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Linkdump funf, 12 April 2007

The A's offense gets off to a good start for once, scoring three runs in the first inning off of Mark Buehrle, but then returns to hibernation, and the bullpen will blow it late in the game, as the A's will lose 6-3.

Star-divide

Milton Bradley missed the game, with a slight hamstring strain but Bradley and Crosby should be back in the lineup on friday, while Shannon Stewart might get the night off.

In the battle of overhyped pitching phenoms, Felix Hernandez got the better of Daisuke Matsuzaka, pitching a complete game 1-hitter spoiled only by a J.D. Drew single in the 8th inning. Matsuzaka seems to be the real deal as well, and won the side battle of overhyped Japanese stars as Ichiro went 0-for-5.

And in Shea Stadium, a woman was injured when a 300-pound man fell on her from higher in the stands. Christ, what an *.

RIP Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 1922-2007.

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is it safe to come out yet?
"San Jose A's of Fremont" is already being mocked by Angel's fans

by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 10:54 AM PDT reply actions  

Juliet, o Juliet

Wherefore art thou Juliet?

"San Jose A's of Fremont" is already being mocked by Angel's fans

by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

Best of the season I thought....

So much cool stuff.  The TV stuff in the bunker was awesome.

How bout the Lounge where she drank the OJ.  Herarat Avaiation?  

Her a Rat.....

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Apr 12, 2007 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

Great line..

Although counting Hurley twice for 3 men and a baby was the best line of the night.

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Apr 12, 2007 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

Do I have ADD? Oh, it's in the tags...thank

CHRIST for tags. LOST.  Ok.  I'm not INSANE.  

"robots with way too much intelligence, this chick, a healthy Eric Gagne..." ~cutthemullet

by LAXile on Apr 12, 2007 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know.

This is Slaughterhouse Five, not Marathon Man.

In the stands the home crowd scatters For the turnstiles

by andeux on Apr 12, 2007 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

Slaughterhouse Five reference. German for 'five'.

IRC.

"Okay, now I know who drank the rest of my six-pack of Bitchy McSnarky's Snarkalicious Snarkade..." -Poppy

by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ya

schlachterhousen funf

by sslinger on Apr 12, 2007 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

MLBrumors.com is looking for an A's writer

I saw a post on mlbrumors.com that they're looking for someone to cover the A's.  

  • I have no affiliation with them, just thought some of you might be interested
Hi, I am closetasfan, and I am a NRAF, and an ANA

by closetasfan on Apr 12, 2007 11:04 AM PDT reply actions  

MLBrumors.com?

Which is required: Fact finding or fact creating?

Second place in gigglingone's NCAA Tournament bracket contest!

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Apr 12, 2007 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

fact-creating, apparently

if you try going there, you'll see there is no such site.  Is that ironic?  

"WTF is wrong with you people TASTELESS COMMENTS. I'm disgusted. Mocking a 10 year old's horrible painful death." --eshock

by rubin sierra on Apr 12, 2007 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Middle of the 5th

Angels can't score, Indians can't score. Heck, if the Indians can't hit Dustin Mosely, maybe the A's hitters ain't that bad either...

by Philip Christy on Apr 12, 2007 11:11 AM PDT reply actions  

Of all the luck, the woman is a lawyer!

Massey, who is a lawyer, is scheduled for surgery on a vertebra on Friday.

Let the jokes begin:

Q:  What do you call a 300lb man falling out the stands onto a lawyer?

A:  A good start!!!

Flatten Your Thirds.

by LawDaddy on Apr 12, 2007 11:15 AM PDT reply actions  

Foul balls are one thing

but I never thought that tumbling men would be a potential ballpark hazard.

And then for him to just get up and leave? Christ, what an asterisk, indeed.

Kettlecorn! Swishercorn!

by TurnTwo on Apr 12, 2007 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

A's Calendar for Mac users

Someone created a shared iCal calendar for the A's 2007 season.  If you click on subscribe, your calendar will get updated with scores and show winning pitcher etc stats.  

Very cool!

http://icalshare.com/article.php?sto...

"...we don't score six, seven runs. We score three, four runs and play defense and pitch" - Eric Chavez

by pickinmachine on Apr 12, 2007 11:29 AM PDT reply actions  

awesome! thanks
"robots with way too much intelligence, this chick, a healthy Eric Gagne..." ~cutthemullet

by LAXile on Apr 12, 2007 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Penguin aphrodisiacs: getting their rocks ON

Chicago penguin keepers want their charges to do the spring thing and feel the love.  The solution:  Just add rocks!

This also sheds light on the rumored liaison an Angel pitcher had with an enthusiastic fan under their centerfield rockpile.

"Nothing says romance like a pile of rocks."

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 11:37 AM PDT reply actions  

Neil Diamond, BABY!

"Love on the rocks..."

"Okay, now I know who drank the rest of my six-pack of Bitchy McSnarky's Snarkalicious Snarkade..." -Poppy

by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

A writeup on Harden

Just trying to get more column writing experience... let me know what you think.

Note, "Bleacher Bum" is not part of the headline, but the name of my column.

"My conclusion is that sportswriters just fucking love food." - Fire Joe Morgan

by JLaff on Apr 12, 2007 11:38 AM PDT reply actions  

Go journalism majors.

As a freshman, though, I'm going to mind my place on this one and refrain from a critique of any sort ;-)

RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.

by walk off bunt on Apr 12, 2007 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

And

The first letter of the article (of course) is A. It's a web mistake, not copy.

"My conclusion is that sportswriters just fucking love food." - Fire Joe Morgan

by JLaff on Apr 12, 2007 11:39 AM PDT reply actions  

So it goes

Kurt Vonnegut is what I want to be when I stop growing up and manage to pull free of the muck of all these granfalloons.

"Nothing says romance like a pile of rocks."

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 12:08 PM PDT reply actions  

great writer

i remember when i first discovered one of his books on the family bookshelves (it was either player piano or deadeye dick) and then started reading all of his stuff obsessively.
i think vonnegut is actually underrated as a sci-fi author.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

I had a similar period

where I discovered him and read a whole bunch in a row.  Brilliant stuff.  One thing he wrote has always stuck with me, and I think it was in the acknowledgements in the beginning of one of his books: Love may fail, but courtesy will prevail.  

by sslinger on Apr 12, 2007 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Me three. Are Vonnegut fans a karass or...

a granfaloon?

"Okay, now I know who drank the rest of my six-pack of Bitchy McSnarky's Snarkalicious Snarkade..." -Poppy

by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Tag question

Anyone know if there is a way to rss a tag? I'd love to rss the DLD tag

Go A's!

by gojohn10 on Apr 12, 2007 12:15 PM PDT reply actions  

Royals Review has an "encomnium"

to the days of yore, when players were selfless, dedicated to their teams, passionately involved with the fans and disinterested in money ;)

On Sunday, Minaya ticked off a list of candidates to join the rotation, and for once this season, none of them was Jose Lima.

by rfloh on Apr 12, 2007 12:23 PM PDT reply actions  

brilliant
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

From their views on the traitor Paul Bako

it reads more like a meconium on such players.

"Nothing says romance like a pile of rocks."

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thunderbutt:

I blame you for the weather.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Apr 12, 2007 12:27 PM PDT reply actions  

what do you mean?

i was just outside and the weather's great!

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

if, like Ziggy, you call it a ''Wintry Mix''

than it doesn't sound as bad. almost like an air-freshener scent.

"San Jose A's of Fremont" is already being mocked by Angel's fans

by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Am I allowed to laugh at that,

or do I need to go sit naked in a freezer for a few months first?

by Poppy on Apr 12, 2007 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was just in the Bay Area.

Why did I ever come back to this s---?

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Apr 12, 2007 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

you're wicked smart
Please explain to me how it's possible, regardless of which direction you're actually going at any given moment in time, for the wind to ALWAYS be blowing straight into your face? Because it's beyond me.
"San Jose A's of Fremont" is already being mocked by Angel's fans

by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's because wherever one goes in Beantown...

one is always encountering blowhard Sox fans.

"Okay, now I know who drank the rest of my six-pack of Bitchy McSnarky's Snarkalicious Snarkade..." -Poppy

by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

QOTM

It's funny because it's true.

In the stands the home crowd scatters For the turnstiles

by andeux on Apr 12, 2007 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

explains the stench, anyway
"San Jose A's of Fremont" is already being mocked by Angel's fans

by ArakSOT on Apr 13, 2007 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

April 25th

Last final. 26th is the move out day.

(And then I'll be back in August, where I'll feel fantastic until November. And then resume hating all existence.)

Real excited for when the A's come in September, though.

RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.

by walk off bunt on Apr 12, 2007 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

blah

that usually means were not far behind

"San Jose A's of Fremont" is already being mocked by Angel's fans

by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

You're cRAZY!

It hasn't snowed in the Bay Area in YEARS!!!

Silly rabbit!

"Okay, now I know who drank the rest of my six-pack of Bitchy McSnarky's Snarkalicious Snarkade..." -Poppy

by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Shields:

BB, BB, .... Goodbye baseball! Tribe 4-2.

by mikeA on Apr 12, 2007 12:30 PM PDT reply actions  

Best hitter in the AL

for almost three years now.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Apr 12, 2007 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

pronk was last year

a-rod wasn't so bad in 05

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

and this year

he may not be the best hitter on his own team

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ha ha ha, Hafner just homered,

a three-run job, making it 4-2 in the bottom of the eighth. Three cheers!

by Philip Christy on Apr 12, 2007 12:31 PM PDT reply actions  

Okay!

Travis Hafner:
Fart Vanisher (!!)
Revarnish Fat
Enravish Frat
Fresh Variant
Havarti Ferns
Rat Fish Raven
After Varnish
Shiver, Art Fan!
Van Is Farther
His Tavern: Far
Vast Fern Hair

There's so many good ones!

by Philip Christy on Apr 12, 2007 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rat Fish Raven

Is that like Man Bear Gun?

by Poppy on Apr 12, 2007 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

LOL
"robots with way too much intelligence, this chick, a healthy Eric Gagne..." ~cutthemullet

by LAXile on Apr 12, 2007 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't feel that way.

Unless it was your idea to feel unoriginal. In that case, yes, keep up the good work.

"Kotsay is 31... Kotsay's back is 127." - Jeepers

by Ozzz on Apr 12, 2007 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

the indians really can't find a better closer

than joe borowski?

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 12:39 PM PDT reply actions  

He doesn't normally

It's because it's the Indians playing in Milwaukee, which is where "Major League" was filmed.

In the stands the home crowd scatters For the turnstiles

by andeux on Apr 12, 2007 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Interesting standings anomaly

Mariners and Angels have the same winning %, but the M's are a half game back.

by mikeA on Apr 12, 2007 12:50 PM PDT reply actions  

OT - but not that T

Cheechoo maybe out for the post-season!?! I curse you, Hartnell!

"San Jose A's of Fremont" is already being mocked by Angel's fans

by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 12:58 PM PDT reply actions  

wasn't he wearing a giants uniform

at pacbell just a few days ago?

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hard to tell

Its the playoffs, cant believe anything.  

I thought Mulder was going to come back in the 2003 playoffs to be a super reliever in the bullpen.

"...we don't score six, seven runs. We score three, four runs and play defense and pitch" - Eric Chavez

by pickinmachine on Apr 12, 2007 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Day-to-day

MRI showed it is only a sprain.  Doubtful for Game 2, but the final decision will be made Friday

by twinkle toes on Apr 12, 2007 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Imus Be Crazy

Don Imus apparently is done apologizing for his recent remarks.

Meanwhile, sponsors of his program were quick to bail.

The disparaging remark prompted eight companies to pull their ads from Imus' show: Staples, General Motors, Sprint Nextel, GlaxoSmithKline, Procter & Gamble, PetMed Express, American Express and Bigelow Tea.

Also, in an effort to distance themselves from the firestorm, Hostess Cakes scrambled to rename their most popular snack (not named Twinkies or Ding Dongs)--
"Rutgers Women's Basketball Treats".

Vanilla Bean

by Ice Cream on Apr 12, 2007 1:28 PM PDT reply actions  

I guess the CBS Radio delay and bleep button...

...were not enough to prevent this unhappy situation from occurring.  But thank goodness we A's fans are protected from hearing Ken Korach injecting anything stronger than a "gosh darn" into his commentary.

by Soaker on Apr 12, 2007 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

All this Cleveland talk

Makes this a good spot to mention this famous day in Cleveland Indian history.  On April 12, 1982, Cleveland managed to amass all of two hits in its doubleheader against Boston.  The Chron tells me that this remains the record for the fewest hits by one squad in a doubleheader.

Amusingly, they got no-hit in the opener, yet still won 2-1.  They managed two hits in the second game, but still lost to Roger Clemens.

"Nothing says romance like a pile of rocks."

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 1:57 PM PDT reply actions  

I think you mean 1992

Clemens was still in college in 1982

In the stands the home crowd scatters For the turnstiles

by andeux on Apr 12, 2007 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

You are correct, sir

Of course, Clemens could probably have two hit Cleveland then, too.

"Nothing says romance like a pile of rocks."

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

good lord, they made one of these?

no wonder the talentless twit keeps on going Sanjaya war dialer

death to myspace!

by malikot on Apr 12, 2007 2:37 PM PDT reply actions  

Sanjaya

Rulez!!!  Sanjaya on the AI World Tour!!!

American Idol Ratings in February - 36.0
American Idol Rataing last week - 26.0

...and falling.

by Colorado Fan on Apr 12, 2007 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jered Weaver

is returning to the Angels' rotation on Monday.

link

by gotgreen on Apr 12, 2007 2:40 PM PDT reply actions  

As passed along by deadspin

This blog tells the story of the ever-so-brief tenure of Kurt Vonnegut at Sports Illustrated.

''The horse jumped over the fucking fence.''  Truer words were never typed.

"Nothing says romance like a pile of rocks."

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 4:27 PM PDT reply actions  

great story

i'd like to see a front page game recap that pithy:

"Duke and Street fail to throw fucking strikes."

"robots with way too much intelligence, this chick, a healthy Eric Gagne..." ~cutthemullet

by LAXile on Apr 12, 2007 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

On Jason Kendall:

"Can't fucking hit."

RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.

by walk off bunt on Apr 12, 2007 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Has anyone ever homered for the cycle ?

Jimmy Rollins already has a (leadoff) solo and a 2-run shot in the first two innings against Glavine.

by green star oakland on Apr 12, 2007 5:05 PM PDT reply actions  

Good grief

Carl Crawford just made the dumbest baserunning play since Ruben Rivera.

by Soaker on Apr 12, 2007 7:36 PM PDT reply actions  

And then he can't catch Morneau's HR ball

Hey Carl, this is for you (stolen from LL):

by Soaker on Apr 12, 2007 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

well %$^%#^

First, my cell phone won't make local calls this evening. (Does fine on calls out of the area, but can't get squat locally)  Now, I finally get home, and my #$%#$% cable is out. I picked up my cell phone to call Comcrap and complain, but the #$%#$(*%@#$(*&%@#(*% phone won't work!!!!  ARGH!!!!!

Thank goodness there's no A's game tonight, otherwise I'd be really pissed.....at least right now I'm just missing the crap that's on tv on Thursday nights....

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 12, 2007 8:24 PM PDT reply actions  

You're not alone

Something wacko's going on with AT&T. My boss tried to call my cell, and couldn't reach thru, so he called the house. In response, I try my phone - house line to cell did not work, cell to house line did not work, and my cell to mom's cell did not work. Same with my buddy, who's also Cingular/AT&T.

Weird thing, though, was that my cell was able to call my buddy's cell, and my brother's cell seems to work just fine (my family is on the family plan).

Caught a short news bulletin on the chinese news (KTSF 26) earlier, and they said AT&T is working on the problem, but had no idea as of that moment what the root of the issue was. SOmething like hoping they will have the problem resolved in 24 hours.

by Kaiser99 on Apr 12, 2007 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

odd....

and I talked to Comcast about the cable problem, and they are just stupid. No big surprise there. Cable should be back tomorrow. :(

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 12, 2007 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Funf? Deutsch?
"it's like an alarm clock, WOOT WOOT!" -Bubb Rubb

by secret ASian man on Apr 12, 2007 8:58 PM PDT reply actions  

Rest in peace, Mr. Vonnegut.

You were a single, unwavering band of light.

"That's a bunch of who shot John!"--Judge Judith Sheindlin

by jeepers on Apr 12, 2007 9:51 PM PDT reply actions  

Is AN a karass or a granfallon?
"Okay, now I know who drank the rest of my six-pack of Bitchy McSnarky's Snarkalicious Snarkade..." -Poppy

by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

karass

AN + A's offense=granfalloon.

by mikeA on Apr 13, 2007 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's appropriate

that you like that book and live in Livermore, since there's about a 50/50 chance that some failed experiment in Livermore destroys the entire universe.

by mikeA on Apr 13, 2007 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

LLNL's Nuclear Research Facility is actually...

closer to Sunol, so, nothing to worry about then!

"Okay, now I know who drank the rest of my six-pack of Bitchy McSnarky's Snarkalicious Snarkade..." -Poppy

by McFood on Apr 13, 2007 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'll assume that's snark,

but it doesn't bode well for the general public's understanding/acceptance of scientific research.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Apr 13, 2007 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

I've seen the petri dish you use for a coaster.
"That's a bunch of who shot John!"--Judge Judith Sheindlin

by jeepers on Apr 13, 2007 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

Fuck Kobe

Criminal charges should be renewed after last night.

by mikeA on Apr 13, 2007 7:31 AM PDT reply actions  

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