http://www.sbnation.com/users/AV Posts made by AV on SB Nation http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/8/29/1007275/tejada-cheated AV Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:33:10 -0000 <p>since i don't have an essay prepared about it am i allowed to fanpost it?&nbsp; (actual question there.&nbsp; please let me know etiquette.&nbsp; i just have a feeling it'll get lost in the shots as it's already being ignored in the OT place i previously put it...)&nbsp;</p> <p>here's an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/sports/baseball/30pitch.html?ref=baseball">article</a> that i bet you'd enjoy hating on if you haven't yet.&nbsp; get ready for a flashback to more Artful times.&nbsp; my only thoughts are, "surprise!&nbsp; the NYT wrote an article about the A's."&nbsp;</p> <p>and, "surprise!&nbsp; the NYT wrote an article about the A's that didn't half-way become an article on the NYYs doing all the right things."</p> <p>and, "did this have any play on the ever-debatable why did beane go with chavez over tejada a few years later?"&nbsp;</p> <p>maybe as a conversation starter, does anyone remember the events described, either the plays or the mood or the meeting?&nbsp; and do you remember having any suspicions about them?</p> <p>finally, not a thought, partly of a mantra, partly a song stuck in my head, "drum drum drum-drum-drum,&nbsp; ME-ne-CHI-no!" (second chorus: "double-A hitting coach, ME-ne-CHI-no!")</p> <p><a href="http://wish there was a DLD for this. "><br /></a></p>