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Open Thread II: Game 132 - A's vs. KC Royals



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And, as if he wasn't cool enough, he's not related to Al.

We are all even at 1-1, courtesy of a long 1st-inning bomb from Rajai Davis and a single by Olivo plating Alberto Callaspo.... let's see how the 2nd half of this one goes as we head to the bottom of the 5th!


 

 



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welcome to the new thread friends!

New. Shiny. Exciting. Comforting.
That was a tricky switch!

I missed it!

I replied to your last comment as soon as I could with the link to the new thread!

there be room in here to roam
Come roam with me...
Roam if you want to...
B-52's right?
Yes

I love the scratchiness in her voice when she sings one of the verses. Hot!

Without anything but the love we fe-el!
I listened to one of their gh's compilations

they had some really neat music back in the day and I’m not talking about the stuff on the radio. I like Talking Heads that way too.

They have some crazy stuff

that is sooo different than the pop stuff you hear on the radio.

I listened to Yaz today

Ever heard of them?

That dude could hit.
Uh...no.

Unless you’re talking about the birth control thingy.

Upstairs at Erics is a great album

if you are able to obtain free music. Give it a shot.

I'm open!

Love new music!

It's old music

but new to YOU

Yep!

Thanks, baby!

Lynn is the only one here who

gets my Cole Porter and Tin Pan Alley references. I don’t think any music you’re talking about counts as “old”.

ever heard of Cal Tjader?
I read something about him just the other day.
was it disturbing?
I love his song

Moneypenny Goes For Broke. It’s a nice little piano tune that reminds me of something Miles Davis-ish.

I just skimmed Wikipedia.

I’m not a big jazz fan.

THAT'S what it was,

I was skimming ans saw that he was going to be in Monterey.

and

I’ve never been. Its on the bucket list.

Me too.

I want to go to Morrocco too for their Jazz Fest

I only know a couple of their songs and the one they did with REM

which was a big hit if I remember right.

Kate Pierson also guests on my favorite album and the story of my life Junior Senior's Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

That old thread was pretty cool.

Make sure she makes it over here. She's new.
Friend of yours?
I'm sort of her uncle.
I see.

That the one from AN Day?

yes sir
I see.
It's ok mike. She's not my niece here.
yea im not his niece here

so u guys dont have to be scared

I’m scared.

hey

I’m sure we could all kick your arse but 67M could obliterate you. J/K

into little bits.

and then i would drink him.

hey hey

calm down…leave the poor guy alone

That's a new one.

I had you pegged as a ‘put him in the trunk, drive out to the desert and bury him’ kinda guy.

no.

if you eat the body, there is no evidence left.

I like to mix things up every now and then.
then eat some Roscoe's fried chicken & waffles
why

u definitely shouldn’t be…he can’t hurt u ur still a minor

you and your logic
of course

i learn it from the best!!!!

grandpa?
well if you wanna put it that way.....

YES!!!!

RRS is good with stragglers.
I wasn't straggling, I was just catching up.

I fell way behind looking up the ice weasels.

yea but im not stupid
relax

or I’ll do that thing again

OK, Ritalin for everybody

Including our broadcast crew

give me some, to quell the St. Vitus dance.
Adderal makes me fall asleep
I just ate a bacon cheeseburger.
WITH BACON???
It was a bacon sandwich with some hamburger meat thrown in.
Awesome.
Bacon is the most awesome of foods
It's like meat candy!
mmm meat candy

I prefer pizza.

Me too.

Though I’m pretty sure it’s possible to have pizza with bacon on it.

Yep chicken a bacon pizza with bbq sauce

yummy in the tummy

Peperoni + Bacon+ Pineapple

Best pizza ever

Salami + Mushrooms + Olives = Yum!
I'm so proud of you

keeping with the healthy eating

you know me and my girlish figure.

oh you don’t? you must.

I don't know I've seen pictures
Its quite huggable, though!
I must say I do give a good hug.
I can't think of anything I hate more than a woman calling me "huggable"
well you are probably okay with half of that- "able"
You're not thinking very hard.
It's code for "fat"
he meant something else.

i think.

That's not true because you have to wrap

your arms all the way around to make it effective.

I meant something else.

That’s all that counts!

I didn't realize that.

Still, there’s plenty worse than being called fat. Like … oh, I don’t know, a woman vomiting on you.

That's certainly not the "able" I was thinking of.
This is why you're my favorite.

I think.

Most certainly.

But you still haven’t redeemed yourself.

give it time.
saying your nice

its the kiss of death

No. Calling you a great friend is.
or telling you that they need "me" time
Friendcest... its fun
Don't make me quit you.
Sometimes its worth it to take a shot at euphoric bliss... despite the high odds of disaster
Euphoric bliss is nice, but I think the

real payoff is the deep satisfaction and sense of meaning in life.

I find meaning in life at the ballot box.
I find it at Jack in the Box

Jack in the Box is the best.

The best what?
Shitty commercials
ever
In & Out
it's definitely in the same ballpark
Supremely over rated
Oh dude, we're fighting.

Sorry.

Their fries are terrible
We're fighting twice now.
your penmanship is horrific

and you dress in the manner of a male prostitute.

Only when im on your street corner
a little too expensive for my taste
What?

What’s your standard? Burger King?

Burger king is what i grew up with

yes. Adams Rib in Salem Oregon has the best french fries on the planet.

and Uncle Rico made the best

video ever.

its ok we have to fight zigfan first.
No i'm fighting you in her place now.
I think she might like that.
{grabs popcorn and a diet coke}
Assparatame tastes like ass
You know, I've had both,

and I think you’re wrong.

naw the one in the richmond always has drunk fucks and fights when i dd my brother and his friends

im classy I go to sparky’s

Wait!

You did your brother?

doesn't everyone?
hermano
rrrrrrrawrrrrr
I stand corrected,

or lay.

please lay.
Lay, lady, lay....
that's a great song.
One of the best!
Whatever colors you have you have,

in your mind…

When im the designated driver
i hhope not from jack

i’ll be calling steph if u did

these interviews are distracting from the game
I was just going to say the same thing!

They are really getting on my nerves.

I miss the Braden interviews. I hope Pepe is doing okay while they're on the DL.
how did I miss

Thome being dealt to the Dodgers? I think they win the ring, him and Manny together gain.

together again, even
and Garland from ARI
the most expensive PH ever
Maybe they're thinking DH if they get to the WS
No doubt but I don't think the Dodgers will make it

I think the Cards and Phils are better

I would rather have Kershaw and Billingsly than eitheir of their top two starters

Carpenter and Wainwright are tearing it up.

A's All Lameness

Anything to distract from the game, I guess.

2 on, 2 out

AK at the plate…

(Marshall warming up)

AK FAIL

this is getting sad

and an ugly fail at that
he needs to get out of the leadoff spot.
i didn't even realize there were 2 on

too much info about the mrs brett tomko pregancy dulled my mind

Seriously

The game has been secondary

Even now, we’re getting an all access tour of the press box while in the background the Royals get the lead off man on base

And now they have 2 on, no outs

There's a game?
yup, and the A's are playing too
I didn't mind the press box tour.

Of course it’s because I want a job in there, but still…

Need a 2 out basehit right here...lets go Kennedy
Oh no, Marshall in
maybe if he shaved his beard, he'd pitch better.

kinda a reverse samson thing

Who the fcuk is this Brody guy and where did he come from?!
Fine, I'll leave.

I think he does Earthquakes games.

Brody kills the shark at the end of the movie
FREE HOT DOGS FOR PRESS CORPS
Thanks for nothing, Jay
Suzie, stop looking into the camera!
tear down the wall!
banging your head against some mad buggers wall
the Marshall Plan has failed

I think the only answer is to invade North Korea.

Oh, no.

We'll do it together on the count of three. Ready?

1…2…3!!!!

Ha ha, you invaded North Korea while I faked you out.

YOU JOKESTER!!!

That looks worringly British.
GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS
ENGLISH ROUNDERS THUGS!!!
Manic Street Preachers!

The solution is to obviously sign a Clinton.

Nice of him to clarify our bullpen situation for next year, though
that would take a weekend of effort
Doing a fine job tonight.

Just wanted to say that.

{clears out my office}

Jay Marshall does have a backup career ready, right?

Ugharoonies.

Starring in the remake of "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams"

this could get hairy
Damn it Marshall

Your job is to GET HITTERS OUT!

It’s now Jeff Gray’s job.

Jeez that stadium is empty.
It's OAK vrs KC?

What don’t you get

Fans, apparently.
crowd looks a lot smaller tonight then last night
Gray in

I feel much better

Marshall out

Gray in

GOTTA GO

kids are screaming…dads yelling….

wah
sorry

i gave bella some juice…she shut up

dad stopped yelling

did you give him juice too?
right?

he is always yelling…but u know why

if thats wat u wanna call it
he needs to relax
now i have to do dishe

i hate being the oldest

Does that mean shes going to start hitting dingers?
Why the fark did Geren pull E-Gon, anyway?
they want to save him for the playoffs
Hey Bobo is planning ahead

that’s why he’s so good at what he does.

he had not pitched in like 20 days, so Ii i imagine the logic of Bobby, had him on an 80 pitch count....
TRIPLE PLAY HERE
Why are we using Marshall and Gray in a tie game!??!?!?!?!?!??!
for the laughs
and punctuation marks
Well I wanted all caps but I had already typed it.
looks better that way
Hers looks good no matter what the viewing angle.
no argument
{blush}

I love you guys!

Prove it.

:-D

Cuz the Rivercats have been way better than the A's this year?
Who wins a 5 game series the Cats or the A's?

Both.

I don't understand how the math works in your answer

but I was never really good at math

RiverCats.
You know I lived in Sacramento for over 20 years and I never saw a Rivercat in the wild
Did you ever see a Solon?
Sacramento Solons

is a much cooler name

SAC would have a bigger draw for sure
Nice play onBart
Was that as awesome as it sounded on radio?
not really.
it looked great on radio though

Callaspo owns us.

That is the saddest thing you've ever written RRS
With all those guys in the bullpen, the best they could do was Marshall and Gray?
Yeah it kind of reminds me of the days before we had all of the extra help in the bullpen...

Like Yesterday!!

See my comment above!

GMTA

Obviously, one of those great minds does not reside inside of Bob Geren's skull
Once a solon, always a solon.
I just wanted to emphasize your point... : )

Maybe they should continue the disrupting interviews….

ok, geren. you have about 20 people in the BP.

bring in someone who can get some outs.

lets not be hasty here. this is, after all, grey area.
Egon says to Marshall & Gray You guys suck
Damn, this sucks. Now down 4-1...

E-Gon did well and the BP blows
Unfortunate

So you guys decided to have a game without me, huh?
you been at the front desk?
keeping the vultures off your back, you ungrateful so and so's.
Just holding the tease for you.
bloom
are you a ghost?
why?

do you want to make ceramics with him?

my first job was in ceramics
very similar to your evaporators in many ways.
Were you pitching or catching?
I told you last night, we switch up.
Were you a hairy potter?
well, my wand is magical.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
Oh no Bloom is here

we’re all gonna die!!!!

now now.

just because I’m carrying all these automatic weapons doesn’t mean I’m going to use them.

I'm not scared I've got my water gun and a 7 iron
sounds like you've got your self allllllll protected.
it's true I'm a badass

[see last thread]

Ha, the A’s and the Raiders are both playing Seattle at the same time this Thursday night.

There can’t be anything like being on two threads at once, right?

Im sure we can do it....and I will probably post something about the A's on the raider site or vice versa!
What do you think about Nnamda being hurt RRS?

He’ll be fine and he’ll play on September 14.

What about the fact your QB is craptastic?

JaMarcus Russell is crap? Based on what?

easy tiger
Yes,

Lets wait until the regular season to call him crap.

JaMarcus Russel is going to be fine

He’s only started 15 games. People just love to be down on the Raiders

People?

Haters.

they even bother poor JaMarcus cause he's down with me.
Down in Florida working in your sign shop?

That would explain why he’s not developed as a footballer…

he stops in sometimes and weeds and tapes.
Our President is down in your fair city this week

Signs. Signs. Everywhere they’re signs.

I was born son of Byfrod brother of Al

Davis

He is blind to that particular knowledge
I heard New Orleans scored again this morning.
New Orleans whores are cheap and easy

whats your point?

He has had a good preseason, but you know what happens when someone brings up preseason.

Look at what he did down the stretch last season.

L @ MIA (11-5) — Week 11: 15-for-22 (68%), 156 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT
W @ DEN (8-8) — Week 12: 10-for-11 (91%), 152 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
L @ SD (8-8) — Week 14: 9-for-13 (69%), 68 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT
L vs. NE (11-5) — Week 15: 17-for-32 (53%), 242 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
W vs. HOU (8-8) — Week 16: 18-for-25 (72%), 236 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT
W @ TB (9-7) — Week 17: 14-for-21 (67%), 148 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Those are winning teams that he faced down the stretch of last season in his first year as a starter.

give em' hell RRS

No one wants to talk about JaMarcus now.

You killed em' all RRS
cuz the raiders suck and football is pedantic and boring?
You so crazeh.

American Football is one of your best exports.

its not even half as good as rugby or aussie rules football
Aussie Rules is a mess, let's be honest.

Rugby League is awesome. Rugby Union is only interesting at the international level.

American Football has a little more drama than both of those though – of course I’m in the minority in this country for thinking that.

I would rather watch either at this point

i use to date a girl on UCLA’s rugby team.

I don't want to discriminate, but I hope she was a back...
What about the Osmonds?
Nearly started WW3.
I hope he has a great season

because you are a true fan.

I hope you're right

but I worry it could linger all season

If he worked in advertising, he could be palindromic.
theyre litterally next door

parking is going to be all fucocked up there

A's are playing Seattle again already??
only 10 more games left against the Mariners
OMG Blevins!!!

But again….anyone better?

Is Blevins a cutie?

not especially.

(shh, don’t tell ZigFan I said that)

lucky for you, no one else can read this
I know, right?

Hmm, maybe I should have typed it in invisible ink… I don’t know how to do that on AN 3.7 or whatever version this is…

Girl.....

Easy, now.

Take a deep breath.

Thems fightin' words!
That's two females I'm gonna have to beat tonight. ;-)

And 2 males!

(I might be a bit fiesty tonight.)

[peace offering]

I only see grass

There’s also a guy about as skinny as me throwing a baseball.

Wait, what?

2 males? Do I have some honor to defend here?

can I volunteer?
To beat or be beaten?
Beatings?

I’m in!

that depends on who is doing the beating
Me!
What will you be wearing at said beatings?
A gold thong.
Aren't you a white girl?

If so, I think you’d look better in a thong of a different color. Red, black, purple or green would all work. No gold, though.

I'll take a look and tell you guys which one is best looking.
Yes.

I usually lean towards red or black. Thanks for the tip though. I will keep that in mind.

He couldn't be any less huggable if he tried.
Right. He gets your "able"!
oh now that's just mean.
Well its a good thing you didn't hear me squeal like a school girl when I saw him warming up in the pen.
and yet I heard you

geren is an idiot why would he bring marshall into a tie game this guy sucks to high heaven

it's not as high as you think
If Cardenas works out as hoped,

he’ll be exactly what Callaspo is this year (or at least against us).

He's not that quick is he?
I'm willing to bet the Spanish announcers are better than the English ones.
Beisbol been berry berry good to me
LOL at "Strike Tres"
Did he just say Raji sold his El camino?
Well he's an All-star now, he's up grading.
Back from doing errands

Have we heard an attendance figure yet? It looks like less than 5K.

Take off the K and you're about there.
What time is it there, 5 AM?
Pretty much, yeah.
You are a dedicated fan
I do what I can.
Hey LB

Did you notice the gal on the ladder on the Jack In The Box commercials is Rose from Last American Virgin?

No, but I get JitB commercials very sporadically here.

I prolly would’ve missed that anyhow.

no, but perhaps I can give you some other observation tests and if you pass

we should go to Vegas and play, or rather you play cards and we can win big.

I have an extensive amount of useless knowledge

such as 2000+ part numbers for inventory items at work. Can’t take it to my next job :=(

Last American Virgin

the sirbed story….God I haven’t heard about that movie in 20 years.

One of my faves

Boy likes girl. Boy’s friend dates girl. Boy helps girl. Boy gets shit on by girl. Girl ends up with boy’s friend.

It's kind of an evil little story, really,

but random enough to be reality.

My version of Lexi (for added effect)

lost her virginity at a party when I was desperately trying to find her because the guy was bragging about how he was going to “do her” and then “leave her”. Saddest fucking night of my life.

I hope that's a different Lexi

Not R-Star’s.

It is not “mine” and I’m trying to forget about “mine.”

Dude that blows chunks.
She was beautiful and was the laughing stock of the party
It boggles my mind how women let themselves get treated.

This girl i dance with on thursday nights said “Cokey, i love dancing with you because you have never tried to grope me.” It just boggles my mind that i am a gentleman because I don’t treat girls like shit, not because of any class that i exhibit. What a low standard to strive for.

Never underestimate the power of good bullshit
Yeah I know where you're coming from there.

It’s nuts what people put up with.

Guys can be jerks.
abortion and an old hooker

ring a bell as well

don't forget the crabs!
Ya now that you mention it I remember that as well

I think I saw that movie last in like 1985 on VHS

It's finally available on DVD.
I remember a lot of Journey songs
awesome soundtrack.

wait. I’m experiencing deja vu….is it May?

Can we move the standings back to May?

Hands on boss with the rake…. true leadership by example. Even has an Animal on his staff

Man that grounds keeping stuff. I am way too lazy for that.
i wonder if BB makes him rake....
BB should make Sweeney rake.
not even God can make Sweeny rake
Interesting feature.
i think that was more entertaining than the game
i am enraptured with Fosse's addendum talk to it now, also

I think Ray Fosse hates football.

i think he just hates the raiders
Eh.

They were there first.

gutsy

That’s the word I was looking for.

Well, they were!
no argument, dear
but they left. we didn't ask them to come back.
Oh yes,

we did.

who's "we"?
The City of Oakland.

And there were many that were happy about it.

the city of oakland was played by al davis
The A's have never left, however

My dad left and came back.

Sure about that?
Yeah, but then they left
Hi-def!

DRINK!

was that the first HD mention tonight?

Negative.

i need to pay more attention
Brody Epanema!
new thread has appeared, as if in a dream

RALLY THREAD HERE

Here we go Emp....

2 on 1 out… down by 3. need to bunch up some hits.

3,876

in attendance…. does not count if Little Johnny has the swine flu and daddy stayed home to take care fo him, even though they had already purchased tickets.

That is sad.

Our American Association team draws more than that every damn night. We lost our Double A team so I don’t get to see our boys coming up from Midland anymore :-(

fyi... it is my estimate. Have not heard an actual #.

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