Link Dump 6/3: Wakey, wakey!

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 3, 2006 6:08 AM PDT

It's my monthly Daily Link Dump, straight from Cup crazy North Carolina, where I can post this thing probably before many of you have woken up. So WAKE UP already!

Yep. The A's lost to the Twins in a great pitchers' duel. Sometimes you just throw up your arms and be glad you don't face a pitcher with the caliber of Johan Santana every single day.

Milton Bradley plays for Sacramento tonight in a one-game rehab. Yay! The A's confirmed Rich Harden will pitch Sunday for Oakland. Double yay!

The city of Fremont wants the A's, and they don't seem to be shy about it, either.

Women learned more about baseball earlier this week in a benefit for John Muir Healths Cardiac Care Services. They got to hear from Ken Macha, Ron Washington, Bryn Alderson and Farhan Zaidi, and fun seemed to be had by all. Also, if you like articles without those pesky apostrophes and quotation marks, that story is for you!

And for those you following the NCAA Tournament, here's a full recap -- all on one page! What a deal! (Roll Tide, by the way...)

It's official. Chico is a very nice town. Pat Sajak says so.

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yawn

Good morning, good morning!
Sunbeams will soon shine through
Good morning, good morning, to you!

(I'm the first comment. Therefore, I can sing to you all! WAKE UP!!!!)

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jun 3, 2006 6:56 AM PDT reply actions

And you! And you! And you! And you!

Good morning! Good morning!
Bonjour! Bonjour!
Buenos dias! Buenos dias!
Buongiorno! Buongiorno!
Guten morgen! Guten morgen!

GOOD MORNING TO YOU!

Dorian on Bonds: "Still, I love it when Bonds wins at the game that he plays."

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 3, 2006 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions

i just saw that movie again last night

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions

WOOHOO!

Rick Harden!

No link. Eh.

by Jennifer on Jun 3, 2006 8:01 AM PDT reply actions

some early morning links for Harden

Roto Times (obviously not "official"):
http://www.rototimes.com/index.php?sport=bsball&type=profile&name=4806

June 2 Rich Harden, who is slated to return from the DL on Sunday against the Twins, will be on a pitch count of about 80 when he returns, according to the AP. He has been out since April 27 with a strained lower back.

I was looking for a more official announcement but couldn't find one. Odd -- but Macha did confirm it on the radio yesterday.

by OaklandSi on Jun 3, 2006 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions

The Harden part...

...is also in that link about Bradley. It's a notebook.

Dorian on Bonds: "Still, I love it when Bonds wins at the game that he plays."

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 3, 2006 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions

here it is...

Harden confirmed: Macha made it official Friday: Rich Harden, on the DL with a strained back muscle since late April, will be activated and start the series finale on Sunday.

"He's ready," Macha said with a smile. "And so are we.

by OaklandSi on Jun 3, 2006 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions

Yabba dabba doo, its morning

(been light since 3am) in SE Alaska....50 degrees and rain..sweet, summer.

Freaking blackout today for tv so with the weather and all, I may as well get some work in at the office and listen to the game.

and note, on my three minute commute to the office, one stop sign, one right turn and one left turn..and I am there.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...in 2006?...prove it.

by ak_A on Jun 3, 2006 8:59 AM PDT reply actions

I'll see your three minutes...

..and raise you 11 seconds.

Home offices rule.

"I smell like a meadow." - Yuniesky Betancourt

by Ozzz on Jun 3, 2006 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Matt Watson fans

I don't know enough to be able to translate the stats pages, but if you're feeling nostalgic, click here

death to myspace!

by malikot on Jun 3, 2006 9:15 AM PDT reply actions

That Sajak story had better stuff following:

HERE AND GONE: Before he ever got a chance to play for the San Diego Surf Dawgs, former Sacramento RiverCats and Oakland Athletics first baseman Graham Koonce had his contract purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers' Triple-A affiliate in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday. San Diego had acquired the 31-year-old Koonce on May 19.

Koonce!

According to the GBL Web site, Fullerton right-handed pitcher Nigel Thatch was acquired from the Schamburg Flyers for a pallet of beer, which is 60 cases. He was later placed on the league's suspended list for failure to report.

So... who gets the beer?

"I smell like a meadow." - Yuniesky Betancourt

by Ozzz on Jun 3, 2006 10:15 AM PDT reply actions

Chico, Chico, Chico

That's where I attended high school, and had brothers attend Chico State. Good A's fans are raised in Chico.

More ANtics: http://www.louisgray.com/live/ | Archive

by louismg on Jun 3, 2006 10:24 AM PDT reply actions

Chico

Another Chico state kid supportin the A's right here

by Spidz34 on Jun 3, 2006 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions

I can't help but notice no one's doing any cussing

Bitches.

So, who is AN hating on today?

by ArakSOT on Jun 3, 2006 10:26 AM PDT reply actions

donate to the cuss pot

it is for a good cause.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Best damn cause I know of!

See how easy it is, people?

So, who is AN hating on today?

by ArakSOT on Jun 3, 2006 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions

have you donated yet?

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions

You're still not cussing.

Damn it.

So, who is AN hating on today?

by ArakSOT on Jun 3, 2006 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions

<holds out cuss pot>

let's see three swear words in a row. you are being very naughty today!

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions

<peers into cuss pot>

See what I mean? There's nowhere near enough in there.

So, who is AN hating on today?

by ArakSOT on Jun 3, 2006 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions

that is why we need your hard earned cash!

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions

He wants it for himself.

I think he's first on the list.

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

by Jjjsixsix on Jun 3, 2006 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions

i was up

Probably 6 hours before you.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 12:05 PM PDT reply actions

that is just because of your time zone

us lazy Americans get up later. i'm not even getting up today. i'm ill. family will have to cook for themselves.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions

how will your family survive?

It seems as though you do everything for your family.

I would gladly trade time zone with you.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions

they will eat the emergency tv dinners i keep

in the freezer. i think they can figure out how to use the microwave.

what's the matter with your time zone? and aren't you going to get my time zone back soon anyway?

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions

the matter with my time zone

is that it's not in the US. More specifically, Berkeley, CA. Yes, in one month i'lll be back. But that one month can't go by quickly enough.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions

i'm gonna nail you for the three llls in i'll

revenge for the spelling debacle yesterday. i'm leaving my whole.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions

technically

You didn't capitale the I in "I'm", so you are incorrect as well ;)

I shall prevail!

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions

capitale? a word I don't know!

I WILL PREVAIL!

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

oh screw it!

Just take it! Rip out my soul and stomp on it. MAKE ME GO DAY TO DAY.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions

would you prefer to take my heels off before

I stomp on you?

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions

I meant would prefer me to take off my heels

before i stomp on you?

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes, i prefer you to take off your heels

That way, you'll strain an oblique.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions

wishing injuries on me now?

losing your touch.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm not losing my touch

My touch will go with me to my grave.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions

then you must be in your grave

cause it's gone.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions

you'd actually wish death on me?

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions

of course not

i feel dead that's all.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Well

We're back at _ 1.
l_l

That should be a square.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

you call that a square?

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't know what happened

_
l_l

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions

i think you are incoherent

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions

well

Keep in mind that i can easily come in contact with a hookah.

P.S. You're hurting my feelings.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions

what would i want a hookah for?

just to make you happy :):):):):):):):):):):):):)

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions

yes

They do indeed spread happiness.

Just to remind all that it's legal here, and it's not drugs it's like flavored tobacco....

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

sounds like a hookah commercial

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

do those even exist?

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions

they do now

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions

uh

that should say capitalize.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions

TOO LATE!

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions

i have an excuse

After i pressed post, i went and had a snack and when i got back i saw that it was wrong. Without checking the comments i immediately corrected it. And all my "I's" are un-capitalized.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions

do i believe you? NO!

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions

<wimper>

I swear!

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions

it's like midnight where you are and

you had a snack?

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions

lmao.

Combine the two and you get a...

Drumroll please...

MIDNIGHT SNACK!!

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions

at least give me props for knowing what time

it is there.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions

it's actually 12:50 but ok...

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions

<throws them back>

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

<places in Sal's pants>

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions

ME?

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

The props, dumb-dumb

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions

watch it

you might hurt my feelings. i can't be dumb, i'm not blonde.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Uh.

No comment.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions

that isn't nice.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 3, 2006 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Cuss him out already

So, who is AN hating on today?

by ArakSOT on Jun 3, 2006 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions

It's just

internet flirting. :D

"Not all who wonder are lost." The rest, they say, are history.

by Squeaky on Jun 3, 2006 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions

you know

Mr.Bald-with-scruffy-beard, i'm beginning to view you as the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions

"Emergency TV dinners"?

Your not being able to cook qualifies as an emergency? LOL.

"I really don't see how it affects me that directly except for doing these interviews." -- Brad Halsey on giving up No. 714

by day-to-day on Jun 3, 2006 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions

it's abnormal

but for some reason they can't live without my food and they can't live with theirs.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 4, 2006 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions

well

They've got themselves in quite a pickle.

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 4, 2006 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions

i feel fine today

i'm gonna bbq some burgers.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 4, 2006 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions

i wish you could send em over here...

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 4, 2006 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

ha ha

not unless you like them rare, cause that's the only way i like them!

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 4, 2006 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, then...

...why haven't you posted tomorrow's link dump yet? :)

Dorian on Bonds: "Still, I love it when Bonds wins at the game that he plays."

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 3, 2006 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions

i once saw a movie

Where two peeps are in a suit in las vegas and then a bellboy comes in with room service and screams, "Wakey Wakey, hand of snakey!"

Larry Davis couldn't treat a cold-Tony

by ohad on Jun 3, 2006 2:55 PM PDT reply actions

Good luck with that.

Pujols strains his...oblique

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Jun 3, 2006 3:22 PM PDT reply actions

#$%@ oblique!!!

Oh wait, this time it's not one of our players. Phew!

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jun 3, 2006 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

exactly

I saw that story, and for a split-second thought, "Wow, did we trade for Pujols?"

"I was always high on X. Obviously, that hasn't changed." -- Jake Peavy

by spal on Jun 3, 2006 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions

no

we traded for his oblique

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin, Seattle Mariners

by Helloooo 1st on Jun 3, 2006 6:38 PM PDT reply actions

We were close.

They forgot the chocolate sauce.

by Jennifer on Jun 3, 2006 7:20 PM PDT reply actions

Heeee.

by whiteshoes40 on Jun 3, 2006 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions

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