The Athletics dropped their 13th straight road game on Tuesday night, losing the second of three games in Los Angeles to the division-rival Angels 2-1 in embarrassing walk-off fashion. At least we didn’t get no-hit?
Down three runs on the road in the top of the 9th Tuesday night, the San Francisco Giants found a way to win. Or perhaps more accurately, the Colorado Rockies found a way to lose.
Have you ever seen that type of game where the energy slowly gets taken away from you and the team, but not enough to make you completely give up early? In the end, things keep spiraling in a slow and methodical way until you look up, and the Dodgers were on their way to an 11-1 loss. That’s how one felt watching this game as San Diego capitalized on a massive pitching advantage with Dylan Cease squaring off against Matt Sauer and an opener.
headed to the Mets vs Nationals tomorrow for a 100p game on a nice sunny afternoon. i would call it "playing hooky" except that i am not working right now ...
MISSOULA, Mont. -- The Ballers plated 10 runs in the first two innings, ambushing the Missoula PaddleHeads with a seven-run second inning to cruise to a 16-7 victory Tuesday. Oakland collected a season-best 21 hits on the night, coming out on top in the Ballers' first-ever visit to the Garden City.
Critérium du Dauphiné is a one week stage race that is a classic tune up for the Tour de France in July.
normally the current world champion (Pogacar for the road race) gets to wear the "rainbow jersey" on the road all year in every race they ride.
since today is the time trial, Remco Evenpoel has the rainbow jersey since he won the time trial championships this year. plus he has a gold helmet for his double road and time trial win in the Olympics.
15-20 minutes before we know who wins the day and takes an early lead in the race.
Fun facts to know and tell about the NL West. The three top teams all have 28 losses. One has 40 wins (LA), another is at 39 (SF) and the third 38 (SD). All three have identical 17-17 road records which is the same record the fourth place team (AR) has at home.
I got home last night just in time to see Judge hit a 469 foot homer at 118mph. Which leads to the question - who would you rather see hit, Judge or Shohei? I’m happy to see either.
With a gun to my head, I would choose Shohei. There is something still novel to me about watching a guy swing the bat effectively and at the same time can (eventually) mow batters down from the mound.
Hey, ya old coots. Remember the Presidential Fitness Test where you'd embarrass yourself trying to do a pullup and the existential dread before doing the mile run? Obama removed it in 2012 and now Ohio wants to bring it back.
i failed this EVERY YEAR. i could do situps and the sidestep at the presidential level. i barely made passing on the 6 min run and i was failing on everything else like pull ups (zero), push ups (less than 5), standing long jump (fail) ..
cant remember them all. were there more?
one kid in our class, Jon Zuber, of Cal baseball fame, did about 100 pushups in 8th great. he failed to beat the record set by his older sister a few years before, something like 108!
still working on doing those pull ups. i can do a few assisted ones w/ the stretchy bands that lighten the load a bit.
Federal Judge (appointed by Clinton) rejects Newsome's request for an emergency stay on Federal troops being deployed in California. The Posse Comitatus Act is dead.
i spent some time w/ my cousin recently who works w/ donors that are looking to stop/prevent/resist Project 2025. she was very worried (on the verge of tears) that "free and fair elections" are doomed in either 2 or 4 yrs.
Politico is reporting that the White House will remove greenhouse gas emissions regulation for powerplants tomorrow and then look to repeal the Clean Air Act by the end of the year
Seems like a recommendation of at least 25 yards is still too close. When I was in Alaska I sure didn’t feel comfortable when I ended up that close to a moose.
The recommended distance should be "calculate the distance, know your top speed, and then do the math of how much hospital bills will cost if you're hit by something that weighs the same as three NFL linemen combined and can run 25% faster than Usain Bolt"
It’s time for another edition of Oski Disciple’s quote of the day.
“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.” — Stephen Fry
Somebody (twasn't me) pinned yesterday's DBD on the Front Page. I removed it. I don't like having the DBD on the Front Page unless it's slow news. We've had a bunch of recruiting news... so....
MORE/MOORE/MOHR
Jay Mohr
He was perfect as Bob Sugar in Jerry Maguire as the smarmy villain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvg_qFyX6Tk
Also played Taylor Reid in The West Wing. Just a few appearances.
Collin
https://x.com/SGBear2/status/1932465043742024052
Oh Cal has had two two-L Collins in sports.
Moore's Law
not sure if chip makers have been keeping up w/ the continual doubling.
… how do you like it, how do you like it? 🎶🎤
Wow, that's a trip through the Wayback Machine.
Dinty
Moore, Steven
Dudley? Mary Tyler?
Definitely Mary Tyler!
PRO
Athletics Fall To Angels In Extras 2-1
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2025/6/10/24447086/athletics-fall-to-angels-in-extras-2-1
The Athletics dropped their 13th straight road game on Tuesday night, losing the second of three games in Los Angeles to the division-rival Angels 2-1 in embarrassing walk-off fashion. At least we didn’t get no-hit?
Giants rally in 9th for sixth straight win
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2025/6/10/24447185/sf-giants-rally-9th-for-sixth-straight-win-rockies
Down three runs on the road in the top of the 9th Tuesday night, the San Francisco Giants found a way to win. Or perhaps more accurately, the Colorado Rockies found a way to lose.
There was no dodging this blowout loss in San Diego
https://www.truebluela.com/2025/6/10/24447180/dodgers-blowout-loss-padres-matt-sauer-dylan-cease
Have you ever seen that type of game where the energy slowly gets taken away from you and the team, but not enough to make you completely give up early? In the end, things keep spiraling in a slow and methodical way until you look up, and the Dodgers were on their way to an 11-1 loss. That’s how one felt watching this game as San Diego capitalized on a massive pitching advantage with Dylan Cease squaring off against Matt Sauer and an opener.
Let's check in to see how well the USMNT team fared on home soil in a friendly tune-up
https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/734220
not surprisingly ... A's at the bottom of the list
MLB players make it clear they don’t want to play for the A’s, but which managers, teams do they like?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6406636/2025/06/11/best-worst-mlb-manager-2025-player-poll/
Interesting that just about all the answers for the teams with good reputations have "take care of players and their families" as a response.
summer baseball.
headed to the Mets vs Nationals tomorrow for a 100p game on a nice sunny afternoon. i would call it "playing hooky" except that i am not working right now ...
End It Like Beckham
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-brooklyn-beckham-tells-devastated-32674856
The old PGA tradition of removing trees in the dead of night
https://apnews.com/article/oakmont-us-open-scheffler-trees-330c0ef5e0226a70681cdd304ae934fb
Ballers Roll to 16-7 Win in Missoula
https://www.oaklandballers.com/sports/bsb/2025/releases/202506113mye6q
MISSOULA, Mont. -- The Ballers plated 10 runs in the first two innings, ambushing the Missoula PaddleHeads with a seven-run second inning to cruise to a 16-7 victory Tuesday. Oakland collected a season-best 21 hits on the night, coming out on top in the Ballers' first-ever visit to the Garden City.
TIL Missoula are the PaddleHeads
Critérium du Dauphiné is a one week stage race that is a classic tune up for the Tour de France in July.
normally the current world champion (Pogacar for the road race) gets to wear the "rainbow jersey" on the road all year in every race they ride.
since today is the time trial, Remco Evenpoel has the rainbow jersey since he won the time trial championships this year. plus he has a gold helmet for his double road and time trial win in the Olympics.
15-20 minutes before we know who wins the day and takes an early lead in the race.
standings after TT in which Evenpoel takes lead
Evenpeol - overall leader
Vingegaard - 18 sec back (2x Tour winner)
Pogacar - 40 sec back (3x Tour winner)
to be fair, the Dauphiné is considered a tune up, so winning not 100% necessary for a race that is 3+ wks away
Mary Lou Retton apologizes and vows to stay off the Beam
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-14799865/Olympic-legend-Mary-Lou-Retton-DUI-arrest.html
Q. Ron Rodgers says he secretly got married earlier this year. Nobody knows who his wife is.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-14800061/Who-Aaron-Rodgers-new-wife-Brittani.html
He needs to do something every once in a while to get more attention for himself. Here's the latest move.
MLB buys a stake in Jomboy media
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45485623/mlb-acquires-stake-jomboy-media-aims-digital-growth
Fun facts to know and tell about the NL West. The three top teams all have 28 losses. One has 40 wins (LA), another is at 39 (SF) and the third 38 (SD). All three have identical 17-17 road records which is the same record the fourth place team (AR) has at home.
Mets w/ 43!
i am sort of a Mets fan. living here gives me some extra rooting interest and it is always good to have good baseball being played nearby.
If we could just move Colorado down to AAA, it would be the best division in baseball.
I got home last night just in time to see Judge hit a 469 foot homer at 118mph. Which leads to the question - who would you rather see hit, Judge or Shohei? I’m happy to see either.
i am happy to see both/either. got to see them both last season. Judge x2. Otani x1.
I gotta choose?
With a gun to my head, I would choose Shohei. There is something still novel to me about watching a guy swing the bat effectively and at the same time can (eventually) mow batters down from the mound.
Heliot Ramos
CAL
Go Bears!!!
POLITICS
Hey, ya old coots. Remember the Presidential Fitness Test where you'd embarrass yourself trying to do a pullup and the existential dread before doing the mile run? Obama removed it in 2012 and now Ohio wants to bring it back.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/10/ohio-lawmakers-want-to-bring-back-presidential-physical-fitness-test/84131722007/
i failed this EVERY YEAR. i could do situps and the sidestep at the presidential level. i barely made passing on the 6 min run and i was failing on everything else like pull ups (zero), push ups (less than 5), standing long jump (fail) ..
cant remember them all. were there more?
one kid in our class, Jon Zuber, of Cal baseball fame, did about 100 pushups in 8th great. he failed to beat the record set by his older sister a few years before, something like 108!
still working on doing those pull ups. i can do a few assisted ones w/ the stretchy bands that lighten the load a bit.
Trump expands shift to rename military bases back to honor Confederates
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/trump-fort-bragg-confederate-military
Insurrectionists and traitors are his constituency.
F*cking b*stard.
Remember: TFG is America's most anticipated obituary.
I will take a few days off to go celebrate his death when he does meet his eventual demise.
We're sure it's going to happen, right? He's not an alien with a 500 year life expectancy, right? Right? Hello? Please answer me!!!!
Urrrrggghhh.
Gives new meaning to the phrase "mourning period".
Fetterman's rightward swerve continues
https://newrepublic.com/post/196353/john-fetterman-dinner-steve-bannon
Federal Judge (appointed by Clinton) rejects Newsome's request for an emergency stay on Federal troops being deployed in California. The Posse Comitatus Act is dead.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5343599-judge-rejects-newsom-emergency-request/
i spent some time w/ my cousin recently who works w/ donors that are looking to stop/prevent/resist Project 2025. she was very worried (on the verge of tears) that "free and fair elections" are doomed in either 2 or 4 yrs.
Trump says he reached a tentative agreement to set tariffs for Chinese goods at 55%, while the tariff on US goods will be 10% in China.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5343899-trump-china-trade-truce-agreement/
Politico is reporting that the White House will remove greenhouse gas emissions regulation for powerplants tomorrow and then look to repeal the Clean Air Act by the end of the year
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/epa-to-repeal-climate-rule-power-plants-wednesday-00398136
Do these people not need to breathe clean air? Are they the actual mole people QAnon warned us about?
Newsome gains visibility, raising his profile for 2028 whereas previously he was just a governor that most of America didn't know
Trump threatens to pull education grants from California because woke children are the real problem here.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Buffs have built a sizeable lead over the visiting team
https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/man-injured-by-bison-in-yellowstone-national-park
Seems like a recommendation of at least 25 yards is still too close. When I was in Alaska I sure didn’t feel comfortable when I ended up that close to a moose.
The recommended distance should be "calculate the distance, know your top speed, and then do the math of how much hospital bills will cost if you're hit by something that weighs the same as three NFL linemen combined and can run 25% faster than Usain Bolt"
Or, just further away than the slowest person in the group...
DBD AV CLUB
RIP Beach Boys Brian Wilson. He was 82
https://news.sky.com/story/beach-boys-co-founder-brian-wilson-dies-13382290
A genius and trailblazer with harmonies.
harmonicas are amazing.
😔 soundtrack to my youth as a California girl. god only knows where I’d be without them.
It’s time for another edition of Oski Disciple’s quote of the day.
“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.” — Stephen Fry
COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT: Today's DBD is in the archive while yesterday's is still on the front page. Is Knwolton running things here too?
maybe we can complain about other DBD things too since it seems that the customer service dept decided to show up to work today!
Somebody (twasn't me) pinned yesterday's DBD on the Front Page. I removed it. I don't like having the DBD on the Front Page unless it's slow news. We've had a bunch of recruiting news... so....