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Can't figure out why Holliday tried to stretch that..

but nice hit nonetheless

He figured there would be a relay to the plate

But that was a poor calculation.

friends pick up friends, say for example

at the bus station, drive them around, let them hang out at your place, say for chez nico, and stay a few extra days eating your groceries and borrowing your car to drive over to the Tenderloin.

good to know

I’ll remember that if I ever get any friends….

Hey...Bobby!

I will repeat what I said in the last post

Good job Bailey

just got home from work

now I can finally see this “powder blue uniform” the radio guys were talking about…..ick…

You can't unsee it

Welcome

Me too!!!!

Yawl!

Crosby

Has a hit and has not kicked any balls into left field. That’s a hell of a game for him.

Not just a hit

Bases-clearing triple is a pretty damn good hit

Fun game

Dinner cooked and in stomach, it’s all right. Chicken’n rice.

leftovers?

I’m too lazy to cook tonight.

naw, scratch chicken

Brown in pan, add rice and carrots and garlic and onions’n peas. Simmer 20. Fresh broccoli side, water.

I think he WANTS leftovers ;-)

Yeah, i'm not cooking anything

I wanted the stuff you already cooked :)

Did you BBQ the chicken? :-)

[smiles]

Q’d last night, without that rock stready cold 15 mph wind. Hamburgers.

Yum...I was hoping for salmon...in the A's parking lot, haha!

I love this.

Me too.

Whomever started this a few threads back needs a medal.

That picture is the wuertz

yuk yuk

Would you rather his other one.

Time to add another one

K'd

I was kinda not paying attention for a little while

But whoo-ee is Bailey sweet.

walk off bunt - April 17, 2009 reply

When did the base coaches start wearing batting helmets?

last year i believe

Danwise134 - April 17, 2009 reply

When that base coach got killed by a foul ball.

implemented the new rule.

Yup.

I think AA, not sure.

last year, right?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080302&content_id=2400383&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

oops, link missing

OK, either I'm drunk or you just posted four of him.

Or both.

and ANOTHER K

11 for the pitching staff tonight, great job.

WUERTZY!!!

No.

K'D!

Wow...Wuertz and Bailey kicked some ass

I'm really loving the new pen.

And were doing it w/o Devine too!

yay rangers losing 4-0

ill be at tomorrows game

millwood verus greinke

buckfan6 - April 17, 2009 reply

With both of them pitching the way they have

Should be a really low-scoring affair.

Have fun!

Give them hell Zak

fresno a's bah.

please no

good lord Cust

you are doing the most believable Alber Pujols impersonation i have ever seen

right up until the weak ground ball to 2nd

Why is Casilla up in pen?

to give me an ulcer

Why not?

What’s wrong with Santiago coming in?

Nothing, I guess....

…but they aren’t closing Brad?

its the 8th

zaniac75 - April 17, 2009 reply

THAT makes sense!

I’m an inning ahead, sorry!

not 'til the 9th

Can't Brad pitch the 9th?

It's only the top of the 8th

Ziggy could still come in for the 9th.

My bad, I'm just recapping the game, no prob ;-)

hahaha

oh, good.

[shrugs]

In the ninth, I guess.

ZOOKS!

Further minor league updates

Corey Brown is 3-3 with 2 doubles tonight. He’s now hitting .476 in AA. Oh, and Cardenas hit his first homerun, he’s hitting .333

Zooks

Leave Wuertz in for the 8th

Zooks!

Run!

Wow, that ball didn't look like it was hit very hard at all.

I suppose I was mistaken! Nice hitting, Kurt!

why can't we hit HR's anymore (minus Jack Cust)?

HR’s are up this year too.

Half of the aces are on the DL

Seriously

There seems to be a grand slam a day now.

we need to get three runners on first....

I’ll take these hits with one or two runners on too…

play rajai now!

oh yeah!

very very nice

That might be the best swing from Kurt all year!

wahoo!!

YEAH ELLIS!

YES!

7-5 thanks to a seeing-eye single

Ahhh

breathing room

Unicorn power!

Insurance runs? Insurance runs?! !!

skinnyjohn - April 17, 2009 reply

Ellis!!

Socalfan21 - April 17, 2009 reply

UNICORN POWER!!!!

Nice job Mark

ELLIS D!

MORE INSURANCE RUNS!

Plzthx

elly prevents crosby's inevitable GIDP

Wow, that was kind of....um...

…inappropriate

those two oughtta get a room

haha...so true!

That was a dirty tag

Ellis got wheels.

Steal!!!

C'mon Cros!!!!

Just contact, kiddo! Get another RBI!

Man, Ellis is getting ALL the love tonight.

i wish i could see highlights

Heh, that was more of a lowlight.

Aaron Hill tried to apply the tag and fell over on top of Ellis’s face.

oh, fantastic

more 2bman for us!

Crosby has to be the worst hitter to call a hit and run with

zaniac75 - April 17, 2009 reply

Wiiiiiiiiiild pitch.

why did you swing at that?

he wanted the rbi

Crosby could almost taste it

thank god, a walk

Thanks for not swinging at BOTH of them, kid!

Bobby managed to lay off a low and outside pitch...

my jaw is still wide open

yeah

Where is Croz "new improved swing" at?

Socalfan21 - April 17, 2009 reply

see: bases-clearing triple

That was Holliday, right?

Let’s just go with that.

or bases keep emptying groundball

keep empty

I understand...

but that was one hit… how many hits does he have on the season… Crosby and Holliday were talking up this “new improved swing” and I don’t see it.. I congratulate him on the RBI triple and im happy because that is the difference of the game right now.. but I am not judging him on one hit im judging him on the whole season so far.

Socalfan21 - April 17, 2009 reply

Crosby walks.

wow

I was sure Booby would bite it after strike 2.

They dont want a piece of the Croz

They dont want a piece of the Croz

So nice you said it twice

Crosby didn't swing!

NICE!!!

A run!

Excellent!

nice nice nice

oh crap, not another injury!!

8-5

Bo Cros is down.

OH NO...CROSBY IS HURT????

now what, croz? hurt himself?

and crosby might have given himself a concussion

well...he IS made of glass....

RUNZ.

Productive outs

He got smacked in the head with a knee....

….should be okay?

He got north knee'd

He'll be all right

That was a tough slide, not funny, either.

you know, that second baseman has fucked with us too much this inning

Mark's horn will never be the same.

I like Croz a lot better as a fifth infielder

than i did last year as our starting SS

+ a million

+1

We got some runs!

SHUT. DOWN. INNING>

3 run lead...

who got injured?

Crosby.

naw, he's all right

Just a little wobbly for a second, that’s all.

I can't believe I'm saying this I hope Crosby is ok

Athletic - April 17, 2009 reply

+1

lol

If not, that means more Hannahan.

Get well soon, Bobby!

seriously....Crosby was not the WORST hitter in the league last year....

….hannahan was!

I can't believe showing humility is so unbelievable.

Commercial Break Update

Rangers 0 Royals 6
Angels 3 Twins 2

Let's got twinky's

and KC

Keep the wheel rolling Santi

yeah

anyone know if Crosby is going to stay in the game?

Athletic - April 17, 2009 reply

He's still in

he's still in

trippi echo

97 on gameday

Er, wtf?

I go out for an hour, the A’s are 5-1 down, I come back and they’re 8-5 on the back of an Bobby Crosby triple????

PLAYOFFS

alea iacta est - April 17, 2009 reply

Crosby Magic

^^ chuckles ^^

Pack another bowl, dude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M9HrFCVlWg

parents, gardeners, whatever it takes, keep doing it

yeah, the gardening thing was awful

even the free stuff was disorganised.

alea iacta est - April 17, 2009 reply

Wow, we better hit that guy tomorrow

Tallet looks like a goofball

weak jairo, super weak

I agree

NO MORE WALKS!!!!!

Twins tied it 3 to 3

buckfan6 - April 17, 2009 reply

So stupid to walk any hitter up 3

Hey....Crosby!

apparently croz is ok

Crosby looks OK

you know for Crosby

He's no Salma.

atta boy, low and away

3-0

WTF?

STOP WALKING PEOPLE!!!!!

Ok Jairo's done...

put in a new pitcher

MAN, that's obnoxious.

tying run to the plate

Thanks, Santiago, you little cholo.

aw shit

C’mon, Santiago! Dial it up!

C'mon Casilla...PULL IT TOGETHER!

hence, the ulcer

^^ chuckles ^^

Not bad, not bad at all.

Your killing me Smalls

I miss Bailey

low and away...low and away

hello all...

just got home after i had to redo a project. great fun, changing requirements at the last second.

what’s this with a bobby crosby bases-clearing triple?!

[shakes head]

Nother 30 minutes of this, I reckon.

nice

Atta kid...

Just finished my Boboli pizza

STRICKOUT11

major sigh of relief alert

Luckily the Jay's are swinging at garbage

THANK YOU....

Apparently he just wanted to make it interesting for a second

Not one a strike

Thanks Barajas

when you play the red sox,

you can have not one be a strike, take all of them, and still strike out!

This beer commericial is a disgrace to all men

ditto

Love ya Santiago!

until next time

GOD DAMN IT

I AM NEVER DRINKING ANOTHER FARKING HEINEKEN AS LONG AS I LIVE.

want a heineken?

Free Beer

yay!

which is worse...

the heineken tv commercial or the mgd radio commercials?

TV

MGD ad is just lame.

Those four jokers in the Heineken ad are not qualified to drink a beer, any beer, period.

little tutti fuitti's

Sickening.

have you seen their ads during champions' league games?

horrible.

Heineken?

Fuck that shit! Pabst! Blue! Ribbon!

skinnyjohn - April 17, 2009 reply

You know what a love letter is?

alox - April 17, 2009 reply

Cahill starts tomorrow?

Where’s the rotation for this series?

Cahill and then Braden

In Toronto

Except Duchscherer.

When is he back?

Wow

that was very casual from Rios there

alea iacta est - April 17, 2009 reply

C'mon Ziggy, 1-2-3

according to the examiner

cahill and anderson are our co-staff aces right now

with no wins between the two?

im just reporting what i read,

here’s the link: http://www.examiner.com/x-2887-Oakland-As-Examiner~y2009m4d16-Giambis-legs-coaces-and-other-scraps-from-the-homestand-tossed-out

What does the coroner say?

outman got shut down

He was Outmanned!

moo?

Oh yeah?

I’m like Marc Rattner. I’m the assistant to the assistant manager.

Is Dave Stieb playing for the Jays tonight?

lol

WOOOO!!

Just got home from a workout. When I left work they were down 3-1.

Three runs is still a save, correct?

What is the threshold, anyway? Three is, four is not?

i believe 3 is the limit

[nods]

Thanks.

it could be 4 if the tying run is at bat or something...?

it almost happened in the giants game last night and they mentioned it. only time i’ve seen it.

tying run on deck, i think.

Or if the tying run is on deck.

I remember the Angels manufacturing a save opportunity last year this way.

lets get ziggy with it

nah nah nah nah nah nah nah....nah nah nah nah nah nah

thanks for getting holiday in cambodia out of my head

1

That Frisbee is nasty this year

zaniac75 - April 17, 2009 reply

Never get on a trampoline with a pig

words to live by

Dive you pansy

QUICK! A theological question.

If you give Bobby Crosby the game ball, does he catch it?

is he wearing a glove?

not if it breaks his wrist

Not if it's low and outside

what does it have to do with theology?

We're gonna need to pray that he catches it?

beat me to it

Because there is no chance in hell that Crosby would ever get a game ball

just a fyi -

o-cab +20.5%
bocro +19.8%

jose bautista

didn’t he get dfa’d from the twins a year back or so?

GIDP

Ziggy you can do it

damn Scoot

that dude is killing us

He used to be cool

what happened?

Canada happened.

he's still cool

though this is coming from an unabashed scoot lover

he's just awesome and humble

you’ve all seen “a player to be named later” i assume…?

long as he's not up with a chance to win the game, i'm okay with it.

wtf, that was a wimpy grounder. two feet to the left and it's an out.

xbhaskarx - April 17, 2009 reply

gidp ziggy

come on…

good call

Good call

A’S WIN!!!!!!

gad - full count

yes.

WAHOO!!!

pretty double play

Ball Game!!!!

VICTORY!

skinnyjohn - April 17, 2009 reply

WIN WIN WIN

Zigariffic!

GIDP!!!!

that’s how we do it baby!

DOUBLE PLAY!

Great win!

GIDP!

GIDP! GIDP! GIDP!

Nice win!

Thank you Zig!

Free Beer time!!!

WOOOO

horrayyyy.

Yay!!!

We need music…

That was fun

Great job by the pitching staff!

-Outman

I agree

Even Outman outlasted the opposing starter

That is not saying much

Somebody just showed Crosby on TV doing good things.

Was this staged?

no. he really is

the mother theresa of utility men. at least, he was blessed today.

TWSS

filmed in the same studio as the moon landing

xbhaskarx - April 17, 2009 reply

lol

Very nice, x. Well played sir.

qotm, conspiracy theory division.

Is that where the Men in Black are

That’s right I said MIB

walkoff baltimore chop - April 17, 2009 reply

ROFL

Thank God Bobby is smiling

Good to see.

It's fun playing baseball again

sniff I'm just so proud...

the little team that could…

Oaktownflav - April 17, 2009 reply

I'm here what happened

we beat Miami 3-0 Jason White pitched the gem of his life

ATarHeel - April 17, 2009 reply

Bailey & Wuertz were beasts

Dman it, I always miss the wins

ATarHeel - April 17, 2009 reply

The Jays' pitcher fell on a doughnut???

alea iacta est - April 17, 2009 reply

wpa-cap

a’s of note:
o-cab: +20.5%
bocro: +19.8%
drew bailey: +14.5%
unicorn: +14.2%
wuertz: +11.0%
holliday: +8.8%
-
nomar: -8.5%
jason: -18.5%
outman: -25.4%

jays of note:
aaron hill: +13.3%
marco: +9.7%
purcey: -26.8%
league: -29.9%

hitting: +40.0% | pitching: +10.0%

plays of note:
marco jack (1st): 9.9%
hill jack (3rd): -16.7%
millar 2b+e (3rd): -12.9%
-- nadir after nomar groundout, 4th: WE at 10.9%
croz triple (4th): +22.0%
wp, cabrera scores (4th): +9.1%
holliday double (7th): +20.9%
ellis single (8th): +9.8%

i hate sbn formatting.

rich text editor, i know. but do i have that option for comments?

+10000

Nice fireworks Sir