Needing to win 2 of 3 to hold onto home field in the first playoff round, the A’s and Bartolo Colón are staring down His Royal Majesty Felix Hernandez — in his second start since spending 3 weeks on the disabled list — at Safeco tonight. Some FKers are up there, so for instance look for wacchampions in the stands handing out “Save Oakland Sports” signs to replace the little yellow ones the folks in the “King’s Court” are often seen to hold aloft. As if their monarch is any match for the Mayor of the Coliseum.
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CFÂ Co /Â 3BÂ Jo /Â SSÂ Low /Â DH Â Mo /Â LFÂ Yo /Â RFÂ Jo II /Â C Â Vo /Â 1B Â Barto /Â 2BÂ So
PÂ ‘tolo
M’s:
SS Brad Miller / RF Franklin Gutierrez  / 3B Kyle Seager  / DH Kendrys Morales  / LF Raul Ibanez  / 1B Justin Smoak   / CF Michael Saunders  / C Mike Zunino  / 2B Nick Franklin
P Felix Hernandez
fit for a King
Did you see that Fripp is putting together a new KC lineup, w/o Belew?
that’s what I linked to under the song
it was also part of the pun theme of the thread
I’m not counting on the Marlins to cling to a one-run lead over the Tigers in the 8th, but it’s possible.
Huh. Jhonny Peralta is actually playing left field.
Eric Wedge has just fired the Mariners.
I don’t think Jim Leyland cares much about home field.
Bartolo just gave a sweet smile and a cap tip to someone — I think it must have been our brothers and sisters. Looks like a beautiful Seattle evening.
Tigers lose.
Now the A’s just have to win 1 of 3, preferably this one.
Fuck yeah. We got this.
Coco says Take This Crown And Shove It.
at least straighten it out for him.
LOL at the THANKS on the field for Fan Appreciation Night. The fans seem to be celebrating it elsewhere.
Moss.
Embossed.
Moss again. Wow.
Like a BOSS!
ahem. MOSS IS BOSS!
hit “show” in that grayed out box on the top left corner of FK. then “+ new.” then invite me to your house.
thank you. i will get to it. (invited you on fb, fool! <3)
does that mean you’re dressing as mr T this year?
heh. i’m still in the pondering phase.
well that was pretty beautiful
35 pitches from Felix :)
Pitch one- 96 mph?
Is it going to be me and 5Aces for the playoff threads?
Well…not for the away games.
You bringing the chips or the dip?
Salsa? Also, right now I’m able to eat jello and rice.
FK I forgot. Sorry. Mrs. Aces went from gestational diabetes to gallbladder issues. For about a month she could basically eat nothing.
Unintentional weight loss! Whoo! My boobies are always the first to go. :-(
Mine always stay :(
Hubba hubba.
And my hope is that old NRAFs will let bygones be bygones and show up next week.
i don’t have any tickets
Boo/yeah!
Do you have a fan club? I would like to join.
i’m certain this is a reply fail.
It is not.
in that case, i believe this makes you the only member. hence president. and vice president. and secretary. and treasurer. (can i have $5?)
I’m the one who collects the dues.
I’m in, unless they schedule all the games while I’m working.
Hopefully some FKers will check in at the game and thread it up.
Texas pulls ahead 5-3.
I have this fantasy that either tomorrow or Sunday, with Texas’ post-season hopes on the line, Josh Hamilton rips a game-winning slam off of Joe Nathan, and as he tosses the bat, it clocks AssJack in the nutsack.
I can get behind this.
It’s lighter dirt, Fosse.
I dont like La Potencia leaving after 3.5.
He grabbed his elbow after a swing, let’s hope he’s okay.
Slegs go quietly.
why cespy so fragile-lay?
He’s Italian?
He has a week to get well, better now than next week.
still….sadness. give him the fucking cortisone. hell, they had all better just line up for that on the offdays.
Cespo: Sore right shoulder
95mph, 86 pitches in?!
FUCK. i didn’t like that.
I wonder how Wolff feels now that Selig has announced his return to Mordor.
Will things finally happen?
I’m imagining Selig trying to get into the Coliseum, and A’s fans standing on the BART bridge like Gandalf shouting “YOU SHALL NOT PASS”.
Selig—>John Jaha Cove
Ha!
I believe that would be FSU. Possibly Nobody.
<3
Holy shit, I honestly didn’t even know this was a meme!
Wow.
who made it? i want to share.
Unless Em is crafty and quick, no idea.
I made it. That’s why it took me 15 minutes.
may i share with credit to you?
You win the weekend, good job!
Do you want me to put it on FB?
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS please
Ditto!
Mouthguard sighting = Insurance Rally Power!
indeed.
Dino!
BOOM
I am pretty sure that was Bryan jumping up and down in the LF bleachers as that ball left the yard, no?
bry said on fb they are in lf?
in RF, I think.
oops, meant to write that. LF. sorry. mac n cheese on the brain.
RF. RF. RF. too much pasta…..
wth. it’s been a shitty week.
I’ll have to rewind. So far Comcast seems to have found every A’s fan in the stands except our various friends.
it’s beyond bizarre. g is watching every minute for us. (i’m radio gal)
Seems to be more than a few, also the place looks even less attended than the Coli circa 2010, it’s Friday night even.
dino! lumberjack! leonides! what else are we calling you? pretty, pretty!!!
Callaspo has really grown on me, huh.
This. And I was sure I would not be saying that.
right??? he needs a new nickname for ps.
I yell out “Berto” at games, yes, need something clever.
Cookie @ 97, I’m thinking their gun is a bit hot?
Keep it coming Cook, looking good.
Cook gets through in one piece, but Im nowhere near saying he is fixed.
FIX HIM!
I will try-iiiii and fix you.
Tears streaming down ypur face!
He was actually throwing strikes today, that’s a big change.
Ugh – all this Mariano Rivera stuff is killing me. The season that Jeter decides to retire, I’ll probably spend the summer counting trees in Siberia.
Oh jeez, just thinking about it…
And some toothless old lady in a headscarf and apron will come up to you in the middle of the taiga and say “Americanski? Ah….Derek Jeter, do svidaniya.”
lol
Then she will pull off all her clothes in one motion, like Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun, only instead of being naked she will be outfitted head-to-toe in full #2 Jeter uniform, pinstripeski.
(then she will present Mariano Rivera with a navy blue and white “NY”-engraved borscht spoon)
You will not be alone.
Eric Wedge is determined to extend his tenure with as many mid-inning pitching changes as possible.
I love you guys.
Same to you with bells on!
Ken starts talking about Hatteberg; first baseman wearing #10 gets a hit.
Man, who had Cleveland winning *90* games?!?
IKR, not much to smile about for them since Sizemore and Lee, I’m really pulling for them to stymie Texas!
And Boston!
A’s/Indians in the ALCS!
Do you REALLY want that much disharmony in your household? (heh)
It would be so much fun. Plus, a team I like in the WS either way
I’ll root for Cleveland as a backup favorite someday in the future after they change their name.
Hopefully your wife would still root for the Cleveland Spiders.
I’m sure she would. Though she’s only an Indians fan because her dad got into baseball in 1954 when the Indians played the Giants, and had seen an Indian but never a Giant.
My view of the racist-mascot wars is that there is definitely a line, but it should be drawn between non-judgmental names (Indians, Seminoles) and judgmental ones (Redskins).
Yeah, I’m ok with the name, but they need to ditch Chief Wahoo.
Agreed. And, to their credit, they are taking steps in that direction.
Soooooort of.
Yeah, sorry, as long as that grotesque logo is still used on any official team sanctioned gear whatsoever they get no credit from me. There are many things where organizations deserve appreciation for incremental change. The use of a racist cartoon is not one of them.
It really doesn’t help hearing Ray talk about how much he loves it too. Ugh. I just want to smack him every time.
Replace him with a guy in a turban and maybe we’ll have something.
The Braves, Indians, and Chiefs can stay if the Redskins change their name to the Washington Whiteys.
It has a nice ring to it. They’d have to change their colors though.
I’ve got a Washington Rednecks hat. It gets mixed reviews around town.
OMG.
some guy, flying with his two pree-teen children, on the plane JFK –> OAK, was wearing a teeshirt that on the front had fake farsi script that said “infidel.” on back, “martyr is just a fancy word for bad fighter.”
unbelievable.
Yikes! That’s really stupid. Like criminally negligently stupid.
I actually thought it was funny. Oh, wait, I thought it said “farter is just a fancy word for bad fighter.” Nevermind.
It would increase the harmony in my household, though my wife will be in a funk for at least a week
ifwhen the Red Sox get knocked out.I’d be fine if Doo was the closer if anyone was wondering, aside form the few crappy appearances a spell back, he’s been quite impressive.
He’s taking over when balfour walks.
So barring disaster, it’s a Friday game, probably in the evening.
Dodgers on the road all but guarantees the late game.
Man, if Ibanez had anything resembling a normal aging curve in his twenties, he’d be closing in on 3000 hits and 500 home runs.
95!
Woohoo!!!
seriously! :D
Nice bin, witches.
<3 !
a photo of the coliseum on the front page of the NYT online. and you can almost see the A’s logo. …yadda yadda yadda about the amanda blumenherst, wife of freiman, and golf.
It’s sweet.
With the Tigers throwing three righties, they might have time for a quick jaunt to Asia before the ALCS.
The Rangers and Angels are both wearing red tops today. There must be a rule against that.
Kind odd too that each team elects to wear a heavier color an 80+ degree day in Arlington.
AngeLOLs – three errors in the first two innings, four total.
TB better get in gear, c’mon boys!
Seeing some grumblings on Twitter (courtesy of Josh Dubrow) that TBS is likely slotting the A’s into the 5:30 PM PST window for next Saturday.
Why?