Game Thread 22 ← FREE KRAUT!

Game Thread 22 83

I predict Daric Barton will hit his first HR in this game.
In lieu of lineups, I give you places where it’s got to be (a?) Nation’s.
Fremont
Vacaville
East Bay
West Bay
Napa (when you need a break)
Benicia
Livermore
Pittsburgh
Out Orinda way

83 thoughts on “Game Thread 22

  1. mikeA Apr 28,2010 4:22 pm

    also Pleasanton.

  2. mikeA Apr 28,2010 4:22 pm

    Those were two really lucky/pathetic hits.

    • Leopold Bloom Apr 28,2010 4:26 pm || Up

      see below for an opposing viewpoint.

      They bought their ticket. They knew what they were getting into. I say, let ’em crash!

  3. Leopold Bloom Apr 28,2010 4:24 pm

    Isn’t there one in Lafayette or is that not a Nation’s? Been a long while since I lived there. I don’t think it’s a Nation’s…

    There definitely used to be one in Pleasant Hill…

    • mikeA Apr 28,2010 4:25 pm || Up

      There’s one in Lafayette. Many locals are known to get a burger there and slide down the street to the Roundup. There are lots more than just these.

      • Leopold Bloom Apr 28,2010 4:28 pm || Up

        The Roundup?

        My, what a pleasant-sounding place! Do you know by chance, stranger, do they have shuffleboard?

        • monkeyball Apr 28,2010 4:30 pm || Up

          Roundup, from Ron Santo?

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
          • Leopold Bloom Apr 28,2010 4:37 pm || Up

            The Roundup, in Lafayette, which in SF vernacular is BFE.

  4. Leopold Bloom Apr 28,2010 4:24 pm

    These Rays can really hit.

    • ArakSOT Apr 28,2010 4:52 pm || Up

      seems like a pretty solid squad this year

      here’s hoping they can keep the Yanks and the Sox out of it

      There is always a score.
      • Leopold Bloom Apr 28,2010 4:55 pm || Up

        I think they’ll keep at least one of them out, if they can stay relatively healthy. They don’t have the depth (obviously) of the big two.

  5. mikeA Apr 28,2010 4:29 pm

    VERY SPECIAL OFFER COMING IN THE 7TH INNING. STAY TUNED.

  6. monkeyball Apr 28,2010 4:29 pm

    PARKING-LOT CLOWN MOLESTATION!

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  7. mikeA Apr 28,2010 4:45 pm

    4 players implicated in disastrous defense so far this inning.

  8. FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 28,2010 4:59 pm

    To add to the (long) list of things I like about Dallas Braden: his Gameday photo.

    If he was flashing Pepe in it, I do believe I would have to establish a religion to do him proper honor.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  9. Future Ed Apr 28,2010 4:59 pm

    1–El Cerito
    2– Was the barton prediction posted before the game?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Leopold Bloom Apr 28,2010 5:20 pm || Up

      I left my wallet in El Cerrito.

      I posted this elsewhere, but was left with the sinking feeling, y’all would appreciate it more.

    • mikeA Apr 28,2010 5:23 pm || Up

      Before/after/simultaneously has no concrete answer what with special relativity.

      • andeux Apr 28,2010 5:28 pm || Up

        There’s no timelike the present.

        TINSTAAFK
        • nevermoor Apr 28,2010 8:37 pm || Up

          There’s no timeline. The present.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • green star oakland Apr 28,2010 7:26 pm || Up

        That depends on the past/future light cones of the events.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  10. Future Ed Apr 28,2010 5:03 pm

    both fortunate and unfortunate to have the score 2-1 at this point.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  11. lenscrafters Apr 28,2010 5:06 pm

    Vince: “Launched by Pena, Sweeney looking up and….it is caught at the wall”

  12. mikeA Apr 28,2010 5:10 pm

    Well, that evens out the defense a bit.

  13. salb918 Apr 28,2010 5:17 pm

    I think the Nations in PH is still there (on Contra Costa Blvd, not far from Casper’s Hot Dogs). There used to be one in Concord, two blocks from my parents house and right next to my high school. I regret not having eaten there more often. I think there is still one in Concord on Clayton Blvd. We used to hang out there after doing an improv show at Clayton Valley High.

  14. mikeA Apr 28,2010 5:19 pm

    I predict Tolleson will hit his first HR.

    • mikeA Apr 28,2010 6:44 pm || Up

      He should have kept running and tried for the HR.

  15. whiteshoes40 Apr 28,2010 5:37 pm

    Wow, just saw the replays of all the AWFUL defense in this game. That was a lot of fail.

  16. monkeyball Apr 28,2010 5:48 pm

    Urgh. Gotta figure that finger is impacting his fielding?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  17. whiteshoes40 Apr 28,2010 5:55 pm

    We need Kurt.

  18. mikeA Apr 28,2010 6:06 pm

    Ray says the threat of the running led to Braden missing location and giving up all those runs.

    • lenscrafters Apr 28,2010 6:15 pm || Up

      Would he say that Braden shit his pants?

  19. whiteshoes40 Apr 28,2010 6:22 pm

    I don’t have time for this nonsense. Let’s get the heck out of Florida and hope the A’s will have remembered how to play baseball by the time they get to Toronto.

    • nevermoor Apr 28,2010 8:38 pm || Up

      Baseball is easier against the not-Rays

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Leopold Bloom Apr 28,2010 8:41 pm || Up

        I did just see the Rays do almost the exact same thing to the Jays before we showed up.

  20. monkeyball Apr 28,2010 6:29 pm

    Anyone else think KenKo doesn’t sound well?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  21. Leopold Bloom Apr 28,2010 6:30 pm

    I hope some of you FKers were listening to that and got in on that deal.

    • andeux Apr 28,2010 6:32 pm || Up

      No, what is the VERY SPECIAL OFFER?

      TINSTAAFK
      • lenscrafters Apr 28,2010 6:36 pm || Up

        Free plaza reserved tickets on free parking Tuesday…already gone now though.

        • Leopold Bloom Apr 28,2010 6:39 pm || Up

          Could you get as many as you wanted or…? And did you get any? Did any of you FKers get any?

          • MikeV Apr 28,2010 6:44 pm || Up

            I tried to get 4 so I could take my wife and kids, but got none.

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

            Thanks, and go As.

          • lenscrafters Apr 28,2010 6:47 pm || Up

            Nah, I have classes that night. And I think all the fees you have to pay for ordering online still apply so you’re almost paying face value for the ticket anyways.

        • mikeA Apr 28,2010 6:43 pm || Up

          I’m guessing people still had to pay the “convenience fee” and the printing fee and that other fee.

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 28,2010 7:12 pm || Up

            Yes, those fees blow. Pretty much ruined the value of the $8 Value Deck offer during the first two homestands, since the single transaction fee, per-ticket convenience fee, and print-at-home surcharge made the total cost for the 7 tickets I bought $81.75, a whopping $2.25 savings…without the option of choosing my specific seats which teh box office affords.

            BTW, have they changed or even eliminated the non-game-day box office hours this year? That info has ominously vanished from the A’s website.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • MikeV Apr 28,2010 7:27 pm || Up

              I love that they charge me to print my own tickets. How the fuck does that even make sense?

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

              Thanks, and go As.

              • Future Ed Apr 28,2010 7:43 pm || Up

                This year at the Colosseum there will be a $2.15 convenience fee on oxygen.

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • green star oakland Apr 28,2010 7:50 pm || Up

                  And a clamp-down on breathing in the parking lot.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • nevermoor Apr 28,2010 8:39 pm || Up

              Yeah. Walk-up is the way to do it.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  22. mikeA Apr 28,2010 6:44 pm

    Looks like we lose a game to everyone today.

  23. lenscrafters Apr 28,2010 6:49 pm

    Is Patterson second or third on this team in OPS?

  24. salb918 Apr 28,2010 7:00 pm

    Harden: 2 K, 5 BB, 1 HR, 3 R, 6 IP, 87 pitches. A relatively efficient outing and – hey! – a quality start.

    • Future Ed Apr 28,2010 7:10 pm || Up

      Lynn Ryan took him out after 87 pitches? Wuss.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  25. mikeA Apr 28,2010 7:14 pm

    Well, I’m feeling a lot better about not getting any runs in that inning with the out at the plate.

  26. batgirl Apr 28,2010 9:04 pm

    Well, on the bright side, perhaps in the long run this will help Tampa win the AL East. There is that. Sigh.

  27. lenscrafters Apr 29,2010 2:38 pm

    Urban: Donaldson, Cahill to MLB, Suzuki likely DL

    Boooo Cahill over Mazzaro.

    Donaldson’s MLE this year: .232/.267/.420

    • Leopold Bloom Apr 29,2010 2:43 pm || Up

      So does this make Fox the back up-back up catcher?

    • andeux Apr 29,2010 2:50 pm || Up

      SuSlu:

      I’m told CSN’s report that Cahill and catcher Josh Donaldson are en route “is not wrong” but no moves have been made yet.

      In addition to Suzuki->DL, they’ll have to send someone down, and also make room for Donaldson on the 40-man roster.
      For the former, Tolleson is the obvious choice, but it could also be Carson as he’s not in the lineup against an LHP.
      For the latter, I’d guess Devine->60 day DL.

      TINSTAAFK
      • batgirl Apr 29,2010 2:54 pm || Up

        Maybe Geren can have Tolleson’s dad break the news to him gently.

    • mikeA Apr 29,2010 4:05 pm || Up

      What the fuck is the point of Donaldson?

      • monkeyball Apr 29,2010 4:08 pm || Up

        Fox was so bad yesterday, it takes two additional backup Cs to make up for it.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • lenscrafters Apr 29,2010 4:52 pm || Up

        Powell can’t play everyday…Fox just sucks…

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