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Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Kid Canada — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:54:28 EDT

@CatHairSweater:

That's a Billy Beane term. Didn't Joe Morgan read Moneyball to you?

Kid Canada

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Dieter — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:01:03 EDT

Nice preview, but I'm afraid Ken Tremendous may have cause for action.

Dieter

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Encouraging Referee Pitman — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:25:36 EDT

Can we use this preview as an excuse to watch the ghost-riding video again? I can.

Encouraging Referee Pitman

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Southeast Jerome — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:55:21 EDT

Oh, yeah. Fuck Marco Scutaro, too.

Southeast Jerome

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Southeast Jerome — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:51:40 EDT

Can I be the first?

Fuck the A's.

Southeast Jerome

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

THEGINOCIMOLICONSPIRACY — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:39:12 EDT

I love the preview, but making light of Paul Haggis and Smith-Corona at the same time constitutes figthin' words in this man's world.

THEGINOCIMOLICONSPIRACY

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

baseball thinker — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:35:01 EDT

The Holy Grail? I doubt he makes the team. Billy's love for Dan Johnson knows no bounds.

baseball thinker

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Technicolor Jan Stenerud — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:28:42 EDT

No, no.

Technicolor Jan Stenerud

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

shamu the whale — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:24:39 EDT

I don't mean to spread vicious rumors (but hey, what else is Deadspin for?) but I have it on pretty good authority that Huston Street's stay on the DL at the end of last season was lengthened due to a trip to the hospital for alcohol poisoning.

My source? Uh, Kansas City Royals trainer?

shamu the whale

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Jack Cobra — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:23:57 EDT

I'm imagining she has large boobs. Jesus Christ! Everytime i try to write about boobs I fuck it up

Jack Cobra

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Jack Cobra — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:21:43 EDT

I'm going to say that this is a great preview if only because I imaging Melissa has large boobs.

In reality...a new manager, hopes pinned on Milton Bradley and a healthy Rich Harden, a low payroll and Fuckin-A trade isn't the most important thing the A's need this season...They need Joe Blanton to turn into the promising pitcher he is/was supposed to be. Next, they need Eric Chavez to bring his offense back somehow before he turns into Hank Blalock-lite. Also, keeping Loaiza away from the booze and Bradley near his medicine is going to be key. No mention or Erubial Durazo in camp this Spring either??

Jack Cobra

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bigboneded — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:18:08 EDT

Your 2007 MLB World Series Participants (and don't forget you heard it here first!):

Representing the National League, the San Francisco Giants

and representing the American League, the Oakland Athletics.

Lead. Pipe. Locks.

bigboneded

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Hextall454 — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:17:32 EDT

Didn't Duchscherer make an All-Star game? Somebody's heard of him

Hextall454

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

SagerBombs — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:17:09 EDT

Willie Bloomquist to hit a walk-off home run

Funniest line in the whole thing.

SagerBombs

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

shea_guevara — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:16:47 EDT

Oh, and if Murray Chass also gets taken out as collateral damage, that's fine by me, too.

I'd love to see Morgan and him standing on a rickety old wooden porch, shaking their fists, telling Billy Beane to keep them damn sabermetitians off the lawn.

shea_guevara

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MeanMachine — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:16:11 EDT

Nice preview, without a single reference to kicking out a grumper. Yet that's how the A's story this year will ultimately go down.

MeanMachine

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Tuffy — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:15:09 EDT

@CatHairSweater: "Fuck it; I'm trading deep."

Tuffy

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

shea_guevara — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:14:19 EDT

I would like to see Oakland succeed, if for no other reason than it should give Joe Morgan a nervous breakdown.

shea_guevara

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Fios — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:13:32 EDT

At some point the "Milton Bradley has all the talent in the world he just needs to focus" line has got to be retired. He's 28, past the age when you might expect to see some marked improvement and he's had six seasons to prove himself. His strikeout-to-walk ratio is awful, he's doesn't have a ton of power, his on-base percentage isn't impressive and he's got a career .270 average. He's just an average hitter, nothing more, it's time to face that fact.

Fios

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Tony E — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:12:00 EDT

I checked out a couple srping training games last week and if Nick Swisher stays healthy he will rake 40 home runs, kid is huge. I think the A's will be ok in the HGH filled American League West.

Tony E

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:11:57 EDT

In related news, it looks like the Extra Innings baseball package might be staying on cable this season.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/03/21/e...

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Jerkwheat — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:11:49 EDT

Can we get Holly to declare her love of this preview on it's first line alone?

Jerkwheat

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:11:24 EDT

"2) Milton Bradley must rake and stay healthy. Bradley is the most talented member of the A's roster and could easily be an All-Star this season. He could just as easily go on an umpire murdering spree during the season's second week and miss most of the season. The A's need him in the lineup and producing to avoid being the worst offensive team in the league."

fixed

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

Chamomiles Davis — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:05:29 EDT

Come on, fallback team!

Chamomiles Davis

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

CatHairSweater — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:04:23 EDT

"Fuckin-A" trade

I'm going to start reading Melissa's reports just for the puns.

CatHairSweater

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

cowbell204 — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:01:03 EDT

"Bradley is the most talented member of the A's roster and could easily be an All-Star this season."
Reason #25 why women should not talk about baseball

-Kieth Hernandez

cowbell204

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Weed Against Speed — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:59:50 EDT

Ah, yes. Well this certainly looks like a lot of words. In record time. I'm very impressed ...

Great preview, though.

Weed Against Speed

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

MitchKayak — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:58:32 EDT

Milton Bradley must rake and stay healthy.

Err...you mean:

Milton Bradley must rake and be less crazy.

Fixed.

MitchKayak

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

CatHairSweater — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:58:05 EDT

My interest in the A's began and ended with Bob Welch.

CatHairSweater

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

LingeringBursitis — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:57:57 EDT

Man, I agree. I hate Paul Haggis too.

LingeringBursitis

Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's

soozycue — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:54:58 EDT

I have a new-found hatred for the A's after last season, even though they have the best Ronald McDonald impersonator in the biz.

soozycue