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Wolff hires 360 Architecture to design SJ A’s stadium and Earthquakes stadium. ML’s take.
Hunh. I read this and … well, what Neil said.
Another perspective on MLB revenue sharing. (TL;DNR)
Your Oakland Athletics: the statistical sad clown of baseball
Fascinating interview about an unexpected innovation in bat design
Your daily Smart Tony/Good Colby update

andeux bait: one, two
I think LB is Glennkenny Glenn Kenny’s mystery friend
12-year-olds, Dude
Jose Guillen’s first game with the A’s
Jay. Payton.
Yeeeeeeesh. Between BO defending the Raiderized field and ML defending Crywolffisher’s profit-taking, it’s getting harder to take anyone on any side of the ballpark issue seriously
The Rangers haven’t been doing well at much of anything lately. [...]

When mikeV met sal:

Otter pops!

Monkey + kitten
As a Melanin-Challenged-American, I find this offensive
No, Matt, Olive Garden is not better than you care to admit (Starbucks would have been a much better example)

Tonight: A’s vs Slegna 7:05 PT
Gio vs Kazmir
Saturday: A’s vs Slegna 1:10 PT
BFA vs Weaver
Sunday: A’s vs Slegna 1:05 PT
Mazzaro vs Santana
Monday: A’s vs [...]

We’ll just feed two birds with one crumb, as the hippies in Santa Cruz say, since we’ve got AM baseball from the Bronx starting in about 45 minutes.
My dad’s default answer to “whatever happened to” baseball player questions has always been “he’s driving a beer truck somewhere.” This apparently was either actually true, or [...]

That’s all I’ve got. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to September.

KOTD
Happ shittens
Oh, no, no, no, no. I’ve got 34 goats that depend on me daily. I couldn’t be away that long.
In law school, I played tambourine for the Frilly Judicial Ascots

MM Spoiled Bastard, for those of you who watch (we seem to have abandoned the standalone post)
You know where you stand in a hellhole
ML goes [...]

CCSOTD
Is this someone we maybe ought to pursue? (Um, no, not TLR)
TWMSS:
I love my teammates, so when we do something good that’s just how I’m wired. I want to share that love with my teammates.
TWMLS:
Take a good look, because it’s the last time you’ll see this beaver.
This was probably pretty interesting
RIP Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar [...]

Tonight: A’s at Rangers, 5:05 PT, Braden vs Harden
Tomorrow: A’s at Rangers, 12:05 PT, Gio vs Lewis
Platter of cold cuts:

Right off the bat: still waiting for GayFx
“My hair feels oily and heavy. My breath stinks. I feel so dirty.”
I mean to actually apply for this job one of these years …

1. Base-clogging!
Kouzmanoff’s drive off the wall in center led to an unusual sight for the A’s: All three runners scored bing, bang, boom, with Jack Cust trotting in and Mark Ellis sliding in a few moments later, nearly tripping up Rajai Davis, who was right on his heels.
2. I wonder if he also had the [...]