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Grill 1/27/10 Silence of the Monkeys 162

Jan

27

2010

Okay, I’m working my ass of in a sign shop, supporting the capitalist system I don’t even believe in, but I gotta post the post for the monkey and the promise to the monkey and the silence of the monkey. Tell me, Clarice, when you lie your head down to go to sleep at night, ...

Sheets Signs 58

Jan

26

2010

link Free agent right-hander Ben Sheets has signed with the A’s, CBSSports.com has learned. Sheets agreed to terms on a one-year deal for more than $8 million. He passed a physical today, and the deal is expected to be announced this afternoon. Excellent.

Your trajectory for the week: The Grill 012510 205

Jan

25

2010

Great Good Bad Awful Terrible you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come

Ziss tschould give you a dim view of human potential 2

Jan

23

2010

This is the single most brilliant thing I’ve ever seen (at least, in the category of “Things designed specifically to appeal to me”): Werner Herzog reads Curious George. you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come

Money talks: The Grill 012210 128

Jan

22

2010

I know that he’s hinted at this before, yet never spelled it out quite so clearly … still: WTF? I’m not allowed to engage in public arguments with other writers How does a professional disparager honor a nondisparagement clause? Went well beyond the facts of the case to overrule two important precedents? Facile and unpersuasive? ...

Value Over Replacement … Priest? 54

Jan

22

2010

Uh. {checks calendar} Hunh. Grant Desme, one of the Oakland Aï¿½s top prospects, has decided to retire from baseball in order to pursue the priesthood

A predicate that we all subscribe to: The Grill 012110 89

Jan

21

2010

Whatever Yikes Also yikes Geez, isn’t this the way it always is? You and your pals get together to share some common interests and values, and then once things get big and successful, the Man comes in and starts making you follow “rules”: “bans on suicide bombings against civilians, burning down schools, or cutting off ...

The Grill, 20 January 2010 144

Jan

20

2010

1. Grant goes inside the mind of Brian Sabean to explain the Molina signing: It’s a no-brainer. Of course. Molina is a proven RBI man, and all Posey has done is hit well in the upper minors. We wouldn’t know how Posey would hit until he received playing time in the majors, and we certainly ...

One Adam Dunn and eight Endy Chavezes: The Grill 011910 105

Jan

19

2010

Jack Cust: still your TTO champeen Honorable Mention (second tier) I thought “good-hearted but not well-thought-out” referred to the decision to rely on Eric Chavez the last 3 years. (On-topic Yglesiasm: “I wonder if Google will threaten to stop operating in the United States once it turns out our government’s been up to snooping malfeasance.”) ...

F(il)K: Prints on the Mound 8

Jan

18

2010

Drat! No luck embedding the video. [Original lyrics here.] With apologies to Leopold Bloom: Prints on the Mound Prints on the mound, prints on the mound Workin’ like a tool with yo’ prints on the mound Green ‘n gold in yo’ mouth Head turned, sighed, “A’s…”, plans hit the ground Call yourself a “Bloom”, cat? ...