I watch fewer and fewer baseball games every year. You just get to a point in life where you have decide how you want to spend your free time and baseball keeps falling down that list for me.
to be fair, you don’t become a yalie law student without the twinkle of hope in your eyes, to either become a supreme court justice or to go to harvard to have a slightly better chance of becoming a supreme court justice.
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
Did the NBA know the new owner of the Kings was bat shit crazy before they sold him the team? Outside of Mitch Richmond and Rick Adelman pretty much all the other hand me downs from the Warriors have been garbage for the Kings…this owner included.
The addition of #s and @s is pretty hilarious. If anyone replies, they just need to be flooded with the 140 character escapades of Wilford Brimley and Bridget the Midget.
Hahn and Barreto? Lawrie nor Semien interests you? And Lester was at least interesting…
I think Alvarez will be solid to good. Ravelo, Phegley, and Wendle all have a chance to be contributors, but I can agree they’re not interesting, although I have hopes for all 3. I tend to trust the A’s on 4th starters but Bassitt, Graveman, and Nolin are all boring.
I actually quite liked the Norris and Shark II trades. Cespedes for Lester, I’m ambivalent on. The Donaldson trade and Shark I trade are the big mistakes. Moss was a player I think we sold at his absolute high, but the return felt super underwhelming. Moss for Jose Ramirez would have been a fucking A trade, but you can’t expect those.
I’m not convinced we sold high on Moss at all. Well, high as he’ll be going forward, probably. But his peak was probably at the break before he completely broke down or the previous off season. Post surgery question mark Moss doesn’t seem like a “high” but a low.
10. Rudeness
9. Bruce Lee movies
8. Douglas MacArthur
7. The Dutch
6. Heavy metal
5. Squirrels
4. Goat cheese
3. Denver Broncos
2. John Elway
1. Myself
When I was in Tanzania, there was a kid who was huge on martial arts / fight movies and actors. He knew quite a lot of them. He kept calling Chuck Norris “Baba” (Grandpa)
I was listening to one of his live albums from the 70s the other day, and in between songs he berates a photographer for snapping photos of him while he’s playing, telling him to take photos while people are clapping instead so he won’t hear the shutter.
GROSS: In the acknowledgements to your book, where you’re praising your friends and your family, you describe Neil Young as, quote, “the strangest of my friends.”
NASH: He is.
GROSS: What makes him strange?
NASH: The man is totally committed to the muse of music. And he’ll do anything for good music. And sometimes it’s very strange. I was at Neil’s ranch one day just south of San Francisco, and he has a beautiful lake with red-wing blackbirds. And he asked me if I wanted to hear his new album, “Harvest.” And I said sure, let’s go into the studio and listen.
Oh, no. That’s not what Neil had in mind. He said get into the rowboat.
(LAUGHTER)
NASH: I said get into the rowboat? He said, yeah, we’re going to go out into the middle of the lake. Now, I think he’s got a little cassette player with him or a little, you know, early digital format player. You know, so I’m thinking I’m going to wear headphones and listen in the relative peace of the middle of Neil’s lake.
Oh, no. He has the – his entire house as the left speaker and his entire barn as the right speaker. And I heard “Harvest” coming out of these two incredibly large speakers louder than hell. It was unbelievable. Elliot Mazer, who produced Neil, produced “Harvest,” came down to the shore of the lake and he shouted out to Neil: How was that, Neil?
And I swear to god, Neil Young shouted back: More barn!
I only recently heard the (apparently well known) story that for the classic concert film The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese had to edit the final print to remove a huge rock of cocaine hanging from Neil Young’s nostril during his (epic) performance of Helpless.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
Let’s sign Ichiro! If we’re not going to make the playoffs anyway, we might as well.
\"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
Let’s collect interesting names to replace Samardzija.
\"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
My momma went to a tattoo parlor to get a makeover.
\"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
I have to say that summer I spent following Mike + the Mechanics on their tour of local fairs in Czechoslovakia back in 92 was the best 3 days of my life.
To clarify, the pitcher has gone back to using a pro agent. I’m not sure what led him to originally dumping his previous agent but I know his brother handled negotiations while he was hurt.
10. Empathy
9. Steak
8. Compromise
7. Humor
6. Most other types of cheese
5. Friendship
4. Bill of Rights
3. I guess I should probably put my family on this list
2. The Oakland Raiders
1. Myself
classic. and i’m not misunderstanding her explanation, i don’t think.
but i’d characterize it more as an articulation of power, which sure, is aligned with gender so closely through history to the present moment that it’s easily mistaken or equated with it, and sure it’s interesting to see the accumulation of men doing it especially as a way to talk about our living heritage of engendered power, but again, i’d begin by pointing to that as evidence of power structures rather than something specific to gender, and the entire architecture of arrogant explanation might be better exposed testing for unexpected cross-examples of it, such as can be seen when you negate or reverse the necessarily male-gendered aspect of the equation and just show it as “this is what people do when…” rather than “men have a likelihood to…”
and since she brings up bush and political campaigns of insistence on the factually incorrect, i can’t think of a better cf than cf kirchner fielding questions at harvard. that’s in spanish, but here’s a tip of the iceberg in english.
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
I can’t remember if it was psychology or sociology but I had a class back in college where we studied that gender is a made up construct. I remember finding it interesting at the time but I don’t remember much about the idea itself.
The main thing I remember about sociology classes is that they were easy A’s…common sense stuff for the most part. I guess the class could have been more of a struggle for someone who was really conservative and not open to ideas that clashed with their ideology.
If you are a CBS sports producer, for whom time stopped circa 1975, that’s a great matchup. Perfect starting place for Jim Nantz to segue to the Masters.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
What about
1. The baby is dying,
2. I think I’m going to come
\"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
It looks like the Raiders dropped to no better than 4th in draft position.
Raiders-Bills was a much better game than that steaming meadow muffin of Colts-Cowboys, but the network stuck with the Cowboys all the way to the end so all of America could savor Dallas clinching their playoff spot.
Never one to let excruciating dental surgery pain keep me from a birthday blog post, here comes my contribution to this, the final day of Zappadan 2014 and what woulda been the man’s 74th birthday. If you’ve ever wondered why it took only two 1970s guest-host appearances to be banned from the show for life, have a look at this DVD of the two times Frank Zappa was unleashed upon NBC Studio 8H and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE :D~~
Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
That sounds like the time I tried to eat an entire lunch from a Lithuanian restaurant in SW Chicago. The brought out a baked potato as an appetizer. Then the main course came, which included a second baked potato, along with a huge plate of sausage and cabbage. Driving back to Hyde Park, I felt like I was going to die.
I was looking up some info on the spring training “Big League Weekend” hosted by the Las Vegas 51s at Cashman Field, which would fit my schedule. When it was announced on November 21 the 51s put up this graphic at the top of their Facebook page:
Well, Donaldson departed on November 28, so on December 1 the 51s graphic was changed to this one:
I guess they’ve said “screw it” because that second graphic is still the one that’s posted.
\"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
I just want to wish everyone a happy holiday season and thank you for a fun 2014 here on Free Kraut. I hope your 2015 is filled with good health and happiness.
Donovan was probably at least on his level as a prospect as a teenager at Leverkusen. Hell, I think Julian Green made a champions league appearance for Bayern at about that age last year.
If you were to track this pattern – strong start, weak middle, winning final streak – throughout his entire presidency, you might have expected his worst year to be the one when he was just re-elected and had the wind at his back. And you would be right. 2013 was truly awful. But you’d also expect his final years to be strong. Until recently, much of the Beltway was engaged in a rather sour judgment on this score. He was an anachronism, shellacked for the second time by the midterms, a crippled fowl hobbling toward mediocrity. The future belongs to … Mitch McConnell!
Or not. The latest reports on economic growth suggest that Obama is now presiding over the strongest economy in more than a decade. Back in 2009, this was in no way predictable, or even likely. Compared with America’s international competitors, it’s powerful evidence that Obama’s early measures to save the US economy from the abyss were more successful than many will concede. The country, meanwhile, has experienced an energy revolution – a win-win (apart from the planet) which has also given both Putin and Khamenei the collywobbles. Sure, this was not an Obama initiative, but he didn’t get in the way. The potential for solar power has also never seemed brighter.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
I liked this roundup of Republican campaign boasts from 2012:
* The Romney Standard: Mitt Romney said during the 2012 campaign that if Americans elect him, he’d get the unemployment rate down to 6% by 2016. Obama won anyway and the unemployment rate dropped below 6% two years faster.
* The Gingrich Standard: Newt Gingrich said during the 2012 campaign that if Americans re-elected the president, gas prices would reach $10 per gallon, while Gingrich would push gas down to $2.50 a gallon. As of this morning, the national average at the pump is a little under $2.38.
* The Pawlenty Standard: Tim Pawlenty said trillions of dollars in tax breaks would boost economic growth to 5% GDP. Obama actually raised taxes on the wealthy and GDP growth reached 5% anyway.
A lot of this doesn’t have much to do with Obama, especially the gas prices, but I’m happy that Republicans aren’t out there taking credit for it.
Feliz Navidad, faithful Funkateers! This Christmas morn I bring you two CDs worth of the bumpin-est Jesus Jams in the firmament — in honor of the Birthday Boy, obviously — and you’ll be pleased to note that in the 2 1/2 hours contained in them you’ll find not one single note of Christmas music! This, so that last, blackboard-scratching rendition of LET IT SNOW didn’t send me into the nearest shopping mall with an assault rifle and a box of fruitcake-colored ammunition. Blog upon a midnight clear with us as we present the music of Saturday night meeting the sentiment of Sunday morning… on a Thursday afternoon.
Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
I want McKenzie to get one more year to build on the last draft class, but I won’t be upset if he’s let go. I don’t have an opinion either way on Sparano. The offensive coaching staff needs to be completely replaced, as an absolute minimum.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
It kinda makes me chuckle that a GM who completely fixed about a decade of salary cap hell and drafted a franchise QB and franchise pass rusher finds his job in jeopardy.
Then again, we just let go of a HC who went to 3 straight conference championship games.
And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here
-slusser.
Sure, under the context that it took those 3 years just to fix the financial bullshit he inherited.
He’s had 2 full drafts since you can’t really count 2012 when he didn’t have a pick until 95, and has done pretty damn well. 2014 I’d probably say he had one of the top 3 drafts in the NFL, 2013 has some solid contributors. He probably overpaid for guys like Tuck, Woodley, and even bringing back Charles Woodson — and the Schaub trade ended up bad BUT the process was solid IMO.
To me, that team was a 5 year project at best when McKenzie was brought in and ditching him after 3 years seems to be shortsighted. I guess that’s the NFL now though, very much what have you done for me lately.
And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here
-slusser.
I’m with you, I think McKenzie has at least done enough to get another year. But not many NFL teams keep a GM who has two bad years and then manages to get much much worse.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
Bottom line…McKenzie said this was the year the Raiders would be competitive. Instead it was the one of the worst teams in Raiders history. I’ll give him the Mack pick but I think most GM’s would have taken Mack. As far as Carr…we’ll see. He was the 29th ranked QB this year so I’m not quite ready to call him a franchise player. Other than that the cupboard is pretty bare.
How many times have GMs or Coaches said “GUYS WE ARE GOING TO FUCKING SUCK BUT BEAR WITH US!”
Of course he said they would be competitive.
Carr was the best rookie QB in the league. I’d take him over Bortles and Teddy Throwsevelt and not even have to think about it. Take Amari Cooper 4th so Carr actually has someone to throw to and he will go off next year.
And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here
-slusser.
I respect your opinion, Mike but there is nothing anyone can say to make me change my mind on this. I think McKenzie has been an absolute failure as GM. I watched 47 of these 48 games the last three years. It’s been beyond awful and I blame him.
You know, part of me says just give Gruden a blank check. At the same time, getting one of the DCs they have asked to interview from Arizona or Seattle would be OK, but a LOT would hinge on bringing in a great offensive coordinator.
I know I don’t want Holmgren or Mike Shanahan, and I also think keeping Vic Fangio and several of the other defensive coaches is imperative.
So I guess my actual answer would be promote Fangio and then give him a badass offensive coaching staff.
And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here
-slusser.
Fangio has definitely proven himself as DC. It’s an interesting job. There is some top notch talent but it’s also a team with some age on it. I’d want an OC who is ready to work with Kap…I still like him but 2015 needs to be better. It’s going to be an interesting off-season.
Reid, Carradine, Dial, Patton, and Lattimore was a great draft. Sucks about Lattimore hanging it up early but the other 4 are going to get a ton of playing time next year.
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-slusser.
Lattimore is not a positive. No one else picked him because his injuries were career-ending.
According to one site’s advanced stats, Dial was the 7th worst DT, and Carradine/Patton didn’t make the list at all and have only GOTTEN INTO 19 games combined over two years. Not sure why I’m supposed to be excited about them.
Reid could be a player, but 3 concussions in 16 months is scary.
By my math, that could be two years of drafts with ZERO useful starters (though Reid would be one if healthy)
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
Together Baalke’s last 3 first rounders have started a grand total of 2 seasons, one is no longer on the team, and the other two have major injury issues.
In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
the pitstop, which was the keystone in the race plan, is hilarious, btw. driver out of the cockpit? hammers?? (they don’t even mention how supposedly one of the crew lost the lug nut under the car…)
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
\"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
It’s always a bit dicey when someone who lives in Arkansas makes fun of another region of the country. I’ll say this for Michigan…it may be really cold there but at least it’s also really cold there.
I think it was called “Tammy”. I don’t remember much of it, other than Tyne Daly lighting vehicles on fire, but it was mildly amusing, and Susan Sarandon is always badass.
\"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
I have to say I’m a little surprised. I thought for sure that trivia questions about geography would drive traffic to an A’s baseball related website. I mean…I thought that was accepted wisdom at this point.
I fault York for this mess. A good owner (Eddie D, for example) would get the two parties together and say to them, “Trent, you’re my GM, Jim, you’re my coach, now work together or I’ll cut off your balls”. Instead, he exposes how idiotic he is on Twitter with damn-fool apologies.
My brother should be thrilled, though, since he’s a Michigan grad.
I hadn’t heard Mike’s theory, but it really does make sense. Roman is such a complete disaster as an OC that I can see the logic.
Also, it really does sound like a lot of the players hate him (the Anthony Davis concussion thing is troubling). And please, for the love of god, can we hire someone who can call plays on time?!?
What are the odds Fangio stays and gets the promotion?
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
So far they’ve asked for permission to interview the Cardinals and the Seahawks DCs. There is also talk of Josh McDaniels (nothx) and Kyle Shanahan (eh.)
Whatever they do, they need to not have shit be so complicated. Roman outsmarted himself so damn much.
And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here
-slusser.
I love me some Tomsula but no idea if he’s capable of that leap.
If Fangio is staying we need an offense-minded guy. If he’s going then I have no idea what the right choice would be.
Roman just has no ability to adapt his preferences to his actual players. Matters less in college, I suspect, but he really didn’t put our guys in the best position to succeed once the league caught up to his crazy formations. And he routinely got out-coached at halftime.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
Fangio, 56, who just finished his 28th NFL season, has expressed his desire to be the 49ers’ next head coach to the front office. He bolstered his candidacy this season as the 49ers entered Sunday’s 20-17 win over Arizona with the NFL’s fifth-ranked defense despite placing seven defensive players on injured reserve since the start of the regular season.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
Not to mention the quotes. Jive Turkey Gobblers is the best of all time, but we always knew on a Monday morning that there would be an awesome soundbite to pull off his postgame presser, as surely as there would be absolutely nothing in Kaepernick’s.
I still miss watching him race down the Stanford sidelines screaming at the refs while his laminated play card bounced along behind him on a bungee attached to his khakis.
Peyton “Blanda” Manning
Coach, backup QB, and Punter
\"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
\"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
\"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
Yeah! I mean, he’s got like, twelve of them, right?
Get him to give up one of his superfluous nipples while you’re at it.
\"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
New Canadian Prime Minister John Lydon’s son said Canada will napalm their opponents in 2015 but ultimately get bogged down in a quagmire and then turn the Prime Minister’s job over to Richard Nixon.
New Raiders head coach Lyndon Johnson said the Raiders would napalm their opponents in 2015 but ultimately get bogged down in a quagmire and then turn their head coaching job over to Richard Nixon.
Just so you know…anytime I repeat a joke that second version is the director’s cut for the Blu-Ray…and if this is a repeated joke…well, at least we’ll always have Paris.
My guess is the Raiders either hire Del Rio or just punt and bring back Sparano on a two year deal. Until this team figures out where it’s going to play it might be really hard to bring in a top coach. If McKenzie and Sparano return I won’t like it but I’ll be rooting for them to succeed…I really need to take up drinking.
I truly believe at this point he wears out his welcome in 3-4 years wherever he is. Supposedly he wore out his welcome at Stanford because he kept trying to get the AD to lower admission standards.
He’s like the Larry Brown of football.
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-slusser.
a team from honduras is (was) coming to SJ to play a friendly against the quakes. apparently quakes paid for the whole thing, asking for priority for a possible player TBNL transfer.
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
Mark Mangino – Eric Mangini
Phil Mickelson – Jack Nicklaus – Jack Nicholson
Amy Adams – Isla Fisher
Minka Kelly – Leighton Meester
Ice Cube – Ice T
Rita Ora – Iggy Azlaea – Azealia Banks
Green Hornet – Green Arrow – Green Lantern
Oh yeah!
So, the A’s traded a way another player…meh, whatever. I’m getting to the point where I’m not sure I’m even going to bother learning their names.
I’m probably going to cancel my MLB.tv for this year.
I watch fewer and fewer baseball games every year. You just get to a point in life where you have decide how you want to spend your free time and baseball keeps falling down that list for me.
If I figure our your “twist” ending within the first ten minutes then your script needed work.
Bruce Willis was Bed all along.
pfft…I have way more hair than him…well, maybe not way more but I do have more.
need some input here
7.99
3.14
Bed 3:16 says I just made a joke about VORP and Kenny Rogers.
Beats me…that joke wasn’t made during my shift as Bed. I’m pretty sure FSU was Bed that night.
weighted for which ballpark though?
I barely got through part one of Ascension on SyFy…I’ve seen better acting at 3rd grade plays.
I will say this though…Tricia Helfer is aging nicely.
Unf. She was…something on Battlestar.
Hottest robot ever.
you responded to out tweet. now follow it ans share/star
Wait…our tweet came out? Well, good for him.
Well, we’ve got the twitter feed so when do we start the podcast?
Someone has to kill Bed first, then another one of us has to get arrested.
And then every website in world will write several pieces about it. Serial II: Dial Bed For Murder
AV calls MikeV and they guess the MLS betting lines.
Well, there would have to be a soccer segment. Josh could come in and talk about 70’s Italian prog rock.
Up next would be Ed with legal and spelling advice.
I could volunteer for the “Aces eats” episodes.
Everyone should chime in on what they would do with their segment.
2 chicks at once
Thanks, and go As.
Well, that’s a given.
ptbnl and I can bore all your pants off with science
honestly thats one of my favorite parts hear.
And then I can chime in and explain how none of your bloody theorems work in real life…
Those must be from their economics department.
Hah!
Generally appropriate for a school that doesn’t have any engineering programs.
…and that produces a disproportionate number of judges/law professors to actual practicing lawyers.
(though nowhere near Yale in that disproportion)
to be fair, you don’t become a yalie law student without the twinkle of hope in your eyes, to either become a supreme court justice or to go to harvard to have a slightly better chance of becoming a supreme court justice.
Some damn fine experimental physicists though! Also whatever type of lawyer you are, nm.
I nominate Jennifer for gross stories from the ER.
Cosmic Micro Brewery.
How to win arguments and lose friends, with your host, DFA.
Speaking of which, after they killed ESPN International, now I have US Sports 1 channel instead. Lately, their main content is MLS
I’ll make a call to MailChimp. Or MailKimp if you prefer.
Did the NBA know the new owner of the Kings was bat shit crazy before they sold him the team? Outside of Mitch Richmond and Rick Adelman pretty much all the other hand me downs from the Warriors have been garbage for the Kings…this owner included.
Uh-oh…Sony has canceled the release of this lounge to theaters across the country.
I’m going 9/11 Truther on that…Sony had a bomb on its hands and posted fake threats to generate interest in a movie nobody would care about otherwise.
I don’t know…Rogen and Franco have had some pretty big hit films together.
what is sony afraid of I wonder
If I had to guess I would lean towards them being afraid of Stevie Wonder.
Let me guess, it’s you, Bed, with the @freekraut twitter account?
Nope…it’s Ed. I don’t tweet or bathe.
I mostly quote bed from the lounges. ANyone is free to log in and use it, but there are rules:
10 don’t be a dick
20 goto 10
The addition of #s and @s is pretty hilarious. If anyone replies, they just need to be flooded with the 140 character escapades of Wilford Brimley and Bridget the Midget.
Well I guess I better reserve @freekraut.net so that Ed cant go insane and try to sell it back to us.
I guess after we establish the podcast then it’s on to t-shirts and then the invasion of Poland.
I guess if I ever do start a twitter account it would be so I could just tweet out Ed’s posts.
Two more and my plan is complete…(cue evil laugh)
And got all of 2 interesting players in return.
Hahn and Barreto? Lawrie nor Semien interests you? And Lester was at least interesting…
I think Alvarez will be solid to good. Ravelo, Phegley, and Wendle all have a chance to be contributors, but I can agree they’re not interesting, although I have hopes for all 3. I tend to trust the A’s on 4th starters but Bassitt, Graveman, and Nolin are all boring.
I actually quite liked the Norris and Shark II trades. Cespedes for Lester, I’m ambivalent on. The Donaldson trade and Shark I trade are the big mistakes. Moss was a player I think we sold at his absolute high, but the return felt super underwhelming. Moss for Jose Ramirez would have been a fucking A trade, but you can’t expect those.
I’m not convinced we sold high on Moss at all. Well, high as he’ll be going forward, probably. But his peak was probably at the break before he completely broke down or the previous off season. Post surgery question mark Moss doesn’t seem like a “high” but a low.
Agree on this.
Simien and Barreto were the interesting ones. I thought Hahn had been converted to the pen permanently, and I don’t care about relievers.
And Lawrie just doesn’t fit the window?
If I was running a medical clinic, I would be interested in getting him as a patient… otherwise?
Brawny wasn’t hurting anybody!
Hahn, though, was the last name of a friend who rocked hard and died young, so I will root for him.
:(
Top 10 Things I hate
10. Rudeness
9. Bruce Lee movies
8. Douglas MacArthur
7. The Dutch
6. Heavy metal
5. Squirrels
4. Goat cheese
3. Denver Broncos
2. John Elway
1. Myself
GOAT CHEESE?!?
N-A-S-T-Y
You’re high!
This sites consistent pro goat cheese stance makes me wonder if I belong here.
Where do you stand on squirrel cheese?
I tend to stand as far a way from it as possible.
He’s nut about it.
Douglas MacArthur was bad news, man.
I’m Team Truman
Bruce Lee movies didn’t hurt anyone!
Bruce Lee makes Chuck Norris look like fucking Gene Hackman. Awful, awful movies and acting.
When I was in Tanzania, there was a kid who was huge on martial arts / fight movies and actors. He knew quite a lot of them. He kept calling Chuck Norris “Baba” (Grandpa)
There’s cranky and then there’s Neil Young cranky.
I was listening to one of his live albums from the 70s the other day, and in between songs he berates a photographer for snapping photos of him while he’s playing, telling him to take photos while people are clapping instead so he won’t hear the shutter.
That sounds about right.
Graham Nash on Fresh Air a couple of months ago:
Awesome
awesome
The whole interview is great. He tells a sweet story about coming home from shopping for a vase with Joni Mitchell and writing “Our House.”
Awesome x 3
I only recently heard the (apparently well known) story that for the classic concert film The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese had to edit the final print to remove a huge rock of cocaine hanging from Neil Young’s nostril during his (epic) performance of Helpless.
heard this one before. thought it was made up. didn’t know it was nash relaying it. wow.
I loved that interview. Its one of my all time favorites from Fresh Air
Right? I love how Nash describes singing for the first time with Crosby and Stills and thinking “The Hollies? Who? Forget that.”
Also Terry Gross’ awkward “for a married guy you sure were having a lot of sex with groupies” line of questioning.
Yo Mama’s so fat that I wonder if maybe she should see a doctor and find out if she has a thyroid condition.
Let’s sign Ichiro! If we’re not going to make the playoffs anyway, we might as well.
I’m holding out for Crash Davis.
I want Johnny Giavotella too.
Let’s collect interesting names to replace Samardzija.
Yo Mama’s so ugly that I can’t help but wonder if anyone has told her to consider going to Macy’s to get a makeover.
My momma went to a tattoo parlor to get a makeover.
My back is now just one life sized Bridget the Midget tattoo.
Yo Mama’s so dumb that I have to ask…did you ever get her tested to see if she has a learning disability?
Me, Mike. I’m the redhead.
I have to say that summer I spent following Mike + the Mechanics on their tour of local fairs in Czechoslovakia back in 92 was the best 3 days of my life.
The closest I’ve ever gotten to dating a red head is drinking a Ginger Ale.
I dated a red headed Scottish lass and a red headed Irish lass one summer. Not at the same time, unfortunately.
FSU: Lass Lovin’ Legend
red heads are fun.
I’m happy to report that my memoir, Five Inches But It’s Thick, is going to be made into a movie. I’ll be played in the movie by Roseanne Barr.
Who’s playing the rest of you?
Excellent.
So…any 49ers been arrested today?
I don’t know if Jesus is the son of God but I’m pretty sure he can hit a curve ball.
The saddest part about being bald is I can’t get the Mark Davis bowl cut.
My third nipple is itchy…rain must be coming.
Little known movie fact…The producers first choice to play John Rambo was Dom DeLuise.
My last therapy session was a little hostile…the doctor told me to shut up about my mother.
In high school I was voted most likely to die by tripping.
It seems odd that the Grill has more Jessica Hahn pictures than the Lounge does.
Kings 0-2 since owner took over as head coach. I hope this losing streak goes to epic proportions.
It was cold today…I think that proves that global warming is just a hoax created by Al Gore, The Illuminati, and Colonel Sanders.
Raiders offensive warming is a hoax created by Al Saunders.
1. Fuck the A’s
2. I would like some pie
Fuck the pie. I would like some A.
Ass?
Tears running down my face right now rofl
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Oh the memories…
Thank you for that.
You were really getting down, good job.
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“Commissioner Emeritus”? What does Selig think he is, a rabbi?
Special projects=BRC.
Plus the construction of the Grand Mausoleum for himself adjacent to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
I’d be happy to help seal him up inside that.
And lo, for the Blue Ribbon Committee only had enough work to last for one year, but through the miracle of Selig, it kept and lasted for 8 years
win
Not to mention he rigged the dreidel so it would always come up ג when the Giants spun it.
Selig is quite an oily fellow.
You’re missing a zero or two.
asvd
so win
Woah woah woah
Now Mix ISN’T going to TJ?
COME ON QUAKES MAKE IT HAPPEN
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His dad’s interesting.
Wondering aloud, has there EVER been an athlete with a family member acting as their agent that was successful?
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Yes.I know a big league pitcher who had his brother serve as his agent for a while.
Interesting.
Diskerud has had two potential MLS deals fall through at the 11th hour, supposedly because of weird shit his Dad did acting as his agent.
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To clarify, the pitcher has gone back to using a pro agent. I’m not sure what led him to originally dumping his previous agent but I know his brother handled negotiations while he was hurt.
THEY WOULD NEED BOTH BECAUSE FAT JOKE AMIRITE?!?!
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I don’t even want to see the hats that would represent Ass-dribble.
At least it would be appropriate for the team and the wearers.
I’m outraged by the lack of outrage about the latest outrage.
Top 10 Things I love
10. Empathy
9. Steak
8. Compromise
7. Humor
6. Most other types of cheese
5. Friendship
4. Bill of Rights
3. I guess I should probably put my family on this list
2. The Oakland Raiders
1. Myself
i bit my lip with mansplaining, because everybody gets a freebie and/or a cheapie, especially if it’s funny.
but now that we have manspreading, i’m gonna have to go on the record: WOMPLAINING! ©AV2014
In my family it all comes down to respect for labor…basically, my wife went through labor twice so she’s in charge.
you just have good manners.
Why yes I do, kind sir. Oh, and pardon me but would happen to have any Grey Poupon?
Though it didn’t coin the term, the essay that inspired it is pretty tragicomic.
classic. and i’m not misunderstanding her explanation, i don’t think.
but i’d characterize it more as an articulation of power, which sure, is aligned with gender so closely through history to the present moment that it’s easily mistaken or equated with it, and sure it’s interesting to see the accumulation of men doing it especially as a way to talk about our living heritage of engendered power, but again, i’d begin by pointing to that as evidence of power structures rather than something specific to gender, and the entire architecture of arrogant explanation might be better exposed testing for unexpected cross-examples of it, such as can be seen when you negate or reverse the necessarily male-gendered aspect of the equation and just show it as “this is what people do when…” rather than “men have a likelihood to…”
and since she brings up bush and political campaigns of insistence on the factually incorrect, i can’t think of a better cf than cf kirchner fielding questions at harvard. that’s in spanish, but here’s a tip of the iceberg in english.
All I know is chicks dig the long ball.
i’ll say!
(which is a nice counterpoint to the article i was talking about this morning.)
I don’t know…this lounge seems lacking. No Jessica Hahn pictures and no Gordon Lightfoot parodies.
So far our fictitious Free Kraut podcast seems light on A’s related baseball segments…that fits.
I can’t remember if it was psychology or sociology but I had a class back in college where we studied that gender is a made up construct. I remember finding it interesting at the time but I don’t remember much about the idea itself.
probably sosh. and it’s way more boring than the repeated appearance of the word sex implies.
The main thing I remember about sociology classes is that they were easy A’s…common sense stuff for the most part. I guess the class could have been more of a struggle for someone who was really conservative and not open to ideas that clashed with their ideology.
well then, real madrid over san lorenzo 2-0. real was clearly better but the crows have nothing to be ashamed of.
on to the rest of my day… [looks at to-do list] xmas shopping. [looks for another game on]
Christmas shopping is done and by that I mean my wife is finished Christmas shopping. I wonder what I bought her?
…and now a musical interlude.
I’m wondering why CBS thought UCLA-Kentucky would be a watchable game.
If you are a CBS sports producer, for whom time stopped circa 1975, that’s a great matchup. Perfect starting place for Jim Nantz to segue to the Masters.
Patients always lie, House was right about that. Except! two occasions:
1. The baby is coming,
2. I think I’m going to die
What about
1. The baby is dying,
2. I think I’m going to come
1. The baby usually isn’t dying, parents just freak out sometimes. If they’re crying, they’re not dying. *not an actual saying
2. If my patient says that to me, we could have a problem.
Wow. Just wow.
Turns out the Niners’ defensive fairy dust runs out when we only have 2 of our best 11 defenders healthy. And a bunch of their backups hurt.
basically just FK this entire season.
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Raiders showing how to deal with an otherwise-meaningless game against a desperate opponent.
To be fair, though, they have a lot more experience with meaningless games.
It looks like the Raiders dropped to no better than 4th in draft position.
Raiders-Bills was a much better game than that steaming meadow muffin of Colts-Cowboys, but the network stuck with the Cowboys all the way to the end so all of America could savor Dallas clinching their playoff spot.
You can blame NBC for their infamous Heidi game fail in 1968 for having to watch that turkey all the way to the bitter end.
I’ll never forgive NBC for cancelling Manimal.
Never one to let excruciating dental surgery pain keep me from a birthday blog post, here comes my contribution to this, the final day of Zappadan 2014 and what woulda been the man’s 74th birthday. If you’ve ever wondered why it took only two 1970s guest-host appearances to be banned from the show for life, have a look at this DVD of the two times Frank Zappa was unleashed upon NBC Studio 8H and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE :D~~
The Raiders won? Again? Celebratory dinner at Arby’s, Bed?
We ate Buffalo Wings while we watched the mighty Raiders plunder and pillage the playoff chances of the fallen Bills.
I’m looking for a tasty guacamole recipe that doesn’t use onions… or cilantro… or avocados.
Three words…French Onion Dip
I want a Dr. Evil movie…I’m fine if Austin Powers just has a cameo.
Suddenly, I want some French Onion Dip.
Next we travel into the heart of darkness and go and rip out the still beating heart out of the evil Broncos.
Suddenly, I want a still beating Bronco heart…with a side of French Onion Dip.
If they ever remake Nosferatu they should hire Rudy Guiliani for the lead.
You ever feel like a rack of lamb in a bean burrito world?
You ever climb to the third rung of a ladder and contemplate suicide?
You ever put your entire fist in your mouth and wonder how you can monetize that skill?
You ever shave your entire body and use the shaved hair to make a nest?
I gave my chocolate lab a bath yesterday, and got 5 cups of hair out of the bathtub after I was finished. Do you want it to make a nest?
You ever eat a 20 pack of cold Chicken McNuggets to prove your manhood to your friends?
I did once try to eat 2x of the Wendy’s dollar menu. I failed. I blame the fact that there were two kinds of potatoes.
That sounds like the time I tried to eat an entire lunch from a Lithuanian restaurant in SW Chicago. The brought out a baked potato as an appetizer. Then the main course came, which included a second baked potato, along with a huge plate of sausage and cabbage. Driving back to Hyde Park, I felt like I was going to die.
You ever get a full body massage from a Golden Retriever?
You ever quote the I am God speech by Alec Baldwin at a Cub Scout meeting?
You ever wonder if blind people understand what blinds are?
You ever look a gift horse in the mouth and wonder how you know what a gift horse is?
You ever find yourself at a hot dance club and wish they’d break out at least one square dance?
You ever think about Tipper Gore wearing your old high school letterman jacket?
You ever watch videos in slow motion of a poodle eating peanut butter?
You ever wonder why anyone would keep a bird that sings in a cage?
You ever wonder if the Friday the 13th movies aren’t really a clever rebuke of economic nationalism?
You ever wonder if Craig T. Nelson would be the perfect person to play Batman?
You ever wonder why you have the same eyes as your mom’s old boss?
You ever wear a plaid shirt with striped pants just because you’re gangsta?
You ever look at your car and wonder why it doesn’t shoot laser beams?
You ever put on some lipstick and just let the night take you wherever it goes?
You ever paid a dime to buy a nickel?
You ever order a Dr. Pepper and get a Mr. Pibb and then wonder why God hates you?
You ever wonder which one of these Ed is going to put on Twitter?
You ever get ready for sex by putting on eye black?
You ever clean your ear out with a Ford Fiesta?
You ever think about that night you told me I completed you?
You ever wonder how many more of these I’ll do before I finally stop?
42
I was looking up some info on the spring training “Big League Weekend” hosted by the Las Vegas 51s at Cashman Field, which would fit my schedule. When it was announced on November 21 the 51s put up this graphic at the top of their Facebook page:
Well, Donaldson departed on November 28, so on December 1 the 51s graphic was changed to this one:
I guess they’ve said “screw it” because that second graphic is still the one that’s posted.
And yet it would have been the perfect occasion for a PTBNL shirt.
They should just take the original and photoshop “Last Name” over Donaldson.
So nice to sit out in the sun on the Bill King Deck for an hour or so without having to shovel snow away first. Thank you Global Warming!
Looks like the Grim Reaper came in through the bathroom window…
So the guy driving the PG&E car was wearing a home A’s hat.
I called the 800 number on the back and reported that his driving was excellent.
I just hope he was where he was supposed to be.
Brilliant!
lol
I just want to wish everyone a happy holiday season and thank you for a fun 2014 here on Free Kraut. I hope your 2015 is filled with good health and happiness.
…in bed
… we tryst
#headache
holy shit… if this is real
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Neat. Is he as good as we hope he is?
he would immediately be the best prospect the USMNT has ever had.
Not a lot of 17 year olds get Champions League appearances for Arsenal.
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Though he was one of 3 to do so in that game alone, and all as second half substitutes up 3-0 in a dead rubber.
Donovan was probably at least on his level as a prospect as a teenager at Leverkusen. Hell, I think Julian Green made a champions league appearance for Bayern at about that age last year.
it’s a festivus miracle!
its a fake account now i’m sad.
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i have grievances to air.
I shop a lot when I can’t sleep.
I will also watch YouTube videos. Topics include: surgeries, makeup and/or hair tutorials, gag reels, at-home surgeries/I&Ds, and “best of” compilations.
I also browse the Kindle store and download dozens of samples.
I masturbate.
statement of fact.
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I don’t like myself that much.
One of Sullivan’s more interesting observations in quite awhile.
I liked this roundup of Republican campaign boasts from 2012:
A lot of this doesn’t have much to do with Obama, especially the gas prices, but I’m happy that Republicans aren’t out there taking credit for it.
Feliz Navidad, faithful Funkateers! This Christmas morn I bring you two CDs worth of the bumpin-est Jesus Jams in the firmament — in honor of the Birthday Boy, obviously — and you’ll be pleased to note that in the 2 1/2 hours contained in them you’ll find not one single note of Christmas music! This, so that last, blackboard-scratching rendition of LET IT SNOW didn’t send me into the nearest shopping mall with an assault rifle and a box of fruitcake-colored ammunition. Blog upon a midnight clear with us as we present the music of Saturday night meeting the sentiment of Sunday morning… on a Thursday afternoon.
Someone brought us in two pans of fudge at work. There were cat paw prints and hair on the top of each.
two pants of fudge?
Merry FKing Christmas, y’all!
Go to hell! Not everyone celebrates Christmas \s (You too!)
Hope everyone enjoyed their day yesterday. Turns out two-year old Christmas is exponentially nuttier than one-year old Christmas.
I’m happy to report that I survived.
they know.
it’s like they leans stuff or something.
The Beanie Lean
I still have 23 minutes to fix this to make me look like not the dumb one
Rarely is the question asked: is our children leaning?
where the fuck are my keys? I need them to get home
I am not entertained.
boobs.
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nice one
very approved
approved
approved
I became entertained. Then got the flu.
The D’Angelo album is fking amazing.
Jimenez?
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Yes
The 2014 Oakland Raiders season is over…I”M FREE!!!!!!
Ditto that.
I turned it off after they let Anderson walk into the end zone after giving up a 70+ yard kickoff return to start the 2nd half.
I want McKenzie to get one more year to build on the last draft class, but I won’t be upset if he’s let go. I don’t have an opinion either way on Sparano. The offensive coaching staff needs to be completely replaced, as an absolute minimum.
I think a wholesale house cleaning would be a safe bet.
It kinda makes me chuckle that a GM who completely fixed about a decade of salary cap hell and drafted a franchise QB and franchise pass rusher finds his job in jeopardy.
Then again, we just let go of a HC who went to 3 straight conference championship games.
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For sure that’s the case for keeping Reggie. The case for firing him is three years of some of the crappiest football ever played.
11-37…so much fun.
Sure, under the context that it took those 3 years just to fix the financial bullshit he inherited.
He’s had 2 full drafts since you can’t really count 2012 when he didn’t have a pick until 95, and has done pretty damn well. 2014 I’d probably say he had one of the top 3 drafts in the NFL, 2013 has some solid contributors. He probably overpaid for guys like Tuck, Woodley, and even bringing back Charles Woodson — and the Schaub trade ended up bad BUT the process was solid IMO.
To me, that team was a 5 year project at best when McKenzie was brought in and ditching him after 3 years seems to be shortsighted. I guess that’s the NFL now though, very much what have you done for me lately.
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I’m with you, I think McKenzie has at least done enough to get another year. But not many NFL teams keep a GM who has two bad years and then manages to get much much worse.
Bottom line…McKenzie said this was the year the Raiders would be competitive. Instead it was the one of the worst teams in Raiders history. I’ll give him the Mack pick but I think most GM’s would have taken Mack. As far as Carr…we’ll see. He was the 29th ranked QB this year so I’m not quite ready to call him a franchise player. Other than that the cupboard is pretty bare.
How many times have GMs or Coaches said “GUYS WE ARE GOING TO FUCKING SUCK BUT BEAR WITH US!”
Of course he said they would be competitive.
Carr was the best rookie QB in the league. I’d take him over Bortles and Teddy Throwsevelt and not even have to think about it. Take Amari Cooper 4th so Carr actually has someone to throw to and he will go off next year.
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I respect your opinion, Mike but there is nothing anyone can say to make me change my mind on this. I think McKenzie has been an absolute failure as GM. I watched 47 of these 48 games the last three years. It’s been beyond awful and I blame him.
Fair enough.
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I am really curious to who you want as the next 49ers head coach.
You know, part of me says just give Gruden a blank check. At the same time, getting one of the DCs they have asked to interview from Arizona or Seattle would be OK, but a LOT would hinge on bringing in a great offensive coordinator.
I know I don’t want Holmgren or Mike Shanahan, and I also think keeping Vic Fangio and several of the other defensive coaches is imperative.
So I guess my actual answer would be promote Fangio and then give him a badass offensive coaching staff.
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Fangio has definitely proven himself as DC. It’s an interesting job. There is some top notch talent but it’s also a team with some age on it. I’d want an OC who is ready to work with Kap…I still like him but 2015 needs to be better. It’s going to be an interesting off-season.
Agreed on Kaep. That’s the big issue.
If we are going to be good, he needs to be good. It’s unclear whether he can be, and we are going to lose some good players.
I suspect our window closed this year, since our drafts have been weak. At this point we are too old.
2012 was the only weak draft.
The biggest loss is going to be Justin Smith. By a REALLY large margin.
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2012 was F-. Not sure what about 2013 has you excited. I see a D since Reid looks like a player but the rest is nothing. This past year was good.
Reid, Carradine, Dial, Patton, and Lattimore was a great draft. Sucks about Lattimore hanging it up early but the other 4 are going to get a ton of playing time next year.
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Lattimore is not a positive. No one else picked him because his injuries were career-ending.
According to one site’s advanced stats, Dial was the 7th worst DT, and Carradine/Patton didn’t make the list at all and have only GOTTEN INTO 19 games combined over two years. Not sure why I’m supposed to be excited about them.
Reid could be a player, but 3 concussions in 16 months is scary.
By my math, that could be two years of drafts with ZERO useful starters (though Reid would be one if healthy)
Reid was a pro bowler as a rookie. He just needs to hit properly and stop knocking himself out.
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I agree he’s a talent. Health is the only concern.
And, of course, that makes one good player from two drafts.
Like I said, wait for Dial, Carradine, and Patton.
Judging a draft after 2 seasons is silly.
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why is it silly? First rounders should be starters. or at least impact players. 2 of the last 3 have not been.
Reid and Ward were both starters.
It’s silly because it takes more than 1 season to adjust to playing in the NFL.
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Together Baalke’s last 3 first rounders have started a grand total of 2 seasons, one is no longer on the team, and the other two have major injury issues.
fangio was a genius. strategy + execution.
the pitstop, which was the keystone in the race plan, is hilarious, btw. driver out of the cockpit? hammers?? (they don’t even mention how supposedly one of the crew lost the lug nut under the car…)
Sure, but in this specific case I would say that W/L record should be secondary if not third or 4th down the list of stuff to care about.
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Lego Marvel adventure: hour 87
if these kids drank pepsi, they would be total sterotypes
I would like to announce that I’ve reached a mutual parting of the ways with sirbed.
Who got the leather couches in the divorce?
When I logged on I expected to see hundreds of posts on fun things to do with fruit cake…or at least some posts about soccer.
Now, does Harbaugh know he actually has to live in Michigan if he takes that job?
It’s always a bit dicey when someone who lives in Arkansas makes fun of another region of the country. I’ll say this for Michigan…it may be really cold there but at least it’s also really cold there.
You heard it here first…Gerald Ford will not win the 1976 Presidential Election.
I just thought you should know…No, it wasn’t her it was you and yes, she was cheating on you with your buddy Jason.
Your geography question of the lounge. Which continent has the most countries on it?
Being a smart-ass I was going to argue for the 50 signatories of the Antarctic Treaty, but Africa still wins.
Someone broke twitter.
I blame Ed…or Reggie McKenzie…or maybe they’re working together.
Watched a few comedies this week…22 Jump Street – Funny. Let’s Be Cops – Funnier. Old Yeller – Funniest movie ever.
I watched 12 Years a Slave — laugh riot
Colin wins the lounge.
Finally saw 2008’s Tropic Thunder. Damn, that’s an enjoyable one.
More on topic, Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream inspires a lot of laughter… Juice!
I actually watched a movie too!
I think it was called “Tammy”. I don’t remember much of it, other than Tyne Daly lighting vehicles on fire, but it was mildly amusing, and Susan Sarandon is always badass.
I thought adulthood was going to be one long Benny Hill episode. It turns out the basic cable of my childhood misled me.
Here’s a link to my new blog.
http://www.bedblogsaboutwhathepostedonfreekrautandthereasonswhyhepostedwhathepostedonfreekrautalsotherearesomepostsaboutgeraldford.com
I have to say I’m a little surprised. I thought for sure that trivia questions about geography would drive traffic to an A’s baseball related website. I mean…I thought that was accepted wisdom at this point.
Sometimes I just feel like making crafts.
Posted without further comment.
Rumor is Harbaugh refused to fire Roman, which is what lead to them letting him go.
Basically they are putting their hopes into the guy who built the team and not the guy who coached them.
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I fault York for this mess. A good owner (Eddie D, for example) would get the two parties together and say to them, “Trent, you’re my GM, Jim, you’re my coach, now work together or I’ll cut off your balls”. Instead, he exposes how idiotic he is on Twitter with damn-fool apologies.
My brother should be thrilled, though, since he’s a Michigan grad.
I hadn’t heard Mike’s theory, but it really does make sense. Roman is such a complete disaster as an OC that I can see the logic.
Also, it really does sound like a lot of the players hate him (the Anthony Davis concussion thing is troubling). And please, for the love of god, can we hire someone who can call plays on time?!?
What are the odds Fangio stays and gets the promotion?
Fangio is supposedly not interested in a HC job.
The leading internal candidate is Tomsula.
So far they’ve asked for permission to interview the Cardinals and the Seahawks DCs. There is also talk of Josh McDaniels (nothx) and Kyle Shanahan (eh.)
Whatever they do, they need to not have shit be so complicated. Roman outsmarted himself so damn much.
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I love me some Tomsula but no idea if he’s capable of that leap.
If Fangio is staying we need an offense-minded guy. If he’s going then I have no idea what the right choice would be.
Roman just has no ability to adapt his preferences to his actual players. Matters less in college, I suspect, but he really didn’t put our guys in the best position to succeed once the league caught up to his crazy formations. And he routinely got out-coached at halftime.
Yeah, losing to San Diego truly cemented that the offense via Roman had a complete inability to make adjustments at halftime.
However, he’s Michigan’s problem now. He’s going with Harbaugh!
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Excellent.
It’s crazy that this team scored something like 30 4th quarter points. We had some 30 point first halves.
Contradiction on Fangio. If he wants it he sure as hell earned it this year.
Oh nice!
I’d actually be OK with that, and I’d trust him to bring in a good OC.
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Yeah. Anyone who can take our second string and shut down good offenses (non-Denver edition) is a guy to keep.
I’m going to miss the pictures and gifs of enraged Harbaugh. What a glorious psychopath that man appears to be.
Not to mention the quotes. Jive Turkey Gobblers is the best of all time, but we always knew on a Monday morning that there would be an awesome soundbite to pull off his postgame presser, as surely as there would be absolutely nothing in Kaepernick’s.
I still miss watching him race down the Stanford sidelines screaming at the refs while his laminated play card bounced along behind him on a bungee attached to his khakis.
BREAKING NEWS!!!
Raiders unable to get Jerry Glanville to sign contract turn their attentions to Doug Glanville.
Okay, FSU…who should be the next Raiders head coach?
Rickey
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Peyton “Blanda” Manning
Coach, backup QB, and Punter
Okay, Jennifer…who should be the next Secretary of the Interior?
Rickey
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Okay, Ed…who should be the next James Bond?
Rickey
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Laverne Cox
Idris Elba!!!!!!
Thandie Newton!
We probably need both just to be sure!
She could be Jane Bond and he could be the Bond guy.
That would be fabulous!!!!
That’s pretty much what I was going for.
need Laverne Cox’s brother then too
Okay, Mike…who should be the next 49ers head coach?
Rickey
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Okay, Glorious Mundy…who should be the next Surgeon General?
Rickey
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Okay, nevermoor…who should be the next American Idol?
Rickey
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EN
Okay, doctorK…who should be the next Governor of Maine?
Rickey
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Okay, colin…who should be the next Miss America?
Rickey
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Okay, andeux…who should host the 2032 Summer Olympics?
Rickey
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Okay, dmoas…who should give me one of their kidneys?
Rickey
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Yeah! I mean, he’s got like, twelve of them, right?
Get him to give up one of his superfluous nipples while you’re at it.
Okay, AV…who should win the next Royal Rumble?
Rickey
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Okay, ptbnl…who should be the next Prime Minister of Canada?
Rickey
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@bed: Lyndon Johnson.
@bed: John Lydon’s son.
New Canadian Prime Minister John Lydon’s son said Canada will napalm their opponents in 2015 but ultimately get bogged down in a quagmire and then turn the Prime Minister’s job over to Richard Nixon.
New Raiders head coach Lyndon Johnson said the Raiders would napalm their opponents in 2015 but ultimately get bogged down in a quagmire and then turn their head coaching job over to Richard Nixon.
Just so you know…anytime I repeat a joke that second version is the director’s cut for the Blu-Ray…and if this is a repeated joke…well, at least we’ll always have Paris.
ZELALEM!
Yay.
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My guess is the Raiders either hire Del Rio or just punt and bring back Sparano on a two year deal. Until this team figures out where it’s going to play it might be really hard to bring in a top coach. If McKenzie and Sparano return I won’t like it but I’ll be rooting for them to succeed…I really need to take up drinking.
I put the over/under for Harbaugh at Michigan at 5 seasons…I’d lean towards the under. I think he’s just built to move on every few years.
Yup. If he finishes that contract it will be a massive upset.
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I’ll take the under. He’ll regroup and be back in the NFL.
Well, maybe the Los Angeles Raiders can get him in 2017.
I dunno. College coaches can become gods, and work forever just by recruiting way better players.
He did that twice already.
I truly believe at this point he wears out his welcome in 3-4 years wherever he is. Supposedly he wore out his welcome at Stanford because he kept trying to get the AD to lower admission standards.
He’s like the Larry Brown of football.
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won’t be a problem at michigan
Zing!
I once watched Trent Dilfer say National Football League 17 times in 3 minutes.
I once watched Trent Dilfer eat 17 hot dogs in 3 minutes…and I watched it in slo-mo.
Interesting.
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I.. Well, I mean I dunno what the fuck he was doing for SF, so..
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Translation. por favor?
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hmm… start with the dateline, october 2014.
a team from honduras is (was) coming to SJ to play a friendly against the quakes. apparently quakes paid for the whole thing, asking for priority for a possible player TBNL transfer.
People I can’t keep from mixing up in my head:
Mark Mangino – Eric Mangini
Phil Mickelson – Jack Nicklaus – Jack Nicholson
Amy Adams – Isla Fisher
Minka Kelly – Leighton Meester
Ice Cube – Ice T
Rita Ora – Iggy Azlaea – Azealia Banks
Green Hornet – Green Arrow – Green Lantern
I also thought Daniel Day-Lewis was in “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and was fucking PUMPED. Total letdown.
Iggy Azlaea has the biggest ass on that list
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uhh
Yeah, a singer who can’t sing needs to have something else.
Bill Hader – Jon Heder
When I was a kid I confused Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood. Yeah, I dont know how either, but I did.
Which of the Greens is the one Superman wanted nothing to do with in the Lego Movie?
Lantern.
Soylent
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Heh, nice. Always wanted to try the new stuff they’ve been marketing, tho’ not the people kind.
Grant.
Mo
Mr. In the Conservatory. With the lead pipe.