DLD 6/16/08 SWEEP, IRON, and KIDNAP
SWEEP
Once Again, A's Sweep Giants
The cross-bay rivalry between the A's and Giants is turning ever more mismatched.
Oakland finished a three-game sweep at AT&T Park by collecting a 5-3 victory Sunday. That gives the A's six consecutive wins - and two straight series sweeps at AT&T - over the Giants. The A's allowed the Giants four runs in the three games, and Oakland has taken 14 of the past 18 in the regular-season series.
Overall, Oakland leads the series 37-28, and that doesn't include the sweep of the Giants in the 1989 World Series.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/16/SP66119ORE.DTL
IRON AND KIDNAP
An Italian man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend from a pub, taking her home and forcing her to iron his clothes and wash the dishes, police said on Monday.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/other_news/&articleid=342106&referrer=RSS
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Comments
Sweet!
We haven’t had a fresh DLD in awhile.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
--Bilbo Baggins
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 16, 2008 10:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Was it b/c of the weekend?
Or do we not post daily dld’s anymore? I don’t know. I’ve been gone too long.
"I almost landed in some lady's lap, which was kinda fun.'' -- Swish
by Sharon on Jun 16, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because you disappeared. :(
Actually, noone wants to do them anymore. There seems to be about 5 different people who do more than 1 a month, so we need more participation.
by theblackpearl on Jun 16, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome back!
I think it’s partly due to the weekend, but also during the weekdays there have been fewer posted lately.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
--Bilbo Baggins
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 16, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks!
I’m shocked to see all these dld’s posted by Jennifer. That’s just weird. :)
"I almost landed in some lady's lap, which was kinda fun.'' -- Swish
by Sharon on Jun 16, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And it's just plain wrong!
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
--Bilbo Baggins
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 16, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
weirdest series ever?
A Zito hit, a Suzuki triple, a straight steal of home, an exceedingly suspicious sprinkler delay, and yesterday’s E-surance ad assisted base hit
"The Athletics at Fremont" is obscene
by ArakSOT on Jun 16, 2008 10:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I still say that triple was an error
But then so was the zito hit & the straight steal of home… ah hell, they’re were all errors.
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by DMOAS on Jun 16, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was amused
by this in yesterday’s Chronicle, after the explanation for the sprinklers going off:
In another curiosity Friday, the radar-gun readings weren’t working for most of the game, including Barry Zito’s 52/3 innings. The readings reappeared after Zito’s departure. According to John Tyler, scoreboard manager, it was a software upgrade that was slow to complete.
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Jun 16, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who was it that used to request
that the radar-gun readings be turned off while he was with the A’s? Was it Zito?
"I almost landed in some lady's lap, which was kinda fun.'' -- Swish
by Sharon on Jun 16, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it was Mulder.
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Jun 16, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seems like ages ago.
"I almost landed in some lady's lap, which was kinda fun.'' -- Swish
by Sharon on Jun 16, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup--it was him
"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all games and holes are created equal." --George F. Will
by anomaly_kat on Jun 16, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IIRC, he said that showing the velocity
made it easier for hitters/coaches to figure out his pitching patterns.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Jun 16, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last time I was at Safeco
I noticed the radar gun was turned off for one pitcher, but then back on again for the next. I don’t remember who it was. One of the relievers, I think.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jun 16, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If only Pedro Feliz were still around
to reprise his catching performance of the ‘07 series.
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 16, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya start a series on Friday 13th
Ya get some crazy.
I was at Friday’s game (3 rows behind the Gigante’s dugout) and have to say it was one of the oddest games I have ever seen. It just felt funny the whole time – from the Smith tag out at home on the WP in the 1st, to the steal of home in the 2nd, to the voluminous full counts for both pitchers… Cap it off with the sprinklers and it was quite the game.
by jonahsilas on Jun 16, 2008 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What are the odds
that two Italian Dudes kidnapped their ex-girlfriends to iron their clothes?
by easyraider on Jun 16, 2008 10:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Which only goes to show.....
that it’s truly easier to sleep with a woman than to get her to make you breakfast. At least according to my grandfather. I think he may have been right.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jun 16, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just can't win.
< changes approach … again >
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on Jun 16, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quake postpones Eagles-Giants game in Japan This was the first time a Japanese pro game was postponed or cancelled because of an earthquake, which seems remarkable considering how much seismic activity there is there. I was also amused by Kleenex Stadium in Sendai.
If you want to see kids playing cricket, here’s your chance.
The city of San Jose is making alternative plans for the land that they hoped to build an A’s stadium on. Or…maybe not. Have at it, conspiracy theorists.
Crappy umpiring hits Minnesota;
Kinko’s ceases to exist even as a name, but its founder is writing a book which will be of interest to old people like me who remember when it was revolutionary to find someplace where you could use a copier and printer at 3 AM.
Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream
by Englishmajor on Jun 16, 2008 11:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I shall always refer to it as
The Store Formally Known As Kinko’s.
And use an unprouncable symbol to spell it.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Jun 16, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My problem
with the complaint on the strike call is that he assumed he had time before he did his thing and “leaned over the plate”. You do that after you receive time, not assuming you have time. That being said, the whole thing with antagonizing a player (young or old) by asking him if he’s going to be a good guy or bad guy is 100% unprofessional.
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by DMOAS on Jun 16, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kinko's no more?
KenKo is no longer safe!!
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Jun 17, 2008 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone know the results of the wives' softball game?
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
by Kyli on Jun 16, 2008 11:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Close as usual
A’s Wives 9.6/10
Giants Wives 8.8/10
Anyone get the count of non-blondes? I think it was exactly one last year.
by Mark H on Jun 16, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
12-6 Giants
"JOAN! Are you watching Bombast? Did you see Lack Bust drop that fly call?"
by Jennifer on Jun 16, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
has the standings box been hacked?
Oakland’s streak: Lost 93
Texas’ streak: Lost 91
"The Athletics at Fremont" is obscene
by ArakSOT on Jun 16, 2008 11:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Looks like it's correct now:
Los Angeles: won 1
Oakland: won 3
Texas: lost 1
Seattle: lost 92
Yep, that sounds about right.
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by iglew on Jun 16, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exclusive photo of Andrew Brown riding his bike to the game

The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 11:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
LOL!
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
--Bilbo Baggins
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 16, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
{starts Obey Athletic guerilla marketing agency}
If we can’t fix the stupid, can we at least beat them senseless? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jun 16, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Biz of Baseball State of Major League Baseball - 2008
With a couple paragraphs from Blez .
...one Japanese woman standing in the lobby surrounded by Red Sox fans turned to her companion and said, "These Boston people are awful." -Slusser
by stormtown on Jun 16, 2008 11:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
more happysauce from Blez...
first thing he did was rail on how Sacramentans get screwed out of being able to watch the A’s, which of course is a topic near and dear to my heart…
Rock on!
"You have to have a catcher or you'll have all passed balls."- Casey Stengel
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 16, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a Davisite
and I’ve been railing about this for years. I can barely get the game on the radio if I’m lucky! Thanks for bringing attention to this problem.
by whomeverwiz on Jun 17, 2008 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Props to Blez for using his platform
to speak out for the average fans. Baseball’s broadcast policies are indeed archaic and stupid.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jun 16, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like how Blez named only SB Nation approved blogs at the end of his "State of the Union"
Blez = Quasi Marketing Genius
(This message is brought to you by the letters “SB”)
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Jun 17, 2008 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
shameless front-page auto-pimping
A new Poetic Interlude has been sensibly pushed down the page by matters both more germane and conducive to interactive dicsussion.
If we can’t fix the stupid, can we at least beat them senseless? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jun 16, 2008 11:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Twins plan new menu at new stadium
Which doesn’t open for a year and a half. But when it does you can look forward to walleye tacos.
Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream
by Englishmajor on Jun 16, 2008 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Will the new stadium be known as WalleyeWorld?
And will Twins fan emulate Atlantans by doing the walleye chop?
If we can’t fix the stupid, can we at least beat them senseless? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jun 16, 2008 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
park's closed!
moose outside should have told you
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Jun 16, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone watching the US Open playoff?
I don’t watch golf that often, but wow.
http://www.jlaff.com/
by JLaff on Jun 16, 2008 12:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I am peeking between conference calls, and meetings. The streaming video is working
well.
by theblackpearl on Jun 16, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Amazing putt by Rocco right there
Tiger misses for birdie, makes par on 15th. Rocco’s got a one-stroke lead.
Amazing.
http://www.jlaff.com/
by JLaff on Jun 16, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've always hated Tiger; 'twould be sweet to see him lose here.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't really hate Tiger
I just love the underdogs.
Rocco E
Tiger +1
18th hole
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by JLaff on Jun 16, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No good reason/personal taste
Seems like a prick in interviews, don’t like commercials featuring him, don’t like his celebrations, crazy dad who turned him into a gold robot, don’t like sports where people seem inclined to root for the best player.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like some athletes and dislike others,
but hardly ever for reasons that are anything more than subjective, much like the choice of team to root for.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
mikeA:Tiger::PaulThomas:Harden
If we can’t fix the stupid, can we at least beat them senseless? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jun 16, 2008 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But no....
I’m not saying he’s a douche. He may or may not be. I have no idea.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're splitting hairs
I don’t know, in some Platonic sense, that Harden is a douche either.
The only difference between our statements is that you’re covering your hiney with disclaimers, and I didn’t bother to do so.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jun 16, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I'm not even claiming that I think he's a douche
just that I don’t like him, for arbitrary reasons. You seem to think Harden is actually a douche for some reason, though of course you don’t know for sure, whereas I am not saying that at all. I wouldn’t “disagree” with someone who said “I love Tiger” it would just be a difference of taste.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quoting myself
Well, to each his own
I think he’s basically a douchebag.
Note the first line. Is that not a “difference of taste”?
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jun 16, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could be, obviously I didn't read it that way
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Seems like a prick"
If we can’t fix the stupid, can we at least beat them senseless? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jun 16, 2008 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
to not liking tiger for reasons stated above by Mike A....
Rooting for him is akin to rooting for the Yanks/Red Sox etc.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 16, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't really buy that analogy
Golf is unlike baseball, in that even Tiger Woods, probably the best golfer that has ever played, has only won 27% of his career starts. (and that number has actually gone up the past 3-4 years … it was much lower)
No matter what slobbery mythologizing hokum Dan Hicks spews at you from his perch above the 18th green, it is always an upset when anyone, Tiger included, wins a tournament. Tiger is only “supposed to win” every time out because people ignore the fact that he doesn’t. Sometime I think this absence of perspective actually obscures just how astounding his accomplishments are, relative to every other golfer.
by 74mk on Jun 16, 2008 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus Tiger doesn't have more money to buy
better clubs, since all the clubs are sponsored so everyone is on an equal playing field (Tiger might be at a disadvantage because Nike clubs are no where near the best.)
The Yankees on the other hand are able to spend way more than other teams giving them a seemingly unfair advantage.
Plus Tiger is allowed to grow facial hair.
by GeorgiaBoy on Jun 16, 2008 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
had some choppy streaming at work today
but had the joy of being there in person yesterday. highly recommend going to a PGA event if you like golf at all. so amazing to watch these guys.
seeing tiger in person is kind of surreal, after seeing him on tv so much.
by oakinboston on Jun 16, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was there Friday and agree...
Amazing that up close.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Jun 16, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
John Sickels has done a little writeup on Trevor Cahill, in his
Controversial Prospect series.
Personally I am on the pro-Cahill side, though I want to see exactly what happens to him when he reaches Double-A. I gave him a strong grade B in the book this year, and have no problems raising that to Grade B+ given what he’s done in the Cal League. I would like to see his walk rate come down a little, and I also have some concerns about whether that rotator cuff issue will recur at some point. But overall there is a lot more to like here than there is to dislike.
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2008/6/16/552848/controversial-prospect-tre#comments
by theblackpearl on Jun 16, 2008 12:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good times
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jun 16, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had almost forgotten
to link to this piece in the Examiner Magazine a few weeks ago. Might be of interest to other vegetarians like myself.
Until yesterday when I saw this moron’s letter to the editor:
Sam Whiting’s May 25 “Bright Ideas” article about Johanna McCloy’s efforts to bring veggie dogs to all Major League Baseball team parks is mind blowing. For goodness sakes, is there no limit to which annoying vegetarians won’t go in their efforts to try to convert people from enjoying meat in favor of the bland mishmash of unappetizing and virtually tasteless “food” these elitist snobs choke down their gullets? One of the pleasures of attending baseball games is scarfing real hotdogs washed down with cold beer. What’s next, quaffing soy milk with the veggie dogs instead of suds? Babe Ruth would puke his guts out.MARC KIMBERLY
Concord
Um, no one’s saying you have to eat the veggie dogs, just that it might be nice for them to be available in oh, say 1 out of the 50 food stands.
Oh, and also, MikeA, annoying vegetarian or elitist snob? Someone create a poll!
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Jun 16, 2008 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Coliseum veggie dogs are not bad
I would guess that they are dubiously flavored, but enough mustard and onions and there’s no way to tell. My campaign would be to make them available for a dollar on Wednesdays; monkeyball and I could go to a game together, and I’d bring my big cardboard box and feast on twenty of them.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they slide down my gullet real smooth-like
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Slide, Jeremy, slide!
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by iglew on Jun 16, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't imagine they'd be any good without free kraut
If we can’t fix the stupid, can we at least beat them senseless? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jun 16, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ironically, it's precisely eating meat that qualifies one as a member of the elite
at least in terms of energy consumption per pound.
Personally, as a card-carrying elitist, I love me some animal products.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jun 16, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the problem with veggie dogs
is that no animals were tortured in the process of their manufacture. Now, if maybe they were to keep lemurs in cages and electroshock them every 15 minutes down at the ol’ veggie hot dog plant, I might be more inclined to eat one.
"You have to have a catcher or you'll have all passed balls."- Casey Stengel
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 16, 2008 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I misread this first time through
and I was very dismayed that someone would think it right to turn a canine vegetarian!
Any similarity between my spelling and that deemed correct, is pureley accidental.
by Dalesman on Jun 16, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are people who do that
It dismays me too, but it happens. I had a co-worker who did that to his dog. I don’t think he gave it much thought, but he often fed his dog beans. Poor pup was pretty darned skinny. I’m sure a lot of people who do it are a bit more thoughtful, but I think if someone abhors the idea of feeding a carnivore meat, then they shouldn’t own a cat or dog.
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 16, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you hear about something like that
(you meaning anyone reading this) you should, if you can’t convince the person to stop doing that (or have no relationship with them), report it to the local animal care and control branch. It’s a form of abuse. Cats will go blind if they aren’t fed meat. I don’t know what the effect on dogs is, but it has to be similarly bad.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jun 16, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's really horrible for their digestive systems too
it’s not made to process vegetation at all. The only reason you see them eating it on their own is in an effort to clean out the upper part of their system because you failed to groom them properly or not often enough.
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by DMOAS on Jun 16, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My cats all eat catnip
They always say that they do it for medical purposes, but I have my doubts…
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Jun 16, 2008 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
weird...
...my cats smoked it…
"You have to have a catcher or you'll have all passed balls."- Casey Stengel
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 16, 2008 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
mine asks for catnip brownies
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 16, 2008 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that's a good point
This was several years ago and I was pretty young at the time. But yeah, that’s what I should have done, although we did talk about the vegetarian diet. He wasn’t a mean guy, but he was/is basically a dipshit. He ended up losing his dog somewhere in Oregon. I don’t know whatever happened to it but I thought at the time that losing it was probably a better fate for the dog.
We were doing field work in rural Oregon. He’d go out in the early morning with just his dog. One time he tied his dog to the rear bumper, forgot about it, and started to drive off. Fortunately, his first move was a slow u-turn so he could see it in the mirror. stop before anything bad happened.
It was a sweet dog, too.
And yes, he also has at least one child.
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 16, 2008 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me of my favorite bumper sticker:
“You! Out of the gene pool!”
(not you, him)
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on Jun 16, 2008 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
bumper stickers (regardless of message thereon) correlate with road rage
If we can’t fix the stupid, can we at least beat them senseless? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jun 16, 2008 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
white people are maniacs behind the wheel
Brainless Automaton #439
by rubin sierra on Jun 16, 2008 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When a white person drives an older car (6+ years old) that has a resale value under $2000, they will coat the entire backside of the car in bumper stickers.
Okay, true enough, but at least half of mine are AN bumper stickers…..
Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream
by Englishmajor on Jun 16, 2008 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"If someone is driving slow in the fast lane, how angry does this make you?"
Ray Fosse wrote the questions for that study?
AN 3.0's Search Function is *hawt*!
by Poppy on Jun 17, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, Marc Kimberly.
I feel your rage. These insufferable elitists are everywhere, aren’t they? Always shoving their soy products and fake leather shoes in your face, taunting the flag with Harvard Law weenie politics, appropriating valuable supermarket space for overpriced pot pies and bean burritos – space, mind you, that could be used to create a whole section devoted to beer, cow meat, and apple pie. You and me, Marc Kimberly, we’re the real Americans. We may never have actually eaten a veggie burger or a cheese-free pizza (why would we?), but we know in our hearts that they’re tasteless artifacts of holier-than-thou high-mindedness. Only terrorists, tree-huggers, and sickly thin ivory tower statheads with nasally voices eat crap like that (munching tofu on a stick while telling us RBI’s aren’t important … aren’t important? ... how do you think runs are scored, huh? HUH?). These people hate America, they think they’re better than you and me, and they’re ruining baseball.
by 74mk on Jun 16, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go back to France, pinko!
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jun 16, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And where is the RBI?
Sweet RBIs.
If we can’t fix the stupid, can we at least beat them senseless? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jun 16, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm too much of an elitist snob to eat ballpark stand veggie dogs...
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 Jun 16, 2008 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yanks to leave Wang out for 6 weeks.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 16, 2008 12:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bye, bye, Bavasi!
I guess firing the hitting coach wasn’t enough to right the ship?
...one Japanese woman standing in the lobby surrounded by Red Sox fans turned to her companion and said, "These Boston people are awful." -Slusser
by stormtown on Jun 16, 2008 12:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That sounds like
a good excuse to repost Jeff’s classic recap of the winter meetings.
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Jun 16, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so many memories with Bavasi
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OMG IT CAME TRUE!
Colletti’s Assistant: Ned, I think the Royals want to part ways with Angel Berroa.
Colletti: GET ME A PHONE
Colletti: FUCK
Pessimism FTW! ... Wait what?
by Zonis on Jun 16, 2008 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This could be bad.
Does this mean the Mariners will no longer tolerate incompetence in the F/O? We may soon pine for the good ole days if they hire someone who knows how the new game is being played. Damn it.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jun 16, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Enh, I'm not going to worry
as long as Howard Lincoln is still there.
formerly known as mdl
by iglew on Jun 16, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
would the A's worst nightmare be
if they hired DePo?
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by closetasfan on Jun 16, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most unfortunate for us indeed.
It would truly be horrifying if an Epstein style GM with cash were to be introduced into the AL west. Especially working for an organization that has the patience to let him weed through all the bad contracts he would inherit. You know…..someone unlike the Dodgers.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jun 16, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If they've finally given up on Bavasi after all this time
they may not have the patience to keep losing while someone new gets them back to winning.
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by DMOAS on Jun 16, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it would be a great thing.
Seriously. It’s a lot more fun and interesting to play against a competent, talented opponent than to perpetually beat up on the runts of the league.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
--Bilbo Baggins
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 16, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I much prefer...
beating the weakling senseless. It’s far better than being beaten senseless.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jun 16, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I cannot describe how excited I am go to to LL right now.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
by Kyli on Jun 16, 2008 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LL must be very exited regardless
Pessimism FTW! ... Wait what?
by Zonis on Jun 16, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Billy!
Trade with the Mariners now! Screw over the new guy while you can ;)
Procrastinators unite....tomorrow
by muffinpryde on Jun 16, 2008 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Breaking news: Bavasi out
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jun 16, 2008 12:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nooooooooooooo!!!
"JOAN! Are you watching Bombast? Did you see Lack Bust drop that fly call?"
by Jennifer on Jun 16, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most Interleague wins Total
With the weekend sweep, the A’s now have the most total interleague wins with 117, 1 more than the Yankees: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10827216 (though the Yankees have a slightly better winning percentage).
by dylan on Jun 16, 2008 2:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Cahill and Herrera to Midland
Cahill has been promoted from Stockton, and Herrera joins the team from his rehab in Arizona
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Jun 16, 2008 2:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
AA has gameday
I think I will take a gander at what he’s throwing in his first start.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clever enough to cheat investors out of $450 million, stupid enough to get caught, then, once convicted, incompetent enough to botch a fake suicide.
Which (begs? raises?) the question: What would be an effective, CSI-proof way to fake one’s death? Burn down your house? Subject yourself to a bite from one of those Lost bugs? Pay that puppy cloning company to clone you, then kill the clone, Prestige-style?
by 74mk on Jun 16, 2008 4:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
In my experience,
fugitives on the run from U.S. Marshalls are always innocent of the charges that they’ve been convicted of.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jun 16, 2008 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
because Jim Abbott or Pete Gray actually committed the crime
If we can’t fix the stupid, can we at least beat them senseless? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jun 16, 2008 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
this guy is something else
steal, take, lie, run away, lie, steal, rinse, repeat. Death would be too generous of a punishment for people like him
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by closetasfan on Jun 16, 2008 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another crazy trade proposal
Package a combination of DiNardo, Meyer, Braden, maybe even Saarlooooooos to the Yankees and get Betemit as a utility guy back, and maybe Shelly Duncan. The pitchers have a bit of an advantage being lefty in Yankee Stadium
I would think that the Yankees would wish that they had claimed Dinardo now
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by closetasfan on Jun 16, 2008 6:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
crap for crap deal eh?
But we’d be giving up a lot for a little. 4 AAAA Starters for a Utility Infielder (whom we already have basically in Petit and Murphy, and another 1B,
Pessimism FTW! ... Wait what?
by Zonis on Jun 16, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wouldn't Betemit
be nice insurance if Ellis leaves, or Crosby gets hurt?
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by closetasfan on Jun 17, 2008 5:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what has betemit done over the last couple years that makes him so much more preferable than hannahan/murphy/petit that he’s worth giving up four AAAA pitchers?
also at this stage isn’t he more a 3b/1b than a 2b/ss?
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 Jun 17, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's basically Hannahan with more power and less OBP
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by PaulThomas on Jun 17, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny stuff from Mychael's email bag
Will Joe Blanton be traded? I’m finally all for it. Think we can get anything for him, though?
—Gary S., Chandler, Ariz.
I do think Blanton finally will end up elsewhere this summer, and that’s obviously part of why I don’t think the A’s will trade Gaudin. You’re obviously down on Blanton, but I’m not getting that from any of the scouts I talk to.
“He’s a known quantity,” one said. “He gets [deep] into games, he’s durable, and he’s going to win a lot if he’s pitching for a team that scores more consistently that Oakland. “
Another said this:
“Blanton would win 20 games for the Yankees or Red Sox. I really believe that.”
I guess that ’s one scout that doesn’t know the difference between “mediocre” and “average”.
by Brian in 317 on Jun 16, 2008 9:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think blanton is better than he's shown
but there’s no way he wins 20 games unless he has one hell of an offense behind him and gets really lucky to boot.
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by DMOAS on Jun 16, 2008 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
METS MIDNIGHT MASSACRE
there is this wonderful thing known as the Internet now, and here we are, telling you that while you were sleeping, at 3:14 a.m. New York time, at 12:14 a.m. California time, two hours after the Mets beat the Angels 9-6, the Mets finally got around to firing Willie Randolph.
cowards, weaklings… BUMS!
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 Jun 17, 2008 2:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto also were fired
What a crowd these bums are, all of them, from the Wilpons at the top to Omar Minaya down below, all of them who conspired to botch this firing worse than any firing has ever been botched. Ever. You wouldn’t trust these guys to run a 7-11, let alone a National League baseball team. What a joke. What a cowardly, dastardly joke.A midnight massacre.
A three-a.m. thrashing.
Disgraceful. Utterly, completely, disgraceful.
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 Jun 17, 2008 2:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06172008/sports/mets/ready_____aim_____hold_your_fire__115840.htm
for some reason this link won’t show up properly as a 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 Jun 17, 2008 2:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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