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9/17/07 DLD: Weekend Wrap

Happy birthday to Danny Haren!

Star-divide

Normally all milk and cookies, Mark Ellis tells us how he really feels about Padilla:

"[Padilla] is not even worth talking about," Ellis said. "He has a bad reputation around the game. He could be a good pitcher if he wanted to be."

Swish also critiques his form on the take down:

"It was OK," he said. "I got the shoulder down, but I didn't wrap. You gotta wrap and drive."

ANer skigurl sat near Mom Blevins this weekend and shares a cute story. We need more moments like that.

  • In the same SuSlu link above, we get news on BoCro.
  • To make room for Blevins on the 40-man roster, shortstop Bobby Crosby was placed on the 60-day disabled list, and though he would be eligible to come off Sept. 23, Crosby said he won't play again this season because of bone edema in his left wrist.

WTF is edema?

  • Update on Kiko Calero via MLB.com:
  • Righty reliever Kiko Calero, who hasn't pitched since Aug. 25 because of tightness in his throwing shoulder, said that he will not pitch again this season.

"The only thing that's going to make it better is rest," Calero said.

The good news for Calero, whose 5.75 ERA is by far the worst of his four-year career, is that an MRI of the shoulder didn't reveal any structural damage. He's been playing catch in the outfield, but he doesn't plan to throw off a mound until the offseason.

"After the season, I'm going to go home to Puerto Rico, rest for a month and start working out again," he said. "Hopefully, it's OK by then."

  • OPEN WIDE! YOU WILL LIKE THE YANKEES AND RED SOX!!
  • The birthday boy faces Miguel Batista tonight at 7:05 p.m. PT. Bay Area people can see the game on KICU, while EIers will get FSNNW.

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Nice shot...

of Ryan Howard with the candles.

by Bukanier on Sep 17, 2007 8:46 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap.

World's Longest Username!

"I'd rather see a good ass-slap anyday." ~ pam5981

by Poppy on Sep 17, 2007 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just call him OBFotOA for sort, Po.
"Just because the horseradish is a cultivar of different color and geographic origin doesn't make it less of either." - monkeyball

by McFood on Sep 17, 2007 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No doubt. I guess I'm off the hook.
"If he raced his pregnant wife, he'd finish 3rd." -Lasorda on Mike Scioscia

by ohtobe21likehuston on Sep 17, 2007 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

happy birthday

to daniel john haren! perfect day to get that win #15!

by gotgreen on Sep 17, 2007 8:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey Swish

I learned this in my one year of Pop Warner football, surely you did too:  Always see what you hit.

The smart money lies

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 17, 2007 9:00 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks Jennifer. Happy Birthday Danny Boy!

As for edema, I know it's swelling (retaining fluids, etc), but edema of the bone?  Is a big head caused by edema of the skull?

Oakland - where opposing pitchers go to lower their ERA

by kapers on Sep 17, 2007 9:15 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

A tear.

He stuffs so much chaw into his lip that tobacco juice has made its way into his tearducts.

"I'd rather see a good ass-slap anyday." ~ pam5981

by Poppy on Sep 17, 2007 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Has anybody noticed that his hair is flawless?

very nice part to the side....only he can come out looking like that after a full on tackle and subsequent dog pile.

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." ~Earl Wilson

by athleticsgirl24 on Sep 17, 2007 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seperated at...

birth?

More.

More.

And again.

"Just because the horseradish is a cultivar of different color and geographic origin doesn't make it less of either." - monkeyball

by McFood on Sep 17, 2007 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

heh

dropsy. funny.

by mikeA on Sep 17, 2007 9:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Once every few months

I read Miss Manners in the Chronicle, and I always conclude that she would get Swisher'd if she followed her own advice.

by mikeA on Sep 17, 2007 9:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

BONE edema?

I think they're making that up.

"I'd rather see a good ass-slap anyday." ~ pam5981

by Poppy on Sep 17, 2007 10:03 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Third baseman Jack Hannahan, on the A's just one month after his acquisition from the Tigers, made a flying leap onto the scrum, prompting teammates to call him Superman.

GnGG called it first!

"I'd rather see a good ass-slap anyday." ~ pam5981

by Poppy on Sep 17, 2007 10:10 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Inserted an "ot", did ya'?
"Just because the horseradish is a cultivar of different color and geographic origin doesn't make it less of either." - monkeyball

by McFood on Sep 17, 2007 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The internet is dangerous

Man dies from gaming binge:

The 30-year-old man fainted at a cybercafe in the city of Guangzhou on Saturday afternoon after he ha been playing games online for three days, the Beijing News reported.

The game is unknown, but I suspect he was either trying to win the WS in Pinch Hitter 2 or parking cars.

by mikeA on Sep 17, 2007 10:19 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

not a gaming binge

an art binge:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...

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 Sep 17, 2007 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haren B-day link

Cougarship on the rise:

But these relationships aren't always portrayed in a positive light. Terms like "cougar" (slang for an older woman seeking a younger man) depict the woman as a predator, rather than an empowered, independent and loving person.

I don't think it's that derisive.

I wonder what I'd have to do to get myself described in the media as a "self-styled dating impresario."

by mikeA on Sep 17, 2007 10:26 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Sleep with the reporter.

Don't forget the catnip, I hear she's pushing sixty.

"Just because the horseradish is a cultivar of different color and geographic origin doesn't make it less of either." - monkeyball

by McFood on Sep 17, 2007 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seeing as how the A's are playing the M's tonite:

ahem

As an example, let's look at what happened in the AL West. Here are the standings since Sheehan's column ran:

On July 19, 2007
Team     W   L   pW    pL    RS   RA
Seattle  53  39  47.0  45.0  456  445
Oakland  45  50  48.7  46.3  402  391

Since July 19, 2007
Team     W   L   pW    pL    RS   RA
Seattle  25  31  24.3  31.7  270  311
Oakland  29  27  27.0  29.0  299  308

Wouldn't you know it? The A's have gained four real games on the Mariners since then and have played almost three games better in the Pythagorean world. Furthermore, Seattle's record is just under its Pythagorean projection. Whatever enabled the Mariners to outdo their Pythagorean record earlier in the year seems to have worn off in mid-July, despite Sheehan's observation that "the Mariners are the better team and will continue to be so."

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Sep 17, 2007 10:40 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Shameless self-promotion!

Good job!

Nice article, by the way. I read it and even though a lot of it went over my head it was interesting nonetheless! I'm learning!

Are you a dad yet? Come on already!

"I apologize for the negativity. I'm almost out of vodka." -ArakSOT

by pam5981 on Sep 17, 2007 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huh.

That's how it all started.

by Jennifer on Sep 17, 2007 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

snicker out loud
"San Jose A's of Fremont" is grotesque

by ArakSOT on Sep 17, 2007 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sal nailed it.

Both then and now. Nice article.

To be fair to Sheehan, as the article points out, the Mariners' underlying performance changed significantly as well - specifically their bullpen went from being a major strength to a liability. Had this not been the case, they probably could have continued playing at least .500 ball, though of course the difference also would be reflected in their RS/RA as well.

Nonetheless, Sheehan's original piece was extremely weak, and it's worth pointing out the flaws in the sort of lazy half-assed analysis from someone who should know better.

Maybe the dark is from your eyes.

by andeux on Sep 17, 2007 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

luck: not any kind of skill that we know yet
"San Jose A's of Fremont" is grotesque

by ArakSOT on Sep 17, 2007 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I outsmarted Pythagoras

by drawing my triangle on a curved surface. You should have seen the guy. He was irate!

by mikeA on Sep 17, 2007 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I drew mine

while travelling at the speed of light.

[Management Note: This Signature has been Designated For Assignment and will re-appear after clearing waivers.]

by LawDaddy on Sep 17, 2007 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Which reminds me of the limerick:

There once was a woman from Bright
Who traveled much faster than light
She left yesterday
(In a relative way)
And arrived on the previous night!

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Sep 17, 2007 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had a class in college

where the professor showed a clip of Back to the Future to demonstrate an inaccurate depiction of time travel, and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey to demonstrate an accurate depiction. Back to the Future is way better, though.

by mikeA on Sep 17, 2007 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heard this one on CarTalk (so it's Bostonish) ...

... The limerick is furtive and mean;
You must keep her in close quarantine,
Or she runs to the slums
And promptly becomes
Disorderly, drunk, and obscene.

or

The lim'rick packs laughs anatomical
Into a space economical.
It needn't be lewd,
Nor remarkably crude,
But the clean ones so seldom are comical.  

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

by The Dogfather on Sep 17, 2007 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

accelerating?

If you are traveling at a constant velocity near the speed of light, your triangle spatial geometry is still Euclidian, so a stationary observer would still find that the angles of your triangle sum to 180 degrees (but the relativistic boost would make the triangle look very long and skinny). However, if you were accelerating while drawing it, then you could find yourself in a curved geometry. Alternatively, draw the triangle while falling into a black hole.

by colin on Sep 17, 2007 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Congrats...

This one was even picked up by Rob Neyer:

As Sal Baxamusa notes, when you try to outsmart the Pythagorean method, it's at your own peril. It's great that we're all talking about run differentials. Should have happened a long time ago. Now we need to stop making excuses for it.

A damn good article (yours... Rob's was more of a collection of links).

by RickeySteals on Sep 17, 2007 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, neat!

Rob is a good friend to THT (and I nice dude the one time I met him).  I didn't know he linked it since I don't subscribe to Insider.  Thanks for letting me know.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Sep 17, 2007 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So I went to bref,

and they had this terrifying ad. Consider AT&T boycotted.

by mikeA on Sep 17, 2007 11:00 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Gotta say

I love that Danny boy is a Mac user.

"I apologize for the negativity. I'm almost out of vodka." -ArakSOT

by pam5981 on Sep 17, 2007 11:36 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

me too

also, check out that bobblehead collection

by OaklandSi on Sep 17, 2007 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Swisher's charge was pretty sweet

but next time an Athletic chagres, he should pull one of these and just confuse everyone:

http://news.myspace.com/comedy_rando...

by GusanoQuemador on Sep 17, 2007 11:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That's awesome.
Maybe the dark is from your eyes.

by andeux on Sep 17, 2007 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

looks like a recipe for hammy pulls

actually, I think that was a charity game including comedy.

by OaklandSi on Sep 17, 2007 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

gosh

at $19,995 Gabriella M. looks like quite the bargain

"San Jose A's of Fremont" is grotesque

by ArakSOT on Sep 17, 2007 11:54 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

dude

1 Samuel 18:25
Saul replied, "Say to David, 'The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.' " Saul's plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

by mikeA on Sep 17, 2007 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's even cheaper

if you bring back your old one as a trade-in.

Maybe the dark is from your eyes.

by andeux on Sep 17, 2007 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm confused

is that real?  legal?  

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Sep 17, 2007 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

*barely* legal

no, but seriously....

"We’re a Christian family and Cheyenne has had trouble with unchristian desires although at heart we know she's a good Christian girl. She needs a husband with STRONG Christian values who will provide her a STRONG Christian home and help her to live a godly life."

"Marissa likes to put on airs and thinks she’s better than all of us here and who knows maybe she’s right.  She’s looking for a smart, sophisticated man who knows "art" and "culture" and "style" and who can understand her better than we can."

this has got to be a joke, right?  right??

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 Sep 17, 2007 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i want to believe it's a joke

but I also want to believe that my puppy rufus went to live on a farm with other puppies.

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Sep 17, 2007 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh lord.

I hope so. Anytime you still feel it's necessary to put the 1/2 year in your age (as in, Kyra A. is Fourteen! And a half! Because the half somehow makes it better?) that can't be real...right?

"I apologize for the negativity. I'm almost out of vodka." -ArakSOT

by pam5981 on Sep 17, 2007 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously...

I'm ready for winter. This ragweed is killing me.

by Jennifer on Sep 17, 2007 1:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Try switching to sensimilla
"Just because the horseradish is a cultivar of different color and geographic origin doesn't make it less of either." - monkeyball

by McFood on Sep 17, 2007 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

vote on 756 ball

From SF GATE

12:51 PDT SAN FRANCISCO - The man who bought Barry Bonds' record-breaking home-run ball is giving the public a chance to brand it with an asterisk and send it to baseball's Hall of Fame - or to blast it into outer space.

Marc Ecko, a fashion designer with a history of coming up with stunts, says it's not a joke.

After paying $752,467 for the ball at an online auction that wrapped up Saturday, Ecko said today that he is taking votes at a Web site - www.vote756.com - and giving people three choices:

-- Send the ball directly to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

-- Send it to Cooperstown after branding it with an asterisk that would acknowledge the public's suspicion that the Giants slugger used steroids to boost his strength.

-- Put the ball on a rocket ship and launch it into space.

"All you need in life are friends, family and a good bullpen" - spotted on a tshirt in Columbia, SC.

by LongTimeFan on Sep 17, 2007 1:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

or option "D", shove it straight up his...

How YOU doin'!

"Just because the horseradish is a cultivar of different color and geographic origin doesn't make it less of either." - monkeyball

by McFood on Sep 17, 2007 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here's me putting the "post" in post-mortum

because apparently the medical examiner couldn't be bothered to wait.  A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy.

The smart money lies

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 17, 2007 2:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Venezuelan morgue-candy?
habitually tragicomic approach @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 17, 2007 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Health news from all over

Apparently, Kos is getting his medical care from Larry Davis.  

Small children are having their toes ripped off by Crocs.  Not crocs, Crocs.

However, when you take the kiddos to get their pain prescriptions filled, now they can choose from 19 disgusting flavors.  

Perhaps not on a par with last week's scientific discovery that men prefer hot chicks, but research now confirms that men don't wash their hands enough.  Especially Braves fans.  Apparently they can't do the Chop as well without a couple of layers of grime.

And in non-health news, the Mariners had rookie hazing dress-up day.  No pics in this story though, and LL doesn't seem to have them yet...probably too busy continuing the search for the evil bobblehead thieves.  

We were caught in a hamster wheel of recriminations and resentment.

by Englishmajor on Sep 17, 2007 3:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

kids are having their toes ripped off by Cros?

Now that's what I call bone edema!

(And, yes, if Cros is ripping anyone's toes off, it's likely due to his swinging at sliders low and away.)

habitually tragicomic approach @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 17, 2007 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

I don't like Frank Rich either. That's something, I guess. I like Chuck Todd, though. Still don't like kos: "insiders: Boooooooo." Just a dumb controversy all the way around, and now I've joined the dumbery by commenting on it.

by mikeA on Sep 17, 2007 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

kos

"Righty bloggers acting like fangirls in a meeting with Bush at the White House. These kinds of things are pretty silly, which is why I skipped the "blogger meeting" with Bill Clinton. I had better things to do with my time."

you've been to two or three AN days, i seriously doubt you have better things to do with your time than meet the president of the US.

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 Sep 17, 2007 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Spending time with your wife

is more fruitful than receiving stupid sound bites from an ex-president (although I had a college class where we met with Mr. Clinton, which was quite exciting if not edifying. Six years on, the charm has yet to wear off.)

Moderating a blog full of insane people on the other hand....

(Pretend I didn't say that, please.)

by mikeA on Sep 17, 2007 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"fruitful"?

Strom Thurmond's wife, maybe.

habitually tragicomic approach @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 17, 2007 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

<names south carolina airport

after thurmond>

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 Sep 17, 2007 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was thinking of ...
this.
stop crying, god damn it! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 17, 2007 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i don't think it's really a choice

between meeting the president and spending time with your wife.  one could find other ways to free up a few hours.  don't sleep in on saturday, don't play golf that week, don't watch "deal or no deal", don't read newsweek or some novel, don't post as much on your favorite blogs that week, etc.

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 Sep 17, 2007 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is it just me...

...Or is Dan Haren the star of the new "Cavemen" series?

"I've been accused of using too many words...I suppose that's like accusing Mozart of using too many notes." Bill King

by Gerard on Sep 17, 2007 4:02 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Red Sox have creative rookie Hazing

BoSox dress Dice-K, rookies in costumes on flight to Toronto

The Boston Red Sox didn't need an interpreter for this: With one quick wardrobe change, Daisuke Matsuzaka went from star pitcher to Teletubby.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/s...

by theblackpearl on Sep 17, 2007 4:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

but...

where r teh pikchurs?

"I apologize for the negativity. I'm almost out of vodka." -ArakSOT

by pam5981 on Sep 17, 2007 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yay!

rookie hazing time!

i can't wait to see pix of the A's!

by gotgreen on Sep 18, 2007 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where's the new DLD?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to SAL!

"Look at the replay again... one of the A's players comes flying in, I coulda swore it was Adam Melhuse!"

by Jennifer on Sep 18, 2007 11:24 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAL!

(I think he's taking the day off)

"San Jose A's of Fremont" is grotesque

by ArakSOT on Sep 18, 2007 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's posting over on BTF

Thinks he's too good for us, I guess.

Maybe the dark is from your eyes.

by andeux on Sep 18, 2007 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nailed it.
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Sep 18, 2007 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why Is Sal Baxamusa Boring?

link

stop crying, god damn it! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 18, 2007 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Happy BARTday, Slabby!
"Just because the horseradish is a cultivar of different color and geographic origin doesn't make it less of either." - monkeyball

by McFood on Sep 18, 2007 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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