DLD 7/3- I am down in the dumps.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 7:56 AM PDT
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Print"Half a league. Half a league. Cannons to the right of me. Cannons to the left of me. Cannons in front of me."
This excerpt made me think of our season in a nutshell. Every time we believe that we are starting to make progress in one area- BOOM!- we quickly find out that we are staring down the barrel of a gun.
Big Frank returned to the Coli last night and we all remembered why we loved him so much. Check out this beautiful quote, A's fans-
"Last year was my most enjoyable year in baseball ever," Thomas said Monday before playing his first game in Oakland since leaving for Toronto as a free agent. "Last year it was just extremely fun to play baseball again. It was a wild bunch of guys who liked to have fun on a daily basis. I really brought my game back to where it should be last year."
Love ya, Frank. Thanks for the memorable year and please go 0-fer the rest of the series.
Can't argue with Geren's assessment of last night-
"They got a lot of hits tonight," A's manager Bob Geren said. "They were mostly on balls left over the plate. It wasn't our night on the mound."
Not sure if DiNardo perceives the situation like Geren...
"I felt like I was on my game," DiNardo said. "I was pounding the strike zone down."
No. The hitters were pounding YOUR strike zone, Lenny. But wait he has another quote that makes a little more sense-
"It was night and day," DiNardo said. "Basically I was just leaving the ball up in the zone. I wasn't hitting my spots."
Nice recovery, LD.
Apple denies that Universal is pulling their catalog from itunes so we'll see how that shakes out-
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/03/BUGM5QPPLG1.DTL
What a precedent this may set?
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2007/07/03/4308413-sun.html
Have ya tried an Arnold Palmer? They are delicious and most restaurants now recognize it by name.
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2007/06/an_arnold_palme.html
I've never done a DLD before so forgive me. I have to keep my mind occupied on something else after last night's debacle. Please insert your depressing Rich Harden and Justin Duchscherer news as you see fit. Dump, dump, dump away!
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Jennifer is really in Oakland! I even *met* her!
That's the only positive news I have.
So here's a cute hedgehog wearing a flower.
You met Jennifer?
I don't belive you. Prove it.
I think he's referring to Spiny Norman there
Witness!
Like Lebron James, Jennifer has now ARRIVED.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 3, 2007 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't believe you.
Prove it.
You sound like Shep "Proud Foot"
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I can prove it.
http://www.athleticsnation.com/comme...
by Englishmajor on Jul 3, 2007 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Since we're biding time ...
... and running up the post count toward 200, here's a pic of my newest foster border collie, Sparrow:
All together now, Awwwwwwwww.
If you're interested in adopting (and you're not McFood), email me!
by The Dogfather on Jul 3, 2007 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh good. So you'll take her, then?
by The Dogfather on Jul 3, 2007 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Gosh darn you to heck!
I just finished preparing a DLD, witha poll!
Oh well, I'll post it in here:
Just as we were ready to sacrifice Dan Johnson to the AAAA Gods, he goes on another hot streak. If only Crosby could do that.
Now for my typical slate of non-baseball related links:
A drunk Dutch bastard goes sky cycling on the roof of a car. Another case of a guy with a hundred dollar helmet and a ten cent head.
Breaking from tradition, The Rocket get win #350, A-Rod strains a hammy reaching for an excuse to tell his wife why he was with another woman.
A river of oil floods a Kansas town. It's next target is Jennifer's house in Missouri. You got out just in time, Jen.
Paris Hilton's trash is is being sold on eBay. So, pretty much business as usual.
Dracula's castle is for sale. Talk about a feature I'd like to see incorporated into Cisco Field! We could have the batboys emerge from it.
A prehistoric 150 lb. bird had trouble taking off. Kind of like Bobby Crosby's career.
Traditional monkeyball reference: He's been hiding out in Vietnam.
Nico is, apparently, an organism.
Go forth and dump!
Poll
Question:
Would you rather...?
Fire Geren
0% 0 votes
Fire Macha
0% 0 votes
Fire DiNardo
0% 0 votes
Fire Crosby
0% 0 votes
Fire Kendall
0% 0 votes
Fire Kotsay (this will autocheck for Foolsh)
0% 0 votes
Fireworks!
0% 0 votes
That DLD was much more
P A N T H E R than mine so I apologize. I didn't want to fall into a further baseball depression and DiNardo's quotes actually got me chuckling a bit. The dump had to happen right at that moment... if you know what I mean?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions
No worries, things are as they should be.
no way
I rec'd this solely on the basis of the Arnold Palmer. I loves me a good Arnold Palmer! I ordered one at a wedding last week and the bartneder was all over it. Too bad the tea was some wacko hibiscus blend, blech.
River of oil? We used to wish for rivers of oil
How about a river of pig ears, pig grease, and offal?
"Northbound lanes of the Edens Expressway were closed for more than seven hours Sunday after a dump truck carrying greasy pig parts toppled and splattered its load across the highway.
Pig ears, pig feet and grease covered all three lanes of the Edens, (IDT spokesman Claffey) said.
"This is obviously something that's really hard to clean up," Claffey said."
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 3, 2007 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Did anybody check the game wrap thread?
Scary. I'm going to start avoiding those as well.
I wun uh speeling bea at skool won yeer.
Sincerely,
Jethro Bodeen
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
... Here we are, stuck in the middle ...
... with otb21etc.'s dump.
Ah.. strike up some "Stealer's Wheel."
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
You ever listen to K-Billy's
"Super Sounds of the Seventies" weekend? It's my personal favorite.
I GOTCHA! UH HUH. HUH. HUH.
Joe Tex is one badassmofo BTW.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, you posted that erudite quotation ...
... and all I got was this lousy ear worm.
And even it is backwards. So I thought I'd at least share it. What's that passage from, Charge of the Light Brigade or something?
by The Dogfather on Jul 3, 2007 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. I was thinking of Alfalfa on Little Rascals
version because I needed a laugh this morning. Little sleep after the loss last night and I'm tired as hell right now.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
< ahem >
http://www.athleticsnation.com/story...
Remember May? Those were such innocent times.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of "Klown to the left outfield" ...
... Have there been any recent RonnieMac sightings?
by The Dogfather on Jul 3, 2007 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw him on Saturday and Monday nights..
at the Rivercats games. He looked terrible on Saturday with 2k's and a GIDP, but he looked really good last night. He's running well and looks 100%.
Thanks!
by The Dogfather on Jul 3, 2007 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't he pulled from the game early? Any reason
why?
by theblackpearl on Jul 3, 2007 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
So that he could "fit in" with the current A's...
he was injured through psychosomatic means.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
photoshoppery doesn't count
AND THEY'D BETTER BE PHOTOSHOPPED BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION AS ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY HUMAN.
before Bonus Points are awarded
pics must be posted
When we get to 200
I post the pictures. If I'm not in a meeting or something.
by Englishmajor on Jul 3, 2007 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't vouch for your personal safety
AN's new theme song should be country's...
"Wasted days and wasted nights" by Freddie Fender
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 9:48 AM PDT reply actions
I thought AN's theme
was "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" from Country Joe & the Fish.
Well, all right -- here's one of the pictures
of Jennifer and Poppy. That's Poppy on the left, Jennifer on the right. This is before the temperature dipped below 70 degrees and Jennifer had to get out her fleecy blanket.
Well done!
The Bonus Points are yours!
What a tease
My crystal ball also reveals that, on the off chance that this diary ever does hit 200 comments, she's merely going to post a low-res photo of them taken from two sections over, with their already impossible-to-distinguish features further blurred by some photoshopping. Boo in advance.
Fortunately
security through obscurity is ineffective.
Hey, no fair
sneaking into my photobucket account!
by Englishmajor on Jul 3, 2007 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, "they" say the camera adds 10 pounds...
but your photographic skills have made me look positively tiny! ;)
Really, I thought that was you sitting in the
upper deck with the A's shirt on, right next to the word HOME
by theblackpearl on Jul 3, 2007 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That's Brian in 317
Wow.
You really are stalking me. :)
Okay, so this is the Chron this morning:
Excuse me? I had on three shirts and a blanket! I'm going to welcome the "hot" weather.
Better bundle up, then
'cause it'll be a bonechilling 83° at the park tomorrow. I'm sure the all-day sun in the concrete oven will barely raise your Missoura-baked thermostat.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 3, 2007 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
NO Elephant is safe anymore
Zoo: Unknown herpes virus kills elephant AP - Tue Jul 3, 1:20 AM ET
SEATTLE - A previously unknown elephant herpes virus killed the Woodland Park Zoo's youngest Asian elephant, zoo officials said Monday.
If anyone should know about
"tarping off the whale," it should be Stomper.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 3, 2007 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Hector Carrasco Designated For Assignment
considering the state of our bullpen, I could see us picking him off waivers.
I'd take him in a heartbeat
In what order do teams get to pick off waivers?
Then he won't get past the Yankers.
by The Dogfather on Jul 3, 2007 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't mess with Stephen Colbert
Because he can make your long-awaited US tour go very, very wrong.
No worries, he'll be famous because he'll be in
the film Speed Racer which is due out next year.
Christina Ricci as Trixie
I'm gonna go throw up in my mouth now
OT: for Simpsons fans!
A real life Kwik-E Mart!
http://flickr.com/photos/rdr07/sets/...
This one's in Burbank, Ca. There are going to be 11 (I think?) 7-11's turned into the Kwik-E mart to promote the upcoming movie!
I think there's one in Mountain View
by Englishmajor on Jul 3, 2007 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Burn, baby Burn!!
I loved this article for so many reasons, not the least of which was the abundance of wonderful quotes....
This happens to be EXACTLY...
why I don't go to A's July pyro games any more:
...the music choreography inevitably has too much Lee Greenwood...
My dad
had a small bald spot on the top of his head, which he told my little brother and me was the result of some careless person having thrown a firecracker at him when he was our age, and therefore we should always be very very careful around fireworks. So I always was.
Many years after my dad died....maybe not coincidentally on the Fourth of July which was his favorite holiday....I mentioned this traumatic event in his life to my older siblings, who all hooted at me. The small bald spot on the top of his head was, of course, ordinary male-pattern baldness.
That's too funny.
I lost my dad and I can certainly relate to the corniness of that one. Luckily, I still have my hair!
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I got shot once
in the neck with a bottle rocket. Hit me just under to the side of my adams apple and blew up right undeneath my jaw. Escaped with only minor scrapes, although the collar of my jacket was burned and ruined.
All this lead to me trying to design a bottle rocket rifle for which I could have used to exact my revenge the next year.
by methodrampage on Jul 3, 2007 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Launchers
We used to use the stakes meant for outlining the driveway in the snow as launchers - about a 5' long aluminum tube with the bottom end crimped so it can be driven into the ground. Perfect.
Cue youtube of delinquents with a, well ...
... buttle rocket. NSFW
by The Dogfather on Jul 3, 2007 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
What up Douc?
A large population of endangered relatives of AN's favorite primate discovered in Vietnam.
Already linked in my DLD within a DLD...
which you obviously didn't bother to read and click on every link...<sn</p>
If anyone has 3 tickets to tonight's A's game in
the $15-20 range I'm could definately use them.
Email me at swishwersweet33@gmail.com
but it is a firework night, there won't be many
left.
by theblackpearl on Jul 3, 2007 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Only $30 tickets left....I'm not paying that,
after all it's the Blue Jays. Well that and I'll be there Wed-Sun.
by SwisherSweet33 on Jul 3, 2007 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Scutaro news?
Any word on how his hand/wrist is today?
He's a true Athletic, it must have been
amputated.
by theblackpearl on Jul 3, 2007 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
lol- OH NO
No, that would be far too quick a resolution.
First they're going to soak it in betadine, then let it eventually turn black and fall off.
as his gambling losses spiral towards desperation
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 3, 2007 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
...he drowns his sorrows in alcohol
and drives home.
Poopy doesn't poofread.
by The Dogfather on Jul 3, 2007 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Poppy don't preach.
Keeping her booby.
I thought Poppy was a rolling stone
Don't worry. They will tell us the deal
when they are good and ready.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Comcast buys FSN Bay Area
Looks like they are going to rebrand it as Comcast Sportsnet West. Will they keep the other Comcast Sportsnet West as #2?
I like it
when people buy stuff FROM Murdoch.
question though
it says that Comcast Sports Net is also in Sacramento.
Does that mean that they will now play A's games in Sacramento as well?
Comcast Sports has always been in Sacramento, and
we have FSN, that plays the A's games, so they better continue to play them
by theblackpearl on Jul 3, 2007 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope this isn't bad news for NRAFs
The local broadcast deals will remain in place, so probably no change locally (although I wonder about the games now on FSNBA+; does Comcast get that spillover channel too?)
But isn't the MLB Extra Innings package linked to FSN feeds? Quesiton for Extra Innings consumers: when you watch a Phillies or Orioles game do you get a feed branded COmcast, or one branded FSN...or nothing at all? Because if it's the latter, this could be a problem.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 3, 2007 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
As long as Comcast continues to...
...broadcast the CFL on SportsNet we'll all be fine.
Edmonton and Winnipeg had an awesome double OT game the other night that ended in a 39-39 tie.
RAF with EI here
Extra Innings picks up the broadcasts from the RSNs (regional sports networks, i.e. cable-and-satellite only channels) for 29 of the 30 clubs. I believe the only team with telecasts still not licensed to satellite is the Phillies with their telecasts on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia.
Quite a few teams have telecasts on non-FSN RSNs which appear on EI: the Yankees (YES) and Royals (RSTN) have their own channels, the Red Sox are on NESN, the White Sox and Cubs are on Comcast SportsNet Chicago...just to name a few.
Great!
What am I going to do with the 37 black visors with FSN Bay Area written on them that I got at AN Day last year!?!?
Oh well, if there's a will, there's an eBay!
uh-huh
Bet you wouldn't be getting rid of 'em if they were white visors ...
The punch out is back
My guess is that we'll see some action out of him, but over a 5 ERA at Sac? Is that gonna cut it? Flores optioned to Sac...
Do you mean the Ayatollah Komine?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 3, 2007 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
<dusts off puka shell necklace from 1980>
Our Google ads and what they say
You know, if these "Real Jock" ads had started showing up back in the heyday of butt threads, the cause/effect would have been pretty obvious. Google ads of course mines the site for content and places ads which it thinks will mesh with user interest.
But the days of rampant butt threads are long behind us (ahem). So one wonders what mined content is giving rise (ahem) to the Real Jocks? I'm looking at you, SPWC.
I have another theory for a hot Independence Eve as well. SPWC is Randy Bell. Discuss.
<Places on DL>
<Booby explodes>
<DFA's>
Booby explodes?
Ouch.
ram pants?
now those would be butt threads!
watch out, a baseball-related link
Sean Doolittle, Oakland's second pick in the draft, was promoted from Vancouver to Kane County today. The first-baseman had a good handle on Northwest League pitching after two weeks, hitting .283 with a .421 OBP.
http://mvn.com/milb-athletics/2007/0...
Also, Travis Banwart, the A's 4th round pick, was assigned to Kane County.
but what about the guy we picked next ...
Eustace Embargopimple?
He's blocked by...
Elihu Loofah Mahstretchmarks.
Poor Nebraska.
All he tried to do was post a baseball-related link...
I've come to expect such things
by Ryan Armbrust on Jul 3, 2007 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought Beane was getting rid of ...
... all the tan gents.
Baseball America has a Draft Database
of who we drafted and who has signed, but I don't know how often its been updated.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft...
Grant Desme
has also signed. I'd guess that the two UNC players will sign soon, now that the CWS is over.
< whistles >
Enter the Desme.
there's one in every story
And Carignan will be in Oakland as soon as he
signs. He can't be any worse than what we have now.
by theblackpearl on Jul 3, 2007 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I did a little research
and have found out more about just who's signed, and who hasn't
http://mvn.com/milb-athletics/2007/0...
It looks like Horton and Demel will probably sign, but Schlereth and Berger are probably going back to Arizona. I'd really like to see Gary Brown sign instead of going to Cal State Fullerton, but considering how many Titans Oakland drafts... we might pick him in three more years anyway.
by Ryan Armbrust on Jul 3, 2007 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
143, eh?
Does anybody have a copy of Photoshop they can send me?
144. No.
by The Dogfather on Jul 3, 2007 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, no. it's 147.
by The Dogfather on Jul 3, 2007 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
ARod pulls hamstring
and wuddyaknow, he's in the starting lineup the next day.
if an Athletic even thinks about stubbing his toe, he's out 3-6 weeks.
There was once a fark thread that went into the..
four-thousands, and consisted of consecutive graphical representations of the post numbers.
Like so: 
Did a little of that here the other night
In this subthread (don't know what happened to my Casey Stengel pic at the end).
This'll get us to 200 posts, pronto.
isn't that what they're using on Duke's hip?
< poops on party >
Zito in Cincinnati
44-pitch no-hitter against the minimum through 3.
Walks 5 (and counting) in the 4th.
by green star oakland on Jul 3, 2007 5:26 PM PDT reply actions
Guess who's pitching:
Pop out, walk, walk, flyout, walk, walk, walk
a clue, quoted from another blog
Is there any reason why Righetti doesn't just slap Zito silly? Nothing else seems to work.
by green star oakland on Jul 3, 2007 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn, too slow
(and he gets out of it with a strikeout)
... and of course, this being the Reds
the final out is a swinging strike.
by green star oakland on Jul 3, 2007 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Harang has 6 BB in 4 1/3
maybe the plate ump in that game is a a**hole.
KC up 6-0 on Mariners
still batting in bottom of the 1st
Rough afternoon in Seattle
The Mariners are down 10-1 after 2 innings, and Kenji Johjima left the game with a wrist injury.
But to top it all off...
Sonics to name P.J. Carlesimo as new head coach
funny, i laughed when i read about that
just days ago:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...
What's more, Presti has to hire a coach, and with so much youth on this team, it's just right for Spurs assistant P.J. Carlesimo, who has refined his style and rehabbed his image under Gregg Popovich. Carlesimo would be ideal for developing Seattle's young franchise.
Is it just me
or does anyone else think of Carlesimo as a more extreme version of some dude named Carlo?
Kenji jo-jhima hurt, throwing wrist. not good.
post one-eighty, here. Jennifer nearly undone.
181 things to do on the moon
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 4, 2007 9:16 AM PDT reply actions
ooops...
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 4, 2007 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions
183. Does this remind anybody else ...
... of a familiar semi-legible Scoreboard?
whoa. i wonder what chavy thinks of this...
Mexican tycoon overtakes Bill Gates as world's richest man
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story...
Mr Gates has headed the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest for more than a decade. But, like Mr Buffett, he is rapidly becoming as well known for giving his money away as he is for accumulating it. Both he and the "Sage of Omaha" have promised to give most of their money to charitable causes.
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