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Some of you FKers are there right now. Kay likely has Bob Melvin and the blog crowd in stitches, or perhaps safety pins and ballgags. Others like me are planning to meet up a little later to buy tickets without online screw job fees, and to drink beers without Aramarkups. Some early returns:

“CSN – Hiro Nakajima says he’s excited to be part of the #Athletics & contribute this year & you can expect jokes.”

See you all soon, in some way or another.

320 thoughts on “FanFestamagundi

  1. MikeV Jan 27,2013 11:32 am

    I assume they’re charging for parking?

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

    Thanks, and go As.

    • Englishmajor Jan 27,2013 11:44 am || Up

      No, it’s free!
      Lines are long…what else is new? JLaff and I bought batting practice jerseys at the memorabilia sale; they’re $30, the regular jerseys are $100…except Melvin, McCarthy, Suzuki, and Gomes….they’re $200. Phew!

      • MikeV Jan 27,2013 11:47 am || Up

        Oh I don’t wanna go in, I just want to go hang out in the parking lot.

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

        Thanks, and go As.

  2. beebo Jan 27,2013 11:45 am

    Let me just say this: I am really looking forward to reading Kay’s report later.

      • Poppy Jan 27,2013 2:35 pm || Up

        Ditto ditto!

        There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • Kay Jan 27,2013 9:42 pm || Up

      I’m looking forward to writing it later.

      My notes are in pretty decent shape, so I plan on waking up tomorrow morning, sucking back a pot of coffee and knocking the piece out.

      \"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. Englishmajor Jan 27,2013 11:49 am

    Melvin just said Kottaras was a “nice little player”. Nasty!
    We just forced Chris Young to Bernie.

  4. JamesV Jan 27,2013 11:52 am

    I’ve been watching it online.

  5. ptbnl Jan 27,2013 12:07 pm

    Meanwhile I spent the day with Goya, Velazquez and Picasso, but most of all in The Garden of Earthy Delights.

    Hieronymus was one weird FKer.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • brian.only Jan 27,2013 10:05 pm || Up

      Were you at the Prado?

      • ptbnl Jan 27,2013 10:19 pm || Up

        The Prado and the Reina Sofia.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • brian.only Jan 27,2013 10:39 pm || Up

          Lucky man, I only had just under an hour at the Prado, my travel companion got food poisoning from a street cafe, ugh.
          The El Greco’s are much more stunning in person than in reproductions.
          Huge fan of Goya, they had a good chunk of the Disasters of War etching out, amazing work.
          Sadly didn’t get to see the Bosch.

          • brian.only Jan 27,2013 10:40 pm || Up

            etchings*

          • ptbnl Jan 27,2013 11:06 pm || Up

            Yeah – 5 hours at the Prado, 3 at the Reina Sofia, and I’d only scratched the surface. So many things that were incomparably better than any reproduction I’ve seen.

            Interesting to see them back-to-back too. There was a Ponce De Leon self-portrait in which he has just crashed his car, is bleeding from the head and clutching some thorny vegetation

            and the resonances (and dissonances) with the classical crucifixion/crown of thorns imagery – like this stunning Velazquez –

            were that much sharper for having come from the Prado.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • DFA Jan 27,2013 10:27 pm || Up

        No Prado got traded to Arizona

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 10:29 pm || Up

          In the US, the Toyota Prado is actually the Lexus GX 470.

  6. Kay Jan 27,2013 12:21 pm

    Update – K’s wife here, K is having phone issues & if you happen to see my darling red-head somewhere around the ticket kiosk out side gate D, please be a dear and help out :)

    \"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 Jan 27,2013 6:13 pm || Up

      Lost in the FanFestamahubbub: Hi, Mrs. Kay! Please visit us more often!

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Future Ed Jan 27,2013 6:24 pm || Up

      If you see Kay?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  7. JamesV Jan 27,2013 12:33 pm

    Townsend says he’s going to have a lot more time to hang out with people in the parking lot.

    • Englishmajor Jan 27,2013 12:53 pm || Up

      He was looking at us….I told Lynn we’re going to need more booze.

      • MikeV Jan 27,2013 9:23 pm || Up

        Hi.

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

        Thanks, and go As.

        • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 9:26 pm || Up

          what about me? :P

          • Kay Jan 27,2013 9:29 pm || Up

            You’re a living breathing interdimensional hub.

            \"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
          • MikeV Jan 27,2013 9:32 pm || Up

            I love you but I gotta bring something better than Heineken ♥

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

            Thanks, and go As.

            • DFA Jan 27,2013 9:36 pm || Up

              this.

              And im her designated this beer is slightly warm drink it for me DFA

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 9:43 pm || Up

                well, if you brought your own beer…
                i wasn’t catering to anyone but myself. :P

                • MikeV Jan 27,2013 9:51 pm || Up

                  I brought my own beer but I drinked it all :(

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 9:51 pm || Up

                  you did not plan ahead!!! (still love you.)

                • MikeV Jan 27,2013 10:07 pm || Up

                  nah I only bought one pint. I didn’t plan on having a bunch to drink.

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • DFA Jan 27,2013 9:53 pm || Up

                  I didn’t drink today!

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 9:54 pm || Up

                  (still love you, too.)

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 9:56 pm || Up

                  I had 3 virgin rum & Cokes today.

                • YonYonson Jan 27,2013 10:03 pm || Up

                  Whoa, slow down there, Ozz.

                  "Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." — Satchel Paige
                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 10:20 pm || Up

                  I can quit any time I want.

  8. DFA Jan 27,2013 12:35 pm

    what time are poeple lotting it up

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 12:54 pm || Up

      I’m gonna hit the box office first, then be lotting it up by 2:30 or so, barring extra-slow ticket lines.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • DFA Jan 27,2013 1:02 pm || Up

        k

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • MikeV Jan 27,2013 2:29 pm || Up

          Here now.

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

          Thanks, and go As.

  9. Englishmajor Jan 27,2013 1:04 pm

    EN asked a good, serious question of the young pitchers….right after the woman who wanted to touch A. J.’s hair. AND HE LET HER.

  10. FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 1:09 pm

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  11. FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 1:11 pm

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • JamesV Jan 27,2013 1:34 pm || Up

      I still say he’s on his way to film something for Tarantino later.

    • Poppy Jan 27,2013 2:38 pm || Up

      So wait, does the CoFro speak now? Why’s he holding the mic up to it?

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 5:20 pm || Up

        It should speak! Cruising Twitter earlier I saw that Josh Reddick’s Mouthpiece had a Twitter account.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  12. JamesV Jan 27,2013 1:56 pm

    Laughing at Sal Bando’s meat market story.

    • 5Aces Jan 27,2013 4:57 pm || Up

      I give..what is Sal Bando’s meat market story?

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • JamesV Jan 27,2013 5:11 pm || Up

        If I remember it right there was a late-game situation where they got a runner on and Bando thought they should have bunted him into scoring position, but they didn’t and the team ended up losing with him making the final out. I believe he went into the locker room and told Alvin Dark he couldn’t even manage a meat market.

        The media was there, picked it up and ran it in the paper and Charlie Finley basically said, “Well, running a meat market can be tough.” Bando also heard from some owners of meat markets who sent in letters saying it’s not as easy as he thinks, etc.

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 5:22 pm || Up

          Alvin Dark was a bad man. And not in the good John Lee Hooker way.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • Soaker Jan 27,2013 7:19 pm || Up

            He made some dumb comments, but I think being able to pencil Willie Mays and Willie McCovey, and later Reggie Jackson, into his lineup eventually changed his attitude.

            What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
            • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 8:10 pm || Up

              Maybe. Always hard to judge people for the way they do or do not adjust their own beliefs as the world changes more quickly around them.

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 8:13 pm || Up

                i usually make a lot of dumb comments!

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 8:19 pm || Up

                  But anyone who sees or hears you for eight seconds gets that you’re a good person.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 8:22 pm || Up

                  it’s true. i am a good person. <3 thank you for acknowledging that.

              • dmoas Jan 27,2013 8:14 pm || Up

                Humanity is stubbornness.

          • DFA Jan 27,2013 8:11 pm || Up

            I know little about him. Why was he bad.

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • JamesV Jan 27,2013 8:19 pm || Up

              Based on what the people there said during the Q&A, the dynasty of the 70s was built more through things with Dick Williams and Alvin Dark was sort of supposed to just maintain it. Might be a Bob Geren equivalent.

              • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 8:23 pm || Up

                Geren wishes he inherited even a quarter of the talent Alvin Dark did.

                "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • Kay Jan 27,2013 9:30 pm || Up

              He was a late-to-reform racist and a pious religious fool.

              \"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
              • Kay Jan 27,2013 9:30 pm || Up

                I’m okay with being religious, of course, but being a pious fool is a faux pas.

                \"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
    • DFA Jan 27,2013 7:06 pm || Up

      You were there and I missed you? FK

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • JamesV Jan 27,2013 7:09 pm || Up

        No, I was watching things online. The A’s had the Q&As streaming.

        • DFA Jan 27,2013 7:28 pm || Up

          oh… cool

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • Kay Jan 27,2013 9:31 pm || Up

          I was wondering how your tweets were so darned relevant!

          They were showing them up on a screen during the Q&A sessions

          \"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 Jan 27,2013 9:51 pm || Up

            Heh, funny.

            The only time I saw them show anything on the screen was Doolittle’s tweet about not having a mic.

  13. FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 5:22 pm

    That was fun!

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 5:28 pm || Up

      love you guys and ladies. that was A-mAZing. i can’t wait to see you all again more often. i’m still tearing up thinking about looking out at our sweet little ‘gate and seeing all the smiling faces. <3 <3 <3

      • Englishmajor Jan 27,2013 5:44 pm || Up

        That was splendid. So good to see everyone!

    • Kay Jan 27,2013 9:31 pm || Up

      I just got home 45 minutes ago.

      \"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
  14. JamesV Jan 27,2013 5:46 pm

    Have they let Kay out of jail yet?

    • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 5:48 pm || Up

      Kay is a Goddess of the Greatest Magnitude! <3

    • Soaker Jan 27,2013 6:16 pm || Up

      I’m waiting for the news that Jarrod Parker blew out his ACL while pulling Kay off of N*** and will miss most or all of the season.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 6:20 pm || Up

        Not to spoil anything, but by Kay’s account she steeled herself and was duly decorous and not visibly hostile to **** as they crossed paths.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 6:23 pm || Up

          she was amazing. i am so proud.

        • Jennifer Jan 27,2013 6:24 pm || Up

          Damn. Now I’m disappointed.

            • Kay Jan 27,2013 9:35 pm || Up

              Me too a little.

              However, I can count all the transgendered sportswriters I’ve ever heard of with one hand and have enough fingers left over to pick both nostrils. I didn’t want to waste the opportunity pursuing a grudge which I no longer feel particularly bitter about.

              \"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
              • DFA Jan 27,2013 9:50 pm || Up

                I 100% agree with this. Let the rest of us kneecap him.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:04 pm || Up

                Well shit. If you want it put it like that, sure. So I guess what DFA said.

              • YonYonson Jan 27,2013 10:04 pm || Up

                Actually, there was one other, for a daily paper in a fairly major market… but… yeah, that story doesn’t end so well :-(. I can’t remember the name (or really anything else right now).

                "Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." — Satchel Paige
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 10:14 pm || Up

                  Christine Daniels, LA Times.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • andeux Jan 27,2013 10:19 pm || Up

                  Also Christina Kahrl of BPro

                  TINSTAAFK
                • YonYonson Jan 27,2013 10:26 pm || Up

                  Oh wow, did not know that.

                  "Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." — Satchel Paige
                • DFA Jan 27,2013 10:27 pm || Up

                  really? hun interesting

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • YonYonson Jan 27,2013 10:26 pm || Up
                  "Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." — Satchel Paige
                • Kay Jan 28,2013 6:54 am || Up

                  Christine Daniels was a victim of internalizing the gender binary. If she had found a position in between in which to be confident and okay with herself, she would have ended up a lot better off. Then again, she had little to no support from family, and pretty much got divorced and disowned.

                  I think my life’s work now is to get queers and heterosexuals to accept the spectrum approach to sexuality, as opposed to the binary approach, or 3-prong approach (gay bi straight) (male trans female).

                  Do you think straight people can handle subclassifications of their heterosexuality? Everybody’s attracted to different types. Why not subclassify?

                  \"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
                • ptbnl Jan 28,2013 6:58 am || Up

                  As long as it is neither discrete (as subclassification suggests) nor one-dimensional (as a spectrum suggests), but rather a multi-dimensional continuum it’s fine by me.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • Kay Jan 28,2013 7:31 am || Up

                  I may be saying this wrong, but I’m envisioning a non-discrete approach.

                  Imagine a same-sex attraction to opposite-sex attraction spectrum, divided into 100 points. Some people may have a very narrow attraction range that takes up 2-3 points. My attraction range would span 80-90 points.

                  \"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
                • Kay Jan 28,2013 7:36 am || Up

                  The data generated from 3 or more of these questions could be graphed in an infographic form (for human eyes).

                  \"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
                • dmoas Jan 28,2013 8:29 am || Up

                  Might be better to have two separate (independent) classifications. 1) Attracted to males 2) Attracted to females. Each with their own “100 point” scale. Those over 50% on both are bi. Those over 50% on their own gender but not on the other are gay. Those over the 50% on only the opposite are hetero and those less than 50% on both are asexual. Since it’s on a range, even if you fall into “hetero” that doesn’t mean there might not be an attraction/potential attraction to the same sex. Nor does it mean that you can’t even flirt with the idea, you’re just moreso/more often so attracted to the opposite sex. Or vice versa if you fall more heavily on the same sex scale.

      • JamesV Jan 27,2013 7:10 pm || Up

        Parker wasn’t there, so that’s not a problem.

  15. whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 6:24 pm

    i wish we were all still together right now.

    • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 7:24 pm || Up

      We are. Here.

      • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 7:25 pm || Up

        well, i guess that will have to do. for now.

        • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 7:48 pm || Up

          Some of us are hiding in the bushes outside your house.

          • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 7:49 pm || Up

            i looked, and you are not there.

            • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 7:50 pm || Up

              Maybe I have the wrong house.

              • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 7:52 pm || Up

                i’ll go look in the neighbors’ bushes. that sounds weird…maybe i won’t.

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 7:53 pm || Up

                  Whoever it i, their wi-fi is fast.

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 8:01 pm || Up

                  You’re welcome.

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 8:10 pm || Up

                  Dude, my porn has never loaded so fast.

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 8:11 pm || Up

                  ik,r? It’s crazy fast here, init? There’s moisturizer next to the kitchen sink if you need some.

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 8:15 pm || Up

                  Best. Host. Ever.

      • dmoas Jan 27,2013 7:49 pm || Up

        For a second there, I thought you were going to say Marshall.

  16. brian.only Jan 27,2013 6:24 pm

    Sorry I missed all you guys, I got there at 8:15 and froze my arse off for 2 1/2 in the shade waiting for tickets, never really thawed out and the endlessly bottlenecking crowds pretty much took the rest out of me.

    Really liked the energy from C Young, loved hearing Sal talk, and our bullpen looks like a really fun place to hang out.

    • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 6:29 pm || Up

      wth, brian. i am sad i didn’t get to see you today. FROWNING FACE. :(

      • brian.only Jan 27,2013 6:45 pm || Up

        Missed you too, I didn’t think it was going to be 36° in the shade, also, getting over being sick-ish so didn’t want to push it.
        Totally crashed out for an hour when i got home. :(

        • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 6:48 pm || Up

          you take care of you, and i hope to get together with you soon. sooner rather than later.

    • DFA Jan 27,2013 7:05 pm || Up

      You left without seeing me? Dick.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  17. Future Ed Jan 27,2013 6:28 pm

    Sorry I missed it. I thought I couldn’t make it, then I could, then I didn’t/

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 6:31 pm || Up

      i kept looking for you…

      • Future Ed Jan 27,2013 6:45 pm || Up

        I missed you giuys

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 6:48 pm || Up

          i kept thinking i saw you but when i turned around it totally was not you, or anyone who looked remotely like you

          • Future Ed Jan 27,2013 6:52 pm || Up

            as of 9 PM last night I was going. I got up late and did some other family thing today. Boys had fun. are super excited for the season.

            They don’t understand what happened to MCCarthy

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 6:56 pm || Up

              i don’t, either. still sad about that.

    • DFA Jan 27,2013 7:05 pm || Up

      You didn’t even come to see me? Dick.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  18. Future Ed Jan 27,2013 6:54 pm

    Thank god RBF day is a day game this year

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  19. nobody in particular Jan 27,2013 6:55 pm

    Great to see all of you today… I hope this season will continue the trend of blowing our minds clear out of our heads that was begun in 2012.

    Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
  20. ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 7:25 pm

    Man, I looked everywhere for you guys, but I couldn’t find a-one of you.

      • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 7:49 pm || Up

        It’s only a few more months.

        How’s Benito feeling?

        • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 7:51 pm || Up

          he is doing great! now the worry is that the antibiotics have worn off, but if he is doing as great as he is now in 5 days, we should be out of the woods.

    • Poppy Jan 27,2013 7:35 pm || Up

      Yeah, same here. I think they were hiding from us.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  21. ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 8:01 pm

    So I hear Addison Russell will be invited to ST? Mark my words, he’ll make the Opening Day roster and will be a 68 WAR player as a rookie. PL78 told me so.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 8:12 pm || Up

      Kay said that Melvin said Grant Green would get some spring training ABs also. So I’m penciling Green in for 47 WAR at least.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • DFA Jan 27,2013 8:12 pm || Up

      FYI High draft picks are pretty much always invited.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • JamesV Jan 27,2013 8:14 pm || Up

        Yeah, but he’s still just 19 and I got the sense they wouldn’t have invited him this year if he didn’t tear it up in his first time playing pro ball.

        • dmoas Jan 27,2013 8:20 pm || Up

          Age generally doesn’t matter much. Stassi was the same only less good.

      • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 8:16 pm || Up

        This quickly, though? And when they’re HS players?

        • dmoas Jan 27,2013 8:22 pm || Up

          It’s not like they’ll be looking at him to make the team. It’s mostly just to show him what he’s working towards. He’ll be one of the first guys moved out when they do their cuts.

          • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 8:26 pm || Up

            Oh, I know. But it seems like at least with the A’s, even high draft picks don’t get invited this early on. Might just be my perception, though.

            • DFA Jan 27,2013 8:44 pm || Up

              Your perception isn’t correct.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 9:29 pm || Up

                Always a possibility.

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:04 pm || Up

                  Probably the moisturizer sunscreen in your eyes.

                • DFA Jan 27,2013 10:09 pm || Up

                  I dan johnson’ed that for you

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:12 pm || Up

                  You missed the conversation where Oz was outside in my bushes.

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 10:22 pm || Up

                  Was? Past tense?

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:25 pm || Up

                  The conversation was, yes.

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 10:26 pm || Up

                  Ah. Ok.

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:34 pm || Up

                  There’s gatorade in the fridge if you need a pick me up.

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 10:35 pm || Up

                  When it comes to masturbation, you’re like a Boy Scout.

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:42 pm || Up

                  There’s no poison oak or anything out there, so you can use the leaves our there if you need to, you know, wipe things down. If that doesn’t work, there’s a bath room and TP downstairs.

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 10:49 pm || Up

                  You’re so thoughtful.

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 10:35 pm || Up

                  gross. what color?

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 10:14 pm || Up

                  yes.

                • Kay Jan 28,2013 6:56 am || Up

                  I want Dan Johnson in a RiverCats uniform by August 31st, and in an A’s uniform the next 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
                • colin Jan 28,2013 7:22 am || Up

                  But he only needs to have actual at-bats on September 29. Game 162 specialist!

                • Kay Jan 28,2013 9:25 am || Up

                  Agreed.

                  I just wanna make sure he gets the whole month’s prorated salary, so his family can have a nice offseason.

                  \"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
    • Englishmajor Jan 27,2013 9:01 pm || Up

      One of the memorable moments from the young pitchers’ panel came at the end, in response to a question about what they were looking forward to this season. Both Straily and Griffin said they were looking forward to going to major league spring training.

  22. ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 8:16 pm

    Does anyone actually watch the Pro Bowl?

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 8:21 pm || Up

      When I lived in Hawaii the teams practiced on my high school’s field, which is about a half mile from Aloha Stadium. It was pretty cool to see those guys up close.

      Not that they “practiced” very strenuously. Of all the stupid All-Star spectacles the NFL’s Pro Bowl is the stupidest.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Soaker Jan 27,2013 8:24 pm || Up

        The Pro Bowl is more-watched than the MLB All-Star Game. It’s proof that people will buy anything that has the red, white and blue NFL shield attached to it.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 8:27 pm || Up

          Amazing. And it’s less hyped, too.

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 8:42 pm || Up

          Wow, that’s astounding to me. At least with MLB and the NBA the idea of superstars facing each other one-on-one bears some resemblance to the regular sports they actually play. The NFL Pro Bowl is nothing like the real pro game. Same with hockey. Take of the hitting and effort and it’s not the same sport.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • YonYonson Jan 27,2013 9:56 pm || Up

          Weird. I’m a die-hard football fan. I’d be shocked if, collectively in my 26 years of life, I’ve seen more than 30 minutes of the Pro Bowl.

          "Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." — Satchel Paige
      • Poppy Jan 27,2013 8:24 pm || Up

        And now with bonus STUPID TIMING! Guaranteed to ensure that some of the best players will not be able to show up, as in not permitted to show up, as opposed to simply choosing to blow it off like some of them used to.

        There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 8:26 pm || Up

        Seems like the whole purpose is really just to give those guys a free trip to Hawaii.

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 8:46 pm || Up

          True story: One year my family was at Waimea Bay on the day before the Pro Bowl, and one of my younger brothers, maybe 10 y.o., spots Hollywood Henderson on the beach. He approached and asked for an autograph, to which Henderson answered “Shit no, I’m on vacation baby!”

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 9:31 pm || Up

            Jack ass.

            • andeux Jan 27,2013 10:21 pm || Up

              In retrospect that story is better than an autograph though.

              TINSTAAFK
              • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 10:24 pm || Up

                Totally.

                "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • doctorK Jan 28,2013 1:08 pm || Up

            Now, if your brother had offered him coke for his autograph…

      • DFA Jan 27,2013 8:45 pm || Up

        They should just make it a flag football game

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • dmoas Jan 27,2013 8:50 pm || Up

          Agreed. Padless too.

          • ptbnl Jan 27,2013 8:52 pm || Up

            I read that as “Paddles too”

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • Kay Jan 27,2013 9:38 pm || Up

              I’m down. Those boys’ve got big enough butts.

              \"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
            • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:06 pm || Up

              I can just imagine them running plays and defenders smacking the receivers in the ass with paddles as they run and the receivers giggling like school girls every time their ass gets slapped.

        • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 8:59 pm || Up

          can i play???

          • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 9:32 pm || Up

            No. You’d still tackle Gronk.

            • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 9:44 pm || Up

              i think i may have decided that he is too fragile. i will stick with my boy wilfork. i can’t hurt him.

              • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 9:47 pm || Up

                Maybe not physically. Maybe. But I’m sure you could break his little heart.

        • YonYonson Jan 27,2013 9:59 pm || Up

          There was a New England running back whose name escapes me at the moment who basically ended his career because he tore up his knee playing flag football during Pro Bowl week, I swear.

          "Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." — Satchel Paige
          • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 10:13 pm || Up

            omg. who was it. find out now.

            • andeux Jan 27,2013 10:24 pm || Up

              Robert Edwards. It was a flag football exhibition on the beach, or something like that.

              TINSTAAFK
              • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 10:26 pm || Up

                wow, i had no idea. and i don’t know who that is, so now i’m feeling doubly bad. (hey! missed you today!)

            • YonYonson Jan 27,2013 10:29 pm || Up
              "Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." — Satchel Paige
              • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 10:31 pm || Up

                stupid beach games.

              • DFA Jan 27,2013 10:32 pm || Up

                playing on a beech is a bad idea

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • DFA Jan 27,2013 10:32 pm || Up

                I remember watching it it was an ugly injury

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:39 pm || Up

                  I just watched a shitty version of it on youtube. You can see the knee bending to the left in a way a knee should never, ever bend. I won’t post the video, it’s… unpleasant just for that.

          • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 10:27 pm || Up

            To prevent such events in the future, they should all fly to Hawaii and then just play Madden. It would be about as exciting for home viewers anyway.

            • Poppy Jan 29,2013 2:17 am || Up

              Nah, Madden’s in pretty bad shape, I’d be afraid to watch.

              There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
              • ozzman99 Jan 29,2013 1:25 pm || Up

                Hehe, I’m sure he could take a couple of hits.

    • Poppy Jan 27,2013 8:22 pm || Up

      My mother watched today’s. I don’t know why.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 8:23 pm || Up

      i watched it once. then i cried. i never watched it again.

      • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 8:28 pm || Up

        I think as a kid, I watched it. And got bored.

    • dmoas Jan 27,2013 8:24 pm || Up

      The what now?

      • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 8:28 pm || Up

        Never mind. Go back to your porn.

        • dmoas Jan 27,2013 8:33 pm || Up

          Like I ever stopped?

          • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 8:36 pm || Up

            I FUCKING MISS YOU MATTY. WTH.

              • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 8:54 pm || Up

                please come to a game this year that i am at. seriously. it’s been a million years since i have seen you in person.

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 27,2013 9:03 pm || Up

                  At least you’ve seen him. From direct personal knowledge as far as I know dmoas is an ingenious spambot.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 9:05 pm || Up

                  he is sweet and snugly. this i swear.

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 9:35 pm || Up

                  I heard he smells like sardines, though.

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 9:44 pm || Up

                  he does not!

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 9:47 pm || Up

                  Rabbit turds?

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 9:49 pm || Up

                  NO. he smells like stars and shiny sparkly things.

                • ptbnl Jan 27,2013 9:54 pm || Up

                  Solar wind?

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 9:55 pm || Up

                  He broke solar wind.

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:08 pm || Up

                  THIS is SOOO true.

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 9:56 pm || Up

                  now i’m singing about the summer wind and wishing it were warm out.

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 9:57 pm || Up

                  Summer breeze makes me feel fine.

                • ptbnl Jan 27,2013 10:02 pm || Up

                  ” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:08 pm || Up

                  Woohoo!! I’m ingenious!!

                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 10:23 pm || Up

                  If Stephen Hawking ate me, I’d be in genius.

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 10:24 pm || Up

                  heh.

                • ptbnl Jan 27,2013 10:27 pm || Up

                  I’ve sat next to him at lunch, and you want no part of that.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • ozzman99 Jan 27,2013 10:32 pm || Up

                  If my flesh can nourish a great mind like that, I guess it’d be ok.

                • Kay Jan 28,2013 7:04 am || Up

                  ‘cuz it’s hard for him to eat, or ‘cuz the dinner conversation was condescending and/or less than sparkling?

                  \"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
                • ptbnl Jan 28,2013 9:15 am || Up

                  The former was what I was thinking of – lots of mush and drool.

                  There is essentially no conversation since it takes many minutes to get from thought to speech even when that’s all he’s concentrating on.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • Kay Jan 28,2013 9:26 am || Up

                  Ouch. I did not know that. Poor guy.

                  \"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
                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:29 pm || Up

                  If Stephen Hawking ate me, he’d have horrible, horrible gas.

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 10:31 pm || Up

                  NO! STARS AND SPARKLING THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:39 pm || Up

                  Only if you light a match…

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 10:49 pm || Up

                  don’t fuck with my fantasy, matty.

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 10:52 pm || Up

                  Wait. So you want me to put my pants back on???!!

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 10:53 pm || Up

                  sigh. maybe.

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 11:01 pm || Up

                  Hmph. Okay. But I’m going commando with my junk hanging out the fly if I have to put them back on.

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 11:02 pm || Up

                  i will get over it. i like the stars and sparkling things better.

                • dmoas Jan 27,2013 11:04 pm || Up

                  Well shit, witchy, those things follow you around everywhere you go.

                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 11:05 pm || Up

                  truth. but i like more.

                • ptbnl Jan 27,2013 11:09 pm || Up

                  100,000,000,000 stars in each of 100,000,000,000 galaxies in the visible Universe and you want more?

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 11:10 pm || Up

                  always.

                • ptbnl Jan 27,2013 11:14 pm || Up

                  OK – if we give you 10,000,000 times as many, so you have a hella stars, would that be enough?

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  23. whimsical witch Jan 27,2013 10:12 pm

    so something happened and i mis-Z-ed and missed the last 30 comments. if something required my attention, please let me know.

  24. Kay Jan 28,2013 9:27 am

    I’m about 60% done with my writeup of yesterday. It’ll be up before noon.

    \"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
  25. Glorious Mundy Jan 28,2013 9:59 am

    Stray FanFest thoughts:

    1. Reddick’s beard is gross.
    2. Griffin’s hair is not much better.
    3. The ovations for Reddick, Coco and Cespedes gave me chills. I felt sorry for Michael Taylor, who got the post-Reddick, polite golf clap response.
    4. Weeks and Sizemore were not there, but Grant Green was. Clearly, he’s being groomed as the starter at second base.
    5. Counterpoint to number 4: Michael Taylor was also there.
    6. Every locker in the clubhouse was empty except for Brett Anderson’s, who had an entire array of uniforms and related accessories hanging there. I would post a picture of his jockstrap, if I knew how to post photos from my phone.
    7. Brandon McCarthy’s nameplate is still on his locker. Sniff.

    • lenscrafters Jan 28,2013 10:17 am || Up

      Re 2nd base: Kelly Johnson might’ve been an interesting option there but he just signed with the Rays.

    • dmoas Jan 28,2013 10:23 am || Up

      I just re-read this as “Brandon McCarthy’s jockstrap is still in his locker. Sniff.”

    • ozzman99 Jan 28,2013 11:25 am || Up

      Re: 5. Doesn’t that pretty much sum up his career?

    • Englishmajor Jan 28,2013 1:37 pm || Up

      Re-Fixed this for you/you:

      1. Reddick’s beard is gross excellent appears to be inhabited by more than just Reddick. Paul Bunyan he ain’t.
      2. Griffin’s hair is not much better gorgeous, bouncin’ and behavin’, and definitely worthy of fans running on to the field to run their hands through it, except it’s already been done, so they shouldn’t.

      • Kay Jan 28,2013 5:42 pm || Up

        bouncin’ and behavin’

        I just about died laughing, where mere seconds before I had been crying (over something else unrelated). Thank you!

        \"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
        • Englishmajor Jan 28,2013 6:25 pm || Up

          One of those TV ads from my youth that’s deeply burrowed into my brain — although I don’t remember what hair product it was for, and I don’t believe I ever bought said product, whether on the basis of their ads or not. Does that mean it was an unsuccessful ad?

          • Kay Jan 28,2013 8:34 pm || Up

            Prell Shampoo, methinks (without looking it 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
  26. JamesV Jan 28,2013 10:01 am

    While Kay’s working on stuff, here are a few tidbits from Jason Wojciechowski:

    http://beaneball.org/1491.html

    Note the mention of Barton and his situation, some of Forst’s stuff, and more.

    • andeux Jan 28,2013 10:13 am || Up

      Good stuff there.

      TINSTAAFK
    • lenscrafters Jan 28,2013 10:16 am || Up

      The Gallego and Forst tidbits were definitely interesting. I’ll go ahead and predict that Cespedes makes his first appearance at short by June.

      • dmoas Jan 28,2013 10:17 am || Up

        I wouldn’t mind seeing him get some reps in spring training. See how he feels/handles it. The added depth there would be nice at the very least.

        • colin Jan 28,2013 10:21 am || Up

          I am just grinning ear to ear that someone in the A’s organization considers this an actual possibility.

          • nevermoor Jan 28,2013 11:01 am || Up

            If he gets 15 starts there… holy shit!

            [mumble mumble FANTASY DOMINANCE mumble mumble]

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • brian.only Jan 28,2013 5:01 pm || Up

              I tried to get Yoenis all offseason with no luck…
              Did manage Stanton though!

              • nevermoor Jan 28,2013 5:32 pm || Up

                I’m a proud owner of both in a deep long-term keeper. I’m actually somewhat nervous he’ll fall off a bit or hurt himself, but we’ll see.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • aardvark Jan 29,2013 6:30 pm || Up

                  If you are going to spend your entire FAAB on one play, you could have done worse.

                • nevermoor Jan 29,2013 8:07 pm || Up

                  Yeah. I feel pretty good about that call. This year I doubt I’ll make the same choice, but it was just too much value given how deep the draft went.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • aardvark Jan 30,2013 8:39 pm || Up

                  We felt similarly, but we weren’t willing to go all in on on Cespedes under the circumstances. We did spend all $40 off-season FAAB on Ryu. Hey, since nobody cares about or fantasy teams anyway, do you have a third baseman you can part with?

                • nevermoor Jan 30,2013 10:34 pm || Up

                  I saw that you guys won him, and someone else did the same with our favorite SS. I couldn’t decide how best to do it, but ultimately decided I had so much dreck, and there were so many B/B- prospects people missed, that turning over a number of players made more sense.

                  I just traded for Chisenhall, and I have two other young non-studs in Morel and Francisco that I was planning to pray for before I was able to swing Lonnie. Either of them would be pretty inexpensive, and both have upside. They could also underperform your current guy.

                  I don’t really have a ton of depth right now, though to the extent I do it is in the OF.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • MikeV Jan 30,2013 10:40 pm || Up

                  lookoutlanding.gif

                  I can never find it when I need it :(

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • nevermoor Jan 30,2013 10:47 pm || Up

                  You’re just jealous you aren’t in our league.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • DFA Jan 30,2013 10:59 pm || Up

                  twss

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • MikeV Jan 30,2013 11:15 pm || Up

                  there are a lot of leagues I’m not in.

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • nevermoor Jan 31,2013 10:26 am || Up

                  Sure, but including this one. [Burned]

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • doctorK Jan 31,2013 9:58 am || Up

                  Be my guest.

      • JamesV Jan 28,2013 10:26 am || Up

        Yeah, I left the Cespedes thing as a bit of a surprise. Also glad Gallego isn’t blowing smoke over what he thinks of Nakajima’s D.

  27. colin Jan 28,2013 10:23 am

    Good free article on BPro debunking the Verducci effect. I hope they are right, since both Parker and Straily made it on Verducci’s list this year.

    • dmoas Jan 28,2013 10:43 am || Up

      I’d like to see a pitch count version of the same analysis to see if there’s a line in there where you might see an effect. I think innings pitched is a horrible number to look at when two pitchers could throw the same number of innings but have significantly wider variance in number of pitches thrown. To lump them into the same category of injury risk would be kind of stupid if one threw well over a 1000 more pitches than the other.

      • colin Jan 28,2013 10:50 am || Up

        I’m sure that there is some effect — it makes too much sense — but I think the point of the BPro article is that it’s dumb for Verducci to be making specific predictions using a criteria that he pulled out of his ass.

        • andeux Jan 28,2013 10:54 am || Up

          Are they still pushing pitcher abuse points?

          TINSTAAFK
        • dmoas Jan 28,2013 11:09 am || Up

          I’d think Verducci’s failing is two-fold. 1) 30 innings is arbitrary and unscientific (which was proven in the article as false). 2) The focus is on the wrong thing. Pitches thrown (including warms up, including side sessions, including pre-game work, and possibly including breaking pitches v. fast balls as well as hard thrown v. soft thrown) should all be included in the focus if we’re to get a true measure from year-to-year where the impact is. Based on the numbers we record, as much sense that increased workload will have an impact, we’re just not collecting the necessary information to determine where that threshold would be. So any attempt by Verducci (or anyone else) right now to try to classify anyone as more at risk and someone else (aside from previous injury history) is folly and being pulled out of their ass. It was a good read to explain just how wrong he is.

  28. Jennifer Jan 28,2013 6:11 pm

    “Oh, you can pick whatever style of bridesmaid dress you want… except that one. Or that one. Here, we’ll get this one for you. Oh, and we know you only work one day a week, but we went ahead and scheduled an appointment for a fitting on that ONE day.”

    • Jennifer Jan 28,2013 6:15 pm || Up

      “It’s a summer wedding, but you’re wearing shit brown truffle, btw.”

      • Englishmajor Jan 28,2013 6:27 pm || Up

        If it’s really shit brown, can you repurpose it into scrubs after the wedding?

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 28,2013 7:09 pm || Up

        You make it sound bad, but I bet the gals in Bridesmaids wish they’d have been thusly attired on their fitting day.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Jennifer Jan 28,2013 7:17 pm || Up

          I am going to look like John Goodman wearing a burlap bag.

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 28,2013 7:31 pm || Up

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • Jennifer Jan 28,2013 7:33 pm || Up

              I should wear a headband.

              • ozzman99 Jan 29,2013 1:26 pm || Up

                And right before your brother says “I do,” shout “Shut the fuck up, Donnie!”

  29. FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 28,2013 7:37 pm
    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • brian.only Jan 28,2013 10:56 pm || Up

      Ack, just seeing Ann Coulter raises my blood pressure, ugh!

      • Future Ed Jan 30,2013 11:09 am || Up

        Just seeing Bruce McCullough makes my blood pressure something something

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  30. wacchampions Jan 28,2013 11:06 pm

    It was really great to see everyone and hang out in our “Spot” again, I cant wait for baseball to start so we can hang out more often and actually have games. 2013 is a new season, 2012 will never be replicated, but lets just keep doing what we do and keep the atmosphere that we have built going forever and ever!

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 28,2013 11:23 pm || Up

      Oh yeah!

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • sslinger Jan 29,2013 2:01 pm || Up

      It sure brought back a lot of great memories. Can’t wait to make more of them!

      (BTW, check your email)

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