Link Dump 4/22: Zito asked about future -- again

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Apr 22, 2006 7:22 AM PDT

Mornin', folks! Beautiful day, isn't it?

Of course it is! The A's beat the Angels -- hooray!

We know Bobby Crosby got hurt -- boooo! Mychael Urban (in the link above) reported that he's day-to-day. Anyone with links to updates, post 'em if you got 'em below.

Guadin up, Kielty down (discuss) -- and Huston Street could pitch today if there's no pain while playing catch before today's game. Was his pectoral strain WBC related (discuss)?

Barry Zito likes SoCal. And he likes Arte Moreno. But really, he's not thinking about a possible future not in Oakland. I wish reporters would quit asking him questions about his future. I also wish Zito would quit answering them.

Forbes lists the A's as the fourth-least valuable franchise, worth only $234 million. I'm sure the A's would go for more on eBay. Meanwhile, MLB calls Forbes' analysis of its clubs a crock.

In the minors: Catcher Mike Massaro, hitting well at Class A Kane County, will be out 4-6 weeks after fracturing a bone in his left thumb while stealing a base Wednesday.

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Can anyone confirm Shull's injury?

http://www.notesfromthenat.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=157

Shull looked like a fast mover, it would be a shame if he needs TJ surgery.

Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Apr 22, 2006 8:16 AM PDT reply actions

I've confirmed it from two sources.

Both within the A's family. It's f'real.

Don't you miss the days of martinis and greenies?

by Ozzz on Apr 22, 2006 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Well

Shit.

Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Apr 22, 2006 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Damn!!!

That's horrible. :-(

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

by Kyli on Apr 22, 2006 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions

A day late, but I didn't see it elsewhere

When Julio Franco homered on Thursday night he became the oldest player in MLB history to hit one out the park.

And the player he took the record from was Athletics pitcher Jack Quinn, who was 46 years, 357 days old when he homered on June 27th, 1930.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-mets-francoshomer&prov=ap&type=lgns

by green star oakland on Apr 22, 2006 9:47 AM PDT reply actions

Harden as the "ace"

I know most of us around here talk about Rich as the true ace of this team, but I would assume most of the guys/coaches will refrain from saying that just out of respect for Barry. I thought this quote from Macha was interesting (and I don't do those crazy cool text boxes, sorry!):

"[Pitching coach] Curt [Young] said to me before the eighth, 'When you're an ace and the team takes the lead, you go back out there and throw a shutdown inning,'" Macha said. "And that's what Rich did."

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20060421&content_id=14117 90&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Apr 22, 2006 9:55 AM PDT reply actions

Chavez referred to Harden...

As the "number one" and "ace" in the local newspaper today (Tribune, Review, Argus). He also said "Barry throws a lot of pitches..."

I know Chavez is infamous for foot-in-mouth statements, but I wish the team as a whole would stop talking about Zito as if he's already gone. Zito included.

My favorite Japanese A's player you ask? Bari Shitou!

by almostreggie on Apr 22, 2006 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions

They know he's gone...

Why beat around the bush with it? On Best Damn earlier in the week, Barry was very obvious that he wont be in Oakland

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Apr 22, 2006 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Zito is also having fun with this

have you noticed that he responds to questions from reporters for various different cities that he can visualize himself playing in those cities? He's already been quoted by various news sources as speaking favorably of playing in New York, Seattle and Los Angeles.

by OaklandSi on Apr 22, 2006 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions

all i got to say is

Scofield: Can I trust you?
Tweener: Ay dog, i'm as straight as they come!
Scofield: No, i mean, can i really trust you?

I'm so updated, i've seen Episode 19 of "Prison Break", despite the fact that it hasn't aired yet. THAT PLEASURES OF DOWNLOADING. THANK YOU BITCOMET. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I downloaded it because it was titled episode 18, turns out it was 19 :)

And since i always see "Lost" after you guys and read comments about it in the DLD by accident, it's time for payback. That up there was a little snippet from EP 19. :) Hehehe.

P.S. I hope it still hasn't aired, because i might look like an ass.

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 Apr 22, 2006 10:01 AM PDT reply actions

<gasp>

I HATE YOU!

But how awesome has the show been since it came back?

I think Ep. 19 airs on May 1 for us. Please don't tell me anything else. :(

Carol. Carol. Carol. Carol. Carol. Carol.

by Jennifer on Apr 22, 2006 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions

the show has been fantastic

I'm more hooked than Lost. There was a period a week ago where i watched like 8 episodes in a row. 19 airs on the 24th, i thought.

Sorry about it, it won't happen again :P

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 Apr 22, 2006 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions

I actually have no idea what day this is.

You're right about it airing on the 24th.

And I was just teasing about the spoilers. :)

I stopped watching Lost after the ep. where Sun found out she was preggers.

I love Waywire. HE'S LEADING US TO HELL!

Carol. Carol. Carol. Carol. Carol. Carol.

by Jennifer on Apr 22, 2006 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Tell me more about this show, Ohad

I've never watched it and I have no intention of ever doing so. This way I can stay current should the topic ever come up for discussion.

Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Apr 22, 2006 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Well

all you need to know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Break#Overview

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 Apr 22, 2006 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Actually I was referring to the individual episode

that you've already referrenced in this thread.

As a matter of fact, if you could give us a transcript of the episdoe that would be great!

Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Apr 22, 2006 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions

i use

a downloading client by the name of "BitComet"

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 Apr 22, 2006 11:24 AM PDT reply actions

what you do is

Download and install BitComet. Then, in the program there is a tab labled "web". Click on that, then click one of the websites listed under. Those are torrent sites. You search "Lost" in the search, and there are links to different torrents. You download the torrent and start it under the "transfer" tab. Then it downloads. It's not non stop. Sometimes it goes, sometimes it doesnt. It also downloads at different speeds.

Make sure the episodes you choose to download are around 350 megabytes. Anything else is probably fake.

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 Apr 22, 2006 11:49 AM PDT reply actions

Why IHTFP

Somebody swiped my A's antenna ball. ={

Why is everyone throwing chairs? -KendallGurl18

by ArakSOT on Apr 22, 2006 12:04 PM PDT reply actions

BASTARDOS!

That's lower than low, dude.

"I think the Coliseum is... comfy. Not state-of-the-art, not trendy, not chic, just comfy. It matches my wardrobe." - poppy

by McFood on Apr 22, 2006 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions

YHTFP, IHTFP

All done with work?

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Apr 22, 2006 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh yeah.

Link dump - IHTFP linkage

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Apr 22, 2006 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Great link...

But, no, I'm back in the office again today.

Why is everyone throwing chairs? -KendallGurl18

by ArakSOT on Apr 23, 2006 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions

my new desktop

i took this picture of the field at the wednesday game vs. detroit and decided to use it as my computer desktop pic of the moment.

i like this picture as the background because it doesn't have too many things going on in it. if any of you want to use this picture as your desktop, click here, right-click on the picture and click on "Set As Desktop Background"!

by gotgreen on Apr 22, 2006 8:35 PM PDT reply actions

hmm...

i like.

But I think I'm going to stay with my half-image with black surrounding it.

Damn! Street is so imposing, he even causes the earth itself to freeze in fear! - monkeyball

by Jjjsixsix on Apr 22, 2006 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks gg!

It's GORGEOUS! :D

"Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up." -Sharon Olds

by AsGirl on Apr 22, 2006 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Jason Kendall...

...has a knack for weird things around the plate.

I was just punching around youtube and video google, and came across this:

Back in his Pirate days.

by calgbear on Apr 22, 2006 11:46 PM PDT reply actions

lol

"My hand accidentally fell on the plate."

OH GOD
SWISH
I just had a baseballgasm. -- Chavinator

by day-to-day on Apr 23, 2006 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions

he looked alot bigger then, too

by OaklandSi on Apr 23, 2006 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions

whoo!

You know, if the positions had been reversed and Kendall had been that catcher, the runner wouldn't have scored because Jason-as-catcher would've thrown a leg-whip while the guy was in midair... LOL

Sig Mojo worked in Spring Training... so... *MaEl LuvR!*

by Poppy on Apr 23, 2006 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions