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Open Thread: Game 113 - A's at Baltimore (cont)

The A's took the lead but gave it right back. 3-2 Orioles going to the seventh.

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So this is what

baseball is like without a delay.

Base Ball
been a berry berry goo

to me…

We will overcome the deficit!

Good evening to all.

Evening.
Even though the game started in your afternoon :-)
I raced home, too.
Its Bloomy in the roomy!
Hey, we're behind.

I actually can’t remember the last time I joined a game late and found us behind.

Admittedly, I have a pretty short memory.

Sweeney just missed it by a what, Vince?

Attention Zigfan:

rawr

I'm loving Cahill's changeup tonight

Seems like the closest thing to a “putaway pitch” he’s had all year. I think this is an excellent outing overall.

One nice thing about playing the O’s, especially post-Sherrill, is that you know you have 9 innings against them.

ooh, psychic

you pre-emptively answered my question.

I have difficulty seeing him becoming good.

Keep convincing me.

How has Trevor been tonight?

Vince just said 11 groundballs, so that sounds pretty good.

If only he could control the runners, who knows?

Here we go....
Can we have some steroids loophole where it's okay for Pennington to take them?

Pennington and Pennington only.

As long as he hits .279 I'm OK with his lack of power
I'd prefer .280
You're new threads have been amazing tonight

I must say.

Your.

Haha! Yeah.

I couldn’t resist.

Its cool. I'm pretty anal that way too.
wait what?

Anal.

We're talking grammar here.

Oh, right.

I am silly.

speak for yourself
Oh, I am.

I’ve been properly chastised.

Indeed.
I don't know what you're talking about.

< smiles demurely >

Your, grammar fail, sorry.
Aw, shucks. 'twern't nothin', ma'am.
but combine with sweeney's .270 and lack of power

and we have a power drain

He's already hit 1 HR and 2 doubles off the right field wall since he got called up
And he stole that base easily.
Good arm, too.

Hands are a bit shaky [begins to work out lyrics to “Penny Man With the Shaky Hands”]

I do think, though, that if he plays a full season,

Pennington has closer to .350 slugging power as a major leaguer. On a team with enough offense, I think he’d be an asset — the A’s need to supplement their lineup around him if they want him to be an answer for them.

If he can supplement that with a .350 OBP, I'd take it.
I would too. I think .300-.320 is more likely, though.
then he'll have no value going forward.
Unless he steals 40 bags.
I actually think he's a better utility INF than Crosby

even with a .300 OBP (which is…Crosby’s anyway), because he’s a better defensive SS and a better base-stealer.

Crosby's bad at baseball though.

Plus I think Kennedy has that job locked up next season. I’m looking at Pennington as a starter.

It would be a huge mistake for the A's to count on Kennedy as a backup SS next season
or Crosby

but I don’t see that happening anyway.

until Green's ready

*fingers crossed!

Goodbye, David Hernandez

I will not miss you.

Time to mess with this guys ERA. WHAT?
Let's mess with the next guy's FIP.

JACK!

How many pitches is Cahill at?

Any chance he comes out for the 7th?

It's Alby: The racist dragon!
no, it's famous homager of squares Josef Albers
aw, nobody got my Flight of the Conchords reference...
My friend loves that show.
Hey. I watch that show.
I have to catch up on Netflix.

I like what I’ve seen so far.

Do you like horror/slasher type films at all?

If you do, I demand that you add Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon to your queue ASAP.

Thank me later.

No, not my thing.

Bad scifi I find hilarious though.

Watch it anyway. Trust me.
K, I'll give it a look.
Sweet! Also, watch that movie.
Nice try, mikey.
You knew I had to.
I like that you did.
I like that you like that.
MST 3000 anyone?
Haha! The best!
MT3K:bad movies::AN Game Thread:A's game
Profoundly true!!
I did, but I wanted to ruin it with my own joke

except I hit post before I finished it. I’m kinda sucky.

If it's any consolation - I looked it up.
Damnit. I caught the reference, but couldn't remember where it was from.

-1 to me, or whatever it is people do with the numbers and the adding and the subtracting and the like.

As originally conceived, "+1" means

“one additional person who feels the same way”.

But it has since evolved (or deteriorated, depending on your view) so that it’s commonly read as a numerical valuation of how enthusiastic one is about an idea, leading to comments like “-1”, “+1000” or other things that make no sense in the original context.

Like - are you a professor or something???

love the way you explain things!

No, I could never be a professor.

I would refuse to give grades to anyone. I think grades are stupid.

then you're the professor for me!
I got it right away but wasn't hear to comment.

That Albi began to cry dragon tears:
Which as we all know turn into jelly beans!

cahill has been decent so far but has been unlucky
given up too many hits. At least none were out of the park
I think that's actually what he meant by unlucky.
10 ER in the last 3.1 innings?

I’ll take it!

How did the A's score?

Missed.

#14fan is looking for your head.

Homers
By?
Hairston and Kennedy
Sheer gritty veteran willpower....and Hairston
Solo HRs by Hairston and Kennedy
Speed thrills
nice swipe, moneypenny
Nice one, 007

*cityplANner slaps Moneypenny on the butt as he walks by

AK, plz turn this 3-2 pitch into a 4-3 lead
Or a walk

I will accept that.

Rajai triple!

Pls?

Rajai bunt inside the park HR

just like in RBI Baseball

Rajai will make it happen after Moneypenny and AK double steal
why is pennington moneypenny

he’s not a hot redhead

First round draft pick.
It's up to Rajai now.
Okay time for rajai magic!
Cust walks, runners at 1st and 2nd.

Davis up!!

Kennedy walked
wishful thinking.

oops.

looks like i arrived at a good time

let’s go rajai!

Hi, OakA’sHoney!

Psst

Ask her if she has an IM service.

Please.

Hey, leave me alone.

what did you expect?

LOL

#14fan is different because she’s pretty close to my age.

it doesn't change what's typed, though
Wait, your parents haven't enabled parental controls...

to prevent you from visiting AN?

Oh, the horror.

Not being able to come here would be my worst nightmare.

Softballs.
Ooh -- that'd be my worst nightmare.

Huh?

Nico prefers hardballs.

With Chris Matthews.

I am still confused.

we live to confuse you

That is sure what it seems like sometimes.

You're thinking of blue balls
Does that make me a perv?

Or is it all the other stuff?

No no no

The next step is facebook.

Still a couple of innings left...
hi!!
hi there
how you doin'?
okey dokey and you?
stuck at work...

note to self: doesn’t have the same effect on the interweb that it does in person.

that sucks

i was stuck at work too then had to run errands so i missed most of this game

this isn't a jinx, but i noticed cahill hasn't walked anyone?
Dude!

“Dude” should come in a female form.

at some point

it was fashionable to say dudette. however, no one says that now

I totally still do that.
dude is fine. i don't like that crap about "Lady Panthers", "Lady Vols".

do they call the men, the “Man Panthers”? no, and that sounds pretty stupid anyway.

Women can totally be dudes.

Or even awesome dudes.

Is this about Rajai?
the Dude abides...
Now that there is a great movie.
< bites tongue >

I’m not saying anything.

Ah Rajai.

On a side note, has anyone ever seen that Temptations movie they play on VH1 from time to time? I swear Davis looks like one of the Temptations in that movie.

That actually wouldn’t be a bad nickname. The Temptation.

I actually like that.

Not the movie, the nickname.

Was there an evil manager in that movie?
Yeah -- he kept smelling his fingers all the time
Kinda fits, doesn't it?

Rajai “The Temptation” Davis.

You can spread this, Marquez. You have the power.

Sounds cool, but I'll let you run with it. Thatt way you get proper credit.
that sounds more like a WWF name
I don't post enough. But I'll throw it out there from time to time when I do, see if it catches.
So that radio commercial promoting Buan's postgame show featuring Vin Mazzaro--

they keep pronouncing his last name mah-zay-ro, not mah-zah-ro. It’s bugging me.

i'm glad i'm not the only one who thinks that
Mah-zair-o

Is actually the correct pronounciation.

Is that how Vin says it?
Yes
Well, that settles it then.

On the other hand, Jason Giambi says “jom-bee” and that never stopped everyone from saying “jee-om-bee”.

Mekka-lekka hi, mekka hiney ho!

Yea, I don't expect everyone to change now.
Good, because I have a cute outfit on.
Is it leather?
no, that's reserved for the motorcycle track
You would know best.
I totally thought that, too.

But I figured it would be too petty to mention.

I'm in a petty mood, I guess.
Let's make it pretty, instead.
I feel petty, oh so petty,

I feel petty, and ready to wriiiiite.

I need to practice

keeping my mouth shut in game threads.

We'll get it right, eventually.
be-cause???

and deprive us of all your witty sarcasm??

One thing about being a Orioles fan is they are always ready for halloween
true, and they get more tricks than treats from their team.
Giants fans, BengalsFans

Maybe Tigers fans.

Too bad they never play in October.
Aww, Marshall trimmed the beard
Let's break the homer drought, Cust
Been since July 20, right?
He is soooooo due
isn't that like his job?
yes

he is failing lately

evidently

btw trevor cahill looks like he’s in high school

Jr. High
The A's are cradle robbers.
yes, doesn't he have homework to do?

oh that’s right, it’s summer vacation

the summer camp van is waiting outside the clubhouse
and his chin-pubes are especially high school
it wasn't that long ago

for him. he looks every bit his age or younger.

He has been very disappointing of late

and Poppy is feeling vindicated.

Props

for the correct usage of “of late.”

How do you use that incorrectly?
was about to ask
"as of late"
One of the standard radio ads has an extraneous "as"

in it which always bugs me. But now I can’t think of which one it is.

Glen Kuiper always says it too.
"I am of late"
Are you posting from the bar again?
... No...

{thud}

Baez is in. let's kick his ass, A's!
Going to host a sports talk radio show

We’re going to be talking with MMA Fighter Walter Patterson and give away a pair of tix to a future event in Marysville.

Aggie Talk 7pm
http://kdvs.org

Thanks dudes.

KDVS is a cool litlte station
Go Ags!!!

Alum, ya know

KKKUST!

Wait, that’s a bad thing when our batters strike out, right?

i suppose it's better than a GIDP
we have to have a runner on base first
Cahill has the sweetest smile.

Is it the sweetest on the team?

No.

That’s reserved for Markellis.

Gonna need one of those ninth inning comeback magicalities again.
what do ya guys think?

Cahill for the 8th? He’s under 100 pitches but he’s gonna face the top of the order and this game is close. I say send him out there, I mean this season’s about the youn ones.

You're a little late

He’s already out

dam...dam...Dam it all!!!!
I'd definitely go Marshall here.
The O's fans down the LF line in their neon orange shirts look like convicts
They escaped from Alameda CO??
so marshall has the full on wolfman beard
You should've seen it when he was in Sacramento
House of David?
Mountain Man Jay
The Life and Times of Grizzly Marshall

halloween isn't for a couple of months

Preparation.

start growing that beard
And practicing with that banana.
HELL YES.

Oh.. I misunderstood that, didn’t I?

nothing is as scary as that guy with the long goatee

someone posted his photo the other day, darn i forgot his name, anyways

both gaudin and ryan frankling have that now i think
i think it was gaudin

frightening

Reed Johnson?
you mean ole Wombat-chin?
Reed Johnson is the man!
you know that's hot
but not "hot"

Who is that "dirty leg?"

In yet another attempt for self promotion

she should just make a porn video instead

Shouldn’t be hard. Just convince her she hasn’t yet.

Rally Paris?

almost as fun as a rally monkey

Welcome back to the bigs, Marshall

So far so good.

+1 to Cunningham for fake throwing the ball into the stands and subsequent boos.

Did he? I like that

He did right before they cut to commercial after the nice catch. Cunningham looks into the left field bleachers and starts his motion to toss, then pulled back and smirked.

Cue music, fade to black.

Tintin has a mean streak.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
So Marshall is Captain Haddock?
Nice catch by Cunningham,

but really shouldn’t the A’s send him to AA and let him be a defensive replacement there for a few months? Or would that totally not make sense?

It'd make as much sense as what they currently do with him
neither really

i don’t see where he fits in our future plans

In the outfield.
Rally mojo?

Or are we too abashed?

I don't think we can get greedy

They’ve won a few times lately

Never, for that!
I was away all weekend

and came late to the Baltimore evening games.

I have no idea who’s currently hot.

Hey

just got home. right in timr to see the comeback

Hard to find though...
Pinch runner pinch runner pinch runner
yes tommy burger!!
tommy burger > tommy time
that's what i'm saying
Or, tommy burger=tommy time.
I really hate my internet

just finally got back on now. what did i miss?

Oh, and 67M is here
good. someone kill him for me.
Okay.

now what?

I will.

looks like he got killed twice.

not bad.

I missed you.

Well done
am I missing something here?
Well, see, you and him?

Betrothed.

Sorry we couldn’t tell you while you were disconnected.

Yeah and they better hurry up and tie the knot

Or we’re gonna lose this game. It’s up to the two of them.

am I missing something here?
woah, double post.
I really like this Tommy kid

He looks very comfortable in an A’s uni

He likes hitting in the ninth inning, it seems.
he's looked decent at 1B too
Yes he has.
except when trying to jump
I just wanna hug him.
How long are your arms?
Long enough! I'll take what I can get.
That IS a hunk O' man!
He's adorable.

I have a new crush.

I used to like the long and lean ones better,

but now I find I want something more to hang on to.

Please tell me you're talking about the whole guy
They wuz long, lean and lanky,

but they loved hanky panky!

Are you still quoting from your book?

Cuz I love that!

No, that one's Li'l Abner.

I’m repeating from a few days ago.

Recapitulation, yknow?

Oh lord! Haha!
HOMER.HOMER.HOMER
Crosby gets into the ballgame again.
Offensive Substituion, according to Gameday

+1 accuracy

I, too, found it offensive.
boo sweeney
at least he swung
watch out for oakfo sho
oak fake hot
swing at strikes!!
Swingles is hitting .188 on 1-2 counts according to MASN

Guess we can take that a notch lower.

Time for Markellisgiganticus!

:: Kills 67MARQUEZ for #14fan. ::

I know you're trying to have fun but...

…not cool.

It's cool FF. Kinda funny actually.
HE RETURNED FROM THE AFTERLIFE!!!!!!!!!
It was a strange trip.

I had to do what I did.

I know.
interesting what happens whenever my internet kicks me off.

Your Internet is mean.

I hate it. a lot.

I think I’m going to switch services soon, I keep missing stuff!

Aw, you should get it changed.

although apparently whenever my internet comes back

67 runs off.

He’s afraid that I’ll hurt him.

Maybe I'm you.
Dun dun der!

Tune in next week to find out the shocking conclusion……

Clearly he's joking.
No, didn't you see above?

67M actually died and returned! It was amazing!

So he's Jesus?
or is he "of Jesus"
You'll have to explain that one to me...
Reference to David deJesus?
It was a double dose

David DeJesus and “of late” discussion from earlier.

LOL. Not quite.
Not mexican enough.

He’s just “Don”

it's pronounced "hay-zues"
Pretty sure it's "s" not "z" in the middle.
He is mixing Greek Mythology

with the Bible.

Wow, you're pretty easily persuaded to murder.

Didn’t I see made-for-TV movie about you on Lifetime?

Good luck with that, my money is on M67.
Ah I see it's the old 'every pitch is a strike' strikezone.
You have got to be kidding me!
Booooooooooooooooooooo.
ellis was way safe
And the pitches were balls, and ....
Bad call -- he looked safe
BULLSHIT! HE WAS SAFE BY A FUCKING MILE!!!!!!
Safe ALL the way
That is a safe, safe man
That's game

Thanks, Ted

fuckin suck it barrett
Hey, what's Don Denkinger been up to lately?
Did Ted Barrett go to the Bill Hohn school of umpiring?
I hate that &*(_
We'll never know how that might have ended up
would have been GIDP

you know it.

he probably would have taken a rip at the first one, that's for sure
ugh i thought you had one last hurrah nomah
Well, it didn't quite go like last night
Well I hate to blame the A's tonight

We got screwed by the umpire right when things were about to happen.

Well, there was that little bit about f'ing PH'ing with NOMAR.
As long as he is on the roster

he will continue to pinch-hit. I don’t like it either.

But he might not have had to come in if Ellie is at 1st with 1 out?
honestly

I prefer he be up there instead of Pennington

Same.

Geren made the right moves, Barrett didn’t.

except that Geren should have gotten himself ejected

Show some love for your players, Bob

and put on an undershirt please
with 2 outs in the 9th?

What would be the point?

I'd love to see a manager actually punch an ump for once.

Y’know rather than getting 2mm away from their face and screaming into it.

Wow, I disagree with that so much.

That’s a line that really really should not be crossed.

Hey

He’s not from around here.

Each to their own I suppose.

Baseball is crazy though – screaming into someone’s face is acceptable, so’s hitting someone with a baseball, so’s trying to injure the 2B/SS with a slide at 2B, but a fistfight is out of bounds.

The last time I took out someone with a hard slide,

I was suspended from work for 2 weeks. It was a clean slide, too, but did the superintendent care?

No way.

It’s never the umps’ fault. Bad ump calls are like bad bounces. They’re random fluctuations that sometimes happen. A good team plays well enough to win even with bad breaks. If a game comes down to a bad call, you should have played better so that it wasn’t that close.

This time it was the umpires fault

and he knows it.

Exception: Denkinger, 1985 WS

But rarely does a call so directly impact a game.

A bad call is the only way that KC could win a WS
I understand what you are saying

but we should have runners on 1st and 2nd with two outs. Horrible call.

That still gives the O's about a 70% win exp

so let’s just pretend Kennedy also flied to CF. Even though he would have hit a rocking two-run triple because he’s Unikennedy.

Is that like unisex?
I just wish we could have had an opportunity :-(
There was that Twins call at the plate to end the game a month ago.

Not saying they would’ve won, but still.

Yeah, the Twins had more right to moan then than we did tonight

Other than the whole “blowing a 10 run lead” thing.

Yeah, definitely.
That was a too close to call play

Ellis was most certainly safe on this.

It really wasn't that close.

Almost the whole leg had crossed the plate before the tag.

No way.

I’d say the exact same thing to them. In fact, I think I did, in that game thread.

I dig this.

I’m even less inclined to blame an ump when it’s in the middle of an eventual 85-loss season.

Shit happens.

Get off the field, Barrett
Why is Geren trying to play peacemaker with Barret?

Stand up for your fucking players, you loser

why don't they use instant replay for calls like they do in football?
that was certainly an instant replay scenario
Not enough people bet money on baseball

Ah, there’s nothing like an NFL Sunday.

It's time to put some of these umps on medication

They have such a short fuse and often stir the pot when it’s unnecessary.

Sooooo Garciaparra's on the team because.....?
someone needs to have more than 2 years

MLB experience.

Kennedy. And he's useful.

Nomar is expendable.

it was the only

logical explanation.

Watch him go tot he Phillies and completely rip it up for the last two months.

Unbe-fing-lievable

He was safe by a foot. I wonder how Geren is going to polish this apple.

That was a pretty terrible call, but whaddya gunna do?
Bad calls go both ways.

Tonight it didn’t go ours.

that was pretty egregious though

usually bad calls are at least close

Barret is a

Baltomoron.

We've had some egregious ones go our way.
i guess

just not many change the complexion of the game. nomah could have GIDP, but i bet he would have ripped at the first pitch fastball with 1 out

Um...okay.
That would have been quite impressive,

since Johnson threw him a breaking pitch.

i could have sworn that KK said it was a fastball

but gameday agrees with you, and then i retract the part about the first pitch fastball

Convene a townhall meeting
i'd be happy to shout down the umpires in that case
Form a task force!
i'll be sure to send out an email with specific instructions to keep the umpires on the defensive
loving the passion of you guys, I mean we are 13 games under 500 but you guys care about that call. WE ARE TRUE A's FANS.
Well, of course.

I care about the games. I don’t care about the standings. No such thing as a “meaningless” game.

We are.

And that transcends everything.

that ump is the home plate ump tomorrow per ray and glen

yikes

that is why Geren intervened
To offer him a coupon for For Eyes?
Anyone else notice

the similarities of Bob Geren and the Pizza Whisperer?

The good news

1) Cahill pitched his best game in a long, long time – against a good lineup in a bandbox park

2) It’s been a very long time since anyone here accused the A’s of being “lifeless”.

There's always tomorrow.
The sun will come out...tomorrow!
It's always sunny in Philadelphia

so there’s that too.

That's not always a good thing

Lately, “sunny in Philadelphia” = 95 degrees and humid.

Don't know why I thought of this.....

There is no tomorrow!

Speaking of tomorrow

“The Day After Tomorrow” is the worst film I’ve ever seen.

So hokey!

Love it!

I couldn't believe how bad it was

It’s like they didn’t even try.

Really.

At least they did with Armageddon.

That's the beauty of baseball.
Is Camden really a bandbox?

I always thought it was supposed to be pretty neutral.

GAH!

We’re going to win tomorrow.

THAT'S the spirit!
yay! but it's day game so not tv or radio for me

You should come over.

(you're supposed to say that to #14fan)

(I’m being nice to her.)

I don’t want to scare her although I already might have.

some of us aren't on summer vacation and have to work

Try to enjoy your time at work.

thank you

i’ll pop in here to get the updates when i can of course

That is when the magic happens

when the folks are at work.

well then i miss it
can you stream the game at work?
no we can't stream, download, etc.
boo

you work at a sucky office

i know, plus it's a dead zone for am reception
iphone?
not yet

waiting for my cell contract to expire first

Good Call.....

You’ll love it. Worth the wait.

looking forward to it

everyone i know who has one loves it

Overhyped POS.
you haven't seen the light, mikev
really sir?
IMO? Yes.

But then, they’ve done a hell of a job marketing it and making people think they need to have it.

If you're an Apple person it's nicely integrated

with the computers. It’s easy to use an very intuitive.

and best of all...it's one device

i love mine. can’t imagine life without it, actually.

and that is sad

but I completely understand :-)

I'm converting, finally.

This weekend, or whenever I drag myself to an Apple store.

Oh so you are the

“anti-Palm” gal??

Not at all.

I’m switching from my ancient Blackberry, actually.

you'll never regret it
Nooo. Don't give in!
What does it matter? I'm already hooked to m Blackberry.
Oh, OK. Nevermind then.

Blackberries grow like weeds up here. Big giant thorny weeds.

i am so that's why i gravitate towards it
Okay. It's still nothing spectacular.

My WinMo phone integrates nicely with my laptop, too.

My wife’s Blackberry integrates nicely with her laptop.

Hey, she does the best she can, dude.
No doubt.

I will be completely unproductive tomorrow.

Bobby Crosby, is that you?
No, its Nomar.
i was thinking of working from home tomorrow

but i actually prefer not to , don’t like to mix work and home, plus i always end up working more when i’m home

dooo it

i wish i could work from home

i didn't bring my laptop home

in retrospect i guess i should’ve oh well, you guys can keep me posted right?

sure

leave your picture and we’ll post it at the top of the thread

you mean the ones i took in college?

i promised i wouldn’t…

just email them to me

lol

I have them.

just don't post them okay?

I won’t post them, but I have a price.

Hey!

There’s a thought!

We can fix that.
Why wait until the middle of a cold, dark night?
Or me. No time for baseball tomorrow.

So you all must hold me in your hearts.

Me either :(
WHAT? NO PAMCAKES FOR BREAKFAST???
Then they must hold us both.

I only have one heart!

I'm sure its big enough.
I only have 3/4 of a liver,

whass yer p-point?

or...
Not gonna bite, mikey.

That’s some good comment discipline right there.

That's why he leads AN in walks.

I sure as heck don’t.

He?
Yeah, pre-operation.

(When in doubt, just type the name out.)

A little biting is a good thing.
Yes.

Yes!

We agree again!
And now we're done.

Because to take THAT any further would be way TMI. Or so I’m told.

yes we need to control ourselves
Boo

:(

we got a warning so, or at least i did

E-mail?

yep

Likewise.

I don't know what you guys are talking about.

< smiles demurely >

LOLZ.

That’s hilarious.

Maybe I should go read back yesterdays game thread.

it was the recap thread

i guess it’s treated differently than the game thread, i didn’t realize that, plus we did get rambuncious and naughty, but i don’t want to offend people so i’ll be good

Still hilarious.

The thin skin is funny.

mayne they should have naughty and nice threads
I didn't have anything to do with sending any e-mails...

…but when it just goes on and on and on, I can see how it would annoy some people.

That’s easy for you to say.

I think I know what you’re referring to.

forget biting, just get that tongue ring

Sounds like we got a raw deal from the umps this evening.

Not really. One bad call that may or may not have mattered.

We got a rawer deal from three straight grounders/choppers that found holes and led to the two key runs off of Cahill.

Thanks, Nico. I didn’t see the game on TV this evening and was reading the posts about the bad call. BTW, my son’s nickname is Niko!

Excellent choice of names!

The bad call was bad, but it only turned a possible “two on, one out” in the 9th into a “runner at 2nd, two out” situation.

Gotcha…..thanks for the update.

Yes, I like the sound of Niko…..just like one of the characters played by Steven Segal in his early movie career.

BTW, it’s good to be among A’s fans…..not many here on the East Coast.

Anybody have the Palm Pre?

I can’t get an iphone because I’m on Sprint and think it’s the next best option.

No, because I refuse to move off my SERO plan

But I have a Touch Pro and love it.

I'm on the same plan and it can't be matched

I can’t change anything because I no longer have a Sprint email address. I heard they offer it on the SERO plan as of yesterday.

"EverythingPlus" is what they call the SERO plan now
Yeah, and they're nowhere near as good as the old SERO 500 plan
No clue about the phone but the commercials are really creepy.
i like the one about the dunkin donuts in space
I'm attracted, no idea why.
I haven't seen them yet.
i haven't seen the others, apparently,

but this one is weird.

Hmm

Didn’t find it that strange but did find some others that were on the same page.

I heard google's phone is also pretty cool.

My geeky nephew is going for one of those. On T-Mobile I think.

Oh, lord.

Buan talking about Jack Cust tonight. This is gonna be fun.

Almost makes me wish I got KTRB
I live smack-dab in the middle of Oakland

and I hardly get it.

I live in Modesto and it’s just about as clear as day.

I hardly ever listen to Buan.

Is he a Cust fan?

Oh, it's not Buan I worry about.

The callers.

I’m actually not listening, I’ve moved on to Jeopardy.

My mom watches that show.

ugh how do we flag messages?
i was cracking up when i read that
its on all the SB nation sites
j/k
er, that was supposed to say

“clearly that spam was meant for you”

Hit “actions” next to “up” and “reply” at the bottom.

I took care of it

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