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Iâ€™m a blogger-slash-copywriter 77

Nov

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2010

I filed my Thanksgiving time off request a month ago. I don’t see any similar paperwork from any of you slackers. Eventful week so far: Saturday rental-car nightmare (we’d decided to ditch the northern trip already, so when the right rear tire was at 20 psi and the driver’s seat started falling apart, I was ...

40-man 40-man roster 115

Nov

19

2010

Per Slusser: Michael Taylor, Corey Brown, Adrian Cardenas, Sean Doolittle, and Trystan Magnuson added to the roster. Grover had suggested Travis Banwart and Corey Wimberley as the other possible Rule 5 targets. Wimberley I can see someone taking as a utility guy, but don’t think he would be a great loss. Banwart is more surprising: ...

If we were a rich team, 16

Nov

19

2010

With apologies to everybod-ye: [Lew-ye speaks] “Oakland, you have many, many poor people. I realize, of course, that it’s no shame to be poor. But it’s no great honor either! So, what would have been so terrible if I had a rich fan base? If we were a rich team, Crawford Jeter Â Thome Werth Konerko ...

Antigrill 91

Nov

18

2010

grover bait nm bait (You know what I’d like to see? Tina Fey do Pelosi.) I’m not a fan of Kucinich, but I’m actually in favor of this I’m not a fan of Jeter, but I’m actually not in favor of this the single best way to cut the deficit is to make sure that ...

Open “WTF is Beane/Forst doing with Beltre?” thread 81

Nov

17

2010

Allegedly, B/F opened with a 5/45 offer (leading nm to conclude, in conjunction with the Sox’ alleged 4/52, that Boras would simply say “Fine — max the years from one and the rate from another: 5/65.” Allegedly, B/F goes to … 5/64. Which, as grover and others have pointed out, is … exactly the same ...

Natural election 67

Nov

17

2010

Chavvy, Chavvy, Chavvy … {shakes head} {chortles at the thought of swapping Chavvy for Beltre} Speaking of whom: We can beat that, and we damn well better MLBTR’s opening salvo from the GM meeting, with a Beane snippet: The A’s are off to a busy offseason start, but it’s not intentional. “I don’t think any ...

Offseason Boredom Set In? 227

Nov

16

2010

Need something to occupy your time? Need gift ideas for your loved ones? Hey, how’s about putting fermented cabbage under the tree this year?!

Your irregular grill 59

Nov

15

2010

Jack FKin Cust. Glad they caught the guy; hope the cable car operator is OK. Odd that the report only said “cable car operator” — if the motive was robbery, I can see how sticking up a conductor makes sense; but a gripman? Family Monkeyball are big fans of cable car operators either way. Au ...

Your irregular 40-man roster update 83

Nov

12

2010

37 total 18 P 3 C 8 IF 7 OF 1 DH This includes the DeJesus and Encarnacion acquisitions, the option actions. Still a lot of redundant mediocrity and mediocre redundancy in the IF and OF, and a number of NT candidates. Presumably there’s some shoe waiting to drop at 3B, and we are all ...

Happy Holliday Holiday! 112

Nov

12

2010

Naturally, he wondered what hydrodynamic problems the cat might be solving. Uh … what? Dave Cameron wants Berkman, and he’s willing to overpay for him tl;dr Interesting hypothetical: Here’s a scenario: Middle Eastern terrorists hijack a U.S. jetliner bound for Italy. A two-week drama ensues in which the plane’s occupants are split into groups and ...