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Autographed Tim Lincecum bobblehead in fundraiser auction

green star oakland — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:36:59 -0000

Autographed Tim Lincecum bobblehead in fundraiser auction

My daughter's school fundraiser is today, and included in the auction catalogue that came out yesterday is an autographed Tim Lincecum bobblehead. If anyone is interested in bidding on it please leave details of how I can contact you to arrange this. - green star oakland, formerly of AN

Poppy's name in lights

green star oakland — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:49:40 -0000

72 hours!?!

Scoreboard Messages:

Name in Lights Program - For a donation to the community fund, guests can send birthday, anniversary, and or special messages to family and friends on the Stadium's matrix board. The messages are limited in length and must be received 72 hours prior to being run. For additional information...

We've all seen Mr. Poppy's near miss at an anniversary surprise.

My question to you:

What message would you like to see AN send Poppy on AN Day ?

(deadline for all entries: more than 72 hours prior to being run)

If I were a funny guy I'd have an hilarious poll. Instead (if the new software will let me) I'll create a real-time com-poll-ation of the best suggestions.

Best baseball writing

green star oakland — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 19:12:11 -0000

In a bout of insomnia last night I went to my baseball book shelf and pulled down a favorite, which got me to thinking about what other people's recommendations would be.

Mine is "Pure Baseball" by Keith Hernandez (and Mike Bryan). For those who haven't read it, Hernandez takes two ordinary games from the middle of the '93 season (Braves/Phillies, Tigers/Yankees) and follows them pitch-by-pitch. He focuses on the details of the duel between the pitcher and batter - almost to the exclusion of all else - but includes excursions to activities elsewhere on the field where they are driven by the situation at the plate.

This is one of the most informative baseball books I've read, with hundreds of insights, details, and ideas that have changed the way I watch games. Very highly recommended.

Poll

Best baseball writing ?

Call of the wild pitch

1 votes

Pale FIRE MACHA NOW

13 votes

A's you like it

4 votes

The catcher in the rye

12 votes

At swim-two-outs

2 votes

Brave new world series

2 votes

Lord of the sac flies

2 votes

Man of la Macha

7 votes

Jennifer and the Beane-Stalk

4 votes

Around the bases in 80 days (The Bengie Molina Story)

10 votes

57 votes | Poll has closed