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8/1 DLD: i NEED the daily link dump!

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It's an addiction, I tell ya. My day just does not start off right without the Daily Link Dump!

Happy first of the month, AN! And what a happy day it is! Last night ..

  • The A's came back from behind to beat the Halos!
  • Danny Haren pitched a gem!

  • Milton Bradley had a huge hit again! (I LOVE him in the #3 hole!)

  • Jay Payton hit ANOTHER homerun that gave us the lead in a game!

  • The A's are now leading the AL West by 1.5 games!

More on last night's win:

Two homers back strong effort by Haren
A's get victory but no trades
A's stand pat, then smack down Angels
A's get win after they stay put

Trading Deadline

The trading deadline has come and gone and it was uneventful for the A's for the first time in the Billy Beane era! Some fans are thrilled Zito is still here while some fans are bummed out we didn't trade Z for some nice, young talent. I, along with Z's teammates, are happy he's still around!

"I like our team," Payton said. "If everybody plays the as well as they're capable of playing, there's no reason we can't stick around until the end. We needed Barry. Everybody knew that."

Notes: A's happy Zito still in green, gold
Same old A's get it done: Zito stays, and Payton dazzles
Business as usual for Zito

Injury Updates

Bobby Crosby: took a few swings in batting practice and felt some soreness in his lower back; he has a strained sacroiliac joint and received a cortisone shot for it last week. (source)

Joe Kennedy: will throw a simulated game today, and he could go on a rehab assignment in the next day or two. (source)

Rich Harden: didn't make the trip to Anaheim, where he could have revisited with Dr. Lewis Yocum, and A's trainer Larry Davis said, "there's nothing new." (source)

Tonight's Game

vs.

Joe Cupcakes vs. Joe Saunders

Scouting Report:

In his last start, Blanton won his third straight game as he held the Blue Jays to two runs over seven innings. Blanton's last three wins have come against Detroit, Toronto and Boston. The right-hander is 0-4 lifetime against the Angels with a 3.59 ERA, but Blanton has thrown two complete games against them.

Saunders will be called upon to take Bartolo Colon's spot in the rotation until the 2005 American League Cy Young Award winner recovers from his bout with right tricep tendinitis. Tuesday's start against the A's is the second of the season for Saunders and the fourth of his career. The left-hander allowed one earned run in seven innings on July 18 against the Indians to pick up his first Major League victory.

LET'S GO OAK-LAND!!!

P.S. Komine's next start will be next Tuesday vs. the Rangers at home!

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WOO HOO - LINK DUMPAGE!!!!
"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 1, 2006 10:27 AM PDT   0 recs

It's about friggen time!
"the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones." -ohad

by ArakSOT on Aug 1, 2006 10:28 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm flattered
Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 1, 2006 10:30 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Phew
I was just starting one. Luckily I saw this before I got too deep into mine.

My one unique dump:

You too can smell like Derek Jeter!

Stephen Colbert: "Kids who look up to athletes become athletes themselves."
The Word: Or bitter sports journalists.

by JLaff on Aug 1, 2006 10:29 AM PDT   0 recs

Oh Good Lord.
"Frank Thomas=misunderstood he-man" ~geogrman

by tankerraid on Aug 1, 2006 10:36 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I prefer "Chacin"
and their promo campaign "Are you a Chacin man?"

But this does sound nice:

The fragrance, a Fresh Fougere, is a blend of chilled grapefruit, clean oak moss and spice

I love a mossy man.

Why the new fragrance, Derek?

"On every level, it just felt right."
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 1, 2006 10:36 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That stinks.
(get it?)
Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 1, 2006 10:40 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Perfect!
As soon as they come out with the vacuum cleaner attachment and velcro strap-on mold for his Vanilla Ice flattop haircut, my makeover will be complete!
"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 10:41 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

you can actually
still buy a flowbee if you go to the As Seen On TV Store.  Those things still retail for $70!
death to myspace!

by malikot on Aug 1, 2006 10:48 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Some of Hollywood's biggest stars
have been known to use a flowbie, as well.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Aug 1, 2006 11:03 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oops - what's this link?
I just clicked on it and the site is blocked by my employer.  Am I going to get a visit from the computer police?

by boilerdan on Aug 1, 2006 11:20 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Computer police
Look behind you.
"YA-freaking-WHOOOOO!" ~ alaska A

by eamb on Aug 1, 2006 11:25 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Not dirty, just snarky
it's gofugyourself.typepad.com's take on Tom Cruise's MI3 presswork -- IMHO some of the funniest stuff they've posted, which is saying a lot in my book.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Aug 1, 2006 12:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

A's bullpen
http://baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/index.php?cid=80672

Apparently its awesome.

"We've never been in that position. We wouldn't know how to operate, I mean, do we get him a corsage?"-Beane on Big name free agents

by pbruins92 on Aug 1, 2006 10:30 AM PDT   0 recs

Minnesota at the top
I don't know who it was that scouted and recommended Santana and Loriano, but we need to hire that guy!
Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 1, 2006 10:33 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ah, yes
That's a nice looking WXRL, right there...
"the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones." -ohad

by ArakSOT on Aug 1, 2006 10:40 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sounds like something
you'd use when your Segway goes down.

WXRL is nice, but our muppets get a little pumped up in that dept by playing in a lot of tight games.  How's our ARP?

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 1, 2006 10:41 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Quite actually.
Very good.

http://baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/index.php?cid=81360

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 1, 2006 10:44 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I try to learn. I do.
"WXRL combines the individual adjustments for replacement level (WXR) and quality of the opposing lineup (WXL) to the basic WX calculation."

I see. Clear as mud.

"the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones." -ohad

by ArakSOT on Aug 1, 2006 11:01 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Duh.
Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 1, 2006 11:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

how's the Giants AARP?
You've got some clever folks, Blez. Mean as hell, but clever. -- Mychael Urban @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 1, 2006 11:14 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Denied.
Too old, they said.
Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 1, 2006 11:16 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Byrnes 8/1/06 on KNBR
http://www.knbr.com/morningshow/index.html

For those of us who still miss Captain America.

by Just Me on Aug 1, 2006 10:30 AM PDT   0 recs

No link..
But check your email - postseason strips go on sale today (for season ticket holders only).
Stephen Colbert: "Kids who look up to athletes become athletes themselves."
The Word: Or bitter sports journalists.

by JLaff on Aug 1, 2006 10:35 AM PDT   0 recs

Los Angeles Angels of Schadenfreude
Colon has "biceps tendinitis"...isn't that the same mysterious injury that's been sidelining Kennedy forever?
"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 10:35 AM PDT   0 recs

re
I'm so happy we're getting Kennedy back.  If he's still throwing 93, like earlier this season, he's a  big force in the pen.  We should have every 7th inning lead locked down (and plenty of 6ths).

by 31Boots on Aug 1, 2006 10:36 AM PDT   0 recs

Kennedy is dead to me after he did the whole...
"Talk to the hand" thing to face-lick girl.

And no, I'm not participating in character assasination here.

"the reason why hitting the ball on the "sweet spot" of the bat feels so good is that the ball is contacting at the bat at a vibrational node." - salb918

by McFood on Aug 1, 2006 1:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Kennedy is my hero after that
Who knows, maybe she gave Swish mono!!
There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Aug 1, 2006 2:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sorry but
Who is face-lick girl?

by Larry E on Aug 1, 2006 4:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't know her name, but...
if I have any say about it, she's my soon-to-be fiance'/bride and future ex-wife!

Ok, actually she's some hose-beast from the On The DL website. There are some pics with some A's players and her linked yesterday.

itsasecretsohush.blogspot.com

"the reason why hitting the ball on the "sweet spot" of the bat feels so good is that the ball is contacting at the bat at a vibrational node." - salb918

by McFood on Aug 1, 2006 5:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL
That pic of Cupcakes and Swish...

Nick, if that guy quits, can I have his job?

"Get up!" ~ Ray Fosse, 5/31/2006

by KendallGurl18 on Aug 1, 2006 6:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Anyone want to share the Joe Morgan chat?
"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 1, 2006 10:38 AM PDT   0 recs

chat news
Rob Neyer answered my Zito question with a resounding "No".
"We've never been in that position. We wouldn't know how to operate, I mean, do we get him a corsage?"-Beane on Big name free agents

by pbruins92 on Aug 1, 2006 10:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Neyer chat stuff:
Justin (Providence, RI): Is there any chance of Zito staying with the A's past this season?

Rob Neyer: (12:17 PM ET ) Sure. But it's more likely that a comet will destroy life as we know it on earth.

Was that your question?

by Jennifer on Aug 1, 2006 10:59 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

<builds comet bunker>
"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 11:00 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So...that's a 'no' then.
"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 1, 2006 11:04 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah
I was pretty sure he was going to say no, but at least it was a funny "no".

I have good luck geting my chat questions answered, except if its Joe. He never does. Maybe he has a long memory and didn't like that time I kept sending in "Have you read Moneyball? I hear its pretty good."

"We've never been in that position. We wouldn't know how to operate, I mean, do we get him a corsage?"-Beane on Big name free agents

by pbruins92 on Aug 1, 2006 11:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow
Only have to read the very first question and answer for vintage Joe:
Danny (Los Angeles): Joe, Whats your take on the Dodgers acquiring Maddux and Lugo? Does Maddux still have anything in the tank for the stretch run? Why get another middle infielder (Lugo) on a team loaded with them (Kent, Betemit, Furcal)? I knwo Lugo can hit, but where does he play after Jeff Kent gets healthy?

 Joe Morgan: Maddux is Maddux. He's capable of pitching well for 2 or 3 in a row and then he'll have a bad one and then he'll pitch well for 2 or 3 more. Lugo, I was surprised that he was traded to the Dodgers. He's a good player, so I guess they were just adding a good player to their roster.

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 10:44 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Also
After the Capt. Obvious statement above, Joe sez we're now the favorites to win the West:
Bob Mozitis, Philly: Who do you like to win the AL West?

Joe Morgan: I think it's up in the air. I thought the Angels in order to be the favorites needed to get another bat, but they didn't. So I still think it's going to be a toss up. The A's area probably now the favorite.


"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 10:48 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"Adding a good player to their roster."
Fascinating.  Tell me more!
Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 1, 2006 10:48 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Well
At least the "A's area" are now the favorite.
"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 10:49 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"The A's area?"
So... the Raiders or Warriors could also win the AL West?
"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 1, 2006 11:55 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Apparently.
Oakland Tech is a darkhorse, too.
"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 11:58 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That's how bad the AL West
has become: a team with Jason Richardson leading off and Mike Dunleavy hitting cleanup could actually win the division.
Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 1, 2006 12:04 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Adonal Foyle behind the plate.
If you're going to bench Kendall, may as well be for another guy who gets paid a lot for posting no stats.
"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 12:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He's good in the clubhouse.
And his intangibles are off the chart.
Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 1, 2006 12:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think he means
Fremont :-(
"Even if you know the deck is stacked in your favor, you still have to have the discipline to trust the math and the cojones to go to the ATM." BB

by green star oakland on Aug 1, 2006 12:04 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sent it to ya.
Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Aug 1, 2006 12:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

speaking of dumps
it's sh#t week on Engrish.com
death to myspace!

by malikot on Aug 1, 2006 10:46 AM PDT   0 recs

aah, our buddy arthur rhodes is at it again!
New Yankee starter Cory Lidle saying there were some Phillies who didn't expect to win ticked off former teammate and fellow pitcher Arthur Rhodes, who unloaded on Lidle to The Post yesterday.

-- New York Post

by gotgreen on Aug 1, 2006 10:54 AM PDT   0 recs

Another interesting quote from your link
Designated hitter Javy Lopez said he was hoping he would learn that he'd be shipped off to a place where he could catch full time -- or at least more than he is doing with the Orioles. When informed of Lopez's interest in being released, Orioles vice president Jim Duquette seemed surprised.
-- Baltimore Sun

It's probably not a good sign for your front office when an A's fan 3,000 miles away who just stays up on baseball through the Internet knows something about your player that you don't.

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 11:00 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Crosby's SI joint
I'm not exactly sure how you "strain" your sacroiliac joint -- it's the place in your body where your pelvic strucure connects to your spine, more or less (the ilia are the hip bones, and the sacrum is the triangular bone between your spine and your tail bone).  AFAIK, it's not really supposed to move at all, and there's tons of fibrous tissue binding the bones together, since they don't really lock into each other the way other joints do.

My left SI goes out of alignment from time to time, and I can tell you it's no fun -- all the lower back and hip muscles on that side tighten up or even spasm.  Maybe Chavez can get his accupuncturist to recommend a chiropractor or osteopath for Crosby -- he should at least have someone look at it who can realign it if it needs it (and this is something that an orthopedist is unlikely to focus on or know about, in my experience).

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Aug 1, 2006 10:58 AM PDT   0 recs

Good Question Nick
  The sacroiliac joint can "go out" meaning that it can get displaced into a non-neutral position. Not fun b/c it is a weight bearing area to some degree and will hurt with various movements. The concern I had when I heard that the staff gave Crosby a cortisone injection is that unless they treated the underlying etiology that caused his SI joint to go out, then the shot would only act as a "bandaid".
   Sacral mechanics are interesting and when a somatic dysfunction of that joint occurs, relief can be had fairly quickly depending on the case. I only hope the A's did more then just the injection.
   Orthopedic intervention (surgical) is inappropriate at this time. I'd sucggest osteopathic intervention for relief.
"I've been accused of using too many words...I suppose that's like accusing Mozart of using too many notes." Bill King

by Gerard on Aug 1, 2006 11:40 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So you're saying...
his back hurts.

Why not just send him out with Blanton and Swish and he can drink his pains away. And it would build team unity!

Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 1, 2006 11:43 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Back Pain is too simplistic
   He's a SoCal guy so he'd be more open to wheat germ and lemon grass than Jack Daniels as a cure. It is kind sad/funny when you compare the body types of Blanton vs. Crosby and wonder why Blanton or the Reuschel brothers from years past wouldn't get hurt compared to our 'specimen at SS.

   Crosby while at bat appears to put an extraordinary amount of force into his swings which takes a toll on his body. He did well in the past when he's more relaxed and goes with the pitch vs. trying to force his will on the ball.

"I've been accused of using too many words...I suppose that's like accusing Mozart of using too many notes." Bill King

by Gerard on Aug 1, 2006 11:54 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Not sure what you're talking about
re: Crosby going with the pitch. I must have missed that game.
Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 1, 2006 1:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He's done it..
..once.....I think.....last year...
"I've been accused of using too many words...I suppose that's like accusing Mozart of using too many notes." Bill King

by Gerard on Aug 1, 2006 1:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

broaklyn pointed this out in Blez's recap
The headline writers are getting really lazy:

Haren shuts down A's!

Hilarious.

"YA-freaking-WHOOOOO!" ~ alaska A

by eamb on Aug 1, 2006 11:05 AM PDT   0 recs

Huh.
I guess eliminating the "ngel" saves on typesetting, but it makes it a lot harder to distinguish the two teams.
"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 11:08 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Intersting article on market inefficiencies
Sorry if this has come up before:
http://www.armchairgm.com/mwiki/index.php?title=The_New_Economics_of_the_MLB_Trade_Market

...although the author predicted wrong:
--------------------------------------------------
The way to exploit it? Do the opposite. In this case, it means shopping Zito now, before he hits free agency, with hopes that would-be buyers overestimate the compensatory issue. The Mets, for example,in formulating an offer, think that it's not just a Zito rental. Either (a) It's Zito, and we keep our #1 draft pick or (b) It's a Zito rental, plus we get two draft picks. If the Mets overvalue those draft picks, they'll offer more than they should. Beane can reap the benefit now -- and he can't do so later.

by roark on Aug 1, 2006 11:13 AM PDT   0 recs

skipping Komine
makes no sense at all.  the guy came up and put us in position to get one of our most-important wins of the year ... he's freakin' HAWT right now ... 42 innings, < 4 runs or something in his previous five or six minor league starts ... and we're going to skip his turn in the rotation so we can keep Blanton and Loaiza on schedule?  

Doesn't surprise me at all, but it does frustrate me a little.

by rubin sierra on Aug 1, 2006 11:38 AM PDT   0 recs

Oh yes
Let's keep Loaiza on schedule because we'd hate to see him become irregular.
Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 1, 2006 11:41 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe if he mixed a little Metamucil
into his tequila...
"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Aug 1, 2006 11:44 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe if he
participated in our communal Daily Dumps...
Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 1, 2006 11:46 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How dare you
deficrate our Daily Dumpf with that fuggftion!
Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 1, 2006 11:48 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ouch
That was bad. I'm stopping now.
Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 1, 2006 11:49 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey - keeps me regular
John - Jeff - Jack
John - Jeff - Jack
John - Jeff - Jack
John - Jeff - Jack
John - Jeff - Jack
John - Jeff - Jack
"YA-freaking-WHOOOOO!" ~ alaska A

by eamb on Aug 1, 2006 11:49 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That would really get the heart racing
and his speed freak humming.
Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 1, 2006 11:47 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ONLY ONE HOUR LEFT
UNTIL THE TRADE DEADLINE!  WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!
Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 1, 2006 11:50 AM PDT   0 recs

I hate to break it to you
but we're already dead.
Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 1, 2006 11:51 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

<<<SMACK>>>
"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 1, 2006 11:59 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs