The A's take on the Cubs in a rematch of the first spring training game when the A's lost 8-7. The A's send Danny Haren to the mound to match up against Angel Guzman. Haren got roughed up in his first start in the spring.
The A's have sputtered through the beginning of spring training, particularly with two elements that are supposed to be this team's strength, starting pitching and defense. But that's why they have spring training and it's still extremely early.
LET'S GO A'S!!!
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LET'S GO OAKLAND!!!
Who's doing pxp? :-)AsGirl - March 6, 2006
I elect you
;-)Tyler Bleszinski - March 6, 2006
I'd LOVE to, but
I don't have the MLB audio pass thing.THAT is why I need pxp.
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
Wow
Defense continues to be shoddy right from the start.Tyler Bleszinski - March 6, 2006
What's going on?
ANOTHER error?Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Whoa... what?!
We've (WE?) committed an error in every ST game.Fire defense now!
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
Who made the error?
Poor Haren not getting any help to start with.Is it bad that I'm worried about this?
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
I'm not worried... yet
But if the trend continues, I'll be the second one to hit the panic button. ;)BTW, I don't know who it was... I'm relying on AN to keep me updated.
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
Ah, Todd Walker...
flashback nightmare.Tyler Bleszinski - March 6, 2006
Not on XM
Finally got the home kit set up, and it's not on. Boo-urns.jeepers - March 6, 2006
They only have
Games that are on the real radio, not Buan's webcasts, which are solely for MLB Gameday Audio.During the regular season, you'll get all 162 A's games.
HigherPie - March 6, 2006
Do we get to choose whatever team's
feed we want?AsGirl - March 6, 2006
Nope...
You get every game for every team (home team's broadcast).HigherPie - March 6, 2006
XM, right?
I thought we get to choose the feed on Gameday Audio. Can anyone confirm that?AsGirl - March 6, 2006
As far as I know,
you choose the feed you want to listen to on Audio.Jennifer - March 6, 2006
That's what I thought
Thanks!AsGirl - March 6, 2006
check your mail
Jennifer - March 6, 2006
Excercise some caution
3rd log on is a no goArakSOT - March 6, 2006
really?
good to know.Jennifer - March 6, 2006
damn
I was afraid of that.Jennifer - March 6, 2006
Otherwise, we'd share the love with everyone.
Right?ArakSOT - March 6, 2006
no.
Just because I have 157,651 pieces of candy doesn't mean I'm sharing all of them. Keep that in mind if you ever need a kidney. Just because I have two, doesn't mean I'll be handing the other out 'cause it's extra. :)Jennifer - March 6, 2006
<removes a kidney from Jennifer>
<cuts it into 157,651 pieces><shares>
monkeyball - March 6, 2006
kaleja ka tukra?
https://mailman.rice.edu/pipermail/sasialit/2000-March/000136.htmlsalb918 - March 6, 2006
Not being at all well-versed in Urdu ...
... I won't venture an opinion on your question itself.monkeyball - March 6, 2006
Not being well versed in opinions,
I won't question your Urdu venture itself.salb918 - March 6, 2006
Not being a tall, well-versed Urdu ...
Thigh-bone debenture a new pinion onward fustian nit-shelf.monkeyball - March 6, 2006
I'd give Huston a kidney.
Jennifer - March 6, 2006
I wouldn't give BoCro a kidney ...
... you just know he'd end up breaking it and never giving it back.monkeyball - March 6, 2006
I heard Dan Johnson
chews on borrowed kidneys and then gives them back.salb918 - March 6, 2006
That's hot.
Jennifer - March 6, 2006
<snicker>
I have a dirty mind.Jennifer - March 6, 2006
Meanie
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
I suppose I could ask for a deposit ...
monkeyball - March 6, 2006
How much is it?
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
OHMYGOD!
BOBBY CROSBY TOUCHED MY KIDNEY!<thud>
Jennifer - March 6, 2006
Better yet
MY KIDNEY IS INSIDE BOBBY CROSBY!monkeyball - March 6, 2006
Bobby eats monkeys?
I don't even think that's legal.ArakSOT - March 6, 2006
Monkey...
it's the other <censored> meat.Jennifer - March 6, 2006
do you mean ...
... this?monkeyball - March 6, 2006
not exactly.
Jennifer - March 6, 2006
If it will cause a problem,
then I won't use it. Don't want you to get in any trouble because of this. ;)AsGirl - March 6, 2006
What about me?
I feel so left out.HigherPie - March 6, 2006
Awww
Thank you so much! You rock!:-D
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
I'm sorry...
Yes, on MLB Gameday Audio, you choose the feed you want.I was talking about XM radio where they broadcast the home team's feed.
HigherPie - March 6, 2006
MLB.com gameday audio
Yes on gameday audio, you get to choose which feed you listen to. 3-0 Cubs, Ginter made an error at 3rd.Eggman - March 6, 2006
Who was it?
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
it wasn't me
but I don't know who it was....gigglingone - March 6, 2006
swisher
swisher booted a grounder to 1b by pierre. walked launced one to right.kotsay runs in to snag a liner by ramirez. sounds like they're squaring up haren's offerings quite well. no worries though, this is what st is for, to reaffirm that big leaguers really can hit the shit out of pitches right down the middle :)
Backspin - March 6, 2006
Swisher made the error
Todd Walker then proceeded to hit a two-run bomb.Tyler Bleszinski - March 6, 2006
MLB Scoreboard is slooooow
What's going on? O you lucky ones with radio, who made the error?Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Never mind
GRRR.... I hate giving up runs in the first. Even in spring training.I hope this is only the desert air messing with Haren.
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Actually, were pretty fortunate
Very few teams are offering ST coverageArakSOT - March 6, 2006
I thought MLB audio was free
during spring training?Tyler Bleszinski - March 6, 2006
it was last year.
Schinto - March 6, 2006
It is?
Wow. I feel like I've been living in a cave.AsGirl - March 6, 2006
Do we have to buy MLB audio for the entire year?
God! This flippin' sucks!OaktownRajah - March 6, 2006
It's $15!
It's really a hell of a deal. That's like $2 a month.HigherPie - March 6, 2006
MLB TV is monthly and WBC is for one month
How come we can't just get the spring training games for $2?OaktownRajah - March 6, 2006
Cause...
Then they'd only get $2 from you. :-)I see your point, but really, you get access to more than 2000 games for less than the price of a couple movie tickets.
I do wish MLB.tv was a little cheaper, but I can't complain much about the audio package.
HigherPie - March 6, 2006
Ok you convinced me
I bought it. LOL, I couldn't resist.OaktownRajah - March 6, 2006
Yes!
Somebody at MLB should take notice and give me a job. :-)HigherPie - March 6, 2006
I wonder if Haren's splitter is working
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
I'm amazed
at the level of angst over a spring training game in the first week of competition.My view about all these games until the final week or so is that if no one got hurt, it was a success.
As for the pitchers-- remember that they really aren't worrying about getting people out. They're stretching out their arms-- gradually introducing all their pitches-- not fretting much about location.
so really, folks-- nothing to worry about so long as they are healthy. When Crosby plays SS for the first time; Thomas is in the lineup; and Harden throws from the mound-- all will be right in the world even if the Padres win 12-4.
oaktoon - March 6, 2006
Oaktoon introduces a note of rationality
to AN doom-and-glooming.... the sky is falling! The sky is falling!;)
No seriously, thanks for the dose of perspective. :)
Now, back to your regularly scheduled worrying....
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
i am utterly calm about this season
and will be for a long, long time, I suspectoaktoon - March 6, 2006
Did you say WORRYING?
I was born to worry. :-/AsGirl - March 6, 2006
<dips swab in empty Robitussin bottle>
Amen, brother 'toon.monkeyball - March 6, 2006
By the Way
The more I read about Kendrick, Wood, Morales, Weaver and mathis...the more I worry about next year, when the Halos may be flat loaded offensively.
oaktoon - March 6, 2006
I'm not concerned about Weaver ...
but the rest are pretty studly ...The real test is how efficiently they use all of that talent. Between Wood, Aybar and Kendrick plus McPherson, Cabrera and Kennedy the Halos have a hell of a lot of talent with only 3 positions to put them in. With Morales and Kotchman looking like the future at 1b/DH there is little chance that the performance of those six can match their talent. Outside of Santana, Lackey and Guerrero, there is little that the Angels can point to on their current team that will be valuable in 2007 and beyond besides those guys. While the Angels are certainly in a position of strength, how good their teams actually will be is mostly dependent on how much on the field value they can get from all that 2b/ss/3b talent.
While their top prospects look very strong, ask the Rangers how far a great infield will take you with a sub-par rotation and limited outfield talent.
devo - March 6, 2006
Who is fretting?
I'm not. I pay attention to these games mostly to see how some of the younger kids do.It is surprising to see the number of errors the A's already have, but I guess that is to be expected in ST. I guess I've gotten used to this team being so good defensively.
Tyler Bleszinski - March 6, 2006
What's going on?
Is the inning over yet?Chavinator - March 6, 2006
There's a game on?
Jennifer - March 6, 2006
Swisher's hitting leadoff?
That's a new one.jeepers - March 6, 2006
Kotsay is leading off
Tyler Bleszinski - March 6, 2006
a's ab
kotsay - singleswisher (?) popout
perez - fc
chavez - fc
2-0 cubbies
Backspin - March 6, 2006
FC = fielder's choice?
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Yes.
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
Nope
"FC" = "Freedom Club"monkeyball - March 6, 2006
I'm being wire-tapped now
I can just feel them watching me now that i clicked on that link, thanks a bunch. Hopefully they have A's radio coverage in Guantanimo Bay, no? Darn.WWBBD - March 6, 2006
Rule #1
There's no talking about Freedom Club. Wait that's not right...vignette17 - March 6, 2006
haren top 2nd
3 pitch kdouble
passed ball, runner to 3rd, 1 out.
popup, to 3rd, ginter misses it, 3-0.
man, we're playing bad so far.
baun says "play should have been made, no question, same with swisher error."
Backspin - March 6, 2006
Spring or No
Errors suck.Mission1929 - March 6, 2006
Wow
Without the horrible defense, Haren doesn't give up any runs... except for the Walker HR, I guess. How many runs are unearned? All of them? Some of them?Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Oh, come ON ...
... worrying about the outcomes of ST games is silly; hanging on pxp during same is even sillier; worrying about computed ERAs during same is preposterous.monkeyball - March 6, 2006
Hey, hey
I was just curious, that's all. :) I have every confidence our leaky defense will be fixed by Opening Day.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Oh, I know :)
I just can't reach the little bit of Robitussin at the bottom of my bottle, and it's making me cranky.monkeyball - March 6, 2006
Try a Q-tip next time.
Signed,Not-the-voice-of-experience
McFood - March 6, 2006
on the Q-T
... and very hush-hush ...monkeyball - March 6, 2006
where's General
Robert Montgomery Knight when we need him, to start yelling at these lollygagging players: "Hey Ginter, where's your glove? Did you forget your glove? You were circling like a overweight woman on the dance floor?"oaktoon - March 6, 2006
And haven't we learned by now
that Ginter is the Master of Disaster?Chavinator - March 6, 2006
New sign...
"Fear MeGin-terMcFood - March 6, 2006
From the little information
MLB scoreboard consents to give me, it appears that the Cubbies is seein' da ball goot.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Bradley...
Gets hit on the hand.HigherPie - March 6, 2006
omg
is he okay???gotgreen - March 6, 2006
seems to be
he's on first.big red at the dish
Backspin - March 6, 2006
Goes to first...
Doesn't appear to be a big deal.HigherPie - March 6, 2006
Catcher's Interference
Bradley didn't get hit by the ball, it was catcher's interferenceEggman - March 6, 2006
Buan got it wrong...
Bradley wasn't hit. It was a catcher's interference (must have gotten in the way of Bradley's swing).HigherPie - March 6, 2006
Another reason why Buan shouldn't
be doing pxp.AsGirl - March 6, 2006
(hypothetical?) question
Are the no-body-armor rules relaxed/ignored during ST?If they're not, I for one sure as heck think they should -- and that every player making more than league-minimum ought to Kevlar up for ST ABs.
monkeyball - March 6, 2006
I agree
Armor up like Paula Abduleasyraider - March 6, 2006
Actually, it's an improvement
for Haren, who gave up five runs last time. The defense didn't help last time nor this time either.Tyler Bleszinski - March 6, 2006
Did they yank Danny?
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
BTW Bradley didn't get hit
It was catcher's interference.oblique - March 6, 2006
Most of the errors this season, have been
by players who won't be in Oakland if I recall correctly, Pennington, Herrera, Barton, ROuse, now Ginter. Swish is the only regulartheblackpearl - March 6, 2006
Dream Weaver
is getting lit up by the Giants right now. Already allowed 2hr.bossdsmyth - March 6, 2006
Hehehe
I've always thought he's overrated. The LAAAAAAA are welcome to him.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
agreed
I have a suspicion that signing is going to bite them in the ass.monkeyball - March 6, 2006
Dream Weaver
has currently allowed 6 runs to the Gnats.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Ginter HBP
OaktownRajah - March 6, 2006
Haren
Buan - "A's bullpen is quiet" so Haren will be back for another inning or so.Eggman - March 6, 2006
which hopefully
the A's can get through with no more errors.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
A. Mel...
draws a walk. Bases loaded.HigherPie - March 6, 2006
Melheuse Walks, Bags Packed
OaktownRajah - March 6, 2006
ginter drilled
keilty hit into another fc.ginter now drilled.
1st and 2nd, 1 down.
melhuse up:
fastball,strike 1.
high, ball 1.
swing and miss, 1-2. (out in front of offspeed pitch).
just low 2-2.
foul. 2-2
ball away 3-2.
foul 3-2.
inside ball 4. nice ab by melhuse. sacks packed.
Backspin - March 6, 2006
Let's go A's!
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
beady (sp)
k's looking on a nice curve. lets go kotsay.Backspin - March 6, 2006
KOT-SAY *clap clap* KOT-SAY
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
kotsay
lines out fairly hard to left center.once again a's get lots of base runners but can't drive the home. 3-0 cubs.
Backspin - March 6, 2006
beattie
Andrew Beattie, is who you meantheblackpearl - March 6, 2006
beattie
correct. never heard of him. whats his story?Backspin - March 6, 2006
He will be at AAA, and from what I heard, as a
hitter, he can sure play defense.theblackpearl - March 6, 2006
Couple hits the other day against S. Africa
easyraider - March 6, 2006
The A's leave the bases loaded...
Still 3-0 Cubbies.AsGirl - March 6, 2006
Kots flies out
OaktownRajah - March 6, 2006
C'mon Danny
Let's see you do an inning without the added, uh, interest of the defense.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
top 3
haha walker we got you (grounds out to 1b) 1 downBackspin - March 6, 2006
next guy
hits rope to center. 1 on 1 down.Backspin - March 6, 2006
Thanks for the pxp!
(I don't CARE if I'm swabbin' away at the Robitussin bottle). ;)Chavinator - March 6, 2006
ahoy, swabbie!
monkeyball - March 6, 2006
*sings*
Swab, swab, swab the decks, swab me hearties swab.... it's a massive deck but what the heck it's part of a sailor's job....Chavinator - March 6, 2006
2 down
missed how it happenedBackspin - March 6, 2006
doh
jacque jones rips rbi 2b. 4-0 cubs.Backspin - March 6, 2006
Yikes
The Cubs sure like HarenChavinator - March 6, 2006
yep
i think going back to when he was a card he has like a 10+ era vs the cubs. good thing we won't be seeing them in games that count anytime soon.Backspin - March 6, 2006
4-0 Cubs
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
lunch time
go a's, lets take it to these cubbies. i want to see some runs when i get back with my sandwich.Backspin - March 6, 2006
Chavvy
Chavez hit a shot foul about 400 feetEggman - March 6, 2006
Is Buan going to do the entire game?
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
Kielty draws a walk
Bases loaded. 2 outs. Ginter up.AsGirl - March 6, 2006
This could be a (pre)season
changing at bat, hold your breath!WWBBD - March 6, 2006
With Ginter?
Naaaaaaaaaah.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
<Chavinator changes her name to
gInTeRh8R.;)
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
Hey, I should put that in my sig
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Negitive Nancy Alert!
Terror alert level blueish-purpleWWBBD - March 6, 2006
Uh....?
:DChavinator - March 6, 2006
I dont know
But I love the new sigWWBBD - March 6, 2006
Thanks ;)
I like changing it.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Although...
tHe UsE oF cApS aNnOyS mEWWBBD - March 6, 2006
tHe CaPs ArE fUn!
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
Ok then,
For fun I'll write my next essay for school in alternating caps, I'll let you know how much fun my prof has with her red pen.WWBBD - March 6, 2006
It's a way of parodying
doom-and-gloomersChavinator - March 6, 2006
dOoM aNd GlOoMeRs?
...Ok...WWBBD - March 6, 2006
He walked!
Go Ginty! Ewww, thats a terrible nicknameWWBBD - March 6, 2006
Ginter walks.
4-1 A's.Melhuse up.
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
4-1 Cubbies, you mean
but glad to hear that we scored :DChavinator - March 6, 2006
Yeah, 4-1 *CUBS*
Was that a Freudian slip?AsGirl - March 6, 2006
What's Milhouse up to?
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Josh!
ArakSOT - March 6, 2006
Eh?
HigherPie - March 6, 2006
I'm guessing...
We traded Kendall for Josh Willingham?HigherPie - March 6, 2006
Josh Suchon is chatting with Baun...
ArakSOT - March 6, 2006
Oh.
Too bad. I was excited about Willingham.HigherPie - March 6, 2006
gmday audio
Hey Araksot so to refer back to a much earlier comment. Does 3rd login "no go" mean not being able to login? or login/pw being banned?iggystooge - March 6, 2006
Merely rejects the third attempt. No banning.
ArakSOT - March 6, 2006
thanks
my little bro's a starving college student in LA and was wondering if I should supply some A's baseball to distract him from his studies..iggystooge - March 6, 2006
baN'd!
<krAzeE MLB AuDiO AcTiOn>Jennifer - March 6, 2006
Hey, look
The-Reliever-No-Longer-Known-As-Jairo-Garcia is in the game.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Josh Suchon (sp?)
from the Oakland Tribune is on. He says Frank Thomas took BP in a cage (Monkeyball's cage?!) today for the first time.AsGirl - March 6, 2006
If FT is in monkeyball's cage then...
...monkeyball must be - OH MY GOD!salb918 - March 6, 2006
Bwahahahaha!!!
<scampers across infield>monkeyball - March 6, 2006
Lock the doors!
Hide the cough syrup!!!Mission1929 - March 6, 2006
BBBBZZZZZZZTTTTTT
GET BACK HERE!Jennifer - March 6, 2006
<Frank Thomas cringes in pain>
I suppose I didn't have to attach the electrodes to his ankle -- but it was his only body part they would comfortably secure to.monkeyball - March 6, 2006
<loads surplus kalishnakov>
salb918 - March 6, 2006
<loads tranquilizer gun>
<hits sal>Oops.
<thud>
Jennifer - March 6, 2006
I'm okay, really.
Tranquilizers have no effect on me. Betadine, on the other hand.salb918 - March 6, 2006
I took BM in a cage ...
... but the cage wasn't mine ...monkeyball - March 6, 2006
Was it Weaver
that gave up the 2 extra runs to the Giants?Chavinator - March 6, 2006
dream weaver-
yes, i believe he was responsible for both runs.Backspin - March 6, 2006
Hoorah
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Good God!
Rich is only 5% body fat!!!<thud>
BobbyCrosbysGirl - March 6, 2006
Hawt!
WWBBD - March 6, 2006
but what % is his body grit?
monkeyball - March 6, 2006
Intangible, of course
Chavinator - March 6, 2006
110%?
WWBBD - March 6, 2006
If he's 110% grit
and 5% fat ... what is he -15% of?devo - March 6, 2006
maple syrup
batgirl - March 6, 2006
mounties
monkeyball - March 6, 2006
Degrassi Jr. High
batgirl - March 6, 2006
Brokeback Bacon?
McFood - March 6, 2006
you mean ...
... this?monkeyball - March 6, 2006
So, remember the game?
The A's? Danny Haren, shaggy dark-haired guy, reliever with changing name, A's defense looking like Barnum and Bailey? Opposing team in red and blue with bear logo.... anyone heard anything about what's going on with them?Chavinator - March 6, 2006
game
still 4-1 i believe. a's coming up. new pitcher and catcher for the cubs.Backspin - March 6, 2006
My poor Boy!
He has Pink Eye! ='(BobbyCrosbysGirl - March 6, 2006
....Always something wrong with him, huh?
But I thought he just got over that?Chavinator - March 6, 2006
<subject>
Isn't that highly contagious? Why is he around other people?And maybe we shouldn't have been joking about Bobby needing a kidney.
Jennifer - March 6, 2006
I think you can give pink eye
to other people if they touch something that you did....the last thing we need is for Bobby to fell the entire clubhouse with it, although it'd be a new record if he did.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
The A's should just shoot
Bobby and get it over with. Like a horse with a broken leg.Jennifer - March 6, 2006
LOL....
although I suspect BCG may shoot you.Chavinator - March 6, 2006
We should have
Anna Benson shoot Bobby. She's great with weapons.Here Bobby, Bobby!
<BOOM!>
Jennifer - March 6, 2006
Can we shoot
Anna Benson after that?Chavinator - March 6, 2006
Anna Benson and I...
should have a shootout.Jennifer - March 6, 2006
<thud>
monkeyball - March 6, 2006
I fully expect to read Sliusser tomorrow ...
... reporting that Bobby has a brain cloud ...monkeyball - March 6, 2006
I will totally
Jump into a volcano with him!BobbyCrosbysGirl - March 6, 2006
your sister's a flibbertigibbet!
monkeyball - March 6, 2006
What?
Did Bobby print out some sort of checklist from WebMD and is now having everything wrong with him possible?...Hopefully he didn't put syphilis on the list...
Kyli - March 6, 2006
Pink Eye?
Has someone been using Worcestershire Sauce as embalming fluid again?iggystooge - March 6, 2006
Don't Make this Mistake
Coroner 2: Puts Worcestershire sauce on a hot dogCoroner 1: "Marty, do you have to put that stuff on everything?"
Coroner 2: "I don't know....it just makes everything taste so........so English."
Coroner1: "You know, I think death is least funny when it happens to a child."
iggystooge - March 6, 2006
oh man, I had the wierdest dream last night
I was out in the middle of this field, with this huge satalite dish comming out of my ass. Then these aliens brought me onto their ship, and Scott Baio gave me pink eye!Zonis - March 6, 2006
Pretty standard dream
It can be interpreted to your childhood crush on a cousin.salb918 - March 6, 2006
Oh, you're one to talk!
http://www.athleticsnation.com/comments/2006/3/6/83724/81844/2#2monkeyball - March 6, 2006
This conversation is over, too.
See how much fun I am?salb918 - March 6, 2006
Maybe Anna Benson should shoot sal, too.
Jennifer - March 6, 2006
<dips Sal in Betadine and Robitussin>
monkeyball - March 6, 2006
I had a dream a few nights ago...
Macha and Howe were our managers!<GASP>
AsGirl - March 6, 2006
This fine Gameday Audio
Is it just my connection or is there a half-second of dead air in between every phrase of Buan's? It's like he's pressing the COUGH button all the time.Now bottom of the sixth, still Cubs 4 A's 1 for the non-MLB-audio'd.
Englishmajor - March 6, 2006
congratulations
MLBAM found another sucker.salb918 - March 6, 2006
It's not you.
The gaps I think are supposed to be charming, I don't know if its some kind of noise gate built into the windows media audio codec or what. The upside is that sometimes it kicks in for the entire time during the between innings commercials. However, I don't think that today is one of those times.iggystooge - March 6, 2006
Truly.
Internet audio has obliterated most of the progress made in radio quality since about 1928 -- returned us to the days of crowding around the set listening on headphones -- and we're paying for it!Englishmajor - March 6, 2006
Commercials
What's interesting about having to pay to listen to radio that contains commercials, and this is similar to the same arguments about 30 years ago for cable TV, is that by listening to it when your not in their radio range you're giving them an argument to raise their advertising prices by having proof beyond Nielsen ratings of an expanded audience beyond their local region. So essentially they get people to pay them so that they have a justification to charge more money for ads. I don't know if they actually tally in the internet audience when calculating ad rates, but if they do, it's deviously brilliant along the lines of Tom Sawyer charging kids to paint a fence for him.iggystooge - March 6, 2006
What inning is it?
I just got here.Athletica - March 6, 2006
7th inning Stretch!
BobbyCrosbysGirl - March 6, 2006
bottom 7th
iggystooge - March 6, 2006
Thanks
Athletica - March 6, 2006
7th Inning Stretch
I just heard "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and it's 8-1 CubsEggman - March 6, 2006
wow
guess I should have stayed away. ;)Athletica - March 6, 2006
8-1 Cubbies
iggystooge - March 6, 2006
McClain
Perhaps our new clean-up hitter, McClain just went yard.Eggman - March 6, 2006
is the game still going??
i just got here and the news doesn't look good... :-/rungood - March 6, 2006
damn, it's over
and wow, that was painful...rungood - March 6, 2006
At least it doesn't count!
And now's the time to be rusty and get it out of their systems. I'm bummed that I already paid the hundred bucks for the all access and no A's games are on MLBTV. Just the Stankees. Guess I'll have to just wait for 4/3! Anybody going up to Seattle for opening weekend? Go A's!A'sfansince1970 - March 6, 2006
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