I’m putting up this game thread, then will completely ignore it as I (thankfully) have to work. I could post lineups, but frankly, what difference will it make.
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Red and white seats? Oh…THAT Coliseum. Never mind.
Cool.
Yesterday I was privy to one end of a phone conversation regarding the logistics of shooting a fetish video. There’s a lot of work involved.
This Coliseum thing sounds like a big production, tho.
Glad I missed last night’s game, being out at the River Cats one instead.
Here, you can see a couple things of mine: http://www.csncalifornia.com/baseball-oakland-athletics & http://www.csncalifornia.com/baseball-oakland-athletics/athletics-talk/Cespedes-in-LF-again-for-River-Cats-?blockID=716200&feedID=2797
Right on! CSN even…
One step closer to being pro!
Still a big, far step but it’s something.
Thanks, and go As.
I’m shocked Coco wasn’t moved back up.
Last night Fosse said it looked like Coco had “found a home in the eighth spot.”
Yeah, I remember that. My immediate thought was “well, now that he’s successful they’ll stupidly move him back up.” I’m so used to Bob Geren.
There was an explanation for last night’s unfortunate events — the Twins changed to their lucky caps on Monday, for the first time since August 2011. They’re expected to wear them again today, so the A’s must counter with the gold alts and high socks.
Not lucky:
Lucky:
Not lucky, but very useful for some April and October games:
Not lucky and pukeworthy:
Yeah! Plaid is a Rays thing, not a Twins thing. (The Giants can reclaim it if they want but they won’t)
20/21/23/24/26
We’d have to mojo it a little, tho.
I don’t know if we should.
ha! i guess viggo likes fútbol.
“thrown off the airport”?
i think it was translated into english by a spanish speaker. also suspect is the “revise” a few ¶s down. in spanish revise means look over, whereas in english it means to look over AND fix.
I was thrown off the airport once. I didn’t hurt much since I all I did his fall a few inches to the sidewalk. But still, those basterds.
LOL at Fosse asking Bert Blyleven “how has your life changed” since getting elected to the Hall of Fame. I think Foss is under the impression that the HOF is some sort of secret society, or Sicilian crime family.
At least it wasn’t “How great is it to be hall of famer?”
Pretty sure he asked that one too.
Maybe Fosse is really Jeff Van Vonderen with a wig. They sort of look alike.
“Since you have entered the Hall of Fame, my life has changed in the following ways…”
Fosse should just fly to Vegas and kick Pete Rose in the nuts five or six times and get it over with.
For the right price, Pete would let him.
No TV… that sucks.
I don’t want to download the latest flash player to make my MLB radio work again, ‘cuz it’ll enable all the autoplay videos again and crash my browser multiple times a day.
Oh well, I guess I’ll just watch the Rays game.
There’s always Gameday.
Or those of us who are paying some attention can do PxP….
Two men on in the first for the number 5 hitter … Josh Donaldson?!
…who promptly flies out.
I’m sure if we could have seen it on TV it would have been majestic, though.
CRUSHED
DRILLED!
RIPPED!!
Drilled to deep second base?
Thanks, and go As.
I mean, he almost got it to the OUTFIELD GRASS.
You don’t fk with that.
Josh. Donaldson.
Fuck you Willingham. I’m not giving any money to your tornado charity now.
For some reason I was thinking today’s game wouldn’t be depressingly grim. What a fool I was!
It’s a Ross start – whatever gave you that contrary notion?
Two line drive outs. Our luck is changing.
Due up in the next inning for the A’s: Suzuki, Barton, Crisp. I feel so much better now! Get ’em back, boys!
database errors abound.
Thanks, and go As.
Yes, we’re actually in first place in the AL West. Anything you’ve heard to the contrary is a mere database error!
I’ve got some money to kick in if we need a host upgrade or something.
I’ve had a couple recently.
I think I’m in favor of some interleague play between MLB and minor league teams.
It’s a damn shame that the aggregate record of the teams in the biggest cities in our country is .500. They should be able to pad their stats against inferior competition to deliver more victories for the home crowds. Also, major league teams should play 120-140 home games a season, and only take 2-4 road trips a year.
We’d still lose. Only we’d feel even worse about it.
Sad, but true.
I just pulled an all nighter and I already have an headache so I’m skipping this game.
But I do like Liriano so it’s nice that he gets the A’s to turn his season around.
Rest fitfully and shake the ‘ache!
Who goes back-to-back here, Butera and Carroll, or Carroll and Span?
Both?
Thank God the Twins suck, too.
I mean… 2 on, 0 out with our
bestonly hitter up? Naturally he lines into a DP.BTW — and I know the good doctorK isn’t here to fix the title — we’ve only lost 7 straight.
fixed
LOL
It says “we will have lost eight straight, going on nine straight” meaning after today.
Now, yes.
I lied.
And I fixed it for real.
And everyone is welcome to suffer the internal earworm the title should give you.
I’m suffering from other wounds right now, but thank you anyways!
That was evil. The earwig missed me on the initial pass. But once you said there was one I went back and read it until I got it.
Now I will be Rolfeing the rest of the day.
“suzuki couldn’t hit it any harder”
Yes vince, its true, he couldn’t
lemme guess… warning track fly?
B-I-N-G-O
(I dare you to read that without singing)
KK says ‘ham can.
Oh, Kurt.
Wonder how long it is before he plays Jason Kendall to Derek Norris’ Kurt Suzuki…
The nationals seem to be running through catchers like spinal tap drummners, and I bet Gio likes him….so maybe?
Good idea!
Gio is like God – he loves everyone.
“confidence”
Drink*
I already have today. Champipple at a work party
ball-ball-ball-called strike-called strike-called strike three
Barton?
coco
Ohnoco :(
Remember when that inning started at 11:25?
good times
I am being forced to do my monthly call listening right now. Pure torture. I’m enjoying it slightly more than I would the game I believe..
Ross isn’t good enough to handle being squeezed like this.
Ok, that’ll do, Pig.
we get it, Pig strong! Pig hit ball!
you don’t have to do it again
Coincidentally, I’m having leftover pork ribs for lunch.
If you were a Twins fan, those would be Communion ribs.
Good grief. Is Willingham mad at us or something? Have some mercy on an awful team, Josh.
“You made me play a year in Oakland, Fuentes you!!!”
Well… didn’t he actually want to stay?
he did! :(
I think he was sufficiently worried about his contract prospects to sign an extension if there was an offer.
That’s what I get for stepping away for a few minutes to make some nachos.
Did Ross get warned for hitting Morneau right after we got Porked again?
How are the nachos? (Much, much, MUCH more interesting that this game.)
Mediocre and low budget. I’m always sensitive to theme when making a meal.
Nachos A’s!!!
Ken, this can’t be liriano’s last chance, I mean why put all that pressure on a AAA rehab start?
The suck. It burns us.
Oh, the joy we will feel on tuesday when they break the 13 game losing streak!
13 games ain’t sh!t i
Maybe we should start rooting for the A’s to show up to the ballpark each day, rather than actually win. That way, each day we’ll be reassured and/or pleasantly surprised, rather than frustrated, disappointed, and/or borderline despondent.
That just makes off days even worse.
Hey now–I believe you were the first to call this 10 game losing streak!
don’t focus on the vowels or where the accent goes, just get the R in the right place. that mastorianni yesterday was killing me.
If Mark Ellis was stumping for him, I might believe it.
it was only yesterday or so that i realized the “presumptive” i keep seeing in front of that name isn’t meant as a characterization.
It was only the day before yesterday I realized that was an actual photo of Rick Scott, and not a gag photo of Voldemort.
Coincidence?
don’t try to confuse me!
And also:
So….4 games out of AL worst?
and falling.
Lawyerball has turned to DrAFtball.
why the r?
Dr. Aft, Jennifer’s buddy.
christ, what an aft hole?
Heh. I was trying to reference DFA’s advocation of fielding a shitty team to increase draft position.
Ah, I was thinking it was the breeze generated by our swings and misses.
it’s counter-intuitive that fanning doesn’t actually make fans.
We lose spectacularly yet?
almost. :(
Good afternoon to you!
I’ve studied Chhinnamasta some more and I’m pretty sure the warnings mostly apply to greedy fools who worship her merely to gain power, and don’t pay props to her more peaceful and healing form.
good afternoon, dear one. looking forward to hearing more about this unfolding connection. :)
Do you think she would entertain any baseball-related prayers?
She demands much self-sacrifice in return.
Athletica is our goddess. and She is NOT listening. :(
She’s listening. It’s us who are maybe saying the wrong words.
Praying for success for the A’s feels a little weird. They are karmically unsettled and pulling in multiple directions at once. If I was a Goddess and some cute little humanoids were praying to me for success for the A’s, I’d ask back, “Success in what? Which aim? They’re a six-headed lizard!”
As my rabbi says, “God doesn’t have a favorite sports team; he/she has more important things to worry about.” I think that is universally applicable, regardless of what deity or deities you do or don’t believe in.
in other words… chosen sports team no, chosen people yes?
The A’s aren’t Jewish enough for God
gotta change the name to the aleph’s.
Relocation possibility: the Jerusalem Milk & Honeys
The Jerusalem A(rtichoke)s
if only there was an art to how they choke.
Heh.
You’re just confusing her. You want to spite certain powers that be, you want the team to stay, you want the team to blah and blah. And you want the team to win. She’s trying to do it all but juggling all the requests at once is a not an easy feat and some are counterproductive. Pick one and go with it.
“just win, deity.”
♥
i wouldn’t call it spectacular. You buddy last night was spectacular, this, not so much
Well, I’ve spent the time waiting for A’sFAIL rereading last night’s Ham esplosion.
Mmmmm. Ham.
Ham IS delicious…
I’ve never had a Ham esplosion. Sounds dirty, but delicious.
I believe it is both.
I know a few people like that.
I am one!
Really? Oh.
woof!
Me too. And occasionally my meat explodes!
hawt.
AND it’s Willing.
To be movin’
Non-consensual sex with a ham sammich is illegal at Bushwood, sir.
Shit… I can’t even have sex with my hand for at least another two weeks.
I guess you’re stuck having to talk to it and cuddle with it now. Well that sucks.
Bitch, I NEVER talk to the hand!
Have you tried Jell-o or pudding? That’s what we give our sick patients at work.
Hmm… is it just me or is that maybe a tagline?
I figured they’d be more soothing to fk than a ham sammich.
Unsanitary, though, in my current situation.
I could maybe theoretically make sweet love to a big jar of bacitracin ointment, but I think it would just end up being much ado about stuffing.
What did you get done?
ampallang
Ouch.
Can we throw a NSFW tag there, buddy?
sorry about that.
So I didn’t stay long enough to see, is that the removal or the insertion?
It was a Wikipedia entry with a post-healing picture, not of the procedure itself
Think mayonnaise.
Mayonnaise a lot of sick people in here!
you win the internet, Jennifer.
Thank you.
[puts on crown]
(I’m glad someone got it.)
I would have gone with up in here, but not bad, not bad at all.
PS – that would require a lot of mayonnaise.
Got to be Nations.
that’s why there’s a clinic just full of the stuff.
If I knew it was going to be that kind of party I would have sticked my di*k in the mashed potatoes.
I lof you.
<3
Um… if you like sloppy seconds, be my guest. [looks all innocent… whistles…]
Well, that was terrible.
I appreciated your picture from yesterday.
Excellent. Happy to be of service.
carry on.
A’s are on pace for being shutout 29 times. AL record is 30, set in the deadball era. A’s are also on pace for 521 runs on the season, which is not quite historic but would be ~25th worst in the modern era (minus the strike seasons). They have the 3rd worst run differential in MLB. They have the second worst offensive WAR. They have the 7th worst pitching WAR.
The A’s are dead last in xFIP.
To xFIP-ity and beyond.
sigh.
Fortunately we have
a ton of great prospectseach other?
But 29th in xFIP-!
Excellent. We’re not the worst in anything.
Man we suck. We can’t even suck the best.
10 years. Let’s let bygones be bygones.
Just.. I don’t even..
Thanks, and go As.
That’s just… if ever there were a perjury case… just fk.
It’s pretty common for the wrongfully convicted, once freed, to talk about how they aren’t bitter about it. You often hear things like “I had to accept the reality of my situation, and it wouldn’t have done me any good to hold on to my anger about it.” I don’t get it either…I imagine that I would be consumed with anger at the false accuser and the prosecutors…but it’s almost always the opposite. At least that’s often what the newly freed people say, anyway.
Newly freed, it would be smart to keep any vengeance cards close to the vest.
Realistically, as someone who has had to choose to accept certain situations or hold on to negative emotions about them, I’ve chosen acceptance nearly every time, and I haven’t regretted it.
Not to mention that it’s probably in their best interest to put their best face forward (or STFU for a long time) when the media swoops in.
he has been out for a while, but yeah, he seems like a smart enough kid to keep his mouth shut
I think I would actually be capable of forgiveness in that situation. Then again, I’m a firm believer in reincarnation and the idea that one’s work is not done even though one’s current body might be.
You’ve got a lot of time to think in prison.
Word.
Sorry, but I’m not reading Rick Reilly.
ACK!!! RUN AWAY!@!!!!
(puts on Peter Gammons mask to further scare Bloomie)
ACK!!!!
[taps shoulder] BOO!
why was he tried as an adult? That in itself is a crime
DAMMIT
Joe MorganB.J. Upton… take a FKing pitch when the pinch runner is trying to steal, okay!Thompson had second stolen twice!
and Upton pops it up. I FKing really dislike that guy. I wish he was on the White Sox or Marlins, not a team I like.
Joyce singles. Thompson might have scored if he was on second.
BJ Upton is the Suzuki of the Rays… except he frustrates for different reasons.
did you see the end of the cleveland game? Broxton walks the bases loaded and the next batter swings at the first pitch and grounds into a 4-6-3. Final score 4-3
did you see the Mariners were beating the Rangers 16-0 in the top of the 4th in Arlington? That FKing blew me away!
Take that, run differential!
(aka, cue 1,000,000 blog posts on how clutch the Rangers are)
HELP IS ON THE WAY!!!!
Thanks, and go As.
He hasn’t hit an extra base hit yet.
His bat was slow in spring and he wasn’t impressive there either. He’s old and not on enhancement drugs and he’s not an MLB-level player anymore. The only thing he’s good for is a minor attendance boost on the next homestand and extension of the losing streak if KC sweeps the A’s.
September call up, baby!!!
That’s a lot of double plays he’s not grounding into!
Manny’s projections
Steamer: .350 wOBA
Bill James: .391
Marcel: .337
ZiPS:. .312
Seth Smith
Steamer: .329
Bill James: .329
Marcel: .344
ZiPS (rest of season): .317
Jonny Gomes
Steamer: .314
Bill James: .321
Marcel: .324
ZiPS (rest of season): .302
Coco Crisp
Steamer: .318
Bill James: .328
Marcel: .323
ZiPS (rest of season): .309
Manny probably isn’t even a marginal upgrade over Seth Smith so he shouldn’t be taking at bats away from him. But he certainly should be given a chance over Gomes, whose “hot start” earlier in the year has unfortunately made it more difficult to DFA him. Crisp will get plenty of starts as Manny should sit against tough righties and Smith should sit against tough lefties.
None of these guys are good bets to outperform these projections. But if I had to bet, I’d bet on the guy with the .312/.411/.585 career line over the two guys who have been average their entire careers and are still projected to be average, and the other guy who has been replacement level his entire career and is still projected to be replacement level.
lol, .390 wOBA
Thanks, and go As.
lol, Bill James projections: where every batter is above average
Seriously. I think he projected me to have a .320 wOBA this year.
Thanks, and go As.
lol, casual-stathead dismissal of Bill James projections
I’ve read enough of those dismissals to know that most of the critiques are based more on internet hearsay and less on actually knowing the attributes and flaws of the system. James projections may seem “optimistic” when compared to CHONE or ZiPS but that doesn’t mean it’s invalid or that it can’t correlate better to actual results than other projection systems on a yearly basis.
And this goes doubly so when you’re just comparing players within the same system. If Manny’s .390 wOBA is optimistic, then what does that say about Jonny Gomes and his .324 projection by the same “optimistic” system?
Even if we throw out Bill James completely, Steamer, which is the shiniest new toy for casual statheads, still projects him for a .350 wOBA. And even if we throw out everything else and just believe the most pessimistic of his projections, ZiPS still has him performing better than what Matsui did last year. And right now, what Matsui did last year would seem like a godsend.
All I want to know is what Steamer projects for the Indians. Becuase I hear it’s a real mess.
asvd
Thanks, and go As.
Oh, I would definitely admit that my casual dismissal of Bill James projections is based only on internet hearsay.
But .390 is a pretty FKing optimistic projection for Manny. Of course, the whole problem is that Manny is pretty difficult to project right now — aging Hall of Fame level hitter, over a year since he last played, and there’s the whole PED issue. I would say that ZIPS and Bill James at least provide a good bracket, except that I wouldn’t be surprised if he hits even worse than .312 wOBA.
Yeah, I’ll definitely take the under on that. In any case, citing the projections has less to do with what I think he’ll actually do and more with giving credence to the notion that he at least deserves a shot. For the record, my feeling is that he’ll probably crash and burn. He’s looked terrible in his AAA games.
It’s hard to do worse than the lineup we are currently running out there. Though I guess Manny might end up primarily taking at-bats from Smith, who is one of the better performers.
I know nothing of Steamer. What is it? Terrible name, though. Sounds like a pile of fresh dung.
They’re a relatively new projection system that did pretty well last year so naturally, all the Fangraphs types have clung to it.
I’m not sure if they do anything new for hitters that other systems don’t do but for pitchers, they take velocity into account beyond just the usual MLEs, regressions, aging curves, comparables, etc. I’m not convinced that extra data definitively leads to better projections but we’ll see.
Irony: making arguments based entirely on looking up wOBA projections on Fangraphs, and then dismissing “casual-stathead” criticism.
A little more substantively: at first glance, none of your links really refute the idea that the James projections are consistently on the high side for hitters.
The first one simply notes that they might be assuming a higher league run environment (while admitting that he hadn’t actually calculated that, or even bought the Bill James handbook!). But that’s not really any different from being uniformly optimistic for hitters, it’s just calling it something different.
(And a little less substantively again: note the reference to the Jake Fox projection.)
The other two look at correlations, among players who got a certain amount of playing time (300 PA in the first link, 500 AB in the second). There are two issues with that
1) Same as above, by looking only a correlations you normalize out the league-average level, so those studies don’t say anything at all about whether the projections for one system are uniformly high or not.
2) Selection bias issues. By limiting the study to players who got substantial amounts of playing time, you ignore rosy projections for prospects or backups. A system could project every single player in AA to be a Major League average hitter right now (which I think is what Marcel would do, e.g.), and that wouldn’t show up in that study, because almost none of those players will get enough MLB at-bats to qualify. And if a couple of them do, it will be precisely because they do hit well, making that projection system (wrongly) look even better.
Admittedly, in this case some of that is beside the point, since we are mostly interested in the relative projections (Manny vs. Gomes) rather than in the absolute numbers.
But ultimately I think colin is right: we shouldn’t put much stock in projection systems for players at the extremes: very young, very old, having missed a full year, or in Manny’s case both of the last two. There simply aren’t enough historical comps to do much with, and even if you use some sort of generic aging curve, the variance around that is going to be huge. So projection systems are going to be all over the map – as I noted they were before the season started.
I’m confused. The tone of this comment seems to suggest a epic, self-righteous beatdown from the hammer of a sabermetric Thor himself. But while wordy and certainly righteous, none of this is really a strong refutation of anything I argued. If you want to put me in my place, you can do better than that.
The Hardball Times article speculates that it uses a more optimistic league run environment than other projection systems, sure, and that much I’ve already said (“James projections may seem ‘optimistic’ when compared to CHONE or ZiPS”) so I’m not sure why you’re arguing it again. But that’s not the same as saying it’s “uniformly optimistic” when compared to reality. If the league average James uses is always higher than actual league average, then its projections would similarly be consistently optimistic when compared to reality. But since it isn’t, and since none of the other projection systems are better or worse at predicting league average than James, you can’t make the argument that it’s “uniformly optimistic” to reality.
The point of the article isn’t to prove that James is more or less right than everything else. The point is that basically, we shouldn’t care if James looks optimistic next to ZiPS. We should care if it’s always optimistic compared to what actually happened it. It can’t prove or disprove the latter. Can you?
I agree on point 1. But point 2 is applicable to all projection systems in the study. You’ve pointed out the problems in the study, but you haven’t pointed out why these problems are advantageous to James only and thus should discredit James. Or is your argument that it’s simply impossible to truly and accurately compare performance between projection systems?
Fine, but what do we put stock in? The snarky dismissals from people who looked up tweets and box scores and have decided he’s done? The opinions of Manny fans who still think it’s 2006? Scouting reports from a week of games? I think I’ll look at the projections first, warts and all, over any of these things.
Anyways tl;dr:
1. James is optimistic compared to ZiPS, CHONE, etc. But there’s no evidence that it’s optimistic compared to what actually happens.
2. Because of (1), I think criticisms of James as being “too optimistic” are misleading and wrong. Therefore, the burden of proof is still on people to prove that it’s invalid.
3. You’ve made a compelling argument as to what the flaws in the studies comparing projection systems are. But that just means it’s hard to compare projection systems; we still don’t have any definitive proof that James is better or worse than CHONE or ZiPS, etc.
4. Projections for Manny are flawed. Other evaluations of Manny are similarly/perhaps moreso flawed…
…so what the FK do we do?
Well, I think you have misread my tone, except for the in my first sentence where I was pointing out that your comments were just as much “casual-stathead” as colin’s. As are mine.
As for the rest of it, I agree that we don’t have much evidence either way about whether the Bill James projections are generally high for hitters. In particular, the links you posted don’t really address that question, because it wasn’t the one they were trying to answer.
And that’s really the general point in evaluating projection systems. It depends what question you’re trying to answer. For the purposes of ranking players for the average fantasy league, or aggregating projections to predict season standings, looking at how the systems do for league regulars (plus maybe the harder issue of predicting health and playing time) makes sense. But by the same token, the systems don’t actually differ very much for those players, since there really isn’t much room for improvement beyond marcels plus park factors plus generic aging curves.
So you aren’t going to see 200 point differences in OPS projection (or 80 point differences in wOBA projections, if you prefer) for those players. And when you do see those differences, as we do here, it’s a good sign that the level of uncertainty is too high for the projections to mean very much at all.
What the FK should we do about Manny? Even though I put a lot less weight than you do on the projections in this case, basically what you said in a different comment: sure, give him at least a brief shot, but he’s probably going to be awful.
Whoa, I didn’t know at first what you meant by irony comment but now I see. I wasn’t trying to imply with the casual stathead comment that colin was bad for being one or that I was above such a demographic. I was referencing a common stathead belief (i.e. stathead dimissal of RBIs, etc), just one I didn’t agree with. Admittedly it comes off worse than intended with the “casual” part and for that I apologize. But seriously, I don’t consider anyone here as more or less “casual” of a stathead than anyone else, unless, I dunno, someone here regularly moonlights on Tango’s blog.
I know its not “the” problem, but if he takes ABs away from coco, so be it.
The June 5th thread makes me sad.
for why?
Because I will be in school.
I hate it. I want it to be over. And I want to have fun.
you and Sheryl.
Who is Sheryl?
Crow?
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard.
Ewww, that’s in southern California.
I know. No wonder she’s not having any fun AND she thinks it’s okay to drink at 10 in the morning…
…it’s not?
It is until you come to my special meetings!
Are your meeting alcohol or drugs? BFF Grayson has to take some classes.
I go to the alkehawl ones, though most of my clients go to the drug ones.
Ah. See needs alcohol ones. It’s drug court, though, isn’t it?
It is. We occasionally get the random alcoholic.
She’s a drinker. Last night she sent me a photo of her drinking beer as she was studying to retake her driver’s exam. She lost her license due to DUIs.
And afterward they hold softball games Druggies Vs. Alkies. The SexAddies ump the games.
So, I’m unclear as to which team Bloom is on, or if he is an ump.
Yes.
He’s the softball equivalent of “Full time QB” when you have an odd number of people for a football game.
Thanks, and go As.
I’m sick and it’s funny!
No, really. I am. And…it’s kinda funny.
Aw. Bloomie, we love you.
Missing an “h” there in the last sentence.
win.
Good point.
I stil enjoy LA and lived for years +/- blocks from Santa Monica (albeit on the unfashionable west side.)
Ew. Cringe.
EAT IT!!!!
Just don’t use more than one square of TP at a time afterward.
If you don’t mind, I’m going to pretend this past week of games didn’t happen
okay. carry on.
Perhaps a long stroll through the Mojave Desert with lots and lots of peyote is in order?
sounds fun.
They could make it a movie. “Peyote Ugly”
little-known factoid, the author of eat love pray was also the author of the coyote ugly story that eventually got made into that movie.
how romantic!
Eat Pray Puke
Umm… if you’re going to do that, you should probably avoid this upcoming week too.
why? are the A’s playing someone even better than the twins???
Everyone but us. Damn, if only they could play against themselves.
The R-R-R-R-R Royals!
Hold me, Scooby!
Roh Kay.
We have a bad history with the Yankees on Memorial Day weekend, but we should take 2 out of 3 from the Twins after that right? I mean, we’re a .500 team and second place in the division! I see no reason not to watch this week of games!
I think I’m going to take a sabbatical from this team for a while. I’m not promising not to watch or listen, but I’m determined not to care until July 1 at the earliest.
good thing WC qualifiers are starting up again…
I picked July 1 because that’s the last game of the Euros.
so… germany v spain day?
That’s what I expect.
I’m excited to watch US/Brasil today even though its a friendly.
Thanks, and go As.
Me too, but I’m annoyed I have a work dinner right in the middle of it. I hate watching games on tape, and I just know someone is going to spoil it for me at the dinner.
totally planning my day around it.
I’m slightly happy that I am busy as heck at work and only have time to jump in here and there.
I’m determined not to care until 2020. Then I plan to be very retrospective.
agrd.
Retrospective as opposed to introspective?
Yes. I’m always introspective, but that seems like a good year for hindsight.
couch. office-nap. now.
I need an office couch.
Wait.
Actually, I don’t.
I have a bean bag?
I can think of no one who should have a bean bag less than you. Perhaps a quadriplegic.
It’s funny because it’s true. I’m also sitting in a chair with a back rest that wobbles, the plate that screws the seat to the base missing one of the two screws, the arm thing that controls the height semi-detached and no longer working, and the hydraulics that make it go up and down faulty at best.
Dude. ERGONOMICS. Your back is held together, as far as I can tell, with gum and some duct tape. WHAT THE FK, Matty?!
ik,r? At least the only way for me to ensure it doesn’t collapse on me is to, you know, actually sit up straight and correctly. So there’s that.
hmmm.
In 2020 you’re going to wheel me around somewhere and we’re going to look back on this and laugh together.
Laughter will only lead to pain for you, Matt.
Truf. But we’ll do it anyway.
That sounds like a death trap. I hope you wear a helmet at work.
And mess up my hair? Hells no.
LOL!
Start braiding your back hair.
That might be hard given how short is and how gawdawful I look with long hair.
While my office has no couch, it is steps away from the bedroom, so a nap sound simply wonderful.
hmm. That might get me into a spot of trouble were I in a similar situation.
i used to work from home. i liked it a lot. until i got an office. i like leaving my work at work (and having a music-listening lounge at home) a lot more.
Yes, with the little Aces a week from summer vaca, I am thinking about heading into some temporary office digs for a few weeks. conference calls with super mute button needs to tell 2 Aces to stop screaming at each other are so fun.
you in oakland? i have enough space for two for a week.
Unfortunately no. But if I ever need an office on a day I play semt hookey and go to a game I will bookmark this comment…
absolutely.
ahhhhh, refreshing!
Did you just reload the page?
i never do that until i’ve answered a few hour-old questions.
You don’t want to answer them before they’re ripe, after all.