Daily link dump 8/28

by carp on Aug 29, 2005 9:00 AM PDT

http://www.glenndickey.com/_gd.php?page=current

This is Glenn Dickey's latest article, and it contrasts the A's and Giants quite nicely. He talks about Keith Leippeman, who Dickey says has a big part in promotions, and talks about future A's prospects (including Kevin Melillo).

Dickey has said that the A's have told him that Barton won't be up in the bigs on Sept 1. I'm thinking they might promote him to AAA for the playoffs though.

I've posted this in the Bellhorn thread, but I will post it here as well. The Boston Herald is also reporting that the A's are "expected" to sign Bellhorn. I love the East Coast media.

http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=100064&format=&page=2

A's eye Bellhorn

It looks like Mark Bellhorn is going to be back in the majors and part of a pennant race as early as tomorrow. Bellhorn, who was removed from the Sox' 40-man roster on Friday after refusing an outright assignment to Pawtucket, is expected to be signed by the Oakland Athletics after he clears release waivers tomorrow. . . .

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SacBee has more "coverage"

(from the wire) online than it does in the newspaper... http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/sports/baseball/major_leagues/oakland/story/2667575p-11188257c.html

Some nteresting notes:
This was the 15th time this year the A's faced a starter they hadn't faced before. Their record in those games is 7-8...The A's are 17-3 over their last 20 road games...Their starters have allowed three earned runs over their last five games (31 innings)...The A's have allowed four earned runs or fewer in 23 of their last 26 contests...Haren snapped a three-game losing streak. This was his first win since August 7...Kendall has been hit by a pitch 192 times in his career, tying him with Minnie Minoso for eighth place all-time...

"(Jason) Kendall is the master of the improbable." ~ Ken Korach

by AsGirl on Aug 29, 2005 9:23 AM PDT reply actions

comment on Blanton

this is from that old ROY thread. This is not statistically fair, but is a lot of food for thought:

Blanton had TWO awful performances in May. One was the infamous one in TB where he gave up 7 runs in a third of an inning. If you ignore that ONE stinkburger start, he has an ERA of 3.20, which would be 6th in the league. If you give him one more mulligan, and ignore his second stinkiest performance (again in May) of 9 ER in 3.2 IP against the Yankees, he has an ERA of 2.75, which would lead the league except for Halliday.

He's having a very good year for anyone, let alone a rookie.

by Apricot on Aug 29, 2005 9:52 AM PDT reply actions

Wow

That's pretty amazing. I knew that if you took away his stats from the month-that-shall-not-be-named, his ERA would be 3.00, but that's even more impressive.

"(Jason) Kendall is the master of the improbable." ~ Ken Korach

by AsGirl on Aug 29, 2005 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions

*I meant sub 3.00

"(Jason) Kendall is the master of the improbable." ~ Ken Korach

by AsGirl on Aug 29, 2005 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions

holy cow

That's freaking awesome.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Pretty impressive, thanks for the post!

Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay.

by carp on Aug 29, 2005 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

My weekly hornfans Huston quote:

"i believe that it is impossible to put a ball in play against huston street without steroids, and possibly help from extra terrestrials"

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 10:24 AM PDT reply actions

lmao

Wait...I think that's actually true.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions

Make it two.

From a thread titled, "Can Anyone Touch Huston Street?"

"I would like to touch him."
"i wanna have his baby"

Both responses are from men.

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions

wow, those people are nuts

over Huston.

Of course, I can relate.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Someone suggested

TPE (I'm convinced he's the biggest Huston fan alive) "... should quit school and follow Huston like some kind of Grateful Dead groupie."

Count me in. We could get a VW van and travel around worshiping Street.

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions

Don't you think that would scare Huston?

A little?

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions

Should it scare him?

We could just say we're following Macha.

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions

I would only go

if we could drive around in this:

by Apricot on Aug 29, 2005 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions

okay, now I'm definitely in.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions

We wouldn't get very far

in that thing.

And Sharon and TPE would have to ride on the back or something.

OH!!

We could each get one and have a little convoy across the country!

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions

ahhhh!

cute!

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions

oh my freaking god

can you imagine a little convoy of those things? We could dress up as ninjas and pirates and throw beads... it would be like Mardi GrA's.

By the way, the fact Sharon is posting means she is alive, which is a good thing...

by Apricot on Aug 29, 2005 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions

I agree.

Yeah for Sharon being alive!

We could have little horns and play "Let's GO Oakland!" like in the commercial!

I'm picturing this like Forrest Gump running across America. Eventually thousands of golf cart riding A's fans would fall in line behind us to stalk "Macha". Television stations would do specials on us, and not just COPS this time.

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions

"...and not just COPS this time."

Meaning also "America's Most Wanted?"

by ArakSOT on Aug 29, 2005 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions

grrr!

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Cause we gotta little ol' convoy,

rockin' through the night
Yeah we gotta little ol' convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on an' join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna git in our way
We're gonna roll this truckin' convoy, cross the USA
Convoy... Convoy...

by ArakSOT on Aug 29, 2005 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions

yes, I'm alive.

The hurricane barely missed me. Right now it's just extremely windy and rainy. The power went our for a second...that it. Still in the tornado zone, though. Those poor people to the west of me are suffering a horrible storm. And this was sort of what I wished for...the storm moving west so that it would miss my area. But honestly, New Orleans is the last place you would want to suffer a storm of this magnitude.

So in honor of New Orleans we should definitely have Huston Street Mardi GrA's. I get to flash Huston!

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions

shouldn't Huston be flashing us?

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions

yes, that's it...

...I would save all of my beads just for him.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions

We'd have to skip some cities...

I think it's going to take for...ev...er to get around in golf carts.

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions

I wish our golf carts could fly...

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions

If we inhale

enough exhaust fumes I'm sure it might feel like the golf carts are flying.

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions

hmmm

Ninja vs Alien. A close fought battle indeed... it would be a crapshoot.

by Apricot on Aug 29, 2005 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions

I thought this would look good as

an affirmation poster. Here it is:

by Apricot on Aug 29, 2005 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions

beautiful

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Wonderful

It brought a tear to my eye!

"We play our best ball when we're goofing around and having a good time" ~Bobby Crosby

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Aug 29, 2005 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions

Moving

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions

LOL, that's AWESOME.

"While I was there, it didn't always seem perfect, but when I look back on it I just might think it was perfect." --Eric Byrnes

by Kyli on Aug 29, 2005 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

jennifer, where do you get huston quotes from?

If I weren't playing baseball, I'd be... "in the Ultimate Fighting Championship." -Rich Harden

by xbhaskarx on Aug 29, 2005 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions

A UT fan site

http://www.hornfans.com

All the quotes come from the baseball message board.

by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2005 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Bellhorn pic

http://random-squeegee.com/www/2004_10_01_generic-screenname_archive.html

Scroll down to the celebs..

"Soon, everyone will be using monkeyball quotes for their tag lines! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!" -- monkeyball

by oblique on Aug 29, 2005 10:25 AM PDT reply actions

Rob Schnieder as Bellhorn is pretty funny

Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay.

by carp on Aug 29, 2005 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Hair Matters

JayPay from BP's "The Week in Quotes"

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4377

"I've got to leave something on my face. I'm not that good looking. I just wanted to mix it up and see what happens. We're 1-0 with my bald head."
--A's outfielder Jay Payton, on leaving his beard after shaving his head to try and inspire the A's to win

by ArakSOT on Aug 29, 2005 10:44 AM PDT reply actions

Ken Rosenthal's article today...

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/4817678

The A's tidbit (sroll down):

"A's manager Ken Macha is resisting the temptation to drop catcher Jason Kendall out of the leadoff spot, even though Mark Ellis has a .367 on-base percentage to Kendall's .339. Macha values Kendall's experience and doesn't want to deflate the 10-year veteran in the middle of his first pennant race. Kendall is a .320 career hitter in September, his best average in any month. ..."

misfit toy...formally "A fanatic"...

by OaklandInvader on Aug 29, 2005 11:17 AM PDT reply actions

You know your Dir of Player Development is good...

...when he's out there throwing BP in short-season ball.

by Ozzz on Aug 29, 2005 12:06 PM PDT reply actions

Nice work HollwoodOz

Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay.

by carp on Aug 29, 2005 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Jon Carroll's column today

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/29/DDGQCDVHE71.DTL

quote:
"Currently on the front of the Wheaties box: Kirk Gibson. And not just any old Gibson -- the fist-pumping Gibson as he rounds first base after his game- winning home run off Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Gosh, thanks a lot."

funny.

by lurkerD on Aug 29, 2005 12:25 PM PDT reply actions

Now Playing LF Barry Zito? Huston Street

or shold I say :P.

When Bobby Kielty pinch hit for Kotsay in the seventh inning, the only healthy position player left on manager Ken Macha's bench was backup catcher Adam Melhuse.

"I was telling Wash (third base coach Ron Washington) to get loose," Macha joked. "I asked (Barry) Zito if he could play the outfield. He said he'd gun somebody out at the plate."

(Actually, closer Huston Street would have been Macha's choice if he another outfielder had gone down.) "He can shag 'em in the outfield," Macha said.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/sports/baseball/mlb/oakland_athletics/12504266.htm

by theblackpearl on Aug 29, 2005 12:51 PM PDT reply actions

Award for the Most Convoluted Article goes to...

The Associated Press for this non-gem about the A's and...Jason Giambi's bat heating up? Read on and prepare to be utterly confused by the lack of continuity.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-alrdp&prov=ap&type=lgns

"[Blanton] is one of those guys whose room is always clean," says Swisher. "He also takes showers all the time."

by athleticsjunkie44 on Aug 29, 2005 8:46 PM PDT reply actions