DLD 11/06/07 Can't we all just get along
by theblackpearl on Nov 6, 2007 1:05 PM PST
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Since the WGA is on strike, and Major League Baseball has recommended using instant replay for Home Runs., I was going to use FSU's Brilliant DLD from yesterday., all reruns, and replays all the time.
In the category of uh oh who was that really.
"Cremated son" turns up alive
But police had actually found Dennison, living rough in Nottingham, four days earlier.The case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission to discover why Partington was not told of her son's discovery in the days before she attended the cremation.
Inquiries are continuing to formally establish the identity of the body, but Greater Manchester police said they believe they know who he is
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071105/od_nm/cremated_dc;_ylt=At7.Di25xl.PmbJ9CMEGtQ.s0NUE
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Oh, crap
We double-dumped. I will delete mine....if i can..and repost the content here.
Oakland, CA 94621
I was trying to sing that in the manner of the ending to the original ZOOM -- but it just doesn't scan as well as Boston, MASS OH - two ONE three - FOUR.
Anyway, the relevance of the Coliseum zip code is that The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Jose Guillen had steroids and HGH shipped to him there in September 2003. Other using players named in the article are Matt Williams and Ismail Valdez.
I know just how much we were all hoping that Curt Schilling would sign with the A's, but he is re-upping with Boston.
As mentioned on PRI's excellent program The World yesterday, a big hit on YouTube is the Zorba the Greek dance, Australian aboriginal style. Since this is better known to many of us as the derisive-action-during-opposing-team's-conference-on-the-mound dance, it's worth watching for style pointers for next season.
Someone is selling a lot of A's stuff on craigslist and since this person is obviously a fan and regular attendee, it is sad that he or she could not remember Hiram Bocachica's first name or how to spell his last name. But what I really want to know is how and why was Jerry Brown persuaded to sign an A's baseball? Does it actually say "$#)%^ you, move to Fremont, Best Wishes, Jerry Brown"?
mmmmmmmmm....
...open-faced bocaccia fread sandwich...
oh god
i was reading sportsnation, and some poster ("MarisHOF") said:
MarisHOF (2 hours ago)
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Boston would have been better off not signing Schilling. Boston would have been better off taking that 8 million and tried to sign a top notch free agent like Carlos Silva or try to get in the Santana sweepstakes. You can forget about the 2 million weight clause.... With his big mouth there is no way he can keep that shut...
Boston should have said good-by and thanks... I mean he already wrote the good-bye letters
CARLOS SILVA?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!? TOP NOTCH?!?!??!?!
How about furniture
that is "Shabby Sheik" as a spelling example on CL?
Does it beat "Dunk and Fife" or "Chester Drawers"?
by One won lost won on Nov 7, 2007 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
I really believed that 'riods were a performance
enhancer, until I saw Ismail Valdez was using them.....Now I'm not so sure....
I'm very confused.....
conventional wisdom
ESPNs offseason forecast for Oakland
Larry Stone is a hack who sucks
Um
- Didn't we use the DL significantly more than 22 times?
- How's everyone feel about Mychael Urban?
- Have I mentioned I'm a fan of tater tots?
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
and
- Seriously, how the hell do you cremate the wrong person?
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
if we can't get along
then it will be straight nap time for all of us, with no cookies and juice or recess.
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
It is
considerably more enjoyable in adulthood than in preschool...
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
How's come
if I feel like voting for him more than once a day, I can't? It's not fair.
Well, since I can't, you must.
why would we want to get a Long?
The last one we had sucked at his job.
Aw now,
easy, I've been known to be a T-Long apologist. But I despised Jermaine Dye. Do I need therapy? I mean, I know I need therapy, but...well, hey, have you ever tried tater tots?
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
How can you DESPISE Jermaine Dye?!
I love Jermaine Dye. Is that why you despise him? mememememememe
I'd still
share my tater tots with you.
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
TAter tots? I didn't even KNOW 'er tots!
Why am I
seeing pictures of Benny Hill right now?
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Maddux signs with the Padres
1/10. He was one of the few pitchers worth going after for the A's, I think.
In other news...
awards handed out, none to the A's....
I love illicit conversation
I know you're working for the CIA
They wouldn't have you in the mafia
Polanco / Beltre - Gold Gloves
- Plac. Polanco, aka Babe Ruth versus the A's, won the Gold Glove 2B. Thanks to a Detroit Scorekeeper, they reversed a Polanco error after the game (near the end of the season).... giving him 0 errors for the season.
- Adrian Beltre takes the 3B Gold Glove away from Chavvy.
- Jeter didn't win S$%t.
Yeah,
the guy with the least errors for the season (especially when it sets a season record) should definitely win. Like Mark Ellis last year.
Oh wait.
{still doesn't let it go}
Game of Shadows writers
(same duo that exposed Byrd's HGH purchases in the SF Chron just before Game 7 of the ALCS) have another article in the Chron that says José Guillen had some shipped to him at the Coliseum when he was with Oakland.
Article also mentions Matt Williams and Ismael Valdez as clients of the same dentist that was...er...treating Byrd's tumor
Man
the advances in dentistry in the last 20 years are amazing!
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
when did Byrd's alibi change?
Last I saw, he was claiming he had a tumor.
2007 Gold Gloves
AL - http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...
NL - http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...
I'm excited foooorrrrr Grady Sizemore, Jeff Francoeur, and Russell Martin mostly :)
Here's what
Rob Neyer said about Ellis:
"The third Big Bias is about fielding percentage. This shows up mostly with shortstops and second basemen, and goes a long way toward explaining how Placido Polanco won this year. Polanco didn't make many errors this season. Actually, he didn't make any errors this season. I'm as critical as anybody, but it's hard to fault the voters for rewarding a guy who made zero errors in six months. Realistically, though, does it necessarily follow that Polanco was the best second baseman? Another top candidate was (or should have been) Mark Ellis. Ellis, playing roughly 110 more innings than Polanco, recorded 110 more assists than Polanco. Aaron Hill (14 errors) and Robinson Cano (13 errors) both made more errors than Polanco, but both also made far, far more plays than Polanco."
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
I'm pissed.
:(
Ellis being robbed is the only one I'm upset about. He should have gotten it last year, and I will be upset every year that he doesn't get it just because of that :(
And let's not even start thinking about...
the 2005 Comeback Player Of the Year award.
Someday, they need to send a damn stack of these
to Mark's house, to make up for the Gloves robbed from him. :-( Ugh.
"No. It's Oakland."
Frank Gehry sucks at his job
The school asserts that the center, completed in spring 2004, has persistent leaks ...
When did [REDACTED] start working at MIT?
Hey, better persistent leaks than persistent dumps, I always say.
But it shore is purty...
"An executive at Skanska's Boston office said Gehry ignored warnings from Skanska and a consulting company before construction that there were flaws in the design. "This is not a construction issue, never has been," said Paul Hewins, executive vice president and area general manager of Skanska USA."
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 7, 2007 12:36 AM PST up reply actions
I like the commenter who channels Gehry, saying
"Damn ingrates. I give them an organic building (mold) that considers the natural element (water) and expresses itself dramatically (falling ice)"
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Nov 6, 2007 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
I know a lot of folks who work there.
One of them recounted the story of the late January night when he was working by himself when all of a sudden, "BOOM!" Huge sheet of ice crashes down on the skylight directly above him. Scared the poor guy half to death.
Then there's the amphitheatre, which they had to rip up and replace just three years after it was completed. And the elevator that travels four feet. But hey, I'm sure people are okay with the MIT daycare being in that building.
the elevator that travels four feet
Wow -- all you scientists really are short.
Are you kidding?
Have you met any scientists? It's like meeting a gang of Oompa Loompas. Not only are they short, they wear virtually identical costumes and randomly break out into spontaneous, though clearly choreographed song and dance routines.
Like the Oompa Loompas
that sounds creepy.
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
Well, yeah, they're scientists ...
what do you expect?
Are they all
preachy like those damn Oompa Loompas too?
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
they're all trying to prove something ...
All that's superficial
The real damages that MIT can claim are loss of tuition from students currently lost inside. It's a fricking maze. I believe that one day a janitor in the Despondent Center will find a huddled mass of hungry students who got lost and all ended up in the same place (kind of like the North Pacific Gyre).
"Despondent center"
Heh.
Have you seen the "pub" in that building? Imagine trying to walk through that thing after a few beers!
Looking for an awkward moment? Try passing by the R&D pub on a Friday night.
the Despondent Center
is where failed entrepreneurs go for counseling.
maybe this explains
guillen's temperamental nature---'roid rages!!! that sandbagging son of a bitch. hey, at least he saved the best for the end of the angels season that year and got himself booted from the team.
by bigmacattack @ Athletics Nation on Nov 6, 2007 5:50 PM PST reply actions
NooooooOOOOOoooooo!!!!!
NNNooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOooOOOooooooooOOOO!!!
Yesterday was Robert Patrick's birthday and I missed it! I didn't get to sing him HAPPY BIRTHDAY and I didn't make him a cake! What sort of stalker am I?!?! I'm tempted to turn in my Stalker's Union badge and binoculars.
Um
Robert Patrick who played the gambling loser on Sopranos? You crush on him? Really?!
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 9:49 PM PST up reply actions
When you're feeling a little lonely
and have no place to go,
there's always the church.
I guess he felt the calling
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Nov 6, 2007 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
The second coming
by Leopold Bloom on Nov 6, 2007 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
Well....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/...
"Australia pulls 'date rape' drug toy"
Kids these days. What happened to Etch A Sketch or Barbie? Date rape drug toys? Too far.
Didn't you have Date Rape Barbie?
With the Talking Ken that said "Do her! She won't know!"
Forget Red Eye Love....
I'm going to have Sublime's "Date Rape" stuck in my head all day... which isn't that pleasant to be singing at work.
I don't think I know that one.
But I intensely dislike Sublime, so that might be why.
I like three songs of Sublime...
- "Santeria"
- "Date Rape"
- "Wrong Way"
"Date Rape":
Can't watch video.
But I already looked up lyrics to see if I recognized them. That's why I saw the word "Santeria" in the list of other songs, and just seeing the word put the whole f%#!ing song in my ear.
''magic beads'' indeed
Bindeez, named Australia's toy of the year at an industry function earlier this year.
brave new world
FJM points me to a Q&A with new Pirates GM Neal Huntington; his response to a question re OBP:
We are going to utilize several objective measures of player performance to evaluate and develop players. We'll rely on the more traditional objective evaluations: OPS (on base percentage plus slugging percentage) , WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched), Runs Created, ERC (Component ERA), GB/FB (ground ball to fly ball ratio), K/9 (strikeouts per nine innings), K/BB (strikeouts to walks ratio), BB%, etc., but we'll also look to rely on some of the more recent variations: VORP (value over replacement player), Relative Performance, EqAve (equivalent average), EqOBP (equivalent on base percentage), EqSLG (equivalent slugging percentage), BIP% (balls put into play percentage), wOBA (weighted on base average), Range Factor, PMR (probabilistic model of range) and Zone Rating.
yikes! OPS and WHIP are "more traditional" evaluations?
Jennifer and Thunderbutt...
are guilty of posting links in yesterday's dump instead of making a new dump.
Shame, shame, shame.
What, are you the dump fuzz?
they suck at their jobs
*they* suck at *their* jobs
I shoulda been kicked offa here long ago.
Well, there *was* an infamous
deleted diary...
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Nov 7, 2007 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
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