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Open Thread: Game 153 - A's vs. Angels (cont.)

4-4...on to the 11th in a game you will always remember.

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Still scared.
Can sleep, Klowns will eat me.
Can't type,
Apostrophes will eat me.
thank you
Frank Thomas up third next inning... picture perfect finish?!?!? il take IT!
Better keep them from scoring first.....
a 2nd inning for Calero?
Kotsay walk off
Its been all this time
and I still don't know this ump's zone.
This is going to
drive me to drinking!
it hasnt already?
youre very disciplined.
Ugghh
The madness, I can't take it. C'mon A's!
Hi Ho, BruceBochte here!
2 innings for Calero=Trouble
Agreed.
He is obviously not a 2-inning guy.  Kennedy?
I hate Garrett Anderson
What happened to Streetie?
Did he choke one?  Macha workign him too much again?
carpal tunnel
setting in soon.  Let's end this in the 11th.
send up Halsey
Calero's not going to get it done here.
If Kendrick doesn't GIDP
I will be very pissed off.
boooo
I don't like GA.
Wow only 22 pitches for Shields
in 2.1 inn!
the slider is not breaking...
c'mon Macha, get off you behind.
not halsey
halsey would be a nightmare. A's still gotta worry about tomorrow. No need to be desperate yet.
is ANYONE up in the pen?
Where are you, Mr. President?
Is Kennedy available?
or Gaudin?  Or not Sauerbeck?  Yabu with some cheese?
Gaudin? No.
unavailable
or you don't want to see Go-Dan?
this is stressing me out....
I have no liquor, so I grabbed the next best thing....

I didn't even get a spoon....

Yummmm
that is a good idea....<runs to refrig>
If
The A's win i'm celebrating with my bud Jack Daniels  , if we lost i'm crying with my bud Jack Daniels
I have wine...
....in the other room.  And I don't want to leave the radio even for a split second.  Cmon Calero!
Vodka of the Gods...
from Trader Joe's
What's up with all the Calero hating?
Best option here no doubt.
Agreed.
Kiko will get fat Molino to hit into a DP.
Kiko Calero
is yet another example of how the A's keep winning...
keep up the clutch pitching performance
is Molina
a double play candidate?
Kiko is pitching fine...
we need to save our bullpen
Molinio
Perfect DP material...
here comes a gidp,
right?

WHO THE HELL IS WITH ME?

i'd say
it's about even money
ok, I'm back
c'mon KiKoKa
DP
Kiko is hanging some
Whenever they throw to 1st
the sound changes and its kinda dissorienting.
LETS GO OAKLAND!!!
clap clap clapclapclap
Lets Go Heart Attack
Thump Thump - Thump Thump Thump!
Harold, what kind of doctor are you?
Manic Depressive
doctor??
I know what's coming
Aren't you an M.D.?
Medical doctor.

Or are you from Maryland?

you're gonna laugh
MD = (M)ejia (D)iaz, my last names.

Maybe I'll live in Maryland

He stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
LOL
even though I've never said I am a doctor, but you can call me that way.
Wahh wahh
when I left it was 4-3 A's.... I KNEW I shouldn't have agreed to enter the company of a Giants fan! CURSES.
don't ever do THAT again
2 outs
Heart Attack Still Imminent!
LET'S GO A'S!!!
LET'S GO A'S!!!
I hope Blanton eats up some innings tomorrow.
yikes
yeah...
I hope he eats innings like he drinks vodka!
I just wanna win tonight
no thinking about tomorrow yet
that's not all he'll eat.
I hope he eats Vlad!
I'm about to say something really weird...
I hate panties
Me Too
Unless they are in my mouth!!!!!!
I LOVE PANTIES
1 mo', KIKO
Ken and Vince think
K-Rod is coming in regardless if the Angels lead or not.  Shields has only thrown 22, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him if still tied.
still don't understand the ump zone
What, you think the ump does?
that didn't miss...
what the hell
My cat
is upstairs running around and meowing and going crazy. I feel like doing the same thing.
Catnip does the body good
Kiko is klutch...
2-3-4 batters...
if there are two outs and no one on...I walk FT with Perez on deck (who will make them pay!)

Anyone else feel the perez walk off?

Choke Figgins
lives up to his name again.

Captain Choker...

Are we in the end of the inning?
Go A's
kikokikokikokiko
Kotsay double, bradley gets him to 3rd, thomas GW sac fly

BOOK IT!

IBB
Thomas would be walked in that situation. No Sac fly for the Big Hurt this inning.
The Bloggith has started up again
I think it went on a minute break.
<kicks AN server>
Hey, Ice Cream! Ice Cream heeere...
C'mon let's end this f'n game right here!!!
Goggles in the game
Where's Kielty?
Oh thank god
Come on A's!!! Just one Run
NOTE TO A's!!!
DONT SWING AT SLIDERS IN THE DIRT!!!

PLEASE!!!!!!

saint and duke want this
LF is raucous.

LETS DO THIS!

Just a bit high
pay the bill Blez
post-eatin son-of-a-bitch

sulk off comin'?

Pssst - what for the slider
K-Rod now
Halsey heating for the 12th
Question
Why is Saint wearing sunglasses?
Our future is so bright he has to wear shades
obscure band name
TIMBUK3
cmon kots
be brilliant
why does K-Rod get that call?
I want to see a walk off homerun..
by anyone in a white uniform
Halsey up in the pen
Let's hope it doesn't come down to that! C'mon Kots!!
LETS GO OAKLAND!!!
CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP!!!

LETS GO OAKLAND!!!!!!!!!!

CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP!!!

Please guys...
It's 1 in the morning! Lets WIN THIS GAME!
time for some freakin'
Oaktown Mojo.

Odele!

See the guy with the "Walk-off drop"
t-shirt? ha ha ha
solid AB by Kotsay
he'll bounce back
STOP SHOWING ANGELS HIGHLIGHTS
Wish Kotsay had swung at that
he'd probably be at 2nd by now!
COME ON BRADLEY!!!
YOU KNOW YOU WANT THIS!!!!
LETS GO OAKLAND!!!!!!
here comes the gamer
crossing fingers
Im so nervous. Think it will come down to Frank?
Or the fantastic Antonip Perez
Or his evil twin brother named Antonio
Any relation to
Catnip Perez?
let's see the sprint
come on MB
At least make F-Raud
throw some pitches this inning.
hah...
it makes me laugh i hear chants of "beat LA"
Just think
if they were chanting "beat LAAAAAAAAAAA"
I'm gonna call it: walk to Bradley
walk to FT, game-winning single by Perez.
3-2 COunt
HUUUUUUGE PITCH
Ball 4!
You're Out!
damnit
gamer K'ed.
mayne...
ay Bradley tossed
WHAT!
WHY DID HE THROW HIM OUT!?

PAID OFF UMP!

hmmm
Anyone else smell an embarrassing loss for Goggles here?
LOL
macha is literally CARRYING bradley away from the ump
lol
yeah i made a comment out loud about that. macha is a savage.
no bradley no chavez
NO SUSPENSION
oh bradley
not now.
WHAT?!
How the hell do you throw out Bradlet for that?!

Macha's holding back/ pushing Bradley back to the dugout.

K-Rod is a stud
and I don't like him for that.  I HATE him for other reasons.

Bradley's first major event in Oakland.

Mach held held him back.
Oh, fuck. Bradley thrown out for arguing
and throwing his bat. Macha lifts him up and hauls him off.
shit
dammit milton, don't do that.........

<but it was nice to see some energy from Macha - I thought he was asleep for a while....>

KUNG FU KEN.
No doubt...
Did you see him pick Bradley up off the ground.  The A's manager has freakish strength!
Thomas
you better hit a walk off homerun
Don't get suspended buddy...
walk away
THOMAS!
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.....!
Gameday
Had that 3rd strike a little up in the zone.
WTF????? HE WAS WALKING THE FUCK AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HATE THIS UMP!!! HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a shitty call by Blue...
but Macha could play for the Raiders though
Any of us could play for the Raiders...
...have you seen them this year?
I HATE THAT UMP
C'mon Frank.
Our best vs. their best.
As much as I loved you in the 8th
you are just looking like an idiot right now.
Milty
He got f-ed.
It was probably a ball
but the K he argued the other day, against the Indians, was worse.  As was Kendall's earlier this week, when the ball was like 6 inches outside.
Let's go
Frankie T
shit
"paralysis" fastball
wow
BOOOOOOOOOOOO!  antonio perez walk off next inning
perez out for kielty
Then...
purple monkeys will fly out of my ass.
milton bradley
your my hero! just the enegery he brings to this team! but yes,F the ump!
WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!
What a shitty offensive inning fellas
Now that was actually a strike.
My thought exactly...
...and Frank's, too.
Never fear!
We have Gintonio leading off in the 12th!
Klown power to lead off
god damn
i hate the angels.
<moan>
I think I ate too much cookie dough.....either that or this umpire is making me sick....  :(
bradley..self centered dipshit at times
OK, so now we're without
Duke, Street, Calero, Chavy, and Bradley.

Is Mike Rouse coming in? Will we sweep the Yankees in New York? Stay tuned...

Oh, and I thought the 3-2 pitch was a strike.

You're not a fan
Ump is seriously high on crack
Must have got into RevHalofans stash...
He should not have been kicked out
OKAY
PEREZ HOMERUN

EVERYBODY GET THE MOJO FLOWING.

EVERYONE CHANT IT

PE-REZ
PE-REZ!!!

If he were to hit a homerun, I would completely forgive him for his bad season.

absolutely 100%

Macha could be a power lifter.
C'mon Oakland, let's do this!
well
that was upsetting. I'm glad Bradley wants to win so bad, but I wish he would've walked away before he got thrown out. You can't win the game if you aren't playing. It was hilarious tho how he was trying to get past Macha and Macha literally had him off the ground, carrying him toward the dugout.
Ron Kulpa
I dislike you berryberry much.
Halsey in
he looks 12 years old...
my mom just said the same thing
Just hope
MB doesn't break his hand in the cluhouse.
You gotta admire Tom Petty's stamina, tho'
never changes his clothes either
Brad Halsey?
Oh dookie.
fuck... a... duck
am I the only Duck on AN?
Sheesh, I better clean up the bedroom if I'm going to have people coming over....
it's getting late
you might be able to wait until tomorrow to clean your room.
Milton Bradley = oaktoon
Can't control himself.

I just becane a little less of a fan of MB, especially if it costs us a game.

He got jobbed
And he is passionate.  I'm feeling good Milton juju right now. Would you prefer that it did not matter to him?
i'd like to think
that macha would pinch hit perez in favor of some klown power.  Seeing as Bobby has hit a walk off against K rod before.  Then just put D'Angelo in if that doesnt work out.
yup
They had Kielty in the on-deck circle when FT was up. Remember too that Melhuse (remember him?) can play third also....
thanks
i'm only following the game on here and gameday, so i wasn't privy to that info.  It's a good move.
I broke
open the bottle of jack..
A's make it interesting
At least we only used Duke for one out. I believe that will make the difference in one of these games. Crap a leadoff walk.
Halsey.....?
Oh god, I need antacids.
I need
something stronger then that.
You can have some of my funny-looking Valium.
Here we go already with Halsey
That strike 3 slider to Bradley
was exactly the pitch that was called a ball last August, leading K-Rod to complain to the ump, swipe at and miss the throw back from the mound from Molina, allowing Kendall to score from 3rd.
Incredible Coincidences!
Bradley has a girlfriend named Rodriguez; KRod has a  girlfriend named Bradley!

KRod sulked on the mound after his pitch; Gamer sulked over a Mounds® bar in the locker room after being thrown out!

The ump who called the ball in the sulk off game hid in a book depository afterwards; tonight's ump has been thinking about going to the theater all night!

GET THAT GUY OUT!!!!!!!!
wild pitch
shit
I'm not a big fan of lead off walks in general...
...and this ain't nearly even "in general."
NO confidence in Halsey.
We really needed to win it the last half-inning.

C'mon, A's..... <covers eyes>

Halsey? Sucking?
Color me surprised.

Maybe that's why Bradley went nuts, he knew who was next in.

Kiss this one off...
F__K!
Halsey...
Reminds me of Zito...except that he throws even less strikes and doesn't have Zito's curve.
FUCK BRAD HALSEY
YOU SUCK! WHY DO THE A'S HAVE HIS FUCKING SHITTY ASS
We don't need that.
Halsey's bad. We don't need HH-type outbursts.
Come on Halsey!
halsey is way wild
young's coming to chat
calm down kiddo
you are toooooooo nervous.....
calm down calm down
we can afford this if we lose. we just need the game to end, recover and come back out tomorrow and get some revenge, whether we win or lose.
Halsey 's in,
look out.
Okay,
fuck this. Sal, get your glove. We need you to pitch.
why not Kennedy??
why not?
Yank Halsey NOW!
Halsey almost threw another one away...
WTF are you doing?
You have to
go back to Duke being pulled after a short 8th inning appearance.
Kennedy, Witasick, or Gaudin not available?
Yes. you heard me.  Witasick.
The one that got away?
How to give a game away? HALSEY
No worries guys!
The almighty Scott Sauerbeck is warming up.
Angels are pests
no doubt about it.
wonderful
so halsey is struggling, they get sauerbeck up.  ok.
eyes getting heavy on a turning stomach
losing sleep watching this via the internet and it's not looking good.

lost a's fan in minnesota

fucking sauerbeck
what a clown. put the clown in there to pitch.
Huck Fasley
Got lucky on that pickup!
HALSEY with Sauer to back
there goes macha again
Halsey brings in the
gas can and a few Zippos...
Hey enough
with the FUCK THIS and FUCK THAT. Why are you people going so insane with a seven game lead.

Jesus, calm down.

I was thinking the same thing.
They're the ones who need to win every game the rest of the season to have a HOPE of the playoffs.

and see?! we get a DP and get out of it.

Don't you really mean...
Christ, what an asshole?
Wonder if the Angels can pull the A's offense...
and not score the runner from 2nd with 0 out.

Nevermind they at least attempt to move the runner over and are successful

1st and 3rd
infield in right?
or play for DP
a little thing called
corners in, 2 up the middle.
This is an embarrassing thread
I'm gone.
Halsey has no control at all
Juan more double play from you kid
Vlad up
Halsey wild and Saurbeck warming up?

Did someon kidnap Windsor? He'd be a better option than Saurbeck.

Need to get OCab here.
Walk Vlad.

Rivera first pitch DP.  He's been doing it all september.

WOW
that was almost a good pitch, maybe i should keep insulting him
rut roh
welcome to this hour's point of interest (if you're into rediculousness)
I LOVE HALSEY
lol
hate, now wait, love!
well
gidp.  ok.
HAHAHAHAHA
Game is indeed, over.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow.
What a game.
Rivera!
NEVER FAILS.  MVP!
Rivera will GIDP here.
Its as good as guaranteed.
Nice Call
Go play the lottery!
BTW: I called it earlier
see above.
<gurgle, gurgle>
when's breakfast?
side pork, hash browns?
Come back RLangford!
Double play
bring on
some KLOWN power.
EXACTLY!!!!
HELL YEAH!!!

ana a middle finger to all the Halsey haters...he's wearing an A's uniform DAMNIT!!!

I'm a Halsey fan
Comeon kid... be a hero!!
come on offense
scrap together one...just one.
Whew
No Sauerbeck ... yet
We need to set up playoff rotation
Nevermind!
keep the faith peeps
Here we go now.  Come on now.  Get ready for a CEL-E-BRA-TION!
HOLY FREAKING CHRIST!
I HAVE SEEN A VISION OF FRANK THOMAS IN MY POTATO CHIPS, MY CHILDREN.

Now is the time to RISE WITH THE DOUBLE PLAY AND BRING THE DOOM! Brad Halsey was the harbringer of terror, it is time to be free! FREE!

TIME TO END THIS MOTHERF'ING GAME IN THIS MOTHERF'ING PARK!

Wow, Kyli.
Wow. You are amazing.
Let's go A's
WOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!
FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST
LET US WIN THIS GAME. NOW. RIGHT. DAMN. NOW.
Mortal Kombat Say:
FINISH HIM!!!!!!!!!!
Halsey's the best!
Can you say clutch!  Perfect guy to have in their!  Great managing by Macha these last few innings!
Breath dammit, breath!
Get some oxygen to your brain.
see?
It's OK. We can still win today!
shaken not stirred
and other books on faith.  
that call on the slider is awful.
so do we pinch hit w/ milhouse
and put jimenez at 3rd?
Have saint and duke lost their voices yet?
there's an old highlight
they should be playing right now
When the A's win the division
we need to chip in for a nice christmas card for our mvp: Juan Rivera!
KLOWN POWER
OMG OMG
2B for Kielty!
BOOBY WITH A DOUBLE!
Let's Go Bobby
Atta Boy!
hot damn!
Go Kielty!!!
Bobby!!!!!!
KLOOOOOOOWWWWWN POWER
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
YES!!!!!!!
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lead off double!!!!
KLOWN POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate this game
for keeping me up.  But I LOVE this thread.  Can't see the game but am on the edge of my seat in new york.  GO A's!!!!!
13th
Do we really want to go through this again in the top of the 13th or should we just win it now?
KIELTY!!!!!!!!
ALL BOW TO THE POWER OF THE KLOWN!
If only...
this game were in LA
bunt JayPay
bunt.
what a KLOWN!
I KNEW he would come up big tonight.
Hate to be too PC
but to some of us, Jesus, and Christ, are far more offensive in this context than F***
I agree
but still need to clean up my other type of language- "F" a duck.
Yeah, you're being way too PC
Or better:

Christ, was that PC.

OH NICE
I SAID BRING IN THE CLOWN!
Yeah Kielty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
leadoff double, huh?
oh well...we can get 'em next inning
Redemption time, JayPay.
now what?
Bunt??

Pinch hit for a real bunter?

good gawd, my mlbtv
just showed the top of the 8th.
HAHAHAHA
Kotsay looks like hes in a pee wee league. Good hit Kielty!
i fuckin called for some klown power
and bobby went all man in black with a, "as you wish."
FUCK YOU MLB.TV!!!!!!!!!!!
Does Jay Know How
to lay it down?
He should
He played in the NL all those years.
You gotta bunt now
I know, runner on 3rd with one out has been a bugaboo but it's the smart play.
MLB.tv is out!!!
wtf!!!
radio still works though.
ok, now bunt and SF
please!!!!
be careful with the bunt
be vewy vewy careful.

don't sacrifice the clown.

LOL
I find it really funny that a google image search for "klown power" brought up this:

nice.
Kielty at third!
shit
mlb.tv is gona now
don't bunt
swing away
Yes, Jaypay!
possible redemption??
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK
as good as a bunt!! good job JAYPAY!!!

all we gotta do is hit it to the outfield!!
LETS GO OAKLAND!!!!!!!

Don't Have Too!
90 feet away MFs!
Why the hell
am I paying fopr mlb.tv when it goes out right now!!!!
best 4-3 out of ... at least of the day
uh...6th infielder
odd
Oh snap.
Swishertime!
Suicide squeeze???
YEAHHHH
COMEON SWISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
all sliders to swisher
i bet they don't throw him a fastball

be careful, you big-headed, showboating dork!

son of a gun....mlbtv is now
on the bottom of the 8th again!
quick question
was Kielty's double down the line?  Where?
in Vlad's corner in RF
RF line
It wasn't a liner past first; it was a flyball that landed near the warning track in the corner ... if not the warning track near the dirt near foul territory.
First pitch swinging..
come on Nick
I sure would love us to beat
f*cking ass K-rod right now
be in control Swish
we don't need a HR
would you..
A) Squeeze Bunt or B) SWING THE HELL AWAY!!!
If Swish comes through
I think some of us owe him an apology.  If not... the hatred will stand for another evening.

Hit another homer, Swisherbee.

Time to do the spanky Frankie, Swish!
Great....my mlb.tv blacked out for...
...the first three batters of that inning.

Given what I had been seeing on mlb.tv, that might have been a good thing!

wouldn't they walk him here?
just
just pop that thing into shallow outfield... come on guys
Marco to get another
game winner
IBB to swish
scoot's up
IBB to Porn.
BOOOOO!
They might regret this...
are we lost?
We need somebody batting who knows the way.
SCUTARO!!!
COME ON SCUTARO!!!

The stars are lined up just right....

Oh I Love This Game!
DROP THE BALL
Come on K-Rod miss the throwback from the catcher again!!!
LETS GO SCOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!
MARCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
How dare ye!
kielty's double
was down the right field line
First pitch swinging..?
I think it will work
HAHA
Scoiscia would rather pitch to Marco?!
oh yeah, the IBB..
duh
i was all excited there. god damn marco. come on, man! let's do it.
Someone DID tell them
that it's Marco Freaking Scutaro next, right?
K-Fraud?
Or dor-K

He's going to choke again, like Figgins and rivera.

Is the "Intent Ball" designation...
...on Gameday new?
did the Klown bat left or right
lefty
Anybody rather have Crosby up
in this situation?
no
id take graham koonce.
scoot will win this game
This is what they play for...
C'MON BABY!
haha
scutaro, another game winning situation
Why I love Baseball
reason #7234: Tonight's game is AWESOME.
gosh..
0-2 count
Get it up Scooty!
Come on Scoot
live up to the hype.
holy jee weez!
i just got the chills! haha i love that feeling!
an 0-2 pitch double steal...
another reason why I'm no manager in MLB
almost
d'oh!
foul by 2 feet!
This guy is going for the K.
Oh Shit. Almost!
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
i'm so nervous!!!!!!!!!
OH MAN!
SO CLOSE!!!!
I hate MLB.TV with a passion
I <3 Mark Kotsay
AND I LOVE MARCO SCUTARO!!1
HFAS!!!!!
HOOOLLLYFUUUCKINGAAAASSSSSSHIIIIIIIT!!!!!

F*UCK YOU, K-ROD, YOU MORON!!

They're not kidding when they call this...
...a game of inches!
YES!
A'S WIN!!
SCOOT WINS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OF COURSE!!!
HE WAS DUE
MARCO FREAKING SCUTARO!
YEAHHH!!!!!!
SCCUTARO!!!!!!!!!! WINS IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!
Yea Mother Fuckers!
YEAH FUCKIN YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
MARCO FREAKIN SCUTARO.
WOOOOO!!!!!
MARCOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE A'S WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scooter Libby!
TWO!
CLUTCH
VMC =
Venezualan, Most Clutch!
Magic #: 2
YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh myyyyyyyyyyy
he is CLUTCH**&&WT
can i get the
rundown on the last play?
pretty simple
The Halos had pulled their CFer (Figgens) into the infield, and Scoot hit a routine fly into an empty outfield.
Well, that was exciting.
Night!
FUCKING MARCOOOO!!!!
VMC VMC VMC VMC VMC VMC
WE WIN?!
what happened?!
Short recap
Figgins in from center to play near 2nd. 5 infielders, 3 on the left, 2 on the right. Outfielders play shallow in mid-left and right.

Marco hits it right at deep center. Even with a rocket up their ass, it was deep enough to score Kielty, so the moment that ball left Marco's bat, it was over.

you
You broke AN! Better run before Nico gets back.
How?
He's got a magical pony! I can't outrun that! Maybe if I was Marco with his 5K Fun-run ability...
From NY
It's 1:45 in N.Y but I had to stay up to watch this. I couldn't sleep.
Juan Rivera
Spanish for "A's MVP".
1:40AM
Makes staying up to 1:40AM in front of the computer worthwhile. : )

<AN server crashes with joy>

Oh yeah.
Time to pull out my old standby: I don't believe in clutch, but I do believe in Marco Scutaro.
A little late.. but worth wait
http://www.athleticsnation.com/comments/2006/9/23/02619/6560/287#287...

sorry about callin you a fraud, Marco... you know you're the man...I told BBG the other day

Halsey gets the win!
That ending was so good...
...it broke AN!
Time to visit Halos Heaven...
To see how delusional they are now.

In all seriousness, I am amazed by the childish level of discourse on that site. I'm sure they're still waiting for their 'Panthers' to beat the 'Choakland Asses'. Pathetic.

those guys conceded the division a
few weeks ago, when they started talking about football on their site.
Hey Lexdevil!
I haven't seen you posting for a while.   How have you been (aside from the 5 heart attacks tonight)?
Yeah Scoooootero! ....now who would rather have
had Crosby playing Shortstop tonight instead of Scutaro. If so, stand up and be counted but count me out. Scutaro is the clutch hitter that Crosby never became. Keep Croz on the bench & keep Scutaro playing.
anyone have a link to the AM station
that carries the postgame?  XM is done covering it.
Marco hits one to deep LF...
Outfield drawn in so it falls and Kielty scores the winning run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BBG
happy she flew in for the weekend!
LOL HAVE FUN REV! HAVE FUN
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
oh man
AN was totally broken! I love this place! and this team! and everyone here! ahhhhh GO A's!!!!!!
GNITE ALL
gnite all it's time to go out and celebrate!!
time to change that number... dos!
Something like
1700+ posts for this game.
We are so Panther
I'm so happy
Magic Marco made an appearance.  Against Goggle-boy no less!  =)
Only problem with clinching so
early is going to be that we don't get to dance on the Angels mound in Anaheim with reverend Mound dancer himself.

I want to the A's dance on Rev's mound!

Profanity
Why do some of you need to use profanity? Seriously?
what a beautiful win
compared to win, what a fuckin sweet ass win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sounds so much bettttter aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
cuz you killed bambi.
jerk.
For the definitive serious discussion...
on profanity, try http://www.athleticsnation.com/story/2004/10/18/115124/44
'Cuz I wanna be like Swisher?
yahoo!!!!!!!!
Profanity is like Salt
Yeah we have too much, but its sooo good!
Holy Toledo!
If Bradley ends up on the DL
tomorrow with a mysterious shoulder injury I'm going to be pissed.
That was one of the best games of the season
<tear>
AN Broken, A's Win!!!!
Lead.8
Magic.2

1 more win this weekend and that's all falks!!

LET'S FUCKING GO OAKLAND!!!

Breaking News: Rev concedes...
:)
Open letter to Blez
Dear Blez,
          Hello. How are you? I am fine. I hope your having a good vacation. You might to take a look at this thread & see how some people like to express themselves. They also like to insult others when they have no reason to. Whether its  booze or drugs or maybe its just who they are,  they need to lighten up. All that matters is the A's are two games closer to clinching the Western Division. Sincerely, bambikiller
Yeah, I'll swear now and then
But this thread was, at times, pointlessly angry and foul.
100% Agreement
Likewise. There's freedom of speech & there's a point when the profanity loses its effectiveness.
This is just how the game threads ARE, though.
Inherently, they're filled with tension and hardcore emotional outbursts -- both of despair and elation. Part of their very nature, I would be extremely surprised to see Blez try to change how they operate.

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