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Open Game Thread - Game 110: A's @ Red Sox (cont.)

Rain delay in Boston. A's trail 4-2 in the bottom of the 6th. Today's token, hopes-feebly-raising-before-cruelly-crushing 2-run homer courtesy of Daric Barton. I think Bob Geren and Jaymee Sire are making smoothies on Channel 36.

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If broadcasting doesn't work out for her

Jaymee could have a promising career on action36.com in 30-40 years.

Or on either of the local channels here

Prerequisite: 60 years or older.

You haven't visited action36.com, have you?
Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to kill you Leopold Bloom!!!! AHHHHH my eyes!!!!!!!!!
Ooops.

Forgot to add a warning.

That's just wrong.

You’re an evil, evil girl, Jennifer.

Is action36.com still granny porn?
Ummm yeah!
and that was Jennifer that hurt your eyes, not me.
Yes, I'm sorry! Jennifer you have stolen my innocence and I wish to

get it back!!

Think of it as a retirement home for porn stars.
Jenna Jameson! lol
[throws wrench into closet]
Wait. You didn't have 42 margaritas first using your new blender?
Under age!
Then whatcha doing looking at geriatric porn?
I thought it was the actual Action36 website. I'm not from Oakland.
You have no idea how hard I'm laughing right now
We all did. Once.
Just wait until it's your grandma.
If it's my grandma, we've got BIGGER problems.

One died when my father was my age, the other died when I was 10.

Well, that's certainly going to put

a dent in the, “action”.

Apparently, it's ktvu.com
For this Rain Delay can we post the questions Jaymee would most likely ask?
Bonus Robert Buan!

We’re all so lucky…

Damn, this blender looks pretty awesome

3 seconds? You’ve got to be kidding me. May have to get one of those. Holy crap! 3 second salsa? What a country.

I need a blender.

and I’ve heard those magic bullets have multiple uses…

You can make a quesadilla in like 1 second!!!
In Soviet Union, salsa makes *you* in 3 seconds!
that salsa's a

quick mover.

think of the margarita possibilities!
I shoulda had one o' them for my Bloody Mary earlier
ladies and gentlemen your las vegas atheltics!
Just woke up.

How was Braden?

One word to describe his performance: Flu.
or, conversely,

FU

And they let him start?

That’s interesting.

Yeah, it was either him, Dan Meyer or the Green Monster.

The Green Monster said Hell to the No!!

Seemed to be doing well, I left for a bit, and suddenly he was out and the Sox had a bunch of runs..
some may say

fast out of the gate but no stamina

the a's need a magic bullet!

damn werwolves!

and I need a garlic necklace to watch them
yankees tie the game up against Angels
who started for the Yankee's?
Someone no better than Braden
Haha...the NESN have a dating show called Sox Appeal...lol!!
Just switched over to the Angels/Yankees game...

...and it’s already 10 times more exciting than the A’s game.

So mildly amusing then?
In fairness the rain delay screen on MLB.tv is more exciting than watching the A's.
Maybe now, but wait till 2010!
switched too....already on edge of my seat with head cocked.
Ya know...

...I still wouldn’t like it when the A’s lost, but if they could at least make it exciting like this game is I wouldn’t feel like I had just wasted 2-3 hours of my life.

C'mon, what else were you going to do, conquer K2?
So Buan's broadcasting live from the Luxor?!

WTF is that about?

Here’s out post-game guy, broadcasting live from the 8th best casino on the strip!

Got to love Figgins. Error on an A-Rod grounder gifts the

Yankees a run.

I actually rather see the Yankees miss the playoffs than watch LAA botch mostly meaningless games.
"I would rather" yadda yadda yadda
Same here

The one time I root for the Angels they choke.

And why were you not doing this all season?!
There's a water shortage and I couldn't possibly shower enough
some day a real rain will come

and wash all the scum off the street.

They seem clearly worse than the Red Sox and Rays
they are

they have obvious weaknesses.

But that offense is capable of just springing to life and knocking in ten against anyone.

Figgins, it's official...

A’s killer, Yankee enabler.

Chone...

sweet, sweet Chone.

Isn't his first name slang for men's underwear?
Chones in spanish, yes it is slang, but for anyone's underwear!
That's how I pronounce it too.

Cause it’s a stupid fucking way to spell Shaun.

Which in turn is a stupid way to spell Sean
Which is a stupid way to spell Shawn
True.

But I think we can both agree that Chone is right out.

Sean... as in "seen" or "bean"?
No, as in Sean Gallagher.
wasn't he arrested yesterday

for robbing gas stations in suburban Chicago?

Apparently, Sean Gallagher is also a dude that was shot in the head...

another one was arrested for robbery, murder, etc….Do the A’s do a profile on their players before they grab ‘em?

Ah, ok.

I thought it was just men’s. I stand corrected. There’s my bi-lingual lesson for the day. LOL!

Hey not bad!! I was going to mention it a few weeks ago but then I was like

nah UncleLeo will do it sometime later!

Glad I could come through in the clutch for ya. LOL!
wow, blown dp opportunity
If the Angels had played all year like they're playing

in the bottom of the 8th, the A’s would still be in the race. Fighting Texas.

Allll-reeeet!

just checking in to say, Ellis has another hit today, and his (to be, on last game of year) 57-game hitting streak, to break Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game-never-can-be-broken streak, is still intact!!

out, that is all!

Farnsworth gave up two HRs and Rays lead 4-3

Hinske and Upton

Embree alert.
Rain delay over?
LOL, we all moved on
Its back on

bitches!

um, yes.

Yes it is.

Yay Alan!
Do you really mean that?
Sure, strikeout and short fly
Three quick outs. That's good.
I don't know if this is good or not.

That they’re playing again, I mean.

Embree has icewater running through his veins,

But apparently that thick blue liquid used to clean combs running through his pitches.

Actually, not bad.

By Embree there.

The run was Bowen's fault.

Let’s PH for him.

Guys!! Code Blue!!!!!
it's sad how

Pavlovian beer commercials are. The advertising companies don’t think very highly of men in general.

You're saying they don't work?
oh no,

they do. Still sad when you think about it. We’re just kind of checked out while watching television, maybe.

Just the advertising companies?
Oh, don't get me started...

...I completely agree they don’t think highly of men. Unfortunately, there must be some truth to it, lest they’d do something else.

I do think it has a lot to do

with men in general having a cave mentality while at home and kind of turning off while watching sports.

More semi-naked women.

That’s what we need. It’s really not that difficult.

Yes, there just aren't enough of them. Sad really.
Glass half-full, buddy.

There may not be as many semi-naked women as you’d like, but there sure are an awful lot of them. I for one am grateful for nature’s bounty.

Gak.

This was suppose to be over before I returned home. Cruel. Very very cruel.

rain delay.

sorry. we tried.

Is that Crosby's second walk of the day? This has got to be his most

productive outing for a while.

that's a sad statement.

we really, without hyperbole, need a new SS.

Mazetta garlic-stuffed green olives...

...Yum!

Don't tease, everywhere's shut, I'm starving and there's nothing in.
Where do you live?

No midnight food?

I gotta go quite a distance for anything after 10pm too.

No Safeway here.

There's only one store...

...here in Iowa (that I’ve been able to find) that carries Mezetta olives.

I live in Lancashire. Everywhere is closed at this time on a Sunday.

I’d have to go a good 12 miles for food, and it’d be the takeaway variety.

Sounds like a failure of entreprenurship
Where I live wouldn't warrant somewhere being open at this time.

Plus there’s trading laws.

Isn't Lancashire...

...a town made famous in The Beatles’ A Day In The Life?

Not a town.
It's a county!

Lancashire.

You’re thinking of Blackburn, Lancashire…..which has 4,000 holes apparently (incidentally the name of the football team’s fanzine).

Yes...

...one of my all-time favorite songs, but I haven’t listened to it in so long the lyrics escaped me. I just kept think Lancashire and a bunch of holes.

My uncle brought over a truck full of corn on the cob.

You want some?

yes, please.

Two things (and only two things) that the midwest beats the west coast for: corn and tomatoes.

And we had both for lunch!

We’re canning the corn as we type.

Uh . . .

Brentwood?

Brentwood?
Got 'em both

picked ‘em myself.

any good?
Delish!
Hmmm.

You’ll have to show me. I’ll withhold judgment.

Will do.
I mean, if you're still speaking to me.
which apparently you're not.
I never understood the appeal of corn on the cob

I love corn, but when they leave it on the cob it’s just more work and more waste.

if it's right, though

it’s delicious. It’s kinda like steak with a bone—it’s more work, but it just tastes better.

8 gallons of butter, salt and pepper....

It ain’t good ‘til you get it on ya.

Oh yeah!

Dribbling down the chin, fantastic!

action36.com?
I would like to take that post back.
Sadly,

that would probably be drool dribbling down the chin….

And you can cut it off the cob.
I do.

In spite of the ridicule from family members.

But like I said: more work

Bowen has my permission to bat here.
But apparently not Geren's
Okay Ry!

Do it!

HR?
Sadly,

no.

I'm a sad panda.
We're all sad pandas

oooo

Thank you for the visual. It helps.

No problemo.
So you're into geriatric pandas as well?
panda36.com
I'm scared of that.
Considered google....

and then changed my mind.

dead link.

No worries.

Maybe I’ll start my own site at 36panda.com…

i LEARNED my lesson.
only the horny ones.
Ryan, our relationship is over.
This is good news for the rest of us girls.
Exhibit A why I'm bearish on Sweeney

“Splursh”

< stumbles in >

< rolls eyes >
< requests a drink >

And where have you been young man?
apparently sleeping the last one off.
Indeed.

That last game left quite the hangover.

It's Pam's fault.
he won't maintain his current level of production, right?
I hope the rumors weren't true about

the Cardinals offering Colby Rasmus for Harden and Sweeney, because given the A’s desperate need for a real right-handed hitter I think that’s a trade you’d have to make..

I can't imagine the Cardinals making that offer.
Would you trade Sweeney before Buck?

Would you trade Sweeney to open a spot for Dunn, Manny or Burrell?

I'd trade either to open up a spot for any

Though I don’t think adding an aging veteran in Manny or Burrell is probably the right way to go. Adding Bay and extending him would have been, IMO, and adding Dunn would be a lot better than not adding him.

I'm hoping for Dunn. He's the youngest and most Cust-like.
Rasmus is left handed.
Huston Street! Weeee!!
That's what Youkilis said when he doubled.
QotM
Dude, it better be I've been trying to get on QOTM for........well....FOREVER!!!
It has been noted for August.
Yay Huston!

Remember. No change ups.

Has Huston officially lost his closer role?
We can dream, can't we?
So they say.....

interesting, I think the time has come where Mr. Beane is finally lopping off heads. About damn time.

Nah, Geren just wants to keep it close. We have the heart of our order up next.....
God Troy Percival sucks

Two home runs and screws his team

Rays lost?
Still tops of 10th and Percival trying to make sure they do lose

2 more on and 1 out after leadoff home run by Miguel Cabrera

5-4

That's a lot of scoring.
A mans man....

that Troy,

Ah, the good old days

Bill King calling a Tejada walkoff vs. Mariano Rivera.

brought a damn tear to my eye
That was a great call

We miss you Bill King

there's such a thing?
Yes, see the panda above.
Unfortunatley I posted that.
Only after having learned your lesson
sigh
Don't feel bad.

I too did not know about that site. But thank you for looking at it, because now I don’t have to!

You are so welcome. I'm tainted for life!
Just one look. That's all it took
(sad traumatized panda)
Yes, I was paying attention to the tv when I kept looking back at

the computer screen. When all of the sudden, I’m like WHAT THE F’’’k am I on!! I immediately closed the site and I think I threw up a little bit, I don’t remember much past that.

Best to black it out.
I agree

Best to black it out.

who are all you people

and where are my pants?

Why does everything bad have to be BLACKED out
Typos are bad

they get whited out.

In less dire situations

they have brown-outs.

But somehow black it out without

forgetting the all-important lesson.

This is worse than the time when I was 5 and I opened the bathroom door

and I saw my dad in his underwear…....................I can’t believe I shared that with ya’ll. (sad panda) lol

At least he was wearing underwear.
Yeah, thank goodness for the invention of underpants!!
I've got to add a

+1 to that. For entirely different reasons.

My comment should also be considered for QOTM!!
can't nominate yourself.
How the hell did a comment

reminiscing about Bill King and Miguel Tejada turn into a discussion of LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn’s almost-naked father??

The beauty of AN.
it's the nature of the game thread.
This is therapy for me. Thanks guys!!
I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying right now.
Yeah? Well just wait....

pretty soon you’re going to start getting spammed unmercifully by the AARP. Relentless bastards.

If you liked action36, you'll love....
Persistent old people...

But who can blame them? If anybody should play beat the clock, they’re the ones with the most incentive.

Whoo...

missed the “L” in “clock” on the first reading..

Now you're flogging a dead horse.
Why would I want to fog a...

oh.

Now you've got me curious...

but I’m not gonna do it.

best not

you remember what happened to the curious cat.

Have a drink or 12 first.
but then it starts looking good...
You've tried that?
(perverted, drunken , self-loathing panda)
Hey, it works for A's games...
remarkably similar experience

perverted optimism, self-loathing, followed immediately afterward with disbelief in the depths one can sink to…

And then going right back for more.

I mean…uh…

I’ll be in my bunk.

it's okay

you’re among friends here.

We understand. We’re watching/listening to this game as well.

that was an awesome game.
Yay Jack!

And they say walks are useless.

Not to worry,

I’m sure this one will be.

They are for this team, because you never advance past 1st base.
SJ 3, LA 2

Maybe the home team gets to celebrate a win at McAfee

So is Meyer going to be a RP or a SP?
Maybe that means they are going to call up Gio

or they are giving Meyer an inning

Eveland's spot doesn't come for a little while, so I assume this won't prevent Meyer from making it
Unless he pitches 7 innings in relief
if it's just an inning, it's almost like a regular side session.
My guess also

If Meyer pitches only one inning, I don’t see it being an issue.

When was Davis' last at bat? He seems to be on the gravy train here:

fly around the country, pick up a considerable pay package and pinch run now and again.

Yesterday?
We're back to Beatle tunes again?
Help!
Everybody's got something to hide

‘cept for me and my monkey.

It's getting better all the time?
Lizard likes "When I'm 64"
Ok then to answer this question "When will the A's win again?" i will use

Someday

crap i cant type today or get my Beatles songs right
Dana Eveland as

The Fool on the Hill

He does seem to be keeping a low-profile lately...

...then again, they haven’t needed a single run that would make any kind of a difference in quite awhile.

Jason Bartlett fails trying to bunt

Hold sthe bat out to bunt and gets hit on the index finger (sandwich) and had to leave the game. Bleeding pretty bad. Painfil watching it. Strike 1 to new batter

It's strange seeing Manny

with a helmet not covered in pine tar.

why not let Petit get some ABs?
Because we love our bench players being stone cold when called upon.
I'm cool with him not facing Papelbon, but otherwise I don't know.
Shouldn't we save Emil for an RBI situation?
In about another week, then
No hes up trying to get that rare 4 run homer with no one on base
It's always an RBI situation with Brown. He's such a dynamic hitter.
Now Riggans gets drilled in chest and is having trouble breathing

95 mph right in middle of chest

Far more exciting than this game.
KK:

“Did you see anything? I didn’t see anything wrong with Crosby…”

Other than the fact he’s a poor baseball player?

Correction. He's a lousy ball player....

not a poor one at all.

What was the point of PH with E Brown there
What is the point

Has become the A’s new team motto

That would be a good sig line
i was typing the same thing
KK:

“It’s beginning to feel like ‘97, ‘98…”

Did they ever go 2-15?
I'm sure.

Those were lean years.

He overlooked May, 2005
Time for a walk

Must.Clear.Head.

sigh
That about sums it up.

Time to stick a pencil in my eye.

i shall go and do that
And...

we once again go quietly into that good night.

Hmmmm,

I think I’m gonna go watch The Tudors this time.

I'm gonna go

check out action36.com…

good luck and god bless

you may need it

What's the history behind the name?
Perversion.
i remember the "perfect 36"
Only if she's 5'3"
What did all three games in Fenway have in common?

Each day we scored on exactly one swing.

Consistency!
Watching the A's commercial

with Street pitching to a kid…..I keep expecting to see the kid take him deep into the next neighborhood.

Instead of win some lose some i submit this as the new outlook on A's games

win a couple, lose 15+

60% baseball 40% of the time

That’s 100%! (New Math)

I must say, I'm growing fonder of Fernando Rodney

by the second.

lol..you watching him impode too?
implode
Only on "Gameday"
That was a battle of two teams that could use Huston Street
I'm pretty pleased that Ziggy and Blevins are gonna get a chance to close.

Assuming we have some save situations coming up.

awww too bad, just got back, and was hoping for good news
I recommend alcohol.
ahh, super special festive extra innings from vegas

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