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Bring it back to baseball/OPEN THREAD

Not that I have anything against all the Katrina threads. Just that I want to bring to the subjects back to baseball.

I don't understand the A's offense. Um? It's all 'er nothin. It cain't be in between, it cain't be now and then... One day they're awesome. Another they look like Neanderthals swinging helplessly away at a tree under the delusion it'll fall down if you swing hard enough.

Today was one of those 'awesome' days. 12 runs? I swear that at the start of the season, Billy, being the genius he is, cloned the entire team. Occasionally he'll stick one team out, and then the clones. The clones really can't hit, and for some reason, they still play occasionally. But then the real guys will get out there, and voila! Runs!

But really, this was a good game to win. I still hold the A's should've swept the Angels, but killing the Spankees would be just fine with me. That, and the Mariners should kill the Angels. It all works out.

I found a negative run on ESPN.com tonight. I clicked on 'scores' under MLB, and at the A's game, it was convinced that the A's had scored a negative run in the fifth inning. So, I wonder how they did that. Any ideas?

What is with Gameday? Does anyone know why it gets gorked so often? Is the person reporting gorked, or is it just the computer itself plotting evil plots and scheming evil schemes? It seems as if a game can't go through without Gameday going bonkers somewhere in it. It spent a whole hour thinking that it was the fifth inning, Scoot was up, and there was no out recorded. I thought it might catch up, but no, I waited and waited, getting more and more frustrated with it, until atomopawn suggested I use www.cbs.sportsline.com. And it was working ALL THAT TIME! Talk about irony.

So, congrats to our cloned boys, but maybe let's just use the 'good' team?

You guys can feel free to discuss any of the above subjects or whatever you wish to say. That's why I made the thread...to clear up confusion...

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Hopefully
if Kotsay can make it back soon, he'll be able to edge the team a little closer towards a balanced offensive output. Great win tonight, though; I am one happy camper.

Oh, and in case you missed it in the game thread:

Oh okay (none / 0)

So it's like a secret to people who really know you and not to random people on the internet who are just plain crazy?

by cirquegirl14 on Fri Sep 02, 2005 at 09:22:52 PM PST
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    pretty much. (none / 0)

    I'm a tad more comfortable admitting my mancrushes to the rest of you guys -- mainly because there's already such a subculture of drooling over certain players here at AN, so it's something that I find it hard not to join in on the fun. ;)

    Most of my friends and all of my family are strictly non-baseball fans, so for them to find out I have mancrushes on baseball players would induce little more than weird stares from them.

    Barry Zito is my secret mancrush. There. I said it.
    by interior decor on Fri Sep 02, 2005 at 09:31:47 PM PST
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        grammar police (none / 0)

        so it's something that I find it hard not to join in on the fun.

        Oy, I botched that sentence.

        ...so it's something that I find fun to join in on.

        or something like that. Sorry.

        Barry Zito is my secret mancrush. There. I said it.
        by interior decor on Fri Sep 02, 2005 at 09:38:28 PM PST
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Barry Zito is my secret mancrush. There. I said it.

by interior decor on Sep 2, 2005 10:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

what?
define "scamming."

i'm not, uh, trying to sell him counterfeit passports or anything.

Barry Zito is my secret mancrush. There. I said it.

by interior decor on Sep 2, 2005 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Scamming"
Hitting and/or lusting over someone who has been CLAIMED. ;) Just kidding. Since you said "mancrush" I'm assuming you're male. Right? Right?

by GreenNGoldGirl on Sep 2, 2005 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol
That does make sense. :D

by Squeaky on Sep 2, 2005 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't trust Gameday.
It can read your lips.

by ArakSOT on Sep 2, 2005 10:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

whose ur man?
lol
"Family kidnapped by ninjas... need money for karate lessons." - Homeless dudes sign on bart alley on the way back to the Bart after games

by Huston123 on Sep 2, 2005 10:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

BARRY ZITO
Are you going to make me go into my looooong rambling swooning story about Barry Zito? Are you going to make AN go through that? :(

by GreenNGoldGirl on Sep 2, 2005 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha
lol
"Family kidnapped by ninjas... need money for karate lessons." - Homeless dudes sign on bart alley on the way back to the Bart after games

by Huston123 on Sep 2, 2005 10:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I SAW THAT GUY.
the ninja guy...

my friend said he was outside of pac bell too :(
i thought he was an a's fan... and he makes good money doing it too. my friend paid five bucks and took a picture with him. he's weird.

One day they're awesome. Another they look like Neanderthals swinging helplessly away at a tree under the delusion it'll fall down if you swing hard enough. = best comparison in a long long time.

let's go oakland [clapclap clapclapclap]

the a's fan lj community.

by Jjjsixsix on Sep 2, 2005 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol hes so wierd lol but funny
haha
"Family kidnapped by ninjas... need money for karate lessons." - Homeless dudes sign on bart alley on the way back to the Bart after games

by Huston123 on Sep 2, 2005 10:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Has anyone read "Sophie's World"?
I love the book, and it's incredibly interesting, but I absolutely do not get this one philosopher named Hume. Can anyone explain him? Yeah, I know, philosophy on a baseball site. BUT! I can relate it to the A's.

Philosophy oftens studies the mind and thoughts. Our own Barry Zito is very philosophical in a way - his whole 'it's all mental' and his zen thing.

by Squeaky on Sep 3, 2005 4:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

This is so funny
http://www.killsometime.com/Video/video.asp?video=Red-Sox-Priceless

Stupid Sox fans, haha

"Remember the time you stole my bat? And you lied and said I never had a bat. Then why did I have the donut Jason? Why did I have the donut?"-Adam Milhouse

by pbruins92 on Sep 3, 2005 5:03 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

School
my AP Statistics is biased towards the Yankees. In chapter two alone I have compared Babe Ruth and Roger Maris 4 times. I get it Maris' 61 was an outlier, now shut uo about it. Wheres the chapter on OBP?
"Remember the time you stole my bat? And you lied and said I never had a bat. Then why did I have the donut Jason? Why did I have the donut?"-Adam Milhouse

by pbruins92 on Sep 3, 2005 5:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i had a problem
about Barry Bonds' home runs in my AP Stat class!  ARRGh!  

by ChavysGrl3 on Sep 3, 2005 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The funny part is when
everyone was doing the problem, one girl yelled out "Wow, Roger Maris sucks!"
"Remember the time you stole my bat? And you lied and said I never had a bat. Then why did I have the donut Jason? Why did I have the donut?"-Adam Milhouse

by pbruins92 on Sep 3, 2005 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

AP stats
sounds scary.

by anA on Sep 3, 2005 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It does but isn't,
Pre Calc is much harder. it looks good to colleges because its an AP, but is actually an easy class (at least at my school)
AP Enviromental Science is the same way.
"Remember the time you stole my bat? And you lied and said I never had a bat. Then why did I have the donut Jason? Why did I have the donut?"-Adam Milhouse

by pbruins92 on Sep 3, 2005 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh
We dont have AP classes in my school but im taking Pre Cal next year =[

by anA on Sep 3, 2005 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

AP classes..
I'm not a junior yet - I don't have any AP classes. Just a couple of Honors. And I'm in Calc...I don't think it's that hard, but whatever...:D

by Squeaky on Sep 3, 2005 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't know
you had to be a junior to have AP classes.. =[

by anA on Sep 3, 2005 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahoy
I am bored.

by anA on Sep 3, 2005 6:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Since this is an open thread...
I had to tell you all about my crazy dream last night.

In my dream I was at an A's/Royals game. As I'm sitting in the stands I find out I'm the starting pitcher for the Royals. I freak out trying to remember pitch grips and how to throw a circle change. The umpires also wouldn't give me more than eight pitches to warm up. I have on jeans and flip-flops.... I had to do the pre-game interview.

I woke up before I took the mound, but it was nuts.

by Jennifer on Sep 3, 2005 6:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmm,
I had a dream I befriended Mrs Kendall once.

She was a sweetheart.

by anA on Sep 3, 2005 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cool....
Dreams are SO weird, aren't they? Just SO weird. I realized it's actually pretty rare to have a dream you remember - usually you can't after you wake up more.

by Squeaky on Sep 3, 2005 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember most of my dreams.
They are usually weird. Sometimes I'll freak myself out by dreaming something then turning on the radio and find out it really happend. I don't like those. :(

My dreams are crazy. Once, I had a dream the mute kid that rode my school bus worked at Hooters in Columbia, MO. The bus got stuck coming home and I had to get the bus out by strapping a rope around my waist pulling it out. I can remember exactly what the bus looked like, who was driving, and what we were wearing.

by Jennifer on Sep 3, 2005 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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