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FREE KILA! 43

Via Soaker, Suzuki gets a statemate. Already on the 40-man. Wonder if he’ll play?

WTF, CSNBA? 7

Mayhap I’m late to the party, but holy FK but does CSNBA’s new site design suck. I sure hope for Ratto’s sake (and for Urban’s, FTM; decent Moneyball piece here [that backtracks everything Urban ever actually said about it during the time he was a beat writer]) that he’s getting paid an assload of money, ...

Marinating A’s! 85

#Athletics at #Mariners: Weeks 2b, Crisp cf, Matsui dh, Willingham lf, Sizemore 3b, Suzuki c, Carter 1b, Taylor rf, Rosales ss — Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) September 26, 2011 Perfectly happy to have spoiled the Slegna season; now it’s time to play/pray/pay for draft position.

Fading Rays! 38

Yanks up 2-0, Boston tied 1-1, both in the 3rd.

Brazen plays! 76

1. Rays need spurious relo threat to get new stadium 2. A’s need spurious antitrust threat and eminent domain to get new stadium

Hazing day! 69

The last grill has descended pretty far down the page, so here’s a new one. A’s rookies do the hazing costume thing, with Guillermo Moscoso as an elderly man, Graham Godfrey as Wolverine, Jemile Weeks as Sonic the Hedgehog and Andrew Carignan as the Giants’ Brian Wilson. Also apparently FDLS as a bumble bee and ...

A New Stadium Could Mean A Lower Payroll… & Beane Hates Piggies! 234

Sounds inflammatory enough… Link. I think the problem with Selig’s Blue Ribbon committee is that they wrapped the ribbon around their necks and they’ve just been hanging out for the past two years…

There must be time for better attempts 104

#Athletics at #Angels: Weeks 2b, Crisp cf, Matsui lf, Willingham dh, DeJesus rf, Pennington ss, Suzuki c, Allen 1b, Sizemore 3b — Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) September 24, 2011

Inside the writer’s studio: Ray Ratto 25

Wolff’s at the door 57

#Athletics at #Angels: Weeks 2b, Crisp cf, Matsui dh, Willingham lf, DeJesus rf, Pennington ss, Allen 1b, Suzuki c, Sizemore 3b — Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) September 23, 2011