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Open Thread: Game 133 - A's vs. Royals (cont)

Well, you can't say it's a pitchers' duel! A's lead 8-3 behind a grand slam by Landon Powell!

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Pennington leads off
nice AB by Pennington

Walks to lead off the inning after a 10 pitch AB

Especially against a LH, which has been a problem for him so far since his callup IIRC
Is that still a steak dinner?
YAY WE R WINNING

Also what happened to the formatting of AN? The text box to type in seems a lot smaller.

whoa

that is weird.

And mobile commenting available! Keep the conversation going.
Mobile commenting available! Keep the conversation going.

hahahah Fosse just said “foul tip… Pena not able to hold on” which makes no sense

Wait Powell hit a grand slam?

What’s his RBI to plate appearance ratio at now?

27 RBIs in 107 AB

.2523 RBI/AB

Full season, ~500 AB = 126 RBIs

thanks for crunching the numbers
Why did Bannister get pulled so early?

Was he hurt or something?

Yup. I don't have any details, though
he was definately hurt
Royals closer Soria unavailable today

threw career high 45 pitches yesterday in the 6 out save

umm, giid to know, if the a's can just keep it close
Is it roomy in here

or is it just me?

another hit, took outside fastball to LF

bases loaded again

Bases loaded again.
woo hoo lets go
RBIs 4 Rajai!

It’s so gratifying to get fantasy points for A’s players that aren’t pitchers. I have Kennedy and Rajai. It’s like drawing blood from a turnip, or some idiom I can’t remember about getting something from seemingly nothing

Signed,

Lookout Landing

That's why I'm so amazed

I’m in 2nd, yet I’ve used Kennedy, Rajai, Outman, and Braden heavily this year—shocking I’m in contention at all!

I don't think you're understanding me.
My image link list is at home....
no one on AN cares about your fantasy team

except maybe me, possibly.

I never trust an Oakland A in a fantasy team

everytime I try they go cold. I have zero A’s on my team and I am in 1st place.

HBP scores Pennington

rbi for Rajai

he's brought Dibs to the radio.
Bruce Chen: lucky that he's left-handed
This week has reminded me,

reinforced for me really, why I love Ken Korach.

Sweeney semi-fail

But a run scores

643 DP scores Patterson
Stay away from 880 y'all

Big rig accident at 98th Ave. and everything is f-ed up for miles.

ooo

traffic reporting on AN, nice.

traffic and weather on the 7's
Well, its how I get home, y'know.
called 3rd strike to Cust

ends the inning. So familiar.

All 3 of those strikes show as out of the strike zone on gameday
Yea I never know how much to trust gameday

But it didn’t look like Cust saw a single pitch in the strike zone in that at bat.

It does not matter

if the ump called the first two out there you might want to swing at the next one

yeah but they're all out in the same spot

consistency!

Is there any human being...

who takes more called third strikes than Jack Cust? WTF

Okay folks, I gotta check out

Don’t let anything happen to our lead while I’m on my way home!

not exactly a speedy affair today!
Like most things, they are better when they're slow.
paging mikev, green & yellow curtesy phone
TWSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lunch time for me

I’m hungry. Peace out for now AN. I’m sure this game will still be on by the time I get back.

Good to see Cahill have the shutdown inning

after he let things get away during the 3-run third inning

heading to top 5, A's up 10-3

oh man, here comes the dibs worship

It's just in their contract

They gotta pay the bills.

over/under how many dibs will be in the box?
Rajai reaches base again

Rajai + Kennedy on base for Sweeney

I'm debating whether to pick up Carlos Gonzalez
DeJesus makes amazing catch in foul territory off 3rd base line

to end inning

Nice start by Kilby

“Right Shoulder Fatigue” is the description coming back about Bannister

KC's DH breaks mid-game.
Hard to imagine

that they would pinch hit Buck for Jose Guillen before this season

wow, more scoring after i left

go A’s!

leadoff single by Cust
Why take Cahill out?

After 84 pitches? Come on A’s, there’s no need for that.

To limit his innings.

I see no problem with it.

Limiting his innings is one thing

But he was only at 84 pitches, meaning his arm probably wasn’t strained or anything. If he was at 100 I could see it but this is being overly cautious, in my view.

Eh. It's a 10-3 shellacking of the Royals, and September callups were made

There’s no really good reason to let him run out there for 2 more innings, it’s hotter than shit outside right now. Pat the kid on the back and tell him to go grab a juice box.

They’re trying to go real easy on the innings total for the rookies this month. That’s why they brought up all pitchers yesterday.

Damn, not to be a huge downer or anything

But there’s a shooter at Skyline College right now :(

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Um, oops!

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FUCK IT NEVERMIND.
lol, fale
Something with ridiculously long URLs, apparently.
TinyURL savest he day

Shooting

wow
Shelton said the school sent text messages to students, alerting them of the situation and telling them to take shelter where they were.

 bulk text messaging.

Here you go man.

Skyline Shooting

Looks like they’re still on the run.

When Yahoo Sports said “Buck at designated hitter”, I thought Travis and got excited…

…should have carefully noted the J in the front…

oh you tease, don't do that to me!
You love it.
well just thinking about buck makes me tingly all over...
the Dibs were good, guys
Can someone go the Holiday Inn, please thanks!
I need a room key.
I should have seen this coming, but I didn't!
I'm hurt, actually.
I'm losing my touch.
please dont take this the wrong way but I am going to the holiday inn after the game!
Um...pics please. {big smile}
which holiday inn?
Yeah.

I’ll meet the two of you there

are you goin for the post game with suzuki
the new holiday inn by the oak airport, it is next to the hilton hagenburger
how about the marriott downtown
is pizza good for flu?
Always
are you a doctor?
Is this some kind of game?
not really. It's 10-3.
LOL
so do you just troll now,

and this is your version of MB’s TWSS?

Weird that I was thinking that when I typed LOL.
I know you were.
I think you knew before me.
I did.

I was there before the synapse fired. Waiting for you. Watching you.

I always feel like somebody's watching me.

rockwell?

bingo

hadn’t thought of that song in years. but as soon as i read half your entry the second half came in tune. now i can’t stop singing it. i swear, my mind was made by rock-ola.

sometimes I feel like...

a natural wymyn?

the mental jukebox works better for me if it’s somehow related to the late 80s-early 90s…

are YOU a doctor?
I play one on TV.
No. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
Drinking dairy products when you’re trying to fight off the flu is sort of like dumping half a gallon of epoxy into the oil of your car. It will gum up the works. It will make it far more difficult for your body to perform the complex physiological activities on which your health depends. Cow’s milk and dairy products should be strictly avoided by those who don’t want to get the flu or who are suffering from flu-like symptoms.

Good luck, LB.

well, I wasn't planning on drinking my pizza, VR...
Eh hem..
Cow’s milk and dairy products

Queso is not good?

that's what Ryan's sayin'
what about soup and veggie burgers?
You make me so proud.
I didn't say I was gonna do it.

I was just asking…it’s one or the other and one involves me making it…

that's a good call for the flu

The main thing is liquids though

I wonder what the Cap’n says about that.

Ryan bad. Cheese smash ryan

I stayed at a Holliday Inn Express last night.
You left the TV on
Maid or lover?

Or both?

I was in the next room, not sleeping.
okay, I'll bite.

doing what?

Listening to the TV in the next room.
That's a hell of a link.

The bit about dairy products is the one thing he prefaced with “in my opinion”. Given all the other stuff he presented as non-opinion fact — essentially, all food is bad for you unless it’s fruits, vegetables, or whole grains — I’m inclined to treat his opinion with a grain of salt. (Oh, and salt is bad for you, too, unless it’s special salt from the Himalayas in which case it’s good.)

....will you sell me the good salt?
Kilby major league debut:

2 innings pitched 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks

2 K's
Good debut by Kilby

On another note, Daric Barton is continuing his torrid form. At least he is consistent.

ANOTHER diving catch by DeJesus
School must be in.

This thread is lacking kid-speak.

I could pretend, if you like.

It IS Wednesday, after all.

Good point.

Hey did you see my niece in bbg’s pic-post? She’s the one beaming next to Blez.

no, I'll go look.

hold on……(goes down back stairs, leaves post, crosses street amid bust traffic, the birds twittering, climbs stairs to other post, looks at pic, leaves post, descends stairs, crosses busy thuroughfare, climbs stairs, re-enters post)….the one with the white jersey and the cap and the sunglasses?

Second to last pic.

Black sweatshirt. Next to some guy facing away from the camera, holding a beer.

Take a shortcut this time.

OH!

I wondered who that was sitting with you! She’s a cutie!

and a brat

but thank you, sir.

Of course, once she landed next to Blez I was pretty much invisible the rest of the night.

I think I met him once at AN2, maybe?

I don’t remember him looking nearly as much like a rock star.

It was kinda funny how we met that night.

I went to shake his hand, knowing who he was, but he had to read my nametag. Then his eyes lit up.

Why am I blushing?

are you dating?!

(whore!!!)

It's a tiny crush.

It will pass.

The apple doesn't fall...

BTW…Nice job degrading the nOOB last night.

She doesn't need my help.
No doubt!

I was impressed! (And scared.)

I told her mikev was off limits.

She cackled. So yeah.

I was hoping you filled her in.

But clearly that backfired! Damn you! You will be punished.

I don't get it
There, there, sweetie.

You just behave yourself and all will be fine.

ZF wanted to beat her up last night

and all because of you. So I filled her in (over the phone). Ans she laughed an evil laugh.

That's so wrong.
I told her she was too young to be messing around

with AN couples, but she seemed to enjoy the challenge.

Good advice, bad reaction.
But I didn't DO anything!
That could be.
Do you honestly believe he is innocent here?
WTF
You were baiting her!
Like hell i was
you were baiting my niece?

how could you, Michael? after all we’ve been through?

wait.

what was he using to batter her? Tempura? OH…..BAITING her….never mind…

That's crap.
Well I did say she's not my niece here.
Don't care.

She still is. Let her down gently for me.

Awesome. muah!
and YOU.

I’ll deal with you later. Get ready.

wooo! can i watch?
You can join in.
AN after dark in the afternoon?

Tsk tsk.

IT'S A GAMETHREAD!
AN after dark in the afternoon

just another one of many

My motto's always been

that when it’s right it’s right.

Sweet!

Should I bring the handcuffs?

now we're talkin.
Depends.

DUNNO

You know better.
But sometimes I don't want to know better.

:(

Don't let RRS, know, though
good point

Chances are he’ll be reading this later.

I feel so mature now
have you registered as a sex offender?
all that government red tape is so time consuming
Blevins K's Callaspo

12 pitch PA

10-3 A’s

last 4 Royals hitters have struck out
Blevins is in?

God bless that little girlie-armed stick man.

EEEEEKKKKKKKK
He's got ice water in his veins.
I missed you so last night!
It's tough with all the haters, I know.
It was tough.

But I gave him good props!

Blevins, lowerin' that ERA like a big boy.
let's finish this!
One out

Must gasp for air

oh hell, that was ugly, should have been the lf's ball
I ordered ummm.

soup and veggie burgers…

Pizza flavored soup?

You can drink that, I think.

would there be cheese involved?
isn't there always?
only if you grant it so
you guys are more fun at night when the majority of you can and do drink.
Sigh.
you're fine.

It’s just good to have you here.

It’s the rest of these limp-dicked so and sos….

Yeah. It's been a maddening last month or so.

I feel back, but we’ll see for how long, you know?

things slowing down a little?

here too.

Actually they are getting busier.

Again.

I wanna get healthy first.
I have to get sick.

Cough.

come on by and have...

soup and veggie burgers with me. The delivery man will be here soon with my soup and veggie burgers.

we didn't entertain you?
You were clothed, weren't you
sorry?
Make up for it next time.
i'm not sure if you're LB's kind of entertainment
Yay, fireworks!

I was going to come by and ask “did we win yet?” but if there’s fireworks I guess we did.

Makes me miss Finley's fireworks after every win at the Coli.
yeah, we win!!

this game would have been much more fun if i were at home watching on TV.

Woo good game!

Except I couldn’t comment from work. Maybe they’ve caught on to me ;-)

(More likely my work laptop is a POS)

you could use a mobile device.

Mobile commenting available! Keep the conversation going

Don't they have a lot of unnecesary rules and restrictions on mobile commenting.
Mobile commenting available! Keep the conversation going.

damn, he's got a big mouth.

I’d hide my wallet there, but that’s the first place they’d look.

Who is that?
Dane Cook, thirty years older and a pirate.
I'm scared regardless.
He calls himself nightmare fuel.
If only I had proper reception at work

AAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT&&&&&&&&&&TTTTTTTTT

shakes fist in the air

Hmmm, doesn’t have the same effect as ccccccccchhhhhoooooonnnneeeee or kkkkkkkhhhhhhhaaaaaannnnn

plus, it's a whole entity.

You gotta go the other way with it.

Do this.

When you get home, call AT&T, talk to whatever customer service rep they give you. Get his full name and extension however you can. Then, instead of blaming AT&T, you blame Greg Jennings!

Don’t forget ot call him several times a day, when your reception is poor, when your reception is good (they get tired of all the negativity), when you see a gaggle of baby ducks. Maybe Greg’s trapped in an office somewhere and would enjoy a report on the ducks. In all way, Greg Jennings has become AT&T to you.

(sigh)

you know, I come here. I give and I give and I give some more.

I’d just like someone to acknowledge that I’m either really funny or completely insane. Preferably both.

You all suck.

I wasn't sure if I should hate AT&T or Greg Jennings after reading that.
Have a gold duck

that makes me feel a little better.
Plenty of love for you bloomy

I’m going to use Greg Jennings as a pseudonym next time I need a library card

plenty of room at the Holiday Inn if anyone is planning on coming

Plus if it fills up I have a table for 4 and there are only 2 of us!

PICTURES!!!!!!
You owe me for that glorious shot I took of you at AN Day!
Hi.
What?
Nothing. Just hi.

Sheesh. can’t a guy just say hit to a chick without everybody assuming there are ulterior motives?

lol

I am a dork and didn’t bring a camera

Cell Phone!!!!
ok cell phone pics to be posted later

I’m somewhat technically challenged but I’m sure I can figure it out

Dang - I hate games while I'm at work

Especially since it appears I was needed today.

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