The A's are doing a lot right tonight! They hold a 7-5 lead on the Rangers as we head to the bottom of the seventh! Six homeruns have been hit in the game so far.
1. The Winnipeg Jets leaving the lovely town of Winnipeg is still a point of extreme discomfort for many a Winnipeg-ians, Kevin. Show a little more compassion.
2. You know who’s a serious hockey fan?
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I’ve never even thought about that. If you grew up in a family of alcoholics, and decided at age 15 or whatever that you were probably predisposed to alcoholism, wanted to be sober, and wanted to join AA for support, they’d turn you away? Or tell you to go on a bender and then come back?
This is wrong or we should start taking other teams minor leaguers
German’s contract bought by Rangers: The Rangers have purchased the contract of infielder Esteban German from Triple-A Sacramento and optioned infielder Joaquin Arias to Oklahoma City. To make room on the 40-man roster for German, the Rangers designated RHP John Bannister for assignment.
Though I’ve never sought to do anything but appreciate their natural beauty. So at least as far as on my part, on harm no foul. But there are many others who take it far too far.
I’m also an equal opportunity oggler. You should see me at the Cal Men’s waterpolo games. Yikes!
Texas Rangers catcher Taylor Teagarden, right, and Oakland Athletics’ Rajai Davis wait for the call at home plate after Davis scored on a sacrifice fly by Scott Hairston in the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, in Oakland, Calif.
I miss ZigFan.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
surely, she misses you.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Sure.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
she saw that salty wasn't playing
so she bailed
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
Sigh.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Bloomy
doctorK - August 5, 2009
woof.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
MOJO
brian.only - August 5, 2009
Are you inferring that there will be even more homers?
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
LETS GO A's
Lefty73 - August 5, 2009
I am waiting for the “frist!!111” comment.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
That pitch was way outside
Nick - August 5, 2009
ump is like, what? you swung at the last one out there.
Benjamin Light - August 5, 2009
possibly the worst call of the season
Deborah51 - August 5, 2009
i'll say it again in the new thread
dear billy:
please sign kennedy for a year with a club option for a 2nd.
thanks,
me
jlanning17 - August 5, 2009
You know who else believes in signing Kennedy to
another year, jlanning?
Billy Corgan.
Though he disagrees about an option year.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Lee Harvey Oswald thinks we've seen entirely too much Kennedy already
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
Strangely enough,
on the Kennedy assassination, Billy Corgan has no opinion.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
and Kennedy has no opinion about Billy Corgan either
imagine that!
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
that's silly, cityplanner,
don’t be anachronistic now.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
And I bet he intends on putting a stop to it.
alox - August 5, 2009
i'm guessing jello biafra is not a fan...
jlanning17 - August 5, 2009
he wanted to ship our recently-traded LFer to a team in Asia.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
lol
doctorK - August 5, 2009
It's always best when there's a pause.
iglew - August 5, 2009
+1
Humboldt2Torreon - August 5, 2009
I guess that was a strike.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
LOL wat
That was not a strike., Hairston has good reason to complain.
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
Error!
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
you'd think that with the combined tutelage of Omar and Wash
that Elvis wouldn’t have what, 14 errors?
Kallus - August 5, 2009
or still be playing
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
Yay Errors in our favor!
brian.only - August 5, 2009
Monopoly!
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
I think it;s Uno you're thinking of.
You don’t need to call Monopoly.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
These are not the droids I'm looking for?
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
{validates O2B's parking}
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
But not on the dance floor
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
Reverse, Skip, Grab 4!
brian.only - August 5, 2009
{draws 17 straight cards}
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Draw 4
I love that stupid game.
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
Cust needs to get in on the HR parade
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
Eh, I'll take another error by Andrus
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
Andrus rushed that one because he was intimidated by Cust's blinding speed
Nick - August 5, 2009
Elvis has left the ball on the ground
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
We may need a couple more runs to clinch this game
worldblee - August 5, 2009
I hate it when they talk about "playing the spoiler role"
Crap like that makes me wish the playoffs were abolished altogether.
iglew - August 5, 2009
you have to channel your inner asshole to understand
Kallus - August 5, 2009
Frankly, I think the playoffs should be abolished any year the A's aren't in it,
as I fail to see the point.
Nico - August 5, 2009
we are like one.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
What I find interesting about this team is that they've become fun to watch.
To be honest I don’t care that much about the “spoiling,” especially since spoiling the Rangers means helping the slegnA!
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
I just want to enjoy winning games without it having to
always be about the meta-game.
iglew - August 5, 2009
I just wanna be loved.
Is that so wrongggggh?!?
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
You know that first baserunner,
Bailey’s in. At least tonight it makes sense, because Bailey hasn’t pitched in what, 6 days?
Nico - August 5, 2009
Apparently not...
Nick - August 5, 2009
I absolutely love the crazy Dad commercial
It’s priceless.
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
Huh? That's not Bill King.
iglew - August 5, 2009
How come the Coli is so full tonight?
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
Wed.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
We have a two-game winning streak!
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
$2 Wednesday
Still, it’s pretty good.
Englishmajor - August 5, 2009
nice weather, $2 to get in, dollar dogs, we're playing well
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
20K? Huh.
$2 tickets and dollar dogs really do the trick huh
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
Yummy.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
so maybe we're not uncaring fans in OAK...
maybe we’re just all a bunch of cheap bastards!
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Oh shit.
Maybe the marketing department really has done their homework.
alox - August 5, 2009
you mean the M rketing Dep rtment?
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
now thats good
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
plus you can usually sneak down in later innings to the better seats
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
You’re a naughty girl.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
that has already been established
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
Hi.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
I'll know that I'm in KC on Friday
when I see the Mystery Machine driving by.
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
I swear to god that I saw Scooby-Snacks at the store
mom’s wouldn’t have heard the end of it if they had those back in the day.
Kallus - August 5, 2009
My gf's dog looks like Scooby Doo in the head alone
I swear he smiles at me sometimes. It’s really creepy.
Mmm…Scooby Snacks!
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
That thing is a dog?
Next you’ll tell me that Bugs Bunny is a rabbit.
iglew - August 5, 2009
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
I'd hit it
doctorK - August 5, 2009
i like you a bunch bunch more now.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
I'm drug free too
Who knew!
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
ink fumes.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
it's not so much the Systems 2
It’s the conventional ink.
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
my gf and I went as Fred and Daphne for halloween.
I do a mean Fred. I’m not sure how I’m both proud and ashamed of that at the same time, but I am.
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
that seems the appropriate emotional response.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
the gf as Daphne, however, I couldn't be prouder
or more, uh, excited about it
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
you should be proud to do a good Fred
but Fred was a total douche, so you don’t want to do too good of a Fred, lest you be seen as a douche.
Kallus - August 5, 2009
When I first read that....
….I thought you were saying your gf looks like Scooby Doo.
Hope she doesn’t read this blog, thought I!
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
Naw. She's beautiful but I feel we are on our way outs
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
Fun with editing
iglew - August 5, 2009
hahahahahhaa
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
recessionomics
Bring the family and stock up on dollar dogs ten at a time. Lug them home for good eats all week long.
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
Well, eats anyway.
iglew - August 5, 2009
Seriously
worldblee - August 5, 2009
Has anyone here bought tickets from Stub Hub?
alox - August 5, 2009
I've sold tickets there, I think.
More controlled pricing situation than ebay.
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
Yes
Be prepared for a shitload of spam after you make the purchase.
doctorK - August 5, 2009
Check.
Got a really good deal for the Wednesday Yankee game. To good, so I was getting a little nervous.
alox - August 5, 2009
yes
normally high priced and that is why ebay bought them
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
go CL, alox.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Might try that for one of the other games.
Though that’s barely above scalping I think.
alox - August 5, 2009
I usually find sick deals on CL
I have an old 50’s diner style table that I purchased for $75. It’s about $300 anywhere else. People helping people.
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
cl rocks.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
I second that emotion
BleedGreen - August 5, 2009
Yeah I'm in StubHell right now
Seriously, I am not becoming a fan of theirs.
BleedGreen - August 5, 2009
Rangers looking like the A's
When you look at the box.
Errors, more hits- yet losing.
brian.only - August 5, 2009
We signed Tomko?
Are we so thrilled by what Springer’s giving us that we want more of that kind of thing?
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
Over 20k at the park tonight
Part of that is the weiner crowd.
Hit4TheCycle - August 5, 2009
Come for the wieners, stay for the Wuertz!
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
wow, the crowd audibly groaned when Sweeney didn't go for the catch.
nice
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
lets go Ziggy
Lefty73 - August 5, 2009
Done!
Nick - August 5, 2009
HUGE!!!
brian.only - August 5, 2009
nice!
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
Cha-ching
worldblee - August 5, 2009
We have the good Ziggy tonight
doctorK - August 5, 2009
That was a great pitch
Really good to see Ziggy handling excellent LHs.
Nick - August 5, 2009
Uwahoo
ElQuesoCapitan - August 5, 2009
Jeremy Roenick should decide to play
For the Winnipeg Jets just for old time’s sake, and then hold out on the Minnesota Wild.
Hit4TheCycle - August 5, 2009
You know, I'm strange enough to completely appreciate
a serious hockey comment in the middle of the game thread.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
A serious hockey comment?
The Winnipeg Jets have been the Phoenix Coyotes since 1996 :-)
Kevin2 - August 5, 2009
okay.
1. The Winnipeg Jets leaving the lovely town of Winnipeg is still a point of extreme discomfort for many a Winnipeg-ians, Kevin. Show a little more compassion.
2. You know who’s a serious hockey fan?
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Hockey belongs in Canada
not in Florida (sorry, LB)
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
agreed.
NOTHING belongs in Florida.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
except white dress shoes
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
not even Elian?
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
I've been to Winnipeg
Englishmajor - August 5, 2009
That's in Outer Minnesota, right?
iglew - August 5, 2009
Outer Mongolia
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
Minnesota is actually Lower Manitoba
But we all used the Kenyan Birth Certificate Generator to forge our way into the US.
Englishmajor - August 5, 2009
Ooh, dancing on the edge of CGV there.
iglew - August 5, 2009
A million apologies
Englishmajor - August 5, 2009
my brother lives there for a while.
I’m not sure Minnesota is the US. I like it, but it’s very different.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
My wife tells me everyone in Minnesota is white.
iglew - August 5, 2009
No, although compared to California it can seem that way
More Hmong in Saint Paul than anywhere in the world. Lots of Somali folks too.
Englishmajor - August 5, 2009
no, that's Utah.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
or Idaho
Kevin2 - August 5, 2009
Earlier this year I took a road trip
and stayed in a motel in Idaho.
The maids who cleaned the room were white. I swear to God that’s the first time I’d ever seen that.
iglew - August 5, 2009
Utah, too.
North Dakota.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
A fan is on the field!
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Streaker?
worldblee - August 5, 2009
NO cameras are showing it...?
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
They aren't allowed to anymore
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
smart rule
to televise would encourage it.
iglew - August 5, 2009
ah - since when?
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
It was implemented several years ago
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
Been that way for at least a few years
Flashfire - August 5, 2009
Policy
They don’t want to encourage it by showing it. Of course, they’ll talk about it.
Flashfire - August 5, 2009
"Hyuk hyuk. Look, Ma. Ah'm on teevee!"
iglew - August 5, 2009
Where are the dart guns?
Kevin2 - August 5, 2009
where the hell is Byrnsie when you need him?
Kallus - August 5, 2009
I wonder whether he knows....
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GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
he could post while committing a punishable offense.
Did the Voice of God just warn against running out on the field?
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
It's not Don, is it?
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
don't think so cuz we are winning
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
the players seem to be enjoying it
Deborah51 - August 5, 2009
wow it must be the hotdogs
Lefty73 - August 5, 2009
You can actually hear the crowd tonight!
I didn’t know they were allowed to do that at the Coli.
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
haha fan runs across the field
and now a 2nd!
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
I knew them dollah dogs was bad fer yas!!
BleedGreen - August 5, 2009
Must be in a section where the bathrooms are out of order.
Nate - August 5, 2009
they must be looking for the free kraut.
BleedGreen - August 5, 2009
Le Freak?
C’est chic.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
and we were dancing
and there was blow EVERYWHERE.
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
good times.
free love. Don’t forget that part.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
It wasn't free
It costed you in coke dollars
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
yeah, but you could get those in exchange for real dollars at the kiosk in Pirate Town.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Ahh, Wednesdays at the Coliseum
Flashfire - August 5, 2009
Fans on the field
ZigFan, Salty’s not in the game tonight! Head for the dugout!!
Nick - August 5, 2009
i beat her to it
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
full moon too?
ak_A - August 5, 2009
Epic.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Ah jeez, we've turned into US Cellular Field
doctorK - August 5, 2009
Lotsa security guard action this series.
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
Kuiper and Fosse are doing a decent play by play on the runners
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
some great reactions from the ballplayers
Benjamin Light - August 5, 2009
any pics of the security guard tackle??
rktse - August 5, 2009
Was it $2 crystal meth night tonight?
worldblee - August 5, 2009
lol
brian.only - August 5, 2009
lol
Lefty73 - August 5, 2009
It's Oakland.
EVERY night is $2 crystal meth night.
Nate - August 5, 2009
Under the BART bridge, maybe
Englishmajor - August 5, 2009
QOTM!
Kallus - August 5, 2009
no that's next week
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
You’d know.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
QOTM
Flashfire - August 5, 2009
LOL'D
ElQuesoCapitan - August 5, 2009
Dammit, I know the reason they don't show it when fans do that.
I still want to SEE it.
Nate - August 5, 2009
Maybe someone will post it on Youtube
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
Aw, I love this
The guys in the dugout are amused
Damn. I should have gone to this game.
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
I was this ( hold index and thumb together) close...
brian.only - August 5, 2009
Same. I had the day off from work.
But I would have had to go solo, and money’s tight. Too bad the $2 tickets were long soldout
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
I tend to avoid wed nights
The lines get too f-in long.
brian.only - August 5, 2009
Am I the only one kind of appalled?
That fans are running on the field, and the crowd is cheering…in Oakland?
And the players?
hero66 - August 5, 2009
They're playing the role of spoiler
worldblee - August 5, 2009
It's not like anyone is throwing cellphones
Or chairs.
Nate - August 5, 2009
Or grabbing balls in play.
brian.only - August 5, 2009
I dunno what they were grabbing.
Nate - August 5, 2009
Hahaha MY OH MY.
ElQuesoCapitan - August 5, 2009
"Playing the role of spoiler" again. Drink!
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
Grrrrr
iglew - August 5, 2009
After the game
Disco Demolition Night
Hit4TheCycle - August 5, 2009
That's for between games at a doubleheader
White Sox had to forfeit game two, as someone tried to steal home plate, and they weren’t sure of the alignment any more.
One won lost won - August 5, 2009
And the outfield grass was all torn up, and the batting cage was wrecked, and there were shards of vinyl everywhere,...
doctorK - August 5, 2009
Not a well-thought-out promotion.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Yeah
that forfeit didn’t hurt the Sox of that era much. The era of the butterfly collared jerseys. I dont which idea was worse.
BleedGreen - August 5, 2009
Also, shorts
Nick - August 5, 2009
Ha! I was about to post the same pic!
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
Natcherly
Nick - August 5, 2009
LeFlore still looked cool
but Luzinski…not so much!
BleedGreen - August 5, 2009
Is that LeFlore or Chet Lemon?
Nick - August 5, 2009
father of Liz Lemon
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
That would be an interesting backstory
Nick - August 5, 2009
Oooh good Call
BleedGreen - August 5, 2009
HAWT
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
That jacket behind them is pretty fantastic, too
Nick - August 5, 2009
The original pro baseball shorts were worn by the Hollywood Stars
But they were slightly classier unis:
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
Heavy flannel shorts and stirrup socks!
Welcome to summer!
Nick - August 5, 2009
Apparently those shorts were specially padded for sliding purposes.
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
sippin on a draft beer
Lefty73 - August 5, 2009
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
If only it was good beer...
brian.only - August 5, 2009
I wouldn’t know.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Well try something else for your first. ;)
brian.only - August 5, 2009
I’ll never drink alcohol.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
I'll have his.
BleedGreen - August 5, 2009
You have to become a lush before you can take the pledge
doctorK - August 5, 2009
lol
brian.only - August 5, 2009
Is that really true?
I’ve never even thought about that. If you grew up in a family of alcoholics, and decided at age 15 or whatever that you were probably predisposed to alcoholism, wanted to be sober, and wanted to join AA for support, they’d turn you away? Or tell you to go on a bender and then come back?
Nick - August 5, 2009
depends upon the meeting.
Meetings are autonomous.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
I mean, I can sorta understand it
since I gather that part of the process is sharing the experience — which would be different if you’ve never actually had a drink.
Nick - August 5, 2009
apparently, one of their beliefs is that
the drinking is but a symptom of the real problem. There would definitely be individual members who felt the youth in question belonged.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Al-Anon or Alateen for the case you described
doctorK - August 5, 2009
Which is the Scientology one -- Narcanon?
Nick - August 5, 2009
Thetanon, I think ;-)
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
Are they anonymous? Or do you have to clear them by name?
Nick - August 5, 2009
Synanon?
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
nope, different group
but also culty. My dad was a member for like a year in the 70’s. Bad News Bears.
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
lots of good things came out of that bad experiment.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Like Jodie Foster's career!
We are talking Bad New Bears now, aren’t we?
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
She was soooo cute in that Kung Fu episode though.
Alethia? Something like that.
iglew - August 5, 2009
agreed
it just started to run away with itself after a while.
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
yes
and have you seen the new uniforms for the “Ideal Org” churches for Scientology?
I lol’ed
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
Shorts and big collars?
Nick - August 5, 2009
well
not quite
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
Harry Potter meets Gattaca
Nick - August 5, 2009
dingdingding!
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
I keep seeing Hermione with no eyes.
Thanks for ruining my sleep.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
But I did not spiiiiiiil my draft beer!
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
chair dance
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
I'm in bed.
Doesn’t really work.
iglew - August 5, 2009
chair throw
BleedGreen - August 5, 2009
aww yeah
Lefty73 - August 5, 2009
more Lakshmi burger porn
running light on the Audrina tonight
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
she's "tasted ever flavor imaginable"
Benjamin Light - August 5, 2009
I'd like to have milk
and brownies with her.
Hit4TheCycle - August 5, 2009
Flashfire - August 5, 2009
Epic.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
HAHAHAHA
ElQuesoCapitan - August 5, 2009
Woo! Thanks for posting that pic
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
I was actually at that game and got pics of it
Flashfire - August 5, 2009
Don't you know that posting that...
….only encourages Byrnsie?
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
that was the beginning of the end for Byrnesy!
Macha said he though Byrnes should not have touched the guy. Byrnes said, “I don’t care what Macha thinks…”\
Two months later, traded.
One won lost won - August 5, 2009
Byrnes is lucky that guy wasn't a streaker
Nick - August 5, 2009
haha
Lefty73 - August 5, 2009
I was at that game, on the third base side
the guys ran out from around the bullpen. Two or three
One won lost won - August 5, 2009
Remember the other one was in a diaper?
Flashfire - August 5, 2009
Yea, and fans were yelling "Go Diaper Boy!!"
Huh??
One won lost won - August 5, 2009
Bailey blows em away
says “Feliz who?”
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
yay strickout
doctorK - August 5, 2009
One to go!
MOJO!
brian.only - August 5, 2009
we're gonna win...
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
DON'T JINX IT!!!!
Nate - August 5, 2009
Gee.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Nice throw by Cliff
Nick - August 5, 2009
You, know it's funny
For the past week or two, I’ve had this strange feeling that the A’s don’t suck.
iglew - August 5, 2009
Who knew?
We’ve always gotten pretty hot late in the year asides from last year.
brian.only - August 5, 2009
well, you sure have, baby
call me
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
Oh my
brian.only - August 5, 2009
This is wrong or we should start taking other teams minor leaguers
Athletix Man - August 5, 2009
when did Esteban come BACK to the fold?
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
wait a minute.
when dids we get Esteban back?!
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
We didn't
Rotoworld blows goats.
Nate - August 5, 2009
Is that Rotoworld?
Or is there another baseball blurb service that’s doing a sloppy-ass job?
iglew - August 5, 2009
cbssportline
Athletix Man - August 5, 2009
Fosse "bounced in the hole"
….then Pennington takes over…
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
LET'S GO OAKLAND
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
No way that first pitch to Vizquel was a ball
Jackson23 - August 5, 2009
Victory!
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
WOOT!
brian.only - August 5, 2009
YAY!
worldblee - August 5, 2009
VICTORY
doctorK - August 5, 2009
GAME. OVER
ElQuesoCapitan - August 5, 2009
yay A's win
Lefty73 - August 5, 2009
the good guys win again
Deborah51 - August 5, 2009
Don't say that.
Sounds like Hawk.
iglew - August 5, 2009
yes...yes...hell yes!!!
Kallus - August 5, 2009
Celebrate good times.
worldblee - August 5, 2009
CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES!
LoneStranger - August 5, 2009
let's sweep this
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
VICTORY!
ElQuesoCapitan - August 5, 2009
AMAZING
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
i can live like this.
ak_A - August 5, 2009
Very satisfying win for the Spoilers!
…kidding!
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
let's do some more spoiling!
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
I haven't checked the standings in ages
How far back are the Rangers now?
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
L, Vicente Padilla
Benjamin Light - August 5, 2009
I don't think so
I think the N. Perez guy gave up the HR to Kennedy, while the game was tied.
One won lost won - August 5, 2009
The runner on base belonged to Padilla.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
the runner belonged to Padilla
he wears it, the ass
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
There was a guy on base
It is Padilla’s loss.
bear88 - August 5, 2009
Rightfully so.
ElQuesoCapitan - August 5, 2009
OKAY!!
I stand corrected… Feliz was the pitcher, not Perez, so I screwed up twice.
Great to see Padilla (the Headhunter) with the loss!!
One won lost won - August 5, 2009
Wow...winning a series...chance for a sweep. I must be dreaming.
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
"It was a good way to get him back."
Zook on homering off Padilla one at-bat after being hit by him.
bear88 - August 5, 2009
Love Kurt.
LOVE
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
Heart.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
is he still your man crush?
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
Yes, but Rajai Davis is very close second with Brett Anderson in third.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
oh i see you're ranking them now
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
Eh, it was pretty easy. After Anderson, though, it’s really hard to split ’em up.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
I hope you have an erotic dream about him tonight
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
Speaking of erotic dreams, I had one about OakA’sHoney last night.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
I hope you have one about Kurt tonight.
iglew - August 5, 2009
I’ll have one about Morgan Beck tonight.
I refuse to change the size of this picture.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
who is that?
and why do I not know who she is?
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
She played volleyball at the University of California. Now, she’s a model.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Blazing the trail for Allison Stokke?
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
Uh, I don’t know who that is.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
google
now
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
The goodness for teh internets!
Now attractive highschool students need never be without legions of would-be stalkers!
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
I prefer Morgan Beck.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Thank
YOU
BleedGreen - August 5, 2009
you haven't?
you have not yet lived, young one
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
I have seen a picture of her on the Cal blog, but I didn’t know her name.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
we must agree to disagree
athletic brunettes are right in my wheelhouse
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
I have no quarrel with athletic brunettes
I do think it’s creepy when people make a pictorial icon out of an ordinary high school athlete who never sought out celebrity.
There are enough starlets who want to be starlets. No need to thrust it on someone who didn’t ask for it.
iglew - August 5, 2009
I'd even put college athletes on that list.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
I agree it's an issue
Though I’ve never sought to do anything but appreciate their natural beauty. So at least as far as on my part, on harm no foul. But there are many others who take it far too far.
I’m also an equal opportunity oggler. You should see me at the Cal Men’s waterpolo games. Yikes!
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
call me.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Wait, what?
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
why did i crack up upon viewing this?
ak_A - August 5, 2009
Arrested Development, no?
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
wait til I show you my tiny teddy.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Is your boyfriend back, or are you going to dream of Travis
again tonight?
…. oh wait, sorry. I thought you were someone else.
iglew - August 5, 2009
he gets back tomorrow
and lately it’s not travis, taking a break, i like that saltalamacchia
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
cityplANner - August 5, 2009
I don't want no part of yo' tired ass country club, ya freak bitch!
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
a magazine in the bathroom
doesn’t count as a “dream”! ;^)
One won lost won - August 5, 2009
you're weird.
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
well you have a small point there
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
That's not as much of an insult when you say it to a girl.
iglew - August 5, 2009
Padilla is the King of Trepanism
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
Ron Washington goin' out his damn mind right now
I feel bad for him. Not that bad, but bad.
oaklandSMASH - August 5, 2009
He knew the job was dangerous when he took it.
He’s been around baseball a looooong time.
One won lost won - August 5, 2009
I'm going to get a root beer float at the coli tomorrow
I hope I can bring my 4-game sweep broom out!
oaklandSMASH - August 5, 2009
A 4-gamer calls for a much larger broom
Vrooom
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
how about a dust buster?
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
uh, I think you're unclear on the concept...
One won lost won - August 5, 2009
i hate sweeping
i use electronic appliances
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
For your business
You’re lady business.
oaklandSMASH - August 5, 2009
Oh, my. I hope that’s not what I think it is.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
I hope it is.
LoneStranger - August 5, 2009
I am scared.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
don't be
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
Yea, don't be. Learn how to use one. You'll be thanked later.
LoneStranger - August 5, 2009
true
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
I’ll practice on you, okay?
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
that's enought
isn’t it your bed time?
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
Whoa, I thought you’d ignore me after that.
No, I don’t have a bed time. It’s the summer, silly.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Isn’t it a little too early for me to be using one of those?
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Yes, I am.
I am lady business.
iglew - August 5, 2009
Better than Lady Gaga, I suppose
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
Vroomy?
iglew - August 5, 2009
Matt Morrison has been pretty good with the names tonight.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Quick game tonight
Who knew with Reineke on the mound.
ohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
"Home runs are good." - Bob Geren
Now will you all quit picking on him!??!!! He’s obviously an amazing analyst.
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
Bob either
a. looks like a cartoon character
or
like he just visited a morticianohtobe21likehuston - August 5, 2009
“I want Bob Geren as my poker face!”
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
bob bob bob bob's poker face
ak_A - August 5, 2009
LOL.
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
tell me why?
ak_A - August 5, 2009
When a manager is asked
if he thinks a guys has been thrown at, and he says “I don’t know”, it means “Yes”.
Kevin2 - August 5, 2009
This is true.
iglew - August 5, 2009
I like Suzuki's answer:
“I’m not going to say he was throwing at me or he wasn’t…but I wasn’t too thrilled about it, and it was nice to get back at him with that homerun.”
I’m gonna go with “that’s a yes.”
Nico - August 5, 2009
Hook slide
Texas Rangers catcher Taylor Teagarden, right, and Oakland Athletics’ Rajai Davis wait for the call at home plate after Davis scored on a sacrifice fly by Scott Hairston in the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, in Oakland, Calif.
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
That Rajai slide was great
Kevin2 - August 5, 2009
That, um,
that doesn’t look right.
“So, whatcha doing later? Wanna go get some seafood?”
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Yeah, what that looks like isn't called a "hook slide."
Nico - August 5, 2009
Maybe in New Jersey
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
Huh, you're right
what game is that from?
Kevin2 - August 5, 2009
apparently tonight.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Grabbed it from the Daylife Gallery
Here
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
“No, I do want it. But I think that guy over there is watching.”
iglew - August 5, 2009
was that...was that you in grade school?!
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
"Yeah, Bob Davidson likes to watch."
Nico - August 5, 2009
Boomchickawahwah
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
So, Pennington had to give up a bat and two balls
In order to get his 1st HR ball
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
Giving up a bat and two balls? Sounds like most of Crosby's ABs.
Nico - August 5, 2009
Priceless
The two balls are left in the on deck circle eh Nico?
Trainman - August 5, 2009
ohhh, nice
ak_A - August 5, 2009
QOTM
Badum dum
baseballgirl - August 5, 2009
AT least it wasn't
two snowballs and a ding dong.
Sorry about that.
Kevin2 - August 5, 2009
Cliff Pennington on radio postgame, coming up
Nick - August 5, 2009
In his interview, he said he was trying to convince Tommy Everidge he had more power than him because he has a homerun and Tommy doesn't.
Hee.
pam5981 - August 5, 2009
RECAP UP!
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/8/5/979275/bullpen-sparkles-as-swinging-as
baseballgirl - August 5, 2009
you rock.
thank you for a lovely thread, most illustrious hostess.
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
I agree with what he said.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Pennington is as bad as Tommy
“You know” at least 25 times.
But we don’t care how many times you both say “You Know” as long as you get a hit for each time you say “You Know”
They should both hit .999 for the season each
Trainman - August 5, 2009
wait until ypu hear max stassi
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
did Pennington go to SSU too?
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
Sweeney’s batter walk-up music was just playing in the clubhouse, I think.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
what song is that?
getting as annoying as his haircut
OakA'sHoney - August 5, 2009
I don’t know. I don’t listen to rap. I listen to old school hip hop. I just recognized the beat.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
I guess I shouldn't laugh at "old school hip hop"
since I used to perform “contemporary opera”.
iglew - August 5, 2009
The last couple games
They were playing Cust’s music in the clubhouse
Busta Rhymes – Respect My Conglomerate
SwisherThresher - August 5, 2009
Lil’ Wayne sucks, but Jadakiss is sick.
Rated-R Superstar - August 5, 2009
Pennington's an Aggie?
Gig ’em!….I guess…..
GreenNGoldSooner - August 5, 2009
oh no, some non-Aggie fans!
Leopold Bloom - August 5, 2009
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