DLD 10/13/2009: Back to back, Jack. The return of the first "D."
by jeffro on Oct 13, 2009 10:34 AM PDT
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MLB Trade Rumors looks at our Green and Gold (and sometimes Black) heroes in their continuing Offseason Outlook series.
Our sometimes community member Mychael Urban takes a peep into his inbox. Bailey for ROY?
Huston, we have a problem. Carlos Gonzalez is clearly going to hit over 500 for the rest of his career. Damn you Matthew T. Holliday!
It's raining or something. Drive carefully.
Hey! I thought all the crime was in Oakland?
Who knew prehistoric pigs were such bad asses? Not I, until I watched Nat Geo last night anyway.
Anybody else want to dump?
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Jack Wilson?
he’s like Pennington but old. Why bother?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 13, 2009 10:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I knew Urban was a troll on AN
from his inbox:
And if you have a story idea, bring it. I’m always open to suggestions. The story I did with hitting coach Jim Skaalen recently came at the suggestion of a reader, and I troll fan sites regularly for ideas. Keep them coming. Thanks.
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Oct 13, 2009 10:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
hmm. I thought he was merely a troll.
(you lob ’em in there like that, what am I supposed to do?)
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here are a few more
Mpls gossip columnist reports Kate Hudson doesn’t like fans at the ballpark. Also, if you ever want to get an autograph from Mariano Rivera, hang out at this Thai restaurant in Minneapolis the next time the Yankees play the Twins at home. I have not eaten there, but I can attest to the very nice bookstore across the street.
I can’t read enough angst about the Red Sox. No, really, I can’t read enough angst about the Red Sox.
“Did I make the best pitch I could have made? No,” he said of his pitch to Howard. “Was it a bad pitch? No. he’s a good hitter, and they’re a good team.” After reviewing the tape, Street stood in front of his locker and answered every question asked by the news media.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 13, 2009 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Houston seems like a classy guy
I’ve always liked him. Except that time I was drunk and he blew a save and I threw his bobblehead into the river.
That was an overreation, I’d suggest.
by bobnothing on Oct 13, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When I found it, it was in shockingly good shape.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can I have it back? I have regrets
by bobnothing on Oct 13, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Should I send it back the same way?
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh, they don't let me go down the the river any more.
But, when I find out where I’m going fishing next, it’d be nice to actually catch something for a change
by bobnothing on Oct 13, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can always just leave it at the bobblehead pound.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they're gonna have some questions for you, though...
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Will you prep me?
Questions frighten me.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh no.
They’ll let you drop it off, no problem.
But they’re gonna have some tough Q’s for Mr. “let’s-abandon-our-bobblehead-drunk-boy”, there.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotcha.
So, “Hey I’m just a delivery boy” should work.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No habla would prolly work, too.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except that they might habla.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GP.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just tell them
you only spricken ze duetsch
by cityplANner on Oct 13, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and then offer them a weinerschnitzel.
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen.
by oblique on Oct 14, 2009 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yah fer sure
from svveeden.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Oct 15, 2009 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm having a heck of a time with students texting answers
to each other. I tell you what my teachers had it easier when all they had to worry about is kids wearing hats and chewing gum.
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seems like it should be easy to spot someone texting...
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No these kids are great at it.
The way I have the desks set up is in a horseshoe so I can’t see them all at the same time from my desk.
I’m pretty lucky in that the worse thing I have to deal with is kids trying to cheat on tests with their cellphones. It could be a lot worse.
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they could be trying to shank you!
or worse:
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not too worried about that
I wear full body armor. I got it at a garage sale at Barry Bonds house.
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We had to go to extreme cell phone banning last year for our AP testing
It is soooooo hard! We had a very unpleasant incident the year before. How can we use this tech to our advantage????
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 13, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Extreme?
At my AP tests, all the proctors did was collect the phones from everyone and kept them in a box up front.
They say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing all the time!
by muffinpryde on Oct 13, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We did that too....but it wasn't enough. Last year
NOTHING came into the room with the students. No backpacks, purses, nothing.
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 13, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
Didn’t really matter for my class. Everyone pretty much ditched the first half of school cramming for the afternoon test and came to school empty.
But that’s not a bad strategy. However, I’d be surprised to see an AP student go that far in trying to succeed on the test knowing the repercussions that will follow. Collegeboard is not a very forgiving place…
They say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing all the time!
by muffinpryde on Oct 13, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt...
The student that posted a pic the year before lost their test scores….OUCH!!!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 13, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Texting Strategy
Man, some people are really crafty at it. Let me tell you a story from two days ago. The teacher told the class to put the phones away. This is in my ROP class. The desks are circle-shaped. The kid is facing the wall, so he has to turn his body sideways to face the teacher for the lecture. The kid is turned sideways, but has his phone positioned so perfectly that the teacher can’t see it. He’s holding it out in front of him a little bit, but he’s turned around and his body is the shield.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 13, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You make it to easy.
Comes a time when a person has to rethink their strategy. Cell phones are here to stay, and you’re obviously fighting a losing battle. Time to readjust tactics. Either incorporate the technology or make it work against the kids.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Oct 13, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
randomize questions and answers?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's interesting.
Assuming he kept it secret, he’d certainly find out who the most egregious violators are the first time around.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Oct 13, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It would be an intense pain in the ass to arrange once
but I’m pretty sure the repercussions would be sufficiently severe that he would likely never need to do it again, or at least not for several years.
Might be worth it.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Oct 13, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, he'd have to do it again....
and rather soon. Human nature being what it is, the kids will always try to beat the “system”. But it’s this natural inclination to “get over” that could be most useful if taken proper advantage of.
For instance, have the regular test and do nothing to dissuade the students from texting. Don’t condone it, but then don’t actively try to a stop it either. Then the next day, announce that yesterdays written test was merely a run up to today’s actual verbal test. Ask a few questions to each student asking them to expound on their answers from the day before. Tell them they’re free to text away during the class. They’ll be fishing wildly for “correct” answers, so much so that it may be easier for the kids to actually study beforehand.
The key here is to keep them guessing. If it’s to much work to beat the system, they they’ll play by the rules because it’s easier. This may be a great way to encourage critical thinking rather than rote answers. And really, cell phones and the internet have changed the field on which these kids will be playing. So why shouldn’t a teacher be teaching kids to take advantage of the tools available to them?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Oct 14, 2009 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Studying is never teh answer
Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.
by methodrampage on Oct 15, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know why,
I don’t understand
Why you threw me in the river.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got an ear infection from the Sacramento River
and I almost drowned in the American River. Sometimes I don’t miss Sacramento.
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I almost drowned on the American too!
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A kid I went to school with did drown in it in the 1980's
back when it was a more violent river.
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, it is violent when they do the controlled release thing.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and it smells great when all the Salmon die after spawning
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWHS
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 13, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 13, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you are the master, mb.
I bow before your mad skillz.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But I'm cuter.
Um, right?
Right???!!
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
suresure.
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You didn't mean it.
I stopped wearing makeup for you.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 14, 2009 5:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dismiss nostalgia?
Wha?
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
jeffro likes nostalgia
he thinks it’s September :-)
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nostalgia sucks.
The rest of us have just been too nice to tell you.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It used to be better
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 13, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How long ago?
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice? That would be a first.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I'm fairly certain
that Wes and vignette and gigs are all nice…
or so I’ve heard.
The rest of us are pricks.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can attest for wes and gigs.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wtf
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 13, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
See?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well I wasn't suggesting that you aren't nice, mikey.
I was just agreeing on the ones Bloomy called out.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(I was)
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks 67M
You’re pretty nice yourself. Except for that Stomper stalking thing. I’ve never seen an elephant run so fast before….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Oct 13, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey, damn it!
I’m the one who said you were nice!
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks LB
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Oct 15, 2009 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You made me do it.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 14, 2009 5:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What if I'm a nice prick?
(This is an alley-oop to someone)….
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
by vignette17 on Oct 13, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate history of any kind
I probably made a poor career choice.
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like you.
You’re funny.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just wish I could like myself
becasue you see I’m also funny looking.
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
could be worse.
Cats in the Cradle is on the radio now.
Now I’m sad. And wish I was Islamic.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That song is sad
and I wish I was balsamic
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I'd be lying if I said
I didn’t wish we ALL lived in Hidden Valley.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where is that ranch?
I can never find that valley.
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don't want to find it.
It’s like Hotel California or a roach motel.
Once you get in, you’ll never get out!
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 14, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was my fathers favorite song
is it any wonder I haven’t talked to him in 2 years?
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 13, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ick.
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 14, 2009 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In 'could be worse' news
Giants have re-upped Sabean and Bochy
by bobnothing on Oct 13, 2009 1:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
uh, I heard it on the radio
but looks like they have it here
by bobnothing on Oct 13, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SFGate also
has it here.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 13, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's also that CBS5 ad on the right side of the page here
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 13, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With a picture too!
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
2 year extensions for both.
Interesting.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 13, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see they've decided to maintain the General LOLager position in their corporate hierarchy
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Oct 13, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hard to argue with this year's results.
And for all the crap Sabean takes, he’s resisted the urge to get rid of his young arms, and with Bumgarner coming, has built what may well be the best rotation in major league baseball.
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
by jeepers on Oct 13, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's easy to argue with this year's results
You can argue that they continue to demonstrate that he has no idea how half of the game of baseball works, and that any idiot off the streets could win 80-some games with that rotation.
You can also argue that one semi-competitive season in the last five is not exactly barn-burningly competitive.
Finally, you could argue (and many at McC have) that Sabean’s actual input on that rotation has been minimal and, depending on your view of who was responsible for the Zito contract, possibly even negative.
Keep in mind, this is a guy who had to be dissuaded from trading Tim Lincecum for Alex Rios last offseason.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Oct 13, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep
I think it is still another year before Bumgarner actually is part of that rotation. Who is gonna hold down the 5th spot in the meantime?
And if the plan is to keep the offense in tact, as Sabean seemed to imply with comments about Molina and Uribe… Good luck.
by jeffro on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Depending on how you count 2005
The A’s have only had one competitive season in the last five.
And one might argue that Beane has never been able to develop and retain a good hitter under his watch. Swisher is his best. I’d take Sandoval over him.
Not that I honestly think Sabean is half the GM Beane is (He’s a whole Sa more!), just a little devil’s advocate.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
by vignette17 on Oct 14, 2009 5:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we were competitive in 2005,
but we just couldn’t stay healthy…
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 14, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's a delicious slice of irony
2005 was a brutal injury season. Only two players appeared in more than 140 games. One was Jason Kendall, who made a career out of being an ironman. And for the second guy, here’s your irony:
Team Appearances Leader, 2005, played in 160 of 162 games:
Eric Chavez
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
by GoA's on Oct 14, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would posit though,
that’s not all that ironic. I think he played hurt a good chunk of that season and ain’t been right since.
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 14, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you don't count 2005, the Giants have NO competitive seasons in the last 5
The 2005 A’s beat the pants off the 2009 Giants, frankly.
W/r/t hitters, it’s unclear to what extent one can judge GMs based on their draft pick successes. If anything, Beane (in his earlier, Asst. GM, persona) probably had more to do with drafting Chavez and signing Tejada than he has had with the picks of the last five years.
It’s easy to castigate Sabean based on his demonstrated inability to even find competent hitters through free agency, though.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Oct 14, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
USA striker Charlie Davies has been injured badly in a car crash which killed another passenger
Link.
Terrible news for everyone involved (him, the other passengers, US soccer). He’s an extremely talented player and the injuries could be career threatening. And yet he’s the (relatively) lucky one.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Oct 13, 2009 1:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy shit. That's horrible.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 13, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Terrible terrible news that!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 13, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's more information there than there was when I posted the link
God, talk about horrific:
-Broken tibia
-Broken femur (!)
-Broken elbow
-Broken face
-Lacerated bladder (!!)
At least he wasn’t killed or paralyzed, but… man, if he manages to get back on the field after all that, it’d be one of the most impressive athlete comebacks ever. He’ll be in traction for months.
Quite depressing given how well he and Jozy Altidore seemed to be clicking as a front tandem for Team USA.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He'll have plenty of titanium hardware from the broken femur.
Buddy of mine had a spiral fracture of his femur (OUCH) from a moto wreck during a race. He was back on the bike in 6 months after surgery.
I’d be really surprised if Davies plays again. Sad.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 14, 2009 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been hearing 6-12 months of rehab, but that he'll recover completely...
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Oct 15, 2009 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Completely is obviously relative
Complete recovery for an athlete is quite different that a complete recovery for a typical 9-5er.
Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.
by methodrampage on Oct 15, 2009 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what surprises me
is that amidst a playoff wide closer meltdown, Brad Lidge is remarkably still intact. Whodathunkit.
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 13, 2009 2:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
so next round
it’s Lidge vs Broxton, and Fuentes vs Rivera
two of these things are not like the others…
…and I guess that no one is like Mariano
by colin on Oct 13, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
The A’s have a crapton of money they could spend this offseason. Literally no free agent acquisition would be impossible (at least the year one costs, anyway).
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
by jeepers on Oct 13, 2009 2:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather see the Phillies get some pitching help from the A's
And the A’s get Michael Taylor…
by jeffro on Oct 13, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd love to see Hudson come "home" to the A's
but I’d be surprised if he didn’t stay in Atlanta. He’s a southern boy and you have to think the Braves are going to go all out to win in Bobby Cox’s last season.
by sirbed on Oct 13, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read that wrong at first
I saw “see Huston come home” and had a big ole WTF moment.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
by GoA's on Oct 14, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm so sick of vampires.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Oct 13, 2009 5:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Vampires
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 13, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
....Really, Playboy?
You can’t even do vampires right?
My, how the mighty have fallen.
by cityplANner on Oct 13, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Playboy was already in decline when *I* was
reading (“reading”) it, which was in the mid 1980s.
Playboy’s peak was in the 1970s. It was a great magazine then.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on Oct 14, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was a great magazine back then....
even the articles! Or so I’m told. At any rate, what a brave new world we live in where a magazine like Playboy is now “quaint”. With the internet now available to bring every conceivable fetish into ones living room, I often wonder what the future holds that may render it “quaint” too. Perhaps fully interactive 3-D?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Oct 14, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fully interactive TV for the masses,
and lifelike sex robots for the rich…
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 14, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At the risk of courting a CGV, I would suggest that
a proper assessment of Playboy today would look not too unlike Bruce Bartlett’s assessment of supply side economics:
AS one who was present at thecreation[heyday] of "supply-side economics" [Playboy] back in the 1970s, I think it is long past time that thephrase[magazine] be put to rest. It did its job, creating a new consensusamong economistson how to look atthe national economy[sex]. But today it has become a frequently misleading and meaningless buzzword that gets in the way of goodeconomic policy[porn].
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on Oct 14, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vampires are the new "Reality Show"
Can they both be over please?
by jeffro on Oct 13, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vampires are awesome
They’ve always been awesome.
Just that stupid ass Twilight and whatver the hell the other ones are have screwed it all up for everybody.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 14, 2009 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vampires were awesome
Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows, the original campy cheesy show, was my hero when I was like 7.
I even liked Buffy and Blade… but this newfangeled love-story-living-diary-keeping breed of vampires sucks raw eggs, instead of blood. And today, that is what Vampires have become.
by jeffro on Oct 14, 2009 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's always a trendy monster in the media
Right now it’s we’re in transition as vampires reach the end of their fifteen minutes of fame. Replacing them is a revival of zombie obsession. In previous decades there have been runs of ghost flicks, werewolf flicks, ect. The real spooky question is what’s next? I vote for succubi.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
by GoA's on Oct 14, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You got my vote, too.
"Who cares about some smile data"
by Elvez on Oct 14, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least they never made a zombie love story
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Oct 14, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I absolutely guarantee
that this either exists already, or is in the works. The good thing about zombie stories is that they have good chunk of comedy at their core. Vampire stories pretty much live and die on drama, which I think tends to be a more unforgiving genre.
by colin on Oct 14, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is that scene in Night of the Living Dead
Where the dude, who has just been zombied, tells his girls friend to let him eat her brain because he loves her… does that count?
by jeffro on Oct 14, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just watched an undead love story the other night
It’s called Camille. It’s about a young newlywed couple. The wife dies in a car accident but comes back to life. She slowly decays through the movie, but love keeps her going. Quick review: It’s slow and ultrasappy.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
by GoA's on Oct 14, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, there is romance IN zombie movies (maybe not that scene)
just not a zombie falling in love with a human. Or sparkling in the sunlight.
Zombieland was an awesome movie btw. Just thought I would throw that in there.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Oct 14, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I’m not sure if this counts as a zombie romance. More of a stupid comedy.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Oct 14, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A friend of mine made a short zombie film
which was sort of a love story. Not just a zombie love story, but a gay zombie love story.
(Did you ever watch it, LB?)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on Oct 14, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the night life.
I love to boogie.
Sock puppets have never been able to successfully attack castles. -Nevermoor
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 15, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a trend setter?
hmm.
y’all in trouble.
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 14, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nico's worse fear ..
comes to fruition…
it’s official, Geren and his entire staff are returning in 2010
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Oct 13, 2009 5:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"Nico's" worst fears?
What about the rest of us?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could care less
After trying to kill the bullpen pitchers for the first 2 months I think Geren got better.
by jeffro on Oct 13, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
why, jeffro, are you making brain dead the enemy of mentally retarded?
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Inappropriate.
Oh.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 13, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw that about the coaches and assumed Geren - although it didn't explicitly state he is back.
Can’t imaging he’d get canned when everybody else stays!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 13, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah crap, the slegnA are guaranteed to win it all this season
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 13, 2009 8:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I HATE RAIN
I’ve got nothing else to add, but i feel like I’m alone in this sentiment.
Day seized!
by JLaff on Oct 13, 2009 8:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate rain too
or at least I do today. (TX weather is matching Bay Area weather, how strange.) Plus all the sidewalks here flood, and I don’t own rain boots, so my feet are always wet. It is sad.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 13, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're in TX?
Never knew.
I don’t own a rain jacket or anything. My coworkers thought I was strange when I said that. I’m used to San Diego, where it rains maybe two weeks a year.
Day seized!
by JLaff on Oct 13, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TX is a recent development.
I’ve only been here for a few months.
I don’t really have a rain jacket either… I have other jackets that I wear when it rains, but they don’t exactly repel water. So they’re not very helpful.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 13, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jon Heyman and his picks for the season awards.
Amazingly, he actually picked pretty decently this year (Pujols, Mauer, Carpenter, Greinke, Happ, Porcello), but, of course, for all the wrong reasons.
These were the things that made me cry/smash my computer into bits. Relatively few things, for Jon Heyman standards.
NL MVP
4. Andre Ethier, Dodgers: Six walk-off hits led league.
AL MVP
10. Justin Verlander, Tigers: He’s in here for teammate Miguel Cabrera, who would have been third if not for his costly weekend bender, which showed he didn’t care.
AL ROY
3. Andrew Bailey, A’s: Big-time numbers, but let’s face it: He’s a closer on a loser.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jon_heyman/10/13/awards.ballot/index.html
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
by danmerqury on Oct 13, 2009 9:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
he was trying to nail his sister.
sick bastard.
Plus he’s creepy gay.
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOOOOO!
It’s not true!
It’s impossible!
by cityplANner on Oct 13, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Luke, look in your heart.
You know it true.
You like catching.
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wait
that wasn’t supposed to be part of my jedi training?
Damn you, Yoda!
by cityplANner on Oct 13, 2009 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
good bottom, he is.
Like his father. Mmmm.
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 14, 2009 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Y'all be nasty
- Mace Windu
Also, Samuel Jackson’s 10 best movie deaths
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
by GoA's on Oct 14, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
facepalm
I haven’t read a Heyman column for some time – I forgot how stupid he can be.
Carpenter, Cardinals: ERA and winning percentage titles normally a winning combo for this award.
Gee, anybody wonder what Lincecum’s winning percentage might have been with the Cardinals’ offense backing him up?
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 14, 2009 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heck with prehistoric.
Historic pigs are seriously bad-ass, too. That’s why they’re all over classical mythology.
Even contemporary domestic pigs are pretty bad-ass, not to mention wild ones.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I love you and all, but random pig rants are odd.
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 13, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
chingale is f'in delicious
who knew wild boar was so tasty?
by cityplANner on Oct 13, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have this one t-shirt
where the design involves ranking different species by speed. I think they are way overselling humans, putting them faster than pigs. I mean, maybe I could beat a pig over like 10 miles, but I’m pretty certain that a pig would out sprint me.
by colin on Oct 14, 2009 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like BLT's.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 14, 2009 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+ avocado
nomnomnomnomnomnomnom
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 14, 2009 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correction:
I like BALT’s.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 14, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BALT is awesome indeed
Bay Area Lethargic Transportation forever!
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
by GoA's on Oct 14, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We call them BLATs
"Who cares about some smile data"
by Elvez on Oct 14, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NPR, anyone?
two baseball links from NPR
first an authors talks about his guilty pleasure of fantasy baseball books
and then Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson talk about their new book Sixty feet, six inches. It’s a lot of fun and is highly recommended.
Ellis for President
by tosk on Oct 14, 2009 12:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
sad day in wrestling.
In the middle ages, most Jeopardy contestants’ wagers were unassailable. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 14, 2009 3:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
he will also be known
to those of my generation, as the real-life Mario in the Super Mario Bros. live action movie
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Oct 14, 2009 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By "known" do you actually mean "excoriated"?
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Oct 14, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had no idea that he was a wrestler
(when I saw him as Mario)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Oct 15, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will always think fondly of Captain Lou
Lou Albano is one of my heroes, especially for the way he handled the British Bulldogs meteoric rise and eventual dethroning of Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and Brutus (pre Barber) Beefcake. Wrestlemania 2 was a highlight of my youth.
I can still see it in my mind’s eye. Davey Boy Smith proclaiming that he and the Dynamite Kid would stay in the U.S., though I had never realized they were contemplating leaving, as he held the newly won Tag Team Championship belt aloft.
Tears. I have tears.
by jeffro on Oct 15, 2009 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
USA down 2-0 to Costa Rica at halftime
It’s odd, I feel like USA carried the play for the most part and had more chances. Well, gotta put them in the back of the net, I guess.
Have to hope for a reversal of the Confed Cup final, I guess.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Oct 14, 2009 6:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Poor finishing in that match. Nice to salvage a draw.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 15, 2009 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I say.
Cheerio. Chip chip, and all that.
Sock puppets have never been able to successfully attack castles. -Nevermoor
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 15, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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