that he can get an Andrew Bailey bobblehead, and then either Friday or Sunday. He chooses Sunday. So Dr. Pez and I exchange two weeknight games later in the season for these two, and that’s the only reason Dr. Pez and I went to the game today.
What a great game, and yeah, “Stick it, A-Rod!”
I just checked, Dallas's game before this
he allowed a hit to the last batter he faced, so he’s at 27 in a row right now, not more like I was hoping.
-The president of the "Sign Elijah Dukes" fan club.
From Susan Slusser's twitter
A-Rod on Braden: “Good for him, he threw a perfect game, and better yet, he beat the Rays.”
That's actually
pretty civil for him.
He’s still a douche though.
by Pop N' Locktapus on May 9, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
A J Burnett said
“Don’t cross my mound Grandma”
What another sack of trash.
CC and his clown comment. CC gets shelled in Oakland nearly everytime so he should shut his fat overweight mouth"
I don’t agree with headhunting in games but I think I might make an exception for the Yankees.
A.J. is gettng smoked right now.
"I get nervous every fifth day," Braden said. "I figure the day that goes away is the day I saddle up behind the 7-Eleven desk."
Even in print that comes off as sarcastic and insincere.
Pitching and defense wins pennants, but offense sells tickets.
Or should I say, FTP
For The Perfecto
Bitches
I just marked my kid's height on his Kurt Suzuki height chart,
put the date on it, and labeled it “Dallas Braden Perfect Game.”
by LoneStranger on May 9, 2010 4:43 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I went to the game before rickey broke the record, now the game before the perfect game.
Rickey took off for second that night and Canseco swung and got a base hit. Everyone booed, he had such a good jump.
Can't complain about rotoworld's added comments today
Dallas Braden – OAK
Dallas Braden threw a perfect game against the Rays on Sunday.
And this makes Alex Rodriguez’s comment about Braden getting his “15 minutes of fame” over their mound confrontation downright hilarious. Braden struck out six in the outing, with the final out coming on a grounder to shortstop off the bat of Gabe Kapler. Any perfect game is impressive, but doing it against a team that entered the day 22-8 makes it exponentially more memorable. The perfect game is the major’s first since Mark Buehrle did it last July.
According to ESPN
it’s the highest winning percentage of any team being no hit (30 games or more).
Ask me about my squirrel.
BRADEN! BRADEN! BRADEN!
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
Nice Fangraphs article.
According to a basic binomial distribution, the odds of Braden allowing no runners in 27 batters, as he did on Sunday, are .00001517, or 0.001517%. Braden’s perfect game wasn’t quite one-in-a-million. It was more like 15.2 in a million.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
Hahahaha.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
He needs two!
One for this, and one that shouts “Stay off my mound!”
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
And it needs to have only 8 working toes.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Harvey Haddix still owns the record for perfect-innings-pitched-to-working-toes ratio.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
You're sure he didn't happen to have 11 toes?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Toes?
We don’t need for steenkin toes!
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
I said this in the CT thread
but I think it bears repeating here:
The game threads from today, as well as the post game ones, should be saved, the naughty language asterisked-out, and they should be sent to Cooperstown.
Hello, I'm Vince Cotroneo for the Marmaduke B. Mushmouth School of Public Speaking...
censorship?
Send all the curse words to Cooperstown and make them do the work!
Jeremy was safe. He jumped over the tag.
is it even bad now?
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
According to modern music....No.
According to schoolmarms everywhere…Yes.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Did they make you stop using it on report cards?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Yes. Now I have to use the more clinical "intercourse"
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
"Jimmy needs to get his intercoursing feces together."
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Fuck Cooperstown.
Send it to Stockton.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Well I think we can print two copies ;)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Enh, fuck Cooperstown anyway.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
he is driving, i think, while she talks
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by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
thank you so much
I have done radio a lot in life, so I kind of have an advantage calling in.
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by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
realizing potential
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
by oaklandSMASH on May 9, 2010 5:02 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm framing these tickets.
Now I need an autograph to go with ’em!
Let’s Go Oak-land!
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
I'll sign 'em for 5 bucks
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on May 9, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Spending the afternoon trying not to jinx it
It’s funny trying to explain the significance of the game to my wife and daughters while not using the words, “perfect game.” I watched most of the game, but had to go out with them. I taped the final few innings on the old VCR but listened on the radio, and the game ended a couple of mintues before we arrived at our destination.
That was very cool, and my wife – not a baseball fan – is suddenly fascintated with all things Dallas Braden. She even watched the replay with me.
I did the same thing. My wife got back from the store and I said
“Braden’s pitching really well.” She responds, “Oh yea?” and I replied “Yea, like really well” hoping she’d catch the italics in my voice and see it in my eyes.
I get italics in my voice when I gargle
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PUNCH IT!!
Hey Duane Kuiper,
This is how you make meat hit the pine.
I always thought that was a disgusting saying!
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
he admitted to cheating
ill-gotten, meet gains.
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by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
and he has a bunch of leftovers of these
by Dub_TC on May 9, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
No prob, we did, kthxbai!
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by Nico on May 9, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I fail to see how this is about A-Rod.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
For A-Rod.....
Everything is about A-Rod!
by A'sFanInLondonUK on May 9, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m saying how can you make fun of A-rod for steroids when alot of steroid users played for this team…
look, we invent the innovations good and bad
Yankees just follow with deep pockets and a sense of entitlement.
The mantle of innovation, good and bad, in the modern era of this game from Mustaches to Steroids to Moneyball rests right here in Oakland.
Have a nice day =)
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by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
over 2700 players have a world series ring, there are 289 players in the HOF right now.... Braden is one of only 19 PEOPLE to throw a perfect game.
topped
by Athletix Man on May 9, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions 20 recs
+1
From Humboldt to Torreon Mexico, supporting the A's every night thanks to XM Radio!
"If he wants to run across the pitcher's mound, tell him to go do laps in the bullpen." Dallas Braden in response to the A-Rod mound incident.
by Humboldt2Torreon on May 9, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Those in the business call this PWNGE
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Um, snap
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
A-rod has 15 HR’s to go for 600 HR’s
600 hr’s > 1 measley perfect game for a middle of the road pitcher
You < A good troll
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by Nico on May 9, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Alright, bye.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
No, let him stay
I don’t see the point of banning trolls who are bad at trolling.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
I didn't ban him.
I just made the comment.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
merq's comment had me thinkin'
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
He probably assumed I had banned him
But why bother?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I banned him.
Just don’t want to deal with him today.
Any other day. Not today.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Fair 'nuff
I said it in jest anyway. Just wanted to take a dig at his lack of ability to do the same.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Yeah, he was pretty hilariously bad.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Oh, then "Hi left hand!"
Sincererly,
Right Hand.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Fine, but you're gonna miss out on some hilarious material
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Trolls amaze me
That someone would want to spend their free time going onto internet sites and trying to disrupt communities just to try to disrupt them? How about volunteering at a soup kitchen with that time?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Or at least dedicating yourself to not being a dick
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
I was watching the Cavs-Celtics game on TV....
…and they announced that Braden had a perfect game through 7 2/3. I was like, hope he pulls it off. I know AN is likely to be going crazy right now.
Congrats to Braden and his Gram. Great stuff.
EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985......
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
trying to research
has a no hitter ever been thrown on Mother’s Day? A Perfect Game? Help me figure this out… I would think there would have been one on Mother’s Day, a no-no, that seems more likely (was Catfish’s on Mother’s Day Sunday?) than a perfecto.
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Catfish was a Wednesday
I just figured that out.
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by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
So was it Mother's Day?
-Cindi?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I'll bet that baseball-reference.com has a list of all PG and NH's
You might just have to eyeball it.
Only holiday NH I remember was Righetti’s 4th of July NH against the Red Sox, but that can’t be the only one.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
And here's a historical calendar.
http://arc.id.au/Calendar.html
Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
And Mother's Day was founded during WWI, right? So it's not clear it would count if it happened before then.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Is that when mothers were invented?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Before that people reproduced by parthenogenesis.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
What do you get someone for Parthenogenesis Day?
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Summer of '42, I think
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
David Wells in 1998 was a Sunday
but it was one week too late. No other perfect games.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
think how many
people were there with their moms, who almost never go to a game, what they saw.
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by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I take my mom to a few games each year, and one of them is always Mother's Day
We had a great time at this one….I loved being there with my mom, and with so many ANers nearby….although trying to explain to my mom the difference between a no hitter and a perfect game, without actually saying the words “no hitter” and “perfect game”, was very difficult…..
There's no crying in baseball!
Time to add another sign:
No hitting in this area!
From Humboldt to Torreon Mexico, supporting the A's every night thanks to XM Radio!
"If he wants to run across the pitcher's mound, tell him to go do laps in the bullpen." Dallas Braden in response to the A-Rod mound incident.
by Humboldt2Torreon on May 9, 2010 5:17 PM PDT reply actions
Or
Sorry
No
Baserunners
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Post No Runs
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Stay off my f&^*ing bases!
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Hey guys!
Just got in, didn’t read the title or comments or anything. Been stuck in my room all day with no tv. Anything interesting happen?
"It is like Menudo, where guys reach a certain age and are kicked out of the band. And they go on to be Ricky Martins somewhere else." -Billy Beane
by WhiteElephantGuy on May 9, 2010 5:24 PM PDT reply actions
Chris Carter his two HRs.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
has
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
long-time reader here
breaking my silence on AN for this remarkable occasion, and to share this series of texts I exchanged with my friend right after the game.
Friend: Wow.
Me: DALLAS BRADEN JUST MADE A GROWN-ASS WOMAN CRY
Friend: Haha. You mean A-Rod?
This was probably my happiest moment as an A’s fan, not even gonna lie. The Streak might have been more epic, but this means more.
Welcome!
And awesome text sequence.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
is this the Keep the A's in Oakland guy
on the postgame CT show, telling Chris that he nad the other Oakland folks were the honored guests of one Lewis Wolff in his very own skybox, and that they watched today’s stunning game with the owner and a bottle of red wine???
My god, someone needs to pinch me…. this is a day of ecstasy right now, I mean am I DREAMING THIS SH*T TODAY FOLKS??
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Yeah, except he implied that they lifted the wine after the game was over to celebrate with
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I need to eat something
I haven’t moved from this seat since 1 pm.
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by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
{holds out left arm}
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Yes, Bobby and some others were with Lew for most of the game
But I’m glad I was in the left field bleachers!
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
Hey, A-Rod just got out
Bag of douche.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Irony
A-Rod possibly will not be in the Hall of Fame because of steroid controversy, while Dallas Braden is guaranteed a place. STAY OFF HIS FUCKING MOUND!
by Murray, Present on May 9, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Braden and A-Rod each have 10 total "toes and testicles"
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by Nico on May 9, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 12 recs
QOTFM
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
And so it shall be done.
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 9, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
QOTM
just so it shows up in the search for QOTM… would hate to have it missed because it was the Quote of the Fucking Month.
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
i like this
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED THIS!
I’ve been busy all day. I just turned on the computer to see what happened.
OMFG!
I couldn’t be happier. OK, I’d be even happier if he’d done it to the Yanks. But really this is so totally, unbelievably awesome.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:33 PM PDT reply actions
Oh so fine
Proud of him and his humble demeanor. Firey yet not cocky. I watched all 27 of those beautiful outs. Only scary moment was the liner to Patterson in the 9th. Patterson makes me nervous in batting practice so, just saying. Catfish and Braden 209 is just fine for all time.
Baja been here
I love Braden so much!
I just got back from the game after a victory lap at an Irish pub. I literarlly cried when his grandma came out. It was the best game ever! A-Rod pulled out the ‘good for you’ line. The MLB story says that the Yankees have been laughing about Braden for the last 3 weeks. I bet they won’t be laughing when the come back to town.
"Have a couple at the weekend, keeps up comradery"
One of the great things about mlb.tv....
….is that I can watch the whole game even though I missed it live.
I don’t usually make the time to see games I miss live, but you can bet that I’ll watch this one!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:38 PM PDT reply actions
Are you going to get nervous around the 8th inning?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
For me it was the 7th
That’s when I start thinking, “OK this is serious.”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Yeah.
Before then, it was “Hey, Dallas is pitching awesome!”. The 7th is probably where the nerves kicked in.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I started gnawing on my fists
sometime around the 6th. I was watching the game at work and had to step away from the 2nd-4th innings, but I’m definitely going to go back and watch the whole thing again.
by gmh on May 9, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure this has already been said, but it's also a great game to win.
Taking a series from the best team in the league via a perfecto? How can you top that!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:45 PM PDT reply actions
that was amazing...
I listened to the whole game while I worked. I just sat down for the last two innings – I just knew something amazing was happening. The only thing missing was Bill King.
by Chilango on May 9, 2010 5:46 PM PDT reply actions
So I've started to rewatch the game....
….and just discovered that they don’t cut the commercial breaks out of archived mlb.tv games.
WTF?
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by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:47 PM PDT reply actions
Actually that should be "watch" since I haven't watched it yet.
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by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
they just love throwing away bandwidth.
you’d think someone would work this out.
by A'sFanInLondonUK on May 9, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You can fast forward....
….but it’s by time and inning and there’s no visual, so you have to guess how far to go.
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by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
erp....that's "time NOT inning"
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually there is a "jump to inning" button, tho' it's pretty well hidden
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I thought they got rid of that!
That is so typical of mlb.com.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
that's what I am doing....way to go...I am in the top of the 8th now
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
I take it that it wouldn't be kosher for me to insert into the game threads...
….knowing and strangely prophetic comments.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:48 PM PDT reply actions
Like after the game's first pitch,
“Wow, seriously it looks like Braden has ‘perfect game’ stuff!”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Actually, emperor nobody pretty much did that in real time
After the top of the first, he wrote:
boy Braden looked tasty in that inning
8 more, please
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by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
forgot about that…. now I need some lottery numbers and I am set
[[[puts on tinfoil hat]]]
Hello, I'm Vince Cotroneo for the Marmaduke B. Mushmouth School of Public Speaking...
by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
[makes EN matching vest and booties]
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Well since... Braden just said the hat, shoes and glove are going to the Stockton HOF, not the MLB HOF
Does that mean the MLB HOF will want his pitchers mound ha.. It’s one full circle.
The man crush meter
just blew up
"Dan Johnson did it"
I thought I heard that coming out for a second.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Man
The A’s are going to have a ton of roster decisions once everyone gets healthy. How do you send down Powell after he catches a perfect game?
Donaldson goes down, I'd assume.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
How can you send Donaldson down?
He goes days and days hitting nothing but homers!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
So you've watched batting practice too?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I almost forgot he was still here.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Not just Donaldson
Who goes when Crisp is ready? Cust has finally found his swing. Chavez is not producing. Pennington establishing himself as the leadoff guy. Patterson and Fox are out of options. Lots of decisions to be made.
Well...Being out of options isn't as important as
“Not being able to OBP .300 when you can’t field well either.”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I'd say:
Suzuki replaces Donaldson
Crisp replaces Patterson, please
Duchscherer replaces Edwar
’Sall gud.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
He's not that close yet.
The one problem with my proposed moves is that it leaves the A’s without a backup 2Bman. Unless you count Chavez.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I think Cust is forcing his hand.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Yeah
However, good thing Cust was not here yet. I say he wouldn’t have made that catch Patterson did in the ninth today.
He'd be DHing.
Or if in LF, he could give way to Gabe Gross by the 8th. But Crisp will be out there, along with Davis and Sweeney, before long.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Yeah, with all the worrying about whether Crisp is too much of a singles hitter
he’s basically like Patterson on his best day imaginable, except he also plays great defense and generally understands how to play baseball.
So even if we’d prefer a power hitter in LF, when he returns the team will get better.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Nobody goes anywhere
Keep the mojo going, all rehabbing players can stay with Jack Cust in Sacramento and commute back to the Bay with him. But honestly, it is good to have a glut of players.
@MAD_Marvin
The FairWeather Channel - Sports Comics and Bandwagon Forecast
Nice!
I went to the Slegna-Mariners game today, and Dave Niehaus broke into the action to inform everyone that Braden had completed a perfect game. They showed the last pitch and celebration on the big screen. A lot of Mariners and Angels fans gave their respect, which was nice to see.
I'm watching the game now. Dallas had great stuff!
I suppose you can’t pitch a perfect game by accident!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 6:11 PM PDT reply actions
Congratulations and thank you for today, Dallas!
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
Hey, what do you know?
A-Rod’s team is down 5-0.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Wheeeee!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Make it 6-0
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Unreal.
Except for the four games I have seen in person, I had yet to see a game start to finish this year. Until today. And I told my brother after the first inning, “That looked kind of easy. Just 8 more of those. Why not, right?” All through the game I kept telling my family that he was going to do it, and even kept saying Perfect Game throughout. Not taking any kind of credit, just that I felt something right from the start. Weird actually. Evil Don was so excited he’s been asleep for 2 hours now. With this insane smile on his face.
I'm here to talk about the past.
I am very, very glad that you and your family got to be at that game, Don
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
There was some sort of magic happening out there today.
So glad we got to see it, love!
Hope is a strategy ~ Chaz Ebert
And I'm happy that you were there too, lynnzgal!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I can't tell you how happy I am thst you were there.
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by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Courtesy our friends at the Cove
For you, Dallas. Grats!
by jctGamer on May 9, 2010 3:23 PM PDT
@MAD_Marvin
The FairWeather Channel - Sports Comics and Bandwagon Forecast
by Hit4TheCycle on May 9, 2010 6:15 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Rec'd.
I’ve given waaaaay too many rec’s today.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I'm sure everything has already been said,
but I’m going to say it anyway.
The focus by everyone on this team today that contributed to this moment in history by Dallas “Get The Fuck Off My Mound” Braden was absolutely the most amazing thing I have ever seen!
I will never forget it.
Hope is a strategy ~ Chaz Ebert
Also very nice to get four runs with Shields starting.
Not that Dallas needed any more than the one.
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by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Just noticing that I've always kinda liked the Mothers Day pink bats and uni accessories.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 6:16 PM PDT reply actions
It's why I don't break up with you, honey.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
It would compete with Braden for attention,
but at the same time it would be kind of cool if A-Rod’s team got no-hit today.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Or not.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Anyone else hear Braden's postgame interview with Kate Longworth
Talking about after the game he says “My whole body went numb. Well, the foot was already numb, but the rest of me was numb.”
hahaha
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
A couple NHL and NBA inspired pictures I threw together
by deftoned on May 9, 2010 6:22 PM PDT reply actions 12 recs
Needs the perfect in there/
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Move it to the bottom, centered.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Dude, that first one is so fucking amazing!
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't encourage him.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I can’t contain myself!
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
to clarify
A-hole – and not the ball – would have been out in every other MLB park, and many little league parks.
Your first place Oakland A's
by eastcoasta'sfan on May 9, 2010 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I MISSED IT. AND I COULDVE EVEN CAUGHT IT ON TV I REALIZED SINCE IM IN MIAMI.
any chance someone’s going to fileshare a copy of the game? torrent or something? i would be eternally grateful and buy you a beer at an a’s game when i get back to the bay in july.
"Mazzaro world"
-Nico, cerca 2009
okay, watched all top of the innings on mlb archive....felt good.
now just listened to Korach call the top of the ninth….even better.
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
Korach was predictably awesome.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Sigh. This was only the third game all year I haven't heard or been at.
I got home, opened AN, and thought it was a joke! No joke. I could cry for missing it (and would have rather cried with everyone who heard/saw it). I love Ken, and can only imagine…
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 can't stop watching this
It’s perfect (appropriately enough). No words. No reporters. Just our boys in the clubhouse.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
I watched that like 4 times in a row.
Hugs, and smiles, and loud music, and happy. (Also shirtless Andrew Bailey in the background.)
♥
SO LIKE I JUST GOT BACK TO MY COMPUTER.
AND I WATCHED THE VIDEOS.
I’M TEARING UP.
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
I LOVE THIS THEAD
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
I guess I'll try to put this into words,
even though I’m still truly speechless.
What an amazing day at the ballpark. What an amazing day to be an A’s fan. What an amazing day to be a baseball fan.
Thanks AN for all the birthday wishes, this was truly a birthday I will never forget. I’ve been having a rough day/week/month/whatever, and wasn’t particularly into celebrating my birthday. In fact, I was kind of trying to boycott it. To have this happen today, of all days, well, it was just unreal.
I’m insanely lucky to have such a great AN/baseball family – and today got to share in this amazement with the lovely and special lynnzgal, LongTimeFan and skigurl – my surrogate “baseball moms” – to which they should take no offense, it’s actually not about age at all, it is just about finding people who love you and understand you. There’s no one I would have liked to watch this game with more.
Somewhere in the third or fourth inning I had what I call a “Joe Posnanski” moment. He has this blog entry in which he has written that at every single baseball game he attends, he thinks about the possibility of a no-no until the point it’s broken up. I’ve never really been at a game where I had this feeling, but today I did.
There were a bunch of us in attendance today, lots of familiar faces in 216 and 217. I kept looking at the line Dallas was throwing up there inning after inning and not really thinking it, but thinking it all the same. Somewhere around the fifth inning, I think I made the comment here that Dallas was KILLIN’ it today. He really was.
Lynn had been visiting some friends in other seats, and she came back to sit right around the 7th inning. She remarked how good of a game Dallas was pitching, and I kept saying, yes, really good…LOOK at the line…LOOK at it…and she looked. And then we were a ball of nerves.
I’m pretty sure between the 7th and 9th innings I was holding hands with lynnzgal or LongTimeFan the whole time. I kind of felt like I was going to throw up. (I kinda still do). It was amazing to see this small crowd of 12,000+ become so loud to resemble a crowd of 30,000, cheering on our team and our pitcher putting together this perfect afternoon. Even though the pitcher gets the credit for being “perfect” and really he was, there’s no way this could have happened without perfection on the part of the team: heads up baserunning, great hitting, spectactular defense (I’m looking at you, Kouz).
When the game ended, we couldn’t stop screaming. We didn’t want to leave the Coliseum. We just wanted to bask in the glory of it all. I consider myself insanely lucky to be one of the few who have been able to witness this in person. There have only been 19 perfect games in history and I was at one of them.
I am so glad it was Dallas Braden. I am so glad it was on Mother’s Day, so that he could honor the memory of his own mother and the presence of his grandmother. I am so happy he’s a homegrown kid. I love that he takes so much pride in his hometown and is sending his uniform, hat and spikes to Stockton instead of Cooperstown. Baseball would be better off if there were more guys like Dallas Braden.
Happy birthday to me.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
by pam5981 on May 9, 2010 7:03 PM PDT reply actions 17 recs
PAM.
Dallas says Happy Birthday.
Wow.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Thanks dannycakes!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'll let it slide.
This time.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
You'll let it slide everytime.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Your birthday, after a perfect game?
I can’t resist.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I'm gonna be riding this high for a while.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I think I'm still in shock.
And I wasn’t there at the game!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I still haven't really caught my breath.
My heart is pumping a mile a minute.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
If you haven't yet, check out Korach's call.
It’s just amazing. Chills. Over and over.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I've listened to it three times already.....
I need to figure out how to make it the ringtone on my phone…
There's no crying in baseball!
OMFG. That would be 27 (get it) kinds of awesome.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I went to the gas station afterwards
and I kept wanting to go up to people at the other pumps and tell them I just saw a perfect game!
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
I'm going to do that at work tomorrow....
“Ms. Gigglingone, I think I just failed my final exam”
“I saw a perfect game yesterday!”
“Um, but that’s not going to help me graduate”
“A perfect game.”
There's no crying in baseball!
Hey All!
Just want to chime in. Was working today at the Giants Ball Park, Public House. Am back and 1st of all I want to share this link with you from the Stankees Blog……..Douchebags!
http://www.pinstripealley.com/2010/5/9/1464983/dallas-braden-throws-a-perfect-game
So, Watched the game while working and I knew something was up after Dallas went 4 Pefect. I had a feeling after 6 that Dallas was going to close the deal. Met some strangers and became friends while working the bar, made many more after the game was over, and was celebrating with EVERYONE at the end! I had Giants fans rooting for Dallas and everyone was glued to the TV during the entire Post-Game Show.
What a Perfect Game, Perfect Day ! For all those Yankee Fans that were dissing Dallas’ grandma for her comments after the game, I only have one thing to say: A-Rod, Braden says, “How you like me now?!”
By the way, Urban says, “the next time the A’s and Yankees play, if Dallas is pitching, it might be the first time you see the PITCHER charge home plate!” Love all my people! Go A’s! M-ROD
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
HAPPY F'ING BIRTHDAY PAMELA!!!!!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Thanks Nicholas.
It was amazing.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Thanks mikey.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
The best!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
you must feel like it was all a dream
we were talking about you all game, whoa pam must really be having quite a b’day, and then for him to do it and get all 27 for ya, well speechless is the word.
Happy b’day, obviously…. maybe it’ll get happier and you’ll like win the CA state lottery or something.
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by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks EN.
I should really test my luck out today…hmm….
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
DO IT!!!!!
be sure to play 51, 20, and 9
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by emperor nobody on May 9, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Awe inspiring.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 9, 2010 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks cheese boy!
Lynn and I were talking about you at our post-game drinks session.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Aw, I feel honored!
WHAT’DYA SAY.
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 9, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
good stuff, good stuff!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
♥_♥
:glitteryeyes:
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 10, 2010 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank you, baby.
Thanks for inviting me to join you. Thanks for sharing your special day with me, and that very special moment. Happy Birthday.
(and yes, I’m crying yet again).
Hope is a strategy ~ Chaz Ebert
Ditto babe.
I’m kinda still emotional. It’s really my old age.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Happy Happy Day and Birthday Pammy!
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 9, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks sweetie!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Totally was.
When you get back here, we’re so catching a game together!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Insanely jealous
I always think about a no-hitter or a walk-off home run whenever I attend a baseball game. Never seen either and would really like to see one. Very happy you got to see today’s game, and hoped you would be there to see it. Go A’s!
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
Happy B'day!
So glad you for you that you were there!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, it was unbelievable.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I've always wanted to see a no-hitter, start to finish, live
I never would imagine being able to see a perfect freaking game— and on your birthday, no less?
It can’t be any happier, I suppose, but I’ll say a happy birthday to you, anyway. Glad you had a wonderful day.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Thanks Joey C.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Happy Birthday!
That half inning that I came up to see you and Lynnzgal was the only time I got up during the game, and I was so worried I was going to jinx it…….
There's no crying in baseball!
Thanks! It was great to see you today. Thanks for carting around my jersey until this weekend.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Can I have it back next time I'm at the game?
The A’s did so well with it in my backpack today…..
There's no crying in baseball!
This may be the best game recap ever
Happy birthday, Pam.
BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD, AND STUFF.
Thanks doc.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Happy Birthday!
Damn, i thought that was you all! I was in 217 with my mom. I think I saw you guys after you were all leaving when Braden finally left.
Ask me about my squirrel.
LOL.
You should just come up to us anytime…I don’t know how many times I’ve had people approach me – are you Pam? from AN?
And if I’m with baseballgirl? Forget it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Oh god, that sounds awkward.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
It is. But you get used to it.
baseballgirl’s a pro at it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
haha, really?
That seems like it would be a little, uh, creepy or something… the internet peoples know who you are…
I'd be afraid of getting it wrong.
“Um, no. Who the hell are you? Get off me.”
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
That was you that came over and sat like 5 or 6 rows up in 207 briefly right?
Ask me about my squirrel.
If I'd realized I probably would have
I was sort of landlocked in my seat for the entire game
Ask me about my squirrel.
Happy birthday!
I’m glad you got to be there… had to be your best present, right?
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige
The best!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Do it.
(and, you crack me up).
We decided today, in our cocktail induced haze, that this is the start of an amazing May 9 streak, and that wherever the A’s are playing on that day, we should go see them. Wherever.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Happy Birthday!
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Today is also Prince Fielder’s birthday and Tony Gwynn’s.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, Aaron Harang and Brandon Webb.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Thanks! Did you make it out today?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
no i was an idiot and decided to work on my draft post that hadn't gotten done in a week
worst decision ever.
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
You realize you have to go to the game on your birthday every year now, right?
Even if its on the road.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
Heh.
Read my reply to Jennifer, just above.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
just saw it
Busy mother’s day, slogging through the comments now. I even told the special lady friend, that I couldn’t go on a walk with her and the kids because I had to listen to the last inning.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
I'm still reading the backlog of the day's comments too!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAM!
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 9, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Happy late birthday, Pam!
I’m SO happy you and et al got to be there, got to see it, got to celebrate it. This will ALWAYS be a part of your birthday and that is SO AWESOME!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Pam!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish I had the skills.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
LOVE it man!! Great job.
see you back at CGB ;-)
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Ha, I didn’t make it. I just found it.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Listened to the last three innings of this game with my brother in-law (an Angels season ticket holder) which made it a little more fun for me.
Was praying and nervous as hell with each pitch that Braden would pull this off (and at the Coliseum!). THANK YOU DALLAS BRADEN FOR BEING AWESOME!
Now I get to see all the glory for myself on mlb.tv.
Listened to the last three outs!!!!
Just off the plane
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 9, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
And I ask myself...
Why the heck I don’t have TV. I can’t believe I missed this one.
U
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 10, 2010 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank you Dallas Braden
…for a wonderful 36th birthday at the ballpark with family and friends. What was even more impressive about the game is that no one even seemed to hit Braden very hard at all — except Kapler, I believe, in the 6th pulled a bunch of balls foul to left. My Mom asked “Is Tampa Bay really bad?” You’d think that Tampa Bay sucked, rather than being a team that had only lost two road games all year.
Happy Birthday Steve!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I have to admit
I was not sure that it was a perfect game until the final out when they put it on the scoreboard — I thought there hadn’t been a walk, but I wasn’t keeping score so I wasn’t sure. I think some people in the bleachers weren’t completely aware it was even a no-hitter, but most of us were exchanging glances and raised eyebrows from about the sixth inning on. I had stuck my phone down at the bottom of my bag so I didn’t even see the numerous texts from friends wondering if I was there until after the game.
I’m sure those of us who were there will be making note of our lucky clothes (in my case, Ellis jersey over Hatteberg shirt) and our lucky meals (pseudo-Vietnamese chicken wrap from Trader Joe’s) and our lucky seats (fourth row aisle of 135, directly behind the 209 banner). And there was also a first-time guest who may have to make return appearances, now we know she’s lucky too — Mama Stomper: 
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on May 9, 2010 7:45 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
What are the odds there's a dude in that mascot?
Ask me about my squirrel.
THAT's awesome.
The dress? The pearls? The hat?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
LOL Stomper's mom???
hahaha love it!
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Stomper MOM!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions
MAMA STOMPER.
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 10, 2010 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions
In the words of the late Bill King....
HOLY TOLEDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…coincidentally my “Holy Toledo” patch just arrived for my brand new Brett Anderson jersey. can’t think of a better way to suit of for Monday’s work.
It's just more exciting with Billy Beane running the team.
Just in case anybody cares
Dallas’ game score was 93:
+27 for 27 outs
+10 for five IP past the 4th inning
+6 for 6 strickouts
-0 for 0 ER
-0 for 0 UER
-0 for 0 hits
-0 for 0 walks
BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD, AND STUFF.
It's actually a relatively low game score for a perfecto.
Or even a no hitter. He only had 6 Ks.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
The A's join the Yankees as the only franchises with multiple perfect games thrown.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
Oops yeah that's my bad.
Totally forgot about the Sox. And I didn’t realize the Cleveland Naps = Indians.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on May 9, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
yea they were the blues from '01-'04 then Naps '05-'14 then became the indians.
by Athletix Man on May 9, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
they should go back to either name
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
what about the Spiders?
That was a badass name. The team sucked, but it’s not the name’s fault.
"We support your economy. We make your food and tend your fields. All we want are the same rights and responsiblities as you. Please... Vote YES on Proposition 801- Equal rights for sock puppets!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 10, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree.
One of the best names ever!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
And it wouldn’t carry the same connotations that the current name/mascot carries. That doesn’t qualify as political, does it?
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
No, baseball related.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 1:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I may never say this again, but:
I am so excited to watch ESPN.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
yeah, if only this boring east-coast game would end
BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD, AND STUFF.
You mean the one where A-Rod's team is getting pummeled?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I wish I had 5 big screens like at the bar.
Then I could watch a different station on every TV.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
No kidding!
I just want to saturate myself with Pepe for the rest of the night.
Hope is a strategy ~ Chaz Ebert
I'm so making us t-shirts!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'm so making us t-shirts!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
dirrrty.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
You go, Grandma Lindsey!
Braden hugged his grandmother Peggy Lindsey on the field after the game, a Mother’s Day moment that was especially touching because Lindsey raised Braden after his mother, Jodie Atwood, died of skin cancer when he was a senior in high school. Apparently, Lindsey seems just as feisty as her grandson. When she met with reporters after the game, she said, "Stick it, A-Rod!"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/sports/baseball/10braden.html?hp
Holy crap! Really???
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Iglew!!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
DID YOU SERIOUSLY JUST MISS THE WHOLE THING?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Of course I did.
Your birthday is always a busy day for me. My dad’s birthday. My sister’s anniversary. And when it falls on a Sunday it’s Mother’s Day, too.
I was on the traditional Mother’s Day road trip with mom. Just got back about 10 minutes ago.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Wow.
Yeah, there’s been a party going on at AN. For the last five hours or so.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Wow. Just...wow.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
It's enough to know that it happened.
I don’t need to watch a recording. Even though I’m late to the party I’m totally psyched to hear this, and join in the afterglow.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
You should watch it. Somehow.
It was amazing.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
At least try to hear Korach's calls of the last few outs
To me, that’s the “can’t miss” — that and the video with hugging grandma.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Can you jump ahead in the archive now?
I remember last year you could play start to finish but I couldn’t get it to jump ahead.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Oh I don't know
I’ve never checked out the archives.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
yes...if you are on the mlb media site there is a fast forward button
listening now…
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
How do you lose the internet?
Kids today.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
We have to set up some kind of telephone tree
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
Yes, like an emergency plan.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Or at least a huge AN text message blast.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
We have a Twitter account, actually.
@athleticsnation
But it just repeats all of the front page posts.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I highly doubt we're ever going to get iglew on Twitter.
Just a hunch.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
He'll be left at home when the revolution comes!
by LoneStranger on May 10, 2010 6:39 AM PDT up reply actions
He'll be happy there, with his Opera music
playing in the background, happily flitting through the unabridged OED.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 6:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, yes and no.
Yes to sitting out the revolution and yes to the OED. No to audio-only opera, and no to anything at all “playing in the background”. I don’t do double-tasking. Kind of the same idea as photographs.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Even if I were technologically current,
you still wouldn’t have gotten me yesterday.
When I take a little road trip into the mountains — whether it’s with my mother, like this time, or alone — the whole point of it is to get away from the rest of the world. Any device that isn’t already out of range anyway is going to be turned off.
It’s not spiritually healthy to be on-call 24-7. If my timing is bad and I happen to incommunicado when something exciting happens, them’s the breaks.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
by iglew on May 10, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You're so zen about it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Zen is who I am.
Every moment exists, whether I’m in it or not. Being in someone else’s moment only takes you out of your own.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I need to be more like you.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hmm...
if you’re able to experience someone else’s moment isn’t by the nature of having experienced it, it also you’re own moment?
Ask me about my squirrel.
Sure, if you're really there.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Well, anywhere you're at is your experience
You are wherever you are. Your experience is always unique to yourself. Whether you’re listening to it on the radio, seeing it live, performing it, doesn’t really matter. It’s still always going to be your experience. You’re really never truly in someone else’s moment. You’re always in your own.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Damn, I think I've been zen-pwned!
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
That's it exactly
Sometimes it’s good to just disconnect from things for a bit to unwind. I was also away in the coast ranges today, no internet or telephone, and I wouldn’t trade it away. I will appreciate the perfecto afterwards, though.
by el generico on May 11, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I just heard this on the radio as I was finishing up work for the day
What an incredible event! This sort of makes my season.
"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagine such events unfolding!" Bill King
my crappy iphone pics from the LF bleachers
braden in the 9th inning
the celebration
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
Any takers?
http://www.bustedtees.com/mustache
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I think I'm buying mine right. now.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
It doesn't come with the black guy.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I'll take it all the same.
Though, that guy is quite good looking.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
But seriously,
Official AN Day Shirt? I think so.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Yes.
Hell yes.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I was all set to declare it after the A-Rod thing.
Now? After this?! We’re all Dallas’s #1 fans.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Hah. I want the simple effectivess of ours:
Dallas Braden’s
PERFECT GAME
5.9.10
We were there.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yes. Sorry.
With the periods. Maybe in all caps too.
WE. WERE. THERE.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Does it come in green?
Ask me about my squirrel.
Unfortunately, no.
We could make similar ones. But…embellished a bit. Green, and a huge 51 on the back.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
"beware of the Pepe"
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
That's what I was thinking too.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Don't have the patience
And mine gets a wee bit wiry
Ask me about my squirrel.
I can do that.
I haz the skillz.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Awesome.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Hmm...Let's see...
…I’ll have two of the black guys and one of the shirts. Thanks.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Before this devolves, quickly, I would assume, I'll just clarify -
I want ONE of each. Just ONE.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
And let me just clarify
that I need TWO black guys. TWO. Thanks again.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
as long as you don't swear, I guess.
really, this is mind boggling.
SIG SPACE AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP. INQUIRE WITHIN.
I wanted that shirt about a year ago, but my mom doesn’t let me get clothes from the Internet.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Is she afraid it will lead to you leaving the house?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
We gotta bust you out.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
R-Punzel, R-Punzel, let down your hair!"
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Seriously, free RRS
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Now there's a tee shirt!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
So what's the story on Sabathia dissing 209?
I missed that.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
It was recent.
He’s a clown…Guy says he’s from the 209, what the [bleep] is that? That’s where I’m from and I don’t know what he’s talking about. Two-oh-nine. He needs to just calm down – put that in the paper. That’s just tired.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
CC is confused.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
And by "a while" we mean 5 minutes.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Hey CC
He looked calm today throwing a perfect game.
You can’t even throw a perfect inning in this ballpark. Must be thinking about your next meal and how much you are going to eat while you are trying to pitch here because you are a gascan in this ballpark.
Awesome
Just spent the past two hours reading AN. I’m stuck on the east coast, I fired up MLB radio up just in time at the airport to to catch the final two outs. Drove to best buy and watched the highlights on their display ipads.
Haven’t been this excited and emotional about the A’s since The Streak, love these A’s!
Congrats Braden and thanks AN for making this even more special.
"Who's this Seagon guy? Is he in A-ball or something?" - Billy Beane
by pickinmachine on May 9, 2010 8:13 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I'm going to be up all night writing this paper
because I took an approximately 6-hour break this afternoon, what with the game and its aftermath.
Totally worth it.
Good to know you have your priorities straight!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
It's why we love you.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
that was cool!
The end still makes me tear up, and I’ve watched it probably a dozen times.
And as for the defense: Kouz was definitely busy today (and awesome!). I think all of the fielders recorded at least one out — looks like Rosales and Ryan each only had one ball hit to them, both in the 7th. But at least they got to be involved in some way (other than hitting, of course).
That is great
Kouz was a real hero…no one would have been surprised if one or two or three of those outs had not been outs.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
And saving Dallas' pitch count on those foul ball outs was so important.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
WOW.
Still. WOW.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Never again will I doubt your powers.
God damn.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
You better remember.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Okay, SportsCenter is on.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 8:21 PM PDT reply actions
Kouz had Braden's BACK today.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I loved the thing on the scoreboard
The little balls and strikes ones were displaying KOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZ when he was at bat or made a good play.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
Yea, I noticed that yesterday. I think it's awesome.
These little touches are really nice. Kouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz, Mama Stomper, 209 Tickets…. baby steps, marketing dept, baby steps.
If only they would show Kurt Suzuki daring a bull to run to home plate,
I’d probably be inspired to go to games.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
"Rajai does everything fast...Look how quickly he just struck out!"
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on May 9, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
im not sure why they based so much of their marketing on a player so likely to fail
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by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see why -- he's a natural "fan favorite" type
given his style of play.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Ha, well, speaking of bulls
The Sports Highlight was Cowboy Poker — four guys are sitting at a table in a rodeo ring when a bull comes up and knocks them all to the ground. It was pretty funny. And now it is the Lucky Highlight.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
ridiculous.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Screw that.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Can it really be counted as a perfect game...
…when neither the Yankees nor Red Sox were involved? Our panel discusses it after the break.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
None. It was beauteous!
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by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I knew once he got through the heart of the order in the 8th he was knocking on the door.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS THERE.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
wtf.
no one gets to see that.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
It was funny
During the game my brother texted my mom asking her if she was watching.
Ask me about my squirrel.
You guys all suck.
[sulks]
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
DON'T HATE ON US.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yes. I'm going to bask in this for a while.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
YOU. WERE. THERE.
bet you’re glad you’re not so tired today, huh?
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I tweeted Slusser to thank her from eliminating any "perfect game" reference
during the game….and tweeted "jinx? to Jan Lee for constantly mentioning it.
Catfish Hunter and Dallas Braden.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Amy Lawrence "By far the top story of the day"
she’s playing Korach’s call of Kouz’s great catch…now she’s repeating Braden’s story…Korach’s call of the end of the game…only 109 pitches, that’s very efficient, better than having a bizilion K’s
Considering he spent 12 of them on one batter, that's even more impressive.
Ask me about my squirrel.
That AB was killer.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I really thought that would lead to his undoing.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Where are you watching?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
That's so great.
He’s all full of quotable lines today, isn’t he?
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I just want to hug him.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
ESPN spent 4+ minutes on the Perfect Game highlight on Sportscenter in the A-Block
Must be a record.
@MAD_Marvin
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Can't believe that Kouz snag of the line drive was the first out.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Kouz was SO KEY today.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Braden owes him a steak dinner.
Really, I hope he takes them all out for a steak dinner this week in Texas.
The sad thing is,
Eric Chavez still makes more than 20x what Braden makes.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Not in California.
Portland, Washington and Nevada they do.
Ask me about my squirrel.
So by "Chavez should pick up the Tab" it really means
“Chavez should drive to Nevada and pick up the Tab.”
by LoneStranger on May 9, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Or at least give it three tries before letting someone else give it a shot.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
It's your birthday too?!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
It's your birthday TOO?
We have THREE AN birthdays today! Amazing!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Just changed into my A's jammies to celebrate.
Yes, I have A’s jammies. So?
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If I get A's jammies for my kid, he'll never take them off.
He already tries to sleep in his A’s hat.
Your son is awesome
Start them early, that’s the key
totally agree....I started my kid on baby A's clothes at 4 months....
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
We had him in an A's onesie at his first baseball game at two months.
I wanted to take him at two weeks, but the doctor said it was probably best not to. So instead it was A’s on Saturday, Rivercats on Sunday.
by LoneStranger on May 9, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
giambi shirt for the 3 year old
wear it for days, and its a few sizes too big
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
I'm wearing my A's t-shirt to bed tonight for sure.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I had a Giambi shirt in the third grade. I wore it every Friday.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I see nothing wrong with that.
Ask me about my squirrel.
He's just so quotable!
From SuSlu’s game recap:
Asked if he’d even thrown a no-hitter before at any level, Braden said, “In Little League, I had a couple under my belt. And in the bullpen, I’m damn near perfect every day.”
I. LOVE. HIM.
I love the thing he said about hugging his grandma, too. The one about his body turning numb, even though his foot already was.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Braden is on a pretty short list of dudes on the team I'd wanna just hang out and shoot the shit with.
Braden can just sit and talk like a normal guy, which I love
Sorta reminds me of when Mulder, Menechino, Ellis, and a few other guys shared an apartment or a hours or whatever.
Also reminds me of Byrnsie — he’s just a normal guy who happens to play ball and can talk or speak his mind extremely well, except Byrnes kinda sucked and Braden just threw a perfect game.
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Future broadcaster, perhaps?
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
I could definitely see him doing something like that once he's done playing.
He’s a very, very well spoken guy.
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You must be talking about Braden.
Byrnesie is also likely has a future in TV broadcasting, but I don’t think it’s because he’s very well-spoken.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Seems to me that whether or not he's the best pitcher on the team,
he’s in fact the leader of the pitching staff. He just has that “leadership quality.”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Gravitas.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Patrick Stewart too.
And Sean Connery.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I actually hired him to read my junk mail.
Honestly, it was not money well spent.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
i prefer the term ballz
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by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
Absolutely. There’s no question that he’s the one that fires up the guys, day in and day out.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I fucking LOVE this team.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
and from Jane Lee's recap...
“Kouzmanoff, again, stole my thunder,” Braden said, “by making sweet plays over by the dugout. I always tease Kouz. I say he tends to play things into web gems, but I think that one was a straight-up decent play.”
I'd like to see
a video of grandma saying “Stick it, A Rod”. Anyone got a link?
If he wants to run across the pitcher's mound, tell him to go do laps in the bullpen - pepe
I haven't seen one.
It was just a comment she made, not sure if there’s video.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Nice perfect win, perfect bitches!
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
by iglew on May 9, 2010 8:49 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
WE'REEEEEE ALLLLL GONNNNNNNA CRYYYYYYYYYYYYY
@MAD_Marvin
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I've been crying since about 3:30 pm.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
It's been a hell of a day!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hey Pam
Really fired up you got to see this game in person. I’m super jealous and wish I was there, but so glad you got to experience it. A really special baseball moment you will be able to tell the kids about someday. Super happy for ya.
Bring back Hammer.
Thanks. It was unforgettable, that's for sure.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
This performance will help other pitchers on the team
Like Gio.
Just throw strikes and don’t nibble. Trust your stuff and Gio has great stuff.
Brett Anderson trusts his stuff. Don’t want to get greedy but I think we can see Anderson throwing a no hitter. Yeah, it’s near impossible as everything has to go right but that performance is going to galvanize this team and Like Beane said in his interview, things are going to be much better when players come off the DL.
I can see Gio throwing a no-hitter
I can also see him getting knocked out after 1.2 IP the start before or after, but he’s a good candidate to throw a no-hitter someday.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
with 7 walks im sure
but i totally agree with your point.
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he could throw an Andy Hawkins
“Darn, I lost 4-0 but I got the no-no!”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I was looking at the list of pitchers who have thrown perfect games
(linked as a fanshot by Flashfire). Some of those pitchers had great stuff, but others –like Mark Buehrle, for example – aren’t known for “great stuff”.
They did, however, have CFers who could steal HRs at important times.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I'm amazed that it was just his 53rd start.
Anyone have the info on how many starts each pitcher had made before before the perfect game?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
It should have been his 209th
He RUINED it!
{runs out sobbing}
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
DON'T CRY NICO
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Otay!
{giggles}
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Your name is Otay?
oh, wait… :)
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by Gaijin_Suketto on May 9, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm rolling around ideas for an FP post on Tuesday.
Cause there’s no way I can possibly talk about anything else.
I’ll look into it.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Ever. We can't talk about anything else, EVER.
Thanks (dannycakes) <—————- runs away
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Sigh!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Now you know how it feels! Hah.
It’s totally sticking, by the way.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Ooh, dannycakes isn't going to be happy about that.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Yeah, obviously I didn't oil the pan well enough.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Oh god, it's spreading.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
heh heh heh
:::evil laugh:::
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
You walked into that one
I may have had a hand in getting it rolling, but you did strike first.
Ask me about my squirrel.
and he's a she.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
guy in 1922 it was his second
its in the NYT article someone linked to here
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
My kid was the guest PA announcer today and Dallas threw a perfect game
I’m not saying he had anything to do with Dallas’ success on the mound, but they might want to bring him back just in case ;-)
What an amazing day at the ballpark. My boy even got an official game scorecard from Dick Callahan. None of us will ever forget this day!!!
Really? HE was GREAT!
We were all commenting about how good he was.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Even Ken Korach made mention of how good he was.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
High praise! The highest!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Your Kai was excellent -- best youth announcer ever!
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
whoa, that was your son? congrats!
he was really good
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
That was your kid???
We thought he was awesome!!! LOVED the “Kooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuzmanoff”!!
There's no crying in baseball!
Holy shit dude
Best Kid PA announcer I’ve EVER heard. I even commented on it during the game. He was great! He’s definitely someone I could see using his voice for a living.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Did you give him some pointers? Cause he was on his game.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
This may be the tidbit that pushes me over the edge
and makes me listen to the entire game on archive. (Not tonight, though. I was supposed to do work when I got home!)
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I printed out all the possible batters
And made sure he could pronounce them all. Then I made sure he listened to Dick Callahan when we were at the game Friday night.
Today he was probably most psyched about meeting Kurt Suzuki and having his Suzuki jersey signed. Just another awesome part of the day!
by Technotofu on May 9, 2010 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What a "good dad" move!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
That's totally going to be his little bio blurb.
If he’s on Jeopardy 20 years from now, that’s the story he’ll tell.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
K. I need to calm down now.
Night AN. Thank god for you guys to be able to share this with! Love ya!
Hope is a strategy ~ Chaz Ebert
Night!
(you’re not getting to sleep for a long, long time)
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I might not be able to sleep for a week....
I’ve already recharged my phone after all the calls to my family this afternoon/evening…..probably going to charge it again in a few hours….
There's no crying in baseball!
Good read from Joe Posnanski on Braden
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/05/09/perfection/
Bring back Hammer.
Ah! Joe Po.
I figured he’d have something up eventually. He always does.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Hmm...I remember Braden being a prospect, though.
I heard about him when he was only in A/AA, specifically that his screwball made him special. Also that the A’s really liked his “makeup” — until the injury I thought he was considered one of the “pitchers to watch” in the A’s organization.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
He had a 10.1 K/9 2.4 BB/9 in the minors too.
Stuff questions aside, he was a pretty good prospect.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
That's what I remember
I recall Beane singling him out as someone they really liked.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Famous forever.
Love it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Thanks for the link
I rather like the article. With regard to Braden’s status as a (non) prospect, Poz may be overselling it a bit, but I do recall publications like BP— which should obviously have loved ridiculous K/BB ratios like Dallas’s— saying something to the effect of “well, that stuff probably ain’t gonna work in the majors, but you always have to root for a guy who throws a screwgie.” That Dallas has overcome that perception— and the perception by many of the fans who were revolted by his 2007— is very much to his credit.
I have one quibble with JoePo’s recap— you bet your ass there was drama in the 9th. It may have been 1-2-3, but that 3-1 count to Gabe Kapler— the man who caused me to look skyward and shake my fist while screaming his name, Colbert-style— had me quaking.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
The ESPN photo gallery has 51 photos of today’s perfect game. What a coincidence!
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 9:22 PM PDT reply actions
I wish I could believe they did that on purpose
But they hate us
They can't hate what doesn't exist.
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 10, 2010 1:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Landon deserves a good deal of credit
Said they looked at the game Sheets pitched and went with fastballs in and soft away and mentioned that the change was unhittable because of this.
He definitely used the inside corner effectively,
and then had guys reaching/flailing at the changeup away. Especially Longoria, which is impressive.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Forgot to mention: as we were leaving the bar, an older couple was leaving too.
Turns out they were James Shields’ grandparents, and while totally devastated at what they had just seen, were totally gracious and in awe of seeing it. And his grandfather said that this was the second perfect game he’d ever seen – we immediately thought of last year’s Buerhle vs. the Rays, but it turns out he had seen Koufax’s. AMAZING.
Witnessing TWO perfect games in one lifetime? Unreal.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Totally devastated that their grandson lost some regular season game?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
They were sad! Truly.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Get out of town.
Two perfect games?! That’s just awesome.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
The odds of that have to be ridiculous.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I say we buy that guy a season ticket
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
And quite a few of their fans too
Ask me about my squirrel.
Yeah but not in person!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Wow, nice byline
Was this piece edited by Editor?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
WOW, that was a great story I wrote!!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
My Name is an awesome writer.
We should get him/her to do a front page post too!
Ask me about my squirrel.
BTW, Braden now has a WHIP under 1.00 for the season.
He’s dealing.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Really?
Wow. You know what’s odd, is that he’s always been a very flyball-heavy pitcher, but this year he’s been getting lots and lots of groundballs. Today, I don’t remember very many flyball outs.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I think the cutter probably has something to do with it
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
His WHIP is 0.96 now and it’s 0.78 if you don’t count that game in St. Petersburg. I know it’s kind of nitpicking, but whatever.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Just shows you how impressive he's been.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I think there were only 4 or 5 balls that were hit to the outfielders.....
There's no crying in baseball!
IIRC from an ESPN blurb, I think it was something like 12/9/6
GO/FO/K.
Remember the foulouts count along with the liner to Kouz and bloop to Barton.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Two to Patterson (scary)
Two (at least) to Rai. 2 (I think?) to Sweeney. He definitely mixed up his out spread.
Ask me about my squirrel.
3 to Kouz (two foul, plus leadoff liner in 1st) and one to Barton (9th inning)
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
He really spread it around to the entire team.
Ask me about my squirrel.
See my post below, though...?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
BTW, Eric Patterson does signal how many outs there are to his teammates first
Then he signals to the LF bleachers and everyone signals back. At least today.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
He should signal to Jim Wolf how many strikes there are.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I know at some point I'm going to have to go to bed, but it's not gonna be for a while.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yeah, I have to get up at 3:30, so...night all
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
Sleep is overrated.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Not if you can't leave the house or buy stuff on the internet.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Hey, I have to go to school.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
um we all know that baseball blogs and porn are the real reason for the internet
buying shit is overrated.
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sleep is awesome.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
According to MLB's boxscore,
Braden had 7 GO and 9 FO. He had 6 Ks. Not sure where the other 5 outs come from? Do they not count infield pops/liners as FO? Did he really only have 7 groundouts?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Lineouts, foul popouts, and maybe infield popouts.
Some people classify infield popouts separately than fly outs.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
That would mean he must have had
7 ground outs, 14 “air outs,” and 6 K.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I was so happy forDallas...
but miserable that the kids took me to the park yesterday instead of today. We always go for Mother’s day but the kids decided we should do a barbecue today and go to the game yesterday because they wanted the bobbleheads. Grrrrrrrrr….
Don't be miserable. Bask in the awesomeness. Happy Mother's Day!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
by pam5981 on May 9, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Amen, sister.
No one should be miserable for missing this.
You can’t watch every game. When you miss a game, what do you wish for in your absence? You wish for something awesome like this to happen!
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Oh and it was so good to see them really cover this event on the Network TV
I was a little surprised to see them do a good job of it.
I went to MLB.com and recorded the 27 outs to real player
Since I will be watching it many times over.
I know no one cares,
but it was a rough day today. Terminal patients at work, a lot of death on Mom’s Day. I took NINE tests today for finals. My brain is slush. Thanks, Dallas, for making the day a little awesome.
We do care. I'm sorry your day was so hard, and I'm glad today's game was a bright spot.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
No one cares about your fantasy team
They do care about dying patients. :-(
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
What Pam said.
Oh, and also,
alittle[lot] awesome
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Yikes.
Well, glad you were able to relax and hang out in the gamethread/CT thread for a little while.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
We cares, darlin'
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
By the by, I'm not sure in what capacity you serve...
… but my mom is a nurse and I know she always takes days like that particularly hard. Sorry you had to go through it, glad you felt like you could share it with us.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Sorry your day was so rough, Jennifer,
but it’s so cool you’re hanging out with us again. AN needs you.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish ESPN would have done Korach’s call instead of Kuiper’s.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 9:55 PM PDT reply actions
Where can I hear KK's call?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I don’t know, but I heard it on Townsend’s show.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 9, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah! That's where I heard KK's call.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7936915&c_id=mlb
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
SO. AWESOME.
KK is amazing.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Easily the best call out of them all.
Glen is the most amped up I’ve ever heard him, and he still doesn’t have half the power that Korach has. And the class!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
This makes me tear in amazement every time I hear it.
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 9, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
"Kapler swings...
…
…
…
AND DALLAS BRADEN HAS JUST PITCHED A NO HITTER!"
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
mlb.com
has all of the calls in one video
They played it after the game.
Ask me about my squirrel.
if you have the mlb radio pkg you can still listen. I just listened b/c everybody was commenting on it. You can fast forward also.
I missed the birthday shout-outs earlier……Happy B-Day one you’ll not soon forget!!!
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
really?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 1:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Um, LL...
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 9, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd give it a pass on this occasion.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Oh, Greggles.
But Sunday, all Smith could come up with in a text to Braden was an almost-disbelieving “no way.”
Braden threw a perfect game in a 4-0 victory over the Rays in Oakland. Let’s say that gives Braden the ultimate parting shot.
“It’s a running joke that he’s just been living right for five years,” Smith said. "They had a couple guys go down and he got an Opening Day start last year. He’s just a guy in the right spot at the right time. But I can’t do him one better on this one. I might as well not even try.
“He’s a good guy to be around. He’s always laughing, always having a good time. It’s always fun for him.”
Ha!
Today, I totally forgot all about Greggles.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Wow, you are never going to write your paper.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I KNOW! ACK!
Somebody needs to make me leave AN. Now.
by whiteshoes40 on May 9, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Unpossible.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
i suggest you read my draft post
thatll break you for sure.
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 9, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, God, you, too?
Oy. I have a final on mergers & acquisitions on Tuesday morning that I just started studying for a couple of hours ago. And here I am back on AN.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Eh. Screw law school.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
You inspire me
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
I have that effect on people.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I can't leave.
I keep coming back and checking this thread. What is wrong with me? I have a 15-page paper due at 5 pm tomorrow — er, today. That’s in, uh, 15 hours. I am maybe halfway done. Argh.
by whiteshoes40 on May 9, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you crank out a page every two hours?
Go finish!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Have faith
I cranked out a 15-pager in a span of about 5 hours. It wasn’t pretty but it got the job done.
Actually, don’t learn from my senioritis.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Yeah, this isn't going to be pretty.
I have end-of-semester-itis. Blerg.
by whiteshoes40 on May 10, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I know that most of us don't read the FanShots very often
but this FanShot has a great Braden homage that I thought everyone should see
back and forth with an a's fan and giants fan friends of mine,
G Fan: who cares? :)
A’s Fan: the giants? since they don’t have one? haha
Me: wait are we talking about perfect games or world series trophy’s. It gets confusing when talking about things the Giants don’t have. ;)
Ha!
Nicely done.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
So I know you'll make fun of me for this, but I am reading through the game threads.
Did we blow your GOG comment guess out of the water?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I can't believe myself.
I originally guessed 5000. The real number? 48xx something. I would have won. But I had to go change it to 5750 a half hour before the first game. Go me.
And I would totally read over the game threads on a game like this. Damn.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Damn!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I know!
Eh, I can’t be pissed on a day like this.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Wow those gamethreads were fabulous.
FABULOUS.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
We try.
But seriously, it was electric. The closest thing you can get…except for actually being at the game!
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Agreed
Loved sharing the day with you, dannycakes, but I hope you can understand that I would have rather been in person with Pammy and xbhaskarx and the rest.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Oh, no question.
I’d give a whole lot to have been there today.
(the C in your user name doesn’t stand for a certain baked good, does it?)
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
...
See, this wouldn’t even be an issue if I had been allowed to keep my original handle of “Joey”.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
What happened to it?
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
The AN overhaul a few years back
I had to re-register my name, or something, and the original was taken.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
that's sad, joeycakes.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
No!
Noooooooooooooo!
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Oooof.
I’ll find the impostor. Ban him.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I think your banning power is going to your head.
by whiteshoes40 on May 10, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I ban anyone who accuses me of power abuse.
You’re on the thinnest of ice, ws40.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Just for the hell of it, I looked all across SB Nation
I didn’t find anyone with just the name “Joey” (which is weird), but I did notice that out of everyone with that in their name, there is a total of 8,695 comments. And if I’m reading this right, I’ve made 7,208 and of them.
I need help.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
I registered here a few months before you did.
And I have close to 11,500 comments. And I’m nowhere near the top. Bloom has nearly 40K.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I'm truly sick.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 1:21 AM PDT up reply actions
quiet, you.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions
um...where?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
MikeV and I are both approaching 20K.
We’re only half as sick as Bloomie.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I'm re-reading this whole thread right now.
We all need help.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
...
Did you read the CT thread? Just in case, you know, you need some more reading material.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
I tried. But gave up. This thread is where I'm gonna live from now on.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
You all need to move to the Bay Area, stat.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
AN Day.
I’ll be there for sure. Promise.
(Unless I can’t.)
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Not good enough, dannycakes.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Fine.
I’ll get my keys.
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Here's the montage of the calls.....
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7936915
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
fan post....sorry didn't see it or finish my comment!
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
Just stopping by to say
FUCK YEAH DALLAS. FUCK. YEAH.
I listened to the game on the radio and it was truly one of the best games I’ve ever heard. Simply fan-fuckin’-tastic.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 9, 2010 10:43 PM PDT reply actions
I thought you were dead.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Zombie Resurrection?
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on May 10, 2010 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions
let's hope not.
He’s in the Anti Zombification League.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 2:00 AM PDT up reply actions
She, not he.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 10, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
You're a she????????
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I love it when that happens.
One of the great things about AN is not necessarily knowing what gender everyone is. Age, too.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
It was the zombies that threw me.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yep.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 10, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
She’s in the Anti Zombification League.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
My brother posts a lot here, so I figured I’d just lurk.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 10, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Nothing wrong with that
Ask me about my squirrel.
Ooooooh.
Can we guess?
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Hah, go ahead.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 10, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
You kinda gave it away in the other thread, LaQuesaCapitan
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Oops.
My bad.
"The thing is, it happened."
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 10, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty sure I'm gonna need to find an issue of the Oakland Tribune and SF Chronicle to buy tomorrow.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Where does one buy single issues of newspapers anymore?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
7-11? Gas station?
A machine on the sidewalk?
The selfish, they're all standing in line, faithing and hoping to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by, I only own my mind.
Duh. DeLauers.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'm not a fan of newspapers.
But that newspaper stand is cool. So glad it’s still thre.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
And for those that don't make it today
almost all newspapers sell copies of old editions for a few bucks each. You’ll have to make a trip down to the Chron (still on Mission & 5th or wherever they were?) or the Trib, but it won’t cost much more than the time you spend on the trip.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Dallas is a pitcher
who has always pitched better than his “stuff” and this part of him that pushes him over the edge to potential (and realized) greatness is so inspiring to me. It is the unquantifiable character that makes a person more than a mere group of talents and limits and assumptions. Thank you Dallas for making my day, week, month, for inspiring all of us to rise above the assumptions that others make about us about our limitations.
by Chilango on May 9, 2010 11:10 PM PDT reply actions
MLB.com has a the radio/TV game finales up
it has KK’s call just a bit into it. worth waiting for, if you ask me.
I think it was inevitable.
Every interview Dallas gives post game, he always says his job is to go out there and be perfect. If he’s not perfect, then it’s his job to throw a shutout. If not a shutout, then a complete game. If not a complete game, then you have to give your team a chance to win. His mentality. Of course he was destined to do this.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I was there!
It was amazing. Dallas Braden: totally vindicated. It was a perfect game in many respects. Go A’s!!!
Great article from Yahoo
"I thought he was a great pitcher before the perfect game," Powell said.
"This is ours," Braden said. "Not just mine. Ours."
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I really really like Powell now
I thought he was a great catcher before the perfect game though haha
One of my favorite thing about the entire day was when
he finished hugging his grandma, he clearly said “let’s get some food”.
Keep in mind, of course, that "the best defense of Derek Jeter's life" ranks somewhere in between "the best fiscal responsibility of Mike Tyson's life" and "the best not-getting-assassinated-ness of James Garfield's life." -FJM
seriously?
that’s awesome.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 2:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I laughed with tears in my eyes. It was kind of weird.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
I've been like that through this whole thing.
I’m so happy for Braden, so happy for the A’s, so happy for all of us, the faithful.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 2:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Haven't been here for a long time.
But had to come back to revel in this.
DB is the most genuinely nice guys on the A’s, period. He’s got one of the roughest backgrounds in the team, with some of the slowest stuff, but damn it all if Diamond Dallas Braden doesn’t have the biggest heart and the most put-together head.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. It really couldn’t.
And with Dallas being Dallas, I’ll bet it’s a long time before the A’s ever have to worry themselves about whether he’ll dash for a bigger paycheck.
Dude’s an A, yo.
http://www.vancouversun.com/mma
Just finished watching the game archive on mlb.tv
How great was that?
Both Dallas and Powell were terrific after the game, too.
I think we’re all beginning to get a sense of how special this team is as a team. These guys really seem to play for each other. Obviously Braden and Powell go back aways in their careers. But if you look at how hard everyone worked for this today…
And couldn’t have happened to a better player or guy on the mound. What everyone has already said about Dallas!
It’s just a ton of fun to root for a team like this!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 9, 2010 11:45 PM PDT reply actions
God seeing the highlights again, and then Dallas hugging his grandma
I’m tearing up. Again. Luckily the roomies are in bed so they can’t see me wiping my eyes.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
This stuff usually happens to other teams...
but now its happened to us. APPLAUSE! Let’s GO OAKLAND!
Yer killin me kouz, yer killing me!
I had a feeling something like this was going to happen
to us this year, but I thought it would happen to Duke. Duke came close on a couple occasions before.
by sf drift king on May 10, 2010 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions
AGAINST THE BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL
I’m not tired of hearing that about the Rays anymore.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
Like everyone else
I’ve been reveling in this for the last nine hours! Congratulations, Dallas and the rest of the A’s! What an awesome, awesome game.
MLB Network misidentifies Daric Barton as Cliff Pennington
Despite the fact they were asking him about what it felt like to make the final putout at first base. And despite the fact that he specifically referred to “Penny” making the throw.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
It never ceases to amaze/amuse me.
I mean, we got the nickname “Dale” out of a case of mistaken identity, which I love, so I’m actually kind of grateful.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Okay, yeah, point well taken
But the dude is our best position player right now, has been in the bigs (admittedly, on and off) for years, and he was a highly-touted prospect. Gary Thorne screwing up because he can’t be bothered to know anyone outside the AL East— fine. But this the MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NETWORK. Brothers, sisters— know your product.
Sorry, got a little hot there.
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
I mean, I'm with ya.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
remember when a-roid called bronson arroyo "brandon arroyo" after the glove slap incident?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
figures.
Brandon, Landon… same difference, right?
by whiteshoes40 on May 10, 2010 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Should just call him by his real name: Spanish Batman.
Ask me about my squirrel.
/nerd Headline: Perfect Game Pitched In Cloud City, Bespin /nerd
"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."
You got a lot of nerve coming back here
after what you did to my mound.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Thank You Dallas!
I never thought I would see this again in my lifetime for my beloved A’s!
Self-appointed VP, BBG Groupies, NorCal Chapter
Recipent from the Games of the Glorious '86 and '87 Egg Pins.
Wow! What a perfect time for my first post here on this wonderful site.
20+ year Oakland fan here, living in SoCal.
Found out about this awesome game while driving to my mom’s house. My Brother-in-law, an angels fan, text me “A’s Perfect Game”. I immediately called him to make sure he wasn’t messing with me. Come to find out, he wasn’t! I was elated the entire 35 mile drive.
Not sure if this has been mentioned but has any other pitcher ever tossed a perfect game as their first complete game? Being that there have only been 18, the chances are good that Dallas is the first.
Congrats Dallas, your embrace with Grandma made my cry and wish mine was still around. Congrats, again.
Keep up the good work, AN.
Maybe Charlie
The last pitcher with fewer career victories at the time of his perfect game was Charlie Robertson, whose 1922 gem for the Chicago White Sox was the second win of his career.
by Athletix Man on May 10, 2010 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Nope
Here’s Robertson’s game log for 1922. He threw a CG 4 days before his perfecto.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
What a performance
I was in Fresno today doing media stuff for the Grizzlies, and I only got to see bits and pieces of the telecast. I watched the entire bottom of the ninth, though, and Braden looked excellent. The hug with him and his grandma made me get misty eyed, and I cursed the heavens for choosing non-waterproof mascara today.
Braden’s one of the good guys in the game and I’m so happy for him and his incredible achievement. And I think we can agree that anything that gets Yankees fans all pissy is good.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 10, 2010 1:15 AM PDT reply actions
I wanna kiss Braden on the lips.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
I want you to do that too!!
Ask me about my squirrel.
pictures?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Damn straight. Or it didn't happen.
Ask me about my squirrel.
no no, you're the photographer.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm entirely okay with that.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I'm still so amped up
that I can’t sleep. I keep watching all the highlights. This is odd seeing so much A’s talk on tv.
Oh, man!
I’m still totally pumped about this. And so happy for Braden. We all knew how awesome he was; now hopefully everyone else will see he’s a legit pitcher and move past the A-Rod incident.
I was at work (at one of those biased East Coast newspapers) during the game, but I was listening on my iPhone (and freaking out internally so I can continue to trick my co-workers into thinking I’m sane). During the last three innings, the amount of work I got done was inversely proportional to Braden’s awesomeness. It had been way too long since I was that excited/nervous about baseball.
will crosby spread his legs so far apart at bat that the games will have to be rated nc-17 -- emperor nobody
Don’t forget to tape the replay, guys. It’s on at noon and at seven tonight. I have my VCR and DVR ready.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 10, 2010 6:40 AM PDT reply actions
If you tell me how to do it, I’ll try!
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 10, 2010 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm supposed to hook up with EN and figure out how to do it.
I, for whatever reason, DVRed it. But it would be the Rays feed.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 6:47 AM PDT up reply actions
That'd be a great feature for the Collector's Edition of the DVDs.
by LoneStranger on May 10, 2010 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I know, right?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 10, 2010 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I thought I was the only one who still had a VCR.
Xbhaskarx lied to me.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I have one too
Don’t use it, but I have one.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Mine is used to put wooden things in the tape area
I am not sure if that helps it work
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
I cried tears of joy
after the last out.
Game 4 in 89, stewarts no no, game 20, game 3 in 2006, and yesterday are the A’s moments that brought tears of joy…
Jack Cust: Nothing but true results…. Sac OPS: .913
by Athletics fan and runner on May 10, 2010 7:13 AM PDT reply actions
fangraphs winexp chart
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
something special going on?
with 1400 posts, I thought something special happened yesterday.
oh.
well, that’ll lower his ERA.
Too bad on the timing/selection of who we decided to extend. Anderson + injury would have been cheaper, and Braden + Perfect Game = going to be more of a payday a few years out.
by rollierollieOxenfree on May 10, 2010 12:32 PM PDT reply actions
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