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David Smay, writer /editor: Swordfishtrombones for 33 1/3, Lost in the Grooves, Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth. Tom Waits tour. Hilobrow, Oxford American

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@MartinJGallegos Please no!

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@Tim_Burgess I saw Van Halen open for Black Sabbath.

Also saw Dream Syndicate open for U2.

I saw REM four times between their first two albums and they had great openers each time: Let's Active, Husker Du, The Neats, The dBs.

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@NetflixIsAJoke Fuck both of those assholes. And fuck you, Netflix.

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@TheresaKereakes @GregRenoff Famously, one of Eddie's greatest riffs - "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" - was originally done as a punk parody. So there was certainly some cross pollination.

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@NBCSAthletics Not playing Butler, much less putting him in CF?
His wRC+ is 67, and he's negative in offense, baserunning and defense for a whopping negative fWAR of -1.2. Worst on the team, one of the worst in the majors.

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@Athletics The definition of shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.

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@Athletics @Vegas That's an insanely bad outfield defense.
By Statcast's Fielding Run Value they all rate negative:
Butler: -8
Cortes: -6
Soderstrom: -3

It's an insulting white flag after last night's debacle. McNeil at first? There's no platoon advantage, Kotsay!

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@MartinJGallegos Honestly, that's the worst lineup they've put out this year. McNeil doesn't hit enough to have a platoon advantage. Kotsay's platoons are useless. This an insult after last night.

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@TheresaKereakes Nothing like the sense of accomplishment of doing a tight parallel park in SF on a steep hill.

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@JayneMoobs I was so pleased when I heard it coming from my 19 y.o. daughter's bedroom. She'd latched onto it from hearing me play it so often.

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@StraightAs123 @jgoldstrass These are all high-probability big leaguers who are likely to move quickly. — EL

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@StraightAs123 @jgoldstrass ...We like Dudan’s upside and think he’d have come off the board a round earlier if he hadn’t blown out this spring.
Finally, Martin is a candidate to move up the defensive spectrum and play shortstop in pro ball after playing third base in deference to Roch Cholowsky at UCLA.

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@StraightAs123 @jgoldstrass After that the A’s took three pitchers who we really like. Edwards has good secondary stuff and a deceptive enough delivery to help his fastball play. Geackle has a nasty breaking ball that could play in a leverage relief role....

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@StraightAs123 @jgoldstrass Longenhagen: "The A’s had a great first day. It sounds like Burress was in play starting at pick five yesterday and that his camp played hardball with the teams in the no. 5-7 range that were trying to cut a deal with him....

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@jgoldstrass @StraightAs123 So did Kiley McDaniel and Eric Longenhagen.

And literally every draft rating I saw.

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@thatgirlluchy The wife is Katherine LaNasa from The Pitt.

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@ByJasonB This can't be correct. I'm not seeing Gage Jump's debut in there.

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@jgoldstrass Is that his 5th assist already?

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@donaldbarnat @DannyDrinksWine Amy Wright (seen here), Bill Hickey (best known for Prizzi's honor), Dan Shor...

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@MartinJGallegos Any updates on Braden Nett or Henry Baez?