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Gamethread 6/20/2012: I Said Hey! You! Get Off My Lanai! 138

Featuring the return of KEEBS! #Athletics lineup: Crisp-CF Weeks-2B Reddick-RF Cespedes-DH Smith-LF Moss-1B Pennington-SS Suzuki-C Sogard-3B cmcst.sn/aaa0cf #MLB — Comcast SportsNet (@CSNAuthentic) June 20, 2012

Late Grill, because why not 19

1. A brief history of robotic umpires 2. How to say no 3. Nanch Smash and the $2 trillion platinum coin 4. Ross to start Saturday

06/19/2012: A's vs Dodgers: M!A! R,K,E! L,L,I,S! Ellis! 372

And the silvery sound of unicorn hooves was heard again. My second-most-beloved player of all time returns to the Coliseum, albeit on the DL. My first-most-beloved Some nattering old fogey is in the broadcast booth. And yet, I’m at home, because I needed to take a two-hour nap and the trip on BART is only ...

Almost Summertime Lounge 248

I’m tired of some people calling me lazy.  So here’s a lounge where  we can celebrate the coming of Summer, the return of our winning streak, Root beer floats (ugh!), pizza, broccoli and armadillos.  Have fun!

Of Ravines and Bandwagons: A Week’s Worth of FAIL 11

This is for both the Dodgers and the Giants series. Two FAILs for the price of one! Probable Pitchers Scoring tool Sign up This FAIL is worth up to 60 points. 1a. Which of the Kemp-less Dodgers or the class-less Giants has more wins against the A’s in their series? (tie is acceptable) (2 points) ...

New Week; New Grill 134

Since FK’s trojan horse keyboard monitors only work when we are getting high comment counts, I’m going to bait the whole FKing lot of you. As follows.

Father’s Day Baseball – Padres at A’s 77

Time for a proper game thread. No score after one inning. Colon starting for the A’s. It’s the typical lineup these days – Crisp, Weeks, Reddick, Gomes, Inge, Cowgill, Moss, Suzuki, Pennington.

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Fireworks Game 65 and Just Plain Hot Game 66: A’s vs. Padres at the dawn of the Hatteberg Era 306

If Scott lasts as long in the A’s booth as Fosse has, the team will next be looking for a new color analyst in approximately 2039. Crisp, Weeks, Reddick, Smith DH, Inge, Moss, Suzuki, Cowgill and Pennington vs. RHP Anthony Bass, with Blackley giving it another go for the Athletics. These are the Padres, of ...

The Grill is oppressively hot 106

I have grown to appreciate the occasional day in the sun, going barefoot and sweating out some toxins. But I am not a fan of oppressively scorching heat. The family and I are spending a chunk of Father’s Day at the Coli, using my slice of the nevermoor group tickets to enjoy a fine Row ...