OFF DAY

I am not one to throw in the towel, but unless this team starts playing with some heart (and Oakland comes back to earth), I say bring up all of our "Untouchable" players and let them get some Big League experience.  Last nights W was nice, particularly because they had to come back to win,they did not give up any Un-Earned Runs for a change, and there were no third base coaching blunders.

You missed a vital link in your SB Nation.
FinHeaven.com (Miami Dolphins)  maybe there's hope now that we have a QB again.  It's been a long time since the days of Dan Marino.

Homer: It's just a little dirty. It's still good, it's still good!
[Passes traffic, jumps a bridge and lands in the water.]
It's just a little slimy, it's still good, it's still good!
[It gets caught in a dam spillway, and when the pressure builds, it shoots into the sky.]
It's just a little airborne, it's still good, it's still good!
Bart: [crestfallen] It's gone.
Homer: I know.

even the a's are not that big of chokers.  If you are going to create scenarios of doom at least make them plausable.

Rev, your image of Larry washing his hair is the funniest thing I've heard all day.  Kudos.  The best thing that could happen to the A's is for them not to recognize him.  Better than getting treated!

What are the Los Anegeles Mongrels playing right now...500 ball?

Maybe you better get Tim Salmon and his "take a big dump" stance back in the line-up or something, but unless you guys wing off 8 out of 10 or so, and do it in the next 10, ain't no Oakie Choke big enough to get your 50-50 team into the playoffs.  Better move to the NL if you want that.

Of course, up here, what we really relish is the Boston fold.  They'll always have 2004, just like you guys will always have whatever year you always will have.  The Athletics?  They have too many of those years to keep them all straight.

Connie Mack -- Dick Williams -- Charles O Finley -- Billy Martin -- Billy Beane.  What traditions do you have?  Bo Belinsky and that Jayne Mansfield look-alike?

while I may hate the Angels, you guys/gals never give up. While I'm extremely tempted to start celebrating, 2004-05 is still fresh in my mind. I'll wait until we're 10 games up to start reminding you to reserve those October tee times :-P.

That's why I hate the Sox fan base. Half of them are wearing Tom Brady jerseys right now, and have been since the beating the Yankees bestowed upon them.

I love to talk trash myself. It makes the rivalry so much more fun. I now live in LA County and i make every single A's/Angels game. I'm the guy in right field every time taunting the Angels fans. It is so much fun most of you guys are defenseless!

I think it's completely possible for the A's to lose the pennant this year. All it takes is this:

1. Meteor strikes Billy Beane and knocks him dead.
2. Replacement GM trades the A's pitching staff to the Angels for all those fat guys on the DL, minor-league callups, batting practice tossers, and beanball artists.
3. New GM fires Ken Macha and replaces him with Tommy LaScioscia, who uses Super Lotto numbers to slot position players into fielding slots for every game.
4. The team is ordered to play "Dodgers baseball" which has Frank Thomas getting thrown out trying to steal second after each single, Nick Swisher fanning on hit and runs with the bases loaded, and every runner who reaches third getting thrown out at the plate on a blown squeeze bunt where the batter decides to take.
5. LaScioscia abandons the DH so he can pinch hit for the pitcher.
6. As the team's winning percentage against the weakest teams in baseball reaches .333, GM orders a Rally Jackass to lift team spirits.
7. Clean-up hitter hits .050 in critical series.
8. Parking lot empties in the sixth inning.

If any of these things doesn't happen, it's a lock for the A's, so deal with it.

As a public service here's some help with your trip to the post-season. Just call 1-877-493-BALL, commonly known as the A's ticketing office.

So few people in LA remember what football is, let alone how to spell it. In the Frisco Bay Area in November it's such a problem. Should I go see the Raiders or the Niners?

So many choices, so little time, such clean air.

I <3 You

with my shirt off painted green and gold on september 28th, 29th, 39th, and October 1st.

Look for me in right field section 244.

so i may mock you

and be specific with section/seat/etc :)