Apparently the Angels and Red Sox do, so here's an early thread to go with the pancakes, waffles, or eggs with holland-A's sauce you are enjoying in bed while splitting your attention between the Sunday funnies (Oh Dagwood, you di'int just say that to Mr. Dithers!), the ballgame, the cat that is sitting on your chest staring at you, and the vague smell of fish that you can't place but is becoming more and more difficult to ignore.
As for the ballgame part, the Angels are throwing a sweater at the Red Sox and it's Kazmir. Boston counters with a hard gained soil and it's Clay.
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baseball and breakfast
too bad it’s two teams that make me sick…
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
I'm sorry, was that mean?
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
the truth hurts
but is oh-so-valuable
my_cat_max - October 11, 2009
Who plays baseball at 9am?
Who has a soccer game at 9.30am?
What’s that you say? I do?
Best get moving, then
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
9:30am?!
That’s just not cricket.
OldhamA - October 11, 2009
Yeah, it was worth it
It’s not stupidly hot here today, so it was a fun game to play in
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
Patriots Day?
Oh wait, that would be at 6:30AM or something
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
Mmmmmmm...HollandA's sauce....
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
This is the way it should be
daytime baseball in the playoffs. too bad its the last time this year
Future Ed - October 11, 2009
It looks like a beautiful day in Boston
Unlike the cold grey dawn we’ve got here…though I’m sure it will be better in three hours.
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
What the hell Boston
What the hell?
Hit4TheCycle - October 11, 2009
This is why we need to go back to the historical 154 game schedule
and have scheduled double headers.
designatedforassignment - October 11, 2009
I agree with both of these sentiments
btw, softball, still on
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
I go roped into taking family to the airport
Ahh the pleasures of living at home
but I will be game for the next one.
designatedforassignment - October 11, 2009
good morning first sergeant
ak_A - October 11, 2009
Football
Woo!
Rated-R Superstar - October 11, 2009
Barf.
Nico - October 11, 2009
It is sure going to be chilly-cold in denver this evening.
ak_A - October 11, 2009
Weather in Denver
Ed Werder was reporting from Denver and there was nothing other than snow behind him.
Rated-R Superstar - October 11, 2009
They should disqualify the Rockies.
OldhamA - October 11, 2009
Its going to be fun watching
the Yankees beat the Angels
Future Ed - October 11, 2009
let's see if the umpires let the Sux fans intimidate them...
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
I will be amazed if this post season (game 163 included)
doesn’t cause MLB to do something stupid about the blown calls.
Future Ed - October 11, 2009
that call against Mauer was unreal
I don’t know if I’ve seen a call so obviously bad. And there was an LF umpire!
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
yeah
the HBPs are not so bad, the Mauer one, wow
Future Ed - October 11, 2009
I hate to say this, but GO SUX.
Blicks - October 11, 2009
I hate to read it
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
Too bad this isn't the Sux vs. the Rays again
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
last year was nice -- I just rooted for the Rays the whole way
Unfortunately this year’s non-evil team isn’t doing so well. Hmmph. Go Twins!
whiteshoes40 - October 11, 2009
I hope Pettite blows it tonight
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
The Yanks losing to Pavano will be funny in multiple ways
Go Twins!
Blicks - October 11, 2009
morning all....
gigglingone - October 11, 2009
Good morning!
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
good morning!
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
I suddenly have a hankering for a black taco
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
slegnA are losing! Yay!
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
My big plan for this series isn't working out so well
My hope was that the road team would keep winning, so that we’d never have to see happy slegnA or BoSux fans.
Nick - October 11, 2009
I could've told the Angels that being up 2-0 in a division series don't mean shit
stormtown - October 11, 2009
At least the A's haven't coughed up a hairball like the Cardinals did in the first playoff round for nearly 35 years
The last time the A’s got trounced in the 1st round of the playoffs like that was 1975. The only other time was 1971.
Nick - October 11, 2009
I think I'd have the quick exit
than being two of four teams who have lost after being up 2-0
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
for me, I'd rather have the A's winning as many games as possible
even if they didn’t win the series — especially since I would be attending all of the home games. That said, I’d rather have fewer home games to attend and see the A’s win the series.
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
Yay slegnA are losing.... by more now!
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
No, he's on the Twins.
Nico - October 11, 2009
i got it
it took me no more than 10 seconds. understanding the author was the clue.
ak_A - October 11, 2009
....
(crickets)
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
focus on the "more now"
and think about the Twins…
whiteshoes40 - October 11, 2009
ah yes
ha. ha ha ha ha.
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
LOL Raiders
Flashfire - October 11, 2009
hey, they could get a field goal out of this
stormtown - October 11, 2009
31-7 now eh?
I guess that 270-3 prediction wasn’t far off
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
slegnA blow a golden opportunity -- yay!
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
So, we won our soccerball game today
Our first win of the season.
PLAYOFFS!!!!!!
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
yours can be the only playoff team I root for then
stormtown - October 11, 2009
the 7th seed is ours for the taking
Eight teams make the playoffs, and this season, there are…. eight teams in our league.
We’re nailed on
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
Take that Figgins!!
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
well that was only strike 2, really
stormtown - October 11, 2009
slegnA has a chance.
brian.only - October 11, 2009
damn
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
Poopelbon.
brian.only - October 11, 2009
always happy to see Papelbon give up runs
stormtown - October 11, 2009
HA
brian.only - October 11, 2009
i can't believe he was leaning again
Papelbon doesn’t have a great move, either
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
This is great
I want the slegnA to lose, but I want the Red Sox to feel uncomfortable about the win.
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
I'd quite like the Red Sox to be crushed at home
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
I'd quite like the slegnA to be crushed at home.
If the sux go on to win, tomorrow is going to be the pivotal game (obviously). If the sux win then, then a game 5 is anyone’s
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
Different sides of the same coin, really
Obviously, if the Angels get crushed at home, I won’t be crying into my pillow
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
Regardless of who plays...
I love Game 5’s!!
Coach Cleats - October 11, 2009
If you happen to be within an hour or so of Mpls
(I know we have a couple of Minnesota ANers) The Twins released some extra tickets for today’s game.
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
Pinch-hitting for Napoli with GMJ?
Manager of the century!
Manstein - October 11, 2009
uh-oh......
Blicks - October 11, 2009
Francona, its called pitcher change. Do it.
Blicks - October 11, 2009
Wow I'm surprised Figgins didn't score
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
whoa, just came back in... got some drama.
ak_A - October 11, 2009
Papelboner does it again.
Blicks - October 11, 2009
Oh man. This is great stuff. But jumanji is on my tv!
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
I loved the sound of the ball hitting the Monster
Papelbon stinks.
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
sounds great on the radio
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
DANK!
It was a great “hit a piece of sheet metal with a hammer” sound.
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
Greeeeaaaaat.
pam5981 - October 11, 2009
Pitching change. DO IT.
Blicks - October 11, 2009
too late
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
LOL
brian.only - October 11, 2009
wow.
ak_A - October 11, 2009
Sux fall behind - Papelbon blows a save - yay!
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
but slegnA in line for a victory
boo
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
yeah, ugh
so I’m concentrating for now on Sux humiliation — at Fenway, with Papelbon blowing it — priceless…
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
you're right
hard to root against all these bastards jumping off bridges
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
these games suddenly become easier to watch when you realise that a team you like is about to lose
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
whoa.
lots of blown saves already this postseason.
whiteshoes40 - October 11, 2009
LOL
I hate the slegnA passionately, but for the Sux to get swept, I’ll buy that for a dollar.
doctorK - October 11, 2009
Hells yeah.
Take your crooked little stadium home pls.
brian.only - October 11, 2009
LOL at the announcer describing Red Sox Nation as "reserved"
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
hah!
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
I don't want to see the Angels win, but considering they're already up 2-0...
Might as well make Boston cry in the process of advancing.
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
Yankees vs. Angels will be pretty good in the next round.
Coach Cleats - October 11, 2009
careful...it's not over yet...
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
Papelbon is really becoming a one-trick pony
Fastball after fastball after fastball.
Manstein - October 11, 2009
But he makes pursed lip smoochy faces all the time!
He must be good.
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
let's see him to an Irish jig in hotpants on the Fenway field now...
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
If any of the Boston fans are armed, we might just get to
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
That was quick.
brian.only - October 11, 2009
Ray Romano, Andre Braugher, and Scott Bakula?
That’s an all-star lineup (for TNT).
And by that, I mean they’re all B-minus listers.
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
Andre Braugher is a really, really good actor. I hate Ray Romano though, even more with that idiotic haircut. He looks like the teen porn king Joe Francis
Manstein - October 11, 2009
Yeah, I'll definitely take Andre Braugher over the other two guys.
Especially Scott Bakula.
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
I vote for another blown save
so both sides suffer!
whiteshoes40 - October 11, 2009
and with Fuentes coming in...
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
Holy Cow!
Did anyone just see the hit Ray Lewis put on Ochocinco? Knocked his helmet off!
Coach Cleats - October 11, 2009
Pablumbalm
1 IP, 4H, 3ER, 2B, 0K- 13.50 ERA.
eeesh.
brian.only - October 11, 2009
I'll tell ya
If there’s one thing I would not have done, it’s walk Hunter to face Vlad.
That was just asking for trouble.
bear88 - October 11, 2009
Right,
Pretty wishful thinking.
brian.only - October 11, 2009
Time to pile on some slegnA hate.
pam5981 - October 11, 2009
nah, Sux fans would enjoy a comeback too much
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
I love a silent Fenway Park
doctorK - October 11, 2009
Fenway Pawk
Coach Cleats - October 11, 2009
They're reserved! Shy, even! That famed Northern reticence!
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
radio announcer just seriously jinxed it
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
In the end I think the Sox fans are far worse than the slegnA at the Coli.
May they loose and we can quit hearing about them for a couple months.
Yankees loose 3 in a row.
brian.only - October 11, 2009
I agree completely
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
Yep
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
No free taco from you!
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
Aw crap.
pam5981 - October 11, 2009
look on the bright side -- Sux fans' depression
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
I guess it doesn't matter much.
pam5981 - October 11, 2009
This is pretty tame for Fuentes
Come on man, at least walk someone
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
There is no "Sox" in tease
doctorK - October 11, 2009
pwned!
brian.only - October 11, 2009
completely.
pam5981 - October 11, 2009
SUX suck -- end of your season, ha ha ha
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
Down by the river
Down by the banks of the river Charles….plop! splash! plop!
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
plop plop fizz fizz
Sux need some alka-seltzer too
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
wow.
That was a pretty brutal way for the Sox to go down. 2-run lead with 2 outs in the ninth… then BAM. It’s over.
Hahaha.
whiteshoes40 - October 11, 2009
Should we sign Vlad?
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
don't old and decrepit players go to the Giants?
stormtown - October 11, 2009
hopefully they won't be going to the A's anymore
after the 2009 experience
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
Giants will drop 40 mil over 4 years for Vlad.
Just a prediction.
Coach Cleats - October 11, 2009
The Giants should have grabbed him from Montreal
But then, that would require the Giants management not to be idiots.
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
We are spared another Yankees-Red Sox series
and more replays of Curt Schilling’s bloody sock.
stormtown - October 11, 2009
thank you
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
Later, Big Popup
doctorK - October 11, 2009
Face it, everyone
Barring a Twins miracle, there’s nothing for A’s fans to root for, other than a National League victory in the World Series.
The good news about the Sox losing is that I won’t have to see that graphic about their ALDS comebacks.
bear88 - October 11, 2009
I think we've all been facing that for weeks now
stormtown - October 11, 2009
for the last couple of playoffs, in fact.
AV - October 11, 2009
well we could root for the devil rays last year
and since I worship the devil it worked for me.
stormtown - October 11, 2009
I actually hate Twinkies more than the Yankees
My 4 least favorite AL teams made the postseason this year, and between them I find Yankees least offensive. Weird, huh?
Manstein - October 11, 2009
Wow...What a way to end your season.
If the Broncos beat the Patriots today, the whole state of New England might implode.
Coach Cleats - October 11, 2009
The whole region, too.
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
The TV crew is just heartbroken
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
yeah, they lost their extra zip. toned it down.
ak_A - October 11, 2009
Selig must be sad
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
A Yankees WS will cheer him up
doctorK - October 11, 2009
may it not be...
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
I'm actually happy for the Angels
Red Sox Nation really needed to have their collective mouths shut and AL West is due some respect.
Manstein - October 11, 2009
I'm not happy for the slegnA...I'm thrilled for the Sux and their fans
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
+1
Can’t wait to hear the post-mortem press conference with Francona
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
and Papleblown
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
papel-pwn'ed
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
Here's how it should go
Q. You pitched to Vlad? By choice? And walked the bases loaded to do it? Did you want to lose?
bear88 - October 11, 2009
it actually wasn't a terrible move
but does illustrate the importance of having him hit behind hunter
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
My equation goes
Have more than one player who can hit the ball? Awesometimes!
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
Having Holliday and New And Improved Rajai 2.0™ in the lineup at the same time would have been fun.
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
But Rajai only sucked because Holliday wasn't trying / didn't care
Did you not get that memo?
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
Raj also wasn't playing regularly
that is key to getting him not to suck
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
Looking at the replay
that was a meatball on the first pitch to a first pitch swinger. dumb.
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
it's also giving a good pitch to a hitter who swings at everything
stormtown - October 11, 2009
Does anyone have this Red Zone channel? It's madness
they keep switching from game to game and you can’t tell what’s going on. I saw three different games while typing this.
stormtown - October 11, 2009
They gave a free one-day preview last week.
Indeed, madness. I watched it for about five minutes.
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
Gotta root for the evil empire
to beat these slegnA.
Trainman - October 11, 2009
See...
I just don’t know if I can do that. I can bring myself to root for the Angels (sorta) to beat the Red Sox, but…the Yankees? That’s just too much, man.
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
i'm both dying here and happy inside, TM
What’s gonna happen with you and your Yankee fan roommie when they meet in ALCS?
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
I'm going with a Yankees - Dodgers World Series.
But a Twins vs. Rockies WS would be sweet.
Coach Cleats - October 11, 2009
Well, three hours to be productive before the next game!
See you later.
Englishmajor - October 11, 2009
isn't it only 2 hours -- or 2 1/2?
I’ve been working (barely) while listening to the game anyway…
OaklandSi - October 11, 2009
current temp in denver = 30
Cloudy until early afternoon with patchy fog late and a slight chance of very light freezing drizzle. Partly cloudy this afternoon. Highs 42 to 50.
ak_A - October 11, 2009
sure would make sense to play the game in the day, wouldn't it?
stupid Fox.
stormtown - October 11, 2009
TBS
Coach Cleats - October 11, 2009
yeah, I'm so used to blaming Fox for everything
I guess stupid MLB, actually.
stormtown - October 11, 2009
Go Niners
Do not adjust your interwebs – I just officially gave up on the Raiders until Al Davis has nothing left to do with running that team.
doctorK - October 11, 2009
I've been flirting with that point for a couple of years now.
I may have just hit rock bottom.
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
44-7?
Painful, brother.
cuppingmaster - October 11, 2009
I flipped back from the Angels game to see this stat line displayed at some point in the 4th quarter:
danmerqury - October 11, 2009
yesh
bobnothing - October 11, 2009
Of course, just as I posted that comment, the Niners threw an interception, and have just given up a touchdown
The doctorK curse is apparently alive and well.
doctorK - October 11, 2009
GAME RECAP IS UP
To talk about the top of the 9th, among other things.
Nico - October 11, 2009
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