DLD 10-31-7 Happy Halloween ...NOT!
by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 11:08 AM PDT
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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.
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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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... :(
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 10:58 AM PDT reply actions 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.
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone ever post
the Prospectus Q&A with Curt Young (free content) that BP put up over the weekend?
by andeux on Oct 31, 2007 11:02 AM PDT reply actions 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.
by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just got back from lunch...
I hear Christmas music on the radio while I was driving around.
Christmas music.
On Halloween.
by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 11:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
damn you
by andeux on Oct 31, 2007 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Santa Claus is among the undead
At least the mall santa is
by oaklandSMASH on Nov 1, 2007 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is Santa #4...
declaring Santa #3 to be his bitch by holding mistletoe over his head?
by Poppy on Nov 1, 2007 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just figuring out
by oaklandSMASH on Nov 2, 2007 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why?
Why?
by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
bah humbug
by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 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)
by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck you.
by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he's waving.
by Ozzz on Oct 31, 2007 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Making Christmas..
It's ours this time!
by oblique on Oct 31, 2007 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 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.
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 11:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is too cute
by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 11:37 AM PDT reply actions 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.
by Amnesiac727 on Oct 31, 2007 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're right, it IS too cute
strike
by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meanie!
by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too cute?
by Englishmajor on Oct 31, 2007 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 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?
by andeux on Oct 31, 2007 11:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ArakSOT said:
A million dollars worth of Tacos. I'm speechless.
That's how the Angels pay Bartolo Colon.
by Ozzz on Oct 31, 2007 11:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Happy Halloween
from the world's fastest racehorse, Dogbiscuit
by batgirl on Oct 31, 2007 12:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How cute!
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 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.
by batgirl on Oct 31, 2007 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You need to borrow a monkey for a jockey!
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great name--why do CA'ns call them "cookies?"
The treats, not the canines, Poppy/McFood.
by The Dogfather on Oct 31, 2007 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We call what "cookies"?
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't call them "cookies".
I don't call them "dogbuscuits", either, though... ;)
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. You say "stuffing."
by The Dogfather on Oct 31, 2007 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, also
about 20 minutes before work I decided to jump on the Halloween treezy and go as our favorite 1B/OF:
by batgirl on Oct 31, 2007 12:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, otherwise she's a dead ringer... ;)
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm feeling strangely attracted
to Nick Swisher right now.
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 31, 2007 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The costume isn't complete
unless you also drank half a bottle of vodka before going to work.
by andeux on Oct 31, 2007 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 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 reply actions 0 recs
can I get that again in English?
by batgirl on Oct 31, 2007 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Was a donkey there, too?
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 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.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 31, 2007 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 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.
by batgirl on Oct 31, 2007 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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.
by DMOAS on Oct 31, 2007 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No,
I don't understand that banter at all.
by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bally Jerry...pranged his kite..
right in the how's-your-father...
by Nick on Oct 31, 2007 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I understand....
by Jennifer on Oct 31, 2007 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 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.
by The Dogfather on Oct 31, 2007 12:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is that really the plural?
I love that.
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 31, 2007 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 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.
by Nick on Oct 31, 2007 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I think it's derived from the Geek.
But I defer, regardless. I can't declend my grammar.
by The Dogfather on Nov 1, 2007 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Homecoming queen goes down for the football ...
...team. (first video clip)
This is news?
by The Dogfather on Oct 31, 2007 12:47 PM PDT reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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?
by gigglingone on Oct 31, 2007 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 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?
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
2 Cows, 2 Goats in car in South Africa
Anybody heard from Nico today?
by The Dogfather on Oct 31, 2007 1:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
the Siege has begun...
by ArakSOT on Oct 31, 2007 2:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
got boiling oil?
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 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.
by doctorK on Oct 31, 2007 3:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Here you go...
3.7 aftershock near Alum Rock.
I'm at work in RC, 3rd floor. Didn't feel it.
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I felt it here in PA.
Not many others did though.
by oblique on Oct 31, 2007 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bet I know someone there
who was concentrating too hard to feel it... LOL
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
God is trying to
foul up the EIS for Lew.
by mikeA on Oct 31, 2007 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 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
"No, not at all," Cullen said in a statement released by the team. "It's in the past.
Kitna and his wife wore the costumes to a teammate's charity party Monday in suburban Detroit, where the prize for the best outfit was a car.
"All I was trying to do was wear a costume that people would have fun with," Kitna said. "I wasn't trying to demean Joe. If he hadn't come so far, I would not ever have done it. He's very confident of who he is and is very peaceful about what's happened in the past.
"When we talked yesterday, the first question out of his mouth was, 'Did you win?' He seemed to not have a problem with it."
Now if the coach isn't upset, why the hell does anyone in the media have anything to say., unless Kitna was really naked.
by theblackpearl on Oct 31, 2007 4:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How the hell do you "dress up as a naked man"?
Unless it was his wife that strapped on a, uh, costume...
by Poppy on Oct 31, 2007 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was going to ask
that same question, but this link provides the answer. The whistle is a nice touch.
by andeux on Oct 31, 2007 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice man-boobies on Kitna there
by doctorK on Oct 31, 2007 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
made it to seattle but missed
connection to alaska by mere seconds. Fortunately got a seat for evening flight....I hope the cat will make it an incident free evening.
by ak_A on Oct 31, 2007 4:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We used to have a neighbor who was a dentist
So of course he gave out mini toothbrushes, floss, and sample-size toothpaste in a little package that exhorted the kids to rush home and use these immediately after eating any candy. They also lived up a steep hill from us. When trick-or-treaters would come to our house first, we would tell them not to bother going up the hill. If they came to our house after, they were usually really pissed off, but relieved to see that we actually had candy.
by Englishmajor on Oct 31, 2007 5:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Are you still reading?
I got the package! Thanks!
by salb918 on Oct 31, 2007 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw your earlier message
and I'm glad to know they weren't too small already! Baby clothes are notoriously undersized. Of course the first kid always gets all the cute outfits; by #2 you've realized it's a lot simpler to put the kid in a disposable diaper and hose him or her off every hour or so.
by Englishmajor on Nov 1, 2007 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
huh
I didn't even think to add "Taking the kids trick-or-treating" to the poll
by ArakSOT on Nov 1, 2007 9:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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