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Open Therad: Game 122 - Your Hotties Against Detroit!!! (cont.)

Hieeeeee everybody!!!!!!!!! So everyone's at Athlete's Nation Day, except me (because Ms. Haverford is a witch and fails people on exams they studied for because they can't read her mind) and you (because I guess you don't live close enough by, or because you're an in-shut, or some other reason I can't think of but probably could apply. Anyway, go Hotties, especially medium-hottie Travis Cahill who was our first thrower today!!!

-Cindi

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don't fence me in
hmmm

gotta work on this new thread mojo timing

word

one batter too late

not bad for an NRAF Game Thread Day.
Yes!

because I am one. WAHOOOO

Oh my God!

Bloom is in charge of the threads! we’re all going to die!

no, just the zombies

a select group of humans will live, though

Zombies?

Get my water gun

only if you trust me.

LET’S GO!

{clears chamber of shotgun}

Heh.

How did I know Nico was gonna do something weird for thread no. 2?

Weird?

Typical Nico.

Let's Go Oakland lets get a 1,2,3
...

Let’s get a 2,3,4?

...

And a 5 for good measure

Breslow in for the 8th. No W for Cahill today but he did pitch well.
Cahill's been pretty good his last couple times out.

This bodes well for the future.

I think a lot of things really bode well for next year.
it looks like elvis is pointing out some sort of growth on his scalp
a DP would be nice
well, if wishes were fishes

….there would be a fish in my brain.

where am I?

Mommy,

why does that man have a fish tail coming out his ear?

If wishes were horses,

we’d all be eating steak.

TWSS
See, I wanted to say that, but managed to hold back.

Learn from my example.

Damn, I'm freezing.

I thought it was August.

It was raining yesterday.

In SAN DIEGO. In AUGUST.

wish we got some of that rain here in central cali
wow i never knew killebrew was the model for MLB logo
I just looked it up.

MLB claims it’s not a player, but the Harmon Killebrew thing is an urban legend.

that kuiper and fosse believe
breslow pumping challenges FBs to Cabrera

ballsy

he's not backing down either

Damn, Craig!

this'll end well.

Ordonez is in now.

Well, no Houston, so it should end well
Oooof.

Don’t remind me.

Tigers one AB closer to a stupid $18 million decision
persistence pays off
K'd on the high heat.

Craig, today you became a man

OK the Raiders are screwed like normal

so I’m switching to the real game. Go A’s!

Tony Armas!
I have fond memories of those teams.

Never world beaters, but lots of fun to watch! And that was a great outfield.

awesome outfield.

BEST.

I think KK's just reading AN for talking points.
Henderson, Murphy, Armas!
He was no Mitchell Page.
who?

This guy.

your name isn't Ben Mankiewicz, is it?
How did you know?

Sit, Rookie!

I'm a big fan of the Swinging Rage. A career too short.
Sadly, there was a season or two in which Mitchell Page was the best reason to watch the A's!
Tony Armas was traded to Boston

for my favorite player ever, Carney Lansford.

one more reason to love Tony.
That trade seemed to work out well
Hah, I just noticed that the page is titled

“Open Therad”.

Cindi.
I miss Cindi

We haven’t seen her as much since the mantle of AN passed to Nico

haven't really seen much of the real Nico, either.
and that Travis Cahill was the starting pitcher...
Yeah, I noticed the rest, but for some reason, Open Therad went through my brain fine.
I understand

I heard once that she has unbridled enthusiasm for her ‘hotties’

poppycock

Next thing, you’ll be telling me Nico has a predeliction for goats

and he's swarthy.
that too

also, he hasn’t yet sent in his membership form to the Bob Geren fan club.

Woah

so many mistakes!

therad: a previously undiscovered energy source
Radiation based?
yes

like microwaves, but better

Woooo go Breslow!
BRESLOW!

Wow. Where did this guy come from?

from a scrap heap on the outskirts of Minneapolis
Breslow K's him. They're still tied in Oakland.
error no matter

Breslow-tonto strike out all

Clete Thomas, you always remind me of this guy

haha

me too

maybe he keeps a sawed off shotgun in his locker
I think of this guy....'cause of his years coaching 3rd for the A's.

Can't find him as a coach, but this is better....

Gotta love the stirrups the A's were wearing in '57!
Alright, let's win this thing already.
Did that go through Ryan Perry's legs?
It looked like it at first,

but in the replay it went behind him.

i'm late. i was working out, cleaning the house and watching the 9ers beat that other team.
Ryan!

Oh boy. Let’s do this!

Sweeney hit - runners on first and second - no outs!
all right sweeney

u might just be a hitter

Yay hits!

Unicorn time!

MOAR HITZ

NEEDZ MOAR RUNZ

U NI CORN! U NI CORN!

clapclapclap clapclapclap

c'mon unicorn!
Why is he bunting????
I think that's a question for our "manager."
um...

Small ball!

Let's get em in now Ellis before that strikeout machine Cust comes up.
hey, he's hitting better w/ RISP this year than overall
damn those low strikes
Wooo!

Great bunt, Mark.

that is confident bunting there
What a great bunt.

Textbook.

!@#$$#@!$% umpire
Wow, he got that down with 2 strikes, NICE
wow, nice bunt with 2 strikes on him
the man, the myth, the Unicorn.
walking cust. heh
Hah.

IBB on Cust. Prove ’em wrong, Daric!

suicide squeeze, Jack!
okay good bunt

but let’s not do you-know-what

Staplehead Redemption.
IBB Cust

To get to Barton.

If Barton doesn’t come through, I think the site explodes or something.

Wait for something to Drive Barton.
Time to shine Barton
I'll take a walk to Cust.
STA PLE HEAD! STA PLE HEAD!

clapclapclap clapclapclap

C'MON STAPLEHEAD!!!!!!
Just swing the bat

Dont take strike 3.

did you know that in German, "Staplehead" is "Grundnahrungsmittel Kopf"
All we need is a medium deep lazy fly ball

c’mon bart, you can do that

Do something good, Dale!
He might've wanted to swing at that one.
C'mon Dale!

I believe in you!!

Weak ass shit
that's not helpful
And i thought

Eric Patterson had a super long uppercut swing

Jack Cust?
Yeah

But at least Cust has power

not. far. enough.
Okay... Cliffy will now do something good
....and then Pennington takes over...

c’mon Poppy: prove omniscient.

not a GIDP

moral victory

do those moral victories show up in the stats?
The A's lead the majors in MVORP.

Moral Victory Over Replacement Player. Weirdly enough, they’re in the middle of the league in xSL. Expected Silver Linings.

Criminey.

Bloody ’ell.

we need a hit moneypenny
Fuckin A

Aggravating

for shts sake. i mean really
Ugh.

Well, at the very least, we’re not losing.

It's okay.

They’re just preparing for a walk-off. Trying to make it all dramatic and everything.

for the AN crowd, sure.

that makes complete sense.

I am nothing if not sensible.

or something.

Wow. Prescient.
everidge would have at least gotten someone in

with a sac fly.

Tommy Time woulda GIDP, but whatevs
i would have rather taken my chances with him

he’s got a nice oppo stroke when he needs it

I don't like the Ellis bunt call with this lineup.

Took the bat out of both Ellis and Cust’s hands and put it in Barton’s and Pennington’s. Outcome predictable – no runs.

the RBI leader in august didn't get that way by bunting
Hindsight is awesome

If it works, Geren’s a genius.

if we would've let E bat in that situation,

and he would’ve GIDP, we would’ve been screaming for Geren’s head.

I wouldn't have, I leave that for others. But, if you think about it Ellis has been on fire, Cust is heating up lately.

Why rely on Barton (with his .162 average or whatever it is) and then Pennington with 2 outs?

agreed.

but I see his thinking too.

52 games

67 IP

eek.

Good thing we're getting Devine back next year

Bailey’s arm is going to fall off

The worst part is that I'm not sure which of the A's relievers you're talking about.

Bailey?
Wuertz?
Breslow?

if it was breslow it's like

80 games
95 IP

Bres

Has fewer IP than games pitched

what makes you think it’s only 1 of them :)

This is how I'm feeling right now. I hope Bailey does too

that is odd.

I like it, but it is odd.

you want odd? look at what else I came across

i'll never look at peanuts the same way again
that is. before and and after --- odd
Charles needs to quit the meth.
and lucy the roids
wow.

I’ve never wanted to have sex with Lucy before now.

I love how Linus' blanket is tucked away in his back pocket

There a whole series of these, btw, for all the Peanuts’ kids

I like Mark Ellis
Okay, if you're sitting in the NetSuite Diamond seats,

You’re not allowed to do the wave.

lots of wave action. no doubt it started with the AN group
where they sitting?
I dunno. oh, to have more discretionary income... i would be there.
Left field, right before the bleachers.
On the contrary, almost none of us did the wave.

Almost, (glares at Nico)

I never participate in the wave, and certainly didn't last night

If you saw something, it was probably epilepsy.

Impossible.

I’ve never had epilepsy.

I was actively discouraging it in the 7th or 8th, whenever it was
Things about mark ellis

He’s really good

2. He's awesome.
3. He's a gamer
3. he rides a unicorn
4/5

His hairline is its own intangible

6. Gritty.
7. He LOVES messing with the pitcher's timing when he is on first base.
Nice to see Kennedy with 3 hits tonight
wuz wit teh buntingz?!
Small ball is what wins games.
Scoring more runs than the other team...

…is what wins games, I’m pretty sure.

Eh...

I’m not touching this.

I just kidding

FYI

Game winner standing on second!
Come on, Kurt!
So much Kurt fail so far this game

Prove us wrong, Kurt!

It is kind of funny how both bunts have come from our 2 hottest hitters.
I just came here to gloat over the A's win
i mean whoa!!!
winner winnnnnnnner!
chicken dinner
woohoo!!!! walk off win.
A ray of happiness!
Celebrate good times, come on!
GREAT WIN FOR ALL THE ANers there!
CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON!
Suzuki comes through!!!
ZOOOOOOOOOOKKKK!

Woot!

We need to start yelling ZOOOOK!

Like YOOOUUUK, or KOOOUUUZ.

yay A's win A's win hellll yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh
I like it when the A's win.
c'mon!

dance with a fat man in Florida!

if you liked the Peanuts stuff earlier, LB

check this out

…why do I feel like a drug dealer?

I feel dirty now.
sally is a hottie
patty has a lower back tatoo

I lol’ed

i can't read what it says
I love how P. Patty and Marcie are...um...pictured.
peppermint patty looks like a ball buster
she looks like a ball avoider.
ha ha

maybe true bloomy

A win for Bailey is almost as good as a win for Cahill
Bailey's ERA is under 2.

1.99!

He could be a strong contender for AL ROY.

As could Brett Anderson.

who else is a front runner?

I haven’t been paying as much attention to rookies this year

we've got a couple horses in that race.
porcello me thinks

only because he plays for a contender

still. we got a couple of horses still in that.

lots o’ season left.

Rickey Romero?
porcello?

Really?

He’s got a 65/39 K/BB in 117 IP. Midling, at best

Marc Hulet over at Fangraphs wrote an article about it.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-al-rookie-of-the-year-favorites

He lists, in this order, Brett Anderson, Elvis Andrus, Brad Bergesen, Gordon Beckham, and Andrew Bailey.

As honorable mentions, he lists, not in any order, Matt Wieters, Nolan Reimold, Ricky Romero, Rick Porcello, and Jeff Niemann.

forgot about Elvis

It’s good to be the King

even playing a premium position

he’s got an 88 OPS+

But he's playing premium defense.

He rated 8.4 runs above average from UZR, and Fangraphs has him at 2.5 WAR.

Brett Anderson’s also at 2.5 WAR, by the way.

as an A's fan, I like it

but truthfully, Porcello and Romero have to be at the top. Anderson has really only put it together in the last 2 months or so. I would go

Porcello (or Romero, could go wither way), Romero, Andrus, Bailey, Niemann, Beckham, then the others

Anderson a 109/39 K/BB

Porcello a 65/39 K/BB

Anderson 133 IP
Porcello 117 IP

Rick’ll probably win it anyways

Don't get me wrong

I think Anderson probably has a more successful career ahead of him, but right now, Porcello seems like he’s been the better pitcher for the majority of the season thus far. If Anderson goes out and throws 5 more awesome starts and Porcello five mediocre ones, then I’ll be singing a different tune.

Anderson leads Porcello in WAR by a win and a half.

Porcello’s only at 1.0 WAR, and I’d imagine the 5+ FIP he sports has a lot to with it.

well, reality is our guys will probably steal each othersz votes,

like when two actors/actresses get nominated for same film. But still, it’s an honor just ot be nominated.

I’m pretty excited for our future.

I'm waiting for Carter, Wallace, Weeks and Cardenas all to be in the ROY running

in 2011.

That’ll be sweeeeeeet.

2010 will be fun.

2011 looks even brighter.

I sure hope you guys are right about the team getting better

over the next couple of seasons. I need one of my teams to be decent and give me a reason to live.

Kurt is da man!
agrd.

that was awesome.

so much redemption for Kurt
We winz.

Suzuki style!!

news to me - giambi picked up by rockies
Paitience!

Theyre all watching fireworks and stuff…

GAME RECAP IS UP

Here

Just never get enough

of Cindi.

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