DLD 9/24/06 Crosby back for the ALCS?

by Masaryk on Sep 24, 2006 9:47 AM PDT

OK, so my first shot at the DLD. Sorry, no fancy grey boxes.....

First, "Crash" thinks he might be make if A's make it through the first round:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2600903

Second, Ray-Ray chimes in on "rotation" questions

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/09/24/SPGCULBQ231.DTL&type=as

Oh, Alex, just leave the "A's" out of your mouth. In case you missed this yesterday, Jenkins gives his opinion on Scoot, A-Rod, Manny, and Pavano.....I think we need to write in and ask that SFgate change the title of this commentary....Drumbeat? Unless you've banged drum in the bleachers, you haven't earned this title....

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

OK, let's finish this thing today....

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@#$^(*#$^er

YAY!!! I haven't even clicked any of the links yet, because I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited about today's game!!!!!! Who needs links when we have game time in 3 hours and 14 minutes?!?!?! WOO HOO!!!!!

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Sep 24, 2006 9:51 AM PDT reply actions

One more about pitching around Big Frank...

http://www.insidebayarea.com/athletics/ci_4389751

"hunting for fresh meat"

by Masaryk on Sep 24, 2006 9:55 AM PDT reply actions

Question...

Can someone provide more insight into FOX's stranglehold on Saturdays? I don't get why, or how, they can do it.

Asked where Zito's perfect fit would be, Hudson said, "Do they have a league on Mars?"
*Magic #: F.P. Santangelo!*

by JLaff on Sep 24, 2006 9:57 AM PDT reply actions

Lots and Lots of money

And next year it will be worse.

Fox will have the entire day of Saturday, TBS will have Sunday Morning/Early Afternoon and ESPN will have Sunday Evenings.

by Zonis on Sep 24, 2006 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions

So...

So our weekends will solely consist of Yankees, Red Sox, White Sox and Braves?

Thank you, Bud Selig.

Asked where Zito's perfect fit would be, Hudson said, "Do they have a league on Mars?"
*Magic #: F.P. Santangelo!*

by JLaff on Sep 24, 2006 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions

groan

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...and 2006...is getting down to it!

by ak_A on Sep 24, 2006 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions

I really want to see Theo the Boy Wonder

trade Manny, and make a fool out of himself.

Manny quit on the team? Jenkins coveniently omits the fact that the Rex Sox medical staff has confirmed that Manny does have patellar tendinitis; and like most cases of patellar tendinitis, the best solution is rest.

Maybe Jenkins should look at what Manny's OPS was during the Boston Massacre, and compare Manny's performance with that of, oh say, Bloody Sock.

On Sunday, Minaya ticked off a list of candidates to join the rotation, and for once this season, none of them was Jose Lima.

by rfloh on Sep 24, 2006 10:15 AM PDT reply actions

jenkins is an idiot

as was discussed at length in yesterday's DLD.

i believe manny only has two years left on his contract. anyone know how much money he is owed?
i wouldn't mind seeing him in the green and gold for a year or two...

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 Sep 24, 2006 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions

xbh

Stats aside, Manny isn't exactly ideal. He calls his own shots a little too much. He'd be a headache for sure.

That said, I'd take him in a heartbeat.

by RLangford on Sep 24, 2006 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions

he may be a headache

but it's something to think about, as he's asking the red sox for a trade yet again.

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 Sep 24, 2006 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions

crosby...

... do we WANT him to come back for the ALCS, especially if Scutaro at SS helps us GET to the ALCS? Maybe as a pinch hitter, but if we get there, Scooter's our guy unless he had a terrible series.

love, mike in canada

by oakland ehs on Sep 24, 2006 10:19 AM PDT reply actions

when/if healthy

crosby is faster and much better defensively.

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 Sep 24, 2006 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

One estimate is that Crosby

is about 30 runs better per one hundred games defensively. Too high, I'm guessing, but something to think about.

by RLangford on Sep 24, 2006 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions

when he's healthy, i'm sure the difference

is quite significant.

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 Sep 24, 2006 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions

We want to put someone who...

...hasn't played baseball in months, out on the field?

"Today, everyone did do what I wanted!!"~SportySpice

by baseballgirl on Sep 24, 2006 8:55 PM PDT reply actions

Speaking of the ALCS ...

It looks like ALDS tickets are being sold on a game by game basis (you don't have to buy a strip for the whole series). Does anyone know if this same procedure will hold for the ALCS? Thanks, I appreciate it.

by Bleeding the Green and Gold on Sep 24, 2006 10:39 PM PDT reply actions