Open Thread: Game 132 - A's & Red Sox Trying To Beat Irene
by Nico on Aug 27, 2011 8:36 AM PDT
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PrintIt's such a beautiful day for baseball: Let's play two. Or one. Or none. Depending on when Irene shows up. If she's anything like my Aunt Bertha, she'll show up at the worst possible time. Irene, however, actually appears to be a lot more like Jordan Norberto: Might get up to 95 MPH, but will ruin everything and make everyone want to get as far away as possible.
Weather permitting, game one "tips off" at 9:05am PDT with Gee-JAIR-mo Moscoso squaring off against Jon Lester, who has faced much worse than a hurricane. The lymphoma survivor also happens to be one of the league's best pitchers, so the A's have their hands full.
Poor Anthony Recker. His career CERA is 24.75 (or were some of those grand slams ruled "errors" on God?). If there's a game two, he's scheduled to get another shot to catch a familiar face: Graham Godfrey, who will be activated to start the double-header's second game at 2:00pm PDT. If there is a second game. If we play the first one. If we do, here are the lineups according to Baseball Press and whomever they may have culled them from. For some reason, one of Ryan Sweeney's rare starts comes against a LHP:
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They Had To Put In A Left-Handed Hitter
The two guys on the bench who could play in the outfield are Matsui and DeJesus. It makes sense not to use David (.177 BA against lefties), but Matsui is hitting .266 with 8 longballs against lefties.
defense
You want your better outfielders playing LF. High humidity means the balls will be flying and the left field wall is not easy place to play. Melvin is probably thinking no game 2 so have your best outfield playing in game 1. DeJesus has been playing poorly in the outfild lately and jackson needs to play.
Yeah
The Green Monster is definitely one of the harder places for an outfielder to play. Sweeney’s good in right, and CoJack isn’t bad in left. Plus, Jackson won’t be playing first base much now (courtesy of Brandon Allen), so Melvin needs to get him in there somewhere.
Matsui could come in as a pinch-hitter late in the game, though. I find it strange that some people are so tentative about Matsui playing against southpaws. He’s done quite well against them this year.
morning baseball!
"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
hey buddy!
how’s the weather where you are?
"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 Aug 27, 2011 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
strange
I had an outdoors photoshoot yesterday and it was really nice (high 80s, low 90s), whereas today it is suddenly raining and barely reaching 70 degrees. Great day for making huge amounts of fried tomatoes, though!
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Yes, in Stuttgart
You know it?
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Not Stuttgart,
But I’ve been to Germany, Switzerland as well. The weather makes no sense. it can snow in November, rain all day and then reach 90 degrees the next…. Very strange.
You enjoy Stuttgart?
True
Except for reaching 90 in November. We’re not that lucky here.
Yes, I find Stuttgart to be very nice
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As everywhere, there are nicer ones and not so nice ones
But in general, yes very friendly and the city is very international which makes it interesting
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Yeah,
I always found the Germans fairly nice.
The Swiss…. not so much.
Stuttgart has a bunch of museums, no?
Yes it has
And also great opera/ballet/theater offer
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I've Heard Good Things About Stuttgart
I love international cities, especially those that have many museums. Went to Constance over the summer. Didn’t have much time, but I visited the lake. Seemed nice.
and daimlers!
the very first car in the world was invented and patented some 2 miles form my home
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nah… it was actually invented in brasil. but the brasilians forgot to record the fact and now germany gets to claim it.
by AV on Aug 27, 2011 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions
i meant the one with an engine that works
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to be honest, I don't
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when the Wright Bros went over to France
There was skepticism that they had even flown at all. Because they heard the stories that the first flight was only two hundred feet or whatever.
Even though this was much later (over a year?) the French were still unconvinced.
Then the Wright Brothers set up their plane, took off and flew figure eights over the crowed for a half hour.
That shut them up.
Yay! For showing up the French!
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by elcroata on Aug 27, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
OK, now I get it :)
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It's already 78 here
fried green tomatoes sound delicious
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by cuppingmaster on Aug 27, 2011 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Exactly
It doesn’t get any better than this – 6 PM, by far the earliest I can hope for
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by elcroata on Aug 27, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love having baseball to make dinner to
I used to do it all the time in the Bay Area, but I have to wait for an early east coast game to get it here in Geneva.
Yay for us in the CET!
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by elcroata on Aug 27, 2011 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe I just need to be more Spanish
and eat dinner at 02:00. It would allow me to listen to a lot more baseball!
I cannot wait until Brandon Allen Brandon Allens!
Q: Who is playing you in the movie about the ESPN book? I think it should be Adam Sandler — you both peaked 12 years ago.
— Timmy, Winchester, MA
- Simmons Mailbag, 8/5/11
by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Aug 27, 2011 9:00 AM PDT reply actions
I am afraid I have made too much waffle batter for my mixing bowl
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
Just eat it as it is
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I carefully mixed and am ok. thank you for your concern.
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I have secured the bidding with Nico.
I will be taking you through the afternoon game, provided Irene allows us.
These Corona commercials just get worse and worse.
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— Timmy, Winchester, MA
- Simmons Mailbag, 8/5/11
by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Aug 27, 2011 9:12 AM PDT reply actions
[wraps self up in blanket]
morning.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Just finished soccer game #1. Baseball time.
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Watching.
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which one? i watched rovers for OA’s sake. (that’s his team, right?)
by AV on Aug 27, 2011 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Livermore boys Under 6
My kid scored twice.
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i can’t wait to see “mike vi” on the back of a jersey some day.
by AV on Aug 27, 2011 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
That would rock.
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Norcal Premier
Livermore Fusion SC U9 Boys. :D
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It's my kid.
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It kinda is.
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oh. i see. you were watching your kids play. that’s way more fun.
by AV on Aug 27, 2011 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. Second game of the day is at 4pm in Redwood City.
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day night double header?
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Hee.
Both kids have a game. Littie guy’s was at 8 here in Livermore, older one is RWC
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Lucky you...
I used to play soccer in my younger years. D:
Can someone make me some coffee?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
yep. and i’m trying to quit again. so there’s plenty left.
by AV on Aug 27, 2011 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish you luck, but I couldn't do that
I tried to quit in the afternoon, but that has failed as well
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wait, is that a bad thing?
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I drink one a day.
I do not have the life Ed has, tho.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
i quit really well. it stuck for several years the last time. but then we were on vacation and i started drinking it for fun again and i was hooked when we got back home… now i’m back to measuring 150ml every morning for a week. then cut to 100ml. then to 75. keep going down until it doesn’t hurt anymore. and then you’re free. freeeeee! free to be who you wanna be!!!
by AV on Aug 27, 2011 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
but...I don't have any.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
oooh, thanks for reminding me.
coffee… I needs it.
by whiteshoes40 on Aug 27, 2011 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Hurry up Coco!
It would great if he got the AL stolen base crown, he’s tied with Gardner now. He should be trying to steal every time he’s on base.
never liked that guy
oh wait who was it?
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well, in a grouping of you, me and Ralph, you are the little one.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
you recant so quickly. that’s no fun, should a real inquisition actually arise.
by AV on Aug 27, 2011 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
May I just say, AV, that your sentence structure is a lot of fun.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
that was my one strength back when i was majoring in english: creative writing. i never finished my novel(s) and the most i write now are killer emails, but it’s nice to hear something stuck anyway.
by AV on Aug 27, 2011 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I like Jemile.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Wonder if he will get any ROY votes?
it should go to Ackley, Trumbo, Ogando or Pineda (AL West is killin it), but I won’t say anything if they give it to JemileJamile
Trumbo fell off a cliff.
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Ogando + Pineda have too
Going off WAR they are still killing Jemile though…lets hope his D tightens up and he keeps hitting!
did Pineda even come back yet or did they shut him down
if they haven’t yet they should
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Nice, Penny.
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OH BUT HE'S LITTLE AND WHITE AND SWINGS REALLY REALLY HARD EVERY SINGLE TIME
puke
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by mikev on Aug 27, 2011 9:23 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
he's the heart of the red sox bro
don’t be hatin
by Rygoslinglover on Aug 27, 2011 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
and delicious
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GODDAMN.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Brandon Allen Brandon Allen'd!!!
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by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Aug 27, 2011 9:25 AM PDT reply actions
BRANDON ALLEN, FOLKS.
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That was a Glenallen Hill half-swing HR!
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- Simmons Mailbag, 8/5/11
by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Aug 27, 2011 9:25 AM PDT reply actions
Damn
My feed was still in the bottom of the first
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so my new job has made it so i can barely ever come on here anymore.
but ive been listening & i gotta say, all we had to give up for brandon allen was ziegler?! robbery.
by Jeezy S on Aug 27, 2011 9:26 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
There is that video of his great play from 9/1/2010
But yeah, I understand he was striking out quite a bit.
But still, it appears he can play 1B and LF well, did the D-Backs really not need a defensive player at either position? Not even as a backup? They sent him down!
Dear Ziggy
You’re cool, but… we have Brandon Allen.
But beat the Giants please. Thanks.
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he means, help the rockies beat the giants
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
Ah, no more Lumberjackson. For the best, I think.
Though his beard has been immortalized in the ad for breast cancer awareness day on the A’s site. Just in case anyone is going through withdrawals.
Woke up to Brandon Allen!!!
Love!!!
"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 Aug 27, 2011 9:27 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
It's not all that slow. He's been bad for awhile.
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Ok, so here is where 5 hours of my afternoon went to
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it's ok though tomato soup is disgusting
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not if you make it right.
Fuck the canned stuff, though…
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not really a tomato guy though.
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it's soooooooooooooo good.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
5 hours? Dude I could go tot eh store and be back in 15 minutes with just as much.
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But It's Homemade
That must count for something. That must count for something. You know, like homemade blueberry jam.
It counts for the fact that it in tastes better than anything I can buy
The trick is using only “egg-tomatoes” from a farmer I know and my own olive oil, simmering it for five hours in the 20lb cast iron pot and burning it just the right amount
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And for sure it would be cheaper than what mine cost me, too
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to be fair, it wasn't a tall photo. It was nine small ones.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
it wasn't a tall photo.
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it seemed like it was something else...
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
couple of small ones or somethin.
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Anyway, if you click on it, you'll see how big it would have been hadn't I used the height tag
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Not much
For five jars like these, it’s 5kg tomatoes, three big onions, home made oliv oil, sea salt, sugar, pepper and little vinegar
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After Elcroata writes award winning posts
He goes out and saves baby seals, climbs Mt Everest, makes love to the Italian Women’s soccer team and them makes home-made tomato sauce
A Kouzmanoff for the rest of us!
by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
It was a volleyball team
and it’s just a rumor
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I make pesto sauce
so I really don’t see the correlation
A Kouzmanoff for the rest of us!
by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
have you ever seen them together?
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Optimist Prime and Brandon Allen. In the same room? Ever?!
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Bloom and DB Cooper
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I'll take the US team.
Well..
I’ll take Hope Solo.
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k! you have my address :)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
KK: Oh, by the way, the last two games combined for the A's? Eight hours, 24 minutes.
Vince: [quickly]: Huh, hadn’t noticed.
Just to synchronization my feed
Do you guys have Sweeney at bat right now? 1-1 count?
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not anymore.
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I've got a Tom Tolbert Honda commercial.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd love to have a Tom Tolbert public execution and BBQ.
"The Mrs. and I are moving to San Jose"- dwishinsky
"Oh, so Bud Selig gave you territorial rights? How long did you have to wait for that?"- LoneStranger
by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
we're going to eat him? I think he's really big. bring friends.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but a lot of that fat will render off on the grill...
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh. Aside from being a dirty slegna fan
Tolbert always seemed like a decent enough dude on the radio
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and we are what?
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huh.
yea.
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his commercials are annoying and he's only a 25 watt light bulb...
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Dear Brandon Allen,
Please do not listen to hitting coaches or your teammates. Just keep doing what you’re doing.
Sincerely yours,
A Terrified Fan
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— Timmy, Winchester, MA
- Simmons Mailbag, 8/5/11
by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Aug 27, 2011 9:30 AM PDT reply actions
lalalala I'm not listening!
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by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Aug 27, 2011 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
brandon allen!
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Yeah... this morning, I got up and took a fat Bobby Crosby,
and then hawked up an Arthur Rhodes, before settling in to drink a nice hot cup of Brandon Allen.
"The Mrs. and I are moving to San Jose"- dwishinsky
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
no wake&bake for me today... gonna wait til after lunch to smoke some Jeremy Giambi...
"The Mrs. and I are moving to San Jose"- dwishinsky
"Oh, so Bud Selig gave you territorial rights? How long did you have to wait for that?"- LoneStranger
by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, but he was never caught with it...
"The Mrs. and I are moving to San Jose"- dwishinsky
"Oh, so Bud Selig gave you territorial rights? How long did you have to wait for that?"- LoneStranger
by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
oh. okay. And Jeremy was? I did not know that. Or have forgotten.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Jeremy got caught in Nevada, like, two days after decriminalization...
If the SOB had been caught in December rather than January, he might STILL be in jail!
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
hi, beautiful!
"The Mrs. and I are moving to San Jose"- dwishinsky
"Oh, so Bud Selig gave you territorial rights? How long did you have to wait for that?"- LoneStranger
by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
aren't you on vacation?
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The ball should be orbiting Earth right now.
Maybe you can see it in the night sky…
"The Mrs. and I are moving to San Jose"- dwishinsky
"Oh, so Bud Selig gave you territorial rights? How long did you have to wait for that?"- LoneStranger
by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Just be careful, it' going to land soon.
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Hey LB, mikev, elcroata, G_S, - or any other volunteers, I got a question for ya.
Do you wanna prep a GOG down at the end of the year? iglew, if you remember, did a GOG that included the great Tuiasosopo limerick. I’ll ask him, too. I can post the remining schedule, if you’re into it!
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And "hi," I like Brandon Allens in the morning!
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I have no idea what that is
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the pre-series guessing game...
I’m not qualified to make one…
I’d just have dumb questions like “How many times will Bob Melvin spit on camera?”
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
but then I'd have to anal retentively watch every second of every game to get all the answers.
Plus, people in the stadium could see things that we can’t on TV…
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I can do scoring, so long as it is stuff on the box score, fangraphs, or gameday.
Someone else has to step up if it is Melvin spits, KK says “ring em up”, someone wears stirrups or has bad facial hair, etc.
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[sob]
hobo hawtness!
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I have this weird mammalian caveman urge to punch skinny bearded hipster douchebags in the face, on sight...
I don’t do it, though…
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry for the memories, pam.
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yup!
"A man makes a bad decision and he's an idiot for a day / teach a man to make bad decisions and he’s an idiot for life." - B-E-D
Anyway, scoring usually means giving 20 points to vignette and nevermoor, and the rest of us cry.
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Uh oh. Go check out the Leaderboards at the bottom of #43.
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Hell, I'm right on your tail, now!
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Oh, yeah.
Mine would be strange.
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It doesn't need to be all that serious. If you're interested in doing it for fun and silliness, send me an email.
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morning all....
gonna be a nice long day for A’s….at least if Moose can keep the ball down
Are they making Brandon Allen jerseys or player tees yet?
Or are they just going to eschew those in favor of celestial robes?
You could have gotten a Brandon Allen jersey even before he signed.
You can get any name/number combo you want except for a retired As name/number combo.
6% A, 94% B
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I am seriously going to buy one, I am fully on the BA BAndwagon
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
ok, so i wake up at 3AM and can't go back to sleep.
my son is still up and has the munchies. after he eats some pasta and pizza, he decides it’s a good time to cook the BACON that’s sitting in the fridge. so we cooked and ate a pound of bacon around 5am. then he went to bed and i fell asleep again between 8am and 9am.
BACON is a good way to start the morning.
Kevin.
He’s all into the six degrees of self-loathing thing…
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
bastard.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
commie
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
or mustard. or seafood.
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that's me!
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I like how you think
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Yes! Bacon is appropriate at all times of the day, but especially to start the morning.
You're remarkable in a funny way. Or funny in a remarkable way.
Had some yesterday in fact!
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, maybe I'll change my mind on that...
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I just got back from Nashville, where there is a lot of bacon
I ordered a pulled pork sandwich, it even came with bacon on top!
that's odd... crispy bacon would ruin the consistency/texture of the sandwich...
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Burlington American Santa Fe railroad?
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some people (blasphemers) eat bacon that's not crispy.
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uhh.
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overcooked thin Oscar Mayer is bad bacon
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Non-crispy, slightly undercooked bacon would do fine in a soft sandwich,
but crispy bacon and soft pulled pork just don’t mix.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
non-crispy bacon grosses me out.
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oven-baked bacon with brown sugar on top...
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
that was so awesome.
I was in the “marketplace” of The Venetian when that went down.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
are you fucking kidding? Jason varitek?
I thought that guy died 3 years ago
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He did
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought he worked in the booth AFTERWARDS
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combined age of 132
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
someone tell vince that more runs are scored with 2 outs than 0 or 1 outs
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We seem to have an out outage here.
Moscoso needs to get back on the stick, there are a lot of innings left.
throw a strike, moose.
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time to throw them in bulk moose costco
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Oy.
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Brandon Allen has heard you my child
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Fly Ball out
ERR WAIT FUCK THAT DUMB ASS STADIUM.
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I like it. It's weird and baseball is different there.
I also wish somebody had a stadium with 550 ft fences, where NOBODY EVER hits OOTP HRs, but Inside-the-parkers happen almost every day!
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
The Polo Grounds?
That’d be awesome.
I also though it might be interesting to have a park with green monsters on both outfield walls, where running is the skill and hard swats aren’t very important.
green monsters in left and right, with a low fence in center...
not rounded off though… let there be a sharp corner in dead center… 490 feet or something sick like that…
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I liked it better when he struck out
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I wonder if the Red Sox have figured out that every pitch to a lefty
is set up on the outer half. Hmm…
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by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Aug 27, 2011 9:48 AM PDT reply actions
protest!!! the guy was called out. and since it doesn’t matter if a guy touches or doesn’t touch the plate, just what the upm calls, then by that reasoning, this guy is out too.
we have to presume the trier of fact knew what he was doing when he made the strike three call
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they try facts? like, they nibble on one and see if it’s any good, and only share with us if it is?
by AV on Aug 27, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
ditto
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
we all do*
*except Mike
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Uh, no.
I’ve had my fill of mediocre infielders.
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He was clutch when he succeeded, but he sucked dog ass much of the rest of the time.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
:headexplodes:
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But we had some good times with Marco.
Unlike, say, Antonio Perez or Keith Ginter.
by whiteshoes40 on Aug 27, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
but Ginter's nickname was teh awesome.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
so how is the weather lookin near fenway?
by AuthenticA'sfan on Aug 27, 2011 9:49 AM PDT reply actions
is it just me or is the humidity visible on the coverage?
It actually looks almost foggy there, even the outfield walls are noticeably desaturated from the behind home camera.
makes me want to wear denim overalls and nothing else
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I am on top, so does that make me the winner?
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a strong urge to go put on coveralls with nothing else.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
come on, really?
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
falls under great/twisted minds think alike
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
That was "Eileen," not "Irene"
Irene was from
“Goodnight Irene”
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
at this moooooment
you mean everything
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54 pitches for Moscosco thru 1.2 inning.....ugly
by AuthenticA'sfan on Aug 27, 2011 9:51 AM PDT reply actions
This Boston team can hit.
and with Lester on the mound we can just call this game DOA right now. We got our Allen money shot, lets try again haha
I will take that actually
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by OptimistPrime on Aug 27, 2011 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully the A's will do the same thing.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
leave a trail of crumbs if you don’t want to leave it up to chance!
by AV on Aug 27, 2011 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Gotta get ready, have a gig this afternoon. Have a great thread everyone!
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It would be awesome
to see the skies open up and start dumping rain onto fenway.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
all?
that’d include our boys thought. who was it last year that was using the tarps for a slip n slide? dale? that’d be awesome.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
our boys are well versed in tarps
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No wonder they're so broke, having lent all their money to financial bailouts...
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking all would include their players and their fans.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
selective smiting
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All I want is my finger on the selective smiting button.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean, you could
you would just be a called “serial killer”
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yeah, but I want impunity, and the implied threat that anyone who tries to arrest me will be smited
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
lets not and say we did
they need a double or willinghammer HR
by AuthenticA'sfan on Aug 27, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Jason you just got Suzuki'd
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9 month lead time necessary prior to delivery...
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Any lift on that and it's a tie game
These “Swingin’ A’s” aren’t to be written off in a game yet.
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This is totally gonna be a 3 1/2 hour, 9-6 kind of game...
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
There is a big cricket test being played in the junior high field behind my house.
The playing area is huge, and extends across the jogging track, the basketball asphalt and baseball practice fields.
You basically need four baseball fields to play cricket.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 27, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
go put on your woolen pants and go join in.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
that might not lead to them embracing your presence.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
....are Chickie, Matt and me out there playing cricket?
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 27, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Let me go check.
Oh, wow. There’s wifi out there?
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Shit. I forgot to lock it down.
by LoneStranger on Aug 27, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
sticky wicket!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
From Take out the Trash Day.
Abstinence plus! But Sam renames it “everything but”
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yes! of course.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
never really followed it… some day though i’m sure i’ll “discover” it and watch all seasons in 3 days.
you should. it's good.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
do you have to study for a cricket test?
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I'm tempted to go watch.
But I’m worried if I stay until the end, I’ll need to pack a few lunches.
by LoneStranger on Aug 27, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
and some paxil.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
is a tea truck like a taco truck?
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When I saw it drive onto the pitch it was a van, so who knows what goes on inside
I’m sure Oldham will educate us
so how much longer should Melvin leave in Moscosco?
i know he wasnt expecting Moscosco to pitch deep into the game
by AuthenticA'sfan on Aug 27, 2011 10:04 AM PDT reply actions
CG
if we’re going to lose, save the BP.
by MobiusKlein on Aug 27, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I always read it is "Mocoso"
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I'd like to see Conor Jackson pitch.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
They were mentioning on TV that Pennington would be a good one to pitch.
Said he wouldn’t be afraid of hitting batters.
by LoneStranger on Aug 27, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to see Conor Jackson not on the A's anymore.
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well maybe one of us will get our wish today.
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it doesn't really matter
because outman and blevins are here to eat up innings this weekend
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too bad Kotsay is not on the A's
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I like the double steal
Moscosco isn’t getting it done today so far
Sort of to be expected
He’s such a fly ball pitcher and in Fenway flyball doubles to left – like Ellsbury’s last inning and Gonzalez’ just now would likely have been routine outs.
by longtimeasfan on Aug 27, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate how cheaply it is to get a hit in Boston.
I also hate how short right field is in New York.
I dislike both the baseball teams in Boston and New York. Well, the one that plays in the Bronx.
how many doubles would be outs?
it’s not a place for a flyball pitcher.
by MobiusKlein on Aug 27, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you guys have Ritter Sport chocolate over there?
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yeah!
I’m obliterating the 250g one with whole nuts
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I'm looking at the marizipan one
but what’s with the g? In america, we only buy drugs by the gram.
by MobiusKlein on Aug 27, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
HD even!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I have a cable remote control!
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wtf
BALL FOUR!
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YAY FOUL
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This inning or total?
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Hee.
Payback is a bitch!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Sure is Pam
I would not be surprised if they score 20 today.
Our pitching is close to worst in baseball since AS break.
It must be a mental thing. First half good pitching, no hitting. Second half bad pitching (disgusting is a better way to describe it) and great hitting.
I think there is something to it that when a team has ACES going they subconsciously think they are going to win and don’t score. Seems to happen every year
I would leave this guy in to eat it and save the pen. And he is going to keep eating it.
So, who are the ACES on the A's?
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only, it's not a triple
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
When Ortiz reaches third on an error there has been an error?
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
my god Suzuki fucking sucks.
CATCH THE BALL YOU DUMBASS
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It's Pennington's fault that Suzuki can't catch a short hopped throw?
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No, but I believe Penny got an error for that.
by LoneStranger on Aug 27, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, that's a horrific call by the scorer.
It was perfectly in line Suzuki just completely fucking missed the ball.
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He couldn't have caught it without moving his glove or bending his knees
I can’t see how you blame him
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I don't know
He needs to block that ball from getting by him. He wasn’t going to be out – I don’t think so at least keep it in front and Ortiz prob doesn’t go to 3rd.
by longtimeasfan on Aug 27, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Ortiz just walked in front of the biggest cleavage you get to see without censorship
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just change moose out please....
i want to watch the rest of this
We have them where we want them
based on my superior statistical analysis of last two games, the first team to reach 7 loses half of its games!
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
7-2. thanks vince.
so what do we think? comeback? or should i go finish my work and leave this mess behind?
comeback!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
this isn't really a good matchup for moscoso
throws mostly fastballs and up in the zone. a flyball type pitcher. He may develop more pitches as he progresses in his career
You mean a pitch called strike?
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
Scary!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
talk about artificial statistics
regardless of pay, any player would want to play for yanks/sox because the ballparks are little league
ESPECIALLY THE PITCHERS!!1!
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
Why didn't Jackson square up to make that throw home? Ended up on his heels.
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Because he's not very good.
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DURRRR THEY’RE TOO OLD, BABIP IS TOO HIGH, TOO MANY Ks, DURRRRRR
But..but he made Thriller
Oh yeah, that was Michael Jackson. What’s Conor’s excuse for being on the team again?
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Are there any catcher versions of Sizemore or Allen out there?
There’s gotta be blocked prospects somewhere…
NEW THREAD OPEN
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AS3 can be fun-key
by MobiusKlein on Aug 27, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks. Surprisingly, my big bugs have been runtime issues not even specific to AS3.
Pretty much just stupid things I overlooked. I’ve taken to this variant of a C/C++ style syntax pretty well.
by LoneStranger on Aug 27, 2011 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Why the fuck is the trivia question about the goddamn blowsox
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DURRRR THEY’RE TOO OLD, BABIP IS TOO HIGH, TOO MANY Ks, DURRRRRR
Did we see the answer yet?
Maybe the answer involves Coco? I didn’t even see the question.
by LoneStranger on Aug 27, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
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