Open Thread Part Two: Game 114 - A's @ Rays
by dwishinsky on Aug 7, 2011 12:35 PM PDT
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Hideki Matsui ties it at three. DeJesus scores on a wild pitch to get the A's the lead. Cahill's pitch count is high. Can the A's bullpen hold it?
Here is a fun clip from yesterday's game care of the SunTV broadcast if you missed it.
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enemies too, right?
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, the Ray fan is welcome to come here anytime he wants
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unlike DRays Bay.
I got banned within five minutes…
from their equivalent of a DLD…
Fuck them and their team.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
They?
Wait… there are more than one? I thought everyone at the Trop was a Yankees or Red Sox fan?
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they are. It was essentially built (or so every New Yorker and Bostonian living in Florida will tell you),
so the retirees have some place to see their team.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 7, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah crap.
I missed a good chance and who is the other half. Oh well. FAIL
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Go us.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Nice Ask Glen and Ray Question
……not
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
Why does anyone in the world wear a jacket and tie any more?
M-A, M-A-R, M-A-R-K, Ell-is!
by Englishmajor on Aug 7, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
to get the women to wear skirts and heels?
gotta play dress-up sometimes
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I love wearing skirts and heels.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
me too. I need to get a good suit for my wife, though.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Hee. Barney.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I guess I have to lose my beard then.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 12:48 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'd rather hear them talk about arm hair.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
clumsiest explanation of wrdrobe by ray ever!
kinda cool…
It would be nice if there were a preview button
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hola mr hagen
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Nina Hagen?
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
that's too bad. I've always wanted to meet Nina Hagen.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not familiar with her oeuvre....other than "New York, New York"
Should I be?
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
A greatest hits album is worth the trouble.
She’s got handfuls of different voices and sings in at least three languages. Plus, she’s funny.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
OK
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Hi there
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Cope!
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SAVE US DDJ!
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Powell told you to?
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
If Powell told you to walk off a bridge, would you do that too?
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It's more fun watching DDJ make great plays
when he’s hitting well at the same time. Good weekend!
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by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Aug 7, 2011 12:41 PM PDT reply actions
SDI
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Strategic Defense Initiative?
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'm coming around to DDJ as a "Plan B" free agent signing.
There’s better players out there available via FA and trades, but if they all fall through he’d be a fine RF going forward, there was no way that .248 BABIP he had was going to stay like that.
meh... he's getting older and the club isn't going to contend next year anyway.
I’d rather throw some AAAA shit out there and see if anything sticks.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in this camp as well. If we're going to be bad, I want to be really cheap.
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Are we bad now?
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Can I quote you on that?
I mean, I’d love for the A’s to be good…but I just don’t see it. With the roster as it is.
Well yeah the roster is going to change, definitely.
But the luck we had in the first half this year was pretty much as bad as it gets. Remember, this team was the sleeper pick to take the AL West this year, and we were playing very well in May….then you have things like player revolt, manager change, horrifyingly bad luck, injuries to key players….its not that the A’s aren’t talented, its just everything came together at different times.
What horrifyingly bad luck?
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
Cahill is meh. McCarthy can't stay healthy. Gonzalez is mercurial.
Anderson and Braden are out until 2013.
Matsui and Willingham will be gone.
Suzuki will continue his decline, and anyone who comes up from Sacramento will experience a lot of growing pains. Texas has a great bullpen locked up next year, and a studly lineup with reinforcements on the farm.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Cahill doesn't have it on some days, and when he doesn't have it, he walks guys and gets hammered on hanging breaking balls.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
You seem to not understand that players are playing the very worst they can, and are young and can do nothing but improve.
In August 2011 you are saying in a year we will horrible? Yeah, not happening.
I also do not buy this “Anderson is going to take 18 months to come back” thing, Tim Hudson came back in 11 months, Strasburg is about the same. Its more like 12-14 months now, Anderson will most likely pitch next year, as will Braden.
And FDLS took 2 years
Outman was similar.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Also, wasn't Outman ready for opening day this year?
There was no spot for him until Braden went down.
Outman got hurt in May '09
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
I thought Braden was likely to be ready sometime in 2012?
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by Englishmajor on Aug 7, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Compulsory remark
how Matsui repeating his.955 second half OPS this year would still amount for a worse year than 2010 Cust
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yet, I feel confident in predicting the A's bats will be cold in the first half of 2012,
no matter who might be swinging said bats.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
You said that if he repeats his .955 OPS in second half, he would be way better than Cust in 2010
You were shown how ridiculously wrong that is, yet you keep repeating it
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What? I said no such thing. Ever. Not even close.
I said this on opening day, I said he’s going to suck for the first few months, then get awesome, because thats what he did last year, and thats what he’s doing now. No idea where you bring Cust into this.
He can absolutely still catch Cust especially if he gets an UZR bump from playing a decent LF in sparse time. He needs 1.2 WAR from now til the end of the year, totally do-able, especially if you have a month of a 1300 OPS.
You did
So, what now? Apology? Acknowledgment? More lying?
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
I stand by that statement.
Lets wait til September for the comps.
You have to now, based off Matsuis 955 OPS in the 2nd half last year. Looks like he’s going to do something similar this year, which will definitely blow this and last years Custs out of the water.
If you had ANY semblance of reading comprehension, in no way do I say that Matsui is going to have an 955 OPS this year. I say “something similar” in meaning that he’s going to have a vastly out of wack 1st half/2nd half split, which he is doing, to an extreme effect right now.
How dare you accuse me of lying. Flagged, and FU.
Uh...
Reread elcroata’s reply.
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HOW DARE YOU!!!
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Classy as always, kid
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You think this is a game???
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I will not try to reason with you
I tried it and it fails because one of us has serious problems grasping reality. We have differing opinions on who that is.
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
Obligatory remark how batting BABIP != luck
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
I'm hoping he's a Type B FA....and someone else signs him.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
hah!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Did he actually lose it?
I just heard that he…bruised it, but everyone keeps making jokes about how he lost it.
I don't actually know.
But good one anyway.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Apparently he tore his testicle but everything is now OK
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there a corelation between this,
and the fact he doesn’t want people to rub his head?
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
Hee
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd hate to see how he reacts to his teammates trying to rub his testicle...
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Hee
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
heh heh....
wish you guys would post another parrot picture, btw. it’s why I signed up to pollute these boards….I miss the parrot
IIRC Zonis created the concept of Bitey Parrot
But I don’t know if he did the artwork. Alas, Bitey is in Sacramento with Kouz.
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by Englishmajor on Aug 7, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
huh.
Dan, I bet that makes you feel good about churning out fresh content every Tuesday!
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There there.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
TB callers are saying the 2B umpire called time, and also called the balk.
The umpires this year, I swear…..
i know
its like they own the rights the damn stadium name or something
by bruceXbandit on Aug 7, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
It follows A's siesta month
Which was April, where the bats all went to sleep
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Hee
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Did they really give out a pizza cutter for Italian Heritage Night?
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't that stupid and dangerous?
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoever thought of this should be fired immediately
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I was saying this yesterday. I'd love to have that kind of power.
Sooooo many people would be fired for their PR stunts. The crap at the rugby game yesterday for starters…….“Who organised this?”
“I did sir!”
“You’re fired.”
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Hee
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that a euphemism?
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Give them to the fans on the way out.
(cancels ginsu knife night)
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 1:00 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Last night's thread had me laughing when I thought about it at work.
The Mr. Bont portion was priceless.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 12:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It is so hilarious and offensive and yet I want one.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
To cut pizza?
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Hee
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
OT its going to be great watching Texas (predictably) meltdown the stretch
They went 29-29 last year to finish the season, but the Angels are good this year so at least there’s that. Playing in that Texas heat all year long really takes it out of them.
29-29 to finish the year is hardly a meltdown
Especially when they played 10 more games on the road than at home, as Texas often does to close out the year
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OK
I forgot how your opinions are indeed facts
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
Aren't the Rangers supposed to be an awesomely excellent team that plays .600 ball?
Going .500 down the stretch is not good.
Although I know it is pointless to respond to you
Perhaps someone else reads it. Rangers were a .630 team at home in 2010, .483 away. In line with that one could have expected 31 wins in their last 58 games (with 34 of those being away). They had 29. Whole 2 wins less. I don’t consider two extra losses in 58 games to be a meltdown.
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
At some point it becomes a matter of games left, and not percentages.
There just isn’t enough time left to catch them.
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
I hate them both. Rather have the Angels take the division.
And then get knocked out by another team.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 12:57 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
You really hammer home that first half/second half thing, don't you?
I really doubt they play .500 in the last two months this year.
You keep repeating stuff
You say something once, than after someone shows you are wrong – you leave. Than you repeat the same statement somewhere else. And so on. And so on….
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Dude
You are in way to shallow water to call me out on “propaganda”.
Just go a few comments up and you will find a link with an example of all of it. You saying a nonsense, me correcting it, you leaving, you repeating the same nonsense today, and finally you lying, saying you never said it in the first place.
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
No, you simply cannot read well, and in your own stupidity think you are "calling me out" when I didn't even do what you are accusing me of.
Seriously, learn to read.
OK, I can not read, I am stupid and you drop a FU on me
Really classy for a guy who goes around saying how personal attacks are out of line here
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let's step back from the computer for a moment.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 7, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Feel sorry for all the bystanders, bloom
But sometimes there is a limit and it gets crossed
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I understand you're upset.
Let’s just let it die a natural death.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 7, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
like Abe Vigodo?
too soon?
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
You mean Tessio, right?
I don't feel that I'm feeling your feelings, about these feelings that you feel.
that is creeping me ouut
just you typing it. Its like thinking about millers crossing
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I repeated the same statistic, yes.
Many times, because people were all OMG MATSUI SUX DFA HIM NOW and I was like “wait til after the asg and then see”
Seeing Adam Rosales at First Base
Gives me unpleasant flashbacks to Bobby Crosby.
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.
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by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Aug 7, 2011 12:53 PM PDT reply actions
I think Miso soup may be the best thing ever
I don't feel that I'm feeling your feelings, about these feelings that you feel.
It's definitely on the top thousand list.
Somewhere above In’N’Out Burger, but below the wheel.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 7, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I miss miso
been too long since I’ve had some. I think I’ll get a bowl this week after work.
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by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Aug 7, 2011 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It is so, so good.
Probably the best thing ever when I’m sick.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
I was there!
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I could have picked you up on the way....if you're in Missouri
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Hi Kyli
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
wow, I feel so welcome =D
"If we start getting into that sh*t, we might as well get out the plastic sheeting and have an orgy." --Gaijin Suketto
by emperor nobody on Aug 7, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay EN!
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
OMGWTFLOLBBQ
wassup friends?
"If we start getting into that sh*t, we might as well get out the plastic sheeting and have an orgy." --Gaijin Suketto
DDJ could be the 2011 cody ross
If he doesnt qualify as a type B, might as well trade him for a ptbnl, open a spot for taylor
Bye, people.
Don’t lose the game now.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. —Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Speaking of promos
Anyone going to the Ray Fosse game? I collect bobbleheads but live 2500 miles away. Any deals I can work out? Buy your ticket? Something? Give it to me out of the goodness of your hearts?
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When is it?
If I go you can have mine.
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Oh, sorry. Not gonna be here.
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YOU LIVE IN NICARAGUA?!
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I've lost the remote and there's a Hawaii Five-O marathon on my tv.
Heaven.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Oh, yeah!
I watched a rerun earlier this morning.
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
That was a good one.
The one I watched was where a guy was killing newlyweds
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
She is nice. But she's no Kelly Hu.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 1:05 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I like Kelly Hu
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
They've stood up remarkably well
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh...I've never seen that
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Ooooh I like cheese
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
If you like 'splosions, car/boat chases/silly one liners and erm....fast cuts you'll love Hawaii Five-O.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
I can get used to those
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Why is there a white poof of stuff
that gets kicked up every time ball hits the grass or turf this year? It’s happened several times today and I’ve seen it several times in Oakland. I don’t remember this in years past. It makes it look the field is either wet or covered with chalk.
But why does it happen in Oakland?
It also happens at AT&T
It looks like water
but why would the field always be that wet? I happens a lot. I can’t be the only one who has noticed this?
My opinion on sizemore
He looks like another short term placeholder for 3b until A’s get a better player. Still a steal for Purcey though
We're waiting for Yordy
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm hoping BA Vollumuth is not a cartoon character
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, the lead was nice while it lasted
I don't feel that I'm feeling your feelings, about these feelings that you feel.
I like to save time, and assume the worst
Of course, Fuentes has been much better as of late.
I don't feel that I'm feeling your feelings, about these feelings that you feel.
Don't fret AN
Fuentes is cool
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Fuentes tried to give me an autograph in Baltimore
i turned him down. still makes me lol thinking back on it
Oh, you must be so cool
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
I like him as a person.
I vote him to be a bullpen coach or something.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
Pretty much.
EXCEPT I WISH HE WAS STILL PITCHING.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
I got a Kendall bobblehead by accident.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 1:06 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Hi Manager Bob!
See? Fuentes did his job, we good.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
yes that was wonderful
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BetterBob = A GLORIOUS NEW ERA OF PROPER BULLPEN MANAGEMENT.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
...I hated this Jack in the Box commercial, and then the T-Rex showed up.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
Marc Bolan?
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
The motorcyclist is the best part. He was determined to jump that sandwich.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 1:12 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
fucking christ
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
I assume Balfour let out a 'fuck' then. I have it on mute.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
You think?
As soon as he comes in, I mute the TV.
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
Well the Australian accent can be grating I suppose....
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Booo....
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Agreed, I'm drawn to it myself
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
It's carefully constructed to make panties vanish.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
I suppose I can forgive you for your lack of a vagina.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
Apparently this is the result of proper bullpen management. :( I haz a sad.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
I think we're all on board with Balfour coming in
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
oldbob had it right all along?
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Apparently he was trying to protect us from ourselves or something.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
Matter of time before Longoria woke up.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 1:11 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
THAT WAS AWESOME FOR MY FANTASY TEAM
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
I'm so happy I don't have a fantasy team
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I CARE ABOUT YOUR FANTASY TEAM
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
I like how Balfour breathes like he's in lamaze class.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
Maybe he is
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
FIRE NEWBOB NOW
Just kidding – sometimes, bad things happen.
I don't feel that I'm feeling your feelings, about these feelings that you feel.
Fucking Trumbo hit one 8 miles off King Felix
One of the longest I have seen there
Nah.
The beard would have weighed him down.
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 7, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The ball would have gotten stuck in his beard.
The he would have blocked first base with it.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
Haha, well played.
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 7, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
WTF TIM WELKE!
HE’S JUST GUESSING!
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
How would oldBob have handled this?
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
changed the call!
well done, umps!
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
I could quote the rest of that.....but I'm not gonna.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
He feels obliged to support Zobrist
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
wondering how the HP ump can change that
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
His job is to sit down and shut the f' up. Melvin has spoken.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
he'd better not give up a home run instead or something
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
That's good to see them get it right
I don't feel that I'm feeling your feelings, about these feelings that you feel.
Lawyerball!
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The next wave of A's hitters seem to be getting old
Carter age 25 this offseason.
Allen, Taylor, Donaldson will be age 26
Mitchell will be 27
Recker will be 28
Other than mitchell all have spent multiple years in AAA.
Cardenas is the youngest who will be 24 but we know he’s blocked.
Anyone concerned?
They're just coming into their primes!
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Brandon Allen doesn't age
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Getting your hopes up?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
What?
Kyli considers ever A her boyfriend. Apparently.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
It gives them incentive
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus Green makes 26
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
She really hates Fuentes
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Ah. Of course
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuentes isn't my boyfriend. Bob Melvin has his spot on the roster.
I’m willing to bump Powell for Green if Landon doesn’t get a hit RIGHT NOW.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
Would a BB or HBP do?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay Kyli!
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently I'll have to wait til ST to really suss out Grant's place on the roster.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
I assume sussing out is a pleasant process
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I do enjoy the tryouts, yes.
But I do it FOR THE TEAM.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
EveryA would be a good monicker
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I imagine Kyli as a 22 year old ingenue
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm either going to end up a cougar or a crazy cat lady, figured I should practice early.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
I recommend a pug
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I will go with Shih Tzus, who also snort, but are much cuter.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 7, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd rebut with a picture but it comes out huge. How do I change the height?
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Inset "height=200"
anywhere between the angle brackets.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
depends on the picture
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
You spelled 300 wrong
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
paste the link, go in two spaces and put height=300
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 7, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Please correct
< height=300img src=“http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/24584_405319078419_569298419_4938699_6098283_n.jpg”/>
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, my bad
The height tag needs to be after the “img”
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
by iglew on Aug 7, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm a poor photographer
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay!
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
pugs and kitties are awesome
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
I am not one to kick people out of the pool
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
Feed birds in the park. Less responsibility.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 1:26 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, but if you forget? You feel less bad.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 1:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Don't forget about the baby squirrels.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 1:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Reminds me of the talking dog in "UP"
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
Very, but I prefer not to think about it
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Well of course he made a call
he has to make a call on a live ball. Can’t bloody well as for help in the middle of the play.
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 7, 2011 1:15 PM PDT reply actions
And Rosales and Sizemore (on "defense")
I don't feel that I'm feeling your feelings, about these feelings that you feel.
It's that whole, "runs for/ runs against" thingy.
Gets us every time.
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
Everyone can relax. I found the salt shaker
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
sure that is a nice way to say it
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
i find myself laughing at (with?) you quite often
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
good. know your role
and shut your mouth
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
i'll have to try harder
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
I was following orders
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
missed that
i’ll have to try harder to keep up with your wittiness, then
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
nice enough?
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Meh, Suzuki would have done the same thing
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
even while pinch running?
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Time for ...
KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZ!
i've never tried to rank them to be honest. i guess i like beer.- stm72
Y'know we might actually have found someone worse than Kouzmanoff...
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
i really really hate adam rosales
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Why are we not PH'ing for Rosales
What a worthless sack
with who?
nobody left to PH
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Nice 5-4-3 DP, Crosby.
Welcome back.
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 7, 2011 1:26 PM PDT reply actions
no, on the replay it loked like number 7 with high socks,
so, crosby
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
are we winning yet?
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Cut this guy now please
A 2 ton rock could do a better job
Rosie is a grinder
Remember that the past-tense of grinder is grounder.
I don't feel that I'm feeling your feelings, about these feelings that you feel.
I hear Matt Stairs is available...
but wait, it’s 2011…
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 7, 2011 1:28 PM PDT reply actions
retired
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
:-(
Sad. He’s one of the few people who, every time he gets to the plate, I think a home run is coming. I just miss that feeling…
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 7, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
He thought the same
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
lol, probably so
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 7, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Everyone has a price
his is likely just a metric ton of back bacon
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
can we afford that?
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Sure we have Moose Costco
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
oh yeah
i knew he was good for something
"BA doesn't stand for Batting Average. It’s Brandon Allen, as in the percentage of a hitter’s worth compared to Brandon Allen. Ted Williams, at his best, was only 4/10th of the hitter Brandon Allen is today." - YonYonson
Back bacon is the new undervalued stat!
2011 Oakland Athletics: We have Cy Young pitchers and make yours look like it, too
Is back bacon better than front bacon?
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
aka Unwillingham
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Ouch
I vibrated with joy that join A's. -- Kim Seong-min
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 7, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Still love the batters looking back at the pitcher after a strikeout. Upton was hilarious.
Probably the same reason the blackjack dealers laugh when I bust after hitting 12.
by player20 on Aug 7, 2011 1:34 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
when the dealer shows 6?
We yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be pitied.-Thomas Dudley
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