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Open Thread: Game 51 - Oakland A's at Chicago White Sox (cont.)


A's up 4-2 going to the bottom of the 4th, thanks to Bobby Crosby and Landon Powell back-to-back jacks.

Let's see if Outman can make it stand up.

LET'S GO A'S!!!!!!

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Lets go A's

first!!!!!!!

wait a minute....

Blez is running the thread tonight?

There’s why we’re winning…

Thanks you just jinxed me

;-)

Honestly... I CANNOT get over how tight the pants are in this 2000 game

They are painted on. Turk Wendell has a perma-wedgie.
Aside from the Turk thing, I now understand why I suddenly became a baseball fan in that era.

you were a pervert?
Why the past-tense?
I love schmifty.
But do you love her enough to wear wedgie-pants?
and pretend it's nine years ago?
We haven't even met! (Yet. I hope. If we can convince her to come to AN day).
2000 game?
Tonight's Mets game rained out, so their channel is showing CHC@NYM from 2000 in Tokyo
Turk is secretly Jack Hannahan.
Those are pre-War on Terror pants.

The patriot act changed all that.

PS Rickey Henderson is in this game
Holliday keeps robbing deep flies in this series

I hope he hits a few more in this series.

he's such a showboat.

Bench his ass!

Who do you start in his place?

I say Rajai, he’s a modest player.

I LOVE Rajai.

He’s got a lot of grit.

and he has so much speed
don't be fooled

he bought that grit off of Ebay from Kendall.

Kendall sold his grit?
He's in the NL. He had grit going spare.
He's like a grit farm
What is a grit?
it's that stubbly stuff on Jason's chin
uhoh, this is some bad thread mojo
This thread is terrible!

:(

Go Crosby! Go Powell! Go Davis! Go A's!!!!!
Go REGGIE!

I loved those.
Too bad he's wearing the wrong damn uni
Yeah, well,

talk to Charlie O.

I'm having trouble getting in touch with him
One of the advantages of playing in NYork....

….is they market candy bars named after you.

And they pay you a shitload of money.
I think it was more of a Reggie thing than NYC thing.
Go DP!

And get your mind out of the gutter schmifty.

LOL, I think it every time
Are you a brunette by chance?
Haha... yes
Really?

LOL…

How not to turn a DP!
DFA KENNEDY NOW!
Dang it.

I was already planning my “I heart DPs” comment, but that DP didn’t really go according to plan.

Kennedy's no Unicorn.

Mark! We’re sorry! Please come back home! I promise Kennedy meant nothing to us!

by the time MaEl returns he really may not
Eh

Move Kennedy to 3B and get Hannahan off this roster.

Can he throw a baseball that far?
The pitcher can cut it off for him.
The traditional 5-1-3 putout.
Seems like something LaRussa would invent
If all else fails

just treat every play to 3rd as a DP and go around the horn.

Only if he tosses it backhand
It was the gaudy .400 that did it, but those numbers don't last.

Unicorniness is forever.

It just reminds you how exceptional Ellis is defensively

The way he’ll use the bag, cheat to the 3rd base side to take the throw, quick release – he turns that DP no problem, and he makes it look so easy you forget that it’s not.

+1

Love the Unicorn.

me too

pop ups and all

That all reads really porny to me

Nice

sippin on a MGD.....
I'm eating

At least we’re still winning, I missed the error.

Marlins walked in 3 straight runs tonight.

That’s ugly.

Jesus, what's the record?
How long ya got?
Wasn't it the Orioles game last year?

where the A’s like scored 8 runs in 1 inning off a very small number of hits?

the black round thing that songs used to come on...

but that’s not important right now.

Last year I went to an ATL@NYM game (4/25/08)

in which Jair Jurrjens walked in 3 runs in a row. (The Mets still lost).

Awesome

fucken fish.

way to go Josh
josh can rev up that fastball

when he needs to… loses a bit of control sometimes though

He's about as accurate as the pitching machines in my days of pony league
Cust lightning strikes the same spot twice

Just like bunting only works once for you.

Jack Cust should never, never be allowed to bunt.

He’s too good a hitter.

Twice, I think.

But good try.

Uh-oh Custy.
He doesn't look so good.
everytime i see cust

up in the 3 hole if I am reminded how bad this lineup has been. he needs to be near the 6 spot.

Looking at the hits column in Gameday is entertaining

Pretty lopsided. Wacky game.

GIAMBI!

403! 5-3 A’s

What did the put in the Gatorade® today?
The G-Man with another BOMB!#!%
Giambi....

Can still bang a little bit.

yes

giambi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was a good one, Ray.

Did he just say "Put it on the board"?
Grandpa connects!

And Fosse clowned on Hawk to boot!

Another HR?

They’re doing great when I stay off the channel…

or when my mlb.tv feed doesnt work.
what did he say?
I love you Giambi.
Didn't Braden say that quote in your sig?
Yes, he did.

Fail.

Must change that.

just got on a roll with all those Outmans...
Mmhmm.

Done.

Interesting swing by Giambi

totally effortless unlike some of his “try for homers” swings I’ve seen this year.

Old Man, take a look at my swing, I'm a lot like you were.
I've been first and last...
Take a load off, Giambi.
Alright kids

time to go. Gotta b-day party in North Beach to attend

just a jet setter you are...
I mean it now

NO drinking!!

smoking is okay
so's drinking.

and whoring.

but NO HEROIN!

(unless it's really, really good stuff, but then, only chip)
Life Lessons on AN

You learn so much around here!

bad checks are good

Just no drunk driving,

And be home by midnight!
Be home by August!
August is good.

You don’t wanna miss August.

Maybe I can come homez by then?

Buhrle for breakfast, AN!

yumyumyumyum.

I don't know if I'll wake up in time for the game tomorrow.

I need a job.

I need to be unemployed and living in CA....
I need to be living in CA...

Or close to there.

Constant employment would help too.
soon.

as soon as this cursed albatross of a sign shop dies a slow, painful death.

Then it will be a Sign of the Times
will Prince come and record subpar music over its smouldering ashes?
I'm liking this whole 'offense' thing
Is that what it's called....

….when you have all those numbers next to “OAK” on the line score?

It's not offensive at all
It's refreshing and invigorating
counterintuitive, no?
Gman's got the kids back

after the defense made the error Gman goes out and give the run back with a homerun

Holiday is a thieving bastard.

I like him a lot.

Matt and Ryan are a pair of thieves
Beat me to it.
Does that make Rajai...

Jesus?

MY EYES! THEY BURN!!!!
Well it would explain how he stays on the 25 man roster.

Saves big bux on the wine, loaves, and fishes budgets.

why Geren and Beane treat him as above sin...
And why they hope his career can be....

…resurrected.

I heart our thieving bastard duo

Holliday and Swooney

speaking of which, has anybody seen that new Phillies pitcher, last name is Bastardo?
I saw that.

I texted my friend about it as soon as I saw it. What an unfortunate name.

unless he ends up being really, really good
I think its entertaining, actually.

Better than having Balfour as your last name if you’re a pitcher.

His nickname has got to be "Magnificent"
KK had me going there
Mr April's up again!
I heart Frank.
I think that possibly, maybe you've fallen for him
yeah. That's old news.

I think I did a DLD about my man-love for Frank.

Man that shot of Braden is just scary funny
It's nice to see the A's clowning around...

Lately they’ve looked like prisoners awaiting sentencing.

well, they've played terrible

They got their little buttocks banged around something fierce in Texas justa few days ago.

just like a Dallas housewife in want of jewelry.
I've seen a happier dugout the last few nights
[burps]

Done with five.

BS call that was inside.
Looked good to me, but I'm soused.
better than being spoused
it's the doofus in the ski hat again
he DEFINITELY does not deserve that girl.

If he were here, we’d hold him while you beat him mercilessly.

man she's gorgeous

Kills me.

She's a whore
a ski-hat-loving whore.
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
That doofus is adorable.
in a ski hat?

please

this guy can't do anything without beer!
Octavio!

He returns!

OT: Bobby Cox fail.

Why not use Kotchman to PH in the bottom of the 9th in a tie game. He can actually…I don’t know… hit.

Garret Anderson needs to be out of baseball.

it seems I remember a simian who may agree with you.
Hey Kuiper & Fosse

We are winning so you can actually take about baseball tonight.

Rajai continues to be productive tonight

How long will it last?

What inning is it?
mid 6
Time to go get dinner.
What's for dinner?

Low hanging fruit…

crotchberries?
OK, now that's kinda disturbing.
kinda isn't good enough.

extremely.

Yeah....

Crotchberries with cheese?

Not unless you own a ski-hat
Oh the time difference

I’ve already mowed the front and back lawn, done some laundry and eaten dinner.

6th.

Hahaha nice.

O-FAIL

and the top of the line-up continues to be shown up by the bottom of the line-up.

Just logged on and I see that the A's are up.

I’m going to leave now so I don’t jinx anything.

Thanks for being considerate
are you bad luck?
Can I blame him for my 401K
No, but I left for an inning once

and the A’s rallied. Then I left again, this time for the rest of the game, and they won.

Come out OUTman. I want 6 innings and a W for ya!
outman mowin' them down
outman threw a lot more fastballs in the beginning of the game

but seems to be mixing in off speed and breaking stuff

Saw the same thing last night form Vinny
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
swung on and missed

Outman should pitch the seventh inning.

not bloody likely

but I wouldn’t mind it at all

I agree - I was just going to say, I expect Wuertz will start the 7th,

but I’d let Outman start it and go batter to batter with him.

Bobby always did have a cannon
that backfires more often than not

but when it blows it blows.

Great throw by Croz

Nice job by Mr. Outman

okie dokie, time for more runs A's
Crosby seems to be positioning

himself well to make those sort of plays.

He's in the dugout?
[shakes head]

Wasn’t he rookie of the year once?

Whatever happened to

Ben Grieve?

he was never rookie of the year

But he did hit the base of the light tower in right at the old Detroit yard. Surely the most amazing home run I’ve ever seen on TV.

ROY-1998
[smiles]

Art Howe was managing, Ben wasn’t doing too well, but it was this incredible monster shot.

He also hit 22 home runs in a year once.

ONCE!

I have Crosby’s autograph. He came to my school when I was in the sixth grade.

That ought to be worth about as much as GM stock
I thought he was bragging about

striking BC out.

Robert Buan and Stomper also signed the torn piece of paper.

Alright now

Stomper is legit

I've heard he acts inappropriately around juveniles.
but not for very long, I've heard
in short bursts.
ooh, that's over the line

too unsubtle

One toke over the line...
LOL

I’ve posted some strange things but THAT post took the cake.

two years in a row actually
Well.....

if he absolutely has to be on the roster….

good call

what about huston street?

gobble gobble!!!
The women are home

The game has been lost to Hanna Montana.

What can a guy do? One holds the keys to the holiest of holies. It’s a baseball game.

listen to it on the computer in the office.
I'm back

I’m cooking for my wife’s book club tonight. Had to tend to dessert.

top of the order:

0-13

I'd rather see Outman vs. Wise / Castro than

see Wuertz vs. Wise / A.J., but…?

Very surprised that Geren left him in

He’s had a pretty decent week of managing as painful as it may be to say that.

As long as there are no baserunners

I’m fine with Outman in for now.

Geren killing it
and we're not even losing
Well good for Geren,

sticking with Outman.

I'm wondering if this is more about Curt Young's input...
Yank him if they get a runner on base.

But I agree: good to keep him in so long as he shuts them down.

Damn, they’re pulling him now.

It could be Wuertz.
It will be Wuertz
That is the Wuertz thing I've heard all day.
Those have got to be some of....

…the Wuertz puns I’ve read on AN.

I would have too. 114's enough, and the inning is under control

Score one for the village idiot!

Through gritted teeth....

I agree.

That Bob is a regular savant.

For the record, Adam Kennedy has made five errors this season.

:-(

snif.

Seems to make up for it pretty well
your objection is noted
The record cries for unicorns.
It's so good

to see this guys pitching late

Pitching change.

Outman
6.2IP 7H 2ER 2K 1BB

not as great but solid.

We’ll definitely take it and he finished strong by retiring the last eight batters he faced.

Good enough to win

And that’s all you can ask.

Now let’s hold the Sox and put a couple insurance runs on the board in the 8th or 9th.

I'll take this all year long.

Next year too.

Geren loves to put RP in for the last 1/3 of IP

and then into the next IP…He has loves throwin’ Gio under the bus.

Good JOB OUTMAN…The only thing I was have improved on is SPIT in Geren face when he took you out.

he also loves eating babies
and skinny skiing and reading Nico's bloggery
He actually has to fight designatedforassignment for the keyboard on that one
and piña coladas and getting caught in the rain
I never knew...

you liked pina coladas……

That song is so dumb

Basically they are both looking for something else and find out that they are right for each other. What woman would be okay with another man “searching” for another woman?

Your right.

She’s a whore.

Whoa that's a little harsh!
Why?

I like her the best.

It is really awful

The banality of the tune masks the peculiar awfulness of the lyrics.

What song are you talking about?
They're mocking sappy 70's

ballads.

It’s true they sucked, but these guys won’t admit that they secretly blast them on XM.

Okay folks, I watched the game while working out

saw Giambi’s HR, now I’ve got some wine and I’m ready for the rest of the game!

Good for you.

I’ve eaten fast food for the 8th night in a row :-(

I don't think that counts as fast food.

But maybe your family is dealing with the economic crisis in creative ways.

Maybe Geren is a slow starter also

Takes a few months to get into the swing of things.

Back with food. And a beer. I'm happy.
are you sipping on it?
I am.

But alas, it’s not an MGD.

****BREAKING NEWS*****

pam5981 is partaking in alcholic beverages

I'm just doing my part to clean the apartment.

We had a party a little while ago, and have lots of beer leftover.

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