Hi, BBG or Blez,
Can you post a link on top of home page to Frick Award Ballot? We had something like that last year..make it easy to vote for Bill every day.
Thanks.
Gustav = Shield of the Goths (does that mean he had to wear awful black makeup and write crappy poetry?)
Ike = He will laugh
Ike is already at Cat4 and is still way out in the Atlantic. If I lived in the Bahamas or (possibly) South Florida, I’d be crapping a pile of bricks right now.
Sweeney, 35, started a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento on Aug. 18. Widely regarded as one of the nicest men in the game, Sweeney said he thoroughly enjoyed his time with the River Cats, who opened the Pacific Coast League Pacific Conference Championship Series on Wednesday against visiting Salt Lake at Raley Field.
“It was humbling to see the hunger and rawness of the guys,” Sweeney said. “A lot of them never played a day in the big leagues. They’re playing for peanuts. They get one pair of cleats for the whole season, and the name on their bats is ‘Pro Stock.’”
As a veteran big leaguer, Sweeney followed the unwritten rules of rehab assignments by paying for plenty of food for his younger, less financially fortunate teammates in Sacramento.
“I got ’em a lot of spreads,” Sweeney said with a smile. “My financial advisor is going to be calling me when the bills start coming in.”
In addition to providing food, Sweeney offered advice. When Josh Outman was told he’d be called up to the Majors a few days ago, Sweeney told the rookie about, among other things, the A’s dress code that requires players to wear a collared shirt, nice jeans and dress shoes on the road.
Upon seeing Outman wearing tennis shoes on his first day with the A’s, Sweeney found out that the young lefty didn’t have enough money for new shoes.
“So my wife and I got him some nice shoes yesterday and sent them up to his room,” Sweeney said. “His wife called and said, ‘These shoes are so beautiful!’ … It’s nice to be able to take care of the younger guys. Hopefully when they’re in [the same position], they’ll remember to do the same things.”
I got to see the A’s in Japan special on CSN for the first time. That was hilarious. Dale, Travis, and Swooney wandering around the city, all dressed alike, was adorable. Of course, seeing Rich pitch brought back a bit of heartache… why must you bring us so much pain, Billy?!
And none of this day/night crapola. I mean real Sunday afternoon scheduled double-headers that start at noon and a whole day of baseball. The twi-night double-headers were cool, too.
Well, shoot!
UncleLeo - September 3, 2008
Anyone know the last A's double-header?
I don’t remember AN ever doing one.
baseballgirl - September 3, 2008
2 years ago in KC
mikeA - September 3, 2008
I WAS THERE!!!
DHer TOMORROW!!! AHHHHH!!!!
Jennifer - September 3, 2008
Can you post a link to HOF ballot?
Hi, BBG or Blez,
Can you post a link on top of home page to Frick Award Ballot? We had something like that last year..make it easy to vote for Bill every day.
Thanks.
LongTimeFan - September 3, 2008
So what you're saying is...
We’re not going to lose tonight?
gio_is_the_future - September 3, 2008
C'mon, we've been playing .500 ball lately
A double header just adds to the possibility of a split.
asfansince1989 - September 3, 2008
Doubleheaders tomorrow and Saturday.
This is gonna be interesting.
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2008
Thank god we've got expanded September rosters.
I hope, at least by Saturday, we’ve got more new arms in the pen than just Outman.
danmerqury - September 3, 2008
Ziegler's arm will be dangling by a thread by Saturday night
Assuming they play all these games. FWIW, rain likely in Baltimore Friday night and Saturday.
Soaker - September 3, 2008
Your posting name is so appropriate here.
lynnzgal - September 3, 2008
and there are two more behind Hannah
named ike and Josephine
OaklandSi - September 3, 2008
Ike is a nasty-looking SOB
In this case, I DO NOT like Ike!
doctorK - September 3, 2008
Ike is a much better storm name than Gustav
I’m not at all surprised that Gustav turned out to be a bit of a wimp.
thejd44 - September 3, 2008
Storm names
Gustav = Shield of the Goths (does that mean he had to wear awful black makeup and write crappy poetry?)
Ike = He will laugh
Ike is already at Cat4 and is still way out in the Atlantic. If I lived in the Bahamas or (possibly) South Florida, I’d be crapping a pile of bricks right now.
doctorK - September 3, 2008
Am I a bad person for not caring toooo much as long as it doesn't cause gas prices to go up?
thejd44 - September 3, 2008
With some exceptions for people living there under economic duress,
I have basically no sympathy for anyone who deliberately chooses to live in an area prone to dangerous storms and then complains about damages.
PaulThomas - September 4, 2008
Boy, do I hope you live on exposed bedrock
monkeyball - September 4, 2008
What about the people who choose to live in earthquake-prone areas?
Flashfire - September 4, 2008
I'm surprised
that no one has said something along the lines of Hanna will miss landfall if it hits anything like Hannahan
I’m on the east coast. this sucks
closetasfan - September 4, 2008
i was so counting on the diversion tonight. sigh. sarah? okay
ak_A - September 3, 2008
I hear ya.
An actual game on tv. Waah!
lynnzgal - September 3, 2008
Stupid rain. Now what am I supposed to do now that I can’t yell at my TV during the game?
justarebelheart - September 3, 2008
What channel is the Billy Beane special on?
deportesfan - September 3, 2008
And there's even one fewer game on TV now
Flashfire - September 3, 2008
i have tickets to the double header on saturday,
and it would be my first A’s game(s). I’m hoping that it doesn’t rain that much, so that I can still go. Would be my #
mrbendy - September 3, 2008
No doubleheader Friday?
How disappointing.
Nico - September 3, 2008
Ernie Banks things the A's are a bunch of pansies
thejd44 - September 3, 2008
can we keep him next year please?
even if he’s not playing anymore??
link
gotgreen - September 3, 2008
Aw.
Jennifer - September 3, 2008
Awesome
I want Mike Sweeney around this team after he retires.
Flashfire - September 3, 2008
I'm betting he goes back to the Royals org
he just seems like that kind of guy.
Tyler Bleszinski - September 3, 2008
He probably will, but I'd rather keep him here.
Flashfire - September 3, 2008
Oh I agree 100 percent
He just seems like one of those rare people in life where loyalty means something.
Tyler Bleszinski - September 3, 2008
A loyal Royal.
pam5981 - September 3, 2008
Agreed.
I’d like to keep him here also, but I’d understand if he went back.
UncleLeo - September 4, 2008
Mike Sweeney, can I have $10?
monkeyball - September 3, 2008
Dude, he's so nice. Add a few more zeroes to the end of that.
Then give me half.
thejd44 - September 3, 2008
These shoes rule!
These shoes suck!
Englishmajor - September 3, 2008
Oh my god!
Shoes.
Philip Christy - September 3, 2008
That's so sweet.
He needs to be a coach here, for sure.
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2008
i seem to recall jason kendall doing something similar for a young pitcher...
except jason bought him a sports coat
stm72 - September 3, 2008
We could bring Kendall back as a coach
except he probably wouldn’t stay in the dugout because he’d want to play every game.
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2008
Yeah, Zooks would find himself on the bench every day
and we’d have a player/coach behind the plate.
OldhamA - September 3, 2008
Mike Sweeney is AWESOME.
justarebelheart - September 3, 2008
Billy, can we keep him?
gigglingone - September 3, 2008
Serious aw.
pam5981 - September 3, 2008
After reading stories like that...how can anyone not wish the best for a guy
like MSweeney? He’s a gem.
IM4Oakgal - September 3, 2008
Well, on the plus side,
I got to see the A’s in Japan special on CSN for the first time. That was hilarious. Dale, Travis, and Swooney wandering around the city, all dressed alike, was adorable. Of course, seeing Rich pitch brought back a bit of heartache… why must you bring us so much pain, Billy?!
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2008
Dale is adorkable.
Scared of everything. “Can we go on the ferris wheel?” Then they get up there and he’s scared to death.
Jennifer - September 3, 2008
And him trying the sushi…haha
justarebelheart - September 3, 2008
Did he chug water or was that.... something else?
I’d seriously LOL if that was an adult beverage.
Jennifer - September 3, 2008
Wash down that sushi with some vodka...
that’s a recipe for disaster. Good thing there wasn’t a pool around.
whiteshoes40 - September 3, 2008
It was so weird when Zook came in, already mic'ed-up for some other show
But I finally saw the feature that was done on Zook, also filmed in that sushi restaurant, and it all made sense.
schmifty - September 4, 2008
Scared of everything? Now we now why he picked the shallow end for diving practice.
thejd44 - September 3, 2008
I do believe this is a first for AN
Tyler Bleszinski - September 3, 2008
A rain out thread?
lynnzgal - September 3, 2008
No, he must mean a double-header
I vividly remember a rain-out thread. Esteban Loaiza gave up a first inning grand slam that got washed away – in Kansas City, no less.
Nico - September 3, 2008
Oooh, I remember that game.
That was bad Loaiza, as opposed to the post-DUI Loaiza that was miraculously the pitching equivalent of Jesus.
danmerqury - September 3, 2008
The Mexican Pitching Champion of All-Time does not like your insinuation that he can possibly be bad!
thejd44 - September 3, 2008
He's no Ricardo Rincon
WaddellCanseco - September 3, 2008
Is that good or bad?
doctorK - September 3, 2008
You make the call!
WaddellCanseco - September 3, 2008
And that's the game they made up as a double-header.
We lost both ends of that double-header.
Jennifer - September 4, 2008
I miss REAL double-headers.
And none of this day/night crapola. I mean real Sunday afternoon scheduled double-headers that start at noon and a whole day of baseball. The twi-night double-headers were cool, too.
UncleLeo - September 4, 2008
Double header today and Saturday
Could mean the return of Street in the closer role
black beane - September 4, 2008
heck, it could mean the return of Embree and the arrival of Saarloos in the closer role
monkeyball - September 4, 2008
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