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Nico

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Before I decided to become a full-time teacher and counselor, my career was in play-by-play broadcasting, which included serving as a radio voice for A's Spring Training games (1987-91) and A's minor leagues games in Medford (1991-94).

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Recent Activity
Awesome headline, BBG!
Commented on Game #49: Houston, We Have A Hometown Hero; Young's Homerun Rescues A's on May 25 2013, 1:06a
Probably the other Chris Young.
Commented on Game #49: Houston, We Have A Hometown Hero; Young's Homerun Rescues A's on May 25 2013, 1:04a - 1 reply
How about based on tonight?
Commented on What Can We Expect From Sonny Gray? on May 25 2013, 12:26a
It's ok. Joe Saunders actually isn't allowed to lose at Safeco Field.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 11:57p - 1 reply
So I should shave first and then look at them?
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 11:54p
GAAAAA!!!!! HE'S A WITCH!! BURN HIM!!!!!!
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 11:52p - 1 reply
Freiman?
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 11:50p
And right now it sounds like he's being obliterated by machine guns.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 11:49p - 1 reply
I STILL wish we had re-signed him.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 11:44p - 2 replies
The Low Desert Sapsuckers of Wichita Independent ball!!!!!!
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 11:42p
Pssssh. I knew all along that it was in the bag.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 11:39p
You know, Melvin did have another option:
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 11:38p - 1 reply
He ruled it a double, but it was actually the National Anthem.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 11:17p - 1 reply
He was so, so good tonight.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 10:58p
I guess maybe one of them gets on and then you have Coco-Young-Cespedes coming up..
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 10:58p
Melvin's kind of hosed in the 9th
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 10:50p - 2 replies
Glorp.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros (2) on May 24 2013, 9:43p
What a terrific inning of hitting by the Oakland A's!!!!
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 9:43p
Thing is, we're sitting pretty despite a couple lame gaffes
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 9:39p
Talk about being your own worst enemy
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 9:32p - 1 reply
Great throw, but you can't bail out the pitcher
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 9:10p - 1 reply
I wish to report a man-crush.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 8:58p - 1 reply
Yes, that's when they finally decided "well I guess we can't just do nothing anymore."
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 8:47p
9 pitches.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 8:41p - 2 replies
I'm partly looking at no pitching coach visit, no bullpen activity,
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 8:40p - 2 replies
Prediction: Bedard is released after this start.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 8:34p - 5 replies
Hopefully not by the hour.
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 8:34p
Speaking for everyone else, we're all going shopping for socks!
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 7:53p - 1 reply
Montz-Freiman-Rosales-Sogard
Commented on Game Thread #49: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros on May 24 2013, 7:48p
I'll admit to being surprised he throws the changeup only 6.4% of the time.
Commented on What Can We Expect From Sonny Gray? on May 24 2013, 7:43p - 1 reply
Yep, that's what it looks like to me --
Commented on What Can We Expect From Sonny Gray? on May 24 2013, 6:07p
Yeah, looking at the video I'd probably go with "slurve" for Gray
Commented on What Can We Expect From Sonny Gray? on May 24 2013, 4:55p - 1 reply
So, luck and Prozac!
Commented on Great Debates: Do Hot Streaks Exist? on May 24 2013, 4:52p - 1 reply
Enabled!
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 24 2013, 4:48p
You should acknowledge, though, that while "productive outs"
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 24 2013, 4:48p
I think what has hurt the most is that Young hasn't even been used
Commented on What Can We Expect From Sonny Gray? on May 24 2013, 4:40p
I think Gray's breaking pitch is usually referred to as a slider.
Commented on What Can We Expect From Sonny Gray? on May 24 2013, 4:39p - 2 replies
I object!
Commented on What Can We Expect From Sonny Gray? on May 24 2013, 4:37p - 1 reply
My own observations so far:
Commented on What Can We Expect From Sonny Gray? on May 24 2013, 10:50a - 1 reply
Maybe his phone number?
Commented on Christo and the Great Tarp Experiment on May 24 2013, 1:30a
I think where hitters can excel is with the pre-plan
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 8:49p - 1 reply
What I think is that the A's are pretty typical in regards to situational hitting
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 7:26p - 2 replies
Seems pretty obvious to me:
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 7:24p
Why have a kangaroo court when you can have a kangaroo?
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 1:02a - 1 reply
I don't think the A's do this worse than average, though.
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 12:57a
At that point, one could argue that the comment isn't fully formed.
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 12:55a - 1 reply
My optometrist actually told me I have 20/20 hindsight.
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 12:55a - 1 reply
With comments like that, yeah, sometimes it's better to abort.
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 12:54a - 1 reply
He seemed to think he was out.
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 12:52a - 1 reply
I'm Pro Choice
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 12:51a - 1 reply
And how great does it feel, knowing that your sample size is small,
Commented on Great Debates: Do Hot Streaks Exist? on May 23 2013, 12:50a
I think they're looking to ground out to SS
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 12:36a - 2 replies
Profar?
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 12:35a - 1 reply
I know. I took the job because I love the hours.
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 12:29a - 1 reply
I'm paid to know what "professional" means.
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 23 2013, 12:27a - 1 reply
I NOES!!!!!!!!!!
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 22 2013, 11:13p
I know. Much as I'd love to add Headley
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 22 2013, 11:13p
The way I'd use it, personally,
Commented on Great Debates: Do Hot Streaks Exist? on May 22 2013, 10:02p - 1 reply
Donaldson's such a good defensive 3B, I wouldn't look at moving him.
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 22 2013, 9:56p - 1 reply
AND WE DIDN'T PREDICT IT!!!
Commented on Great Debates: Do Hot Streaks Exist? on May 22 2013, 9:17p
I agree, and would add that "a look in his eye"
Commented on Great Debates: Do Hot Streaks Exist? on May 22 2013, 9:16p
I think you can, though
Commented on Great Debates: Do Hot Streaks Exist? on May 22 2013, 9:11p - 1 reply
We had some hopes for Nakajima --
Commented on Recap: This Loss Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B on May 22 2013, 9:06p - 2 replies
First of all, how a player will perform tomorrow is strictly determined by TWTW.
Commented on Great Debates: Do Hot Streaks Exist? on May 22 2013, 11:03a - 4 replies
Let me jump on the welcome-bandwagon: So great to add these voices to the regular FP mix!
Commented on Introducing Three New Contributors on May 22 2013, 10:54a
To my eyes, Straily's fastball had a bit more tailing action up in the zone tonight,
Commented on Recap: Bears Fly, Tofu Dogs are Consumed, A’s win 1-0 on May 22 2013, 1:18a
I was thinking he should bury a breaking ball there,
Commented on Game Thread #47: A's at Rangers (2) on May 21 2013, 10:46p
Sucks, but they couldn't hit for Rosales with Lowrie out of the game.
Commented on Game Thread #47: A's at Rangers (2) on May 21 2013, 10:34p - 1 reply
What? That's the only thing that's better than sending Barton down once!
Commented on Game Thread #47: A's at Rangers (2) on May 21 2013, 10:18p
Wow, Straily -- that was an impressive inning.
Commented on Game Thread #47: A's at Rangers (2) on May 21 2013, 10:17p
Yeah, it's a pretty routine amputation.
Commented on Game Thread #47: A's at Rangers (2) on May 21 2013, 10:17p - 3 replies
Tough call as to when to go to the Doolittle-Cook-Balfour trio
Commented on Game Thread #47: A's at Rangers (2) on May 21 2013, 10:02p - 4 replies
Kickham?
Commented on A's breeze to 9-2 victory over Rangers on May 21 2013, 1:30a - 1 reply
While we're on the subject of cerebral flatulence,
Commented on A's breeze to 9-2 victory over Rangers on May 21 2013, 1:30a - 1 reply
In Berkeley?
Commented on Game #44: Deja Vu; A's Win 2-1 Behind Timely Offense and Milone's Gutsy Start on May 21 2013, 1:11a
I've always liked Ricky Nolasco
Commented on Rosales/Lowrie...Is It Damon/Long All Over Again? on May 20 2013, 7:44p
Likewise!
Commented on Cooked Moose Gives A's A Sweep Of One-Run Games! on May 19 2013, 11:29p - 1 reply
Yeah, I'm agreeing with you.
Commented on Cooked Moose Gives A's A Sweep Of One-Run Games! on May 19 2013, 11:14p - 1 reply
Hey look Wash, it's Coke!!!!!
Commented on Cooked Moose Gives A's A Sweep Of One-Run Games! on May 19 2013, 11:12p
Yet now Coke is available to come in?
Commented on Cooked Moose Gives A's A Sweep Of One-Run Games! on May 19 2013, 11:12p - 1 reply
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