Athletics Nation

There have been so many players that have come through the A's organization

we should be able to take some credit for a portion of any post season win!

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

The A's like the official AAAA supplier of the major leagues.

so true......

Oakland A’s – supplier to the WORLD of baseball

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

I think that's overstating it slightly.

It was a joke....of the hyperbolic kind...

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

kind of like calling an event between the national league and the american league the “world” series….

Kinda....without the rest of the world being involved.....yeah!

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

or like when spain thinks it’s so important and big and manifestly destined that it forgets it has neighbors who share the continent with them and so spaniards go around spain calling it europe but they don’t include portugal or france or even albania in that europe? oh wait, spain doesn’t do that!

i don’t know what i was thinking. here, let me change the subject with this completely unrelated song: oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of…

tee hee

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

What?

which part? the obnoxious sarcasm? or the lyrics to a song called “america?”

The first part.

i’m just hungry as hell and i lost my feed. they are actually unrelated but they both make me punchy about metonymy.

You were exagerating for comic effect

therein lies the humor

well

Blanton – Phillies
Eithier – Dodgers
Giambi – Rockies
Swisher – Yankees
O-Cabs – Twins
Holliday – Cardinals

any more submissions?

Huston/Gonzalez - Rockies

owie

I think we decided last night we could almost make a whole team!

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

johnny damon. it’s been a long time, but it was the A’s who taught him how to hit.

Matt Stairs - Phillies

unless he isn’t on the postseason roster?

+ wasn't Jimmy Rollins born in or lived in Oakland?

does that count?

Rollins

He was born in Oakland.

curse you Billy for not drafting him

1996 Draft

Rollins was taken in the second round. I don’t remember who we took in the second round or if we picked before the Phillies did in that round, but we took Eric Chavez in the first round.

was Chavez considered a SS then? or was that in high school?

was Chavez drafted out of high school or college?

was Chavez considered a SS then? or was that in high school?

was Chavez drafted out of high school or college?

stupid double post

either AN or my computer was buggin out.

Chavez

I don’t know what position he was drafted as, but I think he was taken from high school.

that is what wikipedia says

but there is no info on what position he played in HS. I couldn’t find his high school position with a google search.

AT Bbaseball almanac for college it says: none

but no info on HS records

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

my computer thanks you BBG

I was thinking of you!

baseballgirl - October 7, 2009 reply

Then I thank you also :-)

you didn't have to post it like you did, but you did, but you did,

and I thank you.

MVP! MVP!

O-cabs is just good for your playoff team

Your regular season team…. not so much

agreed

Eh he was pretty good towards the end of his time in Oakland.

Granted many wanted him hung, drawn and quartered (or y’know out of the lineup, whichever was easier) before that hot streak.

That headline on the side is funny

“Cliff Lee Hurls”

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

LOL

Joe Mauer should launch one right now.

Oh shoot.

I’m missing the WBNA Finals.

WNBA Finals

I’m going with the Fever tonight.

You're a sick puppy, 'Star.

Seriously.

WTF?!

You’re gonna end up being some sick, degenerate bookie, working for the mob.

exactly.

HEY, A-ROD.

YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.

yeah!

what happened to being the October choke artist?

I lost my feed!

baseballgirl - October 7, 2009 reply

Someone carry her.

Of, feed. Never mind.

Down go the twins.

Well, that was fun while it lasted

they love playing from behind

twss?

do we dare try to be optimistic with a team we don't follow and don't know too well??

I haven’t a clue how they do in situations like this!

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

well they were 3 games out with 4 to play.

for starters.

and then there was yesterday.

nice one Liriano

The Twins are going to need some serious metrodome magic to win the series.

no longer exists in the playoffs

well not lately (0 for their last 7)

in the Dome

really? surprising.

They won Game 1 of the '02 ALCS.

Since: Lost Game 2 of same series, lost both games of ’03 ALDS, ’04 ALDS, and ’06 ALDS.

and the thread empties.

Hi

Hi, I’m still here.

me too!

for now. soon I will be gone, when work is over. enjoy my company while you can ;-)

me too.....

Do I have a big “L” on my forehead??? Don’t answer that!! ;-)

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

I'm going to take my time

Posting about the Dodger Game. Like everyone else in LA.

Ha, just turn up half way through

Fuck The Yankees

…and Derek Jeter and that obnoxious, over-the-top ballpark.

FurVault - October 7, 2009 reply

agreed

minus the salty language but I agree.

Tastes good with soup.

Did I miss anything interesting in the second game? I've been, shudder, outside

Nick Swisher inside the park HR?

Jeter has been his usual amazing, utterly obnoxious self

Matsui had a HR, A-Rod a rbi single, Swish a rbi 2b.

don't you mean

Je~~ter~~sus?

So if Minnesota has Football Jesus

New York has Baseball Je-ter-sus

sounds like he's part dinosaur.

rawr!

a well-placed rawr.

still nice to see.

A-Rod a rbi single

Still bothers me.

Taylor Swift

She helps.

Does not.

Liar

Don't Ban Me

what odds you laying on them banning you?

Did Swisher pull up his Yanks Jersey to reveal an Oakland one underneath?

Or is he going to wait to the WS to do that.

It will definitely happen, I saw it in a dream.

Or maybe Matt ‘I heart Oakland’ Holliday

Last year

Matt Stairs ‘to Oakland’

I heart Matt Stairs.

I lilke him, too

Those clever Philly-ites.

That's a hot shirt.

Like this very much!! LOL

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

Girardi told him to always keep it under his bulletproof "I LOVE NYY" vest.

TIME FOR DENARD SPAN TO MAKE THIS A 1 RUN GAME.

Totally the right idea.....

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

Nothing to do with baseball

But this is weird

(it’s safe for work, btw)

And for those who desire a closer look...

You Tube Delivers

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

I'm not sure if it's better or worse,

but I don’t have sound at the computer I’m at right now and that is fucking frightening.

Imagine a really baaaaaad version of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

and, um, ew:

I can only imagine Mischa, my huge hulk of a Bouvier, getting through my legs without one or both of us falling over!

I didn't read any of the text - just wanted a gander at this strange "sport."

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Gross.

How is the bullpen?? Since NYY is gonna use theirs?

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

Isn't Joba 'BEST STARTING PITCHER EVER' Chamberlain in their bullpen?

I hear their closer is useful, too

I want to say like, really bad.

Can we hope for that??

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

oh yuk, i get homw from work and the yankees are ahead

Hi

How are you, OakA’sHoney?

hi rated-r, i'm great

how are things with you?

Good

That’s good to hear. I’m okay.

sorry about cal and the raiders

Football Season

It totally sucks from both angles.

maybe try rooting for 49ers or Vikings?

49ers and Vikings

I don’t hate either team, but I don’t care for either team. I can’t root for anybody else other than the Raiders.

good, stay loyal, it's honorable : )

Cal

As far as they go, I’ll feel a little better if they beat UCLA on the 17th. That would make us 4-2 and then we have Washington State. That’s an easy one. After that, we have Arizona State on the road. That’s our weakest road opponent.

It's horrible,

But in the last six years, my football interest has waned and waned. I can’t invest any emotions in football. The Raiders eat them and spit them out at my feet, chewed into bits.

{cries}

hey kids

so how is the day in baseball going?

TWIB.

How about that?

twib?

that’s what i bled?

that’s why i’m (in) bed?

that’s what irma brought?

That's why it's (the) Blues?

The Wives In Boston?

In that case, Jamie Kotsay is a TWIB.

Twins Win In S?

bugger, that one doesn't work. disregard

well, as long as the Twins manage to beat the Yanks,

TWIB will have started out pretty decent…

Kinda depends on what you expected from this day in baseball.....

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

true true.

let’s try for a Twins comeback, shall we?

We were kinda there when it was 4-2 Yankees....but now....Twinkies need to get something big goin' now.

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

Why, hello.

More baseball!

The first observation I had: Liriano’s fastball is down to 91? Wow.

He's not having a good game.....

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

Yikes.

I guess I haven’t really seen him in a game after that TJ surgery a couple years back, but he used to be regularly around 94-96. He’s lost all effectiveness, sadly. He was pretty awesome, too.

Holy crap, Jon Rauch.

Your Gameday picture scares me.

Jesus, that shit's not right

And I thought Mark Kotsay always looked fierce

That hanging curveball scares no one, however.

rawr

ZigFan31 - October 7, 2009 reply

do i have permission to say something bad?

about whom?

yankees

Depends.

Bad ugly, or bad naughty?

maybe both

Is it too early

To start throwing at Yankee hitters?

Is it March again?

FUCK THESE YANKEES!!!!!!!

and not in the good way

All of the whining about "we haven't won in NINE years!" pisses me off.

Go cry me a river, New York.

i really really really hate them

That wasn't the bad thing you were going to say, was it?

Because that wasn’t bad. Not by a long shot.

well i say lots of naughty things but i try not to swear

Were you tuned in when the commentators were talking about how much $$$$$ they have spent on salary

without any post season success….If we (da A’s) had just a little of that cash – oh what we could do!!!

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

That rumored deal to send Billy Beane to the Red Sox would have been frightening.

For the AL East. For all of baseball, actually.

hold me

Yeah, I'll take Billy over any Greek God.

Much less the Greek God of something as mundane as walks.

agreed

but what if it were for Hephaestus?

or Athene? She's pretty hot.

psh, Nike's way hotter

Well, Athene is the Goddess of Heroic endevor, and I think that suits the A's more than

Victory

That was a few years ago, right?

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

Nah, probably a decade ago.

Maybe a little less than that. The deal breaker was that Oakland wanted a then-minor league Kevin Youkilis. Boston said no.

it was 2002, I think.

And if I remember correctly, the deal was pretty much set — the A’s would’ve got Youkilis, and DePodesta would’ve taken over as GM — but then Billy backed out. Decided he preferred the challenges of the A’s limited payroll and everything. Right?

Was it?

I probably misremembered. It was at least 2002 or earlier, though, because it made it into Moneyball.

Yeah, I remember it being in Moneyball.

Also, I paid absolutely no attention to baseball prior to 2002, and I quite clearly remember being upset that Billy was leaving, so I’m pretty sure it was ’02. Oh, that Billy, what a joker… making us all think he was leaving… but no!

Billy can never leave.

Forst too. There were rumors that Forst interviewed for the SD gig, but the A’s shot them down. I’m glad.

John Rauch is teh suk

He threw four pitches last night.

He can’t be tired. He just sucks.

Ugh, when is the next playoof game on?

playoof?

I need to go home.

Isn't it on right after this one?

Yeah, I think they're pretty much just rolling over one after the other

I've seen that typo before

and I like it. We should just start calling them playoofs… after all, that’s usually what happens when the A’s get there…

ouch

not “my” A’s :)

you mean the A's of the mid 70's and late 80's?

yeah those ones

well not so much the late 80’s, they had a couple of oofs

I was kind of thinking that

That was my word!!

Next one is in like an hour or so

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

you can keep it :-)

I was just laughing b/c I made the same typo a few days ago!

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

I know : - )

You have to include smiley faces – Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : → : -] : -}

Wow, I never realized how bad Minnesota's rotation is.

This is a playoff team?

SP Scott Baker
SP Carl Pavano
SP Nick Blackburn
SP Neutered Francisco Liriano
SP Brian Duensing
SP Jeff…Manship

that is teh suck

as cityplanner would say.

call me when the next game is on, i can't watch this anymore

what's that number again?

let me check with travis

you forgot your number and only he knows it?

i'm at his house, arizona is so warm

he says the house phone is 976-STUD

Well I already knew that.

We talked for hours last night.

oh was that you? his grandfather loves phone sex

he’s always pretending to be trav

In my mind it was Trav.

867-5309 e - yine

BERRYJO - October 7, 2009 reply

That song will never die.

Ever. I swear, it’s written in every bathroom stall in the country.

yep, that's stuck in my head now

minor moral victory, joba has been demoted to the pen.

except for he probably is a better pitcher out of the pen

too true. but i hope it makes him feel small anyway.

I have no problem with this sentiment

agreed

Actually, I don't know why I find him so unpleasant

It’s rare that I find athletes repellent – mostly, they’re just trying to do their job – but there’s something uniquely irritating about him. See also, John Lackey.

his celebrations after outs perhaps?

his stupid flat billed cap.
his fat head?
his uniform?

his first name

Can I go for all of the above?

Though, I have no problem with people showing emotion after getting outs – I think it adds to the whole spectacle. Taunting, obviously, is a bit off, but still. I’m pretty psyched when I block a shot in our eight a side soccer game.

Or to use a more appropriate analogy, I do a little lap of my house every time I put a press release live

it depends on who is celebrating sometimes