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Never have so many been interested in acquiring our rights 105

21 Oct 2011  |  monkeyball  |The Grill

  2. FSU/andeux/Ice Cream bait
  3. I want BaseballOakland to add us to their blogroll, just so that we can piss ’em off like we did Marine Layer. Those two recent posts work awfully hard to maintain storyline over sense and internal consistency and facts.
  4. Mr Dog Lover really screwed the pooch last night, didn’t he? (Tangentially, this is an interesting counterintuitive argument, but I think it leaves out a whole lot of confounding factors.)
  5. Nice Brandon McCarthy interview at fangraphs
  6. No questions about Oakland/SJ?

105 thoughts on “Never have so many been interested in acquiring our rights”

  1. monkeyball Oct 21,2011 10:03 am

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • andeux Oct 21,2011 10:20 am || Up

      … leaving only thousands of private contractors for companies like Xe on the taxpayers’ dime.

      TINSTAAFK
      • monkeyball Oct 21,2011 10:25 am || Up

        … and “training personnel” and “advisers” to the Iraqi Army. And “security personnel” for the bigger-than-Vatican-City US Embassy compound.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • the dogfather Oct 22,2011 10:34 am || Up

      We’ll always have Twitter.

      The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
  2. DFA Oct 21,2011 10:11 am

    Baseball Oakland is right about Wolf and Beane blaming the ballpark for not attracting free agents when the Bobo was an undesirable manager. The rest of that article is pretty bullshit.

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  3. DFA Oct 21,2011 10:15 am

    Then, amazingly, Schott and Hofmann sued Oakland and Alameda County for “hurting their attendance” by renovating the Coliseum for the Raiders.

    Im not sure why that is amazing. It should have been expected by the city.

    Also Im not sure how keeping LaRussa fifteen years ago would have made a difference today.

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • andeux Oct 21,2011 10:18 am || Up

      1. Frequent pitching changes
      2. ???????
      3. Profit!

      TINSTAAFK
      • DFA Oct 21,2011 12:10 pm || Up

        Also acceptable

        1 Batting the Pitcher 8th
        2 ????????
        3 Profit

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • lenscrafters Oct 21,2011 2:49 pm || Up

          Well to be fair, batting the pitcher 8th, especially in the Cardinals lineup, is one of the few things LaRussa came up with that actually does lead to slightly more profit (runs).

          • DFA Oct 21,2011 8:06 pm || Up

            really? I thought it was a net loser.

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • dmoas Oct 21,2011 11:23 am || Up

      As much as I like TLR (yes, I do actually like him), he wouldn’t have stayed. That’s pretty much a guarantee. The moment the A’s (had to) start nickel and diming their payroll, he would have gotten antsy and fed and wanted out. They did him a huge favor by letting him go when they did and that’s how you treat an employee you respect, by giving them an opportunity to get what they want when you can’t give it to them. On a lesser level, the same can be said for Wash. With all due respect to him, he would NOT have been successful with the A’s and I just don’t see his personality working well with Beane and he would have gotten tired of it. As a first time manager, that could have killed his career.

      • Leopold Bloom Oct 21,2011 2:41 pm || Up

        TLR can do no wrong in my eyes. Old habits. He was the man.

        • suspicious coin Oct 21,2011 8:25 pm || Up

          Did I ever tell you about the time I rode in a limo with his daughter?

          • Leopold Bloom Oct 22,2011 5:26 am || Up

            No. Tell me.

            Then I’ll tell you about my best friend in high school and Barry Alvarez’s daughter.

            • suspicious coin Oct 22,2011 12:09 pm || Up

              When I was in high school, I needed a date to the senior prom. My first several choices had been snapped up, so I asked this girl who was easy on the eyes and generally accepted as a nice person. I knew she wouldn’t have the heart to say no. She didn’t. But, the condition was that we would go with her friends, not mine. I agreed. Joke was on her, I didn’t really have any friends anyway.

              Her friends included another young lady who was a very serious dancer, and a young man who was as bad with the ladies as me. The dancer offered to set this guy up with a friend of hers from her dance studio. Turns out that this girl was Devin La Russa, Tony’s younger daughter.

              My plan was to borrow my dad’s Corolla and drive my date to the venue. Devin would have none of that. She (I’m guessing her dad) paid for a limo to pick us all up. It remains the first and only time that I’ve ridden in a limo with the daughter of a MLB manager. Crossed that sucker off the bucket list.

  4. monkeyball Oct 21,2011 10:25 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  5. monkeyball Oct 21,2011 10:34 am

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  6. monkeyball Oct 21,2011 10:51 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  7. monkeyball Oct 21,2011 11:24 am

    ptbnl bait
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    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  8. dmoas Oct 21,2011 11:27 am

    I think I’m as interested in the Rays stadium situation as I am the A’s. They can essentially only move out state because of their lease and that ass of a mayor. Which means moving to a smaller market (or encroaching on an existing market). Inability to build a stadium notwithstanding, I’d love for them to move to Portland, into the AL West along with the Royals, moving the Rangers & Astros to the Central, and some poor, poor team, like Detroit or Cleveland into the East.

    • andeux Oct 21,2011 11:38 am || Up

      Why would KC and Texas swap?

      TINSTAAFK
      • monkeyball Oct 21,2011 12:25 pm || Up
        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • Future Ed Oct 21,2011 12:54 pm || Up

          See, real america? Fox doesn’t give a shit about you either.

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • sslinger Oct 21,2011 5:08 pm || Up

            We need to sponsor someone to hold a “Fox: Don’t Worry, We Don’t Take You Seriously Either” sign at the WS.

        • Soaker Oct 21,2011 1:08 pm || Up

          The other night on the radio broadcast Dan Shulman said something along the lines of “The Rangers and Cardinals have only played 3 interleague games and some of the Rangers players have never set foot in the state of Missouri”, but Dan is Canadian so at least he has a bit of an excuse. I see that Winnipeg is back in the NHL and I have to think hard to remember what province that’s in.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • spwc2010 Oct 21,2011 3:37 pm || Up

            Saskontariberta

            \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • dmoas Oct 21,2011 2:16 pm || Up

        To keep the Rangers & Astros in the same division as “Rivals”

  9. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 21,2011 12:10 pm

    2. Appearz to want to force me to register in order to read, so I remain unbaited.

    3. Amusingly, Marine Layer also consistantly refuses to list Baseball Oakland on his blogroll, even though it’s obviously germane to his subject matter, and is also more thoughtful and content-laden than a lot of other pro-Oakland sites which ML does list. This makes me believe that it’s purely spiteful, perhaps born of a feud between linusalf and ML and/or jeffro. ML’s a very strong researcher and analyst; he’s also awfully of thin-skinned. (this said, for my part I’d very much welcome ML if he chose to engage and post over here).

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • monkeyball Oct 21,2011 12:24 pm || Up

      Yeah, ML would serve as our stadium-site JediLeroy/sal

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • dmoas Oct 21,2011 2:23 pm || Up

      His insistence that conversation stays on topic even during interesting tangents confuses me.

      • Leopold Bloom Oct 21,2011 2:43 pm || Up

        I confuse easily and am often distracted by shiny objects.

      • monkeyball Oct 21,2011 3:07 pm || Up

        Different blog model. Also, more contentious gits.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • dmoas Oct 21,2011 4:17 pm || Up

          Mayhap so.

        • Leopold Bloom Oct 22,2011 5:29 am || Up

          More contentious than here, definitely, but we have a fairly low contention quotient. I think there’s prolly just as many contentious yell-you-down peeps at ** these days, with less of you around to put them in their proper place with wit and intellect.

          • DFA Oct 22,2011 9:26 am || Up

            I think the whole stadium thing gets contentious because “your home town sucks” is considered a valid argument. Does ** even talk about things worth arguing about these days?

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • MikeV Oct 22,2011 9:40 am || Up

              not really

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

              Thanks, and go As.

            • spwc2010 Oct 22,2011 9:52 am || Up

              They hardly talk about anything at all outside of the lounge.

              Last time I looked in, most of the posts were a week or two old.

              \"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
              • Leopold Bloom Oct 22,2011 12:48 pm || Up

                Yes, it’s sad. If it weren’t for me writing for the front page, that old bloated ** corpse would be floating face-down in the river by now.

                [puffs self up]

                • spwc2010 Oct 22,2011 2:53 pm || Up

                  I noticed the auto-start video ads went away though. That’s a good thing, at least.

                  \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • DFA Oct 22,2011 9:25 am || Up

        I don’t know anyone else who does that.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  10. Future Ed Oct 21,2011 2:46 pm

    Hey, if any of you are going to sunday streets in the mission this sunday be sure to stop by the older kids school for a fund raiser.

    I don’t know what all is going to be there, but there will be all the assorted school fundraiser stuff to buy and maybe some more stuff.

    I will likely be there for a while.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Leopold Bloom Oct 21,2011 2:50 pm || Up

      I sometimes wish I was not so intimidated by the city.

      More often with you FKers.

  11. lenscrafters Oct 21,2011 2:49 pm

    Re5: Extend McCarthy now!

    • monkeyball Oct 21,2011 3:08 pm || Up

      F(il)K?

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  12. monkeyball Oct 21,2011 4:05 pm

    Celebratory Last Lunch: pastrami mit kraut from here

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Oct 21,2011 4:12 pm || Up

      Was it mighty mighty?

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • monkeyball Oct 21,2011 4:32 pm || Up

        It tastes like … victory.

        I’m now going out to get myself an expensive-ass beer to drink at my desk.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • sslinger Oct 21,2011 5:11 pm || Up

          Belated congrats on the move – I hope the new gig works out well.

          • JediLeroy Oct 21,2011 5:48 pm || Up

            Yes, congrats, mb.

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          • monkeyball Oct 21,2011 9:02 pm || Up

            Thanks, above and below!

            you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • monkeyball Oct 21,2011 9:00 pm || Up

          Ok, so no beer @ desk — remembered I had to get a Zipcar to tote my SEVEN YEARS’ worth of crap home. Celebratory family meal @ I’n’O, then a bottle of this for later at home.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  13. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 21,2011 6:06 pm

    Seen on BART: A dozen or so scruffy folks with backpacks and sleeping bags exiting the downtown Oakland BART station.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • suspicious coin Oct 21,2011 8:30 pm || Up

      Tell me more about the A’s baseball ops personnel.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 21,2011 8:31 pm || Up

        ‘CAUSE I’M GREEN OPS!

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  14. suspicious coin Oct 21,2011 8:35 pm

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    The first 1:30 is pretty funny.

  15. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 21,2011 9:40 pm

    An ugly NFL board this week. No two winning teams play each other, I read somewhere.

    Only game I really like is Atlanta +3.5 at Detroit…Better recent trend, better DVOA, and getting points against a Detroit team which may turn out to be the 2011 NFL’s version of the 2011 Pirates, perenially crappy team that gets people excited only to finish crappy like always.

    I guess I’ll also take Denver getting 2 at Miami, which is so committed to the Suck for Luck path that they’ve scheduled a “2008 Florida Gators appreciation day” promotion for Sunday. With Tebow coming in to start against them.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 21,2011 9:53 pm || Up

      OK, that pompous fathead Berman just picked SD to get a “signature win on the road over a good team.” So I’ll take NYJ +2 also. Fuck that guy.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • spwc2010 Oct 22,2011 9:15 am || Up

        Berman is bigger than Bono, but he’s not actually recognized as a turd due to a technicality.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 23,2011 1:40 pm || Up

      3 fer 3.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • andeux Oct 23,2011 1:45 pm || Up

        Nice calls. How does it feel to root for Denver?
        Interesting game for Tebow: 13/27, with seven(!) sacks, but led a big comeback to win it.

        TINSTAAFK
        • MikeV Oct 23,2011 2:11 pm || Up

          Only Tebow could will his team to victory over a winless team like that.

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

          Thanks, and go As.

        • batgirl Oct 24,2011 10:18 am || Up

          We play Detroit next week. Those 7 sacks could well turn into 14 and a trip to the hospital.

          I guess I can start rooting for Denver again now that our shiny 2 wins have firmly taken us out of the Luck sweepstakes. If Indy gets him I will be so pissed. I love our game plan though.

          1. Play like garbage for 3 7/8 quarters
          2. Rely on onside kick recovery, 2 point conversion, fumble
          3. Victory

          • spwc2010 Oct 24,2011 12:40 pm || Up

            But… but…

            I thought that Tebow prayed to the one true god for it, and the one true god gave it to him, because god is a total sucker.

            \"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
  16. MikeV Oct 21,2011 10:31 pm

    OK, Uncharted 2 was FKing amazing.

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

    Thanks, and go As.

    • dmoas Oct 21,2011 10:51 pm || Up

      #3 is in a couple of weeks.

      • MikeV Oct 21,2011 11:00 pm || Up

        Yea it’ll be cool.

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

        Thanks, and go As.

        • Leopold Bloom Oct 22,2011 5:32 am || Up

          was the first one good? PS3?

          • MikeV Oct 22,2011 9:41 am || Up

            actually I never played the first one either, and yes PS3.

            When I picked it up used for liek 10 bucks or whatever at gamestop the dudes said it didn’t matter if you played the first one or not because the storylines were different anyway

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

            Thanks, and go As.

            • Leopold Bloom Oct 22,2011 12:50 pm || Up

              Okay, so in a bit, say, two or three months, I’m gonna ask you to roll off a list of PS3 games, when I buy the system.

            • dmoas Oct 22,2011 2:59 pm || Up

              The story lines weren’t “different” so much as it was just a different adventure. The same lead(s) were involved in the first one as the 2nd. The first is a pretty good, similar gameplay, slightly lower visual quality, but still good.

  17. Leopold Bloom Oct 22,2011 6:07 am
  18. suspicious coin Oct 22,2011 12:09 pm

    via Primer, this was a good read.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2011 4:52 pm || Up

      I could identify with the last part:

      Ray Bourn, Michael’s father – The biggest problem I think we had is that he had a Mickey Mouse hat with “Astros” on it and he wanted to wear that. So we were trying to tell him no and he had a fit about that hat. A 2-year-old, you tell him not to wear that hat when he’s been wearing it every game, that’s a big problem. We ended up buying him an Atlanta Mickey Mouse hat.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Future Ed Oct 22,2011 6:55 pm || Up

        slf sat next to the mom and dad on a flight from sd to sf

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  19. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2011 4:36 pm

    Watching Cal play Utah in SF, it’s clear that the groundskeepers who manage the baseball football transition at Pac Bell Park totally suck compared to their Coliseum counterparts.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Soaker Oct 22,2011 5:04 pm || Up

      A while back I accepted an offer of 50-yard-line tickets for the Las Vegas Bowl. Some mediocre Pac-12 team will be involved and these two look like the most likely candidates. Cal football in Vegas would be a blast.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2011 5:40 pm || Up

        Speaking of Cal, I was pleasantly surprised to see them pop up at the bottom of the ESPN/USAToday preseason hoops poll (we all know who #1 is).

        Too bad there aren’t any good local college football teams this year (tick….tick…tick…)

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Soaker Oct 22,2011 8:27 pm || Up

          After Stanford’s victory over Oregon propels them into position to play for the BCS National Championship, Cal’s stunning victory in the Big Game is going to be complete torture down there on the Farm.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • mother pucker Oct 22,2011 11:00 pm || Up

            I dunno, while I do not see Ok. State running the table, Boise was thee spots ahead of them in the BCS as of today. Setting aside my disdain for Stanford, it would be a terrible for the game if it is Boise vs. LSU for the title.

            As for what Stanford can control themselves, only three challenges remain: USC, Oregon, and the Pac 12 Championship (likely ASU). I would say they have a pretty decent shot at the regular season undefeated.

        • batgirl Oct 23,2011 7:53 am || Up

          Uh say what?

  20. suspicious coin Oct 22,2011 5:00 pm
  21. suspicious coin Oct 22,2011 5:05 pm
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2011 5:44 pm || Up

      That’s great news. Here’s the Chron’s report on it, including:

      “There is no other pro sports league with the amount of access that baseball writers are granted,” Slusser said. “Most of that is due to work of the baseball writers association.”

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • grover Oct 22,2011 6:28 pm || Up

      Woo Hoo!

  22. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2011 5:53 pm

    These are not the signs I expected at the front of the march:

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2011 6:20 pm || Up

      You know who else liked great works of literature and made signs…

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Future Ed Oct 22,2011 7:01 pm || Up

      good to see the 12 galaxies guy there

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  23. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2011 6:21 pm

    How much first base did Napoli play this year? Because it ain’t working out so good tonight so far.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  24. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2011 6:26 pm

    Beautiful photo essay from the airplane junkyard in the Mojave desert.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  25. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2011 9:05 pm

    This Pujols guy looks pretty good. He’d be willing to play in Oakland, right?

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • nevermoor Oct 23,2011 12:59 am || Up

      5/$100!

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • spwc2010 Oct 23,2011 9:24 am || Up

      as many road games as you schedule for his team in Oakland, he’ll play.

      \"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
  26. mikeA Oct 22,2011 10:51 pm

  27. ptbnl Oct 23,2011 9:12 am
    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 23,2011 11:47 am || Up

      Wow, that’s quite a streak of flamboyantly stupid behaviour Balotelli has going there. Surpassed only, perhaps, by the spectacle of Man U giving up six goals!

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."

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