Friday, April 30, 2004
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Shawn Kohn was called up to AAA Sacramento today. Why on earth would the A's do that? CITIZEN KOHN
SHAWN KOHN 2004 Modesto (A) Pitcher G IP TBF AB W-L ERA SV H BB SO Shawn Kohn 7 12.0 42 42 0-0 0.00 3 6 0 25
Kohn is another Washington product having pitched for the Huskies from 1999-2001. He was kind of all over the place until he settled down in his senior year (2000-2001). This year he is having an outstanding April. In 2003 he started a hand full of games, but basically he is a relief pitcher. With Justin Lehr on the verge of making the next step, Kohn might be the closer for Sacramento by the end of the year. 25 K's in 12 innings. That is incredible.
posted by ZACHARY D MANPRIN at 11:15 PM
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IT'S FINALLY OVER!
'Simpsons' Cast Settles Salary DisputeBy LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES - A month after stalled contract renewal talks led the voices of "The Simpsons" to stop work, both the actors and Fox are getting more "D'oh!"
Terms of the deal were not announced for the actors who provide the voices for Homer and Marge Simpson and other characters on the long-running animated series.
"We couldn't be happier to have reached a multiyear deal with the enormously talented cast of 'The Simpsons,'" series producer 20th Century Fox Television said Friday in a statement.
A spokesman representing the cast said they had no immediate comment.
Despite speculation the dispute would shorten the 2004-05 season, the studio said it was optimistic that all 22 planned episodes could be finished.
The loss of even a few episodes of "The Simpsons," a bulwark of Fox TV's schedule, would be financially painful for the network.
Each cast member was seeking about $360,000 an episode, or $8 million for the 22-episode, 2004-05 season, the trade paper Daily Variety reported previously. The actors were earning $125,000 an episode.
The contract dispute involves Dan Castellaneta (Homer); Julie Kavner (news) (Marge); Hank Azaria (news) (Moe, Apu and others); Harry Shearer (news) (Mr. Burns and others); Yeardley Smith (news) (Lisa) and Nancy Cartwright (Bart), the paper said.
The actors' previous deal, which covered seasons 13, 14 and 15, was reached without complication.
In 1998, however, the cast — except for Kavner, who had a previous deal in effect — sought significant pay increases. At that time, the performers made $30,000 an episode from a show that has proved a huge international moneymaker.
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HMMM, WHAT CAN BE MADE OF THIS?
PATIENCE/PRODUCTION Player GDP TPA NP XBH GO AO GO/AO OPS Jermiane Dye 1 99 407 14 14 26 0.58 .979 Eric Chavez 8 99 390 7 22 28 1.07 .803 Mark Kotsay 3 91 327 3 22 25 1.00 .635 Marco Scutaro 2 78 308 7 16 19 0.95 .791 Erubiel Durazo 2 72 268 3 13 15 1.00 .675 Damien Miller 3 65 241 6 18 13 1.62 .821 Bobby Crosby 0 64 269 5 9 14 0.64 .662 Scott Hatteberg 2 67 294 5 21 14 1.64 .759 Bobby Kielty 2 64 278 5 9 16 0.69 .634 Eric Byrnes 0 53 220 5 4 16 .25 .957 Eric Karros 1 40 156 2 11 14 0.86 .425 Adam Melhuse 0 27 100 2 4 7 0.57 .773 Frank Menechino 2 25 95 0 8 4 2.50 .330 Billy McMillon 0 22 97 2 6 7 0.86 .636 Esteban German 0 8 37 0 3 1 3.00 .393
GDP = Ground into Double Play
TPA = Total Plate Appearances (not At-Bats)
NP = Number of Pitches Seen
XBH = Extra Basehits
GO = Ground Ball Outs
AO = Flyball Outs
GO/AO = Ground Ball Outs/Flyball Outs Ratio
OPS = On Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage
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Thursday, April 29, 2004
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SACRAMENTO (AAA) TO BAT BATTERS G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IB SO SB CS DP AVG OBP SLG Ramon Castro 17 57 5 14 19 5 0 0 7 1 2 0 10 0 9 1 2 1 .246 .348 .333 Mike Edwards 19 79 12 24 32 5 0 1 11 0 1 4 4 0 11 1 0 3 .304 .364 .405 Esteban German 5 24 5 8 13 1 2 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 2 .333 .346 .542 Francis Gomez 7 15 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 .133 .235 .133 Steve Jackson 5 9 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .333 .400 .333 Dan Johnson 20 77 16 24 51 4 1 7 24 0 3 0 12 0 7 0 0 1 .312 .391 .662 Graham Koonce 7 25 5 7 16 0 0 3 6 0 0 1 6 0 7 0 0 2 .280 .438 .640 Mike Lockwood 14 40 3 7 12 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 10 0 6 1 0 0 .175 .353 .300 Adam Morrissey 11 42 11 12 19 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 2 .286 .400 .452 Mike Rivera 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000 Mike Rose 18 61 12 23 33 5 1 1 10 0 1 0 12 1 11 0 0 2 .377 .473 .541 Mike Rouse (DL) 4 14 4 4 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .474 .500 Steve Stanley 19 70 13 18 19 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 12 0 9 5 0 2 .257 .366 .271 Nick Swisher 13 47 10 13 26 4 0 3 10 0 1 0 11 0 11 0 0 2 .277 .407 .553 Matt Watson 17 67 12 19 33 3 1 3 15 0 1 0 8 0 8 0 1 0 .284 .355 .493 Tom Wilson 14 42 6 10 15 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 15 0 13 0 0 0 .238 .439 .357
SACRAMENTO (AAA) OR NOT TO BAT PITCHERS WL SV ERA G GS CG SHO GF AB TBF IP H R ER BB IB SO HR HB WP Joe Blanton 1-1 0 2.59 4 4 0 0 0 88 99 24.1 21 9 7 8 0 15 0 0 3 Eric Cammack 0-0 0 6.10 7 0 0 0 1 38 46 10.1 9 9 7 6 0 7 3 0 1 Ron Flores 0-2 0 3.72 8 0 0 0 4 44 47 9.2 16 6 4 2 0 10 0 0 1 Wayne Gomes 1-0 1 4.05 6 0 0 0 1 52 57 13.1 15 6 6 2 0 10 0 1 1 Justin Lehr 1-1 2 2.08 8 0 0 0 7 36 41 8.2 12 3 2 4 0 8 0 0 1 Matt O'Brien 0-1 0 7.71 4 0 0 0 3 33 38 7.0 13 8 6 4 0 3 0 0 0 Lou Pote 0-0 1 1.42 8 0 0 0 3 43 49 12.2 5 2 2 6 0 11 0 0 2 Mario Ramos 0-0 0 1.50 2 1 0 0 0 23 24 6.0 5 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 John Rheinecker 1-2 0 5.49 4 3 0 0 1 79 90 19.2 26 13 12 8 0 13 2 1 3 Kirk Saarloos (A's) 1-0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 20 22 6.0 3 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 Kirk T Saarloos (season) 1-2 0 8.31 3 3 0 0 0 58 62 13.0 20 15 12 3 0 11 4 0 0 Mike Wood 2-2 0 2.91 4 4 0 0 0 92 102 21.2 26 15 7 6 1 11 2 2 1 Steve Woodard 3-0 0 3.28 4 4 0 0 0 101 110 24.2 28 11 9 7 0 11 2 0 0 Mike Ziegler 0-1 0 12.96 2 2 0 0 0 38 43 8.1 13 13 12 3 0 4 0 1 1
posted by ZACHARY D MANPRIN at 9:03 PM
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Does someone want to hold our hair while we puke? VOMITORIUM
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
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DON'T SAY A WORD. BACK OFF
Not one word.
If Ken Macha isn't fired by the end of the month, Billy Beane should be.
Don't write mad. Remember what Will Carroll always says, "don't write mad".
Way past mad...
If Ken Macha were in this time zone he would have a few dozen people knocking his teeth out right now.
posted by ZACHARY D MANPRIN at 7:29 PM
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Monday, April 26, 2004
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No. It would be impossible to right now, anyway. The panic button is stuck in the console. After Macha had Scutaro and Kotsay try to bunt in successive at bats and then Kielty missed a bunt sign and tried to bunt with two strikes in the same game (Seattle series at home), that sucker is jammed in there flush. IS IT TIME TO PANIC?
You can blame the lack of run support, but really, this team is not focused and there's a sense of longing for an eruption or tirade within the Athletics...and it's growing.
One more loss and the A's are a .500 team.
That's just awful, even if we are only 1/9th of the way into the season. Billy Beane needs to shake things up. Don't be surprised that there's some movement during the next homestand. Guys are lazy, showing up late, not being prepared...lack of 'professionalism'. Sure, the A's clubhouse still has the Delta House banner flying over the door; but it's just not the same vibe. It's been a few years. Maybe they've grown up and become complacent. That scruffy facial hair used to be a distinct homage to their comrades of youth. Now, that facial hair is there just to hide their puffy compromising faces.
The boys are in a funk Martha. Guess we better get the aprons out, we're a goin' to the cuttin' shed.
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Saturday, April 24, 2004
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TODAY'S LINEUP
Tonday's lineup is brought to you by free food from the press box; Food at no charge, you can never get enough.
LINEUP Oakland 10-7 VS Anaheim 9-8 McMillon LF --- Eckstein SS Byrnes CF --- Erstad 1B Chavez 3B --- Guerrero RF Dye RF --- Glaus 3B Hatteberg 1B --- Guillen LF Durazo DH --- Salmon DH Scutaro SS --- Molina J C Miller C --- Figgins CF Menechino 2B --- Kennedy 2B Redman SP --- Escobar SP
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On special assingment today. Getting an interview or three with the A's. Details later...last night sucked. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT
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Friday, April 23, 2004
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Jim Caple of ESPN.com seems to be like 175 million other people and is sick and growing tired of the Yankees Red Sox "rivalry". He has an article over at ESPN.com. Why does Garret Anderson's helmet look orange in that picture? WEEKENDER
posted by ZACHARY D MANPRIN at 11:52 AM
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After bitching about playing time in AAA Sacramento, the A's are about to show catcher Tom Wilson the door. ASS PRINTS ON THE DOOR
It's a good move from an organizational stand point; BITCH, AND YE SHALL BE DITCHED. Not to mention the A's picked up Mike Rivera off of waivers from the Chicago White Sox. Rivera can hit, is sub-par defensively and had a decent winter in the Puerto Rican League. Nothing to get excited about. He can hit, though and that could help out Mike Rose who is about a year away from geting a call to Oakland.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
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At what point does it stop being "good" pitching and resume being pathetic at-bats by the Oakland A's? How do you work 5 walks from a pitcher, load the bases twice in the first four innings and have nothing to show for it - but a solo homerun? QUESTION
Letting Ryan Franklin off with a ten pitch 5th inning did in the A's. Somebody make a banner that reads:STOP SWINGING AT THE FIRST PITCH
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Monday, April 19, 2004
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DUH
KEN MACHA HAS LEARNED NOTHING SINCE GAME FIVE OF THE 2003 ALDS.
We're going to the store to buy some things to break.
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From the Yahoo! Sports Preview on the Oakland at Seattle Series: WHY WE FIGHT
Third baseman Eric Chavez, who averaged 31 homers, 107 RBIs over the previous three seasons while hitting .282, has one home run and five RBIs in his first 12 games and is batting .239.
Well, that might explain his impotent bat at the plate for the last week. If he still thinks he is going to be a bonafide free agent at the end of the season he might want to go get a CT scan and check his bank account.
He becomes a free agent at the end of the season, but is determined not to let that become a distraction.
``I'm not to the point where I'm going to let it bother me,'' said Chavez, who entered this season with a .271 average in April.
"We must never forget that the real news is on local
TV, delivered by real officially licensed newsmen, like
me, Kent Brockman. Coming up: how do they get those dogs
to talk on the beer commercials? Cowboy Steve will tell you!'- Kent Brockman, KBBL-TV Channel 6, the Computer Wore Mennace Shoes
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Sunday, April 18, 2004
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MAYBE, STUPID - MAYBE, FUN
HEY, HEY, KIDS!
We want to propose something. The last Sunday home game of each month we are going to have Elephants in Oakland Day in the Rightfield bleechers. We offer an entertaining package.For $8 you can:
How can you beat that?- Purchse your very own ticket
- You can meet up with us
- Sit near us at the game
- Learn how to keep score
- Tell the idiots around us to shut-up
- Debate the merits of using the restroom at the top or bottom of innings
- After the game you can hang out with us at a Pyramid Brewery or other locale for post game game analysis
We'd also like to start doing the same at Sacramento River Cats games and a few Modesto A's games this year. With Dan Johnson and Graham Koonce in Sacramento - outfield lawn seats should produce a lot of fun and free baseballs.
We'd like to hit at least one game in Sacramento and one in Modesto a month.
Email us at elephantsinoakland@yahoo.com for more (or some) information.
posted by ZACHARY D MANPRIN at 9:55 PM
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Saturday, April 17, 2004
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TONIGHT'S LINEUP
Tonight's lineup is brought to you by Mark Mulder; Quality left-handed starting pitching, you can never get enough.
LINEUP Oakland 7-3 VS Anaheim 6-5 Kotsay CF --- Eckstein SS Kielty LF --- Erstad 1B Chavez 3B --- Guerrero RF Dye RF --- Anderson CF Karros 1B --- Glaus 3B Durazo DH --- Guillen RF Crosby SS --- Salmon DH Miller C --- Molina B C Scutaro 2B --- Kennedy 2B Mulder SP --- Washburn SP
The elongated meeting at home plate during lineup exchanges tonight was Angels' manager Mike Scoscia bitching about the A's pitchers being on one side of the pitching rubber or the other. The Rule Book states the pitcher has to be in full contact with the pitching rubber. But that can mean many things. The rule has never been enforced as middle of the rubber. If so, why have the rubber that long? The suggestion to bitch came down from Angel's GM Bill Stoneman.
posted by ZACHARY D MANPRIN at 6:25 PM
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Friday, April 16, 2004
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KIRK SAARLOOS Year Team Lg Age Org W L WPct ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO 2001 CSU Fullerton Coll 22 NCAA 15 2 .882 2.18 25 18 7 4 - 4 153 99 41 37 11 23 153 2001 Lexington SAL 22 Hou 1 1 .500 1.17 22 0 0 0 - 11 30.2 18 5 4 1 7 40 2002 Round Rock Tex 23 Hou 10 1 .909 1.40 13 13 1 1 0 0 83.1 48 17 13 1 21 82 2002 New Orleans PCL 23 Hou 2 0 1.000 2.25 4 2 0 0 2 0 16.0 12 4 4 1 2 19 2002 Houston Astros MLB 23 Hou 6 7 .462 6.01 17 17 1 1 0 0 85.1 100 59 57 12 27 54 2003 New Orleans PCL 24 Hou 5 1 .833 3.08 13 7 2 1 1 0 61.1 54 22 21 4 11 34 2003 Houston Astros MLB 24 Hou 2 1 .667 4.93 36 4 0 0 11