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DLD 10-31-7 Happy Halloween ...NOT!

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From Baseball Prospectus

According to Will Carroll, Torre, Mattingly and hitting coach Kevin Long to the Dodgers is a done deal. Oddly, he says this happened Monday, although no one else is reporting it.

Grady Little was fired mostly for not being Joe Torre.

Yeah, but did Grady get more than a three-minute phone call?

Nate Silver checks in with "A-Rod Survivor". Oakland is #26 down the list in the "Gravel/Tancredo Memorial No-Shot-In-Bloody-Hell Division."

I'm sure that Billy Beane has entertained the thought, but Eric Chavez blocks him, ownership won't pay for him, and there's no long-term gameplan associated with him.

Star-divide

From ESPN

Baseball suspends Cameron 25 games for failed test

The test he failed was for a banned stimulant, not steroids. Or, in other words,

Cameron, who plans to file for free agency, said he believes he took a tainted supplement.

If MLB ever decides to ban tainted supplements, a lot of players are in for big trouble.

In better news, Schilling does not list Oakland as one of the teams he'd considered playing for next year. Whew.


From The Hardball Times

Brian Borawskil talks about Lew's comments, but the discussion was much more thorough here on AN, so I'm adding it simply because it's an A's-related link. Also, he thinks Taco Bell cashed in on their free Taco deal:

Estimates put the advertising purchase at $5.6 million, and it's estimated that the cost of the tacos given away will be less than $1 million. So for the cool price of less than $7 million, Taco Bell not only is getting people into their stores, but they also got a ton of face time and exposure for their efforts.

A million dollars worth of Tacos. I'm speechless.


From Elsewhere

Dogs shoot man on hunting trip

Army tests James Bond style tank that is 'invisible'

2 Cows, 2 Goats in Car in South Africa


See if you can't find something more worthwhile.

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Tonight, I'll be
Passing out treats to the kiddies
21 votes
Hiding in the dark from children
23 votes
Partying! Hooooooo!
9 votes

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I *want* to hide in the dark from children,

but I'll be passing out treats at my mom's house because it's too hard for her to get to the door quickly... and my sister, who usually does the treat-passing (because she likes it) will be visiting her cat in the veterinary ICU...  :(

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 10:58 AM PDT   0 recs

LOL

Tomorrow morning is also recycling pickup on my mom's street... I have to stay there until there aren't any more rugrats scrounging the neighborhood, so I can put the recycling bins at the curb without having to worry that it'll all be dumped on Mom's porch.  Which it might be, anyway.

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 11:08 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Did anyone ever post

the Prospectus Q&A with Curt Young (free content) that BP put up over the weekend?

Maybe the dark is from your eyes.

by andeux on Oct 31, 2007 11:02 AM PDT   0 recs

most worthwhile link so far

DL: Of the pitchers on your staff, who has made the greatest strides this year?

CY: I almost have to say Joe Blanton.

"The Athletics at Fremont" is heinous

by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 12:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I just got back from lunch...

I hear Christmas music on the radio while I was driving around.

Christmas music.

On Halloween.

"That doesn't happen in Spiderman."

by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 11:08 AM PDT   0 recs

damn you
Maybe the dark is from your eyes.

by andeux on Oct 31, 2007 11:11 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Santa Claus is among the undead

At least the mall santa is

Green Hulk Fists

by oaklandSMASH on Nov 1, 2007 8:51 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Is Santa #4...

declaring Santa #3 to be his bitch by holding mistletoe over his head?

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Nov 1, 2007 8:58 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Just figuring out
who sits on who's lap and who gets the presents
Green Hulk Fists

by oaklandSMASH on Nov 2, 2007 9:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Spooky.
Maybe the dark is from your eyes.

by andeux on Oct 31, 2007 11:10 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Why?

Why?

"That doesn't happen in Spiderman."

by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 11:10 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

bah humbug
"The Athletics at Fremont" is heinous

by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 11:13 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We picked names out of a hat

yesterday at work for our Christmas party. I continue to be in the stupid drawing every year because I want to seem normal.

(Why? Why? = hear should be heard, btw)

"That doesn't happen in Spiderman."

by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 11:18 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 11:16 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Fuck you.
"That doesn't happen in Spiderman."

by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 11:18 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

But...

he's waving...

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 11:35 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

But he's waving.
We should play Jack Cust at shortstop for a week, just so we can feel good about Crosby again.

by Ozzz on Oct 31, 2007 11:37 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Making Christmas..

It's ours this time!

"Female ass are strange creatures. They come and go as they please." -- Sigourney Weaver

by oblique on Oct 31, 2007 11:48 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What's the strangest treat you ever got?

When Poppy Jr. was little, there was one house on our block that gave him something that made a loud *<thunk>* as it was dropped into his bucket.  I thought, A rock?  Turned out to be a can of Pepsi.  That, of course, made me think of SNL's Coneheads giving scrambled eggs & cans of beer to trick-or-treaters.

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 11:14 AM PDT   0 recs

This is too cute

"That doesn't happen in Spiderman."

by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 11:37 AM PDT   0 recs

"Mommy's the one that got the costumes"

"if you're gonna get mad, get mad at her"

Atta Boy!! Way to throw the misses under the bus.

DiNardo: Hey Kurt, do you eat babies? Suzuki: Yes.

by Amnesiac727 on Oct 31, 2007 11:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

you're right, it IS too cute

strike

"The Athletics at Fremont" is heinous

by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 12:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Meanie!
"That doesn't happen in Spiderman."

by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 12:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Too cute?

Pitchers and catchers report February 9, 2008! (tentative)

by Englishmajor on Oct 31, 2007 5:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Speaking of "Spooky"

what song would people expect this url to be about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooky_(song)

Is this a generational thing, or just a wikipedia quirk?

Maybe the dark is from your eyes.

by andeux on Oct 31, 2007 11:38 AM PDT   0 recs

ArakSOT said:

A million dollars worth of Tacos. I'm speechless.

That's how the Angels pay Bartolo Colon.

We should play Jack Cust at shortstop for a week, just so we can feel good about Crosby again.

by Ozzz on Oct 31, 2007 11:38 AM PDT   0 recs

Happy Halloween

from the world's fastest racehorse, Dogbiscuit

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

by batgirl on Oct 31, 2007 12:10 PM PDT   0 recs

Awwww
Kettlecorn! Swishercorn!

by TurnTwo on Oct 31, 2007 12:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How cute!
Is that your baby?
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 12:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yep, that's Bronte

We went to a fundraising costume contest this weekend so I needed a costume for her. After she had her toenail removed, her foot was bandaged in that purple tape and she looked like a horse, so I got the idea from that.  

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

by batgirl on Oct 31, 2007 1:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You need to borrow a monkey for a jockey!
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 1:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Great name--why do CA'ns call them "cookies?"

The treats, not the canines, Poppy/McFood.  

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Oct 31, 2007 1:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We call what "cookies"?
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 1:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't call them "cookies".

I don't call them "dogbuscuits", either, though...  ;)

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 1:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah. You say "stuffing."
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Oct 31, 2007 3:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oh, also

about 20 minutes before work I decided to jump on the Halloween treezy and go as our favorite 1B/OF:

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

by batgirl on Oct 31, 2007 12:13 PM PDT   0 recs

Yeah, otherwise she's a dead ringer... ;)
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 12:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm feeling strangely attracted

to Nick Swisher right now.

Able was I ere I saw Elba.

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 31, 2007 1:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The costume isn't complete

unless you also drank half a bottle of vodka before going to work.

Maybe the dark is from your eyes.

by andeux on Oct 31, 2007 1:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I just got aces cracked in a sit an go

Donkey called me with 39 suited, hit a flush on the turn, online poker rules.

by jahs34 on Oct 31, 2007 12:16 PM PDT   0 recs

can I get that again in English?
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Oct 31, 2007 12:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That was an amazing sentence

in terms of concentrated jargon.

Let's see:

He was playing an unscheduled Texas Hold-Em poker tournament which started as soon as it filled up with enough players (known as a sit-and-go, because as soon as enough people "sit," the tournament "goes"). Hold-Em is a poker game in which each player starts with two cards, and uses those along with 5 community cards to make a poker hand.

Jahs started with two aces (the best starting hand in this game). His opponent started with a 3 and a 9, which is a horrible starting hand, of the same suit. However, on the fourth community card, his opponent made a flush with three community cards and the two cards he started with. As a result, he got extremely lucky and won after making a terrible decision to bet. This provoked a howl of rage and frustration from jahs, a not uncommon reaction in these cases.

by PaulThomas on Oct 31, 2007 12:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Was a donkey there, too?
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 12:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

so the guy with the 3 and 9

is like a wild-card winning the World Series?

Paul, at the risk of sounding, actually not sure what this sounds like, is there any topic that you can't keep up with?

I'm envious.

"Baseball- like movies, newspapers, and magazines- has fallen into the hands of rich, vulgar people who neither love or understand it." - Hal Crowther

by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 31, 2007 12:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes
See: Cameron thread.

by PaulThomas on Oct 31, 2007 1:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 1:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

so he was mad?

Because I read it as a happy exclamation, "online poker rules!" not just online poker rules.  So basically, I didn't understand any of it, even the part I thought I got.

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

by batgirl on Oct 31, 2007 1:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The last part was sarcastic

As in, isn't it wonderful that I can lose to this idiot?

by PaulThomas on Oct 31, 2007 1:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Well now, that's not entirely fair

Without knowing the raises/calls, you really can't know whether it was bad or not.

In search of a new signature. Say something funny and you may see your comment here!

by DMOAS on Oct 31, 2007 4:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No,

I don't understand that banter at all.

"The Athletics at Fremont" is heinous

by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 12:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Bally Jerry...pranged his kite..

right in the how's-your-father...

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 31, 2007 4:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think I understand....
"That doesn't happen in Spiderman."

by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 12:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I didn't RTFA in HBT, but the major reason ...

... to give away tacos is not to do it inexpensively, but to generate lots of sales of their other global warming crap when the doofae come in for their "free" fleecing.  

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Oct 31, 2007 12:38 PM PDT   0 recs

Is that really the plural?

I love that.

Able was I ere I saw Elba.

by Leopold Bloom on Oct 31, 2007 1:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No, it would probably be

doofi (if 2nd declension), doofites (if 3rd), or doofus (with a long "u" at the end, if 4th declension).

Or, if it's actually derived from Greek, it could be doofoi.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 31, 2007 4:47 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Actually, I think it's derived from the Geek.

But I defer, regardless.  I can't declend my grammar.    

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Nov 1, 2007 10:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Homecoming queen goes down for the football ...

...team.  (first video clip)

This is news?  

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Oct 31, 2007 12:47 PM PDT   0 recs

They showed this on our local news last night

and the best part was that they replayed it like 5 times during  the segment, including slow-mo. I went and grabbed the Mrs. to show her and she wanted me to rewind it-I just said, dont worry.

I think the guys setting up the video had to be laughing  as hard as the rest of us while getting it ready.

by 5Aces on Oct 31, 2007 12:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The best part, is none of the football team

stopped to help her up, they just stepped over her.

by theblackpearl on Oct 31, 2007 1:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

wow

Is she related to Bobby Crosby?? Getting trampled by the football team and in a car accident all in the same week?

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Oct 31, 2007 12:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That was a weird video to watch without sound.

Here's the cheerleader getting trampled, over and over and over... how awful, I sure hope she's okay... oh, okay, that's probably her that they're talking to now.  There's a guy pushing a blocking sled?  Who the hell is he?  Ooh, a tiara.  Hey, there's a mangled car.  WTF?

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 1:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

2 Cows, 2 Goats in car in South Africa

Anybody heard from Nico today?  

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Oct 31, 2007 1:06 PM PDT   0 recs

the Siege has begun...
"The Athletics at Fremont" is heinous

by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 2:38 PM PDT   0 recs

got boiling oil?
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 3:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Just felt another earthquake

I'm in Santa Clara. I heard what sounded like a boom, then a couple of quick shakes, then my heart pounding. The building I work in is on springs (it houses a wafer fab), so a really big 'quake would probably make for quite a ride.

"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick, 10/7/07

by doctorK on Oct 31, 2007 3:59 PM PDT   0 recs

Here you go...

3.7 aftershock near Alum Rock.

I'm at work in RC, 3rd floor.  Didn't feel it.

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 4:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I felt it here in PA.

Not many others did though.

"Female ass are strange creatures. They come and go as they please." -- Sigourney Weaver

by oblique on Oct 31, 2007 4:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I bet I know someone there

who was concentrating too hard to feel it...  LOL

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 4:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Reason number 340583482393499, I hate the media

Kitna's costume poking fun at assistant coach causes furor

Detroit Lions quarterback Jon Kitna and his wife dressed up as a naked man and a fast-food drive-through attendant at a teammate's Halloween party, depicting an embarrassing moment for one of the team's assistant coaches.

Now Kitna is getting some flak on local TV and in a newspaper column. Kitna said he was just trying to have fun, but regrets the scrutiny the costumes created

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