DLD - Labor Day Weekend Edition

i guess his days of making prospect lists are over.

Oregon fans.

Need to build the conference image.

At least we schedule quality opponents.

There were already 3 this week and this one seemed to be mostly about college football which might have limited appeal on a baseball site.

The brain tumor may be a sympathetic story too, which is why their error about Bill “retiring” (good catch, BTW) should be corrected because his story is equally compelling. Bill was 79 years old and certainly more than eligible for retirement even before 2005. If he’d retired, he would have been given a special day and all kinds of hoopla (which I’m sure he would have hated). Instead, he worked — in some pain, I imagine, and missing some roadtrips during 2005 (other than the one he always chose to miss) — and scheduled his hip surgery for the beginning of the offseason so he could be recovered in time for spring. He couldn’t have demonstrated any more commitment to the game and the audience.

Reason being, when I was at the River Cats game on the 31st it was Everidge’s first game back with the team and in his first AB, what did they play?

The same song. The guys in the Cats dugout were practically falling over.

from the oakland athletics mlb article by jane lee

Mazzaro is 0-6 with a 5.60 ERA and a .284 opponents’ batting average in his past eight starts, four of them quality starts that brought about six runs in a combined 25 1/3 innings but limited run support. Three of them, though, saw Mazzaro surrender five runs or more in less than six innings — much of which can be attributed to his command struggles.

“He doesn’t pitch ahead in the count, and he kind of lets the hitter dictate what he’s doing,” A’s assistant general manager David Forst said. “He just didn’t have the same command he did earlier in the year. His stuff was good, he got ahead, he was able to use his slider to put hitters away. Just recently, he’s had a lot of 2-1, 3-1 counts, and he can’t pitch from behind like that.”

The transaction, Forst confirmed, was specifically meant to aid all involved — Mazzaro included.

“More than anything, it was about his struggles over the last six weeks,” he said. "The move was designed to give him the work that he needs and, at the same time, give us the best chance to win every five days. Those guys are out there doing what they can to win as many games as possible.

“Vin just hasn’t pitched well his past few times out, and it wasn’t going to make sense to send him to the bullpen. He wouldn’t get much work there, so the best thing was for him to pitch every five days in the Minor Leagues and try to get some of that consistency and command back.”

Honestly, how many pick-sixes will AP have to overcome? Indy is always a solid pick, though. But you didn’t even mention the new NFC West powerhouse 49ers. You’re acting like they have a question mark at quarterback, or something.

Even if you wanted to platoon him, he’d serve as the heavier side of it. Raj or the right-handed Matt (Carson?) could supply the lighter side. But let the demonstrably better player play, for God’s sake. It’s like Bobo signed some kind of blood oath with Gross, or something.

It’s one of those things that seems like the sports gods just won’t let succeed. I get the same feeling from the whole LeBron/D-Wade/Bosh thing, but they’re actually probably good enough that they can slay the sports gods and win as many titles as they please.

They’re the only ones televised in my region of the U.S.

But mostly because I don’t like heat.

are either within reach of the KTRB signal?

They’re generally not aggressive to humans unless threatened first, and as long as you’re not juggling their cubs, they’ll prefer to leave you alone. Shark? Not so much.

I can work a job I’m not particularly interested as long as provides a means to an end.

Now, I just want the perfect job. I’ve got plenty of time to find the former, but who knows if the latter will ever come?

Video games, books, music, etc. Thataway I can save up cash to blow on me and my friends when we’re out and about.

I have deaf grandparents, and it really isn’t so bad at all. Blind? Yikes.

I’ve always wanted to be good at pinball.

so I’d say Game 7.

Judging by what I’ve heard about in-game experiences with NFL games— and given how ridiculous the spectacle of the Super Bowl is— I’d have to same Game 7 with the A’s.

baseball trumps football all the time.

Any other year – game 7.

But Pepsi for non-diet drinking.

Though I’d be worried about a mine shaft gap developing.

It would make traveling more fun.

I’m in your debt.

some Labor Day sale at Macy’s (wow, 800 count sheets and decent pillows at a bargain), a little bit of college football, some resume polishing, some reading and heck I may even watch the A’s today since it’s on FSNorthwest.

The crispy ones, not the puffed ones.

Not a fan of the orange dust that gets on your fingers.

I’ll go with the clown on fire impaled on a molten sword

There are a bunch of shows that I’d like to watch. Rome, The Tudors, and then there are things like Deadwood people say I need to watch. Maybe if the new shows this fall suck balls, I’ll get Netflix. Plus, with no baseball there is more time during the week to watch.

I’m not gonna lie though, I wish I was all cut up and shredded like Tim Olyphant.

Gus Fring and Mike the Cleaner are amazing amazing characters. And I have no idea how they did this, but they turned one of the characters that seemed, at best, flat and uninteresting, and at worst, annoying, into one of the strongest characters on the show: Hank. I love Hank now.

Plus, hey, free Reichmarks.

I LOVE Klosterman.

Who hates Iowa? I hate Iowa.

And I’d also take them over Texas. I don’t mean that just based off of blowing New Mexico out, either. I think they’re straight up better on paper, too.

I also think Stanford is pretty laughably low. Arizona will be back in the rankings before too long, but Oregon State is gonna have a tough row to hoe this year, methinks. Murderous OOC schedule and a really raw QB.

Adam Schefter thinks the Raiders are going 9-7, but he’s not talking playoffs. I think you need to win 11 games to make the playoffs.

I’m starting to rethink my decision.

Look how much that team bought into what I Tom Cable was selling last season, and that was with JaMarcus at QB. Now they have a real QB, a really good, hard-playing defense, a running game and legitimate NFL QB. In that division, 9 or 10 wins is not unthinkable.

haven’t read the article but that could slant her views

Aren’t reporters supposed to find, you know, like new and interesting information?

Also – SI.com needs moar bettah copy editors:

From their perch in second place, they remain within site of the Texas Rangers, seven games back.

Bleh.

Especially the part about Haren, Blanton, and Harden being part of a foundation-building rotation. Please. One guy couldn’t stay healthy and Blanton was solid but nothing to write home about.

Wow that’s not much

I’d rather have a healthy breakfast and then pig out at dinner.

You must be doing it wrong.