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Open Game Thread (cont. #2)

Let's go A's!

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Way to phone in the new game thread, nsj.
Sorry

Doing my best to juggle Mrs. Jeans and the A’s here simultaneously.

Amusing imagery...
Well

when in rome…

Should I post a HUGE picture?

Or just finally get the link right:

http://tinyurl.com/5ynp3r

looks like someone's been drinking kool-ade!
Nicely turned DP!

Great play Daric!

Ray Ray

Once an Athletic, always an Athletic

Damn! Barton is GOOD at making that DP!
Excellent DP there!!!!
Giants were bad with RISP tonight, 0 for 6
Let's hope it continues through Sunday
So if Ziggy faces Molina with the bases loaded

and one out, is the inning automatically over?

With nobody out, we're talking automatic triple play.
Unassisted.
Careful wishing for that

Asdrubal got sent down for turning his (or, perhaps, hitting .170)

Right

Crosby would tag the runner from second, run to the bag for the force at second, then run to first, all before Molina reaches the coaching box.

or before he gets out of the batter's box
I was accounting for the fact that BoCro would fall down at least once
What if Molina's golf cart runs out of gas?
How is that for a walk-off?

Arizona vs KC, no score for 9 innings, and then, just like that, HR, 1-0!

that's what happens when...

shake shake shake….shake shake shake…shake yabuta pitches

KC won a game? That is quite a "storied" rivalry.
Hope no one gets stabbed in the parking lot after the game.
I generally hope that
I majorly hope that
Sometimes I privately hope that
Interleague baseball should be measured by number of stabbings.
Arizona actually won.
Obviously I am not paying much attention.

Was sitting outside on the patio at Granite City and the game wasn’t really intriguing.

Admittedly...

...I had to check first. :)

Just checked the Gnats' broadcast

How Jon Miller can stand FP Santagelo is one of the deepest mysteries of life.

two words

joe morgan

FP makes Joe sound, well, good
+10
Joe Morgan is not interested in numbers.
Joe -

“When I played The Game, we didn’t need no stinking +1 stuff, we used our thumbs, dammit”.

I'd rather mute the TV than listen to any of their announcers
yup

thats exactly what im doing on mlb.tv. why cant we choose the broadcast?

I'd rather watch

paint dry than watch one of their telecasts.

Not me - most boring

22 hours I ever spent.

Boring yes...

but compared to watching fat guys float on the bay for 3 hours it’s like watching well… paint dry.

wow

the giants jersey clashes so terribly with the catcher’s pads that I just upChulked.

-i

I don’t want to imagine that

Quitting while still complex

-1 – (sqrt(-1))

e^(i pi) + 1

I’ve got nothing …

Have we officicially

named KuSu already?

not really, we have a few names floating around

like Zooks, Suzu, Kendall 2.0

I like zooks.
Suzy!
Oi Suzy!

is stabbed

LOL
Wow. Misplaced LOL.

Have no idea how the hell that happened.

Street called him Zookie in an interview a few weeks ago.
Z is for Zookie...

That’s good enough for me…

Zookie Monster

it is

If his name was Sluzuki it would be a no-brainer
Maybe if Comcast didn't spend so much money on in-game

reporting… then they might be able to carry more broadcasts??

They've got plenty of money for broadcasts

Gnats broadcasts, that is

Chavy:

Bad. Ass. Kitten.

He is starting to become more Mexican than American.
Nice play on the liner off of the grenade-bat
May I suggest...

Merely calling him “Kurt”?

Ugh.

Meant to be a reply to ^^ KuSu’s nickname.

Alrighty

just asking!

Foulke

He continues to get hit quite hard. Just a matter of time before his stats blow up.

Maybe, but he wasn't really hit hard in that inning
Does anybody still remember how the Gnats got their run tonight?
Trickeration.
Wiley veteran play pulled out of the Billyball playbook
I fail at sarcasm
I have a buddy who SWEARS any trick play should not be counted

regardless of sport. I thought he was joking but he was dead freaking serious.

That sounds like one who doesn't like surprises...
I think he can only get better
Daric is starting to "get IT"
good to see

the slump, and then coming out of it, it has to be confidence-building.

hopefully

he goes on that .500 AVG run like he did last year in the minors

All it takes is a little patience. We know he has the skills.
We don't need Street in a non-save situation.
especially with the groin injury
Street said he felt it last time but the next morning there was no discomfort.
Absolutely

That’s a tired act we’ve seen way too many times.

hope the same happens to Buck
+1

It’s a young club. Not like he’s trying to break into the 1957 Yankee lineup.

the ballboy sucks
Most of their balldudes suck. They're old men.
but it's so cute...
I don't think I've ever seen a Ball Dude actually make a play
I get the feeling they're not expected to

comic relief….

Then what are the Giants there for?

I always thought they were the comic relief..

I say bring back the Finley Ballgirls
Nigtht all

It was real. Go A’s!

I'm out too.

Turnin’ in right after the final out. Night!

Ellis rules!!
Whaaaaaah...???

What the hell was that costumed thing in the stands?

Didn't see it. Was it Bigfoot?

I heard there is an APB out for him.

It was Elvis.
I've seen him several times at the Coliseum.
NOOOO

There is no way anybody who comes to a game dressed like that has the slightest idea of what is happening on the field.

lift one to the outfield Sweeney
The A's should take advantage

of every extra day they can rest Street. Free Ziggy now!

Well,

damn! I want to to see Ziggy too!

Thanks, Geren

You don’t need the closer with a 5-1 lead and it’s not like he hasn’t pitched in a week.

Street in a none save situatio..

we all know how this ends! lol.

You forgot

we’re playing the Giants.

You KNEW there would be sprinklers?
I hate seeing Ellis & Crosby jogging toward each other,

even at low speed.

STREET IS CORNERED!
get out of here

way to go grounds crew

this game is definately making Sportscenter

*SMH…

Bwahaha! Sprinklers!

Huston better not have pulled a muscle, there.

And then again

OMG!

This game is all wet!

Nice.

now this is comic relief!
My Hacks worked!
LMAO

Nice professional grounds crew there in the phone booth.

It's 10 O'Clock. Do you know where your shutoff valve is?
There's m'fn sprinklers on the m'fn infield!
New sig line!
I've actually had that happen to me playing Little League
So freaking awesome.
I have never heard Fosse laugh so hard
I'd left, but I'm back for this

coliseum groundskeepers must be having a field day with this!

Thank god for you guys

All it says on Gamecast is “On Field Delay”

Grounds crew indifference.
Would that have counted as a splash pitch?
way to come back with a strike

street!

Funny shot of Ellis laughing. He probably had that sheepish

grin back in Pony League.

Sheep and ponies?
It is Friday the 13th after all
I had my last final today
congrats. For some reason I thought you were already back here in the Bay Area.
Frisco

Soaks! Frisco Soaks!

Thank god for inter league play. We my actually win a series
That was awesome.

One of the funniest things I’ve seen in baseball that I can remember. It’s the one time I wish Barry Bonds had been batting.

Street Still not hitting in the 90s

What happened to his 95mph fastball?

holding out for when he actually needs it
Well last pitch was 92.
But Gameday

had it at 88mph.

Just think - Ziggy could've been the one out there for the attack of the sprinklers.

That probably would’ve made it into his next diary.

Baseball

in hell!

ive never seen anything like that
Siddown, biatch
I prefer

sit down BITCH!

Why does Geren often pitch Street in non-save situations?
Street gets "un-sharp"

without regular work

to keep him sharp
like a razor blade
But the A's play a lot of close games,

Street will have plenty of chances to get work, no need to waste him in a non-save situation. And then when the save op comes up, he becomes unavailable.

Way to go Street!
Another loss for Zito
plenty of run support for Zito, as usual

Hey it was 1-0 Giants at one time….

“You’ll get nothing, and like it!” Caddyshack

its sad

i really like zito and hoped he would do well in the NL but he just can seem to pull it together

Easier to pitch in the Coliseum with yards of foul territory. Screw him, he should've stayed.
Who says Billy Beane wanted to keep him?
he would have been a retard to stay

and turn down that money. it may have been easier to pitch in oakland but they sure as shit weren’t gonna give him 18 mil a year. now he makes SF even shittier i still love barry zito and always will

If I was Zito

I would have cried on my way out of the stadium in my solid gold robot battle suit, while heading to the small county I annexed from the United States with my millions.

Yup, I would’ve taken that deal and stunk it up also.

Less foul territory isn't why Zito's pitching poorly.
thanks sprinklers

The 2008 SF Giants

Come for the Garlic Fries, stay for the…well, just stay.

I meant to post

Come for the Garlic Fries, stay for the…well, um…just stay.

MLB radio died on me.

I take it we won?

Did it die before or after the sprinklers?
just after
sprinkler got MLB radio!

yes, the A’s win, 5-1. One-2-3 ninth for Street

Man, it just seems like every time

there’s a straight steal of home in a game, the sprinklers go on while the closer is in the windup. Have you guys noticed that?

friday the 13th

spoooky

You know what I hate

Friday the 13th, when it comes on a Sunday!
Then it gets totally weird out.

Uncanny! June 4th, same thing!!

hmmm

june 4th

spooooky

If only Kerwin Danley had called a balk...
Yes,

In a wet heat.

I like how

Bary didn’t endear himself to the fans tonight.

They booed his R's off
Wow, either Barton is a crappy interview or Jaymee Sire is a crappy interviewer

Or, you know, both.

Barton sounds like he’s trying to just speak in cliches but not quite doing it properly.

He has no Crash Davis around.
I've seen Crash Davis and Storm Davis today.

Any more action verb davises and I blow my mind!

It's too bad Rajai didn't hit instead of Emil Brown with the bases loaded

You know a 3 run triple woulda taken place.

Barton needs....practice

he’s been sub-par so far. It’s okay.

Well that was a fun game thread tonight

Let’s get two more this weekend.

sprinklers were hilarious.

Multi million dollar stadium and they can’t get that right!

That's because only Billy Beane understands that

valves are undervalued.

Oh Nico!
most stadiums are multi-million dollar stadiums?
That's what I yell whenever the umps are introduced.
SF management should've turned out the sprinklers when those bozos in orange took the field

Those Gamers are starting to stink and need to be washed off.

Wow. The night of stupid questions/comments on the post-game show continues

That Amy bimbo is interviewing Alex Hinshaw and talking about Friday the 13th and weird things happening like the sprinklers coming on at 10 and she throws in, “And the way you wear your hat.” She gives a grin/smirk like it’s supposed to be a good joke and he starts saying “That’s how I always wear it” as she’s adding “That’s a little weird.”

Then she goes into her next question and he’s just kind of blank-faced. What an idiotic thing to say.

I bet the next question down that chute would've been

We’re you on that Orange team or that Grey one?

It's actually making me long for the days of an FSN broadcast that goes back to...

...some pre-taped crap right after the game. When the quality of their postgame show is this poor…damn.

I enjoyed this this picture posted on McC

I also enjoyed posting "this" twice

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