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DLD 030608:  Blue

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Those mean boys at Midland made James Simmons blue:

When James Simmons arrived at the A's Midland club last year, he became an instant target. Simmons was Oakland's top pick in the June draft, and he went straight to Double-A, which is unusual. Plus, he'd received a signing bonus of nearly $1.2 million, and there was some initial hostility toward the baby-faced right-hander…So the pranks began right away. Most of them were pretty gentle, such as the time when someone left a tricycle in his locker. The other pitchers made Simmons carry a pink backpack with candy and water for the bullpen. But when he was using the facilities one day and some of his teammates dumped a can of baby powder on his head, Simmons had had enough. "That was the last straw," he said. "It was about the third time. That's when I confronted them."

But withering scorn is merely another arrow in Billy Beane’s quiver: "The A's brass had been watching to see how Simmons handled the expected abuse from his older teammates. There had been some dissenting opinions about sending him to Double-A rather than Class A or rookie ball with the rest of the June draftees, but the poise Simmons showed justified the decision."

If Billy goes to the Olympics this year I’m concerned that he may import struggle sessions as his next team building innovation.


There is, of course, only one True answer re "A’s" and "Blue":

Pic and article from the estimable Cardboard Gods series; this installment includes a comment from someone improbably named "C. McFood." Sounds made-up, like "Alan Smithee," or "Richard Harden."


Here youtube shows us a guy with a horrendous swing taking BP cuts against Vida Blue, while getting (wasted) hitting tips from Nick Swisher.


The sky is blue. Yup. Blue.


Boston Brahmin BlueBloods consider repeal of blue laws.

One of the laws provides a $300 fine or year in jail for anyone who "wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing, or contumeliously reproaching God, his creation, government, or final judging of the world…The bill would also eliminate laws declaring the Communist Party a subversive organization, making adultery a criminal offense punishable by three years in jail or a $500 fine, and barring anyone from "acting in a suspicious manner around any steamboat landing, railroad depot, or any electric railway station."

Presuming Segways qualify as electric railway vehicles, this should come as a great relief to the intrinsically suspicious members of the AN Boston auxiliary (a fine subversive organization in its own right).


When I read about Felix Pie’s latest injury I nigh-on bled Cubbie blue:

We figured that, with Mark Prior gone and Kerry Wood relegated to the bullpen, we'd be without the bizarre and frustrating injuries with which to taunt the Cubs fans in our lives. We should have known better. There was Mark DeRosa's "broken heart," which he had surgically repaired this week. Then Alfonso Soriano broke his swear finger. But the strangest? Felix Pie missed time because of a "twisted testicle" (!) So exactly how does one twist a testicle? [Ed note: Gently!]

Speaking of Cubbies and bleeding, here’s a jaunty little account of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority’s plan to finance a $400 million Wrigley Field renovation "at no additional cost to the taxpayers," says former Illinois governor Big Jim Thompson. His secret? Additional costs to the taxpayers! Clever!


South Carolina to become Blue State?

Nine year old "Lauren Cunningham wants indigo blue to be named the state's official color. That's the background color on the state flag. Indigo cultivation was one of the state's first cash crops."



Oakland Tech’s Quentin Thomas bids farewell to the Tar Heel faithful at Tuesday’s "Senior Day" game against Florida State. Despite being recruited only to see two better point guards come to town the very next year, Q stuck with Carolina, earned himself some playing time, became a true fan favorite, and led the Heels to a 6-1 record during the last month while starter Ty Lawson was out with an injury.

There’s this game Saturday, see, in which a shade of blue associated with the sky, beautiful eyes, adorable newborns and general goodness opposes a shade of blue associated—explicitly, mind you—with evil and infernal damnation, and included (at one time or another) in the uniform schemes of every non-Oakland team in the AL West. I believe the choice of all right-thinking A’s fans is clear. Lord knows you don’t have to be a Carolina fan to hate Duke…but if you are, oh man, To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever.

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Hey clockwerks!

Now that the HTML editor accepts Word "curly quotes" for coding, and once I get in the habit of inserting [P]s and [BR]s to create spacing, things work well. Thanks.

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 6, 2008 12:20 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

happy to hear that

and glad to have you back posting these killer DLDs

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by Trei Brundrett on Mar 6, 2008 4:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

blue

already covered in yesterday's DLD.

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 6, 2008 12:58 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

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 6, 2008 1:00 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I figured that if I blue

myself early, I'd be all relaxed for my big date.

Formerly known as hward86.

by BWH on Mar 6, 2008 9:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

you're my boy, blue!

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 6, 2008 1:03 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

The name

of this fantasy league makes me feel

(Formerly Nobody Girl)
"We are a complete freak show." -- Billy Beane

by day-to-day on Mar 6, 2008 3:31 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Normally I hate

team gear that isn't in team colors, but that blue hat is oddly appealing to me.

(Formerly Nobody Girl)
"We are a complete freak show." -- Billy Beane

by day-to-day on Mar 6, 2008 3:34 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Early DLD.

"Blue" a hole right through the roof of last night.

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Mar 6, 2008 5:29 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

FSU...

You make the best DLDs. It's an honor to do this in your dump:

by Jennifer on Mar 6, 2008 6:23 AM PST reply actions   1 recs

WOOOOOO!!!

Oh..I mean...BLOOOOOOOOOO!!

"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL

by oblique on Mar 6, 2008 7:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

FAN-POST-TASTIC!

Jenny Jenny, who can I turn to?

Jenny, I got your number!

"He's a misfit. He gets along with everyone." - Reggie Jackson, describing Joe Rudi

by McFood on Mar 6, 2008 7:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

BOOOOO!!!

Oh..I mean...BLOOOOOOOOO!!

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Mar 6, 2008 7:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Congratulations from Kirk and Jim

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 8:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and from Jim Kirk

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 6, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Try this one one more time...

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 6, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Whoo hoo!

The honor is all mine.

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 6, 2008 8:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Go Jennifer! Go Jennifer!

"The Athletics at Fremont" is malodorous

by ArakSOT on Mar 6, 2008 9:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I hereby bestow upon thee...

(Party Manatee says "Congrats!" too)

Anyone worth hurting is worth hurting well.

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I want you to know...

In a few days, look back at this comment:

"I mailed it before you wrote this comment."

by Jennifer on Mar 6, 2008 9:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Uh... okay?

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 10:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like it.

I find it sports-pleasure-affirming.

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 11:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Look, I've been out of the loop. What the hell do all these #s mean?

And not, I'm not gonna waste my time searching when I can have a perfectly civilized conversation with The Jennifer.

"wither fair monkeyball?" ~fsu

by LAXile on Mar 6, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That was my 20,000th comment.

(not including any comments made on AN v1)

by Jennifer on Mar 6, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

OK, that's insane. So this whole count-down thing

has been about that. Cool. Which was your best one and which was your best one?

"wither fair monkeyball?" ~fsu

by LAXile on Mar 6, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What would make the A's less blue this year...

Watching the Dodgers get overrated Brandon Inge from the Tigers for their 3B spot. This would allow LaRoche to become even more expendable... Billy would then declare the LAD's ripe for picking apart.

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

by gdub171 on Mar 6, 2008 7:59 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Link

Inge blue himself?

Even if it means the A's taking a chubby... contract, not another Cupcakes.

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

by gdub171 on Mar 6, 2008 8:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

MCC wants to know

What is a gamer?

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

by doctorK on Mar 6, 2008 8:11 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Just for [bl]you, FS[bl]U -- it's Unca [B]Lew!

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Mar 6, 2008 8:40 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hmmmm...

That looks suspciously like a picture I received yesterday!

So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one

by baseballgirl on Mar 6, 2008 9:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was hoping they could be posted to the Game Thread ...

... I don't know how to go directly from my cell phone to there, and I suspect that AT&T will charge me a bluedy fortune to learn it.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Mar 6, 2008 9:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

varsity blues

Rickey Henderson: 35, 24, hall of fame!

by Athletics fan and runner on Mar 6, 2008 9:16 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Smurf's up!

I love you, k^2. -Poppy*

by kaweahkaweah on Mar 6, 2008 9:24 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

what's the point of having admin privileges ...

... if I don't abuse them?

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 9:34 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

These guys are blue today

Oakland makes first cuts:

The Oakland A's today optioned catcher Landon Powell to Triple-A Sacramento and reassigned non-roster invitee pitchers Arnold Leon, Jay Marshall, Ryan Wing and Brad Ziegler to their minor league camp.

by HigherPie on Mar 6, 2008 9:35 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Baloo

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 9:47 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

You read my mind

If allowed, I would have embedded this video. (which, BTW, could be made into a pretty neat hook for a monkeyball front page story).

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 6, 2008 1:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

did you try embedding video?

Maybe it's an admin-/front-page-only capability.

Yeah, I need to PI up some Disney tunes.

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did not try, but

I recall a clockwerks reply to you a few weeks ago to the effect that embedding was an admin-only privilege. If that's changed, I'm not aware of it.

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 6, 2008 2:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

what about in actual comments?

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 6, 2008 6:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

if we do that

it will likely be something along the lines of how Gawker blogs handle it where you can just paste in a YouTube url and we make a little window that displays the video inline only when you click an 'open' link. however, that's not currently high on our list of things to fix based on feedback. y'all have provided plenty of more important material to keep us busy.

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by Trei Brundrett on Mar 7, 2008 6:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Cat Ballou

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 9:48 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

And your 2007 DCI world champs

The Concord Blue Devils!

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 6, 2008 9:59 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

{{{yaaaaaaaawwwn}}}

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 10:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Much like how SCV

has been able to sleep through the championship presentation since 1999? ;)

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 6, 2008 11:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, to be honest...

I'm too old-school. I'm kinda put off by everybody nowadays... LOL

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 11:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's something I can agree with.

And to be honest, seeing as how I never got to march with a corp, I have no real bad feelings about Vanguard. But man, I see old shows from the real good corps and still get goosebumps.

The stuff they do now-not so much. I love the sound they CAN do, but could care less about a bunch of mic'ed up junk. (and dont get me started about the fact they can leave the field mid show and come back on...)

rant over...

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 6, 2008 11:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, to be honest...

I'm too old-school. I'm kinda put off by everybody nowadays... LOL

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 11:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

wtf? stupid 3.0

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay drumcorps!

by drmmerchk on Mar 7, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Blue-a-palooza!

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Mar 6, 2008 10:11 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Master of the Telecaster ...

Great, great BLUEs guitar. RiP.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Mar 6, 2008 10:20 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

"I'd get lost in a paper bag."

A. Bobby Crosby referencing last year's plate struggles?

or

B. Chad Gaudin commenting on the value of his car's GPS?

or

C. Pecs DiNardo on obtaining a bootleg copy of his favorite show?

Banana Fudge

by Ice Cream on Mar 6, 2008 10:44 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

the correct answer is B

As heard on Ralph and Tom. Man, they'll interview ANYBODY

Brainless Automaton #439

by rubin sierra on Mar 6, 2008 10:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No Joni Mitchell?!

Acid, booze, and ass
Needles, guns, and grass
Lots of laughs, lots of laughs
Everybodys saying that hell's the hippest way to go
Well I dont think so
But Im gonna take a look around it though
Blue, I love you

"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher

by andeux on Mar 6, 2008 10:46 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Original Blue

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 10:48 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

uhhhh...

blue shampoo?

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 6, 2008 10:52 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Screaming Blue Messiahs

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 10:56 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Pierrot le Fou

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 10:59 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Bloobies!

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 11:06 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

If I had known you were gonna show your Bloobies,

I'd have brought my beads to work!

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 6, 2008 11:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of which

Twisted Testicle would be a great name for a band.

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Mar 6, 2008 11:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't lie.

You were going to make it the flavor of the week.

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Stop the revolution . . . I want to get off

"'Art Garfamudis"

So Jeremy Brown has called it quitskies, huh? You’d think that the retirement of a guy who is built somewhat like me would make me sad, but it doesn’t. Instead, I danced a hora when I heard it.

Here’s the thing: We used to enjoy baseball just fine before all this "Moneyball" stuff started. You’d go to the ballpark or to a bar and people would talk about the game and never mention made-up stats like VROOM or SHIRK or PMS. Everyone got along just fine. Teams played, pitchers pitched, batters batted, the won-loss columns would fill up and, at the end of the year, you’d have the World Series. What was so hard about that?

Now, I look at the stats page and it has more columns than the Parthenon. Puts an antebellum plantation to shame. What do we need all these extra numbers for? The game is being ruined by people who would be better off watching "Star Trek" (come to think of it, one of their cockamamy stats is called WARP). What was wrong with the way things used to be? Was the game losing fans because it didn’t have enough ways of measuring itself?

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 6, 2008 11:21 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Bad satire

I'm pretty sure this was someone's attempt to caricature anti-stat reactionaries. But it just reads like a bad anti-stat screed. Hint for future satirists: if your audience can't tell the difference between your work and that which you're ridiculing, you've failed miserably.

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 6, 2008 11:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

maybe he should write for the WaPo OpEd page

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 11:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't Art Garfamudis

Rob Neyer's satirical anti-stat pseudonym?

I thought this was pretty much common knowledge...

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 6, 2008 11:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No

People who claimed to know said it wasn't him. I'm not convinced either way.
I thought his HOF piece was pretty funny.

"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher

by andeux on Mar 6, 2008 12:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not sure that's settled

Some seem to think it's a catch-all pseudonym that espn will let a number of writers post under. But who ever it is, this piece just sucks as satire...it's indistinguishable from dozens of articles which genuinely rail against Moneyball-sabr-sybermetric sporks, and it's not funny.

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 6, 2008 11:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Garfamudis...revealed!

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/art-garfamudis-revealed/

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Mar 8, 2008 2:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This also reminds me

that I'm very disappointed that the "More to come" promise made by tingler at the Cool Ball blog has never been fulfilled.

by Soaker on Mar 6, 2008 12:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Huh

It looked pretty clearly like satire to me on a first read, even ignoring the name; that is why I did not like it.

I would have preferred something more subtle and sly.

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Mar 6, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Garfamudis' Blues?

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 11:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Safari doesn't like that link... :\

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 11:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't like it either.

How completely depressing.

"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL

by oblique on Mar 6, 2008 12:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

jeez

What the hell is wrong with this world we live in?

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

by batgirl on Mar 7, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm...

I love you, k^2. -Poppy*

by kaweahkaweah on Mar 6, 2008 11:36 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

boxing cat

can we embed videos again? clockwerks?

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 6, 2008 11:40 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

We have a basketball cat.

Striped Guys Can Jump

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 12:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I guess everyone is too busy posting Blue stuff

to care the Brad Ziegler was sent to the minor league camp. i would have thought that would have got more replies.

A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!

by micdog2001 on Mar 6, 2008 11:42 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

This thread is basically unreadable

because of all the images.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 6, 2008 11:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Blue period

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Mar 6, 2008 11:55 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

did you confiscate that?

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 12:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Most clutch relievers of 2007

(min 30 IP)

link

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Mar 6, 2008 11:59 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Street: not clutch in '07.

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Mar 6, 2008 11:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah.

There's a game. I was trying to be productive! Time to swith computers.

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 12:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

*switch* computers, too.

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 12:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

even beane thinks he wrote moneyball...

link

"It’s been the best business and life experience I could have had," says Beane, who still hasn’t read the book cover to cover. "The fact that we’re sitting here five years later and still talking about it, the relevancy is out there and in the business."

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 6, 2008 12:51 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

William H. Gass's "On Being Blue":

"wither fair monkeyball?" ~fsu

by LAXile on Mar 6, 2008 1:35 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

RIP Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax, founder of DnD, father of Mordenkainen and Melf passed away today.

Everyone who has ever played a medieval fantasy RPG, whether PNP or on computers has experience his work.

"I would like the world to remember me as the guy who really enjoyed playing games and sharing his knowledge and his fun pastimes with everybody else."

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Mar 6, 2008 1:54 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I'm pouring out a couple of 20 sided dice on the curb tonight for Gary.

or....

He thought he would live a lot longer, but some magic-user got a critical hit and did 5 dies worth of damage.

(yes I know how pathetic I am to have had a drum corp rant and RPG jokes in the same dump.)

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 6, 2008 2:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Are you kidding?

AN is Geek/Nerd Paradise!

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Why pathetic?

What makes playing PNP RPGs anymore pathetic than watching baseball games?

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Mar 6, 2008 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Guess I'm just thinking back

to the four 8th graders sitting around playing a post-apocalyptic RPG on a Friday night, ordering a greasy pizza, and wondering why none of us had dates. Perhaps it is just how pathetic I was rather than the fact I was playing the game.

Now I feel pathetic and guilty for blaming the makers of Aftermath! for my teenage angst...

Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.

by 5Aces on Mar 6, 2008 2:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

strange

just for this thread, new comments don't show up as new for me.

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 6, 2008 1:57 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

oh

i had it open in another tab as well, so i guess the DLD comments were automatically updating in that tab.

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 6, 2008 2:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

A couple of times I've left threads open at home

and then had them not show new comments all day at work...

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 6, 2008 3:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Blu

My name is Blu. Let us sing some karaoke and keeping singing until the sunshine comes! I like: flip flops and bach's cello suite no.5 in c minor.

:-P

by cagrrrl on Mar 6, 2008 2:18 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Daric Barton....

Born in Vermont. He's my new favorite player. Although it was Springfield...which is too close to N.H. for my tastes, but I'll look past this detail.

:)

by capper3 on Mar 6, 2008 2:52 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

bet you're a Kirk McCaskill fan, too

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 2:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Holy

crap. Seeing that name made me laugh. Thanks.
(even though he's CANADIAN.)

by cagrrrl on Mar 6, 2008 3:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and he was probably a better hockey player than a pitcher

UVM doesn't produce many pro athletes -- easy to keep track of 'em.

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 3:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Aaron Cunningham

was born in Alaska.

That's way cooler than Vermont. Literally and figuratively.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 6, 2008 3:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

you just got on my bad side again

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 6, 2008 3:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And don't forget...

(hope the link shows up. I can't see it in preview)

Ooo! Piece of candy!

by ChickenStanley on Mar 6, 2008 6:08 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Ummm, nope

http://www.kval.com/news/local/12648491.html

There!

Ooo! Piece of candy!

by ChickenStanley on Mar 6, 2008 6:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

you have to put some text in your link

I can tell from looking at the HTML in your original comment that you:

- clicked the link button
- put in a URL
- clicked OK

That put some link HTML in your comment that looked like this:
<a href="http://www.kval.com/news/local/12648491.html"></a>

If you want the link to show up you have to put some text in there, even if it's just the word 'link'. Like this:
<a href="http://www.kval.com/news/local/12648491.html">link</a>

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by Trei Brundrett on Mar 7, 2008 6:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

BTW

I think we clearly need to make it possible to just stick a URL in a comment and have it automatically turn into a link. That's what everyone seems to want to do. I was just trying to explain how you make it work for now.

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by Trei Brundrett on Mar 7, 2008 6:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

when y'all are done w/AN 3.0/SBN 2.0 ...

... can I get you guys started on engineering my floating stadium?

I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Mar 7, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So I am sitting in

the Wai KaKai Pai Coffee house in Wanaka New Zealand this morning.....and a chap comments on my A's cap. Says he went to highschool with Mark Ellis....Coast Guard dude on recreation leave from Iraq and rabid A's fan.

alaska A

by ak_A on Mar 6, 2008 6:30 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Did he give you the scoop on what a bastard Ellis really is?

"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre

by Poppy on Mar 6, 2008 6:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm Blue ...

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

by devo on Mar 6, 2008 7:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

You're welcome ...

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

by devo on Mar 6, 2008 9:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

OK, forgive me a little game thread emotion here

but did any of the other college hoops fans just watch that travesty of a game? (Stanford-UCLA, I mean.)

Sick. Fucking sick. I don't know if I've ever seen a worse call when you consider the magnitude of the situation (end of game, deciding conference title).

There really should be a stronger word than "jobbed" to describe this situation. UCLA got handed a title in a major conference on a silver platter. Fuck that.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 6, 2008 11:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

nuts and bolts, nuts and bolts

we got screwed.

Still steaming.

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

by batgirl on Mar 7, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now today Cal gets hosed

as UCLA wins on a shot which is plainly illegal by the rules.

I really like college basketball, but I'm absolutely sickened by the officiating right now. The Pac-10 needs to fire their entire officiating corps and start over.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 8, 2008 4:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No problem with the shot

they got hosed on the non foul call the play before, which was mind-boggling.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Mar 8, 2008 4:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

didn't the shot go over the backboard?

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 8, 2008 5:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It went over sort of sideways

even if it was an illegal shot, no official would ever call that.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Mar 8, 2008 5:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

However, 99 of 100 officials would've called the hack

that gave UCLA the ball at all. Horrible call.

There is an A in Whimsy.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 8, 2008 5:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's worse than that

because on the replay, it's obvious to a chimp that the ball went off of two UCLA players to go out of bounds.

Someone at TBIOOTF recapped the entire sequence of unbelievable blown calls that led to UCLA winning that game. It's quite something.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 8, 2008 9:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just like no official would ever call "body contact" on an all-ball block of a penetrator

in the final 5 seconds of a 2-point game.

Wait, no. Apparently that's not true. Some official apparently WOULD call that.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 8, 2008 9:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Didn't see that play until today

That was as bad a call as you'll ever see, especially at the end of the game.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Mar 8, 2008 10:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I do not admire the writer of this article

However, it's an article about the blown calls, and this is still a link dump, so ... ratto

Brainless Automaton #439

by rubin sierra on Mar 9, 2008 12:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wait, I thought you were the Ratto dude.

There must be some sarcasm or raised eyebrows contained within that line. Unfortunately, this is the internet, so I have to ask you to confirm this directly.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 9, 2008 12:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Irony: that article was actually one of his best ones

in that it was a. not overly snarky or hindsight-prone, b. contained a bunch of information that the casual fan wouldn't know, and c. didn't contain any quadruple negatives.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Mar 9, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no problem...

we had a chant going today... "pac-10 refs suck"

at galen. and we were winning. just sayin'.
and ucla should have had two losses this week, not zero.

"The hard... is what makes it great."

by Jjjsixsix on Mar 8, 2008 8:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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