Until the game resumes, with the Orioles rallying (2nd and 3rd, nobody out), I thought folks might want to discuss the Alex Rios waiver claim by the White Sox, who will take over Rios' contract. We know this:
* The Blue Jays were willing to let Rios go for nothing in return.
* The Jays were not willing to take on any of Rios' salary.
* The A's could have claimed Rios before the White Sox had the chance.
On one hand Rios' contract, pretty reasonable now, gets awfully pricey by the end:
'08:$0.735M, '09:$5.9M, '10:$9.7M, '11:$12M, '12:$12M, '13:$12.5M, '14:$12.5M, '15:$13.5M club option ($1M buyout)
On the other hand, he's under contract for several years and is a quality right-handed hitter currently in his prime.
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Breslow warming up
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Not related to Rios
Carter hit bomb #21 tonight. Love that guy.
Orodawg - August 10, 2009
Something tells me the natives
are perfectly ok not talking baseball. But I’ve been wrong before.
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
who you calling natives, sucka?
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
I don't think that link to this thread works, Nico...
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
Game oooon!
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
yay!
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
Sigh.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Rios is good
but I don’t know if I’d want to commit to such a long term, high priced deal.
IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
Bombs over Baltimore
Hit4TheCycle - August 10, 2009
Let's go Oakland!
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
I'm struggling with leaving this thread for some
Weed(s)
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
Love that show.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
DVR can't record East Bound & Down and Weeds simultaneously
Quite a quandary.
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
Right. Exactly.
We’re talking about a TV show. Totally.
IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
Sorry.
Back to the game.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
I can clarify:
I love weed.
I love Weeds.
And I love A’s baseball!
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
do you love weed during A's baseball?
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
when I can
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
but, do you love weed during A's baseball?
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
yes, yes I do.
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
makes the shittier games less shitty
and the great games more great.
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
There is always room for improvement.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Remember the days when the bleachers were the place to be?
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
Whoa.
I felt a little insecure there for a minute.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
We’re glad to see that you’re here.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Wow. One hell of a throw by Sweeney!
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
and Rajai!!
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
It’s too bad that they didn’t do the stupid thing and send Mora.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
I'm going to come out and admit it
I’m quite looking forward to seeing some of the Giants game before I head out this evening
bobnothing - August 10, 2009
you shouldn't have
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
after the A's game, of course
bobnothing - August 10, 2009
a little better
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
still.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
being nice
don’t ask me why
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
flu makes me surly.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
Been awhile for me. The flu, I mean.
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
Been a while for me,
and I ain’t talking about the flu.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
At least it's the flu and not me rubbing off on you.
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
maybe I got surly before you rubbed off on me.
But you rubbing off on me didn’t help matters.
You messed up my shoes.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
I hate those shoes.
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
It shows.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
Not my fault.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
agreed.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
Woooo!
pam5981 - August 10, 2009
Davis
I kinda like this kid
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Sweeney Haters!?!?!?!
This is your daily Call Out!! Enjoy!
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
What would we do without you.
pam5981 - August 10, 2009
Ignore Sweeney way too much
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
can't ignore him, he's too pretty
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
Is he married?
There was a cute blonde sitting with his family on Sunday. Could be his sister?
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
He's engaged.
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
If that was her than I completely understand
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
Did she have an athletic build?
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
Yeah I guess you could say that
She was a little thick in the legs but not fat. I sat right behind his family and they all had video cameras going simultaneously.
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
Sounds like her then.
She’s very cute.
Someone told me last week that friends of players don’t take photos of them. I disagreed. Thanks for proving my point.
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
i would only expect that he'd have a cute girl
most of those guys do
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
So she had nice thighs then....
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
Exactly.
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
i think he's engaged or something
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
or something
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
Yeah, and Josh Hamilton was on the wagon, too
Nick - August 10, 2009
this statement brought to you by
Butthead
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
I don’t know what we’d do without OakA’sHoney.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
You're getting annoying with that
Flashfire - August 10, 2009
What about us Sween-lovers?
Sweeney! I will have your man-baby! Yeah!
IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
Whoa.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
hawt!
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
Finish him off.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
I think you pay extra for that.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
That would be okay.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
although not a happy ending in his case
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
Hey, that’s my line.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Slacker.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
:: Cries. ::
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
oh now feel it comin' back again
like a rollin’ thunder chasing the wind…
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Breslow is the man
doctorK - August 10, 2009
Breslow FTW
Four solid starts in a row for Gio = a very good thing.
Flashfire - August 10, 2009
What an inning for Breslow!
jdub69 - August 10, 2009
formagGio HEARTS 'Never Say No'
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Gio should buy Breslow dinner
(and let Sweeney and Davis come along for appetizers).
Nico - August 10, 2009
I think Sweeney and Davis would taste too gamey
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
as appetizers, yes
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
Cuz they're gamers!
Nico - August 10, 2009
Love the green jerseys!
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
I think you’d look better in it, though.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
OakFoSho, did you take that lunar eclipse photo?
A's Fan in Virginia - August 10, 2009
no Im not that talented with a camera
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Okay….nice photo anyway!
A's Fan in Virginia - August 10, 2009
OAH thinks you would be sexier if
you were 0akFauxChaud.
iglew - August 10, 2009
fake hot?
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
fake cold, I mean...
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
No, you were right the first time.
Turn the “C” knob on the faucet and find out.
iglew - August 10, 2009
no fake hot
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
I've got a cold.
I’m delusional.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
pauvre petit bebe
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
“Feel better, baby.”
Is that what you said?
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
no i said poor little baby
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
poor little....baby?
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
oui
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
Poor little baby.
Pauvre as in “poverty”
Petit as in “petite”
Lots of cognates between English and French.
iglew - August 10, 2009
I tried.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
It's all about the cognates.
I’m surprised you’re such a good speller without having an intuitive grasp of Latin roots.
iglew - August 10, 2009
I guess that I am just skilled.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
some.
English really is a complete mish-mash, though, no?
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
Yes, but mostly French.
Probably Anglo-Saxon is the biggest single component, but combine the direct French, the Norman French, and the Latin, and together they about equal it.
iglew - August 10, 2009
Quite a bit of German too.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
I was going to add that.
Its been a while, but I could see the similarities.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
Isn't that covered by Anglo-Saxon?
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
there is germanic contributions through Anglo-Saxon
AND through middle and high German.
There’s some greek too, but mostly through scientific terms
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
What's the difference between middle and high German?
I’m not a linguist, I just know a little history (hence the Angles/Saxons comment).
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
"High" refers to altitude
Regional dialects. High is further up in the mountains (eg, Bavaria), low is by the coast, middle is in the middle.
But it’s not quite that precise, because they’re linguistic groupings and the geography doesn’t exactly match.
iglew - August 10, 2009
Interesting.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
another fun fact:
according to linguistic historians, the closest modern comparison to what Shakespearean English sounded like is found in West Virginia Appilachian dialects.
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
Sounds about right.
I doubt I’d understand them either. Shakespeare may be a literary genius, but only when someone translates his work.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
read "The Story of English" it's the companion book to the series
of the same name. It is fascinating. There are a few placed in the US where specific accents and dialects survive and are linked to places far, far away.
BERRYJO - August 10, 2009
Yes, I've heard that, too.
This summer I saw a Taming of the Shrew set in a trailer park. Yes, the interpretation worked and it was a really great show, and you really could hear it in the dialect. It was awesome.
(The gender-crossing Comedy of Errors, on the other hand, was atrocious. A travesty in every sense of the word.)
iglew - August 10, 2009
That's by way of Anglo-Saxon,
which is a Germanic language.
To get the most out of German-English cognates you need to learn the basic consonant shifts.
iglew - August 10, 2009
I've read that Frisian is the closest language to modern English
“Good milk and good cheese is good English and good Fries”
Nick - August 10, 2009
hey, I AM Frisian
I went there once and everyone looked like me. Creeped me the F out.
Also, the written language might be similar, but the spoken version is nowhere near it
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
My mother is a quarter Frisian-Dutch,
but looks even more than that.
When she visited Holland she was thrilled, because everyone looked like her.
iglew - August 10, 2009
I've heard that, too.
I haven’t seen any Frisian to speak of. I do not find Dutch intuitive at all, but maybe I just don’t know the tricks. I’m not good with Germanic languages.
iglew - August 10, 2009
Dutch over a loudspeaker
sounds like English you can’t quite understand. It’s a very weird experience to feel like you should understand it, but can’t.
Nick - August 10, 2009
I'd like to bend Dutch over a loudspeaker.
Oh….oops. I didn’t mean to say that out loud.
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
I've experienced that!
But I’m sick, so…
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
just s oyou know, I'm sick
and I hate you all.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
Well, we love you, LB
Nick - August 10, 2009
We do.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
woof.
Screw you all and your Anglo-Saxon is German.
Snobby bastards.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
We do?
I didn’t get that memo.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
you don't.
I know.
It’s mutual.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
It's odd to me that Frisian and English should be grouped so closely
because the Frisian people are supposed to be one of the few proto-celtic races that no one really knows where they came from. Other ones include the Basques and the Etruscans
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
But Frisia is where the Angles came from, right?
Or was it the Saxons?
Nick - August 10, 2009
Yes, Angles.
Britons, too, I think.
iglew - August 10, 2009
It's my understanding that the Angles were from farther north
i.e. the Danish western coast
The Saxons were more of an amorphous group that were something a catch-all for low-countries people. So Denmark, Luxembourg, German, Holland could all contain Saxons.
Or, it could just all be coming out of my ass
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
No, that would be flying monkeys.
iglew - August 10, 2009
That sounds about right.
They’re both considered ethnic Germans I believe.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
I don't think "Angle" is a very
precise term. That far back and it’s not always clear who exactly the term refers to.
The region now known as Angeln is on the other side of Schleswig, I think.
iglew - August 10, 2009
kind of like how the "Goths" were never an actual race of people
just a bunch of Suevi, Allemani, Burgundians, Franks, etc. all thrown together in a huge moving group
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
or "Americans"
iglew - August 10, 2009
Well, there are "Americans"
but they’re about 1% of the population now and mostly live in little cordoned off plots of land that the gov’t pushed them on to back in the day.
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
But even they weren't native to this land tens of thousands of years ago.
LoneStranger - August 11, 2009
I have to say......
the only bad thing I can remember Sweeney doing in recent months is not swinging in the 9th a week or too back and going down looking to end the game.
Other than that, it has been solid hitting, and outstanding defense. 4th now in assists in AL.
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
a week or TWO lol
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
yea that was the Rickey game...poor pinch hitting performance
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
"Why does it always thunder after it lightnings?"
Please tell me Fosse was kidding.
doctorK - August 10, 2009
Hes got baseball smarts....
not weatherman smarts
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
He ain't paid to talk about science
Flashfire - August 10, 2009
+1
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Its a shame he's paid to talk about baseball.
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
-1000000000
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Fosse rules!
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
he's not too bright ,that one.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
MaEl is on a tear, folks
Nick - August 10, 2009
kryptonite = dp
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
4-4!
pam5981 - August 10, 2009
Woohoo Unicorn!
Another excellent hit
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
We have 13 hits and 12 of them are singles.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
you complain too much
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
Hey, I am not complaining.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
oh, that must have been me
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
Ellis 4 for 4!
Ellis, I will also have your Man-baby!
I swear I’m not gay.
IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
if only ellis were cuter, we'd all be drooling
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
nttawwt
doctorK - August 10, 2009
Damn, GIDP.
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Cla Meredith needs to steal a Y from someone.
I recommend Laynce Nix or Jacoby Ellsbury.
iglew - August 10, 2009
No
It’s only SOMETIMES “y”
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
Or Jason Bay
IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
He could buy one on WHeel of Fortune if Y is considered a vowel.
BERRYJO - August 10, 2009
Rios Contract
If the A’s felt he could return to the 30-30 type form, I dont think the contract is that bad, I mean 13mil sounds like a lot now, but in 2015 there are going to be a lot of guys making that type of $.
What would worry me more are the numbers in the coming years, like 12mil in 2011
Humboldt2Torreon - August 10, 2009
He's been declining for a few years.
If we had money to spend I’d have done it, but we don’t really.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
That's the rub -- that the A's can't afford to take the chance
It’s interesting to see the Jays shedding F. Thomas and Rios in recent years, paying Thomas’ salary and getting nothing for Rios.
Nico - August 10, 2009
Exactly -- it's not a bad contract on balance
Just bad if you zoom in on the end.
Nico - August 10, 2009
Imagine him turning into Chavy 2.0
that’s all the rationale you need not to claim him
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
Rios, No
Alex Rios is a free swinger who doesn’t always seem to be very concerned with the game. He’s not a good fit for the A’s
coachmule - August 10, 2009
Wow!
I would take Rios in an instant. A bad year does not make a career.
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Technically it's two bad years now.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
formagGIO ERA down to 5.57
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Looks like its soup and sammich for dinner
Mrs doctorK is on the 15 hour DL.
doctorK - August 10, 2009
Ouch, what happened to her?
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Root canal
The real pain will be to my bank account.
doctorK - August 10, 2009
I’m sorry.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
as it always is.
Poor Mrs. K. Get well soon.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
Ugh, still dealing with the financial repercussions of mine.
pam5981 - August 10, 2009
Well, both, really.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
Camden Yards
Perhaps one of the few places, if not the only place, where it is safe to be alone.
Hit4TheCycle - August 10, 2009
You don't trust yourself?
Nico - August 10, 2009
he feels the urge...to kill again.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
Nice Cliff bobbles
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Cliffy, nice recovery!
pam5981 - August 10, 2009
Wow!
Nice play by Pennington
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Haha, looks like he did that on purpose
Let the ball bounce off his glove, roll up his arm and into his barehand
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
I like Pennington.
Nice arm, really.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
I like the arm, I like the speed, I like the strike zone judgement.
Not so sure about the range at SS or the bat though.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
Whew.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
the O's announcers
were really talking him up earlier, and our pitching.
They believe our core is really solid.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
Hey LB, Bourdain in SF on No Res right now
Nick - August 10, 2009
I saw that on the guide.
So I should shut off all A’s related and go watch?
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
I've got A's on the Mac (mute) and AB on the tv
Nick - August 10, 2009
curious...how are you watching on the mac?
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
I pay for mlbtv on the mlb.com website
I’m an NRAF, so it’s the best way for me to see the team.
If you’re in the A’s broadcast area (broadly defined) it’s blacked out.
Nick - August 10, 2009
NRAF fan as well..
just curious if you were watching it for free somehow…
atdhe.net has free sports, but it’s a grab-bag schedule from day to day you never know whether the A’s will be streaming over there.
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
Everytime I try to watch there the links are all wacked out.
I look every now and again.
BERRYJO - August 10, 2009
14,688 announced crowd
before the rain
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Sounds like were in Marlin town.....
we can hear individual voices in the crowd……
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Breslow
Going for the 3 Inning Save?
Hit4TheCycle - August 10, 2009
It's not a save situation
jdub69 - August 10, 2009
It would be if Breslow got the last 9 outs
doctorK - August 10, 2009
I'd like to see it then.
jdub69 - August 10, 2009
Gray in pen
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Damn, I get to see most of the game.
Went to dinner during the rain delay, gotta go to softball at 7:30.
pam5981 - August 10, 2009
Hit a home run for me.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
yea hit a home run for rated-r!
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
Yeah!
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Wow....this guy is funky.....
Ziegler esk…..
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Doesnt drop down as much but....
has real funky arm movement and release…..
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
He's awesome on 'The Show'.
Didn’t realise they’d traded for him.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
WHats The Show?
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Computer game.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
lol.....
MLB The Show ok I get it.
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
From 0-2, Davis works a walk
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Rajai is on base again.
Take a pitch or two, Scott.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Great AB Rajai
ChadGod - August 10, 2009
Gray warming up in the A's BP
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
O's announcers just discussing possibility
of Rajai never cooling off.
Overall, the O’s announcers love our team.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
They were calling us lucky before.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
He didn't cool off there!
Fab-Rajai!
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
I like their, uh, Adam Jones and Nick Markakis.
They also have a few good young pitchers.
Gary Thorne is cool.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Weiters will be a good one too.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
Oh! Gary Thorne!
< man-swoon >
iglew - August 10, 2009
Is that b/c they hate their team?? Mayhap
BERRYJO - August 10, 2009
Safe!
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
fantastique!!
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
en chante....
si vous plais
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
SB by Davis. Now take third.
jdub69 - August 10, 2009
Run Raj Run!
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
isn't stealing when up by 5 after 7 innings a violation of "the code"?
Benjamin Light - August 10, 2009
I think you gotta be up by more than five.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
DAMN IT, RAJAI!
That didn’t help anyone’s on base percentage!
Nico - August 10, 2009
Where’s Patterson when you need him?
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
don't you mean #6?
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
No, we should just send him to your house.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
that's a better plan, i'm ready
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
Davis steals 2nd
86th stolen bag for the Runnin’ A’s
32 since the All-Star break
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
That leads all of baseball.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
The graphic showed the A'a lead a few categories
1st in doubles?
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
I think we’re second in batting average lately as well.
We have 14 hits tonight.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
seriously?
haven’t seen such a turnaround in philosophy like that in one season
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
Well, it leads all of baseball since the break.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
yah I knew what you meant, but still they never run this much...
it makes sense and I’m happy with it, especially since we have runnin Rajai whose tits have been on fire for the last month.
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
Matt. Holliday.
He’s the new Dan Johnson.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
MATT. HOLLIDAY.
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
It's starting to rain a little bit here in Seattle
About freaking time. It’s rained maybe twice since May. What a horrible summer. It’s been like Arizona here.
iglew - August 10, 2009
I was up there in early July.
Lawns were brown, and it really didn’t feel like Seattle.
Still gorgeous, though.
danmerqury - August 10, 2009
Has it cooled off at all?
Nick - August 10, 2009
Oh yes, definitely
It finally cooled off last week. It feels like normal now.
iglew - August 10, 2009
Why are they IBB Cust? He's not going to hit a single to drive in Davis.
He’s either going to walk, homer or K. Don’t they know about the three true outcomes?!
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
Cust, intentional walk
1st, 2nd with 1 out. Let’s go Zook!
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
SS Fail!
Nick - August 10, 2009
He’s not the best Izturis in baseball.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Seize Her, Is Tourist!
doctorK - August 10, 2009
Clever.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
There must be a middle brother named Jorhaer
My Hair is Tourist
Your Hair is Tourist
C’s Hair is Tourist
Englishmajor - August 10, 2009
Hahaha!
danmerqury - August 10, 2009
Ceaser Is Tourettes?
Orodawg - August 10, 2009
Whenever Maicer or Cesar come up to bat,
Instead of Koooooooouz or Yoooooouk, the fans should just yell curse words.
danmerqury - August 10, 2009
Woo!
6-0!
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
First pitch swinging - Zooks!
jdub69 - August 10, 2009
My glove Izturis.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
Zukes
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Not a good AB by the rookie there
Nick - August 10, 2009
That was the first time I've seen Everidge
swing too hard and look like he was trying to pull the ball.
Nico - August 10, 2009
Tommy needs to eveRAGE on the bat box.....
after that swing
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
or the gatorade cooler
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Heh. That was Zambrano, wasn't it?
danmerqury - August 10, 2009
Pick up a couple rbi's here Sweeney
jdub69 - August 10, 2009
He listened.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Sweet
jdub69 - August 10, 2009
OK
doctorK - August 10, 2009
i'm swooning!
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
8-0!!
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
SWEENEY HATERS!!!!
MUHUHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
One MIIIIIILion Dollars!!!
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Swingles
flashin that doubles power.
walk off bunt - August 10, 2009
This is awesome.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Who is this Sweeney kid?
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
He is ridiculously good-looking and I am jealous.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
He is hawt.
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
I've never seen it myself.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
Sigh.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
He is bee-u-ti-ful!
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
really, really, ridiculously good-looking.
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
Is there something more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
It can’t be as important, right?
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Oh, Swooney!
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
Sweeney to Ellis: I takes ur rbiz
Benjamin Light - August 10, 2009
o rly
walk off bunt - August 10, 2009
ya rly
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
5-5!!!
Nick - August 10, 2009
Awesome.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
ELLIS 5-5!!!!
aznboirick - August 10, 2009
Ellis - 5 for 5! Yes!
jdub69 - August 10, 2009
oui oui oui!!!
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
Markellisgiganticus!
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
:)
although I think I’ll drop the giganticus and go with the family middle name: Cosmo (my dad was a hippie)
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
It has to do with the first name ending with a consonant,
and the last name ending with a vowel. Like JoanAllen.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
yes it flows naturally
like mary ellen
or billy bob
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
yay
pam5981 - August 10, 2009
Haha!
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
It’s the first five-hit game for Ellis in his career.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Not a shock.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
The game he hit for the cycle should have been a five-hit game.
He reached base on a very debatable error in addition to the cycle.
danmerqury - August 10, 2009
And a double for Ellis
9-0! mwah-ha-haaaa
Ellis 5-5 for the first time in his career
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Oh, my gracious hosts,
allow me to offer, belatedly, my obligatory: “Wooo! Sweeney! Represent Iowa!”
Plus: Yeah Ellis!
IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
so do all the boys in iowa look that good?
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
Well, I can only speak for myself.
In that case, yes.
IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
watch out iowa
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
Awesome
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
I just passed through there, so I'm going to have to debate that.
speckops - August 10, 2009
Its the corn.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
That explains it.
I need to eat corn now.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Too late.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
L S L S L S L S L SLSLSLSLSLLSLSLLSLSL
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
career night......
5 hits means you buy dinner
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
You called?
LoneStranger - August 10, 2009
Ellis 5-5
Sweeney who?
doctorK - August 10, 2009
Get five hits and drive in four runs? That’s not bad at all.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Holy Crapcakes 9-0
brian.only - August 10, 2009
all of as sudden too.....
they just sort a snuck up on us tonight….
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Seriously though
What percentage of runs on the season have the A’s scored in the 9th inning?
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
I love Cla Meridith!
ZigFan31 - August 10, 2009
If he played for Oakland
He’d be Cl
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
If that’s all you have for us, fine.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Our team is learning how to hit?
Everidge/Sweeney/Rajai…its overloading me
ChadGod - August 10, 2009
the future is bright
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Everidge
was not really ebven thought of prior to this season, so whatever he does is sorta extra. Like Icing on the cake the A’s are whipping up for 2011.
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
He was never a big prospect, at all.
More of the slow grower, always too old for the level, yet consistently put up good numbers.
danmerqury - August 10, 2009
Time for bed now that the A’s have a very comfortable lead!!
A's Fan in Virginia - August 10, 2009
Night.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
I woke up from a nap at the end of the rain delay
having a powerful desire to go to Arizona for a autumn vacation.
Englishmajor - August 10, 2009
That’s weird.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
do it
dtownmbrown - August 10, 2009
Close game.
Better put in
KochFoulkeStreetBailey.IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
I am in the central TZ, its nice to hear the whole game without staying up till 1 or 2am and screwing up all of the next day! Only good thing about the A’s on an east coast swing!
Humboldt2Torreon - August 10, 2009
no shutout.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
boo!
Benjamin Light - August 10, 2009
Rajai could be huge for fantasy next year...
If he hits .280/.340 his SB projection is ~50…id love to put some A’s on my fantasy team (besides bailey!)
ChadGod - August 10, 2009
Wow.
brian.only - August 10, 2009
merde
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
Well, there goes the shutout.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Damn
Humboldt2Torreon - August 10, 2009
there goes the shutout........
way to go Gray
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
Daaaaamn
shutout spoiled
boooo
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Who would have thought in April, that the A's
would hit better without Holliday, Cabrera, and Garciaparra??
One won lost won - August 10, 2009
and Giambi
jdub69 - August 10, 2009
Shades of Gray
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
Oopsie doopsey.
Oh well, goodbye shutout.
IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
I’ll take a 9-1 win with six shutout innings from Gonzalez.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Lets hope-
it stays that way…
brian.only - August 10, 2009
Yeah, and I’m not talking about Edgar.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Orioles fans cheering like mad.
Yeah. I remember when we had to settle for such pathetic small thrills. Not so long ago.
iglew - August 10, 2009
Yep. Both of them.
IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
And now the chants of "Let's go O's"
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Rajai should have climbed the wall
and jumped into the O’s bullpen to grab that
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
He’s saving that for tomorrow.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
1st HR for the O’s in 46 innings, sounds like us at the start of this year
Humboldt2Torreon - August 10, 2009
Meh, and now Gray gives up a base hit
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Gray, your chance here!
Don’t make it end, 9-8, or worse.
One won lost won - August 10, 2009
I say we leave Gray out there......
just to see if the O’s could do it.
I mean what are the odds of one reliever giving up 10 runs in the 9th. I would actually enjoy that considering were in last place. It would be hilarious.
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
+1 on the hilarious
For that sentiment, I will overlook your “LS” outburst above.
iglew - August 10, 2009
I officially hate Jeff Gray and demand to see Andrew Bailey with an eight-run lead.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Since when has Crosby been a defensive specialist at 1B?
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
It massages his ego.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
since he's being showcased.
Got some “pop” if you got games remaining against KC.
One won lost won - August 10, 2009
gio was so good (clap clap)
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
GAME!
brian.only - August 10, 2009
Game over DP!!
Nick - August 10, 2009
What would you guys be willing to trade for JJ Hardy if the A's have a chance to claim him on waivers?
miggyk2 - August 10, 2009
Bobby Crosby.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
good play Gray
aznboirick - August 10, 2009
Victory!
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
AHAH!
Great way to end the game!
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
WOW
Sick double play to end the game!
WIN!
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
High fives!
pam5981 - August 10, 2009
Another WIN
I like these A’s.
ohtobe21likehuston - August 10, 2009
Duh-na-nuh! Duh-na-nuh!
Benjamin Light - August 10, 2009
Psssshhweeeeooouuu!
danmerqury - August 10, 2009
we rock!
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
yay we win
doctorK - August 10, 2009
Grey had heard enough of the 10 run 9th talk
Humboldt2Torreon - August 10, 2009
Wow!
THAT WAS SO COOL!
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
Win number 50
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
Damn......remeber the no so long ago 100 win seasons!
But I am happy to see we are playing better now
Humboldt2Torreon - August 10, 2009
Only 62 losses right now
It’s not impossible….
Nick - August 10, 2009
Hah.
That would be interesting.
danmerqury - August 10, 2009
Only 32 more to go.
OldhamA - August 10, 2009
YES Victory
If you want to chill out with some tunes tonight, http://kdvs.org 8-10PM
Thanks guys.
Hit4TheCycle - August 10, 2009
Woo hoo!
Nice one Gray. Good game, guys! Howzabout that Gio? And Ellis? And Sweeney? Big cheers, all around.
IowaA'sFan - August 10, 2009
yay!
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
We’re now 12-10 since July 20 and that was three weeks ago.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
A's PG LIVE on!
Why do you all think they chose FP after his roid admissions?
0akFoSho - August 10, 2009
He's cheap?
Englishmajor - August 10, 2009
And the A's creep ever closer to that magical number
of 10 games under! Two more to go!
walk off bunt - August 10, 2009
FWIW their pythag is much better than that
Nick - August 10, 2009
cool way to end the game.
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
16 hits. jeez.
Benjamin Light - August 10, 2009
11 non-unicorn hits
Nick - August 10, 2009
Athletics beat the Orioles, 9 to 1
One won lost won - August 10, 2009
Time for another Ellis interview
And since it was pointed out last time, I’m going to be mesmerized by the way he barely moves his mouth when he talks
SwisherThresher - August 10, 2009
let's do it tomorrow!
OakA'sHoney - August 10, 2009
No Cheese?
brian.only - August 10, 2009
Markellis!
You see how I could make that jump. Its a Roman thing.
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
RECAP
here
67MARQUEZ - August 10, 2009
doctorK - August 10, 2009
Ooooh! Aaaah!
lynnzgal - August 10, 2009
Pretty.
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Great job Gio!
LoneStranger - August 10, 2009
Woo!
Rated-R Superstar - August 10, 2009
Mindy Bach, your cheekbones are at risk of escaping from your face
and taking over the world.
Simmer down on the rouge, ma’am.
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
when do you move--tomorrow?
Leopold Bloom - August 10, 2009
I move Thursday
many mixed feelings
cityplANner - August 10, 2009
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