DLD 1.11.8 Plenty More
by ArakSOT on Jan 11, 2008 7:01 AM PST
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They may walk hand in hand
Like lovers through the market square
Selecting leather goods,
Pretending that they just don't care
They say all the boys are monsters
All the girls are whores
So when you lose the one you love
There's always plenty more
They may be in a club
All dressed up waiting to meet you
Or in some garret bleak
Despairing over what to do
All the girls are monsters
All the boys are whores
So when you lose the one you love
There's always plenty more
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Mo keeps taking my apron
make him stop
by ArakSOT on Jan 11, 2008 7:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Plenty crappy FA OF?
Rotoworld is currently splattered with A's news/rumors.
http://www.rotoworld.com/content/hom...
There's talk of a Street for Crisp trade (reported to be fiction)
And talk of the A's being interested in Mike Cameron, Rondell White and Reggie Sanders.
Also mentions Duke get $1.2M and the Dan Johnson is finally healthy from viral meningitis (YIPEE!).
by methodrampage on Jan 11, 2008 7:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
What's next for Dan Johnson...
and his propensity for strange maladies? I say dengue fever.
by franks a lot on Jan 11, 2008 7:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
xbox guessed hanta virus, I say gigantism
by salb918 on Jan 11, 2008 7:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cytomegalovirus is a future possibility
by franks a lot on Jan 11, 2008 7:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
AAAAsperger's Syndrome
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
if he does get Gigantism ...
... he's sure to subsequently develop Progeria.
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 9:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, man.
While I was living in Guatemala, I got hit by the truck that is dengue fever. Worst. Week. Ever. They say that you should just lay down until it's gone (while taking meds), but I just had to get out of the house (which is where the mosquitos that gave me dengue lived). I remember stumbling around the streets of Guatemala, cursing the names of all mosquitos ever to live.
by JediLeroy on Jan 11, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
just lay down until it's gone
No, that's for bank robbers.
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There's an easy way to get bANned somewhere here.
by jeepers on Jan 11, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good thing it was viral
If it was bacterial, they might have had to amputate some limbs. That's the only thing I could think of that might make Dan Johnson even slower than he is now.
by PaulThomas on Jan 11, 2008 9:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh! Sweet nothing!
The Squirrel Nut Zippers were named after Squirrel Brand's popular Nut Zippers candy, an early 20th century blend of chewy caramel and peanuts. Yum!
Indeed, known ArakSOT haunt Cambridge MA was once a candy-making center for the New England. As detailed in Steve Almond's, Candy Freak, Main Street in Cambridge was once home to many candy-making facilities (and at least one that is still in operation today - smell those Junior Mints as you walk by!). To this day, you can see the words "Squirrel Brand Company" on the outside of the former building.
by salb918 on Jan 11, 2008 7:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
which is mere blocks from where I am now
by ArakSOT on Jan 11, 2008 8:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I take this to mean a small desert mammal
is keeping your from getting there.
by salb918 on Jan 11, 2008 8:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm Waiting For the Man
I fear that if we're gonna start invoking VU lyrics, Nico won't be too far behind.
I saw a predecessor band of the Squirrel Nut Zippers--Johnny Vomit and the Dry Heaves--play a frat party in Chapel Hill back in my youth.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jan 11, 2008 9:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
riposte of the month
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nico was a goddess
She gets into heaven just on the basis of her song "The Falconer" (from Desert Shore). But add in "All Tomorrow's Parties," her cover of "I'll Keep it With Mine," etc., and I'll defend her to the death. Well, not to the death, but to the extent of dull, manageable pain.
by Ray of Lite on Jan 11, 2008 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lovely weather we're having here today,
Right?
by walk off bunt on Jan 11, 2008 9:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, at least it's not 8 deg F
like it was last week.
by salb918 on Jan 11, 2008 9:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
sweet streets of New England
I always thought this would be a good band name.
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 9:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
New England sweets
- Necco wafers are the. lamest. candy. ever.
- Moxie, on the other hand, kicks ass. Still my favorite soft drink, though most people seem to find the gentian root flavor to be disturbing.
I also used to like Vernors, too, but they softened the flavor a while back (and even I admit that it used to be pretty harsh back when I liked it).
by Nick on Jan 11, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
they also switched to corn syrup
Yeah, I used to love Vernor's, too. Have you tried Stewart's? Their ginger ale is plenty spicy. Their orange soda is excellent, too (add a shot of vodka for a "Stewdriver").
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 11:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Boston Cooler
Vernors and Vanilla Ice Cream. Also Vernors is a must for tummy aches, and is not a bad hang-over cure.
by DCinWC on Jan 11, 2008 12:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think I've tried Stewart's
by Nick on Jan 11, 2008 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Huh.
Nobody appears to have recommended this DLD.
by salb918 on Jan 11, 2008 9:06 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Done
by BlameChannel53 on Jan 11, 2008 9:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Low standards, I see.
by salb918 on Jan 11, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Happy Friday!
I only have to work a half day today. Woo!
And a link:
Malcolm Gladwell posted a good argument about PEDs.
The funniest bit:
I realize that the people running major league baseball and the NFL are not philosophers.
by pam5981 on Jan 11, 2008 10:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Et tu, Prospectus?
In today's "Top 11 Diamondbacks Prospects," Baseball Prospectus mentions 'Greg Smith, LHP'.
by BWH on Jan 11, 2008 11:20 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well according to the link....
it might be a differnt Greg Smith... though not the one its intended to be.
by Zonis on Jan 11, 2008 12:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Another take on our minor league system, this
time by Deric McKamey, it is posted on Scout.
DERIC MCKAMEY’S TOP-15 OAKLAND A’S PROSPECTS
- Carlos Gonzalez (OF)- 9C
- Daric Barton (1B)- 8A
- Gio Gonzalez (LHP)- 8B
- Fautino de los Santos (RHP)- 9C
- Brett Anderson (LHP)- 8C
- Trevor Cahill (RHP)- 8C
- James Simmons (RHP)- 8C
- Ryan Sweeney (OF)- 8C
- Aaron Cunningham (OF)- 8C
- Andrew Bailey (RHP)- 8C
- Corey Brown (OF)- 9D
- Sean Doolittle (1B)- 8C
- Henry Rodriguez (RHP)- 9E
- Chris Carter (1B)- 8D
- Javier Herrera (OF)- 8D
PLAYER POTENTIAL RATING
Scale of (1-10) representing a player’s upside potential
10 – Hall of Fame-type player
9 – Elite player
8 – Solid regular
7 – Average regular
6 – Platoon player
5 – Major league reserve player
4 – Top minor league player
3 – Average minor league player
2 – Minor league reserve player
1 – Minor league roster filler
PROBABILITY RATING
Scale of (A-E) representing the player’s realistic chances of achieving their potential
A – 90% probability of reaching potential
B – 70% probability of reaching potential
C – 50% probability of reaching potential
D – 30% probability of reaching potential
E – 10% probability of reaching potential
by theblackpearl on Jan 11, 2008 11:35 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
If he's right
then the Haren and Swisher trades were definitely correct moves.
I'd characterize Haren as "elite" and Swisher as "solid" before the trades.
DLS + CarGon = 100% elite player
Cunningham+Carter+Gio+Anderson+Sweeney= 250% solid player
I'd peg Smith at something like 7C. I don't know what to do with Eveland; is he a 9? But even if we stipulate that the two of them are utter flameouts, the trades should give Oakland at least one additional "solid" (i.e. substantially above average) player over what the team had previously.
by PaulThomas on Jan 11, 2008 12:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
make a comic
http://www.wittycomics.com/make-comi...
if you're feeling clever today, please entertain the rest of us.
by xbhaskarx on Jan 11, 2008 11:43 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm no bike rider
but these folks are in the same building, and I just had to get one of these
by ArakSOT on Jan 11, 2008 11:50 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I know... but I got mine at cost
by ArakSOT on Jan 11, 2008 12:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
can I have $10?
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cameron agrees to terms with Brewers
According to Ken Rosenthal. Mike Cameron, we hardly knew ye!
by jeepers on Jan 11, 2008 12:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
According to MLB Traderumors...
Buster Onley says that the Kotsay to the Braves talks may become serious today (yay!)
Eddie Guardado signed with the Rangers.
Mets will do everything it takes to get Johan Santnaa (If that means Santa is out of the AL, and not a RedSock or Yankee, then I am extatic!).
And Walt Jocketty is now with the Reds.
by Zonis on Jan 11, 2008 12:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
that would be a major coup for Beane
Even if he has to eat most of Kotsay's salary, getting any sort of value there is a huge win.
by MrIncognito on Jan 11, 2008 12:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
would top the Kendall deal
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 1:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Braves owe us this one
by kaweahkaweah on Jan 11, 2008 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kotsay is the best defensive CF we have ever seen
by Ray of Lite on Jan 11, 2008 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Was
by devo on Jan 11, 2008 7:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Like Two-Buck
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jan 11, 2008 7:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OK, so if Cleveland ...
... is going to start calling their stadium "The Prog," then they really should acquire Anderson, Wakefield, Buford, and Howe.
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 1:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
While, Yes, I agree, there's no need Rush.
by salb918 on Jan 11, 2008 2:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They need to hire this girl as the organist
by Nick on Jan 11, 2008 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Adam Melhuse
Resigned with the Rangers to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training.
Do the A's still have Rob Bowen under contract?
by micdog2001 on Jan 11, 2008 2:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
A's sign Emil Brown...
by Dr Pez on Jan 11, 2008 4:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
wha?
They DFA'ed Putnam to make room for ... Terrence Long II?
Not that Putnam was turning into much of anything, but ...
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 4:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would have said Putnam
was himself Terrence Long II.
I give him at least a 50-50 shot at clearing outright waivers if it comes to that.
by PaulThomas on Jan 11, 2008 4:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
fair 'nuff, but ...
... would you rather have TL II at age 33 with (I'm hoping this isn't the case) a $1M+ guaranteed ML contract, or TL II at age 25 with <1y service time and a minor-league/ML-minimum salary?</p>
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In honor of the soon to be departed Kotsay
Puzzling
by easyraider on Jan 11, 2008 5:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Trepidation
http://www.royalsreview.com/story/20...
Those elements, will be part of the new RR (although diaries will be changing big time...) as well as other new stuff.
More than anything else, the site will look very different... everyone will hate it at first, then in three days be used to it. It will look less like a blog (you know, stories just piled on top of one another one by one) and more like... well, yea. Farewell to walls of text, for better or worse. (You can probably guess where my loyalties lie.) As I said, the diaries will be changing dramatically, and, hopefully, for the better. Honestly, I haven't even had much of a chance to play around with the new site yet, but there will be alot of new things, and it should be easier to find basic Royals info on this site, without having to goto some other site to look up stats, etc.
by mikeA on Jan 11, 2008 4:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I hope it ain't this direction
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 4:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You want AN to move to the right?
by mikeA on Jan 11, 2008 4:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes; AN is sitting on my tail
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Phil Spector's Wall of Text
I assume from the above the RR fella is suggesting that front page stories will now be a couple sentences and then "click here for more." That seems to be the web standard these days, in that it forces click-throughs and hence page views.
I'm most curious about the diaries changing dramatically, particularly w/r/t what folks can or can't do with HTML.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jan 11, 2008 6:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, this is cheery
And you thought Tonya Harding was a bad skating story.
by Nick on Jan 11, 2008 4:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
a more positive skating story
Was anyone else at the Shark Tank last night? I attended my first-ever Sharks game, and had a blast.
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 4:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You'll have even more fun
if you go watch them when they're playing a road game.
(Sharks home record: 8-9-4)
(Sharks road record: 16-3-2)
by PaulThomas on Jan 11, 2008 5:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, folks around us were noting that
They skated circles around the Canucks last night, though.
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 5:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So what's the deal with that?
Is their style not suited to their rink or something?
by Nick on Jan 11, 2008 5:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I used to watch a fair amount
by Nick on Jan 11, 2008 5:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
actually, this was my first NHL game at all
I used to watch a lot of college games at Miami (OH) when I was a wee primate.
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 5:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't know if anybody cares, but..
I got sick of waiting for the A's to release their schedule in .csv format, so I typed it in to Outlook myself. I've uploaded it to Google Public Calendars (just search for 2008 oakland athletics) and can provide an Outlook .csv if anybody wants it.
by JediLeroy on Jan 11, 2008 5:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Awesome. Thank you!
by oblique on Jan 11, 2008 6:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
forget AN wiki
For '08 and '09, Beane should operate the A's on an open-source wiki model.
by monkeyball on Jan 11, 2008 8:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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