Many RAFs are probably at a pretty full looking O.co on a B E A utiful looking day. Hopefully everyone has the day off and is enjoying it. The Aces will have tri tip on the grill soon and grandma Aces famous potato salad is beginning to be made.
A’s vs Tigers. Im sure we have lineups. And it is a Shooty game. Ine more reason to be at the park.
Thread it up FKers
Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
Is there an available Shooty schedule? Id like to plan my games to miss…
Amen.
BOOBIES
Also, if any of our SF-based FKers have recently come into possession of a customized GoPed with a bunch of Gnats stuff all over it, Hunter Pence will willingly trade you a crappy bobblehead for it.
Also also, I’d really, really love it if JD would show a little patience now and then.
Seems like he took the advice.
A’s runz pls.
I feel like by belly button is suddenly going to pop out.
Me too!
We need to stop meeting like this.
People are going to get the
rightwrong idea.Nice going offense.
Nice battle, but JD and Yo, you owe Coco one…
Paid back in full, I’d say.
yeah, no complaints
just not RISPing whatsoever :(
Oh Jed!
MOSSUME
At least Moss is still awesome!
Wow.
MOSSSOME
_____!!!
!!! !!!
How !!! is he?
NEW GUY!
Welcome to Oakland, Mr Blanks
Wait, that’s not Larvell Blanks out there :O
Not hating the hat. Not liking the jersey.
Oh Tommy, that was pretty.
It helps that Rajai really isn’t very good. But yeah, that strickout of Jackson was very nice.
SEXY FEET
And of course, this is a reply fail.
FROZEN ROPE
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Incredible.
This is fun
Drew Smyly sure cures a lot of ailments.
Even better the fact is he’s a pretty good pitcher.
Staying high in the zone is not doing him a lot of good today.
Awe man, if that ball was on line he was out.
shut.up.shooty.
I’m giving the ESPN Radio national broadcast a try. Jim Bowden has ESPN Analyst Disease, thinks he has to fill every moment when the PxP guy (Roxy Bernstein today) isn’t talking.
Detroits not too bad, they are being pretty respectful to the A’s, haven’t heard a ‘scrappy’ or ‘pesky’ yet.
Seven total hits so far in this game. Coco’s single is the only non-extra-base hit.
fking Straily
I really really like this game so far, we needed this bad.
Thankfully, Blanks did not kill himself on that bat at the plate.
six nothing? oh man, we’ll never win this game…
well, we might win this game but we’ll never win the league… well, we might win the league but we’ll never win the series… well, we might win the series but we’ll never be truly happy.
(i’d rather be an eeyore than a tigger, i always say.)
OMFG. between the cammo and shooty and that guy who can’t stop talking through his mustache… i’m not sure i’m being an eeyore, or simply natural reaction.
duh: eyesore eeyore.
Tigger is an asshole, good call.
are those catching any part of the plate at all? (i’m not complaining.)
No.
Are they really going to bring Otero in to this game? That would not be smart…
I may need to reconsider my opinion of Milone, this 4 straight QS’s, perifs still look bad, but he’s comporting himself well out there.
So, odds on JJ in the 7th?
That guys pretty dirty.
I’m calling Knievel nickname in 5,4,3,2.
wait. did cespedes just underhand the return?
he did.
A) hey, that’s great. so strong.
B) STOP IT!! YOU’RE GONNA HURT SOMETHING!
He’s been doing that a lot lately.
Yeah, I’ve been seeing him send those to Casey Chavez all year.
wasn’t his mom a pitcher?
Olé
Thanks, Jed, that got Tommy out of the game.
Great job, Guns.
This game has put a Smyly on my mug :D
now you have Coke up your schnoz?
i mean, you know, from drinking it, and laughing…
Now I’ve got Ausmus all over everything :(
slamatuni.
DINO!!!!!
SLAM
Norris shaved. I am sad.
just trimmed.
Over/under on how many times Vince Cotroneo will say Tommy Milone’s name to him in the interview. What’s enabled Tommy Milone to turn the corner?It seems like when Tommy Milone takes the ball every fifth day lately, the A’s can count on Tommy Milone.
them wops like to stick together
It was Kyle Blanks, not Milone. Vince found several different and exciting ways to ask how his first AL HR felt.
Just once, I wanna hear the interviewee in that situation reply, “Well Vinny, I was a little wound up there at the plate, worried about the dismembered bodies in my fridge from that killing spree I went on last month and whether or not they will get freezer burn. But after that first blast, I could almost hear the exhalation of joy coming from my wife in the stands, knowing that since I finally hit one out she is safe from another savage, unwarranted beating this evening when I get home… after I stop along the way to snort blow and bang hookers, of course.”
oh. I just was saying Cotroneo would mention Milone a lot because I was being dumb.
and I saw your dumbness and raised you a paragraph of stupidity!
The A’s are very good are winning blowouts.
shutouts are the new walkoff.
i think i’m okay with this.
it works at home and on the road.
Pad that run differential all you want…. but please don’t get shut out on 3 hits for the rest of the series.
thank you, oakland!
Aaaand Gnats lose to the Cubbies, does it get any sweeter?!
+100
Rumor has it the A’s opponents are installing artificial turf ahead of their series against the A’s.
Nice win, bitches.
britches
thank you. we had a loverly time.
Except the fucking concessions.
Ran out of cooked hot dogs. 10 minute wait.
Ran out of lemonade
Shaved ice guy never came around.
every outing was at least a half inning.
Luckily iwas with 2 other adults and we were able to take turns
ryu… ‘nnati on ice?
it melted… turned into watered wine.
not so nice
Is anyone else finding chris young the pitchers success unsettling?
Geez, I go away for a few days and you guys get swept by the Blue Jays, WTF?
Vogt in AAA this year: .358/.397/.582
Just 16 games played because of the oblique injury but he’s been crushing it since he got back.
that’s great and all, but where to put him?
Gentry, Reddick, punto, sogard, blanks, callaspo
Can we figure out a way for him to replace both Punto *and* Sogard?
Craig Biggio
Cespedes -> SS
Lowrie -> 2B
Is he charming enough to talk Jimmy Rollins into waiving his no trade clause?
Supposedly Vogt is a masterful impressionist, so we could have him call Jimmy Rollins while pretending to be Ruben Amaro Jr., offer an extra $2 million from the Phillies for Rollins to waive, then stay quiet until the deal is done, at which point Rollins can sue the Phils and hilarity will ensue.
Still wouldn’t top Seattle’s bidding war against themselves.
it would take the forfeiting of 16 hits from Michael jack Schmidt to get the seal done
The A’s are paying 8.5 million to Sogard, Callaspo, and Punto and have gotten -.5 WAR combined from them. All three of them have been at negative WAR and I see little reason why at least one of the three shouldn’t be removed for Vogt.
Of those, the only one we don’t need for structural reasons is Callaspo (who never made any sense to me anyway).
Told y’all. This is happening:
Who?
At least Jeter is leading the balloting at SS, so this isn’t totally disorienting.
Also, are they all lining up to defend a direct kick in that picture?
They all seem to be protecting their chicken mcnuggets.
just to dispel old curses…
That seems like questionable defensive technique by Batigol.
right? hit it at him! either it’s a handball or it goes through.
makes you wonder how many photos theose guys have to take in spring training.
wait, are those photoshopped?
yes, they were layer-masked and drop-shadowed for the composition.
also, yes, trout’s shoulders don’t usually have the profile of a boa eating an elephant, and jeter doesn’t usually look like he’s borrowing rodney dangerfield’s shirt collar.
wow, I can’t stop looking at the trout one now
Oh, but it looks good on you, Jetes.
I stand corrected, there is a chance for donaldson
Wait, the Red Sox lost 10 straight?! I wasn’t paying attention! Do it again!!
Depends, are they playing the Yankees?
Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Cleveland. We’re clear.
Phew. And I particularly hope they get swept by the Clevelands.
Ahahahahaha
he didn’t even hit the bull.
He said his chakras are jammed and he’s having trouble breathing out of his left eyelid.
Almost. The correct answer is always “double”.
has anyone mentioned the 35,000 yesterday?
And only 10,000 hats
Not bad when MLB is screwing us by putting the Giants home at the same time. Jon Miller even commented on the impressive A’s crowd on Giants radio.
Tonight you have the Giants and U.S. Soccer across the bay. Get ready for concern trolling about people not turning up for Gray-Scherzer.
notARAMAK was not prepared
i guess the stick didn’t sell out.
It’s cool though, because we can hear every expletive Tim Howard is yelling.
games from argentina when they ban the fans are really lovely that way.
Dear god.
You can’t dispute this guy – he’s one of The Best Fans In Baseball™.
indeed
I hate Missouri. I’m an expert.
I was wondering how many people showed up at the hospital after honoring our fallen patriots on Memorial Day by using explosives to maim their fingers.
As a Tahoe resident I imagine you have your finger on the pulse of that phenomenon. So to speak.
Tell you what, if anybody brings fireworks up here for Fourth of July, starts a fire and gets shot for it, I’m a prospective juror who would acquit the shooter.
aha! turns out cards fans wear their classy on their sleeve.
Awesome.
I could imagine New Yorkers having something similar up until 2004 (dammit).