DLD - 10/29 - Rain, rain, go away
by JLaff on Oct 29, 2008 9:25 AM PDT
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So with the World Series resuming mid-game last night tonight(?), it poses an interesting question (well, one I heard this morning on ESPN). Cole Hamels was due at-bat, so it's not certain who will be sent in to pinch-hit for him, and with whom Tampa Bay will counter.
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SB Nation will be getting some serious financial backing:
Former AOL executive vice president of consumer and publisher services Jim Bankoff has secured a "mid-seven-figure sum" of venture capital for SB Nation, a startup network of sports blogs.
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Bankoff will serve as chairman for the company. Tyler Bleszinski, whose five-year-old Athletics Nation blog in Oakland was a building block for SB Nation, will remain president of the company. He has this to say about the news:
Yes, the humble company that I started back in November of 2003 (AN will be five years old in just nine days) has blossomed into a thriving new media company with funding. I'm very thankful and lucky to be associated with the quality of people and blogs that we have here.
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NY Times readers sound off on the interesting health care proposal op-ed piece from Billy Beane, Newt Gingrich and John Kerry (recap: a medical staff of Scott Hattebergs would cure cancer).
The basic premise of the Op-Ed article by Billy Beane, Newt Gingrich and John Kerry is correct — medicine needs greater statistical analysis — but let’s not get carried away with the baseball analogy.
The number of variables in medical care (patient and treatment variability, co-morbid conditions) and degree of subjective interpretation (severity of illness) is far greater than in baseball.
It’s easy to overinterpret a single number or set of numbers (for example, surgical mortality rate) without context. And while changes in baseball occur gradually, changes in medicine are continual, making statistical interpretation harder. Today’s observer would recognize the game of baseball played in 1908 — not so in medicine.
I’m sure Mr. Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics, would agree that not everyone in baseball or sabermetrics agrees on the value or meaning of many new statistics. Experts sometimes come to opposite conclusions with the same data. It’s the same in medicine.
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The A's official Web site has a piece on Adrian Cardenas and other A's in the Arizona Fall League.
He's also been able to get used to an old defensive home. A shortstop in high school, the Phillies moved Cardenas to second base after rookie ball because most felt he was better suited there and perhaps partially because of the presence of Jimmy Rollins. The A's, however, wanted him to work back at short. He got all of three games in there with Stockton before moving up to Midland and getting the news that's where he was going to play for the duration.
"I was nervous when I first got to Double-A and they told me I'd be the everyday shortstop," Cardenas said. "I was confident I could play there, but I was nervous at least until the first ground ball came. I'm new, I'm 20, with guys who are older and are in a playoff run. I definitely felt the pressure a little bit. Then I fielded that first ground ball and said, 'OK, I can do this.'"
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Ouch.
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On this day...
1929, stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out.
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Paging all dirigible enthusiasts
How is it that Ron Dellums wasn’t on the maiden flight?
I myself wouldn’t place much trust in a venture headed by someone with a very shaky grasp of historical analogies:
The first charter customer, on Halloween, is a band called Abney Park, which performs in a genre called steampunk – a meld of fantasy and speculative fiction, or what Hall said is something like “Jules Verne meets the Victorian Age.”
Personally, I think Abney Park is more like a right-handed Vlad Guerrero.
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
Or an injured Eric Chavez?
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
...and we sang dirigibles in the park...
…the day our playoff hopes died.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
...and scene!
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
Children stop yer nursin’ unless yer renderin’ fun
The mother ship the mother ship
The mother ship’s the one
The blimp the blimp
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
This is no blimp. Zeppelins have a light, rigid metal and carbon fiber framework that is covered with a synthetic canvas hull – just waiting to be adorned with your company logo for yet another fee. Blimps do not have internal rigid frames.
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
That's not a moon
it’s a Zeppelin space station.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
City of Philadelphia scorns pinata, possibly jinxes title
The long-scheduled appearance of the biggest pinata in the history of the world has been moved to a different location in Philadelphia Sunday, to avoid a possible conflict with a Phillies championship parade.
Though as Deadspin observes, the move could also be a simple precaution against releasing 800 pounds of candy in the vicinity of Joe Blanton.
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 29, 2008 11:03 AM PDT reply actions
aw, nertz
Well, here’s hoping they re-sign him at a lower cost (and still consider him a starter), and use the savings to re-sign/extend dor-K.
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
Those stupid smart Angels
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Yeah, but his first choice is the Angels.
IF the Angels can match bids with other teams, I think K-Rod stays an Angel.
The Dirty Canuck of the now.
Well, we have our first alteration of the Angels' picture
Right now Anderson would probably be replaced by Reggie Willits, who’s about 1 win worse than Anderson. However, it frees up cash to presumably buy a better option, so we’ll have to wait to see if they improve the team.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Jason Caffey, former 90's Bulls player, has 10 kids with 8 women...
… and they’re all calling for child support.
Why is this article awesome?
by VORP is too nerdy on Oct 29, 2008 11:13 AM PDT reply actions
Holy crap that's HILARIOUS!!!
"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all games and holes are created equal." --George F. Will
You were expecting maybe a Gregorio Petit look-alike?
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Now that I think about it, I'd never looked up his height/weight
But the first thing that popped into my head when I heard “Adrian Cardenas” was a shorter, stockier guy.
Same here too...
I wonder what all of us were expecting?
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
wow... so you expected Cardenas to be a mix
between Barton, Greggles, and some random guy in a sling?
{thinks}
hmm… when he joins the A’s, within a few months he’ll resemble them more.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
{Jams pencil into neck}
At having to read “Greggles” one more time.
But thank you for writing “Barton”.
Is it lunch time yet?
I'm here to talk about the past.
Dale! Swooney! Greggles! MaEl! Cliffy! Chavy! Hannah! Travy!
(still alive over there?)
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 29, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have written Staplehead in place of Dale... but it's still a nickname! :p
Do you want to head over to his house and see how many pencils you caused him to jab into himself?
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
I only caused one of those!!! possibly two...
here:
GREG SMITH.
DARIC BARTON.
happy?
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
GREG SMITH.
DARIC BARTON.
I don’t understand. To whom are you referring?
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 29, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
well, since 67marquez is already dead from pencil wounds...
GREGGLES AND STAPLEHEAD!!!
That felt good.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
I was kind of hoping for...
Did you know that the collective term for a group of unicorns is “a blessing?”
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
Did you know that the collective term for a group of sports blogs is "a blezzing?"
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
Or, more appropriately, a bullshit
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
It's got to be Balfour tonight, unless Manuel goes to a lefty,
then bring in howell, saving price for the next inning to face utley and howard, also because the rays have their pitcher slot up forth and they will probably want price to go more than one inning.
They really better go with the best pitcher available
including starters. They’re going to get the full about of time to warm up, just set them up to pitcher a 4 inning game.
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It's back!
Opening statements began today in the murder re-trial of Phil Spector. Haven’t seen pictures, but I can only hope this includes the return of Phil Spector’s Wall of Hair:
(Hint for jurors: Guilty guilty guilty!)
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 29, 2008 2:02 PM PDT reply actions
CGV for political content
Please stop posting that photo of Carol Migden.
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
I only like her for her mad driving skillz
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 29, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think the Yahoo homepage likes baseball very much.
they like stories like this. And even about good things, they are cynical.. but none of this matters, because it’s all in fine print underneath this article, which they assume we care about. I think I’m going to get an email somewhere else.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
Yahoo seriously needs to fire some writers.
This is seriously getting annoying.
They either need to stick to reporting, or go out the door.
The Dirty Canuck of the now.
THANK. YOU.
I like their mail, but I’m tired of all of their headline writers!!!!!
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
Gmail is much more better
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
This is sad.
Some boy ran away from home because his Xbox was taken away, and now Microsoft is adding $25000 for the search party.
Taking away his Xbox was like “chopping his legs off.” Wow.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
They convieniently left out the part where the dad tried to call the kid's bluff
and HELPED HIM PACK HIS BAGS TO LEAVE.
I wrote a poem for the rain today in class:
Hi, rain,
You’re a pain,
Get the hell away,
From San Jose.
Rain? Rain?!
What we in SoCal wouldn’t give to know what rain is like, you insensitive prick.
Name that movie
Leaving on a high note
Man bowls a perfect 300 game, then drops dead.
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 31, 2008 10:41 AM PDT reply actions
Strike that comment!
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Get your mind out of the gutter.
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
The three of you in a row are a bunch of turkeys.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
Well, that was right up your alley!
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
Jeff Kent: HOF contender, Cal Bear alum,
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 31, 2008 10:49 AM PDT reply actions
“He has had a stellar career and will no doubt one day be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.”.
Seriously?
I'm here to talk about the past.
OF COURSE!
I mean, as long as you’re not talking about the one in Cooperstown.
They probably mean the Baseball Hall of Fame of Guys Named Jef Kent. He’s a lock to get in there…
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
He'll actually be an interesting case.
He probably has the career value to make a case, believe it or not. (I don’t think he’s popular enough, though.)
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
I would not have believed it
(without looking at the numbers)
But yours is an opinon I trust.
I'm here to talk about the past.
No doubt. But the really odd thing is that
Jeff Kent’s primary charity effort (at least when he was in SF, probably still) was the laudable cause of putting women’s sports on equal footing with men’s, as described in this New York Times article from 1998.
‘’I didn’t want to do the same old charities that a lot of players focus on, so we chose a program to focus on people who have traditionally been underserved,‘’ Kent said. ’’In our society, the male athlete is so dominant, the money-maker. Female athletes are almost the forgotten breed. Women don’t get the attention that males do.
I understand that gender equity issues are not the same as sexual preference issues. Still, I’m guessing Mr. Kent didn’t survey the women athletes at Cal before staking out his position on Prop 8.
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 31, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know, FSU
You might be underestimating the threat here. The Dionysian Dystopia is but a couple of small town value lapses away.
It’s a slippery slope. You let Mr. and Mr. Brown get married, and all of a sudden people are slurping wine and f***ing wild boars in preschool playgrounds. We really can’t be too careful about this.
And I don't slurp it.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
Wine slurping and boar fornicating
It’s got my vote!
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 31, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Good to know
No need to ponder if I still loathe Jeff Kent. Yes, yes I do.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
C'mon, cut the man some slack
Who really wants a happy marriage?
The monster at the end of this blog.
Kendall and Kotsay weigh in on Macha...
Kendall, now Milwaukee’s catcher, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “That whole thing got blown way out of proportion. His track record speaks for itself. He’s a great baseball man. I think it was more miscommunication between him and the general manager.”
Kotsay has made up with Macha. He was traded in late August to the Red Sox, the team for whom Macha was working as a television analyst. Reached Thursday, Kotsay said it’s a “great opportunity” for Macha and added, “I think he’s learned from his experiences in Oakland and going forward will do a good job.”
Kotsay said the negative comments two years ago “had a lot to do with emotions. A lot of things that were said had more to do with the fact we just got beat by Detroit and got swept in four games.”
I'm not surprised.
Those things happen a lot when emotions take over. Nice of Kendall to point the fingers back at his former bosses, though.
My pet peeves are showing again: can we drop the “y” on “link”? I’ll let you keep Dale and Staplehead. But not Greggles. That has to go. I’m only ok with Unicorn and Cupcakes because Ellis is so universally loved, and well, because I happen to like cupcakes. And maybe pet peeve is too strong. It doesn’t make me want to break things or anything like that.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Well then.
Who died and made you Nickname Monitor? ;)
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 31, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The nerve of some people, huh? ;)
It’s actually kind of funny, but here everyone still refers to me as 67MARQUEZ (not that I am saying that I deserve an endearing nickname, just that no one has altered or shortened it in any way), while on another, um, site, they’ve already chopped it down to “67”.
OK, maybe it wasn’t funny at all, but you catch my drift.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Those football fans.
They just don’t want to worry about typing out such a long name. :)
Speaking of capital letters, I generally am not a fan of USING CAPS ALL THE TIME (nothing personal, 67 [or should it be 67y?]). Like in the voter information pamphlet, in the arguments for and against each proposition—they like to use caps to get your attention (“THE OTHER SIDE IS WRONG!”). It gets my attention, but just because I want to tell them to stop yelling at me. Use your inside voices, people.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 31, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
That was my thought.
I’m actually thinking that football fans might make pretty good texters.
Yeah, if I had the chance to do it all over again, I’d go to lowercase. Actually I did have a chance to do it over, and I changed my name completey, much to the chagrin of some folks here. Strangely, I don’t even remember the name I switched to.
“67y”, clever girl. :)
I'm here to talk about the past.
fine, 67. although usually I don't use the caps because I'm too lazy.
I’ll use that one nickname one more time: GREGGLES. That felt good.
Even if you told me not to use unicorn, I still would. so ha.
but why is your pet peeve not making you want to break things? I shatter things when things bother me. you must be really in control of yourself. :p
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
I don't understand how you survive/live/anything
without being able to break things to release some tension.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
Dear, Philly
Thanks for the rain. We REALLY needed it.
Signed,
Bay Area
P.S. Next October, can you send the World Series trophy our way? Send it “Attention: Oakland”.
I'm here to talk about the past.
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