DLD 2/9/09 I Need a Fix
by JediLeroy on Feb 9, 2009 4:06 PM PST
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I have a confession to make. I'm addicted to DLDs. A few years ago, when I really wanted to fit in with the all-time AN greats, I not only started using DLDs, but I also occasionally stooped to the level of creating crude ones in dark rooms. Anything to get my fix.
So, now I'm going through withdrawals. It's relapse time. In truth, I never stopped using—my supplier just ran out. I'm not only ready to use, I'm itching to abuse. Let's make this daily, folks.
I don't care if this discussion is already going on in MARQUEZ67's front page post. A-rod confessed to using steroids from 2001-2003.
"When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me and I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day," the New York Yankees star said in an interview with ESPN that was broadcast Monday shortly after it was recorded.
Then there's this little bit at the end:
He gave $3.9 million to the school in 2003, the largest gift ever to the Hurricanes’ baseball program and money that provided much of the resources needed for renovating the existing on-campus stadium. In return, the baseball complex will be called Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park.
His body is so artificially, steroidally muscular that they are building a baseball stadium on it. This was probably posted elsewhere, but I'm too lazy to look.
A British university has apologized to a Ph.D. student for throwing away his treasured, seven-year collection of lizard dung.
Yeah, I know I can do better. We can do better. Dump.
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WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!111!!!!
But maybe, like, actually, y’know
As for the A’s, we finally added that veteran starter in Edgar Gonzalez. Glad that issue’s been solved…
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Feb 9, 2009 4:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Hell yea I think Edgar will be our saving grace!
As long as we move to the Polo Grounds and implement the rover position…
"You Went Full Retard, Man - Never Go Full Retard." --Kirk Lazarus
by Ovale Fan on Feb 9, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
From our Department of Instant Nicks:
Per the mlbtraderumors article (Dierkes): “On the plus side, he’s flashed superb control in many recent stints.”
So, we shall call him the “Control Craft.”
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Feb 9, 2009 4:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
it’s okay JL, we understand, it was a loosey goosey era.
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 9, 2009 4:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The life of a 3000s-level UID'er is tough
Nobody can ever measure up to the mysticism of the sub-500 UID’ers.
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 9, 2009 4:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It might not be dlds.... you might just have
irritable male syndrome. Take the quiz to find out!!!
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
by mikeA on Feb 9, 2009 4:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I was too damn annoyed to finish the article.
I could only give it a cursory glance, feel disgusted, and click elsewhere.
"They’re a grubby looking bunch of caterwaulers" -Crazy Old Dude.
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 9, 2009 6:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap.
I have irritable male syndrome!
"Smells like summer camp!"
by Jennifer on Feb 9, 2009 8:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait.
False alarm.
I thought I had started to grow testicles, but I was just sitting on a peanut M&M.
"Smells like summer camp!"
by Jennifer on Feb 9, 2009 8:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A peanut M&M? That doesn’t make you an irritable male, just an irritating one: John Kruk.
"There is a sense of tragic destiny associated with people who have large noses." --Bucky Wunderlick
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 9, 2009 8:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Chronicle Watch!
Thanks Jedi…I too am addicted to DLDs. I further pledge to help pitch in to make the D which stands for Daily more real (as opposed, say, to the now weekly Berkeley Daily Planet newspaper).
To that end, I will indulge in that most treasured of internet pastimes…living off the hard work of ink-stained wretches!
Sunday Slusser: Ellis says he’ll make Opening Day…in the lineup, no less!
Mark Ellis…told The Chronicle he believes he will “definitely” be on the field Opening Day if he gets just 30 to 35 at-bats during spring training. That could be accomplished in a week and a half or so, and with the World Baseball Classic-induced extra week of spring training, there’s an even better chance that Ellis will be ready to go when the regular season starts.
Also Sunday, Bruce Jenkins wrote a nice "yesterday and today" piece on spring training in Arizona. It was accompanied by this lengthy sidebar of old time spring training stories, including a touching little vignette in which Reggie Smith sucker punches a drunk college kid who questioned the manliness of Reggie’s post-surgical throwing style. Amusingly, Reggie was playing catch with Sandy Koufax at the time.
Then the prolific, informative and all-around awesome Slusser is back in today’s Chron, posing the five big questions for the A’s entering the 2009 season. For those who can’t be bothered to click through, the answers are 1) Sadly, quite possible; 2) Supposedly; 3) Bats on notice; 4) Slowly; and 5) Both.
"There is a sense of tragic destiny associated with people who have large noses." --Bucky Wunderlick
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 9, 2009 4:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
note the conditional on Ellis's plans
No word on what exactly has to happen for him to be in shape in order to get those ABs. Kinda like saying “the A’s will ‘definitely’ be in the World Series if they get just 7 wins during the playoffs.”
Also, some buried broken news:
A move to first base [for Chavez], an idea considered last season, no longer looks in the plans.
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 9, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
didn't we already know that?
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 9, 2009 4:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The comments
For the second Slusser article are amusing with one person saying both Barton and Giambi are poor defenders. Every time I read the comments section I have to restrain myself from making an account and going PT on their collective asses. Thankfully there’s AN where everybody is intelligent.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Feb 9, 2009 5:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bay Area beer blogger in critical condition
One of the few things I like about the MediaNews web site is the What’s On Tap blog written by Bill Brand, about all things beer-related in the Bay Area. He writes lots of reviews and lets readers know about all the upcoming events. I’ve been looking for a reason to link it here.
Unfortunately, that reason has come up. As Bill mentioned in an entry he posted yesterday afternoon, he was going to a brewers’ dinner at 21st Amendment near AT&T Park, and this unfortunate event ensued:
A longtime Oakland Tribune reporter was the pedestrian who was hit by a San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail vehicle near AT&T Park, officials said today.
William Brand was in critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital after being hit at 9:10 p.m. Sunday at King and Second streets.
Best wishes to Bill for a speedy and complete recovery, and I’ll definitely be thinking of him when I open one of my favorite beverages tonight.
by Soaker on Feb 9, 2009 4:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Terrible news
Hope for Bill Brand’s quick recovery. He’s a valued part of the beer community and his blog helps tie the disparate parts of the Bay Area brewing tradition together. Health always comes first, but you can’t deny the awful timing. This is SF Beer Week, the unofficial anchor of Strong Beer Month. The rest of the week’s events – and there are many – will carry a bit of a pall over them.
by vertig0 on Feb 9, 2009 5:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Edgar Gonzalez
OK. Rotoworld announces the A’s have signed this guy to a minor league contract. His name doesn’t pop up on the Players list at either espn.com or foxsports.com. Who is he? Is he any good, or rather, does he have good stuff? Is this a meaningless signing? Anyone know?
by richwol1 on Feb 9, 2009 7:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Unless he makes a Johan Santana type transformation
the guy is a minor league filler.
"I'm on hold for now"- Bobby Crosby
by DyeLongJustice on Feb 9, 2009 7:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He's like a mix of Edgar Martinez and Juan Gonzalez
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 9, 2009 8:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
nightmares, thanks.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 9, 2009 9:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Just a little over a month until my next season preview photoshop abomination
Oh, and I added a subject line so that the photo can be collapsed for anybody who needs such a feature.
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 9, 2009 9:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can't sleep ... EdGon'll eat me.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Feb 10, 2009 11:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can't sleep ... EdGein'll eat me.
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 11, 2009 8:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rawr.
"I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that." --Barry Zito
by GreenNGoldGirl on Feb 9, 2009 7:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
AH! A TIGER!
Oh! It’s you! You startled me.
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 9, 2009 7:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rawr means I love you in dinosaur.
"They’re a grubby looking bunch of caterwaulers" -Crazy Old Dude.
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 10, 2009 6:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
in that case, Rawr
just because
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 10, 2009 6:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Aw.
This feels like one of those dinosaur Lifetime movies…
"They’re a grubby looking bunch of caterwaulers" -Crazy Old Dude.
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 10, 2009 7:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My little boy loves to roar.
Whenever he sees a picture of a bear, dinosaur, lion, or tiger…“RRRR!” When he first learned how to do it, we encouraged him to do it so much that he thought all animals roared. Cows…“RRRR!” Grasshoppers…“RRRR!” Sheep…“RRRR!”
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 10, 2009 8:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That made me laugh.
I must be in a Lifetime Movie kinda mood today.
I think it’s the IMS…
"They’re a grubby looking bunch of caterwaulers" -Crazy Old Dude.
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 10, 2009 8:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
just beautiful
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 10, 2009 8:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't have to tell me twice.
He calls our computers “no-no” because we’re constantly telling him he can’t play with them. It’s odd how a water bottle full of dry beans amuses him, a very expensive laptop amuses him, but the run-of-the-mill toddler toys might as well not exist.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 10, 2009 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The first year, maybe two
The gifts themselves weren’t nearly as entertaining as the boxes as they came in. Which worked for me because I loved playing with the Noah’s Ark at bath time.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 10, 2009 9:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I went out on a diaper run last night.
When I got home, he saw the boxes and his eyes lit up.
I used to get mad at my dad for being so sentimental about my childhood. Now I get it.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 10, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My son is the same way
One day he’ll get it.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 10, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Tejada charged with lying to Congress re steroids
Just on the AP wire, I can’t find a link yet….
by Englishmajor on Feb 10, 2009 10:34 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
link
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Feb 10, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
my, my
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 10, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hey, hey
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 10, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bobby Crosby is here to stay
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Feb 10, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
why, why
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 10, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mediocre play can never die
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Feb 10, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
cry, cry
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 10, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He gives you glove but we paid for bat
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 10, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Miggy's gone but he's not forgotten
(Bobby’s Rotten, Rotten Bobby)
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
by andeux on Feb 10, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bobby seems to strike out, even more than Cust
by HigherPie on Feb 10, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's better to be called out, than to swing away
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 10, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The swing is wrong, it's just misbegotten.
by green star oakland on Feb 10, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There's more to the pitcher than meets the eye
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 10, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
awesome
well done guys. Great impromptu Interlude. I’m a big fan of the original, so this was cool to see.
"Sweeney's a white Andre Ethier."--a white, drunk Billy Beane
by Cutthemullet on Feb 11, 2009 7:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think we should have more exquisite corpse interludes
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 11, 2009 8:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Not charged with lying about himself – charged with lying about Adam Piatt!
by Englishmajor on Feb 10, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
oof.
And people wonder why our faith in government is shaken.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 10, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
should he not be charged for lying to congress, not be charged for being a baseball player who lied to congress, not be charged because he only lied about steroids, or not be charged because he only lied about adam piatt?
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 11, 2009 1:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A pity you weren't Tejada's counsel, to advise him to do what's right
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 11, 2009 5:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
prosecutors allege that Tejada purchased human growth hormone from him that year. They do not accuse Tejada of using the substance or lying about his use of it, however.
was he buying it for palmeiro?
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 10, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure where the confusion lies in this
xbx I’m 99% sure is being disingenuous. Sal I’m not so sure about.
They’re charging him with making statements that are able to be proven false with evidence in their possession. They’re not charging him for statements they can’t materially disprove. What’s so confounding about that?
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 10, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
sal's point may be (at least mine would be) "what the fuck is the point of this shit?"
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
by mikeA on Feb 10, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent question.
Maybe we can get Michael Fletcher on the case.
by 74mk on Feb 10, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that I can sign on to
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 10, 2009 11:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The feds' zeal in pursuing trivial felonies
on the steroids subject stands in marked contrast to their prosecutorial stance on matters some might consider more important…say, the malfeasance and dereliction of oversight duties involved in the collapse of the economy. Just to pick a random example.
"There is a sense of tragic destiny associated with people who have large noses." --Bucky Wunderlick
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 10, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Or, you know, paying tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes that you're oh-so-eager to collect from the populace but somehow forgot to pay yourself
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 10, 2009 4:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i was just making the standard tejada-palmeiro joke.
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 10, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Which suggests that Piatt is ready to testify
Piatt presumably can’t testify to having seen Miggi take HGH, but he can testify to having sold it to him.
"There is a sense of tragic destiny associated with people who have large noses." --Bucky Wunderlick
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 10, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He thought he was buying oregano.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 10, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A reverse flip?
Don’t authories try to go after the drug dealers themselves (working their way up the chain) more so than then who the dealers sold their drugs too? This seems a little ass backwards.
by methodrampage on Feb 10, 2009 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Usually the drug dealers are the big fish
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 10, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Depends on how you look at it.
Seems that there are more than a few police departments who prefer drug buyers. Why you ask? Think asset forfeiture. Can’t very well subsidize your budget with a truckload of useless crack unless you sell it…..over and over again.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Feb 10, 2009 6:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So...to sum up
Tejada said in his conversations with staffers that he knew nothing about steroids or performance enhancing drugs. Piatt was questioned and said he and Tejada had a discussion about them in 2003, and that Tejada bought HGH, and that the physical proof was most likely the two checks written out to Piatt.
by richwol1 on Feb 10, 2009 11:25 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
yay for wasting money on stupid he said/she said trials
"I'm on hold for now"- Bobby Crosby
by DyeLongJustice on Feb 10, 2009 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I heard on ESPN that Tejada is going to plead guilty
and go before congress on Wednesday. I don’t have a link though. They also said Tejada bought HGH from an “unknown” player, even though on the bottom ticker that repeatedly showed Piatt’s name.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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by micdog2001 on Feb 10, 2009 3:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
well most people don't know who adam piatt is
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 10, 2009 4:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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