ATOT Mod Sanctioned**OFFICIAL** A's versus Red Sox ALDS SERIES THREAD SOX WIN 3-2 :(

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Legendary

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I wish I could watch but my roommate is sleeping - someone post updates! Go As (aka down with BoSox)
 

Glitchny

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tied at the top of the 12th... why didnt they just leave Timlin in, I mean its not like he did amazing or anything... idiots
 

RedFox1

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Originally posted by: Glitchny
tied at the top of the 12th... why didnt they just leave Timlin in, I mean its not like he did amazing or anything... idiots

This is sort of bad. Even if they win, they've used all their primary relievers, Derek Lowe's done some pitching, and Pedro threw ~135 pitches. Hopefully Wakefield can throw a lot of innings tommorow...

 

RedFox1

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Originally posted by: thawolfman
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Oh lord...Lowe is doing his nervous dance. It may be one of those days.

NOT THE DEREK LOWE FACE! :Q

From ESPN.com in the days Lowe was the closer:



In Lowe's case, you spend the ninth inning rooting for things to go smoothly for him ... and then something happens (a single or a walk), and you start searching for signs that he's OK, and he is OK, but maybe something else happens (a stolen base, a walk) and then ... BOOM!

He makes the face.

My buddy J-Bug calls it The Derek Lowe Face, a distant cousin to The Troy Aikman Face. Remember when Aikman would suffer a concussion, and TV cameras would catch him on the sidelines -- glassy-eyed, totally shellshocked -- and the Dallas trainers would literally shove 10 pounds of smelling salts in front of his nose, as Aikman stared out onto the field, undaunted, looking like he just saw Milton Berle naked? That was The Aikman Face.

The Derek Lowe Face is a little different. It's a frozen expression like The Aikman Face, only it's more anguished and tortured (imagine someone taking a dump and suddenly realizing that there's no toilet paper in the bathroom). And as soon as Lowe starts making that face, the umpires should halt the game and award it to whomever the Red Sox are playing. I have to admit, I'm haunted by The Derek Lowe Face.

I spend every one of his appearances saying to the TV, "Don't make it, don't make the face, stay cool, come on, stay with us, hang tough, kiddo." It never ends.



That description captures the Derek Lowe face perfectly.
 

thawolfman

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RedFox was that Bill Simmons?

I loved reading that guys articles! :)

Still try to catch him on Page 2 every now and then too...

EDIT: WTF I NEED TO GO TO BED HERE GUYS! :Q

Edit2: Yeah that's Bill Simmons...JBug confirmed my suspicions! :)
 

RedFox1

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Originally posted by: thawolfman
RedFox was that Bill Simmons?

I loved reading that guys articles! :)

Still try to catch him on Page 2 every now and then too...

EDIT: WTF I NEED TO GO TO BED HERE GUYS! :Q

Edit2: Yeah that's Bill Simmons...JBug confirmed my suspicions! :)

Yep -- Great stuff.
 

AmdInside

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Official. A's win on a bunt by Ramon Hernandez. 5-4. Woohoo.

I am glad they got rid of Art Howe. Art Howe would never let the A's bunt.
 

shopbruin

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RAMONNNNNNNNNNNNN!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

boston looks stunned. looks like someone socked them in the gut. WOOOOOOO!