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I guess Holliday hasn't been traded yet

Go A’s

"you're about to get your fix"

Silly, 67MARQUEZ. It’s “your about to get you’re fix.” Don’t you read AN? Me neither.

Irregardless,

he should no better.

travdog6 - July 23, 2009 reply

I agree

It’s knot hard to know how to spell.

Or do good grammer.

travdog6 - July 23, 2009 reply

as long as you write good

Regardless

theres no such word as irregardless.

I think that was the point, BG.

Pizza Whisperer guy must DIE

doc, you coming to AN day?

Yes

Me and little miss specialK.

woot!

Looking forward to my first AN Day

Piazza must die?

NomahAndCrosbyFail

they dont deserve space

still think so?

OK, I’m being a jerk because I would have thought the same thing before the run and rbi.

this is better. short ribs for grilling soon. bbq sauce or some other style

Pork, beef, or cat?

Squirell

Roadkill yummy in the tummy

Holy S*%T

Yankees average 45,000 a game do we average that a series?

No.

Do we average that in a season?

Looks like a lot of them showed up tonight dressed like empty seats

A's fans are the best at that

To be fair the game is 3 hours late.

raw meat bar?

F#@k the Yankees

Any particular reason?

just for good measure, I think

Mmm, classy.

Rich team with money to burn; don't develop their own players just buy other peoples

and their fans are obnoxious.

TWMS

(that’s what Madonna said)

MobiusKlein - July 23, 2009 reply

Those stripes are not slimming.

no sweeney tonight

was he a bad boy again?

No, he just hits left-handed and Sabathia is pitching.

In Chemistry terms, he hits Sinister

and that’s the Chevy keys to the game.

Geren is going with an all right-handed "hitters" lineup (Cust excepted)

i like the bad boy theory better

WE KNOW.

Cut it.

I’m a bad boy.

You try too much.

Oh, well, that’s okay.

You're really not.

You just learned what “erogenous” meant 5 days ago.

I knew what an orgasm was, though.

Yes, knowing what it is

is definitely the most important aspect.

Hey, I know what the next step is.

1. cut a hole in the box.

I was wrong.

Can't.Stop.Laughing

Mother Lover is soooooo much better than that song.

I respectfully disagree.

Mother Lover’s newer…

Fair enough.

2. Place sausage in box.

ahem. 2. Put your junk in that box.

3.make her open the box

and thats the way you do it

This is a valuable lesson, no?

Ive tried 5 times

ya I dont hink it works

Well, one that Timberlake endorses, anyhow.

And last time I checked he was seeing Jessica Biel, so it

clearly works.

agrd.

HERE WE GO BASEBALL

Baseketballs!

I've heard there's some baseball being played here tonight.

Umm, no I don't think so.

I think it’s just the OakA’sHoney/R-Rated Superstar show.

there's a difference?

I’m leaving soon, sadly.

Baseball, road grays.

Woot!

Nice to know I didn't miss the game because of work

GO A’s! Beat C.C.!

They already have him beat in terms of alphabetical order.

and I had a slight resent thinking I would miss

the first half of the game…which produced a slightly testy afternoon.

I just noticed the gold A's logo on Rajai's socks, near the bottom...

is that something new? I’ve never noticed it before.

Newish I believe.

Looking back at older photos

Yep, it does appear to be something new

super cute!!!

Yes, I like it!

Awesomeness

So not only is he hitting quite well and makes plays with his speed (both

good and bad, but at least they’re exciting) but he’s rocking AWESOME socks. He’s meeting the AN criteria of sockness – there’s still room on the bandwagon y’know.

In his career against the A’s, Sabathia is 3-7 with a 6.26 ERA, 1.62 WHIP and .294 BAA.

But not against the AAAA's.

Yes network forgot about Gallagher in the Hairston deal.

Kennedy needs to floss

No, Glen.

It’s Cookie Cookie.

Glen's making cookies?!

I would like oatmeal chocolate chip.

Please.

I would like a chocolate chip cookie without the oatmeal.

are you my ex-wife?

That's a bold assumption.

she was most fondest of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

That I made.

TNWSS

gotta story for you, Leo

k....

mailed ya

mailed ya back.

I don't believe so.

Only you could find that, you know.

I actually have that saved to my computer

It made me lol so hard the first time I saw it

it is pretty good.

Sniff, I miss Mazzaroworld.

Quit yer crying

We could go back there tonight, for all you know!

Jeez, AN got harsh all of a sudden!

but now we are in hairstown

Where our offense is a rumblin.

yeah that first inning looked great.

yay strickout

x2

Hell yeah Vin

+ everything

Ooh, the "mugging"

I love Dallas

haha, yeah he got him good

Wooo Vin!

nice!

That'll do, pig.

That’ll do.

HEY!

I’ve put on weight, but…..

On fire.

Wowowwwww

MazzaroWorld?

Technotofu - July 23, 2009 reply

does ray get $50 every time he says "high definition?"

Aw, it's Nomah's b-day?

Happy birthday Nomah!

Yep.

I think the A’s twitter said something about the guys singing Happy Birthday to him.

Er, by “guys,” I mean, “the team.”

That's where I just read it! Catching up now.

The sad part is the loud singing burst his eardrum

That was probably Dallas. Have you ever heard the man sing?

That catch by Wise was indescribably good

It really was incredible

chipper1001 - July 23, 2009 reply

ya

shouldnt perfect games be attributed to the whole team?

yes, definitewly.

I think he will be remembered everytime the game is mentioned.

yea Buerhle owes him a car or something

dtownmbrown - July 23, 2009 reply

Zoooooook

I have a man crush on him

Likewise.

I think he's overrated.

lol

PT said it best on minorleagueball

An average hitting catcher who plays above average defense is essentially an all-star, since they’re so rare. That’s more or less what Suzuki is, only nobody outside Oakland knows it or gives him any credit for it. He’s quickly becoming the new Mark Ellis.

Suzuki's gonna play second?

Has PT even came on AN

since the OPD incident

nope, not even to say TWSS

The YES feed shows OBP along with AVG, HRs and RBIs.

It should be mandatory for every at bat graphic – it’s such a useful stat.

{sigh}

The Yankees pretty much do everything top of the line.

If it weren’t so infuriating, I’d probably be impressed.

There you go, Kurt!

all right!

2nd and 3rd, one out

Ruh-roh

Zooooook

Zooooook

Sweet!

Nomar had to run 1st to 3rd, so now he won’t be able to play for another week. More Dale is in our future!

Oh, just read it's his birthday.

I’ll be nice now. Nice hit, Nomar!

Well, I have to get going, unfortunately.

bummer

Bye, R

JAAAAAAAAAACK CUST

Will probably K swinging.

Toooooooooo early!

Never too early!

We need them to score EARLY and OFTEN.

or just score, period

It's too early.

You won't be saying that if the final score is 1-0!

And another thing, we may not get the entire game done in one fell swoop.

Rain might come.

isn't one bait?

To be crude about it, please excuse me.

Hey, I'm legal

Keep postin ’em….

Nice, but you should Photoshop them in front of the ice plant

Englishmajor - July 23, 2009 reply

I will take that under advisement.

Zooks!

yes!

Yay Sac Fly

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

MAH MAN CUST

WOooOOoOo

RUNZ

C'mon Krosby

I do not approve of Bobby Crosby.

you're not alone

My name is Orlando Cabrera, and I approve this message

Bobby Crosby had issues with that.

shortstop of the future. and of the recent past

heh

on that note

Not sure if it was mentioned ’round here – Scutaro recorded his first 2 HR game the other day.

Steroids.

Did anyone get Susan Slusser's last twitter?

it was simply ‘veronica mars’ and that’s it.

<3

I didn’t see that.

Nice to see movement in A's dugout

I hate it when they are all sitting down

I think they had some bran muffins at the pre-game spread.

they should be sitting down then.

I thought the same thing.

…you should probably be worried.

At least they'll have secondary motivation when they get on the bases.

true,

I see it leading to trouble.

Either way, we're entertained.

Even Geren has that look on his face like he's smelling something bad.

no, that's just his face.

If he sniffs his finger, I'm losing my dinner

good god, crosby!

yay RBI single!

woot!

Booooooby!

yes!

CROZ 4 MVP

Hey!

That was surprising!

now we ALL LOVE YOU, Croz!

Until the next AB

RBI single. That's a productive night.

As long as he doesn’t mess up at 3B he’s done his job.

Uh, no.

sweeeet crosbyy

HOLY SHIT BOBBY

The A's just kill CC

Holy balls

Crosbino!

i'll be damned

HOLY CRAP CROZ

WTF?

Crosby looks like he’s worth $4.5 million recently.

Technotofu - July 23, 2009 reply

Looks can be deceiving.

Or, in Crosby’s case, a downright lie.

you posted that before he almost got picked off, right?

almost doesn't mean much.

Indeed. But it was half a joke ;-)

Technotofu - July 23, 2009 reply

let's go ma el

unicorns must bat over .250

Wooo zook, good dash to the plate!

…and I can’t stand Matt or Harold announcing on MLBnetwork….

As if watching Padres broadcasts the last few years was bad enough they had to put Matt with Harold to add insult to injury

Oh well, at least I get the game on TV :)

e36geoff - July 23, 2009 reply

how do you post a photo?

email it first to Nico

Enter a subject (just because)

Then click the little icon that looks like a tree, and enter the photo’s URL.

...and if you don't have it online,

you can put it on Photobucket and post it from there.

thanks

now don't betray our trust!

we....would have let that drop

40 pitches for C.C. already

Good news

Nice Bobby

And uh, I think they need to show the near pick-off a few more times, with more angles [/sarcasm]

Woah, when did the Yanks aquire Hinske?

When we didn't. Grrr...

4 HRs in his first 5 games for NYY. I’d like to have him.

he'd like to have you, too, big boy.

rawr.

He would make a good deck-chair rearranger.

They gave up nothing for him too.

end of June

Merci.

Mazzaro's gotta be really amped up tonight.

steroids.

haha - ARoid just got Unicorned

Holy strikeouts Vin!

yay strickout

Unicorn

ooo,

pretty.

you did good.

it's actually a t-shirt from threadless.com

hmm, well they did good.

Amazing

That's a pony with a cob of sweetcorn glued to it's head...

that's very A's-like, if you think about it.

That would be our unicorn.

It'd be lame if that was the case.

Though it is a still photo, perhaps it limps when it walks. Plus we wouldn’t stretch to glue, it’d be double sided sticky tape keeping that corn in place.

lolololol

K

nice

inVINcible!

Mazzaroworld

Sweeeeet

I love his cheering section.

Yeah Vin!

He's from that way, no?

yay strickout

Love it!

Mazzyroooo

DAMN mazzorworld 2

The REDUX?

Mazzaro

Is looking sharp tonight. I hope he keeps it up.

Now let's see...Stew pitched a no-no earlier today, right?

Go Fernando!

Screw that attention-grabbing whore!

Stew deserves his OWN day, Nando!

this game is going well so far

>knocks on wood<

Dont Jinx it

It is feast or famine with the bats being awakened

hence the knocking

The sippin' on the MGD radio commercial haunts my dreams

in an M. Night Shamaylan way

or a Terry Gilliam way?

they aught not be mentioned in the same sentance.

I agree.

But I’d wager there are people on both sides of that who feel the same way…

Why not? They're both film directors that have made both good and shockingly bad films.

I'll give him The Village-

but every thing else I’ve seen felt like I just wasted my life a little.

Sixth Sense was awesome, man.

That was him? okay I retract that last statement.

Unbreakable is ok too.

Of course Gilliam has t’Holy Grail to fall back on so he’s golden no matter what he produces.

I did not like unbreakable

I actually liked Lady In the Water better.

In a Freddy Kruger kind of way

oooo.

the MGD guy’s gutting you?

My ears and my patience

Steroids dont make great athletes?

Ask Bonds, Sosa, Palmero,Canseco, the raiders everyother team ARod. They also make you millions of $$$

Kennedy having a day off?

Or did something bad happen?

day off for AK

didn't hafta use my AK.

(had to be said)

Messed around and got a triple double

I’d just be happy for some 2 out doubles.

There's your double, but probably not what you wanted...

Make mine a double

I missed it what happened?

DP

Rajai

Not wasting time tonight

Cabrera's noticed the trading deadline is coming up so he's

put his arse into gear.

Cabrera

Keeps telling the press box he loves living in Alameda, and he hopes to stick around the area.

theres something wrong with that guy

who loves Alameda?

Alameda can be pretty awesome.

yes

meh

where 'd you come from?

I fell in love with a woman there

Janet Wright, god she was/is beautiful.

I like Alameda, pretty trees.

it's got a real different feel to it, for sure.

Thats my Moms name

Daddy??JK

^^ chuckles ^^ It's a common name, son

She grew up in Pleasanton, last I heard five years ago she was in Livermore. I hope she’s all right, Lord yes.

I think its cool

O-cab and the Misses enjoy quaint living in Alameda. They probably have some low-key victorian they enjoy. In a way I miss the Byrnes whimsical statements about living near Half-Moon-Bay

nice looking swing by ocab

O-Cab!

single master

Vinnie Looks Nasty!!

eom

That's Mr. Mazarro to you.

I'll call him Vinnie if I want to

come on, Hairston.

He's an A for sure now

DP

Hairston is so fit.

He looks a lot skinnier/more muscular than the other guys when he’s at the plate. …Maybe it’s just because he doesn’t wear a super-baggy uniform…

If you can find the rookie hazing pictures they're all pretty fit.

It’s the uniform.

ack

Sigh

I keep trying to use c-z-x on other websites.

cease zenlike xylophones?

You do that, too, eh?

I do that all the time.

sweet

bam!

woooot

Sweet

play by holliday

hahahaha

That was an amazing read off the wall by Holliday.

What the world is wrong with this ballpark?

That looked like a super shallow foul ball.

But whatever — nice play, Holliday!

Holliday

Beast

Gunned him down.

TRADE VALUE

lol that play is going to make teams must have him.

Where has this Holliday been?

Trade deadline.

I just see him as a big upward rising arrow.

But, to be fair, that’s how my ex-wife saw me.

did she quiver when you first said hello to her?

she did, but that's only because I was right on target.

probably went and saw Fletch at the theatre?

Vin is awesome.

K

Lolz

Damn this kid is deaaaalin'

e36geoff - July 23, 2009 reply

pitch count?

sorry for being lazy.

32 i think

36 now

22 for strikes

37

ok thanks ;)

lol

38

39

40

copy cat

imitation's the sincerest form of flattery.

its true

forgot to include :-)

Mazzaro is on for the home crowd

harendaman365 - July 23, 2009 reply

come get Jeter, I don't need any Jeter magic

mazzaro

looks like he’s got a really nice motion and good stuff

closetasfan - July 23, 2009 reply

I started reading Charlie O and the Angry A's today.

I just want to say one thing. Charlie O. Finley was a real jerkface.

I agree,

but wish 67M were here to give it the proper stamp.

Great book.

And yes he was.

67MARQUEZ - July 23, 2009 reply

there you go.

New thread, Bloomy.

67MARQUEZ - July 23, 2009 reply

wha...?

It's true.

67MARQUEZ - July 23, 2009 reply

Did you know that Derek Jeter is the greatest player ever

and the greatest human ever born here on Earth it’s true because a Yankee fan told me so.

I've never understood the hate for Jeter.

He’s an exceptional baseball player. Overrated, yes, but you can’t fault him for playing in a big market – it’s not his fault he gets hyped to the moon just because he plays for a media darling.

He's the most overrated player in my lifetime

I Dont know

he is pretty clutch in the playoffs……

I hate all those opposite field HR's that go 314 ft

I'm not a numbers guy,

but….he’s negative win share. Has been his whole career. He’s not that exceptional. In addition, he’s essentially cock-blocked the best SS of the last fifty years from playing his natural position, sheerly out of ego.