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• Flying Water Duck: Mike Piazza Is Not Amused By Your Poland Spring

  Published: July 26, 2007, 1:05 pm

  Tags: Baseball, Flying Water Duck, Mike Piazza, Oakland Athletics

  Mike Piazza has suffered through much in his career. One time everybody thought he was gay. He once was traded to the Marlins. Also, one time, people thought he was a gay. It's been a tough life. But now, now he has suffered through the ultimate indignity. You see, someone someone threw a water bottle at him. And they'll pay: Oh, yes, they will

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• The 1894-S dime worth $1.9 million and a secret journey

  Published: July 28, 2007, 5:38 am

  Tags: New York, Daniel Rosenthal, Oakland, San Francisco, 1894 S Dime, John Feigenbaum, Coin Collectors

  of the historical dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal while the buyer of the unique thing doesn t want to disclose his identity. Anyway, the buyer did say that he bought the dime simply as an investment and will not spend it, as there is nothing to buy in New York for 10 cents. Interestingly, Feigenbaum doesn t know how the dime

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• Waiver Trade Candidate: Mike Piazza

  Published: August 2, 2007, 8:15 am

  Tags: Baseball Waiver Trades, Mike Piazza, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics

  Athletics DH Mike Piazza has about $2.83MM left on his contract this year.  Some teams poked around before the deadline - the Twins, maybe the Angels - but there wasn't much action on him and he didn't go anywhere.  The question now is whether the A's will put him on waivers to try to trade him this month.  There's no harm in just

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• Chauncey Bailey Killed

  Published: August 2, 2007, 5:00 pm

  Tags: General News, Chauncey Bailey, Ktvu, Oakland News, Oakland Post, Oakland Tribune

  Bailey editor of the Oakland Post from June 2007 was killed this morning around 7:25 a.m. in downtown Oakland, some people reported to the police that a guy wearing a mask shot him and then took of in a van that was waiting for him. Chauncey Bailey was 57. (more…) copyright @2007 bu.bulicio.us chauncey bailey, ktvu, oakland

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• Speed Read Feed for August 3, 2007

  Published: August 3, 2007, 2:52 am

  Tags: Speed Read Feed, Arkansas, Barack Obama, Bin Laden, Bridge, Bumpshack, Cervical Cancer, Hillary Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Oakland Post, Sean Penn

  in 1990- My Way Editor of Oakland Post shot to death in broad daylight- CNN Arkansas couple has 17th kid….and counting- Fox News Cheap and simple method can

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• Waiver Trade Candidate: Mike Piazza

  Published: August 2, 2007, 8:15 am

  Tags: Baseball Waiver Trades, Mike Piazza, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics

  Athletics DH Mike Piazza has about $2.83MM left on his contract this year.  Some teams poked around before the deadline - the Twins, maybe the Angels - but there wasn't much action on him and he didn't go anywhere.  The question now is whether the A's will put him on waivers to try to trade him this month.  There's no harm in just

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• Olney: Dodgers, A's Still Talking Blanton

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:37 pm

  Tags: Joe Blanton, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics

  ESPN just had Buster Olney on to say that the Joe Blanton to the Dodgers talks are still ongoing.  Rosenthal had indicated that the Dodgers' offer last night fell short. By the way, I changed the front page of this site to display 30 posts instead of 20, so that you can see everything I've written today just by scrolling.

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• Chauncey Bailey Devaughndre Broussard Arrested

  Published: August 5, 2007, 12:54 am

  Tags: Legal, General News, Chauncey Bailey, Chauncey Bailey Picture, Chauncey Bailey Video, Ktvu, Oakland News, Oakland Post, Oakland Tribune

  Bailey editor for The Oakland Post will get justice, Devaughndre Broussard 19 was arrested and confessed to killing Chauncey Bailey who was shot and killed Thursday walking to his job. Apparently it was a mob style hit, the police seems to be able to link Devaughndre Broussard to Chauncey Bailey through a raid that was made at Your

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• Olney: Tejada, Piazza Put On Waivers

  Published: August 6, 2007, 12:11 am

  Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Miguel Tejada, Mike Piazza, Oakland Athletics

  ESPN's Buster Olney has some waiver activity for us this evening.  Keep in mind that many, many players are put on waivers; there's no risk for a team in doing so. Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada was placed on waivers, and the White Sox made a claim.  Olney simply says that the two sides "did not work out a deal," but doesn't

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• STATS SHMATS: Unbreakable MLB Milestones - Wins and Steals

  Published: August 6, 2007, 3:50 pm

  Tags: Cy Young, David Rabinowitz, Mlb, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Rickey Henderson, Stats Shmats

  Bob Welch won 27 games for Oakland in 1990, so I highly doubt someone could average 25 per year. 1,406: Rickey Henderson's career stolen bases total.To put things into perspective, only 40 major leaguers have more career steals than the difference between Rickey and No. 2 Lou Brock.In order for someone to even tie Rickey, they would have to

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• Broadway & 14th

  Published: August 5, 2007, 10:09 pm

  Tags: Public Transit, Oakland

  many outsider perceptions of Oakland center solely or mostly around my first description. Often, when traveling throughout the state or country, I get strange looks when I say I live in Oakland. People wonder if I hear gunshots every night. Last time my sister visited me in downtown, she - an ex-Oakland resident who recently moved back to the

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• A Cheat Sheet for Eating Locally

  Published: August 4, 2007, 2:50 pm

  Tags: Organic, Berkeley, East Bay, Oakland, Environmentalism, San Francisco, Green, Food

  and organic. Numi Tea Oakland! Yes Tea, tea, and more tea. I recommend trying one of their variety packs. I live by tea, and Numi's one of my favorite. Many stores and cafes carry their teas. Phoenix Pastifico Berkeley ? Pasta, ravioli, pasta sauces Pricey, but worth the treat once in a while. You can find their

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• How Far Would Oakland Go for Medical Marijuana?

  Published: August 1, 2007, 9:17 pm

  Tags: Medical Marijuana, Oakland, Activism

  what do they have to do with Oakland? Well, all of this has caused me to wonder. How would Oakland react to this level of federal harassment? Which City Council members would be willing to stand up to the DEA and the Bush administration? Are there 200 residents who would drop everything to protest in front of one of the 4 Oakland dispensaries

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• Listenin’ to the Banjo

  Published: July 28, 2007, 8:53 pm

  Tags: Oakland, Music

  Yet another reason I love Oakland… one night I’m woken up at 2am by a car blasting Ludacris, and another night I’m lulled to sleep by the banjo. This city never ceases to surprise me.

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• Fire Arts Festival

  Published: July 22, 2007, 5:38 pm

  Tags: Burning Man, Oakland, Art

  Fire Arts Festival in West Oakland brings the Bay Area a preview of the best part of Burning Man: lots of great art, tons of fire, a mixture of people, and man-made beauty in an unexpected place. Photo by Dave Wright, courtesy of thecrucible.org This year was no exception. I went on Friday night and enjoyed fire arts with thousands of others

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