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Open Thread: Game 75 - A's vs. Tigers (cont)

After two homeruns by the A's (yes, not kidding), and some nifty work by Anderson and Wuertz, the A's have a 6-1 lead going to the bottom of the seventh!

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when i hear polanco's name

i think of opera

Placido, yep.

We’re on a roll tonight.

BOOBIES

(I’m still thinking of the pic of tiger guy.)

Okay, I have a question

If you were a major leaguer, and someone kept playing a commercial that said, “YOUR NAME, ALWAYS A RIVERCAT”, would you take that as a complement?

Maybe not

But I’d appreciate it if the A’s did something similar

neither a compliment

nor a complement

Stupid spell check...
just teasing ;-)
Any ideas about attendance tonight? 12K?
It could have been better?
i think that's hidden option "e" on guess the attendance
You asked what could go wrong?

Ziggy against a lefty.

This is what it means to be a fan?
I can accept his short comings.
Acknowledge. not accept!
You know, I'M RIGHT HERE.

I can hear you.

But you can't see me!
That's what you think.
creepy.
Awww, pamcakes.

I’d watch your webcam too.

Oh, I thought I turned the cam off...
I turned it back on.
Holliday hit that pretty hard
Is that who's warming up right now?

damn mlb gameday doesn’t tell you.

Boy we're wordy tonight aren't we
J is due!

I’m calling it!

All the baby talk was in the last thread.
Well, it would explain his lousy hitting

and I have felt sort of nauseous watching him play…

read my mine, no need for me to post a smartass comment now
Eh!

I’m going with Shooty.

If by due, you meant hitting a ground ball that the SS throws away to allow a run to score, then yes, he is.
I'll take it!
I'm still laughing at the last two threads.
Thank god!

At least we have something to laugh about!

It helps to have a laugher on the field
Dare I ask...
Hey our mascot is just as cool!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
where did you find that?
google images
What is it stepping on?
looks like a can of krylon
Is that a Krylon can?

Must be what they used to paint the stripes.

Seems so random

Almost as random as an elephant with a tiger’s face and stripes.

Those Worth1000 guys are 'shop gods
Lol'd thoroughly.
wow, another run
They were so shocked he hit that to the left of second....

….that they panicked!

Okay, now I get it!

The teams switched uniforms before the game!

as good a theory as any
Now that was a terrible throw
GIAMBI!!!!
damn, I thought he actually did something.

Gameday took forever to put up whta happened.

wow

Giambi sure is huffin’ pretty hard in the dugout after that one

well it beats steroid use, I guess

It must be FARK cliche night on AN
hey vince don't jinx it about the defense
It's unicorn magic.
Oh man

Jermaine Dye broke his leg doing that

My heart stopped for a sec
Zook should just hit in his catcher's gear
there's a good discussion topic

do we all think suzuki will be our ASG rep?

he's deserving
I can't think of anyone else
that would be my guess
It's either him or Bailey.
i'd have to go with him too

but who knows

I wish for Braden

Probably not, though.

As would ever reporter who covers the game
What's the injury delay?
Kurk fouled a ball hard off his leg.
Kurt fouled on off himself again
Zook fouled a ball off his left shin

and limped around for a minute. Trainer came out, too.

Do you see, Larry?!

Do you see what happens when find a stranger in the Alps?!

i saw someone wanted a rally man pic?

uhhh...Brian Downing!
Hey it's baby Canseco
Dude! Rally pics ONLY when we're behind!
yep
We're wasting valuable mojo!
We may need a mojo cap and trade policy
I mean, rally cap and trade policy

That’s what I was going for.

you're still here?

damn, you are quiet these days…

Boxes.

They are everywhere.

sounds extreme.

BBG asked for more info earlier.

She told me it was only a "little bit of stuff".
she's using your place as storage or...?
Oh god no. The first one, LB. The first one.
well, you've got the space.
Not as much as this morning.
we cant rally if we are winning?
A little under 11,000,

tonight.

thats sad
the sad total was yesterday at 15,000 on little league day
Packed house tonight.
Man, I guessed 12K.
Including the players and staff.
Close.

Which is sad. Wish I was there.

Unbelievably, I'm still sick. No baseball for me. Well, in person.
That's crazy!
99 degree fever for a whole week now. Can't shake it.
Not good! Have you gone to the doctor?
Dude, were you hanging around with Ziggy a month ago or so?
Hmm, let me think...
Nice sig line.
Did you just notice that?
No. Think about it.
I almost asked earlier.

I should come over and fix you soup, take care of my baby.

But how's your hair?
Fantastic ;)
Her hair is always fab.
Thanks, EM, for asking the question we all want to know.
It's relevant to the discussion.
I happen to know she had it cut last week, is why I ask
we all wanna know about Pam's hair.

Is that wrong?

Boy I miss Bill
we all miss Bill King
I don't think any TRUE A's fan doesn't.
He was ok.
Just like Megan Fox has an ok body
Yeah, exactly.
completely off topic

what did bernie madoff do. I just saw the guy got sentanced to 150 years and cant find anything on google for some reason

he stole a lot of money from a lot of people for a great number of years.
are you serious that you don't know?
ya

Im only 15

fair enough, he conducted a multi-million dollar ponzi scheme
in that case, ask your parents

but he’s the biggest swindler of them all

he had what they call a Ponzi scheme

that was active for about thirty years.

Essentially, he was pretending to make interest for people while using their principle to pay out that interest.

welcome out from under that rock ;)
He broke google

The bastard.

You can get a complete education here on AN!

Ponzi schemes, prog rock, fark clichés.

You name it, we offer it!

I need 39.99
I could lend it to you...
Please tell me Bailey's not warming up.
He hasnt' pitched in forever, right?
Throw a damn bullpen session.

Hey I would, but I started drinking a while ago thinking we’d lose again. ;)

Fair assumption.
Damn! I walk away from the computer for a few minutes and there is already a new thread?
It's the fourth tonight!
And it's not filled with bitterness
No bitter!

I was home watching anyway

Your wish for happiness threads came true.

So far.

I love the qualifier.
Counting your chickens and all that.
more people on AN

Than at the game

Wow, Ziggy kicking some ass too

13 K’s in the game

Total. Not for Ziggy.

That would be some kinda record. 13Ks in an inning.

yes, total. :-)
hey maybe ziegler is getting back the magic touch
definitely!
What's the record for a non extra inning game?
ours or MLB?
no, I mean game threads....
more importantly what the record of completely random pics?
good luck with that one...

Hey the guy who wants to be President of Texas
Kinky Friedman?
Na Kinky just wants to be govenor and keep Texas in the union
Can he play 3rd base?
He is 3rd base
and then the 3rd base explodes!
He's Chuck Norris he can play the entire infield by himself
He's that badass.....
Chuck Norris will stand on the mound

And when the other team comes up to bat, he’ll stare at them and they’ll walk back to the bench.

and then cry to their mommies...
Chuck norris is trheir mom and dads
Damn, that man gets around!
Chuck dosent get around everyone orbits around chuck
Perfect! I love it!

I believe I am both aroused and disgusted at the same time

I bow to your random pic-fu, sir.

I FORGOT ALL ABOUT LORD DEATH MAN!!!!!!!!!!!
I FORGOT ALL ABOUT LORD DEATH MAN!!!!!!!!!!!
That would surely be from the Monkeyball.

He outdid us all in terms of esoteric allusions.

Wow, hell of an inning by Zig!
I still think a fair amount of his struggles to date were health related

He’s not great against LHP, but he’s pretty darn solid overall. Hides the ball well and makes 86MPH seem faster.

He was really sick earlier this season
he's a solid set-up guy when healthy
agreed but

not sure he throws enough strikes. it always seems like a patient team can get to him.

Yeah, but a doctor team can't.
waaa waaaaaahhhhh
glad someone runs it out
Yea, as much as Raji sucks

at least he plays like he wants to be there.

Now if only he'd play like he belongs there...
The A's figured out the relationship with their fans

By lowering expectations enough, they can make us super happy with one good game. Why do I keep loving them? *sobs

Springer sighting!
Bad dog. Sit.
Geren trying to figure out how to get Bailey into the game
Giving up a bunch of runs here will do it.

Sorry.

Wow this is pathetic

This article I found on yahoo “5 Reasons That MLB Should Ban The Shaving Cream Pie” http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Five-reasons-that-MLB-should-ban-the-shaving-cre?urn=mlb,173515

ok that link aint working for me at least
dallas braden is why they shouldn't ban it
reason #4 is the best one.
whoever wrote that is a stick in the mud
can he throw the damn ball anywhere but that one spot?
ok, so he didn't really need to.
Impossible Captain...
Someone find Cap'n Cheese.
He's lurking
Yay!
And F!
Just a single.

lord keep it that way

Lets all stand.
(stands per Lynn's order)

Just in time for the 2-out single.

Here we go kidz....
Wait, they're doing the "he's a bum!" thing with the A's in the field!

Who are they yelling at?

Geren?
all three of you are right
Trifecta of Fail
Gringer!
Oh you!

We’re getting this done!

does he only throw fastballs
Most of the time, I think it's failballs.

Hopefully, he’s not throwing that tonight.

that sounds like it hurts...
He throws games too.
Unfortunately, he does.
You forgot suckballs
Hurry up an close it out

I have to pack for my flight tomorrow morning.

okay they can't lose more than 130 games now!
Victory bitches!!!!
#14!!!

Victory!!!!

LOL

QOTM, image division

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
LET'S GO OAKLAND!!!!!
game ball to bbg

Nice threadmanship, kid.

A's beat the Tigers, 7-1
celebrate good TIME come on!
Awww..Swooney's smile is so purty.
WOOOOOOT!

I held it in all night- BUT its so good to see the A’s winning- been too long!

I'm going to go to bed now

When I wake up, will this all have been a dream?

You know, someone graduated from RISD

and ended up painting a TV Guide cover of Bobby and Pam Ewing.

I was named after Pam Ewing.
No way! Seriously?
Yes...for some odd reason, my parents decided to let my almost 5 year old sister pick my name.

For another odd reason, they allowed her to watch Dallas, and Pam Ewing was her favorite character.

You lucked out, Pam

Sleestak5981
Fonzie5981
grover5981

Kotter5981

Schneider5981 would have been cool, though.
I wonder how many of the kids don't get this:

all i get is shes priniple is Southpark
As I suspected

Wow.

You realize it’s now your destiny to fall in love with Dallas Braden.

Ryan Sweeney is OUR future

This kid is hitting for great average. One of the best fielders in the AL. What a treat to have him on our team.

Uh-oh....here comes the fallout...
It's alright tigers, it's alright

Awwwww!

“When I grow up, I’m going to eat your face.”

But the boy is hot!
You got that right!
Easy.....
That's not nice. Do you want to join LB in the dog house?
Nah.....

I’d rather be in the Dawg Pound!

Bow wow wow

Yippee yo yippee yay

That's what...

nah. Too easy.

I'm anxiously awaiting the post game thread BBG!
just pretend pigs are actually baby elephants

son' porcelli
Same pig/tiger family?

I am sure most of you have seen this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH1uo4UcPl4&NR=1

I havn't but thanks
havent seen but thank you

lol

THAT...

was beautiful.

It's so conveniant when a teams mascot is an animal. Plenty of pics to joke with.
As opposed to, say, hosiery
I enjoyed "Hosiers."
(removes fleshed colored waist high support hose)
Looking at the box scores- we owned Detroit!
more surprising than the 7 runs in the game

is the number of errors. 0, when’s the last time they did that.

good point
summer of love?
Was Anderson really hitting 97 on the gun?
Yeah, WTF?

Juiced by 4mph, or what?

I don't think so.

That gun seemed 3MPH fast all game — it had his slider around 90MPH. I’d say he was throwing 92MPH, topping out at 94MPH, but no way was he hitting 97.

That's what I thiught, too.
All that matrix in his veins screwed with the gun.
Sweeney hitting .419 since coming off the DL

Wow!

Let’s hope Travis Buck follows suit.

so buck up

with outman on DL? Is that what happened?

Hannahan down to AAA

Outman for Ellis.

Is Kennedy looking OK @ third- I haven't watched the past two.
he did alright.
Great, it will be nice to have a bat @ 3rd again.
YAY!!!

HANNAHAN IS GONE!!!!

And it only took 2 years to realize it

That is worth cheering for alone

Geren was a C student

Obviously we need to put him on the DL more frequently!
I hate Bob Geren.

Even when we win.

Geren is pathetic......sorry.
"Hull hull! Duh!"

Michael Zagaris is really dedicated to his craft.
I can't believe we beat the Tigers!

Yay!

I want cust out of right asap. Buck can field, and maybe will get a little hot after taking a break from the majors idk
he needs to get warm before he gets hot
Okay, really Geren? Buck depends on whether or not fucking NOMAR can play?

The man is an idiot.

Um....yeah!
"Hull hull!!! Duh!!!"
Thats as smart as waiting around for Chavez again...

Wait stop the hate – We WON!

Whooping on Geren is not as much fun anymore, is it?
I wish us A's fans could be happy more often, not randomly.
it's not exactly random

more like when we win

I consider the wins random most of the time
+ all of us!
Welcome back, MaEl!

that was like the turning point.

He always hits well when the Wuertzes have a baby
Your daddy's hooome!
so, we survived springer
ya

Great game, great thread

So fun!
Great threads tonight!
Thanks to you, love.
looking forward to winning re-cap
So thats how geren got to be the manager

He looks more like

“AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

I was trying to point out his mouth

(hinty hint hint)

washes brain...
You owe AN a case of brain bleach.
I know i have been picture happy today

I dont usually go on threads but this was fun(for me at least)

damn brett seems lifeless in most interviews, hes probably happy
Anderson said his balls were jumping tonite...hmmm....

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