Scout.com’s Melissa Lockard just wrapped up an interview with A’s Director of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi. Here’s the Cliff Notes version of what was discussed behind the veil of subscriber content.
Well, certainly not tonight, anyway. Hopefully not tomorrow, or any time this weekend. Highly unpleasant watching other teams clinch on your sod. A’s vs Rangers g1: Braden vs Lee. [late changes to lineup, courtesy of Soaker] Crisp Rickey Barton Rickey Ellis Rickey Zk Rickey Kz Rickey Cust Carter Carson Rickey Tolleson Rickey
Not surprising at all/totally in character I Not surprising at all/totally in character II Yglesias vs Drum Jack Filking Cust Wealth transfer payments to the elderly and America: World Police both remain very popular Bud Selig was on hand Monday at New Yankee Stadium to see George Steinbrenner get frozen in carbonite test
FJM is back (again) (temporarily)! Otter Pop! What the fuck was Joe Morgan doing walking around the Reds clubhouse with no pants on? We’ll get to the titties thing in a second. Every time you mention wins, Bill Gates will donate 50 cents to malaria research. I’m going to ask Marilyn Vos Savant if there ...
Whee. I love insomnia. It makes my life such a fun, magical place. I think I’m gonna just go full Section 8/SSI/crazy guy route and see if I can avoid working for the rest of my days. It’s kinda like heading off to Shady Acres or whatever at the end of the board game, Life. ...
1. Nightmare-averting fuel of the day: geoengineering with nanoparticles. In a nutshell, David’s idea is to engineer discs around 10 micrometers across and 50 nanometers thick, with a core of aluminum, a top layer of aluminum oxide, and a bottom layer of barium titanate. Injected high enough into the atmosphere (so Brownian motion didn’t muck ...
Too busy stuck doing J-E legal translation to read the site, but can’t not recognize the holiday. Happy Birthday, Sal! Saturday: A’s @ Twins 10:10 am PT, Braden vs Slowey Sunday: A’s @ Twins 11:10 am PT, Cramer vs Liriano
1. Jose Guillen with the Giants: .306/.348/.424 2. Carl Pavano, Yankee Nightmare. 3. Ken Arneson flashback quote of the day: That is, if baseball teams have souls. Maybe they don’t. In which case the analogy is flawed. And so is our fandom. 4. Rasmus staying put. 5. Poetic justice? I don’t want to make light ...