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Warning: Taking Seriously May Be Harmful To Your (Mental) Health

Published 16 hours ago by Nico at Athletics Nation

First and foremost, all day Saturday (9am-5pm), I'm in front of the CVS at Shattuck/Rose in Berkeley, supervising student volunteers who will be guilt-tripping encouraging shoppers to donate canned foods and Robert Parishibles to the Alameda County Community Food Bank. OptimistPrime and ...
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What To Expect From 2010

Published 27 hours ago by baseballgirl at Athletics Nation

More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP Team USA third baseman Brett Wallace snags a ball that bounced into the air hit by World Team's Jesus Montero during the first inning of the All-Star Futures baseball game ...
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Skinny Guy with Stringy Hair Who Pitches for That Team Wins 2nd Straight Cy

Published 2 days ago by 67MARQUEZ at Athletics Nation

Also known as Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants. He's the major's first repeat winner since Randy Johnson won the award four straight seasons from 1999-2002. And they say marijuana isn't a performance-enhancer. Oh I kid. Discuss here.
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Are We Seeing A Shift Away from Win/Loss?

Published 3 days ago by baseballgirl at Athletics Nation

More photos » by Ed Zurga - AP Browse more photos » And the awards continue... For all of my complaining in recent years about how the baseball writers ignore even the most basic of stats (ERA, WHIP) ...
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Billy Ball, Revisited

Published 4 days ago by Flashfire at Athletics Nation

Chris Jaffe over at The Hardball Times has a book coming out soon titled "Evaluating Baseball's Managers" that stretches back into baseball's history for what looks like a comprehensive look at managing over about a 130-year period . (Harry Pavlidis also has a piece up today on Andrew Bailey, ...
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Bailey wins ROY!!!!

Published 5 days ago by skigurl at Athletics Nation

Note by baseballgirl: I LOVE this pick. I thought the voting was really reminiscent of when Street won, but I was worried about Andrus. Bailey took the award with 13 first place votes, 6 second place votes, and 5 third place votes. He won with 88, Andrus finished second with 65, and Porcello ...
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The Art & Science Of Well-Timed Acquisitions And Trades
athleticsnation.com - 4 days ago
The Art & Science Of Well-Timed Acquisitions And Trades
— athleticsnation.com — Here's how a conversation generally goes with a passionate A's fan unclear on the concept: 2008: "We should get J.J. Hardy ; he's really good."           "No way -- we'd have to give up so much ... (more) The Art & Science Of Well-Timed Acquisitions And Trades

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"Manager Of The Year" -- Not For Whom To Vote, But How?

Published 7 days ago by Nico at Athletics Nation

There are two things we could do today that we won't do -- three if you include doing the dishes -- and they are to debate whether managers are important, i.e., impactful enough to be worth analyzing, and to debate who should win the coveted "The votes for these awards are always made by the ...
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2009 SB Nation Baseball Awards: The Non-A's Ones

Published 8 days ago by baseballgirl at Athletics Nation

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! In the interest of being fair, I thought I'd post the rest of the awards, picked by SB Nation, even though it's likely that A's fans will just tune into the AL Rookie of the Year voting for Bailey (and Anderson, too). No one wants to hear how Derek Jeter is ...
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Tell-All's: More Damage than Good?

Published 9 days ago by 67MARQUEZ at Athletics Nation

Andre Agassi's " Open " is just the latest in a long, long line of literature in which an athlete comes clean. The former tennis star admitted to using crystal meth in the 1990's, and then lied about it after failing a drug test.  Aside from the obvious that Agassi's DOC was not a PED, ...
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2009 SB Nation Baseball Awards: Rookie of the Year

Published 10 days ago by baseballgirl at Athletics Nation

I'm technically a day behind the SBN sites who participated in the voting, but yesterday's fantastic post deserved its own full day. If you are a Rays fan who just registered for AN for the trade discussion, please feel free to participate in the post below. This year, SB Nation took a vote ...
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athleticsnation.com - 10 days ago
Comparative Advantage: A Collaborative A's/Rays Solution
— athleticsnation.com — I've been paying close attention to trades for a few years now. And I have to say, rarely if ever have I seen a better match than the Rays and the A's right now. Each team has areas of significant strength and significant weakness. With the exception ... (more) Comparative Advantage: A Collaborative A's/Rays Solution

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Scrapbook Memories: 1989 World Series, Game 3, Part 2

Published 12 days ago by 67MARQUEZ at Athletics Nation

Scrapbook Memories celebrates the 20th anniversary of Oakland's last World Series triumph.  Since the day they set foot in Arizona some seven months prior, the A's mission for 1989 was clear; a wildly successful 1988 season had ended with a ...
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Rules That Need To Be Changed
athleticsnation.com - 13 days ago
Rules That Need To Be Changed
— athleticsnation.com — Speaking of umpires, umpires need to enforce the rules rather than either making them up ("No, that's only a strike when the count is 3-0") , inventing them ("Ah, that's the 'neighborhood play' as found in section...um, section...well it's ... (more) Rules That Need To Be Changed

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Tim Lincecum: Putting The "Pot" In "Potpourri"

Published 14 days ago by Nico at Athletics Nation

More photos » by Ross D. Franklin - AP Tim Lincecum takes a quick puff while wondering why the on deck circle is walking towards him. If you think Lincecum's glove is levitating up to the baseball, you might ...
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Final tally for the ex-A's

Published 15 days ago by Flashfire at Athletics Nation

More photos » by David J. Phillip - AP At least another likable former Athletic won something, right? Browse more photos » Elsewhere an A's fan and friend once spoke of the ...
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So What Do We Do Now?

Published 16 days ago by 67MARQUEZ at Athletics Nation

What a year, huh? My first season as a front-page writer is officially in the books, and it was an amazing- and often humbling- experience.  No question, I had some very large shoes to fill.  But I had two wonderful coaches in Nico and baseballgirl, for whom this has become old ...
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The Yankees Win It!

Published 16 days ago by baseballgirl at Athletics Nation

More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP Browse more photos » Well, the trophy comes back to the American League with the Yankees win tonight. The Bronx Bombers take home their 27th World Championship ...
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Open Thread: World Series - Game 6 (cont)

Published 16 days ago by baseballgirl at Athletics Nation

The Phillies look like they have wasted their last chance; Chase chased a ball outside to strike out with two on. The Yankees hang on to a comfortable 7-3 lead, going to the bottom of the seventh.
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Open Thread: World Series - Game 6

Published 16 days ago by baseballgirl at Athletics Nation

More photos » by Matt Rourke - AP Browse more photos » Okay, I know I say this all the time, but just watch it .You know you want to. It will be one of the last baseball games of 2009 (possibly the ...
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