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Designated for Accomplishment! 68

29 Jul 2009  |  monkeyball  |Game Thread

Hey, it worked the first time.

5-0 A’s after … half an inning.

68 thoughts on “Designated for Accomplishment!”

  1. monkeyball Jul 29,2009 4:39 pm

    “Injury delay” before the first pitch?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  2. monkeyball Jul 29,2009 4:41 pm

    Coaching visit to the mound after 3 batters?

    All this bodes ill …

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  3. nevermoor Jul 29,2009 4:42 pm

    Which is more surprising, 5-0 A’s or this?

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 4:44 pm || Up

      That Sabean traded a promising young pitching prospect for an overrated offensive player?

      A’s in a walk (natch).

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 4:52 pm || Up
      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 4:59 pm || Up

        Makes me glad I’m an A’s fan.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  4. monkeyball Jul 29,2009 4:45 pm

    Oh, for fuck’s sake. I jinxed that with MY MIND — I was sitting here thinking, “Well, that’s two TOs thus far …”

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • andeux Jul 29,2009 4:47 pm || Up

      (I was thinking that too, btw)

      TINSTAAFK
      • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 4:53 pm || Up

        jinx jinx!

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  5. nevermoor Jul 29,2009 4:53 pm

    Don’t look now, but Rajai actually appears to have developed something of a hitting feature after all (.325 wOBA) while playing great CF defense (14.6 UZR/150).

    Does this mean I have to stop calling him DFAvis now? Does this mean he’s our 2010 starting CF? (Hairston/Buck/Sweeney/Cunningham on the corners)

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Leopold Bloom Jul 29,2009 5:22 pm || Up

      I don’t know, but I’m in the same boat. He is/was my designated problem….

    • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 5:37 pm || Up

      Speaking of “don’t look now” for all that we fellate Zook (and think of Tek as washed up), Jason is having a much better offensive year.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 5:47 pm || Up

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • andeux Jul 29,2009 5:47 pm || Up

        1. Good timing!
        2. I don’t know about “much” better, some of the difference is park effects.
        3. You did specify offense, but 73 SB/13 CS vs. 50 SB/16 CS is pretty significant too.

        TINSTAAFK
        • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 5:58 pm || Up

          1. I try
          2. Fair enough, but I was prepared to be pissed when Poz had Tek in his top 114. Then I looked at the numbers.
          3. Yeah, but then not all of that is the catcher. I pretty much treat catcher defense as a black box.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 6:10 pm || Up

          1. You two are inadvertently conducting a dialogue in Nic Roeg references.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
          • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 6:15 pm || Up

            Such is the insignificance of performance.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 6:17 pm || Up

              Especially with the A’s, who seem to do nothing but walk about. Beane truly is the man who fell to earth.

              you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
              • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 6:19 pm || Up

                Speaking of, even though they won yesterday their bad timing almost gave me a heart of darkness. Meanwhile, Papelbon and Pedroia suffered two deaths.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • mikeA Jul 29,2009 5:52 pm || Up

        oh, that Jason. His name is Jason too. I was about to be really surprised…

  6. nevermoor Jul 29,2009 5:45 pm

    Why does Everidge have a squirrel taped to his chin?

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  7. salb918 Jul 29,2009 6:10 pm

    This brand of awesome better show up in Fenway tomorrow, when the wife and I play hooky to catch the game.

    • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 6:31 pm || Up

      Looks like I’m taking JP to the Giants game tomorrow (free ticket via work — actually a very cool client-sponsored event).

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 6:34 pm || Up

        Least. Informative. Page. Ever.

        Which of those events is happening tomorrow?

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • salb918 Jul 29,2009 6:37 pm || Up

          Given the age of the Giants roster, it’s gotta be the organ donation one.

          • andeux Jul 29,2009 6:42 pm || Up

            Ooh, I want the Bengie Molina Healthy Tips Poster

            TINSTAAFK
            • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 6:47 pm || Up

              He’s got a healthy pair of … tips.

              you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
              • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 6:50 pm || Up

                They should have gone with Kung Fu Panda (which, by the way, is probably the first good baseball nickname in decades)

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 6:43 pm || Up

            Funny, correct, but not necessarily accurate.

            you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
            • salb918 Jul 29,2009 6:45 pm || Up

              I realized the joke was more appropriate for 2005-2007 rosters, but I went with it anyway.

              • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 6:46 pm || Up

                Well, my point was more that age doesn’t necessarily correlate with organ need.

                you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  8. salb918 Jul 29,2009 6:15 pm

    Dinner/dessert roll call:

    -Chicken breast stuffed with bresaola and goat cheese
    -Garlic bread
    -Spinach salad
    -Squash
    -Pepsi + homemade mint ice cream, sans chocolate chips = pure awesome

    • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 6:21 pm || Up

      Boureki and water from the water cooler.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • salb918 Jul 29,2009 6:24 pm || Up

        ooh, that sounds delicious.

      • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 6:24 pm || Up

        You can get Greek food out of your water cooler?

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 6:27 pm || Up

          Such is the magic of law firms.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 6:25 pm || Up

      Stuck at work writing scripts for a promotional video. Pizza and espresso.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 6:26 pm || Up

        Funny, I’m pretty much doing script writing too (interview prep).

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Poppy Jul 29,2009 6:49 pm || Up

      Chicken sandwich and asparagus. And work.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • salb918 Jul 29,2009 6:54 pm || Up

        I cuss Cust, you cuss Cust, we all cuss Cust for asparagus aspersions against Cust.

  9. monkeyball Jul 29,2009 6:19 pm

    How in Ba’al’s name does “night on Baldelli mountain” generate ZERO google hits?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 6:25 pm || Up

      There are no unread F(IL)K’s, there are only unwritten ones.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  10. nevermoor Jul 29,2009 6:28 pm
    Jack Cust steals second base?!?!?

    ?!?!?!?!?
    ?!?!?!?
    ?!?!?!
    ?!?!?!?!

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  11. Poppy Jul 29,2009 6:51 pm

    Frickin’ Ellsbury. That slide looked like it hurt. I hope it did.

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  12. Poppy Jul 29,2009 6:55 pm

    What the fuck?

    E *8* not 9. Stupid scorer. Baby was calling for it, shouldn’t blame him.

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  13. nevermoor Jul 29,2009 6:57 pm

    Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. That’s J.D. Drew’s music.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  14. monkeyball Jul 29,2009 7:11 pm

    What would the opposite of a golden sombrero be called?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • mikeA Jul 29,2009 7:12 pm || Up

      nice to see him back to his old ways.

    • nevermoor Jul 29,2009 7:13 pm || Up

      Failure to launch?

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  15. salb918 Jul 29,2009 7:11 pm

    Ah yes, the ol’ 4-walk game.

  16. salb918 Jul 29,2009 7:17 pm

    Also notable: number of swings and misses for Cust tonight: 0.

  17. monkeyball Jul 29,2009 7:22 pm

    I care not for this giving up baserunners shit.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • monkeyball Jul 29,2009 7:24 pm || Up

      That’s better.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  19. nevermoor Jul 29,2009 7:31 pm
    Chou Chou!

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  20. FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 29,2009 7:33 pm

    Whoo hoo! Only thing better than an A’s win is an A’s win over Boston.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  21. salb918 Jul 29,2009 7:39 pm

    Woo-hoo! Gio Gonzalez better deliver tomorrow.

  22. monkeyball Jul 29,2009 7:43 pm
    CHOU DE TRIOMPHE!!

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Jul 30,2009 7:57 am || Up

      I covered that already.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  23. the dogfather Jul 30,2009 8:55 am

    Hey MB — got any pics of your little monkey in utero? There’s a gallery of beautiful distensions on sfgate, here..

    I think they need a few ultrasounds.

    The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
    • monkeyball Jul 30,2009 9:13 am || Up

      Ah, no, not from the exterior. Mrs. Monkeyball’s laser eyes burnt out the lens any time I pointed a camera in her directions during the term.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • the dogfather Jul 30,2009 9:26 am || Up

        Didn’t you have an ultrasound posted on whatchawhatcha Back in the Day?

        Hell, I posted a shot from ‘Junior’ and they accepted it.

        The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
        • monkeyball Jul 30,2009 10:15 am || Up

          Oh, ultrasounds I have — but the gist I got was they wanted baby-bump photos.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come

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