DLD 7.24.8 Even Losses Are Better Than Off Days
by ArakSOT on Jul 24, 2008 8:43 AM PDT
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For me, anyway. Maybe for the team a rare day off will be just what the doctor ordered, but for me, it sucks. What am I supposed to do, rent a movie?
Baseball Prospectus is free this week. If you're as cheap as I am, you might want to take advantage. Otherwise, you'd have to pay to read what Christina Kahrl has to say about our latest moppet, Brooks Conrad:
It's hard to say that makes him a backup shortstop, but having just sent down Gregorio Petit and electing to cut Murphy loose for not being the next Mark Ellis-style minor bit of pilferage from the Royals, they're definitely in Weaver territory as far as having their backup shortstop at a Triple-A affiliate TBNL.
Of course, one of my BP favorites, The Week in Quotes, is always free:
With Huston, he's got a lot of major league experience and he's only 24 years old, so a guy like Huston would definitely fit into what we're trying to re-create here down the road."
--A's general manager Billy Beane
At least when baseball returns, Ellie will too.
That's about as much baseball as I can muster links for. Here is a random link about a great ape escape:
In the end Ichiro was tempted down with a banana, and zoo staff were able to tranquilize him safely.
I just know there's a joke there, somewhere.
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Last night sometime around 2 am marked the crowning achievement of my life
which was to make my first wikipedia edit to the page “A(Disambiguation)” by adding an apostrophe to what had previously read ”’The As’, nickname for Oakland Athletics”.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jul 24, 2008 9:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
oops forgot link Sleeping on the job
by justarebelheart on Jul 24, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is nothing sacred?
Boston Globe columnist asks fans to retire the “Yankees Suck” chant
Think of the people you have seen or heard saying this over the years. My experience has been that most people who shout “Yankees suck” are either drunk, obnoxious, or stupid and very often a combination of all three.
Drunk, stupid, and obnoxious Red Sox fans? Gosh, what a shocker! The Boston Globe doesn’t have reader comments for this article. My guess is that 99% of them would have been variations of “Cullen Sucks”.
by Englishmajor on Jul 24, 2008 9:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Drunk, fat, and stupid.
That’s no way to go through life son.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jul 24, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
{vomits}
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does anybody know why
Gio Gonzalez only pitched one inning in his last start on Tuesday? It’s not like he got completely shelled. Is he hurt?
by Henduland in Texas on Jul 24, 2008 9:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Game was stopped due to rain and resumed the next day
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jul 24, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rain? What's that.
Don’t they know it’s summer, and it’s not supposed to rain in the summer.
by MobiusKlein on Jul 24, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
this would have been good
in a market with lefty relievers, embree doesnt seem to have much value
sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns…&page=rumblings
Phil ‘er up: With that Joe Blanton deal out of the way, the Phillies are all over the left-handed-reliever market. They’re in on most of the usual suspects (Fuentes, Marte, George Sherrill, Jack Taschner). But we’re hearing they could have expanded the Blanton trade to include Alan Embree if they’d have been willing to throw in Olympic-team shortstop Jason Donald, and turned that one down. Another option they’ve mulled is recalling J.A. Happ as a situational left-hander. Left-handed hitters went 1 for 12 off Happ in his two starts earlier this month.
by Asfan4ever723 on Jul 24, 2008 9:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Happ should convert to hitting
Then, when he’s at the plate, we could talk about his outcomes in terms of Happenstance.
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and if omitted from the lineup
they would be Happless!
Any similarity between my spelling and that deemed correct, is pureley accidental.
by Dalesman on Jul 24, 2008 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and when he runs into Crosby and breaks him ...
... it would be a Happy Accident.
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dangit
Well, can’t say Beane wasn’t asking for the right guys.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jul 24, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
zzzZZZzzzZZZzzzz
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 24, 2008 9:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad
by ArakSOT on Jul 24, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a nice sleeping day.
Cloudy, some rain. Turn on some music and the ceiling fan.
Now I thinking about taking the rest of the day off.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 24, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did that yesterday
post-loss syndrome
"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad
by ArakSOT on Jul 24, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last night I watched
John Tucker Must Die... at the recomendation of my 11yo cousin. That was, well… it killed 89 minutes.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 24, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
stay alert!
billy could be bored today too…start making calls to other GM’s…we could be on the verge without even knowing it…
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 24, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
If someone doesn’t get traded, I’m going to be pissed. I’m apologizing to Poppy in advance if it’s MaEl.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 24, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Better not be MaEl.
I think I’m in the minority ‘round here, because I’d rather Billy didn’t trade anybody else before the trading deadline. (Okay, well, I wouldn’t mind Embree or Foulke, but who really wants them?) I think trading Rich and Cupcakes was just too much for me to handle already, and if/when there are more trades… who knows, I might not make it. We’ll see…
by whiteshoes40 on Jul 24, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm buying a ticket to Missouri so I can slap your face
and tell you that your apology is meaningless.
After the deadline, when Mark remains untraded, we’ll agree to never speak of your treachery or my violent outburst.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 24, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
+1+1+1+1+1
"the A's need more quality preembreetive pitching" ~monkeyball
by OptimistPrime on Jul 24, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Asked Keith Law this today:
Adam (New Hartford): Who would you rather have? Trevor Cahill or Brett Anderson?
SportsNation Keith law: (1:43 PM ET ) Anderson … although Cahill’s sink is very tempting, Anderson has more weapons. I could easily answer the other way next week.
I love these chats. I get my questions answered a lot it seems.
"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com
by Syphon on Jul 24, 2008 10:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Tigers blogger comes close to cracking Elias’s free-agent ranking algorithm
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit"?
Yet another reason why AP needs to give in and adopt the serial comma.
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is why you have "family names".
You can name the kid John Michael whatever and just call them Sex Fruit around the house, at family reunions, etc.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Jul 24, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hear, hear!
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 24, 2008 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love that the picture that goes along with it is a random group of hula dancers...
yeah, because that’s going to make her feel better about her name….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 24, 2008 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Number 16 Bus Shelter?"
The child was named for where it was conceived?
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 24, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or where it was found.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 24, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had some friends who named their kids after where they were conceived....
Florence (Oregon, not Italy).....Catherine (something about St. Catherine’s and a retreat)...I’ll start to worry when they have a kid name “Back seat of Gigglingone’s Car”....
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 24, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Bed"
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Uterus"
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, OK
“Fallopian Tubes”
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Should be and is.
Plural ampullae.
by green star oakland on Jul 24, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't know where else to post this question...
... so I figured “what the hell, post it in the DLD.”
What does making a post green on AN mean, exactly? Like when someone posts something, then the next time you see it, it has a green splotch on it reminiscent of a “rotten” rating on rottentomatoes.com (noooooooot an advertisement, I swear).
And since this is, the DLD: yo
Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.
by Joey C. on Jul 24, 2008 11:56 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
if [n] users "Recommend" a post, it turns green
To Recommend, click the green “actions” link below an individual post, then click the green “Rec” link that pops up.
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It just means that it's been recommended by others (I think it needs at least three 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 24, 2008 11:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Should be a reply to Joey C.
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 24, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah
Thanks to both you and monkeyball. The overall look of the thing does not seem overly positive, so it’s good to know otherwise.
Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.
by Joey C. on Jul 24, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you should see what happens when a post gets multiple flags ...
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
screenshot it!
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jul 24, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay,
yesterday we mentioned Family Feud. Today we’re getting Feud ads.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 24, 2008 12:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
100 people surveyed, top 5 answers on the board, here is the question:
Why are we seeing Feud ads today?
Show me “yesterday’s DLD”!-NUMBER 1 ANSWER!!!
Jennifer and her family have control of the board…
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Jul 24, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Jessica Alba
I will be back in 24 hours.
You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.
by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 24, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jessica Alba
This thread is nothing without pictures.
You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.
by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 24, 2008 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Goodness.
That “Moneyball” thread is out of control… but that’s okay, I needed some entertainment.
by whiteshoes40 on Jul 24, 2008 12:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I haven't looked yet
And now I’m afraid…..360 comments?? Wow….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 24, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's great!
Complete with exclamation points!!! Lot’s of in fighting, hurt feelings, classic insults, and muted apologies. Much akin to one of my family reunions. We don’t meet often, and now require a police permit when we do so. Apparently we are also responsible for booking fee’s and overtime. Bastards. Trampling our civil rights….
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jul 24, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some people are just too thin-skinned.
oh, wait, that’s me….
damn.
Imagine waking up at 2 a,m. and thinking of Bobby on Greyhound somewhere in the Texas wastelands..."Does your little iddy biddy back hurt, Bobby?! Does it, you SOB?!" -Alox
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 24, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought you did alright!
Don’t quite understand the dispute. Both of you seem decent sorts, and hell, you’ve paid the ultimate price and all….banishment to Florida should satisfy anyones sense of justice.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jul 24, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just get sucked in sometimes
and I don’t mean to. It really does go against everything I believe in to actively try to one-up with people. He really is a decent guy. I think he may have a misconception or two about me, but…I just gotta not engage.
Imagine waking up at 2 a,m. and thinking of Bobby on Greyhound somewhere in the Texas wastelands..."Does your little iddy biddy back hurt, Bobby?! Does it, you SOB?!" -Alox
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 24, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I rather doubt he has misconceptions,
but his mind works on a different track. He likes reasoned debate and orderly thoughtful constructs. It’s probably his nature to tear things down to see how they operate and how they will serve/not serve his world view. He’s never personal, but he does insist on coherence. Not bad traits at all really. Nothing inherently wrong in assigning values of various sorts to different ideas and opinions. Some are going to prove unworthy, but that’s just a means to a goal.
Besides, he’s offered the olive branch. You should take it on his terms if you feel he insulted you on his terms.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jul 24, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it were means
to a goal, I’d be a lot more comfortable with it.
...but, you are probably right on. I am probably expecting too much empathy from people clearly upon other paths. And there’s nothing inherently wrong with other paths. I gotta lighten up on my lightening up.
Thanks, man—this helps.
Imagine waking up at 2 a,m. and thinking of Bobby on Greyhound somewhere in the Texas wastelands..."Does your little iddy biddy back hurt, Bobby?! Does it, you SOB?!" -Alox
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 24, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm forced to read a lot of crap looking for QOTM.
I’m hope you guys weren’t funny about a week ago. My Z button went out of control and turned an entire thread from yellow to white. I wasn’t going back.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 24, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
{adds "My Z button went out of control" to AN euphemism dictionary}
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want a copy of the AN euphemism dictionary.
It must be a beast by now
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 24, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, you're not forced... just appreciated... :)
(Feel free to restrict your reading to whatever game threads you’re in, since I’m rarely in any of them…)
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 24, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure I was held at gunpoint.
(I don’t want to stick you with all of the reading.)
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 24, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, don't worry, there's a lot that I have no intention of trying to read
(and not because I expect you to read it). If people feel like too much is being left out, they can type “QOTM” more—because I do search for & read those… LOL
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 24, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm disappointed nobody gave a QOTM to my 'inferiority complex' comment in regard to...
...settling for a superstar instead of a god.
I don’t want to QOTM myself. ;-)
Last of the Ninth - Photography Site / jamesvenes.com - Blog
by Flashfire on Jul 25, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On a similar topic
Does anyone else find themselves on a non-SB Nation blog and hitting the Z button when they are ready to scroll further down? I do this all the time.
by AsFanInLA on Jul 24, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
anyone else find themselves on a date ...
... and hitting the Z button when they are ready to scroll further down?
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes. but upon being rebuffed, yet again, I'm left to decipher the meaning of the ...
... Dead Z Scrolls.
Peach
by Ice Cream on Jul 24, 2008 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
isn't that what Giants fans call Zito's contract?
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there's a contract out on Zito?
Peach
by Ice Cream on Jul 24, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait til you see the "Trade Beane" thread.
It’s the “Moneyball” thread, just without the player discussion or any hint of actually being thought about before being written.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Jul 24, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was fun.
If we really do trade Beane, we better actually get Kevin Youkilis this time. Or, better yet, maybe we should find the Greek God of Home Runs to satsify AN’s desire for a hitter…
by whiteshoes40 on Jul 24, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm scared of most of the most recent diaries
and have yet to muster the courage to click one.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Jul 24, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a very fond farewell to Rod Smith
Sigh, he’s retiring today.
From undrafted practice squad player to the best receiver in Broncos’ history, not a bad story. Thanks for all the wonderful memories—you’ll always be one of my favorites!
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Jul 24, 2008 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
he totally made my fantasy team one year
early in his career. To Rod!
Imagine waking up at 2 a,m. and thinking of Bobby on Greyhound somewhere in the Texas wastelands..."Does your little iddy biddy back hurt, Bobby?! Does it, you SOB?!" -Alox
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 24, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sox willing to trade fields
The White Sox are willing to trade third baseman Josh Fields, currently at Triple-A Charlotte after hitting 23 home runs as a rookie last season, to the Athletics for Street.
AL Rumors and Rumblings: The Red Sox are rethinking their plan of staying quiet at the trading deadline. In addition to Marte, they’re interested in Rockies left-handed reliever Brian Fuentes, Royals lefty Ron Mahay, and Athletics closer Huston Street, who is also on the radar of the White Sox and Brewers. Like the Phillies, the Red Sox may make a big off-season pitch for Holliday if they decide not to exercise the 2009 club option on Manny Ramirez
http://www.baseballprospectus....?articleid=7845
my take, i’m not sold on fields he’ll be 26, not good defensively, repeating AAA. but he does have power which A’s need
my guess if poreda is in the deal + 3rd solid player like getz/egbert…this will get done. unless rays/boston outbids them
by Asfan4ever723 on Jul 24, 2008 12:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Try again with the url
Maybe the best thing is to use tinyurl.com to produce a manageable length one.
by nevermoor on Jul 24, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
best thing is to use the text-link tool and hotlink a piece of text
AN 3.0/SBN 2.0 doesn’t like URLs in plaintext.
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
but tinyurl always works b/c there are no special characters in the link.
I’ve had SBN 2 blow up the tool links from time to time (but far less often than plain text)
by nevermoor on Jul 24, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
true, but ...
... going through tinyurl is an extra step, and doesn’t preserve/present the actual URL in the text, so … claMAYto, claMAHto
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fair point
Us Firefox users get to play with javascript in bookmarks, so I have a button that does it all at once. I have no idea if IE allows this yet.
javascript:void(location.href=’http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=’+location.href)
by nevermoor on Jul 24, 2008 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
kewl!
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd much rather trade him to the Red Sox than the White
Ryan Kalish is like the #8 prospect in Boston’s system, but he’d easily be #1 in Chicago’s.
You just get better value when you trade with deep systems.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jul 24, 2008 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's the URL
"Do you know that the guy really doesn't like baseball all that much?" - J.P. Riccardi
by black beane on Jul 24, 2008 12:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I say do it, straight up.
But only because my friend played baseball in high school with Fields, and not with Street.
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 24, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fields
It looks like he’s hitting a little worse in AAA this year (age 25) than he did in the majors in 2007. Anyone know what the story is? “Buy low” opportunity, or buyer beware?
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Jul 24, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Once Naked For Nirvana, Now A Teen Spirit
“Quite a few people in the world have seen my penis,” he says from his home in Los Angeles. “So that’s kinda cool.”
“[He] calls us up and was like, ‘Hey Rick, wanna make 200 bucks and throw your kid in the drink?,’” Rick recounts. “I was like, ‘What’s up?’ And he’s like, ‘Well, I’m shooting kids all this week, why don’t you meet me at the Rose Bowl, throw your kid in the drink?’ And we just had a big party at the pool, and no one had any idea what was going on!”
“My friend is all like, ‘Hey I saw you today.’ And I’m like, ‘Dude, I was working all day.’ And he’s like, ‘No, I went to Geffen Records, and you’re on the floor and you’re floating and I stepped on your face. ‘Cause I guess they have like a floating thing where people can like walk on me and stuff … so it’s kinda cool,” he says.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 24, 2008 1:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
off-day "rent a movie" thread hijack
What are the next 5 movies in your Netflix queue?
Mine:
- Pickup on South Street
- Out of the Past
- Lessons of Darkness
- Dillinger
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 1:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I've got Rescue Me, season 4...
and then a bunch of movies that I’ve probably already seen on cable, because I had Netflixes sitting around and not being returned… for a couple of months…
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 24, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
filthy, stupid Netflixes?
Who needs competence as long as everyone smiles? @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 24, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My random selection of movies....
Mine:
- Ballykissangel: Series 6, Disc 1
- The Bank Job
- In Bruges
- Under the Same Moon
- Casablanca
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 24, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pickup on South Street
good movie, i really like the criterion collection box cover and dvd menu.
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 25, 2008 3:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Today is the 25th Anniversary of the Pine Tar Game
My favorite part is where the umpires present an affidavit from the original umpiring crew that both Brett and UL Washington touched all the bases.
"There's m'fn sprinklers on the m'fn infield!'" - Ice Cream (AN), 6/13/08
by doctorK on Jul 24, 2008 2:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Brett was out
This part
Martin and Nettles had relied on the umpires’ ignorance; they were foiled by the league office’s research.
just isn’t accurate.
In fact, the league office overturned the ruling based on “the spirit of the rules,” not their letter. The New York Times has a better article about the incident today, and there is a (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) discussion of all the relevant rules here (pp. 12 ff).
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Jul 24, 2008 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently the rule was only put in place b/c some owner was cheap
And Pine Tar costs money. Definitely the right decision to allow the HR.
by nevermoor on Jul 24, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Charley O?
"There's m'fn sprinklers on the m'fn infield!'" - Ice Cream (AN), 6/13/08
by doctorK on Jul 24, 2008 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dunno
I heard it on ESPN but haven’t seen it in any of the articles
by nevermoor on Jul 24, 2008 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's way before Charlie O., no?
Imagine waking up at 2 a,m. and thinking of Bobby on Greyhound somewhere in the Texas wastelands..."Does your little iddy biddy back hurt, Bobby?! Does it, you SOB?!" -Alox
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 24, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I'd know if it was Charley O, but I couldn't find a link to who it was.
by nevermoor on Jul 24, 2008 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know,
the more I read about Charlie, the more I think he was certifiable.
Imagine waking up at 2 a,m. and thinking of Bobby on Greyhound somewhere in the Texas wastelands..."Does your little iddy biddy back hurt, Bobby?! Does it, you SOB?!" -Alox
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 24, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sacto moves
Donnie Murphy cleared waivers and is playing 3B for the ‘Cats. Daric Barton is at 1B on his rehab assignment. Eric Patterson who I think had been playing exclusively at 2B is in CF.
P José García (only one day after being promoted) and IF Jesús Guzman (who hasn’t played in 2+ weeks) both went on the DL.
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Jul 24, 2008 6:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I kind of get the feeling recently that if the A's trade Ellis and/or Crosby
that the ones who will get the call to replace them will be Pennington (SS) and Patterson (2B).
facepalm.jpg
by Zonis on Jul 24, 2008 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is no room for a .348 hitter
Yeah, I know, tiny sample size. But that’s only because Geren never played him during his second stint, preferring Murphy and Hannahan.
You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.
by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 24, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uni Watch
amusing column following apparel in sports. This week features the baseball helmet with protective additions. Dave Parker is the focus of the story
other A’s notables: Terry Steinbach, T Long, (also Kevin Seitzer and David Justice)
by oakinboston on Jul 25, 2008 5:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is this a sign?
One of my coworkers just mentioned the phrase “Sunshine Biscuit” to me in conversation.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 6:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Will you now
KILL THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA?
Imagine waking up at 2 a,m. and thinking of Bobby on Greyhound somewhere in the Texas wastelands..."Does your little iddy biddy back hurt, Bobby?! Does it, you SOB?!" -Alox
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 25, 2008 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know what you mean...
but this is what I’m talking about:
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/3/24/332410/3-24-08-dld-the-waiting-ga#3062574
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/3/25/332580/open-thread-game-1-a-s-vs#3066606
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/3/26/350791/open-thread-game-2-a-s-vs#3697449
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/3/25/332586/open-thread-game-1-a-s-vs#3066854
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/3/27/363238/dld-3-27-08-links-and-pict#3909392
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/4/9/391286/open-thread-game-9-a-s-at#4456184
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You haven't seen Zoolander?
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
this obviously belongs in the DLD
I once asked a prominent relief pitcher to describe the most idiotic thing he had witnessed in the big leagues. "That’s easy," he said, and launched into the story of a former teammate—an All-Star outfielder—who refused to use toilet paper. A clubhouse attendant supplied the player with a daily ration of hand towels, which, when soiled, would be flushed.One afternoon the reliever came in from batting practice to find the locker room awash in frantic maintenance workers. When he asked a plumber what all the fuss was about, he was told that a washcloth-clogged toilet had overflowed and was threatening to submerge the bathroom stalls. "Of all the dumb stuff I’ve seen that particular outfielder do," the stopper told me, "that was the dumbest."
That particular outfielder was, of course, Manny Ramirez.
link
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on Jul 25, 2008 11:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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