Tuesday Night Playoff Thread: ALCS Game 1

Ha, I just remembered, when I was watching the Braves-Astros game (game 1, with Huddy pitching, I think), Huddy hit the ball to the warning track and I was thinking about how he had more power than Kendall. Sad, but probably true. ;)

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." -Earl Wilson

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 11, 2005 6:22 PM PDT reply actions

Insdisputable fact

Haren probably has more power than he does, too.

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Unanswerable questions:

Why do the White Sox wear black socks?

Why are the Angels so devilish?

Things like this keep me up at night.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." -Earl Wilson

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 11, 2005 6:29 PM PDT reply actions

Nat X from Saturday Night Live answer

Because the WHITE pants want to keep the BLACK socks down!

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:30 PM PDT reply actions

Lou Pinella

Man, the Devil Rays have taken a toll on that guys brain. He sounds like he could piss himself and not even notice.

"I try to figure this team out, and if I could, I'd be a genius," Mark Ellis

by Little Lebowski Urban Achievers on Oct 11, 2005 6:32 PM PDT reply actions

Guillen just endeared himself to me:

I don't want to say that most Angel hits are cheap ones, but they don't hit the ball hard

It's like he says what we're thinking!

Best Coliseum promotion of the year? 2005 Oakland A's baseball.

by baseballgirl on Oct 11, 2005 6:36 PM PDT reply actions

That was pretty awesome, wasn't it?

I hope that next time, they ask him about Scioscia:

"People think he's good, but really he just bitches a lot."

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Dude, he says that...

...and I'll root his Sox all the way to the trophy and the parade.

Best Coliseum promotion of the year? 2005 Oakland A's baseball.

by baseballgirl on Oct 11, 2005 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Favorite Ozzie quote

There are so many different things he might be jealous [of]...I was a better player than him, I've got more money than him and I'm better looking than him."

about Buck Showalter

"I try to figure this team out, and if I could, I'd be a genius," Mark Ellis

by Little Lebowski Urban Achievers on Oct 11, 2005 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions

OZZIE GUILLEN FOR PRESIDENT

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions

only if Justice-to-be Miers runs with him

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by monkeyball on Oct 11, 2005 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions

How am I supposed to say this?

Way to go, AJ!!!

<barfs>

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:42 PM PDT reply actions

Conker Up!

Go Sox! Lovely conkers for sale on eBay

"I think there were more readers in the minor leagues," Hatteberg said. "Nobody had money, and we had those long, long bus rides."

by Englishmajor on Oct 11, 2005 6:43 PM PDT reply actions

FIRE CREDE NOW!

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 6:45 PM PDT reply actions

Difference in the game

right now: Contreras not throwing home (which he should have) on Vlad's chopper back to the mound.

Nico

by Nico on Oct 11, 2005 6:47 PM PDT reply actions

Yep.

My jaw dropped when I saw him wheel towards second. His hubcap must have come loose, or something.

by RenoTy on Oct 11, 2005 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions

I disagree

I think Iguchi messed up that double play. It was a good slide, but if he ran through second to take the throw, he should have been able to turn it (even his lob looked like it beat Guerrero).

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Or, in other words

Mark Ellis makes that play.

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Random

but remember when some Sox fans would chant "Pokey would of got that" at Nomar/Cabrerra?

What the hell happened to Pokey?

"My [means of building a baseball team by continually taking advantage of tiny inefficiencies in the market] doesn't work in the playoffs." -Beane

by pbruins92 on Oct 11, 2005 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Good question

Thank God A's fans wouldn't do that if Marco was playing second.

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions

He's in the pokey.

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions

With his pony pal

Who is also named Pokey.

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Eating Pokey Sticks from Papa John's

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by spal on Oct 11, 2005 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Aren't Pokey Sticks from Hungry Howies?

by hunter on Oct 11, 2005 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions

He and Gumby

died in a crack den after knocking over a liquor store in Vegas. True story. Pretty sad.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions

I googled pokey

and came up with penguins

http://yellow5.com/pokey/

Go figure

"My [means of building a baseball team by continually taking advantage of tiny inefficiencies in the market] doesn't work in the playoffs." -Beane

by pbruins92 on Oct 11, 2005 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Lou Pinella is crazy.

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 6:56 PM PDT reply actions

I missed it

What did he say?

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions

does it matter

what he said?
Its true regardless...

"My [means of building a baseball team by continually taking advantage of tiny inefficiencies in the market] doesn't work in the playoffs." -Beane

by pbruins92 on Oct 11, 2005 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions

I sort of like it

it's like watching the game with some drunk guy at the bar.

"I try to figure this team out, and if I could, I'd be a genius," Mark Ellis

by Little Lebowski Urban Achievers on Oct 11, 2005 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions

No no

you must be listening to the White Sox broadcast. Switch to Fox, you'll hear the same people as us.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions

EXACTLY!

He's not saying anything unusual out of the blue like, "I like brownies."

It's like he's drunk.

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions

It takes you back to the Summerall days

Do you realize how many football games many of us listened to while he was drunk?

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Same as Howard Cosell

From what I understand, he was sober like 0 percent of the time.

"I try to figure this team out, and if I could, I'd be a genius," Mark Ellis

by Little Lebowski Urban Achievers on Oct 11, 2005 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions

I play--...played casssher for the Yannggkees!

They put me behin' the base, an' then when I was playin' for the...I mean, mangerin' the Mar'nerz, I--...ohhh, I'm thirssy, you guyz wan'...no, f--- you, you nogood sons o' bisshez..."

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by spal on Oct 11, 2005 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL

Nice one!

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions

More from Sweet Lou

http://www.yard-work.org/?cat=98

"My [means of building a baseball team by continually taking advantage of tiny inefficiencies in the market] doesn't work in the playoffs." -Beane

by pbruins92 on Oct 11, 2005 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions

"I like brownies"

You, Jennifer, are a genius.

If he just went ahead and said this, it would be the greates moment in Fox sports broadcasting history.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Right up there with Ralph Wiggum

"My cat's breath smells like cat food."

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions

the ne plus ultra ...

... of non sequiturs ...

(Uh-oh. Two Latin phrases in one post ... I feel a Thad, Tripp, and Reginald episode coming on ...)

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by monkeyball on Oct 11, 2005 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, tout le monde

knows that Latin phrases are the sine qua non of literate blogging.

Scoscia delendus est!

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions

"I like brownies"

I borrowed the saying from a friend. :(

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions

It's all about timing, Jennifer

You're still a genius!

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow, Podsednik tried to steal

That wasn't predictable or anything.

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by spal on Oct 11, 2005 6:57 PM PDT reply actions

Molina throws him out

That wasn't predictable or anything, either.

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions

I think the Angels were 1 for 6

on stolen base attempts against the Yankees, so evidently what you need to do to win a postseason series is to waste a bunch of baserunners in CS's.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Even worse that the Sox

tried to beat the Angels at their own game. Is it any surprise LAA threw a pitchout? I mean, Podsednik is the highest profile basestealing Chicago's got -- of course he's going to run.

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by spal on Oct 11, 2005 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions

One-fingered changeup?

EEK!

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 6:58 PM PDT reply actions

Byrd tiring,

Escobar tired, too early for Shields and K-Rod, heart of the ChiSox order. Here the White Sox come...

Nico

by Nico on Oct 11, 2005 7:06 PM PDT reply actions

Let's hope so

Byrd is a good pitcher, though. I give the Angels credit for picking him up.

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions

And...

Why did Dye try to bunt?

by RenoTy on Oct 11, 2005 7:06 PM PDT reply actions

Did they say bunting doesn't make sense there?

That kind of talk'll get you fired from Fox.

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by spal on Oct 11, 2005 7:07 PM PDT reply actions

But it's Smallball

And anything associated with it is therefore good. Scooter says so.

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Do any of the Angel's position players

not have facial hair of some kind? If Erstad shaved off his stubble, would he lose all of his grit?

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by spal on Oct 11, 2005 7:12 PM PDT reply actions

No, that's heart

Grit is the pine tar on the top of your helmet.

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions

What's guts then?

"My [means of building a baseball team by continually taking advantage of tiny inefficiencies in the market] doesn't work in the playoffs." -Beane

by pbruins92 on Oct 11, 2005 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Well...

That's the amount of whiny manager you have in your dugout.

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by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Off Topic

Why can I listen to any NHL teams radio broadcast on the web for free, but not the MLB?

Who needs more money the NHL or the MLB?

"My [means of building a baseball team by continually taking advantage of tiny inefficiencies in the market] doesn't work in the playoffs." -Beane

by pbruins92 on Oct 11, 2005 7:17 PM PDT reply actions

Yep

That's pretty far off-topic.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions

AJ

You want off topic, If you heard AJ's comments on Rome... It's crazy to think (not that crazy) that the entire state of California could hate this guy by the end of this ALCS. (A's, Giants, and Halo's)

I'm still waiting for Lou to go off on someone,
"Well, what the hell do want me to do?"

"I am not going to trade you Marvin Harrison!"

by opasewq on Oct 11, 2005 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions

AN Civil War continues...

After reading the last thread I'm surprised how many ANers are rooting for the <gasp> Angels. How dare you!

Go ChiSox!

by baseballnut020 on Oct 11, 2005 7:25 PM PDT reply actions

To be fair

Most (if not all) were only pro-Angel for the last series.

Though I blame them all if the Angels win the WS.

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by spal on Oct 11, 2005 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions

I gotta disagree...

The majority were rooting against the Angels.

by baseballnut020 on Oct 11, 2005 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I just meant of the Angel-rooters

most of them were rooting more against the Yankees.

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by spal on Oct 11, 2005 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I always thought "Pierzynski" ...

... would be a good name for a nearsighted pitcher who has trouble reading his catcher's signs ...

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by monkeyball on Oct 11, 2005 7:25 PM PDT reply actions

You couldn't make a pun out of "-ski"?

I'm disappointed!

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by spal on Oct 11, 2005 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions

<throws chair>

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 7:29 PM PDT reply actions

Say what?

Dye leadoff bunts, Pierzazszkey steals...

Do they want to lose?

by RenoTy on Oct 11, 2005 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions

You know you're in trouble

when your Number Three hitter bunts. Unless your Number Three hitter is Kendall. In which case, you're also in trouble.

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions

ah, smartball

ugh

The revolution starts now.

by andeux on Oct 11, 2005 7:29 PM PDT reply actions

Dear White Sox,

Stop Getting Outs!!

Start Getting RUNS!!!

Thanks!

"We play our best ball when we're goofing around and having a good time" ~Bobby Crosby

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Oct 11, 2005 7:30 PM PDT reply actions

Angels are a flaming brown paper sack

You can't get rid of the fire even if you step on them.

by Hit4TheCycle on Oct 11, 2005 7:30 PM PDT reply actions

Ugh

Apparently, smartball consists of needlessly wasting outs.

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:30 PM PDT reply actions

This game

Is going to singlehandedly erase all the good will that small ball has been garnering as of late...

by OaktownTribesman on Oct 11, 2005 7:32 PM PDT reply actions

The sad thing is

you're wrong. Kruk and the rest of the cabal will be praising all this aggressiveness and stupidity.

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions

this heartball rocks!

Bonus:

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 7:33 PM PDT reply actions

THE HORROR!

The horror!

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions

"There's something happening

out there, man. You know something, man, I know something that you don't know. That's right, Jack [Buck]. The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad. Oh yeah. He's dying, I think. He hates all this, he hates it! But....the man's....uh, he reads poetry out loud, alright? ... And a voice! A voice ... He likes you because you're still alive. He's got plans for you.

Nah, nah, I'm not going to help you, you're going to help him, man. You're going to help him. I mean, what are they going to say, man when he's gone, huh? Because he dies, when it dies, man, when it dies, he dies. What are they going to say about him? What are they going to say, he was a kind man, he was a wise man, he had plans, he had wisdom? Bullshit, man! Am I going to be the one that's going to set them straight? Look at me: wrong! ... You!"

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions

do you think his methods are... unsound?

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Wait till we win something - then pop off

It may be in-vogue to knock Pinella and his fiery style now that he hasn't managed a talented team in a while. If nahy of you are old enough to remember, Sweet Lou swept our A's right out of the Series with his "unsound" and "senile" managing style. You can only be a smug know-it-all when you actually win something - Moneyballers. The dopes that have been managing the A's could learn a thing or two from the Riverboat Gambler.

by As89 on Oct 11, 2005 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions

speaking of popping off

this entire subthread is based on goofing on quotes from Apocalypse Now based on physical resemblance in that photo.

But thank you for your completely baseless accusations. Would you care to guess how I actually feel about Lou? (Hint: I like him.)

You can only be a smug know-it-all when you actually win something - Moneyballers

By that standard neither you nor I have anything to worry about. I would say that even if you do win something it's not cool to be a smug know-it-all.

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions

You're very welcome

Not sure how the "baseless" the accusations were. It's not cool to tease old people either, although the Apocalypse Now thing was funny.

by As89 on Oct 11, 2005 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions

funny is funny

I like Lou. I like the Devil Rays. I loved all their stealing and speedball. I felt sad their lack of pitching or a major league GM sabotaged them.

I didn't make that poster, it was from an older link on AN from a Reds(!) site which made one for every team. But it's a funny poster.

I didn't like being accused of stuff I don't believe in when the whole subthread was a big goof-off and not a serious dissertation on Pinella's skills. We've done way worse to A's players we like.

by Apricot on Oct 12, 2005 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions

PINIELLITY!

Nice work.

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Oct 11, 2005 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions

<throws chair>

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 7:38 PM PDT reply actions

man

man, maybe the black sox forgot to tell pierzynski that he's supposed to wait until the world series before throwing games

The revolution starts now.

by andeux on Oct 11, 2005 7:39 PM PDT reply actions

<throws game>

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions

<tries to throw scoscia>

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions

lol

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions

OMFG

i don't have to write a chair-throwing game!!

It's been with us all along...

http://www.makaimedia.com/games/game_frame.aspx?gid=8

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 7:41 PM PDT reply actions

The power was within us

this whole time? Well, shoot.

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Fat lot of good the stolen base did.

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:41 PM PDT reply actions

Great

Now we get to see more bunt stupidity.

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:49 PM PDT reply actions

podsednik

Well, it's not like he was about to hit a 2-run homer, so bunting there wasn't a horrible idea. Would have been nice if he could get the damn thing down though.

The revolution starts now.

by andeux on Oct 11, 2005 7:50 PM PDT reply actions

It's the ugly underbelly of

Smartball. Bunting, hit and runs, stolen bases don't always work, and they cost you BIG TIME.

Anyway, it's not like Pods was going to bounce into a DP, given his speed. Why not let him swing and give Konerko a chance to bat with a man on base?

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions

(And yes

hindsight is 20/20)

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm just going to say again

how much I really despise the Angels. Every single game I feel I like them less.

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 7:52 PM PDT reply actions

Mike Scioscia hates puppies.

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Mike Scioscia hates

Jesus, Lord and Savior of Mankind, Son of God, and Friend of Huston.

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Scioscia at his child's birth:

"A girl? Are you blind, doc? That kid's totally a boy! Where'd you do your residency anyway, Malpractice General?!"

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by spal on Oct 11, 2005 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Mike Scioscia eats puppies.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions

EEEEWWWW

I coulda done with another image there.

<whimper> poor puppies.

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions

clear your mind

Mike Scioscia actually adopts puppies and raises them to be strong upstanding contributors to society. And then sticks their tongues to icy poles on cold winter days.

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions

That's cruel!

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions

And then Shrek comes along

and gobbles them up.

But, hey, it's all good because they play smallball! WOOHOO!

&$^#$@ the Angels.

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions

And that's after

he sells them crack and makes them smoke it.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Sad story time!

Many moons ago, my dog ate one of my cat's ears off. Then, during the winter, Kitty dipped his tail in his water dish then ran outside. When Dad found Kitty he was frozen to a fence post. Kitty ended up losing his tail. :( One ear, no tail.

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions

That's so sad.

:(

Poor Kitty.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions

considering

how many people and pets get dismembered near you, you've turned out pretty well-adjusted.

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions

lol

I didn't even tell you my father cut off his leg with a chainsaw!

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions

uh...

I know that's a joke. Yes, it must be a joke. I'm still scared of your vicinity.

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions

That was not a joke.

Well, not all of it.

by Jennifer on Oct 12, 2005 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions

puppies

it's what's for dinner.

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions

what?

Scioscia eats puppies? That's... unsanitary.

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions

I think a bunt was defensible there

(as a choice)

Obviously it didn't work out too well.

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 7:53 PM PDT reply actions

Daric Barton singled.

I'm not watching the other game anymore.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 7:53 PM PDT reply actions

Does anyone else...

Get the feeling that Tim McCarver and Louie Pinella are smitten with each other?

Maybe it's just me...

by RenoTy on Oct 11, 2005 7:57 PM PDT reply actions

Puppies

the other white meat.

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 7:59 PM PDT reply actions

I personally prefer

soy puppies.

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Better for the heart

Less cholesterol, I hear.

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions

woof!

by Jennifer on Oct 11, 2005 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions

<barf>

as if this game wasn't vomit-worthy enough! :(

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions

honestly

I'm not even watching the game. It feels all too much like an A's game except now with special bad smallball crystals.

But I'm enjoying sportsline and the AN commentary...

Hey can someone get a picture of Scooter?

by Apricot on Oct 11, 2005 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Sorta smallish

by eamb on Oct 11, 2005 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions

If I was Mcarver I'd like Lou too

He makes him seem lucid in comparsion.

"I try to figure this team out, and if I could, I'd be a genius," Mark Ellis

by Little Lebowski Urban Achievers on Oct 11, 2005 7:59 PM PDT reply actions

Hey Scott Shields:

^#@$ you. No, really.

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:02 PM PDT reply actions

I second that

by baseballnut020 on Oct 11, 2005 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions

I think of myself as a rational being

so I won't get overly distressed by this crappy, terribly played/managed game.

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:06 PM PDT reply actions

Balk, balk

I totally saw you step towards McCarver before you threw Guillen to Shrek. Alfredo, you can take the next base.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Contreras really only

threw one bad pitch--and it was deciding to throw to second base instead of home. :-{

Nico

by Nico on Oct 11, 2005 8:09 PM PDT reply actions

oh boy

Now I get to root for a big comeback led by Carl Everett and AJ Pierzynski.

The revolution starts now.

by andeux on Oct 11, 2005 8:10 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah but look at the bright side

it's against K-Rod.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions

The baseball gods hate us

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions

<throws chair>

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions

<throws t-rex at Carl>

Believe THIS.

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Chone showed a hell of a lot of heart

dropping that one-hopper. He really hustled it.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 11, 2005 8:13 PM PDT reply actions

ka hone a

Glaus would've missed that too, but he would have hit a three run homer to make up for it.

"I am not going to trade you Marvin Harrison!"

by opasewq on Oct 11, 2005 8:14 PM PDT reply actions

Yay, smallball!

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 8:14 PM PDT reply actions

Ugh

How much avoidably bad baseball will I be forced to watch?

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Heartball! Yeah!

<barfs>

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 8:17 PM PDT reply actions

Remind me of this game

next time I feel the need to whine that we don't move runners over.

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:18 PM PDT reply actions

Barton up with the bases loaded. One out.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 8:18 PM PDT reply actions

sac fly

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions

He's such a stud

Too bad he's not really hot.

What? <blinks innocently> Not that how he looks MATTERS or anything.

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Can you link me to the action

Please?

by eamb on Oct 11, 2005 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions

sure

Gameday

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks much

by eamb on Oct 11, 2005 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions

On the bright side

All this needless giving away of outs and hacking makes games go by quickly. A Sox/Yanks game would just now be entering the bottom of the fifth, 8-6, with Matsui preparing to foul off another full count pitch.

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 8:19 PM PDT reply actions

Check out K Rod at B-Ref

Look at the sponsor. Does that scare you?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodrifr03.shtml

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 8:22 PM PDT reply actions

Yes.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Oct 11, 2005 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll never be the same

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions

When

GnGG says she loves Zito - hey, I can understand. Nice butt, rebel hair, that sort of thing. But K Rod? The future Mrs. SalB918 has generously described him as "average looking."

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by salb918 on Oct 11, 2005 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions

lock this girl up

in Jennifer's basement.

In the part that DOESN'T have Huston.

Then again, he probably doesn't do it for her. Not being hideous and all.

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Sponsor's e-mail address

Goes to someone named Andy (@brokersys.com). Andy must live in Vermont.

A Beane in the hand is worth $60M in payroll

by jeepers on Oct 12, 2005 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Great job you fuckers

Wasted a good effort by Contreras.

by baseballnut020 on Oct 11, 2005 8:26 PM PDT reply actions

"Smartball"

really saved the Sox tonight, didn't it.

Missed hit and runs, CS, poor bunts---and a one-run loss. Notice how the announcers are quick to laud for smallball when it works--but are curiously silent when it doesn't.

In the ninth, why would you have Rowand give himself up---you've got AJ next, but you really don't want it to come down to Crede. Just poor baseball. Everyone in the world knew Rowand was bunting--and he looked scared. He should have pulled back.

On the bright side, K-Rud has looked extremely hittable, which will probably come back to bite the halos on the ass later on in this series.

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Oct 11, 2005 8:27 PM PDT reply actions

I couldn't agree more...

Small ball really worked out well for the White Sox tonight, especially in the 8th and 9th innings. What a joke! Podsednik and Rowand had no clue what they were doing and that snuffed out their two late inning rallies. I blame this one squarely on Ozzie.

by Flash G on Oct 11, 2005 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions