Linkdump funf, 12 April 2007
by andeux on Apr 12, 2007 10:49 AM PDT
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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.
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 *.
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is it safe to come out yet?
by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 10:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Juliet, o Juliet
Wherefore art thou Juliet?
by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.....
by OaktownPower on Apr 12, 2007 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great line..
Although counting Hurley twice for 3 men and a baby was the best line of the night.
by OaktownPower on Apr 12, 2007 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I cried a little during the beach reunion.
by Jennifer on Apr 12, 2007 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do I have ADD? Oh, it's in the tags...thank
CHRIST for tags. LOST. Ok. I'm not INSANE.
by LAXile on Apr 12, 2007 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
This is Slaughterhouse Five, not Marathon Man.
by andeux on Apr 12, 2007 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is funf?
Am I missing a reference?
by Philip Christy on Apr 12, 2007 10:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Slaughterhouse Five reference. German for 'five'.
IRC.
by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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
by closetasfan on Apr 12, 2007 11:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
MLBrumors.com?
Which is required: Fact finding or fact creating?
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Apr 12, 2007 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
fact-creating, apparently
if you try going there, you'll see there is no such site. Is that ironic?
by rubin sierra on Apr 12, 2007 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Except the Indians scored 7 on Contreras...
And well.....
by OaktownPower on Apr 12, 2007 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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!!!
by LawDaddy on Apr 12, 2007 11:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by TurnTwo on Apr 12, 2007 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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...
by pickinmachine on Apr 12, 2007 11:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
awesome! thanks
by LAXile on Apr 12, 2007 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 11:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Neil Diamond, BABY!
"Love on the rocks..."
by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ain't no big surprise...
by Ice Cream on Apr 12, 2007 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by JLaff on Apr 12, 2007 11:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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 ;-)
by walk off bunt on Apr 12, 2007 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And
The first letter of the article (of course) is A. It's a web mistake, not copy.
by JLaff on Apr 12, 2007 11:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 12:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Me three. Are Vonnegut fans a karass or...
a granfaloon?
by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tag question
Anyone know if there is a way to rss a tag? I'd love to rss the DLD tag
by gojohn10 on Apr 12, 2007 12:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Who knew?
Dinosaur tastes just like chicken.
by Ice Cream on Apr 12, 2007 12:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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 ;)
by rfloh on Apr 12, 2007 12:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
From their views on the traitor Paul Bako
it reads more like a meconium on such players.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thunderbutt:
I blame you for the weather.
by salb918 on Apr 12, 2007 12:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
what do you mean?
i was just outside and the weather's great!
by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if, like Ziggy, you call it a ''Wintry Mix''
than it doesn't sound as bad. almost like an air-freshener scent.
by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
I was just in the Bay Area.
Why did I ever come back to this s---?
by salb918 on Apr 12, 2007 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're wicked smart
by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's because wherever one goes in Beantown...
one is always encountering blowhard Sox fans.
by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
QOTM
It's funny because it's true.
by andeux on Apr 12, 2007 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
explains the stench, anyway
by ArakSOT on Apr 13, 2007 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by walk off bunt on Apr 12, 2007 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're cRAZY!
It hasn't snowed in the Bay Area in YEARS!!!
Silly rabbit!
by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shields:
BB, BB, .... Goodbye baseball! Tribe 4-2.
by mikeA on Apr 12, 2007 12:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
All Hail Pronk!
by OaktownPower on Apr 12, 2007 12:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Best hitter in the AL
for almost three years now.
by salb918 on Apr 12, 2007 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
pronk was last year
a-rod wasn't so bad in 05
by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and this year
he may not be the best hitter on his own team
by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
Rat Fish Raven
Is that like Man Bear Gun?
by Poppy on Apr 12, 2007 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't feel that way.
Unless it was your idea to feel unoriginal. In that case, yes, keep up the good work.
by Ozzz on Apr 12, 2007 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the indians really can't find a better closer
than joe borowski?
by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 12:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Indians have no bullpen
they have a pigpen
by Zonis on Apr 12, 2007 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still,
I'll take the results today.
by Philip Christy on Apr 12, 2007 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't believe Borowski comes out
to "Wild Thing"
by Zonis on Apr 12, 2007 12:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He doesn't normally
It's because it's the Indians playing in Milwaukee, which is where "Major League" was filmed.
by andeux on Apr 12, 2007 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Atta kid Joe Bo
by OaktownPower on Apr 12, 2007 12:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
HE STRUK HIM OUT!
GAME OVER! INDIANS WIN!
by Zonis on Apr 12, 2007 12:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
OT - but not that T
Cheechoo maybe out for the post-season!?! I curse you, Hartnell!
by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 12:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
wasn't he wearing a giants uniform
at pacbell just a few days ago?
by xbhaskarx on Apr 12, 2007 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cheechoo? Really?
by ArakSOT on Apr 12, 2007 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by pickinmachine on Apr 12, 2007 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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".
by Ice Cream on Apr 12, 2007 1:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 1:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think you mean 1992
Clemens was still in college in 1982
by andeux on Apr 12, 2007 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are correct, sir
Of course, Clemens could probably have two hit Cleveland then, too.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
good lord, they made one of these?
no wonder the talentless twit keeps on going Sanjaya war dialer
by malikot on Apr 12, 2007 2:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Jered Weaver
is returning to the Angels' rotation on Monday.
by gotgreen on Apr 12, 2007 2:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 12, 2007 4:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
great story
i'd like to see a front page game recap that pithy:
"Duke and Street fail to throw fucking strikes."
by LAXile on Apr 12, 2007 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On Jason Kendall:
"Can't fucking hit."
by walk off bunt on Apr 12, 2007 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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....
by gigglingone on Apr 12, 2007 8:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
odd....
and I talked to Comcast about the cable problem, and they are just stupid. No big surprise there. Cable should be back tomorrow. :(
by gigglingone on Apr 12, 2007 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funf? Deutsch?
by secret ASian man on Apr 12, 2007 8:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Rest in peace, Mr. Vonnegut.
You were a single, unwavering band of light.
by jeepers on Apr 12, 2007 9:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is AN a karass or a granfallon?
by McFood on Apr 12, 2007 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
LLNL's Nuclear Research Facility is actually...
closer to Sunol, so, nothing to worry about then!
by McFood on Apr 13, 2007 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll assume that's snark,
but it doesn't bode well for the general public's understanding/acceptance of scientific research.
by salb918 on Apr 13, 2007 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've seen the petri dish you use for a coaster.
by jeepers on Apr 13, 2007 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck Kobe
Criminal charges should be renewed after last night.
by mikeA on Apr 13, 2007 7:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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