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Open Thread: Game 32 - A's at Tigers (cont)

The rain dances didn't work. The game is set to restart at 7:35 PST, with the A's on the wrong end of a massacre. It's 9-1 Detroit, going to the fifth.

I may have posted too soon; tarps have gone back on the field. You would have to think that Detroit would do everything in their power to get three more outs.  Stay tuned.

7:30 PM: Tarp on!
7:32 PM: Tarp off!
7:35 PM: baseballgirl confused.
7:37 PM: baseballgirl's hair declared a "disaster area" -Cindi

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I feel so alone.
Sorry, I was trying to 'z' through that last thread as fast as I could.
Ok everyone, he's gone. Come on in!
So a guy wanders into a game thread.
are you crawling through the air ducts?
You are me.

And I am you.

I am he as she is me
New window popping goodness
Who's there??

You’re not going to hurt me, are you?

Game? No game? What's going on.
game.
sadness.

at the losing.

i'm not positive I've ever heard

KK sound as ruffled as when Buaninator asked him to take a call with him.

"Listen Buan, taking calls is not in my job description."
It almost came out of his mouth, didn't it?
"Buan, I don't talk to the masses. That's your lowly job."
I'm glad he said, "Sure, Robert Buan,"

because otherwise I might have been confused as to what Robert he was replying to.

that WAS awesome, then, right?

I wasn’t the only one mesmerized by the awkwardness of that?

Stupid Rain

I need Anderson’s stats gone from my fantasy team. Hate it.

Er...I think you need Anderson gone from your fantasy team.
DrK, you around?
per your request

They REALLY aren't bad.

2 ER in 4 IP.

3 ER? Who knows.
He's Already Gone

I traded him and Cahill yesterday.

Oh...c'mon!

Just one rain delay.

you need to do your mini serloin burger thing with Pam or whomever.
That sounds really dirty!
it does.

And I kinda like that it does.

I've actually never even seen that commercial on TV.

Just the YouTube links BBG kept sending me. Over and over.

so you know the words.

You wanna play snooty “I don’t know the song” girl or do you wanna play awesome game-saving chant girl?

Pressure!

I actually don’t know the words! the MGD commercial, that I can do.

Sippin' on an M G D D D D

(damn you, Pam)

I was dancing to that in my car on the way home.

I love it. I can’t help it.

That don't win us jack shit, girliegirl.

We got about ten minutes here.

Go learn your lines.

Tarp being taken off

Maybe Jackson will suck this inning.

The (weather) system is against us
I love that we've got way more comment on a rainout thread than a normal game

Go AN!

Not creepy at all, is it?
So what's the four-friends spa package at Silverado?
Sounds like a swinger....swingin' party
LOVE SHACK, BABY, LOVE SHACK!
Got me a Chrysler, it seats about twenty!
it's as big as a whale!
TWSS....er...boner?
Well, it's big, but not quite THAT big.
oh wait...you meant the car.
and it's about to set sail
So c'mon and bring your juke box money!
Tin roof...

RUSTED

Holliday's pretty funny with his kids.

“Nice, off the cameraman”. LOL.

The kid has a nice swing

I think he took it from his Dad.

Or, the 2008 version of his Dad.
It's like that horrible movie with Kirk Cameron & Dudley Moore

We need to get that potion so they can switch back.

who knew that Kennedy would turn out to be one of our best acquisitions this year
Mrs Holliday = I likey
Generally you just have to say

baseball player’s wife = I likey

(lights votive candel for Jamie Kotsay)
And...here comes the Mariachi music

My work night is complete.

You have a mariachi band play you out, too?

I thought it was just me and Armando Galllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllaraga

You got Coronas and mariachi music?

…did he bring back sombreros?

Well my associates and every single employee

are kind of south of the border-ish

maybe get a couple bandelaros of ammo too.

and a cigar.

Wait I like this song

He’s singing about how his wife slept with his brother. But he still loves her.

I didn't sleep with her, hermano.

I swear.

hey, the A's are down your way next week - are you going to the game (s)?
oh hell to the yes.

snap.

nice

you have to bring a GIANT sign – i’m sure there’ll be plenty of seats over which to drape it.

Dude

He slept with my wife and you’re talking about games?

Somebody had to do it
gotta move on, man
dude,

she’s obviously a whore.

He seems like a nice enough guy
Anyone else watching Matt Holliday looking disinterested and bored while playing with his kids?

He doesn’t even care. He should divorce and give his children up for adoption.

No, I'm listening to the game restart.
i see what you did there...
That was awesome.
doesn't he realize he's only hurting his chances in the future by not caring for his kids today?
OKAY EVERYONE!

Let’s lose this ballgame!

Looks like an Oakland crowd in the stands tonight
This is surely the worst decision in baseball history!

What injustice

Cunningham having the same trouble as last year
And so it begins.
Cummingham stricks out.
frick, is this live? or highlights of the A's stricking out

it’s hard to tell

One out...YAY!
Three fastballs down the heart of the plate.

No contact made.

What would be most amusing of all

is if we turn it around and win in the second half of the game.

This thread was a lot more fun when there was no baseball
Yea. Now that the game is on, I'm going to go find something else to do.
Back to life. Back to reality.
mom's spaghetti?
MIne is/was the worst cook ever.

We started eating out at restaurants when I was 12 and I’m still doing it to this day.

back to the here and now
Seriously.

Screw this game.

Screw something.

That would be nice.

LOL.

+1ing that would get me in all sorts of trouble.

We'll find someone nice for you baby.
I like that it's now a team effort.
I like that too.

No comment to the rest

We went down in style.
A's want to go home
The A's are allergic to water
the awful truth: the A's are actually cats
Haha....awesome

But not Tigers.

I'm melting....melting...!
So the A's can't do more damage to a guy who seems to be featuring only a fastball?
Meanwhile, Joe Nathan manages to give up three in the bottom of the 9th

to lose to the Yankees. This season really sucks ass.

Ouch.
I really can't recall a season that was such a downer in every ayw

Starting with an exhilarating win followed hours later by the death of the opposing pitcher and culminating with this “yet again” truly embarrassing display of baseball.

It did seem to bottom out awfully quickly.
The one thing I was sure about was that

even if the A’s sputtered, they would clearly be in the race for a long time (because the rest of the division had so many problems). It’s May 15th and I truly don’t feel the A’s are in it anymore.

Nico, the problem is not with the A's; it's that you're just not that good at self delusion
That's not what the judge said,

and my probation officer agreed with him.

Yeah, it's a lot like after the ASB last year.

Seems hoeless.

Crap - that's even worse than hopeless
ugh, why'd we have to have a day off right after some convincing wins?

Threw off our mojo completely!

Like Salt Lake City?
I wonder if the Adenhart death really did affect the A's more than we know
The Angels seem to be over .500

It’s raining for Detroit too. See what I’m getting at? :-(

Not to sound heartless

But I doubt it. They got shut out by a lefty on opening night. The precedence was set before the death of Adenhart.

No, they just had A LOT of

"if"s and a lot of those ifs failed really quickly.

Were they "Ifs"

or “Whens”?

Probably whens,

and I’m sure they/he expected some when, but not all the whens had to come back “Right Now.”

No, but what was known at the time

was that Sweeney did not have CF speed or instincts and that there was no backup in the system for 3B or 2B.

See, I thought I had factored in all the "ifs" into my calculus.

I didn’t expect big contributions from Chavez and Nomar. I assumed a regression for Sweeney and I expected Cahill, Anderson and Buck to be about average.

But I don’t think anyone expected Giambi, Holliday, and Cabrera to slump this badly. I thought that even if our ifs went wrong, we would still be okay. I guess I just didn’t realize the extent of our ifs.

I don't fault the A's at all for Holliday's problems

They had every right to expect he’d be around .280/.380/.480 right now. I fault the A’s a LOT for the problems they face, organizationally, right now at 3B, SS, and CF.

Bob Geren doesn't care about Dan Giese

“Get out there, Giese! Your long-term health in this game is no worry of mine.”

Finally something Bob Geren and I can agree on
"Looks like the rain has stopped!"

Oh good!

(barf)

Well, that means we have another four innings to come back!

You’re here. We’ll win.

Hmm. Maybe we actually WILL win.

I hadn’t really considered that as a possibility.

She hain't lost in well nigh a week now.

She’s our good luck charm. I’m sure the Tigers don’t wanna be out there.

or Granderson'll tear our hearts out.

One or the other.

But fucking Granderson needs to stop doing that!
Sweeney would have had it (on the second hop)
Right?

Hello!

Ashland Mojo!!
Drink the Lithia Springs mineral water

Tasty

So, let's throw some timber on the fire!

Any word from Chavy’s MRI? Does he have a slipped disc? Does anyone give a crap?

No. Maybe. No.
Game over
Trainman beat you by about five innings.
five days, more like
Angels getting blasted in texas

10 to 5

WHOA.

So that’s what a competent CF looks like.

I'm pretty sure just a week ago people were jizzing themselves over the two incredible catches that Sweeney made
WHATEVER.

THAT was like THREE weeks ago.

And they've cleaned up since then.
I think folks know that I've never been on board with Sweeney

being a CFer. And the fact that the A’s feel otherwise, and believe he’ll be a power hitter, worries the heck out of me.

Who do you like as CF for the A's?
That's the problem
Carlos Gonzalez

I would have been ok with Street, Smith, Sweeney for Holliday.

Carlos Beltran
Remember when we had him?

Good times.

Best 20 minutes of my life.
Didn't that three-way go the other way?

I thought we never had him.

I tend to get my three-ways confused

(Alcohol is usually involved.)

If you video them, it makes it easier to remember.
you expect consistency online?

Drink some more…it’ll all make sense

I WANT TO

but I can’t for another half an hour

Holliday does his best Booby impression
What a truly pitiful performance

By just about everybody today. They should all have to walk back to the hotel, hopefully in the pouring rain.

Sadly, we've seen a few of these games this year
I think this one takes the cake

9 runs and 4 errors, plus a couple that aren’t errors but were horrible plays, in just 4 innings.

The games in Seattle still make baby Jebus cry
with our luck, they'd all contract boar plague
"Help! I've watched the A's play and I've been boared!!!!"
Damn,

this guy might wanna go to some of those meetings. He drinks a lot, and apparently EVERYWHERE.

OMG IT'S ON
First time seeing it on TV.

So good. But the Spanish version is a million times better.

Hilarious.

Nothing is funnier right now

Maybe EVER.
It's so cute when you guys are

COMPLETELY DEAD FUCKING WRONG.

We can't help being adorable.
The Spanish version brought both Mrs doctorK and I to tears first time we saw it
I almost died laughing.

For serious.

Just watched it again.

So good.

I cried, for sure....couldn't stop laughing.
I love the regular one.

Didn’t like the Spanish one at all.

The funny thing about the Spanish one

is that it parodies the first one…pretty awesome.

Parody is only good if it is built around a core of artistic admiration.

Otherwise it’s just catty.

There’s no beauty in the Spanish version.

Honey, it's a JITB commercial.

Not art.

The original one is art.
You finally saw it!!!
We weren't collectively making it up!
Yes, I did my MGD dance for it.
RALLY MINI SIRLOIN BURGERS!!!!!
Mini-sirloin burgers!
angels making it interesting now

10 to 8 rangers with 2 outs

all 5 runs so far with 2 outs

A’s: take notes

tieing man comign up to plate

Rivera

a perfect evening

mini-sirloin burgers with Salma

Man I can't wait until next off season when we can pencil in a healthy Chavez at third base

.280/.385/.695 line prediction for here!

Okay, Lynn

NOW I’m experiencing Deja Vu.

Shit the bases are loaded and I didn't even notice.

This game is awesome.

oh shit me neither

someone tell Geren!

NO FUCKING WAY.
Another grand slam!

SO COOL!

two grand slams in a night?

the A’s are so on sportcentre today!

(I'm really over this game, get it all out!)

Hope they lose by 50.

Anything that gets Geren fired is a worthwhile loss
is there ANTHING that will get Geren fired?
Sleeping with Billy's daughter?
streaking
I'm pretty sure that will get him locked up for life.
That wouldn't bother Geren

“I know I’m due to break out soon.”

it might get him locked up

but would it get him fired?

He'd probably be just as effective managing from a cell.
Well, I guess people in Detroit need something to cheer about
LOL @ this team.

They fucking suck. Plain and simple. Oh well.

So....what were we talking about?
Boobies.
whoa where did you come from!

And I fully expected you to pop in on the earlier conversation.

which earlier conversation?

Believe it or not, I’ve put 2 coats of paint onto basically my entire living room and dining room since the first gamethread.

Fill me in. Be graphic.

Me too, which is probably a bad idea because I'm housesitting

I’m thinking I won’t be invited back.

Depends on the color.

See, I’m not sure about you, but most men I know see the world in what can basically be described as Windows Default.

PEACH. That’s a fucking fruit, not a color.

What did you just call me?
That's what non-anglophones say about orange.
um

en francais, le couleur s’appelle “orange”, aussi

Oh, well, Italians anyway.
I don't know much italian?

but isn’t it arancia for both? or sometihng?

Yes and no.

It’s sort of a long discussion.

Yes, they have the word and they use it. But conceptually it’s a fruity shade, like we use “plum” or “peach”. Most hues we think of as varieties of orange they think of as varieties of red or yellow.

Color modulation is a really interesting topic in linguistics/cognitive sciences. Some very strange things if you go back in history, like classical Greek, for instance.

I love linguistics.

I could get lost in linguistics.

Cunning....
You know the coolest things.
Caveat

I guess I should note I’m familiar with Italian literature from 150 to 500 years ago, not contemporary. Could be more a time issue than a language issue. There’s color modulation across history even within English.

That's my favorite quote of all time.
Hahaha...I'm housesitting too...should try that.
AND

you’ve apparently broken into the beers.

No, I HATE beer.

Really…rather drink water. Which I am. Of all nights. Grrrrr.

You should just drink the beer.
DRINK! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!
Seriously I can't believe you survived tonight without any booze.
me neither!

But the recap looks great…and not drunk!

Elephants are bigger in person!
These guys are shitty.
I guess this evens out Tuesday's run differential...

…and then some.

So our infield each got in on the error party? Awful.

yeah

what was I just saying? Now we’re back more where we belong

I love that bit of commentary

“The A’s did not get the double play they were looking for”

er, no. not exactly

That my friend, is what we like to call INSIGHT.
Tell me more of this thing you call 'baseball'
Stafford making a difference already

in the Detroit offense

Like I said, screw this game.

We were having more fun during the rain delay.

Let's pretend it's not on.
Yippie Kie Yay!
Mother farker
You read my mind

I almost never turn an A’s game off, but I’m watching the Giants game and chatting with y’all. Let me know when a position player pitches – I’d watch that.

BOBBY CROSBY FOR PITCHER!
Yay!

And Buck at 3B!

Buck Rogers

Buck Naked

Buck Henry

and that would be a smart thing to do

Oh wait… Geren is running the show.

It's not that smart when the player is already out of the game
Oh yeah, I forgot about the nacho runs.

… Buck for pitcher!

Haha...nacho runs. Awesome
By "it" do you mean...

The game?

Her shirt?

Hot pants?

SPECIFICS PLZ.

Way out west...
I just started loving you.
I'm kind of an acquired taste.
It's taken me a while ;)
Fisticuffs.

Seriously.

The story's told.
to repeat
about a bunch of cowboys.
Tiny and bold!
I'm literally going to fucking stab somebody.
Please do it to a Red Sox fan
Whoever's closest.
Anger management, friend.
Not needed.

Once I stab somebody I feel much better.

Maybe you could even join in with us!
You guys are stabbing people too?
while singing.

Way out west….

An artist tried to stab me the other day,

but he couldn’t draw blood.

that's very good.
D:

That would’ve been much better if it was the other way around and the Tigers gave up the slam.

Epic failure in progress by Texas Rangers

Go ahead run at plate for slegnA

I say we pick up Chavy's team option for 2011

And since Bobby Crosby has proven his mettle as a super utility man, sign him to a lucrative 5 year contract. And then maybe we can reanimate Frank Thomas because as Billy said, “We’re getting the band back to together < grin >”

The Menudo reunion tour.
Trying to think of bands that were as good after getting back together...
Ferrante & Teicher?
Animatronics is the way forward.

possibly with Chavez, the only way forward

I guess this is the end of our positive run differential, huh?
Tim Lincecum is incredible

And he’s rockin’ the hockey hair, so that’s another plus in my book

As for the A’s, hey, at least they won’t be shutout tonight – yeah?

so glad I have another game to watch
HANNAHAN!
Could you be specific?

Unless you yell “HANNAHAN!” when Randy Winn bounces to second.

I think that's his cry at a moment of passion
I'll let you know.
These Coronas aren't half-bad

When you’ve had five.

So that's two-and-a-half bad?
stole my line, damnit.
They get better.

Speaking of, when I was in college, they had this piss water that may have been leftover coolant from a reactor tank called Wisconsin Club—by FAR the worst beer I’ve ever had. It’s was $3.50 for a full 24 case of them. In bottles.

We bought two cases of “good” stuff and our first four or five were these. Everything after was Wisconsin’s Finest.

We just drank cheap cider

Three litres for a GBP1.99

that, or Chekov vodka / windowcleaner

We drank 9.99/L Popov vodka from Albertson's.

Disinfectant, for sure.

Sheeeiit,

I used to drink that warm for breakfast.

I suspect there's a big factory somewhere making Clean Grain Liquor

and they just have a comedy Russian name generator to put on the labels.

Today, we make Pravda!

in vino veritas

v vodke pravda
Dude,

I have drank a lot in my life. I mean, a lot. I’ve never tasted anything as vile as Wisconsin Club.

I had vodka from Mexico, made from an agave plant.

it tasted like dirt. Dirty dirt, if that makes sense

It's not actually dirt. It's Sammy Hagar flavoring.
like actual Sammy Hagar?

Like this booze needs more Hagar, get in the vat, Sammy?

and he has female "handlers"

that make sure it keeps coming

Mas Tequila baby!
Don't get me started!
You seem like you're already started

and just change into unlimited higher gears

I know!

How fun is that?

We got a ton of Chinese beer in HS for about the same price

that was completely awful. We traded freshman 6 pack for 6 pack of their good beer passing it off as a novelty.

I love Japanese beer but not sure the Chinese shouldn’t just stick to food.

Mrs doctorK is making me watch Dr Phil

And I’ve never been more in love with her.

Is he counseling baseall addicts tonight?
Kids who smoke candy and snort powdered drink mixes

I am not making this up.

Dr Phil isn't a girl, dude.
Whoa.

That’s low.

Wednesday, Poochini sat on the remote control

and changed the channel from the baseball game to “Dr. Phil.” That dog has strange taste.

I got the date night over early and came home to this pathetic game.

Why couldn’t it have just been over in 3 hours?

The date?
Not sure what to call it after 2 years??
You had a 2 year date?
Most would call it marriage.

Ooooo… mini-sirloin burgers. Herdin cows the size of SCHNAUZERS…

(but they're cattle)
YIPPIE KAYAY MINI SIRLOIN BURGERS!
Commercial FAIL
Radio, anyway.

It’s restarted five times.

We need a guy name Grandslamerson.

And a pitcher named Striker to compliment Outman.

Just as long they don't get a guy named "Balk"
speaking of, Vinnie Chulk got sent down by Cleveland

“Choke+Balk”= Chulk

A's are minus a LH reliever.

Yes, ‘cause he’d save this game.

Because a LH reliever is all they're lacking
A's are short

at least 10 good players

WHY AM I STILL WATCHING THIS CRAP
Because they're the A's.
NOT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON, BALTY
And we love them

regardless?

Because we're fun.

And the game thread is about you-know-what.

Baseball=Sex

Oh Yeah!

But this game is terrible.
And yet,

we have something to look forward to.

not with Giambi in the three hole
But even when it's bad

it’s good

That is just so not true.
Speak for yourself.
Anything is better than painting
Depends on who... um.. what you're painting.
I totally want a painting of my wife

as long as it’s the kind of painting that U.S. had in ‘The Toy.’

U-ass

U kinky little devil, you.

That's 'U.S.' ..... NOT 'You Ass!'
I think I speak for all women.
I'm sure you think you do.
I think I don't speak to any
I concur.

And I’m a guy even.

(with less scoring when you want it)
Or more scoring than with the A's.
NOW we're talking.
Haha, you didn't scoll up
scroll
That water's really effing you up.
You're so unsubtle, Lynnzgal
It's her best quality.
I thought that was her ....

OK, nevermind.

The shrimp was awesome

I'm right up front.
No, what exactly is it about?

I’m getting a little buzzed.

ZOMG!!

Texas won! That’s a brutal loss! Not like ours.

The Kane County Cougars were winning the last time I checked

I’m exctied about 2013

New AN slogan

2013: The return of the A’s!

I just refreshed and saw that Cindi hijacked my thread.
Yeah, I talked to her about that

(while she was text-messaging Jared and Facebooking with Mindi).

Jared was the name of my sign monkey

who walked out on me after five years on Tuesday.

You're a deaf primate?

That explains a lot.

no I'm human,

but my translator was a monkey.

Ah, that makes total sense
I toured a local outdoor sign company

Those new LED screens are unbelievable and I love how you can change out each pixel so easily. Surprised they haven’t changed code on those signs due to brightness and people operating vehicles. Oooo LOOK at the bright lights!

There is/was serious debate about it in CA.

I think the lobbyists won, but it was hotly contested. And CA will lead the way, one way or the other on that.

The one at the Bay Bridge approach is SUPER distracting.
Why, is it porn?
Well at least then it would be useful.

It’s just super bright.

Speaking on behalf of all the men here,

we love that you think porn is useful.

Oh me. Oh my.

I do agree.

Oh...yes!
I don't watch it.

I just turn it on for the music.

They are, without a doubt.

The ISA has sent me updates a couple times in the past week. I think the measure is dead. The sign industry won.

I missed their show this year in Vegas

and have more money in my pocket :-)

Yeah, me too.

But i’m not sure going to the ISA is anything I want to do. i’m not fond of the sign shop.

I used to go to SGIA too but it's the same stuff

EVERY year except more car wraps and digital printers.

I heard that they are debating hard for those signs nationwide

and trying to create a debate between the danger of cell phones vs. bright signage while driving. Guarantee cell phones easily win that battle of doom behind the wheel.

The advantage that signs have is

there’s already legislation on the books against cell phones—in Florida, they still can talk directly on the phone. But there is legislation prohibiting that in CA and all…

i'm not positive that KK isn't al ittle drunk.
Which beings me to some baseless speculation about Mychael Urban
you know,

we could start making up nasty rumors about Geren…

I'm sure he just thought 'fuck it, they're gonna call this one, pass the brown stuff'
I don't think he's a junkie.

just drunk.

haha, the liquid brown stuff

bourbon, brownest of the brown liquors. wait, you want me to drink you? but i can’t! oh, go on

One thing I've noticed about Livan Hernandez

is that he’s a really terrible pitcher.

well, the Giants' offense likes him
He gave up a 2-run single to O RLY-AH

Yeah, he sucks.

Ya know what

I’m going to turn off the Giants/Mets game. The ballpark looks gorgeous as the sun sets, Lincecum is dealing, the huge crowd appears to be having a blast…It’s breaking my green & gold heart because in the meantime, the struggling A’s are getting their asses kicked by the Tigers in rainy Motor City.

I'm going on Sunday.

Pretty excited actually. It’s supposed to be amazing weather this weekend.

For the bobblehead?

Some of my Giants friends are going. I think.

I don't really care about the bobblehead.

I already promised it to my Giant’s fan co-worker.

Sunday is a sellout

I was there last night…it was quite cold

TINY AND BOLD!
mini-vacas!
We should have a new thread, I don't care.

It will be over soon enough and the recap is written already

you should post it now.

Throw everyone off.

See how much you get right, BBG.
that would be pretty funny
Does anything really need to be said?
Ha, and boy will your face be red

after the 14-run rally in the 9th!

This unfounded optimism

is really freaking me out.

I put my shoes on to go outside and do some yardwork before it got dark.

Now it’s dark. And the yard still hasn’t been worked.

Why am I rolling around laughing right now?

My mom just put whip cream on Poochini’s nose as an experiment, watched him lick frantically for about 30 seconds and then said, “His tongue isn’t as long as I thought.” Two grand slams and 4 errors will do that to a person.

HEY ITS PAM'S FAVORITE COMMERCIAL.
Everybody send her picture mail. NOW.
Why is Rajai Davis playing over Travis Buck?

Why should I care? I just need to focus my anger on one thing and at the moment, that is irritating me

The same reason why we are below

.500 the last 3 seasons

Bob Geren

and why we will be until he’s fired.

Focus it on those fucking stupid little hamburgers and that ridiculous ass commercial.
Way out west.
The story's told,
Well, that's all for me.

See you guys later.

(scampers off to find a suitable knife)
bout some cowboys.
Uh, hello.

It’s a bunch of cowboys.

I can’t work with this guy. <throws diva fit>

Cracking me up.

It’s art, Pam.

He's only got three lines.

How hard is it to learn three fucking lines?!?

I’m through with this amateur hour. Call me when you get some real backup singers.

Ziggy in to pitch

Good game for him to regain his footing and form.

I'd think maybe a game the a's were WINNING 13-1 would be better
I contemplated that idea

but too much of a distance from what is here and now.

I think Andrew Bailey should be pitching right now, right Geren?
I thought Zig needed work the other night

Glad to see him in

Ten minutes till the bus arrives to take me away from here

Will the A’s finish losing in time?

you going back to prison?
prison, hipster launch party with free liquor

mas o menos

seven minutes!

Oh, fuck you, nextbus.com

the bus just dissapeared. wtf???

you're going to a roof party with women and liquor.
not on a roof

but if that’s what’s going to help you to sleep, then go ahead

No, it bothers me.

I want your life. But I don’t wanna like soccer.

…do I have to do both?

Some bird's roof?
Honey, yes, that happened a couple hours ago.
cabrera is just awful
KK defending Cabrera on that play

LOL

Most of the team is awful at the moment

Ugh...that was ughly.
I think the new "find the A's" ads are bad luck

The A’s really have disappeared.

hey, look on the bright side

the game’s almost over.

tomorrow is another game….they get to start at 0-0.

Too bad there's no handicap.
Okay I lied

I still have the Giants game on. It’s like I’m being pulled (pushed?) to the dark side. I bought a Giants shirt the other day, which is a first. I’ve never before considered going to AT&T park unless the A’s were playing, but now I find myself checking the SF schedule. I feel like I’m cheating on the A’s…I has guilt, HALP!

Yuo should have guilt , you dirty effing traitor.

GO BURN THAT DAMN SHIRT RIGHT NOW.

I'm watching too...and we're not the only ones doing that tonight

but I haven’t bought any shirt…and I have an old Giants cap that I got for free on Cap Day at Candlestick.

(I also caught a ball at Candestick during a Giants-Mets game).

I watch them all the time...

rooting for the other team.

that really bothers me when fans like the Bay area team that is currently winning

Stop. Turn around. Go back to lovin’ the shittiness that is the Oakland A’s.

hey, now, he's still posting on this game thread
Are you Hank Kingsley?
last time I checked I wasn't
Loved the Larry Sanders show and Ari was great before he was actually Ari

that's a great gif

thanks for the ‘intervention’

I feel better now. I won’t be going to any Giants game, unless the A’s are playing. As for the shirt, bad move I know. It was an impulse purchase prior to my new job at a company that supplies baseball uniforms & equipment. All my co-workers (even the boss) are diehard Giants fans. Bah

Blame It on the Rain

Anyone game for a 2010 mock draft projection? I predict the A’s will select a polished right handed pitcher from < insert Southern California college here >

Can't go wrong with Cal State Fullerton.

Billy loves anyone from Cal State Fullerton.

I am sure the recap will be short

TTIAAARFSMC.

Please don’t ask me to elaborate except to say This Team Is An

OH THANK GOD IT'S ALMOST OVER.
IT REALLY IS!
thanks goodness it's over
TWS

Wait.

I didn't write that until the game was over

I know better than to write it too soon

Thank you for ending, game. I knew you could do it.
well, now..

that wasn’t painful at all, wasit?

Thank gawd

That wasn’t what she said.

It's like the doctors office.

It’ll be quick, you won’t feel a thing.

It's amazing you're not more popular with the ladiez.
okay, BBG.

You’re free for the weekend.

But you would have paid.
Shit.

I missed a good thread tonight. I hate my business partners. And their Coronas. And the fact that LB slept with my wife.

That might have been a God send.
You may be right, L.
She gave it up

for some min9i serloin burgers.

She told me she hated burgers.
she hates YOUR burger.
Heads must roll! Pitchforks and torches! Doomsday! I'm the God of Hell FIre!
you're my ex-wife?
That was weird.

I saw a recap.

Then I didn’t.

So you're drunk too

Thought it was just me.

I really don't want to re-live all of these errors.
Wait, I thought it was

two points for a safety.??
At least we held them to two touchdowns. What was the over/under?

There must be swearing!
Sorry, didn't submit to Yahoo...oops

Recap up!

http://www.athleticsnation.com/

Is there swearing? Please let there be swearing!!!
wait a minute.

You get Saag’s AND a discount on A’s tickets?

Reason #5,786…

four errors
THERE...ARE.......FOUR...LIGHTS!

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