Link Dump 6/2: I heart Scott Jr.
DJ hit a homerun last night. I know that he's been terrible. I know it's best for the team to have someone else in the lineup if DJ continues to struggle, but I don't want to lose him. I'm afraid if he gets sent down, we'll never see Scott Jr. again. I suppose it could be argued that we stopped seeing him in August of last year, but you guys know what I mean.
Before the game, A's manager Ken Macha strongly hinted his patience with Johnson was near its end."Dan Johnson's our best defensive first baseman," Macha said. "I like defense, but that's an area where you've got to have production."
I want someone to ask Wash when he gets back. No, I want someone to ask Forst and Zaidi."In all likelihood" Harden will start on Sunday. And Loaiza...
Probably the most encouraging thing for Loaiza was he said the radar gun clocked him in the 89-91 mph range, a significant improvement over the low-80s readings he had while going 0-3 with an 8.35 ERA in April." Macha said that Loaiza threw 6 pitches clocked at 90 mph.Bradley may have suffered another setback.
Outfielder Milton Bradley took early batting practice and reported some discomfort hitting from the left side. Macha said that the team's training staff felt it was more a lack-of-use issue than a full-blown setback, and that Bradley is scheduled for another BP session today. "It would have been better if he'd said, 'I feel great, I'm ready to go,' but I prefer him to be honest and for it to be the end of the line as far as that injury is concerned," Macha said. It doesn't seem too serious, but that rehab assignment might be put on hold. Reliever Jay Witasick is expected to throw another rehab stint, this time with Sacramento, either today or Saturday. "I'm feeling real good," said Witasick, who went two innings with Class A Stockton on Tuesday. "I'm looking forward to going out and doing it again." Huston Street needs to give the A's his best, because I'm still not confident in that bullpen without Duke. The idea of being without him until mid-July makes me sick.DJ, please snap out of it.
Melhuse described a potential switch to first base, even on a temporary basis, as being "a drastic move."Even so, if Macha asked Melhuse to play first -- where he's made six appearances in his major league career so far -- Melhuse said, "I'd feel comfortable enough to not embarrass myself."
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<prepares to delete link dump>
BOOM!
Swish is gonna be pissed that got dissed!
Poet, know it.
Swish has Kots and Kendall.
Nope, it's Joe Mama.
by Philip Christy on Jun 2, 2006 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
This diary will self-destruct in 10...9...8...
At least do it in The Count style.
9 seconds Ah ah ah!
Ellis!
all right, that's IT!
You mean you don't have visitation rights?
<prepares bunny sized pot of boiling water>
Bunnies: Dude! Awesome!
<displays puppies at the window>
When is AL pitcher of the month announced?
C.C. Sabathia had pretty numbers for May, also.
um...
Oh, all right!
<cough>justlikecolondeservedthecyyoung</cough>
Wow, what was that?
Whoever had more wins
Ratto thinks that
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/02/SPG1LJ6JRI1.DTL
I thought Crosby was the reason for
Sorry, this column
In the aftermath of yesterday's win
by rubin sierra on Jun 2, 2006 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm glad at least some
Why can't DJ hit? I still want him around!!! (Though, Sharon, you're right...better someone else than a black hole in the lineup)
Are 6 pitches at 90 anything to be happy about?
What is WRONG with Bradley?
Are these injured players really dead and just frozen while Larry Davis develops the scientific ideas to bring them back?
Larry Davis is
"We're up to 15!"
</Simpson's reference>
Sheffield out indefinitely
Mariano Rivera also had his back cramp up as he bent over to put on his shoes pregame, making him unavailable last night.
OT: Thunderbutt
He claims that he still hasn't watched a game yet this year. Poor NRAF without high-speed internet.
Okay, he'll be the first recipient...
Start cussing, people!
I love it when batgirl gets sassy.
No, you're confused
Oh no, I meant sassy.
S-A-S-S-Y!
Nope.
lol
What Yankees cap?
Oh.
Is it better to have Sox fan coworkers or non-baseball fan coworkers>
(literally no question)
Tonight's pitching matchup
Well, Garcia (Casilla)'s already on the team.
Actually he pitched in Sac Yesterday:
by saint @ Athletics Nation on Jun 2, 2006 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
The A's vs Santana:
Macha...Please rest Kotsay tonight!!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=4280
by saint @ Athletics Nation on Jun 2, 2006 9:30 AM PDT reply actions
I must be looking at a different link.
Also, we've been mispronouncing Santana's first name all these years, it seems. It's really pronounced "Yo-Hann MIN."
Kielty does have a dinger off of him:
It might as well be against one of the toughest lefties in the league.
Jay Pay is one of our top 5 bats of late.
by saint @ Athletics Nation on Jun 2, 2006 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I missed you.
Chavinator!
Oh uh, yeah, you all can read it too I guess.
The Word: Or bitter sports journalists.
LOL!!!
by Chavinator on Jun 2, 2006 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
</flings holy water>
by baseballgirl on Jun 2, 2006 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Why is no one coming up to REPLACE Ellis?
Isn't Ginter the logical choice? Aren't we paying him a lot? Okay, he was bad last year and got beat out this year. Fine. But now Ellis is injured. Are we really going with one second baseman and that guy's name is Marco Scutaro?
Someone please explain what I'm missing to me. Please.
We have Perez!
From BTF
A fourth outfielder in the making.
Yogi Berra in the making
{snerk}
Future A's - 1st Round Draft Choice?
No one will expect it, and we won't have to pay Big Cash for him, alas, Jeremy Brown, 2002.
Oh, wait. We gave our 1st Rounder to the Nationals for Esteban Loaiza. Damn, I have nightmares that he is going to haunt us for a long, long time.
Yeah, he has PMS.
Whoops!
Well, of course.
Your middle name is 'Rice-a-'?
2006 All-Star Game
Of the sixteen
I get that one, actually.
Yes.
Nobody blocks a water cooler
Only a little white one
When will people learn?
ALF
I'm an AFLAC
this is why i am not watching the all star game
by larrysgurl on Jun 2, 2006 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
<ralphs>
I ALWAYS get frustrated by this...
Why don't we do this?
ESPN All-Stars (Teams total salaries rank 1-14):
1b - Pujols, STL
2b - Utley, PHI
3b - A-Rod, NYY
SS - Jeter, NYY
OF - Dye, CHW
OF - Vlad, ANA
OF - Ramirez, BOS
Local Access TV All-Stars (Teams total salaries rank 15-30):
1b - Hafner, CLE
2b - Castillo, PIT
3b - Cabrera, FLA
SS - Tejada, BAL
OF - Swisher, OAK
OF - Rios, TOR
OF - Wells, TOR
To play along...
Stats by position
Team Salaries
The Word: Or bitter sports journalists.
This time it counts!
While we're at it, I want a Pony....
cano and eckstein
Huddy: Uh... no.
From Neyer chat today
Rob Neyer: (1:00 PM ET ) Against the Royals, though. That counts for only half a homer...
Neyer posted my joke!
Rob Neyer: (1:24 PM ET ) And spunk.
I hate spunk.
lol
Rob Neyer: (1:31 PM ET ) Ah, Tony Womack...
There are players -- Womack, Terrence Long, Royce Clayton, many others -- where you look at them and you just can't help but wonder, "Why?" They must be wonderful conversationalists. Or something.
<snerk>
Caddyshack, anyone?
Stanford
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 2, 2006 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
{{{whew}}}
rub some dirt on it
AN sure is randy today.
A Randy Elf?
On myspace, everyone can see you...
<sigh>
I miss Hatty. <sigh>
More Neyer...
Rob Neyer: (1:44 PM ET ) Prediction: Dan Johnson will hit.
Prediction: If he doesn't, the A's are in trouble. Because Daric Barton's struggling big-time w/Sacramento.
Uh... Barton's also missing an arm.
Tony F***ing Womack!
If "Dan Johnson will hit" then "Barton will hit", you know?
New Wolff stadium idea?
What's wrong with Ruby
WAAAAY off topic...
Poppy Jr. is passive-aggressively complaining about having to live "under parental control" by looking at apartment listings online and emailing me with his questions about renting (which, of course, I'm answering with a straight face). He found a listing for a room for rent (not apartment), and here's the latest question:
I said, "Yes." ;)
That is hilarious!
I don't get it
lastings milledge
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/story/422991p-356942c.html
"Mets ownership would also rather have everyone ignore that bench-clearing tango inspired by Milledge after he slid, spikes-high, into Richmond Braves third baseman Jonathan Schuerholz."
Lasting Milledge
-Catfish Hunter
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 2, 2006 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Thornton Melon
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 2, 2006 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The Bill Gramatica Stupid Injury Award
http://blogs.baltimoresun.com/sports_custom_roch/2006/06/freak_injury.html
Crawford leaped in the air and spiked his helmet, then landed awkwardly and crumpled to the ground in obvious pain.
Didn't Gramatica...
It's cool when awards are so inclusive... football, baseball... doesn't matter...
Kevin Brown was the last recipient
The Word: Or bitter sports journalists.
oooooh, forgot him!
Nobody will beat
Sharon
by Tyler Bleszinski on Jun 2, 2006 11:50 AM PDT reply actions
<blushes>
are you blushing, or ...
better than ironing a pastie
I first read that as "pastie".
i said it-a first-a
I like you.
Wouldn't it be nice if everyone had a lapdog?
that makes me laugh for some reason
by californiagirl on Jun 2, 2006 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I KNOW!
please put a little fat on her
by californiagirl on Jun 2, 2006 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
well
the question is how, not if you know.
by californiagirl on Jun 2, 2006 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Also meant very kindly
:-)
i knew i would spell something wrong
by californiagirl on Jun 2, 2006 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
What did i spell wrong in that sentence.
I actually like to think I'm a halfdecent speller, but now that you've commented, i'm going to spell everything perfectly for the rest of my AN adventures.
you didn't get know right, you spelled now.
by californiagirl on Jun 2, 2006 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
try reading it again
i suck.
by californiagirl on Jun 2, 2006 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
read again
You can crawl back into your whole now.. :P
OK, 15-year-old boys ...
i don't know what i would do in a whole
by californiagirl on Jun 2, 2006 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
you got it!
you think i'm dumb or something?
by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I just like saying it
<cirquegirl is unavailable right now. It appears someone called the mental hospital on her>
I think so, too
and it's ... frugiverous!
lol
P.S. How the hell do you know what a kinkajou is? Seems like something that would be biting Desmonds head off...
More alarming question to ask:
I'm a useless-trivia sponge. You'd think I'd be able to keep track of stats better (or at all)...
Hey!
Bitch.
As long as you link under my DLD,
This <censored> link dump is awesome. Say it or I'll beat you with this Jesus Pan! (thank you, Poppy)
Okay, now I know you are not my mother.
My mom doesn't swear.
I used to want to go to Sonoma Beach
Rowr! Saucer of milk, table 2!
You ate who?
<runs to Costco, buys industrial size box of "You ate who?"'s>
Stop eating those intangibles.
Booooo!
I hate you.
You ate who?
This link dump sucks.
I was wondering the same thing...
They are reenacting the scene with Gene Wilder
by theblackpearl on Jun 2, 2006 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
When did you get here and...
Nevermind, did you bring any beer?
Too funny!
-Catfish Hunter
innumeracy in the heartland
- Milwaukee is 11-7 in one-run games, an enviable record for anyone.
- Milwaukee is 20-13 in games decided by three or fewer runs, a playoff pace if there ever was one.
(On the other hand, I'll bet Vic Feuerherd wins every offseason fantasy league he enters.)
That's why Street is so handy.
How to make a gun out of ordinary...
this will be the only time
Nice note
Because you wouldn't have time to create one for those quick moments when a really irritating co-worker walks by your cubicle? Nice to know you'll need time to sneak away to the supply closet, lock the door, create gun, and ambush that jerk from HR in the mens room.
if im ever in a cubicle....
by TrizzleNizzle510 on Jun 2, 2006 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
My dad belongs to this fraternity
Hey, it's my last day at work!
Uh...
No,no...that's not right...
You're welcome...
Shuffles notes
Happy Birthday...
Dang it, that's not right EITHER!...I got it...
CONGRATS!
Congratulations!
No, silly...
I start Monday. Don't worry, AN will come with me.
...as soon as I figure out how to set up the office computer system...which is kind of my new job.
Wheeee!
Oh Yeah!
What?! They don't?!!?
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
by Tyler Bleszinski on Jun 2, 2006 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
On the pitching probables for sunday
Richard the Lionheart shall ascend to His Mighty Throne once more. Long live the King!!
<shock>
I think you live in what the military calls ...
"Not all who wander are lost."
With that in mind, let's change this around a bit.
"When the A's wander, they usually end up in Jen's basement."
"When Crosby wanders, he crashes into something."
"When Macha wanders. send good bye wishes. Chances are good he's lost."
I glanced at that too quickly
Crosby & Street @ Macy's - any Pictures?
I went...
I MET BOBBY TODAY!!!
<swoons>
<dies>
I will post pictures soon, probably after the game tonight!!
WOOO! LOVE HIM!!!
by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Jun 2, 2006 3:36 PM PDT reply actions
Oh I will!!
I just got home and I have to upload the pictures first. Give me a minute! It will be worth the wait, I promise!
by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Jun 2, 2006 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
This should be fun. :)
"This is me right before I ripped Bobby's pants off."
"Here, Bobby is trying to get away. Good thing he didn't realize we were handcuffed together."
"This is me being dragged away by security, Bobby still strapped to me. That was fun."
"Here, the police officer is using a set of bolt cutters to remove the handcuffs, only to replace them with a pair of not so fuzzy ones."
"Me in jail, Bobby completing paperwork."
"This is Bobby gesturing that I'm his number one fan, only he seems to be using the wrong finger... hmm..."
I can't wait. :D
Okay, you have just replaced Poppy Jr....
{begins process of adopting Jennifer}
That's hilarious.
Can't Wait
T LONG
Maybe...since DLD
by Tyler Bleszinski on Jun 2, 2006 4:13 PM PDT reply actions
Game threads have grit.
DLDs = Ellis
I love Scoot...... but
DLD is DTD?
DLDs = Kotsay
no... Game threads = Byrnes
DLDs = Swisher
How's that?
DLDs = Kotsay?
And some silly person told me
H. E. L. L.
Yes, please. :)
Not true!
<Waves>
Jason Kendall hit a HR! I know, <Yawn>.
Old news, right? But I wasn't here to celebrate it! And I had a dream last Saturday that he hit one in Arlington. Creepy. :D
Jason Kendall hit a HR!!!!!!!!!!!
And now we return you to our regularly scheduled program.
GO A's!!!!!!!
Susan Slusser on KNBR now
by SportySpice @ Athletics Nation on Jun 2, 2006 5:04 PM PDT reply actions
I want this diary to reach 300 comments.
Me too!
Noooo!!!!!!!!
Why?
I mean,
Weeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is fun!
This is boring.
DLD whore!
You are vicious today.
PMS.
she came down with that yesterday afternoon
Really? Because...
Wow, guys!
This made me Laugh out Loud...
His commentary pretty much sums up the AN feelings of Dan Johnson!
by FireballerHARDEN on Jun 2, 2006 5:26 PM PDT reply actions
He's probably a Texas fan...
by FireballerHARDEN on Jun 2, 2006 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Way to rip out my heart and stomp on it.
Alright, this one will make you feel better...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CfjeHHrTO3A&search=oakland%20athletics
by FireballerHARDEN on Jun 2, 2006 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
PMS?
So, uh...
neither
by spal on Jun 2, 2006 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions

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