I don’t see how the A’s won’t be overconfident going into tonight’s tilt against the seemingly hapless Tribe at Progressive Field. So here we go.
Crisp (is back), Drew, Cespedes, Smith DH, Carter, Reddick, Donaldson, Norris and Pennington behind Travis Blackley. RHP Corey Kluber is on the hill for Cleveland, and how the hell you can hear “Corey Kluber” without thinking of Lisa Loopner, I can’t imagine.
Basebaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall time!
…just don’t bleed me and stuff me in luggage.
She should MAKE you luggage.
too skinny. barely enough hide there to make a golf bag.
Coin purse?
If you rub him a little, he’ll turn into a garment bag.
Yeah, but he leaves a creamy white mess on all your clothes.
Bloomskin handbags would be all the rage in New York, Paris and Milan.
Did Vince just say that all of Blackley’s starts are broadcast live in Korea? That can’t be right.
He did play there last year and seemed to have a pretty good following.
I think he meant ‘my pants’.
He wants Blackley in his pants? Did I miss something?
I get my kicks above the Mason-Dixon Line, sunshine.
Wow, now that looks like a bad call.
i was wondering. KK hasn’t said.
Then again…it crossed at the front knee.
Gameday thought that was a strike.
Legitimate ejection of Cabrera. Regardless of the call you can’t stick your finger in the umpire’s face like that.
Discussing Derek Jeter? What strange event is this?
nothing strange about VC giving jeter’s head a lot of attention…
Down and up… oh yeah, that’s how he likes it. Here’s a gift basket for your trouble.
Don’t forget the balls…autographed balls, that is.
I did mention the basket… and by basket I mean banana hammock.
NOT known as Fairly Floss in Australia.
Maybe the Ron Fairly Floss.
Any wiki editors among you? Because Ron Fairly’s wiki page has a pretty egregious error, claiming that the A’s 2nd place finish in 1976 ended their streak of three straight championships.
I could see some pan-English language bizarro-world version of Half Man Half Biscuit doing a song called “The Ron Fairly Floss”
Rather, Fairy Floss.
the thing that bugged me Cabrera getting kicked out was Vince was saying Cabrera is the lazy not team leader that the Atlantic was talking about the other day
2) that’s so funny i forgot to laugh.
So it ends with Jason Donald.
29
no floodgates please. no floodgates.
C’moon A’s Baltimore is losing 0-4, we have to take this one!
i’ve got the weirdest feeling that the A’s and O’s are, in photoshop terms, linked layers.
I’m going to flatten that image thank you…
Yeah, I sense that vibe a bit, too.
The A’s are chasing the ring with an all-for-one, one-for-all mentality.
The O’s are chasing a playoff spot out of a desperate need to prove themselves and the egos of management.
I think an O’s-A’s matchup on 10/5 would be right and favorable.
Dear A’s, please look at the scoreboard and then win the friggin’ game.
I am not emotionally equipped to deal with the failboat pulling into the harbor with RISP.
:P
enjoy!
Huzzah!
Managed
The A’s understand that I’m emotionally fragile.
FKKKKKKKKKKKK YES!!!!!
Well, SOMEONE is concerned about Inge coming off the DL…
donaldson to second please
This please, can he play second…I was told that he can only play 1st, 3rd or C…..Im hoping he can play 2nd
all due respect to MaEl, it can’t be that hard for a major league baseball infielder
Its incredibly hard
ha ha ha!
{snerk}
Heh!
I recall being a humble man in Cleveland once …
Jemile Weeks has a 1.196 OPS in AAA. Just throwing that out there.
Looks like it’s a good game to have J. Donald in your name.
That was nice.
Right into the happy zone!
waits
It’s a softball.
So little, I was watching this a few weeks ago and was really wondering what substance he was having fun with that night whilst I enjoyed his bizarre behavior.
I also love his appearance on Fernwood2Night in which he uttered the now famous phrase
“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy!”
FK yeah Josh Donaldson.
I dropped by to say you are three years late on that.
Hey, I’ve been watching him play for a few years. ;-)
Then can we expect this odd mix of The Outstanding and The Absurd to continue?
Not sure, to be honest. This year was the first he really impressed above A-ball, to me. Hopefully it means he’s really starting to figure some things out.
Baltimore down 5 runs.
They’ll just win the next four by a run each.
1-5 now.
1-7 after 6.
Si Cespedes!
si se pedes
Think its time to let Moss DH.
I watch these games with the TV sound muted, but I would like to say to the CSN director: Whatever your point was about Rick Manning, I think you made it more than sufficiently in that half-inning.
They never talk about him stealing Eck’s wife.
bad terminology… but y’all know what I mean…
Wait, what?
Eck’s wife cheated on Eck with Rick Manning while Eck and Manning were best friends on the Indians.
Eventually, IIRC, she divorced Eck and married Manning.
i thought that was someone else and they kinda traded.
You’re thinking of the famous 1973 Yankee wife-swap.
Ouch….
I have decided that the dude with his dog in the truck at the auto dealership is the worst commercial yet. Id rather see the girl blowing up the floatie complaining about team USA.
The ASCPA one with the woman with the flat, monotone voice yammering on.
Earlier it was looking like Blackley was going straight back to the ‘long man’ role but now I’m not so sure.
Over/ under folks?
5.2 IP, 92/56 3H, 2ER, 2BB, 5K, not too shabby.
Korean TV will now be returning to its regularly scheduled programming.
Neshak has been a great FKing pickup, such a wild and changing ‘ugly duckling’ motion must be really hard on hitters judgement.
Has anyone explained why the Orioles were willing to give him away to a team they are battling to a playoff spot?
Not that I know of, I was mystified as well.
Only thing I can think of is he had some sort of out clause?
Yeah, I seem to remember reading that was the case.
Woo Coco!!!
Fabulouth!
Pouring it on.
That was quick!
let’s just stay in cleveland for the rest of the season.
Smorgasbord!
I don’t think the Gerens ever looked as bad as the Actas have looked the last three nights.
hapless.
the gerens had either good pitching or smoke and mirror good pitching
This makes me feel like I once did as a Niners fan: disappointed that I had to suffer the indignity of worry, but overall an acceptable showing so far.
This A’s season is feeling kind of like the Niners last season, for me. As in, “whoa, did not see this whole ‘success’ thing coming…”
Chris Carter had better not Kyle Williams a grounder in the ALCS.
It’ll be Yo on the warning track with his back to the field.
As long as our pitchers play defense as well as the Niners…
…..orrrrrr maybe it’ll be Donaldson.
This Cleveland team is more bleak than a Harvey Pekar comic.
It seems like you should win $50 if you call in to The Game tomorrow morning and can tell them what the Bear Data Solution of the Game was.
apparently doolittle can walk and choo at the same time.
Ok, so what did I miss? Not as far as the game goes, but as far as all y’all go?
I think Kyli is working on a craft project that involves Bloomskin? Or something.
That sounds like fun. Let me know if she needs an Olfa or anything.
I think she should also Beadazzle it.
I thought that was a given.
Bloomskin clutch.
Can I have a Bed accelerator and a dmoas brake pedal?
Homework. Anyone know the side effects of ursodeoxycholate?
You turn into a bear?
It got better.
Sounds about right. I’ll turn that in.
I don’t know about you, but chocolate makes me fat.
u r so deoxycholate, to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…. can’t you seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?
OMG.
peeeeeeeeeeople. who need peeeeeeeeeeeeople. are the luckiest people in the woooooooorld.
Do you take requests?
lemme guess… john cage’s 4’33”?
I was thinking something by Justin Bieber.
if we can get him to experiment with silence i’m in.
Good call. Chained up invisibility too!
FKing Canadians went from Rush to Bryan Adams to Celine Dion to Avril Levigne to Nickelback to Justin Bieber. I don’t think they should be allowed to make music up there anymore.
Agreed. Stick to acting, comedy, and hot women.
They can keep making beer if they want.
Hockey & Curling are pretty cool too. Health care too. Let’s just stop with the singing thing, you can try your hand at other things.
Yeah, they have some strengths. Music just isn’t one of them.
CURLIIIIIIIIIIIIING.
And Rich Harden.
Not a fan of Hank Snow or Leonard Cohen, eh?
True story: before leaving Butchart Gardens last month, our tour bus driver asked a couple trivia questions about famous Canadians.
The prizes? Big macaroon cookies from the Gardens.
One of the questions was about Cohen, and I was the first to call it out.
…that was a damn tasty macaroon.
I’d like to see him used for some experiments, by the scientific community.
i know the side effects of homework and that’s enough.
Death.
You know a saying we have in the nursey skool?
“Death is always an option.”
We used to say that when I was in nursery school too.
WTF…
Every time you start thinking Donaldson could replace Inge full-time for the rest of the year, some crap like that jolts you back to reality.
Don’t see that every day.
not sure i even want to see it once.
TWSS
Yeah, I have Inexplicable PoppyLoveâ„¢ for Josh, but that was pretty facepalmworthy.
Inge’s Donaldson voodoo doll only works after 7pdt.
Baltimore lost and Texas is down 4 in the 9th, we gotta do this!!!!
Hurm.
.mruH
Exactly.
BOOBIES
Also, add on, please.
Ask and ye shall receive.
Breast augmentation? No thanks.
The Indians are hapless. Didn’t they get the memo?
Vinnie Pestano is the most Italian-American name of all time.
Vladimir Guerrero is the most Russo-Hispanic name of all time.
Yuniesky Betancourt? Alexei Ramirez?
Starlin Castro gets double bonus points.
Them Roo-sky missile techs got very busy after they thawed-out.
He would be a tasty sammich.
You want hot or sweet gabagool on that Pestano?
except that it’d probably have pesto.
Hence the tastiness.
nothing against pesto per se. but when people use it, like on a pizza, they tend to neglect the tomato sauce and lots of other stuff too. also, it’s so 90s.
Basil is one of the best things ever.
Cilantro blows, on the other hand.
Funny story; true story: I like cilantro with Mexican food, but not with Indian food.
I don’t like it at all.
I gathered that.
i like pickles and i like burgers but i don’t like pickles in my burgers.
I like onion rings, but I don’t eat onions in/on anything else.
Freak.
Pickles, yuck! Except for bread and butter pickles, those are good. Especially when they’re homemade.
that’s not what mrs. fawlty’d say.
I know not of what you speak.
more semiobscure british entertainment.
Fawlty Towers?
watch your mouth, mister.
que?
it’s what i say when something sounds like a mouthful and starts with an F. either that or don’t mention the war.
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cuÃdate la boca, señor.
Meh. It’s not bad per (as AV said), it’s just way over used and it doesn’t offer much flavor.
I love anything with basil in it.
Maybe not that.
corinthian.
Approval given:
“If you buy one of these, you’ll get laid almost as much as I do. But your chicks won’t be as hot as mine.”
my friend in collge had one of those. white paint red top. with an 8 track. and he’d give me a ride between classes to the in-n-out in garden grove. now he’s dead. see where class gets you?
See where driving a Chrysler gets you?
I’m pretty sure it’s where going to In-N-Out gets you.
I’m sticking with blaming the giant piece of crap car.
well it was a heart attack…
but he ate much crappier stuff than InO. norm’s for example. and tommy’s. and he’d kill a supermex burrito then eat what you couldn’t. …i’m getting hungry for long beach.
this is the first thing I wanted to teach the boy.
i know. i made that comment special for you.
Dammit Vernon, you have one job on this team.
Fortunately, the A’s remain hapfull.
I’m a glass hapfull person myself.
*snort*
Someone made them angry.
Not it.
Scout thinks Coco is on deck. Scout is stupid.
Scout needs an anal kidney punch.
Not it.
wait. what’s going on? did somebody fart?
Probably me. I do that a lot.
I just ate some chili, so brace yourselves.
I’m braced.
I’d recommend opening some windows, too.
But then I get my asshole neighbor’s cigarette smoke.
Is that even possible?
This sounds fun. I’m in!
Watch one, do one, teach one.
Are you in the nursey skools too?
Not officially. I just hang out there and wait till someone fails an exam and their self esteem is low, then I try to sleep with them.
Oh, so that was you this afternoon?
Failed a test so badly today it dropped my overall percentage by 20 points.
Ugh. I’m sorry. You’ll make it up on the next one, though.
Most of the class failed, so I’m not too worried. It was over professional power. Really? I’m used to lifting my skirt if I want something.
Whatcha need, babe?
The dishes washed. Some laundry done.
So a flash AND I get to handle your dirty undies? Apparently I’ve been a good boy!
Inconceivable!
Victory, bitches.
So we need to somehow win tomorrow but inspire the Indians to go on a tear starting Friday. A confidence inducing loss.
It’s a day game? Crap. This school shit is always getting in my way.
Morning game.
Morning? For you.
Well, yeah.
It would be nice to stay in bed and snuggle with someone while watching the game.
Well, yeah.
What if we just beat them and then piss them off, perhaps with some taunting? “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries” or something along those lines.
woo hoo!!!
15
.500
And the Tigers lose 1-0!
so did O’s if nobody mentioned.
i mean, lose, not 1-0.
Not only does playing Cleveland seem to fill the A’s with confidence, it’s making me feel more sexy and virile too.
Oh, so that’s why you took 57 minutes between comments…
15 minutes of kissing
15 minutes of teasing
15 minutes of squeezing
And
1512 minutes of blowing my topProbably 56 minutes of begging, 1 minute of success.
I’m happy at least that you assume success.
It may also please you to know that that success occurs in the middle of the 56 minutes of begging.
without clicking, are those different versions of 60 minute man?
no.
(it’s the same version.)
Is it video of Crash Davis schtupping Annie Savoy in the bathtub and splashing water on all of the candles?
Yes. Just one version of lyrics only though.
Haven’t heard much talk of the AL West being a two team league in a while, we’re actually within striking distance of the division, how weird.
Plus, I hope the Mariners catch and pass Slegna.
Wouldn’t that be delicious?
Just another win!
Ok time for bed. Good night, everyone!
sometimes the postgame interview flows way too seamlessly into the geico ad.
oh, come on boston.
They’re not good.
Well they better stay not good through the weekend.
i’m not one to root for injuries but this time i’ll make the exception and hope for a blister on CJ’s fingertip around the 4th. (or wait. does that take him out of line for the W if they do win?)
I love how, even now, people are still calling into A’s Talk to hate on Bob Geren.
Or as I like to call him, BoGer.
15 games over .500. Holy crap.
I may have just said the same thing, I may have used stronger language…
It’s loverly!
luhvah-ly?
Haha!
That skit makes me laugh and uncomfortable at the same time.
it’s one of my favorites from the modern era. my other favorite makes me schweatty.
Alec Baldwin at his best.
Ok. I’m now rooting for an A’s-Reds world series.
Why’s that, other than revenge?
Unlike the rest of the internet, I actually like Dusty Baker. And the Reds have a fun team. A’s-Nationals would also be fun.
Yeah, they would!
A’s-Pirates, as long as we’re fantasizing.
I could also live with that.
It would be worth it to watch the Fox executives and Bud Selig jump off the Bay Bridge together…
yup.
A’s – Cards. The easiest commute for me.
good point.
A’s-Pirates is a cream dream.
A’s-Nats would be fun.
A’s-Braves would be Huddy.
A’s-Reds would be weird but kinda apropros.
A’s-Cards… I’m kinda sick of them. They’ve had their turn.
A’s-Giants would be awesome if it was winner-take-all for San Jose rights, not just the WS title.
A’s-Dodgers would be annoying because the Dodgers are annoying.
I’m not sure I’d be rooting for a sweep if it were A’s Braves or Nats. I’d probably want Huddy/Gio to win once.
Rooting for a sweep is inefficient. I think it’s better to put more energy into the micro-events that can potentially build into a sweep.
I would not have that problem at all.
Also, if what we learned in 1990 is still true, the gate receipts for Games 1-4 of the World Series go to the players’ share, and the owners don’t get a share of the tickets until Games 5-7 take place. So rooting for a swep is rooting against ownership.
Here’s another perspective: root for the A’s to play the maximum number of home games. It would be far cooler to see them win the WS at home, and to see more games.
(note: this strikes me as too risky to actually go for)
Max home games would be a 5 game series.
Oh. Right. Then there you have it.
ummmmm…let me just point something out here, and yes I agree with your scenarios, however we are FK’n talking about the A’s playing in the World Series, and not just joking about it, I am in such a state of unbelievability right now, I am loving this, so basically what I am saying is, I really don’t care who we lay as long as we are playing in the World Series, yes this would be fun…I don’t want a refund or a credit for next year, I want to use my postseason tickets!
And yes I dont care who you lay, however in this case I meant play…LOL
We are right there with you. Ian said he wants to go to a playoff game, and he’s buying. I’m ever so proud.
Yes, please…in case you are taking notes, Me, Ralph and Gail are in 225 row 7 and 8 seats 21-22
I love 225! Noted!
That’s so good to hear.
I’m in the not counting chickens while watching the scoreboard overly intently trying to figure out what the A’s can and will do against the various series they’re heading towards. I’d worry about playoffs once we’re officially in them. Rough roads ahead and I’m just hoping they can ride this wave through it.
Heh.
any better way to celebrate a 40-yr anniversary?
I hadn’t even thought of that, but how cool would it be?
re revenge?
Hairs vs Squares!
heh
And completely OT here but if anybody knows someone who is looking for a job, I am looking to hire a maintenance person and a groundskeeper at the Hotel…
If I still lived down there I might almost be interested in something part-time to go with my regular job, but since I don’t…
What hours?
A couple of my guys would be interested, as long as doesn’t interfere with their day job, plus I have a pretty awesome landscaper.
The hours would vary, and the groundskeeper job is more like a handyman position than landscaping, we already have a gardner…We really need someone in maintenance who can cover on weekends…And just FYI..my hotel has become about a million times better place to work in the last 7 days, just sayin…Yeah the commute from Elk Grove might be a bit much…lol
So I heard, lol.
Let me check, luv. I might have someone for you
Ok, let me know..that goes for all of you..if you know of someone just let me know..the manager there is a real jerk, thats the only draw back…lol
won’t even get MVP seats for an A’s game
Yeah, what a cheap bastard
Sounds like a lot of changes over the past week?
Yes and one really big change for the better…
Yes, and congratulations! It’s been an amazing transformation so far. I’m glad to see ma.nagement is recognizing that
Thanks, its only been a week, but we are going to really get that place humming…we are on the way to be really successful….Does Ian work on Friday?
Si.
Ok good…thanks!
You’ve inspired him, my love.
Thats good to hear, he was laughing the other day when I was showing someone around the hotel and I introduced him as my “Main Morning Person”, but then he thought about it and was like, yeah I guess I am..LOL
He told me about that. He takes pride in it. I think he wants to follow in your foot steps.
I know no better footsteps to follow than B’s.
So I told him.
You guys are too nice….
And you are too amazing. You took me at my word, and gave my child a chance. It changed both our lives.
Promotion?
Kind of, yes!
Well, good for you if it’s a positive, which it does sound like.
Yes it definitely is, and thank you!
You get on the stage with Jean Quan and Gorilla Rilla and good things start happening!
Did he? I’m so sorry I missed that!
The miracle of Frank Ogawa Plaza…
I so wanted to be there.
Wait…you weren’t the tallest person there?
And what an amazing bunch! A true representation.
lol.
Congrats!
Thank you!
Heh. I read that as a high maintenance groundskeeper.
Well said.
mte.
Thank you, I try very hard…LOL
I think you don’t try at all, my love. Which is what I love.
I totally posted the wrong picture here….LOL…Oh well…
KET-LE CORN!
You both have come a long way, darling. You’re amazing!
That picture is from 2002…lol
I dumped a picture today from last year’s Raider game, when Ralph got arrested.
I should have fought that bitch harder. She was so in the wrong.
That was such bullshit…..that Lady was out of control..
She was. I know we all thought about it after. She was an asshole.
I hate when I find out I’m right after the fact. We so should have kicked her ass. Not physically, but morally.
Yeah exactly and she was totally in the wrong…
So were the cops. I was so close to jumping in front of Ralph. I was livid! And he was so cool. That was what held me back.
He was an amazing man that day.
Indeed….this is from Bulldog Stadium in Fresno…LOL, let me share some more family photos…LOL, just kidding..
Yes, please! I adore them!
Good night, then, darlings.
It’s been swell.
good night…
Will you be there Sunday?
Where, at the game?
Yes. I’ll be there with EM.
Ok cool…yes I will be there…
its done
everything is out
keys were left on the kitchen counter
i cried like a little fking girl the last time i walked through my house. tomorrow it wont be mine anymore
Thanks, and go As.
Goddamn it all.
Sorry man.
thats shit dude… im sorry.
Well, fuck.
Wow. I’m so sorry.
I dont want to imagine that feeling. I am so sorry man.
Hang in there, man.
It’s okay to cry, sweetie. I guess the only thing lower than hitting rock bottom is getting into a catcher’s crouch once there, but at least the potential energy is building for the spring upwards to air and light. I promise you you’re not actually breathing through a straw. It just feels like it when loss and change and rejection hit back to back to back.
:-(
That’s awful. Sorry, man.
Woof, rough times. Sorry to hear it.
Squooshy hug reserved for you Saturday…
I’m so sorry, my love.
I can’t even imagine.
I know you are strong, and that’s all I know.
doesnt feel like it right now
Thanks, and go As.
whoa. there’s, like, SBN TV now.
(i like the gifs better.)
see? gifs!
Yeah, those particular gifs are especially awesome.
Not Brett Anderson destroying Indians batters, but awesome in its own way.
i’m a pitcher! i’m a whale!
Whale!
i… almost get it.
That is awesome. Who is it?
Hunh. LeBron was doing it wrong all that time.