DLD 10/17/07: Gumchewer 2007? + Diego 3.3

by Apricot on Oct 16, 2006 11:00 PM PDT

Everyone wants to know who the America's Next Top Macha will be. Presumably Beane is going to haggle hard on the contract with whomever he gets, since we're paying Macha $2M to chew gum without authority.

Another flip-flop? Only on Beane's feet (Ostler)
Ken Macha was a good fire. A's mastermind Billy Beane fired Macha at 11 o'clock Monday morning, and by half past noon, Beane had recovered sufficiently to face a firing squad -- media people firing questions.

Washington is first, best and only choice
It now can, should, and must be said: Billy Beane needs Ron Washington to be the next A's manager more than Washington needs him, and in more ways than either of them knows. And because Beane's the one who can make it happen, well, tick tick tick.

Gwen Knapp thinks Macha-flip-flop poisoned his relationship with Beane.

Bruce Jenkins votes for Dusty Baker as the new Macha.

Purdy says Frank put the Hurt on Macha, Wash better be next and Macha was extremely competent at Xs and Os, but loveless. Agree about Hurt, not about Macha as XO mastermind and not about Macha as a joyless stub.

Killion thinks Macha was a nonentity and Leyland is a "truly great manager".

I don't get the Leyland is God mob. Yes, the Tigers kicked our butts by pitching lights out and hitting the snot out of the ball. Was Macha God for having the A's win much closer games versus the Twins? The Tigers are young and talented, and that's what happens when you draft well as the worst team in baseball for a couple of years in a row and make good deals to bring in good veterans. Leyland is doing a good job, but how much value is he really adding here?

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Finally, part 3 of The Dialogues of Diego Chavez.

Season One
Season Two
Season Three So Far (1. Grover Hearts Tapir, 2. Thunderbutt Seeks Year-Long Dump)

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let's go boise a's!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15282875/

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 16, 2006 10:59 PM PDT reply actions

the title of the latest dialogue of diego chavez

should have been "bring me the head of jairo garcia"

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 16, 2006 11:03 PM PDT reply actions

More Diego?

Sigh...

by Zonis on Oct 16, 2006 11:04 PM PDT reply actions

get used to it

I'm hijacking all week. You'll have time to be Bored, Disappear, Rampage and Waver. No time for Intrigue or Indignation.

by Apricot on Oct 17, 2006 2:10 AM PDT up reply actions

I don't believe that Leyland is GOD

To Leyland's credit, neither does he. He's no TLR, hyping himself up as a genius.

Leyland has shown with Pittsburgh, with Florida, and now with Detroit that given good players, he can succeed. He has shown that he can work with good players.

I should also point out that guys like Brandon Inge, Marcus Thames, Craig Monroe were not exactly highly touted prospects, or stars, by any definition. A few years ago, Inge was arguably one of the worst everyday players in baseball. Right now, he's one of the best 3rd basemen.

On Sunday, Minaya ticked off a list of candidates to join the rotation, and for once this season, none of them was Jose Lima.

by rfloh on Oct 16, 2006 11:20 PM PDT reply actions

wow--interesting stories

The Slusser article is so packed with quotes bashing Macha I couldn't believe it--but it left me wondering: what does DIEGO Chavez think of the Macha firing? We'd better stay tuned.

"WTF is wrong with you people TASTELESS COMMENTS. I'm disgusted. Mocking a 10 year old's horrible painful death." --eshock

by rubin sierra on Oct 16, 2006 11:33 PM PDT reply actions

Next Year's Sked, tentative of course....

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a193/Blondi2550/Baseball/Schedule3.jpg

by arch on Oct 16, 2006 11:41 PM PDT reply actions

Open the season in Seattle,

close at home vs the Angels.

by arch on Oct 16, 2006 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Woo-Hooo!!!

End of June, one week vacation!!!

Fly into NY on Friday Night...See the Mets play, drive to Fenway, come back to NY to see the Yanks play...Fly home!!!

Wooo-Hooo!!!!

"I think we just feel that now is our time." - Nick Swisher

by saint @ Athletics Nation on Oct 17, 2006 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions

Other news...

Buck made his AFL debut... going 3 for 6 with 4 rbi's, a double and a homerun.

He also started a player journal and here's his first entry

"Mommy and Daddy are going to take a nap before the baseball game starts..."

by Devyn on Oct 16, 2006 11:51 PM PDT reply actions

This stuff is brilliant.

"Don't you play the flute, Huddy?"

by capper3 on Oct 17, 2006 12:06 AM PDT reply actions

Item!

In an article about Mr. Kos, the original Wonkette reports that ANers are lonely and pathetic:

That got him thinking about the formula itself. One element was partisanship, certainly, but another ingredient, he suspected, was loneliness - like what he felt when he started Kos. It reminded him of how homesick he felt as a Chicago Cubs fan in the Bay Area.

She also preemptively uncovered the impetus for Macha's dismisal:

Not only does legendary general manager Billy Beane actually post to Athletics Nation, he has given fellow bloggers credit for helping to shape his thoughts.

Clearly, Billy sat down to read AN after a long season, and thought to himself, "Golly, I guess I need to get rid of Macha."

Link

by mikeA on Oct 17, 2006 12:09 AM PDT reply actions

hmm...

just because cubs fans are lonely and pathetic doesn't mean a's fans are.

"Tyler was my proxy," he says.

does this mean blez is a puppet, a pawn, a proxy... some jerk we can really push around?

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 17, 2006 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Well

The NRAFs are lonely and pathetic. We RAFs are sexually prolific and lead robust lives in all aspects.
All the other part does is explain why I have kooky dreams about Ned Lamont after reading Blez's posts.

by mikeA on Oct 17, 2006 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions

ned lamont...

i was shocked by this:
The day after Lamont's win, Moulitsas came to lunch in a Lamont T-shirt. But he fumbled when a woman walked over to our table, pointed at his shirt, and said, "Can you tell me anything about that guy other than he's antiwar?" He couldn't.

he didn't know anything about the guy the day after the election victory? that's not very impressive for a political junkie.
but maybe kos had spent all his time reading up on the more famous members of the lamont family, such as corliss lamont and thomas lomont...

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 17, 2006 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Kos doesn't know what he's talking about?

Shocking.

by mikeA on Oct 17, 2006 1:37 AM PDT up reply actions

the chicago cubs and ned lamont?

chocking.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 17, 2006 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Not as chocking as...

this!

The U.S. standards should be so high.

Tin Roof

by Ice Cream on Oct 17, 2006 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions

swede has also resigned

and fled the country in brandon buckley's volvo.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 17, 2006 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions

BTW, do you know where a guy...

can fence $80 worth of 11-year-old Swedish chocolate, diapers and perfume?

Tin Roof

by Ice Cream on Oct 17, 2006 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions

sounds kinky

Try Pepperdine.

but jesus--rhyming is a pain in the ass! -- Rubin Sierra @('.')@

by monkeyball on Oct 17, 2006 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions

sure, sure

I hope Beane replaces the window out of which he pushed Macha with Plexiglas.

but jesus--rhyming is a pain in the ass! -- Rubin Sierra @('.')@

by monkeyball on Oct 17, 2006 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions

"Macha's unfinished Monte Cristo"

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Can you melt Juicy Fruit on a sandwich?

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions

4 8 15 16 23 42 <execute>

but jesus--rhyming is a pain in the ass! -- Rubin Sierra @('.')@

by monkeyball on Oct 17, 2006 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

it's a pity to waste a whole monte cristo

ken macha is abstract art on hegenberger avenue.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 17, 2006 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions

I used to think Ken Macha was a swell guy.

Well, to be honest, I thought he was an imbecile. But then I figured out he WAS a swell guy ... a little slow, maybe, but a swell guy. Well, maybe he's not so slow -- but he's not so swell either. And it looks like he's an imbecile after all!

but jesus--rhyming is a pain in the ass! -- Rubin Sierra @('.')@

by monkeyball on Oct 17, 2006 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions

"Well it was just defenestration

Running away with me!"

Eternal Springs™: The official 2007 bottled water of your Oakland Athletics

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 17, 2006 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions

Money for Something?

"Moulitsas says... the mission of SportsBlogs Nation is to make lots and lots of money...`That doesn't mean we won't take VC funding at some point...'Bleszinski says."

This fits nicely with the redistribution of Steinbrenner wealth concept that Diego raps about above. Though I'm not so sure about the Viet Cong cash.

Eternal Springs™: The official 2007 bottled water of your Oakland Athletics

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 17, 2006 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions

me and charlie, eyeball to eyeball

the man in the black pajamas...

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 17, 2006 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Hmmm.

I wonder if the people that toilet papered Billy's trees after the Hudson/Mulder deals will now put up pretty Christmas ornaments among their branches in celebration? :-)

I am so, so happy at the return of Diego Chavez! WOO!

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Oct 17, 2006 12:18 AM PDT reply actions

Susan Slusser must be pretty damn tired.

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Oct 17, 2006 12:38 AM PDT reply actions

Just what are you implying???

by mikeA on Oct 17, 2006 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions

...That the poor woman has probably

been attached to her computer all day, given the number of updates/articles by her on SFgate?

Seems like every time I click on there, something new's popped up in the article, and now there's Tuesday's!

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Oct 17, 2006 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions

Damn

Imply something kinkier next time. I love SuSlu and I want her to have fun with our A's.

by mikeA on Oct 17, 2006 1:35 AM PDT up reply actions

the go-to-Pepperdine kind of fun?

but jesus--rhyming is a pain in the ass! -- Rubin Sierra @('.')@

by monkeyball on Oct 17, 2006 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions

I said kinky.

by mikeA on Oct 17, 2006 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions

How about

the Brittanie Mountz goes to Pepperdine kind of fun?

Eternal Springs™: The official 2007 bottled water of your Oakland Athletics

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 17, 2006 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh, c'mon!

It don't get much kinkier than this/.

but jesus--rhyming is a pain in the ass! -- Rubin Sierra @('.')@

by monkeyball on Oct 17, 2006 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

<searches Jay Leno archives for joke>

by mikeA on Oct 17, 2006 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Chavy sez:

"Deep down inside, I think [Macha] cared about the players, he just didn't have a good way of communicating," Chavez said. "He was always asking me about guys, he wanted to know if they were OK, but I was always the one he talked to in his office and I was probably the one who least needed to be in there."

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 6:52 AM PDT reply actions

Stilts is a total mouth-breather

by ArakSOT on Oct 17, 2006 7:53 AM PDT reply actions

I don't know who this guy is...

...but someone should offer him a job at the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Also, BCG... THEY messed the name up, not me! Just wanted to let you know!

Asked where Zito's perfect fit would be, Hudson said, "Do they have a league on Mars?"

Off The Record

by JLaff on Oct 17, 2006 8:38 AM PDT reply actions

Hey! Good job!

Someone should offer him a job!

And the name can be forgiven, just this once! ;)

"This is the best hug in the major leagues, right here!" - Swisher Pics

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Oct 17, 2006 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions

2 days late

Interesting article from the Washington Post, Oct. 15. I don't think it has already been posted, apologies if it has. Mostly a slam at the Yankees, with a nod to Billy Beane.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/13/AR2006101301415_pf.html

"The worst day on a ball field is better than the best day in any office." - David Wright

by kkdaz on Oct 17, 2006 8:57 AM PDT reply actions

Two bad myths being perpetuated:

1) That, because small-market teams have had comparatively more success recently (though the big-market Yankees, Mets, Cardinals, and Dodgers all made the playoffs this year), that therefore the problem is solved. It's not solved. It's not right to give one team $200+ million, match them up against other teams that have less than $50 million, and call the process "fair."

And if you think that Detroit's beat-down of New York shows that money doesn't matter, then you should have no objection to a $100m salary cap, because New York would be no worse off, right?

2) That the Yankees winning is "good" for baseball. Try telling that to a Blue Jays or Orioles fan.

"The A's are boring because all they do is win."

by Checkswing HR on Oct 17, 2006 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Dusty Baker: Call Me, Billy!

Dr. Lewis Yocum puts Huston Street on speed dial, as Dusty is interested in our managerial opening.

Also, 20 years ago, Baker wound up a splendid playing career in Oakland. So he has an understanding of how the A's organization works.

"I do know him," he said of A's general manager Billy Beane, "though not that well."

Does Baker believe Beane thinks kindly of him?

"Yeah, yeah," he said, "as far as I know. But you can't hire yourself."

Baker said he won't pick up the phone and call Beane.

"That's not protocol," he said. "The agent calls. Everyone knows I'm out here."

I have an understanding of how stereos work, because I owned one 20 years ago. For some reason, these cartridges I have won't fit into the little slot on the new one I just bought, though.

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 9:09 AM PDT reply actions

lol

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions

I will boycott the A's if Dusty Baker is hired.

I am not even kidding.

"...I say let's get the boys together again and take another shot."

by Jennifer on Oct 17, 2006 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions

I believe you.

Because I didn't believe you'd boycott "Lost"...

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions

This one, though, I can understand

How scary is that?

by ArakSOT on Oct 17, 2006 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions

i will boycot with you. i think we could get

rich harden to join us too.

"Very nice day in the Oakland A... Oakland A's? What's this stadium called again?" Nick Swisher on TWIB.

by larrysgurl on Oct 17, 2006 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

I can't see the A's hiring Baker

since Baker hates young players and that is what the A's live on. And he would KILL our pitching staff!!!

by Zonis on Oct 17, 2006 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions

Agreed.

I want to be the A's manager, too, but I don't see Billy calling me about it anytime soon.

I don't think Dusty would be a terrible hire, because he is a good communicator. I just think his in-game managing leaves a lot to be desired.

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions

is dusty that clueless or just really desperate?

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 17, 2006 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions

Clueless

Can you really see Beane hiring someone who has opined, on more than one occasion, that OBP is useless if you don't have speed, because those guys "clog up the basepaths"?

Some are sabermetricians.

by andeux on Oct 17, 2006 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions

After skimming your last sentence

I only registered "cartridge" and "slot" and thought maybe you had a drastic solution in mind for Dusty.

by mikeA on Oct 17, 2006 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Juan Uribe is a baaaaad man!

An allegedly bad man.

"Uribe and a bodyguard are suspected of shooting and wounding a Dominican farmer and a captain in the Italian Navy with a pistol and a shotgun when the pair walked too close to Uribe's jeep around midnight Friday"

Eternal Springs™: The official 2007 bottled water of your Oakland Athletics

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 17, 2006 9:39 AM PDT reply actions

Not surprising.

Juan Uribe hates walking in all of its forms.

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions

My QOTM nom!

Kettlecorn! Swishercorn!

by TurnTwo on Oct 17, 2006 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions

Hire Stan Conte

From Rotoa world---"Giants trainer Stan Conte has stepped down after 15 seasons with the team's medical department.

Conte is probably the game's most recognized trainer and he's regarded as amongst the best in the business. Dave Groeschner has been promoted to take his place. "(Barry)Bonds' issues never came into the picture when talking to Brian Sabean about my decision," Conte said Monday. "It was really a personal decision. I'm moving on to the next project." One of those projects is finishing his doctorate in physical therapy at Boston University."

I bet there is more to it than that. I mean, the point of a doctorate in Physical therapy must be to get a job, say, with an MLB team. Which he has. I would like to see him working with the A's if he could keep a geritric ward like the Giants on the field.

by mikedaviswhereareyou on Oct 17, 2006 9:55 AM PDT reply actions

Can we? Please?

The guy IS brilliant and if anyone in the game can help make Harden and Crosby not-broken-so-much, it's probably him.

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Oct 17, 2006 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

If you wanna keep tabs on the AFL today:

here is the link for the scoreboard:

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_sco&lid=119&sid=l119

"I think we just feel that now is our time." - Nick Swisher

by saint @ Athletics Nation on Oct 17, 2006 10:09 AM PDT reply actions

Apparently Paul Gutierrez of the SacBee

does not read AN. I spewed out my coffee when I read this part in his article yesterday.

Eric Chavez, the A's heart and soul, had been saying the Tigers simply were a better team.

by AsGirl on Oct 17, 2006 10:11 AM PDT reply actions

Apricot...

...brilliant!

Ho hum. Just another day for the OAKLAND ATHLETICS OF AWESOME! ~Kyli

by baseballgirl on Oct 17, 2006 10:13 AM PDT reply actions

I really need killfile.

"...I say let's get the boys together again and take another shot."

by Jennifer on Oct 17, 2006 10:50 AM PDT reply actions

Que?

I'm not THAT bad.

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Eh.

"...I say let's get the boys together again and take another shot."

by Jennifer on Oct 17, 2006 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions

<sobs>

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions

Ditto.

I have yet to try it. Can't wait until I can actually <KILLFILE>.

by AsGirl on Oct 17, 2006 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions

players spill the dirt on Macha

and I find it fascinating.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/10/17/SPG4ULQPA71.DTL&type=a s

ps. Jennifer, did you try the killfile I posted a couple of weeks ago?

by Apricot on Oct 17, 2006 10:57 AM PDT reply actions

Fascinating

Troops rallying around upper management:

Now, the A's would like to have Beane's back, worried that he'll get criticized for firing a manager who just took the team to the American League Championship Series.

"I don't want Billy to take heat for this because this is what needed to happen,'' Kendall said. "If Billy is comfortable with it, we're behind Billy. Maybe Billy saw the same thing the players saw. If Billy gets blasted in the media, it's ridiculous. Billy's going to get a lashing, and he shouldn't.''

How many corporations do you know where the employees actually rally around upper management when a middle manager is let go?

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Oct 17, 2006 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions

Probably right.

I don't know if I'd do that, if I'm the Cubs. Losing Zambrano would set that team back YEARS.

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Whoops.

That belongs with the A-Rod post, obviously.

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Well, what do the Cubs care about Billy, anyway?

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions

Well

Their shit doesn't work in the playoffs, either...

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions

Hasn't even worked in May.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Oct 17, 2006 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm on a work computer...

can't have Firefox. :(

"...I say let's get the boys together again and take another shot."

by Jennifer on Oct 17, 2006 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Have you been using it at home?

Does it work?

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions

if she doesn't respond to you ...

... you know it worked.

but jesus--rhyming is a pain in the ass! -- Rubin Sierra @('.')@

by monkeyball on Oct 17, 2006 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions

Are you replying to somebody?

by ArakSOT on Oct 17, 2006 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions

{cries}

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions

cuelty to animals

by Zonis on Oct 17, 2006 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions

I haven't tried it at home.

I'm scared. :(

"...I say let's get the boys together again and take another shot."

by Jennifer on Oct 17, 2006 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions

Take a shot of liquid courage...

mixed with several more in pill form.

"...sometimes I can't tell the difference between baseball and magic."- salb918 "Ellie plowed into him like an evil, pink unicorn."-ArakSOT

by McFood on Oct 17, 2006 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions

lou piniella wants a-rod!

on the cubs team.

by gotgreen on Oct 17, 2006 10:57 AM PDT reply actions

Interesting.

I wonder what a deal like that would look like. Mark Prior, perhaps? Or Carlos Zambrano?

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Start with Zambrano, go from there.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Oct 17, 2006 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions

Can't see Zambrano in NY

The media would drive him nuts...

Friends don't let friends read HalosHeaven

by BruceBochte on Oct 17, 2006 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Well, he'd have a lot to type

I mean, talk about.

by Zonis on Oct 17, 2006 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions

lidle's memorial service was today =(

in attendance were many yankees and former teammates including jeter, reggie jackson, giambi, torre, zito, pat burrell and chase utley.

link.

RIP Cory.

by gotgreen on Oct 17, 2006 11:51 AM PDT reply actions

ns

Lidle's twin brother, Kevin, recounted a recent visit to Melanie's home. She told him to go through Cory's possessions and take anything he wanted.

She offered him a leather jacket that Kevin accepted and didn't don until he got outside. He instinctively patted the pockets and felt something.

"I reached into my pocket and pulled out a yellow tiny ball with a smiley face on it," he said, holding up the ball. "This is Cory looking down on all of us and he's OK."

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions

<sob>

"...I say let's get the boys together again and take another shot."

by Jennifer on Oct 17, 2006 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions

No comment

"so... I'll take that as 'none of your business'" ~ ArakSOT

by eamb on Oct 17, 2006 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions

the new 2007 Sal B Fashion Collection

is here. http://dalesdesigns.net/BA1.htm

Warning: Cringe Factor 1.

by Apricot on Oct 17, 2006 12:51 PM PDT reply actions

What is that baby tapir eating?

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions

hah!

Also, can you imagine the labor giving birth to these little spikeballs?

by Apricot on Oct 17, 2006 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Must I?

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I think I gave birth

to a few of those back in April.

"...I say let's get the boys together again and take another shot."

by Jennifer on Oct 17, 2006 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Ha ha.

"Lesser Panda." That's what I use for my undergarments.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Oct 17, 2006 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Secondhanda panda!

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I still like my Underoos...

Tin Roof

by Ice Cream on Oct 17, 2006 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

So that's what a

macaque is. Huh.

by mikeA on Oct 17, 2006 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions

what's the macaque holding?

by ArakSOT on Oct 17, 2006 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions

It's

a tiny "Webb for Senate" sign.

Some are sabermetricians.

by andeux on Oct 17, 2006 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions

<snicker>

"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Oct 17, 2006 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I wanna baby marmoset!

Ho hum. Just another day for the OAKLAND ATHLETICS OF AWESOME! ~Kyli

by baseballgirl on Oct 17, 2006 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Slow Loris?

That's not very nice. "Special Loris" is much better.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Oct 17, 2006 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions

There's an assault on baby animal self esteem

LESSER panda. SLOW loris. Sheesh.

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions

DUMB Ass.

I mean, seriously!

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Oct 17, 2006 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Why have you been so abusive toward me lately?

You weren't even trying to be subliminal with that one...

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions

We're so glad you're back!

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Oct 17, 2006 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Fox kits are cool.

Does Heathkit make those?

{grabs soldering iron}

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions

no, Roger Ailes does

but jesus--rhyming is a pain in the ass! -- Rubin Sierra @('.')@

by monkeyball on Oct 17, 2006 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions

So I still get to use the soldering iron, right?

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Scientists create new superheavy element...

And how does this pertain to baseball?

The scientists said they produced element No. 118 by bombarding the radioactive element bartolocolonium with a beam of calcium ions in a Russian cyclotron. At first, they detected only a single fleeting atom of the dramatically unstable element, but last year they found two more atoms -- and that was enough for them to claim a major achievement.

Tin Roof

by Ice Cream on Oct 17, 2006 1:51 PM PDT reply actions

They were going to bombard californium

but bartolocolonium was a much bigger target.

Eternal Springs™: The official 2007 bottled water of your Oakland Athletics

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 17, 2006 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions

<yawn>

Call me when we get to the island of stability.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Oct 17, 2006 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Are you kidding me?

Last year they found TWO more atoms!

TWO MORE!

Tin Roof

by Ice Cream on Oct 17, 2006 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions

You definitely need to get out more...

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 17, 2006 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions

You're right.

Well, up and atom, I guess!

Tin Roof

by Ice Cream on Oct 17, 2006 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Fire Joe Morgan takes on the idea of Dusty

http://firejoemorgan.blogspot.com/

Ho hum. Just another day for the OAKLAND ATHLETICS OF AWESOME! ~Kyli

by baseballgirl on Oct 17, 2006 2:30 PM PDT reply actions

u of miami / FIU brawl

anyone know where there is video of the fight with commentary from lamar thomas (i believe he was doing the game for the local comcast station)?

i found a bit of it on youtube, but it's not that good. i heard he went on for like five minutes about how he wanted to take the elevator down to the field and fight.

hilarious stuff, this makes kendall and bradley look like boy scouts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3np_qmQ-XUk

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 17, 2006 4:19 PM PDT reply actions