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is there anything else?

hell, no

it’s sad how much i want this team to win

strange game thread.

I missed most of it.

Re-writing recaps.

total nerd fest

We might need to implement a Cap & Trade policy for comments like that.

MobiusKlein - June 19, 2009 reply

hey, if it's good luck...

cityplANner - June 19, 2009 reply

Awesome.

dude,

I thought I was a geek.

I’m a stone cold gangsta pimp. And I had no idea.

Well at least you haven't made

a thousand recap errors this week.

That still puts you behind the A's

I can't win anything!

Oh.

LB? 'zat you?

cityplANner - June 19, 2009 reply

wurd.

Ooooo! I wanna be Wee Bey!

I loved it

Proof that there are people out there with nerd-fu that puts me to shame.

it was fun, LB

Sorry I missed it

I have been (re)discovering that Free HiSpeed Internet in America’s hotels is not particularly HiSpeed.

GreenNGoldSooner - June 20, 2009 reply

silva pitches for the padres tomorrow

throws R..i say sit cabrera for a day, put crosby at SS and jack the man at 3rd
oh and his era is 6.52…i think we have a chance at 3 in a row

Our E. Gonzales outhit their E. Gonzales TWO HITS to ZERO!!

not one hit, two!

One won lost won - June 19, 2009 reply

A’s 6, Padres 5

Sure about that, 67M?

drinking and working...

.annnd…that’s what one expects..

One won lost won - June 19, 2009 reply

WHERE WERE YOU?!

I’ve uncovered evidence that suggests Geren is the head zombie. So if we cut his head off and burn it…

I WAS OUT HUNTING ZOMBIES, MAN!

Burn him? But that would mean that he’s involved with witchcraft.

you missed it wobc

we won!!!!

nononon

we cut his head off and then burn the head, so it can’t later be reattached ala Evil Dead II.

That’s a good plan. Have you discussed this with the Cap’n yet?

he seems more invested in cake.

I fear perhaps some zombie lobbyists have infiltrated his inner sanctum.

Sometimes a man must put aside his zombie duties to enjoy the finer points of life.

As for me I spend that time stuffing myself with cake.

Regardless, burning the head is a grand idea. Thought you might want to take off its limbs also.

Each part of a zombie functions on its own, I have heard.

sage words.

from the Cap’n.

There’s room to both kill zombies and enjoy cake.

Sadly not at the same time.

OldhamA - June 20, 2009 reply

Dude

he weighs the same as a duck.

mikev - June 20, 2009 reply

He turned me into a newt!

muffinpryde - June 20, 2009 reply

put it on a stake as an example

To be fair

I left for two innings (fam crap) and kind of had to work from behind. Apparently the A’s are better at it than I.

I'm Kallus, and I approve of this message.

What a relief.

Damn straight!

Off topic question

do any other stadiums have standard music they play after home wins?
I’ve only know Cool & the Gang as winning music.

MobiusKlein - June 19, 2009 reply

Both Seattle and SF

played “Who Let the Dogs Out”.. one year after a win.

That got old very very fast.

One won lost won - June 19, 2009 reply

That was old before the first time it was done

I have a confession to make. And I've been holding it in for a very long time

It was, I, yes I, who let the dogs out. I feel terrible about it, but it feels good to get it off my chest.

No, it was I who let the dogs out.

And I am damn proud about it!

Wait,

WHO let the dog’s out? (who? who?)

I have to let my dog out every night, so I share some of this blame

You had better stop that.

you sure you wanna take the heat for it?

I mean, I had it coming. I’ll take the punishment.

Nah, I was just starting a “I AM SPARTACUS” thing.

So, we all let the dogs out

We all go down together. And, WBC, it’s pronounced “SpartaCust”. But that’s cool, though.

walkoff baltimore chop - June 20, 2009 reply

I'm Spartacus!

OldhamA - June 20, 2009 reply

I...AM...SPARTACUST!!!

Blicks - June 20, 2009 reply

I AM WHO THEY CALL SPARTACUST.

OH HAI GAIS! MAI NM IZ SPRTACST!

cityplANner - June 20, 2009 reply

well, they always play New York, New York ,regardless of outcome at Yankees...

I think they play the Liza Minelli version after defeats

and the Frank Sinatra one after victories.

goldfish - June 19, 2009 reply

really?

that’s awesome, even if it’s not true!

I Love LA - Randy Newman at Dodger Stadium

I think Shea/City had Takin’ Care of Business by BTO and Fenway has Dirty Water by The Standells.

Dirty Water,

Good song. Horrible city.

Someone wrote a song about Boston Harbor?

no, I think it's about whatever river they have there.

Charles River

Same as Boston Harbor without the salt.

do the NYY devils still play new york, ny

put i think that was after every game, not just wins

Great win, A's!

Victory cake for all.

Yay!

Cake!

I laid down fireworks in your absence, Cap’n.

Good job.

I have taught you well.

is that chocolate cake?

It, my friend, is

Victory cake.

smells like...

I dunno….victory.

Yet tastes like chicken

Nico - June 20, 2009 reply

BTW, where are all the girls tonight?

at the game

most of em were at the game, I think.

At Petco Park, cheering our guys on to victory

You did awesome on your own.

A little too much rum, but awesome.

rum and i are best pals right about now

beautiful

so we have a mutual friend!

One degree of separation - Alcohol

sweet! a doctor backs me up. Print It!!

I printed it.

And now?

Fax It !

if this team couldve stayed around .500

unfortunately bullpen implosion and lousy offense prevented chances for contending.
7 game win steak, followed by 4-6 the next 10.
looking at the milb boxscores and players in SAC hitting great, its time for a roster purge and callup patterson/pennington/petit/buck/cunningham/everidge etc. Also get barton more ab’s,, that he’s losing chances to crosby is ridiculous.

Asfan4ever723 - June 19, 2009 reply

you're a debbie downer and a time thief.

that statement rolled off your tongue fluently

I'm well-versed.

I reverse well

watch how you use the name 'debbie' ok

or i’ll have to kick your ass, LB

Oh man

We need to get you rum every night

I remember crosby the shortstop

I’m old-school like that

you know, i don't see where o'cab has been an improvement

he’s hitting marginally better, but his defense has not been great. i don’t think it’s been better than croz. maybe he’s having a down year, but i don’t see the value added.

he hasn't been an improvement....

I’m just showing how “old school I am”. The kids say that that is a good thing. And I defer to them when it comes to matters of coolness

i guess us old folks have to stick together

you're the bee's knees Deb!!

i had higher expectations for this team at the beginning of the season

i think i bought into the hype. i wasn’t sure what G would add. i wasn’t thrilled that he was added, but who else did we have at 1st besides barton? our offense has been terrible for years. i don’t know what it is except we don’t have players that can hit. it’s frustrating cuz the pitching is good enough that with a half decent offense we could be a pretty good team. maybe not WS champions, but at least competitive in most games.

the defense has disappointed me more than anything this year. it’s atrocious.

yum...

I’ll have another bite of that 7 game win steak!

Chilango - June 19, 2009 reply

okay, friday night, a's finally win one, going to bed

seems anti-climatic. read the threads. oh, Good Fellas is on TCM

ak_A - June 19, 2009 reply

oooh, really?

From as far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AULRSOK1KPQ

You are missing out.

wait a minute.

what am I talking about? I’m Wee Bey! I’m the baddest mofo in the whole of Baltimore, ’cept for maybe Slim Charles.

Slim Charles

He didn’t get a lot of screen time, but stayed consistent – and cool – to the end

bear88 - June 19, 2009 reply

Speaking of “being gangster,” what about Taylor Swift rapping with T-Pain?

"What? What? I knit sweaters yo!"

wow.

I mean…wow.

Maybe we should go back to discussing hobbits.

Taylor Swift is the greatest.

I disagree.

I think I have to as well,

though I am very confused by her.

I love her songs.

you're allowed.

In a totally unrelated comment, Grease is the greatest movie ever.

Lies. West Side Story.

Blasphemy.

Titanic 2 by far.

ElQuesoCapitan - June 20, 2009 reply

This statement can only be made

by someone too young to distinguish 50s music from 70s music.

Both the old songs and the new songs were good songs (well, sort of), but throwing them together in the same story was an anachronistic abomination.

iglew - June 20, 2009 reply

that can sort of be explained through the 20-year nostalgia cycle

and the admission that musicals aren’t here for historical accuracy. but it’s definitely a better movie the more you see it, and some people have seen it enough to call it the best. just start by watching it 100 times over the course of your youth, even if peripherally, when your sister gets addicted to it on ON or selecTV or whatever your early 80s cable channel was, until you find yourself (just yesterday for me, kid not) singing beauty school dropout alone in your car. but then, if you still can’t handle Grease, don’t watch Xanadu or you’ll just die.

AV - June 20, 2009 reply

No, I love Xanadu.

I’m not sure you understand my complaint. No, I don’t expect musicals to be historically accurate in their stories, but the whole point of Grease is to be a tribute to a specific era, the late 50s. The style of music is not just incidental to the story; it’s central to the entire concept of the musical. As a general rule, musicals do not adopt the musical style of the period the story is set in, but Grease deliberately does.

But when they made the movie, they abandoned that theme in order to insert a couple of songs in contemporary style, contemporary at the time being late 70s disco. Now I have nothing against disco. In Xanadu, which is all about the 70s, it’s wonderful. Xanadu is a nostalgia movie for me, because it brings me back to that era. Grease simultaneously tries to bring me back to two eras: the one that I remember, when the movie came out, and one that was always in the past for me, where the story is set. For someone for whom both eras were always in the past, I can see how it wouldn’t make a difference, but for me the cognitive dissonance is too severe.

An analogy for the younger generation, I suppose, would be if when they made the movie of “Mamma Mia” they had cast Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers, and then let them sing a few songs in their own current style. Now imagine 15 years from hearing teenagers tell you how nostalgic they feel for “that style” of music. You’ll be like, “WTF?? What do the Jonas Brothers have to do with the 70s?” That’s how Grease is for me.

Anyway, my point isn’t that Grease is a bad movie. I do basically like it. My point is that you can’t see it in the same way if your primary memory of it is from when it was contemporary. (It probably also helps to have no consciousness of the original musical before the movie was made.)

iglew - June 21, 2009 reply

wat

Mind = Blown.