DLD 7/10/09: Rarer than an appearence by Bailey
by GoA's on Jul 10, 2009 12:51 PM PDT
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PrintIn 67M's post yesterday, among all the positive-vibe jubilation, I encountered a startling quote:
In a crazy year that has seen so many lives cut short in the sports and entertainment world (as well as the death of the DLD?)
Instead of spending my valuable free time joining the vote for Sandoval campaign, I did some research and came up with a cold hard fact:
2009 DLD's since Opening Day: 36
Andrew Bailey 2009 Appearences: 37
Andrew Bailey had stolen the moniker of Daily from the Daily Link Dump. We might have had a shot to catch up at the All-Star break, but Bailey will (maybe) register an appearance there as well. I applaud ST for a noble effort to bring our beloved DLD off life support, but only the diehard link dumpers responded in a meager 10 comment effort. In these trying times when the on-field entertainment is at a 10 year low it is more important than ever to provide an outlet for the A's fan seeking an escape from the banality of reality.
Here's my contribution:
Digital Eyes Will Chart Baseball's Unseen Skills: Statheads wield new weapons in their effort to destroy the mystique of baseball. Cameo photograph of Aaron Cunningham!
Jack Cust's New Approach At the Plate: Day by day the evidence builds, Cust's value is sinking right along with his strikeout totals. Cameo shout-out to Athletics Nation at the end of the article!
Quotations about Baseball: Need a new sig line? Check out this treasure trove of bite-sized baseball wisom.
I'm on a Boat: NSFW (language) Q: What does this have do with baseball or the A's? A: Nothing. It'sjust funny as hell. Of concern to AN, the way SNL has returned from the grave has me woried that Andy Samberg is a zombie.
Now dump some links and help us regain the daily part of DLD!
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Dude,
poor ST’s DLD didn’t even make it to the recommended list until a half hour ago. I think the DLD may be dead.
We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable
Doing a DLD after 3 PM on an off-day = futile
by Englishmajor on Jul 10, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep you have to get the DLD's up early regardless of the day.
More so considering the way the A’s are playing right now.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
For those in SoCal
The thirtieth anniversary commemoration of a great Orange Country cultural tradition, Mooning Amtrak.
And Twilight time arrives for A’s Giambi, which does not seem to be about his plans to take in a popular vampire flick over the All-Star Break.
If only we had some vampires playing for the A's right now
Sure they’d suck, but that only makes them stronger!
For those who didn’t watch the flick, there’s an amusing baseball scene you should still check out:
Vampire Baseball
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
I love "I'm on a Boat"
And ANDY is Wearing an Athletics shirt!!!!!!!!!!!!That makes me happy and makes me want to put Dick Green in a box!
concocting something witty....check back frequently
Wait where in the video is he wearing an A's shirt?
I’ve never noticed it before
Outman, fighter of the Hitman, champion of the K, he's a master of scoreless innings and friendship for everyone.
by walk off bunt on Jul 10, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
It's it the zombie photo
Just click on Andy Samberg is a zombie.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
On A Boat is my current ringtone.
It replaced Dick In A Box, btw.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Very nice
And if you need another switch, there’s always Jizz in My Pants.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
Then there's the touching Mother's Day tribute
Contender for the award of best cameos by Patricia Clarckson and especially Susan Sarandon. I haven’t Susan acting that sultry since Bull Durham
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
See the Lonely Island guys are ok, but waaaaay over hyped.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
He grew up in the east bay
I went to school with Andy. It is just….weird…to see him on TV and youtube….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 10, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Cut out and redeem!
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
by oaklandSMASH on Jul 11, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Suddenly I feel the urge to denigrate Dan Johnson.
We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 10, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
DAN. JOHNSON.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Bless you,
and next time, try not to do that all over my shirt
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 10, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I need to blow off some steam.
Guys, lets take my volvo up to the Woodminster Theater parking lot off of Joaquin Miller Drive and ghostride the shit out it.
I loved the original SimCity
I remember spending extra money planting gardens everywhere. And if you placed ’em just right you got the fountain.
As a city planner, are you offended that the new versions of the game have the zoning colors all wrong? Residential should be orange instead of green, commercial should be red instead of blue, ect.?
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
Whenever I think of the Sims, I think of Railroad Tycoon...
…and whenever I think of Railroad Tycoon, I think of bowling and They Might Be Giants.
I take full responsibility for the impending death of the DLD.
I haven’t done one in a while. Not that they were any good, they were just often. And normally not even as much traffic as THIS
Long live the DLD
it can never die!
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Any fans of Family Guy and/or Team Fortress 2?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Who left the door open on the website?
We’ve got gerbils running around on our official schedule. Looks like we’re in bed with the movie industry; hopefully this with help bring back Moneyball.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
Get your shotgun!
and don’t shoot until you see the whites of Don Zimmer’s eyes!
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 10, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Francoeur and Ryan Church swapped.
More LOL from GMs. (link goes to MLBtr)
Steal for the Braves.
Billy, please call Omar Minaya about Orlando Cabrera, Jason Giambi, and Bobby Crosby, like, NOW.
"You end up with a name like ‘Outman,’" he said last week. "What else are you going to do? You’re going to get people out, man." ~ Dallas Braden
Free Travis Buck.
Did Atlanta come out that far ahead?
Yes, Church is the better hitter, but he’s already 30 and his power has been declining every year since 2006. He also has knack for running into things and injuring himself. Francouer is 25 and represents a defensive upgrade. I think the snake-bit Mets are going to enjoy having a guy who missed only 7 games from 2006-2008. There’s still a chance for Jeff to find some extra pop as he enters his prime years and become a useful major-league batter. I’m going to let some time go by before I declare this trade a fleecing.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
Church is a better defender than Francoeur.
Church has been a whole win better than Francoeur in this season alone, especially if you play Church in a corner. His 2009 defensive numbers have been skewed by a few games he played in CF, where he’s really really bad. Frenchy hasn’t been a plus defender or a decent offensive player in years.
Yeah, the Braves won the trade, big time.
"You end up with a name like ‘Outman,’" he said last week. "What else are you going to do? You’re going to get people out, man." ~ Dallas Braden
Free Travis Buck.
Here's another one!
DOYLE! released by the Pirates. Remember back when we did the Doyle/Langerhans flipflop back in the day?
ESPN is reporting
Mets trade Ryan Church to Braves for Jeff Francouer.
Probably not worth mentioning, but oh well.
I'm an idiot and didn't see Blicks post.
My mistake.
by MrMoneyBaller on Jul 10, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
DLD from beyond the grave!
‘Haunted’ Milwaukee hotel scares MLB teams
Some unwilling to discuss what goes on during late nights at Pfister Hotel
All work and no play makes Carlos Gomez something something
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Jul 10, 2009 9:16 PM PDT reply actions
Lots of gems here.....
but now everybody will know where we get our great baseball quotes!! Darn you!! JK.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry
by BERRYJO on Jul 10, 2009 9:35 PM PDT reply actions
I've been reading those
and found one that I can credit:
Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. ~Author Unknown
The unknown author is George F. Will, in an article from the late 70’s/early 80’s, as reprinted in his 2nd book, “Bunts”. I read the very quote this week.
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"
by popcornjames on Jul 13, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
This sucks
the Giants Sanchez no-hits the Padres
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
It's hard for me to be happy for the Giants, especially with the A's current state
but fuck you Congratulations, Jonathan Sanchez!!!
"True fact: In a global thermonuclear war, the only human who would survive would be David Eckstein" -PT
Wow
the rest of the team mobbed him in the clubhouse and poured beer all over him. you would think they won the world series or something.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Would've been a perfect game
except that Uribe had an error in the 8th.
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 10, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Why does it suck? I'm happy for the guy
I guess it does suck because it’s the Giants and we “compete” with them for Best of the Bay status, but
we might as well wear it – if Beane trades for Hairston AFTER this game, Sanchez probably gets hit. But we just acquired their Giants killer, and equilibrium in the universe being what it is, well, …..
Congrats Jonathon.
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"
by popcornjames on Jul 13, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually am happy for Sanchez, it was cool that his Dad was there seeing him pitch for the first time
I just don’t like to see the Giants succed when the A’s are failing.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I think this was posted earlier this week
but with the low attendance at DLD functions lately, and because it’s darn catchy, I want to post it again.
Make sure you click the link on the right for more information.
There's no crying in baseball!
Oddly enough
we ran into trouble from the United people at the desk there at O’Hare. Bunch of fucking aholes.
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
There's still life left in the moneyball script.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20090710/en_top_eo/133494
I'm not a big wine guy... Where do you grow the BEER?
I doubt anyone will see this, maybe I'll post it again during the week
Baseball’s most overpaid players (according to Forbes)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Joe Posnanski makes me feel less bad about Bobby Crosby,
with his usual wit.
A sample:
This is a powerful problem: When you play baseball, you must have a shortstop … otherwise teams will laugh at you. Yes, true, they will laugh at you if you have Neifi Perez at shortstop too, but they’ll laugh at you more if you don’t have a shortstop at all.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Futures All-Star Game
Futures All-Star Chris Carter of the Oakland Athletics fails to make the catch on a bad throw advancing World Futures All-Star Alcides Escobar of the Milwaukee Brewers during the 2009 XM All-Star Futures Game at Busch Stadium on July 12, 2009 the in St. Louis, Missouri.List of events
.
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Jul 12, 2009 2:03 PM PDT reply actions
Combining green and red just isn't a great look
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
unless it's December.
…which explains why it’s a terrible look in baseball.
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"
by popcornjames on Jul 13, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Ichiro is funny.
By way of a fanpost on Lookout Landing.
Ichiro’s answer to Japanese media when asked about losing first place in the race for the batting title:
It’s a matter of who does it. Mauer, I don’t mind at all. If it were some other crappy player I would be pissed off. Since it’s Mauer I will allow it.
He will allow it!
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
This blog has a compilation of some of the best Ichiro quotes:
My favorite:
Explaining why he missed catching a fly ball: “The ball became the same color as the sky. So, I wasn’t able to see it … I was sending mental signals for the ball not to come my way, because during that time of day it’s impossible for me to see the ball so I lacked mental signals. I lacked in that area. Usually, I don’t send mental signals. So, because this is the first time, I thought, please don’t come my way.”
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on Jul 12, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm told that Ichiro is less weird if you know Japanese.
Part of his psychedelic-sounding locution is just the natural idiom of the language, apparently. (But not all of it.)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
another link that no one will comment on
1st half awards from Jayson Stark
Maybe I’ll stick all these links in a DLD tomorrow morning since it has been said a DLD posted in the afternoon on a A’s off day is futile.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Post 3pm on an off day is a tough sell.
Start early. You may be surprised.
Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.
Wow, Ordonez must really really suck
to have beaten out Giambi for the AL LVP.
Or is it one of those things where you lose points if there are several other guys on the team who suck almost as much as you do?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
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