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Open Thread: Game 162 - A's vs. Angels (cont.)

After 5 innings, one team is playing good defense and one isn't. Hence the score: 4-2 Angels.

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Stew Me

okay

you need a more serious one

one of those “i ain’t playing man” looks

Gotta go cook. Will be back later.
no more photos unless they are of hotties
some people really like Chaka.
or have subject lines

Kudos to Nick and LB for doing it properly.

hi guys, remember me?

where is rrs?
mourning a raiders loss
Yeah, we both went through a mourning period
Football or homework

both a waste of time.

The difference being: People who do homework have normal life spans.
I would imagine that most people who watch football do too.
those who play however...
oh! those...

yes, not so much.

i know

he should be here with the rest of us, watching the inevitable

Hi

Hi, I’m watching football.

whatcha watching, kid?
NFL

I’m watching the Jets-Saints game right now. I just keep on flipping through, though.

i think you have a sexth sense for lauren

i mean sixth. maybe,

Lauren

She does get my sap rising.

You call it your sap?

That’s adorable.

i don't remember quite the same coloring as sap
"Sap"

I heard it on television once.

you're cute
Thanks

You’re too nice, you know.

are you sure you don't mean the button to hear the alternate audio
I love you.

screw all these other guys.

that stew looks good. so does Stew.
was that really a balk?
Is it too much to ask that we finish the season with a win?

Just because we are playing the slegnA.

no it's not too much
"No win for you! One week."
no kidding
i went last sunday and look what happens

i better sit somewhere else next time

no wins for you, five months.
apparently, it is too much to ask
I kinda already know the answer

but I thought I would ask anyway.

After yesterday's game we're dead even

in runs scored vs runs allowed. So this game will be the difference.

I'm glad about the balk, though,

because the team was playing alarmingly well until then. Not.

is mathis catching now?
at least nomar is going out with some hits
at least nomar is going out

nuff’ said but good career

yeah i remember seeing his first game at the coli in 96ish

his name wouldn’t fit on the scoreboard

i like nomar, regardless of what he's done this year.
i'm gonna miss yelling

nomah!!!

Won't Mia be pissed?
they got another run? crap. c'mon a's.
kennedy's chaw is yucky
chaw?
chew, chaw, wad of chewing tobacco
hmmmm i wonder if its gum?
So is that DP
The unyucky part: It still means

I’ll never again have to watch Bobby Crosby play for the A’s.

NEWS FLASH

from the sf chronicle:
The A’s have just announced that rookie right-hander Clayton Mortensen was arrested last night for suspected driving under the influence and spent the night in jail in Santa Clara County.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/detail?&entry_id=48904#ixzz0T0UbD4Te

Clayton Mortensen

He’s a moron.

boo

his name shall now be esteban mortensen

Yeah, saw that earlier

Doofus.

How about some Henry Rodriguez

the slegnA need to see some more of him up close and personal.

100 mph off the inside part of the plate a little

instead, ziegler's throwing his 70 MPHers
4 DPs?

The A’s are trying to get out of there quickly. Geez.

There are lockers to clean, equipment to stow, etc.

Trying to get out of the Coli no later than 5 PM sharp.

Got to get out

before the Raiders come back, run away.

holy crap someone caught it!
I couldn't survive without "BART".
Dude, scary.

I was watching football in the other room, got back on here to write that VERY thing out.

Oh come on now.

A’S OFFENSE EXPLOSION!

let's go oakland!!!!
Man I hate Football

Maybe hockey can be my between baseball sport.

you should

hockey’s a fun time. not as many personalities as basketball and football either, therefore the focus is on the game.

i might have to root for the red sox over the angels
I certainly am
slegnA are worse, OAH
good choice
i'm mentally preparing myself to root for the less evil team

and right now i’m hating the angels more

One word:

Pappelbon.

yeah, I root against him
Papelbon

He’s an ass.

i feel the hate rising in you, young a's fan

you know, I've never noticed before, but he looks like a giant dick.
i told you cup, can i call you cup?, only hotties
some young evil jedis think he is hot.
okay okay. better?
er

Approved

That’s very nice.

is your sap rising?
My "Sap"

It has risen, yes.

Hm. Hoom.

The young entings, they are so hasty. We ents don’t move much any more. Not since the entwives left.

I love Treebeard.
men hotties please
here you go OAH

cutie, thanks cup!
who is that and why doesn't he get a haircut?
Andy Samberg.
on SNL

the guy that does the digital shorts

i haven't watched SNL in years
somewhat less funny than it has been

but good for some poltical satire

I can't root for the Red Sox

Even if they were playing against Satan.

I cheer the fuck out of Satan.

“Go, Evil Overlord! Woo!”

All the interesting people come to his parties
I don't think I care that much to root against anyone

there are players I don’t like, like ortiz and posada. and others like Scioscia, but teams? meh.

I don't really like the AL East

Unless it’s the Rays, Blue Jays, even Orioles

I'm just going to root for the angels to lose.
ok we got something going!
ok, can we strand 2 runners with 2 outs???
why, yes we can
Stranding Runners

That’s too easy.

ask and you shall receive

rajai and his mighty 40 MPH bat speed

Lets go Rajai

3 run home runner please, inside the park would be best

Slider. Swing and miss.

Repeat 3×.

Rajai does not like sliders

He has seen a bunch of them the last few weeks

that's what KK just said.
Rajai can learn from Wuertz

who can throw to him in off season. LOL

oh Dibs - last one of the season, thanks ray
wuertz

between him and bailey, the bright spots of the season

You've hurt Anderson's feelings now.

Big jerk.

and 1st half Braden

and 2nd half Davis

i hope we keep wuertz
Sliders, making otherwise decent major league hitters look like bobby crosby.
you get on, you get off and you're there.
okay, boys. score runs please!
how much do season tickets cost?
No doubt about it that our hitters

do not want to be here the last week

Taking strike 3 looking and the just want the season to be over.

I'm back.

What did I miss since the start of this thread?

That's it -- time for a magical rally

Helen!
she already working her magic with Zook.
Gotta be pretty damn magical....

….if Reverse Ramon plays a role in it!

Draft order

Forgive me if this has been answered elsewhere (I’ve been out of town and away from a computer for a week) but what happens in terms of the June 2010 draft if the A’s lose today and the Padres lose creating a three-way tie with Toronto?

Draft Order

I was already writing my post below when you posted. What I was able to find was in case of tie the previous year’s records are used as tie breaker. Toronto had a better record than the A’s in 2008, while Padres had a worst record. So Padres, A’s, Blue Jays would be the order is a three way tie.

Still sucks to end the season with a week of losing.

Thanks

Thanks for the info. Doesn’t hurt to hope for a Padres rally just in case.

Draft Order

Silver lining to a loss today. If my math is correct:

A’s Win – A’s get 11th pick
A’s Loss/Padres Loss – A’s get 10th pick
A’s Loss/Padres Win – A’s get 9th pick

Rally Monkey

I can’t even collapse his image!

Sometimes life is like that...
Bad Sooner!

No! NO!

(smacks Sooner across snout with rolled up newspaper)

*Whimpers*

Time to go back to chewing the furniture….

This is a sliver lining
What a friendly place

Other SportsBlogs in the network tend to have more name calling and swearing, usually the ones of playoff bound teams.

Makes me conclude winning leads to more swearing.

we like to swear here, too.

just not at each other.

No reason to Troll the A's

But that doesn’t stop people from Trolling the Raiders no matter how they are doing.

sometimes at the players

or Geren.

what's that shit all about?
well, we have one more inning

: ( (sniff)

MGD commercial!

drink that beer at school for me, guy! C’mon! Just once.

At least I won't have to hear the draft beer ad again
There's always next year!
Hope and MGD ads

The certainties of the 2010 season.

Someone will make a more annoying commercial for next year

it never fails

On the plus side, they're supporting the A's
it's just emotionally dishonest.

He knows he drinks that last beer at school. I know he drinks that last beer at school. But he won’t say it.

Tell you what I won't be missing....

The three ads that play over and over and over again on mlb.tv.

Yeah, that is teh suck
I suppose a 7-game streak without a save opportunity

is one way to preserve someone’s consecutive saves streak.

CHONE!

(shakes fist at nemesis)

the A's are just setting up for the walk off win
yes!
i think we need a "sayonara slam"
what's that?

oh a goodbye grand slam?

a GS when you're team is down by 3

to win the game

i have learned so much baseball here
Here, let me teach you about third base.
gonna party like 2007
it is pretty much tradition for AN gatherings.
walk off grand slam
Why can't we just say "game-ending" instead of walk-off?
because it sounds more devastating
not poetic enough
Because a 1-2-3 inning would still be game-ending?
"Game-ending single"

You can’t have a “walk-off 1,2,3 inning” either. It’s only for when the batting team wins it.

Maybe they will set up

And tease.

yankees are 103-59? wow

see what money can get you

Did they buy wins?
apparently with their salaries
Yeah, but it can't buy you love

But you'd think it would at least let you keep your own right knee!
the judge granted it to her.
That's probably how he hurt his hip
time to lower Bailey's ERA again!

anybody know how many saves he has?

26 in 30 opps
sweet. ROY!
i hope so

su slu does and she gets to vote

What a season he's had!

Rookie of the Year!

Just like BoCro!

I prefer to think:

Rookie of the Year! Just like Huston Street!

[…three or four years down the road, he’ll hide an injury, and management will turn against him before trading him in the offseason and making me sad]

way to jinx his career
um, I think it's 26.

or that’s what cup and deb say.

Apparently, the 49ers are legit, huh?
Dude, they are playing the RAMS

Kind of like playing my Raiders. Proves nothing.

they're 3-1 and are a Bret Favre miracle from 4-0.
I know there's some disagreement around here...

…but I certainly hope so!

They're playing the Rams at home

So today doesn’t prove much. But they’re a decent team, it appears.

They are Giants Legit

Sometimes lacking in offense when it matters.

We have the same record as Toronto

Unless we score 4

Man I remember when Toronot lead the AL east
How do they break ties for draft position?
2008 Records
Whichever team doesn't have Scutaro gets the higher pick
Had to step out for a bit.

And…nothing’s changed.

sorry, we asked them to
An'nal nathrac, uvthas bethud, dochal tienveh...

she has magical powers....
work everytime.

should we break protocol and post a shitload of them?!

That Cuddyer out at home

is looking mighty important today.

Ah, Jepsen.

He’s my favorite Angels pitcher.

here comes the teAse!
yay Dale, getting the tease started
Barton has been a nice second half surprise.
Barton's wish

Why can’t all baseball games be played in September?

they play in AAA too
why is cust hitting now?

eh, why do i try….

Bottom of the 9th and here comes a heavy snow shower

(at Lake Tahoe). Most appropriate.

cust gets the runner over
way to get a sacrafice, jack
why does cust go to 2nd?
if the ball goes into the dugout, automatic award of 2nd base
another fun fact i never knew
Error by Brandon Wood.

Ball sailed into the dugout.

ball thrown out of play
the throw went into the dugout
pennington last batter of 2009?
do they get a special prize for that?
c'mon, damn it!

Merlin needs to dress Pennington like an Angel so they let him get on base
And now ditto for Rajai
searching for the one that works?
Way to look interested in playing baseball Jack
Last out of the season now....

It’s been real, ANers!

Please tease me, oh yeah,

like I tease you.

Your wish is their command!
c'mon, Cliffy.

This is sad.

rajai up, get a home run
If we tie it up and then

Bailey comes back as we win in the 10th, does he get a save?

No.

Because he didn’t enter in a save situation.

nope, he'd get the win
woohoo...another run!
Penny!!!

Season not over yet

I think now's a good time to give Jack Cust a big round of applause.
No flags on the play

Base hit

the reason football is dumb
now about that balk
hey, a run! Thanks, Cliffy!
If we all strip, the A's will win.
you assume we've been dressed
Dammit! Who's still wearing clothes?
sorry, it's too cold for being nekkid
how in the world do we have 12 hits in this game?!
it's been fun folks
Let the off season / 2010 roster talk begin
You're two weeks late
you mean months?
i hope 2/3 of these guys are gone
there's that slider again
Sliders - Making everyone look silly.
That's a wrap.

It’s been a great season for AN. I’ll see you guys in the offseason.

This was actually my first!

DERP.

Well, I hope it was a fun one.

There’s still going to be a ton of offseason talk and stuff. Don’t change that channel!

Last time I have to listen to Hudler this year!
Fare thee well, AN friends

I hope you have a good fall and winter and see you on a DLD once in a while.

I love you all.

well, folks,

it’s been a fun season…

Later Bros

See you in the playof…

sigh.

Well, it wouldn’t have been an A’s game without an ineffectual ninth-inning rally.

Have a good offseason, boys. I’ll miss you.

you expected 2009 to end another way?
Its been fun season! Remember...

Theres always next year.

And Geren falls just short of his career best wins!

So close!

Second half of the season was great

2010 will be even better

ending the season w/ 7 losses is not that great
No.

But considering the September we had, I can live with it.

yeah, still above .500 for the month, no?
0-4 in October
As opposed to our usual 2-3?
17-10 for September.

167-115 runs scored/allowed, which is all kinds of awesome.

yes

i just hope the team we saw from the beginning of the month to last saturday is the one we get next season. eternal optimism!

a's are throwing things to the fans, cute
Oh look -- they threw Crosby.
bye bye party people.

we’ll get em in 2010!

In play, Offseason(s).

Ugh.

This was indeed a true end to the season

if only game threads didn’t have to go away. Gonna be a long season with ya, ladies and gents

2010 will be kinder to us
see you all on the post season threads
G'night everybody

Tip your waitresses.

Hey look, it's jaymee sire.
And some guy with a hat. Gosh I can't read.
Let's Go Padres

A’s move up one more draft slot if Padres win

ok sounds good
time to root against the gnats

our only solace

oh oh giants went ahead
wow...Mortensen arrested for DUI

talk about adding insult to injury

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