Comments on: Deep Thoughts: the Quad-A Cafe

By: bh192012

bh192012 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:33:20 +0000

Heavily used bus stop nearby.

By: revansrevenant

revansrevenant — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:40:39 +0000

When it’s closing time, they stay at the bar, because they can’t make it home.

By: josephlindstrom

josephlindstrom — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:49:29 +0000

Most patrons are pretty cool, in general nobody steals stuff out of the bar. Except for a few guys who seem to ONLY steal stuff. I think they’re stealing to feed some kind of habit. They might be on meth or maybe crack, but I can tell you for sure that they’re never on base.

By: josephlindstrom

josephlindstrom — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:47:48 +0000

On any given night there are like 15 guys who are getting drunk and bellowing to anybody who will listen that they’re life would have been better had they not met some guy named Tommy John.

By: josephlindstrom

josephlindstrom — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:46:41 +0000

Lots of bar fights because some of these guys will swing at anything.

By: josephlindstrom

josephlindstrom — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:46:09 +0000

Most customers avoid the sliders altogether, but when the waitress brings out a tray of above-average sliders, nobody can figure out how to eat them. They usually end up on the ground.

By: josephlindstrom

josephlindstrom — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:45:06 +0000

You can safely assume that the older guys in the bar are only allowed to stick around because they’re left-handed.

By: sleepyirv

sleepyirv — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:19:41 +0000

They have emergency starts instead of emergency exits.

By: Reflex

Reflex — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:32:45 +0000

No waitresses, only bussers…

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:50:54 +0000

Off-season. Dangit! Edit function!

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:50:29 +0000

This is, frankly, now the most painful part of the post-season.

By: albertmn

albertmn — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:50:02 +0000

You don’t call ahead for reservations, they call you up if they need a table filled for a little bit.

By: tuberippin

tuberippin — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:44:52 +0000

As long as they’re not serving LOOGYs

By: Detroit Michael

Detroit Michael — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:36:16 +0000

Actually, Ken Phelps ended up having a fine MLB career, with a terrific HR/FB rate. Although the Yankees trade of Jay Buhner for Phelps didn’t work out so well!

By: The Dangerous Mabry

The Dangerous Mabry — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:24:14 +0000

There’s a red card hanging above the urinal.

By: tfbuckfutter

tfbuckfutter — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:08:47 +0000

Is….is that one a joke?

By: sgtr0c

sgtr0c — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:04:56 +0000

My bad, ok, A- cubed then

By: tfbuckfutter

tfbuckfutter — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:00:35 +0000

Umm….

Wouldn’t it be A-to-the-Fourth-Power?

A-squared would be AA. And we’re not talking about the Royals here.

By: anxovies

anxovies — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:58:15 +0000

Don’t worry Craig, it is always darkest before the dawn. Less than a month before spring training opens. It will be over soon.

By: kalinedrive

kalinedrive — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:55:47 +0000

Manager’s pep talk: “So you might not be Rookie of the Year, you can still be Employee of the Month! Now get out there and sling the old horsehide around, meat.”

(2 weeks later) “Sorry kid, we’ve decided to go in another direction. But I hear Pizza Hut is looking for someone who can drive ‘em home.”

By: chacochicken

chacochicken — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:47:29 +0000

You can’t have just one drink and you’ve got to go back several times to have an adequate sample size. Really good once you’ve been their 400 times.

By: kalinedrive

kalinedrive — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:35:13 +0000

You order your meals by number like Chinese takeout, but the numbers start at 51.

By: snowbirdgothic

snowbirdgothic — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:33:27 +0000

No chairs. All the seating is benches.

By: kalinedrive

kalinedrive — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:32:30 +0000

The food’s not bad, but you have to bus your own table.

By: kalinedrive

kalinedrive — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:28:58 +0000

The menu wouldn’t list appetizers as “Starters”, it would just have “Long Relievers.”

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:28:12 +0000

They meet up annually. It’s called spring training.

By: sgtr0c

sgtr0c — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:25:47 +0000

my vote is to call them A-squared.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:15:03 +0000

There’s, like, 40 or 50 guys either laughing their asses off or cursing your name right now, Calcaterra.

Regardless, the jukebox in this here dive only plays “Centerfield”. All the regulars sing along to it.

By: tfbuckfutter

tfbuckfutter — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:15:03 +0000

The best place for the bar would be right outside Fenway.

Nearest the outfield, preferably.