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Another Grill without a title 48

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Billy (David), please go ahead and get this guy already. Daric Barton has some company. Since Steinbrenner died, Nick Swisher has gotten really lax in his grooming habits: Yi-double-ikes: What Atrios Said #1 What Atrios Said #2 (On the same topic: Vilsack still a Vilsack of shit, WH deputy chief of staff Jim Messina is ...

Billy hearts Cliffy 26

Jul

21

2010

Interesting Beane interview by Kawakami. (His column based on it is utterly useless, and another example of PF/AM in the trad journo trade; also, while the interview itself is worth reading because Beane seemed to be wearing his emotions and opinions on his sleeve a lot more than he typically does, Kawakami hardly engages Beane ...

A Letter from Lew Wolff? 5

Jul

20

2010

Hunh. How did we miss this? FoS claims it was posted last Wednesday, but there’s no clear indication of date (either on the page or the source code, that I can see). Is this new? If so, why now? This sure feels like a first-shoe-dropping sort of thing to me — prelude to … something. ...

Self-Serving Grill 106

Jul

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2010

1. Sweeknee shoulda zagged 2. Why Bill Murray did Garfield â€œNo! I didnâ€™t make that for the dough! Well, not completely. I thought it would be kind of fun, because doing a voice is challenging, and Iâ€™d never done that. Plus, I looked at the script, and it said, â€˜So-and-so and Joel Coen.â€™ And I ...

Who the hell are those guys? 15

Jul

19

2010

Wow. Boston’s lineup is almost as bafflingly anonymous and replacementy as the A’s. Kz apparently has Chavez Disease. Rosales in at 3B. (I thought nm was advocating trading Kz to the Reds in the Grill, but I guess it was about the back-scratch, eh? I still think it’d be funny to trade Rosales back there.) ...

They seem to find it interesting 59

Jul

19

2010

I can’t decide whether to make out of this an iFSU joke, or a gag variant on The Commissar/Commissioner Vanishes Don’t argue with an ibex We’re living in the Parallax View In South Park, they’re living in the Mr. Garrison state Rerefudiation They’re going to build a mosque in the press box! Nightmare Fuel No. ...

Obama should take lessons from Wolff in Negotiations 101 3

Jul

18

2010

Jesus fucking Christ, Lew, take the maximalist position, why doncha? Here are the ownersâ€™ relative stances (just heard recently): Wolffâ€™s preferred position: Make the Bay Area a shared two-team market, with no county designations for individual teams. No compensation to the Giants. Wolffâ€™s fallback position: Minimal compensation to the Giants, but only after the move ...

A v Roy 1

Jul

18

2010

Paying half attention. A’s up 4-1 thru 5. HRs by Rosales & Kz.

Postgame thread: A’s 6, Royals 5 18

Jul

17

2010

Man. I just spent an hour and a half trying to get JP to take a nap — which “nap” has now (hopefully) turned into “bedtime.” Now I get to … catch up on laundry and clean the kitchen. Ennyhoo … could just barely discern Vince getting excited from the other room as Rosales singled ...

A’s at Royals, game 1 11

Jul

16

2010

No Sweeknee, no Jackson, too much Greinke. TWSSS: not enough to put the tarp on Also: Sweeknee: now with more platelets! And: The Phillies have a top scout on hand for about the fourth A’s series in a row, but Ben Sheets isn’t pitching here and Oakland isn’t planning to trade Mark Ellis.