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  1. JamesV Aug 8,2012 9:23 am

    Before the game gets going I’ll just toss in a link to the random stuff I shot in Tacoma during the trip.

    I tried messing around with a few different things I don’t normally shoot. Check them out.

    These were cool:

    • SPWC Aug 8,2012 9:37 am || Up

      Wow. A nice shot of already great art.

      Way cool.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • JamesV Aug 8,2012 10:05 am || Up

        That was natural light on the footbridge, too.

        It’s kind of like this (not by me):

        And here’s a different shot (also not by me) of another section I put up a couple pics from:

        • WaddellCanseco Aug 8,2012 10:06 am || Up

          These are gorgeous

          • JamesV Aug 8,2012 10:26 am || Up

            Kinda why I like it when I can take trips and have room to wander. I do a lot of pre-planning but sometimes you get surprised by neat things.

    • WaddellCanseco Aug 8,2012 9:37 am || Up

      It reminded me of:

    • aardvark Aug 8,2012 10:08 am || Up

      Is the stuff in Union Station the work of Chihuly?

      • JamesV Aug 8,2012 10:32 am || Up

        Nevermind, I didn’t know who Chihuly was and thought it was some Cthulu reference for some reason. Someone just told me his “sister and her boyfriend are working glass artists up there. Her boyfriend interned with Chihouly (just like pretty much every glass artist up there.)”

        I’m guessing yes, then.

      • JamesV Aug 8,2012 10:32 am || Up

        I’m also awake after five hours of sleep. I knew that was a mistake. Zzzz.

      • colin Aug 8,2012 10:49 am || Up

        I went to a Chihuly exhibit when it came to the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. The first two photos don’t look familiar, but the glass ceiling with colorful objects above does. I was actually pretty underwhelmed by the whole exhibit.

        • andeux Aug 8,2012 11:02 am || Up

          The Chronicle’s art critic really, really hates Chihuly.

          TINSTAAFK
          • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 11:19 am || Up

            His reputation preceeds him in many ways, but it’s still pretty damn cool to look at his stuff. There’s a huge Chihuly in the lobby where my mom works (Camino Medical Group in Mt. View). It’s really pretty remarkable, if garrish.

            A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
            • MikeV Aug 8,2012 11:20 am || Up

              euphemism

              There’s a huge Chihuly in the lobby

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

              Thanks, and go As.

              • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 11:22 am || Up

                It would be unfortunate if it, um, shattered from, uh, too much heat.

                A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
            • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:19 pm || Up

              yuppers. PNWsterners have strong opinions about the man

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:28 pm || Up

            As an artist I’d say he’s mediocre, what he’s done for glass as an art medium he’s a giant.

      • JamesV Aug 8,2012 12:49 pm || Up

        I looked things up on Wiki – yes.

    • colin Aug 8,2012 10:59 am || Up

      Here is a cool glasswork + mirror display that I saw at the Boston ICA. Maybe part of their permanent collection? I’m pretty sure it wasn’t in a special exhibit.

    • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 11:12 am || Up

      That’s fantastic. I have yet to explore what Tacoma has done to rid itself its stinky pulp and paper mill town reputation, but I really need to.

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
      • JamesV Aug 8,2012 11:24 am || Up

        I honestly didn’t notice it.

        • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 11:28 am || Up

          A lot of the mills and smelters have closed or are only working intermittently and technology has improved enough to remove some odors, but even five years ago it was worse than now. Plus, they’ve removed a lot of the nastiness on the waterfront, so it’s a more pleasant place by all accounts.

          A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
          • JamesV Aug 8,2012 11:35 am || Up

            I’ve read about it, at least. Something about “the aroma of Tacoma.”

    • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:07 pm || Up

      I like that one a lot.

      But seriously, folks....
  2. JamesV Aug 8,2012 9:35 am

    I love it when they do this in Get Fuzzy:

    • JamesV Aug 8,2012 9:36 am || Up

      Hmm, 2010 copyright. Maybe they’re running repeats this week.

      • dmoas Aug 8,2012 10:06 am || Up

        His stuff used be really funny. Then he decided to introduce ton of characters and it just fell flat ever since.

        • batgirl Aug 8,2012 10:26 am || Up

          Yeah, it has gone downhill, but Satchel and Bucky are just so darn cute.

        • JamesV Aug 8,2012 10:26 am || Up

          Hard to argue this.

        • JamesV Aug 8,2012 10:28 am || Up

          Doing that is probably a sign you’re running out of good stuff with your main characters. I loved The Boondocks before McGruder went crazy with characters, too. Then it hit a point where it either seemed to have no direction or it just didn’t grab me any more.

        • aardvark Aug 8,2012 10:44 am || Up

          Yeah, there was a time when get fuzzy was pretty much a guaranteed laugh. Not so any more.

  3. SPWC Aug 8,2012 9:36 am

    Huh… I could’a swore I saw 109 as the last one… Oh well. I think I need new reading glasses.

    \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  4. WaddellCanseco Aug 8,2012 9:38 am

    They would be crazy not to sell if the A’s were worth a lot, but they think they’ll be worth much more when the stadium issue is solved. Of course if the team value market crashes, there will be no stadium and their value will be a lot less.

    • SPWC Aug 8,2012 10:07 am || Up

      The team value market will likely crash by the end of the decade as media viewing habits change and the oldest baseball-loving generation dies and isn’t replaced at the same rate.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • WaddellCanseco Aug 8,2012 10:18 am || Up

        Nah, the oldest baseball loving generation has already died. Football and basketball have grown massively in the past 50 years, much faster than baseball. Young people will love baseball at least as much as the 60 year olds of today.

    • dmoas Aug 8,2012 10:07 am || Up

      I think estimates of their value right now are inflated anyway. SD had that mega contract to add value. It also has relatively new digs. The A’s have neither.

      • SPWC Aug 8,2012 10:09 am || Up

        Yeah, but they’re an extant property on a rising tide that’s raising all boats.

        You really think the A’s couldn’t fetch $550-600m right now?

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 10:39 am || Up

          I’d pay $550 for ’em.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • MikeV Aug 8,2012 10:42 am || Up

            Can I have $550M?

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

            Thanks, and go As.

            • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 11:19 am || Up

              Sure, as long as you give me ownership of the A’s and we forget about that pesky “M”

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • dmoas Aug 8,2012 6:08 pm || Up

          I’d think the A’s given their situation would top out closer to $450 – 500.

  5. WaddellCanseco Aug 8,2012 9:39 am

    Didn’t we trade Benson to Washington?

  6. beebo Aug 8,2012 9:51 am

    Just bought tickets to see the Lake Monsters play the Brooklyn Cyclones this weekend. Good timing, too — looks like Addison Russell is onboard as of this week.

    • WaddellCanseco Aug 8,2012 9:52 am || Up

      Also Daniel Robertson

    • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:21 pm || Up

      this weekend, like the 11? is it in VT or BKLN?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • beebo Aug 8,2012 12:25 pm || Up

        I’m going the 12th, in Brooklyn. One of these days I’ll try to make it up to Vermont. Never been to the ballpark at Coney Island, so I’m really looking forward to it.

        • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:35 pm || Up

          sounds fun. I’ll be in Western Mass this weekend and most of next week. I mostly have decided against the 3 hour driver to burlington for a game.

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
  7. aardvark Aug 8,2012 10:16 am

    Interesting write up of some mechanical changes that Carter has made over at BP. I think its subscriber only though.

  8. aardvark Aug 8,2012 10:16 am

    Also, anyone else going to today’s game?

  9. andeux Aug 8,2012 11:03 am

    Anyone (FSU?) following Olympic boxing? At the pro level everyone knows the sport is completely corrupt, but this kind of thing seems pretty crazy.

    TINSTAAFK
    • JamesV Aug 8,2012 11:14 am || Up

      It’s all about getting them ready for the pros, in more ways than one.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 8,2012 7:43 pm || Up

      Wow! So the BBC ran a story last year that a $9M bribe had been paid to put the fix in, and then they still went ahead and tried to do it? I have to admire the Azerbaijani chutzpah, at least.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 7:47 pm || Up

        Meh. They’ve got nothing on the GOP

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  10. JamesV Aug 8,2012 11:34 am
    • AV Aug 8,2012 11:43 am || Up

      what i’m taking out of this is that he’s holding out a little loyalty to the A’s by not learning the yankee’s names and is just calling them “hey.”

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • JediLeroy Aug 9,2012 8:58 am || Up

      His expression is priceless. I must’ve watched that 20 times.

      az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • elcroata Aug 10,2012 1:10 am || Up

      can’t stop watching this

      Because survival is insufficient
  11. AV Aug 8,2012 11:44 am

    one-eleven? this game is gonna be a love missile!

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  12. AV Aug 8,2012 12:08 pm

    a quick panoramic vacation. or, who’s been doing donuts on mars?

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:26 pm || Up

      Walter White

      But seriously, folks....
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 8,2012 7:44 pm || Up

        In his boots of Chinese plastic.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  13. Bed Aug 8,2012 12:12 pm

    I looked so badass today on my motorcycle in my helmet, polo shirt and cargo shorts.

    I think I’m the only rider in Arkansas who wears a helmet but I’m glad I had it on as I got caught in a thunderstorm.

    But seriously, folks....
    • WaddellCanseco Aug 8,2012 12:14 pm || Up

      Are you also the only rider in Arkansas who wears a polo shirt?

      • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:16 pm || Up

        That’s also possible.

        But seriously, folks....
        • beebo Aug 8,2012 12:26 pm || Up

          What kind of bike do you have?

          • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:27 pm || Up

            Suzuki Boulevard.

            But seriously, folks....
            • SPWC Aug 8,2012 12:30 pm || Up

              I used to have a 1983 Tempter.

              \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
              • SPWC Aug 8,2012 12:30 pm || Up

                I also used to not have a road pizza scar on my leg, too.

                \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
              • beebo Aug 8,2012 1:22 pm || Up

                I fixed up and puttered around on a mid 80s Honda Nighthawk a couple of years ago. I miss riding.

            • MikeV Aug 8,2012 12:37 pm || Up

              I do rather like the M109R.

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

              Thanks, and go As.

    • SPWC Aug 8,2012 12:28 pm || Up

      Good man. You’re a father, and taking care of a post-accident vegetable sucks.

      Seriously, dude, you should at least wear thick jeans when you ride. Accidental tailpipe scorches on bare legs hurt.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:30 pm || Up

        Bed don’t do jeans…haven’t worn a pair since 1991. But you’re right it is a bit dodgy wearing shorts but it’s so damn hot outside right now.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:36 pm || Up

          dockers, doc

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • MikeV Aug 8,2012 12:38 pm || Up

          Sweating > Bleeding

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

          Thanks, and go As.

          • SPWC Aug 8,2012 12:39 pm || Up

            big time.

            \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
          • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:41 pm || Up

            Fair point.

            But seriously, folks....
          • beebo Aug 8,2012 1:24 pm || Up

            I second this. Road rash is horrible. Better to ruin a pair of pants than your skin.

  14. Bed Aug 8,2012 12:20 pm

    I remember watching Benson a lot when I was a kid. It’s odd that here we are nearly 30 years later and there are less shows on network TV with minority leads.

    But seriously, folks....
    • SPWC Aug 8,2012 12:29 pm || Up

      :(

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • WaddellCanseco Aug 8,2012 12:29 pm || Up

      Are there any? I guess CSI used to have Fishburne, Scrubs had that surgeon guy, Ugly Betty had Latinos, The Unit had Cerrano. But there really isn’t much anymore.

      • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:33 pm || Up

        You’d think there would have to be at least one but I can’t think of any. Meanwhile, Matthew Perry is getting the chance to run his 3rd show into the ground after Friends and rating continue to go down across the board.

        But seriously, folks....
        • WaddellCanseco Aug 8,2012 12:38 pm || Up

          I guess you could count The Cleveland Show

          • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:40 pm || Up

            A cartoon huh?…and isn’t a white guy doing the voice? I remember reading something about it but I’m not sure.

            But seriously, folks....
    • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 12:42 pm || Up

      Did you prefer Benson Benson, or Soap Benson?

      I disliked Soap but liked Benson. But I think that was more of the fact I was a bit older and “got” Benson.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:44 pm || Up

        Soap Benson is a little before my time. I know about the show but I never watched it.

        But seriously, folks....
      • AV Aug 8,2012 12:46 pm || Up

        i like soap the show now (i’m not sure if you’re saying you didn’t like the show or the benson role in the soap). i used to not. or not get it. benson benson was smoother as a show but so much more standard too.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 12:56 pm || Up

          The former. I am like you-as I got older I “got” Soap.

          Although I still don’t know how you go from the butler to basically running the state of OR (it was OR and not WA, right?)

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
          • AV Aug 8,2012 1:01 pm || Up

            a) i learned to get soap by watching mary hartman mary hartman.

            b) by eavesdropping?

            c) connecticut.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 1:08 pm || Up

              How wierd. I would have sworn it was OR. Wiki says that the state was never mentioned on Benson, but it was CT in Soap so you would assume he didnt move cross country… Thats what I get for trusting 10 year old me’s memory.

              Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
              • AV Aug 8,2012 1:12 pm || Up

                that’s nothing. i told FSU last week about a car with wood paneling i see all the time. today i saw it again and it’s got no wood at all. and even after that realization, i close my eyes and still see the paneling in my mind.

                *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 8,2012 7:51 pm || Up

                  I too pictured it that way, and it made me happy. So thanks!

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:37 pm || Up

      I was just discussing this w/ a friend regarding the racist olympic tweets, I think we’ve gone backwards the last 20 yrs.

      Kids can’t be kids, prudes have tripled, folks want to dismantle Equal Opportunity ( already gone in WI.), emergence of a frothing intolerant religious right, etc…

  15. Bed Aug 8,2012 12:24 pm

    So there’s 2 Sherlock Holmes tv shows and the Downey movies….what’s next a Sherlock Broadway musical?

    Maybe he can dance fight with Moriarty like they’re in West Side Story.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:25 pm || Up

      By the way the last Downey movie was kind of terrible.

      But seriously, folks....
      • SPWC Aug 8,2012 12:29 pm || Up

        He’s had an uppey and downey career.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:34 pm || Up

          He has indeed. He was fine in the movie but the plot was weak and while Jared Harris is a fine actor he was a limp Moriarty.

          But seriously, folks....
      • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 12:47 pm || Up

        I have wanted so much to like both of those movies. But they were not good, and even worse they were total mumblers. I would have to go back and watch with captioning to even understand it and I dont think I will waste the time.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:52 pm || Up

          I thought the first one was fun for what it was. They aren’t anything like the books but I thought it moved fast and didn’t take itself seriously. The second was just inept and the story…was there one?…didn’t do much.

          But seriously, folks....
          • colin Aug 8,2012 12:57 pm || Up

            I didn’t see the second one, but I thought the first one was bad for pretty much the reasons that you listed, so maybe I should just avoid #2.

            • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:02 pm || Up

              Yeah if you didn’t like the first one I can’t imagine you’ll enjoy the second. The bad guys even have the same plan.

              But seriously, folks....
      • DFA Aug 8,2012 6:16 pm || Up

        So was the first one.

        Couldn’t hold a candle to Jeremy Brett

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  16. Bed Aug 8,2012 12:28 pm

    I spent the morning in Fort Smith, Arkansas….please try not to be jealous of my glam lifestyle.

    But seriously, folks....
    • SPWC Aug 8,2012 12:32 pm || Up

      You were up in Reverend Billy Lard country, eh?

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:36 pm || Up

        Well, for me it’s down in Lard country but yes I was in the Fort. Catching up with some friends and setting the stage for our football fantasy draft party…we’re so cool.

        But seriously, folks....
        • SPWC Aug 8,2012 12:39 pm || Up

          Did you join the FK Fantasy League that YonYonson set up? There’s a post about it from a week or so ago.

          \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
          • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:55 pm || Up

            Can you do more than one league? Is that legal? Is it ethical?

            But seriously, folks....
            • SPWC Aug 8,2012 2:03 pm || Up

              I dunno.

              I’m only planning on doing 16 picks this year. My fantasy football time budget is ten minutes a week, and I’d like to keep it that way.

              \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
            • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 3:35 pm || Up

              Have those concerns ever stopped you before?

    • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 12:48 pm || Up

      DUDE!! It never hit me until you said this right now.

      We have a vendor in Fort Smith. Can I give you like $5 to go back and knock some fools upside the head?

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  17. aardvark Aug 8,2012 12:37 pm

    Section 216, last row. Gorgeous day for baseball.

    • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:38 pm || Up

      I’m jealous.

      But seriously, folks....
    • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:39 pm || Up

      nice.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Aug 8,2012 12:46 pm || Up

      yay!!!

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 12:46 pm || Up

      Stuck at work on interminable telecons after all :-(

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:48 pm || Up

        boo

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • colin Aug 8,2012 12:49 pm || Up

        Wednesday is my only zero-telecon day. It is glorious!

        • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 12:52 pm || Up

          I’m on my 4th this week, with 3 to go including one tomorrow at 11am.

          Central European time.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:53 pm || Up

            I don’t think I’ve ever done one.

            But seriously, folks....
            • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 12:56 pm || Up

              If they’re run well they can be useful, but mostly they’re not and have become a bad habit.

              Two of my regular ones are run by people who cannot stop talking, and just turn into hour long monologues.

              If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
              • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:58 pm || Up

                Who knows maybe at some point I’ll teach classes where no one is in the room with me.

                But seriously, folks....
          • colin Aug 8,2012 12:58 pm || Up

            We don’t really have major timezone problems on Keck, but QUIET definitely did. Our solution involved making the Japanese collaborators stay up really late.

    • WaddellCanseco Aug 8,2012 1:21 pm || Up

      Awesome

  18. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:39 pm

    Yeah staily Straik outs

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  19. AV Aug 8,2012 12:40 pm

    NICE day oakland. glad i got out of the house.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:40 pm || Up

      you make it to the game?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • AV Aug 8,2012 12:47 pm || Up

        nah. pondered it but too much work. i slept from 5am to 11 after a looong time awake and i was considering just working from bed, that’s what i meant about getting out.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • SPWC Aug 8,2012 12:40 pm || Up

      It’s 90 in the valley already, on the way to 103.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:46 pm || Up

        It’s actually not bad out now after the rain. My backyard needs some work and it might be nice enough outside to go do it.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:46 pm || Up

          He does yardwork and rides his motorcycle in a polo shirt….HE’S SUBURBAN DAD!

          But seriously, folks....
      • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 12:59 pm || Up

        Dont remind me. Highs for the next several days 103,104,107,111,108,107. And I don’t think I can escape anywhere either… =(

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • SPWC Aug 8,2012 2:05 pm || Up

          Ooh… you’re getting it worse than we are. The rivers definitely help keep things a few degrees cooler up here.

          \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  20. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:40 pm

    Another Straike out

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  21. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:42 pm

    Wow, Dan. nice

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  22. Bed Aug 8,2012 12:43 pm

    Wow, Andy Reid is already back at work. I guess everyone deals with loss in their own way.

    But seriously, folks....
  23. SPWC Aug 8,2012 12:45 pm

    Zack Greinke kinda looks like Peter Dinklage.

    \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:49 pm || Up

      Game of Thrones is one of those shows that several friends say I need to watch.

      But seriously, folks....
      • batgirl Aug 8,2012 12:54 pm || Up

        It’s good! Dinklage is fantastic.

        • Bed Aug 8,2012 12:59 pm || Up

          Fantasy is not normally my cup of tea but I’ve heard so many good things I probably should give it a try.

          But seriously, folks....
          • batgirl Aug 8,2012 1:19 pm || Up

            Well, that’s exactly my boat. But it’s really just a drama/soap opera wrapped in a medieval/fantasy cloak, so it’s fun!

      • brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:39 pm || Up

        First season is solid, second not so much.

    • colin Aug 8,2012 12:52 pm || Up

      I can totally see that. Greinke is probably really tall, right?

      • SPWC Aug 8,2012 2:06 pm || Up

        Yeah.

        It’s in the face, tho. They both have very square features.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • colin Aug 8,2012 2:21 pm || Up

          That just makes it better — you have big Dinklage and little Dinklage. Then you have Bed… his dinklage is five inches, but it’s thick.

  24. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:48 pm

    Ken fooled me on moss’ flyout

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  25. Bed Aug 8,2012 12:53 pm

    Anybody here have a PhD?

    But seriously, folks....
    • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 12:56 pm || Up

      I have a keyboard with those letters

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:00 pm || Up

        Has having those letters on your keyboard helped your career?

        But seriously, folks....
        • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:02 pm || Up

          I am sure with the fancy sciency guys sure

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:05 pm || Up

            It’s just something I’ve thought about. If I ever wanted to get into administration having one would allow me to go up the chain.

            But seriously, folks....
            • colin Aug 8,2012 1:07 pm || Up

              By administration, do you mean like a principal or something higher up than that? Do those people often have PhDs in education, or in other fields?

              • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:12 pm || Up

                Yeah, a principal and yes it’s in education usually. I’m not even sure what I’d have to do. My Masters is in American Studies and my BA is in History.

                But seriously, folks....
    • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 12:57 pm || Up

      A few of us.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:01 pm || Up

        A serious question then…has it helped your career and are you glad you got it?

        But seriously, folks....
        • colin Aug 8,2012 1:02 pm || Up

          My job title is “post-doc”, so I couldn’t have this job if I didn’t get a PhD.

          • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:03 pm || Up

            Right. I imagine many of your are in jobs where you have to have one.

            But seriously, folks....
            • colin Aug 8,2012 1:05 pm || Up

              It’s definitely possible that I might look back some day and decide that this was a stupid career choice.

              • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:06 pm || Up

                I think all of us risk that.

                But seriously, folks....
              • beebo Aug 8,2012 1:44 pm || Up

                That was a big part of why I left my program.

                On the other hand, I think STEM folks, in general, have it a little bit easier. My impression is you’re not necessarily expected to go into academia or research with a STEM doctorate, unlike other fields.

                • colin Aug 8,2012 1:46 pm || Up

                  Maybe so, but you still spend your grad school years working with professors and post-docs, so pretty much your only examples are people who took the academic route.

                • andeux Aug 8,2012 1:47 pm || Up

                  It depends. I was abd in pure math, where most people stay in academia. It turns out I’m a lot happier in industry, but it would have been nice to have the degree on my resume.

                  TINSTAAFK
        • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 1:10 pm || Up

          Same as Colin in terms of it being a requirement for my job, though I have people in my group who don’t have one so there are still some avenues open (though at labs rather than universities).

          Because I left academia after my undergraduate degree, when I did return it was with a much clearer sense of what I was doing it for and what I wanted out of it. So not only did I get this extraordinary job out of it, but even at the time I really enjoyed doing it.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:14 pm || Up

            Now that I’m a teacher part of me wonders what kind of student I’d be if I decided to do it. I also wonder how I’d fine the time but it’s something I’m kicking around.

            But seriously, folks....
            • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 1:17 pm || Up

              I would really like to go back for my MBA. Issues
              -Wouldnt do much to help me carer wise
              -$$$
              -Mrs. Aces already held my hand through my BS while working, etc and she is prepping to go back and get some education, certifictions, etc and I want to even our score first.

              Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
              • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:20 pm || Up

                My wife will go back to get her BA. We want to have another kid and we both want her to stay with the kids until they’re about 4 but then she’s going back to school so I’d have to get my PhD in the next few years.

                But seriously, folks....
                • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:22 pm || Up

                  Another kid? Are you bored with the first one already?

                • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:23 pm || Up

                  ik, r?

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:23 pm || Up

                  Yeah, all she does is giggle. I need a kid I can make some money off of.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:25 pm || Up

                  Record her giggles and sell it as a laugh track.

                • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:28 pm || Up

                  I like the way you think. She had me on the floor laughing right before I came home with her giggles…it’s just so funny and cute…and yes I realize every partent thinks their kid is the greatest thing ever but in this case it’s true.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:30 pm || Up

                  I love listening to my god daughter laugh. And I love that she does it a lot.

                • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:33 pm || Up

                  My God Daughter keeps making me offers I can’t refuse.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:43 pm || Up

                  I hope you don’t own any horses.

                • colin Aug 8,2012 1:41 pm || Up

                  If you go for a PhD, make sure it is something that you actually like studying. I think that getting a PhD in a subject that you don’t like, but you need as a stepping stone to some other position, would be pretty difficult.

                • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:44 pm || Up

                  That’s good advice. It’s something I have some thinking to do about.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • colin Aug 8,2012 1:49 pm || Up

                  I don’t mean to imply that you are only interested in the PhD as a stepping stone, just that you should think about whether it is a topic that you want to spend years studying (whether it’s in education or some other field).

              • AV Aug 8,2012 1:22 pm || Up

                i went to NYU for a masters in cultural studies that i didn’t get.
                —still paying it off
                —work in a career completely different than cultural studies
                —glad i’m not a prof, and that’s pretty much what i was on track to do
                —if i hadn’t gone to NYU, ran out of money when the loan was only available to people taking 12 units and NYU not allowing me to take 12 when i only had 11 left in my program, i never would have temped at the agency that sent me to mcgraw hill, where i first learned book design, which is what i’m doing now. or, should be doing now but i’m *busy* entertaining you FKrs.

                *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:24 pm || Up

                  I admire professors but I always wanted to teach at the High School level.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • DFA Aug 8,2012 7:12 pm || Up

                  I have a bunch of friends that do book design. What firm do you work for?

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Aug 8,2012 8:09 pm || Up

                  my biz name is bookish design. no web presence. still working on my site design!

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • AV Aug 8,2012 8:10 pm || Up

                  who are your friends who do book design? chronicle people? mcsweeney’s?

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • colin Aug 8,2012 8:29 pm || Up

                  One of the grad students I work with is buddies with the editor of Lucky Peach, hence the “Interview with a South Pole Chef” from issue 3.

                • AV Aug 8,2012 8:32 pm || Up

                  if that editor is chris y., HE WAS MY INTERN! and he’s an A’s fan.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • colin Aug 8,2012 8:53 pm || Up

                  Nice. Chris S (the grad student in question) is also an A’s fan, though a bit suspect since he is from Orange County.

                • AV Aug 8,2012 9:00 pm || Up

                  so’s chris y. then again, so am i.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • colin Aug 8,2012 9:04 pm || Up

                  That makes sense. I think the two Chris’s went to high school together.

                • AV Aug 8,2012 9:08 pm || Up

                  newport area i think.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • Future Ed Aug 9,2012 6:35 am || Up

                  hey!

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • DFA Aug 9,2012 12:22 pm || Up

                  My gf just turned me on to that mag… fking excellent

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • colin Aug 9,2012 1:09 pm || Up

                  I’m surprised that you weren’t into it already! They know their food, but it’s also just a really entertaining read.

                • DFA Aug 9,2012 1:12 pm || Up

                  didn’t know it existed.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • DFA Aug 9,2012 12:23 pm || Up

                  Two former Chronicle employees and a free lancer that mostly does children’s books

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 9,2012 12:36 pm || Up

                  Presumably all now collaborating on a book directed to the newspaper industry, titled Go The Fuck Out Of Business.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • AV Aug 9,2012 12:45 pm || Up

                  there’s no connection between chronicle books and the chronicle newspaper (anymore).

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • nevermoor Aug 9,2012 12:49 pm || Up

                  Insert plug for my book-agent friend here.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • AV Aug 9,2012 12:52 pm || Up

                  ted? the only one i know in this area.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • nevermoor Aug 9,2012 1:12 pm || Up

                  She’s in NY, but she’ll read anything I send

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • AV Aug 9,2012 1:15 pm || Up

                  what do you send? your own writing?

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • Future Ed Aug 9,2012 1:36 pm || Up

                  They are more manifestos, really

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • nevermoor Aug 9,2012 1:53 pm || Up

                  I’ve commented on this before, but I can pass things along from anyone who has something they’d like an agent to read (chapter, manuscript, etc).

                  Also, as Ed suggests, poorly written texts.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • AV Aug 9,2012 1:56 pm || Up

                  if it saves some FKer the stress of a query letter, they should jump on the offer.

                  colin has a point, what’s her specialty?

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • colin Aug 9,2012 1:52 pm || Up

                  What kind of writing does she handle?

                • nevermoor Aug 9,2012 2:06 pm || Up

                  Her company takes on anything. If she’s the wrong person she can take things from there.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • colin Aug 9,2012 4:52 pm || Up

                  Name, or agency, or something? I don’t want to pry, but my aspiring writer / fiancee is skeptical.

                • nevermoor Aug 9,2012 5:03 pm || Up

                  The company is Inkwell. I don’t see what was skepticism inducing, but there you have it.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • AV Aug 9,2012 5:38 pm || Up

                  don’t be skeptial, c. agents welcome incoming.

                  but you were right in wanting to match up specialty. your f’ee should, when ready, go grab 3 newly/recently published books closest to hers in topic or angle if nonfic, in style or target audience if fiction. read the acknowledgements. the first or second name thanked will be the author’s agent. go online to look them up, pick a favorite, and write a query.

                  or use NM’s resource. if the agency’s big like that they will match agents to the book.

                  bottom line, be comfortable with your agent.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • colin Aug 9,2012 7:29 pm || Up

                  Sorry, I didn’t mean skepticism like “nm’s contact probably works for some crappy self-publishing scam” or anything like that. She knows a lot of the agencies due to years of working as a librarian, serving on committees that get schmoozed up by publishing types, plus a couple of previous rounds of manuscript submission. So she has a pretty good idea of agents that might match up well with her work (a lot of them found using exactly the technique that AV recommends). I will let her know about Inkwell…

                • elcroata Aug 10,2012 1:21 am || Up

                  @colin,
                  “aspiring writer/fiancée” could use a bracket for clarity

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • nevermoor Aug 10,2012 7:17 am || Up

                  @colin, fair enough. I’m sure there are a ton of specialized areas they don’t cover, but I know just from the times I’ve talked to her that they do fiction / non-fiction / cook books / children’s books, which is a pretty broad net, and I’m sure not limited just to those.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • DFA Aug 10,2012 9:24 am || Up

                  @NM They do cook books? Perhaps it is time I restart my cook book project.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • nevermoor Aug 10,2012 9:31 am || Up

                  Lots of ’em. Up to and including people like Bourdain.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • SPWC Aug 9,2012 4:23 pm || Up

                  Every time you post this, one of my inner voices gnaws at me to get back to the writing grindstone.

                  Maybe Bed and I should collaborate and write “Illuminatus IV: The Dead Sexy Years”

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • elcroata Aug 10,2012 1:22 am || Up

                  My wife is all over me to write something, so I make sure I never mention this at home. Sticking to my aim low-reach goals-avoid disappointment routine

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • nevermoor Aug 10,2012 7:18 am || Up

                  When did you start to aim low? This morning?

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • ptbnl Aug 10,2012 7:56 am || Up

                  low-reach goals

                  Free-diving the Marianas Trench?

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • DFA Aug 10,2012 9:26 am || Up

                  If shes unhappy, Im sure every fker here will participate in a gladiatoral deathmatch for the right to replace her.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kylianna Aug 10,2012 3:02 pm || Up

                  I’m pretty sure any book by you would be given the Pulitzer before even having an agent representing it.

          • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 1:33 pm || Up

            It sounds like it’s worked for you. I have a vague plan to return to academia at some point in the nearish future to pursue some post-graduate education, but I don’t have that clear sense of what path yet (masters, MBA, etc.). I hope that I get a better sense of things at some point and can have a similar experience.

    • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:15 pm || Up

      You mean a pretty huge d—? Yeah, not me.

      • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:16 pm || Up

        I’ve heard that about you.

        But seriously, folks....
        • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:18 pm || Up

          Talking to who? There aren’t many people who would know.

          • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:32 pm || Up

            Bridget the Midget told me…of me she said…it’s inches but it’s thick.

            But seriously, folks....
            • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:35 pm || Up

              Oh yeah? Well she told me that I was “better than nothing.”

              • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:37 pm || Up

                Well, at least you have that going for you.

                But seriously, folks....
                • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:44 pm || Up

                  It’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.

    • beebo Aug 8,2012 1:31 pm || Up

      I’m ABD (all but dead/dissertation). But I left my program a few months ago. Long story.

  26. AV Aug 8,2012 1:03 pm

    booo!

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  27. colin Aug 8,2012 1:03 pm

    Wait, Straily didn’t strike out Morales. What’s up with that?

  28. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:04 pm

    I don’t like this inning as much as the first

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  29. andeux Aug 8,2012 1:08 pm

    The rare televised work-day game, but of course every restaurant/bar TV is tuned to the olympics. Not sure why I even bothered looking.

    TINSTAAFK
  30. AV Aug 8,2012 1:14 pm

    wooooo hoooooo!

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  31. PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 1:15 pm

    The Carter-Kottar combo.

    A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
    • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 1:16 pm || Up

      Kottaras and Norris are both better than Kurt

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  32. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:16 pm

    Dammit, I went to the kitchen and missed that!

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Aug 8,2012 1:18 pm || Up

      small sacrifices. go again.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  33. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:16 pm

    How about this one:

    Straily Train.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:18 pm || Up

      I’m going with The Strike Out Kid.

      But seriously, folks....
    • AV Aug 8,2012 1:23 pm || Up

      that puts disco in my head.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:39 pm || Up
        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • andeux Aug 8,2012 1:40 pm || Up

          That’s what it put in my head.

          TINSTAAFK
        • AV Aug 8,2012 1:42 pm || Up

          i’m still wearing spandex. but the soundtrack has improved.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  34. Bed Aug 8,2012 1:17 pm

    I’m putting together some tests for my freshman. The good news is I can answer almost half the questions without looking them up. Thank god they give us that book with all the answers.

    But seriously, folks....
    • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:20 pm || Up

      Much like a Supreme Court justice, you can’t be expected to read the subject matter.

      • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:22 pm || Up

        Yep, when I want to find the answers I just follow Thomas’ lead and answer it however Scalia does

        But seriously, folks....
        • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:27 pm || Up

          I totally picture him following Scalia around, wearing the same clothes and ordering the same food in restaurants…

          • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:30 pm || Up

            There are several things I’d love to change one of them is 1 ten year term for Supreme Court justices. I hate any jobs for life type stuff.

            But seriously, folks....
            • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:32 pm || Up

              BUT IT’S IN THE CONSTITUTION! WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA??

              • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:35 pm || Up

                Hating America is just how I roll.

                But seriously, folks....
                • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:38 pm || Up

                  Politics don’t matter, it’s time for football now.

  35. elcroata Aug 8,2012 1:20 pm

    OK, the plan is simple – whenever a division rival acquires an ace, we’ll get his catcher to hit home runs off him

    Because survival is insufficient
  36. ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:21 pm

    Wow. I just got called a geek by someone who watches Stargate Universe. Seriously.

  37. colin Aug 8,2012 1:22 pm

    On Gameday, it looks like a couple of the “balls” thrown to Weeks were very much inside the strike zone. Are the pitchers getting squeezed?

    • elcroata Aug 8,2012 1:23 pm || Up

      A bit, yeah

      Because survival is insufficient
    • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:24 pm || Up

      I saw a tv, it didn’t look it to me

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • aardvark Aug 8,2012 2:13 pm || Up

      I’ve seen the A’s batters talking to the home plate ump more than what I think is normal.

  38. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 1:25 pm

    Are you serious Pennington? Picked off of second?

  39. lenscrafters Aug 8,2012 1:25 pm

    FKING PENNINGTON.

  40. brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:26 pm

    Oh Penny…

  41. Bed Aug 8,2012 1:27 pm

    At times the A’s have had very good short stops…this is not one of those times.

    But seriously, folks....
  42. elcroata Aug 8,2012 1:27 pm

    OK, perhaps Pennington can’t hit, but he’s a great base runner

    Because survival is insufficient
    • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 1:33 pm || Up

      OK, perhaps Pennington can’t hit or run the bases, but he’s a great fielder.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:34 pm || Up

        Penny error coming up in 10, 9, 8…

        • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 1:43 pm || Up

          I would also have accepted:

          OK, perhaps Pennington can’t hit, run the bases or field, but he’s a great clubhouse presence.

          etc etc

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 3:36 pm || Up

            OK, perhaps Pennington can’t hit, run the bases or field and he’s a clubhouse cancer, but he’s got a nice smile.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 3:38 pm || Up

              OK, perhaps Pennington can’t hit, run the bases or field and he’s a clubhouse cancer with a snaggle-toothed snarl of a smile, but he doesn’t smell that bad.

              If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
              • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 3:41 pm || Up

                OK, perhaps Pennington can’t hit, run the bases or field and he’s a clubhouse cancer with a snaggle-toothed snarl of a smile who smells like rotting entrails, but he’s basically toilet-trained.

                If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 3:43 pm || Up

                  OK, perhaps Pennington can’t hit, run the bases or field and he’s a clubhouse cancer with a snaggle-toothed snarl of a smile who smells like rotting entrails and craps in his team-mates lockers, but he’s got his cannibalism under control now.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 3:46 pm || Up

                  OK, perhaps Pennington can’t hit, run the bases or field and he’s a clubhouse cancer with a snaggle-toothed snarl of a smile who smells like rotting entrails and craps in his team-mates lockers, and he eats small children, but he’s really good at crossword puzzles.

                • MikeV Aug 8,2012 3:55 pm || Up

                  OK, so maybe Pennington can’t hit, run the bases, field, and he’s a clubhouse cancer with a snaggle-toothed snarl of a smile who smells like rotting entrails and craps in his team-mates lockers, and he eats small children and is too dumb for crossword puzzles, but at least he can do paint-by-numbers without FKing it up.

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 3:57 pm || Up

                  too much…

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 3:59 pm || Up

                  OK, so maybe Pennington can’t hit, run the bases, field, and he’s a clubhouse cancer with a snaggle-toothed snarl of a smile who smells like rotting entrails and craps in his team-mates lockers, and he eats small children and is too dumb for crossword puzzles, or do paint-by-numbers without FKing it up, but at least he has a small ownership share in the team.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  43. AV Aug 8,2012 1:28 pm

    awesome. glad it’s these A’s who showed up today.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  44. brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:30 pm

    He’s come such a long way!

    • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:31 pm || Up

      If that’s the only mustache you can grow do the world a favor and don’t.

      But seriously, folks....
  45. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 1:30 pm

    I see CJ Wilson has been teaching Greinke about Lawyerball

  46. AV Aug 8,2012 1:30 pm

    ha ha. “right now, greinke doesn’t have a clue.”

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  47. brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:31 pm

    BAD GRIENKE

  48. AV Aug 8,2012 1:35 pm

    it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  49. Bed Aug 8,2012 1:36 pm

    If you could be 18 again would you go back and do the same major in college?

    But seriously, folks....
    • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 1:37 pm || Up

      No, I’d study business administration and photography this time.

      • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:38 pm || Up

        I’m sorry I can’t remember what did you major in at New Mexico?

        But seriously, folks....
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:56 pm || Up

        I sometimes wonder if I had gotten a MFA in Theatre Arts if that would have been an interesting life? I do miss performing and teaching that would be fun.

        But seriously, folks....
        • SPWC Aug 8,2012 2:18 pm || Up

          That’s what I studied.

          Yes, SPWC was a Theatre major. (sigh)

          An old friend of mine who followed that path ended up with a decent teaching job with a college theatre by the time he turned 40 or so. Before that, it was many years of debt and struggling and backstage jobs with small productions and rigging companies, etc…

          \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
          • colin Aug 8,2012 2:22 pm || Up

            I have found that a lot of experimental physicists have theater tech backgrounds. But also physics backgrounds, of course.

        • Kylianna Aug 9,2012 12:02 am || Up

          Interesting, probably.

          Loaded with stress to the point of a nervous breakdown, more likely.

    • AV Aug 8,2012 1:37 pm || Up

      not sure, but i’d certainly apply to more colleges than just the one down the street.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:40 pm || Up

        Heh…well, I sure didn’t do that. I was hell bent on going away for college. The plan was to go to college in Hawaii which of course lead me to Kansas.

        But seriously, folks....
        • AV Aug 8,2012 1:52 pm || Up

          i had a decent time at cal state long beach but i applied only there because i didn’t believe in myself/my grades/my ability to get scholarhips. i blame HS counseling for not explaining stuff to the students. you had to go IN to the counseling office to get help, but they never told the school in general that that’s what they did. as a kid, i didn’t know that getting into college started as far back as junior year. my parents had no clue about how you go about getting into college and i’d find out from my “smart” friends (as opposed to the punks i actually hung out with) like a week before stuff was due. they’d mention something about how they were working on an essay and i’d say, “what’s it for? …oh?? …and it’s due tomorrow?!?” so i just applied to state, and the one 5 miles away at that. prolly could have gotten into UC and with a little $$ help too.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:01 pm || Up

            I feel your pain. I had an old, mean bastard as a GC. He told me to quit school as a junior get a GED and go play golf. What a fuckhead. I thought of him when I got my Masters Degree.

            But seriously, folks....
            • AV Aug 8,2012 2:07 pm || Up

              up until mid senior year, i honestly thought the counseling office was there just to give emotional support on personal problems.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:24 pm || Up

                I think my GC would have just said rub dirt on it for any emotional pain.

                But seriously, folks....
            • colin Aug 8,2012 2:18 pm || Up

              NM, did you have any experience with the guidance counselor at Tam? My memory is that there was basically no counseling at all.

              • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 2:24 pm || Up

                Mine was actually a negative. He got pissed that I didn’t heed his advice about taking too many honors classes in a year (I think it was sophomore year, when I took two (!!!)). After that, he was kind of a dick about my college application stuff.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • colin Aug 8,2012 2:27 pm || Up

                  I don’t think I ever really went to meet with the guidance counselor, or else I have just forgotten about it. I mostly remember hearing from friends that the counselor just constantly recommended applying to easier schools.

                • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 2:45 pm || Up

                  Definitely that too. Especially after my “career survey” thing pointed me towards a job paving roads for CalTrans.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • colin Aug 8,2012 3:12 pm || Up

                  Better than being a damn lawyer, amirite?

                • andeux Aug 8,2012 3:14 pm || Up

                  I wasn’t going to say it.

                  TINSTAAFK
                • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 3:16 pm || Up

                  Sure. I’m just saying he put rather more emphasis on the test than I did. I think I’d said I like playing sports and math, so it spit that answer out.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • colin Aug 8,2012 3:17 pm || Up

                  No doubt that the test is stupid, but I couldn’t let that get in the way of a lawyer joke.

                • AV Aug 8,2012 3:17 pm || Up

                  well, the world needs lawyers, too.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 3:23 pm || Up

                  If only there were more of us…

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • beebo Aug 8,2012 3:33 pm || Up

                  https://youtube.com/watch?v=0u9JAt6gFqM” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>

    • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 1:38 pm || Up

      Yes, but I would’ve strayed from the core curriculum a little bit more.

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:42 pm || Up

        I started out as an English major but the writing of 19th century dead English chicks wore me down.

        But seriously, folks....
        • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 1:46 pm || Up

          I took two English lit courses in college and sympathize with you very well.

          A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
          • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:49 pm || Up

            I went to college thinking I was going to be a journalist which is why I went for English. But I got hooked on working in political camapigns and fell in love with history so things changed.

            But seriously, folks....
        • AV Aug 8,2012 1:55 pm || Up

          i started undecided and ended up an english major just because i got the top grade in in comp 101 and because the sciences had these BS labs that took 3 or 4 hours out of each week but only counted for 1 unit.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:58 pm || Up

            Yep, getting the BS takes more time over the BA. It was always at least a couple more hours a week when I went.

            But seriously, folks....
            • AV Aug 8,2012 2:03 pm || Up

              i meant the fertilizer, if you unintentionally punned that.

              or, ha ha, if you did it intentionally.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:09 pm || Up

                I just meant the science studies which had more lab work took more time during the week to finish.

                But seriously, folks....
                • AV Aug 8,2012 2:14 pm || Up

                  sometimes i used the chemistry for dummies lab to read for the classes that required a novel or more a week.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:16 pm || Up

                  I did this too for some of the 1,700 page books I had to read about Kissinger. I would always read those books using his voice in my head…made me laugh.

                  But seriously, folks....
      • DFA Aug 9,2012 11:30 am || Up

        I would get the same degree but I would go back to HS and do some homework so I could get into a better school to start out with.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:41 pm || Up

      since I am bad at math, yes

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:43 pm || Up

        If I was trying to get a BS in some sort of math I’d still be at KU.

        But seriously, folks....
        • AV Aug 8,2012 1:58 pm || Up

          i took “liberal arts math” and we literally counted dash marks. ||| + ||| = O|

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 1:42 pm || Up

      yes but i would get out and make more connections, not stick in the same dead in jobs for years, and not stop hakfway through for 3 years.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:46 pm || Up

        I made a lot of friends at KU and it’s helped both in life and my career. To me that’s one of the big things to do at college.

        But seriously, folks....
        • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 2:12 pm || Up

          I agree and didn’t do it at all. The first half of college I already had a bunch of friends going so I didnt reach out. The second time I was working fulltime and with wife and kid so I felt like I didnt have time to, but looking back it held me back more than I wish.

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • JamesV Aug 8,2012 1:43 pm || Up

      No fucking way.

    • MikeV Aug 8,2012 1:43 pm || Up

      I’d probably try to actually get a degree

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

      Thanks, and go As.

    • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 1:56 pm || Up

      Yes, but I’d take at least a year out before going and I wouldn’t be so precious about where I applied.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 2:02 pm || Up

        Related – I probably wouldn’t have been so insistent on going out of state, when I could have saved money by going to Berkeley or Davis. At the same time, I don’t regret being in the greater Chicagoland area, both because it’s a cool place to be and I was able to spend a lot of time with my grandmother right after my grandfather died. But that’s hindsight – as is, I guess, all of this.

        A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
        • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:07 pm || Up

          I really think going away for college is a good thing if you can swing it. It’s good to get out of your comfort zone and live someplace new.

          But seriously, folks....
          • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 2:12 pm || Up

            True dat. But in many ways, about the only places that weren’t “new” to me would have been Santa Clara U or San Jose State. Berkeley and Davis would have been familiar, but still “new” for a near-lifetime South Bay-er, perhaps less familiar than Chicago, where I was born and had/have lots of family.

            A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
            • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:21 pm || Up

              I had never even flown over Kansas before I moved there so it was a brand new adventure.

              But seriously, folks....
              • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 2:24 pm || Up

                My main point is that college ended up being much more about the experience than the degree; I would’ve had maybe a somewhat different experience close to home, but it likely would have included the same (booze/drugs/girls/bad food/cultural experiences) albeit with maybe a somewhat different flavor.

                A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:29 pm || Up

                  Yeah, the experience is the thing and of course that changes depending on where you go. For me KU was great because a lot of the students were from all over the midwest and as a Sacramento boy I found that interesting. We also had a lot of students from all over the world, especially Africa and that lead me to some wonderful moments including falling in love with a girl from Ethiopia.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 2:37 pm || Up

                  Not much different for me except replace Ethiopia with that most exotic of all exotic places, Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:52 pm || Up

                  I’ve heard that Chagrin Falls is the Paris of Ohio.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • colin Aug 8,2012 3:13 pm || Up
                • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 3:27 pm || Up

                  It looks like Lisbon, Liverpool, Toledo, and London are taken, too, so that makes Chagrin Falls the Addis Ababa of Ohio.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
          • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 2:37 pm || Up

            I want to push the Eldest Ace to move at least a little. He is so introverted that I don’t know if he would do great going to another state, but if I could get him to the coast or north or south a bit I think it would really open his eyes.

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
            • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:54 pm || Up

              Every kid is different of course. I think some kids blossom when they find out about the world outside their window.

              But seriously, folks....
    • SPWC Aug 8,2012 2:15 pm || Up

      FK no.

      In fact, I wouldn’t have gone to college at all; I would have been more aggressive about getting my band signed and going on tour, rather than keeping it local and being a full time student for two years.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:22 pm || Up

        Were you trying to do the practical thing at the time rather than doing what you really wanted to do?

        But seriously, folks....
        • SPWC Aug 8,2012 2:28 pm || Up

          Yeah, pretty much.

          \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
          • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:32 pm || Up

            It’s something many of us do. I made sure my 20’s were all about living whatever dream I had at the time which is why I didn’t get married or even think about having kids back then.

            But seriously, folks....
            • SPWC Aug 9,2012 4:29 pm || Up

              Beddie, m’boy, my twenties sucked dogshit for the most part. Dying lovers and friends, depression, and drugs drugs drugs.

              If I had to relive it all without being able to change anything, I’d rather just sleep 19-29 away.

              It’s ALL better now, other than the wounds from back then that will never heal all the way.

              \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • Kylianna Aug 9,2012 12:02 am || Up

      I would have double-majored it with something useful, and skipped my minor.

  50. lenscrafters Aug 8,2012 1:37 pm

    C’mon rook.

  51. brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:40 pm

    Really hope leaving the bases loaded doesn’t bite us in the arse.

    • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 1:45 pm || Up

      The Penny-pickoff cost at least one run, maybe more – would the Carter ground out have been a double-play?

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  52. 5Aces Aug 8,2012 1:43 pm

    I remember being like 8 and always praying for a triple play every time there were 2 on and 0 outs. The more things change…

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:45 pm || Up

      Bobby Crosby doesn’t play for the **gles sadly.

  53. JamesV Aug 8,2012 1:46 pm

    I honestly think I have a better arm than Coco Crisp.

    • AV Aug 8,2012 1:59 pm || Up

      i know what it’s like to have a noodle arm.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • AV Aug 3,2020 1:11 pm || Up

        lol.

        just wait 8 years. you’re gonna need a fork for leverage just to open a can of beer.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  54. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 1:47 pm

    Trout’s speed vs Crisp’s arm just isn’t fair.

  55. brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:48 pm

    YESPEDES!

  56. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:48 pm

    that a way dan

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  57. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 1:48 pm

    Phew

  58. lenscrafters Aug 8,2012 1:49 pm

    Thank goodness. Straily looked horrendous this inning.

    • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 1:50 pm || Up

      15 pitch first inning, 52 pitch 2nd & 3rd.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  59. brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:49 pm

    Hells yeah Starily!

  60. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:50 pm

    Kottaras has as many HR’s as Kurt.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:52 pm || Up

      That’s not a tall mountain to climb.

      But seriously, folks....
    • SPWC Aug 8,2012 2:21 pm || Up

      and more T’s and vowels, too.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  61. Bed Aug 8,2012 1:51 pm

    Just thinking about college math made me break out in cold sweat. Once they added letters to the numbers I was so lost.

    But seriously, folks....
  62. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:54 pm

    my goal is getting Greinke to 90 pitches this inning

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Aug 8,2012 1:57 pm || Up

      My goal is to figure out what type of steak I want for dinner. I bought Ribeyes and KC Stips last night so it’s big decision to make.

      But seriously, folks....
      • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 2:01 pm || Up

        Ribeye.

        • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:06 pm || Up

          I’ll go see what Scalia thinks.

          But seriously, folks....
      • andeux Aug 8,2012 2:06 pm || Up

        Reminds me of this post (which I read some years back) about AV-land.

        TINSTAAFK
        • AV Aug 8,2012 2:12 pm || Up

          now i’m hungry.

          and i’m glad i can read between the lines in that article because the paragraphs i read are pretty funny.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • andeux Aug 8,2012 2:14 pm || Up

            I’m not much of a traveler, but that put Argentina on my short list of places to visit.

            TINSTAAFK
            • AV Aug 8,2012 2:17 pm || Up

              we’re planning a long vacation for next year and i keep doing cost comparisons like: flight to asia = flight to argentina + LOTS OF STEAK.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • SPWC Aug 8,2012 2:23 pm || Up

        It’s meat Christmas today. I got lamb shoulder for $1.79/lb, and shark steaks for under $5.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 2:00 pm || Up

      I’m hoping he doesn’t make it out of this inning.

  63. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 1:58 pm

    Weeks is not going to get those hits until he starts outting the ball over the outfielders heads

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  64. brian.only Aug 8,2012 1:59 pm

    Looking good Billy!

    Swingles 2012: 219 PA, 77 wRC+, .294 wOBA, .260/.303/.373, 0 HR, 0 SB, .113 ISO, 0.7 WAR

    Reddick 2012: 461 PA, 132 wRC+, .362 wOBA, .260/.333/.518, 25 HR, 9 SB, .258 ISO, 4.2 WAR

    • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 2:02 pm || Up

      Red Sux fans must be so pissed about that trade.

      • brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:05 pm || Up

        IKR, who was our last 5 WAR player???

          • brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:08 pm || Up

            No sh_t, huh.

          • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 2:08 pm || Up

            third base!

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:11 pm || Up

              If it doesn’t involve any pool diving it’s hard to see how he could be worse but I doubt he’ll ever play a big role again for any MLB team.

              But seriously, folks....
          • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 2:12 pm || Up

            This millenium:

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:14 pm || Up

              Thx, I look forward to 2013!

            • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:14 pm || Up

              Giambi was a monster for several years there.

              But seriously, folks....
        • MikeV Aug 8,2012 2:15 pm || Up

          Barton.

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

          Thanks, and go As.

    • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 2:02 pm || Up

      but what about Bailey’s numbers

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:02 pm || Up

      The Slapper’s power is going to come any day now because he hits dingers in batting practice.

      But seriously, folks....
      • Future Ed Aug 8,2012 2:05 pm || Up

        wait till he grows into his swing

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:09 pm || Up

          Wait until he grows into his work selling insurance.

          But seriously, folks....
    • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 2:18 pm || Up

      So they traded a .260 hitter for a .260 hitter and got a closer too?!?

      We’ve been robbed.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  65. brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:01 pm

    Nice quick out!

  66. lenscrafters Aug 8,2012 2:05 pm

    FK you Slegna Pennington.

  67. brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:08 pm

    Nice comeback Starily.

  68. brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:10 pm

    Wierd, I just realized we’re only 2 crappy players away from a solid 1-9.
    Here’s hoping Penny WAKES THE FK UP!

  69. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 2:11 pm

    when was the last time Cespedes got a ball out of the infield?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:12 pm || Up

      heh, they are fun to watch though, he could be pretty sore still, wrists are bitch.

      • AV Aug 8,2012 2:17 pm || Up

        that’s what i’m guessing.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  70. brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:11 pm

    C’mon Coco we nee a 20 pitch inning here.

  71. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 2:12 pm

    good lord.

    please make this his last inning.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  72. brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:16 pm

    Man Trout is almost to good to hate.
    I’m having George Brett flashbacks, the guy killed the Brewers ( my hometown team) repeatedly, I couldn’t boo him…

      • nobody in particular Aug 8,2012 2:19 pm || Up

        this kid is beastly… never seen a guy get out of the box this fast from the right side.

        Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
    • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:19 pm || Up

      He’s a beast.

      But seriously, folks....
  73. AV Aug 8,2012 2:19 pm

    uh-oh.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  74. AV Aug 8,2012 2:21 pm

    did KK just say the pujols pitched 7 innings for the A’s last night???

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:25 pm || Up

      Fucking guy is talented.

      But seriously, folks....
      • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 2:25 pm || Up

        Babe Ruth is not impressed

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 2:26 pm || Up

          He didn’t even bat an eyelash.

          A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
        • Bed Aug 8,2012 2:31 pm || Up

          Can you imagine if someone as good as Ruth was around now? Also with his lifestyle? ESPN would start a channel just to follow him.

          But seriously, folks....
          • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 2:45 pm || Up

            #TheDecision

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  75. brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:22 pm

    Straily @ 100 pitches. :(

    His HR/FB must be pretty bloated about now.

    • AV Aug 8,2012 2:24 pm || Up

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  76. AV Aug 8,2012 2:24 pm

    SHT. FK.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  77. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 2:24 pm

    Dammit Straily. Stop with the homers.

  78. lenscrafters Aug 8,2012 2:24 pm

    Yeah, can’t say I’m impressed.

    • brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:32 pm || Up

      The zone is pretty flakey again admittedly.

      • lenscrafters Aug 8,2012 2:35 pm || Up

        Greinke was hurt by it but Straily’s fastball just sucks.

  79. ptbnl Aug 8,2012 2:28 pm

    FK Pennington.

    That is all.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  80. brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:29 pm

    Good thing I benched Straily this week….

    • andeux Aug 8,2012 2:31 pm || Up

      No one cares about your fantasy team.
      Good thing I picked up Morales though…

      TINSTAAFK
  81. brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:31 pm

    C’mon Jordan lets do this!

  82. Future Ed Aug 8,2012 2:31 pm

    i hate the 5 inning win stigma

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  83. brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:33 pm

    RALLY CAPS!

    • AV Aug 8,2012 2:35 pm || Up

      in the 5th?

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:37 pm || Up

        I went to 2 15 inning games last week!

        • AV Aug 8,2012 2:39 pm || Up

          then you oughta know to pace yourself!

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:35 pm || Up

      There we go!

  84. lenscrafters Aug 8,2012 2:36 pm

    Way to run it out new guy.

  85. elcroata Aug 8,2012 2:48 pm

    Knee-shack!

    Because survival is insufficient
    • brian.only Aug 8,2012 2:51 pm || Up

      Gotta be hard to read those pitches, very little consistency in his delivery.

  86. AV Aug 8,2012 2:56 pm

    KK is hella annoyed with the plate ump.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • JamesV Aug 8,2012 2:57 pm || Up

      I have to think Miller’s not feeling quite right.

      • AV Aug 8,2012 2:59 pm || Up

        sounds like they’re changing plate umps.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • JamesV Aug 8,2012 3:00 pm || Up

        Sounds like Miller’s going to come out very soon.

  87. andeux Aug 8,2012 2:59 pm

    Sac down by 1 in the 6th? I hope he was actually bunting for a hit.

    TINSTAAFK
  88. AV Aug 8,2012 3:01 pm

    coco!

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  89. 5Aces Aug 8,2012 3:01 pm

    Coco!

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • AV Aug 8,2012 3:02 pm || Up

      is there an echocho in here?

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  90. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:02 pm

    WOO COCO!!!!

  91. andeux Aug 8,2012 3:03 pm

    There’s a COCO in o.CO COliseum.

    TINSTAAFK
  92. JamesV Aug 8,2012 3:06 pm

    In all seriousness I hope Bill Miller is just shaken up from the early pitch off the mask, but it looks like a concussion.

    • AV Aug 8,2012 3:09 pm || Up

      bet he’s thinking he should have put on the helmet lawrie so kindly handed to him.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  93. MrsThunderbutt Aug 8,2012 3:11 pm

    A double steal is a thing of beauty.

    Take your walk like a man.
    • PDXAthleticsfan Aug 8,2012 3:13 pm || Up

      Particularly when it works out well.

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
    • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 3:15 pm || Up

      And rewarded!

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  94. AV Aug 8,2012 3:13 pm

    YES!

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • AV Aug 8,2012 3:13 pm || Up

      …pedes.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  95. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 3:13 pm

    Cespedes! Great time to get it out of the infield!

  96. JamesV Aug 8,2012 3:13 pm

    YESPEDES!

  97. MrsThunderbutt Aug 8,2012 3:14 pm

    That felt good.

    Take your walk like a man.
  98. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:14 pm

    FK yeah!!!!

  99. AV Aug 8,2012 3:15 pm

    i love it when you emotionally stop counting how many outs you have to play with and start counting how many you need to get.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  100. 5Aces Aug 8,2012 3:18 pm

    TROGDOR!!!

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  101. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 3:18 pm

    DRILLED!

    • colin Aug 8,2012 3:21 pm || Up

      Sounds like the Coliseum is a bit of a launching pad today.

      • AV Aug 8,2012 3:22 pm || Up

        it’s a bit warmer than usual today in the O.A.K.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  102. JamesV Aug 8,2012 3:18 pm

    BOOM CARTER!

  103. AV Aug 8,2012 3:18 pm

    carter! i love that little guy.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 3:24 pm || Up

      90 AB, 10 HR.

      And the crazy part is, I had a feeling…

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • AV Aug 8,2012 3:25 pm || Up

        he’s proving to be worth the wait.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:26 pm || Up

          Was just going to post the same sentiment!

          • MikeV Aug 8,2012 3:27 pm || Up

            FK that shit I’ve been on the Carter, Taylor, and Barton bandwagons since DAY 1.

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

            Thanks, and go As.

            • brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:30 pm || Up

              When we saw Carter in SAC pitchers seemed pretty scared of em’, seeing the same thing in the bigs this last few weeks.

            • AV Aug 8,2012 3:30 pm || Up

              sure. but 0-33 made it a little bit of a longer/doubt-ier journey from day 1 to today.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • Bed Aug 8,2012 3:34 pm || Up

              My heart has been all a flutter for Carter for years now. I’m so happy he’s showing signs of being what I thought I he could be.

              But seriously, folks....
  104. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 3:18 pm

    This has been a wild game

  105. MrsThunderbutt Aug 8,2012 3:18 pm

    Beautifully timed, Mr. Carter. May the spanking continue.

    Take your walk like a man.
  106. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:19 pm

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  107. whiteshoes40 Aug 8,2012 3:19 pm

    Beautiful. I love Carter so much.

  108. AV Aug 8,2012 3:19 pm

    just missed it before it went away. what did the gameday scouting report say just before carter hit that?

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • JamesV Aug 8,2012 3:21 pm || Up

      “Hawkins is about to cry.”

      • AV Aug 8,2012 3:24 pm || Up

        i think it was the opposite. hawkins showing dominance or something dumb like that. that’s why i want to laugh at it.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 3:25 pm || Up

          Nothing as good as the two Cobb ones I linked a week ago, I’m sure.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • AV Aug 8,2012 3:31 pm || Up

            that was classic. there’s no depository for scout messages once they’re gone from the screen, is there?

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 3:42 pm || Up

              Not that I know of, unless you save ’em yourself.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • AV Aug 8,2012 3:43 pm || Up

                i can’t blame MLB for not preserving them. it has no other potential than constant ridicule.

                *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 3:46 pm || Up

                  I mean, it’s a neat feature that has some ability to enlighten. Just not all the way there yet.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • AV Aug 8,2012 3:47 pm || Up

                  definitely needs tweaking.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • MikeV Aug 8,2012 3:28 pm || Up

      “Trogdor is about to FKing wreck shop.”

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

      Thanks, and go As.

  109. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:25 pm

    I think the biggest transformation as a fan for me in the second half is things seem possible now with 2 outs, pretty FKing magic!

    We are now 10th in MLB for TATERS!

    • AV Aug 8,2012 3:33 pm || Up

      it’s like they got ore-ida to cater the clubhouse.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  110. nevermoor Aug 8,2012 3:25 pm

    Let the record reflect that we haven’t had a team capable of winning a game like this in 5-8 years.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  111. Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 3:28 pm

    I only like this game when the A’s are batting.

  112. 5Aces Aug 8,2012 3:29 pm

    The ball is flyin out today. I don’t like the idea of Cook in the 9th.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:30 pm || Up

      Please gawd no.

      • AV Aug 8,2012 3:35 pm || Up

        but he’s rested, right?

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:36 pm || Up

          I’d be okay w/ the 8th inning.
          Build up the confidence again.

          • AV Aug 8,2012 3:41 pm || Up

            drink!

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • ozzman99 Aug 8,2012 3:44 pm || Up

        It’s funny, after the ASG, I wondered if Billy would consider trading Cook to get a SS or C. Even if he hadn’t fallen apart lately, I think it would’ve been worth it if he landed someone really good.

  113. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:33 pm

    I’m bummed Sciosciariasis figured out that he should start Trumbo daily…

    • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 3:42 pm || Up

      Only because Mathis can’t play that position.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  114. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:33 pm

    Woo Carter!

  115. whimsical witch Aug 8,2012 3:35 pm

    this is crazy.

    • AV Aug 8,2012 3:42 pm || Up

      i’m calling you witchy (and not maybe).

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 4:00 pm || Up

      just.plain.crazy.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  116. nobody in particular Aug 8,2012 3:39 pm

    This game is off the chain.

    Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
  117. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:44 pm

    Jemile was froggy, heh.

    • AV Aug 8,2012 3:48 pm || Up

      a less enlightened blog would have called him buckwheat.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  118. AV Aug 8,2012 3:49 pm

    come on guys! 6 more outs. no sleeping yet.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  119. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:49 pm

    Well it looks like Cookie for the 9th.

    • andeux Aug 8,2012 3:52 pm || Up

      if we get that far with the lead

      TINSTAAFK
  120. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:50 pm

    This is bad.

  121. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:54 pm

    Light a candle quick Jesa!

  122. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:55 pm

    HUZZAH!

  123. andeux Aug 8,2012 3:57 pm

    I have a 4 oclock meeting. Please hold on to this win for me. And for Neshek.

    TINSTAAFK
    • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 4:00 pm || Up

      Do it for the goofy delivery!

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • MikeV Aug 8,2012 4:02 pm || Up

        our beautiful ballerina

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

        Thanks, and go As.

  124. AV Aug 8,2012 3:58 pm

    whew.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  125. brian.only Aug 8,2012 3:59 pm

    What a turnaround for Doolittle!!!!!

  126. 5Aces Aug 8,2012 4:01 pm

    Would love another 5 here.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 4:02 pm || Up

      Give Cook a little wiggle room.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  127. nobody in particular Aug 8,2012 4:04 pm

    Is anyone else infuriated by a 21-year-old kid, no matter how amazingly-skilled, with 4 months in MLB arguing every single strike call like he’s Jim Thome and has been playing in the majors for decades?

    Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
    • brian.only Aug 8,2012 4:08 pm || Up

      Yup, its pretty douche-y.
      ‘Smug’ doesn’t look good on anyone.

    • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 4:08 pm || Up

      yuuuup.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Englishmajor Aug 8,2012 4:08 pm || Up

      I don’t know why his ass hasn’t been tossed. The umpires are being very indulgent.

      • brian.only Aug 8,2012 4:10 pm || Up

        They need to nip it in the bud early.

      • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 4:15 pm || Up

        I think it has to be at least a bit of the “WOWHESSOGREATANDSOYOUNG!!11!oNE” thing.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  128. JamesV Aug 8,2012 4:13 pm

    GIDP would be nice.

  129. brian.only Aug 8,2012 4:15 pm

    Bob, activate the bullpen please.

  130. JamesV Aug 8,2012 4:15 pm

    That was good – just get the sure out there.

  131. AV Aug 8,2012 4:15 pm

    oh no. 1-run game.

    cook…

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  132. Englishmajor Aug 8,2012 4:15 pm

    DO NOT WANT PIE TODAY KTHXBAI

  133. MikeV Aug 8,2012 4:16 pm

    Hey remember when Ryan Cook was good?

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

    Thanks, and go As.

    • AV Aug 8,2012 4:17 pm || Up

      can we get FUUUU back?

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • doctorK Aug 8,2012 4:19 pm || Up

        As bad as Cook has been lately, please, no.

    • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 4:19 pm || Up

      That has to be his last close for awhile, right?

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • lenscrafters Aug 8,2012 4:40 pm || Up

      He was never really that good. He was extremely fortunate with home runs and BABIP earlier this season and now he’s not. He’s had a mid 4 xFIP pretty much the entire season.

      His peripherals are somewhat similar to Henry Rodriguez’s.

      • colin Aug 8,2012 6:59 pm || Up

        I haven’t been able to watch many games, but some of the early season games that I did watch featured some ridiculous stuff from Cook. He walked too many even for being unhittable, but having potentially unhittable stuff should count for something. I guess I’m saying that I still have hopes for Cook improving into a bullpen ace.

        • lenscrafters Aug 8,2012 7:44 pm || Up

          He walked too many even for being unhittable, but having potentially unhittable stuff should count for something.

          Not unlike the aforementioned Rodriguez!

      • DFA Aug 9,2012 12:05 pm || Up

        this

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  134. JamesV Aug 8,2012 4:16 pm

    Aside from that, I don’t think Cook is as good as he looked in the first half, but he can’t afford to keep being as bad as he is now.

  135. brian.only Aug 8,2012 4:16 pm

    NCJREBAIUVORNAVIOERNIUVANIURBEIS;BVIANDKNVJFBDRYLEIURINWNAEORNIVAER IHBV EIAH VAER U VANEIOGNOIENAIOF;N;IO;MWIOE

  136. brian.only Aug 8,2012 4:17 pm

    Hook him Bob!!!!

  137. nobody in particular Aug 8,2012 4:17 pm

    I’m done with Cook as closer.

    Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
    • nobody in particular Aug 8,2012 4:18 pm || Up

      Neshek now, no more Cook implosions. He can barely get one guy out.

      Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
  138. Englishmajor Aug 8,2012 4:18 pm

    CELEBRATE!

  139. AV Aug 8,2012 4:18 pm

    there it is!!!!

    A’s rule, angels drool.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  140. whimsical witch Aug 8,2012 4:18 pm

    YAY!!! wow, that was stressful!!!

  141. brian.only Aug 8,2012 4:18 pm

    He got him even! UGH.

  142. doctorK Aug 8,2012 4:18 pm

    Did we win?

    • AV Aug 8,2012 4:19 pm || Up

      yes.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • doctorK Aug 8,2012 4:20 pm || Up

      So we did. Seeing as Neshek is the winning pitcher, \m/ FTW.

  143. JamesV Aug 8,2012 4:18 pm

    When it’s all said and done, the A’s take 2 of 3 from the Angels.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 4:29 pm || Up

      Can’t say I would have predicted that a few days ago looking at a 1-2-3 of Weaver, Wilson, Greinke in this series.

      • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 4:35 pm || Up

        And us with Milone(right?),and Straily. If we could line up Colon, McCarthy, and Parker I think I would feel better.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 8,2012 4:50 pm || Up

          It was Parker, Colon, Straily for us in the series. I am excited to be getting McCarthy back soon though. And maybe even Anderson.

          • 5Aces Aug 8,2012 6:12 pm || Up

            It was Parker…well I would have been ok with him as the third. But yeah-McCarthy and maybe Anderson just makes it all that much better.

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  144. brian.only Aug 8,2012 4:19 pm

  145. 5Aces Aug 8,2012 4:19 pm

    doesnt feel great sfter that ninth…BUT FK YEAH

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  146. nevermoor Aug 8,2012 4:20 pm

    So the other “A” team understands the value of a good teAse too, eh?

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  147. brian.only Aug 8,2012 4:21 pm

    Ugliest save I’ve seen in a while.

    Upside is thinking how fugly H H must look about now!

  148. batgirl Aug 8,2012 4:21 pm

    Woooooo!!!!!!

  149. JamesV Aug 8,2012 4:28 pm

    In 29 games this year, Chris Carter has a HR in 10, a BB in 16 and a SO in 19. 4 multi-BB games, 7 multi-SO games.

    • JamesV Aug 8,2012 4:31 pm || Up

      He also already has 5 multi-hit games in 29 games this year. He had 4 in 39 games in 2010-11.

  150. AV Aug 8,2012 4:38 pm

    gggrrrr. when i go to MLB.com all gloaty like because my team just won an important game and all the other games are still in the 3rd or 4th, so i figure they just GOTTA have my interests in mind and perhaps on the front page too… i DON’T want to see a picture of a bunch of losers (angels) high-fiving from some play 5 innings ago (that was easily trumped by chris’ HR a little later anyway). they did NOT win. they do NOT get to be there. they can suck third place and MLB can too.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • brian.only Aug 8,2012 4:56 pm || Up

      Yeah, what’s up w/ that…
      Perhaps next year after we win the WS, MLB and ESPN will come around 1 out of 4 times at least. ;)

  151. brian.only Aug 8,2012 4:39 pm

    Tough loss for the **ngles, Today Was A Good Day!

  152. aardvark Aug 8,2012 5:40 pm

    ok, I’m back at work now. That was not the most enjoyable game that I’ve seen this year. It was stressful and it took forever!
    Miller not only made some bad calls, but he lost track of the count at least twice.
    A’s MVP for the game? Latroy Hawkins
    Of the 5 most frequently used Angels relief pitchers, 4 are over 35 years old. Hawkins and Isringhausen alone have a combined 35 years of MLB experience.
    Pujols only got 1 hit in the entire series.

    • aardvark Aug 8,2012 5:41 pm || Up

      I should have mentioned that Miller eventually came out of the game.

  153. nevermoor Aug 8,2012 6:37 pm

    So… Pat Neshek owns an entire series of Garbage Pail Kids in gem mint condition.

    Normal. Completely normal.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • colin Aug 8,2012 7:00 pm || Up

      If you made MLB money, you would do the same.

    • Kylianna Aug 9,2012 12:07 am || Up

      I think Pat Neshek and I should be friends.

  154. Glorious Mundy Aug 8,2012 6:48 pm

    1. Suddenly streaking A’s!

    2. Doolittle for closer? Doolittle for closer.

    3. Chris Carter is special

    4. Excited for McCarthy’s start on Friday. His health may decide whether this team makes the playoffs.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 9,2012 3:39 pm || Up

      1. All these sudden disposition changes are bad for the humors
      2. Doolittle for closer!
      3. 27:22 K/BB! 1.044 OPS!
      4. Me too. With the offense more or less clicking, having a great starter return is excellent.

      • oblique Aug 9,2012 4:56 pm || Up

        2. Just for kicks, I set off on an expedition to justify Blackley for closer. I ended up forming the opinion that… Doolittle should be closer (or, at least, that he’s the best pitcher in the bullpen).

  155. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 8,2012 7:58 pm

    So, another boring routine win, huh?

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • ptbnl Aug 8,2012 8:10 pm || Up

      Much like the rollercoasters on the boardwalk.

      How was your trip?

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 8,2012 8:15 pm || Up

        Fun! The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (in the warm California sun!) has a nice old carny vibe to it which is lost at more modern amusement parks. And it was a spectacular day for driving Highway 1, which I love.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • AV Aug 8,2012 8:28 pm || Up

          awesome. i’m a lil sad they started charging a park entrance rather than per ride. i used to live a few blocks away from the b-walk and it was fun going for just a ride or two. especially on wednesdays or whatever the cheap day used to be. except. never go on the zipper with a roommate who just ate mushrooms and then cotton candy because he WILL puke. and being trapped in a spinning cage with puke floating at zero G’s is… let’s just say it was a good thing we lived so close.

          i think the zipper is gone now anyway.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Glorious Mundy Aug 8,2012 8:34 pm || Up

            There’s still no entry fee, as far as I know. I don’t see how they could ever change that.

            • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 8,2012 8:35 pm || Up

              That’s correct, no entry fee.

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • AV Aug 8,2012 8:38 pm || Up

                now i’m pissed. “luceeeee (or whatever her name is) you have some ‘splainin to doooo.”

                *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • dmoas Aug 8,2012 8:40 pm || Up

                  Geez. If you don’t know your wife’s name, I think you’se the one who’s gotz some ‘splanin’ to do.

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 8,2012 9:33 pm || Up

                  It’s in the freakin commercial that runs during A’s TV games: “The still admission-free Boardwalk!”

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • AV Aug 8,2012 10:33 pm || Up

                  i’m always surprised by the actual content of those ads between innings. they shimmy. and i shimmy. they fly. and i fly. they’re out there having fun.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • AV Aug 8,2012 8:36 pm || Up

              really?? my wife brought me the news about that last year after she went. is she THAT wrong (again!)??

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • dmoas Aug 8,2012 8:39 pm || Up

                I can imagine some guy standing out there getting “entrance fees” and walking away going “Heh. Suckers.”

                • Glorious Mundy Aug 8,2012 8:41 pm || Up

                  While you’re buying this Boardwalk entrance fee, may I interest you in a phiten necklace?

                • AV Aug 8,2012 8:59 pm || Up

                  i’m sorting the evidence out (mostly just looking at b-walk website ticket prices) and i think i can narrow it down to two versions of what happened. she went with nephews, sister, and rich aunt. rich aunt just bought the $30 day pass for everyone. then, 2 months later, when we were driving through town with my niece after looking at tide pools at bridges and on our way to taqueria vallarta, i said let’s go catch a quick ride to show the little one, and she was either confused by her previous time or just didn’t want to stop and lied to my face.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 9,2012 3:39 pm || Up

          Boardwalk!

    • nevermoor Aug 8,2012 8:10 pm || Up

      No pie, no interest

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  156. whimsical witch Aug 9,2012 12:31 am

    sometimes i hate you all for sleeping so early.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 9,2012 8:46 am || Up

      We could solve this problem by all sleeping together. Wait, um…

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • SPWC Aug 9,2012 9:08 am || Up

        I feel better knowing I’m not the ONLY one around here suggesting casual orgies.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • Nurse Gertie Aug 9,2012 9:12 am || Up

      I went to bed at two! What else do you want from me? :)

      • MikeV Aug 9,2012 9:18 am || Up

        I have prepared a list.

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

        Thanks, and go As.

        • Nurse Gertie Aug 9,2012 9:36 am || Up

          uh-huh. I’m sure it’s stuff like laundry, dusting, washing dishes. etc., right?

          • ptbnl Aug 9,2012 9:41 am || Up

            I think there are only two things on the list.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • Nurse Gertie Aug 9,2012 9:55 am || Up

              Oh good. I’m a busy girl.

            • nevermoor Aug 9,2012 9:58 am || Up

              Three. You list each twin separately.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • JamesV Aug 9,2012 10:35 am || Up

              1) Hookers
              2) Blow

          • MikeV Aug 9,2012 9:43 am || Up

            Something like that.

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

            Thanks, and go As.

          • SPWC Aug 9,2012 9:47 am || Up

            You work too much to do shit like that. Your man should do them for you if he works any less than 50 hours a week. If he does work that much, then hire somebody.

            \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
            • Nurse Gertie Aug 9,2012 9:54 am || Up

              I think I love you.

              • SPWC Aug 9,2012 5:21 pm || Up

                I know I love you. I have many loves, but that doesn’t diminish any of them, at least not to me.

                \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  157. batgirl Aug 9,2012 12:06 pm

    I love their carousel. Grab the brass ring!

    • batgirl Aug 9,2012 12:07 pm || Up

      And by this comment placement I of course mean the Santa Cruz Boardwalk’s carousel.

      • Dial C for Concupiscence Aug 9,2012 3:40 pm || Up

        I prefer it out of context and therefore left up to the imagination.

    • Future Ed Aug 9,2012 3:49 pm || Up

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      I have $5. No I don\'t.

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