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Thread About Tonight’s A’s Game 31

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Nice play by Rajai in the bottom of the first, throwing out the baserunning-rule-breaking Mauer. Liriano is struggling this year, especially with his control. Hopefully many walks and runs are in store.

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I blog on Free Kraut for the same reason an aging rock star gets the band together for a reunion tour. I got 12 mortgages, 4 ex-wives, dozens of children (somewhere) and a pending liver transplant. I’m only in it for the money, and the bitches. I wasn’t able to participate in yesterday’s Arthur Ganson ...

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Draft Thread 59

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The draft is almost here. Possibilities for the A’s pick: Mike Leake RHP ASU: Great command, good offspeed stuff, not that great of a fastball. Cheap. Many sources predict he will go to the A’s. Grant Green SS USC: It would be awesome to get a SS. Many sources have him falling to the A’s. ...

DLD 6/9/09: Inspiration Information 94

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2009

SCENE Sickly dim light bleeds through drawn blinds to (barely) illuminate a one room, tan-walled apartment. A ceiling fan bleats a hiccupped whir. There is a bed, a nightstand, a cassette deck, and a mirror on the wall. The bed is unmade, the cassette deck blares Nights in White Satin, and on the nightstand is ...

June 8 Game Thread: the shallow end of the pool 63

Jun

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2009

Staplehead walkoff HR in the 12th? Outman CG shutout with 77 pitches thrown? Increased toll to drive across the Denard Span? Anything’s possible! The world’s our oyster! There’s no I in TEAM. Yeah, baby, I am into banal. Also sunsets.

DLD 6/8/09: A Post With Some Links and a Musing or Two 68

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2009

Swedish Pirate Party wins seats in European Parliament. Perhaps swede lent his support in hopes of achieving spelling reform. India clones second buffalo: The ‘hand-guided cloning technique’, perfected by the NDRI scientists, would allow production of calves of a desired sex. Oh, well then who hasn’t cloned a buffalo? A’s notes: Jemile Weeks is off ...

DLD and Game Thread 6.7.09 27

Jun

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2009

Happy Sunday. Let’s make it six today. “You cannot be serious!” “Rubber ducky you’re the one, you make bathtime lots of fun a less life-threatening experience” “I love the Indian casino. They have such wonderful buffets,” Madsen said. “Can you feel it baby? Yeah, I do too!” Game time 1:05 PM Lineups: Baltimora: Jimmy McNulty ...

Pre-Jordin Sparks thread 59

Jun

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2009

Same old same old: Cust still in, Sweeney still out (but not DL’ed), no Crosby, Leadoff Hitter Extraordinaire still leading off.

Game Thread 31

Jun

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2009

Christ, you people are lazy, etc. Superb inning by Braden. It was a pleasure to watch. I like these “O’s” hats better than the ones with the bird. A’s win 6-1.