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Open Thread: Game 27 - A's vs. Jays (cont)

We go to the bottom of the 7th as the A's escape a nasty jam and lead 5-3.

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Hold Snoopy

Hey LB

Just got back from seeing Kansas in concert! Still sounded pretty good even if they are a bit older.

Dust
Wind
Dude

All we are

Is dust in the wind.

Did they play I'm Sailing A-WAY...?
that was Styx
Please tell me that you know that is Styx
There's a difference?
Now that you mention it ...
I knew you would give me shit.

Nice. They played a lot of songs but left Play The Game Tonight in their back pocket. Surprised me but it was a little poppish.

Nah, I saw Boston in Sactown in like '97 or something.

I’m a firm believer in going with what you know.

I bet Kansas put on a good show.

They did and their from here so it was sentimental.
I'm a little drunk
I need hallucinogens to see Boston in Sacramento
it was...

surreal.

Can I take advantage of you then?
I don't have to be drunk for that, silly
Rawr!
Let's see if I can make this kitty

purrrrrr

Geez

get a thread, you two

Cougars are kitties,

when they want to be.

I read that Klosterman article where

he goes on the cruise with the classic rock bands. It was a pretty awesome read and he came away with an attitude of, “Hey, these people love this. It’s harmless and they have a really good time. So be it”

I tell you who the hardest working man is music is today

Warren Haynes. That guy is everywhere and don’t know how he does it.

oh him.

yeah, I don’t think he sleeps.

Might be a zombie. Cap’n / WBC, if either of you are here, lurking, put him on the list.

Derek Trucks is another one

They have both said that they’ll sleep when their dead.

you know, the last one that said that

died awfully young.

Now THAT'S some fucking LB swag right there.
I have that.
I may have to come steal it.
You'll have to.

That was the plan.

that is by far the coolest thing I've ever seen in my entire life

:)

(Kallus doesn't respond, because he is searching EBay on a never-ending quest

to acquire the magic idol that causes him to drool incessantly…)

no...

we don’t need anyone on the DL with a broken face.

Who is the A's hitting coach now?

Jim Skaalen is the hitting coach.

Jim Skaalen I think.
They each coach themselves

Isn’t it obvious?

I thought as much. lol
or they get Mark 'doubt I'll be working again, then' McGwire
what are his credentials?
he doesn't need 'em...

AJ Hinch can be manager of the d’backs, hitting coaches can be pulled off the street!

but hitting coach, milwaukee...

the past two years.

Skaalen played professionally for three seasons in the Baltimore Orioles organization and batted .246 with 15 home runs and drove in 123 runs in 251 games.

that's starting to sounds very "triple-crown" to me right now
I was hoping they would get a someone who actually knows how to hit

Where is Big Frank?

Guys that know how to hit don't necessarily make good hitting coaches
true, but guys who can't hit should not coach
Actually that isn't true.

I plan on doing some analysis on that very topic.

I'm looking forward to it
that's not necessarily true

I mean, what if the reason they couldn’t hit well wasn’t because of their eye, or their swing, or their approach, but just because they weren’t very strong?

In fact, those who have made the most of limited physical talent would seem to be the ideal coaches, if you ask me.

for example?
people on ludes should not drive.
You seen the new Playboy?

Bo Derek’s tits! I like sex!!

No. Way.
Where is this party?
Oh my God!

My brother’s gonna shit! He’s gonna shit! He’s gonna kill us!

Make up your mind, dude.
I can fix it.
you can't fix this car, Spicolli!
Speaking of stoners from the early 1980s,

Outman’s nickname should be “Far”.

Like, whoa, far out, man.

agrd.

i like it.

For years, Walt Hriniak was everybody's favorite hitting coach

Walt Hriniak

Look at the guys McGwire worked with this past winter
Maybe now we can score some more runs
Irish Cream Mojo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remind me not to hit up Vegas with you guys.

You will need a rabbits foot, only drink half your beer with your left hand, sit with your legs crossed and not throw away your lucky bubble gum for days if you you win a few hands.

it's all about state of mind, m'man.

“I never sleep ‘cause sleep is the cousin of death. Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined. I think of crime when I’m in a New York state of mind.” – Nas, “N.Y. State of Mind”

Hop a flight to Miami Beach

or to Hollywood

....

I seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and their limousines,
Been high in the rockies under the evergreens,
But I know what Im needing and I dont want to waste more time-
Im in a new york state of mind.

LOL at the kids with the foul ball
Defensive play of the game

Just announced

Bailey - good inning
Bailey is just absolutely ridiculous
leave him in for the 9th??

Ziggy was terrible yesterday. Why tempt fate??

Well i have a feeling

he’ll be closing for us sooner rather than later

He was terrible yesterday

And the absolute meat of Toronto’s order coming up

They are right handers but………………..

Gotta Love Bailey

20 plus innings 6 hits.

Lets go Giambomb!
Damn

we needed that

Nice drive by G - just not quite enough
Been hearing that a lot lately

Can’t wait to see a few go all the way.

No Ziggy

Good

Bailey has chance to get 1st save

Save that ball Andrew, save that ball. for it's the first of many
LOL.... 1 hit since 2nd inning
It's wasn't offensive

But there was an explosion on the swing.

some kindlin on the field, according to ken
Let's go Bail-Out!
Clap, clap...clap, clap, clap!
This guy's arm may actually fly into the stands at some point
Let's hope that's a complete game for Scott Richmond

with that last out in the eighth.

The opposing pitcher throws a complete game, but you win. That’s gotta feel great.

takes too many of our pitchers to get a win. But, hey, a win is a win
Jordan Sparks AND the Orioles?

Now THAT’S a winning ticket.

she's just there after the game??
Croz on first?

Affirmative.

And it paid off!

Petit with the putout

Sorry about the linkage

iphone is awesome….but does not copy paste well in game threads :-)

It's all forgiven on an A's W night
GYMNASTICS!

OK, lets win.

(hi guys.)

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

Out with your ready-made whores? Huh?!

Yeah, so?
ahem
{resists urge to make obvious remark}
thank you
in the house, just saying.
You're neither ready made nor that other thing, sweetness.
Lovin Baily!!
If you're waving at me, Howdy!
Bailey = Automatic Outs
That cutter

is a tough pitch to hit.

Bailey is GOD
Bailey may be the next great closer

if the A’s bring him along the right way.

Is Bailey leading the team in wins?
WOOOOOOOO
WOW....that was lovely and uneventful.
agrd.

there should be of that.

so you’re doing gamethread tomorrow, right?

Haha, not till Wed! The team has been good to me this week.
nonono

we agreed yesterday that you’d do these til we lose.

You must!

Really!

BAILEY ROCKS!!!
17 pitches for the save!!
YAY!

winning streak.

Let's all go streaking!
Save number 1!!!!!
Victory!

We aren’t French, so we do have a word for that.

Celebrate good times!
Bailey...awesome!
That was Eckersley-esque

Remember those saves?

I sure liked that!

Ziggy’s a natural 8th inning guy anyway.

Bail-out with save #1

More to come?

'Night, All!

Funny how very dull ballgames feel better when they’re in the win column!

potential Bailey nicknames:

The Bailman
(irish) Car Bomb
GOD (from Trainman, and I like that one best, and not just from the Clapton connection)

I liked bail-out

seems appropriate

I was hoping for something more intimidating

but you may have something there

Methinks a poll is soon to come
since "bail-out" is what we usually do to opposing pitchers
any ideas for a theme song?
Bail-out west

( to the mini-sirloin burger theme )

Wow, one save and he's already getting product endorsement offers
We sure make a lot of outs for them
Zito is in line for a win too
No...have you seen the Gnats bullpen?

and Bailey can’t drive fast enough to save them

Today they will hold, I'm sure
I hope you're right

I mean, honestly, who amonst us would turn down a 9-figure paycheck? How can you blame Zito for doing what anyone else in baseball would do…take that fat-ass check to the bank? Sorry, got sidetracked.

Glad he's having a good year so far!
the first save for Bailey

here’s to the first of many many many more =))))

Emperor

are you going to treat us to a stream-of-consciousness post that details your exuberation? Please say you will

something like that might happen

my advice: watch the game wrap thread

Bailey has cheese at the knees, baby!
Damn Bailey

What a stud!

AND dimples...;-)
Woo hoo, win!!!!
You should mod all the threads.

Should.

Bailey's first interview

Awesome!

Baily quote:

“Throw strikes, get ahead of batters, get outs”

That kid gets it!

He should tell that to the starters.

We’d be awesome.

Andrew Bailey---closer/pitching coach
I'd promote him all the way to player-manager
How about player-owner?
how about GM, while you are at it?
why not GM/manager/pitching coach/closer?
Think he can play SS?

We need a young solution there

All the scoring in one inning - WOW
never would have guessed it
Very unusual

But that’s why baseball is the premier sport of all team sports:
High variability and unusual unpredictable dynamics.

A rally can come at any point. Two outs. Two strikes.

Doesn’t matter because no one knows when momentum is gonna change. Screw probability!

exactly

When you score in football or basketball, the other team gets the ball…and keeps it, unless they play simply awful.

There is always a “This date in Baseball” every summer in the SF Chronicle, about a Pittsburgh vs Giants game in the 1960s. 7-0 Pirates, ninth inning two outs, none on.

Giants win, with eight runs in the 9th, 8-7!

Just replaced Ziggy with Bailey on my fantasy team

Did I do the right thing???

(resists temptation to post last year's Lookout Landing banner image)
That temptation need never be resisted.
All right then

Cool. I'm saving that URL for future need.
Which is a true statement for non-fantasy people

I drove my family crazy by talking about NFL fantasy for years until one day…

“Oh. They really don’t give a shit.”

I think so

Ziggy is not a true closer.

He is very valuable to us but U need a guy with great stuff who throws strikes and even though it’s early, Bailey makes Ziggy look like Dana Eveland and I mean that in a nice way.

He was the obvious closer for the A's until now

that we found a true closer. Ziggy will be huge as a ROOGY / 8th inning guy. If it’s the 7th and there are a couple of guys on I still think he is best suited for getting us a DP. We now have OPTIONS!!

Hold Snoopy

works again.

Snoop, there it is
beagle mojo is for real
Great win

1. Continues the momentum that began yesterday.
2. Great way to open the series against a tough opponent.
3. The rest of the division won tonight. (or leading in the eighth)

Mariners crushed in Minnesota

11-0

Painful to say, but

Go Twins

As a Twins-hating University of Minnesota student

I abstain from caring about anything to do with that series.

why do you hate the Twins?
As an A's fan I can't believe that you don't??

Billy Koch :-(

I thought it had something to do with U of M
Someone needs to revist the last 5 years of A's playoff history
Huh?
I meant the 5 playoff appearances since 2000

But I can see where that was confusing.

Busted the streak, too

And don’t forget A.J. was a Twin then.

I am from NoCal but my father’s job brought us to Minnesota when I was in eight grade. I always got a ton of shit in school for being an A’s fan from snobbish Twins fans, especially during the 2002 ALDS. It just made me hate the Twins I guess.

I see. Did you talk to them after 2006 ALDS?

Haha yeah that was a great time for me, my sophomore year in HS I think. I was at game 2 in Minneapolis. The dome was absolutly rocking after Mourneau and Cuddyer went back-to-back but you could have heard a pin drop after the inside-the-parker. Great game.

But all of the back and forth with the Twins fans was in jest, and I didn’t actually ever have hard feelings about it towards anyone. Just towards the Twins I guess lol.

An A's win and Star Trek in an hour

Life is good

the new movie?
yes

hope it doesn’t suck

I only saw the preview, and it wasn't good
How K-Bay for Bailey?
How about?
I'm liking "Bail-Out"

as it is more “of these times”.

K-anything feels like K-Rod……yuck.

K-hill.
isn't "K-hill" tailor-made for Cahill?
Obviously
there is K Hill
I thought he was Pterodactyl.
but there is no K in Cahill

Dammit!

There is no K in Rodriguez but the slegna made it work.
Ugh

I appreciate your point but let’s not copy those asshats or, more importantly, that particular asshat.

There's an F in Fransisco though.

Failrod?

Bay-K?
Bayk, like what you do to a cake?
that sounds a bit like bakery
I guess that presents a problem when he faces Jason Bay
How about GODley
Bail-out is great.
It appears the country will be doing this for a while

so it’s pretty catchy and should stick.

Not a good nickname but to me he is....

Save the Daily Bailey

That's like Everyday Eddie.

Bad bad bad.

Everyday's an apt name for Baily
You mean daily bread for the A's
please no church references

went to catholic school for too long

Hard to avoid when we're talking about saving
catholic, not born-again

LOL

12 years for me

Still dislike the way that Sr. Lucille treated me years ago. Mean, mean woman.

Lyrical

Though when I first read that it sounded like you were trying to save print media.

postgame interview with Bailey on GDA

I wish he wouldn’t take advice from Springer, though

True

Wouldn’t want him going on to have a 17 year MLB career or anything

only if they're all with us :)
pretty good one too
With Huston Street in Colorado

Who is the new “Sir Fucks-it-Up”??

I voted Springer last weekend, but he did well tonight…sorta…

How about Geren?
That was mean
Daily Baily vs. Bail-Out
howabout

Andrew.

Nice!
Thanks!

It took forever to come up with.

Are you sure we can't change the spelling to Andruw?

You know? Spice it up a bit.

Spicing it up,

its what we do.

According to random internet seach

Bail-Out wants to drop AN

As people from Nebraska say

I’m cornfused

how bout

The Drewman Show

FIRE FP NOW!

Why must FP Santangelo plague the Comcast airways. Bad jokes, not a whole lotta insight, and he wasn’t even good in the bigs.

Oh come on. He was every bit as good as Neiffi Perez.
Perez had twicd as long a career

Played some full seasons, even picked up a Gold Glove.

OMG they're playing Ryan's batting music in the clubhouse

Maybe you get to pick the clubhouse music if you get the big hit? Awwww!

Now we know the real reason Holiday is ever motivated to get a hit.
Oh Ryan you're a boring interview

I might rather watch you with the sound off…

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