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Draft 50

Oct

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2009

CHW: 79-83 CIN: 78-84 TOR: 75-87 OAK: 75-87 SDP: 75-87 HOU: 74-88 Best possible is 8th. Worst possible is 13th. A’s have the tie-breaker (would get higher pick) against CHW, TOR, and HOU. It appears that 10th is currently most likely. Some losing is in order. [Edit: Standings updated. All except Chicago lost friday night. ...

(hoot): DLD 100209 40

Oct

2

2009

(hoot) I guess Kennedy is saying all the right things, and I’m open to being convinced by someone who wants to look up the defensive numbers, but I just don’t care for him at 3B going forward. He’s a nice story for ’09 … but in a Scutaro-esque way. Awesome Klassik Kust HR last night ...

Amorphous nonsense: DLD 100109 74

Oct

1

2009

LB, might I suggest you move northeast to the 8th District? Also awesome. Also also awesome. Jay Farrar playing Bimbo’s on the 24th Also also also: anyone want to buy me a new laptop?

Science Wednesday: Policy edition 113

Sep

30

2009

Where science and politics intersect, a few quick hits: 1. CO2 is good for the environment. The man behind the latest entry to the climate legislation wars is H. Leighton Steward, a veteran oil industry executive, co-author of the “Sugar Busters!” dieting books, and winner of an Environmental Protection Agency award for a report on ...

DFA puts the car in gear and FLOORS it: DLD 09.29.09 146

Sep

29

2009

While we piddle away our time posting cutesy links and mocking soft-spoken documentarians, elsewhere on the Internet some serious shit is going down: The only thing that matters is the persuit of truth which is why Paul and I bring it up. Whew! I’m glad someone out there is committed to the important stuff. Ironic ...

I want that 6:15 back 80

Sep

27

2009

It has been quite a summer here. And yet, despite everything, this is the first thing that has really made me consider auto-trepanation. If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.

A polymer coated stabilized ballyard product: DLD 092509 80

Sep

25

2009

I have to say I’ve never been especially impressed by any of the entries in this series, but the current one is at least … diverting for the baseball-inclined I think we all knew this already All Teams Are The Same, Chapter LXI (Rich Harden Is Always The Same division) Uh … what? JKAOTM: the ...

Pretty explicit language: DLD 092309 134

Sep

23

2009

Christ, what an A’s hold-up: Matt Carson does not have the ball from his first big-league home run – the fan who caught it Monday refused to give it up unless he was paid for it Christ, what a plasma bolus: Pitchers Vin Mazzaro and Jay Marshall received platelet-rich plasma injections for shoulder tendinitis Ladies ...

What do we do with Cust? 47

Sep

22

2009

Extend him? Offer him arb? Cut him loose? If we keep him, do we consider the DH role filled, or do we platoon him? Do we even consider letting him get more than a spot/emergency start in the OF? you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish ...

Daily Link Dump 9/21/09 99

Sep

20

2009

Hey, guess what? The A’s have 13 games left, and as all the math lovers of this blog know, 13+7=20! That would be awesome. My updated canon: The Limey Out of Sight Solaris Sex, Lies, and Videotape Ocean’s 11 The Informant! Go see it! Whoever was responsible for the casting deserves to be king of ...