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3/14 DLD: for the hell of it

Hello Fellow ANers, let's get things going.

SI, for once, has decided to take a break from covering Johnny Damon, Curt Schilling, and Pedro Martinez to throw us A's fans a bone.  Actually, John Donovan wrote a pretty good article about Thomas and included a few notes about other A's players:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/john_donovan/03/14/big.hurt/index.html

Here are a couple of excerpts from two recent ESPN chats.  The first is from Gary Gillette's chat:

"Brandon (PA): How do you think Frank Thomas will do in Oakland?"

"Gary Gillette: Poorly. While it's possible Big Frank will be healthy, happy, and productive, I'd give 3-1 odds against that happening. I think he's done. "

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=11062

The second is from Rob Neyer's chat from today:

"Tre (Chicago): Can Rich Harden nab the Cy Young this year? The only real difference betw. him and Johan Santana is one has played a few full seasons."

"Rob Neyer: That's one real difference, and a pretty big one. Here's another; in 2005, Santana walked 45 hitters in 232 innings; Harden walked 43 in 128 innings. I love Harden. But Santana's in a class all by himself."

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=11078

And finally, Mychael Urban returns with another edition of "A's Mailbag," addressing our relative abundance of catching prospects, what's in store for Juan Cruz this year, and a few other goodies:

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060313&content_id=1348706& ;vkey=spt2006news&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

Sorry this DLD is short; I just wanted to get the DLD rolling for today.  When the boss is away, the mice will play, but the boss won't be gone for long.

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Harden, Santana...?
I'd rather have Bartolo Colon!
"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 11:35 AM PST   0 recs

Paranoid ChoCoSuSlu Injury/Infidelity Watch
Ron "Marco Suctaro of the Sporting Green"/"Don't call me Krycek" Kroichik continues his cameo appearance while SuSlu remains in the alien craft with Duane Barry:
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 11:40 AM PST   0 recs

No Subject
...Frank Thomas soon will start playing in minor-league spring games, where he will not need to run the bases...

I know the A's dont preach running in their system, but to have minor league games where nobody runs the bases is going too far.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Mar 14, 2006 11:49 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

They don't have to hit or catch, either
Basically, they just sit in the stands and ask the fans, "What's everyone waiting for?"
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 11:51 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Wow.
I could be a minor-leaguer.
"Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!" -- Band Camp

by Sharon on Mar 14, 2006 11:53 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

No you couldn't.
You could never handle all that sitting...day in, day out...one minor league town to another...always sitting, sitting, sitting.
Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Mar 14, 2006 11:55 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

as opposed to monkey-leaguers ...
... who add an "h" to that repetitive activity ...
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 11:58 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

never, EVER, ask a monkey to housesit
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 12:42 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

or, as may be the case ...
... not far enough.
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 11:52 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Even better
A Segway.
Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Mar 14, 2006 11:54 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

a hovercraft
and it's full of eels
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 11:55 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

A rocket ship
but it's manned by ponies.  Or maybe it's ponied by ponies.
Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Mar 14, 2006 11:57 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

MaEl should use his...
singing-flying-golden-unicorn-drawn chariot to take FraThom around the bases.

by Jennifer on Mar 14, 2006 12:05 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I beg your pardon
The singing-flying-golden-unicorn-drawn chariot is reserved for me.
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:09 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Pony Up!
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 11:59 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

whoever ends up as our backup 2B ...
... should be nicknamed "Rascal," so that our DP combo is Scooter 'n' Rascal.
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 11:55 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Thank you, k'k'
I was getting far too much work done today

by ArakSOT on Mar 14, 2006 11:56 AM PST   0 recs

try Buanese instead
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 11:58 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

you should take it to the vet
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 11:59 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

or a chef
I need a signature.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2006 12:00 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, me too
Work does not suit me very well.
"Put a Milo on him." -Billy Beane

by kaweahkaweah on Mar 14, 2006 11:58 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

BaNnEd
You said hell in a diary title.
Gets ahead of hitters early and then doesn't fuck around with the corners, just Shull-shocks them by burning right through their wheelhouse-Oz on Jimmy Shull.

by ohad on Mar 14, 2006 12:14 PM PST   0 recs

Or worse...
maybe I'll have to spend an eternity in Halos Heaven.  I'd prefer Halos Hell.
"Put a Milo on him." -Billy Beane

by kaweahkaweah on Mar 14, 2006 12:26 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Actually, hell is a great place...
...if not for the people.
"Keep Watson in Oakland in '06"-The Committee has reconvened and is accepting new members. ST Update;G-6,AB-11, RBI-1, BB-3, AVG-.214

by bigelephant on Mar 14, 2006 1:54 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Red Sox to win it all in 2006
Well, at least, they're rated #1 in Perry's debut Power Rankings:  Red Sox Look Like Team to Beat

I don't know what Perry is smoking in picking the Red Sox, but he does rate the A's #5.

by FoolshGame22 on Mar 14, 2006 12:23 PM PST   0 recs

Amazon Site Info
This is random, but...the Amazon site info page for AthleticsNation.com is here.  
Currently there are no reviews :-(
I can't remember what I was going to say, but I assure you, it was brilliant!

by oblique on Mar 14, 2006 1:47 PM PST   0 recs

Urban's rosy predictions
Comeback Player of the Year: Frank Thomas, A's
Cy Young: Rich Harden, A's

Damn, that's an optimism smoothie. I will be excited if neither of them spends time on the DL this year. And I don't mean "On The DL" either.

ps. Kk, I thought your Dump was just fine. They don't all have to be dissertations (Sal or Sharon) or photo albums (jlaff) or pro web layouts (eamb). Hell, I posted two Dumps in one day with no links in them, and I haven't been BaNnEd YeT.  Pony up!

by Apricot on Mar 14, 2006 3:10 PM PST   0 recs

Besides, you could never top me...
I hold the world record for the lamest link dump ever. It was a dump so small, it was no dump at all. You couldn't even call it a dumpling.
"Keep the juices going by jangling around gently as you move." - Satchel Paige

by McFood on Mar 14, 2006 3:24 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

What would you call it? A Dumple?

Fighting, and Sometimes Striving!
Wondernig what the Dumple is!
Excelence! And what is Valor?
And The Cheat will hit stuff with a golf club!

C! G! N! ... U!

*WARNING!*
Playing online multiplayer games may change your: Religion, Sexual Orientation, Race and/or Gender for undetermined periods of time.

by Zonis on Mar 14, 2006 3:32 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

if a dump is small enough ...
... I call it a dum-dum.
No poetry any more. I've moved on to more scary things. -- Miguel Batista @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 14, 2006 3:48 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Micro-dump?
Nano-dump?
Pico-dump?
Fermi-dump?

Only when I've had some of this.

"Keep the juices going by jangling around gently as you move." - Satchel Paige

by McFood on Mar 14, 2006 3:57 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I think you meant
femto-dump.  The Fermi-dump is being displayed in the "Excretions of Famous Scientists" exhibit at Argonne National Lab.
Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Mar 14, 2006 4:00 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I knew it was an "f" word...
now I've got one for you...

:)

"welcome to MINDhead. welcome TO mindhead. welcome to mindHEAD. - monkeyball

by McFood on Mar 14, 2006 5:14 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

fabulous?
Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Mar 14, 2006 5:27 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

It rhymes with "dunkalicious"...
"welcome to MINDhead. welcome TO mindhead. welcome to mindHEAD. - monkeyball

by McFood on Mar 14, 2006 5:46 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

linkspam alert.
SPAM = {AN pool for NCAA tournament with no money involved. click here for info.}
Damn! Street is so imposing, he even causes the earth itself to freeze in fear! - monkeyball

by Jjjsixsix on Mar 14, 2006 6:54 PM PST   0 recs

i'm ron burgundy?
I'm in, but being in Eastern Europe I haven't seen much CBB this year, so we'll find out when someone bases his picks purely on history and the little I've read on ESPN...

<hides in the corner for reading ESPN>

Hidden bravado - its grit with heart. --green star oakland
Check out my blog, if you want

by rungood on Mar 15, 2006 3:38 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

I feel the exact same way
I'm just going on guesses and the little i know from ESPN....
www.hasidicreggae.com Check out Matisyahu. "I wanna be close to you, yes i'm so hungry. You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty."

by ohad on Mar 15, 2006 4:52 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

suggestions?
I need to pick 10 essay topics that I would be willing to write an essay on and I am trying to find a way to make all of them baseball related so that I can write about something that I like. Does anyone have any suggestions what topics I can use? So far I have: Moneyball, Oakland Athletics, Spring Training, World Baseball Classic. Any help at all would be appreciated!
Dan Johnson: Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!

by suprjo on Mar 14, 2006 9:26 PM PST   0 recs

okay
Empiricism vs traditionalism; Baseball (smallball and grit vs moneyball), Education (Creationism/ID vs evolution), and Politics (Faith-Based Homeland Security: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060307-5.html)

by MrIncognito on Mar 14, 2006 10:15 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Thanks!
I'm actually writing a paper on ID vs. evolution right now and I just finished one on the PATRIOT act, so you and my professor think alike. Thanks for the other ideas though.
Dan Johnson: Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!

by suprjo on Mar 14, 2006 10:37 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

ped
Performance enhancing drugs.  Should be an easy write.

by bloodshot13 on Mar 15, 2006 1:07 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

that's a good one
thanks
Dan Johnson: Any shots that I'll be callin' will be to the bartender!

by suprjo on Mar 15, 2006 2:37 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

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