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After an emotional standing ovation from the crowd at Fenway (who brought Nomar--and a lot of spectators--to tears), we head into the fourth inning. Despite their baserunners, the A's haven't scored, and Anderson has kept Boston of the board, as well.

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Apparently I'm not the only one who thought that was a HR.

The “Solo home run” graphic popped up briefly on CSN…

Awesome bunt! Shoulda been an All Star…

Hey, that's fun!
your radio stop crying

or should we send Father Joey over?

haha, awesome.

I think it’s okay now.

that's good.

he’s really not much of a priest, but he’s a hell of a drunk.

Whazzat?

(Hic)

nothing, father. Never mind.

Hey, where you going with that altar boy?!

The Lord works in mysterious ways

Especially between the hours of 5-6 Pacific.

C'mon Nomar!
is that his first hit since being on the DL?
Think he has a double or two
hm, must have missed those

Youkilis had to eat it.

There you go, Nomar!

Yay Nomars!!!!
(hugs new thread)
Least we can't get shut out
come on Cust, do something other than.....
Off topic (local affairs division)

is anyone going (or has anyone been yet) to the alameda county fair?

THERE IS PIG RACING

aw damn.

I’d be there.

If I lived, you know, within a couple thousand miles or so.

I saw pig racing at the Marin County Fair yesterday

fun but hokey.

Pamela Hamderson

I was watching a different sort of racing yesterday.

did it suck as much as Oldham told you it would?
I think he's probably just pissed because Toseland SUCKS.

But no, not at all. This is my 3rd time going in the last 5 years. It’s fucking AWESOME.

Damn, Cust is down 0-2 in the count.

The other three get hits on 3 pitches

and this clown goes down on 3

Pathetic

I bet Red Sox fans really hate Lugo.

Well, that really wasn’t Lugo’s fault.

I apologize.

unicorn runs are magical.
(hugs new thread again)
....

{thread starts to get the wrong idea about relationship with BBG…}

Yeah, we're having an affair.

Is it that obvious?

don't buy a gun, BBG.
Oh , boo...

Too soon

close friends with Steve, were you?
Nope, just dont think it's in good taste is all.
so time passing makes it in better taste?
If it weren't for bad taste

I’d have no taste at all

I was actually waiting for that...

…am I the only one who is morbidly curious about the rest of that story?

he was having an affair,

and probably tried to break it off. She shot him. VERY little doubt.

Maybe she was an A's fan
I could see that.

Especially after Saturday night’s game…

But she didn't miss.
Hmmm, an A's fan would have...

That bit the Red Sox in the butt pretty hard!

BIG DOUBLE DADDY UNICORN !!!
A splitter that didn't split

Good Ellis

3-0

Lovin this thread

i can't take prosperity - thinking of dropping a load off at

the salvation army van tonight, after this.

Mark Ellis is a solid dude.
Good baserunning by Sweeney and base coaching by Gallego
Sweeney really smoked that ball to left center...wow!
zomg latent power
I mean Eliis...whoops!

Nice job, Kennedy!

The hell is going on tonight
the A's are playing like their a real baseball team.....
wa score another one....yeehaw!
So many runs! I'm not really sure how to react to this.
Kaopectate?
Then the Charmin extra soft
greedy....want more!
RUNS!
PLAYOFFS!!!111

sorry, I bought those in bulk at the beginning of the year, and I have to use them up before the end of the season

What's happening here

It feels weird to watch but I like it.

And a stolen base, too

My oh my

Why isn't Hairston playing?

He arrived just 40 minutes before the game started.

Can he pinch hit?
Yes, he could.
didn't arrive soon enough before start
Who left the 25 man roster?
Buck.
Hah. Beat me to it.
It's because you spent that extra 10 seconds expressing rage.
Buck.

>rage<

So by symmetry

Hairston will be called up, and not play.

just got into town.

has to be briefed on how to suck properly.

get issued foam pad for bench, paper-back selections, etc.
Maybe he didn't have an infielders glove...

1. Hit into double plays whenever possible (strike out when no runners are on)
2. Appear not to care about the game or the A’s or life in general
3. Run over an infielder at least once a week (preferably more often)

Let me guess.

1 is O-Cab, 2 is Holliday, 3 is Cust.

4. Manual on how to induce injuries
get one of those for TM.

Maybe he can work backward…

Please give one to OCab

(i’m not serious)

PXP for Pam - big inning edition

Giambi double to the wall (almost a HR). Suzuki bunt single, Giambi advances. Nomar single, Giambi scores. (All three hits on first pitch.) Cust strikes out. Sweeney ground ball, Nomar out at 2nd. Ellis double, both runs score. Kennedy base hit, Ellis scores. Kennedy steals 2nd. O-Cab pop out.

A’s lead, 4-0. BBG lauded for excellent new-thread mojo.

Been a while for that mojo!
oh. and BBG's sleeping with the thread.
Hi, I'm Thread.

Wait wat?

and he forgot his Underoos!
Anderson and the late 90s

Is he still living in the late ’90s?

Heck, I'm still living in the late '70s.
Could you pick me up a Foghat concert tee?
Sigh. It's always such a shame

when bad things happen to homophobic a-holes.

So let’s see, so far: a bunt single, a SB, a hit-and-run, and two doubles high off the wall. Me likey!!!!

I'm not homophobic :-X
Smoltz is a homophobe?
My question exactly...
Nico, I am blissfully ignorant of which

players are homophobic assholes. Please don’t spoil it for me.

I'm not gonna go looking for it, but if it's public knowledge, I'd rather know than not know.
Yeah, he has made his, er, position clear in the past
Geren was talking to Hairston

Im hoping that Geren is not talking hitting with him.

He's giving him pointers.....get it? Ha!
Hard to argue with that half inning

Let’s see some more good pitching, now…

when bad things happen to homophobic a-holes.

huh?

did they really send buck back down?
no.

(I’m a contratrian)

(and a liar)

I'm not totally sure, but maybe.
Rivercats manager has on his desk a lazer carved

saying – The Buck Stops Here, Frequently.

I recently finished reading the original Moneyball script

and am now reminded of when they talk about how Youkilis shakes his butt in his batting stance…

thanks for that visual.
Meanwhile, Anderson is pitching a beauty.....
He's schooling the old guy.
He's showing confidence, great control, and using a grip of pitches.

I’m freakin’ impressed, man.

Oh of course I'm impressed.
since we're winning, i may have to go home early and catch the game :))
That was my last PXP post tonight

because I assume Pam is in her car listening to the radio by now.

she hasn't been very vocal...

oh, wait, she’s at work…

Oh well, just one more:

Bottom of the 4th: Anderson strikes out the side.

whoa, nice inning
Awesome, Brett.
Not that I have anything against the guy personally

but I find it very amusing that Ortiz is terrible now

I find it amusing because he's a Boston player.

and that Red Sux Hype Machine makes people Ortiz is sooo much better than all those other DH-only players.

exactly my point
Ortiz is gone.....Anderson K's the side!
STFD Popup.
as in Big Pappup?
Yes. His name is Big Popup.
Who slipped strikeout juice into the A's pitching staff of late?

I LIKE IT!!!!

Canseco lurking in the shadows?
That's what the bartender always sold me in my salad days.
Liking BA's big game mentality..
Smoltz starting to get bent out of shape...I love it!
So much for the old canard

that umpires give a more generous zone to veterans than to rookies.

He probably feels sorry for us
Did anyone say where Dallas is going?
it's not known yet.
no word yet....but it's personal.
Ahh..okay, thanks.
Holliday

Psst, trade him plz.

Um, yes...
so.

where the hell’s my pizza?!

I am surprised that wasn’t a strike.

I'm happy for Bailey,

but I really think Suzuki should have won the honor.

Fuck that, he needs 4 days off.
the honor, but not the work
Or you know, 1,

I’m looking at you Bob Geren

We should change your SN to "Suzuki's Knees"!
Why, just because he is 2 for 3 today

and better than most of the catcher in the league?

oh. never mind

And by 'most of the catchers in the league'

you mean all except the two that are on the All-Star team.

Suzuki leads all catchers in doubles, stolen bases and is second amongst catchers in runs and hits. Also, his fielding percentage is tied for the top spot.

Not to mention his batting average is FAR superior to that of Bailey
Off to dinner

Go A’s, keep pouring it on.

whatcha having?
your pizza. I gave him 2 slices.
next year, he will be an All Star
Saag's commercials make me unjustifiably happy.
Saag's commercials with the A's leading the Red Sox

Make me exponentially giddy

Saags atomic hots make me happy

until I hit the WC

holy strikeouts Brett
5 straight K's
Damn, Anderson is nasty tonight!
WTF? FOUR RUNS?!?

Garciaparra drove in Giambi after Suzuki bunted for a hit to get him to third.

Then, Ellis hit a two-run double.

After that, Kennedy’s single scored Ellis.

Nice! And I missed it all.
Where were you!?
Um, working and driving home.

Sorry ’bout that.

Yeah, well...don't let it happen again
I PXPed for you

big inning here

Beautiful!

I was trying to tell you when I was leaving work and then my computer froze up. It was a sign.

WTF

and by WTF I mean What the FUC! GO BRETT!

Brett Anderson inspires hope for this sorry team's future
He's so in the zone tonight....brighter times ahead for our boys.
OT: Milton Bradley is starting to hit well.

Happy for him, of course.

I'm not.

That team is a possible Holliday suitor if Milton continues to piss the organization off and not hit.

Yeah true.

But we’re also at 9 games before the Cubs are paying him 12MM for 2012. If there isn’t a deal soon, its not happening. Although I do want them to stay in the Holliday bidding, so yeah. I’m not happy.

He’s still a below replacement level player, kind of like Giambi is for the A’s. Except he’s like making 4 times as much.

I broke the head off my Milton Bobble head the other day.

I am going to take credit for his new found hitting prowess.

Anderson doing really well

particuraly with changing speeds. Fastball has ranged from 85 to 95, and his curve is getting swing and misses

all of his pitches are getting swings and misses!
curve in particular

but damn, this version of Brett Anderson’s unhittable

Get jammed, get a hit.

Great.

C'mon Brett...you can do this.
Anderson: My official man crush!
Gets him with 97 in the gun
7 k's bitches!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We need an Anderson K graphic
It will look like a blood splatter sample from Dexter...
I love K pics

but I get pretty pissed when people stop doing them! seems to be bad karma when people stop

I like them when they're K's

or some other interesting icon. But not when it’s a picture of the guy’s face.

Question for you folks

Gameday regularly lists Anderson’s FB at 95+ MPH. I seem to recall the scouting report saying he worked in the upper 80s and lower 90s. Is he really throwing that hard?

yes he is by all accounts.
Well that's fairly awesome

He was doing that against the Tigers in his last start as well.

looking at some scouting reports

95 is tops, more consistently in the low 90s

Cust finally did something positive.

Just checked in...safe to say BA is being a Bad Ass tonight?
4-Shiggity!
Hairston pinch run please!
WheewWeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
And Hairston is in the game.
Who really thinks

I should take back over for bbg?

You should not, sir.

Hairston in the house!
Sweet

Scott Hairston debuts

according to nesn, joe dillon is pinch running

lol

LMFAO.

NESN or ESPN? They’re the same thing, except one is for a national audience.

Yeah they're terrible

But you have to hand it to them, they pick out their eye candy well.

that joe dillon looks alot like scott hairston.

lolol stupid nesn.

Welcome, Scott Hairston.

We’ll promise to like you… as long as you don’t do anything stupid.

Tying Bob Geren up in a closet before games is appreciated though.
They once said that to me.

Sigh.

you kept losing.
I do not get this

why pinch run for Cust?

Ya I agree.

I mean I’m excited to see Hairston, but, uh, why?

Get him out of the field with a big lead.

Defensive substitution.

Oh wow I completely forgot we let that guy play defense still.
he will get an at bat as well later, so that will be cool.
I assume the general plan was to play Hairston anyway

but he arrived late at the stadium so they didn’t want to rush him.

Halfway into the game he’s ready, so this is a good time to put him in.

It’s up to Adam Kennedy for another two-out RBI.

Glad someone told Scott

that we’re supposed to stop at 3rd.

Adam Kennedy came through with another clutch hit.

I do not understand what is going on here.
Just relax and try to enjoy it.

You’ll get used to it eventually.

must... not... let... mind... go... into... gutter... argh
Adam Kennedy

He’s too good

Like AM-PM?

Too much good stuff…

That ad is only redeemed by the final announcer.

The hyper guy really annoys me, and the other guy is so-so.

But the guy who delivers the final line reminds me of Bleacher Dave. I always imagine it’s really BD and he’s saying “hang ’em high”

and we get the run anyways! Sweet!
Aw. Duke. :(
Yeah...when is he coming back??
I don't think anybody knows...
And we're putting Hairston in CF. YES!

Keep it rolling, Brett.

I guess Eveland is pitching for Braden tomorrow? How has he been faring @ AAA?
Why? Whats wrong with Dallas?

He’s on the bereavement list.

Bereavement leave

No details yet.

Thanks

At least he’s not joining the walking wounded. I don’t think I could take another one of these kids blowing out an elbow.

Agreed.
Meh. Decent.

According to the stats, he is 7-1 with a 3.49 ERA and 1.41 WHIP in 69.2 innings.

Thks
He's on a leave for bereavement - according to the website
Brett Anderson makes easy work of the Boston chumps.
Brett Anderson puts smiles on faces
This is not your grandfather's A's

and by grandfather’s I mean the A’s of last week.

Brett Anderson's new nickname: "Chef"

Because he slices and dices you, meat!

And there's our next strikeout image...
Dear Diary,

these past twenty four hours are the probably the most memorable in my A’s following this year – I was up late last night reading the posts on the recent trade – and now we are whipping the hated red sox. What will I do tomorrow?

Get some sleep?
get dissapointed

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