DLD 8-17-09: Take BART (boop-boop) if ya wanna be on time
by Englishmajor on Aug 17, 2009 7:13 AM PDT
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Yes, we have BART service today, and more importantly, tonight for those who can make it to the Coliseum to watch Brett Tomko take on the Yankees. Tomko tonight, Mazzarro tomorrow, Duchscherer....sometime maybe....he has a non-baseball issue. But let's not dwell on the future when we have the past to gloat about!
SuSlu's writeup of yesterday's terrific game includes the quote from Mark Ellis:
Off the bat, I thought it was a double, then I saw (Scott) Podsednik coming over and I thought, 'He's not going to get it."
This astute observation notwithstanding, Craig Breslow is still the smartest man in baseball because he knows about DNA sequencing and stuff.
The Wall Street Journal has a fun story about foreign minor leaguers including the Brazilian-Japanese Fabio Murakami -- what a great name -- in the Phillies organization and the Moanaroa brothers in the Red Sox organization, who are believed to be the first Maori professional ballplayers in the US. No word on whether they do the haka before games.
Y. E. Yang is a great success story. Also, there's now at least one Korean restaurant in Chaska, MN, which is good news for me if I ever have to go visit my relatives there.
"Bonk-Players-In-The-Head-Day" voted less popular than "Turn-Back-The-Clock-Day", but fortunately everyone is okay. Also, the Milwaukee man who decided to get into the spirit of How Thick Is Your Cranium? Day by hitting the mayor in the head with a pipe at the State Fair is in custody.
Your dumps are respectfully solicited below....
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Crosby at SS?
"What a joke." ~ Booby Crosby
by MMunoz33 on Aug 17, 2009 8:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Slusser mentioned Nomar could be released today...
to make room for Tomko on the 25-man roster…
and one major-league source told The Chronicle on Sunday that the team was considering releasing Nomar Garciaparra today. According to an A’s source, that is not something the team is considering – at least not yet.
can’t say I’m going to miss Duke and his injury/personal issues…
Justin Duchscherer once again is unavailable with “a nonbaseball-related issue,” according to the A’s, so Brett Tomko will make his Oakland debut tonight.
today’s the last day the A’s can sign Stassi, Kroll, Dyson and Green…
Assistant GM David Forst said, “The deadline will impart some urgency.”
how much does Strasburg sign for?
(Yahoo) expects the Nationals to sign Strasburg for about $20MM
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Aug 17, 2009 8:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I just hope we sign our guys!!!!
(fingers crossed)
"What a joke." ~ Booby Crosby
by MMunoz33 on Aug 17, 2009 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay. After yesterday I am now obssessed.
by lynnzgal on Aug 17, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think if you wanted to be a flapper girl yesterday was your calling
But green and gold boas can work. ;-)
Last of the Ninth - Photography Site / jamesvenes.com - Blog
by Flashfire on Aug 17, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
2 words.
Hot 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 Aug 17, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you rang?
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 17, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love the green 'n' gold feather boas
I’ll have to check the party supply store later today. If I see them, want me to pick up a set for you?
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 17, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If they are as cheap as those,
I was gonna buy a whole bunch.
by lynnzgal on Aug 17, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll be heading over after work tonight
I might call you….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 17, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would like one if they are cheap!
Bring Jerry back!
by ZigFan31 on Aug 17, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me too
as long as we’re not doing the feather fan stripteases. Because I think we have to wait for the AN Day with Leopold Bloom for those.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Aug 17, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lol!
See, this is why we need a bunch.
by lynnzgal on Aug 17, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel so...special.
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 17, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blah
Party Warehouse in El Cerrito didn’t have any yellow ones, and the green they had was so the wrong green. :(
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 17, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, but I did get some cupcake goodies for Saturday. :)
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 17, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
2009: The Year of the Cycle
Yet another player hit for the cycle last week. That makes a total of seven this season, the most we’ve seen in a season since the 30’s. They’ve been coming in bunches, with three in five days in April, then the three since August started.
Story as reported by Stat Of the Day
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
by GoA's on Aug 17, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Reports: Stassi signed
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/08/as-stassi-agree-to-terms.html
2:22pm: Baseball America’s Jim Callis reports that the A’s signed Stassi for $1.5MM, the biggest deal ever for a fourth rounder. The Royals had recently set a new mark for fourth round players, awarding Chris Dwyer $1.45MM a few days ago.
2:15pm: Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus hears that the A’s have agreed to terms with Max Stassi. Baseball America estimates that MLB recommends a $237k bonus for Stassi’s slot, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the fourth round catcher sign for considerably more.
by LoneStranger on Aug 17, 2009 12:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
SuSlu's blurb on it.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/detail?&entry_id=45643
Greg Genske, who has been advising Yuba City High School catcher Max Stassi, tells me that the A’s have signed Stassi, their fourth-round pick.
Stassi will get a signing bonus of $1.5 million; Oakland was aware that Stassi was looking for a first-round type bonus. In fact, that’s the reason Stassi fell so far in the draft – there were concerns he would attend UCLA on a full scholarship if the bonus was not significant.
Posted By: Susan Slusser (Email) | August 17 2009 at 12:27 PM
by LoneStranger on Aug 17, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was just to post this myself.
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 Aug 17, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or SuSlu
looks like she was right on top of it too.
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 Aug 17, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This just made my day so much better.
Back to painting. Ugh.
by Glomar on Aug 17, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone know...
How Stassi compares to, say… Joe Mauer when he came out of High School? Are they similar type players, or do they have similar type expectations?
by jeffro on Aug 17, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Aug 17, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Mauer was the #1 overall pick.
Expectations can’t get higher than Mauer’s were.
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Aug 17, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't he drafted the same year as Mark Prior?
IIRC the Twins wanted Prior but were afraid they wouldn’t be able to sign him, so they picked Mauer (home-town boy) who they thought would be easier to negotiate with.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Aug 17, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are correct
They skipped Prior for his outlandish contract demands… or something like that.
Still, the question on Stassi is, who the heck is he comparable too?
by jeffro on Aug 18, 2009 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
turkey & cheese sandwich
and cheez-its. might go for a soda later.
boring lunch today.
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 17, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 on the boring lunch
a Lean Pocket, pretzels and a soda. It sounds like I’m on a diet, but actually I’m just broke enough that I needed to dig into the back of the freezer.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Aug 17, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She's quite the knockout in the studio...
Honestly, I think the only reason she doesn’t get more love in those “hottest female athletes” polls is that everyone always sees her climbing out of a pool…
I really hope she goes into sports journalism, since she’s also way smarter than your average athlete.
[Still not wasting my time on a show like that, though. I may have a crush on her, but I still have that much self-respect…]
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Aug 17, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I'm late to the party on this one...
But welcome back.
by Joey C. on Aug 17, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah shes pretty awesome
but Im in the tank for Jenny Finch.
Eventually, my colleague and I trotted from the two-bit seats to the three-bit seats to get a closer view of the action. - Jlaff on Turn Back the Clock Day
by designatedforassignment on Aug 17, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, what?
PT, when the hell did you pop back in here?
Long due, welcome back, many happy returns, all of that.
But: ….what? I was expecting blaring fanfare and a Roman Triumph announcing your return. How anti-climactic. That’s what I get for moving to LA and losing internet for 4 days.
by cityplANner on Aug 17, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah you missed the 35 rec post.
Eventually, my colleague and I trotted from the two-bit seats to the three-bit seats to get a closer view of the action. - Jlaff on Turn Back the Clock Day
by designatedforassignment on Aug 17, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mark Walk-Off HRs Led By Ellis
Jayson Stark reports in his ESPN Insider Three Strikes blog that Mark Ellis now leads all active players named Mark in walk-off HRs with three… and that Mark Teixera has none (yet).
I remember Ellie leading the AL in HRs off left-handed pitching at least late into one season, holding off ARod (who was one behind him). Anyone have more details on that?
by muscatel on Aug 17, 2009 12:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He's also the career home run leader for players from South Dakota
The best damned Mark South Dakota ever did produce.
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 Aug 17, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He also shares a birthday with me.
So you know he’s awesome.
"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 Aug 17, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's two months and two days older than me
A player on this team that is older than me and not on the DL is a rarity…
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 17, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
better than having NO ONE older than you.
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 17, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure you share your birthday with HIM.
skigurl: Buy that man a Swatch!
by pam5981 on Aug 17, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Baseball Project on tour
In SF on August 30 and a variety of other places. I liked the CD a lot.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Aug 17, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
let me put a rally pic on your subject line
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Aug 17, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda feels “lucky to be alive” after being hit in the head with a line drive.
Kuroda has hit on the right side of the head by a ball off the bat of Arizona’s Rusty Ryal on Saturday.
The right-hander wants to return to the mound soon, but admitted that the decision is up to manager Joe Torre.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 17, 2009 2:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Rangers are looking for help at catcher, a number of sources have reported.
Texas is worried about the Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who has been experiencing numbness in his right hand, and the club has reportedly contracted a number of teams about possible deals.
San Diego’s Henry Blanco is one possible option.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 17, 2009 2:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't Texas have like 50 Top catching prospects?
Don't believe in yourself.
Believe in Me who believes in You.
by Zonis on Aug 17, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They've pretty much all turned out to be busts so far
They traded Gerald Laird. Saltalamacchia’s been uber-disappointing. Taylor Teagarden wasn’t expected to do much with the bat (and hasn’t). Max Ramirez had a wrist injury and ended up having a horrible season.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
by PaulThomas on Aug 17, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously,
did ANYONE anticipate great thnigs offensively from a man named Teagarden?
I’d let him plan my event. I’d let him be my man servant. But I’m quite sure I wouldn’t let him play on my baseball team.
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 17, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not without Van Winkle.
Or the MC5, Bob Seger, Iggy Pop and George Clinton.
It wasn’t all Motown, in Motown.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Aug 18, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here comes Johnny Yen again"?
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 18, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
... self-imolated, again.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Aug 18, 2009 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Pirates will not call up third baseman Pedro Alvarez this season.
Alvarez will finish the season in Double-A, and Pittsburgh general manager Neal Huntington prefers not to jump players more than one level at a time.
“We’re a long ways from having another option (to Andy LaRoche) at third base,” Huntington said on his weekly radio show.
Alvarez is hitting .440 with 23 home runs this season.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 17, 2009 2:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Mark Ellis named Unicorn of the week
Mark Ellis of the Oakland Athletics Named the American League Player of the Week Presented by Bank of America
by theblackpearl on Aug 17, 2009 3:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Tigers have acquired Aubrey Huff from the Orioles for a minor league player.
“I’ve been in last place basically my whole career, so this is an exciting time for me,” Huff said. “I’m looking forward to it.”
Huff is batting .253 with 13 homers and 72 RBIs this season.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 17, 2009 3:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Cunningham sent down to make room for Tomko
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 17, 2009 3:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
um... typo in the drumbeat headline?
or merely a disgusting piece of prosciutto…
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Aug 17, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Didn’t even notice that…..
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 17, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, that got a giggle out of me.
by LoneStranger on Aug 17, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So sad that they didn't bother to tell him before the line-up card was posted.
Classless.
Bring Jerry back!
by ZigFan31 on Aug 17, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It could be worse
At least he didn’t get punched by the coach…
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 17, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The players are behind the right guy and that’s head coach Tom Cable.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Aug 17, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tomko is a Zombie
Christina Kahrl’s Transaction Analysis (this may be premium):
I suspect the real lesson here is that when you’re casting about for cast-offs, some bodies keep turning up. Tomko’s latest resurrection is proof that when it comes to zombies, you have to move past asking why or the mysteries of those who might stealthily live among us without fessin’ up, and instead just accept that there’s room in the game for the relentlessly undead as well as the upsided, and always had been. (What, you think Connie Mack didn’t literally dig up the 1915 A’?)
I care about your fantasy team.
by stormtown on Aug 17, 2009 4:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Cap'n, WBC and I will watch him VERY closely tonight.
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 17, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Found that new sig line I've been looking for...
"We're sure there are some legitimate issues at play here, but considering that he's given the A's zero innings for his $3.9 million salary this year, it'd be nice if Duchscherer focused on some baseball issues at some point." ~Rotoworld
by Elvez on Aug 17, 2009 4:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's got just enough snark.
Mmmm….that’s good snark!
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 17, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a little unfair because we don't know the issue.
However, it has become annoying.
by Glomar on Aug 17, 2009 4:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm telling you, it's gotta be Boar Plague
by cityplANner on Aug 17, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that where everyone mysteriously starts becoming Dutch?
by oblique on Aug 18, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hor der herm der her de her.
Twitter went down today--if only there were some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.-Stephen Colbert
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 18, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm, cool
Right now, ESPN2 is showing the Little League World Series Mid-Atlantic Regional Final. The team from New Jersey is Bernardsville (Somerset Hills), which is where I went to high school. I’m definitely watching this.
Last of the Ninth - Photography Site / jamesvenes.com - Blog
by Flashfire on Aug 17, 2009 5:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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