Home Run Ticker

by Salemicus on Jul 4, 2007 6:15 PM PDT

Fred Lewis just needs 22 more grand slame to pass the great Lou Gehrig and become the all time leader. I for one am on tenterhooks.

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Re: Home Run Ticker

The question isn't will he do it. The real question is will he do it this year.

Coming to you by proxy (I adopted: Dave Righetti!)

by howtheyscored on Jul 4, 2007 6:09 PM PDT reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

the question is... wtf is a tenterhook

by zenbitz on Jul 4, 2007 7:27 PM PDT reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

God bless you Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenterhook

By the mid-eighteenth century the phrase "on tenterhooks" came into use to mean being in a state of uneasiness, anxiety, or suspense, stretched like the cloth on the tenter.

by xanthan on Jul 4, 2007 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

Nid 18th century??? We weren't even a country at the time.

Coming to you by proxy (I adopted: Dave Righetti!)

by howtheyscored on Jul 4, 2007 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

A long, long time ago

My impression is that we were just about all country, and very little nation.

But things changed.

Later, during the Osmond Century, we were a little bit country, and a little bit rock 'n roll.

by Moggeee on Jul 4, 2007 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: A long, long time ago

This is your best comment, ever, Moggeee

by allfrank on Jul 4, 2007 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: A long, long time ago

Comes dang close. Too bad we can't have a McWiki for Maggeee comments.

by robbgin on Jul 5, 2007 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: A long, long time ago

I'm impressed you spelled tenterhooks correctly.

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by Lyle @ McCovey Chronicles on Jul 5, 2007 6:42 AM PDT up reply actions

My favorite Mogggggeeee comment

In the "Adopt a Giant" thread, after Chulk adopted himself:
"In a primitive ceremony, Chulk eats his own placenta."

Bold Prediction: Klesko will finish the 2007 season with at least 20 HRs. (OPS+ is 129 as of 7/1/07)

by Goofus on Jul 5, 2007 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: A long, long time ago

LMAOPIP -- You are totally freekin nuts. But not in a fruity kind of way.

"He loved cowboy boots, he loved country music, he loved kids, he smoked cigarettes." Brian Sabaen on Rod Beck

by E Ticket on Jul 5, 2007 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

Yup, we were England.

by zenbitz on Jul 5, 2007 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Digression progression

WTF is...was...a tenter?
Whoops , just came up with my own answer to that...an attractive woman. One with great pins.

Disturbing: How fast we sank after losing Armando.

by victor frankenstein on Jul 4, 2007 8:37 PM PDT reply actions

Every man's dream

I conclude from this discussion that a woman with great pins is a champion wrestler.

by Moggeee on Jul 4, 2007 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions

My Search is Over

My whole life I have searched in vain to find my place in the world, now right here on MCC I've finally found people that are just like me. Bat Shit Crazy...

Praise the Internet!

by Whipping Boy on Jul 5, 2007 7:03 AM PDT reply actions

Re: My Search is Over

Just be sure to thank Al Gore for inventing all 7 of the internets !

Omar Vizquel hates Joey Barton too. He's a wanker, mate!

by PacBellBoozer on Jul 5, 2007 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: My Search is Over

What happened to the other four?

"He loved cowboy boots, he loved country music, he loved kids, he smoked cigarettes." Brian Sabaen on Rod Beck

by E Ticket on Jul 5, 2007 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

Too bad Al Gore also invented Al the third!!

Randy Messenger: "I don't care if Cincy is a bandbox. Nobody takes me deep"

by rxmeister on Jul 5, 2007 9:34 AM PDT reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

It's an inconvenient truth.

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by Natto on Jul 5, 2007 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

I think Lewis is currently 3rd on the Giants in both OBP and SLG. Trailing only Bonds and Klesko in both categories. I know that's not saying much with the Giants offense, but it does make an argument for keeping him in the lineup over Winn and Roberts.

by mxmob33 on Jul 5, 2007 10:13 AM PDT reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

Only because I know it's going to tick them off...On behalf of all the stat geeks out there...

SAMPLE SIZE !

Ha...and that's from a guy who could are less about every stat, cept for the W's of course.

Omar Vizquel hates Joey Barton too. He's a wanker, mate!

by PacBellBoozer on Jul 5, 2007 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

Obvious sample size concerns with 99 abs. But it's not like his line of .273/.345/.444 is unrealistic. I guess my point was more along the lines of Lewis being one of the better options on a bad hitting team. Not necessarily that Lewis is going to be great.

by mxmob33 on Jul 5, 2007 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

I completely agree with you in every way. Just trying to get some stat heads pissy with me.

Omar Vizquel hates Joey Barton too. He's a wanker, mate!

by PacBellBoozer on Jul 5, 2007 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Home Run Ticker

Let's look at this logically. Two-thirds of Freddy Grand's HRs are salamis. Therefore, to reach 24 GS he has to hit 36 total HRs.

He's currently hitting a homer every 37 plate appearances, meaning he needs 1332 plate appearances to top Gehrig. Assuming he becomes a starter next year, that means that he breaks the record sometime in the first half of the 2010 season.

Call your bookie today!

Proud adoptive father of the All-Father and his 2.29 ERA

by EliminateMe on Jul 5, 2007 10:27 AM PDT reply actions