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we'll look for it next year at the coliseum

make sure the sugar is organic

I think I already got spam trying to sell me that

It was from you, I gather.

Spam cotton candy?

That would not be good. We could sell Spam musubi at the cotton candy stand though.

Englishmajor - August 9, 2009 reply

I am beating my friend at video games.

you have buck on your team?

Yeah, but he’s struggling.

but at least he's on the a's, i love you

I love you more.

I'd say "get a room already" but I think that's what you're hoping for

:: Crosses fingers. ::

not that kind of love

i’m just happy to see buck on an a’s line-up even if it’s on a game

Sigh.

Okay

what game is that?

We are playing MLB ’09: The Show right now.

What I'm wondering is how Kendall grounded into a double play for the A's...

…and Ichiro was out at second.

Video games can be silly at times, you know.

And totally unrealistic --

no team would actually bat Vidro 3rd at DH.

My friend isn’t too bright.

To back up my point, he thinks Miguel Montero is the best catcher in baseball.

He did that more than once for Seattle in real life

But I would agree

'Twas the joke.

or give regular playing time to Yuni Bentacourt or Willie Bloomquist.

Oh, hey, look who’s on deck.

Well, Betancourt always does well against the A’s.

Safe.

Sweeney swipes second

The A’s have 84 steals on the year, so far

All of last year, 88

Thanks, Booby, for your valiant efforts.

Duck!

billed platypus?

Yes!

completely and totally relevant.

DeJesus tried to do his team a favor and take out Bloomquist.

Finish him off.

Brett's ERA down to 3.99

Yay Brett!

Woo!

Just saw that too!

I have a feeling they will pull him though…

Anderson 6IP, 3 H, 5K, 3.99ERA!

He also has only walked one batter and that was in the first inning.

oops.

thx.

That's a nice line

Anyone know the pitch count?

87 pitches

87

87-59

Can I just say that Brett Anderson's goatee is horrendous?

It like wraps around the sides of his chin. Probably because he can’t grow enough facial hair in the front. Brett, if you can’t grow enough facial hair for your goatee to be normal shaped, you probably shouldn’t have one at all.

From one grown man who can’t grow a beard to another: just stop

alot of them have bad facial hair

Well, he's no Chad Gaudin.

We can be thankful for that.

Or Ryan Franklin

yuk, who's that?

That’s Chad Gaudin.

Chad Gaudin

It almost looks fake, like it’s photoshopped on there.

I canna grow a full beard.

I’ve tried and failed miserably. I’ve just accepted that I will never look like Grizzly Adams.

how about a 5 o'clock shadow?

Crockett-style?

yeah, I can do that.

that's sexy

but stubbley.

I can't even get designer stubble

it’s too scattered.

Damn my Dutch/Freisan heritage!

Let’s go, Rajai.

Uh, that is not an out

Zombies?

Joey C. - August 9, 2009 via mobile reply

Hi Joey!

Typing in a random parking lot again, junkie?

Nope

Same parking lot. I am not joking.

I thought if you dropped the ball the runner is safe?

Kennedy swatted the ball out of his hand.

ala A-Rod?

No, not so obvious.

Arroyo.

I don't really buy it if they're saying Kennedy tried to knock the ball loose

Unintentionally.

Blooped.

That was a A-rod style swipe by Kennedy

out.

Not really anything like what A-Rod did

Go ahead and steal 2nd and 3rd Rajai

Royals fans must love Rajai

I think Rangers fans like him more.

go rangers!

Catch the Angels, please!

This doesn't feel right...

Rajai Davis

Batting .295 !

That is a welcome statistic

OBP, anyone?

It was .361 coming into today and he has been on base four times due to two singles, being hit and reaching on a fielder’s choice.

That last one is not a positve in his OBP.

But thanks for the info!

I just thought I’d throw in all four of his results.

773 OPS aint' shabby.

Well, poop!

i like the rajai "steal" cam

you get to see his eyes move back and forth

Just tunin' in....

BoCro hit a HR?!? Is the apocalypse upon us?

He has also struck out swinging twice.

You don't say!

I do!

yes, dibs and hi-def for everyone!

Will you feed the Dibs to me?

Is not Swoony & Booby going back to back one of the seven signs?

LB your our sign guy what do you think?

More to the point...

… doesn’t Sweeney have 2 bombs in 3 games?

Yes.

a's management gets off torturing me

bringing up yet another non-buck player from aaa

Aaron Cunningham just doesn’t do it for you?

At this point,

isn’t Cunningham a better player than Buck? Aren’t his minor league stats better?

Yes, but his major league stats are worse.

I would have left him in Triple-A.

Well, I want them both up,

but they don’t really fit right now. Especially if the A’s still try to play Cust in the field, which is ridiculous.

BB is sadistic that way, (he makes all his roster decisions by thinking what will piss-off OAH)

it's working

I will inform BB

He will be happy his sinister plan is working.

don't encourage it please

Finish him off.

FAIL

:: Cries. ::

Hmmm...a franchise that draws similarly huge crowds to our lovable moppets'!

I hear they have actually resorted to giving away tickets in KC

from time to time. You can just pick one up at the grocery store.

And that's not a bad stadium, either.

Though the couple times I’ve been there, the postgame traffic was terrible (though the crowd was a lot bigger back then).

True

The stadium is great, but the traffic is a major problem.

This is bad.

why was hairston taken out?

aznboirick - August 9, 2009 reply

We don’t know for sure.

Possibly still not 100%?

Give the call-up a chance to swing?

Crap.

well poop

Haha!

anderson has been really good,clap clap

Standing O for Neo

Perhaps he should have come out after 6.

Of well. GOOD JOB, BRETT!

So Beat It

Padma is back.

Time to come up big, Wuertz!

Here's a stat for y'all

Mark Reynolds is now tied with Albert Pujols for the major league lead in home runs in 2009. Yes, Mark Reynolds.

Mark Reynolds is a beast.

waitwhat?

Mark Reynolds came into today hitting .289 with 35 home runs and 79 runs batted in.

I’ll exchange a run for two outs.

How about one out

Jinx!

How about for one? Do we still have a deal?

Let me see what happens with Betancourt here.

Okay, let’s get those final two outs now.

dp please

si

time to buckle down

this is not buckling down, fellahs

Stealing? Who do the Royals think they are? The A's?

Now is the perfect time for a double play.

now i'm getting scared...

Nice one, AK!

OK folks, lets shut this down.

Hit it right to Pennington.

How is it the A's look like the worse defensive team

when they have guys like Callaspo & Betancourt in there line up?

i can't look

put your pillow over your head

I will tell you what happens

That shut my roomy up

Bobby Abreu dropped a routine fly ball with 2 outs and 2 runs score.

LOL

Trainman - August 9, 2009 reply

who's catching for the rangers?

Teagarden.

Excellent!

Well, so much for Anderson’s ERA staying at 3.99 now.

No, no, no!

Do. Not. Want.

The A's are demonstrating how to perfectly waste a 4-0 lead

What a brutal inning

all around

The Wuertz has come

Well, you better get Bloomquist.

Whew, we still have the lead.

can we breathe now?

Whew!

Now add on, boys!

About f-ing time

I knew Bloomquist could do it.

Did you know you can comment on Athletics Nation from your phone or PDA? SB Nation has launched mobile commenting. Check it out next time you’re at the game or bar and have something to say.

Still got the lead!

And 6 outs to go.

Mojo!

RALLY CAPS!

We are still ahead

Rally caps are for when you're losing

It looked to me like the Royals were "sitting slider" against Wuertz

They didn’t chase it, and took a couple pretty hittable fastballs. Add on, Ziggy the 8th, Bailey the 9th, and let’s go to Baltimore.

LET'S GO OAKLAND!

clap clap clapclapclap!

I like that Raiders commercial.

Actually, I love that Raiders commercial.

I missed it.

They took you through the history and Greg Papa asked, “Where were you?”

It was something like that.

Darn!

I haven’t seen that one!

I couldn’t find it online, but here is Candice Michelle’s commercial from the Super Bowl.

Ummm...

You do know that we play for the same team.

Hi.

Haha!

Plus, new window, please.

whew!

This Royal reliever is very sweet smelling.

A's highlights aren't the same when they don't feature Bill

Or at least Lon or KK.

How did Anderson get charged for 3 runs?

The Goat - August 9, 2009 reply

Wuertz let them score.

danmerqury - August 9, 2009 reply

last inning

3 runners scored & they were all his

His ERA is 4.22 now

Tim Lincecum’s ERA was 4.00 in 2007 and then he won the Cy Young in 2008.

Curious how Maier was his runner?

The Goat - August 9, 2009 reply

Nice user name

Anderson left runners at the corners after allowing one. The two that scored were his responsibility. The fact that a fielder’s choice changed who was physically at 1B doesn’t matter.

That's one of those scoring rules I always forget

Very good user name

is that a relative Nico?

Trainman - August 9, 2009 reply

Was wondering that myself...

the third run was scored by Maier, who reached on a fielder’s choice, but he batted against Wuertz. Maybe it’s because he only reached by wiping out the baserunner that Anderson allowed?

I think cust in the 4 spot is not the best idea.

Gone!

Zooks!

ZOOK!

ZOOKS HR!

Adding on

ZOOKY!

F_CK YEAH!!!

Zooks gets one back

Let’s Go A’s

Kurt demonstrates how to add on

Zooks! Nice HR!

Lame HR call, however…

Zooks!!!!

That ball was CRUSHED!

You can put it on the boaaaaaaard........

YES!

No Hawks, plz

Hawk impressions belong in the same bin as "TWSS" and talk about your fantasy team

Thanks.

No, I was doing Dan Plesac doing Hawk.

Plesac’s impression of Hawk on the MLB channel is priceless!

I agree

We don't take kindly to that kind of language here.

thesteve9x - August 9, 2009 reply

No thanks

Lets go Evinrude!

Follow up, Tommy.

Ohhhh

That’s what a no doubt about it HR looks like.

He killed that one

I’d love to get a tape measure for that one

Here ya go!

Much needed insurance run

How about some more

Trainman - August 9, 2009 reply

Thank you, sir!

May I have another!

yes please

Yup, I think Zook's pretty tired today.

Wish we’d given him the day off.

He is unlikely to play on Wednesday according to Susan Slusser’s latest update.

I asked about Geren’s decision to start Suzuki rather than backup Landon Powell and he noted that Suzuki had been off Thursday and he got one inning off Saturday night. He said Suzuki probably won’t play Wednesday in Baltimore, either, giving him back-to-back days off with Thursday’s offday.

Thursday's what now? "Off day"?

They schedule those?

I think so.

In some slightly positive news,

Texas is up 2-0 over ANA after 4 innings.

The Rangers are just a game behind the Red Sox, you know.

Time to leave this parking lot

The stares from passers-by are getting to be pretty unsettling. Go A’s, finish ’em.

Two lineouts for Everidge.

That was probably his last AB, too.

danmerqury - August 9, 2009 reply

sweeney has earned his swooney today

I bet you’d like to give him something else for his play today.

good lord

a cupcake?

Everybody likes cupcakes.

now i miss jennifer....

better

That’s what I meant in the first place.

Gosh.

Let's go Ziggy

Let's go Ziggy!

Bobble~~head~~fail…

i don't like butler

Ugh, base hit. Runner on first, no outs.

Double play time.

DP time.

You got it

GIDP

Perfect.

Money.

gorgeous!

Sweet!!

Butte!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLfhoBa6Rlc&feature=channel_page

ABDC season 4 open thread 10 pm pt/et

who are your contenders for the title?

Here’s a preview of tonight’s performances…enjoy

We are Heroes

Vogue Evolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeESDTj1VaE&feature=channel_page

Massive Monkees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjFffevbgQg&feature=channel_page

more…

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=fanscapevideos&view=videos

Asfan4ever723 - August 9, 2009 reply

...huh?

thanks for the reminder!

BigTuna - August 9, 2009 reply

ouch, that hurt my eyes.

Is there a Bay Area rep this season?

if only Randy Jackson's name were bigger

stormtown - August 9, 2009 reply

Holland has only given up a walk through 4 IP against the slegnA

ZigFan likes it.

I do!

ZigFan31 - August 9, 2009 reply

Hi, ZigFan!

Hey cutie.

ZigFan31 - August 9, 2009 reply

Aw, you’re so sweet.

Let's go Oakland!

Finish him off.

whew.

yeah

Oh wow

That ball was smashed. Luckily, foul.

Alright.

Ziggy does his job

Add on, please

YA MOAR RUNZ PLZ!III

As we wish

Thank you, Booby!

Wow -- just 37 pitches for Holland through 4 IP.

Yeah, that is ridic.

Am I the only one...

who loves this current version of this team and feels like we can win with this team in a year or two?

especially once Wallace, Cardenas, Weeks, et all come up

Lets hope.
It will be fun to watch.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Woah!

Two boobies!

stormtown - August 9, 2009 reply

What could be better?

That's how I like 'em - in pairs

A matching pair

Best picture EVER!!!

May I adopt those

and Bobby too?

stormtown - August 9, 2009 reply

Holy Toledo!

Croz x2

This is definitely out of the Twilight Zone

OK...That's it. Apocalypse is upon us.

I’m going out to take my raptured neighbors’ cars!

Holy Cr_p!

BoCro!?!

it IS the apocalypse!

Crosby looking like Babe Ruth out there

quick, trade him to Red Sox while he's looking like a real SS!

Who is this "Bobby Crosby" character?

Booby agian!!!

and opo this time

Wow

Crosby almost plunked the ball into the fountain

6-3!

Wow, Crosby hit another homer...

Crosby has been beatin 'em up

Like Bing Crosby.

just beat 'em with a sack of sweet Valencia oranges

it shows ‘em who’s boss and doesn’t leave a mark!

Wtf?

The Bobby Crosby I know is…well…idk…this isn’t him.

Kennedy's havin' a hell of an at-bat here.

Nice battle!

Outside.

Holland tears through the 5th on 7 pitches

5 IP, 1 BB, 2 K 45 pitches

that’s it

Very nice

Can we keep him?

Huh? HUH?

red sox need a SS, let them have crosby

Asfan4ever723 - August 9, 2009 reply

for the low low price of the white Chris Carter!

Lars Anderson?

He did NOT just say that.

I actually think we should keep Crosby...

I feel the bludgeons of this room comin’…

we'd have to sign him since he'll be a FA next year

not worth it when we could re-up Kennedy instead

Very true.

Idk if AK wants to stay though.

I would not mind if we signed him to a 1 year 1.5 mil contract

He has made himself into a helpfull UTL player

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow.

I love that.

If it was either AK or Booby

AK all the way

Okay, you win.

I'm sayin'

After all the complaining he has done about playing time I'd be shocked if he wanted to come back...

winchester5 - August 9, 2009 reply

Good point.

He has complained a lot, but he’s gotten plenty of time as of late, and he’s actually contributing.

'Crowd an exaggeration'

Must make them feel at home. ;)

omg what happened to dallas braden's haiir??

A hurricane blew threw it.

It gone.

mistake

Well, its a hard choice with him.

When it gets too long it looks pretty crazy, too.

it's better wild

Well, damn.

Aw.

Nice job, Rajai.

Let’s raise that .146 batting average, Aaron.

Hell yeah. I like this kid though.

Me too. He's produced consistantly at every level in the minors.

Time to give him a full-time job in the bigs! Who needs Scott Hairston.

I disagree there.

Hairston’s consistent too.

Maybe

But he’s turning 30 real soon, and this is his best season so far. Translation: Cunningham or Buck will almost certainly be better than Hairston by 2011 – if they are given the chance.

agree

winchester5 - August 9, 2009 reply

I STILL don't like Buck.

The injury history.

Hairston has been consistently, well, not good with us.

He’s been satisfactory, I’ll give him until next season.

So much for that...

Ha ha Tintin

He does look like Tintin.

Hahahaaha.

Hell of a steal, AK.

Bailey time

Way out in the woods!

Esteban German is playing for the Rangers today

just did his best Rajai impression

4 HR & 4 steals

who do we think we are the Rays?

me likey

And we just gave them ~~Springer~~ cooties too!

It’s the least we could do after they gave us Adam Kennedy for Joe Dillon.

As Iwamura crumples a week later!

Just think, they DFA'd Dillon

Orodawg - August 9, 2009 reply

I somehow missed that.

So long Russ! Bad dog!

ewww!!!!

I actually do think next year..

We’ll be the next Rays.

Fine with me. They can keep their stadium, however.

I hate that damn hot air balloon Tampa plays in.

The Devil A's?

Better that the Jose's

Lmao.

Devil A’s.

Of course this team would be doing a lot better....

…if we had scheduled all 162 games against the Royals.

I’ll settle for 81 games with the Royals, 60 games with the Pirates and 21 games with the Nationals.

Only in a perfect world..

yay strickout

Maier

The poor man’s Mauer?

He’s a poor man’s Willie Bloomquist without the defensive versatility.

I see.

Bailey is dealing

97 mph.

Ring him up, blue

They should make Baileys Dibs

Would they be HD Bailey's Mini-Sirloin Dibs?

They could advertise them with Padma licking them off of her own ankles.

sold at the Kinder's BBQ stall

Can someone explain to me..

Why we’ve had 745824578423957 closers the last 2 years?

Closers are overvalued.

Our other ones (that we haven’t traded) have been injured, non-closer-esque, or just called up to the bigs.

Story of the A’s

Orodawg - August 9, 2009 reply

It's just confusing..

Seeing Joey Devine, Brad Ziegler, Huston Street and Andrew Bailey all take turns the last season and a half.

With

Joey Devine, Brad Ziegler~~, Huston Street~~ and Andrew Bailey

in the bull pen it bodes well for our future.

Well, I'm talking about 2008-2009 altogether.

And fk Huston Street for having 29 saves in Colorado.

Finish him off.

Victory!

sweet!

VICTORY

Game!!!!

WE WIN!

No incident 9th inning

I don't care if it's KC

Winning a series is NICE.

You act like we didn't beat Boston or Texas the last two weeks.

Oh, they were even nicer

But this is still nice.

Now on to...

BALTIMORE?

It’s our first and only trip to Camden Yards.

Yes, yes it is.

There will probably be more A’s fans than O’s fans in Maryland too.

YAY!!!!

That’s the Ball Game!!!

It was actually his seventh win of the year, Glen.

I caught that too

Wheres Queso?

I’ll do my best.

Lovely!

Wow, Crosby is hitting .300 in his last 23 games.

He hit over 300 for July too.

But the whole bad defense + literally not walking at all thing just doesn't do it for me.

lenscrafters - August 9, 2009 reply

Oh hey, Crosby

.300 avg. last 23 games

Memo to opposing pitchers:

Slider. Low and away.

That is all.

There is another pitch.

Wow.

The Mariners blog is amazing, you know.

LMAO

I found this even funnier.

Betancourt: Hey there, how’s i
Ichiro: I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU

trade him to the Sox, stat!

That's a scary thought.

Would it be terrible if he actually started performing?

well, since he's probably already cleared waivers, we might be able to trade him for something if he keeps it up