3/24-25 Weekend Link Dump - McFood Tries Again?

by Zonis on Mar 24, 2007 10:35 AM PDT

In keeping with tradition, McFood should be posting his Link Dump immidietly after this one.

Shannon Stewart is feeling much better, and believes he is the healthiest he's been in years.

This spring has been a trial period for Shannon Stewart to test his troublesome left foot, which limited him to just 44 games last season with the Minnesota Twins. He's passed with flying colors so far, which is a relief to Stewart and the A's.
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"To actually play the game -- run after fly balls, run, slide, just kind of get myself back into it, I'm pleased about that," Stewart said. "That was my whole concern. This is kind of like a rehab/get-ready-for-the-season (type of thing)."

Dan Haren also explains why he was so bad.

Opening Day starter Dan Haren said he had trouble getting loose, and it showed as he was hit hard by the Padres over five innings. Haren attributed it to the typical "dead arm" period that pitchers experience during spring. He wasn't too concerned with his results as he was working on pitching inside in preparation for the opener against Seattle. "Looking at the Seattle lineup, that's one thing I gotta be able to do is pitch in to righties."

Macha Geren has set the top of his order, and I think we can pretty much guess what the rest will be.

If the season started now, Geren said the top five in his batting order would be Jason Kendall, Shannon Stewart, Milton Bradley, Mike Piazza and Eric Chavez. No big surprises there, since he's used that sequence often in exhibitions.

That would make the projected batting order:
C1 Kendall
LF Stewart
CF Bradley
DH Piazza
3B Chavez
RF Swisher
SS Crosby
1B Johnson
2B Ellis

None to say, some people are not pleased with this. Freaks.

Meanwhile, Mike Piazza is settling into his new DH Role, and Donnie Murphy and Lou Merloni get their own fluff article! And the A's Bullpen is still good.

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I've already

served McFood with an injunction barring retaliatory dumping.

Muddy Waters invented everything.

by LawDaddy on Mar 24, 2007 10:50 AM PDT reply actions

I'm sure that it will happen again on Monday

sometime between 6:30 and 11:00

by Zonis on Mar 24, 2007 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Granted

a third failed dump would cause irreparable harm.

by mikeA on Mar 24, 2007 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions

I know AN has community rules for strikes

but what is the proper community punishment for contempt of court arising from a violation of a dump restraiing order?

Muddy Waters invented everything.

by LawDaddy on Mar 24, 2007 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions

I'd say

2 weeks of service as oaktoon's butler.

by mikeA on Mar 24, 2007 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Ahem....

These Harvard students are waiting to go to Harvard. Heh heh.

by Jennifer on Mar 24, 2007 11:50 AM PDT reply actions

"True Love Revolution"

I think they're confusing sex with "Dance Dance Revolution," which might explain the reluctance.

by mikeA on Mar 24, 2007 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm stealing that.

"I think they're confusing sex with "Dance Dance Revolution," which might explain the reluctance."-mikeA

by Jennifer on Mar 24, 2007 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions

I was just starting to be sympathetic

to the virgins suffering derision from their fellow students. And then I read this:

"They say Harvard has implicitly led students to believe that having sex at college is a foregone conclusion by requiring incoming freshman to attend a seminar on date-rape that does not mention abstinence..."

If reported accurately, that's some scary cause and effect thinking right there.

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 24, 2007 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

can't argue with that logic

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 Mar 24, 2007 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I was wondering about that too

Evil doer: "I'm gonna have my way with you girlie!"

Girlie: "But I practice abstinence!"

Evil doer: "Oh... well... in that case, never mind. Have a good night."

End scene.

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by grover on Mar 25, 2007 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions

The girl in the picture's kinda cute...

I'd do her.

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by grover on Mar 25, 2007 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

On a serious note

Is it really called abstinence when you've had sex but then don't do it again? I thought the whole point behind the abstinence ideal was to not have sex until marriage. I don't care how much you pay for the operation, you can't really get your virginity back.

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by grover on Mar 25, 2007 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Mommy,

does my Dora Aquapet look like an enispay?

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/to...

Muddy Waters invented everything.

by LawDaddy on Mar 24, 2007 12:28 PM PDT reply actions

Well then Mommy knows

a certain Dora Aquapet that's gonna be sleeping with Mommy tonight.

by Rickeyfan on Mar 24, 2007 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Bobby Crosby, Come On Down!

Bobby Crosby: talented athlete, movie star lookalike...Price Is Right fanatic?

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 24, 2007 12:59 PM PDT reply actions

Great.

Now I'm going to be humming the "Cliff Hangers" theme music all day.

"I think they're confusing sex with "Dance Dance Revolution," which might explain the reluctance."-mikeA

by Jennifer on Mar 24, 2007 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions

it might seem stupid

but belive it or not, I used to watch the price is right too whenever I got sick.

I don't know if its because its good, or because there is absolutly nothing on TV at that time besides the Price is Right.

by Zonis on Mar 24, 2007 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions

My 4 year old, LOVES that show, he wants to watch

it every morning.

by theblackpearl on Mar 24, 2007 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Ditto.

When we got sick we stayed with my great aunt and uncle. We always watched that... and old Westerns. Another awesome show we watched: Press Your Luck.

Damn, I miss being a kid.

"I think they're confusing sex with "Dance Dance Revolution," which might explain the reluctance."-mikeA

by Jennifer on Mar 24, 2007 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions

When Crosby

pushes the "press your luck" button, he always gets a whammy. Unlike Zito, he fails to yell "Big money! Big money!"

by mikeA on Mar 24, 2007 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions

One summer, I stayed home and watched TV all day.

Press Your Luck, Price Is Right, Joker's Wild, Classic Concentration. Good times.

$5000 + a spin!

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Mar 24, 2007 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions

I love the Price is Right too.

My roommates and I normally have an early lunch and it watch between classes.

Ha...my parents a shelling out big bucks for me to go to college, and thats how I spend my day. I feel productive.

If you want results, press the red button. The rest are useless.

by Katie on Mar 24, 2007 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions

not new, but i just read these

http://mvn.com/mlb-athletics/2007/03...

http://mvn.com/mlb-athletics/2007/03...
(with comments from uncle bob and grandma laverne)

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 Mar 24, 2007 1:57 PM PDT reply actions

Kotsay-like dilemma

is this good news for the Angels or bad? Figgins out five to six weeks

"Length matters, and if anyone tells you otherwise they're just trying to spare your feelings."-green star oakland

by F171615 on Mar 24, 2007 2:47 PM PDT reply actions

oops, messed up the link there

Figgins out five to six weeks

"Length matters, and if anyone tells you otherwise they're just trying to spare your feelings."-green star oakland

by F171615 on Mar 24, 2007 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Yay. Now it's baseball season.

Just saw my first A's commercial of the spring. Any ad with Swisher in a trucker hat and mustache gets a thumbs-up from me.

Kettlecorn! Swishercorn!

by TurnTwo on Mar 24, 2007 2:56 PM PDT reply actions

Oh man...

I hope they put them online soon!

If you want results, press the red button. The rest are useless.

by Katie on Mar 24, 2007 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions

I wanna see A's commercials, too!

I've been seeing the same boring (as usual) Giants commercial every night for about two weeks now... :\

"Everyone knows about it, but nobody's heard of it. Oh, it exists." ~ Dan Johnson

by Poppy on Mar 24, 2007 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Dropping like flies

Escobar strains back, seriousness unknown.

by mikeA on Mar 24, 2007 3:51 PM PDT reply actions

AAAAAAAAaahhhhh

I just read the HH thread and someone said "dropping like flies." Dammit.

by mikeA on Mar 24, 2007 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Perhaps they were referring

to the Angels' glovework.

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 24, 2007 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions

in a valley girl sort of way?

See the latest dumbass thing I've done -- camUra

by hunter on Mar 24, 2007 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Even though

I picked Escobar for my fantasy team(the only Halo on it) hope he's out for the season.

by IM4Oakgal on Mar 24, 2007 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions

and in his frustration

takes out Santana with him.

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin, Seattle Mariners

by Helloooo 1st on Mar 24, 2007 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Last year they couldn't catch Oakland.

This year, they caught the contagious version.

"Look its either batman or batman and robin not robin w/o batman robin isn't sh@#."--cchefz71

by jeepers on Mar 24, 2007 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Angry Tejada bolts spring game early

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17775564/

very strange. it seems like tejada has some issue every year in baltimore...

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 Mar 24, 2007 8:06 PM PDT reply actions

More division news.

Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it...Jamey Wright will open the season as the Rangers' fifth starter.

Didn't he waste a lot of innings as the fifth starter for some other team last year, to the detriment of the development of younger alternatives? At least this time, he'll be in a more challenging league, in a hitter-friendly ballpark.

"Look its either batman or batman and robin not robin w/o batman robin isn't sh@#."--cchefz71

by jeepers on Mar 24, 2007 8:40 PM PDT reply actions

jamey wright

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/ar...

Worst Career KBB+:

Jamey Wright 1996-2004 53

Hugh Mulcahy 1935-1947 57

Benny Frey 1923-1936 58

Jean Dubuc 1908-1919 60

5T. Jack Dunn 1897-1904 61
5T. Ownie Carroll 1925-1934 61

Dick McBride 1871-1876 62

8T. Jersey Bakely 1883-1891 63
8T. Elmer Jacobs 1914-1927 63
8T. Mike LaCoss 1978-1991 63
8T. Ed Killian 1903-1910 63

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 Mar 24, 2007 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions

But he has "great stuff!"

And he's only 32!

"Look its either batman or batman and robin not robin w/o batman robin isn't sh@#."--cchefz71

by jeepers on Mar 24, 2007 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions

well, obviously the rangers don't care about

spring training stats.

wright gave up 8 runs in 11.2 innings and got the starter job, loe gave up 0 runs in 13.2 innings and heads to the bullpen.

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 Mar 24, 2007 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions