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All Tied Up

The game, that is. Halfway through, and it's 3-3.


Aaron Cunningham took one for the team- a beanball to the noggin- and Hannahan made the Twins pay with a bases-loaded double to even the score.

 

 

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Now THAT...

…is a shutdown inning.

Truly Outman

is approaching stud status.

The A’s may indeed have something special with this rotation. Nothing like a trial by fire for proving yourself.

All Tied Up, 67M?

TMI

I'm fine now.

Cust untied me.

he knows the safe word.
Zombies?
WHERE?!

{clears chamber, readies molotovs, alerts WBC and Cap’n, calls Mom, checks in}

/loads shotgun
anti-zombie braineaters club's got your back, AN.

No worries.

Popcorn!
that would be a good one.

cause, I mean, when you’re all tied up and getting freaky, who really wants a snack?

Okay, I might. But not popcorn.

You wouldn't want...cervelli fritti, would you?
might be a bit beyond my palate.

plus, it’s kinda gross and definitely a little creepy with me all tied up here.

RAWR

You must be drinking as much as I am tonight.

Chimay Tripel, btw

I like our chances this inning
I AM SPARTACUST!!!!!!
Cust HR

hulk smash.

perfect timing for a new thread
All props to 67M
yes, we should award that longball to 67M.

How many is that this year?

lets get rolling A's
I stayed.

SPARTACUST BOMB.

Wooooooo!

now THAT is some new thread mojo!
Cust go boom
Boom goes the Custimite!
Yay for new thread!!
And another big crowd at the Coliseum
Does anyone have attendance numbers for tonight?
If you're patient....

….you should be able to count them yourself.

7-10 goats, and about 9 people.

I understand now why Nico's been quiet tonight.
Now that's the way you switch threads, 67M!
It's the A's

I’m just pushing the buttons

pull the strings!
well it is a thread

Right. I’ve been slow all day.

That Beane sure as hell doesn't know what

he’s doing, does he?

new thread mojo is working!!!
Mein Gott, that was a long one
That was Cust's 10th schwanstucker of the season
He must have an enormous schwanstucker
I see your schwartz is as big as mine.
It's twue, it's Twue It'S TWue, IT'S TWUE
Baby, please! I am not from Havana.
I love double time harrummp.
Customary Uppercust by SpartaCust

I like it when the A’s score more runs than the other team.

it's a good thing.

/Martha

I love that most teams still don't appreciate Cust.
I love it when they learn to appreciate him

the hard way.

Boo, Holliday K'd
G K'd too

man, that stache looks funny

still leather daddy/prison stache?
yes, a little longer on the ends than it was with the Yanks

almost a foo-man-chew without the chin I think

dyed goatie and faux hawk?

not the best look

El Sobrante, KK?

I left my wallet in El Sobrante.

start writing the 2x Jack headline now, 67M
What the hell was that

Twins 2B takes the ball from the ball boy and then throws it into the crowd.

Yeah that was really odd.
it's theit little ritual.
It's the theit little ritual?
good gawd, it just dawned on me the game is on.

“me likey” score but this is dangerous territory with those twins.

Must've been distracted by those Idaho sunsets....
nicer office but more work....get home later and no luxury

of Mountain Time as I am in Pacific time here.

Not something I want to hear

Santiago Casilla doing some light throwing in Bullpen.

Hope he’s just getting work in

no kidding (wince)
but the excitement of Casilla vs. Casilla would be great
Bloopy for Zookie
Zooks!

Hittin’ it where they ain’t.

after that smash that shoulda been

a basehit…

Send Zook?
10,181
Please tell me thats not the attendance tonight...
yuppers.
Wow

They had 7,000-8,000 at the Iowa Cubs game tonight. (Harden rehab start)

Looks like a generous figure
that's exactly what I was thinking...
And there's 10180 of us here
there will be a day when the total gamethread comments for a game exceeds the attendance at the Coli
might be tonight.
it's probably already happened
Women?
in the 90's, yup.
20,362 lines about 10,181 women
that songs significantly biggert than I remember...
It's the Iron Butterfly cover of the Nails original
It's really a shame

..trying to extend a 6 game winning streak and all.

Limbs

There are 2,546 fans in attendance.
One is a triple amputee.

are you serious?
My love for you just grew.
Clearly not the amputation
way to deal with the issue of the "remainder"
Is the triple amputee named Matt? Or Doug?
pile of leaves, Russell.
I saw him in a whirlpool

His name was Eddy.

And then he started waterskiiing, and changed his name to Skip
How about Bob?
surprising how many hits you get googling "exploding twinkie"

Mmmmmm...

twinkies

were you in my kitchen?
yup, and I quickly scarfed the whole obx!

this was the only remainder.

Good job with the spelling tonight, LB.
obx is so a word!

OBX Connection

I'm a member of Joe Lamb Jr. & Associates.
I am Joe Lamb Jr.
I am your associate.
Well, we all are.

Especially after Mrs. Lamb killed him, chopped him up, put him in the meatloaf and then made us all eat him. He’s in all of us. It was all rather Titus Andronicus-ish.

Soylent Green, baby.

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE.

I think Titus came before that ape-hater.
see it on rally stickers all the time

Outer Banks, man…probably a central-ish location between where I’m at and Fla

but why the floor, Bloom?

are you just mean like that?

or is that the counter?

I scampered in, scarfed all 12 quickly

(except this half one I missed) and scampered away.

Did you take my pen, too?

I liked that pen.

Yes, I took your pen!

As if.

{scoffs}

I was writing my recap with that.
ha HA!

{scampers away}

found a pencil

jerk

{sneaks up behind 67M,

reaches slowly in, breaks pencil}

ha HA!

{scampers away}

Wait!

I have a computer! Duh.

{sneaks in, pours 1 liter of Canada Dry in computer tower}

ha HA!

{scampers away}

Is he another music? And is your kitchen different?
Maybe he's available, but

I really think Bailey shouldn’t pitch tonight (1.1 IP Saturday, 1 IP Sunday). I imagine that’s why Casilla’s up now; the bullpen may need to get by with Wuertz, Breslow, Ziggy in the last 2-3 innings.

extra motivation for Breslow in this series
Hows Outman been tonight?
pretty damn good, except the end of that one inning.

all three scored with two outs…

decent I think

he had problems in the 4th after getting 2 out, but pretty good other than that.

sometimes, very impressive

that three-run inning was not because they were mashing the ball. He walked a guy at a crucial time.

abd still pitching with 2 out in the 6th
in my book, 3 strikeouts against Morneau outweighs his struggles against the bottom of the order
another stirkeout!!
3-0 ilk
Do not allow Casilla to come in

Unless we score 7 n the next inning

for sure, I would have considered dis-engaging and reading about the results later
Yahoo says I can be thin without even trying.

Should I believe them?

We're making America thin again...

…one slap at a time!

I'm slapping my troubles away!
Yeah, we've heard that about you

Must come from hanging around with all those monkeys.

monkeys instill bad habits.

I’ve got nasty habits!

You could give it a try.

Wait, they said you can be thin without trying.

nice, got the ground out....i was seeing the future with a walk there.
If you guys only knew

the immense amount of computer problems I am having tonight

Internet, word, e-mail, you name it. I’m normally a patient guy (ha) but getting close to breaking a few things.

yay strickout
SHUT DOWN INNING.
Wicked strike 3 from the OutMan!
Damn, Outman's on fire!
Is he rockin' the socks again?
biotch

STRIKE OUT!!!

Outman has some nasty stuff
Outman gettin' the OUTS!
K # 7

six down three to go

Nice job - that should be the end of the line for Outman

9 outs to get, Breslow should be on tap for Span/Mauer/Morneau, Wuertz and Ziggy for the bottom 6 in the order.

Yea

That was huge to get an extra inning from him.

your

OUTMAN!!!!!

Rally Mini Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sandwiches
sounds tasty
They do look better than the Mini Sirloin Burgers

But they don’t have a Spanish version (that I know of) of their ad.

wow, that's long
Yeah thats a mouthful...get it?
you have to do the rally dance too
mini buffalo REEEAANCH

To make them Rally Mini Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sandwiches....

…do you need to turn them inside out and put them on your head?

Out damned spot! Out I say!
Generous strikezone tonight?
the strikezone that keeps on giving
very, according to KK.
As long as the ump gives it to both sides, no problem
Who's this reggie davis guy

and where’s rajai

Everybody thinks he's a spy.

He’s got Rajai Davis eyes!

And he’ll tease you
He’ll unease you
All the better to displease you
He’s atrocious
And he knows just what it
Takes to make a pro blush

it's SO Appropriate!

his new intro music!

1 beer per run by the A's

…make me finish this six pack A’s.

Your last two beers are safe for now
OCAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOOOOOOTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!
1 more celebratory Barton pic

to remember the good old days
Photobucket

I FREAKING ROFL'D.

Oh dear.

Do you have the Sweeney one as well?
Yes, of course

Photobucket

thanks!

Whoever’s idea those were (yours?) , f’n genius.

Thanks!

I think mine…? In response to Breast Cancer Awareness day – AN idea of having Ryan do free breast screenings. Or hell, women would pay for them.

Not nearly as funny as Daric's.

But still a laugh.

LMAO, btw.
that one's kind of scarier.

I like it.

You got skills, kid. With my help, you can be the best.

Also, recommended.
hmmm...

closer than I’d like for our #7 in the 21-game winning streak. Need a breakout inning to put this one to bed.

I'm OK with a final score of 4-3
a W is a W but I agree time to bust this open in our ABs
Heh, I like that little shot of Zito in the battle-of-the-bay commercial
Z is fair game

Especially after saying how much better the Gnats uni looked on him.

He said that?
PR - you think he hasn't already burned bridges with Gnats fans?

We all know he looks better in green and gold. And he pitches better in the Coli.

Yep. He also looked better with blue hair

Good Ol’ Planet Z

my brother wore his splash hits shirt tonight.
Wuertz alert
yay strickout
I see that Geren has reverted...

to using 3 relievers only… game-in and game-out. Not a bad idea if those three are the only ones he can trust, but… ummm… maybe Billy should go out and get him some new ones, so that the current good ones don’t burn out.

Good old 22 man roster.
wait, does Rajai count?
Certainly a better idea....

…than having faith in Russ Springer.

I was not in favor of Springer being on this roster, at all

but, some of the stat guys pointed out how wrong I was about that.

What stat did they have in mind?

In-n-Out Burgers successfully purchased?

Most teams have specialists/crap after their 1-3 pen studs
but, that is just not acceptable for...

my Green & Gold.

Personally....

….I prefer the specialists to the crap.

But that’s just me.

7 Ks for Outman.
Bullpen options

Aren’t they a bit limited? I’m assuming Bailey is unavailable. Breslow presumably would face the lefty sluggers – lucky him. I guess Ziggy is the closer, if there’s a game to close.

woo.

that’ll be fun, huh?

(wipes brow)
i wonder what the record is for fastest half inning

not in terms of pitches, but in terms of time elapsed between first pitch and 3rd out. there must’ve been some 3 pitch half innings, right?

Cunningham has a concussion

No surprise, but he will be out for a while

Denorfia?
That would be my assumption

I don’t know how he is doing in Sacramento, but he has big league experience. And the A’s need a center fielder not named Rajai.

Yeah, Denorfia's up now.

I assume he’ll be the starting CF. Spartacust to RF, Giambino to DH, Barton to 1B.

Assuming Cunningham is placed on the 15 day. Which nobody wants, because that means things are seriously bad.

It'll be retroactive.

They’ll do it in about a week.

It's funny cuz it's true.
That's what I am afraid of

Besides, the Blicks plan doesn’t really sound that terrible to me. And it’s temporary, until Buck comes off the DL.

Boy that was Ball Four

Thanks for fouling it off!

Good LORD

Cunningham got bean’d!??

Hard.

bounced 40 ft.

Concussion?
think that is what they said

I don’t think they were speculating

Supposedly.
yes, back in the 4th.

It was a big part of the A’s come back

Twins' pitcher was having severe control problems
Unintentionally, but yeah.

He stayed in long enough to score on a double, too.

damn it

why’d they have to show that shot of cunningham again. I wasn’t ready for that.

followed the the weurtz walk
Ouch. Holy shit, that had to have hurt.

I hope Cunningham’s alright.

Walking .185 hitter is not good
when opposing pitchers walk Rajai, they're done

it’s automatic

Find the strikezone

It’s 10 miles wide with this umpire

Throws stricks please
Uh Oh, Stolen Base, they're gonna "manufacture" some runs now
O-Cab...

you can’t get him from on your back

Yeah... I'll wait.
I just have to share this because I think it's fucking hilarious.

there is nothing there
You don't see the hilarity in that?
It's a zen joke.
ah

he got me!

Wait for it .... wait .... for ... it
I think they should walk Span and pitch to Mauer.

OK not really.

Span? Insane!

Then pray for rain!

Walk them both and pitch to Morneau

3 strickouts!?!? HE’S AWFUL

I would think Mauer

would love to face Breslow since he caught him.

Probably know exactly what is coming.

oh mercy thank god that inning has come to a close
i feel bad for Adam Piatt

http://www.news-press.com/article/20090530/SPORTS/905300341/1075

is he working at an Arby's?

No?

Then I don’t feel bad for him.

Yes, i think he actually is working at Arby's.

or might be soon.

I still remember some old guy came up to Tim Hudson and

mistook him for Adam Piatt. Stoopid!

Sometimes you take pot luck
A New Definition of Responsibility
“I made the mistake and accept responsibility,” said Piatt, a Bishop Verot High School graduate. “The record will clearly show that the marijuana was not my own.”
haha

thats exactly what i was thinking

Sucks that the brother-in-law left pot in his car,

but it never would have been discovered if Adam hadn’t driven off the road. Article says he was DUI, and I don’t see him denying that part.

What are the chances the A's score again?
Good God, tell us how many games you have in mind.
Good call keeping Wuertz in - good enough matchup with Span

Breslow should start the 8th, pitch to Mauer and Morneau, then go to Ziggy.

Can Casilla become a Rivercat again?
Bailey us out, please!
Bailey us out!
Uno and Dos

please adios!

Just want this thread to have as many comments

as the number a days milestone i am about to reach. Sadly its 300.

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