AN Hottie Poll #5 - now with middle names!
by iglew on Jan 17, 2011 7:04 PM PST
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PrintThere is a very important question that needs to be answered in this off-season: Now that Travis and Chavvy are gone, who is AN's favorite hottie on the team? We must research this.
To find the answer, we're running this set of polls. Vote for the player you think is most good-looking. Or if your favorite is not listed, vote "write-in" and name him in the comments. Anyone on the A's 40-man roster is eligible. All AN members are welcome to vote, regardless of gender or sexual preference. Straight guys, it's OK to judge how good-looking men are, so don't be shy. Go ahead and vote. It won't make you gay, I promise.
Soap opera star Conor Jackson wins the #4 spot. Who gets your vote for #5?
By popular demand (well, no, not really) the post now shows middle names -- or first names in the case of someone like James Richard Harden or Vernon Christopher Carter. Notably missing is the middle name of #1 hottie Giovany A Gonzalez. I can't find any record of what the A stands for. Searches suggest that Gio is listed in Florida birth records, and several resources will give me access to those in exchange for my credit card number, but that's not a trade I care to make. Perhaps someone can ask Gio in person at spring training this year.
No new candidates on the list this round, largely because I've been busy and haven't found time to scare up pictures, but also because there hasn't been a strong consensus for anyone to add. Cardenas, Sogard, and Carter were mentioned last time, and Rosales, Blevins and Ellis in prior rounds, but none had more than a single rec.
If there's another player you'd like to see on the list next time, write a comment saying "I nominate [so-and-so]". If the hottie you like already has a nomination comment, recommend the comment. Try to avoid nominating too promiscuously. A good rule of thumb would be to nominate if he's the guy you would vote for in this round or next. If there are still two guys currently listed whom you would pick before him, then be patient and nominate him a little later.
Feel free to share opinions or analysis of the hotness of the players. Also, any help in finding better pictures of current or future candidates will be much appreciated.
The Rankings So Far
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26% |
(Credit: Christian Petersen, Getty Images) |
#47
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27% |
(via herraysbaseball.com, uncredited) |
#15
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23% (in round 2) |
(Credit: Athletics Magazine) |
[no number]
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25% |
(via ladiesdotdotdot.wordpress.com) |
#28
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Candidates for Round #2
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(Credit: Scott Anderson, Courier-Post) |
#40
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(Credit: Getty Images) |
#10
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(via worldseriesclub.com, uncredited) |
#56
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(Credit: Matt Cohen, Southcreek Global) |
#4
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(via MLBlogs Network, uncredited) |
[no number]
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(Credit: Chris Lockard, Scout.com) |
#15
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(Credit: Tyler Bleszinski, Athletics Nation) |
#8
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(via www.baseball-ladies.com, uncredited) |
#15
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128 comments
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2 recs |
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In spite of not listing him in the poll,
I cast my write-in vote for Chris Carter.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Nomination to add Chris Carter as candidate
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
by iglew on Jan 17, 2011 7:09 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
The scandal of the week is over
voting Barton
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
It is about. damn. time
I have been waiting for one of you to acknowledge this.
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
Nomination to add Joey Devine
All flash no substance hair twirler.
by pam5981 on Jan 17, 2011 8:31 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Quite hilariously
a Google Image search for hot pictures of Joey Devine turns up both pics of me and a pic of mikev. Damn interwebs.
All flash no substance hair twirler.
And nomination to add Mark Ellis.
All flash no substance hair twirler.
by pam5981 on Jan 17, 2011 8:33 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Nomination for eric sogard
Yeah I keep the stickers on my A's hat and don't bend the bill. So what, big whoop, wanna fight about it?
by MudkipzGetHYPHY on Jan 17, 2011 9:54 PM PST via mobile reply actions
It may surprise some, but the Venn diagram shows
that there is indeed a small overlap between ugly and hawt.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Landon needs some votes
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
dang
I guess I still haven’t figured out how to post pics
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
by MissOakland on Jan 18, 2011 12:50 AM PST up reply actions
Two problems.
1. When you click the picture button and it says “enter the URL”, the box already has “http://” entered for you. If the URL you are pasting includes “http://”, make sure you replace the one already there. Your link failed because it had the http part duplicated. (And you would have seen that by previewing the comment.)
2. The link you used was the URL for the web page with the picture. You can use that URL as a link to the page (as I’ve done here), but if you want the image itself to appear, you need the URL for the image. Depending on your browser, you can probably get that by right-clicking on the image and picking the option that says something like “copy image address”.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
What ever happened to copy and paste?
Thanks, iglew
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
I apparently keep backing the wrong candidates.
I vote Harden, Gonzalez wins. I switch to Breslow, Sweeney wins. I switch to Barton, Breslow’s leading. STUPID BAY AREA POLITICS.
LIVE EST
Tape-delayed for the West Coast
It's actually been quite consistent vote to vote
Poll #1: Gio, Harden (31 votes), Sweeney (30 votes), Conor, Willingham/write-in
Poll # 2: Sweeney, Harden, Conor, Breslow, everyone else
Poll # 3: Conor, Breslow, everyone else
And this poll so far is Breslow in front with 9 votes and everyone else in a virtual tie with 4 or 5 votes.
So the next vote should be a hotly contested battle. And yes, pun intended.
"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 Jan 18, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Kurt Kiyoshi Suzuki
You get yourself a Hottie award, young man!
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Jan 18, 2011 8:34 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Blevins
because he’s attainible.
"Smells like burning hair and week-old Arby’s." - the stench of Steve Finley
Brains
with an S. Brains are hot.
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon
by cuppingmaster on Jan 18, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
well, Landon Powell is not hot
might make a nice husband and dad, but not hot
but I agree with the assertion to which I respond – Baily much hotter than Breslow
I'm not seeing the Breslow hotness at all.
When I was looking for pictures of him, I felt bad because I thought he looked so terribly un-hot in all of them. I used the one I used only because at least he looked smart in that one, but he still doesn’t look at all hot to me.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I believe you.
Some people just don’t photograph well. And others are vice versa.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I wish DeJesus's middle name was Christian instead of Christopher
"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 Jan 18, 2011 10:44 AM PST reply actions
That would be too perfect
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
While I'm waiting for checks to be signed...
susanslusser For those of you who have asked often about uniform numbers: Harden will be No. 18, Willingham 16, DeJesus 12, Balfour 50. #Athletics
http://twitter.com/susanslusser/status/27456839025168384
All flash no substance hair twirler.
Huh.
So Harden is taking a new number for him (his usual 40 is Bailey’s). Willingham is staying the same. DeJesus is taking 12, which is new for him (his usual 9 is retired, Reggie). Balfour’s staying the same, and he’s taking Jake Fox and Ross Wolf’s old number.
With that history, Balfour should maybe consider taking a new number.
Rich’s 18 was last worn by Gross, Cabrera, and Rob Bowen. Hmm. It’s going to be weird seeing him with a different number.
by whiteshoes40 on Jan 18, 2011 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder if Sweeney
is taking 21 back
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
Nope.
susanslusser
Yes, as many of you have asked, Ryan Sweeney is now going back to No. 15. #Athletics
I had forgotten why he switched to 21 in the first place… was it really just this season that Ben Sheets was on the A’s? Huh.
by whiteshoes40 on Jan 18, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I meant that he was #15
and yes it was Sheets taking the number
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
Great, now he's going to have to labrum surgery midseason.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on Jan 18, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Did Sheets give him something for taking his number last year?
Does he have to give it back now?
All flash no substance hair twirler.
I'd love to know
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
Don't some guys
fund vacations for a number? I need to find some stories
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
Tried. Failed.
Someone with better google skills needs to do this lol
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
Well..
“I know people,” Sheets said with a big smile. He didn’t even have to talk to Sweeney before the outfielder handed it over, but Sheets said he still owes something to his new teammate for the number.
From Jane Lee’s blog..doesn’t answer much
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
I don't have a twitter
So I think you should :) Or maybe SuSlu
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
This is amazing what kind of stuff guys can get
In 1989, Oakland’s Rickey Henderson got No. 24 from Ron Hassey by substituting for him at an autograph session
Jeff Feagles, the punter for the Giants, wore No. 10 until he sold it to the rookie quarterback Eli Manning last spring for a one-week vacation in Florida. Then Feagles switched to No. 17, which he sold this off-season to receiver Plaxico Burress for a new outdoor kitchen at his home in Phoenix.
So when Glavine signed with the Mets two years ago and Joe McEwing handed over No. 47, Glavine and his wife financed a baby nursery in McEwing’s home.
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
Forgot to preview
So ignore the strikes
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
BUT WHAT ABOUT GIO'S MIDDLE NAME, SUSAN??
(Seriously, thanks for the uniform numbers. I’ll put them in next round.)
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I want Susan to vote in the Hottie poll.
All flash no substance hair twirler.
by pam5981 on Jan 18, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I second this
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
How could his middle name be "Susan", when his initial is "A"
Fan: "Yeah, whatever. You’re wrong." Stat guy: "No, you’re wrong." Fan: "Cool. Pass me a beer." Stat guy: "Here you go." Sigh, if only it was this easy.
ISWYDT
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
Seeing Harden with #18 is just going to be weird.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
hmmm, it looks llike i missed a few rounds
there are so many nice specimens to choose from on that list.
I have to choose between Kurt and Breslow?!
Noooooooooooo.
My ovaries are sad. :(
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
BAILEY, damnit!!
What is wrong with you people! Yes, I’m lobbying.
All flash no substance hair twirler.
your shameless display is making MY ovaries sad.
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot"
Hey, I love me some Bailey
I mean, I’d cuddle with that man like nobody’s business (he looks like a cuddler). But Breslow and Zook just ignite that ~fire*~* inside of me. A girl’s gotta do who— er, what a girl’s gotta do, after all.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
Also:
Found this from the Slusser.:
Giovany Aramis Gonzalez was so named because his mom wanted something that sounded special and unusual. As a freshman and sophomore, he led Hialeah High School to two state titles, and then he transferred to Monsignor Pace High School as a senior and went 6-0 with a 1.37 ERA and 87 strikeouts.
http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-08-12/sports/17120940_1_youth-baseball-rocks-curveball/2
All flash no substance hair twirler.
Aramis, by the way,
is the name of one of the original Three Musketeers.
Gio is so very very cool.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
This is a cute(r) though blurryish pic of Rich:
Smirk in effect
All flash no substance hair twirler.
Not my type but guys playing guitars are hot
Pic too small for voting purposes of course.
All flash no substance hair twirler.
ooh, very nice.
I’ll use that next round.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Preppy pic of Breslow and Bailey - should be cropped for poll purposes
All flash no substance hair twirler.
Bobby Valentine *really* does not belong in this thread.
by whiteshoes40 on Jan 19, 2011 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
I don't do cropping.
If someone wants one of those pictures, you’ll have to do the cropping for me. Looks like Craig might be winning this round anyway.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
No, it's just extra work.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Oooh
that’s a good one
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
Thanks for all the pictures, Pam.
If anyone wants to go looking for good pictures of Devine and/or Ellis, that will increase their chances of being added as candidates next round.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I'm trying to find that Mark Ellis wallpaper image from a couple years ago...the 100% baseball one.
That was pretty nice. Good pics of Devine don’t seem to exist.
All flash no substance hair twirler.
Is this him?
Come from this page, but it’s not well labeled and I don’t know what the guy looks like.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Shoooooes! Poppy!!!
I know one of you has that Mark Ellis wallpaper in your trove of hot baseball player pics.
All flash no substance hair twirler.
This one?
(It’s the only Ellis wallpaper I have.)
by whiteshoes40 on Jan 19, 2011 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
Ack!
no. He was in the locker room, or something…kinda half dressed. I think it was “Focus is 100% Baseball.” Hmmmmmmm.
All flash no substance hair twirler.
Lol. Sorry.
I do like that one, but it’s not the most attractive pic of him.
by whiteshoes40 on Jan 20, 2011 8:04 AM PST up reply actions
Oh the "Ack!" wasn't for unattractiveness!
Just because I thought if anyone had it, it would be you. You should save the one I posted below, it’s full size.
All flash no substance hair twirler.
(I have the Chavvy one, too. But you know...not an A anymore. Sob!)
All flash no substance hair twirler.
Good work Pam
I lof all the new pictures
"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10
hell hath no fury like a Cowboys fan scorned. -Leopold Bloom
Sigh.
For iglew, the anti-cropper:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/pam5981/dehotness-crop-1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/pam5981/breslow-crop-2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/pam5981/breslow-crop-1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/pam5981/breslow-and-bailey-crop.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/pam5981/bailey-crop-2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/pam5981/bailey-crop-1.jpg
All flash no substance hair twirler.
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