DLD (7/9/08): The Day After
by athleticsBB4life on Jul 9, 2008 8:24 AM PDT
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Scouts were split on Gallagher's potential. One called him a third or fourth starter at best, a wash with Gaudin in every respect except service time. Another said he thinks Gallagher can be a successful big-league starter, and he'd rather have Gallagher than Harden right now because of Harden's injury history. Overall, the feeling among a group of scouts polled Tuesday was that the A's have amassed a great deal of talent when considering the Haren, Nick Swisher and Harden deals.
On the other hand, Gallagher does look a little bit like a cross between Jason Giambi and Gil Heredia, if drug-tinged nostalgia's your gig. And given the way Beane moves today's names for tomorrow's amorphous hopes, nostalgia is in many ways what you have to learn to accept with this team, Sparky.
Harden wasn't going to be part of those long-term plans because of his frequent trips to the disabled list, his impending big-money payday or Beane's insatiable appetite to make trades. Yes, some trades are hard to digest. This one isn't.
As with all Beane moves, only time will tell. Gallagher, Murton and Patterson have all spent part of this season in Triple-A; Donaldson is spending his first full pro season -- he was the Cubs' second round choice in the 2007 First Year Player Draft -- in Class A. This is Billy Beane, not King Midas. Not all of his moves have been golden -- although his gilded body of work is reflected by the modest-payroll A's having had one losing season in the last 10.
Gallagher might not be a pitcher with Harden's star power. But he's exactly what Billy Beane was looking for, said an official of one team -- "a major-league-ready starter who can go straight into their rotation right now but who they get as a 'zero-plus' player. He can pitch for them for 2 1/2 years before he can even go to arbitration." The rest of the package Oakland got seems devoid of centerpiece players. But it's packed with inventory pieces who should all play in the big leagues.
I think we are waiting for the other shoe to drop on this deal. In any case, I’d be shocked if this was the last move the A’s made this July.
It’s still early, but this trade could bolster the A’s outfield depth and add a reliable, healthy young pitcher to the back end of the rotation. Losing Harden and Gaudin hurts, but Gallagher is a talented hurler, and should be able to be a solid back-of-the-rotation starter.
OaklandClubhouse.com Analysis:
Part of the reason for Gallagher’s success is simple hard work. From the end of last year until spring training 2008, Gallagher got himself into top-notch physical shape, shedding 35 pounds over the course of the off-season. That has quickened up his delivery to the plate and allowed him to pitch with less exertion, Gallagher said. "I don’t need as much exertion anymore just to try and get over my front half," he said
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The worst part of this trade, is the right side of, not the infield, AN, there are 10
frickin’ diaries about this damn trade. Glad I stayed away from the site last night.
by theblackpearl on Jul 9, 2008 8:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The game thread was okay last night.
Not too depressing… but I was sniffing glue last night, so no telling how bad it really was.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 9, 2008 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Picked a bad week to quit,
didn’t you?
That’s right folks, you could say this meat has been on the disabled list for 21 days.--Marty Lurie
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 9, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we may be looking at a new repetitive diary record!
"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad
by ArakSOT on Jul 9, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'll second that
Beane's World!! Excellent!!! Rock On, Beane! Rock On, Geren!
by Satchmo22 on Jul 9, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I thought this was a DLD.
Being that it says “DLD” in the title.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 9, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To clarify:
DLD = Good, fun place to be.
Trade (actual or proposed) diary = Isn’t.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 9, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alt uni thread?
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 9, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
alternate uniform thread?
Just make sure it’s not the black ones.
by whiteshoes40 on Jul 9, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we may be looking at a new repetitive diary record!
oh, you said that
"the A's need more quality preembreetive pitching" ~monkeyball
by OptimistPrime on Jul 9, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and they keep on coming...
"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad
by ArakSOT on Jul 10, 2008 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 10, 2008 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh. I'm not going to make ANOTHER trade diary, so I'll just weigh in here
I don’t like the return on dealing Harden and Gaudin together.
If the best that was going to be had was a 22 year old starter who projects to be not very good and a couple spare parts, I’d rather see Harden kept and pitch the rest of the season. Deal him in the offseason when he’s got a solid year of great pitching behind him, and a cheap 1 year contract.
Really, though, what bothers me the most is that no organizational needs were filled by trading (arguably) the best trading chip on the team. No 3B prospect? No SS prospect? No righty with crazy power potential?
Honestly, I really hope that another deal is in the works.
by mikev on Jul 9, 2008 8:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
See, that's the problem
I know it seems stupid to make another trade diary, but the fact that you don’t know where to post other than here proves that one is needed.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jul 9, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome performance by Duke last night.
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on Jul 9, 2008 8:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
agreed
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 9, 2008 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. Whee.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 9, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your excitement
is tangible. I feel as if I could wrap a bow around it, slap a price tag on the front and sell it at the newstand.
I mean, if they read newspapers in Florida. I think it’s illegal.
That’s right folks, you could say this meat has been on the disabled list for 21 days.--Marty Lurie
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 9, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Observation:
Lots of thoughtful, incisive fanposts in the sidebar today, brimming with all manner of hardball acumen, authored by long-standing, respected members of the AN community, definitely not people who signed up yesterday or a week ago in order to post bizarrely punctuated grade school tirades about Rich Harden and secret commissioner’s office conspiracies.
And you know what? I’m just proud to participate. When I’m 85 and in the proverbial rocking chair on the proverbial porch sipping the proverbial glass of lemonade, I’ll describe this as the moment the blogosphere came of age, burst through the barriers of mainstream media condescension by sheer force of wit, intelligence, and expertise. We did it, I’ll say (to my proverbial great-grandchildren, sitting cross-legged in a circle at my feet). We mattered. It took 20 duplicative fanposts, 4300 exclamation points, several pornographic asides, and a keen appreciation for illogic, but gosh darn it we made history.
by 74mk on Jul 9, 2008 8:46 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
what sal said
... arousing men to burst the chains under which monkeyish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves ... @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 9, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He looked nice in the booth last night.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 9, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
is it just me, or did he look tiny as well as nice?
I liked his orange shirt, nicely bookended by Glen and Ray actually wearing matching blue shirts for a change instead of the two different shades of tan ones they usually wear.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Jul 9, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
holy toledo!
Rickey Henderson threw out the ceremonial first pitch – and the scoreboard had his name spelled “Ricky.”
"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad
by ArakSOT on Jul 9, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No!
Bad stadium people! No!
(smacks “stadium people” with rolled up newspaper across snout)
That’s right folks, you could say this meat has been on the disabled list for 21 days.--Marty Lurie
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 9, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we can have his HOF Plaque correct the typo
They’ll be drawing that bad boy up in about a year
by nevermoor on Jul 9, 2008 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hiss
That’s right folks, you could say this meat has been on the disabled list for 21 days.--Marty Lurie
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 9, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Incorrect
Everyone knows he’ll go in wearing a Padres hat.
by TempletonPeck on Jul 9, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wrong SD team
would the Hall let him in with a Surf Dawgs cap?
(yeah, I know it’s the Major League Baseball HOF)
by colin on Jul 9, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
How on earth did someone screw that up??
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 9, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was his/her first day?
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by DMOAS on Jul 9, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, clearly that too.
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by DMOAS on Jul 9, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rickey was wearing an amazingly awesome outfit
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Jul 9, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This DLD would have been the perfect vehicle for some pretty blockquotes.
pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.
by pam5981 on Jul 9, 2008 9:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
agreed
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 9, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's making me dizzy.
I kinda like it.
pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.
by pam5981 on Jul 9, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was trying to center the "agreed"
but apparently html coding is limited in AN3…..and then someone came in my door to ask a question and I couldn’t keep trying….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 9, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you made enough of them it would be centered.
Depending on how wide your screen is.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jul 9, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yup
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 9, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop it -- you're upsetting my avatar
Also, I now have the strange urge to play Tempest.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Jul 9, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks left justified to me
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by DMOAS on Jul 9, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously you have text size set too small.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jul 9, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just set to default
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by DMOAS on Jul 9, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From 1
For giving up those two to three wins in the next year and a half [Harden+Replacement vs. Gallagher], the A’s receive club control over Gallagher from 2010 to 2013 (his ‘08-’09 years are already counted above), control over Murton from 2008 to 2011, control over Patterson from 2008 to 2014, a potentially useful prospect in Josh Donaldson, and they save approximately $8 million in salary.
If Murton can hit here, I think it’s a good trade. If we can’t keep Ellis (which would be sad), and Patterson works out, it’s a very good trade.
by nevermoor on Jul 9, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The A's CAN keep Ellis
It would require them to, you know, actually pay some money to a player, however.
If they let him walk so they can play frigging Eric Patterson and be average (at best) at yet another position, I’m going to frigging hurl.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jul 9, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't like it either (and I think we'll sign Ellis)
But I imagine the risk that he walks is the reason Patterson’s in the deal.
by nevermoor on Jul 9, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I sadly think we will be sharing the same barf bag.
The first rule of Oakland is - you do not talk about injuries. The second rule of Oakland is - you DO NOT talk about trainers." - Larry Davis
by norcalfan on Jul 9, 2008 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll be bring my own barf bag
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by DMOAS on Jul 9, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ooooh
maybe I’ll stand on the BART bridge selling $5 Barf Bags.
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 9, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll buy one
I, for one, refuse to spend the $69.95 for the officially licensed, hologram-certified, Bud Selig signature, game-used MLB barf bags.
... arousing men to burst the chains under which monkeyish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves ... @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 9, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just going to use my cheap, home-made one
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by DMOAS on Jul 9, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can sell you an even cheaper barf bag that's been used and only slightly damaged
Procrastinators unite....tomorrow
by muffinpryde on Jul 9, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A free barf bag upgrade?
Those were the best until Lew stopped selling the $2 bags.
(i know it’s a week late, but I’ve been on vacation….)
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Jul 13, 2008 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd like them to keep Ellis
and put him at shortstop, although I know the front office will never get over its irrational conviction that he simply can’t throw hard enough to do it. I’d much rather have an Ellis/Patterson middle infield than an Ellis/Crosby one. That way, one of our middle infielders would actually be an above-average hitter for their position.
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
by jeepers on Jul 9, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"irrational"?
How do you figure that?
... arousing men to burst the chains under which monkeyish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves ... @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 9, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...Do you remember that he basically is lacking a shoulder?
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
by Kyli on Jul 9, 2008 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Finally, some good news!
(from the sidebar)
Frank Thomas – OAK
Frank Thomas (quadriceps) has been cleared to begin hitting and said Tuesday that he hopes to return by the end of the month.
Thomas is coming back from a partially torn quadriceps, so he may be limited once he does return. With Eric Chavez also on the disabled list, Jack Cust and Wes Bankston have been splitting designated hitter duties of late.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 9, 2008 9:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Here in the UK, the reaction was...
confused.
The crawler on the bottom of the SkySports channel said the Cubs signed Harden and Gaudin. SkySports seems to have a random verb generator when it comes to American sports. Team signsrecruits[promotes] player. When some of the first round NBA players have signed, it’s been reported that they were recruited. It always takes a minute to figure out what happened.
Oh, and IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.
by jubjub on Jul 9, 2008 9:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
CUBS BLOG-SNORKEL HARDEN!
... arousing men to burst the chains under which monkeyish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves ... @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 9, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
inadvertent typo: makes it more funny, or less funny?
... arousing men to burst the chains under which monkeyish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves ... @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 9, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Less
but still funny
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jul 9, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"blog-snorkel" should be a verb, though
What we’ve had to do with the plethora of trade FanPosts.
... arousing men to burst the chains under which monkeyish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves ... @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 9, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you're feeling a bit blue today
and boy am I
by SportySpice on Jul 9, 2008 9:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I like the outtakes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT8jA_pps3o&feature=related
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 9, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, I'm officially not ready to interact with people yet.
Looking at that video just made me think “Lazy prick gets to travel around the world at someone else’s expense, and my rent goes up next month.”
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 9, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
your avatar has become appropriate again?
"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad
by ArakSOT on Jul 9, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that similar to what you said last night after my phone died?
“Lazy bitch can’t even pug her damn phone in, and I’m stuck here watching this.”
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 9, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"stuck," no.
Duke saved my sanity last night. Or maybe it was the sympathetic drink-mixing by whoever put the extra-tequila-full margaritas into the dispense-by-spigot thing at the taquito stand.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 9, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I didn't say the other stuff about you, either, btw.
I need to stop writing now.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 9, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How do you "pug" a damn phone in?
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate you.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 9, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am 100% against animal abuse so be nice to pugs
rally monkeys…not so much
"the A's need more quality preembreetive pitching" ~monkeyball
by OptimistPrime on Jul 9, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get over the trade already.
I’m sick of these personal attacks that really should be directed at either Billy Beane or Larry Davis. Larry broke Rich and Billy has to shake himself of things that are broken.
( contemplates how Email has not forwarded or deleted )
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What are you doing online during the day anyway?
Aren’t you officially part-time now?
pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.
by pam5981 on Jul 9, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Things are really frustrating at work today.
I decided to take a break and talk to the little people like yourself :-)
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you have to go on a hoerun first
... arousing men to burst the chains under which monkeyish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves ... @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 9, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking of buying this newly customized vehicle.
It’s a Toyota Hoerunner!
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
About an hour after I saw this on the DLD
I went to NPR and Dancing Matt is featured on their homepage.
Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream
by Englishmajor on Jul 9, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Every time I watch it I see a new detail
and I smile.
by SportySpice on Jul 9, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
trip down memory lane
Not far though,just febuary 2007,the 40 man roster looked like this:
http://tinyurl.com/6o6bf4
If i counted correctly,only 11 of those players remain on the 40 man roster today (though some of them are still in the organisation,just not on the 40 man)
by totoum on Jul 9, 2008 9:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
100% turnover in the OF, 100% for catchers.
by MobiusKlein on Jul 9, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
is it safe?
I’m scared to go in any of the other diaries (er, excuse me, fanposts).
Also, Duke is my hero. 1 hour, 49 minutes of trade-forgetting bliss.
by whiteshoes40 on Jul 9, 2008 10:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, it's safe. You can stay.
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Jul 9, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it to early for this
Duke = newest A’s ace
by A'sfaninNC on Jul 9, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A little late
He’s been that way for at least a month now.
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by DMOAS on Jul 9, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well with Harden still on the team till yesterday
It was like 1a and 1b but now its just the one
by A'sfaninNC on Jul 9, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are
mf’in ticks on the mf’in plane!
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porchlight on?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jul 9, 2008 10:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
One more reason for me not to fly
ME = the other white meat for ticks
by A'sfaninNC on Jul 9, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not to worry. The airline gave out free drinks to calm jittery passenger nerves.
Each drink came with a twist of lyme.
Mocha Almond Fudge
by Ice Cream on Jul 9, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you don't want trade talk in the DLD
go to the front page and recommend my new trade diary.
I ask this not because I’m a rec whore, but because I genuinely believe there ought to be an obvious place for trade talk, and the DLD should not be it. People log in and want to talk about the trade, but since the big trade diaries have all been pushed off the front page, no one knows where to post.
If there were a trade diary in the recommended section, people would post there, but there isn’t, so they post here instead for lack of any better idea. That’s a bad thing.
If there were any other likely candidate for promotion, I’d recommend recommending that FanPost instead, but there isn’t, so I made my own and now I’m plugging mine.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jul 9, 2008 11:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
But how long can you, hash, and rehash the same arguments. I don't think there will,or can be a new
argument that hasn’t been made. Let’s just let the players play for there new teams, and get over it.
by theblackpearl on Jul 9, 2008 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think there are plenty of people who aren't done rehashing.
Just take a look at the comments right here in the DLD.
I’m trying to do you a favor, Black Pearl. I totally understand that some people are sick of trade talk. That’s why I’m trying to concentrate it in one place. That’s why I chose not to post my trade comments here in the DLD.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jul 9, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the problem isn't that there isn't a place for trade talk
it’s that there’s way too many
"The Athletics at Fremont" is pretty bad
by ArakSOT on Jul 9, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
True. One of them needs to reach the recommended list.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jul 9, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I recommended it because it's a good idea.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 9, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yours, that is.
Because it’s also well-written.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 9, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kiss ass, much?
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, the problem is that tehre was a trade in the first place.
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 9, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somebody just walked in wearing a Rays hat.
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 9, 2008 11:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
THe other day
I was at Mitchel’s ice cream and a kid was wearing a baseball hate with A’s home colors yet an SF logo. It appeared to have the MLB logo on the back ond that gold sticker the kids are so fond of. What is that hat trying to say?
by Future Ed on Jul 9, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They make them all now...
You can get Yankees and Red Sox hats in A’s colors too.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Jul 9, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmm, an orange hat with a black A, or a black hat with an orange A....
they both sound ugly.
...one Japanese woman standing in the lobby surrounded by Red Sox fans turned to her companion and said, "These Boston people are awful." -Slusser
by stormtown on Jul 9, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The African-American community loves those hats.
The rappers are buying the hell out of them so we’ll probably continue to see them for a while. I never thought of wearing a team that I hate just so that it would match my outfit. This new idea sorta fixes that problem.
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
rappers do not represent, or constitute a majority of the African-American community.
Contrary to popular opinion.
by theblackpearl on Jul 9, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't mean that the two were related.
Sorry if it came across that way.
Sincerely,
Dumb white man
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hat kids who wear baseball hates.
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 9, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
stocking capes OK?
...one Japanese woman standing in the lobby surrounded by Red Sox fans turned to her companion and said, "These Boston people are awful." -Slusser
by stormtown on Jul 9, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Billy Beanies are acceptable
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Jul 9, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wear it, H8r
... arousing men to burst the chains under which monkeyish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves ... @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 9, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can ask ohtobe
I’ve been sporting a Rays sticker on my car for years. Probably as long as he’s known me. And him and smith always laughed when I said to look out for the Rays.
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
by sprtsnwyn on Jul 9, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude. You just said that out loud in blogging terms.
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't change the fact
That the Rays have always been awesome.
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
by sprtsnwyn on Jul 9, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ALWAYS
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
by sprtsnwyn on Jul 9, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No. Atlanta ROCKS. Greg just doesn't get it.
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got your back there
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
by sprtsnwyn on Jul 9, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FanShot
sourstuff has posted a FanShot asking for some advice on visiting Oakland. FanShots are easy to miss, so I thought I’d link it here.
There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.
by Poppy on Jul 9, 2008 12:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is an "all purpose" DLD. Can someone remind everyone
how to post pictures? No one ever asks that question anymore so photobucket must be catching on.
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Travis Buck.
Anyone seen the way he’s been performing in Sactown as of late? His last 10 games looks something like this, most recent first:
0-4
0-4
0-5
0-4
0-4
2-5
1-4
1-5
2-4
0-2
Only two of those were XBHs too. I had high hopes for the guy at the start of the year. Talk about discouraging.
What about Barry?
"Barry who?" Forst said, and I felt like I was in the middle of a knock-knock joke.
by KMoAsFan on Jul 9, 2008 1:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wish Cust would do that well
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
by sprtsnwyn on Jul 9, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Promote him now. He's so friggin' due.
Was Black Snake Moan a comedy or a drama?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 9, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 9, 2008 1:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh no.
Somebody get this girl some glitter, stat.
pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.
by pam5981 on Jul 9, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oooooooOOooooo
Thanks for reminding me.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Jul 9, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crafting is therapeutic.
pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.
by pam5981 on Jul 9, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CHOOOO!!!!
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Jul 9, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dude, don't do that!!!!
I had to check to see who got traded just now…..other than three games going on, there’s nothing else I can find in the baseball world…..
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 9, 2008 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on Jul 9, 2008 2:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
My cat had to wear one of those when he had oral surgery
but how is it relevant to anything here?
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jul 9, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Things in the DLD have to relevant?
In search of a new signature. Say something funny and you may see your comment here!
by DMOAS on Jul 9, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like a suction cup for cats
Stick it on a window and your cat will be occupied for hours.
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Jul 9, 2008 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My dad used to have a dog whose head was so big
that they had to cut the bottom out of a heavy plastic bucket after her surgery because all the Elizabethan collars were too small for her.
While wearing her bucket she saw a squirrel in the neighbor’s yard and smashed one of the sections of a floor-to-ceiling window running over to bark at it.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Jul 9, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sunshine and rainbows and lollipops... la la la...
James Simmons strikes out 11 for Midland, almost got the complete game.
Matthew McCohaughey is a daddy, luckily doesn’t name his son after his favorite beer.
A-Rod loses $200,000 in All-Star bonuses. You poor sad multimillionaire, I feel so sorry for you.
Why is it that when I googled “ryan sweeney a’s” to find a happy Swooney pic, one of the hits was a picture of Hannah Montana from an AN game thread?
Anyway… caption this.
by whiteshoes40 on Jul 9, 2008 2:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oakland A's OF Ryan Sweeney has landed the lead in the new tour of Riverdace
or After talking it over with new hitting consultant, Fred Flintstone, Ryan Sweeney of the Oakland A’s decided to return to his old batting stance.
by A'sfaninNC on Jul 9, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awugal wugala Ah!
Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
Awugal wugala Ah!
Fight on, dear old Muncie,
Fight on, hoist the gold and blue,
You’ll be tired, torn and tattered,
Once the Munce is done with you.
Gooooooooooo, Eagles!
That’s right folks, you could say this meat has been on the disabled list for 21 days.--Marty Lurie
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 9, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I canna' take it any more! I'm a-leavin' Brigadoon!"
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jul 9, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 9, 2008 3:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Cancel the new stadium
Fremont infested by alligators!
Okay, not infested, and not alligators…..there is one caiman in a pond. Still, good enough for me.
Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream
by Englishmajor on Jul 9, 2008 3:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They say here in Florida
if your pond doesn’t have a gator in it, you’ve got a sick pond. Now, that could mean all kinds of things, but that is what they say.
That’s right folks, you could say this meat has been on the disabled list for 21 days.--Marty Lurie
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 9, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you hear that on NPR?
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jul 9, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Illicit reptiles: the new undervalued commodity
“Pet stores don’t sell them, so they have to go pick them up across the border.”
... arousing men to burst the chains under which monkeyish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves ... @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jul 9, 2008 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man..Mulder hurt after 3 batters.....
He is so done, really sad. I hate to see that.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Jul 9, 2008 5:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I was watching his start
looked like the old Mark, til I saw how he was getting more and more sidearming, and farther and farther away from the plate. On his last pitch the pain was obvious on his face.
a real shame…
by OaklandSi on Jul 9, 2008 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gallagher is on the 25 man roster, Murto is on the 40 man roster
no sign of Patterson yet though. I wonder if there will be some moves before the game.
facepalm.jpg
by Zonis on Jul 9, 2008 5:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Has anybody seen clockwerks?
Is it just me, or is the previously-god-like AN search function not working?
Brainless Automaton #439
by rubin sierra on Jul 9, 2008 6:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I was having major trouble with it a few days ago.
It seemed like anything I searched came up “unable to execute search command”. But then later that day it was fine again.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jul 9, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yup
the problem I was having was exactly the same; then soon after I typed the above comment, it was fine again.
Brainless Automaton #439
by rubin sierra on Jul 10, 2008 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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