DLD 10/17/07: Gumchewer 2007? + Diego 3.3
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!
the title of the latest dialogue of diego chavez
get used to it
I don't believe that Leyland is GOD
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.
wow--interesting stories
Open the season in Seattle,
Woo-Hooo!!!
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!!!!
by saint @ Athletics Nation on Oct 17, 2006 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Other news...
He also started a player journal and here's his first entry
Item!
hmm...
"Tyler was my proxy," he says.
does this mean blez is a puppet, a pawn, a proxy... some jerk we can really push around?
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.
ned lamont...
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...
the chicago cubs and ned lamont?
swede has also resigned
BTW, do you know where a guy...
sure, sure
I hope Beane replaces the window out of which he pushed Macha with Plexiglas.
"Macha's unfinished Monte Cristo"
Can you melt Juicy Fruit on a sandwich?
it's a pity to waste a whole monte cristo
I used to think Ken Macha was a swell guy.
"Well it was just defenestration
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 17, 2006 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Money for Something?
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.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 17, 2006 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
me and charlie, eyeball to eyeball
Hmmm.
I am so, so happy at the return of Diego Chavez! WOO!
"No. It's Oakland."
...That the poor woman has probably
Seems like every time I click on there, something new's popped up in the article, and now there's Tuesday's!
"No. It's Oakland."
How about
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 17, 2006 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, c'mon!
Chavy sez:
I don't know who this guy is...
Also, BCG... THEY messed the name up, not me! Just wanted to let you know!
Hey! Good job!
And the name can be forgiven, just this once! ;)
by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Oct 17, 2006 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
2 days late
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/13/AR2006101301415_pf.html
by kkdaz on Oct 17, 2006 8:57 AM PDT reply actions
Two bad myths being perpetuated:
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.
by Checkswing HR on Oct 17, 2006 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Dusty Baker: Call Me, Billy!
"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.
I will boycott the A's if Dusty Baker is hired.
I believe you.
i will boycot with you. i think we could get
by larrysgurl on Oct 17, 2006 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't see the A's hiring Baker
Agreed.
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.
is dusty that clueless or just really desperate?
After skimming your last sentence
Juan Uribe is a baaaaad 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"
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 17, 2006 9:39 AM PDT reply actions
Not surprising.
Hire Stan Conte
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?
"No. It's Oakland."
If you wanna keep tabs on the AFL today:
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_sco&lid=119&sid=l119
by saint @ Athletics Nation on Oct 17, 2006 10:09 AM PDT reply actions
Apparently Paul Gutierrez of the SacBee
Que?
players spill the dirt on Macha
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?
Fascinating
"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?
Probably right.
Whoops.
Well
I'm on a work computer...
if she doesn't respond to you ...
I haven't tried it at home.
Take a shot of liquid courage...
Interesting.
Can't see Zambrano in NY
by BruceBochte on Oct 17, 2006 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
lidle's memorial service was today =(
link.
RIP Cory.
ns
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."
the new 2007 Sal B Fashion Collection
Warning: Cringe Factor 1.
I think I gave birth
Secondhanda panda!
I wanna baby marmoset!
by baseballgirl on Oct 17, 2006 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
There's an assault on baby animal self esteem
Why have you been so abusive toward me lately?
Fox kits are cool.
{grabs soldering iron}
Scientists create new superheavy element...
They were going to bombard californium
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 17, 2006 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you kidding me?
TWO MORE!
<giddily dances about the room>
Fire Joe Morgan takes on the idea of Dusty
http://firejoemorgan.blogspot.com/
u of miami / FIU brawl
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
Scott Hariston
Scroll down to Deep sleeper: Scott Hariston
Could be an interesting trade candidate for us...
Child Abduction Emergency
But, like everything these Comcast n Co do, they completly screw it up.
They failed to mention ANYTHING about the abduction, like who was abducted, what they looked like, or who might have abducted this person.
NO INFORMATION WAS GIVEN!

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