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Open Thread: Game 123 - A's vs. Tigers (cont.)

4-1 A's after 5 innings behind Cy Tomko and Sparacust!

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That's Mr. Tomko, for you!
Brett Tomko for Cy Young

well maybe not but it’s nice to see him pitching well.

For some reason I always think of sardines when I see Leyland.

I know, weird huh.

I think of lung cancer
would you like us to call someone for you?
he's eating them with mustard and saltines in his hotel room.

and the hotel room is one of those old-style courtyard varieties and he’s hanging out in his undershirt and boxers, watching Johnny Carson.

He's no idiot.

He’s saving his per diem for more cigarettes.

Is that the marine layer rolling in early...oh wait no its just the smoke coming from the Tigers Dugout..
Whoa, what?

I stepped away. Are they talking about bringing Giambi back for September callups??

The Rockies signed him.

Yeah for the Rockies..
Jason Giambi

Colorado Rockies backup

He’s a left-handed hitter along with Stewart, Helton, Gonzalez and Hawpe.

The Rockies are looking more like the A's every day.
word on the street is

he’ll be a pinch hitter and spell Helton on off-days

Helton is so out of shape he needs to be spelled on off days?

That’s getting near Chavez territory.

but he said he's never felt better!!
Well now Giambi will hit 10 HR's in 3 games.
how'd you get the word on the street in Denver so quickly?!
I know people. And those people know people...
Tomko is a nibbler.
Looking at Clete Thomas and Adam Everett

they look like two ballplayers from the 1930s who found a time machine, and jump 75 years into the future…

has Tomko ever had a game with 8 K's?
I remember watching Tomko with the Giants.

He always had good stuff, but threw every freaking pitch right down the middle. It’s amazing what hitting some spots can do.

Brett Anderson looks really manly when he sits like that.
good afternoon all...
gigs

heard good things about the cupcakes.

Your sign was awesome.
thank you!

You guys did good work with it!

my, but you're good luck. Go back out and come back in again.
TWSS

;)

Ooh, very nice!

You’re like the pitcher with a 1.000 batting average.

Cust Cust Cust

Jaaaaack

I fucking love you Jack Cust.
Be careful not to transpose the second and third words.
you never know til you try...
AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude is totally streaky.
one to left, one to right, Cust is BACK BABY
Cust is on one of his streaks
Jacque Cust-OH OH OH!!
Super wap-a-pap
I guess the bear is done hibernating
Why is Suzuki standing in the dugout in his catcher gear wearing a mit?
geren still hasn't told him that powell is starting today!
Sweet!

Get my cheesesteak & a jack wap-a-pap at the same time!

wap

now tats funny!
i like your flash.
a love that one
lol

that’s me on saturday nights at 3am

Porcello gives up a lot of HRs

eighteen before today, so …Mr. Cust, meet Mr. Porcello

In the spirit of things

I’m laughing my ass off about Cust’s first multi-homer game of the year coming today. Good stuff.

Right on! Join the love. Never too late. :)
hey, we're winning!
Super Cust mojo.
you've missed all the fun. where have you been?
i was laying out getting some sun, it got a liitle too breezy so i went back in

but i was so mellowed out i fell asleep on the couch, just woke up, missed most of the game, i may have had too much wine at the wedding yesterday

If you woke up alone, you didn't have too much wine.
esp. from a wedding.
it was not fun, my bf drooled over his clients and

potential clients while i sat there as this guy at our table was hitting on me the whole time, in front of my bf, who didn’t even notice, this has been a week i’d like to forget

so what's the boyfriend's right response in that situation, OAH?
pay attention to his date for 5 minutes and maybe the other guy would find someone else to hang all over
so it wasn't that there was another guy flirting with you.

it’s that he was ignoring you.

I see.

yea, i was just arm candy and it bugs me sometimes

i didn’t know anyone there but i promised i’d go, glad i didnt buy a new dress

"arm candy"

That phrase totally does not make sense. Candy is not for showing off. Candy is for licking, sucking, and eating.

Just broke up with my gf last night after 2 years

It has been an interesting week. She is picking up her items in a few minutes.

That sucks. Sorry about that.

Thx

I seriously appreciate it.

well, that sounds like a fun day.
Back to the 20-something gals and partying!
Woot!
Enh.

If I had two 20-year-olds, I’d trade ’em in for a certain 40-year-old.

sounds like fun
Yeah. I'm pretty sure that a promotion is coming

so the BMW and flashing of cash is right around the corner. J/K.

right now i'd settle for a regular guy with a pick-up truck who's a construction worker

rather than my mr. hot shot flashy business guy

I’m a student with no car.

Does that work?

Cheese fries, wise guys, demolition derby,

Stir fry’s, nice guys do nothin’ fer me.

I'm a student with a Mazda B2300 and I stood on a roof once

Bam.

you are so cool

I had a Mazda B2000.

I drive a Honda Odyssey.

Yes, that is a minivan. Come get it, ladies.

is travis in your van?
I wish.

That dude is a stud.

a threeway on the freeway?
with power

Vroom!

Oh ya.

I got it up to 100 mph once. No big deal.

I had a Lexus LS400

that I used to drive 140mph. I’m glad that I’m no longer stupid.

i was thinking zbout getting a lexus rx300
They are a nice brand of car
pricey though but i like the look of them
Girl, that sounds like

your boyfriend’s type of thinking.

If you love the car, OK, it’s worth it. But don’t piss away your money on something just because it’s pretty.

oh i wouldn't

i need to test drive it first, but you’re right don’t just go for something ‘cos it’s pretty …but can i at least still drool over travis and ryan?

Yes. Drooling is good.
Ya going fast was fun.

i’m never gonna do it again though. I think 80 is about the fastest I’ll go from now. It’s amazing how dangerous getting in a car actually is, but how little we think about that danger.

Where could you even do that?
On a road where there are

no areas for police to park. A friend of mine showed me a video about how cars can crash by simply hitting a pebble when moving at that speed. I had never though about it before…

Lexus

LS.

4 and a half.

Bulletproof glass tint if I want some a**.

wow sorry o2b, i hope you're okay

i have a feeling i will be in your situation soon

Mine was coming for some time

I think you “know” when things start to change but sometimes you ignore it and hope that it will go away.

Good luck with your situation.

thanks

mine has been coming for awhile, i was just avoiding the inevitable, we’ll see what happens, maybe right now i don’t care (which isn’t good)

I wish I would have acted on it sooner

Life really is too short to not be with the right person…or at least to not start searching for him/her.

Yeah, but on the flip side,

if you’re really in love, you don’t want to be someone who gives up too soon just because it’s difficult. Because it’s always going to be difficult.

then thank goodness i'm not in love
Good point

I’ve lost the right girl before because I didn’t want to get married. Now I found a gal who doesn’t want to marry and it’s made me start thinking differently.

Some women aren't made to be married.

If she’s one of them, it’s good that she knows it. When she doesn’t know it, it’s tough. Especially if you’re the one who marries her.

stop reading my mail.
Dude, we are so twin-brothers.
Hmm, I think my move would be to say,

“excuse me” to the others, take my girl away to some deserted corner and say “sorry, that guy was hitting on you, but … I can’t really blame him, because you look so hot in that dress….” Then push her against the wall and start feeling her up until she giggles and says, “stop it”. Then say, “oh right, sorry, I guess we’d better get back.”

now that would've been awesome!
little breezy....

it’s almost 6pm here. 87 degrees, 61% humidity.

Hi, OakA’sHoney.

hi rated-r

good luck on your first day of school tomorrow

Thanks, I appreciate it.

First day of school??

Huh? You’ve been writing on AN, and have never been to school??

Amazin….!

he's a super intelligent 5 year old
Porcello

5.1IP 8H 5ER 1B 1K 2HR(ouch) 4.39

Did Comcast just say FU?
They've been doing it for years
I've been saying FU to Comcast for years...
They did that when they hired Ray Fosse.

Does Porcello remind anyone else of Cahill?

Heh, he's actully been pretty good last coupl of games re: the HR problem.
couple*

No, it’s not just that. It’s also the really 6 > K/9, and the K/BB < 2

Cahill reminds me of Edgar Gonzalez,

which is terrifying.

way to not react to KK's funny story, Vince.

Douche.

Vince knows it's not polite to speak

when his mouth is full.

Now we just need to teach him it's not polite to speak

when his mouth is empty… on the radio.

needs to become a Milford Man.
hey peeps

How’s the game going?

Also, I would like to take full credit for calling the walk-off last night. You’re welcome.

Didn't you say HR???

not “bloop single”?

I didn't specify which hit would deliver the walk-off.

It’s easier to be right that way.

purty good.

thanks for the walk off, WS.

Cabrera's a monster.

Too bad we didn’t get any of the good Cabrera’s…

How many pitches was Tomko at?

And why can’t he pitch into the seventh today?

savin' him for the stretch drive in September

when the A’s win twenty in a row…

Aww, I remember when we used to do things like that.

sniff.

on the radio earlier, they said they wanted him to go 6th innings

probably had guys lined up for the 7th, 8th, and 9th

Well, I guess when you’ve 8 MOTHER F’ING GUYS in the bullpen, you need to use them…Is it me or are the A’s being a little insane with their bullpen usage?

Its funny how lopsided the pen and bench are.

No it's not.

Its annoying. And stupid. And damnit freaking go away Nomar.

But- he's are pinch runner now that Rajai starts.

…scary huh?

What's it like on this side?
where you been?

The tigers board?

Dreamydreamland

This “awake” stuff is so overrated.

agrd.

If only the hoopleheads would come in, drop all the money and leave.

HD...drink up
does water count?
yup, sounds like your liver needs a rest today :)

Wow, they’re giving up Granderson.

Fortunately, the Tigers' 3B coach

hasn’t seen Hairston throw as much as I have. Bad call not sending Inge, IMO.

Maybe you haven't seen Inge -run- as much as he has

I believe Inge is currently, “walking wounded”.

Oh, if he's hobbled then maybe it was a necessary call

Under normal circumstances, he has pretty good speed.

ha, yes rajai!
I'm here!

I’m such a bad NRAF, but it’s better than nothing, right?

God, I’ve missed you, old school Jack Cust

we've all missed that jack cust
and how 'bout that Tomko??

WTF?

Sign him for $1 mill in the offseason just for funzies?

he's pitched well in both games he started
Tomko and the Duke as backup insurance to let our young guys marinate for a bit

(I’m looking at you, Mazarro)

LOL

Marinate.

My roomate (the drunk) marinates everything and this includes his liver which he marinates with beer and shooters of vodka, whiskey and brandy every single day of his life.

After marinating his liver, he becomes an instant asshole.

Here is an example about how far his brain has gone.

Yesterday he came and turned on the radio to listen to the Yankee game. At the time the Yankees were down by 13 runs and Swisher was at the plate in the top of the 9th. He muttered “Come on Swish, we still have a shot to win this thing”

He then said, “Boston is done, they have no chance of making the playoffs”

you need to get rid of him
so he's the optimistic one in your relationship?

I can see how things don’t quite…. gel

loves me some raj

I can make that happen.

3rd base belongs to Rajai
Rajai is the man.
Okay. The ex is here to pick up her stuff.

Hopefully Rajai scores by the time she leaves.

And hopefully you don't.

That could make things weird.

what are you talking about?

closure sex is great.

….except when it’s not. Then it’s awful

make up sex is better

my friend got pregnant having closure sex

closure sex

ur doin it rong

Whoops. I don’t suppose that actually provided closure.

no it didn't but they're not together

but they are proud parents of a beautiful little girl

hell yeah you go for the steal

after 2 base error, Raj is playing with house money

Now get your job done, Ryan.
Aaaannndd, you didn't.

I still hate you.

you hate Rated-R?

Oh, well.

Love ya big guy.

Whoa. That got weird fast.

so he's not invited into your van?
Ken and Vince joking about

Rajai stealing home.

should've tried.

chair dance.

c'mon Hairston, you BUM!

you’re giving all "Scott"s a bad reputation!

Sweeney popout FTF

He popped out to the Sharks blog?

Believe me, it didn't go that far.

It’s just one click away.

FTF - opposite of FTW

for the fail!

Should be the A’s rally cry

Mabry went five for five that day, right?
mikev, I'm fine, sorry I missed you in the other thread

It was a seriously messed up thing to miss AN Day, but I could not miss a stupid family function, it creased me but I’ll live.

Why did the Tigers pinch hit Raburn for Granderson?

That seems incredibly stupid

Raburn hits so poorly against us, but they really wanted him in the game.
Rayburn had 2 HRs on Friday

Leyland hoping for more magic.

from the basepath.
Jim Leyland sniffed his finger and it said Raburn.

It probably smelled like Raburn.

Raburn bribed Leyland with a pack of smokes
Need DP ball here

has to be M W

Merriam Webster?
It's never easy is is
we didn't have to make this a close game
Cabrera hit ball far
he really wapped the pap out of that one.
He smeared that pap
that was a shot
I am always one for the more competitive game. right
Not Wuertz' day

He’s gotten some serious use in the last few games, hasn’t he?

His pitch placement on gameday just looked bad from the get-go. Let’s get some Hot Bailey Action in here.

I just got back from the gym, and heard

‘Cabrera… it’s gone!’

I was celebrating until I realised it was not a month ago

Did anyone Florida get for Willis and Miguel Cabrera

ever do anything for the Marlins???

Six no names

The Tigers sent outfielder Cameron Maybin, pitcher Andrew Miller, catcher Mike Rabelo and minor league pitchers Eulogio De La Cruz, Dallas Trahern and Burke Badenhop to the Marlins.

and the result was...

I see that on Baseball Reference, but I don’t wanna track down six players. I see one has gone to the Padres, and barely played anywhere.

Eulogio is a very cool name.

Almost as cool as Eufemia.

or Elphaba

from “Wicked”

Today's tease presented by the Oakland A's bullpen.
not liking this tease
time for more M&Ms
you have some left?!
surprising, huh?

At this rate they’re not going to last very long.

how big was this bag?
um yeah, that information is top-secret.

I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.

okay.

I now believe there are some left.

He stormed away from the plate in a relative of his
Cabrera's HR on a letters-high FB

Hey Wuertz, stick w/ the slider

See? Wuertz pulls out the slider and two straight K's

c’mon Michael!

my phone has no messages, but it continues to blink at me as if it does.

I need advice.

burn it with fire!

Okay, your idea is better.

I need advice in which all my belonging won't burn.

Take out the battery and put it back in.

yeah, that'd be my back up plan
that worked. Thank you.

You’re welcome.

I knew that I was smart.

Burn down your shop and move to LA

works for me

you eshewed me for another.
c'mon Sam Nealy

You know Ike Turner still loves you

I mean Kevin Nealon

wow, I’m bad at old SNL names

well, it's not like Kevin Nealon's done ANYTHING at all since SNL.
(and no, Weeds doesn't count)
how does Weeds not count??
Love me some Weeds and Grandma's Boy
forgot about Grandma's Boy.

That counts.

Awesome movie.

Rob Schneider at the beginning is too much.

Did he Eshoo you for Jackie Speier?
I'm not sure,

but I got kicked to the curb for some other sign trollop.

stake thru the heart might work.
Try reading the directions that came with it
never buy cheap toilet paper

that’s the sageliest advice I can offer

that is actually pretty good advice.
it's saved my ass many times...
just terrible
volume can be substituted for quality

when it comes to toilet paper. Nonetheless, I buy good 2-ply, for calmness around the household.

Cust needs a BB here to make it a truly Custian day

No, he hasn’t struck out.

He needs four-for-four

he needs it.

It is done
are you a wizard?!
If she weighs as much as a duck, she's a witch
That's just science
call me Olorin
Are we dwarves?
Oh, dang. Tolkien fail.

cityplANner now owns me. I was thinking Olorin was the dwarvish name, but Wiki tells me it’s the original from the old land. Dang.

Ouch, Iglew

I feel bad for you right now.

If I understood what that hell you guys were talking about I'd feel bad for him too.
I should have googled first.

But I got cocky.

Tharkûn....

that’s the dwarf one.

Mithrandir

Greymantle
Gandolf

he goes by many names

Don't forget Greybeard and Stormcrow.
I heard Fu-Te as "bootay"

I like that better … bootay knee.

Okay. I'm back.

Who is responsible for the homer?

cabrera off wuertz
thanks for the update
everything okay?
I don't know. I told her I was moving on last night.

She told me I looked nice today and greeted me with an excitable “Hiiii!” I told her thanks for everything and then she said don’t be upset. I’m thinking we just spent the last TWO YEARS together so excuse me for giving a s***. I didn’t say anything except “goodbye…” and came back in the house.

I had a girlfriend once who refused to let me break up with her.
I had one of those and she was filthy rich

I mean her Dad’s limousine picked us up at the airport. That was tough to break-up knowing that my life could have been “secure” and they owned a huge, succesful company. My favorite part is that they lived in a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Oak Park. I tried to love her!!

I would've learned.
it's going to take some time

it will be okay

nice job elli
Ellis is awesome!
nice job, unicorn
they shuld put kenedy at 2nd ellis suxxxx
we're gonna score....

Together.

I needed a laugh. This worked.

I would say that I am to please, but that’s not my line.

t-buck, i didn't know you were posting on this thread

I do it just for you, baby.

woohoo

Runners on 2nd and 3rd, no outs. Ni is done. Perry in.

Powell hits .275 against right-handed pitching.

I'm saying Barton comes through bigtime here

Redemption!

Powell is first, though.

Large Landon lashes out
boom boom boom!
OH YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
gone!!!!!!!!!!!!! woohoo!!!
Well that will work
Another for Cust would have been more fun,

but this is pretty cool, too.

Bear Powell wap a pap!
Did you see Basterds yet?
no.

awesome or awesomest?

The latter

Ultra-violence balanced out by top-notch writing. Some people think it’s a little on the talky side, I think it’s a little on the face-melting-badass side.

talky-side

is what I look for from a great writer

face-melting badass side rocks.

I look forward to it.

I prefer both

True Romance is one of my faves.

well, in his movies, not so much, but overall, yes.
you don't like the dialogue?

Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in the trailer is unforgettable.

oh I love the dialogue.

I love the movie. I just like Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill better. About the same as Jackie Brown.

Whatever happened to the man bear pig?
He ended up in Imagination-Land, I think.
Appaerently when Butters was the gatekeeper

he killed him.

I love Landon Powell.

(the suddenly long list of new comments was my clue that something had happened)

wow, he turned on that quickly
23 RBI's in 98 AB.

Impressive.

Barton can't buy a break.
I would love to see Powell get regular playing time.
but we'd have to put him in the field.
gasp

I imagine he could be better than Giambi and Everidge at first. Or at least some DH time.

we could teach him to play first.
this sounds a lot like the next Hatteberg
pickin machine

for pitches in the dirt, that is

as opposed to the 'pickin machine' on the dugout steps?
as opposed to a pickin' machine,

playin’ banjo on the porch of the General Store.

You got a purdy mouth
giambi signed with the rockies?
they're turning into the NL A's (except that they actually win games sometimes)

Giambi, Huston, Carlos, Embree (injured I think), Smith (minors? whatever happened to ilovegregsmith? she probably defected)…

what the hell Did happen to ILGS?
I wonder if one of these "newer " girls is just her reinvented?
yes, this is the most likely explanation
so....

who is it?

well, who are the choices?

I haven’t been in that many game threads lately, so I don’t know who all the “newer” people are.

Well, there's OakA'sHoney.

She’s pretty new…wait, was ILGS last year or 2007?

what are you saying about me?
He's speculating that another username

who disappeared about the same time that you joined, might be the same person as you. But I don’t think anyone really believes that.

huh? i've never had another username
yeah, she was last year.

hmm… it’s possible…

might be kallus.
could be Oaktoon

…you never know!

it's not

I like the ball-girls, not the bat-boys

Who else is listening to the radio.

I keep thinking of Nico with all these “pressure” quotes.

Omigod, make it stop,

it keeps getting creepier.

I'm pretty much always on the radio.
They kept quoting Leyland:

“it’s not bad pressure, it’s good pressure” “Don’t think that pressure is a bad thing, just relax and enjoy it.” “Let the kid in you come out.”

Who will pitch the 9th?

Wuertz lookin’ dogged, no use in using Bailey so daily.

jeff gray

he’s been used in garbage innings mostly, but nice stats

that is a good idea

esp. after Pennington’s HR. Everybody showing up today.

Did that just happen?
Please, Cliffy, don't hurt 'em
oh yea baby!

i like this!!

damn, moneypenny, i like it more competitive, not less
Not bad, getting around on a 98 MPH heater, if that's accurate
I think all that second hand smoke is hurting the Tigers
look at that stupid chain the pitcher is wearing around his neck

like is it supposed to be cool?

I will be amused if the final score matches the time the game ends.

Nine to four.

That's improbable.

It’d have to be a very fast last five outs and commercials. :)

Yeah, you're right.

Darn.

If the rest of this inning is really really long,

maybe it could be forty to five.

Hmph.

How come they never hit home runs when I get to go? (Jealous)

you got a walk off win.

stop crying.

now.....NOW!!

Now Pennington hits a HR, when he could have won three different games last week with a simple basehit.

swooney gets a walk?

well at least he gets to 1st base

I get the feeling most of the ladies around here would intentionally walk him to at least 2nd
most all the way home.
he could steal home
Pretty sure that's illegal
okay i'd let him go home
You would welcome him home
with the whipped cream...
LOL at Sweeney being walked.
walking the "#3" hitter

to face the “Clean up” hitter.

dangerous raccoon.
I "like" how "you" wrote that "post"
game over, man vs wild marathon next!!
omg, they're IBB sweeney
Hold up.

Cliffy homered? Really? And they’re IBB-ing Ryan?

…signs of the apocalypse…

wow leyland is crazy
Leyland "plays to win"

but not this game.

He knows it’s over.

"We're losing anyways, let's try something crazy!"
that'd be my philosophy.
I'm sure of that
What's that supposed to mean?

(spackles nostrils with peanut butter and trowel)

Crazy is as crazy does

but as long as you stay funny I’m going to enjoy your crazy ways.

c'mon Scott, you BUM!!

even Cliff P is hitting shots.

DDDammmit!!
3 times today he made outs swinging at inside pitches that were balls
hairston

might join the list of A’s players to decline after leaving the inferior NL for the AL

I see that Smoltz K'd 9 in five innings which proves the NL is weaker then the AL

He couldn’t get anybody out when he was with the Sox.

tough park to ask him to do it in though ,no?
It always helps to pitch against the Padres
ScottyScottyScotty

if a raccoon getting IBB’d in front of you isn’t a sufficient motivator, what is?

Gray up
perfect coda

taking it to the win column

great play by Barton
Nice defense

That’s the way to cover ground

The Staple grabbed onto that one.
defense at 1B is stapled down
That's a win, y'all!
yay! we are good!!!
Very solid win
okay, i can go on with my day feeling gooder
A series win

I still like the way we are closing out the season especially when you look at the lineup.

on to Seattle

good time to catch the Mariners. Seattle finally realizing “no chance” so they’ll be off their game.

you going to the games, iglew?
No. But I'll be glad to watch on TV for a change.
It's really amazing this team is scoring the way they are.
I dunno

they had like three 3-2 games in a row.

Nonetheless, they are holding their own against very good clubs, and beating bad clubs. Looks promising.

Celebration.....
say,

wanna dance with me?

Only if I can lead

Gosh, you’re so demanding.

okay.

funky chicken?

I'm really only good at the awkward whiteboy
me too!

white man’s overbite!

Then we're perfect for one another
HANNAHAN!
he's hittin' .216 for Seattle

Jack showing improvement.

rated-r

i expect a full account of your day tomorrow, any cute girls, etc. make sure your mom packs you a lunch, or better yet do it yourself

lunch is better when mom packs it.
true

peanut butter and jelly never tasted as good

even apple slices were good.
heh, learned to pack my own lunch early

thus avoiding the apples with bruises, and brown spots.
Also my Dad always put butter on the bread slices. Too fatty rich.

GAME RECAP IS UP

Here

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