DLD 3/17/08 Happy St Patty's Day
by theblackpearl on Mar 17, 2008 9:24 AM PDT
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PrintGarett Anderson day to day
Los Angeles Angels outfielder Garret Anderson was removed from the lineup of a split-squad game at the Chicago Cubs on Sunday because of irritation in his right knee
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/03/16/sports/s130339D79.DTL&type=sports
If he was an Athletic, we'd be printing his eulogy.
Scott Ostler, a day after this:
The only problem with the new promises to hustle is that they carry the faint whiff of desperation. This is baseball 2008, and nobody's Plan A involves the concept of eking.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/15/SPT3VJO7H.DTL
He writes this:
Why so glum, chum?
The Giants and A's are the butts of bad jokes, jumping ahead of the Raiders and 49ers on the ridicule scale, and it's still spring training. There's no reason for that kind of pessimism, other than facts and logic.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/16/SPDPVL2HG.DTL
But the gist of both articles are Bay Area teams suck, even when he tries to be complimentary.
Looks like Mike Sweeney, despite Buan's saying decision makers weren't sure, will make the A's opening day roster.
The A's have a March 19 deadline to let nonroster designated hitter Mike Sweeney know their plans for him, but they gave him a sneak preview Sunday, telling the veteran that he will go to Japan with the club Wednesday
Also from the article. Ken Macha made a visit to the A's camp.
His departure didn't come under the best of circumstances, but former A's manager Ken Macha was back Sunday, shaking hands and greeting players in the team clubhouse at Phoenix Municipal Stadium before Oakland's 9-7 victory over Texas.
The players seem to be glad to see Macha, since most of the players who complained about him are gone now.
It was weird," Oakland shortstop Bobby Crosby said. "I was hitting in the cage and someone said, 'Hey, Macha!' It was like a flashback. I said hi. He seems like he's doing well."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/17/SPDPVL0VV.DTL
So what was weird, that Bobby was hitting, or Macha was there.
Dump Away, and Happy St. Patty's Day
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Mouthguards
A player note on Yahoo says:
Travis Buck was among several A's players to order Pure Power Mouthguards, which provide proper jaw alignment, leading to better posture and more relaxed neck, shoulder and core muscles. Buck had a terrific round of batting practice with the mouthguard and raved about it afterward, saying he felt loose and the ball jumped off his bat.
AL West, here we come!
A thumb guard and a mouth guard....
Travis will be unstoppable. Break up the A's and their performance improving dental appliances.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Dice-K to make start opener in Japan
Looks like our dreams of Lester and Wakefield have been shot down. We will still face Lester in game 2 however.
I think we can take Dice-K; he's been spotty so far in the majors.
by Philip Christy on Mar 17, 2008 10:02 AM PDT reply actions
And I usually pride myself on grammar...
by Philip Christy on Mar 17, 2008 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
A Japanese pitcher pitching in Japan, and we are the Home team
I would say Home Field Advantage is out the window.
by theblackpearl on Mar 17, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Most of the home field advantage in baseball
is because of getting to bat last, which will still be the case.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
I dunno ...
... it's gonna be awfully hard for the A's to hit their free throws down the stretch ...
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
I'm in Barcelona
don't know if I can find an Irish pub but there's still time to try tonight...if all else fails...sangria for St. Patty´s Day!
"I've got a lot of wins waiting in these white shoes." -Dan Meyer
There's one in the heart of town
Just off Las Ramblas... towards the Ocean it'll be on your right. We had some irish car bombs there during Euro04.
No Harden and No Chavez make the A's go, something something...
Found one...
down in Barceloneta after having the best paella of my life...very fun crowd. The locals know how to party.
"I've got a lot of wins waiting in these white shoes." -Dan Meyer
there's a Barceloneta in Puerto Rico
I've been to Barcelona in Spain -- hadn't heard there was a Barceloneta there as well...
its like a little neighborhood/area in barcelona
down by the port. very near the water...maybe 3 to 4 blocks? a really cute area actually. if i had more time here i would meander down there for a while.
"I've got a lot of wins waiting in these white shoes." -Dan Meyer
I've drank in Irish pubs in China and Japan ...
but there isn't a single one here in Midtown, Sacramento ... had to go to a British pub instead ...
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
I was wondering if it was too late to coffee up my Irish...
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Mar 17, 2008 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
just waiting
for my employers to break out the kegs so we can drink while we're working. Probably not the best idea to get drunk while designing buildings. Oh well. Happy St. Patrick's Day everybody!
"Put some ice on it. After that, there's nothing a few beers won't take care of. " -Pink
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 17, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
A members only restaurant
where you can have the Johnsons for dinner.
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/article3552377.ece
I love you, k^2. -Poppy*
I thought that was last Friday at the stakehouse.
/all confused.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 17, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought that was at T.G.I. Friday's with the McGreeveys
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
actually, the Giants have been the butt of jokes
for the past couple of weeks on the team's flagship station, KNBR -- but the a's have not.
Forst still refused to say that M.Sweeney will make the club, although everyone is assuming that he will. Slusser's column does indicate that Sweeney's agent is accepting that Sweeney's invite to Japan (where they can carry 28 "active" players, plus two others) means that they don't need an official decision on the roster spot by Marc 19, whch gives the A's a few more days to do that.
Why shouldn't his agent be willing to accept a modified deadline....
if we let him go, with the Spring he's had, there can be no doubt that another club will pick him up. He's almost old enough to qualify for the Giants roster.....
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
The A's aren't a butt of the jokes, because they never mention them at all
by theblackpearl on Mar 17, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
actually there have been several people
lately who have been saying on KNBR that the A's won't be as bad as some had thought when Beane first began those big trades...and the hosts don't contradict them.
because they don't know enough about the A's to contradict. When spring
training started, none of them could name ANYONE in the A's outfiled, not even Buck, and couldn't think of the catchers name.
by theblackpearl on Mar 17, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
new CGV-worthy nickname for Jack
Yes We Cannahan!
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
Bobby Crosby: very lucky to be who he is
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
And Crosby:
It Takes a Village to Lay Off Sliders Low and Away.
Okay, so that doesn't work quite as well. And to be biCGVisan, Harden:
Why Courage Shatters.
I reject and denounce Bobby Crosby
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
monkeyball is only doing well
because he has the support of the Niekro community.
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
A's losses this year won't count ...
... if they're in little games, games with large opposition-fan turnout, games decided in extra innings, or games that the A's usually don't win anyway.
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
I'm phonebanking your delegates
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
ignorance has never stopped them
from dissing the A's in the past.
I think they are so pessimistic about the Giants that not even the A's seem so bad to them.
fremont
Batter up: They're getting ready to play a hot game of "Bobby Ball" in Fremont - as in Mayor Bob Wasserman, whose upcoming re-election bid is quickly turning into a referendum on his dream to bring the Oakland A's to town.
Well, this past week, former Fremont Mayor Gus Morrison, an outspoken critic of the A's plan, announced that he intends to make a comeback bid in November - with opposition to the ballpark plan being the centerpiece of his campaign.
Given that neither the A's nor the City Council are counting on the mega-development deal going before the city's voters, Morrison's entry into the race could become the closest thing there is to a referendum on the plan.
Wasserman said Morrison is trying to make the A's ballpark an issue because "he wants to run, and he has found a crack in the armor."
Morrison, who at 72 is two years younger than Wasserman, says he's gotten himself into the best fighting shape in years - having shed 6 inches from his waist in the past few months - and is more ready than ever to spar over the stadium with "cheerleader" Wasserman.
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
Is anyone going to make an AN pool on yahoo?
I made it in '06 and finished last, so I'm not making it again...
"The hard... is what makes it great."
I made an AN pool ...
... but I wouldn't advise anyone to step in it.
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
I just made one...
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com
Group ID#:129574
Password: WeMissSwish
"[Moneyball] is huge [in Japan], I guess, so I'm like a David Hasselhoff type or something..." -- Billy Beane
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Mar 17, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Incidentally
I started another NCAA tourney group for Novato high school basketball players (no reason), and in doing so, I copied the "no gambling" disclaimer directly out of FSU's Super Bowl diary. So, thanks for that, FSU.
Brainless Automaton #439
by rubin sierra on Mar 17, 2008 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Gio Gonzalez sent down?
The guys on MLB.com's Fantasy 411 just said Gio has been sent down. Can't find a link anywhere yet. Not a huge surprise, and we'll see him again soon enough.
or the decision has already been made
eveland #5, dinardo in the bullpen.
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
not too surprising
perhaps Eveland as fifth starter and DiNardo as swingman?
(Fernando Hernandez, as a rule 5 guy will have to be in the pen all year or be sent back.)
So if they keep 7 in the pen" Street, Embree, Casilla, Hernandez, Foulke, Brown, and DiNardo?
also Linden
Slusser reporting that he's not pleased...she wonders if they'll agree to release him if he gets a major league offer from another club
I could see why Linden is upset, but if you look at the A's 40 man roster, unlike most
years, there is not a lot of movement to be made. I don't see anyone who would clear waivers, and unless Chavy goes to the 60 day, it is going to be a major decision on what to do about Sweeney.
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=oak
F. Hernandez and Jeff Gray are the only pitchers worth thinking about getting rid of, Mellilo the only infielde, and then Robnett and Hererra. The rest of the squad are major league ready, or capable players, NOW.
by theblackpearl on Mar 17, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed
i do feel bad for Linden though. I mean, realistically, the guy couldn't have performed any better. I was kind of hoping that he would get a shot. Even if it was as a fourth outfielder.
"Put some ice on it. After that, there's nothing a few beers won't take care of. " -Pink
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 17, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Something else to watch
The A's now have a huge logjam of pitchers who could conceivably be in the rotation at Sacramento: Meyer, Gonzalez, Smith, Saarloos, Windsor, Komine, Chris Gissell, Troy Cate, Mike Madsen, and Brad Knox, plus Braden or DiNardo could still be sent down.
Some of them are candidates to move to the bullpen, and some might be sent down to AA, but it also wouldn't surprise me if a couple of the no-longer-prospects were released at the end of spring training.
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
True
Komine and Windsor are two names that seem to jump out at me. I actually like Komine, but admittedly i think he has developed about as much as he is going to. Same goes for Windsor. There just doesn't seem to be any "buzz" around them anymore.
"Put some ice on it. After that, there's nothing a few beers won't take care of. " -Pink
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 17, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Komine, while a great guy, was never much of a prospect ...
he wouldn't be that hard to let go of. Windsor's lost a lot of luster but if he could get healthy there's the chance he could develop some value.
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
If my math is correct,
one of Braden/DiNardo WILL be sent down, since doing that and DLing Calero is the only semi-reasonable way (i.e. not optioning Street to Sacramento, or anything like that) to avoid DFAing anyone.
I would expect Gissell and Cate to be used in the bullpen there, so they're out. The remainder, I'd rank as follows:
Gonzalez
DiNardo/Braden
Smith
Saarloos
Madsen
Meyer
[end of rotation]
Windsor
Komine
Knox
The latter three were all freely available over the offseason (either on waivers or to Rule 5) so they can't be valued very highly. When Brad Halsey returns, he will knock out one of the rotation guys if none of them are in the bigs by that point, which I think is very unlikely.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
I'd imagine ...
DiNardo/Braden would head to the 'pen, since there's little chance of them cracking the rotation three months from now (at least without enough warning, warning that would likely open a spot in the AAA rotation, that would allow a transition back to starting) ... probably the same for Los Kirk, too ...
Leaving:
Gio
Smith
Madsen
Meyer
Windsor
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Adding Insult to Ignorance
At its regular meeting tomorrow, the Oakland City Council will rename South Coliseum Way between Hegenberger Road and 66th Ave. The Coliseum itself uses this street name as its mailing address.
If you scroll down to Item 10.10 on this Council Agenda you’ll see it; if you click through to the actual staff report and resolution you can read the details and see the map. The title speaks for itself, yet I can barely bring myself to type the words:
A Resolution Renaming South Coliseum Way Between 66th Avenue And Hegenberger Road As Joe Morgan Way
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 17, 2008 11:55 AM PDT reply actions
Who will be first to add "Fire" to the street sign?
/raises hand.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 17, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
That's going to cause serious traffic jams.
Won't you only be allowed to enter from there if you've played the game? God help you if you try to walk in.
So it goes.
Oh. My. God.
I live about 8 blocks from city hall. I will be there in protest.
It's probably too late to buy a FJM t-shirt.
The only baseball blog I like more than this one...
chimes in on this pork-barrel (conjecture, I have no idea who Joe Morgan voted for) debacle.
Formerly known as hward86.
The honor's not altogether unwarranted
As I wrote in My Joe Morgan flavored DLD in November, Joe's got some strong points on the Oakland side of his ledger:
First, Joe Morgan is a genuine City of Oakland star, an Oakland public school product from age 10 through Castlemont High School, and then to Merritt College, where he got his associate degree with honors before beginning his pro baseball career. And second, Joe Morgan was an awesome baseball player...
Another important point: Joe Morgan apparently has done a lot of good for Oakland youth. According to the Resolution, "Joe has led by example, a leader and inspiration off the field and in our community, contributing personally and financially to the Young America Baseball Program, the Oakland Unified School District Sports Program, and as Founder and President of the Joe Morgan Youth Foundation, which provides college scholarships as well as financial support to programs that are instrumental in the development of youth, and as co-founder, along with basketball great Bill Russell, of the Summit Bank Foundation which awards college scholarships to local youth."
How this stacks up on the good works-o-meter I can’t say, but given that Joe could probably dine every night at the finest restaurants of Cincinnati (umm...) without ever once picking up a check, it says something that he still chooses to do right by the kids of Oakland.
I think it's safe to surmise that the vast majority of Oakland residents and Councilmembers haven't the faintest idea about Moneyball and Joe's campaign against rationality. But to name the street the Coliseum's on after the modern A's most fierce critic does seem wrong.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 17, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It's OK with me
I basically like Joe, and I support naming streets after great Oakland sportsmen. I'm glad to have played on Curt Flood Field instead of "Undesirable Strip of Land by the Airport" Field. It's a shame that he and the internet teamed up to synonymize his name with jackassery.
The A's colors are green and gold.
Good works-o-meter?
You forget that we followers of the gospel of Lewis believe in justification by faith alone.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Finally, the Fremont financing scheme makes sense!
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 17, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Calvin Schiraldiists?
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
Joe Morgan vs. A's in World Series
1972 (A's Win): 24 AB, 3H, 2 2B, 4R, 1 RBI, 6 BB, 2 SB, .125/.300/.208
And as an Oakland A in 1984:
365 AB, 89 H, 50 R, 21 2B, 6 HR, 43 RBI, 8 SB, 66 BB, .244/.356/.351, 103 OPS+
where did those numbers come from?
A computer, that's where.
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
And what exactly is the "Joe Morgan Way"?
Willful ignorance?
I love you, k^2. -Poppy*
by kaweahkaweah on Mar 17, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Joe as a person, he went to High School with my mom in Oakland and
in the year he broke the record for most HR's by a second baseman, I was in the bleachers, and on the Oakland A's year end video, I can be seen tripping over the bleachers and falling while chasing that home run. As far as his baseball thoughtsa nd current insight, it leaves a lot to be desired.
by theblackpearl on Mar 17, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
Joe was easily near the top of his position for all time. Even his '84 numbers weren't bad for a 40-year-old non-roiding middle infielder. And who can forget his HR on the last day of the '82 season that knocked the Dodgers out of the playoffs? (Even though I'm no Gnats lover, it's always good to see the Dodgers go down.)
"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick, 10/7/07
i wonder
how many times they are going to have to replace that sign because it keeps 'disappearing'.
"Put some ice on it. After that, there's nothing a few beers won't take care of. " -Pink
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 17, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
just be sure you get away with it more than 3 out of every 4 times
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
Just remember...
There will be a time when you know you'll have to steal that sign, everyone knows that you're going to steal that sign, and you will still steal it anyway.
"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick, 10/7/07
Dan Johnson?
Does anyone think the hesitance to say "Sweeney is on the team" is because the A's want to unload Dan Johnson prior to DFAing?
hey Cal folks
Where did Fresh go? I walked through campus on Saturday, and he was no longer where I thought he was. Did the cops shake him down?
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
Oh so tempting to link this to my thread with Higher Pie ...
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
whom do you trust to answer the bullpen phone at 3 ...
... p.m. during a day game?
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
Due to Easter being so early
St Patrick's Day has been cancelled. Seriously.
by green star oakland on Mar 17, 2008 12:24 PM PDT reply actions
why do they have a photo of Tom Stienstra with Dan Johnson on his shoulder?
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
DJ's next injury:
Nose cancer, because he didn't read the directions on proper use of his pipe.
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
ceci n'est pas une pipe
It's a nose guard.
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
Letting Todd Linden go
We should all be happy that we root for a team that is not swayed by the inconsequential sample size of 30 plate appearances. It's the right move, and I really doubt that anybody yapping about it now will be yapping about it midseason.
Remember what I wrote a few weeks ago: regression to the mean must always be applied, and we always regress more heavily when the sample size is small.
Preseason projections for Todd Linden peg his OPS at 731 (Bill James), 693 (Chone), 712 (Marcel), 712 (ZiPS). If we're expecting that level of hitting, we might as well go with the guy who can a) play CF and b) has youth on his side. Ryan Sweeney, come on down.
stat-addled alien overlord
While I wouldn't dream of doubting
what you're saying for a minute.....it still wounds what little humanity I have left in me for a guy to do so well and still be sent packing. On the other hand.....he was a former Giant. So screw him.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Too bad for Linden
Still, you figure some organization IS going to be wowed by his Spring Training numbers and take a flyer on him. Good luck, Todd!
I'm fine with the Sweeney part
I just don't see why Denorfia is more deserving, other than being fortunate enough to be a sunk cost (i.e., on the big league roster).
So it goes.
linden and devine not going to japan
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=21&entry_id=24989
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
BP: a's team health report
Head Trainer: Steve Sayles
Player Days Lost: 1,152
Total Dollars Lost: $23.96 million
Three-Year Rank: 7
The Three-Year Rank is also probably a huge surprise to many, given the high-profile injuries the club has endured, but the days lost trend is strongly negative: 463, 652, 1152. It's a classic 'death spiral,' as injuries lead to injury due to overwork and an inability to keep up with the demands placed on a medical staff by a over-full training room. In a change after last season's setbacks, long-time trainer Larry Davis was nudged aside, replaced by his assistant Steve Sayles. While keeping it "in the family," the changes are expected to have a significant impact. If nothing else, Sayles is more aggressive and has made his case for change. The San Francisco Chronicle noted some of the more esoteric equipment that Sayles had convinced the A's to bring in, but cold lasers and pulley systems are just tools. The real change comes from the use of those tools and a renewed focus on the need to stay healthy. The A's made noise by spending money and even then, they only spent in the "low six figures." If I'm correct that A's wins track A's health, then the team has made a big pickup for about the cost of a decent pre-arbitration player. Both scouts and statheads agree that it might be the best acquisition the A's made this offseason.
i assume the a's were 30th last year, yet they're 7th over the last three years. what do the larry davis h8rs have to say about 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
well, for one thing ...
I'm of the opinion that Beane et al. have made a regular practice of playing their hurt regulars when they really shouldn't -- whether out of trying to game the player days/dollars lost, because the dropoff from the regulars to the scrubs was a greater margin than they could afford on the field, or because they didn't know what they were doing.
I don't think '07 was an aberration, but a direct result of trying to keep those numbers artificially low the previous years.
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
plus the whole cycle of ...
... play 1 game-injury/chronic worsening-rest 4 games-play 2 games-exacerbate problem-rest 6 games-play 1 game-further exacerbation, which results in zero player days/dollars lost.
Measuring team fitness using only player days/dollars lost is like measuring defense only with errors.
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
or like measuring franchise income using only gate receipts
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
there's a difference between
playing hurt regulars because it gives the team a better chance of winning, and playing hurt regulars to keep player days/dollars lost numbers artifically low. i'm not sure why any team would do the latter.
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
if the latter is the metric to which Beane "plays" ...
... i.e., before each season he presumes that his regulars at as low as, say, 25% performance capacity still represent a more competitive lineup than the scrubs; and that current fixed-cost assets should be deployed for maximal utility vs their costs (an extreme application of the "don't pay for past results" dictum); then the easiest way to measure how well his management team is adhering to those principles is to see how many player days/dollars have been lost at any point in the season.
I shouldn't have phrased it as an either/or. I think artificially depressing player days/dollars lost is part of the tactical implementation of the overall strategy.
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
LD's take on the issue...
I can't comment on the extent of the team health report, but it should be day-to-day and improving in about 4-6 weeks.
No Harden and No Chavez make the A's go, something something...
pitch type leaderboards at fangraphs
maybe we can get a staturday on this?
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
mariano rivera
Mariano Rivera: 26.7% fastballs, 73.3% cutters. The average velocity on the fastball is 93.2, and the average velocity on the cutter is 93.6.
99.9% of the time, Mariano Rivera is going to throw a low to mid 90s fastball with movement, and hitters still can’t do anything with it.
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
What do you have in mind?
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
something similar to LL and USSM, but looking at our pitchers?
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
Hm, you've sparked my curiosity
I'll probably do a pitch F/X series at some point. It seems like something I can get a handle on (as opposed to something involving standard deviations and variances and normal distributions and jesus, how did I ever get through college without taking any stats classes...)
I have to admit, though, my attention right now is... not baseball-focused. So this probably will not happen until after (real) Opening Day.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
It's not like THAT...
I'm so not into seven-foot male twins with hair issues.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Ah, but some people are
At least so says Dan Savage (scroll down to third letter).
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 17, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't worry
Stanford has a proud history of getting bounced early, which will enable you to regain your focus.
The A's colors are green and gold.
LOL
Maybe not this year though. Too bad they'll have to play Texas in Houston (if they get past the first weekend). Too bad for Memphis also...their reward for earning a 1 seed is a potential Reg. Final on enemy turf.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 17, 2008 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
The ironic part is
that it wouldn't actually be much of an upset if they lost in the second round, since the projected opponent (Marquette) is ranked 12th in the Pomeroy rankings (Stanford is 10th). The game is essentially a coin flip, especially since 3 seeds barely win half the time against 6 seeds to begin with.
Stanford got basically the absolute worst draw that it was conceivably possible for them to get, given that they were a 3 seed. Their worst defensive issue is against teams with super-quick point guards. (See: Collison, Darren.) So obviously they get paired with the #7 team in the tournament at the PG position in the second round, then the #2 team in a semi-road game in the semi and the #1 team in the final. Great.
Short of a broken bracket, there's only the faintest chance of Stanford surviving this region. I was swearing out loud during the selection show.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
why, for the love of all this is holy ...
... is this article not headlined "Naked man damages meat-wrapper"?
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
At least it's not...
"Rampaging man allegedly naked"
Either way it seems pretty obvious. Thank goodness for surveillance cameras. I can't wait for the footage to hit YouTube!
Police charged Hadzick with risking a catastrophe, criminal mischief, open lewdness, public drunkenness and related counts.
I've never heard of that charge before -- risking a catastrophe. That sounds like something everyone does on a daily basis. Who knew we could face criminal charges!
Why is not the mascot name "Irish"
demeaning to people whose ancestors came from Ireland?
As well as the mispronounced "Boston Celtics"?
Having a school mascot "Indians" is somehow demeaning, but "vikings" isn't for Norwegians and Danes? Heck, the real Vikings never had horns on their helmets!
It's a belittling caricature to have those horns!!! Like Cleveland's "Indian"!!
I see Gustavus Adolphus College changed from the "Fighting Swedes" to the "Golden Gusties"..
yuck!
Wait until the Greeks force the Michigan State Spartans to change their name to the "Green Meanies".
"I never predict anything, and I never will." Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
by One won lost won on Mar 18, 2008 11:56 PM PDT reply actions
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