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179 thoughts on “146 – octahedral FTW (spoiler: not)

  1. Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 11:58 am

    If we ignore them, they can’t hurt us.

    • AV Sep 11,2014 12:00 pm || Up

      oh shit. company! [stops farting]

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 12:04 pm || Up

        Company, you say?

        So here’s to the girls on the go–
        Everybody tries.
        Look into their eyes,
        And you’ll see what they know:
        Everybody dies.

      • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 12:10 pm || Up

        (It still smells funny in here.)

  2. sslinger Sep 11,2014 12:02 pm

    Could we just start games in the fourth inning? We know the A’s aren’t going to do anything good before then anyways.

  3. 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:12 pm

    Playing hooky today and it is a day of terrible firsts:

    -People really listened to Chris Russo? I caught 10 minutes of his show on MLB to her the Slustress and he is AWFUL. Just loud and stupid.

    -People listen to Hawk? Man I miss me some Glen and Shitty.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 12:15 pm || Up

      Chris Russo is terrible on his own, but together with Mike Francesca he was…still terrible, but in a good way. You’ll have to take my word for it.

      • 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:18 pm || Up

        2 crap things that taste less crappy together..got it.

        He wanted to go out of his way to say Gergerson blew the game last night. SuSlu didnt get into the why but told him he did his job. Russo then spends like 3-4 minutes after she is off screen saying “didnt he give up the single..i thought he gave up the single. yeah he gave up the single.”

        It made me immediately go and take a nap for like 2 hrs.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • James V. Sep 11,2014 12:27 pm || Up

          General idiocy like that just can’t be helped.

        • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 12:28 pm || Up

          He’s loud, he has a terrible voice, and he is invariably ill informed about the topic on which he blusters. And yet, when you put him in the studio with Francesca, and he was this little gnat buzzing around and taking the piss out of that giagantic pompous windbag, it just worked.

          The weirdest thing about Russo is that he is super New York, yet he roots for the Giants. I guess his family stuck with them after they moved west or something. That made him one of the few people on the radio in New York that wasn’t completely in the bag for the Yankees, so I appreciated him a little bit more for that.

  4. FreeSeatUpgrade Sep 11,2014 12:17 pm

    Is it possible this game will never end because no one can score?

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:19 pm || Up
      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 12:21 pm || Up

      We have the power to freeze time the playoff race!

      • dmoas Sep 11,2014 12:25 pm || Up

        It look 3 days for those two teams finish that game in Japan. We’re professionals, I say they can make it last a full week at the least.

        • sslinger Sep 11,2014 12:29 pm || Up

          A cricket test match, just what Ed is dying for.

          • Future Ed Sep 11,2014 7:57 pm || Up

            the A’s would never score any runs

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
  5. Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 12:17 pm

    I see you’re saving your redemption for later, Fries.

  6. 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:27 pm

    Collapso can’t even sit with the bat on his shoulder for the good of the team for 3 pitches.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 12:29 pm || Up

      Gotta get that bat in the lineup tho.

  7. 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:28 pm

    I think they all need to shave all of their body hair. The complete opposite of what anyone else would do for a playoff run .

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  8. AV Sep 11,2014 12:28 pm

    coco shoulda ran into that fielder on the base path and called for interference.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  9. Soaker Sep 11,2014 12:32 pm

    Somebody call the coroner please.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  10. AV Sep 11,2014 12:32 pm

    that’s dial c’s buddy. good going dial c. jerk.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  11. 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:32 pm

    I think I have officially moved into acceptance.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • AV Sep 11,2014 12:36 pm || Up

      would you trade 2 denials for that acceptance? (i’m still bargaining.)

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:38 pm || Up

        At least you weren’t angry when you asked, I wouldnt know what the F to do then.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 12:42 pm || Up

      I’m delaying acceptance with a pungent mixture of willful ignorance, irrational hope, and old fashioned stubbornness

  12. 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:33 pm

    I swear we have had about 20 balls end up 5 ft from the wall and our opposition has had 25 5 feet over it.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 12:40 pm || Up

      Feels like the hardest run of bad luck. The kind of bad luck where you can picture the worst-case scenario and it will find a way to happen. That insidious, self-fulfilling prophecy, writing “hate” on the side of the water bottle kind of bad luck that gives ominous weight to cliches like “you make your own luck.” The tangible kind of bad luck that emanates from every pore in the luck-cursed stadium. That Jim Johnson luck.

      But here’s another cliche about luck: luck always changes. And maybe saying the word luck this many times in a post can start that!

      • 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:43 pm || Up

        I actually am now ready for the slegnA to win out. I hope we can take 1 or 2 from them, but I really dont want them to collapse. They need to stay red hot through the end of the regular season. They have clearly taken our traditional role and I want them to keep it up right to their ALDS game 5 loss. Meanwhile we can be that team that careens into the playoffs and then makes noise.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • Kay Temple Kirk Sep 11,2014 12:53 pm || Up

          Interesting perspective…

          \"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 Sep 11,2014 12:56 pm || Up

            We’ve entered a mirror universe.

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • bear88 Sep 11,2014 7:14 pm || Up

          I want slegnA to win now so they don’t care during the matchup later this month.

  13. 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:40 pm

    A fist fight. They need to have a fight. Preferably a pitcher going off and then the whole team starts to brawl. Maybe right after the shaving.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 12:41 pm || Up

      Razor fight!

    • AV Sep 11,2014 12:42 pm || Up

      tried it. pitcher on DL. chair won.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  14. Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 12:41 pm

    It feels like we’ve been in a 45-day Vince Inning.

  15. Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 12:43 pm

    Just think how awesome it’ll be when this all turns out to have been a bad dream

    • 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:52 pm || Up

      Good morning!

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 1:04 pm || Up

      We awake to find out that the A’s were contracted in 1999.

  16. sslinger Sep 11,2014 12:46 pm

    Effing GBA…

  17. dmoas Sep 11,2014 12:47 pm

    Based on the comments I was expecting the score to be 10 – 0. But with this team, 1 – 0 seems about the same.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 1:03 pm || Up

      Well the A’s were being one hit too. But not any more!

  18. 5Aces Sep 11,2014 12:53 pm

    “Not really known for his defense” Thanks Hawk. But we really need that bat…

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  19. AV Sep 11,2014 1:02 pm

    i’m sad the lola glaudini looking chick behind right handed batters is done eating her nachos.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  20. vignette17 Sep 11,2014 1:02 pm

    So I don’t recall us losing on a balk this year. How about fan interference costing us something? What about not getting out of the way of HBP getting called a ball instead?

    We can come up with some creative ways to lose by a run, can’t we?

    • AV Sep 11,2014 1:04 pm || Up

      do believe there was one fan interference in reddick’s area earlier in the year.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 1:05 pm || Up

        Well that would explain the redness.

  21. Kay Temple Kirk Sep 11,2014 1:05 pm

    The Eeyorism and sense of dread that the team and fans feel right now is totally cockblocking the win juices from flowing.

    Using group binding spells to block those energies has too many unwanted residual effects on the casters and castees.

    However, a targeted shielding spell specifically cast on the Ma (the spacetime between the ball leaving the pitcher’s fingers and hitting the bat or strike zone) could have the same core effect without the pesky side effects.

    \"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
  22. 5Aces Sep 11,2014 1:06 pm

    Dont worry guys-Alberto is about to put the team on his back.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • vignette17 Sep 11,2014 1:07 pm || Up

      Where does he plan on taking us? Third place?

      • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 1:10 pm || Up

        Third place is almost within his range, but not quite yet.

        • vignette17 Sep 11,2014 1:12 pm || Up

          Callaspo has some sort of range?

          • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 1:13 pm || Up

            Oh sure. Comedy, tragedy…he can run the gamut.

            • Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 1:14 pm || Up

              Callaspo dives, but the joke lands just short!

    • vignette17 Sep 11,2014 1:08 pm || Up

      I’m not watching. Is there a reason Burns hasn’t even attempted to steal in this situation?

      • AV Sep 11,2014 1:09 pm || Up

        he knew callaspo’d walk.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 1:10 pm || Up

        There were a lot of pickoff attempts?

  23. AV Sep 11,2014 1:10 pm

    come on, coco. come on.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  24. vignette17 Sep 11,2014 1:10 pm

    I could have sworn Gameday had Sale’s ERA at 1.99 and it now says 2.06. Is it a sign?

    • vignette17 Sep 11,2014 1:11 pm || Up

      And now it’s back to 1.99.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 1:12 pm || Up

      At least he’s at 110 pitches

      • 5Aces Sep 11,2014 1:15 pm || Up

        A different pitcher to face the heart of our lineup. It can’t be bad. We have gone through this pattern with this guy before.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 1:18 pm || Up

          Our lineup has a heart? Is it beating?

          • doctorK Sep 11,2014 1:22 pm || Up

            badly needed:

          • 5Aces Sep 11,2014 1:25 pm || Up

            I was going to, but I am so tired of feeling negative. I am going to try to leave those in my mind.

            Dont know if I will succeed but will try.

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • AV Sep 11,2014 1:13 pm || Up

      3.5% sales tax.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  25. doctorK Sep 11,2014 1:19 pm

  26. andeux Sep 11,2014 1:23 pm

    TINSTAAFK
  27. Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 1:23 pm

    LET’S GO

  28. 5Aces Sep 11,2014 1:27 pm

    LNP gonna give us TWTW.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 1:27 pm || Up

      Calling a ball in the gap, LNP re-tears the hammy rounding third.

  29. Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 1:29 pm

    You can put it on the board: This is embarrassing.

  30. doctorK Sep 11,2014 1:29 pm

    Ah, the hell with it. I give up.

  31. Soaker Sep 11,2014 1:31 pm

    It’s no longer just an El Foldo, it’s become a Death Spiral.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Thunderbutt Sep 11,2014 7:27 pm || Up

      There is always a score.
      • Soaker Sep 11,2014 7:40 pm || Up

        Blah, I thought my coroner comment at 12:32 was more deserving because it came trailing 1-0 in the 6th, not after the final out.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  32. nevermoor Sep 11,2014 1:31 pm

    Maybe all the other teams will also stop winning. Then we would make the playoffs!

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  33. Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 1:31 pm

    Neat

  34. Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 1:32 pm

    Our run differential remains boss though.

    • AV Sep 11,2014 1:52 pm || Up

      one-run difference remains loss though.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  35. FreeSeatUpgrade Sep 11,2014 1:36 pm

    I’m still keeping my October calendar open, I don’t care what you all say.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • AV Sep 11,2014 1:45 pm || Up

      zombie A’s will be a big hit at halloween parties.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • 5Aces Sep 11,2014 1:50 pm || Up

      I am getting some money to make sure whatever Oct plans I can come up with are possible.

      It makes me upset and sad to hate. I have been in a spiral for about a month with this shit. I’m done I hope. I’m watching every game I can, and I will joke about good and bad. I would have done that in 2010 and 2011 when we were bad and were not close to winning. I can do it now when every game we are about 1 play from it.

      To add to the 2010 vibe..”What? Is Billy’s soccer team doing real good so he cant be bothered to figure out what we need???”

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • Jennifer Sep 11,2014 1:53 pm || Up

        You FKers make it okay.

      • AV Sep 11,2014 1:56 pm || Up

        6-11-9 for a 1.038 pts/game avg. in a real league, they’d be fighting relegation. but hey, at least they’re not chivas USA.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Sep 11,2014 2:00 pm || Up

        Among the other hopes and dreams that’ll be ruined if the A’s complete the Full Collapso are my plans to have my brother and brother-in-law both fly out for the World Series.

        Despair and gnashing of teeth notwithstanding, the absolute truth is that the A’s could lose every one of their remaining games and I would still badly miss baseball as soon as the season was over.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  36. lenscrafters Sep 11,2014 1:45 pm

    Oh look. We lost.

  37. Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 1:53 pm

    *anxiously waits to see who will win the Golden Eeyore*

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Sep 11,2014 1:56 pm || Up

      Heh heh. I’ve been enjoying the Golden Eeyore a lot.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • AV Sep 11,2014 1:58 pm || Up

      lithuania is never gonna pull this out. NEVER!

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Sep 11,2014 2:04 pm || Up

        Big game for Klay, looks like.

        As it happened, I was lunching with hopeful future Warrior James Michael McAdoo and he was keeping an eye on this gamecast while I tracked the A’s game. Guess which one of us was happier?

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 2:08 pm || Up

          Nice! What’s the scouting report on him?

          • AV Sep 11,2014 2:11 pm || Up

            he’ll be paying $2.5–3K rent on a bright, modern 1 bedroom with a big living room.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • FreeSeatUpgrade Sep 11,2014 2:16 pm || Up

            Incredibly nice guy, easy to talk with. He’s friends with my brother from Virginia Beach. He’s working hard at the practice facility every day, says it seems like the Warriors like him and that there could be a power forward roster spot open, but hard to know what the W’s brass thinks. If he doesn’t make the opening roster he’ll probably go to the Santa Cruz D-League team.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 2:19 pm || Up

              I hope he’s working on his corner 3s. If he can hit those and defend power forwards, he’ll have a spot on this team. Especially if that other Tar Heel we have doesn’t bounce back.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 2:04 pm || Up

      You just used the word ‘win’ without the words ‘never’ and ‘again’, so I think that disqualifies you

      • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 2:09 pm || Up

        I’ll never win one in this crowd. You could split dmoas in half and have two eeyores.

        • Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 2:11 pm || Up

          A real Rickey of Eeyoring

        • Dial C for Concupiscence Sep 11,2014 2:14 pm || Up

          Besides, why would you want to win? Billy has apparently decided that winning is uncool, and we know he’s always ahead of the curve

        • dmoas Sep 11,2014 2:17 pm || Up

          Um… tagline?

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Sep 11,2014 2:17 pm || Up

          Awesome line.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • lenscrafters Sep 11,2014 2:09 pm || Up

        At least someone will be doing some winning around here.

        • dmoas Sep 11,2014 2:17 pm || Up

          Hey, the A’s won today. At outsucking!!!

  38. vignette17 Sep 11,2014 2:20 pm

    So we had three innings with the leadoff man on. The three runners were Crisp, Burns, and Fuld. And we attempted to steal exactly 0 times. Sweet.

    • andeux Sep 11,2014 3:03 pm || Up

      Well, lefty starter. And the league is 4 SB – 4 CS against him this year. (19-2 last year. I have no idea what the difference is.)

      TINSTAAFK
      • Glorious Mundy Sep 11,2014 3:16 pm || Up

        If we’re going to build our offense around guys like that, though, it seems like we need to push the issue more. Fuld running in the ninth would have been especially nice.

  39. dmoas Sep 11,2014 2:29 pm

    So the way I see it, there’s a HUGE *IF* for us making the playoffs. Hell, we could be completely out of it by week’s end. BUT, if we DO make the playoffs (somehow) and do survive the play-in game (someway), it’s World Series or Bust… literally. Cause, you know, if we don’t win it all, it’ll have been a bust.

    [Puts away Captain Obvious Cap]

    • Kay Temple Kirk Sep 11,2014 4:08 pm || Up

      The thing that sucks though is that for most fans, the thing that facilitates being a fan (caring about how a team does) is also the same exact thing that makes it miserable to be a fan (caring about how a team does).

      As crazy as this may sound, I think we need to re-engineer sports so that most teams win most of the time.

      Add up the aggregate records of the teams in the MLB markets, and they add up to .500. It’s a damned shame that the biggest cities in our country have to suffer so many losses. Those losses should be borne on the backs of small- market (or better yet) no-market teams. I say we expand MLB to 40 teams, but make the 10 expansion teams play 100% road games and ban them from the draft and free agent markets. Plus, allow the 30 “real” teams to draft players from the “shadow 10” at the end of every season, to keep the road teams shitty. With a schedule like that, each team will have 100 home games rather than 81, and almost all the terrestrial-based teams will play better than .500 ball.

      \"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
      • andeux Sep 11,2014 4:30 pm || Up

        100% road games

        That kind of setup is guaranteed to result in Communist infiltration. Right GM?

        TINSTAAFK
        • Kay Temple Kirk Sep 11,2014 5:47 pm || Up

          That and recalls, yes.

          \"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 Sep 11,2014 4:45 pm || Up

        Alternate proposal: Teams from the City of Boston lose 100% of their games, allowing everyone else to have winning records.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • dmoas Sep 11,2014 4:55 pm || Up

          That’s not fair. Add teams for NY, SF, LA, and Texas to that as well.

      • Soaker Sep 11,2014 4:46 pm || Up

        College football has done just what you are suggesting. I believe there are 38 bowl games this year, 128 teams in FBS, and 6 wins needed to qualify for a bowl game. So how do you ensure that 76 of 128 teams get 6 wins, when everybody plays a 12-game schedule? By scheduling games against the undermanned non-FBS teams! Cal beat up on Sacramento State this past week, so if they go 5-6 in their other 11 games, they are bowl-eligible.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • dmoas Sep 11,2014 4:54 pm || Up

        Yeah, but we’d still be swept by those 10 shitty expansion Washington Generals teams right now. And it would feel even worse.

        • Kay Temple Kirk Sep 11,2014 5:46 pm || Up

          But think of how awesome it would be once a decade or so when one of those teams actually makes the playoffs!

          \"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
  40. bear88 Sep 11,2014 7:06 pm

    I just tracked the game. Wasn’t expecting much. Got a better start than expected. That’s about all.

  41. Jennifer Sep 11,2014 8:21 pm

    I feel like Lounging.

    • AV Sep 11,2014 9:10 pm || Up

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  42. lenscrafters Sep 11,2014 8:23 pm

    Yikes. Stanton was hit in the face. Headley was hit in the mouth. And CY2524 hit a walkoff 3 run homer down 2 in the 9th.

    • vignette17 Sep 11,2014 8:27 pm || Up

      You sure it didn’t go 2 feet foul?

      • Future Ed Sep 11,2014 8:28 pm || Up

        less than that

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • lenscrafters Sep 11,2014 8:30 pm || Up

        Not for the Yankees.

        I miss last year, when CY25’s terribleness/unluckiness was basically the extent of our problems.

    • nevermoor Sep 12,2014 10:23 am || Up

      My fantasy team was geared up for a strong playoffs run. Stanton and Davis providing the dingers, Altuve/Posey the OBP, and some solid pitching to pip one or two categories.

      Since bad things come in threes, I’m hoping who ever else gets knocked out can come back ok next year.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Future Ed Sep 12,2014 2:32 pm || Up

        please tell me its king felix

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • nevermoor Sep 12,2014 3:03 pm || Up

          Don’t have him. So that would break the “all bad news has to screw me out of the playoffs” rule.

          Maybe Andrus could get caught stealing 4 times tonight though. That’d do it.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  43. Jennifer Sep 11,2014 8:32 pm

    Or not. Got trapped in Google maps.

    • AV Sep 11,2014 9:10 pm || Up

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  44. colin Sep 12,2014 6:07 am

    I’m cherry picking the endpoints, but over the last 10 games, the A’s have a +8 run differential but are 3-7. They are putting on a clinic in how to underperform Pythag.

    • dmoas Sep 12,2014 6:28 am || Up

      I’m cherry picking the endpoints, but over the last game, the A’s haven’t scored at all. This leads me to believe that they may never score again.

      • colin Sep 12,2014 8:25 am || Up

        This directly contradicts your next comment.

        • dmoas Sep 12,2014 9:11 am || Up

          Technically, that contradicted my previous comment. But I like to change my mind when I’m joking.

          • nevermoor Sep 12,2014 10:24 am || Up

            Just as long as you don’t mind my jokes when you’re changing…

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  45. dmoas Sep 12,2014 6:30 am

    I may be drunk or just wake up groggy, but I’m predicting an A’s sweep this weekend.

    • James V. Sep 12,2014 6:37 am || Up

      Yeah, I could easily see the Mariners sweeping them.

      • Jennifer Sep 12,2014 8:47 am || Up

        @Matt I’m fairly certain you don’t drink.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Sep 12,2014 9:04 am || Up

        You realize only one Golden Eeyore gets awarded per game thread, right?

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • James V. Sep 12,2014 9:47 am || Up

          I don’t need it.

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Sep 12,2014 9:54 am || Up

            Good attitude. You play for the love of the game, not the trophies.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • dmoas Sep 12,2014 9:59 am || Up

              We need a Golden Tigger and Golden Pooh Bear.

              • nevermoor Sep 12,2014 10:25 am || Up

                I’d settle for runs.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • dmoas Sep 12,2014 10:34 am || Up

                  Oh, those are easy to get. Hell, I spend a lot of time with the runs.

                • Kay Temple Kirk Sep 12,2014 1:51 pm || Up

                  Stop eating flour and dairy products.

                  You’re welcome.

                  \"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 Sep 12,2014 1:56 pm || Up

                  I don’t have issues with those. Mostly it’s processed foods and especially spicy foods.

                • Kay Temple Kirk Sep 12,2014 2:37 pm || Up

                  Processed food’s a bitch. I’m still addicted to 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
                • dmoas Sep 12,2014 2:43 pm || Up

                  Ain’t that the truth.

                • AV Sep 12,2014 2:01 pm || Up

                  oh great. there goes my recipe for prune and senna quesadillas.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • Englishmajor Sep 12,2014 1:18 pm || Up

                I call dibs on Golden Wol.

    • Future Ed Sep 12,2014 2:34 pm || Up

      I don’t know whats more likely, DMOAS being drunk or an A’s sweep.

      I know what my first guess (not really a guess, unless he has been lying for years) would be and I don’t like it.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Jennifer Sep 12,2014 2:58 pm || Up

        If the A’s sweep, we’re getting Matt drunk.

  46. James V. Sep 12,2014 6:42 am

    Why run differential isn’t everything: the A’s are 9-21 in their last 30 games. Over that stretch, they’ve got a RD of just -14.

    • Kay Temple Kirk Sep 12,2014 7:01 am || Up

      Why run differential isn’t everything: Blowouts exist.

      Maybe we need a stat called NBRD… Non-Blowout Run Differential.

      \"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 Sep 12,2014 10:26 am || Up

      9-21? At least that Van Poppel kid is going to save us soon!

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Kay Temple Kirk Sep 12,2014 1:52 pm || Up

        I’m hoping it’ll be Dressendorfer, ‘cuz that’s a LOT of letters for the back of one jersey!

        \"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
  47. FreeSeatUpgrade Sep 12,2014 10:37 am

    I won’t be in the gamethread tonight. Someone hang an albatross on the necks of those thousand thousand slimy things, and the Mariners.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  48. MikeV Sep 12,2014 2:06 pm

    WTF NFL

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

    Thanks, and go As.

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