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Here Comes The Choke
2006-09-25 22:06
by Ken Arneson

Huston Street blows a three-run lead in the ninth. I can't take it anymore. I'm fasting the rest of the regular season.

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2006-09-25 22:13:22
1.   Bob Timmermann
You're going to lose a lot of weight.
2006-09-25 22:15:38
2.   Jon Weisman
You mean, until they clinch or die trying?

Or is this a playoff purification fast that you'll continue even after a clinch?

2006-09-25 22:16:58
3.   Ken Arneson
I'd lose more if I watched another A's disaster.
2006-09-25 22:18:35
4.   Ken Arneson
2 There won't be a clinch. They're gonna choke in some unbelievable fashion like they always do.
2006-09-25 22:20:34
5.   Bob Timmermann
I find it unlikely that Oakland could have a choke of the same dimension as St. Louis is trying to pull off.
2006-09-25 22:28:38
6.   Ken Arneson
Unlikely is irrelevant. Kirk Gibson was unlikely. A 7.0 earthquake was unlikely. Billy Hatcher was unlikely. 0-9 in ALDS clinching games was unlikely. 0-10 in playoff coin flips was unlikely. All those things were unlikely, and they all happened. So what makes this any different?
2006-09-25 22:30:23
7.   Ken Arneson
Or, just call it the curse of TLR.
2006-09-25 22:32:50
8.   Bob Timmermann
Is Buck Martinez or Joe Buck at the game?
2006-09-25 22:32:58
9.   bhsportsguy
And tomorrow they face a former Angel.
2006-09-25 23:16:53
10.   toni
whoa Ken... I thought I was the only one who felt that way.

I had a really bad feeling with how they played against the Angels... I wish I could say this isn't happening. But it is, again. When everything is on the line they do the same damn thing every. single. time.

I can't believe the A's are going to break my heart again! At least I won't be there in person this time.

2006-09-26 07:58:05
11.   dianagramr
Hey Ken ... if you are fasting, it'd be best if you gave your perishable foodstuffs to us, lest it go to waste.

(just sayin')

2006-09-26 08:51:27
12.   jmoney
I'd just like to know at exactly what point Huston Street morphed into Octavio Dotel? I'd rather have Duchscherer closing games right now.

And Ken, reading #6 made me feel ill. Thanks.

2006-09-26 12:24:58
13.   ToyCannon
Since when have the A's choked during the regular season? I thought the 21st century A's saved their choking for the postseason.
2006-09-26 12:53:24
14.   Ken Arneson
13 May I remind you that the A's have been in first place on September 1 each of the last two seasons, and failed both times to make the playoffs?

It's the natural progression of things. 88 and 90 they choked in the World Series; 92 in the ALCS, 2000-03 in the ALDS. 2004-06, regular season.

Next year, I suppose, they'll choke in August, and it won't feel so bad.

2006-09-26 16:42:43
15.   Derek Smart
Is it choking when it happens in May?
2006-09-26 17:02:36
16.   Ken Arneson
15 No, that's just sucking.
2006-09-26 17:20:27
17.   Vishal
how did we manage to avoid the choke in '89? or is SF just cursed worse than we are?
2006-09-26 19:42:07
18.   Bob Timmermann
Just checking in to see how the fast is going Tuesday.
2006-09-26 21:00:25
19.   ScoobyGoo
It's almost official, you'll need to fast the entire playoffs...

Yes, i realized i just completely jinxed tonight's game

:breaks open champagne anyways:

2006-09-26 21:42:38
20.   Ken Arneson
17 We paid for our victory with a massive earthquake.

In honor of which, I spent this evening watching a PBS Nova documentary on supervolcanos.

Apparently, it takes huge natural disasters to beat the jinx.

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