March ← 2011 ← FREE KRAUT!

The Grilff 122

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temporary “StAy” … yeah, you lawyers can fill in the rest I really don’t understand this at all. Zito t-boned by red-light runner Fast Passes going up incrementally in July FREE SUGAR! Yeah, linked in 3 consecutive Grills: A’s have new radio home. Slusser adds details, speculation.

A Pirate Looks at Fifty 125

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Today wraps up a half-century as it’s my first day of AARP membership eligibility. I don’t want to call it “the first half-century”; God forbid there would be a second one. Give me another 25 good years, then a few decent but declining years to wrap up the loose ends, then take me behind the ...

Low-volume, asynchronous conversation? Low-volume, asynchronous conversation. 42

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Alderson/Henderson TWHMS You are trained from a young age to respect your equipment Crowley bait: Champions are really built when nobody is watching Um, Andrew … What he does is grasp constantly for huge, world-historical theories and systems in order to situate himself in the present. Doubt rattles him; moderation befuddles him; pragmatism offends him. ...

Game chat 47

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I’m starting up a group on a new site called Convore, to which you are all invited. My nephew is one of the three co-founders of this new startup that is part of the Y Combinator incubator process. I’ve been using it in beta since Thanksgiving as a family group site, and it’s recently been ...

Today’s Daily Deals 55

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1. Investment advice … 30% off! 2. Buy one Canseco, get the other free instead! 3. Murky News, now with extra rank speculation about contraction! 4. OF prospect, minor damage (anyone with a Scout subscription know the details?)

Mad Slubs 3

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Fill in the blank: When Geren first told us Bailey was sock-throwing, I assumed he was __________

Monster Radness! I mean–Roster Madness! (Athland Oakletics) 23

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In years past, I would make a shallow preason seaview season preview over at NA AN. It was essentially a vanity project in which I photoshopped players’ faces together and provided possibly less insight than a Murray Chass hit piece.

Friday Fun All Alliterative Chimu Charrenge 37

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OK. It’s three AM and I am in a drug induced daze, so feel free to take this thing and axe it if you yearn to do so. First, a “chimu” is a “team” in Japan. You can guess what a “charrenge” is. The goal is to make the top team of position players using ...

Five tools 98

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Ah, yes, the true traditional sign of spring: when I archive the March Madness app and replace it on my front page with the MLB app …

FKWiz/Grill 34

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Has someone linked to the EloRater at Baseball-Reference yet? Â It’s like Moneybutt (for those of you who remember that far back), except for realsies. Â And it’s horribly addicting. Â Onto the FKwiz… 1. Three active players have hit over 500 home runs. Â Who are they? 2. Of those three, only one has hit over 500 doubles. ...