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2nd Annual GRANT APPRECIATION DAY

Last year was Grant's rookie season in Sportsblog Nation, and it was a season full of promise. Kind of like Matt Cain, but a few years older. Some of us had witnessed evidence of his talents earlier -- impressive performances in the minor internets with Waiting for Boof and pseudonymous posts to other sites under the handle of "Floyd Thursby". But for most of us, 2005 was our first exposure to "Please don't touch the talent, Jason" and other Web Gems.

Naturally, we wondered if he could bring it yet again in '06. Would a sophomore slump take hold ... or would the magic carry over with another sub-.500 Giants season?

It's just one man's opinion, but the answer is clearly ... um, what was the question?

Just a few of the many highlights from Grant's 2006 campaign:

The Good

  • "One minute you're in bed, the next you're calling phone sex numbers to talk about the game because no one else is up that late. `What am I wearing? Sixteen freaking strikeouts, that's what I'm wearing! He reached back, and...wait, you want to do what with the strikeouts now? I'm not sure if you understand the concept of a strikeout, but I'll admit I'm intrigued....'"
  • "Matt Cain was filthy last night. His fastball was a pig reading Harlequin novels in a septic tank. His curveball was a port-o-potty at the third day of Burning Man."
  • "So it goes for the take-a-penny/leave-a-penny tray of the National League. They could be better, and they could be worse. Some general managers read Moneyball to get strategies for constructing a roster. Brian Sabean read Harrison Bergeron. Is this thing on? Hello? cough"
  • "The National League Wild Card race: Like an amorous man shipwrecked on Barnyard Animal Island, there really aren't any winners involved."
  • "Did we pay $27M for the last three years of Mark Gardner's career?"
  • "Tommy Lasorda is still a braying ass."
  • Oh, and let's not forget this masterful tour de force.
  • The bad:

  • The flame war that erupted while Grant was conveniently away on his honeymoon. Sure, dude, leave it to the fill-in guy to clean up your mess. (Come back soon, Josh From Hollywood!)
  • The ugly:

  • Randy Johnson
  • Truly, though, the highlight of 2006 was how, every single day, Grant made us think by asking the tough questions we were afraid to ask. This one in particular, posed early in the season, has stuck in my head :

    You're all invited, for the second year in a row, to express, however you see fit, your thanks and appreciation to the man who made this URL must-bookmark material, a man whose writing continues to hold its own against those funny YouTube Hasselhoff videos. Well done, sir. Well done.

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