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Will someone please write up the game after it is over. I said "game" not season...

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First?
Second?
I thought you were banned?
Yeah, I know it's getting old.
there's nothing else for us to do while watching the game
Boof!
Do you think his name is really Booth? But he chose to go with the Ebonic prononciation.
who would name their kid - BOOF?
born John Paul Bonser
Why would he want to be called Boof?
Keeps it memorable....
John Paul George Ringo Bonser would have been better
how about just BONER?
"Here comes Boof!"

Debuting next season on the CW.

Boof and the Bonser Gang.
Boofy the
DAMMIT!

Boofy the Angel Slayer

devotee of the Soth body style
And he can get a lasagna stain or two out of his uniform.
I guess he knows a lot about LAUN-DRY
Again, should be no play. He was out of bounds.
Good job Boof
he's boof-a liscious
Does he wear his hair in a Boof-aunt?
I Kohn't believe you're going there.

Oh wait, he’s not in the game yet.

Kohncentrate on what is goin on in the game please
Mental boof on your port
looks like a boof-foon
Old geezer vendor dancing in the aisle
All 3 fans in the stands doing "Let's go Oakland"
Hey, there are at least 7 people there
We need another late night f-bomb orgy authorized by the Rev, if the halos keep playing the way they have since the ASB
that thread should be saved in the archives forever
Which one? There were 4 of 'em.
the F bomb release earlier this season
I meant there were 4 game threads in the F-bomb game.
all of them after the dogs were freed
Exactly.

You said that thread, implying one. You should have said those threads.

Sorry, I’m a professional nitpicker.

You get paid to nitpick?

If not, you’re an amateur nit-picker (note the hyphen).

I'm a member of the Nitpicker's Guild.

And… [to misquote Monty Python’s Argument Clinic]: I could be nitpicking in my spare time.

I think thread 3 and 4 were the ones with non stop f bombs
I thought 2-4 were. But either way, it was totally epic.
Touchback!!!!
[listens to the crickets chirping]

OK, nobody likes my football field jokes…

[goes off and sulks in a corner]

Upon further review...

Concur.

You can request a Mulligan
Football? You mean Handegg.
The Kouz has a Bruise
4 more weeks and the reg. season is over.
no I'm really depressed
I'm repressed.
I'm steam-pressed.
I'm opressed
Don't you oppress me!

Let me guess… you want to be called…. “Loretta”.

People's Front of Anaheim?
Bloody splitters!
I'm impressed.

By your wordsmithing.

As is the entire season for the Angels.
Baseball in general- bummer. For the Angels - can't come soon enough
The cooze has a boo-boo
Only 28 weeks till Opening Day
if they keep the same players I'm already depressed for next year
Is that Gross in for Kooz?

Don’t bring me down…. GROSS!

No, no, no, no, no-o-o

Ooh WOO hoo

I tell you once more before I get off the floor
I'm a huge ELO fan

But it was never about the lyrics…

Santana lost his voodoo
He needs a black magic woman
Mets have used up their run allocation for the rest of the season.

Leading 18-5. I guess that’s a big enough lead even for their bullpen.

Would it be big enough for ours though?
Maybe
just keep shields off the mound
What about Stokes?
And Bulger ... and Jepsen... and. ....
and Bulger, and Stokes, and Jepsen and.....
Shields last 7 outings, 3 hits, 1 walk, ERA 1.29
And what about his first "N - 7" outings?
depends on the inning and who is pitching.
Mota just said the "stay within his mechanices" line that we all love.
*mechanics"
As the referee of the Gubi drinking game, here is my ruling.

Doesn’t count. Gubi didn’t say it.

"Mike and The Mechanics"

sounds like a great name for a band

They must teach that phrase in broadcasting school.
here comes the obligatory "Premium blocking of the pitch Mathis."
Roll Call!
What's up in the Springs?
not much... Actually we are finally gonna move back to California!!!
Come on Santana
He's been taking Drama Queen lessons from F-Rod
He's a frickin mouse.

Nibbling too much.

F-it, Voodoo. Just pitch!
angels trying for the anti-sweep
maybe this is the bizarro world and it isn't really the Angels?
That would explain this entire season.
Or maybe Soth has been replaced by his evil twin.
in this bizarro world , would soth be thin??
no, he wouldn't be thinking....oh wait, he isn't
Thanks Larish!
what a boof-ball
Another explanation for this season.

Pre-Spring Training. Big Mike is in his favorite restaurant, eating lasagna, when two goombahs (Vinny and Guido) walk in.

V&G: Mr. Scioscia, we represent some… statisticians, as well as some beer makers. They’se gots something they wants to discuss wid youse.

[Enter SABR guys and Bud Selig].

SABR Guys: You can’t keep beating our statistical projections. It’ makes us looks stupid.

Bud: Look. You can’t beat the Red Sox in the playoffs and expect to get away scot-free. OK, if you’re the Yankees (bows his head in silence for a second) you can. But you don’t manage the Yankees (bows his head in silence for a second).

Bud (continuing): So you need to lose a lot this season, or Vinny and Guido here will be… paying you a visit…. if you catch my drift….

Premium player at bat
Stopping everything to watch with bated breath
Premium line drive
Premium.

Did you see how he pressured the defense?

This is bizarro world.
I can't believe what I just saw!!!!
I say, Reginald, old boy. Now would be an excellent time for a base hit. Quite.
No, that's the other team
I've been calling him Reginald off and on all season.
Reference to first-thread limey joke fail
Yeah, I saw the thread.
Did we ever decide what to do about Ellis and Larish?
Terrorist watch list
Goobey was crackin up
I was wondering if Jeff remembers how to run the bases

It’s been soooo long

there will be no living with sosh's attitude about him now.
Reginald, old chap, it is now an even better time.
He'd make a hell of a cricket player though, I'll tell you that.
My older daughter has the same gray World Series T-shirt that old guy was wearing.
Apparently he has it now.
That was quite the failure, Reginald.
Reggie and Jeffee must have switched bodies this inning.
No, that was just Reggie muscular atrophy showing up.
Will Reggie be showing up at Jerry's telethon today?
Collapser -- not premium
"He'll feed Bonser"

Looking at Boof, that probably happens a lot

Isn't that the lead singer for Sha Na Na?
Bowser
Who is, by the way, Jewish (just ask Adam Sandler)
is he mentioned in the Hanukkah song?
Yep.

“Guess who does lunch at the Carnegie Deli
Bowser from Sha Na Na and Arthur Fonzarelli”

"Bowser from Sha na na and Arthur Fonzerelli"

That’s the line i think.

that song cracks me up
Bases loaded for Texas

Vladdy up.

Please GIDP Vladdy
2 outs, so no GIDP
What a crazy ending

Vlad infield single up the middle, 3rd base coach Dave Anderson makes contact with Michael Young going around third, who was called out on the spot. 6-5 Minnesota Win.

At least Howie didn't throw it away.
he might try to bunt it to first
Howie grabbed that ball at midfield.
But he called for a fair catch.
that wasn't a very good punt then.
Is Davis wearing stirrups, as well as knee-sox?
Wow, baserunner called out on 3rd base coach interference
Huh?
In the Twins/Rangers game
kinda dumb....6-5 Twins though
Good show, Reginald.
WOW...nice throw Torii!!!
TOOTBLAN Davis
Now Geren is arguing interference
go STFD Geren
He may have a case. He'll lose the argument, but he has a case.
nope...ump called it right then and there....no interference
yea but I think Red is saying

he very easily could have called interference.

We don't want to be reasonable. ;-)
exactly

it’s in our favor. Subject closed

Greedy greedy!
with this team, absolutely!

you gotta take what is handed to you because they sure as hell aren’t going to do it by themselves

It's kinda hard to look serious while you are arguing with two pink wristbands on.
Looked like interference to me

Unless I misunderstand the rule.

ump was there watching and did the 'safe' motion right then

and we all KNOW the umps ALWAYS make 100% accurate calls.

But I’m with this call

if it's not then I suggest

Aybar made a very heads up play and should always jump right in front of an advancing runner

Speaking of ELO....

Cello player and founding member Mike Edwards, killed today by hay bale, true story.

No!

that’s terrible!

Kelly Groucutt, bassist and harmonizer extraordinaire

died prematurely a couple of years ago.

that's a freak accident
Hi guys. GO ANGELS!!!
Yo Opie. What's the haps?
Husband is downstairs removing ugly tile from kitchen floor. Under the dishwasher.

We’re almost ready to have floors installed. The upstairs is almost all painted and looks good. Except maybe the purple guest room was a mistake. Not sure yet. Maybe when the paint cures the color won’t remind me of neon Barney.

I hate you
You hate me
We stuck Barney up a tree
With a .44 Magnum
Shot him in the head
Aren’t you glad that Barney’s dead?

lmao a new children's classic
funneeeee.

My kids were too old when Barney appeared, and I like to think that they wouldn’t have liked him anyway.

wow we are winning for once… greeting for med school fellow angels fans…. don’t have much time to post/watching during games, but just wanted to see what the vibe is on here now the we are well out of the realm of getting into the post season

Manic-depressive.

Alternately suicidal and hysterical laughter.

where you going to school?
this is the type of pitcher Howie should bunt against hehe
A's haven't read their scouting reports

Howie hits the ball there 61.4 % of the time

HOWIE DOUBLES!!!

As opposed to the other Howard

wow - who is this team?
The one that shows up two out of five games
I thought it was *maybe* once every series, but not necessarily that often.
Today, we've secretly replaced the Angels with a team that gets base hits. Let's see if anyone notices.
But Jim never has a second hit at home............
YEA!! one run in 6-3!!
That was a quick run
Man the A's fan are booing their reliever giving up 2 hits.

Mathis hits 193 and barely a squeak out of the Big A crowd….

do they pass out Soth kool-aide before the games this season?

Papelbon blew a save today
Good for him. I always knew he could do it.
good for him!
Couldn't have happened to a douchier guy.
what would have made that perfect is if it was Lackless starting
Geren=Whiny BitchQueen
can this 2B ump just follow us around all year???

Work on it Arte!

These two A's announcers are annoying me.
Could be worse. You could be listening to the White Sox announcers, who would.... putitonthe BOAAARRRD!
I don't ever want to hear those guys, but there are far worse out there.
Bobby runs like Ron Cey and consistently steals bases while Aybar gets thrown out all the time.

Somebody help me out here.

think it has to do w/ something inbetween the ears.
You're right. Like a penguin!
are they really booing a seeing eye single????
It's Oakland. What do you expect?
surprised Geren didn't come out and argue that one
I know I tried going on an Oakland rant like 2 days ago

and got show down…. lol

didn’t know it was wrong to exaggerate about Oakland….

RBI!!! You can putitonthe BOAARRRRD!!!
hey

We might win a game!

Only if Voodoo throws a CG
Shh!

Erv’s at 100 pitches…and that can only mean one thing…..the bullpen!!

DUN DUN DUN!!

Matsui with the RBI.
whoa whoa whoa guys

save some runs for next week

Yabut you gotta consider that the Arson Squad comes in soon.
especially since you'll be at home and your fans would LOVE to see a win at home.
I would so pinch-run right here

Why not get another guy in scoring position?

If you run in a blowout, they throw behind your back, then you charge the mound, then the 1st baseman knocks your lights out

It’s a whole complicated process.

you are going to need to put those thoughts

in flow-chart form and send them snail mail to Soth in order for him to do that Matt. Also make sure you mention the word “clutch” a lot and if you have to mention a stat make sure it’s CERA.

also attach a 50 buck gift cad to Little Maggioanos

and you’ll get his undivided attention on your letter.

Time to be non-premium and not pressure the D here, Mikey
That was premium.

Did you see how Little Mikey pressured the D there?

Aybar pressured the defense too
Yabut, Mikey saved an out by doing it.
I thought it was time to sing Buttercup, but it's time to sing "You're the one!"
Good games from Bobby and Stanley today
Da da dun DUNH!!! Da da da dun DUNH!!!

[NFL music]

OK, someone else can have the pool table after all.

The red felt doesn’t go with my house.

Let's go Jo Jo Fastball!
Get back, Jo Jo.
wake me up before you Jo Jo
Did he live in Tuscon Arizona?
no, but he was a friend of mine.
I thought that was Jeremiah
No he was a bullfrog
That's right.

Twas a little bit before my time. I should google the lyrics.

I was doing the Beatles' "Get Back"

But Joy to the world:

Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Was a good friend of mine
Never understood a single word he said
But I helped him drink his wine

Which was sung at a wedding that my parents attended.

Mind = boggled.

hippies?
I don't think so, but they were my age.

Probably when I was about 25. That would have been about 1975, I think.

that sounds about right!
They wanted the fishies to be happy

Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me.

Walden is the White Aroldis Chapman
Who is pitching for us now?

Can’t hear the audio over the power chisel in the next room.

Walden
I have not had reliable internet for a couple of weeks.

I do not know this name.

Jordan Walden........

Hard throwing young kids……..only been up a couple weeks.

He throws really really fast.

22-year-old, throws gas
he was standing on a corner "will pitch for food"

he’s getting a $50 gift certificate to Del Ninja

hey that's 128 tacos.
This ab is 25% this is a homerun

74% chance it’s a K 1% change catcher’s interference

With this stadium

50% foul ball pop out

with this team, 100% error somewhere
I'm thinking he should stick with the fastball

Or learn how to bounce the slider.

Forget the curveball, Ricky! Throw him the heater!
that's the thing though

he wants his fastball to be up a bit because thats where it’s hardest to hit, so a lot of the same sliders thrown at that level are very hittable.

Gubi can tell you all about eye levels.
stop throwing that pitch - guys are hitting it.
never quite understood throwing crap

when you can throw 99 mph. Percy threw 95% fastballs for like 7-8 years.

but I'm not premium like our catcher

so good pitch selection Jeffy

Apparently Bengie wasn't premium either.

Calling for fastballs instead of nibbling.

Is that on Soth, Butch, Mercado, or Soliz?
Larish... His uniform looks rather GARISH
Seriously, dude, throw the fastball right now
Exactly. You can't hit what you can't see.
I love my hat!

OK… I like this one

s/like/maybe/
I like the Jack commercials
"See, I like women. Did I say that out loud?"
no Hud, no mini-sirloin burger commercials - no wonder we're doing so bad.
No Meaty Cheesy Boys

http://www.meatycheesyboys.com

I can't believe I just clicked on that link.

That website name screams gay porn

I wouldn't do that to you guys
Meat meat meat meat cheese and that's it!
baby you know it's hot and juicy!
Premium at bat guys...

Pay attention

Chances Jeff reaches base 3 times?
.0000000000000000000000001
Snowball, really hot underground place.
so........you're saying there's a chance?!?!?!?!?!!?
[looks outside]

OMG!!!! I’m seeing Cats and Dogs… LIVING TOGETHER

Mathis for MVP!!!!
THREE TIMES ON BASE FOR JEFF MATHIS WHAT THE FLETCH????
Real biblical stuff... Cats and Dogs!!! Living together!!!

Does anyone see the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man out there yet?

The End is Near. Repent!
He should obviously steal second
Been there, done that
He's almost back into the .200s
I said ^ there

Bourjos isn’t playing cause Jeffy has to get his average above his – his Dad said so.

Good show, Reginald. Advancing the runner.
Ten bucks says, Skip will mention Mathis' performance during the postgame interview.

And then he’ll cough.

Ok what is going on here?

This team looks like my beloved Angels, hitting, hitting with RISP, stealing a base or two. I love it! But the question is who are these guys and how to we keep them around?

duct tape?
Dirty bug!
how's that dirty?
I was going straight for the S&M angle
Have you two been at it... AGAIN????
kinky dude...but opie beat you on that angle. she wants handcuffs
I'm older.

I’ve read more than the rest of you.

I defer to age & wisdom
I read about it somewhere, I swear.
Opie, you should know it's not nice to swear

Though this team has driven us all in that direction…

probably in welch's magazine
O-ooooo.

Is he that kind of guy? Is it that kind of magazine?

yes he is and yes it is

that’s why it’s called ‘Reason’

Then you're the dirty one.
duct tape works on everything
Duct Tape is like the force.

It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

silence is golden, duct tape is silver
Plus, it enforces the silence, when used properly....
hundcuffs and no safe word.
You want a boigah?
From your nose?

no thanks

I wish someone said that in the commercial.
Fasten your seatbelts.
Keep your hands inside the car at all times?
Do we still like Jepson?
I don't know, and we're not too sure about Jepsen either :-P
depends on which one shows up
Bizarro Jepsen?
if he's psyKo - we like
So in this bizarro universe, is Jepsuck good Jepsen?
Jepsen is either psyKo or Jepsuck.

He’s very schizo.

Got the first out no problem, so I think so
Looks like we've got psyKo
Still waiting for a chance to sing Halos Blitz
Blitz, blitz, halos blitz?
Yeah, but can't do it until we have a hitting frenzy.

And it’s “It’s it’s a Halo blitz”

search for it... I've posted it a few times.
I remember seeing it
psyKo. Well done.
nice inning
Amazing what happens when you throw strikes to a team that can't hit
it's nice to see the other team's LOB higher than ours
It's LOBsterfest!!!!!
Oh no, a wolf!
Does he huff and puff?
Bases on the velocity, he doesn't blow the house down.
Do bullpens have the last remaining fixed phones in the world?
What do you mean by "fixed"?
attached to the wall?
I think he means 'corded'

fixed   [fikst]
–adjective
1. fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid.

I think we call them land lines here, and that's what I thought you meant,.

but I was making sure you weren’t referring to a “hotline”.

well, you see, it's not a landline because they don't dial a number to reach the bullpen

it’s a permanent line, and I meant fixed as in attached to the wall, and, when all is said and done, it was a perfectly legitimate and understandable question.

no one is knocking your legitimate and understandable question
Ah, then you were referring to the "hotline" not the land line.

In answer to your question, I have no idea if the White House still has that set of special phones.

yeah
We had one at the last house, and may get one here.

And we were in the UK this spring and everyone had them, not to menion phone booths. I had to explain the concept to a small child recently.

Added for clarification:

we had a phone that was fixed to the wall. We did not have a phone that was a hotline.

We call them "wallphones" here.
Where is here?
America
I knew that, I just wondered where in the US.
Walden

we finally brought up a legitimate bullpen arm, nice piece for next yr. Its time to see what Conger has.

Conger was a much inferior hitter to Peter Bourjos this year in AAA
Actually, with his recent hot streak, he's pretty close

And he’s a year younger. Still, it’s premature to expect him to hit ML pitching in 2011.

the new ones always start out hot

it’s staying hot that is the issue

Rodney? *shudder*
~groan~
Yeah, last time I got to pay attention to a game he terrified me.
Don't be afraid. Be very VERY afraid.
is he going to pitch the 9th?

NOOOOOO

That last was JUSSSST a bit outside
Hamilton's out, Lee's Hurt

What do you say guys? If we win out we can still get the pennant.

Any optimists left?

I'd like to see a string a back to back wins first - then I'll think of being optimistic.

I want it to happen though.

Hell, I'd like to see just *two* back-to-back wins.
me too...

then I can wash my car.

It would be sooooo fun to see Ryan's reaction

if they fell apart right after he bought the team.

Nope

We’ve been playing seriously depressed baseball.

Maybe we should give the team Lithium
The song, if nothing else
Ladies and gentlemen. The captain has determined that there is some turbulence ahead, so

please remain seated and keep your seatbelt fastened.

Hat not gangsta enough today
Hands up if you think we're gonna have a pretty good bullpen next year

(My hand is up.)

I'm not drinking no koolaid no more
you were warned not to drink it
Haven't you kids ever been in a cult before?
Damn... nobody got it.
I gave up koolaid
Family Guy. Stewie's first birthday
my only exposure to Family Guy is the ringtone my son installed
What do you mean by that ellipsis?
a pause slightly longer than a comma.
YES.

bullpen next year will not be a problem.

Do Shields and Butcher both come back?
By "Hand" do you mean "hand"?

You Americans confuse me.

no we mean "Hand"
This is *our* time, Mr. Spicoli
would that be "right", "left" or "on the other" hand?
Was that first runner scored as an error?
Nope, infield hit
Shouldn't that be Chupa's ball?
Incomplete pass at the 20 yard line
yup
Looked more like a muffed punt to me.
I blame him.
Hi guy!!

how are you?

Nowhere near drunk enough.
You have to be drunk to watch Failbar's fielding today.
sorry to hear that

have a shot…….

Used up all my reposado last week. Forgot to purchase more.

Forced to watch these knuckleheads all weekend whilst sober.

the do have stores in San Ata Ana

brief reference to Jeff Dunham

Next time I visit San Ata Ana I will be sure to look one up!
Is that anywhere near Alma-Ata?
Did you attend Ater Day?
If we lose, the BotG goes straight to Fail-bar
My mlb.com went out -- someone describe the Aybar play?
Ran about a mile, waved off Chupa, and dropped the basket catch.
Running an out pattern.

Pass lofted gently over his left shoulder about 20 yards deep. Looks back into the sun. Ball hit him square in the hands and he drops it.

Hey, maybe he was looking at the end-zone instead of the ball.
Flyball into shallow left, Abreu was playing Cust really deep so Aybar had to go after it. Went off the heel of Aybar's glove
fail

he went running back, tried to do a basket catch and missed it

went deep out towards left field, would have been a great play if he had held on
Thanks, all!
I'm not sure you should thank them. I need a drink just reading that.
Rodney - you wanted this 9th inning job - Now DO YOUR JOB
huh?

i thought rodney magically transforms from a shitty pitcher into a good pitcher in the closer role?

GIDP ends it.
No DP, nitpcker
Oops. Looked like it went to 2B before 1B.

[EMILY-LATELLA]’
Never mind
[/EMILY-LATELLA]

Yay! We won.

Let’s blame Aybar anyway.

Worse than Mathis, isn't he?
I've never trusted him. Never.

I’ve watched him blow too many easy plays, which is really annoying when you think about some of the spectacular plays he’s made.

he cant get a bunt down when it matters most

why trust him to do anything else?

he’s one of arte’s favorites though, he’ll get the mathis treatment until he retires

stop being rational. nobody wants to hear that kind of talk.
LIGHT UP THE HALO!!!!

Just another Halo Victory

Has someone agreed to write-up the postgame thread?

I cain’t do it.

Who here has access enough to do that?
No worries, Suboptimal's got it
Damn the A's could have gotten within 6.5 if they had won......

oh well.

instead... we are at 9.5

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