DLD 11/5/09

There needs to be 7th choice in the poll

(7) – All of mankind

by sirbed on Nov 5, 2009 2:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

The Answer to the poll question is:

Padilla’s agent.

By turning the tables and making Padilla look like the “victim”, even in a most bizarre type of situation, I’m sure the guy is banking that a sappy team or two might momentarily overlook the fact that Vicente has been the world’s worst teammate for years now and throw some guaranteed cash at him.

(I’m not entirely serious, but I’m not completely ruling it out either…:)

I'm never gonna do it without the fez on!

by Taj Adib on Nov 5, 2009 3:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I am not sure the dodger fans know about that

Vin scully never talks about “negative” things about Dodger players. I was living in SoCal when Scott Radinsky was on the team, never once did Vin mention “”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scared_Straight_(band)" target="new">Scared Straight"

by Future Ed on Nov 5, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

that is

Scared Straight

by Future Ed on Nov 5, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Also, this just in

Tim Lincecum in drugs shocker…

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 3:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I like him a little more today.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 5, 2009 3:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it's a great big shock, isn't it

I mean, who could possibly imagine such a thing?

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh yeah, I am completely shocked.

Next you’re going to tell me that Bloom is still at work.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 5, 2009 5:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It's like when that snowboarder got caught with weed at the winter olympics

apparently he wore sunglasses and big shorts, too

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 11:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I WASN'T!

I’ve been working on “balance”—AKA leaving at 5pm.

Sock puppets have never been able to successfully attack castles. -Nevermoor

by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2009 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

same

Day seized!

by JLaff on Nov 5, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't approve of speeding

Although doing 74 on an interstate that’s posted for 60 is not exactly Esteban Loiaza territory. Can you imagine if the CHP ever started enforcing the posted speed limit on any Bay Area freeway?

It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.

by Englishmajor on Nov 5, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I have no problem with people being stopped for driving 25% over the limit

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The speed limits in WA are ridiculous

After spending time in CA. And everyone drives close to the actual speeds too! I actually found it really, really annoying to drive up there.

by rrryanc on Nov 5, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I suspect that I have different views on the speed limit

we should probably leave it there, really

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 4:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I have driven in WA and my first impression (question) was why the heck are they all driving so slow???

So posted 60 = actual speed of 50. So with that in mind driving 74 = seems like 90 to the WA Highway Patrol.

"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry

by BERRYJO on Nov 5, 2009 5:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's not my experience.

When the posted speed is 60, people generally go between 60 and 65. Which admittedly is slower than in California, but not slower than the speed limit.

I assume you’re talking about freeways, but do you mean city, suburban or rural freeways?

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 5:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

it was on the freeways which is where I would drive the fastest!! Just an impression

"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry

by BERRYJO on Nov 5, 2009 6:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I got the freeway part.

City or rural?

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 11:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm with you, Bob.

I also have no problem with the cops using their discretion to pull over the guy who is zipping between lanes and tailgating at 74mph in a 60mph zone, while not pulling over the guy who is going 74 mph in nice conditions on a relatively uncrowded road, staying in the left lane, while everyone in the other lane is going 68mph.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think traffic offenses are one thing that I'm to the right of most people on, tbh

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 4:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Is this a pun?

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 Nov 5, 2009 5:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No, I'm quite high on punishment when it comes to driving offenses

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 11:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm quite high.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 6, 2009 9:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Quite I'm.

Sock puppets have never been able to successfully attack castles. -Nevermoor

by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2009 9:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hi.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 6, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I just yelled "Fuck" at the top of my lungs.

Is this a good sign?

Sock puppets have never been able to successfully attack castles. -Nevermoor

by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, you're the sign expert.

But I would say, yes. Resounding, even.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Nov 6, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not even sure what "right" and "left" are

in this context.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 5:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Conservative and Liberal I'm guessing

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

by Helloooo 1st on Nov 5, 2009 8:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I know, but do conservatives and liberals

take opposite views on driving fast? I don’t see how that’s a partisan issue.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 11:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Aren't people in favor of traffic enforcement

usually to the right?

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 Nov 5, 2009 11:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm, I guess you could see it that way.

Like a law-and-order issue.

But I’m also thinking that the people who want higher speed limits are generally red-state country types while the ones who want lower speed limits are blue-state urban bicyclist types.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 11:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it is backwards

I feel like this is a subject that is best not approached on a baseball blog, though

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 11:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You're not following me. I didn't say anything about politics...

Think about it. There’s more than one reason for one to be “to the right.”

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 Nov 6, 2009 12:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, I get it now.

I, too, am in the slow lane.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 6, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't have a problem with it either

I’m just surprised that freeway speed limits are enforced in Washington because they sure aren’t here. I’m usually the one in the right lane who’s driving at the speed limit, being tailgated by people who want to go faster.

It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.

by Englishmajor on Nov 5, 2009 5:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I like that (assuming the article is accurate)

the cops treated him just like any other driver. They were neither unusually harsh nor unusually lenient just because he’s a baseball star. I also like that when the cops asked Lincecum to hand over the pot, he simply cooperated and didn’t get belligerent and make a fuss over it, like so many celebrities seem to do.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 4:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, everyone seems to have come out of this well

Even the giants – Tim Lincecum branded bong day, anyone?

it’d have to be on 4/20, obviously

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 4:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That would be really awesome.

If necessary, they could be coy about it. Just happen to make April 20 the Lincecum bobblehead day. Then say, “Oh gee, we didn’t even think of that. It’s just a coincidence.”

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 5:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

"We just happened to have this during preseason. What's that all about?"

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 11:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Halloween display FAIL

see more Epic Fails

You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}

by micdog2001 on Nov 5, 2009 4:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Okay, its five pm, I am in the usual position and no baseball.

alaska A residing in northern Idaho.

by ak_A on Nov 5, 2009 4:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Well, I'm off to Muir Beach for a Guy Fawkes Night bonfire

Whilst I don’t agree with the ritualized celebration of burning political dissidents, I do like a good fire

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 4:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

you'd think they'd be over that incident by now.

alaska A residing in northern Idaho.

by ak_A on Nov 5, 2009 5:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You could watch some Mediocre League Soccer instead?

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 Nov 5, 2009 5:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Isn't it college volleyball season?

If I needed a sports fix I would totally watch that.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 5:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Indeed, the MMLS league or HHMLS (Ho-Hum)

alaska A residing in northern Idaho.

by ak_A on Nov 5, 2009 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Although it was a pretty entertaining match tonight

by DiegoAsFan on Nov 5, 2009 7:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

OK, here's one thing about the new look that does bug me.

Sometimes for the little baby icon that shows up by the URL address, instead of the green and gold “AN” picture, I get the red and black star for SB Nation.

It only happens sometimes, and I haven’t figured out the pattern yet, but it annoys me. I don’t like the red and black.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 5:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

La vérité, l’âpre vérité

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

by monkeyball on Nov 5, 2009 6:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Monkey busting out the Stendhal!

Sock puppets have never been able to successfully attack castles. -Nevermoor

by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

And thanks to the nifty circumflex=S trick,

I didn’t have to look up “âpre”.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 6, 2009 11:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

P.S.

Oh, rouge et noir! I get it now!

Good think we’ve got you here, LB. That one would have gone right over my head.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 6, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

it is considered by many to be the first modernist book.

I disagree, however.

Sock puppets have never been able to successfully attack castles. -Nevermoor

by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2009 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe I should try it. I love that historical period.

On the other hand, I’m starting to suspect that you and I have very different taste in novels. I found Emigrants unreadable and am about to give up on it.

Did I ever explain my Tolstoy-Dostoyevsky spectrum to you? I’m starting to suspect you lean heavily toward Tolstoy, which I emphatically do not.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 6, 2009 12:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and also

You disagree because you think Stendhal doesn’t qualify as modernist, or because someone else preceded him?

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 6, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I despise Tolstoy.

and venerate Dostoyevski, and consider him the father of modernism. At least what we consider modernism. Fyodor precedes Stendhal.

Sock puppets have never been able to successfully attack castles. -Nevermoor

by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2009 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

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

by monkeyball on Nov 6, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Uh-oh

Looks like Crosby ain’t coming back

I, for one, am just so very sad…

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

by Helloooo 1st on Nov 5, 2009 8:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

That's, like, the greatest thing I've ever seen on the A's front page.

Crosby files for free agency, not likely to return

No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.

by danmerqury on Nov 5, 2009 8:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I, for one, welcome our new Pennington overlords.

Don't believe in yourself.
Believe in Me who believes in You.

by Zonis on Nov 5, 2009 10:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Several significant moves just went down

Hermida -→ Red Sox
Teahen——> White Sox
Abreu——> Off the market (2 yrs, 19 million)
Kotsay -→ White Sox

Discuss.

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 Nov 5, 2009 9:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

didn't abreu

turn down 2/16 during the season? looks like the angels are going to go large for the off season.

Any word yet on what the vesting option team option is? i read first it was vesting on PAs, then i read it was a team option if he vests.

i like the move and hope they play him in the outfield evertday.

by Future Ed on Nov 5, 2009 9:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It's based on PA

I think it vests if he has 540 PA in 2010 or 1100 in 2010+2011 combined. And there is a $1M buyout.

by colin on Nov 6, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The only one that really caught my eye was Hermida

I don’t think he would fit on the A’s but he was definitely someone I thought could be a good buy low candidate.

by DiegoAsFan on Nov 5, 2009 9:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't look like the Sox gave up much for him

but I have a hard time seeing how he fits into an A’s roster with a lot of other outfielders in the same “could be great but probably won’t be” category.

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 Nov 5, 2009 11:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yea, in a realistic sense I didn't see him on the A's

But just in the general sense I thought some team could get a deal acquiring him and I don’t know how I feel about the Red Sox making that move.

by DiegoAsFan on Nov 6, 2009 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, since two hyphens converts to a dash,

if you type an odd number …

… oh, that’s not what you wanted to discuss?

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 5, 2009 11:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Um, wow

How was this player not issued a red card?

Day seized!

by JLaff on Nov 5, 2009 11:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

hm, this is a lot like what our rec league is like

I assume the answer is: because it doesn’t matter that much

by bobnothing on Nov 5, 2009 11:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hm, I've just seen this again on sportscenter

that’s some high quality kicking.

I’ll revise my answer – she got away with it, so it’s ok. Though, that braid pull looked super painful. Still, good level of commitment

by bobnothing on Nov 6, 2009 12:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I'm still surprised the pull down didn't get her ejected

Day seized!

by JLaff on Nov 6, 2009 6:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Xbox linked this in another thread, but it belongs in the DLD.

Oakland Athletics to Host Mascot Naming Contest

Clearly someone needs to submit the name “Stomper” for consideration.

The linked page, by the way, automatically starts a video clip, which normally I would object to, but in this case I don’t mind because I love listening to the reporter’s deep Michigan accent. I love regional accents, but the media has become so homogenized in the past 20 years it’s rare to hear a really strong one.

If you love accents, give yourself a treat and listen to this young lady. It’s like a clinic in the Northern cities vowel shift.

I fondly remember the year when Phil Simms and Paul Maguire were both on the broadcast team for the Super Bowl. That was back when Simms’ accent was still so strong you could barely understand him. Maguire’s was watered down but still recognizable. Louisville is less than 400 miles from Youngstown, but phonetically they’re completely different worlds. And both were completely unlike whoever was the mainstream guy with the standard accent (Dick Enberg?).

Good times.

"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan

by iglew on Nov 6, 2009 8:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs