The Oakland Athletics batted back from an early deficit, but once again watched their bullpen let it slip away in a 7-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
JP Sears pitched himself into and out of trouble in the first inning. Tommy Edman flew out to start the game, but Sears then walked Paul Goldschmidt. Goldschmidt stole second, but Sears struck out Nolan Arenado for the second out. He then issued back-to-back walks to Willson Contreras and Tyler O’Neil to load the bases. However, he would escape the jam as Lars Nootbar lined out to Tyler Soderstrom at first base to strand the runners.
Patrick Bailey’s heroics from yesterday’s win over Texas induced a fugue state that crippled most of the Bay Area, incapacitating fans with the warm-and-fuzzies, the feel-goods, delusions of slump-busts and corners-turned.
But elation or bliss never lasts—especially in a 162-game season.
Not to be contrary sy, but not necessarily. Do you honestly think this roster is prepared to do any damage in the postseason? They’ve got 2 SPs and are using bullpen games 60% of the time. And the O has predictably fallen off a cliff as Kapler is literally throwing darts with his platoons. And therein lies my major problem with Farhan.
In a vacuum, sure, making the playoffs is always great…plenty of teams would love it. But a deeper dive shows serious flaws in Farhan’s approach, and his scouting department is woefully lacking.
However, IF this team can land an elite bat to anchor the lineup, then things can definitely change. But he has yet to show he can do that, as well. Hoping he can, because FZ is admittedly not going anywhere.
Fulton County DA filed an indictment against 19 people - including Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Judy Giuliani, John Eastman, Kenneth Cheseboro, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis - on a RICO charge plus others. Trump was hit with 13 felonies. These are state charges, so a President cannot pardon anyone on this list found guilty. Georgia sentencing guidelines are a minimum of 5 and up to 20. You do not need to prove that you're a criminal enterprise under Georgia's law, but just conspiring to the same cause.
Without any intentional irony, Graham's defended Trump saying that the American people should decide whether they wanted him via the ballot box, not the court system
Basically, Foley's argument is that one of the 50 State Secretaries of State will have to be brave and announce that Trump will not appear on the ballot in that state, knowing and with the hope to force a lawsuit from the state GOP to include Trump, thereby setting up a legal process through the courts and ending with SCOTUS to determine if Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is actually worth the paper it's written on.
You want a reason for the public to pressure Congress radically alter the Court? Rule that January 6 was not an insurrection or that Trump did nothing to knowingly incite the insurrection. As bad a decision as Dobbs was, such a potential decision would be an even bigger flashpoint with a bigger backlash against the conservative court.
Everything would be on the table - impeachment (I'm looking at you, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh), packing the court, and term limits.
Also, aside from Scalia and perhaps Alito, I do think the remaining seven justices actually care about institutions over fealty to Trump. Recent controversial decisions can still be couched in terms of jurisprudential interpretation, even though the vail of ideologically driven outcomes exists just beneath the veneer.
I also think that institutions matter to the justices. If nothing else, the very foundations of the federal government would be threatened by failure to see January 6th for the insurrection that it was or the role that Donald Trump played in the incitement of that insurrection.
You can't allow that nonsense to stand. Clarence Thomas is also suspect. He dissented from a SCOTUS decision to block Trump's attempt to withhold documents from the Select Committee on January 6. Thomas' wife, Ginni, also urged Mark Meadows to do everything possible to overturn the November 2020 election. That family is rotten and a threat to American democracy so long as Clarence Thomas holds a seat on the Court..
Eh, I think if your proposed solution involves a single person risking life and limb like this by doing something extremely unusual, you have to question whether you have landed on the right solution.
I think this is like killing Caesar; we all need to get our hands bloody. In other words, just vote.
Speaking of the poll, I've been around CGB/WFC since 2011 and have no idea what the Punch Twist stuff is all about other than it probably has something to do with a former regular called, Twist N Hook. To be blunt I think it's tired --not to mention exclusionary. (I'm probably in for it now.)
Ha! Not watching, but I found a Next Generation mouse pad - and I have no general respect for that Star Trek version... sure a few (very few) very good shows, but not many!
I'm feeling increasingly optimistic about the season. Wilcox's media session on Sunday was a good dose of hopium, and others keep really pumping up our skill players. I think it was Ben Finley who praised the WRs as playmakers and seemed genuinely surprised, which is a good sign coming from a guy who played at another P5 program (that went 8-5)
Gameday prep for every departing team, if I am Wilcox, I am telling my players, lets make sure the door hits everyone of these motherf***ers in the ass on the way out!!!!
Disagree. I'm okay with the coaches waiting to pick the right guy, and it's a good sign that we have depth. Waiting a bit longer also makes sense given that Ben Finley just got here for fall camp and is still in the mix.
Yeah, agree to disagree on this one, Chairs. I see your point, but this is how yearlong QB controversies take root and fester. The season kicks off in 3 weeks and they don’t have a guy that’s consistently taking first team reps? You can see how some might find that concerning.
Depth is great, when you have clearly defined roles. Otherwise, the potential for a mess is great. When you’ve got 3, you really have none, goes the saying.
Still, Go Bears, as always. If Mendoza turns out to be Davis Webb 2.0 that’d be just fine.
A Davis Webb 2.0 would be absolutely fantastic after the last several years of middling quarterbacking. 4000+ yards and 30-something TDs would definitely help us break the streak of losing records in conference play.
Just curious what would happen if, when the dust settles, Cal were left out of a major conference but (in the .01% chance) they run the table this season.
Troubling news yesterday that Stanford is attempting to break ranks with Cal to join the B1G, leaving the Bears in the lurch. If true, would likely be a death knell for Cal Athletics.
I wish I had confidence in Cal leadership. Hopefully solidarity wins out…
The AAC MIGHT be okay as a temporary solution, depending on what a renegotiated contract looks like with the Pac-4 included. I think the MWC is locked in and definitely not enough money.
Seriously, why would they want to bring in Stanfurd and not Cal? Nobody watches their games. Does the President's Cup carry that much weight in the B1G?
The "brand" talkers nauseam cfb "experts" on podcasts and youtube. And it is sickening to hear as it's accelerated the past few days where we are increasingly even more dismissed than usual.
There's a downside to be an FCS powerhouse. FBS teams don't want to pay money to risk losing to a good FCS team and destabilizes your program. If you look at the top teams on that list - very few of them get an invitation to play against FBS. That being said, there is a huge gulf between the top teams and the mid-ranked FCS teams, who do get scheduled. This is why I am looking forward to the UVA/W&M game in week 6.
Paddle
...your own canoe
Ah... DBD after dark... feels good.
Boat
An athlete who was more famous for being good looking rather than being a top performer at their sport
i suspect this skews female in most cases because of the way the world overly judges women's looks. but curious which males are on the list?
Chad Hansen
CALL HIM BY HIS REAL NAME
Jimmy G?
This one for sure.
Some QBs?
Rick Fox?
Eric Decker
Cal's own Allison Stokke. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Stokke
But wasn't she good as well? Not just very attractive.
not saying she wasnt good, but i dont think she was quite a top performer.
the unwanted media coverage over her looks was a LOT more than how good she was.
I saw a lot of online comments about her when she was at Cal that made me ashamed to be an adult heterosexual male.
She was Livvy Dunne basically before Livvy Dunne was born.
Yes, but she was MORE famous for being good-looking.
i have this problem too!
Wait...she's married to Rickie Fowler?!? Who knew?
We all knew. :-)
I only found out recently if that’s any consolation
I knew lol
Anna Kournikova. And the French rugby team.
Natalie Gulbis although she does have a win.
Kournikova
She's #1 on the list.
I don't think she ever won a singles tournament. All her wins were in doubles. You'd think she would win at least one singles tournament.
that is why she is #1
Oh I know. That she never won a singles tournament was so shocking.
She preferred to Bailamos, and really let the rhythm take her over.
PRO
Bullpen struggles continue for Athletics in 7-5 loss to Cardinals
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/8/14/23832307/athletics-vs-cardinals-final-score
The Oakland Athletics batted back from an early deficit, but once again watched their bullpen let it slip away in a 7-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
JP Sears pitched himself into and out of trouble in the first inning. Tommy Edman flew out to start the game, but Sears then walked Paul Goldschmidt. Goldschmidt stole second, but Sears struck out Nolan Arenado for the second out. He then issued back-to-back walks to Willson Contreras and Tyler O’Neil to load the bases. However, he would escape the jam as Lars Nootbar lined out to Tyler Soderstrom at first base to strand the runners.
Sigh, no point in rooting for this team...
Meckler debuts, doesn’t solve offense
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/8/15/23832592/mlb-final-giants-rays-8-14-2023-recap-wade-meckler-debut-tyler-glasnow-dave-flemming
Patrick Bailey’s heroics from yesterday’s win over Texas induced a fugue state that crippled most of the Bay Area, incapacitating fans with the warm-and-fuzzies, the feel-goods, delusions of slump-busts and corners-turned.
But elation or bliss never lasts—especially in a 162-game season.
Shocker.
Farhan is a disaster.
. . . they would be in the playoffs if the season ended today.
And not even make it back to San Francisco for a game.
Okay, but can we generally agree that "playoff team" means "not a disaster?"
Not to be contrary sy, but not necessarily. Do you honestly think this roster is prepared to do any damage in the postseason? They’ve got 2 SPs and are using bullpen games 60% of the time. And the O has predictably fallen off a cliff as Kapler is literally throwing darts with his platoons. And therein lies my major problem with Farhan.
In a vacuum, sure, making the playoffs is always great…plenty of teams would love it. But a deeper dive shows serious flaws in Farhan’s approach, and his scouting department is woefully lacking.
However, IF this team can land an elite bat to anchor the lineup, then things can definitely change. But he has yet to show he can do that, as well. Hoping he can, because FZ is admittedly not going anywhere.
[ESPN] RB Dalvin Cook to Jets for 1 year $8.6m
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38193519/source-rb-dalvin-cook-sign-1-year-deal-jets
And poof, Breece Hall’s fantasy value just went the way of Keyser Soze…
Ezekiel Elliott goes to Pats. The question is how much is left in the tank
POLITICAL STUFF HERE
Fulton County DA filed an indictment against 19 people - including Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Judy Giuliani, John Eastman, Kenneth Cheseboro, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis - on a RICO charge plus others. Trump was hit with 13 felonies. These are state charges, so a President cannot pardon anyone on this list found guilty. Georgia sentencing guidelines are a minimum of 5 and up to 20. You do not need to prove that you're a criminal enterprise under Georgia's law, but just conspiring to the same cause.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/14/fulton-county-trump-indictment-00111211
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was not included on the indictment.
Without any intentional irony, Graham's defended Trump saying that the American people should decide whether they wanted him via the ballot box, not the court system
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-lindsey-graham-defense-donald-073852831.html
The American people have decided twice in a row that, no, they do not want him.
I honestly hope all their political futures are completely over - nothing but legal bills are alive.
Apparently, Georgia is one of two states where the governor cannot pardon a convicted person.
🥳🥳🥳🥳 it's about damn time!
Opinion piece in the WaPo - Forget the Trump trials. He might already be ineligible for 2024.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/15/trump-ineligible-14th-amendment-unconstitutional-presidency/
This opinion piece by Edward B. Foley ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/edward-b-foley/?itid=ai_top_foleyeb ) is based on an earlier opinion published at reason.com ( https://reason.com/volokh/2023/08/10/trump-is-disqualified-from-being-on-any-election-ballots/ ) which states, in part, "Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment is self-enforcing. It is "the supreme Law of the Land" binding on each of the 50 State Secretaries of State and their subordinates who draw up primary or general election ballots."
Basically, Foley's argument is that one of the 50 State Secretaries of State will have to be brave and announce that Trump will not appear on the ballot in that state, knowing and with the hope to force a lawsuit from the state GOP to include Trump, thereby setting up a legal process through the courts and ending with SCOTUS to determine if Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is actually worth the paper it's written on.
hard to believe SCOTUS would side against Trump under any circumstance .. just sayin'
Not so sure I buy that.
You want a reason for the public to pressure Congress radically alter the Court? Rule that January 6 was not an insurrection or that Trump did nothing to knowingly incite the insurrection. As bad a decision as Dobbs was, such a potential decision would be an even bigger flashpoint with a bigger backlash against the conservative court.
Everything would be on the table - impeachment (I'm looking at you, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh), packing the court, and term limits.
Also, aside from Scalia and perhaps Alito, I do think the remaining seven justices actually care about institutions over fealty to Trump. Recent controversial decisions can still be couched in terms of jurisprudential interpretation, even though the vail of ideologically driven outcomes exists just beneath the veneer.
Thomas??
I also think that institutions matter to the justices. If nothing else, the very foundations of the federal government would be threatened by failure to see January 6th for the insurrection that it was or the role that Donald Trump played in the incitement of that insurrection.
You can't allow that nonsense to stand. Clarence Thomas is also suspect. He dissented from a SCOTUS decision to block Trump's attempt to withhold documents from the Select Committee on January 6. Thomas' wife, Ginni, also urged Mark Meadows to do everything possible to overturn the November 2020 election. That family is rotten and a threat to American democracy so long as Clarence Thomas holds a seat on the Court..
I just doubt any Sec of State will do this. They would get death threats the rest of their life
In other words, kowtow to the nutjobs.
It's no wonder this country is as messed up as it is.
Eh, I think if your proposed solution involves a single person risking life and limb like this by doing something extremely unusual, you have to question whether you have landed on the right solution.
I think this is like killing Caesar; we all need to get our hands bloody. In other words, just vote.
Actually, it only takes one person to start it. Then others should have the temerity to join in.
But my criticism stands: kowtowing to the nutjobs is why this country is as messed up as it is.
DBD STREET JOURNAL
Argentina peso weakened in step-function after an right-winged libertarian won a plurality in the primary elections
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-peso-javier-milei-primary-election-president-latin-america-ff50868368fa85f0110033aa1e5607c8
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/USD-ARS?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWnoa7vt-AAxVrF1kFHccjAj8QmY0JegQIBhAr&window=1M
https://www.wsj.com/articles/eisner-strikes-deal-to-sell-bazooka-gum-business-2712cef5
Michael Eisner strikes deal to sell Bazooka gum to private equity firm Apax Partners for $700 million
Bazooka gum is still a thing?
STROKE
Either you intentionally missed a comma in the answer choices or it was an honest mistake
I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me🫳🗻🗻
Speaking of the poll, I've been around CGB/WFC since 2011 and have no idea what the Punch Twist stuff is all about other than it probably has something to do with a former regular called, Twist N Hook. To be blunt I think it's tired --not to mention exclusionary. (I'm probably in for it now.)
Punch O-Disciple
Which is why I voted "of good luck". This is a family site after all! It's too early for DBD After Dark.
True, but we never DBD after dark anymore
😢
DBD AV CLUB
Ha! Not watching, but I found a Next Generation mouse pad - and I have no general respect for that Star Trek version... sure a few (very few) very good shows, but not many!
CAL
I'm feeling increasingly optimistic about the season. Wilcox's media session on Sunday was a good dose of hopium, and others keep really pumping up our skill players. I think it was Ben Finley who praised the WRs as playmakers and seemed genuinely surprised, which is a good sign coming from a guy who played at another P5 program (that went 8-5)
Gameday prep for every departing team, if I am Wilcox, I am telling my players, lets make sure the door hits everyone of these motherf***ers in the ass on the way out!!!!
Assuming someone can get them the ball...
Somewhat troubling that no one has seized the job yet…
As they say, when you have rotating QB's then you might not have one at all.
Was hoping Sammy Jax V was going to be a star…
No reason he can't be.
I think the explosiveness might be still be the "it" factor for the season. Let's hope so.
Disagree. I'm okay with the coaches waiting to pick the right guy, and it's a good sign that we have depth. Waiting a bit longer also makes sense given that Ben Finley just got here for fall camp and is still in the mix.
Yeah, agree to disagree on this one, Chairs. I see your point, but this is how yearlong QB controversies take root and fester. The season kicks off in 3 weeks and they don’t have a guy that’s consistently taking first team reps? You can see how some might find that concerning.
Depth is great, when you have clearly defined roles. Otherwise, the potential for a mess is great. When you’ve got 3, you really have none, goes the saying.
Still, Go Bears, as always. If Mendoza turns out to be Davis Webb 2.0 that’d be just fine.
A Davis Webb 2.0 would be absolutely fantastic after the last several years of middling quarterbacking. 4000+ yards and 30-something TDs would definitely help us break the streak of losing records in conference play.
Hoping this is more a case of Mendoza showing out, providing unexpected competition, rather than Sammy Jax not living up to expectations.
Which would be awesome!! Davis Webb 2.0? Yes please.
Just curious what would happen if, when the dust settles, Cal were left out of a major conference but (in the .01% chance) they run the table this season.
Troubling news yesterday that Stanford is attempting to break ranks with Cal to join the B1G, leaving the Bears in the lurch. If true, would likely be a death knell for Cal Athletics.
I wish I had confidence in Cal leadership. Hopefully solidarity wins out…
It seems weird to add one team though and make an odd number, unless they were adding two and the second is some other team
Yeah, though I have doubts that the B1G would want to bring in only one team.
Who is reporting this scandalous charge?
Some Minnesota fan that is apparently a pretty solid and knowledgeable B1G source.
By the way, I feel like we are really in a Power 2 world now - Big Ten and SEC. I’m not really sure how long the Big 12 and ACC will last
The concern is if we fall out of the P5 now, we NEVER get it back. Never.
We merge with MWC/AAC, we’re screwed. The NIL will crater, interest will wane and it will be impossible to earn our way into the B1G.
It’s now or never.
Oh totally agree. We are utterly and thoroughly fucked if we have to go independent or join MWC
The AAC MIGHT be okay as a temporary solution, depending on what a renegotiated contract looks like with the Pac-4 included. I think the MWC is locked in and definitely not enough money.
If we can join ACC as a football only member, can we survive?
Who would basketball, baseball, tennis, volleyball, etc play?
I would say it has to be one of the P5 in all sports or athletics is basically done.
Seriously, why would they want to bring in Stanfurd and not Cal? Nobody watches their games. Does the President's Cup carry that much weight in the B1G?
The "brand" talkers nauseam cfb "experts" on podcasts and youtube. And it is sickening to hear as it's accelerated the past few days where we are increasingly even more dismissed than usual.
Go Bears!!!
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
10 AP votes were accidentally given to Kansas Jayhawks
https://www.ksnt.com/sports/big-12-football/ap-poll-error-accidentally-gives-k-state-votes-to-jayhawks/
Sean Tuohy responds to Oher's claim that he was exploited as "insulting"
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1691264041749016576
Not strictly a denial
AP preseason top 25 released:
Pac-12: USC (6), Washington (10), Utah (14), Oregon (15), Oregon State (18)
Also receiving votes: UCLA (28, 66 votes)
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
You left off Cal.
Cal (76)
go bears!
Idaho 13th in FCS top 25 poll - unfortunately not a patsy.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-top-25-defending-champion-south-dakota-state-leads-preseason-fcs-power-rankings/
There's a downside to be an FCS powerhouse. FBS teams don't want to pay money to risk losing to a good FCS team and destabilizes your program. If you look at the top teams on that list - very few of them get an invitation to play against FBS. That being said, there is a huge gulf between the top teams and the mid-ranked FCS teams, who do get scheduled. This is why I am looking forward to the UVA/W&M game in week 6.
https://gojacks.com/sports/football/schedule/2023
https://msubobcats.com/sports/football/schedule/2023
https://tribeathletics.com/sports/football/schedule/2023
https://gobison.com/sports/football/schedule/2023
Oooh, this game will probably make it on to the FCS draft on Split Zone Duo