Beane-eater koolaid

by mattwelch on Feb 19, 2006 9:26 PM PST

Seriously, watch these people try to go all PECOTA and Zips and Marcel on my ass, trying to tell me I'm stone-crazy for thinking Kelvim Escobar is going to be better than whatever effin' computer is predicting him to have a 3.91 ERA over 101 innings.

http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/discussion/si_donovan4/

Shredder/Seitz had my back, but that's about it. What's especially fun is how these cultists try to dress up their Hallelujahs in the language of Unquestionable Mathematics.... Man, it's gonna be fun to beat them again.

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Let's hope you're right, Matt

I know, I know, I've been sounding the L klaxon for three years running, but eventually the stopped clock is right, right?

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

by scareduck on Feb 19, 2006 9:36 PM PST reply actions

Let Oakland Celebrate

They win the World Series every February, and it is all they win, so why bother them or dispute their victory or rain on their parade or piss int heir cheerios.

And Billy Beane is a genius. he picked upa 5th starter for 1 year, 8.5 million - OH WAIT, no no, that wa us, Billy Beane picked up Waased Up Esteban Loaiaza for 3 years, $21 million - oh that was awful. Better let them enjoy their cake and ice cream, March is almost here.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 19, 2006 10:33 PM PST reply actions

Were they celebrating the WS last Feb.

after trading Huddy and Mulder? No, they were considered "rebuilding," and still challenged the Angels to the end of the season, with a far weaker (and injury ridden) team than they have put together this year. I can't wait for March, personally, as well as October :).

by jcase on Feb 21, 2006 11:56 AM PST up reply actions

INJURIES

What a bullshit excuse. Like po widdow Oakytown wad da onwee team wiff da hurty liddow pinkee.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 21, 2006 12:24 PM PST up reply actions

Bullshit excuse?

Hrmm...Crosby had 370PA's, Harden started 19 games, Durazo had 167 PA's, Dotel appeared in 15 games, Kotsay and Duchscherer had recurring back problems...I can list more but I think that's enough to make my point- and you didn't address the added improvements of Bradley and Loaiza.

Yes, the Dodgers, Giants and some other teams had many injury problems, as did the Angels at times- but you're saying we can't put some of the A's problems from last season on half season absences from their #1 starter, starting shortstop, and starting DH? Take your blinders off.

Let me make my stance even clearer- the Angels are not a bad team, and have an incredible farm system. The team they are putting on the field for 2006, however, is poised to collapse. They might surprise us with a decent run, but the offense has to be clicking on all cylinders to do so. They will be a far better team when Wood replaces Cabrerra, and when they put some guys who can get on base in front of Vlad.

by jcase on Feb 21, 2006 12:40 PM PST up reply actions

Enjoy your koolaid

What else can i say to a post like that?

by Rev Halofan on Feb 21, 2006 1:51 PM PST up reply actions

You could engage in an intelligent discussion

rather than being a complete asshat. I think I'll refrain from stating my baseball opinions, as you seem to ignore logical arguments while blurting out one liners. It's funny, I thought A's fans were some of the more stubborn and biased fans around, but you seem to take the cake.

by jcase on Feb 21, 2006 2:10 PM PST up reply actions

Good point

You troll here and then we are supposed to conform to your expectations of decorum.

I am impressed that your parents raised you to have such high expectations of people. Sorry to be unable to live up to your unreasonable illusions about the human capacity for tolerance.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 21, 2006 2:14 PM PST up reply actions

Actually

I wasn't a troll- I just started checking this site out in the last week or so, and posted today for the first time. However, thanks to your lovely attitude, I think I will start trolling, or just stop reading it altogether, as you've got quite the chip on your shoulder, and don't seem to have much to offer to the online sports community, other than snide comments. Adios.

by jcase on Feb 21, 2006 2:23 PM PST up reply actions

Isn't this why

Halo's Heaven is the laughing stock of the SportsBlog network?

by Zonis on Feb 21, 2006 5:58 PM PST up reply actions

aw shucks!

...and there i thought i was going to win the Trekkie Of The Year award, too!

see you at the Star Wars convention.

by yeswecan on Feb 21, 2006 6:12 PM PST up reply actions

Laughing all the way to the bank

Keep visiting this site, I make a dime off of every unique visit per day - WOO HOO !

by Rev Halofan on Feb 21, 2006 6:17 PM PST up reply actions

Zonis

SO this person goes to the trouble of signing up at Halo's Heaven--just to make that claim? Fascinating--and retarded.

"Driven in to right-center field... Erstad says he has it..."

by mheumann on Feb 23, 2006 7:35 AM PST up reply actions

What an inviting community.

by Mr Sabermetric Spock on Feb 23, 2006 6:18 PM PST up reply actions

welcome!

by yeswecan on Feb 23, 2006 6:36 PM PST up reply actions

I was being sarcastic

but thanks for the welcome anyway.

by Mr Sabermetric Spock on Feb 23, 2006 7:35 PM PST up reply actions

Inviting?

I'd imagine that the community would have been a bit more welcoming if the person in question hadn't signed up for the sole purpose of slagging the community. If you show up at my house, I open the door, and you punch me in the face, chances are I'm not going to invite you in for a beer.

by LA Seitz on Feb 24, 2006 7:09 AM PST up reply actions

so was i

and welcome!

by yeswecan on Feb 24, 2006 10:20 AM PST up reply actions

tighter than you think, Mr. Jones

While I agree with you that the Angels face some offensive challenges, to say that they're "poised to collapse" is hyperbole at least, bordering on nutso.

Don't be surprised when that Angels "decent run" ends with a third straight division championship and Oakland again scratching their heads looking for answers in their biometronic light-saber stat sheets and 20-sided dice.

by yeswecan on Feb 21, 2006 2:14 PM PST up reply actions

You wanted an argument?

The team they are putting on the field for 2006, however, is poised to collapse.

Maybe if you supported that, we'd have something to argue about. There is exactly one (1) way the Angels could conceivably collapse next year, and that's if the 2004 MVP & the 2005 Cy Young winner both get hurt. If it's only Vladi, then Juan Rivera will fill in capably (if not spectacularly), and the team will rely on an excellent pitching staff and solid defense. If it's only Colon, there's a cat named Jered Weaver itching for a shot.

Seriously, who on the team is "poised to collapse"? The only regular older than 32 is Garret Anderson (34), and he reportedly lost 20 pounds in the offseason & is in excellent shape (and if he gets injured, there's an arguably better player -- Rivera -- waiting to come in). If the 32-year-old (Erstad) gets hurt, we'll have to put Figgins in CF & McPherson at third. Horrors! Kennedy's knee is finally healthy & he's in a walk year. Cabrera's mediocre offense has been stable over the past two years, and there's no lack of talent behind him.

They might surprise us with a decent run, but the offense has to be clicking on all cylinders to do so.

The offense should be significantly improved at CF, DH & 1B; somewhat improved at 3B, about the same at LF, RF, 2B & SS; and worse at C.

you didn't address the added improvements of Bradley and Loaiza.

Lemme give it a whirl. Bradley, at age 28, has played more than 101 games in a season exactly once, due to a combination of physical and emotional problems. Two teams, including one that had the exact same delusions as you do now, felt forced to give up on him, and trade him for dirt. He prefers to play CF, but won't be allowed to. And he'll be taking ABs away either from noted hothead Jay Payton or noted clubhouse cancer Frank Thomas. Depending on Milton -- who I am terribly fond of, and rooting for -- is like depending on the lottery.

Esteban Loiaza has been a league-average pitcher just twice in the last five years (and one of those he was just barely, with an ERA+ of 105). He is 34 years old. His best comps are filled with guys who collapsed between ages 32-36 (Nagy, Portugal, Reynolds, Valdez, Astacio). Away from the friendly caverns of RFK last year his ERA was 4.71, and opponents hit .306 against him. His contract will be another millstone around Beane's neck.

Don't get me wrong, the A's look great. But if you ask us to bow down to the mathematical certainty that Oakland rules & the Angels are "poised to collapse," don't be surprised that a site called Halos Heaven, moderated by a half-insane punk-rock artist named Rev. Halofan, will not treat your comments with the sobriety you apparently crave.

by mattwelch on Feb 21, 2006 9:32 PM PST up reply actions

Only half insane?

Coulda fooled me.

by LA Seitz on Feb 21, 2006 9:38 PM PST up reply actions

correction

I'm a 40% insane Art Critic.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 21, 2006 9:39 PM PST up reply actions

You may criticize at your day job

But here, you're a full-blown artiste.

by mattwelch on Feb 21, 2006 9:48 PM PST up reply actions

art

those pics of each top Angel are courtesy of my photoshop 3.0 - learning a different command with each Angel.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 21, 2006 9:50 PM PST up reply actions

Oh my goodness...

PANTHER

Halo Country

by cupie on Feb 21, 2006 11:51 PM PST up reply actions

I don't get it...

Escobar can't be expected to be as good as Washburn, but all of Oakland's ROOKIES (now sophomores) are expected to be just as good, if not better, than they were last year?

by NPCody on Feb 20, 2006 10:04 AM PST reply actions

Agree on Escobar

Of all our starters I would venture to say that Escobar has the best "stuff." Hopefully he will get some run support and then his win/lose record will actually show the haters how good he really is.

It was funny to hear that idiot Dave Campbell on a mid-week ESPN broadcast in 2004 (I think the Halos were playing the Rangers)proclaim that Escobar had been "struggling." Here is the kind of guy who picks up the newspaper and looks at a guy's won/loss record and thinks he can make statements about him without actually watching the dude pitch start after start. As we all remember Escobar had practically NO run support that season. He lost innumberable games by scores of 2-1, or 1-0. But idiots like Dave Campbell will say he's "struggling" because he has a .500 record.

by Jack Frost on Feb 21, 2006 10:07 AM PST up reply actions

difference between Escobar and Washburn...

When Escobar was going through zero run support in '04, he didn't complain one bit, while Washburn was enjoying loads of run support. Last year Washburn wasn't getting run support and called it 'frustrating'. I'll always believe stuff like this played into the Angels not even entering into negotiations with Washburn this year.

by thewebb on Feb 21, 2006 11:45 AM PST up reply actions

can't agree more

I know these gys can't be everywhere all the time, but I believe he is the same clown that said Bengie molina doesn't have gap power, because he had 15 HRs yet only about the same number of doubles. I couldn't laugh fast enough, I siad there is a guy who obviously never seen that guy run!

by mdangel on Feb 22, 2006 2:34 PM PST reply actions

Bobby Crosby

Another crippling injury for the A's, perhaps:

'PHOENIX -- Bobby Crosby's right shoulder is bothering him again, and the Oakland Athletics are concerned.

'"I started feeling tight about seven days ago," the shortstop said Wednesday. "I think I did it lifting weights at home. When I first started throwing, I said, 'That hurts.'"

'Crosby has been examined by Oakland team physicians and Dr. Lewis Yocum, an arm specialist who works for the Los Angeles Angels.'

Link:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/2006-02-23-al-notes-crosby_x.htm

"It might just be tendinitis," Crosby said. "Hopefully, the next time I'll throw, it will feel perfect."

by G Abbes on Feb 23, 2006 6:45 AM PST reply actions

Don't forget Chavez' shoulder

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060220&content_id=1316544&vkey=spt2006n ews&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

by mattwelch on Feb 23, 2006 7:16 AM PST reply actions

That shoulder is the great wild card for the A's

I'm an A's fan, and I've been reading some of the stuff you've posted for the past few days (actually I've lurked for quite a while) and I have to agree with you... I've got no idea where ESPN and some of these places are coming up with their rankings. I have no idea how high the A's should rank in these polls, in large part because I haven't been following the other 30 teams in the league during the offseason, but by my eye I don't think there is that great of a difference between your Angels and my A's.

Rotations: I think it's a toss up. There has been a lot of talk about Escobar and I think he's the big wild card for the Angels. He's got killer stuff and the New Contract Smell has carried guys like Pavano and Wright to previously unrealized heights so it's entirely possible Escobar could pitch like an ace... then again "consistency" isn't a word used a lot to describe his performance.

I love the Weaver signing (especially if the story is true that he told Boras to shut the fuck up and get him signed with the Angels) while Colon and Lackey form a strong 1-2 at the top. Santana is going to have more growing pains but he's another guy with nasty stuff.

The bullpens are about even if K-Rod can get his walks back under control.

Offensively the teams could go in several directions. Oakland is loaded with potential and question marks. The Angels have Vlad (who should have been a Dodger dammit!) Figgins and some serious concerns. Erstad's bat plays much better in CF than 1B but he got moved to the infield because he couldn't stay healthy for a whole season while playing in the outfield. I know you guys love Kotchman but I'm not sure he's going to have the power you'd like to see at 1B. McPherson has a ton of power but he can't make contact.

The one area I give Oakland an edge is depth. I nearly did a spit take when you said you could replace Vlad with Juan Rivera. C'mon. And you're only half right about the AAA rotation. It is stacked with legitamite prospects but I doubt any of them would be ready to help if the Angels needed a SP in the 1st half of the season. Weaver struggled with his control in AA and got lit up in the AFL. Saunders didn't show anything in his AAA debut to indicate he was ready for the Show and Shell didn't exactly dominate AA last season. You need reinforcements come July... I think you'll find whatever you need in Salt Lake.

Should be a fun year.

by grover @ Halos Heaven on Feb 23, 2006 9:19 PM PST up reply actions

Agreed

Except that Dallas McPherson has hit over .300 almost everywhere he has gone - he can and will hit.

If it is pitching we need our Minor League depth will bring us an arm in a trade.

Casey will amaze you with how many homers he hits.

All of Erstad's (severe) injuries have been from running on the basepaths.

Juan Rivera is still young, no Vlad, but I'd take a full season of him.

And I am impressed with your politeness, Grover, and like how you can articulate your position without being smug. Am i right in assuming that there is no way you live North of Coalinga.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 23, 2006 9:32 PM PST up reply actions

Well north of Coalinga

We're just going to have to disagree about McPherson. He's had huge K numbers everywhere he's gone and I think that's going to keep him from being a good hitter. Dangerous as Hell, but more like the 2002 Troy Glaus. You'll get your HRs but you'll be wanting more everywhere else.

And I'm already amazed by Kotchman's HR totals. I'm amazed that any 1B prospect who has hit so few bombs is so highly regarded. 28 doubles and 17 HRs in just under 500 AB isn't that impressive to me... although I was a little surprised that he actually stayed healthy for a whole season.

And before you say "Daric Barton" know that I'm not sold on him either.

What I've seen and read from scouting reports about rivera reminds me of what I saw and read about Eric Byrnes. You can get quality numbers in 400 ABs or so, but you'll end up disappointed if you play him a full season. Hey, if you're willing to sit Vlad for the season to find out what Rivera's capable of... I've got no problem with that plan.

Absolutely you can trade from your stockpile of MI prospects to get another arm if you need one. But that's certainly not the ideal solution.

by grover @ Halos Heaven on Feb 23, 2006 9:46 PM PST up reply actions

Grover:

I basically agree with almost all you say; it's one of many reasons why this year will be so fun. Hope you stick around here.

We're not expecting Kotchman to be a homerun hitter; just a polite 15-20 a season, as long as the OBP is north of .350 or .360 at first, and higher later. One of our keys this year is not to freak out if we're 7 games behind in May & the kids aren't hitting....

by mattwelch on Feb 23, 2006 10:25 PM PST up reply actions

Kotchman

I don't know. I got to watch Hatteberg hit 15 HR and post a .350 or higher OBP for a few years (2002-2004).

It was kinda like eating Chinese food.

Besides, if Dan Johnson is hitting 25 HR with an OBP pushing .380 over in Oakland you KNOW you're going to be jealous.

by grover @ Halos Heaven on Feb 23, 2006 10:38 PM PST up reply actions

Oh yeah

Stoneman doesn't strike me as the type to freak if the Angels are scuffling in May. I like the way he's slow playing the Manny deal, although I think it's still going to cost you guys if you deal for him.

Or where you talking about Angels fans freaking out?

by grover @ Halos Heaven on Feb 23, 2006 10:47 PM PST up reply actions

Angels fans

Kotchman won't likely be the problem; he's probably the only Angel with any plate discipline. It's gonna be D-Mac. He's a real injury risk, and has had increasing strikeout rates at every level.

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

by scareduck on Feb 24, 2006 6:19 PM PST up reply actions

Not quite

He struck out 37% of the time at AAA; 33% in the bigs.

by mattwelch on Feb 24, 2006 7:26 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah...

but striking out one out of every three at bats is certainly NOT GOOD. Even Scioscia has stressed that this is a big problem for McPherson.

by Jack Frost on Feb 25, 2006 1:10 AM PST up reply actions

i will take

a line of:
2B K HR K SAC every night.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 25, 2006 4:06 AM PST up reply actions

Gee Rev

Even I'd take a guy who struck out 162 times if he was going to hit 162 bombs as well.

by grover @ Halos Heaven on Feb 25, 2006 9:22 AM PST up reply actions

Drink some of that

Frank Thomas koolaid, I hear he 38 going on 99....

by Rev Halofan on Feb 25, 2006 1:35 PM PST up reply actions

Fuck Frank Thomas

A waste o' money IMO.

And I've never drunk the kool-aid.

by grover @ Halos Heaven on Feb 25, 2006 2:38 PM PST up reply actions

Well then

have a MIlton Bradley Chemistry Otter Pop

a Bobby Crosby's Goann Be Healthy Orange Ding Dong

an Eric ShhhhhhuVEz can carry the team Rootbeer Float

by Rev Halofan on Feb 25, 2006 7:56 PM PST up reply actions

C'mon Rev

I thought I was at an Angels blog. Everyone knows that winning makes for the best chemistry.

So don't worry about Bradley.

Crosby is healthy. The real question is: Will he take out anymore of his teammates? Surely you wouldn't be willing to dismiss Kotchman's injury past and not excuse Crosby for suffering freak baseball related injuries?

And Chavez... well, I'll save you the trouble. He's not the kind of guy who can carry a team for a season. He's not Vlad or Pujols or Ortiz. But he can be damn good and the rest of the A's roster looks like it's much stronger than last year.

by grover @ Halos Heaven on Feb 25, 2006 8:17 PM PST up reply actions

Call it kool aid

call it gin call it green tea, you're dirnking something Grover. Are Ernie and Bert stealing Cookie Monster's stash for you?

by Rev Halofan on Feb 25, 2006 11:37 PM PST up reply actions

Ya gone 'round the bend, Rev

Come back over to this side, it's safe over here.

Bradley's attitude wasn't a prob in 2004 when the Dodgers were winning, and like it or not the A's have won more games than they've lost every year for the past few seasons.

Croz is healthy. He was throwing yesterday and said he felt fine.

I don't know if Chavez is supposed to be Bert or Ernie or Cookie Monster, so please, come back towards the light.

by grover @ Halos Heaven on Feb 26, 2006 8:57 AM PST up reply actions

Now you are sounding

like Oscar the Grouch.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 26, 2006 1:03 PM PST up reply actions

No

I just have no clue what your previous post meant.

by grover @ Halos Heaven on Feb 26, 2006 2:52 PM PST up reply actions

It is a Sesame Street Reference

Your name "GROVER" matches that of a character of the television show SESAME STREET.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 26, 2006 3:07 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, Rev

Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Grover, Oscar, Big Bird... I got that part. What I didn't get was which baseball point you disagreed with.

by grover @ Halos Heaven on Feb 26, 2006 3:22 PM PST up reply actions

Numbers are fun...

But... pretty much everyone looks good on paper (OK, Rockies and Royals notwithstanding) in Spring. Don't get too caught up in numbers now. I'll admit, I'm an A's fan, but I don't... "scratch my head looking for answers in my biometronic light-saber stat sheets and 20-sided dice" nor have I chugged the purple (or I guess in this case, green) Kool-Aid. I have a self-admitted numbers phobia, but I can accept the statistical ways of the game as well as the traditional.

I'm just saying, take these preseason numerical and hypothetical predictions with a grain of salt.

Also, Rev, on Weaver vs. "Waased Up" Loaiza. Just thought I'd let you know, not sure why you threw the contract dollars in there. Weaver's contract (at $8.5 mil per) > Loaiza's at ($7 mil per).

Weaver has a good arm, and his stuff can be filthy, but he has a fragile psyche. I think he's just one of those guys that excels in smaller media markets (such as when he was an ace in Detroit), but is a risk when he's in one of the biggest media markets in the nation (LA). I remember when he was traded to New York, the NY media plagued him. From what I've seen (citing the extreme pressure Mr. McCourt is under) the LA media will be unforgiving of Weaver if he can't get it done in pressure situations.

So, Anaheim paid $1.5 million more for Weaver, of whom once you get inside his head, he's toast, but somehow it's a better deal? I'll give you that he'll have less pressure pitching in the 5th slot, but I still don't see the LA media going easy on him if he slips.

I scratched my head at the Loaiza deal, but I mean, what can I do but put faith in my team's braintrust. I think that in the pitcher's park that is the Coliseum, Loaiza has the potential to have a good season, but we're not expecting Cy numbers out of him.

This is not to say that Loaiza for sure will have a better season than Weaver, but I just feel that Anaheim might have overpaid.

by jlaff @ Halos Heaven on Feb 23, 2006 2:48 PM PST reply actions

AGREED

How come the cheap old owner of the A's - who is richer than Arte Moreno - won't overpay for talent? Must not wanna win one for his fans.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 23, 2006 6:52 PM PST up reply actions

Not sure if you noticed

But we don't have the "cheap old owner" anymore. Luckily Schott left the team before last season and Lew Wolff has been putting loads of money into the team - signing Crosby and Kotsay to extensions, signing Frank Thomas, trading for Kendall who at $11 mil isn't that cheap, signed a proven starting pitcher (Loaiza) at market value rather than running the chance of AAAA pitchers Glynn or Etherton starting games. Now, Steinbrenner he's not, but since when is "overpaying for talent" a good thing? We had a good crop from the farm system and just bolstered the roster with veteran players. He spent money where it was necessary. We didn't need to go out and try to get Damon or Konerko, who might create an albatross situation later.

And being rich doesn't always translate into quality players. Schott being one example, and I know other owners' high priority is turning a profit, not winning a World Series.

Having said that, I know Arte is a great owner for the Angels. He shelled out the bucks for Vlad, who is arguably one of the best players in the game today. Just curious, what is your take on the Los Angeles situation? Do you think it should've been left Anaheim, or do you support the Angels trying to move more into LA's public eye?

BTW... the Glaus illustration... looks pretty trippy.

by jlaff @ Halos Heaven on Feb 23, 2006 7:30 PM PST up reply actions

I'm Pro - Arte

so let him name them what he wants.

But I was referring to the NEW owner of the A's,, the old guy who owns the Gap, not his puppet Wolfie, I just read rationalization after rationalization about the Angels always mentioning Arte's money. One example - that our farm system is strong due to money shelled out for Kendry Morales and Nick Adenhart - very good point, but so what? Oaky-Choaky's owner has more money than Arte but wants to cut the upper deck off to squeeze a little more gren to go with his gold instead of open the floodgates for trophies.

Look it up - The dude from the GAP is richer than Steinbrenner, richer than Arte.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 23, 2006 8:55 PM PST up reply actions

Gap Guy

Rev, the money man for the A's is the son of the GAP founder, John Fischer, not Don Fischer (the father). I've met them when I used to get tickets to Giants games over at Candlestick and sat right behind their seats. They seemed like pretty good people. In fact here's a story about John Fischer.

My friend and I used to sit in the bleachers at the Coliseum (back when they had real bleachers, before Al's Erection). So my friend thought it would be cool to invite John for a game (we really didn't know totally who he was). John and my friend had become buddies when they sat together because my friend had a knack for getting the players to throw him balls. Anyways the night we went to the Giants game John wasn't at the game, it was the opening night at the Opera (which is a huge social event in SF). But one of the folks that directly works for him was in his seats. So my friend gave the lady the tickets asking to give them to John. So the game day comes around (midweek day game IIRC) and John isn't there, but he sends someone in his place to thank us for the tickets and let us know that he is sorry that he couldn't make the game as he had other things going on. This was over 10 years ago and he was an owner of the giants at the time.

Class act all the way.

by skwid on Feb 24, 2006 8:42 AM PST up reply actions

tell him all that money needs to be invested

sounds classy.

Opera in the land of Oprah.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 25, 2006 4:08 AM PST up reply actions

MEDIA

There is no media in Anaheim, there is no media pressure. eaver can be Weaver here.

Loaiza is a lot of years older than Weaver.

by Rev Halofan on Feb 23, 2006 6:54 PM PST up reply actions

Sempai~Kohai

Big leader, little follower.

I was thinking that the BroWeave'll would keep them selfs in check.

Little Weav wants to do better than Big Bro. Elder Weav won't want to embarrass the family name.

Plus with Buddy controlling things makes me feel safe. He proved it last season, with "Big" John, didn't he.

Donnie Moore died an Angel

by eyespy on Feb 23, 2006 11:13 PM PST up reply actions

The Big Hurt's Left Foot

Ray Ratto on Frank Thomas' bad wheel:

'"It isn't like this was unexpected, but Frank Thomas' foot has been declared "not a normal foot" by the A's medical staff . . . .

'Thomas' twice-broken navicular bone, while being declared as good as it can be under the circumstances, still makes his left foot an eternally day-to-day matter . . . .

'Thomas' foot, however, is equally balky, and that's taking the Athletics' cheery diagnosis at face value. Dr. Jerrald Goldman, whose shingle includes an A's logo, said Thomas would be ready for Opening Day at his present rate of recovery but cautioned that the injury could reoccur no matter how careful either he, or they, are . . . "'

For more:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/26/SPGIEHEQJD1.DTL

by G Abbes on Feb 26, 2006 6:39 AM PST reply actions