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15 Mar 2012  |  monkeyball  |FREE PARK! · The Grill

/Lew

  1. MLB social media policy is pretty good — but MLBAM still really, really, really doesn’t get it. Which is weird.
  2. I’m talkin’ about franchise swappin’. I’m talkin’ about what they call nowadays open territories. I’m talk–

    ML’s series this week — has he given up? I know he’s setting up the framing/facts presented in each in order to shoot each non-SJ option down, but …

    Also: Maury Brown on the SJ issue and the A’s angry press release.

  3. Yeah, that’s some kickass copy.
  4. FSU bait
  5. OK, the third guy is totally Paul Rudd. Also, 2:25 — I guess we know what Rich Harden’s up to nowadays.

    TWTSS

158 thoughts on “I’m gonna stand up for what I believe in even if I go broke doing it”

  1. dmoas Mar 15,2012 11:06 am

    #2, I seemed to have gotten his true SJ-onlyness in his Sac “What if” when I threw out my own “What if” scenario. The funny thing is, the most adamant Pro-SJ keeps saying the only way Oakland can work is if they get a free stadium. Then I come up with a scenario where they get that free stadium and Oakland still apparently doesn’t work. My idea is far from perfect, but as a starting point, seems much more plausible than owner exchange, moving to a much smaller market that can’t afford to build a stadium, or contraction. But go figure.

  2. Future Ed Mar 15,2012 11:18 am

    3. Awesome.

    Good luck not getting lambasted on Hannity’s show if you do that now.

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  3. Future Ed Mar 15,2012 11:20 am
    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • monkeyball Mar 15,2012 11:27 am || Up

      From what blogger could we have gotten such a misimpression?

      I was lucky and caught a sequence in which Braden wasn’t swearing

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • Englishmajor Mar 15,2012 12:49 pm || Up

        I found it odd to call him a “perfectionist” without referencing that he has been that, literally.

  4. sslinger Mar 15,2012 11:26 am

    I’ve been to 44 out of the 50 states. I don’t mind missing out on closing the list if it means I never go to Mississippi or Alabama.

    • andeux Mar 15,2012 11:28 am || Up

      Everybody knows about Mississippi goddamn.

      TINSTAAFK
    • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 11:30 am || Up

      18 not including airports.

      Wow. I gotta get out more.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Mar 15,2012 11:41 am || Up

      i lost the map where i was keeping track of this. it’s a good 30-some. most of them just driving through. i didn’t mind mississippi, at all. had a few beers there and played pool.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • AV Mar 15,2012 9:06 pm || Up

        inconclusive: been to 41?

        missed: either MN or IA but not the other one (going from NE to SD), ND, NH, RI, AK, HI

        airport-only: FL, GA

        not sure about: SC, may have touched a corner of it while messing around in NC one of various trips

        point being, i like driving across the country and i especially enjoy avoiding the interstates. except for the 50. love the 50. but yeah, the rest of the daylight time, i stick to 2-laners.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • gonealookin Mar 15,2012 10:08 pm || Up

          Except that Interstate 50 does not exist, so ??? You may be referring to US 50 which is a 2-laner for much of its length from West Sacramento to Ocean City.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • AV Mar 15,2012 11:23 pm || Up

            i think we’re talking about the same thing and/or i think you might be able to forgive how it was that i misspoke slightly.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • AV Mar 15,2012 11:34 pm || Up

              whoa. i take it back. there’s no and/or in play anymore. you’ll simply have to forgive how i misspoke. (i have no idea what kind of secret ghost road that wiki link route description describes. try following it! though actually, it’d be fun to drive it.)

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • SPWC Mar 15,2012 12:05 pm || Up

      Mississippi is very beautiful, except for most of the pale humanoids.

      \"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
    • Dial C for Concupiscence (UM) Mar 15,2012 12:19 pm || Up

      23 for me. Pretty much a big gap once you get east of Colorado until you hit the coast. I could knock off a good number with a road trip or two, I see. A lot of contiguous states I haven’t visited.

      I have been wanting to take a road trip recently…

    • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 15,2012 12:40 pm || Up

      Define “been to.” Does spending four hours in the Anchorage airport count? Blinking through Delaware/Rhode Island/southern tips of Alabama/Mississippi? Eating at a waffle house in Kentucky or getting gas in West Virginia? Either way, I’m probably somewhere ~40, but whether it’s more or less depends on the definition.

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
      • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 12:44 pm || Up

        I didn;t count airports, but I did could states I have driven through and not stopped for more than gas food and thrift stores.

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 15,2012 12:52 pm || Up

          By my count, 41. I didn’t include Alabama, Mississippi, or Delaware, as I never stopped there, from what I remember from 30 years ago when my family travelled the country in our van and tent trailer. We did briefly stop in Providence, though.

          On my need to list:
          Alabama
          Alaska
          Arkansas
          Delaware
          Michigan
          Mississippi
          North Carolina (also possible that I’ve driven through here, but I don’t think so)
          Oklahoma
          South Carolina

          A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
          • ptbnl Mar 15,2012 3:05 pm || Up

            Only 26, but that includes Alaska (Denali/Cray), Delaware (family) & Oklahoma (driving cross-country when moving from Vermont to California).

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • AV Mar 15,2012 12:55 pm || Up

          it’s a tough call. i’ve been to the miami airport like 5 times and even have a favorite place to eat there. i’ve seen cape canaveral from nearly directly above. i even flipped off a really rude immigration officer (no, he didn’t see me) which i guess counts as “sign making.” and yet, can i really say i’ve been to florida?

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 1:04 pm || Up

            that is tough. You have had significant activity in florida. Either way is ok, I think.

            I don’t know that I could remember all the airports I have been to.

            Incidentally, I forgot about when I stayed in Virginia for a weekend. so I am 19. I won’t count Maryland although I did get lost on the beltway.

            19+DC

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • DFA Mar 15,2012 4:09 pm || Up

              19 States for me

              1 California
              2 Arizona
              3 New Mexico
              4 Colorado
              5 Utah
              6 Nevada
              7 Oregon
              8 Washington
              9 Illinois
              10 Michigan
              11 Indiana
              12 Ohio
              13 Kentucky
              14 Pennsylvania
              15 New York
              16 New Jersey
              17 Maryland
              18 Virginia
              19 West Virginia

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • DFA Mar 15,2012 4:02 pm || Up

            I hate that airport. Hate it.

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • sslinger Mar 15,2012 5:46 pm || Up

              You can buy beer at a food stand and drink it in the waiting area. Works for me.

              • DFA Mar 15,2012 5:57 pm || Up

                The last time i was there cinnabun was the only food option.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 6:18 pm || Up

                  I just got diarrhea reading your comment.

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • DFA Mar 15,2012 9:59 pm || Up

                  Glad I could participate in your colon cleanse.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • sslinger Mar 15,2012 1:45 pm || Up

          Ditto here, and I think really the only state that’s just a drive-through is Delaware. I’m pretty sure I’ve spent at least a night in all the others, including OK when I couldn’t get a ride in OKC for hours while hitching south to TX from MN and ended up sleeping in a field somewhere. My missing states are all in the southeast (AL, MS, NC, SC, WV) except for Alaska. Which I would like to go to.

    • gonealookin Mar 15,2012 1:12 pm || Up

      I don’t have an exact count but my skips are in the categories of: 1) Alaska; 2) upper New England (ME, NH, VT); 3) upper Plains (ND, SD, NE); 4) Deep South (AR, MS, AL). I’ll fix the Alaska and New England issues sooner or later, but I’d probably need an airplane’s emergency landing to set foot in most of those Plains and southern states.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 15,2012 1:22 pm || Up

        Of those that I have left, I could most likely see visiting Alaska (Mrs. PDX has family there), Oklahoma (I have a cousin there and Mrs. PDX has family over the border in so. Missouri), and maybe Arkansas as long as I’m in the Ozarks region. Michigan is elusive for no good reason other than I just never went there, even living in Chicago. It’s one of the great disappointments in my life in addition to never visiting St. Petersburg or Kamchatka when I lived in Russia and not switching to Geico.

        A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
      • nevermoor Mar 15,2012 1:30 pm || Up

        I’m like you, but my only skips are ND (which I don’t know how I’ll ever get to having been to the surrounding states) and the south (LA, MS, AL). I don’t know off hand which Carolinas, if any, I’ve hit (though I’m going to SC soon), and I don’t think I’ve done WV.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • the dogfather Mar 16,2012 9:01 am || Up

          49 been-theres (ND — like unicorns, may only exist in our imaginations), lived in 12.

          The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
          • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 16,2012 9:20 am || Up

            I shared your ND theory until I spent a night there while moving from IN to WA. I still share your theory, but I have a hard time reconciling that memory.

            And unicorns exist, but only in the other Dakota.

            A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
          • nevermoor Mar 16,2012 9:21 am || Up

            I vote that ND and SD merge, so I’m just a bayou-hop away from the full set.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 16,2012 9:25 am || Up

              I’m totally in favor, as long as the proposal also includes statehood for PR. Having to re-do all those flags is a terrible waste of resources. OTOH, it might make for good stimulus. #keynesianflagwaving

              A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
    • danmerqury Mar 15,2012 4:59 pm || Up

      Hmm, without airports:

      California
      Oregon
      Washington
      Nevada
      Idaho
      Utah
      Wyoming
      Montana
      Louisiana
      Illinois
      Kentucky
      Ohio
      Florida
      Virginia
      Maryland
      Delaware
      New Jersey
      Pennsylvania
      New York
      Connecticut
      Rhode Island
      Massachusetts
      Vermont
      New Hampshire
      Alaska
      Hawaii

      26, assuming DC doesn’t count as a state.

      • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 6:19 pm || Up

        taxation without representation

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Glorious Mundy Mar 15,2012 5:14 pm || Up

      California
      Oregon
      Wahington
      Arizona
      New Mexico
      Texas
      Nevada
      Utah
      Idaho
      Illinois
      Indiana
      Nebraska
      Colorado
      Louisiana
      Alabama
      Mississippi
      Florida
      Georgia
      South Carolina
      North Carolina
      Virginia
      Delware
      Maryland
      W. Virginia
      Ohio
      Connecticut
      Rhode Island
      New Jersey
      New York
      New Hampshire
      Massachusetts

      31! I’m leaving out Minnesota (airport only) and Kentucky (slept through on train)

    • monkeyball Mar 15,2012 5:21 pm || Up

      The ones I haven’t been to/through at all:

      Alaska
      Hawaii
      Maine
      South Carolina

      The ones I’ve only Eisenhowered through, possibly not even literally setting foot in them, except to, say, squeegee bugs off the windshield:
      Idaho
      Missouri
      Alabama
      Mississippi
      Wisconsin
      Minnesota

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • andeux Mar 15,2012 5:32 pm || Up

        Maine?!

        TINSTAAFK
        • monkeyball Mar 15,2012 5:34 pm || Up

          Yeah, weird, that.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • whiteshoes40 Mar 15,2012 5:53 pm || Up

      I’ve been to 36/50. The ones I’m missing: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, West Virginia. (I think that’s right, anyway. I’ve lost track of which New England ones I’ve been to, since most of the visits were so short.)

    • Poppy Mar 15,2012 6:59 pm || Up

      Jebus. I’ve only been to seven states that aren’t California. :(

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • Kylianna Mar 15,2012 10:49 pm || Up

        Don’t feel bad. I’ve been to even fewer than that. D:

        • Poppy Mar 16,2012 12:47 am || Up

          But you don’t have as many years on you…

          There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • lynnzgal Mar 16,2012 11:30 pm || Up

        Eight for me. I need a road trip. To the south and the north east.

    • doctorK Mar 15,2012 8:15 pm || Up

      37 here. Haven’t been to:
      Louisiana
      Mississippi
      Alabama
      South Carolina
      West Virginia
      Delaware
      New Jersey
      Vermont
      Rhode Island
      Connecticut
      Wisconsin
      North Dakota
      Alaska

    • colin Mar 16,2012 7:33 am || Up

      28, only counting states where I can remember actually doing something there (and not counting airports).

      The one that I’m the most on the fence on is New Hampshire, which I’ve driven through many times and probably stopped for food many times, but always right at the Vermont border on 89, so I’m not really sure if the places I’ve stopped are in NH or VT. Twenty-eight doesn’t count New Hampshire, so maybe it’s really 29.

      The one that I’m most surprised that I’m missing is Iowa, which I never visited during eight years of living in Chicago.

      • colin Mar 16,2012 7:49 am || Up

        Crap, I miscounted. I’ve been to 27 states, or maybe 28 if I count New Hampshire.

    • andeux Mar 16,2012 9:25 am || Up

      Definitely (27): ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ, VA, MD, GA, FL, PA, OH, IN, IL, MI, MO, KS, CO, LA, TX, NM, CA, NV, OR, HI
      I think so (7): WY (when visiting my brother in NW CO), AR, TN, KY, WI, MN, ND (all on family trips as a kid)
      Possibly (2): DE, WV
      Airport only: AZ
      And I’ve been to every Canadian province except Newfoundland.

      I really need to make it to Seattle some time. I’ve been to Vancouver (by plane) and Portland (by car), but never in Washington.

      TINSTAAFK
    • oblique Mar 16,2012 4:22 pm || Up

      40/50. Not counting airports (don’t think that would’ve made a difference), and must have gotten out of the car and bought something.

      Have not been to:

      Arkansas
      Idaho
      Minnesota
      Montana
      New Mexico
      North Dakota
      Oklahoma
      South Dakota
      Vermont
      Wyoming

    • Englishmajor Mar 16,2012 9:48 pm || Up

      I’ve been to 33 states and the District of Columbia.
      Haven’t been to:
      Arizona (this time next year, though!)
      Florida
      Maine
      Vermont
      New Hampshire
      Rhode Island
      Kansas
      Arkansas
      Oklahoma
      Kentucky
      Tennessee
      North Carolina
      South Carolina
      Alabama
      Alaska
      Mississippi
      West Virginia
      Delaware

      • Englishmajor Mar 16,2012 9:53 pm || Up

        But I did count Michigan (where I’ve changed planes and ridden through on the train), Montana (where I got off the train and stood on the platform for 15 minutes or so), and Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Idaho which I experienced only through train windows.

        • Future Ed Mar 16,2012 10:33 pm || Up

          I am jealous of your train travel

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Englishmajor Mar 17,2012 7:58 pm || Up

            Most of it was when I was a kid, pre-Amtrak. It was fantastic back then.

  5. Future Ed Mar 15,2012 11:28 am

    Question:

    Jason Werth centerfielder?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  6. AV Mar 15,2012 11:31 am

    3. not making gun-like noises… or not SPEAKING UP FOR FREEDOM!?!?

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 11:41 am || Up

      FYI don’t google “Sandy and Mandy argentina” and click on the videos

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 11:47 am || Up

      do you know sandy and mandy a 60s rock act from argentina? heard them on kfjc a minute ago.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 11:48 am || Up
      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • AV Mar 15,2012 11:55 am || Up

        nope. never heard of them. (and i was wondering how you came to google that particular string.)

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 11:50 am || Up
      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  7. monkeyball Mar 15,2012 11:44 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Poppy Mar 15,2012 7:01 pm || Up

      Tagline!

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  8. sslinger Mar 15,2012 11:57 am

    I got my annual “50 Coolest Things that Happened in Baseball” from my friend at MLB. It’s not online so I can’t link, but I’ll add a few nuggets. First up, mb bait – JP is a fast starter:

    Home runs are just part of the “first game” resume that J.P. Arencibia is compiling. Consider that in the first game of his Major League career and the first game of his second season, J.P has gone seven for nine with five runs scored, one double, one triple, four home runs, eight RBIs and 22 total bases. In two games!

  9. sslinger Mar 15,2012 12:02 pm

    I bet Milton never did this:

    In a game against the Pirates on August 30th, Andre Ethier pulled off a rarity. He led off the second inning with the Dodgers first hit of the game. His teammates then went: walk, K, walk, walk, sac fly, walk, walk, walk. That brought Ethier up a second time and he promptly recorded his second hit – a grand slam. So Andre got his team’s first and second hits in the same inning.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence (UM) Mar 15,2012 12:20 pm || Up

      Awesome.

    • AV Mar 15,2012 1:28 pm || Up

      he did. wrote an epic poem in blank verse about it. it’s called “pair of flies lost.”

      (originally he wanted to call it “pair of flies lost in the sun, fall for hits, a baseball rarity ensues” but that was just too clunky.)

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • andeux Mar 15,2012 1:29 pm || Up

        AsVd (which I hear can make you go blind)

        TINSTAAFK
        • AV Mar 15,2012 1:39 pm || Up

          ;)

          (is that the emoticon for i’m already blind in one eye?)

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  10. sslinger Mar 15,2012 12:09 pm

    nm would have loved this game:

    Triples are one of baseball’s diamond gems – 10-12 seconds of all-out effort by a base runner sometimes concluding with a dust-flying,
    bang-bang play at third. But they don’t come along very often. So it was a triple delight on June 1 when Toronto’s Eric Thames, Rajai Davis and Jayson Nix hit three consecutive triples in the bottom of the fifth inning. The last time a team had accomplished that feat was on May 6, 1981 when the Expos’ Mike Gates, Tim Raines and Tim Wallach did it against the Padres in the ninth inning. The last time it was done by a team from the USA was April 25th, 1981, when the Cubs Steve Henderson, Leon Durham and Jerry Morales did it in the fourth inning while hosting the Philles.

    • nevermoor Mar 15,2012 1:14 pm || Up

      trufax

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • ptbnl Mar 15,2012 3:11 pm || Up

      August 16th, the White Sox hit 5 triples off 4 pitchers.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  11. andeux Mar 15,2012 12:21 pm
    TINSTAAFK
  12. sslinger Mar 15,2012 12:24 pm

    Maybe he can start an inter league game:

    On September 3rd, Washington’s Tom Milone became the 18th pitcher in history to homer in his first at bat. What’s more, he did it on the first pitch he saw in the Major Leagues. Of the previous 17 – which includes such memorable names like Clise Dudley, Buster Narum and Gene Stechschulte – we know that seven of them also did it on the first pitch.

  13. sslinger Mar 15,2012 12:25 pm

    This one made me laugh:

    Thanks to his stellar season with the Arkansas Travelers, Baseball America’s 2011 Minor League Player of the Year was the Angels’,
    Mike Trout. The only other Angels prospect ever to win that award was
    Tim Salmon.

    • gonealookin Mar 15,2012 12:45 pm || Up

      Since that award was instituted in 1981 two A’s minor leaguers have won it.

      1:

      1985: Jose Canseco

      2:

      1998: Eric Chavez
      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  14. AV Mar 15,2012 1:05 pm

    did they kill gameday mini or is it just hiding?

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 1:05 pm || Up

      I think it shows up for the regular season

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  15. nevermoor Mar 15,2012 1:42 pm
    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 1:44 pm || Up

      holy crap

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 1:45 pm || Up

      I bet they could get Jerry blevins in there too

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  16. nevermoor Mar 15,2012 1:48 pm

    Another blog that understands the importance of NACHO RUNS

    The Colon Buster: 5 pounds of ground chuck, 2 pounds of hot dogs, 1 pound of bacon, covered in a chipotle cheddar sauce and deep fried in a soft flour tortilla. With the Coliseum only ever half full, there will be no lines for the post-snack bathroom trip.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 15,2012 1:56 pm || Up

      Also:

      Jack Custard: Walk, and then walk some more, to Houston’s new favorite post-dinner snack.

      and

      Gyro Gonzalez: Only slightly less popular than the Strasburger is the 4.5 pound gyro sandwich named for Gio Gonzalez. Its worth its weight in his BB/9 rate!

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
      • Englishmajor Mar 15,2012 2:32 pm || Up

        And:

        Huston Gourmet Street Food: Ever had Korean BBQ tacos? Or steak and cheese poutine? Or Hawaiian breakfast sliders? Enjoy these and more as we’ll bring three more every inning until you beg us to stop. We will never stop.

  17. sslinger Mar 15,2012 1:50 pm

    Stay classy, Mississippi.

    Hat tip, Sully.

  18. Glorious Mundy Mar 15,2012 2:40 pm

    Weeks homers from the both sides of the plate.

  19. sslinger Mar 15,2012 2:42 pm

    No wonder they keep loosing – they’re in the wrong sport:

    This item has nothing at all to do with 2011 but it’s still pretty cool. Over the years, the Kansas City Royals have somehow managed to draft three high school baseball players who turned them down to go to college and then went on to become the Number One overall pick in the NFL draft. In 1971 they drafted Steve Bartkowski in the 33rd round and he was then taken #1 by the Atlanta Falcons in ’75. In ’79 they took John Elway in the 18th round but he declined and then was drafted #1 by the Baltimore Colts in ’83. And in 1986 they took Bo Jackson in the fourth round – the same year he was taken #1 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bo, of course, was the only football top pick to actually play for the Royals – and also made a name for himself running the ball for the Los Angeles Raiders. One more thing. In the very same draft in which the Royals picked John Elway, they also selected a pitcher from Central Catholic in Pittsburgh in the fourth round. His name was Dan Marino.

  20. AV Mar 15,2012 2:49 pm

    agüero gives city a chance. bielse gave united not a one. yes, i have my albiceleste glasses on.

    is my gameday on delay or is the texas game going really slow for SP?

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Glorious Mundy Mar 15,2012 2:52 pm || Up

      Bielsa appears to be a genius.

      • AV Mar 15,2012 3:05 pm || Up

        sigh. he went for the big prize too early in his career. i hope he gets to try again.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  21. Dial C for Concupiscence (UM) Mar 15,2012 2:57 pm

    I’ve been learning about Nunavut, Canada today. It has one of the lowest population densities in the world. If you took the people of Burlingame, CA and spread them over land the size of Western Europe, you’d pretty much have the population density of Nunavut.

    • Englishmajor Mar 15,2012 3:08 pm || Up

      Speaking as a resident of Burlingame, CA, I would endorse this idea for most of my neighbors. Spreading them over Nunavut, that is. They wouldn’t like Western Europe….too much high-speed rail there.

  22. ptbnl Mar 15,2012 3:21 pm
    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  23. ptbnl Mar 15,2012 3:45 pm
    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • DFA Mar 15,2012 4:21 pm || Up

      That guy might be my hero. Also hes willing to trade that bike for a leisure suit or causal sex. LOL

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • monkeyball Mar 15,2012 4:26 pm || Up

        See if he’ll take a cardigan for it

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • DFA Mar 15,2012 4:38 pm || Up

          Fuck that his bike sucks im not trading a cardigan for that.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  24. andeux Mar 15,2012 4:08 pm

    Gameday claims Tyson Ross is in LF. I’m pretty sure it’s confused.

    TINSTAAFK
  25. AV Mar 15,2012 4:25 pm

    norris.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  26. rubesandbabes Mar 15,2012 4:26 pm

    A’s chase Stetter, then bomb Hankins. Textbook.

    No Badges For This Game
    • monkeyball Mar 15,2012 4:27 pm || Up

      I keep trying to put dele marks through the first name but they won’t appear

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Mar 15,2012 4:58 pm || Up

        Odd. On gameday the losing pitcher has a picture, but no name.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  27. monkeyball Mar 15,2012 4:28 pm

    Duh — if the NYT owned the TM at any time, they were certainly ruthless about applying it as style, and everyone else in the world followed suit.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • andeux Mar 15,2012 4:40 pm || Up

      The R’s should backtrack and insist that they were just criticizing him for using that particular brand. Problem solved.

      TINSTAAFK
  28. monkeyball Mar 15,2012 4:43 pm
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  29. whiteshoes40 Mar 15,2012 4:53 pm

    Huh… really?

    https://twitter.com/#!/JaneMLB/status/180440110293200897

    I have not really been paying any attention to the ST games. Too busy with basketball. The Madness is upon me!
    (P.S. Go Baylor!)

    • PDXAthleticsfan Mar 15,2012 4:57 pm || Up
      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
    • nevermoor Mar 15,2012 4:59 pm || Up

      Go Baylor indeed.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • gonealookin Mar 15,2012 6:34 pm || Up

        I’m surprised to see the adidas logo on those unis. That look is Straight Outta Eugene.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • whiteshoes40 Mar 15,2012 7:57 pm || Up

          I’m mad at Adidas for making those things. The normal Baylor uniforms are pretty (green and gold, what a perfect color combination), but these unis are just a disaster. Highlighter yellow + black + camo? No thank you.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence (UM) Mar 15,2012 5:38 pm || Up

      Looks like everyone was right when they said the AL West would be a two team race!

  30. ptbnl Mar 15,2012 5:07 pm

    When I unpacked on arrival in Bologna last night I found used cutlery in one of the pockets of my suitcase.

    It was not there when I packed in Paris that morning.

    WTF?

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • monkeyball Mar 15,2012 5:15 pm || Up

      They used it to eat the large chunks of Parmiagano-Reggiano you still had in there.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Dial C for Concupiscence (UM) Mar 15,2012 5:39 pm || Up

      It’s now perfectly valid for me to assume that you have a sneaky gremlin living in your luggage.

  31. monkeyball Mar 15,2012 5:35 pm

    I’m waiting to see who Kenny Lofton endorses

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Glorious Mundy Mar 15,2012 5:50 pm || Up

      “I am grateful to have played professional baseball in the United States and I want all young people to have the same opportunity, and Puerto Rican statehood would make that possible.”

      What is he talking about? Puerto Ricans are already U.S. citizens.

      • DFA Mar 15,2012 5:58 pm || Up

        Back then they weren’t subject to the draft? Ionno?

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • colin Mar 16,2012 7:58 am || Up

        But Puerto Rico isn’t a state. I don’t think he’s making a particularly accurate metaphor. He’s just in favor of Puerto Rico statehood.

        • Glorious Mundy Mar 16,2012 10:08 am || Up

          I know it isn’t a state. I’m saying its non-statehood does not restrict kids there from coming to work in the U.S. if they want to (that I know of). If he’s going to argue for statehood (a pretty divisive issue in PR), he’s got to come up with something better than that, especially given Santorum’s recent comments on the subject.

          • colin Mar 16,2012 10:10 am || Up

            Yeah, I just meant that you’re probably reading too much into it by assuming that the first half and second half of that sentence have anything to do with one another.

            • Glorious Mundy Mar 16,2012 10:18 am || Up

              I want all young people to have the same opportunity, and Puerto Rican statehood would make that possible.

              How else can that be read?

              • colin Mar 16,2012 10:21 am || Up

                I just read it as “he’s a baseball player, so I don’t expect his political statements to be remotely coherent.”

  32. sslinger Mar 15,2012 6:08 pm

    I just tried this ale for the first time and liked it very much. I checked their website and it turns out they have a beer in the Beer Madness competition, and they won their first round. And if the Burton Baton won by that much over Lagunitas’ entry, looks like I have a reason to really visit Delaware.

    • ptbnl Mar 15,2012 11:41 pm || Up

      Dogfish Head is what we drink out there (at least until the martini madness starts).

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  33. nevermoor Mar 15,2012 7:00 pm

    Holy “free gay porn” batman!

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  34. nevermoor Mar 15,2012 7:02 pm

    Also, too: Goldman peeps were just being accurate.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  35. Poppy Mar 15,2012 7:10 pm

    If any of you FKers already knew about this snarkfest (and I suspect someone must have known about it, because you people know everything) and didn’t go to great lengths to directly make me aware of it, I will never forgive you.

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • nevermoor Mar 15,2012 7:27 pm || Up

      No “previous posts” button? Fail.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Poppy Mar 16,2012 1:04 am || Up

        Well, if the “Past Poops” calendar and the categories dropdown are to be believed, there aren’t any posts earlier than Feb. 28. She did post a picture of Christina Hendricks, though.

        In related news, Mr. Poppy & I are trying to watch all of “Mad Men” before their new season starts on the 25th. It’s one of those shows that I wanted to watch, but didn’t, then couldn’t because I got too busy, then started watching the DVDs obsessively to catch up. “Rescue Me” and “Friday Night Lights” are also on this list. So is “Breaking Bad,” but I haven’t started on that yet. Only into season 2 of “Mad Men,” so don’t spoil anything for me…

        There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
        • nevermoor Mar 16,2012 9:22 am || Up

          I won’t spoil anything, except to say welcome to the party. Want an old fashined?

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  36. Future Ed Mar 15,2012 7:29 pm

    5. Isn’t the pull quote you used the exact sentiment that gets people to sign up for the military after your country declares war?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Future Ed Mar 15,2012 7:30 pm || Up

      and that of gang members?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  37. doctorK Mar 15,2012 8:39 pm

    FK YEAH IOWA STATE
    (now we get to lose to Kentucky)

    • nevermoor Mar 15,2012 9:19 pm || Up

      Drat. I’ve got 13 right, but I’m on the UNLV side so this could be an ugly evening after a perfect day (missed Iowa State and VCU)

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  38. nevermoor Mar 15,2012 9:22 pm

    Man. The Santa Clara Raiders are gaining a foothold.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  39. sslinger Mar 15,2012 10:30 pm

    Nice finish for the Sharks tonight. Niemi came up huge.

    • mother pucker Mar 16,2012 12:09 am || Up

      Niemi played better. No terrible rebounds kicked out to the slot, and made the one potentially game-saving save on Legwand in the 3rd that he has failed to make pretty much for the last month or so now.

      Hopefully getting Havlat back will lead to a much more consistent attack.

      Nice win against a very good Nashville team, but still a huge work in progress.

      • wacchampions Mar 16,2012 12:17 am || Up

        I thought at the time and I still think that when they got rid of Nabakov, that was a terrible move….

  40. mother pucker Mar 15,2012 11:11 pm

    In last place in both my pools. Need to make a mental note to apply the George Costanza methodology of reverse decision making next year.

    • 5Aces Mar 16,2012 7:54 am || Up

      I have a friend who is ahead of me in my pool. Yesterday, I had to explain to him what ‘NCAA” and “division 1” mean. So yeah, I’m doing great too.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • 5Aces Mar 16,2012 3:40 pm || Up

        And it gets better. My friend did this last year and I just found out he did it again. He knows so little about sports and stuff that he has people listed as winners in the second round even though he has them losing in the first round. Now this year he claims it was just an excel issue; he picked his teams by using a random number generator and somehow he had a glitch after the first round. But yes, I am still at least one game behind him…

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • 5Aces Mar 16,2012 7:13 pm || Up

          Final one as my bracket is destroyed. The friend picked Duke to when, but then because of his “excel issue” has Leihigh winning the next round. Maybe he is on to something.

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  41. MikeV Mar 16,2012 9:56 am
    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • SPWC Mar 16,2012 11:43 am || Up

      Good for him.

      If he feels it and his family doesn’t mind then I’m glad he’s pitching again.

      \"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
  42. Glorious Mundy Mar 16,2012 10:16 am

    So, KNBR is running a Giants promo with a clip where Sergio Romo strikes out Josh Willingham, capped by Krukow (I think) excitedly saying “another missed opportunity for the A’s.” Meanwhile, the Giants are running ads for season tickets on 95.7, including during the pregame for A’s spring training games, and of course they’ve got the dugout store now in Walnut Creek.

    I have mixed feelings about all of this (I like a spicy rivalry, after all), but it is certainly clear that the Giants are more aggressively coming after A’s fans at the moment. It would be nice if Lew and crew would do something about this other than whine.

    • Englishmajor Mar 16,2012 11:36 am || Up

      I hate the Giants ads, but I assume their presence on 95.7 means the station is doing well in some demographics. Or that their ad rates are really cheap…

    • Kylianna Mar 16,2012 4:22 pm || Up

      The fact that they’re allowed to have a dugout store in Walnut Creek just makes me want to punch something. Hard. I mean, there’s KIDS in Walnut Creek. Kids. And MLB is going to let them open that kind of troublemaking shit there, where it could influence the young into making horrible life choices?

      FK that shit.

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