Open Thread: Spring Training - A's vs. Reds
by Nico on Mar 21, 2010 11:09 AM PDT
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PrintFeeling many of his toes and some of his oats, Dallas Braden takes the mound for the A's today at 1:05pm, and things look only to get Wuertz from there. My revised "projected first week rotation order" looks like:
Sheets
Braden
Duchscherer
Anderson
Cahill or Gio
However, let's be honest: Duchscherer, who throws in a game for the first time tomorrow, will have 3 outings to get ready and it is no sure thing that he'll stay on track to make a big league start as soon as April 7th. So Trevor Cahill and Gio Gonzalez could well be fighting for 2 spots.
Today's starting lineups come courtesy of Susan Slusser, who is almost as funny as Harry Schulman:
Patterson - CF
Ellis - 2B
Suzuki - C
Kouzmanoff - 3B
Chavez - 1B
Sweeney - RF
Cust - DH
Buck - LF
Rosales - SS
Earlier today, the A's cut 9 players from camp: Corey Brown, Adrian Cardenas, Matt Carson, Lenny DiNardo, Josh Donaldson, Fernando Hernandez, Marcus McBeth, Gregorio Petit, and Eric Sogard. There is no word as to whether these guys were actually cut in alphabetical order.
In other news, John Meloan is going to have Tommy John surgery, and Joe Nathan thought that sounded so fun that he has decided to join Meloan. I'll bet Dr. Andrews wishes he hadn't really mailed out those "2 for 1" coupons.
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Some of those guys must have been actually DFA’d as opposed to reassigned to minor league camp/optioned, right? Specifically I’m thinking DiNardo.
Hey, don't take away my Lenny!
He’ll be a fine fifth starter/long reliever with the RiverCats.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Ha ha, he's the Bomber, no Iron Horse (sorry about the Overkill).
But more seriously, and I know you’re kidding around, I read a post over at fangraphs this morning that disputed the “very idea of a 5th starter” that I thought was quite useful. While there is such a thing as 5th starter “quality” (e.g. someone who can start, though you wouldn’t really want them to if you had a better choice), it isn’t really a “slot”.
Reading this helped me to allay any concerns that whether or not Cahill makes the opening day roster is pretty irrelevant to his getting quite a bit of time on the bump this season – and presumably Tomko, too, if he is healthy.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
That fangraphs post was arrogant and not very well written.
However, I’m with you, not against you. There haven’t been too many teams with five starters starting all but a handful of games.
I’m definitely for using a “5th starter” in the bullpen during stretches in which his start would be skipped due to off days. I’m not against having two “long relievers” split “spot starts” to make sure the main four all get four days’ rest each. I wouldn’t advocate that approach for the A’s this year, but I’m not against it in general.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I always like it when it's both arrogant and not well written
add stupid and you get 75% of the stuff on the Raiders site.
And 90% on Golden State of Mind!
More seriously, arrogance is prett rife on fangraphs. And tips on good places to go for baseball analysis that has the AN attitude?
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
AN?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Ahaha.
Psssh. Going elsewhere for baseball analysis?
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
One of a kind!
That was my hand last night playing poker on my wife’s facebook account.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
I hope I get that hand tonight!
Of course, I’ll be playing Razz, in which pairs sucketh asseth.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
only if you give me a wheel first...
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
no wheels for you!
I’ll give you A, 2, 3 to start, then a four, then another four, then another four, then another four.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll take that in the high/low split.
I’ll happily take half the pot.
Getting quartered, though, makes me feel nice and stabby.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Read: "any tips..." - sorry.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Hey
It’s more like 30 percent over there.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 21, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think you write 70% of the posts, R-RS.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Sorry
I was talking about the Warriors blog. For the Raiders blog, yeah, 75 percent is accurate.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 21, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
No misunderstanding.
I was, like sirbed below, praising your acumen and careful delivery. (Would you like to be the fifth starter?)
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Yes
I’ll take it.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 21, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I put you in the 25% of the good stuff on the Raiders site RRS
your stuff is about the only stuff I read over there anymore.
Thanks
I appreciate it.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 21, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
If I cared about the Raiders and read that blog,
I’d probably only read your stuff, too. FWIW
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Should I create an identity and go creatively troll?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I think *this* attitude is pretty much one of a kind.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
When you say cut.....you mean assigned elsewhere, right?
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
Assigned to minor league camp.
Not “cut” cut, but cut from major league Spring Training.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
OP checking in from balmy New York City
Go A’s!!!!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
hullo.
Tell the Yankees we said FU. Oh wait, they’re here. I’ll do it myself.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Hullo
AFM Round 1 begins today, too. EXCITING
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
what's that?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
motorbike racing
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
Oh, good. I can support that.
I was thinking along the lines of
“America’s Finest Models”
“America’s Funniest Mormons”
or something like that…
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
America's Filthiest Matresses
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
american federation of motorcyclists
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
America's Funniest Mormons
I’d watch that, too.
But only ironically.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I like that show.
but only because the middle wife, the blonde, is so good. All three women act their asses off, btw. They make moon boy look like a real Mormon.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
someday when I'm old and crippled,
I’m gonna drink a lot of tussin and watch a lot of 00’s TV.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
be prepared to laugh and drool a lot.
I did tussin for about six months. Wicked, evil little fucking high.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
watch out. if you do too much, you’ll eventually learn how to spell dextromethorphan. (and no, i didn’t just look it up.)
don't care if i ever get back.
I'm with my people!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
LB, can you explain
how you expect tussin’ to actually change G_S’s behaviors?
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Well, it does give you permagrin like you're on acid and makes you nod like you're on heroin....
so, not at all, I suppose…
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Saying "cut" is really not appropriate
None of those guys are leaving the organization. They’re all still under contract. This isn’t like the NFL where “cut” means you’re out of work. Here, these guys just won’t be playing in the majors come opening day (barring injuries that “uncut” them). None of them are on the 40-man roster, so nobody was released, DFAd, or optioned. In reality, this has absolutely no real roster effect.
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on Mar 21, 2010 11:56 AM PDT reply actions
What's wrong with having a geometrically severe cranium?
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
it represents a lack of grit.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I'm gritty like a winter road surface in a well funded middle class area
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
then how come you never smiled when you were in Oakland?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
the quack, dude
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
Were you under the influence of an evil doctor?
If yes, my second question is:
Are you Brian Wilson?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you ever seen a vinyl copy of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue?
Crazy’s not in it
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
wouldn't it be nice?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
you don't know what I've got.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
It's the punchline of my joke, below
basically, the kids over here are taking some new legal high (methadrone, i think?) that has the street name ‘Meow’. Which I thought was quite cute. But thence —> Quack.
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
oh good. i’m only one generation behind on street names.
by the way, last night i watched “once in a lifetime” and thought of your film fest. any details on the films you’re showing yet?
don't care if i ever get back.
Actually, we've had to cancel (postpone?) it
as I’ve moved out of San Francisco and I was doing most of the organizing / promoting.
I am sad about it.
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
that sucks. maybe it can be a virtual film festival? put it on justin.tv or something?
don't care if i ever get back.
Hm, interesting idea. I'd not thought of that.
I might look into it; plenty of time on my hands
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
?
* Once in a Lifetime (1994 film), a 1994 film based on Steele’s novel.
* Once in a Lifetime (1932 film), a 1932 film based on Kaufman and Hart’s play
* Once in a Lifetime (2000 film), a 2000 Swedish film
* Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos, a 2006 documentary about the New York Cosmos soccer team.
* Once in a Lifetime (2009 film), a 2009 documentary by Nicole Alexandropoulou about Greek radio-producer Yannis Petridis.
* “Once in a Lifetime” (Eureka episode), an episode of the television series Eureka.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
cosmos. it’s a strange story to begin with, and the movie has neat vintage footage of pele and others.
don't care if i ever get back.
That's badass, if you're not kidding.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice tagline on the picture. Way to continue to further the complete bullshit.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
this has been argued over and over again...
It’s only 94% bullshit.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd go a little lower.
I’d say about 80% bs.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
and I'll continue to call it out as long as people continue to post it.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
and it's a net gain of 60-88% each time.
Very profitable for you.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
he's still missing step two in that equation.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I enjoyed it.
But I also enjoy you getting all puffed up about it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
by pam5981 on Mar 21, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's a nice balance, isn't it?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Also, here in a GM timezoneway,
there’s a lot of fuss about a new drug called that has the street name ‘Meow’.
I like this a lot, as I now don’t feel so silly for all those years I was taking Quack
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
Oy, yer across the pond, yea?
What teams in EPL wear green jerseys?
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
uh, none, really
if this is an A’s colour based question, Norwich City is your best bet.
Weirdly, there’s a Norwich scarf hanging in the 500 Club in the Mission
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
It's not, actually. I need a green jersey for one of the teams *I* play on
and curiously it’s damn near impossible to find a club wearing a green kit, at least at a reasonable price
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
oh, ok. Well, does it have to be a replica?
our team got some snazzy jerseys from soccer.com, and cheap they were, too.
if it’s going to be a replica, I’d say, think outside of England – Hibernian, perhaps? Or maybe Olympiakos? Or perhaps, Ferencvaros? That’d be a classy move, and Hungarian women are hot.
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
I'm mostly shooting for cheap.
But I’d like it to be halfway decent, too.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
Liverpool had a green away shirt a few years ago.
Otherwise, erm, Plymouth play in green I believe.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
likewise. I do like that bar, a lot
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
I never get that question.
One of ours defects back to the motherland and all of a sudden he’s a celebrity. :-P
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
It's the first day of SPWC Wiffleball season.
SPWC sort of floats with the fortunes of the A’s.
We played hard every Sunday from 2000 to 2003, and we were really hardcore in 2006 when a bunch of expat Tigers fans joined the game. The last couple of years it’s been a monthly thing, but this year, we’ve got a lot of new blood from the lesbian cheesemonger contingent, and we should have big turnouts.
What sucks is that I’m 20 pounds over my playing weight, and my rising sidearm fastball went home to wiffleball heaven. Still, I know I’m gonna have to pitch today. It’s gonna be a slugfest, folks, and I can only hope my team keeps up.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:04 PM PDT reply actions
hit bob up for some quack.
I’m not sure it’s a PED, but it couldn’t hurt.
Plus, as an added bonus, if you really fuck it up, you could say, “Man, I was so wasted on quack, I couldn’t pitch straight!”
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to be in a band called "Animal Fudge" a long long time ago
We had two songs. One of them was:
“Crack, uh huh uh huh… you can’t buy it at the store, so sell your body for some more… Crack!”
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
now that's a colorful chant.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm just curious does anyone think some smartass will go with Clapton's Cocaine
when Wash makes a pitching change?
In the immortal words of Stacy Keach in "Cannonball Run"
Goddamn, I hope so… It’ll give me an excuse!
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
one of the maybe 80 or 90 movies I've seen in my lifetime
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Those are some good lyrics
Sometime when I forget the lyrics to a song, I am going to crib those to fill the empty space.
@worldblee on Twitter.
I just checked out your band...
When you’re ready, you should swap gigs with “Nice Monster” in Sacramento. Their crowd would love what you do.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Checking them out now
They’re pretty cool! Gonna check out your band now, too.
@worldblee on Twitter.
I don't know if I'd advise that. We're pretty insane...
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I like it!
Sent you a friend request. We share influences, even if it doesn’t sound like if you listen to both of us.
@worldblee on Twitter.
Way cool.
I was in a band once, too (no name) and we had a song called “Coffee Pot”:
“I’m a fucking coffee pot, what I am is what you’re not…
{loud and unintelligble}
… hot steaming Colombian spilling out my bowwwellllsss!”
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Quality.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
You'd have been the only one.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Nobody pays to see us, either...
Then again, so far, we’ve only played free gigs.
When you’re bored later during a commercial break, click on the link to my band’s MySpace in my profile and check out the song “Eskimo Panty Raid (With Quality Jones).” You’ll like that one.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Omigosh, Pooh furries. You are my hero.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Yeah, the girls wear those on stage too.
We’re in a transition period though. We used to play as six singers with prerecorded backup. But then, there was a big catfight, and some drama, and now we’ve evolved into a real band.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
A pooh-fight?
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
When people come to free shows
They’re paying you with their time. That’s how I look at it.
@worldblee on Twitter.
I tried that the other day with Safeway
It doesn’t work.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I tried that with my landlord
I am now living with my parents
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
I tried that with my parents
I am now living on the street.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I tried that on the street
I ended up with holes in my knees
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
I tried that with the street
and now I have a cozy little apartment again (and three squares).
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy, and alcohol...
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
snooze
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
Quack!
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
See your doctor friendly neighborhood dope dealing duck.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, in this universa, Old MacDonald is an evil drug overlord
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
Must... have... MEEEEEAAAAATTTTTT!
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
And on that farm he had some coke
with a coke coke here and a coke coke there everywhere a coke coke
and the duck told the pig and the pig told the goat,
who cut of the duck’s head with a piano wire garrote,
and they all ate Chinese food that night… EIEIO
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
With a snitch-snitch here, and a snitch-snitch there..
Here a snitch, there a snitch – hey, sounds like a planning meeting for a WTO protest!
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Everybody knows those things are 85% FBI plants
and 15% idealistic waifs.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you roll and smoke an FBI plant?
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Yeah, this government needs to start some more wars we can oppose
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
Why not start a war we can all get behind?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
infamy! infamy! they've all got it infamy!
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
I nominate Haiti.
Except go over there with the leftover FEMA trailers and a bunch of mothballed ships from Concord. Convert them all into call centers and take the whole nation as prisoners, forcing them to work as telemarketer/blackmailers, calling up everyone in the world threatening to f**k them up with homemade voodoo dolls.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
In the immortal words of Stacy Keach in “Cannonball Run”
Goddamn, I hope so… It’ll give me an excuse!
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
well, no point in protesting then, is there?
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
that’s what he’s saying. start a war, and we can all get some behind.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 21, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
If you hurry you can probably make one of the health care protests.
Not sure if a health care protests draws very many attractive girls, though.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
Mostly girls who might have been attractive
had they been able to afford health care.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
And, um, well, you don't have to hurry, either.
The health care protests usually start a little late.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
I thought the game started at 12:05 Pacific
Since it doesn’t, it gives me time to watch some Archer on Hulu.
@worldblee on Twitter.
I'm glad I got a little game thread action,
’cause I gotta leave for the Wiffleball game in about half an hour.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I like it a lot better than softball.
We play five on five, with police tape home run fence, running all four bases, and bunting.
HBP’s are balls, not a free base. No stealing bases. Also, pitcher is as good as first, meaning essentially that if you throw it back to the pitcher before the runner crosses the first base bag, the batter is out. Otherwise, all grounders to third would be singles, unless hit by a really fat guy or a hippie chick in a skirt.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to play!
Though my grounders to 3rd wouldn’t be singles, apparently.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
If you're ever up in Sacramento, hell yeah you can play.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm interested in the hippie chick...
does she bathe regularly?
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
I usually like to on Thursdays, thanks for asking.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Hey, once a week is good enough.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
Now I know why your street is always full on Thursdays.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
no.
She’s my ex-girlfriend, so trust me, no.
(that’s what you want, right?)
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
roger that.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
She gives great massages and sings like an angel
but she can’t hold a job, and when she argues, she’ll never admit she’s wrong about anything, ever.
Still interested?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I stopped reading at massages
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
look, buddy, do you want to buy her or not?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I've got a buyer from Pakistan trying to undercut you on line two...
You’re breakin’ my balls, mikey.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a baseball diamond right around the corner from where I grew up
so we just played baseball. I was in an adult baseball league until 2 years ago but I’m thinking about switching to softball this year if I have the time.
The only adult baseball leagues in my neck of the woods are very serious...
I’m not at their level. Wiffleball, though, is the great equalizer.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I was a decent pitcher but at 34 my arm started to give out
I can’t hit to save my life though. I’m used to hitting balls that don’t move.
I suck at hitting, too.
However, I crouch down real low like Rickey Henderson and foul off a lot of pitches and take my walks.
In 2007, I hit .153 with an OBP well over .400. (yes, we keep stats, or at least we used to!)
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I started working the walk back in the early 80's
in Little League…now it was because I couldn’t hit to save my life but I guess I was ahead of my time.
In little league, I used to work HBP's.
I’d crowd that plate and try to take high inside strikes in the helmet. One game I was 0-1 with 3HBPs and a walk, including two off the dome.
Of course, 45mph fastballs aren’t exactly fear-inspiring, either.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It's the trick of baseball
once you find out that getting hit isn’t that bad you lose a lot of the fear.
amen to that.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
last summer i got hit in the eye with a softball, it was—not to contradict you—pretty bad, and all i lost was depth perception.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 21, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Could you take a couple steps back?
{creep}
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
QOTM (fake asshole division)
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
no, not that kind of depth perception. i mean that sometimes i’m watching TV and suddenly get this weird feeling that it’s actually about something.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 21, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I got hit right between the eyes with a pop fly when I was eight.
lost it in the sun…
Getting hit in the eye is much worse, though. That sucks, friend.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I took a grounder that hit a rock right on my nose.
After that, I could never field a grounder hit right at me, and became useless as a baseball player. I was forced to play soccer – big ball, big goal.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
I caught a bat to the eye- 13 stitches and a concussion.
Only pitched and played infield after that.
ouch! and damn our eyes!
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 21, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I took a soccerball to the Hollidays
when I was nineteen. Turned blue for a month, they did
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does.
The ninth fastest thirty year old in San Francisco
The holidays make a lot of people blue.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I'm surprised you didn't capitalize the H
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't care enough
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
no biggie. i therapied through the sudden slight loss of vision preemptively about 10 years ago when i got hit in the head with a softball and lost 75% of my left-side hearing.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 21, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Got hit on the cheekbone
with a squash ball once. My eye filled up with blood.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
yep. that eye full of blood is what happened to me. very scary. it’s like looking through a brown paper bag. and if the eye juice doesn’t leave the eye at the same rate that it comes in, it’s a miserable, nauseating headache comparable to migraines.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 21, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I couldn't see out of that eye for two days.
Otherwise yeah, sounds about right. Miserable is the word.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
got hit by a pitch in the jaw
broke it in two places, splitting it apart in front, now have a titanium jaw. Had to put a couple plates in the front where it separated.
by Athletix Man on Mar 21, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
winner.
game over.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a comp I wouldn't want to win.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
haha
Oh and metal detectors at airports are not set off by titanium at all in case anyone was wondering.
by Athletix Man on Mar 21, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
{packs titanium AK-47}
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I bet that's super super expensive.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
I was wondering why you didn't go
pro at boxing. You couldn’t be said to have a glass jaw at any rate.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
Plus a lost a nerve in front so I wouldnt feel the punch as much either.
by Athletix Man on Mar 21, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.
What are you doing? It’d be like Homer Simpson.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
another coincidence! one of the reasons i don’t box is also because i lost my nerve.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 21, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Got hit by a pitch that I threw,
while injuring myself trying to break up a double-play against myself.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
My teammate heard the noise and saw me drop to the ground.
He was just like get up mike. Thinking it was the sound of the ball hitting my helmet. No that’s how loud a sound my jaw breaking made. I turned around and he saw the blood pouring out like a water fountain and kind of understood.
by Athletix Man on Mar 21, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The Coach from the other team came up and said let me see..
Then was all “ohhh shitttt” Um yea thanks. I moved my tongue around and could feel the gap in the front. They started searching the field for my tooth but couldn’t find it. It wasn’t until I got to the hospital that the dr counted my teeth and was “oh, all your teeth are there, your jaw is just separated apart that much, causing the gap”
by Athletix Man on Mar 21, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
This is how great kaiser is.
They then sent me home and said come back tomorrow for surgery. Mouth still bleeding, filled with gauze. Could only throw on a tank top, woke up in the morning with blood all over it. Went in for surgery next morning. Was there all day. They finally started to prep me for surgery. Some woman started bitchin that she had been there all day. She threw enough of a fit that they told me I had to wait till tomorrow for surgery. All I wanted to do was sleep, but all night they woke me up every 15 mins to check my temp. I was like can they stick the thermometer in my ear while I was sleeping. My mom said they probably wanted to make sure i didn’t lose to much blood and could wake up ok. Well they weren’t worried about that the previous night when they sent me home.
by Athletix Man on Mar 21, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been to third with said hippie chick.
That must’ve been around 1985, too. Good days, those.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Quick info question
If Patterson and/or Fox don’t make the MLB ball club, because they’re out of options they’d have to be put on waivers. At that point, can any team claiming either guy simply assign him to their minor league system? I’m assuming the answer is yes but I’m not 100% sure.
I think they're exposed to waivers,
and then can be sent to the minors if not claimed.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
So the same rules apply
Unless a team was desperate to have either on its major league roster, both would probably pass through waivers.
I think so
I’d guess one or both would get through waivers, due to their defensive limitations.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Wow, 166 comments before the first pitch!
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
What?
The game hasn’t started?
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 21, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
that many?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I WAS supposed to be burning Bloomie a Pilots mix,
and now I’m SUPPOSED to be getting ready for Wiffleball.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
No no, you misunderstand. He threw them for strikes.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
So far Dallas is dealing.
Lookin good here.
by Berry Jo on Mar 21, 2010 1:17 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
But he's addressing the stadium issue!
“It’s complicated…slow process…things will happen…more info to follow soon…”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Getting rid of him as Comish
Is a complicated….slow process…things never happen….more lies to follow soon
I'll take him drinking with me and Nixon
as soon as I get my time machine.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
DAMN YOU
WE DO NOT SAY THAT NAME HERE, SIRBED.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
True
My bracket sucks.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 21, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
See, that's why he's the commissioner
I would have thought they needed a new sandwich.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I was worried.
Thought it might have been bad stadium news.
by Berry Jo on Mar 21, 2010 1:22 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
When I used to have players on during a broadcast,
I never missed a pitch. Shame on you, Ken; you’re better than this.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Even if he were, this is a baseball game
Tape an interview for the post-game show, or weave the conversation in between pitches.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I think it's time to break out the microphone from the attic.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
No kidding
Though I was never going to be as good as Ken. Didn’t have the voice, for one thing.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
The "idea" of realignment.
He says it has to be “permanent,” not to be “fiddled with.” Come on, 6 teams in one division? As playing 75% of their first few weeks of ball against the M’s? It is super-silly.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Video Game Adventure
I did a fantasy draft on MLB ’10: The Show last night. I ended up with four sick hitters in Joe Mauer, Ryan Zimmerman, Kendry Morales and Andre Ethier.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 21, 2010 1:26 PM PDT reply actions
Good for you.
I just cheated in MVP ‘05 to help Bloomie’s doppelganger hit better against lefties.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 21, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I put in extra time in the cages.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
apparently, '05 was an awesome year for video baseball.
I don’t play it, so I can’t say, but he’s not the first I’ve heard singing the praises of the ’05 MVP.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I was really good at baseball stars in 1988
I’m a gamer but I’ve never liked baseball games much. Now Tiger Woods golf I play all the time. I can’t wait for this year’s version where your wife chases you with your 9 iron.
Nice
That was a good one. Hey, I have a Twix in the fridge.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 21, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
These criticisms of baseball's schedule
Would have been better voiced while Bud was still around.
@worldblee on Twitter.
I wish they'd bring back the balanced schedule
I mean do we really need to watch the A’s play the Rangers 19 times?
I hate interleague play even more
Some AL teams play a tough division while others get a cakewalk.
@worldblee on Twitter.
Juan Marichael
Aww yeah. I was always an A’s fan but as a little tiny kid he was my favorite player.
@worldblee on Twitter.
"Did you rent a home in Guam?
Did you have income from hamsters?" I like the crazy questions it gives you if you do the full interview.
@worldblee on Twitter.
I don't mind
I hate dealing with that kind of stuff and I have so many other things that I’d rather spend time on.
And productive out brings him home
Out at first on an infield grounder that was hit slowly.
@worldblee on Twitter.
Oh, darn
Chavy did a good job starting the double play; Braden couldn’t catch the back half. 2-1 Cincy now.
@worldblee on Twitter.
Dallas was watching where the ball was coming from
Took his eye off where he was going and tripped a bit on the bag. Close play.
by Berry Jo on Mar 21, 2010 2:20 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
anybody want a gameday link?
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_03_21_cinmlb_oakmlb_1
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
wow
it’s way behind today. It is still showing Braden pitching against Balentien.
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;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Eric Brynes hit a HR for Seattle today
I wonder how he is going to do this year?
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Seems like Taylor has not looked MLB-ready in spring training so far?
I haven’t seen him in person. But I would love it if he was ready to rock by the second half of this year.
@worldblee on Twitter.
hee hee
Hoover hit a HR in the PHI vs Bal game. funnny name.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
thanks for the gameday link.
how do you find it? I can’t get there right from MLB scoreboard site.
I searched MLB gameday on google
it took me to the offer page where you can buy the premium edition but there is a scoreboard on top where you can click the score and take you there. be warned, it is waaayy behind today and usually is in spring training.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
ooo
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
my power went out for an hour or so there.
that sucked.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
and yet the Herald-Tribune would have us believe he had power up until last year...
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
power to sic his dad on us.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
HR!!!
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
He's had a great spring
For whatever that’s worth.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
jose?
Did he stay out of jail?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Arile Peitro is a pitching coach for the A's?
scary
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Ariel Prieto
Even scarier
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
I have an Ariel Prieto signed ball
If you want to have it for easy spelling reference.
@worldblee on Twitter.
would you trade it for a Bob Cluck signed cap?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
if you paid him enough
probably
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Michael Weurtz sighting
or is it Micheal Wuertz?
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one of those.
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by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
We need to have Weurtz,Crisp and Gross on this team this year
just for the crap we’ll come up with in the game threads
I thought it was ice cream sandwiches?
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How's pepe doin!?!?
Hi all. (waves)
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
hi cap'n.
I think he did good.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
5IP 8H 3R 2ER 0BB 6K
Sounds like the pepe we know and love. :-)
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on Mar 21, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Chavez has only 1 hit since he hit those 2 HRs right?
Barton might not miss that much playing time after all.
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Is that the sound of his knees?
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
sigh
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Trivia question
What rock superstar was managed by a former member of the Animals?
@worldblee on Twitter.
Huey Lewis?
Do you like Huey Lewis and the News? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in ‘83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He’s been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour…In ‘87, Huey released this, “Fore,” their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is “Hip to be Square”, a song so catchy, most people probably don’t listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it’s not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it’s also a personal statement about the band itself.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I ain't 'fraid no lawsuit.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
It's called a V-IV-I progression
Used in approximately 10,000 songs every year. Stupid jury.
@worldblee on Twitter.
nah… sing the bass line. same notes at the same time. it takes more than a chord progression to do that. i was 14 when those songs came out and even then i could tell it was a rip.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 21, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
ghostbusters and what? I want a new drug?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m the one who’s gonna have to die
when it’s time for me to die
so let me live my life
the way i want to!
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Mar 21, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think so.
I think he’s just helping KK and Ray.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
it would explain my unrelenting support of him.
but he did tell me to go for it with the big booty girls, so I kinda gotta continue the Buanlove.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
TIE GAME??!?!?
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
D'aw
::takes leave::
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on Mar 21, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
why is Buck in CF if Sweeney is in the outfield?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Leave Sweeney where he'll be playing during the season,
since who cares about Buck?
Sincerely,
The A’s.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
The A's.
It’s a professional baseball team.
"People need to get over the concept of TMI. Mammals are drippy. Deal with it." ~Gaijin_Suketto
Well, AAAA according to Cunningham.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
He said that?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Apparently so.
Can’t find the link now though.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
That's ironic, considering how he has performed so far in the bigs
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
And leave Lincecum alone
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Man, anyone got the pepe roster photo
with the shopped stache?. :(
’Ol compy crashed…
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
nope.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
and you say you're not funny...
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Nobody cares about your spring training interleague game cactus league team
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Is it wrong that I want to join the A's kids club?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
Mauer is 184 million dollars richer
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
They're taxing the rich now?
That’s just wrong.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Good. These people have worked hard
to be born into wealth.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Seriously
Have you ever tried to being born with a silver spoon in your mouth? Really awkward.
@worldblee on Twitter.
[Fill in hame here] was born on third base, and thinks he hit a triple.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
maybe we could take up a collection.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
where did you hear that?
ESPN, MLB.com don’t have the news yet.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
way
about 23 million per year. (i’m sure it’s backloaded)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
hey everybody
my computer is very slow.
does anyone have any suggestions?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
huh.
good advice.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Then take some uppers so you get my jokes faster
Then call 911.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Damned good advice.
So good, in fact, that I’m gonna follow it even without a slow computer.
"People need to get over the concept of TMI. Mammals are drippy. Deal with it." ~Gaijin_Suketto
you wanna share with your old uncle Leopold?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Kust is Krap
for the life of me I cannot understand why there is any chance of him taking up scarce roster space – especially this year if Chavez can play.
cind of
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Best joke gets a koocie.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Lol @pun
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on Mar 21, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
(chews cinnamon roll)
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
Might want to get some anti fungal cream for that...
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on Mar 21, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
{scrape, scrape, scrape}
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
Gross.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
He started it.
points
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
by ElQuesoCapitan on Mar 21, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Fox Fail
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
zzzzzz
I’m over spring training now (except for KenKo)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Decided to check Baseball Prospectus's PECOTA standings again
and now they have the A’s winning the division…
OK.
I went to breakfast today with my niece, her husband, their two kids, and my youngest sister. I would not call them snobs by any means. but they are probably the type that would frown on picking from someone else’s plate- at least in public. So basically, I watched my little nephew’s plate for a good fifteen minutes, eyeing it, wanting it, before the waitress finally took the plate- with two never-before-touched slices of bacon it- away.
So I ask, am I out of the club?
I'm here to talk about the past.
should've nabbed it.
Created a distraction, whatever.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 21, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
So, what's going on with the game?
gameday is still suck in the top of the 8th
Scrub, Doofus, and NRI
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
And to think doctors said he never would.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
sonic tots are awesome.
I’ve never had cherry limeade until today. This stuff is tasty!!!
had a cherry limeade at applebees yesterday
love that stuff
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
SILENCE
GOD at bat
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
Impossible
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
Here comes a walk off
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
OHHH so close
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
Darn
Wuertz was scratched from a minor league game on Wednesday, but bounced back quickly on Thursday, throwing mostly fastballs and sliders, although he did mix in three sliders. -Rotoworld
GAME RECAP IS UP
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
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