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Weekend Silliness

by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2008 3:44 PM PST in News

The random Giant/first concert thread is stuck in my head. It's pretty obvious that we need to vote on a winner, but I can't figure out what should separate the winner from the rest of the pack. Should the winner be the silliest combination, or should it be the coolest combination of great ex-Giant and music legend? I don't know, but I do know that I had a hell of a time whittling it down to ten choices.

The winner will receive a glowing sense of self-satisfaction and $1,000 in McCovey Bucks. Times are tight.

Vote in the poll that's located in the comments section.

Poll

Best combination of random ex-Giant and first concert?

Chili Davis & Megadeth

45 votes

Ken Oberkfell & Van Halen

23 votes

Tito Fuentes & Blue Oyster Cult

37 votes

Atlee Hammaker & The Rolling Stones

18 votes

Rikkert Faneyte & House of Pain

24 votes

Jose Uribe & Bob Dylan

30 votes

Edwards Guzman & Neil Diamond

26 votes

Milt May & Petra

12 votes

Darren Lewis & The Wu-Tang Clan

62 votes

Willie Mays & Diana Ross

54 votes

331 votes | Poll has closed

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Re: Weekend Silliness

I see Brent Mayne and JEW/Green Day/Blink 182 failed to make the cut.

But I bet it was close.

He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM! / Also, my blog. For writers.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2008 4:44 PM PST reply actions

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Had to go with Mays and Ross, as I suspect that if both had been in their respective primes nowadays instead of forty years ago, there would be internet rumors about them dating.

Didn't you used to be Barry Zito?

by VidaWantsYourCar on Jan 19, 2008 5:30 PM PST reply actions

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I enjoyed the really obscure Giants best. The guy who saw the Beatles at the Stick can not be left off the list.

by drysdalecousin on Jan 19, 2008 6:17 PM PST reply actions

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It's a shame no one put Tito Fuentes/Tito Puente.

by cakes on Jan 19, 2008 6:59 PM PST reply actions

Re: Weekend Silliness

lol

by ANDY MELAMED on Jan 21, 2008 8:36 AM PST up reply actions

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all quiet on the western front.. its like sabean et al are still in the holiday mode instead of finding a true HOLLIDAY to celebrate... oh well..have we had a pure hitter drafted and or developed from within since wil clark?..bill mueller was the closest to one, and we let him go.. refresh my memory...

by ANDY MELAMED on Jan 21, 2008 8:39 AM PST up reply actions

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Matt Williams was the last real hitter to come from our farm.

by lrs77 on Jan 21, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions

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/5 year old nostalgia.

Wu Tang Clan ain't nothing to fuck with.

Diversify your bonds and shit.

by Keano on Jan 19, 2008 7:02 PM PST reply actions

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"Cream; get the money; dolla-dolla bill. Protect your neck! Step to the Wu. Wu-Tang Financial."

Pedro Feliz - the amphibious tarantula making a nest in the toilet bowl of the offseason.

by HughG16 on Jan 21, 2008 1:09 PM PST up reply actions

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Poll? Where's the poll?

I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused!

by PLUChris on Jan 19, 2008 7:50 PM PST reply actions

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Scroll back up to the top. You'll see it. The poll is slightly higher than where the page loads you to.

He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM! / Also, my blog. For writers.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2008 9:05 PM PST up reply actions

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I had to go with Edwards Guzman and Neil Diamond.

I have no idea why.

Nate Schierholtz cannot play third base. Nate Schierholtz cannot play third base. Steve Kline is pretty okay. Nate Schierholtz cannot play third base.

by groug on Jan 19, 2008 8:42 PM PST reply actions

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same here, it just feels right. "you bet your balls its neil diamond."

by sam23 on Jan 20, 2008 2:15 AM PST up reply actions

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I voted For Willie Mays and Diana Ross, because it's Willie Mays mostly. The Supremes would have been better than Diana Ross, but whatever. But how did the guy who's first show was the Beatles not make the poll - I mean really!

"But I AM a stepchild!"-Pedro Feliz

by Smotheredinhugs on Jan 20, 2008 8:27 PM PST reply actions

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And how does the BOC get votes?

"But I AM a stepchild!"-Pedro Feliz

by Smotheredinhugs on Jan 20, 2008 8:29 PM PST up reply actions

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Because Grant is a notorious Randy Moffit-hater.

A Moffit insult shows up at least once a week, and if you're the first one to find it then you get 6,000 McCovey Bucks. It's in the site's bylaws.

Nate Schierholtz cannot play third base. Nate Schierholtz cannot play third base. Steve Kline is pretty okay. Nate Schierholtz cannot play third base.

by groug on Jan 20, 2008 8:47 PM PST up reply actions

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Ah Randy should get some kind of super ex-Giant bonus points for being Billie Jean King's brother, says I. (Not that I'm trying to plug a write-in candidacy for myself, or anything. I'm just sayin'...)

My boy ain't fat, he's just big boned. Big bat, too.

by Roger on Jan 21, 2008 8:52 AM PST up reply actions

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Randy Moffit just didn't have the cache of Atlee or Uribe -- the two players matched up with legends. If it were, oh, William Van Landingham, it probably would have flown.

by Grant Brisbee on Jan 21, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions

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Voted Lewis + Wu Tang, because 36 Chambers is one of the best hip-hop records EVER.

by xanthan on Jan 20, 2008 10:06 PM PST reply actions

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Yes sir it is. I saw them at the Maritime Hall when I was in high school. One of the best shows I've ever seen...kinda sucks because it's been pretty much all downhill since then, concert-wise.

Here's to Kemp, Loney, LaRoche, Hu, and Kershaw not panning out.

by Woody Wins on Jan 21, 2008 6:35 AM PST up reply actions

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See Mos Def. Double bill with him and Immortal Technique this summer was un-freakin-believable.

Pedro Feliz: Marginally better this year.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Jan 21, 2008 11:29 AM PST up reply actions

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I've seen Mos Def a couple times -- always liked his shows. Not huge on Immortal Technique. Saw him for the first time at Rock the Bells in August.

Here's to Kemp, Loney, LaRoche, Hu, and Kershaw not panning out.

by Woody Wins on Jan 21, 2008 1:47 PM PST up reply actions

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Immortal Technique gets a little crazy sometimes, but he was great at the club with Mos Def. It was packed: so much energy in such a small place.

Pedro Feliz: Marginally better this year.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Jan 21, 2008 6:14 PM PST up reply actions

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sorry you couldn't appreciate wes westrum and rudy valli.. but then again..i am just an old fart with no where to rumble..aloha...

by ANDY MELAMED on Jan 21, 2008 8:35 AM PST reply actions

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Oh come on, how does Dave Draveky/Def Leppard not at least win most cruel poster award?

by zenbitz on Jan 21, 2008 10:43 AM PST reply actions

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I voted for Tito Fuentes and BOC, although Rod Beck and Soft White Underbelly would have been a more profound pairing.

Lon Simmons' adopted dad.

by Kitspool on Jan 21, 2008 10:57 AM PST reply actions

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I can't believe that neither "Mike Krukow and Pearl Jam" nor "Andres Gallarraga and Lene Lovich" made the nominations. The rampant corruption here makes Kenya look like Sweden by comparison.

2008: The year the Giants begin to stop sucking.

by EliminateMe on Jan 21, 2008 1:49 PM PST reply actions

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Corruption aside for a moment.

I've always thought that when you close your eyes to a squint -- which you commonly must do in the drought-plagued wastes of central east Africa -- Kenya looks strikingly like Ethiopia.

by Moggeee on Jan 22, 2008 12:07 AM PST up reply actions

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Aw, no love for Osvaldo Fernandez and Black Sabbath?

:P

Voted for Mays/Ross.

Aurilia sounds like a planet out of StarFox.

by Gabafnerhagen on Jan 22, 2008 3:46 AM PST reply actions

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