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Game 52 Pick-up 170

The A’s and Kendall Graveman take on the Twins and Ervin Santana.

In 186 innings over 29 career games (27 starts) against the A’s, Santana has a 2.03 ERA.
Compare with his 4.16 ERA overall, or Felix Hernandez’ career 2.67 ERA against Oakland.

Billy Butler gets a rare start against a RHP, with Billy Burns on the bench. Big Billy had important (if not especially well-struck) hits in the last two games, while Little Billy was 0-for-12 against Detroit, and has hit just .233/.269/.272 this month.

On the other side, Graveman gets to face the worst offense in the AL.

Crisp, Lowrie, Vogt, Valencia, Davis, Butler, Alonso, Semien, Coghlan

170 thoughts on “Game 52 Pick-up

  1. Future Ed May 30,2016 1:21 pm

    coco

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Soaker May 30,2016 7:14 pm || Up

      Contract details per Cot’s:

      Coco Crisp cf
      2 years/$22M (2015-16), plus 2017 option

      Signed extension with Oakland 2/7/14
      15:$11M, 16:$11M, 17:$13M vesting option ($0.75M buyout)
      2017 option guaranteed with 1) 550 plate appearances in 2016, or 2) 1,100 PAs in 2015-16, or 3) 130 games played in 2016, or 4) 260 games played in 2015-16, including 110 games in 2016

      1) and 3) are highlighted because through 52 team games he’s pretty much right on pace for both of those.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • colin May 30,2016 7:15 pm || Up

        That buyout it pretty cheap though.

        • Future Ed May 30,2016 7:29 pm || Up

          41/168 so fae

          89 of next 110

          or 382 PAs.

          if he plays 80 games that’s 4.75 per game

          I don’t see him getting one without the other

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Soaker May 30,2016 7:44 pm || Up

            To nitpick by including today’s game, he’s at 42/172.

            42 x 162/52 =~ 131 games
            172 x 162/52 =~ 536 PA

            Thus “pretty much right on pace” if his health were to maintain all season. That seems very dubious. However, if he did stay healthy and if they were to trade Reddick a couple weeks after he returns from the DL, Bob’s lineup choices in late September could be interesting.

            What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
            • Future Ed May 30,2016 7:46 pm || Up

              honestly, I didn’t read your note because i am dumb.

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • 5Aces May 30,2016 8:58 pm || Up

        If he stays healthy, and if we arent going to be good next year, Id be ok with this.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • Future Ed May 30,2016 9:35 pm || Up

          why would we be bad coming off a world series win?

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • 5Aces May 31,2016 11:06 am || Up

            Marlinesque team blow up for even MORE prospects!!!

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  2. Future Ed May 30,2016 1:35 pm

    yesterday, that was a hit billy

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  3. Future Ed May 30,2016 1:47 pm

    is that dallas on espn?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • andeux May 30,2016 3:08 pm || Up

      Flemming, Braden, and Raul Ibanez.
      Can we keep them?

      TINSTAAFK
      • Future Ed May 30,2016 4:39 pm || Up

        i like that crew. I do. I like flemming OK on giants but they seem to have a directive to not talk about opposing players. he and miller give no background info on opposing players.

        I really think that is part of the reason giants fans are they way they are

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  4. mother pucker May 30,2016 2:09 pm

    Good job,good effort.

  5. Future Ed May 30,2016 2:16 pm

    that was a hit yesterday, billy

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  6. Future Ed May 30,2016 2:26 pm

    one well hit ball and its an out. but a run scores. just like last time the twins scored

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  7. mother pucker May 30,2016 2:35 pm

    In light of this review, the A’s are somehow 14th in all the majors per Fangraphs base running metric: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=17,d.

    Seems rather difficult to fathom.

    • Future Ed May 30,2016 2:41 pm || Up

      14th of the second group?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • colin May 30,2016 7:14 pm || Up

      Danny Valencia and Billy Butler share the prize for most negative baserunning value (on the A’s). Except that Butler has managed to do it while getting on base many fewer times.

      Billy Burns is top 10 in all MLB. Some weird names at the bottom end — Yunel Escobar and Andrelton Simmons are 2nd worst and 9th worst baserunners this year. Between the two of them, they are 0-for-3 on stolen base attempts, but I know that BsR measures other stuff too. They are both on the Angels now, so I’m pretty happy about it over all.

  8. andeux May 30,2016 2:49 pm

    Now to avoid the Davis K, Butler DP.

    TINSTAAFK
  9. Future Ed May 30,2016 2:52 pm

    why no pinch hitter?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  10. Future Ed May 30,2016 2:54 pm

    a pitcher named tonkin?

    that will go well

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  11. doctorK May 30,2016 2:54 pm

    I am shocked – SHOCKED – at that GIDP.

  12. Future Ed May 30,2016 2:55 pm

    if he in not d’dfa by the time he makes the dugout, forst is drunk

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  13. Future Ed May 30,2016 3:03 pm

    please keep bunting

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  14. Future Ed May 30,2016 3:05 pm

    butler should have bented

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  15. andeux May 30,2016 3:41 pm

    Victory!

    Anything else going on today?

    TINSTAAFK
    • MikeV May 30,2016 3:44 pm || Up

      Ribs, lobster tails, catching up on GOT, that’s about it really.

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

      Thanks, and go As.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade May 30,2016 4:49 pm || Up

      The longest shot of the day at GGF was Eckersley in the 6th. He ran third.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  16. FreeSeatUpgrade May 30,2016 6:04 pm

    Sharks sure ran into a buzzsaw that period. Yikes.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  17. Future Ed May 30,2016 8:00 pm

    bernie is bad at politics

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Soaker May 30,2016 8:03 pm || Up

      If he sits under the basket Oklahoma City is shooting at in the second half and does his weird hand-waving stuff, they won’t make a single free throw.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Future Ed May 30,2016 8:08 pm || Up

        HE CONTROLS THUNDER!!!!!!!!

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Future Ed May 30,2016 8:39 pm || Up

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • nevermoor May 31,2016 11:21 am || Up

      That guy must be a shill of the 1%

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Glorious Mundy May 31,2016 12:08 pm || Up

      I’m more upset that he and Danny scored tickets to this game somehow and then didn’t show up until halftime.

  18. AV May 31,2016 10:38 am

    does this mean river plate is ISIS?

    in other soccer news, friday friday gotta get down on friday.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • MikeV May 31,2016 1:32 pm || Up

      Sigh.

      I was just offered 2 tickets to US/COL in exchange for tickets to a Houston/SJ match next year.

      I’m not around so I can’t go.

      FFFFFFFFFFFF

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • AV May 31,2016 6:13 pm || Up

        that’s why there were 2 tickets. one for you and one so you could bribe your boss/girlfriend/mom or whoever is keeping you away.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • AV Jun 1,2016 11:02 am || Up

      Economics work against the poor kids in American soccer. Lusson sees this every week as he moves between the teenage girls team he coaches in the wealthy San Francisco enclave of Pacific Heights, and the teams he manages in lower-income Hayward. One night, a few weeks ago, he listened as girls on the Pacific Heights team talked excitedly about applications to elite east coast colleges. The next day, in Hayward, nobody talked about college.

      And yet he is amazed by the skill of his Hayward players, who he says would crush the Pacific Heights team in a match. These are the players who could be the future of American soccer, perhaps even rising as high as a national team. But he also knows that the Pacific Heights players will be the ones to play on their college teams and will be identified by US Soccer. They are the ones who will get a chance that the Hayward kids won’t. And this strikes Lusson as very wrong.

      maybe not entirely fairly automatically equating race with wealth (amiright, white soccer dads who can’t afford it either?), but still, we have the guardian talking about hayward.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Jun 1,2016 11:42 am || Up

        yeah, fuck norcal soccer and all the federations

        fuckers are just a bunch of elitist scumfucks.

        organizing a kids soccer team is a fucking fuckmare. i hope they all fucking fuck the fuck out of fuck, fuckers

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • MikeV Jun 1,2016 12:56 pm || Up

          how do you really feel, ed

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

          Thanks, and go As.

      • MikeV Jun 1,2016 12:42 pm || Up

        He’s kinda correct, except the college part.

        College as a means to professional soccer is very quickly dying, as every MLS team starts pumping more money into their academy systems.

        Pay to Play is FKing bullshit though. I don’t know how/why I manage to do it.

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

        Thanks, and go As.

  19. Soaker May 31,2016 6:50 pm

    It’s nice to see Kurt Suzuki (.200/.257/.284) back in the lineup for the Twins. If Surkamp can’t get some of these guys out…

    On another stats item, I was watching a bit of Padres-Mariners and took particular note of Matt Kemp’s .238 OBP, with 4 BB in 214 PA. What on earth happened there?

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  20. andeux May 31,2016 7:42 pm

    Keep hitting it to Sano.

    TINSTAAFK
    • Soaker May 31,2016 7:58 pm || Up

      Rats, he’s done for the night.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  21. FreeSeatUpgrade May 31,2016 7:43 pm

    The Twins, bless their friendly Minnesota hearts, are happy to give the A’s as many free chances as they need.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  22. mother pucker May 31,2016 7:44 pm

    Slusser looks so happy on her sabbatical from covering the A’s.

  23. Soaker May 31,2016 7:53 pm

    They’re not seagulls, they’re vultures circling the corpse of Surkamp’s “career”.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • andeux May 31,2016 7:58 pm || Up

      Ouch.

      TINSTAAFK
    • Future Ed May 31,2016 11:55 pm || Up

      that was really odd.

      a canadian behind me kept repeating there were more pigeons at the coliseum that fans

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  24. FreeSeatUpgrade May 31,2016 7:55 pm

    Turns out, until just now Nurse Upgrade thought the Beastie Boys line was “I got man hips like I was Rod Carew.”

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • AV May 31,2016 8:07 pm || Up

      no, that’s right. and mike D has 3 hips. hence the sadaharu oh line.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  25. FreeSeatUpgrade May 31,2016 8:01 pm

    This is quite the high-wire act these pitchers are performing. I bet someone falls to his death.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  26. andeux May 31,2016 8:13 pm

    With three off days coming up, we don’t need a 5th starter again until 6/14.
    Sonny is eligible to return on 6/5.

    TINSTAAFK
    • Soaker May 31,2016 8:14 pm || Up

      I’m assuming they’ll use that to push Hill back a few days.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • andeux Jun 2,2016 11:27 am || Up

        Surkamp optioned (was yesterday the day he could opt out if he was not on the major league roster?), so it looks like they expect Hill to be able to start this weekend.
        And Sonny is supposed to make a rehab start in Stockton on Sunday.

        TINSTAAFK
        • Englishmajor Jun 2,2016 11:31 am || Up

          Where it will be 105 degrees. Good luck Sonny!

  27. mother pucker May 31,2016 8:17 pm

    The Donaldson trade is less awful if you pretend that Valencia was part of it.

  28. 5Aces May 31,2016 8:23 pm

    I’m reasonably sure that Surkamp just hates the SDI as much as we do.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  29. 5Aces May 31,2016 8:29 pm

    It appears that the uniform tracker is not tracking uniforms this year, so I ask this to the crowd: Are we wearing the whites more this year?

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Soaker May 31,2016 8:32 pm || Up

      I don’t have numbers either, but it seems like the whites and grays have been very prevalent, and the green and gold have lived up to the “alternates” name.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  30. mother pucker May 31,2016 8:38 pm

    Oh for fucks sake.

  31. 5Aces May 31,2016 8:40 pm

    So Coughlan cant get in quick enough to make the catch, then misplays the bounce completely, than makes a terrible throw home when the runner could be had with anything normal.

    But you make sacrifices to get the .158 bat in the lineup.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Soaker May 31,2016 8:48 pm || Up

      It was a terrible Raiders-field like hop, but as to your broader point, Coghlan’s performance is another reason why 130 games for Coco no longer seems so absurd.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • andeux May 31,2016 8:51 pm || Up

        I find it hard to believe that Muncy, or Smolinski, or some waiver wire vet, would not be better than Coghlan while Reddick is out.

        TINSTAAFK
      • 5Aces May 31,2016 8:51 pm || Up

        Yeah, total hyperbole, but hes just bad.

        WTH happened to the field? RF is playing like an old Fresno putt-putt course.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • mother pucker May 31,2016 8:51 pm || Up

        Not that this is really a desirable option, but isn’t Fuld eligible to come off the DL soon?

        • andeux May 31,2016 8:53 pm || Up

          Fuld had shoulder surgery, out for the year I think.

          TINSTAAFK
          • mother pucker May 31,2016 8:54 pm || Up

            Ah, shucks.

            • Soaker May 31,2016 9:01 pm || Up

              Now I have “Don’t Let Go” bouncing between my ears.

              What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • Soaker May 31,2016 8:53 pm || Up

          I thought Fuld was declared out for the entire season.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Future Ed Jun 1,2016 12:01 am || Up

      he played so poorly today

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  32. lenscrafters May 31,2016 8:52 pm

    Swinging at that pitch perfectly encapsulates why Alonso has been so godawful this year. He works the count to a great hitter’s count and then swings at a terrible borderline breaking ball. Just no plan at all. He has no idea what pitch and location he should be looking for.

    Doesn’t help that Pomeranz apparently is amazing this year.

  33. Soaker May 31,2016 9:37 pm

    Outside of the awesomeness of Fernando Abad, the Twins bullpen really is quite horrendous.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Soaker May 31,2016 10:10 pm || Up

      So much for the “awesomeness”.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • andeux May 31,2016 10:13 pm || Up

        The Coliseum mound is his kryptonite.

        TINSTAAFK
  34. mother pucker May 31,2016 10:27 pm

    Probably should have won 7 of 9 if not for Leonys Pedtin.

  35. Glorious Mundy May 31,2016 10:29 pm

    The battle for last place is heated.

  36. FreeSeatUpgrade May 31,2016 10:30 pm

    The A’s are a runaway freight train! Take appropriate precautions.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • MikeV May 31,2016 10:49 pm || Up

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • Future Ed Jun 1,2016 12:08 am || Up

        the A’s have caused confusion and delay

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • 5Aces Jun 1,2016 8:45 am || Up

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
          • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 10:10 am || Up

            God I hate that plutocratic bastard.

            • 5Aces Jun 1,2016 10:26 am || Up

              My feelings have sort of faded as the kids stopped watching, but it just seemed to me that he really had 0 clue how to run a railway.

              Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
              • Future Ed Jun 1,2016 11:04 am || Up

                how did he become a knight?

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • 5Aces Jun 1,2016 1:56 pm || Up

                  My guess is the war. Didn’t everyone in GB get knighted during their finest hour? Maybe he sent Edward to gather munitions..

                  By the way-the little railway kicks ass over the rest of Sodor. Rheneas and Skarloey!

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 1:59 pm || Up

                  Sold the Door!
                  Sold the Door!
                  Sold the Door!

                • doctorK Jun 1,2016 2:07 pm || Up

                  so much win

                • 5Aces Jun 1,2016 2:53 pm || Up

                  Now everyone near my cube is wondering why I cant stop snorting.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • batgirl Jun 1,2016 7:07 am || Up

        I loved that scene.

  37. Soaker Jun 1,2016 9:22 am

    The Twins are 6-0 vs. the Angels and Mariners but 9-36 against everybody else, and if the A’s win today it will be the ninth time they have been swept (it’s their 17th series of the season).

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Soaker Jun 1,2016 10:16 am || Up

      Also FYI for batgirl and other DirecTVers, the A’s are on 213-1 today (213 has White Sox-Mets and is blacked out).

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  38. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 12:59 pm

    Oh hey, the whaddayacallits are playing right now. That team we tepidly root for. You know, the Athletics.

    • MikeV Jun 1,2016 1:05 pm || Up

      oh I was like the Quakes don’t play until 7:30

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

      Thanks, and go As.

  39. Future Ed Jun 1,2016 1:05 pm

    butler is 130 feet from scoring position.

    “the resurgent billy bulter”

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • colin Jun 1,2016 1:09 pm || Up

      If we look at just his last three games, he’s OPSing 1.286!!! (3 for 7 with a dinger and only 1 GIDP)

  40. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 1:14 pm

    Twins might ask for a review of that one just because it was impossible.

    • colin Jun 1,2016 1:16 pm || Up

      For those of us who aren’t watching, how bad was Smolinski’s TOOTBLAN?

      • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 1:17 pm || Up

        VERY bad. He was out by 10 feet.

      • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 1:46 pm || Up

        Made up for it.

      • Soaker Jun 1,2016 7:20 pm || Up

        This is another one like Butler’s (at Fenway I think?) where Centeno has already received the throw from 1B and is turning to make the tag.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • colin Jun 1,2016 7:22 pm || Up

          Yeah, I was there in person for the Butler at Fenway TOOTBLABB

  41. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 1:16 pm

    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash

  42. andeux Jun 1,2016 1:16 pm

    Scoring from second on an infield single only seems to work for our opponents.

    TINSTAAFK
    • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 1:18 pm || Up

      Because unlike our opponents, we don’t get to take advantage of the poor baseball IQ of our infielders.

  43. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 1:23 pm

    Nashville has won 16 out of 17 games and just scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth to send a game to extras.

    • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 2:11 pm || Up

      Giving up 7 in the top of the 10th wasn’t ideal.

  44. doctorK Jun 1,2016 1:34 pm

    Billy Butler – not entirely terrible.

    • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 1:35 pm || Up

      Let’s not get carried away here.

    • 5Aces Jun 1,2016 1:57 pm || Up

      Wake me when we get to almost tradable.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  45. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 1:56 pm

    Manaea’s rolling now.

  46. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 2:00 pm

    I don’t know how good Valencia actually is, but man is he hitting the poop out of the ball right now.

  47. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 2:02 pm

    Uh, Molitor, that’s still Billy Butler you know.

    • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 2:04 pm || Up

      And Phegley hits into a Butler to make him look like a genius.

  48. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 2:12 pm

    That looked sort of like a fair ball.

  49. andeux Jun 1,2016 2:28 pm

    Quite the picket fence they are building.

    TINSTAAFK
  50. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 1,2016 3:14 pm

    Quite a ride, this team gives fans.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 3:59 pm || Up

      Back up to third place for a few minutes!

  51. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 3:15 pm

    There are 34 people on the ballot in the primary for Boxer’s senate seat! My favorite is definitely this “Environmental Healing Consultant” running as a Green:

    3.How will I campaign, build green party of California, campaign goals? I want to do flea markets in low income areas, sell my non-violent revolution marijuana peace sign shirts, backpacks, decals, hand fans, hopefully with green candidates for each area, attend many forums, cannabis clubs & fests, register green party voters. My campaign goals are to convince the 1% restoring our Earth growing marijuana everywhere with our taxpayer’s money is more profitable then destroying it.

    • batgirl Jun 2,2016 3:51 pm || Up

      I just started looking at the booklet. It’s shocking how many of these candidates have hotmail accounts!

      You weren’t swayed by Ling Ling “Run for God’s Heart and America’s Freedom, challenge 10 giant chaos in economy and economy-related sectors” Shi?

      And if you can’t pull it together to submit a photo, I’m not voting for you.

  52. doctorK Jun 1,2016 3:20 pm

    Yay, we can beat the .300 team.

    • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 4:00 pm || Up

      I’m very confused as to how they won 83 games last year.

      • Soaker Jun 1,2016 5:41 pm || Up

        20-7 in May, 63-72 in all other months.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  53. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 3:41 pm
    • batgirl Jun 1,2016 3:57 pm || Up

      I’m not sure that hat qualifies as dope, much less very dope.

      • sslinger Jun 1,2016 4:43 pm || Up

        Glen and Ray were having quite the chuckle over that one last night.

      • AV Jun 1,2016 5:05 pm || Up

        but the cargo shorts, they are da bomb, yes?

        fly?

        phat?

        fresh?

        stupid fresh?

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Englishmajor Jun 2,2016 11:36 am || Up

      Depends on whether the guy gave them any lip on the way up the stairs. They may have just walked him out to the concourse, pointed at the exit door, and walked away.

      • Future Ed Jun 2,2016 1:18 pm || Up

        that seems civilized

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Future Ed Jun 2,2016 1:18 pm || Up

        i know the only time i was kicked out, i didn’t stay kicked out for long

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Glorious Mundy Jun 2,2016 1:20 pm || Up

          story time

          • Future Ed Jun 2,2016 1:24 pm || Up

            meh. dollar wed. top row 3rd deck friend smoking a spliff.

            walked us down and to the ramp gate. we walked out the ramp gate. we stood for a second and walked back in behind them.

            not really that interesting

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
  54. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 5:09 pm

    Go Sharks

    • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 7:46 pm || Up

      Gonna need them to win this in the next 2:11. I can’t handle overtime.

  55. Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 7:31 pm

    This NBC hockey play-by-play guy is great. His calls on big saves make my heart race.

    • andeux Jun 1,2016 7:34 pm || Up

      Is it Doc Emrick?

      TINSTAAFK
      • Glorious Mundy Jun 1,2016 7:37 pm || Up

        I believe it is.

        • dmoas Jun 1,2016 7:51 pm || Up

          I have no idea how they can keep up with it let alone give anywhere near an accurate description of what’s going on. I can only imagine Vince.

  56. nevermoor Jun 1,2016 9:17 pm

    So, this is where I observe that the Sharks look completely overmatched and I have a hard time seeing them push this series to five games. Hope the observation is as true this series as last series.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • dmoas Jun 1,2016 10:35 pm || Up

      I don’t think they’re completely overmatched. Definitely overmatched. But not by much.

      • nevermoor Jun 1,2016 11:05 pm || Up

        I said this last series and it seemed to motivate the Sharks. Here’s hoping.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • sslinger Jun 1,2016 11:56 pm || Up

          Yeah, they kept it close, tied it at the end, and ended up losing in OT. Pittsburgh held serve. Let’s hope home ice will bring out the best in them, and they’ll tie it up and go from there. One thing for sure, we can’t say they underachieved this year like so many times before.

  57. MikeV Jun 1,2016 9:58 pm

    oh my hell the Quakes are fucking garbage.

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

    Thanks, and go As.

  58. AV Jun 2,2016 8:35 am

    so, messi’s in spain declaring in his tax evasion court case with phrases that he thinks make him sound innocent (english sense) but make him look innocent (spanish sense, ingenuous): “i don’t even look at the contracts, i just sign them.” and “i focus on soccer, and on paperwork i trust my dad.”…

    plus there’s a continuation of the failed AFA presidential elections from last december, which got suspended till last monday due to factions fighting over the future of the tournament composition/schedule (which even at third glance doesn’t quite spell out TV-money laundering but that’s probably what it says…) to the point that monday’s vote was violently disrupted and suspended again, causing a constitutional rift that puts the AFA itself on the brink of non-existence, which if it goes that far, the players have to check out of santa clara and find their own tickets home…

    and if that’s not enough to keep you preoccupied and restless, let me add, NEW RULES!

    —corner flags can carry sponsor logos

    —if OT, a 4th substitution is available

    —if a sent off or sidelined player interferes with a play, direct free kick or penalty (as opposed the the previous indirect). if they interfere on a ball on target to goal, the ref can call it a goal.

    —if you’re changing your boots, you gotta wait to be allowed back in by the ref during a routine stop

    —the ref’s reign begins at “reconocimiento del campo” (i don’t know what it’s called in english. when the players come out to check out the field, even if they go back into the dressing room before coming out for the actual game). which means you can be sent off before the game begins. (yellows are still only applicable during game time.)

    —kickoff does not need to be forward anymore. it can be side or back, just has to roll. (i guess that means no lobs on the first kick?)

    —hands and arms no longer count, neither for defendant or attacker, to determine offside positioning.

    —triple punishment during a last-man play in the box is no longer mandatory.

    —the ref can give a fee kick or penalty for being insulted by a player.

    —yellow card for fakies during penalties. you can feint in the runup, but once the runup is completed, you can’t feint. (let’s call it the neymar rule.) and to reinforce the rule against the goalie taking a step forward, this is now yellow worthy too.

    —yellow card for blocking a side throw-in if standing within 2 meters of player throwing in.

    —a corner kick has to be unequivocal. so no more little touch within the angle area to put the D in motion and *then* kick.

    all this, and it’s still only thursday. i got a little emo when looking at the schedule this morning and saw brazil v ecuador at the rose bowl. i went all, awwww, big soccer is coming back to the ole WC venues, and this time it’s like, more real somehow.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Glorious Mundy Jun 2,2016 10:05 am || Up

      I’m trying to imagine the scenario in which a sent off or sidelined player interferes with a ball on target to goal. Only in Argentina, I suppose.

      • AV Jun 2,2016 10:30 am || Up

        ok, so i had to look it up in english to get the full gist. it’s if anyone / anything (other than a player) interferes it’s a goal.

        so, this rare example of seemingly non-argentine failure at semblance of orderliness, if it hadn’t been a goal, woulda been a goal. i say seemingly because it’s still likely an argentine was involved somehow. but i do wonder what specific human-interfered instance they were reacting to when they made up that rule.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • AV Jun 2,2016 4:15 pm || Up

        i guess it’s the random others standing around who can’t control themselves, really.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • AV Jun 2,2016 12:08 pm || Up

      … aaaand messi might not be there on monday. still hurting from that honduras guy landing on his kidney / lower ribs last week. stupid friendlies.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  59. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 2,2016 6:06 pm

    Warriors…

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Glorious Mundy Jun 2,2016 6:07 pm || Up

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 2,2016 6:24 pm || Up

        Heh heh. Bill looked plenty fired up during Game 7 the other day.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • MikeV Jun 2,2016 9:38 pm || Up

      Steph/Klay shoot like shit… still win it convincingly.

      Livingston is awesome.

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • nevermoor Jun 2,2016 10:39 pm || Up

        The Cavs aint no OKC

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • Glorious Mundy Jun 3,2016 10:07 am || Up

          It’s dangerous to judge a series off of one game, but the Cavs seem truly overmatched here. Other than LeBron, everyone in their rotation is remarkably one dimensional.

          The Warriors are just ruthless in exploiting guys who can’t defend (Irving, Love, Frye) or can’t score (Shumpert, Dellavadova, Thompson). And the guys who can’t defend aren’t just physically inferior at defense, they fall asleep mentally and blow assignments. They were lucky that Curry had an off night and Klay got in foul trouble, and they still lost going away.

  60. doctorK Jun 2,2016 7:54 pm

    Nice reach-around there by Scrappy Doo.

    • Glorious Mundy Jun 2,2016 8:35 pm || Up

      He was just going for the ball. With his fist.

  61. Soaker Jun 2,2016 9:13 pm

    This game at Petco Park is right out of a wild alcoholic dream.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Glorious Mundy Jun 3,2016 10:19 am || Up

      My god.

    • colin Jun 3,2016 12:26 pm || Up


      Source: FanGraphs

  62. MikeV Jun 2,2016 10:17 pm

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

    Thanks, and go As.

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