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Game 130: Take nothing for granted 286

Gotta get up mighty early in the morning…

Crisp CF, Drew SS, Reddick RF, Cespedes DH, Smith LF, Moss 1B, Donaldson 3B, Kottaras C, Pennington 2B, and Parker Posey.

286 thoughts on “Game 130: Take nothing for granted

  1. SPWC Aug 30,2012 9:05 am
    \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • batgirl Aug 30,2012 10:02 am || Up

      Wow. Not sure using the phrase “the corpse of a dog” is a good idea with regard to the Eagles.

      • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:05 am || Up

        I know, huh! I wonder if he thought it through all the way.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:06 am || Up

          It’s Magary. Of course he did.

          • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:21 am || Up

            Example from a little lower down:

            3. Michael Vick loves killing drives almost as much as he loves killing puppies.

          • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:25 am || Up

            That one was more obvious and not so stream-of-consciousness

            \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  2. AV Aug 30,2012 9:07 am

    all the excitement of 2012 oakland A’s baseball!

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • SPWC Aug 30,2012 9:08 am || Up

      woo! (what’s the other word?) hoo!

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  3. SPWC Aug 30,2012 9:07 am

    so, umm, since it’s not on TV and my computer is ancient, I’mma just gonna make up my own outcomes, m’kay?

    Let’s see… A’s score 1 in the top half on a Reddick solo shot. That’s what I want, and it;s within reason too.

    \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 30,2012 9:15 am || Up

      A Coco Pop and and DrewFly set it up nicely, but instead Reddick hit a routine fly ball to Choo.

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
      • SPWC Aug 30,2012 9:19 am || Up

        oh well. Thanks for the update.

        Let’s see… Indians get a runner on from a single or walk. Parker throws 16 pitches and gives up no runs. I hope that’s within reason.

        If not, I’ll just shut up.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • JamesV Aug 30,2012 9:20 am || Up

          I think you can stop. ;-)

        • oblique Aug 30,2012 9:22 am || Up

          Today is NOT opposite day!

          • SPWC Aug 30,2012 9:35 am || Up

            unless it is!

            Actually, today for me is Vicodin day. I got my wisdom teeth removed on Monday afternoon, and the oral surgeon said Thursday would likely be the shit day, swelling/pain-wise and boy was he right. I pulled a back muscle last night, to boot, so today is limpy gimpy and hazy all rolled into one!

            \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
            • oblique Aug 30,2012 9:37 am || Up

              Yuck. Hope you feel better soon – take it easy today!

            • AV Aug 30,2012 9:42 am || Up

              i’ve slept like crap all week trying to get a lot of work done. today, on 4.5 hours sleep, i have to read a 400 page manuscript (i’m going to skip a lot!) and design a cover for it before 4pm, because that’s when mrs AV is picking me up to go camping. tomorrow i get older. i won’t say how old, but i’m honored that every MLB park has decided to celebrate me by painting my age on their walls.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 30,2012 9:45 am || Up

                You made it all the way to 375? Not that I’ve ever seen you in person, but I’m sure you don’t look a day over 264.

                A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • AV Aug 30,2012 9:49 am || Up

                  coco!

                  but what i was going to say is, men’s–>

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • SPWC Aug 30,2012 9:50 am || Up

                  264?

                  The Polo Grounds?

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • AV Aug 30,2012 9:52 am || Up

                  i thought the polo grounds was deep. a “bathtub” i’ve heard.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • AV Aug 30,2012 9:53 am || Up

                  oh, 258 to right field, 483 center, 279 left.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • SPWC Aug 30,2012 9:55 am || Up

                  crazy, huh?

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • AV Aug 30,2012 10:11 am || Up

                  making the catch all the more impressive.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 30,2012 9:54 am || Up

                  Just looked it up – officially 258 to right. Wow – those are some crazy dimensions.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • dmoas Aug 30,2012 9:58 am || Up

                  It also had a slope downward in center.

                • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 30,2012 10:03 am || Up

                  It’s too bad they don’t have good records for inside-the-park home runs.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • dmoas Aug 30,2012 10:03 am || Up

                  It’s too bad we can’t recreate the stadium with a more neo-retro flair.

                • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:05 am || Up

                  Yeah, I forgot about that!

                  The catcher couldn’t even SEE the center fielder!

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:07 am || Up

                  So when Mays made his famous catch, he was running downhill?

                • dmoas Aug 30,2012 10:08 am || Up

                  I think so, yeah.

                • AV Aug 30,2012 10:13 am || Up

                  wait though. there seems to be an exaggeration in that center field dimension.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • dmoas Aug 30,2012 10:15 am || Up

                  They had a center field cut-out for the clubhouse. All in play. Including the bullpens in the corners of both outfields. Those dimensions are off, it was closer to 483 to dead center.

                • AV Aug 30,2012 10:18 am || Up

                  the catch was right in front of that lower 17. still a ways back.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • dmoas Aug 30,2012 10:12 am || Up

                  They don’t really say how far down the slope went but:

                  This version of the ballpark had its share of quirks. The “unofficial” distances (never marked on the wall) down the left and right field lines were 279 and 258 feet respectively, but there was a 21 foot overhang in left field, which often intercepted fly balls which would otherwise have been catchable and turned them into home runs. Contrasting with the short distances down the lines were the 450-some foot distances in the gaps, with straightaway center field 483 feet distant from home plate; the corners of the bleachers on either side of the clubhouse runway were about 425 feet. The catch that Willie Mays made in the 1954 World Series against Vic Wertz of the Cleveland Indians would have been a home run in many other ballparks of the time. The bullpens were actually in play, in the left and right center field gaps. The outfield sloped downward from the infield, and people in the dugouts often could only see the top half of the outfielders.

                • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:14 am || Up

                  The bullpens were in play! That’s nuts.

                • dmoas Aug 30,2012 10:16 am || Up

                  Polo Grounds and Bakers Bowl with the Fenwayesque right field are my old time favorite ol’timey stadiums.

              • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 9:56 am || Up

                The swimming holes in the Kaweah River are outstanding. When we were there last week my favorite was the one just behind the Ash Mountain Visitor’s Center.

                "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • AV Aug 30,2012 10:16 am || Up

                  yeah… we’re not sure we’re going there anymore. leave at 4pm, get there around 9 if we’re lucky, and find a space in the dark? this one might shave a little time off. but i think we’re going to the yuba. advice welcomed.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • sslinger Aug 30,2012 10:26 am || Up

                  We’ve camped along the Yuba – I think it’s really pretty country and there are some great swimming holes. I’ve often detoured off of 80 on the way back from Tahoe just to go swim in the Yuba. If you’re looking for hiking, we didn’t find any great ones. Not that there aren’t some, but the ones we did were meh. And buggy. The area around Sierra City is supposedly mountain biking mecca, and it’s a cool old mining town much smaller than Nevada City or Grass Valley. The SC mining museum houses a replica of giant nugget that was mined there – IIRC they used to have the real one there and used to drive it to the State Fair in the back of a pickup truck every year until there was an attempted theft and they decided to stash it somewhere safer. Bring a pie pan and see if you find something shiny.

                • AV Aug 30,2012 10:31 am || Up

                  great tips! we’re mild hikers at best, and swimming holes + old stuff to see is what we’re looking for.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • AV Aug 30,2012 11:37 am || Up

                  decisions and revisions that a minute will reverse…

                  on advice of chico/paradise resident mother-in-law, go south young couple, smoky and unpleasant air up north, thanks to ponderosa fire. so kaweah is back in the picture.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 11:52 am || Up

                  Last week there was tons of space open in all the Kings Canyon campgrounds, and a little space open in most of the Sequoia Natl Forest ones. Now that school’s back in session last-minute availability should be OK.

                  The normal background air quality in Sequoia is believed to be the worst of any national park, though.

                  Drive to Sequoia is simple to do even at night. I recommend rejecting the Google maps suggestion of CA-99, and instead taking I-5 all the way to CA 198, then 198 up to the park.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • AV Aug 30,2012 11:54 am || Up

                  aiming at ten mile and your swimming hole up the road tomorrow. and we’re leaving at 2pm, me with my computer on my lap, to upload work from a fresno starbucks or something.

                  i. am. stoked!

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • sslinger Aug 30,2012 12:00 pm || Up

                  Have a great trip!

                • AV Aug 30,2012 12:04 pm || Up

                  thank you! i’ll be thinking of you whenever we’re not eating our food raw.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 12:04 pm || Up

                  Nice. SO pretty there. That last stretch of road is going to be a challenge at night, though

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • AV Aug 30,2012 12:05 pm || Up

                  good to know.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:28 am || Up

                  Hurray Nevada County! My power spot!

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
              • Future Ed Aug 30,2012 1:05 pm || Up

                i totally get it.

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
  4. AV Aug 30,2012 9:32 am

    and now, the traditional game 130, 2nd inning, jet flyover.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • SPWC Aug 30,2012 9:36 am || Up

      as sacred as Opening Day!

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  5. Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 9:41 am

    Rick Manning mentioned Eck’s no hitter in his pregame interview with Fosse. Are he and Eck cool now?

    Also: Fosse calls Manning “Archie,” just FYI.

    • SPWC Aug 30,2012 9:52 am || Up

      I dunno about now, but supposedly Eck got over it. It’s all in the Spaceman’s book, which I haven’t read in a long time because it’s in Bloomie’s storage. I think I’m gonna buy a few used copies of it on Amazon just to have around.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  6. Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 9:49 am

    Isn’t Masterson supposed to be an extreme ground ball pitcher? The A’s are hitting a lot of balls in the air, it sounds like.

  7. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 9:56 am

    Allow me to add my voice to the chorus of A’s fans saying that we were wrong about Coco and are glad he’s still with the team.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • MikeV Aug 30,2012 10:04 am || Up

      Guilty.

      And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

      Thanks, and go As.

    • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:04 am || Up

      I was thinking about this while shaving this morning. If I ever run into Coco, I’ll feel compelled to apologize to him for the things he doesn’t know I said.

      • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:28 am || Up

        If I ever run into Coco, I’ll feel compelled to ask him the best and most efficient ways to take care of surface piercing infections.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:30 am || Up

          Yeah, I don’t think I’d be able to not stare at that pachinko ball in his neck.

          • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:32 am || Up

            I wish the human body was more receptive to surface piercings, but it’s good that we’re used to safely rejecting things like that in nature.

            \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
            • beebo Aug 30,2012 10:35 am || Up

              Is that for sure what’s on his neck? I’ve always assumed that was the case, but it looks awfully pristine.

              • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:37 am || Up

                It’s a surface piercing over the top of a tattoo of a marksman’s sights/bullseye thing. I think the bottom of the piercing is a flat implant, and the top is the ball that shows when he doesn’t have a band-aid over it.

                \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:13 am || Up

      I’m in this group too.

    • 5Aces Aug 30,2012 10:14 am || Up

      Someone else had said it and I think it is true. Most of us when we wanted him gone weren’t thinking of him in a Bobby Crosby way. It was more that he was a luxury that a team that was going to win 65 games shouldn’t have and he would block time for others. Now on a 92 win juggernaut he is a perfect piece.

      That being said yeah if I ever meet him I will feel awkward for at least a minute or two.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Future Ed Aug 30,2012 1:08 pm || Up

      guilty

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Kylianna Aug 30,2012 1:27 pm || Up

      Add me to the list.

      Sorry, Coco.

  8. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 10:09 am

    Well look at Kottaras coming through!

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 10:11 am || Up

      …and Pennington! This is certainly an interesting inning.

  9. AV Aug 30,2012 10:10 am

    nicely done kat.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  10. MikeV Aug 30,2012 10:10 am

    yay.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

  11. MikeV Aug 30,2012 10:11 am

    CLIFTON T. PENNINGTON?

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

  12. oblique Aug 30,2012 10:12 am

    Kottaras and Pennington for MVP!

  13. nevermoor Aug 30,2012 10:12 am

    And CLIFF FUCKING PENNINGTON takes over.

    When was the last time the A’s swept a four-game series? 2006?

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • dmoas Aug 30,2012 10:13 am || Up

      2012. Yankees.

      • AV Aug 30,2012 10:19 am || Up

        yeah, NM. even i knew that one.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:19 am || Up

          OK, but what about on the road?

          • dmoas Aug 30,2012 10:22 am || Up

            2012. Indians.

          • AV Aug 30,2012 10:23 am || Up

            no idea. part my point is that i usually can’t rattle that stuff off the TOMH.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:21 am || Up

        Highlight of the season so far, for me.

        • AV Aug 30,2012 10:26 am || Up

          i may have peaked during the glee of that first home run in the first game of that series. probably because that’s the one game of the series i made it to. the rest was oh please oh please oh please… sweeeeet! but there was something about that first one that made it seem like NY went, oh lord, what did we get ourselves into this time?

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:30 am || Up

            The great thing about this season is that there are so many moments to choose from.

        • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 30,2012 10:29 am || Up

          That was definitely the point where my skepticism started to veer towards belief.

          A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
          • ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:32 am || Up

            I started having doubts when they hit that 4 game losing streak not too long ago, but they’ve bounced back nicely. I have a lot of faith in this team. They seem to have a lot of confidence.

            • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 30,2012 10:34 am || Up

              I still have moments when stare at the standings in disbelief, waiting for the A’s to crash like Black Tuesday.

              A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
              • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:38 am || Up

                I’m kind of the opposite. I have moments of mad cackling laughter and random tears roll down my face.

                Every once in a while when Carter or Donaldson is up, I grab the ball and trance out a bit, and something good usually happens.

                \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 30,2012 10:40 am || Up

                  I reserve my mad cackling laughter and random tears for family matters.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:46 am || Up

                  That makes sense.

                  I cry almost every day, at least a little. I’m such a softy! Yet, I also own guns and know how to kill with my bare hands if I have to.

                  It’s all about range, you see!

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
              • ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:40 am || Up

                Yeah, it’s pretty shocking. I figured them for a 70-75 win team, and they’re already there. With 33 games (counting today) to go.

                • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:47 am || Up

                  There were only a couple of us who figured the club would finish .500 or better.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:54 am || Up

                  Prescient bastards.

                • SPWC Aug 30,2012 11:42 am || Up

                  I thought atheists didn’t believe in prescience?

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • sslinger Aug 30,2012 11:48 am || Up

                  I certainly don’t – I was just being wildly optimistic.

                • SPWC Aug 30,2012 12:40 pm || Up

                  Right on!

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 3:27 pm || Up

                  I never said I was an athiest. Did I?

                • MikeV Aug 30,2012 3:32 pm || Up

                  YOU NEVER SAID YOU WEREN’T!!!!one!!

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • nevermoor Aug 30,2012 4:45 pm || Up

                  Are you now, or have you ever been, an athiest?!?

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • SPWC Aug 30,2012 6:34 pm || Up

                  I never said you predicted the A’s would finish over .500 this year.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • nevermoor Aug 30,2012 10:43 am || Up

        Oh. Right. Of course.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  14. Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:12 am

    This season is crazy.

  15. ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:13 am

    God damn, I love this FKing team.

  16. ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:14 am

    I wonder if that losing streak will mean the difference between a WC spot and a divisional championship.

    • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:17 am || Up

      Without the losing streak, maybe Carter and Moss and others don’t make it Oakland until much later, if at all. It was all part of the process.

      • ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:19 am || Up

        I suppose that’s true.

      • Future Ed Aug 30,2012 1:12 pm || Up

        Is that step two in the big book?

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Future Ed Aug 30,2012 3:34 pm || Up

            #BLOOMBAIT

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Future Ed Aug 30,2012 3:37 pm || Up

            serious question. A friend of mine had to do meetings. At one (a small one, he didn’t want to go back after seeing the size and commitment level of the participants) a guy gave him a copy of the big book that seemed like it was a “library” copy.

            What is the etiquette of the book? Is it a loaner? is it a gift? Should he go back?

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • JamesV Aug 30,2012 2:09 pm || Up

        Well, Moss was only here when he was because he had an out clause in his MILB contract.

        • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 2:11 pm || Up

          Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

          • JamesV Aug 30,2012 2:16 pm || Up

            Turns out to not have been the worst thing to give him a shot up here, in the end.

            • Future Ed Aug 30,2012 2:21 pm || Up

              totally ruined the clubhouse chemistry when Kila was D’dFA.

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Aug 30,2012 10:19 am || Up

      shut your fool mouth.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  17. mikeA Aug 30,2012 10:14 am

    Without tv, I’m not entirely convinced those last two things happened.

    • whiteshoes40 Aug 30,2012 10:16 am || Up

      I’m watching on mlb.tv, and I’m still not entirely convinced those last two things (or any of this season, really) happened.

  18. lenscrafters Aug 30,2012 10:23 am

    Seriously, why would you ever bother with throwing anything other than a fastball to H2N3?

  19. ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:27 am

    Remember the A’s caps with the white “A’s” and the green bills? What year did they wear those?

    • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:29 am || Up

      You mean like the current road caps, but with a white instead of gold logo? Mid-90s.

      • ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:32 am || Up

        Yeah. Turns out I have one of them, but I can’t remember buying it. I just came across it a couple of days ago.

        • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:36 am || Up

          They only wore them for a year or two. I think until around 1994ish, they wore the two-tone caps at all times. Then they introduced the caps you’re talking about around 1995. A year or so later, they made the A gold. I preferred the white A at the time.

          • andeux Aug 30,2012 10:40 am || Up

            1993. Also, 1968-9 was similar, but without the ‘s.

            TINSTAAFK
          • ozzman99 Aug 30,2012 10:41 am || Up

            So did I. I just forgot that I had that hat. I have 3 (I think) with the gold A. And I think 2 with the green hat, white logo, gold bill.

  20. AV Aug 30,2012 10:29 am

    unstoppable. (please don’t stop!)

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  21. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 10:29 am

    Yay! It would be wonderful if Reddick could heat up again.

  22. Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:32 am

    I like that Acta is leaving Masterson in and saving his bullpen for Texas.

  23. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 10:39 am

    What’s going on right now?

  24. AV Aug 30,2012 10:39 am

    huh?

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  25. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 10:40 am

    Also I like that Cleveland is trying to use jets to spare everyone any sounds of the Indians playing baseball.

  26. whiteshoes40 Aug 30,2012 10:41 am

    That was strange.
    Thanks to mlb.tv’s field mic, I could hear most of what the home plate umpire was telling Melvin and Smith. He said he told Smith that the count was 2-1, when it was really 1-2? Or something. (I wasn’t really paying attention when the dispute happened.) But it was strike 3, so he has to go with it.
    Pretty cool.

    • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:42 am || Up

      That doesn’t sound fair at all.

      • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 11:14 am || Up

        Seriously. If you tell the batter the wrong count, that’s what the count has to become.

        • ptbnl Aug 30,2012 11:19 am || Up

          At very least he should get the pitch again, especially in a potential strike-out count (though he did go down swinging).

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • colin Aug 30,2012 12:32 pm || Up

          Hitters should know the count on their own.

          • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 12:36 pm || Up

            Probably so, but the ultimate authority lies with the ump. If the ump tells you something different, you have to act like it’s the count the ump says it is.

  27. nevermoor Aug 30,2012 10:48 am

    Man, we are a couple runs away from firing up Tyson Ross’ music.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 30,2012 10:51 am || Up

      He’s in Sacramento, no?

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
    • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 10:51 am || Up

      In Sacramento?

  28. AV Aug 30,2012 10:56 am

    stay crispy!

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  29. 5Aces Aug 30,2012 10:59 am

    Effin O’s. I guess it will make for a much better series when they come to Oakland, but I would love to be concerned with overtaking TX at that point.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • dmoas Aug 30,2012 11:00 am || Up

      I’d rather be concerned with Texas overtaking us at that point.

      • 5Aces Aug 30,2012 11:06 am || Up

        Dammit you’re right. I have to remember to reject this idea of the wildcard. Need to get back to “Should I wait so that the next jersey I get has the world champions patch on it?”.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • dmoas Aug 30,2012 11:14 am || Up

          Too bold.

          • SPWC Aug 30,2012 11:43 am || Up

            Way too bold.

            Savor each day’s battle for what it is and send the right energy at inflection points in case it helps.

            \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
            • 5Aces Aug 30,2012 12:00 pm || Up

              And to be honest I had never thought that until the moment I typed it. But there is something to be said for rejecting the worries of the next month and telling the universe you claim what you want.

              End of day K has it-live for today and put the right thoughts out to be used however they may.

              Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
              • SPWC Aug 30,2012 12:52 pm || Up

                I don’t see any need to worry at all. Worrying about baseball results is less than useless, because what’s the point of using worry to plan for worst case scenarios when in reality, the worst case scenario is that you watch some baseball games and don’t like the results?

                However, being positive and projective and mystical about possible baseball outcomes is at bare minimum, slightly less than useless, because it at least gets my body to pump out a teensy bit of endorphin and oxytocin, which fees good and elevate my mood. Other effects are subjective and unproveable. The basic idea is that if the majority of the information and structure of consciousness and the multiverse is unknowable, I might as well try playing with it as a machine/consciousness construct and see if anything weird or interesting happens. As long as I’m a monkey with a typewriter, the works of Shakespeare exist in Schrodinger’s Box.

                \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 11:02 am || Up

      The more losses they can put into Chicago is all to the good, for me. Let’s stay ahead of the Central contenders, and then let the Yankees take care of Baltimore.

      • lenscrafters Aug 30,2012 11:11 am || Up

        I’d also rather face the O’s in a one game playoff than the Central teams, Tampa, or LAA

      • Future Ed Aug 30,2012 1:16 pm || Up

        yup

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  30. Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 11:16 am

    Lou Marson stole John Jaha’s walkup music.

  31. nobody in particular Aug 30,2012 11:18 am

    {{{wakes up, turns on radio}}}

    wow, strivin’ for the 6-1 roadie, I see

    this inning needs to end, tho

    Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
  32. AV Aug 30,2012 11:18 am

    chickens, please hatch. (i want to make sure i got the count right.)

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  33. AV Aug 30,2012 11:19 am

    sounds like somebody hijacked the scoreboard to make a point.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  34. Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 11:20 am

    Is that a Super Mario Bros. grabbing coins sound effect the Clevelands play when they score? That’s awesome.

  35. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 11:22 am

    Hmm. If this is how we build the Indian’s confidence after sweeping them, I’m okay with it. But letting them come all the way back is not acceptable.

  36. MikeV Aug 30,2012 11:23 am

    Evan Scribner basically sucks, right?

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 11:23 am || Up

      Except for that one pitch to A-Rod, yes.

    • lenscrafters Aug 30,2012 11:25 am || Up

      He probably shouldn’t have been pitching to Choo with Blevins warmed up.

    • doctorK Aug 30,2012 11:31 am || Up

      If he shows up on the A’s post-season roster (assuming, of course, they have one), I’ll be seriously disturbed.

      Also, BOOBIES.

  37. doctorK Aug 30,2012 11:39 am

    According to Gameday, the plate umpire is terrible.

    • AV Aug 30,2012 11:42 am || Up

      “all over the place” —KK

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • doctorK Aug 30,2012 11:43 am || Up

        Apparently, Cleveland’s pitching coach agrees.

  38. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 12:03 pm

    In the top of the first the A’s went three up, three down. Neither team has done that in any half-inning since.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • ptbnl Aug 30,2012 12:21 pm || Up

      Though that last one was close!

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • whiteshoes40 Aug 30,2012 12:23 pm || Up

      That must be why this game feels like it’s been going on for days.
      (Not that I’m complaining. I wouldn’t mind a 24/7 game in which the A’s were always winning.)

      • SPWC Aug 30,2012 12:55 pm || Up

        I wouldn’t mind a 24/7 game in which the A’s were always winning.

        This is zenlike and peaceful.

        I personally would prefer a 24/7 game in which the A’s are always within striking distance, and sometimes have a nice little lead, but the game is tied 50% to 50% in the long run.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • 5Aces Aug 30,2012 2:29 pm || Up

          The Iowa Baseball Confederacy.

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • ptbnl Aug 30,2012 12:58 pm || Up

      … aaaand the bookend.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  39. Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 12:22 pm

    Incredible nugget from this Posnanski piece (using bWAR):

    Giancarlo Stanton has a 4.5 WAR. The entire Marlins team of everyday players — this including Stanton — has a 3.6 WAR.

    • nevermoor Aug 30,2012 12:45 pm || Up

      I hate sites that don’t supply author-targeted RSS feeds.

      First time in a long time Joe hasn’t been in my Reader window.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 12:47 pm || Up

        Same here. It’s a brand new site, so maybe they’ll correct that. Or maybe they realize that people like us will just read Joe in Google Reader and never visit their site if they offer the option.

    • aardvark Aug 30,2012 1:07 pm || Up

      Pitching must be decent or I’d expect a much worse record.

  40. Jennifer Aug 30,2012 12:26 pm

    I’m here. Yay!

    [crickets]

    • whiteshoes40 Aug 30,2012 12:32 pm || Up

      Yay! As long as it’s just you, and no crickets. A very large cricket was wandering around my kitchen last night. Freaked me out. Then I smashed it with my shoe.

      • dmoas Aug 30,2012 12:34 pm || Up

        I had a large bug in my kitchen last night. I just let the cat continue to play with it. Odds are she ate it.

  41. Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 12:35 pm

    I’m starting to think Donaldson might be better than we thought he was.

    • JamesV Aug 30,2012 2:14 pm || Up

      Granted, it’s the first time he’s really shown any consistent ability at this level.

  42. Jennifer Aug 30,2012 12:37 pm

    Skool asked me to speak at career day. Woo!

    • ptbnl Aug 30,2012 12:39 pm || Up

      That’s great! Knock ’em dead (and then resuscitate ’em .. it’ll be so cool)

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 12:55 pm || Up

      Yes!

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • SPWC Aug 30,2012 1:04 pm || Up

      Right the FK on!

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  43. nobody in particular Aug 30,2012 12:40 pm

    I’m new to road trips, is 6-1 good?

    Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
    • ptbnl Aug 30,2012 12:42 pm || Up

      Highway 61 is always good.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 12:54 pm || Up

        We’ll just put some bleachers out in the sun…

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • ptbnl Aug 30,2012 1:02 pm || Up

          Well Vucinich the `quip said to Bill the King
          I got forty green white and gold shoe strings
          And a thousand bullpen phones that don’t ring
          Do you know where I can get rid of these things

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • SPWC Aug 30,2012 1:56 pm || Up

            FKing brilliant!

            \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
          • nobody in particular Aug 30,2012 2:38 pm || Up

            I bow to you, ptbnl

            Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
          • futwork Aug 30,2012 4:08 pm || Up

            Terrific!

      • nobody in particular Aug 30,2012 2:37 pm || Up

        It’s a good thing, cuz after 6 years of dead-in-the-water play and stadium-related sociopathy by the Jive Ants, I was in the kitchen with the Tombstone Blues over this franchise.

        Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
    • SPWC Aug 30,2012 1:04 pm || Up

      It’s like 69ing with someone with a bad back.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • SPWC Aug 30,2012 1:58 pm || Up

          a 61 is a 69 with someone with a bad back who can’t bend over.

          Bad joke, I know.

          \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
          • nobody in particular Aug 30,2012 2:38 pm || Up

            what if both have bad backs, is that a 57 or something?

            Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
            • SPWC Aug 30,2012 3:02 pm || Up

              I think it’s got something to do with ampersands.

              \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
              • beebo Aug 30,2012 3:10 pm || Up

                That is an awful thing to visualize.

                • SPWC Aug 30,2012 6:46 pm || Up

                  If you’re talking about bad backs, I agree.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  44. AV Aug 30,2012 12:42 pm

    16!

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  45. Jennifer Aug 30,2012 12:42 pm

    Nice win, bitches.

    • AV Aug 30,2012 12:51 pm || Up

      Gertie come lately… shows up for the last 20 minutes of a 4 hour grinder.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  46. aardvark Aug 30,2012 12:46 pm

    16 games over .500 and the second best record in the AL? Pinch me!

    • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 12:48 pm || Up

      Third best, but I’ll pinch you anyway.

      • aardvark Aug 30,2012 1:04 pm || Up

        FK. How about we agree that the yankees don’t count? They are just a bunch if robots sent from the future to crush the human spirit ad pave the way for global robot domination.

  47. Future Ed Aug 30,2012 12:51 pm

    Lets see. Get back to the office. Pour some coffee. Fire up the computer. open browser.

    I cannot wait for get away day baseball at work.

    ok, what inning is it?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Aug 30,2012 12:53 pm || Up

      eddy come too late-ly…

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  48. Future Ed Aug 30,2012 12:54 pm

    of the 9 featured stories on MLB.com, 2 are for games (seattle and Cubs) one is for Felix Perfecto, one is for SNOOKI, and 0 for the A’s

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 1:02 pm || Up

      Well, in their defense, earlier in the day the site had “a’s go for sweep in Cleveland” as the first of the rotating stories.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • AV Aug 30,2012 1:07 pm || Up

        if it’s any consolation, espn online is leading with a video story about how jeter is probably doping.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 1:12 pm || Up

          Carmelita Jeter, I presume.

          • the dogfather Aug 30,2012 1:43 pm || Up

            /breaks into song” “…’cuz she’s all strung-out on anabols, on the ow-ow-out-skirts of town.”

            The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
          • AV Aug 30,2012 1:44 pm || Up

            no. as-if-espn-would-ever-talk-bad-about-god’s-puppy-jeter jeter.

            the minute that story comes out, espn is gonna do serious mind acrobatics of cognitive dissonance at levels not seen since someone C-14 dated the shroud of turin… GOD PURPOSEFULLY MIRACLED THE CARBON TO TEST THE UNBELIEVERS!!!

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 2:01 pm || Up

              I tried to read it but the subhead made be barf too much:

              He’s leading the American League in hits again? Just means all’s right in his world.

          • JamesV Aug 30,2012 2:15 pm || Up

            Michael Jeter.

  49. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 12:56 pm

    I love the smell of sweeping in the morning. It smells like…Victory!

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • AV Aug 30,2012 1:02 pm || Up

      gasoline smelly, some day this season will be over-y, victory.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 1:07 pm || Up

        Hopefully the A’s don’t perish in a freak gasoline fight accident

        • SPWC Aug 30,2012 1:59 pm || Up

          Is this too morbid for a tagline?

          \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
          • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 31,2012 1:03 pm || Up

            Zoolander references are never too morbid

        • beebo Aug 30,2012 2:39 pm || Up

          Gasoline pie!

      • the dogfather Aug 30,2012 1:47 pm || Up

        ?

        The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
  50. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 1:01 pm

    Considering the tough schedule ahead, the A’s really did what was necessary with this road trip.

    • beebo Aug 30,2012 1:05 pm || Up

      I had my tentacles crossed for this series.

      • SPWC Aug 30,2012 2:00 pm || Up

        yay!

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  51. Future Ed Aug 30,2012 2:07 pm

    Heyman is idiotic, but this stuff drives me up the wall.

    Clemens is a steroid and HGH cheat and got off on a perjury charge because he had better lawyers than the government, the jury didn’t like his accuser, or they didn’t want to send him to jail for lying at a hearing they may feel should have never occurred in the first place (or maybe someone combination of all three).

    The government lawyers made a Trial Advocacy 101 mistake in the first trial, but Rusty Hardin is an idiot and let clemens talk too much.

    he got super lucky that the gov’t main witness (not the trainer, but Andy Petite) didn’t say what people thought he said. I never bothered to find out and thought it was a loser for the defense until the trial. Petite didn’t say what we were lead to believe.

    Juries, in my experience, do not get hoodwinked by slick lawyering as much as the public likes to think.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  52. Kylianna Aug 30,2012 2:09 pm

    Apparently, this is the way they do business in Cleveland.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 30,2012 2:35 pm || Up

      Well, good hosts makes sure their guests leave happy.

  53. doctorK Aug 30,2012 2:34 pm

    In case anybody is curious, the A’s flight home is en-route, with ETA 6:44 pm. Unlike us commoners As is befitting the 1% elite, the A’s get to fly out of Burke Lakefront Airport, which is just a couple of Carter home runs away from The Jake Progressive Field.

    • nobody in particular Aug 30,2012 2:42 pm || Up

      That’s where KK said the Blue Angels were taking off from as they were drowning out his call of today’s game buzzing overhead at Mach 2.

      Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
  54. nobody in particular Aug 30,2012 2:40 pm

    Who else would like to see The Spaceman become Red Sox manager after they fire Bobby V this weekend when we sweep them?

    Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
    • SPWC Aug 30,2012 3:00 pm || Up

      Holy shit,dude, that would be fun.

      The Spaceman would be a terrible big league manager, tho. He could manage a team of Bodhissatvas, but not one of men. Regular men need patriarchal authoritative regulation and charts and graphs and sheets.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • nobody in particular Aug 30,2012 3:32 pm || Up

        I think he could do it. He’d have the players on his side, which is more than one might say for Valentine.

        Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
        • SPWC Aug 30,2012 6:52 pm || Up

          His is an anarchic structure, and most players are not anarchists.

          Give him 25 freaks though, and he’ll give you back a World Champion!

          \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
          • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 7:04 pm || Up

            24, because surely he’d insist on being player/manager.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • nobody in particular Aug 30,2012 7:35 pm || Up

              Spaceman could get the Astros out, I am convinced.

              Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
              • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:14 pm || Up

                me too.

                Shit, if he was ON the Astros, he’d be their third starter right now.

                \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  55. ptbnl Aug 30,2012 4:18 pm

    Let’s Go Jays, Eh.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  56. futwork Aug 30,2012 4:19 pm

    Rays-Jays is on MLB Network, for those who get it. Jeff Mathis (Jeff Mathis!) just threw out a would-be basestealer on an offspeed pitch, from his knees, to end the top of the first.

    • futwork Aug 30,2012 4:27 pm || Up

      Desmond Jennings is one fast dude.

      • ptbnl Aug 30,2012 4:38 pm || Up

        Desmond Tutu is one cool dude.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 6:49 pm || Up

          I met him once, briefly.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 6:48 pm || Up

      IT’S A FINAL!!

      (Rays lose)

      • ptbnl Aug 30,2012 6:50 pm || Up

        And KC take the lead.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • ptbnl Aug 30,2012 6:54 pm || Up

          And now go for the single-inning team-cycle.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 7:01 pm || Up

            Detroit just intentionally walked Francouer to get to Hosmer. What is happening?

            • Glorious Mundy Aug 30,2012 7:02 pm || Up

              And it worked.

              • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 7:05 pm || Up

                You have to really intend to walk Jeff Francouer.

                "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • ptbnl Aug 30,2012 7:55 pm || Up

        IT’S A FINAL!!

        (Tigers lose)

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  57. JamesV Aug 30,2012 4:45 pm

    • SPWC Aug 30,2012 6:52 pm || Up

      justlikeamaid?

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  58. gonealookin Aug 30,2012 6:16 pm

    With XM this game got me all the way from Reno to Weed today. Yay sweep! Yay Eugene! Yay Oregon microbrews at happy hour! I shall now haul my slightly buzzed ass across the river (yes, there is a footbridge) for some Eugene Emeralds action this evening.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • gonealookin Aug 30,2012 6:20 pm || Up

      …where it’s “Animal House Night”. Turns out I could get in free if I’m wearing a toga, but I forgot to pack one out of my extensive collection.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 30,2012 6:50 pm || Up

        Surely your hotel room includes bedsheets.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Englishmajor Aug 30,2012 8:07 pm || Up

        We’ve been talking about a Toga Tailgate forever…. Maybe this postseason!

        • SPWC Aug 30,2012 10:13 pm || Up

          Ten/Five Toga Tailgate!

          That’s so absurd it might work!

          \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • Kylianna Aug 31,2012 12:43 am || Up

          I HAVE A DREAM.

          (invite braden)

          • ptbnl Aug 31,2012 8:16 am || Up

            Hatteberg in a toga and tie.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • ptbnl Aug 31,2012 8:50 am || Up

              (eat your heart out, JL)

              If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
              • doctorK Aug 31,2012 9:13 am || Up

                Cut the crap. Get me a drink. And hit me a walk-off HR.

    • JamesV Aug 30,2012 6:20 pm || Up

      Have a good time!

    • gonealookin Aug 30,2012 10:27 pm || Up

      All right, PK Park, where the Deltas held a 2-0 lead into the 9th, gave up 3 runs to the Omegas in the top of the 9th, then came back with 2 of their own for a 4-3 pie-eating victory.

      Don’t like: aside from the FieldTurf, the 30′ screen from beyond 1B to beyond 3B. I think you should have the option to get maimed by a foul ball.

      Other than that it’s a beautiful short-season Class A ballpark. I think back to places like Medford where I saw these games 30 years ago, and what a huge upgrade. They have at least 3 Ninkasi brews on tap. Awesomely, when the Beer Batter strikes out, it’s the Ninkasi that goes on sale for 15 minutes at $3/pint (sadly this did not happen in our game).

      For Animal House Night the ballpark was beautifully decorated with toilet paper “streamers”. Also, as the place is pretty much literally in the shadow of one of my ancestral GD venues, Autzen Stadium, I appreciated the organist’s selection of “China Cat Sunflower”.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • SPWC Aug 31,2012 7:50 am || Up

        sounds like a fun game!

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS

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