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Game 38: Twist their tongues off! 156

Jarrod Parker pitched to a pack of Pike Place poseurs; A pack of Pike Place poseurs by Jarrod Parker pitched; If Jarrod Parker pitched to a pack of Pike Place poseurs, Where’s the pack of Pike Place poseurs that Jarrod Parker pitched? Jaso DH, Smith LF, Lowrie SS, Cespedes CF, Moss RF, Donaldson 3B, Barton ...

Game #37. A’s at Vivace. 113

Line up per suslu Jaso DH, Smith LF, Lowrie SS, Cespedes CF, Moss RF, Donaldson 3B, Barton 1B, Norris C, Sogard 2B. Straily P. BOL for our friends who live there now.

Game 36: The morning after 366

You know, if this stuff had been available in Cuba in the early days of the Castro regime, we just might not have had to deal with Ángel Hernández and his litany of absurd calls. On to our 9 a.m. Pacific time, radio only affair, with a doubtlessly hung-over Ray joining Ken and Vince in ...

Mad Men – Season 6, Episode 6 – Still the Same 4

Fine, I’m a little behind.

The Lounge Where We Shoot the Lights Out 131

Hey, W’s shockingly not playing like shattered wrecks! Klay! Looking smooth. Halftime. Not a care in the world, la la.

Game 35: Guess who’s back, back again 356

#Athletics @ #Indians: Jaso C, Smith LF, Lowrie DH, Cespedes CF, Moss RF, Donaldson 3B, Barton 1B, Rosales SS, Sogard 2B. Griffin P. — Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) May 8, 2013 Oakland’s lineup is looking increasingly early 2012-ish as the team tries to get through the annual bout of April/May injuries. I’m on record as not ...

05/08 Always trust your cape grill 166

1. How would you react if your kid was sent home from school for wearing A’s jersey on a “Wear Giants gear day”? 2. It’s a basic human desire to separate an OREO cookie. Some humans have better hatchets than the others. 3. Draft and international signing deadline are nearing. Here is some speculation about ...

Game 34: A’s @ Cleveland 152

Our lineup: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/susanslusser/status/331847228253683714″]’ Theirs: meh

Game 33: Why escape from NY if you end up in Cleveland? 311

Two of the American League’s least effective starting pitchers over the first few weeks of the 2013 season match up this evening before 35,000 empty seats in Progressive Field. This crew of Athletics faces “Vince’s favorite pitcher” (count the references to that), Ubaldo Jimenez: #Athletics at #Indians: Jaso DH, Smith LF, Lowrie SS, Cespedes CF, ...

5/6 Grill: Interview with a lisping vampire 53

THETH! This season he is getting more opportunities versus southpaws, and the results have been positive — he’s hitting .345./.387/.586. The sample size is too small to be meaningful, but the same can’t be said of his efforts to fine-tune.