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Open Thread: Game 88 - A's vs. Angels (cont)

Rajai Davis came to play. He has singlehandedly given the A's the slim lead at 4-3, after advancing to home on an error by Saunders...from first.

Breslow and Wuertz have kept the lead through seven. The A's are batting after the stretch.

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roomy.
In honor of Raj, how about "Vroomy"
nice mojo starter BBG

leadoff hit

Thanks!

So many threads! I’ve missed it!

We've missed you!
did I miss your recap of the Idol concert?

all I really care about is Alison.

I know this world is killing you.
My aim is true.
Allison

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=2983681&id=770318832

Posted a pic for you!
O-Cab likes your new thread
oh and just so you know I don't do "roomy"

i am surprised saunders is still in kinda

(out come the big hook)

not any more

Orca

lead off single
huzzah!

I'm Maria Shriver and I could not be more excited
I'm Pam Shriver, and this one's a hit with me
Cabrera having a good night

Crosby with a big homer, Tiger misses the cut, hmm okay we’re all going to die

and Tom Watson is leading
isn't that nutty?
it's pretty damn cool if you ask me
but isn't this just like Greg Norman last year?
Yeah

but Tom Watson isn’t a choker. He does miss 3 foot putts on occasion but has a very precise game. He could do it.

the yips are what killed his game
Norman is the kind of guy who can go very low

and very high with his score. Tom’s game is much more tight.

Ya but Tom is 6 years older and hasn't been relevant since the early part of the Reagan years
that hasn't stopped Newt Gingrich

eh?

john mccain makes an appearance

ehhhh!!

{relaods shotgun}

There’s more over here!

damn I am getting the rocket launcher

no more playing around

At the risk of encouraging inappropriate discussion,

Gingrich was most relevant in the early 1990s, well after Reagan was out of office.

I say this as a matter of historical accuracy, not politics.

I think that's enough politics

let’s score some runs

your right of course but I thought it was funny
likewise

let’s not ruin a mildly amusing moment with ‘facts’

facts are overrated
Zombies?

(starts loading the shotgun)

{clears chamber}
you take the right side I have the left
13 hits, 13 walks

Wow, that’s a lot of walks

more woks walks than a …kay, I’ll shut up now.

and only 7 runs in the entire game
Come on Hairston

Insurance!

Whitey Bulger is looking good

for such an old guy.

This game is long.
Yep, but good.
As long as it stays that way...
(loaded)
I'm feeling good about this now...
First!

First out, that is.

Dude...where's my churro?
Churro guy is AWOL

Starbucks?

they got Starbucks at the Coliseum now?
No.
They do, in the dispensy things.
My bad, you're right.

But who would drink THAT crap?

It's swill.

I drink it if I’m freezing my ass off, but that’s it.

Hot chocolate.

Moar bettar.

I like hot tea.

They even have green tea at the place

where they sell pizza. I got by on that during the Raider games when I was sick.

Ever have tea with pizza before?

Pizza goes with everything!

That’s what she said.

gross

root beer, all the way.

I’m a Pepsi guy.

I drink Dr. Pepper, don’t you know
It’s the original taste that I love so
And the taste is making Peppers
Everywhere we go

Mr. Pibb and the red vines!
Mr. Pibb sipped through Red Vines.

Awesome!

The correct answer is:

crazy delicious

Too sugary.
But pam

you are so sweet. How did this happen?

Sweet?

Not the word I’d use.

Yeah, me either.
Starbucks shouldn't be able to qualify as coffee.

Yuck.

Peets!

All the way!

you know.

I have Peets delivered here.

You should.

Best. Coffee. Ever.

for serious.
I drive past 4 SB's

just to get to Peet’s. And that’s on a good day.

You're awesome!
I have to be honest tho

SB’s occasionally pulls a decent espresso shot. When I worked in Alameda it was just way too convenient.

dude, it's also rocket fuel.

Peets tastes better, but Starbucks jacks your shit up.

Which should tell you something.
it does.

If I’m making signs with three hours sleep,

I wasnt Starbucks.
Someday we'll find out it's made with cocaine
when I walk into Peets

it FEELS like a coffee shop. Adds to the aromatic ambiance.

Just the smell tells me which one is better.
Where as Starbucks feels like a circus.
True story.

The last time I went to Safeco, I bought tickets from someone off CraigsList. She was in a town on the other side of the Seattle Metro area, so we arranged to meet at a nearby Starbucks to make the exchange.

I went and waited at the Starbucks, but she didn’t show. I was almost ready to give up when she arrived. She forgot to specify which Starbucks. Yes, there were two Starbucks in the same freaking shopping center! WTF?

That sounds like a line from Best In Show

It is dog night after all.

we're so lucky to be raised with catalogues...
Don't look at the other freaks!
FREAK ROUT!
Le Freak, c'est chic.
when mommy and daddy have sex, it's natural and beautiful.
And that's why it's the topic of this photo-essay.
I love you, bro,

but you really gotta see more movies.

I’m convinced were you to know me in real life, you would just blink at me and walk away a lot.

Yeah, but at least I get your literary references.

Who else does that?

not too many anymore...
Maybe Nick
Yeah, I like him too...
I have to admit,

I don’t always.

yeah, but you got a cool job,

with an even cooler building, apparently!

I do have a cool job,

but the building freaks me out bit, and I’m tough.

speaking of which

I just got a book off of amazomg for one cent.

one cent!

I can’t decide whether this is an amazing democratization of the written word, or a tragic undervaluing of a work of literature.

and stuff.

there's a lot of those about, bob.

I used to sell books on Amazon, but stopped because books kept “pennying out.”

I dispose of my unwanted books

(Phillip Roth, I’m looking at you) through swaptree.com, where people send you stuff! in return for crap you don’t want! amazing!

truely, we live in a guilded age

I do a lot of Freecycle,

but not with books.

I have so far received

a copy of Hero, Black Sheep, and, erm, something I don’t remember.

good times.

I can't tell if that's a clever pun

or a simple misspelling.

no no

it’s a working all day misspulting.

who am I kidding. it’s just me being inattentive

those braces are priceless
those two were awesome.

I liked Arlen Pepper too.

a wooly bugger

I"m the best do there is. I’m the best one.

Not really a Starbucks girl. But thanks anyway.
Personality test:

When I hear “Starbuck”, I think of:

(a) Herman Melville
(b) Dirk Benedict
(c ) Katee Sackhoff
(d) coffee

b
b for me, too.

(a) would be the intellectual answer, but it wouldn’t be true.

Which one of these is not like the others?
OCab's helmet is too clean!
I always thought it was funny

how O-Cab and Vlad had so much pine tar on their helmets that you couldn’t see the logo…like they were ashamed of beings Slegna.

Thats why we Raider fans wear so much makeup, outfits and drink so much before 10 am
Thanks! I'd always wondered why
Orca first to third on Matt's base hit
Could it be possible? Can someone actually drive OCab in?
Come on Nomah!!!

don’t suck here

Sweet

Would be nice to be ahead by a legitimate run.

sac fly, twitchy
for stormtown

Photobucket

Photobucket

thank you! I'm so 14 years old.
isn't she only 17 herself?
Hopefully she is a good singer
oh c'mon. She's kinda cute!
That was funny.
She's adorable!
Different strokes

I beg to differ

may i ask who this is in ze pics?
another "talented" singer
Dude, where's my refresh button?

Need one at the bottom of mobile threads.

talk to Mr. Jobs.
That would violate my restraining order.
oh yeah.

forgot.

sorry.

WOO LETS GO A’S COME ON!!! show them how to get a grand slam :D

nomah!!

i can’t help but yelling that aloud with a bad new england accent when he’s up

Nomar walks

miracles happen

alright, poised for some zook action
Bases loaded, one out... Suzuki...

Guess the outcome. I say Sac fly.

makes or made sense to me
I win. You lose.

:-)

let's go kurt!
Guess they

gotta keep the walk/hit ratio going

Come on Zook!!!

base hit please

LETS GO OAKLAND!!!

ok, it's a run
I'll take it

5-3 suckah

Sac fly

good job Kurt

Saaaacrifice, good times, come on!

brutal

-1

but is it more brutal than...

Geren’s managing “skills” or the offense.

???

that was supposed to be a question

ironically our offense would be a little less brutal

if we were better at hitting sacrifice flies

Ha ha, that's a good point
O-Cab scores a run
Steals, sac flys, taking advantage of errors what the hell is going on here?
that was more normal
Exactly.

Exceptions are not the rule.

woooooooo Crosby-esque swing there, Raj.
thanks for reminding me of your normal plate prowess rajai
Davis with Crosbyitis
I think I can safely say: I forgive you, Rajai.
Davis should not speak to Croz for a few days.
....um, you guys do remember Rajai in

his first trip to Tampa, right?

Matthews is lost up there.

0-4 coming up. Signed and sealed.

Gary Matthews, Jr. not panning out...

…was pretty damn predictable.

that was a pitch right there
We should trade for this Matthews guy

He’d fit right in.

LOL @ slegnA

And Hunter not panning out was also way expected.

Hunter’s good, but his defense is going in the wrong direction. And he’s getting old.

slegnA announcers were going on about

Wuertz having 25 K’s in his last 13 innings

now that’s 26 in 13.1 if they are correct.

they are

he’s scary good

Do I hear 27 in 13.2?
He could tell them that the slider is coming and they have no chance

Sick, nasty slider!

the only negative about having the game on here in LA

is Rex Hudler.

Steve Physioc thanks you for the compliment!
That's a tough choice right there

Hud vs. Physioc. Ugh.

physioc isn't that bad

i just can’t stand hudler. makes me want to poke my eyes.

Hud is infinitely worse than Phys

But Phys is pretty damn bad!

I would pay to see them against each other in a Cage Match
no no

canseco vs. hudler

JOSE WAS OURS.

Good or bad, he was an Oakland A. He greatly helped us to win a WS and helped get us into two more. Any other claim is spurious, at best.

Is that you BBG?
no, just sick of revisionist history.

Josehead was, is and always will be a huge part of our collective past. The sooner we embrace that, the sooner we come to terms with the steroid era.

I liked Jose as an A

by the way

i liked him too

but his deterioration into doing MMA is very sad indeed. besides, at least he’s win these against hudler

27

Looks good from here. Nestle Tollhouse cookie sandwich anyone?

I just died and went to heaven!
Gotta like Wuertz!
The K's keep coming

yaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

Great inning Wuertz

Calling Mr. Bailey

Put away those links, Pam.

Save them for another day.

I wonder how many fans still remember

that Wuertz had an 8.18 ERA in spring training.

Said he couldn't get slider to bite in AZ

Humidity?

or lack there of
Spring training?

Heck I barely rememeber June

that was nasty pitching

like a liver-wuertz sandwich

I'm tired. Can I haz win now pleez?

what a sad animal

needs botox

Joan Rivers before picture?
These pups aren't too ugly...yet?

NOOO!

quit it.

you need a dry cleaner for that
Seriously that is one of the best irons I've ever owned
Mark with a leadoff base hit
Bailey in the 9th?
Not when we're up by five runs.
bobby's had a good game tonight
Steals and bunts in the same game....this is a strange game
Crosby

HR & Sac in same game

Nice game Bobby

and a couple good defensive plays
Sko-Ski-Ahh afraid of Adam Kennedy
Now this is a move I REALLY don't get.
in close proximity to geren

poor managing is rubbing off

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Walk AK to bring up our hottest hitter?

did Geren switch dugouts

must be going off scouting reports from May...
Set up the DP?

Crazy

15h-15bb

gotta keep that going

Hey, it worked!
fair ball!
found the chalk
TWSS

oh, never mind. you said “chalk”…

My likey like like
Oops, 'Me'

Either way, awesome RBIs.

Orca

hehehe!

Rex

Choke on this beat down!

Sell while he is hot

Get on it Beane!

That's gotta sting!
Hey! don't break the new guy!
DON'T BREAK HIM
We can rebuild him. He will be stronger, faster.
And he will cost one-eleventh as much as Eric Chavez.
This a-hole ALWAYS pulls this crap
some one needs to charge the mound and kick his ass!!!
Someone needs to plunk

Figgins and Abreu in the 9th and get the other 3 batters out.

I agree completely.

especially about nailing Chone.

OH F*** YOU ANGELS

Did you just break his wrist?

ouch!!!

it has got to be the number

go back to # 21 please

Angels are preparing for the next game of the series

“We’ve lost this one, let’s make sure we can get the series win.”

hairston looks like he's in serious pain
I just hope he doesn't need a transfusion
Stay Puft getting out coached

 by Billy Martin Zombie Best Man Bob.

Lets hope it isn't a "hair"line fracture

hahahaha ……. :(

not funny
Gallows humor
not funny at all
tough crowd

yeeesh

Was it Speier who broke Booby?
Though to be fair, he was always pretty broken to begin with.
Taking out an A was the only way Speier doesn't get chewed out by Mikey

After his crappy pitching performance.

So who does Bailey drill in the 9th?

Oh right, it’s the A’s. Eh, they’re not playing like the A’s tonight — drill ’em, Bails.

Let's drill two
Two more games to get even
Save it for tomorrow?

it’s not like they have wins to spare

drill abreu

he’s got some extra padding

I like this idea
Maybe Geren will bring in Casilla just for kicks
At last, a use for Casilla!
Well played, sir
Not fair

He’s a master of identity theft.

bring in Jairo Garcia, then bring in Springer, then have Santiago Casilla finish it off
Now you're talking
I don't want to want to say that the pitcher is umm...big...

…but

i'll pretend i didn't hear that
4 run lead

do you bring in Bailey?

You bring in Casilla. When he's ejected you bring in Bailey.
No

But Casilla will see that Bailey is needed

RYan Sweeney in for Hairstony

That HBP was brutal.

If we lose Hairston....

grrrrrr

Then

he will fit right in

Typos are wife's fault...

I bet Hairston is out tomorrow.

I'll pray tonight, and I don't pray.

bailey’s in

Bailey in

Take that, Baseball Prospectus

I will be disappointed if someone doesn't get hit here
Get ready to be disappointed
I can't believe Hairston's hurt

Stupid Angels

They're just jealous.
They are making it hard for me to root for them in the playoffs

I usually have some divisional pride.

blasphemy

nothing surpasses my hate for the slegnA

Red Sox hate.

Giants hate.

Then Stay Puft/Chone hate.

slegnA >

Giants > Sox/Yanks

I thought so too,

until 2002 taught me different. Giants hatred stronger than Angels hatred.

yeah it's a tough call where to direct mortal hate

i just figure it’s more logical to hate direct competitors

same here

plus, there’s the NorCal vs. SoCal thing, too.

I was unsure until game six.

thought it was NorCal and SF too. Nope. Was elated. ELATED they blew it.

I have some Bay Area pride.
I too have divisional pride.

I always root for the AL West in the playoffs.

Trade OCab now
exactly

I said it earlier. Sell high!

okay i wanna see someone get drilled now that figgins is out

honestly i’d rather see him strike out the side and have the a’s win.

yeah, leave the beanin for tomorrow
"Beaning" = throw at head.

Need to hit someone, but not bean someone.

wait for Abreu
Say goodnight Chone

K

"goodnight Chone"
CHONE!

{shakes booty at nemesis}

Ooh, now it's getting interesting.
khaaaannnnnnnn!
Choooooooonnnnnne!
growls
thank you for growling at my nemesis while I taunt his failure.
Is tourist?

Love it!

Maicer!

Who would have figured Abreu > Holliday this year
He's loving

this AL pitching, not

Sorry

was still thinking bout Matt

Reply fail

It happens to all of us.

DOES AN STILL WANT TO TRADE BAILEY

LOL

i never wanted to, so no.

Did anyone want him to get traded?

Love the rally monkey on a noose!
well, they won't let you bring a guillotine into the Coli, so...
that was great

Sad but true fact: I once saw an A’s rally monkey. I wanted to burn it.

finish this!
Except for walks, A's pitchers have shut down their #3 and 4 hitters

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000....
Nice win but

Geren is totally chickenshit for not standing up for his hit player. I’m sick of that happy talking wet noodle.

and that's the ballgame!
Boy that was a fun game!

The Raiders win the game, 7-3!

Our D kept 'em out of the endzone
Raiders D stopping someone?

I haven’t seen that in awhile

Nnamdi Asomugha does it by himself.

YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!
YEEEEAH

Now we just need to hear about Hairston.

Woo!

Johnny Depp mojo is powerful. One picture was enough.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Victory Johnny pics, just because I have them all waiting here:

Smoking is bad.

If there's a way to do it good, it's like that.
That second one.

I knew that was the one you were talking about.

So sexy.
Yes, and I think I know your aesthetic, too.
I want to lick his armpit.
not sure he wears deodorant
That's a good thing.

Licking deodorant = icky. Licking sexy sweat = yum.

I thought sweat was disgusting.

That's because you are brainwashed by television ads.
hmmm there are lots of hot girls around

none of which i think to myself “man i bet her armpit tastes awesome”

i'm with you cup
You're doing it wrong.
i've heard that before
TWSS

seriously, though armpits. there are other parts…

Yes, and I love all of them.
as long as you spread the love i guess

gonna ask the gf about that

Don't ask. Totally uncool.

Unless you ask with your nose silently in the dark. In that case, yes.

Have her try it on YOU!
ticklish
Trust me, this is different.
collarbones
Nape of the neck.

Ankle.

Ok.

We need to stop talking about this.

I found it informative and interesting.

You are wise to listen, young grasshopper.

Some day some lady is going to ask you, “Wow, where did you learn all this stuff?” and you’ll say, “Well, you’re not going to believe this, but there was this baseball blog….”

Funny story:

My roommate and I were watching something last night, the news or something similar, and they were talking about blogs.

She turns to me and says, very sweetly, “You know, I don’t think I’ve ever read a blog…. Have you?”

I didn’t even know where to start.

you can say what you talked about on the "baseball" blog
See, she has her priorities straight.
Athletics Nation: An SB Nation blog for Oakland Athletics fans the sexually curious
AN: After Dark
I think even the dark is afraid of us.
Awesome game AND awesome game thread

Tonight is a great night.

That WAS fun!
I'm just sitting here, looking at my Johnny Depp picture.
should i ask why?
Seriously, I need to take a cold shower now.

No, really, I do. It’s a freaking sauna in here.

I KNOW!

I like it, sorry,

Me too.

It’s 58 degrees though.

I'm especially fond of wrists, because

you can often get away with it on someone whom you’re not really intimate with. It’s the zone with the best erogenous-to-socially-acceptable ratio.

I need a chart.
Seven! seven! seven! seven!

Wait, what does “erogenous” mean?

The spots that make us happy,

in a sexual way.

Google it.

Surpriiiiiiiise.

See, you ARE learning a lot.

Yeah, I’ve learned more here than in my health class three years ago.

*confused face*

clearly i have a lot to learn

Errogenous zone heaven!

C’mon!

I laughed REALLY hard at that one.
Wow...

say, Lynz, whatcha go goin on later on?

See?

Kallus knows.

(Kallus runs to shower, spills draft beer, curses Geren for everything)
I don’t always blog. But when I do, I prefer AN. Stay thirsty my friends. Keep typing, my friends.

I fixed it for you.

but can't my friends stay thirsty and type at the same time?
Where's mine?
Not as hot.

He's such a little boy!
Yea.....looks too young. Especially the first one!
too young for YOU!?!?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

There is such a thing as too young.
does. not. compute.
I might need to bookmark this picture.
undefeated on dog days!!
Great win by the A's

Good night abd Big Balls!!!!

Dance, monkeys!

Dance!

The white shoes are awesome!
yuppers.

The gators? awesome.

That was nice baby.

Thanks!

Now

to take the next two

Is anyone listening to radio/GDA?

what are they saying about hairston?

Yes, nothing yet though.
Dog montage!
A's win, Rally Alba, Dog night!!!

perfect!!

< swoon >

So many of the starlets that the young boys love I don’t understand at all, but I sure do love Miss Alba. Those arms! <sigh>

Arms? What?

my thoughts exactly

i’m not sure she has any

Alba has the whole package.

Bitch!

i actually prefer the other jessica

but hey id’ take either

Jessica Biel is gorgeous...but not in this pic, though
When I see a picture of Jessica Biel like that,

I want to turn the page and look at the other side.

I agree not a good pic

but a great body

better?

much

god look at those eyes

How sexy is that

those eyes and those lips

together we could go far

better, but I prefer...

Unlike Kim K, she has not figured out

what her best pose is.

She has. And you would like her booty. It's a very good one.

No disappointment here.
Her do is awesome, too.
that picture accentuates the opposite parts i am attracted to
Hence the screen name?
(Kallus changes screen name to "buttmaster")
not the origination of the screen name

but an ironic coincidence, at least in this case

You are under the impression I hadn't seen that??

I’m just saying Kim seems to always pose like that, whereas Jessica B does only occasionally.

I’m actually not a huge fan of Ms Biel, but she does have da butt.

Shoulda known better.
well, I've seen her best pose

but posting it would get me bANned!

she has arms?
Oh come on, look at the picture.

Yes, I normally love all the other deliciously curvy parts of Miss Jessica, but in this animation what is being featured? It’s the bit where her arm swoops over her face and the camera lingers on that luminously beautiful shoulder. That’s art, man.

Whoa, I didn’t even see it like that ’til now.

That's OK.

I think I was well into my 30s before I learned to truly appreciate beautiful arms.

But if you want to be precocious, you know who has amazing arms? Michelle Rodriguez. Holy shit, she is to die for. She knows it, too. Always showing them off.

Madonna in her prime also had very sexy arms.

her?

Look at the vein in the right arm. She has bigger guns than me.

yes

i’m not a fan of that. but whatever floats your boat

i don't know why her arms are so sexy
you are kind of a weird dude iglew

licking sweat and swooning over arms? ooookkkkkaaayyyyy.

I am sorry my eyes were elsewhere
I *love* it when you say

That’s art, man.

Cuz it really is y'know.

The make up, editing, airbrushing. I’m pretty sure they all think of themselves as artists.

She does have nice arms and shoulders.

agrd.

Booo, so Hairston's wrist is swollen

Damn you Speier

Angels post game fight

ooooh aybar taken out again!
Aw, I really like O-Cab. He gives good interview.
He's really kind of sweet.
ozzie guillen disagrees

now that’s the O-Cab I thought we were getting all along.

I didn't realize this previously

but the background when they show final scores on MLBN is the good ol’ coli

Ummm..NEW THREAD!

www.athleticsnation.com

but, does it have Jessica Biel pics???
it does now
(the door hits Kallus's ass on his way out...)
but we were having so much fun on this one
Don't interrupt, we're busy in here!

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