DLD 3/6/09: it's cold fission
by jlanning17 on Mar 6, 2009 7:43 AM PST
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i don't have a whole lot to say about this guy... it's pretty self-explanatory. had to get it out there and spread the word...
both videos have NSFW sound, so use headphones
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maybe Carney Lansford should reconsider that cap he wears to work
140 years ago today, chemistry got a bit of a boost
does anybody need some light house cleaning done?
less than 31 days and 10 hours until the real fun begins...
that's all for me. happy friday!
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Beat me by seconds! Probably three seconds...
Here’s what was in mine:
For all the arithmetic wonks out there, happy multiples-of-three day! I’m guessing that by the time I post this, there will be two other DLDs posted as well, and the all-out battle for whose gets to stay will result in three people leaving the site for three days apiece.
Here are three links that cover three topics each.
Susan Slusser discusses the South Africans, Bobby Crosby and the new free agent infielders.
Also from that link, there are three teams that are the targets of idle speculation regarding their potential interest in Crosby: the Yankees (it’s nothing new, just the same idle speculation), the Astros (first I’ve heard of that) and the Cubs (not in that article; that’s from before).
There’s also an update on the injured Justin Duchscherer, Eric Chavez and Daric Barton in the “Briefly” section.
Scott Sabatini of the Examiner speculates that a competitive season may help the A’s build public support for a new ballpark. From the article:
Ken Griffey’s trek from first to home to defeat the Yankees in 1995 directly changed public polling for a new stadium in Seattle. Could the A’s envision the dovetail of a surprisingly successful season coupled with a final successful push for a stadium? Of course, because it’s already working.
San Jose and Oakland appear to be upping their efforts to land the team, after the Fremont deal either went south or went nowhere, depending on where the team ends up. Three cities, one of them a part of the Tri-Cities.
And he also incidentally mentions that Justin Duchscherer is important to the A’s success this season. OK, a bit of a reach for the third topic, but it counts.
Chip Johnson of the Chronicle covers Oakland’s efforts in more detail. It centers around a proposed hotel tax (3 percent!) that will provide money for entertainment, business travel and tourism.
Johnson says that Oakland apparently has had trouble getting good news out to the public:
In the first three months of the year, the Oakland Police Department is reporting a 25 percent decline in crime citywide, and that’s a promising statistic that city officials should pounce on immediately.
Also, he refers to the A’s as “officially a team without a home.” How sad.
Happy threes-day!
by oblique on Mar 6, 2009 7:47 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
Team without a home?
Funny, last time I checked they were still playing in the Oakland coliseum. Say what you will about it, but they are hardly homeless.
Agreed.
In retrospect, I intended to be more critical of that statement, but stopped typing kind of abruptly. Seriously, it’s not like they’re playing in some abandoned lot with gopher holes and broken glass everywhere.
At least not 'til NFL exhibition season.
/ 
Besides aren’t those fields the exclusive province of Classic Baseball?
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 6, 2009 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
"Permanent"
Chip’s assessment is dead on as far as perception goes (and most likely reality). The Coliseum, as it is, is not viewed as a long term option.
myspace music
Please come clean my light house.
The windows are, like, all streaked.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
LOL
I totally read it as Light House as well. My favorite part of the article.
“My goal is to keep it clean and keep it classy.”
Stay classy San Deigo.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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I was leading a weekly conference call yesterday
and ended it by telling everyone to have a great week and to stay classy. A teammate had bet me that I couldnt do it without cracking up. Little do they know that I spent a year running these calls and dropping obscure quotes and jokes into them just to bust up the 4 or 5 people who are in the know…
(Next will be including at least one llyric from an NWA song while we discuss NH opprotunities nationwide.)
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
+1
too bad it is only 11:00 am though.
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FG is a lot more easygoing than regular G
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers."
Yes He(She) is
Heck, She(He) lets me blaspheme right in the name…
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
Actually, it's just over 48 hours til the real fun begins
The just and righteous UNC Tar Heels host the locus of evil in the modern world Duke Blue Devils, Sunday at 1:00.
In man's evolution he has created the cities and the motor traffic rumble
But give me half a chance and I'll be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle
As excited as MB got about football
covers my feelings on basketball.
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 6, 2009 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
yup.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 6, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Since MB left, I guess this makes me the token Duke fan
Go Blue Devils!
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Bad week for ...
… monkees.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 6, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I thought about it
but then heard it was 2 hrs and 40 minutes AND there is a lot of blue, glowing, man-junk in it.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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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
Here's what you do.
You get a tape recorder and you tape yourself all day…
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 6, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
not tonight
but sometime soon. the book was awesome, so i fear that i’ll be disappointed by the movie. especially with Zack Snyder’s " “visionary” " obsession with slo-mo action scenes.
a friend of mine has what i think is a good strategy. he hasn’t read the book yet, so he wants to see the movie first and then read the book. he figures that way he’ll enjoy the movie and the book will be even better, rather than the movie being a disappointment after reading an awesome book.
Going at 5:45
Couple with cancelled class today it’s looking like a great Friday already.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Mar 6, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Don't waste your money...or more importantly, your time!
the movie is 3 HOURS long, with no plot and decent action. There was one 30 minute stretch where I was intrigued but the rest of the time i was checking updates of the Cavs-Celtics game on my iphone.
by diehardoaklandfan22 on Mar 6, 2009 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
BTW jlanning
Perhaps you should throw a NSFW warning up on the youtube links? I wasn’t quite expecting the F-word so early in the morning. I’m not trying to be a jerk, I’m just glad my wife wasn’t around to hear it.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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good thing my computer at work doesn't let me view youtube links
that would’ve been a problem….
There's no crying in baseball!
yeah sorry about that
i was figuring there was nothing visual, and in our office everybody uses headphones rather than the comp speakers.
but, ah, the wife giving you flack for foul language? just give her some stevia and she’ll be fine
(Psssst jl17-- you can edit your own fanposts.)
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 6, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Looks to me like a "warning," and that's a good thing.
Even if you don’t have headphones. Gracias.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 6, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
We personally don't use foul language
(Our choice not just hers, I promise) I don’t like hearing/reading it either but she is really bothered by it.
I don’t get mad at people that use it on AN by the way, I don’t like it but I’m not going to complain about it (wait, am I complaining right now?). I know it is my choice to visit the site knowing that some people use it. At least with a warning I can avoid it sometimes. I wonder how many replies laced with profanities this will get in the name of humor? ; -)
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I bet you like those Orbit gum commercials huh?
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Mar 6, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Dirty Mouth? Clean it up! Ding!
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Hmmm.
Nope. Too easy.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 6, 2009 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
"...and like that, he was gone."
Seahawk guy, we barely knew ye.
Now, can we do the same for Damon Bruce?
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
One troll at a time.
Or preferably we’d have none at all.
If ever a game should have been called on account of wind, that one was it. Good thing Jerry Blevins didn't have to pitch in that one; he's tall, skinny and still a little weak from the clubhouse bug he caught, and I could practically see one of the 40-mph gusts at Electric Park sweeping him off the bump and pinning him to the left-field fence. --Mychael Urban
Weird
So I was strolling down the ol’ boulevard minding my own business; I made a routine adjustment, and some dude in a car driving by yelled out “ball toucher!!!” in a recriminatory tone.
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
You should have yelled back asking why he was paying such close attention.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
Well, yeah.
Isn’t that why god made pockets?
Remember, he’s a southpaw.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 6, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Awesome.
Although I’m not sure why a guy would yell that at another guy.
If ever a game should have been called on account of wind, that one was it. Good thing Jerry Blevins didn't have to pitch in that one; he's tall, skinny and still a little weak from the clubhouse bug he caught, and I could practically see one of the 40-mph gusts at Electric Park sweeping him off the bump and pinning him to the left-field fence. --Mychael Urban
I'm still laughing.
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 6, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Nice piece about Ziggy today
in The Philadelphia Inquirer, tied to Ziggy’s ex-teammate Ryan Howard, and the Team USA visit to the Phillies’ Grapefruit League home.
Ziggy on watching the Phillies win the World Series:
“They showed Ryan throw his hands up and go in and tackle Brad Lidge,” Ziegler said. “It brought tears to my eyes.”
Awwww!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
This is the only future (past? present?) restaurant I want to visit
I like important stuff just as much as the next guy, but please, for a little while, deliver us from meaning, baseball. That's your greatest glory, and we thank you for it very, very much. -- Craig Calcaterra
"That's cool. We'll meet the meat."
transfiguration When the woman puts mascara on, it means she’s leaving the house. When the man puts big boots on, it means the alley has been erased by snow. When the black cat has a white strip on its back, be careful! The world can change in an instant.
It looks like my Fantasy Season might not be dead quite yet
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Off topic--advice needed
Can anyone recommend a free (or very low cost) software to build a website? My friend and I want to create a website for the local chapter of a non-profit that I volunteer for. My friend is very computer savvy, but I’m looking for a software template that would make it pretty easy for us. The more WYSIWYG the better-she knows some HTML, but we don’t really want to turn this into a time-consuming night job for us. It needs to be PC/Vista compatible. We need to create minimal pages, and don’t really need whistles and bells.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
I like NVU
Pretty easy to use, although I’ve never tried anything more sophisticated than basic tables/text/links. It uses WYSIWYG, but it is also easy to look at/edit the source code, see the html tags, and preview what it will look like through tabs.
I like important stuff just as much as the next guy, but please, for a little while, deliver us from meaning, baseball. That's your greatest glory, and we thank you for it very, very much. -- Craig Calcaterra
doh, should have posted a link
I like important stuff just as much as the next guy, but please, for a little while, deliver us from meaning, baseball. That's your greatest glory, and we thank you for it very, very much. -- Craig Calcaterra
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1350498/
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
needs backup
Chicago. Where the Dead can Vote. Where the Voters of Tomorrow are found in the Obituaries of Today.
Is Lorenzo Lamas the shark or the octopus?
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
octopus. debbie gibson is the shark.
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
Wimberly media blitz
Here’s a followup on the wimberly thread that broke out during today’s game. The picture is from a nice report on Uni Watch.
Before the wimberly nickname speculation gets too far along, let’s add to the mix the great dan jenkins character name Bad-Hair Wimberly. Link is to the made for tv movie, but my real recommendation is for the book – a must read if you enjoy the jenkins oeuvre.
"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin
The UniWatch article was great. Thanks for sharing.
If ever a game should have been called on account of wind, that one was it. Good thing Jerry Blevins didn't have to pitch in that one; he's tall, skinny and still a little weak from the clubhouse bug he caught, and I could practically see one of the 40-mph gusts at Electric Park sweeping him off the bump and pinning him to the left-field fence. --Mychael Urban
I'm cracking up. I forgot about that blog.
And I think I have found me a new sigline:
Who was this sultan of sock, this hero of hosiery, this stalwart of shinwear?
Best line ever!
If ever a game should have been called on account of wind, that one was it. Good thing Jerry Blevins didn't have to pitch in that one; he's tall, skinny and still a little weak from the clubhouse bug he caught, and I could practically see one of the 40-mph gusts at Electric Park sweeping him off the bump and pinning him to the left-field fence. --Mychael Urban
You don't put any stock in this cold fission mumbo-jumbo do you?
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
I believe Nunavit.
He’s the unfortunate guy in the link, above.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 7, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Guerrero’s admission – initially unintentional – came in response to a question about his off-season knee surgery. Manager Mike Scioscia had said the surgery could have the effect of "maybe turning back the clock a couple years" for Guerrero.
Relayed that quote, the affable Guerrero smiled and responded through a translator, "I feel good. I can’t say [like] 25, because, you know, I’m 34. But I feel a lot better. That’s where I’m at right now."
The Angels’ media guide, among other baseball references, list Guerrero’s birth date as Feb. 9, 1976, which would make him 33.
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
Hell, he could be 40, for all HE knows
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Son of an effing bitch.
I’ve been AN-less for a few days now. I come back and money-fucking-ball has gone AWOL?! Shit. Ass. Damn. Piss.
"Smells like summer camp!"
it's not that anyone's paranoid,
but there was apb for you, too.
"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin
I'm thinking of starting an AN sterilization program to prevent this sort of thing...
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
: -) Sorry, I haven't been on AN the past couple days
it’s all good, I don’t want to make anyone feel like they can’t speak their mind.
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Be careful who you root for in the WBC
or Tommy Lasorda will damn you to hell.
“We cannot allow those clubs to beat us. It’s our game,” the former Los Angeles Dodgers manager said Thursday. “Remember one thing: In your hearts, you better pull for the USA or you may not get into heaven.”
In man's evolution he has created the cities and the motor traffic rumble
But give me half a chance and I'll be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 6, 2009 10:25 PM PST reply actions
Can I love the USA and hate Tommy?
AN: the new twitter of sportsblogs. -Dogfather
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 7, 2009 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
i'm glad to see that
finally they’re taking it seriously, plus it’ll get the WBC more publicity.
of course i’m rooting for china and the european teams for the same reason i root for the US in soccer, wins could get more people interested in the game. conversely, maybe american fans will start caring about it if the US gets embarrassed again.
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
Gallgher has the Crud, Devine's Elbow is Not
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=21&entry_id=36694
Devine is having elbow soreness and has been shutdown for now. Crosby has finally moved off SS. Gallagher is sick with the virus thats going around camp. Giambi has a bruise from being pegged 3 times.
Chicago. Where the Dead can Vote. Where the Voters of Tomorrow are found in the Obituaries of Today.
Duke catching the stubborn bug from Crosby?
Asked about going back to the bullpen, Duchscherer said, “No chance. I wouldn’t do it.”
transfiguration When the woman puts mascara on, it means she’s leaving the house. When the man puts big boots on, it means the alley has been erased by snow. When the black cat has a white strip on its back, be careful! The world can change in an instant.
right, but unlike crosby, duke has earned the right to make statements like 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
Right
And unlike Crosby, it wouldn’t make sense to move Duke to the pen.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
If Duchscherer demanded a trade
there would actually be teams eager to have him as a starter.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers."
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