FREE KRAUT!

So here’s the plan:
Let’s call the official start time 3:30, with earlier arrivals awesome, and later arrivals grudgingly accepted. Food rolling off the grill sometime soon after 4:00. I’ll get there before 3:00 myself, to nail down the spot and start setting up (and I’d welcome the help and company of anyone who [...]

By which I mean, I’m watching Deadwood and drafting a tailgate party planning post. Pour Mr. Wolcott a bourbon, Bloom, and tell him it’s from Kentucky.
First, tickets: I’ll go to the box office sometime during the Toronto homestand, maybe Monday 8/16. I will buy a $12 Value Deck beauty for everyone who [...]

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More here, be sure to check this one out.
2. Just the bullets!

3. Its a 404 yo

4. Shocking

Lineup, per Slusstweet
Crisp cf, Barton 1b, Suzuki c, Cust dh, Kouzmanoff 3b, Ellis 2b, Davis rf, Watson rf, Pennington ss
Davies pitching for the Royals, Mazzaro for the A’s.
GO A’S!

Brett Anderson returns! Cust and Barton back in the lineup!
Oh, fucking great:
Rain is in the forecast. and the tarp was on for a while earlier. Tomorrow is supposed to be the day for real rain, potentially much of the day.

Pertinent updates:
• Anderson (dur) activated
• Bailey retroactively DL’ed (hunh: I missed elcroata’s ** retroactive-DL post [...]

1. New FK slogan: “It is also likely that the whole thing will be a boondoggle.”
2. mrs salb918 was almost on NGC last night. Instead, they went with Noah. Noah and mrs salb918 are the students they always use to interact with media and policy makers. Both are on the tail end [...]

All-Star! Trevor Cahill takes on wayward son CC Sabathia. A’s up 1-0 on the strength of a Kouzmanoff double.

If you’re like me, you’re probably all tuckered out from the long weekend.  I really don’t have any links to link, and I should be working.
Oh JaMarcus.
A popular drink in the South, it is a mix of prescription-strength cough syrup that contains the narcotic codeine and the antihistamine promethazine, with alcohol or 7-Up [...]

Happy Independence Day, FK! July 4th is my second-favorite holiday of the year, after Thanksgiving. Here’s why:
1. Barbecues. Hamburgers are delicious. Hot dogs are delicious. Potato salad is delicious. Watermelon, strawberries, and grapes are delicious.
2. Weather. Being outside in the sun is an excellent way to spend the [...]

1. The Democrat hits lefty..
Also:
Said GOP team captain Joe Barton (R-Texas), “The most important thing about tonight is that we exceeded our charitable goal by so much. The Boys and Girls Club are the real winners here.”
But in another, more real sense, the Democrats were the winners: 13-5.
2. If you wish to be a more [...]