DLD 7/14/08
by Poppy on Jul 14, 2008 1:51 PM PDT
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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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Meh. I met her in person, and I'm not dead.
I’m doing something right.
by mikev on Jul 14, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
I've seen worse
Procrastinators unite....tomorrow
by muffinpryde on Jul 14, 2008 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Another team in the league is the Dodge City A's, I want a t-shirt from them!
"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."
by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
I think they are new
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
by sprtsnwyn on Jul 14, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They are new. Their manager is a former A's draft pick, so maybe he got to choose the team name!
"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."
by McFood on Jul 14, 2008 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 1 recs
Rich Harden played for the BeeJays?
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Jul 14, 2008 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 reply actions 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 reply actions 0 recs
Well, that's not nearly as much fun as wondering why Cashman is a Warriors fan.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 14, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 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.
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by Flashfire on Jul 14, 2008 2:19 PM PDT reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
That wouldn't really surprise me, no.
=shuts the trunk of the car=
by mikev on Jul 14, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Disclaimer
no fresh puppies were harmed in the setup of this joke.
by theblackpearl on Jul 14, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
He had a seizure during the interview?
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 14, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, but after striking out on the last question
He threw his hands up in the air and jumped around like an idiot
by nevermoor on Jul 14, 2008 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
No-
He was the guy the Cubs traded Lou Brock for.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Jul 14, 2008 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
QOTM, pun division
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 14, 2008 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No-
It’s the new special at Fenton’s when Marty Lurie is broadcasting from there.
by Englishmajor on Jul 14, 2008 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also...I always heard that Belgian beers were the best
So now I guess I’m a beer snob!
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 14, 2008 4:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What a strange article
I think I understood this part:
“I was actually drinking a Bud Light when I heard, and I couldn’t even finish it.”
but the rest of it didn’t make much sense to me.
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Jul 14, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh, just switch to Anchor Steam if you want to be an American drinker
Only method of brewing born in the USA
by nevermoor on Jul 14, 2008 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, it's funny when this guy has
to beg his belgian overlords for another bud light, but how are you going to feel when they take away your kraft velveeta singles?!?
"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin
by Hot Cup Joe on Jul 14, 2008 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"And when they came for me and
the Wonder Bread fanciers, there was no one left to speak up at all.”
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 14, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
in high school, I played electric tambourine and Moog for the Wonder Bread Fanciers
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 15, 2008 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"America is not for sale"
Um… yes it is… it totally is…
Look, I just bought $5 worth of America right here!
facepalm.jpg
by Zonis on Jul 14, 2008 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
peninsula cougar update
Apparently, the man “attacked by a cougar” was Jeff Kent.
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 6:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So I got all pissed off for nothing?
I’m gonna go kick that guy’s ass.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 14, 2008 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stand down, madame
For now. But we appreciate your eternal vigilance.
by Englishmajor on Jul 14, 2008 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
someone really needs to photoshop her into A's colors
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 15, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
then he really *will* have been attacked by a cougar!
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 15, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
QOTM nom!
If only so that Poppy has to re-read and re-post this dialogue in two weeks.
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 15, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bwahahaha!
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 15, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
perhaps worth it's own post
but im tired of front page Rich so it’s here:
THT did an in depth valuation of the Harden trade that i find useful. The article covers a number of important areas such as risk, probability of reaching playoffs/WS, depth etc. In my mind, this is along the lines of what GMs do in their evaluations of trades (beyond the traditional scouting, which is vitally important when you are talking about the injury risk).
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/evaluating-the-rich-harden-trade/
by oakinboston on Jul 14, 2008 6:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't really agree with it because if you count Patterson and Murton as bench players
their value is severely mitigated by the fact that bench players are very, very easy to find. Hell, we have an entire team of Bench players. So while you could say we got value by acquiring those bench players, and look at it as to what they might be worth over their service time with the team, its one thing, but then you also have to look at how easy it would be to acquire that type of player outside of that trade, perhaps from the Minors, perhaps from another minor trade, or a Free Agent, and then think if it was worth going for those players in a trade where you could have gotten someone who was better, but fewer players.
Personally, I would rather have condensed talent than a wide array of players with the talent spread out. Because the more you spread it out, the easier it would have been to find a player equal or better than that player somewhere else when you could have gotten one good player you wouldn’t normally be able to find for three players you can probably find with a little work.
facepalm.jpg
by Zonis on Jul 14, 2008 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another one I wanted to share:
that probably deserves it’s own post (if you are into this sort of thing).
There has been a lot of news lately about signings in the DR and some of the sketchy business that surrounds them. It’s gotten to the point that the Feds are now involved.
Guess who’s in the picture?
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-bbcol6-2008jul06,0,5676208.story
(though you’ll see if you read the article, the author admits that there have been no rumors about the A’s doing anything wrong in their dealings with Inoa)
by oakinboston on Jul 14, 2008 6:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Duke feels good, will pitch
Slusser Chron blog: just spoke w/Duke, he’s feeling much better, and Francona’s plans have Duke pitching the sixth inning tomorrow.
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 14, 2008 7:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
the 6th?
You’d think the MLB ERA Leader would get the 3rd and 4th innings after Lee..,
facepalm.jpg
by Zonis on Jul 14, 2008 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I think Francona is doing a good thing there
Why? Because if he pitches him early, people on the West Coast may still be driving home.
Nice and all as Haren getting the start last year was, I didn’t see a single pitch he threw.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jul 14, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he shouldn't be going two innings after a start on sunday, frankly.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
by Jjjsixsix on Jul 14, 2008 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just thinking the same thing...
"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 Jul 14, 2008 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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