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Will the Giants make a play for Zimmerman?

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I believe Ryan Zimmerman is arbitration eligible this year. Will the Nationals deal him after a injury filled year? Are the Giants interested? He would fit nicely in the 3 hole in the Giants lineup. I liked the fact that he came out before the first game this year and said being mediocre won't cut it anymore for him and his team.

I like Zimmerman but what would it take to get him away from Washington? Would they go for Sanchez?

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Hmmm

Would you trade a 24 year old 3rd baseman who hits 20 homeruns, has a 800 OPS and plays at worst a solid defense?

by slcgiant on Oct 3, 2008 10:33 AM PDT   0 recs

Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil

by SoFa King Mike on Oct 3, 2008 10:34 AM PDT   0 recs

Dude…..

Adopted Son: Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 3, 2008 10:38 AM PDT   0 recs

I got an idea...

Why don’t we all write about the first thought that comes to mind and make a FanPost about it!

Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil

by SoFa King Mike on Oct 3, 2008 10:40 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We should trade Lowry for a power bat.

Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.

by ResDog on Oct 3, 2008 10:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Trade bat for power Lowry?

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

by WilliamVanLandingham on Oct 3, 2008 10:48 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Trade Lowry for this bat:

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 10:55 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Note to self...

Never open a fanshot while eating.

by CTGiant on Oct 3, 2008 11:01 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I hate bats

We had three bats get into our house over the course of seven months a while back. You really haven’t lived until you’ve woken in the middle of the night because of the bat flapping around your room.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 3, 2008 12:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I saw on the news this morning that there is a nationwide shortage of the rabies vaccine so don’t catch any bats or even pick up dead ones and put screens on your windows. You’re welcome.

Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.

by SF Pete on Oct 3, 2008 12:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think he made a promise to himself to write everyday and just doesn’t want to take the time to make his own blog.

by chilibean_3 on Oct 3, 2008 10:43 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

how about takeagiantstepngo for jimmy rollins?

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Oct 3, 2008 3:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Schierholtz, Hennessey, Correia, Velez, McClain, Rohlinger, Burriss, Ochoa, and Sosa for David Wright and Jose Reyes! Like, we totally need a SS and a 3B. What do you think guyz?

Adopted Son: Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 3, 2008 10:53 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Done deal.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Oct 3, 2008 3:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

when did we sign sammy sosa?

Proud father of Eric Surcamp!

by The Thrill on Oct 3, 2008 6:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Who is the GM of the Nationals? Does anybody have anything on him? Maybe we could blackmail him into giving us Zimmerman.

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

by WilliamVanLandingham on Oct 3, 2008 10:49 AM PDT   0 recs

Now all we have to do is catch him ridin’ dirty…..on his segway.

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

by WilliamVanLandingham on Oct 3, 2008 11:01 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Speaking of

Ridin’ Dirty was featured on VH1’s 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs this past week. I love VH1’s countdown shows anyway, but this one alternates between being flat out awesome and frickin’ hilarious. I forgot how funny Master P was before he got all srs bznz on us.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 3, 2008 12:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

who's the guy on the left?

And where’d you find the picture?
Must be fairly recent – I see he’s wearing the under armour prototype trainers.

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Oct 3, 2008 3:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He was riding around on it during Spring Training.

by chilibean_3 on Oct 3, 2008 4:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Zimmerman

Is the type of guy we should be targeting and I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that sabean makes a real play for him. Arbitration eligible, cheap team, on a constant rebuild program? I think he’s more available than anyone is giving credit.

by dogdays on Oct 3, 2008 10:52 AM PDT   0 recs

I'd watch a team that had Zimmerman on it

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

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.

by groug on Oct 3, 2008 11:20 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Or this Zimmerman

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 11:23 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nerd.

…I’m waiting for a friend to burn me all the seasons…

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Oct 3, 2008 3:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I didn’t like Voyager much at all, actually. But The Doctor ruled.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 3:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I’ve only been able to get into TNG. I’ve watched a bit of TOS but otherwise I can’t get into them.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Oct 3, 2008 3:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

/waits for howie to talk up DS9

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.

by groug on Oct 3, 2008 3:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

DS9 was really good, especially after the first season. Voyager sucked. The first two seasons of Enterprise were awful, while the second two were really uneven but actually somewhat underrated.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 3:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

But TNG is my favorite, no question about it.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 3:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I liked what I saw of DS9, but didn’t really watch it. The only other one I’ve watched is TNG.

by chilibean_3 on Oct 3, 2008 4:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

this

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 3, 2008 3:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah but

can that Zimmerman hit?

Greetings, Marklar! I am Marklar! This is Marklar.

by marklar on Oct 3, 2008 11:25 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

John Lennon doesn’t believe in him – what’s his track record on player evaluation?

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 11:26 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

but what does John Lannan think of him?

by FluLikeSymptoms on Oct 3, 2008 2:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I had hoped that my Open Stupid Trade Thread wold embarrass these people enough so that they’d stop with this malarky. But I made a major miscalculation: the people who post these don’t actually bother to read. They just post their nonsense and leave. This guy, for example, has more fanposts than comments. And one of his comments is that Zito is overpaid.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 10:59 AM PDT   0 recs

And one of his comments is that Zito is overpaid.

ORLY?

Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil

by SoFa King Mike on Oct 3, 2008 11:01 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sounds like this poster has an incisive and beautiful mind.

We need to know his preference in bottled water.

by Moggeee on Oct 3, 2008 11:05 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

New Fanpost: If You Were a Lunchmeat, What Lunchmeat Would You Be?

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 11:09 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That should be a Fanshot.

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

by WilliamVanLandingham on Oct 3, 2008 11:12 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Head Cheese

Greetings, Marklar! I am Marklar! This is Marklar.

by marklar on Oct 3, 2008 11:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

If you were a hot dog, would you eat yourself?

Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.

by SF Pete on Oct 3, 2008 12:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

id smother myself in brown mustard and relish…id be delicious

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Oct 3, 2008 3:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

then I’d wash it all down with a tall cool Budweiser

I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Oct 5, 2008 6:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dasani.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Oct 3, 2008 3:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think you might have flushed these people out with that post. Don’t do that again. Now every yahoo thinks we want to hear their yahoo opinion.

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

by WilliamVanLandingham on Oct 3, 2008 11:11 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

A fanpost from TakeAGiantStepNGo

is like a car accident; I tell myself not to look at, but I do anyway. Then I am repulsed by what I see, regret it, and promise myself all over again that I won’t look at another one.

Greetings, Marklar! I am Marklar! This is Marklar.

by marklar on Oct 3, 2008 11:23 AM PDT   0 recs

Truth be told, I love these posts. They’re just so much fun to make fun of.

We could do with a exponential decrease in their frequency, though.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 11:27 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I will never admit

that I enjoy making a comment comparing a fanpost from TakeAGiantStepNGo to a car wreck.

Never!

Greetings, Marklar! I am Marklar! This is Marklar.

by marklar on Oct 3, 2008 4:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I wonder if he even reads the comments

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.

by groug on Oct 3, 2008 12:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

In all seriousness...

I’d like to see the moderators start banning people or somehow revoking their FanPosting privileges if they meet the following criteria:

1) Repeated FanPosts involving ridiculous trades, especially if the trade is discussed in the topic of 4 other FanPosts that are still on the front page (coughCainforFieldercough).

2) A pattern of just dropping a FanPost and walking away from the thread, never to be seen again until their next retarded FanPost. I’m pretty sure this is the definition of a troll — this guy is clearly either doing this on purpose to stir up shit, or else it’s just complete literary masturbation (or rosterbation) — either way, anyone who does this is a tool who doesn’t deserve posting privileges.

3) Says “I’m a long time lurker” yet has clearly never read a thread or comments on this site. Listen, assholes — I am a long time lurker, and you’re no John F. Kennedy. Err, wait. But seriously, I just don’t understand these people who are like “I’m a unique snowflake because my mommy told me I was, and my opinion MUST BE HEARD AND RESPECTED, despite the fact that I’m not going to bother hearing/reading anyone else’s opinion before I post my half-baked thread proposal”.

It makes me sad that this site has already degenerated to this and we’re like 3 days into the postseason. If this keeps up, I will be finding other ways to procrastinate from doing work and stuff (or god forbid, I may actually have to do work).

by dmunk on Oct 3, 2008 12:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Opinions are welcomed and will be heard and respected

If you’re not a total ding dong, that is.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 3, 2008 12:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ding dong

= douchebag

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Oct 3, 2008 3:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I should add that a lot of this would be solved if SBN added a few features:

1) The ability to add people to an “ignore” list.

2) The ability to rate posts down, in conjunction with users being able to set filters so that we can effectively ignore posts below a certain rating. Make the default setting be to not filter, so that new folks can still see what has already been beaten into the ground.

by dmunk on Oct 3, 2008 12:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

If I had mod power, I’d probably be swinging the banhammer pretty wildly. That’s why I shouldn’t be given power. You don’t want my finger over the button.

by chilibean_3 on Oct 3, 2008 1:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

BAN HAMMER VAN HAMMER

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 1:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

why so angry about lousy fanposts?? If you see it’s a ridiculous trade or topic, don’t read it or don’t comment on it. I dislike all trade proposals that are fan suggested, because even if they make perfect sense for both sides, they’re not going to happen. I only like to discuss trade rumors that are mentioned in the media as something that the GM’s are actually discussing. However, if others want to suggest Swisher for Rowand, or Cain for anybody, then let them talk about it all they want. I’ll be watching Dexter or True Blood or some other garbage that gets me through the offseason.

Brian Sabean's new dad: Firm believer in corporal punishment

by rxmeister on Oct 3, 2008 2:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

To be clear, I’m against the idea of banning/punishing people for bad fanpost. This one isn’t even terrible, it’s more because he’s been on a roll.

by chilibean_3 on Oct 3, 2008 2:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I’m not angry at all! As I said elsewhere in this fanpost, I sort of love them. Mayhem is fun.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 3, 2008 2:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

From my perspective, you kind of answered your own question. The thing I love about this site (besides Grant’s writing, of course) is the community of posters that has developed here. I don’t want the posters who are actually smart, funny, and insightful to be driven to go do something else with their time because they are being drowned out by people who can’t even be bothered to read/comment on the reactions to their own fanposts.

I’m afraid there is a vicious cycle going on here. People post repetitive fanposts, either because they don’t know that something has been beaten to death, or they don’t care (to be clear, it’s the latter I have a problem with, and again, I think a good indicator of this is the people who don’t even post in their own threads). The increased volume of fanposts means that fanposts get pushed off the front page faster, meaning that even well-intentioned new people won’t see the other 6 Cain for Fielder posts, and will think that their idea is original. Then the “old school” people get pissed at them, and either ridicule them so much that they never come back, or the “old school” people just decide to visit the site less. Either way, it’s a negative for the quality of the community, and a step closer to my biggest fear for this site, which is that it starts looking more and more like the typical fanboyish team blog and/or the comments section at the bottom of most online newspaper articles.

by dmunk on Oct 3, 2008 2:57 PM PDT to parent up   1 recs

BAN HAMMER VAN HAMMER VAN HALEN

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Oct 3, 2008 3:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

VAL KILMER

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Oct 3, 2008 3:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Val Venis?

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Oct 3, 2008 3:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Venus de Milo

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Oct 3, 2008 3:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Milo and Otis

Greetings, Marklar! I am Marklar! This is Marklar.

by marklar on Oct 3, 2008 3:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Otis Nixon

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 3, 2008 4:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Otis Nixon for Mojo Nixon

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Oct 3, 2008 4:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

richard nixon and mojo the helper monkey?

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Oct 3, 2008 6:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No pictures.

Not valid. From here on.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Oct 3, 2008 5:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I probably don't use my powers..

Enough. But I’m always worried about abusing them.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Oct 3, 2008 3:37 PM PDT