9/29/08 DLD: It is over
by Jennifer on Sep 29, 2008 7:17 AM PDT
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PrintNo A's game today, folks. No A's game until... well, I can't think about that right now. To the links!
Outfielder Ryan Sweeney will have surgery at 7 a.m. today to reattach his left pinkie tendon to the bone. That has already happened. Good I hope everything went okay. I'll be in Iowa in a few days to take care of you!
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From this weekend: Smith ends season with 16 pickoffs.
The rookie did tie the record for most pickoffs in a season, with 16, when he caught Yuniesky Betancourt off first in the second inning. The statistic has been kept since 1987.Smith said he was disappointed upon hearing he'd tied rather than set the record.
"I got this far, now I want it," Smith said. He added with a smile, "Maybe I can talk them into putting me in the game" today.
Oakland has 36 pickoffs overall, tied for third most since 1987.
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"I think it's possibly myself, Crosby, Street, Ellis, Duke - we could all be gone," Embree said. "There are a lot of variables but, I would expect that our card game (which often includes Street and Crosby) is broken up and that the chess match (Street and Andrew Brown) is over."
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Then I'd try to picture my life without this place. And I never could. For better or worse, Lookout Landing has kind of become a major part of my identity, and I came to realize that this isn't the sort of thing that you just up and stop doing one day. LL means a lot of things to a lot of people, but it also means a lot of things to me, and every time I'd lay in bed thinking I can't do this anymore, I'd convince myself that it's worth the effort. Every time.
He does it almost entirely by himself. Jeff, I love you. LL alone is almost enough to make me a Mariners fan. Almost. Keep doing what you do.
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The Tigers and White Sox play today at 2:05 ET. Freddy Garcia vs Gavin Floyd. No pressure, fellas.
I tried to explain to my family the significance of this weekend. It didn't reach them, I guess.
Me: ONE GAME! The Twins held their fate in their own hands!
Dad: [blank stare]
Me: ONE GAME! It's going to be crazy!
Dad: [blank stare]
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To some football:
Winless Rams fire coach Scott Linehan. That was quick.
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Finally, the hopes of many young men came crashing down this weekend. Scarlett Johansson married Ryan Reynolds in Canada this weekend.
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The Red Sox-Angels matchup is a challenge for us
But I’ll root for Boston, temporarily. I’ll try to remember the slightly lovable Red Sox of days gone past. However, it is annoying that Beckett strained his oblique and Papelbon is such a complete tool as to kick things in the dugout because he lost a meaningless game.
Don't blame me, I voted for Bill King.
If it's a
Twins-Brewers world series will they postpone ’til after the election for lack of interest or simply move the broadcast to local cable-access channel?
"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin
At least with their domes, they won't have to play with ear flaps and worry about getting red balls.
/ahem 
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Sep 29, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Poo
It would be sad without the excess hype surrounding the Red Sox or Cubs and to have smaller markets playing, I guess only real baseball fans will watch. Oh darn.
People could say the same things about Oakland vs any-small-market team too I guess.
Gas to Chicago- $23.87 A's/White Sox Tix- $28 Watching the A's whipping the Sox in July 05'- Priceless
Me neither.
I despise the Angels, but I really want “Red Sox Nation” to be taken down a peg or 15.
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Sep 29, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
A tool?
Because he is pissed he pitched badly? I like that competitiveness even if it isnt game 7. He knows the game was important as a tune up for him to get ready for playoffs and he is frustrated he is struggling a bit lately. I dont think that makes him a tool in the least ust because the game was “meaningless” in the standings. Not to mention it was the Yankees and in Fenway, that’s never meaningless.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Sep 29, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't blame him for being angry
I blame him because he hasn’t figured out some way of expressing his anger that doesn’t involve the risk of breaking parts of his body that might be useful to his team in the playoffs.
Don't blame me, I voted for Bill King.
by Englishmajor on Sep 29, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
OK, that I can see...
Not what you said the first time. I agree with you in not risking body parts.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Sep 29, 2008 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm rooting for 7 game series
multiple extra innings…gassed bullpens…late night cross coutry flights…rain delays…brawls…ejections…suspensions…
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
What do you mean it’s over??
Story of my life.
Oh, to forgive is human, to ERA is Devine.
Or something like that.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Heh, that's cute.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." -- Connie Mack
A few lists...
I don’t know why their data is different, but here’s Baseball Reference’s list of the top pickoff seasons of all time:
Cnt Player Pk Year Age
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1 Jerry Garvin 23 1977 21
2 Steve Carlton 19 1977 32
3 Steve Carlton 16 1978 33
4 Greg Smith 15 2008 24
5 Terry Mulholland 15 1992 29
6 Steve Carlton 15 1983 38
7 Andy Pettitte 14 1997 25
8 Charlie Hough 14 1988 40
9 Jerry Koosman 14 1979 36
10 Steve Avery 13 1995 25
Lowest Single Season ERA, minimum 40 IP:
Cnt Player ERA IP Year Age
——————————-—————-———-+
1 Buck O’Brien 0.38 47.2 1911 29
2 Joey Devine 0.59 45.2 2008 24
3 Dennis Eckersley 0.61 73.1 1990 35
4 George McQuillan 0.66 41 1907 22
5 Rob Murphy 0.72 50.1 1986 26
6 Barry Latman 0.76 47.2 1958 22
7 Rich Gossage 0.77 46.2 1981 29
8 Earl Hamilton 0.83 54 1918 26
9 Nick Maddox 0.83 54 1907 20
10 Cisco Carlos 0.86 41.2 1967 26
Lowest Single Season ERA, minimum 55 IP:
Cnt Player ERA IP Year Age
——————————-—————-———-+
1 Dennis Eckersley 0.61 73.1 1990 35
2 Tim Keefe 0.86 105 1880 23
3 Ferdie Schupp 0.90 140.1 1916 25
4 Jonathan Papelbon 0.92 68.1 2006 25
5 Chris Hammond 0.95 76 2002 36
6 Dutch Leonard 0.96 224.2 1914 22
7 Dale Murray 1.03 69.2 1974 24
8 Rollie Fingers 1.04 78 1981 34
9 Bob Veale 1.04 77.2 1963 27
10 Mordecai Brown 1.04 277.1 1906 29
11 Brad Ziegler 1.06 59.2 2008 28
12 Babe Adams 1.11 130 1909 27
13 John Smoltz 1.12 64.1 2003 36
14 Bob Gibson 1.12 304.2 1968 32
I thought Devine broke the record; obviously he didn't.
But he’s still made of awesome.
Now with 100% more Canuck.
At least for the pick offs, I dont think their data is different.
They didn’t officially keep track of the record until 1987, so any of the records before that “don’t matter”.
And how the heck did they not keep track of pick offs until 1987?!? They have made changes to all sorts of rules, livened, deadened, and livened the ball again, lowered the mound, and changed the sac fly rule about 5 times, but no one thought about counting the number of times someone had a pick off?
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
I don't understand why we can't retroactively count stats like that
And saves (as dumb as it is, I sitll would like it kept).
How hard would it be and how much time would it take to have a couple people go through boxscores to record the saves? Pickoffs might be a bit tougher, and you’d need complete PBP data, but that could even be done.
by thejd44 on Sep 29, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
We are the hollow men
(TS Elliot forecasting lineup problems)
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 29, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Pinkie tendons
My daughter also had pinkie tendon surgery recently. Of course, the circumstances were a little different. In her case it was a freak kindergarten scissors accident. Maybe she could offer some advice to Ryan about her recovery. I’ll have to bring her along on my stalkings.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
I just read the Chron
and I have messages for two of the players: Grandpa Embree, you’re supposed to be the funny man, not the serious one. Don’t say such sad, sad things. And RyRy: Surgery at 7 a.m.? You must be an early riser. I’m not a morning person. I don’t know if this is gonna work out.
And you know they had a late plane ride in from Seattle.
BTW, anyone know the approx inning KenKo mentioned the Sweeney family road trip during Saturday’s game?
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
I doubt he talked about
their precise route/itinerary.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
Maybe not...
Went to Seattle, and saw a few of them wondering the airport around 6:30 last night as I was waiting for my flight.
by SwisherGirl33 on Sep 29, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
He probably just stayed up
Doctors have this nasty habit of wanting to do elective surgical procedures at the crack of dawn. I foolishly agreed to a similar schedule for something minor I’m having done next month, and now I realize this means I have to get myself across the Bay Bridge at 6 AM when I’ve been fasting for twelve hours. Not looking forward to it.
Don't blame me, I voted for Bill King.
by Englishmajor on Sep 29, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
My favorite:
1) Here, drink this. It’s going to taste like crap and make you wish you were dead,
2) Don’t eat anything but clear liquids for 24hours, and don’t drink anything for 12 hours,
3) Stick this up your butt,
4) Now let us try to stick you with a needle. Gee, why can’t a find a vein? Are you dehydrated?
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
Is this an elective surgical procedure.....
or a date?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
LOL! Yes, that IS what I'm having done!
Don't blame me, I voted for Bill King.
by Englishmajor on Sep 29, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
hahaha
it is hard to find a vein when you’re dehydrated lol
i hate when people tell me they are hard sticks before i even see them. do they want me to mess up?
Andy Bernard does not lose contests. He wins them. Or he quits them. Because they're unfair.
You can take advantage of this
Take out some frustration by poking those people a few times. They won’t think you’re doing anything wrong, since that’s how it’s “supposed” to go.
by thejd44 on Sep 30, 2008 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
If Gavin beats Freddy
The Phillies look even more like morons. But that was the past.
And, I love Jeff. Not a Mariners fan, but LL is always a nice read.
Now with 100% more Canuck.
Jeff is awesome.
I’m not an M’s fan or a Giants fan, but I still love reading LL and McCovey Chronicles for the hilarity and complete awesomeness.
by whiteshoes40 on Sep 29, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a link!
Urban’s season in review: not much new, but there are links to a bunch of highlights from the season, including a classic Dale-doing-the-splits moment; Ellis’ slam (Kuip’s call: “Ellis! Ellis! ELLIS!” — but that game’s sad because Rich and Chavy played in it); RyRy throwing out a runner; Nathan throwing away Ryan’s bunt attempt for the walk-off; Hannahan’s gymnastics; and, of course, the K-Rod’s walk-off error, which I could watch over and over and over and over and over…
And if you want clips from every game, here’s a link to the top plays archive from the entire season.
That Ellis walkoff never gets old.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Sep 29, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
NEVER. EVER. EVER. (gets old, I mean)
Seriously, My favorite memory of the season. but it’s not really a memory, cuz I watch it all the time.
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
More linkage
According to the A’s email newsletter, FanFest 2009 is Saturday, January 24th. Sweet.
And here’s a link to some of Buan’s interviews this season. I haven’t listened to them yet, but they include RyRy, Huston, and Huddy.
January 24th? Crap, I think I'm out of town. :(
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Sep 29, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
That sucks.
I haven’t been to a FanFest since… 2004, I think. I’m pumped.
by whiteshoes40 on Sep 29, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I should have went last year.
It was on my birthday. :(
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
Dang, I'm not going to be in the area either.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
Same
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Sep 29, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Want me to pick up a Q&A for you?
What size?
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
He'll more likely be at a Fan Fest in whatever city you'll be in.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
I'm putting it on my calendar now!
Gee, I hope they don’t need to postpone it if the Raiders need to get in some extra practice before their Super Bowl appearance.
Don't blame me, I voted for Bill King.
by Englishmajor on Sep 29, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
"Over?!?"
“Did you say "over”?" 
“Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!”
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
Fat, drunk, and
stupid in no way to go through life young man.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Can you believe
that he’s been gone for 25 years? When you think of all the people we could have done without so easily….
"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin
by Hot Cup Joe on Sep 29, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Bluto: My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
Otter: Better listen to him, Hot Cup, he’s in pre-med.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Sep 29, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate to admit it
but flounder is the only one who i really identified with….
"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin
Amazing. That whole cast was fantastic.
Toga, Toga, Toga…..
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Wolfgang Pinto Mozart 
begs to differ.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Sep 29, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Apropos of nothing -- except that it is foosball season, two of my boys won a photo contest.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
So much better than those dogs playing poker!
Don't blame me, I voted for Bill King.
by Englishmajor on Sep 29, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, they're better at poker. I can beat 'em at foosball.
But poker — 
— I think they cheat.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Sep 29, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope so! I have the day off.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
I don't see one on the front page....
….and I did make the DLD….
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
Fine. But I'm recycling your link.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
There you go.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
But your post/comment ratio is only 1.6/1000.
I vote you do it.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Sep 29, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm doing QOTM on Wednesday...
I don’t want to overload AN with diaries this week.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
I'll say yes, but I'd only rec it.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Sep 29, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
It's in a rain delay right now.
Which I find rather funny.
And yes, we should have a thread.
by whiteshoes40 on Sep 29, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
How in the hell do you not notice this?
Woman finds bat in coffee filter
It wasn’t just the caffeine that gave an eastern Iowa woman an extra jolt when she had her morning cup of coffee.
It was the bat she found in the coffee filter.
Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Health say the woman reported seeing a bat in her house but wasn’t overly worried about it. They say she turned on her automatic coffee maker before she went to bed and had her coffee the next morning.
/snip
They say the bat was sent to a state lab for testing but its brain was too cooked by the heat of the brewing water to determine if it had rabies.
Yikes.
That's wacky.
And it happened in Cedar Rapids! RyRy better watch out for bats when he gets home.
by whiteshoes40 on Sep 29, 2008 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Some of our hitters
wouldn’t notice a bat in a coffee filter either.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Is anybody else really shaken up over this morning's stock market performance?
Christ, what a mass sell. That doesn’t really work as a joke, but who the hell cares?
Back to sports (phew)—Barry Zito called his harshest radio critic Gary Radnich this morning, and they chatted for 10-15 minutes. I figure most people will listen to the interview (now available, I"m sure, on the KNBR Web site) from a Zito perspective. Myself, I’m a huge Radnich fan, so it was a tough spot to see him in, but I thought he handled it okay.
Brainless Automaton #439
QOTM
for “Christ, what a mass sell”.
Don't blame me, I voted for Bill King.
by Englishmajor on Sep 30, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
If you can catch a wrench bat, you can catch a ball!
The Raider Nation is the only Nation.
by oaklandSMASH on Sep 29, 2008 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Billy, don't do this.
Don’t give me hope. It’s mean.
Beane doesn’t often give flat-out definitive answers when it comes to topics such as player negotiations, but on Monday in an interview session at the Coliseum, he was unable to hedge when Ellis’ name was mentioned. Beane tried, at least initially, saying “We’re going to continue to have conversations about trying to find something workable under the circumstances.”
Then Beane stopped, laughed and said, “I’d like to have Mark back. … The idea is to find something that makes sense for both sides.”
Beane told reporters that the team will make Ellis an offer but he did not provide any specifics.
Also:
The A’s did not have updates on starter Justin Duchscherer, who had exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his right hip in Nashville on Monday, or on outfielder Ryan Sweeney, who had surgery to reattach his left pinkie tendon.
Uh-oh. I hope Ryan still has his left hand.
"I’d like to have Mark back. … The idea is to find something that makes sense for both sides."
we know where you live, Billy
"The Athletics at Fremont" is really bad
If they end up not signing him...
He better watch his back. It will not be pretty.
We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis
Don't worry. I have no hope.
I’ll believe it when I see it, and even then, I’ll know he’ll be traded by midseason.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
Drat...
It seems I cannot reply anymore, “reply” takes me to the top of the page. Firefox 3.0.3. Done the standard (log out, quit and start over) to no avail. Anyone else have this happen?
Enjoy the game
Works for me too
(as if anybody cares)
"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
When I first met you I didn't realize
Now I can’t forget you or your surprise.
Ricky Williams still has sweet leaf on his mind. For a few seconds, at least, until he moves on to…wait…what was I talking about?
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Sep 30, 2008 11:34 AM PDT reply actions
WOULD YOU PEOPLE PLEASE UNREC
THESE FRICKING OLD DLDS?!
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 2, 2008 8:35 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I'm right here
You don’t have to yell. I don’t rec. So I guess I can’t un-rec, right?
I'm here to talk about the past.
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I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 2, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
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