Near-Perfect: Braden, Ziegler One-Hit Rangers
by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 23, 2010 9:47 PM PDT
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If the Texas Rangers thought they were going to waltz into Oakland and celebrate their first division title in over decade without breaking a sweat, they picked the wrong guy for a dance-off.
Dallas Braden threw one-hit ball in eight innings of work and struck out seven Rangers to earn his tenth victory of the season. Make that 18 straight scoreless innings against Texas' robust lineup for Braden, and a league-leading 16 shutouts for Oakland.
The A's took advantage of a less-than-sharp Cliff Lee to give Braden more than enough run support under a full moon at the Coliseum. Lee issued back-to-back walks for the first time all season, and they were leadoff batters to boot. Both free pass recipients- Daric Barton and Kurt Suzuki- would go on to score; the former on a shattered-bat single by Jack Cust, the latter on a sac fly by Chris Carter. The rookie battled back from an 0-2 count before driving home Suzuki on a 3-2 pitch to make it 2-0 A's in the mojo fourth.
One inning later, Oakland doubled its lead. Steve Tolleson's smash down the third-base line drove home a flying Gabe Gross from first. It was Tolleson's first RBI of his career and his second two-bagger on the night, and he later scored on your standard 4-3-6 double play (Mark Ellis got caught in a rundown).
Exit Lee. His replacement, Scott Feldman, fared no better. Not at first anyway. Matt Carson's double over the head of center-fielder David Murphy plated Carter, who had singled with one out in the sixth. Yeah, I think the kid's going to be alright. Carter, not Carson.
The A's would score no more, nor would they need to. Braden made sure of that. He retired 19 straight from the last out in the first through the end of the seventh, the 19th out being recorded by a sprawling Gross in foul territory. Not bad for a guy who didn't know he was starting until about an hour before game time (in place of Rajai Davis, who was scratched due to non-baseball related issues).
When Braden got into trouble after doing his best Lee-impression by walking the first two batters in the eighth, he reared back to keep the Rangers off the board. With a little more help from his friends. Defensive-replacement Cliff Pennington speared a ball off the bat of Murphy and made a nice throw to get the lead runner at third. Having gotten the second out on a fly ball, Braden struck out A's-killer Taylor Teagarden to put an emphatic end to the inning, and as it turned out, his night.
And what a night it was.
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Things I hate about these stupid ass "upgrades" to SBN
“Tweet” and “Like” show up at the top AND the bottom of the post. Unread comments do not.
Buttons show up that tell me how many comments (BUT NOT UNREAD COMMENTS) there are. Also the option to email or print, as if I would actually want to print a damn thread out? Really?
WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?
Pam liked my old sig better.
Add to it the fact that I have to login each time
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Sep 23, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I am really not liking that at all
SBN needs to fix that bug immediately.
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CLOCKWERKS, CLOCKWERKS, CLOCKWERKS!
(Does that still work?)
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Sep 24, 2010 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Let me know when you can print animated gifs and have them keep going, though
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that would be cool....
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
Love when Dallas brings it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
On my way home from the game
Got invited to sit in 123 row 1. Basically looking into the dugout and in the camera well. I was in heaven.
Besides good pitching Braden gave a clinic in pitchers fielding
by OaklandSi on Sep 23, 2010 10:10 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Ahhhh what could have been.....
this season. Just a little more offense…..not much. Just a little. No injury to Crisp to start? Who knows….but the pitching….the pitching indeed.
Billy?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Cust instead of Chavez, Fox, Patterson...
Pam liked my old sig better.
by mikev on Sep 23, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
yup
"... and A-Rod is forced to admit that Dallas got to the Hall of Fame before he did." - en
by FoolshGame22 on Sep 23, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I say 2 more wins right there...
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on Sep 24, 2010 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Hope it isn't Ziggy's game that is the difference...
but, I’m rooting for Bobby to throw a perfect game tomorrow!
"... and A-Rod is forced to admit that Dallas got to the Hall of Fame before he did." - en
Braden and Ziggy 1 hit the Rangers
Though Ziggy was doing it wrong… Seriously it seems that Ziggy is faltering. I like the guy. The A’s might want to rest him up and check out his arm.
He does one thing and he does it pretty well.
He pitches to righties. When you trot him out there to work an entire inning or two entire innings, you get what you pay for.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 23, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
He's allowed runs in 3 appearances since the AS break.
A's Fan in Sweden
"Some of us know him as the a-hole who piled into Ray Fosse in an All-Star game (it's why Ray is the way he is folks)" - OptimistPrime
Christ
Look at how he’s done since the ASB, and one bad game means he’s faltering again?
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You're right I'm wrong
I only paid attention to the last two games where he gave up two runs on the 22nd and hit a guy on the 23rd. He has held quite a few teams to no runs over most of his innings otherwise. I got it wrong.
S'cool
And the other thing is for about a month there, it was more like he hardly got used at all relative to how Geren would run him out there so often before.
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There's truth to both viewpoints on Zig.
He really is being used inappropriately, and I haven’t felt like he’s looked great even in a lot of those outings in which he’s been successful. Geren needs to understand who Zig is right now and what he can be used effectively to do. He has other relievers. It’s inexcusable to be trotting Zig out there for two innings at a time and expecting anything to happen other than what ended up happening on the 22nd.
On a related note, his overuse of Breslow is getting disgusting. No damned reason at all to have Breslow up in the pen when you’re leading 5-0.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Ziggy's release point, and thus command,
has been pretty spotty for a while, even in outings where he’s been successful. I think he can regroup and be good again but I wouldn’t say he’s been great this season at all.
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 would say that he's letting himself get behind in counts
But recently he has still performed overall very well and gotten his signature double plays when we desperately needed them. So I’m not too worried about it.
by Billy Frijoles on Sep 24, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
key point
even though he looked a little shaky he didn’t give up hits or a run. But most importantly, he was able to close it out without having Breslow come in (he was getting warmed up).
There are still three games left in this series, and we’ve got a depleted bullpen! Why was Breslow even getting warmed up in a 5-0 game?
or a 7-2 game after working 3 of the previous 4 days?
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
This will be Braden's next tattoo
And as Kate Longworth said, “This is a PG rated show”
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on Sep 24, 2010 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
The "height=" command wants to be your friend.
You might want to make his acquaintance.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Sep 24, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Rajai
@susanslusser Susan Slusser
Davis confirms “non-baseball related condition” without specifics. Should be OK for tomorrow he says.
Euphamism...
for hangover. Rajai got laid. Does that count as a Rajai run?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
I doubt it
Everything we’ve ever heard about Rajai is that he’s a model player, who works his socks off in training.
Traning to get laid!
AYOOOOOOOOO!
Boom! Pow!
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on Sep 24, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, I always had the impression that he’s a pretty religious and morally upstanding guy. isn’t his intro song some kind of christian rap song?
Yeah, well...
The only bad thing about Christianity is that it relies on human beings for converts. I don’t much care. JC himself preferred the party crowd over the self rightous pricks of his day. I know why. Because them more things change, the more they stay the same.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Damn, my spelling sucks.
To much beer.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
probably best not to start about the things wrong with Christianity
a lot of people would really not like me lol
Pam liked my old sig better.
Eh, there's nothing wrong with Christianity...
if the self professing pricks would actually read the book. There ARE instructions.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
I'm not going to continue this conversation lol
Let’s just say I don’t really agree with that.
Pam liked my old sig better.
Discretion and all...
but tonight I just don’t give a rip. I love everything The Man had to say. And never once did He say I should do anything to push my agenda on another living soul. You either will, or you will not. Dude was talking to me about what I should do, not what I should compel others to do. And what’s more, I could take my self justification and shove it up my ass…..“Vengence is Mine”…and all that. The holy brethren seem not to understand what that means.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
;)
I’m far from orthodox these days. Guess I’m really hung up on the notion that it’s never right to screw another human being over. Eh, the holy rollers I know avoid me when they can. So at least they have that going for them.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
He says with visible distress...
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on Sep 24, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like Applebee's to me.
He prefers not to go into specifics not because it’s some mysterious secret, but just because who wants to say, “yeah, during BP I had what I thought was going to be a fart, but then it wasn’t, so then…”
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
No applebees, ever
weak drinks, and lousy food.
not cheap either.
We should take Crawford there this offseason.
A's Fan in Sweden
"Some of us know him as the a-hole who piled into Ray Fosse in an All-Star game (it's why Ray is the way he is folks)" - OptimistPrime
Now THIS is an awesome way to kick off a recap in style.
If the Texas Rangers thought they were going to waltz into Oakland and celebrate their first division title in over decade without breaking a sweat, they picked the wrong guy for a dance-off.
yes
67M as always shows why he’s better than most so-called professional journalists. There must be a way to get this man paid for this. 67M is a pro.
by Billy Frijoles on Sep 24, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on Sep 24, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Great time at the ballpark
Nice weather, hanging with Dr. Pez and a couple of colleagues from KPFA. Fun all around. Carter is starting to look good, though every time the ball is hit to him it feels like an adventure. We cracked up when realizing that the A’s outfield was missing its top four players - Crisp, Sweeney, Jackson, Davis. The shot to Cliff Pennington, by the way, was an amazing play, as was one by Braden.
Braden’s a fookin’ bulldog.
yeah the game where he threw out 2 guys at home really made me a believer in his defense
Offensively, well…yeah…let’s move on.
by Billy Frijoles on Sep 24, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I really do think he would be a little better offensively if he got regular playing time.
Maybe not equal to Jackson, but Jackson isn’t so hot himself. Gross could be close enough to as good as Jackson, with obviously better defense, that it would make sense to hold onto Gross and jettison Jackson.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Unrelated, but...
Huston Street on Carlos Gonzalez: “I firmly believe he’s the same player then as now. I think the Rockies are utilizing him the right way. In Oakland, it was a seven-man merry-go-round in the outfield, and he was just one of the horses. I don’t think they gave him a fair chance to succeed over there. He played sporadically against left-handers, and evidenced by how he’s hitting lefties now, you’d say that’s a mistake.” Fair enough. We all know Bob Geren believes we too much in platooning based on splits. Huston’s only saying what everybody already knows about Bob Geren: he’s an idiot who doesn’t understand baseball.
But wait, there’s more: “Truthfully, I’m thankful. If not for Carlos Gonzalez, I wouldn’t be a Colorado Rockie. If Carlos Gonzalez were not available for Matt Holliday, I’d probably be sitting in Oakland rotting.”
Fuck you Huston.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 12:11 AM PDT reply actions
Wow, what the dick Huston?!?
Have fun trying to replicate your by-far best year of 2006 when you played for the- what the dickhole?!? you were pitching for who?!? It can’t be, can it???
That’s right you dumbass melonfoller.
You were an Oakland Dickletic.
I’m drunk.
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on Sep 24, 2010 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Street was going to be traded somewhere regardless
And I don’t blame him for being pissed. He was a fantastic closer who was treated by crap because Geren clearly just didn’t like him.
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on Sep 24, 2010 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions
How did Geren treat him like crap?
A's Fan in Sweden
"Some of us know him as the a-hole who piled into Ray Fosse in an All-Star game (it's why Ray is the way he is folks)" - OptimistPrime
you mean
how did Geren treat him more crappily than he treats every other closer?
No, I seriously don't remember anything about the Geren/Street relationship.
I just remember not really liking Huston that much.
A's Fan in Sweden
"Some of us know him as the a-hole who piled into Ray Fosse in an All-Star game (it's why Ray is the way he is folks)" - OptimistPrime
Actually, as it turns out, there's quite a bit of bad blood there.
I didn’t realize that. Geren apparently just kept giving him the closer job and taking it away again on the slightest whims. At one point, after he lost the closer job, I guess they got into a shouting match.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Gotcha
I remember him losing the job, not the shouting match though. To be honest though, I think he deserved to lose the job when he did.
A's Fan in Sweden
"Some of us know him as the a-hole who piled into Ray Fosse in an All-Star game (it's why Ray is the way he is folks)" - OptimistPrime
He also got better again.
Obviously you don’t put him in front of Zig, and Bailey ended up doing so well that it made sense to deal him when his value was high, but in terms of how Geren (and, I would suspect, Beane) treated him, the A’s should have done better by him.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I should say, "you don't put him in front of Zig during that big scoreless streak."
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Another error in sentence structure: "it made sense to deal Huston when his value was high."
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Bailey didn't prove himself until after Street was gone.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
STREAT WAS HOLDING HIM BACK!!!!!!111
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
Agree.
Street pitched himself out of the closer’s job and didn’t want to take ownership of his failures. Prick.
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
see Crosby, Bobby
Curse of the Rookie of the Year?
he was a closer with a 3+ era over the last 3 years in oakland
he SHOULDN"T have been the closer. you must remember ziggy came in and had 30+ innings of shutout ball and nearly 40 innings of no earned runs.
street was fantastic at times and shaky other times. after ziggy devine came along and now bailey who i feel MUCH more comfortale with
by heartstopper on Sep 24, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
As is often the case, his effectiveness was usually directly impacted by whether or not he was pitching hurt
We could go on all day about how if he didn’t feel right he should’ve said something but pro athletes simply don’t do this.
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well... except for manny
but thats just manny being manny
besides… it was over multiple years so that excuse only goes so far. and if you don’t say anything then get pulled then say “but i was hurt” then that is on you (street) too
btw… didn’t the As draft or sign his younger brother
by heartstopper on Sep 24, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
he might be rotting but only because we have a better closer
actually that should be closerS… bailey, devine when he is back… even wuertz i think is more valuable than huston street right now
by heartstopper on Sep 24, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, Huston, you hurt me.
I understand his bitterness, though. 2008 wasn’t the best year for him, as far as relationships with the A’s management go.
by whiteshoes40 on Sep 24, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Huston Street was treated badly by management
As time goes on, it’s becoming clearer and clearer that Billly Beane is an autocrat and it’s his way or the highway. He’d rather have a simp like Bob Geren in charge than a manager with real skills. Players who publicly get pissed off get traded, and it seems pretty clear lately, as opposed to the days when he’d pick up a Jose Guillen or Milton Bradley, two players who were undervalued because they were difficult personalities, that he wants players who will never second-guess or have minds of their own.
If Beane runs true to form, he’ll trade Dallas Braden in the off-season.
You bitter, bitter man.
Rotting behind a real closer? Yeah you probably would, Huston. Captain of the Blown Save.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Can you say
cocktease motherf*ckers?!?
I’m drunk.
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
Again
My roommate, not me….
Sorry guys!
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on Sep 24, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants fan unfortunately
Took over my computer last night….
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on Sep 24, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Didja, uh, lose the time, Mr. Vale?
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Sep 24, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
You know the odds are long when
you beat the only team ahead of you and the odds of making the playoffs get longer.
Before the Texas game 0.3% chance
After the Texas game 0.2% chance
time is just running out.
that's an indication of a bad algorithm.
I would expect the probability to roughly double.
EG, if there are 5 games left, and you’re down by 5, odds of making it are ~ 1/ 2^10, if winning is 50/50.
Both teams have to play out winning every game / losing every game.
After winning & losing on game 5, the odds would be 1/2^8, or 4 times more.
but in this case, winning / losing probabilities are correlated, so would only be a *2 improvement.
yes!
well, I should have said an imperfect algorithm.
It should be monotonically increasing with every win by A’s, and with every loss by Rangers.
The fact that it wasn’t indicates a flaw – but it’s probably an artifact of small sample size in long shot chances.
if you randomly play out the season 1000 times, the difference between .3% and .2% is one instance.
by MobiusKlein on Sep 24, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I would think you're right,
but what if the fact that we’re seven out with ten to play really does outweigh the fact that yesterday we were eight out with eleven to play?
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
It's nigh impossible for the probability to go down
consider the 4 possible outcomes (pretend we were not playing the Rangers)
A’s W R’s L : 7 out 10 to play P-win = p1
A’s W R’s W : 8 out 10 to play P-win = p2
A’s L R’s L : 8 out 10 to play P-win = p3
A’s L R’ W : 9 out 10 to play P-win = p4
p0 is probability of winning before that game
p1 should be higher than p2, p3, or p4 since it’s a smaller gap to make up.
if p1 is smaller that p0, some of p2, p3, or p4 must be larger than p0.
I’d guess more likely that the percents were estimated with a Monte-Carlo random simulation, and just got fewer items randomly in the last simulation than the first.
by MobiusKlein on Sep 24, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I checked BBP, and it almost doubled there. Though their percentage is lower than the % from wherever you got it.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/ps_odds.php
AL West W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs 1D Change 7D Change Rangers 84 68 .541 89.8 72.2 99.84582 .00000 99.84582 -0.06446 -0.08113 Athletics 77 75 .531 82.4 79.6 .15072 .00000 .15072 .06494 .09267 Angels 75 77 .462 79.4 82.6 .00347 .00000 .00347 -0.00046 -0.01153 Mariners 58 94 .438 61.9 100.1 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000
by LoneStranger on Sep 24, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
percents I used was from thread parent.
not sure where robertmelvin got them.
.15% seems about right.
nearly 1/512, or the odd of flipping a coin 9 times and getting heads each time.
by MobiusKlein on Sep 24, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I watch the BP calculation every day.
It did indeed go up. It was 0.09% before the game, and now it’s 0.15%.
It doesn’t always get updated promptly, so you have to look at the time stamp. If you just go to the page after the game, you might be looking at a calculation from before the game. Maybe that’s how robertmelvin got wrong numbers. Or maybe he’s looking at a completely different source.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
hmm
.0015 = 1/666
OH
MH
GOD!
We have A chance in hell of making it. But only one.
by MobiusKlein on Sep 24, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Flipping a coin 9 times and getting heads each time?
Almost makes it seem likely.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
No coincidence there.
Between our games and Texas’s, nine games is about how many we need to go our way to win the division. And all of them are close to 50% chance.
If you think getting nine coin flips in a row is likely, well, that explains your perception of the A’s odds. It’s pretty much the exact same concept.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I was being facetious.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, you know how to find a lucky penny, right?
Take 1000 pennies, flip them all.
Sequester those that come up heads.
Repeat 8 more times.
The pennies left are bound to be lucky pennies that come up heads, right?
Bayesian statistics says yes.
And if there weren’t a solid prior assumption that all pennies are assured of being evenly balanced to begin with, Bayesian statistics would have a perfectly valid point.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
big concerns
Ryan Sweeney other knee not doing well. You know he is no long term player to sign.
Just thinking about Sweeney today
…while watching Swisher take his .291/.364/.515 against the Rays. I miss that boy.
I like Gio Gonzalez...
And Sweeney had a good year last year.
I’m still not convinced we lost that trade. Plus… we still have another pitcher from that trade ready to make a splash.
by Brett Narloch on Sep 24, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a great trade,
but I still want Swisher back.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
by iglew on Sep 24, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
if he intends to have a chance at a long mlb career
he should stop vacillating and get the operation on the other knee as soon as possible. He already knows – and has known for years – that both knees are problematic.
Chavvy vacillated for several years on the shoulder surgery, which probably contributed to his back problems.
I thought he DID get surgery on both knees?
Am I remembering this incorrectly?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Only one so far
Was going to wait to see if the other absolutely needed surgery.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Sep 24, 2010 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh. I'm crazy.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
In my defense, so do I.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
the site keeps logging me out, I think it maybe is trying to tell me something
What a performance by Braden, when we get some stix in here his 21-2 career when getting 3+ runs of support may account for a lot more wins for him. Carter is starting to look like a real presence in the box after look like a ghost in his first 33 PAs… this is good. This win = most wins ever for a Geren A’s team… 4 more for a .500 season and 5 more for his first winning one. That will make him a Happy Clown I am sure, it works for me.
If we can do 83-79, that’s, what? 8 more wins than last year. You improve another 8 next year and you’re at 91 and you’re in the postseason with the chance to do damage.
Silence s'il vous plait!! Vous ne voyez pas que je suis en train de se masturber?!?
Go away EN! -AN
It’s doing that to everybody though. Annoying.
A's Fan in Sweden
"Some of us know him as the a-hole who piled into Ray Fosse in an All-Star game (it's why Ray is the way he is folks)" - OptimistPrime
I got to log in again this morning
Dear SBNation,
Please stop making AN so new and improved that no one can actually participate.
Thanks.
grover
The monster at the end of this blog.
You should print this out -- you can, you know!
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 once, this particular technical glitch seems to be passing me by
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
I also print every posting and put them in a three ring binder
so I am happy about that new feature, but, si, come on, that comment caused me to have to print a new one.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
So somebody else does it too.
Good, I thought I was alone there.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
7 games out with 10 to play
Too bad we can’t play all 10 vs. the Rangers… they look and feel like a beaten bunch right now.
Meh.
For the sake of argument, let’s say we sweep in Texas. That leaves us four games out with seven to play.
The Rangers haven’t done particularly well lately against either the Angels or the Mariners. In the Seattle series, they go Wilson vs. Pauley, Lee vs. Hernandez, Hunter vs. Vargas. The Mariners could take two of those, although it sucks that the Hernandez game is against Lee. Meanwhile, during the same stretch, we go Anderson vs. Santana, Braden vs. Haren, Cramer vs. Pineiro. That’s sweep-able. I don’t think it’s absurd to say that the A’s could go 3-0 while the Rangers go 1-2. That leaves us two games back with four to play. (I think my money right now is saying that going into the final series of the season, we’re between two and four games back.)
We’re playing well right now and the Rangers aren’t. There’s a very good chance we go 3-1 or 4-0 in this current series, and a very good chance that we pick up two games in the following series. All of which is to say, there’s a very good chance that the final series, Rangers vs. Angels, Mariners vs. A’s, decides everything. If we can get to two games back before that series, I’d say a sweep is good enough to almost certainly tie. The Rangers won’t do better than splitting that series: Holland-Kazmir, Lewis-Weaver, Wilson-Santana, Lee-Haren. Meanwhile, our pitching matchups look like Gonzalez-Fister, Cahill-French, Anderson-Pauley, Braden-Hernandez. Obviously the last game will be the toughest, but our chances at the playoffs are getting better with every win.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm still waiting for us to get over the 7 GB hump
Every time we get to this point, we cannot make it 6.
Tonight is the night.
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on Sep 24, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
So basically the A's can only lose 1 more game the rest of the way?
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on Sep 24, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Pretty much. And it needs to not be to the Rangers, preferably.
And the Rangers need to all but lose out.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
ooh...braden-hernandez
Just got chills…that should be a fun matchup.
by Billy Frijoles on Sep 24, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Those might not be the matchups. I went in order of how the rotations have been going recently, since none of the AL West teams have a day off between now and Game 162.
It’s certainly possible that if the Rangers’ lead drops significantly, Wash might try to tinker with his rotation, float someone out there on three days’ rest or something, and God knows Geren is a lunatic with his pitchers, but that’s what the matchups look like from this point.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The problem with your reasoning here
is you just aren’t accounting for what happens to probabilities when they are multiplied.
You say, “for the sake of argument, let’s say we sweep Texas”. OK, let’s put a number on that. Say, 60% chance we sweep Texas. That’s optimistic, but let’s go with it.
Now you say “I don’t think it’s absurd” that the A’s would go 3-0 against the Angels, and Texas goes 1-2 against the Mariners. Not absurd. OK, let’s say another 60% chance that we sweep the Angels, and 75% chance that Texas wins no more than 1 game against the Mariners. Again, both are optimistic, but let’s go with it.
Multiply them up and you’ve got 60% x 60% x 75% = 27%. Now you say “there’s a very good chance” that the final series decides everything. No, it’s 27% chance that the final series decides everything, which is not very good. And that’s with wildly optimistic projections about the series leading up to it, because in actual fact it’s NOT 60% likely that we sweep Texas and it’s NOT 60% likely that we sweep the Angels.
Finally, you say “our chances at the playoffs are getting better with every win”. Now that we’re playing Texas, that is true. Every time we win and Texas loses, our chances do indeed increase. On nights when we win and Texas also wins, our chances go down.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
by iglew on Sep 24, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on Sep 24, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, I know it's improbable.
But it’s possible.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty much what my heart would look like right now if it had a face.
And let’s not forget, things turned out OK for that dude in that movie.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Or, more extreme basics
If we go 10-0 we close out the season at 87 wins
If Texas goes 2-8 we win, if they go 3-7 we tie.
We can also go 9-1 if Texas goes 2-8 that will tie us.
If Texas goes 0-10, we can go 7-3 to tie.
But even as schlumpy as they look right now, I don’t know if a trillion-game losing streak is really in the cards for them.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
So what happened to the newest guy with the incredibly long name?
In case you’re still lurking around, making a poorly thought-out post about next year’s team, then defending it to the point of being stupid when challenged, then calling out grover in a game thread – these are ways to guarantee that your AN experience will be less than optimal.
I also see his post is gone. Good – he gave us Aggies a bad name.
Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.
Twice.
It was fun.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I issued him a "warning" about that crap, but didn't outright ban
He may have just decided to go away.
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
aw, that's sad.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Or not. I didn't ban 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
Also, can he change the tagline???
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Sure.
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
uhoh
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
No, but I'll change the tagline to:
Athletics Nation: SLOtoUCDavisA’sKings805andBacktoSLO, go away. Sincerely, mikev.
Fine.
Athletics Nation: SLOtoUCDavisA’sKings805andBacktoSLO, go fuck yourself. Away from here. Sincerely, mikev.
I keep seeing "Suzuki gets 200th hit"
and I keep thinking “Kurt only has 200 career hits?”
A's Fan in Sweden
"Some of us know him as the a-hole who piled into Ray Fosse in an All-Star game (it's why Ray is the way he is folks)" - OptimistPrime
Saturday's game picked up by FOX I see
Either mild interest in the race or possible Rangers clincher…
The FairWeather Channel - Sports Comics and Bandwagon Forecast
I wonder if it will be dropped if the A's win tonight
since an A’s win tonight 100% means the Rangers CAN’T clinch Saturday.
Needs moar dingerz.
Probably not
Since it already moved the Reds Padres game to 6pm.
The FairWeather Channel - Sports Comics and Bandwagon Forecast
by Hit4TheCycle on Sep 24, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Not doubting ya...
…but can you tell me where you saw/heard that? Everywhere I look its still Reds/Pads
the Rangers' Fox affiliate decided to pick it up
because they are expecting to clinch on Saturday.
There was an MLB article about this yesterday. The Rangers’ website also linked the article
SF Chronicle lists the A's game on TV tomorrow...
…so does the A’s website, if you bring up the September schedule.
Is Saturday game afternoon or evening?
If it’s evening, I’ll miss it whether it’s on TV or not. :-(
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Cool. I can catch at least part of it.
In theory I’m supposed to be somewhere at 3:00, but it goes all evening, so I could be late.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Bad link.
Here’s a good one: http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100923&content_id=15002678&vkey=news_tex&c_id=tex
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't let Tejas win.
I don’t want there to be the slightest possibility of me being in attendance for their clincher on Saturday. By the way, has the game time been changed for Saturday due to the TV coverage?
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven't heard a peep come through the twitter feeds about it.
I assume it’s still 1pm.
by LoneStranger on Sep 24, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
There are some entrepreneurs on the bridge that'll fix you right up.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Sep 24, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah I like the dude with the limp.
He hooks up the deals.
by Billy Frijoles on Sep 24, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone going on Saturday and Sunday?
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I would try to bleacher it up tonight, but I'm going to Opera at the Ballpark in SF.
I’ll be there with bells on for Saturday and Sunday though. In fact, if anyone’s looking, I might have an extra bleacher ticket for Saturday and two extra bleacher tickets for Sunday.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I was invited to the Opera at the Ballpark
but it conflicts with the A’s vs Texas
by OaklandSi on Sep 24, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm going tonight, Saturday, and Sunday
My tickets are in the bleachers for all three, but if it’s really hot tomorrow and Sunday I may have to migrate.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Sep 24, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
My tickets are... well, I don't have a ticket yet.
But it will likely be my last chance to wander aimlessly by myself for the year.
by LoneStranger on Sep 24, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I think you'll have other opportunities to do that
Elsewhere, at least.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
QUESTION: Is Dallas Braden better than I think?
Why is he pitching like Cliff Lee this year? Can anyone on AN write why or why not he might keep up his upward trend of being awesome? That would be a solid read, it really blows my mind how good he has been this year, totally unexpected. I thought he was a back end of the rotation guy, but apparently he’s an ace now? Either way this can only mean good things for the A’s, stoked on that/him this year and Im crossing my fingers he keeps it up.
That could be an interesting thing to look into.
But I guess the combination of great control, a devastating changeup, and a pitcher who knows how to add and subtract really make for a great pitcher.
can't discount that he fields his position quite well
he made some plays look easy that lots of pitchers wouldn’t have made
This too.
UZR doesn’t do pitchers, but Dewan +/- has him at +6 on the year, which is tied for 7th in the majors. Interestingly, Cahill is tied for 2nd with +8.
If you're a groundball pitcher you'd best be able to field your position.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
He's not a groundball pitcher.
He’s a flyball pitcher. This year he’s actually added some groundballs, but throughout his career, he’s strongly been on the flyball side.
I guess the hope is that he continues to get more guys to hit it on the ground.
Really, what we’re talking about here is a series of improvement trends that he’s exhibited this year. If they’re the result of good work, they might continue, or at least stay in place.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It seems like the huge dropoff in speed between his change and fastball, coupled with apparently at-will adding/subtracting, are making him way more fearsome than he should be.
By the way, what are the numbers on the rest of the rotation’s speed differential? When I’ve been at the games watching the stadium gun, Gio’s speed change has looked almost as good as Braden’s, at least in the early innings.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, I never noticed that before.
Gio’s four-seam fastball is at 92. His change is 82. That’s a nice speed differential. I mean, it’s not Braden with his 15 mph difference, but no one else has 15.
I assume that's an average?
In early innings, it looks more like 12-13, although that is the stadium gun talking.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't suppose PitchFX shows an inning-by-inning average?
I’m still curious to see how big his differential would be in the first three or four innings of games as opposed to later on. The curve may account for some of what I’m seeing, since sometimes when the A’s are on defense and nobody’s on (happens a lot) I just stare at the gun for awhile and don’t always check out the action on the pitch. But there’s also a lot of times when it’s looked like a change and the speed differential is pretty high.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, to do an inning-by-inning average, you'd have to compile the data manually.
As far as I know, neither Fangraphs nor Brooks Baseball do season-long inning-by-inning velocity charts. It’d be interesting to see, though.
Sounds like a lazy Sunday project.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I like how you just volunteered him.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
He's in college. How else is he going to spend his Sundays?
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
I wasn't volunteering him.
I was volunteering me.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I know I know.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
change in speeds are probably more important than top speed being so high
as they say, velocity, location and movement are the important factors in pitching, with velocity being the least important of the three.
He's got that Jamie Moyer thing going on.
Lots of control and quite a bit of guile to go with it.
I think there’s some luck mixed in this year, but a lot of it’s for real.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Braden is a great example of what the phrase
“He controls bat speed” means. Hitters are early on his changeup, late on his fastball, and uncomfortable about both.
As far as what he does “better than you notice,” I’d start with “fastball command” and add that confidence, aka “bulldog mentality,” allows him to throw strikes at a rate higher than a lot of pitchers with his stuff are willing to throw — but at the rate he should be throwing.
Put it all together and you have a pitcher who is indeed better than he appears like he ought to be. He continues to be underrated by many.
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
Like Orel Hershiser
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Not only did he shit his uniform yesterday, it was so bad, he shit today's uniform too.
@susanslusser So Rajai Davis remains out of the lineup for unexplained reasons. #Athletics
Well, if he's still with the team, and it's not baseball related, what could it be?
I don’t get the impression that it serious, but sure, we don’t know anything.
Yesterday:
@susanslusser Rajai Davis out of the lineup, will update when info available. #Athletics
@susanslusser Rajai Davis scratched from lineup with a non-baseball related issue. #Athletics
@susanslusser Usually non-baseball related means illness, but we have no way of knowing. Davis looked, sounded fine in the clubhouse earlier. #Athletics
@susanslusser Davis confirms “non-baseball related condition” without specifics. Should be OK for tomorrow he says. #Athletics
by LoneStranger on Sep 24, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
And more:
@susanslusser Geren says Davis is unavailable tonight. Still “non-baseball related” issue. #Athletics
by LoneStranger on Sep 24, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
And another, note the change from 'issue' to 'condition'
@susanslusser Rajai Davis will not be available tonight. Still “non-baseball related condition.”. #Athletics
by LoneStranger on Sep 24, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
The plot thickens!
@susanslusser Davis surprised to hear he’s unavailable but he said another day off is probably OK. No specifics again. #Athletics
@susanslusser Davis said he feels OK. #Athletics
@susanslusser Davis is on the field. He’s taking BP. It’s a mystery what’s keeping him out. #Athletics
by LoneStranger on Sep 24, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Shouting match with Huston Street?
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
fixed #3
@susanslusser Davis is on the field. He’s tanking BP. It’s a mystery what’s keeping him out. #Athletics
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
if you're tanking BP
then don’t bother batting in a real game.
Hope he's okay.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
If it's two days in a row, I'm abandoning the Applebee's theory.
Maybe something going on in personal/family life?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
You've never been to Applebee's
I’d give him a week before I need a new explanation.
Just overheard in the office:
Cereal is the great unifier!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Ok, SBN is censoring me too now.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
There were two more lines in my comment.
Also, I WANT QUOTATION MARKS BACK, CLOCKWERKS.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
It's happening to me when it's around one line of text in a comment.
testing
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yeah. Seems like when you encounter that glitch it also removes any text below it
testing again
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
hmmmm
he said knowing full well he is bad at typing
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Temporary fix
While we wait for them to fix the quotation marks bug, any time you want quote marks that won’t disappear, type """. (That’s a semicolon after the t.)
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
You couldn't be evil if you tried.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Like once? Maybe twice.
And you know what that was in reference to.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
That's...a weird analogy.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
(psst. it's dan.)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
So, my funny about the editorial staff on a Friday got all messed up.
Thanks a lot, AN 3.6.4.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
And when people complain about you.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
You're a good person
Dan, on the other hand…
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I suppose some people could get off on your stadium shots...
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
I did once confess that pictures of large bridges
are like porn to me. And there’s a large bridge in the Pittsburgh picture.
Maybe St Louis, too, if you count that arch thing.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Yes, I got that power when I became a mod.
It’s part of the compensation package for having to read all the flame-wars for flagged comments.
I have resisted the urge to use it, even after posting something that I realized was retarded immediately after posting it. Nico told me once that it’s bad form, and should be saved for serious issues, not just retroactive editing of your own stupidity.
I’ve caught at least two other mods using it to fix their errors, though.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Like, full posts, and not comments?
I though we could do that already.
by LoneStranger on Sep 24, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Hi, I'm new-ish around here
long time reader, first (almost) time poster. I’m getting 2 free tix to Sundays game in sec 117, row 24, from an A’s ticket salesman. He wants to sell me a season ticket package for next season – he’ll stop by to visit me during the game. I want to buy the fielders choice package, I really do, but I’m broke and my wife will SPANK me harder than I like if I put the deposit down….am I bad to take the tix even tho I don’t expect to purchase the package? please say, “no.”
no
The A’s need more fans in the seats. Do whatever it takes to get your ass in there.
by Billy Frijoles on Sep 24, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice seat.
Go for it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Or it was until his wife spanked it, anyway.
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
Go
You’re under no obligation to buy a ticket plan just because they comp you a couple seats to one game.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
I don't know how to answer this, because
I don’t know if being spanked by your wife harder than you like is a reward or a punishment.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
On BART
Some old time fans just told me something happened yesterday between Geren and Rajai. I have no idea how they know this.
by OaklandSi on Sep 24, 2010 5:27 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Maybe Raj told Geren he was an idiot for using Breslow the way he did the last week.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on Sep 24, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Hire Rajai.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
When you've been a fan for thirty years, the Coliseum starts talking to you.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 24, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
so thats where the voices came from that I heard...
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I signed in using my FB account
to see if that helps
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
So far anyhow lol
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Your facebook account is linked to AN?
That can’t be good.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
There's a game on in 30 minutes!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
too long to wait
so I’m making a burger
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
make me one?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
sure
with onions and cheese?
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Yum.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
grilling the onions now
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you deliver???
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
$20 minimum
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Make me a chicken one
I’ve been staring at your breasts all day.
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 you!
[flashes]
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
It's your own damn fault for buying boring parents.
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
Knock knock.
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
land shark?
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope. Just me.
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 selling something then?
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh. Then 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
well, ummm...
do you work cheap?
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
What are you making for Sunday?
Something sans-peanut butter? ;)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
If you are nice to me
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm always nice to you!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Just sayin!
And I’m still not sure what I’m making yet haha
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I will pay you $9 to smother everything you make on Sunday in peanut butter.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Make me! Make me!
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
PB and Nico sammich
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
$9
cheap bastard
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I think it's spelled Batard.
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
sourdough batard?
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
No, that's bastard.
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 feel really bad for those people who had to sit behind Stephen Colbert
at his Congressional testimony. How do you keep a straight face?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
most of them have a stick
firmly planted up their asses, so its quite easy
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Watch. It's awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1T75jBYeCs&feature=player_embedded
Pam liked my old sig better.
Ok, my first laugh was 5 seconds in.
The guy in the glasses behind him is ridiculous. How is he not cracking up?
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
SEE?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
He cracked a smile at the democrats being out of work joke.
So he’s one of THOSE people.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
The blonde girl to her left was smiling too.
So were some of the members of the bench.
Nowhere near enough though. That was some good material.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
would they throw a chair at him?
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 24, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
But not humor, you humorless batards.
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
Except off-colour joukes?
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
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