For the Win!

A little bit gamey, a little bit thready

Not-Julia
Not-Miguel
Not- … uh … Not-This?
Not-Billie
Not-Mexican-or-Healthy-Enough
Not-Ichiro
Not-Peter
Not-Bing
Not-Corey

Sweeney robs Kinsler (video)

(-Danny)

Daily Link Dumpage–It’s April 30th in Japan

Since I’m much too impatient to wait a few minutes until April 30th, I’ve set this to auto post at midnight. It’s already April 30th here. I want a blue name, dernit.

Since this DLD is essentially self-serving, I will provide nothing but a link to a blog post that nobody else will care about.

-JL

Edit by JediLeroy: Because today’s my birthday. April 30th is today. April 30th is my birthday. Did I mention it’s my birthday?

2009 FilKRAUT #1: Bat-Boppin’ Skills

Bat-Boppin’ Skills

[Original lyrics here.]

Ooooh, you gonna drive me home tonight?

Oooh, down 6-5 in bottom-9;

Are you gonna swing and not strike out?

Bat-boppin’ skills,

You make the baserunners go ’round.

[Continued after the jump.]

It’s Patterson + Cameron

It’s Patterson + Cameron

1. Never question TDF when he’s been reading the spoor trail
2. Who gets dropped from the 40-man? Herrera? Gray? I guess Crosby or Chavez would be too much to hope for?

Slusser sez that the extra spot on the 40-man will come from Duke going from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL. — salb918

Game postponed, Zodiac killer (maybe) revealed. Obviously not a coincidence. – 74mk

This Dailiment Condilink Brump … didn’t suck until all these new people showed up

Yeah, that’s right, I’m leading off with not one, but two Barry Bonds links! Fuck you all! Schulman plays clueless, Baggarly comes closer; but I think the reason Bonds refuses to retire is that he’s got a shrewd PR rep, and they’re pushing his HoF eligibility out beyond the realm of fresh ‘roid ire.

See, I told you this Dailiment Condilink Brump already sucks.

Ellis and Nomar already off the active roster; no one replaced them yet.

XbX edit
New people: email Sal [you can email me, mikeA, instead (no link, go to my profile yourselves lazy asses)], get access, start commenting, show off your amazing vocabulary, ask to be added to the Krauthor list, post a bunch of self congratulatory gibberish, tell ** we’re elitist pricks.
Lather, rinse, repeat. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. Users caught handling salmon in suspicious circumstances will be prosecuted to the full extent of law, unless you have written guidance from OLC delineating the manner in which your suspicious salmon-handling did not violate domestic statutes and international treaties to which FK is a signatory. Also, politics. [actually, politics are kind of ok (or at least ok-er than on **) as long as you aren’t an engorged clown phallus about it. -Nm] [Actually, Nm, there ARE NO RULES. And way to miss my Sarah Palin reference. Also. @(‘.’)@] [FK: the 90’s UFC of A’s blogs]

Okay, maybe not all of that was XbX’s edit.

Aw HELLZ no.  Why do people have to email me? — salb918

You drew are the short straw -xbx

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Why is there a “d” at the bottom now?

This postgame already sucks

Slusser sez: Nomar + Ellis both to DL, an infielder (Patterson?) + a reliever likely up.

She makes no mention of Chavvy, but I figger he’s not long for the active list, either.

And who knows how well or quickly Casilla and Anderson will recover.

Continue to color me unimpressed with Holliday.

PoppyEdit:  If anybody has any trouble posting comments, please email salb918.

This game already sucks

Apparently Nomar is hurt again? And/or something about Ellis?

DLD: I’m Good at Titles

But not at fun graphs/graphics, or links, or interesting prose, or damnit I don’t have anything to post. I blame the swine flu. Ok, I just looked around for a little longer. There are no links. None. If you go to **, you might notice that our secret is out… also, fk is criticized for too much spice. Here is a picture of favorite spice:

Bonus picture: Chris Jakubauskas’s gameday photo:

note to soaker: we actually tried to invite you (and WC for that matter) but were unable to find you email address, so instead the “trail of breadcrumbs” plan was adopted.

I’m bad at titles

Free Kraut’s brief lifespan, in graph form:

FK could use a bit more Other Stuff, so that’s what this is.

Plus, I admit I haven’t fully embraced the “Condiment Bar” moniker. While I respect the clever … ah, frak it. Why soft pedal the truth? We’re all adults here. I’ll just say it. I think “Condiment Bar” is lame. That’s right, you heard (read) me: LAME. Too cutesy. Too self-reverential. Too … I don’t know, something. Whatever. Doesn’t matter. Linguistic precision is not important right now. My gaze is fixed on a far greater calling: nothing less than a permanent return to the no nonsense austerity of “DLD”.

Look, I know this won’t be easy. I know the mob is set against me. I know my allies are few, and the road ahead is mined with peril. But what is life without principle, and how better to judge the character of a man than in the face of adversity?

Goddamnit, all I’ve got in this world are Jesus, DLD’s, and a team I hope wins ~83 games this year. And you … you’re trying to rip all three from my grasp in a twisted tsunami of clown pornography, condiment bars, and shitty baserunning. Well I have news for you. I won’t have it. I have drawn the proverbial fucking line in the proverbial fucking sand. This. Will. Not. Stand.

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