I hope people always check down the page a ways. There are some days when we have a lot of new content. You don't want to miss it.
Amen. I always scan down the page to read the various contributions (mainly from Jeff A).
There are some days when we have a lot of new content.
like birthdays and Minor Details, people. Always fantastic.
and videos. don't forget the videos. (please don't forget the videos)
And movies of making beer that were too long for people to watch....
cc to Cheaptoy. A package has arrived at my house. Inside were two Cheaptoy Blonde Ales. I'm excited to try one tonight - I'll let you know my thoughts.
Excellent. Glad they arrived safely and with all of their contents.
Also @ ct - UPS says your package is out for delivery by the end of the day today.
I will look for it when I get home and crack one open to get me through the cleaning of an empty keg.
i've gotta say, i really don't want to see the twins trade thome. first of all, they're going to get hardly anything in return. second, with such a crappy season, big jim mashin' taters is one of the few joys there is. i dunno, maybe i'm too sentimental...
If he ends up back on the White Sox, this truly will be the season from Hell.
Agreed. I'll be glad I have something to distract me from it.
It would be worse if they got Kubel, too.
why would he want to go to the Sox? It would take a miracle for them to make the playoffs.
Does he have a choice?
The Twins have said they won't trade Thome without his consent.
The Twins can't trade Thome without his consent. He has a full no-trade clause.
I believe that waiver claims (as opposed to a trade) do not violate the no-trade clause. But then the Twins get nothing for him.
For fan appeal, I'd say he's at least worth his salary for the remainder of the year, so no reason to do that. Plus, that would leave a bad taste in his mouth and make similar Free Agents less likely to sign with the Twins in the future.
So, it won't happen, but it could.
Id be okay with the FO trading Jim to a serious contender, but that's not very likely.
If he could make it all the way through waivers and join the Phillies, I'd be absolutely okay with it. But that's not going to happen.
DKnobler
Besides Upton, some other players who went on waivers yesterday: Liriano, Slowey, Perkins, Nathan, League
Perkins surprises me some, but now is the time to trade relievers to desperate postseason-bound teams.
The always entertaining Baseball Nation Power Rankings ranks the teams based on utility infielders.
Here's the blurb for the home team:
4. Minnesota Twins - The Factory
Luke Hughes, Matt Tolbert, Trevor Plouffe, formerly Nick Punto ... right now the factory of utility infielder is based in Minneapolis. The factories usually shift every few years because of tax codes and cheap labor and things like that, but right now the Twins are spitting them out. The Twins don't even have scouts for the last half of the draft, they just have experts in utility infielder names. "Go with Tony Mason in the 42nd ... ooh, Andy Rando in the 43rd ... Skip Stansilus in the 44th ...
If $85 (million) is not enough to take care of my family and other generations of families then I'm pretty stupid, but how much money do you really need in life?
Bummer, I was hoping he'd sign with an NL team like the Brewers or something.
This just keeps Scioscia coaching longer and looking smarter. I wanted him to suck it.
I'm sensing a call from the Players Association to the Weaver household soon.
What can they do about it? Scold him?
Pretty much. His comments would be what they'd be most concerned about. They know the top players set the market, so if they don't get all they can, that changes the market in the wrong direction.
some of the lesser players can only care for two or even one generation of families now if this keeps up
"How much more do you need?" Weaver asked about his deal. "Could have got more, whatever. Who cares?"
That's pretty refreshing.
Apparently, he doesn't have as many kids to feed as Latrell Sprewell.
"It was a rough time for me and my family, going through that process," said Weaver, who also went to arbitration with the Angels last winter, eventually losing his case. "I didn't want to have that feeling ever again."
Wait. I thought "thinking about my family" meant getting as much green as possible. I'm confused.
It sounds like the Dude has been claimed. Does this mean that Billy Smith is going to trade him for a non-prospect?
Five was just released. I'm running around the cities trying to find a bottle.
Hey Can of Corn, send me an e-mail. I need to get some info for the UAR. freealonzo [at] comcast [dot] net
Well, during the interview they buttered me up and essentially told me everything I'd need to know in order to run the class, going as far as giving me a schedule, but the company finally got back to me and said "You are very qualified but we're going with another candidate at this time. Please keep us in mind if you plan on being in Phoenix on a more consistent basis."
I'm not sure what happened between Saturday and today. On Saturday they made it seem like they were almost certainly going to make me an offer by Sunday. The ego boost was nice and all, but I wish they would have kept it in their pants if they had other qualified candidates left to talk to, because I feel like I've been punched in the gut.
sorry to hear that, spoons.
My friend just had a very similar thing happen to him. Keep your head up, Spoons.
Why do companies do that?! That's so screwed up, and it seems to happen a lot. Sorry that it was you this time.
They got excited during the interview and didn't think far enough ahead, or something.
Either they had a better candidate after me - I'm convinced that person didn't come in before me, because they talked to me like it was a slam dunk - or they went to a fallback candidate because they thought I wouldn't be around Phoenix enough for what they wanted. I responded that I was sort of looking for an excuse to be with my girls full-time, but I don't expect to hear anything back, since it took them three extra days to give me the email that was supposed to be a phone call.
Oof, sorry to hear that, man.
Lame. You'll find something better.
I've had 3 interviews like that, and the last one I had to meet with the folks 4 times + a phone interview before they rejected me. I feel for ya, spooks.
Ugh. Well, at least they didn't string me along all that long, though while jobless every day feels like an eternity.
Mrs. Hayes just went through a similarly disappointing interview process, which was frustrating even by proxy. Keep your chin up, Milkman.
That sucks. I've had a few like that. I actually had the guy who was the owner/big boss tell me I had the job at the end of the interview. When I asked about benefits, he told me someone would call me the next day to go over the details with me. I never got a call back. I called daily for at least two weeks and often more than once a day and all I would ever get was a receptionist saying someone will call me back even after I stated that I was told multiple times that someone would call back and no one ever did. The business was just starting up, so I don't if their funding fell through or what happened. I would have given up sooner but I had been out of work for six months at that point. I'm much better off now than I would have been with that job (or even with the job I was laid off from) but that was hard to get over for a long time.
I still think you're gonna make it in L.A. Hang tough, Spoons.
I've been turned down for one job after what I thought was two really good interviews, and have a feeling I didn't get a job I interviewed for a couple weeks ago. Fortunately, I have a full time job that pays well enough to make it easier. But man, I hate the job search.
Has to be. Or maybe there was a swarm of bees outside the gate?
I've never seen anything like that. There are no words.
yea, it's a close thing, but I'm pretty sure there are more people in the stands than on the field of play.
I wonder how aggressive the ushers are in keeping people in the seats they paid for.
Just today I was thinking of a show I was in where we did a special Tuesday performance as an industry "pay what you can" night. The thing was, the director forgot to tell the guy who designed our poster, so very few people knew the performance existed; on top of all that, there was a snowstorm. Our cast of twelve played to an audience of nine.
This is off topic a bit, but there was one guy who joined the cast late in the game, and the director forgot to tell him about that performance, too. He didn't show up, and the director had to play his part while carrying a script with him. At least only nine people saw it.
actually, it doesn't sounds that off topic. i just read that apparently they called an impromptu doubleheader today due to the looming hurricane. also, some writers did a head count: they're up to 300 so far.
Hurricane ~= swarm of bees, at least in terms of nature messing with you, so I'm gonna chalk that one us as point for me.
You've been to Principle Park, you've seen how close the rivers are. And that was a terrible summer for flooding here. I remember seeing pictures of points during that summer where the field of play was below the level of the river with only sandbags keeping it from being submerged.
Definitely. Reading the story, I think the most amusing part is that major league scouts were allowed to attend the game. They limited the number of team employees in case of evacuation, but the scouts just had to attend.
I am impressed by how long her family has been able to sustain the family business of "famous for being famous."
I keep telling my wife to quit feeding the trolls, but she keeps watching anyway.
I just got out of a terrible town hall meeting*. I've come up with a new formula:
Lbs α 1/(Sjt - Sl)
where:
Lbs = Amount of laughter at a joke about some corporate bullsh!t
Sjt = Salary of the joke teller
Sl = Salary of the laughter
The executives would make a absolutely terrible joke about how our revenue streams aren't integrated with the corporate zeitgeist or somesuch and the front row of people directly below them would howl, then the next set of people would laugh, then a chuckle, then us cubicle monkeys wouldn't say a damn thing. There was a very strong gradient.
*Read: I got talked at for an hour by executives who make at least 10x what I do and consider me OfficeDrone #2384589.
I would never be able to sit through that kind of meeting without hanging myself. I've been party to a couple of similar but smaller-scale meetings and they're the stuff of my nightmares.
I feel like the annual user's group meeting put on by my first post-college employer would have really pushed you over the edge. A "play" was involved with horrific attempts at humor. I only had to deal with two of them, but yargh, it made my decision to leave easier.
Crisis! My son doesn't want to go to baseball tonight. I'm letting it slide today, but it's freaking me out.
Youth baseball is still going on? Must be tournaments?
More like glorified pickup games for the kids who didn't want to stop playing when the season ended.
You're right though. It has been a long season.
Sign him up!
kevinlove Kevin Love
Truth-Baseball could have been my better sport. After Volleyball I may try my luck “@joebraga: @kevinlove heard you touched 90 mph, truth?”
kevinlove Kevin Love
If I really went for it I could be a right handed Randy Johnson with less mullet (unfortuneatley).
I hate the moving process. I'm starting the packing of things tonight so I can get things on Craigslist.
I got the new HD for my old laptop to refurb it for my uncle. My new netbook has a 11.5" monitor. Going back to my 15.5" seems like I'm at an IMAX.
This thing is flying now. If I wasn't moving overseas, I'd think about keeping it for myself
Wow. Former Cy Young winner and O's color man found dead.
Damn. I collected his baseball cards because I heard a few funny interviews he did. Since he was found outside his home, I'm hoping it was natural, though no matter what it was, he was too young.
the dude is not looking good. Pancreatic cancer is a bitch.
Better to resign on your terms, even if forced by health issues, than to have it end because of death. He's going to remain the Chairman of the Board, so he'll still have a lot of say in its future even if he isn't the Dictator.
We should get killer whales at baseball games.
oh geez.
The wife had Nancy Grace on last night (OMG) and she took a day off from screeching about Tot Mom to report on the "massive" earthquake in the US.
The thanks for the memories banner is my new fav_rite.
A real pennant race!
Let neither of them be buried.
I hope people always check down the page a ways. There are some days when we have a lot of new content. You don't want to miss it.
Amen. I always scan down the page to read the various contributions (mainly from Jeff A).
There are some days when we have a lot of new content.
like birthdays and Minor Details, people. Always fantastic.
and videos. don't forget the videos. (please don't forget the videos)
And movies of making beer that were too long for people to watch....
cc to Cheaptoy. A package has arrived at my house. Inside were two Cheaptoy Blonde Ales. I'm excited to try one tonight - I'll let you know my thoughts.
Excellent. Glad they arrived safely and with all of their contents.
Also @ ct - UPS says your package is out for delivery by the end of the day today.
I will look for it when I get home and crack one open to get me through the cleaning of an empty keg.
White Sox expected to claim Jim Thome on waivers
i've gotta say, i really don't want to see the twins trade thome. first of all, they're going to get hardly anything in return. second, with such a crappy season, big jim mashin' taters is one of the few joys there is. i dunno, maybe i'm too sentimental...
If he ends up back on the White Sox, this truly will be the season from Hell.
Agreed. I'll be glad I have something to distract me from it.
It would be worse if they got Kubel, too.
why would he want to go to the Sox? It would take a miracle for them to make the playoffs.
Does he have a choice?
The Twins have said they won't trade Thome without his consent.
The Twins can't trade Thome without his consent. He has a full no-trade clause.
I believe that waiver claims (as opposed to a trade) do not violate the no-trade clause. But then the Twins get nothing for him.
For fan appeal, I'd say he's at least worth his salary for the remainder of the year, so no reason to do that. Plus, that would leave a bad taste in his mouth and make similar Free Agents less likely to sign with the Twins in the future.
So, it won't happen, but it could.
Id be okay with the FO trading Jim to a serious contender, but that's not very likely.
If he could make it all the way through waivers and join the Phillies, I'd be absolutely okay with it. But that's not going to happen.
Perkins surprises me some, but now is the time to trade relievers to desperate postseason-bound teams.
The always entertaining Baseball Nation Power Rankings ranks the teams based on utility infielders.
Here's the blurb for the home team:
Sounds about right.
Too bad we've gone for quantity over quality.
Did you see who was number 1?
And #5 for that matter.
link??
here's the link i used.
Ack, sorry about that.
Yeah, they could've mentioned Luis came from the factory, too.
It is an injustice that the Twins aren't number 1. After all, they had Punto and replaced him with inferior talent.
quantity > quality
Jared Weaver spurns advice of Scott Boras, earns a fan in Minneapolis.
Bummer, I was hoping he'd sign with an NL team like the Brewers or something.
This just keeps Scioscia coaching longer and looking smarter. I wanted him to suck it.
I'm sensing a call from the Players Association to the Weaver household soon.
What can they do about it? Scold him?
Pretty much. His comments would be what they'd be most concerned about. They know the top players set the market, so if they don't get all they can, that changes the market in the wrong direction.
some of the lesser players can only care for two or even one generation of families now if this keeps up
That's pretty refreshing.
Apparently, he doesn't have as many kids to feed as Latrell Sprewell.
Wait. I thought "thinking about my family" meant getting as much green as possible. I'm confused.
It sounds like the Dude has been claimed. Does this mean that Billy Smith is going to trade him for a non-prospect?
Valuable, schmaluable.
I've been saying that for years, but he said it better.
One wonders if Nancy Grace will think that this is "massive".
I believe her helmet protects her from anything happening outside of US borders.
that depends. are any pretty white girls involved?
Index finger to tip of nose.
technically political, but i think an exception can be made:
Five was just released. I'm running around the cities trying to find a bottle.
Hey Can of Corn, send me an e-mail. I need to get some info for the UAR. freealonzo [at] comcast [dot] net
Well, during the interview they buttered me up and essentially told me everything I'd need to know in order to run the class, going as far as giving me a schedule, but the company finally got back to me and said "You are very qualified but we're going with another candidate at this time. Please keep us in mind if you plan on being in Phoenix on a more consistent basis."
I'm not sure what happened between Saturday and today. On Saturday they made it seem like they were almost certainly going to make me an offer by Sunday. The ego boost was nice and all, but I wish they would have kept it in their pants if they had other qualified candidates left to talk to, because I feel like I've been punched in the gut.
sorry to hear that, spoons.
My friend just had a very similar thing happen to him. Keep your head up, Spoons.
Why do companies do that?! That's so screwed up, and it seems to happen a lot. Sorry that it was you this time.
They got excited during the interview and didn't think far enough ahead, or something.
Either they had a better candidate after me - I'm convinced that person didn't come in before me, because they talked to me like it was a slam dunk - or they went to a fallback candidate because they thought I wouldn't be around Phoenix enough for what they wanted. I responded that I was sort of looking for an excuse to be with my girls full-time, but I don't expect to hear anything back, since it took them three extra days to give me the email that was supposed to be a phone call.
Oof, sorry to hear that, man.
Lame. You'll find something better.
I've had 3 interviews like that, and the last one I had to meet with the folks 4 times + a phone interview before they rejected me. I feel for ya, spooks.
Ugh. Well, at least they didn't string me along all that long, though while jobless every day feels like an eternity.
Mrs. Hayes just went through a similarly disappointing interview process, which was frustrating even by proxy. Keep your chin up, Milkman.
That sucks. I've had a few like that. I actually had the guy who was the owner/big boss tell me I had the job at the end of the interview. When I asked about benefits, he told me someone would call me the next day to go over the details with me. I never got a call back. I called daily for at least two weeks and often more than once a day and all I would ever get was a receptionist saying someone will call me back even after I stated that I was told multiple times that someone would call back and no one ever did. The business was just starting up, so I don't if their funding fell through or what happened. I would have given up sooner but I had been out of work for six months at that point. I'm much better off now than I would have been with that job (or even with the job I was laid off from) but that was hard to get over for a long time.
I still think you're gonna make it in L.A. Hang tough, Spoons.
I've been turned down for one job after what I thought was two really good interviews, and have a feeling I didn't get a job I interviewed for a couple weeks ago. Fortunately, I have a full time job that pays well enough to make it easier. But man, I hate the job search.
huuuuuuuge turn out at today's marlins game.
Wow, that's ... sad.
That's during home team batting practice, right?
Has to be. Or maybe there was a swarm of bees outside the gate?
I've never seen anything like that. There are no words.
yea, it's a close thing, but I'm pretty sure there are more people in the stands than on the field of play.
I wonder how aggressive the ushers are in keeping people in the seats they paid for.
Just today I was thinking of a show I was in where we did a special Tuesday performance as an industry "pay what you can" night. The thing was, the director forgot to tell the guy who designed our poster, so very few people knew the performance existed; on top of all that, there was a snowstorm. Our cast of twelve played to an audience of nine.
This is off topic a bit, but there was one guy who joined the cast late in the game, and the director forgot to tell him about that performance, too. He didn't show up, and the director had to play his part while carrying a script with him. At least only nine people saw it.
actually, it doesn't sounds that off topic. i just read that apparently they called an impromptu doubleheader today due to the looming hurricane. also, some writers did a head count: they're up to 300 so far.
Hurricane ~= swarm of bees, at least in terms of nature messing with you, so I'm gonna chalk that one us as point for me.
Still greater than zero in attendance.
You've been to Principle Park, you've seen how close the rivers are. And that was a terrible summer for flooding here. I remember seeing pictures of points during that summer where the field of play was below the level of the river with only sandbags keeping it from being submerged.
Definitely. Reading the story, I think the most amusing part is that major league scouts were allowed to attend the game. They limited the number of team employees in case of evacuation, but the scouts just had to attend.
Like we (and he) didn't expect this?
I am impressed by how long her family has been able to sustain the family business of "famous for being famous."
I keep telling my wife to quit feeding the trolls, but she keeps watching anyway.
I just got out of a terrible town hall meeting*. I've come up with a new formula:
where:
Lbs = Amount of laughter at a joke about some corporate bullsh!t
Sjt = Salary of the joke teller
Sl = Salary of the laughter
The executives would make a absolutely terrible joke about how our revenue streams aren't integrated with the corporate zeitgeist or somesuch and the front row of people directly below them would howl, then the next set of people would laugh, then a chuckle, then us cubicle monkeys wouldn't say a damn thing. There was a very strong gradient.
*Read: I got talked at for an hour by executives who make at least 10x what I do and consider me OfficeDrone #2384589.
I would never be able to sit through that kind of meeting without hanging myself. I've been party to a couple of similar but smaller-scale meetings and they're the stuff of my nightmares.
I feel like the annual user's group meeting put on by my first post-college employer would have really pushed you over the edge. A "play" was involved with horrific attempts at humor. I only had to deal with two of them, but yargh, it made my decision to leave easier.
Crisis! My son doesn't want to go to baseball tonight. I'm letting it slide today, but it's freaking me out.
Youth baseball is still going on? Must be tournaments?
More like glorified pickup games for the kids who didn't want to stop playing when the season ended.
You're right though. It has been a long season.
Sign him up!
I hate the moving process. I'm starting the packing of things tonight so I can get things on Craigslist.
I got the new HD for my old laptop to refurb it for my uncle. My new netbook has a 11.5" monitor. Going back to my 15.5" seems like I'm at an IMAX.
This thing is flying now. If I wasn't moving overseas, I'd think about keeping it for myself
Wow. Former Cy Young winner and O's color man found dead.
Damn. I collected his baseball cards because I heard a few funny interviews he did. Since he was found outside his home, I'm hoping it was natural, though no matter what it was, he was too young.
Steve Jobs out again as Apple chief.
the dude is not looking good. Pancreatic cancer is a bitch.
Better to resign on your terms, even if forced by health issues, than to have it end because of death. He's going to remain the Chairman of the Board, so he'll still have a lot of say in its future even if he isn't the Dictator.
Every team in the AL Central lost last night.
We didn't lose any ground on first place!