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Open Thread: Game 2 - A's vs. Red Sox (cont)

Harden's line ended with six innings, three hits, one ER, three walks, and nine strikeouts. Casilla picked up where he left off, striking out two of the four batters he faced.

A's still holding onto a 4-1 lead as we go to the bottom of the seventh.

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Douche bag?

heres the video clip for those who missed it

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v302/PauloDelMundo/?action=view¤t=MVI_0877.flv

That's pretty amazing for all the wrong reasons

well, she was having fun

Just a kid, y'all.

Quite right

We all do stupid things when we're ten. She may grow up to be an A's fan.

Is that Selig sitting back there?

looking completely confused

I wondered too

It does look like him.

Delcarmen pitching

Manny Delcarmen in for Boston

I would have been first

But I'm a team player.

A new game, a new thread

The country is itself again.

I was wondering Where in the World Delcarmen

was for last night's game.

delcarmen san diego?

Yeah, that's what I was going for

I get all bad punny when I'm overtired.

A bunch of MIT Sloan students just held up signs

Maybe you get extra credit for that, but you just looked stupid.

Vince just said

"Barehanded by Carmen"

there's a hooker joke there somewhere

So...who do y'all like

against the top of the order in the 8th?

Start with Brown

go to DiNardo for Ortiz/Manny. Tough to hit HRs off of Lenny.

Is Brown available?

they showed him warming up

Is Brown Available?

I would say Foulke because of yesterday, but I get the feeling that he might have just had the one FU inning (goy Papi and Manny)

Delcarmen could solve world hunger if he would grow wheat under his chin

COL!

Chuckle Out Loud!

I love how much was swooning there is over the most recent play.

It was nice, but not that nice.

Drop and give me 1

Why do they keep showing DiceK?

according to ESPN announcers

its because of "the world feed"

But that's just a line of bullshit right?

nope

espn and nesn were showing the exact same thing last night

Honestly

their entire broadcast/commentary has been one big running line of it

ESPN is taking the japanese feed

they're not controlling the cameras

so racist of them

Inside much?

haha see below

outside much

in tight to Barton

ahead 2 - 1 in the count

WHAAAT that was a strike?

Bullshit

Major League umpiring can be a terrible joke sometimes. Rookies get squeezed, it's a fucking disgrace to the game.

WTF? How was that a strike?!?!

You know it's a bad call

When the ESPN crew is willing to imply Boston got a gift.

Squeeze

Terrible call for strike 2

groundball to Pedrioa at 2B

2 outs

hmmm maybe go Embree for top 8th?

Because he's Dice-K.

Both strikes called to Barton

were ridiculous

No, the first one was just dickulous

And the second one was re-dickulous

the first maybe

The second just outrageous. Sandy Alderson should see it, that umpire has the honor of Mussolini.

Mike's Weenie's up

this ump likes Del Carmen

we're starting to get...

"umped" again. Look for some outrageous strike calls on our hitters from here on out.

usually you have to pay extra

to get umped

Just take your calf-length socks off first

YEA SWEENEY TODD!!!

The Demon Hitter of Coliseum Way

'Nother hit for Mike

Sweeney!

Solid contact!

Another hit for Sweeney

nice swing, this guy can still hit

Sweeney = Great Find!!

Ok, new pet peeve

GET RID OF THE TOP GRAPHIC AND THE SCROLL WHEN SHOWING A REPLAY!

whoops, a HR replay that wasn't Manny

must have been a programming error

Mike needs to jack one...

put this game away NOW!

1 - 1 count to Emil Brown

2 outs, Sweeney on 1st

Did Thorne Just...

call cancer, "The Big C"....way to be sensative

It sounds a lot better than

"the big red machine"

Seriously, I was kind of appalled!

ooops...

I mean Brown.

nice check swing (apparently)

sweeney is a bit of a "high effort runner"

that kinda scares me....

he's no John Jaha that's for sure

alright, 6 outs to go

damn. we need to add on.

popped up to Pedroia, end of inning

here we go to top 8th

we just can't add on...

very frustrating.

Like it takes a high effort to haul that ass around the bases?

pretty much

don't want him to hurt himself (again)

Lets go Bullpen!!

i thought

beane was gonna be in the booth today.

in a Red Sox game?

why would ESPN do that?

To talk about Theo

Great outing by King Richard

Can't ask for anything more than 6 ip 1 ER 3 BB 9K's

Sky's the limit for King Lionharden

Repeat after me:

I will not count on rich harden for more than 10 outings.

I will not count on rich harden for more than 10 outings.

then . . .

I am not expecting the A's to win the division

I am not expecting the A's to win the division

Oh, heck, I give up. I figure King Richard will win 25 and the Angels' pitchers will all be out for the season.

Please can we win this one

so I can face my annoying bandwagon Sox Fan Pink Hat Wearin' Co-worker

The bullpens are so weird

Makes me think of that scene in "Spinal Tap" where they never make it to the stage because they get lost. Our Bullpen will end up in the Tokyo subway trying to make it to the mound

keith foulke time

where Andrew Brown at?

Deep underground

in a secure bullpen...

He was throwing earlier

but maybe still tender in the tummy?

Keith Fuckin Foulke people

Big Papi's got sneakers now

that specialize in speed

Green monster in right field?

He hits it to straightaway center

i thought he been 8th inng guy

Lets go Foulke!!

Pedroia up against Keith Foulke

Bad Move

Hope it works out and yesterday wasn't a fluke

5 outs

let's not count down the final outs

4 outs!

you're playing with fire

Like I said yesterday, I'm an A-theist

I don't believe in baseball superstition.

I love how foulke is a former red sock

Not a former A

Gotta love it, right?

former giant

the bullpen is our strength...

right? That's what ya'll told me at the beginning of the season.

I'm startin' to believe.

What about the first two days gives you that impression?

Streets Blown Save?

hardin!

I noticed they had misspelled it

LOL

Mornin'!

Morning!

I've actually been up for a while but my Internet wasn't running. Apparently they were working on it in the middle of the night...or something.

Let's Go Oakland

Hardin?

Chadrich Hardin?

ahhh hahahaha

did anybody catch the Harden strikeout montage.

Everytime a lefty struck out, ump would wave at us

Showing those harden strikeouts!!

Killin' it!

Harden's NAME isn't even spelled right

on the graphic.

IT'S ON THE BACK OF HIS JERSEY PEOPLE.

Hardin?

Tonya Hardin?

WTF was that!??!?!!

that's the crosby we love

OH MAN!!!! Crosby...that's not a great time for an error :-(

Andrew Brown plz

Ugh. I guess that was hit hard, but I'm still calling it an E6.

basehit groundball through Crosby

"tough play" but "made it a little tougher than it needed to be" says Phillips

whoops no, Crosby gets the E

I can't watch *Covers eyes*

The plus side is...

He didn't shatter his entire skeletal structure. I guess.

I'm still not convinced that BoCro on the field is a good thing

it is

a very good thing.

Thats a harsh error call

Wondering where that missed

BSPN

Please say Ortiz is "due"

Heart attack

Korach made it sound like he hit it a mile

gos these fans are pissing me off

those fans on the radio are killing me

::WHEWWWWWWWWWW::

Flyball to RF, 2 down

Now I'm getting nervous

Wow!

Lucky Foulke!!

oh man

the suspense

Come on manny, ground out

Back to the dugout, Papi

Not yours.

is foulke

still ripping off the button off the top of his hats?

i always thought they looked like skittles

ughhh wild pitch, runner advances

Doesn't manny

have a green monster to pee in?

Oh man, I looked up from my computer and it had guys on 1st and 2nd and I almost got even MORE nervous than I already am. Thanks a lot ESPN!

Ump so slow to call that strike

We have a base open now....

so just dont give in too him Foulke!!!

Oh c'mon Foulke!

who is this Foulke guy?

where did Billy find him? He's good.

2 - 2 count to Manny

let's go Keith

I kinda get the feeling that Foulke

will not be our regular setup man, he may have just told Geren that he knew he could get Manny and Ortiz a couple of times this series. SWEET

WAHOO!

STRIKE OUT BABY!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Was AN just down??

Yep, it did it to me for a bit

yeah, for a split second

Sorry About That!

I really did not want to bounce the server during the gamethread but I had to put in an urgent quick fix!

Strike 3!!! Ata boy Foulke!!

caught looking

fastball outside corner! Thank you, Wendelstat

Thanks for that strike. Looked outside

I'd say definitely outside

WOOOOOOOO!!!! < backwards >K!!!!!

Manny gone!

FOULKE! K!

I'll take the borderline strike

I love Foulkey. Always have.

That was freaking brilliant pitching

espn wonders if Manny batted against God, how far would his HR go?

Watching Foulke is not good for my ucler

foulke you manny.

This Miller High Life commercial

reminds me of Giants fans

I'm a little bit surprised MLB allowed it

Who comes in for the save?

Street unavailable presumably?

I hope not

I feel like every other time I see him come in the save is blown...

We know you got owned, manny

but keep your damn helmet on!

I dont think street will be out there in the 9th

THAT WAS FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!!!!!!

I assume it will be Embree

Embree I'm guessing

since he pitched 2, Brown probley

Gotta give Street the Chance

to redeem himself. Its early in the year, and his arm is fresh.

fuck that song!

We'll give him a chance, just not right now

maybe!

Foulke is back to A's form

I know.... small sample size.. and age.... and injury... but maybe

Fucking Neil Diamond.

Why the hell are they playing that?!

They better fucking play "Celebration" when we win.

Even without the Red Sox context

"That's why I love pornography."

Street has great numbers against Boston

yesterday notwithstanding

OH GOD DAMMIT

They're playing Sweet Caroline again.

Foulke you manny

Fucking Neil Diamond.

Fucking home team my ass.

i heard

he wrote that song after he hit a kid.

It gets lonely at night on the road

That's why I love pornography

few people know

that Neil is fueled creatively by his intense hatred of immigants.

They even played that at Coors Field

during the World Series

Seriously?

That's fucked up

Crosby - Hannahan - Suzuki

6 - 7 - 8

That was lame.

With the Music they play in Tokyo...

you would think it was a Red Sox home game. Well that and the Japanese players!!

Crosby wanted a HR

on the first pitch.

lol

The japanese keep playing 50cent

Slingblade's little bro in to pitch.

Neil Diamond. How Foulking Gay

didn't you just get unbanned?

No, still banned

Neil Diamond was part of a banned

That really does show

what a great pitcher can do without velocity but with excellent control. Inside, outside, changing speeds. Wow.

Sound like about how I pitch

Inside, outside, without velocity.

Corey is one strange-looking brother

He reminds me of that reporter guy from Sesame Street. I don't know why... I think its his mouth.

Guy Smiley?

Guy Smiley!

YES!!

YES!!

hahaha

i win

It does look like him

lol I can't stop laughing now. I need sleep.

He's the new Obey Giant

for the buffy nerds

kinda looks like those things from the "hush" episode

The Gentlemen

Wake and Bake!!!

Puff puff pass!!

Hannahan flies out to LF Ramirez

2 down

oh wow

Embree warming up

Embree warming up!

Alan Embry is warming up in the Pen!

Come on Zook!

Is andrew brown hurt or what?

Another 2B for Zook!

I'm so glad we have Suzuki

I'd like to see Kendall do that

I wonder how many people are thread dependent

Are we just stating the obvious or is this actually informative?

For myself, it's a bit of both

I'm in NYC, a place devoid of many A's fans, hence the thread really says little but makes me feel like I'm back in the Bay, watching with friends.

I'm thread dependent since I don't have cable and the radio signal just doesn't quite reach me. It sucks too since if I drive 15 minutes south of here I can get a signal but I get nothing but static at my apartment.

Another double for Suzuki!

Zuks!

Double!

didn't I post this earlier??

Double by Suzuki!

ZOOK LOVES DOUBLES!!

Who doesn't love doubles?

im turned on

tell me more.

Zoookkss

Lookin good, better than "TEK"

Zooks could be an All Star

if he can get enough votes from Japan!!

Shouldn't be too hard since

it's his homeland right?

2 times doubles

Fiorentino gets an AB

I love Zook's swing

Hey, we should pinch hit Cust here!

not available

already pinch hit

Nico was being ironical

sorry

I realize now that must have been hard-to-recognize internet sarcasm

suzuki is going to get like 50 endorsement deals in japan

ICHIBAN!

Lipstick for men!

TEK? Forgive me its early....

No Forgive me

I vomitted in my mouth when I posted that.

Nice insurance run

awww

Murphy wants to play

looks like Chipper Jones minus 50 pounds

This pitcher's teeth are scary

That was ball one.

Time for a Fiorentinian Bomb!!

ZOOK SCORES!

FIORENTINO SAFE AT FIRST

OMG

that was really really almost close

Fiorentino!

5-1 A's!

HOLY CRAP THAT WAS FRIGHTENING!

FANFUCKINGTASTIC!!!!

Sweet!

Zook scores!

Big ears are clutch!

do we have a

nickname for jeff yet?

WOO!

5-1! Fiorentino almost Browned it up!

Love Kurt

It's been a great trip for him.

more great baserunning!

Glad they worked on that all Spring.

come on travis!!!!!

Fiorentino

kinda looks like BJ Novak (Ryan Howard from the Office)

what a bad casting decision, that guy looks nothing like ryan howard

It's great when two runners get their uniforms dirty

come on buck

break through

WHY???

do they keep showing that same Manny Homerun??

I want to see the Hanny Homerun...

not the Manny Homerun.

Buck looks

lost.

Man

Buck is seriously struggling.

It's all the honey & sunshine.

Maybe he's diabetic

Steal 2nd Fiorintino..... Vai, Vai, Vai!!!

Bravisimo!!

Why do they keep showing that damn Manny homer?

Well at least the ESPN guys acknowledged it this time.

I can't fuckin' believe BSPN played Manny's run again

right after Kurt's run

It's the Japanese feed.

They acknowledged it this time around, so it's starting to make a little more sense.

Oh, TBuck... :(

No whammies! No Whammies! No whammies

3 outs and we win!!!

Stop!!!

Big Winner!!

I know he just made the third out, but

Big Bucks!

more exciting?

the fiorentino RBI, and the near third out?

Or emil taking it to brown town?

Second sentence

frightening image

Lowell, Moss, Varitek

Ok, the fantasy baseball commercial was funny

I'm late to the party

or early, but what the heck.

LET'
S GO A'S

3 more!

Come on Embree!

Sean Casey on deck

Over/Under on the Manny HR highlight for the 9th inn

1.5

I'm too nervous to watch and follow this on here

Mighty Casey at bat

i think we're going to need...

that extra run.

please

7 minutes and we're the hell outta here, we should have swept these chumps.

absolutely...

we should be 4-0 on this Japan trip.

and, favored to win the AL West...

;-)

If Buck goes 0 for 5 every game

the A's will have a great season.

It's ok, we got the insurance run!

and they're in the wrong part of their order. Thorne is thanking the production crew. Have faith!

Thanking them for all the shots of Manny?

it would appear as such

DPDPDPDPDPDPDPDPDPDP PLEASE!!!

Have Thorne and Phillips been sucking as bad a yesterday?

No, they more or less just kind of suck today

With just a hint of swallowing

I can't watch the TV...

I'm too scared.... I'll just read the thread...

That's a good way to avoid reality

Embree's velocity looks a tic lower than yesterday

Thats cause he's clean....

That's ok - Embree doesn't rely much on his fastball

he just wants casey to have a fighting chance

I just decided that Steve Phillips isn't too bad.

But Gary Thorne really is a low-talent windbag.

man that kazuo matsui injury in the ticker is kinda disturbing

isn't there some doctor-patient confidentiality?

we have insurance

DOUBLE PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4-6-3!

Anybody know

Are the advertisements on the uniforms going to stay once back in the U.S.? My guess is no, but I'm still curious.

Double Play! One more!

They better not

Awful, cheap, tawdry, sleazy.

no way

they're only there because ricoh, emc, and pepsi are paying a ridiculous sum to put them there.

GIDP!!!! YES!!!!

What did I tell you?

Four minutes to go.

OOOOOOOOOOGA-BOOOOOOOOGA!!!!!!!!!!@

ONE MORE OUT!!!

i dont mind phillips

Why am I so nervous about only the 2nd game of the season

Bragging rights

DPs and Brown Towns

my kind of morning.

welcome to my life

And the crowd (at Ricky's) is on its feet

first pitch strike to Veritek

could someone tell me what TB means on the stat sheet.....

Is it total bases?

should be

or someone needs a chest x-ray

1 strike away...

No whammies! No Whammies! No whammies

Stop!

Big Bucks!!

since we're the 1st team to play in the west -- are we in 1st?

yeah, we're in first, technically

All the other teams are 0 games back, but we'd be called first place because of actually playing games.

A'S WIN! A'S WIN!

who's on first?

A's WIN!!!!!

I'm predicting 10K

and a color laser printer for Rich Harden

He deserves it.

Also, Emil Brown has a 1-1 record this season.

HAH!

No, Manny will get another one for that solo HR.

STRUCK HIM OUT

1-1

WE WIN!

Ef you, Bosox. Have a nice flight, you should have been swept.

A'S WIIIIIINNNNNN!!!!

I love it!!

Surgery to repair anal fissure?

Ouch...poor Kaz Matsui.

Woooooooooooooooooooot

Game!

EMBREE!

Alright everyone, I'm gonna put my flu-ridden self back to bed. Take care and I'll see you all soon.

I'll be at the Coli for the home opener!

LETS GO OAKLAND!

OAKLAND WINS !!!!!!!!!!!

first game Boston has lost in a while... well done!

Harden great start!
Foulke, Casilla, and Embree great relief

YES!

Nice win, bitches!

WOMP WOMP WOMP!!!

yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love baseball!

Good morning, baseball and good morning AN!

and Good Morning, A's WIN!!!
Sounds like Rich pitched a great game?
Let's go Oakland!

Welcome to the party ;-)

Indeed!

You all been up since 3?

Since 3am Tuesday

What's sleep?

we believe you

sheesh

ah..spring break?

I miss you all and can't wait to see you at the Coliseum..and SoCal AN come on up!

Spring Break: "Goats Gone Wild!"

We still need to have dinner - I'll call you when I get back from "Hoofin' it" on the East Coast.

Okay... I'm listening...

I don't hear CELEBRATION.

6:00 AM, time to sleep

later folks, good game thread(s)

BIG MONEY WE WIN!!!!!!

Japan and ESPN leave in...

stunned silence.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are 500.....

and in 1st place!!!

darn, the West is a tough division!

Great start to a day

No better way, in fact. Yeah, I mean it.

The Red Sux should know

our rag tag bunch beat them today and should have beat them esterday.

BE AFRAID!!

I feel good...

We shoulda had 2 win. But we played well and earned some respect I hope.

bless you James Richard Harden

.500

hi, my name is A. My guess is we'll see each other a lot this year. Let's flirt.

The Silence is Deafining!!

That's a relief -

What with all the preseason predictions, I was worried the A's might go winless this season.

Thanks again BBG!

Thanks for reminding us

Thank you, bbg, great job.

At least they played "celebration"

They did?

I didn't hear it.

you could make it out as ESPN went to commercial

Anyone going to listen to the A's?

Probably not

Who?

Oh you mean the team the Red Sox were playing

When Manny hit that HR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did we just win a home game

Cause Francona is speaking on the field!!

the Red Sox...

got the Home Team locker room, if you can believe that. Apparently, even that is pretty spartan.

enough time to sleep for one hour!!!!!!

Thank god.

Now I can take off my lucky snorkel and lederhosen.

And I can put mine on and go to work....

ahh good game thread

good morning everyone! time to sleep!

Holy crap

they actually showed some A's fans

Fucking announcers

They stay silent for francona but speak all over our manager when they get the chance.

Nice!

I'm loving the little A's section shown on the feed.

Take care everyone and I'm sure I'll be back for more soon!

Screen shot of a bunch of A's fans

Just as ESPN cut the feed. Predictable. Can someone post the shot with the sign about the underground railroad?

Hey, we won...they can't handle it.

Mike & Mike start out with KenKo call

of the final play.

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