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Mynkibil 67

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Oakland has lost an entire Monday Wednesday Friday night’s worth of fans Telephone game: from Slusser to mlbtr to … I share ML’s concerns about this ‘Ners giveaway; yet somehow I don’t think he’d feel the same way if SJ did the same for Lew … “Everyone starts at .000 on April 1,” Geren said. ...

Forbes franchise valuations are out 21

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Forbes SportsMoney has issued their annual MLB valuations — but their formatting and presentation is even more infuriatingly fractionated than usual. Biz of Baseball breaks down the top 10 nicely. Forbes also has an item on MLB’s debt problems, which I haven’t plowed through yet. The picture of the A’s is interesting — looks as ...

THREE bonus observations 130

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Major League Baseball Uniform Player’s Contract? Major League Baseball Uniform Player’s Contract. Christ, wataridori dole No FK’in shit, they’re not (comma you douchebag he almost added): Military actions aren’t interstates.

WHERE THE F**K IS AQUAMAN!?!?!?! 89

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Catfish museum this particular offering seems at first glance to be unusually dim and lifeless. Thereâ€™s no sky. The stands are empty. The field is abandoned. Even the grass seems exhausted. Your weekly dose of salbait Whoa: Holy hell, but this looks good (lotta work and waiting, though) mk and I are pikers by comparison

The Athletics would be Carlo Rizzi 160

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I’d guess this is below TDF’s (and nm’s) pay grade … I’d tell PT to apply, but they’d clearly see he was a mole for Big Labor (via Calcaterra) Brava! Slusser does a CoJax feature without ever using “best shape of his life.” On the subject of praising Chron writers … this Jenkins column is ...

Gio and the JayVees 35

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Plot synopsis: Gio pitched well, I thought, although I couldn’t tell much about placement or movement from our seats. He seemed to either strike ’em out (6) — looking or looking bad — or they hit the ball solidly. Zooks hit an early NoDoubter over the left field foul pole, driving in Matsui, who was ...

All REM fans are the same 84

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WHY HAS NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS MIRACLE DEVICE BEFORE?!? I love you, Doc, but I don’t want to see you anymore. Yep. Ouch.

Dear, do you know what we got Grilled today? 62

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Christ, what an autoelectrophobe You canâ€™t manage what you canâ€™t measure Learning to love [a different kind of] traffic metrics Adult conversation: You see, son, when a Sugar Daddy loves an economy very much, and he wants to fuck it over … xbx bayht

Cryptonym 43

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Once again, Anne Marie Slaughter solidifies her place in the Namephreak Hall of Fame (Farley’s good: the sentence about Douthat and Wolfowitz is great, and the Lebowski ref is nice) O’Keefe NPR sting takedown is finally starting to get some traction (I really fail to see why NPR doesn’t just get off of federal funding ...

Grill Your Face 143

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Sad dads = bad dads RIP, Mitchell Page The Kiwis should just have NZ Catholics pay the Chinese New meme alert? My first year in Mexico, I got to see chicken fights on the field. TWSSS: There is no one I’d trust with a sledgehammer anywhere near me, no matter how strong or accurate. Also, ...