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Open Thread: Game 157 - A's at Mariners (cont)

1-0 M's after three and I think most of us are focused on other more interesting conversations.

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So who are the A's playing again?

oh and Roomy

They're playing Pepper with Felix the Cat
I'd pay attention to that
That's either a pointless bad idea

or a criminal animal abusey bad idea.

how about criminally pointless?
I'm on board with sirbed's point
it's always a good idea to be on board with what I say

or is it always a bad idea hmm I can’t remember

What if I don't care if I piss you off?

What then?

then I cut you.
With what?

Do i get a choice of what you cut me with?

hmm.

that does seem fair.

okay.

Don't cut me with Benzocaine

Anything else is fair game.

you don't want a nice BM?

you sure?

IF I knew what a BM was.....
It cuts like a knife

at least that’s what Bryan Adams told me

someone needs to cut him.

if they haven’t already.

He brought Robin Hood to life!
but everything he does

he does for you

You & CityplANner jinxed each other

Are you happy now?

You're just mad you didn't come up with Summer of 69

Stop being a hater.

everything he did

he did it for you, LB.

Never forget that

(sniff sniff)

I’m sorry, Bryan. You hockey-lovin’, back-bacon-eatin’, took-wearin’ freak!

what then indeed my friend

what then indeed

42
hmm what is 28+14
Or 2 * 21
or 2 + 2 = 5

I got myxamatosis

There there.
Very nice!

I love me some Radiohead.

I've tried to get into them a few times

but no success so far. Got any tips to what to try with them?

OK Computer
Yep or Pablo Honey

I don’t really know how to go backwards with their music but OK Computer brought along the rest of the world who didn’t already love them.

I started with The Bends.

It’s a fantastic alt-rock album, better than Pablo Honey, yet accessible. OK Computer twisted it and took it in a new direction that made it even more awesome. One of the greatest albums of all time kind of awesome.

I cannot disagree

with anything positive about Radiohead. I love them.

I'll try OK Computer again

see if I dig it this time

Depends.

They’re such a varied band that it totally depends where you’re coming from. What’s your favorite kind of music?

I like a bunch of Brit bands

from Genesis and the Police to Coldplay and Oasis

Never could handle Oasis
I like the first two albums

but not much since

Then, yeah, I'd recommend starting with their early stuff.

The Bends or OK Computer. Anything after that is going to be heavily laced with electronica and pretty inaccessible.

Here's a litmus test:

how many times have your ideas landed someone in prison and or jail?

less than 20 times

not bad when you think about it

Awesome escape from Cahill.

Again.

Everyone is just distracted by the tsunami advisory
ya not a big concern where I am
wha?
this

earthquake in the pacific

It’s due in just over an hour..

oh.

sry guys.

If it makes you feel better, I live in Florida. And Florida sucks.

the water will be

a little higher than normal

Though, any excuse for me to hang out on my roof and shout at passing cars, really

bring a lawn chair and a cooler!
It's not much of a tsunami -- we're just supposed to stay off the beach

Which is fairly easy to do when it’s dark and about 50 degrees out.

unless you want to shoot an Arab.

Perfect beach conditions for that.

Nothing major Stateside from the looks of it

But fingers crossed for American Samoa.

Between that and the terrible flooding in the Philippines, bad week in the Pacific
Rain is not something that is a rare occurence in Seattle
Or Mist actually

But, that’s quibbling.

Is it in the electric mist with confederate dead?
Nah

It’s just when the sky’s are gray.

I'm all out of Wasabi Peas

booo.

What do I eat now?

white chocolate
lettuce soup?
that was lunch

I do like lettuce, though

needs more Trav and Ry

oh baby

excuse me for a few minutes…

Ok I am back
omg omg, that photo ....
Yea, that's a keeper.
i think it trumps that salty - cj one
Only because they are hatless.
and smiling at the camera

i’d like to be in between them

So hatless is at a premium?
ryan usually looks better with a hat, but he looks good in that one, and travis oh , words fail me
OH.MY.GOD

my sandwich is ready

that is officially my favorite photo ever
haha, glad you like it.

My friend and I are in the original version, but I cropped us out so now we only see the good stuff.

it's awesome!! do you have anymore?
that one's the best,

but there are a few more here. Be sure to scroll down in that thread — Kimberly posted some awesome photos in the comments.

so how did you get to meet them?
they were signing autographs at Stoneridge Mall

last December, when the A’s had this Holiday Caravan thing. It was pretty awesome.

oh man i missed it, they are pretty
Needs more A's hitting
I hope Ray picked Sabathia because he thinks the Yankee Effect...

…will come into play and not because he thinks Sabathia actually deserves it.

It's probably 'cause he has more WINZ
Essentially it comes down to "Sabathia didn't actually suck after signing a big FA deal with the Yankees"
And I see that's not the case
Food

I will rejoin you guys after dinner.

Have fun with your macaroni and cheese.

And chocolate milk.

lovin' my oldskool Jack

2 BBs

Cust run - walk, wild pitch, ground ball, base hit?
you called it!
after it happened!

I’m not saying I’m like Jesus – that is for others to say. If if they do, who am I to argue?

WOOOHOOOO THE A'S SCORED@$%@#$%!@~!!!!
Patterson is 2 for 2 against Felix Hernandez
Felix is not pitching as well as he normally does

There is no way a guy like him has a 1 to 1 strike to ball ratio.

That 15-foot high pitch counted for 10 balls.

I think is how it works.

Hall FAIL

WTF is he throwing to third for?

hey we scored
I'm gonna score a little later
Have you told her yet?
I'm telling my right hand as we speak
It slapped you, didn't it?
Whataya mean,

“Not tonight—I have carpal tunnel?!”

I'm going to cheat with my left hand

she never gives silly excuses

With your ailing right hand forced to watch?

That’s just cruel, man.

laughing maniacally the whole time,

staring right at his right hand.

hey you're going to give me a complex!
That is either the greatest mental image ever,

or the worst…no, actually, it’s pretty awesome either way.

Ambidexterous

I’m impressed.

no electronics?
I like my loving to be a natural thing
electronics are good
this is some steamy game thread-action!

Who knew this would happen once the gratuitous sweeney/buck pics came out?

cmon...really?
discussion of sex toys isn't steamy?
sex toys?

I thought we were talking about stereos

I use my electronics all the time.

Like now, for instance.

I was referring to you being surprised the thread was steamy.
Huge shock there.
not for men

Just for women

I don't know anyting about that

my ladies are all satisfied by me

you need to find more adventurous ladies
hey I'm all the adventure any lady will ever need
E. Patterson: you can't stop him, you can only slow him down.
You can't stop him, but you probably won't need to
And then came Pennington
then Pennington takes over...
When does Polly come along?
One pitch Pennington?

Aww

okay, like billy idol, i wanted more, more, more
Where are these pics from the party we were promised?
Something about a spotty internet connection and big picture files.

We’ll get ’em eventually, I think.

Nico's probably wearing a lampshade by now.
around his waist
As long as he's not wearing any dead animals,

I think Chez Nico can be considered a success.

I wonder if he has a leather jacket
WIth elbow patches?

Ewwww

Nice job, Staplehead
I blame Barton and Suzuki equally

No communication.

like Ma Bell?
I thought that was Ill
do you think she killed Pa Bell?

I mean you never hear about him and has anyone seen him recently?

I heard he got wiped out

with a wiffel bal bat

so his bell got rung then
These are words that go together well?
your six degrees of Kevin Bacon

is Slick Rick, if you’re interested.

The communication was definitely ill
What is so important about Milwaukee @ Colorado that I would want to have a live look in?
Colorado being in a playoff race?
I'm an A's fan

If It wasn’t for the A’s playing, I could give 2 shits about MLB. Honestly.

You watching MLB Network?
You have to have money for that
I guess what I'm trying to say is...

….is that when I’m irritated and don’t want to see the same thing over & over MLB Gameday shouldn’t do it. Basterds.

Ohhh, MLB Gameday
makes more sense than Cubs-Pirates
I cannot believe I watched five innings of that today

the more Ii think about it, the more I questiont he life choices that have brought me to where I am today

One of my professors

told a story about how she had to look up something on microfilm a couple years ago, and as she was scrolling through page after page, she thought, “I must have done something wrong, to be here doing this right now.”

At least you were watching baseball and not stuck dealing with microfilm/microfiche/whatever the heck it’s called.

I'd like to invite her to come work at a sign shop in Florida.
I'll pass along the offer,

but I think she has tenure now, so she might not be too excited about the whole sign shop idea.

Really?

I thought everyone was excited about signs. They’re everywhere.

Breakin up the scenery...
they don't like water though
tell her position dictates perspective.
simulacra and simulacrum!

wait, is that the right way round?

I dictate positions
What about a job exchange??

Like a vocation vacation…some ppl just can’t stop working!!

Sad, sad, sad.

Barton better hope we turn two here.

GYMNASTICS!
BOOBIES!
Um, pizza and polar bears!
um I'm voting for boobies
Was Bill Hall not running hard, or is he just incredibly slow?
Dammit Jason Kendall
I found it hilarious

Was that the only HR Kendal hit all year?

Second
close enough, That's the old Kendall I knew, lol
His other home run was hit in Houston

Interestingly, those are the two places Kendall hit home runs when in Oakland…

really?

he only hit NL homers?

He had one in Oakland against KC I remember

Then some home runs in NL Parks playing interleague.

Yup

That was in the end of May 2006. Street predicted after the game that Kendall’s HR would get the team going, and it sure did.

I think I was at that game.

The ball barely went over the wall, right down the LF? line… or something like that. It was shocking.

Heh, I remember that.

Juuuuuuust poked over the LF wall. Crowd went nuts. So did the team.

I think it cleared the wall by about two inches....

but this is all urban legend because if I recall correctly, the game where this legendary feat was supposed to have occurred wasn’t televised..

That is pretty hard to believe, isn't it?
He might actually hit four or five homers in a full season at Coors Field
More evidence Coors Field seriously will skew your offense

KenDoll just bridged Huston Street for a game-tying 3-run bomb.

Oh, Huston. Really?

Kendall probably used his insider info from those years of catching Huston to figure out what pitch he was gonna throw… I mean, there had to be something fishy going on for Jason Kendall to hit a home run.

Terrible call on the 2-2 pitch -- definitely a strike
At least Cahill is out of the inning
This ump seems to have

a phobia concerning ringing up a hitter on a called third strike. Unless your name is Jack Cust I fear.

71 pitches from 4 innings

Looks like bullpen will be in for 6-7-8-9

But when he's averaging under 6 innings for the season

Is it that much of a surprise?

OMG HE'S TOTALLY A #3 STARTER NEXT YEAR THOUGH!111O!!!
WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING? CAHILL NEEDS TO IMPROVE VS LHP!!!!678!!!
Doesn't look like Felix is getting the low strike calls either

At least the umps are consistent

Adam Lind with 3 HRs

That’s MLB Minimum Wage stuff

Adam Lind

He’s on my fantasy team and I’m in the championship game.

Speaking of

Apparently Trevor Cahill is not Felix Hernandez.

Take him out!
He's on my fantasy team

and I’m in 8th place

Fantasy Team

Gosh, nobody cares about your fantasy team.

how about mine?
Yours?

Well, let’s just say that I like mine better.

Isn't OAH

on your fantasy team?

Am I late?
nope. right on time.
Ok good....
i'm right on time too
I'm in Philadelphia right now, what's your excuse? : )
Is it always sunny?
It rained like crazy yesterday but today was nice, very windy though...
i was at dinner with friends
Ok your excused then...LOL
Oh, boy, Paterson really has a comically weak arm, doesn't he?
The A's need two left-fielders when he's out there

E-Pat to catch the ball, and the other guy to throw it.

I vote for Travis!
McGee or the band?
the sexy outfielder
you like Travis Buck?

who knew?

I'm ok with him out there at the moment, because it's a dead game and I need a laugh

but seriously? It’s not a sustainable situation, is it

Patterson's Arm

My imaginary friend has a stronger arm than he does.

That must be a pretty strong arm
wow it's already bottom of the 5th, i'm still recovering from that photo...
Just take care of it.
Wow.

Don’t hold back

at least there's no PxP on AN

…..yet

I always hold back on here.
Good night y'all!
night!

happy off-season!

"happy off-season"?!

There is no such thing!

FEAR THE ARM OF SWINKLES
I thought it was Swingles?

But Swinkles is even funnier, somehow.

Swinkles makes me think of sprinkles.

Which makes me think of Sprinkles, Angela’s cat from “The Office.”
I’m not sure what conclusion to draw from this.

Sprinkles makes me think of Annie Sprinkles

who was a porn star in the late 70’s and early eighties and was kinda big and sloppy. Very sexy.

70's pr0n = hairy
she was blonde and shaved.

pioneer.

Swooney getting all sorts of respect!~
Apparently,

there are no takers so far.

If I put on my wig I could be the right girl for the job
tell your fiancee you have a job in Florida!
It's this girls dream come true
that's a funny ad.

why don’t they hire a monkey?

It's amazing

You think Florida broads would be lining up around the corner to do that job.

Fantastic catch by Raj

Wowsers!

rajai!!!!! i didn't think he had a chance on that one.
Great catch by Rajai!

Mor ground ballz, plz

for sure, i thought was gonna drop
Yeah

Right over the wall.

zf, blevins is warming up
It's going to be a 3+ kind of night.
I'm off to listen to the soothing sounds of Korach

Hope we win!! Good night all.

Have some sweet Kansas dreaming
omg blevins warming up

panties drop everywhere

youre assuming they were on to begin with
Blevins should really put a belt on or something.

That’s embarrassing.

Okay, I have to brave the crickets and make one more trip to the laundry room.

If I’m not back in 10 minutes, send out a search party.

crickets can sense fear.

Act boldly.

I survived

but a cricket is now hiding somewhere in my kitchen. I do not look forward to the day when I discover it in a cupboard.

get out the vaccuum cleaner, i have a bunch of spiders in mine
...with its vicious cricket teeth, ready to pounce and latch onto your neck!
Yes, that is EXACTLY what will happen.

You know, these crickets are serious business. They are Texas crickets and entirely too big and black and disgusting for their own good.

…there’s a restaurant in town called Crickets. I really don’t think I’ll be able to eat there again.

again?!@

what the hell you doing eating in there to begin with?

Damn it, WS, do I hafta come to Texas and teach you everything?!

It was my second week here!

Before I had encountered the crickets. There was something crunchy in my burger, though…

Well, if we took out the crickets,

it wouldn’t be crunchy, now, would it?

sht oh dear
right after they talk to cahill, too.

did they tell him to groove one to griffey, i wonder?

I guess Cahill didn't do what Young told him to do
Tomorrow

We’re going to win.

Well, THAT happened..
Well the A's officially lost

Thanks Cahill.

So, I guess it's possible that Trevor Cahill had Ken Griffey Jr's last ever home run hit off him
Who's pitching tomorrow?
And that woulda been the DP he needed
Yay kennedy.

and people want this guy resigned?

resigned? as in no longer working?
I stepped away for a minute -- E5?
Unable to throw out Mike Carp at 1B on a slow ground ball
This is a recording............

Cahill needs to improve vs LHB

Um why isn't Blevins in this game yet?
They just want to give everybody time to prepare for his entrance.
why do the mariners own us?
Retribution for that one year.

2005, was it?

2006

One of the reason’s the A’s made the playoffs that year.

Yeah, so just leave him in there. Good job, Bobby.
Crosby's doing the managing now?

No wonder we’re losing.

He's got Ed on the line.

He’ll be fine.

Kennedy's 2nd base arm showing up
trevor's last pitch is coming about 5 batters too late
Agreed.....

It always seems like it’s one batter toooooo late. That HR really hurt!

he sure wasn't a mystery at all that inning

he got pounded from the first batter on

Guess it's the diff between managing a team in the hunt and one that is not.

If we were in it…..I’m betting he’d have been on a super short leash!

why do I still have pants on?
blevins isn't in yet
Pants are overrated
Pants?

we don’t need no stinkin’ pants

LA etiquette.
Los Angeles?

Etiquette?

careful, son.

that’s your coast you’re talking about.

California

It’s all about the Bay.

agrd.

to other Californians.

To the rest of the country, you’re lumped together with them all.

Because you're still in your urban demographics class?
I may just have to masturbate instead of continuing to listen to this.
you're thinking of me in the wig aren't you?
oh was I suppose to wait?
see what i mean, LB
but blevins is in and there were pictures of buck and sweeney posted

 you mean you haven’t taken care of business yet?

not really my bag, baby.
since when???

Its the ice man!!!!!

I love him.

but I’m not sexually attracted to him.

And Travis cut his hair. And I never liked Sweeney.

[looks in box for book entitled, "Lanky Relievers and Rangy, Hott Outfielders Are My Bag, Baby -- by Leopold Bloom"]
i'm waiting, makes it better
go early, go often
What? There's a game?

I was thinking it was Monday. Weird, since I did the same thing last week.

Next week you'll be right
How's the 'puter?

Did you take it to the Apple store?

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