It’s Arabic, same as bel-Qasem. Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. Not sure how they say it in Morocco, and then it may be Frenchified from there.
because of his defense he is only slightly less valuable this year. Kennedy is going to ask for Ellis money and a couple of years. Ellis in the past 3 years has far outperformed Kennedy.
It’s worth noting that Kennedy…doesn’t, but hits RHP pretty well. Starting Ellis most everyday, but giving Kennedy a bunch of starts at 2B against RHP, might make some sense.
It’s still over.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
iglew - July 27, 2009
woof.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
Where have you been, sir?
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
meeting.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
This was you during the meeting.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
you spying on me, kid?
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
I, uh, no.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Meeting?
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
the kind where they serve coffee and hand out chips.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
Coffee and chips? That’s a bad combo, no?
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
depends.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
def. a bad sign.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
Bloomy!
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
hullo!
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
Hi darling!
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
what's hap-pen-ning?
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
We're about to start a rally.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
woot!
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
Be our good luck charm, baby.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
iglew - July 27, 2009
c'est moi?
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
oui!
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
Spacieux!
iglew - July 27, 2009
Hey baby.
mikev - July 27, 2009
I see we're doing as good as we always are this year.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
Yeah, we're doing outstanding
The A’s are losing though.
mikev - July 27, 2009
I blame LB and ZF for their non-appearances.
mikev - July 27, 2009
ahem,
I said, woof.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
Hello sports fans!
whats happening? A’s scored runs I see. Victory!
Future Ed - July 27, 2009
We gave up four times as many.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Math is hard
Victory!
Future Ed - July 27, 2009
damn that sounded like a hard hit ball
Lefty73 - July 27, 2009
Allons, enfants!
iglew - July 27, 2009
Who that is?
BleedGreen - July 27, 2009
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
She was in today’s DLD.
iglew - July 27, 2009
Right.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Left, actually.
iglew - July 27, 2009
I see what you did there.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
When i can learn hwo to say that
I’ll be fairly happy but anyways
YUM.
BleedGreen - July 27, 2009
I don't know how they pronounce the third name.
It’s Arabic, same as bel-Qasem. Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. Not sure how they say it in Morocco, and then it may be Frenchified from there.
iglew - July 27, 2009
There is only one god.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
and she created
Najat.
BleedGreen - July 27, 2009
but He has a hundred names
iglew - July 27, 2009
My best guess:
nah-zhah vah-yo bel-kah-seem
(with a tightly rounded “o” and equal stress on all syllables)
iglew - July 27, 2009
:: Nods. ::
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
< imagines Valerie Allain saying it >
< thud >
iglew - July 27, 2009
tasteful, small
Future Ed - July 27, 2009
What’s her name again?
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
NVB
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
She’s a socialist.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
If we take the lead during this inning,
Beckett gets the loss, right?
iglew - July 27, 2009
um, sure.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
The same way Gio got the win last Monday right?
Future Ed - July 27, 2009
No, just FYI, because the go-ahead run would not have been charged to Beckett.
Nico - July 27, 2009
he was joking, no?
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
Oh.
Well, in that case, may as well wait till the 9th to come back.
iglew - July 27, 2009
OK, this is awkward...Beckett can't come back once he's left the game.
Nico - July 27, 2009
I think he meant that we should wait until the ninth for a comeback.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
I think I actually knew that but was trying to be deadpanly "funny"
Nico - July 27, 2009
I always fail.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Don't worry -- you just need to know one basic principle:
Always assume I’m not serious. Especially with my baseball analysis.
Nico - July 27, 2009
I will try.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
I was kidding. Seriously.
Nico - July 27, 2009
I knew it.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
No, that time I was serious. I'm kidding.
Nico - July 27, 2009
You can’t fool me!
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
when I heard the Sox announcers say
“we will take it (those two runs) anyway we can get it”
as if they freaking needed it! $^
$%%@ak_A - July 27, 2009
did Korach just say there's been a trade?
I know Garko just got traded to the Giants, but I’m assuming — if I heard right – that Korach would be referring to the A’s
OaklandSi - July 27, 2009
(holds breath)
ak_A - July 27, 2009
you can exhale now
OaklandSi - July 27, 2009
turns purple
DaPorts! - July 27, 2009
they are referring to the Garko trade
OaklandSi - July 27, 2009
Oh.
Who’d they give up?
mikev - July 27, 2009
Zito
HAHAHAHA
sorry.
BleedGreen - July 27, 2009
LHP prospect Scott Barnes and PTBNL
OaklandSi - July 27, 2009
That “player to be named later” could be Jonathan Sanchez, no?
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
I kind of doubt it, but I guess anything is possible
OaklandSi - July 27, 2009
That's what Kevin Garnett says.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
“Nothing is impossible.”
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
mlb.com trade rumors now saying there's no PTBNL
Garko for Barnes straight up
OaklandSi - July 27, 2009
Pathetic.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Sabean had the balls to pull the lever on a deal?
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Seriously???
mikev - July 27, 2009
Thats it...
Giants win the series right!!! ;)
BleedGreen - July 27, 2009
Swing and a miss
DaPorts! - July 27, 2009
As usual
Trainman - July 27, 2009
"easy cheese" not for cust
ak_A - July 27, 2009
Oh Kust...
jakebmill - July 27, 2009
Zooks almost got fooled
DaPorts! - July 27, 2009
OK, soccer time.
See you fools later.
OAH, if ZF shows up make sure to give her a great, big, long, sensual hug for me. Thanks.
mikev - July 27, 2009
I’ll give her a great, big, long, sensual hug for you.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Wrong girl, Mikey.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
come on kurt battle away
Lefty73 - July 27, 2009
Runs!
DaPorts! - July 27, 2009
Singular.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Hit IT Sweeney!!
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
i will be a monkeys uncle if he does not k or pop
ak_A - July 27, 2009
(calls nephew, who I consider a primate)
ak_A - July 27, 2009
We’ll give you that one.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
You’d like that.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
you know it
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
Sweeney almost got killed
DaPorts! - July 27, 2009
Woo, Swooney!
iglew - July 27, 2009
why is he swooney?
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
He’ll make you say “ooh!”
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
i like that
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
Me too.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
I’ll make you say “ooh” more than he will.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Give her the "oh" face
DaPorts! - July 27, 2009
Because he's so gorgeous!
Sweeney=Swooney.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
that’s what i was thinking
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
maybe we can get another run or 6 in this inning
Lefty73 - July 27, 2009
Perhaps.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
unsatisfying
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
That’s what she said.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
lets hope not
DaPorts! - July 27, 2009
I know.
Sigh.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
the anti-Snickers.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
Unicorn fail
DaPorts! - July 27, 2009
La licorne manqué
iglew - July 27, 2009
i'm shutting it down and taking a bike ride in the 100 degree heat
taking the bar exam starting tomorrow and freaking out
good luck…let’s get a comeback…or at least make them pitch papelbon
Jpwest76 - July 27, 2009
good luck!
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
Best of luck to you!!
swishergirl510 - July 27, 2009
rots of ruck!
ak_A - July 27, 2009
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Least they can do.
Good luck!
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
No matter how you slice it...
It’s pretty pathetic to score two of your three runs on outs. Why can’t the A’s hit de’ ball?
Flamethrower - July 27, 2009
Ellis has been absolutely horrendous the past few years... ugg
cyke17 - July 27, 2009
Hopefully
AK signs for second next year
Trainman - July 27, 2009
I doubt it.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Seriously... I'd way rather have AK play second than Ellis.
cyke17 - July 27, 2009
This is the wrong answer
Future Ed - July 27, 2009
Totally, Cause Ellis is sooo much better
pfft.
cyke17 - July 27, 2009
ellis is signed already
because of his defense he is only slightly less valuable this year. Kennedy is going to ask for Ellis money and a couple of years. Ellis in the past 3 years has far outperformed Kennedy.
Future Ed - July 27, 2009
Right...
2007 = .276
2008 = .233
2009 = .218
He’s awesome.
cyke17 - July 27, 2009
Ellis hits LHP very well
It’s worth noting that Kennedy…doesn’t, but hits RHP pretty well. Starting Ellis most everyday, but giving Kennedy a bunch of starts at 2B against RHP, might make some sense.
Nico - July 27, 2009
Well, he batted .317 against LHP in 2007... but since then
he’s been .176 in 2008 and .209 this year. He’s actually hitting RHP better than LHP this year… but that’s not saying much.
cyke17 - July 27, 2009
Like I said
we need all the offense we can get next year and while Ellis’s lack of offense could get by on the Yankees, it cannot for us.
Trainman - July 27, 2009
Yeah...
Ellis has been pretty bad. He would sure look nice on a contender though. I hope for his sake…
Flamethrower - July 27, 2009
maybe as a late inning defensive replacment
cyke17 - July 27, 2009
that was nice!
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
That’s what — I give up.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
yes i said it
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
I knew it.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
A's Victory Pack....
really?
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
Somehow, yeah, it does exist.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Crosby didn’t take long.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
twss
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
It's also what one AN poster said.
Nico - July 27, 2009
Hey!
There’s LTF!
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
LongTimeFan on the tv, yo!
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
Last chance for rally Najat!
(please don’t ban me)
iglew - July 27, 2009
You won’t get banned if we win tonight.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
whew, well in that case I'm safe....
iglew - July 27, 2009
she looks malnourished
Lefty73 - July 27, 2009
She looks pretty good to me.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
shed look better
on me.
BleedGreen - July 27, 2009
You boys are incorrigible.
I post a French politician with all her clothes on, and you’re still making porno star out of her.
iglew - July 27, 2009
Its how they roll.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
I am not ashamed.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
No blame,
boys will be boys.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
And when I say "incorrigible" I say
“ang-kuh-rree-zhee-bluh” with a big nasty uvular R.
iglew - July 27, 2009
zut alors!
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
Knock it off, you!
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
Did she say a bad word?
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
i’m not supposed to be speaking french
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
mais pourquoi non?
iglew - July 27, 2009
You're not helping.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
ou est la franettra?
Future Ed - July 27, 2009
ooops sorry i forgot
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
Let's stick together, K?
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
my bad
OakA'sHoney - July 27, 2009
< imagines lynnzgal and OakA’sHoney stuck together >
iglew - July 27, 2009
That’s a wonderful image.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Not like that yous!
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
I’m innocent.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
I'm not.
iglew - July 27, 2009
You started it.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Iglew is, um, healthy.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
She certainly is a petite mignonette.
iglew - July 27, 2009
bah. bad A's.
no doughnut.
Leopold Bloom - July 27, 2009
I have some.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
No soup for us!
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
finally
ak_A - July 27, 2009
Maybe...
A’s coaches and scouts need to hang around those playgrounds with glazed donuts and hot chocolates to find the real ballplayers.
Flamethrower - July 27, 2009
Oh, Mindy.
Everyone does well against us.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
I wish we could replace her with Jaymee Sire. She’s awesome.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Cool, I just found the cleaning cloth for my glasses.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Holliday, is that you?
Nico - July 27, 2009
When I play baseball with my friends, I am Matt Holliday.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
I wear glasses.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
Likewise.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
And, trust me,
that whole fallacy is bogus.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
Are you calling Miss Parker a liar?
iglew - July 27, 2009
I AM!
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
That whole what?
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
fallacy =/= phallusy
iglew - July 27, 2009
Nice.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
I’m so lost.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Guys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
Why not?
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Not sexy enough?
No idea.
lynnzgal - July 27, 2009
Lexi looks sexy in her pink glasses. She only wears them in class, though, since they’re just for reading and writing I guess.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
How weird would it be
If Lexi knew you were talking about her on a internet message board?
Orodawg - July 27, 2009
I never thought about that.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Maybe she reads AN
And that’s why she’s just not that into you…
=O
Orodawg - July 27, 2009
I don’t even think she spends time on the Internet. She doesn’t even have one of these. Her parents are overprotective, so I’m sure that’s why.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Wow
I mean sure I deleted mine and only use facebook now, but still. I had one in like 7th grade.
Orodawg - July 27, 2009
FP sounds pissed
cyke17 - July 27, 2009
Yawn.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
pissed he's not a superstar?
Future Ed - July 27, 2009
Zing.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
Ahhhh.... Zinger indeed from internet superstars.
cyke17 - July 27, 2009
Word.
Rated-R Superstar - July 27, 2009
GAME RECAP IS UP
For what it’s worth.
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/7/27/965143/its-a-strickout-fest-in-beantown
Flashfire - July 27, 2009
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