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Why Not 35

30 Jun 2009  |  mikeA  |FK-All

I decided to list the A’s young players and prospects in order of age. If I know you, and I think I do, I know that you can’t get enough lists. First, an introductory bonus list of tastiest greens:
1. beet greens
2. kale
Now then:
Kilby: 2/83
Marshall: 2/83
Patterson: 4/83
Everidge: 4/83
Braden: 8/83
Blevins: 9/83
Eveland: 10/83
Suzuki: 10/83
Buck: 11/83
Bailey: 5/84
Pennington: 6/84
Outman: 9/84
Petit: 12/84
Sweeney: 2/85
Barton: 8/85
Gio: 9/85
Demel: 10/85
C. Brown: 11/85
Gallagher: 12/85
Donaldson: 12/85
Spencer: 1/86
Webb: 2/86
DLS: 2/86
Horton: 2/86
Desme: 4/86
Cunningham: 4/86
Italiano: 7/86
Carignan: 7/86
Simmons: 9/86
Doolittle: 9/86
Mazzaro: 9/86
Paramore: 10/86
Carter: 12/86
Weeks: 1/87
Rodriguez: 2/87
Ross: 4/87
Capra: 4/87
Coleman: 4/87
Christian: 6/87
Hunter: 6/87
Hornbeck: 7/87
Green: 9/87
Lansford: 10/86
Sulentic: 10/87
Cardenas: 10/87
Marks: 1/88
Anderson; 2/88
Cahill: 3/88
Barfield: 7/88
Leon: 9/88
Rosario: 11/90
Leyja: 10/90
Dixon: 9/90

35 thoughts on “Why Not”

  1. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 30,2009 8:51 pm

    1. Romaine

    55. Ynoa, 9/91

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • monkeyball Jul 1,2009 7:07 am || Up

      1. (tie) Wild arugula/pepper cress/orach

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  2. batgirl Jun 30,2009 9:12 pm

    No love for Swiss Chard?

    Who is this girl eating the teriaki burger? I’ve had enough of her to beg for those mini sirloin burgers to come back.

    • mikeA Jun 30,2009 9:16 pm || Up

      similar answer to the “who are jon and kate?” question that I asked myself in the grocery store the other day. Swiss chard is good.

    • monkeyball Jul 1,2009 7:08 am || Up

      They can run that ad every inning, so far as I’m concerned. Even Mrs Monkeyball likes it.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Jul 1,2009 9:09 am || Up

        Which one? The mini one?

        As long as it isn’t the buffalo ranch one, midgets are always ok by me. *Waves at Salb*

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • monkeyball Jul 1,2009 9:30 am || Up

          No, the Whatsherface Patridge teriyaki burger ad for Carl’s Jr (“More than just a piece of meat”).

          That said, I do love the mini buffalo ranch JitB ad. Both companies have awesome ad campaigns.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Poppy Jul 1,2009 11:12 am || Up

      Hiptless women infielders are not to be trusted.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • the dogfather Jul 1,2009 12:02 pm || Up

        Thanks for the timely warning, Pops — just as I was about to give in to her breathy blandishments. Away with you, deceitful strumpet!

        I’ll admit that I did GIS (MB alert) her, looking for said hips to defend her honor, and discovered that she is more clothed in that commercial than in most of her other internet imageage.

        The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
        • the dogfather Jul 1,2009 12:27 pm || Up

          Tix just arrived — we’ll be there with bells and gloves on. Thanks!

          The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
          • Poppy Jul 1,2009 12:45 pm || Up

            Yay!

            There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  3. whiteshoes40 Jun 30,2009 9:32 pm

    I am 1 day older than Sean Doolittle, 2 days older than Vin Mazzaro, and 4 days older than James Simmons. That is odd to me for some reason.

    • monkeyball Jul 1,2009 7:09 am || Up

      I am 1 month older than Death.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Jul 1,2009 9:09 am || Up

        I am become death.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • the dogfather Jul 1,2009 9:54 am || Up

          Yeah, well — last day of the month. So, didja make your hours?

          The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
  4. salb918 Jul 1,2009 12:37 pm

    Hello everybody.

    • monkeyball Jul 1,2009 12:38 pm || Up

      And, for the sake of form, salb918 resurfaces, or at least I’m pretty sure he does.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Jul 1,2009 12:40 pm || Up

      Hello. Do you concur?

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Poppy Jul 1,2009 12:46 pm || Up

      sal! :)

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  5. nevermoor Jul 1,2009 12:42 pm
    I know this is a departure from FKdition, but…

    To respond to the actual list at hand, I was surprised by how old Pennington is. I guess we missed on that one.

    I also really really really really hope we haven’t effed up Anderson / Cahill by bringing them up so fast. It can’t possibly be the ideal thing.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Jul 1,2009 12:47 pm || Up

      If TDF can speculate that Beane is ruining Buck’s trade value in order to … trade him, I’m going to speculate that the main reason Beane brought all three (incl. Mazzaro) up this year was because the FO doesn’t 100% believe in them, they project 2-3 more years of strategic comprehensive team-wide on-field suck, and they’re positioning themselves to trade all 3 2010-11.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Poppy Jul 1,2009 12:48 pm || Up

      And why does Billy hate 1989?

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • monkeyball Jul 1,2009 12:51 pm || Up

        Classic high-school-reunion resistance. Nerd who everyone ignored in high school makes good in real life subsequent to Glory Days, but has no interest in hanging out with the jocks and prom queens trying to drink their way back to the old magic.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • batgirl Jul 1,2009 12:51 pm || Up

        Year of the snake. Can’t trust ’em.

        • Poppy Jul 1,2009 1:05 pm || Up

          Hey! My son was born that year!

          There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
          • salb918 Jul 1,2009 1:09 pm || Up

            20-year-olds, I’m told, are known for their good judgement and sense of moderation.

            • nevermoor Jul 1,2009 1:17 pm || Up

              I certainly was. And my honesty.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • Poppy Jul 1,2009 1:29 pm || Up

              Doesn’t mean they’re not trustworthy. You just have to be honest about the “trust” parameters you’ve set… ;)

              (and he’s not 20 yet… :P …)

              There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
          • the dogfather Jul 1,2009 1:21 pm || Up

            I got some insight into this phenomenon yesterday. I sent my older brother my first slide–>.jpg conversion from a trove our daddy left behind — of an epic fambly camping trip all over the west in 19garblegarble, when he was a HS freshman.

            There we were, breaking bad at the badlands:

            He responded that that period was very near the low point of his life to-date, and I could keep my misty reminiscences to myself, thanks.

            Our Billy may feel similarly.

            The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
        • mikeA Jul 1,2009 1:26 pm || Up

          Michael Jackson taught us that “Snakes are very misunderstood”

    • salb918 Jul 1,2009 1:11 pm || Up

      I hardly think it matters at what level they are pitching so long as they are not having their confidence ruined with 7+ ERAs and their workload is monitored. In fact, having a longer exposure to top-level competition is probably *good* for the young pitchers.

    • mikeA Jul 1,2009 1:19 pm || Up

      I wouldn’t write off Pennington. He’s performing at about major league replacement level this year. If he can hit .260/.330/.330 with average defense he’d be a useful player and hit the mean WAR (2-3) for 20th draft picks.

      • mikeA Jul 1,2009 1:41 pm || Up

        Also, his name is Clifton Randoulph Pennington and he hails from Body of Christ, Texas.

        • monkeyball Jul 1,2009 2:49 pm || Up

          In death AAA a member of Project Ayhem has a name.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come

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