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Open Thread: Game 70 - A's at Arizona (cont.)

Webb shelled, A's cruising, 8-1 after 5 innings behind HRs from Ellis, Chavez, and Suzuki.

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what in the world

is going on here?

Chicks dig the long ball
chicks dig money

which is associated with the “long ball”

Hit the long ball and the dough comes
correction

“What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here??!!”

Fucking first
Fucked that up
FUCKING FAIL!
You can get pills for that, y'know.
No, but I'm sure you do.
Nope. Just all natural, baby.
That's bull

On mine it was first. I’m counting it.

Bullshit. Flights to SF are about $700.

No AN Day miracle- Part II

We needed to look 2 months ago
I did!!
It's less than $200 from KC.

WTF?

Huh? I checked SW and it wasn't that cheap??
Book online...

NS flight… $162 out. $142 back.

Jennifer math-

$162 plus $142 = $199 or less

Do they have schools in Missourah?

I meant each way, smarty.
(pulls Jennifer's hair)
Dirty.
I didn't mean it that way, silly girl

or baby.

You walked right into the joke!

This is the “fucking” thread!

He puts the cojack on my cracker.
You'll spend more on that on A's gear.

Suck it up.

That is certainly true. I might even stuck with an XL

Nike track jacket that I can’t even wear. It’s too fucking big!

Uh, so why aren't you coming then?
Because she doesn't like PEOPLE
Because of you
No, that's why you're not coming.

(somebody’s gonna make a joke out of this because we’re in the “fucking” thread so I’m just trying to pre-empt here.)

Bow-chica-bow-wow
Because you will be there.
Oh Jennifer.

I’m disappointed in you.

Hey there's already a loooong line. Don't try cutting in front of

the rest of us.

I hope all the airlines go out of business
That would make my job much easier :-)
I love cussing. I love it.
See? It makes people HAPPY.

What’s wrong with that?!

I'm sorry. The correct answer is:

What the fuck is wrong with that?!

Yes, but...

I think putting (cont.) in the subject line is taking it a bit far!

Check out Lookout Landing

you’ll gorge if you “love cussing”.

I came into this thread without pants

I’m ready to go!

threadbare
Bear? M-m-mmm...
Isn't that how you usually co--

Never ind.

"Mind" and wrong poster reply

Super fail.

OK you are DEFINITELY getting an email
Bro

be careful opening that can of worms. Trust me, rally thong gets old real fast. Its worst time is during a weekday when im not drinking, then it just itches.

Worms?

< puts pants back on >

"Why did it have to be worms?"

said Midget Indiana Jones.

Rhode Island Jones
Indianapolis Joey
Fuckin' A, nice thread
Leave it to Nico

to open a gnu fucking thread.

Please

nobody post a picture here.

Seems like a nice fucking day

In the AL Fucking West.

Sounds like Earl Weaver and Billy Martin have taken over this thread
The A's

tee off on Webb and get get close to making contact on Gonzalez and his 6.50 ERA. LOL

Non-swearing thread = 8 runs

Start swearing = 1 backs run, plus strike out of the A’s side

Baseball gods are not smiling on your shitty postings!

and the loss of our scoring streak

the Duke scorns you guys for ruining his shutout with your self indulgence

Ziggy's rookie ears were shocked

he had to tell Duke about it.

All are punished!

Crosby better do something!

Or, “scoring in every inning” is lost…
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGH!! Three K’s. Ugh

I thought cluster-bats were banned
Nice throw fro Chavvy
Routine awesome Chavy play
Jonathan Sanchez is pitching a gem against Detroit through 5

0-0 against Kenny Rogers going to the 6th.

And just after you mentioned it

the Dirty Sanchez gives up his first hit

Except I carefully didn't mention it

I tried.

Meh. One-hitter now.
Now 1-0 Tiggers

first and second, one out

Where's Omar Vizquel

when they need him?

Eric Fucking Chavez!

That was a sweet throw.

Wow!!!!

Great game by Eric. Best I have seen with the bat and in the field in a long long time.

How good is Duke looking?

and how far can he go? Plus whats the over under that Street makes an apperance tonight?

WooHoo

quality start.

It's not an A's game until

Gaudin warms up

Bowen just finished his book

and handed it to Street to read.

Bowen and Petit should

both be apart of the Oprah book club.

They're going to be presenting book reports on the Reading Rainbow
Can I take your word for it?
Nope

I didn’t even read the book

I just read the back

Damn LA Angels

Can’t lose when we win.

I blame Mets management

Managers should be axed after series are finished.

why wait?

I say fire them after the game.

Okay

but they should’ve fired him after the Angels series.

SO SMASH COMMANDS!!

Why wait till a game is over?
68 pitches through 6 ? That's ridiculous.
Swearing is self-indulgent?

Well fuck me.

I'd rather have some ice cream.
It's only cute when Pam says it.
^^ laughs ^^
cute baby pam? or pretty adult pam?
Pam is Pam regardless of avatar

But, now that you mention it, infant Pam saying “fuck me” would NOT be cute.

LOL.

Think I need to go with no avatar.

That really was a good picture of you. I should post my fat

red headed baby picture. Let you count the chins!

"How do I love thee, let me count the chins..."

I need to stop listening to Farmer’s Insurance ads.

So profound that you had to double post!
One per chin
I really really really hate how that guy reads that poem.

It’s a beautiful poem, and he makes it sound soooo awful.

(And what’s up with changing “she” to “he”? That’s just weird.)

officially, you have SPAMMED

this thread!

That is such a moronic ad, as are all Farmdirt’s ads these days.

BTW- Nice avatar.

I bet it took a while to come up with that exact ahde.

Uh, yeah

I, um, worked really hard on that….

You are really creative. Graphic Design major?
I majored in Google images
also self indulgent
All right, sir, I'll let it go

Seriously.

This thread is

going to piss off alot of Gradma’s. I hope 12 year old boys dont get curious about what happened in the game.

You think that's what 12 year old boys are curious about?
Nico, Im going to look at that thread

Im pretty sure you wrote something on there about not liking cursing also. I will have to go look. You bad bad boy.

Sounds like I need to be spanked.
... and after that

the Oral S….

Dont ask me, Im straight

for the right amount of money I can put on some wool and spank you with a hoof though.

With "straights" like you,

who needs S&M midget trannies?

Besides me.

You frequent SF often do ya?

Your in the right place, I usually start off by saying “Dont tell me your name, Its better that way” ,LOL

I think I've mentioned here before

that I was reading “Ball Four” when I was about 11 years old. Grandma asked to see what I was reading. GASP! The book was confiscated. Fortunately paperbacks only cost about $1 then, so I just went and bought another copy, after I got my next allowance.

Tell'em to read the first thread
I was beginning to think there wasn't a game going on. just a lot of fucking nonsense
What's the difference
Et tu, kapers? Et tu?
No, I only et one caper.
Hey kapers!

How soon are you moving? If you are still planning on having an A’s room, I have two A’s posters from the 80s/90s (some era I didn’t watch) I’ll send you. They were given to me… I don’t even know most of the players on the poster. I can research it if you want.

What am I- chopped f'ing liver? I have an A's bathroom

that needs more stuff.

If she doesn't want it...

you can’t have it.

I hate you and your stupid email address.
I hate you and your stupid face.
don't forget my extra baby chins!
I'm moving mid-July but won't have a house until this one sells.
I'd like to think I would know who's on the poster since I was going to so many games back then
I'm going to miss the Danny Haren show tomorrow. My son wants his name in lights at the Rangers ballpark.

He’s turning double digits.

Tell the little guy I said HI!

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

will do. he had his party last Saturday. 8 kids in the pool. and I survived without a lawsuit!

That is awesome! I want that for MY birthday!!!!!
Complete game?
not quite. 7 more outs to go
I would just love to see duke finish what he started tonight
See Kurt!?!?

If Fosse had been two steps in front of the plate he never would have had a chance to “tag” Bud Harrelson.

Has Buck made it to the RiverCats

does anyone know?

Yes, and he HRed.
Maybe it is all in his head
Facing Brad Hennessey helps.
Remember Rodney Dangerfield in Back to School?

“Fuck me? Hey Kurt—fuck you!

heh

Sorry, I could do that all night. It’s an old game of mine.

Lakers down by 35 points.

2:30 left. Sweet.

38 points.
meh

Lakers vs Celtics – the best thing that could happen is a meteor strike on the arena.

They should've played in afros and short shorts

people would’ve tuned in to watch the Hardwood Classics game

Yeah that game was only

close for a while and then they tiped off

so they'll actually start playing

in 30 seconds?

DUKE

I predicted DUKE to pitch a no-no this year, specifically here in June or July. He is so damn efficient. This is such a great outing for him against some quality bats of the D-Backs. I’ve been so impressed with his re-converstion to the SP ranks. Stamp his ticket to the AS game.

we're hitting a ton of balls off the wall

if only they’d go out

You mean besides the three 3HRs?
That only happened once.
He certainly could deliver the line.

Bob Hoskins in The Wall might be the best ever. Pink is all laid out but “the show must go on.”

answer to Paradox's post
Nice hit Swooney!

2nd double of the night.

This kid looks really good

He reminds me of Cargo in a way, intense. Almost like there was a chip on his should, not mad, but something close to it.

Ryan Sweeney plus Mike Sweeney

isn’t that “Myron Sweeney”??

except

CarGo came up looking like that. Swooney had some adjustments to make. Happy to see him making them. Yet another argument for FT and Big Sweeney….

A chip on his should?

Or did you mean his shouldn’t?

Yes Jennifer, I would love to have the posters! Don't know why I forgot to mention that
Me likey Sweeney.
He doesn't like you...

Star Wars reference

I hope Obi-Wan doesn't cut off Sweeney's arm
That certainly didn't seem to reflect the Jedi patience.
Sweeney is hotter than Buck.
Honestly...

it’s like trying to decide if I like cupcakes or muffins better. One is just like the other, but without all the stuff on top.

I know who Cupcakes is, but

which one is Muffins? Is that Buck’s new name?

In this scenario, Cupcakes = Travis

Stuff on top = icing
icing = hair
Muffin = Sweeney

Muffins and cupcakes… both delicious.

I hesitate to ask

but can’t resist the insider-info… I get why Swooney is attractive—classic All American look. But Buck? Classic All Spicoli look?

Buck looks dirty

that’s all i have to say

(and yes i mean that in a good way)
Well

He has the look, now he just needs you to teach him.

:buys ticket to Oakland:

or well… sacto or where the hell ever

get'em Annie!

Savoy

For me, it goes back to the CWS.

Travis, Jeff Larish, Tuffy Gosewisch… that was a great summer. Then Tuffy crying on the bench after the game… And I actually liked him more with a shaved head.

In that case

Dustin Pedrioa too?

yes, Sweeney > Buck
I couldn't have said it better.
god duchscherer is really killing this a's offense...
And people think Cust strikes out looking too much!
Incidentally, Ryan Howard just struck out for the 100th time today.
How'd he even get 100 ABs today?
He could at least bunt

and not run.

This game needs more Emil Brown

RBI Machine.

RAJ DAVIS. RBI MACHINE.
Yay, Swooney!

What a stud.

Rajai scores a run??

huh?

hasn't scored yet

knocked one in though :P

I want him to get an inside-the-parker

tommorrow

More runs

oh wait run

No errors tonight either

Is it me, or has our defense improved the last 2-3 weeks?

you haven't improved, so it must be the defense
^^ laughs ^^
Cotroneo defending Rick Peterson re the Kazmir trade

but there has been considerable evidence that Peterson is the guy who basically demanded that Aaron Harang be run out of the A’s organization.

Did Glen just say someone was digging the run support

just after showing a close-up of some A’s player digging for gold?

back to the gold thong AGAIN?
Gold thong = Ultimate DO NOT WANT
I remember when "thong" meant

something on a sandal. Not underwear.

It really wasn’t that long ago.

not long ago

Chix wore thongs. The yoots today, I swear….

As do I.

I have to catch myself all the time.
There’s a sign in my gym that says, “No sandals. Shoes required. No thongs.” It’s such a bummer.

^^ chuckles ^^
Thongs = flip-flops

And I’m not talking about logic gates

Reminds me of Gold Member in Austin Powers
Jesus

What the hell is it with thongs? So what if Giambi has one.

Look, how many guys own thongs in this thread? Besides Pismo. Not me.

Anybody else going to fess up?

I live in a community property state

Therefore I own half a drawer full of thongs.

Our CEO wears a Speedo and we have mandatory pool parties

all of the time. It makes for a long day of trying not to look but then it makes you HAVE to look. Ewe.

Thats a tough day at the office

I would call in sick every now and then.

Time to update your resume
Just got promoted. Time to get used to it unless he retires

soon. He is in his 60’s.

So you're saying I should retire my speedo?

crap. Now I’ll have to go nekkid.

Im married so

techinally i own like half a drawer of thongs. Right?

OR

a drawer full of half-thongs.

Do all wives have an unimaginably large underwear collection?

Yeah, I suppose they do.

And still wear the same three pair

after washing, of course.

Dude

They buy new undies for no reason. Us guys on the other hand, I have some with huge holes in them. Like an old muscle car, they are just hard to give up.

If my wife wore a different pair every day,

she’d run out some time around mid-September.

If I were to wear a different pair every day (admittedly, a big if), I’d run out early next week.

Maybe the D-back

would be intrested in Brown for their OF? But do they have anything left

I'd take Webb

despite tonight’s outing

Chavvy need to get on and Crosby needs to homer

so Brown is no longer the RBI leader for Oakland

forget it
Cros got his HR
I'm glad this is an away game.

One more inning to run up the score.

Justin Duchscherer is a fucking All-Star.
CARGO!!!!!
nice job kid!
CarGon is a STUD.
he is a STUD STUD
Best catch of the year at the fence?

I can’t remember a better one.

Too bad ESPN will be only talking about the NBA tonight

And I am very glad that he didn’t kill himself catching that ball.

For the A's prolly

but would have to match it frame for frame against the Ichiro wall face-plant.

Yeah, I meant the A's only

I was watching that M’s game; Ichiro’s play was an all-timer.

Supreme Being

CarGo went into the chainlink for that robbery. Ichiro had padding. Definitely Web Gem material.

definitely

that takes some practice, that takes some skill, that takes a lot of natural talent

Celtics win the NBA Championship

nobody cares

Scott Pollard cares
He's a good year with KU winning too.
Brian Scallabrine certainly Cares
Well, more reason for him to smile

Link so I don’t get bashed for posting a picture.

I care.

And I’m glad it was a smackdown.

I care because I lost 50 bucks.
HOLY SHIT!

And he walks away!

This Gonzalez kid. He is pretty above average.
OMG

Id rather him not make that play.

A's roster is full of studs. Makes it that much more fun to root for them
Chavy and Ellis are studs

Barton is getting there. Is Jack Cust a stud?

Okay.

Anyone else yell SPLAT! on the replay?

No

because it couldn’t been like Aaron Rowand’s splat which actually leaked.

Since I'm relying on gameday,

Anyone have odds on Duke for the CG..? Is there someone warming up?

BOBBY!

Bomb the fuck outta them!!

BAM BAM BAM!
10-1 A's

Crosby HR

CROSBY!!

MORE POINTS FOR MY FANTASY TEAM!!

woo hoo! BoCro!
Who are these people in A's unis?
oh boy, another bomb
HFS!

Holy fucking shit, Crosby!

that was a shot too

Plus all the fence-bangers. They’re crushed the ball all night.

Coming in at the end

and, hell to the yeah!

I called it a while ago

but there were supposed to be two other runners on

That's awesome

Lyon hadn’t allowed an earned run in his last 16 appearances…. it’s official we can hit

They just made a

mention on the Giants broadcast about it.

okay now this is just piling on...
Brown up in the pen.
probably just trying to strengthen up for his

conversion to starting pitching

Emil Brown on deck.
Pinch-hitter in a 10-1 game

Read the tea leaves, dude.

so there still will be 5 strikeouts for the a's 9th place hitter
Too much Brown.
watch hit one out now
Then Bowen need to play if we are getting everyone into the game
Petit
him to and the Hot dog guy
I hope they can save some of this offense for tomorrow

Day afters aren’t usually so good

It'll be tight

Haren will pitch better than Webb did tonight.

I'm going with

former-A-help-the-green-team mojo. Haren will pitch poorly. That’s my prediction.

Im thinking the same thing
Barton needs a hit
No CG for Duke :-(

and Spam PHing.

that makes me mad... like we really need anotehr chance at a run?
BOOOOO

at least he’s not going for a shutout

Yeah, why bother with Brown?

They’d both strikeout.

No but we need

Duke to be ready for the next game.

Duke almost hurt himself batting. Geren and the trainer came out. It was an awkward swing.

I'd rather see a complete game, than Emil get more RBIs
Just watched CarGon's catch and Duke's fist pump at him. Wow. I can watch that over and over
If Carlos had missed it, Duke would have

thrown both arms up in the air.

I thought I posted this already in this thread....

but do you want me to send the posters now or after you move?

Brown's up with men on!!

Now were gonna see some RBIs!

Emil better get bat on ball
Have we passed the Yankees

in all time interleague W-L yet?

yeppassed them last night
awesome

stupid Yankees.

I guess not because the Yanks have won their last 4 too
Brown strikes out

A bad brown streak

We gave up a complete game for that at bat???
+1

If I were Duke, I’d be PISSED.

Emil Brown fucking sucks.
So does Emil Brown hitting
Well, he almost got hurt his first AB
What's your point?

He’s been standing up there taking three strikes 2 feet away from the plate since then. He could have done the same thing right there.

BAM BAM BAM!!
Jesus Christ!
ANOTHER ELLIS HOMER!!
It's official - we're getting shut out tomorrow
maybe the rest of June
What the helL!

I thought this team couldn’t hit homers?

only if it is 83 degrees at gametime, first inning

that was the temp inside in Phoenix…112 outside!!

Freakin Ellis!!!!!!!!!!
Jeezus!

MaEl! 3 run HR!

OMG! Ellis kicking serious ass!
Hey, you know who's a pretty good hitter?

Mark Ellis.

Unicorn Love
Ziggy obviously told him

we were bashing him so he hit a GS and hasn’t looked back since

Ziggy wanted to tell E-Mail

but Unicorn intercepted the message.

I have never

and will never bash Ellis. He’s been my favorite A for a long time. But usually I’m loving the glove and plate discipline… it’s good to add swing to the list.

You don't get to bash Mark Ellis on AN.

It’s not allowed.

Lead the American League in hitting

in games away from home field

2 HR, 1 2B, 2 BB

I agree with Cotroneo, that’s a lot better than “The Cycle”.

anytime

I’ m converting to “the cycle is overrated”.

nice to get back to see that! and the score. wheee
KGFSDHGFLKJSHDFJKDS KLFJSDHFKJSDHFLKJSHDF@#PO*$*&P#$

Holy crap

MORE RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

{I hope we don’t get shutout for the rest of the series)

now i will be really pissed if the a's have trouble scoring tomorrow...
Well if we aren't going to see a complete game....

Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just leave Emil Brown in to pitch the 9th
Well...

The Pythagorean record will be helped after this one

Why y'all fixated on tomorrow?

Live for today, eh?

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today And don't worry 'bout tomorrow, hey, hey, hey
Ten extra base hits today!
It's...so....BEAUTIFUL....

THAT IS BULL-TIKI

Duke should have had a chance at the CG.

5 pitchers and 13 runs later....

Go ahead and use up that bullpen, DBacks. Unless Haren pitches a complete game, we will get some runs against these guys.

the hot dog and popcorn guys are warming up now for the d-backs
Happy fun dance time!
I've been dancing since the third inning

where you been?

Before Sweeney made us swoon...

there was MaEl.

oh, there is still MaEl
I was just

Thinking that!

What about Travis Buck?
Who?
the fall of travis buck...

aww

we have MANY
His time in AAA doesn't count.
I'm capable of multi-swooning.
i like the Swooney/Ellis/Buck/Cro/Harden/Street/Smith combo

and i think i missed some

Chavez! The original recipe!
I'll take the new and improved recipe as well.
shiz how did i forget Chavvy!

he’s on there

I can't believe Ellis makes the HOT list

sure, nice guy… but hot? You girls are EZ!

His HF skyrocketed when Briggs was born.
it's kinda sad but I noticed MaEl before anyone else

except Huston.

Those pants…

Classic "Pre-Reqs"

“I’d never sleep with a player hitting under .250 unless he had a lot of R.B.I.’s or was a great glove man up the middle.”
I suppose LS makes it (prior to this season) on the latter alone—which, I’m guessing, is also a metaphor.

If Davis homers

im going to the bomb shelter

GONE!

Everybody Homers!

*except Emil Brown.
Duke could've HRed tonight

even with the rib-pull.

Bomb shelter time
Get going...he HOMERS!!
Send a postcard
Hell, I don't even have a basement. Or a safe room.
we may never score again

and maybe davis needs more PT now

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAH

Okay, we are so fucked tomorrow.

This is just crazy now....
This is fucking INSANE
Fuckin' A it is, Pam.

Fuckin’ a.

RAJAI HITS A HOMER!!

huh?

Twilight zone.
Ok what the hell is going on?
Deal with Satan?

Just a guess. BB could pull it off.

He'd pull it off and win the trade.
Leftover money

from paying off the refs for the NBA Game 7

whaaa???? rajai whaaaaa??
That's a lot of run support.
Rajai Davis: first homer since Tee ball
I bet that was an inside the park home run
Who are these guys?
Conor Jackson's going to sleep well tonight

or he’ll stay up because of the nightmares of balls being hit his way.

He's probably got more balls thrown at him in today...

than his time at first base

God, I wish this was against the Angels.
+1

I also wish the Halos were in the NL.

Chicks digging Rajai now.
Who

Bomb Shelter?

Classic AN nickname

Set in stone now.

Okay

Thats an awesome nicname!

I love that homer Bomb Shelter hit
Is Bomb Shelter

patrolling the middle garden now?

hi, this is earth

have we met?

No,

Its heaven!

I thought it was Iowa
I can go to bed now knowing the A's are done creating new studs until tomorrow.
The A's must be building a house

with all these studs!

(bad jokes for a great game)

Intense

happiness!

Rajai Davis triples his OPS with one swing
*Pinches self*

Nope, not a dream.

* indulges self *

what the hell, I’m half way there already.

It's the announcer curse

He talks about lyons scoreless streak… BAM
He talks about the homerless A’s… BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM

Ever think about

the space time continuum?

is that from the zito commercial?

god, everything zenny sounds like it’s from the zito commercial to me

The wormhole

is open.

my other guess was Donnie Darko
oh shiz it is DD, right?

noah wylie and all that

it is

i was hoping someone remember huddys part.

argh i am thinking of the wrong zito commercial

blanton/haren edition

Don't the Giants feature Zito in a commercial

with SF Fans chasing after them with pitchforks and torches?

Zito = Frankenstein

Does Andrew Brown need work? Isn't there someone else we could use in case of a close game tomorrow?
They couldn't get Mariah Carey or something?
Why is Crosby out?
hm dunno... his eyes were kinda buggin out of his head after his HR

but that’s kinda normal for him

Just to give Petit some play

I think.

Andrew Brown... in a 15-1 game

I know he hasn’t pitched in 5 days, but this is PERFECT Calero territory.

Let Brown throw a bullpen session and get Calero in a real game.

game too close to risk bringing in Calero
god how embarrassing would it be if andrew brown came in and gave up 15 runs...
Naah, they'd take him out after about six.
I just got a little choked up, wondering

that if ol Two Buck Chuck was still with us, this game could have provided him that one shinning moment.

He homered tonight at AAA
hey, very cool for ol chuck!
A True A.

All A’s homer tonight. (Cept Spartacust who was robbed, and Spam who is Spam.)

Sweetness and light!

here’s hoping to not get shutout tomorrow

What a lovely game.

La la la la la…

Great game

Thanks Nico, fucking great job!

It's unreal man...

If an object exceeds the speed of light, theoretically time would skip backward around that object.’‘

Can we skip

back to the 21 run streak?

victory

i think we just won like 7 pythagorean games tonight….

That was fun; I'm ready for some comedy now

[switches to Mariners game]

me too

[switches to Lookout Landing]

Gnats are on CSN

Losing 3-1 with two outs in the bottom of the 8th

old joke
I like the classics
run differential?
Example of why run differential doesn't explain it all.

Should be a modified run differential to reduce effects of blowouts, each way.

Run deltas above X don’t count, or count for half

our record this year based on run differential may be 196 wins, negative 34 losses
So it wasnt the swearing, the gold thong, or Coors Field

heres betting that the entire roster get checked to roids tomorrow after the power display by Davis (jk)

oh and Crust didnt homer

tonight and is due to bomb one soon, so thats good news

yeah, Andrew really was getting rusty
How freaking awesome is Justin Duchscherererer?
He's like a 7.

On the MLB 2-8 scale.

I'd say he's more of a OMFGYESHESAWESOME /10
Love Duchshererererer

He had all the sparkles tonight!

That sounds like

a question Jaymee would ask. “So Justin, how awesome were you tonight? How does it feel to be that awesome?”

I wake up in the morning and piss awesomeness

a la Talladega Nights

that's the best line in the whole movie
He raises that Freak flag very high.
golden sombrero awesome
too bad the mets

are ball lickers.

No errors tonight and

no GIDP

Chavie GIDP
Fail on my comment and

ablity to read the box score at least the A’s had no errors tonight

Bold Faced Lie
'cept the run scoring one in the first inning

Holy crap!!
I just got home and checked the score lol I would not have imagined this. I bet the game threads were EPIC.

lots of cussing and discussions of "hotness"

You missed so much.

Actually that sounds like a typical game thread. But I’m sad I missed it anyway!

Small Sample Size

One game is a REALLY small sample size, but boy, this team looked dominant tonight. Great hitting, great starting and relief pitching, great defense (not only the CarGo catch, but also that amazing bounce-out throw from Eric Chavez) against a good team and their ace in their own ballpark.

Right now the A’s have two .300 hitters in the line-up, plus Ellis and Barton are both hot right now, Cust is among the OBP league leaders, and Big Hurt is still out. The entire bullpen looks pretty invincible.

I don’t know about the rest of AN, but this really could be a playoff team. I’m starting to believe.

Impressive!

I've been believing

since Beane said Spring Training portended a great season!

i really doubt the a's believe spring training can predict the regular season
When big Frank comes back, we'll have the same lineup minus the Duke

Looks good to me.

god this sort of overreaction is exactly what is wrong with game threads

wtf, the guy goes 0-4 in one game and you want him out of the lineup?

marcus thames

last 8 hits have been home runs.
3-1 tigers over giants.

Haren

tomorrow. I’m feeling weak in the knees, regardless.

I hope he pitches well, but makes a lot of pitches so he can’t go many innings… and then the AZ bullpen will take the L :)

I hope you're right.

I adore Haren, but I want him to lose.

GAME RECAP IS UP

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