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rivercats extend the lead

matt carson 2 run HR

I can't believe how much Obama is on TV these days

Wonder if he makes extra money for commercials that aren’t part of the AdCouncil?

There is nothing with Obama and television that isn’t unbelievable. I’m not complaining, I’m just saying.

Question to ANers;

“Are you all in favor of the A’s trying to acquire DeRosa?”

“At what price?”

No.

yes

for $39.99

mrod - June 17, 2009 reply

Yes

Gio+prospect

Eveland?

komine?

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

jason windsor?

One man's trash is another man's treasure

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Nope, not I

I heard on the radio that Nate Schierholz with the Giants was a 3rd baseman until they converted him, due to a lack of outfielders in the minors. Maybe they should go after a potential local guy.

I'm more in favor of getting rid of a bunch of guys on our current roster

so, yeah, I’ll take DeRosa if he comes our way for very little.

Yes, but

Roto says Beane already inquired about him and the price was too high.

Kemp is a dirty boy...

mrod - June 17, 2009 reply

Do they walk Trevor here?

Great, now Davis is going to be swinging for the fences for the next week or so

creating mini low pressure pockets, thus a cyclone thousands of miles away a week from now

What difference does it make?

Heaven knows I'm miserable now

Pam would approve.

Your expectations are realistic.

TWSS!

Dinner time…..need to take a break.

mrod - June 17, 2009 reply

Pam is cautious herself,

but she appreciates optimism.

Just send her a text, "How soon is now?"

The Smiths could bring it

Finally!

Don Newcombe said he was a good hitter!

With his power, I hope the ball dies in between an infielder and an outfielder.

not unless Kuroda is pitching for someone else

soon…

For those of you old enough

Ron Luciano was one of the umpires in the ‘74 WS. I wonder if they’ll show one of his out calls.

Wow!

Is that what he did before he sang opera?!

LOL

Lucky

HEY! The ump's Enrico Pallazzo!

She had the kind of legs you'd like to suck on for days

Jane: I’ve heard police work is dangerous.
Frank: It is. That’s why I carry a big gun.
Jane: Aren’t you afraid it might go off accidentally?
Frank: I used to have that problem.
Jane: What did you do about it?
Frank: I just think about baseball.

LMAO

As they leave the theater laughing hysterically the camera pans to “Platoon”

they clothesline that other couple running on the beach.

endless posts could be made

love the bra gun holder

he's great on the highlight film

tells Lasorda to stop talking to himself.

Oh wait, yes I’m old enough. Sigh.

Luciano's books are worth reading

even if he didn’t write all that much of them.

Very sad story though…he ended up committing suicide.

Cahill has mixed in some really nice sliders these past couple innings

Good to see

hero66 - June 17, 2009 reply

What is Cahill's pitch copunt at?

I wonder if Nomar pinch hits tonight?

count

80ish through 4.2

I ran. I ran so far away....

flock of seagulls...what's the reference?

80ish.

AAAAAHHHHH

gracias...

Copunt was actullay appropriate earlier on.

K # 3

12 in a row have gone down

son of a b__tch!!!!

jinx

and a double

and now this

sorry

that's alright

don’t ever f’n do it again :-)

Do I have to do push ups?

only if you want to really really tease Don.

one

two

three

four

five

(pant pant)

Come in close

( whispers) you have to get rid of Bobby Crosby

crap

Oh

Optimistic sign I just noticed

Everyone in the lineup is over .200. Haven’t seen that in a while.

eastcoasta'sfan - June 17, 2009 reply

FAIL

What was that!!!??!

EllisFanatic - June 17, 2009 reply

Kennedy is really not a good 2B any more

That’s his 7th error this season.

Shake it off, Trevor

goldfish - June 17, 2009 reply

I miss Mark Ellis

defense wins division titles

I don't.

cyke17 - June 17, 2009 reply

I do

immensely

EllisFanatic - June 17, 2009 reply

He's no unicorn.

I love a man on a unicorn

Me too.

Dammit. 4-1 on the blooper to LF.

here we go again..

I may be bad luck for the A's.

boo

A’s 4, Dodgers 0, Kennedy -1

Kennedy -1/2 after the double

Yeah, at least he scores runs while killing us on d

eastcoasta'sfan - June 17, 2009 reply

he's the anti-hannahan!

Crap!!!

1 unearned run

Thanks AK

Nooooooo

Siddown, Russ

okay.

{waits}

Do you have bad news?

springer. come on, give me a break

haha...

please

Nell Carter!

What the heck happened to her?

She's been gone for a while.

RIP, Nell Carter. :(

now i know why they put talentless hotties on TV

Yeah, Dolph Sweet was a studmuffin

I was in love with the blond girl.

Oh, good, well Springer's up in the pen. Nothing to worry about, then.

Springer + panda express = Jay Witasick

I went to Panda Express yesterday.

fortune cookie say man who pitch for A's soon be unemployed fishmonger.

I never did eat that fortune cookie.

Eh, could've been worse. Now let's get the run back.

goldfish - June 17, 2009 reply

rivercats up 11-3

best part is that its over the giants affiliate

I feel so much better already

eastcoasta'sfan - June 17, 2009 reply

12-3 now

When Cahill comes more over the top,

he seems to have better command and better velocity. Anyhoo, the A’s are welcome to score a bundle here.

Nico - June 17, 2009 reply

what did i just see?????

BuntaCust

and up jumps the batting average

WOOT!

And Pam got to see it, too!

Cust bunt!!

Haha!

LOL

Another Cust Bunt

LOL. Awesome

goldfish - June 17, 2009 reply

Okay, that's it. We're in opposite-land.

Are we on NA?

No, that's backwards-land

backwards =/= opposite

I'm confused

which should mean that I totally understand

Alternate Universe!

I love how Cust has been doing this bunting thing

YOU MUST PAY!

I wish he'd do it every time until they take that ridiculous shift off.

For being such a traditional game

I’m surprised teams do the shift thing. Directly linked to the steroid era.

yeah, it is strange.

Is it related to the steroids? How?

I’m not disagreeing, I just don’t understand…

You saw it a lot more when Bonds was pulling everything

probably not directly linked to the steroid era but it happened with Ortiz and Giambi a lot too. Never have seen the 1st baseman play in the 2nd base position.

The Indians did that to Ted Williams starting in 1946

I talked out of my ass on that one.

Thanks for clarifying. I still hate it.

WAY TO COP!

I like you more now.

but he could push the ball and refused, right?

Yeah, that's what I've read

Of course, he was The Splendid Splinter, not Spartacust.

But PL78 wants to sock us in our stupid mouths.

who's that?

what’d I miss? Troll?

OaktoonBloom?

I don't think he's a troll.

Just a grumpy newbie who went a little overboard with the rhetoric. Probably a kid.

That was like the ultimate bunt right there!

crap.

CUSTIAN BUNT!

Dodger mistakes rule!

agrd.

Geez... that is what I originally meant

I know, baby.

GIDP...I don't think so

Cust busts it up

he's a speed guy.

finesse.

Speed and defense baby

The ultimate grinder is our Custy.

Mmmmm, grinder....

Scully's getting into the spirit of this game.

He just said alluded to the shift and said, “So, if Giambi can lay a bunt down …”

Oh man

Turned on ESPN (bad idea, I know) and saw Cahill load the bases, besides that how’s the kid done?

they suck,

blogfather informed me a while back that MLB Network is the new ESPN and I should be watching it, but I’m not even sure I can get it here. The last time I called those crack pros over at Comcast, they couldn’t turn the channel on for me.

Ah, Florida. You can taste the incompetence.

Over all very good

here are his stats

IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA
T. Cahill 5.0 3 1 0 3 3 0 1.38 3.91

92 pitches

Is it just me, or does it look like Giambi is still in great shape?

(38 yrs old) body builder

38's not old!

I agree with this statement

me too

I will in 3 years

it's strange how old 38 seemed at 22...

and now it seems like nothing.

I remember we had a big after work party for a gal who turned 40

and I was about 22. After several drinks said that she could “give me a haircut” at her house but that never happened once we arrived. I thought she was old at the time but my opinion will differ soon.

Some day we'll be saying

It’s strange how old 60 seemed at 38.

true...

But that's 76 in baseball years.

lol...

I was thinking that today when I saw that picture FF posted of him

swinging for the seats. He’s looking good.

Yeah, me too!

Weird. He looks all strong and virile and such.

LA agrees with JG.

He's home.

He just got some liposuction

could be.

or some new cream and clear.

Shhhhhh

That's LA on the left.

slump buster.

and apparently she’s a tranny.

who is that?

Don't know, but

the commenters were saying nasty things about her on some groupie blog.

they were flat out brutal, huh, iglew?

what site is that?

I'm not sure...wherever the picture was...

Someone linked it in a recent DLD.

Nothing I’ve ever heard of before.

We're not here to judge

def not.

I got more peccadilloes in my…um…peccadillo-holder to not judge others.

our 3-7 spots in the line up are 0-12 so far

not good

Rajai and Trevor are picking them up

Alternate Universe!

Sorry, but I feel a little like I’m in one.

don't forget Cust!!!

never forget the Cust

A'sfaninNC - June 18, 2009 reply

You know, I'm fairly certain I saw Don in here before I came in...

hmm?

Oops

The devil made me do it.

Say, Say Oh Play Mate!

OK, but I've never heard it called a "rain barrel" before.

He was thinking of Jane Seymour in a James Bond movie...

and then he disappeared

see what happens when you show up, Don?

we win?

you're our good luck charm.

say, 67M, when was the last time we LOST a game where you were working the thread?

been awhile, champ

but since you asked

A’s are 3-5 in their last eight. 3-0 when 67M works the thread, 0-5 when he doesn’t.

Well, there goes that. Someone call Pam and tell her I’m sorry.

I think she'd blame me, no?`

Not yet.

INFIELD SINGLES!

Infield singles! Woohoo!

SB is what made that an infield hit.

Way to go O-Cab!

O-CAB FINALLY

MOAR RUNZ!!lll

Whoo Hoo! 5-1!

Finally, OCAB

O-Cab!!!

5-1 & counting

likes two out rally

EllisFanatic - June 17, 2009 reply

Anyone warmin in the bullpen yet?

nobody

unless you count Springer…

Now Hanny with the 3-run Jimmy Jacvk

er, maybe not...dayummmm!!

He hit it long enough ...

just straight up.

Whodathunk

June…mid-June, and Giambi with the lowest BA in a mediocre-at-best lineup…

Loved the bunt

Awesome night for Cust: towering HR and rally-starting bunt single.

Nico - June 17, 2009 reply

Can we keep him?

Pleez daddy?

Do you promise to walk him every day?

sorry sweetheart...we can't afford to feed him

But, but, I'll do a lemonade stand {pouts}

well, I guess. but if your grades slip...

Oh! That will NEVER happen!

{sunshiney smile}

the things we do for our kids!

Thank you, daddy!

TWSS

Mikev must be MIA to miss this

And breaking up the DP

and killing that guy with a trident.

hannahan is worst hitting 3b ive ever seen

other than crosby..arent we lucky to have both

Asfan4ever723 - June 17, 2009 reply

what about Wayne Gross?

Wasn’t he about as bad..??
I’ll check…

No

Wayne Gross hit homers and walked. He was a good hitter, sort of a poor man’s Darrell Evans.

Wayne Grow?

Wayne Grow’s a dead man.

is the heat around the corner?

30 seconds.

way to go, slick!

yeah, in 1978 and 79

He hit .200 (!) and .224
and he wasn’t too hot in the field. I recall when he made an error, it mattered.

Just from memory.

Jeff Cirillo?

when with Seattle

legendary choke up over months.

That's when I remember him from.

Was he good before that?

(And it was more than a few months. More like two years.)

Don't forgot Brosius.

1997 (last year with Oakland): .203/.259/.317.

Got him a contract with New York. Go figure.

and rings too

Yup. Not a fair game.

Ughhhhhhhhh

More OrCa FAIL

Fosse says he's leading the AL in SS errors.

SuperStar errors?

E Fail

Giambi is no pickin' machine

He couldn't pick his nose

Well, he probably could. But you know what I mean.

But not like Geren can.

DAMMIT

Ruh roh

Dodger rally danger.

Listen to the Pam.

One chicken. Two chicken. Three chicken....

It's OK after they've hatched.

cluck....cluck..........cluck

I'm telling...

on ALL of you!

NOT. YET.

...four chickens, five chickens, six chickens....

NICE!

I loved the count. The Count rocked. ROCKED!

But is he a zombie?

Nah.

He’s a vampire. Much higher up on the undead food chain.

Well put.

Cahill looks a like Saarloos when he gets tired

I'm missing words in my sentences

should go to bed but the lead is never safe

You started this,

you must finish!

I'm driving to KC tomorrow

I’ll just sleep on the way

Kansas City

Kansas City, here I come.

Just collect the road kill in your trunk.

They’ll cook them for you when you get there.

have some BBQ.

Oh hell yes!

Gates BBQ is good eats

Holy crap!

That’s Ken Korach on the radio there!

5-2

Kemp sac fly

The Lakers already won the NBA championship

The Dodgers do not need to win this game.

STRIKES

SAG? AFTRA?

WGA

Can we get a scab to write us a happy ending for this game then?

costs extra.

Don't laugh but why does Martin have a J instead of an R on his jersey?

Is it a Canadian thing?

swishergirl510 - June 17, 2009 reply

i think i read it was for his mom or something

Oh, thanks.

swishergirl510 - June 17, 2009 reply

It’s one of his three middle names.

Is that a Canadian thing?

Maybe.

Russell Jussell Trussell Don Martin?

Just got here and saw that Rajai hit one out

The world has gone mad!

Still hard to believe and I watched it happen

Newcombe thinks he’s a good hitter.

switched to a different universe while you were gone...

Barry Bonds only played for three years, hit 17 home runs and lifetime BA of .227

yeah and hannahan just hit .400 last year

with a 57 game hit streak

second annual bomb shelter shot.

Trevor craftily setting up the DP before he leaves the game

Ziggy?

we need you

Ok, the fact that they play "Changes" during pitching changes is funny to me

Tupac?

Hahaha, close. The other "Changes" think more David Bowie

I don’t think I’ve heard of that guy.

David Bowie? Seriously? Go download “Rebel, Rebel.” Now.

They play The Cars and Missing Persons too

Did they hire Rodney at the ROQ?

Mark Loretta Dodger thought she was a woman...

But she was a Dodger fan

Russ Springer says he's got it comin'

And then he gets the girl to fan

Crap, I used 'fan' twice

Lame.

Springer scares me to death ...

Vacafan - June 17, 2009 reply

I am very nervous

I am a little less nervous

Just a little

Trainman, I love you.

We’ve got a lot in common, I think.

But you gotta relax. This is a bad team. We’re gonna lose a lot of games ,bro.

Trainman has learned the power of optimism.

He is a changed Trainman, starting today.

Jerry?

Don’t be scared. He lives over on Longboat Key. He’s harmless. Used to be the mayor of Cincinnati. Likes cerviche.

Springer.

Oh damn.

He's okay with the National League

it’s just the American League where they know how to hit him.

Did you hear Krukow on Springer???

you’da thought he was John Smoltz or someone of that stature.

Springer in

We lose.

Fun while it lasted.

hero66 - June 17, 2009 reply

An out?

hero66 - June 17, 2009 reply

BIG strickout for Russ!

Hmmm.

I struckout?

aw….

I’m a sad panda.

Wow nice dive to first

Nice sprawl by G

Giambi play made me laugh

We need to see some stills of Giambi galumphing over to 1st right there!

YOU CAN’T HANDLE A NEW THREAD!!

In the words of Jack Buck

“I don’t believe, what I just saw!”

Vacafan - June 17, 2009 reply

i want a new thread

Phew!!!!

1) Rajai hits one out

2) Cahill gets a hit which is great

3) Springer accidently gets two outs

Springer?

K…

(shakes head wondering who hit him on the nogen)

two words...

National.
League.

That was the A's senior defense

Combined age of 78 making that out. Giambi stumbling like he has all those years under his belt himself

He's not old, he's just drunk