11/17 Late Link Dump!

by gotgreen on Nov 17, 2005 1:19 PM PST

Didn't see a link dump for today so I will start my first one!

As always, please don't forget to vote for the King!

Congrats to Huston and DJ for being chosen to be part of the 47th Annual Topps Major League Rookie All-Star team!

Street and Johnson were both unanimous selections in the voting done by big-league managers, making the A's one of two teams with a pair of across-the-board winners.

2004 NL ROY Jason Bay has agreed to a 4-year extension with the Pirates.

Nine teams are reportedly interested in AJ Burnett including the Nationals, Blue Jays and Tigers. Rumor has it that two teams have offered Burnett multi-year deals including Toronto's 5-year, $50M offer (go to oaktoon's diary for a discussion on whether Zito would have a similiar deal or not in this market).

The Blue Jays' are also interested in Erubiel Durazo.

"We've talked to his agent and we'll be talking later on," Ricciardi said yesterday of his interest in Durazo. "We're keeping an eye on him. We've always liked him."

Scott Eyre has told the Giants he wants to pitch closer to his Florida home and has narrowed his choices down to the Cubs, Astros, Braves and Cardinals.

update: Eyre signed with the Cubs!

Non-baseball related link: For those of you brave the early morning, crazy lines and even crazier people to go shopping on Black Friday (aka the day after Thanksgiving), go to this website for info on store sales.

137 days left until opening day!

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better safe than sorry

I'm pretty sure it's finally Nov 17th or later, everywhere in the world. Don't want to fire it off too early. :)

by Apricot on Nov 17, 2005 1:39 PM PST reply actions

according

to rumor central on ESPN (referenced from the Newark Star-Ledger), A's are one of four teams (Yanks, BoSox, and Mets) that have expressed interest in lefty specialist Mike Meyers. Beane not having faith in Flores?

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Nov 17, 2005 1:42 PM PST reply actions

no competition

I'm sure we'll outbid them all!

by Larry E on Nov 17, 2005 7:04 PM PST up reply actions

137 days?

that seems like a really long time... :\

Bill King "was a genius. Off the charts. The rest of us are just pretenders." ~ Ken Korach

by Poppy on Nov 17, 2005 1:48 PM PST reply actions

WooHoo!!

The DLD! I was wondering where it was!

Something fun and random for those of you who simply need a laugh. Not Baseball related. But it is funny! It is dark, and pretty adult, but definately funny stuff!

Something that is Baseball related. I tried to come up with something cleaver to say about Pirates staying with Bay, but I am just not very witty today! Oh well.

Another thing to vote on! This Year in Baseball Awards. We have several included, so go vote! You can vote as often as you like.

And one more completely random site. A website devoted to TV Shows that can now be seen on DVD!!

I know it is random, but hey, it's the off season!

"If I'm not having fun, then I am not playing well" ~Bobby Crosby

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Nov 17, 2005 1:50 PM PST reply actions

I'm obsessed with TV shows on DVD

I watched the entire first season of Rescue Me last night instead of sleeping. I'm running on Red Bull and hot chocolate. :)

by Jennifer on Nov 17, 2005 2:26 PM PST up reply actions

speaking of TV shows

I just finished watching Episode 6 of lost, and am awaiting download of episode 7. What an episode man. Didn't see the ending coming. Is Season 2 really gonna be 12 episodes long only? I read that somewhere. So far, there are 2 possibilities who are fall under the "lost survivor who will be lost forever" (as the narrator put it) category. Somehow i don't think it will be either, that would be too predictable. Then again, they might anticipate people like me sayings that's too predictable and do the predictable (which is therefore surprising to me).

I hate when i talk myself into circles.....

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Nov 17, 2005 2:33 PM PST up reply actions

episode 7

was GOOOOOOOD. but i won't talk about it until you watch it. =)

"you know it's way cooler to be an A's fan" - billy beane to larry krueger

by gotgreen on Nov 17, 2005 2:38 PM PST up reply actions

I don't know the exact number

of shows in Season 2, but I know it isn't 12. There are normally 22-26 shows per season.

I think you're just one show behind us now. Who do you think dies? We already know the answer. :) Ep. 7 (last night's) deals with the people on the other side of the island. I heart Mr. Eko.

by Jennifer on Nov 17, 2005 2:41 PM PST up reply actions

i love me some mr. eko too! =)

"you know it's way cooler to be an A's fan" - billy beane to larry krueger

by gotgreen on Nov 17, 2005 2:46 PM PST up reply actions

i can see what you are implying

I would think Mr.Eko is a life saving type/great fighter type/just overall tite character type. the few times they have shown him like hitting people it sounds so much louder. GOD I'M IN AGONY. I COULD JUST GO TO WIKIPEDIA RIGHT NOW AND READ WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I'M TESTING MY WILL POWER!!!!!

P.S. I think Wikipedia is where i read 12 episodes. Anyways, it's getting late here. Good night.

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Nov 17, 2005 2:55 PM PST up reply actions

Good decision!

Both Red Bull and Hot Chocolate threw out fewer baserunners this year than Kendall did!

I am suddenly very glad I have a season pass on my TiVo for Oprah. - BobbyCrosbysGirl

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2005 2:41 PM PST up reply actions

Not by much!

by RunRickeyRun on Nov 17, 2005 4:26 PM PST up reply actions

Best way to do it

Mrs Monkeyball and I don't have cable -- so we watch all of our shows in bulimic bursts on DVD.

And Rescue Me rawks.

I am suddenly very glad I have a season pass on my TiVo for Oprah. - BobbyCrosbysGirl

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2005 2:47 PM PST up reply actions

salb918 and fiancee

have been working on season one of "Six Feet Under" all week.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2005 2:48 PM PST up reply actions

the problem with dramas

i lost interest in six feet under halfway through season two.

television dramas either go nowhere because they want to go on forever or have ridiculous plot twists attempting to keep people interested.

i hope lost doesn't end up the same as all the others but i'm sure it will.

end of season two of lost, predicted by my friend: due to some scuffle (fat dude involved), the clock counts down to zero as the show ends. stay tuned for season three.

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

by xbhaskarx on Nov 17, 2005 3:12 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah

I was remarking earlier this year that Lost was reminding me of Twin Peaks - about one really great season worth of episodes where they develop an interesting group of characters along with a fairly intricate plot revolving around a single problem (Who killed Laura Palmer/How to get off the island), followed by a need to drag things out by introducing unrealistic plot twists and new extraneous characters. I like Lost, but fear it's going to turn into a bad parody of itself fairly soon.

"They're like sheep...Baaaaaah" - Bill King

by andeux on Nov 17, 2005 3:38 PM PST up reply actions

stick with 6 feet under

season 4 is really good.

by rockit on Nov 17, 2005 4:27 PM PST up reply actions

Ohhh!! I have that!

I haven't gotten around to cracking it open though. Season 2 was so heavy, I just didn't want to watch Season 1 while Season 2 was on. But I am getting the point, now that the season is over, where I need a Rescue Me fix!

I just bough Friends Season 10 on Tuesday! I am very much looking forward to Saturday, a full day of friends, Friends and Scrapbooking! Now THAT is a good time!

"If I'm not having fun, then I am not playing well" ~Bobby Crosby

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Nov 17, 2005 3:12 PM PST up reply actions

Friends and scrapbooking

you and my wife would get along well. She's begging me to get her the Full House dvds, and ER too.

death to myspace!

by malikot on Nov 19, 2005 10:03 AM PST up reply actions

ah yeah

The famous Foamy. Amusing stuff.

by Apricot on Nov 17, 2005 5:01 PM PST up reply actions

Speaking of Durazo, He and Dotel are both Type

A Free AGents, so if the A's offer Arbitrration, and they sign elsewhere they will get 2 picks for each. Although the arby part is probably not happening.

Wilson Alvarez (LAD), Brad Ausmus (Hou), A.J. Burnett (Fla), Jeromy Burnitz (ChC), Royce Clayton (Ari), Roger Clemens (Hou), Jeff Conine (Fla), Johnny Damon (Bos), Octavio Dotel (Oak), Erubiel Durazo (Oak), Scott Eyre (SF), Kyle Farnsworth (Atl), Rafael Furcal (Atl), Brian Giles (SD), Tom Gordon (NYY), Mark Grudzielanek (StL), Ramon Hernandez (SD), Trevor Hoffman (SD), Bob Howry (Cle), Todd Jones (Fla), Paul Konerko (CWS), Matt Lawton (NYY), Braden Looper (NYM), Kevin Millar (Bos), Bengie Molina (LAA), Matt Morris (StL), Bill Mueller (Bos), Mike Piazza (NYM), Joe Randa (SD), Al Reyes (StL), Kenny Rogers (Tex), B.J. Ryan (Bal), Rudy Seanez (SD), Julian Tavarez (StL), Ugueth Urbina (Phi), Billy Wagner (Phi), Larry Walker (StL), Jeff Weaver (LAD), Rondell White (Det), Bob Wickman (Cle), Tim Worrell (Ari).

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/columnists/askba.html

by theblackpearl on Nov 17, 2005 1:54 PM PST reply actions

Arbitration

I think offering arbitration is a good idea for both of these guys. If they sign elsewhere we get extra picks, if they accept then we had 2 decent-good players for next year.

If they accept arbitration, I wouldn't expect them to get much of a raise since both were hurt for most of the season and before they were hurt neither one was playing particularly well. At most they get the same salary as last year with a decent possibly of a decrease in salary.

I'm not a big fan of either Dotel or Durazo, but since we know they are Type-A's and there are teams interested in trading for them, I think it's a win-win situation.

"This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Lets's not bicker and argue about who killed who.... "

by JLeverenz on Nov 17, 2005 2:07 PM PST up reply actions

Ugh...Always Preview before you Post

That should be "...then we have 2 decent-good...", and "...a decent possibility of a decrease..."

"This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Lets's not bicker and argue about who killed who.... "

by JLeverenz on Nov 17, 2005 2:11 PM PST up reply actions

the problem with arbi

is that if they accept, they cannot take more than a 10% pay cut (i believe). Since they each made 4.7 mil in 2005, that's about 8.5 million we'd have to pay them if they agree, and we win arbitration. that;s a lot of money on two players coming back from major surgeries. it's a risk i don't think we can take, or should. if we have that kind of money laying around, it should go toward something more useful and reliable, like a DH.

Go A's -- Nebraska

by Ryan Armbrust on Nov 18, 2005 12:52 AM PST up reply actions

what happend to...

Ted Lilly. I thought he was a FA this year, I dont see his name anywhere as a type A or B FA. Any ideas?

Bill Stoneman is about to be offered three seasons of a right-handed version of Vladimir Guerrero - Rev Halofan

by pickinmachine on Nov 17, 2005 2:13 PM PST up reply actions

He's

Entering hid third year of arbitration.

"May our feet be swift. May our bats be mighty. And may our balls be...plentiful."

by nothinlikethetown on Nov 17, 2005 5:55 PM PST up reply actions

Exremely important news

I don't know how many of you have been following AFDB news, but it's a subject near and dear to my heart. I suspect many ANers will find it interesting as well, if they educate themselves on the subject.

I know we're not supposed to get political, but it's important for all citizens to know this information, liberal or conservative.

A recent study at MIT has called into question the effectiveness of AFDBs, including the Centurion (which is the model I suggest). However, the world leader in AFDBs has fired off a criticism of the MIT study, calling it "unbiased" and "highly suspect."

I hope you guys take the time to learn about AFDBs, which will probably be a hot-button issue i the 2008 elections.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2005 2:09 PM PST reply actions

i'm very interested

though not very knowledgable about it.

Can you give me the background behind the idea that satellites are "controlling peoples minds" or something? I didn't really catch the jist of it all.

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Nov 17, 2005 2:27 PM PST up reply actions

Primitive technology

Really, the only thoroughgoing protection comes from an Orgone Box.

I am suddenly very glad I have a season pass on my TiVo for Oprah. - BobbyCrosbysGirl

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2005 2:31 PM PST up reply actions

Or a box of oreos.

"Put a Milo on him." -Billy Beane

by kaweahkaweah on Nov 17, 2005 2:35 PM PST up reply actions

or my slacks in stereo

I am suddenly very glad I have a season pass on my TiVo for Oprah. - BobbyCrosbysGirl

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2005 2:36 PM PST up reply actions

or a bowl of Cheerios

"Put a Milo on him." -Billy Beane

by kaweahkaweah on Nov 17, 2005 2:58 PM PST up reply actions

or my sole meuniere

I am suddenly very glad I have a season pass on my TiVo for Oprah. - BobbyCrosbysGirl

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2005 3:04 PM PST up reply actions

meuniere?

Why do you always have to bring your feces into everything?

"They're like sheep...Baaaaaah" - Bill King

by andeux on Nov 17, 2005 3:05 PM PST up reply actions

i was referring to ...

... one of the two current journalistic betes noirs: meuniere et salle en bois

I am suddenly very glad I have a season pass on my TiVo for Oprah. - BobbyCrosbysGirl

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2005 3:12 PM PST up reply actions

An AFDB is made of a semimetal

so it functions as a type of mini-orgone box. What, do you suggest that we confine ourselves in those awful coffins that Dr. Reich produced? Please. The modern-day paranoid needs portable protection from coherent psychotronic beams and psychotronic fields.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2005 2:39 PM PST up reply actions

Ah, you don't understand ...

... by concentrating Orgone energy, the Orgone Box enables the user to develop a potent, portable, non-technology-dependent psychic shield/weapon against psychotronic and psychotropic rays.

I am suddenly very glad I have a season pass on my TiVo for Oprah. - BobbyCrosbysGirl

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2005 2:45 PM PST up reply actions

Come on

Would we rather discuss this or who the A's can acquire to sock a few dingers?

(Has it really taken this long for someone to post a Simpson's reference here?)

"They're like sheep...Baaaaaah" - Bill King

by andeux on Nov 17, 2005 3:04 PM PST up reply actions

Wow

Nice. You're right, it's pretty amazing that no one mentioned it yet.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2005 3:09 PM PST up reply actions

You need more than the helmet

You need this RF Shielding Cape too!

"You can throw your cocks if I don't care!" - Iggy Pop

by AlamedaAphid on Nov 17, 2005 5:21 PM PST up reply actions

Although grounding helps

Gotta get that copper rod down to the water table, though...

"You can throw your cocks if I don't care!" - Iggy Pop

by AlamedaAphid on Nov 17, 2005 5:24 PM PST up reply actions

Paging Jennifer

I think we need a few of these whipped up -- in green and gold, please.

I am suddenly very glad I have a season pass on my TiVo for Oprah. - BobbyCrosbysGirl

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2005 5:45 PM PST up reply actions

What the hell is that?!?!

It calls for heavy fabric, whatever it is. I have green and gold canvas! I'm sure that will work.

by Jennifer on Nov 17, 2005 6:13 PM PST up reply actions

OMG.

Harry. Potter. Eight hours. Thirty-six minutes.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Some... guys look a little fat (in tight pants), but most baseball guys have nice butts. -Anna Benson

by GreenNGoldGirl on Nov 17, 2005 4:27 PM PST reply actions

Parry just said the same thing

not 3 min ago, are you two talking on tin cans and string again!

while I'm GM, I'd get the black uniform tops back into the mix, make high socks mandatory and add a beer tap in the press box-Mychael Urban

by jb on Nov 17, 2005 4:30 PM PST up reply actions

Now that's what I call a freaky coincidence.

I mean, I do have ESPN and all, but that's just uncanny.

;)

Tell her I say hi!! Wait... I'll just text her. :P

P.S. 7 hours and 18 minutes...

Some... guys look a little fat (in tight pants), but most baseball guys have nice butts. -Anna Benson

by GreenNGoldGirl on Nov 17, 2005 4:45 PM PST up reply actions

PS

Parry=RBVchick (on moneybutt)

LOL! You- ESPN -never!

I will send e-mail with the latest developments...

teaser:Huston, Spring training, tight pants ...

while I'm GM, I'd get the black uniform tops back into the mix, make high socks mandatory and add a beer tap in the press box-Mychael Urban

by jb on Nov 17, 2005 4:53 PM PST up reply actions

oh yeah, Harry Potter!

...I...erm...forgot? I am ashamed. Hey. I have homework. :D It's SNOWING. Hard. I'll probably end up not seeing HP on the first day. Now THAT's what i call tragic.

Carpe Dium---Seize the Day

by Squeaky on Nov 17, 2005 4:33 PM PST up reply actions

YOU FORGOT??????????????????

What?!?!?!?!?! That's preposterous!!!!! I've been writing "HARRY POTTER IN _ DAYS AND _ HOURS AND _ MINUTES!!!!!" in all of my classes' whiteboards/chalkboards all week. So no one is forgetting here.

And it's snowing? The snow wouldn't prevent me from watching it. I'd plod through the blizzard to the nearest movie theater and camp out if I had to. I'd live there and watch Harry Potter over and over a hundred times.

Then I'd go home.

OK, I'm exaggerating about the living there part. About the hundred times.... hey, anything is possible. ;)

There's now 7 hours and 20 minutes left! YAY!

Some... guys look a little fat (in tight pants), but most baseball guys have nice butts. -Anna Benson

by GreenNGoldGirl on Nov 17, 2005 4:44 PM PST up reply actions

wait. Are you watching the midnight show?

If I tried to do that my car would slip and slide off the road that's now covered in ice. :D and I'm terribly sorry I forgot!!! I really am!! I've just...been....busy?

Carpe Dium---Seize the Day

by Squeaky on Nov 17, 2005 4:59 PM PST up reply actions

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What... with my Harry Potter fetish you think I won't be there with my Harry Potter costume, awaiting anxiously for the movie to begin?

P.S. I don't have a Potter costume.

Some... guys look a little fat (in tight pants), but most baseball guys have nice butts. -Anna Benson

by GreenNGoldGirl on Nov 17, 2005 5:11 PM PST up reply actions

costumes

i know people who actually ARE wearing costumes....i am going to see the movies with my other friends kuz i dont wanna be seen with them, they also wore jedi outfits to star wars.....

"Baseball is like church, many attend, few understand" - Leo Durocher

by gWiLiKeRzZz on Nov 17, 2005 6:04 PM PST up reply actions

I would wear a costume if I had one!!!!

And I've never seen Star Wars, but I have friends who wore Jedi costumes. I wore a costume to the "Finding Neverland" opening day and I'm wearing one for "POTC 2".

I'm a loser, I know. :)

Some... guys look a little fat (in tight pants), but most baseball guys have nice butts. -Anna Benson

by GreenNGoldGirl on Nov 17, 2005 8:54 PM PST up reply actions

2 hours, 53 minutes....

I've got my tickets for downtown berkeley....anyone else?

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Nov 17, 2005 9:10 PM PST up reply actions

i dont know if thats been posted yet

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051117&content_id=1269501&vkey=news_mlb &fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Dan Johnson made the all rookie team as the 1B over rookie of the year Ryan Howard. I love Dan but i dont think the voters got this one right. Futher more he was an unanimous vote thats crazy, of course Street made the team and was an unanimous vote. Wat to go rooks.

by zaniac75 on Nov 17, 2005 5:09 PM PST reply actions

Dotel in demand

Dotel has supposedly been contacted by the Indians, Cardinals, and Mets. So much for us bringing him back on the cheap. On the flip side, this means he might net us a couple picks.

from http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

Dotel was ranked 31st on the RotoAuthority Top 50 Free Agents list, and Boston was picked as his likely destination. Now comes word of three other teams interested in Dotel's services, courtesy of an unusual source. My source's barber (in New York) is apparently friends with Dotel, as they knew each other back in the Dominican Republic. The barber informed my source that Dotel has been contacted by the Cardinals, Mets, and Indians. The best part, straight from my source:

"He also told me that Octavio is working on a record, not a record for saves or strikeouts or anything, a merengue record. He is supposedly a great singer. Seriously."

There you have it. It might sound a little far-fetched, but have fun with it. My honest opinion is that this report is accurate and truthful. St. Louis seems the most likely choice, as the club has shown great patience and has been rewarded with rehab projects like Chris Carpenter.

"May our feet be swift. May our bats be mighty. And may our balls be...plentiful."

by nothinlikethetown on Nov 17, 2005 6:09 PM PST reply actions

"My source's barber"

lol

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

by xbhaskarx on Nov 17, 2005 6:22 PM PST up reply actions

Eyre signs with Cubs

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051117&content_id=1269750&vkey=hotstove 2005&fext=.jsp

The Chicago Cubs added a lefty to the bullpen mix on Thursday, signing free agent Scott Eyre to a two-year contract with a player option for a third year.
Eyre, 33, was 2-2 with a 2.63 ERA in a career-high 86 games with the San Francisco Giants, striking out 65 over 68 1/3 innings. Left-handers hit .182 against him last season, while right-handers didn't fare much better, batting .213. He did better on the road, posting a 1.30 ERA away from home compared to 4.01 ERA in San Francisco.

"May our feet be swift. May our bats be mighty. And may our balls be...plentiful."

by nothinlikethetown on Nov 17, 2005 6:57 PM PST reply actions

Random...

I'm writing a paper about the development of sports journalism for my journalism class, and AN's getting a mention just for the heck of it. ;) Funny how I'm focusing on journalism in baseball more than anything else, eh?

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." -Earl Wilson

by whiteshoes40 on Nov 17, 2005 10:22 PM PST reply actions