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My Freaking Awesome 2-Year Anniversary DLD 10.10.7

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It was two years ago today when I posted my first DLD. Today is a miserably wet, cold rainy day as it was then. Today, like then, offers nothing to give me the A's fix I so desperately crave. There is still little worth linking to. And today, like then, I'm putting little thought or effort into this. Some things never change.

In lieu of gifts, I'll accept deposits into my PayPal account.

Star-divide

So lets take a quick trip 'round the internets and see what we can find.

I almost hate to bring this up again, but Rick Hurd of the Contra Costa Times opines about the firing of the three coaches:

If not, then they deserved the proverbial dinner and gold watch. It may not have made the news any better, but it would've been a classy gesture. More to the point, it would've been good business.

Wow. Not only are the Rivercats the Bricktown champions, they've also been named MiLB.com's Triple-A team of the season. And to think I didn't even know there was such a thing! Congratulations to Tony DeFrancesco, Capt. Merloni, and all the lads!

"By far this is the most memorable season I've had," said DeFrancesco, whose Sacramento teams are 104 games above .500 in the five years he's been at the helm.

Lisa Gray over at the HardBall Times chips in on umpires and umpires baiting players:

Speaking strictly as a mother of young children, I would prefer to suggest to all parties that they try to remember to use good manners at all times, but unfortunately, I know better.

And a tip of the cap to OaklandSi for just now posting this in yesterday's DLD: 2003 Range Rover HSE - Custom Wheels, Eric Chavez, Oakland A's - $34900.

Alas, no baseball tonight.

Dump 'em if you got 'em.

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Happy Anniversary!

Did the DLD send you flowers?

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 8:54 AM PDT   0 recs

Chavy's old vehicle is ugly.
"Look at the replay again... one of the A's players comes flying in, I coulda swore it was Adam Melhuse!"

by Jennifer on Oct 10, 2007 8:57 AM PDT   0 recs

And you know what else?

(trying to imagine AN in unison)

IT ...  HAS  ...  NO .....  CLUTCH.

We were caught in a hamster wheel of recriminations and resentment.

by Englishmajor on Oct 10, 2007 9:25 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Powerful and responsive ...

... but requires major maintenance, and still breaks down often. Recent repairs to front steering and chassis.  

Not manufactured in Mexico.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Oct 10, 2007 10:32 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i'm saving up for buckley's volvo
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 Oct 10, 2007 10:24 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

fyi, when I posted the link to the ad

for Chavvy's car today's DLD hadn't yet appeared.

thanks for putting it in here for everyone's enjoyment ;-)

by OaklandSi on Oct 10, 2007 2:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL

i have an idea, how about a non-baseball DLD, but the links have to be somehow peripherally related to either baseball or to something that has come up on AN (meaning, pretty much anything).

by xbhaskarx on Mon Oct 10, 2005 at 09:01:49 AM PDT

I can't tell if he was being serious or sarcastic!

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 9:03 AM PDT   0 recs

i can't either (seriously)
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 Oct 10, 2007 9:56 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

My theory:

(because I can't remember that ANcient history of 2 years ago)

Either we hadn't yet gotten into the habit of talking about more "other" than baseball in the DLD, and you were making a serious suggestion, because having a daily potpourri is interesting & fun...

Or we had just started getting into that habit, and you didn't like it, and were being sarcastic.

Interpretive Historical QOTM!  ;)

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 10:44 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

both are possible

i'm not sure how representative they are, but almost all of the links in both the 10/9/05 and 10/11/05 DLDs were a's-related.

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 Oct 10, 2007 10:49 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think you may have included something

about asses if you were being 100% sarcastic...

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 10:53 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i think the DLD started out with no links

gotgreen complained, and arak added a link to the DLD itself, so there would be a link.

i took a shot at kevin smith because he had probably come up in some earlier thread (i'm a vocal h8r, i know some like jennifer are fans).

i'm still not sure about this third part...

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 Oct 10, 2007 10:16 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Two years! Awww.

The two-year anniversary gift is.....cotton. How boring.

I think my goal will be to never post a DLD. Success so far!

KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 9:53 AM PDT   0 recs

For your anniversary

how about the latest trend in fashionable LA, according to the LA Times -- "edible cocktails", or high-end jello shots?

At Bar Nineteen 12, which opened in August in the Beverly Hills Hotel, a sampler of five jelly shots comes out on a clear, ice-filled glass box lighted from inside: a solid half-dome of blueberry martini with a fresh blueberry suspended in the center; a slice of B-52 with layers of Grand Marnier, Kahlúa and Baileys; a pear martini made with pear purée; a mojito shot in the shape of a diamond; and a round bubble gum martini.

Some people have way too much time and money.

We were caught in a hamster wheel of recriminations and resentment.

by Englishmajor on Oct 10, 2007 9:54 AM PDT   0 recs

everything is a tradeoff

if you are short on taste or good sense, you may as well stock up on time and money.

by mikeA on Oct 10, 2007 10:04 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Does it have to be high-end?

Give me some freezer space, a cookie sheet, dixie cups and a variety of booze and I'll do it for you at half the price.

KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 10:07 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I no longer work there...

but when I was a waitress, on Saturdays when I was in charge (I KNOW!), we'd use the restaurant's stuff to make jello shots. The little sauce cups (with lids!), industrial sized bowls for mixing, cookies sheets, and the walk-in freezer. Start them when we came in the morning, by the time the shift was over we could crank out an unlimited supply of jello shots.

"Look at the replay again... one of the A's players comes flying in, I coulda swore it was Adam Melhuse!"

by Jennifer on Oct 10, 2007 10:18 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'd have loved to be a fly on that bar
"The Athletics at Fremont" is heinous

by ArakSOT on Oct 10, 2007 10:23 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

* Employee of the Month *
KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 10:26 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

talk about flair!
"It was OK," Swisher said. "I got the shoulder down, but I didn't wrap. You gotta wrap and drive."

by LAXile on Oct 10, 2007 3:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

...sez #4398
"The Athletics at Fremont" is heinous

by ArakSOT on Oct 10, 2007 10:29 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

<does secret sub-1000 handshake>
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 Oct 10, 2007 10:31 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oh, i got it

but that should be "I don’t care how long you’ve been a part of AN"

and you should have made that joke on Sept. 20, BEFORE you started doing your postseason AN user performance evaluations...

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 Oct 10, 2007 10:38 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dang.

I'm UID 1000.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Oct 10, 2007 12:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

New AN has a lot of ass-kissing to do.
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 10:46 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lofton on lebron

"The players didn’t appreciate it. If you’re a Yankee fan, just come to the game and cheer for both sides, but don’t wear a Yankee hat. That was the biggest thing—just putting the hat on and showing your support in front of your own Cleveland fans. Just go ahead and say you’re a Yankee fan, but don’t wear a hat. That was just like a stab in the back."

http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/...

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 Oct 10, 2007 10:26 AM PDT   0 recs

Oh, so LOFTON also has some orders to give

about acceptable game apparel.  Do it Kenny's way, or don't do it at all!

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 10:48 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Seriously?

Did he really want Lebron to show up wearing a pink Indians hat?

Technically it is acceptable game apparel but it shouldn't have been acceptable ciy apparel.  Face it, Lebrob deserved to be kicked in the nuts by a 5 year old girl wearing a pink Pronk jersey.

by methodrampage on Oct 10, 2007 12:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, I'm totally serious.

I never joke or willfully exaggerate about anything.  Ever.

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 1:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

was that friendly-sarcastic or derisive-sarcastic
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 Oct 10, 2007 1:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm never sarcastic.
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 1:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Is this your house?

"Look at the replay again... one of the A's players comes flying in, I coulda swore it was Adam Melhuse!"

by Jennifer on Oct 10, 2007 2:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

CRAP!

There go all the rooftop wedding decorations!

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 2:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Seriously, are your serious?
Why do you have to be such a hard ass all the time?

by methodrampage on Oct 11, 2007 9:10 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Seriously?

("Seriously?"s can go on forever, you know, like "YOU are." / "No, YOU are." / "No, YOU are." / ... )

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 11, 2007 9:17 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Are these athletes ego's that damn frail. I

could see if he was someone associated with the Indians Orginization, but just because he was born and raised in Cleveland, and plays BASKETBALL in Cleveland, why does he have to support the Cleveland baseball team.  that is what a fan is, you root for whomever you want to.

by theblackpearl on Oct 10, 2007 11:22 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wouldn't it cause you some indigestion

if the Raiders had a superstar player who grew up in the Bay Area, and he showed up at an A's playoff game in a Yankees hat?

I don't think I'd care if I were Lofton, but if I was a Cleveland fan I sure would.

by mikeA on Oct 10, 2007 11:28 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No, not if he grew up a Yankee fan, I wouldn't

expect anyone to change allegiances.  That wouldn't make them a real fan, now would it.

by theblackpearl on Oct 10, 2007 11:35 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

you could still be a real fan

if you go to the game and root for the yankees, the hat isn't necessary for that.

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 Oct 10, 2007 11:40 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How did Lebron grow up ...

a Yankee's fan?

Or is he just being a mindless douche and following the Yankees because it's cool, like so many other Yankee "fans"?

by methodrampage on Oct 10, 2007 12:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I seem to remember

C.C. Sabathia showing up to a Warriors game a couple of years ago in a Yankees hat. Now that was odd.

Kettlecorn! Swishercorn!

by TurnTwo on Oct 10, 2007 3:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You can see why...

Lofton is synonymous with Cleveland.  If there is any player worthy of debating the pros of single-city affiliation, it's Lofton.

It's Rhodes Scholar Night at the Coliseum tonight.

by Scottbass on Oct 10, 2007 12:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

When I graduated from college

the dining hall where I worked gave me a could-pass-as-expensive timepiece, so maybe they could have sprung for something like that. But it's a nickel and dime organization, so maybe just a couple of those Kielty troll dolls would have done the trick.

by mikeA on Oct 10, 2007 10:27 AM PDT   0 recs

telling someone they're fired

during the season:

"If the three then opted to go home early, fine; there is no shortage of minor-league coaches and managers who could've filled their spots for 10 days."

yeah, that would have really cut down on the drama.

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 Oct 10, 2007 10:40 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

note to 2009 xbx and poppy:

that was sarcasm.

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 Oct 10, 2007 10:52 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LMAO
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 10:54 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You know...

I still don't know if you were being friendly-sarcastic or derisive-sarcastic when you told me I should boycott computers... and I like it that way, so if you remember, don't tell me...  LOL

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 10:56 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

stuff from bbtf that i agree with

ronand tynan
"i'm sick of seeing this bald dude"

grady sizemore
"i think pretty much everyone who has followed baseball over the last 3.5 years has heard of the guy."

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 Oct 10, 2007 10:46 AM PDT   0 recs

bwaha!
  1. If Chip Caray’s name happened to be Chip Babblerock, would he be announcing playoff games on national televeision?

Amen.

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 10:51 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Tonight:

Keith Wolff makes a presentation to the Fremont School District.

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 11:21 AM PDT   0 recs

And over on Deadspin...

Excavate one for the Gipper!

(w... t... F?)

It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 11:30 AM PDT   0 recs

From Letsgotribe!

Cleveland fans rightly pissed that 99% of the post ALDS coverage has been Yankees/Torre/A-Rod, etc.

Letter sent to ESPN's ombudsperson from Letsgotribe!'s  emd2k3:

I wanted to thank ESPN for all of the great coverage of how the Cleveland Indians were able to dispatch of the New York Yankees in the ALDS ... oh wait, nevermind. There really isn't any. It's all woe-be-the-Yankees. Lovely wall-to-wall Joe Torre love fest.

I especially love the splash page picture of Grady Sizemore rounding- oh, I see, it's Joe Torre's lovely visage again. Gee, I wonder what the hell he's going to do? Let's all sit around and speculate about a manager charged with filling out a $200 million dollar lineup card.

I wish for once you East Coast Luddites would realize that baseball exists beyond the boundaries of the Acela route from South Station to Grand Central, and that talent cultivated from a smart-spending and dealing GM can beat a worn-down roster of fading millionaires in nearly every instance.

by SportySpice on Oct 10, 2007 11:47 AM PDT   0 recs

Alright!

I'm going to the Gate D store at lunch to see what's left for 50% off.

KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 11:55 AM PDT   0 recs

TAKE ME WITH YOU!
"Look at the replay again... one of the A's players comes flying in, I coulda swore it was Adam Melhuse!"

by Jennifer on Oct 10, 2007 11:58 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Do you want something in particular?

I can check.

KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 12:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Do they sell gloves and/or scarves?
"Look at the replay again... one of the A's players comes flying in, I coulda swore it was Adam Melhuse!"

by Jennifer on Oct 10, 2007 12:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hmm. Not sure.

You can email me your phone number and I can call you from there, or I can report back to you later today. I just across the way, so I can always go back.

KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 12:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I * work * just across the way...
KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 12:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Are you sure you don't mind looking?

I'm at work right now and I can't hear on my phone in this crappy building. Can you text me?

"Look at the replay again... one of the A's players comes flying in, I coulda swore it was Adam Melhuse!"

by Jennifer on Oct 10, 2007 12:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Well I only spend $95.

So that's positive.

KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 1:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

* spent *

what is wrong with me today?

KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 1:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

today?
"The Athletics at Fremont" is heinous

by ArakSOT on Oct 10, 2007 1:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Boooooooo.
KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 1:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

; }
"The Athletics at Fremont" is heinous

by ArakSOT on Oct 10, 2007 1:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So, one sweatshirt, huh?
"Look at the replay again... one of the A's players comes flying in, I coulda swore it was Adam Melhuse!"

by Jennifer on Oct 10, 2007 1:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

All the girl sweatshirts were XS and S. :(

I got a white women's windbreaker type jacket with green piping and logo, a black fleece pullover with the logo on the center, a yellow hat with green writing, and green A's sweatpants. Woot!

KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 1:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Is the black jersey peasant top

with the big bell sleeves still around? If it weren't so ridiculously expensive, I would buy it for a gag gift. I've never seen clothing so heinous.

Kettlecorn! Swishercorn!

by TurnTwo on Oct 10, 2007 3:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

batgirl bought the last one.
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 10, 2007 3:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I only bought it for you

I thought it would look great with your hard ass.

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

by batgirl on Oct 11, 2007 3:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LMHAO!
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 12, 2007 6:46 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hah. Absolutely not.

There was another woman in there when I was there and we were both lamenting the horrible options for women, i.e., pink, pastel, sparkly, foil applique, or rhinestones. We specifcally made fun of that top.

The black top I got is actually a youth top in an XL. It's got fleece on the inside and that mesh-y material on the outside with a little A on the front just below the neckline.

KQED Traffic Guy: "Southbound 880 backed up because of an earlier accident, and well...just because."

by pam5981 on Oct 10, 2007 5:23 PM PDT