Comments | candle_beck: the good and the bad showed up together today

candle_beck

the good and the bad showed up together today

Oct 14, 2005 20:55

this made my fucking week. i checked in at espn.com kinda idly while my boss was laying out the guidelines for what we'd have to accomplish this weekend, and probably i wasn't supposed to be sitting there with a gigantic grin on my face, but i couldn't help it ( Read more... )

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kickthebeat October 15 2005, 04:26:11 UTC

the mini-headline on espn.com -- Surprise! Athletics rehire Macha as manager -- cracks me up every time I see it. I was overwhelmed with joy to hear such news.

I'm not a huge fan of Eric Neel, for various and sundry reasons, but the Robb Nen article brought a tear to my eye.

And when he did it, he gave a word like "team" a real shape and weight, and transformed an abstract thing like "desire" into something palpable. He turned the game into a series of questions: What do you love? How much do you love it? What would you be willing to give up for it?

we're in this baseball thing for life, baby. for life.

candle_beck October 15 2005, 04:40:00 UTC

yep.

dreadnought October 15 2005, 05:02:58 UTC

I'm glad Macha is coming back, although it practically guarantees Wash won't be back, since he's had offers to manage elsewhere. But such is life.

I read that Robb Nen story a while ago, and it made me tear up even though I hate the Angels with a passion. Baseball is more than a game.

candle_beck October 15 2005, 05:52:15 UTC

oh man, i cannot say how much i will miss wash. he is so fab. that was the silver lining when macha wasn't coming back, maybe it'll be wash! but it's a fair trade, i suppose.

the article just solidifies my ongoing hatred of the angels. i'm like, yeah, they've fucked with both my teams, and that i don't let go.

djshorty October 15 2005, 06:13:21 UTC

That will help the A's a lot to keep their same manager.

candle_beck October 15 2005, 06:54:37 UTC

definitely. he is consistency in a box. i am way psyched.

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candle_beck October 16 2005, 07:49:06 UTC

hey man, if they give you a decade, that's kinda worth it.

crazy4zito October 15 2005, 18:13:04 UTC

i'm so glad they rehired him!!!
i couldn't think of the A's without Ken Macha.

candle_beck October 16 2005, 07:49:34 UTC

i know, he is such a fixture. weird to think it's only been three years, yaknow.

crazy4zito October 16 2005, 17:50:05 UTC

yeah...i honestly can't rememeber who was
manager before. but then again...i didn't watch
the A's three years ago.

littlestclouds October 17 2005, 15:38:46 UTC

art howe! :O i had a crush on art howe >.>

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