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Warning: Taking Seriously May Be Harmful To Your (Mental) Health
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First and foremost, all day Saturday (9am-5pm), I'm in front of the CVS at Shattuck/Rose in Berkeley, supervising student volunteers who will be guilt-tripping encouraging shoppers to donate canned foods and Robert Parishibles to the Alameda County Community Food Bank. OptimistPrime...
What To Expect From 2010
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by Jeff Roberson - AP
Team USA third baseman Brett Wallace snags a ball that bounced into the air hit by World Team's Jesus Montero during the first inning of the All-Star Futures baseball game at Busch Stadium...
Skinny Guy with Stringy Hair Who Pitches for That Team Wins 2nd Straight Cy
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Also known as Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants. He's the major's first repeat winner since Randy Johnson won the award four straight seasons from 1999-2002.
And they say marijuana isn't a performance-enhancer.
Oh I kid.
Discuss here.
Are We Seeing A Shift Away from Win/Loss?
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by Ed Zurga - AP
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And the awards continue...
For all of my complaining in recent years about how the baseball writers ignore even the most basic of stats (ERA, WHIP) in favor...
Billy Ball, Revisited
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Chris Jaffe over at The Hardball Times has a book coming out soon titled "Evaluating Baseball's Managers" that stretches back into baseball's history for what looks like a comprehensive look at managing over about a 130-year period.
(Harry Pavlidis also has a...
Bailey wins ROY!!!!
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Note by baseballgirl: I LOVE this pick. I thought the voting was really reminiscent of when Street won, but I was worried about Andrus. Bailey took the award with 13 first place votes, 6 second place votes, and 5 third place votes. He won with 88, Andrus finished second with 65...
The Art & Science Of Well-Timed Acquisitions And Trades
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Here's how a conversation generally goes with a passionate A's fan unclear on the concept:
2008: "We should get J.J. Hardy; he's really good." "No way -- we'd have to give up so...
"Manager Of The Year" -- Not For Whom To Vote, But How?
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There are two things we could do today that we won't do -- three if you include doing the dishes -- and they are to debate whether managers are important, i.e., impactful enough to be worth analyzing, and to debate who should win the coveted "The votes for these awards...
2009 SB Nation Baseball Awards: The Non-A's Ones
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Happy Friday the 13th, everyone!
In the interest of being fair, I thought I'd post the rest of the awards, picked by SB Nation, even though it's likely that A's fans will just tune into the AL Rookie of the Year voting for Bailey (and Anderson, too). No one wants to...
Tell-All's: More Damage than Good?
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Andre Agassi's "Open" is just the latest in a long, long line of literature in which an athlete comes clean.
The former tennis star admitted to using crystal meth in the 1990's, and then lied about it after failing a drug test. Aside from the obvious that...
2009 SB Nation Baseball Awards: Rookie of the Year
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I'm technically a day behind the SBN sites who participated in the voting, but yesterday's fantastic post deserved its own full day. If you are a Rays fan who just registered for AN for the trade discussion, please feel free to participate in the post below.
This year...
Comparative Advantage: A Collaborative A's/Rays Solution
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I've been paying close attention to trades for a few years now. And I have to say, rarely if ever have I seen a better match than the Rays and the A's right now. Each team has areas of significant strength and significant weakness. With the exception of outfielders, each...
Scrapbook Memories: 1989 World Series, Game 3, Part 2
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Scrapbook Memories celebrates the 20th anniversary of Oakland's last World Series triumph. Since the day they set foot in Arizona some seven months prior, the A's mission for 1989 was clear; a wildly successful 1988 season had ended with...
Rules That Need To Be Changed
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Speaking of umpires, umpires need to enforce the rules rather than either making them up ("No, that's only a strike when the count is 3-0"), inventing them ("Ah, that's the 'neighborhood play' as found in section...um, section...well it's...
Tim Lincecum: Putting The "Pot" In "Potpourri"
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by Ross D. Franklin - AP
Tim Lincecum takes a quick puff while wondering why the on deck circle is walking towards him. If you think Lincecum's glove is levitating up to the baseball, you might be on something...
Final tally for the ex-A's
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by David J. Phillip - AP
At least another likable former Athletic won something, right?
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Elsewhere an A's fan and friend once spoke of the Giambi Curse, something...
So What Do We Do Now?
15 days ago by
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What a year, huh?
My first season as a front-page writer is officially in the books, and it was an amazing- and often humbling- experience. No question, I had some very large shoes to fill. But I had two wonderful coaches in Nico and baseballgirl, for whom this has...
The Yankees Win It!
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by Elise Amendola - AP
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Well, the trophy comes back to the American League with the Yankees win tonight. The Bronx Bombers take home their 27th World Championship after a rather...
Open Thread: World Series - Game 6 (cont)
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The Phillies look like they have wasted their last chance; Chase chased a ball outside to strike out with two on. The Yankees hang on to a comfortable 7-3 lead, going to the bottom of the seventh.
Open Thread: World Series - Game 6
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by Matt Rourke - AP
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Okay, I know I say this all the time, but just watch it.You know you want to.
It will be one of the last baseball games of 2009 (possibly the last game...
To Replay or Not To Replay: The Debate of the Playoffs
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by Lenny Ignelzi - AP
13 days ago:
The Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia, left, talks with third base umpire Tim McClelland about a fifth inning double tag by Angels catcher Mike Napoli against New...
Escape To New York: Phillies Stay Alive with 8-6 Win
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by Matt Slocum - AP
Have a Coke and a smile, Chase.
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Well the tease was on in the 9th, but thanks in part to a 6-4-3 double play off the bat of Derek Jeter...
Utley Chases Down Reggie; Phillies Trying to Hold On
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A pair of Chase Utley homeruns ties him with Reggie Jackson for most (5) in a single Series. Meanwhile, Cliff Lee does his best, well, Cliff Lee. Phillies in Phront 8-4.
World Series Game 5 Thread: Coronation or Continuation?
18 days ago by
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The champs are on the ropes, they're hopes hanging by a Cliff.
Meanwhile the evilest of empires is 27 outs from its 27th conquest, or the same amount as the White Sox, Braves, Twins, Orioles, Phillies, Indians, Cubs, Marlins, Blue Jays, Mets, Royals, Angels, Diamondbacks...
How Long Before a Championship Wears Off?
18 days ago by
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As the Yankees inch closer to a return to normalcy, or your whatever your cliché of choice may be, their fans salivate at the chance to stick it to Red Sox Nation once more, while celebrating the end of nearly a full decade of nothingness.
Such is life in the Big Apple...
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