DLD 08/19/08 - Insomniac Edition

by ST on Aug 19, 2008 3:00 AM PDT

Yes, it's 2am in the morning, thus necessitating a 08/19/08 DLD....well not really but oh well....so some news from around A's land:

Yes the A's won yesterday! However, Duke got hurt but SuSlu reports that it might just be inflammation continuing from previous start (why am i not surprised he was hurt earlier?). Duke is supposed to take a trip to see an A's doctor, which means he's going on the 60-day DL soon. This in turn prompts our QOTM nominee from "the Babbler" :

The A's don't need to build a new ball park, they need to build a hospital.

With the win, Oakland is in #11 position for the 2009 MLB Draft, .5 games out from Cleveland at #10 and 13.5 games back on the Nats for #1 position (see we're not that pitiful....yet).

Oakland	57	67	.460	19.5	34-33	23-34	491	498	-7	Won 1	4-6	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cleveland	56	67	.455	20	33-29	23-38	577	572	+5	Won 1	7-3	0.1	0.1	0.1
Colorado	57	69	.452	20.5	34-29	23-40	591	654	-63	Won 3	5-5	0.7	0.1	0.7
Atlanta	56	69	.448	21	34-31	22-38	566	566	0	Lost 2	3-7	0.2	0.1	0.2
Pittsburgh	56	69	.448	21	34-31	22-38	583	671	-88	Won 1	3-7	0.0	0.1	0.1
Kansas City	55	69	.444	21.5	28-34	27-35	510	619	-109	Lost 2	2-8	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cincinnati	55	70	.440	22	32-33	23-37	533	634	-101	Won 1	3-7	0.0	0.0	0.0
San Francisco	53	71	.427	23.5	24-36	29-35	475	579	-104	Won 2	5-5	0.1	0.0	0.1
San Diego	48	76	.387	28.5	27-38	21-38	474	579	-105	Lost 1	4-6	0.1	0.0	0.1
Seattle	46	78	.371	30.5	24-38	22-40	521	623	-102	Lost 4	2-8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Washington	44	81	.352	33	23-39	21-42	462	624	-162	Lost 10	0-10	0.0	0.0	0.0

In other A's news, St. Paul native Jack Banaharan had Minnesota fans equal to ~500X his batting average show up at the game.

In a sign of the evolution of Moneyball, the A's have found a new market inefficiency hence on Sept. 6, they decided they would rather lose 2X in one day then one time over 2 days (Take that Theo E.).

The A's also expressed their confidence in Daric Louganis aka Staplehead. At only 23 years of age, Beane likes Daric's experience which will set him up to eventually take over Larry Davis' fanny pack.

From the A's / Twins game, caption this:

Dump away while i try to figure out how to get to sleep with a Euro con-call in 4 hours =(

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Caption:

“It was THIS big! That’s just not human, you know.”

by capper3 on Aug 19, 2008 7:51 AM PDT 0 recs

Put the pitch this far off the plate with Crosby up – automatic K!

"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 19, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

Beloit College released its "Mindset List" for the Class Of 2012

I’m not even 30, and this makes me feel old.

by mikev on Aug 19, 2008 8:14 AM PDT 0 recs

{snerk}

56. Michael Millken has always been a philanthropist promoting prostate cancer research.

And I swear, when I first read #25, I thought it said “There have always been gay rabbits” and I wondered just what exactly I missed when I was in a coma for most of ’90s …

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 19, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up 0 recs

Huh.

I saw “rabbits” too, and I just shrugged and figured I missed something, too. It wasn’t until I saw your comment that I went back to look at what it really said.

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 19, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

Times three on the gay rabbits.

Bugs needs to come out the closet. He seemed to like that Carmen Miranda outfit a bit too much…

I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 19, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

Four

"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all games and holes are created equal." --George F. Will

by anomaly_kat on Aug 19, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

My fav cross-dressing Bugs moment

is when the Tasmanian Devil comes whirling up to him and Bugs opens his robe to reveal a very Madonna-esque bra and panties get-up.

by lynnzgal on Aug 19, 2008 4:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm so old, I'm practically dead, according to this

"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 19, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

More on Jack's homecoming

from the Saint Paul Pioneer Press:

Hannahan’s girlfriend, Jenny Heinen, is a kindergarten teacher at St. Mark’s in St. Paul. Jack has been staying with his parents at their Highland Park home and said he was eager for mom Annie’s special spaghetti recipe. “Her spaghetti’s the best,” he said.

Awwww. I always liked my mom’s spaghetti too (it involved Ragu) but the recipe I really wish I had got her to write down was her macaroni and cheese.

In other news, Barry Zito won a game!:

Zito is having fun on the field again. He laughed as he recalled the first inning, when he got former A’s teammate Mark Kotsay to ground out.
“He yelled an expletive at me when he crossed first base,‘’ Zito said. "You know, ’You blankety-blank’ or whatever. (First baseman Travis) Ishikawa looked at me and said, ‘Is that guy talking to me?’ I said, ‘No, man, Kotsay’s a great dude.’”‚’’
Zito caught up with another Oakland friend, Tim Hudson, before the first game of the series. Hudson recently underwent major elbow surgery, leaving Zito the only member of the onetime A’s "Big Three’’ still taking the ball on an everyday basis.

(sniff)

Polynesian Sauce may not be available in all locations.

by Englishmajor on Aug 19, 2008 8:24 AM PDT 0 recs

Zito

70 pitches through 5 IP — then took 39 more to get through the 6th and 7th. Great to see Barry with a decent start, but … problem still not solved.

And speaking of mac & cheese … (I’m bitterly disappointed mine didn’t make the finals. I use roasted garlic, roux, and julienned endive.)

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 19, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up 0 recs

Can I have yours?

the recipe, I mean.

Mac n cheese is THE MAD NOTE, YO!

I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 19, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

#1 guilty pleasure dish!

by lynnzgal on Aug 19, 2008 4:44 PM PDT up 0 recs

+1

comfort food

Green Hulk Fists

by oaklandSMASH on Aug 21, 2008 1:27 AM PDT up 0 recs

I think I may do a potluck recipes open thread ...

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 19, 2008 4:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

You'll put our recipes to shame. :(

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

by Jennifer on Aug 19, 2008 5:46 PM PDT up 0 recs

I dunno ... Krautchup Surprise sounds pretty promising

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 19, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up 0 recs

I've got a great recipe for brownies

Just put that in the oven for 40 minutes at 350 degrees. Yummmmmmmm…..

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Aug 19, 2008 9:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

Gasp!

Jenny Heineken?

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

by Jennifer on Aug 19, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up 0 recs

shouldn't that be Genny Heineken?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 19, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up 0 recs

It's not how you start, it's how you fin...

Well, sometimes it’s both. On this date in Oakland A’s history, 1973, the A’s sandwiched six runs around seven zeroes to beat Milwaukee, 6-4. A Deron Johnson grand-slam in the first, and a walk-off, two-run shot by Sal Bando in the ninth accounted for all six runs.

A couple of different looks of Oakland’s first captain shown below.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Aug 19, 2008 10:51 AM PDT 0 recs

I looooooove that top uni

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

by batgirl on Aug 19, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

"Now, you're the one who's been bragging about how your tongue is faster than Facelick Girl's...

…so stick it out and we’ll see how fast it really is."

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Aug 19, 2008 11:03 AM PDT 0 recs

This is a fine DLD, ST

Don’t take the lack of comments as a reflection on its quality. I think we’ve all finally been shock and awfulled into silence.

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 19, 2008 11:59 AM PDT 0 recs

story of my life, FSU

Just when I FINALLY have a second to breathe, come up for air, and post something- anything- AN takes the day off. Well, hell.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Aug 19, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah

AN was on fire back when I was studying for the bar and trying to avoid it. Now that I’m just counting the days no one wants to comment.

’tis sad.

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

by nevermoor on Aug 19, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

It must be the win....

we’re so unaccustomed to that particular emotional experience. Not to fear, our boys will soon have us frothing in anger. At least we can count on them for something.

"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 19, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

Thanks and no offense taken whatsoever...

unlike some folks, i understand the concept of entertainment with the internet and sports :)

Now to get some sleep…ugh!

"Twenty minutes," says Jack Sr. "Thank god for Billy Beane."

by ST on Aug 19, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

Wait just a minute

In the Giants’ Chronicle ad today, they show an upcoming promotion to get a “Renel Talking Bobble Head”

If the Giants fans are getting a Renel, it will be an insult for A’s fans not to get a Roy Steele talking bobble head. C’mon A’s promo department, that would be AWESOME. Can you imagine it?! Push the button and hear the Voice of God announcing some of the A’s all-time greats. Heck, I’d even abide him reading a promo for whatever genious product stepped up to sponsor it. “Unique rotating handles on a non-slip base…”

I’d much rather have a Roy Steele than a Jack Cust.

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

by batgirl on Aug 19, 2008 12:41 PM PDT 0 recs

But...?

wouldn’t a Renel Talking Bobblehead be a form of punishment?

Enjoy the game

by DCinWC on Aug 19, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm not a fan of the kids-as-PA-announcer bit...

but it’s actually a nice respite from the fingernails-on-chalkboard sound of Renel.

by calgbear on Aug 19, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

I second that.

She has a good radio voice, but howling the players’ names over an excessively loud PA system? Nuh-uh.

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 19, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

fortunately her voice is at that exact tone that I can't hear

no matter how loud she screams it.

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Aug 19, 2008 9:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

so you can be the worst person in MLB at your job

and the giants will still give you a bobblehead.
i’m sure they’ve made a zito bobblehead, and he’s the worst #1 pitcher for the money. now they need to do sabean and the SS trio of bocock/vizquel/burris.

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 19, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

The Tyler Walker Bobble Head

Complete with sweat!!!

Enjoy the game

by DCinWC on Aug 19, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think his bobblehead would look something like this:

by calgbear on Aug 19, 2008 4:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

genius, ugh

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

by batgirl on Aug 19, 2008 12:42 PM PDT 0 recs

reply, ugh

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

by batgirl on Aug 19, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

I had a root canal last week

and had a temporary crown put in yesterday. It’s all silver and shiny. I feel like a pirate.

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 19, 2008 1:02 PM PDT 0 recs

Vicodin.

Lots of Vicodin.

"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 19, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yep.

I am actually pain-free post-root canal, but before I went to the dentist, I very much enjoyed Vicodin… maybe a little too much…

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 19, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hey! That's what I'm having.

And this really awesome muscle relaxer that I’m not allowed to take before driving. Two people have comment on how glassy my eyes look lately. And apparently, I had TWO conversations with my mother yesterday I have no recollection of.

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

by Jennifer on Aug 19, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

Those are the best kind of conversations

to have with your mother.

"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 19, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

did you just play the dozens on Jennifer?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 19, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

pain med abuse is the best.

I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 19, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

The best high I've every had

was after getting my impacted wisdom teeth out.

"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 19, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm envious, sounds like a great time was had by all.

by OldhamA on Aug 19, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

I still have some from my hand surgery last week

Vicodin….niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Aug 19, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

Morphine during the c-section,

darvoset after. Took the edge off ever so slightly.

by lynnzgal on Aug 19, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

I love the liquid percocet

I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball

by JediLeroy on Aug 19, 2008 7:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hmmm.

From the Chron’s notes:

Outfielder Ryan Sweeney (sprained right thumb) is rehabbing in Phoenix but cannot swing a bat yet.

[buys plane ticket to Phoenix]

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 19, 2008 1:11 PM PDT 0 recs

I'll see you there. I need a vacation... and some Ry Bear.

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

by Jennifer on Aug 19, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

Foulke's there too.

We should make sure his rehab assignment goes on indefinitely so we don’t have to see him pitch for the A’s again.

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 19, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

PS - Please be ready in time for Kansas City.

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

by Jennifer on Aug 19, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up 0 recs

This sounds like something my grandmother would do.

POINT MARION, Pa. – An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. “I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun,” Leda Smith said. Smith heard someone break into her home Monday afternoon and grabbed the .22-caliber revolver she had been keeping by her bed since a neighbor’s home was burglarized a few weeks ago.

“I said ‘What are you doing in my house?’ He just kept saying he didn’t do it,” Smith said.

by theblackpearl on Aug 19, 2008 1:54 PM PDT 0 recs

Damn link didn't come

through

by theblackpearl on Aug 19, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

that's awesome!

someone better tell James Hetfield that grannies are packing.

“This is really a slap in the face to the community,” said Connie Berto, 75, who has been using the trail since the 1960s. “It’s atrocious. The fence is outrageous.”

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

by batgirl on Aug 19, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 19, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

that's what I'm talkin' about

I’d pay to see crazy airhorn lady go up against Hetfield!

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

by batgirl on Aug 19, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

she’s a megadeth fan

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 19, 2008 3:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

Mustaine has been known to blow alot of hot air.

It's Rhodes Scholar Night at the Coliseum tonight.

by Scottbass on Aug 19, 2008 5:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

I was thinking Hetfield could have scrapped the fence and just hired her to keep hikers out

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 19, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

a .22 has almost no recoil

i wonder if that 85 year old woman would have been able to successfully wield a shotgun?

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 19, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up 0 recs