DLD 3/27/08 Links and Pictures and Bonds, Go A's!

by mikeA on Mar 27, 2008 1:46 PM PDT Comment 52 comments

Two final slaps for the A's on Wednesday after being an afterthought to the Red Sox all week: The ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by Ryo Ishikawa, a teenage Japanese golfer wearing a Red Sox jersey - and because the A's were the home team, Oakland catcher Rob Bowen had to run out and catch the pitch.

A's Win!

Harden!

Giants h8 Bonds. This article is about how they removed all the Bonds stuff from the Booth (now in a truck heading across the bridge?????):

I asked team president Peter Magowan if management considered some kind of visible tribute to Bonds and his record. "No," Magowan said, eloquently.

Will Cargon roam free?

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CarGon, take me away!

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 27, 2008 1:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

"find Iguana"

Worth linking again: DeadSpin contributor Pat Jordan's merciless -- and hilarious -- account of the entirely un-Dykstra-like endgame of Jose Canseco.

It's as if the Coen Bros. directed Scarface.

As reassuring as Bud's words were, the dulcet tone of his voice and his dashing appearance really sealed the deal for me. ~ GreenNGoldSooner @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 27, 2008 1:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

[adds "find Iguana" to AN's euphemism dictionary]

"I have a strange urge to make copies." JediLeroy

by Jennifer on Mar 27, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I found Iguana in the Marabino Patrol Craft!

As reassuring as Bud's words were, the dulcet tone of his voice and his dashing appearance really sealed the deal for me. ~ GreenNGoldSooner @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 27, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jose may not fall as far as Mike Tyson did

but he sure is way funnier on the way down.

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 27, 2008 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

a lot more satisfying to laugh at, too

As reassuring as Bud's words were, the dulcet tone of his voice and his dashing appearance really sealed the deal for me. ~ GreenNGoldSooner @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 27, 2008 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A year hence, will we all be talking about what did (or didn't) happen last year at Papago Park?

As reassuring as Bud's words were, the dulcet tone of his voice and his dashing appearance really sealed the deal for me. ~ GreenNGoldSooner @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 27, 2008 2:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

heh

i've been waiting for that to come out on dvd for years...

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 Mar 28, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

me, too

Have you ever spotted the floating Hitchcock?

(And, yes, {adds "spot the floating Hitchcock" to the AN euphemism library})

As reassuring as Bud's words were, the dulcet tone of his voice and his dashing appearance really sealed the deal for me. ~ GreenNGoldSooner @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 28, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

no, but i've only seen it all the way through once, and part of it in a film class

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 Mar 28, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

As reassuring as Bud's words were, the dulcet tone of his voice and his dashing appearance really sealed the deal for me. ~ GreenNGoldSooner @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 28, 2008 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you saw that Robbe-Grillet died recently, right?

As reassuring as Bud's words were, the dulcet tone of his voice and his dashing appearance really sealed the deal for me. ~ GreenNGoldSooner @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 28, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i did see that richard widmark died on monday, just earlier that day i had walked past his hollywood star on the way to my friend's work.
(i also remember walking past jack oakie's star, is that information helpful? are you writing it down?)

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 Mar 28, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

for my money, you can't beat Jack Oakie

I just saw Oakie in Thieves Highway -- which is not a great movie (not even really a very good one), but has FANTASTIC location shots of the old SF waterfront (what's now the ad ghetto, near Levi Strauss Plaza). There's one shot where you can see the signage for the back loading dock of the old original Busvan for Bargains store, right where it was up until it closed a couple years ago.

As reassuring as Bud's words were, the dulcet tone of his voice and his dashing appearance really sealed the deal for me. ~ GreenNGoldSooner @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 28, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

a stitch, oakie

i'll have to check it out. i didn't know busvan for bargains closed.

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 Mar 28, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bref tip:

Noted hero mikeA got them to change the spelling from "Carlos Gonzales" to "Carlos Gonzalez" about a month ago, but if you want to look him up there, the way to go is to type in "Gonzales".

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Mar 27, 2008 2:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Did any of the A's run into this guy in Japan?

I hear he hangs out in the sacred forests of Hokaiddo, Japan.

No Harden and No Chavez make the A's go, something something...

by gdub171 on Mar 27, 2008 3:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

In other news....

Zito pitched against the Giants AAA affiliate in Fresno....and lost. Not only him, but the entire team. SF would do better to swap uniforms and take the Grizzlies back to ATT.

I work in downtown Fresno, so it was fun to mock the Giant fans. I invited them to come to the roof of the building and collect the long balls that Zito gave up.

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Mar 27, 2008 4:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Promotions stuff

- The BuckHead:

- Campy Campaneris 60's Retro Jersey Day:

Please, dear God, let them wear this jersey for Throwback Day.

"I have a strange urge to make copies." JediLeroy

by Jennifer on Mar 28, 2008 8:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The BuckHead better be wearing a thumb guard

"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick (AN), 10/7/07

by doctorK on Mar 28, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I definitely expected

more flowing locks.

But holy moly, that jersey is awful.

by pam5981 on Mar 28, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

His Stockton Ports Bobblehead was pretty awesome.

"I have a strange urge to make copies." JediLeroy

by Jennifer on Mar 28, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe you'll have to just pour some honey over the BuckHead,

and set it out in the sunshine for a while.

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 28, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Travis sounds like a biscuit.

"I have a strange urge to make copies." JediLeroy

by Jennifer on Mar 28, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, you started it!

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 28, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't say it was a bad thing.

"I have a strange urge to make copies." JediLeroy

by Jennifer on Mar 28, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So bobblehead #3 is Dick Williams?

Color me underwhelmed with this choice. How you have a prominent former player who sported a handlebar moustache and not slot him in for a bobblehead is totally bizarre to me.

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Mar 28, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Where do you see that?

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 28, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's on the most updated schedule on the website

(well it's on the one I printed out yesterday)

by pam5981 on Mar 28, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Huh... I just looked, and it still says "Bobblehead #3"

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 28, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Try the printable schedule

by pam5981 on Mar 28, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, whattayaknow, there it is.

And it made my printer really, really unhappy.

"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA

by Poppy on Mar 28, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't they normally have a bobblehead for someone who is going into the HOF that

year.

by theblackpearl on Mar 28, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh yeah that does make sense now that you mention it

I'm still not jazzed about the idea of him in doll form, however.

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Mar 28, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah but rollie fingers still doesn't have one

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 Mar 28, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

but then again, not?

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 29, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

dear Miss Underwhelmed

I am pretty sure Rollie got his bobble-head awhile back

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 29, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

link?

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 Mar 29, 2008 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've never seen one

Maybe they made one to sell, but I think I have every one of the giveaways, and Rollie is not one of them.

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Mar 30, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I found this one, but, you're right; it wasn't a giveaway.

That being the case, what the hell are we waiting for?

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Mar 30, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I want one!!!

by OaklandSi on Mar 28, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Poor Tango and the numbskulls at HH

http://www.halosheaven.com/2008/3/25/332641/the-great-clutch-project

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Mar 28, 2008 10:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

well, the first commenter was technically correct ...

... and TT way overreacted. What's more, and it's a shrinkingly minor point, TT used a pretty inconsistent appellation scheme in his list.

While I'm at it, (a) he should have known what numbskulls the HH'ers are and been prepared for it, (b) especially at that blog, his contextless "put up or shut up" language is bound to get poor reactions from people who don't know him, and (c) again, for people who don't know who he is and what he does (and even for some who do), his explanation-free fanposts seem a lot like spam/trollery.

Since he's just C&P'ing anyway, would it have killed him to take 3 minutes to write a "HI! Here's who I am and why I'm posting here" intro?

As reassuring as Bud's words were, the dulcet tone of his voice and his dashing appearance really sealed the deal for me. ~ GreenNGoldSooner @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 28, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs