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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 [...]

A’s behind early again. But AJ Burnett kind of sucks, so there’s still some hope. AJ Burnett kind of sucks, but has struck out four of our hitters in two innings, so we’re doomed.

It’s the 18th anniversary of Jose Canseco being pulled from the on-deck circle in a game at the Coliseum, so trades do happen on August 31. I’m looking at Brad Ziegler’s place in the A’s bullpen, with 7 appearances for a total of 6 innings in the month of August, plus Slusser’s disclosure [...]

Crisp CF, Barton 1B, Suzuki C, Cust DH, Kouzmanoff 3B, Ellis 2B, Larish LF, Davis RF, Pennington SS
BFA vs Moseley

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 …

Crisp cf, Barton 1b, Suzuki c, Cust lf, Ellis 2b, Larish dh, Kouzmanoff 3b, Gross rf, Pennington ss
Mazzaro vs Masterson

Interesting analysis of the leaked MLB financials. And another.
Not-promising outlook on Cust for 2011
Neat A’s ballpark renderings. ML lets his pro-SJ side show at the end after making a token gesture to Oakland boosters at the beginning.
Boy, and you thought our lineup was bad …
Well, there’s an accusation I hadn’t seen before (second primary comment)
Euphemism [...]

Gio vs Fausto.
Jesus, but it’s hot here. If I wanted to live in Phoenix, I’d … well, I’d kill myself.

Tonight (in progress): Mazzaro vs Hellickson
Tomorrow: FK TAILGATE @ 3:30, Anderson vs Price @ 6:05
Sunday: uh … Gio? Braden vs … Someone? Garza 1:05? (that last one I got right anyway)