DLD 11-1: Bunny Rabbit
by sslinger on Nov 1, 2007 10:05 AM PDT
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PrintWell, it may not have been the first thing I said today, but they're the first words I've typed. Still a lucky month? Should I by into the Marin House raffle?
I don't have much, but we can listen to Lew this morning to see if he has anything new to say.
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The 2007 Internet Baseball Awards
the internet seems pretty smart:
2007 IBA AL MVP
- Alex Rodriguez
- Magglio Ordonez
- David Ortiz
- Jorge Posada
- Vladimir Guerrero
- Curtis Granderson
- Carlos Pena
- C.C. Sabathia
- Victor Martinez
- Ichiro Suzuki
top-placed A was Danny for Cy at #7
Do you think Milton will send Billy breakfast.
Former Warriors center Adonal Foyle arranged for a catered breakfast for Golden State's front-office employees Tuesday, as a way of thanking them for their help during Foyle's 10 years with the team.
For you non basketball fans, Adonal Foyle is like Jason Kendall, made a ton of money but was useless in the game. The Warriors bought him out, and he signed with, I think the Orlando Magic.
That analogy would work if...
Jason Kendall was acclaimed as one of the most intelligent, articulate, and genuinely decent people in the whole league, someone whose life interest clearly ranged outside of his sport into making the world a better place, and stayed classy throughout his entire tenure with his team, even accepting a buyout that cost him money so that he would have a chance to play more regularly on a team that wanted more from him.
In which case, then yeah, Kendall is like Adonal Foyle (whom I think of as being more akin to Roberto Clemente, sans the Hall of Fame talent and career, and thankfully, premature death.)
so once again it's all about class?
I am not looking altruistically, I am just
by theblackpearl on Nov 1, 2007 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
That's fine,
however, your link was to a classy (yep) move made by Adonal to some front-office employees. Which had nothing to do with his salary or his skills as a ballplayer. Instead, it points to how decent a person he is. So contextually speaking, I felt your context needed a little more...uh, context. :)
Come to think of it...
most of us probably couldn't afford to arrange a catered breakfast for a professional sports team's front office.
Unless ramen counts as catering. So I guess it does have a little to do with Adonal's salary. Although as far as purchases go, it's more heartwarming to hear about than a fully loaded Escalade.
Wow, and all I really wanted was a Milton Bradley
joke.
by theblackpearl on Nov 1, 2007 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
You bring up the Foyle...
...and you get nothing but complete sentences with subordinate clauses and complex structures, buddy.
You bring up the larger issue too
of the theoretical ramen-catered event. Would the people catered-to in such a manner feel grateful for sustenance or insulted at the lack of thought/money/effort put into such a catering?
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Well annotated
Foyle is an impressive fellow for his worldliness and intellect by any standard, and by the standards of pro athletes he seems literally unique. I'm sad his strong character and example has left the Bay Area sports scene (though maybe not so much about his hoops production).
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Nov 1, 2007 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Japan Series ends with a two-pitcher perfecto
The starter had thrown a perfect game through eight innings on 86 pitches and was (inexplicably) lifted in the ninth for the team's closer. The closer pitches a perfect ninth. First perfecto of any sort in Japan Series history, and first championship for the Chunichi Dragons in 53 years.
As a side note, the final score was 1-0 and the only run scored on a single-double-sac fly combo. That must have been one hell of a game...
That entire series of articles
should be required reading for any baseball fan. Absolutely classic stuff. Posnanski is probably the best writer qua writer in today's game.
Kind of depressing that he has to write about the Royals.
If you win the house
can you afford the tax bill ? It'll likely be $400-$500K ...
by green star oakland on Nov 1, 2007 10:22 AM PDT reply actions
a detectable period table covering many drugs
from will caroll:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/un...
BOOOO!!! Indeed!
by kaweahkaweah on Nov 1, 2007 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Triple Boo!
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
so does he get fired next year
after the giants have the worst offense in this millennium?
I think
That the Giants have a good shot at getting A-Rod in which case their offense would get a boost.
In hearing some analysis from people close to A-rod it sounds like his wife doesn't want him in a media hub like LA or NYC. If thats the case then that really only leaves Chicago or SF as cities that will pay him that aren't in the "limelight"
Plus the Giants would be letting one home run king go to have the next fill the void and break the record in 5 years or so. Seems to fit..
by GusanoQuemador on Nov 1, 2007 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
yes...
but he also wants to win, hence his exit from Texas.
Well thats certainly an issue
by GusanoQuemador on Nov 1, 2007 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you seen the projections for their lineup?
Here's a disturbing hint: Lance Niekro is projected to have the second-highest OPS in the Giants' system next year.
Adding A-Rod would transform their offense from "historically execrable" to merely "horrible," but it would not make them competitive. There's literally no possibility of the Giants fielding a competitive roster before 2010.
Yes they are
Nate Silver says they need at least 5 high-end free agent signings to be a contender. He goes on to say that if the Gnats want to do the ol' pitching and defense schtick, they will need to turn their team FRAA from +7 to +70 next season. This must be why they are talking about a two-year extension for Omar Vizquel and are still interested in keeping Happy Peter and his lifetime .288 OBP. Silver did go on to say that the Gnats might go after A-Rod just to prove that they are trying to win. Sabean may be stupid enough to do just that.
BTW, the Gnats were 14th in the NL in OBP last season at .322. Without Bonds, their OBP was .306 which would be last in the majors by a good margin.
If he wanted to win so badly, he wouldn't have
left NY, it is all about the money. No other team with the money, are contenders, except LAA.
by theblackpearl on Nov 1, 2007 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Who cares...
We gots Ty Van Burkleo, suggesting just how far someone with a career .132 BA can ascend in the coaching ranks.
by franks a lot on Nov 1, 2007 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
If you want to put together an AN group ...
... I'm in for ten bucks.
We can sell the house and divide proceeds proportionately.
Can I have $10?
by kaweahkaweah on Nov 1, 2007 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
No, but howsabout some candy?
And a slightly used jack-o-lantern?
by The Dogfather on Nov 1, 2007 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Bunny Rabbit???
Here's my daughter's:
by LawDaddy on Nov 1, 2007 10:45 AM PDT reply actions
It's...
the tether he gnawed through in order to attack! Run away!
Where?
Behind the rabbit?!
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
So, how do you feel about THAT bunny, Leo?
by The Dogfather on Nov 1, 2007 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
It's kinda purty
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
...he said, as batgirl runs for the exit.
by The Dogfather on Nov 1, 2007 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm
good point. I must learn to practice a more controlled version of self-censorship, though BG does seem to have a "bunny rabbit" quality to her...
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm gonna go Wikipedia "bunny rabbit"
and if it's dirty, I am so going to go CGV on your ass!
My favorite part
of the Wikipedia entry:
"Bunny Rabbit, like most rabbits, never spoke."
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Friday nights at Leo's
by The Dogfather on Nov 1, 2007 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
He's gonna need a Tide-To-Go pen.
those are,
all weird sexual innuendo aside, those are very cute.
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, that's no ordinary rabbit.
That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!
You silly git
I nearly wet my armor!
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
She "walks" the rabbit.
The rabbit is named Houdini because it magically appeared on my lawn a few years ago. My daughter went all over the neighborhood trying to find its home to no avail. She's had it ever since.
by LawDaddy on Nov 1, 2007 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Scott Boros
Someone posed this idea, and it interested me enough to try and get the AN perspective. What if a Boros client like Andruw Jones signs a big deal with Texas this offseason. The extra money to offer the winning bid comes from all the money they got back when A-Rod (at Boros' advice) opted out of his Yankees contract. Anyone think that there is any chance that Boros has already had some talks with the Texas folks about some of his clients and maybe tried to get a better deal since he did get them some extra cash?
At any rate, sure will be interesting to see if the Yankees make a fuss if the Rangers do overpay for a Boros client this offseason.
Boras
Boras doesn't do "Deals". He gits fools hella money.
by Colorado Fan on Nov 1, 2007 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Lew's interview is done.
Can't really say I heard anything new, but he did take some heat from callers. Pretty evasive when it came to objections regarding traffic, basically falling back on the old "wait until you see the full plan" line.
Y'know...
I know it's totally unrealistic, but I sometimes wish planning-type people wouldn't reveal anything about a plan until they have nearly all of it in place (or are on the verge of requesting specific approvals for specifically what they want). Over a year ago, we were invited to get excited about what the ballpark village itself would be like, and too much else has just been "magic" ever since.
How will we get there? Magic!
Where will we park, if we drive? Somewhere Magical!
Can there be a shuttle or light rail from the nearest BART? There can be Magic!
I plan to tunnel under it
and watch the games for free just below the right field foul pole.
by kaweahkaweah on Nov 1, 2007 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Inglewood Jack!
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
And you will know
my name is the lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee!
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
With stations based in...
Disneyland's Tomorrowland and Seattle's 1962 World's Fair.
by franks a lot on Nov 1, 2007 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, you at least LIKE They Might Be Giants,
don't you?
But I thought you hearted Olive...
Yeah,
but she doesn't sing all of the song. I just hear that one part over and over.
HMMMMMM...
Do you suppose that hearing the whole song would kill the worm?
And while I'm thinking about magic...
Can I just introduce you to my best friend?
I just sloshed cocoa-laced coffee onto a brand new pair of beige pants. And thanks to my quick action with the little savior from Tide, there is no stain.
{waits for endorsement check to arrive}
Goddamnit!
Now that I no longer work at that #$&^%#@ radio station, they have Lew Wolff in the studio?
Floating ballpark closer than you think
MLB to hold training camp in India
The state is also set to get the world’s first "floating" ballpark. Nandinee Phookan, an MIT-graduate from Assam who is now based in New York, has been roped in to design it. "The Manipur government has sanctioned land to the state sports ministry to construct a dedicated ballpark as per MLB specifications for holding tournaments. Since the allotted land is in a low-lying area, we are planning to build the ballpark on stilts, the way most houses are traditionally built in Manipur. We borrowed the concept from the hamlets on the Loktak lake built on floating vegetation," says Roy.
Right
Because that's exactly what India needs. Not, you know, schools. Floating ballparks.
I would say "When will people learn?", but if this worked anything like how these projects typically work, "the people" probably weren't even consulted.
I wonder if it's expected to bring "development" to the area. Perhaps some stilt condominiums next door? Have the developers addressed concerns about transportation to the park? Aren't they concerned about boat jams given the lack of access to public transit?
they have a school as part of the plan
and when the people learned it was going to be built under the water they complained.
What India needs
is condoms, not condominiums.
Top 10 most bizarre experiments
Fake female turkey dismantled limb by limb to find minimum that a male will mate with.
Conclusion: Male turkeys aroused by a head on a stick, but not a headless body
Exact opposite result from male humans...
I'm not so sure.
/crude humor narrowly averted.
by The Dogfather on Nov 1, 2007 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Beware
of a headless body in a topless bar...
by LawDaddy on Nov 1, 2007 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of mating with a head on a stick...
http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?i...
Aw
He looks so happy to have been caught.
Far be it from me to criticize, but couldn't he have found a corpse his own age to have sex with?
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
somehow, I doubt that
"This is a first," Lt. Dean Kazinci, spokesman for the Teaneck, N.J., police, told ABC News.
Saturday night!
People asked to smell ammonia, put hands in a bucket of frogs and watch porn.
Tennis scandal.
Hingis says she's innocent after testing positive for cocaine at Wimbledon
"They say that cocaine increases self-confidence and creates a type of euphoria," she said in a statement. "I don't know. I only know that if I were to try to hit the ball while in any state of euphoria, it simply wouldn't work.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/ten...
Didn't Darryl Strawberry hit a baseball quite well in his state of Euphoria.
"Family Guy" should have a TMBG soundtrack.
And pink backgrounds.
Joel Zumaya hurt again
By apparently "moving personal items during the California wildfires". No report on if he was also playing a round of Guitar Hero in the face of the pending evacuation.
This sounds more freakish than moving around to turn off your alarm clock, right Rich?
Why in the Hell didn't Lew get to them first? It
seems that would be the #2 priority, after a stadium, would be to increase tv viewership by grabbing a bigger station then KICU, which you can only get on rabbit ears.
by theblackpearl on Nov 1, 2007 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe Lew can move on KTVU...
which is in Oakland, after all. I never understood why they had the Giants.
AFAIK, they've had the Giants since
they moved west in 1958 (nice 50th anniversary present). Also, they have been part of Peter Magowan's ownership group that bought the Giants after '92.
That must really suck for KTVU - they can't even keep a team that they own!
"I'm gonna go home now."
Good idea!
"Do I need to call the hospital?"
"Are you alright, man? Are you going to die?"
WTF? No, I'm not alright, jackass. Am I going to die? No, but you are. And you sure as hell better drive my ass home after that.
Get new friends, camera guy.
Too bad it was for distance, rather than
accuracy.
by The Dogfather on Nov 1, 2007 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
A lot of effort
just to be able to tell him that he's full of sh*t.
"But good!"
by The Dogfather on Nov 1, 2007 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
It is official, Joe Torre has gone Hollywood
Torre succeeds Little as Dodgers manager
Torre's contract is for three years and slightly more than $13 million, ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reports, citing a baseball official who has seen the deal.
Carney "bleeds green and gold" Lansford
(well, at least Marty Lurie thought he did)
was named the SF Giants' new hitting coach
Engadget: World's Smallest Radio
Is there a joke to be made about the fact that it's receiving Eric Clapton?
Personal note: the guy whose research group created this taught my introductory physics course in college.
Raiders are blacked out
http://www.mercextra.com/blogs/buzz/...
I'd be sack-dancing right now
except that I'm going to be out of town and may not even get to see this game at all.
I wonder
Will CBS even do 'game breaks' to update people on other games (like Texans-Raiders), or will they treat it like the Superbowl and ignore everything else?
BTW, here's hoping that either the Patsies get their asses kicked, or, while the Patsies are running up the score, come Colt decides to test how strong Brady's ACLs are.
It's got a catchy beat
and you can dance to it---I give it a 93.
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh.
Imagine if an A's Saturday game was blacked out and you had to watch the Red Sox play the Yankees.
Oh, wait...
Pats-Colts = Sux-Wanks
At least as far as the NFL goes, assuming you believe all the media hype for this game. Having said that, this game looks is a virtual lock to be a preview of the True Super Bowl (ie, AFC championship game), unless someone else (Dolts, maybe) tries to butt their way into contention.
Unfortunately,
since the Raiders game is blacked out, so will the real game : Colts vs. Pats
So in other words, no real football this Sunday at all...
by ST on Nov 1, 2007 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
No, since the Raiders "are" blacked out we
will get the Colts vs. Pats.
by theblackpearl on Nov 1, 2007 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Right
The undercard (ie, 10 am games) are 49'ers-Falcons and whatever CBS decides we should see. It will be interesting to see what happens when you mix Alex Smith's shoulder with Astroturf. Then at 1:00, the entire sporting world stops and bows to the holy altar known as the RCA dome.
LMAO - KPIX still lists Texans-Raiders at 1:00 Sunday
Anyone know if the blackout extends ...
to Sacramento?
I want to be able to watch the Pats-Colts ...
Sacramento is a secondary market...
They aren't under the Raider's home team restrictions. They were going to show Pats-Colts regardless of the Raiders ticket situation.
Oh, really?
Nice ...
thanks for the correction...
by ST on Nov 2, 2007 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
NO! Carney, say it ain't so......
The Giants also hired a new hitting coach Thursday, giving the job to former AL batting champion Carney Lansford.
Lansford, a five-time All-Star who won the batting title in 1981, received a two-year contract to replace Joe Lefebvre on manager Bruce Bochy's staff. Lansford grew up in the Bay Area cheering for the Giants.
Lansford said he will encourage "unselfish baseball," with players taking pitches to allow for stolen bases. He wants his hitters advancing runners and creating runs.
"We have to do whatever it takes to win a ballgame," he said. "If that means taking pitches, you have to do that and feel good about it. At the same time, still move that runner over so the next guy can pick him up. That's hard to do sometimes, but winning ballclubs do that."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/s...
noted at 3:42 pm in my post above
I also remembered that Marty Lurie said the A's should try to hire Carney, who according to Marty "still bleed green and gold"
Actually noted by gotgreen
at 10:29 this morning.
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
look at 10:29am...
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
finally saw it
I wouldn't have posted had I seen it -- or at least I would have added to the 10:29 post with Marty's "bleed green and gold" link.
happens to the best of us
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 1, 2007 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
at least I finally saw it
when you first posted I looked and didn't see it
...it's been a long day... ;-)
I've got a rat's patoot here.
But I'm keeping it.
by The Dogfather on Nov 2, 2007 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
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