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Game 5: A’s @ Anaheim 74

Gio vs. Matt Palmer in a battle of 5th starters. Palmer faces the same lineup the A’s used in games 1, 2, and 4. Gio faces a bunch of guys wearing bright red, including the whifftastic Brandon Wood and the .300-hitting Jeff Mathis. Time to drink a beer or three and watch the first-place A’s ...

Thank Grill Its Friday (20100409) 130

First off, I wanted to flag this story. I’ll say this about the Dude, he has a good poker face. I knew the Griffey thing had to be a big deal, so I was specifically looking for it and saw no evidence. Second, stories like this will be fun until we get out of our ...

Game 4: A’s vs. Mariners 117

The ancient Mayans foretold of Brett Anderson.

Game 3: A’s vs. Mariners 73

Pitching for the A’s: Justin Duchscherer. Few remember that he was acquired from Texas for Luis Vizcaino. Another little known fact: Duchscherer’s crippling depression was a reaction to having to play nice with Nomar. Pitching for the Mariners: Ryan Rowland-Smith. Here is a link to his Twitter account. I hope he updates it between innings.

The Grill 4/7/10: You Know The Grill 107

The Pleasure of the Sierra Madre. New species of giant lizard discovered in the Philippines has two penises. Biologists are in a quandary as to what to name v. bitatawa knowing dik-dik has already been taken. Humm no more baby. GM is winding down the Hummer brand. I always laughed when I saw the occasional ...

Game 2: A’s vs. Mariners 86

Slusser: Davis CF Barton 1B Sweeney RF Kouzmanoff 3B Suzuki C Chavez DH Ellis 2B Buck LF Pennington SS And pitching for your Oakland A’s:

The Post-Opener Grill 4/6/10 208

I’m gonna give this a nice line break here, so I don’t completely remove sal’s kid (and sal himself?) from the front page.

Game 1: A’s vs. Mariners 158

Game 1: A's vs. Mariners
On the side of good: On the side of evil: A’s take on the Godless Socialist Venezuelans! Lineup: Davis CF, Barton 1B, Sweeney RF, Kouzmanoff 3B, Suzuki C, Chavez DH, Ellis 2B, Buck LF, Pennington SS per Slusser.

Old news 102

Just killing time until Jack Cust returns to the big leagues … In college, I played empty Jack Daniels bottle for the Blackout Maps And I still do not know What it was that I’ve done wrong Old media death watch Wait. Did we know this? As of February 2010, he is married to Nancy ...

Slugger’s Escape 3

[Original lyrics here.] Slugger’s Escape “Overlook, please, my strikeouts,” I heard the slugger say, As the A’s waived him from the Coliseum And were giving him away. “My offseason hasn’t been a pleasant one And my time it isn’t long, And I still do not know What it was that I’ve done wrong.” Well, the ...