DLD 7/16/08 Just for the Hell of it.
by theblackpearl on Jul 16, 2008 12:15 PM PDT
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Anderson and Cahill make the US Olympic team
addition to LaPorta, Strasburg, Rasmus, and Stevens, the Olympic Team also features five other USA Baseball alumni: Oakland Athletics left-handed pitcher Brett Anderson (Midland, Tex.; 2005 18U, 2004 16U), Baltimore Orioles right-handed pitcher Jake Arietta (Farmington, Mo.; 2006 National), Florida Marlins outfielder John Gall (Stanford, Calif.; 1998-99 National), Texas Rangers catcher Taylor Teagarden (Dallas, Tex.; 2004 National), and Colorado Rockies right-handed pitcher Casey Weathers (Elk Grove, Calif.; 2006 National).
LaPorta, Anderson, Arietta, Teagarden and Weathers were also members of the 2008 XM Future Stars USA Team during Major League Baseball's All-Star weekend. The game, which saw the U.S. fall to the World Team 3-0, acted as an Olympic Trials event for Johnson and his staff. Trevor Cahill (Oceanside, Calif.), Jason Donald (Fresno, Calif.), Dexter Fowler (Atlanta, Ga.) and Clayton Richard (Lafayette, Ind.) were also members of the Futures Team who are on the Olympic roster.
http://web.usabaseball.com/teams/index.jsp?team=940
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rec'd for the hell of it
"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad
by ArakSOT on Jul 16, 2008 12:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
oh good
I wanted to make a DLD, but I got distracted reading this while looking for links…
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 16, 2008 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
While I don't remember that play/game,
I do clearly remember my older brother instructing me on why we don’t like Pete Rose. And while I think it’s silly to keep the all-time hits leader out of the HoF, at the same time, I ain’t about to write a letter for that scumbag.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 16, 2008 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
re
That’s great news. I’m really glad Beane is letting them do that.
by 31Boots on Jul 16, 2008 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Link
Two A’s prospects named to Olympic team
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Jul 16, 2008 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Roster
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Jul 16, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rampage Jackson goes on a Rampage
Quinton Jackson has been arrested in California and faces felony hit-and-run charges after allegedly attempting to flee police.The Costa Mesa Police Department has released additional details regarding the series of events leading to Jackson’s arrest.
According to a press release, “Rampage” ignored an officer’s directions to pull over and continued “weaving in and out of traffic” while forcing “pedestrians to flee for their lives” as he continued “running several red lights.”
Jackson, who was allegedly driving a large pick-up truck that’s adorned with his own image, continued operating the vehicle even after a tire rubber disintegrated underneath it
Einstein made a run for it in a truck with a giant picture of himself on the side. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or just plain sad that he wasn’t drunk or high.
http://mmajunkie.com/dyn/images/other/quinton-jackson-arrest-3.jpg (I don’t know how to make pics appear, but here’s his truck.)
by 31Boots on Jul 16, 2008 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
pictures
just click the box with a picture of a tree, and type the location of the picture:
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 16, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This should be on the list of things that are really stupid to do:
Get in a hit and run WHILE DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT HAS A BIG ASS PICTURE OF YOURSELF ON THE SIDE
by mikev on Jul 16, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude!
I ordered that, like, three weeks ago! About frickin’ time!
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 16, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, Rampage's order
Yours will be delivered tomorrow. or as needed.
by nevermoor on Jul 16, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is your name Marily?
It might have gone to gigglingone’s house by accident.
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 16, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I checked the packing slip
no phone number for the company that sent it or the person who ordered it….
Happy early birthday to me….happy early birthday to me….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 16, 2008 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mooooooom!
Can I have a notebook roller this year? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease? Pleeeease?
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 16, 2008 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the box works great as a dinner table
multipurpose! :)
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 16, 2008 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was it a cargo of hotpants
because I didn’t buy my Nair yet.
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Jul 17, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"CarGo of Hotpants"
New Gonzalez nickname!
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 17, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder...
... if he got a lecture from Dana White about maturity, got stripped of his eligibility to fight in the UFC, and got sent home. Hmmmmm, guessing not.
Sorry, Jesse Taylor.
Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.
by Joey C. on Jul 16, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure
Dana White will have some response.
He’s kind of got some control issues, from what I understand.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 16, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doubtless
I just think it’s pretty obvious that White wouldn’t do anything as drastic with Rampage as he did with Taylor because he knows Rampage is a cash cow. Bit of a double standard, but an understandable one, I suppose.
I’unno, it seemed to me that he wanted to rig the Ultimate Fighter this year really badly. He set up Amir against CB when CB/Taylor would have been the most sensible matchup. As would have Amir/Tim Credeur. Instead, he set up the smaller dudes against the huger dudes, in what I saw as a transparent attempt to put Taylor and CB in the final match.
Guess Amir kinda took care of that. Twice.
Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.
by Joey C. on Jul 16, 2008 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You couldn't make this stuff up ...
The Brooklyn Cyclones recently wore Hebrew uniforms as part of their annual Jewish Heritage Night celebrations. In Hebrew, Cyclones is Tzyklons, and the uniforms also have a big “B” for Brooklyn.
So on Jewish Heritage Night they took the field wearing uniforms that read “Zyklon B”.
And for a chaser, the very next night they hosted a “Salute to Pork Rind”.
by green star oakland on Jul 16, 2008 1:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Seriously
that cannot be real.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 16, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't understand, please explain.
"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."
by McFood on Jul 16, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm assuming it's referring to
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 16, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh wow. How could they do that? Unreal.
"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."
by McFood on Jul 16, 2008 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's possibly one of the worst gaffs for a baseball cultural night I have ever heard.
wow, indeed
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Jul 17, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's good news
It’s fun and exciting for them, and it’s also a sort of stealth way of keeping their innings pitched from getting too high.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jul 16, 2008 1:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Boy, do I *hope* this wasn't intended as a reply to green star oakland
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 16, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I nearly peed my pants...
no, wait, scratch part of 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 16, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hopefully not the *nearly* part
by theblackpearl on Jul 16, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
um, no...of course not...
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 16, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that’s a QOTM.
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 Jul 17, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Dr. Stat and his reign of useless knowledge was finished."
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 16, 2008 1:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yay!
It’s online!
Someone must use this as their avatar:
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 16, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ooh, good idea
Done.
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Jul 16, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Must...find...video...
If youtube exists for anything, it exists so that I might see the evil Dr. Stat with my own eyes.
On a related note, Slate magazine chronicles the newschool/oldschool battle over defensive stats and skills, as played out on the Rorschach blot that is Derek Jeter. Or, as I’d title the movie version, Dr. Stat Strikes Back.
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 16, 2008 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw a bobcat this morning. It looked like this:
>
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 16, 2008 1:35 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I want one!
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on Jul 16, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll take a half dozen
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 16, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're not planning on harnessing them
to a dogsled and riding them across the East Bay, playing Iditarod, are 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 16, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, of course not
I’m going to harness them to a catsled.
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 16, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did it ruthless attack
...a bowl of milk? Or perhaps a ball of yarn?
Just a predatory beast….
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 16, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe it was a bobcat!
... ‘cause it doesn’t look like it was a mountain lion.
Blackberry
by Ice Cream on Jul 16, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So was he a drunkie,
or perhaps late to report to the wife and needed ground cover or…?
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 16, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BOBCAT!!! YOU'RE HOTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on Jul 16, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Poppy, please let me post the video.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 16, 2008 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We adopted two oh-so-cute puppies today.
Terrier/pomeranian mix. One of them looks like a baby panda bear, which I am NOT into eating, so it may be safe. I’ll post pics with my AN Day V Diary/Fanpost/Fairpost/Foulpost.
"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."
by McFood on Jul 16, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you going to plague us with Don Mossi
from here on out??
To think, that’s not even his worst picture on a baseball card!
On another card, his eyes are boring in on you, and he’s not smiling.
Like some extra-terrestrial, attempting mind control on the viewer….
I had his cards back then. Reluctantly"I never predict anything, and I never will." Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
by One won lost won on Jul 16, 2008 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And that "no" also applies to oblique.
:P
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 16, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I showed it to my office mate.
She now greets me with “YOU’RE HOTTTTTTTTTT!!!” every day.
Best thing I ever did.
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on Jul 16, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SNOOOOOOOOWWW COOOOOOOOOOONNNE!!!
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 17, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YOU'RE COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLDD!!!
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on Jul 18, 2008 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on!
Did you see the Ratto thing? Or the fanshot?
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 16, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Ratto thing" and fanshot...
I have no idea. I didn’t even see the “video” before I sent it, I was only doing it for the audio. I have no idea what the visual is.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 17, 2008 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's mainly just audio - which is the best part. It's actually pretty decent quality.
You can see the back of someone’s head… but mostly just the lights and the scoreboard at the Coli, though.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 17, 2008 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, now that I've gone searching for and seen the fanshot...
Stupid fanshots. Easy to miss.
ALSO easy to miss because I’m reading almost nothing lately—your Bobble Village project posted several days ago, which I just saw! Awesome!
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 17, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did someone say my name?
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Jul 17, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball
by JediLeroy on Jul 16, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
I didn’t see this post, so I posted the same pic you did.
Sorry for being redundant.
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Jul 17, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't... stop... looking at fuzzy...
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
by Kyli on Jul 16, 2008 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CGV!
"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."
by McFood on Jul 16, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A's get an A+
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
by sprtsnwyn on Jul 16, 2008 4:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Texas Rangers earn a B, the Mariners an F
and Los Angeles of Anaheim get an A
by SwisherThresher on Jul 16, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
said it before, I'll say it again
Posting pics of dor-K should 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 16, 2008 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you imagine
a spear penetrating his pelvic region…it kinda works.
I’d still rather have Street on my team than K-Rod, just because I hate douchebags. -Taj Adib
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 16, 2008 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're a moderator
You delete a lewd Milano and you don’t axe that s*#t?!?
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Jul 17, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"should be" =/ "is"
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 17, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's better when you see the rest of the picture
The rusty spike jammed into his thigh explains it all.
by MobiusKlein on Jul 16, 2008 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's more disturbing than those weirdos in fly suits.
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Jul 16, 2008 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh boy, Yanks and Redsox on ESPN Monday night
i just can’t get enough of that sht. jeebus. endless.
alaska A
by ak_A on Jul 16, 2008 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They're only showing one game of the series?!?
Whatever shall I do?
by nevermoor on Jul 16, 2008 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Carter is for real.
Christopher Carter homers (27) on a fly ball to center field. Chris Denorfia scores.
And Donaldson is raking too since joining Stockton.
Josh Donaldson homers (3) on a fly ball to center field. Frank Martinez scores.
When will then be now? Soon.
by Syphon on Jul 16, 2008 7:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nope
Both Chris Carters homered today. One in Stockton and one in the AAA all star game.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
by vignette17 on Jul 16, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ah sorry
I saw Chris Denorfia, and thought AAA. I mean, I should have known he wasn’t going to be in the PCL All Star game, but I did know that Chris Carter (Formerly of the DBacks, now RedSox) was playing in it, and got confused when he said that Chris Carter (Formerly of the DBacks, now Athletics) hit it and Denorfia scored.
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by Zonis on Jul 16, 2008 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so … there’s another Rally Pimpernel, too?
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 16, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently his rehab assignment isn't going too well...
I wonder if anyone’s ever been assigned to rehab in the DSL.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jul 16, 2008 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know, I had a feeling
that getting Donaldson out of the MWL—to anywhere, even if it was a level higher—might be a tonic.
Let’s hope so, he’s got a lot of ground to make up.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jul 16, 2008 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If this is true, then hell yeah, lets send some pitching to St. Louis and grab him! Would they do Blanton for Rasmus? Street for Rasmus? Or would it have to be part of a Duchscherer package?
• Overheard at the pre-All-Star Game bash out on Randall’s Island. The contending Cardinals might even consider parting with top outfield prospect Colby Rasmus, a major surprise. If so, it may put them in line to land Pittsburgh’s Xavier Nady, or even Jason Bay.
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by Zonis on Jul 16, 2008 10:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No dice, Zonis
The Cards are expecting Carpenter and Wainwright back on the mound in early August, they don’t need to trade for pitching. Maybe a lefty relief arm but Embree will not land Rasmus. They’re shopping for a bat.
And on that note, the only way the A’s could get involved would be a 3-way that helps the Cards land said bat. Everyone is looking for young arms and this could be the way to convert some of the A’s surplus into a young, potentially studly bat.
The monster at the end of this blog.
by grover on Jul 16, 2008 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure if it's been posted before, but did anyone see this video of the MiLB ballgirl climbing the wall to catch a foul?
"I'm going to take a camera crew and march into Billy Beane's office and demand to know why instituting his newfangled cost-saving measures means that the run manufacturing plant had to get shut down." FJM
by Elvez on Jul 17, 2008 1:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
wow
that’s a web gem right there
Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC
by closetasfan on Jul 17, 2008 6:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it this got some pub a few weeks ago.
It was actually shot at the Fresno ballpark.
Unfortunately, it’s just a commercial for vitamin water or something, but it looks so cool it really doesn’t matter.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Jul 17, 2008 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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