DLD 8/3: Whaaaa!

by eamb on Aug 3, 2006 11:56 AM PDT

Nod Apricot/OnTheDL. The Loiaza V Escobar matchup yesterday was well, frightening. But as someone valiantly pointed out in yesterdays GT, "we won this matchup earlier this month". True, but Juan "I found my power in this catalogue" Rivera touched him up for two solos, Vlad hit one out about as hard as I've ever seen a ball hit in person (thanks again Skwid!), and The Big Hurt won it for us off us Shields. The only thing alike about these two games was that K-Shields lost it for em' in the end. You know where the recaps are, so I'll point you to the home-team reaction to Payton's little tirade. "Last time we played here, he was showing off like he's the toughest guy on the field," Kelvim Escobar said of Payton. "I wasn't surprised at all with what he did today." We don't play these jokers again until late September, so we'll revisit the issue then.

M*A*S*H update. Crosby likely to the DL (Rouse likely to get the nod), Payton to get X-rays on his temper tantrum (possible Hiram or DJ to get recalled), Milton's temp back up & Sourkraut threw a bullpen session. source.

The only AL West contest today is TEX(54-54) V LAAOA(55-52). Millwood against The Good Weaver. Watch out for Vlad:

Veteran outfielder Vladimir Guerrero also will try to keep his impressive hitting streak against the Rangers alive. Guerrero has hit safely in all 42 games he has played versus Texas, batting .440 (73-for-166) with 14 homers, 33 RBIs and 35 runs.

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Man

Im tired of this crosby thing. Seriously He sucks this year

Lets go Oakland! Check out my blog:http://sportsrus33.blogspot.com/

by bballfanr33 on Aug 3, 2006 12:02 PM PDT reply actions

Personally

I boo him when he comes up at the Coliseum. It is that bad.

"YA-freaking-WHOOOOO!" ~ alaska A

by eamb on Aug 3, 2006 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Are you serious?

I hope not. One thing I like about A's fans is that they don't turn on their players when they're struggling.

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

by SportySpice @ Athletics Nation on Aug 3, 2006 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions

I reserve the right

to voice my extreme displeasure with one of our half-wits by stretching out the sounds of 'B' and 'UUUUU' together at any time I please.

Buuuuuuuu!

"YA-freaking-WHOOOOO!" ~ alaska A

by eamb on Aug 3, 2006 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Amen, Sporty

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

by ArakSOT on Aug 3, 2006 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

re

Amen to the amen. I'm proud that our home players almost never get booed.

by 31Boots on Aug 3, 2006 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions

as long as that doesn't apply to loaiza

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 3, 2006 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

we're just chanting BOO-iza

You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 3, 2006 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions

hmm

Interesting how after the fact, Payton is apologetic if anything, saying that he was caught up in the moment of possibly having a broken hand and he's sure Shields is a good guy and didn't mean it. and Escobar, who had NOTHING to do with the play jumps all over it and basically says Payton is an ass. Lovely.

"I never saw a hooligan I did like. They're like left-handed pitchers, they all have a screw loose somewhere." - The Asphalt Jungle

by drmmerchk on Aug 3, 2006 12:09 PM PDT reply actions

I don't know if anyone caught this yesterday

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ak_D1P4mHGbZmQK7l.q0Wm4RvLYF?slug=jp-compton080206&prov=yh oo&type=lgns

I think it's a good story about MLB trying to entice kids in this generation to become interested in playing baseball.

by Rickeyfan on Aug 3, 2006 12:18 PM PDT reply actions

My eyes! Somebody shield my eyes!

Paul Lukas, the uniform maven from Page 2 of the sports media octoconglomerate which must not be named, is seeking fan votes for the worst sports uniforms ever.

Among the nominees from the baseball division:

The Chicago White Sox look from the early 80, although the 1970's wide collar design seen here looks far more hideous to me.

The Padres from the same era, shown here as modeled by All-American fashion icon Steve Garvey, reminding us of those innocent days when out-of-wedlock kids counted as a scandal.

And the glory that was the Houston Astros of the disco era:

Extra bonus feature! Today's Astros-Padres game--now in progress--features a 1976 throwback promotion. To wit:

"I don't want to 'Wear It.' It doesn't match my shoes." --Jennifer

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 3, 2006 12:31 PM PDT reply actions

I actually love

all of those uniforms. I acutally really love the johnny-collar top on the White Sox uni--it looks comfortable!

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

by batgirl on Aug 3, 2006 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions

They actually wore...

...those tops with "sliding" short pants for selected games in either 1976 or 1977 if memory serves...

`I think every morning I wake up I'm a little dazed. For some reason, I'm used to hitting things with my head.' - Eric Byrnes - 6/25/05

by nodaclu on Aug 3, 2006 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Old uniform rocked...

I think those older uniforms had some style and flavor. Every team looks alike. By 2010, all teams will be wearing black or white with a tiny bit of color in the team insignia. I love the "turn-back-the-clock" uniform days. If there anywhere that lists what days these are going to be?

Live forever or die trying.

by oaklandpete on Aug 3, 2006 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions

man does freelance work too...

www.uniwatchblog.com is his site, but he does other papers as well.

"The hard... is what makes it great."

by Jjjsixsix on Aug 3, 2006 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions

I will forever rue the day

when the Padzillas decided to change their color scheme. I remember well when my older brother started pimping his Pads hat signed by Garvey. I remember the Murph in all its slopped out, concrete glory. New unis, new park, the ceaseless trends of time... GOD I had no idea that thirty would feel so old!

cough

So, you know. I like those uniforms. Beats the hell out of the current hack-job sleeveless tops that some teams wear. Eeew.

"Frank Thomas=misunderstood he-man" ~geogrman

by tankerraid on Aug 3, 2006 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions

One more thing for Larry Davis to worry about

Bees!

You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 3, 2006 12:48 PM PDT reply actions

The funniest part

is the quote at the end: "They don't like to be jostled."

Day to day

by oblique on Aug 3, 2006 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions

They don't say what she was driving...

perhaps, this?

50/50 Bar

by Ice Cream on Aug 3, 2006 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions

That story reminds me

of one of the scenes from this movie.

We hold these truths to be self-evident / We drink beer in bars and act irreverent - Lambchop

by andeux on Aug 3, 2006 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Silliphants in Oakland?

You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 3, 2006 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Mike Matheny is done for the season.

Mike Matheny, the Giants' four-time Gold Glove Award-winning catcher, will soon report back to his suburban St. Louis home for the remainder of the season and rest with his family.

Why? Part doctors' orders and part reality for the 12-year veteran. On June 2, he was placed on the 15-day disabled list for a concussion resulting from a hard foul tip during a May 31 game against Florida. Then, with symptoms of the concussion still present July 16, he was placed on the 60-day DL.

"I told you last week that we had gone to the University of Pittsburgh and done some testing on Mike Matheny as a follow-up, and test results show that he is still having concussion symptoms," Giants head trainer Stan Conte said to reporters Wednesday.

"Since the symptoms are still there, we've elected to continue to rest him for the rest of the season."

(Link)
There's a "glimmer of hope" that he can return next year.

Best wishes, Mike. :(

"Harden isn't dead. Hatte Jr. is batting 1.000. Chavy is fine. I'm not depressed." ~ Jennifer

by AsGirl on Aug 3, 2006 1:06 PM PDT reply actions

How did he sustain the

initial concussion? Play at the plate or hit by pitch?

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 3, 2006 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions

multiple repeat minor traumas

There wasn't one big hit, but an accumulation of little ones.

... in other words, he got Kendalled.

You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 3, 2006 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions

You'll all be sorry

when Jason Kendall hits a pennant clinching 3-run homer after walks to Mark Ellis and Antonio Perez.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 3, 2006 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Last night

I dreamed he hit that homerun.

by Athletica on Aug 3, 2006 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions

or Campbell Scotted?

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

by spal on Aug 3, 2006 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions

From the same link:

The Giants and Matheny believe that the concussion isn't just the result of the May 31 foul tip, but that it also stems from one two days before that had jolted him, along with numerous others incurred throughout his entire baseball-playing career.

"Harden isn't dead. Hatte Jr. is batting 1.000. Chavy is fine. I'm not depressed." ~ Jennifer

by AsGirl on Aug 3, 2006 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Poor Mike... :(

I like him.

He has to "report" to his home & family, though? I visualize him having to knock on the door, which Mrs. Mike answers, clipboard in hand... she checks Mike's name off a list, gives him a nametag...

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 3, 2006 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

It sounds like Mrs. Mike is Licking Girl.

by Jennifer on Aug 3, 2006 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions

She puts a frowny face...

...next to Joe Kennedy's name on the list.

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 3, 2006 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Ow. Poor Mike. :-(

That really sucks, I feel so bad for the guy. Probably one of the only good Giants on that roster 'cross the Bay. Damn. That's terrible.

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

by Kyli on Aug 3, 2006 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions

So I'm at work today...

...and one of our builders comes into my office with a box from the warehouse. It was a tiny little kitten, and he said there were more out there. Curled around a Polaris motorcycle, were two more baby kittens; couldn't have been born much before last night.

I put them all in a box and drove around for about fifty miles, all while on the phone with various SPCA's, trying to find somewhere to leave the kitties. Finally, I ended up in Santa Monica. The kitties were so quiet on the 405, I thought they had died, but they were just sleeping. I woke them up, patted them goodbye, and gave them to a nice man named George.

I usually blame AN for not getting work done in the mornings. Today, I blamed the kittens. Sheesh! What an ordeal!

It REALLY should be easier to drop off lost/stray animals!!!

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 3, 2006 1:21 PM PDT reply actions

That's so cute!!!

Awesome story.

by Squeaky on Aug 3, 2006 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions

aw, man

Why couldn't you have found them in time for the AN barbecue?!

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

by spal on Aug 3, 2006 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions

We could have had "skewers tricolore"

Puppy, kitten, and panda.

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 3, 2006 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions

You people are SICK.

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 3, 2006 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I resemble that remark.

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 3, 2006 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions

We would be...

...if the meat were sufficiently undercooked.

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

by spal on Aug 3, 2006 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Unless you used Unicorn horns for skewers

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

by ArakSOT on Aug 3, 2006 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions

And...

Unicorn horn is an aphrodisiac, so that could be ground to a fine powder, cut, and snorted after the meat's gone!

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

by spal on Aug 3, 2006 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions

That's a different kind of party..

altogether. Though something tells me that BB would be into it...

"Frank Thomas=misunderstood he-man" ~geogrman

by tankerraid on Aug 3, 2006 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I bet he'd bring Face-lick Girl with him.

"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 3, 2006 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Before you turned the Kitties in

You should have dresses them up in little A's uniforms, taken their picture, and won free tickets in the A's Dress Your Pet contest. A hamster won the contest on Sunday, and I'm sure he's nowhere as cute as those kitties.

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

by SportySpice @ Athletics Nation on Aug 3, 2006 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions

You shoulda called me to take them.

Or Alf.

"I've learned something today. It doesn't matter where we're from, as long as we're all the same religion" - Peter Griffin

by Philip Christy on Aug 3, 2006 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions

this is an urban myth

</McFood>

You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 3, 2006 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions

bwahaha!

{searches snopes.com}

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 3, 2006 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Saving kittens is such a tired act.

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 3, 2006 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Is it weaning over for these kittens?

You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 3, 2006 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 3, 2006 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Awwwwwwwww.

You should have left them on my porch!

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

by Kyli on Aug 3, 2006 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Wildly off topic

but it is an off-day.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2006/08/03/dirty_old_towns.html

"Even if you know the deck is stacked in your favor, you still have to have the discipline to trust the math and the cojones to go to the ATM." BB

by green star oakland on Aug 3, 2006 1:46 PM PDT reply actions

They're not gonna like this in Grass Valley

"I don't want to 'Wear It.' It doesn't match my shoes." --Jennifer

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 3, 2006 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

More OT:

What is wrong with this picture?

Hint, "I can't see nothing through these dang gone things!"

"YA-freaking-WHOOOOO!" ~ alaska A

by eamb on Aug 3, 2006 2:00 PM PDT reply actions

how 'bout the fact that he's president?

You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 3, 2006 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions

I can only hope

that the general pulled the old shoepolish on the eyepieces gag, in addition to the lens cap gag. Those wacky boys in green...

"I don't want to 'Wear It.' It doesn't match my shoes." --Jennifer

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 3, 2006 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions

They told him it was a ViewMaster.

He's trying to figure out where to put the little picture disc.

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 3, 2006 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions

nothing's wrong

There's a picture painted on the inside of the closed lens caps, allowing Bush to see what the soldier wants to show him, not what's actually going on.

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

by spal on Aug 3, 2006 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions

They make a model for Congressional use too!

"I don't want to 'Wear It.' It doesn't match my shoes." --Jennifer

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 3, 2006 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions

I think its the other way.

It allows the soldier to show Bush whatever he wants to see.

"Even if you know the deck is stacked in your favor, you still have to have the discipline to trust the math and the cojones to go to the ATM." BB

by green star oakland on Aug 3, 2006 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Potemkin Binoculars?

"Frank Thomas=misunderstood he-man" ~geogrman

by tankerraid on Aug 3, 2006 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions

"What is wrong with this picture?"

Uh... it violates community guideline #5?

--Nebraska--

ThePastime

by Ryan Armbrust on Aug 3, 2006 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions

I guess so

Comments that bring politics into AN (which is a non-political blog), e.g., "Bush/Clinton ruined this country by...," "Check out this link about the war in Iraq," etc.

Satire picture(s) of W Jr. fall under this guideline? If you say so. I certianly won't be upset if the comment is removed.

"YA-freaking-WHOOOOO!" ~ alaska A

by eamb on Aug 3, 2006 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

<paces around room>

Quickly posts link.

In other news, is someone going to open up a diary for an open thread on the LAAA/TEX game tonight? And if I do, am I going to be the only one in it?

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 3, 2006 2:33 PM PDT reply actions

Great read

Thanks for posting it.

"YA-freaking-WHOOOOO!" ~ alaska A

by eamb on Aug 3, 2006 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions

AWESOME!!

I felt like I was reading about myself! I vividly remember a time in college where I was so wrapped up in an Ohio State BCS game (I'm a native buckeye!) that my boyfriend got up and left. I dumped him soon after that. g

It's hard to find a guy that will talk with us about our obsession and still remember that we're female.

Awesome article!

by anomaly_kat on Aug 3, 2006 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Count me in!

In other news, is someone going to open up a diary for an open thread on the LAAA/TEX game tonight? And if I do, am I going to be the only one in it?

If it's televised up here, I'll join you!

by anomaly_kat on Aug 3, 2006 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions

BAH...not on TV up here

by anomaly_kat on Aug 3, 2006 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions

posting on other a's sites now?

i hope blez sends you a letter demanding that you pay half the bill.

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 3, 2006 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Didn't you know?

I'm really 'reztips' on OAFC.

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 3, 2006 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Nice article!

Did you pick the headline, or did they pick it for you?

"I don't want to 'Wear It.' It doesn't match my shoes." --Jennifer

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 3, 2006 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions

nice

I wish there were some ladies like you around here... No one puts up with my daily following of not just the A's, but baseball in general. Oh well.

--Nebraska--

ThePastime

by Ryan Armbrust on Aug 3, 2006 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, most people will allow me to demand

that we all sit near a TV with the baseball game on when we go out to eat or something, but the second I start talking about it to anyone, it's a chorus of, "Oh, Hunter, no one cares about what just happened", or, "It's so funny that you're so interested in that".

by hunter on Aug 3, 2006 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Great

Nice article! Very funny line about designating for assignment. Good job all around; VERY glad you posted it - no need to <blush>.

Nothing says fun like Premium Meat!

by lurkerD on Aug 3, 2006 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Very cool

great read BBG, you crack me up.

Bill Stoneman is about to be offered three seasons of a right-handed version of Vladimir Guerrero - Rev Halofan

by pickinmachine on Aug 3, 2006 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions

hey congrats!

Very entertaining article - I see a future for you in paid blogging!

by popcornjames on Aug 3, 2006 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions

holy crap!!!

you're famous!!!

by kvn on Aug 3, 2006 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Did you really

construct a model of the Eiffel Tower out of popsicle sticks?

by kvn on Aug 3, 2006 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Totally did.

It was my dad's idea. We bought the big bag of them at a crafts store, spraypainted them black, and then assembled. Well....I put glue on; he assembled.

Remember the projects where the parents made it such a contest that you doubt the kids had anything to do with it? ;)

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 3, 2006 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

In Cub Scouts

this was called "The Pinewood Derby." You make a race car out of a block of pine, which has to fit within certain weight and design constraints. The winning car typically looked like it was constructed by NASA, not by a kid.

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 3, 2006 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

WOW that Safeco pic is HOT!

Basballgirl is a babe! Shwing!

Seriously you think you have a hard time finding A's fans to date in L.A. try London. One time I was out on a date with my ex-girlfriend and I was checking the A's score on her mobile. She asked me what was I doing and I told her checking the score of the A's game, then she asked me what does the A stand for and I said Athletics then she recoiled and started laughing until tears came from here eyes and said so you are an Athletic supporter! (if you don't know they don't call people "fans" here in the UK they say what team do you support or are you an Arsenal supporter, etc..) That relationship did not last to make a long story short. So being an A's fan here is literally a joke. I does make me happy that there is at least one woman out there that maybe as crazy about the A's as I am. So if you are ever on this side of the pond......

In England all A's fans are "Athletic Supporters"

by Athletics Fan In London on Aug 3, 2006 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions

great read

I broke up with my boyfriend of 2+ years over the definition of a "hit" in baseball terminology. This was back in 1970 and my love a baseball was one of my not-so-strong points to him. We were watching the World Series and a player connected bat to ball but made an out. The annoucer said something about no runs, no hits. . . and the boyfriend commented that the player had hit the ball. I explained that in baseball terminology that did not constitute a hit. The discussion went downhill from there
:-)

Baseball is life. . . at least that is what my sweatshirt says.

by 0R0H0E on Aug 3, 2006 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Okay..

That was fantastic. I write on the side, and anytime you can work your undying loayalty to the A's into your work... superb.

Like Lazarus, the A's offense has awakened from the dead!!- Bill King

by Floridafan on Aug 3, 2006 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Awwww!

Great story! You're smart and funny BBG! There's someone out there for you!

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Aug 3, 2006 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions

that was a great article

Hi, I am closetasfan, and I am a NRAF, and an ANA

by closetasfan on Aug 3, 2006 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Holy crap.

What a great essay.

You're like my long-lost sister, only much much prettier.

(I'm not sure I can ever actually go on a date to a baseball game ever again, honestly...)

Marinerds - a different daily dose of baseblog.

by Deanna on Aug 4, 2006 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Chicago and the shorts, no comparison

seeing big franks big thighs must have instilled fear in opposing pitchers.

Frank Thomas is big.

by robber23 on Aug 3, 2006 2:55 PM PDT reply actions

oh my gosh

I hadn't even thought to imagine Frank in that get-up. Awesome!

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

by batgirl on Aug 3, 2006 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Great DLD BRO!!!!

While taint is everywhere and baseball is certainly no different, it's important that it be treated with open attention-Devo

by saint @ Athletics Nation on Aug 3, 2006 3:01 PM PDT reply actions

Aww shucks

"YA-freaking-WHOOOOO!" ~ alaska A

by eamb on Aug 3, 2006 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions

the red sox reported acquired javy lopez!

since varitek's on the DL.

from rotoworld

by gotgreen on Aug 3, 2006 3:14 PM PDT reply actions

LOL

The Onion...always a good read.

Gas to Chicago- $23.87 A's/White Sox Tix- $28 Watching the A's whipping the Sox in July 05'- Priceless

by WiscoFan on Aug 3, 2006 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Trade deadline re-cap

From The Onion.

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

by spal on Aug 3, 2006 3:43 PM PDT reply actions

Hahahaha!

I love that last one!

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Aug 3, 2006 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions

I love minor league promotions

The Newark Bears are having a "Britney Spears Baby Safety Night":

The event is named for the 24-year-old pop star who drew criticism when she was photographed with her baby son, Sean Preston, sitting on her lap as she drove, and later, in a car seat facing forward rather than facing backward, which some safety regulations say is best.

Fans attending Friday night's game will receive information on baby car seat safety and a chance to win a free car seat from the American Automobile Association.

Those who dress as a baby, bring a baby toy or bring their baby -- a child under the age of 4 -- get in free.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2538676

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 3, 2006 4:07 PM PDT reply actions

here's a good article about swish. from the

official site

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060803&content_id=1591503& ;vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat

by larrysgurl on Aug 3, 2006 5:27 PM PDT reply actions

some writers may want to create

an issue where there isn't any. For Payton's view check this out:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/08/03/SPGBBKADQP1.DTL
"I don't think Shields was necessarily throwing at me, but when you get hit in the hand and it feels like it's broken, you react," said Payton, who will get X-rayed today in Seattle. "I know he's a good guy. ... I wasn't going anywhere, I was just (mad). It looked probably worse than it was."

by OaklandSi on Aug 3, 2006 5:43 PM PDT reply actions

Glenn Dickey Busts Urban and A's players

from his most recent article

After the problems on the A's road trip, an online column appeared that said Bradley's time with the A's was nearing its end. This is the kind of journalism that sickens me. The writer was being used by some A's players who don't like Bradley, but the decision on Bradley will not be made by the players but by A's general manager Billy Beane, with whom the writer didn't speak. A phrase from the article "tired act" was written on a blackboard in the A's dressing room Sunday. Wonder how those players felt after Bradley hit a walkoff home run later that day and followed with a home run in the A's Monday night win over the Anaheim Angels?

It sounds like "tired act" was written prior to the game. Yikes. Maybe they're just trying to get MB angry b/c they know he plays better that way...yeah, that's it.

If you're not familiar with the article or the tidal wave it caused on AN, go here

I miss Bill King :(

by gojohn10 on Aug 3, 2006 6:59 PM PDT reply actions

ugh

First, I'm not even willing to go as far as to assume a player was using Urban to get the message across. Unless Dickey knows for a fact that certain players were doing just that, there's no reason to call them out. Secondly, "tired act" could have been written in response to Urban's piece...not to reinforce it. Reading some of Bradley's quotes and Urban's interview, I think it's possible that the reason players didn't respond to the article was because they didn't read it. And once Bradley (and maybe others) finally read it..."tired act" is written on the board. I just can't see Bradley keeping his mouth shut if he thinks certain players are going behind his back.

"I almost landed in some lady's lap, which was kinda fun.'' -- Swish

by Sharon on Aug 3, 2006 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I think it was all Urban

by OaklandSi on Aug 3, 2006 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions

The column?

"I almost landed in some lady's lap, which was kinda fun.'' -- Swish

by Sharon on Aug 3, 2006 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions

maybe

Tired act refered to Urban.

"We've never been in that position. We wouldn't know how to operate, I mean, do we get him a corsage?"-Beane on Big name free agents

by pbruins92 on Aug 3, 2006 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions

I think "tired act" was written...

...either by Milton himself as a show of "defiance" (for lack of a better word) toward the article, or jokingly by another player as a show of support -- such as the joke early in the season with Jeff Kent's trading card, or when Swish put a base in Milton's locker after MB missed 3rd base while running on Swish's shoulda-been double. I doubt anyone was trying to send a message of support (or cause for) Urban's article, or using Urban to send a message. Stupid piece by Dickey.

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 4, 2006 6:41 AM PDT up reply actions

the way I see it ...

... and I posted essentially this same idea in the original Urban diary, is that there are 4 options:

Urban was making it up out of whole cloth (which he vehemently denied in his interview w/Blez) [at fault: Urban]
The sentiments he attributed to some players are correct, but Urban violated their trust by printing them when they should have been considered "on background" [at fault: mostly Urban, somewhat players]
Sentiments true, expressed directly to Urban knowing they'd appear in print w/anonymous attribution [fault: players]
Sentiments unknowable/irrelevant, planted with Urban by front office [fault: front office, somewhat Urban]

If we take Mychael at his word, that rules out #1 and #4; Mychael was kind of dodgy in his interview w/Blez as to whether #2 or #3 obtains.

You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 4, 2006 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Dickey is a fool

Sounded to me like players went out of their way to point to "tired act" on the chalkboard, to the media, after MB's walkoff, with a sense of defiance. Something like pointing to the scoreboard with pride in the face of a trash talker who you just beat. Dickey--who as a blogger these days has little to no contact with players or management--is just badly misinterpreting what others wrote.

"I don't want to 'Wear It.' It doesn't match my shoes." --Jennifer

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 3, 2006 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Agree. Dickey has very little credibility.

50/50 Bar

by Ice Cream on Aug 4, 2006 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions

That's what I was thinking too

I was just assuming it would be too ridiculous to mention if Dicky saw that written only after the game. If that is the case then it must have been meant as a sarcastic remark. However, you guys are write, even if written before the game it could still be meant as a show of support for Milton

I miss Bill King :(

by gojohn10 on Aug 4, 2006 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Greg Maddux having a nice debut for the Dodgers

so nice, I can't even say how nice.

Of course, mother nature doesn't seem too impressed...

by calgbear on Aug 3, 2006 7:11 PM PDT reply actions

How long has the game

been delayed?

by Jennifer on Aug 3, 2006 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions

You want links? I'll give you links!

Rare clouds seen above Antarctica

World's first manned battery powered flight

Lakes found on saturn's moon Titan

"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 3, 2006 7:30 PM PDT reply actions

SF Chron's blog says Payton's

x-rays were negative...but they're still awaiting results of Crosby's MRI

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=21

by OaklandSi on Aug 3, 2006 7:34 PM PDT reply actions

Why does it take so long

for MRI results to come back??

by alamedagirl on Aug 3, 2006 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions

at least it takes long

for the media to find out about the results

by OaklandSi on Aug 3, 2006 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions

thanks for posting this,

I've been waiting all afternoon to find out if it was broken or not, now that it is negative he might only miss 3 or 4 games.

by china bob on Aug 3, 2006 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions

thank you

for posting i was wondering about his hand. did you see baseball girl article right below the jay payton article

by smasfan on Aug 3, 2006 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah, it was great

and deserves more attention, probably a diary of its own

by OaklandSi on Aug 3, 2006 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Dumb quote of the day:

Denny Hocking(Talking about the Dodgers' acquisition of Maddux): If he makes the same mistakes, baseballs will by flying out like airports.

I remember the time when I rode in an airport. Good times.

It's a shame that families get torn apart by something as simple as wild dogs. -Jack Handey

by JediLeroy on Aug 3, 2006 7:47 PM PDT reply actions

hatteberg

breaks up Maddux's no no in the seventh

what's gotten into this guy

Hi, I am closetasfan, and I am a NRAF, and an ANA

by closetasfan on Aug 3, 2006 7:55 PM PDT reply actions

oops nm

they had yanked Maddux after rain delay, so broke up Dodgers' no no

Hi, I am closetasfan, and I am a NRAF, and an ANA

by closetasfan on Aug 3, 2006 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions

playing in the NL will

do wonders for anyones batting average, not to mention playing in a hitters park. I guarantee you if he was still with the A's he would be hitting .250 with no power.

by china bob on Aug 3, 2006 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions

agree with you

he also is being platooned, so is well rested

by OaklandSi on Aug 3, 2006 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions

who are we supposed to root for in the

rangers angels series?

"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat

by larrysgurl on Aug 3, 2006 8:46 PM PDT reply actions

Extra innings

Lots of pitches thrown. Slumps begun. Hordes of walks followed by running into outs on the basepaths. Long, slow, painful, boring games that last at least 5 hours. I Don't care who wins though =).

"YA-freaking-WHOOOOO!" ~ alaska A

by eamb on Aug 3, 2006 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions

root against whoever is

closest to the A's in the standings

by OaklandSi on Aug 3, 2006 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Heavy showers...

meteor showers!

"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 3, 2006 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions