DLD 8.13.08 Sweltering.
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 8:24 AM PDT
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You know, the A's won for the third time in the last month. I live literally within 30 minutes of where the team they were playing holds their home games. I paid my cable provider an extra $200 to see the games this year. And I was without television to see Gio Gonzalez win his first game. In a season filled with inequities, frustrations and growing pains, one does not expect both local television and nationwide cable providers to exacerbate the pain one suffers. And yet, there it was.
My options? Strange you should ask.
The theme from MASH provides an alternative. Not one for me, though. This is not the end, my friends, no matter what the talking box with the pictures may show or not show.
Then again, mayhaps the answer lies here. That would provide all kinds of relief. I don't think I would ever have a problem, even if I had to hire a dozen of my own cameramen. But, then again, money's tight here in the glamorous world of sign-production, so maybe I could raise the funds.
Perhaps that's a silly thought. Maybe I just need a hobby. Just as long as I don't go all OCD on you...
Regardless, I think we can all agree, the MLB television rules are just crap. Really, they are. It's completely ridiculous that I could not watch the game yesterday. It goes a long way toward explaining why the Rays fanbase is considered transient. The game was not viewable in the Tampa area. Night. Game. Aargh.
Linkylinks...
SuSlu says:
According to a major-league source, Minnesota claimed left-hander Alan Embree on waivers, but the A's pulled him off the waiver wire.
Allow me to throw out a Nancy Kerrigan, "WHY?!" into the mix.
Susan also says that Swooney's broken. Sorry, girls.
Since I couldn't watch the A's game last night, I was forced to endure this marathon, which, I have to admit, probably provided a bit more offense than the A's game would have.
(oh, and we may have a new third baseman.):
Jack Hannahan's horrid road trip (2-for-36) earned him a seat on the bench and resulted in a promotion for Cliff Pennington, Oakland's first pick in the 2005 draft. Pennington, 24, played in the Futures Game last month and was leading all of the minors with 93 walks. He was 14 for his past 28 at Triple-A Sacramento, where he was batting .297 since being moved up from Double-A Midland on May 30.
"Obviously, I'm really excited," Pennington said. "I've been dreaming about this for a long time."
Pennington isn't usually a third baseman. He'd played just three games there this season, including his last two games at Sacramento.
"I'm pretty comfortable there," he said. "Obviously, the more time I'm there, I'll be better and feel more comfortable. It's a reaction position."
Given his lack of experience at third, of course the first play of the game found Pennington. Iwamura, the Rays' leadoff man, hit a foul ball down the left-field line, not the easiest of plays, and Pennington handled it with ease on the run. He went 0-for-3.
Forty-five games of rebuilding left. Can those impetuous A's make it two in a row tonight? Will Pennington prove to be the answer at third? Can we get more than five hits? Will I be able to see the game? Strap in, load up, hold on. We're in for a bumpy night.
Dump time.
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Mmmm...
That was a tasty burger. Folks may may think twice about their next whopper. Gives new meaning to asshat.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Aug 13, 2008 8:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You know,
my girlfriend’s a vegetarian, which basically makes me a vegetarian.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's a snarky joke that in that statement
that is rated somewhat higher than PG13.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 13, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Forget the first, "that"....
I need sleep. 16 hour shifts are grating on my nerves….
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 13, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
....holyiest of holies,
ain’t the same ballpark, ain’t the same league, ain’t even the same fucking sport!
by capper3 on Aug 13, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check out the big brain on Brad!
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 13, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Le Royal or a Big Kahuna Burger?
"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."
by McFood on Aug 13, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, does anybody know who Gaetti was traded for?
by mikev on Aug 13, 2008 8:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Still no luck?
I was wondering the same thing.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Aug 13, 2008 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, I can't find any information anywhere.
by mikev on Aug 13, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read cash considerations
in either the CC Times or the Chron… don’t remember which article, but I know I saw it…
by whiteshoes40 on Aug 13, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CC Times
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Aug 14, 2008 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will fix you, Ry Bear.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 13, 2008 9:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't like the sound of this
[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 13, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me neither
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 13, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
Scary.
We need him for next year, Jen.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 10:04 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 Aug 13, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please fix him in time for Sunday's game.
The last two games I went to, he managed to hurt himself and had to sit out.
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by Kimberly on Aug 13, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sweeney
why the F* did they let him bat AFTER he was writhing in pain in the dugout?
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 Aug 13, 2008 9:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
writhing is the body's sign of rapid healing
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I once took a Creative Writhing class in collage.
"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."
by McFood on Aug 13, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Writhing and reeling and fainting in coils?
by Englishmajor on Aug 13, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
reeling, writhing, and rhythmic tics
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hope this works but if not
can someone smart post this pic of DUKE holding the Ray by the tail?
http://asp.usatoday.com/_common/_scripts/big_picture.aspx?width=490&height=586&storyURL=/tech/science/2008-07-19-fish-search_N.htm&imageURL=http://i.usatoday.net/news/_photos/2008/07/15/fishx-large.jpg
Beane's World!! Excellent!!! Rock On, Beane! Rock On, Geren!
by Satchmo22 on Aug 13, 2008 9:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
rats!!! ok we need someone smarter than you and me.
Beane's World!! Excellent!!! Rock On, Beane! Rock On, Geren!
by Satchmo22 on Aug 13, 2008 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i owe you 5 AN dollars my friend, well done.
Beane's World!! Excellent!!! Rock On, Beane! Rock On, Geren!
by Satchmo22 on Aug 13, 2008 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aw.
That stingray looks sad. :(
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 13, 2008 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does the Tampa Stadium still have
that 10,000 gallon tank full of cownose Rays just beyond the outfield fence? I seem to recall reading somewhere that it turned out living in a dome proved unhealthy for sea creatures (imagine), and that the rays were all removed before they croaked.
They want to steal the land papers which is why they have tried to break in. But they had to give up after being bitten by Chhotu.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 13, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, they've still got the tank out in center field.
It does always remind me of a kiddie pool though, from someone’s garage, filled with water from the hose.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
right hand has the tail, what does the left hand have?
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Aug 13, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I ask myself that question every morning
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A quandry or a conundrum?
Back in college, monkeyball used to play the conundrums for a Rastabilly Skank band called Cownose Ray’s.
"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."
by McFood on Aug 13, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Team USA loses to South Korea
They scored 3 in the top of the ninth to take the lead, but allowed 2 in the bottom half to lose 8-7. As far as I can tell, Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson did not play.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 13, 2008 9:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So unnecessary
It is on tv RIGHT NOW
Sigh…
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Aug 13, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+ 1000000
No spoilers in the DLD. That’s what the Spoiler thread is for. I already had to leave last night’s game thread because of spoilers, I don’t want to have to ignore the DLD for the next ten days too….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 13, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dammit, what the hell?
There is an OLYMPIC SPOILER thread to post this stuff in. Awesome. I wanted to NOT watch water polo, but now I have no choice.
"A’s baseball….It’s almost better than a stick in the eye." ~ alox
by Gallagher's Watermelons on Aug 13, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
spoiler: the water poloites still wear funny caps
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 Aug 13, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh damn
SORRY GUYS! I read all that stuff about spoilers too. I don’t know what I was thinking. I screwed up here. I’m really sorry. Here’s an amusing picture though, I hope it slightly makes up for my mistake:
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 13, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dammit
I was just about to watch that episode of the Simpsons.
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Aug 13, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry
but no one made a spoiler Simpsons thread.
"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt
by Philip Christy on Aug 13, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
South Park had an episode of spoilers
The Simpsons did it!
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Aug 14, 2008 1:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Olympic Question Women's Beach volleyball question
Please tell me that is not a permanent tattoo on Misty May-Trainer’s left shoulder. What is that thing?
"We get two outs, and I was sure, and I had a plan, and I shook Tek off," Schilling said. "And I get a big 'What if?' for the rest of my life."
by Imaseasonticketholder on Aug 13, 2008 9:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's a tat with her mother's initials and angel's wings
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 13, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yup
her mom passed away before the last olympics.
and it’s Misty May-Treanor. She’s married to this guy.
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 13, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With the name Misty May...
The surprising thing is that THAT is the only tat that you are questioning and she doesnt have her Panama City License Plate out for a Licenses Check
by A'sfaninNC on Aug 13, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean Kerri Walsh's shoulder
It’s an ugly, sprawling latticework of a special kind of tape designed to help blood flow in her shoulder, which was surgically repaired not too long ago. Misty May does have a Santa Cruz license plate tattoo, but I don’t think that’s what you’re talking about.
They want to steal the land papers which is why they have tried to break in. But they had to give up after being bitten by Chhotu.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 13, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Free, I did have the wrong player
I mean that thing just grabs my attention and holds it. Appreciate the explanation.
"We get two outs, and I was sure, and I had a plan, and I shook Tek off," Schilling said. "And I get a big 'What if?' for the rest of my life."
by Imaseasonticketholder on Aug 13, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zoo Trip
I took little miss specialK to the SF zoo last Saturday, and I found some of Nico’s friends.
Lemurconkers!
Those bastards – putting lipstick on this one’s bunghole to see if it has been sitting on the counter.
Oh, and I found this truck in Daly City.
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 13, 2008 9:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey, it's not Zhang's Proofreading Company
by Englishmajor on Aug 13, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe they specializing in moving letters
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 13, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why you posting porn for Nico?
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
those SF zoo goats are a bit on the aggressive side
give one a few of those goat nibblets and then a whole crew of them will follow you around, whacking your legs with their foreheads until you give them more. I felt lucky to make it out alive.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Aug 13, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's another Nico joke in there somewhere...
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Blez was always calling Nico a "go to" guy...
but it turns out he was calling him a “goat too” guy.
"If you lived in the now, you'd be home by now."
by McFood on Aug 13, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Old goat story
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2005/8/19/1957/32832#235565
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 13, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This picture from that diary makes me sad
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 13, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think I've EVER laughed harder than at your evil goat story, Jen.
THAT was frickin’ hill-air-ray-us. Simply beautiful.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Saags. Atomic. Hot.
I did enjoy it Mr. Bloom. The bad news:
BIG CORONAS ARE NOW $12
They raised the price between homestands. bastards.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Aug 13, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aaaaa!
But…they had the ATOMICS? That’s the real long ones, right?
(sigh)
Can I come home now?
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The BIG ATOMIC HOT
I may have another tomorrow in fact. I also keep a ready supply in my fridge.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Aug 13, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can I come home now?
What are you, BANISHED?
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Aug 13, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently.
Isn’t this where they send you when you’re banished? Like Australia used to be?
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The power of the AN BaNnInG wAnD
Has real life consequences.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Aug 13, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
goddammit!!!!
A mid-season price hike??
What about the other regular size beers, are they $8.50 now?
Bob Geren, on 8/2/07, on the success of Alan Embree as new interim closer: "What can I say,... he's been our Steady Tremendous Bullpen Man"
by popcornjames on Aug 13, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There was a great goat story on the Straight Dope Message Board a number of years ago...
I don’t have an account there anymore so I can’t search their boards and I can’t find it on Google (or Cuil), but if you ever run into the post called “Goat Sex”, it’s worth the read.
"I'm going to take a camera crew and march into Billy Beane's office and demand to know why instituting his newfangled cost-saving measures means that the run manufacturing plant had to get shut down." FJM
by Elvez on Aug 13, 2008 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
seriously--they can be scary!
poor Slow…
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Aug 14, 2008 12:13 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 Aug 14, 2008 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
First, Zito breaks.
Then, Travis breaks. THEN, Swooney breaks.
The baseball gods don’t love me.
Stuck on Buck :)
by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 13, 2008 10:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Zito's broken?
I thought he just sucked.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
by Jennifer on Aug 13, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he's broken.
Mentally, but still broken. I tried to fix him.
Stuck on Buck :)
by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 13, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That says to me that they're not only picking up his option, but giving him a 100-year extension
Why can’t he just go away? Why why why?
by thejd44 on Aug 13, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It says that the Twins didn't give the A's what they wanted, and they believe they will get
a sandwich pick for him, as a B-level free agent. They can tell him, except arbitration, and be the garbage time pitcher, or try signing elsewhere.
by theblackpearl on Aug 13, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sandwich pick
The only reason I can think of that they would pull him back is if they believe he will be a type “B” free agent; if that happens they A’s will get a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds.
That means that in a trade the A’s would want the equivalent talent back in return, and since no GM in his right mind would give up first/second round talent for Alan Embree the A’s pulled him back.
Sometimes life will strike you out on a curve ball and the only choice you have is to flip off the umpire and walk to first base anyway.
by Threepwood XX on Aug 13, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Embree will be a “B” (at least) mostly because he spent time as the closer last year and racked up 17 saves. Saves are grossly overvalued by the Elias rankings, even more than they are by General Managers.
The downside is that we’re stuck watching Embree pitch for another 6 weeks or so.
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Aug 13, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We could always take an Esteban approach with Embree.
When we had Mr. Loaiza, he scared the hell out of me. He would look always on the verge on imploding, kind of a Mitch Williams feel. After a time, I realized that part of the Esteban experience was the tension and unease and learned to enjoy it. Like masochism and rye though, it’s an acquired taste.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait
Tension and release … driving 90 MPH … is Esteban Loaiza in Australia these days?
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Aug 13, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could see him enjoying that.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rewind of the Olympic baseball games
Also: “I swear your honor, she told me she was 16!”
On the one hand, it bothers me that a team would cheat.
On the other hand, I don’t particularly care for the rule that says the gymnasts have to be at least 16. Nadia Comaneci was 14 when she wowed the world. Why would you artificially keep out the best athletes in your sport? I don’t care for the similar rule in the NBA or NFL, either.
On my third, surgically attached mutant hand, I can understand why that rule is necessary. I mean, you don’t want the athletes to be the victims of abusive training methods, and I suppose that young athletes are more susceptible to that than older athletes. But if that’s the intention, why is it OK for teams to take an athlete away from her family at a young age, against (I guess) her will (although maybe not her family’s)? Why not make rules about the training methods, age at which children can start, etc?
Also, beach volleyball is barely watchable when the athletes are wearing bikinis; it’s completely unwatchable when hairy men are playing in their beach shorts.
Also, I love gymnastics. I agree with mikeA about the uneven bars being a ton of fun to watch. But I hate rythmic gymnastics.
Also: dressage?
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 Aug 13, 2008 10:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Also: she may very well be 16.
I only look 25 if I don’t shave and walk around with my kid. Otherwise, I look like I’m 18. Some people just look young.
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 Aug 13, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If a woman tells you she's 20 and looks 16.. she's 12
If she tells you she’s 26, and LOOKS 26.. she’s damn near 40
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 13, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And some people don't look (and aren't too) young,
but get carded anyway while trying to buy margaritas at the Coliseum, and have to persuade the poor-age-judgment people at the Cuervo stand with “My ID is in my purse, which is at my seat, ten sections away… here, I’ll take off my cap so you can see that I have more grey hairs than your average 20-year-old…”
“I’m sorry ma’am, but like the sign says, we need to see ID if you’re under 30.”
“Thanks, but I have more grey hairs than your average 29-year-old, too. Come on. You don’t seriously think I look younger than 30.” Then I asked the guy behind me, “I don’t look younger than 30, do I?” And he got this look on his face like “oh man, any answer is going to be wrong here…”
Interweaving, diverse, not to say conflictive emphases and a broad spectrum of items to form a dynamic exchange of parallel and self-eclipsing spatial and temporal zones.
by Poppy on Aug 13, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEWS FLASH: Second Bay Area Man Mauled by Cougar
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
QOTM, alley-oop division.
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 Aug 13, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How did this story get from "some people" to "I"?
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 Aug 13, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't like the rule, except for the NFL. I don't see a high school grad being strong enough, to
not get killed in the NFL.
by theblackpearl on Aug 13, 2008 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Teams protect their investments.
If they didn’t feel like a kid out of high school could play in the NFL, they simply wouldn’t draft him. If they didn’t want him to get snapped up by another team, they’d draft him and hide him as a reserve (or whatever NFL rules allow).
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 Aug 13, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or, they could draft him, sign him to a personal-services contract, and warehouse him on the Olympic dressage team for a couple years
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rythmic gymnastics + tackling = football
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 Aug 13, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would say that sounds like a lot of bitterness
But can a lot of bitterness fit in such a small… salb
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Aug 13, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I just don't particularly care for football.
(And boy-howdy, you should have seen the amount of bitterness that fit into 98-lb teenage salb918.)
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 Aug 13, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Synchronized Dancing + Hugging = Baseball Brawl
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by DMOAS on Aug 13, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's a gay porn joke in here somewhere.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the old days
when the pre-pubescence of Olympic gymnasts was not just allowed but in effect rewarded by the judges, there were all sorts of horrible consequences suffered by the athletes—delayed puberty, eating disorders, permanent maiming through injury to undeveloped bones, etc. Chron columnist Joan Ryan wrote the definitive book on the subject, “Little Girls in Pretty Boxes.” The IOC responded with the 16 year age limit for Olympic competition.
Now, those girls are still competing at the sub-Olympic level and suffering some of the same problems, but knowing that they can’t be driven to the same extremes with an age 13 Olympic date as the culmination does seem to have helped. The judges are no longer holding up the un/underdeveloped body as the example of perfection, and that helps at the lower levels.
As to the IOC potentially cracking down on the sports factory approach practiced by some countries, they’ve traditionally deferred to national OCs in the setting of training standards. There’s a slippery slope problem…if you tell China they can’t have their prospective kids in special schools at age 5, do you also have to tell wealthy American parents they can’t send their 7 year old prodigy to Bela Karoli’s gym for six months at a time?
Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 13, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, it's complicated.
That’s why I had three hands on the issue.
I understand what you’re saying though, and it makes sense.
Perception is such a big part of it, too. I saw 16-year-old Shawn Johnson’s confident smile and elfish looks and thought, “Why, she’s the embodiment of US gymnastics – way to go!” But if she had Alicia Sacramone’s nervousness, I would have felt very uneasy watching her perform. (Man, her “what I did on my summer vaction” back-to-school essay is going to be really good this year, huh?)
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 Aug 13, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least the American women aren't having as many developmental problems
Shawn Johnson has bigger biceps than me. Oh wait, that’s not exactly natural either…
"A’s baseball….It’s almost better than a stick in the eye." ~ alox
by Gallagher's Watermelons on Aug 13, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
speaking of uneven parallel bars, etc.
I don’t watch gymnastics except for the olympics, so I’m a bit out of it but…
1. When did they get rid of that move in uneven parallel bars where you grab the high bar and then sort of whack your torso over the lower bar, bending your body in half?
2. Didn’t the vault used to have a differnent shape? More like the pommel horse without handles? When did that change?
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Aug 13, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
#1, I believe they moved the smaller bar a little farther back, so that is not physically possible
for most of the 4ft tall gymnasts, and #2, the vault was a pommel without handles, it changed a few years ago, I don’t feel like researching either of my claims,so they could both be complete BS.
by theblackpearl on Aug 13, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds about right.
I don’t think those 8 year old Chinese girls could physically do it.
by mikev on Aug 13, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All I know about Gymnastics
Apparently, a great gymnast can dismantle a semi-angry crowd of cutlery-bearing villagers from the old Universal Frankenstein movies, provided the town square has a pommel horse.
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Aug 14, 2008 1:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
safety
by rollierollieOxenfree on Aug 14, 2008 3:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no link, or seen any stories about it, but Rich Harden hasn't pitched since the
5th, Was he pushed back, or is he hurt.
by theblackpearl on Aug 13, 2008 11:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is there any more news on the D'Backs interest in Ellis?
Is there anyone left in the D’Backs system that we would want for Ellis?
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
by brenarlo on Aug 13, 2008 11:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bringing back bullpen carts?
So on Wednesday, A’s fans can expect Ziegler to arrive in style as a passenger in a street-legal, two-seat IndyCar that will be driven by Davey Hamilton, a former driver in the IndyCar series. The drive is also to promote the upcoming PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County at Infineon Raceway, which takes place Aug. 22-24.
by theblackpearl on Aug 13, 2008 11:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That is offensively tacky
I feel like fans should get a reduction in ticket price when the game is delayed for advertising.
by mikedaviswhereareyou on Aug 13, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trevor Cahill
Anyone know exactly when he’ll be starting and when this will be aired on TV?
"Do you know that the guy really doesn't like baseball all that much?" - J.P. Riccardi
by black beane on Aug 13, 2008 11:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's a secret
Apparently, in international tournaments, teams routinely keep the starting pitcher a secret until it’s time to turn in the official lineups. So we won’t know if/when Cahill and/or Brett Anderson will start until game time.
by kenarneson on Aug 13, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's a CONSPIRACY!!!
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Chron accidentally said "Chad Pennington"
in one of the articles today. Oops.
by whiteshoes40 on Aug 13, 2008 11:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Let's hope our Pennington has a better arm.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carl Crawford out 6-8 weeks.
likely to miss rest of regular season
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 Aug 13, 2008 11:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ooops.
It-was‘supposed-to-be-funny’”>Next up: Spanish team will pretend to drive poorly.
Players on Spain’s Olympic basketball team defended a photo in an ad showing the players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese.
....
“It was something like supposed to be funny or something but never offensive in any way,” said Spain center Pau Gasol, who also plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. “I’m sorry if anybody thought or took it the wrong way and thought that it was offensive.”
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 Aug 13, 2008 11:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
bad link
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 Aug 13, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gasol and Co. next pretended to open a laudromat and claimed:
“Hey, it’s all clean fun.”
Ancient Chinese secret, huh?
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't realize that Kramer played for the Spanish basketball team
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they figured what they lost with racism,
they’d make up with height…and general creepiness.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently he learned the American locution "I'm sorry if you were offended"
(i.e. “I’m not actually sorry for what I did, I’m just sorry that you caught me”)
by Englishmajor on Aug 13, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
bullshit, i might buy that if not for soccer in spain/italy
fascist soccer fans waving nazi flags in the stands, entire crowds making monkey noises at african soccer players, the spanish coach calling thierry henry a “black shit”...
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 Aug 13, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's next?
Before they play the US, are they going to show up in blackface, eating fried chicken, watermelon, and grits?
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 13, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
anyone else watch Project Runway?
I had a similarly CGV-worthy albeit totally different thought when I saw the episode where Tim Gunn told the designers their challenge was to create an outfit for the Olympic Opening Ceremony that “represented America to the world.”
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am drawn to Bravo's shows like a moth to a flame.
In a past lifetime, I must’ve been a homosexual.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
instead of binge-drinking, or killing drifters, I now indulge in L&O:CI marathons
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we've blazed similar paths my simian friend.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tim Gunn makes it work.
He rules.
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by Kimberly on Aug 13, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"hooray sportswear!"
BTW, most of those outfits were absurd, but a few were better than that awful outfit Ralph Lauren “designed” for the US team. Damn that crest bugged me. We’re not the United States of Polo for cripes sake.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Aug 13, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there was much mocking in the monkeyball household of those outfits
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
as well there should have been.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 14, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does it matter?
Since this team actually cares, they’d still lose by 30
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Aug 13, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 12:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That whole story is full of hilarious one-liners.
Also, how do you masturbate at 150 km/h? Is that an RMS speed, or peak velocity? Uh-oh, I said peak…
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 Aug 13, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you are apparently unfamiliar with the unique joys of cruise control
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Headline makes it sound like his onanism is that fast, not that his
car is going that fast while he onans.
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 Aug 13, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I willl leave it for you to do the calculations of just how fast the median onan is ...
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he wants his jail time delayed so he can get married
Who’s THAT lucky sheila?
by Englishmajor on Aug 13, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well at least they weren't pennies.
Ohio man buys new truck with thousands of coins
by theblackpearl on Aug 13, 2008 12:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"We reserve the right to refuse service"
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Aug 13, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
While driving through the Lonestar State...
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Conspiracy time
According to this thread, Rich Harden was traded a few days after he hit five years of service time, and he signed his multi-year deal under the old CBA. What that means is that, as a player traded in the middle of a multi-year deal, he can ask his new team to trade him or release him at the end of the year.
Why would Rich do this?
After his first mostly healthy season in forever, Rich could do very well for himself as a FA this coming offseason. If he gets hurt next year, he could kill his FA value, and what might be his only chance for a big payday.
Problem is, he’s under contract for next year (on a club option that will almost certainly be exercised). If Harden demands a trade, though, and the Cubs can’t find a suitable trade partner, he can demand his release.
Of course, the downside here is that they trade him somewhere awful, like Cincinnati. It’s likely only nominal contenders would trade for him, though, so that risk is somewhat mitigated. And on the off-chance that a trade can’t be consummated, Harden could be in line for a big payday.
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 Aug 13, 2008 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
so then what’s the conspiracy?
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 Aug 13, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what's the frequency, xbx?
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he wore a shirt, yellow and green, uh-huh.
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 Aug 13, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, wrong word.
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 Aug 13, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dammit!
I didn’t realize that avatars, unlike siglines, aren’t “sticky.”
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
2008 Bulwer-Lytton winners announced
Am I the only one who thinks that year in and year out these are neither funny nor clever?
(And don’t give me the “They’re supposed to be badly written” nonsense; the entire point of the enterprise is to be funny.)
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 12:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not the only one
I always read the winner and wonder how bad (and not bad bad) the other entries must have been.
by green star oakland on Aug 13, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who's supposed to receive the throw when the runner on first tries to steal second - 2B or SS?
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 Aug 13, 2008 1:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
huh?
don’t they decide before each play?
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 Aug 13, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's a conspiracy between the middle infielders
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
plotters.
I knew there was a reason they were always digging in the dirt.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't get me started on Houston's centerfield ...
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
fratricide.
smoothies.
a naked priest’s ass.
It all fits, Mulder.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not always
Robinson Cano and Wilson Betemit just about ran into each other covering second on a steal in today’s NYY-MIN tilt.
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 Aug 13, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hitting. Hitting is what that team is good at not fielding
by A'sfaninNC on Aug 13, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They're not supermen
and no team has suffered like the Yankees.
/Steinbrenner Jr
by green star oakland on Aug 13, 2008 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
poor poor yankees.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 14, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Depends if the batter
is right or left-handed.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Aug 13, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not really, it depends on the hitter, and where the pitch is supposed to be.
by theblackpearl on Aug 13, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My other criteria
was who can catch the ball better. In Little League we tended to have 2nd or SS take the throw based on the batter, but depending on who I had playing 2nd at any given time…
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Aug 13, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SI scouting report
Categorization
Current: Average
Projected: Average
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 Aug 13, 2008 2:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He's pretty average.
Next to Vishnu.
Of course, Ziggy’s only got two arms…
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vishnu's the Derek Jeter of Gods
Grossly over-valued by dint of media prominence.
Give me a fuzzy plush Kali, Goddess of Death anyday:
Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 13, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kali: see 'em?
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When you fall under the black sleep of (cuddly) kali
We’ll be alive… but like a (cute) nightmare. You drink blood, you not wake up from (snuggly) nightmare.
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Aug 14, 2008 1:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going going, back back, to Kali Kali
It's Rhodes Scholar Night at the Coliseum tonight.
by Scottbass on Aug 14, 2008 2:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
uh ...
Weaknesses• Below average fastball velocity
• Below average curveball
Forget about whether Ziggy in particular throws a curveball—is it even possible to throw a scurve (submarine/sidearm curve)?
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
isn't a curve supposed to be impossible?
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brad Ziegler: the first Yeti-American in MLB
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorta
DL: Do you grip your pitches differently with the new delivery?BZ: I throw my fastball the same as I did my overhand four-seam; I throw my curveball the exact same, and I throw my changeup the exact same. I’m just releasing it from a different angle.
DL: You’re throwing a curveball with a submarine delivery?
BZ: I call it a slider, but it’s essentially my curveball grip and my curveball release. It’s just that it moves horizontally, so it’s more of a slider pitch than a curveball.
I’m more impressed that he attributes Ziegler’s late success to the facts that he’s only been a reliever for two years and that “Some guys are late bloomers and need to mature mentally, emotionally and physically before they achieve success. Ziegler may be one of those guys.” but seems to be completely oblivious to the fact that Ziegler has only been throwing underhand for those two years.
As sal says, this is pretty typical of the drivel that Pagliarulo’s company produces.
"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.
by andeux on Aug 13, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hold on ...
If Ziggy’s putting topspin on his scurve … then wouldn’t it have to actually be a scrurve?
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think if we keep eating these lemons, we can avoid that.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's actually what kraut was invented for
I believe
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Aug 13, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, it was invented for people to have at the Coliseum with a big dog.
free
Unfortunately, the team has missed that memo.
by mikev on Aug 13, 2008 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not hard to have a scurve
just ask pirates who don’t eat limes
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Aug 14, 2008 1:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"he hasn't had to deal with adversity"
Uh…
Anyway, this is coming from the Baseline Group, a bunch of folks who have never proven themselves to be right about anything, much less intelligent or informed.
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 Aug 13, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that the same Mike Pagliurulo, who played for the Yankees?
by theblackpearl on Aug 13, 2008 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh yeah
Here is FJM’s take on Pags’ bucket full of fail.
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Aug 13, 2008 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I LOVE that one.
I had forgotten it. Thanks for posting it again. Effing Ken T. can shred when he’s pissed.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That led me to a great article
That explains why Jack Cust is good, not bad.
by GusanoQuemador on Aug 13, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too many STRICKOUTS
but that’s my opinion so you can’t challenge it. HA!
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Aug 13, 2008 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, that was a nice note
two cracked skulls and the fact that he’s been freaking toiling away in the minors forever, yep, no adversity here folks
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Aug 13, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's SI's AN screenname
They’ve got our pessimism down pat.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Aug 13, 2008 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Possible trade with texas?
I was over at mlbtraderumors.com and there was an article about the rangers posibly shopping CF Engel Beltre or SS Elvis Andrus this offseason for pitching. I wanted to get your opinion on this. Would A) Beane actually trade within the division, B) would the rangers ask for anyone other then Cahill, Anderson, and Inoa? and C) would a package of Duke and/or someone from this group(Simmons, Mazzaro, Eveland, or Smith) and Henry Rodriguez get a deal done? Interested in you’re guys’ thoughts and opinions. Thanks in advance
by webgem101 on Aug 13, 2008 2:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
A) would other AL West GMs trade with beane?
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 Aug 13, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they didn't learn already?
what’s the matter – they didn’t like Rheinecker and his 5.6 ERA? Since he’s not playing for them this year, I take it they don’t.
by rollierollieOxenfree on Aug 14, 2008 3:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that is a much better question haha
by webgem101 on Aug 13, 2008 3:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Two Juan's don't make it right for KC
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3533865
Juan Garcia and Juan Fortuna of KC minor league got caught for doping. As well as Starling Peralta of Cubs.
by asfansince1989 on Aug 13, 2008 3:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm hearing
Sweeny to DL, Patterson up. I don’t have a link. I heard it
by GusanoQuemador on Aug 13, 2008 3:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
on the playground?
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeshuh...And Johnny kissed Kelly too
by GusanoQuemador on Aug 13, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kissed a girl and liked it?
Hah.
That song will now be in EVERYBODY’S head.
by mikev on Aug 13, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It has been all summer.
"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com
by Syphon on Aug 13, 2008 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hope Patterson has improved his swing
His swing looked really long, slow, and loopy the 1st time he was up. I was surprised every time he made contact.
by asfansince1989 on Aug 13, 2008 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Swooney = Brokey
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 13, 2008 3:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
RYAN, WHY?!
This is the third time he injures himself just days before I’m supposed to go to a game. He hates me.
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by Kimberly on Aug 13, 2008 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clearly you need to stop going to A's games
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Aug 13, 2008 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beware, Ryan...
I’ve got a game in September too.
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by Kimberly on Aug 13, 2008 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clearly, you need to go to MORE A's games.
"And sometimes, when it seems like all hope is gone, Life tosses you a special gift of a baseball game" . 7/10/08 BaseBallGirl headline
by LongTimeFan on Aug 13, 2008 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Should Sweeney play again this season?
When he comes off the DL it will be end of Aug. Didn’t he say that his pinky needs surgery after the season is over? So he will come back, play for 1 month, risk hurting something else, and go under the knife. Given how many body parts are hurting for him, would it make sense just to shut him down for the rest of the season? He’s clearly proved that he can play, what’s left to gain by playing him till the end of the season?
by asfansince1989 on Aug 13, 2008 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only thing he has clearly proved, is he is the identical twin of Travis Buck, nagging injury
after nagging injury.
by theblackpearl on Aug 13, 2008 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least we'll see if Patterson can be an everyday leadoff hitter for us
McGwire belongs in the Hall so put him there
by streetisclosedin08 on Aug 13, 2008 3:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
what do the beijing olympics and oakland a's baseball have in common?
Two weeks after announcing they had sold every one of the record 6.8 million tickets offered for the Games, Olympics officials expressed dismay at the large numbers of empty seats at nearly every event and the lack of pedestrian traffic throughout the park, the 2,800-acre centerpiece of the competition.
solution:
To remedy the problem, officials are busing in teams of state-trained “cheer squads” identifiable by their bright yellow T-shirts to help fill the empty seats and improve the atmosphere.
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 Aug 13, 2008 4:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They probably used the old
“Use donated monies earmarked for charitable use to buy tickets and give the tickets away to underprivelaged non-profit groups” trick. Then none of the people who were given tickets show up because people don’t care about wasting a free ticket…
by GusanoQuemador on Aug 13, 2008 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GS warriors
Hey, I got quite a few Warriors tix back in the earlier part of this decade by this method… The only entertaining part of it was watching Spud Webb play.
by rollierollieOxenfree on Aug 14, 2008 3:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
word got out that the Chinese had reneged on their promise of free Olympic kraut
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They should add more Beijing Tarps on the upper decks of the stadiums
Maybe a Root Beer float day with a Chinese version of Swooney will attract more female fans.
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Aug 14, 2008 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weird seeing Rich Harden get Casey Kotchman to fly out
in a Cubs/Braves game.
by green star oakland on Aug 13, 2008 4:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jason Bergmann having control problems
5 walks in the inning so far, 2 with the bases loaded.
by green star oakland on Aug 13, 2008 5:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ziggy the #2 "most improbable MLB success story" ...
... behind only PaulThomas’s favorite Ranger.
I’m sorry, but not only does Cust belong on that list, in a just world, Cust’s truly American story of idiosyncratic artisanal tinkering would be far more celebrated than Hamilton’s decadent Old World tale of granting redemption to a sybarite accidentally blessed with noble birth.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 13, 2008 5:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
any doctors want to translate?
chavy has three more repairs done
Eric Chavez had three things repaired during a 2 1/2 hour surgery on his right shoulder: he had an anterior labral repair, a SLAP lesion repair and he had his biceps tendon transposed.
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 Aug 13, 2008 8:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
transposed?
Sounds like he really is going to “cross all the way over to other side of the diamond”
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 14, 2008 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Carter
I notice he wasn’t in the lineup tonight for the Ports. Anyone know if he’s been promoted to Midland or are they just giving him a well deserved day off?
by webgem101 on Aug 13, 2008 8:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
diving fans out there?
Who is this woman they have broadcasting the syncro diving? She is really freaking me out—she sounds so much like Nancy Grace. I keep expecting her to break into a tirade about a kidnapped baby.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Aug 14, 2008 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, she scares me.
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by Kimberly on Aug 14, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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