DLD 9.8.10 - the cost of old stadia
by YonYonson on Sep 8, 2010 12:17 PM PDT
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As many people on this site are looking ahead to a possible new stadium in San Jose, the New York Times has an interesting look at the taxpayer cost of stadiums, such as the old Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands, whose tenants have moved on to shinier digs.
New Jerseyans are hardly alone in paying for stadiums that no longer exist. Residents of Seattle’s King County owe more than $80 million for the Kingdome, which was razed in 2000. The story has been similar in Indianapolis and Philadelphia. In Houston, Kansas City, Mo., Memphis and Pittsburgh, residents are paying for stadiums and arenas that were abandoned by the teams they were built for.
But befitting its name, Giants Stadium is the granddaddy of phantom facilities. Taxpayers in New Jersey, already under pressure from declining local government revenues, this year will pay $35.8 million in principal and interest on the $266 million in remaining bonds for the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which opened in 1976 and includes the Izod Center and a horse racing track. Those bonds will not be paid until 2025.
Jeremy Hermida is now officially an A.
Hermida, 26, had signed with the organization Friday after being released by Boston earlier in the week. He was taken with the 11th pick of the 2002 draft and was a high-profile player his first several years with Florida, particularly when he hit .296 with 18 homers and 63 RBIs in 2007. But his production tailed off the next two seasons before he was traded to the Red Sox in November.
Dale Tafoya, who interviewed Billy Beane a while ago, posted an interview with Art Ortiz, who is portraying Eric Chavez in Moneyball.
The Sacramento River Cats (AAA) will send Clayton Mortenson to the hill tonight in their playoff opener against Tacoma at beautiful Raley Field. Also from that link:
DeFrancesco also hopes slugger Chris Carter, who has been on the disabled list with a sprained left thumb, will be available.
"I think there's a good chance he'll be activated," DeFrancesco said Tuesday.
The Stockton Ports (high-A) start their playoff run tonight against the Nuts at not-so-beautiful John Thurman Field in Modesto.
Some news from Twitter:
Kouzmanoff says MRI showed nothing serious. He's feeling better but says it's still a day-to-day thing. No timeline.
New Stew: Trevor Hoffman presented with fine artwork after 600th save http://dlvr.it/4vkwK
Some thoughts about Cargo, home and road.http://bit.ly/do4f9Z
Josh Outman threw a 20-pitch simulated game this afternoon, came out of it well. He'll throw another one Sunday. #Athletics
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Ooof, more Patrol Craft fodder.
THANKS, JoePo.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
That Ed is from the Future...
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I don't see a link...
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 8, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I must be blind
Which comment number?
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 8, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, much better
Thanks Dan
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 8, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, Ed
To my shame, I have to admit that I saw the article on JoePo’s blog before I read this DLD. There were two comments there about the article, too, one linking to it and one sort of claiming it by saying that he wrote about Carlos before and not mentioning that he actually wrote about the AN article.
I chimed in a bit on the blog and actually seen that twitter picked up on it in the last couple of days ( I don’t do twitter, but one can follow the tweets and retweets from the article itself.
At least no comments went the way the mlb.com A’s Fan Forum went:
And the writer talks about Cargo being an ex-girlfriend. Dude says he spent the better part of a weekend writing that stuff. Judging by that he probably doesn’t have any current girlfriends. The point of the article was to downplay Cargo’s accomplishments in my opinion, regardless of what he says. She is the hot ex-gf in the dress as he mentions. The one we let get away as an organization.
Also, sorry to all that I have been fairly inactive in last days – I am setting up an official charity for the kids in Africa and German bureaucracy is, well … still going strong.
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
charity work is noble, elcroata
Don’t feel bad!
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I was just thinking about that post yesterday
Cool I am glad you are doing it again
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
God damn I'm getting sick and tired of the shit that goes on here.
I really, really hope that clockwerks and whoever else can implement some type of ignore feature for AN.
Pam liked my old sig better.
wait, what shit?
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 8, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The same idiotic WRONG stuff being said about our players. Over and over. and over. and over. and over.
The amount of ignorance people go out of their way to show is just mind blowing.
Pam liked my old sig better.
The only thing missing from last night's recap is an irrational anti-Suzuki rant from you-know-who
Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.
It's actually not all that irrational.
Basically ALL of Suzuki’s value is coming from the fact that he’s a catcher and he’s been in a crapload of games. His wOBA is in danger of being below .300 this year and he hasn’t been so zomg awesome defensively to make up for it. He’s #20 on Fangraphs WAR for catchers this year after hovering around the top 10 the last 2 seasons.
Basically, I’m very, very worried that the organization has run him into the ground, and I know it’s a pretty unpopular thing to say around here but I honestly think that the best thing to do moving forward would be to deal Suzuki to someone needing a ‘name’ catcher (Boston) and giving Donaldson/Powell the reigns next year.
Pam liked my old sig better.
He has been not very good this year, I agree
I just get as tired as hearing the anti-Zooks rants from people (one in particular) as I do the anti-Cust stuff, the ‘we shouldn’t have traded Ethier/Peña/Cruz/Gonzalez’ rants, the ‘Matt Holliday sucked he didn’t like playing baseball’ nonsense, and the other broken-record crap that goes on and on and on and on ….
Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.
What's wrong with not being a fan of Suzuki?
I get it with the Cust-haters and the (less common) Barton-haters and Cliff-haters, but it’s not like going to the stats shows us that, in fact, Suzuki has been a valuable member of this team. Whatever he brings to the table might not be completely accounted for by a Lando/Donaldson platoon, but it wouldn’t be that big of a dropoff.
"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden
by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Sep 8, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, I'm willing to give him another year
In Dan’s post earlier this week, he was saying how his wOBA was remarkably consistent year-over-year, at around .320. If he does that again, it’s not world beating, but respectable for a catcher — and at $3.4M next year, it’s not like he’s breaking the bank. Besides, what value does he have to other teams today? We’d get crap for him, or he’d be a throw-in in a bigger deal the way he’s playing right now.
Might as well keep him for another year, hope he does better, and then trade him if we really want to after 2011 and get most bang for our trade chip.
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 8, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree
He actaully was a top 10 catcher until we gave him that deal (or until he got injured), after which point he too a nose dive. But really we’re talking about a horrible 6 weeks, which is not enought time to make reasonable judgements about a player.
by GusanoQuemador on Sep 8, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Its that he stopped taking pitches and ended up popping up 40% of the ones he hit
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
disciplined hitting has never been his strength
and it’s not that I don’t agree that we’ve overplayed him. I’m just not conviced its what’s caused him to fall off. I would think overplaying young players results in over-diminishing performance in the twilight of their careers, not in their prime. Someone prove me wrong now please.
by GusanoQuemador on Sep 8, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish there was a way to prove you wrong.
But there isn’t, really. Anything related to Suzuki’s rest amount is basically just speculation. It’s in Geren and Skaalen’s hands now.
I wonder if he's hurt, but not telling anybody.
Bob Geren was born in a suburban apartment complex he built with his own two hands.
by QueenOfCansAndJars on Sep 8, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
After a while you just kinda lose it and get cranky towards people.
What we’re asking is for people to stop pretending that ipse dixit counts as a "source." When you make a claim about baseball, you should be willing to put some reasonable amount of effort into explaining why it’s correct if someone asks you to. That’s basic respect for the other poster. - PT
by designatedforassignment on Sep 8, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Duty calls
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
by iglew on Sep 8, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
By laughing out loud
I am predominantly laughing at myself. Let me turn it green.
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
Oh, I thought you meant the "everyone just LOOOVES San Jose" stuff over and over and over
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
It can so be both.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
ZOMG STRICKOUTS KUST CARGON ETHIER WOLFF LIED HE DIDNT TRY
Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.
It's better in LOLcat
We gotz fines artzz!!
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 8, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
100% agreed. the new thing starting to bug me is the "well he hustled" argument. as if it matters.
i will take good over hustles (as in, he’s mediocre but he hustles) every time. in fact, 105 out of 100 times.
it’d be better if players were both, but i want mad skillz first.
NO WAY I WANT GRITTY GAMERS WHO GIVE 110% EVERY TIME
(never mind they suck at baseball)
Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.
CAPS LOCK ftw
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
The last two Tafoya interviews were below "meh"
Having Jenkins and Ratto on to talk about the A’s = not a good move.
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
Do I need to drag out my soapbox argument about
pluralizing “stadium” as “stadia” being pompous and wrong, or has everyone heard that a million times?
You’re an A.P. man, aren’t you, Yon? Does not A.P. tell you to use “stadia” only when referring to the classical Greek unit of measure and “stadiums” for the big buildings where sporting events are watched?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
And you called US whiny poops?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Technically, it's just a single bazingum.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
do we need to repost that pic for a third time?
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 8, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
STILL FUNNY!
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
And by laughing out loud here
I am predominantly laughing at you, Mark. But, in good spirit, honestly.
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
I just like the word stadia
I apologize. No need to drag out the soapbox.
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige
Shooty is on the radio tonight with Cotroneo!
I am looking forward to that. Too bad I can’t get radio synced up with tv.
Rivercats game on as well.
GO A’s!
#8. Seriously, how cool a name is Dallas Braden?
TV - Channel 104
Have fun and enjoy the CELEBRATION!
#8. Seriously, how cool a name is Dallas Braden?
Have fun tonight
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Don't think so
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
So I was reading the source of all knowledge (Wikipedia) today
and it told me that fans in Oakland have taken to calling Coco Crisp, “Cereal Killer.” Please tell me that this is not true.
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 8, 2010 2:13 PM PDT reply actions
Wikipedia history records show that sentence was added
on Aug 9 by an anonymous poster from a Comcast domain with no significant history of Wikipedia participation. No citation or reference is offered for the claim. This leads me to that it is a frivolous addition in which “to the Oakland fanbase” means “to me and my friends”.
AN represents a significant portion of the Oakland fanbase. Does anyone here know Coco Crisp as “the Cereal Killer”? If not, I will consider that sentence erroneous and remove it from Wikipedia.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Hmm... nice detective work.
It really annoys me when people like that edit Wikipedia pages. That’s exactly the kind of crap which makes Wikipedia an unreliable source of information.
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 8, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
to understand a wiki page,
read it’s history and talk pages.
And assume that some facts on any given page are wrong . . . just like in a normal encyclopedia.
Sure, but on the flip side
there are anal-retentive pedants people like you and me who spot such things and fix them, and that’s the kind of anti-crap that makes Wikipedia a relatively reliable source of information. Both are part of how the system works.
I would have deleted it immediately, except I’m doing due diligence here by informally polling a part of the fanbase to see if the sentence possibly has some justification..
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I guess you missed me in section 231 on Friday
with my massive “Cereal Killer” sign.
Just kidding.
Although I might just make one for the next game just to really mess with you.
by Billy Frijoles on Sep 8, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Poll.
CSNAuthentic
Which non A’s position player do you enjoy watching the most? Vote now! #athletics #mlb http://bit.ly/9ZfC3W
1 minute ago via TweetDeck
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 3:02 PM PDT reply actions
Streaming the US Open online really does hamper one's productivity.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'd be surprised if that wasn't a case by case basis.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 9, 2010 6:31 AM PDT up reply actions
man, I like Braden
smart dude, well-spoken
“I’ve seen less bleeding at a hemophiliac convention” – lol
We used to be the Modesto Nuts.
We’re now the Stockton Ports and the Nuts belong to the Rockies.
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you seen the logo?
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously.
Stupid “Ports”. How boring is that?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Seriously
Couldn’t they call themselves the “Ship Longs”?
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Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
I actually love their logo
What we’re asking is for people to stop pretending that ipse dixit counts as a "source." When you make a claim about baseball, you should be willing to put some reasonable amount of effort into explaining why it’s correct if someone asks you to. That’s basic respect for the other poster. - PT
by designatedforassignment on Sep 8, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
No, we weren't.
We were the Modesto A’s.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson
The lineup is out.
OaklandAs
#Athletics vs. #Mariners: Crisp CF, Barton 1B, Suzuki C, Cust DH, Ellis 2B, Davis LF, Carson RF, Tolleson 3B, Pennington SS, Gonzalez P
5 minutes ago via ÜberTwitter
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 3:56 PM PDT reply actions
No Hermida?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
It's probably because we're facing a LHP.
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm so not feeling the "work" thing today.
And, slow DLD. Hmph.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I am doing homework.
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Good for you.
(that won’t last long)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I've been working on it for an hour.
I need a Dr Pepper.
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
When I was in Oregon this weekend,
I bought a 12-pack of “Dr West” from a Thriftway (Western Family), and I’m drinking a can of that right now.
Unlike the other generic doctors, it actually tastes noticeably different from Dr Pepper. It’s still basically the same category, but with a slightly fruitier flavor. As if it were cherry Dr Pepper.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I still want to find that evasive caffeine free Dr. Pepper.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Not "elusive"?
“Evasive” makes it sound like it’s actively trying to hide from you.
(Also, eBay.)
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Yeah
$20, no thanks. $13 in shipping alone. Especially when all it is 12oz cans. For 20oz bottles, maybe.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
ahh....
the coliseum dr. pepper is so damn good.
by Billy Frijoles on Sep 8, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone help me memorize the map of Europe (every country)
Frank Cohen
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Your Effortless Baseball Connection
No.
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Slovenia is the one next to Italy; Slovakia is the one next to Poland.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
How about this?
My computer here at work doesn’t have the Flash player installed, so I can’t test it, but this looks like a memory game you can use for practice. Play it over and over till you get them all right all the time.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I'm so playing these map games.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Tell us which one is best.
I liked that one with the flags.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
OK, I've tried them now.
The last link is best for learning. It names the country and you have to select it. That’s what I assume you want to learn.
The other two give you the shape of a country and you have to drag it into place, which is easier but doesn’t really teach the names. Of those two, one gives you outlines of all the borders and the other doesn’t.
(Also, that second one has something weird going on around Kosovo. It’s as if they’ve attached it to Montenegro, but there’s a peculiarity in the shape of Albania, too. Propaganda? or just sloppiness?)
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I like the ones that are the other way around
where you actually have to name the countries and then they show up on the map.
Those are a real challenge because you actually have to remember places like Nauru and Comoros and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
I would prefer that, too.
Didn’t find one like that. Probably because it would require typing and not clicking from the user, and thus not as popular/practical as a browser game.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Haven't made it to Kosovo
The sound was interfering with music playing on my PC and I couldn’t turn it off. I generally find the Europe geography quizzes too easy, but it’s probably the same you guys would find the one with the USA states.
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
I'm a geography nut, so I find all of those type quizzes too easy
I suspect I could probably do the European one even if I had one of those weird brain injuries where you can only see the right half of anything.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
The one that was fun
Was darting the capitals. You get a name of a capital and have to place a dart on the map where you think it is. A total sum of missed kilometers is your final score. I’m not sure where that one was, perhaps I can find it.
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
I remember the dart one
It had a lot of different categories, and capitals was one of them.
That was my favorite geography quiz game. I have it bookmarked on my computer at home.
Most of the geography quizzes are too easy for me, too.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Sorry, left soon thereafter.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
GAR!
When you fuckers ask me what I do all night and I tell you quizzically, “I dunno, but I know I’m not masturbating seven hours.” This is what I’m doing. And it’s all your fault, AN.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 9, 2010 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Please
You do masturbate for seven hours. You just do other stuff like this with your free hand too.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
well, sure.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 9, 2010 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
You're funny today.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
ok.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
so Sweden sucks ass?
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 9, 2010 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Ever notice how Florida looks like an old man's wrinkled penis?
It’s not an accident. The place is remarkably similar to an old man’s wrinkled penis. And just about as much fun.
In case any of you were wondering, Florida is a horrible, horrible place. Don’t go there. Don’t even joke of going there. The last time I went there, they kept me for four years.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 9, 2010 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions
So...
what you’re say…
If I’m totally understanding you…
And if I’m getting what you’re saying…
Is that I should move to Florida post-haste?
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Yes. We will collectively buy you a ticket.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 9, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Were you wearing an orange jumpsuit the whole time, or just certain stretches?
Bob Geren was born in a suburban apartment complex he built with his own two hands.
by QueenOfCansAndJars on Sep 9, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
75-25
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 9, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
[sigh]
You spying on me?
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 9, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Albania...Albania....You border on the Adriatic....
Sorry, Coach didn’t sing any songs about any other countries….
There's no crying in baseball!
I just saw that for the first time last week via an unrelated discussion
Kind of a weird coincidence.
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
CT must be so sad right now.
joestiglich
Rosales coming to Bay Area on Monday to have ankle checked. Geren confirms Rosales wil miss rest of season. #Athletics
5 minutes ago via mobile web
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 4:28 PM PDT reply actions
He's back!
Rivercats
BREAKING NEWS: After missing the last week with an injured thumb, Chris Carter is in the starting lineup tonight… http://fb.me/GU1IOd6u
1 minute ago via Facebook
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 5:00 PM PDT reply actions
Savior of the universe!
Oh, you mean Sacramento.
Dang.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Fail.
Sacramento River Cats Lineup change: Travis Buck takes Chris Carter’s place in the lineup.
2 minutes ago via Facebook for iPhone
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 8, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
I’ve barely been around AN the last few weeks. Work has been kicking my butt, weekends have been busy, and it’s my fanatasy team’s playoffs right now. I probably shouldn’t have signed up for GOG duty but I should help pick up the slack (since we are still missing a couple GOG authors in September, I think iglew should try doing one)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Let me know if you want one, mic
I’ll add you to the GOG assignment post.
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions
no thanks
I think this will be my last GOG of the season.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I have a title for one.
“GOG and MAGOG”
or perhaps something about GOG-zuggers.
I have very little clue what a GOG actually is. You ask prediction-type questions about the next series? Mine would be eccentric, surely. And possibly unjudgeable.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
usually stats-related predictions
Like, what will Braden’s pitching line be? Sometimes there are some random ones, like “how many gamethread comments for a day?”. But mostly stats.
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, mine wouldn't be stats-related
Unless you mean uniform color and weird facial hair stats.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
THOSE ARE MY KINDA STATS
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
You wear uniforms
and have weird facial hair?!
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
You've seen my picture.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
And you _are_ adorable
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
Even with the uniforms and the weird facial hair?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I also would not be able to resist going meta.
Like:
Question 7:
How many other players will get a better score than you in this GOG?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
If you give enough points for guessing that one right
You could create a paradox
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
I know!
Though I’d probably clarify as “(exclude this question when scoring)”.
Or how about
Question 4:
How many people will pick Jack Cust as their guess for question #3?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
That would be awesome.
And scale the points so the earlier you are the more you get.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
doooooo it.
I’ll GOG.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hmmm.
This requires that I pay attention to a GOG or two in order to understand how they work. Do I have to score them, too? Or can I just ask ridiculous questions then run away?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I have no idea.
I just love meta.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Question 6:
Pam will be at the games. Of the comments she posts to the game thread from the stadium, how many will contain no word other than "fuck"?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I couldn't answer that question.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yes, we'd have to make a special exception for you.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Has anyone claimed the final series in Seattle?
That one will be on TV for me.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Where's My Burrito has taken that one
although maybe you could convince him to take a different one instead.
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2010/8/31/1661129/final-2011-gog-assignments#45734436
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Well, I couldn't do one other than Seattle
because I wouldn’t be able to watch and judge the answers.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I just noticed the website for the first picture is called swingleprints
I guess we know what Sweeney is doing in his spare time ;-)
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
My good friend sirbed
This should increase your blood pressure to Scanners level head explosion. At least, it would if it was my team being trashed.
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
(head explodes like Michael Ironside)
although to be honest it’s kinda true….KU is a basketball school plain and simple. There is a 4,000 year waiting list to get tickets for hoops but you can pretty much walk up and get tickets for a football game anytime you want.
I think it comes down to the fact that unlike the poor bastards who live in Manhattan and go to Kansas State that there is plenty to do in Lawrence and Kansas City isn’t far away so they don’t live and die with the football team….well that and the football team often sucks unlike our basketball team which is almost always really good.
As far as the North Dakota State coach my only response would be hey at least Jayhawks aren’t stuck in the frozen wasteland of North Dakota so enjoy the -60 degree winter days and the 3-4 good looking women who may live in the entire state.
But seriously,folks....
Thank you. I need the reminder.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
ughhhhhhh
If him or Hudler get more votes than King, I’ll go postal.
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I finally logged into facebook and voted
Man that voting page is clunky. Why didn’t they just do this on MLB.com again? I guess so they can siphon off all my “personal info”.
by Billy Frijoles on Sep 9, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Bingo
Though the old voting system was on the HOF site — HOF is not affiliated with MLB.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I am listening to the Blue jays pregame
they are really pushing the voting for Tom Cheek. Reminding listeners to vote. Apparently they are also running a Send tom cheek to cooperstown facebook page.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Well that explains his incredible vote counts every day
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Hmm the DLD's haven't been hopping much lately
and for some reason one from 8 days ago popped back up on the front page. I guess I could start asking goofy questions again or pick another fight with DFA to get things moving like we did on Joey’s DLD.
But seriously,folks....
Im always down for an argument :-P
What we’re asking is for people to stop pretending that ipse dixit counts as a "source." When you make a claim about baseball, you should be willing to put some reasonable amount of effort into explaining why it’s correct if someone asks you to. That’s basic respect for the other poster. - PT
by designatedforassignment on Sep 9, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
strange photo from the rivercats game
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
My eyes keep getting drawn to the creepy white dude on the right.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
someone who was far less successful in oakland
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
NFL predictions
AFC
East: Jets
North: Ravens
South: Colts
West: Chargers
Wild Cards: Bengals, Texans
NFC
East: Cowboys
North: Packers
South: Saints
West: 49ers
Wild Cards: Vikings, Falcons
Super Bowl: Ravens over Packers
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
Thanks for the wild card, xbox!
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 9, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
michael lewis: Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds
Fidel: ‘Cuban Model Doesn’t Even Work For Us Anymore’
“Goldberg,” Fidel said, “ask him questions about dolphins.”
“What kind of questions?” I asked.
“You’re a journalist, ask good questions,” he said, and then interrupted himself. “He doesn’t know much about dolphins anyway,” he said, pointing to Garcia. He’s actually a nuclear physicist."
“You are?” I asked.
“Yes,” Garcia said, somewhat apologetically.
“Why are you running the aquarium?” I asked.
“We put him here to keep him from building nuclear bombs!” Fidel said, and then cracked-up laughing.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
Man, work is such a headache.
I need to win the lottery.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
We've discussed this before, haven't we?
You win the lottery, then buy the A’s.
Isn’t that the plan?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
YES.
Wah.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
5891 is a MULTI MILLIONAIRE
she has not even TRIED to get a stadium in Oakland. SHe has no SKILLS as she made her money by pure LUCK.
If she moves the A’s to CONCORD I will NEVER go to a game again
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
It wasn't really pure luck.
Part of it is luck, but a lot of it is attributable to the infield defense playing behind her.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
she never goes to the games!
She’s not even the real checkbook! She’s just in bed with Selig!
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Serious ew.
I have standards.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hehehe
You’re just in bed with him financially.
Wait, that didn’t come out right, either ;-)
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
He'll be gone soon
and she’d have all his money.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
I'm from Concord!
So it’s feasible that I would actually do that.
Oh and buy LOTS OF ART and LOAN IT TO THE MOMA DAMNIT.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
One of each damnit I'm filthy rich!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Of course.
I’m filthy rich, but I still remember the little people.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
You should hire one of us little people to clean your apartment
so your lazy roommate won’t piss you off any more.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
OMG!
She started cleaning. In one day she did the dishes AND took out the trash…amazing. We will see how long it lasts!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Did she do a good job with the dishes?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Good enough so that I didn't have to redo them!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Way to get the roomie on board, Pam!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
You have to come out though at some point do a Chapelle
I’M RICH BITCH!
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
picky picky
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
i'm on the edge of my seat over here...
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Mom's song
I loved it (youTube link)
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
Aroldis Chapman
thew a 101 FB and a 102 FB to get to 3-2 on Eric Young JR.
Next pitch was a 85 MPH slider for a called strike 3. Unfair.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Thanks for the heads-up
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
ROckies load the bases with one out
Your friend and ours Carlos Gonzales at the plate, down 5-4. GIDP.
Everybody on board with the Holliday trade now?
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Aren't there some goats crossing a bridge
that you should be terrorizing?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Rangers loaded the bases with no outs
for Kinsler and Young.
K, GIDP.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
blue jays announcer:
“fan jumps over another [fr a foul ball]. he’s as big as an argo”
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
I know "Argo" only as
the ship that Jason and Argonauts sailed in. Does that make me a total dork? What else is an argo?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
OhthankgodIfoundher
My ESPN3 anchorwoman/goddess is named Cassidy Hubbarth.
Quiver-worthy.
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
I've given up trying to tell age by sight
I know everyone says this, but I really mean it— I didn’t know any girls in high school who dressed the way the high school girls do now.
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
Nope.
(kids these days).
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
And I was there only, like, 8 years ago
During Britney’s heyday. And still!
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
I was there...longer than that ago.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Not true, you're just fishing for "you can't be a day over 24" comments
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
LOL.
Am not.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
You might be a day over 24.
But it was the shortest day of the year.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
yup
To some extent 18-32 all looks about the same age to me
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
It's all the same when the lights are off.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
hey-O!
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't actually know what high school girls dress like now.
I don’t think I ever see high school girls. I don’t go to high schools, and I don’t go to the mall. Where else would you see them?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I have cousins
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hmm.
Perhaps I should go to the mall then.
I do sort of have a desire to take someone shopping, but I have no one to take. I don’t have a clue how to shop. I just want to be like Dagwood and get dragged around and forced to carry bags and boxes.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I graduated in 04
And even I’m amazed at how high school girls dress now. Then again, the girls at my school wore uniforms, but still.
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige
mmmm... schoolgirl uniforms..
Pam liked my old sig better.
by mikev on Sep 10, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Enjoyable
but now I feel weird about it, since I’m over 18 now.
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige
Wait, so you're like
25 years old and you feel weird for checking out 17 year olds??
That trips me out. I mean, I’m certainly not going to date anyone that young. (I’m not sure exactly where I draw the line, but it’s probably somewhere in the early 30s.) But looking? Hell, I look all the time. At everyone.
Just don’t be a creep and it’s not creepy.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I was at a bagel shop near a high school last week
And this girl was wearing very, very, very short shorts. Like, just barely covering her butt. Then she turned around and her shirt said “Class of 2013” and I just felt really weird.
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige
Wait, it gets worse.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't doubt that for a minute
Even for you. Wait until you’re in your 60s and you see them.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
shut up and look at the cats, smart ass.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I like pussy!!!
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Thanks be unto God for his indescribable gift!
The newspapers and activists are always wailing about depletion of the earth’s natural resources, but the world’s greatest natural resource is eternally renewable.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
The great thing about high school girls....
I keep getting older, and they stay the same age.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I actually like it when they get older.
Aging is a beautiful thing.
Of course it’s also beautiful that there’s always a new crop.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
New crop.
I’m working on my Neossology degree.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I got an unintentional "Basic Instinct" moment this morning on BART from a nice lady.
It got my heart pumping.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe I should start commuting with you...
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Just as long as you don't sit directly across from me.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Hell no. I wanna see the chick, not you.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
The proper response in such a situation
is an appreciative but unthreatening smile. Be sure you’re looking somewhere near her eyes, but not directly into them.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
This
Happened to me in Jamba Juice a few days ago. I feel like telling those girls to stay out of trouble and not dress provocatively.
And then I’ll buy a Volvo.
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I've owned an 1982 242DL, 1983 244DL and now a 1995 854 Turbo.
The ’82 had the most experience with girls.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
You graduated in 2004?
From high school?
Fuck, I’m old.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Florida doesn't just take your soul.
It takes your years, too.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
You're not helping, moustache boy.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
[sigh]
Why you gotta kick a pimp when he’s down, mikey?
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Uh, your comments hurt me too.
Can I get a rib?
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
[nomnomnom] okay....that helps [munch munch munch]
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
me too please
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Why?
Because I want BBQ?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
The two don't necessarily have to correlate.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
What are you doing up so early?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
More likely.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I woke up at 4.
I went to bed immediately following the football game.
I’m sorry. Am I throwing off your chi?
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Pam is a Scrabble player.
Spell it “qi” and it will make her smile.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I like this:
The earliest way of writing qi consisted of three wavy lines, used to represent one’s breath seen on a cold day.
from wiki
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I don't think I've ever got any wavy lines tiles in Scrabble.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe not
But they do have the blank tile. You can play it as that.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
I would, if Pam wouldn't quit playing with me.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I stopped playing.
I dunno why. I can’t seem to get myself back into it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Nice rack!
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
♥
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
'Cos now he can get onto the important business of stalking her?
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
she's exotic-looking
Hawaiian or something?
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I was guessing Native American, given the geography
She seems to be SEC-centered, which is frankly kind of a turn-off for me.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
Can we talk about something other than new stadiums and Oakland vs. San Jose in here?
It’s driving me crazy. Damn off days.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Sure, go.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Who is the lady in the foreground? It's never been explained to me.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Nobody knows.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I think she needs to be named. She appears on AN often enough.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
It's not gonna be a nice name
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
That's DEFINITELY not her name.
You are the queen of pictures.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
waahhhh schmifty.
She’s my FB friend…maybe I should go bother her.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
+a million vocab points for abdicated
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige
You're just messing up the scale now.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
and also trivializing it.
“abdicated”? That’s a good word, and it was a nice metaphor, but you don’t just throw around points just for being literate. I mean it’s not like “usurped” or anything.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
like either are particularly rare.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
It's not like we're all latrinalia up in this bitch or anything.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
there we go.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
He's massively trivializing it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'll just withdraw myself from future vocab discussions
proceed
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige
I'm just baiting iglew.
He’s avoiding it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'm not avoiding it;
I’m eschewing it.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
FINE.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
[whiny voice]
But Paaaam, I had a MILLION points! And then you go and make Yon take them away. You’re jealous of my vocab skillz.
by whiteshoes40 on Sep 10, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
toughen up, buttercup.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hey, you changed your sig back.
You don’t like me anymore, do you? [pout]
by whiteshoes40 on Sep 10, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup, that's it.
I don’t like you.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Just some model?!
Like tall girls, models are people too, Shoes!
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Well the girl doesn't look particularly attractive, but she deserves credit too.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
She is a fashion accessory.
She makes Chavvy look better. That is her function in that picture.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
So if you google image search "bobby crosby a's",
on page 5 there’s a pic of Jason Giambi and BBG. Heh.
Hah.
I googled something earlier this week and got a picture of BBG and Chavvy at Spring Training in 2005 or 2006!!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I didn't find the pic I was looking for,
but I did find this…
(I know you won’t appreciate as much as I do, but I’m posting it anyway)
He looks 12.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I don't even know who that is.
Though I’d guess at Street.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
That's not the point.
How do you not recognize Huston Street?? Plus, he was on the cover of ESPN Magazine! That never happens for the A’s!
How could I not recognise that guy. His picture is posted three times a day.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
If you had been on AN in '05-'06,
you would have said the same thing about Huston.
Also, since you mentioned it…
I'd rather read a 25,000 word post about FIP
over anymore posts about the stadium issue….I just don’t care but then I’ve never lived in the Bay Area and I never will so it just doesn’t matter to me.
Now on to boobies….I’m a fan.
But seriously,folks....
Seriously?
Did you get to go to the Castro?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Speaking of boobies, I'm all caught up on Mad Men now. Woo!
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay, what did you think.
You can go read the Black Boxes of Doom now.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Dude I am so there. I hate the stadium stuff.
What we’re asking is for people to stop pretending that ipse dixit counts as a "source." When you make a claim about baseball, you should be willing to put some reasonable amount of effort into explaining why it’s correct if someone asks you to. That’s basic respect for the other poster. - PT
by designatedforassignment on Sep 9, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
It's all over the TV news
People were saying it was a plane crash, but now I’ve heard it was a natural gas main broke. Either way, there are a shitload of houses burning in the area.
Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.
Oh man!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
...
I just heard a reporter on channel 2 say a fire crew commandeered his car to take a burn victim away.
Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.
watching now
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Holy shit.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Um, everything is on fire.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Is there a live stream somewhere?
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
nm, got one
Wow this looks like Oakland 1991
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
It's like a hundred little fires around a huge fire all in a residential neighborhood
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Looks like it just keeps igniting other small fires.
Someone just called into ABC said he is carting around people who have 3rd degree burns and broken bones from the impact of the explosion.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
yeah that's the stream I have
They just said the big fireball is dying down
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank god.
Still looks beyond horrible.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Oh, good God
I can’t imagine many worse ways to go than burning.
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
Fire's worse.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
nah. once you get to 3rd degree you stop feeling.
drowning would be the worst possible way.
Pam liked my old sig better.
You mean autoerotic asphyxiation?
I would think the whole “I’m actually going to die now” bit would be a problem for one’s enjoyment of it.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
Well, not precisely that
But I guess the principle holds the same.
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
It is ridiculously windy at the US Open.
Wow.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Thank you for indulging me.
You’re not watching are you.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I haven't eaten enough again.
And those two are out watching Dreamgirls at the theatre (they invited me…..which suggests that I perhaps need to butch up my appearance some.)
I wonder if you can order takeout to a hotel?
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Most places are happy to oblige as long as they have a phone number
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I have $40 in my pocket. Can I order everything on the menu please. =P
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Or with 40 bucks you could get a room service hamburger and have maybe 5 bucks left over
But seriously,folks....
I don't know how much they are here.
But also I want something asian (and I’m talking about food this time).
Might Yelp/google map it when this game loses my interest.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Mongolian BBQ...mmmm
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG that sounds good!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I always get your taste buds going, don't I?
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes.
Not with chicken mcnuggets though. I’m not hungry, so it’s okay.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I haven't had a hankering lately
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 9, 2010 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I had some in Whistler in February
That was really good
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
In fact I had ballgame food without the game today
seeds and brats for dinner with a few too many cokes.
But seriously,folks....
Dunno, this seems fine.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Looking at menus does nothing to quell my growling stomach.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Whew!
Slusser gives us some hope for more offense next year…check here story in today’s Chronicle HERE.
The best part of the story is right here IMO…
Right now, Oakland’s pitching staff is at the top of the league, but the A’s cannot exceed the .500 mark because they are so power-short.
“It’s an obvious area to address, and between now and the offseason, we’ll have a number of conversations about how best to fill that need,” A’s general manager Billy Beane said.
You know you are big-time when people chant your name while you pee. - 67MARQUEZ
Read the part about Cust
He says he’s not getting good pitches to hit.
LOL, I read that 10 minutes ago and still have not stopped laughing.
that's because you're a hater and will never be happy with anything Cust does.
{cust hits .230 with 25 homers two years in a row}
ZOMG CUST DOESN’T MAKE ENOUGH CONTACT
Pam liked my old sig better.
I am laughing at the fact that he thinks he does not get pitches to hit
He’s full of shit. He gets them.
That is all
With this line up, why would he?
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Oh save me, I'm reading all the new comments in the SVLG letter thread.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
read/watch this instead
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
They are sooo cute.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
attijah would love this
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
You'll have to remember at 1am to repost it.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
matt too
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I have...green tea and some advil.
Will that work?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Rub roh
I accidentally packed my toiletry bag in my hand luggage – which included a pen knife – and I wasn’t shot. Clearly it’s a sign Americans love me.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
by OldhamA on Sep 10, 2010 10:17 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Hah.
They’re not perfect. I accidentally brought a teeny three-inch pocket knife on my key chain on a plane once…and then I started doing it on purpose to see if they’d ever see it. They never did.
and last time I traveled for work they took my toothpaste because it was .5 oz too large
Definitely not perfect.
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
They took my shower wash too.
Cos it was too big.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
by OldhamA on Sep 10, 2010 10:51 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
The guys at Newark would have killed me
These guys were just a little testy. But generally ok.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
by OldhamA on Sep 10, 2010 10:50 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I've found that airports in smaller cities tend to have friendly airport security guys.
Less people that are dicks that they have to deal with? Anyway, have a nice ride back, Oldham.
Newark is a bitch.
Proximity to NYC? Major entry point for lots of international flights? Dunno.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
And the Bears are NYC's third baseball team!
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I don't know.
Maybe it’s just the people from the NE? They’re super serious anyway – treat everyone like a criminal until proven otherwise.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
by OldhamA on Sep 10, 2010 11:06 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Thanks I basically lose a day.
Still hoping someone runs down the terminal with a job offer…
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
by OldhamA on Sep 10, 2010 11:05 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I miss London.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
SFO to Newark to Manchester. Why would I fly to London?
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
What, you mean there are other cities in England
besides London?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Bye OldhamA!
Hope you have a good flight. Don’t miss is too much.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
News from the Flash
jamesvenes
According to Bobby Cramer, he has been called up by the @athletics
about 10 hours ago
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
whoooooooooo is Bobby Cramer.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
late maturing pitcher that we picked up from the indy leagues...older chap. hopefully a late bloomer
ty
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
i wrong...
he’s a guy that been kicking around the minors for a while. FIP loves him.
i was thinking of justin james.
I'd really like that guy who wimberly is jump-fiving to be called up
he’s gigantic
Pam liked my old sig better.
Jon Hunton
Another independent-league signing, like Cramer. But much less good.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
I thought we got him from San Diego on waivers at the end of ST.
What we’re asking is for people to stop pretending that ipse dixit counts as a "source." When you make a claim about baseball, you should be willing to put some reasonable amount of effort into explaining why it’s correct if someone asks you to. That’s basic respect for the other poster. - PT
by designatedforassignment on Sep 10, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I think this was expected when Mazzaro was sent down.
I read the Mazzaro move more as clever roster management than any real signal on Mazzaro’s future. But given the rules, it meant that when his rotation spot were to come up, someone else from AAA was going to have to take the start, and Cramer was the best guess for that, right?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Not sure about that
They could still use Boof.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Or just skip the start, right?
I…kinda like Boof.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Need someone next week.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
I figured it'd be Clay Mortensen.
He’s already on the 40-man and all. But Cramer works too, I suppose.
And Rosales can be dumped to the 60-day if he's really out for the year.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
There was a FB for the Panthers with that surname...
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
by OldhamA on Sep 10, 2010 10:51 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
i confused
study says flamboyant male dancing attracts women best
so do they mean “flamboyant male” dancing or do they mean “flamboyant dancing” by males?
I think the AP is confusing
“flamboyant” dancing with “good” dancing.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Does it say that it attracts for sex, or attracts for shoe shopping?
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
It's a Jimmy Chu! It's FABULOUS!
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
It's actually Jimmy Choo
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I feel so....heterosexual right now.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Congrats.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Good job with pointing out my error/
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I would have done it myself
But I don’t know who the fuck that is.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Gee, it's hard to see what I would be depressed about, with friends like this...
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Um... I sat in the back seat for you dude.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
actually, one could make the argument
as you were the second smallest person in the vehicle, that I sat in the back seat for you.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Not with my back. I shouldn't have been back there at all.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Trying to make you look more hetero is definitely at the top of my list of priorities this morning.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
thanks. I'll just start calling you ST.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm assuming that's supposed to be a burn of some kind?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
No, it just means you clearly dislike me.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't dislike you
I’m just indifferent to you and ignore most of you posts.
"Twenty minutes," says Jack Sr. "Thank god for Billy Beane."
"Any fan that wants us to do that is going to be disappointed because that just isn’t us." - Wolff
"Just play for the name in front of the uniform.." - Dallas Braden
"Oakland is the emotional choice, and could still work, but San Jose really is the best choice." - UncleLeo
by ST on Sep 10, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude
Totally unnecessary.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Was this..
necessary as well?
I’ll just start calling you ST.
Anyhow, i have emailed him personally.
"Twenty minutes," says Jack Sr. "Thank god for Billy Beane."
"Any fan that wants us to do that is going to be disappointed because that just isn’t us." - Wolff
"Just play for the name in front of the uniform.." - Dallas Braden
"Oakland is the emotional choice, and could still work, but San Jose really is the best choice." - UncleLeo
by ST on Sep 10, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Meh LB kinda asked for it, and it was hardly a super dickish reply.
What we’re asking is for people to stop pretending that ipse dixit counts as a "source." When you make a claim about baseball, you should be willing to put some reasonable amount of effort into explaining why it’s correct if someone asks you to. That’s basic respect for the other poster. - PT
by designatedforassignment on Sep 10, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
my own personal research confirms this.
What we’re asking is for people to stop pretending that ipse dixit counts as a "source." When you make a claim about baseball, you should be willing to put some reasonable amount of effort into explaining why it’s correct if someone asks you to. That’s basic respect for the other poster. - PT
by designatedforassignment on Sep 10, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't believe you.
Do you have the numbers to prove it? ;)
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
My value over replacement dancer is quite high.
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by designatedforassignment on Sep 10, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I demand an informal poll.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
It's certainly intuitive to me.
This seems like conventional wisdom to me. Doesn’t everyone know that dancing wins women?
I would also speculate that while being a good dancer is better than being a bad dancer, that is less important than just being out there letting yourself go. It’s the openness and confidence that is attractive, not the skill per se.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
There is, however, still a cliff you could fall from if you 'try too hard.'
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Or you flat out can't dance, period.
Like not even fake, confident bad.
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That's me
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
And me.
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It's lucky that I probably wouldn't date a girl who found that hanging out at dance clubs on a regular basis was a good way to spend her time.
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
you aren't interested in girls who like listening to music and dancing?
wow
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by designatedforassignment on Sep 10, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't care about music alone
But going to clubs on a regular basis is something I don’t like to do and really never liked. So, I suspect girls who do do that and I wouldn’t work.
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Come on.
It’s not that. See iglew’s comment below. I’m not a bar/club girl, but on occasion I do go out, and I like to dance, and it’s nice not to have to beg/cajole the guy you’re with to join you. It’s worse at say, a wedding. It doesn’t matter how good of a dancer you are. If the girl you’re with wants to dance with you, dance.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I have a friend whose then boyfriend, now husband, would seriously pout in the corner with his arms crossed
every time we’d go out and she wanted to dance. He wouldn’t even dance with her at their wedding (aside from their first dance). Total killjoy.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
If my GF said she wanted to go to a club tonight or something of course I'd go
But if she became a “club scene” kind of girl, then it probably wouldn’t work out. Like I said, it’s one thing to go out every once in awhile; it’s another to find this to be a continually entertaining way to go out.
And, at weddings, I’ll dance. But that’s a different ball of wax. Friends are there, and no one really knows how to dance, anyway.
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I initially read that as "If my GF said she wanted to go to a strip club tonight"
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Then I'd kiss her feet
and ask her to take a pic of me, BA style.
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Which will be a lot easier for you to do with her around.
Strippers love to hang out with women if you bring them with you.
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Who was it we were going to bring to a strip club?
Was it RRS or EQC? I remember Zigfan said she wanted to come with us. That would help out a lot, huh?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I was with a chick in her late 40s/early 50s when I went.
Age and looks probably don’t matter much, but yes, if ZF is there, they’d be alllllllllllllll over her. And then feel sorry for us and hang out with us as well.
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this is why the punk rock is better
don’t have to deal with stupid shit like “dancing” at a club.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
She listens to oldies, mostly
Which is about as far the other way from clubbing as punk rock is
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
oldies
like: thee midnighters?
or pop hits
I like em both
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she sounds cool
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she is, that's why I'm with her
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
not really I go to a soul night dance party a bunch. Thats clubbing too.
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by designatedforassignment on Sep 10, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
well, it ain't The Mamas and the Papas either
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I love you, Ed.
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Ive me almost all of my nonwork friends at dance clubs (well popscene)
actually my DJ and I are going to the game on Monday.
Theyre all really awesome. They like to go out to shows and dance and have a good time. Theyre people from all walks of life and like me usually have to go to work the next morning.
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by designatedforassignment on Sep 10, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
That's good
I don’t hate club scene people. Just not my thing.
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
HIPSTER!
Peter Gammons ran over his puppy. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then proceeded to back over it too. Then rolled forward again (#3), rolled down the window and said, "What are you going to do about it, kid? I’m Peter F**king Gammons, b**ch." Then drove away. -d to the moas
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 10, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Not really. I don't have the nihilism of a hipster.
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by designatedforassignment on Sep 10, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
True.
Furthermore, if you’re a good boyfriend, you know whether she wants to dance without her having to say so, and you lead her out there without making her ask for it.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I think that dancing as a man is about 97% confidence projection and 3% moves.
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by designatedforassignment on Sep 10, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that's true.
It’s totally about just doing it.
I don’t think I’m a terrible dancer, I’m just not the dancing type, so it doesn’t come naturally to me. Even so, I try to make it a point to get out there and dance occasionally anyway, just because I know it’s a good habit. Not that I ever go out to clubs or anything, but like at weddings and stuff. It’s one of those things where if you are going to do it, you should just go ahead and do it, rather than being all cagey about it. And because 90% of the time I don’t dance at all, then when occasionally I do it surprises people.
Also, I love to waltz. I think that’s a totally different category, though.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
So, it looks like Bobby Cramer has been with Oakland on and off for years and years.
Played in the Rays system from 2003-2004, then disappeared from baseball (or, at least, Baseball-Reference’s minors stats) until Oakland signed him in 2007. Looks like he left MLB and played for the independent Golden Baseball League in 2008, then Oakland resigned him for 2009. Made it up from Stockton to Midland, and finally Sacramento by the end of the year, then left again to play in the Mexican League in 2010. We signed him yet again a few months ago and he’s been pitching very well in Sacramento ever since.
Beane must be bored.
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I believe he signed a 2-year contract in 2009
He played in the Mexican League this year on a loan deal. It’s all very convoluted.
That said,
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
So is this "flamboyant male" dancing or simply males dancing flamboyantly?
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this reply fail.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Cramer, what are you doing back here?
I couldn’t cut it in the Mexican League.
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige
If ever there were a season where we could add Rickey to the roster to play in a few games, this would be it.
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I would support this. Hes gotta be better than the Matts.
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by designatedforassignment on Sep 10, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
And he's still in pretty damn good shape too.
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And what are they going to do?
Take his HOF membership away?
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Though... as soon as he steals a base, the plaque is outdated.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
The plaque is already a conundrum
Rickey has already stolen more bases than Rickey has stolen. If he steals another one that the plaque doesn’t know about, that just makes it even better.
Git er done, Billy!
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Oh, I am so on board with that!
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Who's going to the game tonight?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Whoa be the Mets
injuryexpert
Torn capsule for Santana. This is significant and much, much worse that last year’s bone chips in elbows.
15 minutes ago
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Whoa.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Here's Joey from Blossom, ladies and gentlemen
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
He's been weirdly off his game since going to NY.
Of course, Santana off his game means he’s now a very good pitcher instead of an ace, but you’d expect him to improve when going to the NL, not the other way around.
Season ending shoulder surgery
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Don't forget
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Oh geez.
Pablo Sandoval’s mom was one of the evacuees last night in San Bruno.
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/09/10/pablo-sandovals-mother-evacuated-safely-after-san-bruno-explosi/
I didn't know he had a brother who played, too
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea. Little Panda.
Saw him at an SJ Giants – Ports game earlier this year.
by LoneStranger on Sep 10, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
They really need to get on a Panda Express ad campaign or something.
Oh the irony.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUIINRQJxeo
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
actually, this one. my bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx7sC7qsny8
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Oooh do you ever watch the Panda Cam?
oblique turned me on to it. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Is that like the Owl Cam?
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by cuppingmaster on Sep 10, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
More on Bobby Cramer
from Scout
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
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