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Primer Dugout 5/30/2008 (and random link of the day)

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Jim Furtado Posted: May 30, 2008 at 09:59 AM | 9 comment(s)
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1. TOLAXOR Posted: May 30, 2008 at 11:14 AM (#2799575)

A KOAN FOR THE BASEBALL DRAFT

A CERTAIN GM SAW TWO SABERMETRIC INCLINED SCOUTS FIGHTING OVER THE CAREER PROJECTION OF A PROSPECT... THE GM TOOK THE PAPER WITH THE PROJECTION IN HIS HAND AND SAID, "IF ANY OF YOU SAY A GOOD WORD, I WILL NOT TEAR UP THIS PROJECTION AND I WILL DRAFT THIS PLAYER!!!

YET NO ONE ANSWERED, SO THE GM BOLDLY RIPPED UP THE PAPER AND LET THE PROSPECT GO UNDRAFTED!!!

LATER, THE GM TOLD TOLAXOR ABOUT THIS. TOLAXOR REMOVED HIS SANDALS AND, PLACING THEM ON HIS HEAD, WALKED AWAY...

2. Mike Webber Posted: May 30, 2008 at 11:39 AM (#2799608)

TOLAXOR - YOU ARE AN OHIO GUY RIGHT? COMING TO SABR THIS YEAR IN CLEVELAND?

3. JRVJ (formerly Delta Socrates) Posted: May 30, 2008 at 12:12 PM (#2799649)

I just submitted it, but for those of who didn't know it, Poblano (owner of www.fivethirtyeight.com) just outed himself:

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/05/no-im-not-chuck-todd.html

Turns out he's BP's Nate Silver....

4. Charter Member of the Jesus Melendez Fanclub Posted: May 30, 2008 at 12:24 PM (#2799666)

I will be thinking about that koan for quite some time.

5. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: May 30, 2008 at 12:25 PM (#2799670)

TOLAXOR, that was even stoopider than my Slylock Fox list from a few weeks back.

6. ess eff Posted: May 30, 2008 at 02:21 PM (#2799847)

Hot rumor in St. Louis that Chris Duncan is going down to the minors and Joe "Joey Bombs" Mather is coming up.

EDIT: It's twue, it's twue. Now being reported by stltoday.com (Post-Dispatch).

7. Bob "Jugement" Dernier Posted: May 30, 2008 at 02:34 PM (#2799863)

Chris Duncan is going down to the minors

Wow, GWRBI one day, AAA the next.

8. Dr Love Posted: May 30, 2008 at 02:40 PM (#2799869)

Joe "Joey Bombs" Mather

Homer: Moe, I need your advice. See I've got this friend named... Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo.

Moe: That's the stupidest name I've ever heard.

(A man runs out of the bar crying)

Barney: Hey! Joey Joe Joe!

9. Der Komminsk-sar Posted: May 31, 2008 at 12:39 AM (#2800999)

"(Not the) Chad Bradford Wannabe" Brad Ziegler called up by Oakland!

Josh Smoker had his full season debut (4 ER in 3 IP for Hagerstown, 6 H, 1 BB, 5 K).

Biggest upset of the day in NCAA tourney action: Bucknell wins at FSU 7-0. Other losses by teams at home were: Lipscomb beat Georgia, Fresno State over Long Beach, UC Davis over Stanford.

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