DLD 5/14/09- A Voice in the Bay??
by theblackpearl on May 14, 2009 9:16 AM PDT
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The A's radio Flag station is changing to all sports, starting with syndicated shows. I wonder if in the future, they will have local shows, and an actual morning show, so we can hear A's centric radio, instead of the Murph and Mac giants show.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/14/SPB817K94C.DTL
The A's radio channel, KTRB 860, is going all-sports Monday. The station will have syndicated shows on the air whenever the A's are not, beginning with "Todd & Tyler's Radio Empire" from 6-10 a.m. weekdays
Want to but San Quentin, THe LA Coliseum, Cow Palace?
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to sell the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, San Quentin State Prison, the Orange County Fairgrounds and other state property to raise cash amid the state's growing fiscal crisis, according to a copy of a proposal reviewed by The Times.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/governor-wants-to-sell-la-coliseum-san-quentin.html?tsp=1
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How can you sell a Prison?
Don't believe in yourself.
Believe in Me who believes in You.
by Zonis on May 14, 2009 9:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Privatization of prisons?
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on May 14, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Won't that end up costing more money than before?
Don't believe in yourself.
Believe in Me who believes in You.
by Zonis on May 14, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you buy it, do you get to decide what to do with the prisoners?
by theblackpearl on May 14, 2009 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if thats the case, i vote for:
crosby vs hannanananhan
The Not-So-Casual Fan
by rktse on May 14, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shit.
Hannahan would destroy ChoCoBoCro. It’s all about desire.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 14, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it was a competition to get into a Boy Band, Hannahan would win.
by LoneStranger on May 14, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
forget that...
let’s make Dallas Braden into a hip hop star. The other night he was averaging less than one “uhh” per sentence. That’s eloquent for a baseball player.
REVISED- The magical goblins that live in the Reverend Billy Lard's shower just told him that actually, Crosby's not gonna improve this year and he'll be released by June... Sorry, kids...
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 14, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boy band?
You think this guy’s gonna not make the boy band? Are you insane? If he hadn’t played SS for us for the past four years, I’d guess he was in the Backstreet Boys.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 14, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry guy,
but he’s obviously on the wrong side of 25, and he fucks up half of the dance moves.
REVISED- The magical goblins that live in the Reverend Billy Lard's shower just told him that actually, Crosby's not gonna improve this year and he'll be released by June... Sorry, kids...
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 15, 2009 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All the BB are on the "wrong side" of 25.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 15, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Might sound crazy but it ain't no lie.
He’s a regular Justin Timberlake.
by LoneStranger on May 15, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He actually looks disturbingly like my cousin
"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 May 15, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
your cousin is JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE?
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 15, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hah.
A future for the Coli?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on May 14, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or would it be a return to the past?
by LoneStranger on May 14, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate hate HATE modern representations of colisseum combat
Thumbs down doesn’t mean death. Thumbs down means “we’re so unimpressed by your defeat of this guy that you don’t get to kill him. Sucks to be you”
Thumbs up doesn’t mean life. It means “hey, you rocked that guy: way to go! Now you get the pleasure of finishing him off”
The incorrectness of the thumbs up/down says a lot about how current culture projects on cultures that preceded it.
by cityplANner on May 14, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, since you brought it up....
gladiator deaths weren’t as common as many believe. Seems sports owners have faced similar problems throughout the centuries….namely, it costs a lot of damn money to train these guys. You can’t have them whacked every time there’s a tournament. Ticket prices would go through the roof.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on May 14, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, man!
They only got whacked on Pay-Per-Views!
REVISED- The magical goblins that live in the Reverend Billy Lard's shower just told him that actually, Crosby's not gonna improve this year and he'll be released by June... Sorry, kids...
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 15, 2009 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe back in the day.
But now it seems we get PPV caliber matchups every week!
by LoneStranger on May 15, 2009 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My understanding is it was open palm vs fist
and no thumbs at all.
I’d really like to see a reliable classical cite on this. You can find dozens of “mythbuster” type web pages debunking this myth (not all of them consistent with each other), but if there’s one with proper referencing to a contemporary source, I haven’t found it.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on May 14, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I spoke too soon.
After writing that I was inspired to look a little, and I find this, from Juvenal.
Footnote 5 explicitly supports the idea of thumb down for life and thumb up for death. My Latin isn’t good enough to be sure, but it looks like the text itself is unspecific, saying only that the thumb is turned.
And here is a fairly detailed scholarly discussion of the problem (from 1892, 20 years after the infamous painting), with lots of sources.
I lovez the Internets. There’s a whole lot of bilge to wade through but it’s still so much better than it was. In my youth I’d have spent a day in the library chasing this down.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on May 14, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's an interesting one
I’m going to have to try and remember some references to this in Classical literature, but bear this in mind – the ‘Roman’ world wasn’t just a twenty year period, it lasted for hundreds of years, many generations and spanned many miles. So customs changed and differ a lot, depending on your source. As such, you may well find contradictory evidence as to what the various hand gestures mean.
Hm, I’m pretty sure there’s something in Ovid about it. hm.
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on May 14, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was actually
If I remember correctly… thumb up pointing to the throat, similar to throat slash gesture those NFL dudes were doing for a while minus the “slash” part. The thumb was a “stand in” for the sword.
Thumbs down was more thumb down and pointing away from the body. Again, thumb stands in for the sword in the gesture.
I think I first saw this explained on the History Channel by some professor or something.
by jeffro on May 15, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
History Channel is fun
and they have some good stuff, but also some real bullshit.
I’ve conversed with professors who have been on History Channel programs, and a common theme is complaints about how the program selectively edited them in order to promote an argument that really isn’t what they were saying at all.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on May 15, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can see that
especially in the programs that talk about recent history, like Iraq for instance.
by jeffro on May 15, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The ones I knew were medievalists.
THC loves to play up certain fashionable romantic aspects of history, to the point where it really distorts the picture. Can’t say I blame them, though. It is entertainment, after all. And it’s still a big improvement over learning history from a Russell Crowe movie, which seems to be the primary alternative for most viewers.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on May 15, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
History v. Film
Whenever I see a “historical” film, I always go seek out just how historical it really was. Many liberties are taken in most cases to make a good story, most people probably don’t care and those who do look into it and learn a few things. So it does serve a purpose either way. With the internet you can usually get multiple sources which help form a clearer picture of the “truth.”
Sadly we watch THC for, well, H. So we assume it’s all “approved” history. Ideally one should never accept just one source, and those inclined to learn more will look into things more. THC can spark that interest.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on May 15, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Least accurate historical blockbusters
Top of my list is Braveheart. Warpaint is about 400 years out of place and they depicted the Battle of Sterling Bridge being fought in a giant open field.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
by GoA's on May 15, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, let's just be blunt about it...
…the spark goes both ways.
by LowcountryJoe on May 17, 2009 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Problematic.
The gov’t entity responsible for the prison cannot absolve itself of liability, even though a private company is running it.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on May 14, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sell it to a private contractor
This could be a growth industry.
"Until Holiday comes around, I will refer to him as Coors Light." Ak_A
by doctorK on May 14, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
move all the inmates to somewhere with lower real estate values
San Quentin is in a gorgeous location in Marin County. The real estate market might not be what it was a couple of years ago, but some developer will pay a lot for that land if they move the prison.
Related rant about putting prisons in poor communities is probably too much on the political side.
by colin on May 14, 2009 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
now to bring it back to the A's
San Quentin’s current location would also be a beautiful place for a ballpark. Right on the bay, with views to the east bay and San Francisco.
Lots of reasons why it would never ever work:
*surely an expensive parcel of land
*no public transportation, 101 already has horrible traffic
*I think that Marin probably counts as Giants territory
But, as a Marin native, I can dream.
by colin on May 14, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention that every single NIMBY in Marin would have a simultaneous cow,
and the resultant hot air expelling from their heads would have the gale force of a type 5 hurricane.
by cityplANner on May 14, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, that too
and probably the highest concentration of lawyers in the entire world to back it up (I think I read that somewhere, but I just scanned the wikipedia page and couldn’t find anything)
by colin on May 14, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would have guessed DC for that.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on May 14, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
agrd.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 14, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And that's why the slogans are different:
make law, not war!
by LowcountryJoe on May 17, 2009 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cuz they would rather have a prison than a ballpark?
"It's like déjà vu all over again." -yogi berra
by Cheezombie on May 14, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the prison has been there for a long time
It’s a lot easier to stop someone from building something than it is to uproot an existing institution.
I’m sure that plenty of Marin-ites would be happy to see San Quentin go. And then they would battle pretty much anything that someone tries to put in it’s place.
by colin on May 14, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking about your related rant as well
Living near a lot of the lower real estate value areas I have seen a great deal of discussion about those moves. But you are right, probably not the perfect forum…
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on May 14, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably sell SQ for the real estate
Pretty valuable land right across the Richmond Bridge and on the bay
by MaineAthletic on May 14, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
good news about 860 AM
fixing their technical difficulties so we can actually hear it would be even better news
by OaklandSi on May 14, 2009 9:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we could write to the advertisers of 860AM that we can't hear their commercials because the signal is weak.
That might get 860AM to fix things.
by LoneStranger on May 14, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only one problem
I can’t hear who the advertisers are to figure out who to write to. I guess if I go sit out in my car. . .
by el generico on May 14, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can hear the signal fine on my little radio when at the Coliseum, unless I'm in the can under all that concrete
but then they thankfully play it over the speakers there.
I get it OK in my home in Fremont.
It doesn’t come in very well at my folks’ place in Petaluma.
Comes in OK in the car most of the time.
Comes in like crap, if at all, on BART with all that electrical interference.
So I don’t have it too bad, but it would be nice not to have to even think about a bad signal.
by LoneStranger on May 14, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I live in Oakland
and get poor reception at home. In my car the reception is good unless I happen to go up a hill.
At Chez Nico (north Berkeley) I was struck by how poor the reception is.
Reception was pretty good in Napa, but the A’s also have a local affiliate station up there so it’s not necessary to listen to KTRB there.
During Marty Lurie’s program there are frequent hiccups where you hear a different canned program (not his). Last week they had a transmitter problem that knocked out most of his show.
by OaklandSi on May 14, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
reception in Albany and Berkeley is good and bad
street by street! You drive away from my house, and it improves 100%. Parked in the driveway, I only get good reception on the car radio if I stand outside the car, and hold the aerial. Then I listen through the open window….
That looks like real sanity right there!!
I drove West from Placerville to Berkeley the other day. Reception quality waxed and waned. Some areas of the Central Valley were more clear than sports around Oakland.
All sports! What an improvement over the self-important drivel they had on during non-Athletics time.
"if you think that was a clear answer, you weren’t paying close enough attention." Larry Summers on Freddy/Fanny within the current economic crisis
by One won lost won on May 14, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't hear KTRB - in Oakland
So, I’ve gotten used to not being able to hear KTRB at the Coliseum, and for some static while driving around. But last night in the flats around 9:00, I couldn’t hear it at all. This morning round 8:30, about a mile from the Coliseum, I couldn’t hear it at all. This evening from about 5:45 – 6:00 from the Oakland border to the Berkeley campus, I couldn’t hear it at all. We’re not talking some static – it sounded like the station was off the air.
It really doesn’t matter what the format is, if you can’t hear it.
by JohnDoe on May 21, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
so we can hear A’s centric radio, instead of the Murph and Mac giants show.
I enjoy their show, it’s good morning radio without all the dumb-ass stuff. “Todd & Tyler’s Radio Empire” already sounds bad. Yeah they love the Giants, but the show is listenable unlike the previous John London show or that crap on the Bone. I fear more stupid s***.
I seem to be in the minority, but I have zero reception problems with 860 from Walnut Creek to Alameda, and I suppose I would give the A’s Flagship a shot. Good luck.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on May 14, 2009 9:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I get 860 just fine as well
Comes in great in Napa. I couldn’t disagree more about Murph and Mac—imho its the some of the worst radio I’ve ever heard. I find it totally unlistenable. In fact, almost all of KNBR is horrible. I can stomach some of Rod Brooks and Damon Bruce but little else. It will be refreshing to have options other than KHTK in Sac.
Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. Billy Martin
by Steve in Napa on May 15, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I miss listening to Byrnes on KFRC.
It was great when he’d call them half asleep.
by LoneStranger on May 15, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What do Jack Cust and the .400 hitter have in common?
If you said “nothing” then you haven’t read this recent blog post by Joe Posnanski.
Okay, so they don’t really have anything to do with each other, but JoePo is awesome and he does a good job of showing just how unique a hitter Cust is.
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
by JLeverenz on May 14, 2009 10:29 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Awesome blog post...
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
by brenarlo on May 14, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You really can't go wrong by spending a few minutes reading Posnanski
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on May 14, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's basically the only thing in Google Reader that I won't delete
even if I am 25 posts behind right now.
Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.
by pam5981 on May 14, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hi pamcakes!
{ducks to avoid thrown objects}
"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 May 14, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From his interview with Michael Schur
Writer for SNL, The Office, and Ken Tremendous of FJM:
Q: Do you like what Billy Beane is doing or are you, like me, confused by it all but certain that he must know better than we do?
Schur: The latter. I love Billy Beane. The only mistake he has ever made was writing that braggy book about himself, and how he’s so good at computers.
Take that Joe Morgan!
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on May 14, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm totally writing to 860AM and getting them to give me a radio show
about soccer. dammit, this is the start of it!
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on May 14, 2009 11:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Awesome idea
I can probably get you some guests from my team…
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on May 14, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am going to make up my own sport and get in promoted on the new 860AM.
This is an excellent opportunity for all of us.
by scromulus on May 14, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Coming up on 860AM...."
“….It’s the LEMURCONKERS HOUR….brought to you by Lehmer’s Concord!”
by Englishmajor on May 14, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's something horribly wrong with you.
I keep telling you this and you won’t listen. Soccer is not a sport. I’m not sure what it is, but it’s not a sport.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 14, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sir.
We’re going to need to engage in fisticuffs if you ever say that again.
"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 May 14, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
{steals popcorn, throws it on ground, tripping silly boy who wants to play
ball with his feet}
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 14, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sigh
you’re the only person who’s losing out, yknow. besides, it not being a sport is no reason not to love it. Baseball, by it’s own admission, is not a sport, and I love that…
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on May 14, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soccer
I actually think it would be great if 860 became home of Quakes games on the radio… a quakes show, A’s game and shows and of course, Sharks games and shows. The sort of niche market Bay Area sports/teams.
by jeffro on May 14, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, that would also involve starting to give a toss about MLS
maybe I’ve been spoiled, but I find it a very, very underwhelming offering. oh well.
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on May 14, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Understood
MLS is inferior, but I didn’t grow up watching soccer so I just take other peoples words for it.
Still, a partnership between the A’s and KTRB should include something to grow the Quakes fan base.
Another thing that would be cool is Athletics Nation Radio once a week or something.
by jeffro on May 15, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FCC says no.
"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 May 15, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm.
Your logic is sound.
(I do like it when the World Cup comes around, so I probably could…grow to appreciate it…maybe…Fifa Soccer on the Sega Genesis was cool…)
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 14, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's just a matter of what you grow up with
A lot of my friends back in Britain don’t think they like baseball, because they see it as some sort of glorified rounders. but then, you go to a game, you watch it a bit, you understand the intricacies and the in game tensions…. as with anything, you get out what you put in. I mean, who would have thought that a game as superficially boring as snooker could be so exciting?
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on May 14, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what's snooker?
That sounds like something you’d pay extra for in Bangkok.
Define "succeed." --Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on May 15, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
soccer rules
declare yourself a Liverpool fan, watch as many matches as you can next season and by next summer you’ll be hooked.
Ellis for President
by tosk on May 15, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone post this Baseball Prospectus story on our "amazing" pitching yet?
New author is a little excited.
AN was so much better before I got here.
by stormtown on May 14, 2009 11:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
you're too fast
I was just about to post this one.
by colin on May 14, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like I said Yesterday
Brandon Morrow absolutely sucks.
Two days in a row he loses the game for Seattle. LOL
by Trainman on May 14, 2009 1:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Our Alameda hero Dontrelle Willis
made it back to the majors last night.
The NY Times did an article before the game, and the Detroit Free Press post-game story indicates that giving up a first inning homer to Justin Morneau was not what Jim Leyland had in mind.
Still, it was nice to see him back out there.
"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin
by Hot Cup Joe on May 14, 2009 2:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else hit 'z' to advance to the next thing in any other applications?
I keep trying to use it in Facebook and Twitter. It’s not working out so well just yet.
by LoneStranger on May 14, 2009 4:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I do that, too...
will crosby spread his legs so far apart at bat that the games will have to be rated nc-17 -- emperor nobody
by day-to-day on May 14, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I sometimes do it on blogs
Usually I’m typing “c”, though. I rarely use “z”.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on May 14, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do this all the time
can someone make a Firefox plugin to enable this on all web pages?
by colin on May 15, 2009 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YES.
I try to “z” on almost every webpage.
Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.
by pam5981 on May 15, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd quite like a ctrl+F
function in my real life, so when I’m looking for something in a page of text, it becomes way easier.
just saying.
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on May 15, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would like it to help me find my keys
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
by vignette17 on May 15, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or my pants
"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 May 15, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow...
Moneyball the movie is REAL!
Steven Soderbergh – Director
Brad Pitt – Billy Beane
Don Cheadle?! – Ron Washington
Joe Morgan is going to be pissed! ;)
"Twenty minutes," says Jack Sr. "Thank god for Billy Beane."
"Any fan that wants us to do that is going to be disappointed because that just isn’t us." - Wolff
"Joe Morgan's going to think Beane wrote the movie too..." -whitshoes40
"What am I going to do, seriously? Maybe be a bouncer at strip joints. That's about all I'm qualified to do." -Giambi
by ST on May 14, 2009 4:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
why should he be pissed?
isn’t he going to be played by Isaac Hayes?
REVISED- The magical goblins that live in the Reverend Billy Lard's shower just told him that actually, Crosby's not gonna improve this year and he'll be released by June... Sorry, kids...
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 14, 2009 4:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
CSN-CA tonight -- Classic MLB baseball
A’s-Yankees from 2007. Marco Scutaro’s 3-run homer off Mariano Rivera.
It’s the 4th inning now…..
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on May 14, 2009 8:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It was a thing of beauty....
I was there at the time with some Yankee fans and I remember it so well. I’ve never enjoyed a two and half hour car ride home more.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on May 14, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watching this as well (back and forth with the Gnats)
It took me a moment to figure out why Harden was wearing #42 with no name on the jersey.
"Until Holiday comes around, I will refer to him as Coors Light." Ak_A
by doctorK on May 14, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I miss Rich Harden....
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on May 14, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Harden leaving the game after giving up a double to A-Roid
That part of Harden I do not miss at all.
"Until Holiday comes around, I will refer to him as Coors Light." Ak_A
by doctorK on May 14, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rest in Peace, Joe Kennedy
"Until Holiday comes around, I will refer to him as Coors Light." Ak_A
by doctorK on May 14, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was too.
I was sitting surrounded by Yankee fans so it was cool to see the Yankee fan disappointment when their idol blew it.
by IM4Oakgal on May 14, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watching Mutts and Gnats
Some bozo wearing an A’s sweatshirt just interfered with a ball in play and got his ass tossed from the stadium.
"Until Holiday comes around, I will refer to him as Coors Light." Ak_A
by doctorK on May 14, 2009 8:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Did it hurt the Giants?
Cause if so, then I’d say he’s a good A’s fan.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on May 14, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
The batter hit a double down the 3B line. The fan was sitting by the bullpen and reached over the wall to try to catch it. There was a runner at first at the time. The umpires ruled ground-rule double, so runners were at 2nd and 3rd. The Mets ended up scoring two runs in the inning with two outs – the next hitter drove in the runner from third with an infield single, the runner on second advanced to third, then scored on a wild pitch.
One could argue that the bozo saved a run for the Gnats because of the interference since the umpires did not allow the runner on 1B to score. I will always feel that a fan who interferes with a ball in play is no fan at all.
"Until Holiday comes around, I will refer to him as Coors Light." Ak_A
by doctorK on May 14, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you,
unless it’s a smart fan that does something to help his team…
For example, if Steve Bartman were a Marlin fan in enemy territory, he’da been a g**damned hero to all twelve Marlins fans!
REVISED- The magical goblins that live in the Reverend Billy Lard's shower just told him that actually, Crosby's not gonna improve this year and he'll be released by June... Sorry, kids...
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 15, 2009 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last is where he belongs
actually, he belongs in the unemployment line
by Trainman on May 14, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
can we has new manager now?
Don't believe in yourself.
Believe in Me who believes in You.
by Zonis on May 14, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please excuse me, but I'm going to have a tantrum now:
He stinks he stinks he stinks and everybody’s second cousin who’s got a buddy on the club says that they hear that nobody likes him and he’s a suckup, and really, if your manager’s not a genius, then he’s a fall guy, and this guy’s not a genius, so off with his figurative head.
REVISED- The magical goblins that live in the Reverend Billy Lard's shower just told him that actually, Crosby's not gonna improve this year and he'll be released by June... Sorry, kids...
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 15, 2009 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BB
We have all been lead to believe that Bean doesn’t put much stock in managers (gee, Howe, Macha, Geren – whats not to like?) So Geren is what you get. I just don’t understand that philosophy. 3 ex-A’s coaches are up high on that list and Trey Hillman was in the running at the time as well. Injuries and youth aside, just how far will you go with Geren? Two years now of directionless mediocrity. The team is seriously lacking in fundamentals; no one can bunt when needed, players playing out of position with little experience (this is the major leagues, you can’t just throw guys out there.) To me the sloppy play and lack of game/situation awareness point to the manager.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on May 15, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OOOOOH! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
OFF THE FOUL POLL!
Don't believe in yourself.
Believe in Me who believes in You.
by Zonis on May 14, 2009 9:55 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
no DLD today!
this link is too good to not be posted: link
According to the Palm Beach Post, “at least two pairs of Marlins” shared a room during this week’s series against the Brewers because they’re scared of the ghosts that haunt The Pfister.
by colin on May 15, 2009 3:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That made me laugh
I wonder which players
will crosby spread his legs so far apart at bat that the games will have to be rated nc-17 -- emperor nobody
by day-to-day on May 15, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lackey has a short return
He was ejected after just two pitches.
will crosby spread his legs so far apart at bat that the games will have to be rated nc-17 -- emperor nobody
by day-to-day on May 16, 2009 3:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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