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Open Thread: Game 131 - A's vs. KC (cont'd)

Man, did you hear that crowd sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"?  Chills-ville.

Oh.

A's lead 8-5 as we head to the bottom of the seventh.

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GYMNASTICS!

WE CAN WIN NOW!

hi..any chance you want to go to game on Fri??
No can do.

Parents are going away to the Rib Cookoff in Reno for the weekend and I’m hanging out with my brother.

I’d take him along to the game, but I’m supposed to take him to a meeting Fri night.

Thought I'd check.. I have a couple of tix I don't think I am gonna be able to go.
Darn.

Thanks anyway though.

The room!

There’s so much of it!

MOAR LAWN DARTS PLZ
Roomy kind of like any section at the Coliseum tonight!!
crowded tonight
Dibbs-free
i don't like that nickname for him

it should be Dair BART. he’s kinda shaped like a van conversion anyway

I like onBart.
it's not really settle

it’s more like what you can live with and what you can’t. not everything’s perfect, but what you both care about is perfect. in other words, settling, but that’s not a word people like to associate with relationships.

Ooh, AN is freaking out on you, man.

I’ve been there. It sucks.

I'm watching Greek now

If I’d noticed that the Buffy the Vampire Slayer film was on an hour ago, I’d have started on that..

is Greek any good?

I just can’t get myself to watch ABC Family. I have to put my foot down somewhere

Eh,

It has its moments.

Well, it's diverting

The dialogue is snappy, and all the actors are over 21, so, yknow, bases covered and all that.

An ex girl friend made me watch it. Otherwise, I might not have started

It feels so open in here
updates...

Dodgers get Jon Garland
Rockies get Jose Contreras
Dodgers get Jim Thome

(I don’t know yet what the other teams involved in these three separate deals are getting…)

What's with all the post-deadline trades this year?
Here's hoping we can ship Nomar to the Phils
for anything they'll give us
who do we get then?
Ryan Howard's used jock
that's for you OAH
Its a money thing

everybody is scared of more payroll

Jim Thome

and Jon Garland so the Dodgers are putting together the White Sox from a few years back

not sure if that's an upgrade or downgrade for the rockies
Actually I think that if each of us here had attended the game in person we would have doubled the attendance!
I think it's more fun here on AN

It is.

You look guilty.

What did you do while I was away?

I did nothing.

Honest.

I want to believe you.
he's been good
Even to you?
well he offered me some dibbs

but i think it was harmless

This may or may not surprise you, OakA’sHoney, but it’s not you that has my heart.

i know, i think i can live with that

I know it’s tearing you up inside.

that's actually kind of boring.

but probably a good thing in the long run.

I have no reason to lie to you, sir.

OK. You're good.

But enough with the sir, k?

no more 'sir'?

you got it, guv’nah

Ya I'm the sir

I was knighted by the bad golfer’s league of duffers

I believe you mean

I have no reason to lie to you, sir. officer.

what didn't he do
Dunh, dunh, dunh!

Defend me here, Lynnz! I didn’t do anything!

He's been good.

Just homework, and, stuff.

Affirmative.

He's gotten fresh with your neice, Mr 67M sir.
No way.

He told me he was good.

I didn’t do anything.

so the Cheese Captain is lying?

Think about your answer, kid.

I did not try to “get fresh” with your niece.

His 17 year old puppy dog eyes can decieve even the toughest of men and women.
he almost got me. almost.
I agree..But I think I will go to the next two....I dont usually miss a home game...
I saw some A's games in Texas

but this will be the first time I haven’t seen a game in Oakland since the early 80’s

Trumpet guy is there!!

Haven’t heard him ALL season

Strickouts for all! *Boooooo!

…Strickouts for none! *Booooo!!!
…. ….Strickouts for some, and mini A’s flags for all! *YAAAAAY!

OAH, does it make you sad that the only buck in the game is on the royals?

(John is going to be the only Buck in the American League next year.)

hahahahahah
can i have a hug meanie?
sure

(((((((OAH)))))

not as good as Buck, i suppose

Hi.
hey!
Sup!?
not so much, you?
Tired.

Drove home from Reno today, got back at about 5:45, had a soccer game at 7:25.

did you have fun in reno?
Sure.

I’m not really the gambling type, but MrsV is sometimes. I bet on a few games and watched in the sportsbook while she played slots and stuff.

I don't understand why you'd ever put coins

in a slot machine, when you could put them in a pinball machine instead.

sometimes you get coins back
cool

i’ll probably go to vegas pretty soon for some fun and gambling (i.e. losing my $) with friends, you only need a couple of days there, anymore and its too much

do you think he's getting traded to the NL?
i don't think that's what he meant...lol
what did he mean?
is travis OK?

I heard he hit the wall and/or Denorfia

my baby is hurt?
dunno

I just heard that he hit something (no pun intended) and left the game early

He hit Denorfia
were they fighting over OAH?

We already know who she chooses.

She chooses whichever one is still alive.

That’s why we fight.

ooooo i like that
Nope

they can both play for them as far as I’m concerned.

Ziggy needs to work on those 0-2 pitches

Otherwise, nice inning!

gameday had olivo's single about 8 inches off the plate

not sure what else he should have done about that

Herpy derp hadn't realized that inning had even gone on.

Good one, I suppose

bale fail deep in meditation
didn't jamey wright used to start?
i believe so

i wanna say for the indians

For the Giants, I think

in 2006?

His gameday photo looked SO gormless.

Talk about a vacant smile

America's most wanted quality
He's pitched for a bunch of teams

SF, Colorado, St Louis, KC, Milwaukee

din't he pitch for the yanks, too?

could’ve sworn

Wasn't listed at BB Reference
That was Jared, not Jamey
That lardass bastard was a Yankee, too?

That settles it – no more Subway for me!

Yr right
Carter is going to get an AB in the 9th in SAC
LOL at Royals Reviews

Start here

i like how someone on there has the handle

“Fernando Vina School of Linguistics”

The stapler is over .200!

No way!

He’s almost over .210!

That didn't really look like a strike.
Dale has an obvious hole in his strikezone

It’s between his ears.

Is anyone going to go to the game on Wednesday?
if i can sneak out of work...
i have a hot date with chef rodney
Clever how you added "ef Rdy"

to disguise him from LB.

perhaps

friends in town, we’ll see. I just noticed it was a day game, so that changes our plans, potentially

I’ll be sitting in sixth period when the game starts.

not if you cut...

I don’t cut class.

oh come on be bad at least once

I am who I am.

Cutting class is bad

This is the only chance in your life you get for a free (ish) education.

grab it with both hands

Bullshit.

There’s plenty of free education outside of school.

Right here, for starters.

hm, I think 'Bullshit' is a little strong, but fair point
Sorry, I get a little over-excited about certain topics.
Yeah he could join the debate team :-P
Do I score points for jumping up and

shouting “Bullshit!”?

No but if you yell "SHAME" or "POPPYCOCK" during my speech you do :-P
I usually tried to 'skip' it.
What if Lexi asked you to cut class with her?
that would be hot

That’s basically the only exception, but Lexi would never ever in a trillion years even consider cutting a class.

so this girl is even nerdier than you?

Yes.

She’s so awesome.

nice

make sure to trade AP scores next year

I only take CP classes.

CP?

college prep?

Yes.

AP classes count

at least to look smart they do. once you get to college they mean nothing. lol.

AP classes mean a lot in college

i started school with a third of my first major done, and one class from sophomore standing. It let me take a semester off to manage a state rep race and finish two majors a semester early.

They certainly count

I got 5 units of credit

before ever setting foot at UC for AP European HIstory.

Helped me to 180, so I graduated in four years.

LOL...dont discourage the boy...

That’s part of the reason why I am so infatuated with her. She’s definitely my type.

No smoking, no drinking, serious about school, doesn’t dress like a slut, etc.

Yes, but how does she UNdress?

We’d never do that until marriage if we were together.

gotta test drive man

She’s everything I want. I don’t need any tests to prove it.

sure, but

don’t you want to make sure you’re… compatible?

Test drive before you buy!

I would never marry a girl i didn’t live or sleep with first.

She’s in a very strict and religious family, so that’s not happening.

what does family have to do with it

im not marrying someones family im marrying a girl

Unless she hates her family and

doesn’t want to have any relationship with them anymore, you are marrying her family.

Im not marrying anyone that is weak enough to be controlled by their family
it's not about control

it’s more like, are her and her mom best buds? does her dad sleep with a gun in his nightstand? that stuff makes a difference.

It's not a matter of being "controlled by"

one’s family. I have a bunch of freaks in my family, and some of them will drive my wife crazy. They drive me crazy, too. But they are who they are and I’m not going to divorce my family.

I just think it’s terribly naive to say “I’m marrying the girl, not her family.”

Im saying that if anyone chooses to make that decision base on other people

I consider that weak. Now if a person doesn’t want to do that for their own reason thats fine.

Oh, OK.

I didn’t read what R-Star said about Lexi as saying she was controlled by her parents’ wishes. I read it as saying that’s the kind of person she is.

I like girls that can kick your ass

and are sparkplugs. There is no fun if you can push them over or they are all stargazy toward you. I don’t date weak girls.

esp when we wear high heels
I think heels are dumb as fuck

why would anyone wear uncomfortable shoes that will permanently damage your back, and shrink your Achilles tendon?

Slave to fashion.

because we're dumb and it makes our

legs and behind look good

Two answers to that (and

I hope the kids have gone to bed because this is AN After Dark):

(1) Your behind looks great no matter what you wear.

(2) If that were really the only standard, you’d spend the whole evening crawling around on your hands and knees.

Well, then I'm not dating you.

If I’m the girl, I’m going to wear heels, goddammit!

aw shucks im going to go cry now
Don't cry, baby.

I was just kicking your ass. I thought you liked that.

in red high heels?
All the more reason
exactly

though the latter usually comes before the former. preferably.

So if you live together and find out

you don’t get along well, what do you do?

break up
And what if it turns out that

living together with anyone is difficult, do you keep breaking up with all of them?

then you need to look at yourself
you speak from experience?
not from living with multiple people

but been there, done that, friends have, siblings have…living with someone is hard, youcan work at it, i think it’s important to do before marrying anyone

did it once

it was a bad plan. messy break up. but i would do it again to know what i was getting into.

exactly
is your pic of t buck?
yes, i think it's from college
That part I agree with.

But looking at yourself is one of many things where it’s nice to have a committed partner.

good responses
I'm just playing devil's advocate here.

I do think it’s good to look for a certain amount of compatibility before making a commitment, and it’s good to figure out your main relationship issues before making a commitment, too.

But on the flip side, I think there’s a real danger in getting too stuck in the idea of “finding the right one” because it puts you in a mindset where you bail out when things get rough. No matter who you’re with, there’s going to be work to do and there are going to be some incompatibilities. You will need to work those out. And if you are sure enough that you want to be together, you shouldn’t put off the commitment until after the work is done … because the work is never done.

There comes a point where maintaining your “maybe this isn’t the one” psychological escape hatch is no longer helpful.

I think everyone settles to some extent

it just depends on what you’re willing to settle for/with. In some ways, it’s kind of like a lot of people say “f it” I’m done looking and become more amenable to things they might not have been several relationships behind.

For example, must be a baseball fan. But a slegnA fan? Deal-breaker.

I agree except for the word

“settle”. If you think of it as settling your head is still in the wrong place.

So true.
it's not REALLY settle

it’s more like what you can live with and what you can’t. not everything’s perfect, but what you both care about is perfect. in other words, settling, but that’s not a word people like to associate with relationships.

Ive been with a couple of girls that I would make sacrafices for longterm

but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t be sure before I got hitched and I think having sex with someone, while less important than giving good hugs or being awesome to make out with, is definitely something that you need to test compatibility with. Same goes for living with a person.

Strangely, hugs aren't important

to everyone. I learned this too late.

Well the should be!
How it is and how it should be

aren’t the same.

It goes both ways, though. There are other things that you and I maybe don’t value so much that others think should be universal. Compliments, for example.

are you saying that i don't like compliments?
Just a guess. Maybe I missed.

For some people (including me) hugs are essential. For some people (not including me) compliments are essential.

For some people giving hugs comes naturally and goes without saying. For some people giving compliments comes naturally and goes without saying.

You can’t assume that your natural way of expressing love is what the other person needs, and you can’t assume that what you need is how the other person will naturally express her love. That’s the part I learned too late.

Im oblivious about a lot of things that annoys people

so ill take it to mean one of those things

I suggest a cat? or perhaps a dog?
fish

totally non-committal relationship there.

I <3 fish

and if you have a salt water tank you definitely commit more than the 3k youre going to spend on it.

Yeah...

pretty much!! ;)

I think we would be compatible if we felt the same way about each other.

What makes marriage work is

deciding that it’s right even if it’s wrong. Not looking carefully to find what’s right.

omg, how....sweet
Heeey.....

No encouraging, you!

we'll think of you
which is?

Government.

blows

the answer to everything is “bicameral”. just cut now.

Unless you're in Nebraska.
WORDS I HAD TO LOOK UP FOR $100, ALEX
LOL..cool..well I will be there in 127 and I am thinking of going over to the Holiday Inn after the game for the Extra Innings show and Kurt Suzuki..if anyone is gonna go I think it would be fun!!
Im in section 128!

Imaseasonticketholder was kind enough to give me her ticket.

Cool..well I will see you there then...
my version
I am thinking of going over to the Holiday Inn Radio after the game for the Extra Innings show and Kurt Suzuki.. beer and liquor, if anyone is gonna go I think it would be fun!! will be bleak
Bailey gets a 3 run save chance

wow, how unexpected

Damn

Radio says he’s been near un-hittable…
Jinxing bastardos.

One to go!
Good call!!
Finish hin of!
After the start of this game this is a nice win

of course losing to the Royals should be grounds for contraction.

That turned out well!
And not at all the way we thought it would.

My favorites.

rec'd
it was a very zen-like statement, actually
Wouldn't have predicted this after the start!! Yay!!
Chris Carter up now

here

Hit it out for Lexi, Chris!

If

2 of wallace, cardenas, cunningham get on and no DP’s Carter will bat again with a chance at a 4th HR

Wallace singles

Everidge then Cunningham. Carter to follow. 1 out

Good night, dear friends.

Final game ticket post tomorrow. Love ya!

Just left the ballpark -- on BART

That was some serious stinkeroo by the Royals — brain farting Rshai to 3rd, who then scores. Then getting a bases loaded comebacker and — instead of throwing to home, throwing it into the outfield, allowing 2 As runs.

a win is a win, no matter how stinky the other team is
Gibbons is really happy

that it’s only his team for a few games.

of course. a win is a win.

and a loss is a loss.

But it’s been a while since I saw live such atrociously boneheaded plays by the opposition leading to A’s runs.

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wow i didn't know that
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Check it out next time you’re at the game or bar BART and have something to say.
it's like i never saw that posted before
BTW

Chris Carter has 3 home runs tonight for Sacramento

Call him up tmrw!!!
Now that's what I call three true outcomes!
2 outs in hte 9th

if cunningham gets on Carter gets a chance at 4 hr

Fail. Oh well.

are these games broadcast on tv anywhere?

i just went to the gameday link above. So to answer your question, I have no idea. Cunningham grounded out though

OK, watching the A's postgame show...what is wrong with Braden's teeth?
he and sweeney both need braces on their bottom teeth
LETS GO OAK-LAND!

AND CARTER WOO

Good times.

Is anyone still in here?

Did I miss the party?

hi
Yay! Hi!!!
Where you been hiding all night?
I went to dinner and well we just couldn't stop talking!

I’m bummed I missed the game. I haven’t been in a game thread forever!

nice things about game threads

there will always be another one tomorrow. :)

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