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Quickie DLD 11|9|7

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.''

Star-divide

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:::   :-(

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

by Amnesiac727 on Nov 9, 2007 1:20 PM PST   0 recs

Can I have

$10?

Everything is really important.

by mikeA on Nov 9, 2007 1:23 PM PST   0 recs

wouldn't it be nice

if we could put links in the subject?

"The Athletics at Fremont" is ignoble

by ArakSOT on Nov 9, 2007 1:28 PM PST to parent up   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.

Everything is really important.

by mikeA on Nov 9, 2007 1:34 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

< snerk >

"put my link in the subject"

I've struck out my whole life. I've come to grips with it. ~ Jack Cust @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 2:06 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

You charge for quickies?

Thunderbutt seems to be giving quickies away for free, at least to women who aren't ovulating.

"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything."

by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 1:33 PM PST to parent up   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   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.

Urban drives a taxi.

by andeux on Nov 9, 2007 1:37 PM PST to parent up   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 to parent up   0 recs

I am such a tool

I missed the DLD train by, I dunno, 15 minutes

Will delete and re-post here momentarily

Brainless Automaton #439

by rubin sierra on Nov 9, 2007 1:36 PM PST   0 recs

And wtf is today's date?
"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything."

by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 1:38 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

And why did I post that as a reply?
"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything."

by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 1:38 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

whoa, I didn't even get that.

Now my mind is blown. Time for a nap.

Everything is really important.

by mikeA on Nov 9, 2007 1:42 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

My birthday is next week!

I'm really bummed that I missed Thanksgiving, though.

"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything."

by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 1:43 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

ok... it was a little bit too quickie
and to be preemptive... "that's what she said"
"The Athletics at Fremont" is ignoble

by ArakSOT on Nov 9, 2007 2:00 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Aaaaw, now it's fixed

and I look like a bigger moron than usual.  Nap time.

"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything."

by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 1:57 PM PST to parent up   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 to parent up   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!

"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything."

by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 2:18 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

That's a stretch.

Kinda like Matt Holliday seeking first base.  

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

by The Dogfather on Nov 9, 2007 3:50 PM PST to parent up   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 ...

Smokey: I know you don't smoke weed, I know this; but I'm gonna get you high today, 'cause it's Friday; you ain't got no job... and you ain't got shit to do.

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.  

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link

link

link

link

(That last part can be sung to the tune of the 'binary solo' in Flight of the Concords' The Humans Are Dead. )

Brainless Automaton #439

by rubin sierra on Nov 9, 2007 1:40 PM PST   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?

Urban drives a taxi.

by andeux on Nov 9, 2007 1:45 PM PST to parent up   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 to parent up   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.

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

by Englishmajor on Nov 9, 2007 2:01 PM PST   0 recs

how many ANers did I skunk with the DLD today?
it's usually only Jennifer
"The Athletics at Fremont" is ignoble

by ArakSOT on Nov 9, 2007 2:07 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I want a home shaped like a trough urinal
I've struck out my whole life. I've come to grips with it. ~ Jack Cust @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 2:10 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I'm sure

Frank Gehry would be happy to design one for you.

Urban drives a taxi.

by andeux on Nov 9, 2007 2:32 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

if Frank Gehry designed a urinal-shaped building

... would it not leak?

I've struck out my whole life. I've come to grips with it. ~ Jack Cust @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 2:55 PM PST to parent up   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 to parent up   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.  

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

by Englishmajor on Nov 9, 2007 2:21 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I understand that mikeA ...

... has to "scroll horizontally" when he "puts his link in the subject."

I've struck out my whole life. I've come to grips with it. ~ Jack Cust @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 2:31 PM PST to parent up   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 to parent up   0 recs

LMAO!

Okay. Thank you, that picture is the perfect way to end my work week.

"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything."

by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 2:36 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I'm just glad my toilet at home

doesn't have arms like that one.  That'd freak me out a little.

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

by oblique on Nov 9, 2007 2:37 PM PST to parent up   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.

Urban drives a taxi.

by andeux on Nov 9, 2007 2:41 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

It's common courtesy after all
Everything is really important.

by mikeA on Nov 9, 2007 2:44 PM PST to parent up   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 to parent up   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 to parent up   0 recs

That's fabulous!
Pitchers and catchers report February 9, 2008! (tentative)

by Englishmajor on Nov 9, 2007 2:47 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

how many arms do toilets in India have?
I've struck out my whole life. I've come to grips with it. ~ Jack Cust @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 2:56 PM PST to parent up   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 to parent up   0 recs

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

by oblique on Nov 9, 2007 2:22 PM PST   0 recs

{checks eBay auctions}
"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything."

by Poppy on Nov 9, 2007 2:34 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

< puts in max bid of $3.75 >
"Female ass are strange creatures. They come and go as they please." -- Sigourney Weaver

by oblique on Nov 9, 2007 2:43 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

{sniper}
Above all else, tater tots.

by Leopold Bloom on Nov 9, 2007 3:03 PM PST to parent up   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?

Butter Pecan

by Ice Cream on Nov 9, 2007 3:55 PM PST   0 recs

Um...golf clap? Ew!
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Nov 9, 2007 4:36 PM PST to parent up   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'....

"I never saw a hooligan I did like. They're like left-handed pitchers, they all have a screw loose somewhere." - The Asphalt Jungle

by drmmerchk on Nov 9, 2007 4:39 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

It takes a while to heal from that kind of thing.

Whichever.

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

by The Dogfather on Nov 9, 2007 4:47 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

A's filed their development plans for Fremont.

Myriad links trumpeting such in the newsfeed.

So it goes.

by jeepers on Nov 9, 2007 4:56 PM PST   0 recs

The first-aid kit just fell on an employee

and injured her. Here at work, that is.

Barry Zito Colonoscopy

by JediLeroy on Nov 9, 2007 6:11 PM PST   0 recs

is Larry Davis freelancing at your office?
I've struck out my whole life. I've come to grips with it. ~ Jack Cust @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 9, 2007 6:15 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Oh, I thought I told you.

I'm Rich Harden.

Barry Zito Colonoscopy

by JediLeroy on Nov 9, 2007 7:00 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

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