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Playoffs Thread - Day 2, Game 3

The triple-header finale features Two Teams We Love to Hate. Well, most of us, anyway.

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gymnastics?
why are you whispering?
lol at the Fosters' ad
An Aussie I know said it's Aussie for BAD beer
I want to go to Australia

and just swim in the ocean as much as possible. It looks so beautiful over there

Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef!~

That would be cool

I'm gonna do it one of these summers

that and I want to spend a summer in Europe oh and a summer in Fresno as well. I want to visit all the great spots.

I would start with a winter weekend in Fresno and work up to it
Fresno could be the palate-cleanser
Ah Fresno in the winter

that could inspire me to write that book of poems on raisins that I’ve always wanted to do

I love Northern California in the winter.

Everything is green and and it’s cold, which is to say it’s green and cold and that’s mighty, mighty close to green and gold.

brewed in canada
Watch "the soloist" or the rest of this game?
Is there a 3rd choice?
whack yourself in the testicles with a whiffleball bat?
that's nearly impossible
not if you stand on a chair.
tried that. nope.
put one leg on one chair, leave some space,

put the other foot on the other chair. Take the bat, square it to your forehead. Start from here and swing straight down.

I'm gonna wait until after the game.

If you don’t hear from me, you’ll know.

Okay, not that wannabe iPhone ad...the one they showed three times last night
The other one has Chevy Chase, Molly Shannon, Dana Carvey and Darrell Hammond...maybe someone else?

All SNL alums.

Chevy Chase is still alive?
Legally, yes.

His soul died years ago.

So what you're telling me is that Dana Carvey and Dane Cook are not, in fact, the same person.
This is what I'm saying.
No, see, Dana Carvey was in Wayne's World

as such, he is awesome.

Dane Cook is just bad.

ya Dana Carvey was funny at one time

about 1989-1993

Interesting I cant figure out which team I loath more.
I don't like having to root for Boston during this series. Playing with fire.
Doing that always makes me feel dirty
Lester, Lackey- what a bowl of....

I can only muster for the Twins and Rocks.

I've seen twins on rocks

does that count?

Heh

I also secretly want the Dodgers to wipe the Yanks only for how they unceremoniously dumped Torre.

Dodgers vs Yankees World Series

would make me sick to my stomach. I hate both of those teams.

I completely agree, I just kind of like Joe Torre in a 'great uncle' sort of way.
Joe Torre is a hell of a nice guy

but I’m sorry 1988 did happen and I will hate the Dodgers forever because of it.

all those people are gone.

They only return to lecture us for innings at a time on prostate health.

Did you go buy a new TV??

;-)

no, but I did think about it.

I’m makin’ signs!

rats.....make signs first - buy TV next!
...

Step 1 – Make signs

Step 2 – ????

Step 3 – New TV!

I think I've got to steal all of your underwear somewhere in there.
For a second there

that sounded a bit like that old Rob Schneider SNL character.

That's who I was channeling.

That and Donkey making waffles.

Now that would be some payback to think about.....
So, did baseballgirl's head asplode in the 9th inning of the LA-StL game?
She was so happy she called me while driving to share the moment.
She said she was driving by the stadium at the time

I think it was her thought rays that did it!

...

And so his mother left him there.....
Yummy once, yummy twice, yummy chicken soup with rice
Alligators All Around and one more.....
One was Henry?
One Was Johnny
Who lived by himself - right?
AND LIKED IT LIKE THAT!
There's a good show on Sendak @ the Conyemporary Jewish Museum right now.
I'm kind of looking forward to seeing WTWTA
WHERE?!

Seriously, what’s this from?

Four book series for kids by Maurice Sendak

a counting book, alphabet book, manners books. KIds love them and the illustrations are charming.

I WROTE THESE AS A CHILD.

for the longest time I’ve had memorized:

In September for a while,
We will paddle down the Nile
On the backs of crocodile.
Paddle once, paddle twice,
Paddle chicken soup with rice.

Since I was six that’s been burned into my brain.

You know them then!!
I had no idea the source, tho.
Is Lester the guy that was injured earlier this year?
Geez, can this game move any slower?
seriously
Like that game last night - I thought it would NEVER be over!
And still only a 'hit' a piece.
I once saw a game where Mike Moore pitched against Charlie Hough and

it seemed like time froze the game was so slow. They would both just stand there forever thinking about their next pitch and of course Hough would always throw the same pitch. That’s 4 hours of my life I can never get back.

The only A who could ever hit Hough was Hendu
how many hot dogs did you eat?
Too many polish sausage dogs with kraut I'm sure

God I love those things.

no such thing
Walking the bases loaded is not a good playoff strategy.
That one pitch looked like a strike. It'll really hurt if they score here.
The pitch tracker thingy showed it just clipping the outside corner.
If he can manage to walk in a run here, I'll be really impressed
Truly.

only the most impressive pitchers know how to do that. like kenny rogers.

Swinging on the high pitch - too bad, vlad.
But he did not spill his draft beer
whoops
Wow, Vlad is really in decline.
...

"Please tell me the other one's still in my pants."
other what?
I got I got it I got it

  Offfff McGwire always said close your eyes before catching it!

Whee! slegnA fans heartbroken
We can be callous to whichever fans are watching in this series!!
Burn.
baby burn
TWSS

Right?

uh right I think
Ooh, physical abuse of a baby?

Continue…

Wrong

I was aiming for a “Disco Inferno” reference.

Not that I’d expect anything from a high-schooler.

Did AK ever make that play where the 3B cuts in front of the SS and throws the runner out at 1st?
All I can remember are the recent errors.......
I am watching hockey and baseball

Multi-tasking to the max.

he tagged him
He was out!! Time will tell how this will count in this game!
That was a makeup call

From that last game in Boston…

Fucking umpires

Quit feeling sorry for the slegnA. They deserve nothing but defeat.

Anybody know how many wild card teams have won the series??
World - that is
4

The Marlins twice, Angels, Red Sox

Top of my head:

Marlins (twice), Angels in ’02, Red Sox in ’04

Thanks - just curious
9 have made it

In the 02 Series, both were wild cards

HOw long has there BEEN a wild card team? Seems like it wasn't always the case.
1994
there would have been

but the strike wiped out the post season. then cal ripken saved the sport.

God bless his non-steroid-taking heart!

And GOD DAMN those McGwire and Sosa characters!

They did nothing! Nothing! To help rebuild the sport.

It was all lie. {sob}
You know, I know you agree with me because I recognize your snark.

But seriously, what kind of revisionist history are we selling here when we say he saved the sport? The long ball saved the sport and McGwire and Sammy chasing Maris, that’s what made us all buy in again.

indeed.

that race even got the wife to like baseball for a minute.

and my girlfriend at the time.
Since they went to 3 divisions

1993 looks like it was the last 4-division season.

3 divisions per league, that is

1993 was the last 2-division per league season.

Oh so THAT"S why it happened.
yup

but lately the extra series’ have been a complete bore. much in the same way that i can bore you to tears with my post-season knowledge.

WHO WON THE WORLD SERIES IN 1945, 67M??? HUH??
tigers in 7 over the cubs
damn, he's good.

with my help, he can be the best.

1945 World Series (4-3): Detroit Tigers (88-65) over Chicago Cubs (98-56)

Thank You BB Reference

Well, I'm turning in

Hope no one wins…see you all tomorrow.

Sweet dreams
Are made of these?

Who am I to disagree.

ack

3 run ack attack

is that like a snack attack?
I re-read that original post and it totally reminded me of Billy Joel song

working too hard gives you a heart attack ack ack ack ack ack

do snacks attack with a bat?

I think it's like

The Chronic-cles of Narnia.

well, crap. whatever
I think I've figured out my strategy for watching this series

I just have to root for 5 blow-outs by the road team. That way I never have to see or hear any slegnA or Red Sux fans being happy.

me likey
but it's not working right now
So I left for a minute....how'd they score?
3-run HR to center by Hunter
Torii BOMB.
figures.....he's a good player
3 run homer, Torii
Thanks everybody
I like him,

but he spells his name in an annoying manner as well.

GO SAWX!

All my ex's...

have teams in the playoffs.

God hates me.

When all is said and done

Only one will be a champion.

I like the way you think.

maybe you should root for the team no ex can claim.

or I should stop dating non-A's fans
That'd do it!
You have too many ex's !!!!!

my ex hated BB

my ex-ex did too
My ex hated me.
well that makes sense

I’m lucky one of my ex’s is on a different continent and I’m still friends with one of the others.

I just got back from being away all day

what did Torii Hunter do to Uncle Fester?

He did a bad, bad thing, emperor. Unspeakable.
I didn;t see it but my friends kindly told me a 3 run homer
to be fair, my response wasn't very kind
Well that's one thing about the internet.......I can't see the expression on your face

so I can read it as kindly! Until you disabuse me of the notion. ;-p

Do their fans really have to cheer for every out?
well, I cheer for every NOT Bobby Crosby GDP
that I understand
So this one time, I thought I saw a really really buff Keanu Reeves at the gym...

so then I looked again…and again…then i decided it wasn’t him. the end.

So was it him?
yeah it was.

I can’t wait to see houw the story ends

does he live in the phoenix area?

to be honest, i still am unsure, lol. i should just asked him for his autograph anyway.

but i did meet a girl who had a thing with Brett Wallace, and still talks to him!

I will plant my evil seeds of good luck…

Gad....that guys voice is annoying
Even though Bobby is an FA

can we trade him for Jamarcus Russell?

Hmm a garbage for garbage trade
well at least jamarcus could throw heat. and it's not like he'd have to worry about people actually covering the batter...or anything
trust me JaMarcus wouldn't throw strikes
but at least he'd hit angels!
He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat

he’d miss the hitters as well.

so what you're saying is he's no good at his craft?
i was never good at arts and crafts

so i can understand that.

I was pitiful.
can you draw stick figures?
I can never get the feet right.
i can never get the stick right. i can draw a mean circle though.
That was a nice play, Chone.
CB Bucknor doing his best Don Denkinger impersonation
Sheesh. Clearly out. Again.
OMFG, he was out by nearly a full step

What a terrible call. That’s two in, what, 3 innings by Buckner?

CB Bucknor, 1 for 3?

Good for a hitter, not so much for an umpire.

Fucknor

is a better name for him I would think.

The Bucknorator

Umping first! Making terrible calls!

I think I posted this before but I saw Rob Schneider at a A's game he's like 4 feet tall
rob sneider is an A's fan?

i think we’re found our problem! it wasn’t bad hitting after all…

"Custy! The takester!"
You know, that's actually what it's like listening to John Sterling call a Yankees game
I don't know I think he likes the Giants

it was Cal Ripken’s last game at the Coliseum so it was a special game. They had the jets fly over which was cool.

i wonder who adam sandler likes
That was salb918
Giving ohad a piggyback ride
I don't even know who I want to win this game

Evil…or Eviler

Many of us in the same boat....our collective karma is not gonna sway this game either way!
They need to do one of these Fidelity retirement ads with Crosby
Nut up or Shut up!
oops that wasn't a reply.

that should be Barton’s commercial tho

uh...I'm going to shut up I think
i think i have diarrhea of the hands tonight. anything i see on tv comes out on keyboard.
that's me pretty much every game thread

whatever comes to mind first I go with. Sometimes it works (no really it does) and sometimes it’s really, really bad

thats me pretty much every day.
i have such a bad feeling that it truly is the yankees year this year.

they actually have good pitching again.

Lowell is a gray beard....should he be retiring soon?
I imagine he'll have to see if he has enough money in his retirement account
So I was looking through some of my old Excel files.

I have a spreadsheet titled “Sports Memorabilia Inventory”.

And I wonder why I’m single.

Anyways, I totally forgot about that 2005 Playboy with Jessica Canseco on the cover, in an A’s cap. Neat.

Pictures

Please?

You're too young, son.
He is

thank goodness he doesn’t have access to the internet so he’s safe.

Rated-R Movies

I can get in to see them, so why can’t I see this?

The first R rated movie I ever saw was Apocalypse Now on HBO

when I was 8. It didn’t screw me up at all…..the horror, the horror

I simultaneously feel repelled by you

and drawn closer at the same time.

Must be my self-loathing.

you just like to confuse me
Admitting you have a problem is the first step Mr. 67

I got rid of my baseball cards when I turned 21 seemed like it was time to grow up.

It's not the collecting, it's that I actually took the time to log them.
AND you still have the file!!
Well at least you're organized
more like anal
lord, don't I know it.
You should see my desk.

Oh wait, you meant…

This game is about to be over if the slegnA

score again.

God I hate the slegnA. My phone is already ringing.

Roommate?

Tell him “Fuck you” from a sign shop in FLA.

DP ball Botched
One of those innings where it's really hard for Ramirez

to point the ol’ finger.

Time for bed. Goodnight, folks!
Sweet dreams
(pokes head in)

is everyone still mad at me for laughing?

you mean, is mikev still mad?
Yeah, that, pretty much.
He was just being all rational in the midst of a storm of irrationality
When in Rome, I say...
What? No way

Laughing is good for you and us

That seemed like it was a close play than it should have been.
*closer*
Probably because he was safe.

Whoopsidaisie.

This game is ugly.
Hockey

I’m watching the Sharks now. They’re beating the Blue Jackets, 3-2, as the second period is coming to a close.

Blue Jackets??
is there any sport you don't watch RRS?
Bowling

I don’t watch that.

Is that a sport?
ESPN

They televise bowling. It must be a sport.

They televise spelling bees and poker, too
Poker

Some say it’s a sport.

the televised arm wrestling too...once
Like I said, ugly.
Seriously, NOW Boston sucks.
well this game is over
Oh well

This game is well over.

If Boston lose tomorrow it’s ovah.

PUKE

Boston - self destructing

I can feel their pain having felt it a few times at the hands of this team…..

oh my gosh.

I just saw the replay of Holliday’s error. !!! (I’m sure you all have great reactions in the other game thread, which I shall go explore momentarily.) But… WOW. It makes me laugh, but I also feel bad for him. I would have preferred him to just be normal in the playoffs — not do anything great, not do anything awful. …That didn’t turn out so well.

You're way nicer than I am.
When I first saw the headline, I laughed.

Then I watched the replay, and I felt kinda bad. So… maybe I’m marginally nicer than you.

It was the post-error flop that sealed the hilarity factor for me.
That was pretty awesome.
I finally saw it....oh man.
He lost it in the lights

a la Emil Brown…exactly like Brown, 27th out and the games over.

It must be that band of lights between decks.

To me

it looked like he lost it in the nuts. Oh yeah!

LOL
Actually, I think he found it in the nuts
Hey, you know what's awesome?

I can actually watch this game and not care too much, because the A’s can’t lose! There is a silver lining in everything.

I don't see the A's losing a game anytime between now and next April
I see some ST losses ..March
I'm goin to AzFL...so our players can still lose?
Does that mean we go into 2010 undefeated??
the same as years 2000-2008!!

I think we went into 1999 at 0-1, based just on a bad ST.

ST Segment Depression1!!!!!
They can't win, either.
that's ok. mathmatically we're still comin' out on top!

we lose more than we win!

This pitcher musta heard a million bad shakespeare jokes.....
Last Chance for BRS
OK, so the Anaheims are ahead, but it's all good when you realize

just how awesome Schadenfraude can truly be

Are the Saux Fans quiet

Or did Anaheim defend their territory well from Saux fans?

Over! til tomorrow
Um, does this mean I have to root harder for Boston now?

Ugh.

Yep

I have to.

You are lucky. I live with a Yankee/slegnA fan. I get it double in the playoffs.

I feel sick after hearing the slegnA win. I just know these fukkkkkers are probably destined to win it all but they must be stopped.

I was wondering where you were through this

Clearly we don’t hate the slegnA enough. This blows.

Obviously the answer is MORE HATE.

We can do better.

Yes

I watched “the soloist” instead of innings 3-8 and not the game. I didn’t focus enough.

At least the movie was redemptive, which is more than I can about this game

No worries, it'll be the Twins and Rockies in the WS

those with “nothing to lose” play looser. That’s why WC teams show up so often.

MLB playoffs suck, philosophically speaking. I watch with interest, but IMO it’s a hockey format and is bad for baseball championships.

how would you do it if you could design the ultimate playoff format?
Pit, spike-covered.

Loin cloth, one weapon, small, single-handed.

Remember the first fighting pit they put Conan in? Kinda like that.

nice

Ortiz vs. Sling Blade

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