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An average Costco worker made about $45,000 in 2011

Incredibly they make 2k less than I do. FML.

Bowie. That is all that needs to be said.

597 thoughts on “I Should Just Live At Costco Grill 3.12

  1. MikeV Mar 12,2013 9:33 am

    I love Costco. It still weirds me out that you can get Kirkland Signature Jeans, Kirkland Signature car batteries, Kirkland Signature salad dressing, Kirkland Signature dog food, and stuff like that…

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • DFA Mar 12,2013 9:40 am || Up

      I mean its just rebranded stuff that other people make.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • MikeV Mar 12,2013 9:42 am || Up

        I know. but still.

        And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

        Thanks, and go As.

    • Kylianna Mar 12,2013 6:04 pm || Up

      Mmmmm Kirkland vodka.

      • lynnzgal Mar 19,2013 9:56 pm || Up

        Where do you think your bws cam from?

        • MikeV Mar 19,2013 11:26 pm || Up

          I love you.

          And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

          Thanks, and go As.

  2. MikeV Mar 12,2013 9:42 am

    Relevant to title. Front Page on reddit right now: Costco pays living wages, still sees profits soar.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • DFA Mar 12,2013 9:44 am || Up

      right were referring to the same article

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Kylianna Mar 12,2013 6:05 pm || Up

      Okay I think I’m going to go work for Costco.

  3. lenscrafters Mar 12,2013 10:49 am

    Someone on scout.com quoted Keith Law on Nakajima:

    “• I’ve seen Oakland shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima in parts of three games so far, and based just on that, I don’t think he’s an everyday shortstop. He can’t run and he doesn’t have much range at short, while at the plate he’s slashing through the ball and is usually way out in front of everything. I put very little stock in spring training statistics, but I am not surprised that Nakajima leads A’s hitters in strikeouts even though he’s fourth or fifth in plate appearances. I know the A’s committed a lot of money to Nakajima ($6.5 million over two years), but unless I got a bad read, they’re better off if he’s on the bench or off the roster.”

    It doesn’t seem like anyone outside of the organization thinks Nakajima can stick at short. If Lowrie is healthy, perhaps the A’s could send Nakajima down at the start of the year for a month or two to further evaluate him and let him adjust.

    • MikeV Mar 12,2013 10:51 am || Up

      I’ve seen Oakland shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima in parts of three games so far, and based just on that, I don’t think he’s an everyday shortstop.

      He will never, ever change his mind.

      And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

      Thanks, and go As.

      • DFA Mar 12,2013 12:22 pm || Up

        To be fair that was the book on him before he signed too

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • MikeV Mar 12,2013 12:27 pm || Up

          yeah I just think it’s stupid to sign him and then go trade for an actual SS as well, and then talk about how versatile the real SS is.

          And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

          Thanks, and go As.

    • Soaker Mar 12,2013 12:27 pm || Up

      After 10 days there and seeing Nakajima start 4 games or so (= about 20 innings in ST), I can’t say I have much of an impression other than noticing he doesn’t have an arm anywhere close to Pennington’s. Yes, you could have Lowrie/Sizemore in Oakland in April, Nakajima/Weeks with the River Cats and then see where you stand.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • DFA Mar 12,2013 12:35 pm || Up

        I would prefer that because it would keep he most out of options players

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • Glorious Mundy Mar 12,2013 12:36 pm || Up

          If Nakajima and Weeks start in AAA, you could keep Sizemore, Barton and Rosales on the 25-man.

          • MikeV Mar 12,2013 12:47 pm || Up

            BUT THAT WOULD BE DISRESPECTFUL TO NAKAJIMA AND HE IS ADJUSTING AND SHOULD PLAY SS ALL DAY ERRY DAY.

            Or whatever they’re saying on the radio now.

            And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

            Thanks, and go As.

            • Glorious Mundy Mar 12,2013 12:49 pm || Up

              IS ANYTHING STILL THE MATTER WITH TIMMY OR IS HE OK NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT FOOTBALL.

              • beebo Mar 13,2013 11:24 am || Up

                I mean, he did get that haircut and everything…

  4. FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 12,2013 10:50 am

    Soaker bait: Sonny Dykes busy rolling out the “Bear Raid” offense.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Soaker Mar 12,2013 11:37 am || Up

      The Cal tradition for most of my lifetime has been strong offensive play and dreadful defense. In the old days that meant losses by scores like 35-31. In his last few seasons Tedford’s teams were oddly noted for defense (until last year when the whole thing fell apart). I think Dykes brings us back to our tradition, but in today’s college game that means our losses will be 59-52.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • nevermoor Mar 12,2013 12:03 pm || Up

        Baylor snorts at your offensive ineptitude.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • futwork Mar 12,2013 3:44 pm || Up

      Citing Malcolm Gladwell as the basis of one’s philosophy on offense inspires something less than full confidence.

      • ptbnl Mar 12,2013 4:24 pm || Up

        Citing Malcolm Gladwell on ANY subject inspires less than full confidence, ridicule, and a slap upside the head.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  5. Future Ed Mar 12,2013 11:18 am
    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  6. Glorious Mundy Mar 12,2013 11:19 am
    • nevermoor Mar 12,2013 11:31 am || Up

      That’s not a hard bargain, that’s being a dick when you don’t get what you want.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • andeux Mar 12,2013 11:40 am || Up

        I just don’t understand why you are still arguing with me about this when you have made it clear you have no interest in the card.

        That pretty much covers it.

        TINSTAAFK
        • nevermoor Mar 12,2013 12:05 pm || Up

          Exactly right. If it was “I’ll pay 4.5” “No! 7” “How about 5, based on these comps” it would be one thing, but “Your card is worth 4.5” “I’m asking 12” “That’s Crazy!” “No, and I have offers that are twice yours” “That’s Crazy! And I play MLB!” is something completely different.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • dmoas Mar 12,2013 12:10 pm || Up

            If I had to guess, he still wanted the item and was expecting to be able to convince the seller that the price was outrageous and see the price lowered after he called out what he perceived to be bullshit. The seller either had legitimate offers for more or was feigning so to get a higher price. I imagine that actually happens frequently in this sort of haggling situation.

            • Future Ed Mar 12,2013 12:19 pm || Up

              meh. its a “someone on the internet moment is wrong.”

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • nevermoor Mar 12,2013 12:55 pm || Up

              If the seller is lying, your only move is to walk away and see if they restart. If they aren’t lying, you’ll never hear from ’em again.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • colin Mar 12,2013 11:36 am || Up

      From the comments:

      Let’s be honest here, when it comes to collecting overpriced old cards, no one does it better than the Angels.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 12,2013 11:39 am || Up

        Hee hee!

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • DFA Mar 12,2013 12:23 pm || Up

        Best part of the entire thing

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • MikeV Mar 12,2013 11:40 am || Up

      Oh man that poor guy who can’t buy a 4500 dollar baseball card.

      And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

      Thanks, and go As.

    • ozzman99 Mar 12,2013 4:30 pm || Up

      I’d like B-Mac to weigh in on this.

      • colin Mar 13,2013 5:08 am || Up

        He plays on the same team as Ziggy. No way he’d say anything critical in public.

  7. Jennifer Mar 12,2013 11:37 am

    I should just work at Costco.

    • ozzman99 Mar 12,2013 4:22 pm || Up

      They should open a health clinic.

    • Kylianna Mar 12,2013 6:06 pm || Up

      I will join you. Let’s be the queens of the frozen food aisles.

      • Jennifer Mar 12,2013 7:00 pm || Up

        I’ve never actually been to Costco.

        • Kylianna Mar 12,2013 7:56 pm || Up

          It’s like heaven, in bulk form. If you’ve ever wanted to buy a two-pack of canoes or enough toilet paper to last a year.

          • Soaker Mar 12,2013 8:05 pm || Up

            I don’t get waiting in line for 10 minutes to save a few cents per gallon on gasoline though. I have better uses for my time.

            What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
            • Kylianna Mar 12,2013 8:52 pm || Up

              Better uses like going inside to buy a $1.50 hot dog and soda?

              • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 12,2013 10:28 pm || Up

                I haven’t been to Costco in years. This should probably change.

                • Kylianna Mar 12,2013 10:52 pm || Up

                  Yes. Yes it should.

                  I haven’t been to Costco in days. That should probably also change.

                • whimsical witch Mar 12,2013 10:53 pm || Up

                  I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO COSTCO.

                • DFA Mar 12,2013 11:01 pm || Up

                  What? I spend like 400 bucks a month there.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • MikeV Mar 12,2013 11:02 pm || Up

                  i harve a costoco card. we acn go one day

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • whimsical witch Mar 12,2013 11:04 pm || Up

                  so afraid i will have a huge panic attack in there.

                • DFA Mar 12,2013 11:07 pm || Up

                  are you unprepared to fight off hordes of old asian ladies for samples of food that you really don’t want to eat anyway?

                  if so you might have a panic attack.

                  Anastasia refused to go to the one in SF because it would make her freak out.

                  I miss buying 50 dollars worth of berries with her at the beginning of the day and then going on a road trip and eating them all. In one day. She loved blackberries.

                  has a sad.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • whimsical witch Mar 12,2013 11:09 pm || Up

                  i don’t like people i don’t know touching me, and i don’t like bright lights, and i don’t like spaces filled with people purchasing things. i’m a bad shopper.

                • DFA Mar 12,2013 11:09 pm || Up

                  I am a bad shopper, though Im much better now than I use to be, but I fucking love costco

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • whimsical witch Mar 12,2013 11:11 pm || Up

                  maybe i will go there someday. maybe.

                • brian.only Mar 12,2013 11:29 pm || Up

                  Yeah box stores creep me out, I think its the lighting and lack of ‘time of day’, they’re also way overstimulating as everything is juiced to grab your attention.

                • whimsical witch Mar 12,2013 11:40 pm || Up

                  pretty much this. i freaked out in ikea 5 years ago and i have never been able to go there again. even though i loved all the candle holders.

                • elcroata Mar 12,2013 11:34 pm || Up

                  You know me, right?

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 13,2013 8:49 am || Up

                  I get this. I like the concept of Costco. I like that they are good to their employees. I eat a lot of food from Costco, I wear clothes from Costco and I read books that I bought at Costco. However, after an hour there, I wish to destroy humanity. Partly since I can only ever go on the weekends and the most convenient one is just over the Columbia from Washington, so it is extraordinarily popular for Washingtonians wishing to not pay sales tax.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • Kay Mar 13,2013 10:05 am || Up

                  So, basically, it’s like going shopping at a crowded Tea Party meeting. I don’t blame you for wanting to avoid the place.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 13,2013 10:11 am || Up

                  A mix of Tea Partiers and Russian immigrants who have gamed the system their entire lives. I don’t mind the latter so much, but, yeah.

                  Also, I’m increasingly weary of crowds as I get older. I get incredibly anxious dealing with the shopping cart traffic jam created by a run on free meatball samples.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 10:15 am || Up

                  SF and the peninsula now have enough of a critical mass of Costcos that a trip there is relatively survivable. I still try to only go in the hour before closing, so as to avoid the rolling roadblocks of four-generation families jockeying for free samples.

                • Englishmajor Mar 13,2013 4:42 pm || Up

                  The Airport Blvd one in South San Francisco is particularly survivable, especially during the week. Don’t tell everyone though.

                • DFA Mar 13,2013 4:53 pm || Up

                  Their selection of meat is lacking bulk options

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • ozzman99 Mar 13,2013 9:40 pm || Up

                  The one on El Camino just south of Hickey is a traumatic experience.

                • DFA Mar 13,2013 10:35 pm || Up

                  They do have super functional carts though.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Glorious Mundy Mar 14,2013 10:38 am || Up

                  That Hickey Blvd one is especially bad. Not sure why.

                • harensheir15 Mar 31,2013 4:32 am || Up

                  If it’s strictly a matter of going through a bucketful of blackberries in the course of a day, that could be arranged.

                • DFA Mar 31,2013 9:32 pm || Up

                  yeah its more the roadtrip and feeding them to eachother while we drove.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kylianna Mar 13,2013 1:11 am || Up

                  …WHAT.

                  HOW.

            • elcroata Mar 12,2013 11:39 pm || Up

              The break even point for a minimum wage worker with an average sized gas tank is $.08 cheaper if (s)he waits for 10 minutes, $.04 cheaper if (s)he waits for five minutes

              Because survival is insufficient
              • DFA Mar 12,2013 11:59 pm || Up

                but what if im pn a conference call while i wait?

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  8. FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 12,2013 12:46 pm

    More from SuSlu on the Cespedes family immigration saga.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  9. JediLeroy Mar 12,2013 1:23 pm

    So, I’m in Redwood City/Burlingame for the week. Any good places to eat without breaking the bank?

    az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • Future Ed Mar 12,2013 1:33 pm || Up

      PIZZA AND PIPES!!!!

      (I am kidding, you are not 8)

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • JediLeroy Mar 12,2013 2:28 pm || Up

        I loved Pizza & Pipes when I was 8. We had one in Sacramento that we frequented.

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • 5Aces Mar 12,2013 2:42 pm || Up

          We drove by where the Fresno one was about a month ago. I tried explaining it to the kids and it didnt work.

          “So did they have a huge flat screen to watch the movies?” “Why would they play a big organ?”

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 12,2013 1:41 pm || Up

      Poppy’s house!

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • colin Mar 12,2013 2:06 pm || Up

      Eleven years ago, I would have been able to suggest a bunch of really good mexican places, but I don’t know if they are there anymore.

      • MikeV Mar 12,2013 2:10 pm || Up

        As is the case with most of California, try to find the nastiest looking hole in the wall Mexican food place you can. It’s probably AWESOME.

        And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

        Thanks, and go As.

        • Jennifer Mar 12,2013 2:11 pm || Up

          What could possibly go wrong?

          • MikeV Mar 12,2013 2:17 pm || Up

            Nothing. That’s pretty much the rule of thumb for Mexican Food in CA.

            And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

            Thanks, and go As.

        • colin Mar 12,2013 2:18 pm || Up

          I fully endorse this. I actually went on yelp to try to find my favorite place from college (though I think it was in Mountain View, not Redwood City). Turns out that there are a lot of restaurants called “Three Brothers Tacos”. Not only was it a nasty hole in the wall, but I also ate sesos there (and I’m still alive!).

          • Future Ed Mar 12,2013 2:25 pm || Up

            I don’t eat it, but that is a good measure if an unknown place is going to be good, so I always look for sesos on the menu

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • colin Mar 12,2013 2:30 pm || Up

              Looking back, it probably wasn’t a good idea. This was 2001 or 2002 — I think that is before the big BSE scare, but that would not be a fun disease to catch. Even worse, it wasn’t very tasty. I stick with carnitas, chorizo, or carne asada now.

        • JediLeroy Mar 12,2013 2:25 pm || Up

          I already have reservations for tonight for this place. Mia’s heart surgeon from Japan moved to SF, so we’re getting together for dinner. He made the reservations, and was taken aback when they answered the phone in Spanish. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that we probably didn’t need reservations.

          az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
          • JediLeroy Mar 12,2013 9:38 pm || Up

            La Chapina was very good–pretty dang authentic. I bought a bag full of Guatemalan snacks I’ve been missing.

            az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
            • colin Mar 13,2013 5:10 am || Up

              Sounds delicious!

              • JediLeroy Mar 13,2013 10:05 am || Up

                We both got the hilachas and split a side order of chuchitos. The chuchitos were a bit bigger than the ones I would get in Guate, but they were good. The hilachas were great, especially with the crema.

                az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • Kylianna Mar 12,2013 6:06 pm || Up

          Trufax.

    • Glorious Mundy Mar 12,2013 2:28 pm || Up

      Redwood City

      Chavez Supermarket Carne Asada burrito with everything. So good.
      Old Port Lobster Shack Lobster rolls, flown in fresh from Maine.

      • DFA Mar 12,2013 2:34 pm || Up

        Hokaro in san Mateo is pretty good japanese

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • JediLeroy Mar 12,2013 2:38 pm || Up

        I’ll give ’em a shot. Thanks!

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • Englishmajor Mar 12,2013 10:27 pm || Up

      fantastic burgers at the southern end of San Mateo
      Himawari Ramen in downtown San Mateo. …actually, pretty much everything in downtown San Mateo is decent and not expensive, plus there are so many restaurants if the one you head for is crowded, just walk on down the block.
      Breakfast and lunch in both Bgame and Redwood City, but I’ve only been to the Bgame one
      Burmese? In Burlingame? Yes.
      Pho and noodle and whatnot
      Chuka-ryori, Japanese Chinese food on the border of downtown San Mateo

      • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 9:30 am || Up

        If we’re talking ramen and San Mateo, then Ramen Dojo is a must. Gotta get there right when they open, though, or you’ll be in line for a while.

        • JediLeroy Mar 13,2013 8:29 pm || Up

          That was fantastic ramen. The Japanese staff wasn’t nearly as friendly as the spanish-speaking staff, but the food was wonderful. Great recommendation.

          az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 10:18 am || Up

          I have been looking for a great ramen place for awhile, thank you for mentioning this!

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 14,2013 10:23 am || Up

            This new place in Oakland is by Chez Panisse alumni and is supposed to be quite good as well.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • Englishmajor Mar 14,2013 7:52 pm || Up

              My favorite ramen is Ramen Halu in San Jose.

              • Glorious Mundy Mar 15,2013 9:24 am || Up

                Seconded. That place is incredible.

                • beebo Mar 15,2013 11:01 am || Up

                  Definitely the best ramen in the Bay Area. Maru Ichi in Mountain View is my #2.

      • beebo Mar 13,2013 11:30 am || Up

        It could be my low blood sugar level today, but “Burmese? In Burlingame?” reminded me of those old “Farms? In Berkeley?” radio ads.

        • Englishmajor Mar 13,2013 4:42 pm || Up

          Mooo!

        • colin Mar 13,2013 5:33 pm || Up

          old? Don’t they still air those?

          • beebo Mar 14,2013 9:09 am || Up

            Do they? I’ve been in exile for a while, but I do remember hearing them on AM radio as a kid all the time.

            • colin Mar 14,2013 9:26 am || Up

              Well, it’s one NRAF talking to another here, so we are uniquely unqualified to answer this question.

              • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 14,2013 10:23 am || Up

                I’ve heard one within the last year for sure.

                "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • JediLeroy Mar 14,2013 8:36 am || Up

        I miss 中華料理. I think I’ll go there tonight.

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • DFA Mar 14,2013 9:06 am || Up

          what/where is that?

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • beebo Mar 14,2013 9:10 am || Up

            (Sometimes Japanified) Chinese food!

            • JediLeroy Mar 14,2013 9:26 am || Up

              I’m in the mood for some エビチリ and 酢豚.

              az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
              • DFA Mar 14,2013 9:33 am || Up

                is there a specific place for it or is it especially good?

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • beebo Mar 14,2013 9:42 am || Up

                日本の中華料理は本当に懐かしいなー!

                • JediLeroy Mar 14,2013 2:53 pm || Up

                  そうですよねぇ。和食を毎日食べられたらいいなぁと思います。

                  az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
                • beebo Mar 15,2013 11:02 am || Up

                  うん、そうだよね。

                • doctorK Mar 15,2013 11:16 am || Up

                  グーグルが翻訳のために、私は神に感謝!

          • JediLeroy Mar 14,2013 12:54 pm || Up

            Englishmajor’s last recommendation, Yuuraku in San Mateo.

            az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
      • JediLeroy Mar 14,2013 9:03 pm || Up

        So, 遊楽 was awesome! The owners were super friendly, and the food was great.

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
  10. Future Ed Mar 12,2013 1:45 pm

    Shit, regular vince and spring training vince were talking about bret anderson, but I was typing something for work and didn’t hear.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Future Ed Mar 12,2013 1:46 pm || Up

      ok, sounds like he won’t miss any time or be set back in any way

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  11. MikeV Mar 12,2013 1:53 pm

    Attention OOTP players: We have an opening in our league, if you’re interested.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

  12. Future Ed Mar 12,2013 2:21 pm

    WTF. I am ineligible to complete the mathletics form?

    and they say that all the workbooks for 2013 have been distributed.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  13. Glorious Mundy Mar 12,2013 2:23 pm

    I’m listening to the Bowie album now. It’s pretty damned good.

    • colin Mar 12,2013 2:32 pm || Up

      You listening on the site that DFA linked? Is there some place where I can just stream the whole thing in one go?

      • Glorious Mundy Mar 12,2013 2:35 pm || Up

        I’m listening on MOG on my phone, but I’m a subscriber. You should be able to stream it for free there (mog.com) or on rdio.com, I think.

    • DFA Mar 12,2013 2:32 pm || Up

      It’s really angsty. I like it. It’s pretty different from earlier music while maintaining enough ties to the original to be familiar

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • colin Mar 12,2013 2:39 pm || Up

      The album cover is hilarious.

  14. Future Ed Mar 12,2013 2:57 pm

    I love Cosco, but never having been in a wallmart, isn’t it Granny smith apples to Macintosh?

    I always picture wallmart as more like target? am I wrong?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Glorious Mundy Mar 12,2013 2:59 pm || Up

      Walmart is a crappier Target, but Walmart also has a crappier Costco called Sam’s Club.

      • Future Ed Mar 12,2013 3:01 pm || Up

        oh, ok, that makes sense to compare I suppose (although I am not sure what “average worker made” means)

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • ozzman99 Mar 12,2013 4:25 pm || Up

          I think it means that Costco is running a huge counterfeiting operation.

        • elcroata Mar 12,2013 11:40 pm || Up

          Yeah. Although Costco by all accounts pays fair, median tells more than mean when it comes to salaries

          Because survival is insufficient
      • Kay Mar 12,2013 4:24 pm || Up

        Walmart is also a crappier Gemco.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • Soaker Mar 12,2013 4:49 pm || Up

          Target > Gemco > Walmart >>> Kmart

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • dmoas Mar 12,2013 5:37 pm || Up

            I’d put Target on the bottom of that in lists of places I’d shop at. Not that I actually shop at any of them.

            • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 12,2013 6:41 pm || Up

              Man, I’m at Target every week. It lets me shop at one store for regular necessities, not 3-5. Time is my dearest currency.

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • dmoas Mar 12,2013 6:46 pm || Up

                I used to work at Target. Not a fan of how they treat their employees.

                • JediLeroy Mar 12,2013 9:39 pm || Up

                  I can second this.

                  az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
                • Englishmajor Mar 12,2013 10:28 pm || Up

                  The sad thing is, when it was part of Dayton Hudson it was a really good place to work.

                • dmoas Mar 13,2013 2:14 pm || Up

                  Not really. It was still part of DH when I worked there. I doubt that’s changed much.

                • Englishmajor Mar 13,2013 4:45 pm || Up

                  I’ll take your word for it since I never worked there. Dayton Hudson itself was always considered an excellent corporate citizen in Minnesota when the Dayton family still ran it.

                • ozzman99 Mar 13,2013 12:00 am || Up

                  And I can third it.

              • DFA Mar 12,2013 8:40 pm || Up

                Target is socially acceptable Wal-Mart for liberal middle class white people. There is little difference.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • andeux Mar 12,2013 9:02 pm || Up

                  It’s socially acceptable because their business practices aren’t as sleazy.

                  TINSTAAFK
                • dmoas Mar 12,2013 9:19 pm || Up

                  I wouldn’t necessary say that nor believe that. They just haven’t been as publicly caught doing it.

                • andeux Mar 12,2013 9:24 pm || Up

                  Also where exactly does race enter into it? “That’s something liberal middle class white people do” seems to be something that only liberal middle class white people say. ( <-- irony noted)

                  TINSTAAFK
                • DFA Mar 12,2013 9:59 pm || Up

                  Im a union organizer. This is shit I say.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 12,2013 11:17 pm || Up

                  Polemics. Got it.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • MikeV Mar 12,2013 9:27 pm || Up

                  Target is cleaner. like, a lot.

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • JediLeroy Mar 12,2013 9:41 pm || Up

                  Stay out of the bathrooms (especially the ladies’)

                  az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
                • MikeV Mar 12,2013 9:41 pm || Up

                  I’ve successfully done that ny whole life so far

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • Future Ed Mar 13,2013 7:05 am || Up

                  I have made the mistake twice.

                  Once at Cal state fullerton, seeing a friends band and there was no icon* on the door, that I remember, just a circle and a triangle. I guessed which one was for men and lost.

                  the other time was at a bar in Venice (LA) that was marked Not women and not men. Also there was a piece of fabric for the door. I mean really, a brain teaser at bar bathroom?

                  *there may have been an icon, I was drunk

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • Kay Mar 13,2013 8:41 am || Up

                  More than once when I’ve used a single-occupancy womens’ bathroom, I’ve had a store employee unlock the door and come in after me, presumably to chide me or pecker check or whatever.

                  That’s when I yell “I’m transgendered and I have lots of lawyer friends.”

                  Game. Set. Match.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • ozzman99 Mar 13,2013 9:44 pm || Up

                  I was a GSTL and responsible for making sure the hourly bathroom checks were done. The ladies room was invariably more disgusting. Hygiene products on the floor or in the toilet, even though a trash can was provided in every stall. On multiple occasions, vomit on the sink, mirror, and floor. And once, someone just up and shat on the floor.

                • JediLeroy Mar 13,2013 10:16 pm || Up

                  I was a cart attendant, but they had me go in and clean both bathrooms. I can’t even remember how many times I saw crap on the floor in the ladies’ room.

                  az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
                • ozzman99 Mar 14,2013 12:16 am || Up

                  The only thing I can think of is that someone took their kid in there and somehow the kid didn’t make it to the toilet. I like that thought better than the idea that adults shit on the floor for no apparent reason.

                • 5Aces Mar 14,2013 8:46 am || Up

                  In my young McDs days I was the only stall in the bathroom when an older gentleman came in. He waited for about 30 seconds anxiously and then announced “now its going down my leg”. So there is the possibility they had some reason-maybe just not one I want to think about.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • Kay Mar 14,2013 8:48 am || Up

                  Incontinence is a major side effect of a lot of medications that older people use to stay alive.

                  I had always figured I’d kill myself by the time I turned 65, but now that I’m dating somebody that age and he’s more vibrant than I am, I think I have to re-figure this.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • ozzman99 Mar 14,2013 11:48 am || Up

                  I can accept that possibility. Except that it was in the handicapped stall, right next to the toilet.

                • dmoas Mar 14,2013 11:52 am || Up

                  If you were the only stall, you’re lucky he pissed his self instead of into you.

                • 5Aces Mar 14,2013 11:54 am || Up

                  Yeah-as he said it I hit a wave of fear. If you never need something to help speed up the job, that is it.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • dmoas Mar 14,2013 11:53 am || Up

                  I was in backstock and every hour I’d make sure to go into the ladies room and take a shit on the floor…

                • ozzman99 Mar 14,2013 3:13 pm || Up

                  I should’ve known.

                • dmoas Mar 14,2013 3:35 pm || Up

                  Really, you only have yourself to blame.

  15. MikeV Mar 12,2013 3:11 pm

    OK seriously, how the FK does Messi get this shot off so quickly? Keeper can’t even react.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • Glorious Mundy Mar 12,2013 3:13 pm || Up

      That’s nuts.

      • Future Ed Mar 12,2013 3:29 pm || Up

        comment from deadspin:

        Well, there’s the problem .. they only had 5 guys covering him. Today 4:29pm

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  16. Glorious Mundy Mar 12,2013 3:12 pm

    While we’re on the subject of long awaited British comeback albums, the new Suede record is streaming on All Songs Considered before its official release next week. I like it too!

    • DFA Mar 12,2013 3:30 pm || Up

      That’s on my list to check out

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • batgirl Mar 12,2013 3:56 pm || Up

      Ooooh imma give that a listen.

    • Kay Mar 12,2013 4:25 pm || Up

      Another Raincoats reunion would be kinda awesome.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  17. batgirl Mar 12,2013 4:11 pm

    Do any of you FKers ever send “first class mail” packages internationally? I’m wondering roughly how long they take to arrive to destinations such as the UK, France, Canada, Australia, and Japan. I know customs can hold things up, but just an estimate would be helpful. I know when I send priority mail international it takes about 10-14 days, so I’m wondering how much longer first class might take. It’s a lot cheaper.

    • ptbnl Mar 12,2013 4:25 pm || Up

      Parcels to Australia & UK: 10 – 20 days.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • batgirl Mar 12,2013 4:44 pm || Up

        I knew you’d have the info!! Thanks :)

      • colin Mar 13,2013 5:21 am || Up

        Parcels to the South Pole: a month if you’re lucky, three months if you’re unlucky, and only between November and mid-February. But it’s APO, so the rates are cheap!

    • JediLeroy Mar 12,2013 9:43 pm || Up

      I often received packages from home in under a week while in Japan.

      az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • elcroata Mar 12,2013 11:44 pm || Up

      Rally towel (thanks again!) came in a week

      Because survival is insufficient
  18. nevermoor Mar 12,2013 6:10 pm

    Heh. Raiders cut DHB.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  19. brian.only Mar 12,2013 6:15 pm

    Awe man, Sullivan left LL… :,(

    • brian.only Mar 12,2013 6:24 pm || Up
      • andeux Mar 12,2013 6:40 pm || Up

        Nothing has changed.

        TINSTAAFK
      • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 12,2013 10:33 pm || Up

        Well there goes the last thing I checked on sbnation.

        • Future Ed Mar 13,2013 7:07 am || Up

          I read grant on baseball nation.

          I have no problem with Blez wanting to make money and doing whatever. I don’t think he did a good job with the OC, so I don’t go there.

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 13,2013 7:54 am || Up

          The boxing blog “Bad Left Hook” is good, so is the horse racing blog “And Down The Stretch They Come.”

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Kylianna Mar 13,2013 1:13 am || Up

        I haz a sad.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 12,2013 6:42 pm || Up

      He should come here. We can offer him literally dozens of pageviews.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • nevermoor Mar 12,2013 6:44 pm || Up

        He could even have $5.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • ptbnl Mar 12,2013 7:12 pm || Up

          Can I be Jeff?

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • nevermoor Mar 12,2013 7:14 pm || Up

            I doubt it. Can you?

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 12,2013 10:34 pm || Up

          He wouldn’t even have to write about the Mariners!

    • Soaker Mar 12,2013 6:54 pm || Up

      I started blogging about the Mariners in November 2003, when I was a freshman in college. Since then, almost every day, I’ve written about the Mariners.

      Yeah, it has to be pretty tough when your team is 20 games under .500 in August every single year. I know I made some comment 3 or 4 years ago that I was surprised he’d lasted as long as he had, all the SBN bullshit notwithstanding.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Jennifer Mar 12,2013 6:59 pm || Up

        Not only that, but his stuff was quality.

      • nevermoor Mar 12,2013 6:59 pm || Up

        Indeed. Maybe now I won’t be tempted to like the Mariners any more.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • elcroata Mar 12,2013 11:51 pm || Up

      USS Mariner was the first baseball related blog I followed. Then Batgirl and then later, AN. I remember when Jeff got on board. Man, I’m old.

      I love this move. Work to live, man, don’t live to work.

      Because survival is insufficient
      • brian.only Mar 13,2013 12:02 am || Up

        I really appreciate his candor, must take a lot of courage to step away but his reasoning is rock solid.
        On his FG chat today I got an odd feeling when he apologized for talking SEA too much, coupled w/ some previous comments it wasn’t a big surprise.

        My sadness is more of a lament for the Mariners fans out there, all they really had was Felix and Jeff asides from some pitching prospects in the minors, sad kittens…

  20. Future Ed Mar 12,2013 7:22 pm

    So, when does the season start?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  21. MikeV Mar 12,2013 8:45 pm

    so i took the kids to chili’s (their choice) to get something to eat after the little ones baseball game.

    the ex was there at the bar with some guy.

    pardon me while i go puke.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • DFA Mar 12,2013 8:47 pm || Up

      If you’re going to puke puke on them. That blows dude

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • MikeV Mar 12,2013 8:48 pm || Up

        was worse when the boys saw her and ran up and gave her hugs

        And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

        Thanks, and go As.

        • DFA Mar 12,2013 10:00 pm || Up

          well that might have torpedoed her date at least

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • brian.only Mar 12,2013 8:49 pm || Up

      Sorry dude, ugh…

    • Future Ed Mar 12,2013 9:04 pm || Up

      know this: You aren’t the guy on a tuesday night at a chilis without kids. you win this round

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Kay Mar 12,2013 9:46 pm || Up

        yup.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • DFA Mar 12,2013 10:30 pm || Up

        Id rather castrate myself than take a girl to Chili’s

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • ozzman99 Mar 12,2013 9:10 pm || Up

      So sorry.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 12,2013 10:37 pm || Up

      Oof. No fun at all

    • elcroata Mar 12,2013 11:53 pm || Up

      fuck that. hugs, man

      Because survival is insufficient
  22. MikeV Mar 12,2013 10:00 pm

    drunk clarity.

    my next tattoo will be the opening line to A Perfect Circle’s “Judith”

    You’re such an inspiration for the ways that I will never, ever choose to be.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

  23. MikeV Mar 12,2013 10:08 pm

    im osrry you guys all have tos ee me go through this too. its kidn of my outlet.
    for the record i hate myself too

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • ptbnl Mar 12,2013 10:17 pm || Up

      Fixed (albeit almost invisibly)

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • DFA Mar 12,2013 10:33 pm || Up

      hug.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • nevermoor Mar 12,2013 11:19 pm || Up

        This.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 12,2013 11:23 pm || Up

          His shoulders are muscley and strapping and extra fun to hug.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  24. whimsical witch Mar 12,2013 10:14 pm

    any ideas on why my printer is not installed and i have to reinstall it over and over and over again? it’s making me want to punch the air, and this is Not Good.

  25. brian.only Mar 12,2013 11:34 pm

    Okay, PR was definitely outclassed by USA, but gawd damn the zone USA pitchers had was the size of a refrigerator for crissakes! :(

    • elcroata Mar 12,2013 11:54 pm || Up

      DR had some favorable calls against Italy when they really needed them, too

      Because survival is insufficient
  26. brian.only Mar 13,2013 12:41 am

    Best tickle from Tuesday:

    CNN’s Dana Bash asked whether Ryan was being “disingenuous” by including new taxes that he opposed.

    “We’re not going to refight the past,” he explained.

    If Ryan is “not going to fight the past,” Fox News’s Chad Pergram asked, why is he still trying to repeal Obamacare?

    “This to us is something that we’re not going to give up on,” Ryan answered, “because we’re not going to give up on destroying the health-care system for the American people.”

    Oops.

  27. Soaker Mar 13,2013 8:17 am

    A note for you rabbit-ears users and FutureEdPlan cable subscribers: Due to an events overflow issue on Comcast you get one game on local TV this season, for the first time in a few years.

    The A’s-Seattle Mariners game on Wednesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. will be produced by Comcast SportsNet California and will air on KOFY TV20-Cable-13.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 9:35 am || Up

      Wooo, although that station doesn’t come in very well on my antenna.

    • Future Ed Mar 13,2013 1:00 pm || Up

      nice

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  28. ptbnl Mar 13,2013 8:33 am

    Yesterday’s result was inevitable – Barca always win 4-0 during papal conclaves.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Kay Mar 13,2013 8:42 am || Up

      Can’t they just elect a non-Catholic pope for once? Methinks it would solve a lot of their problems.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • doctorK Mar 13,2013 9:03 am || Up

        At the very least, a non-European.

        • ptbnl Mar 13,2013 9:07 am || Up

          I’m thinking non-human is the way to go.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • Kay Mar 13,2013 10:05 am || Up

            All Hail Pope Woof Bark the Fourteenth, the first canine pope!

            \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
            • doctorK Mar 13,2013 11:35 am || Up

              Well. whoever it is, we’ll find out shortly.

              • andeux Mar 13,2013 11:52 am || Up

                I understand ec took himself out of the running because he didn’t want to move to Rome and they wouldn’t let him telecommute.

                TINSTAAFK
                • elcroata Mar 13,2013 12:10 pm || Up

                  No. This time it was my wife who didn’t want to move

                  Because survival is insufficient
              • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 13,2013 12:10 pm || Up

                Conclave says they’ve chosen a new pope. Dennis Rodman makes a visit to the Vatican. Coincidence?

                • lenscrafters Mar 13,2013 12:12 pm || Up

                  Are Father Desme jokes played out?

                • doctorK Mar 13,2013 12:35 pm || Up

                  Probably, but at least we can replace them with “lighten up, Francis”.

              • elcroata Mar 13,2013 12:18 pm || Up

                It’s AV!

                Because survival is insufficient
            • beebo Mar 13,2013 11:48 am || Up

              I finished reading PKD’s Solar Lottery not too long ago (basic premise is that the head of the world government is chosen by a random lottery — so anyone on earth could wake up one day and become the next ruler of the world). So, of course, in the midst of this PopeWatch2013 stuff, I keep thinking that it would be kind of funny if they chose some random, unsuspecting person somewhere in the world.

      • Kylianna Mar 13,2013 2:07 pm || Up

        I volunteer as tribute!

        • ptbnl Mar 13,2013 5:56 pm || Up

          Pope Kyli the 1st would rock so fking hard.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • colin Mar 13,2013 8:57 am || Up

      Being someone who never watches soccer and only hears anything about it on FK, I’ve been wondering how people pronounce “Barca”? I read is as barka, but pretty sure that is wrong, right? I guess actual Spanish people probably take the soft c and then lisp it a little so that it sounds like a th?

      • andeux Mar 13,2013 9:33 am || Up

        Soft C. Sometimes even written (e.g. one of the three different spellings used in that article) with the cedilla: Barça

        TINSTAAFK
        • elcroata Mar 13,2013 11:54 am || Up

          That is Català. They write it like andeux says and pronounce it more less like a normal “s”

          Because survival is insufficient
    • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 9:36 am || Up

      Messi for Pope.

      • ptbnl Mar 13,2013 1:11 pm || Up

        Close – but he’s already the Messiah.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  29. whiteshoes40 Mar 13,2013 8:56 am

    I just marked about 100 posts as read, so I hope there wasn’t anything too exciting in any of those comments…

    And even though ST W-L records are worthless, I still like seeing that the Angels are 3-10. My common ground with all the Rangers fans out here? Hatred of the Angels.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 13,2013 9:06 am || Up

      Hey shoes! We had like three posts dedicated to talking about you, so you should probably go through the ones you missed one by one to find out which they were.

      • whiteshoes40 Mar 13,2013 9:23 am || Up

        Good to know! I didn’t have anything to do during spring break anyway…

  30. sslinger Mar 13,2013 9:27 am

    KOTD at Local Butcher:

    Wednesday March 13th: Corned Beef, Kraut, Dijon Aioli, Parsley, Gruyere on Sliced Rye Bread

    • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 9:37 am || Up

      Ugh, why ruin such a delicious sounding sandwich with rye bread.

      • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 13,2013 9:39 am || Up

        You are wrong. /dfa

        A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
      • doctorK Mar 13,2013 9:44 am || Up

        You can have your roast corned beef on the rye, or the kaiser.

    • DFA Mar 13,2013 10:02 am || Up

      Im having a dinner party where I am making corned beef and cabbage. will advise on the results

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  31. Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 9:47 am

    This is really useful, but it doesn’t take into account the problem of being left-handed.

  32. Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 10:28 am

    Might want to ask your editors to resize this picture, big guy. Also maybe go back to writing about football.

    • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 13,2013 10:40 am || Up

      While the writing is garbage, the stats that he uses to prove his point idiotic, and his photo scary enough to make me pick up the kids and run the other way, I’m not sure I disagree with the overall point. A lot had to go right for last year to turn out like it did and I’m not sure it could be repeated. On the other hand, if all the platooning turns out as planned, it could.

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
      • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 11:07 am || Up

        A lot did have to go right for last year to go the way it did, but the A’s won 94 games last year. 83 is a fair over/under, as evidenced by it having been bid up to 84.5 according to this column.

        • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 13,2013 11:17 am || Up

          True. Plus, we get to play the Astros a bunch and the Rangers, at least on paper, have slipped a notch.

          A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
          • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 11:23 am || Up

            That Astros effect is sort of huge when figuring out a raw win total for this team. Take two games against the Giants and one each against the non-AL West teams, and convert them into games against one of the worst teams in modern baseball history. That’s not nothing.

    • colin Mar 13,2013 11:25 am || Up

      Isn’t he contradicting himself here?

      Some think these totals are easy money, and some – OK, me – immediately looked for the A’s and Orioles’ numbers this year.

      A’s under 84.5. Book it.

      I completely agree with him that the A’s overperformed last year (though they were only 2 over pythag, which is pretty much nothing), but that’s why their over/under is at 84.5, not 94. People have already considered all of the points that he raises in that article (and with much more rigor) and they conclude that the A’s are likely to finish 9-10 games worse than they did in 2012. For this article, he just repeated those points more stupidly and then says that they’ll finish 16 games worse. Really pathetic analysis.

      • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 11:34 am || Up

        He’s also, I assume, too dense to stop and wonder why the A’s and Orioles, who won almost the identical number of games last year and both lost their ALDS in five games, have such different o/u numbers coming into this season. Maybe there’s a difference or two there that Vegas and serious bettors are picking up on.

  33. Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 13,2013 12:25 pm

    Moose Costco!

    • DFA Mar 13,2013 1:24 pm || Up

      Apropos

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 13,2013 1:42 pm || Up

        In former Soviet AN, Mosse Costco lives with you!

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • ptbnl Mar 13,2013 2:07 pm || Up

          Has anyone ever called the gang in the broadcast booth the Fosse Posse?

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  34. FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 13,2013 1:44 pm

    A’s website says tomorrow’s game is available free via Buancast.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  35. andeux Mar 13,2013 4:55 pm

    Another one bites the dust

    TINSTAAFK
    • Englishmajor Mar 13,2013 5:04 pm || Up

      Very arty-looking urinals they are too.

      • DFA Mar 13,2013 7:45 pm || Up

        and tankless!

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • JediLeroy Mar 13,2013 8:31 pm || Up

          Waterless urinals stink. I’m sure they’re great for the environment, but the bathrooms that have them gross me out.

          az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
          • DFA Mar 13,2013 9:58 pm || Up

            I have not found this to be true.

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • nevermoor Mar 13,2013 11:00 pm || Up

              It’s a maintenance issue. They work really well when you’re the army and have umpteen reliable laborers. They work really poorly when you pay one guy minimum wage to service your whole building.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • DFA Mar 13,2013 11:07 pm || Up

                Marin County’s work quite well.

                Also Im not really sure about what maintence is required.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • nevermoor Mar 13,2013 11:59 pm || Up

                  You need to keep the chemicals filled/refreshed, otherwise you lose the seal between bathroom and sewer pipe, causing stink.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • DFA Mar 14,2013 12:11 am || Up

                  What chemicals?

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • colin Mar 14,2013 4:59 am || Up

                  Proprietary, but basically just some type of oil.

                  link

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 9:12 am || Up

                  oh cool… thats smart.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • colin Mar 14,2013 9:29 am || Up

                  Yeah, I didn’t know how it worked until I looked it up. I guess the one trick is to find something viscous enough that gas bubbles can’t push through it. And also make it so that you can clean the thing without ruining the whole effect. They use those waterless urinals in Antarctica and we would just go at them with simple green and paper towels. I guess the oil stuff is probably somewhere down inside, where we wouldn’t scrub it off?

                • nevermoor Mar 14,2013 9:11 pm || Up

                  Yeah, but you need to maintain it somehow.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  36. brian.only Mar 13,2013 5:04 pm
  37. whimsical witch Mar 13,2013 5:11 pm

    witchy haz a big sad about rainbows going to the broncos.

  38. Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 5:47 pm

    Italia is still looking feisty, up 3-0 on P.R. halfway through their elimination game. Rizzo clears the bases of Puntos and Denorfias with a double.

    • Englishmajor Mar 13,2013 6:16 pm || Up

      The guy who sinled and ultimately scored the first run, shortstop Anthony Granato, plays for Italy by virtue of his grandparents, but he lives on the Peninsula and runs a youth academy in Belmont.

      • Englishmajor Mar 13,2013 6:17 pm || Up

        Singled. Maybe led by sin too.

      • elcroata Mar 13,2013 10:43 pm || Up

        He played a good tournament in Stuttgart two years ago

        Because survival is insufficient
    • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 6:25 pm || Up

  39. Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 5:54 pm

    Google is finally killing Reader. I knew this day was coming, and it’s not like I was paying for it, but I’m still annoyed.

    • nevermoor Mar 13,2013 5:58 pm || Up

      Agreed. What’s the right substitute? RebelMouse?

      Google Reader is one of my most used sites on the internet.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 6:01 pm || Up

        Maybe this?

      • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 6:05 pm || Up

        I use Newsify on iOS, and I hope there is a way to doing so once Google cuts off the flow.

      • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 6:16 pm || Up

        Hopefully Yglesias is right that this will launch a golden age of competition-driven improvements in the RSS market.

      • colin Mar 14,2013 5:03 am || Up

        I use a desktop rss client (Newsfire for mac), but I realize that this isn’t a great solution for people who use several computers. I actually do use several computers (well, two at least), but that just means that I don’t have access to rss feeds when I’m on my laptop at work and that is helpful for my productivity.

        • nevermoor Mar 14,2013 9:12 pm || Up

          Yeah, I’d need it to be online. I RSS the crap out of my commute.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • futwork Mar 13,2013 9:21 pm || Up

      noooooooooo

  40. FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 13,2013 6:05 pm

    Best Kyli bait ever:

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=UD8tGWIqA-c%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Kylianna Mar 13,2013 6:27 pm || Up

      DAMMIT TIMBERLAKE IF YOU ARE GOING TO SING WITH FOUR OTHER MEN THESE ARE NOT THE CORRECT ONES.

      GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

      • DFA Mar 13,2013 7:52 pm || Up

        Lies. NSYNC pales in comparison to Timberlakes solo career.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 10:27 am || Up

          Nope. While Timberlake is an incredible entrepreneur, in terms of pure vocal talent, NSYNC had the advantage of the flawless JC Chasez. Justin’s voice cannot hold a candle to it. I would shoot “Cry Me a River” into space if I could. Not to mention, in terms of pure album sales, NSYNC crushes Timberlake’s solo work.

          ‘Sexyback’ is pretty entertaining, though.

          • batgirl Mar 14,2013 10:33 am || Up

            He had me at Veganville.

          • DFA Mar 14,2013 10:34 am || Up

            Album sales is a shitty metric to use because everything sell less albums now than at the height of the CD before there was wide spread internet distrobution both legally and illegally.

            His solo career has far more range and is more interesting than the vapid NSYNC

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 10:49 am || Up

              Uh. His actual solo albums? Don’t have a hell of a lot of range. (now, including his work with SNL as a part of his solo career is a different matter, because that work is flawless)

              Vapid is entirely a matter of opinion. I think NSYNC is hilarious and fun.

              • DFA Mar 14,2013 11:12 am || Up

                Not really an opinion. There is a reason why boy bands died.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 11:40 am || Up

                  It really, really is an opinion.

                  And if boy bands died, why is One Direction so huge? The Wanted? Why is NKOTB having yet another big stadium tour? And BSB having their 20th anniversary tour with their 9th album release? And 98 Degrees reuniting? That seems a decent amount of activity for being dead.

                • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 14,2013 11:48 am || Up

                  As long as there are pre-teen and early teenage girls, there will be boy bands. Heck, it’s how Elvis and the Beatles got their start.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • Kay Mar 14,2013 11:54 am || Up

                  Frank Sinatra, too, as well as those of the Dorsey brothers who weren’t ugly.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 11:56 am || Up

                  It maintains my faith in the universe.

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 1:46 pm || Up

                  The old people are uniting/making records for the same reason they make TIMELIFE THE ___________ Collections and Twilight films.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • dmoas Mar 14,2013 11:56 am || Up

                  Um… boy bands haven’t died. They’ve been going on strong for decades.

                • Kay Mar 14,2013 12:02 pm || Up

                  JT isn’t even my favorite example of a former boy bander who went on to do more interesting work.

                  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Walker_(singer)]

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 12:11 pm || Up

                  Except maybe 2007. But that was the boyband world taking a quick breather before the Jonas Brothers showed up.

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 1:43 pm || Up

                  The early 2000s are largely void of them because most found out about the hell that is their existence.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 2:02 pm || Up

                  The EARLY 2000s? Uh, no. Only if you don’t count 2000-2003 as being in the early 2000s since Nsync and Backstreet were both rolling around in platinum albums at the time (and Backstreet again in 2005), and groups like O-Town/LFO/98 Degrees were at their HEIGHT in 2000-2002. Mid-2000s you could make that argument, sure, for two or three years but then we went into Jonas Brothers/BTR phase, and then into the current 1D/Wanted land.

                  And if you look at boybands in Europe/Asia, there really WAS no break.

                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 2:05 pm || Up

                  (and the mid-2000s were really just a break so we could have prettyboy pop-punk bands)

                • MikeV Mar 14,2013 2:11 pm || Up

                  plus System of a Down, Tool released Lateralus, Mudvayne had their first 2 albums, and Slipknot’s second album was in the early 2000s.

                  So I mean, yeah. Boy Bands errywhere.

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 2:31 pm || Up

                  The popularity of one genre does not preclude the popularity of another simultaneously.

                • MikeV Mar 14,2013 2:32 pm || Up

                  THOSE AREN’T BOY BANDS?!?!

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 5:33 pm || Up

                  win

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 2:32 pm || Up

                  This also reminds me that I haven’t listened to Lateralus in way too long.

                • MikeV Mar 14,2013 2:33 pm || Up

                  My magical Pandora channel has been flooding me with Tool and APC all day.

                  I love it so hard.

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • Jennifer Mar 14,2013 2:47 pm || Up

                  Back when I first went to college, I’d put System of a Down in and listen to them nonstop. Dashboard Confessional, too. I love music, whatever the type. It makes me warm and fuzzy on the inside.

                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 5:44 pm || Up

                  I now kind of want a System of a Down/Dashboard Confessional mashup.

                • Jennifer Mar 14,2013 5:47 pm || Up

                  Hands down WAKE UP!

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 6:17 pm || Up

                  That sounds like what I would have described as my personal hell in HS

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kay Mar 14,2013 3:52 pm || Up

                  I’ve been on a big Shellac and Jesus Lizard kick lately. A new Shellac album is long overdue and would be greatly appreciated.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • whiteshoes40 Mar 14,2013 3:26 pm || Up

                  O-Town… wow. That was the group that was formed on the reality show, right? Or am I misremembering my boy band history?

                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 3:31 pm || Up

                  No, that was totally the one formed on ‘Making the Band’.

                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 3:32 pm || Up

                  And I mean ‘no, you are not misremembering’.

                • whiteshoes40 Mar 14,2013 3:48 pm || Up

                  Sweet. I think I liked that show a little more than I wanted to admit at the time. (Now, however, I will freely own it.)

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 5:39 pm || Up

                  If you mean that to be considered early 2000s you had to happen before April 2002 that would be correct. Otherwise your chronology is wrong.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 5:46 pm || Up

                  What the hell do you consider early 2000s.

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 6:20 pm || Up

                  The album was released in 01 its a vestage of shitty 90s music.

                  Lets be honest in between Melodically and the Infinite Sadness and Comfort Eagle, music was a dark abyss of suck.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • JediLeroy Mar 14,2013 8:56 pm || Up
                  az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
                • colin Mar 14,2013 9:36 pm || Up

                  I would disagree about a lot of those, but nice work.

                • JediLeroy Mar 14,2013 9:44 pm || Up

                  It’s so easy to say that music sucked in the late ’90s and early ’00s, but there was a lot of good music in a lot of different genres.

                  Hey DFA, were you even alive in the 90s? < / kidding >

                  az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
                • DFA Mar 14,2013 11:15 pm || Up

                  General response: I agree that there is some pretty rad Brit Pop there. In my head its all from like 05-08 when I was listening to it after getting introduced to it from Popscene, rather than contemporaneously. I haven’t been exposed to much latin music so if there was a renascence that I missed I am willing to check it out.

                  On the line by line

                  NMH isn’t my sauce

                  Eliot Smith is too depressing for depressing sake

                  LOL you picked a Jaguar commercial as a reason music didn’t suck.

                  Tool and the metal genre is loud for louds sake and uninteresting (sorry MikeV)

                  Summer quoted that album in her yearbook creating a spike in sales of the Boy with The Arab Strap in Michigan that has perplexed marketing executives ever since. I know this is pretty unhipster but I never got into them. I am listening to the album right now and it is surprisingly better than I remember.

                  Eminem is a hateful person and hateful music sucks. Sorry.

                  No idea about your blue grass album

                  Oasis see the top.

                  Nectar see top

                  Mas ditto

                  Ben Folds is awesome. Im not so convinced on the Five. Brick is a great song tho, even if I prefer his other stuff.

                  Built to Spill isn’t really my jams.

                  Kid A is the best album from the most overrated band it history.

                  Counting Crows ugggh

                  Welcome Interstate Managers blows Utopia Parkway sooo far out of the water that it makes it hard for me to consider it a worthwhile choice.

                  Jaramiquoi wow I completely forgot about that. lol memory lane

                  Oh inverted world was after comfort eagle. I know because it was one of the first albums that I bought around that time.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • MikeV Mar 14,2013 11:46 pm || Up

                  Tool is awesome. Your arguments from now on are basically invalid. Sorry. Calling it loud for louds sake just tells me you haven’t listened to hardly any of it, because the last thing I would call any Tool song is loud.

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • JediLeroy Mar 14,2013 11:59 pm || Up

                  Wow, very thoughtful response. Thanks for making me not feel like I wasted my time compiling the list.

                  I don’t imagine you’ll like all, or even most of my recommended albums, but if you find even one thing you like, I’ve done my job.

                  I agree on Welcome Interstate Managers. I really like Utopia Parkway, but the former is admittedly better.

                  Not to split hairs, but according to Wikipedia, Oh Inverted World was released a month before Comfort Eagle. That said, that’s close enough to Comfort Eagle to be a wash time-wise.

                  As for Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot gets the acclaim, but I’d start with A Ghost is Born.

                  Tool is much more melodic and less reliant on loudness than you’re giving them credit for.

                  Ben Folds Five has great music, but I’m also more a fan of his solo work.

                  There’s a TON of great Latin music from that era. Shakira’s Spanish language stuff is actually really good if you’re looking for guitar-driven pop. Other bands/artists I’d look at: La Ley, Maná, Juan Luis Guerra. Los Enanitos Verdes are awesome; Amores Lejanos is my favorite album of theirs.

                  Elliott Smith is musically awesome, regardless of depressing lyrics.

                  Eminem has amazing lyrical talent that he uses in ways that I don’t approve of. I still recognize the talent, though.

                  az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
                • elcroata Mar 15,2013 12:15 am || Up

                  Juan Luis Guerra and Cuatro Cuarenta. Like it.
                  Jarabe de palo definitely. I’d also nominate them both for the coolest band name and for the stupidest description of a band on Wikipedia:

                  Jarabe de Palo songs are known for their repetitive use of lyrics in their songs. In particular, the name of the songs is repeated continuously, more so than what would be considered normal. Instances include “Depende,” “Dicen,” and “Ying Yang.”

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • DFA Mar 15,2013 12:23 am || Up

                  @ MikeV I was more talking about metal in general as being loud for loud sake. I didn’t delineate my sentence well. Tool is mostly just uninteresting to me.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • JediLeroy Mar 15,2013 12:25 am || Up

                  Love Jarabe de Palo.

                  az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
                • DFA Mar 15,2013 12:26 am || Up

                  Im glad you saw it that way since I was trying to give succinct recaps on each album, rather than me trying to be an ass.

                  Im definitely going to be listing to Boy with the Arab Strap more, for some reason its not what I remember at all.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • DFA Mar 15,2013 12:28 am || Up

                  Also Im really glad you didn’t suggest Juanes, every kid that went to Latin America to study abroad brought that back and thought they were the most fucking cosmopolitian jetsetter person of the oppressed latin americans when they came back. So obnoxious.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • JediLeroy Mar 15,2013 12:38 am || Up

                  Heh! Juanes is harmless fun, but certainly not something I’d call classic. The others I mentioned have great stuff that I believe will stand the test of time. I also concede that Maná is another one of those over-recommended groups, but they really do have a lot of great music.

                  az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
                • elcroata Mar 15,2013 12:43 am || Up

                  For those who don’t speak Spanish or are unfamiliar with the expression, jarabe means syrup, as in cough syrup or cough medicine, and palo is a stick. Mothers often scream to their children, “ya veras, que te voy a dar el jarabe de palo” when they are disobedient, meaning that they will receive the “stick medicine”

                  While we are at the topic of Latin music from the nineties and the naughts, I also liked Kiko Veneno, everything from Jovanotti, some stuff from Ramazzotti, Carla Bruni and Gotan Project

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • DFA Mar 14,2013 11:20 pm || Up

                  Sublime sucks. Period. They are awful.

                  The verve, see britpop comment.

                  never listened to wyclef will do so and get back.

                  Chili Peppers are super over rated especially their later work, but you are right that is a good album.

                  See Kid A

                  Never listened to the Fugees will do so

                  Never got into Wilco/flaming lips, this makes me a bad hipster. Should probably give them more of a chance.

                  Dislike Beck.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kay Mar 15,2013 7:31 am || Up

                  You don’t like Beck?

                  I guess he’s one of those that you had to be there for… A snotty obvious one-hit-wonder goes on to be a freaky trend-setting genre-hopper right in the middle of the dawn of the era of gratuitous genre-hopping.

                  I’ve seen him live a bunch of times. He puts on a good show.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 15,2013 10:01 am || Up

                  I was there for Beck and never much cared for him. I’ve reconsidered somewhat, but it’s still not something I go out of my way to listen to.

                  Also, I completely endorse DFA’s statement on Counting Crows.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • Kay Mar 15,2013 10:25 am || Up

                  Counting Crows suck, but Adam Duritz is a friend of a friend, and I’ve never heard anything but complements about his generosity and humility.

                  Good guy, shitty music.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • sslinger Mar 15,2013 10:35 am || Up

                  @ Kay – Actually, same here and I’ve heard the same about him. He was a friend’s wife’s maid of honor.

                • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 15,2013 10:29 am || Up

                  Funny, I get the same response from my kids when I sing to them at bedtime.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • MikeV Mar 15,2013 10:45 am || Up

                  Adam Duritz is also a HUGE A’s fan.

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • Soaker Mar 15,2013 10:48 am || Up

                  Also a big Cal football fan. He’s been on the sidelines a fair amount and has filled in as sideline reporter on the radio broadcasts once or twice.

                  What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
                • DFA Mar 14,2013 6:18 pm || Up

                  2002-2005

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • dmoas Mar 14,2013 3:36 pm || Up

                  And yet… not dead.

                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 5:24 pm || Up

                  A boyband made up of sexy zombies would be pretty awesome, though.

                • dmoas Mar 14,2013 5:55 pm || Up

                  I might actually listen to that. It would basically be a bunch of moaning… which is similar to most heavy metal.

            • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 14,2013 11:34 am || Up

              His new song Suit and Tie is horrible.

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • DFA Mar 14,2013 11:37 am || Up

                As the dude that likes the Will I am and Britney collaboration/abomination I don’t think you get a say here.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 14,2013 12:28 pm || Up

                  Musically I don’t care for that song, but I love the spectacle of it.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • DFA Mar 14,2013 1:48 pm || Up

                  splain please.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 14,2013 2:24 pm || Up

                  Life is more entertaining when Britney is at the forefront of the cultural zeitgeist. Also the affected British accent.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 2:32 pm || Up

                  I like you.

                • colin Mar 14,2013 2:44 pm || Up

                  Don’t we have better alternatives? What if Kay was at the forefront of the cultural zeitgeist?

                • Jennifer Mar 14,2013 2:54 pm || Up

                  Kay is ours. We aren’t sharing.

                • dmoas Mar 14,2013 3:38 pm || Up

                  Don’t make her angry. You wouldn’t like it when she’s angry.

                • Kay Mar 14,2013 4:13 pm || Up

                  Hmm…

                  I could see starring in a reality show about a jazzed up version of my life, or maybe a game show in which I makeover a bunch of sexist but greedy manly men into drag queens, week by week (for a chance at one million dollars, of course!), while teaching them empathy, feminism, and a sense of sisterhood.

                  Could you imagine the Pilots as the most popular band in the land? I don’t know how I’d handle that. That would be super weird.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • dmoas Mar 14,2013 4:39 pm || Up

                  OOooh. 10 straight asshole men, dressed in drag along with 1 real drag queen where they all have to live like that in a house together along with standard reality tv competition and events. Each week a “vote” by some mystery person (who the players are falsely allowed to think is some group of judges as part of the event) eliminates a person each week for not being drag enough, the catch being the real drag queen (who the assholes won’t be made aware is real) is the one doing the voting. The winner takes home the million.

                • Kay Mar 14,2013 5:38 pm || Up

                  This is SUPER brilliant, other than finding the perfect host candidate… butch enough to pass as a dude, and femme enough to be the bestest looking broad on the stage…

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • dmoas Mar 14,2013 5:56 pm || Up

                  She/he doesn’t need to be the bestest. Just look dude enough.

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 5:51 pm || Up

                  eh Ive already fooled around with a poly couple who had a reality show on showtime.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • DFA Mar 14,2013 6:15 pm || Up

                  I think the 60s were pretty entertaining.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kay Mar 15,2013 7:35 am || Up

                  but hella naive and stupid, too.

                  Looking back at the 60’s, I’m more fascinated with the underground gay, lesbian, trans, and kink cultures than I am with anyone else. I’d love to read a couple of books about the scene/time, but I don’t know if any good ones have been written yet. This is becoming a common and frustrating theme… the books I want to read not having been written yet…

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • DFA Mar 15,2013 8:22 am || Up

                  I’m more fascinated with the underground gay, lesbian, trans, and kink cultures than I am with anyone else.

                  That is incredibly shocking. I would never expect you to say something like that.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kay Mar 15,2013 9:53 am || Up

                  Heh

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
          • ozzman99 Mar 14,2013 11:50 am || Up

            I don’t care for the music of either JT or NSYNC, but I can respect JT because he’s funny as hell.

            • DFA Mar 14,2013 1:49 pm || Up

              He is funny and actually a far better actor than I suspected he would be.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Jennifer Mar 13,2013 7:00 pm || Up

      Dr. Hottie looks like JT. Have I mentuoned that?

  41. brian.only Mar 13,2013 6:41 pm

    Denorfia 3 for 3 ?!

  42. brian.only Mar 13,2013 7:31 pm

    Woo, tied, Go Puerto Rico!!!

    • brian.only Mar 13,2013 7:33 pm || Up

      YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

      • Englishmajor Mar 13,2013 7:45 pm || Up

        Poor Italians, though. One shitty inning syndrome.

        • brian.only Mar 13,2013 7:47 pm || Up

          Meh, at least Puerto Rican’s are Puerto Rican.
          The eligibility rules are ridiculous, look at the Netherlands…

          • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 7:51 pm || Up

            As I understand it, people from Aruba and Curacao are considered Dutch by nationality, so that’s legit enough.

            • DFA Mar 13,2013 7:53 pm || Up

              this.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • brian.only Mar 13,2013 7:58 pm || Up

              Dutch East India Company FTW!

              Pureto Rican’s are American citizens fwiw.

              • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 8:01 pm || Up

                True, I was just thinking about that anomaly. Either way, it’s more legit than the “have you ever eaten pasta” test for Italian eligibility.

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 13,2013 8:03 pm || Up

                  It’s grandparents born there, right? I could play for the Italian team!

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • DFA Mar 13,2013 8:11 pm || Up

                It would be interesting if a Puerto Rican tried to play on the US team

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • ptbnl Mar 13,2013 8:16 pm || Up

                  I’d like to see all world sports tournaments reserve a place in the finals (as in the post-qualifying phase, not the championship game) for a Rest Of The World team.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • brian.only Mar 13,2013 8:21 pm || Up

                  I like this.

                • DFA Mar 13,2013 9:59 pm || Up

                  That would be cool.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • beebo Mar 14,2013 9:21 am || Up

                  If they have a category in the Olympics for stateless (“independent”) competitors, they should definitely have something similar for other sporting events where teams are delineated by nationality, too.

  43. Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 7:32 pm

    Is Venditte not switch-pitching in this tournament?

  44. Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 7:39 pm

    Little Nicky, Denorfia, and Antonio Rit-zo due up. It’s not over!!

  45. brian.only Mar 13,2013 7:45 pm

    Cap off to Burgos, let’s go PR!!!

    • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 7:53 pm || Up

      This PR manager is determined to use up his bullpen. Would be funny if this got to extras.

      • brian.only Mar 13,2013 7:54 pm || Up

        I would have left Burgos in.

        • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 7:56 pm || Up

          Good job good effort Italy.

          • brian.only Mar 13,2013 7:57 pm || Up

            I love Rizzo

            • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 7:59 pm || Up

              Only reason I can think of to watch the Cubs this year.

              • brian.only Mar 13,2013 8:03 pm || Up

                Starlin Castro, Jeff Samardzija, and E Jax all has a sads…

                • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 8:04 pm || Up

                  I’m forever showing my ignorance of things NL.

                • brian.only Mar 13,2013 8:06 pm || Up

                  If it wasn’t for fantasy I’d be clueless as well.

                • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 8:07 pm || Up

                  Actually, I still don’t know who E Jax is.

                • brian.only Mar 13,2013 8:09 pm || Up

                  Edwin Jackson, he’s pretty good at pitching sometimes.

                • ptbnl Mar 13,2013 8:11 pm || Up

                  He puts the elation in …

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • brian.only Mar 13,2013 8:19 pm || Up

                  I hear ya, but he’d probably be our Ace if he were an Athletic.

                  He was pretty decent last year- 12.2% SwStr, 62% F-Str

                • ptbnl Mar 13,2013 8:33 pm || Up

                  I was just making the laboured pun.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • DFA Mar 13,2013 8:14 pm || Up

                  Samardzija isn’t very good though

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • brian.only Mar 13,2013 8:23 pm || Up

                  Woah woah woah. 89 FIP-/ 12.1 SwStr in 174.2 inn not good? #hubris

                • DFA Mar 13,2013 10:00 pm || Up

                  one year.

                  he was pretty mediocre before that.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • brian.only Mar 13,2013 10:17 pm || Up

                  Isn’t ‘performing really well’ what makes you good?
                  Last year was his first significant amount of playing time and largest sample.
                  Steamer has him well above replacement.

                • DFA Mar 13,2013 10:53 pm || Up

                  Before last year since 08 .3 fWAR.

                  Last year 3.3

                  BB/9 Before last year 5.3

                  BB/9 Last year 2.9

                  He was replacement level for 4 seasons.

                  If you include this year hes averaging 1.5 WAR per year in the Bigs.

                  He hasn’t performed really well.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • brian.only Mar 13,2013 11:04 pm || Up

                  2008-2011: 168 inn
                  2012: 174 inn

                  I think your putting a lot weight to seasons he didn’t work consistently/ not enough MLB innings to gain a good sample, which makes your analysis somewhat flawed.

                  2008: 27.2 inn
                  2009: 34.2 inn
                  2010: 19 inn
                  2011: 88 inn

                  I agree one should not assume rockets and sparklers, but I’d put more stock in his 2012 season than anything prior in terms of projecting his performance.

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 12:03 am || Up

                  it is also easier being a reliever.

                  Im not saying that its not possible that he has turned a corner, especially since age isn’t really relevant to the whole age curve.

                  Good for me just requires more than one season.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • colin Mar 14,2013 5:06 am || Up

                  How about “interesting” instead of “good” then? Like, it would be interesting if Samardzija continues putting up numbers like 2012.

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 9:16 am || Up

                  interesting Im ok with.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • elcroata Mar 14,2013 7:22 am || Up

                  Sure. But Brian’s point about proper use of WAR still stands. It is a counting stat.

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • DFA Mar 14,2013 9:30 am || Up

                  I agree that it is a counting stat.

                  In 332 innings its at 3.6 WAR, which is pretty average.

                  Good is above that.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • Soaker Mar 13,2013 7:58 pm || Up

            If Nick Punto is out of the tournament, I guess I’m done with the WBC for this year.

            What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
            • Glorious Mundy Mar 13,2013 7:59 pm || Up

              This tournament just got infinitely less gritty.

              • Soaker Mar 13,2013 8:02 pm || Up

                Maybe we could let Puerto Rico borrow Adam Rosales? I mean, “Rosales” is Puerto Rican or Dominican or something, right?

                What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
                • brian.only Mar 13,2013 8:05 pm || Up

                  Stanton is part Puerto Rican, they’d at least put him in the middle of the lineup fer crissakes… :(

          • ptbnl Mar 13,2013 7:59 pm || Up

            Lousy shortstopping.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • brian.only Mar 13,2013 7:59 pm || Up

              That play at third was a bad move.

              • Englishmajor Mar 13,2013 8:03 pm || Up

                I hadn’t realized they had put in a sub for the dude from Belmont when the worst of that shortstopping happened.

                • brian.only Mar 13,2013 8:05 pm || Up

                  He had a tough inning.

                • ptbnl Mar 13,2013 8:05 pm || Up

                  Though not before he’d made the two errors in the 8th.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • Englishmajor Mar 13,2013 8:31 pm || Up

                  I hope he isn’t looking at Twitter.

  46. brian.only Mar 13,2013 7:56 pm

    HUZZAH!!!!!!!

  47. brian.only Mar 13,2013 8:01 pm

    Sportcasters aren’t trying to cover their hopes for Italy, even the video editing gave Italy the shots after the win?

    Go underdogs!

  48. Englishmajor Mar 13,2013 8:23 pm

    • brian.only Mar 13,2013 8:24 pm || Up

      Hehehehe

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 13,2013 8:32 pm || Up

      Sending Brandon Belt scurrying to ancestry.com to find an italian connection.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  49. FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 13,2013 10:34 pm

    I’m no fan of Lew Wolff, obviously, but I gotta say that for a 77 year old amateur this swing doesn’t look bad:

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • DFA Mar 13,2013 11:09 pm || Up

      Let me write that article for you

      Lew Wolff insists that SJ is the only option for the team

      It has been X years since the start of the BRC

      There is no indication that anything is changing or will any time soon.

      Lew Wolff says that he will not comment and respect the process because thats how baseball works.

      THE END

      Why does anyone bother writing this shit.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • colin Mar 14,2013 5:07 am || Up

        cause then they can post that photo?

      • Kay Mar 14,2013 6:06 am || Up

        I’d like to see Lew get Cat Scratch Fever or something like that and turn into a crazier version of Al Davis… threatening to move the A’s to a cornfield in Nebraska so as to take ALL THE REVENUE SHARING!

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • doctorK Mar 14,2013 8:21 am || Up

          If he builds it in Iowa, they will come.

      • dmoas Mar 14,2013 11:58 am || Up

        I wonder what dumb questions and/or stories they’ll do of him if he ever gets to build in SJ.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 14,2013 12:31 pm || Up

        That is in fact the exact article. The one possibly interesting note, if you’re the type who clings to every tiny nuanced expression like the wallposters in China or who stands next to who on the Kremlin wall, is that Lew mentioned “whether it’s me or someone else who does it.” One could squint and construe that as Lew recognizing at least the possibility of a different future ownership configuration.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • MikeV Mar 14,2013 12:34 pm || Up

          Well, he is old.

          And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

          Thanks, and go As.

        • DFA Mar 14,2013 1:49 pm || Up

          His son?

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • dmoas Mar 14,2013 3:39 pm || Up

          He was referring to his son who he’s said multiple times that is taking over for him when he retires/dies.

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 14,2013 3:44 pm || Up

            I don’t put much stock in parsing nuances of Wolff or Wen Jiabao, so makes no nevermind to me, but there’s been more background chatter about different owner groups in the last few months than I’ve heard since Wolffish bought in.

            Also, his son is a lightweight, and presumably Fisher gets 80% of the vote on who the new public face of ownership is.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • MikeV Mar 14,2013 3:46 pm || Up

              Ellison, please. Thx.

              And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

              Thanks, and go As.

            • dmoas Mar 14,2013 3:53 pm || Up

              I’ve heard no such background chatter. But you’re right, while Wolff may be “grooming” his son to replace him, ultimately the decision lies with Fisher & MLB. Though I suspect that would be more or less already decided agreement between them.

  50. MikeV Mar 13,2013 10:46 pm

    I think I just invited Jaso’s GF/wife(?) to a tailgate.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • Jennifer Mar 13,2013 10:53 pm || Up

      You’re not dead on the outside!

      • MikeV Mar 13,2013 11:00 pm || Up

        right. just where it counts.

        And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

        Thanks, and go As.

        • Jennifer Mar 13,2013 11:09 pm || Up

          I’m not a nurse or anything, but I don’t think you can fix dead on the outside.

          • MikeV Mar 13,2013 11:10 pm || Up

            I’m not sure I can fix the other one either.

            And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

            Thanks, and go As.

    • MikeV Mar 13,2013 11:08 pm || Up

      And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

      Thanks, and go As.

    • Kylianna Mar 14,2013 10:28 am || Up

      Yesssssssss.

  51. brian.only Mar 13,2013 11:39 pm

    Cheeky

  52. DFA Mar 14,2013 12:20 am

    I have never wanted to do terrible things to the management of my union more than right now.

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • ptbnl Mar 14,2013 9:22 am || Up

      I used to be shop steward for the London branch employees of a big public sector union, and negotiating with union officials as employers was eye-opening.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • DFA Mar 14,2013 9:37 am || Up

        Welcome to my life.

        [my employer] failed to contact [my staff union] because of forgetfulness and the rush of the work upon the organization. However [my staff union] waited 13 days from [the member Im representing]’s receipt of the notice to extend her probation to communicate with [my employer]about the issue.

        Them getting our written consent to the probation extension is required by the contract. They just forgot to follow it. Also we have 15 days to file a grievance per the contract, and I do far more work than those lazy fucks.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • DFA Mar 14,2013 9:45 am || Up

          oh also they fired the employee for not retroactively accepting a probation extension after she was off probation.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • DFA Mar 14,2013 9:58 am || Up

              also the people I work with are idiots and I hate them. The regional secretary [of my staff union] is claiming that the constitution prohibits [the employer] sending an email to staff about why they fired someone after the union delegated them with a petition. And that my response is a failure of our duty of fair representation.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • beebo Mar 14,2013 10:26 am || Up

                That sounds frustrating. How’s the exit strategy coming along?

                There must be something in the cosmos today. I was on the receiving end of someone’s temper tantrum this morning, apparently because I can stay on schedule for finishing stuff that’s on deadline. And I guess that’s read as “moving too fast” for them (which is odd, because the person in question is the one who wanted stuff cranked out on a regular, weekly basis). This also comes along after I worked on stuff for them during part of my vacation time. Kind of irritating.

                • DFA Mar 14,2013 10:35 am || Up

                  its being destroyed by my entanglement in this me.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Kay Mar 14,2013 11:57 am || Up

                  Nothing wrong with reinventing yourself once in a while.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 14,2013 12:32 pm || Up

                  Tagline, anyone?

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Kay Mar 14,2013 12:39 pm || Up

                  Too confusing and too easily readable as a typo, unfortunately.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  53. elcroata Mar 14,2013 7:23 am

    For DFA

    Because survival is insufficient
    • brian.only Mar 14,2013 7:40 am || Up

      This is all kinds of awesome, couldn’t help but notice how many ex-A’s are on that team!

      • colin Mar 14,2013 8:36 am || Up

        I have to say, Kurt looks pretty sharp.

        • Soaker Mar 14,2013 9:21 am || Up

          Jordan Zimmermann looks like he’s just rolled in a 20-footer on 17.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • brian.only Mar 14,2013 6:32 pm || Up

          I did notice his argyle is green and gold.

      • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 14,2013 11:12 am || Up

        Hee. They even have green in Gio’s and Suzuki’s sweaters.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 14,2013 8:35 am || Up

      Nice!

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • DFA Mar 14,2013 9:31 am || Up

      That is hot

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  54. doctorK Mar 14,2013 8:25 am

    Happy π day

    • MikeV Mar 14,2013 8:33 am || Up

      happy s&bj day

      And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

      Thanks, and go As.

      • Kay Mar 14,2013 8:48 am || Up

        Meh.

        Wake me up for Vegetarian Cunnilingus day.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • MikeV Mar 14,2013 8:52 am || Up

          Meat is Murder.

          DELICIOUS MURDER.

          And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

          Thanks, and go As.

          • colin Mar 14,2013 9:37 am || Up

            This reminded me of the Smiths. And also that I listened to a mix of Smiths covers yesterday. And also that I wish this song had been on said mix.

            https://youtube.com/watch?v=Js_3GuxAgm0” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>

            Video quality sucks, but it’s all worth it for Mojo’s rant during the bridge.

            • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 14,2013 9:45 am || Up

              I loves me some Mojo rants.

              A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
    • beebo Mar 14,2013 9:48 am || Up

      • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 14,2013 11:16 am || Up

        Looks like a divisive situation.

      • oblique Mar 14,2013 11:53 am || Up

        She’s such a square.

        • ptbnl Mar 14,2013 11:59 am || Up

          He’s got an imaginary friend.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • Kay Mar 14,2013 12:41 pm || Up

            I just had a flash of thought…

            Methinks that within the framework of Many Worlds theory, Pi would be a slightly different number in each reality, like a fingerprint signature.

            \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
            • Kay Mar 14,2013 12:41 pm || Up

              Does such thing exist as a branch of mathematics that treats Pi as a variable rather than a constant?

              \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
              • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 14,2013 12:51 pm || Up

                Short answer: no. П is П.

                A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
              • colin Mar 14,2013 12:54 pm || Up

                The ratio of the radius to the circumference of a circle is only equal to 2π in flat geometries. While our universe appears to be flat on large scales, cosmology certainly considers the possibility of universes with positive or negative overall curvature. Also, even in our seemingly flat universe, general relativity tells us that massive objects curve space-time. This might be different from what you are talking about though, because π is still uniquely defined.

                • andeux Mar 14,2013 1:02 pm || Up

                  Curvature is a higher order effect though; even in curved geometry c/d \rightarrow \pi as d \rightarrow 0. There isn’t any geometry where c/d could take some different constant value*.

                  *except possibly in Indiana

                  TINSTAAFK
                • colin Mar 14,2013 1:12 pm || Up

                  Yep, that’s right. π has a good unique definition in all geometries, which is what PDX’s link says too.

                • andeux Mar 14,2013 1:26 pm || Up

                  ** There are special cases like the apex of a cone, so perhaps I should have said there is no such homogeneous geometry.

                  TINSTAAFK
                • Kay Mar 14,2013 1:38 pm || Up

                  Yes!

                  The apex of a cone…
                  An infinitely small spherical eye in the center of a mirrored box…

                  If there’s unexplored stuff in that philosophical/mathematical region, that’s where the compass points to next!

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
            • Kay Mar 14,2013 12:52 pm || Up

              Holy shit… If you look at universes as bubbles, it would seem likely that they all would have the same laws of physics and value for Pi. However, if you look at them as Russian Nesting Dolls or things taking up the same space within the context of a higher dimension we cannot functionally describe, it would seem impossible for them to share exact laws of physics and the exact value of Pi. Each universe would have to be at least slightly different than its’ neighbors, otherwise they would merge or cancel each other out or something funky and non-natural would happen.

              \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
              • ptbnl Mar 14,2013 1:24 pm || Up

                Actually many approaches to the bubbling multiverse do posit different values of physical constants (but not mathematical ones), and then resort to anthropic arguments to explain the particular values they take in our universe as necessary for observers to exist.

                If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • Kay Mar 14,2013 1:46 pm || Up

                  Why would observers need to exist in the first place? The only logical answer is that there is something novel here that is of value within the realm of the observers, that they need or want to connect with somehow. Yet, to program a whole universe would take a singularity. What could a singularity possibly yearn for? Non-singularity (or states that mimic non-singularity) would seem to be the easiest functional answer to that question.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • Kay Mar 14,2013 1:47 pm || Up

                  I guess a pre-singularity civilization could develop some sort of spacetime travel that might involve incarnations as its’ own ancestors as part of some complex process, but it doesn’t feel right.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • ptbnl Mar 14,2013 1:55 pm || Up

                  They wouldn’t need to, but they demonstrably do in this Universe, and that explains why this Universe has values of the physical constants that are conducive to life (or so goes the rather specious argument).

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • Kay Mar 14,2013 3:50 pm || Up

                  I would posit that observers are absolutely necessary for there to be anything to observe in the first place.

                  If a boulder falls in a region completely devoid of life and consciousness, not only does it not make a sound, but it also does not currently exist, and neither does the region.

                  Any tech we would use to prove or disprove this would be an extension of our sensory apparatuses, and therefore our consciousness(es), and therefore invalidate the experiment.

                  Is this old news, or an acid trip remnant best thrown back in the trash?

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  55. dmoas Mar 14,2013 5:58 pm

    So… they’re considering dropping the tuck rule. Personally, I’d prefer any ball that didn’t get past the line of scrimmage or out of bounds on a fly to be in play/fumbled. It would make things much more interesting, especially for errant screen passes and tipped/deflected balls.

    • DFA Mar 14,2013 6:21 pm || Up

      jj watt would instantly become the most valuable player in football

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • dmoas Mar 14,2013 6:38 pm || Up

        It’d be a nice way to swing the league from a pure offense league to something more even.

        • Soaker Mar 14,2013 6:56 pm || Up

          Pure offense is what brings in megabillions of TV bucks.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • Future Ed Mar 14,2013 7:09 pm || Up

            chicks dig the touchdowns?

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • dmoas Mar 14,2013 7:22 pm || Up

            Well sure, but so does big plays like turnovers and what not.

  56. brian.only Mar 14,2013 7:13 pm

    After that crime of a call Aybar got what he deserved.

    • sslinger Mar 14,2013 7:15 pm || Up

      Have to agree with that. Amazing to see the dugout erupt while it’s still top of the 9th.

    • brian.only Mar 14,2013 7:16 pm || Up

      HAHAHA

    • Soaker Mar 14,2013 7:18 pm || Up

      I don’t really give a crap about this tournament but I would enjoy it if “Team USA” is not one of the invitees to San Francisco.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • ptbnl Mar 14,2013 7:23 pm || Up

        Willie Bloomquist due up 3rd in the bottom of the 9th … you may get your wish.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • sslinger Mar 14,2013 7:24 pm || Up

        I enjoy the tournament, so to grow in stature I think it would be great if the US team at least made it into the final four. I know I’m in a minority here, but I’d love to see it grow to WC status. And change the name of the WS while we’re at it.

        • Future Ed Mar 14,2013 7:27 pm || Up

          non United states countries have never lost the world series

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Soaker Mar 14,2013 7:31 pm || Up

          There might be a place for an international baseball tournament, but it ought to happen in July when everybody is in midseason form, the way hockey handles the Olympics. Since you can’t really extend the baseball calendar beyond April 1 and October 31 that would require elimination of the All-Star Game that season (no great loss) and cutting the MLB regular season to maybe 144 games, the latter being why it would never happen.

          In this March format the pitching is particularly lame. The Tigers certainly don’t want to lose Justin Verlander in a WBC game, so guess what he ain’t there.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • Future Ed Mar 14,2013 7:34 pm || Up

            somebody suggested in NOvember. SUre it mean playing in houston, arizona or not in the US, but I think it works

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • sslinger Mar 14,2013 7:43 pm || Up

              Or this. Allow a break for players who went through the National Championship Series to get a rest, then start up competition in mid to late November. Hiram Bithorn Stadium for the finals?

              • sslinger Mar 14,2013 7:49 pm || Up

                Hell, the stars used to barnstorm around Japan after the season was over.

            • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 14,2013 8:17 pm || Up

              If part of the deal can also be carving Houston and Arizona out of the US, sign me up!

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • sslinger Mar 14,2013 7:38 pm || Up

            I know there are logistical problems, but I don’t see why it would be such a disaster for those on the national team to start working out a little early, and then after the tournament they could ramp it down a bit before the regular season starts. It’s not like players don’t get hurt during regular ST anyway (see Sizemore, Scott).

            • Soaker Mar 14,2013 7:51 pm || Up

              The season is too damned long as it is. Even to get to the point where pitchers can throw 65 pitches in the first round of the WBC they backed up the start of ST to 7 weeks before the start of the regular season.

              Then you have a 26-week regular season and a bloated 4.5-week postseason, so you are up to 37.5 weeks from the start of ST to the end of the World Series. I’d like to see that shortened by a good 3 weeks and certainly am not willing to start ST even earlier in order to get participating pitchers into regular-season form.

              What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
              • sslinger Mar 14,2013 8:06 pm || Up

                I agree about the length of the season, and the bloated post-season. I’d like to see them shortened too, but as you commented on the NFL above, hello, money. But if the WBC were kept in its current format and timing, I don’t see why you have to extend ST for everybody just because some players are participating with their national teams.

                • Soaker Mar 14,2013 8:16 pm || Up

                  I don’t understand that either, but that’s exactly what they did this year.

                  Something I have advocated before is that I wouldn’t even bring my 20-22 guys who are certain to make the big league roster to ST until close to March 1 (little earlier for pitchers, little later for everybody else). I understand that if Mesa is putting $99 million into a new facility for the Cubs they expect 20 home dates or whatever. I’d bring the AAA and AA players to Arizona early, let them work with the organization’s full coaching staff including the big league manager and coaches for a couple weeks in February, and they would play the first 10-12 Cactus League games (with MLB pitchers slowly being worked in). I don’t think the Reddicks and Cespedes need more than 3 weeks of Cactus League action to be ready to go on April 1.

                  What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
                • Future Ed Mar 14,2013 8:22 pm || Up

                  isn’t it just a ruse to extend spring training to make money?

                  You can’t tell me players cant get ready to play in less than a month.

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • Soaker Mar 14,2013 8:27 pm || Up

                  Yes, that’s my point. It was different when the minimum salary was $12K and players had to work as car salesmen in the off-season. Now they take about a 10-day break after the season ends and then they are right back on the conditioning program. The 38-game Cactus League schedule exists solely to pay for all the fancy new facilities the Arizona municipalities and the Pima Tribe (Salt River Fields) have built in the last decade or so.

                  What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
                • Future Ed Mar 14,2013 8:31 pm || Up

                  I have a bad habit of reading the first bit of a comment then replying then going back and reading the whole thing.

                  so yeah, a “this” would have sufficed

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • sslinger Mar 14,2013 8:55 pm || Up

                  Works for me. Problem solved.

                  And honestly, I don’t see how the teams lose that much money by not bringing in the stars until the end. Fans like you who like to see the up and comers will still come early, others will still plan their vacations based on spring breaks, and it all works.

        • Kay Mar 15,2013 7:38 am || Up

          I would love to watch the tournament, but I’m not gonna pay for MLB network on my cable in order to do so.

          I hate MLB. I wish it would break up. Baseball wouldn’t die.

          \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
          • beebo Mar 15,2013 11:07 am || Up

            Given how many times professional baseball has been organized/reorganized over the past 100 years or so, I think we’re overdue for a big shake-up.

            • MikeV Mar 15,2013 11:12 am || Up

              NO MORE PITCHERS HITTING! WOOOOOOOO!!!!

              And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

              Thanks, and go As.

              • 5Aces Mar 15,2013 11:35 am || Up

                My worry would be that they will try to do the XLB or something.

                Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 15,2013 12:42 pm || Up

                  No gloves! 20 inch max bats!

                • MikeV Mar 15,2013 12:44 pm || Up

                  Composite bats!

                  And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • 5Aces Mar 15,2013 2:18 pm || Up

                  1 exploding base during the game and you can tackle baserunners.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • doctorK Mar 15,2013 2:21 pm || Up

                  Make ’em play Calvinball!

                • dmoas Mar 15,2013 6:09 pm || Up

                  BaseWars!!!

                • Englishmajor Mar 16,2013 7:38 pm || Up

                  XLB would be great on a chilly night at the Coliseum….oh wait, you didn’t mean soup dumplings?

                • andeux Mar 16,2013 8:06 pm || Up

                  heh

                  TINSTAAFK
                • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 17,2013 7:41 pm || Up

                  Xiao Long Bao!

              • Kay Mar 15,2013 12:54 pm || Up

                I’d like to see the DH be negotiable every single game, or if opposing managers disagree as to whether it should be used or not, flip a coin.

                \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • 5Aces Mar 15,2013 2:20 pm || Up

                  I would love the home team to get to designate one special ground rule each game.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 15,2013 3:11 pm || Up

                  “Everybody has to bat left handed”

                • dmoas Mar 15,2013 6:10 pm || Up

                  “If it lands anywhere within the walls it’s in play.

                • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 15,2013 6:18 pm || Up

                  “Pitch to your own team”

                • Kay Mar 15,2013 6:28 pm || Up

                  That would be kinda fun in a big ballpark, like Petco before they brought in the fences.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
                • Dial C for Concupiscence Mar 16,2013 1:11 pm || Up

                  Maybe you could combine it with the small bats rule to prevent too many home runs.

                • ozzman99 Mar 16,2013 1:59 pm || Up

                  I like big bats, and I cannot lie.

                • DFA Mar 15,2013 7:06 pm || Up

                  Originally as the batter, you got to direct where the ball was to be pitched.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Future Ed Mar 14,2013 7:25 pm || Up

      Angel. Hernandez.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  57. brian.only Mar 14,2013 7:26 pm

    Vuvuzelas should be banned.

    • ozzman99 Mar 15,2013 3:27 pm || Up

      When vuvuzelas are outlawed, only outlaws will have vuvuzelas.

      • Kay Mar 15,2013 4:14 pm || Up

        I want a vuvuzela musket.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • elcroata Mar 16,2013 1:50 am || Up

        win

        Because survival is insufficient
  58. brian.only Mar 14,2013 7:38 pm

    If you think about it, MLB’s desire to get bargain IFA contracts has only fostered crazy competitive environments like the DR that bring forth insanely good players.
    #bitintheassbyyourownavarice

  59. sslinger Mar 14,2013 9:41 pm

    Sharks with some nice goals tonight.

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