An insomnia DLD for 10/2/08

by Soaker on Oct 2, 2008 4:29 AM PDT Comment 62 comments

Yes, I'm awake at 4 a.m., and have been for a couple of hours. I'm pretty sure I'm being punished for rooting for the Red Sox. I swear, I wasn't really "rooting for the Red Sox", I was rooting AGAINST SLEGNA, but same difference I guess.

Justin Duchscherer underwent arthoscopic surgery on his hip yesterday.

The recovery time is two months, according to Duchscherer, and he expects he will not miss any time next spring. He's currently on crutches, but he said he'll be walking in less than a week.

It's supposed to rain in the Bay Area in the next couple of days. Over the six months when it's dry, people forget how to drive. Tailgating at 70 mph when the roads haven't been rinsed off in than long is really not a good idea.

Celebrity obit of the day: Mr. Clean.

House Peters Jr., a TV actor who became the original Mr. Clean in Proctor & Gamble's commercials for household cleaners, died Wednesday. He was 92.

Crime report:

Missing in Mexico: 5,000 condoms, sound equipment and a motor used to inflate a giant prophylactic, all stolen from a "condom-mobile" used to promote HIV/AIDS awareness....Gomez said the thieves left some 800 HIV tests and a 23-foot inflatable prophylactic, which were also in the vehicle.

Oh come on, what a great decoration that would be for your backyard.

Enjoy today's playoff games! The Red Sox and Slegna are off today, so maybe I'll be able to sleep a little better tonight.

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He's okay!

I will take care of you.

“The ligament was torn away from the bone; they reattached it successfully,” Forst said in an e-mail. “He’s in a cast for two weeks, and will then begin rehab.”

But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.

by Jennifer on Oct 2, 2008 6:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Phew!

So, two weeks till we can start his rehab. Plenty of time to get there.

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 2, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ummm...

We have new espionage software at work so i am a bit out of date.

Can someone please explain Slegna?

"The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste" -Al Jourgensen

by easyrichboy on Oct 2, 2008 7:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

read it backwards

by OaklandSi on Oct 2, 2008 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

.ees i won

"The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste" -Al Jourgensen

by easyrichboy on Oct 2, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plus, it sounds like "smegma"

au contra ire

by JediLeroy on Oct 2, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

smeghead

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Oct 2, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you smegging piece-of-smeg

au contra ire

by JediLeroy on Oct 2, 2008 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Smegma good,

slegna baaaad!

by lynnzgal on Oct 2, 2008 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How can we be the only two Red Dwarf fans on this exceedingly nerd-ridden website?

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Oct 3, 2008 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Call it 2.27

My friends in HS were big fans, but they started watching around the same time I got a girlfriend, so I really never got a chance to see much. But I do know that Gespatcho is supposed to be served COLD!

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Oct 3, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

staplehead

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Oct 3, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

so you have insomnia too?

by OaklandSi on Oct 2, 2008 8:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Olney reporting

that Harden had a cortisone shot in early Sept for discomfort.

…kind of useless, fear-mongering info at this point, but i cant help but give a sympathetic smile to cubbie fans right now

by oakinboston on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, Rich.

But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.

by Jennifer on Oct 2, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

typical.

"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is." -Bob Feller

by Christine on Oct 2, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Best.FAILvideo.Ever

here

"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08

by doctorK on Oct 2, 2008 9:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ewwwww!

But I like the term “unfail”. I’m stealing that.

by lynnzgal on Oct 2, 2008 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh my lord

That was hilarious. I feel horrible for laughing.

by jeffro on Oct 2, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Totally fake.

Real FAIL.

But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.

by Jennifer on Oct 2, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Hilarious

I can’t stop laughing. And I don’t feel bad for it

by pcoco on Oct 2, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How in the name of god

did the announcers keep a straight face?

"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin

by Hot Cup Joe on Oct 3, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Grape fail"

I thought that was going to be about Danny Putnam.

Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough

by andeux on Oct 2, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Please explain

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Oct 2, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He almost died because of a grape in 2003.

STOCKTON — Ports left fielder Danny Putnam suffered a tear in his esophagus and is out indefinitely, the team announced Thursday.

Putnam suffered the injury when he choked on a grape in the team’s clubhouse before Wednesday’s game.

But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.

by Jennifer on Oct 2, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoops

2005

• Weird injury of the month: Athletics outfielder Danny Putnam suffered a torn esophagus while choking on a grape in the clubhouse. Originally thought to be much more serious, Putnam is expected to only miss a week or so. The 2004 supplemental first-round pick out of Stanford is batting .289/.380/.457 with 10 home runs and 64 RBIs in 315 at-bats for high Class A Stockton.

But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.

by Jennifer on Oct 2, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That reporter was howling just like my dog

"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08

by doctorK on Oct 2, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

House Peters Jr

Excellent. Is it my imagination or would most people actually – given the choice – like to be named House Peters?

by Mark H on Oct 2, 2008 10:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Good news?

Mr. Clean may be dead, but they can just get Phil Dalhousser to replace him.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Oct 2, 2008 10:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Blame Andy Sonnanstine!

From your Duke link:

Duchscherer believes he tore the cartilage during an Aug. 13 start against Tampa Bay. He recalls that Rays pitcher Andy Sonnanstine was using the same spot on the rubber and had created a hole on the mound.

“My foot kept getting stuck and it was pulling my hip,” Duchscherer said. “By the second inning, it was killing me.”

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 2, 2008 10:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Particularly ironic given how similar Sonnanstine and Duchscherer's pitching styles are

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Oct 2, 2008 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is it just me, or does this day suck?

When I woke up I thought it felt like Friday, but now it just feels like Monday.

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Oct 2, 2008 12:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Definitely not just you

But since no one else has commented, it could very well be just us. And that sucks.

It doesn’t suck that it’s just us, mind you; it sucks that this day sucks for just us.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 2, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

not necessarily

perhaps the day sucks so much for somebody it has left them speechless

"The Athletics at Fremont" is soooooooo bad

by ArakSOT on Oct 2, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or perhaps it sucks so much

that the person for whom it is sucking is so tied up with stupid work problems that they haven’t even had time to comment.

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Oct 2, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man, this day really does suck.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 2, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey Marquez,

How’s today going for you? It’s been waaaaay better for me than yesterday. Woo Friday!

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Oct 3, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A tad late with this response but

I lokced my keys in my car Friday night, and worked all weekend. On the flip side, last I checked, I’m still breathing.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 6, 2008 5:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I keep thinking it's Friday, but then I remember that I have to come in to work tomorrow.

Looooooooooooooooooooong week….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Oct 2, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Moms who are A's fans: betcha can't top this

And as a Dad I sympathize, because when my kids were really little sometimes they too wanted to leave the game before it was over.

Award for most hardcore baseball fan, NL Central, goes to Niki O’Connor of Milwaukee. Not only did she walk to Miller Park while nine months pregnant to see the Brewers play the Cubs on the last day of the regular season, but she went into labor during the game, and refused to leave. The fun began when Ryan Braun hit a two-run homer in the eighth to give the Brewers a 3-1 lead.

“I’m jumping up and down and celebrating, and when everything calmed down, I’m like, ‘I think I peed my pants!’” Niki laughed. It was actually her water breaking, but this Brewers’ fan and her husband Brian didn’t leave the park. They waited to see the outcome of the Mets’ game. Addison was born the next day at the hospital.

I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 2, 2008 3:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Granted they are Brewer fans but...

damn I wish they were my parents ;)

facepalm.jpg

by Zonis on Oct 2, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My Dad

always tells us: “If I die at a game, wait until the game is over before you alert anyone. No reason to miss the game on my account.”

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 2, 2008 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

now that's a fan

by OaklandSi on Oct 3, 2008 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

can he adopt me?

by justarebelheart on Oct 3, 2008 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He already has eight

So what’s one more, right?

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 3, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My parents are so uncool

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My dad always wanted to leave early and I wouldn't let him

I hate leaving a game early, but I have no problem shutting a game off if, for whatever reason, it is no longer entertaining me.

by thejd44 on Oct 2, 2008 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

my parents' friends once forced me to leave

an extra innings game between the Mets and the Giants in the 15th inning of what became one of the longest (if not the longest) games in history. The Giants beat the Mets in the 23rd inning (which at the time I attributed to our leaving early).

Of course it was the second game of a twi-night double-header (and we also were at the first game) — but still…

by OaklandSi on Oct 3, 2008 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fair-weathered fans.

Sheesh.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 3, 2008 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I sat through 2 double headers

one right after I got out the hospital with kidney stones, the second with a bulging disc.

The first time, I didn’t want to get in trouble for having Vicodin in my bag… and I wanted to stay awake while driving, so I went cold turkey. It was a weekend series and I passed the stones on Tuesday.

But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.

by Jennifer on Oct 3, 2008 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

sort of like the "bulging disc" in Loaiza's neck?

(I’m not going to repeat the typo that had AN in stitches)

by OaklandSi on Oct 3, 2008 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doing one last check of Gettyimages

Haven’t seen this one before… Thank you, thank you, thank you, Z.

by schmifty on Oct 3, 2008 9:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thank you. That made my friday a little brighter.

by justarebelheart on Oct 3, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ryan in his underwear is a certified day-brightener for me, too.

by schmifty on Oct 3, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh my god, it's Friday??

I need to wake up.

by schmifty on Oct 3, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mmmm.

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 3, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like this one too.

He looks like he could be the batboy.

Whoa, just noticed someone in a towel in the background. Any guesses?

by whiteshoes40 on Oct 3, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another cute one :) He looks all snuggly.

I knowww, re: the guy wearing just a towel – I saw him and figured “aargh, we have so many random white kids now, who knows. I probably won’t be able to figure it out.”

Actually, upon further inspection, my first guess is Bowen.

by schmifty on Oct 3, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I liked this one

Not only does Rajai have the protective gown, he also has those little neck papers. Now that’s professional!

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Oct 3, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It doesn’t hurt that Lewis is a fantastic writer with a particular talent for explaining the minutae of investment banking without making you want to gouge your own eyes out. Through vivid portraits of the movers and shakers on Wall Street, Lewis recounts the origin stories of junk-bonds, corporate raiding, mortgage bonds, the S&L crisis, and the founding of Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac (both founded at the behest of Salomon in order to backstop the mortgage bond market).

It’s been 20 years since this was published, but there’s never been a better time to read it. The hairy-knuckled, hyper-competitive, pirahnoid Wall Street and City traders he describes here could be the same hedge fundies who’re poised over the tub with razors at their wrists today.

I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 3, 2008 3:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs