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Susan Slusser has a recap on all the prospects acquired in the six deals we've made since the end of last season.

And Slusser's Notebook brings up some interesting things.

The team signed three 16-year-old prospects in Venezuela after the July 1 international deadline: outfielder Jose Sayegh, right-hander Elihoref Suniaga and left-hander Junior Gonzalez.

And for Rootbeer Float Day;

Wednesday is Mug Root Beer Float Day at the Coliseum, featuring $2 floats served by celebrity scoopers, including players Rajai Davis, Lenny DiNardo, Dana Eveland, Carlos Gonzalez, Huston Street and Ryan Sweeney. In addition, mugs with unlimited refills will be $15 and a limited supply of mugs autographed by Ellis will be $25. Over the past five years the event has raised more than $215,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

And there is also an interview with A's top prospect Trevor Cahill up at Project Prospect.

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-Fight! Fight! – 17 Ejected, 1 Fan Injured in Ohio Minor League Baseball Brawl. Video in both links. More vid.

-Sad story – Escaped ‘spam king’ kills himself and his family

A 7-month-old boy strapped in the vehicle’s baby seat was found unharmed, while a 14-year-old girl believed to be Davidson’s oldest daughter fled to a neighbouring house after a bullet grazed her neck.

Never take kids down with you if you’re going on a murder/suicide mission.

-Something for Harden to strive for – Cubs closer Kerry Wood placed on DL with blister

The Cubs placed closer Kerry Wood on the disabled list Thursday for the 12th time in his 10-year career because of a blister on his pitching hand.

(Emphasis mine)
Rich might not even make it 10 years.

-Buck O’Neil becomes an immortal – He’s still not in the HOF, though. Asshats.

On Friday at noon, the Hall awarded the first Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award to O’Neil with the unveiling of the statue next to where patrons buy tickets, as high-traffic an area as there is next to the gallery of plaques.
Buck likewise admired the Hall and its willingness to honor players from the Negro Leagues, many posthumously. Every year he traveled to Cooperstown for the induction ceremonies, though none more famously than in 2006.


Earlier that year, the Hall allowed a dozen experts on the Negro Leagues to vote in a special election that would honor previously snubbed players, owners and executives. The intent, as much as anything, was to get Buck into the Hall.


The group chose 17 people. Buck wasn’t one of them.

-Peanut-free zone at Safeco – Can we get a section where they ban alcohol? There is nothing worse than a drunk making an ass of himself, ruining MY time.

-Rob at 6-4-2 scares me to death with a link – Even if the Angels played .500 ball from here on out, they would still be a 92-win team.

-A late link from xbhaskarx in yesterday’s DLD -

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

Finally, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to BobbyCrosbysGirl and Mr. Poppy!

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

by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 11:15 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

guesses on Lidz' source?
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 ...

OK, so:
- It’s a “prominent relief pitcher,” which by definition (in mainstream sportswriter-speak) has to be a closer for a successful team (or a former closer who moved to a successful team)
- “I once asked” - implies this is a while ago
Manny was a “former” teammate—which means the Prominent Reliever left the Sox after Manny’s arrival, or was Jose Mesa

My money’s on Rod Beck. Small chance it could be Foulke, Gagne, or Timlin, but I doubt it.

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

by monkeyball on Jul 25, 2008 12:33 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Because he's insane?

That’s my vote.

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 12:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hey, man, it's just

insane being insane…

...i mean Manny being Manny…

"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 25, 2008 2:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Alan Embree!

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Jul 25, 2008 12:57 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

God, that stuff about those poor kids...

... I know it isn’t an intelligent way for a 24-year-old to live his life, but real-world news just depresses the shit out of me.

Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.

by Joey C. on Jul 25, 2008 1:53 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah

I thought about that too, particularly the 14 year-old that survived. She ran away when Dad started shooting. She lived and her 3 year-old sister died—the survivor’s guilt will be immense, not to mention the PTDS, trauma and severe trust and men issues. I think I feel the worst for her.

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 1:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Man

I hate stuff sometimes.

Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.

by Joey C. on Jul 25, 2008 3:37 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sometimes the seeming randomness

to life’s events can be maddening. Finding reason in anything is precarious, at all times. Most times, when these sorts of things happen, these traumatic life-events, it seems completely devoid of reason.

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 3:42 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was a lot more poetic than anything I had to say

And I agree with you.

Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.

by Joey C. on Jul 25, 2008 3:52 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sadly, there are "reasons" when this stuff happens.

There just really screwed up reasons in the minds of the unhinged.

"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 25, 2008 4:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks!!

And take a wild guess how I am celebrating….

"He's day-to-day," Geren said. "But aren't we all?" - 5/29/08

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Jul 25, 2008 2:24 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Elihoref Suniaga

Say that five times fast.

RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.

by walk off bunt on Jul 25, 2008 11:17 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Beane's gonna end up trading him to the Angels, where he'll get a bobblehead

A Haloes Figurine

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

by monkeyball on Jul 25, 2008 12:18 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice proof-reading of that letter

In the author’s third mention of Beane, she omitted the last pesky “e” in his name.

I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.

by franks a lot on Jul 25, 2008 11:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

details, datails...

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 11:55 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

actuaries?

WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE … ON A PREDICTABLE AND MONETIZABLE TIMETABLE!!!

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

by monkeyball on Jul 25, 2008 12:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’m going to die on May 8, 2056.

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 12:22 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

By changing "pessimistic"

To “optimistic” I managed to go from dying at 50 in 2037 to dying at 99 in 2086.

RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.

by walk off bunt on Jul 25, 2008 12:53 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

drinking Kool-Aid correlates with increased survival rate

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

by monkeyball on Jul 25, 2008 1:03 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OH YEAH!!

The 2009 A's draft pick... getting higher every game.

by rebus on Jul 25, 2008 1:23 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

QOTM, tag-team division

"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 25, 2008 2:08 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Your death clock sucks

This Dethklok will kill you

Sign your pain waivers

Green Hulk Fists

by oaklandSMASH on Jul 27, 2008 11:53 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No match for my mAN, Brock,

and his mullet of doom!

Car-Nico the Magnificent: "A combination of very young hitters, very poor hitters, and a unicorn."
Ed McWaddellCanseco (opens envelope, reads): "If Cust is a "horrible hitter", what does that make Suzuki, Barton, Ellis, Crosby, Hannahan, Sweeney and Gonzalez?"

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 28, 2008 12:25 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I always wonder exactly what they mean

in promos for Root Beer Float Day, when they say, “You can get an autograph if you tip extra.” Does that mean tucking a few dollars into Lenny’s speedo?

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 11:44 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It means you have to lean *real* far to one side when you hand them your money.

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

by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 11:49 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

:(

A little too close to home.

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

by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 11:55 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DAMN.

What about an ass?

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 11:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yes, please.

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 11:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if you insist

tenically a mule, but c’mon

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

by 5Aces on Jul 25, 2008 1:30 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

who's that ass on the donkey?

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 1:43 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's Oakland, baby!

Both are good, but first prize goes to the booty.

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

by iglew on Jul 25, 2008 3:12 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LA face and Oakland booty

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 3:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Got it goin' like a turbo 'vette!

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

by iglew on Jul 25, 2008 3:19 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

but Fonda ain't got a motor

in the back her Honda.

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 3:28 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wonder what they'll do for and *extra* *extra* tip.

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

by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 11:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm thinking Travis Buck and pizza.

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 11:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wait.

If I give someone an extra $50, they’ll do Travis Buck AND a pizza? I’ll head to the bank right now.

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

by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 11:59 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you really want to see someone "do" a pizza?

seems a bit messy to me.

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

by 5Aces on Jul 25, 2008 1:17 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

American Pizza Pie?

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 1:23 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And if you were going to have sex with a pizza,

which pizza would you think would be the best?

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 1:37 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OC - I would need a thick crust

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 1:41 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

does a calzone count as a pizza?

"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 25, 2008 2:09 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Depends what you plan to do with it.

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 2:14 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A reservoir tip?

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 11:59 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You. Leave.

Get out.

You are in banned for the afternoon.

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

by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 12:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

For the bigger name players (assuming we still have some by the 30th),

they sometimes ask for $20 if you want an autograph. At the tables of the less fortunate, they might just ask for any kind of extra tip in exchange for an autograph… as long as you put money in, you’re good. But in some cases - not that I’ve done this - you can just throw a couple bucks in the jar when they’re not looking and then say you’ve put in the suggested donation (key word: suggested)...

The older ads used to say you could bid on a chance to scoop floats with Street, Eveland, or Blanton (don’t remember all the players). Somehow I think it’d be awfully hard to get Cupcakes out here from Philly just for some root beer floats… well, okay, Joe probably wouldn’t object, but his team might.

by whiteshoes40 on Jul 25, 2008 12:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So...

No speedo?

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 12:23 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well,

I didn’t go last year, so who knows what changes have been implemented by now…

by whiteshoes40 on Jul 25, 2008 12:32 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I tried that silly button Blez linked to to make this a FanShot

But Nico gets some lovin from a non-goat.

Let me be the first to say that a vote for non-Rickey in that poll makes you insane.

by nevermoor on Jul 25, 2008 11:58 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think an argument could be made for Eck.

Not a strong argument, mind you, but I could see it…

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 12:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Stop making me sad, Brett.

Just let it go.

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 12:03 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm not clicking that.

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

by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 12:05 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There's a STRONG buzz

down here that the Bucs are going to sign him/trade for him/whatever. And it does make a lot of sense if he’s coming back. It’s close to Mississippi. He worked in the West Coast O his whole career, virtually the same one that Gruden runs, Tampa’s in a different division than GB. i’m not entirely convinced that Favre’s an upgrade from Garcia, but…everyone’s talking about it.

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 12:08 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I am so sick of this nonsense dominating the airwaves

I wish the Packers would just do something already so I can stop hearing the name Favre every 5 seconds when I turn on ESPN to check scores.

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

by batgirl on Jul 25, 2008 12:11 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

your fault for turning on ESPN

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 12:12 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

did anyone else get really excited

when they read this headline today in the Chronicle sports section and thought contract extension?

Now that Ellis is the Man, how will he handle it?

aw, drat, wrong Ellis.

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

by batgirl on Jul 25, 2008 12:16 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Monta better not grow up to suck,

since we’ve already named a cat after him.

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 12:24 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They're having another all star game tonight?

Oh wait…it’s just the sox/yanks regular season game.

On the bright side, Duke is still an A for at least part of one more day.

"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 25, 2008 12:17 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You may find this hard to believe,

(please sit down),

but the Yankees and Red Sox are on all three days this weekend! Can you believe it?!

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 12:32 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Really?

Which one will Duke be pitching for?

"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 25, 2008 12:34 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whichever one gives us the most cheddah.

Since “cheddah” is the designated factor here, my money’s on Boston.

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 12:38 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This story was annoyingly hard to find online,

considering it’s on the front page of today’s CC Times: Lafayette boy plays ball despite tumor. His name’s Hudson but his friends call him Huddy (sign him, Billy!).

When Hudson learned in June that he’d made the All-Star team, he turned to his father and said, “Nothing can make me sad now, Daddy.”

Awww.

by whiteshoes40 on Jul 25, 2008 12:38 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

For other people like me, who might be afraid to click that link...
...the worst appears to be over and his prognosis for survival is excellent.

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 12:42 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thank you.

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

by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 12:45 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I still don't care about the ASG

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

by monkeyball on Jul 25, 2008 12:44 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

But you must!

It’s important. They’ve add levity to it. For your enjoyment.

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 12:45 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gilroy Garlic Festival starts today.

I’ve never gone to that…

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 12:40 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if i were closer, i would go

and am sure I can get a clove necklace to wear to work to ward off our so called clerical support.

alaska A

by ak_A on Jul 25, 2008 1:03 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Stay off 101 this weekend

unless you like traffic jams

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

by doctorK on Jul 25, 2008 1:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Poppy is married to Santiago?

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

by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 12:46 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, you know... green card...

Anything I can do to help the team.

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 4:53 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And you too

Jairo Garcia.

"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 25, 2008 12:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think it would be funny

if Santiago occasionally went out on the town and donned his alter-ego.

“No, mi nombre es Jairo, no Satiago!”

He could have like an entirely different wardrobe…

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 12:51 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why change what is clearly working?

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 12:59 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmmm.

Good pint. He’s a smooth pimp daddy of love.

(and Chubby here’s my black manservant)

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 1:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We have been bamboozled by ABC

Ugly Betty is actually pretty cute.

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 1:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Isn't that a real disservice to truly ugly people?

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 1:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

She reminds me of a

Kristie somewhere in the past. An actress. Can’t remember her last name. She had a minor part in a sitcom.

All Betty’s should be so ugly.

"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 25, 2008 1:16 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kristy McNichol?

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 1:22 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's her!

I had an adolescent crush on her.

Wonder what ever became of her. I don’t know if I really want to know. Not at all like seeing an ex girlfriend who did you dirty 20 some years ago who’s put on 150 pounds. That I experience I rather liked. Even sent an anonymous box of chocolate a few years later.

"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 25, 2008 1:26 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

haven't wiki'd yet

but I am pretty sure she has a “true hollywood story” type life…

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

by 5Aces on Jul 25, 2008 1:30 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hope so.

Would seem such a waste of an adolescent dream if she didn’t.

"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 25, 2008 2:35 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I actually liked her friend

um, her:

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 2:55 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re-Awakening

adolescent fantasies. She was such a wholesome girl back then. Where’s Valerie Bertanelli when you need her.

"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 25, 2008 3:05 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

At a buffet?

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 3:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not unless it's

sponsored by Jenny Craig.

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 3:27 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL!!

Please do not post an image. I like my memories the way they are!

"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 25, 2008 4:22 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Barton goes 0-4...

in his AAA debut “rehab” assignment. At least he is consistent. Let’s hope he can find himself…and soon!

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_07_24_srcaaa_albaaa_1

23.2 and counting...

by ZigFan31 on Jul 25, 2008 12:56 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A better picture...

If we go to Dog Day, do we get to meet Mark and Brutus? I would bring my dog, but I’m pretty sure she would be traumatized by all the people and dogs and noise. She freaks out when I open a Snapple bottle and the lid makes that popping sound… so a baseball game is probably out of the question.

by whiteshoes40 on Jul 25, 2008 1:34 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Black pugs

Totally where it’s at.

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 25, 2008 1:46 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was a good drum break.

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 1:59 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What about those who swing both ways, AC/DC's?

"All your baserunners are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt

by Philip Christy on Jul 25, 2008 3:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

get crazy with the cheese whiz.

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 3:18 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They are on a Highway to Hell

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 3:20 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was just talking about this with my brother,

does anyone here remember when AC/DC was considered “dangerous” music? When I was young, I guess before Bon Scott died, they were seriously bad, and if you listened to them, you were bad. Kind of strange how unrelated that seems to where they are today…

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 3:26 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah. My mom did not want me listening to them.

Or watching Three’s Company. Seems to tame now.

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 3:29 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's right!

Three’s Company was sooo bad. I watched it too. I’m trying to figure out what it was that was so bad about Three’s Company. They didn’t have promiscuous sex at all, they did no drugs, no swinging, no drinking to really speak of…they were in LA in the late 70’s…how is that even possible?

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 3:39 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

San Diego actually

I think it was the combination of someone pretending to be gay and two women and one guy living together. Oh yeah, and the fact that my mom is crazy.

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 3:41 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Your mom was on the show?

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 3:44 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You prefer a magic trick, instead? Watch me make this pencil disappear.

by Swooney's Left Foot on Jul 25, 2008 3:45 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh. My. God.

Swoony Roeper!

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 3:57 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oh man

“evil” music from childhood-

Motley Crew
KISS
and 1 I remember in particular- Def Leppard. A kid in school had a pyromania concert shirt and I remember kids talking about how tough he must be.

I look back now and am astounded at how mild allof it was…

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

by 5Aces on Jul 25, 2008 9:16 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You are forcing me to break out dog photos.

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

by Jennifer on Jul 25, 2008 2:10 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

I want a dog I want a dog I want a dog I want a dog i want a dog.

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 2:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We just got one

And she’s really freaking cute. There are a ton of great ways to get a dog, this is what we did.

by nevermoor on Jul 25, 2008 2:20 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

All the guide dogs here

are busy either treeing squirrels or sniffing out the cocoa leaf.

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 2:25 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Breeding stock custodians?

Could they have made that name more clinical? I’ve raised two puppies for CCI and they at least call theirs “breeder caretakers” which is a bit more touchy-feely. When will she have her first litter? I love going to the CCI puppy socializations—man are they cute. Like, Jennifer’s Ellie cute.

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

by batgirl on Jul 26, 2008 7:15 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They're expecting it'll be around Xmas

She had two heats before we got her, and they’re predicting October for the next one.

I think the reason it’s so clinical is they want to be very clear that they own the dog for as long as they want to breed it.

by nevermoor on Jul 26, 2008 8:18 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll save you the trouble.

You can have my stupid dog. I’ll even ship it. I promise it’ll be alive when I mail it.

"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 25, 2008 2:22 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How stupid and what kind and

and and and and

how’s come you don’t love and bathe and feed her and….huh, George, huh?

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 2:24 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Some kind of retarded

Terrier mix. Digs like a gopher wishes it could. Barks incessantly. Doesn’t respond to it’s name. Chews electrical cords with abandon.

Is clever enough to attach itself to my six year old son. I think it knows that this is what is prolonging its existence.

"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 25, 2008 2:29 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know,

I don’t know you, but I like you.

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 2:35 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, well, you know what "they" say:

A __ dog is a good dog. (hint—not “dead” or any variation on the theme)

There are no bad dogs, just ___ __s.

Calling this guy :

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 25, 2008 3:56 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, that is such an invite for mischief

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 3:57 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That guy is amazing.

But the dogs he works with aren’t imbeciles. This one….

"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 25, 2008 4:25 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I almost forgot.

I knew you would weigh in here on this subject sooner or later! I had dogs when I was a kid, but I lived in a very rural area. And they were actual dogs, not tiny little imitations. I fed them, gave them shots, etc. They did useful things around the place like bark and attack intruders. They ran off other dogs looking for mischief. On occasion, one would take off for a few days every now and then. I figured they had important business and would come back when they felt like it. Most of the times they did.

I don’t get this whole pampered modern dog thing though. Amazingly to me, my own father now has little bitty creepy lap dogs that think they’re dangerous to creatures larger than a hamster. He averts his gaze when I look at him with disgust.

"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 25, 2008 4:36 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've never had terriers or other little dogs, so I wouldn't presume anything.

But I just got this BC (very) mix(ed) in this week, and she was TOTally unmanageable for a day until I took her to the dogpark and let 3 months of enforced idleness get out of her system. It took hours that first day, but if she gets 30-40 minutes of pinballing around the park (and, as it has turned out, occasionally over the fence into the small dog area (Consternation! Great big owners scurrying after little bitty rodent-looking dogs to save them from having fun with her), she comes home and sleeps, then pays attention. Just like I knew what I was doing…

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 25, 2008 4:49 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Perhaps I've misled you.

The stupid dog gets exercise and affection. I have three adult age daughters that take it for walks, along with my son. That was part of the deal for even suggesting that I let it stay. They interact with it and all the other stuff you’re suppose to do with the dog.

It’s just so damn stupid that it boggles the mind. The damn thing actually tripped a breaker gnawing on the cord to an appliance. I’m sure the silly little bastard was electrocuted, but you’d never know by its on going relish for power cords. The dirty little bastard could literally dig a hole big enough for drug smuggling if I lived in San Diego within a day or two. I have seen dirt fly 10 feet in the air and over a fence…in a steady stream! It has strange relationships with blankets, and I mean that in a purely sexual way. The dog is absolutely stupid.

"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 25, 2008 5:04 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmmm. Maybe it needs a friend (and I mean that in the unNico-est of ways)

I have just the girl…

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 25, 2008 5:14 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This may be one of the better dog

stories I’ve heard. I can just picture it, totally electrocuting itself, and then wandering off to slobber on something…

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 5:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what kind? And do they enjoy the beach?

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 2:36 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rott/Sheperd mix

55-60 lbs each. I’m sure they’d love the beach. They’ve become outside only doggies unless we’re at home.

by mikev on Jul 25, 2008 2:57 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd like a purple dog.

...I wonder if A-Rod has a purple dog…

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 3:14 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Genghis and Puppy-Anne (middle one is at dogday)

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 25, 2008 4:03 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You've got pictures of youe doggies

at the game…that’s so cool…

1. I want a dog.
2. I want to come back home.
3. I want to go to the game.

I’m a sad panda.

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 4:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I kan steelz hottdog?

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 25, 2008 4:12 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh. My. God.

I’d give it my Saag’s. And that s saying something. From me.

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 4:24 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, well, you wouldn't have to deal with the outcome.

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

by The Dogfather on Jul 25, 2008 4:35 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Very true.

Doggie diarhea does not sound like fun.

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 5:20 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

batgirl got to meet *Sarah* and Brutus a couple of years ago,

along with Mrs. Hurt (whose own name I can’t remember) and Doggie Hurt and, I think, Little Hurts.

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

by Poppy on Jul 25, 2008 4:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

jeez you have an excellent memory!

Brutus was adorable! He had bedazzled little tank top jersey that said “Brutus 14” on the back-which Sarah confirmed that she did herself. She’s crafty! Mrs. Hurt brought their bulldog, Barbie, who is not going to win any canine good citizen awards any time soon. Before you head inside there is a little staging area where you show your rabies vaccination certificate and while we were waiting in line this enormous bulldog comes barrelling down the ramp near the BART walkway barking and dragging a tall blonde woman behind it. I’m thinking “who is this insane woman who thought it would be a good idea to bring that dog to a game?!” When we got inside, our seats were aside hers, and that was when I figured out it was Mrs. Hurt. (She had a bedazzled #35 on her back jeans pocket-what is it with players wives and bedazzling?) Mrs. Saarloos was also with them and their dog was a really cute lab mix.

Dog day was really fun. My lab, Naomi, loved it—for her it was just one big buffet with peanuts and nachos and hotdogs everwhere she looked. For those of you without dogs, however, I’d avoid the East Side Club for a good month afterwards. The public urination all over the side of that concourse could only be rivaled by that of a Raider game, I would imagine.

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

by batgirl on Jul 26, 2008 7:11 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, I have a bizarre velcro memory for tiny random bits of things,

but not much for big important things. I remembered you relating a story about all the bedazzling… LOL

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

by Poppy on Jul 26, 2008 7:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Will FDLS catch Meyer syndrome?

and suck when he comes back next season from this ligament surgery? At least we have more pitching depth with anderson and cahill and gio if FDLS never works out.

Cust is the new Jaha.

by johnjahafanclub on Jul 25, 2008 2:34 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nope.

He’ll come back strong as ever and dominate.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Jul 25, 2008 2:37 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Actually, with the bionic implants we snuck in...

He’ll be even better than ever (as soon as he terminates John Connor, until then he’ll be a bit preoccupied).

by nevermoor on Jul 25, 2008 2:38 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Meyer didn't have Tommy John, I don't think.

He had shoulder reconstruction surgery, and that was after trying to rehab it for ever.

facepalm.jpg

by Zonis on Jul 25, 2008 2:48 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And reconstructive surgery

tends to be pretty iffy on returning to form. Generally something like that is a last ditch effort.

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by DMOAS on Jul 25, 2008 3:09 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

which don't bode well for Chavvy ...

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

by monkeyball on Jul 25, 2008 3:39 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What was the origin/original injury?

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 3:43 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Chavy?

Forearm Tendinitis

facepalm.jpg

by Zonis on Jul 25, 2008 4:28 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, that?

I remember that. This all stems from that?

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 5:19 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ba'al only knows

Chavvy had “cleaning-up” surgery on both shoulders this offseason in addition to his microkotsayectomy (and IIRC he’s had throwing-shoulder problems since high school), and recent reports have implied that his throwing shoulder may need something more drastic.

I don’t think the forearm tendinitis is related, though it could be. (I have baseless speculation as to what it was related to …)

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

by monkeyball on Jul 25, 2008 5:38 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd like to hear your baseless theories.

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 8:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

{cough}

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

by monkeyball on Jul 26, 2008 8:22 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oh.

That would explain a lot and make a lot of sense, wouldn’t it? He seems to have had a couple friends who are as close to documented as you can be playing the infield with him there.

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 26, 2008 12:26 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's not likely to be good next year

He’ll probably miss most of the season and have to spend the rest just getting back to where he was before.

His career isn’t dead, but his margin for error is a lot thinner than it used to be.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Jul 25, 2008 4:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Erik Bedard had TJS when he was in A or AA

Just one of example of where a guy can come back (sort of)

by GusanoQuemador on Jul 25, 2008 4:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

some do, some don't....

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Jul 25, 2008 4:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and some ya just can't tell...

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

by andeux on Jul 25, 2008 4:34 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nady traded

Not sure to who. Probably not here.

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 25, 2008 5:25 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yankees Get Nady & Marte

For Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, and two other minor leaguers (perhaps Phil Coke and George Kontos). This according to SI.com’s Jon Heyman & rotoworld. Seems like a pretty weak return for those two if you ask me.

by webgem101 on Jul 25, 2008 5:25 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pirates made a bad deal?

No way!

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 25, 2008 5:27 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, to be fair

I don’t know anything about the players they got back, but the other two players were Phil Coke and George Kontos.

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 25, 2008 5:35 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That looks like a decent haul for those two

Tabata’s a top prospect, and those pitchers all seem decent enough. Definitely beats the two draft picks, at least.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Jul 25, 2008 5:37 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gio Gonzalez

Does anybody know why Gio Gonzalez only pitched one inning on July 23rd?

the problem is not "too many left handed hitters" but "too many suck handed hitters"-Zonis

by ohad on Jul 27, 2008 9:11 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Game rained out.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson

by nevermoor on Jul 27, 2008 9:19 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks

the problem is not "too many left handed hitters" but "too many suck handed hitters"-Zonis

by ohad on Jul 27, 2008 9:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

question

the a’s site says that the gates open 1 1/2 hours before the game on a weekday. i have a feeling that there’s an amount of truthiness in that, and would like to know if the coliseum gates really open that late. thanks.

"The hard... is what makes it great."

by Jjjsixsix on Jul 27, 2008 10:37 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That is accurate

Gates to ballpark itself always open at the scheduled time—meaning among other things that one can never watch the A’s take BP. The stadium gates never open early anymore.

The gates to the parking lot, however, always open earlier than the promised 2.5 hours before game time.

Those were the reasons and that was New York, we were running for the money and the flesh.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 27, 2008 10:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I suspect that 2 hours prior to game time is when ...

... the players are all forcefed sauerkraut by Larry Davis with a wooden spoon.

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

by monkeyball on Jul 27, 2008 11:46 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's where the kraut went?!

Bastard!

Car-Nico the Magnificent: "A combination of very young hitters, very poor hitters, and a unicorn."
Ed McWaddellCanseco (opens envelope, reads): "If Cust is a "horrible hitter", what does that make Suzuki, Barton, Ellis, Crosby, Hannahan, Sweeney and Gonzalez?"

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 27, 2008 7:30 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I want Garlic Fries

and chicken strips.

Car-Nico the Magnificent: "A combination of very young hitters, very poor hitters, and a unicorn."
Ed McWaddellCanseco (opens envelope, reads): "If Cust is a "horrible hitter", what does that make Suzuki, Barton, Ellis, Crosby, Hannahan, Sweeney and Gonzalez?"

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