DLD 6/9/09: Lemurs conquer San Jose
by Englishmajor on Jun 9, 2009 7:28 AM PDT
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I hope I'm not stepping on anyone who intended a special DLD for today, but when I saw this story I knew I had to post it.
Four lemurs of endangered species born at San Jose's Happy Hollow zoo
Recap of last night from the Minneapolis Star Tribune includes reader comments indicating a very un-Minnesotan level of frustration with the Twins' performance:
Our hardware spokesman should've grabbed Swarzak by his ear and hauled him off the field! He has to look at video to see what he did wrong?! Has he forgotten already? I could smell it from here! Plus I'm sooo sick of this "confidense" garbage. You're in the majors! Strap on a pair and do your job. That goes for all of you, front office on down.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Public Radio Twins blog profiles reliever Sean Henn, who we saw last night. I was half-asleep and thought it was Sean Penn.
Bobby and Gina Crosby have named their baby after Blez. Fortunately it's a boy.
Also: America's best baseball schools, according to the Wall Street Journal. Not the Jack Cust Baseball Academy.
And I hate to even link to this and give the Oakland-bashers more ammo, but our beloved home city considers filing for bankruptcy -- well, at least according to Ignacio de la Fuente (who's already filed for intellectual bankruptcy).
Okay, back to work....
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I am king!!! Nice on the lemurs I saw that on the news last night.
a ground rule double followed by three unproductive outs, sounds like my sex life - dayzd toe
Excellent, DLD
Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to Brother Number 3.
For all that Abel and I already have in common, sports are at the root of the bond between us. That has not always been a good thing. You do not want to sit near my brother at an important game. Meaningless regular season encounter? No problem. Playoff game against our fiercest rivals? Limit his beer consumption and strap him to his seat. He hits. Hard. Ask my cousin Nick, who left a Raider game almost as battered and bruised as the players. Hell, ask the guy who sat in front of Abel at The Scutaro Game, the guy whom Abel whacked repeatedly with one of those white towels they give away at playoff time. The funny thing is that these are games in which our teams won! Maybe all that pent-up "energy" stems from a childhood episode that he likes to recount to our friends over and over, although he conveniently leaves out some critical parts As I remember it, he had been teasing me about who-knows-what, to the point where I grabbed a baseball bat and threatened to hit him with it. Naturally he egged me on, practically begging me to hit him. So I did. In his kneecap. And when Mom came in and asked in not-so Catholic terms what in blazes was going on, Ernie Jr. (the oldest), of all people, came to my defense: "He dared him." But that didn’t exactly hold up in the court of Mom. According to Abel, she beat me silly (a statement that Mom would neither confirm or deny), and afterwards, he finished the job.
Such a nice loving family.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Your brother sounds like my brother!
He is a chiropractor and will break your back during a fight at the Raider game and then once he sobers up the next day, he will try to fix you with adjustments and a lofty bill. (used to buy more Raider tickets)
"Where's the beef?"
I want the A's to target B.J. Upton via trade
to fill our CF hole…
Maybe send them Gio, Barton, and or Sweeney?
"Where's the beef?"
Perfect.
Then maybe we can send Holliday, Gallagher, and Eveland to New York for David Wright!
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
I like it.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
You forgot that they threw in Jose Reyes
Who we flip to Washington for Ryan Zimmerman and a Stephen Strasburg to be named later.
by walk off bunt on Jun 9, 2009 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Reyes is hurt though :(
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
World Class DLD... we need more of these damn it
My cousin is a graduting Senior who will not be drafted today, but could be in the enxt two days. He is from a school mentioned (Stanford) in that WSJ article… For his sake, I hope he gets drafted and by a crappy team (other than the Giants or Angels) so he can someday be in the big leagues.
Michael Lewis on Forum with Michael Krasny at 10 am
http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/forum/
Not talking about baseball, but still.
Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.
Will he address "The Daycare Incident?"
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 9, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
what is this Daycare Incident that you speak of?
Oh, but if I catch a line drive by a girl, that’s girl-on-girl action, the twiceness is eliminated, and it just counts once - gigglingone
It may explain his dim view of fatherhood.
Per the NY Post, by way of Deadspin.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 9, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard him on NPR a week ago or so talking about his new book on being a father
I have to say that my admiration for him dropped a lot in about a 5-minute interview.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I had the same reaction to a recent Today Show clip.
Just so presumptively ‘hip’ it was nauseating. Dear Michael: you’re not the first man to ever have experienced fatherhood. Stick to numbers and the written word.
And Thelonia clearly didn’t like playing second, uh, fiddle. She should not have been there.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 9, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
He basically came off as an overprivileged douche who was totally unaware or his own privilege
and uninterested in recognizing it.
He started off by saying that he imagined before his kids were born that he and his wife, Tabitha Soren, would split parenting duties about 30/70 (guess who was supposed to do most of the work?), and that it ended up being closer to 33/67. Then he said that it occurred to him that men of his father’s generation had had “a really good deal” (basically, not being involved in raising the children, and just making their wives take responsibility for everything), and men of his own generation somehow “traded that away” for nothing.
So basically, Lewis seems to think that recognizing women as, you know, human beings, and being involved in raising and taking care of your own children (including, yes, changing diapers) is some kind of price a man pays to the other members of his family in exchange for some benefit (sex? not being abandoned by his family because he’s a huge, self-centered asshole?).
Oh, and then, like you said, he generalizes his privileged narcissism as “what men go through when we become fathers” rather than “what a self-centered sexist goes through when he becomes a father.”
Tabitha was in on the interview, too, but didn’t say much. Has anyone bothered to tell him that he comes off as a raging putz in these discussions? Has he pissed off everyone he knows, and letting him embarrass himself in public like this is their revenge?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
wait, is Thelonia your name for Tabitha Soren? that's awesome
I’ve always dreamed of running into her so I can ask her that famous question.
AN was so much better before I got here.
Ignacio threatening bankruptcy is a red herring
It’s just to give the city council more leverage in their upcomming labor contract negotiations with the city employees union. Franky it’s deserved, since Oakland city employees have the highest average salary in the bay area as compared to all other civic government staffs.
None of the benefits afforded to a city through declaring bankruptcy would actually help the city of Oakland right now. They can’t get out of their debt servicing, their required pension obligations, and they had the chance to roll back measure OO but decided to go with a no-teeth compromise instead. Sorry Ignacio, you gotta wear that.
Sorry to delve into the Oakland council nitty-gritty. This may be CGV-ible, but I still think it needed saying.
Go A’s?
I thought it was interesting (your comment, that is, not Ignacio's)
FYI Forum is doing an hour on this today at 9 AM if you want to call in. (Unless, of course, cityplANner is the secret identity of Chip Johnson, Jean Quan, or David Gamage.)
by Englishmajor on Jun 10, 2009 4:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Michael Chabon = fanboy with goofy laugh.
Price’s responses were completely entertaining, but yikes.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 10, 2009 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Billy Beane on KNBR at 11 am
Quote from Gary Radnich, “Oh yeah, and today’s the draft”. Nice prep work Gary. Still, they promise to ask about Geren. Could be fun.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
I like Radnich. I think he’s funny.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 9, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
me too.
"A few of the guests, who had the misfortune of being too near the windows, were seized and feasted upon at once.""--Pride and Prejudice And Zombies
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 9, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't stand him.
He’s a caricature of himself.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
The one on the left is building a Radnich. 
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 9, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome.
Fine, I’ll just say it. You’ve been missed. I look you for you at every A’s game I attend. Not in a stalking manner, more like a “I wonder if Dogfather and DogMa are here…ooh, there’s the Churro guy!”
I'm here to talk about the past.
We'll be there Weds in 204, for as long as necessary,
… ‘til that urge to migrate south sets in. Hope to see you there — I’ll keep an eye out for the Churro Guy.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 9, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
not yet
Just spoke to a friend. So it looks like we’ll pick up a pair at the game.
I'm here to talk about the past.
But what about the tickets?
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 9, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup -- pretty far down the first base line, I think.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 9, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Churromen came and went, one after another. The keTTle corn gomer even did a dance ...
… but still no 67M.
/sigh. I hope at least you did something about which you’ll be ashamed tomorrow.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 10, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
KETT-le Corn guy did a dance for us too.
And nobody bought anything from him…I felt bad.
Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.
its up on their site
http://www.knbr.com/pages/garyradnich
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"
LEMURCONKERS!!!!!
(pours some 40 on the ground for departed homey)
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
Was thinking the exact same thing when I saw the title.
ken korach's voice is like peanut butter on velvet, not joe buck's.
A's in June
2nd in runs scored, 21st in Batting average, 12th in OPS.
3rd in ERA, 2nd in RA/game…
1st in wins!
keep it up… though I’d love to see better than a .230 BA and .725 OPS!
"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey
What was the longest HR by the A's this year?
According the hittrackeronline.com, that would be Travis Buck’s 452 ft laser down the right field line in Texas. Video
It was the 38th longest HR this year and the longest A’s HR since Nick Swisher’s 455 ft blast in Tampa Bay on 5/6/07. Video
Here’s the top 10 A’s HR so far this year. Link
1) Buck, Travis OAK @ TEX 05/29/09 452
2) Jack Cust OAK v MIN 06/08/09 449
3) Holliday, Matt OAK @ CWS 06/01/09 444
4) Giambi, Jason OAK v ARI 05/24/09 430
5) Buck, Travis OAK v TB 04/25/09 428
6) Kennedy, Adam OAK @ TEX 05/31/09 427
7) Holliday, Matt OAK v BAL 06/05/09 425
8) Cust, Jack OAK @ TB 05/18/09 423
9) Holliday, Matt OAK v ARI 05/22/09 422
9) Giambi, Jason OAK @ TEX 05/31/09 422
9) Kennedy, Adam OAK @ TEX 05/31/09 422
Surprised that Holliday's #7 was 'only' 425'
It seemed like it cleared the 400’ sign in center and hit quite high on the mountain — just under the suites. Some folks say it was still on the rise at the time…
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Jun 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait a minute -
this was the longest ball hit by an A in two years and it’s still only the 38th longest of this year? That’s kind of…weak, no?
"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin
And in case you're wondering
The longest HR this year was Rual Ibanez’s 477 ft shot in NY on 5/22. Video
The longest since 2005 (when they began tracking) was Adam Dunn in Arizona hitting a 504 ft blast on 9/27/08. Video
The second longest was from Matt Holliday in Colorado on 9/19/06 at 498 ft. Video
Ok, I’ve officially spent too much time on the site this morning.
Wow
Holliday was really screaming at Matt Cain after hitting that bomb, I guess he got HBP in the 1st.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Englishmajor, old school DLD. Bonus points.
Plus you referenced lemurs!
"A few of the guests, who had the misfortune of being too near the windows, were seized and feasted upon at once.""--Pride and Prejudice And Zombies
The poll confirms we're all drunkards with an affinity for dick and fart jokes.
Shit, we’re all groundlings.
"A few of the guests, who had the misfortune of being too near the windows, were seized and feasted upon at once.""--Pride and Prejudice And Zombies
Anyone else having AN issues today?
I mean besides our normal issues.
My new comment counts are all off and I can’t seem to logout…I’m stuck on AN FOREVER…..
Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.
Come play with us, Pamcakes.
Forever and ever and ever.
"A few of the guests, who had the misfortune of being too near the windows, were seized and feasted upon at once.""--Pride and Prejudice And Zombies
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 9, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
creepy, right?
"A few of the guests, who had the misfortune of being too near the windows, were seized and feasted upon at once.""--Pride and Prejudice And Zombies
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 9, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
(and I'm sorry, Pam--I know I promised you I wouldn't call you that
any more, but Pam didn’t work nearly as well…)
"A few of the guests, who had the misfortune of being too near the windows, were seized and feasted upon at once.""--Pride and Prejudice And Zombies
by Leopold Bloom on Jun 9, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
My computer got a virus yesterday after I visited AN
I went to the homepage through “My Favorites center” and it had problems loading and something popped up saying my computer was being attacked but it looked fishey. So I closed everything down and ran a virus scan and it found a trojan virus that pretends to be a virus scan itself. It was only a “medium” on the dangergous scale and it got deleted. i hate viruses.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I got one of those from AN a week or two ago.
But I got it on the work computer, couldn’t run any sort of scan by myself, so IT took it over and I gots me a new computer.
Sadly, the “new” computer runs slower.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." -- Connie Mack
Nice
Mine was on a work computer also, I’m sure glad the scan cleaned it. I didn’t want to put a service tag out for a virus I got while I should have been working ; -)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Here's a good deal on Lower Box tix at AT&T for Friday night's game
Regular price $52 on sale for $28 (plus Goldstar’s fees).
Expires at 11:00 AM today (or so it says).
Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.
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