Open Thread: Game 76 (Oakland Athletics at New York Mets)
by Zonis on Jun 23, 2011 9:01 AM PDT
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So we are almost halfway through the season, we have had the draft, we've had a long losing streak and a shorter winning streak that, unfortunately, came to an end. But hey, we have the moving to look forward to, so we have that. Which is good.
Today's game features Graham Godfrey and Chris Capuano, so there is an equal chance of awesomeness (Mets Offense continuing to implode) or horribleness (Godfrey relapses to his first start).
Oh, and we might see a Chris Carter sighting!
Notes:
- With Daric Barton sent down to AAA for some "Work", the A's first base situation was a little iffy, with Jackson filling in. With Willingham going to the DL (about time), Chris Carter has arrived in Oakland, where he presumably will take over 1B duties.
- Michael Taylor is OPSing in the .800's in Sacramento, but is not batting very well.
- Kevin Kouzmanoff is not proving himself in AAA either.
- Mark Ellis's days on the A's are numbered. He will be used in a utility role for now, but he is not a 1B, its very questionable if he can play 3B, and Adam Rosales is a better play than he is right now. The only option is a trade, but I do not think we can get much besides salary relief. Then again, we did get Joey Devine for the shattered remnants of Mark Kotsay.
- With McCarthy and Ross due back soon, Godfrey is going to be bound for the minors. The question then becomes should we send down Outman or Moscoso, or should we send down both and try Rich Harden in the rotation again.
Current Series
3 game series vs Mets @ Citi Field
| Tue 06/21 | WP: Josh Outman (3 - 1) SV: Grant Balfour LP: Dillon Gee (7 - 1) |
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| Wed 06/22 | WP: Bobby Parnell (2 - 1) LP: Brad Ziegler (2 - 1) |
2 - 3 loss |
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Oakland Athletics Thursday, Jun 23, 2011, 10:10 AM PDT Graham Godfrey vs Chris Capuano Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.
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i'm sorry, but starting mark ellis at 1B is absolutely criminal
why bother calling up carter. this loyalty to mark ellis is baffling!
i mean we just sent down an actual first baseman who's basically hitting the same as ellis!
what the hell is the point?? we’ve now just downgraded ourselves at 1B!
He's there, but not in the lineup according to SuSlu
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
he's not. the legendary mark ellis is our starting 1B today.
i guess they figured that playing second all these years, he must’ve learned how to play 1B purely by osmosis…
I bet he's better than Carter out there, though
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
i'd assume he's not going to be hitting as well though.
hope he proves wrong.
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
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by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 23, 2011 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
never mind the fact that the dude is like 5'8" in high heels.
let’s hope all the throws over are in the dirt.
When did you see him in high heels?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
had my bachelor party there
what more can I say.
(nothing – my lawyers are unified on that.)
by MobiusKlein on Jun 23, 2011 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Graham Godfrey outpitched Tim Lincecum last week.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
true. anything can happen.
but i wouldn’t equate the a’s starting godfrey that night with them starting ellis today at 1B. i don’t care if carter landed at kennedy and arrived at the ballpark with 30 seconds to go before first pitch. he should still get the start.
The guy is probably operating on very little, if any, sleep since sometime yesterday afternoon or earler
Let the guy have a day to get settled in.
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in that case, i would rather see rosie over there than ellis
at least he has some experience playing the corners.
But Ellis needs some time too.
There is a good chance he becomes our utility guy for a little while. Better make sure he can do it/get advice from others before he’s the only option.
by LoneStranger on Jun 23, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
why does ellis need time??
i mean i understand that he’s a nice guy, and a lifelong athletic, but i just don’t understand how we can continue throwing him out there when he can’t hit a lick. and NOW we’re finding new positions for him. i don’t get it.
You mean 6 innings
playing 1B in 2005 and 2006 doesn’t count as experience?
Don't you realise you'll find next monday or next Tuesday/Your golden shoes day
by PDXAthleticsfan on Jun 23, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
And if Chris Capuano outpitches him, that will mean that
Chris Capuano is better than Tim Lincecum!
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
hopefully
it’s the first pitch and he’s replaced by CC.
by sf drift king on Jun 23, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Carter was on the red-eye to NY after driving from Tuscon to Phoenix to make the flight (which was then delayed an hour or so).
He’s tired. I’m guessing that Ellis starts, and Carter comes in for an at-bat or two later in the game, depending on how the game goes.
by LoneStranger on Jun 23, 2011 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Welcome Chris Carter!
With Willingham going to the DL (about time), Chris Carter has arrived in Oakland, where he presumably will take over 1B duties.
I do hope he’ll be going to New York and Philly, not sitting around waiting in Oakland…. ;)
There's no crying in baseball!
Why didn't he go on the DL when ellis came up
OH well. Gives us a reason to bring up CC.
Ellis should NEVER start 1B for Oakland.
He’s a shitty-hitting 2B for crying out loud!!
I'm sure it's a temporary solution.
Certainly not worth fretting over.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
I dont understand...
Putting in Ellis at 1B makes no sense to me…
but I’m going to assume it’s temporary.
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
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you there, PL?
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I meant at the game
but yeah, I’ve gathered you are in NYC.
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
reeeeeeed ropes!
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I am chomping on pizza-flavored goldfish right now
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
pizza pringles are better imo.
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
www.fearthefin.com - Where masochism is defined.
I rushed the Furd's farm in 2009
www.californiagoldenblogs.com - Where Cal grads prove they learned something.
by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 23, 2011 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
But then there's no goldfish
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
this
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
you are tasty and covered in pizza powder
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
well, he not only plants it for himself, but for the community.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
we had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Is this the new Rebecca Black song?
Official Athletics Nation Rotating Tagline Editor - Pam liked my old sig better.
My thoughtful watermelon is easily mistook for an early American catapult.
I can't write.
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like a match made in H-E-double hockey sticks.
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
we can present it to her.
“Which seeds should I plant?”
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
GROW GROW GROW GROW
Watering watering YEAH
Watering watering YEAH
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My thoughtful watermelon is easily mistook for an early American catapult.
Being There
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I like to watch
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
that was an really good movie and a very enjoyable book.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't read
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I like to watch TV
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
TO all above Mark Ellis comments
I agree 100%, ASININE to start him at 1st today. Carter is still on the plane….do we know if he is even making the trip to NY, or just meeting the team in Philly?
My mannerism a prism/ And it should shine
Light it if you would/ Be so kind, right now'd
Be A' Good Time
by DaRubiesSLOKingsA's on Jun 23, 2011 9:33 AM PDT reply actions
probably the worst lineup of the year, today?! Granted, we are in a NL park.
My mannerism a prism/ And it should shine
Light it if you would/ Be so kind, right now'd
Be A' Good Time
by DaRubiesSLOKingsA's on Jun 23, 2011 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I understand the strategy.
Righties have been awesome against Capuano his whole career. Especially this year.
DeJesus over Sweeney is baffling though.
by Pop N' Locktapus on Jun 23, 2011 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Isn't Sweeney terrible against lefties?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought they were both equally terrible.
Just Sweeney is a better in the field.
by Pop N' Locktapus on Jun 23, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmmm....interesting
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
It is asinine that he is in there period
He cannot hit
He made it there this morning
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really? Nice. I must have missed that amongst all this great Chris Carter coverage
I can’t remember being more excited in 1 single day about the future of each of my favorite teams. 1.) With all the recent good things the A’s are doing. With Geren, Kouzz, LaRoche, and Barton finally outta here. With Jemile being up and playing great. And, waking up this morning to the news of Carter being called up! 2.) With the NBA Draft tonight and all these crazy trade rumors flying all around. What a day! oh, and 3.) With TEAM USA winning last night, setting up the dream Championship Matchup this Saturday at the Rose Bowl v. Mexico
My mannerism a prism/ And it should shine
Light it if you would/ Be so kind, right now'd
Be A' Good Time
by DaRubiesSLOKingsA's on Jun 23, 2011 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
The Warriors will manage to mess up this draft somehow
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Aren't they picking like 11th in a draft that's only got a couple good players in it?
Official Athletics Nation Rotating Tagline Editor - Pam liked my old sig better.
My thoughtful watermelon is easily mistook for an early American catapult.
(shrug)
I get all my NBA draft by reading RRS’ twitter. So, I think you’re right.
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
he's gotten better since the Final Four
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
he was a little nuts with it there during basketball tourney.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe that was when it was
Just felt like a constant stream of play-by-play tweets.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
yeah, it was.
when I don’t sleep, I get a little too tweety too…
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
sorry.
basically, I just need an open thread, 24/7.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, people can use Twitter however they want
Others have to decide if someone is too active for them to keep up with or not.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
I think I'm okay with that side of it
I don’t use it all the time for just anything. Never really defined it anyway as far as that goes. Sometimes I have more to say, sometimes it’s just “Here’s a new photo gallery,” sometimes it’s a brief conversation with someone.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
Yeah, I'm getting to that point really quickly.
I don’t really need play-by-play of a daily baseball game in there.
lots of Trade Chips being passed around
which is shocking, because the draft is so weak. For example, The Spurs are shopping Tony Parker for the Kings #7 pick……So, there are moves to be made.
My mannerism a prism/ And it should shine
Light it if you would/ Be so kind, right now'd
Be A' Good Time
by DaRubiesSLOKingsA's on Jun 23, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
kings will fail harder
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
www.fearthefin.com - Where masochism is defined.
I rushed the Furd's farm in 2009
www.californiagoldenblogs.com - Where Cal grads prove they learned something.
by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 23, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think so
The Kings have a nice young foundation being built – Tyreke and DeMarcus. And, with the #7 pick, lots of rumors going on: i.e., the Spurs offering Tony Parker, the 76ers offering Iggy. ETC.! The Warriros, although I’m pulling for them, are historically bad at this. I hope both teams do well.
My mannerism a prism/ And it should shine
Light it if you would/ Be so kind, right now'd
Be A' Good Time
by DaRubiesSLOKingsA's on Jun 23, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't forget about
Marcus Thornton whom they got from New Orleans.
by sf drift king on Jun 23, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
so he is there. Well, I guess I'm upset with Melvin then
What is the logic in not starting the kid right when he gets there?! I would understand if we had Joey Votto at 1B, but he is starting MARK ELLIS at 1st today?! Jeez
My mannerism a prism/ And it should shine
Light it if you would/ Be so kind, right now'd
Be A' Good Time
by DaRubiesSLOKingsA's on Jun 23, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
well, he took the red eye.
He was travelling all night, so he may claim he’s ready, but he’s probably not slept real well.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
No Holiday Inn Express?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
"You're not a major league ball player?"
“No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night…”
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
This. And he'll play, I'm confident, as long as the game makes it that far.
He just won’t start.
by LoneStranger on Jun 23, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Carter's had a long trip to get there
Had to drive from Tucson to Phoenix, caught the overnight flight, got in in the morning.
You don’t start him in the afternoon game.
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He could fall asleep at 1B
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
so could ellis
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
www.fearthefin.com - Where masochism is defined.
I rushed the Furd's farm in 2009
www.californiagoldenblogs.com - Where Cal grads prove they learned something.
by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 23, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Especially since he's still on west coast time. It's 10am to him right now.
Official Athletics Nation Rotating Tagline Editor - Pam liked my old sig better.
My thoughtful watermelon is easily mistook for an early American catapult.
They should just let him catch a couple hours of sleep in the clubhouse
Unless he actually got to sleep on the flight, but he’d already been up all day for the River Cats game anyway.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
Ok, I'll make you a superb taco at AN day
or lamb kabobs
oooo. either's fine.
Chickie approves. I have his proxy as he’s almost certainly still in bed.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Al Pastor?
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Dude, give it a rest.
It’s not that big of a deal. It’s a one day fix. No need to overreact. Ellis will at least field the position very capably.
plus the responsibilities on covering bunts, etc... are unique. it's not brain surgery, but it does take some repitition to develop competence.
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
Ellis is a smart player.
I’m pretty sure he understands various scenarios, responsibilities, and how to field the position. He’ll be fine for a day.
but you need to react in real time. thinking is not a plus.
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
Thinking in the field is always a plus.
I don’t believe there’s any question about his reaction time.
So your point is what?
Ellis will be thinking while a play is happening and not reacting? Seems unlikely to me.
my point is that any hesitation hurts. i've seen laroche play out of position, think for a sec and blow plays. i'm not picking on laroche. i'm just saying that its not as easy as you think. there's a reason these guys get paid well.
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
Ellis is a superior fielder in general than Laroche.
I realize it’s not the easiest transition in the world. But Ellis has always proven to be an excellent fielder with fine reaction time so if anyone could do it – he could.
ellis's strength is his range. dunno about reaction times. i'm rooting for the guy. just saying it's not easy.
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
eleventy billion forty-five and a half. correct answer to every question.
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
remember watching laroche befuddled at 2B during that game we watched at the coliseum.
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
lol... Rick Tittle just compared the A's to a little league team.
starting mark ellis is comparable to a little league team giving out competition ribbons and not keeping score
someone with a hilarious name
haha…“rick”
by Johnny Bravo on Jun 23, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
that radio station
is still in existence? omg!
by sf drift king on Jun 23, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
today is purportedly the last day. it's switching to espn deportes.
however, his show can still be heard online. i highly recommend it.
whoa. chris carter and ryan howard in the same ballpark? the balls better be scurred.
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
.....because they're both large, black men?
Racist. ;-)
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
or cuz when they swing the bat, the ball travels very long distances
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
Which one of you is bringing me breakfast? I'm in the mood for some French Toast.
Also, tomorrow: Philly! {giddy}
I'm here to talk about the past.
I said yes a long time ago, and didn't want to flake like all the other times.
I'm here to talk about the past.
well, I'm happy for you.
You need to get away~
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Just being on a plane where people can't reach me will be kinda awesome.
(And thanks!)
I'm here to talk about the past.
Just wish it were a little longer.
You going with Gigs?
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I think she shows uplate Friday or Saturday. I land early tomorrow morning, and leave Sunday morning.
I'm here to talk about the past.
that's too bad. You need a longer break.
Call home on Sunday and tell them all flights have been cancelled for the following week.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Heh. I totally should.
But I need to get back because I am finally moving. July 11.
I'm here to talk about the past.
that's a good thing, right?
That means the other thing is moving forward?
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
That's what ended up with me in Yosemite a couple weeks ago
And I couldn’t have picked a nicer time. Week after Memorial Day, high 60s to low 70s, not TOO busy, and the two weeks following (especially this one) have been much hotter.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
I agree.
Chickie makes this wicked evil French toast with cinnamon raisin challah….and homemade blackberry compote.
That little man can cook his ass off.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
that's true.
BUT CINNAMON AND RAISIN CHALLAH FRENCH TOAST!!!!
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
fuck me with that
/OAH
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
So, is the game going to start on time?
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
i hope they delay it and during that time, melvin realizes that trogdor should start at 1B
the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust
And then, hopefully, AN realises that Trogdor is a horrible nickname.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
hahaha
My mannerism a prism/ And it should shine
Light it if you would/ Be so kind, right now'd
Be A' Good Time
by DaRubiesSLOKingsA's on Jun 23, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Barton can't take power naps
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
CHRIS CARTER DOESN'T SLEEP.
HE WAITS.
Official Athletics Nation Rotating Tagline Editor - Pam liked my old sig better.
My thoughtful watermelon is easily mistook for an early American catapult.
10:30am according to Slusser.
So far. Unless things change.
by LoneStranger on Jun 23, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Lou Grant?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Be he any kin to Dillon?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Grant Brisbee.
The guy who runs McCC.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
McChris Carter?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
McCovey Chronicles.
It’s the SBN Giants site. I do not like the Giants, but Grant is an excellent writer. Virtually anything he writes is worth reading.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I've just gone there for the first time that I can remember. He seems to be pretty good.
But I’m just not that interested in the Giants.
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
It's better on Baseball Nation because he normally writes about baseball in general.
He claims, by the way, to also be an A’s fan.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
We should ask him whether he'd trade Thomas Neal for Mark Ellis
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Not too surprised.
Those Baseball Nation guys are getting huge publicity lately. Especially since Neyer’s on the team.
still, I don't think KO would link it unless he really liked it. He's kind of particular about what he recommends...
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Is Olbermann back in sports now?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
he's never really stopped absolutely loving baseball.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
He should do PxP for some team then, like Steiner and Enberg
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
did you see the other day at Wimbleton when Enberg made a blue balls joke?
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Hee. No. What was it?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I've no idea what the hell that means but it made me chuckle
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
No matter how many times I watch the replay of the HBP last night, I can't see how it hit him.
"I think what baseball projects, and what classical music needs, is the sense that one goes to a live event not to experience greatness, but to experience the possibility of greatness.... Not every game is great but what we go for is the chance that this particular game might be.' —David Lang
good, I thought I was going crazy!
I couldn’t see it either
My mannerism a prism/ And it should shine
Light it if you would/ Be so kind, right now'd
Be A' Good Time
by DaRubiesSLOKingsA's on Jun 23, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
it hit him pretty clearly...graze is probably a better word. but it was legit.
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KK says that it's raining fairly hard, but they did announce a first pitch of 10:30am Pacific.
We’ll see if it holds.
They came from behind!
explosions
"Whether they find life there or not, I think Jupiter should be called an enemy planet." - Jack Handey
by bluthbanana20 on Jun 23, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
20 mins!
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
the tarp isn't even off yet
I’ll say 11:05
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
11:04!
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
it's funny how she sounds a lot different on here
versus when she calls Chris
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Is she edgy on CT?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
something like that.
I think it probably has to do with her always being with the PxP guys.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
deeper voice
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Weeks and Sizemore....
Meeting Carter at the airport.
“We’re getting the band back together.”
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
They're on a mission from God?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Kouzmanoff and Andy LaRoche....
Meeting Barton at the airport.
“We’re getting the band back together.”
LOL
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
good one!
I wonder if tenured players on A’s will get nervous if they look over and see Weeks, Sizemore, and Carter grouped together and eyeballing them.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
And whispering undecipherable sounds mixed in with "Cardenas" and "Taylor"
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps anonymous notes in the locker....
“hit, or move your shit to the empty locker closest to the door”…..
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
"You must redeem your prize in the Capitol".
In person.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
C'mon, Sizemore was there (with the Rivercats) all of five minutes.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Long enough to draw 26 BB in 18 PA
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
And apparently,
long enough to enter into a sinister pact.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Nah, more of a coup.
Geren’s head on a pike, then the takeover.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Their lead guitar
Is in New York, unfortunately, with a first baseman glove.
Mark "Guitar" Ellis?
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha
QOTM
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
by baseballgirl on Jun 23, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
i don't want mark to play first...therefore, stm72 = G-d?
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How much time do you need?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
JFC. I'm gonna need to hydrate.
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with electrolytes?
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I'd like to oblige but Cup's only giving me till 11:05
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
on the road to becoming Esteban Loaiza?
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
win
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
QOTM
you’re on fire!
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
by baseballgirl on Jun 23, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Ugh
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure that's not Brett Anderson?
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
TJS
"I think what baseball projects, and what classical music needs, is the sense that one goes to a live event not to experience greatness, but to experience the possibility of greatness.... Not every game is great but what we go for is the chance that this particular game might be.' —David Lang
by King Richard on Jun 23, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Ellis haters can go jump in the lake that's forming on top of the Citi tarps
A month ago you were all baying for Matsui to be DFAd…have a little faith in veteran players.
Anyway, I’m off to the ballpark to cheer on the Twins!
Help the A's help Japan. www.oaklandathletics.com/japan
Have fun EM!
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
they're in town. playing the Giants. EM grew up in Minnesota.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Okay, 10:30 meeting
Hopefully the game has started by the time I’m done
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
pretty sure only reason ellis is playing is the a's are hoping hell get some hits so he has at least a little value in a trade next week.
just my take on it.
I see a flaw in that plan
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
so do i, the flaw being mark ellis cant hit.
but hey, if he gets a couple hits in the next week, its better for everyone.
You want to play him long enough to get a couple of hits?
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate old people
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
he's a streaky hitter. unfortunately, he hasn't shown any signs of getting hot. i sure hope he does.
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It's not September.
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The A's are winning today.
Hope so.
LET'S GO OAK-LAND!
by Lucca Orlandini on Jun 23, 2011 10:31 AM PDT reply actions
also, if this game is rained out, doesnt that mean we have to play a doubleheader down the road?
or a random interleague makeup game? lets hope this game DOESNT get rained out.
We could play a Yankee - Met Day-Night DH
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Mets and Yanks would both have to be home...
And that’s rare.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
I vote for July 21
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm thinking: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock.
Best of 3.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Tarp still on the field?
LET'S GO OAK-LAND!
by Lucca Orlandini on Jun 23, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Just got the news, tarp still on.
LET'S GO OAK-LAND!
by Lucca Orlandini on Jun 23, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Pineda just hit 95 according to the speed gun thingy.
LIfe may not be a bowl of cherries.
But I’m currently eating a bowl of cherries, and it’s pretty f**kin’ awesome.
~GreenNGoldSooner
Not yet.
LIfe may not be a bowl of cherries.
But I’m currently eating a bowl of cherries, and it’s pretty f**kin’ awesome.
~GreenNGoldSooner
I could only hear it if Balfour said it.
LIfe may not be a bowl of cherries.
But I’m currently eating a bowl of cherries, and it’s pretty f**kin’ awesome.
~GreenNGoldSooner
was also the first pitch he threw over 92
"I think what baseball projects, and what classical music needs, is the sense that one goes to a live event not to experience greatness, but to experience the possibility of greatness.... Not every game is great but what we go for is the chance that this particular game might be.' —David Lang
by King Richard on Jun 23, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, after two innings, he's given up 1 hit and 2 Ks
So far, I see no cause for concern.
Don't you realise you'll find next monday or next Tuesday/Your golden shoes day
by PDXAthleticsfan on Jun 23, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Regardless of the outcome of ABs, if a guys who throws 95 all of a sudden barely hits 90 there are problems
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it's one factor that caused us concern with brett anderson
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His two sliders so far have been at 78 and 80, which is way below his 84 average as well.
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by King Richard on Jun 23, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
OK - TJS it is...
Don't you realise you'll find next monday or next Tuesday/Your golden shoes day
by PDXAthleticsfan on Jun 23, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Just checked in
Been busy, obviously didn’t miss anything. I guess the twitterati will keep us filled in on the rain delay.
That was still a great game last night, the day would have been much dimmer without it.
No!!!! Not the gym!!!!
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
damn. Rain Delay Theater isn't streamed on 95.7
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you can't get radio reception in L'More?
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I work in a cement building and I'm not allowed to have personal electronics.
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So you're in prison?
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Well, it *is* also surrounded by a large perimiter fence.
oh, fuck.
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Are there little blue sparks when bugs fly into it?
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Yeah, you have my gmail addy still?
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I just sent you one.
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it just got cut off lol.
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too may connections lol
but TY ♥
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It's OK. I actually have a couple bucks in my paypal acct I didn't know about
I’m gonna buy MLB Audio right now.
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Whoa. Morning game. And TROGDOR!
Geez, you sure miss a lot in 12 hours.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Oh, another rain delay. Well, all right then.
Did anyone post the lineups? Is Carter actually there or just on the roster?
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Well, by the time they get this game started,
Carter should be well rested. So maybe we won’t see Ellie at first after all.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Crap. I could have seen most of the game if it had started on time. Now I may hardly see any of it
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Yea i totally forgot about the morning game.
And missed nothing!
"Yell at me all you want, but I've seen enough movies to know that cutting a hole in the back of a raft MAKES IT GO FASTER!" - Troy from Community.
i live in queens and its still raining hard.
i have a ticket to the game and i havent even left the house yet
anyone caught starting, promoting or participating in "the wave" should receive a lifetime ban from baseball
well, in all fairness, you're probably busy smoking crack.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
You could add a comma to your screen name
Crack,Baby would have a whole different vibe.
also add an exclamation point:
crack, baby!
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
ive been thinking about changing my name
to OsamaBenAfflak but Crack, Baby! sounds good too
anyone caught starting, promoting or participating in "the wave" should receive a lifetime ban from baseball
SuSlu said the A's may want to hang on to Ellis since Weeks might just
be a flash in the pan, or get hurt.
This makes no sense. Rosales AND Sizemore could both cover 2B in that case.
By being an excellent beat reporter and pumping out well written thoughtful articles.
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
This is true.
LIfe may not be a bowl of cherries.
But I’m currently eating a bowl of cherries, and it’s pretty f**kin’ awesome.
~GreenNGoldSooner
I think she's awful
and using that logic the Giants should have kept Bengie
by sactownbull on Jun 23, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
She takes the contrarian approach too much of the time
and doesn’t seem to really have a solid case for why she feels the way she does.
by sactownbull on Jun 23, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
nothing man…. it has nothing to do with anything
smh
by sactownbull on Jun 23, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Seriously, that's about the dumbest explanation possible
She’s not really a columnist. She’s a beat writer. A reporter. Maybe sometimes she plays Devil’s Advocate in ways but she’s being paid to tell us what’s going on. In that, she’s been one of the best for a long time. She’s also broke stories before others many times.
I don’t care about whatever case there is for what she feels. She knows her stuff in general.
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smh? that's normally what i do after you post about the importance of RBI's or whatever
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Someone needs to explain this to me....
Conventional wisdom on AN seems to say that a player’s performance shouldn’t be measured by the RBI stat, yet the same CW uses total runs scored in a given year to measure a teams performance. Isn’t there a bit of a disconnect in there?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Couple things.
1. On a whole team-wide scale, RBI opportunities should balance out, and so team runs scored is a far better measurement of a team’s offensive performance than a single player’s RBIs.
2. Even then, team wOBA or WAR is much better than runs scored.
no. RBI is an individual player's stat by CW but the credit should be split between multiple players. runs scored is a team stat.
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I don't think so
A particular player’s RBI total is largely based on how many times he hits with runners on base – which has nothing to do with his ability as a hitter. A team’s overall RS isn’t based as much on that kind of happenstance.
Though I’d think people would tend to look at park effects and also offensive run-elements in evaluating the team’s offensive performance, too.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
We are lucky to have a few solid beat reporters
compared to what some other teams have we are blessed
The only reason I hedged was because I don't read beat writers out of the bay areaq
I am sure she is the best.
Put a bird on it
Ellis probably won't net much in return
he’s a team leader, he’s a veteran w/ only this year left on his contract, and it’s true, Weeks could cool off significantly – this was his first year in AAA, yes? And I don’t understand the Rosales love.
Agreed. Let's not mention them
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I dunno....
But as a fan I finally feel the team is addessing our offensive woes by opening up positions to competition. If you can hit, you will get a shot at someones job who isn’t performing. It’s refreshing. I love Ellis too, but I love the A’s more.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Sounds like negotiation through the press to me
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey everyone, kind of a bummer to see while watching the rain
but: I didn’t say that’s A) what I think or B) that’s what the A’s think. I said it could be one consideration if he ISN"T traded.
As I wrote today and repeated on the air, I believe Ellis WILL get traded. There could be reasons it wouldn’t happen, and that might be one. Just explaining all possible options.
I surprised to hear I take a contrarian approach when I’m a beat writer and not a columnist and don’t write opinion pieces. I do some speculating on the blog, but always explain my reasons for doing so and I’m careful to say that it’s my guesswork only.
As always, just doing my best out here. Sorry to disappoint. :(
In blunt terms, I wouldn't worry about what sactownbull thinks
I don’t think he gets it in this case.
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but...but...sactownbull reads with his eyes. the rest of us look at spreadsheets in our mothers' basements
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most of us don't.
Californians don’t have basements.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
my grandpa's place has a basement. it's rad.
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If your house was built before 1980
You might have a crawl space
Good place to stash dead hookers, but not that great for baseball analysis
Crawl space is the BEST. I really regret not making sure I bought a house with it.
slab foundations SUCK.
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you do not disappoint and I'm on the verge of banning him.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
hmmm. that has not been my experience in the game threads, but okay.
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
What's happened in the game threads?
Aside from some people with brand new accounts doing obvious troll jobs?
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That's a complete joke
I don’t often agree with sactownbull but people ARE allowed to not like Slusser. I think she’s great, but not liking her is not a bannable offense, that is ridiculous.
"Some field has fences, and sometime, the field cant hold a player, but most of the time, a field cant hold Domingo"
http://www.domingobeisbol.com/
I think Susan is great
I read her stuff everyday.
IMO, she’s way better than most.
You are all way too nice
And I don’t mind a different opinion. I’m just a little concerned if I’m coming off as too opinionated, because I’m really not supposed to.
And I did want to emphasize that I wrote and said I believe Ellis will be traded, based on what I’m hearing. I could see them wanting to be covered in the event Weeks slumps, and I don’t think they like their other options there as much as they like Ellis, but I’m not advocating anything one way or another.
You really don't need to defend yourself on this one.
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Maybe it's me but I pretty much always assume that when you get into the speculation side...
…it’s more about laying out different possibilities and maybe which one you think the A’s may go with.
That hardly means you’re advocating one over the rest, but maybe that’s difficult for some people to understand when they read.
A couple times I’ve been a little unclear on something you’ve said but you’ve clarified it in an exchange or two.
The A’s considering hanging on to Ellis for now because there could still be questions about Weeks cooling off or his own injury history is a perfectly reasonable thing to mention.
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LOL....
These people are not “nice”. But they are telling you the truth. If you were screwed up they would scream for your head on a pike next to Old Bob.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Wait, what?
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I think it's super cool
You took the trouble to come here to clear that up.
Mucho love.
You can't help that sometimes you gotta speculate
And I think most of us know where you’re at. You’re cool :)
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Dissapoint?
You’re one of the few print reporters that really “gets it”. Your being here on this site puts you far ahead of the curve.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
We lof you. Don't worry about it.
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thanks all
Having a rough day or two with a mental typo in today’s story to start off with (and worse, one I’d corrected at one point and then somehow re-pasted in and then read over 10 times). So I was already kinda down.
Feeling better now.
Oh, I get it
Just come over here for the mutual admiration society thing. ;-)
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yep. caught it once, took it out
but then in a bunch of furious cutting and pasting between the notes and the mainbar, it wandered back in. I think I pasted it instead of something else I’d meant to…in which case, what? I don’t even know anymore. It was 12:45 at that point, though.
My fingers apparently are more used to typing “losing streak” than winning streak.
"My fingers apparently are more used to typing "losing streak" than winning streak."
Well, that’s understandable.
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...
Athletics Nation: We love SuSlu and she loves us.
"Once you go Bed....everything else is dead." - Bed
"So you're saying we should skin the Rangers and wear them as uniforms? I’m down." - Kyli
by cuppingmaster on Jun 23, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
"Melvin has A's thriving on same page"
Seriously, who at MLBAM writes these headlines????
Who here would love it if the A's went 162-0 in a season?
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:04 AM PDT reply actions
Yeah, but he likely wouldn't be an ass about it.
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Then where's the fun?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
And then lose in Game 5 of the ALDS?
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by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
QOTM
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
That's a good answer.
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
That would be amazing.
Even better if we won the World Series, too.
LIfe may not be a bowl of cherries.
But I’m currently eating a bowl of cherries, and it’s pretty f**kin’ awesome.
~GreenNGoldSooner
You don't worry that it would destroy the game as you know it?
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Nope!
LIfe may not be a bowl of cherries.
But I’m currently eating a bowl of cherries, and it’s pretty f**kin’ awesome.
~GreenNGoldSooner
You don't think it would be a little greedy?
Wouldn’t feel at all bad for the Astros fans who would watch their team go 0-162 while yours goes 162-0?
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
A Kinsella plot would be something like a 1000 inning game, not a 162-0 season.
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
A 1000 inning game sounds like a Chabon plot.
You're remarkable in a funny way. Or funny in a remarkable way.
it would have to be set in Pittsburgh.
[but it actually is a Kinsella plot—Iowa Baseball Conspiracy]
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah. Chabon kind of did it in Summerland.
You're remarkable in a funny way. Or funny in a remarkable way.
It sounds like a Robert Jordan book to me
With chapters spent on the people working the concessions, the ushers, the parking lot attendants, etc.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
depends, would we roll in the playoffs, too?
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I would think that a team winning anything over 40 or 50 games in a row in MLB
would mean that the entire simulation that runs this planet had run amok, and volcanos would be erupting, giant lizards would be farting over Delaware, and of course, zombies would roam the earth… except they won’t want our brains… they’ll want OUR JOBS!
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I have lots of jobs. I just don't have any official checks.
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
oh. would the zombies want non-paying jobs?
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 23, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
As long as the benefits include
BRAAAAAAAIIIINNNSSSSS
Well, some of those jobs pay, so we're just getting into grayer and grayer areas here.
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
It's a sign of the apocolypse
Pretty sure the A’s are mentioned specifically in the Bible.
Mmm. Blueberries.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Very very very time- and energy-cosuming personal stuff over the last year
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Thanks dan, happy to be able to join in to the extent that I can
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I LOVE BLUEBERRIES
They finally are not prohibitively expensive and now I want to eat them all the time.
by whiteshoes40 on Jun 23, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
So, AL ROY
I say Pineda. What say you? Hosmer?
Pineda
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Jun 23, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Weeks.
Official Athletics Nation Rotating Tagline Editor - Pam liked my old sig better.
My thoughtful watermelon is easily mistook for an early American catapult.
If Weeks hits over .300 and OPS's over .800, then yes.
"I heard the reason Geren never played Powell was so he could have someone around to fetch him a cushion."- UrgentMirth
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 23, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
okay, so send him down now
ROY is locked up!
Pineda has to be the front runner here.
But I could see Hosmer getting it, if he has a good second half.
And if Pineda's arm falls off.
Don't you realise you'll find next monday or next Tuesday/Your golden shoes day
by PDXAthleticsfan on Jun 23, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Carter
"I think what baseball projects, and what classical music needs, is the sense that one goes to a live event not to experience greatness, but to experience the possibility of greatness.... Not every game is great but what we go for is the chance that this particular game might be.' —David Lang
by King Richard on Jun 23, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I want JPA to win, but he doesn't have good numbers.
Pineda is probably leading now.
LIfe may not be a bowl of cherries.
But I’m currently eating a bowl of cherries, and it’s pretty f**kin’ awesome.
~GreenNGoldSooner
Arencibia probably
"Some field has fences, and sometime, the field cant hold a player, but most of the time, a field cant hold Domingo"
http://www.domingobeisbol.com/
Cardenas!!!!
WoooooooooooooooooooHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Except it makes me look like a dolt :)
Anything for a laugh I guess
Anyone want to see me poke myself in the eye with a fork?
isn't this not true though?
In the early 2000s wasn’t our payroll near the middle?
hello
just dropped off my computer for a fix. SHould be back in action after the july 10.
Put a bird on it
oh that's disgusting
did the bird explode on his face or wtf is that?
What did i tell you...didn't I say they would win? Yeah that's right I did didn't ? Wait.. what? They LOST?!?!?
It's his blood
It’s a full throttle hit, you can tell how the poor hoser looks stunned. Anyone would.
the bird broke his nose
Right in the moneymaker!
And the lady next to him seems to find it the funniest thing in the world
I would too.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
Oh Jesus
I’m laughing so hard people are going to know I’m not working
I think he looks like he soiled himself
Hoping the blood on his face distracts everyone
What's the eta on this game?
What did i tell you...didn't I say they would win? Yeah that's right I did didn't ? Wait.. what? They LOST?!?!?
alrighty then gives me a chance to brush my teeth
What did i tell you...didn't I say they would win? Yeah that's right I did didn't ? Wait.. what? They LOST?!?!?
2:30 EDT now
I’ve been overwhelmed and I’ve been underwhelmed. Can I ever just be whelmed?
by closetasfan on Jun 23, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to know that too.
Are they talking rainout or will they wait it out regardless of how long the delay lasts?
leaning towards wait it out regardless
I’ve been overwhelmed and I’ve been underwhelmed. Can I ever just be whelmed?
by closetasfan on Jun 23, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
makes sense
"Some field has fences, and sometime, the field cant hold a player, but most of the time, a field cant hold Domingo"
http://www.domingobeisbol.com/
that picture of A Rod on the cover
eek
by Johnny Bravo on Jun 23, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
there is nothing that guy can do right from a PR perspective.
Pretty good baseball player
Put a bird on it
I don't really feel any strong dislike toward Arod
There, I said it. Am I banned now?
"Some field has fences, and sometime, the field cant hold a player, but most of the time, a field cant hold Domingo"
http://www.domingobeisbol.com/
That actually wasn't said out of anger of what I read above
I actually read that after saying this. This was completely in jest.
"Some field has fences, and sometime, the field cant hold a player, but most of the time, a field cant hold Domingo"
http://www.domingobeisbol.com/
Wha...why?
I’ll take recipes from chefs, not baseball players, thank you very much. It’s the same reason I wouldn’t go to Mario Batali and ask him how to throw a splitter.
ARod's recipe:
“Tasty Self”
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Wow...
Pineda broke up Marquis’ no-hitter.
LIfe may not be a bowl of cherries.
But I’m currently eating a bowl of cherries, and it’s pretty f**kin’ awesome.
~GreenNGoldSooner
LOL
"Some field has fences, and sometime, the field cant hold a player, but most of the time, a field cant hold Domingo"
http://www.domingobeisbol.com/
but what about his elbow? what was the velocity of the ball off his bat? awesome
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