Sickels Top 20+ A's prospects 2009
by grover on Dec 12, 2008 9:53 AM PST
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Oddly enough, Ben Copeland doesn't make the list.
B+ Category
Cahill
Anderson
B Category
Cunningham
Gonzalez
Cardenas
Carter
Weeks
Doolittle
B- Category
Inoa
Mazzaro
Simmons
Rodriguez
Outman
Hunter
Carignan
Follow that with 11 players rated as C+ and the A's have a very deep system. I'm of the opinion that one of Cahill/Anderson should be an A- and Sickels himself said both pitchers are borderline canidates for an A- and that he chose to grade conservatively. My choice would be Anderson but it's his list so....
Just for comparison's sake, I'll re-post BA's Top 10.
| 1. | Brett Anderson, lhp |
| 2. | Trevor Cahill, rhp |
| 3. | Michael Inoa, rhp |
| 4. | Aaron Cunningham, of |
| 5. | Adrian Cardenas, 2b/ss |
| 6. | Chris Carter, 1b/3b/of |
| 7. | Gio Gonzalez, lhp |
| 8. | Vin Mazzaro, rhp |
| 9. | Jemile Weeks, 2b |
| 10. | James Simmons, rhp |
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Hmm... for whatever reason it's not letting me do the category headings in Bold/Italicized print
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 9:58 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
because he was last year, sickels probably doesn’t know much about him beyond that.
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by xbhaskarx on Dec 12, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, Leon hasn't pitched as a SP in the last year and a half of pro ball
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was under the impression that it was so his innings would be limited.
by mikev on Dec 12, 2008 10:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't change the fact that he's been pitching out of the bullpen for the past 18 months
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
keep your silly facts out of my fantasy world please.
by mikev on Dec 12, 2008 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why you're fantasizing about Leon is beyond me
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he likes a young Natalie Portman
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent original title of The Professional reference
I tip my cap to you, sir.
by Tyler Bleszinski on Dec 12, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I for one find Jean Reno *far* hotter than Natalie Portman at any age
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Am I the only one who read this as "Janet Reno"?
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, you're not ...
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by devo on Dec 12, 2008 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
no you aren't
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by flipgatey3 on Dec 12, 2008 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Monkeyball finds Janet Reno far hotter than Natalie Portman at any age
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by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I actually would only dispute that w/r/t Portman in Leon/The Professional
I really, really, REALLY don’t get the Natalie Portman thing.
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I don't get it either
But hey, I don’t understand the appeal of sushi either, so what the heck do I know?
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-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
She was rather outstanding in the first half of V for Vendetta
Then she gets her head shaved, which, while necessary to the plot, definitely sucks for the viewers.
Are you conceptually opposed to Keira Knightley too? They look very similar.
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Keira Knightley's career makes me very angry
Unattractive, scrawny, zero acting talent, no charisma, negative screen presence.
Portman is at least, I dunno … personable in an indie/slacker daydream sorta way. Keira Knightley is a PowerPoint slide.
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i like powerpoint slides
Save Rajai Davis
by oakinboston on Dec 12, 2008 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
She was good (won't say great, but good) in Atonement
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 2:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
{Edward Tufte crosses oakinboston off of holiday card list}
Actually, I don’t have anything against ppt as a tool, if used correctly: short sentence fragments with active verbs, maximum 3 bullets per slide, and graphs that actually tell relevant stories about the data.
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
This could be the most accurate and insightful post I’ve ever read from you. And that’s not saying you don’t know your baseball, but I totally agree with you on Knightley. She’s another Hollywood “hottie” who I wouldn’t touch.
I do think Natalie Portman is fine as an actress, though I think her “hotness” comes from a bunch of Star Wars nerds going ape over her in the newer movies. A girl with a pulse is hot to them if she’s in Star Wars.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 2:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have broader and deeper knowledge of movies than I do of baseball
Therefore, your praise makes me very happy.
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, she wasn't very hot in Star Wars
Awful hairdos will do in anybody in my eyes.
Well, I guess you could tell that from the V for Vendetta comment too.
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I never even saw the movies
But I know a lot of Star Wars fans who love Natalie Portman, and I think it’s only because of that odd sub-culture effect that movie has.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 8:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
kinda like vin deisel?
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by DyeLongJustice on Dec 12, 2008 5:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I object
That does nothing for you? I would also argue she was good in Bend It Like Beckham.
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by designatedforassignment on Dec 12, 2008 8:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bend It Like Beckham was completely devoid of anything that remotely resembles the objective "good"
in filmmaking and storytelling. What an absolute waste of a movie.
And, no, that does nothing for me. I’m actually kind of afraid of those eyebrows.
by thejd44 on Dec 13, 2008 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
sad
I like the fact that shes not all plastic like most hollywood types (though she could eat a little bit more).
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by designatedforassignment on Dec 13, 2008 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not all plastic is good
But it’s negated by being all bones.
by thejd44 on Dec 15, 2008 12:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't seen much of her as an adult
but Natalie was really really good as a kid in that Leon movie. I didn’t care for the movie otherwise, but I thought her performance was awesome.
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by iglew on Dec 12, 2008 7:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+...3 it seems
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 1:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Generally, I like accents in men but find them grating in women...
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by mikeA on Dec 12, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Deneuve?
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
French is the exception, especially if it's actually french rather than accented English
I even like French spoken in ridiculous accents.
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by mikeA on Dec 12, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I refuse to be incited
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by mikeA on Dec 12, 2008 1:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate the English accent on women
Actually, the only accent I really like is the Irish accent (and I know it’s similar to English, but I can actually understand the Irish accent. I need subtitles otherwise).
French does nothing for me.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Natasha McElhone
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
More of a Salma Hayek, Angeline Jolie, or Diane Lane type actually.
But I’ve always been into chicks 10 years older than me.
by mikev on Dec 12, 2008 12:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Love them cougars!
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by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Dec 12, 2008 5:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
oooo...baby...
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by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 7:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've never found Jolie even a little bit attractive
And Hayek is marginally attractive (compared to other Hollywood types). But then my tastes are often quite different from the norm.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 12:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I simply don't understand the Jolie thing at all
If it’s pure she-looks-like-a-human-jpeg you’re after, I prefer Kate Beckinsale (note the conditional).
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I always thought Jolie looked like some kind of deep-sea fish
With the gross giant lips and the eyes that were sunk way into her head.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kate's another good choice
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Balderdash
This reminds me of those threads where people are supposed to list the last ten songs on their iPod shuffle, and pretty soon the thing is overflowing with painstakingly arranged ten tune Odes to Me that ooze “look how unique and fascinating and esoteric I am”-ness.
See, this beautiful Hollywood actress just doesn’t do it for me because she was in a series of well-received but insufficiently under the radar movies, plus she has this, you know, sensibility or something that isn’t awesome enough for my tastes, whereas I really dig this other impossibly beautiful actress who was in a Godard film because, well, I want everyone to know I watch Godard films.
Uh huh.
They’re all hot. If you saw any of them on the street, you’d turn your head. If any of them approached you in a bar/club/baseball stadium/whatever, they’d have your undivided attention, after which you’d have to set aside some quality time with yourself, a la Vincent Vega.
If Charlize Theron or Jennifer Connelly or Natalie Portman a) were less famous, or b) had appeared in one of those absurd Gus Van Sandt indulgences where nobody talks and mop-haired teenagers gaze meaningfully into the camera for 90 minutes, I’d bet you’d be explaining to us how they’re just your type.
Also, if you persist in this silly, ill-considered Wire bashing (I half-watched Season 1 while skimming Eschaton and posting song parodies about floating stadiums … overrated!), I’m going to demand a refund of my 2009 AN subscription deposit.
by 74mk on Dec 12, 2008 3:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
First of all,
AN subscription deposits are non-refundable, as we’ve said many times before.
And secondly, was I the only one who knew this was a 74mk post before I had even seen the sig?
I’m with you on the hypocrisy of beautiful Hollywood actress bashing.
Kathy Bates = yum.
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by notsellingjeans on Dec 12, 2008 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Re: secondly
It’s that distinctive blank-white-square avatar that gave it away to me…
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 6:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Beautiful Hollywood Actress Bashing
It’s not that people here would never date Keira Knightley or Jennifer Connelly, but rather that, if given a choice, they prefer another actress. Making the argument that people would jump at the chance to even talk to Knightley is like trying to argue that Juan Pierre is a good baseball player because we would choose him first in our adult softball leagues. The standard for comparison should be against their peers, not the average person.
by Rocktopus on Dec 14, 2008 12:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s not that people here would never date Keira Knightley or Jennifer Connelly, but rather that, if given a choice, they prefer another actress.
That is undoubtedly true, but I think monkeyball and thejd44 missed the memo:
Janet Reno, hotter than Natalie Portman
Wouldn’t touch Keira Knightley
Angelina Jolie not even a little bit attractive
Etc.
Also, the tone of Jennifer-Connelly-isn’t-good-enough-for-me dismissiveness, which always swells to farcical proportions in these sorts of discussions.
Postcript:
At 7:00 am on a Sunday, I am compiling citations from a who’s hot/who’s not blog thread in service of an quasi-argument with someone I’ve never met.
This can’t be a good sign. I think AN is eating my soul.
by 74mk on Dec 14, 2008 7:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
chomp chomp
So, from which of these precepts do you base your ire:
- Allagawdscrechurs iz beeyootifull
- It’s heteronormativeantisubalternquasiimperialist to make judgments about another’s appearance
- All Hollywood actresses are brazen hussies/mechanical icons whose facticity and plasticity are only designed to lull us into false consciousness
- The market has spoken, and actresses cast in top box-office hits are by definition the most attractive
- Personal taste has no role in the workers’ paradise of AN
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by monkeyball on Dec 14, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Answering your question with two more:
Should I adopt one of those (helpfully provided) straw man perspectives, because a good old-fashioned fake debate every now and then never hurt anyone?
Or should I go with (f) none of the above?
by 74mk on Dec 14, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The way this thread's been going
I’, not too sure if (f) none of the above meant the letter “f” or if you were being coy in not dropping an f-bomb.
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by grover on Dec 14, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely the former
Fact: My stabs at droll repartee have fallen flat like 96 times in a row in this thread.
Conclusion: I am not any good at droll repartee.
Action Plan:
1] Cease droll repartee immediately.
2] Tackle something less challenging, like pondering consciousness or trying not to shoot the puppy.
3] Buy $300 worth of canned food, quit my job, lock my door, spend several weeks immersed in Cots, Fangraphs, THT, and that Book site everyone is always referencing. No showers. No sleep. Lots of cognitive enhancers. Eye of the Tiger playing in the background the whole time.
4] Learn more math.
5] Re-emerge on AN with a new screen name and a new attitude. Cite obscure opt out clauses. Toss wOBA around like it was nothing. Employ plus/minus terminology. Argue with PT about 19 year-old Mexican League prospects. Etc.
by 74mk on Dec 14, 2008 11:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So THAT'S who 75mk is
Very sneaky.
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by Nico on Dec 14, 2008 12:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hm
I dunno, I think it makes more sense than you’re giving it credit for. Most relationships are (by necessity, if nothing else) built on more than physical attractiveness, and despite the rampant insecurity of thejd’s girlfriend on the issue, that’s generally a good thing.
Given that these actresses have nothing to do with reality (they’re essentially casual sex fantasies), you might as well pick one who matches your search image… although, I grant you, there’s enough normative looking-down-nose-ism that someone whose search image is Queen Latifah isn’t likely to blab about it here.
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by PaulThomas on Dec 14, 2008 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
actually, I think Latifah is pretty damn cute
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by monkeyball on Dec 15, 2008 7:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
She's beautiful ...
Her body type isn’t for everyone — but there’s no question she’s a beautiful woman …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
by devo on Dec 15, 2008 10:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with both of you
Maybe he should’ve said Roseanne or something.
by thejd44 on Dec 15, 2008 12:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kathy Griffin
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by monkeyball on Dec 15, 2008 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I enthusiastically concur
with the Queen-Latifah-is-hot crowd.
And that’s not even counting her awesomely sexy voice.
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by iglew on Dec 16, 2008 12:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Generally speaking, I agree that the comments are relative to other actresses
But I don’t find Keira Knightley or Angelina Jolie attractive. At all. I have friends hotter than both of them. Knightley is just too blah skinny (and I couldn’t stand to hear her talk). Jolie has a nice body, but her face is, like, a 3. She’s not at all pretty even compared to the non-famous hot girl. Her lips gross me out, and while I can tolerate a couple tattoos, but too many really lowers the quality of someone’s looks.
I’m really, really picky/specific in what I like.
by thejd44 on Dec 15, 2008 12:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I refuse to be incited
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 4:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You are all wrong
RIVER CATS: AAA CHAMPS!
by niallmack on Dec 12, 2008 4:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my god, her right shoulder looks like it's dislocated!
{Barf}
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 4:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And there's still a whisker in her left armpit
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-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 4:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Who is that anyways?
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
she's got rich harden shoulderitis
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by DyeLongJustice on Dec 12, 2008 5:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So you, too, have noticed that replacement level is set very high by our metric...
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 5:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
I can only speak for myself of course, but as I sit here in my parent’s basement, my Spiderman underoos in a tangle around my ankles, unshaven, pooping, scratching myself, calculating DIPS and FIP and VORP and WARP in my head, pondering fierce arguments among pseudonymous baseball bloggers about hypothetical contract negotiations, shifting my wistful gaze from the tea green shower curtains to the stack of dog-eared Maxims on the floor to the still-boxed Silent Bob figurines arranged carefully along the window sill, I’m amused at how far people are willing to take this “unimpressed by generic beauty” charade.
Don’t you see, PT? Keira Knightley is so bland. If only she’d been in a really awesome limited release film noir or something, I could project style and wit and artistic insight onto her persona, making it easier to fantasize about how if we met someday, she’d really get me, not like those factory-formed Hollywood types who are just famous adult versions of girls who never knew my name in high school, no, not her, she’d be different … we’d have serious conversations about Kant and stuff, trade paperback novels, talk into the night, and yes, fall in love, but not in a lame, squishy, on the nose, Nora Ephron kind of way, and we wouldn’t live happily ever after either, because complicated people like us battle, we lust after raw experience, we drink and argue and philander like Picasso and Hemingway, we scrap and curse and sleep with other beautiful but well-read women … but in the end we’d be together, her the Beauvoir to my Sartre, the Nin to my Miller, the Anniston to my Gyllenhal, triumphantly astride the great wave of history. Or something.
by 74mk on Dec 13, 2008 7:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So in other words
“Wow, big boobies”?
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by nevermoor on Dec 13, 2008 8:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, actually, I think that's an ode to SMALL boobies
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by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 9:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Dec 13, 2008 10:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's so cute,
I think I’d rather have two of those!
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by Nico on Dec 13, 2008 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can speak only for myself, of course ...
… but my shower curtain isn’t tea green.
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by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 9:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
< TEST >
Garden State
< / TEST >
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by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 9:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i hated that movie
Natalie Portman was fine but the movie was terrible.
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by designatedforassignment on Dec 13, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
exactly
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by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 2:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You need to get laid.
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by grover on Dec 13, 2008 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You did not read carefully enough
You know, if you’re going to misconstrue all my trenchant Saturday morning cultural critiques, I’ll just take my ball and go home.
by 74mk on Dec 13, 2008 11:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
shouldn't that be plural?
Oh-ohhhhhhhhhh.
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by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 2:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You're right, I apologize
You need to get off.
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by grover on Dec 13, 2008 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
1. You’re still confused.
2. Now I’m confused.
3. “I” doesn’t always mean “I”.
4. Shorter me from above: People who claim [insert famous actress name here] is ugly are full of shit.
by 74mk on Dec 13, 2008 4:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Incorrect
Melanie Griffith is ugly. Sara Gilbert is at the very least unattractive
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by grover on Dec 14, 2008 7:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Melanie Griffith used to be cute and sexy
Bad plastic surgery.
And I’ve had the hots for Sara Gilbert for years.
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by monkeyball on Dec 14, 2008 9:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Griffith's lips frighten me
Sara Gilbert?
Really?
Well, by the power invested in me by my own ego, I hereby grant you exclusive rights to her affection.
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by grover on Dec 14, 2008 9:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you. I appreciate it.
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by monkeyball on Dec 14, 2008 10:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I do what I can to make life easier for the little people
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by grover on Dec 14, 2008 10:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This has to rank
as one of the all time great AN Topic Drifts.
I’m proud to be a part of it.
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-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Dec 14, 2008 12:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was utterly sexist and inappropriate
And I thoroughly enjoyed it too.
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by Nico on Dec 14, 2008 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
About Kate Beckinsale:
in the movie about Howard Hughes = hot hot hot
in those weird warewolf/vampire movies = overdone
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by bvank on Dec 13, 2008 9:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
3 Days in the Valley, yes; anything else, nope
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 12:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jessica Biel
More to your liking? She’s pretty doable hot too.
by AEP2007 on Dec 12, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
doable
Trust me, that’s not something to say to your girlfriend. I stupidly had to learn the hard way.
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 12:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the advice
However, the last person I used that line on is now my wife. I’m not really sure if that’s an argument for or against the term though.
by AEP2007 on Dec 12, 2008 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Me too :-)
And things worked out fine (we got married).
But at the time…not so good!
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and why, exactly, were you telling AEP2007's girlfriend that you found Jessica Biel hot?
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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he was telling her he had a shot, and she broke the bad news
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Dec 12, 2008 1:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jessica Alba in Sin City
"I'm on hold for now"- Bobby Crosby
by DyeLongJustice on Dec 12, 2008 9:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
3 days in the valley? is that a sequal to 2 days?
and what about Italian Job? My Italian friend was dissing the whole movie, given the title, but he was drooling all over her though
by asfansince1989 on Dec 12, 2008 4:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If you enjoy blondes, Katherine Heigl is quite outstanding
And yet she actually may not be the hottest person on Grey’s Anatomy anymore. The show may be going down like the Titanic, but damned if they aren’t keeping the vending machines well stocked with eye candy in the meantime.
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 1:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
+1
&
+1
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by DMOAS on Dec 12, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that show is terrible... but very pretty
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Dec 12, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
once you slip on ice, get an icicle through your chest that somehow migrates into your abdomen inn subsequent scenes
and you are saved by a military doctor not on duty, you are not a good show anymore.
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by DyeLongJustice on Dec 12, 2008 5:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
really i thought it was when every character had slept with their boss
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Dec 12, 2008 5:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Uh-oh. The implications of that would be bad for AN's prognosis.
After all, how do you think one makes it to the front page?
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 5:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
why did it take you so long then :-P
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Dec 12, 2008 5:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Blez places a priority on quality of service.
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
are you suggesting that it improved over time?
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Dec 12, 2008 5:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I figured on the demise of the show after season four
when seemingly every possible romantic coupling among the major characters had already either taken place or somehow become impossible, but they solved that dilemma by adding about 10 new ones.
Thanks to the power of combinatorics, the potential hookups are literally unlimited!
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 5:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
again, not unlike AN
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 5:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it just wasn't believable anymore
plus their medical cases got to be ridiculous
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Dec 12, 2008 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
athleticitis!
"I'm on hold for now"- Bobby Crosby
by DyeLongJustice on Dec 12, 2008 8:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Another +1
Hot!
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Never watched the show
And blondes don’t usually do it for me.
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't do what for you?
Just curious
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Dec 12, 2008 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Make me want to indulge in actions that will end my marriage
The monster at the end of this blog.
by grover on Dec 12, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Katherine Heigl would be fine if she ever had a photograph taken without a cigarete in her hand or mouth
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Just watch Grey's Anatomy, then... no smoking there, at least not that I know of...
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 3:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
your taste in tv shows and movies is worse than your taste in women.
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 Dec 12, 2008 7:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't say to watch it for the plotline...
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 7:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Then you should watch the L word
More naked hot actresses, slightly better plotlines
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Dec 12, 2008 8:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
O come on
I’ll fess up. I’ll sit through 2 hours of a crummy movie to watch 5 minutes of boobies.
And I know I’m not the only one who does this.
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 8:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why not just download the good parts?
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 8:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
An essential strategy for Jessica Alba fans
The last decent thing she was in was basically Dark Angel… Sin City doesn’t really count.
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 8:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
correct, sin city definitely does not count as decent.
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 Dec 12, 2008 9:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, because amazing and fantastic are more appropriate adjectives
by thejd44 on Dec 13, 2008 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate adjectives
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it's because of her accent...
and the plastic surgery she’s been able to afford. We wouldn’t have this trouble if they’d have met last year.
99 MPH with as much control as a deflating balloon - CurveballKing on H-Rod
by Scottbass on Dec 12, 2008 11:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
lol
AD references are always appreciated
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by iamawesomer on Dec 13, 2008 6:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If I was skilled at all at posting pics
I would have added a screenshot of her from Monster. Just to make the reference spot-on.
I love that show. It is one of the only shows that truly makes me laugh at loud, despite very repeated viewings.
If anyone cares, and I am in no way affiliated with hulu at all, but hulu.com has all the episodes online. I just think everyone should watch that show. And hulu is ad-supported, so it’s ok for the soul.
Although I just watched Burn After Reading from a pirate site, so I’m pretty ambivalent about it all.
99 MPH with as much control as a deflating balloon - CurveballKing on H-Rod
by Scottbass on Dec 13, 2008 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mmmm, Diane Lane
So beautiful.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Dec 12, 2008 7:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
no link?
and here are 16 – 40:
16) Corey Brown, OF, Grade C+: Huge upside, but strikeout issues are a problem.
17) Andrew Bailey, RHP, Grade C+: I still like him. Could help very soon in the bullpen.
18) Tyson Ross, RHP, Grade C+: I think he’s an injury risk, but the upside is here.
19) John Donaldson, C, Grade C+: I think he’ll hit, but the glove looks like a problem.
20) Fautino De Los Santos, RHP, Grade C+: Enormous upside, but have to see how things look after Tommy John. I’m conservative about that.
21) Sam Demel, RHP, Grade C+: Love the strikeouts, command could wobble in Double-A.
22) Rashun Dixon, OF, Grade C+: Another enormous upside guy with question marks.
23) Jason Christian, SS, Grade C+: I thought he was a steal in the draft. Worried some about strikeout rate, like tools and other skills.
24) Arnold Leon, RHP, Grade C+: Yet another interesting relief arm. Could rank higher.
25) Jesus Guzman, 3B, Grade C+: Nice pickup as a minor league free agent. Still young enough to be interesting sleeper.
26) Petey Paramore, C, Grade C+: Great glove, lots of walks, doubts about rest of bat.
Others: Jeremy Barfield, OF; Dusty Coleman, SS; Pedro Figueroa, LHP; Craig Italiano, RHP; Jared Lansford, RHP; Nino Leyja, SS; Cliff Pennington, SS; Landon Powell, C; Danny Putnam, OF; Anthony Recker, C; Matt Spencer, OF; Matt Sulentic, OF; Daniel Thomas, RHP.
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 Dec 12, 2008 10:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I linked it in the top sentence.
The monster at the end of this blog.
by grover on Dec 12, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
he's back!
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 Dec 12, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that needs to get cleared up.
The monster at the end of this blog.
by grover on Dec 12, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
MiLB says he's on the A's, too
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 Dec 12, 2008 10:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He's still listed on Midland's roster
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 10:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i hope so, but i assume they got it wrong
2008 Winter League
AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS
.361 45 166 36 60 14 3 10 55 110 26 28 3 1 .457 .663 1.120
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 Dec 12, 2008 10:41 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Look at that hair bounce
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by Flashfire on Dec 12, 2008 11:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
BA has Guzman on SF's Rule 5 eligible list
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Guzman, sigh
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by ChadGod on Dec 12, 2008 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've always wanted to dress like that and walk into a bowling alley.
Unfortunately, I’d guess maybe 8% of the people there would get it.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 8:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Here's a Top 20 comparison between Sickels and AN
Rank Sickels AN ---- ------- -------- 1 Cahill Cahill 2 Anderson Anderson 3 Cunningham Carter 4 Gonzalez Cunningham 5 Cardenas Gonzalez 6 Carter Cardenas 7 Weeks Doolittle 8 Doolittle Simmons 9 Inoa Mazzaro 10 Mazzaro Donaldson 11 Simmons Inoa 12 Rodriguez Weeks 13 Outman Rodriguez 14 Hunter Dixon 15 Carignan De Los Santos 16 Brown Leon 17 Bailey Outman 18 Ross Brown 19 Donaldson Hunter 20 De Los Santos Demel
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by Flashfire on Dec 12, 2008 10:08 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
differences in the top 20
Sickels:
15. Carignan
17. Bailey
18. Ross
AN has them 21, not ranked in the top 27, and 22.
AN:
14. Dixon
16. Leon
20. Demel
Sickels has them 22, 24, and 21.
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 Dec 12, 2008 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And Weeks
Who Sickels has at 7 and AN has at 12
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
weeks is top 20 on both lists
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 Dec 12, 2008 10:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, my mistake
I misinterpreted what you were doing there. Thought you were pointing out the major differences, not just who was/wasn’t in the top 20.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Donaldson is the biggest difference of anyone in the Top 20 on both lists, but Weeks and Outman are both apart a bit too.
The Top 10 is pretty easy to fill out but you get more variety from 11-20.
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by Flashfire on Dec 12, 2008 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Just goes to show you that sickles is almost as smart as we are
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Dec 12, 2008 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Now with a new, bigger link!
The monster at the end of this blog.
by grover on Dec 12, 2008 10:12 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Seems like
Everybody who makes these lists likes different things which shifts the guys around alot. It seems there is both depth as well as different risk reward combos.
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by niallmack on Dec 12, 2008 10:23 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
a year ago...
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2006/12/21/15026/956
2007 Oakland Athletics Prospects
1. Travis Buck, OF, Grade B+ (Ethier comparison looks valid to me)
2. Daric Barton, 1B, B (hurt by injury, but what about his power and defense?)
3. Matt Sulentic, OF, B (I really, really believe in his bat)
4. Jermaine Mitchell, OF, B- (good tools, speed, developing skills)
5. Kurt Suzuki, C, B- (a personal favorite)
6. Kevin Melillo, 2B, B- (I overrated him last year but I still think he will be a useful player)
7. Trevor Cahill, RHP, B- (Raw but projectable and promising)
8. Javier Herrera, OF, C+ (Injury casualty, great tools but skills?
9. Marcus McBeth, RHP, C+ (Needs a bit more polish but quite intriguing)
10. Jason Windsor, RHP, C+ (needs a bit more fastball but quite intriguing)
11. Jeff Baisley, 3B, C+ (will jump to Double-A in ‘07 and we’ll find out if he is for real. I personally think he is)
12. Ryan Goleski, OF, C+ (assuming his wrist is OK)
by Asfan4ever723 on Dec 12, 2008 1:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That's 2 years ago
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And still shocking that Cahill only goes from a B- to a B+
by mikev on Dec 12, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it baffles me that he doesn't get an A- ...
the movement on his fastball is just sick and he’s got tremendous results at every level …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
by devo on Dec 12, 2008 1:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sickels got some explaining to do
The monster at the end of this blog.
by grover on Dec 12, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
McBeth would sure be nice to have
I’d like to have that trade back, please.
"A’s baseball….It’s almost better than a stick in the eye." ~ alox
by Gallagher's Watermelons on Dec 12, 2008 1:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
uh
He was available on waivers during the season, and I think he’s a minor league free agent now.
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
by andeux on Dec 12, 2008 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
boston resigned him
i wouldve taken him back
i believe one of romanick’s projects like ziegler
by Asfan4ever723 on Dec 12, 2008 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Better to take Lady McBeth, wouldn't you say?
Unless McBeth could bring Birnam wood – or any other good wood – to Oakland.
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Dec 12, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Judging from the content of this thread,
the only way to bring good wood to Oakland is by posting pictures of Charlize Theron.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Backstop me here...
1 Win Above Replacment = $4 million in the FA market.
Mark Ellis is a (minimum) 2 WAR player.
I get those right?
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mark Ellis is more like a 3.5 WAR player
but yes, that certainly would be greater than or equal to 2 WAR…
I’ve seen different numbers for the money, but it’s always somewhere in that range.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
I’ve seen up to $5 million per WAR via FA but $4 million makes my point.
The monster at the end of this blog.
by grover on Dec 12, 2008 3:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that number is going to drop anyway
Seems like the economy is causing some issues with the assumed inflation of baseball contracts. It’s hard to really say in advance (according to Tango), but that $4.5-$5 mil number might actually end up at $4 mil per win.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 8:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Like I said, $4 million works for me
The monster at the end of this blog.
by grover on Dec 12, 2008 8:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
QOTM!
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 3:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Outman, damn spot starter!
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dunn's inane?
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Turns out JP Ricciardi is the seventh-level reincarnation of William Shakespeare
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 2:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Does that make Beane Chris Marlowe?
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 2:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is this a 4-bagger I see before me?
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
27 of 30 teams decided he wasn’t worth a 40-man roster slot.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It really shows how much the farm system has turned around.
When you consider that people like Mitchell, Melillo, McBeth, Windsor, Baisley, and Goleski were borderline prospects to begin with.
If they were on the A’s list today I doubt any of them would break the top 15.
Sometimes life will strike you out on a curve ball and the only choice you have is to flip off the umpire and walk to first base anyway.
by Threepwood XX on Dec 12, 2008 3:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Windsor was a fine prospect until he wrecked his shoulder
I’d have no problem putting pre-2007 Windsor in my top 15.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 5:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
righties cant wear their hats like that...
if they do their asking to bust out.
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Dec 12, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just trying to figure out...
why all the men of AN think isn’t hot. Are you all so programmed to think in terms of whether or not they’re worth the contract?
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
by jeepers on Dec 12, 2008 2:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Stupid HTML
first sentence should read "why all the men of AN think (insert name here) isn’t hot.
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
by jeepers on Dec 12, 2008 2:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My girlfriend allows me to comment on the unattractiveness of a celebrity
But saying someone is attractive usually means I can’t watch anything with said actress anymore.
She’s programmed me to be negative.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
this is a well-heeled tactic of the married man as well.
"I'll make a list for the record. These people should be trusted: Sal, andeux, rfloh, danny...and no one else. Certainly not me. And even extra super-certainly not NSJ."
by notsellingjeans on Dec 12, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Time to train the female side of the partnership
Repeat after me: “It does not matter where you get your appetite so long as you come home for your meals.”
If that seems too direct try: “While there are women in this world who are better looking than even you are, I choose to be with you.”
by Hang Man on Dec 12, 2008 4:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It surprising you're still alive
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Dec 12, 2008 6:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, there is absolutely no chance that saying somebody is better looking could EVER go over well
I can’t really argue with the logic of your point, but women don’t operate that way. They just don’t.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 8:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, replacement level for "names" at the highest levels is pretty high
I mean, think of all the people in college who strike out a ton even with a metal bat.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought popular-celebs-who-I-don't-find-attractive
was the designated topic. We discuss the ones we do find hot often enough, and we could do so again if you like.
My favorites are Diane Lane and Ashley Judd. Of the names mentioned in this thread I like Katherine Heigl, Charlize Theron, Kate Beckinsale, and Angelina Jolie. Others frequently mentioned on AN whom I like are Alyssa Milano, Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Alba. I don’t find Scartlett Johansson un-hot — she looks quite nice, too — I just don’t understand why she’s so often elevated above so many others as the number one.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Dec 12, 2008 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pat Forde, of ESPN's college sports division, has a recurring Ashley Judd crush
He’s also one of their better writers, although if you don’t like college football, college hoops or horse racing, you’re a bit out of luck on that one.
Apparently she’s a huge Kentucky basketball fan.
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by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 7:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
She's at a lot of the Kentucky games, at least the tournament games
I know this because anytime Kentucky is playing, 27% of the airtime is devoted to showing her.
by thejd44 on Dec 12, 2008 8:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Judd graduated from UK
She goes to as many regular season games as she can, though not as many in recent years. She’s also there to watch the game, not to be seen as evidenced by her sticking around for the whole game during the butt-kicking UK received at Vandy last season and UNC this year. Anybody who sat through those debacles is a true fan.
"That's not a Sherman tank, it's Frank Thomas!" - Monkeyball
by JLeverenz on Dec 14, 2008 10:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
AN flaw
grover, I added this to the front page just a minute ago, noting that your fanpost far more relevant than what I wrote this morning. But I guess the system automatically put it below mine because of the time the two were written, and I can’t fix it.
It should be that when a diary is “promoted”, it’s immediately put on top – that’s obviously the reason for bringing a diary to the front page.
"I'll make a list for the record. These people should be trusted: Sal, andeux, rfloh, danny...and no one else. Certainly not me. And even extra super-certainly not NSJ."
by notsellingjeans on Dec 12, 2008 2:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
So I FINALLY get a fanpost bumped to the Front Page...
and to do it I had to rip off Sickels and BA.
And they say plagarism doesn’t pay!
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, BTW
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by grover on Dec 12, 2008 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For anybody that's interested
DrivelineMechanics.com of SB just did a piece on Trevor Cahill. There’s a fanshot that links to it.
by NateHST on Dec 12, 2008 7:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
yeah but where do we rank in mlb?
does anyone know where our farm systems ranks in the mlb according to those 2 guys?
that's gold jerry, gold!!!
by 9Custs on Dec 12, 2008 9:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Texas and Oakland are generally considered the top 2 in MLB.
The Rays have graduated some of their best guys of late, so they are (probably?) third, a tick below us in the prospect ratings. Obviously their “25 and under” talent, combining both the big club and the farm, is still phenomenal.
"I'll make a list for the record. These people should be trusted: Sal, andeux, rfloh, danny...and no one else. Certainly not me. And even extra super-certainly not NSJ."
by notsellingjeans on Dec 12, 2008 10:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Probably #2
Seems like the consensus is that Texas has a better system.
Anybody else absolutely giddy over the idea of Oakland and Texas battling for the AL West for a handful of years while the Angels (hopefully) are winning 60 games and their fans are jumping out of windows of very tall buildings?
by thejd44 on Dec 13, 2008 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If the Angels sign Teixeira for 8 years,
sadly that scenario probably won’t come to pass. :-(
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Dec 13, 2008 11:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oakland is extremely pitching heavy whereas Texas has a good balance.
I think it comes down to the fact that most of our position players have some big questions. Can Carter do anything than DH, can Doolittle put the power and patience together, will Cardenas’ power ever come? Etc.
by NateHST on Dec 13, 2008 12:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If there's anyone I trust
to turn surplus pitching into useful parts, it’s Beane
by Josh Deletchi on Dec 13, 2008 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
trivia
what was the last homegrown rangers pitcher that actually remained with the team and did well there
by Asfan4ever723 on Dec 13, 2008 4:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can we include Washington Senators?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Dec 13, 2008 5:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Netfali Feliz
Is gonna be hard to mess up if he doesn’t get injured.
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by niallmack on Dec 15, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Still has no secondary pitches...
Seems pretty easy to mess up if you ask me. How many flameballers with weak command and no offspeed stuff have come and gone over the years?
Honestly, I think Derek Holland is more can’t-miss than Feliz is.
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