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Eveland looking good. Or at least that's what  I heard.

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Wait for it...
Cust single

WTF

Eveland looked good.*

*When he threw strikes.

A’s with 2 on, nobody out.

I thought he looked

great not throwing strikes.

Landon Powell in the game!
Zombies
Anyone played Left 4 Dead?
Heard about it, but no.
I'm trying to decide it it's worthy.
I've heard good things about it

But I’ve just disregarded it due to kool aid drinking fanboys.

It's pretty well done
Ian's got it,

let me ask.

{feels inadequate for liking same things as 18 year-old}
My 16-yo

hates when I like what he likes.

Especially the girls.

Said he liked it but its time consuming.
if you want to be fully prepared for the upcoming zombie apocalypse, it's worth playing.
I do.

And I take my zombie plan quite seriously.

surprisingly not-terrible recent zombie move: dawn of the dead remake
Reeallly?

I like zombie movies.

It is actually pretty good.
blah

I broke out in hives from calamine lotion. What can I put on it to make it stop itching???

Poison ivy?
that's supposed to make it stop itching???
reverse psychology.

It’ll freak your skin out. Trust me.

It'll itch so much that it...wont?
Exactly.

It’s fool-proof.

Kind of like

laughing to keep from crying.

or puching yourself in the groin

when you stub your toe!

why are you people so obsessed with groins?
because many of us are

or were teenage boys

Did that today!

Except the toe part!

Fire?

WITCH CRAFT
witches are easier to deal with than zombies.
What about dude witches.

‘Cause I think that one’s a dude.

Really??

Then never mind.

all you gotta do is punch them in the nose.

and they let go of you.

You know

look past the flying monkees as friends, I could see myself with some like the Wicked One.

I've got monkeys.
I know mijo

But do they fly? Cause I have to draw the line there.

They move

WAY too damn slow.

My god, there was almost monkeycide this morning. I was so angry at my monkeys.

What happened?

I’m thinking of hiring some and I’d like to get some expert advice.

The problem is

none of them will ever care nearly as much as you do. And it’s frustrating.

Even my really good monkey, who’s loyal in weird, strange ways, and can put his head down and fly through his monkeywork, is capable of being very lazy.

How many

monkeys would you say you have to go through before finding that special one? The one that does something before you even ask it?

Those are rare monkeys, man.

The thing is you’ve got to evaluate the monkey properly. No monkey is perfect. My best monkey (the production monkey, not the design monkey) has faults, but his assets make up for it.

I hear ya

My delivery monkey makes you think he’s not always there, but clients love him. I mean, just adore him.

good with the bad.

when the bad becomes unbearable, then it’s time to get a new monkey.

I've been there.

Had to get rid of one once. Broke my heart. But had to do it.

I just smother mine with a pillow.

bury them behind the sign shop. They’re better off that way.

Yeah see

I need to start coming to you for advice before shit happens.

Calamine lotion?
Gravy?

Small rocks?

Calamine lotion.
Powell K's
looked bad too....
Which is why I like to see a bunt in that situation
Dayum, Landon!
Raj GsIDP
Rajai's not exactly lighting it up

as we close out ST

<insert "ffffuuuuu">

It's Ray's birthday and anniversary

Congratulations, Ray.

I've never heard of this movie. Have you seen it?
They have Hannahan at 2B and Crosby at 3B?
HANNAHAN!
Good to see he works even without his head.
I'm confused, is this the DLD or the game thread?

Maybe I wandered into the wrong one, there seems to be very little baseball in this thread….

Not too much

baseball on the field either. Unless you like defense.

there's very little baseball being played
We're playing ball.

Not much base.

You were expecting play-by-play?
Maybe that's because there's very little baseball on the field.
GMTA!
(she does look good from behind)
Oh yeah

That’s why I let her walk a step or two in front of me. Faked a limp. Well, you know what I mean.

We hung in there longer than the Gnats TV crew

They pretty much stopped paying attention in the third inning.

Way to work the walk, Jack
"Hannahan's got one heck of an eyeball"

Discuss.

That's some observation
It came out when they removed his head.
So he's now

-just- an eyeball?

That's hilarious!
OMG, a bunt from the A's
Did it work?

I’m in DC with no MLB package. Need good PBP

Got Jack to 2nd
Denorfia!

Denorfia's a closeted homosexual from the 40s?
Is that The Scarlet Pimpernel?
demmed Scarlet Pimpernel!
He's here, he's there...

…he’s everywhere?

hiya, game thread

Scarlet Pimpernel is one of my favorite movies.

And books.
Book?
Yes, there is a book.
I meant what is a "book"?
No, my favorite books are

Ulysses (duh), Austerlitz, The Moviegoer, Death in the Family, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, (actually anything by Kundera),. The Waves….for starters.

amazing

how styles come back

Denorfia's roster photo looks like his name should be

Ben or something.

Italy get's K'd
Barton pops out

Rally = finis

Daric barton in mid season form already.
DAMN IT!

Round Table has a frickin’ MEATBALL PIZZA?!

That’s it. i’m loading the Honda up tonight.

Ah the days before cholesterol.....
Can you please bring me a new DVR?

I’ve resorted to watching LOST online.

Why not just renew Gameday Audio?
That would be the easy solution.

At least to the A’s problem. Doesn’t help that I don’t have a TV or DVR.

it's time for you to investigate the

morally-questionable world of torrents.

it's only $14.95 for that Korachy goodness
You mean gooiness.
You realize I'll get no A's games on TV all of next week?

When normally, I’d get them all.

Aren't you in SoCal? Land of the team the A's are playing against???
I guess I'm going to 4 games in Anaheim.
Spend the $14.95.

It’s a long season, and quite worth it.

I got a room.

I know, I know.

Corner. The far corner.

Do you live in the woods? Go to a bar for games. Drink slowly if need be.

Or a lot, whichever you prefer
I don't think they'd show the game in a lot.
Drive in bar?
Only in Texas.

and Ohio.

How have I not

heard about this?

There is no Round Table in DC

You guys are torturing me.

You must have pizza in DC that's fairly decent
It's all grease.

Big huge slices, but the grease is overwhelming.
Any changes to the lineup yet?

Forget the lineup

Tell me more about the grease. I must know about the grease!!

mmm bacon
I love you.
BACON!
Load up that Honda

big boy. I’ll meet you halfway.

halfway's Texas.

It’s scary there, but they got good food.

And Steph

will be there tomorrow!

She’s always wanted to meet you. Yes, I gush about you all the time.

You guys scare me.
Come on now

It’s cute. Admit it.

Oh you'll laugh when you see the window dressings I put up in his house.
And what kind of sheets?
Some nice, basic sheets.

600 count thread, of course, but…simple’s better.

It looks cleaner, let’s you accent the angles of the room.

so at Goodyear they had a "Cleveland dog"

Hot dog, a strip of bacon, barbecue sauce, cheddar cheese, diced onions.

Naughty.
sometimes you don't get enough fat in your hot dogs alone
As far as hot dogs go,

everyone be damned. I’ve never had anything as delicious as a Hot Link from the Saag’s stand with the sausage and the peppers and the hot mustard and ketchup and the kraut.

KETCHUP?!
Nobody, I mean nobody, puts ketchup on a hot dog.
...I put ketchup on a hot dog.
Not the Hot Links I hope
Please not the hot links.

No. Just veggie dogs. Those are really the only kind of hot dogs I eat.

You aren’t from Chicago are you?

I am from South Bend, Indiana.
South Bend....

it sounds like dancing.

I left when I realized we could.
They write stuff like this in Chicago

brb arteries clogging.

Chicago and South Bend are about 45 minutes apart.
Ya the Louisiana Hot Link is my favorite as well
All this dog and bacon talk

is getting me awfully close to a CGV.

Go for it, I'll recommend it.

That should cancel out any flags

Well, there's Athens..

And they did ok at Thermopylae

Hannahan, Pennington, Denorfia, Barton, Casilla, Wuertz
It could be Wuertz!

So that’s where he is.

Yay Cliff and Daric!

Did he do the splits?

"It looks like Santiago Casilla is ready to take the next step..."

Which would be what? Going on the DL?

changing his name again?

I know, let it go

steve holm!

Did you notice his mother's name was Eve Holt?
I'm saying it over and over and I'm not getting it.

That’s what they call him over on McCovey Chronicles.

I love our pitching tonight
I thought we were hitting this year.
The defense sounds good too
what does bad defense sound like?
One hand clapping.
Ray making excuses
Buck Fail
He tried anyway. It was a good idea.
I can't see or hear anything. I was just guessing.
And like I say

You can’t blame a guy for trying.

Or is it you can blame a guy for trying? I always forget.

Two out, Wilson dealing.....you takes your chances
See?

I was right that other time!

How was that out?

Not that they showed a replay.

What's up with the Krusty the Clown hair

On Gallagher’s gameday picture

Gallagher walked Sandoval.

Seriously.

He can't make the team now.
wtf did gallagher just walk pablo sandoval...
Or Pablo Escobar?
Killing Pablo...

Great book.

Can't say I like the ear flaps

I know it’s cold and all, but it’s still a bad look.

are you talking about Gallagher's hair?
I like you.

You should be here more.

THAT WAS STRIKE 3!

Fucking ump was too busy watching the runner.

Wooohooo!

Landon!

Payback's a bitch, Giants!
I love me some Powell!
And there's a lot to love!
Where is he in the hierarchy with

Ziegler, Gio and Sweeney?

You forgot Blevins.
Blevins is first.
Hummm....

Blevins, Gio, Ziggy, Powell, Sweeney…

Ryan is so 2008?
Yea....

but he came back with one sweet physiche. That boy is all legs too.

We share a deep, unjustified love for the strawman.
I do heart him. A lot.
Me too. With no real good reason as to why.
Long and lanky.
I like blonde and wavy though.

ala T-Buck.

Definite plus.
hey!

Randy Johnson

Sweeney is nice to look at.

But not really my type. He doesn’t make me squel like the others.

Landon friggin powell
About effin time, right?
BTW,

Leno and Letterman both suck tonight.

tonight every night.

As does Fallon

I miss Conan…

I never understood the attraction of Fallon.

He seems really insipid.

He was NBC's 35millionth choice

after the first 34,999,999 candidates rejected

I've been up since 2:45 AM

End game soon plx kthxbai.

Who are you?

Me?

You're replying to yourself
Powell's chin hair looks like the power on switch

Reading this thread is much better than the game.

Extra innings!

Do the recap

And I’ll give you $10.

where the heck you been?

You need to be here more too.

I am always here?

Maybe.

Louis, are you God?
Or Big Brother
I doubt both.

I am the oldest of five, so to my younger siblings, I am big brother.

No, that's Ben.

He owns the sign shop.

Did you help the humans find Earth?
Louis Gray facts are printed here:

I can not endorse most. http://friendfeed.com/rooms/louisgrayfacts

Powell doing everything tonight
Just nailed down the backup catcher job, I would guess

If he didn’t have it already

Always root for Rajai to stick it to the Giants
or the Giants outfielders to stick it to themselves
This sounds painful
The Giants fear the Jack

Better to walk him than face his awesomeness.

Bases loaded, nobody out!

This could give Marquez his recap, right here!

Wait!!

I have to get dressed first.

You don't have to dress for a recap.
But you said

Oh right, it’s the other way around.

Okay, I just came in.

Can anyone give me a recap don’t want to read EVERYTHING! Plus it’s almost tomorrow here in Texas. :D

Well, the most important thing is that Don and me will be in your living room on Tuesday.

Have some ribs ready.

I'll be dreaming of Leslie Howard and bacon

but I’ve only been here since the 8th

Zombies are gonna take over

Will you join our anti-zombie plans?

you know,

it’s amazing anyone will ever speak to any of us.

Yeah, I’m pretty surprised.

Are y'all on crack or something? I said RE-CAP!
you don't need to be dressed for a recap.
Are you in a warehouse filled with zombies or something?
Why would I be in a warehouse filled with zombies?
That's not a "no"
Does the

Cheese Captain have knowledge?! Inside knowledge?!

I think he does.

Queso, what do you know?!

I think you're in a warehouse filled with zombies!!
No, I'm not!
he knows where the zombies will launch their attack.
He mentioned a warehouse.

It’s gotta be a warehouse somewhere.

He's on the A's website here.

So, in Oakland? Or as far away from Oakland as possible?

Florida?

Nah, it's gotta be somewhere that no one thinks of.

Stockton, perhaps.

I was thinking more like Russia.
But anyone could see that from their house.
Exactly. A quick access point to anywhere.
You know what they say about denial.
That it's a river in Egypt?
Hi, we're the A's! We can't score with the bases loaded!

Double play? seriously?

Home to third DP
Worst. Play. Ever.
no
fenway. playoffs... but close.
come on rajai...
Davis

He’s fast, but he’s not a trustworthy baserunner. In fairness, it was a good fake.

Some wild pitch action
Yes!

Finally!

Thanks for the gift, Giants
And then the next one!
We score! A's score!

Nice play, Giants. :)

Yay Jack!

Thanks Luis and Steve.

If you throw 7 or 9 wild pitches we will score eventually!
Why 9?

The batter swung at two of them?

because I'm too drunk to type the 8
I liked my theory better.

Or maybe I’m just jealous of your drunkenness.

the truth is tawdry
Mostly I just think it's funny

that your comment actually prompted me to do the math. 4 for the walk, one for each base…

I think we should have that

crocheted on a pillow.

My mom can do that.

Probably tonight. While baking a pecan pie.

Mmmmm.....us Texans sure like some pecan pie! :D
bring a pie, don.

we’ll need it to procure ribs.

Done deal.

Her pies. I’d perform hideous acts for her pies.

What a coincidence

I’ve performed hideous acts and also ended up with herpies.

another coincidence:

I’ve committed hideous acts for hair pies.

slut

I like it!

I'm not sure I like this conversation anymore.
Should we go back to pies?

Will that help?

I don't think we can meet at Liz's house.
Nah, I'm quite a shy girl.
Hummm

that’s what the non-shy girls always say.

Well I mean it.
All we really want is ribs.

Truly.

That's what they all say.
Well I mean it.
I see where you are going with this.
Actually

the only place I’m going is to write a recap.

{adjusts halo}

Doc said it

was just a cold sore!

I'm not sure which is more pathetic

The fact that the Giants just gave up a run on two consecutive wild pitches, or the fact that this, apparently, is the only way the A’s can score…

Right?

And they had trouble doing that!

I think they can do it again
The latter
This sequence

isn’t a great advertisement for Bay Area baseball.

Then again, a lot of these guys either won’t be on their respective teams or will be on the bench anyway.

Perdomo

is pitching himself off the team.

Ziggy up in the pen for the save
Should he have thrown underhand instead?

I think that would have had better success.

They're taking out Perdomo

WTF? Why mess with success. For us, I mean.

They think we're the enemy.

Those meanies.

rajai, perdomo: battle of the FAILs


You know, y'all?

It’s gonna be a fun year here.

Anything to make your exile enjoyable.
you know, there are a couple other things you can do.
pecan pie?
is that what you call it?
Works every time.

Except on Wednesdays. Can’t figure it out.

Heh, heh...
You could send me some Old Chicago from Petaluma.

I’d settle for Round Table.

I'll work on that.
Irony

So Friday Night Lights is pre-empted for this game.

I already saw the pre-empted episode in January on DirecTV.

But I might not see the A’s on Monday because of a dispute between Comcast and DirecTV.

Hmm.

that's not fair.

bear88 should get all the A’s games. I protest to the universe.

It's a black fly in your chardonnay.
Lefties

Ziggy’s going to see a lot of them.

He's not afraid
He fears nothing!
no, that's Blevins.

Blevins fears nothing.

nothing except boiling water.

or so I hear

he fears no boiling water.

cause he’s got ICE WATER pumping through those little girl arms of his!

The arms are fine. The legs need a little beefing up.
but...

how many lefties can team X have on the bench?

So why did he walk a righty?
Figures

He retires two lefty hitters, then walks the righty.

And now, another lefty…

It really is opposite day.
toldja.
you did.

Wait, you didn’t!

go write a recap.

or don’t.

great

Now I’m not sure what not to do.

Renteria walks on 4 pitches.
C'mon Ziggy

You can do it.

A's Win!

On the road!

Yayyyy!

We win!

YEEEEEEAAAAAAH!
It's a great and glorious victory

I’m off to eat a late dinner.

I love how the prognosticators

Are all saying Ziggy won’t be able to replicate his success of last year. He’s looked just as good so far.

Stupid prognosticators
Whew and yay!

On to Oakland tomorrow!

So now what happens?

Oh, right.

I mean, oh, write.

Pretty

Got any in green and gold?

the zombies were defeated tonight.
Are they shut in the warehouse?
yup.

they fear the wrath of Blevins.

I mean the zombies, not the fireworks
DID EVERYONE LEAVE?

THERE’S A RECAP UP!
WHY AM I YELLING??

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