It looked like Geren was talking to him, perhaps thinking aloud about the wisdom of bunting. I’m hoping Sweeney is such an intelligent team player that he struck out to try to teach Barton a lesson.
I think Ziggy may have been on to something with that whole “A’s fans are boycotting us…” conspiracy theory. It would certainly increase my overall happiness right now to just pretend this team doesn’t exist.
It was (unilluminating). Basically: we did a lot of studies and we stretch like nobody’s business, but still it’s happening.
Suzuki and Anderson (and I guess Barton) are unexpected/depressing. But Buck, Ellis, and especially Duchscherer? Why in the world would anyone be shocked! dismayed! in the dumps! we’re cursed! if only we could stay healthy! on account of those three?
The team was going to be decent as long as its extremely fragile starting pitching stayed healthy and effective. That happy state of affairs held for a couple of weeks, and now it’s over. I feel like screaming “DUH!” would be appropriate right now.
On the bright side, MGL projects our fill-in catcher as better than Derek Jeter this year.
Acttually, Bill pissed me off in New Rules by basically adopting the notion that muslim extremism > other religions’. Seemed totally out of character, almost like he let Ross write it for him.
I have no real opinion of the matter, but I also got to believe that Maher hates any and all religions equally, extremism included. He don’t like religion, and I STRONGLY doubt he would create a hierarchy of what’s worse. He seems to completely despise Catholicism and blames it for a lot of shitty things. I don’t think he’s got a special place in his heart for hating Islam.
He made a movie about the ridiculous nature of all religion. His only continued area of confluence with Christopher Hitchens is their vehement insistence upon atheism. He seems to make fun of all religions to me, and I watch him semi-regularly. Do you know something I don’t?
I was thinking about Hitchens even before I scrolled down to your comment, since he seems to share the
1) all extreme religions are equally bad
2) extreme Islam is more equally bad than others
beliefs.
But I used to like Hitchens, while Maher always seemed kind of dumb.
Yeah, worserer than all the other bad religious crap. I might have to go back an re-watch as I was distracted at the time, but it was essentially that their crazies are crazier than all the other crazies. Which, given his history (as LB alluded to above) seems surprising.
Rosales has a giant nose.
I fear that run will just encourage the Barton bunting idiocy.
It looked like Geren was talking to him, perhaps thinking aloud about the wisdom of bunting. I’m hoping Sweeney is such an intelligent team player that he struck out to try to teach Barton a lesson.
Entertaining Byrnesian grab by Patterson…
cahill FAIL
Comment of the year, anywhere
Boy am I in a lousy mood. Any you motherFKers step to me, Imma cutcha.
Yeah, that helped. Fuckin Cahill.
If you squint, he kinda looks like Anderson…
We need to manufacture 3 runs.
If Sweeney ad bunted Barton over, we’d have a run.
– K. Kouzmanoff struck out bunting foul
wtf?
That’s inaccurate.
Geez, Morrow is missing ovr the plate and these guys can’t do anything with it.
I think Ziggy may have been on to something with that whole “A’s fans are boycotting us…” conspiracy theory. It would certainly increase my overall happiness right now to just pretend this team doesn’t exist.
Pineiro getting lit up.
At least one more day in first place before it goes forever…
So sick of Chavez…
Well, this will likely be unilluminating:
Shouldn’t she have a Word template for that story by now?
she was running her ass off in Tampa, and it doesn’t appear to have slowed at all in Toronto so far.
Was she disappointed to have missed her chance to meet you?
she was. we’ve made a make-up date.
It was (unilluminating). Basically: we did a lot of studies and we stretch like nobody’s business, but still it’s happening.
Suzuki and Anderson (and I guess Barton) are unexpected/depressing. But Buck, Ellis, and especially Duchscherer? Why in the world would anyone be shocked! dismayed! in the dumps! we’re cursed! if only we could stay healthy! on account of those three?
The team was going to be decent as long as its extremely fragile starting pitching stayed healthy and effective. That happy state of affairs held for a couple of weeks, and now it’s over. I feel like screaming “DUH!” would be appropriate right now.
On the bright side, MGL projects our fill-in catcher as better than Derek Jeter this year.
At least I have Wells on my fantasy team.
Good for you
well, let’s break out the party hates and hire a clown.
I’m not changing that typo.
The one where you accidentally typed “a clown” instead of “new Athletic head trainer Jack Kevorkian”?
woo. there goes another HR.
Today is Alex Gonzalez’ turn.
Our starters in the last four games have given up 32 runs.
So, I know it’s bad when I experience the same level of frustration and loathing on FK as I do elsewhere.
mb alert: Douthat’s on Real Time with Bill Maher tonight.
I already know that uncivil leftist defeneratesvand not the Pope are responsible for the BP oil spill.
Acttually, Bill pissed me off in New Rules by basically adopting the notion that muslim extremism > other religions’. Seemed totally out of character, almost like he let Ross write it for him.
he said it was worse?
Are you saying it’s not?
I mean if you’re comparing extremists:extremists, teh mooslins are teh Yankees of religious extremists.
I have no real opinion of the matter, but I also got to believe that Maher hates any and all religions equally, extremism included. He don’t like religion, and I STRONGLY doubt he would create a hierarchy of what’s worse. He seems to completely despise Catholicism and blames it for a lot of shitty things. I don’t think he’s got a special place in his heart for hating Islam.
Sounds to me like you’re describing (Catholicism aside) what you’d like him to believe.
He made a movie about the ridiculous nature of all religion. His only continued area of confluence with Christopher Hitchens is their vehement insistence upon atheism. He seems to make fun of all religions to me, and I watch him semi-regularly. Do you know something I don’t?
And I don’t mean that in a contentious way, mb, because you often do know something I don’t.
Bubbie, I probably know a lot you don’t.
I was thinking about Hitchens even before I scrolled down to your comment, since he seems to share the
1) all extreme religions are equally bad
2) extreme Islam is more equally bad than others
beliefs.
But I used to like Hitchens, while Maher always seemed kind of dumb.
I can never look at maher without thinking he’s Jake Scully from Body Double.
Who was also dumb as a post. And a panty-snatcher to boot.
Define your time period.
Last decade? Yes. Beyond that, there’s a lot of religions vying for the title.
Not even sure then …The Lord’s Army in Uganda have been pretty ape-shit crazy (no offense, mb), for example.
Yeah, worserer than all the other bad religious crap. I might have to go back an re-watch as I was distracted at the time, but it was essentially that their crazies are crazier than all the other crazies. Which, given his history (as LB alluded to above) seems surprising.
generator was the worst bad religion crap.
Anybody else hear vince opine that if cust did come back he would have to be in the outfield because chavez in planted aas the DH?
I am surprised he has not won awards with analysis like that.
Since Beane is absolutely refusing to give up on Chavez, Vince might be more right than wrong.
Through April, Pennington is has the 5th highest wOBA in baseball, accompanied by a ridiculous ISO of .211. I dig it.
I find it hard to believe Mazzaro could be any worse than Cahill, but who knows.
Rivercats got shut down by a tandem starting with Horacio Ramirez.
That’s bad, right?
At least Cardenas is back in the line-up.
Ho Ram!
Khalima Shaktiday!