An annonymous callout

by carp on Jun 17, 2005 9:46 AM PDT

I have been wondering about this for sometime, and I have finally decided to make a diary. I know there is a lot of inside info, and I know that has different sources. I am wondering how many (and what type of) Oakland A's employees check in here at AN. For those that are daring enough, use the comment space to post your real name and title.

Poll

What kind of A's employee are you?

I am a Rivercat or other minor leaguer

1 votes

I am a manager/player/coach/trainer

1 votes

I am a grounds crew member, usher, security guard

0 votes

I am a clubhouse attendant/personal assistant/translator/bullpen catcher

3 votes

I am in the front office

3 votes

I am in non-baseball relations

3 votes

I am in ownership

4 votes

I work in the parking lot, and pocket the cash.

7 votes

I am in PR

3 votes

I am on the ML roster

7 votes

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I do not work for the A's but...

a close relative does.

It helps from time to time. But most of the stuff that you want the inside scoop on, doesn't leave Billy or Ken's office.

So what's the point!?!?

Wherever You Go...There You Are -J. Kabat-Zinn

by jrwolf on Jun 17, 2005 9:57 AM PDT reply actions

I don't necessarily want the inside scoop...

and I think the inside scoops we get here at AN come from external sources, but I was just curious. Plus, some info tends to leak.

Can we get Astropitch to sell "Free Dan Johnson" T-Shirts?

by carp on Jun 17, 2005 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions

So, jrwolf, you are the leak:

The good leak that is that has been influencing through your close relative the line-up changes that we have been harping on all year. Nice!!!

With some of Macha's recent decisons, I knew he just had to be peaking at AN. ;)

by saint @ Athletics Nation on Jun 17, 2005 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Ex-Athletic employee

I'm really MC Hammer.

independencefieldsac.org
Please help disabled kids in Sacramento play baseball by helping the Rivercats build a specially equipped field for them.

by kaweahkaweah on Jun 17, 2005 9:59 AM PDT reply actions

whoa...

me too!

by high street on Jun 17, 2005 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm Billy Beane.

by Jennifer on Jun 17, 2005 10:04 AM PDT reply actions

I'm stalking you.

by Sharon on Jun 17, 2005 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm stalking Huston/xbx.

Is that natural for a GM to do? :P

by Jennifer on Jun 17, 2005 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

I don't have a problem with it.

Everyone is stalking Huston.

Is that natural? Think Huston minds?

by Sharon on Jun 17, 2005 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions

it's okay

but can one of you ghost write my next espn diary for me?

by xbhaskarx on Jun 17, 2005 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions

a diary about kilts?

absolutely.

by Sharon on Jun 17, 2005 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

as the closer, i knew i should have

written the diary yesterday, when glynn was starting.

by xbhaskarx on Jun 17, 2005 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions

Does he mind?

by Jennifer on Jun 17, 2005 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions

maybe it doesn't matter?

by Sharon on Jun 17, 2005 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Huston is perfect...

...so it probably doesn't matter. I bet he sits home every night reading the Bible and making sugar cookies. :P

by Jennifer on Jun 17, 2005 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions

I thought you said he was perfect

I'd find such a man rather dull.

The next time I slap a guy's ass, can we all just assume it's because I wish I was a baseball player?

by devo on Jun 17, 2005 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Perfect according to me. :P

Because I sit at home every night reading the Bible and making sugar cookies.

by Jennifer on Jun 17, 2005 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions

does he wear an apron?

by Sharon on Jun 17, 2005 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions

Totally. :P

This?

Or this?

by Jennifer on Jun 17, 2005 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions

very funny

Let's say he's wearing the first one.

He's also holding the Bible in one hand...while making sugar cookies.

And devo thinks this man is dull?!

by Sharon on Jun 17, 2005 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

That depends

if he's wearing the first apron - is the second apron still true? (replacing bbq with bake)

The next time I slap a guy's ass, can we all just assume it's because I wish I was a baseball player?

by devo on Jun 17, 2005 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions

everyone bakes naked

It's too damn hot around the oven.

by Sharon on Jun 17, 2005 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow ... I've just gotta say ...

that's a cute little miny bow-tie on the apron. (no, the other bow-tie)

The next time I slap a guy's ass, can we all just assume it's because I wish I was a baseball player?

by devo on Jun 17, 2005 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions

:P

by Sharon on Jun 17, 2005 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions

You're confusing

Billy Beane with Billy Bean.

by boilerdan on Jun 17, 2005 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions

I

knew it was you

"It makes you not want to play, when you know you are going to get beat." -Twins manager Ron Gardenhire

by Parklife on Jun 17, 2005 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Billy,

You should never have written that book!

by Arizona on Jun 17, 2005 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Sorry guys

for some reason the poll did not attach at first

Can we get Astropitch to sell "Free Dan Johnson" T-Shirts?

by carp on Jun 17, 2005 10:06 AM PDT reply actions

i'm stomper, and i'm here 4 the nuts

....please ignore the sign and feed me....

The "Free Matt Watson from Sacramento-III", "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"- Watson, mutterin' back to "the sac"

by bigelephant on Jun 17, 2005 10:10 AM PDT reply actions

RunRickeyRun

used to be an employee, but apparently the team don't want RunRickeyRun around anymore. I'm the greatest of all time.

by RunRickeyRun on Jun 17, 2005 10:18 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah right.

The real Rickey would say: Rickey's the greatest of all time.

Fearing Mecir since 2000.

by salb918 on Jun 17, 2005 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions

But the real question is:

Do guys who refer to themselves in 3d person get more chicks?

independencefieldsac.org
Please help disabled kids in Sacramento play baseball by helping the Rivercats build a specially equipped field for them.

by kaweahkaweah on Jun 17, 2005 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions

So Do Chicks Come When...

...you tell them that you'e really MCHammer? Or when you talk about yourself in the 3rd person?

by Gerard on Jun 17, 2005 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

MC

Gets a lot of chicks when MC talks about MC in the third person.

independencefieldsac.org
Please help disabled kids in Sacramento play baseball by helping the Rivercats build a specially equipped field for them.

by kaweahkaweah on Jun 17, 2005 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Management doesn't want

RunRickeyRun around, because RunRickeyRun can't hit MLB pitching anymore. And RunRickeyRun has a weak arm in left.

Can we get Astropitch to sell "Free Dan Johnson" T-Shirts?

by carp on Jun 17, 2005 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm the Red Rope guy!

Wed Wope!!!! Wed Wope!!!!!!

"Should I Stay or Should I Go???"

by tonyarmas50 on Jun 17, 2005 11:41 AM PDT reply actions

I'm the Red Rum guy

Every time I look at my finger it talks to me and says "red rum...red rum..."

See you all at AN Day II! I'll be the guy with the big butcher kni...

I mean napkin. Yeah, that's it...butcher napkin!

Picker of Nits since '63. Or so I thought until I discovered AN. Now I feel like a nitpiker.

by McFood on Jun 17, 2005 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm Keiichi Yabu

"First of all, I'm not calm about it. Every time they lose, I freak out." - Andy Painter

by secret ASian man on Jun 17, 2005 1:18 PM PDT reply actions

Fine!

I'm Farhad Zaidi, so there!

Fearing Mecir since 2000.

by salb918 on Jun 17, 2005 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions

And I'm Baghdad Bob.

independencefieldsac.org
Please help disabled kids in Sacramento play baseball by helping the Rivercats build a specially equipped field for them.

by kaweahkaweah on Jun 17, 2005 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions

As for me...

I'm one of the few "Franks-a-lot" banners that are peppered throughout the Coliseum

Valero...gas with...URMPPH!

by franks a lot on Jun 17, 2005 2:02 PM PDT reply actions

Mmmm ...

... peppered franks ...

by monkeyball on Jun 17, 2005 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions

I am Spartacus

Wasted? What about our staring contests? And the way we always knew what football coaches should have done? - Homer

by andeux on Jun 17, 2005 4:29 PM PDT reply actions

I'm Spartacus!

"First of all, I'm not calm about it. Every time they lose, I freak out." - Andy Painter

by secret ASian man on Jun 18, 2005 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL

You guys are a hoot! And that's saying something, as I never use the word "hoot". =D

Bobby Crosby rocks my high socks. =D

by annie517 on Jun 18, 2005 1:18 PM PDT reply actions

I'm Ken Macha

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by accurate but not true on Jun 18, 2005 6:00 PM PDT reply actions