This never seems to go well.
Melvin: "We finally feel like we have a third baseman we can plug in there every day."
— Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) April 30, 2012
The tattoos are “Tyler” (right arm) and “Chase” (left arm), his kids’ names.
Weeks, Crisp, Reddick, Cespedes, Smith DH, Suzuki, Barton, Innnnnnnnge (that’s for you, Ken Korach) and Pennington. Milone vs. Clay Buchholz. Swingles on the bench vs. the lefty.
espn3 has the jays/rangers game live on the internet right now. not that i care, but… ??? i thought there was no MLB on espn3, ever.
Games on ESPN TV are usually on ESPN3.
It does seem like there were some changes to/loosening of the rights restrictions this year. XM Internet Radio now carries the home team radio broadcasts, which were previously only on MLB.com. The blackout rules haven’t changed though.
Reddick walk?! We’re in for a strange night, folks.
#gingerproblems
why was vince so convinced the fans would give reddick a standing ovation?
Wasn’t there some kind of Twitter ‘splosion to that effect?
dunno
This Red Sox lineup is kind of crappy looking.
Yeah – two of them even have a lower batting average* than our best hitter!
* yes, I know.
“the iceman.”
i’m starting a list of nicknames that only live in vinnie’s head.
Unless the player so dubbed has a real name of Hickman/Hickey or Harry Hope, or George Gervin, then this nickname has no business being invoked.
Also acceptable for a volleyball player who resembles Val Kilmer.
oh, there it is.
no tom kazansky?
I bet Cotroneo loves Top Gun too.
too? are you including me in that group? or yourself?
He could just be using “too” in the inclusive of all of Vince’s likes.
if vince says “top gun too,” he means the sequel.
/raggingonpoorvinnietoday
Which sadly they’re developing.
Too, in the sense that I bet Vince likes lots of stuff that includes stupid nicknames.
Great job by Barton to salvage an overrun of second, staying in the rundown long enough for Suzuki to score.
I don’t know wtf Gallego was doing there. He started waving Zooks home at first before abruptly stopping, which caused Barton’s overrun.
I was wondering about that, though I thought with a play like that where the ball’s basically in front of Barton, he ought to also know better than to think he’s going to get to third unless he’s trailing behind on a throw home. Gallego was pretty late on the stop, and he didn’t even really signal it the way you’d expect.
Vince: “Suzuki coming home and he is out! At second! But the run does…score!”
Oh dear.
meh, punctuation doesn’t come through the radio that well.
(we know barton is in a rundown, between 2nd and 3rd.) “suzuki coming home. and he* is out at second! but the run does… score!”
(*okay, he could have said barton instead of he, but obv we’re talking about barton because of base mentioned.)
I’ve been spoiled by too many years of outstanding radio broadcasts. I can’t help letting Vince affect my enjoyment of the game. Is a problem.
oh, he IS bad. just that one time i could mentally fix it in a way that could minimize his stumbling. what gets me is when he audibly fumbles for an obvious word (the other day someone hit the ball “empha… enthus… energ… with lots of power!”), or when he paints himself into a terms-agreement corner (along the lines of, “he catches the ball and he knew… at the time… that he catches it, when he knew… that he has to get rid of it or the runner scored).
the….pauses.
the….nicknames.
the…over use of cw.
the…love of espn teams
the….love of espn narratives
the texas
oh god yes
It adds to my general sense that the A’s suck. From top to bottom, owners to bat boys, we have the worst.
Clay Wood and Steve Vucinich seem to be well-regarded in their professions.
you know what field looked really shitty? Miami.
Really bad
I actually hear good things about Wood.
… and how about their fans?
Even Stomper ain’t the dancin’ fool he used to be.
its like a blind person describing the action
Brandon Inge once participated in a home run derby. He did not hit a home run.
Was he angry?
It’s a travashamockery that Yoennis isn’t in this year’s.
That said, probably good for the A’s.
Who’s to say he won’t be?
Odds he gets enough write-in ballots? I’m guessing 0%.
(and yes, I see that it doesn’t guarantee results, but I bet it comes pretty close)
I’m not suggesting he’ll be an All-star. Just that it’s possible he’ll get an invite. They’re pretty screwy when it comes to the rules and IIRC, last year they didn’t have to be All-stars to be invited.
Agreed. Cespedes seems like exactly the kind of guy whose swing could get messed up for a month after participating in the HR Derby.
How would it be any different than his swing to date?
what would his feel good story bp pitcher
Castro?
Weeks is not off to a stellar start in the field tonight.
He’s starting to resemble Travis Buck.
Wasn’t Buck the one who threw out a runner at first from right field?
Might’ve been Sweeney. He did it to Lou Marson once IIRC.
Hmm… that sounds more right.
detroit? prevented a run?
I was thinking Cleveland with the bases loaded.
If he did, he was probably trying to throw to 2nd.
This is the most depressing comment since ever.
Please no.
replay notes: dear reddick, t-long woulda had that.
x2
Milone should thank [deity] that he and his fly balls don’t have to play in Fenway.
I’m so not interested in another 4 hour Fenway game.
Oh good grief.
Taking into account the unbalanced schedule I’m pretty sure I have more unwatched A’s innings from Fenway Park than from any other ballpark.
I think Weeks would like to forget this game, but that was a pick Barton should have had.
Good start for Midland: 11-1 in the first.
Wow…did not know that Michael Choice was slugging .349 going into today’s game.
ouch
I’m turning this one off.
Too early to talk about which position player should pitch in this one? I vote for Reddick.
The answer is always Jose Canseco
Would those count as bullpen innings for FAIL?
I vote for Inge. Welcome to the team. Guess what: you’re pitching.
Reddick would probably K 2, walk 3 hit a batter and give up a double. Id pay to see that.
And this time Crisp and Gomes would be on the same side.
Wow, this is another game to forget, huh? Perhaps the ladies on BART Saturday night said it best… all dialogue guaranteed 100% overheard, en route from Civic Center SF to Bay Fair, East Bay:
Lady #1 (in street clothes): You’re coming from the game, eh?
Lady #2 (in full Giants gear): Yeah, it was a good game tonight.
Lady #1: I’m an A’s fan since I was a little kid.
Lady #2: I used to be the BIGGEST A’s fan, my daddy used to take me to so many games. I grew up in Fremont.
Lady #1: How come you switched?
Lady #2: Well, we work in SF (points to her companion across the aisle, Lady #3), and to be honest that’s depressing, the whole situation is depressing.
Lady #1: What’s that?
Lady #2: THAT. (Points out window at Coliseum as train pulls into that station). Plus they don’t ever hang onto their players and being there just makes me feel sad about how it used to be, how I remember it as a kid.
Lady #1: I still go, I won’t stop supporting them.
Lady #2: I want to, but when I’ve been in the last few years — I went to a few games last season, took my daughter — it just seems like an empty shell.
Lady #1: I hear you, I hear you.
Lady #2: I mean I LOVE the A’s, but it’s supposed to be fun and it isn’t anymore. It’s like they’re dead or sleeping or something, I can’t explain it. It makes me cry when I think of my dad.
Lady #1: He passed?
Lady #2: Yeah.
Lady #1 exited at San Leandro station, and I at Bay Fair… I presume Lady #2 exited at Fremont. Both these ladies looked to me to be over 45 years old, with the Giants ladies being white and the A’s lady being African-American, for whatever that’s worth. I think the Giants ladies might have been over 50, slightly older than the A’s lady but not by much. Needless to say, I was transfixed.
This is sort the story of my family, where I’m Lady #1 and the rest of my family is Lady #2.
The takeaway: Lew Wolff makes orphan girls cry.
It’s true! I heard it on the internetz!!!
LEW LIED, THE ORPHANS CRIED!!!
OW! Uh-oh doesn’t even begin to cover it.
Daric Barton takes pitches like he thinks he is Rod FK’ing Carew. He surely must be one of the worst, if not THE worst, current major league baseball player.
Did you not see Hughes play? Or… “try” to play?
Arguably current since he got D’dFA today.
rod carew ddin’t get on base nearly as much as we remember.
Ok, as much as I hated to watch that Ortiz shot and the Reddick almost-catch again, that was some nice camera work there in the replay.
Woof, that’s an ugly score.
hate being the catalyst that turns it around for some otherwise struggling team.
It’s not often you’ll read a positive comment from me about anything Red Sox-related, but I must admit that the idea of Roger Waters performing The Wall at Fenway Park is pretty damn cool.
yeah, he’s doing a whole tour of stadium-appropriate shows. animals at the big A. relics at yankees. wish you were here at the coli.
Meddle in Milwaukee.
asvd
Citi Field: A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
nice.
Except that he wasn’t on that album.
This is me giving you “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
It’s obscured by clouds.
Well done.
I can’t see this team winning a game at Fenway. It’s gonna be a bad couple of days.
On the plus side, I had Ortiz on the multiple XBH FAIL (with max points). So that’s nice.
Oh yeah, me too. On the other hand, a full third of my answers are already very probably wrong. That didn’t take long.
colon and mccarthy have a chance. Nibblers and fly ballers are not a good match.
Colon’s not pitching there.
That’s how you know he has a chance.
Can I change my answer for FAIL #12? To say….All Of Them?…At least for the A’s
With dinner, I made a side dish of asparagus and carrots sauteed in butter finished with a touch of vanilla, brown sugar and a sprinkling of cinnamon. FKin’ delish.
We’re doing grilled bone-in ribeyes with artichokes boiled with lemon and garlic and sliced tomatoes with olive oil, balsamic and basil.
Despite getting a little tired of artichokes at this time of year, I’ve had some delicious ones recently.
These are the first ones I’ve felt like buying, so I’m pretty happy. :)
For me, artichokes need to be dipped in melted butter. The garlic or lemon or whatever can be in the butter, but there needs to be butter.
I’m partial to mayo. Or mayo mixed with red wine vinegar.
We love the ones from Swanton.
Yes, pretty much as good as they come.
Does Reddick have a nickname yet?
not one vince can say on the radio.
can’t say that
on the ray- dee- oh
Can’t say Crap
on the Ray- dee- oh!
hmm… so close but i’m not quite tuning that in.
it’s not selecter. it’s not my alter ego. it’s not mac dre.
ok, had to google. SLF was never my strong suit.
oh, but on you she looks good though!
slf?
did i google wrong?
no, no, you are correct.
But that picture is my “slf”
I did get the lyrics wrong.
source
from a fun little time capsule
this helped. in that one shot above–angle of the face, shape of the hair, lack of detail in the far corner of pic–SLF looks like paul madonna. i was thoroughly confused.
can you forgive me?
indeed
oh hei, i saw someone i know in one of those other bands!
it was a good shop.
You mean the Crimson Schlong?
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide…
I like CrimRod.
reddick! we’re 1/2 way to being back in this game!!! (okay, maybe 2/5ths.)
Hey, runs!
way to run the pythag, A’s!
Wait, the Red Sox are playing Nick Punto? And they’ve scored 11 runs?
I guess the “sign a Twins cast-off” method has worked for them in the past.
Recker?!
11-1… now 11-7… hmm, where have i seen this before?
padilla with the sox now?
it’s like putting the nozzle right into the bag, where the hose forms a loop, and so, the circle of douche is complete.
Watch your heads, everyone.
Come on, how was that not the worst AB possible? Barton, a stellar .188 career with the bases loaded… I’d have hit Ka’ahuie in that spot, given that Barton would take strike 3 right down the middle like that with a chance to get us right back in the game.
I’d have put in KEEBS.
Pardon, the analogy, but MY DICK could have had a better, more productive AB than Barton. They should cut his ass yesterday because he is in no way — outside of Billy Beane’s desire to believe in the illusion — a major league baseball player.
I don’t necessarily agree with the assessment, but I would not be surprised if he is cut soon given how the A’s are being run.
so your club… is not in the club, is what you’re saying.
It’s possible Melvin left Barton in for that reason — to shatter Billy’s illusions.
We all know how that went hit Hatteburg.
I mean with.
Yeah, that hurt. I still think Barton is a better bat than a pinch hitting Kila, but that hurt to watch.
Um, the third pitch from Miller to Byrd got a 100 “nasty factor.” Should we alert the newspapers?
quick, call janet jackson!
Be a hero, Coco!
ok, back to back from Reddick and Cespedes and we are tied.
Don’t worry, I’m here now to jinx the A’s.
NICE JOB!!!
It’s what I do.
So I don’t know if any of you remember me mentioning that my neighbor likes to drink vodka and Crystal Light. Since learning that, the plot has thickened. I found out that he concocts this strange beverage not for flavor, but because he wants to watch his calories. Seriously, I can’t make this shit up.
blink blink. are there fewer calories in crystal light than in 8 drops of dry vermouth?
You can’t reason with rednecks.
is that the same as “you can’t argue with logic?”
Yes, bearing in mind that rednecks and logic are polar opposites.
What did he mix his vodka with before…Coke? Protein shakes?
Damned if I know. I can’t find the logic in it.
White russians…
He was very particular about the skin color of said Russians mixed into his vodka.
In white Russia, crystal light you.
I feel like I’m talking to the love child of Yeltsin and Yoda.
Talk not about communism. Pie in sky communism was.
I heard that a few years ago (ok, probably more like 10 or 12 years ago), some guys held a rally on May Day in Red Square. They stood under a banner that read “Capitalism is shit.”
Hi!
Ever had a blended white russian?
Yep! My mom was partial.
Ok, how about Bailey’s ice cream?
Well, she did drink Baileys for a while. I don’t think she ever got into the ice cream, though. She might have been out of rehab by then.
oh. I’m sorry.
Don’t be, it was a good thing. :)
They’re doing the freaking WAVE at Fenway? How bush.
I’ve gone to many games there over the last couple of years and they *always* do the wave.
ruh-roh guys. there’s a bar opening up across the street from my office. they’re doing the interior design these days. and i just noticed, because i can see through part of their window from the floor i’m at, that their main decorative motif is records. i may get even less work done than ever before.
Just don’t put a lemon or lime in your drink. One of my friends said he was watching Dr. Oz (I know, his 1st mistake) and they claimed to have found STD’s on the lemons and limes in a bar.
oh that will never happen. i only drink limon.
I guess you’re set, then.
nothin’. we get nothin’ at all.
Reddick?
You know, the A’s offense has been so pathetic for so long, that when they load the bases with less than 2 outs, I just assume they won’t score.
Sigh.
Actually, I assume they won’t score until someone actually crosses the plate.
Hi, Gorgeous! ♥
Hi, Sweetheart! ♥
You know, the A’s offense has been so pathetic for so long, that when they
load the bases with less than 2 outsbat, I just assume they won’t score.FTFY
Actually, yeah.
All I wanted was for Cespedes to get to the plate in the situation. They can’t even give me that simple pleasure.
sigh.
ok, i gotta go. but i don’t like it. i feel it in my warts that they A’s are going to complete this comeback. good luck everyone.
So it took me a while because of router issues but
WTF vince?? Pedroia didni’t “step up” he fielded a fking ground ball hit to him. stop trying out for espn/nesn/yes. the wll not hire you
If they did, that would be OK.
Thanks, and go As.
Yeah, that was horrible.
Almost as bad as the game as a whole.
Smith with the golden sombrero tonight.
Isn’t golden sombrero for 3 Ks? Didn’t Seth get 4? Can that be a platinum sombrero?
4, but you’re right about the rarer metal.
If it was just three, Chris Carter would have a garage full of those things.
Victory!
The red sox score 11 against the A’s, use closer in 9th.
When Brandon Inge is the answer, you’re asking the wrong question.
That was at least more entertaining than it promised to be early on. But in this, their first game all year against a (presumed to be) actually good team, the A’s sure looked out of their league.
Damn! That Reddick play…
…was hilarious.
That was miserable.
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Thanks! :)
Barton swung at 3 of his 4 pitches in the 9th.
Fernando Vina is a FKing idiot.
Thanks, and go As.
I agree with both those statements
Did you see his fugly 7th inning AB?
I guess that game wasn’t completely terrible. There is always tomorrow to do worse!
New ways the A’s should spite the Giants:
Free A’s merch for anyone who lives in SF and is 18 or under.
Move the River Cats to Santa Clara, and the Ports to Daly City.
Hold a “burn your Giants merchandise” bonfire before a game.
Change the Earthquakes colors to green and gold, and change their logo to feature a fissure in the earth swallowing AT&T Park.
Trade their best pitcher to one of the Giants’ division rivals, and then trade the best prospect they get back in that trade to another of the Giants’ division rivals.
But I thought the goal was to keep the best prospects for ourselves.
I have no idea what the goal is anymore.
I suppose they could keep and develop the prospect until he’s good, then trade him to a Giants division rival.
Yes! That’s it, Wait until he’s about to be actually good before trading him.
Maybe get a year of MLB service out of him, just to showcase the goods.
Brilliant. Tantalize the fans with an actual good player before we trade him. I like the way you think.
Have a cigar kid. You are going to go far.
All of this.
Whoa … Dodgers/Rockies … Ellis and Scutaro at 2nd.
Aww!
Who are 2 guys that could play 3B better than anyone the A’s have now?
Ingecompetant?
Well done!
Ingenious, even.
Even better!
I bow.
Inge play, out(s)
baseball is a game of INGEs
Thanks, and go As.
asvd
Off to bed now. If you never hear from me again, you can assume that I died of a sore throat. Have a good night, everyone!
Take care, darling.
http://bakersfield.craigslist.org/cto/2929621902.html
I’m buying this if I get an email reply.
Thanks, and go As.
Notice me! Notice me!
I got an email reply. I’m going to rent a car, drive down, buy it, and drive back AND CRUSH DFA’S HIPSTERMOBILE.
also whiskey.
Thanks, and go As.
You know, it would be really ironic if hipsters all started driving big fking trucks.
that would be awesome.
although if I get this one DFA can just park his little pocketcar in the bed of the truck at tailgates.
Thanks, and go As.
when you consider the roots of hipster, and the pendulum-swing of fashion, it’s not ironic at all. question is, is the next pendulum swing as near as a summer movie…
classic trucks are the shit.
bitch the one I’m buying will be a classic soon
Thanks, and go As.
naw if it was made after 74 its not a classic
The trucks were the same from 73-87.
Thanks, and go As.
Damn. That’s a long time ripping off the classic ’73…
If you wanna get super technical, the bodystyle actually continued until 1991 as the V3500 or R3500 in a 1 ton, the C3500 and K3500 were the new 88-98 body style, the V and the R were square body.
Thanks, and go As.
Nah, I know nuttin’ about autos for the most part. But glad you’re finally (hopefully) getting that piece of your history back.
My brother’s got a ’69 Ford F100, pumpkin orange that used to belong to our grandparents. It’s not in the greatest shape any more but it still runs well. I remember when we were kids, we used to take garbage to the old Turk Island dumps in Fremont and we’d ride home in the open back of it on the Nimitz.
sounds super safe!
We’re still here!
Okay, I guess it was Union City, but whatever. Looked it up, was open from 1962-1986.
I almost had to plow a bunch of hipsters trying to block traffic on valencia when I was taking kid 1 to kindergarten.
I wish they would take their protests to places where they arent’ preaching to the converted.
like not san francisco?
yup. Unless it is an immediate action, like the start of a war, or a strike or something like that.
Eh. There’s something to be said for the power of the image of a large mass of people. And you just won’t get that in Walnut Creek.
yeah yeah. you are right. I just wish they didn;t mock me for being in a car. I am on their side, we don’t live in a society that we can live up to their utopian ideals.
Yeah, I know the feeling. Walking around the Oakland crowd today with my short grey hair and button down shirt (though red!) I’m sure I was viewed with suspicion by some.
nah… real cops stand out. they wear cop shoes. even when they wear tennis shoes, they’re cop tennis shoes.
No one would take me for a cop…I have too much laughter in my eyes.
so this has been bugging me since about 2pm, when i went out to get my sammich and you said you were wearing a red shirt. (and i realize this is the 2nd time i’ve picked on you for your team-related fashion choices…) are you OK wearing the other team’s color on game day? i have an allergy to it. i really, really feel weird as i’m getting dressed and, say the A’s are playing the orioles, if i pick out orange socks (which i have plenty of, this is not hypothetical) or any other orange item. i put them back if i get as far as taking them out, and i look for something green or team-neutral (for the day). i don’t have a lot of superstitions. the only other one is hat on bed. but with both, i have a very up-front cognitive reaction even before i’m doing the thing that i’m not supposed to do. to the degree that other people might be conscious of wearing a helmet while on a bike or check for keys before leaving the house.
jeans are the exception. i can wear them, and do, every day, even if the A’s are going up against the jays/rangers/dodgers/yankees/etc.
wow. i think we must be related, AV.
hmmmm, maybe!
so… are you re-coloring your hair when the the A’s go to colorado in june??? o_O
i’ll just wear a hat, i guess. ;)
That makes a certain amount of sense and/or is kinda cute and/or silly and maybe a bit nuts.
Can I be more vague?
that wasn’t vagueness. you hit that like you had laser-guided aim.
I only react that way when I know I’m going to the game. But mostly because I don’t want people thinking I’m rooting for the wrong team.
mine might have started from working in SF and not wanting ANYBODY to think i was rooting for the wrong team.
Great question.
so you were wearing even higher echelon game-day colors. makes 1) sense, 2) me glad. very nice tradition.
it’s amazing how green has taken over my life too. it never even entered my favorite colors family. (blue as a kid, orange and gray–not together, two separate favorite colors–as an adult.) not sure that i like it AS a color. but here i am, driving a green car, picking a green gym lock when the other choices are purple, red, or blue. and yes, the socks. the doc martens. the ridiculous polyester shirts just because, hey, i can wear that to a game some time!
I’m going to the game this evening, so I was wearing an A’s hat and sweatshirt on the bus in to work. Just before I got off in Cambridge, a guy got onto the bus with an A’s hat. As I passed him on my way out, I said “Go Oakland”. He looked at me a little confused until I pointed at my hat and then he said “Oh, it’s just a green hat for me. I’m actually a Red Sox fan.” and he followed that up with “They are nice colors.”
So how about this guy, eh? Not only is he wearing the opposing team’s colors on game day, but he’s actually wearing the hat of the opposing team!
My fascist law of the day would be that team caps are only wearable by actual fans of the team, and people should have to pass team-appropriate history quizzes at the cap store before being allowed to purchase.
I saw lots of A’s hats when I lived in Chicago and I see them pretty often out here in the Boston area too. I am 99.9% sure that these people are not A’s fans, but I can’t really fault them, because it is a very handsome hat. (My own A’s hat is more sweat-stained and misshapen than handsome, unfortunately.)
If I lived in Chicago, I’d rock an American Giants hat and be prepared to tell Rube Foster stories.
I would not only vote for this, I would donate to a PAC for it and do cold calling on its behalf.
That’s very sensible, as far as fascist laws go.
That’s pretty fucking stupid.
That’s how I would interpret that exchange.
Yep–I do think about this when I’m choosing what to wear! Particularly with red for whatever reason. I have some red and white checkerboard Vans and those are 100% off the table if we’re playing the Angels, etc. (Unless Stanford is playing that day, in which case, they’re ON.)
Like a General Strike perhaps?
I don’t count what is happening today as a general strike.
i’ve worked more today than on a nonstrike day, fer sher.
What happens when you work the general strike? Does the universe explode?
The Universe always explodes.
oh you physics people
I had a lucky strike once when I rolled a ball into the gutter so badly it popped back out and hit the pins just right.
sweet
i had a lucky strike once but it just made me cough. “toasted” my ass.
I made a lucky strike
when I met you
Girl of my dreams
also for the record for as much as I talk about it this is a really sentimental purchase
myf irst car growing up was a chevy truck just like the one ive beel lookikng for. it was my dads. he offered it to me when he got a new truck and like a fking moron i turned it down and ive regretted it ever since
now i can actually get oen thats big enough to fit the whole family in and its just like my dads old truck
i’ll never get rid of it. ever.
Thanks, and go As.
that’s kinda badass.
The ice man melteth.
he did yesterday. #howvincewouldunderstandit