Cheech Tremendous

The Oakland A's to Fremont deal is officially dead. So what's next? Is Bored our only A's fan here? I know that San Jose and Sacramento are frequently discussed as alternatives, but I don't see either one being viable, especially right now.

Mods, if this is something you aren't interested in, feel free to get rid of it. Technically, this entire folder is designed specifically for feedback, but I thought it would be a good idea to have one thread dedicated to comments and suggestions that the mods checked regularly. Quite often I run across a thread that needs to be split, or subtitles need to be updated or whatever else. Tracking down a mod for, I don't know, music, can be a little difficult. A place where I can throw requests would be nice and if they aren't done, at least know why. I also have tons of shitty ideas that I think would improve the board and having a singular place to bounce them off my peers would be appreciated.

I remember Dominguez was a local star while in high school, grabbing the front page of the sports section multiple times a week. He wasn't recruited by any major school, as far as I can remember, due to his height. I don't know, he looks really good right now.

I'm in favor of all of that, except the part about leaving the stupid overtime rule intact.

Julian Tavarez signed with Washington Nationals and here's what he had to say about it:

I have a copy of Psychotic Reactions sitting around somewhere. I bought it a couple of years ago and never got passed the intro. I need to go back and read it.

Me too, Bored. Me too. Even if I get the next 29 right, I still think I'll end up with a worst first round than I have had in the last couple of years.

Nice play there, Butler. Throwing to the wrong team with 5 seconds left isn't the best way to go.

Memphis is entering potentially fucked territory.

I forgot to add UNC on my first go-round, but 'Zaga was definitely mentioned. The whole point of my post was that log5 was overrating Memphis and to a lesser extent, Gonzaga, because they beat up on their crappy conferences.

I'm a little late to the OT party here, but my idea closely resemble Czech's and that from WCS. Start with a kickoff, but if the receiving team scores the other team gets a matching possession. After that first possession, sudden death rules apply. I don't like that 54% of OT games end on the opening drive. That hardly seems fair.

What sort of model are you using? I was looking over the log5 probabilities at basketballprospectus.com and their outputs keep saying Memphis is the overwhelming favorite, with Lousiville, UNC and Pitt lagging behind. They also seem to really like Gonzaga, but openly admit that there is a flaw in their model that overrates teams from bad conferences.

I'll probably end up repeating some of the stuff mentioned upthread, but for as good as Beane is as a GM, the rest of the organization is a mess. The team is probably in the bottom five of the league in terms of ownership commitment, promotions, medical staff, facilities and all the other stuff that goes into running a first-class organization.

This flew slightly under the radar in the last week. Apparently Lew Wolff has ruled out staying in Oakland long term. The following excerpt is from the Unfiltered section at Baseball Prospectus' website:

No real surprises in my bracket. I think that we'll see relatively few first round upsets, but all sorts of chaos as we get a little further down the line. The gap between the top seeds and the guys in the middle isn't that big. My prediction: someone comes out of nowhere to win the title like Florida a few years back. Do I know who that is? Absolutely not.

14 is the age I always see. Which would have been 90-91, which makes absolutely no sense timing wise unless Vince found out about it years later. I've never fully bought into the Stephanie story, but if it were to be true, I assumed that the story probably came out when she started working for the company in 2000. Or, if you want to take the conspiracy a little further, perhaps Vince always knew but HHH only found in recent years and Vince and company now feign outrage over respect for their marriage. It's not exactly concrete, but the time lines can work if you think about it a little.

Send VX over to have words with him.

Anyone doing anything special to celebrate? I might partake in a green beer or two, but I'll try to keep from green puking all over myself.

Amazon sells it for $13. This is the first year that I didn't purcahse BP. Fangraphs offers a better and more comprehensive package for free. BP's commentary is still the best, but I can get that with my site subscription (which is absolutely necessary for anyone serious about fantasy baseball, by the way). An index is available for free on their website, Czech.

American League East New York Yankees 97 65 Boston Red Sox 95 67 Tampa Bay Rays 95 67 Baltimore Orioles 78 84 Toronto Blue Jays 75 87 Central Cleveland Indians 84 78 Minnesota Twins 82 80 Detroit Tigers 80 82 Chicago White Sox 76 86 Kansas City Royals 73 89 West Los Angeles Angels 85 77 Oakland Athletics 81 81 Seattle Mariners 78 84 Texas Rangers 74 88 National League East New York Mets 90 72 Atlanta Braves 86 76 Philadelphia Phillies 86 76 Washington Nationals 75 87 Florida Marlins 70 92 Central Chicago Cubs 90 72 Milwaukee Brewers 85 77 St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 Cincinnati Reds 80 82 Houston Astros 68 94 Pittsburgh Pirates 64 98 West Los Angeles Dodgers 90 72 Arizona D'backs 85 77 San Francisco Giants 79 83 Colorado Rockies 75 87 San Diego Padres 71 91

It's trolling because you are making statements to incite negative reactions from other posters. It's one thing to state your case for the Lakers being potentially overrated, but to go one step further and actually propose that the best team in the NBA won't even win a playoff game is sheer lunacy. A number one seed has never gone to the playoffs and gone winless in the entire history of the NBA. You know exactly what you're doing, and I suggest that you knock it off.

High, as in high-tops, you dopes. Like Fresh Prince used to wear.

Stop this nonsense, Karc.

-Josh Bard was cut by the Red Sox today, which somehow makes his second stint with the team even shorter than the first. Poor guy just can't catch a break with them. This would seem to indicate that George Kottaras will be the back-up. Don't know how I feel about that. -It doesn't look like Andruw Jones is going to make the Rangers. -Tom Gorzelanny is heading back to AAA.

There may have been other things in play, but the primary reason Austin didn't want to work with Jarrett was because of Jarrett's return promo that bashed Austin 3:16, as was mentioned upthread.