Brilliant Brett Blanks Boston in 5-0 Oakland Victory
by danmerqury on Apr 19, 2011 10:16 PM PDT
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(baseballgirl note: I don't want to hear any yapping about how I didn't warn you that the A's play at lunch, not dinner today. So if you're looking for the game tonight, don't! It starts at 12:30 as the A's try to sweep the Red Sox. Enjoy the pretty recap below and we'll get started soon!)
Brett Anderson was the entire story tonight, showing off exactly what makes him such a deadly pitcher to face. He had everything working and it showed, as he struckout 8 in 8 shutout innings, allowing only four hits. In fact, saying he allowed four hits is a bit misleading, because three of them happened in the eighth inning. For the rest of the game? It was smooth, smooth sailing.
It brought back shades of Brett's magnificent start in Fenway on July 6, 2009, when he threw a two-hit shutout against the Red Sox in his first career complete game.
Most of the game was a taut, well-pitched, 1-0 affair, but the wheels came off for Boston in the 8th inning. The A's scored four runs (no, seriously!), three with two outs. Two of the runs came off of a booming Matsui double, which would have left the yard in pretty much every other park with less damp air. This one bounced off of the top of the wall, which scored Daric Barton and Josh Willingham.
But if you want to pick a moment that deflated hearts of Red Sox fans everywhere (including, annoyingly, the thousands in the Oakland Coliseum), it was in the top of the 8th. Brett was starting to tire, and David Ortiz had just hit a single to leadoff the inning. Knowing that it was a one run game, the Red Sox replaced Ortiz with the speedy Jacoby Ellsbury, in an attempt to make something, anything, happen. Mike Cameron was up to bat, and with a 3-2 count, he struck out at the same time Ellsbury attempted to steal 2B. I'm not sure if Cameron realized what was going on, but he dejectedly hung his head and walked back to the dugout—crossing home plate and earning a batter's interference call while blocking the view of Kurt Suzuki as Ellsbury scampered for 2B. And just like that? Boston went from having the tying run on 2B with no outs, to having the bases empty with two outs in the span of one pitch. Boston wouldn't make any more meaningful noise for the rest of the game, and the A's cruised to victory on the strength of Matsui's double the bottom half of the 8th.
When it comes down to it, as A's radio color commentator tweeted tonight, Oakland's starting pitching has allowed one earned run in this series and the last, a total of 33.2 IP. A team with that kind of pitching is going to be very, very good indeed.
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Athletics lead the series 1-0
| Tue 04/19 | WP: Brett Anderson (1 - 1) LP: John Lackey (1 - 2) |
5 - 0 win |
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Boston Red Sox Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011, 12:35 PM PDT Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 60. |
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The Red Sox refer to him as Mr. Anderson now
FILTHY!!!
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by PHUT! on Apr 19, 2011 10:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
so...much...alliteration!
nice recap.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
a very satisfying win, especially fun at the end
Still, I thought it was really important for Coco to get on base right at the beginning of the game, steal second, then get moved over and score by the next two batters. Scratch it out – all too often we see the A’s strand runners early. At least they were ahead all the way, since they didn’t do much against Lackey.
by OaklandSi on Apr 19, 2011 10:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
This needs to be posted again
because I can’t quite get over the utter awesomeness:
dfeldy David Feldman
#Athletics starting pitchers last 5 starts: 3-0 Rec, 0.27 ERA, 33.2 IP, 19 Hits, 1 ER, 10 Walks, 35 Strikeouts. .162 Opp Avg.
imagine if our offense can be as clutch as tonight more often
by asfansince1989 on Apr 19, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Starters v Bullpen
Starters: 6-1
Bullpen: 3-7
by Colorado Fan on Apr 20, 2011 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions
slight correction
Starter 7 -3, even after Gio’s loss today.
Reliever 2-6, only Ross and Balfour had a win each
by asfansince1989 on Apr 20, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
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#Athletics opposing starting pitchers last 5 starts have held the A’s offense to: 0.27 ERA, 33.2 IP, 19 Hits, 1 ER, 10 Walks, 35 Strikeouts. .162 Opp Avg.
Put a bird on it
LOL
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on Apr 19, 2011 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
utterly satisfying night to be at the yard
Anderson was dealing… just shutting up those Red Sox fans before they could say anything to piss me off.
Only bad moment: seeing Curt Young come out in a Red Sox uniform.
Yeah, weird to see Curt in that uni...
But, hey, we beat the Sux and stupid Lackey. I’m happy tonight…
At one point in my life I liked Dave Kingman more than Rickey Henderson. I was stupid.
by the_rozeboom on Apr 19, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
What a great night...
Shutout the Red Sox and the Sharks pull of an amazing comeback win.
by TerrySteinbach on Apr 19, 2011 10:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
+1
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Apr 19, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Brandon Wood designated for assignment?
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
if we can stash him at AAA, I say do it
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by cityplANner on Apr 19, 2011 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Travis Buck goes to AAA and the tribe (aka the most racist logo in sports) lose.
Clearly there is a connection.
If it wasnt red would you consider it racist?
Im just curious as to why people think its racist. I get the point that its a group of people but its not showing anything bad about indians
WTF GEREN?!?!?!
Its just a huge sterotype
Imagine if there was a team called the blacks, and their logo was a black guy, with an afro, and a pick in his hair. its pretty much the same thing.
by JamesS on Apr 19, 2011 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What about the padres then?
Not all padres have a friar tuck haircut and wear a robe isn’t that a stereotype?
WTF GEREN?!?!?!
Have you been to any casinos lately?
Because someone needs to sign me up for some of that oppression.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
okay but you have to go through 300+ years of being a second class citizen first
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
I don't know any 300 year old native americans :P
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you can have some of that oppression if we can go through and kill 97% of your neighbors and family.
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
When can you be here?
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3:30?
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I'll round up the family.
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yay!
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean, they've basically been pushed off to running places to gamble, drink and smoke
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Lucky bastards.
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And they don't have to pay the same taxes
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That's what I'm talkin about!!!
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
They should change their name to "The Tribe" or "The Spiders"
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GO KNEEL IN THE CORNER!" - elcroata
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 20, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I liked "Naps"
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
What's racist about depicting
a large and varied group of people as a firey red-skinned, crazy engine characterture?
Even Taco Bell had the sense to get rid of the sombrero wearing napper. It’s really time that the Indians’ logo goes.
You mean the same way the large, and varied group of conservatives are portrayed?
I have no problem if the logo is changed, but lets be consistent in our PC.
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Chip meet shoulder
And I love that a group that continually complains about the victimization others might partake in, partakes in it so freely themselves.
by RLangford on Apr 20, 2011 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is exactly what I'm talking about.
If you have a problem with an individual, fine. However, lumping everyone together is no different than what the Indians’ logo is being accused of.
There is no chip here. I just want consistency.
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This is why I insult everyone equally.
Because I love them.
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
Now THAT shows consistency!
“The Merry Minuet”- " …and I don’t like anybody very much!"
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No, not the same way. There's no MLB logo caricaturing conservatives, or white people generally
Then there’s the issue of power imbalance. When the SCOTUS, Congress, corporations, churches and other institutions of power generally reflect and/or drive conservative agendas, what’s a little lampooning gonna hurt.
There is an evening coming in/Across the fields, one never seen before,/That lights no lamps. -- Philip Larkin, from "Going"
Isn't that the same excuse that all racism uses?
“When you do it, it’s mean-spirited, but when I do it, it’s all in good fun.”
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Besides..
There’s no MLB logo caricaturing conservatives, or white people generally
Who said all conservatives are white? This IS racism!
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I think you're reading that wrong
both of these sentences are separately true:
1) There is no MLB logo caricaturing conservatives
2) There is no MLB logo caricaturing white people generally.
thus,
3) There is no MLB logo caricaturing conservatives or white people generally.
So ONLY if the is a caricature involved there can be racism?
My point was that Ray of light brought up white people, I didn’t. He insinuated that conservatives are white.
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You're right. My hastily written sentence does insinuate that, which is something I know to be untrue
(MobiusKlein stated my position more clearly than I did!) But the fact remains that the Indians retain that logo. Why don’t we, as a society, more seriously grapple with what such symbols and caricatures (including the Notre Dame leprechaun, regional stereotypes, the Confederate flag, religious symbols in public spaces, etc.) really signify?
There is an evening coming in/Across the fields, one never seen before,/That lights no lamps. -- Philip Larkin, from "Going"
by Ray of Lite on Apr 20, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
well, leprechauns are not usually a negative stereotype
folks get more offended by negative stereotypes than positive ones.
If you start pulling the Monty Python-Meaning of Life portrayal of the Irish as a sport mascot, it’s very different. (despite it being hilarious when MP does it.)
by MobiusKlein on Apr 20, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
It isn't (usually, or necessarily) a question of fun
Rather, it’s a matter of using the weapons at one’s disposal: satire, identifying hypocrisy, bringing light to policies which one might believe are harmful or cruel, etc.
There is an evening coming in/Across the fields, one never seen before,/That lights no lamps. -- Philip Larkin, from "Going"
Perhaps, though not as egregious as those inevitable close-ups on people of color at Republican conventions
There is an evening coming in/Across the fields, one never seen before,/That lights no lamps. -- Philip Larkin, from "Going"
That chief weaponry is no match for...
…THE COMFY CHAIR!
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Ok, Nico, I get the hint. I'll lighten up
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It wasn't a hint, actually. Just a joke.
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.
I just don’t like racism in ANY form. From ANYONE
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Seems like a good policy.
Personally, I like it only if it’s aimed at the Dutch but I’m not sure why.
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 is all explained in that song I mentioned earlier, "The Merry Minuet" by the Kingston Trio.
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Dude. You call my (admitted) failure to mention non-white conservatives racism?
If that makes you angry, I hope you have a little indignation left for, say, the people who e-mail caricatures of Pres. Obama or who comment on SFGATE to blame all of life’s problems on illegal immigrants.
There is an evening coming in/Across the fields, one never seen before,/That lights no lamps. -- Philip Larkin, from "Going"
by Ray of Lite on Apr 20, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought political comments were not allowed here
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I've been responding to Tutu-late's complaint about portrayals of conservatives
But I’ll stop here.
There is an evening coming in/Across the fields, one never seen before,/That lights no lamps. -- Philip Larkin, from "Going"
by Ray of Lite on Apr 20, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank you
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I appologize if I led you to believe I was calling your remark racist.
In no way did I consider it a racist remark. Many do, however.
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Ya know,
I’ve never quite understood the reaction to their logo. It’s a relatively new thing. What’s odd is that the team name is an homage to the American Indian people in general. Not so many years ago, the envogue stereotype was that the Indian people were blood thirsty savages intent on murder and mayhem. I think the logo was an attempt at refuting the stereo type of the time. Could it use an update? Probably, but it’s most assuredly not meant as an insult. For me, the intent of a person matters the most.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Apr 20, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
and the already have those slick road and home alt caps with the block "C"
and I think they’ve used ones with a block “I” in the past as well. they really need to retire Chief Wahoo.
Record season ERA for starting staff, American League in the DH era
1974 Oakland A’s, 2.98: Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, Ken Holtzman, Blue Moon Odom (the good old days of the 4 man rotation).
by A's Believer on Apr 19, 2011 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
We need some runs
We go 3-2 in the last 5 games, with the starters giving up nothing. It would be nice to hit a couple of homers here and there. Nonetheless, nice W against Boston
With how good the starting pitching has been...
and how bad the offense has been to start the year, I don’t know whether to be happy the A’s are 9-8 or concerned that the A’s are only 9-8
by JimBarnett2KevinGarnett on Apr 19, 2011 10:58 PM PDT reply actions
Both, of course!
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 20, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Gotta give Pennington some props
Something that hasn’t really been talked about much – that at-bat in the 8th was money. He must have made Wheeler throw 10 pitches. Pennington fought off pitch after pitch until he got one he could stroke. That’s the kind of batting that we want to see – making pitchers throw more pitches than they want to, make them show everything they have, tire ’em out, make ’em pay.
Love it!
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by BearStage on Apr 19, 2011 11:16 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
his ball was very close to going out
It hit high off the wall
in most parks I think that’s a homerun
by Oaktown Shutout on Apr 20, 2011 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions
He's a very good ballplayer
Total Walt Weiss/Mike Bordick mold. Nice glove, handy with a bat, good speed. We should really lock him up.
Health is the issue with Pennington, no? Same as Weiss
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
We should lock up Kouzmanoff.
Instead, we let him play 3B!
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Just got back from the game.
Total awesomeness.
Sitting 6 rows from the BoSox bullpen, I had to give it to Curt Young. First time heckling a pitching coach. I think it went well.
Does it make me a bad person that I asked him what his staff’s ERA was after the Matsui double? (I gave him 3 choices, 10, 12, or 14). Of course other choice comments were sprinkled in.
Good times watching his reaction as his bullpen blew the game.
Let’s go for the sweep tomorrow!
Great recap Dan!
by Billy Frijoles on Apr 19, 2011 11:23 PM PDT reply actions
hahaha i dunno if I could heckle Curt Young, he’s done so much for us in the past, as a pitcher and coach :)
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there is the I won't take a contract from the place I have been for years
but will with a frontrunner.
How’d that work out?
Put a bird on it
Well, if the A's had made him the highest paid pitching coach in MLB,
he’d still be here today.
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GO KNEEL IN THE CORNER!" - elcroata
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 20, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
He did have his "I just want to win" quote
Or something like that…which made it clear it wasn’t just about money.
by Billy Frijoles on Apr 20, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
It was about being 5-11.
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
So it's about money and not believing in the A's?
That’s much better
by UrgentMirth on Apr 20, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I'd take the Red Sox prospects over the As' in his position too
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Brandon Wood was DFA'd
Bets on where he ends up? AL has first dibs, right? Indians?
haha, worst platoon ever
But…maybe. Just to try and see if Wood can be salvaged.
You know, I think it’s pretty widely recognized that Hanhahan is an absolutely amazing defensive third baseman. Is there any reason he’s never been tried at short? I don’t think the range is a problem for him. Is there some reason that he plays better at third?
He did play a couple of games at SS
for the Mariners back in ‘09, according to B-Ref. I assume there is some reason he doesn’t play there more?
by el generico on Apr 20, 2011 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Of all the A's offseason 3B targets, it looks like Alex Gordon is the one we should have pursued more intently in retrospect, assuming Beltre wasn't realistic.
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by lenscrafters on Apr 20, 2011 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
he looks like... the player he was supposed to be
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by cuppingmaster on Apr 20, 2011 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it too late?
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
Why? Gordon has a lot more upside than Gio
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Because I believe that our strength will always be in our pitching.
I don’t see the farm system as having a replacement pitcher in the works. We do, however, have prospects at 3rd. I don’t see trades as just the players involved, but rather how the trade affects the entire team.
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Which of our 3B prospects is as good as Gordon?
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Gordon is excelling at LF, not 3B
I think his switch to LF has a lot to do with his success right now.
by Billy Frijoles on Apr 20, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably Parker, actually.
Though it’s irrelevant to the discussion we’re having. You don’t trade a good SP for a decent LF/3B reclamation project no matter what your minor leagues look like.
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Not a fan of Parker particularly until he proves he can actually play 3B
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
He didn't really. He was just wildly inconsistent overall
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I meant including offense
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Well he sure as heck didn't prove he could.
He’s played 10 games there since 2009, and I don’t think it’s because “you have to get Wilson Betemit in there.”
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And now I'm sure it's because they have Moustakas waiting in the wings
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That's fine when he gets there.
But he hasn’t been there in 2010 or so far in 2011.
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No but Dayton Moore was
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I think it's because they wanted Moustakas there
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I could see Green moving there too.
But the point is, that’s all utterly irrelevant. If you think Gio is “already a top 30 starting pitcher,” you can’t think trading him for Alex Gordon would be a good idea.
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I'd trade Gio for David Wright, Colby Rasmus or Justin Upton (out of all potentially available players)
But that’s about it.
it's kind of crazy
But the Gio for Swisher trade is starting to look like an even deal.
by Billy Frijoles on Apr 20, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Even?
Swisher: 8.8 WAR
Gio+Swingles: 10.8 WAR plus FDLS who will eventually get to the bigs.
Trading Swisher won us 2 more games.
Plus, My wife says we gave up a fun guy for two stud muffins.
She’s happy with the trade
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Green's problem is supposedly his arm. He's considered a better
2B candidate than 3B candidate
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but if his arm is marginal for SS it's probably ok for 3B.
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? How?
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Longer throws from SS.
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 much. He's still probably a 2B long term.
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm actually hoping CF, but we'll see.
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
CF is possible, but I've never heard that mentioned
by anyone before
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Link?
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
That's where I think Weeks ends up.
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Which kind of makes me wonder why the A's are bothering with Weeks at 2B...
…and Jai Miller or Matt Carson in CF in Sacramento.
Cardenas, Weeks and Green can’t all play 2B and I’m not sold yet on Cardenas at 3B either.
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I think they're still hoping Green can play SS
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
It's only a couple weeks in but so far Green just has one throwing error for Midland
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Yay!
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Eventually.....we shall have all of the 2B in baseball.
Teams will have to trade us their best player just so they can have someone to play there!
#420GM
I think I'm going to have to recant
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
You know what they say: You can't "recant" without "rant"!
Now let’s go buy low on Ian Stewart … Or steal Chase Headley while the Padres aren’t looking…
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I'm all for the Kouzmanoff for Stewart deal.
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
"WE'LL EVEN THROW IN A MATT!"
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Even if it's Thomson
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Or Thompson
Heck, play your cards right and you can have Cuthbert Calculus too.
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Isn't he on the Rangers?
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmm might be a good idea to throw in Cuthbert.
His temper tantrums every time someone lists him as the ‘goat’ in ‘Stars and Goats’ are hurting the team
by UrgentMirth on Apr 20, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Which of our pitching prospects is as good as Gio?
Life insurance s..cks. I'm now worth more dead than alive.
None, actually. They're all pretty bad.
Fautino used to be better till he became a reliever
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok, I would say that this is my view.
The loss of Gio would hurt more than the improvement from Gordon.
Life insurance s..cks. I'm now worth more dead than alive.
Give me a break.
Gio’s upside, whether he ever reaches it or not, is that of an #1 SP. There isn’t anything more valuable. Well, except a “decent 3Bman,” I suppose.
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OK, have a break. Also Gio has no potential to be as good as Roy Halladay or Felix Hernandez
Unless of course you meant #1 SP in the sense of being among the Top 30 starters in MLB, He’s probably already there.
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
That's why I say "#1" not "ace"
If he’s already there, all the more reason it would be insane to trade him for Alex Gordon.
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apparently Ellsbury was thrown out at second by Suzuki, it wasn't an interference call.
“Umpire crew chief Tim Welke said interference never was called, that the umpires called Ellsbury out at second base. Ellsbury was under the impression that he had been called out because of interference.”
weird
Right result, wrong process?
I saw multiple replays, and Ellsbury was obviously safe. Not even particularly close.
But… seriously, how was that not interference? Short of actually tackling Suzuki, Cameron could hardly have gotten more in the way, and he was standing on the plate, not in the batter’s box. I don’t think interference requires actual contact, although the umps seem to want to require that.
I wonder if the umps didn’t get their signals crossed? Maybe the 2B ump thought it was interference and that the plate ump had called it, so he called Ellsbury out? Because he made no initial call, stared in at home plate for several seconds, then made a delayed call. Utterly unlike a straight out-call on a CS.
The way it could have not been interference
is that Suzuki stupidly didn’t make contact with Cameron. And this is a guy who learned by watching Kendall.
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Amen to that.
Fisk ’im!
Hit ‘im like he’s Armbrister!
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GO KNEEL IN THE CORNER!" - elcroata
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 20, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
sweet, sweet Faustus.
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
OK, Just re watched it
The home plate umpire called cameron out on the check swing. The second base umpire watched the play at second, then looked back at home to see if the pitch was ball four or strike three. When he got the indicated strike three, he called elsbury out.
I think it was close but he was out.
Ellis and andreson were not arguing interference, but making sure the umpires all called the atter out first so that the play wasn’t dead.
Put a bird on it
ohhhhhhhhhhhh
that makes sense! At the stadium, we couldn’t tell what the hell it was. We loved the outcome though ;-)
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
OK, that explains the delay
(what I was wondering about in the comment above)
I can’t see how you thought he was out, though. I was obliged to watch on NESN being in Connecticut these days, but he was so clearly safe I thought it should be clear even in real time. Caught a break there – but after the 2003 ALDS I figure the Red Sox owe us about 40 years or so of breaks.
The NESN guys thought interference had been called, too – and I still don’t see why it wasn’t. Need to look up that rule.
I don't think it was that clear but
he could have been safe.
Here is my pitch: there is one replay on CSNCA that shows the first base dugout angle. Ellis does a sweep tag (granted, from that angle we can’t really know when contact with the body was) and hits ellsbury around the shin/knee/thigh.
a moment after what I call contact, ellsbury’s foot vibrates indicating that is when his foot hit the bag.
You are correct it was close and a safe call there would not have met a ton of resistance.
Put a bird on it
It should have been called interference, IMO
There is nothing in the rulebook that says that there must be contact in order for interference to take place. Batter’s interference is when… he interferes with the catcher’s fielding or throwing by stepping out of the batter’s box or making any other movement that hinders the catcher’s play at home base.
Normally such a call would mean that the batter is out and that runner needs to return to first, but as the batter was already out on the strikeout, it changes to a teammate interference and the right call is to throw the runner out.
However, it is a judgment call, so it is up to the HP umpire to decide whether Cameron hindered Suzuki’s throw attempt.
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Which he clearly did, IMO, but Suzuki should have forced the issue by making contact
This is what Kendall was so good at — he would force the umpire to make the call.
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And the home plate ump was clear about signaling "strike" and then "no interference" (safe sign)
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It appeared to be a clear case of interference
Ellsbury initially looked safe, but watching the replay it looks like Ellis’ foot blocked him from getting to the bag for just long enough to get the tag in.
day game pic
nice to get a win at night
Today should be a lock, day game and all
by Oaktown Shutout on Apr 20, 2011 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions
what's up with the guy in blue with the dildo in his mouth?
"OK and now everybody who said 'game over' at some point
GO KNEEL IN THE CORNER!" - elcroata
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 20, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Andrew Dice Clay?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Can someone share with a diehard but often uninformed A's fan...
The state of Anderson’s contract?
Beautiful game. Absolutely beautiful. And… personally, beating Lackey is always a joy. I still hold his Jason Kendall scrap against him.
Sure
This is always a good place to check for such info
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
Looks like a great resource.
Thanks for sharing!
"Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation," yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.
Time for the daily Brett/Brandon Twitter conversation. I love these guys.
Brandon McCarthy
@BrettAnderson49 Hey, remember that time you threw 8 scoreless innings against the Red Sox? Yeah, that was awesome.
Brandon McCarthy
@BrettAnderson49 with the day game tomorrow you should just watch Mary Tyler Moore reruns until you fall asleep. Always helps me.
Brett Anderson
@B__McCarthy I’m thinking either murder she wrote or matlock right now…
Brandon McCarthy
@BrettAnderson49 I’m particular to Murder She Wrote just because I’ve always had a thing for Angela Lansbury. Matlock is too sim. 2 McGruber
Brandon McCarthy
@BrettAnderson49 I have 5000 less followers than you. #feelsbadman
Brett Anderson
@B__McCarthy yeah I would…I mean I am way more interesting than you.
Brandon McCarthy
@BrettAnderson49 well that’s neither here nor there. The question is, how do I get myself some followers? More nudity I guess. But whose?
Brett Anderson
@B__McCarthy I like how 90% of my tweets go to someone I see on a daily basis.
Brandon McCarthy
@BrettAnderson49 well we’re so busy at the field that this is our only quality time. I FEEL LIKE WE DON’T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER!
Brett Anderson
Everyone follow @B__McCarthy… Best tweeter on the team bar none..your followers are gonna skyrocket now. Your welcome.
Brandon McCarthy
@BrettAnderson49 it’s ’you’re’. You should prob tell them that I’ll be correcting grammar along the way. Maybe that’s why I have so few?
Brett Anderson
@B__McCarthy I didn’t go to college…sorry. I don’t know grammar and punctuation very well.
Brandon McCarthy
@BrettAnderson49 http://bit.ly/hNol1L
Brett Anderson
If sarcasm were a sport i feel like @B__McCarthy and I would be Gold Medalists.
Brandon McCarthy
@BrettAnderson49 we’d have been tested for verbal steroids a long time ago.
Brandon McCarthy
@desomatt @BrettAnderson49 I think my relationship with my wife would be better if Brett wasn’t on Twitter. #cometobedcantinternetarguing
by whiteshoes40 on Apr 20, 2011 7:01 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
LOL
“I’m way more interesting than you”
"Hey anyone can join in...as long as they talk about me." - Mr. Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Apr 20, 2011 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions
This was so, so great!
LB: How many VORPs does it take to screw in a light bulb? Nico: We don't have a large enough sample to know! Lenscrafters: Trick question. Everyone knows that VORP is a light independent stat.
In an unrelated note, both Anderson and McCarthy went on the DL today with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome...
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 a
strained what???
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
Wrist
and an unusual amount of hair growth on his palm
Life insurance s..cks. I'm now worth more dead than alive.
I hear if you do it a lot, Mike DiMuro goes blind.
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OMG THE DUGOUT HAS TURNED REAL
If Jim Thome gets on twitter and has his first post be HEY GUYS my head will explode.
those guys are amazing!
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
McCarthy gets some love from ESPN.
Buster Olney
@B__McCarthy Spent part of today talking about your work, sir, as part of rotation that has a 2.01 ERA — almost a run better than any team.
1 minute ago
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Apr 20, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Buster's a little kiss ass.
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Trevor... you are the weakest link.
A’s starters, dating to the start of the Detroit series, have yielded one earned run in 33 2/3 innings (0.27 ERA) in five games, and Anderson said, "Trevor (Cahill) shook his head and said, ‘Damn Casper Wells.’ "
Wells, a Tigers outfielder, homered off Cahill on Sunday, the starters’ only earned run in that stretch.
Beating Boston
It sure feels good beating them. Hopefully the “Red” in Red Sox Nation this season is for crying eyes. Anderson was dealing out there.
Join us
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Love Beating John Lackey
I don’t think there’s a player I dislike more than Lackey.
The pitch he threw high and tight to Matsui was dirty. Glad he took the loss.
by Oaktown Shutout on Apr 20, 2011 8:31 AM PDT reply actions
More good Geren-managing of the position players:
Suzuki out, Powell in today for the “day game after a night game,” despite the day off Monday. As much as I’ve hated his bullpen management this year, I’ve liked his lineup management.
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Yes he's Earl Weaver
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Sitting back and waiting the 3-run HR?
I bet Godot hits it.
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Earl did have Frank Robinson
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of rants
Which manager was it that went to change a pitcher and ended up in a recorded rant? Anybody has a link handy?
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
Lee Elia?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Plus a Sweeney sighting!
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Another lefty with DiMuro umping. Look for the called outside strikes!
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
More specifically, against the Red Sox Gio HAS to throw strikes
because they don’t chase a lot of bad balls (usually). FITZ, Gio, FITZ.
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That means another big ZERO on my GOG!
Hopefully Barton will hit his double and CompliantPork will hit a HR so I don’t get completely blanked!
Baseball: where you can rescue defeat from the jaws of victory!
Willingham isn't starting
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
He could pinch HR.
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BoSox fans
So…having been to an A’s-Red Sox game every year for at least the past 8 or so…
I cannot remember the crowd being less obnoxious. The BoSox fans with their losing record became somewhat tolerable. They cheered loud for the Sox but they weren’t going out of their way to be jerks.
Although…
I was sitting next to this woman who was decked out in Red Sox gear and continuously bashing the A’s, Oakland, and everything else. Wasn’t too bad though.
In the first inning, Suzuki came up, and her friend says, “wasn’t he just up? Oh wait, that was Matsui” No big deal, got the names mixed up, right?
She says, “Suzuki, Matsui, what’s the difference?”
I sarcastically say, yeah, all Japanese people are the same anyways.
She sincerely laughs and says, “haha, yeah.”
I am rendered speechless.
by Billy Frijoles on Apr 20, 2011 10:37 AM PDT reply actions
Red Sox fans are notoriously the most racist.
Of course there are wonderful people who love the Red Sox, but I’ve heard nothing but horror stories from friends of mine who’ve gone to Fenway over the years.
by sleepingcobra on Apr 20, 2011 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
This is a pretty obnoxious statement
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
No, seriously, it's true.
There’s an intense little pocket Sox fans who yell subtly (or not so subtly) racist crap at outfielders. It might be a coincidence that the Red Sox were the last team to hire a black player, but I bet you could connect a few dots there in ol’ Beantown.
by sleepingcobra on Apr 20, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I believe it happens in Boston but to say that they're somehow worse than others
without backing it up with facts is pretty bad.
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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 20, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
He backed it up with facts:
I’ve heard nothing but horror stories from friends of mine who’ve gone to Fenway over the years.
He has, in fact, heard those stories.
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Stop what?
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
No! I was supporting you, actually.
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
No worries.
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 "non sarcasm" font.
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,
like THAT will be used around here.
Life insurance s..cks. I'm now worth more dead than alive.
You mean that?
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Well...
It took me a while to realize about half of the comments here are tongue-in-cheek. The other half….?
Life insurance s..cks. I'm now worth more dead than alive.
Tongue elsewhere.
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For Nico
the sarcasm is there 95% of the time, so yes, an ‘earnest’ font would be a good idea.
by MobiusKlein on Apr 20, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I, for one, would trumpet the importance of this font
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It's the commas.
When you get to writing like a Victorian poet, it just translates to sarcasm in today’s collective twitter consciousness.
by sleepingcobra on Apr 20, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I love commas.
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
When I drink tuu much, I feel like I'm in a comma
Life insurance s..cks. I'm now worth more dead than alive.
Very, droll
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Fact: last team to integrate.
Fact: a storied history of openly racist ownership, well beyond integration.
Fact: A wildly disproportionate amount of white folks attend their games. Look in the stands next time you see them play at Fenway. It’s like a Maple Leafs game.
Maybe you want to live down their legacy in the name of forward momentum, but I think it’s ok to still have the conversation using both factual and anecdotal evidence. I think it’s also ok to occasionally be obnoxious about it.
by sleepingcobra on Apr 20, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Isn't Boston pretty white though?
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Ah, Boston is so beautiful that time of racism
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by Nico on Apr 20, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
lof.
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Boston does have a higher percentage of white folks
than most coastal metropolises. But I suspect that’s because of their history, sadly.
by sleepingcobra on Apr 20, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I've never heard the n-word said so openly by white people before when I was in Boston.
Turned me off the place entirely.
This is what I hear, too.
From multiple sources, including my step dad’s side of the family, who live an hour south of Boston.
by sleepingcobra on Apr 20, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
try atlanta some time...i was in a starbucks and heard somebody order coffee. i want it black, n-word black. i about died.
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
srsly?!
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
NO IT'S OKAY CAUSE ATLANTA HAS RAPPERS THAT SAY IT'S THE DIRTY SOUTH AND STUFF
oh, wait.
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My thoughtful watermelon is easily mistook for an early American catapult.
I prefer mine gay.
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blonde and sweet?
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't care. I just need the living room redecorated.
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I must be in a loving mood today. You're en fuego, BF.
Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 20, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
{bats eyes}
Don’t worry, I have a terrible BABIP.
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Better since the Beano, thanks.
The Forsto didn’t help much at all, though.
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Having someone pull my finger seems to help me a lot
Life insurance s..cks. I'm now worth more dead than alive.
Napalm?
Naphthalene?
I would seriously think about pouring them a cup of milk, and saying.
Made it white, they way you like things.
by MobiusKlein on Apr 20, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I was at the game as well
and agree that the tone of the Red Sux crowd wasn’t as obnoxious as I was expecting. There were some pockets of them that were pretty annoying that made me switch to a different section just to be able to hear myself think, though!
Baseball: where you can rescue defeat from the jaws of victory!
Love that shutout!
More like this please
Love seeing calls go the A's way
and not the Red Sux!
I’m surpirsed no one is talking about the Anderson non-balk/pick off and ejection of Francona. Maybe it was discussed at length in the game thread.
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