DLD 4/17/09: It's my turn.
by gigglingone on Apr 17, 2009 8:36 AM PDT
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PrintSomeone else started yesterday's DLD moments before I did, so I had to delete it. But my horoscope today says
You’re very much in demand as Venus (planet of popularity) resumes direction. One unexpected plus will be snubbing the people who once snubbed you.
Rather than snub you, I'll give you a DLD. It's Friday. We need one.
Learn a little about Michael Wuertz.
SuSlu ponders if the A's should've kept Marco.
Local Hockey fans might know something about this game.
The Nats finally won a game.
And BZ is sitting down on the job...
via imgs.sfgate.com
And in the non-sports division, why the heck was this breaking news last night???
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I was just wondering,
I wonder if Gigglingone will post one today…
You rock.
I doubt a seven nation army could hold you back.
Seriously. And Jack White agrees.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
...but
we both agree that you shouldn’t go to Wichita.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 17, 2009 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I have been to Witchita
Kinda flat. Stayed at my friends house, they put me to work at their flower shop (yep…down at the flower shop..) Had to deliver flowers to the hospital and stuff. Was forced to see Journey. Then we drove to Boulder to see the Stones, straightest road I have ever seen. I was either drunk or high most of the time and remember very little of the flavor of the town, but I think it lacked one. And no, I did not have a car either.
Enjoy the game
Ike!
Do your impression of Davis Caruso’s career!
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 17, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate to bring this up again
There really needs to be a away for DLDs to go away after a new one takes its place on the recommended posts, WITHOUT the people who rec’d in the first place to remember to unrec.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
dude,
we’ve had two in a week. I’m not sure it’s really an issue so far.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 17, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I know, I'm just sayin.
I feel like it’ll be thrown by the wayside, like commenting via AN Mobile or removing blogs from your profile after you’ve posted there once.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
My simple solution that will never happen
No-one should rec the DLD. By nature, DLD’s are always recent (2-3 days tops, usually less). So, there’s no risk of them being pushed off the recent FanPost list. That way, everyone can enjoy them. Moreover, it’s easy to expect people to NOT rec the DLD, whereas it’s hard to expect them to UnRec them later.
Also, while the DLD’s are always of great quality, the rec’s don’t seem to be quality-driven. It seems they’re automatic (ie some users rec no matter what). In that sense, not rec’ing has no negative effects, since the rec’s didn’t have a lot of meaning to begin with.
Also, this model works very well
at California Golden Blogs. They rarely have DLD’s on the rec’d list, even though the DLD’s routinely reach 1000 comments and are very popular (albeit, not very related to cal sports)
What if we also have a rule that you don't recommend a DLD that already has three rec's?
That way it’s quicker to unrec it off the list. It’s tough to do when stellar DLD’s like mine have 7 rec’s ({cough} where are the rest??)….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Apr 17, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
but dont' the same people who rec it have to unrec it?
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Yes, so we really just need the same three people to rec the DLD each day. That way they can also unrec the old DLD.
Or we need a way to give moderators the power to unrec something…..
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Apr 17, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
LIGHTBULB.
Or we need a way to give moderators the power to unrec something…..
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Mods? Power?
Isn’t that a sensitive subject?
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; he's tall, skinny, and I could practically see one of the 40-mph gusts...sweeping him off the bump and pinning him to the left-field fence. --Mychael Urban
I laughed.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
not everyone is thrilled about new Yankee Stadium
Community Protest Yankee Opener
by NYC Latino Politics on April 3, 2009
The NY Yankees will open the stadium gates to their first game, an exhibition one vs the Chicago Cubs on Friday Aprl 3rd, 2009. They expect the Yankee faithfull to show up, but they will also have an unexpected crowd of community residents who will be protesting outside. Below is the flier that is circulating throughout the community and the internet.
NEW YANKEE STADIUM
NO COMMUNITY PARKS
BROKEN PROMISES!
YANKEE PROMISES THE REALITY
- 25% Community Jobs – Not True
- 25% Community Contracts – Not True
- 25% Local Business Contracts – Not True
- Less Traffic in the Community – To Be Determined
- Temporary Parks – Where Are They?
- New Park by 2010 – Maybe by 2013?
- 15,000 Free Tickets For The Community – Who’s Getting Them?
This community is tired of the lies and broken promises.
Yankees have benefited from us, but we have not from them!
Join us on April 18, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. At The New Yankee Stadium. 161 Street & River Ave.
BRING YOUR SIGNS, SITE YOUR ISSUES!
Concerned Bronx Citizens • Friends of the South Bronx
yeah
unfortunately not unexpected at all. The whole thing was a sham from beginning to end.
Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC
by closetasfan on Apr 17, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
And what's worse....
they’re still stuck living in the Bronx.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
that's awesome.
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Apr 17, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 17, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
crazyrev follow-up: the gallo family has had to leave their home because of death threats.
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
I don't think that's a direct result of Rev's posting of last week
IIRC, it was a Riverside newspaper (and a few other outlets) that printed it. I’m not justifying what Rev did, I still don’t think it should be tolerated, but still, there were multiple places posting the address. Stupid people who threaten others for the actions of their family members will scour the internet for the address; I don’t think this is due solely to the HH posting.
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Apr 17, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
i didn't say it was
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
Ah, it was just because the only link was back to the discussion of the HH post....
and the mention of “crazyrev follow-up”…..
There's no crying in baseball!
Oh boy
Esquire has some interesting reading on Todd Marinovich
Once, during halftime at a home game, Todd retrieved a premade rig out of his locker and went to the bathroom to shoot up. Sitting on the toilet, half listening to the chalk talk, he slammed the heroin. As the team was leaving the locker room for the second half, he struggled with the screen in his glass crack pipe – he wasn’t getting a good hit. Then the pipe broke, and he lacerated his left thumb. By the time he got out onto the field, his thumb wrapped in a towel, the game had already started. He took up the clipboard, his only duty. “I didn’t even know what play they were calling,” Todd says. “Nobody looked at the shit I wrote down anyway.”
I had just always heard his Dad pushed him, but there is more to it that that. Engineering a quarterback instead of raising a son? Just seems there was just too much of a singular determination going on.
Enjoy the game
Lineup
The lineup: Ryan Sweeney CF, Orlando Cabrera SS, Jason Giambi 1B, Matt Holliday LF, Nomar Garciaparra DH, Jack Cust RF, Kurt Suzuki C, Mark Ellis 2B.
Dear Geren,
2 is not 7.
Hope that clears things up for you.
Thanks.
Bye.
Uh...who's at third?
And yes, another lineup fail by Geren.
"We were s--, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on Apr 17, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
we'll be forfeitting the 3rd base spot today
Just an empty space on the field, and awkward silence when that spot comes up in the lineup…
There's no crying in baseball!
Geren gaffe -- or Slusser typo?
one of the commenters at SFGate — where Slusser posted the lineu (and she requested that people put the link in) — also pointed it out.
Yup. That's where I coppied that from.
And i guess I wasn’t clever enough to catch the mistake.
(Note to self stop considering Nomar and Garciaparra two different people.)
Sorry Slusser, line up fixed.
Thank god she doesn’t have mod powers or I’d probably have the ban hammer right about now.
As I mentioned the other day, that’s one of the many reasons to provide a link when you use stuff from this blog (I’m looking at you, AN)
Sorry again.
SuSlu is awesome
She’s my hero now.
(And yes, this is the daily LINK dump….put some links in it!!!!)
There's no crying in baseball!
Isn't Venus the planet of love?
“Planet of popularity” seems so…tame.
What's G? Nothing but freakin' Gatorade. Geesh.
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Apr 17, 2009 3:24 PM PDT reply actions
Swish-er, Swish-er
Apparently, after the Yankees bullpen imploded in their home opener, the crowd started chanting “We want Swish-er!” I sure miss that guy.
From the Sporting News, via Deadspin:
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/23166/posadas_homer_not_enough_to_save_yankees_stadium_grand_opening
Yes, the A's should've kept Scutaro...
not to mention this guy.
The genius of BB must always for me be tempered by remembering his less-than-stellar decisions.
by Chilango on Apr 17, 2009 4:56 PM PDT reply actions
You do realize without Bradley we don't make it to the ALCS?
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
I'm not convinced of that
but you could be right. However, a player of Ethier’s caliber for several years is debatably an improvement over what MB contributed over his short tenure w/ the A’s.
by Chilango on Apr 19, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
crazyrev watch, part II:
Would it not serve everyone’s interest if Gallo just bit a cyanide capsule?
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
gog #03 scores
they are posted here. This was a wild one, with much larger variance in results than the last two. Also, oblique totally ruled, with 20 points.
Hey, wow!
..does this count against my 15 minutes of fame?
In any case, thanks so much for putting these together, colin.
You mean 14 and a half.
and counting.
Better lap it up.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 17, 2009 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
just now on Marty Lurie's show (7:35 am)
Vince Cotroneo told marty that the A’s have sent Jerry Blevins back to the minors and called up Dan Giese, who they recently acquired. This means that the A’s bullpen is entirely right handed.
Link will be on Marty’s website once his show is up there.
once again, the A's are pioneers in bullpen management
soon left-handed relievers will be a thing of the past, and Julio Franco will finally have to retire.
Go Sharks!
Mulder back on the A's?
Possibly? I tried looking for this posted anywhere else and I didn’t see it, so I apologize if someone already posted this :]
For Mulder, it’s injury. The 31-year-old left-hander has pitched just 12 2/3 innings the previous two seasons because of shoulder issues, including missing nearly the entire 2008 because of surgery. The Cardinals didn’t exercise his $11 million option for ’09, instead buying out the remainder of his contract for $1.5 million.
But according to The Boston Globe, Mulder believes he could be ready two weeks after signing on with a team, and the Nationals, Athletics and Dodgers are “extremely interested” in his services.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090419&content_id=4340736&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
"I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that." --Barry Zito
P.S.
Barry’s sitting down because he saw me in the stands and got distracted ;]
"I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that." --Barry Zito
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