Quickie DLD 11|9|7
by ArakSOT on Nov 9, 2007 1:24 PM PST
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I have here in my hand...
It's all over the blogosphere, so you've probably already seen it, but the Mitchell report allegedly contains the names of 11 free agents. Or not.
Warming up the hot stove
John Heyman at SI.com speculates on what the top FAs should expect to command.
There are several ways to assess the lack of depth and talent of the free-agent class, but perhaps Indians general manager Mark Shapiro said it best: "My reaction to the free-agent market is, I'm glad we're not in it.''
Manny selling Manny's Car
On eBay. Got $40,100.00?
The Alou's Aren't
They're really Rojas'. I did not know that. From THT.
It's against conventional wisdom
The women who were most fertile at the time of the experiment walked with fewer hip movements and with their knees closer together.
How come nobody ever asks me to participate in experiments like this?
I can bearly believe it
A brawny thief smashed through a minivan's window yesterday, took the vehicle on a short ride and dumped it on the side of the road before fleeing on foot into the woods, township police said. Police have described the suspect as a black bear.
Feel free to post any links you find below. Unless you're Poppy, who for some reason insists upon posting links in day old DLDs.
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One man' quickie
is another man's marathon.
::sigh::: :-(
by Amnesiac727 on Nov 9, 2007 1:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Can I have
$10?
by mikeA on Nov 9, 2007 1:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
wouldn't it be nice
if we could put links in the subject?
by ArakSOT on Nov 9, 2007 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
If you had put my link in the subject, it would have been like this DLD was the same as mine from a few days ago. But that would have blown everyone's mind and we'd all have to take a nap.
by mikeA on Nov 9, 2007 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
< snerk >
"put my link in the subject"
by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You charge for quickies?
Thunderbutt seems to be giving quickies away for free, at least to women who aren't ovulating.
by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The article on the Alou family is confusing
in Spanish one's family names are written with the father's family name first, then the mother's. If Felipe's name was indeed Felipe Alou Rojas, that means his father's last name was Alou and his mother's was Rojas. Therefore, it is correct to refer to him as Felipe Alou, or as Felipe Alou Rojas, but not as Felipe Rojas.
While it's true that some people prefer to use their mother's family name, that would not be their legal name in any Spanish-speaking country unless they legally changed it.
by OaklandSi on Nov 9, 2007 1:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think that part's a mistake
Baseball-reference and wikipedia both list his name as Felipe Rojas Alou.
The author also forgot about Gus/Buddy/David/Mike Bell, another three-generation family to go with Ray/Bob/Bret/Aaron Boone. And now I notice he also misspelled Bret Boone's first name some of the time.
by andeux on Nov 9, 2007 1:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I checked on some Spanish language sites
his name is Felipe Rojas Alou, as you said. It happens very, very often that in the US the second family name is mistaken for the legal last name. That's probably what happened to Felipe (and to his sons, who wouldn't have the Alou name at all unless their mother's first family name happened to be Alou).
I remember when José Uribe first began playing for the Giants they were calling him José González, since his full name is José Uribe González. However, very early on he was able to make sure that they change that to Uribe.
It is actually more common in Spanish speaking countries to use both family names. However, that causes problems in the U.S. (I know, I've had to resort to hyphenating my last name, even though it's not supposed to have a hyphen!)
by OaklandSi on Nov 9, 2007 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am such a tool
I missed the DLD train by, I dunno, 15 minutes
Will delete and re-post here momentarily
by rubin sierra on Nov 9, 2007 1:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
And wtf is today's date?
by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And why did I post that as a reply?
by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
whoa, I didn't even get that.
Now my mind is blown. Time for a nap.
by mikeA on Nov 9, 2007 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My birthday is next week!
I'm really bummed that I missed Thanksgiving, though.
by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 1:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ok... it was a little bit too quickie
by ArakSOT on Nov 9, 2007 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Aaaaw, now it's fixed
and I look like a bigger moron than usual. Nap time.
by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 1:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That is why you don't mention things in the main
diary, cause when it is changed, your comments make no sense, now we have your non-sensical ramblings about what date today is, when we can all see by the DLD Title, is is 11/9/07
by theblackpearl on Nov 9, 2007 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Aaw!
That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me today! It implies that my comments make sense the rest of the time!
by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 2:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's a stretch.
Kinda like Matt Holliday seeking first base.
by The Dogfather on Nov 9, 2007 3:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"It's Friday" Link Dump
When I was in high school, my friends always re-enacted this conversation from the movie Friday, you know, the one ...
I laughed as if I'd seen the movie, but I really hadn't. Oh well.
Umm ... let's see ... this looks A's-related.
I'm too tired to find a bunch of interesting and topical links.
(That last part can be sung to the tune of the 'binary solo' in Flight of the Concords' The Humans Are Dead. )
by rubin sierra on Nov 9, 2007 1:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Friday
I like that movie.
"Puff puff, give. Puff puff, give. You fuckin' up the rotation."
That must have something to do with baseball, right?
by andeux on Nov 9, 2007 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That was the Chris Tucker coming out party
"You got to be a stupid motherfu**** to get fired on your day off."
by theblackpearl on Nov 9, 2007 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I promise, no video!
A fascinating article about college chess that among other things reveals the two universities that are competitive chess powerhouses -- they're not what I'd expect.
Of course, there is nothing funny about drunk driving. Except when you get caught because you stopped at a garage sale.
There is a positive side to the WGA strike -- very few episodes of Frank TV were actually completed.
And here is the heartwarming story of one man's dream home, shaped like a giant toilet. It will open on Sunday, just in time for the General Assembly of the World Toilet Association.
by Englishmajor on Nov 9, 2007 2:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
how many ANers did I skunk with the DLD today?
by ArakSOT on Nov 9, 2007 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I want a home shaped like a trough urinal
by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure
Frank Gehry would be happy to design one for you.
by andeux on Nov 9, 2007 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
if Frank Gehry designed a urinal-shaped building
... would it not leak?
by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Clarifying yesterday...
The reason I was so interested in the video problem is that I have just started webmastering a forum of my own. Something was broken here, and I wanted to know how it had gotten out of sync. It made no difference who the user was. I thank andeux for pointing out the problem.
Sure enough, on my site last night somebody posts a gorgeous photo. Problem is, it's about 1600 x 1200 which blows out the right side of the screen and causes that problem AN used to have where you have to scroll horizontally to read all the text in the thread. I'm looking at software mods today.
by Soaker on Nov 9, 2007 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't think you were blaming me
I have absolutely no HTML skills to be proud of. If it weren't for the auto-linking programs in AN 2.0, I'd never post anything at all.
by Englishmajor on Nov 9, 2007 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I understand that mikeA ...
... has to "scroll horizontally" when he "puts his link in the subject."
by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One of those pics you save
because you know it will come in handy someday:
by Soaker on Nov 9, 2007 2:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just glad my toilet at home
doesn't have arms like that one. That'd freak me out a little.
by oblique on Nov 9, 2007 2:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You don't want
your toilet giving you a reacharound?
Actually, I'm surprised that some of the Japanese toilet manufacturers haven't added that feature yet.
by andeux on Nov 9, 2007 2:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's common courtesy after all
by mikeA on Nov 9, 2007 2:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's 2:20 pm on Friday
Do you know where your toilet is?
by OaklandSi on Nov 9, 2007 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In a Bart Simpson voice
Is your toilet running?
Yes,
Well then go catch it.
by theblackpearl on Nov 9, 2007 2:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's fabulous!
by Englishmajor on Nov 9, 2007 2:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
how many arms do toilets in India have?
by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hahaha
You guys just crack me the F up. I'm in tears from the pic and comments. I love you guys lol
by ChickenStanley on Nov 10, 2007 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My Poppy?
by oblique on Nov 9, 2007 2:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
{checks eBay auctions}
by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 2:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
< puts in max bid of $3.75 >
by oblique on Nov 9, 2007 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
{sniper}
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 9, 2007 3:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Going...going...GONORRHEA!!
Lawsuit against the St. Louis Cardinals asserts it's not o.k. to post some messages on the stadium scoreboard.
Ya think?
by Ice Cream on Nov 9, 2007 3:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Um...golf clap? Ew!
by The Dogfather on Nov 9, 2007 4:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I feel bad for laughing haha
Though it seems like staying home the rest of the semester and taking tests in an office is a bit much if it's not true.... I'm just sayin'....
by drmmerchk on Nov 9, 2007 4:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It takes a while to heal from that kind of thing.
Whichever.
by The Dogfather on Nov 9, 2007 4:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A's filed their development plans for Fremont.
Myriad links trumpeting such in the newsfeed.
by jeepers on Nov 9, 2007 4:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The first-aid kit just fell on an employee
and injured her. Here at work, that is.
by JediLeroy on Nov 9, 2007 6:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
is Larry Davis freelancing at your office?
by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 6:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I thought I told you.
I'm Rich Harden.
by JediLeroy on Nov 9, 2007 7:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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