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DLD 7-22-08: The power of understatement

"We're in a little rut," Oakland hitting coach Ty Van Burkleo said. 

Star-divide

Yes, Ty.  Yes we are mired in the giant sucking Slough of Despond where we're all going to DIE!!!! in a little rut.   (That quote, and Frank Thomas's frustration, in SuSlu's story here.

Fortunately, the Angels lost so we're not really any worse off than we were.  Just more convinced of our imminent doom.

You might want to cheer up with a nice story about former Saint Paul Saint, Darryl Strawberry.

And slightly down the scale of MLB scofflaws, but amusing: Manny caught jaywalking.

It became clear to those watching that the policeman had no idea who Ramirez was. He didn't ask for an autograph or anything, but did ask Ramirez if he'd attended the game.

THANK YOU, Seattle police officer.  You are my hero today.

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Too bad the cop didn't know

that it was just Manny being Manny. I mean, if he can’t get away with it, I can’t get away with GNGG being GNGG.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jul 22, 2008 10:48 AM PDT reply actions  

I'm not sure, though--

I’ve never tried that defense with the police. Might work.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

I tried it once.

It failed miserably. Maybe it would have worked if I tried to say I was just Ozzie being Ozzie.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jul 22, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wouldn't that be

f@#$$# Ozzie being #$x%x Ozzie?

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Jul 22, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

wow

AN 3.0 really wants me to just go ahead and cuss.

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Jul 22, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

We all do.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

How Continental of you!

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

by Poppy on Jul 22, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, go walk the bases with Zito, would ya'?

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

by McFood on Jul 22, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

oh chinga....

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Jul 22, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Byrnes jaywalking would look like Frogger

Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 22, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

qotm so I can find it again when I have time

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

by Poppy on Jul 22, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

That is pretty accurate

and a hilarious mental image.

Jack Cust would step into the street and just watch the truck come and level him, thinking it was going to miss by a hair.

by Sliderule on Jul 22, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

QOTM, right back atcha

Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 22, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

lol

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 22, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Trouble in Gotham?

Christian Bale arrested for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister. Not cool, Batman, not cool.

by whiteshoes40 on Jul 22, 2008 10:50 AM PDT reply actions  

They had no idea,

but the Scarecrow had threatened them, and he didn’t want to reveal his secret identity to them, thus placing them in harm’s way. He was just looking out for their best interest.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

Besides the Scarecrow learned some tricks from the Joker.

He was mumbling something about disappearing pencils.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jul 22, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

can Rich tell he's on a different team?
Harden (0-1) went seven innings, striking out 10 and walking two in the NL Central leader’s fourth loss in five games.

Link

Cupcakes NL debut tonight – and he draws Johan Santana.

"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad

by ArakSOT on Jul 22, 2008 10:56 AM PDT reply actions  

He cannot by looking at the run support

Since the ASG, the Cubs are as bad as the A’s (approximately) and Lou Pinella cancelled BP for today’s game. He says he’s tired of watching balls fly all over in BP, then “zero” during the game.

Sounds like the A’s! And they have Fuku, D. Lee, De Rosa, etc. The Cubs have no excuse! Seasoned vets.

"I never predict anything, and I never will." Paul Gascoigne, English footballer

by One won lost won on Jul 22, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

mmmmmmm

seasoned vets, on the BBQ

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

by Satchmo22 on Jul 22, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

As opposed to guinea pigs?

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

if you're gonna Q vets, you should brine 'em first

Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 22, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because of their rough exterior?

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

On a related note,

From a link on the Strawberry story, is Johnny Sac really the guy you want for the face of your political campaign? Seriously, any campaign? Maybe the campaign to whack Tony, but…

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 10:57 AM PDT reply actions  

that, my friend, is truth in advertising

Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 22, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

I know!

Weird, right?

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

actually, it's pretty shrewd from a marketing/advertising perspective

The objective of blocking card-check is basically to block unionization per se. Associating “union” with “mob guy” helps to reinforce stereotypical negative associations in the minds of the target audience.

Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 22, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Is it bad

that my cynicism has grown to the point that I see “Coalition for a Democratic Workplace” and immediately think “union-busting scheme”?

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Jul 22, 2008 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, it's healthy, I think

and probably right on. I didn’t even read it or listen to it. I just thought it was amazingly weird that this guy who was a very high-profile character on The Sopranos was giving his take on something that appeared pretty hot-button for Minnesotans/Minnesoteans…um, Twin City Folk.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Verducci column in SI.com

linky

Short version:
Jerome Holtzman was God.
K-Frauds potential save record this season is less impressive than it appears.
Best season by a closer: Eck in 1990.

"There's m'fn sprinklers on the m'fn infield!'" - Ice Cream (AN), 6/13/08

by doctorK on Jul 22, 2008 10:58 AM PDT reply actions  

Verducci's my hero of the day.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

They're off to find the hero of the day.

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Jul 22, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm the hero of the day!

I just don’t want to show you my superpowers.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jul 22, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

you mean like posting a comment

and magically disappearing for months?

"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad

by ArakSOT on Jul 22, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

EXACTLY!!

Watch, you won’t see me again until mid-October.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jul 22, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

Nothing magic about it.

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Jul 22, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Anyone who says F-Rod is overrated,

while simultaneously uplifting my favoritist A’s player ever (hmmm, it might be Rickey), has my vote for the Pulitzer.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

Don't worry Jennifer, I get it.

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Jul 22, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks.

[hugs]

Kids these days. Pshaw.

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Jul 22, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

Remember,

this was me.

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Jul 22, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

I tried jaywalking once...

...when stopped by a cop, I explained that I was in a little rut.

He saw my A’s cap, understood my grief, and let me go.

by a tad askew on Jul 22, 2008 11:23 AM PDT reply actions  

Think Witasick, not Payton

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Jul 22, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

QOTM

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Estelle Getty died. :(

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Jul 22, 2008 11:40 AM PDT reply actions  

Thank you for being a friend.

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Traveled down a road and back again.

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Jul 22, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Omg!

Now I can’t get that music out of my head. RIP Sophie.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Quick -- in your head:

what’s 384×14?

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

5376

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

And the song's gone, right?

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

well, it was never stuck in my head

I’m listening to “I’m too sexy” here at work. That will be stuck in my head all afternoon now….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh no!

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

by Poppy on Jul 22, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

how fun is that?!

"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad

by ArakSOT on Jul 22, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

yup

now you’ve all got it stuck in your heads too!! :)

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

56 x 148 =

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

8288

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks.

I’m gay now.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sigh.

There goes Sunday morning waffles.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

but what about the season tickets?

do you still get those?

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

waffles,

of the promise of them, may return my heterosexuality. But there’s gotta be bacon too.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

You want the bacon?

Sounds like you lost it again…

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Jul 22, 2008 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Saturday nights are the lead up

to Sunday morning waffles.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh,

and bacon!

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

bacon on a Saturday night?

I mean, I’m all for the rest, but bacon??? Hmmmm…..

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Morning after

bacon, haha!

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

'kay

I’m straight again. I’ll start packing.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

C'mon to my house

my house-a c’mon!

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

And thanks y'all

For participating in our faux AN courtship. Its been fun.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't

hold your collective breathes.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

ouch!

can you broadcast live via satellite? that’ll do.

by pam5981 on Jul 22, 2008 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't worry

I’m not going to Florida for any wedding.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Jul 22, 2008 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

No Wedding

will happen in Florida, or be broadcast. If one does happen, it’ll be held at the Net, or not at all.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

We owe you that

Pam, haha!

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sides,

I’m not the marrying kind, remember?

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

um

Florida wedding = ew

(don’t make me go into details—I promised the BG). A coliseum wedding might be nice, though…

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

The Bee Gees

are going to perform at the wedding?

AWESOME!!

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well,

not really….one of them’s dead, so that would be difficult to pull off…

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh You Can Tell By The Way . . .

I use my walk. Just for us, and Cust.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lonely days,

Lonely nights,
Where would I be without my Ziggy?

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hahaha!

Ok. You win!

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

See?

I’m easy.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Please,

Do some more.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Here,

I’ll get you started.

Ohhhh! How can you mend

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I see.

Not really good at this are we? Sorry.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'll have to break out...

Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot.

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Jul 22, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was my second choice of screen name

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Jul 22, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sophia Petrillo

One of the best sitcom characters ever.

Sophia: I could see the finish line, it was only two, three hundred yards away, and then it happened, what every runner dreads, I hit the wall.
Dorothy: Oh Ma, you ran out of steam.
Sophia: No, I actually hit a wall. They put up a new Wendy’s on Collin’s Avenue.

I want an A's-Rays ALCS.

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jul 22, 2008 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I get this feeling

that someone is going to be traded today
and I find myself clicking here or ESPN for a update

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

by closetasfan on Jul 22, 2008 11:58 AM PDT reply actions  

It won't be Estelle

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I'm totally on edge.

Maybe because the Dodgers theory sounds so plausible to my unedumacated brain. Or maybe because the game yesterday was so boring I’m just longing for some green and gold excitement.

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

well....

there is this guy.....

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

well we know he can throw

can he HIT!

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

by closetasfan on Jul 22, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

I know the feeling

I tuned into the game the other day and the first words I heard were Vince saying “Well, if you missed the news from earlier today….” and my blood ran cold. Not Mark, please, not Mark. Fortunately, the end of that sentence was only ”....Wes Bankston has been called up from Sacramento because Daric Barton is an idiot.” Or words to that effect.

by Englishmajor on Jul 22, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Prince Fielder is a vegetarian?

Did pork become a vegetable when I wasn’t looking?

"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico

by jeepers on Jul 22, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

QOTM for April...

...except it’s July.

"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 22, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Surprisingly, you CAN get fat on tofu

if you eat enough of it.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Jul 22, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Batman update!

Christian Bale says it’s lies, all lies. Wonder what kind of family drama would lead to allegations of assault.

by whiteshoes40 on Jul 22, 2008 1:07 PM PDT reply actions  

we know that family isn't Empire of the Son

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Jul 22, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why not?

In Huacho, Peru, a newly coronated queen and a lady in waiting greet the crowd at the Guinea pig food festival, where Her Majesty’s subjects are often served with a generous portion of Andean tubers.

Huacho lookin’ at?!

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

by Poppy on Jul 22, 2008 1:10 PM PDT reply actions  

those are ... Huacho Runs!

Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 22, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

You'd better Huacho language, missy!

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

by iglew on Jul 22, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

mmmm...they taste better with little outfits

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Jul 22, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know if it improves the taste,

but it does make it more festive for everyone!

Except, of course, the Guinea pigs. Them, not so much.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Shhh!!

These guinea pigs go on to live long, happy, healthy lives, in the care of wonderful owners.

Boy, I’m really psyched for Harden’s next start for our green and gold!

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

;- )

May your fielding glove be made with guinea pig leather of the paper thin variety.

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 22, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Personally I'd prefer some kind of polymer

You know..something that’ll last way longer than any of us, and end up eventually in a giant plastic continent in the Pacific ;-)

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Can we make a big silk continent in the Pacific?

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I guess -- they used to have a road made of it.

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 22, 2008 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Okay.

Next time someone posts a picture of some absolutely disgusting-looking, dripping-with-sauce BBQ sandwich thing, I’m going to flag it as inappropriate and ask for its deletion. Because, honestly, those things look a lot more offensive than the image that was deleted from here. And I’m not even a vegetarian.

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

by Poppy on Jul 22, 2008 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

?

what image was deleted?

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 22, 2008 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

OMIGAWD Poppy -- don't do THAT!

Or else do it, I sure don’t care.

/for the record, there was no flag.

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 22, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

I always miss the fun...

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes -- sniff!

It was in-sentient-ive (guinea pigs en fricassee, pre-tubers).

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 22, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

wow, it must've been pulled early

I swear I looked around 1:30 and it wasn’t there….oh wait, I mean, I waited until I got home from work, yeah, that’s when I checked, uh huh…..

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

What if I post a link to the photo gallery?

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Jul 22, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

I love to jay-walk! JNation my other favorite blog, I am ez-crosser there.

and in this town with the elderly tourists it is easy to set a bad example as they are not as quick and nimble …as I dart xross and look back at said couple wobbling behind me…CRASH!.

alaska A

by ak_A on Jul 22, 2008 1:25 PM PDT reply actions  

help me out here

Can someone remind me the name of the disgruntled A’s player from a few years back who made a bunch of public statements about how he was pissed at the organization for sending him back to Sacramento and promptly earned himself a ticket right outta Oakland?

I’m drawing a blank here

Bob Geren, on 8/2/07, on the success of Alan Embree as new interim closer: "What can I say,... he's been our Steady Tremendous Bullpen Man"

by popcornjames on Jul 22, 2008 1:46 PM PDT reply actions  

thank you!!!

Trust me, it’ll be a good “where are they now?” question at the end of the season, which could be as early as mid-August for me.

Bob Geren, on 8/2/07, on the success of Alan Embree as new interim closer: "What can I say,... he's been our Steady Tremendous Bullpen Man"

by popcornjames on Jul 22, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

"We're in a little rut," says Van Burkleo.

...and Nico immediately buys plane ticket to Tampa.

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 22, 2008 1:52 PM PDT reply actions  

Billy, please—sign this guy!!!

Oh, wait—I thought .491 was his SLG. My bad.

Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 22, 2008 2:03 PM PDT reply actions  

This can only mean that the Yanks are preparing to trade for Dan Johnson.

Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 22, 2008 2:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Or Kielty.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

One possible sutior for Street likely out..

DBacks just traded for Nationals Closer Jon Rauch.

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Jul 22, 2008 2:44 PM PDT reply actions  

But that's now

1 less closer available, so Street’s value could have just gone up.

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 22, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can only presume that by using “less,” instead of fewer, closers that you thereby signal your agreement with Beane’s philosophy that closers are fungible, and best thought of in the aggregate rather than individuated.

Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 22, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

You

just like saying fungible. Admit it.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

There's also one less team interested in acquiring a closer...

"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra

by brenarlo on Jul 22, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Precisely...

Not THAT many contenders are looking for a closer…and one just went away

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Jul 22, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Luckily

not THAT many closers are available.

by mikev on Jul 22, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

For Bonifacio, who hits like Petit except is 2B instead of a SS

The Nationals are really turning things around…...

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Jul 22, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Possible alternate locations should the whole Fremont thing not work out.

Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 22, 2008 2:49 PM PDT reply actions  

email?

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 22, 2008 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

A precious moment was lost

he misspelled “debate” as “debtate” in a comment…and it turns out Deb Tate is the commissioner of the FCC!

http://www.fcc.gov/commissioners/tate/

That cracked me up, for some reason…

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

by oblique on Jul 22, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm bummed I missed it

all I saw was the delightful title.

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

by batgirl on Jul 22, 2008 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

perhaps just a day off?

throw the new kid in there and give elly a day to refresh?

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Probably

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 22, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

sore shoulder

They said on the pregame that he was out with a sore shoulder after sliding back into second on the pickoff play in yesterday’s game. He was apparently fine during BP earlier.

by McMillinBr on Jul 22, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

And SC is saying

that the Yankees are looking at picking up Washburn, and how that’s a good upgrade for their rotation. OK.

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 22, 2008 3:40 PM PDT reply actions  

john sickels

cubs top 20 in review
relevant because:

3) Sean Gallagher, RHP, Grade B
Traded to Oakland in the Harden deal. Was holding his own in major league action. 4.25 ERA with 56/25 K/BB in 66 innings in the majors.

4) Eric Patterson, 2B-OF, Grade B
Traded to Oakland. Hitting .333/.371/.565 in Triple-A. Change of scenery could help him a lot.

6) Josh Donaldson, C, Grade B
Traded to Oakland. A very disappointing season, hitting .217/.276/.349 in the Midwest League. On fire since the trade, hitting .433/.485/.867 for Stockton.

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 22, 2008 7:20 PM PDT reply actions  

I am MUCH more productive when the A's win

Anyone want chocolate chip cookies?

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 8:55 PM PDT reply actions  

yes, please.

And I agree on levels of productivity.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

two kinds of chocolate in these cookies

white chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate. yummmmm…..

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

I only made a dozen.

I still have lots of cookie dough left for tomorrow’s baking adventures….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 22, 2008 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

We made need them

Depending.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

I just made blueberry and strawberry scones.

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Jul 22, 2008 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Damn!

You all can bake! Me, not so much.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

but.

I can.

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

And, I promise

I have other talents.

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 22, 2008 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Juggling?

I think we should throw (Barton) head first, into a pool with no water, screaming, "You like THAT? Huh, kid, do you like THAT?" Maybe that’s just the Marine in me, though. -Nico
For the record, I’ve never had a Marine in me. -Swooney's Left Foot

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 22, 2008 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

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