I predicted as soon as they stopped hitting they would be in trouble. They get to the playoffs and in theory they face much better pitching and they will not be scoring like they have.
Nothing pleases me more than to see them get their ass kicked.
Line out to end the threat. On to the bottom half of the frame. Both teams have had their chances, but it’s a classic “You win! No, you win!” type contest.
That was not a very good game. Mazzaro was not attacking the strike zone. He was all over the place. I hope he keeps learning. Gray looked competent.
Quite frankly, Hairston and Sweeney got nothing done with the bat this game, we need to get better production than that.
A couple of Sweeney's at bats showed why he probably won't develop power
He hit a nice-looking fly ball to right but it just didn’t go anywhere, and then that ball in the 9th to LF is one where a power hitter might get it out but with Sweeney, it was a “good approach” but he’s just not going to HR to LF.
Rally...
ohtobe21likehuston - August 24, 2009
Fries?
Joey C. - August 24, 2009
We have to start somewhere
ohtobe21likehuston - August 24, 2009
CAPS!
brian.only - August 24, 2009
i'll let someone else be first
Deborah51 - August 24, 2009
You’re so kind.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
when is the tease?
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
Whenever you want, darlin'
Joey C. - August 24, 2009
now please
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
It's not a tease if you get it when you want it.
iglew - August 24, 2009
i always get what i want
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
MIck Jagger says that's impossible
Nick - August 24, 2009
But you can try sometimes...
brian.only - August 24, 2009
then you might get what you need
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
Give me what I want.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
You get off on being withholding
Joey C. - August 24, 2009
This is true.
iglew - August 24, 2009
It’s only the seventh inning or something.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
i'm impatient
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
MOJO!
brian.only - August 24, 2009
anybody seeing det-laaa?
jared weaver looks like an adult
Future Ed - August 24, 2009
has he cut his stupid hair?
Deborah51 - August 24, 2009
yes
looks much better
Future Ed - August 24, 2009
Does Landon get in trouble for not
running hard on that?
iglew - August 24, 2009
i think he was
Future Ed - August 24, 2009
LOL
iglew - August 24, 2009
Yeah, it's kinda hard to tell with him
Nick - August 24, 2009
BOOOOO.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
Ugh
A foul ball
ohtobe21likehuston - August 24, 2009
Damn!
Just missed.
IowaA'sFan - August 24, 2009
see, tha twas almost a tease
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
Wouldn't that make it a tease?
67MARQUEZ - August 24, 2009
It was a double-tease.
IowaA'sFan - August 24, 2009
you're right
that said i couldn’t command a tease
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH
hero66 - August 24, 2009
much love to don adams
Future Ed - August 24, 2009
this game is making me sleepy
Deborah51 - August 24, 2009
the game is great
life makes me sleepy
Future Ed - August 24, 2009
Wait, I like that one better.
67MARQUEZ - August 24, 2009
Same
67MARQUEZ - August 24, 2009
Daric took that fastball for strike 3 50 times last year.
But that drive that just went foul was impressive.
Nick - August 24, 2009
Looked great to me.....he only needed a few feet fair on that one
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
We’ll win tomorrow.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
oh t-buck
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
He’ll get a hit next time.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
That's a pretty lineup.
67MARQUEZ - August 24, 2009
Chavez, Scutaro, Swisher...
brian.only - August 24, 2009
Sigh.
67MARQUEZ - August 24, 2009
Gnats have a live one tonight.
Bottom 11.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
I hope the Rockies win.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
To the 12th.
I’m ambivalent, its difficult one has the Panda- the other the Patrol Boat.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
And both are hurt
ZigFan31 - August 24, 2009
SlegnA getting torched
God, their pitching really sucks.
I predicted as soon as they stopped hitting they would be in trouble. They get to the playoffs and in theory they face much better pitching and they will not be scoring like they have.
Nothing pleases me more than to see them get their ass kicked.
Trainman - August 24, 2009
yep
67MARQUEZ - August 24, 2009
LOL Detroit leading 10-0
Trainman - August 24, 2009
for once
a team, “man, am I glad to leave Oakland!”
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
Agreed.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
Plus a gazillion
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
Late checking-in here
I see the M’s are still paying us back for making the playoffs on their back ’06
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
Jeff's not fooling them much any more
Nick - August 24, 2009
nope
67MARQUEZ - August 24, 2009
Everybody plays the fool, sometimes.
Axl - August 24, 2009
DP time.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
One of those bats is going to injure someone sooner or later
Nick - August 24, 2009
Shrapnel
Unfortunately it will probably take that for anything to change.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
Time for a little Marshall Law.
Axl - August 24, 2009
wolfman
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
battle of guys picked up off the scrap heap right here
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
It's a demo derby!
Nick - August 24, 2009
battle bots!
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
Can we Marshall the strength?
Joey C. - August 24, 2009
Hannahan true to form tonight?
I wonder if Mariners fans are shaking their heads about now.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
Hahahaha.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
nnannnan
iglew - August 24, 2009
He had a good defensive play earlier tonight.
iglew - August 24, 2009
Typical.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
Guy's a pro.
Axl - August 24, 2009
Lets distill some thread mojo here.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
we're waiting to be teased
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
2-3?
Runners on 1st and 3rd?
brian.only - August 24, 2009
who's at bat?
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
Powell.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
that's a tease
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
moonshine?
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
yes please
the draft beer isn’t working anymore
Kallus - August 24, 2009
These roustabouts are "on it", as they say.
Axl - August 24, 2009
Looks like good times!
brian.only - August 24, 2009
hey there's uncle lenny
the long lost photo. you found it!
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
God f'in dammit!
Nick - August 24, 2009
Groan...
brian.only - August 24, 2009
The A's:
Faster than anyone at getting two outs. That has to count for something.
Axl - August 24, 2009
the condor? really?
(according to M’s announcers)
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
is it still endangered?
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
apparently he just made a diving grab
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
Just showed it on Gameday- pretty nice catch. grumble.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
the fans and train are noisy
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
That place is hella loud.
iglew - August 24, 2009
hella
tell them to shush please
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
hella
they don’t understand that word
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
i thought hella spread to the rest of the country by now
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
I think he's saying it's obsolete now.
iglew - August 24, 2009
it's still going strong here in the east bay
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
spend some time here in LA and say something like
“man I’m hella hungry” and people give you a blank stare
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
i think its a NorCal thing...
or so my college-aged kid says
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
Word.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
definitely a NorCal thing..
the only people that use it down here (southern Orange County) are from the bay area and surrounding areas.
dtownmbrown - August 24, 2009
I never knew it was so regional.
But I don’t go to SoCal much.
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
I tried that. It didn't work.
The top level is not quite as bad, but you have to walk through the deafening levels to get there.
iglew - August 24, 2009
When Scott Hairstion is up all pitches are chin music.
Axl - August 24, 2009
i really want to like you scott
Deborah51 - August 24, 2009
but it's getting harder and harder each AB
Deborah51 - August 24, 2009
He's been missing a lot of hanging sliders,
which are kind of what he needs to hit a lot way far.
Nico - August 24, 2009
That was fast.
iglew - August 24, 2009
The ninth inning is our inning!
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
i thought you went to bed
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
No, that was LB.
iglew - August 24, 2009
It is 3 time zones.
Guys a trooper.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
can I borrow some of your optimism
I’m fresh out
Kallus - August 24, 2009
I went looking for a rally Mila,
and was surprised at how unphotogenic she is. She’s really on your team??
iglew - August 24, 2009
If she wasn’t on That ‘70s Show, she wouldn’t be.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
I've seen that show a few times and she was cute there.
That’s why I was surprised.
iglew - August 24, 2009
times a waning here....
9th inning rally!! after we shut them bottom 8 that is
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
Hey guys, the good luck charm is here!!
Amnesiac - August 24, 2009
Hey!!!!
ZigFan31 - August 24, 2009
and just in time too !!
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
slegnA are almost within grand slam range
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
Verlander turned to shit there in that inning
They got about 43,999 two out hits.
Trainman - August 24, 2009
Whoa. Colorado/SF to the 13th
SwisherThresher - August 24, 2009
Just win it already, Colorado!
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
we want runs!!!!
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
Rally Kitteh
Axl - August 24, 2009
that's awesome
who wants to doctor the pic so that the kitteh is wearing an A’s hat or something. My photoshop skills leave much to be desired
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
Pow!
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
Rally Mila?
iglew - August 24, 2009
how old is she?
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
Beats me. Ask R-Star.
iglew - August 24, 2009
She’s 26 and has been dating actor Macaulay Culkin since 2002.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
right age
wrong look though. you can enjoy.
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
I will, then.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
I'm looking forward to a certain film she'll be making soon.
Thanks once again for the info RRS.
sirbed - August 24, 2009
rated -r you really think she's hot?
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
Uh, yes.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
yo
how old is she?
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
Check IMDB
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
I posted it above.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
That's the best picture of her I could find.
iglew - August 24, 2009
Woo!
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
GRD?
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
Rally Isabella!
brian.only - August 24, 2009
No, we had a double with Mila Kunis!
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
More the merrier
And the pup was first btw.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
Those don’t count.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
I've heard that more is not merrier.
iglew - August 24, 2009
Well- in all fairness I had'nt seen his.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
tease time
Deborah51 - August 24, 2009
ryan tease me please
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
Did that count?
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
yea, but ultimately not good
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
teases her with his "not quite far enough" power
Deborah51 - August 24, 2009
yea he can't seem to bring it home
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
if the A's come back in the ninth I want the credit
(if not, I was never here)
dtownmbrown - August 24, 2009
It’s “wap-a-pap” time for Landon Powell.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Sweeney))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Axl - August 24, 2009
Is that a hug?
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
This is a good ending.
Powell could tie it right here.
iglew - August 24, 2009
Or better yet, who ever is on deck can win it.
iglew - August 24, 2009
Landon of the Hill People
Axl - August 24, 2009
Please crush one, Landon.
mikev - August 24, 2009
fudge
Kallus - August 24, 2009
Wow that was a terrible boring game!!
wacchampions - August 24, 2009
Sigh.
Rated-R Superstar - August 24, 2009
well poop
OaklandSi - August 24, 2009
we suck
Deborah51 - August 24, 2009
Poop
brian.only - August 24, 2009
That tears it!
I’m taking him off my Thanksgiving guest list.
Axl - August 24, 2009
Well it does look like he'd go for 'thirds'.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
i hate the moose
cuppingmaster - August 24, 2009
This game was reminiscent of many early in the season.
Axl - August 24, 2009
Dorky faux legal jargon slogan fail.
“The DA has ruled”. Um, no. The district attorney is not a judge.
iglew - August 24, 2009
Well that was boring and the A's only have 9 games left against the Mariners
sirbed - August 24, 2009
Well then
Only nine more games to go against Seattle
SwisherThresher - August 24, 2009
sad....not sorry I missed most of it tonight.
There’s always tomorrow.
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
and we have a bit more than a month to keep saying that
OaklandSi - August 24, 2009
I'm still hoping for some moments of brilliance!!
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
Well I'm gonna watch the Gnats game.
Night!
brian.only - August 24, 2009
giants bases loaded
OakA'sHoney - August 24, 2009
Other score update
Still 1-1, top of the 13th in Denver. Giants have runners on the corners with 2 out.
SwisherThresher - August 24, 2009
loaded.
brian.only - August 24, 2009
aaaah ha
Line out to end the threat. On to the bottom half of the frame. Both teams have had their chances, but it’s a classic “You win! No, you win!” type contest.
SwisherThresher - August 24, 2009
Halfway through an Indiana jones double feature
Checked in just to see the a’s loose. Sadface!
Poor mazarro…
cityplANner - August 24, 2009 via mobile
Well we know Indy will beat the nazis though
sirbed - August 24, 2009
Bad game
That was not a very good game. Mazzaro was not attacking the strike zone. He was all over the place. I hope he keeps learning. Gray looked competent.
Quite frankly, Hairston and Sweeney got nothing done with the bat this game, we need to get better production than that.
coachmule - August 24, 2009
A couple of Sweeney's at bats showed why he probably won't develop power
He hit a nice-looking fly ball to right but it just didn’t go anywhere, and then that ball in the 9th to LF is one where a power hitter might get it out but with Sweeney, it was a “good approach” but he’s just not going to HR to LF.
Nico - August 24, 2009
Well at least Sweeny always hustles though
sirbed - August 24, 2009
I swear to god if Geren tips his cap to Ian F*&%in Snell!!!!
I’ll just lose it!
Kallus - August 24, 2009
Save yourself and don't listen or watch!!
BERRYJO - August 24, 2009
I was being overly dramatic
I’d probably just laugh, honestly.
Kallus - August 24, 2009
RECAP
It stinks.
67MARQUEZ - August 24, 2009
When asked about his recap,
Marquez said, “It [stinks].”
iglew - August 24, 2009
...
SwisherThresher - August 24, 2009
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