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Favorite Deadwood lines. 33

Possibly unlike most of you, I think Al Swearengen’s the best television character ever.

The Coconut Bangers Ball–It’s a Wrap! 94

Guess who got his computer back today. Guess who’s spending his fat ass in the sign shop today to get you your free swag. Guess who’s the man with a golden voice that can make all the ladies swoon. Aw yeah. I’ve chosen the most aggressive and confrontational to place on my back bumper simply ...

Zips Projections for the A’s 97

out here Few semi-noteworthy things: -Zips has Rajai as a much better hitter than Crisp. -Not enthusiastic about Fox (league average, as here, strikes me as more likely than +7 for him.) -Bad projections for all the pitchers. I don’t usually look at the comps, but these were lots of fun, e.g.: Cust: Chili Davis. ...

Discrimination has pejorative connotations: The Grill 021010 292

WE’RE ALL GONNA DYNAMIC PRICING!!! (I agree with the general tenor of this takedown, but I think the “it’s good for all of us because the Invisible Hand will stroke the large and the small alike” nonsense is … nonsense. Teams aren’t under any obligation, moral or economic, to lower prices elsewhere, and I don’t ...

Beat bipartisanship in the back of the damned head until dead: The Grill 020910 98

Amerigasm! Sarah Palin is a fucking retard! No, she’s Eva Peron! No, she’s Nixon + Pat Buchanan! (Actually, I think that last one’s a grave insult to Nixon. Really, she’s basically Reagan with tits. Plus Nixon’s mean/paranoid streak.) Ben Nelson looks like Jabba the Hutt with a rug Via Calcaterra, yeah, George Foster really is ...

Boring roster items + rotation intrigue 20

Taveras released A’s non-roster ST invites: Pitchers B/T Ht Wt DOB 57 Cedrick Bowers R/L 6-2 220 02/10/78 70 Sam Demel R/R 6-0 200 10/23/85 52 Lenny DiNardo L/L 6-2 220 09/19/79 36 Fernando Hernandez R/R 5-11 190 07/31/84 45 Marcus McBeth R/R 6-2 185 08/23/80 66 Tyson Ross R/R 6-5 215 04/22/87 59 Matt ...

The Grill 2/8/10: Brushes with Fame 183

1. When I was eight, my father pointed out Henry Winkler in a Florida airport.  I bought a postcard and asked him for his autograph.  He told me to write my address on the postcard and he would mail it to me.  But when I did that, he crumpled it up and put it in ...

Sunday Super Puppy open bowl thread 43

As posted previously, I like the paired entry of identical twin cattle dogs Fava and Garbanzo to win the Puppy Bowl. Which airs from noon to 2:00 PM PST, and on continuous loop thereafter until I start channeling Iggy Pop. If you like a longshot, Tater Tot (Basset hound mix) might be the dog to ...

Random A’s news via MLBTR 15

Blue Jays acquire Dana Eveland for cash. A’s sign Michael Feliz, 16-yo RHP from DR, for 800K He’s described by this random website thusly: With an imposing yet projectable 6�4�, 200 lb frame, Feliz (16) showed his aptitude for development over the last two months in the DPL. His 91-93 mph fastball exhibits strong downhill ...

The End is Near; or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the Sign 64

Pick Three.� Do it.� Tell us what your three are… Original post here.