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11/17/06 DLD: FIRE GEREN NOW!

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Okay, so now that we're done with the whole stadium distraction, on to some other news....

  • The A's have a manager! Woo hoo! Read about his luggage here
  • Frank Thomas, Blue Jays DH. Good luck on the turf.
  • And in case anyone forgot, today is FRIDAY!!

So sit back, grab a frosty cold something, and enjoy the last day before the weekend!!

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BigLeagueChoo: rerish noooo

by JLaff on Nov 17, 2006 8:45 AM PST   0 recs

Do you have a link to the original?
"It's time to blow this team up." - Oaktoon, July 2006

by Ozzz on Nov 17, 2006 12:33 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Awesome analysis of
Tim Hudson's changing mechanics (with animated gifs!)

Baseball Analysts

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2006 8:45 AM PST   0 recs

oh goody - another day of offseason!
who are we losing today?
"San Jose A's of Fremont" is pathetic

by ArakSOT on Nov 17, 2006 8:47 AM PST   0 recs

ArakSOT
(finally)
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2006 8:48 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

be careful what you wish for
they'll just replace me with TokyoOak
"San Jose A's of Fremont" is pathetic

by ArakSOT on Nov 17, 2006 9:09 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Pupkits Here!
Because what would AN be without controversy and spirited debates, pick your side on this one. A Brazilian couple says their cat, Mimi, mated with a dog and produced these.

Real or hoax?

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"Oakland has a way of bringing out the joy in the game." NYT, 9/22/06

by SportySpice on Nov 17, 2006 8:47 AM PST   0 recs

Real, I hope.
Mighty tasty if so.
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2006 8:48 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

well played
I'd like to eat my lunch, but Billy just kicked me out of my office.

by BlameChannel53 on Nov 17, 2006 8:55 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Winner!!!
"Oakland has a way of bringing out the joy in the game." NYT, 9/22/06

by SportySpice on Nov 17, 2006 9:03 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

LOL!
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Nov 17, 2006 3:00 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

would those be kuppies, or pittens?
People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 2:36 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

well
You should have seen what happened after these two mated:

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Rickey Henderson: 35, 24, hall of fame!

by Athletics fan and runner on Nov 17, 2006 2:37 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

conflicting reports,
so is geren the best man at beane's 1st wedding (accdg to ratto) or 2nd wedding (accdg to shea?) ???

by arch on Nov 17, 2006 9:05 AM PST   0 recs

Usher at 1st wedding.
Promoted to best man at 2nd wedding after lengthy interview process.
"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Nov 17, 2006 9:07 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Only
Because Billy wouldn't commit to Washington as bestman and Wash ended up being best man at Paul Depodesta's wedding instead.
I'd like to eat my lunch, but Billy just kicked me out of my office.

by BlameChannel53 on Nov 17, 2006 9:14 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Hope there isn't a 3rd wedding
with that kind of progression it suggests that wedding #3 would involve some of those San Fransisco values we were hearing about recently.
Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Nov 17, 2006 9:16 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

maybe by the 3rd wedding
geren gets promoted into the middle, as the groom...to whom? lew wolff??

by arch on Nov 17, 2006 9:24 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

If Geren and BB are meant to be together ...
well then this hiring was cleary a conflict of interest so FIRE GEREN NOW!!!!
Another project of Devo's

by devo on Nov 17, 2006 9:33 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

again, LOL!
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Nov 17, 2006 3:01 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Minor Leagues
Kevin Goldstein chat.

Of note:

estopped (fresno): What's your take on the year that was in the A's system? I can't think of a worse year for their system in terms of injuries and disappointing performances.

Kevin Goldstein: No doubt about it, it was definitely a nightmare. Nearly every top prospect has some sort of major injury -- many of them freakish.

At the same time, you did see some players (Travis Buck immediately comes to mind) take a step forward, and I liked what they did in the draft despite not having a first-round pick.

and

Jesus (Heaven): Is Borat the best movie of the year? I laughed so hard thru it all, that I even snorted at times. The girlfriend didn't like it, but she's a little sensitive.

Kevin Goldstein: If your girlfriend doesn't like Borat, it's time to get a new girlfriend.

That last one is even funnier when you see who submitted the question.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2006 9:17 AM PST   0 recs

Jesus is a lesbian?
"Come on, you douche bags, we're all on the same team!"

by Jennifer on Nov 17, 2006 9:22 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Do unto others...
"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Nov 17, 2006 9:28 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

God may be a woman ...
but Jesus was an actual living, breathing human being ... I think it's safe to say that he would manifest his eternal soul as a lesbian.
Another project of Devo's

by devo on Nov 17, 2006 9:30 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

He is a living human being.
Dude cleans our lobby once a week. Nice guy. He was a doctor in Venezuela.

"It's time to blow this team up." - Oaktoon, July 2006

by Ozzz on Nov 17, 2006 1:03 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

That was my question
I chat on ESPN as "estopped from fresno."
I'd like to eat my lunch, but Billy just kicked me out of my office.

by BlameChannel53 on Nov 17, 2006 9:40 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

whoops
I also chat on BP as "estopped from fresno," forgot which chat it was
I'd like to eat my lunch, but Billy just kicked me out of my office.

by BlameChannel53 on Nov 17, 2006 9:41 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Are you
banned from entering Fresno?

by mikeA on Nov 17, 2006 11:47 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

No
But I probably should be.
I'd like to eat my lunch, but Billy just kicked me out of my office.

by BlameChannel53 on Nov 17, 2006 12:06 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Would such a ban have as much effect
on you as it would on me, which is to say none?

by DavidA on Nov 17, 2006 1:21 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I myself am banned from entering ...
... Fresno on serf.

The last time I rode my vassal into town, the peasantry took umbrage at my palindromic presumption.

People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 1:36 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

The Great Ape Trust of Iowa, huh?
Not to be confused with the Great Ape Mistrust of the 2000 ALDS.
"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Nov 17, 2006 9:27 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

the Great Ape Mistrust of another 2000 event
People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 10:21 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Only his relatives?
"When the alarm sounded the next morning, 'I went to check on Pan, and she was sitting there next to it with a smile on her face,' lead scientist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh said."

I heard that a savage rumbaugh always beings a smile to monkeyball's face.

"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" --Johnny Rotten

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Nov 17, 2006 9:29 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

following on the SF values/miscegenation theme
... I still say a "Savage Rumbaugh" is the result of a three-way between two talk-radio hosts and an exSecDef ...
People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 10:16 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

I think the three-way would
be more fun with Dan rather than Michael.
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2006 10:18 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

not necessarily ...
... there's all sorts of tales-out-of-school about Mikey and his early social-climbing days in SF. Ask FSU ...
People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 10:20 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

"Santorum"
And that's all I have to say about that.
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2006 10:26 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

I don't have a dog in that fight
People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 10:34 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

What if we added Fred to the mix?
"It's time to blow this team up." - Oaktoon, July 2006

by Ozzz on Nov 17, 2006 2:15 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

who do you think I am -- Mark Foley?
People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 2:31 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Shh.
You'll be accused of being all political.

People will cry.

"It's time to blow this team up." - Oaktoon, July 2006

by Ozzz on Nov 17, 2006 2:43 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Nice.
That post looks political, but really, it isn't political at all.
"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Nov 17, 2006 10:38 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Doing what you suggest, palindromically:
FSU:  SF...?
"...but we're also always open to hearing about other sandwiches if it can make our lunch better." -- Nico, channeling Billy Beane

by iglew on Nov 18, 2006 4:22 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

plagiarist!
http://www.athleticsnation.com/comments/2006/10/23/11246/557/163#163
People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 10:17 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

So, Oz...Vancouver, you say?
I kid, I kid.

But a British man was jailed for tracking down an internet message board foe and beating him.

"A British man said to have carried out the country's first "Web rage" attack was jailed for 2-1/2 years on Friday for assaulting a man with whom he had exchanged insults over the Internet...After several more verbal and written exchanges, during which Jones threatened to track down Gibbons and give him a severe beating, Gibbons and a friend went to his victim's house in Essex, east of London, armed with a pickaxe and a machete."

"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" --Johnny Rotten

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Nov 17, 2006 9:36 AM PST   0 recs

Gibbons, bonobos...
I've had it with these mf'in apes in the mf'in link dump!
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2006 9:39 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

So, salb...Cambridge, you say?
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" --Johnny Rotten

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Nov 17, 2006 9:44 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Yes.
Cambridge...UK.
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2006 9:49 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

technically ...
... only bonobos qualify as "mf'in" ...
People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 10:18 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Just goes to show
that people should be careful about what they say on the internet.
Some are sabermetricians.

by andeux on Nov 17, 2006 9:57 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

I wonder if Morris accepted the offer
I love the first response comment:  Everyone else hits him, why shouldn't you?
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" --Johnny Rotten

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Nov 17, 2006 10:09 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Don't let fear hold you back.
In Vancouver, I'm considered a tough guy.

Of course, this is also a city where, if you're standing on the side of a main road, the traffic will stop on both sides in case you want to cross.

Really annoying when you're waiting for a cab.

"It's time to blow this team up." - Oaktoon, July 2006

by Ozzz on Nov 17, 2006 1:06 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Well, given the comparative Aussie/Canadian images
I'd think that Yahoo Serious would be considered a tough guy in Vancouver.

By comparison, my disfiguring scars, missing teeth, and facial tattoos don't even get me threatening street urchin status in Oakland.

"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" --Johnny Rotten

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Nov 17, 2006 4:34 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

can we start calling you ...
... The Artful Upgrader?
People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 5:05 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Sounds like Nomar
is about to re-sign with the Dodgers.
Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Nov 17, 2006 9:46 AM PST   0 recs

Bo Schembechler passes away....
That really sucks on the eve of the biggest college football game in years.....
Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Nov 17, 2006 9:47 AM PST   0 recs

Hmmm...
Maybe biggest REGULAR SEASON game in years.  Its not obvious at all whether or not Mich-Ohio St. is a bigger game than USC-UT was.

by DavidA on Nov 17, 2006 10:19 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

That was a huge game...
but also did not involve two of the biggest rivals in all of sports.  I think that adds so much to this game.  It is a huge game if they are both .500....undefeated, 1 vs 2 for the BCS title game....Insane.
Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Nov 17, 2006 4:10 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

OT: Get a grip, people.
So far, wanting one of the new Sony Playstations can get you robbed, shot or injured.
"Next thing you know, they'll have me taking an overdose of pills."--Milton Bradley

by jeepers on Nov 17, 2006 9:53 AM PST   0 recs

Pfffft.
So can posting in chat rooms (see above).
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2006 9:58 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

So can needing a DH.
Well, the robbed bit anyway.

See Blue Jays, Toronto.

"It's time to blow this team up." - Oaktoon, July 2006

by Ozzz on Nov 17, 2006 1:07 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

with Frank, likely the 'injured' bit, too
People wanted Washington because he would do a better job of establishing the run. -- andeux @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 17, 2006 1:09 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

and if he tangles with Gibbons...
..or slides for a base, they've got the 'killed' angle wrapped up.
"It's time to blow this team up." - Oaktoon, July 2006

by Ozzz on Nov 17, 2006 2:13 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

ME!
"Come on, you douche bags, we're all on the same team!"

by Jennifer on Nov 17, 2006 10:14 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Don't say anything!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to watch it tonight when I get home from work!
There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Nov 17, 2006 10:23 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

<sigh>
I heart Alex.
"Come on, you douche bags, we're all on the same team!"

by Jennifer on Nov 17, 2006 10:28 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Pretty good episode,
but that show peaked on "Code Black."  Now if only they were willing to have more explosions...
Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Nov 17, 2006 10:28 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

LOL
"Come on, you douche bags, we're all on the same team!"

by Jennifer on Nov 17, 2006 10:29 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

The Code Black and 17 sec
are my favorite eps.  <Thud>

by AsGirl on Nov 17, 2006 10:31 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

"Into You Like a Train"
Ugly. Crying.
"Come on, you douche bags, we're all on the same team!"

by Jennifer on Nov 17, 2006 10:34 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

I can't watch that episode.
I didn't even watch it the first time. I saw the preview and they said it was a train accident and I decided not to watch.

I was in a train accident a few years ago, a little traumatic! My mom watched the ep and told me not to watch it. So I probably never will. Only episode I have not seen.

"This is the best hug in the major leagues, right here!" - Swisher Pics

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Nov 17, 2006 12:35 PM PST to parent up   0 recs