SB Nation User Blog: Dan_Honolulu

Ron Washington and His Future at Texas

Dan_Honolulu — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:30:18 -0000

Interesting ESPN profile and story on Ron's future at the Rangers. As the writer portrays it, his job is up in the air despite Texas' success. It seems that Nolan Ryan & Co. are not impressed enough with Wash to offer him an extension right now. Seems like Wash is getting some tough unlove for his tough-love approach to Rangers ball. What do you think? Here's the article. And here are a few extra words to make this meet the 75 minimum; boy, AN has changed since "back in the day."

Poll

Texas Rangers. They are:

Unhappy with Wash's work

2 votes

Uncertain of how to deal with success

35 votes

Uncertain of how to deal with Nolan Ryan

18 votes

Hate the A-Rod trade from back in the day

5 votes

60 votes | Poll has closed

My Namesake and My Honolulu Club VIP Entry Chances

Dan_Honolulu — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:19:51 -0000

My namesake may not start the All-Star game. It seems that's more of a bummer to me than Dan Haren.

Except that, I could (having a similar hair style) have entered any number of clubs in Hono by claiming to be the "All-Star Game starter for the American League." Given the intellectual talent bouncing the door, it might have worked even on game night. Given the mixed-race, Polynesian-Filipino-Japanese-Caucasian-Thai-Vietnamese-Chinese eye-candy that exists on Oahu simply to torture ex-pat barn-raising Midwesterners, this would have been a good thing.

I am not from the Midwest, and the only barn I ever saw raised was in the tornado scene in Wizard of Oz. In fact, I'm not even from the Mainland and I can't recall the last time I saw a barn in the Hawai'ian islands.

Anyway, you can't overestimate the IQ of Hawai'ian bouncers nor can you rely on their ability to figure out time zones. So there could have been possibilities here.

So Haren blew it for me. But not really -- because it's GREAT that he's going. Congratulations and well-done, Namesake!

/Yes, he's my namesake for first AND last name.

/not spelled like Dan Haren, the pitcher

/am Dan Haren-something, and I ought to be an A's employee for just that reason

Yard Work on Billy Beane

Dan_Honolulu — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:35:56 -0000

Heh.

From the article:
"The World Series victory of the 2007 Oakland Athletics in six games over the Atlanta Braves is sure to go down in history as the unlikeliest championship of all time, making last year’s fluke 83-win St. Louis champs look like a sure thing of Calvinistic proportions. It isn’t simply that Beane has assembled a championship team with the lowest payroll of any team playing today; he pulled off the feat with the lowest payroll in recorded history—in the ballpark of negative $7 million—thanks to some creative dealmaking that had several players paying the team out of their own pockets for roster spots."

Zito on the Giants & Why His Philosophy Doesn't Work Over There

Dan_Honolulu — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:02:34 -0000

Quoth Barry, in the rag after another horrible outing against the A's: "Just keep having fun, keep staying loose, keep playing baseball. We can't beat ourselves before we get out there. You can't not go out and have fun playing baseball. That's the key to a good second half, a nice summer."'

Now ain't that an A's 'tude? An East Bay attidue?

But it doesn't work in SanFran, and never will.

SF is a city that keeps trying harder, like it wants to be an oceanside version of Chicago.

SF is a lot more blue collar and hard-nosed than Midwest tourists and idealistic gays and lesbians from Topeka and Austin would like to believe. Altho diesel dykes might go for the hard-nosed bizness.

That's a rough town over there, and some of it spills into Information Age Ballpark, from time to time.

Zito will learn. He'll learn, all right, because he has to. When he begins to comprehend the meaning of his megamliion dollar deal, pressure will descend on him like water on a Chinese torture board. Poor guy, all he wanted to do was pitch, surf and strum his gee-tar.

Zen my ass. Guy better check into J-Town for some real Zazen stylee!

East Bay residents understand more about fate, the transience of life, and Suzuki's teachings -- innately -- than wannabe snobs and Okie immigrants to China Basin or North Beach or Telegraph Hill will ever comprehend.

East Bay ain't SF, child. Welcome to the hard line.

Best of Craigslist: Canadian Slags Off Anaheim

Dan_Honolulu — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:34:57 -0000

I don't really have a clue why I find these things, but Anaheim comes up again. Or, rather, a chill Northern wind blows up the arse of an Anaheimer.

Money Quote: "Now that we know that Southern California’s offerings in terms of the great outdoors are vastly superior to the paltry oceans, forests, lakes, mountains, ski hills, hiking trails, white water rapids, national parks, waterfalls and wildlife reserves that are within a short distance of Ottawa, we’ve realized the errors of our ways."

The Worst Thing About My City: Anaheim

Dan_Honolulu — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:17:17 -0000

Heh.

From MSN City Guides:

"Anaheim: Downtown Anaheim
Just a mile and a half from Disneyland, downtown Anaheim should have thrived these past 50 years just from people getting lost and ending up there on the way to and from the park. If only 3 percent of the park’s estimated 14 million yearly visitors somehow stumbled into the central city, more than a thousand people a day would pass the businesses at Broadway and Harbor. And what are those? Two tall bank towers, the public library and a Carl’s Jr. restaurant that looks like it was built during the Kennedy administration and hasn't been remodeled since. The nearby Center Street Promenade offers a few more options—including a small jewelry store and a couple of cafes—but you couldn't spend an afternoon there."

HH Admin at His Very Best... Again

Dan_Honolulu — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:34:52 -0000

From tonight...
Rev Halofan is on it again... typical behavior and not the "that was long ago" BS he was spouting here a short time ago.

The fact that that blog is still on SB reflects neither well on SB nor on Blez' anemic defense of free speech. Both of which combine to reflect badly on the idea of free speech by left-leaning folk. HH Chavez remains an embarrassment to SB. I'm sure more will come through the night and through the weekend from that knuckle-dragging, foul-mouthed loser who, somehow, remains a gleam in the eye of Kos and Blez. Shame on both of you. One of you should know better. The other definitely does.

bad math, you're right.
you are also banned for being a complete asshole. goodbye.
by Rev Halofan on Fri Sep 22, 2006 at 03:08:06 PM EST
[ Parent ]

You do know the A's have scored 10 more
runs then the Angels right?
Might want to think about who has the shitty offense.
by Axl Foley on Fri Sep 22, 2006 at 02:58:54 PM EST
[ Parent ]

It was this post
what got him banned.
by Rev Halofan on Fri Sep 22, 2006 at 03:08:28 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Honolulu Star-Bulletin on Komine Today

Dan_Honolulu — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:42:35 -0000

Full story at
http://starbulletin.com/2006/07/30/sports/story03.html

Shane Komine didn't get the word he would be making his first major league start today for the Oakland Athletics because he had his head in a book.

But it didn't take long for his Sacramento River Cats teammates to get through to the Kalani High alum last Thursday and let him know that his dream was finally coming true.

"It was before a game in New Mexico," Komine said. "It was raining, so we were just playing cards and reading when the manager (Tony DeFrancesco) came in and turned off the TV and said it was too loud and to get to work. Then he told everybody, 'Komine's starting in the big leagues on Sunday.'

"I was in a corner reading a book and not really paying attention, so it didn't register with me until my teammates started coming up to congratulate me."

Satire Site Comments on Angels Game

Dan_Honolulu — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:26:32 -0000

Me, I like satire. So I read a lot of it. "Anonymous Lawyer" is one such site. Found this on the way to reading other things... Here, AL comments on a trip to an Angels game. Humorous. To make 300 words, here's the article. But please link above to give the author some hits. Wednesday, July 19, 2006 I left work early yesterday and took Anonymous Son to the Angels game, way out in Anaheim. I don't know why. I don't know why they call themselves the Los Angeles Angels now. No one in Los Angeles gets on the 5 and drives through that traffic to get out to Anaheim to see the Angels play. They're no more Los Angeles than the valley is. I mentioned to a few associates that I was going to see the game, while I gave them an assignment to keep them in the office all night, and they looked at me like I was crazy. They didn't even know where Anaheim was. Never heard of it. I only knew because I had to do document review out there as an associate once, for some client in the middle of some industrial park out in the sticks. I don't who these people were at the game. They weren't from Los Angeles, and they didn't look like lawyers. Well, some of them were probably from the city. Like Dodgers fans, they left the game in the sixth inning to beat the traffic back, even though there's never any traffic going back, it's just getting out of the city at 5:00. Because Anonymous Son was with me, I didn't even need to use the blow-up doll I have for the passenger seat so I can use the HOV lane and save some time. I love the HOV lanes. Very smart move by the state. The Angels won, although a 9th inning rally from the Indians made it close. Anonymous Son wanted a funnel cake. I didn't let him get one. It's a nice stadium out there. They renovated it a few years ago. Added a waterfall to the outfield, some fireworks when an Angel hits a home run. I think we should have vendors in the office who go around the halls giving away drinks and food. It would be really convenient to not have to get up to get something to eat. I'm going to bring it up at the next partner meeting. Since I got last minute tickets, they were pretty high up, but I gave an usher a $20 to let us sneak into the good seats, so it wasn't like I had to expose Anonymous Son to any poor people. My wife and I are trying to keep him away from those for as long as I can, to keep him unspoiled. Unspoiled may be the wrong word. Untainted. Unspoiled is harder. I sent an e-card to the incoming class of associates, just a week away from the Bar Exam. I hope they appreciated it. You can send one here, from me, to your colleagues taking the bar exam too. I thought it would be a nice service to provide, save you from having to write your own. I'm hoping for some failures this year. Not that it's good for the firm, but it's just so much fun to know. To watch someone wandering the halls, knowing he's thinking about how everyone around him knows he failed the bar. It's one of the highlights of the year.

My Angels Poem

Dan_Honolulu — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:17:06 -0000

For no real reason... except that I wrote this last season and forgot about it until I was cleaning out computer files today...

I do not like the Angels, no.
I do not like that Guer-er-o.
I did not like them in the past
I like it when they finish last.

I do not like their manager
The one named Mikey See-yo-sher
I do not like that whiny jerk
I cannot stand his JV quirks.

I do not like that stadium
It stinks of cash and tedium
I do not like those plastic fans
I do not like that Disneyland.

I do not like the stucco rocks
I think the fountain is a crock
And then that plywood right next door
Painted green, what's it for?

I do not like the thundersticks
I do not like those bleacher hicks
I do not like their dumb facade
I think Molina is a sod.

I do not like their plastic park
And SoCal beachballs, what a lark
That park is so far from the beach
Their SoCal myth is quite a reach.