SB Nation User Blog: micdog2001

Why Maddon chose Bailey over Suzuki

micdog2001 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:47:49 -0000

Why Maddon chose Bailey over Suzuki

DLD - 6/25/09 - Fallen "Angel" edition

micdog2001 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:38:27 -0000

More bad news A's fans, 1970's icon Farrah Fawcett has passed away today after a battle with cancer. In honor or her I would like to submit some links of some kick a*$ chicks.

These babes will put you to sleep, and not from non-stop talking, but from a choke hold. oh yeah, they could also break your ribs and give you a concussion.

Gina Carano has many ways to hurt you

Cris Cyborg puts reporter to sleep after she gets tired of answering questions

And now for some random stuff.

Johnny Depp leaves a big tip

5 Minutes of bicycle crashes (and a drunk guy walking a bike)

Wired Magazines 10 best Prison breaks

Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen is racist?

Is the A's lackluster offense getting you down? Why not try to soothing Jazz this weekend.

At the SF Yoshi's - A Legendary Jazz Giant and Revolutionary Tabla Player

Ok, after reading the description maybe it won't be soothing but it will take your mind off the lineup's troubles.

At Oakland Yoshi's - Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band

I guess I should be telling you to go to an A's game this weekend (I'll be there Friday night) but no one said you couldn't have a life beyond the A's . . . right?

Dump away AN. I might edit the post with more links if I find some later. I want to get this up before someone beats me to it.

DLD - 6/19/09 - Webcomics, Movies, and Baseball. These are a few of my favorite things.

micdog2001 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:56:44 -0000

I guess I can throw up another DLD. Wow, two this week, that is a record for me.

I did not get this webcomic at all. I had to go to the forums to read the explanation.

Apocalypse

via imgs.xkcd.com

So how many people got the joke without google?

Here is another weird little webcomic.

KinokoFry

Movies.com Buzz Bin

They are making a movie adaptation of The A-Team, I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Beach Ball Fail

see more Fail Blog">Smiley Face Fail

And finally, a little baseball.

A's DrumBeat 6.18.09 6:05 pm

Cabrera said, "I suck. I don't even know how to describe it. I suck, for real."

I guess O-Cab has been reading AN lately.

Holliday Is Trade Bait (Duh) and other stuff - From Jason Stark

"That guy is not accepting arbitration," one of those officials said, adamantly. "Why would he accept arbitration to play in a place that hasn't been friendly to him offensively? If he accepts, he might get $16-17 million in arbitration. But if there was a team out there willing to give him $13-14 million, even on a one-year deal, in a better hitters' park, I'd be willing to bet that Scott would say, 'If we're going to do a one-year deal, we won't do it in Oakland.'"

• On Vladimir Guerrero: "Terrible. He just looks awful. It doesn't look like he has any focus, any energy. In BP, he's still smoking balls. But in the games, he's chasing all over the place. I don't know where this guy's at. You just wonder if something's really on his mind."

Injuries of the week

• Phillies reliever Scott Eyre strained a calf muscle running in from the bullpen to pitch, and wound up on the disabled list.

• Royals reliever Kyle Farnsworth needed stitches on his nonpitching hand because he got scratched trying to break up a woof-off between his two bulldogs.

Poll

Would you rather I just provide links to webcomics or directly embed them?

Link only - because I don't read webcomics

2 votes

Embed - Saves me time

24 votes

I don't care, do what you want

16 votes

Link only - It clutters up the page

4 votes

46 votes | Poll has closed

DLD 6/16/09 - Letterman, Weird Al, and High School Umps

micdog2001 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:11:37 -0000

Looks like we need a fresh Link Dump. I'm not the fancy DLD type, I just dump and run. Plus it took me forever to get this published and I thought I lost it twice because of the pop-up blocker.

Letterman : "I'm Sorry"

Yahoo always post deceptive Headlines, or at least state the truth but make it seem like a huge deal.

High School Ump Ejects Crowd and Calls Police - Gasp!

One of my favorite Webcomics, he also has a lot of misc. links that I could steal but I will just direct you to his page.

Fatrin' Butterflies - Kids Make It Real

And probably the most linked webcomic on AN - xkcd

Addiction

And now a little A's related links from SFgate.com

Injury News - Chavez, Yona, Ellis

One of the "Black Aces" tries to get inner city kids interested in baseball

Dump Away AN!

Poll

What is your favorite Weird Al Song?

Amish Paradise

19 votes

Dare To Be Stupid

3 votes

White and Nerdy

15 votes

You Don't Love Me Anymore

1 votes

I Want A New Duck

1 votes

Like A Surgeon

1 votes

Fat

13 votes

Trapped In The Drive-Thru

0 votes

Wanna B Ur Lovr

0 votes

Your Horoscope For Today

1 votes

Since You've Been Gone

0 votes

Yoda

17 votes

Another One Rides The Bus

6 votes

I don't like any of his songs

3 votes

WHO THE CRAP IS WEIRD AL?

0 votes

Why is your poll so large? - TWSS

12 votes

other

7 votes

99 votes | Poll has closed

DLD 5/6/09 - random links

micdog2001 — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:17:06 -0000

I know most people on AN won't find these links interesting but this is the only onIine community I am a part of so I will share them with you. I don't have much else to add besides links. I have a hard time puttin' them there words together in an entertaining way. But I just couldn't pass up the posting this link.

"Rap Chop" featuring Vince (Steve Porter's Slap Chop remix)

This infomercial has made the DLD before but this is the remix.

Zombie Pitcher

I wonder which Red Sox this was modeled after?

This next video is from some French guys (don't hold it against them) . There are some curse words in sub-titles, just to warn someone at work. It is best with the sound on, my favorite part comes at the 1:00 min mark when a golfer hits "Pac-Mac" with his club because he tried to "power up" with his chicks golf ball.

video-real-life-pac-man

They have also done a live action Mario Kart but it wasn't as funny.

Any Firefly fans out there?

The Race part 1

Worlds Oldest Dog (as seen on Yahoo's home page)

Her cataracts force her to wear special doggie glasses

hhmm, doggy glasses, never seen that before.

Weighty moment: Scales smacks MLB hit after 11 years in minors

Good for you Scales

And finally

American Idol

Danny Gokey and Kris Allen performed "Renegade" by Styx

That duet was awesome IMHO, mostly because I really like the song. Listen for yourself. Renegade , scroll down for the embedded video.

That song was used in an episode of Supernatural once, and it worked extremely well.

Cowell saved harsher jabs for (Kris) Allen's solo performance. The Arkansas heartthrob sang the Beatles' "Come Together," and Cowell compared his cover to "eating ice for lunch." Meaning, it leaves "you with nothing to remember afterward," he said.

Usually I agree with Simon but I think he was dead wrong last night. Kris did an great job, especially that part in the middle where the guitars cut out. I think the judges came into the night already thinking Adam would be the best and it clouded their judgement. Don't get me wrong, I think Adam did very well but he wasn't as great as the judges made him out to be.

Hope someone found something they liked here, Dump Away AN.

A's Left Fielder Trivia Question

micdog2001 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:15:57 -0000

A's Left Fielder Trivia Question

I saw this on tonights pre-game article on oaklandathletics.com.

Matt Holliday became Oakland's 10th Opening Day left fielder in the past 10 years.

Who has been the Opening Day Left Fielder the last 9 years? (no cheating, go from memory only!)

DLD - 4/3/2009 TGIF, too bad it's not even 1PM yet.

micdog2001 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:11:54 -0000

Too . . . many . . . links . . . found

must . . . post . . . DLD!

MLB.TV free preview Friday and Saturday.

Too bad it's for the NY games, but it is the first game in the new stadiums.

Ichiro on DL for the 1st time in MLB career

He had a bleeding ulcer, ow, sounds painful

Some Fantasy Baseball managers might find this interesting

Mauer hitting off tee, no return timetable though

I already posted this in the 4/2/09 DLD but it is too good not to post again.

Pittsburgh Pirates lose to community college team

The Pirates fielded a team of mostly minor leaguers but still.

I saw this on Opening Day preview on the A's site.

This will be Chavez's 12th season in an A's uniform, moving him into a tie with Mark McGwire for second on the franchise's all-time list. Rickey Henderson played 14 years with Oakland

I guees the A's have historically never had long tenured players?

A's have Plenty To Prove Against Angels

Not April Fools’: 49-1 blowout in college baseball

According to the NCAA, it would have set the Division I record for the most-lopsided victory, but Kentucky State is in Division II. The biggest rout in Division II history was a 71-1 victory by St. Francis over Robert Morris in a game between Illinois schools on April 2, 1996.

I was going to post something about ER but most people on AN last night did not care or like the show (except englishmajor, who might have taped it).

Dump away my friends!