DIY DLD

by kaweahkaweah on Aug 28, 2007 12:12 PM PDT Comment 76 comments

Let's get this thing going. I don't have much, except this tidbit from BP on Trevor Cahill's progress:

"Trevor Cahill, RHP, Low A Kane County (Athletics)

The A’s have a solid history of pitchers putting up some big numbers at Kane County, but for the most part they were older college veterans taking advantage of rest of the league’s youth, and for the most part they didn’t have the prospect status to match the numbers. For every Joe Blanton, there was a Brad Knox or a Steven Bondurant. Trevor Cahill is a little different. Oakland’s top draft pick last year (second round), Cahill is just 19, and his future is looking very bright these days. On Saturday, the righthander allowed one run on two hits over six innings while striking out seven, extending an eight-game streak in which the California native has an 0.91 ERA while allowing just 23 hits in 49.1 innings while striking out 52. With a low-90s fastball that touches 93 and one of the better curveballs in the system, Cahill has the stuff to match the stats and is arguably the top minor-league pitcher the A's have. "

http://baseballprospectus.com/articl...

So there! Post yer own damned links!

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the only link doesn't actually work

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 12:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What a coincidence:

I'm not working either!

I love you, k^2. -Poppy*

by kaweahkaweah on Aug 28, 2007 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Still can't get it to work :-(

I love you, k^2. -Poppy*

by kaweahkaweah on Aug 28, 2007 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This DLD is a real gem

A small South African mining company claims to have found the world's largest diamond.

A shareholder in the unnamed mine...said the giant gem was about 7,000 carats - which would be twice the size of the Cullinan Diamond, centre-piece of the British crown jewels. But industry experts are sceptical about the unconfirmed claim...
In a photograph emailed to the BBC, the 'stone' appears to be about the size of a coconut, and has a greenish tinge. But a spokesman for De Beers, the world's biggest diamond mining company, said the north-west province was not known for producing gems and greenish stones were even rarer.
The firm also said that if the find were genuine it would be the stone of the century.

For God's sake, the government should take pity on us and move these monkeys away

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 28, 2007 12:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

the stone of the century?

Well, this was the one for last century.

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sceptical ...

...is that an alternate spelling of "skeptical" that I'm not aware of?

... or a brilliant pun that I'm missing?

"what da fuck is cold cereal" -Marques Slocum

by rubin sierra on Aug 28, 2007 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's british

like the story...

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A's new SE Bay ballfield lacks proper permits!

Neighbors demand it be torn down already!

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 12:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

god that neighbor

lady sounds like a bitch. since when is having a free super nice safe ball field a bad thing? if i was a kid around there i would be on that field every day all summer long.

by Backspin on Aug 28, 2007 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know about you, but I'd be pretty

pissed if my 750K investment decreased in value because someone decided to circumvent the law and build without a permit.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2007 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

your 750k depreciated because of the

housing bust, not that guys field, or fences.

by theblackpearl on Aug 28, 2007 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

still, it's a poor precedent to set.

I like to think stories like these might give the property owner and the city a chance to talk about what's really important (having a ballpark for the kiddies vs. NIMBY types), but the owners are clearly in the wrong.

Although it looks like a nice field.

Bob Geren, on 8/2/07, on the success of Alan Embree as new interim closer: "What can I say,... he's been our Steady Tremendous Bullpen Man"

by popcornjames on Aug 28, 2007 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's a big difference, though.

According to the story, this guy did not get the permits he was required to. This wasn't a group of residents protesting against something that the city had OK'd. His mendacity was the only thing that caused a first stop-work order to be rescinded, then another stop-work order was ordered, and he filed his permits late.

Furthermore, it's not a full ballfield, only a practice facility. It's not like the kids are going to be playing there. It's not big enough. Because of its size, the fences won't keep balls from flying into the neighborhood (such as it is). I suspect he would generate less sympathy if he had built a private golf course without permits that would allow dimpled missiles to fly out of the facility. This isn't all that different, especially considering it's not a public practice facility.

Finally, it's got artificial turf. What the hell kind of douchebag builds an artificial turf field in the bay area?

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2007 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed on all counts

Especially the artificial turf...if you can afford to build your own exclusive custom baseball-themed play area, surely you can afford to water the damn grass.

Also annoying: the full stadium lighting rig. I've gotta think those dark quiet Danville nights lose a little something when lit up by a blazing set of metal halides, irresistably drawing in Kinsella-esque romantics like moths to a flame. Oh, yeah, and moths, too.

For God's sake, the government should take pity on us and move these monkeys away

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 28, 2007 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apparently, grass is too difficult to maintain

around here. The school is ripping up our large field - big enough to hold 5-7 softball games at one time - and replacing it with FieldTurf. Easier for facilities, probably conserves water -- but a real shame for summer evening softball.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2007 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Berkeley High does that

Artificial turf for their football stadium, which does double duty for soccer, track, various rec leagues and neighborhood uses, etc. For fields in heavy use maintained by large institutions, the price difference is supposedly quite large.

For God's sake, the government should take pity on us and move these monkeys away

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 28, 2007 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

an environmentally-minded one, perhaps?

I agree with you 100% on all the other points you've made in this thread -- but look at the sere, scruffy landscape surrounding the practice field. I don't want to think about how much water it would take annually to keep that field green.

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was partially a tongue-in-cheek coda.

That brown landscape is par for the East Bay course in the summer time. But there ain't nothing like the green Mt. Diablo after the spring rains.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2007 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

$750K?

Ha. Dream on.

Maybe the dark is from your eyes.

by andeux on Aug 28, 2007 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

he meant the down payment

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps you're unfamiliar with the constant "K"

K = (true value of home)/750. So 750K = true value of home.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2007 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boltzmann would be so pissed

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's "k" not "K"

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2007 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

k

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bonderman would be so pissed

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Danville is a hellhole.

by mikeA on Aug 28, 2007 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you know where you stand

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I did send a note to the City Attorney ...

... suggesting that turf would look pretty good at the over-used local dog park.

Dandyville has numerous well-manicured ballfields and other public park facilities. This thing was nothing but an ego trip. It'll be fun watching this battle of the well-heeled assholes, but the Town's permitting process will lose all credibility if they let this thing stay up.

Personally, I've had my eye on a replica of the Matterhorn that I think would look good in my yard...

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

by The Dogfather on Aug 28, 2007 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man sucked through drainage pipe

http://www.koco.com/news/13992895/de...

And it has nothing to do with Senators from Idaho

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 12:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

if Idaho ...

... I'd not be in the bathroom in the Minneapolis airport.

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

DIY DLD

just like my love life

"San Jose A's of Fremont" is gauche

by ArakSOT on Aug 28, 2007 12:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Just how old is Larry Davis?

And has he ever been to Vienna?

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 12:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Larry is just the americanized version of Lestat

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you know that ...

... Tom Cruise didn't know he was in that vampire movie until three months later?

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't object if he prescribed

some of our guys a hearty dose of lead.

by mikeA on Aug 28, 2007 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

trade Davis to the Dodgers ...

... so that when he treats Brad Penny, he can snarl, "Eat lead, copper!"

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scutaro empathy generator

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 12:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure most people have seen this

but I think she answered the question perfectly (seeing as I now understand why 20% of Americans couldn't find the US on a map).

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

So...

it's really not a scholarship program...

"Who is Danny and why are we eating his cake?" -Jennifer's mom

by pam5981 on Aug 28, 2007 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Host Mario Lopez was just happy

to meet someone dumber than him

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Watch it, Preppy.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2007 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

don't make me cut you

with my flared polo collars

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

flared polo collar = douchebag

flared polo collar at the 'tute = douchebag with no self-awareness

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2007 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ouchbag

I guess you can't flare the normal 'tute attire - a t-shirt

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

my favorite story...

from the miss teen usa pagean is this...

guess what the winner of the contest wants to be for a living.

yes miss teen usa wants to be a reporter on a tv entertainment news program. ah, the dreams of youth. president, astronaut, world famous scientist...nah, i wanna be someone that schlocks the perverse details of celebrities lives.

jeez, this country is so screwed.

by inbillywetrust on Aug 28, 2007 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

at least it's realistic

she knows what she's good at (looking good) and knows which professions value that above all else (face on a tv)

Sadly, the runner-up's dream was to marry rich, get fat, and learn spanish from Mexican novellas.

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

isn't she supposed to be a role model

or something. a guide for kids to achieve excellence of some sort?

instead, she's a dingbat who wants to add no value to the world?

and i'm supposed to see the positive in this? i don't think so.

by inbillywetrust on Aug 28, 2007 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

not everybody can be a rocket scientist

and I seriously doubt she's supposed to be a role model to anyone other than other "dingbats"

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

by inbillywetrust on Aug 28, 2007 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shoot

A former Miss Teen USA lived in my freshman dorm in college. She was absolutely brilliant, and is now a doctor...

... my how we have lowered our standards in 10 years...

by RickeySteals on Aug 28, 2007 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"add no value to the world"?

if by value you mean your own value system, but in an economic sense she would be adding value to the world.

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 Aug 28, 2007 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

When I was a young lad

Miss Teen Hawaii was my babysitter. She was way smarter than this South Carolina dingbat. Not as hot, though.

For God's sake, the government should take pity on us and move these monkeys away

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 28, 2007 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Death to ragweed!

"Whoa, are you saying... a testosterone-addled Rich Harden, in a fit of misplaced aggression after growing several extra pairs, ran over LAXile?" Poppy

by Jennifer on Aug 28, 2007 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

if you invented an allergy cure, it'd be ...

... a ragweed-to-riches story.

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My cure:

Move west!

"Whoa, are you saying... a testosterone-addled Rich Harden, in a fit of misplaced aggression after growing several extra pairs, ran over LAXile?" Poppy

by Jennifer on Aug 28, 2007 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Go West, young <wo>man

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

as a strikeout pitcher, Cahill's nickname ...

... should be "K-Hill" (he deserves it more than this guy).

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 12:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

oh, I don't know.....

53 K's in 210 career at bats, that seems to be well deserved..... ;)

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Aug 28, 2007 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

AZ Fall League Rosters

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today...

A's are:
Jerry Blevins LHP
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/playe...

Jeff Gray RHP
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/playe...

Jay Marshall LHP
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/playe...

James Simmons RHP - surprised, given desire to limit innings
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/playe...

Anthony Recker C
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/playe...

Cliff Pennington SS
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/playe...

Kind of a sad bunch

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 12:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I guarantee you

that the one and only reason Simmons is on there is to develop his breaking pitch(es). Throw in a curve or a slider and he's Blanton-with-a-changeup, which is pretty good.

by PaulThomas on Aug 28, 2007 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bobblehead?

Hey... if someone could help a starving college NRAF out by getting a Mark Ellis bobblehead for me tonight, I'd gladly reimburse all ticket/shipping costs. Thanks so much!

http://www.jlaff.com/

by JLaff on Aug 28, 2007 12:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I doubt I can help you but if I do get two I'll

let you know. BTW, anyone have an idea how early you'd have to get there to get one, on a Tuesday night after (most) schools are back in session? Or, better put, how late one can get there and still have a shot at one?

by sslinger on Aug 28, 2007 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another Bradley Article

In case anyone is interested in dead horse beating

http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/st...

by wordfromthewise on Aug 28, 2007 2:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

oy, that lede

That Milton Bradley was quietly working a USA Today crossword puzzle at his locker before the start of this week's key NL West series with Arizona is perfect in that six years and five organizations into his major-league career, he remains unsolved and far from completely filled in.

Unfulfilled talent? Troublemaker? Still maturing? Misunderstood?

All of the above?

Howzabout "Really easy to figure out correctly, but also a tabula rasa onto which any dimwit can write any combination of letters he chooses, no matter how well they fit the clues."

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But this is pretty accurate

What you hope, simply, is that you have one heck of a romance before the break-up.

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

by oblique on Aug 28, 2007 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"unsolved and far from completely filled in"

I think the writer stole this lede from the Boston Globe's coverage of the Big Dig.

For God's sake, the government should take pity on us and move these monkeys away

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 28, 2007 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

or perhaps he was watching Miss Teen S. Carolina

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

JoKe signs minor-league contract w/Jays

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slu...

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2007 2:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

facelick girl moves to Canada

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Aug 28, 2007 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cats: Not so f’in funny anymore

Someone has made a response to LOLcats, presenting by way of contrast the grim reality of actually owning a feline.

Also: someone set the Burning Man ablaze four days early. I swear, officer, it wasn’t arson, I was only blowing the butane flame kisses as part of my camp’s foreplay ritual.

(boing...boing...)

For God's sake, the government should take pity on us and move these monkeys away

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 28, 2007 2:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

For God's sake, the government should take pity on us and move these monkeys away

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 28, 2007 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Meh...

A measley 3.0? I don't get out of bed for anything less than a 5.5...

A 3.0 isn't even good enough to shake a martini, much less cause me to panic

by RickeySteals on Aug 28, 2007 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh

See, they all cause me to panic, because I'm totally not of the mind that this is the fault "letting out some earthquake energy in small bursts...". The big one is totally coming.

"Who is Danny and why are we eating his cake?" -Jennifer's mom

by pam5981 on Aug 28, 2007 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs