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GreenNGoldSooner

  • joined Feb 17, 2008
  • last login May 23, 2013
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Native of Berkeley, in more or less permanent exile in Norman, Oklahoma, where I teach U.S. history at the University of Oklahoma.

A Fan Of...

  • mlb Oakland Athletics
  • nba Oklahoma City Thunder
  • nfl San Francisco 49ers
  • ncaaf Oklahoma Sooners
  • ncaab Oklahoma Sooners
  • nhl New Jersey Devils
Recent Activity
Sous le Mont, la plage!
Commented on Christo and the Great Tarp Experiment on May 24 2013, 1:31a
Last season, they could have dressed them like Bernie!
Commented on Christo and the Great Tarp Experiment on May 23 2013, 7:54p
Ice plant, not grass, I believe.
Commented on Christo and the Great Tarp Experiment on May 23 2013, 7:53p - 1 reply
I suspect that this is correct (though it's a bit speculative)
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 2:02p - 1 reply
Exactly.
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 1:54p - 2 replies
The Bad News A's
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 1:52p
What's worse is that they won't correct the obvious cause: Angel Hernandez's continuing employment.
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 1:50p
But today it's back to mealy-mouthed statements that "they're human"
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 1:48p - 1 reply
Looked like a double to me! ;-)
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 1:47p
Any discussion of last night's game that doesn't consider Hernandez's track record of incompetence...
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 1:47p
....so he fits right into this staff
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 1:46p
Fuck Cleveland's tv crew saying "they're human"
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 1:45p - 1 reply
This
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 1:44p
mlb.tv....grrrrrr.....
Commented on Game #36: A's vs. Indians (2) on May 9 2013, 1:39p
I certainly would hope that he'd do that.
Commented on Selig's War on May 9 2013, 10:49a - 1 reply
One big difference between concert promotion and the "baseball team model":
Commented on Selig's War on May 9 2013, 10:17a - 1 reply
It's the next morning. That's still a homer. And I'm still pissed.
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 9 2013, 10:06a
If that was no HR, that was one magic baseball!
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 11:17p
...and they don't even do a very good job about caring about things that make money.
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 11:02p - 1 reply
What's the opposite of lawyerball?
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 10:46p - 3 replies
Jim Joyce understood that he did something wrong.
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 10:45p - 2 replies
Yup
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 10:44p
I think Charles Ramsey, Ariel Castro, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight, and Unnamed Minor....
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 10:33p - 1 reply
Whoops...didn't understand.
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 10:26p
Totally agree.
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 10:23p - 1 reply
A man did a bad thing at one time and a good thing at another.
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 10:23p - 1 reply
Blackout rules. Another thing that MLB does very, very badly and irrationally.
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 10:21p - 1 reply
I think the guy's just awesome.
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 10:20p - 1 reply
"Bullshit" is one word, BBG
Commented on Recap #35: A's Tie Game With 2-Outs in Ninth, Umpires Get Call Wrong, Make A's Lose on May 8 2013, 10:08p - 3 replies
Even if that wouldn't constitute enough evidence, I'd be happy to arrange it!
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 10:05p
So typical of MLB that their system makes absolutely no sense.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 10:03p
Obvious follow-up question:
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 10:02p
No worries
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 10:00p
Were the Yanks or the BoSox involved?
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:56p
Or, apparently, off the field, looking at a video with all the time in the world to evaluate it.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:53p
Game 1: the strike zone
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:47p - 1 reply
This.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:47p - 1 reply
But this takes shitty umping to a whole new level.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:44p
I understood
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:42p - 1 reply
I tuned into the game during the replay and the first thing I saw was the umpires returning to the field.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:42p
I appreciate their honesty, but it's a no-brainer.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:40p - 1 reply
"MLB x are a fucking joke and everybody knows it except for MLB."
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:39p - 1 reply
This.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:38p
Worse because this was a replay call.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:37p - 1 reply
Even the NFL's scab refs were better than this.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:34p - 1 reply
How do you miss that call? Seriously.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:32p - 1 reply
Nope. The UMPIRES are utterly useless.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:29p - 1 reply
That wasn't even close. It was an absolutely clear HR.
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:28p
You will be...oh, you will be!
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:26p
This is a first:
Commented on Game Thread #35: Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (2) on May 8 2013, 9:25p
I guess that means he's Haga-Done!
Commented on GameThread #33: A's at Indians (2) on May 6 2013, 9:13p
I can't watch the Indians without commenting on how totally appalling their logo is.
Commented on GameThread #33: A's at Indians (2) on May 6 2013, 9:12p - 6 replies
Norris!
Commented on GameThread #33: A's at Indians (2) on May 6 2013, 9:09p
...
Commented on GameThread #33: A's at Indians (2) on May 6 2013, 8:53p
Unfortunately I have to go shopping sometime in the next hour or so...
Commented on GameThread #33: A's at Indians (2) on May 6 2013, 8:43p - 1 reply
I gotta keep watching the game.
Commented on GameThread #33: A's at Indians (2) on May 6 2013, 8:39p - 1 reply
How's Parker looked so far today?
Commented on Game #33: A's at Indians on May 6 2013, 8:12p - 7 replies
Quite literally the first thing I saw when I turned the game on...
Commented on Game #33: A's at Indians on May 6 2013, 8:10p
Whenever I see Terry Francona...
Commented on Game #33: A's at Indians on May 6 2013, 8:09p
Howdy, y'all!
Commented on Game #33: A's at Indians on May 6 2013, 8:08p - 1 reply
I'm sorry to say I fell asleep while watching this one.
Commented on Recap: A’s down Angels in Regulation, 10-6 on May 1 2013, 6:41a
I missed the game threads, but listened to the whole game.
Commented on Game #27: Mossome Walks Off in 19; Anderson Brilliant in Near 6 Innings of Relief, Blevins Wins Again on Apr 30 2013, 8:16a - 1 reply
Can we fire Bob Geren again?
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles (2) on Apr 27 2013, 5:45p - 1 reply
Occasionally visiting the mound?
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles (2) on Apr 27 2013, 5:44p
This team is giving _me_ ...
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles (2) on Apr 27 2013, 5:42p
One of Reggie's distinctive personality traits...
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles (2) on Apr 27 2013, 5:35p
Needed moar cats.
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles (2) on Apr 27 2013, 5:32p
K (finally)
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 5:23p
Goddam Coco's arm.
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 5:19p - 1 reply
We had one today. But we needed another one.
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 5:17p
I believe that, rather than a "shutdown," we are seeing a "meltdown."
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 5:14p - 1 reply
Do. Not. Want
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 5:13p
Well...nope.
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 5:13p
Schnide still very much occupied.
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 5:07p
Rain.
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 5:04p
A swinging Moss gathered no RBIs.
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 5:01p
Lawyerball!
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 4:59p
OT in ChiTown
Commented on Game Thread #25: A's vs. Orioles on Apr 27 2013, 4:57p
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