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Mazzaro is a much better Brandon Webb comp than Cahill 18

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18

2009

Did you see that last pitch to Hudson? Damn. TV sound isn’t working, radio is too staticy, not a clown in sight…

Thienthe Theerthucker Thurthday: DLD 0thixth1809 14

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18

2009

Thartorial Thenate thplendor! More thartorial Thenate thplendor! PETA approves of the A’s Speaking of drops, Sean Penn is not a Stooge … or isn’t yet, anyway Does it make me a bad person that I really want to see Bobby Crosby face Mike Mark DeDiFelice? “Intense Wallpaper” (I had originally been somewhat nonplussed about Kelly’s ...

A’s score! A’s score! A’s score! 33

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17

2009

1-0 going to the bottom of the first. WTF was that pitch Cust missed?

Series thread DLD 6-17 66

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17

2009

So the A’s lost 5-4 last night. I was going to post a “Series Thread” when I saw no game thread was up after four innings, but then I noticed around the same time that Dallas Braden had allowed no hits, so I made dinner instead in my effort not to jinx that. The dinner ...

Fate, Chaos, Winona Ryder 85

Jun

16

2009

With baseball on hiatus last night, I was left to sift through my Netflix Instant Queue for giggles and disillusionment. Ultimately I opted to exercise a bit of personal freedom and forgo the disillusionment aspect (knowing I would return to that promptly at 7:10 this evening), and settled on The Ten, a harmless-seeming comedy with ...

Leon Panetta says I’m almost wishing for the A’s to lose: DLD 061509 35

Jun

15

2009

Slusser dog-paddles the Chavez back-surgery story (and from that same article: apparently, the deal Geren worked out with Cabrera is that in exchange for getting dropped from the leadoff spot, he doesn’t ever have to take a pitch again) Brian Bruney is my favorite Yankee So now the Angels, after letting Brandon Wood languish in ...

Geren Goes Back to his Dog-eared Copy of The Book 17

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14

2009

Kennedy Cust Holliday Giambi Suzuki Hannahan Cabrera Davis Anderson Update!: Kate Longworth just said Geren told her he is “giving Cabrera a day off from the leadoff position.” hahahaha. Chavez: Eric Chavez is having a microdiscectomy, manager Bob Geren told reporters at AT&T Park. A month ago, Chavez told me that because he already has ...

Big Unit and the Outman 4

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13

2009

You can have Dick Pole, Rusty Kuntz, and even Urban Shocker. For my money, Randy Johnson is in the inner circle of the great baseball names Hall of Fame. And our guy ain’t so bad either. "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no ...

Ixnay on the inxjay 38

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12

2009

No score going to the 5th. Cust’s double was a thing of beauty — as was the Giants’ relay. I’m not saying anything else.

DLD 6.12.09 A’s rule, Giants drool 40

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12

2009

Huh. I would have pegged Jenkins as a strategy and switches anti-DHer. Turns out he just wants to see pitchers make fools of themselves in the batters box. Add ’em if you got ’em.