A friendly wager with Halos Heaven?

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 21, 2006 8:56 AM PDT

In his classically reserved, understated manner, our pal Rev Halofan devoted about five times as much ink yesterday to the A's than to the Angels. I will not fault him for crowing about being in first place (though I thought only a Padres fan could revel in a .500 record). But the Rev's post and comments hit upon some truth--all of us should work to elevate the A's-Angels rivalry to the elite status it deserves. He exhorts his flock (in response to a jlaff post, no less) "I am more sick of Yanksox than anything here, let's make this rivalry MATTER FOLKS!" I completely agree.

What can we do? Well, we can attend some games this weekend, directing Erstad and Anderson down the street to Pick Your Part for badly needed replacement bearings, and coaxing the throbbing vein further out of Scioscia's forehead. We can line the front rows dressed in orange robes, wearing Nixon masks, to further deride life behind the Orange Curtain. And of course, we can bet.

As we begin another 19 game struggle with the Angels, I suggest we help fuel the rivalry with a little blog-to-blog action. Even money, winner of the season series wins the bet. The stakes? Let's see what the wise guys here at AN (and HH, if they'll venture over) can come up with. Two ideas I had, to be paid off after the season:

The losing blog features a front page story praising their rival. If d'Anaheim wins the series, AN could post testimony to the brilliance of intangibles, small ball, and billboard billionaires, as embodied in the LAAAA machine. If Oakland wins, HH's story could attest to the genius of Billy, hidden value, commercial development and the quality apparel to be found at the Gap.
The losing blog could spend a day festooned with the winning blog's color scheme. HH could be green and gold, AN could be red.
There may be better stakes (and no, not a bushel of Dungeness crab versus a bushel of South Coast Plaza cosmetics). Please offer up your ideas. We complain about the media fixation with the Boston-New York axis of evil, and with good reason. But salvation lies within, said Andy Dufresne, and he was right. Let's ratchet up our own top class rivalry. It can be done. Wanna bet?

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I can answer this.

Money. I'm in for $5.

Don't you miss the days of martinis and greenies?

by Ozzz on Apr 21, 2006 9:06 AM PDT reply actions

I think....

...HH should have to display a loop of K-Rod's 'walk-off sulk' from last year on their page. That'd be fun.

And we would have to put up Mark Mulder's 10-run choke job.

Ouch.

"This is the show. Do it right."

by baseballgirl on Apr 21, 2006 9:16 AM PDT reply actions

That's good

"It was an incredible catch, but I didn't really like his footwork." - Ken Macha

by secret ASian man on Apr 21, 2006 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions

I love it!

Each could be turned into a 15 second long repeating loop, perhaps prepared by the victor blog for a day long run on the loser blog.

Defeat d'Anaheim!

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 21, 2006 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions

Lets make it real....

A's win and HH has to have a video loop of Dave Henderson off Donnie Moore for a full 3 days.

Angels win and AN has to have a video loop of Kirk Gibson off Eck for a full 3 days.

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Apr 21, 2006 9:27 AM PDT reply actions

Donnie Moore

I don't think there were any Angels Fans in the 80's...were there?

June 19th - June 21st, 2006 ** Oakland Athletics @ Colorado Rockies ** Lets Go Oak-Land!

by Colorado Fan on Apr 21, 2006 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions

there were not many of us

but you can't get fans to the stadium unless there's a bandwagon. and i'm cool with the post-2002 bandwagon. while i can't stand OC housewives chirping about shopping and trying to manage their restless kids, at least it's a step in the right direction: they're coming to the ballpark.

now if we can just get some of them into BASEBALL, that will help.

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions

Went to college in OC during the 80s...

...less than 10 miles from Angel Stadium (the big halo sign always meant "Here There Be Traffic Jams" to me), and I can't recall ever interacting with a single Angels fan the whole time I was there. They must have been there, but they weren't obvious. I did see plenty of Dodgers fans, of course.

"You can throw your cocks if I don't care!" - Iggy Pop

by AlamedaAphid on Apr 21, 2006 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I went to school about 20 miles from there ...

and was in the area in 2002 ...
Let me just say, in the fall of 2002 and spring of 2003 you could see a hell of a lot of brand new Angels hats ... and I'm not sure if I've ever seen one in real life that looks like its been worn more than three times.

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by devo on Apr 21, 2006 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions

yes and no

the reason you saw new hats is because that was the year the angels changed their unis from that terrible winged logo and perriwinkle colors to the modified halo logo with the all-red palette.

that said, it's true that we didn't see alot of angels gear -- at the stadium or elsewhere -- before mid-season 2002.

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions

I was there for 2.5 years before that ...

and didn't see any perriwinkle ... none, whatsoever ...

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by devo on Apr 21, 2006 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions

and given how shitty it looked

that was probably a good thing...

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

which is not to deny the existance of

the Rev, yeswecan and the three other non-AN regulars at HH ... the five of you's are alright in my book ...

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by devo on Apr 21, 2006 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions

i moved to downtown LA in 2000

i met the rev there (he was my neighbor), and he was sporting an angels hat. thinking he was trying to be funny, i challenged him: "hey nice hat. what are you, some kind of angels fan?" he promptly lifted up his sleeve to reveal an old-school angels logo tattooed on his shoulder. i said "whoa! you're alright, man" and we've been friends ever since.

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

I think tattoos have to be involved in this wager

Sig Mojo worked in Spring Training... so... *MaEl LuvR!*

by Poppy on Apr 21, 2006 9:45 AM PDT reply actions

I propose

That it's determined by who goes farther into the playoffs. The tiebraker is the season series.

Otherwise, great idea.

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by ohad on Apr 21, 2006 9:47 AM PDT reply actions

Anyone got a hotline to the Rev?

Oz, I know you often manage to get his attention. I'm hoping he weighs in on this.

Great ideas folks, let's keep 'em coming. And if AN site management is listening, are you willing to make such a deal if terms can be arranged?

Defeat d'Anaheim!

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 21, 2006 9:56 AM PDT reply actions

terrible

we should never, EVER try to emulate the Yankees or Red Sox.

Do you really want the nation to hate us like they do them?

Gabba Gabba A's?

by pbruins92 on Apr 21, 2006 10:05 AM PDT reply actions

I wouldn't mind emulating the playoff victories

And a few dozen more World Series trophies would sure look nice. But the point here is to seize some of the rivalry-born props. Rivalries are a good thing. If you prefer, use the Carolina-Duke model instead: proximity, familiarity, and top flight talent...what's not to like?

Defeat d'Anaheim!

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 21, 2006 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions

How about a Barca-Real model?

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by devo on Apr 21, 2006 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Did you see the 1-0 game the other day?

"Don't you play the flute, Huddy?"

by capper3 on Apr 21, 2006 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions

man, I wish I actually got to watch international

football more than one summer every four years ...

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by devo on Apr 21, 2006 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Try the Spanish channels.

They have a fair bit of European and South American soccer.

Good pitching beats good hitting. And vice versa.

by TheBigO on Apr 21, 2006 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions

let's do each series

angels fan here. i've got a hotline to the rev, so i'll hit him up about this.

let's do what Mr. Upgrade suggests, where the losing blog must praise (WITH sincerity) the winning team. but let's do it for each series -- at the end of the season series, as well as at the end of the season. that way, we'll be able to fuel the rivalry throughout the season.

it'll be fun!

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 10:27 AM PDT reply actions

not sure about the sincerity thing

Will "sincerity" suffice? ;)

Sig Mojo worked in Spring Training... so... *MaEl LuvR!*

by Poppy on Apr 21, 2006 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions

i like this idea

i think that we should invite angels fans to post here during series in oakland, and we should all head over there en masse when the A's play the angels.

by vishal on Apr 21, 2006 10:38 AM PDT reply actions

i mean,

when the A's visit the angels. in los angeles of anaheim.

by vishal on Apr 21, 2006 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions

can their site handle that much traffic?

I mean, they get what, twenty visits a day? ;)

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 21, 2006 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions

rev willl be way behind this idea

after all, he gets paid for visits to his site

by Brian in 317 on Apr 21, 2006 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Tattoos

gotta be tattoos involved in this.

by RevHalofan on Apr 21, 2006 10:52 AM PDT reply actions

you've already got one

go on, rev, show 'em your tat.

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

I suggest incarceration

Incarceration of the opposing team mascot, to be held on the front page of the blog of the winning team, until the "winner" changes with each series, or, ultimately, at the end of the season.

Someone with more graphic talen than I could make some more interesting images, I am sure.

This would mean possibilities of recapturing our mascots in April, May, July, August, September, and during the Playoffs.

Ron Washington: Thinking outside of the three-sided box since 1977

by tankerraid on Apr 21, 2006 10:52 AM PDT reply actions

that's actually not a bad idea ...

though I'd be totally down for Blez/Rev betting tatoos ...

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by devo on Apr 21, 2006 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions

I LOVE that idea!

"This is the show. Do it right."

by baseballgirl on Apr 21, 2006 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions

If they captured Stomper...

...they could keep him, as far as I'm concerned.

Hey bud, what's your problem? -- Jeff Spicoli to Mr. Hand

by 66th Hegenberger on Apr 21, 2006 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

But

Nobody wants to see Lew try to do the funky chicken as a fill-in for pregame entertainment.

Ron Washington: Thinking outside of the three-sided box since 1977

by tankerraid on Apr 21, 2006 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions

I do!

But I want to see him do in the third deck.

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions

re: I do!

come to think of it, that wouldn't be so bad.

I'd also like to see Al Davis hawking popcorn at some point.

Hey bud, what's your problem? -- Jeff Spicoli to Mr. Hand

by 66th Hegenberger on Apr 21, 2006 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions

I think

You're more likely to get him hawking into the popcorn. That's just the kind of kept-alive-by-machine, sputum-spewing guy he is.

Ron Washington: Thinking outside of the three-sided box since 1977

by tankerraid on Apr 21, 2006 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Tonight's top story...

The streets run red with RevHalofan's blood :-P

"Jiminy Christmas, he's throwing 101 miles an hour." - Swish on Tigers SP Justin Verlander // My A's pics

by JLaff on Apr 21, 2006 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow....

Wrong comment... d'oh!

"Jiminy Christmas, he's throwing 101 miles an hour." - Swish on Tigers SP Justin Verlander // My A's pics

by JLaff on Apr 21, 2006 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions

I was just over there (HH)

and some nice angel fan posed the question about a friendly wager and some jerk named proletariat accused AN of starting a 4H circle jerk. What an asshole! Let's just do this rivalry thing the old-fashioned way...kick their asses in the parking lot after the game.

by broaklyn on Apr 21, 2006 11:44 AM PDT reply actions

haha

yeah, let's rumble like they did in "The Warriors"...

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

angels fans...

come out and play-ee-yay!

can you dig it?

by rockit on Apr 21, 2006 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Or

Atleast we can Rumble like in Anchorman...

by Benny @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL

"I killed a man with a trident!"

Sig Mojo worked in Spring Training... so... *MaEl LuvR!*

by Poppy on Apr 21, 2006 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah,

I've been meaning to talk to you about that. You should find yourself a safehouse or a relative close by. Lay low for a while, because you're probably wanted for murder.

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by devo on Apr 21, 2006 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions

(fits better here)

Tonight's top story...
The streets run red with RevHalofan's blood :-P

"Jiminy Christmas, he's throwing 101 miles an hour." - Swish on Tigers SP Justin Verlander // My A's pics

by JLaff on Apr 21, 2006 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh God

With all his insightful commentary about the A's, filled with homophobic innuendo, and bright sparkling swear words, he clearly is an intelligent, thoughtful baseball fan. Therefore, I would take everything he says to heart.

Especially the criticisms of Oakland. Because, you know. Anaheim is such an awesome city.

Anyways, reading HH gives me high blood pressure because the banter is so oblivious, vulgar and invective-driven.

yeswecan seems like an exception to a rule about being as obnoxious as possible as an Angels fan.

Ron Washington: Thinking outside of the three-sided box since 1977

by tankerraid on Apr 21, 2006 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

a half-hearted/-assed defense of the Rev

While I agree 100% with your sentiments, HH is the Rev's site and he can do what he pleases there; and he's been very well behaved whenever he's visited AN.

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Actually

I was referring to proletariat.

Ron Washington: Thinking outside of the three-sided box since 1977

by tankerraid on Apr 21, 2006 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions

whoops

... and there I go, doing precisely what I accused oaktoon of doing.

Duh.

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions

a rule?

i'd hardly whitewash angel fans with "obnoxious". if you're going to generalize, one could make a case for "uninformed" (if you go to the stadium, the housewives make that painfully clear) or "caustic" (if you're referring to the HH cast of characters whose sharp banter makes for far more interesting reading than a baseball nerd's diary).

take some blood pressure medicine and come back to HH. it's fun!

(oh, and thanks for the compliment, however i'm actually more obnoxious than most at HH -- the rev has had to talk me down a couple times, if you can believe that.)

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Sorry.

I personally find nothing sharp about the commentary there, but that's just me.

And you are right, I should not make blanket statements. But my run-ins with Angels fans have been mostly disturbing, including but not limited to, dealing with fans coming up from Anaheim for games, sitting in the stands talking about how shitty my hometown is, how they rock because they won the world series four years ago, etc. Mostly what they say has nothing to do with baseball, it's just mean and rude.

I'm not sure why, but they seem overtly vitriolic. I'd take the nerd with something to say over the smacktalkers with attitude any day.

Ron Washington: Thinking outside of the three-sided box since 1977

by tankerraid on Apr 21, 2006 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions

One other thing

I do want to make clear on this that A's fans aren't saints. I have felt the need in the past to apologize to fans of visiting teams when they get barraged by A's fans. I was sitting in a section once where some A's fans (young, and drunk, to be fair) were taunting some middle-aged Texas Rangers fan lady who was really just there trying to have fun and root for her team. It was really pathetic on the part of the dudes.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I enjoy good-natured rivalry, not lots of name-calling and rudeness.

And no, I am not a peacenik hippie, although I am starting to sound like one. I will go and listen to some hardcore Swedish death metal now to purify myself.

Ron Washington: Thinking outside of the three-sided box since 1977

by tankerraid on Apr 21, 2006 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Drunks anywhere

are annoying ... especially Mr. yeswecan there...

And he is right about the Anaheim housewives - they dominate over fans of the game, but someone's gotta pay Vlad's salary, we don't want a tarp for heaven's sake.

by RevHalofan on Apr 21, 2006 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions

i'm a good drunk

just because i didn't know you in your drinking days doesn't mean you can exploit my drunken tirades at the park. i was very nice to laynce nix last week when i told him that the village people needed their tight pants back.

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Nix to triple A

Your taunting in Anaheim worked:

http://www.lonestarball.com/story/2006/4/21/173715/450

by RevHalofan on Apr 21, 2006 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions

I'd like to see a team start an OF of ...

... Nix, Nerts, and Kibosh.

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Snappy!

You only have 13 more years of a championship drought before you see the tarps go up... but be patient, I'm sure it will come. =)

Ron Washington: Thinking outside of the three-sided box since 1977

by tankerraid on Apr 21, 2006 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions

What's

a 4H circle jerk?

Head, Hands, Heart, Health....

Signed,
4-H, Pleasanton, 1972.

Hey bud, what's your problem? -- Jeff Spicoli to Mr. Hand

by 66th Hegenberger on Apr 21, 2006 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

"coaxing the throbbing vein"

bANnEd!

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 12:01 PM PDT reply actions

Do you just lay in wait for wordstrings like that?

Sig Mojo worked in Spring Training... so... *MaEl LuvR!*

by Poppy on Apr 21, 2006 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm out to get EVERYONE

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions

so which one of us

is Cheers and which one is Gary's Old Towne Tavern?

by StocktonJew on Apr 21, 2006 12:30 PM PDT reply actions

NORM!!!!!

by theblackpearl on Apr 21, 2006 12:36 PM PDT reply actions

The loser of one bet

here's what the TrojanWire Blog did after they lost their bet with Burnt Orange Nation

http://www.trojanwire.com/football/deuce-here.php

I miss Bill King :(

by gojohn10 on Apr 21, 2006 12:53 PM PDT reply actions

YIPPEE!

This is a great thread with great ideas, especially broaklyn's...

But that said, I think the color changes to the opposing team's, a looping graphic of Henderson's or Gibson's (waaah!) bombs, AND a congragulatory headline to the winning team's blog should happen for EACH series the A's and the (Greater Los Angeles Area of Southern California of the Golden State of Anaheim) Angels play.

Lets face it, we want to rub it in their faces, even after the season series has been won, and there's still a couple more individual series left.

Tear down Mount Davis!

by polytician on Apr 21, 2006 12:58 PM PDT reply actions

Offering action--takers?

This would work best if it were a blog-to-blog deal. Since I'm not authorized to make deals on AN's behalf (sighs of NoCal relief abound), such a wager would need a Blez/Rev virtual handshake, or at the very least signoff from the folks holding the keys to AN for the weekend. So I'm going to offer two bets: one pending official AN-HH acceptance, and another between myself and any HH poster who cares to take me up on it. Winner is the blog of the team which wins the 2006 season series, to be paid off within a week of the end of the World Series (because no one wants to pay off this bet while their team still vies for the title).

Offer one, official AN to official HH, subject to all due imprimaturs, wax seals, mumbled vows, etc:

The blog of the losing team will post a front page story touting the virtues of the winning team. The story should be substantive and of reasonable length, to include sincere praise for the winners' approach to baseball. In addition, the story should include a video loop of an appropriate singularly devastating moment in the rivalry's recent history...I love BBG's walk-off sulk versus Mulder shellacking idea.

I'd also love to include a day of the site sporting the rivals' color scheme, but I'll leave that out of the deal unless Blez-n-Rev want it in.

Offer two, from FSU to the Rev or any other regular HH poster who sincerely commits to the wager and the payoff

The same wager--sincere praise for the winning team and its baseball approach--only in substantive diary form rather than front page story, since that's the part I can control.

While tempting, I'm unwilling to have myself tattooed for this pursuit. If such a thing exists, though, I'd sport a d'Anaheim earring for a day, and post photographic proof afterwards.

I'll be at tonight's game, and will be out of posting range after 4:00. If the terms of offer two are accepted by first pitch tonight I'll consider it a bet. I'll reply to any counter-offers which come in before 4:00. And of course I'll have to leave execution of any official b-2-b deals to the respective powers that be.

(I also like the captive mascot idea, a small window on each site showing the rally monkey or Stomper behind bars, to be revised after each 3-4 game series throughout the year. But that too would need an exchange of official ring kisses which I am powerless to confer.)

Defeat d'Anaheim!

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 21, 2006 1:00 PM PDT reply actions

offer #2: you're on

let's do the diary thing, and i'm down with the earring thing, too (it might be difficult for me to find an A's earring down here, but i probably won't need it -- haha!).

at the end of each series, one of us will post a diary touting the victor's strengths, and it will include a photograph of himself wearing the victor's logo on his earlobe (haha--what are the homophobes gonna say about THAT?). game on!

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions

A's earrings are readily available up here ...

I'm sure FSU would be happy to help you out with that ... you send him the money, he sends you the jewelry ... you'll be wearing it a lot.

or there's always this

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by devo on Apr 21, 2006 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions

thanks for the help

...but you might need to find the link to the angels earrings for Mr. FSU, because HE IS GOING DOWN!

tonight's game is going to be a good one

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Not so much into the bet for each series

Making six different bets is more than I'm in for...the A's might actually lose one of those series. And potentially having to write multiple diaries could cut into my precious allocation of time for complaining about ownership.

I am into one bet covering the full best-of-nineteen season series, and if you check out my diary history ( http://www.athleticsnation.com/user/FreeSeatUpgrade ) you'll see that I'll probably go on (and on and on) at great length. So in the unlikely event that you win, you'll get your money's worth.

And I like those earrings devo linked. If I win I'll even buy a set and mail you one (I only wear one at a time anyway).

Whaddaya say, one bet for the whole season?

Defeat d'Anaheim!

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 21, 2006 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

you're on

the entire season series

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Ex-cellent

Defeat d'Anaheim!

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 21, 2006 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Great, Now we have to wait until

September...If I had an sort of writing skill I would so the individual series

by breedingewoks on Apr 21, 2006 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh well, but it will be fun to see what Rev

writes every time the A's beat the Angels

by breedingewoks on Apr 21, 2006 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions

If you need A's earings yeswecan

I can loan you my wife's, I'll even pay for shipping both ways

by breedingewoks on Apr 21, 2006 1:19 PM PDT reply actions

If A's earrings are needed

I will gladly deliver mine to him at the May 2nd game!

while I'm GM, I'd get the black uniform tops back into the mix, make high socks mandatory and add a beer tap in the press box-Mychael Urban

by jb on Apr 21, 2006 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Nixon needs to be involved

OK, so if the A's win the series, the stadium announcer at the Angels' ballpark will be forced to read the entirety of Nixon's Checkers Speech, a shameful, whining rant that ought to make any Son of Orange County shrivel up in self-loathing like a slug doused with salt.

If the Angels win it, we'll be forced to listen to Roy Steele reading ten solid minutes of the utterly incomprehensible Tender Buttons, written by Daughter of Oakland (in fact, daughter of East Oakland) Gertude Stein. Now I must admit that many of us might enjoy the experience, in the same gibberish-savoring way that I'd enjoy stumbling across a wastewater-treatment trade journal in the dentist's waiting room, but I betcha it would be as excruciating for most A's fans as the Checkers Speech would be for Angels fans.

"You can throw your cocks if I don't care!" - Iggy Pop

by AlamedaAphid on Apr 21, 2006 2:05 PM PDT reply actions

I am officially committing to ...

... NOT adapting that for my next Poetic Interlude.

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

The Checkers Speech?

Come on, show off sum mad skilz!

"You can throw your cocks if I don't care!" - Iggy Pop

by AlamedaAphid on Apr 21, 2006 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions

That is a GENIUS speech

Dick pulled his career out of the toilet with that one. He was as done as Duke Cunningham.

It was shameless, but ... well, no one ever accused Dick of having any shame anyway.

But, we call it the Poetic Interlude, not the Prosaic Interlude. Perhaps I'll have to start a new series ... the Politic Interludes? I could have Billy Beane as Krushchev, banging his <chair> on the podium, crying "We will bury you!" to the rest of the GMs at the Winter Meetings ...

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions

In light of today's re-demotion

Perhaps you could go for "You won't have Bobby Kielty to kick around anymore."

Defeat d'Anaheim!

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 21, 2006 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Krushchev

better not compare Beane to him. we all know how well HIS plan worked...

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions

well, the idea is to ...

... convince Stoneman, Bavasi, and Daniels to panic and form their own "Team B" to mistakenly overestimate the depth of the A's arms ...

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions

In Soviet Union

you will bury us

by green star oakland on Apr 21, 2006 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Actually, they're proud of Nixon in OC

So they'd feel no shame over hearing his (admittedly very effective yet unspeakably slimy) speech. He's Saint Nix down there! In fact, here's a photo I shot of The Trickster Himself- he was levitating in the parking lot of Ecology Auto Wrecking in Santa Fe Springs... he healed the balky clutch in my '58 Hillman Minx...

"You can throw your cocks if I don't care!" - Iggy Pop

by AlamedaAphid on Apr 21, 2006 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions

speak for yourself

yorba linda is about as close to my home as fremont is to oakland.

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I always think that ...

... "Yorba Linda" should be sung to the tune of "My Sharona" ...

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions

actually

that was a bit on Late Night With David Letterman when the nixon library opened:

Dave: "Hey Paul, you know that new Nixon Library just opened up. It's in Yorba Linda."

Paul: "Yorba Linda? Heh heh, My Sharona." <giggles nervously>

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions

well, I never claimed to be original

reduce, reuse, recycle is my motto

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Ever been to the Nixon Museum?

I love that place! Along with The Vandals, Chris Burden, and the taquerias around 1st & Bristol in Santa Ana, one of my favorite things about Orange County. The nice Nixon Museum volunteers in their red-white-and-blue outfits dearly love everything Nixonian; there are few more enjoyably twisted experiences than standing in the Little House With White Picket Fence that represents the Vietnam War and listening to Nixon's "Silent Majority" speech before a backdrop of B-52s unloading over Hanoi while a dodderingly sweet 90-year-old woman with a huge "NIXON'S THE ONE" button pinned to her star-spangled outfit beams approvingly.

"You can throw your cocks if I don't care!" - Iggy Pop

by AlamedaAphid on Apr 21, 2006 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions

no thanks

never been to the museum. i'd rather get drunk at a tractor pull. i like chris burden, though, and quite a few things in OC. i like LA a bit better, though.

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Have you been

eating Alice's brownies?

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005 But will 2006 do the trix?

by ak_A on Apr 21, 2006 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions

You got any?

"You can throw your cocks if I don't care!" - Iggy Pop

by AlamedaAphid on Apr 21, 2006 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

4/20

was YESTERDAY guys.

Ron Washington: Thinking outside of the three-sided box since 1977

by tankerraid on Apr 21, 2006 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Tattoos

Gotta be tattoos, who's on?

by RevHalofan on Apr 21, 2006 3:29 PM PDT reply actions

Tattoos?

Of Zito/Crosby/Street's face, perhaps?

by PositionPlayerProd on Apr 21, 2006 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions

of the Rally Monkey

on your ass, just to be cute

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Ouch!

That's gotta be hard for those of us who sit at a desk all day...

by PositionPlayerProd on Apr 21, 2006 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Rev

The only tattoos I have are the words "Erika" and "Maya" and it's gonna stay that way until we have our next one. Sorry, man.

Nico's free to offer up his flesh in this one though ;-)

by Tyler Bleszinski on Apr 21, 2006 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions

If it's Nico's tattoo

would Rev take a rally pony ?

by green star oakland on Apr 21, 2006 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions

it's been a year since i got my last one...

by breedingewoks on Apr 21, 2006 3:43 PM PDT reply actions

i'm calling my shot for game 1

lackey pitches a CG shutout. 3-0, halos win.

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 5:27 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah let's

give the attention Ho more attention. I am also thinking i may like to pass on betting on the A's in April. Hehe. Wait for Sept.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 21, 2006 5:28 PM PDT reply actions

Reverse it and that's my prediction.

Harden CG shutout, 3-0 A's

by breedingewoks on Apr 21, 2006 5:29 PM PDT reply actions

A's lead the season series

1-0

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 21, 2006 11:28 PM PDT reply actions

Why not.

Why don't we try to distance ourselves as far away from thos uneducated, where's the beach-ball fans. Insightful commentary is coming up with stupid nicknames that don't even make sense, then praising Kelvim Escobar. The fact is that an IQ is lacking, not just the actual fans. Maybe if we win Rev. has to read a book.

Let's annalyze our division rivals loses, with hilarious stupid names, and rediculous exaderations. I'd rather have 600 fans that could name more then two members of the team as opposed to your 500,000,000,000 that don't know more then one member of their own teams bullpen.

You guys are tools.

Being an A's fan is never easy, but that's why we love it.

by Jordan33 in Santa Cruz on Apr 22, 2006 2:53 AM PDT reply actions

let's "annalyze" your post

let me quote you:

Let's annalyze our division rivals loses, with hilarious stupid names, and rediculous exaderations.

before you tell someone else to go read a book, maybe you yourself should try reading the most basic of all books: a dictionary. if you can't do that, these fancy new things called computers have a thing called Spell Check, too, you know...

while i agree that the average angel fan might not be as knowledgeable about the team as some team's fans, we're not as uneducated as you might think. but if we're talking about education -- as in how to spell and form a sentence -- then i think you haven't made a good argument for yourself, my friend. i'm sure it's hard for you because they don't spell out words like "ridiculous" and "exaggerations" onscreen for you on SportsCenter, so i guess i can't assume you know how to spell them.

but at least you know baseball, right?

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 22, 2006 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions

Season series tied, 1-1

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 22, 2006 3:48 PM PDT reply actions

thanks for the update..

by breedingewoks on Apr 22, 2006 4:59 PM PDT reply actions

I'd offer

to get tattooed but:

a. There's no room left on my body (advice: never get drunk in Vegas)

b. it looks like Esteban Yan beat me to it (he said, as he was about to go watch Loaiza pitch)

So how about this: If the Angels win the season series, the Rev gets to sleep with Cindi. But if the A's win the season series, the Rev has to sleep with Blez.

by Nico on Apr 23, 2006 9:44 AM PDT reply actions