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Open Thread: Game 100 - A's at Red Sox (cont)

The first inning got its own thread; it's only fair that the ninth does as well.

A's clinging to a three-run lead as Breslow retired David Ortiz as the tying run after the defense did Ziggy no favors.

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"Reggie Jersey Magic"
Ok

What have I missed so far?

Here goes......

AK leadoff HR

Sweeney FC RBI
Davis bases clearing double
Lowell 3 Run HR
Zukes HR
Patterson 2 RBI Double
Pop up gives us collective heart attack......
  • Kennedy hit a solo home run to start the game on the first pitch.
  • Sweeney brought home Cabrera on a fielder’s choice in the first.
  • Davis hit a bases-clearing double in the first.
  • Suzuki hit a solo home run to lead-off the fifth.
  • Patterson hit a two-run double in the fifth inning.
Just had to check if I still had a pulse
good thing your a doctor
Was that the scariest popup EVER or what!??!?

The announcers were so calm!

that's b/c they don't actually watch the game.

they were distracted by some dibs or something.

Zomg DIBS

I'm confused....are _these_ the ice cream of the future?
No

That was Dippin’ Dots

I've always wondered what a future society would look like...

…in which Dippin’ Dots really had replaced ice cream.

Hard to imagine, really.

You haven't seen Sleeper?
It's going to be koogat
The amazing frozen product that can't melt

Because it has so many chemicals in it. Yummy.

OMG a picture in a thread

hide me i’m scared.

TW--

( dies )

bANned
I am really tired of that one

Sorry. That was more of a “I don’t like it anymore” post.

Ah.

I take it back then ;)

I haven't seen the Rolo ones before

And labelled for Canada, yet!

Gettin ready for the series V Toronto?
With glowing heart
They deserve something with those crazy gas prices
your favorite player, (non A's) is in at SS
Standard po-poo!
Zukes is hilarious with that whiff
Let's close out this beast
Wow, the air went out of Fenway in a hurry

And I love it.

Over the top, nuts!

That’s a mean peanut.

Wow

Cust 1-1 Single, 3 BB. Love the guy.

Cust now 1-1 single, 4BB

What I find amusing

is that the only time he made an out is when he got a hit.

Havent seen a cust shot in awhile
Sweeney, you know what I want you to do please

I think I have an idea.

keep hitting well like he has been lately?
get a base hit?
4 walks? Holy crap
4 walks for Cust

Jack’s back?

Jack's Jack SO BB or a K
4 BB. Dayum.
that is not normal
Update on the 1929 tickets

The first time I tried, they had removed the Plaza Reserve option. But after reading that others were able to access those seats, I gave it another go and was able grab 3 seats + fees for less than 5 bucks. Very nice.

But in keeping with the 1929 theme....

…you’ll only be admitted to the park if you’re white.

and if it's after labor day, no white shirts... straw hat optional
WOW, I should be offended but that was slightly funny
Someone, somewhere,

will be offended.

Can we have a FanPost about it?
gmta
Sorry. I only write the party posts.

Fluff, y’know.

You should write a post on it.
Well, that will do pig!

Everidge is the only guy without a hit tonight.

I hope he changes that, right now!
damn sweeney I might have to actually start liking u
SWEENEY HATERS?

Im calling you out daily it seems……..

That means Sweeney is producing……

RECOGNIZE!!

no hate here

He could hit .130 and you wouldn’t hate him.

hehe
at .130, I don't consider that "hitting"

but rf really does belong to someone else

yea but Aaron won't need it until next year
They know who they are
i put my hateraide down for now
The lack of power is the only thing to hate

now that he is no longer playing CF

He is just fine in center though.........
Not really what you want long-term
Why not?

If he continues to develop and hits 10-20 hrs a year I say hes perfect…..

Folks are already doen on him, but he has shown continued improvement in all aspects, including defensively.

(See catch at Tex)

except no increase in power
I'm still scared of that popup

I REALLY thought that was dropping. Would be so something we would do.

There’s always the ninth.

-10000000000000
Maybe we've turned a new leaf

This is the last-week-in-July-getting-ready-for-Rickey-Day- A’s

Ugh

Consecutive grounders.

the circus is coming to town...
Well, Pam.

I guess Green got a talkin’ to.

Ellis has left a lot of runners stranded tonight.

I like this girl better than

the Audrina commercial

Wno knew you had so much in common with Salman Rushdie?
Who?
Oh, noes.
Got something against Padme?
No, he didn't know Mr. Rushdie.
I know the Satanic verses quite well

but never memorized the refrain.

She is smoking hot!

Im not big on females shoveling greasy ass food into their slop lockers though.

sippin on MGD aww shit my fav commercial
hi pals

Just tuning in the 9th, smo-kin on some pur-ple and saying GO A’s!!!

'Scuse me, while I kiss this fly!
I was really impressed with how they maintained their composure

Often times after a play like that, in Boston especially, things unravel rather quickly, so I was pretty excited how we got out of it with only the 1 run scoring.

Wow.....

The new CJs girl is amazingly beautiful

Whomever gave me the heads up to

Pliny by the bottle, I owe you one!!!

damn, bottom of the ninth

against the ticking hit-runs-red-sox-bomb with our shaky handed A’s trying to cut the blue wire to defuse it.

The Red Wire

Cut the Red Wire

I'm confused, shut-up, I can't think, wipe my brow now!
I like that Southwest commercial

with the ‘bags fly free’ note. Cute.

rated-r you're on 1st base?
why do that to the boy?

For the record, I’ve been to second.

on the Internet?

No, it was on my bed with a female.

I swear.

But got thrown out trying for 3rd?

No, I was more like just stranded in scoring position.

aren't you bobby crosby?
I am Spartacus!
NEGATIVE!

I am Spartacus

that's mean

to RRS or BoCro I don’t know

he declared it himself

Bailey....don't make this interesting now!
He looks a little tired lately........

not as much snap on that cutter….

Bailey making this K Rod interesting
oh crap again
I'm scared.

Hold me.

Fear is the mind killer, fear is the mind killer, fear is the mind killer
fuck me.
wha?
It's my favorite swear phrase, okay?

I have a bad feeling about this sitch.

oh I know, dear.
Dude!
SWEAR PHRASE.

Sure.

*IF* I was gonna ask

I certainly wouldn’t ask here.

I don’t blame you.

sheesh
LOL.

Did I offend you?

maybe a little. lol
You offended every decent man on AN

that’s my job

you do it fairly well

why thank you

pleasure

You’d like to do that to her.

duh

Well, at least you didn’t deny it.

women, too.

we’re all about being inclusive here. equal opportunity.

How the hell do I know if they're decent?
really you can't tell?
You all are indecent.
But they are here.

Which makes them somewhat decent.

Alright...partial credit for that.
When did you get here?

Do you have mikev tied up in your basement?

Yes. He's in serious trouble for last night's thread.
you said it sista
You have some redeeming qualities, yes.
They're not.
don't I know it, sister.
Not a good start

how about a K

Grrr....

Great play by Kennedy.

Too bad the Garden Gnome is fast.

I lol'ed @ the throw
Hey, can't fault the effort.

But yeah, it barely cleared the mound.

Here we go...
Oh dear...keep the postive vibes comin folks, come on!
Just setting up the triple play?
Regular old DP would be fine here
I'd be happy with one out

I’d also be very happy to see Youkillis get hit in the ass…

but he just K’ed so I’ll take that too!!!

Why so much drama?

I HATE drama

Not a TNT fan?
I'm a....

Must See TV kinda guy

just a matter of time and one meat-ball
In honor of the venue, I think one codfish ball
I really wish i had a couch to hide behind
ughh, this really is a grind it out game
DRAMA DRAMA

Old situations,
New complications,
Nothing portentous or polite;
Tragedy tomorrow,
Comedy tonight!

Youk do something usefull

GIDP please

come on A's do it for this guy

Rally Banjo guy?
We're number one!
Nice to see he made the trip to Cooperstown.
FU YOUK!!!!!
HUGE out...not even close to done yet!
Sombrero for Puke
Siddown, Youk!
Big K by Bailey
Youkillis is wearing the giant SOMBRERO!!
Um I think its called the Silver Sombrero with 4 strikeouts.....
From Wiki
In baseball, golden sombrero is a slang term used to describe a player’s inglorious feat of striking out four times in a single game.

But platinum IS 5 K’s. Not too many of those in BB History

It has been a terrible night for Youkilis.

Nothing could be bettah!
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Grab. Some. Pine. Meat.
STFD

4 K’S FOR YOUK

Youk

Hey, cueball- is that 4 K’s now?

Unh!!

Gotta be a good game when Youkilis K’s 4 times!!

i can no longer follow this thread it's off the hook

The “Z” key is your friend.

what does that do?

Reads the comment, scrolls you down.

It’ll take you through the new comments as they come in.

He is going to be cussing himself out in his sleep tonight

he he he he

C'mon Bailey

Help out that ROY campaign of yours

Yeah

I'm having flashbacks from the first games of the season....
Is the League figuring bailey out?
I wonder if he's just wearing donw
He's still got juice

not “the juice”, but the kid thorws heat.

Bay stckout

Scratch last comment

I was thinking the same thing

Let’s hope not

Is this right?

3Ks = Silver Sombrero
4Ks = Golden Sombrero
5Ks = Platnum Sombrero

I think 4 K's and you get a golden shower after the game
Gotta be 0-fors

0-4 4Ks is Golden, I don’t think 0-3 3K is anything

Here's the derivation and a little history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_sombrero

Finish him off.

I was looking for a Mortal Combat graphic.

Word to the wise: do NOT do a Google Image search on “finish him off” with Safe Search off!

i'm scared

hold me travis/ryan

They are not here

will I do?

wait, *now* you're selective? boo.
yay strickout
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
K # 2

one more please

OOOOOH KKKKKK
ONE MORE!!!!

C’mon Bailey…don’t give in!

Bailey

is going to strike out the last out!!!

Oh crap Mike Lowell.
One more

thos e do not look very tasty

imnso

Yesss

One more Bailey. Shut these guys up

Dammit Bailey!

That was a shitty 0-2 pitch.

Bailey should never, ever throw the breaking pitch

I don’t know how many he has thrown that have been tagged but it seems every run he has given up of late is on that pitch

Good Win
]

The 0-2 pitch to Lowell was a hanging cutter

Horrible pitch, but the pitch selection wasn’t the issue there.

Gaaaah

0-2 Strikes. AHHH

Sweeney's got no D.

Never realized what a terrible arm he has and he had no business going for that ball in CF.

Damn!!!

mistake on 0-2

Bad Bailey

Shit

I hate when the winning run comes to the plate….

that was not a good pitch
Shit!

That’s alll, just Shit!

Crap. Hung that one.

Well, at least it was just a single.

We're lucky it was.
Oh man...we're lucky it's not tied!

That was an 0-2 hanger!

this one's on our outfielders, if we loose.
Cant give guys like Lowell hangers.....

quite frankly we got lucky right there……

How slow do you have to be when the back up catcher pinch runs for you?

His hip is probably still hurting.

Fuck

Drew+Short Right field=scary

Struck him out!! 2 outs
LETS go A'ssssssssssssssssssssssssss
shit shit shit shit shit
Those aren't missing by much...
BAILEY CELEBRATION!!!!

The delay on that call would piss me off too......
thank jeebus
Most emotional 2 games of season?
2 in a row against Boston,

FUCK YEAH!

Whew

Good game boys. Scared me though.

VICTORY!!!!!!11111!!!!!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IRISH CARBOMBS FOR ALL!!!
Nice play Cros!

SOLID WIN A’S!

OH YES YES YES!!!!!!
glad you liked it

I’m good, huh?

we need to do something with you
tranquilizer?
perfect

Mikev already threatened to sew my mouth shut.

a little harsh

kinky, where is mike?

I think he’s in ZigFan’s basement.

go get him

He is currently tied up

oh really?

I know YOU approve!

Mikev tied up is a fantasy of hers. Of course, it involves her.

We're all tied up!

Wait, no. Yay!

love
I feel pretty!
as well you should
Sweet boy!

TY!

it's a hug-fest tonight.

:-)

Give hugs and not drugs!

Now there's a good mantra!
Drop pants, not bombs?
you do make quite a pair, i admit
Affirmative.

I think he’s out to get me.

why?

I made some comments toward ZigFan and he’s not happy.

everyone is fair game here

ZigFan said she’d break me, though.

Ummm, no.
I was wondering who would respond to that.

Jus’ playin. ;-)

No you weren't.

I’m way taken, don’t you know.

Yeah..I meant

we’re all fair game in terms of flirting

I usually only try to do that with OakA’sHoney, though.

good question
I was going to say "not enough," but ok.

very satisfying

can I have a sandwich now?

Make your own sandwich.

i’ll have the sweeney-buck on a french roll please

They've been traded for a sandwich pick. That ok?
Just the pick, or an atcual sandwich?
You get to pick the sandwich or your nose, but not both
Easy choice,

awful pun!

oh, then I'll have a bite of yours

sandwich, I mean

Hey, you’re the making sandwiches around here.

Hard or soft?
Oh, hellz ya!
IKR?
I wouldn't kick them out of bed.
not in any lifetime

what’s ikr?

I know, right?

oh yea a buck -sweeney combo is enought to make me …i’m not sure what the words are

none needed

it’s all in my head

I’m envisioning what she’s doing thinking of it.

that will be later tonight

There are no words.
Nice win.

Too much nail biting in the 8th and 9th, but I’ll take it.

thank you!!!!
Can I look?

HEY…celebrate good times…meh

Game over!

How does it feel Sux? Like losing two in a row to a last place team?

Nice little Bunny Bo-Cro.

Winz!

Awesome!

2 in a row!

That's the Ball Game!!!

Nice win by the Green & Gold!

GAME OVER
Dude.

Where are our fireworks?

I do love beating them Beantown Badboys.
A's lead season series, 5-4
I love the sound of that.
If the A's win tomorrow and the Red Sox miss the playoffs

by 1 or 2 games, it will totally carry me through the off season

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Imagine that

Tomorrow the Red Sox play for the split!

I thought it would be us.

whooohoooooooooo
Celebrate good times, come on!
Wooohoo, oooh, oooh!

Tomorrow, we get Jon Lester and his career ERA is 4.64 against the A’s with a .295 BAA in seven career starts.

Kurt looks very happy

He’s just from Hawaii.

I adore him!
he really is all kinds of awesome
The A's led after every pitch tonight.

Had Drew HRed, of course, the Red Sox would only not have trailed after one pitch tonight.

That could also have been the outcome

if he’d just lofted a fly ball to the warning track in right-center field.

Especially if each of them had left a "Garry Hancock" imprint in the wall.
That would have been a fascinating sort of baseball palindrome but...

I’m much happier things turned out the way they did.

Yeah. If palindromes were all that, Mark Salas would have been a better player.
What would Anderson have to do

to win ROY? Who are the contenders here?

Why dont the A's have a Capn

like those douches Boston and Yanks

Couldn't afford the C's for the unis.
because when a player gets good enough to be catpn

they leave via free agency or trade :(

You just answered your own question.
I meant Varitek and Jeter

are Douches

I didn’t know that the Yankees had a “C” for Jeter’s jersey.

....and a "NRY" for ARoid's!

(didn’t they not have a captain for years in honor of Munson?)

they don't

Jeter said he didn’t want one

The A's don't need C's
But a B- SS prospect is another matter!
Jubilance!

seriously.

Seriousness!

jubilantly.

O/T

Det is kicking Tex ass 13-4

Ha ha ha ha

I want the Rangers to win so that the Angels don’t make the playoffs.

why is that good?
Im rooting for Tex

Better then slegna’s

I would rather Tex win then slengA too

but I like it when our foes get the crap kicked out of them

So sue me

FP Santangelo just declared his man crush on Suzuki!!

I declared mine a long time ago.

man crushes are hot!

I don’t find him attractive, mind you.

Right there with you!

I am going to go eat pizza now.

night

I am out also

night all

Me too.

Night, darlings!

this team

has begun to hit 3 months too late. but great win nonetheless. Go A’s.

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