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Sickels Top 20+ A's prospects 2009

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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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because he was last year, sickels probably doesn’t know much about him beyond that.

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 10:07 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it was

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 10:10 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, you're not ...

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Dec 12, 2008 1:00 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no you aren't

"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball

by flipgatey3 on Dec 12, 2008 1:01 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Monkeyball finds Janet Reno far hotter than Natalie Portman at any age

"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

-Charles Manson

by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 1:01 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 1:18 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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?

"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

-Charles Manson

by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 1:20 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 1:55 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 1:58 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 2:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have broader and deeper knowledge of movies than I do of baseball

Therefore, your praise makes me very happy.

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 2:52 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 3:09 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

kinda like vin deisel?

Your 2009 Athletics: Catch The Disease

by DyeLongJustice on Dec 12, 2008 5:12 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I object

That does nothing for you? I would also argue she was good in Bend It Like Beckham.

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 8:53 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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).

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 13, 2008 12:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 12, 2008 2:06 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Dec 12, 2008 7:07 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+...3 it seems

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 12, 2008 1:02 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Deneuve?

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 1:18 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

As do I.

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 1:38 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I refuse to be incited

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Dec 12, 2008 1:44 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Natasha McElhone

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by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 2:53 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Love them cougars!

"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

-Charles Manson

by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 12:17 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oooo...baby...

"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

-Charles Manson

by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 7:10 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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).

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 12:33 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kate's another good choice

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 12, 2008 12:46 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

"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 4:06 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: secondly

It’s that distinctive blank-white-square avatar that gave it away to me…

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 6:46 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 14, 2008 9:03 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 14, 2008 10:03 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So THAT'S who 75mk is

Very sneaky.

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 14, 2008 12:04 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 14, 2008 11:12 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agree

But I’m pretty sure I’d rather hang out with Queen Latifah than 95% of the other women in movies and music. She seems pretty cool.

by thejd44 on Dec 15, 2008 12:16 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

actually, I think Latifah is pretty damn cute

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 15, 2008 7:50 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kathy Griffin

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 15, 2008 12:46 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I enthusiastically concur

with the Queen-Latifah-is-hot crowd.

And that’s not even counting her awesomely sexy voice.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Dec 16, 2008 12:18 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I refuse to be incited

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 4:09 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And there's still a whisker in her left armpit

"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

-Charles Manson

by kaweahkaweah on Dec 12, 2008 4:29 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So in other words

“Wow, big boobies”?

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson

by nevermoor on Dec 13, 2008 8:30 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, actually, I think that's an ode to SMALL boobies

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 9:32 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 13, 2008 10:04 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's so cute,

I think I’d rather have two of those!

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 11:25 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can speak only for myself, of course ...

… but my shower curtain isn’t tea green.

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 9:33 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

< TEST >

Garden State

< / TEST >

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by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 9:35 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i hated that movie

Natalie Portman was fine but the movie was terrible.

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 13, 2008 10:28 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

exactly

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 2:25 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You need to get laid.

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 13, 2008 11:52 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

shouldn't that be plural?

Oh-ohhhhhhhhhh.

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 13, 2008 2:26 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You're right, I apologize

You need to get off.

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 13, 2008 2:56 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Incorrect

Melanie Griffith is ugly. Sara Gilbert is at the very least unattractive

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 14, 2008 7:16 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 14, 2008 9:04 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 14, 2008 9:23 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thank you. I appreciate it.

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 14, 2008 10:14 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

-Charles Manson

by kaweahkaweah on Dec 14, 2008 12:18 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought it was utterly sexist and inappropriate

And I thoroughly enjoyed it too.

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 14, 2008 12:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

About Kate Beckinsale:

in the movie about Howard Hughes = hot hot hot

in those weird warewolf/vampire movies = overdone

"I'm more into going home and being horizontal" - Lew Wolff

by bvank on Dec 13, 2008 9:13 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

3 Days in the Valley, yes; anything else, nope

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 12, 2008 12:31 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 1:03 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1
+1
&
+1

In search of a new signature. Say something funny and you may see your comment here!

by DMOAS on Dec 12, 2008 1:04 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

Your 2009 Athletics: Catch The Disease

by DyeLongJustice on Dec 12, 2008 5:15 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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!

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 5:47 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

athleticitis!

"I'm on hold for now"- Bobby Crosby

by DyeLongJustice on Dec 12, 2008 8:46 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Never watched the show

And blondes don’t usually do it for me.

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 12, 2008 2:07 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 8:47 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

lol

AD references are always appreciated

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by iamawesomer on Dec 13, 2008 6:47 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no link?

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 reply actions actions   0 recs

new name

Pedro Figueroa, LHP

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 10:09 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

MiLB says he's on the A's, too

http://tinyurl.com/6z6ang

http://tinyurl.com/5wo7jo

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by salb918 on Dec 12, 2008 10:32 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

Guzman, sigh

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by ChadGod on Dec 12, 2008 12:14 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Denker bus is now bound for San Diego. Those who were passengers on it are now angrily stranded at a gas station in Modesto, CA. Not much about baseball here .

by oldjacket on Dec 12, 2008 8:12 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 reply actions 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.

RIVER CATS: AAA CHAMPS!

by niallmack on Dec 12, 2008 10:23 AM PST reply reply actions 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 reply actions actions   0 recs

That's 2 years ago

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 1:56 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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?

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 12, 2008 3:00 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

awesome

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Dec 12, 2008 7:14 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 12, 2008 7:34 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 reply actions 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!

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 12, 2008 2:59 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks, BTW

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Dec 12, 2008 2:59 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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 reply actions 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 reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Netfali Feliz

Is gonna be hard to mess up if he doesn’t get injured.

RIVER CATS: AAA CHAMPS!

by niallmack on Dec 15, 2008 1:23 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions 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.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Dec 15, 2008 4:36 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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