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The Elephant Walk: The Swisher Saga

January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

[The Elephant Walk is my somewhat regular column on Oakland Athletics baseball. Results, performances, transactions or other thoughts I might have about the A’s]
Well, after my last Elephant Walk, I was ripped by a blog I wish not to mention, who not only got the name of my website wrong, but also took my post […]

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Tags: Elephant Walk · MLB · Oakland A's · Baseball

No Officer, I Don’t Smoke Weed… It’s Herbal B-12

January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Really Roger? Really? All this time, and a pseudo- Barry Bonds/ Rafael Palmeiro is the best you can come up with? Wait, let me guess… it wasn’t even yours; you got them from Miguel Tejada. Right? Yea, that’s a good story, let’s stick to that.
First of all, vitamin B-12 is […]

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Tags: Douchebaggery · Baseball

Biting The Hand That Feeds: Another Look Into How Deep MLB Has Their Heads Buried Deep In Their Asses

December 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

On this special Boxing Day edition, I’d like to take a look at a few things… really just once again to beat that dead horse and drive that point home that:

Bud Selig doesn’t have a clue
MLB is constantly trying to screw over its loyal fans

To begin, I have to start by reminding all of you […]

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Tags: Douchebaggery · Fantasy Sports · Baseball

The Elephant Walk: The Haren Trade

December 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment

[The Elephant Walk is my somewhat regular column on Oakland Athletics baseball. Results, performances, transactions or other thoughts I might have about the A’s]

Well, I think this signifies a long year to two year period for Oakland A’s fans like myself. Billy Beane said that the only way he was going to trade Dan […]

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Tags: Elephant Walk · MLB · Oakland A's · Baseball

The Cross Legged Mutant: The Mitchell Report

December 14th, 2007 · No Comments

[Sometimes its better to devote an entire post to a subject. Other times a line or two is all it takes. In those cases, its time for the cross legged mutant]
There’s so many random thoughts running through my head right now with this MItchell report, like what does this mean? Who are the biggest […]

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Tags: Cross Legged Mutant · MLB · Baseball

The Elephant Walk: Minor Rumblings

November 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

[The Elephant Walk is my somewhat regular column on Oakland Athletics baseball. Results, performances, transactions or other thoughts I might have about the A’s]
Douchebag Watch
Obviously there can’t be a whole helluva lot to report back on when it comes to the A’s… although the biggest news is probably that the team somewhat likely to consider […]

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Tags: Elephant Walk · MLB · Oakland A's · Baseball

Barry’s Indictment Brings Nothing To The Table

November 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Okay, so it brings us to the conclusion that we may be able to prove that Barry took steroids knowingly. Compare this to our current level of information: according to Game of Shadows we know that Barry admitted to taking a substance that he did not think was steroids… which turned out to be, […]

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Tags: Douchebaggery · San Francisco Giants · MLB · Baseball

Winning Your Roto League - Are Stolen Bases Overrated?

November 1st, 2007 · No Comments

To begin, I’ll have to admit that I’m basing this off of a very small sample size: four roto leagues - two from 2006 and two from 2007. That being said, I thought that what I found was kind of cool… and possibly very helpful for those of you looking for an edge next […]

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Tags: Fantasy Sports · Baseball

Why Does The Media Always Seem To Overreact?

October 27th, 2007 · No Comments

I don’t really want to generalize, and I know the answer is ultimately to get people to read their columns.. because more readers means more advertising revenues… but I really have to say that I think Yahoo!’s Dan Wetzel went way too far in his column, No excuses for Rockies’ bush-league mistake. In it, […]

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Tags: MLB · Playoffs · Baseball · Seal Clubbin' Fun

People We’d Like to Club: Woody Paige Offends Me On So Many Levels

October 16th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Readers, I have gone to hell and back and lived to tell the tale. Yes, I actually ventured to the Denver Post website, and more specifically to the address for Woody Paige’s columns to see if I was right. I wanted to prove a point, and unfortunately I was completely correct.
One step back, […]

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Tags: People We'd Like To Club · Colorado Is Weird · MLB · Baseball