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DLD 8/14/2006 - Sweep!

Little_d_tiny by lurkerD on

Okay, I've never made a DLD, but I keep coming here and looking for it, and it seems I kind of need it, so here we are.

Usual suspects:
> Slusser's game wrap, including:

Esteban Loaiza and Eric Chavez were pretty much the whole show on Sunday at the Coliseum.

> Ostler says a bunch of random stuff, including:

The A's missed a few signs in that game. ... Skipper Ken Macha got the word out that when A's third-base coach Ron Washington is patting himself all over, he's not searching for his cell phone.

And, let's see here:
> Ken Macha will be talking with Brian McRae today on MLB.com MIDDAY, whatever that is.  Let's see, that was starting at 9:30am this morning so it's probably over already, alas.  Anybody see it?  Care to share?

> Over at Baseball Prospectus, premature thoughts on the AL MVP.

> Since it's Monday and we've had our Monday Morning Minors, a reminder that the Minor League Ball site is pretty dang great.  Check out the regular "Prospect Retro" feature.

Ready!  Get set?  Dump!

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You ladies check out the handbag yet?
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I'm not so sure about this.  I think it's a part of some Breast Cancer Awareness promotion, but its just so pink.  I was really hoping it would be green & gold.  hmmmm.

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 14, 2006 10:47 AM PDT   0 recs

It looks like
the laundry bag everybody used in college.

by AndreafromNJ on Aug 14, 2006 10:49 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by Kyli on Aug 14, 2006 11:13 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I cant believe it is first 10,000 now and not just
women due to that jackass filing a lawsuit over the promotion last year.
Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Aug 14, 2006 10:54 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Can I carry my kinkajou in it?
Food burns just as surely at 5 mph as it does at 65 mph.

by Poppy on Aug 14, 2006 11:35 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

For safety
Can he poke his head out of one of the handles to breathe?

FYI:  I think September 5th is "Bring your Kinkajou to the park" Day.  

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 14, 2006 11:38 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hmm.
I'm "bringing" McFood that day... but I don't think he'll fit in the handbag.
Food burns just as surely at 5 mph as it does at 65 mph.

by Poppy on Aug 14, 2006 11:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

For a second, I thought you said...
"Can I carry my kinky jewelry in it?"

I don't know about you, but that thing's way too small to carry mine in.

"the reason why hitting the ball on the "sweet spot" of the bat feels so good is that the ball is contacting at the bat at a vibrational node." - salb918

by McFood on Aug 14, 2006 12:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"Hello,
do you have Prince Albert in a purse..."
We hold these truths to be self-evident / We drink beer in bars and act irreverent - Lambchop

by andeux on Aug 14, 2006 12:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

<giggle>
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 14, 2006 12:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ugh
That "handle" thingy doesn't look too comfortable.
Yeah, plus the whole pink part....
"Maybe if I lay here in the dirt, nobody will notice I've forgotten how to hit" ~Crosby in ANtics

by streetfan on Aug 14, 2006 11:37 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

<barfs in handbag>
<censored> ROLAND MCDONALD!

by Jennifer on Aug 14, 2006 11:52 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ok
NOW I want one

by AndreafromNJ on Aug 14, 2006 11:53 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lol. Those are leftovers from the unpopular...
"A's re-usable air sickness bag Night".

Of course, lots of people collect stuff like that.

http://www.sicksack.com/

www.airsicknessbags.com

"the reason why hitting the ball on the "sweet spot" of the bat feels so good is that the ball is contacting at the bat at a vibrational node." - salb918

by McFood on Aug 14, 2006 12:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

sicksack.com
Didn't John Kruk used to own that URL?
You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 14, 2006 12:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You can stick your ears through
the metal rings to make it a handsfree barf bag.
<censored> ROLAND MCDONALD!

by Jennifer on Aug 14, 2006 12:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lol
Nice image.
Nothing says fun like Premium Meat!

by lurkerD on Aug 14, 2006 1:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

My fiancee would love that bag
If anyone gets one and wants to send it to someone that would love it (she's crazy about everything pink), please drop me an email... bznichols@hotmail.com.  I'll lovingly cover the cost of postage.
Proudly celebrating my 20th year as an A's fan.

by bzn5150 on Aug 14, 2006 3:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Interesting BP analysis...
I think Ortiz is the frontrunner, but that article really makes you realize how awesome Grady Sizemore is....He has zero zero zero chance to win MVP, but man what a year he is having under the radar.
Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Aug 14, 2006 10:56 AM PDT   0 recs

Ryan Freel was meant to be a LHP
He's got the eccentricity down.
"I've got this little midget in my head," Freel said. "I was like, 'Hey, Farney, I don't know if that was you who caught that ball. That was pretty good if that was you.'

"He talks to me once in awhile. The guys give me a hard time about this extra man in my head."

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 14, 2006 10:58 AM PDT   0 recs

<throws penalty flag>
Too many men on the field!
"the reason why hitting the ball on the "sweet spot" of the bat feels so good is that the ball is contacting at the bat at a vibrational node." - salb918

by McFood on Aug 14, 2006 12:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The phrase "little midget in my head"...
...makes me think of Nurse Gollum and "conjoined twin myslexia"...
Food burns just as surely at 5 mph as it does at 65 mph.

by Poppy on Aug 14, 2006 12:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Aug 14, 2006 1:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What about the Frank Thomas Bobble Head?!

Kinda cute if you ask me!

"This is the best hug in the major leagues, right here!" - Swisher Pics

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Aug 14, 2006 11:01 AM PDT   0 recs

Well, I have several nits to pick
#1 He has the most dazzling set of teeth I've seen since Terrell Davis, and his mouth is closed?!?

#2  Is the diamond earring there?

#3  It'd be cooler if he had the rebar instead of the bat.

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 14, 2006 11:04 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

DUDE.
I'm with you on #3, the rebar would have been amazing!
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Aug 14, 2006 11:13 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That would've made for a cool chase variant
Speaking of which, I'm puzzled why there aren't any this year.  In previous years, they used to do different colored uniforms.

by Rickeyfan on Aug 14, 2006 1:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

well
they did do the Swisher RH and LH so that's pretty cool.  Would make great bookends if you had two and mounted them on something heavy.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 14, 2006 2:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"...mounted them on something heavy."
Too bad Blanton doesn't have a bobblehead.
<censored> ROLAND MCDONALD!

by Jennifer on Aug 14, 2006 2:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

all good points
rebar would have been amazing.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 14, 2006 1:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Rebar rocks
I'd have loved the Big Hurt bobblehead then.  This one just looks miffed like his staring at Ozzie Guillen or something.
Proudly celebrating my 20th year as an A's fan.

by bzn5150 on Aug 14, 2006 3:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He looks kind of tired...
:P
Dorian on Bonds: "Still, I love it when Bonds wins at the game that he plays."

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Aug 14, 2006 1:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It's the one bobblehead...
where the body just has to be bigger than the head to make it right.
Wild Mountain Blackberry

by Ice Cream on Aug 17, 2006 11:11 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm charmed
The A's have won every single game I've seen in person for the last two-and-a-half years
"the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones." -ohad

by ArakSOT on Aug 14, 2006 11:03 AM PDT   0 recs

Stay there, dude.
You're not back already, are you?  Maybe we can get you on a Segway in time for the next Angels home series.
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 14, 2006 11:09 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Back, but only physically
As it turns out, it was a bad weekend for flying. They took all my toiletries. And my lighter. AND all of my snakes. I mean, wtf?

Now I have to go back in seven weeks for a wedding. I'm planning on shipping everything out beforehand, and just boarding the plane naked.

"the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones." -ohad

by ArakSOT on Aug 14, 2006 11:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

mf'in streakers on the mf'in plane!
Food burns just as surely at 5 mph as it does at 65 mph.

by Poppy on Aug 14, 2006 11:43 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I feel sorry for the poor chap
who has to sit next to naked thunderbutt.  But then again, it's all in the name of national security.
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 14, 2006 12:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

hey
you were out here and didn't call? lettuce know when yer back out here!

by giambizombie on Aug 14, 2006 1:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Don't Go to Any More Games...
...until the playoffs. We need you, man!!
"I've been accused of using too many words...I suppose that's like accusing Mozart of using too many notes." Bill King

by Gerard on Aug 14, 2006 11:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Open Letter to Randy Johnson
Dear Randy,

Have I ever told you how awesome you are? And hot! Really, really hot. A towering tree of hotness. You are The Man.
Now go out there and pitch like the stud you are!

Best,

Sporty

"Their team is full of a bunch of shitty nobodies pieced together from the moneyball scrap yard." -- Halos Heaven 7/31/06

by SportySpice on Aug 14, 2006 11:09 AM PDT   0 recs

You realize tonight
We will be treated to the two uglilest men in the najors facing off at Yankee Stadium. It's a quadruple-bagger evening! I'm thinking of trading in my tickets to save my retinas

by AndreafromNJ on Aug 14, 2006 11:14 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

you are going
to feel so dirty in the morning.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 14, 2006 11:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

And tomorrow
I've got Vincente Padilla! The sacrifices I make for this team.
"Their team is full of a bunch of shitty nobodies pieced together from the moneyball scrap yard." -- Halos Heaven 7/31/06

by SportySpice on Aug 14, 2006 11:30 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

WOW.
Did you write that with a straight face?
Food burns just as surely at 5 mph as it does at 65 mph.

by Poppy on Aug 14, 2006 11:33 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

2007 schedule concerns
Major-league teams have received the preliminary 2007 regular-season schedule, and the A's have issues with parts of theirs. The team traditionally is among the most traveled in baseball, and they'll fly more than 50,000 miles again next year, according traveling secretary Mickey Morabito.

The team is tentatively scheduled to open the season Tuesday, April 2 in Seattle, then move on to Anaheim before playing the Chicago White Sox in its home opener April 9.

The American League West will play the NL Central next season, with the A's traveling to Cincinnati and Milwaukee and Houston and St. Louis (Tony La Russa returns) coming to Oakland. The A's also will play their annual six games against the Giants.

The A's have voiced concerns to major-league officials about some quirks in their schedule and hope to have them rectified, though Morabito did not want to divulge specific concerns.

"We want to give them a chance to make changes," he said. "We have talked to them about it and we'll see what happens. We want to give them a chance to look at it. It is a first draft."

(Link)

Food burns just as surely at 5 mph as it does at 65 mph.

by Poppy on Aug 14, 2006 11:40 AM PDT   0 recs

Kowing MLB, and the A's travels, they will arrive
in Milwaukee, the day after playing in Tampa, and fly from Tampa to Austrailia to Milwaukee.

by theblackpearl on Aug 14, 2006 12:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I heard
they're scheduled to play one game on the plane.
"Their team is full of a bunch of shitty nobodies pieced together from the moneyball scrap yard." -- Halos Heaven 7/31/06

by SportySpice on Aug 14, 2006 12:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Kotsay already groaning
"how many rows to do I have to cover back here?!"
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 14, 2006 12:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nekkid ArakSOT won't be on that flight, will he?
Food burns just as surely at 5 mph as it does at 65 mph.

by Poppy on Aug 14, 2006 12:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'll do the wave all by myself...
"the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones." -ohad

by ArakSOT on Aug 14, 2006 1:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"Peanuts! Get your peanuts!"
<censored> ROLAND MCDONALD!

by Jennifer on Aug 14, 2006 1:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Game delay
There appears to be some beach balls on the playing field...
"the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones." -ohad

by ArakSOT on Aug 14, 2006 1:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

...scorebooks are a mess
"and that's a 2B - 15E - 22D Double Play!  And just like that, the inning is over!"
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 14, 2006 3:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LMAO
Food burns just as surely at 5 mph as it does at 65 mph.

by Poppy on Aug 14, 2006 1:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

<refrains from making 'Just Like Snakes on a...
Plane, Only Smaller' joke>

<fails>

"the reason why hitting the ball on the "sweet spot" of the bat feels so good is that the ball is contacting at the bat at a vibrational node." - salb918

by McFood on Aug 14, 2006 1:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Milton Make the grab an saves the game
by keeping the ball out of the bulk head
Every day is just a little worse than the previous, that means every day is the worst day of my life.

by shooting4life on Aug 14, 2006 1:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It seems like Seattle should be
the most travelled team.  After all there are no other MLB cities close by so they have to fly 1000 miles or so to play any away game.
Beware the Reverend's rancid carne asada!

by BruceBochte on Aug 14, 2006 12:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Or perhaps the Marlins
Miami to Seattle... quite a flight...
Proudly celebrating my 20th year as an A's fan.

by bzn5150 on Aug 15, 2006 6:30 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

links
Gunter Grass reveals SS service
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060812-022140-1411r

Gunter Grass, author of the anti-Nazi classic "The Tin Drum" and a longtime peace activist, has admitted serving in the Waffen SS as a teenager in Germany.

JJ Putz: second best closer in baseball?
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/story/2006/8/10/3010/10494

Things JJ Putz does better than Jon Papelbon:

-strike hitters out (34.1% - 27.7%)
-limit walks (4.3% - 4.7%)
-get groundballs (51.6% - 36.9%)
-avoid line drives (15.6% - 17.7%)

Things Jon Papelbon does better than JJ Putz:

-keep ball in yard (4.5% HR/FB - 4.8%)
-strand runners (95.4% LOB - 77.4%)
-get infield flies (20.0% - 2.4%)
-make balls in play fieldable (.220 BABIP - .297)

Three of Putz's four advantages are repeatable skills. All of Papelbon's are pretty much based on luck. JJ Putz: best non-Joe Nathan closer in baseball.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 14, 2006 2:11 PM PDT   0 recs

no, no, no ...
... Gunter only admitted to working as a short-order cook in the Nazis' IHOP knockoff, Der Waffel Haus.
You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 14, 2006 2:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

But how does he compare to Putz & Papelbon?
Food burns just as surely at 5 mph as it does at 65 mph.

by Poppy on Aug 14, 2006 2:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

since the SS is gone
being a member is not a repeatable skill.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 14, 2006 2:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, I dunno ...
... according to Joe Lieberman, anyone who voted for Ned Lamont is appeasing the equivalent.
You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 14, 2006 3:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I voted for Ned Beatty and...
Lamont Cranston, though he's just a shadow of his former self.
"the reason why hitting the ball on the "sweet spot" of the bat feels so good is that the ball is contacting at the bat at a vibrational node." - salb918

by McFood on Aug 14, 2006 3:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i agree with joe on this one
do you even know how many of lamont's supporters bought cell phones recently?  think about it.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 15, 2006 1:05 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i don't believe it
after all, to quote the simpsons: "no one who speaks German could be an evil man."
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 14, 2006 2:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

HA!
"the reason why hitting the ball on the "sweet spot" of the bat feels so good is that the ball is contacting at the bat at a vibrational node." - salb918

by McFood on Aug 14, 2006 3:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't have a link.
<sobs>
"I almost landed in some lady's lap, which was kinda fun.'' -- Swish