DLD 11-11-08: For all your non-Holliday linkage needs
by Englishmajor on Nov 11, 2008 12:12 PM PST
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That cute kid from across the Bay won the Cy Young.
Preacher Roe died at the age of 92.
“It never bothered me none throwing a spitter,” he said. “If no one is going to help the pitcher in this game, he’s got to help himself.”
Doug Glanville writes about what players do in the off-season. I liked the alpaca farm.
A student at my alma mater really, really wanted to get out of going to class today....so she made up a story about scary black people and bombs. Next time, stick with "food poisoning" or "unplugged the alarm clock by mistake" , okay?
Kindly do not scalp your tickets for the Inauguration.
Missing 150-year-old tortoise is back home. All together now, please: "You come push it. Push it real good!".
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Next time, stick with “food poisoning” or “unplugged the alarm clock by mistake” , okay?
Or even “injured shoulder by turning off alarm clock.”
(Sorry, Rich).
by schmifty on Nov 11, 2008 12:42 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Harden misses first start of '09 due to "terrorists attacking his elbow"
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 11, 2008 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, schmifty!
I got the magnets in the mail the other day… well, I guess it was a while ago now… anyway, thanks! They’re awesome. And you rock.
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 11, 2008 5:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I got mine too!
I love it! Thanks for sharing. Now I have a little bit of love on my fridge to look at every morning!
39 remarkable innings.
by ZigFan31 on Nov 11, 2008 8:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Aw yay! :) I'm so glad you like them!
I have mine by my desk and on my file cabinets. Coworkers thought they were stickers and got a little nervous.
by schmifty on Nov 11, 2008 9:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am saddened by the lack of madonna jokes following the trade
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 Nov 11, 2008 1:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Dude, wrong thread
The title says NON-Holliday.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Nov 11, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm trying to figure out
why sell so much in 2008 and buy in 2009. Wouldn’t the team look better with Swisher, Blanton, and especially Harden? Haren too although his pieces got used to get Holliday
Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC
by closetasfan on Nov 11, 2008 1:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
the farm system would look a lot worse.
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 Nov 11, 2008 2:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think the consensus on AN was that Smith and Sweeney made the team look a lot better.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Nov 11, 2008 7:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lincecum
From the sfgate link:
In balloting announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America, Lincecum won in a landslide. He garnered 23 of 32 first-place votes, seven second-place votes and one third-place vote, for a total of 137 points.
It looks to me that there were 32 voters for the award. 23 firsts, 7 seconds, and 1 third add up to 31. What I want to know is, which moron baseball writer left Lincecum off the ballot all together?
"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 Nov 11, 2008 1:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Here's the one:
Chris De Luca, national baseball writer of the Chicago Sun-Times.
De Luca had Brandon Webb first, Brad Lidge second and Johan Santana third.
by calgbear on Nov 11, 2008 2:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
groan
“It’s funny because toward the end of the season, in early September, I was thinking Lincecum would be in my top two,” De Luca said. "I thought Webb’s victories (22) stood out to me more than anything, and Lincecum didn’t have the victories. Twenty victories was a big deal. We had a stretch there where no one was hitting 20.
“Santana (undefeated after June 28) stood out because there was so much pressure not just being in New York, but to be who he is. With Lidge being a perfect closer (41-for-41 in save chances), that was a tough pick for me, not to pick him No. 1.”
To recap:
Webb had more “wins” than Lincecum. Does he not know that Lincecum pitches for an abysmal team with a radioactive bullpen?
Santana pitched in NY, so that automatically outshines any accomplishments in California.
Lidge was perfect in “saves”, so I guess a WHIP of 1.226 in only 69.333 innings is superior to a WHIP of 1.172 in 227 innings.
Stuff like this makes me despair.
"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 Nov 11, 2008 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
seriously, how is that guy paid to write about baseball?
I like 20 win seasons too but how can you pick a guy with a higher ERA and less strikeouts?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Nov 11, 2008 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's not just that he did it in NY, it's because he's Johan Santana!
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Nov 12, 2008 2:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
glass mostly full
31 out of 32 didn’t overvalue wins and saves.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Nov 12, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That cute kid from across the Bay?
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 11, 2008 1:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
He’s got at least 17 years before his first Cy.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 11, 2008 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
damnit, i really wish sabean had traded lincecum for alex rios
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 Nov 11, 2008 2:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
that's just cruel
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 11, 2008 3:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hahahah
So you read Kawakami’s blog??
that and the ‘Trade Marleau now’ bit… hmmmm
by buddahead9 on Nov 11, 2008 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The "Marleau sucks" crowd has to be eating a big plateful of crow right now...
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that Doug Wilson knows what he’s doing and probably ought to be given some degree of deference when he makes a move.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Nov 11, 2008 4:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Slinky Cat
Kinda funny, in a strange way.
au contra ire
by JediLeroy on Nov 11, 2008 3:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Englishmajor!
I am all Hollidayed out!
And I am very happy for the cute kid from across the Bay. Too bad we just shipped another cute kid out….oops!
39 remarkable innings.
by ZigFan31 on Nov 11, 2008 4:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Lincecum looks like a 12-year-old emo kid in his press conference photos.
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 11, 2008 5:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
You gotta wonder how any times security stopped him when he got to phone booth park
Get outta here, ya bum!
Play more Conan!
by oaklandSMASH on Nov 12, 2008 1:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully they were more polite than your sig line when they stopped him
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Nov 12, 2008 2:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, criminy
Putting the “lie” in “outlier”
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 11, 2008 5:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm making a gut-based snap-judgement that your riposte was funny.
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 Nov 11, 2008 6:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I read that earlier today and sent this email to my brother
“And then there are the math geniuses who, as anyone can’t help noticing, are disproportionately Asian. Citing the work of an educational researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, Gladwell attributes this phenomenon not to some innate mathematical ability that Asians possess but to the fact that children in Asian countries are willing to work longer and harder than their Western counterparts. That willingness, Gladwell continues, is due to a cultural legacy of hard work that stems from the cultivation of rice.”
Uh… maybe….
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Nov 12, 2008 1:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Both of you appear to be channeling deep reservoirs of disdain for Gladwellian Counterintuition Gimmickry, yet both of you also appear to have taken the time to read this lengthy profile (complete with staged pictures of Gladwell seated at his laptop in pensive frizzy-haired contemplation, bare table, bookcase in the background, light and shadow canvassing the frame just so … blech).
Though possibly monkeyball just passed along the link from Sullivan’s blog without reading the piece. But you … you read it. And you will never, ever get that time back. It’s gone. Poof. Vanished.
In the words of Don Draper: Always move forward. And moving forward definitely does not include reading odes to Malcolm Gladwell’s supposed chic geek pop star whateverness, even if you approach said reading as an exercise in irony, with the express intent to mock, and nothing but snark in your heart. I consider those wasted minutes a criminal affront to the fleeting accident of consciousness called “you”.
I am telling you this for your own good.
by 74mk on Nov 12, 2008 8:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can I get a copy of your book?
Or is this the only place I can read your stuff?
As for Don Draper, I guess he would hate my sigline.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 12, 2008 8:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you know me too well
I didn’t bother reading a single word.
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 9:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I felt like it was the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Nov 12, 2008 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A take on Gladwell from the
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Nov 12, 2008 1:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
nymag: Gladwellian!
me: gladwellball
i like mine better.
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 Nov 12, 2008 2:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer "Gladball"
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 9:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You like Bill Simmons?!
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
by andeux on Nov 12, 2008 10:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup, I like his basketball stuff
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Nov 12, 2008 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
respect -1
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 Nov 12, 2008 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like his basketball columns as well.
Not only that, I regularly listen to his podcast.
I have to confess, though, that typing those two sentences has made me queasy with spasms of unwanted self-examination. I am now significantly less optimistic about my place in the universe and the purpose of my existence.
by 74mk on Nov 12, 2008 12:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I listened to one of his podcasts because it was with Bill Walton, and I was not disappointed
That guy is hilarious. Among other things, he gave a long monologue about some concert he went to in the early 80s.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Nov 12, 2008 1:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone watch Top Chef?
One of the cheftestants appears to be Malcolm Gladwell in drag, channelling Edina Monsoon. (She gets her culinary inspiration from spirit guides.)
by Englishmajor on Nov 12, 2008 11:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
anyone who expects a tipping point belongs front-of-the-house, not back
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 13, 2008 6:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That woman seemed really freaky, even before she mentioned the spirit guides. I don’t think she’ll last very long.
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
by andeux on Nov 13, 2008 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did anybody make the "Holliday in Cambodia" joke yet?
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 Nov 11, 2008 6:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yes
You did, in 2006, and then again in May.
Oh, you mean today? Yeah monkeyball is on it, of course.
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
by andeux on Nov 11, 2008 6:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent.
Of course it’s an obvious one, but when there’s occasion to use…
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 Nov 11, 2008 7:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
quick informal poll questions
Title: “Holliday in Alameda” or “Holliday in the Coliseum”?
Bridge vocal: “Ball bat ball bat ball bat …” or “Bill Beane Bill Beane Bill Beane …”?
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah...
I L’dMAO when I first heard this 22 years ago, too…
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Nov 11, 2008 7:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Lol!
That was much, much funnier than it had a right to be.
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 11, 2008 8:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You gotta love Dutch rappers.
While looking for a Dutch car to ghostride, I found this fun video. My favorite is the cop scene.
And yes, as a matter of fact, I am procrastinating…
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Nov 11, 2008 9:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That was special.
I’m pretty sure all cop cars should be that small and silent and efficient and have a bipolar battery and hold a dozen full-grown men in the back… just as long as the battery doesn’t die during a high-speed chase.
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 11, 2008 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I also enjoyed the random placement of New Order music in the middle of the soundtrack.
Of course, the whole soundtrack was pretty random…
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Nov 11, 2008 9:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my god.
I’m both old enough to remember, and too old to remember correctly. Kill me now.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Nov 11, 2008 10:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Poppy…
…were you thinking Depeche Mode (“Enjoy the Silence”), instead?
by PositionPlayerProd on Nov 11, 2008 11:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I was.
It hit me half an hour later while I was making dinner, so there I was in the kitchen, going “Oh my god! F^! What the F^!!!”
Very upsetting, really… Also scared the cat. Made it harder to get him into the microwave.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Nov 12, 2008 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sheesh, even I know the difference between New Order and Depeche Mode
but only because I learnt it from my dad.
:hides!:
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
my car has a borderline personality battery
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 9:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I use borderline personality as a defense for battery.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Nov 12, 2008 11:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
... with your car?
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, it's funny when Poppy says it
au contra ire
by JediLeroy on Nov 11, 2008 10:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I know you are but what am I?
(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 11, 2008 9:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I keep seeing the diet ads in which
some unknown Jessica lost a pound per day, apparently with no effort at all… and then I wonder if maybe the magic is in the name, and I will suddenly start shedding weight simply because my name is Jessica. And no, I have not gotten much sleep lately… why do you ask?
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 11, 2008 9:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
{changes name to Jessica}
Oh my God, it’s working!
If you look around the celeb industry, there is magic in Jessica…Alba, Biel, Simpson. Not that I pay attention to such things.
Sleep…I don’t know what that is.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 12, 2008 5:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I see no magic in your Jessica sample.
1 hot, 1 meh, 1 icky. Averages out to typical celebrity.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Nov 12, 2008 1:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Now we've gone to "averages"
for Jessica’s too? There’s no escaping the stats, is there? ;)
At least share who you view as hot, and so forth. Or was it in the order that I named them?
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 12, 2008 2:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Great,
now we are going to start an argument over the relevence of VORJ. And we are gonna get someone on here mad because, they have worked with young Jessica’s for 35 years, and you can’t tell me that these averages really tell you how good a Jessica is.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Nov 12, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think we should trade Holliday
for Alba. Just saying.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 12, 2008 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd like a Holliday with Alba, personally
Yes, thank you, I’ll be here all week.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Nov 12, 2008 4:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This discussion is starting to disturb me.
I’m pretty sure I don’t want to know where I would fit in on this scale of Jessicas…
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 12, 2008 2:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Your standards are way out of whack.
Meh and icky…would not be the way most men would describe those ladies. They are way above average.
by IM4Oakgal on Nov 12, 2008 5:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
my standards for feminine pulchritude are always fully in whack
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 6:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've always thought that the definition of "pulchritude" does not match the way that it sounds
and what one would think it would mean. In other words, “pulchritude” and its definition are way out of whack.
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 12, 2008 6:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess that means PT should avoid breaking out the Latin around you
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 6:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That makes you a hounddog instead of a
monkey.
by IM4Oakgal on Nov 12, 2008 6:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm gettyimaging it up, getting one last eyeful of the Streetness
sigh.
by schmifty on Nov 11, 2008 9:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That's sweet.
He’s lovely, even if his pitching wasn’t, at the end,
by lynnzgal on Nov 11, 2008 10:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He's gonna "Brad Lidge" it
watch
Play more Conan!
by oaklandSMASH on Nov 12, 2008 1:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm tempted to make a "goodbye" fanshot
but I fear it would invite a high percentage of “good riddance!” responses
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Do it anyway.
You might be surprised.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 12, 2008 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Do it!
I was considering doing the same thing, but I’m sure you’ll do it better.
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 12, 2008 12:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Aw, it can be communal :)
I’ll start one off, and people can add whatever they want.
My contribution mostly just has to do with pics, anyway.
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Will there be hosts and wine, too?
Oh, communal.
Hey, I am going to miss Huston; I won’t lie. Maybe not for the same reason as others, but I’m not saying it’s not the reason either. (Did that make ANY sense?)
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 12, 2008 1:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Did that make ANY sense?"
Umm, it’s kind of twisting my brain.
Are you saying you may miss him because of his ass? Because that’s what I’m getting out of that.
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not saying that
I’m just saying maybe it’s that. But don’t worry; it’s not.
Shit, I am not even sure I convinced myself on that one.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 12, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You should add that shirtless pic of Ryan modeling.
Just because.
by Kimberly on Nov 12, 2008 6:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What shirtless pic of Ryan modeling?!?!?!?!??!?!
Where the hell was I?!!?!?!
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he modeled for Jennifer when she was in Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids!
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 12, 2008 6:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've been a selffish bitch and haven't shared it with anyone on AN yet.
by Kimberly on Nov 12, 2008 7:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That link took me to my gmail inbox.
Do I have a hidden email with pics of Ryan or something?
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 12, 2008 7:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Same problem here
Pleeez, Kimberly, I needs it! :D
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 7:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ALKFJDSKJFSLKJFLDS
This totally makes up for my insanely shitty week.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, KIMBERLY!!!
However did you find it?! I hereby bow down to your stalkery.
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 7:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Your welcome!
We’ve finally found the Holy Grail of all Ryan Sweeney pictures. Cheers!
by Kimberly on Nov 12, 2008 7:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just MSN image searched his name
but it seems like the pic isn’t coming up anymore… I was kinda curious to see the site it came from, hmm.
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 7:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was a Russian human-trafficking site
Taken down by the FCC
au contra ire
by JediLeroy on Nov 12, 2008 7:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In former Soviet Union, beefcake photos search for *you* online
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 7:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh goodness.
Where in the world did you find that? He looks like he’s about 15 years old… with a nice farmer’s tan.
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 12, 2008 7:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One afternoon, I get an email telling me
to search Ryan Sweeney on MSN images. I scroll down a couple of row and the rest is history.
by Kimberly on Nov 12, 2008 7:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Alright, this has sent me a-stalking
Check out RyRy circa 2005… awww
http://www.lrmemo.com/product_p/rs-gu-cleats.htm
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 7:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He really looks like Mulder in those old photos.
I think it’s the high-school-jock hair that does it.
I like this pic:
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 12, 2008 10:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's exactly what I thought!
That Ry looks like Mulder in those pics. Thanks for confirming that I’m not just batty.
by schmifty on Nov 13, 2008 8:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good thing it's not his jock.
Buy it now! It’s Gamey!
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Nov 13, 2008 7:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my goodness.
I feel dirty for looking at that. Not the good dirty, either. Chris Hansen dirty.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Nov 12, 2008 7:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How come I'm the only one who didn't even notice how young he is in that picture?
Distracted by V-lines… sigh.
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 8:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I miss baseball.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Nov 12, 2008 8:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yo tambien.
I have a Days Til Pitchers & Catchers countdown widget on my desktop. 93 days.
by schmifty on Nov 12, 2008 8:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well that's awfully presumptuous of you
You don’t see me claiming that I mister baseball.
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 8:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You Bobby Crosby's bat?
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 8:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How did you not notice?
I forgive you for being distracted. There was a lot there to be distracted by. But that baby face…wow! But it also proves my point from earlier…born hot! Need more shirtless photos of the guys…
39 remarkable innings.
by ZigFan31 on Nov 12, 2008 9:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey man, sweet ride.
Thanks dude. I got an awesome deal on it. I’m so going to cruise for chicks in this thing.
Yeah, well good luck. Check out Angel. That dude’s way better-looking than you, has more money and he’s got a nice car, too. And he’s looking into pimping his ride out – rims and everything!
Maybe I’ll pimp my new ride, too.
Listen homey, I got a better idea. You should totally sell your new car.
F—- off.
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 Nov 12, 2008 6:49 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I thought this was a non-Holliday thread
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by DMOAS on Nov 12, 2008 8:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To paraphrase ... ... somebody (remember, I'm older'n Poppy, even):
“Doesn’t anybody say ‘fuck’ around here, any more?”
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Nov 12, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I watched my cousin's youngest son today.
He looked just like the choppa baby:
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Nov 12, 2008 2:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Is it weird to say I miss you?
Good.
I miss you.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 12, 2008 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You haven't been around for a while.
How’ve you been?
This.
by Blicks on Nov 12, 2008 5:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Aw. That's nice.
I’m okay, thanks for asking. Still breathing. Still without a job. Still stalking Swooney.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Nov 12, 2008 7:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hope you and RyRy are taking care of our good friend Mr. Stapleheadandhip.
And speaking of Danny Haren (wait, we weren’t? oh well), he and his wife and kid were back in my neighborhood visiting their old house. Of course, I never find out about these things till after the fact, but apparently they miss California and don’t like living in Arizona all that much. I want them to visit again so I can stalk meet them.
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 12, 2008 10:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rotoworld sez:
Athletics claimed infielder Yung-Chi Chen off waivers from the Mariners.
Chen hit .249/.309/.329 in 69 games before missing the second half of the season with another injury. He was limited to seven games in 2007. He looked like a solid second base prospect prior to that, but he’s now 25 and he seems like a long shot to have a career in the majors.
by whiteshoes40 on Nov 12, 2008 2:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sweet?
We now have two Eric Pattersons.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
by vignette17 on Nov 12, 2008 2:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
wow, enough sorta 2b prospects yet?
seems like a vote of no-confidence in Ellis.
by ohmangoAs on Nov 12, 2008 4:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just watched some Holliday abs on youtube and made a profoundly disturbing discovery:
His pre-AB music is by…. this clown
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Nov 12, 2008 2:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
but ... I thought you loved clowns?
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 2:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yikes--that's bad
BTW, I thought it was the job of the AN ladies to check out Holliday’s abs.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Nov 12, 2008 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
8 minute abs?
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 Nov 12, 2008 7:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Evidently
both Billy Beane and Holliday will be on KNBR shortly.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Nov 12, 2008 3:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Matt at 4:30 per Barbieri. Billy just off. Only caught tail-end (so I don't know).
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Nov 12, 2008 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I only caught the last half as well
but I did hear Billy say that Cahill and Anderson were never in the discussion for Holliday and that teams have been told they are untouchable.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Nov 12, 2008 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ha! How did I not see that earlier?
au contra ire
by JediLeroy on Nov 12, 2008 6:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
do I dare Poetically Interlude "Trade Fruit"?
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 6:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you know that the author of "Strange Fruit" adopted the Rosenberg orphans ?
Me neither.
by green star oakland on Nov 12, 2008 7:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
actually, I did know that
No cheating with Google: Meeropol (I forget his first name, and his nom de plume)
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OK - how about that Billie Holiday's record label (Columbia) wouldn't record it
but Billy Crystal’s uncle got her a one-session release to record it with Vocalian.
by green star oakland on Nov 12, 2008 7:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ok, now you got me
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 7:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
actually, the proper riposte to that is TRADE FRUIT NOW!!!
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 7:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, no, Mike Piazza already retired
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Nov 12, 2008 8:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A hate crime committed by Panthera-Americans?
Did you overpay for those eggs? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Nov 12, 2008 5:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Best trade of names ever?
Braves might get Peavy. If it goes through as speculated, I’ll consider it quite possibly the best name-trade ever.
Peavy for Yunel + Gorkys + Charlie + Jo-Jo + BB.
au contra ire
by JediLeroy on Nov 12, 2008 9:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Then do we get Khalil
on the “anything is better than crosby” theory?
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Nov 12, 2008 11:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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