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22 Apr 2009  |  ptbnl  |The Grill

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126 thoughts on “CB042309 – “Johnny Bench has been disqualified for walking””

  1. Leopold Bloom Apr 23,2009 7:08 am

    Joe Frasier could probably kill me with both hands and one leg tied behind his back, but I think I could beat him in a swimming race.

    • nevermoor Apr 23,2009 6:07 pm || Up

      I believe I was critical of the Giambi part when it was just an ** wet dream. Expecting Nomar and Chavez to give a total of 162 games was equally silly.

      Why we didn’t just sign Branyan I’ll never know.

  2. Leopold Bloom Apr 23,2009 7:12 am

    Rod Laver with the lithe supple muscles…

  3. andeux Apr 23,2009 8:07 am

    The latest on Lenny Dykstra.

    Asked if the ambitious design to provide a handful of specialty services for pro athletes is in place, Dykstra says confidently, “Have I got a 12-inch c—, or what? Of course, it is all in place. It might not look like it, but everything I do is part of a plan.”

    I give him six months until bankruptcy.

  4. Razr Apr 23,2009 8:13 am

    This link is NSFV (ie Not Safe For Vegans/Vegetarians)

    A nice prime rib, nice looking anyways. Never had it personally.

  5. xbhaskarx Apr 23,2009 10:31 am
    • nevermoor Apr 23,2009 11:06 pm || Up

      Agreed Giambi is a lesser problem (although he causes the 1b issues). Chavez’s problem is that he hasn’t played since 2006. Nomar’s problem is that he is even less healthy than Chavez.

  6. mikeA Apr 23,2009 10:51 am
    • Leopold Bloom Apr 23,2009 7:29 pm || Up

      They, uh, they looked very sharp versus Rays tonight.

  7. monkeyball Apr 23,2009 10:55 am

    Forbes’ MLB team valuations out.

    The A’s, with shitty attendance, a shitty stadium, shitty tv/radio/cable coverage, shitty sponsorships/partnerships (and a median-level debt load), were … the seventh most profitable team in the majors.

    • green star oakland Apr 23,2009 7:57 pm || Up

      The A’s lead the AL in being caught stealing (6/11).

  8. xbhaskarx Apr 23,2009 11:01 am
  9. salb918 Apr 23,2009 11:07 am

    salb918 top five

    1. Firefly
    2. Nearly-complete thesis
    3. Spring sunshine
    4. My son’s smiling face
    5. Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 2

    salb918 bottom five
    1. Shows canceled too early
    2. Potential changes required for thesis
    3. Spring rain.
    4. My son’s smiling face at 6 AM
    5. Book Revue

  10. monkeyball Apr 23,2009 1:02 pm
  11. doctorK Apr 23,2009 1:14 pm
  12. mikeA Apr 23,2009 2:31 pm

    Gallagher to AAA; no one up yet.
    Possibilities:
    a. a starter to replace Outman, who should be good in the pen; would be mazzaro or gio, I’d take mazzaro.
    b. a reliever; could be gio to relieve, or possibly gray or blevins which seems unlikely.
    c. a 3B (hannahan); not that likely, they could put nomar on dl without too much trouble since he could quickly return.
    d. denorfia (would be odd to call him up at the end of the 17 straight LHPs.
    e. barton/doolittle, to avoid Powell at 1B.

    Any of these offensive moves would be temporary as I would assume they’ll keep carrying 12 pitchers.

  13. xbhaskarx Apr 23,2009 4:35 pm

    AP story posted 20 minutes ago:
    Dustin Pedroia’s brother pleads guilty in sex case

    WOODLAND, Calif.—The older brother of 2008 American League MVP Dustin Pedroia has pleaded guilty to engaging in sex acts with a minor.

    Brett Pedroia, 30, admitted Thursday that he engaged in oral copulation four years ago with a boy between the ages of 10 and 14, the Yolo County court clerk’s office said. Another charge of oral copulation and two counts of lewd acts were dropped.

    Sentencing was scheduled for June 30.

  14. monkeyball Apr 23,2009 4:50 pm

    Uh-huh:

    “Gallagher will start Saturday in Sacramento,” A’s manager Bob Geren told MLB.com via text message Thursday afternoon.

    1. At least Geren didn’t use Twitter
    2. Obvious clean-up job on the quote by Urban: no one texts in PR-speak with no typos
    3. Gawd, Urban’s blog is 12 different kinds of unreadable

  15. xbhaskarx Apr 23,2009 6:05 pm

    The “Pakistan” discussion from a few days ago: link

  16. JediLeroy Apr 23,2009 6:14 pm

    Not that anybody cares, but it looks like Oaktoon’s got a new handle at AN.

  17. Razr Apr 23,2009 7:00 pm

    Looks like Larry Summers has been hard at workzzzzzzz

  18. mikeA Apr 23,2009 7:21 pm

    So I’m worried about the Mariners. Good news is they miss Felix and Bedard next weekend.

  19. mikeA Apr 23,2009 7:27 pm

    Abreu has 8 stolen bases.

  20. JediLeroy Apr 23,2009 10:13 pm

    While brainstorming new domain names, I found that blow.jobs is, unfortunately, already taken.

  21. Danny Apr 24,2009 2:07 am

    The Midland position prospects
    Carter: .315/.385/.500, 17K:7BB
    Cardenas: .364/.417/.600, 10:5
    Brown: .345/.457/.448, 9:5
    Donaldson: .167/.352/.238, 10:12

    Carter and Brown are still striking out way too much. Gotta love the .236 ISO from Cardenas after the .047 he had in Midland last year. Donaldson has a shitty BABIP and isn’t hitting for power–but, um, he’s walking a lot.

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