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Honeyed granDLDoquence 57

Jun

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Jesus, you people* are lazy. *Not applicable to mikeA. Glavine? Tejada? Patrol Craft up Holliday–>Cards? Who? you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come

It is time for us to act on what everyone knows to be true: DLD + game thread 060409 167

Jun

4

2009

Damn straight: Chavvy, it’s time to hang up the spikes Best use of the word “vestigial” ever in a movie Whoa. I’m guessing … Michael Hutchence Disease. Dept. of Radosh Media Betes Noires: Or an e-mail joke circulating among Iranians: “The Election Commission has announced in its last statement regarding the election that writing names ...

We do not even appreciate how widespread our opponents are and how many resources they have: DLD 060309 56

Jun

3

2009

Byg Twyt’s spidey-sense is all a-tingle: Now I’m predicting a housecleaning of sorts on the horizon. Remember that May Massacre everal years back, then GM Billy Beane got rid of a bunch of players while the team was on the verge of irrelevancy? That’s what I’m thinking now. Who might be on the chopping block? ...

I prefer my wings really hot, and a little crispy: DLD 060209 59

Jun

2

2009

Dept. of Not Getting It #1 Dept. of Not Getting It #2 Clown burgers! Dept. of Unintended Symbolism John Shea refuses to answer my question Robothal: Beane should fold, walk away from the table This is awesome — Crywolffisher should horn in on the action and offer to dispose of the leftover grapes at the ...

If health is a skill, what does that make of a singular intelligent move? DLD 060109 34

Jun

1

2009

Michael Lewis: Beane was lucky (and perhaps really not that smart), I have nothing whatsoever to say about actual business decisions that impact my livelihood, I’m coasting and publishers’ paychecks are still good for some writers Speaking of coasting, I’m taking Neyer off the blogroll, for recommending this (dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb: should have ...

Three hours left to argue politics: DLD 052909 43

May

29

2009

Slusser fluffer on Woooozuki It’s against my better judgment to provide a link to this idiot, but Ostler has a not-half-bad (albeit all-stupid) feature column on Breslow I never realized I was a libertarian (OK, yeah, there’s an article somewhere on this once every 2 years or so … but it never stops being entertaining) ...

Off-DLD 052809: I got yer urinal trough right here 190

May

28

2009

The A’s and Texas both have days off today, but play a doubleheader tomorrow. So it’s up to us, here, now, to maintain peak readiness. 1. And they say his ghost walks the halls, haunting those who make crude sex jokes about his name. Or so I choose to recast this story, in which a ...

DLD 5/27/09: Indiana Jones must not suffer the ignominy of BPro Idol 39

May

27

2009

Oh get a grip: It is condescending on BPro’s part to evaluate him as if he’s some unpolished, unpublished kid. Brian is already a star. Give him the 1000$, and be thankful he’s being a good sport in being forced to go through this. I haven’t been following the contest, but for crying out loud, ...

Empathy triumphs over excellence: DLD 052609 17

May

26

2009

Oh, great — yet another snide entry in the Beane-Geren “debate.” That’s all I got.

Memorial DLDay 10

May

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2009

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal bobblehead booblehead afterwards. — Theodore Roosevelt Rossevelt Note: Last night’s DLD got some weird code inserted in it. I’ve beefed up the security a bit and deleted that DLD. It does not appear ...