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Grill 71

1. Nice guys finish first, but then turn into assholes. 2. Old Hoss Radbourn on K-Rod: In my day you only needed a shovel and a shallow grave to void a contract. 3. I think the A’s should get four outs per inning. 4. Lou Gehrig didn’t die from Lou Gehrig disease?

The low supply of tall people 110

TINSTAFP Now that’s an anecdote! (I can’t figure out who the actor is.) Jackson likely to be activated tonight? I think they ought to go with a Carter-Crisp-Jackson alignment. Don’t see any point in giving Rajai any more starts (that pickoff at 2B was the final straw so far as I’m concerned). Wasn’t The low ...

Weekend Salmagundi918 49

Given the unpredictable weekend attendance ’round here, we’re going to tarp off the extraneous posts and institute rolling blackkrauts. Hence, this, your inaugural weekend salmagundi918 combination Sat/Sun game thread and Grill. SATURDAY: A’s at Twins, Baby-Faced Assassin vs Duensing, 4:10 pm PT Lineup: Crisp cf, Barton 1b, Suzuki c, Kouzmanoff 3b, Ellis 2b, Davis rf, ...

Bad Gio 15

Bright side: Gio has a K/9 of 9.0 so far tonight! 2-0 Twins after 1.

Who was that Grilled monkey? 44

Who was that tough-talking economist? Who was that lady? Who was that geeky white guy with glasses in the first episode of ‘Treme’? Who was that green economy guy in Michelle Obama’s box at 2010 state of the union? Who Was That Monster Google Block Trade? Who Was That All-Star? Who was that man who ...

Pursuing Carl Crawford 118

The question is simple. Can the A’s afford to pay Carl Crawford, arguably the top FA in the upcoming offseason, what it would take to dress him in Green and Gold and still field a viable team around him? I can see at least 4 big budget teams interested in Crawford come November and it’s ...

Hence, then, my acute sense of mise-en-scene 184

Aggregator-not-analyst Tim Dierkes thinks we should nontender Kz, sign Beltre, and … go with a Cody Ross-Jim Edmonds platoon. Oooooooooooo-k. Attention, FKandidates “Hey! That’s MY rabbit!” Now this is compromise I can believe in! Israel’s official daily briefing, the Atlantic Monthly, has a hot new announcement about how Israel is going to attack Iran You ...

Game 112: A’s @ Seattle 45

Among the many things that have made 2010 a memorable season for Mariners fans:  It was Byrnesie’s swan song! Rajai might want to ask Geren for the lineup card from tonight’s game, so he can show his grandchildren that, yes indeed, there was a game where Chris Carter batted eighth and Rajai was ahead of ...

Is Chris Carter a member of the Professional Right? 57

Wait, I’m confused — aren’t Obama and Gibbs technically members of the Professional Left? In college, I played guitarrón for Euthanasia the Illegal Alien Obama should deploy these guys to the Gulf spill Wait. Does this make any sense? In addition, he was slow to get going at Sacramento (though his power numbers were fairly ...

The M’s get Whackamatsu’d 31

You know, that Meester Monkeyball, he always working hard on the Game Threads. So I figure I help him out.