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Beane Strikes Again
2007-05-03 00:25
by Ken Arneson

And the winner of today's injury lottery is...Mike Piazza! Congrats, Mike! Your sprained shoulder has won you a four-to-six week vacation in beautiful Darlington, England, birthplace of railroads, and home of UK Postal Code DL!

So the A's add even more important depth to their disabled list, but don't go thinking Billy Beane is satisfied yet. Beane certainly has his faults, but his most redemptive quality as a GM is probably his ability recognize when he's made a mistake, and correct it quickly. Beane followed his brilliant trade for Chris Denorfia, who is out for the year with Tommy John surgery, by inexplicably acquiring a healthy Ryan Langerhans from the Braves. Recognizing that Langerhans might actually be able to stay in the lineup for an extended period of time, Beane quickly got rid of him, sending him off to the Washington Nationals after only two games in the green and gold, in exchange for former Mariner Chris Snelling. Snelling is actually healthy at the moment as well, but his track record suggests considerably more upside than he has displayed of late. Snelling is probably the only player in the major leagues who can rival Bobby Crosby and Rich Harden for the title as the majors' second-most brittle player (behind only the incomparable Carl Pavano) and may, in fact, surpass his new teammates. He is apparently so brittle that even the mere mention of his name can send him to the DL--the USS Mariner blog took to calling him "Doyle" in an effort to prevent further injury.

Even though we still don't know who the PTBNL is going to the Braves for Langerhans, I am positively giddy over this trade. With the exception of the A's lone albatross, Jason Kendall, the A's have never had more flexibility and more potential up and down the lineup to do damage to themselves than they have right now. Maybe Snelling will be blinded by his new white shoes and trip and fall over himself. Maybe he'll bump into one of the invisible people in the locker room, and break a leg. Or perhaps Crosby and Snelling can collide with each other in shallow left field, and take each other out for good in one big bang. The possibilities are endless; the sky is the limit. It's a great time to be an A's fan.

Comments
2007-05-03 01:14:11
1.   Scott Long
This piece was dripping with so much sarcasm that if Ken made a book on tape of it, the narrator would be David Spade.

Buh-bye.

2007-05-03 05:41:45
2.   williamnyy23
Any chance Beane might be interested in Carl Pavano? It sure sounds like he'd fit right in.
2007-05-03 08:24:22
3.   doppelganger
I'm just worried about Dan Haren. At this rate he'll have to be incapacitated by an elephant gun from a disgruntled season ticket holder or something.
2007-05-03 08:52:24
4.   Hop66
Taking advantage of a market devaluation, perhaps? Maybe Injured is the new On Base Percentage.
2007-05-03 14:13:20
5.   underdog
Dodgers have Jason Repko if Beane's interested. I hear he might be moved to the 60-day DL soon.

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