Jan 15 DLD - It's c-c-c-cold here!
by brenarlo on Jan 15, 2009 9:57 AM PST
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It was -44 below 0 on my way to work this morning in Bismarck, ND. As I'm letting my car warm up before going to lunch I thought I'd start today's DLD.
I guess the big "news" of the day is Oakland's apparent interest in Nick Johnson.
I don't buy it. The only way I see Beane entering into these negotiations is if acquiring Nick Johnson means that Crosby and Barton are being shipped somewhere else to bring in a SS. Johnson isn't needed and if he was he'd be hurt.
My hands are freezing up... so I'll let everyone dump away! It's supposed to be 28 degrees here tomorrow which is a 72 degree swing (and it's still not above freezing!)
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I feel like I should give you a hug.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Jan 15, 2009 9:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
14 degrees, zero with wind chill, 4:30 sunset.
Chance of flurries. Overnight low: 1 degree.
This is so dumb. I blame ArakSOT.
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 Jan 15, 2009 10:08 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
66 and not a cloud in the sky here....
Oakland, CA.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jan 15, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
same on campus
and gorgeous
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jan 15, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
72 degrees in my pocket of Oakland
Perfect baseball weather, really.
by pam5981 on Jan 15, 2009 1:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can it, lady.
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 Jan 15, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you just agree to body shots?
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Jan 15, 2009 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
call me when she agrees to the FRE KRAUT body wrap
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Like this?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Jan 15, 2009 7:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
how the idea of giving something and taking it back became indian giver is beyond me
I’m not PC at all but you should really say white man giver.
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 15, 2009 6:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Let me take that under consideration.
Okay, I’m done.
No.
by mikev on Jan 15, 2009 8:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously, shoot me.
Right about today is when I regretted moving farther off campus.
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
by walk off bunt on Jan 15, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
78 in Santa Barbara
Think I might hit the beach up in a bit.
by methodrampage on Jan 15, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh how I miss Oceano and Cliff Drive
Eveland rocks! Eveland rocks! Somewhere Drew Carey just smiled.
by miggyk2 on Jan 15, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
lame.
also: totally sweet you’re in SB. that’s where I’m from.
Save Rajai Davis
by oakinboston on Jan 15, 2009 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
3915 Carol Ave., just off La Cumbre Rd.
way back thirty years ago.
Officially awaiting the 2009 season.
by One won lost won on Jan 15, 2009 10:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
-30
-30 with ice crystals in the air. I am still going running.
More Rajai Davis & less mount Davis
by Athletics fan and runner on Jan 17, 2009 9:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cust re-ups for $2.8M
"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey
by JJ on Jan 15, 2009 10:10 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Barry Zito re-up for a Hilton
my oh my http://tv.msn.com/hotgossip/1-13-09_2/?GT1=28103
Let's Go Oakland! clap clap clapclapcl-- damn, I think I sprained my wrist...
by SF Geoff on Jan 15, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
What a steal.
Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.
by Joey C. on Jan 15, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's his first arbitration year...
It’s actually quite a deal more than I expected him to get, although he does hit lots of home runs (undoubtedly the stat with the highest correlation to hitters’ arbitration awards).
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jan 15, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
-31 below here in South Dakota
I feel your pain brenarlo
by HuskerFan on Jan 15, 2009 10:44 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
cold weather
Speaking as one who grew up in northern South Dakota (west of Aberdeen), what kind of weather do you expect in January? Back in the olden days (isn’t this the way we’re supposed to say it.) if it wasn’t colder than 20 below in January, we felt slighted. And for the one who asked about what happens to water at these temperatures, you hear it freezing as it goes through the air. And, in case you’re wondering, there is one thing you never do in this weather—and any small boy from South Dakota can tell it what it is. One has to wait until it warms up a little to be able to write your name in the snow—with that yellow tinge to the writing!
RAC
by rcodd on Jan 15, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, this brings up a question
I’ve wondered about for years. Exactly what in the hell is the difference between SD and ND? Why aren’t they one state? Is SD really all that much more balmy than ND?
By the way, I was in sunny Anaheim this week. 90 degrees at Disneyland. If this is the price I must pay for global warming, please keep the hydrocarbons a pumping.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jan 16, 2009 7:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ive always wondered the same
the only thing it is good for is letting mark ellis set records for a player born in south dakota.
but really, why is there not a northern california and a southern california?
"True fact: In a global thermonuclear war, the only human who would survive would be David Eckstein" -PT
by travdog6 on Jan 17, 2009 12:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
At the time of statehood
the Dakota Territory had two main population centers: The oldest settled areas were from the old French fur trade, centered on Grand Forks on the Red River in the north. On the other hand, the main population expansion into the territory was overflow from NE and IA into the southeast corner of the territory, centered on Yankton. The two regions were geographically distinct, so it seemed reasonable to make them separate states.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jan 17, 2009 4:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For the grammar and usage obsessed
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
by andeux on Jan 15, 2009 11:16 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
anyone else get this promo email from the A's?
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to cross the plate
following a walkoff homerun? A’s Season Ticket Holders
have the limited time opportunity to capture the moment
in style. The ticket photo can be customized to include
the name of your choice to replace “Ellis” on the back of
the jersey. This memory will be presented in the form of
an oversized “Big Ticket” (similar to the 2009 ticket
stock) approximately 5.5" × 15.5".
Hmmm, I’m not sure that just replacing “Ellis” with “Maxwell” will really make him look like me. How about you have a fan fest and let ME run across home plate while you take my picture?
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Jan 15, 2009 11:18 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
You could pretend you & Mark got married and he took your name.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Jan 15, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hey, that's legal in California now!
I think I just read that in the Chronicle. Which made me wonder why it was illegal before.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Jan 15, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was legal before
Either person can (and could) take the other last name, both can keep their names, they can hyphenate, combine them, or make up an entirely new name. What changed on January 1 is that there is no default, so couples need to discuss this before they go down to the license bureau. Otherwise they will have to have this discussion in front of the clerk.
We did a story about this on January 2, that’s why I know. The people who are most opposed to it were — the license clerks. They anticipated a lot of tiresome scenes.
by Englishmajor on Jan 15, 2009 4:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd let Ellis argue in front of me all day long.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Jan 16, 2009 8:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, I *thought* it was already legal...
In fact, it was under discussion in the Poppy household 19 years ago, since the Mr. has more emotional connection to my family than to his own. But my last name has to be spelled for people (100% of the time), and you have to do a lot of pronunciation handholding as well for some mysterious reason that I’ve never understood, because it’s actually very simple… so Mr. Poppy wimped out and we decided to go with his name. A few years later, I tried to get my own name back because I missed it, and I discovered that I’d have to go to court for it. My own damn name.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Jan 16, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wise people....
those license clerks.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jan 16, 2009 7:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
more Rickey praise
Henderson, as you know, stole 1,406 bases in his career. Here’s what you don’t know: The league-average player, in that same time span, stole 214.
OK, think about that. Rickey Henderson stole nearly 1,200 more bases in his career than the average major league players of his generation. Yep, 1,200.
• And, finally, a brilliant observation by loyal reader Allen Lee: “Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of Henderson’s career is the 3,000-plus hits. For many players in that club, 3,000 hits is likely their crowning achievement. In Henderson’s case, he accomplished so much that 3,000 hits is maybe fifth place on his list.”
Great point. In fact, in all the ESPN talk of Rickey’s credentials this week, I can’t remember anybody even making a big deal out of those 3,000 hits. And that NEVER happens.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3832650&name=stark_jayson
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Jan 15, 2009 11:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
more Rickey...
I was catching up on mlbtraderumors, and I found this little tidbit:
Rickey Henderson says he’s still available to play. Asked about the WBC, he responded, “"What is [the WBC], wrestling?”
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 Jan 15, 2009 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
vintage Rickey
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Jan 15, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Leopold thought the same thing too, though,
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Call me dumb, but
what is the WBC?
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jan 15, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
World Baseball Classic.
or at least that’s what LL told me.
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
44 below zero?
does your car even start? If you throw water does it freeze before it falls down?
Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC
by closetasfan on Jan 15, 2009 11:34 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Nacho cubes!
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 11:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, my car starts.
We make sure it warm it up about 20 minutes or so before we leave. But I’ll tell you this… when you’re driving your heat doesn’t work well so the drive is always chilly.
I don’t know… it sucks but it’s what you do to get low taxes, crime, population, garbage, and great open spaces.
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
by brenarlo on Jan 15, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm, I feel another comma ambiguity discussion coming on.
I’m all for low crime, but I don’t see the appeal of crime and garbage.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jan 15, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think "low" applies to all elements in that list
“low great open spaces” would, I presume, mean wetlands.
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 4:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jeez no need to rub it in his face....
You already said you’re all for low crime. You don’t need to say you don’t see its appeal either.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
by vignette17 on Jan 15, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Low taxes... low crime... low population... low garbage... and great open spaces.
Sorry for the confusion.
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
by brenarlo on Jan 15, 2009 9:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It does freeze.
KC news had someone on from ND doing that demonstration. I’ll see if I can find a video.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My relatives in MN have a heated garage
it’s heated to 15 degrees. sounds horrible, but in -40 weather, that +15 is sweet.
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 15, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When I moved from Minnesota to the Bay Area
I brought my Minnesota car, which had an engine block heater. One day soon after I arrived, I was walking down to the sandwich shop with a native Californian colleague, and I stopped on the way to get something out of my car which was parked on the street. The plug for the engine block heater was sticking out the front of the hood, and this person said “Wow, is this an electric car?” I said no, it was an engine block heater.
“What? Why would you want to heat your engine?”
I explained. She got a horrified look on her face. “Oil…….could FREEZE?”
by Englishmajor on Jan 15, 2009 4:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
in Vermont, we use dipstick heaters
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 5:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 5:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
in georgia, we ARE dipsticks . . .
. . . roscoe
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 15, 2009 6:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
haha
Another MN → bay transplant here. I tell people about plugging cars in and they just look at me funny. It’s great. Where in MN do ya come from? Still follow the Twins at all?
by Jernskogen on Jan 15, 2009 7:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Spent some time in finland as well
this was in mid 1980s. everyone had a lada. 2 stroke engines start well in the cold . . .
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 16, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
2 stroke engines start well in the cold
TWSS
my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 16, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
-3 below here in Ithaca
And I thought I was cold.
by Boddhi Oak on Jan 15, 2009 11:53 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Ithaca? cool
sounds like some city in a greek tragedy.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Jan 15, 2009 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It is, was, and will be again.
"I have more questions after these."-WaddellCanseco
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jan 15, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lots of them in upstate New York
Ithaca, Troy, Syracuse, Utica, Rome.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jan 15, 2009 4:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The trajedy part...
is probably related to the shotgun. Preferred weapon of the Spartans you know.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jan 16, 2009 7:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me how much I _don't_ miss college!
Are you a student there, or a permanent resident?
by oblique on Jan 15, 2009 4:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah it's not so much the heat that kills ya...
It’s the humidity.
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
by brenarlo on Jan 15, 2009 11:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
It's so cold.
Lots of snow and cold in Iowa. Think RyBear would keep me warm at night?
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 11:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
One of my "favorite" Iowa memories
Jan 31, 1989, the high temp was 69 degrees. The next day, the high was 31, set at midnight – the daytime high was 19. By the end of the week, we had sub-zero highs with about 2 feet of snow.
I really love California.
"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 Jan 15, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's supposed to be in the 60s next week.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
*puts on short sleeved A's shirt*
leaves for class
by Dukererer on Jan 15, 2009 12:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Ottawa, Canada
It’s -4F with a wind chill of -18F in Ottawa right now. Was -20F with a wind chill of -33Faround 10 this morning. Looks like ND wins … sort of.
by Larry E on Jan 15, 2009 12:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I watching an airplane sink in the Hudson River
Link – click WATCH LIVE
Looks like a damn bird got in the way again.
"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 Jan 15, 2009 1:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
If the Giants hadn't signed him, Randy Johnson could have rented himself out to the airlines
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dear pilot:
You rock. Seriously.
I don’t know you, but I want to have your babies. You are so badass.
Sincerely,
Jennifer, your fan club president
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was texting a friend about Lost when the plane went down.
I started telling her about it, and she said, “I don’t remember that episode.”
Me: “No! NOW! Breaking news!”
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely agree
This guy just earned his pay for life with by landing this plane with no injuries, on a river in America’s largest city, no less.
"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 Jan 15, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Never mind that....
how COLD was the river?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Jan 16, 2009 7:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have...ahem...problems with flying.
Stuff like this doesn’t help.
I’m supposed to get on a plane on Monday.
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 Jan 15, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Uh-hunh
You just lost all your pro-nuke cred.
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
(what about nuke-powered planes?)
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 Jan 15, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Gave up on it in the early '60's
"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 Jan 15, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's a phobia, not a rational fear.
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 Jan 15, 2009 2:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Another +1
I’m rabidly pro-nuke and hate flying.
"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 Jan 15, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oddly, I'm exactly the opposite
Well, ok, I don’t LOVE flying, but I certainly have no issues with it.
Anyway, the reason I don’t love flying is that the airlines insist on making you as uncomfortable as possible during the entire process.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jan 15, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
STRICKOUTS!!!1!!1!!!!!
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, go fling some poo.
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 Jan 15, 2009 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I used to have a problem flying.
I take some really great drugs now. I’m like, “Take me down, Jesus! WOO!”
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And I always thought "your seat can be used as a floatation device"
was total BS. How the hell could you survive a plane crash in water?! Now I know.
This whole thing is making me miss Rescue Me.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
O_o
Wouldn’t that be “Take me up, Jesus!”?
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The plane down.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 2:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, I know
Are you positing the location of Heaven to be somewhere south of the clouds?
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not really.
Maybe I’m going somewhere else.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In that case, I don't believe it's JC to whom you're supplicating
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 3:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm always taking supplications
Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.
by Joey C. on Jan 15, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Her theology defies your simplistic analysis
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
by andeux on Jan 15, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What about Joey's supplications?
Those defy something as well, no?
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 3:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's a lot warmer there.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jan 15, 2009 4:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
there hasn't been a life lost in two years on major US airlines
if you see a child walking in the airport, it is more probable that child becomes president than loses life in an air accident
last somewhatodd major crashes on major airlines, everyone walked out alive
if you fly, you have higher probability of dying getting to and from the airport than on the plane
….those stats also have large sample sizes
but yeah, it still freaks me out some
Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC
by closetasfan on Jan 16, 2009 6:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I know these are all true.
It’s a phobia.
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 Jan 16, 2009 8:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
what if we had Jack Cust pilot your plane?
my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 16, 2009 9:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think the first one is true unless there will be a lot more presidents in the future
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
by mikeA on Jan 16, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
... which there will be when Airforce 1 keeps crashing.
by green star oakland on Jan 16, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Poppy has this phobia, too.
He had to be drugged for the short flights to & from Seattle. And in March, we’ll be driving to Phoenix in one day to stay two days and then drive back in one day. “We” being mostly me, because I have a fear of automobile passenging.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Jan 16, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would think the sheer, grinding irritation of that drive
would be enough to overcome mere fear, but apparently I underestimate the mind’s dislike of psychic discomfort vis a vis actual pain…
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jan 16, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ridden south on PCH in the fog a couple times too many, eh?
my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 16, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
NEVER, actually. I wouldn't survive.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Jan 16, 2009 2:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't mind being on the plane, but
being in the airport creeps me out. I liked airports fine in the 1980s and 1990s, but now they’re hostile, suspicious, rights-free zones.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jan 16, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's why I prefer hanging out at bus terminals.
OK, that’s one of the reasons I prefer hanging out at bus terminals.
OK, the reasons I prefer hanging out at bus terminals have nothing to do with that at all.
my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 16, 2009 2:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
WTF?
Plane crashes in NYC river after bird cuts engines
Didn’t that bird know it’s supposed to keep its engines running until touchdown, taxi, and parking?
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Unlless Bean is going to try to make a trade to get us a shortstop. This trade makes me sick. Our defense is goig to kill us if Kust is playing Right.Maybe Bean will flip Johnson to the Brew Crew along with a young pitcher for J.J. Hardy. Buck Hardy Giambi Holiday Kust Chavez Sazuki Sweeny Ellis
by BBCRAZY4LIFE on Jan 15, 2009 1:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The only way the Brew Crew would do that is if they trade Prince Fielder...
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
by brenarlo on Jan 15, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Strategic 
is only clever if everything else is spelled, punctuated, and capitalized correctly.
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Strategic rebusing is only clever if the term being referenced doesn't have an expiry
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
22-Year-Old Sells Virginity Online
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480037,00.html
The Moonlite Bunny Ranch, the brothel that is arranging and hosting the deal, sounded especially gung-ho about Dylan.
“Natalie is a virgin and would like to sell this priceless and rare commodity in a very exclusive and private setting,” says the Bunny Ranch Web site.
it is not priceless if you auction it off, idiot.
I hope that this isn’t a CGV thing to say but isn’t sex with virgins overrated unless your truly in love with someone? BTW that is a rhetorical question..
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Jan 15, 2009 2:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
$3.7 million?
Good lord.
Clearly there’s a major market inefficiency here… a couple million of these auctions and you’ve solved the male-female wealth disparity in this country…
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jan 15, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
what were you saying above about getting all the way to home correlating with higher arbitration awards?
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You're assuming the bidder is a male.
I live in MA. You life near SF. We both know better.
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 15, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I found this interesting from K Law today.
Casey, LA, CA: Over/Under- 87 wins to win the AL west.
SportsNation Keith Law: Right now, under.
"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 Jan 15, 2009 2:42 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
These scientists are misunderstanding the phenomenon—thanks to my espresso consumption, I’m able to hear what all you people are thinking.
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 3:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
When I lived in London, the Times had a recommendation for caffeine
They said that, since no one was sure whether caffeine was good or bad for you, the best course was moderation. And, by moderation, “we mean that you should limit your consumption to the equivalent of around 15 cups of coffee per day or less.”
Will that work for you?
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 15, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
{whips head around}
Who said that?
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
........
(low, barely audible chanting)
…..monkey…..monkey…..monkey….monkey…..
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You could have a steam train.
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Have I mentioned recently how much I love California?
The sun is my friend.
by whiteshoes40 on Jan 15, 2009 3:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
try living here.
You’ll have a different perspective on that giant flaming ball of pain and sweat.
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What? I thought Bartolo Colon signed with the White Sox?
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 4:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It just
might be Bartolo Colon in the air here.
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wise words
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
by mikeA on Jan 15, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
All these temperature posts make me realize
how happy I am to be right where I am. Both the cold ones and the California ones.
Those subzero temperatures sound truly awful, but I don’t want it to be 70 degrees either. 70 degrees in January is just wrong.
I’m perfectly happy with brisk mid-40s temperatures. Put on a hat and a jacket and enjoy a nice mild winter walk. Perfect.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jan 15, 2009 4:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wise words
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
by mikeA on Jan 15, 2009 4:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Have you suffered
an aneurysm and we’re just unaware?
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 5:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
mikeA is a fellow ameliorist-meteorology Nazi
a man has to have something to help the petite vanilla bean scones go down @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 5:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
WIR MUSS SONNE-REIN WERDEN
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
by mikeA on Jan 15, 2009 5:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Google gives me
“we must be sun-reinstallmode”
Therefore, I concur. We must be in sun-reinstallmode. I agree completely.
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 5:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
geez, google is a german nazi
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
by mikeA on Jan 15, 2009 6:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My feeble rudimentary German vocabulary
(mostly from opera librettos) gives me
“We must become sun-pure”.
Closer?
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jan 15, 2009 11:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
alles was uns nicht toetet
macht uns nuer haerter
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 15, 2009 6:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Trade him at the deadline
in a deal for Wirmuss Sonne-Rein
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Jan 15, 2009 11:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I grew up in a cold climate
and I see nothing wrong with 70 degree weather. Ever.
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
by andeux on Jan 15, 2009 4:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You can have your hat and jacket
I’ll take my shorts and flip-flops.
by methodrampage on Jan 16, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was a lovely 73 degrees here in San Jose today.
The low will be at 41 this evening…….
by mrod on Jan 15, 2009 6:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think i swallowed a bracket and a piece of wire
i went to clean my teeth after dinner, and they were gone, i’m worried, my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet.
I’m going to the orthondotist on saturday.
by jahs34 on Jan 15, 2009 6:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Call me skeptical,
but I seriously doubt your orthodontist can do anything about a bloody stool…
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 15, 2009 6:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Now, Mucus Covered Chairs, thats another story
facepalm.jpg
by Zonis on Jan 15, 2009 9:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
sigline!
my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 15, 2009 7:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Plus,
not to be unsympathetic or anything, but I’m not sure AN is the best place to report your medical emergency.
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
by lynnzgal on Jan 15, 2009 7:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My tummy hurts.
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 Jan 15, 2009 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
poke it and see if it gets better
and then poke it again. if it feels better, poke some more. if it doesn’t feel better, keep poking.
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jan 15, 2009 8:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I bent my Wookiee
my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 16, 2009 9:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That wouldn't happen
if you’d stop Han Soloing it.
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
by Leopold Bloom on Jan 16, 2009 9:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Jan 16, 2009 4:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I once consulted AN for medical advice.
My face was swollen for two days. I went to a Royals/Twins game the very next day, and my eyebrows were still resting on my cheeks. I was rough looking. You know, more than normal. I got weird looks. You know, more than normal.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 8:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL!
I wish you were coming to AN Fanfest.
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
by lynnzgal on Jan 15, 2009 8:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have some free time.
Can I have $10?
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 8:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah!
What the hell mode of transportation are you taking?
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
by lynnzgal on Jan 15, 2009 8:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Plane.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That might could be the drugs talking,
but I’d chip in.
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
by lynnzgal on Jan 15, 2009 9:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
These days?
Sure.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 16, 2009 9:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Just don't consult the A's medical staff
and if they say you’re day to day, buy life insurance
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 16, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Or in this case
stool to stool.
by green star oakland on Jan 16, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm confused
your teeth are gone? was that before or after you swallowed a bracket and a piece of wire?
and what kind of bracket was it? wall bracket? ncaa tourney bracket?
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jan 15, 2009 8:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Braces.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 8:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
See . . .
I was on the same page as gigglingone. Trying to picture what kind of bracket got swallowed here and just a little concerned.
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
by lynnzgal on Jan 15, 2009 8:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I had braces.
See my great smile?
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2009 8:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Elbow bracket
It’s a pretty common HTML accident, actually.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Jan 15, 2009 8:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
well it's official
Andrew Jones is no longer a Dodger.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090115&content_id=3746077&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp
by mrod on Jan 15, 2009 8:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Awesome
They finally cleared a starting spot for Juan Pierre.
by MrIncognito on Jan 16, 2009 12:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
qotm
my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 16, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's amazing that Ned Colletti is employed
They are paying Juan Pierre, Jason Schmidt and Andruw Jones $40 million next season (well, now they’re deferring some of the Jones bucks, but whatever). They might get one win over replacement for that money. Stunning.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Jan 16, 2009 1:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Our world may be a giant hologram
Apparently we all might really be two-dimensional. Except for Jack Cust, who’s still one-dimensional.
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
by andeux on Jan 16, 2009 3:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Giant hologram?
my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 16, 2009 3:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Giant hologram! Caffeine-induced hallucination!
my internet search says i have nothing to worry about unless i have problems breathing, or bleed when i use the toilet @('.')@
by monkeyball on Jan 16, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To whit:
The Home Run Derby blog has some fine pictures of ballparks in winter, including this one:
which they delightfully caption:
“Over at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, the statues are having a great time in the snow. There’s even a snowman umpire!! He might have coal for eyes, but he still calls a better strike zone than Angel Hernandez.”
"Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud." Willie Stark
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jan 18, 2009 9:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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