The 2008 A’s had a .686 team OPS, which was the worst team mark in the AL since the 2003 Detroit Tigers, who went 49-113. 2009 carry-overs from the that team are hitting at a remarkably similar clip.
In other words, not even their MOTHERS! could pretend that they had even a shred of offensive talent, or really any other type of human worth.
A’s players not on the ’08 team so far:
.219/.293/.319
I feel bad that the A’s suck, but I feel worse that these players’ MOTHERS! were too reticent in exercising their constitutional rights.
Speaking of respect for ol’ Mom, couldn’t Jack have given that “bat-shit crazy” menopause commercial a break, for today?
At least there’s a border collie in the midget-burgers ad.
And whilst I vent, Sears Craftsman hammer — does Father’s Day shopping season begin in April?
I also think that the A’s “hit for a higher average” request of Cust has harmed his ability to hit. I think it is telling that the only Bobby FRICKING Crosby, is the third best hitter on this team. Thats Right Crosby has the third highest OPS and wOBA on the team. Fuck me.
After 48 hours of technical difficulties, JoePo is back online with a vengeance.
Also, the LA Times’ Bill Plaschke took a break from playing the role of total jackass on the Manny Ramirez story to actually write a halfway-amusing sidebar on Sunday’s Lakers game.
Great quote, regardless of context:
Gah. Ziggy taken for chest x-rays yesterday.
Au contraire, mikeA. If any of the A’s hitters’ moms were confronted with the paucity of output from their progeny, I’m sure that they’d vigorously exercise this right.
Ah, well, fuck you, Will Carroll.
Nailed it
{snerk}
supposedly, he could have gone to Harvard
I wonder when Big Boxer will step out on the town with Ellis.
From the third floor of the library at Cal State, Northridge: Is standing still on the escalator symptomatic of a society in decline?
No link because apparently this is print-only, but the CSUN student paper’s Opinion page today features a great Miller Lite style debate about Twitter.
Tastes great: Twitter isn’t just for social networking. It’s “a vital source of information from politicians to celebrities to corporations, … RSS fleeds flood through Twitter profiles like water. It’s like building your iTunes, but instead of music genres downloaded specifically for your tastes, it’s information.”
Less filling: Yes, there are lots of social networking sites, but Twitter is by far the best one: “Twitter is almost therapeutic in a way, giving a voice to voiceless people. Through ‘tweeting,’ users get the opportunity to express their thoughts … It, in a sense, eliminates the need to hire a psychiatrist, as the Twitter community can serve as anything from therapist all the way to just being someone to ‘listen’ to your problems.”
Zips “rest of the season” projections (updated every day, which is pretty cool) in order of woba:
Cust: .251/.389/.468
Holliday: .281/.354/.473
Giambi: .224/.355/.417
Garciaparra: .272/.324/.409
Suzuki: .251/.331/.389
Sweeney: .268/.334/.379
Hannahan: .243/.337/.372
Chavez: .237/.317/.398
Buck: .245/.323/.383
Cabrera: .274/.326/.368
Ellis: .249/.322/.370
Crosby: .238/.306/.348
Powell: .222/.288/.373
Kennedy: .257/.310/.327
Davis: .244/.300/.324