DLD 05/19: Angels Angels of Anaheim self-destructing?
by Ozzz on May 19, 2006 2:12 AM PDT
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PrintToday's LA Times has a great piece on the rubble that used to be the LA Angels of Monkeyland's team chemistry.
Seems Darin Erstad had to yell at the lot of them after today's astounding loss to the Blue Jays, when two players got into a yelling match about who was to blame for the loss. Read it and smile:
Angels' Loss Raises Tempers
Erstad is heard in clubhouse yelling at teammates to not point fingers after team blows two chances to win during an 8-4, 10-inning loss to Toronto.
By Mike DiGiovanna, Times Staff Writer
May 19, 2006
The tensions of a highly disappointing season and the frustration of one of the most excruciating and ugly losses of the year boiled over in the Angels' clubhouse Thursday night.
As reporters questioned Manager Mike Scioscia after an 8-4, 10-inning loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, a game in which the Angels had the potential winning run at third base with one out in the eighth inning and no outs in the ninth and failed to score, a heated argument between two or more players could be heard from the shower area.
As the dispute spilled into the clubhouse, Tim Mead, Angels vice president of communications, shut the door to Scioscia's office, but moments later, the screaming voice of Darin Erstad, on the disabled list but still very much the team's leader, could be heard loud and clear.
"This is going to stop right ... now!" Erstad yelled. "There's going to be no finger-pointing, I don't care who you are! It's over! If we go down, we're all going down together! We're going to pull for everybody! No talking behind anyone's back! Let's pull for each other! Let's go!"
Scioscia took it all in, declining to enter the clubhouse, and searched for some perspective to a season in which the underachieving Angels have lost 14 of their last 19 games.
[...]
Second baseman Adam Kennedy seemed to bear much of that burden. He flied to shallow left with no outs and Chone Figgins at third in the ninth, and it appeared he was one of the players involved in the fracas when Erstad said, "A.K. knows he screwed up, and he feels like ... about it!"
For several minutes after the game, Kennedy stared into his locker, his head in his hands. "I don't think it was anything serious," Kennedy said of the dispute, which appeared to include Chone Figgins.
They're not alone in their rage. Over on Halo's Heaven, the RevHaloFan wrapped up his game report with "this group of guys is a bunch of losers." Yikes.
And apparently Anaheim's disease is contagious:
After loss, M's need to talk -- and they doBy JOHN HICKEY
P-I REPORTER
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Mariners had one for the record books Thursday.
Not the game -- the 6-3 loss to the Athletics was fairly routine.
We're talking about the postgame meeting in the clubhouse, a talk-and-answer session that lasted a full 57 minutes.
Included in the meeting were the players, coaches and manager Mike Hargrove. The clubhouse assistants were shooed out, and the front office staff on the trip -- general manager Bill Bavasi, assistant GM Lee Pelekoudas and others, waited outside with the media.
There are issues on the table concerning Mariners baseball -- whether the season is out of control, whether expectations were too high, whether the offense will produce and whether new faces will need to show up wearing Mariner Blue -- and all those topics were touched upon in those 57 minutes.
Now compare that to Oakland's clubhouse:
A nonbeliever in the "sophomore slump," Swisher is being praised by Macha and had his work ethic compared to that of Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki,who was going through his pregame routine at 3:30 on Tuesday for that evening's game. Macha's point? That Swisher was getting in extra work at the same time Ichiro was beginning his regimen."It's nice when guys put that time in and they're getting results," Macha said. "Hopefully he'll continue this type of work ethic and continue to have success. Overall, he's outstanding; he's carried this ballclub."
[...]
"I don't know what it is," Swisher said. "The big thing for me is I'm having more fun than I've ever had. It kind of feels like I'm playing Little League baseball again; I don't have a care in the world.
"If you have a bad game, so what, tomorrow's coming. If you have a good game, so what, you've got to go out and do it again the next day."
[...]
"We (are) the most privileged guys in the world right here. You get to play a game for a living. I love this. I've wanted to do this since I was 6 years old, and now that I've gotten the opportunity, I'm going to take full advantage of it."
I heart the A's.
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it started in the dugout, during the game
http://www.presstelegram.com/angels/ci_3840441
Quinlan and Donnelly
by OaktownTribesman on May 19, 2006 5:45 AM PDT up reply actions
That "push-away" was not cute.
Not from Swish and Chavy, though.
To properly give a hug...
Really?
by Philip Christy on May 19, 2006 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Because he
Wow...
by Philip Christy on May 19, 2006 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
If I remember correctly,
Maybe he hates us because we're beautiful?
by kaweahkaweah on May 19, 2006 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually...
(Scroll down)
WARNING:That article brings back painful memories. :(
I loved Huddy's response:
Nice quote
by kaweahkaweah on May 19, 2006 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Hudson's wonderful.
"No. It's Oakland."
I heart the A's, too.
RevHaloFan...
The Two Players Most Responsible for Keeping the Angels in the Race so far:
Rich Harden
Francisco Cordero
(Harden went gimp agin, thankfully, and Cordero choked an inordinate number of saves early on)
Nice that he's 'thankful' for someone being injured - he even has a classy word for it, "gimp". What a loser.
It's called "humor"
by OaktownTribesman on May 19, 2006 6:09 AM PDT up reply actions
its funny...
I would think that Loaiza's ineptitude to this pt
I wouldn't have put it quite that way
I seem to recall
And those are perfectly fair posts.
by RevHalofan on May 19, 2006 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh please.
I can understand the fighting.
From balls going under gloves to popping out of them to the joke of a squeeze that Scioscia called for with 1 out to terrible fielding by Vlad to Lackey screwing up that bunt down the first base line to not scoring with a runner on 3rd and nobody out in the ninth inning of a tie ballgame, it was almost comical how bad they were. Not that the Blue Jays were much better themselves, but there was really no reason that the Angels should have even been in contention at the end of the game, nor should the game have gone to extras.
In conclusion, I'd be frustrated if I were them too! Thank god I'm an A's fan. GO WHITE SHOES!!
The Angels...
Think about it, though. Every year since 2002, the Angels have been right up there at the top of the division. This year, it was predicted that it would be the same (first or second place). Now nothing's going right for them, and they turn into a bunch of angry men.
I'm not sorry for them. I think they're losers. :D Go A's!
No
Not in 2003, when they actually finished the year 77-85 and finished 3rd in the division.
by OaktownTribesman on May 19, 2006 6:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably a lot easier to take
I am suddenly more grateful
"No. It's Oakland."
Hey hey hey
8 More Losses in a Row
Sound Familiar?
by Colorado Fan on May 19, 2006 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Angels' leadership
When the Angels think about someone pulling them out of their collective slump, Erstad isn't the one they look to, it's Vlad. Vlad is the one who can go 4-for-5 with 2 homers tonight and win the game practically single-handed, and can make his teammates relax. If Eric Chavez can make the speech he made in Atlanta last year and put himself in a position where he needs to put up or shut up (as he did immediately afterwards in that Braves series), then Vlad needs to say something and do something. A disabled Erstad yelling at his teammates for yelling at each other and blaming them for blaming each other isn't a solution, just more evidence of the problem.
Not really
It's not about what he's doing now, but what he has done. You think players don't respect Joe Torre because he couldn't hit a big league fastball if he tried nowadays? No way. The players are still going to respect Erstad for what he's done throughout his career and because he's a stand-up guy.
But yeah, they could use some on-field leadership, in addition to that "salty dog" on the bench. Guerrero could be that guy if he were more vocal and wasn't always committing stupid fielding errors and baserunning blunders.
by OaktownTribesman on May 19, 2006 6:40 AM PDT up reply actions
i've always been under the impression that vlad
by larrysgurl on May 19, 2006 6:43 AM PDT up reply actions
At the plate, yes
by OaktownTribesman on May 19, 2006 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Managers, players and production
The players are still going to respect Erstad for what he's done throughout his career and because he's a stand-up guy.
Well, that's the problem. What Erstad has done in his career, for the most part, is suck. He had one great season back in 2000 (OPS+ of 137). Since then his OPS+s have been 78, 88, 75, 95, and 89. That would be bad for a gold-glove SS. For a CF/1B, it's just ridiculous.
Maybe he'll rediscover what made him good back in 2000. But for the last 5 seasons he's been a guy who plays hard and produces very little, and now he's on the DL. He might be loud, he might be a red-ass, but it's damn hard to lead a competitive team when you're one of the worst players on it.
i disagree
the erstad catch at the wall against the a's, rowand's catch crashing into the wall, jeter going into the seats against the red sox, kendall's play at the plate.
and i doubt most of them even know what ops+ means.
Production and moments
and i doubt most of them even know what ops+ means.
Anyone who's gotten within sniffing distance of an arbitration or of free agency knows what it is.
Like xbhaskharx said
by OaktownTribesman on May 19, 2006 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions
You know what you need to be a leader?
No. What you need to be a leader is simple:
Followers.
Anyone with followers is, by definition, a leader. Anyone without, by definition, isn't. You can amass followers by being nice, or funny or understanding. You can also amass them by being manipulative, backhanded, dishonest, and selfish. Team "disruptors" tend to actually be leaders -- the problem for the team is that they lead other players to do stupid or self-destructive things.
The players don't give a damn about OPS+. What they see is a guy who's been able to remain in the Big Leagues for a long time, who's also quite good on D and doesn't go through mental lapses on the field. A team leader doesn't have to be a superstar hitter. He's not the hitting coach. He just has to play to the best of his ability (even if it isn't that great to begin with) and be a good "people" person.
Well, how many major-league players don't meet those criteria? Most of the Angels have been in the big leagues for a few years, and know what they're doing. And most of Erstad teammates are better players than he is.
He's got a reputation for playing hard, and he's got a big mouth, but do you honestly think Garrett Anderson or Chone Figgins has his world shaken up by an injured, mediocre (at best) loudmouth yelling at people to calm down? I just don't think it'll make that big a difference on the team. The guys who can make a difference are the difference-makers on the field -- Figgins, Rodriguez, Vlad, maybe Lackey. When one of them goes off on the team, I think it'll have a much bigger effect.
Um... what has he done?
Nah.
I mean, remember what Chavez was hitting last season when he did the bus speech?
"No. It's Oakland."
Chavez
And yet, when he stood up and told the team (evidently without lots of screaming) to start taking things seriously and working hard to win, it seems like the team listened. Not because he's known for "getting his uni dirty," but because he's the team's best player and when he talks -- and especially when he follows up by raising the level of his own play -- his teammates listen.
Erstad isn't a great player in a slump -- he's a lousy player with a big mouth. I think that makes a difference to his teammates.
NO WAY
And every Angel player believes Erstad is the clutch god.
by RevHalofan on May 19, 2006 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Al Oliver, yes
I agree the players maintain many useful fictions (like believing in clutch hitters -- the A's players, and many fans, seem to believe that of Scutaro, for instance). And I'm sure players are liable to over-value high BA, high RBI guys with less-than-stellar peripherals -- someone like Anderson used to be -- hit over .300 with 25 HRs, lots of RBIS but virtually never walk, hit into a lot of DPs.
Before his back ailments diminished him, Anderson was a player with obvious, significant strengths -- BA, HRs, RBIs -- and some subtle weaknesses. Erstad, however, has obvious weaknesses -- mediocre BA, no power, no plate discipline, no triple-digit RBI or RS totals. Unless his teammates just close their eyes every time he grounds out 4-6, they've got to be noticing that he doesn't succeed all that much as a hitter.
Still, I agree that this all boils down to belief. If they believe he's good, then Erstad gets the respect due a good player. I just have a hard time believing that they really, truly would rather have Erstad up in a key spot instead of Vlad or Figgins or, frankly, even Kennedy.
If you would honestly want Erstad batting...
the mariners meeting
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This isn't the first of these meeting this year and the results of previous get-togethers have been poor over the long run.
That doesn't shake Hargrove's faith.
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get-togetherS. this year. and it's only may.
how often do the a's have these things?
i only remember kotsay late in 04 and chavy last year.
Seems like one a yearish.
Do the kangaroo courts count?
"No. It's Oakland."
Whydon't the Angels
Scioscia
by OaktownTribesman on May 19, 2006 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I would imagine Stoneman and Moreno
I recall a column on the Angels
by kaweahkaweah on May 19, 2006 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions
"he" being Stoneman.
by kaweahkaweah on May 19, 2006 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions
But he seems uncomfortable doing this...
I have no clue
by kaweahkaweah on May 19, 2006 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I think when Stoneman said that he was
Mathis is a interum
by jb on May 19, 2006 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I see. So they didn't think Napoli was ready?
It just makes me laugh
"No. It's Oakland."
Swisher v. Bonds
Immediately after saying he didn't think Bonds passing Ruth on the all-time home run list should be such a big deal because "it's only for second place," Swisher made an admission.
"If I'm in the outfield and he hits number 714 or 715, and it hits something and comes back on the field to me, that bad boy's going in my back pocket," he said.
Seriously?
"Absolutely," he said. "And when the inning's over, I'll go find a kid with an A's cap in the stands and give it to him. You know, put someone through college."
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YES!
I'm developing a platonic Nick Swisher man-crush
by kaweahkaweah on May 19, 2006 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it as strong as the Kotsay man-crush?
Hmmm...maybe
by kaweahkaweah on May 19, 2006 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I still haven't gotten over my Huddy man-crush yet
it hurts.
Wear It
by Colorado Fan on May 19, 2006 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Swish is awesome.
You betcha!
by 510inDenver on May 19, 2006 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Now THAT'S awesome...
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on May 19, 2006 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow.
It has nothing to do with how good they play/manage, but everything to do with how calm they are. I think this is one of Macha's greatest stregths. Have you ever worked in a group of people where the "leader" is freaking out all the time?
By the way, I refuse to write the Angels off - we were in worse straits last year and came on strong in June.
I'm not writing them off, either.
Not only is it his greatest strength,
What struck me as odd...
I mean, not for nothing, but whose your leader if not the boss?
probably a smart move
OT: bad taste joke.
Rub some monkey on it.
An Angels comeback terrifies me.
"No. It's Oakland."
I agree
For all the talk of the lack of fiery leadership in our clubhouse, stories like this make me glad that we have the most even-keeled leaders you can imagine. Sure, Kendall, Kotsay, and Crosby seem very intense, but I've been under the impression that Macha, Chavez, and Zito are the ones who the team looks to.
Thank you -- you're making my arguments better than I am! Macha is a leader because he's everyone's boss. He also seems to relate pretty well at a personal level to the players, which doesn't hurt, but Dick Williams led the A's to a WS victory and no one ever liked him. Chavez and Zito don't have stereotypical "leader" personalities, but they are (a) one of the best players at his position in the majors, and (b) a guy who's won a Cy Young and has a great career W-L record, plus he has more starts than practically the rest of the current staff (not counting Loaiza) combined.
Teammates pay attention to them -- follow them, that is -- because of how important they are on the field. Not because of their personalities. And I think both of these guys started with the team seeing themselves not as leaders -- that was Tejada and Hudson's role, and when those 2 left they figured there'd be other leaders because someone else would have a more aggressive personality or be more comfortable giving speeches. But they both eventually realized that they were leaders simply because they're the #1 position player and #1 or #1A pitcher.
Skill is part of it
Nobody has consecutive tenure on the A's like Chavez and Zito, and Erstad is the same. I think it helps the A's a great deal that Zito and Chavez have tenure and are the best players on the team. It also helps that both are liable to point fingers at themselves, lead by example, and talk rather than shout.
Hm
Jon Carroll does sabermetrics
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 19, 2006 8:38 AM PDT reply actions
wow
The "technical" article he links to is not very technical, nor does it have much in it. It says due to expansion, there is a greater range of talent as measured by OPS and ERA. Thus it's possible that more weaker pitchers were facing more studly hitters. That's it.
I am not saying his idea is wrong (and it has long been theorized) (also one may dispute the use of ERA to track pitcher quality). But it seems like one could test this theory in many ways. For one thing, to check the homer surges after previous expansions of the teams. The 61 expansion was followed by a jump in variation of talent, but the 69 expansion was followed by a huge decrease in variation. This makes me doubt the thesis, especially compared to the simpler thesis that steroids made enough hitters strong enough to turn long fly outs into homers.
Someone should let Mets fans know:
Jonah Keri: Because the Yankees can't just snap their fingers and acquire whoever they want. The AL West may be the worst division in baseball this year, and the A's are already in first place despite having a ton of pitchers out, Bradley injured, and Thomas, Johnson, Crosby and Ellis off to slow starts. If anything the A's are likely to add major league talent this year, not trade it away for prospects.
oh snap
Should become a big disclaimer in a flashing yellow box on any site where New York fans post.
To be fair, they (and the
you damned hairy east coaster
Solution: allow a third New York expansion team. Brooklyn Cyclones in the house!
new jersey toxic waste
They can't?
Replacing Matsui
It's like they think the Yankees should just be able to comandeer a RF like they're cops pursuing a suspect in a high-speed chase when their squad car's tire blows out.
The team is old, expensive, and injury-prone. Wear it.
I would love to see
SIMILE OF THE YEAR!
My fav quote....
On a 1-and-1 pitch from reliever Justin Speier, Scioscia called for the suicide squeeze, but Napoli, who had all of three sacrifice bunts in six minor league seasons, popped up his bunt to Speier, who completed the easy double play to kill the rally.
Small ball at its finest, that.
Aptly named, that "suicide squeeze."
"Small ball"
"I'm so young and you're so old"
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/draft2006/news/story?id=2450606
My fav quote....
She sure is.
by baseballgirl on May 19, 2006 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Ew.
"He used to always tell me things and I was like, 'You're a minor ... we'd get in trouble,'" Perdomo told the Daily News. "I really waited for the right person to come along, so I wasn't going to just fool around, especially not with someone younger than me."
She told the newspaper the two got closer last year and moved in together in June. "We share a lot ... It's a family here. We have the same friends. We just have a lot in common."
Ew. Ew. Ew.
So she was 25....
Good Lord woman, get some self respect.
Imagine her conversations with her girlfriends:
HER: "My baby is a baseball player.... going to the World Series"
FREIND: "Arizona or New York?"
HER: "Oh he's from the Bronx, ya know?" <winks>
FRIEND: "Gotta love them pinstripes" <winks>
One Week Later:
HER: "My Baby won the World Series!"
FRIEND: "Funny, I thought Arizona did......"
by 510inDenver on May 19, 2006 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Lookout Landing is hallarious, even in defeat
The Mariners were profoundly inefficient, stranding eight more runners despite four hits by Ichiro Suzuki. Their fifth loss in seven games prompted manager Mike Hargrove to keep the clubhouse closed for 57 minutes after the final out.
Hargrove: "Most of you probably don't know why we're having this meeting."
Hassey: :whispers:
Hargrove: (to Hassey) "Really?"
Hassey: "Pretty sure, yeah."
Hargrove: You think?"
Hassey: "Just letting you know what I've heard."
Hargrove: (to everyone) "Okay, it's been brought to my attention that the exact opposite is true."
Chaves: :sighs:
Hargrove: "This team is really struggling right now, and we need to get back on track as quickly as possible if we don't want to stay in the cellar all year."
Bloomquist: "Let us have it, skip!"
Hargrove: "Over these 42 games I've been able to get some understanding of what is and isn't working, and I think I finally see where the problem is."
Putz: "What's the old adage? 'It all starts at the top'?"
Hargrove: "Richie, A-Train, you guys are terrible."
(stunned silence)
Hargrove: "I mean, Jesus H Christ, guys, have you seen yourselves lately? Frankly, I'm a little embarrassed to be wearing the same uniform."
Bloomquist: "You don't just wear it, you fill that thing out!"
Hargrove: "The rest of you, seriously, you've been great. Couldn't have asked for more. Richie and Adrian though...well, we're in last place thanks to them, and that's all I'll say about that."
Sexson: :eyes a bat in the corner, begins to stand up:
Hargrove: "What's the matter, big guy? Gonna slug .391 all year and strike out 550 times? That going to help us win ballgames?"
Rohn: "Those are your career numbers, Mike."
Hargrove: "What?"
Rohn: "Those numbers. They're yours, not his."
Sexson: :slowly sits back down, glaring:
Hargrove: "Who the hell are you?"
Reed: "The guy who'll have your job in a week."
Hargrove: "I hope you like the bench."
Reed: "I hope you like welfare."
Rohn: "Richie's hitting .209. Why not switch around the lineup a little? This one clearly isn't working."
Hargrove: "You ever seen a guy as big as Richie hitting anywhere else but cleanup? Didn't think so. Go back to whatever you were doing, whoever you are."
Rohn: "What does it tell you when your two worst hitters have taken up 21% of the team's at bats?"
Hargrove: "It tells me that you're an assface."
Chaves: :sighs again, louder:
Hargrove: "You have something to say, rookie?"
Pineiro: "Do you even remember why you called this meeting?"
Hargrove: "How about you shut your God damn trap and let me talk, frost job."
Reed: "Why don't you just tell Jose to sacrifice more and call it a day? A guy slugging .500 and leading the team in bunts, that's just phenomenal strategizing."
Hargrove: "Remind me, which one of us has coached in the World Series?"
Everett: "Which one of us has won one?"
Betancourt: "¿Qué se está encendiendo?"
Hernandez: "Él dijo que usted huele malo."
Betancourt: "Eso no es verdad, yo huele como un prado."
Hassey: "I think the bus driver's getting impatient. We need to get to the airport."
Hargrove: "Good meeting, guys. Let's get 'em tomorrow."
Sexson: "You better start sleeping with one eye open."
Hargrove: "You better start hitting with two eyes open."
Sexson: "You stupid old pig fu-"
Hassey: "GUYS. BUS. NOW."
Bloomquist: "Who wants to be my seat buddy??"
Ibanez: "Richie does."
Meanwhile...
Hargrove: BUNT. YOUR ROLE IS TO BUNT. YOU ARE NOT BUNTING.
Lopez: THAT'S BECAUSE I'M HITTING HOME RUNS AND DOUBLES AND DRIVING PEOPLE IN, ESE.
Hargrove: DON'T YOU TALK ALL GANGSTER TO ME, ROOKIE!
Lopez: I'M NO ROOKIE!
Willie: ME NEITHER!
Entire team: SHUT UP, WILLIE!
Ichiro: I HURT THIS TEAM BY NOT DRAWING WALKS... ALL THE TIME!
Lopez: I DEMAND RESPECT.
Beltre: I DEMAND RESPECT TOO.
Entire team: HAHAHAHAHA!
Beltre: WHAT?!
Richie: You don't deserve respect.
Reed: Neither do you, Black Hole.
Team: OOOOOOH.
Richie: Look who's talking, Limp Wrist.
Team: OHHHHHH!
Reed: What the hell did you call me?
Everett: Respect your elders, rookie!
Reed: Go fuck a gay dinosaur, Bigot!
Everett: GRAAHHHHH! :attack:
Reed: AHHHHHHH! :attack:
Richie: AHHHHHH!!! :attack:
Lopez: AHHHHHHH! :attack:
Beltre: AHHHHHHH!! :attack:
Hargrove: AHHHHHHH!!! :runs to catering table and eats all the turkey: EDDIE, DID YOU EAT THE DONUTS AGAIN?
Eddie: :mouth full: ARUMPH?
And on the other side of the room
Meche:Bwaha, look at all the hitters.What a bunch of pansies.They are the reason we suck.
Joel:Yeah, that and your craptastic pitching.
Meche:Oh and you sure shut them down today right?
Felix:Hey man, leave Joel alone.He's a junkballer now.
Gil:Go eat some donuts with Eddie.You may not pitch like a King, but your sure eating like one.
Soriano:Well and least me and JJ know how to pitch.
JJ:Dude, splitters kick ass! I kick ass!
Soriano and Putz high five
Green:So Emilano, you packed yet?
Fruto:What do you mean packed?
Green:Dude, don't you know.Mateo is coming off the DL.Your as good as gone.
Fruto:No way man.I just got here!
Woods:Hey just be thankful you got to plan man.Did you see what they did to Bobby?
Putz:Yeah, that was brutal.Man if we were smart, we'd get the hell off of this sinking ship of a team.
Meche:Guys, where's Jamie?
Felix:Dude, it's 4:30.He's over at Denny's eating dinner so he can be in bed by 6.And Putz is right you guys.The instant I become a free Agent, I'm gone.I hear the Yankees need some good young pitching.
"Cause only one language kicks ass, and that's the one we're teaching!"
Nice stuff
Hargrove: "I hope you like the bench."
Reed: "I hope you like welfare."
I love LL
Like I said before
that's some quick, clever writing
by spal on May 19, 2006 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Spanish translation.
Betancourt: "¿Qué se está encendiendo?"
Hernandez: "Él dijo que usted huele malo."
Betancourt: "Eso no es verdad, yo huele como un prado."
Betancourt: "What is the excitement?"
Hernandez: "He said that you smell bad."
Betancourt: "That is not true, I smell like a meadow."
Hah! Awesome, thanks!
by spal on May 19, 2006 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
haha! New sig line!
Sense of humor
And I gotta say, even though I love my fellow A's fans, that's why M's fans are often cooler than us, too.
Bronson Arroyo, genius public speaker
"If the Yankees were playing us and they said they were embarrassed to be beat by Dave Williams, Bronson Arroyo and Brandon Claussen, hey, I'm not going to take offense to it. I know these are three guys the Yankees shouldn't be beaten by. I don't think I should be beaten by a lineup that sends seven righties at me and doesn't have a lot of juice in its lineup or whatever you want to call it."
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_454578.html
Stick to pitching, Cornrroyo.
Arroyo
by Colorado Fan on May 19, 2006 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Mind-blowingly coolicious.
Did you have a pre-Kendall set?
Yes.
mine came with a full posable Sun Ra
Remember Catfish Hunter's
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5619046
He threw 107 pitches and went to a three-ball count on only six hitters. He piled up 11 strikeouts, including three of slugger Harmon Killebrew, and he zipped through a Minnesota batting order that also included Rod Carew, Cesar Tovar and Tony Oliva.
{ties a yellow ribbon 'round monkeyball}
<candida loses velocity, goes on DL>
McCovey Chronicles
by miguel on May 19, 2006 11:56 AM PDT reply actions
BWAHAHA!!!!!
by baseballgirl on May 19, 2006 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Yankees place Bubba Crosby on DL...
What? NO!!!
Whatever. They should trade T-Long
ARCHIE MCPHEE T-LONG NOW!
Saweeeet ! I just ordered my
Uuuunce, tiiiiice...
by spal on May 19, 2006 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
are sporks subject to fee tines?
only in a sentence like:
Here, the fee tines become the subject: "Fee tines were levied on the offending spork."
by spal on May 19, 2006 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
And Damon is playing hurt, I believe.
if Angels pitchers bean Scutaro ...
Only if he were a Greek oracle...
by spal on May 19, 2006 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
when Casey Kotchman claimed ...
The Angels hate Canadian universities.
they also hate Donny Most
Not to mention their disdain...
by spal on May 19, 2006 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
ha
by Athletics fan and runner on May 20, 2006 6:29 AM PDT up reply actions
That big meanie
Darrin Ersatz
Q: What are the ellipses replacing?
a) "talking"
b) $#^!
c) "crying"
d) "writing a song"
e) &@*%
by spal on May 19, 2006 2:16 PM PDT reply actions
Doing the Macarena?
feels like...
h) makin' love?
i) chicken tonight?
Sorry to introduce politics to AN
I don't like wings
Caution: Really creepy rating system ahead:
Rating the "rivalries"
I hope to as much anti-Denise Richards venom ...
Nah..
Did it win an Oscar?
by ohtobe21likehuston on May 19, 2006 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I went to a strip club...
True story. When we were leaving, these two 16 year olds were climbing out of a cab out front and they looked at Denise and Elizabeth, looked at each other, and both yelled in unison, "THIS PLACE IS AWESOME!"
I think they might have ended up a little disappointed once inside.
Hey! We tied with the East Coast!
<happy dance>
It doesn't take much today!
by baseballgirl on May 19, 2006 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
It's raining
I was just out in it, and my clothes are now wet.
If you turn on the radio ...
If you go to bed, and wake up in the morning ...
have none of you people ...
Sheesh.
"Monkeys draw novel conclusions" -- why, just last week, I illustrated Patrick Bateman walking the streets of New York a free man.
I've seen 'Deep Throat', does that count?
BTW
UEAMB?
Swisher just on KNBR
NS: Well, I probably sleep until noon. Get up, have lunch at Mr. Pickles. Go home, hit the pool and lay on my floatie thing. Drink two YooHoos. Then have a BBQ, cook a couple of steaks, and then hit the hay.
Can someone please tell me what the heck a "Mr. Pickles" is? First Crosby says he eats there on the pregame show, now Swish is dropping it. Huh?
http://www.mrpicklesinc.com/
Mr. Pickles is a deli
lotsa locations:
by RickeySteals on May 19, 2006 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
"Drink two YooHoos."
I liked "...lay on my floatie thing."
stick that floatin' thing out there?
Talk about late to the party...
Well, since you're here, can you help clean up?
Carl Pavano has surgery
Sorry, this thread is closed for the night.
Try back tomorrow. We open around 5:42am.
<overturns table>
"...it's my life, my dreams...
Nope, that's Perfect Strangers. Thanks for playing, though.
Standing TALL!
Rising FORTH! On the wings of my dreams...
My prediction for tonight:
HIRE SCIOSCIA NOW!
HIRE CREDE NOW
In his career?
I like this lineup.
The best part is Kendall batting second.
Although I will call into question
And the Halos collapse continues...
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