DLD 1/23: NO POLITICS

by salb918 on Jan 23, 2009 9:11 AM PST Comment 218 comments

George Mitchell, the head of MLB's recent steroid investigation, has been named the special envoy to the the Israel/Palestine region.

Shysterball has his take:

Despite pronouncements of his neutrality, soon after he begins work, it will be reported that he is a board member of Hamas;

Ignoring decades if not centuries of political and social conflict in the region, Mitchell will approach his work with the assumption that all of the trouble began with Arafat, because a lot of people hated him to begin with;

Rather than work on the root causes of strife in the region, Mitchell will simply publish a list of 80 or 90 guys he is told have fired rockets or built illegal settlements and hope that speaks for itself;

I particularly enjoyed the Hamas-Red Sox parallel.

This is the first joke of mine that my then-girlfriend, now-wife laughed at:

Did you hear that Hizbullah is now recruiting women for suicide bombing missions? Because of their strict beliefs of separating men and women, though, they're spinning off a new organization. They call is "Herbollah."

Is this humor inappropriate?

Anyway, the news on the baseball front is a lot of the same old rumors, but there were a few good things out there this morning.

Greg Rybarcyk compares wood bats to aluminum bats at a High School Power Showcase.

The small sample size for wood bat homers means that there remains a lot of uncertainty in the “translation factor” from wood to metal bats, but knocking roughly 10 percent off the distance of a home run hit by a high school or college slugger can provide a good rough estimate of how far it might have gone with a wooden bat. For line drives that don’t clear the fence, knocking off about 8 percent of the speed off bat will give a reasonable wooden bat estimate.

John Walsh checks out the best outfield arms of 2008.

Manny's replacement in Boston, Jason Bay, is a terrible thrower, at least he was last season. Curiously, almost all of those negative 8 runs were "earned" in Pittsburgh, Bay was slightly above average in Boston (with 61 opps).

For Juan Pierre there was good news and bad news in 2008. The good: he was nowhere to be found at the bottom of the list of center field arms, a place he had inhabited for several years running. The bad: Juan has now established residency at the bottom of the left fielders' list. I'm not counting Luis Gonzalez, who, as far as I can tell, has been playing with a paralyzed throwing arm for the last several years. Note the Kill+ of zero for these two.

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Jack Cust!

Not the weakest arm in LF!

"To this day and dating back 25 years, before every game he plays, Henderson stands completely naked in front of a full length locker room mirror and says, "Ricky’s the best," for several minutes."

by VORP is too nerdy on Jan 23, 2009 9:32 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Bobby Abreu

Not the only person on the right out of a job.

by Arcman on Jan 23, 2009 9:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Now we're comparing half-seasons of defensive "stats"?

And that arm-strength nonsense looks an awful lot like the defensive equivalent of RBIs.

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 9:40 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Value, not skill

Also, the rankings are normalized “per opp” and, if you read the full article, it’s clearly meant as a chronicle of what happened and not some kind of skill measurement.

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 23, 2009 9:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

normalized "per opp"

RBI/PA

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

or, RBI/PAwMiSP

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Now you're just being contrarian.

Just because a work has limitations, doesn’t make it useless or – the sense I get from you – dangerous. You just recognize the limitations. I mean, why do you quote what a guy hit last year? It’s not contextual, it’s a small sample, it’s not regressed…these are shorthand ways to tell the story of what happened.

It’s like griping, “now we’re comparing nine-inning of team "stats”?" Sure the Royals might sweep the Yanks in a four game series. We know better than to say that the Yanks are better. But we also would like a record of what actually happened…

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 23, 2009 9:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I have an irrational phobia of defensive statistics

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

There goes your pro-Orlando Hudson cred

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 23, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

heh

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

+1,000,000

by jeffro on Jan 23, 2009 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

how is a quantified chronicle of what happened not a statistic?

And when have stats ever been “skill measurements”? And how was that my objection?

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 9:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

School apologizes for 100-0 win.

School apologizes for 100-0 win:

Officials from The Covenant School visited Dallas Academy on Thursday morning to apologize for their girls basketball team’s “victory without honor” in last week’s 100-0 game.

They released a statement:

The Covenant School, its board and administrators, regrets the incident of January 13 and the outcome of the game with the Dallas Academy Varsity Girls Basketball team. It is shameful and an embarrassment that this happened. This clearly does not reflect a Christ-like and honorable approach to competition. We humbly apologize for our actions and seek the forgiveness of Dallas Academy, TAPPS and our community. The school and its representatives in no way support or condone the running up of a score against any team in any sport for any reason. The school’s board members, Head of School Kyle Queal and Athletic Director Brice Helton have acted to ensure that such an unfortunate incident can never happen again.

Covenant school officials have met with and personally apologized to Dallas Academy Headmaster Jim Richardson and Athletic Director Jeremy Civello and wish to extend their highest praise to each member of the Dallas Academy Varsity Girls Basketball team for their strength, composure and fortitude in a game in which they clearly emerged the winner. Accordingly, The Covenant School has contacted TAPPS and is submitting a formal request to forfeit the game recognizing that a victory without honor is a great loss.

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 23, 2009 9:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah! Show em Texas! Girls should NOT be good at sports! Back to the Kitchen! Its a shame! A Disgrace for the Girls Basketball Team to win a game!

Seriously though. They kicked their ass, it was a High School game. Is it really that big a deal that the other team completly gave up and didn’t bother trying to score? Because if they were really bad enough not to be able to score once while TRYING, then they don’t belong on the court.

Doctor Baron Van Evil Satan

by Zonis on Jan 23, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Christ woulda stepped on their necks

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I dont think the other team gave up b/c

i read somewhere that the Coach of the losing team was proud of his girls becasue they never gave up throughout the whole game. I just think it was a case of the losing team just not being very good.

The nuts and bolts of gameplay are apocalyptic failures, but the awfulness doesn’t stop there. Managing games is utterly pointless. [Feb 2009, p.85]

by A'sfaninNC on Jan 23, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

According to...

Rivals:

“Dallas Academy has eight girls on its varsity team and about 20 girls in its high school. It is winless over the last four seasons. The academy boasts of its small class sizes and specializes in teaching students struggling with "learning differences,” such as short attention spans or dyslexia."

It’s clear that the losing team was known to be terrible, in part because they are a very small, specialized school. It’s not as if these teams are intense rivals vying for the state championship—Covenant knew going in that they would beat the crap out of Dallas since only has 20 girls to pick from to put on the team.

I really hated when people blasted the Patriots for running up the score, because I know that the other team are professional football players and a sudden loss because you bring in third string could have dramatic repercussions. Dallas Academy only has 8 girls on their team, the sum of which is a demonstrably bad basketball team, and beating them into the ground so hard is pretty poor. I mean come on:

Dallas Academy coach Jeremy Civello told The Dallas Morning News that the game turned into a “layup drill,” with the opposing team’s guards waiting to steal the ball and drive to the basket. Covenant scored 12 points in the fourth quarter and “finally eased up when they got to 100 with about four minutes left,” he said."

Really?

rebuildingseason.blogspot.com

by Rebuilding Season on Jan 23, 2009 2:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Video from CNN

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/01/23/gillett.100.point.loss.KTXA

Not to sound mean, but I can imagine this team trying and still scoring zero points. Give ‘em credit: they’re a 20-girl school, so the talent pool isn’t that largest.

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 23, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, not the reaction I expected after Salb's post

And a pure class move by Covenant (well, its administrators anyway)

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

by nevermoor on Jan 23, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

A spoonful of condescension helps the humiliation go down.

Nothing like pity to take the sting off an epic beat-down.

Reduce your carbon footprint, commit suicide.

by bloodsweatndonuts on Jan 23, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You must have missed the "requested a forfeit" part

That’s putting your money where your mouth is.

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

by nevermoor on Jan 23, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't miss it

It’s just adds to the humiliation IMO.

You suck so bad and you were such an unworthy opponent that, not only do we feel bad about beating you but we have to repent because it was downright un-Christian to defeat such a sad sack of losers.

I think the whole thing is hilarious. It’s like they’re trying to out-overreact the initial overreaction.

Reduce your carbon footprint, commit suicide.

by bloodsweatndonuts on Jan 23, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure why I just had...

…a flashback but I did for some reason.

by LowcountryJoe on Jan 23, 2009 8:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i thought this would be the game thread for the 16-0 win over the giants

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 23, 2009 8:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Of course the real question there

is wtf the coach was doing batting Romney as protection for their star hitter.

by green star oakland on Jan 23, 2009 11:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

apparently

the coach isnt sorry

"True fact: In a global thermonuclear war, the only human who would survive would be David Eckstein" -PT

by travdog6 on Jan 25, 2009 8:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

This is why mercy rules need to be applied with a heavy hand to high school sports

Most of the extant ones are way too difficult to invoke.

Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"

by PaulThomas on Jan 25, 2009 10:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Style Guide Query

Life update: After two years of full-time high school sports writing, I just quit last month and moved down to L.A. to take some education classes at CSUN, the idea being to get a high school English teacher’s credential.

Anyway, my “teaching English” class syllabus asks us to purchase a style guide. For the past few years, I’ve been using style guides lying around the offices of the newspapers I worked at—they all used AP style. So my first inclination would be to go that route, but then I know the AP style book has been kicked around on this site … so what’s better? Is there a Monkeyball Style Guide I could get my hands on?

Brainless Automaton #439

by rubin sierra on Jan 23, 2009 10:14 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

DO. NOT. USE. AP.

Anything else is better. Chicago is pretty OK, though indexed/organized poorly.

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

are those the only two style guides out there?

Is “pretty OK” the best I can do?

Brainless Automaton #439

by rubin sierra on Jan 23, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Chicago's actually better than "pretty OK" -- it's sane and FAR more comprehensive than AP

Chicago + Strunk and White is really all you need.

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

at work, I use AMA, which is ... frustrating

10th ed. is … weird.

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Does AMA require using lots of ...

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 23, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

they'd be better off if they did

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

and fwiw, virtually every “reputable” style guide you can find will be hopelessly useless for electronic media style

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

is there a style guide of “disrepute” you would recommend? Struk and White? And why do you hate AP?

Brainless Automaton #439

by rubin sierra on Jan 23, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

heh

I should write a disreputable style guide. That would be fun.

Strunk and White is less a style guide than a … oh, I dunno — Ten Habits of Highly Effective People or Dale Carnegie for writers.

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Did you see

the Elements of Spam link I posted last week?

Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough

by andeux on Jan 23, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd seen that before

Not a real big McSweeneys fan.

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

AP is detestable if only for their eschewal of the serial comma

It’s also inadequate/incomplete for lots of style and usage issues, and is written with far too narrow a purpose.

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't make me....confiscate your periods.

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 23, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

you can take our lives, but you can never take our...

ellipses

when did we stop using adverbs proper?

by alea iacta est on Jan 23, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I love ellipses ...

I totally overuse them in informal writing … I feel like they add more of a relaxed, conversational tone … plus then I don’t necessarily need to complete my …

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Jan 23, 2009 4:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I've wondered aloud if you have a special ellipsis key on your keyboard

au contra ire

by JediLeroy on Jan 23, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No, but I type fast ...

I can bust out a … as fast as most could hit the special ellipsis key …

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Jan 24, 2009 6:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Could you confiscate my wife's periods for me?

au contra ire

by JediLeroy on Jan 23, 2009 3:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Uh...okay, but I'm not paying any child support.

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 23, 2009 6:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

lol

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 23, 2009 8:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I see what you did there.

au contra ire

by JediLeroy on Jan 23, 2009 11:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I very literally LOLed ...

QOTM Nominee

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Jan 24, 2009 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Call me old-fashioned, but

I believe every “LOL” should be a literal LOL.

If one doesn’t actually laugh out loud, one has no business writing “LOL”. It demeans the currency of the term.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jan 27, 2009 12:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

now you're demeaning the currency of the "demeaning the currency of" meme

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by monkeyball on Jan 27, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

CTM

(chuckled to myself)

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jan 27, 2009 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I, too, CTM.

It’s funny cuz it’s true.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jan 27, 2009 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Chicago

UofC represent.

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by ChadGod on Jan 23, 2009 10:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

someone should do a "Chicago School" style guide ...

It would be entirely descriptivist.

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

does that involve

getting the CIA to destabilise flourishing south american countries in order to switch them to free market economies?

i thought i might had something humourous at the end of that.

i guess friedmann just ain’t funny.

when did we stop using adverbs proper?

by alea iacta est on Jan 23, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Straussian style guide

Promulgate restrictive usage rules with Draconian punishments for the masses to convince them of the rectitude of their leaders, while the elite mangle the language with impunity.

Oh, wait …

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yup. They'd just let The Market decide.

The Market is never wrong.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jan 23, 2009 2:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The meerkat is never wrong

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If you're going to be an English teacher, you want MLA

Since the English field uses that almost exclusively.

by thejd44 on Jan 23, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

eh, not for high school students

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

FWIW

We had to use MLA for every single formal essay for any class in my H.S.

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin

by Helloooo 1st on Jan 24, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

_Chicago_ and _MLA_

are for formal, scholarly writing, while strunk & white is a good, if dated (nobody forms possessive of words ending with s by adding ‘s anymore, for ex) guide to general good writing. My fave general usage guide is the one that david foster wallace recommended so highly: bryan gardner’s a dictionary of modern american usage.

"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin

by Hot Cup Joe on Jan 23, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

this isn't stricktly a style guide

but, it does amuse me greatly

http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tolerance-Punctuation/dp/1592400876

when did we stop using adverbs proper?

by alea iacta est on Jan 23, 2009 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That book is horribly sloppy,

and not just because of the missing serial comma in its title.

It’s certainly well-marketed, but you’d think an author who sets out to lecture on grammar and usage would have her own house in order. Louis Menand’s brutal review in the New Yorker is classic.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jan 23, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

oh, you americans

is all i have to say. ellipsis

when did we stop using adverbs proper?

by alea iacta est on Jan 23, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

For what it's worth, I'm quite fond of the Economist's style guide

(as well as its handsome and practical custom typeface).

But if you were to say the Economist is really American masquerading as British, I don’t think I could disagree.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jan 23, 2009 1:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

missing serial comma in its title

If I remember correctly, the book argues against use of the serial comma. I seem to recall reading that the British aren’t as keen on the serial comma.

au contra ire

by JediLeroy on Jan 23, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

well, there is the song

girlfriend in a comma

when did we stop using adverbs proper?

by alea iacta est on Jan 23, 2009 8:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't hate AP like Monkeyball et al do,

but I do love the Chicago Manual of Style.

Be warned that if you’re used to AP, the other books will feel functionally different. With AP you get in the habit of looking up some specific word and it tells you how to use it. Most of the other style guides aren’t organized that way.

That reminds me of another book I like, Theodore Bernstein’s The Careful Writer, which is organized like a dictionary, sort of. (So is Fowler, who is highly entertaining to peruse but not really practical for modern use.)

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jan 23, 2009 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You could try The Random House Handbook, instead

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

by Nick on Jan 23, 2009 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Cal inexplicably chokes, loses

to horrible Oregon State team.

It’s not often you lose a game and your projected record actually drops by TWO games.

Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"

by PaulThomas on Jan 23, 2009 10:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'm still pissed about that

How we could lose to Oregon State at home is beyond me. We looked like a high school team out there in those closing minutes. Why does Oregon State have the ability to trouble us at home? Remember when we went to a couple overtimes with them when that Greek player they had kept hitting threes? Damnit!

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by ohad on Jan 23, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

How?

obama mojo, obviously….

"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin

by Hot Cup Joe on Jan 23, 2009 11:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Beaver power

by el generico on Jan 26, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I want to know why

CSNBA was showing USC-Washington…. Not that I feel about missing that particular game…

With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery

by mikeA on Jan 23, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Those games are shown nationally

hence they pick games of national interest. It’s an FSN/CSN-wide determination.

California Golden Blogs usually finds someone with a video stream.

Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"

by PaulThomas on Jan 23, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

(Ahem)

Hahahahaha!

Sorry. That was inconsiderate.

Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.

by Joey C. on Jan 23, 2009 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Kris Benson??

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/01/olney-on-mulder.html

Olney says that you can add the A’s to the teams that are going to watch Benson throw this weekend. I have to say that I couldn’t care less about picking this guy up.

by JPShark on Jan 23, 2009 10:24 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Also mentioned in that is

David Wells open to a minor league deal. A’s Takers?

The nuts and bolts of gameplay are apocalyptic failures, but the awfulness doesn’t stop there. Managing games is utterly pointless. [Feb 2009, p.85]

by A'sfaninNC on Jan 23, 2009 10:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Rivercats for the win!

again!

when did we stop using adverbs proper?

by alea iacta est on Jan 23, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The A's scout must still think that Kris Benson is married to that centerfold

I don’t see any other viable reason to attend

I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.

by franks a lot on Jan 23, 2009 10:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's good enough reason for me.

by mikev on Jan 23, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Anna Benson would be a decent replacement for Jamie Kotsay

by thejd44 on Jan 23, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Better open up a roster spot, 'cuz it's likely she'll make the (whole) team.

I’d predict an epidemic of pulled groins by June.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jan 23, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Inaccurate

Anna Benson would be a dirty replacement for Jamie Kotsay.

Which is good enough for me.

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Jan 23, 2009 11:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

thats good enough for me

The nuts and bolts of gameplay are apocalyptic failures, but the awfulness doesn’t stop there. Managing games is utterly pointless. [Feb 2009, p.85]

by A'sfaninNC on Jan 26, 2009 8:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

A's website gives bobblehead dates...

May 9th (Duke) & August 21st, (Giambi)

Only TWO bobblehead days and NO RICKEY!!!!!!! I simply can’t believe no Bobblehead day for Rickey – they are doing a Rickey Jersey, but I luv me some Rickey Bobblehead.

by plrraz on Jan 23, 2009 10:47 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

SRSLY

They’ve got to have one for Rickey. This makes no sense. The doll pose is already done for you— what, is the bobbing head going to interfere with the hoisted base?

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

by batgirl on Jan 23, 2009 10:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Jersey > Bobblehead.

by mikev on Jan 23, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

The only jersey I have is the Eck one, and I think it’s sort of cheesily executed. Good thought, but at the price they need to bring them in at, there’s not much they can do about making it a decent product.

I’d prefer a bobblehead.

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

by batgirl on Jan 23, 2009 11:08 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

+1

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 23, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm probably in the minority

But I’m not a big fan of collecting dolls.

by mikev on Jan 23, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Waiting for Green and Gold Trucknutz Day, are we?

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I miss bat day.

The REAL bat days.

by mikev on Jan 23, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I want Official Major League Ballplayer Paycheck Day

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I second that motion

The nuts and bolts of gameplay are apocalyptic failures, but the awfulness doesn’t stop there. Managing games is utterly pointless. [Feb 2009, p.85]

by A'sfaninNC on Jan 23, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I second that Emotion.

rebuildingseason.blogspot.com

by Rebuilding Season on Jan 23, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

...at the Paramount, tomorrow!

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jan 23, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

pixelated like that, Smokey looks oddly like ...

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 3:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Bat Days were great

And so were these Days (think they called ‘em Farmer’s Day)

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jan 23, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I went to a couple of Farmer's Days at the Coliseum

I wonder which current Athletic would be the entrant in the cow milking contest? Maybe Ellis did some of that back in South Dakota.

Another Farmer’s Day memory: Roy Steele: “If you’re seated in Section 118, Row 27, Seat 4, you’ve won our next prize…a ton of manure!!”

by Soaker on Jan 23, 2009 5:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

... and that's how we finally got rid of Crosby

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 5:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That last part reminds me of something else:

Fan Appreciation Day. Did it only seem that no one in the bleachers won any prizes?

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jan 23, 2009 6:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Bat Day + old, metal, temporary bleachers

= big, big noise at the Coliseum!

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

by Nick on Jan 23, 2009 6:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

great times

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Jan 23, 2009 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

... and when Jimmy Durante showed up ...

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 6:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not on the Surf Dawgs Ricket bobblehead I have ...

of course it did seem to interfere with his having the proper skin pigmentation …

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Jan 23, 2009 4:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmmm

I didn’t think rickets had any sort of skin side effects…

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

by batgirl on Jan 24, 2009 5:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

My bad ...

But the Rickey bobblehead’s skin is closer in color to the Mark Ellis than the Frank Thomas … much closer …

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Jan 24, 2009 6:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Giambi?

Blah.

"Smells like summer camp!"

by Jennifer on Jan 23, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

the other two

will probably be rickey and holliday

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 23, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

they said they were only doing two this year

meh…

by plrraz on Jan 23, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

damn

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 23, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe they'll do Green and Gold Barrel-and-Suspenders Day

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Green and gold lederhosen

Free kraut!

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jan 23, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Please to help me with my rucksack?

"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson

by lynnzgal on Jan 23, 2009 1:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

MERRY NEW YEAR!

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Jan 23, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I always say a religion is a fine thing to have

Taken in moderation of course.

rebuildingseason.blogspot.com

by Rebuilding Season on Jan 23, 2009 2:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

"Looking good Billy Ray!"

The nuts and bolts of gameplay are apocalyptic failures, but the awfulness doesn’t stop there. Managing games is utterly pointless. [Feb 2009, p.85]

by A'sfaninNC on Jan 26, 2009 8:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

"Feeling good Lewis!"

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Jan 26, 2009 8:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Eh.

While a Rickey bobblehead would rock, the jersey and banner sound sweet.

And there’s not really anyone left other than Duke to do a bobblehead of.

At least now I know — I’ll be at the Coliseum on May 9th (mmmm, Duke) and definitely NOT on August 21st.

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Jan 24, 2009 7:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

What, no Rollie love?

that moustache is crying out for a resin likeness :)

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

by batgirl on Jan 24, 2009 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

free admission with a handle bar

could led to some great pictures and funny attempts to make a fake one

The nuts and bolts of gameplay are apocalyptic failures, but the awfulness doesn’t stop there. Managing games is utterly pointless. [Feb 2009, p.85]

by A'sfaninNC on Jan 26, 2009 8:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

the A's get a shout out in the song

San Francisco by Brett Dennen. I don’t really know anything about Dennen, but I heard it on the radio while driving around and one of the last verses struck me:

Down in Hayes Valley, there’s a lot of real good restaurants
Deep in the tenderloin you can get anything you want
Over in the mission it’s always a sunny day
It’s a real good baseball town but my team is across the bay

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

by batgirl on Jan 23, 2009 10:47 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'm guessing it wasn't KNBR. That guy needs to come aboard, for those of us who like 'ludes ...

Of the “inter” persuasion.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jan 23, 2009 11:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

sine qua non

when did we stop using adverbs proper?

by alea iacta est on Jan 23, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

"California" by Jay Farrar

Walked the sidewalks of San Francisco
Spent the night in a town called Weed
Soaked up the sun on Mission Street
Filled up the day in Chinatown

No A’s, though.

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

best song referencing baseball and san francisco.... ever

is ‘piazza, new york catcher’ by belle and sebastian.

features the verse

San Francisco’s calling us, the Giants and Mets will play
Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay?
We hung about the stadium, we’ve got no place to stay
We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell
About the saddest ending of a book you ever had to read
The statue’s crying too and well he may

“well he may” is an amazing punne.

when did we stop using adverbs proper?

by alea iacta est on Jan 23, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Love that song

Pretty knowledgeable about baseball for being Scots.

Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.

by Joey C. on Jan 23, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Blue Jays should be dealing for Cust

According to this

The nuts and bolts of gameplay are apocalyptic failures, but the awfulness doesn’t stop there. Managing games is utterly pointless. [Feb 2009, p.85]

by A'sfaninNC on Jan 23, 2009 10:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Sweet -- Jack Cust for Vernon Wells plz.

by mikev on Jan 23, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

are you going to pay the $120 million difference in salary?

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 23, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He'll opt out in 2011 anyway.

by mikev on Jan 23, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

what if he already sucks by 2011?

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 23, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

What if he wins 3 consecutive MVPs from 09-11?

by mikev on Jan 23, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

mine is far more likely.

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 23, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Weird, I don't think it's very likely that Vernon Wells is going to suck by 2011.

by mikev on Jan 23, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i predict he will suck enough to not opt out of his $126 million contract, and that’s what we’re talking about.

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 23, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The Giants will take him by then.

by mikev on Jan 23, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

What if a killer asteroid destroys us all before then?

< / Easterbrook >

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice

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

by nevermoor on Jan 23, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No chance. Haven't you seen Armageddon?

by OldhamA on Jan 27, 2009 2:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Sure, Cust is a fit for the Blue Jays

But that column is no better than all the half-witted trade proposals you see on blogs. I don’t want any of those infielders (sorry, but Joe Inglett really isn’t as good as his 2008), the A’s don’t need a Triple A catcher of the future type, and Cust is worth far more than a bullpen lefty.

I don’t see how it makes sense for the A’s. At all.

by thejd44 on Jan 23, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

what everyone else said, plus ...

There is no issue surrounding Marco Scutaro at short

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

They think he's good defensively because he had a decent year there

by thejd44 on Jan 23, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

but how did his arm compare throwing out runners at the plate on relays from the outfield in the first half of the season vs. the second half?

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe they should, but there's no useful piece in the crap that article talked about

I think he’s a similarly good player to Scott Rolen, but Rolen is paid way more money than Cust is and the A’s are, in any case, still committed to Chavez.

Just stupid speculation. There’s nothing there.

Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"

by PaulThomas on Jan 23, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Can't possibly believe he's serious

Richard Griffin has been FJM’d for various things (see here). How would JP supposedly covet Jack Cust but not want Adam Dunn?

"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 23, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Apparently Jack Cust just likes playing baseball more

Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"

by PaulThomas on Jan 23, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The worst part of this article is that

Griffin acts like this hairbrained idea he dreamt up in the annals of his peanut brain is in the process of happening already, “a deal I believe may already have been discussed behind closed doors”.

I mean honestly, he just comes off as an arrogant douchebag of a sportswriter who thinks anything he says or thinks, goes.

Oh wait this guy was the same guy who was caught up in the whole “White Jays” thing, shoulda figured.

"We were s--, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."

by lenscrafters on Jan 23, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome.

Anyone familiar with this site- http://www.drunkjaysfans.com/ knows Richard Griffin:

Anyone who doesn’t know this site better check it out. Top. Fucking. Notch.

"The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste" -Al Jourgensen

by easyrichboy on Jan 23, 2009 4:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I laughed at

this.

With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery

by mikeA on Jan 23, 2009 11:15 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I got third-place honors in the last anti-caption contest.

(Though I preferred this submission.)

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think you first pointed me to that site awhile ago

With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery

by mikeA on Jan 23, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If we're braggin', I got a bronze in the Chromical comments for this one about the presidential oath redo:

“Say it again, ’bam.”

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jan 23, 2009 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice

That’s all kinds of wrong.

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I was worried about Hamas getting 'roids, so this is great news

With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery

by mikeA on Jan 23, 2009 11:18 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if Hamas once may have talked to Larry Bigbie...

by thejd44 on Jan 23, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Bigger factor with wood/metal bat adjustment

is the type of successful hitter one can become with aluminum. As SEC batting champ Tim Hudson (among others) has observed, aluminum lets you get basehits on pitches running in on the handle…same pitches hit with a wood bat produce splinters and/or shooting pain to the hitters’ hands.

The ability of scouts to adjust for power—HRs which become fly outs—seems relatively simple compared to adjusting for the type of hitter an HS or college kid can become when bereft of his metal stick.

"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 23, 2009 11:23 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Matt Holliday likes white shoes

But doesn’t expect to wear them for long, says <a href=">the Trib’s Gary Peterson today.

(Holliday) says he’ll be at home in white shoes.

“I’m kind of a shoe guy,” he said. “I have a good deal with Nike. I’ve had a chance to help design it. That’ll be sweet.”

Holliday…hoped to spend Thursday afternoon touring the East Bay with his wife, looking for a place to live. So here’s the question of the hour: Does he feel at home enough to buy, or will he rent?

“What do you think?” he asked, laughing.

Rent?

“Yeah,” he said, chuckling some more.
…

In fact, his stay in Oakland may not last past the 2009 trade deadline. That’s on the record, by the way.

“We’ll see how the season plays out,” A’s assistant general manager David Forst said. “We made the trade for however long he’s here.”

…

“It bothers my wife more than it bothers me,” Holliday said.

"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 23, 2009 11:30 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Oops, actual link to Tribune column

here.

"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 23, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

"I try to take things day-to-day."

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 23, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He'll ba perfect A.

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 23, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Larry Davis has already gotten to Holliday...FEAR IT

I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.

by franks a lot on Jan 23, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Fear it?

Mind it!

by oblique on Jan 23, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Seems like a good time to buy

With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery

by mikeA on Jan 23, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

[changes name to whiteshoes5]

by whiteshoes40 on Jan 23, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I love BBC America.

How Clean is Your House? is like crack.

"Smells like summer camp!"

by Jennifer on Jan 23, 2009 1:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

the NBC adaptation of that show

How Clean Is Your Crack House?

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

or the Fox version

How Clean Is Your Crack?

Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough

by andeux on Jan 23, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Cleaning Crack with the Stars?

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

by nevermoor on Jan 23, 2009 3:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

America’s Next Crack Whore

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I would totally watch that.

Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough

by andeux on Jan 23, 2009 4:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

and there's a new season of skins, soon

O
M
F
G

when did we stop using adverbs proper?

by alea iacta est on Jan 23, 2009 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

have you ever watched

You are What You Eat on BBC America? When she lays out on a table everything the people ate during the previous week, it is just mind blowing.

I also love how they call pork rinds “scratchings” and cotton candy “candy floss.”

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

by batgirl on Jan 23, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Just wait till they roll out the spotted dick.

by green star oakland on Jan 23, 2009 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

ASVD

by sslinger on Jan 23, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

to be fair

pork scratching is what they are called. as is candy floss. it’s floss, made out of candy. like anyone would think it’s cotton. pshhhh.

that woman, though, is bizarrely copraphilic

when did we stop using adverbs proper?

by alea iacta est on Jan 23, 2009 8:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You are What You Eat on BBC America? When she lays out on a table...

Thats good enough for me

by methodrampage on Jan 27, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone else see Fear the Fin's fanpost section lately?

Creepy.

Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"

by PaulThomas on Jan 23, 2009 4:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Wth?

"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson

by lynnzgal on Jan 23, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

beer query

Anyone tried the recent seasonal holiday brews from Anchor Steam or Pyramid? Whole Paycheck has ‘em both on near-clearance prices since their stock isn’t being replenished, and I want to know if either is worth the bother.

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 5:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Did someone say beer?

I’ve had the Anchor. It’s of the style that’s heavy on the malt and spices, though not quite as much as last year’s version. I like it, but only in small quantities, which is true of a lot of seasonal beers.

I’m not a big fan of Pyramid in general, so haven’t tried that one.

Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough

by andeux on Jan 23, 2009 5:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Agree with everything andeux said

Anchor Christmas is great on a cold winter night…definitely has a very heavy feel though. 12 oz. and I’m through for the evening. My favorite holiday brew this year was Santa’s Private Reserve from Rogue; I picked up another 6-pack at BevMo a couple weeks ago but it likely would be all gone by now.

by Soaker on Jan 23, 2009 5:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

thanks to both of y'all for the feedback

Lately, I have a hard time making it through 12oz of anything, even something relatively light (but still potent) like this (my current fave). For many reasons, a beer that insists on being consumed in small quantities is my preference. (Also, I make this every weekend, and a beer with some backbone is a real necessity.)

I’m gonna give the Anchor a try. Pickin’ some of that up on my way home.

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 5:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The anchor holiday is great, the pyramid is pretty bad. Had quite a bit of both. :)

by chri5 on Jan 23, 2009 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

xlnt! my decision is now finalized!

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by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 6:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Are you bringing that to the shindig?

Or am I missing out?

"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson

by lynnzgal on Jan 23, 2009 6:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Try the Pyramid on your cornflakes.

It might be preferable.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jan 23, 2009 6:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Snowcap is the best non-Heff that Pyramid makes ...

which says more about their other beers than it does the snowcap …

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Jan 24, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, their Hef is acceptable

The Anchor seasonal turned out to be … pretty good. Perfect for my bread, though.

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 24, 2009 9:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

heartwarming story about obamas.......

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/01/21/the_internet_is_a_race

With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery

by mikeA on Jan 23, 2009 5:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Just guessing here, based on the source being a Faux News affiliate ...

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jan 23, 2009 5:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Still having the bad visual.

"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson

by lynnzgal on Jan 23, 2009 5:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

What became of subtlety?

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 23, 2009 6:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

(ten points for anybody who gets that one)

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 23, 2009 6:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Winnar!

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jan 23, 2009 6:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Sweet!

"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson

by lynnzgal on Jan 23, 2009 6:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

ASVD

Can you get that by, uh…

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 23, 2009 7:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

you kids and your damn acronyms

What the hell does ASVD stand for.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jan 24, 2009 4:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Annika Sorenstam

venerial disease – old AN shorthand for golf clap.

by sslinger on Jan 24, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

How many points does it take to win a beer at AN Day?

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jan 24, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

10, but only if I'm in attendance.

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 24, 2009 6:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

that ain't my heart that's getting warmed

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 5:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It helps them avoid the

Santorum.

"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 23, 2009 6:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Funny thing about Santorum...

…an overabundance of it can lead to this.

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

by Nick on Jan 23, 2009 6:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ew!

"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson

by lynnzgal on Jan 23, 2009 6:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

{Annika Sorenstam venereal disease}

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 6:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

{snerk}

neologism

A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 23, 2009 6:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Haha!

I like that.

"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson

by lynnzgal on Jan 23, 2009 6:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Saddleback!

Vote early and often.

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by The Dogfather on Jan 23, 2009 6:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

comment 66

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 25, 2009 4:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs