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what's the over / under on Padilla getting thrown out

4 innings? more? less?

where's everybody at?

listening to the game on the radio

while working at home

Doing home improvement projects

So far, I’ve completed the shopping for the projects, and spread a mess of stuff all over the floor. Then I discovered that the cordless drill is out of power and has the wrong-size bit in it, so I decided to sit down and watch some baseball while I gathered strength before going to search for the power cord and the drill bits.

I've seen probably seen ten games in St. Louis over the years and I have to say

Cardinal fans are as good as their reputation is. It’s a great baseball town and the new stadium is nice.

2010 road trip!

actually, a friend and I are seriously considering a Bay Area - Chicago - St Louis baseball trip next year

Poss with a Kane County game mixed in, too, depending on timing

Do it

I’ve taken three baseball stadiums tours and they were all fun. The east coast trip to Boston and New York is great as well.

I’m glad I got to see the old Yankee stadium and I got to see Tigers Stadium before it closed on another trip.

Yeah, I don't need much of an excuse to go out to Chicago; I have some pretty good friends there

It’s mostly a matter of cash, to be honest

isn't that always the truth

I’ve found some good deals on these package tours on the internet.

It's a matter of cash in that, right now, I have none

good deals or no

Well maybe in 2011 huh?

Well, this is the year to do it, as the A's have back to back Cubs - Cards series

Hopefully in six months I’ll be better placed, financially. It’s not a decision that needs to be made today

That's true

I hope you’re able to make the trip.

There are some great parks in the Midwest

you have to go to Wrigley at least once and Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City is a real gem of a stadium.

Cubs and Cardinals series are back to back!

sounds like fun

Boy a snowed out game on October 10th

another reason besides the Broncos being there to not want to live in Denver.

I'm mixing this game in with mexico - el salvador

One of these game sounds like all hell has broken loose, and one does not.

I'm rooting against Vincente Padilla personally, but for the Dodgers.

me too

I'm pulling for the Cardinals

great fans and I still love Tony La Russa and besides 1988 did happen so the Dodgers are on my list of hate forever.

I wanna see Matt Holliday drop the ball and 10 runs score

can this be arranged?

was he trying to catch the ball with his flies, or flies with his balls?

I thought he didn't have any balls

I knew I liked you.

go dodgers!! WOO!

i am still not happy they got padilla, i am pretty sure he is my least fav baseball player.

drmmerchk - October 10, 2009 reply

Hi

Hi, people.

Hey now RRS

Kansas

They barely survived against Iowa State.

Just win baby..uh Jayhawk

College Football

The day is winding down and we’ll have at least three new ranked teams due to losses by No. 17 Auburn, No. 20 Mississippi and No. 24 Missouri.

Ya I just saw that Arkansas killed Auburn

and it’s always nice as a KU alum to see Mizzou lose even if it’s to Nebraska.

But really RRS you should be on the Raiders blog because and this might shock you there are 27 new posts all about JaMarcus Russell.

Raiders Blog

Are there really posts about Russell? That’s a first. I might just have to take a look.

I know it shocking

and do you notice almost none of them spell his name JaMarcus? I sure wish some better people would get on that blog.

IQ

It isn’t high over there. I will say that.

Uh no

when I’m on AN I get humbled from time to time but on the Raider blog I feel like the smartest man alive.

Wow, tough strike zone today

1050 radio is playing an ad about toenail fungus

I didn’t think I could miss the MGD ad, but here we are.

"I had some fungus in the bedroom...I had some fungus in the garage..."

I actually miss them.

even on a cruise?

and in the pool.

quadruple header? nice!

but then again there's also football on tomorrow :)

NFL

I’d watch the NFL over the MLB playoffs. We only get the NFL once a week for about four months. The only MLB playoff game I’m paying attention to tomorrow is the last one because it’ll just be that and Colts-Titans game.

I'll be watching our Raiders tomorrow

because I like to torture myself.

Yeah me too.....if they dont show any improvement then I am done this year...and I have season tix!

Prediction

I’m going with a 34-7 win for the Giants. I don’t know how we’re going to score a touchdown, but I think we will find the end zone for the second time in four games.

27-3 Giants

I just want to see improvment...not expecting a win....

Improvement would be nice

and a touchdown or two would be nice as well. Hell Raiders just be fun to watch at least!

EXACTLY!!!

Well you spent more than I did

but I got the NFL package to watch the Raiders play and I haven’t missed a game in years so I’ll never give up (too dumb I think).

I’ll have some great friends and food though tomorrow so at least I won’t suffer alone or in hunger.

I had never left a game early before..until the Denver game two weeks ago..I just couldnt take it anymore..

And I ave had tix since they came back to Oakland..so I have seen plenty of bad football..

you were there too,? where did you sit? we sat in Mount Davis,

My Tix are in section 229

I've seen them get killed more than a few times in Kansas City

and the urge to leave early was there to be sure. I can see leaving the Denver game as it wasn’t only bad it was beyond boring as well.

Yeah I have thought about going to a game in Kansas City before...

I have a Hotel near KC and I figure I could make a business trip out of it..

it's a great place to see a game

and hey the Chiefs are even worse so the Raiders might win the game you see.

LOL..yeah..I have seen the A's play the Royals there..and I really like that stadium..I was there before it was remodeled

Maybe

If the Dodgers win today, there won’t be one.

oh yeah, huh?

Rafael Furcal is on first

someone whisper “Oakland, California” in his ear so he can roll up the windows of his mind and lock the doors.

Greetings Athletic's Nation....Do the A's play today?

Fresno State

Are they playing tonight?

Yeah they play hawaii

Did you know Fresno is the dumbest city in the U.S. according to CNN

I don’t know if that matters in college football but I thought it was funny. I know I almost went to the Universtiy of Hawaii but I was afraid I’d never go to class.

LOL...I am not surprised...have you ever been to Fresno..LOL..

I went to Fresno State and played there….as you can see I didnt stay there after college…lol

I have familiy there so I've spent some time there

not the greatest place on earth to be sure. I think you made a good decision to leave.

Yes....the whole central valley..WOW...nothing against RRS..but man...

If you like Hot summers then that is the place

Sacramento in August could make your brain melt

the Delta breeze at night was the only thing that made it decent oh and air conditioning (the greatest invention ever!)

Yeah I know..I used to live in Sacramento....just like Fresno weather wise but at least at night you get that breeze u mentioned

Hello Andre Ethier.

Andre Ethier

Aw.

So little.

whiteshoes40 - October 10, 2009 reply

Andre Ethier

hmmmm, Milton Bradley, pick up the blue courtesy telephone please…

<3

drmmerchk - October 10, 2009 reply

hit it to Holliday, Loney!!!

Ouch.

they were a little premature with the “middle 3rd” graphic on that one

drmmerchk - October 10, 2009 reply

Cards are melting down

that was not playoff-caliber defense

no towels to blame for those plays

So, it's Mexico 1-0 El Salvador at half time

Mexico look decent with the ball, but loose at the back.

And there appears to be a plague of bees at one end. Seriously.

Is the game at Azteca?

Yes

Though, Mexico are not putting in what you’d call a dominating performance.

On the other hand, they’re doing what they need to do, so maybe that’ll be enough.

I keep waiting for them to break through in the World Cup, but on this evidence, 2010 isn’t going to be their year, either

Make sure to warn Nic Cage about the bees

Walked in just in time to see Ethier's HR

Awesome Blossom! Stick it to the Matt Hollidays!!

this is really Padilla's first postseason appearance ever?

wow, maybe he should celebrate by drilling someone, then we’ll know it’s really him.

drilling someone and make his teamates hate him

then we know it’s him.

my gf saw his pic and said he looked like a criminal

I was like “well….”

They said he feels all warm and fuzzy in LA.

No personality problems.

give it time

Rickey Henderson

Rickey is on ABC, by the way, talking to Tim McCarver.

why on ABC?

Tim McCarver

His show is on ABC for whatever reason(s).

If it was on NBC it would be cancelled to show the Jay Leno show

is it only on in the Bay?

All I see on ABC is the local news

Maybe

It might have been on for you earlier in the day.

looks like it's not on in LA

that’s upsetting

AH!

tomorrow on KCAL. excellent!

wait a minute.

you’re excited to see Tim McCarver?

I could see that, as long as it wasn’t the end of the sentence. As in:

“I’m excited to see Tim McCarver get attacked by ravenous wolves.”

“I’m excited to see Tim McCarver hit repeatedly in the nuts with a billy club.”

“I’m excited to see Tim McCarver covered in bees.”

How about

“I’m excited to see Rickey Henderson who happens to be on Tim McCarver’s show”?

"I'm excited to see Tim McCarver punched about the head and neck by Rickey Henderson"?

sure as long as it happens after the interview

Rickey knows that he knows more about baseball than McCarver

Rickey talking to McCarver

but in his mind, Rickey’s thinking how easy it would have been to steal off him.

Well ya I mean McCarver must be what 65?

i mean if Rickey played in the 1960s

Imaging Rickey dancing off first, making Bob Gibson and McCarver all nervous… not that Gibson could be rattled by anyone.

reply FAIL to sirbed

I know your highness I was just joking around

Rickey would have been great in the 60’s version of baseball. Hell Rickey was great in any era.

Wow this Cardinal defense is not looking good...

funny how no one has mentioned the idea yet

that the WS could be Joe Torre vs. the Yankees for all the marbles.

FOX is dreaming about that match up I'm sure

As long as the Dodgers win, I'm cool with that

I would hate that World Series match up myself

I could care less who won

lots of weird possibilities

you could have Angels-Dodgers and have Scioscia vs. his old team

The All LA World Series

could happen although those east coast types wouldn’t like it.

although

these hard-hurling Halos will have something to say all about it, what with the Adenhart mojo factor.

you think the sux can still pull it out

miraculously?

nope

hate to say it but the Angels are dealing, I think they win the whole bag this time… the Adenhart unearthly Halos-with-halos mojo will stifle the Yankees.

yeah....

I’m hoping for some of that sux mojo, but it all revolved around big papi, who’s more like little mami right now

I won't count the Red Sox out until they're really out as they've comeback before

but the Angels are in a great spot that’s for sure.

pitching-wise

it’s hard not to look at the Halos and see a ring sliding onto a finger, painful as it is to say that.

All is well though, friends, for the time is soon when we are watching Brett Anderson and Trevor Cahill pitch in October, maybe as soon as a year from right now.

I still wonder if the Angels bullpen will hurt them in the end

but I wouldn’t be shocked if they won it all.

i think the dodgers could give them a run for their money

the Dodgers might not have the starting, but the have the ‘pen. I’ll take either Sherill or Broxton over Fuentes

agreed cupps

The Dodgers-Angels might be the most intriguing matchup out there this time.

The Yankees will eat their bullpen alive.

I'm eating some tacos alive right now

no wait they’re dead.

TAKE THAT, TACOS!

They never had a chance against sirbed

The taco killer!

Taco Killah!

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

better run run run run run run run away

If DFA is the stats killer

maybe he’ll become afraid of me if I’m the taco killer and finally admit I’m always right about VORP

I think you should develop

several taco-eating-related formulas with which to counter his arguments.

clearly

you need a breakdown chart of mild vs. hot salsa performance

that'd be a good starting point.

I'll get to work on those right away

On my prediction post I had the Red Sox over the Phillies in the World Series

not feeling to good about that pick at the moment.

Funny, when I watch the slegnA I feel like hurling hard, too.

true

but we must respect the more-than-worthy adversary in this case, the Halos look primed to take the title IMO, sad as it is for us in these parts to say such a thing.

Cards are getting sunk fast

Ya I think this one is about over

did anyone think the Dodgers would sweep the Cardinals? I know some people picked LA to win but I didn’t see anyone predicting a 3 and out.

the Holliday play

destroyed the Cards’ season, I’m afraid, you just can’t tank a game like that in a short series when if you catch the damn ball you’re on the airplane with a split, can’t happen.

holliday is a goat

I don’t care if he hit the HR earlier, he personally lost that game for them.

his Karma is not good, let's just say

when I saw that picture of him clamming that catch, I thought, oooh he costs them their season AND we have Brett Wallace, this is pretty sweet.

Instant karmas gonna get you

Gonna knock you right in the face (or the groin)

we all shine on

like the moon
and the stars
and the sun

I'm excited to see Tim McCarver punched in the groin by instant karma.

instant karma

is that like that starbucks instant coffee? comes in a little plastic packet?

has anyone tried that yet?

any good?

I'm a pure soul

I don’t drink coffee. Just my morning sniff of glue and I’m off!

glue

you mean cream of wheat?

uh...ya cream of wheat

that’s what I meant

that stuff tastes like glue to me

I haven't had cream of wheat since about 1981

but I eat oatmeal every morning….I’m pretty sure this is the most interesting fact I’ve ever posted here on AN.

oatmeal every morning is supposed to be, like, hella good for you.

I live clean Bloomy

it works believe me. I eat oatmeal every morning and do an hour on the treadmill and I stay in really good shape no matter what I eat for dinner.

even tacos?!

Hell ya I love to cook and eat

and my girlfriend eats like a bird so I finish most of the food and I’m in better shape at 36 than I’ve ever been.

"C.R.E.A.M."

It is a classic.

not yet

gonna pick some up soon though. i want it to brew cold though. iced coffee during the day.

will it brew cold?

who knows

i have to try it

Wow Reyes is a big boy ain't he?

... but he's dealing

AHH THIS SONG SUCKS.

JBJ wuvs you.

no

“[he] loves this town”

you mean like how Bloom loves Florida?

that was the dumb song they kept playing last year

“That’s whyyyyy IIIIIII looooovvveeeeeeee thiiiiiissss towwwwwnnnnnnnn!”

nothing like hearing how 2 of the 4 teams to lose an ALDS up 2-0

were, well, us.

bad memories!

Memories?

What memories?

(whistles loudly to self)

When I get old and lose my mind

at least I’ll forget 1988 and the tuck rule game and the refs giving the Lakers all those foul shots agains the Kings in the Western Confernce finals.

Yeah all of that was total CRAP!!

You know,

I’m not even a Raiders fan, but the tuck rule game pissed me off in the moment, pisses me off today and will probably piss me off the rest of my life. The Raiders got jobbed that game.

Referees

If anyone has a beef about referees, it’s the Raiders.

i'm not familiar with this controversy

care to share LB?

I think there a couple people here with whom

retelling the tale might be like discussing various painful episodes in our collective A’s past. Let me find a link.

okay

here you go.

hmmm

i guess i need to look for the video on that to see how jobbed they were

Seriously, they REALLY were.

here was ESPN's take

In truth, the Patriots were a little lucky. OK, a lot. Referee Walt Coleman authored, on many levels, the play of the game.

When blitzing cornerback Charles Woodson blindsided Brady, karate-chopping the ball to the ground, and linebacker Greg Biekert recovered at the Raiders’ 47-yard-line with 1:43 left, the game appeared to be over — with the Raiders ahead 13-10. But the Patriots had one last chance thanks to instant replay and, after reviewing the play in which Brady appeared to pull the ball down and then fumble, Coleman inexplicably ruled it an incomplete pass.

“It was obvious,” a terse Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said. "I thought it was a fumble, but the officials thought otherwise.

“You can never count on anything in the NFL. Say what you want, (Brady) made some great plays when he had to.”

Well, what about it? Was it a fumble or an incomplete pass?

“Uh…,” Brady said when questioned. “You know, he hit me. I wasn’t sure. Yeah, I was throwing the ball. How do you like that? Damn right. Damn right.”

A horrible day to be sure

I know my Dad has that game second only to the immaculate reception game

i see

so Brady DID tuck it, meaning it was a fumble?

exactly, and it was called the opposite.

thanks for the explanation

I like Brady’s answer though. Classic “gotcha” moment

Yeah I was talking to a coworker who lives in Boston and is a big Patriots fan..

He said with total sincerity…that was the way the rule was written and the referees were just enforcing the correct rule…I couldnt believe it…I thought he would be like, yeah we got away with one there….I am still pissed about that call!!

And Gruden left that off-season

and despite making it to the Super Bowl the next year ( I can’t remember what happened in that game) the Raiders have gone straight to hell in the following years.

And you can make the case that that one blown call changed the course of history in the NFL...

Who knows what woul dhave happened, but the Raiders would have been in the Superbowl…and you just dont know what would have happened with that patriots team..they may never have gone on to dominate the following years, they may have made some moves and broke up the team or made some chnages that they didnt make becuase they made it to the superbowl…Just a lot of things that happened because of one blown call!!

No doubt about that

I still wonder if Gruden had stayed how good that team could have been.

so the butterfly flapping its wings in Foxboro

has a world-changing effect elsewhere?

that damn butterfly hates the Raiders!

I was watching the tuck game

and agree the Raiders got jobbed… but didn’t they go to the Super Bowl the next year after that? Or am I mixing it up?

I’m not a football guy so forgive me if I have no clue.

after Gruden laft and Gruden and that Tampa D ate em up.

Didn’t help that Callahan was too stupid to change the audibles.

We should have hired Dirty Harry Callahan instead

OK punks do you feel lucky?

they did but Gruden left after the tuck game and he killed us

in that Super Bowl. At least I think he did I can’t remember for sure.

Ill take those memories...bad or not..we were in the playoffs...

true dat

ugh.

I hope that next year, no team goes up 2-0 in the ALDS because then they won’t have a reason to talk about teams that blew a 2-0 lead. Exception: the A’s have permission to sweep the ALDS next year.

whiteshoes40 - October 10, 2009 reply

There we go, then, 2-0 Mexico.

Argentina, bye the bye, are 1-0 up against Peru and are hanging on…

I wish I could go to S. Africa for the World Cup

that would be just ill.

It'd be good

But I do worry for all the England fans going and trying to do it on the cheap…

I'd love to swim in the ocean around South Africa

but you’d have to pay me to go to the soccer matches

Say what you want about the cards

But Smoltz can still pitch, boy

OMG OMG OMG

peru tied it in the 90th!!

(and palermo untied it in the 91st!!!!!!!!!)

And then Peru hit the bar from the kickoff!!!

Argentina have their work cut out against Uruguay on wednesday, is for sure

that was ballsy and good and just a cm too high. whew.

Two go through from Uruguay, Ecuador and Argentina

Chile qualify for the first time since ‘98… it’s all go, today

Colombia has never recovered from that WC own-goal, have they?

the recovered almost immediately. i mean, didn’t they gat that poor guy down about a week later…?

Well, they won the Copa America in 2001, but for the most part, they've not had great players since

i do miss el pibe

and el escorpión.

I was, er, at that game

REALLY?

you mean higuita’s scorpion kick one, right?

yeah

Yeah... actually, the coliseum reminds me a lot of old wembly, except it's a lot smaller

Both are concrete and smell of urine, though

Coliseum smells like urine?

For the most part. That and disappointment

Wow I'm jealous of that hair

So has Argentina guaranteed itself no worse than the play-in game against the top CONCACAF non-qualifier?

Yeah... who, at the moment (pending tonight's game in Honduras)

Will be Honduras or Costa Rica.

If Honduras win tonight, there’s a chance team USA! USA! could slip, but that’s fairly unlikely.

Shouldn’t underestimate either of those two teams, mind

i don’t think so…. i can’t tell how up-to-date the standings chart i’m looking at is. 4 teams go direct, the 5th plays off, the 6th stays home. brazil, chile, paraguay have q’d. argentina is 4th right now, ecuador 5, uruguay 7. what bobnothing meant is that 2 go through to the next round, but 1 of those goes to the mini playoff round and the other is just in the WC.

yeah, sorry

you’re right – Argentina needs a point against Uruguay to guarantee at least a playoff

here’s the table:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tables?league=fifa.worldq.conmebol&cc=5901

Ecuador have a tough game in Chile

Yeah, it looks like Argentina could get passed

by both Uruguay (who hosts Argentina in a few days) and Ecuador (who are playing at Chile, which won’t be easy, except that Chile has already qualified). If Uruguay and Ecuador win, then Argentina is out.

Argentina have it in their own hands, so to speak

but they do still need a result

i hope palermo’s goal just now was a momentum changer.

I think a momentum changer would be firing Diego...

i do pray for that…

I don't see it happening before Wednesday

though, I’m no expert in South American soccerball; I think your best hope is that they scrape through, and then he has a melt down and quits before the World Cup

of course not before weds. but my fear is that winning on weds will redeem him and they’ll keep him on. he’s got absolutely no idea what he’s doing there.

Yeah... I tend to agree with you.

But someone will pull the plug, no?

I mean, he sure picked an odd side today

I pray for world peace and goodwill towards man

Who's better than Maradona when they have it in their own hands?

At least he has experience with the situation.

As a manager?

Almost anyone, on the evidence thus far

he was riffing. hand of god, etc…

(see nick? sometimes we write things because they sound good not because they’re particularly true. with the radio on, and all that…)

Ugh. I don't know this hand of God. It never happened

I feel like John Cleese in the "Dead Parrot sketch"

Cleese: Why did you tell me I wasn’t in Bolton?
Palin: It was a pun.
Cleese: A pun?!?
Palin: No, not a pun. What do you call it when a word is spelled the same backwards and forwards?
Cleese: A palindrome?
Palin: Yeah, that’s it!
Cleese: The palidrome of “Bolton” is “Notlob!” No, I’m afraid I’m not prepared to continue this conversation as it’s gotten too silly.

let’s just agree to disandnowforsomethingcompletelydifferent.

...

Jump, Peter, JUMP FOR GOD'S SAKE

weeps

so bob, are you from ingland, and do you live there now?

I was living in the UK in 86

and I remember that moment very well.

Though, his first goal was phenomenal.

I live in San Francisco, currently

it was definitely memorable. i can recall that game more than i can the final.

Yeah, the final, like many finals, was pretty miserable

For me, the most enjoyable game of that world cup was England’s first round game against Poland, and Lineker’s hat trick…

Kinda makes the LF ump last night

seem less awful in comparison.

Some might mention that England were very lucky that

Terry Fenwick wasn’t sent off in the first half.

If we’re honest, though, and the picture bears this out, I feel – Peter Shilton mistimes his leap for the ball. There’s no way that Maradona, hand or no hand, should get to that ball first.

You mean because he makes David Eckstein look like Manute Bol?

Something along those lines, yes

Padilla

68 pitches thru 5, can’t fault the economy of that.

Hope the Cards can at least put on a tease.

these aren't the A's were talking about here

Prince Albert

ring him up!

is he in a can?

i admit it's hard to resist the prince-albert-and-ring jokes

i’m strong, but not that strong.

I am not strong in any way

when it comes to making a bad joke

and then Holliday fouls out around the plate

not like we’ve ever seen that before.

Well I never saw it before

but that’s only because I just listened to the A’s games this year

holy fucking shit!

The Florida-LSU game’s on. WTF am I doing hanging out in this sausage party?!

So you're just slightly less aware of the game than Tebow is?

LSU

They’re 9.5-point underdogs. I took them to cover.

are you a bookie RRS?

No

I like to bet, however.

I like to pick the games straight up with no spreads in the NFL

but I don’t like to bet. You might as well set money on fire.

I would wager that RRS ends up making a lot of money at it.

could be

I’ve had some friends who’ve made money off of my advice but I just don’t get any thrill out of gambling.

I'm with you

It’s why I have no interest in “fantasy” sports (which are just complex betting schemes).

This is the first year I played fantasy baseball

and it didn’t do much for me.

he will be.

give him time.

College Football Games

ABC: Michigan at No. 12 Iowa
CBS: No. 1 Florida at No. 4 LSU
ESPN: Colorado at No. 2 Texas
ESPN2: No. 22 Georgia Tech at Florida State
CSNBA: Stanford at Oregon State

mmm sausage party

(I meant something different, but I concur)

mmm concur

that's not food you know.

I recently came to have DVR service, so I’m doing what someone else suggested the other day and letting the first quarter pass harmlessly, then flying through quarters two and three and then watching quarter four live.

mmm DVR service

I mean that this time. I loveeeeee my DVR.

I'm still learning how to use it.

I’m concerned I’ve screwed it up now.

the question is

how much room do you have on the hard drive? and do you record games in HD?

The Direct TV DVR isn't as good as the one I had with cable

but I had to switch to get the NFL package.

did you buy it or do you have to give it back?

I'm renting it

we have two of them in the condo. The living room one is mine and the bedroom one is the domain of my girlfriend.

too bad

else you could mod it. I’m gonna put in a 1 GB HD in mine next week.

I've never ran out of room yet

but the one in the bedroom is getting close to being full. She never erases the shows even after she watches them.

here in LA

TWC put “flags” on all shows now. I was transferring things off to my laptop to save them and watch on my iPhone, but now I can’t hence I needed the extra space.

There is a setting that erases the shows

after they’ve been on awhile but she won’t use it.

Cards shoulda started Smoltz

5 up, 5 blown away.

Ethier dismantling the Cards.

Andre Ethier

is just putting it on the Cardinals today.

5-0

this game seems over and it’s just too damn good to be true… did Matt Holliday singlehandedly alter the trajectory of this series and tank the Cards season in the process? I feel like the kid at the end of Animal House who has the cheerleader land in his lap unexpectedly and goes “Thank you, God!!”.

boy a lot of you guys sure do hate Matt Holliday

I’ve already kind of forgotten he played with the A’s.

Have a nice holliday

Matt.

Stay in the NL where you can have your nice BA. We have seen what you can’t do against the AL.

Trainman - October 10, 2009 reply

Hey, guys.

Wow, looks like my predictions in that playoff prediction thread are becoming invalid as quick as possible.

....

did you predict no snow and that Holliday wouldn’t get hit in the nads?

maybe that's what he meant when he was talking about snow balls

Whoa, Holliday got hit in the nuts?

I have to see this.

ninth inning

thursday night. watch it and ~~weep~~ cheer

Oh, the missed catch error?

Wasn’t it more the stomach region?

it looked a lot the groin to me

I think, uh, lower stomach is the euphamism du jour

Hahaha, just rewatched it.

Not sure how I missed it earlier. Definitely the marbles. And he fell down afterwards.

it will be on blooper reels for decades to come

baseballgirl sent me this little present yesterday

LOL

that’s so awesome. It would be perfect it was animated, but this is great!

it was a balls to the wall play

kind of nutty really.

We should look at that thread in about a week

to see how wrong I was.

I had St. Louis sweeping the Dodgers enroute to a World Series trophy.

Um, oops.

I had Boston over Philadelphia in 6 games

I think I’m in trouble

I picked the Twins

Although I think they will come back and win both games in the Dome.

i hope you're right, EM

a Yankees vs. slegnA series is puke-worthy

If there's anything left in our stomachs after RedSux vs.slegnA

I hope so

at least make the evil empire work a bit

When did Padilla get picked up this year?

Towards the end of August right? Who would have thought that he, Wainwright, and Carpenter would pitch in this series, and Padilla might be the one to outpitch them both

wainwright pitched pretty good

Andrre Ethier is overrated

plays in the weaker league and has Manny for protection
he cant hit lefties
terrible defensive OF
I’m not convinced if he remained in oakland he’d hit even close to as he’s hitting now and most of his offensive value is balanced out due his other weaknesses
A’s traded a solid, not great prospect who has exceeded expectations for 2 positions of need w/ bradley and perez. It didnt work out, but time to move on.

Asfan4ever723 - October 10, 2009 reply

plus, my friends would have to listen to me say his name in a french accent on a regular basis

small mercies, huh

he's a good baseball player

major baserunning fail right there

stl fans

They kept saying for awhile the holliday trade is justified if they make the world series, thats not happening lol

Asfan4ever723 - October 10, 2009 reply

at least their team made the playoffs

That's funny. Somebody throwing AT Padilla.

The ump and Martin. About damn time.

LOL I just saw their replay

karma baby

The best part was Russell Martin cracking up at the umpire after they both threw at him.

can't laugh at how he's pitching though

total domination

yeah my rooting against him didn't work obv

Har har.

Blicks - October 10, 2009 reply

Jason LaRue looks like he has a mullet

mmm mullets

I had one in 1987. Ah middle school.

Off to the Sharks game!!!

Go Sharks!!…This baseball game sucked by the way…..BORING!!

gotta love the heartbreak teams, eh?

j/k. I love ’em too. Go Sharks!!!

Shouldn't they be the San Jose Landsharks?

are did SJ move closer to the water?

land shark stadiium

isn’t that where the marlins play?

All I know is that the Marlins play in front of sold out crowds for every game

hmmm I may have that wrong.

every time I go to the doctor I talk about "E.D."

So it's Future E.D., not Future Ed?

but if it's in the future, then he doesn't have to worry about that right now

yikes that's never a good topic of conversation

not watching the cards dodgers on TV?

uh I was thinking about a more "soft" topic of conversation

How is that a SB and not defensive indifference?

What is the deciding factor?

It's always a steal if the 1B is holding the runner

I don’t think that’s a rule or anything, but that seems to be the way the scorers decide. If the 1B is playing in his normal position, it’s indifference.

If Holliday played forst for the A's

it would always be indifference

what if he played beane?

Last chance for redemption for Holliday

Buhbye.

Have a nice offseason, Matt Holliday.

he'll have more fun than us.

and if not

he’ll have more money

And more money

Sure. But I'l always have my bitterness.

Holliday's not done with his defensive miscues

which is worth more to me

It's the things that money can't buy that make life worthwhile

gotta love the bitterness

it makes life worth living

Ok, I love baseball

But I really don’t like 3pm starts; it really makes you feel like you’ve been watching the game for too long It’s light outside when it starts, and dusk when it finishes. Not good.

last chance for the Cards

Done and done.

Ok, I don’t want the Angels to win of course, but and LA/LA series would be fun.

ewwww

Hah. Sorry.

And done

Wooo that’s some gas baby

101 mph to win the series

At least Giants fans will be unhappy!

One of my cousins in SF

grew up in St Louis and is a huge Cards fan.

Her husband is a huge Giants fan.

Not happy times chez eux.

My LA cousins will be happy, though.

are you sure

Asfan4ever723 - October 10, 2009 reply

LOL!

San Francisco Giants Trophy Case

I sent that picture to a friend who was a Giants fan. He was pissed.

I'm gonna post it on my gnats friends' facebook page

awesome i was hoping someone would post that again

thanks!

sniff...no more baseball til tomorrow

And only three games tomorrow instead of four!

first game is at 9AM though

slegnA and sux

well, no more excuses...back to work...

College Football

There are a lot of games going on right now and they’re basically all good.

or

there’s a preseason warriors-suns game on TNT. lol.

hockey for me. go sharks!

wow, that series was over quickly.

It’s kind of sad that Holliday will be hearing about that play for the rest of the offseason (and beyond)… oh well. I’m sure he’ll still get a big contract somewhere, although maybe not with the Cards anymore…

whiteshoes40 - October 10, 2009 reply

I'm not sad

Should’ve played better in Oakland, chump. Enjoy the offseason. Maybe shag a few fly balls — you know, have your dad hit you some pop-ups — you’ll get better, don’t worry.

Vacafan - October 10, 2009 reply

I hear Mark McGwire might be willing to work with him in the offseason...

Yeah, I do feel sorry for LaRussa, though. Holliday, not so much.

In your face Matt Holliday.

Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude

doctorK - October 10, 2009 reply

ouch

That's quick work by the scoreboard people in the background.

Quick work, yes, but by me!

Original here

doctorK - October 10, 2009 reply

Well that's just sneaky!

Dear RotoWorld,

Please stop butchering the English language. If Billy Beane has “inferred that Cliff Pennington will be the A’s SS next season,” from whom has he drawn this inference and why wasn’t Billy informed directly? Thank you for your consideration on this excruciatingly important matter.

Sincerely,

Me.

Nico - October 10, 2009 reply

Chavez who got the information from Forst.