DLD 10/11/2007 Schuerholz quits!
by rfloh on Oct 11, 2007 8:46 AM PDT
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PrintSince I haven't seen this anywhere on AN, from Rosenthal:
The Braves have a major announcement scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET.
It's expected that longtime GM John Schuerholz is stepping down and being replaced by his assistant, Frank Wren.
Schuerholz took over as GM in 1990 and the team won 14 straight division titles before struggling the past two seasons.
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Serves him right...
....for ripping Beane off in the Hudson deal. Loser!
Maybe Beane should
throw money at him to be a Special Consultant. That would bring a different type of expertise to the A's.
Yeah, I know, will never happen.
I doubt he'd agree to it anyway
As far as I can tell, he actually means it when he says he's retiring. He's been in baseball for an awfully long time. I doubt there's a whole lot he still feels is left undone.
and beinfest
lol
well he did get jason bay and oliver perez from towers and the padres for brian giles.
That's isn't funny.
It is is?
I still think we should trade Closser
for Biggrighthanndedbatt.
I head that as
Biggrighthandedbutt. which would still be an even trade
Planning to take 880 thru Hayward today?
actually, 580 doesn't sound so good either
if the big rigs are being rerouted there. I've actually seen big rigs (illegally) on 580 before, and it's a scary sight because of how 580 is constructed in a number of places.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow
for Dane Cook.
you son of a bitch
I can't tell
if you're being sarcastic or serious...
</Poppy>
let him know in two years
Will it be on the Food Network?
(And will we find out who hurt Stig?)
speaking of Danes
"Dare to Danish" give lessons on how to say very stupid things in Danish (don't know if they've translated Dane Cook's work yet):
Those are hysterical!
After a short spring break, the Danish Lessons return with a phrase that's based on a true story. When a young woman I know was in a public pool, and another girl started touching her butt, she naturally questioned the action. The butt-toucher's reply turned out to be a perfect Danish Lesson.Write it so: Don't worry, it's just my hand.
How to say "Yes. And I liked it." in Danish?
YES!!! And I LIKED it!!!!
"He shoved my pig in front of a truck."
Doesn't everybody need to know how to say that?
Hmm.
I think there were some behind the counter area? I'm not sure though.
I do right across the street.
Jackass.
No, he's a son of a bitch.
Pay attention!
Sorry, saving up for FrankTV
(What an uninspired name for a show!)
I've been watching the playoffs mostly on mute because of baby, and I can only imagine how annoying Frank and Dane might be with the sound on.
hey sal
check out this awesome video if... stat nerds... talking about VORP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6yNc...
you son of a bitch
haha
you got frank rolled
Or sarcastically?
You've got a real problem with this, don't you, at least as far as Indian men are concerned?
did ahmedinejad tell you that?
Ever since the cricket team I played for DFA'd me
Because they called you a "wicket maiden"
and you thought it was a sarcastic slight instead of a literal cricket event?
I don't know cricket terminology.
Maybe I should gchat Julie...
That joke took some research
Another thing I learned: there's a pitch called the "chinaman." I wonder if they still use that.
Fun with glossaries
Howzat 1. interj. cry used by the fielding team to make an appeal to the umpire
It's more polite than "What the f---?!"
I'm sorry, I can't keep up. F*** who?
by The Dogfather on Oct 11, 2007 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
[boycotts urban outfitters even though...
...they have some bitchin' shoes I want.]
you son of a bitchin' shoe
About the weight they have shoved in them.
it's okay because now we know that
THERE'S ONLY ONE...OCTOBER!
schuerholz
why are all the top GMs suddenly stepping down?
but apparently paulthomas saw this coming....
Heh
Well, sort of. I thought he was retiring after next season.
AN is weird today.
Work?
They pissed me off this morning.
I'm on strike.
Oh, I knew exactly where the hole punch was, #u&% bitch.
[makes notes to visit mental health professional]
I've been up since 4:45.
So that's why I'm weird. Today.
Schuerholz is still staying on as team president.
by larrysgurl on Oct 11, 2007 10:19 AM PDT reply actions
news says he "retired" as GM
after 17 years that's understandable -- plus he's still in the Braves' organization.
That's pretty different from the Jocketty and Ryan situations.
This DLD should come with an R rating today
<screams "woo">
Boobies!
TTIUWP
so here we go - Breasts!
looks like sushi
yummmmmmm
by gigglingone on Oct 11, 2007 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
It's not gonna go down as easy.
Anything with breasts like that never does.
You mean with three of 'em?
Have you been hanging out with circus freaks again?
BEES?
[slightly hopes someone understands this]
Gah.
I almost do. I know it's in my head somewhere, but it keeps scrambling and I can't pin it down.
GOB's not on board
http://the-op.com/media/sound.php?ai...
DAMN!
Well, now, that's just weird.
Since I've never watched that show.
I say BEES?/BEADS a lot.
And you say it TO me, in person?
Because I seem to be having a "scene" memory connected to it, not just something I've read... LOL
Maybe you are reading my mind.
What am I thinking right now?
Did you just touch my brain's ass?
David Gassko at THT's
MVP picks.
He also has a spreadsheet with complete rankings using some formula with total runs above average at offense and defense. Under his formula, the highest ranked A's position player, just ahead of Mark Ellis, is:
Milton Bradley
(including San Diego of course)
Method is flawed
He needs to subtract off time on the DL.
It counts PT
Problem is the "above average" standard. An average hitter gets 0, whereas MB produced way more runs than average in his 60 games. Also, it's not very plausible that he saved 7 runs above average on D in just 60 games.
(I'm not saying he's the "MVP" among our players by any stretch)
I just like him, so....
I stopped reading
as soon as I saw that he had Granderson at 22 runs above A-Rod.
Any method that's even capable of producing such an absurd result is not worth wasting my time on.
this all sounds very familiar
the importance of defense, granderson over arod, david wright NL MVP...
You son of a bitch
So you didn't see ex-A Carlos Pena
finished 3rd?
by methodrampage on Oct 11, 2007 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. 77 comments and it's only 11:11 am.
It's a good day to be an off-season DLD.
Actually,
it's 1:12.
It's almost time to go home!
WOO!
you know I thought all the
boobies were going to push us into NC-17, but we are only
as of 1:55pm.
ass (14x)
bitch (5x)
bitches (2x)
punch (1x)
And it seems to be almost entirely due to mkt's signature.
It doesn't care about all the boobies?
Just me, apparently.
We're up to NC-17
fuck, that's a death sentence at the box office.
those goddamn bitches. ass punch bitches. boobs.
Been away from the DLD all day long
But someone needs to say it:
Shit fuck piss cunt cocksucker motherfucker tits. And tits doesn't even belong on the list.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 11, 2007 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Why would you post this as a comment?
Clearly it ought to be its own diary!
<(/comment police)>
by rubin sierra on Oct 11, 2007 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Whatever people!
You know what I mean!!!!!!!!!
mashed potatoes, sweet potato pie
by theblackpearl on Oct 11, 2007 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you okay?
You didn't eat any of that raw chicken, did you?
a video update
on Australian bug-eating
But wait! There's more!
"It is one of the lifestyle changes we can make," Mr Wakeham said.
"Changing our meat consumption habits is a small way to make an impact."
WOO!
Or their fast-food clown population
better to be safe than sorry... I guess
.
..after a locksmith opened the gate to the walled compound and police in riot gear rushed in and arrested the mother superior.
jairo garcia??
Wow.
Are the Marlins on crack? The guy has like a 9 K/9 ratio.
This is a huge pickup for the A's. They just got, at essentially zero cost, a serious candidate for the '09 rotation.
maybe they know something more about his health
otherwise, yes, they are on crack.
he seems kind of like jairo garcia, why do you see him in the rotation?
He's been a starter except for a Sep. ML callup.
According to his bref sponsor, he's "Mini Pedro"! He's the next Pedro!
okay, i'm also on crack
i didn't bother to check the games started category, i just assumed he was a reliever.
See
THIS is the kind of "taking chances on injured players" that makes sense. Not paying Randy Wolf $6 million to start 10 games. If he doesn't recover properly, and I'm sure they'll start him in AAA to make sure he's back to 100%, the A's are out a trivial pittance. If he does, suddenly he's a major asset.
If he was healthy,
I daresay he'd have been called up to Florida, given their struggles finding quality pitching this year.
But yeah, I wouldn't expect him to make a strong impact on next year's team given that he's going to miss the early part of the season.
Minor transactions
Per the sidebar (and mikeA's comment above), the A's claimed José Garcia off waivers from the Marlins. He's coming off of surgery, but has nice minor league numbers and is still young.
Also from Baseball America some players were released
Granted free agency: RHP Jermaine Van Buren
Most notable is Brad Sullivan, our first pick in the 2003 draft.
brad sullivan
worst a's draft pick since?
Since...2002 (aka, Moneyball Draft)
1st Rounders & Supp. 1st Rounders
Jeremy Brown
John McCurdy
Stephen Obenchain
Benjamin Fritz
by Colorado Fan on Oct 11, 2007 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey!
Jeremy Brown is a lifetime .300 hitter!
other than guys who were drafted
because we could pay them 15th round money.
You have to wonder
what that draft would have been like if the A's had used the money they spent on Jermaine Dye on it instead.
what's the diff
between being released and being granted free agency? Is it just because he's related to a dead president?
We should print this thread out on fancy paper
sign it, and mail it to John Schuerholz. I'm sure he'd be touched that the announcement of his retirement sparked this kind of conversation.
You sons of bitches.
four hours ago (see above)
I have to say
that he's completely and utterly wrong about hockey. There's so much luck in a 7-game hockey series, it's not even funny. It's a regular occurance for a 120-point hockey team (the equivalent of a 105-game winner in baseball) to lose to a 90-point team (the equivalent of about an 85-game winner). Hockey REALLY needs to move to a first-round bye format, as the current format is a total lottery.
i am working on my own "thesis" but this stands
out a little:
since the new MLB format in 1995, there have been 18 100-game winners (four 105+)- and only 1 has won the Series (1998 Yanks, 114 wins). Four have lost in the WS, five have lost in the LCS, and EIGHT have lost in the first round.
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