DLD? - 2/26/2009 , Better late than never? Rickey!
by micdog2001 on Feb 26, 2009 6:39 PM PST
126 comments
I have never done a DLD but I have a link that I want to post and there isn't anywhere to put it, so here it goes.
Rickey Henderson was on the Mike and Mike show and they asked him about some of the famous stories that are told about him.
One for the AN Grammar Police.
Literacy Fail
see more pwn and owned pictures
(Careful, some of Failblog's stuff is NSFW, nothing really bad though)
My top Fantasy pick is having some health issues.
Hopefully, for me and the Mets, it is just normal Spring soreness .
Alrighty then, I hope my first DLD is ok. Any complaints or tips for the future?
Dump Away!
5 recs |
126 comments
Email
Print
Comments
The Rickey segment is hilarious.
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 7:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
once proud franchise?
San Jose Makes First Pitch to Draw A’s South
Now San Jose is stepping up to the plate and making a pitch for the once proud franchise. On Thursday, three San Jose council members asked that the city council discuss a strategy for negotiating with the A’s and Major League Baseball about building a stadium in San Jose.
Council members Nora Campos, Nancy Pyle and Rose Herrera sent a memo to the city’s Rules and Open Government Committee asking them to add the stadium discussion to the council’s March 24 meeting.
The members asked the commission to conduct “a poll to determine citywide public support for the project” and to report back to the council within 45 days.
The memo goes on to identify one location in downtown San Jose as a potential stadium site.
“The Redevelopment Agency owns most of the 14-acre project site next to downtown Diridon Station and the EIR has been completed,” it reads.
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 Feb 26, 2009 7:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
So they just need to DRAW the A's in the South Bay,
and they’ll be there? Like Harold and the Purple Crayon? Only green?
...then Pennington takes over.
by Poppy on Feb 26, 2009 8:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's exactly where I was thinking the A's could build a potential new stadium
See? San Jose is already all over that action like a stripper at a frat boy party!
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 9:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it's destiny
San José Diridon Station
65 Cahill Street
San Jose, CA 95110
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 Feb 26, 2009 10:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like it!
I used to live right behind the Diridon Station. Like, literally, right behind the station. Man…….how perfect would that have been?
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 10:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it would be an ideal location, with two highways and both caltrain and amtrak, and in the future possibly bart and high-speed rail.
but is there enough land available?
The memo goes on to identify one location in downtown San Jose as a potential stadium site.
"The Redevelopment Agency owns most of the 14-acre project site next to downtown Diridon Station and the EIR has been completed," it reads.
Wolff has identified several sites for a potential stadium for his soccer team, including a site located at 1125 Coleman Ave. in San Jose that totals 74.8 acres. Several experts have deemed that site too small for a baseball stadium.
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 Feb 26, 2009 10:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
74.8 acres is more than enough for a ballpark
methinks somebody needed to elaborate on what they meant.
myspace music
by jeffro on Feb 27, 2009 9:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's Cahill Holliday now.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Feb 27, 2009 1:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
It seemed kinda like Mike and Mike were clowning Rickey. I’ve loved Rickey since 1979, and I’d welcome him back on our team in any capacity, so I feel I’ve earned the right to clown him a little. But that felt wrong to me. Maybe I should stop clowning him too. I really do feel that he was the best baseball player of the last thirty years.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 26, 2009 7:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Nomar deciding between A’s and retirement
Free-agent infielder Nomar Garciaparra is choosing between retirement and a one-year contract with the Oakland A’s, major-league sources say.
The Phillies, the other team pursuing Garciaparra, are "fairly certain" that they will not sign him, according to a source with knowledge of the club’s thinking.
The A’s, meanwhile, could increase their pursuits of free-agent shortstop Orlando Cabrera and left-handed reliever Dennys Reyes due to their uncertainty over Garciaparra, another source said.
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 Feb 26, 2009 8:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Living life based on the Oakland A's or
retiring from baseball is not always an easy choice to make.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 26, 2009 8:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
last year i often had to choose between watching emil brown and suicide.
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 Feb 26, 2009 8:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Some follow Emil Brown to the bitter end.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 26, 2009 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This people are now dead
Clear its radiance shine...
by ATarHeel on Mar 1, 2009 8:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Manny declines Dodgers' latest offer
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090226&content_id=3890972&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Giants interest picking up?
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on Feb 26, 2009 9:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
wow.... either Manny or Boras are idiots
Chicago. Where the Dead can Vote. Where the Voters of Tomorrow are found in the Obituaries of Today.
by Zonis on Feb 26, 2009 10:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
both are idiots
A good agent would tell his client, “Hey, Manny. Um, this is about as good an offer as you will probably get so my advice is that you take it or you risk having that offer yanked off the table.” Plain and simple.
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 10:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He's gonna get 55 million
Boras never fails
Clear its radiance shine...
by ATarHeel on Mar 1, 2009 8:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
from that article
evidently the $25M for the first year is structured so the Dodgers would pay just $10M this year and the remaining $15M over several years (I didn’t see anything about how the $20M for year 2 is structured). I’m not shedding tears for Manny over this, but I’m curious about how common this sort of deferred payment plan is in baseball contracts.
by colin on Feb 27, 2009 7:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not a Boras fan by any means
but the way that the Dodgers’ offer is structured doesn’t look — relatively speaking, of course – like a deal that Manny should jump on. From what I’m reading on mlbtraderumors.com it has not been rejected outright, but there is a counterproposal that mainly deals with the way deferred payments are proposed.
by OaklandSi on Feb 27, 2009 9:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
As I understand it...
…Boras/Manny are agreeable to the dollar amounts, but reject the deferred (with no interest) aspect. Allegedly they’ll accept if none of the money is deferred.
On the one hand, it’s not like Manny is destitute and needs the money to feed his family right now. On the other hand, I’m sure he’d prefer to invest it himself so he can make even more money.
I could prove God statistically. Take the human body alone - the chances that all the functions of an individual would just happen is a statistical monstrosity.
~George Gallup
by UncleLeo on Feb 27, 2009 7:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's not baseball but...
Steve Young signed a 10 year/$40M contract with the Los Angeles Express (USFL) in ’84 where he would recieve $1M a year for 40 years. I always get a kick out of that contract.
Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.
by methodrampage on Feb 27, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder how much of that he actually collected.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 27, 2009 9:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not much
because he opted out of it after a year to get his release to play in the NFL.
"There is a sense of tragic destiny associated with people who have large noses." --Bucky Wunderlick
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 27, 2009 10:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OMG!
Will someone just tell Manny Ramirez and Scott Boras to take a fucking hike, already??!!!!!!!!!!
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 9:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
+45,000,000
over 2 years…
Or is that +10,000,000 a year for the next five?
What's G? Nothing but freakin' Gatorade. Geesh.
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 27, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's a net present value of +42,000,000
+15,000,000 now
then you have to put a little sticky on your computer to remind yourself to come back in a year for another +15,000,000 and then +10,000,000 in 2011 and another +5,000,000 in 2012.
This deal, by the way, is almost done. It’s all posturing at this point; the differences are immaterial in the world of baseball stars, unless of course boras and manny really DO have a team waiting in the wings.
Stewart 7, Clemens / McNamee 1
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 1, 2009 7:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sacramento Mayor makes comment about catering to the A's if the Kings leave
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090226&content_id=3890972&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on Feb 26, 2009 9:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wrong link
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1653483.html?mi_rss=Our%20Region
Sorry about that.
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on Feb 26, 2009 9:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I saw that earlier over at Golden State Of Mind
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 9:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kings are as good as gone
The Maloofs are losing too much money and there won’t be any encouraging news about a stadium.
Clear its radiance shine...
by ATarHeel on Mar 1, 2009 8:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Here's the one I was gonna post
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 9:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm tired of waiting
Please sign Cabrera, Nomar, and Reyes tomorrow, Billy.
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
by mikeA on Feb 26, 2009 10:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Rotoworld just said Nomar is deciding between us and retirement.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
by mikev on Feb 26, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So did a link in this thread.
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on Feb 26, 2009 10:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Which you posted,
I’m gonna go to sleep now.
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on Feb 26, 2009 10:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have no idea what I'm typing any more.
There needs to be a delete button.
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on Feb 26, 2009 10:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it would be great if the A's could score Nomar foe this year.
He adds another premium vet presence in the dugout. I wonder what the deciding factor is for him? It can’t really be money cuz he’s made plenty of it so another million or so is kind of just extra change for him. Still, I’d like it if he was with the A’s for one very interesting 2009 season.
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 10:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hopefully it's not
that he can’t wear #5
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
by flipgatey3 on Feb 26, 2009 10:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good night RS.
don’t let the Boras bugs bite, ya hear?
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 10:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Huge win
for Bears in OT.
Patrick Christopher is an athletic god.
That is all.
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 Feb 26, 2009 10:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
so everyone loved the
“off the back” inbounds pass…I thought it was a really stupid, risky move.
by ohmangoAs on Feb 26, 2009 10:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bradley tweaks hamstring in first ST game
Sorry for even posting this as “news”
"We were s--, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on Feb 26, 2009 10:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Seems more like "olds" to me
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 Feb 26, 2009 10:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Slusser comments on the BP rating of A's prospects
Baseball Prospectus notes that the A’s system is so remarkably deep in talent, that there are a total of about 18 players in the system who would rank as Houston’s second-best prospect overall.
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 10:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Thats as much of a comment on the poor system the Astros have
as it is a complement to the A’s. The ’stros literally have nothing coming up the pipeline other than maybe Jason Castro.
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on Feb 26, 2009 11:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And apparently that's not so much a comment
as it is directly taking from the BP article itself, as I just found:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8551
If you’re looking for some real perspective: after the sixth through eleventh spots, as well as the three who “just missed,” there are another four players who one could arguably rank as the second-best prospect in the entire Houston Astros’ system.
Good job there SuSlu.
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on Feb 26, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
wait what?
Shouldn’t it be 13 players, not 18? The top 5 would be #1 in their system.
Chicago. Where the Dead can Vote. Where the Voters of Tomorrow are found in the Obituaries of Today.
by Zonis on Feb 26, 2009 11:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think there's an implied "or higher" in there
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 27, 2009 3:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
whoops! Try this again
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/26/SPA11652JG.DTL
Baseball Prospectus notes that the A’s system is so remarkably deep in talent, that there are a total of about 18 players in the system who would rank as Houston’s second-best prospect overall.
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 10:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
multiple levels of FAIL
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 Feb 26, 2009 11:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
huh?
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 26, 2009 11:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
This headline just got me laughing...
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_11791980
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 27, 2009 12:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Do not mock the Great Burrito Fiasco of 2009.
by thejd44 on Feb 27, 2009 1:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
actually, it appears that some drunk guys
brandished a knife inside the restaurant, and three employees went after them, putting one of the jerks in the hospital.
by OaklandSi on Feb 27, 2009 9:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A's on radio AM 860, starting today apparently.
From their website:
“KTRB will broadcast all 162 regular season games, plus 18 spring training games. The station’s first broadcast is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 27 when Oakland hosts the Milwaukee Brewers in a 1 p.m. (noon PST) exhibition game at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.”
So, I get to evade the clutches of mlb.com for another day.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Feb 27, 2009 9:40 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Anyone know if you can you stream KTRB's A's broadcasts online?
by pam5981 on Feb 27, 2009 10:53 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
link
here. I’m listening right now because my radio is broken, VERY nice. :) got it off this fanpost.
I hope it’ll work for the actual game! listening to the pregame right now. {hopes}
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
by #14fan on Feb 27, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
probably not
MLB cracks down on that
Chicago. Where the Dead can Vote. Where the Voters of Tomorrow are found in the Obituaries of Today.
by Zonis on Feb 27, 2009 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
then MLB must be blind/deaf whichever applies here...
because it worked! I heard the whole game! :)
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
by #14fan on Feb 27, 2009 5:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I did too
He’s right though. Most stations that stream, instead stream random music during the A’s game.
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on Feb 27, 2009 5:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They're likely allowing it for Spring Training
as soon as real games are being played, I doubt they’ll let you do it.
In search of a new signature. Say something funny and you may see your comment here!
by DMOAS on Feb 27, 2009 5:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I'll need to buy a new radio for the regular season, then.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
by #14fan on Feb 27, 2009 6:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oakland resumes talks with the A's
From SF Business times, the story notes
With Fremont out of the running for the new A’s stadium, the City of Oakland is resuming negotiations to keep the team in its hometown, recently installed city administrator, Dan Lindheim, said Friday.
Lindheim did not specify where a possible A’s stadium could go.
A 2001 report commissioned by the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum identified several possible Oakland sites for a new A’s stadium, including:
Howard Terminal, a waterfront site west of Jack London Square;
Oak to Ninth, which has since become the proposed site of a large housing development;
Laney College, a Lake Merritt site that had been favored by Bobb;
the Uptown area, which has been largely redeveloped since then; and
the parking lot at McAfee Coliseum, where the A’s have played since 1968.
Lindheim spoke at a luncheon that was hosted by several Oakland chambers of commerce held at the downtown Marriott Hotel. He also mentioned the city is taking an active stance on maintaining the Oakland Raiders football franchise in town.
"We are getting together with (team representatives) in a few weeks," Lindheim said. "We’re not asleep on the job on either of those sports teams."
"And sometimes, when it seems like all hope is gone, Life tosses you a special gift of a baseball game" . 7/10/08 BaseBallGirl headline
by LongTimeFan on Feb 27, 2009 3:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
not gunna happen
Chicago. Where the Dead can Vote. Where the Voters of Tomorrow are found in the Obituaries of Today.
by Zonis on Feb 27, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Laney College
When they call Laney College a ballpark site, what exactly do they have in mind? Are they going to close the college and plow down the buildings, or are they going to fit the stadium somewhere in the park by the channel?
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Feb 28, 2009 5:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Laney College fields at E. 10th and 5th Ave
Baseball field adjacent to the Lake Merritt Channel, between the Lake and the 880. The idea is that Laney would retain some rights to us the new facility for its needs as part of the deal. Previously the Peralta Colleges (of which Laney is one) were cool to the idea, but that was before the tenure of current Chancellor Elihu Harris (ex-Mayor of Oakland)
"There is a sense of tragic destiny associated with people who have large noses." --Bucky Wunderlick
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 28, 2009 6:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cool, thanks.
I didn’t even know that field was there.
Is that enough space, though? It seems kind of small for a full facility.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Mar 1, 2009 5:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the Rickey link!
I only wish the true/ false segment was the entire show. Or maybe they should make it a weekly segment.
by somebodyelse on Feb 27, 2009 5:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
me too, I wish it was longer.
it seemed like they cut out most/some of the interview in the clip.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Feb 27, 2009 6:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm still at work.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 27, 2009 7:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Go home.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 27, 2009 8:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, which is worse?
Me telling you to go home on a Friday night?
Or me being home on a Friday night, telling you to go home?
Our girls are clearly away, and now this is just weird. WTF, man?
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 27, 2009 8:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We're losers, Marquez. face it.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 27, 2009 9:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No man.
We can turn things around; it’s not too late. It’s just a rut.
OK, gotta pick up my son. Speaking of, I went to a conference at the school today (he’s 16). Turns out he has some of his old man’s poetic genes. Teacher showed us a poem that would make AN burst into tears if I were to post it. Which is probably why I won’t.
Oh, and go home. And if not, at least read my Raider post. Nothing breathtaking, but I was told to dump something.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 27, 2009 9:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Oakland Senors?!
(and I’m still at work)
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 27, 2009 10:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Si
Vete a tu casa.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 27, 2009 10:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
but...
Pero todavía hay trabajo por hacer. Los monos se han ido a sus hogares y todos ellos son muchos beber cervezas.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 27, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
work and beer?
But still there is work to do. The monkeys have gone away to their homes and all of them are many to drink beers.
babelfish rocks
myspace music
by jeffro on Feb 27, 2009 11:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
have drank many beers.
(damn google)
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 27, 2009 11:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
twas actually
yahoo. I don’t use google.
myspace music
by jeffro on Feb 28, 2009 7:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So anyway,
getting back to the micheal lewis article on the secret genius of shane battier, did you see that in the midst of handing the cavs a beating last night, battier handed lebron his career-first no assist game.
"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin
by Hot Cup Joe on Feb 27, 2009 7:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Never an Elway fan
But this might change my mind a bit.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 28, 2009 9:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
damn fine link
(sigh) I love Elway. Except the part where he marries a Raiderette.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Feb 28, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's probably
the only thing I like about him. Well, the other thing, after today.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 28, 2009 9:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
how could anyone not like the greatest quarterback of all time?
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 Feb 28, 2009 10:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He kind of played for the wrong team. At least from my standpoint.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 28, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
agreed.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 28, 2009 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So long as you're not
agreeing from work.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 28, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
NOW
I’m agreeing from work.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 28, 2009 8:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm watching your man-crush
in Finding Neverland.
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
by lynnzgal on Feb 28, 2009 8:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jerry Blevins?!
My God, I didn’t know he was that versatile!
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 28, 2009 10:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like Joe Montana
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
by mikev on Feb 28, 2009 2:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What
how could anyone not like the greatest quarterback of all time?
go kill yourself, now
Clear its radiance shine...
by ATarHeel on Mar 1, 2009 8:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, i thought it was jamarcus russell
Stewart 7, Clemens / McNamee 1
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 1, 2009 8:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ryan Leaf?
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Mar 2, 2009 11:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Elway was good
but he’s not even close to the greatest quarterback of all time. He was frankly bad for his first several years. His prime wasn’t as good as Steve Young’s. His stats aren’t on a par with Unitas or Marino or Starr, not to mention Manning or Brady. He doesn’t have the Super Bowl credentials of most of those guys, either, much less Montana’s.
[I can’t believe I’m going into football stats on a baseball site, but I’m pretty hard up for finding discussion topics here all of a sudden. Holy crap but this site got boring once spring games started.]
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 Mar 1, 2009 9:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Or the regular season stats of dan marino
I think people get too excited about elway because, like me, they see (saw) his physical talents. It’s possible that he was the most gifted pure passer ever, with unmatched velocity and accuracy plus top tier mobility. I think his coaching and surrounding crew improved greatly along with him, so I forgive him the early years.
Elway’s achievements do IMO put him in the conversation about the greatest ever, but, as you note, you can’t argue on the stats that he was the best, and manning and brady are not even done. And terry bradshaw, johnny unitas, bart starr and fran tarkenton would all have something to say as well.
Football’s not baseball, and individual stats are not as important, but, much as I was an elway fan since he was a freshman at stanford, I can’t call him the best ever. One of the top 5, probably. But not #1.
Stewart 7, Clemens / McNamee 1
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 2, 2009 4:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
As a life-long Broncos fan
I grudgingly agree with you that he’s likely not the best of all time, but likely in the top 5. But to say in his prime he wasn’t as good as, say, Steve Young, I cannot, will not, agree with.
And to say he’s not in the conversation without T.D. I also don’t see. “Winning it all” is so team/coaching dependent, and I’d give him major points for carrying them to 3 super bowls early on with teams that were nothing to write home about. Admittedly they got blown out in each, but he carried them there.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Mar 2, 2009 10:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Have you looked at how good Steve Young's prime years were?
His 1992-1994 period is the best 3-year stretch by any quarterback in the history of the NFL.
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 Mar 2, 2009 8:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not in San Francisco
In San Francisco we remember him as that loser who was no Montana, but who made better commercials.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Mar 2, 2009 11:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You're right he was no Montana
He was actually better.
Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.
by methodrampage on Mar 3, 2009 9:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And hey, I'm a Raiders fan
It took me a LOT to even put elway in the top 5.
And, to be clear, it was someone else who said steve young was as good. I’d put young top 10 but not top 5. I’d also guess that everyone in the top 5 had lots of top rate supporting players.
A more interesting question for this group might be: where would you rank Kenny Stabler on the list of qb’s? (he’s my all time favorite, but I’d have a hard time putting him in the top 10 . . . )
Stewart 7, Clemens / McNamee 1
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 2, 2009 8:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
QB is the one position in all of professional sports where i place more value on finals appearances than stats.
and like i said, elway never had a great team around him. he had mediocre coaches as well.
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 Mar 2, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not going to argue that Lombardi was a mediocre coach
although he is a bit overrated, but… have you seen the talent the Packers had on their second Super Bowl team? Their offense was pretty much Bart Starr and the Ten Dwarves.
As for finals appearances, Starr was 5 for 6, Elway 2 for 5…
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 Mar 2, 2009 7:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Do you mean Montana or Young?
Please try to be clearer next time.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Mar 2, 2009 11:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ummmmm like.......uhhh.......ever heard of Joe Montana?
Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox
by mrod on Feb 28, 2009 10:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
the guy who was fortunate enough to play with the best football player of all time, and had arguably the most brilliant football mind as his head coach?
yeah, i have heard of him, what’s your point?
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 Feb 28, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's a team game.
Elway’s not even in that discussion without Terrell Davis
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 28, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
elway got to 3 super bowls without davis
he didn’t win any of those, but the AFC was really weak at that time and elway’s best WR was vance johnson, who barely cracked 1,000 yards in his BEST season.
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 Mar 1, 2009 9:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You were arguing that
Montana was a product of his system. My point was they all are. It’s a team sport.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 2, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
right but the west coast offense makes QBs with montana-like arms look a lot better than they would otherwise.
meanwhile elway had dan reeves.
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 Mar 2, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Whom he went to the Super Bowl three times with, yes.
Can monkey care be a positive experience? Yes, but only if you are committed, well-prepared, and well-informed ahead of time. To what degree is this possible? What if monkey care is harder than you thought it would be? --Pet Monkey: A Reality Check
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 2, 2009 2:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The reeves point is a big one IMO
Early on, I think the difference between marino and elway was the difference between shula and reeves. Over time, reeves became a very good head coach; I don’t think he ever became a great quarterback coach. Shula knew how to coach a great QB from the start.
However, that doesn’t mean we can say elway was better than marino – he wasn’t. Every player is in part a product of the coach and the system, but the player is responsible for what he does on the field.
Stewart 7, Clemens / McNamee 1
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 2, 2009 8:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Funny note
From Susan Slusser in the Chronicle:
Rollie Finger? Left-hander Dallas Braden, who is starting today against the Indians, has a handlebar mustache, a la Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers, the A’s great closer.
Braden’s handlebar, however, is tattooed onto the side of one of his fingers. When he raises the finger to his face, voila! Small, neat little curlicues, without all the hassle of mustache wax.
“I got bored the other day and went to the tattoo parlor,” Braden said with a grin. “It’s something funny, something lighthearted. It’s definitely a conversation piece.”
Braden is trying to give a name to what he describes as his “alter ego.” Justin Duchscherer has suggested “Pepe,” but Braden was kicking around some royal titles to accompany his mustachioed side.
Speaking of SuSlu, any word on if her book is coming out this spring?!
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Mar 1, 2009 9:02 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I need a picture of this....
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Mar 1, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'll bet he ends up calling it
his “Rollie Finger”
by OaklandSi on Mar 1, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Certain photos copyright © 2009 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
