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From BP's The Week In Quotes:

"I guess I can say that they have engaged us in the past and I've told them that I have too many people, maybe not too many people with the same ability, but too many people at the same spot that you have a lot of dollars committed to."
--Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, on the prospect of signing Barry Bonds.

AON WTF, I would swear that Brian Cashman was wearing a Thunder shirt at the Futures Game yesterday. I can't find a picture, but it was a polo shirt with the word "Thunder" on the left breast under a small image of something dark blue with a lightning bolt... like the Warriors mascot. Weird.

SuSlu post at The Drumbeat: Duke still feeling ill, may not get into tomorrow's game. I had wanted him to be able to pitch in the game (since he wanted to... or maybe it was that he wanted to roll ripe fruit downhill at oncoming cars with monkeyball, I can't remember) -- but if he's sick, then no. I want him to get as much recuperative time as possible before the season resumes.

Looking ahead to the waning days of the season, and the approach of autumn...
No. No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Today's Daily Thing That Really Pisses Me Off:
A federal trapper hunting for a local mountain lion, which will be murdered when they catch it, because it attacked a hiker... who was hiking... in the mountains. Hey, the mountain lions were here first. Wear it. If people want to hike in Foothills Park (which I have done many times, it's beautiful -- or at least it was 10-15 years ago, don't know now), they might get jumped by the local wildlife, although very, very, very, very unlikely. And sometimes big cats wander down into the 'burbs, where they don't attack anybody, but are generally shot down out of the trees they climb to escape from residents' dogs. Don't want mountain lions or bobcats to wander into the 'burbs? Stop issuing land-hogging mansion permits for rural areas. I'm looking at you, Santa Clara County.

And it's official: McFood will not be attending the Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
Looking ahead to the waning days of the season, and the approach of autumn…
No. No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Sorry, that scared me too….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 14, 2008 1:58 PM PDT   0 recs

Someone will kill Frank because of those ads...and be acquitted. There's not a jury on the world that would convict.

Btw, Jen, how did it go on the jersey front?

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 2:04 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Um, did you see the picture thread? Did you see I was out late drinking?!?!?!

Yeah, I so didn’t make it in time….I arrived at the Coli Parking Lot at 11:15. I was going to get a jersey from one of my fellow alums who were there, but they didn’t get them either. :(

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 14, 2008 2:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

By the way, I had to endure the following conversation yesterday just to find out if they got the jerseys or not....
Annoying Clueless Fan: “So, um, who’s playing today?”
Me: “The A’s and the Angels”
ACF: “Didn’t they play each other yesterday?”
Me: “Yes”
ACF: “Is that normal that they play two days in a row against the same team?”

And then, talking to Annoying Clueless Fan 2:

ACF2: “Quite the crowd here. When I go to Giants games, you get to the park two hours early, you just walk right in.”
Me: “Well, there was a free jersey they were giving out today”
ACF2: “Really? Huh. I haven’t been to a Giants game in a while, so I just thought it was a baseball thing.”
Me: “When was the last game you went to?”
ACF2: “Well, Barry Bonds hit a homerun, but I don’t remember anything else than that. It wasn’t this season though, I don’t think I’ve seen him play this year. Maybe I’ll go to a game next weekend or something.”

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 14, 2008 2:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

These are NOT real conversations

and if they are, you really have to start asking yourself what you’re doing to attract them to you.

I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 14, 2008 2:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

(what I meant by that was:)

The question should be who wouldn’t be attracted to her.

by mikev on Jul 14, 2008 2:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Directions for mikev

1. Open mouth.
2. Insert foot.
3. Backpedal for your life, boy!

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

McFood!

How’s the boss? And where are the pics?

pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.

by pam5981 on Jul 14, 2008 3:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The boss had a rough day yesterday, hence, no time to post pics.

Maybe in a couple of days. Plus, I have to edit, edit, edit!

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"not dead"...yet.

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

To bluff!

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 4:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I've seen worse

Procrastinators unite....tomorrow

by muffinpryde on Jul 14, 2008 6:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What I meant was not related to that

way of attracting them.

I had a good friend back in the Bay Area who was literally a freak magnet. Complete strangers would make a beeline to him and start talking to him, but only REALLY FREAKY people. It’s like he was channeling them or something. Anytime we’d go out in public together, the weirdos would just apparate in front of us, seemingly from nowhere.

I thought that perhaps gigglingone was an idiot magnet in the same sense.

I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 14, 2008 3:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I had the same experience in Australia, ie, I was a freak magnet.

Only they call them “loony magnets” down under.

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ok, the backpedalling saved your life

and thank you

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 14, 2008 3:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

amazingly enough, they are in fact real conversations

My alma mater is a fabulous institution, but went MANY years without a baseball team, so baseball knowledge is lacking in far too many alumni.

Don’t even get me started on trying to explain that Duke was the ERA leader….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 14, 2008 3:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Best. Team name. Ever.

Mike Hargrove is back in organized baseball ... managing the, um … Liberal Bee Jays.

I swear, that’s not a CGV. I mean, even Googling it is SFW.

I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 14, 2008 2:06 PM PDT   0 recs

whoa

they need a team store

Beane's World!! Excellent!!! Rock On, Beane! Rock On, Geren!

by Satchmo22 on Jul 14, 2008 2:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oh man

I’d LOVE that shirt. Both my parents were born and raised in Dodge City. How is it that I’ve never heard about this? Off to scold my folks, BRB.

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

by batgirl on Jul 14, 2008 2:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think they are new

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 14, 2008 2:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

and interns

(OK, that might be a CGV.)

I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 14, 2008 2:58 PM PDT to parent up   1 recs

QOTM

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Rich Harden played for the BeeJays?

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

by batgirl on Jul 14, 2008 2:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They'll be in Wichita

for the NBC world series. They’ve got a good history. Seriously.

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 14, 2008 2:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Seventh Nation Army couldn't hold me back

I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 14, 2008 2:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You know what they use to mark the foul lines and batter's box on their field?

White stripes.

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It makes me think less of them that

they’re from Detroit. Not that Detroit’s a bad place or anything, but I always thought they should’ve come from like a never-docking whaler or something like that.

I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 14, 2008 3:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

you know what would be awesome?

If Frank Caliendo did an impression of Frankie Rordriguez. The perfect glass of H8erade.

I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 14, 2008 2:08 PM PDT   0 recs

I was thinking about the team they sent out yesterday and

and compared to opening day 2007, the only people from yesterday’s team are Blanton, Street, Embree, and Ellis I think?

compared to the ALCS team in 2006, it would be Blanton, Street, and Frank Thomas? (ellis was not available during the ALCS)

And Chavez and Crosby would also be holdovers if not for their current DL stint.

But that’s a lot of turnover.

Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC

by closetasfan on Jul 14, 2008 2:10 PM PDT   0 recs

Thunder...

That is the Yankees Double A team, the Trenton Thunder. The logo is a blue creature swinging a lightning bolt.

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Jul 14, 2008 2:18 PM PDT   0 recs

Sounds like Cashman was wearing a Trenton Thunder shirt. They're New York's...

...Double-A team, formerly affiliated with Detroit then Boston.

Last of the Ninth - Photography Site
jamesvenes.com - Blog

by Flashfire on Jul 14, 2008 2:19 PM PDT   0 recs

Thunder is the mascot of the mental asylum that Cashman escaped from...

The Trenton City Institution for the Financially Insane specializes in shock treatment, hence the natural use of a dark blue storm cloud applying a lightning bolt to one’s temple as a mascot. Cashman credits his time there as making him as financially “creative” as he is.

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 2:32 PM PDT   0 recs

Seriously,

would it surprise anyone if we found out that Cashman had like a dozen bodies under the floorboards of his house? He has that faraway eyes, drifter thing going on and he could’ve snapped years ago under the pressure of Steinbrenner’s maniacal control. He might wear a dress and kill hobos.

Well, that last bit would surprise, I suppose. But he does have some dead eyes.

I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 14, 2008 2:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nevermore, quoth the Baltimore Raven.

Is that drum machine under your floorboards, or are you just insane?

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

his body's decomposing in my locker

Oh, you didn’t mean me?

... slinks away

by nevermoor on Jul 14, 2008 5:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

< hides 12-pack of frozen puppies >

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

by oblique on Jul 14, 2008 3:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Mmmm...frozen puppy daquiris!

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

See, this is where we'll have to part company...

...you’ve got to use fresh puppies if you want that freshly-squeezed puppy taste.

I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 14, 2008 3:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

sick

"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."

by SwampyD on Jul 14, 2008 3:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No, use healthy puppies for best results.

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

downers will never do!

"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth."- Ted Williams

by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 14, 2008 5:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Disclaimer

no fresh puppies were harmed in the setup of this joke.

by theblackpearl on Jul 14, 2008 3:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How can you tell if your puppies are fresh?

They’ve still got red cheeks from being were slapped.

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 4:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

July 14

Does anyone know if Clay Wood also trims branches, or just the grass?

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jul 14, 2008 3:13 PM PDT   0 recs

July 14th?

Let them eat cake. Silly peasants.

I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 14, 2008 3:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Because if he does then he's

a lawn savant who’ll lop a tree, eh?

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jul 14, 2008 5:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

are you asking if the groundcover matches the foliage?

I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 14, 2008 3:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That is either

a CGV or some pretty serious landscaping shop-talk.

I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 14, 2008 3:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No, it was a set-up line.

I was hoping Monkeyball would get it.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jul 14, 2008 5:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

wait. i'm confused

Did I get it?

I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 14, 2008 6:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No.

See above. (Hat tip: Thomas Pynchon.)

It’s not as much fun when you have to provide your own punch line. I failed with this one, too.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jul 14, 2008 10:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

that's EXACTLY what I thought he was asking.

glad you said it first.

pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.

by pam5981 on Jul 14, 2008 3:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

And yet you seem so modest at times...

AHA…charade you are-har!

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oh go drink a Smirnoff Ice

pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.

by pam5981 on Jul 14, 2008 3:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Mmmm..strawberry-acai-puppy flavored!

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL

pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.

by pam5981 on Jul 14, 2008 3:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

wow -- color me stunned

His on-mound persona is the same as his interview persona. Shocking.

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

by batgirl on Jul 14, 2008 4:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Does anyone have a Vida Blue or Dave Stewart jersey to trade for bobblehead(s)?

Size XL preferred. I will throw in a SGA Street jersey as well!

Thanks!

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:33 PM PDT   0 recs

XXL

You can have my XXL Stewart – I would trade it for a beer.

Enjoy the game

by DCinWC on Jul 14, 2008 4:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Done and done!

I’ll send you an email if your info is in your profile, and we can arrange to meet at a mutually attended game.

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 4:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ok, I don't see any contact info for you, so please email me at cmcfood2001@yahoo.com

and we can arrange to meet sometime.

Thanks!

"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."

by McFood on Jul 15, 2008 8:21 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

...sometime next season when McFood remembers to check that email address.

There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.

by Poppy on Jul 15, 2008 4:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Scientific American wades into the maple bat imbroglio

But you can rest easy…a Committee has been formed!

How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 14, 2008 4:00 PM PDT   0 recs

maple bat imbroglio

Wasn’t that Ice Cream’s sigline at some point?

I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 14, 2008 4:22 PM PDT