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truly, TWSS

and that was all baseball talk…

That's the biggest thing.

Not only do I organise it so I’m awake at 3am, but it’s the last game of the night so it’s not like you can watch some baseball being played professionally to take the bitter taste out of your mouth (I mean I could as I’d just watch an archived game of the day, but it’s much less entertaining when you already know the score).

New-windown popping hotness

Go A’s

Cheese!

Do stuff faster!

OaklandInvader - May 5, 2009 reply

Don't wanna

Seriously.

This is miserable.

Someone DO something!

King Richard - May 5, 2009 reply

Its not that bad

still within reach.

TWSS

Boozhound - May 5, 2009 reply

Yay

Starter pitching in the 6th

I don't think he'll make it out of the 6th. He looks knackered.

nba

Dallas is playing Denver on TNT, Denver 49 Dallas 42 with 3:36 to play in the 2nd quarter…

Just in case you need some sports to watch

SeanR - May 5, 2009 reply

Again there's the difference.

Riviera gets a double off the end of the bat.

omg....

vooya40 - May 5, 2009 reply

Nice throw there, Sweeney

I don't like him in CF, but he doesn't hit for enough power to be played in

the corner. Then again it’s not like we’ve an abundance of options for the outfield at this point.

4-1 or 5-1

difference

Same result coming up

Fucking Scioscia

Now the score should be 2-1

I would like to go to the dimension where that game is happening.

so would Dallas Braden

He's probably going to make BoCro voodoos tonight.

Alright, I give up

Im going to salvage the night and go play some Xbox. Gnight

Amnesiac - May 5, 2009 reply

good pplan.

except I’m playing cards now…

sad panda.

I have a gin and tonic

I am happy about this.

I also just made a joke about le tigre and my roommate looked at me funny

alea iacta est - May 5, 2009 reply

Because the joke was funny or you were funny?

could be either

she’s been out, and i’ve been stuck at home with my sore knee, so I haven’t had a face to face conversation with anyone for three days.

and that tends to make me a little soft in the head

alea iacta est - May 5, 2009 reply

As if that muppet just got an RBI.

Seriously I despise Figgins.

what the heck have you Brits got against Kermit?

Huh?

It's all those shitty films.

A muppet Christmas carol. Muppet Treasure Island.

you're saying Muppet Christmas Carol is shitty?

that movie is awesome.

stormtown - May 5, 2009 reply

+1

baseballnut020 - May 5, 2009 reply

well, having grown up with an american father

I love muppet christmas. especially the album they did with john denver.

alea iacta est - May 5, 2009 reply

see?

Did you see Muppets Take Manhattan?

Fozzy was great. It was his finest performance IMHO.

well, there was no john denver

so, i’m not that fussed

alea iacta est - May 5, 2009 reply

Look on the bright side...

at least Springer can’t blow a save.

+1

moppin’ up, it’s an easy 1-2-…4,5, ..8 …inning!!

Isn't it amazing how easily the Angels hitters lay down perfect bunts?

They make it look easy.

That's what I thought

They were flawless, textbook.

paradox - May 5, 2009 reply

It's called practice

so that it becomes second-nature to do it correctly…
…instead of a subject of post-game second-guessing…

They do that every year.

And every year they lose in the first round.

They have a thing called coaches.

A concept yet to be introduced in Oakland.

do they teach lessons?

I am listening on radio

It’s on my TV in my room but I aint watching this garbage. Listening is enough for me.

I quit TV after the two runs..

you could feel the momentum….no watchee no more…

Only the Nationals have wins in single digits

like us

I think even they're laughing at us.

Well, that's more a function of how few games we've played

We’re actually remarkably competitive in the AL West in the loss column.

Would it kill our guys to show some freaking emotion?

Not only do they look overmatched in the last two games, they also look like they don’t give a damn about it.

Zombies.

Clickclick.

Ratatatatatatatatat

My Roomy who is a Yankee fan

said The A’s need an Earl Weaver type manager who screams at the players and shows some emotion. He said, “I don’t follow your team much but from what I see, Geren needs to be fired”

It's obvious to everyone but the front office it would seem.

They look lethargic.

Like they expect to lose. That’s what truly sucks about watching them.

The sad part is

I want to win win so bad but I expect nothing but failure. They inspire negative vibes

Nice try, number 16.

Giambi got all of that. It went 370 feet.

It's a good sign for Giambi to fly out to the warning track eh?

Good for opposing pitchers.

Who have literally no reason to be afraid of him.

By the looks of it his bat speed is gone.

So that’s the heart of our lineup not producing. No wonder we suck.

Was thinking the same thing

Glen and Fosse were saying what a great swing it was, but there was not much behind it.

Loux...I am your father!

He's dominating us at the moment. That's pathetic.

It was a bad star wars joke

I mean, what am I gonna do, comment on the game?

It was an awesome Star Wars joke

Don’t sell yourself short.

worldblee - May 5, 2009 reply

i think it would be more funny if they bases were loaded, and he got a grounder back to the mound

and he wasn’t sure what to do, and the catcher shouted

’the force, loux, use the force"

and then he’d thrown to the plate.

just saying.

alea iacta est - May 5, 2009 reply

and we were all looking forward to May...

Holliday looks like he's as far off the plate as Crosby usually is.

Uh oh.

NateHST - May 5, 2009 reply

It's looking like the worst trade Beane has ever done.

His trade value at the moment

is Nil as far as I am concerned

Yeah, I'm sure the other 29 clubs feel differently.

NateHST - May 5, 2009 reply

I'd be interested to see what we could get for him right now.

even if I knew how to put pictures into a game thread,

I still couldn’t do it. It’s just toooo wide open.

Let's hope they do feel that way

whatever we get back is an improvement at the moment

No. Not at all.

Why? Because it’s May 5th.

NateHST - May 5, 2009 reply

The people he sent to Colorado

are certainly not helping the Rockies at all…

Bad all around…

Carlos Gonzales looks to have found the plate and

Street is a serviceable reliever. I know it’s early but the guy looks like a minor league journeyman at the moment.

Pitch to contact??

with the Athletics hitters, more like “Pitch and Pop Up”.

Well, the 3 guys he traded all suck too.

It’s garbage for garbage right now.

which reminds me...

I guess Russ Springer takes over Huston Street’s sobriquet:

Sir Fucks It Up

C. Gonzalez doesn't - he's raking in AAA

Which is where he belonged last season. Kind of like Cahill this season…

They just had a commercial for 100% Faith 100% Athletics.

BULL CRAP

Why?

I’m 100 percent certain that they suck. I have faith.

Well they didn't say if it was good faith or bad faith...

OaklandInvader - May 5, 2009 reply

Jack cust hit a bomb in it

I think they were implying good.

Was that beef, brawn, TNT or dynamite?

I forget

Kevin "We don't want you - Signed ~ The Padres" Cameron

That's Jack Cust's middle name too!

A better Cameron?

Beat me to it

worldblee - May 5, 2009 reply

TEE HEE

OaklandInvader - May 5, 2009 reply

It was all downhill for Cameron after 'Growing Pains'

worldblee - May 5, 2009 reply

What?

Ummmm…. Like Father, Like Son.

He is no Seaver either

Well... GN everyone

just can’t do it tonight

DaSwinginA's - May 5, 2009 reply

Don't got the confidence?

callin' it

Napoli HR

Nice job

Aren't you glad you were wrong

(not that it will make much difference)

heheh, so wrong!

but it feels….so right…

Way to go Kurt

STRICKOUT THROWOUT

SOMETHING POSITIVE

Except when it was Giambi/Cabrera

Zooks will be our all-star

Either him or Cust

No Way.

Let’s shoot for irony if nothing else. I think we should vote Bobby in as our all star.

manager's pick=Crosby

just to tweak us fans…

Every team has to have one, right?

It’ll be a reliever.

The A's play boring baseball

My eyes are glazed over right now. The only exciting player to watch is Kurt.

Damn right. I can't get interested

AND I MANAGE AN A’S FAN SITE. Don’t get me wrong – a 5 game winning streak and I’m back leaning with every pitch. But this team/organization is embarrassing me so far.

It's ol' "Not carin' Geren"

and his band of paycheck bandits.

I sure don't want to hear Lew Wolff bitching anymore

Put a product on the field worth watching instead of dogging the fan base.

Drinking helps

+40%/vol

Hang in there Blue

Beane must be held accountable..

for not having a good offesne since 2001.

Syphon - May 5, 2009 reply

+100,000,000

Come on guys, let's focus on the positives!

like…like…aw fuck it, we’re all gonna die

GOTTA PUT SOME LIFE INTO IT.

WE’RE

ALL

GOING

TO

DIE

sorry, the apathy of the team must be contagious

Paul Thomas didn't believe it...

but hitting is contagious, and LACK of hitting is really really contagious..

….and the A’s caught the “Swine Swing”.

Swine flu out to shallow left field?

Wave at a slider down and influenza?

It's amazing that the offense

is so ineffectual. You know they’re beat already.

"Let's hope Trevor Cahill is watching Loux tonight"

Oh Ray Fosse, fuck you

I'd rather he were watching Braden.

Braden pitched better.

I'd love to hear Ray

when the mic is off. I always imagine him just going off with a profanity filled tirade.

I'd love to hear Geren

“You know some things aren’t going our way, but I see some good things too. DUH, DUH, DUH!!!!”

Just like Bob Euker in Major League

One hit? That’s all we got is one goddamed hit?

i blame

the Raiders bieng there neighboors,
all that shittyness is rubbing off on us

LosAltosA's - May 5, 2009 reply

Flagged.

Rated-R Superstar - May 5, 2009 reply

For spelling?

Everything.

Rated-R Superstar - May 5, 2009 reply

The Raiders are a joke

but it has nothing to do with the A’s being one

Now THAT made me laugh

ZigFan31 - May 5, 2009 reply

At least we won't have to watch K-Fraud celebrate at the end of this game

that's assuming there was a save to make..

alea iacta est - May 5, 2009 reply

I'm back!

What’d I miss?

…oh. Never mind.

whiteshoes40 - May 5, 2009 reply

Predicted winner

LAA 96%

SwisherThresher - May 5, 2009 reply

You know what I hate the most

Those horns in the background…they keep yelling out… BOOORRRIINNNGGG

Buck is the quintessential example of the A's O.

He has one good at bat then two pathetic ones.

The quintessential example would be

Three bad ABs.

No, see everyone has a decent at bat every night (besides Holliday)

It’s just the other two at bats are basically pointless.

Neat

doesn't that pretty much define hitting .333?

I long for those days

alea iacta est - May 5, 2009 reply

I didn't say they got on base with that one good at bat....

I just meant they took a good approach into it – like the Giambi fly ball. That’s his contribution for the day.

Oh my, that throw pretty much defines fugly

I think Giambi's dumbfounded look upsets me more

where is the passion?

actually, I agree with this

I mean, wtf?? I thought part of the draw of bringing him here this year was that he’d bring some life to the clubhouse, set an example for the young players – but what? nothing.

alea iacta est - May 5, 2009 reply

So you're saying that throw looks like John Lackey?

Nice backup by Suzuki

Trying to be positive

He's pretty much the only positive on the hitting staff.

Well Cust is doing relatively well I suppose.

not sure how i missed but in today's wall street journal...

there’s an article entitled…“Can i go back to the national league now?” guess whose picutre is featured in the article??? guess? right, matt holliday.

page D8, if anyone cares

And D8 looks the face of the oakland A's offense right now.

“OH NO”

Of course

That’s where he belongs

if he's waiting for permission, then yes. hell yes. holy freaking god yes

to be fair the article points to 8 or 9 guys struggling...including cc sabathia.

Oh. I thought it was an article about the A's team.

no, my bad, sorry

I knew we had more than 8 or 9 struggling

I’ll check it out tomorrow. Getting my home loan reduced from 6.2 to 4.75% tomorrow!!

Someone needs to tell Holliday that the Yankees play in the AL.

hey y'all

I’ll have something up on NewBallpark tonight about putting a stadium on the Estuary at the Fruitvale Bridge.

Something to distract you from this awful game.

cityplANner - May 5, 2009 reply

Thank you!

My goodness thank you!

I love how the Angels are stealing despite being up by 4 with 1 inning to go.

Yeah

Right now a 4-run lead against the A’s is like a 10-run lead against anyone else.

Flashfire - May 5, 2009 reply

have you seen their bullpen? they need all the run they can get. that being...

said our offense sucks

as does our defense, starting pitching, relief pitching, coaching...everything

That's kind of a stretch.

Yes, our coaching goes way beyond sucking

really?

defense…we’ve been throwing to wrong bases…flubbing double plays, double clutching throws

starting pitching…aside from braden? really?

relief pitching…for the most part fine, but how many saves and leads did we blow this weekend?

coaching? really? do we need to discuss this?

i left out base running. our base running sucks too.

TOTE BAG

whiteshoes40 - May 5, 2009 reply

totes

stormtown - May 5, 2009 reply

Is Holliday honestly struggling, or does he not even want to be on this team?

It is just bizarre how he is performing. I remember Kenny Rogers pulling the same sh_t and Billy got mad at him and told him to start pitching so he could trade him. Then, all of a sudden Kenny started pitching and then we traded him. Is this what Holliday is trying to pull?

pedoman - May 5, 2009 reply

How does being crappy help Holliday?

Exactly. He's not intentionally being the worst major leaguer in the league.

I don't know the rationale. You would think it would hurt Holliday on the free agent market.

But, it worked for Kenny Rogers. He got out of Oakland.

pedoman - May 5, 2009 reply

Do we need steriods to hit?

I hate pop-ups….but I like cookies

SOMEBODY GET THESE GUYS SOME STEROIDS!!!

Sweeney should be hitting 7th or 8th

in an MLB lineup.

brenarlo - May 5, 2009 reply

Did you post that before or after he took strike three looking?

Darren Oliver?

That is at least 4 guys down looking tonight, I believe.