DLD 12/23/08-Holliday Feast Edition

by A'sfaninNC on Dec 23, 2008 8:52 AM PST Comment 30 comments

Appetizer

Check out this alternative fuel source idea.

And these people just learned a hard lesson about irony.

Main Course:

Beat reporter Mycheal Urban answers some A's related questions here

There is a nice interview with Josh Donaldson along with other A's related new over here

And because this years winners will be voted on soon here is a look back on the 2008 Darwin Award Winners

Dessert:

To start the wrap it up process and if you are like and need a last minute gift idea try this

Closing thought for consideration: It has been mentioned before but what about Jerry Hairston Jr. as a FA pick-up for SS?

And anyone one with any gift idea for 16-19 year old females that are not creepy (the gift ideas not the girls) I am open to suggestions.

Dump Away like Hannahan swinging at a fastball down the middle.

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Hey, that's actually a really good non-failbag by Urban

I think his take on Crosby, in particular, is right on the money:

I was not surprised that Crosby cleared waivers, mainly because $5.5 million is a lot of money for someone with Crosby’s track record. If you read this mailbag with any regularity, you probably know that I’m one of the few people in the Bay Area who like Crosby’s game and still think he’ll have some big years, but I’m not blind to the facts.

The facts are that Crosby has underperformed and/or been hurt a lot since his rookie year, and even his Rookie of the Year campaign was the product of a very thin year for standout rookies in the American League.

I don’t know that there’s any sort of “word out” on Crosby other than the facts. But I can tell you with certainty that he’s not a head case, so that’s not the issue. It’s a production issue, plain and simple.

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

by monkeyball on Dec 23, 2008 9:20 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

What about the FAIL trade proposal that ends the Mailbag?

Holliday and Crosby for Furcal, Kershaw, and Kemp?!

I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.

by franks a lot on Dec 23, 2008 10:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think he responded with almost the requisite degree of skepticism

Is it still against the CBA to trade FA signees?

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

by monkeyball on Dec 23, 2008 10:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

id do holliday for kemp straight up.

actually id give em crosby too, and then buy them a box of See’s candy as a thank you/christmas present

"I think people in this state like BOTH teams," proclaims Nick Aliotti, the Ducks' defensive coordinator. "Except for our hard-core fans, I don't think most Duck fans would have been terribly upset to see Oregon State going to the Rose Bowl."

Another reason he needs to go.

by diehardoaklandfan22 on Dec 23, 2008 8:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

by give them crosby, i mean all expenses paid

Another reason he needs to go.

by diehardoaklandfan22 on Dec 23, 2008 8:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

spiders aren't creepy!

oh wait.

I have no solutions, just rejoindres

by alea iacta est on Dec 23, 2008 10:27 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'll tell you what IS creepy

There is an ad for my realm of employment on AN now. Banner and side.

by EddieVegas_NRAF on Dec 23, 2008 10:36 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

that was funny!

Here’s a rumor I just heard: Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Furcal to the A’s for Crosby and Matt Holliday. Any way that could happen?
— Andy P., Scottsdale, Ariz.

For one thing, I’d love to hear where you heard that rumor. I haven’t seen it anywhere. Could it happen? If the Dodgers offered that deal to Beane and he didn’t take it, I’d be stunned. Kershaw is a legit top-of-the-rotation prospect, and Kemp is a 25-year-old power-hitting outfielder who bats right-handed.

So what the A’s would be getting is what they wanted in the first place (Furcal over Crosby), and more than they’d probably get for Holliday in a midseason trade or in compensatory Draft picks. No-brainer.
-M-Urban

by mrod on Dec 23, 2008 11:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

He doesn't realize that the whole thing is bullshit, does he?

facepalm.jpg

by Zonis on Dec 23, 2008 12:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The slegnA might not even add ONE bat.

Rosenthal

At least for the moment, the Angels are talking about finding offensive solutions from within. That means no Ramirez, no Adam Dunn, no Milton Bradley. Until further notice.

YYYYEESSSSSSSSS

"And you just don't get it, you keep it copacetic..."

by Blicks on Dec 23, 2008 12:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs