Thursday links

by Grant Brisbee on Feb 1, 2007 1:49 PM PST in News

Links, links, links to the Barry contract saga, just in case you were offended by my disinterest yesterday. Apparently, the deal from last month that wasn't finished until yesterday wasn't really finished. Like he's going to play for the Sonoma Crushers next season. C'mon, now.
And we need to start keeping track of these: "I believe 1,000 home runs are within Barry's reach." - Jeff Borris
Outstanding.
If someone could run this column through Babelfish and let me know who the author is blaming for the state of the Giants, that'd be great. Thanks. I don't think the dog years conversion was park-adjusted, either.
I always forget to link to them, but Baseball Analysts are constantly putting out good stuff. There's a series going on right now that examines strikeout and groundball rates for minor league pitchers, and the High-A piece has a lot of Giants farmhands showing up in the lists.
The front page of Baseball Prospectus has a table of the luckiest relievers in the NL for 2006, consisting of relievers who left runners on when they were removed but were bailed out. Number three on the list was Steve Kline. That sounds about right.

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Third on the list?

I always thought Kline was a solid No. 2.

by Moggeee on Feb 1, 2007 1:55 PM PST reply actions

Re: Third on the list?

I always considered him runny #2.

We'd be pretty good if we didn't suck so bad.

by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 1, 2007 2:09 PM PST up reply actions

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Eyre and Embree are #s 1 and 2.

Never thought I'd see current/ex-Giants relievers associated with anything lucky.

Mighty Casey would have taken Armando Benitez deep.

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Feb 1, 2007 2:08 PM PST reply actions

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as for the current state of the Giants, I'm not totally sure but I think that Del Grande Ass is blaming Lou Seal.

We'd be pretty good if we didn't suck so bad.

by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 1, 2007 2:17 PM PST reply actions

Two thoughts today. Jeff Borris is in competition with the former Iraq Minister of Information for most unbelievably unpersuasive spin doctoring. The only way Bonds hits 1,000 is if the start counting batting practice and back yard wiffle ball homers. Also, Del Grande is a douche. End of message.

by out machine on Feb 1, 2007 2:33 PM PST reply actions

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Excellent point! From now on, "Baghdad Borris" it is...

You're nobody 'til everybody in
this town thinks you're a bastard - Elvis Costello

by EliminateMe on Feb 1, 2007 4:04 PM PST up reply actions

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I am stuck, for some reason, with this image of Bagdad borris in green khakis, and a beret holding an imprompteu press conference on the 3rd Street Bridge as 100 Usedacarus tanks rattle by in the background.

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 1, 2007 6:04 PM PST up reply actions

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Thank you, Mr. Del Grande. For a long time now I've been pointing out that this club has been severely-tagged. The tagging has indeed become increasingly severe, to the point where it's becoming nearly impossible for Sabean to whitewash the shame off. I mean, Magowan has Sabes so busy whitewashing that he hasn't had time to properly convert the terms of his players' contracts into dog-years for crying out loud!

While there are pretenders out there taking PECOTA or ZIPS, we get keen dog-years insight from our local beat writers.

by biff pocoroba on Feb 1, 2007 2:38 PM PST reply actions

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An old boss of mine had a wonderful motto: "Write drunk, edit sober." Del Grande's column appears to have bypassed the second part.

Never mind whatever I do!!! Fan is my tresure!!!

by leftymalo on Feb 1, 2007 2:46 PM PST reply actions

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That is indeed a great motto for writing.

by Skaldheim on Feb 1, 2007 8:36 PM PST up reply actions

I don't like it

That crummy motto means we have to sober up at some point.

by Moggeee on Feb 1, 2007 8:43 PM PST up reply actions

Re: I don't like it

Or get someone else to do the editing.

Never mind whatever I do!!! Fan is my tresure!!!

by leftymalo on Feb 2, 2007 8:38 AM PST up reply actions

My kingdom for a sober editor

My dog is the only one around here who has his drinking under control.

Yet he's a little sloppy around the waterdish, and not very trustworthy with my homework.

He never bites off more than he can chew, though.

by Moggeee on Feb 2, 2007 9:06 AM PST up reply actions

The Old Grey Lady is drunk

I wasn't too interested in the Bonds' On Bonds's show yesterday, but this headline from the New York Times can't be right, can it?

Bond's Deal Isn't a Deal Yet

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/sports/baseball/01bonds.html?_r=1&ref=baseball&oref=slogin

"Robb Nen is going to get you" - Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02

by Pants Man on Feb 1, 2007 3:14 PM PST reply actions

And a quick question for Borris...

Bonds vs. God in a round of golf?

"Robb Nen is going to get you" - Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02

by Pants Man on Feb 1, 2007 3:14 PM PST reply actions

Re: And a quick question for Borris...

Trick question. Lemmy is God.

David
SPORTSZILLA - kickass sports writing

by David A. Arnott on Feb 1, 2007 3:31 PM PST up reply actions

Re: And a quick question for Borris...

I don't know. Lemmy's a total bad ass but I have no doubt Bonds is in better shape. Even now without the use of his knees.

Brian Sabean for President! Anything that keeps him away from the Giants.

by Punch Rockgroin on Feb 1, 2007 3:51 PM PST up reply actions

link dump

Lots of lists lately. SI apparently drummed up a ranking of NL infields. The Giants did not figure in favorably.

by non sequitur on Feb 1, 2007 5:02 PM PST reply actions

Del Grande

Let us not forget that Mr. "Of The Large" (apparently his surname is not in refence to IQ or quanity of talent for writing a clear column) provided us his e-mail address.

dave@angnewspapers.com

Let's go Kingman on his ass. If we get a street address, I have the rat if you have the shoebox.

Maybe I'm just a stupid PR guy from San Diego, but bashing the Ray Durham signing? I just don't get it.

Hack Leonard could beat up Chuck Norris

by DiegoGiant on Feb 1, 2007 5:22 PM PST reply actions

wtf

If I'm not mistaken, I think this column might be about Leopold Bloom's travels through Dublin.

Saving countless runs with my defense

by lyricalkiller on Feb 1, 2007 5:27 PM PST up reply actions

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Some weeks ago, Mr. Del Grande was provided with tranplantation instructions for a replacement anus sphincter. As anticipated, he was unable to follow directions and inserted the new orofice where his lips formerly resided. Senor Retardo Grande's's's's's's's's's's' latest scribblings, seem to indicate that the mislocated sphincter muscles have clamped down upon his crack-addled brain, not too unlike, a giant rubberband squeezing a soft-boiled ostrich turd. It appears that we are witnessing one of the first-ever brain strangulations by a transplanted anal orofice muscle. As his name suggests, it is good to be large in some ways, and lends itself to a new term: "assbande del grande".

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 1, 2007 6:26 PM PST reply actions

With these huevos, there's no sunny side up

Thanks for the insight.

I always wondered, besides fluffy feathers, what all those ostrich farms were producing.

by Moggeee on Feb 1, 2007 8:13 PM PST up reply actions

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After translating it to Japanese and back, apparently Del Grande is blaming the Year of the Dog and the production of peddlers.

by hometownboy on Feb 1, 2007 8:16 PM PST reply actions

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"that's a whopping 245 in dog years"
"pigpen-type mushroom cloud"
___________

Possibly two of the top ten lamest lines I've ever heard.

by Stoned Slacker on Feb 1, 2007 11:52 PM PST reply actions

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The thing that kills me is that all these schmucks chastising Bonds for "alleged" steroid use are the same ones who were rooting for McGwire when he hit 70, yet they still booed Bonds when he hit 73. How many stories did these idiots write titled "Big Mac Is What the Big Leagues Need" etc... It wasn't obvious to them that McGwire was using steroids.

It doesn't matter what Bonds does. He could fucking cure cancer, AIDS, and solve world hunger and they'd still find some reason to hang him from the gallows of public opinion.

Hitler was a Dodgers fan.

by The Nick on Feb 2, 2007 2:08 AM PST reply actions

Africa starves/ Giants sprint to a postgame spread

Bonds' valiant efforts to solve World Hunger were dealt a serious blow with the additions to the organization of eating machines Tyler Walker and Russ Ortiz.

by Moggeee on Feb 2, 2007 8:55 AM PST up reply actions

The Real Dispute?

According to Murray Chass of the NY Times, Barry is upset that the "Indictment Clause" became public knowledge. I am not at all suprised about this. He should be upset, the Feds now have motive to indict him even if they do not believe they can win a conviction. I hope the Giants wake up a realize that this clause is just making it much more likely that Barry will be indicted and that they need to back off now that it is public because they do not want to provide this motivation that increases significantly the chances of an indictment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/03/sports/baseball/03chass.html?ref=baseball

by giantsrainman on Feb 3, 2007 2:53 AM PST reply actions