Comments on: After whiffing on top targets, A’s shift focus to Hideki Matsui

By: goznes2

goznes2 — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:33:35 +0000

Don’t forget San Mateo.

By: clydeserra

clydeserra — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:02:29 +0000

So the A’s want to pay twice as much for the same production. Good thing they non-tendered Cust.

Why would they not want Beltre to not go to the Angels again?

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:14:59 +0000

Good for them. I gotta tell you though, in all mock seriousness, the first time I visited the Shoji Temple I spent a couple of hours being stunned by the atmosphere of the place, the golden Buddhas, bodhisattvas and dharmapalas, the beauty of the architecture and the peacefulness of the gardens. Then, still a bit overcome by the ancient grandeur of it all, I walked into the bazaar hoping to buy a couple of figurines and votive scrolls to bring home for my art collection – and there were four thousand (at least) Hideki Matsui bobbleheads in Borg uniforms, all…well….bobbling at me the entire quarter mile length of the bazaar. Try and imagine that. Just try. You can’t make this shit up.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:11:01 +0000

I had a case of that when I was with the Peace Corps in Borneo. Left untreated, it eats your brain and leaves you a Republican.

By: apbaguy

apbaguy — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:52:03 +0000

Four thousand should be more than enough for “Matsui Bobblehead Day” in Oakland this year. About 1000 of the leftovers will be on eBay with 24 hours, so the good folks in SoCal can still get one.

By: BC

BC — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:27:41 +0000

Don’t forget Lompoc.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:21:07 +0000

…Los Gatos, Lexington Hills, Loyola, Santa Clara….

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:19:52 +0000

Heh – hit send prematurely – Palos Verdes, Lakewood, Compton, Fullerton, La Habra, Lake Forest, Costa Mesa and, of course, Cucamonga. Now they’ll need plenty of lead time to repaint them all over again in the colors of the Oakland Athletics of San Jose, Fremont, Newark, Milpitas, Heyward, Fruitdfale, Campbell, Cupertino, Saratoga, Cambrian Park, Alamitos,

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:16:40 +0000

They better hurry up. The monks at the Shoji Temple in Tokyo just got finished repainting four thousand Matsui bobbleheads for sale in the bazaar in Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Azusa, Huntington Beach, Orange Beach, Santa Ana, Irvine, Long Beach, Stanton, Garden Grove, Torrance, Alisa Viejo, Newport Beach,

By: apbaguy

apbaguy — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:50:09 +0000

Oh boy. If he was .820 OPS in Anaheim, with another year on him and Oakland’s bigger park, he’ll be about .775 in 2011. That should still lead the team. The A’s need to get a couple more guys who can push .800 OPS this year.