DLD 5/24/10 I just wanted to get this link in
by theblackpearl on May 24, 2010 12:11 PM PDT
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It is a busy day for me, but I wanted to get a link posted, so I will create a makeshift DLD.
Who said the A's can't draft?
A's, D-backs, Red Sox, Nats and Phils have fared wellWho've been the best drafters of the decade?
Kubota's point about quick-to-the-big-leauges drafting limiting the number of impact players seems to have some validity. For much of the decade, the A's have been a very college-heavy team in the Draft. As a result, they've gotten many players up to the Majors but have just the three Rookies of the Year, one All-Star (Bailey) and one Silver Slugger (Andre Ethier, with the Dodgers) from the 10 years of drafting. There also is some pragmatism that comes into play.
Oh yeah, the A's swept some team in Orange and Black
The Giants moved Andres Torres into the leadoff spot and dropped Aaron Rowand to No. 6 on Sunday in hopes of breathing life into a sputtering offense. Then they were shut out for the second consecutive time, 3-0, and swept by the A's in the three-game series at the Coliseum.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/23/SPID1DJDEB.DTL#ixzz0osM6P0QJ
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You beat me to the link dump.
Here’s my uncompleted DLD for the day, featuring Brad Pitt.
Twitter, as always, is very informative. Apparently Brad Pitt himself was at our very own Oakland Coliseum today, according to Ziggy, who reported on his encounter in a series of tweets:
Stopped by the field this morning to workout before the flight to Baltimore…went into the locker room & ran into the celebrity rumored……to be playing the role of our GM, Billy Beane, in the upcoming Moneyball movie…fellow Springfield, MO native Brad Pitt
And, yes, I added his autograph to my ever-growing collection… (no photos, tho…)
Brett Anderson, the most interesting Twitterer EVER, chimes in:
pretty jealous ziegler got to meet brad pitt
So, feel free to speculate about Brad Pitt showing up at the Coliseum. I wonder if Billy thinks Pitt is handsome enough to play him in the movie…
Speaking of Twitter, it seems we are going to be Slusser-less for the next week-plus.
susanslusser
A note to Chronicle readers: Scott Ostler will be handling the #Athletics the next 11 days, but I’ll try to provide news here when possible.
I’m off the next two #Athletics road trips because I was going to help with Sharks playoff coverage. So that….didn’t work out so well.
Say it ain’t so, SuSlu!
…..the links don’t work anymore, but they’re just Twitter links so I think you can figure it out.
pretty jealous ziegler got to meet brad pitt
AHAHAHAHAHA.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
BrettAnderson49 oh yeah, it’s Monday
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
BrettAnderson49 So what’s everyone doing today? 30 minutes ago
BrettAnderson49 Oh shit, I’m supposed to be flying to Baltimore today. 10 minutes ago
BrettAnderson49 Missed my flight. 5 minutes ago
BrettAnderson49 So what’s everyone doing today? 2 minutes ago
Ask me about my squirrel.
by DMOAS on May 24, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
BrettAnderson49 lol airport security didnt believe i was a baseball player i had to check in my bag 2 minutes ago via web
BrettAnderson49 auntie annes pretzels are good anyone want some? kinda full 1 minute ago via web
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I can't find any of this stuff on his twitter
When I look the last post was about ziegler meeting brad pitt…
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 24, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL.
Rec’d for cuteness.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
i think i'm just a little slow :)
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 24, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a running joke on AN about how boring BA's tweets are.
So we just make up really boring ones.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
And you'd assume that the joke would quickly get out of hand and fly into ridiculousness
but BA’s tweets are that freaking boring. We’re only exaggerating by a teeny bit.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I love them.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
haha
I know, I follow his.
I just thought those we’re actually his, because they were that believable
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 24, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
We're just that good.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I expect a little more than
anyone bored?
Twitter has its uses. This isn’t one of them.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I love Anderson's tweets.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
I think he's in on the joke.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
I'm positive he isn't.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Twitter for me is super useful.
BA is not useful. As a Tweeter.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
His tweets above replacement is negative
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
TwAR?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
exactly
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I expect numbers to back up your claim.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
For what it's worth, Anderson missing a flight and having to fly by himself would be a news story
In an effort to be funny-boring, it was actually funny-fake newsworthy.
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on May 24, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
BA is a funny dude. Not sure if he means to be though…
"I thought it was going in," Warriors center Chris Hunter said. "It looked like the invisible man tipped it away at the last second."
nm jokes on me.
"I thought it was going in," Warriors center Chris Hunter said. "It looked like the invisible man tipped it away at the last second."
Wow
This is totally like the “foul ball” play back in junior league (13 year olds). In one season we were able to convince 7 people (one twice) to fall for the following:
Runner steals second. Pitch goes to the backstop and no throw. Ball goes back to the pitcher. Shortstop, Second base or center fielder tells the runner “Foul ball”. Runner shrugs and returns to first. Ball gets thrown to the first baseman and he’s tagged out.
And yes, after the 3rd or 4th time, our manager was pissed. First time was a joke. Second time was just for kicks. The rest (including the one guy who fell for it twice) were just part of the “on-going” joke of “no one would be dumb enough to fall for this.” I think at least 5 different players actually got the runner to fall for it. Outs each time.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I did that in high school
except the pitcher threw back to me.
Got spiked on the next double play.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Well...
if you’re dumb enough to fall for it, no real reason to take it out on someone else.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I gotta say I would have been pissed as a player
That’s the kind of bush league stuff you expect from someone like ARod. If you’re running you don’t look up at the ball, especially if you’re stealing. And if the 2b or SS says it, I like to think they’re just being nice. You pull that kind of shit, you better believe I’ll find a way to get you back.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
What a load of crap
You need to keep your head in the game. This isn’t like yelling to get someone to drop the ball or slapping someone’s glove. This is a 13 year old kid joking around and another who fell for it. But even in the pros, please, if you’re not paying attention and listening to the umps and your coaches, you deserve to fall for it.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Well its on the coaches
we were all 15. No one was paying attention, so I told the guy, foul ball go back, and he did. SO they came in spikes up, that was more dickish because it assault and it actually drew blood.
But in the end I just thought it was funny. Like most things in my life.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Your couch won't yell foul ball and only the home plate ump will make a sign for a foul ball
The only way to know would be to ask the second base ump who’s already setting up for the next play.
As a 13 year old, sure, that’s fine (although as a competitive person, I would have gotten payback), but professional? These guys are professionals. Play classy and don’t lie to the opponent’s face when it’s uncalled for.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Your coach won't yell either
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
your coach should be paying attention
to the game. The player should be asking his coach, not the opposition what is going on.
I don’t see anything wrong with it as a 13 year old or as a MLB player. you have to be paying attention. Dekeing the runner is worse because he might get injured sliding, but MLB players do it all the time.
I am failing to see the problem.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Every ump on the field signals foul ball
If they aren’t, they’re not doing their job. And no, if you get up at second and don’t immediately look for the ball, you’re not paying attention. In every single case, had they just done that one thing, they’d also be able to see and hear the ump make a call. Each time everyone but those involved stopped paying attention and we’d have to make note of the out to the ump. Besides, as a player after sliding into second you call for time. Once they do that, they can’t be caught off base.
Ask me about my squirrel.
My question is this . . .
Did the catcher purposefully let the ball go to the backstop to make it look like a foul ball so as to set up the above shenanigans? If so, that’s some weak-ass baseball to think it was better to try to deek the runner than throw him out. If not, than your catcher and/or pitchers must have sucked pretty bad to have the ball go to the backstop often enough for that trick to work five times in a season.
Nope
It was never, ever a “planned” play. It just happened on the rare pitch that someone was running and a wild pitch was thrown. Even telling the runner it was a foul ball was never intended for more than anything but a laugh. No one ever actually thought they’d get up and head back to first. But 7+ wild pitches/pass balls in a season for 13 year olds, pretty much 5 or 6 of those happen a game at least, even with good pitchers/catchers.
Ask me about my squirrel.
yeah, no kidding
5 a game seems reasonable. Most backstops I played with were really close too.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
I'm disappointed there's not a Brad Pitt montage that came with this comment/pseudo-DLD.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
it was a work in progress.
There may have been photos included if I had finished it in time.
by whiteshoes40 on May 24, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate ESPN, but I think they do great commercials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27iQdCffxFk
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Thanks for linking this. I spent the last twenty minutes laughing!
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."
seriously.
ESPN happened to be on when I went home at lunch and I saw this. I haven’t laughed out loud at TV in a long time.
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"This video contains content from ESPN, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."
Right that’s it then. The straw that broke the camel’s back. Pull our lads out of Iraq and Afghanistan, let the bloody Yanks go at it on their own!
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
BBC blocks all kinds of radio stuff outside the UK
and Skysports and BBC won’t let us see football highlights on the web, either. Seems to be some kind of sports highlight trade war or something.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I shoulda known Uni Watch would help me and Shoes out in our fight against black alts.
Your Oakland Athletics garnered the most Uni Watch reader votes (2.264) for “no business wearing this” (ie black tops)
Quite frankly, I’m surprised that the A’s were such clear "winners," as I figured for sure the Mets would give them a run for their money. Sadly, the Mets can’t even win such an ignominious honor of "most egregious users of BFBS. [black for black’s sake]. Although, the A’s really have no business wearing black, and their transgressions are even more magnified when you consider they’ve been green and gold for more than 40 years. Something about this doesn’t seem right.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
That is... awesome.
I really need to read UniWatch more often.
Now I hope someone on the A’s takes notice. Because really, they have no business wearing those black alts. They should replace them with ‘70s throwbacks—the gold with the green A’s logo—permanently. We need some more gold with the green, for sure.
by whiteshoes40 on May 24, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh. It's a go-to.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
The ones that make me want to puke?
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Seriously, gold is not a good main colour.
It simply doesn’t work.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Not ALL the time, I agree.
Once in a while? Kick ass.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yeah
But I’d love more green on our gold unis. Great base, but you add a lot more green to it and it makes it a better “more regular” jersey.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Yes. This is my least favorite thing about the A's/A's fans
The A’s are NOT green and gold. They’re green and yellow. The St. Louis Rams wear gold. These colors are not the same, people. (The Green Bay Packers wear yellow, too)
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on May 24, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Colorwise, "gold" means yellow.
It’s just a way of saying it that has royal connotations rather than cowardly ones. Everyone knows it’s really yellow.
To complain otherwise is like complaining that “black” people aren’t really colored black. Well, no, of course they aren’t, but we all know what the word means.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
It's Fort Knox Gold and Forest Green.
Or it was last time I read up on that stuff.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
It's like at Bed Bath & Beyond.
There’s no such thing as “light brown” or “off white”. It’s all eggshell, oatmeal, and ecru.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
They changed from Kelly Green to Forest Gold a while ago.
That Kelly Green is a sickly colour.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
I love the kelly green.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
This is your least favorite thing
about the A’s and the fans? I could think of a few things that may trump that.
YES LOVE THE 70S UNIS SOOOOOO MUCH
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone have the W/L breakdown with the black unis?
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on May 24, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I just checked it the other day.
I think it’s 6-2. Wins from Duke and Gio, losses from Cahill and Gio.
by whiteshoes40 on May 24, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, THIS though is NOT helping our cause.
need more data. SSS.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I know. It's just because Duke and Gio are (were, in Duke's case) good.
Has nothing to do with the black tops. NOTHING, I say.
by whiteshoes40 on May 24, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
If you're gathering data to support a cause,
you’re doing it wrong.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
No, we're just gathering data.
We’re serious about this “stats” stuff.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
The "cause" is knowing how well they do in each jersey
And by doing so, knowing which jersey they should wear.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Yes. Though we have our biases,
we want to look at the actual data to see if it confirms them. It doesn’t mean we’ll LIKE the answer any better.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Like our success in the black jersey
Ask me about my squirrel.
Right. HMPH.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
In other words, science.
Everybody hear is a bona fide scientist.
www.zekeishungry.com
by thejd44 on May 24, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that just this year?
I’m thinking the historical W/L, since whenever they started wearing them…
There's no crying in baseball!
Well we just started our little experiment.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Oh. Yeah, that's just this year.
We haven’t started on past years… yet.
by whiteshoes40 on May 24, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
If uni-watch doesn't have it
What the fuck is it there for?
"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagine such events unfolding!" Bill King
by Buck Turgidson on May 24, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
He posts MLB stats for uniforms that fans from each team keep
Every few weeks. Last year there was one or two people keeping the a’s stats. So they are there in past articles.
by Athletix Man on May 24, 2010 1:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Seriously, Paul Lukas would probably enjoy your fashion stats.
Send them to him at the end of the year.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I think it was last year, but he commended the A's organization for having two players in ST with the awesome stirrups.
Wimberly and Outman.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Pretty sure I linked to it in some DLD.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Link to a little ditty about the black unis I composed
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I love you lots.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Aww, you're the best, pam!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
You too, 'shoes!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
"Shoes"?
I really need to start patenting my nicknames. Not that “Shoes” is anywhere near original, but damn that caught on quick. I didn’t even get to enjoy it.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Public domain, dude.
BTW, you may want to change your password on your FB account. Looks like somebody’s been hacked.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
simone, ese. Moi aussi.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure
simone = Simone de Beauvoir, the world’s premiere existential feminist and some-time girlfriend of Jean-Paul Sartre.
ese = east-by-southeast. The direction you travel to get from Frankfurt to Vienna
Moi = Danial arap Moi, former president of Kenya
aussi = a person from Australia, also spelled “Aussie”
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
by iglew on May 24, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Um, try running this translation of "simon, ese" by a bona fide cholo
He’ll beg to differ. A Spanglish dictionary might come in handy here.
BTW I know iglew's joking.
I just would hate for an existentialist to come to Nothing/non-existence over linguistic trivia.
Now 67M's FB account is gone.
But I took a picture for you this weekend!!!
There's no crying in baseball!
Across the street, there's an identical bakery with evil eyebrows and a goatee.
It’s quite dashing, actually.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
double sigh.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Ohhh yeah.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Still haven't seen it.
I’ve heard good things, though.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Its kind of disturbing,
yet witty, endearing, and funny, all at the same time.
Over the top, for sure. But I liked it.
Love.
Perhaps the best combination of words ever. Until there’s a Marquez beer, I suppose.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Well, sort of.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Seems pretty obvious
Fail for creative points.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Hate the black uniforms soooo much
we really need to talk to GIO and Duke if he ever comes back.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I would like to report that for the first time in a month
there is no blinking message light on my phone.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
< blinks >
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
my gmail inbox is under 100.
so proud of myself.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
They took away the blinking light on my phone
I have absolutely no idea if I have any messages now, so I assume I have none until someone tells me otherwise…..
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on May 24, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm imagining that your phone has a gaping hole
where your message light used to be. Covered in electrical tape maybe.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
A DLD that is only about baseball.....is that legal?
Oh and put me on the list as someone who doesn’t like the black uniforms….they look awful.
I loved the original black ones
Hate these Pirate ones.
Ask me about my squirrel.
what do the orig
black ones look like?
by sf drift king on May 25, 2010 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Just a lot more green lining
Ask me about my squirrel.
I remember those
I kinda favor these over the black ones we have now.
by sf drift king on May 25, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
The only thing I'd like to see different on these
Is gold trimming around the green.
Ask me about my squirrel.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S WORSE THAN BLACK UNIFORMS?!?!?
Off Days.
:(
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I taunted Giants fans about the sweep today at school. It was wonderful.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I wanted to bring a little broom to work today for my giants coworkers....
still might do that tomorrow…. :)
There's no crying in baseball!
Aw, I should have brought a broom. I don’t even think there’s one in my house, though.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm wearing an A's tshirt here in SF.
Though my only real Giants fan coworker said he wouldn’t mention the Blackhawks if I didn’t mention the sweep.
by LoneStranger on May 24, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
same here
I was walking around SF today in my A’s shirt and I grimaced every time I walked by a Gnat fan. The frosty glances I got was too funny.
by sf drift king on May 25, 2010 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Yay sweep! I needed two brooms for this weekend. :D
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by thejd44 on May 24, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah no fucking kidding
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Best. Picture. Ever.
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/games/300523111/photos;_ylt=AjxnZlRaqMKDB0trD.FAB4O4u7YF?slug=023fb59eaf24b73cea0d3ecb9442ca2d-getty-97616183es015_san_francisco
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 24, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks
I still dunno how to figure out links in comments
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 24, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Do it in the body of the comment, rather than the title, first of all.
sometimes it will auto format as a link. use the preview function to double check.
if you want to make it look pretty, write out the words of whatever you want to serve as the link (link for example), copy the URL, come back to your comment and select that text click on the little link icon, paste the URL and click ok.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Thanks!
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 24, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It's like they're watching a sappy movie together
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking it was a horror movie
“I’m scared Ben, hold me closer….”
There's no crying in baseball!
I think Kurt is saying
“WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!”
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by thejd44 on May 24, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
In case you haven't seen this
Michael Taylor’s blog on Scout.com
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Outman?
Just curious, has there been any word on how Outman is feeling? Any kind of rehab going, or is he still a ways off?
-Dan
Last I heard
He’s continuing his rehab in Arizona and may have already pitched a simulated game of some sort, although I may just be imagining that last part.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on May 24, 2010 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
not sure about the simulated game
last I heard, he is scheduled to return in late June, which really means late July when dealing with injuries like TJS.
by sf drift king on May 25, 2010 1:29 AM PDT up reply actions
How do I get one of those Dallas Braden SI's?
Chris Carter is the next Hank Aaron right?
by streetisclosedin08 on May 24, 2010 2:11 PM PDT reply actions
Check your local stores and see if they still have any.
Otherwise, you might have to order a specific mag directly from SI, or through eBay.
by LoneStranger on May 24, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
They had Shaq on the cover on the east coast
lame
Chris Carter is the next Hank Aaron right?
by streetisclosedin08 on May 24, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Safeway in Novato (on Diablo Ave) had some today
I bought one. they did not have it last week.
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;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
your best bet now
is to go to a 7/11 type store with a magazine rack. That’s where I found mine. All the big chain bookstores were sold out.
Or check local supermarkets or gas stations that sell magazines.
by sf drift king on May 25, 2010 1:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of Braden
did Buerhle make the cover of SI after his perfecto last year? does anyone remember, not that I really care, just curious.
by sf drift king on May 25, 2010 1:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Bias aside, not as cool a cover as Braden got. :)
by LoneStranger on May 25, 2010 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I like the Jesus pose one better.
But the SI cover is pretty great too.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I wonder if he got the cover across the US though.
Braden only got the “western” region.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
yeah, why was that I wonder?
only in the western region?
by sf drift king on May 25, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
If you are a married man on the KC Chiefs, your wife may be traveling with you for now on.
Bowe’s story has Chiefs in lockdown
“You hear stories about groupies hanging out in hotel lobbies, but some of my teammates had it set up so there was a girl in every room. The older guys get on MySpace and Facebook a week before we go to a city; when a pretty one writes back, they arrange to fly her in three or four days in advance,” Bowe told ESPN the Magazine.
you're gonna love my nuts.
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by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
A pickup line to be avoided by all except a lucky few.... squirrels.
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 the Seven get out of rehab
{shakes fist at debris}
Ask me about my squirrel.
Oh, that explains
what I saw on the scrolling banner earlier on tv. I bet his teammates hate him now.
by sf drift king on May 25, 2010 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Random:
Does anyone have a Dallas Braden PG giveaway tee shirt in a Medium that wants to trade for an XL? Pretty pretty please? I’ll buy you a beer at a game.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
If I had a medium, would you buy me a beer?
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I absolutely would.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Can’t you get in trouble for that?
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
So it's win win then.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Sure.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Lynnz, not your fault! Don't be sorry. I totally appreciate you getting me one in the first place!
(whose medium are you sending me? Someone who wants a medium? Not a good solution!)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
♥
Lots of ’em.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I’ll trade you mine for ZigFan.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just kidding. I don’t even have one from the game. I bought one at yesterday’s game.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
If Lynnz's Ian doesn't want it in place of the M, it's all yours.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
imaseasonticketholder
may also have a few left – she made a fanshot last week.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Those were for NRAFs though
not poor schleps who had other shit going on and couldn’t go to the game.
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I'm sure she would take pity on you.
I do ;)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Are you serious?
I was just joking.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Methodology in the article about drafting
is kind of … well, it’s more populist than sabermetric.
Any time you treat draft success as a counting stat you’re going to advantage teams that let their free agents get away and gain high draft picks as a result, and disadvantage those teams that do the opposite.
Also, the stats they count are pretty old school. I’m not sure it says much about Oakland’s drafting prowess that guys we drafted have collected a record number of saves.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
In a way though, it should be a counting stat
Because really, SOOOO many guys are drafted, most are going to fail. And since you have a limited number of Major League roster spots, the total number is what matters, isn’t it?
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by thejd44 on May 24, 2010 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
But early picks are so much better than other picks.
In 2002, the A’s had seven first-round picks. Approximately three of those seven turned out to be good. That’s a decent return, but is it three times better than, say, the Brewers or Royals or one of the other half dozen teams that got one good player out of one first-round pick that year?
(I say “approximately” three, because arguably Teahen and Brown together add up to one good player.)
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I was very disappointed to see in the COG that the Giants site had more comments
in their game threads then we did here at AN. I’m just saying it right now when the A’s go to Pac Bell/SBC/AT&T Park we are going to beat those bastards on the game threads no matter what it takes.
They didn't. Check out my post on the GOG 315 site for the corrected numbers.
But it was very close. And although they get their post-game thread up quickly, it is not as good or comprehensive or informative as ours. And we’ve got both a post-game and a CT-thread.
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."
Oops, that's GOG #15.
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."
do the post game threads count?
and since we have two of them is that fair? Since stranhanahan did the thread shouldn’t he give the answer.
He got it wrong.
I did not count post-game threads, but just the game threads. Of which there are multiple for each game. Check my post for the numbers.
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'm not saying you're wrong but we all need to decide how this is going to be scored
and right now that official score shows AN with less comments.
Whatever. It's not like a complicated decision. Stran just counted the front page, not the overflow. Simple mistake.
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 got what was paris7 was saying and changed mine
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Sirbed, I definitely agree.
This is actually the second GOG mistake – the first was some confusion over whether the M’s had lost a lead in the eighth inning or later, and it never got clarified. I lost a point on that one because I’d misunderstood and scored it wrong. But since it was never resolved in the thread, I didn’t feel right about going back and changing my own score because of it, even though I should’ve had an extra point. Still, I think people scored that oen both ways – some correctly, some incorrectly.
Same goes here, and I see your concern. Some folks have already scored themselves as -1 for guessing AN, whereas others have scored +1 based on my correct count (which, by the way, I had posted well before stranhanahan posted the official answers – and I wish he had checked mine).
So yes, there’s a fairness issue, and I would be stoked to have it properly resolved. I think that corrections should probably be made available in the next GOG up at the top of the page or something, maybe.
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."
Also, I've put an additional note up on the GOG #15 site, mentioning the fairness issue.
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."
you can enter an updated score
using the GOG reporting tool. Just select the same series and enter the new score and it will ask if you want to replace your previously entered score.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
if I have never played
can I make up a number? I’d like to win something sometime
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
:-)
Nevermoore has to add your username before you can enter a score.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I scored 92.
Is that good?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I'm so far behind one point is NOT even gonna make a dent!
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
BTW
BrettAnderson49 is starting for Sacramento tonight. Something to keep the masses slightly entertained on an offday.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
BrettAnderson49
Anybody know how toget off business loop 80?
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Stumbled onto Corey Brown's (or "cbeezy813") twitter today.
Some samples:
First actual day off this yr. No travel. Nothin. Maybe this is what I need to get goin. Cuz my stats r not so much. Wooooosahhhh 9:40 AM May 19th via Echofon
Gotta get a few hits today. Trying to get over that Mendoza line. Balllllin. I know 11:10 AM Apr 30th via Echofon
@OGOchoCinco xbox is weak. U need to get that ps3 so I can whoop that ass in any game 10:56 AM Apr 16th via Echofon in reply to OGOchoCinco
Just for the record, he’s hitting .158/.213/.267 in SAC.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on May 24, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
But he's awesome at PS3
And for what it’s worth, I’m an Ocho Cinco fan, but I stopped following him on Twitter. Such pointless nonsense and he tweets about 750 times a day.
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by thejd44 on May 24, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Corey Brown's twitter feed
is what Brett Anderson’s feed aspires to be when it grows up.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Man, I’m rich!
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate Duke.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Eastwood made better everythings.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Speaking of comment number
Looks like I cracked 10000 sometime in the last week. What do I win?
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
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hearts! ♥
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
thanks girls!!!
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
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by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
How about a video?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Please do so
and enjoy Pete’s tricky guitar solo.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Anyone working in the city tonight? Don't go home yet
(link)
Delays amount to 20 to 25 minutes and are “starting to get worse,” BART spokesman Linton Johnson said just before 6 p.m.
There's no crying in baseball!
Arlington was great
90 degrees at first pitch, but other than that, fantastic. I’ll try to get my photos in order and maybe post a DLD this week sometime…..
There's no crying in baseball!
did u go see the A's or another series?
Don’t think I’ll be making it out to Wrigley this trip, just got a red light-running letter from the SFMTA.
by sf drift king on May 25, 2010 1:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I really so don't miss that.
In other news…I got my third flat tire of the year today. Pearmain St. do vex me!
GREAT
my 7 year old is watching the Rays/Sox on TV right now with me.
He’s watching and points at the people behind home plate.
“Next time can we sit right there and see everything?”
uh…
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Yeah, pretty much
“Buddy, those tickets cost a LOT of dollars. I’m not sure if we can do that.”
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"Not at an A's game, but we can go to a Cal game and do that!"
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
do they have those $5 deals for ids in the diamond level?
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
seven is still cute
I would use the younger one though
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Davis got smoked
It was like they knew what was coming
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
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by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
"Those tickets cost a lot of money"
“Instead, we can go to 10 games for that price! and sit 20 rows behind them!”
Protip!
Want to have him sit in those seats?
Take him to a minor league game.
You can sit behind the plate for cheap.
But, of course, if you do…. you can’t see the OF because of the curve of the field, at least at the Carolina Mudcats stadium (where, incidentally, I got my first milb foulball!)
Minors are still pro
Ask me about my squirrel.
What can I say
It wasn’t a funny movie.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Ugh
Yankees have edge in 1B, 2B, and SS ASG voting
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
The A's recently published an article about how Suzuki and Sweeney need your support if they're going to win.
Ha.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Well, Robinson Cano deserves it for sure in my opinion.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I was in Texas this weekend, and they have a huge campaign going...
You get two free tickets for each 20 times you vote. (link) They were promoting it every inning or two. And if you look, you’ll see a lot of Rangers on the top vote-getter list. Hey A’s, you paying attention???
There's no crying in baseball!
Hey, that's cool.
And you don’t even have to vote for the Rangers — just have to select them as “favorite” or “other favorite.” So I could vote for the A’s (or at least some of them), put the Rangers as “other favorite,” and end up with free tickets! I should do that.
by whiteshoes40 on May 24, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
If only...
the A’s had an abunance of unused tickets/seats at each game…the possibilities would be endless…
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Is there also a limit on paper ballots, or just on online voting?
I think last year the Giants were giving away bobbleheads to people who submitted stacks of paper ballots voting for Sandoval.
Didn’t work out for them, but something like that could boost votes.
25 times per day
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on May 25, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I so read this wrong
Ask me about my squirrel.
So, that top item on Rotoworld about Chavy...
the words “threatening” and “text message” keep catching my eye when I’m on the home page, so part of me thinks that Chavy sent Slusser a threatening text message. It’s a little disconcerting.
Kind of like Bret Anderson's threatening twit
Ask me about my squirrel.
BrettAnderson49
boo
29s ago via web
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Pam with the ssswwwiiish!
Ask me about my squirrel.
Anderson's rehab start today was average.
3.0IP 6H 2 ER only 1K (pitch count of 60)
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
Melissa Lockard oakclubhouse
Steve Tolleson has already homered twice in that game, both times giving Sacramento the lead. #Athletics less than 20 seconds ago via web
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
[runs out of the thread screaming]
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
(she's armed)
(RUN!)
Ask me about my squirrel.
Is there a 19-year-old girl I need to know about?
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Encourage it.
She’d eat him alive, it’d be entertaining.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Brittney is 19 or was last time I saw her
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
How many are there?!
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Don's relatives?
I have no idea. I assume a lot.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Just call him dannycakes.
he really likes that.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
She said she was on Good Don's side.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Hmm...
But isn’t that something someone on Evil Don’s side say?
Ask me about my squirrel.
Hmm.
That IS something someone on Evil Don’s side would say.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
So am I.
Now what does that tell you about good and evil.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Meh
You act all evil but we all know you’re good.
Ask me about my squirrel.
but...but...striking fear!
????
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I thought you went to SLEEP!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I passed the hell out. I slept from like 8pm to 7am this morning.
I took some pain meds Sat night and felt so wiped out Sunday. I never take that stuff so I don’t like to do it on weeknights.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
waiting for the Aleve to kick in so I can sleep.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
why are you hurting?
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm having a hip problem.
Bursitis most likely, but I don’t have insurance at the moment so I can’t go to the freaking doctor!!!!!!!!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
stop haning out with Duke
is that because you just started the new job?
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh.
Don’t get a cortisone shot from Sayles.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
No, I don't know what it's from.
It doesn’t always have a particular cause. I’ve had a hip joint problem before but never painful. So this is new. And I’m very good at taking heavy duty drugs, though I have a few leftover.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
i meant the no insurance thing
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh :)
Yeah. July 1.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
that sucks
thats the best thing about working for the union great benefits.
I hope you feel better
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, wow, that sucks, Pam.
Feel better.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
If you have bursitis, you'll know.
I had bursitis in my elbow and it was probably the most painful “minor” injury I’ve ever had.
Having it drained was… not fun.
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Sigh. I'm pretty sure that's what it is.
My friend who’s a nurse also agrees. I’m hoping I can treat it enough with drugs and ice and rest and that it doesn’t get to that point. Because if it does get to that point the soonest I could do it would be July 1 and I really can’t handle this for 5 more weeks.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Um, babe, I was on antibiotics for like 2 weeks
that shit doesn’t just go away.
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Ask your company
if they’d help subsidize you buying your own coverage. Explain the problem, they may be willing to work with you.
Ask me about my squirrel.
or, just willing to start you early
I know my company did it for one of my co-workers
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by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
You ever have tendonitis
bad enough in a shoulder that you actually lose the feeling in you hand? That’s fun.
Ask me about my squirrel.
surprisingly, no.
for playing soccer most of my active life, I’ve been ridiculously injury free. I had one MAJOR injury that effectively ended “my career” in my first year of college, but since then it’s just been little shit like rolling an ankle or pulling a muscle now and then.
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I roll my ankes all the time
Haven’t the foggiest why. But I suffer from major tendon/muscle issues. Took a fly ball off the face the other day, great bones. Crappy everything else.
Ask me about my squirrel.
ive got a connective tissue disorder
i sprained my ankles every week when i was playing soccer as a kid.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yikes
I just have disk degeneration in the middle of my back that causes constant, unrelenting pain in the center of the back.
Ask me about my squirrel.
they also heal really quickly
because the ligaments stretch like theyre not suppose to.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
There's very little you can do to get injured in
football – it’s a pretty safe sport.
If you stretch properly you shouldn’t be pulling hamstrings etc.
You’ve VERY unlucky if you catch your studs in the turn and turn your knee.
The only real threat is some oaf mistiming a tackle.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Sigh.
I would sing with you but I’m hurting pretty good tonight. I need Dr. skigurl.
I also got take out Thai. I really need to start cooking again.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
we should do AN cooking/ baseball watching at someones house
i would vol but i don’t have a teeVee
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
just one?
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
sad, innit?
incidentally —
played soccer tonight. my sister watched the kids for me here at home. they’re both snoozing, and I’m just here in the silence now. alone.
and content.
I guess that means…
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You're moving forward.
That’s all. Just moving forward.
Ask me about my squirrel.
means?
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry babe
I don’t wanna bring you down with me.
bacon wrapped scallops?
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is this AN sponsors shitty day day?
wtf?
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
John Travolta is that you?
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Dude, you need to go to Pam's house
and cook for her there. She has a TV.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I agree with this statement.
Signed,
pam5981
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
just say when
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I created that illusion!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Don't worry, I won't tell anyone.
Now the only people who know are all of the creepy lurkers who are reading this.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
There goes the SECRET CLUB.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'd like to believe (hope?) that most of the lurkers don't know where to find our insane CT ramblings.
But I’m surely wrong.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
They're no worse than game threads.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I don't know.
The baseball game keeps us from wandering (much). I mean, we get weird occasionally, but not every day. CT is consistently weird crap.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
yeah it is
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
And when I say weird crap, I don't mean that in a bad sense.
At all.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Athletics Nation: Consistently Weird Crap
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
good. I was getting concerned.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep
Weird = Good. Unless it’s scary weird.
Ask me about my squirrel.
and even then it can be entertaining.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
like...athleticsgirl24 weird?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I liked her.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
She was a bit much for me.
I’ll give her this, though, she sure was entertaining.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
On the border
But I have a wavy line for a boundary line.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Of course you did.
Quality Jones is my kind of hero.
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 24, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I like odd people.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
see?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Tommy?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Great rockpera
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I like it.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
wrong site.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
how rude!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
oh so thats why you like me
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
you're pretty odd, yes.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
you've come to the right place, friend
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
no kidding
I like to describe AN as the weirdest smartest group of freaks I know… who also love the A’s
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Entirely accurate.
Probably why we’re all here.
Ask me about my squirrel.
it's a fun group, for sure.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That's...surprisingly accurate.
SQUIRREL!
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Where?!
c’mere squirrel!
[chases squirrel into darkness]
[runs into tree]
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
definitely ED.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
hullo!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
plus, if I didn't already know who it was,
I do now.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Ed doesn't like it when you call him that...
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
sage words.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
And definitely 19.
No one older than 22 smiles with a cigarette. Either they kick the habit or they adopt the contented scowl of the lifetime smoker.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
very accurate
My GF totally doesn’t get this whole baseball blogging thing. She’s convinced everyone else on here aren’t too bright, even though I show her some of the crazy philosophical stuff we get into sometimes.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
You need to date a better quality of women.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I think she's warming up to baseball
The blogging, though, will take longer to explain…
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 25, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I endorse this statement
Signed,
DFA
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
"She's convinced everyone else on here"
Trust me, she only says “else” when you’re around.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
HAHA
maybe. She’s just bitter her masters’ comp exam is coming up :)
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 25, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Every evening someone new seems to pop up.
Ask me about my squirrel.
like me?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
You're not new.
Now get back to packing. We’re all expecting you in a few weeks.
Ask me about my squirrel.
can I just abandon my house?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll just pack some clothes,
my xbox, my computer and a loaf of bread.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Ditch the loaf of bread.
We’ve got better bread out here.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I'll need it for sustanance.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
is it abandoning it when you leave it to the squirrels?
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
squirrels love my house.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude
You have Zingers there don’t you.
Ask me about my squirrel.
[maybe]
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
what are zingers?
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG
Dude. All kinds of awesomeness. Like a twinkee only chocolate or vanilla and it has frosting on top.
Ask me about my squirrel.
you know what would be better than that?
Deep-fried zingers
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
WTF.
I’ve never seen one of those. But I want one.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
In most grocery stores
AND almost any gas station in the bay area.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I think that's the best strategy....
who needs to pack it all up and bring it when you can just leave it there and conspicuously consume when you get here. or take donations from those of us with shit to get rid of?!!??
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
Nah, we're always talking about Bloom.
Doesn’t matter what the question is.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
who's zat, dan?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
hi sunny.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Related to Don in some way.
Ask me about my squirrel.
uh huh
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
In "some way".
I don’t really want to know either.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
did anyone hash out whether it was GD or ED?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm voting ED
But she may be a double agent. If she’s with GD, it’s also possible she could be a double agent.
Ask me about my squirrel.
she's got a sunny name...
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Quite possibly
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Well, in that case, you'll fit in just fine here.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
picture seems to suggest something
entirely different.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a well known fact that the sun is evil.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
She claims GD.
Take that with as many grains of salt as you need.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Sometimes I don't even know where/how to find them and I hang out here!
OH wait……LOL
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
all 2,138 of them
Quality Jones is my kind of hero.
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 24, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Sitemeter alert!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Today was one hell of a week.
That is all.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on May 24, 2010 9:34 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I couldn’t agree more, Don.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
(passes popcorn to lynn)
Want some?
Ask me about my squirrel.
Yeah no fucking kidding
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Carter hit a home run for the River Cats tonight.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 9:39 PM PDT reply actions
Thanks, Don.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 24, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
So there should be this rule
you cant not have baseball on days when DFA is having a shitty day.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:40 PM PDT reply actions
Aw babe. You ok?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yeah I will be
just a shitty day at work, coupled with shitty girl crap. An A’s game would have distracted me.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
sadface.
baseball tomorrow!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
yeah but ill be fine tomorrow
i need baseball NOW god damn it :)
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Listen to this a few times.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
How about
you cant not have baseballon days when DFA is having a shitty day
Let’s just outlaw off-days period.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Ill agree with this 30 man benches?
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
That don't include Eric Patterson.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
We're gonna need all 30.
(besides, at least three of those will be day to day)
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Or have undisclosed neck spasms.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Ugh, don't remind me.
It sounds like Chavez was extremely reluctant to go through the DL/retirement rumor cycle again, which explains the text to Slusser. Instead, he just tried to play through it anyway.
And I don’t blame him.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I do blame him
I think it was pretty selfish. Instead of stepping up and admitting he was hurt, he tried to play under a condition that he flat out couldn’t and as a result we sucked ass for a month in half, allowing Cust not only to NOT play, but to get DFAed. And in the end, had he gotten this treated right away, he might be back on the field by now, HEALTHY. It was one thing when he did it when the A’s had no alternatives to play third base and he suffered through the pain while playing pretty respectable play despite it. Stupid, but at least it served a purpose. This, this doesn’t serve any purpose other than to hang on to something that just might be gone. Don’t get me wrong, I get why he did it, but it’s just pretty damn selfish and right now I’m kind of pissed off with him. He’ll still go down in my mind for all the great things he’s done for this team, but I can’t help but be really aggravated with him doing something that quite frankly too many of our players are doing or trying to do.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I blame him too.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I blame him too
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
All things considered
We haven’t sucked, but who knows which of the games we played already we could have won with Cust in there instead. But I do agree that he’s being selfish in not disclosing an obviously painful injury.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
We haven't sucked
HE HAS. Had he been doing good, so be it. He’d actually have been helping the team. But this, this was just ridiculous. There’s no way, even without all the issues he’s been having, that he could have played through this injury. Just flat out stupidity for him to think he could with them.
Ask me about my squirrel.
(you wrote we up there) :)
And yes, I agree about the ridiculousness of it all.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
this.
there’s just no excuse for that kind of crap.
I can understand wanting to keep playing, but jeeze… to do it at the expense of your teammates is just BS. If I were Cust, I’d have a pretty serious issue with someone lying to the team in order to stay on the field and potentially costing me MY career at the same time.
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this this this
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
One thing I'm not clear about though
If traction and, IIRC, chiro adjustments helped for a day or two, then how did he keep it a secret from the team? Was he getting those treatments without the trainers knowing about it at all?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
That worries me too actually
But you can perform traction on your own at home which worries me more.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Yeah, I see what you mean.
And I have to agree, mostly. I suppose in the end I can’t feel too angry at a guy who’s had a near-Hall career torpedoed by his own body, which, until the neck thing, has finally felt better than it has in years. And if we’re to believe the injury was caused by a collision, is annoyingly fluky in nature.
But I hadn’t considered the Cust angle. Damn.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I guess I'm never okay with not disclosing or properly treating an injury.
I understand they will get injured. They are athletes, it’s part of the game. Part of their responsibility to their employers and their team is to deal with and treat injuries as they happen the best they can at the time. I guess it can be seen as noble that he played through injuries all those years, but he might be healthy NOW if he hadn’t played through them and treated them properly at the time.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
But there's no way Chavez could figure that he'd be back in a month's time after getting treatment for the neck.
After all of the crap he’s been through, I’d immediately assume season-ending.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
It's not exactly a "team player" move though is it?
He knew he was playing badly because of his neck.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
No, it's definitely not.
The only thing I can think of is that he didn’t know he’d be this bad until he’d already decided to keep it secret.
But no, it wasn’t the right thing to do, that’s for sure.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Right
And furthermore, no one would begrudge him for being honest. If he can’t play, I don’t think there’s a single person here that would be upset with him for taking a seat. No one wants him to do something that’s going to jeopardize his post-career life. The guy’s got a kid to raise, do whatever you can to be healthy enough to enjoy that.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Three kids, in fact.
I’m sure he was thrilled to be on the opening day roster, I was thrilled he was there too. But, he must have been hurting at that point, he could have gone to extended ST, AAA, whatever. There were many options.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yep
And possibly already back and functioning by now.
Ask me about my squirrel.
And if he had treated all those terrible injuries when they happened instead of playing through them and shredding up his body
he might be functioning WELL now.
I know surgery is always a scary option. Hindsight is definitely 20/20. But he could have had a very different career.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Sigh.
Goddammit, Chavvy. I miss the guy. Not this Chavvy. THE Chavvy.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Double sigh.
Ok. Me and my painful hip are going to bed. Hopefully.
Night kids
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Night, Pam.
Hopefully that Aleve has kicked in.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
later pam. hope the potentiation works again tomorrow!
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish Nomar or someone else who had a chronic injury called him and was like
“Dude, just hang it up. It’s cool. You had a long career, and you were the shit when you were good. But now you’re not.”
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone got his number
I’ll do it. I know the kind of pain he’s dealing with. Just how frustrating having to live with it can be. Not being able to do things that you love to do. It really does suck. But at some point you have to cut your losses and except it and put yourself in a position to do other things that’ll be much more important in the long run.
Ask me about my squirrel.
ask slusser :)
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
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by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
he's not going to leave that much money
and he shouldn’t have to. Its the A’s that have to release him.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Well
I’m not even suggesting he retire either. Just admit he’s hurt and go on the DL.
Ask me about my squirrel.
yeah, this
I was trying to fit that in the conversation, not directed at you or anything.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
he's 10-and-5
he’s going to get paid no matter what
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 25, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
not sure about retirement
But if he is released, I believe the A’s still owe him the money
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 25, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
thats true without the 10-5
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
coming back end of July though
Maybe after some AAA games to get his swing back? I don’t know, I wouldn’t mind that so much as long he doesn’t get the majority of the DH time.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
heh.
name one a’s player who actually came back when they were able to come off the DL.
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Who didn't wind up going back on for the same thing...
Nope, not in the last 5 – 10 years.
Ask me about my squirrel.
you guys ever watch womens softball?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes.
But rarely.
Ask me about my squirrel.
I think I see one of the reasons
why women like baseball so much—those pants are awesome!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
jenny finch is soooo hott
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
there is no shortage of beautiful women playing.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 24, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
this
She’s like two feet taller than me, but I’d be on her like white on rice
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm just thinking of the Piazza role
Late-game PHer and spot DH starter
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 24, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm...
30 man rosters (max) keeping the 40 man roster, no 15 – DL, but allow the 60 DL? Teams don’t have to keep 30, just could have up to that?
Ask me about my squirrel.
the union would have to approve but i think you gotta up the 40 man
because you are going to need prospects to play AAA
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 24, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe
But not much. I think that would be part of it though. You wouldn’t need to have all 30 called up so they could still be prospects. But something like 45 would be okay I’d think. I doubt the union would be against it since it allows for more players to get more money.
Ask me about my squirrel.
And we complain about our team being injury-plagued.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Dude, they're showing a short thing on this fight in the 70s on MLBN
With Pinella, Fisk, and the Yankees vs. the Red Sox. Crazy!
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
Does it make me less of a man that I prefer boneless chicken wings?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
I like them really, really hot, though.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
thank you.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I assume you're talking about spicyness, not temperature, by the way.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
straight out of the deep-fryer
into Bloom’s mouth
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 25, 2010 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
muy caliente.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
those ones from Wendy's look good...
But, boned is the way to go
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 25, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
No
Why waste the time and effort dealing with bones. In fact, the laziness of it make you more of a man.
Ask me about my squirrel.
thank you.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he was just glad to get out of the right-hand side of the thread.
This post would have taken 10 lines over there.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I endorse this statement,
Signed,
DFA
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
yes
undeniably.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
boo.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
bones aren't that much harder and improve flavor
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
No lie, *every* time I go to Chili's
I get boneless buffalo wings as an appetizer.
They’re awesome.
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the Chili's ones are especially good.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I know I love you.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 25, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
ugg yeah no
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
go to a real bar
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
but the food is terrible
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions
no
boneless is better. no waste and I think it tastes better.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Sure, if you like big chicken nuggets.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I do :-)
wings are so greasy, oiley, fattys, bleh. I’m a breast man.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Me too.
Chicken, I mean.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I'll have you know they're called chicken strips when they get big
And they’re delicious… especially with bbq sauce.
Ask me about my squirrel.
Not a big ranch fan
But that just means we won’t have to worry about sharing the dip.
Ask me about my squirrel.
So, let's say when you die, you go to heaven and they review
every sinful thing you did.
Would getting visibly stimulated at the recount be grounds for damnation?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
a sign of honesty
I’d let you in
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 25, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
This DLD is makeshift
LB’s avatar is a miffed shake.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
broke tv silence this morning....mlbnetwork
“the a’s are surging” heh. is what three wins in a row will do you.
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
Hah.
Yeah. All of a sudden people are talking about Ben Sheets’ trade value. Well, MLBTR. They’ll talk about anything.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
um ive been working on a ben sheets trade post since st.
then he started sucking so i had to change it
then he started playing well so I had to change it
then the prospects that I wanted broke out so i had to change it
so you might get something in early july
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone please tell me how Steve Phillips ever had a job as a big league GM
He would trade Strasburg for Roy Oswalt to help Washington “win now” this year
lolwut?
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Wow
Oh wow, all the facepalm.jpg’s in the Intarweb can’t possibly represent the stupidity of that man.
BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD, AND STUFF.
Well, in his defense,
the world is supposed to end in 2012, right?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Must have seen he gave up his first run last night
The guy is clearly toast in the bigs ;-)
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 25, 2010 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Somebody's on drugs.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
At least he's not on the production assistant
(BTW, hope the bursitis has calmed down)
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Thx...sleeping is the thing that helps the most.
as soon as I start to move in the morning it starts hurting. Sitting all day certainly exacerbates it. BUT, I’m on a revolving OTC drug schedule, so it does feel significantly better than before. Hoping it resolves itself soon…
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Holly shit I cant believe thats real.
Oswalts deal isn’t even that good.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
There's a really good reason the guy isn't a GM anymore
Ask me about my squirrel.
I thought Mo Vaughn was that reason?
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 25, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It's kind of the same reason, no?
Ask me about my squirrel.
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