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Announced on KNBR....

by Grant Brisbee on Feb 9, 2007 9:06 AM PST in News

Jon Miller re-upped for a six-year deal. Excellent, excellent news. Even if the long-term future doesn't look great -- you know, like in 1996 -- at least Miller will make the games worth listening to.

People who don't like Miller are the kinds of people who don't like Casablanca or The Beatles: societal mistakes that should be cleansed from the planet. If you wish to have more information about these philosophies, please subscribe to my newsletter.

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Card-carrying Fascists Unite

Subscriptions to Grant's Völkischer Beobachter are at record levels...

by Moggeee on Feb 9, 2007 9:15 AM PST reply actions

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SWEET. This totally makes my day. Miller was the reason I liked the Giants in the first place.

by tk on Feb 9, 2007 9:29 AM PST reply actions

Great.

But since the Flem is still in his arbitration years shouldn't we lock him up long term too?

Here's to a good 2007. Or 2008. Or 2009. Or 2010. Or...

by WalrusMan on Feb 9, 2007 9:51 AM PST reply actions

Re: Great.

TNSTAAAP

This world you take to be 'the' world will die, and descend into Hell, and all history after that will belong properly to the history of Hell.

by lunaticfridge on Feb 9, 2007 10:03 AM PST up reply actions

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>People who don't like Miller are the kinds of people who don't like Casablanca or The Beatles:

Whew. I'm glad you didn't add "Who's Next" to that list.

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

by leftymalo on Feb 9, 2007 9:55 AM PST reply actions

Gotta ask

Who Are You?

by Moggeee on Feb 9, 2007 10:01 AM PST up reply actions

I don't know..

But I'm sure he's Going Mobile.

Here's to a good 2007. Or 2008. Or 2009. Or 2010. Or...

by WalrusMan on Feb 9, 2007 10:12 AM PST up reply actions

Mobile?

Sweet Home, Alabama.

by Moggeee on Feb 9, 2007 10:15 AM PST up reply actions

Re: I don't know..

Postal is more like it, at least when I hear that song.

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

by leftymalo on Feb 9, 2007 12:05 PM PST up reply actions

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I have this craaazy friend who likes Jon Miller, but still thinks he's overrated.

Is he crazy?

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

by EliminateMe on Feb 9, 2007 10:07 AM PST reply actions

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Nope! Just ignorant.

This world you take to be 'the' world will die, and descend into Hell, and all history after that will belong properly to the history of Hell.

by lunaticfridge on Feb 9, 2007 10:13 AM PST up reply actions

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Friend, huh?

Coming to you by proxy

by howtheyscored on Feb 9, 2007 10:38 AM PST up reply actions

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I've got this "friend" who thinks that Miller gets whiny, smug and irrational when the Giants are playing poorly. My friend does as well, of course... most of us fans do, yet he still finds it exceedingly annoying and has to turn the radio off when Miller gets worked up. This same friend would listen faithfully to Hank Greenwald or Mike Krukow through a 12-1 loss during an eight-game losing streak.

This friend must admit, however, that during a big game when a team is playing well, no one is better than Jon Miller. And he's praying that the 2007 Giants give Miller a chance to do what he does best.

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

by Pants Man on Feb 9, 2007 1:03 PM PST up reply actions

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Friend, huh?

Coming to you by proxy

by howtheyscored on Feb 9, 2007 2:53 PM PST up reply actions

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Dude, just because you don't have any doesn't mean you have to take that skeptical tone with the rest of us!

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

by EliminateMe on Feb 9, 2007 3:37 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah!

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

by Pants Man on Feb 9, 2007 3:40 PM PST up reply actions

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Told!

Brian Sabean hates us all. It's the only reasonable explanation for this crap team. No one is that clueless.

by Punch Rockgroin on Feb 9, 2007 5:29 PM PST up reply actions

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The Giants have the best group of announcers in the business with Kruk, Kuip and Jon Miller. You pretty much know that Kruk and Kuip will be there forever, so it's good to see Jon Miller get locked up as well. Nothing better than a post game show on the radio after a Giant win when they get all giddy.

by rxmeister on Feb 9, 2007 10:16 AM PST reply actions

So true, Rex.

And the mood-enhancing drug they share is determined by Miller, and dispensed by Big Jon's personality.

He's like a Bottle of Bubbly for that crew when all is well with the world after a Giant come-from-behind, How'd-We-Do-Dat victory.

by Moggeee on Feb 9, 2007 10:25 AM PST up reply actions

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Miller is one of the great ones. We're lucky. He and Flem are outstanding together.

As for the ESPN gig, am I the only one who notices that Miller sometimes -- subtly -- pokes fun at Joe Morgan? It's not my imagination, is it?

by Dan from NM on Feb 9, 2007 10:19 AM PST reply actions

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heheh. Not at all. But he does it good naturedly. Everybody likes to pick on Joe, but I like him. He is the next best thing to Yogi Berra and Casey Stengal. Sometimes it is the best part of the broadcast. Especially when Joe goes off on some tangent.

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 9, 2007 11:15 AM PST up reply actions

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Yeah, Joe says really intelligent things like

"[K zone] shows that the ball was over the middle of the plate, but that was inside."

Huh? Or try this exchange.

In other words, Joe Morgan is a total idiot. Sometimes I worry that he has a negative effect on Jon Miller which causes Miller to lose brain cells just by having to listen to Joe spew nonsense about baseball for 3 hours a week.

Of course Joe did author this appropriately titled book, so I could be wrong.

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

by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 10, 2007 12:30 AM PST up reply actions

Huzzah!!

2002? I'm over it.

by wjackalope on Feb 9, 2007 10:23 AM PST reply actions

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I don't like the Beatles. I love Jon Miller.

"Strikeouts are boring. Besides that, they're fascist." Not fascist: SF Dugout

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 9, 2007 10:39 AM PST reply actions

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Finally they give a fat multi-year deal to someone who actually deserves it.

Mighty Casey would have taken Armando Benitez deep.

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Feb 9, 2007 11:17 AM PST reply actions

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Yeah, but what do we do when we find out that Miller injects baboon urine into his larnyx to create the dulcet tone of his voice? Baboon urine being illegal, of course, in every radio booth in the country.

"Mow bwiefings?" "More briefings."

by stobgopper on Feb 9, 2007 4:33 PM PST up reply actions

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They banned baboon urine from the airwaves?

Now I know the real reason Howard Stern had to move to satellite.

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

by EliminateMe on Feb 9, 2007 5:59 PM PST up reply actions

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I don't like Black and White movies. Bogie was short. Bacall was stuck up. The special effects sucked. Any movie with French soldiers is a farce. All that was needed was Inspector Clousseau.

Grade: Overrated.

I've always hated the Beatles since they first showed up on The Ed Sullivan show and about 1 million skanky girls feinted. The only thing the Beatles accomplished, was to push the no-talent, moronic future drug addict Elvis "Body-by-Mando" Pressley off the top of the charts.

Grade: Overrated

Besides, Grant is too young to remember this stuff when it first came out. You've been brainwashed by Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, and Gavin Newsom.

Jon Miller. Six Year Contract.

Grade: Underrated

I still miss Russ Hodges. And if somebody comes across my mind please mail it back to me. Reward.

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 9, 2007 11:23 AM PST reply actions

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If you were any more awesome it'd be illegal.

"Strikeouts are boring. Besides that, they're fascist." Not fascist: SF Dugout

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 9, 2007 11:35 AM PST up reply actions

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My eyes must have deceived me. I thought it read awesome instead of argggggggheuhg. Old age swings its sword indiscriminately at the unwary, unwise, and unconscious, of which I claim membership in all three.

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 9, 2007 10:15 PM PST up reply actions

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"Bacall was stuck up."

Guess she was so stuck up that she wasn't in the movie.

(Ingrid Bergman says "hi".)

:-P

Biggest mankinder in the history of no brain.

by Goofus on Feb 9, 2007 11:49 AM PST up reply actions

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The allusion to Bacall was as Bogie's S.O. and wife and the two of them being overrated - not as Ilsa, Rick's ex in the movie. 8=D

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 9, 2007 3:49 PM PST up reply actions

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And might I also add, that if you buy this, you may also be interested in Seattle Pilot bearer bonds.

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 9, 2007 3:53 PM PST up reply actions

That excuse just put its lips together and blew.

by Grant Brisbee on Feb 9, 2007 3:57 PM PST up reply actions

Re: That excuse just put its lips together and ble

Which shall forever after and in the hereafter (which is what I'm here after) be referred to as the "Alibi del Mando"

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 9, 2007 4:40 PM PST up reply actions

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Thank goodness. I just got rid of cable and Fox Sports Network, thus for the most part saying goodbye to Kruk & Kuip. If Miller were to leave, I would be one sad gigante fanatic.

by non sequitur on Feb 9, 2007 11:47 AM PST reply actions

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I wrestle with that decision almost daily. Baseball is about the only reason I keep cable.

Mighty Casey would have taken Armando Benitez deep.

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Feb 9, 2007 1:04 PM PST up reply actions

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If it was for "South Park", "24" and sports, I'd probably could get rid of cable, too.

Biggest mankinder in the history of no brain.

by Goofus on Feb 9, 2007 4:59 PM PST up reply actions

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Do you really need cable to watch "24"?

Mighty Casey would have taken Armando Benitez deep.

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Feb 9, 2007 8:40 PM PST up reply actions

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Yes. He swapped his rabbit ears for a Peter Lorrie bobble-head.

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 9, 2007 10:21 PM PST up reply actions

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There are other good shows too. Boston Legal, Shark, that new Matthew Perry show, House, L Word, Sopranos. Those shows get me through to next baseball season, although Sopranos is only on once every ten seasons!!

by rxmeister on Feb 10, 2007 8:38 AM PST up reply actions

Link For Those Who Think The Beatles Kinda Sucked

http://www.scaruffi.com/vol1/beatles.html

This elitist Italian guy, basically a rock snob. He goes off for thousands and thousands of words, some of which even ring true.

For myself, I think it's pretty apparent that Sgt. Pepper's waaaay overrated, and that Abbey Road is the spuzz all the way through.

by rastronomicals on Feb 9, 2007 12:47 PM PST reply actions

Re: Link For Those Who Think The Beatles Kinda Suc

Revolver and almost everything produced thereafter is some of the best rock music ever written. I was a Beatles hater for many years, mostly due to the sappiness and pop appeal of everything they recorded before this album.

Please, if you're a Beatles detractor, just give Revolver a spin. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Oh yeah, the White Album kicks ass, too.

Chulk angry! CHULK SMASH!!

by CystedTwister on Feb 9, 2007 4:32 PM PST up reply actions

I'll say Sgt. Pepper is overrated..

Only because I don't think it's the best album ever made, least the best album the Beatles ever made. It's probably behind Abbey Road, The White Album, and Revolver.

If you'd only listened to The Beatles from Rubber Soul and before then put Revolver on, the first track alone would surprise you.

Here's to a good 2007. Or 2008. Or 2009. Or 2010. Or...

by WalrusMan on Feb 9, 2007 10:11 PM PST up reply actions

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Best personnel move the Giants have made in a while.

For what its worth, my dad makes a decent case against Miller, says he thinks he's the attraction on a radio broadcast (he also dislikes Costas and Michaels). Some people just want to hear the game announced.

by Stoned Slacker on Feb 9, 2007 1:47 PM PST reply actions

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Some people just want to hear the game announced.
--------------------------------

Have him tune into Open Gameday Threads. (Unless you want him to leave you in his will)

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 9, 2007 3:51 PM PST up reply actions

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Am I the only one bothered that he refers to the pitching rubber as "the slab"? Otherwise, he's better than about 99 percent of the alternatives out there. Just not Hank.

Twenty-seven years of waiting has come to an end.

by trapper9 on Feb 9, 2007 6:24 PM PST reply actions

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I still miss Ron Fairly.

by getnby on Feb 11, 2007 12:22 PM PST reply actions

Most of us don't miss that Ex-Dodger

(Can't find him? Look under the goalposts at the Meadowlands.)

by Moggeee on Feb 12, 2007 2:09 AM PST up reply actions

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