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Heeeeeeeeere I come to post the Griiiiiilllllllll 226

I had totally forgotten that Brooks Conrad was once in the A’s syst– … Jesus: he actually appeared in 6 games for Oakland in ’08? Baseball in Oakland supports … drunk biking? Selugworth: the beatings will continue until morale improves Christine O’Donnell does not approve of “Toast or Roast” This is a good way to ...

Salmabuster 125

TODAY Reds in process of blowing lead hanging on totally imploding against Phils Giants host Braves @ 6:37 PT TOMORROW Rays at Rangers @ 2:00 PT Twins at Yankees @ 5:30 PT SUNDAY Giants at Braves @ 1:30 PT Phillies at Reds @ 4:30 PT Rays/Rangers and Twins/Yankees “if necessary” At this point, I’m rooting ...

Grillibuster 50

I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’. Player want to meet with the umps. Come alone, they say. We just want to talk. Gardener Ron Managerhire, to steal a moniker from BatGirl, is not happy with ump Hunter Wendelstedt. You may remember him from such calls as this game ending one: His reputation is summed up ...

Off our backs grill 159

1. Without commentary on the political orientation, I thought this campaign ad was clever, with the ending being quite funny. Simple message, memorable visual. 2. Good for this kid for working hard and going to college but…well, hopefully there’s not too much of a debt load when he graduates, because it’s hard to imagine much ...

Playoffs 6 Oct Open Thread 75

Rays/Rangers: 10:30 PT. Price/Lee. Reds/Phillies: 2:00 PT. Volquez/Halladay Yankees/Twins: 5:30 PT. Sabathia/Liriano

Graphene Grill! 81

Graphene! The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded today to the discoverers of graphene. A thin flake of ordinary carbon, just one atom thick, lies behind this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov have shown that carbon in such a flat form has exceptional properties that originate from the remarkable world ...

TWO YEARS! 60

Buh-bye AkiIwa It’s empty since LB left Dahlia on the Roberts court’s sekrit radicalism An honest timeline Local fauna update: our Cooper’s hawk is back Happy birthday, JP!

Salmagundi: The End Is Nigh 156

159 down, 3 to go. In less that 48 hours the A’s season will be over. Hardly strictly sad. I read once a long time ago that it’s not just players who make the post-season that get league-mandated bonus payments, but that every player gets some sort of bonus, amounts tiered to the final standings, ...

Science Friday 129

1. Most of you are familiar, at least qualitatively, with the concept of viscosity. Things that are thick and gummy, like motor oil or molasses, have a high viscosity. Things that are not, like gases, have a low viscosity. For most fluids, the quantitative measure of viscosity is relatively constant. But some fluids have a ...