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Post by chud on Aug 23, 2012 22:01:42 GMT -8
Just purchased a plane ticket to fly into Oaktown for the Baltimore series (Sep. 14th-16th). Hoping by the time that rolls around the A's will be looking to knock B-more out of contention with a couple/three wins. I can't believe that I'm still this excited (NOTE: I'm always excited but not "this") about A's baseball in late August. LET'S GO OAKLAND!
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Post by wonk on Aug 23, 2012 22:31:05 GMT -8
Just purchased a plane ticket to fly into Oaktown for the Baltimore series (Sep. 14th-16th). Hoping by the time that rolls around the A's will be looking to knock B-more out of contention with a couple/three wins. I can't believe that I'm still this excited (NOTE: I'm always excited but not "this") about A's baseball in late August. LET'S GO OAKLAND! Nice. You sure love the Orioles. If MusicFestNW wasn't the same weekend as the A's being in Seattle next month, I would be there. I'm waiting to see what happens the next couple weeks, but I definitely have a trip to Oakland on my radar for the Mariners series in late September, and/or the first round of the playoffs. GO SAN JOSE (boom boom, boom boom boom)! |
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Post by Fig on Sept 8, 2012 20:47:22 GMT -8
Fucking, O's man. Can feel the excitement in Baltimore here in Boise. Its just a damn nice feeling to have people excited about the fucking ORIOLES with the Ravens playing a MNF game for their opener.
Hope Markakis can make a speedy recovery but his hand/wrist has to be fucked.
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Post by chud on Sept 8, 2012 21:12:08 GMT -8
Hello there. We're the Oakland Athletics and we now own the second best record in the American League. We've played the best baseball of any team since the All-Star break. We are currently rolling out a 5-man rotation that consists of 4 rookies and a guy who's now made 4 starts following his quick recovery from Tommy John surgery. Our lineup is full of vagabonds, castaways and defectors. Anyway, it's nice to finally meet you, ESPN.
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Post by badchoices on Sept 10, 2012 10:10:04 GMT -8
The A's are really fun to follow this season. Shit, the orioles are really fun to follow as well. This September is going to be wicked fun.
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Post by stamper on Sept 26, 2012 7:09:38 GMT -8
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Post by Fig on Sept 30, 2012 18:58:48 GMT -8
O's clinch!
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Post by wonk on Sept 30, 2012 20:01:28 GMT -8
This is fucking amazing. The Orioles are much bigger a surprise than the A's in my opinion. I didn't think the Orioles would ever make the playoffs in the stacked AL East, where the Yankees and Red Sox always dominate, and where Toronto and Tampa have been really strong recently. Congrats fig, it's been a really long time for Orioles fans. On the other hand, the A's were supposed to suck (like the Orioles), and they did suck the first two months of the season. The fact the A's were one of the worst teams the first third of the season, then came back to pretty much own all of MLB over the last four months is more impressive (in my opinion). The Orioles are a bigger surprise, but they played well all year. What the A's have done the last four months is probably the biggest turn-around us baseball fans have seen since we've been alive. |
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Post by chud on Sept 30, 2012 21:09:11 GMT -8
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Post by chud on Oct 1, 2012 8:28:08 GMT -8
I feel confident that the A's will take at least 1 game from the Rangers over the next three days, thus clinching a WC spot. However, aside from sweeping the Rangers and taking the division, there is nothing I want more than for C.J. Wilson to take the loss tonight in Seattle. I dislike Mr. WIlson at least as much as he claims to dislike pitching in Oakland.
Hey badchoices, HERE'S TO KINGS COURT!!!
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Post by badchoices on Oct 1, 2012 13:42:57 GMT -8
Let's fucking do it! All I have to root for now is winning and kicking the angels out of the playoffs officially. This is going to be a fun October though
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Post by wonk on Oct 1, 2012 22:02:19 GMT -8
However, aside from sweeping the Rangers and taking the division, there us nothing I want more than for C.J. Wilson to take the loss tonight in Seattle. Ah, nothing like being slightly irrationally vindictive. I've had a couple vindictive moments this year myself, most notably, Hawk saying the Sox would eventually finish above the Tigers because they are a better all around team. The Tigers are fucking scary, and the Sox had no business hanging with them this long. Fuck Hawk. My favorite though was when the Devil Rays announcers spent literally four innings explaining how their pitching staff is the greatest of all time. The Rays did finish first in the AL in ERA, but one would think best of all time might equal a title or a playoff appearance, especially since 20 years ago, only four teams made the playoffs. How can you say your staff is the greatest of all-time if your team finishes sixth (or seventh) in your league? Great pitchers win. Fuck Tampa Bay. But fuck that too, THE A'S MADE THE PLAYOFFS! HOLY FUCKING SHIT, and they knocked out the Devil Rays and the hated Halos on the same day Hawk's team was eliminated. It's too good to be true. THE A'S MADE THE FUCKING PLAYOFFS! PS: Gibbons is on the way to the liquor store to buy some Bubbly. We don't have this option in Oregon. |
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Post by wonk on Oct 1, 2012 22:28:26 GMT -8
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Post by stamper on Oct 2, 2012 6:15:39 GMT -8
This 1-and-done Wild Card game stuff is just weird. It honestly doesn't even feel like the playoffs. It's like a forced 163rd of the season.
If they're going to add another wild card team into the mix, it completely baffles me that they couldn't make the Wild Card round a 3-game series. What's the point of a one game playoff? To prevent the playoffs from going into November? If the world series goes to 7-games, the final game will be in November anyway. So what's two or three more days?
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Post by chud on Oct 2, 2012 6:34:09 GMT -8
Hopefully my co-workers are comfortable starring at my boner!
THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS ARE THE BEST STORY IN BASEBALL PERIOD
Now let's win 2 more and take the division.
Cracked my first beer as Balfour took the mound (approximately 11:05 MDT) in the top of the 9th. Had polished off the sixer just before midnight. Fortunately for my apartment all of the celebratory brew ended up in my stomach.
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Post by badchoices on Oct 2, 2012 6:46:53 GMT -8
Take the division A's! Fuck Texas
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Post by stamper on Oct 2, 2012 7:02:22 GMT -8
Hopefully my co-workers are comfortable starring at my boner! THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS ARE THE BEST STORY IN BASEBALL PERIOD There are tons of great baseball stories this year, I'm not sure which one is my favorite. -Nationals first ever division title. -Oakland and Baltimore completely surprising the AL -Chipper Jones going back to the playoffs in his final season as a ballplayer. -The Phillies sucking ass all season long. |
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Post by wonk on Oct 2, 2012 17:19:21 GMT -8
This 1-and-done Wild Card game stuff is just weird. It honestly doesn't even feel like the playoffs. It's like a forced 163rd of the season. If they're going to add another wild card team into the mix, it completely baffles me that they couldn't make the Wild Card round a 3-game series. What's the point of a one game playoff? To prevent the playoffs from going into November? If the world series goes to 7-games, the final game will be in November anyway. So what's two or three more days? I thought the idea was dumb the first time I heard it, but I'm all for it now. I believe winning the division means something, and this new system is rewarding the division winners, and punishing the wild card teams, while adding more excitement to the end of the season. The biggest reason I like it is because the Wild Cards are typically going to have to use one of their best pitchers in the one game playoff, meaning they'll only get to pitch once (likely) in the first round series. That's a huge advantage for the team getting to play the Wild Card winner (I assume it's the team with the best record in the division), especially if that ace you only face once is someone like Verlander. Wild Cards have won too many World Series already, so making their road tougher is fine with me. The only people who really have a gripe are the fans of the team finishing first in the Wild Card having to play a one game playoff where last year they were guaranteed a five game series. Case in point... |
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Post by Drew on Oct 2, 2012 21:08:12 GMT -8
I don't follow baseball too closely but being in the bay area with two teams in the playoffs and the A's having a shot at the division tomorrow night is pretty thrilling. 49ers success doesn't hurt. It's buzzing around here.
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Post by wonk on Oct 2, 2012 22:27:35 GMT -8
I was completely derailed tonight while hanging out with friends when I saw Guillermo Fucking Mota pitching for the Giants in the 7th inning of a close game. WHAT IN THE FUCKING FUCK?
I'll explain...
Melky Cabrera was having an outstanding season with the Giants when he made headline news for testing positive for PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs). He was suspended 50 games with around 55 games left to play in the season. Some shit happened after the fact (including MLB disqualifying Cabrera of the batting title he might still win), but the Giants decided they would not accept Cabrera back if they made the post season. It was a PR move. The Giants basically made a statement, "We do not cheat, so we don't want Melky Cabrera back." He'll try to catch on with another team next season now that his suspension is over.
Guillermo Mota is in the exact same situation as Melky, except he was suspended 100 games back in May for testing positive for a PED for the second time. Yet the Giants accepted him back when his suspension ended, and used him tonight when leading late in the game. HOW IS THIS EVEN FUCKING POSSIBLE? The answer, because no one gives a shit when someone nobody has heard of tests positive for PEDs. The Giants tried to play the "we don't cheat" card, yet fully accepted back someone who got caught TWICE.
In a related note, former major leaguer and current minor leaguer speedster Joey Gathright was suspended recently for using PEDs. He's a pencil in shoes whose only redeeming quality is stealing bases.
I'll never understand how MLB and the media in general can implicate players who never tested positive for PEDs (like Mark McGwire), but routinely look the other way when lesser known players such as middle reliever Guillermo Mota and shitty speedster Joey Gathright get busted. EVERYONE IS DOING IT, BUT ONLY THE GOOD PLAYERS GET FUCKED.
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