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Open Thread: Game 129 - A's at Angels (cont.)

This is why you watch the games -- who would have predicted that by now, Landon Powell would have a straight steal of home, Erick Aybar would have gotten a foul ball stuck in his corn rows, and the A's would have turned a 5-9-2-4-7 triple play? Anyway, 23-1 A's going to the bottom of the 6th...{please be right...please be right...please be right...}

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We really need some new-thread mojo!!!
we need some new season mojo
We need new mojo

in general

or end-of-the-season mojo
this is the "A's score mucho runs" rally thread
YAY!! I'm glad I stayed
It's always dangerous starting a thread when the other team is at bat.
Stupid Otto.
What would Nietszche say about that?

ca....ca-ca-cahhh...ca-ca-----caahhhh..
KKKKennedy...MMMM

mah…mah

Kennedy makes an error?

Kennedy makes an error!!!

Aristotle was not Belgian.
I think it was set to post at 8pm

so the Slegna weren’t batting yet

lets go now how about a 3rd out, and then a gigantic offensive inning lol

Or a hit batter and a fight

Either would work for me

this is a solid plan
12 runs following a chone figgins throw-the-ball-into-the-dugout error.
No F-ing way
Fricken Kennedy!

Are you kidding me? Horrible!

House of horrors for AK

He’s had like 4 errors in 3 games

did you know the raiders were tearing up our field today?
But apparently not in a good way!
Looks like the Saints did most of the tearing
Niners just won I think
yes they did. our 3rd string beat their 3rd string.
"Our"?

I honestly don’t know if you mean the Niners or not.

it's too hot for football

it was 90 degrees here today

fielding slump... okay
An error at 3B by Kennedy?

There’s something you don’t see every day.

Oh, wait. Yes, you do.

In all fairness-

He’s not a 3rd baseman.

Gray finishes that shit up
always a rivercat but never an A for long.
ok you bastards!!! score some runzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

thank you

I hate Mickey Hatcher

Absolutely one of my least favorite players ever.

i am so there
Kennedy

It’s not realistic to expect Kennedy to be a good third baseman, but it would have been nice if he was adequate.

Up to now - he's been not so bad
It really shouldn't be that hard to just grab an easy grounder at 3B if you can do it at 2B
maybe hes trying to show

his old team and fans that he still has it. He shouldnt do that.

He's probably rushing

Figgins is fast.

John Wooden used to say, "Be quick, but don't hurry"
and he had a roster better than the Yankees
Yeah...

I wish Kennedy was the offensive player Hannahan wasn’t…and vice verse.

of course it would even be better if we had the 2003 Erick Chavez, but I digress.

Oh hell

you know what I mean.

blend the two??
Hannahan's D & AK's O
what do we know about this pitcher?
He's not Weaver

So that’s an improvement.

we know he's going to give up 6 runs this inning
is Jahvid still not practicing?
here we go again
RALLY RALLY RALLY
EXCELLENT!!
there we go...start it off, unicorn
Rally time

I was napping earlier. Who’s sponsoring our rally tonight?

Hmmm. I guess R-Star is gone.
In play, tease(s)

I hope not, though!

Holy -Hannahan homered?!?

RALLY CAPS!

This pitcher really should lay off the lip gloss

not cool for a macho sport like MLB

COME ON NOW LETS GO A's!!!!!!!
yes!!!!! here comes our BIG inning.
good deal. but too many force opportunities for AK
OK OK - Keep it going, guys
yes, more hits!
Hey good time to tune in it looks like
AK better so some damage to their team for a change

LOL

How about swinging the bat

Please

Or That!!
OK don't swing

LOL

yes. of course, not our fault
wooooo!!! RALLY RALLY RALLY!!
Hey

This aint’ so fuckin’ bad.

love the wild pitch
Man, that was nowhere near the wickets!
i'll take a WP...we have a RUN
RUNS.

THAT ALSO ELIMINATES THE DOUBLE PLAY

HAHAHAHA

Not a real good night so far for AK
Holy shit

I just get home in time to see Ellis single & by the time I get my computer up we have a run with runners at 2nd & 3rd with nobody out.

Oh

Hi all

just in time for the action.

The Jared Weaver part kind of sucked.

I see 119 pitches in 6 innings?
and the LOB's...
You picked a fine time to tune in
now pitching

Mike Scoscia

if only.....
it's rajai time. come on little one.
hit and run and run and run
how about a hit

and we can worry about the running later

OK
Come on Rajai

Knock in a run or two.

chone trying to be tricky
lets go A's!!!!!!!!!
YES YES YES!!!
go go go go!!!!!!!!!!

HOORAY!

Geez, show a little emotion Vince!
i swear he gets more emotional over opponents' rallies and defensive plays
you would've thought it was a routine grounder from the way he called it!
I've noticed that too.

WTF!

Raji!!!!

3-3 all

bitches!!!!

Still loving the Raj against the machine
I love this smell!
Normally the runs dont smell good.
A's runz smell like yum
Especially Rajai runz.
good god, i hope that ol Raj is the real deal with his improvement and it sticks
They said he was hitting .333 in his last 40 games
RAJAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about a double from Kurt
Way to go Rajai

nice

woohoooooooooooooo, rajai is the MAN!
Steal or hit-and-run?
damn that sucks
Son of a bitch!

again

pitch-outs

they happen

a pitch out , a throw to first, and another pitch and that's it.
ok, i'll take 3 and a tie game
WTF?

My wife comes home from a party. I have a short conversation with her. I return to the game.

It’s tied!

Wha’ happen?

Tell your wife to party ffor like an hour more

Then come home

Didn't see that coming!!

rats

2nd CS on a pitchout in two days by Raj

and like I said yesterday, it’s better for the A’s to discover the downside to the running game this year, when the losses don’t matter as much (hopefully) as they will next year.

that's a good point

Raj is fast, of course. But he’s still learning how to be a base-stealer

He's already come a long way.

He was a baserunning disaster in the first third of the season.

Raj is 28

and has played nearly 1,000 games as a professional.

He’d better pick up the pace, because in about 2 or 3 years he’s going to slow down enough that the learning won’t do him that much good.

I actually suspect that these few months may be the brief prime of Rajai Davis

We should all enjoy it while it lasts.

wow, didn't know he was that old
It's always hard to just a squirrel's age!
It's easier with Raccoons

You just count their rings.

If he were younger, the Giants wouldn't have DFA'd him
Well he will have to reduce the "auto-steal" mode

It could help with getting better counts if he picks his spots a little better. Still love him.

The other team capializing on a weakness

or lack of experience?

SIDE NOTE

They might want to see if some one is stealing signs because that is the second strait game Raji has been picked off after some thing like 15 SB in a row.

Raj has to keep trying

My fantasy team depends on it

Cue LL
cool j?
I need love
i'd like a hug from ll cool j
You know, evidently the ladies love him
Would he have to lick his lips first?
just a hug

i bet he smells good

Lookout Landing

The fantasy team rule

Our Center Fielder Is Better And/Or More Attractive In A Sexual Way Than Yours?

By the way, that game Snell’s good.

I hear you

I get 12 bucks a steal for the rest of the season from my Dad. He thinks Raj stinks and is have a lucky year.

How much does it reduce for CS?
Nothing yet

He bet me pissed off at the A’s, Its win win for I, lol

1-2-3, ziggy. you can do it.
Yay

It looks like the good Ziggy showed up

Yeah that was tough yesterday...
yes, thanks ziggy

this inning is lovely so far. let’s go ziggy get that last out!

very nice ziggy!!
Ziggy even looks like his old self

Keeping the ball down.

The ball is down, and the outs are grounded

Way to go, Zig.

That's so Kendrey Morales
ok now more offense time yay!
let's go. we want more runs, jack.
Whoa.

Landon STOLE HOME?!

Robo-Nico has a very active imagination
oh.

/sheepish.

Robo-Nico has a very active...no, not going to go there
Yeah we don't need to know.
Nice of you to make it pamcakes
sorry. it's the weekend.
no prob

I beat you by 20 min.

Should we be suspicious that you and LB

arrived at the same time? Where exactly where you two?

no.......

(hides from lynnzgal)

yeah

he started going in the 6th and he finally scored in the 7th

in 1996

Pony leagues i think.

LOL. I didn't actually read the rest of the intro to this thread, I stopped after the Landon lie.
i think the umpire flinched on that last one
He was busy arguing with Hairston again
wow, that was close
welcome, patterson!
lets go a's!!!
let's get a big hit hairston
there ya go!!!!!
Keep the train moving guys!
chugga, chugga, chugga
Come on Racoon

lay one down

I think it was a Ratt

that said “lay it down”

Nice job Swoony
I like this year's Angels bullpen
I miss Bootcheck :(
giving up k rod was the stupidest thing any team has done in awhile

hmm. interesting to take the bat out of the hands of the hottest hitter as of late. hmm.

lets go ellis!!

nice job. too bad they didn't throw it away.
one day

I’d like to see a batter swing at one of the intentional balls.

I think an Oriole did it a few years ago.

Bo Jackson did it, and famously so.
went deep, right?
Do the slegnA still have an all-RH bullpen until the closer?
come through for us daric
i'll take it!

thank you kendra!

Good enough

A’s lead

Oh Boy

That was almost GIDP magic, but thankfully not.

hooray!! the other team made a mistake! hooray!
Opponents Fail: one of the most effective strategies the A's have adopted all year.
Right up there with the Balk
not the best outcome, but we got a run
Hey Kendry

Nice play Pokey

Come on Cliff

Make them pay

Damn

Cliff fell off a cliff

stay tough bullpen. shut them down again.
We have a lead in the 8th!

Luckily our bullpen is rock solid in the late innings!

tempting fate.
stupid monkey
stupid rabbit
silly rabbit
trix are for kids
but who's to say that rabbit isn't a kid yet
Trix are for kids
Kicks are for Trids
Hi Pam.....
Can I just say how nice it way

having an actual pinch runner! And I mean, not Nomah or Powell gimping around the bases.

yeah but i'll still be happy when tommy time returns

i like the way he handles the bat

you mean you like the way the bat never leaves his shoulder as he K's?
he struggled the last couple weeks

but there’s a good hitter buried in his 270 lb frame

Maybe even two good hitters (and a pony) if we're lucky!
did he eat the original daric barton?
Maybe

but if he doesn’t hit really well he’s not worth much (since his D and baserunning are nothing special). And there’s not much reason to give him a ton of ABs.

We need Wuertz and Bailey to repeat their Thursday night appearances
So the PS3 is now dropping down to $299 with 120g hd

I’m wondering, since I’ve already converted allegiances to XBox, should I bother to go back to the PS. I had both a PS1 and a PS2…

I have both bro

Its cool to have them both hooked up and ready to roll

is the enough variance to justify both tho?
I'd say that depends on how much you game AND if you can't get all the games you want on the single platform

AND if you have the disposable income, of course. AND how conspicuously you like to consume

that last bit bothers me a bit,

but I don’t really consume in other areas of my life…

And I’m not sure on the single platform angle…

Sounds like the justifications are going well....

LOL

yes....

quiet you!

Blue ray and some other things

Plus some games only come on the PS3. Are you fairly wealthy? Then you shuld own both.

I'm so rich I own a sign shop,

THE sign shop of Sarasota.

I’m bad. I’m Nationwide.

You should also get a WII then

Have all 3 just to kill time in your life, lol

After all-in a few short weeks we'll have allllll kinds of time to kill.
we will?

oh. yeah.

well, there’s always football, though it is a poor substitute. And seems to get poorer and poorer, the older I get….

PS3 is a better machine

if you want to do other stuff with it, hack it, etc

can't be any worse constructed.

these xboxes fall apart when you sneeze.

pretty much

although project natal looks freakin awesome if it ever comes to fruition. i’m not even a gamer and i’ll get it

Mark Ellis: able to avoid panicking even if he makes a little mistake
Unlike some other players to be named later......

{cough}AK{cough}

That's a really long tagline.
Mark Ellis: Nerves of steel
mark ellis is awesome
He is one of my favorites - even if he is not a power guy
Wallace and Carter are each

2-3 tonight. All singles, if anyone is interested.

Why aren't you at the game raising your blood pressure?
His doc said it was ill advised to go again.
always

thanks

Timbuk 3

I study nuclear science.
I love my classes.
I got a crazy teacher.
He wears dark glasses.

Wuertz gets the A's killer
ohhhh, the raiders got stomped
this is news?
instant replay, more like
not exactly. i was surprised the score was so lopsided.
yup they didn't even put up a fight
At least the Napa cops won't have to investigate, then
There's gonna be a few bummed ANers.
Was 67M at the game?
I'm fairly certain he was ,yes.
Poor guy
At least this game didn't count
so does he get blamed for the loss?
Ouch!! That's gotta hurt
67M gets a pass regarding any Raiders outcome

Those are ALL on Al Davis.

Is it real games yet, or still pre-season?
Hopefully they provided a buffer between the Saints' cleats and the field so the damage to the diamond was limited
For their next comedy routine, tune into MNF on September 14th
who are they playing on MNF?
The Boltz

I hate SD

god, i have to cheer for the raiders in that game
Thank you

we need all the help we can get

K, haha shut them down wuertz!
Nice inning Wuertz
okay, come on gents, let's get some insurance!
Nasty Wuertz

Filthy

Image Fail

Try googling “filthy sausage”….or better yet, don’t!

let's add on
I'll vote for this
rajai davis

hittin’ machine

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJ
Rajai gettin things DONE.
Davis is determined

to prove me wrong.

Actually, I am quite sure he does not care at all about my opinion of him. But he’s still doing a nice job of proving me wrong.

Hitting .333 before tonight over his last 40

is sustaining it quite well.

I'm thinking Rajai's internal mind music

is Head Games by Foreigner

Barry White
can't get enough of your love?
< sound of bell ringing >
darlin' darlin' darlin'

can’t get enough of your love, babe…

Don't know why?
he needs a lot of love.

he’s a big big man, with a big big appetite.

ohhhh you got so much
Please make it to second Rajai

and 3rd and home by way of the bases and not running off to end inning (LOL)

Note to Raj: DON'T GET PICKED OFF.
Good time for Raji to go
lets go 'zukiiiiii
that shit was close
SB!!!

Raji gets one back

knock him in, zookies
I read that like "cookies"

oops.

Cookies are good.

I went over to my brother and SIL’s house tonight. She made cookies.

chocolate chip?
that should be a stadium promotion

cookies shaped like catching gear

There's a radio ad for some local event

where Rajai answers fan questions. They pronounce his name funny. Like the first two syllables of “Regina”.

I heard that too!

I was gonna comment on it but the last time ou called me petty. ;)

I called you petty? About what?
Can't remember...something radio-y pronunciation-y.
Must have been a typo.

I left out the “r”! ;-)

I found it.

It was “Ma-zayr-oh”. I totally was not calling you petty. I just said that the reason I didn’t post the same thing because I was afraid I’d be being petty if I did so.

I know. I think I was just in a bad mood.

:)

I used to think that Crosby

CRossed Dress For Less

I wonder each time I hear it where they got that pronounciation....
I heard it more like raj-eye.
that's my favorite kind of steak.
Yes, but iambically.
Kurk? What was that?
The slegnA announcer said he

tied himself up in knots.

the mighty eric patterson is up

cranks a 2 run homer

show you belong patterson
why is he up from aaa and not someone else?
that's a good question.

we want travis
we want travis

Not as useful defensively as a backup

Also, Buck hasn’t been hitting as well, and probably needs regular playing time, which isn’t the point of the callup right now.

i guess the truth hurts

: (

Sorry
travis is prettier. sometimes that's all that matters.
He's been on restriction all year just abOUT
Pinch runner

It worked. He scored one of the runs.

that did not help your case
WTF?

if that falls in he could walk home

Raji might be fast but he is a piss poor base runner

You go halfway with 1 out

Suz crushed that ball, too

With one out and a ball hit to RF you go to tag up because you can score if it falls in anyway
Does Patterson just try to hard?
no.

he’s just not talented at baseball.

he just looks overmatched
He shouldn't try to hard -- they have drugs for that now
lets go bailey wooo!
C'mon patterson.

Now’s a great time to start to prove you’re not an AAAA

What the hell does "banquet beer" mean anyway.

I mean, gross.

thirsty miners DEMANDED
i've always wondered that too

any beer experts here?

on a baseball blog? nah
I know that the miners had massive dinners

after a long, hard day of work. I don’t know why they would want Coors, though. It’s pretty weak.

they referred to the dinners as "banquets"

my bad

Thirsty miners demanded a banquet beer?

I highly doubt it.

Thirsty miners demanded beer

cheap beer provided banquet beer

according to gruff voiced Sam, whats his name

they demanded only the FINEST barely. If they did not have it, then they just said, ’well, give me a water then"

more like whiskey
It means beer for pansies?
Sorry Bailey

no more runs for you

Sigh.

Popped up a meatball.

And Patterson continues where he left off

Frittering away a valuable chance at some kind of big league competence.

Step 56

In Operation “Destroy Bailey’s right arm”

BEAT LA (of Anaheim)
Nice Quick First Out
Bunt

Giving away outs, thx Scoscia.

you're out sucker!!!!!

trying to mess with andrew’s knee pisses me off

IT'S KINDA an underhanded play
Nah. Every team needs to take advantage of their opponent's weaknesses.
Totally agree. Smart play.

If Bailey can’t beat an attempted bunt, he shouldn’t be out there. Fortunately he can.

like bunting to break up a no hitter
if it was the A's it would be a good play
Exactly.
it's would be a good play, but i still wouldn't like it
You wouldn't like it even if was the A's trying to break up a no-hitter being thrown against them?

I would.

from kind of an underhanded guy

leave it to a former catcher to go after some ones knees

CHONE!

(shakes fist at nemesis)

maybe you should wrap your hands around his neck instead
daric saved that one
nice attempt there dude

but oh man if you threw that away i would be very upset.

Crap!

I don’t like having Figgy on board.

Damn cliff

Didnt you go to the Mark Ellis school of calmness?

damn

Joni reaches base

Cliff is taking AK lessons: fumble the ball, panic, throw high
Veteran leadership
DPDPDPDPDP
Son of a bitch

AK is rubbing off on the other IF’s

Please don't eff this up.
Major Fail

LOL LOL

Suck it slegnA

hahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahha
this is a or was a pre-loaded- Click.

which I did not need.. SWEET

WOOT!!!!!

Stupid fucking Chone!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
Did someone say double play?
YUP

A’s win

LOL

Run themselves right out of the farking game. FAIL!!!!!!

YAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

F You, Figgins!!!!

YESSSSSSS!!!!

HA HA HA HA HA HA

suck it Chone

I LOVE and i mean LOVE that we got figgins trying to get in!!!
Hairston Redeems Himself!

Throwing to second, no less!

The first throw to 2nd was a good play also

kept Chone at 1B at the time

I actually agree

But he was getting much grief on the game thread.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
He looked safe to me

I don’t care after last night.

he was out

by a hair, but out. replay showed it.

I think I agree with you

but that was a really close play. Unlike last night.

Unicorn coolness under pressure right there.....
man that was awesome
Chone -- rhymes with PWN!
Great call by KenKo.

So much better than Vince in the 7th.

Such a thing of beauty

Figgins out at second. Ball game OVERRRR!!!

VICTORY!

Man that turned out to be weak fireworks, brb getting another batch
At least it's green and gold

Well, sort of.

I like the green though

you should add some gold

care to

dance with a fat man in Florida?

You know, that would be a lot more appealing without the "in Florida" part.
(I'll visit you soon and then we can put

“Care to dance with a fat man and a skinny man in Seattle?”)

I'm gonna need to be there for that.
Care to dance with a fat man and a skinny man and

a thick but hot woman in Seattle?

We could Mini Buffalo Rance dance too!
This is getting funner and funner

but I think we need to add Lynn to complete the package.

sigh

Care to dance with a fat man, a medium built man and two hot women in Seattle?

your fingers hurt yet
Ever dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight?
I always ask that question of all my prey.

I just like the sound of it.

I'm not really skinny anymore.

In my younger days I was skinny. Now I’m just sort of medium thickness.

sigh, okay

Care to dance with a fat man, a medium built man and a thick but hot woman in Seattle?

I don't like your conjunction there.

Makes it sound like the two don’t normally go together.

okay.

Care to dance with a fat man, a medium-built man, a thick and juicy woman and another thick and juicy woman in Seattle?

yes please

(I’m a terrible dancer, though)

me too!

and yet I love to dance…go figure.

Dancing is all about confidence projection...

and having a purple tuxedo shirt with ruffles

you wanna come too?
As long as indie pop/new wave comes on after Kool and the Gang im in
okay. I need your build and/or general demeanor.
I'm pretty sure he's the skinny man.
haha but my skinny jeans have bell bottoms

so Im hipster awesome rather than hipster toolbag :-P

okay.

Care to dance with a fat man, a curvy hot woman, a medium built man, another curvy hot woman, and a skinny hipster dude in Seattle?

Im not in seattle but if were doing it there im bringing friends
sigh.

okay, who are they?

My best friend from college is up there
what's he like?
On going to the mariners game

“Wait were 21 now, I bet baseball with beer is amazing”

My perspective is warped by my years in the theater.

Always the worst part of my audition experience, by far.

Being told how to dance would totally ruin it.
All of my favorite dances to dance

are very dorky-looking.

Chicken Dance -anyone?
Learn to swing dance... its not that hard and super fucking cool
If you're groovin to the music it can't be bad in ANY way
oh, it's bad.

I just don’t care.

women aren't "thick", they're "curvy"
k.

but do I hafta rewrite?

no, course not

I’m just saying, for future usage, that curvy is preferable to thick.

Bunk.

Thick is thick and curvy is curvy. They do frequently go together, but they’re not the same thing.

If the concern is that women don’t like the word, that’s only because they don’t hear it often enough with the proper appreciation.

I agree,

but Kallus was not alone in objecting and the fact that Pam ran off suggests that perhaps she agrees as well…

I don't disagree with the first part

but really, in this world, women are supposed to appreciate being called thick? One may have good intentions calling a woman thick, but women in general don’t hear it that way. Don’t get me started on the perception of women’s physiques in this society.

true.

and a sensitive person should recognize that.

Pam, please allow me to publicly apologize for referring to you as thick and allow me to change my adjective of choice to curvy. I meant zero disrespect.

It's a cultural thing

“Thick” is well-understood in most African-American communities, and I had thought it had spread to white folk by now. It’s not just a euphemism for fat and it’s not a synonym for curvy. Urban dictionary gives a pretty good idea. It’s almost almost complimentary. It’s no more likely to be used disparagingly than, say, “buxom”.

Short answer to your question: yes, they are.

well, regardless, I hurt Pam's feelings, so I'm a big fat jerk.
We'll make it up to her somehow.

She likes maps and etymologies. And Fenton’s.

I can agree that thick is good

that’s not what I’m trying to say. It’s a question of perception. I don’t believe that when a woman is complemented as being “thick”, she receives the intention of the statement. Thick is great. Curvy is great. This culture of wafer-thin supermodels…not so much.

OK, so how do we beat the culture?

Here you have two guys celebrating the virtues of the non-wafer-thin female form. You find this counterproductive?

Maybe we’re being insensitive doofuses for talking about it at all, but surely you can’t object to our aesthetic.

wait, what?

I’m agreeing with everything you just said. It’s the terminology that we disagree on. You say thick, I say curvy. Enough already.

You say potato, I say onion.

They’re not the same thing.

They can be both.

I love me some thick.

That's a much nicer way to decribe....
curvy better than thick?

But….good things are thick…..shakes and penises (peni?)….

Most of us don't encounter more than one at a time,

obviating the need for a plural.

Some descriptions just go better with some items.....

I’m not even gonna go there on the plurals…..

but I think we can all agree

that thick shakes and thick penises/peni are better than curvy shakes and curvy penises/peni.

probably
curvy shakes anyhow.
I didn't want to go here, but if only to get

you to stop typing that monstrous aberration “peni” I will.

The authentic Latin plural for “penis” is “penes”. You will occasionally see this used in scientific contexts, or in related words like “hemipenes” (yes, some creatures have forked ones and each half is a “hemipenis”).

But there’s no reason to use it in ordinary English. The proper plural is simply “penises”.

Dude, I'm gettin' a hemipenis!
It's the white shoes that make it perfect
The Gators really do make it.
Come ON!!!

There’s a party going on…..

Where?

right here.

That’s where.

Ha!

HahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

HA!

I was expecting that call to go against us

Nice to see it called right

Alright, I'm out for now

But I’ll be posting from the game tomorrow. Gonna try and figure out how to post mobile pics.

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And then you can teach us all!!
The season may be going nowhere...

…but a win over the slegnA is always satisfying!

ALWAYS!!!
it's still early

time to go out and get into some trouble, later….

if the cops ask, you were with Rated-R all night
On second thought.......

maybe not – no contributing!!

that's a good point

I never claimed to be competent legal council

LOL

but Im sure RRS is going to say that you are a competent wingman.

For him, I would be a great wingman. I'd dive on grenades left and right.
I like when being with a 17 year old is your alibi rather than cause of your run in with the cops
LOL
Well, so much more pleasant to drop in on a game where we actually have a lead, then watch the opposition FAIL so egregiously to lose the game.

Sure beats last night’s experience.

Recap Chone!

(shakes fist at Ken doing recap)

Ha ha Chone!!

(shakes fist in victory)

(then sticks his toung out at him)

good.

now remember, no Chone on the A’s next season. We don’t wants him.

Unless he's choh-nee
right.

as we agreed.

Davis is now 7th or so in the AL in SB

Most of those ahead of him have nearly, (or more than), twice as many at bats. This is why Billy Beane is a genius.

I thought Billy Beane was a genius because he wrote MONEYBALL

Joe Morgan told me so!

Joe

is so dull he’s brilliant again. That’s where he gets you.

Usain Bolt for starting CFer?
He would have a hell of a first step

and how many SB’s would he have in a season

He'd have to stop with the little lightning bolt hand gestures, tho
Anybody else notice how terrible the guy who does the pre/post game is?

not F.P. but the other guy. You could get really fucked up if you had a drinking game where you took a drink every time he said something wrong.

But FP's sports coats sometimes leave a lot to be desired.....
Ya that's the guy.

He sometimes does the halftime thing for Golden State Warriors games. He’s even worse when doing A’s coverage.

welcome back

just to let you know WE WON!!!!

and I'm sure that Raiders game made you feel tons better today.
ouch!

(way to twist the knife)

it was ugly.

I was not pleased either.

Well, our pass defense is normally good. It just got picked apart by the top-ranked offense. We’re just terrible against the Saints. We lost to them last year by a 34-3 score. Our run defense, as usual, was poor. We definitely have to take a defensive tackle with our first pick in 2010.

Offensively, we barely had the ball. We don’t run the ball all that much in the preseason since we’re trying to move Russell along. Russell played well (12-for-18 and 153 yards), but the blindside fumble on the first drive killed big time.

Let's see now...
We definitely have to take a defensive tackle with our first pick in 2010.

Al will pick the most exciting offensive player available…with the 2nd overall pick!

I knew my weekend was going down the tubes on Friday afternoon.

better with A's win, no?

Eh, the A’s win helped a very small amount. Still, I’m feeling somewhat better.

good, my man.

Good.

apropos of nothing,

but Kool and the Gang rocked.

They always do- they always do
get down on it

get down on it….

This

http://www.lyrics.com/lyrics/kool-the-gang/get-down-on-it.html

okay, so in the little YouTube

scroll down thingie, they list all these other Kool songs, and also Gap Band’s You Dropped a Bomb on Me, which I also love and which fits in well with the Kool stuff. And also they list .38 Special’s Hold on Loosely.

Random.

That's funny......b/c my list does not have those songs!!
OK I am going the way of OAH

night all I will see you at 12:30 on the marow

Night...sleep well
See youse all tomorrow!

Fun game!

that was a satisfying win!
Comment 666

Satan has landed.

What? No wrap-up??????
RECAP (of sorts) IS UP

Here

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