SB Nation User Blog: pickinmachine

Nomar signs 1 yr deal with the Dodgers

pickinmachine — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 07:35:36 -0000

According the the Boston Herald its a 1 yr deal for 6 million in base salaray but filled with incentives that could increase that to around 8 million

Now the A's werent a part of the Nomah sweepstakes, but this could send NY into a frenzy on signing Damon. If they fail to sign Damon, I wouldnt be suprised if Beane gets a call regarding Payton.

Another thing to think about is how much Frank Thomas could command if Nomar is getting a 6 million dollar 1 yr deal.

Oakland Tribune Rant

pickinmachine — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:07:20 -0000

While usually I just read the chronicle, I thought I would stumble over to the oakland tribune for some more A's news. Ive never heard of Dave Del Grande before but I read his article "The A's and Giants should hit for '06".

I was shocked that an Oakland paper would be so down on the A's, and so high on the crappy giants.

A's

"It's important, though, that the A's play for'06 -- as was the game plan from the time Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder were dealt -- rather than foolishly get caught up selling out for a miracle run at this year's wild-card spot."

Giants

"If Bonds is back by Aug. 10, it says here the Giants can still catch the Padres, especially with a closing stretch -- three at Colorado, four at San Diego, three at home against Arizona -- that has "come-from-behind" written all over it."

While I didnt expect the A's to win the division this year, The A's have a far better shot at winning than the giants.

This guy has some other ridiculous comments including a Zito trade.

"Presuming the report on Bonds at the trade deadline is encouraging, I strongly suggest Sabean get Billy Beane on the phone and offer up Jesse Foppert and his choice of catcher and second baseman from the Giants' minor league system in exchange for Zito."

I just dont understand how this is the top story in an OAKLAND newspaper after the A's just swept the team with the best record in baseball.

Read the article here.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/sports/ci_2851534

Time to update AN?

pickinmachine — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:25:22 -0000

Since the new season is just around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to discuss any potential updates to the site. Awhile back people talked about having box scores, or some scoring type system on the site that we could follow all season long. Basically something unique that we couldnt easily get from yahoo sports or anything like that.

Another idea I had was updating AN user account info. When you post comments it could show on the left side a little bio such as when you became a member, where your from, total number of posts, maybe a picture of something along with your tag line.

Another idea mentioned was a place to put pictures, or any other media that could be possible. Im not sure what the server status is of AN, but Id be down to donate some money to help defray some of the time/cost of things.

AN is the best sports blog site out there, but theres always things that could make it better. What do you think?

Poll

What would you most like to see added to AN?

Box scores, or some additional scoring or stats tracking page

27 votes

Updated user account information on posting

5 votes

Picture or media type page

15 votes

Who gives a shit, when does baseball start

58 votes

Other

5 votes

110 votes | Poll has closed

SD A's Fans

pickinmachine — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:13:27 -0000

For those of us in San Diego, we will be able to watch the A's play the Padres on Sunday March 13 at 12pm.

The game will be broadcast on chanel 4...in HD!

Since I need more characters, Im wondering if A's fans down here watch the games anywhere special. I get the baseball package, but Im always down to rip some beers and watch the game somewhere else.

Embarrassing A's Jerseys

pickinmachine — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:04:38 -0000

As baseball is almost here, I think I need to get a new jersey. The only one I have is an old Ben Grieve jersey that my friend left at my house. Its kind of a running joke now when I wear it to games. Regardless, its embarrassing wearing Grieve on your back.

Im wondering if anyone else has any embarrassing jerseys that you wear or have you seen any at the coliseum.

I think I noticed a Blake Stein last year.

FSBA Broadcasters choppin it up in Vegas

pickinmachine — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:38:34 -0000

Yesterday at Treasure Island in Vegas, FSBA had their annual luncheon where people from both the A's and Giants attend to talk about the upcoming season.

Both sides have some good jokes about eachother. My favorite is David Forst rip on the giants...

A's assistant general manager David Forst congratulated Giants executives Peter Magowan and Larry Baer for getting the 2007 All-Star Game. "I believe that'll be your 50th year here in California as an organization," Forst said. "By that time, it should also be the average age of your outfield."

Theres also more details about Greenwald broadcasting and Fanfest details.

Also funny is it mentions that Larry Bowa will a member of Baseball Tonight this season.

Check it out

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/02/11/SPG1EB98T11.DTL