November ← 2010 ← FREE KRAUT!

WARMTH IS NECESSARY 19

Nov

30

2010

Damn, but this sounds good: cook sauerkraut slowly with butter and paprika (a few caraway seeds don’t hurt, either) for a few hours until brown Also: I had no idea marmalade was cultured. Damn, but this really sounds good: chop up my boiled sauerkraut in a food processor along with fried onions, crisp bacon and ...

We’re crowded but alone 85

Nov

30

2010

Heeeere he comes to save the A’s! I’m all in favor of this. I’d still love to see the Slegna get spurned by Beltre and Crawford, and for them to sign Jeter. Speaking of unreasonable deals for SSs, what Calcaterra said. Whoa. Yeah, John Cole is right — this is gonna be fun. This is ...

When all you’ve got is an A’s blog, everything looks like A’s news 100

Nov

29

2010

Try making a market-leading offer to an elite free agent to play in your decrepit stadium. Try to find a community to host a replacement for your decrepit stadium. Try to offer Californians a cure for cancer. “Damn, HOK, looking fine. Very Nice.”, “Stop invoking your territorial rights!” and “I heard your power died. I ...

Pitching metrics 35

Nov

27

2010

It’s my first post here, so please take it easy on me. After all, we are all A’s fans! Go A’s!!!! No, seriously, here’s the thing. There has been lot of talk on ** about FIP and pitching metrics lately. I have to admit I don’t have my opinion set on metrics for pitchers in ...

Iâ€™m a blogger-slash-copywriter 77

Nov

24

2010

I filed my Thanksgiving time off request a month ago. I don’t see any similar paperwork from any of you slackers. Eventful week so far: Saturday rental-car nightmare (we’d decided to ditch the northern trip already, so when the right rear tire was at 20 psi and the driver’s seat started falling apart, I was ...

40-man 40-man roster 115

Nov

19

2010

Per Slusser: Michael Taylor, Corey Brown, Adrian Cardenas, Sean Doolittle, and Trystan Magnuson added to the roster. Grover had suggested Travis Banwart and Corey Wimberley as the other possible Rule 5 targets. Wimberley I can see someone taking as a utility guy, but don’t think he would be a great loss. Banwart is more surprising: ...

If we were a rich team, 16

Nov

19

2010

With apologies to everybod-ye: [Lew-ye speaks] “Oakland, you have many, many poor people. I realize, of course, that it’s no shame to be poor. But it’s no great honor either! So, what would have been so terrible if I had a rich fan base? If we were a rich team, Crawford Jeter Â Thome Werth Konerko ...

Antigrill 91

Nov

18

2010

grover bait nm bait (You know what I’d like to see? Tina Fey do Pelosi.) I’m not a fan of Kucinich, but I’m actually in favor of this I’m not a fan of Jeter, but I’m actually not in favor of this the single best way to cut the deficit is to make sure that ...

Open “WTF is Beane/Forst doing with Beltre?” thread 81

Nov

17

2010

Allegedly, B/F opened with a 5/45 offer (leading nm to conclude, in conjunction with the Sox’ alleged 4/52, that Boras would simply say “Fine — max the years from one and the rate from another: 5/65.” Allegedly, B/F goes to … 5/64. Which, as grover and others have pointed out, is … exactly the same ...

Natural election 67

Nov

17

2010

Chavvy, Chavvy, Chavvy … {shakes head} {chortles at the thought of swapping Chavvy for Beltre} Speaking of whom: We can beat that, and we damn well better MLBTR’s opening salvo from the GM meeting, with a Beane snippet: The A’s are off to a busy offseason start, but it’s not intentional. “I don’t think any ...