moving on is for migratory birds.

[ayrdaomei]

1. Starting right-hander Dan Haren has switched from No. 24 to 15.

JACKASS. Though I bet you anything Billy had something to do with that. I bet he was like, hey Dan, 75 would look great on you. And Dan was like, I dunno, that's kinda weird, dude. SECOND OF ALL, I already own TWO HAREN SHIRTS WITH 24 ON THEM.

Jackass.

We are so over. For the fifth time.

2. Barry Zito wandered into his new spring training clubhouse carrying an Oakland Athletics duffel bag and plopped into Barry Bonds' chair. - First Day

3. The more radical elements of Barry Zito's new delivery appear headed for the dustbin after he and pitching coach Dave Righetti had a long chat Friday. Asked afterward if Zito will revert to something closer to his Oakland motion the next time he throws, Righetti said, "Probably." - A change of heart? Zito may use old style. Snerk. Listen, kid. We're not paying you $126 million to "express yourself" and "try new things."

There's a piece at the bottom of that page about Lowry being weirded out when someone created a Myspace page in his name and used it to rip Jason Schmidt. Oh, Noah. You don't even know the half of things people do in your name on ye olde internets. Don't be so quick to turn that color.

Comments

[rickenbacker.livejournal.com]

Nobody in their right mind would own TWO Danny Haren shirts, so I am almost inclined to say that's what you get.

But thankfully my sense of justice outweighs my pettiness -- justice, of course, meaning the need to expose Billy Beane as the cause of all the world's evil.

So, yes. This has Billy written all over it.

(I coulda sworn you were shocked at this a few minutes ago, and not just uncomfortable)

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

Well, I needed a BACKUP, obviously. One can't be doing laundry every week, at least not on a college campus.

(I was, but I decided 'shocked' was a bit of an overreaction :P)

[misscalculation.livejournal.com]

Lots of number-switching on the Red Sox roster so far. Jon Lester halved his from 62 to 31, which is fine... except that a lot of folks bought Lester shirts to support his fight against cancer, and there were two fundraising drives with shirts and wristbands supporting #62. (I personally own three shirts with #62.) Ungrateful bastard. ^_~

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

**laughs** Aw. That does blow, though. Guess he doesn't need the reminder?

But yes - irritating! I feel like we should all be allowed trade-ins.

[ladyinred87.livejournal.com]

Oh, Lowry. Is he new to the internet? :D

I don't own any jerseys. I'm too broke, and shipping cost a lot all the way to curacao. But I dislike when players change numbers. Like Kobe Bryant. He'll always remain number 8 to me.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

Heh, apparently. ESPN had a story on their website last year about fake athlete myspaces. I think only one athlete myspace page is officially sponsored. Given the popularity of myspace, I'm not sure why the PR people who work for these athletes aren't more on top of getting fake pages shut up down over there.

[lovingthecubs.livejournal.com]

I already own TWO HAREN SHIRTS WITH 24 ON THEM.

I hate that. I remember once Ohman went through 3 numbers in one season. Good thing he wasn't one of the players they made tees for. I was was so thankful I didn't buy a Ronny shirt 2 years ago, because then he was 11. When Nomah left, he changed to 5. phew.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

Good thing he wasn't one of the players they made tees for.

lol, yes.

Ah, lucky you! I suppose it's kind of cool, in a retro sort of way, to have the player's old number, but still. Though I can't tell if I'm more annoyed that he changed his number, or that he changed his number to Huddy's 15.

[bisquickgoddess.livejournal.com]

This isn't exactly relevant to your post, but I am in desperate need of your most valuable assistance. About a month ago, my laptop decided it was no longer compatible with mlb.com's media player and screwed me out of the delightful clips to which I had saved the URLs. Now, the Orioles site has two clips following Erik Bedard and Adam Loewen around in Spring Training, and if you ever had the time to download and upload those clips into playable media, I would be most abundantly grateful.

Also, kinda sucks for Lowry. I hope Jason Schmidt didn't hold it against him.

these?

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

Loewen (http://www.sendspace.com/file/50kpjz)
Bedard (http://www.mediafire.com/?6jzmqtznwd2)

Re: these?

[bisquickgoddess.livejournal.com]

Aaaahhh, I love you.

Re: these?

[aurealis.livejournal.com]

I zzecond that emotion. And yaay for French speaking Canadian pitchers! (and the non-speakers from the West coast, too)

[rickenbacker.livejournal.com]

(see icon)

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

**laughs** Early, and often.

[roxybritain.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I like that Zito was at least trying to improve himself, even if it didn't pan out. I think it's better than guys who become overconfident lazy asses.

I think the whole fake Myspace thing is funny in general. Isn't there one that says that Harden has a daughter named Morgana or something? That cracks me up. Although, he DOES play videogames and own a ninja sword. So maybe that's not out of the question.

I think ESPN needs a Barry-Barry show this season. I would SO WATCH.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

I think it's better than guys who become overconfident lazy asses.

I would agree, except I think he should have given the team more of a heads up on what he was planning to try, instead of springing it on them first day of camp, in front of the media and all. He's not so incredibly slow as to have not realized everyone's dissecting everything he does right now.

'Too candid' with reporters, my eye, though. Someone asked him if he was tinkering with his delivery because he was concerned about his peripherals from the last year and Zito just gave him a "I don't think about last year."

Isn't there one that says that Harden has a daughter named Morgana or something? That cracks me up.

**laughs** Yeah, I vaguely remember hearing something about that.

I think ESPN needs a Barry-Barry show this season. I would SO WATCH.

Man, I hope they don't! I might not be able to resist that.

[roxybritain.livejournal.com]

"not so incredibly slow"

=P But mildly slow?

[poisonavery.livejournal.com]

IT'S A SIGN FOR YOU STOP BLOWING ALL YOUR MONEY :O

Oh Lowry. If he thinks internet likenesses are bad, he obviously hasn't gotten to the P0RN!

You better not latch onto the dinosaurs i mean Giants.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

CLEARLY. If he thinks I'm buying another one, he's got another thing coming.
Honestly, what is the point of changing your number after TWO YEARS ON A TEAM. **slaps him**

Not a chance.

[spluckle.livejournal.com]

Noo!!! I like 24 SO much more on him. *sniff*

And ahaha Barry.

And poor Noah.

I need to make my userpics more A's oriented. Yay baseball!

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

:'(

I need to make my userpics more A's oriented.

Yes. But you should boycott Daniel >:[

[soupypictures.livejournal.com]

Taylor Buchholz has a real myspace. He adds fans. It's kind of funny. I'm pretty sure his girlfriend had "we're going to Colorado!" up before the official announcement. She's like, 20.

Jason Hirsh also has one, but he doesn't add fans.

Now they're both Rockies, and that is weird.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure his girlfriend had "we're going to Colorado!" up before the official announcement.

I remember you telling me about that, lol.

[oakchick75.livejournal.com]

ohh no, another man with a number crisis!!!
I still don't recognize kobe with his new number...:(

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

Okay, I am apparently the only person on earth who didn't know Kobe wasn't wearing number 8 anymore :P

[aurealis.livejournal.com]

I’m sure the Giants are loving it that he decides to mess with his delivery after they sign him. :-/ He’s got to be careful. A radical change like that can easily lead to injury. I think he shall prefer to keep posting those diluted peripherals rather than getting hurt.

I truly hope that it was Beane who forced that number change on Danny, cos I really don’t want to dislike him for having the nerve to ask for it. 15 and 20 are iconic numbers to me. Maybe in a generation I’ll be able to accept anyone other than Tim and Mark wearing them. But for now, 15 is for Huddy and 20 is for Mulder.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

He’s got to be careful. A radical change like that can easily lead to injury.

You know? I understand wanting to improve yourself and all, but isn't there a reason you have a coaching staff around? Instead of just up and deciding you're going do things different all at once.

I truly hope that it was Beane who forced that number change on Danny, cos I really don’t want to dislike him for having the nerve to ask for it.

I know :/

(Yeah I had this posted before, but I realized: wrong post)

[alowishus812.livejournal.com]

Haren's got class. At least he waited two years before requesting a number from the Big Three, unlike coughcoughHustoncoughcough. I swear, he must've been living under a rock to come in and accept #20 (whether he asked for it or it was just given to him, though I doubt they just assigned him to it ...[I knew at one point, but that information been's tossed out of my mind.]) Tsk tsk, Huston.

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[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

unlike coughcoughHustoncoughcough.

lol.

I know that in the early ST images of Huston from '05, he wasn't wearing 20. He was wearing one of those high ass numbers they give kids fresh out of the gate, and then he got 20 at some point during ST, I think. I know he wore 25 in college, and I don't think 25 was assigned to any regular A's in '05. That makes it easier for me to blame the 20 thing on Billy, though it's always possible that my memory is faulty and there was a 25. I know for sure that 21-24 were taken, if 25 was taken too, maybe Huston just went with the closest number to his college number without thinking? But yeah, Mulder's memory wasn't even cold yet :(

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[aurealis.livejournal.com]

At the beginning of ST 05, Kiko Calero had #20. Talk about wanting to erase Mulder's memory fast, huh?

*bows out gracefully before starting to rant*

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[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. Well. Kiko wore 40 with the Cards, and that was taken, so maybe his first instinct was to halve his number, and he had nooooooo cluuuuue the number had been Mulder's and Beane never said a word to him, and... lol. Okay, probably not.