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Royals 104

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This thread is for discussing the Royals, who are playing against the A’s right now.

DLD 051209: The Great Empathizer 41

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I’m not sure, but I think this is arguing for robot umpires: [He] now proposes to appoint a Great Empathizer who will call balls and strikes with a strike zone that depends on the sex, race, and social and economic background of the players. Nothing could be more damaging to the fairness of the game[.] ...

The “Watch out! Don’t accidentally write anything interesting!” Lame Duck Open Thread 31

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Lest your genius be lost in the translation to Free Kraut 2.0. I’m not gonna fall into that trap, lemme tell ya. I’m considering the baseball geek cross-Bay double header on Wednesday. Followed by live coverage of the Planck launch at 6am Thursday green star oaktime.

Dividing Things Into Categories 47

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The 2008 A’s had a .686 team OPS, which was the worst team mark in the AL since the 2003 Detroit Tigers, who went 49-113. 2009 carry-overs from the that team are hitting at a remarkably similar clip. In other words, not even their MOTHERS! could pretend that they had even a shred of offensive ...

Game Thread 26

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Crafty righthander Justin Duchscherer has avoided the bobble-jinx today, so the A’s are in good shape. via slusser Copeland era comes to an end. Kennedy is starting batting 7th. Petit down. Gray up. Someone on the scout.com boards said that someone on the radio said that geren said that Bobby C. will get most of ...

De-kludging Free Kraut; Game Thread 41

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In place of your basic lineup list, DFA and I present to you the following: Beta Version of a usable FK site You should probably set up your own login (it defaults to editor), but it may take longer than expected to get your password, so you can also sign in as jcrewjr / freekraut. ...

Bob Melvin Fired, replaced with Daily Link Dump 116

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Effective immediately. Wait a second. A.J. Hinch? Late ’90s catcher-of-the-future A.J. Hinch? The guy who put up a 328/420/568 minor league line in 1997 and was at one point a top-50 prospect? Hinch, you will recall, arrived in Oakland in 1998 in the same position-player bumper crop that yielded Eric Chavez, Miguel Tejada, Ben Grieve, ...

Dear Babs … 20

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Boy, I dunno — Rich Guy’s private letter to Babs “Big” Boxer (originally provided without a clear trail of provenance by Zennie Abraham) sure strikes me as Bybee/Yoo-ish. Suresure, each individual fact vets out — but the way he concatenates them, collapses timeframes, and raises outmoded issues (unpredictable walkup crowds? I thought the A’s had ...

There’s a game 58

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Cahill pitching, Sweeney moved down in the order. Cabrera Suzuki Giambi 1B Holliday Cust DH Sweeney CF Crosby 2B Buck RF Hannahan 3B

Wordle, labrador, bygone days 129

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[Update]: Sigh. Manny suspended for PEDs. Commence firestorm. Today’s clash of AL West titans is set for 12:35, so I guess this can serve as a combination DLD, game thread, and postgame woe-fest orgy of jubilation. Expert analysis (the kind you just don’t get at those mainstream blogs): Brandon McCarthy gives up lots of home ...