
mikeA
Feb 11, 2008 Nov 06, 2009 66 12545
my 10 fAvorite books:
code of the woosters-pg wodehouse
disgrAce-jm coetzee
godel escher bAch-douglAs hofstAdter
joy in the morning-pg wodehouse
lbj biographies-robert A cAro
lolitA-vlAdimir nAbokov
money-mArtin Amis
pAle fire-vlAdimir nAbokov
reAsons And persons-derek pArfit
A suitAble boy-vikrAm seth
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Burt Reynolds
Joe Pesci
Boxcar Fred
Mark Ellis
Farley Granger
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Commented This is an excellent list on Community Prospect List #15 on Athletics Nation - 11/06/09 11:58 AM EST
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Voted for Ben Hornbeck, SP on Athletics Nation - 11/05/09 10:26 PM EST
Voted for Max Stassi, C on Athletics Nation - 11/01/09 8:48 PM EST
Commented I don't think that's necessarily true of whatever they use for gameday in the afl on AFL update 10/28 Desme is HOT!! on Athletics Nation - 10/31/09 9:44 PM EDT
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Voted for Fautino De Los Santos, SP on Athletics Nation - 10/29/09 12:41 PM EDT
Commented Aybar is a minimum of 5 runs better defensively, and probably more like 10 or even more on Community Prospect List #12.5 - Runoff Election on Athletics Nation - 10/29/09 1:20 AM EDT
Commented That stuck out for me too, especially since he's short on Community Prospect List #12.5 - Runoff Election on Athletics Nation - 10/28/09 11:10 PM EDT
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Commented Hmmm, I will explain it on Community Prospect List #12.5 - Runoff Election on Athletics Nation - 10/28/09 9:53 PM EDT
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Voted for Fautino De Los Santos, SP on Athletics Nation - 10/27/09 12:08 PM EDT
Commented Subject to waivers if they want to move him off the 40 man and he'll start using up options on 2010 Community Prospect List - #12 on Athletics Nation - 10/26/09 1:14 AM EDT
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Commented It used to have a ton of foul ground, which they eliminated a few years ago on May Be Overplayed. But My Ideal Off-Season on Athletics Nation - 10/25/09 7:11 PM EDT
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Commented Here's the problem... on Stealing during Jack Cust's PA on Athletics Nation - 10/25/09 7:07 PM EDT
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Commented Improving results would a lot easier at 3B or SP on May Be Overplayed. But My Ideal Off-Season on Athletics Nation - 10/25/09 12:29 PM EDT
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Commented 1 or 2 on May Be Overplayed. But My Ideal Off-Season on Athletics Nation - 10/25/09 12:19 PM EDT
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Commented Giving OFs credit for positioning on Aroldis Chapman and the A's on Athletics Nation - 10/25/09 12:13 PM EDT
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Commented yes, much more on Aroldis Chapman and the A's on Athletics Nation - 10/25/09 12:00 PM EDT
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Commented and Cust on May Be Overplayed. But My Ideal Off-Season on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 7:40 PM EDT
Commented Well, on Aroldis Chapman and the A's on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 7:08 PM EDT
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Commented My take on that trade is that on May Be Overplayed. But My Ideal Off-Season on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 5:27 PM EDT
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Commented I don't think Matsui is better (about the same) but I also don't think he'll make that much money on May Be Overplayed. But My Ideal Off-Season on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 5:07 PM EDT
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Commented yeah on May Be Overplayed. But My Ideal Off-Season on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 5:01 PM EDT
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Commented The best/only argument I could see for non-tendering Cust on Aroldis Chapman and the A's on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 4:43 PM EDT
Commented not sure what you mean... on May Be Overplayed. But My Ideal Off-Season on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 4:37 PM EDT
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Commented I bet you'd be doing some enjoying if Brown was outplaying Desme on 2010 Community Prospect List - #12 on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 3:50 PM EDT
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Commented uzr if perfectly executed would do a better job on Aroldis Chapman and the A's on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 12:34 PM EDT
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Commented on Aroldis Chapman and the A's on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 12:31 PM EDT
Voted for Fautino De Los Santos, SP on Athletics Nation - 10/24/09 12:09 PM EDT
Commented I could easily seem his as a platoon bat on Oakland's next Cust plays defense in AFL on Athletics Nation - 10/23/09 7:11 PM EDT
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Commented You should have been worried on Signing a Free Agent SP on Athletics Nation - 10/23/09 12:45 PM EDT
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Voted for Yes, but just for a cup of coffee. on Athletics Nation - 10/23/09 12:19 PM EDT
Commented I wonder how many fastballs Keith Law has actually seen him swing through... on Arizona Fall League Update 10/19 on Athletics Nation - 10/22/09 4:35 PM EDT
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Commented He barely missed one to the opposite field in the first on Arizona Fall League Update 10/19 on Athletics Nation - 10/22/09 4:34 PM EDT
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Commented No, at least not so far in his career on Aroldis Chapman and the A's on Athletics Nation - 10/22/09 2:04 PM EDT
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Commented Not really on Aroldis Chapman and the A's on Athletics Nation - 10/22/09 1:56 PM EDT
Commented Agree with this, although I don't think there's much point in Penny or RJ on Signing a Free Agent SP on Athletics Nation - 10/22/09 1:15 PM EDT
Commented I'd be surprised if he made less than $3M on Signing a Free Agent SP on Athletics Nation - 10/22/09 12:55 PM EDT
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Commented Scouts don't like his defense, totalzone hates his defense, and there's no way he hits enough to make that up on 2010 Community Prospect List - #11 on Athletics Nation - 10/22/09 12:09 AM EDT
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Commented Would have been on The Trouble with Oakland (thx, Fangraphs) on Athletics Nation - 10/22/09 12:07 AM EDT
Commented fip is, since it's an artificial/arbitrary number (wasn't thinking about pitchers, and ideally you would't use fip for war) on The Trouble with Oakland (thx, Fangraphs) on Athletics Nation - 10/21/09 11:56 PM EDT
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Commented I'm not sure I'd put Godfrey is my top 40... on 2010 Community Prospect List - #11 on Athletics Nation - 10/21/09 2:11 PM EDT
Commented and Peterson on 2010 Community Prospect List - #11 on Athletics Nation - 10/21/09 2:11 PM EDT
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Commented I'd like to see on 2010 Community Prospect List - #11 on Athletics Nation - 10/21/09 2:10 PM EDT
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Voted for Fautino De Los Santos, SP on Athletics Nation - 10/21/09 12:45 PM EDT
Commented on The Trouble with Oakland (thx, Fangraphs) on Athletics Nation - 10/20/09 2:10 PM EDT
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Commented I am skeptical of Capra; I think he probably won't be much good... on 2010 Community Prospect List - #10 on Athletics Nation - 10/20/09 12:49 PM EDT
Commented Well on The Trouble with Oakland (thx, Fangraphs) on Athletics Nation - 10/20/09 11:57 AM EDT
Commented Today on Arizona Fall League Update 10/19 on Athletics Nation - 10/19/09 10:54 PM EDT
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Voted for Fautino De Los Santos, SP on Athletics Nation - 10/19/09 2:59 AM EDT
Commented Disagree on The "Neighborhood Play" - Jerry Layne Was Not The Problem on Athletics Nation - 10/19/09 2:58 AM EDT
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Commented Expanding on 2 on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/17/09 10:53 PM EDT
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Commented Clearly everyone would value 2010 over 2030 for those reasons on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/17/09 10:51 PM EDT
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Commented US/world monetary policy is a large factor in the real interest rate on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/17/09 3:30 AM EDT
Commented Just guessing, I don't really know on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/17/09 3:22 AM EDT
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Commented You were criticizing him for saying there should be a 0 discount rate.... on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/17/09 3:17 AM EDT
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Commented Career-ending events are not really that common for position players in their first six years on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/17/09 3:15 AM EDT
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Commented That makes absolutely no sense.... on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/17/09 3:11 AM EDT
Commented Right, and what is the real interest rate for wins; how would you calculate it? on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 11:11 PM EDT
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Commented I don't think that's really even true of your desires on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 11:08 PM EDT
Commented And was is the "straight standard discount rate"? on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 10:26 PM EDT
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Commented why is it easier to replace? what does that even mean? on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 10:24 PM EDT
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Commented why? on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 10:04 PM EDT
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Commented Wins aren't money so they aren't going to appreciate a predictable rate on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 10:02 PM EDT
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Commented on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 6:20 PM EDT
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Commented risk is a separate issue from discounting future wins on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 4:30 PM EDT
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Commented whoa whoa whoa on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 4:02 PM EDT
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Commented DLS, Hornbeck, Simmons on 2010 Community Prospect List - #9 on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 1:49 PM EDT
Voted for Michael Ynoa, SP on Athletics Nation - 10/16/09 1:45 PM EDT
Commented I'd say Ynoa is the flush draw and Donaldson is a pair of 4s on 2010 Community Prospect List - #8 on Athletics Nation - 10/15/09 2:33 PM EDT
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Commented The biggest problem with the 3b=2b argument on What Went Wrong in 2009: 2b on Athletics Nation - 10/14/09 10:00 PM EDT
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Voted for Michael Ynoa, SP on Athletics Nation - 10/14/09 12:42 PM EDT
Commented They try really hard to inspire as little confidence as possible in the criteria they use for these lists.... on BA's Texas League Top Ten Is Released on Athletics Nation - 10/13/09 6:43 PM EDT
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Commented Apparently Adam Loewen is trying to make it as a position player, and it's not going too well... funny..... on 2010 Community Prospect List - #7 on Athletics Nation - 10/13/09 5:30 PM EDT
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Commented He started off horribly, then a .992 OPS in the second half on Are we seeing another historically bad trade? on Athletics Nation - 10/13/09 3:49 PM EDT
Commented BA doesn't like the A's Midland prospects.... on 2010 Community Prospect List - #7 on Athletics Nation - 10/13/09 3:25 PM EDT
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Commented Someone did a study on it awhile back on DLD 10/10 Thank Yous, Employment, and Living Poll on Athletics Nation - 10/13/09 3:22 PM EDT
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Commented You're saying he has great upside? on DLD 10/10 Thank Yous, Employment, and Living Poll on Athletics Nation - 10/13/09 3:19 PM EDT
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Voted for Yankees on Lookout Landing - 10/13/09 1:33 AM EDT
Commented I don't think its too bad on 2010 Community Prospect List - #7 on Athletics Nation - 10/12/09 8:58 PM EDT
Commented rec'd on 2010 Community Prospect List - #7 on Athletics Nation - 10/12/09 8:51 PM EDT











