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

Griffey just got all of one. Kennedy has no future as a third baseman. Patterson has no future involving throwing the ball in any way.

6-1 Sea...ttle. On to the sixth.

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Jerry made quick work of that guy

just like with the ladies!

wait, is that good?

it's how you use it

oh wait you’re talking about someting else

We're still a chance

Oh wait…….. Lackey isn’t pitching today

MOAR RUNZ PLZ

Meh, who am I kidding?

It can happen......we just have to think strong!
shiyte

15 min ago it was 1-1. Sigh.

Um thanks for telling me you were at the game last weekend!
no comment
love you! muah!
and I did tell you!!!!

slacker

with like 20 minutes notice.
exaggerate much?
ok like 30
It was in the AM. Then a days notice for the following night.

Well maybe if you checked your email in a timely fashion…

The one I can't check from work?

The one that you know I can’t check at work?

you're being petulant.
I don't know what that means.
It means you're singing about going downtown.
lol

i thought you were in the bay. i was there on sunday. where were you sitting?

I was everywhere!!! :-)
....

are you Savoir Faire from the old Klondike Kat cartoons?

haha

tell me you weren’t around 131, ZF. If so, we probably walked right by each other

Omigod, I haven't thought of him in decades!
Savoir Faire is everywhere!

It’s etched into my brain.

Klondike Kat

ALWAYS gets his mouse.

gotta say it with a lot of phlem.
Me too

Now I have to go look on YouTube for it.

How about "Go, Go, Gophers"

Anyone else remember that one?

or Tennessee Tuxedo?

Come on and see, see, see, Tennessee Tuxedo

How about Top Cat? I always liked that one.

Duuuuh, gee, Tennessee.

I don’t remember “Top Cat”. I think maybe I didn’t have that. There were only two channels in Anchorage when I was a little kid.

Was one of them CBS?

And did you get the CBS Children’s Film Festival, hosted by Kukla, Fran, and Ollie?

The only cartoons I watched at that age

were little mini-features built in to a local show called “Mother Moose”.

C C C

Tennessee Tuxedo.

It's King Felix

…and Trevor Cahill

Trevor Cahill - court jester?
Way to make him work
Wild Cherry Pepsi

I love it.

it is happy with you, as well.

I think you make a fine couple.

OAH is happy now
Where is she????
i was looking at the photo
wow, I would've posted it weeks ago

if I had thought it would have this kind of effect, haha.

I think she needs smelling salts
So who is else is hoping...

that the Sox sweep the Angels out of the playoffs in the first round yet again?

I wish both of them could lose
.....

can they both lose?

If JaMarcus played for them they both could
Russell

He would eventually lead the game-winning drive, though!

maybe 1 out of every three games he might

but the rest would be real ugly

seriously

not sure i can actually watch that series

Are you kidding?

It’s been played to perfection lately. I like seeing Anaheim taken out in the first round. Notice that Angels fans no longer bring up first round exits like they used to?

i hate the slegnA

but the sox aren’t much better

sox rate higher on my scale of hate.
this is highly illogical, captain

we don’t compete directly against them

they've become unbearable since they've won.

and it’s not really the team. It’s the fans. I despise Red Sox fans.

Angels fans not as much.

+1

My name is cuppingmaster, and I agree with this statement

I sat near a crowd of REALLY OBNOXIOUS Angels fans last year.....

they were trying to engage anybody they could in their foolishness. Made me sad b/c they were with a bunch of kids and I kept thinking what horrible role models they were for their children. It was so distracting.

I don’t like to go to Yankees games anymore because the crowd just gets drunk and unruly. Sox fans just take over the ballpark – sadly enough.

Every team’s got ’em!

I can't really speak for Angels fans because I've never seen a group of them together anywhere.

Yankees fans are obnoxious, but if you give it right back to them, they laugh and befriend you. And, if your team kicks their ass, they’ll say, hey, your team kicked our ass.

Red Sox fans will be obnoxious and hateful and will claim a curse or a conspiracy or some other bullshit.

sawx fans did have a whimsy loveability to them

but that disappeared after 2002

Same thing happened with the Cowboys after they won the SB in 78
They were kind of like Cubs fans
Except they acted like their team had the amount of titles the Yankees did
That's because they read too many Dan Shaughnessy books

Any real baseball fan knows the Curse of Bambino is bullshit.

Also, at least Yankees fans have some idea of baseball, and it's history, outside of the Yankees

This might be because they’ve been successful over an extended period of time, so can afford a little laisse majeste, but still

nah.

There’s a ton of Bostonians and New Yorkers here. They’re all a lot like that.

I think there’s something in the water in Boston.

That's what it is for me too
It's a tough call....

but the Angles are geographically closer. So they’re somehow more annoying to me. I actually find Sox fans more annoying than the team itself.

um, out of my brain, you.
and the NYY too

then i would be happy

yes....

just not at the same time.

I think that’s some sort of Newtonian Law or something.

I would prefer for a meteor to hit the stadium

But failing that, yes, the slegnA should lose, because winning the first round can’t make Red Sox fans any douchebaggier than they already are, and having them be beaten by the Yanks in the second round would be amusing. Although I hope the Yanks lose too, preferably to the Twins, but the Tigers would do.

It's just too bad that KFraud isn't on the team any more to give up any more game-ending HRs
Or game-ending sulk offs.
Ha, so you think that the Bro Sox fans are as annoying as they'll get..

Interesting theory.

My worry is that they’ll all come crawling out, like woodlice from under an upturned log in a damp forest

Travis Buck is in the game someone tell OAH
OMGG!!!!!!!!!

but i still miss his hair

OMG BLEVINS GOT IN AND NOW BUCK IS IN THE GAME TOO?!?!!?!

Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise, I say!

C'mon, man...
You don't like mayo?

I mean I’m not the biggest fan, but I know sometimes people have it on burgers and stuff.

hey there is nothing wrong with a little gross out humor now and then
Mayo is called spooge? ;-)
it's the sound it makes when you're almost out of it in the squeeze bottle
You may delete it if you wish.

I forgot the height tag, anyway. It’s a bit much (twss)

I don't have that ability
Anyone can collapse the comment

by clicking on the subject line.

Subject Lines

Cool people use ’em.

Welcome aboard, kid!

Glad to see you’re cool now.

Finally

I’m cool now. That’s what the ladies tell me.

Ummm yeah....

do they tell you that after they ask for something?

I'm Lost

I was joking, though.

Heh. "spooge.gif"
you know i didn't even see that right away...
Am i the only person who can't see this?
Hope it didn't hit you in the eye.
That was it -- the world's sexiest flyout
Trav replaces Ry?!

What?! I hoped he would go in for Patterson…

dang it, now I’m worried about Ry. Oh well. Trav!

hit everything to right field!
He's going to get an AN tonight
That is, an AB. Keys are next to each other.
You were right the first time.
Just one?

So it’s either you or OAH?

OAH

Not really my cup o tea.

more for me baby, we can share the other one
you mean me, right?

Oh. No, that skinny tall fucker. Right.

i was talking about sweeney, zf can have blevins to herself
I knew what you meant. And I agree.
wow somebody's Mr. Cranky Pants.
oh well
relax sweetie. its all good.
sure
i said we'll get to you
that's ok, OAH. We can take our sandwhich elsewhere.
i guess we're not wanted
waiting in line?

not my thing, so much.

we'll get to him later
Suuuuure - that was some kind of Freudian slip
Jerry Blevins:

lady killer
mariner killer
athletic

And a tall drink o' water
need a few more words for a haiku
I had hope for this game......

Then I sobered up. Can someone please ‘Tanya Harding’ EPatt? Pretty please?

WHY! WHY! WHY! {cries}
And I think it's technically called "Gillolying"
I just remember how crazy that whole thing got

I mean I even watched the figure skating at the Olympics. First and last time for that

Dude has 2 hits tonight.
He's almost hitting .290!!!!
.290 feet

is about how far he can throw

Gilluly?!

That guy can really wield a bat…

He didn't run much of a campaign for President though
I know, but

I figured that’s the only way in he’ll we would see an OF of Buck, Raj, and Swoon

It's amazing!

There is a teather ball pole pitching!

Thanks for the new thread, FF

There was too much info in that last one!!

Tonight's wild all over the place
Yeah, a gif of flying spooge is so much better than steamy information!
let's go A's! trav needs 2 ABs!
good to see you care about the important stuff OAH
glad you agree with me sir
ERIC PATTERSON

HIT MACHINE

ZOMG

Patterson’s at .295 now.

E-Pat is commiting regicide tonight
Clever
yay for big words!
More in the sense of how it applies to the pitcher
Big Words

Aren’t big words overrated?

I dunno

But big tears mean nothing.

Indubitably.
you're too smart for me
You're a Teacher

You’re as smart as anyone.

Nah they give us these books that have all the answers
Dang

That’s how you guys always know the answer, right?

the more you know

the less you’ll understand RRS

Understood

That’s why I don’t follow hockey, tennis, bowling, golf, swimming or lacrosse.

Lacoste?

The shirts with the alligators?

I wore those

I was a preppy bastard

it's good to be safe
WHAT?!

I’ve been lied to this whole time.

welcome to the real world, son.

Here’s a dictionary, a gun and a credit card.

Chose wisely.

I don't know what to say about this post....

I’ve only made foolish choices with two out of three of those items. Actually, all three. But the dictionary incident wasn’t fatal.

The trick is to grab all three and run for the woods,

or the nearest bomb shelter.

I'm still stunned.

There’s something intrinsically profound in the choices you laid out……I just can’t figure out what it is….

just different paths to follow, my friend.

That’s all.

Lots of guns in my part of the country. Lots of the other two in yours.

It still makes me laugh.

Firearms are intrinsically linked with my employment, but I’ve had more trouble from credit card than I ever did from a gun. lol….maybe that’s it.

don't underestimate a dictionary.

In the right hands, it can fuck you up.

no, they're the new market inefficiency
3-3

bastard. can’t you make it easier and just such wholly?

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I'll make it fair before I leave

Here. Another Sweeney, though OAH might not like this.

Adios. (FF, if this is one comment too much, feel free to delete.)

I can't delete comments ;-)
I wish I could take about half of mine back
Nah, we'll never remember any of it.

Wink.

Whew

glad to hear that news

That's what you think

Wink.

What!

that’s not good news

You're right handed. That's really all I remember.
okay I'm safe then
Its worse here...

Im in Spokane and therefore the A’s broadcast is blacked out….and the Mariner’s color commentators suck….one sounds like Cleveland from Family guy!

I was watching Twins broadcast

on MLB Network earlier, makes me sleepy.

I am in Philadelphia for work right now, so it is weird being on here and not being able to see the game at the same time...
welcome to my world.
Oh yes that is right...what part of FL do u reside in?
Lovely, lovely Sarasota, Florida.

the best place in the world to live.

I have a hotel there and I come there a couple of times a year
which is it?

need signs?

I have the Hotel Indigo there, do u know where that is?
my Grandma's condo was about four blocks from there.
Cool..yeah its a cool area around there...I do enjoy visiting that Hotel....I'll let you know the next time I will be down there...
Do you get to travel internationally??
My Hotels are all located in the U.S. and Canada (if you consider that International)

But I get discounts at hotels all over the world… : )

Well that's something!!

Makes traveling a lot easier!!

Yeah it makes it nice...the perks of working for the worlds largest Hotel company...
do you need an IT guy to travel all around the world or the US and Canada?

please?

LOL...are you looking for a job or just to travel around the world?
Travel Travel!!

I could be a secret hotel shopper or whatever they call people that check things out incognito!

HELL YEAH.

that would be cool.

So like you would wear dark sunglasses and check into Hotels and spy on their service..
i do that anyway, might as well get paid for it
u wear dark sunglasses or spy on service?
If that's what it takes!!
Staying in hotels is fun, unless you have to do it all the time then it gets old...
Um me, me!!!

Pick me!

I believe that you have already done this once...lol...except u were not a spy...
Ok, but I can keep going and going....
LOL...yeah, just travel around from city to city....I dont recommend Buffalo though...FYI..

Are you going to be able to make it this Sunday?

are you?
I will be there...I dont think we met at the last one..
I don't remember.

I didn’t do a lot of new people meeting as I was tending to the BAG and Lynn’s succulent seafood.

Yes...I am hard to miss but I will make sure to introduce myself this time...
If I don't really recognize you

Just say hi. I don’t correlate AN names to real people very well at all.

I generally don’t look at AN names, I just read comments.

shorter version
I didn’t do a lot of new people … as I was tending to … Lynn’s succulent ….
no dude, did you try the bacon wrapped scallops???

I mean.. really, did you try them?!?

Oh they were the F'n Bomb!!!
Well, I wasn't there,

and even if I were, I hate seafood.

hmm.

maybe we were separated at birth.

me too, usually.
we can be friends then
Why? You are only friends with people who hate seafood?
hehe...its an expression.

And yes, I don’t like seafood.

Oh, and by the way,

what Camille Paglia says about that is not true.

OK good, I thought that maybe I had exposed your prejudice...LOL
I like you and you like seafood!
Ok, cool...now that we have this settled...
It up on the air right now. :-(
It owuld be awesome if u were there since last time we did not even meet...
Are you having a cheese steak and booing Santa?
Cheesesteak -- one word

And he also needs to eat a Tastykake for dessert.

Well excuseeeeeee me
tastycakes are overrated.

glorified zingers.

cheesesteaks are sent directly from hell by Satan to tempt me.

Lucky for me I can't fucking stand cheese whiz.
Oh you can get it with provolone or wiz (as they call it)
It's worth getting a good hoagie, too
Yes, and don't even think about getting in line for the cheesesteak and not having your order down...they will throw you out of line in a second...

I got thrown out of line for ordering fries at the steak window…..silly me!!

Yes, cheesesteak good-tastykake good...
You could wash it down with a birch beer

and get up the next morning and have some scrapple for breakfast.

I have no idea about Tastykake or scrapple

but birch beer is awesome.

Honestly, you could skip the Tastykakes

but scrapple is really, really, really good. Really.

yup.

I gotta Baltimore girl who works for me.

Is she a monkey?
she is indeed.,

She’s a weird goth/punk monkey. And we’re in love.

Being in love with your monkey is a gothic romantic tradition.

Do you have an insane wife locked up in a room in the attic?

(gasp!)

how did you know?!

Was your monkey raised in an orphanage?
I think she was!

This is getting weird.

You’re really gonna hafta stop reading my mail.

Dude, just be dark and brooding and

you’re good to go.

k.

in all seriousness, it is kinda strange. She’s like 20 and all gothy/puthy/whatever the hell these kids are nowadays and we’re totally into the same things. It’s like our generation is back en vogue or something. Very odd.

Keep the sign shop dark and gloomy

with secret closets and mysterious sounds. Working late at night is good, too.

I do that a lot!

Start playing Bauhaus?!

That's what I did this summer when I was on vaca in NY

It was really strange! And I feel for the NRAF b/c I kept falling asleep in the 6th inning or so!

LOL...yes it is a very weird experience...
We had this big conversation before we left about whether to even take the computer or not

since we were gonna be on vacation. Actually glad we did – although it make me wonder when it became indispensible in my life! I guess I just have to embrace my geekiness!!

LOL..I have to have mine for work....
well, damn. 2 more stranded runners.
the Rajai cooldown continues...
So after all these years I finally watched A Clockwork Orange last night

With the way movies and TV are these days it’s kind of hard to picture it the way it was received back in 1971, because as violent and graphic as a few things were I just wasn’t really shocked by it because I’m so used to seeing stuff like it all over the place now.

Still an excellent movie, though.

Violence America can get used to

Rape and Graphic Sexuality isn’t as mainstream as violence.

Plus, the notion of English kids speaking Russian slang was a lot more creepy and threatening back then, too
I can see that, yeah
It's a difference sort of violence, though

More personal, not just guns and explosions.

i've seen it twice

I admire it but I don’t like it if that makes any sense

Have you read the book? read the book

I love the film, a lot, but the book’s ending is better

Not yet, but I will
the whole of the book is better.

but why he changed the neding is a mystery to me.

ending.
Yeah, I'm sure there's some story about why he did

but it escapes me at the moment

Freude Schöne Gütterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium
Bless You.
You could sing "Lovely, lovely Sarasota" to the same tune
True, but then it would be necessary for LB to kill himself afterwards
exactly.

this place is hell. Seriously.

BTW, someone STOLE my A/C unit last night from work.

You might want to bolt those down.

Just sayin….

It was.

They undid the top and took out all the parts.

Sounds like they wanted the copper...

for scrap.

for heroin, perhaps.

ala Bubbs.

Aghfganistan is back in business.

You just don’t see old time junkies like you used to back in the day.

But I’ve been told that heroin is starting to make a comeback. All things old are eventually new again I suppose.

Which is okay I suppose. I’m getting fucking sick and tired of spun out meth heads already.

like I mentioned to iglew earlier.

the early nineties are cool again. Heroin’s back! Yay!

Hells yes!

You know how much easier it is to deal with a soulless automaton who lives only to spike at the next scheduled appointment with Satan?

Meth heads on the other hand….balls of fury and stupidity just waiting to be pushed into cardiac arrest, but only after they’ve bit, spit, and bled all over you. Inconsiderate fucks.

Junkies have the decency to check out when they’re good and ready and don’t really trouble you at all when they do. Very considerate. And best of all, they never bleed on you.

They do nod out occasionally, though.

which can be helpful as well.

Are you kidding?

That’s one of their most redeeming qualities! And when they’re done, you usually won’t know it for a couple of days. No trouble at all.

Kind of like a roach motel.

Easy clean up, no hassles.

BUmmer

At least your headed into the fall – and the chance of less humidity in the near future??

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
A great black comedy

I need to watch it again. It’s been too long.

98 pitches?

He eats that for breakfast. Sigh.

I eat oatmeal for breakfast
Breakfast

I had a bagel this morning.

had krispy kreme

as long as we’re sharing.

I have bagels all the time
me too, or yogurt
you're healthy and shit
krispy kreme is crack
Krispy Kreme

If it’s crack, I guess it’s okay. As long as it’s not methamphetamine, I think Colin Cowherd is okay with it.

I don't like him
Colin Cowherd

I like him and Scott Van Pelt. I also like Dan Patrick.

I like Patrick

but I listened to Cowherd for the first time this summer and he wasn’t my cup of tea

Cowherd

Football is his thing, so you should listen to him on Friday’s and Monday’s.

I'm a little busy in the mornings when he's on
Gross too
in-deed

I can’t stand to go inside a Krispy Kreme store because of the smell.

Yeah that's part of it

I don’t really like super sweet stuff like donuts anymore either. (I don’t eat heavy sweet stuff hardly at all, if ever anymore. Ice Cream, chocolate almonds from trader joe’s are about my limit now.)

i'm not really a sweet guy either

but i love me some donuts and coffee

That's too bad. Girls like sweet guys.
I see where I went wrong.
Dont get me wrong. I like assholes too.
so I'm safe
it would appear so.
not tonight, apparently.

but when it’s convenient, I am.

oh please stop.

its not very becoming.

oh is it my turn now?
you two aren't even together and you need counseling.
counselors are dumb.

it’s stupid when you know what they’re going to say before they even say it.

Thanks......not all of us are
Counselors are people who can help you

if your goal is to change but you don’t know how.

If you don’t want to change, it’s just a waste of money.

{biting tongue hard}
no no, say it!
i'm nice

i’m salty though

salty? saltalamacchia?
srsly, what does this mean?
"jump the spot"
i like salty foods

mmmmm doritos

They love sweet guys, but

they bang guys like you. It’s a tradeoff you have to make.

I'm OK with that
LOL

(but…THIS!)

Hey I'm a fat asshole

But I don’t love super sweet stuff. The problem is I adore grease Dr Pepper and meat/cheese combinations.

mmm grease Dr. Pepper
It's the shit I tell you
I like sugar just fine,

it’s the creamy stuff I can’t stand.

Yay, yogurt!

Cream cheese is nasty.

I'm having kasha tomorrow morning
GRIFFEY SWUNG AT THE GRAY ZONE
Go get 'im, Billy

I want me some Beltre at 3B next season.

but what if chavez gets better?
that's about as likely as you and zf getting to me.
They're Busy

They’re obviously busy with me.

you wouldn't know where to start.
Right

I’m an amateur.

That was kind of funny
glad i made you laugh
Buck single

Let the estrogen flow!

That title WILL be misunderstood 'round these parts.
baby got to 1st base...
AND we have a Henry Rodriguez sighting

I’ll put the O/U on pitches that get past the catcher at two again.

$20 on the over.
I should probably make it 1.5

At least that way there’s no push.

Under

I’m feeling optimistic.

I'm feeling gassy
Oh, damn!

I just let my roommate take over the tv to watch some film, and now I’m missing Henry.

He might be one of my new favorite A’s to watch

He's just in the bullpen so far
It's too late, alas

suspect I’ll have to watch it on watch again tomorrow

mr surprise in the bullpen
Say it ain't so.........please
I take it back.....I was getting confused......

sorry

Yay, they fixed Pitchf/x.

Henry Rodriguez wouldn’t be as fun without it.

I missed Henry's appearance(s) so...... is he wild?
you could say that.
Like a boy raised by a pack of wolves
that sounds like a bad movie

I’m sure Michael Bay will be making it for next summer

Megan Fox will be in just a tiny scrap of leather
it'll make 500 million bucks
I wouldn't want to have to clean up the theatre after each showing

Floor would look something like the gif that mikev posted earlier.

who spills mayonnaise on the floor in ia theater?

I mean honestly?

Theater

Sometimes it’s dark and things just happen in there.

That empty bottle spooge sound would be distracting to the other patrons anyway.
depends how careful they were when putting together the sandwich
I'll go stand in line now.

I swear, some of the things I’d do to her are probably illegal in parts of the US and Puerto Rico

Hell, isn't adultery still illegal in some states?
details, details.
He's *very* entertaining

No-one really has much of an idea where the ball is going. But it does get there rather quickly

It’s fun to watch

April seems so long ago
Okay, bedtime for me. 'Night, all!
goodnight, Dr. Nick!
Okay: did we all miss this, or was it just me?!
–Today was hazing day for the rookies, who had to dress up in costumes to wear to the airport for the flight to Seattle. Among the highlights: Starting pitchers Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez and Clayton Mortensen all dressed up as Tele Tubbies (all you parents, pardon the punctuation and spelling if it’s wrong!). And closer Andrew Bailey, who was forced to wear a costume that resembled a part of the male anatomy that isn’t suitable for Chin Music (Bailey was supposed to change into a different costume before leaving the stadium).

link (from Sunday)

I can’t find pictures! Where’s schmifty when you need her?!?!

Wait, Bailey was a walking dick?
I have a joke involving circumcision and a cut fastball rolling around in my head.

Can’t seem to make it work…

So the mohel is the closer?
Where did schmifty go anyway?

Haven’t seen her in a long time.

found this note from Slusser:
Dress up: There were 14 rookies in costume on rookie hazing day, including starters Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez and Clayton Mortensen as Teletubbies. “I think I’m Laa-Laa,” Gonzalez said. “I feel like Laa-Laa.” The less said about Landon Powell in lingerie the better.

Oh, Gio. Poor guy had to do rookie hazing two years in a row.

"I think I'm Laa-Laa. I feel like Laa-Laa". - Gio Gonzalez

Fantastic. Simply fantastic.

The man is a poet
Poetry and Pitching

It all just works together.

I saw it and have been looking for pics. No luck so far.
They'll turn up

They always do.

We'll have to keep searching.

Pictures are a necessary part of rookie hazing.

Buck SCORES!!
Why is that important?
Just getting into the game is noteworthy at this point
Wakamatsu is cool.

Every time they show him in the dugout he’s in a stylin’ pose with a cool expression. Unlike Geren or Scioscia.

E-Pat v. King Felix

Patterson owns Hernandez!

I own a Jeep
Honda Accord 2005

That’s my car. Well, it’s not really mine; however, I’m like the only person who drives it.

2008 Wrangler for me

and it’s silver and black baby!

Silver and Black

Those are awesome colors.

2004 Acura TSX
Oh, NOW I get the live look-in.

After Trav is back in the dugout. Conspiracy!

Also, I like that Felix is wearing high socks.

oh it would be so sweet to pull this one out.
Bases Loaded for E-Pat!
Nevermind it's for Pennington

I’m no longer excited.

I hate being right!

< sobs >

He's having a good night, too!
Let's Go.....thisis our chance!!
Hi !
You're late.

The game started hours ago.

I log into AN for the first time in a long time,

and I see… that. We’re allowed to post stuff like that now?

"That"? What ever could you be talking about?

I haven’t the foggiest.

not really.

Mike’s just being inappropriate.

I can't tell you that you're late?
Geez - a blast from the past
Hi!

You’re a picture person, right? We were just bemoaning the lack of rookie hazing pics… maybe you have the internet skillz to find some…?

I'm on it.
sweeeet.

oh the memories…

what?
I bet you'd like to see Buck's hazing picture

Actually I don’t know if there is one.

what year is this one from? who's in it?
last year.

let me see if I can dig up the fanpost for you where we first posted all the pics…

alright,

here it is. Fun stuff.

Oh, the good old days.

No luck on the photos :/

sweeney makes a hot chick
I'd hit it.
sandwich
zf?
you called?
oah did

I think you’re needed.

ready, willing and able!
I think you need to check with oah to get sammich details
Sad.

The trusty AP photographers failed us this year. I vote we send you to all games as the AN photographer next year. Yes?

Gray, Smith, Gio, Ziggy, CarGon, Buck?, Gallagher, Sweeney, Dale, MoneyPenny.

he's in this picture

not sure why — didn’t he play all of ‘07? But he’s Batman, in the middle.

Oh yeah

Fail, me.

rookie hazing every year.

They make all the rookies wear stupid shit after a series. If you look close up there, swingles is wearing the devil costume thing and Buck is in the batman shit.

OMG you're right!
he looks like the runt of the litter in that pitcure
Names in order fro
Hey - a slam will tie the game
You're an A's fan

How dare you have that type of unbridled enthusiasm?

Unbridled Enthusiasm

That belongs on the Sharks blog!

That's right

A Bay Area team with a REAL future.

yet they still break our hearts
As all Bay Area teams should
wakes from nap

shows up with emergency game-tying grand slam in tow

King Felix walks 'em loaded

Hmm, is this going to be a game yet? (Tuned in late.)

Is there anyone in the MLB called Slappy?

Jason Kendall?

hey he hit one out today!
crap, weak link
Chez Nico has been pretty silent for a while

If news of some kind of Lord of the Flies thing in Berkeley hits, I think we’ll know why.

Wonder which of the group there would be Piggy…

does nico have a conch?
That's a very personal question
clearly I'm crossing all kinds of lines tonight.
Isn't that your role in life?
pretty much.
I salute you with my crappy Widmer Amber Ale called Drop Top
I enjoyed Lagunitas IPA, myself
I don't like IPA's for some reason

I stick to Amber’s or Lager’s.

I've just started catching a taste for them.

I’m generally not a big beer drinker, but it’s normally darker stuff when I do.

I'm a beer drinker

And there are many kinds here to satisfy my taste. (Mac & Jack’s, Dos Equis, Pacifico, Anchor Steam—althought that isn’t widely available up here—one restaurant called the Ram that serves tasty Amber’s too.) But, yeah.

Sucks to your ass-mar!
Speaking of hazing pictures,

No one ever delivered on that Chez Nico picture promise. Grrr.

The Chez is a fabulous venue

But not very liveblog-friendly, as the TV and the computer are in different rooms. Probably someone is getting up every couple of innings, checking AN, and coming back to report “They’re still talking about masturbation and old cartoons. Anyone have any witty remarks?”

nobody has a laptop?
And truthfully...

…how sad would it be if they were all following along on AN while at a get-together like that?

I think you just had a witty remark.
sht, puny penny
Anti-climactic

Ahem.

I thought you were hurt Chad
An Excuse

It’s an excuse he used so he can play baseball instead.

Tying run at the ... dugout.
For my first post in a year

I’ll randomly jump in and post a similar observation as my former co-worker.

D’oh, bases-loaded K, when does spring training start?

Methinks Meloan

Me no likey.

I'm thinking Arbys
Thanks again, Bob

Warm up Rodriguez and bring in Meloan. We already know Meloan can throw the ball where he wants.

Josh Wilson.

I just glanced up at the screen and thought, “whoa, it’s John Olerud”.

Something about his face and his stance, looked just like him.

So that roof at Safeco is just a big umbrella?

It doesn’t provide warmth to the spectators?

Yeah - outdoor stadium with a roof
jack hanahan

remember him?

Has he adjusted his equipment yet?
pew pew pew!

I miss Hannahan.

sigh, me too. Has he still got his unfortunate moustache?
Haven't seen catcher's interference in a while
was it when Kendoll did it with us?
Moahr beer!

Flew in from miami beach boac
Didn’t get to bed last night
On the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man i had a dreadful flight
I’m back in the u.s.s.r.
You don’t know how lucky you are boy
Back in the u.s.s.r.

Been away so long i hardly knew the place
Gee it’s good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I’m back in the u.s.s.r.
You don’t know how lucky you are boy
Back in the u.s.s.r.

you need to come and keep your comrade warm!
TeA'se in play
Tease, featuring Travis Buck
Aardsma
  1. forever!!! (until someone named “Aagard” makes it to the majors)

Also, keep letting guys on base.

Do the Mariners want to win this game?

Do the A’s?

Yes No Yes No Yes No.......
I wonder if they have draft-pick whores among their fans, too.
You think baseball fans are draft whores...

…never follow the NBA.

Don't worry, I don't.
Worry about you being a draft whore?

Not a problem.

The only time I watch an NBA game is when I have insomnia
I cure insomnia by drinking beer and watching Steel Magnolia's
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
Tru tru
That is actually a line delivered by Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias, BTW

You have to imagine the Louisiana accent.

It's been so long since I've seen that

But, I do have a vague recollection of her saying that.

That won't ever be a problem.
That was weird.

That was supposed to read “number one forever.”

So what's the status on the 50ft high Tsunami headed our way
you're all going to die.

The rest of us will pick out the cool shit that wasn’t pulled out to sea with the rest of the flotsam and jetsam, and all of your corpses.

I live in Tracy...

I’ll be fine. 2 big ass hills that a wave must get over to harm me.

you can help me pick through their stuff.
Just to the left of the center
foul foul foul foul

k

Travis, that's not how that was supposed to go.

Shoulda been a home run, dude!

And the latest shot of Geren is him spitting a piece of gum out of his mouth
damn, almost out of there.
Major teA'se now
We can do this!!!!!
wow, that just missed going out
Missed it by a foot
A Frank Thomas single.
Aaaaardasma

Sorry just had to say it like a pirate

Holy Shit the A's are within 2 runs

This is like a minor victory.

Staplehead...?

Something?

Tease Fail....
be a hero Dale
Did whiteshoes ever get back fromt the laundry room???
crickets got her.

call the Waco PD.

Waco, Texas?

A Wu-Tang Clan member mentions that city on “Bring da Ruckus” and that’s the first track from their debut classic.

Bugs are nasty

And I’m miffed that I can’t make that ugly picture go away.

Boo on you.

AAAHHHH.

And there’s no subject line! Evil!

So, um, time to face your fears!
Yes, I made it!

Thanks for remembering! I’ve been busy investigating the possibility of rookie hazing pics. Unsuccessful thus far.

Me too

I found zilch for this year

when i was in the A's lockerroom a few years ago for fan fest i saw some
tying run onBART
Dang!! Thought he had a chance......too high not enough distance....waaaaaah
So has the game started yet?
Tomorrow

We’re going to win.

did we lose finally?
can I go to bed now?
I'd tuck you in if I could...
No

You must pinch your eyelids open with toothpicks.

bad pirate movie as a youth.

ACK!!!!

you can Bloom and my wig is blonde

so have some sweet dreams

You have my permission to withdraw

as the lobbyist said to the Assemblyman.

guaranteed under .500 record FTW

wooooo

meh.

we got each other.

Fuck those other teams.

YEs....but wasn't it fun dreaming about it for a few days??
i was slapped to my senses

by eric patterson’s noodle arm.

And simultaneously guaranteeing not under .500 for Mariners.
Guaranteed AL West Cellar

And under 500

Just need one more win to exceed last year
I think we'll reach that goal.....

anymore than one win this week is frosting? que no?

Every win is frosting.
mmm winning frosting
is that like smile data?
stupid PNW heavy nightime air....
Still better than the Nationals!
Oh well.

Night, everyone.

Sweet dreams
so no .500
.500

2010!

the year we make contact?
don't you know your star trek?

It’s in 2063. Duh.

Ironically, the last time we lost 2 straight was against these same Mariners
I think that...

The Mariners are still upset about the 2006 thing…

i think so too

as is my buddy who is an M’s fan

They could be above 500

and not be in the playoffs. Like the Giants.

okay, party people.

nightynight.

woof!

FP needs to be shot.

I hated him when he was commenting for SF

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do
Nowhere to go
I wanna be sedated
Just get me to the airport
And put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I cant control my fingers
I cant control my brain
Oh no oh no
Just put me in a wheelchair
And get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry before I go loco
I cant control my fingers
I cant control my toes
Oh no oh no

henry rodriguez?
Ramones actually

But, it’s hard for me to tell if that’s a joke or not.

Amazing how I was thinking that....

The signing of Giambi and Griffey were similar in respect to the teams they broke into the majors on…if Giambi had somehow performed the same as Griffey in their twiglights….and then how it might have made a difference between 3rd and 4th place…..OH MY GOD WE SUCK!!

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