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Just another installment in the ongoing saga of reason and passion 66

The One-Handed Confession The Off-Handed Recession The Neglected Concessions The Oft-Bandied Contraction The Kant-Fan Correction The Pakistani Contradiction The Two-Handed Regression

It’s Thursday in Japan 57

All negative vibes are suspended until further notice (unless they can be appropriately and safely directed toward the Red Sox only)!

Game 17: What does evil smell like? 73

I was alarmed by the acrid smell of sulfur and fetid stench of death in the air in Oakland earlier today, until I realized it was just that the Red Sox had come to town. This got me wondering about the whole Satan/sulfur thing, most recently in the news a few years back when Hugo ...

I read the internet so you don’t have to 106

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU So Excited… Taxes are low. Smart thinking about health care cost choices. And a fun one:

Game 16: In which Andy L. is back at 3rd 37

DeJesus cf, Barton 1b, Jackson rf, Willingham lf, Matsui dh, Ellis 2b, Powell c, LaRoche 3b, Pennington ss Day off for Crisp. Sweeney has achy hamstrings, which puts CoJax in there against a right-hander. Presumably also just a day off for Zk. And back to the bench for Kz. Cahill v. Penny Penny goes into ...

Oakland 14

In honor of the A’s first Little League day of the year and Paul Simon swinging through the Bay Area next week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXn-iY7bJTU [Original lyrics here] OAKLAND The Oakland Estuary was gleaming Like a Louisville Slugger I am following the water Down the Nimitz To the cradle at Hegenberger I’m going to Oakland Oakland Meant ...

Game 15: Look out, look out, the Andyman, here he come and he’s gone again 34

Actually he’s only gone from third base over to second as Ellis gets a night off. It’s One More Saturday Night without the A’s on television. Enjoy the game on “SportsRadio 95.7” or via the thumbnail on MLB Game Mix if you have access to that. No truth to the rumor that the A’s called ...

Andyman II: The Benchening 39

… or, Game 14: A’s vs Tigers McCarthy vs Porcello Coco Barton DDJ Eisenfuß Matsui Ellis Zk ANDY LAROCHE 3B Cliffy

That red-headed stepchild persona 86

Friday nightmare fuel Shouldn’t that be “devoté”? In former Soviet Russia, BART takes you to the ballpark Byrnes and Tolbert interview SI’s Phil Taylor, “who is writing a feature for the magazine on how difficult it is to be an A’s fan amidst the Giants’ recent success” (via ML)

Game 13 A’s vs. Tigers 76

A’s in gold unis. Coco Barton Jackson Willingham Matsui Ellis Suzuki ANDY LAROCHE 3B Cliffy