DLD 6-22-09: There is an "A" in delay....there's a D and L in there too
by Englishmajor on Jun 22, 2009 10:20 AM PDT
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Shooting was supposed to start today on Moneyball: The Movie, but it isn't gonna. It may be a temporary snag, or the film may be dead....it's day-to-day.
The advisory vote on whether to encourage an A's stadium was supposed to be on the ballot in San Jose in November, but it isn't gonna either. Maybe in 2010. It's day-to-day.
Zito pitched a fairly good game yesterday and somehow this is deluding people into thinking the Giants are going to the postseason.
Susan Slusser reports that three A's pitchers are following Barry's example and living in -- gasp -- San Francisco!
And Oakland police apprehended a sea lion apparently trying to get to the Coliseum for tonight's Battle of the Bay redux. The sea lion won't be there but if you're a RAF, you can be. Or meet us back here tonight at 7 PM. In the meantime, commence dumping!
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I'll be at the game tonight
Bleachers, probably of the left field variety.
Tonight is Cahill vs. Sanchez. Click here to read more.
And a medical update in that link….
A’s pitcher Josh Outman is slated to start Wednesday against the Giants, but his status may depend on an MRI scheduled for Monday. Geren said if doctors use contrast dye for the scan, Outman can’t pitch for three days. Outman left Friday’s game in the second inning with a strain in his inner elbow.
There's no crying in baseball!
QOTM
"If you don’t start concentrating and catching the ball, you’re going to have to deal with my black ass!"- Wash
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jun 22, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
travdog and I will be in the LF bleachers as well
Hopefully sporting our new McGwire jerseys
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Jun 22, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
The Merc link didn't work for me at first,
but after some manipulation of the URL I got there. Others having the same problem may have better luck with this. I was sure the sea lion was going to be Lou.
SuSlu seems to be dangling a clause. It reads like Breslow did the online research, but I’m pretty sure it was really hers.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
grammar fail by me
That’s not a clause. It’s not a participle either.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
DELAY...let's see how many words describe the words A's
D-E-L-A-Y
There’s LEAD, as in we really could use someone who can LEADthis team.
ALED, as in so many of our players have ALED so far.
DAY to DAY: ‘nuff said.
DEAL: what DEALs will BEANE make.
LADY luck has not been helping the A’s.
AYE, AYE, AYE: some days I watch and get a headache.
And YEA, I’m ready for something to change.
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
Yay, a word game. Here’s a few more:
Breslow was captain of the team at YALE.
I’ve consumed lots of ALE trying to drown out the heartbreaking losses.
DL is an acronym we’ve all become very familiar with,
DYE is a player we miss and could sure use right now
Our baserunners all have LEAD in their shoes.
And finally,
Beat LA! Beat LA!
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
I was at 30th St. Station in Philadelphia this morning
waiting to meet some folks by the information booth in the middle of the main hall of the station.
Up walks Dikembe Mutombo. And I do mean “up”.
Didn’t seem to be bothered by the knee he injured a little while ago. And he was looking really sharp, in a well-tailored suit.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Did he ask "who wants to sex Mutumbo?"
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 22, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, he did go up to the information booth
to ask one of the employees there a question. I wasn’t close enough to hear what he asked.
And they did NOT make an announcement to that effect over the PA.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Contra Costa Times Article
A’s Reunion Bash lacks some power
No McGwire (although 10,000 jerseys are the giveaway items), or Canseco. Henderson, Parker, Eck are unknowns. Stewart, Welch, and Moore will be there plus the current coachs on both teams.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Ah, but Hendu will be there....
Henduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jun 22, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Kind of a depressing article
There will, however, be a giveaway of 10,000 McGwire jerseys, reminders of a more exciting time with the A’s, as well as a more innocent — and ignorant — era. Enjoy it for those who are present, for baseball will host more such gatherings, with many more teams. Reunions, with an asterisk.
I’ll be there tonight (and tomorrow) and I’ll do my best to enjoy it
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Jun 22, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
McGwire's swing was so quick, he could've hit 40 homers with that bat
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
I have one of those!
I got it autographed too, with dreams of both being in the HOF someday . . . . . . . . :~(
"I'm more into going home and being horizontal" - Lew Wolff
ESPN Article
Houston Street moves to right side of the rubber
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Hmm... that explains it. He was sucking because he was on the wrong side of the rubber.
Trying to pitch the ball into center field… aWkward.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
Safe sex advocates everywhere cheer
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 22, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Breaking News
Fehr steps down
Donald Fehr has resigned as head of the MLB players union, according to a union source.
No link yet, just the Breaking News banner on sports.yahoo.com
There's no crying in baseball!
I would say,
that a different direction than the Marvin Miller brand of representation is in order. Things have changed since the bad old days of internal baseball politics.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
The baseball giveaway I most want but didn't get
was the Saint Paul Saints seat cushion from a few years back that had Fehr’s face on one side and Bud’s on the other.
by Englishmajor on Jun 22, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Let the jokes commence
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Jun 22, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
My link for the day, as I wait for my bloody car to get here:
Snatch Wars. Though I’m not sure how many of you will get it, even I struggle to understand what the guy is saying half the time!
Moneyball Movie Shelved
“In light of the economic climate, Warner and Paramount said they weren’t going to make the movie,” said Pitt’s manager, Cynthia Pett-Dante. She added that Pitt “totally supports Steven all the way” in his vision for the movie.
I like how all the articles
have people complaining about the lines and the inconveniences. My wife and her coworkers at Oakland International were told about everything 4 HOURS before the company shut down. No one seems to care that a lot of people lost their jobs.
death to myspace!
That's terrible.
Although increasingly it seems to be the way these things are managed, it still sucks.
by Englishmajor on Jun 23, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
But what's the alternative?
You have a company you’re trying to keep alive, but you’re struggling to see whether it’s possible or you’ll have to shut down. What are you going to do, announce to everyone, “Hey, just so you know, we’re not sure if we’re going to make it so maybe we’ll be shutting down soon. Not sure yet.”? Do that, and you seal your fate because then everyone — employees, customers, investors — bails out and the company is ruined.
The best you can do is keep it quiet while you try to work it out. If the company survives, great; no one needs to know that it almost didn’t. If the company doesn’t survive, once the decision is made, it’s over.
If you want to argue that any company should offer a decent severance package, then I’m with you. But if you’re saying that they should somehow give two weeks notice, I just don’t see how that’s possible.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
and it was my birthday
I reached a perfect square in age. This is the best link I’ve seen in terms of fresh new birthday songs and how my youth seems to be slipping further and further away:
Dethklok, “Birthday Dethday”
http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=200b1e355ee6118502ed134a00999041
Many years ago today something grew
inside of your mother…
That thing was you
YOU
YOU YOU YOU YOU
Did she scream did she cry
Only those that are born are the ones that
Get to die
One more year closer to dying
Rotting organs ripping grinding
Biological discordance
Birthday equals self abhorrence
Years keep passing aging always
Mutate into vapid slugs
Doctor gives a new perscription
Bullet in a f**king gun
One more year closer to dying
Plastic surgeons fuel the lying
You forget why you came in here
Your mind rots with every New Year
RSVP PLEASE
For the DETH of thee
You have little time
And you’re running out of life
Happy Birthday
You’re gonna die
Now you’re old and full of hatred
Take a pill to masturbatred
Children point to you and scream
Because they will become that thing
One more year of further suffering
There’s no point of f**king bluffing
Open up your DETHDAY present
It’s a box of fucking nothing
RSVP PLEASE
For the DETH of thee
You have little time
And you’re running out of life
DIE DIE
DETHDAY
BIRTHDAY
DETHDAY
DIE DIE
DETHDAY
BIRTHDAY
DETHDAY
RSVP PLEASE
For the DETH of thee
You have little time
And you’re running out of life
Happy Birthday
You’re gonna die
Bob Geren, on 8/2/07, on the success of Alan Embree as new interim closer: "What can I say,... he's been our Steady Tremendous Bullpen Man"
So you're sweet 16 then?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
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