Friends it’s time to put on your thinking cap, call The Psychic Friends Hotline and predict the future for the upcoming 2013 Major League Baseball season.
Pick the winners, pick the losers, pick who will win awards and pick how many many A’s will grow beards this year. So pick away or completely ignore me and talk about Peru…Lounge Away.
AL East
1. Rays
2. Yankees
3. Orioles
4. Blue Jays
5. Red Sox
AL Central
1. Tigers
2. White Sox
3. Indians
4. Royals
5. Twins
AL West
1. Athletics
2. Angels
3. Rangers
4. Mariners
5. Astros
NL East
1. Nationals
2. Braves
3. Phillies
4. Mets
5. Marlins
NL Central
1. Reds
2. Cardinals
3. Pirates
4. Brewers
5. Cubs
NL West
1. Giants
2. Diamondbacks
3. Dodgers
4. Padres
5. Rockies
World Series
Tigers over Nationals
The nattering nabob as always.
1. LAA 88-74
2. SEA 83-79
3. OAK 80-82
4. TEX 76-86
5. HOU not many-a lot
Hmm…you like the Mariners a lot more than I do.
I don’t have any specific reason for thinking that about Seattle; they randomly finish a few games over .500 every several years and they’re probably due for that again.
Fair enough…some of these picks I have strong feelings about but others are just gut feelings.
I think we are 82-80, and the Rangers are way better than that.
AL MVP – Evan Longoria
AL Cy Young – David Price
NL MVP – Joey Votto
NL Cy Young – Matt Cain
Trout / Verlander / Braun / McCarthy
The first and last would sting.
I think the best race will be in the AL East. I think only a handful of games will separate all five teams. I think all the AL East teams, the top three teams in the AL West and the White Sox will be in the AL Wildcard hunt.
In the NL I like the Braves, Diamondbacks, Philies and the Cardinals to be in the wildcard hunt. The two teams that will disappoint will be the Blue Jays and the Dodgers.
I see the A’s winning 94 games and losing in the ALCS to the Tigers in six games. Cespedes will be our best hitter as he goes for a 30/30 season and Anderson will be our staff ace winning 18 games.
My 80-82 prediction is based on an assumption that Anderson doesn’t even get 18 starts.
I think he’s going to be healthy and successful.
Harden –> Duchscherer –> Anderson
I like his chances more than those two… I’m hoping he’s not entirely made of glass like they were.
The first manager fired will be Ned Yost of the Royals in mid June, GM Dayton Moore will join him out the door.
I think by mid May Jed Lowrie will be the everyday SS and the A’s will make a move for a 3B sometime during the year. I also think by the end of the year there will have been at least three guys who have been called the team closer.
Brandon Inge isn’t doing anything that I know of.
I think the A’s will get another vet like him sometime in late June/early July.
He’s on the Pirates
Isn’t that what GM said?
Heh:
Bed obviously meant Callaspo – he didn’t say they’d play him at 3rd.
If he stays healthy and continues to grow Cespedes will become the A’s most marketable player in many, many years.
He really has potential to be the next guy after Tejada/Giambi
Isn’t it sad that we don’t think of him as the guy we can build a team around?
We don’t?
We seem to be thinking of his trade value.
Marketable as in to fans, not as in to the highest bidder.
Ah. I guess I’m just a Negative Nancy. Carry on, then.
Brandon Moss will be good enough at 1B for the A’s this season to get them to the playoffs. Chris Young won’t do much and will be traded during season. The A’s will continue to not get much from the catching spot.
The whole infield is quantity over quality at this point. Lowrie will be the best IFer until he breaks; for the whole season there’s a decent chance Weeks will be the IF star.
Superstar. He is a superstar
Just ask him.
why no chris young trade?
Weeks won’t play more than 50 games for the A’s the rest of his career. He’ll come up again this season but it won’t go well and he’ll be traded sometime in the off-season.
Josh Reddick will be about 80% as good as he was in the fist half of last year and will finish second on the team in home runs and RBI’s.
Weeks has more raw ability than Sizemore, Rosales and Sogard combined. “50 games” puts you off by a factor of, hmmm, was going to say 10, but quite a few in any case.
I hope you’re right. I think he’ll be out of baseball in five years.
The A’s starting rotation will be in the Top 3 in ERA in the AL. The bullpen will be in the Top 5.
What about their VORP?
I will wear my A’s cap twice as much as I wear my Raiders cap this year.
Now we’re talkin!!
I’ll enjoy watching the A’s so much that I’ll find a way to watch at least 50 games this year.
There will be at least one major PED scandal this season that will bring down several big name players.
A baseball player will come out of the closet sometime during the season.
I’m still giving that one another 2-3 years.
Yeah, that’s going to take a while longer.
The Henry group will begin the process of selling the Red Sox sometime during the season.
During game threads I’m going to talk about baseball more than people expect.
you already have
Bed 2.0: Seamhead
The Bulls end the Miami Heat win streak at 27…heck of a streak by the Heat. If any writer gives an MVP vote to anyone but LeBron James they should lose the right to vote.
The Bulls were hacking the crap out of LeBron all night. At one point Kirk Heinrich just wrapped him up on the fast break and tackled him like a DB bringing down Christian Okoye.
I didn’t watch the game. Next year if Rose is back 100% the Bulls seem like the team that could slow the Heat down…or at least give them a series.
Joe Posnanski will write 1,377 columns about the baseball Hall of Fame in 2013..for the first time I’ll be skipping them.
This is easily the most excited I’ve been about an A’s season since the Big 3 era…of course I realize it could all go wrong and the A’s could fall back. If the Angels had better pitching they’d be tough to pick against but I think they’re going to lose their fair share of 8-7 type games.
For all of 2013 I still won’t be able to tell the difference between a Grill and a Lounge here on Free Kraut.
It’s easy. Lounges have Bed in them.
Okay, I’m going to shut up now…have fun predicting the future or enjoy completely ignoring this lounge…either way, I hope you’re enjoying yourself this fine evening.
OAK – 91-71
TEX – 89-73
LAA – 85-77
SEA – 79-83
HOU – 58-104
DET – 86-76
CLE – 83-79
CHI – 81-81
KC – 76-86
MIN – 69-93
TOR – 90-72
TB – 86-76
NYY – 82-80
BAL – 80-82
BOS – 78-84
I would love that
I tended too conservative toward .500 for the records and whiffed on the AL East picture, but flip flop Boston and Toronto, and things would look a lot better. I’m pretty happy with calling the AL West correctly and the playoff relevant parts of the Central. Also quite pleased that my predictions of the Angels and Yankees missing the playoffs came to pass.
just boston and Toronto.
Good work I say
Anderson – 23 starts
Cespedes – 29 HR, 22 SB, 4.2 fWAR
Balfour – 21 saves, Cook – 9 saves, Doolittle – 6 saves, field – 3 saves
Reddick – 26 HR, .254 AVG, 3.6 fWAR
Lowrie – 97 games played
I would love that.
Erm, hmm. *cough* Let’s just ignore this one.
Yay, baseball content! I have had a bet the last two years who can predict the standings the best along with team HR leaders. Here’s to going 3-0 this year, but I’d trade it for an A’s division title. So the hardest division to predict:
Rays
Jays
Yankees
Sox
O’s
and the easiest:
Nats
Braves
Phillies
Mets
Fish
In nobody-cares-about-my-fantasy-draft news: I will be happy I got Braun with the #4 pick, what’s-the-matter-with-Timmeh with the #136, and Brandon McCarthy with the #226. I will be less happy about my thirty-something all-stars (Aramais, Weeks, Lee)
I also got Braun at #4 and will be very happy until his 50 game suspension.
Who went third?
Miggy / Cano / Trout in order. I figured I’d get Cano since he is fairly clearly worse than the top 3 and better than the next couple.
Yeah, I’ve yet to see Cano go above 4th
I would also be surprised by below. My auction value list has Miggy/Trout/Braun all up near $50, Cano in the low 40s, and the next tier in the $35-38 range.
What setup do you play? Teams/budget/roster/categories
This is a 5×5 head to head league. Just using the values as a shorthand for tiers.
Oh, not an auction league?
If you have any special setup league and want the $ values, let me know, I can calculate them for you
I actually only have two leagues this year (this one, and a keeper league with no annual draft).
But I’ll definitely keep that in mind.
Fantasy novice question: Yahoo’s autodraft rankings put Yoenis ahead of Posey. Is that just because of steals? I would think the catcher thing would be more important.
It depends on the league. In my league teams have two catchers, and I rated Posey as more valuable. (Coincidentally they were both keepers for me. Yay.)
Yoennis (like Trout) is scary since you’re being asked to invest serious resources in someone with one year of success. A sophomore slump just FKs you royally.
Obviously I would love to have Trout, but I would have taken Braun or Miggy before him, and he’s usually going 1 or 2.
I took a $1 flyer on Timmeh, Have Brauny for $38, a guy in my auction league has Trout for $3 bucks…
This is why I suck at fantasy baseball
AL:
A’s (West)
Tigers (Central)
Jays (East)
Angels (WC)
Rays (WC)
NL:
Great Evil (West)
Reds (Central)
Nats (East)
Dodgers (WC)
Braves (WC)
World Series:
Nats over Tigers
Extra bonus prediction:
Yankees finish last in the East
Prediction: Ozz won’t be making any predictions.
Tautologically untrue!
Just keepin’ y’all on your toes.
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The story of my life.
I don’t actually know what I mean by that, but it feels right.
I’ve been enjoying the positional power rankings series that Dave Cameron was writing on fangraphs. He finished it up yesterday and posted a wrap up. He projects every team by using ZiPS/Steamer player projections and some sort of matrix method to determine playing time (I don’t know the details, but I think the point is to naturally account for who fills in for whom when injuries happen). Obviously the playing time projections are highly uncertain, but it’s surely better than just projecting full seasons from the opening day lineups or making up some other shit.
Anyway, the A’s come in right in the middle of the pack with 40.4 WAR, which corresponds to an 82 win season. Positions of strength are:
* LF — mostly Cespedes, plus a little bit of Young and Smith, combine for 2.7 WAR, four way tie for 10th out of 30 teams
* RF — 3/4 Reddick and 1/4 Young, 2.8 WAR, 9th out of 30 teams
* SP — 14.2 WAR, 10th out of 30 teams, 143 IP for Anderson
Weak positions for the A’s are 1B (22/30), 2B (24/30), and DH (11/15).
I do think that the roster building approach for this season means that Oakland has more upside than downside, though. For instance, the SS production currently assumes 420 PA from Nakajima vs only 245 for Lowrie (plus 35 for Rosales). If Lowrie manages to stay healthy and takes that job over full time, I would expect a significant production boost. But on the flip side, if he goes down for the whole season, then some combination of Nakajima, Rosales, and Sogard could probably still come close to the overall projection. For starting pitcher, Cameron explicitly says that he would take the over on the A’s projected 14.2 WAR (because Cameron luuuuvs Brett Anderson).
Anyway, I think it’s a well thought out exercise. It’s realistic about the A’s roster, but I think there is still lots of room for excitement. Unfortunately, both the Angels and Rangers look stacked (#2 and 3 by projected team WAR, behind only Detroit).
interesting.
it has starting pitchg WAR at Rangers 17.2, A’s 14.2 and Angels 12.7. Rangers total war 47.8 and angels 48.9.
every position for the Angels gives them over 3 WAR. with 3 4.8 or higher
Yeah I like the downside on the Angles due to their rotation and injury (I think hamilton misses a bunch of time). I think the Rangers are well pegged. I think the A’s are really volitile but I like the upside. I think Yeonis is going to have a monster year
Yeah, I love the approach too, Dave said the rankings is what is replacing the team bios of years past, I like it.
I’m having serious “I don’t want to work” day.
I’m having a “pretending to listen to a Webinar” day.
I call this everyday.
god yes.
I had to go down south for meetings yesterday. Drove down Tue night and had Mrs. Aces b-dy dinner with friends. Went into the office all day for a 1 hr meeting I could have done over the phone and got to drive back home last night. My brain says it is now the weekend and I am having trouble disagreeing.
Holy crap, Army Wives is a really terrible show.
and you had to watch it to figure that out?
The fact that it’s on Lifetime should have been a tip off. But I wanted to keep an open mind.
Is that the show you are on?
Yeah. I figured I’d give it a chance. I’ve watched all 3 episodes this season, and they’re just awful. Although it’s kinda fun to go, “That’s not Afghanistan, it’s King Street!”
Well, I guess a baseball predictions lounge is about as popular as a Nic Cage movie.
I honestly just haven’t paid enough attention to all the off-season changes to make any educated predictions.
You think that stopped me? It’s no biggie, I just thought I’d try something different.
You’re right. My lack of knowledge clearly did not stop you.
Prolly still more popular than a lounge at **.
A lounge on AN is about as popular as a direct to video Steven Seagal “movie”.
So it turns out KFC is still really gross.
In this crazy world, it’s nice that some things never change.
It wasn’t my idea…my wife came home with the stuff…and let’s remember she likes Spam and she married me so she isn’t too picky.
She’s pretty much the anti-DFA.
They’re no Chick Fil A or anything.
Chick-Fil-A is so overrated.
I like their sandwiches. I don’t have them all that often. They sure are popular here though, at lunchtime the drive thru line goes 20+ deep.
They’re no Zaxby’s
In what context? I think they are far and away the best (and healthiest) national fast food chain.
They are, of course, not as good as a real restaurant.
Their food isn’t all that great. Are you sure they’re the healthiest? I thought I read once that their signature sandwich has about the same fat and cholesterol level as a 1/2 lb. burger. I could be wrong, though.
I think Subway might have a thing or two to say about that.
I guess that’s fair. They probably don’t beat out subway.
Their classic sandwich is less fat and cholesterol than a QPC, though, so I very much doubt the 1/2 lb. claim.
Ok, probably confusing a couple different things I’ve read.
I love renting food from them.
If the Raiders end up cutting Carson Palmer that’s going to end up as one of the worst NFL trades in years. A 1st and a 2nd for 24 starts that resulted in a 8-16 record….thanks, Hue.
Going to end up? Isn’t it already?
I don’t think you can grade the trade until Palmer is finished playing for the Raiders. If he stays for several more years and has success then it would be a good trade, if he leaves now…not so much.
Called it.
I did too.
To be fair I think most right thinking people did.
Less devastating when you consider that the Raiders would have squandered the picks on total washouts anyway.
So basically we’re fucked either way…welcome to Raiders football!
One of the perks of being wrong a lot is that people start to have really low expectations about you.
Signs you teach history in the South…anytime you mention Grant you have to mention Lee at least three times.
FAIR AND BALANCED!!
Heh…that’s funny.
Why do you have to talk about Bruce Lee that much?
I’d rather talk about Chuck Norris.
Tea Partyer.
You got me…I’ll freely admit I saw a lot more Chuck Norris movies growing up than Bruce Lee movies…in fact I’m not sure I’ve seen a Bruce Lee movie from start to finish.
Do you think it would be better for baseball if draft picks could be traded?
Yes.
I agree…I think it would add some spice to the draft and to the trade market. I really don’t understand why they don’t allow it…does anybody know why?
Probably because the players don’t like the idea of being traded for “nothing.”
I’m guessing it’s because they’re afraid of poor teams selling their high draft picks to rich teams and creating the imbalance the draft is supposed to fix. Of course, the easy solution is that draft picks can’t be traded for cash, just players or other draft picks.
They should be afraid of me…well, not really.
I’m fairly scared of you.
All trades involving serious money require commish approval. So if that’s really a concern he just needs to set the precedence of nixing those that aren’t real trades for talent.
Okay, so back to Peru then…what exactly is Peru?
I spent most of the day trying to decide if I hated Creed or Hootie & the Blowfish more…I couldn’t come to a satisfactory conclusion so I drank a six pack of Fresca to ease my mind.
I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I do not hate Fresca. It’s not on my weekly grocery list but when it’s 5 12-packs for $13 I’ll buy a couple. Occasionally.
(Pet peeve: Could grocery stores please price items individually in their fliers? Why the hell do I have to do the mental gymnastics on those “Buy 18, Get 13 Free” deals?)
Of the things one shouldn’t admit to I’m pretty sure not hating Fresca is low on the list. I know I’ve had a Fresca but I have no strong opinion on it.
Fresca is awesome.
The correct answer is: yes, you hate them both more.
Creed sold more records than Hendrix. True and sad fax
I’m surprised you hate Hootie that much. They’re so closely associated with the golfing set.
I guess I hang with a different set of golfers.
I like them for their Mill Valley Sweetwater ties.
I didn’t know they had any.
True story: I helped Darius Rucker find baby monitors in Target once.
Bastard.
The whole time, I was shaking with anticipation of how angry you’d be. Then I remembered that I’m fairly scared of you.
What Summer movie are you most excited about?
caddyshack.
As long as it’s not Caddyshack II
The one where the guy does that thing and the hot chick gets naked.
Do many Summer movies even have nudity anymore? Almost all of them are PG-13 and about someone wearing spandex.
I don’t know. But unless they have boobs or superheroes, they’re not worth it.
Has anyone actually ever tried to find a needle in a haystack?
Yes. The Myth Busters did. It took a while, but they found them.
Those guys have fun jobs.
On the way to Antarctica a few years ago, we were stuck in Christchurch for a few days waiting for flights. While keeping entertained at a pub one night, one of the guys on our project was approached by a girl who asked him is he was one of the guys from Mythbusters. He disappeared as the night went on and was eventually discovered making out on a park bench. Not sure if it was the same girl…
The moral of my story is that mythbusters got game.
I love any story that begins with…on the way to Antarctica. There are a lot of cool folks on this site who are leading interesting lives. I myself once spent a weekend in Wichita.
That’s nothing. I once drove past a billboard for that place in Amarillo that has a 72 ounce steak that you get for free if you can finish it in 30 minutes or less.
You’ve led a full life.
Not much left to live for, really.
I see them in the ‘hood sometimes.
I didn’t realize that they were locals (well, local to you, not me). I haven’t watched the show much, obviously.
Yeah, it’s all based in the bay area, and Adam (at least) lives/lived in Noe.
I’ve seen Grant and Tory (?) at Center Hardware in Potrero Hill half a dozen times, Grant is pretty gregarious, the other guy avoids eye contact which I can understand honestly.
Yeah, they also like Baby Blues BBQ
Carrie is a friend of a friend. Met her when she was still a PA, and not on camera. She was nice.
So cool!
I have seen her a grand total of 1 time since she was on air
I got a kick out of those Tiger Woods/Lindsey Vonn pictures…I love how they were both wearing clothes by their sponsors. It was probably the first time they’d ever met.
No way, man, they’ve totally been canoodling for a while.
At this point nothing about Tiger would surprise me. Vonn doesn’t do much for me but Tiger’s fist wife was smoking hot…the waitresses and low rent porn stars…not so much.
Remember the hooker that Hugh Grant got caught with? When he was dating Liz Hurley?
I do remember that…thanks for putting that image back in my head.
My work here is done.
Liz Hurley was incredibly hot.
Definitely on the teenage DFA celebrity bang list.
Agreed.
Ozz’s eaerly 20’s list as well.
Where the Perkins Pancake waitresses at?
So, back to Peru…is it a noun, a verb or a semicolon?
It’s Portuguese for “turkey.”
I’ve always said Peru goes great with Swiss cheese on sourdough bread.
This March Madness ad with the woman in the tank top fencing with herself…anyone?
Okay, I think the content deleted tagline is now my favorite thing ever.
My posts in this lounge will make more sense if you read them in the voice of Tim McCarver.
That would be the first thing in the voice of Tim McCarver to make sense ever.
what a fucking play
MY POSTS MAKE MORE SENSE IF YOU READ THEM IN THE VOICE OF THOM BRENNAMAN
“You better have a strong pair of pants if you are going to try that at home” WTF
Tahoe question:
We are thinking about trying to corral Mrs. N’s family to a big house in Tahoe approx. the week before thanksgiving (as part of a plan to replace holiday returns to OKC with visits to other places at easier travel times).
Has anyone done really big house rentals (we are talking four to seven families including a bunch of little kids) in Tahoe? Are we going to need to worry about snow tires that early?
My family did Thanksgiving in Tahoe for years. It was usually about 20 or so people in the two big houses we rented. There was usually snow but this was in the late 80’s so I don’t know if the snow patterns have changed. It was usually a great trip for everyone.
I posted this picture here before; it was in my neighborhood on 11/23/2010. I put my snow tires on around first week of November, you can expect some decent storms in November, but who knows. As I think you know that short-term rental agency business is a big industry and you can do a lot of searching online. If you’re talking more than 5 days or so before Thanksgiving, that is one of the deadest periods of the year so you should be able to get a very good deal.
Thanks.
Checking the calendar, Thanksgiving is 11/28 this year. Those rents will be the cheapest of the year from about Oct. 15 until Friday 11/22. They’ll bump up a good amount from 11/22 to 11/26 and then obviously look out.
I hear soaker has a new house.
It’s hard to find a 2-bedroom up here; almost every place is 3 or 4 BR because you’re expected to have lots of visitors. To me this issue is a particular attraction of the 2 BR.
Amen to that.
Never done this in Tahoe, but renting a big house for a big group of people is one of my very favorite vacation M.O.s, always a ton of fun for me.
My high school cross country team always rented out an enormous house in Tahoe for a team retreat in late August. They really are the best for casually hanging out with a big group. As an added bonus, they’re easy to sneak out of for late-night dips in the lake! Unfortunately I know nothing about the actual rental process itself.
Yeah, I’ve done that. It’s a lot of fun if you do it right. I wasn’t the one who spent the time finding the place though. I can ask the guy who did for you if you want some tips. It sounds like your group will be bigger than what I’ve done, but I’m sure the process is similar.
You ever get one of those emails that makes you realize you’re going to have to make a tough decision that’s going to upset someone you’ve known for a long time? Sometimes in life you can only do so much for someone before you have to say no.
So… you’re not going to spank my monkey?
So you’re gonna turn down the Russian ladies looking for American husbands?
I actually know someone who did that…they’ve been married 15 years so I guess it worked out.
Or he didn’t get a pre-nup.
TSA Agent: “Hey look at this abandoned laser pointer. Let me shoot all six of you in the eye with it.”
Sometimes I wish I drank.
Occasionally I wish I didn’t, but more often, yeah, this is the right thing to do.
purple drank?
Whatever works…sorry I’m being a little glum. There’s something I know I have to do that’s going to be hard but it has to be done. Sometimes showing you care for someone means having to help them in ways they don’t want.
Your friend will be the better for it.
I hope so.
that is true. I am better at delivering bad news now. BUt I do it a lot
I don’t do it all that often so it’s not something I’m all that comfortable doing.
Fuck it…who wants pie?
Just got a call from Bridget the Midget…she says she buried half of Robert Wuhl’s body in my backyard but she won’t say which half.
So, Oz if you’re still here I have a question about living in South Carolina. When a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it does it make a sound?
When a tree fall sin the forest here, it probably lands on a redneck riding an ATV.
I want an ATV…I only get a red neck when I’ve been in the sun too long…which is about 5 minutes for me.
Your people will built to stay in their caves until after dark.
You know I’m starting to think I’m never going to play power forward for the Celtics.
So my next themed lounge will be all about Phil Collins’ third solo album, No Jacket Required…I’m expecting a big turnout.
and yes, don’t worry you can also talk about Peru in that lounge as well.
As long as pants aren’t required too, I’m so there.
The one thing you can count on is that pants will never be required in the lounge…well, that and it’s likely I’ll mention VORP at some point.
I’ve actually been to Machu Picchu…when I was 11 and too busy beating the crap out of my little brother to appreciate it in any meaningful way.
I’ve never been to Peru but I’d be happy to see it. I’ll admit I don’t know much about that part of the world.
We went to Iquitos on that trip too, which is east of the Andes in the Amazon jungle. That was the first time I ever saw boobs that I wasn’t sucking on. Of course it was in the National Geographic sense.
My mother didn’t like me enough to breast feed me as a baby…she just had me drink Coke instead.
As long as it wasn’t Fresca, you can most likely go on to lead a respectable life.
Yeah, she didn’t hate me that much…my grandma on the other hand would throw entire six packs of the stuff at me…good thing she had a bad aim.
I’ll never get over machu picchu
Those wounds run…pretty deep.
My family took a trip to Peru my sophomore year of college. They did not bring me.
I imagine the worst part about being immortal is the traffic.
That and watching ugly fashions come back into style again and again and again.
Nah. It’s all those young kids. You know, those 90 year olds who think they know everything.
I think the worst part would be that as soon as people find out you’re immortal, they try to kill you. I don’t know if it hurts, but it’s gotta suck having to replace all your clothes. And believe me, Goodwill doesn’t want your stabbed, bullet-hole-ridden, blood-stained clothes.
The worst part would be having to have stupid facial hair.
Damn. You’re right.
That’s a lot of eye shadow
Well, I was going to do 63 random posts about Martin Mull but instead I’m going to bed…you’re welcome.
He was on Psych last night.
Sure universe, why not just end my day with a case of not-letting-me-sleep-hiccups.
That’s the seventh parameter in the Standard Model of Cosmology.
PDX (and any other Portland-area A’s fans): My friend recently moved to your part of the country and is looking for a couple to photograph. She has some idea she wants to try and will shoot you for free. If you’re interested, email shannon@lovesprungphotography.com
I hear it rains a lot in Portland but it’s a dry rain.
Hmm…I’ll talk to Mrs. PDX about it – we did a bunch of family photographs last fall. The idea of having pictures of just us without the Spawn is novel.
If you tell her you know Ozz, she’ll say “Who?” So that won’t help you any.
So who should I tell her I know?
Pran.
OK – just shot her an e-mail. Even if it’s something that doesn’t work for Lisa and me, we can always suggest others.
Cool! She’s really nice, and a good photographer.
So a thunderstorm woke my daughter up and then she woke everyone up and now I sit here on an A’s related blog staring blankly at the screen wishing I lived someplace that had quieter thunderstorms.
You know this lounge is less crowded at 4:07 AM than I thought it would be.
I’ve found the best way to break the ice on a first date is to try to sell the other person Amway products.
The one thing I don’t understand in the entire universe is why Netflix Instant recommends that I watch things I’ve already reviewed…well, I’m also a little fuzzy about why they made a sequel to the G.I. Joe movie.
Yeah, netflix’s recommendations have always sucked.
Movies based on toys just never work out. I mean, I guess they make money. But they’re never going to change your life or anything.
What about Team America: World Police?
Never saw it, but it wasn’t based on an existing toy, was it?
It is also painfully unfunny.
The only funny part of that movie was the “Matt…Damon” bit.
So Ronery wasn’t bad
Yeah, those Toy Story movies sure sucked.
Again, not a pre-existing toy.
Try again. Most of the toys in the movies were real toys (Mr and Mrs Potota-head, for example).
I’m beginning to realize what a deprived childhood I had. Gotta go call my parents, talk to y’all later.
eh im pretty sure lots of people played with a woody before the movie
BOOIIINNNNNGGGGG
Ok, I have to stop giggling at my desk now.
Of course, even allowing for that one, it’s more than cancelled out by GI Joe, Transformers, and Battleship.
Battleship wasn’t an existing toy.
It was, though, a FKing stupid movie.
Are you drawing a game/toy distinction here?
I am.
Carry on then.
Close enough.
You will never convince me that Jumanji is not a real game.
Okay, by a show of hands who here has spooned with Ralph Nader?
Cuuuuuse
When filling out my bracket I had a gut feeling that Syracuse might take out Indy, but I talked myself out of it in teh face of all the pundits saying how mighty the Big Ten was this year.
Also, Seth Davis.
I may not be tall, dark and handsome but I am average, pasty and doable.
I have an inferiority complex about my inferiority complex.
I suffer from this. It really makes me feel bad about myself that I have these dumb bouts with low self esteem.
The happiest day of my life is when Little Miss Arkansas was born…that being said we better have the second kid soon as I’m getting too old for this shit.
My plan for today is to wear dark glasses and sit at my desk quietly…I’m sure the students won’t care that I’m asleep.
I was wondering…the week before Easter isn’t a school vacation week anymore? I go by the local high school today and see all the cars parked, WTF?
We had our spring break last week…basically we hate Jesus here in the South.
I love our school district. We get 2 weeks-the week before and after Easter. Usually we try to pln a mini vcation the week after-most other folks are back in class so we can get less crowds and better deals.
And then to offset it they stay in school a bit later and start a bit earlier, so summer vacation is only 8 weeks. The kids don’t get AS bored at the end and I have a smaller gap of time to worry about them runny into my office and screaming bloody murder in the middle of a conference call.
What I hate about school breaks is that the gyms that we use for practices are closed.
It varies. Here, for instance, Oakland was the week before Easter but Berkeley is the week after.
Are you like me and spend your days wondering who would win in a falls count anywhere street fight between The Partridge Family and The Brady Bunch?
I always wondered what exactly were they leaving for Beaver?
Okay, so I covered shows from the 70’s and the 50’s in my posts tonight…time to move onto the 80’s. I would talk about a show from the 60’s but I was too stoned that entire decade to watch much TV.
Now I would like to talk about my time in the Lutheran Church…okay, that about does it.
I hate showering at the gym because of my third nipple and that back tattoo I got of Bobby Crosby.
Guns don’t kill people…loaded guns do.
A friend called and asked if I could take him to the airport on Sunday…I did the only thing I could do and changed my phone number.
It’s 4:36 am here, we’ll have your traffic and weather on the nines…coming up next does eating Velveeta cause hypertension and then it’s sports with Chip Chipperson.
Remember back when you were in college and you had all those deep philosophical discussions about life, politics and religion…yeah, me neither. I did once eat 12 hot dogs in an hour though.
For those who aren’t fans of Random Bed…it might be a good idea to skip the rest of this lounge.
I hope you’re OK because this is un-ordinary even for you.
I’m fine…it’s just when I’m woken up from a deep sleep I have a hell of a time getting back to sleep. Apparently this leads to me posting stuff on A’s related blogs.
All right (but I’m gonna sit here for another few minutes just in case).
If my posts start making sense…call in a doctor or the National Guard.
Then what are you doing here?
Really the best part of going to church summer camp was the easy access to drugs…well, that and the nature and stuff.
Okay, the thunderstorms have stopped…my daughter seems to be asleep…my dog is still under the bed hiding…my cat still doesn’t care…my wife only sorta ever woke up in the first place…and I’m wide fucking awake.
Teaching history would be more fun if I could just make shit up.
That was my chief complaint when I was in that racket, too.
Go ahead, most of your students won’t know any better anyway.
So I started out a Republican and then became a Democrat…I think for my next phase I’ll join the Ba’ath party.
Okay, I’ve got a few minutes…how about we come up with a plan for Middle East peace?
Here’s my plan to enjoy the upcoming season as a Raiders fan…become a 49ers fan.
Sacrilege!
Welcome.
this.
You just died.
Dammit – I’m gonna miss that Bed bastard.
Once you leave black (and silver), you never go back.
I think it was George Washington who said…I don’t want anybody else when I think about you I touch myself…most historians think he was talking about Hamilton.
Ironically, I heard that song on the radio this morning.
I hear you can get a great price on a Summer home in North Korea.
Well, it’s 5 am. I think we can all agree I’ve gone on weirder random post streaks. I’m sorry if it caused you too much pain. I’m going to go for a run…that back tattoo of Bobby Crosby is staring to sag.
A piece of advice for you single male joggers out there. If you run across a good looking woman with a dog during your run, DO NOT look at the woman. Instead, concentrate on the dog, changing your facial expression in the process of doing so into a “What a lovely creature”. Keep your eyes on the dog, keep your blissful smile on, and then, and only then, glance back to the woman with an apologetic, yet charming smile, a mixture of “I am sorry, I didn’t want to intrude your dog’s privacy, but it is just sooooo adorable” and “I’m so sorry, I didn’t even realize you were here”. Game. Set. Match.
I did that once with a woman walking her cat. And yes, it worked like a charm. Until I woke up.
Hm, I wonder what the cat represented </freud>
she took one of your kidneys huh?
Well duh.
Dude, not while she’s still in bed with you! (shout out to DFA)
thank you
Also, if a cute girl is texting and lets go of her dog’s leash, and it runs out in the road and you almost run it over, just smile and offer her a “that’s ok” wave instead of looking angry and cursing incoherently. Even though she should put her damn phone away and take care of her dog.
Uh oh. Buster Olney picked us to win the division.
Neyer picks Oakland second. Grant
says third placeis stupid.Ouch. Out of 31 Fangraphs writers, no one picks Oakland for the AL West.
Man, they love the Rangers and Darvish.
I wouldn’t either. I think we have to get really lucky (again) just to have a shot.
At least we have a few Wild Card appearances?
Looks a lot like last year’s predictions.
Last year, the astros were so bad, they wer predicted to lose their division, and one they weren’t even in.
Yeah, that hurt this morning…
Going out to the new Thai for a dinner. Hope it’s as good as everyone’s been telling me.
I hope it is apeThaizing
Er, that was supposed to have this image:
I went to that place last week. It was pretty good.
Well, thunderstorms are possible tonight so you might see me again sometime around 4 am.
Goodbye March 29, 2013…you sucked.
There’s something I need to get off my chest…anybody have an electric razor I can use?
One day, I hope I come to grips with the fact, that I still can’t believe it’s not butter.
So join me won’t you as we Journey from Chicago to Boston with a Foreigner while carrying Styx.
Okay, I’m off to do my bit for God and country.
My 2013 MLB picks went like this. Division winners: OAK/DET/BAL, SFG/CIN/WAS. WCs: TBR/TEX, PIT/ARI. WS: WAS over TBR.
Those NL wild card picks are craazzyy!
Arizona basically has the same team A’s had last year
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Figured I’d go with something that’s probably not the most common thought.
And I could just as easily see the A’s third. I’m just not sold on the Rangers or Angels getting the job done.
So far I might have been a bit off when I didn’t even pick the Braves to be a playoff team. Didn’t think they’d be this good.
Well, Upton isn’t this good. Still very SSS
The other Upton isn’t this bad.
There’s a limited amount of Upton production available, and they’re still working out the kinks on how to balance it between them.
Kate is due for a down year.
Gravity will not be denied.
I hope it can be held at bay for a while longer though.
Now that the MLB regular season is over, how did I do in my predictions? Not great, but a couple I’m pleased with.
First, AL. Result, prediction: West: OAK (OAK) Central: DET (DET) East: BOS (BAL) WC: CLE, TBR (TBR, TEX)
DET was an easy pick. I also wasn’t sold on LAA (or TOR for that matter). Figured OAK would get past TEX somehow. BOS surprised, CLE too.
Now, NL. Result, prediction: West: LAD (SFG) Central: STL (CIN) East: ATL (WAS) WC: PIT, CIN (PIT, ARI)
Talk about bad on the division picks. SFG revealed as one-and-done team. WAS not so good, ATL much better. I’ll take that PIT pick all day.