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candle_beck

this is for the los angeles police department

Jan 24, 2005 21:21

My new job? They're gonna give me a hot sandwich for lunch every day! I have a soda budget, for chrissake. It's, like, a joyous occasion. Man. Hot sandwiches. Apparently they only hire like 1% of applicants, which is weird because I pretty much just showed up and said 'hi,' and got myself hired. But, this does a lot for my natural ( Read more... )

zito/beane, mlb fic

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candle_beck January 26 2005, 00:19:22 UTC

thanks, dude. i am always skeptical about zito n beane, i feel like it is just my own obscure semi-favorite pairing that everyone else is all, ew, about, but awesome that you are a fan.

lastcatastrophe January 25 2005, 07:02:40 UTC

only suckers drive to the game, dude.

this maybe reopened a few wounds that had been closing in my heart, which is, you know, not always a bad thing.

candle_beck January 26 2005, 00:18:10 UTC

don't hate on those of us who live on teh peninsula, yo. we already pay bridge toll, we have suffered enough.

and yes! ripping off scabs in the most painful way possible since 1997! it's what we do best.

crazy4zito January 26 2005, 01:59:46 UTC

i love bart. i never drive to the games...well once...because my dad wanted to drive. but whatever, great story...

candle_beck January 27 2005, 01:50:56 UTC

the bart is indeed the shiznickie. the heart of the mission to the coliseum in twenty minutes. it's choice.

belle1446 January 26 2005, 09:18:02 UTC

Beane exhales, and shakes his head. “New system. It's 5-13-78.”

LMAO
I almost fell off my stool when I read that part. Icing on the cake, baby. :-P

candle_beck January 27 2005, 01:51:46 UTC

ahahaha, i am crazy amused by myself. and a little bit lame, but only a little.

belle1446 January 27 2005, 08:24:34 UTC

Just a smidge of lame to make the recipe more interestin'. :-P

brushback January 27 2005, 00:30:21 UTC

Jock bio is God's gift to obsessive fangirls. I mean, really. Michigan State All-American and prized first-round pick Mark Mulder was also on the Canadians’ staff. The tall lefty was expected to be major-league ready sometime that year, but pitching at the same level, Tim was clearly miles ahead in his development.

and
The last time an A’s starter had made the [All-star] squad, Tim wasn’t shaving yet.

candle_beck January 27 2005, 01:58:35 UTC

i know, man. zito's? it is like my bible.

i take issue with the claim that no punches were thrown in the boston bar fight! because that seriously messes with one of my favorite stories about tim hudson. and zito cowering in the corner and sucker-punching guys in the back of the neck.

also, briefly may i mention mark mulder going direct to triple-a, not pitching all that well there, getting called up the after one season, and having that wretched rookie year. i'm convinced that mulder was the last of the old-school scouted pitchers on beane's payroll, who happened to have good college stats and everything, but mainly got drafted at number two just because he looked like he should be a major league pitcher. he looks like he's not afraid of the yankees. he looks good on a baseball card.

and meanwhile, my boy goes from visalia to trip-a in four months, and gets no respect! you know he's all bitter about that.

brushback January 27 2005, 02:55:37 UTC

Mulder going straight to AAA = giant crock of poo.

I mean, sure. He looks like a big-league pitcher. He tore up the Cape Cod League, but that's, like, a total of three months of real ball. MSU doesn't play in anything resembling a real conference, let alone the SEC.

You've written Zito and Mulder in Cape Cod. I think there needs to be Mulder and Hudson in AAA and all this stuff about the bonus baby not knowing how to ride buses and asking if there's, like, room service at their Motel 6.

candle_beck January 27 2005, 21:52:31 UTC

sigh. i actually tried to write something about zito's year in the minors that culminated in vancouver, and the whole thing about how it was the first time the three of them played on the same team in the same year and yet were never in the rotation together, what with timothy getting called up early and zito not getting there until like september. but, alas, it went off the rails.

now, obviously, i have to try it again. i think the mulder point of view is the way to go. oh man. i'm excited now.

by the way, is it okay that zito/beane is becoming, like, my favorite pairing? i have this vision of the thing between them where they just bitch at each other all the time, and then fuck like bunnies. and it makes me happy. double sigh!

this comment brought to you by the cold i picked up because it is FUCKING FREEZING.