Biggest Pet Peeve at the Ballpark?
by KingofDucks1987 on Nov 16, 2008 5:16 PM PST
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Beach balls?
Thunder Sticks?
The Wave?
Loud mouth drunks who yell at EVERYTHING?
I hate all 3 of those. I'm not a big fan of people who boo at fans who drop line drive foul balls with their bare hands. But my biggest pet peeve, are the people who boo at a pick-off or fake and yell "balk" when it is clearly not a balk. Anyways, what is your biggest pet peeve at the ballpark?
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beer is too expensive.
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Nov 16, 2008 5:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
everything is overpriced.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 16, 2008 7:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
especially beer.
Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.
by jasomack on Nov 16, 2008 9:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
this!
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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't get it either.
I would like to have a beer or 2 while at the game, but I refuse to spend on one beer, what I can buy a whole six-pack for. So I never buy beer at the park. If the prices were cheaper, I know I would buy beer, and I bet a lot of others would too. They could make more money by charging less. Instead they are fostering resentment by soaking their customers with their inflated prices.
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by marklar on Nov 17, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT....
Because I’m sure they’re the only North American professional sports franchise that does this…It comes with the territory my man!
As a self-professed expert on the subject, let me ask you this…where do you stand on ordering bottle service or paying for overly expensive drinks in a swanky club? I’ve paid as much as $18 for a standard well drink (not a double, martini, or anything fancy) at a bar in D.C. This just in….booze is the biggest racket out there in the bar/restaurant industry.
Assume for a quick second the cost of your run of the mill shot vs. the price for a whole 750 mil bottle of the stuff…
$5-6 max. for a 1.5-2.0 oz. shot (not including tip)
$40 max. for a 750 mil bottle (Patron Silver for instance) and this is the price on the “street”… distributors cut the bars much better deals on booze because they know it’s going for resale.
750 mil = (13) 2.0 oz. shots (approx.)
If you run the math…after only 8 shots the bottle has been paid for, the remaining 5 shots contribute to overhead and profit for the business.
If you must have cheap booze, do what I do…get lit out in the parking lot on your own supply or head to a neighborhood bar for some “social lubrication” THEN stumble to your seats with a big smile on your face.
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Nov 17, 2008 5:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm aware of the realities.
Having once worked in the restaurant business, I know that the difference between success and failure is usually having a liquor license. And perhaps, comparing the price of beer at AT&T to what I pay at BevMo, is unfair. But, I can get a Sierra Pale draft for $4.00 at a bar, and compared to the $8.25 that the Giants charge for the same thing still strikes me as absorbitant.
I would never go to a place that would soak me for $18 for a standard drink. I might pay a stiff price for a nice bottle of wine at a good restaurant, but that is usually some special occasion, not something I do often. I do often go to Giants games though.
I am also aware that the Giants aren’t the only sports franchise that does this. They have every right to charge what they do, so I use the only option I have, which is to not give them my beer business.
I wish there were more owners like Arte Moreno. When he bought the Angels a few years ago, one of the first things he did was to lower concession prices. Sales went up and so did his popularity with the fans.
All I was saying is that the Giants could make more money with a higher volume of sales if the prices were lower, because I know I am not the only one that refuses to pay their prices.
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by marklar on Nov 18, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
discussion over.
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by BrianBokake on Nov 18, 2008 12:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm...
…one…two…three…four…all 3 of those… ;-)
Anyway the wave should not be allowed at a baseball game, only at football games. Loud mouth drunks who yell at EVERYTHING are “WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH” people.
And I’m guessing I’m going to say beer is too expensive next year.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 5:42 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
(1) Beach Balls, (2) Thundersticks, (3) the Wave:
all three bad.
(4) Loud mouth drunks who yell at EVERYTHING?:
Kinda fun, actually!
by FPTV on Nov 16, 2008 10:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I still love the old Bogart line about going to the Yard to yell and scream for 3 hours. Or something like that.
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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 9:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you mean this one ?
That’s baseball, and it’s my game. Y’ know, you take your worries to the game, and you leave ‘em there. You yell like crazy for your guys. It’s good for your lungs, gives you a lift, and nobody calls the cops. Pretty girls, lots of ’em. ~Humphrey Bogart
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A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz.-Humphrey Bogart
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.-Earl Wilson
When you’re in a slump, it’s almost as if you look out at the field and it’s one big glove.-Vance Law
I’m convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ~Tom Clark
During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. ~Mickey Mantle, 1970
I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice. ~Casey Stengel, 1967
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by nvsfg on Nov 17, 2008 10:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
YES!!!!!!!!
umm thnak you.
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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
wow I had no idea mantle walked that much. I had to go look it up. I always imagined him as more of a hacker.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
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by raisingcain on Nov 17, 2008 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
negative fans
i’m all about booing the opposing team, but many fans take it too far. i think i first noticed this when i moved to l.a. and the dodgers fans just yell bigoted remarks about homosexuals and the giants. or they yelled that barry bonds sucked, even when he in fact did not suck.
clever putdowns = welcome.
ignorant yelling-to-hear-your-own-voice = not welcome.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Nov 16, 2008 5:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
but the ignorant people think they’re being clever.
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Nov 16, 2008 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
People touching balls that are still in play
by wilriv21 on Nov 16, 2008 5:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
+a base
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Nov 16, 2008 5:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
++++++++++++++++
I guess a row of plusses isn’t a valid subject so I have to have a body of the post.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 6:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
right up there along with high beer prices.
Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 9:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
drunk assholes
that happens pretty much everytime i go
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Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat
by baetown415 on Nov 16, 2008 6:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
People
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
by ResDog on Nov 16, 2008 6:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
At Giants games, I think my biggest pet peeve is all the in-game advertising, idiotic games and crap between innings, and all the stuff that takes away from the game. The one that bugs me the most is the, “Let’s ask Brian Wilson what his favorite TV show is!” Every time the players say anything, all I’ve ever been able to hear is “Mmmmmammmmammmbmsmmmeeemammmaaammmmm.” It’s irritating.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Nov 16, 2008 6:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sitting next to the really fat guy who spills over into your seat.
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by xanthan on Nov 16, 2008 6:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Dumbass fangirls who show up in pink shit and blab about retarded things throughout the game.
"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 Nov 16, 2008 6:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Just reach over and smack some sense into them , grrrl. They’re insulting your gender.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Nov 16, 2008 6:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, they belong in the kitchen, cooking and not voting.
Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.
by jasomack on Nov 16, 2008 9:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Once we started wearing pants it all went downhill.
"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 Nov 16, 2008 9:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hmm I thought once they stopped wearing bras that happened? But then what do I know.
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Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 9:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
mags
How about the girls that bring Cosmo and read it till the 7th when they leave….
Bring me the head of Barry Zito!
by elGuapo on Nov 16, 2008 8:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it's a good thing for everyone that I've never encountered this,
but I don’t doubt it happens.
by CTGiant on Nov 17, 2008 4:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"MAKE SOME NOISE!"
I’m going to go to sleep now , and when I wake up it’ll be in a city that has fans that aren’t pathetically passive/obedient. I ‘m no longer a traveling drunk but I’ll yell , cheer , exhort , berate , whatever…. I just don’t obey.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Nov 16, 2008 6:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
+1,000,000
Has anyone who has ever worked for a baseball team ever noticed that the loudest, most engaged, most supportive crowds happen when there ISN’T a scoreboard telling them when to get excited?
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by Kitspool on Nov 17, 2008 2:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am one of those people who yell, “BALK!” even when I know it isn’t one. At least, I did it this year out of sarcasm after Lincecum was called for a balk when he clearly didn’t.
by Natto on Nov 16, 2008 6:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well, I think we can accept it after an incident like that. I’m trying not to think about that, it makes me mad…at least it didn’t cost timmy the cy
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
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by raisingcain on Nov 17, 2008 6:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
People who are overly negative
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by groug on Nov 16, 2008 6:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That’s a shitty thing to get annoyed by.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2008 8:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
See, the joke is that…uh…Never mind.
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by groug on Nov 16, 2008 10:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The “Everybody Hold Up Your Visa Card And If The Camera Is Pointed At Your Row Then You’ll Win Some Unspecified Prize” game they play after the first inning every game really bugs the shit out of me.
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Nov 16, 2008 7:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
me too
That’s the one I was going to post, in these days of camera phones and identity theft it just seems really stupid that a credit card company is asking you to do—- heh, then again, looking at our economic situation, maybe I shouldn’t be all that surprised.
by Merope on Nov 16, 2008 7:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
EXACTLY
Every time that comes on I’m all “OH SURE! LEMME SHOW MY VISA NUMBER to the ENTIRE 40,000 PEOPLE HERE! SURE, SIGN ME UP! Idiots.”
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by tk on Nov 16, 2008 9:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely guys that mess up balls in play
Bonus: I like the wooop thing that people do when an opposing pitcher warms up
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Nov 16, 2008 7:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I remember a game at the ’Stick where Kyle Farnsworth started yelling at the fans for that.
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by Takimoto on Nov 16, 2008 7:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He would
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Nov 16, 2008 9:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ugly ass bitches that spit their sunflower seed shells at my wife
true story. We we 2 or 3 seats away in the same row. I swear she was trying to spit them in my wife’s soda cup, though she was acting as if we weren’t there. It was fucking disgusting.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 16, 2008 7:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Oh hell no.
"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 Nov 16, 2008 8:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh no you didnt
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Nov 16, 2008 9:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Now thats what ushers are for. Unless they want things goign back to like the old bleachers were in the ’Stick.
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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I also hate the Cell Phone People
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by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 16, 2008 7:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
“WHERE ARE YOU? I’M OVER HERE!”
“I’M WAVING RIGHT NOW! CAN YOU SEE ME?!”
by rightcenterfielder on Nov 16, 2008 7:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“AM I ON TV? REALLY?” *waves away from the camera *
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 8:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"WHERE ARE YOU? I’M OVER HERE!"
"I’M DOING THE WAVE RIGHT NOW! CAN YOU SEE ME?!"
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2008 8:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That happen right in front of me at a game. Three Cub fans were sitting in the row in front of us and stood up and started waving, and talking on their phone – “saying we’re on TV” no one around them waved or looked remotely interested. We all just glared at them, as they continued waving and the woman next to me was quite snarky ..“whoopee we’re on TV” while glaring at the three cub fans.
I was amused at everyone’s reaction which was no reaction.
by timmeh on Nov 17, 2008 1:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
people on tv
One pretty bad case I remember was when there was some kid behind home plate (different ballpark) who kept doing some dorky dance for a looong time. And he was right in the view of the camera for like half the game, it was impossible to ignore.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Nov 17, 2008 6:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In View Reserve:
1. The people (often in large packs) that are constantly getting up and going up and down the aisles (would it kill you to stay at your seat until the inning is over?!)
2. The ones that obliviously stand at the bottom of the aisle/top of the stairs, sometimes for no apparent reason at all
Even worse is when these two groups collide. It can take a while to clear up the traffic jam, leading to a guessing game of “What just happened on the field?” based on crowd reaction.
by rightcenterfielder on Nov 16, 2008 7:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
This
And it’s not just in View Reserve. I was at a game once in the lower deck, and as the runner is rounding 3B, and the OFer is making a throw to the plate, the guy in front of me stands up and says to the people he’s with, “want anything?”
Some people are at the park and it’s like they have no idea that a baseball is being played there.
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by marklar on Nov 17, 2008 8:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
People getting up and leaving during an at bat, or even while the ball is in play is by far my biggest annoyance at the yard. People will be sitting the entire time between innings, and as soon as the batter steps into the box, they decide they want to leave.
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by BaysideBaller on Nov 17, 2008 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sitting too close to Dodger / A’s fans when they are in town. A couple of years ago we were in the bleachers for the A’s v. Giants series and there was a pair of A’s fans very close to us who were absolutely being obnoxious.
By the 9th inning the A’s had a 3-run lead against Street. These guys would not shut up about how dominating and awesome Street was blah-blah-blah.
Then this happened w/ 2 runners on in front of Durham:
RRR 12- 4 100% R Durham Home Run (Fly Ball); Sweeney Scores; Bonds Scores
I’ve never seen anyone shut up so quickly while slinking away. It was pretty sweet. Babe Durham of ’06 was awesome.
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by xanthan on Nov 16, 2008 8:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Game link -
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN200606240.shtml
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by xanthan on Nov 16, 2008 8:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd say the same thing when Giants fans come to the Coliseum
In general, its really just people being retarded which is standard for all teams.
That being said, the answer to this question is the wave, I make sure to scream “sit down bitches i’m trying to watch the game!” to anyone in front of my line of vision.
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by iamawesomer on Nov 16, 2008 9:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No..
The answer to the wave is “SIT DOWN WE ARE NOT A’S FANS HERE!” ;-)
Actually, I think that’s Baron’s line anyway.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 9:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THIS IS NOT OAKLAND
But a fine effort.
"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 Nov 17, 2008 6:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I bow down to your superior line.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 6:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Obnoxious fans belong to all teams and come in all shapes and sizes. I’ve just seen A’s and Dodger fans be the most vocal.
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by xanthan on Nov 17, 2008 5:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My biggest pet peeves
- Lists of pet peeves
- People who make lists of their pet peeves
- People who respond to lists of pet peeves
Yes we did!
by Goofus on Nov 16, 2008 8:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Do indirect responses count? Because if not, then I’m still gold.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2008 8:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
what a bout people who bulletize their lists? and people who use the word “bulletize?”
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by jasomack on Nov 16, 2008 9:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So You Are Now Your Own Pet Peeve?
by giantsrainman on Nov 16, 2008 9:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t he everybody’s pet peeve?
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 9:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah..
There’s some people who do like you. There’s no one who likes Goofus. Well, I suppose if you found a puppy who’d never been loved….
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 9:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually..
I was hoping for a numerated list. All these bullet points are hard to count, but with numbers you know how many there are in the list.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 9:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I love the Strangers in the Night Kiss Cam. Love it. And having James Brown sing I Feel Good during the 7th inning stretch.
by robbgin on Nov 16, 2008 8:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I like when they close-up on a brother and sister and everybody’s like “KISS DAMN YOU!”
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Nov 16, 2008 8:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sensing a situation happened to you dude...
Did they do a close-up on you and your cat and your cat wouldn’t kiss you?
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 9:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can imagine
this problem would be kind of hard for some of us.
[Xanthan sits next to newly betrothed.]
Xanthan: what a lovely day at the ballpark!
Wife: beep boop beep.
[Strangers in the night cam focuses on the two]
Xanthan: We can’t express emotions!
Wife: beep beep ssschhhwippp boop.
[camera lingers]
[xanthan cries]
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 16, 2008 11:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is amazing, have you been secretly following me around? I do cry a lot.
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by xanthan on Nov 17, 2008 10:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
a firmware upgrade?
Congratulations man!
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m still waiting for a same-sex couple on the Kiss Cam.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 16, 2008 9:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was at a Shark's game once,
and they were doing the kiss-cam thing. They zoomed in on a nice looking young couple, but when she saw that they were on the kiss-cam she turned away from the guy and planted a big kiss on the woman sitting on her other side. That got a huge roar out of the crowd, and the look on the guy’s face was priceless.
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by marklar on Nov 17, 2008 9:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate this and all the other in-between inning crap. Sometimes the noise is so loud, I can’t talk to the person next to me.
I hate Renel’s voice the most especially since the ballpark insist on turning the volume way too high.
A McC newcomer but not outstanding.
by SFGuy on Nov 16, 2008 11:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate Renel’s voice the most especially
by Natto on Nov 17, 2008 12:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Renel = Awesome.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 7:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Eh..
Bring back old breathy lady. Bahhhhhrry Bohhhhhhnds.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 7:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah,
I liked the old breathy lady. I’m not a fan of Renel’s; she’s too much like an AM radio DJ or a professional wrestling announcer.
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by marklar on Nov 17, 2008 8:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
how about the old guy at Candlestick with the great voice who would also sing the Star Spangled Banner?? So what if he was convicted of sex crimes??
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by rxmeister on Nov 17, 2008 8:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Was the guy that sounded like he gargled with bourbon & 40 grit sand paper every hour? Not that he was great yet to me but it just what a PA announcer should sound like to me. Childhood impressions can be so wrong yet so strong.
Rennal does seem like she enjoys and knows the game and this is nice. I really disliked the voice of the first woman P.A. announcer in the 90’s.
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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t she actually an FM radio DJ?
She has a strong voice and she sounds like she thinks baseball is, you know, fun, which I like to think that baseball is.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 8:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
I am aware that she is an FM DJ .The differences are now diminshed, but historically AM DJ’s always talked too much, too fast, and at a higher register than normal to try and instill excitement for those with short attention spans. FM DJs were quieter, more direct, to let the product be the show instead of the announcer. Hence my reference to AM DJ.
Im an old guy and tend to like traditional baseball. I was a big fan Sherm Feller, the old announcer at Fenway, and I tend to think of him, and that guy in NY for the Yankees (I forget his name) as the model.
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by marklar on Nov 17, 2008 8:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, well
I’m a young guy and I pretty much rail against anything that resembles tradition. So that explains it.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's a trend
that’s been going on for awhile. It isn’t substance anymore, it’s all about embellishment.
I once asked a younger guy about a concert he had gone to see. He said the band sucked; all they did was stand there and play their music. They didn’t put on a show in other words. No jumping around on stage, no fireworks. I guess if you are a band that just plays music that just isn’t good enough anymore.
And you can see it in the decline of the quality of movies too. It’s all for those with short attention spans that need to see something blow up every 2 minutes.
I’ve got nothing against change if it is for something better and not just artiface. I don’t see embellishment as improvement.
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by marklar on Nov 17, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree completely.
Especially about how people desire their bands to be ‘rockstars’ on stage.
But I still think Renel’s voice is great. I think it’s very classy.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Nov 17, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am a younger guy, and I go to concerts to see the band play their music.
by Natto on Nov 17, 2008 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If I go to a show of a band I know and like and all they do is stand there and play with no energy, I feel like I should have just stayed home and listened to their CD.
by chilibean_3 on Nov 17, 2008 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, if they’re playing with no energy, that’s another thing. I don’t need the extra glitz and flair of special effects though.
by Natto on Nov 17, 2008 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't need it, but it's good fun.
When I was in high school I saw Chevelle play. They had lights and smoke and Futurama quotes playing. But all the band did was stand there and play emotionless. It was probably the most disappointing show I’ve seen.
by chilibean_3 on Nov 17, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m cool with extra stuff, but the music is the main priority.
by Natto on Nov 17, 2008 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
go to an aquabats show
They’re not that good but hot damn they have fun.
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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 17, 2008 12:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I love the Aquabats
I’ve always wanted to go to one of their shows.
by Natto on Nov 17, 2008 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
third best
show i’ve ever ever ever been to. good god they bring the rock.
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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 17, 2008 6:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Depends..
I’d like some pyrotechnics and windmills. Or some smoke and lasers and lights during No Quarter at least….
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 11:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think it’s embellishment over substance anymore. I think there has ALWAYS been a popular emphasis on embellishment, and that in general when people start to think that embellishment is becoming more universal, it’s not actually that the substance is in decline, it’s just that the substance is different. Which is how you get differences of opinion between generations.
It’s like whenever I hear Ralph (or anybody) complain that the art of conversation is dead (or something akin to that), I get pissed because it’s not dead. It’s alive and well and, dammit, thriving. It’s just not the same as it used to be.
I imagine the person you spoke to about the concert was just a dummy.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
As a matter of fact,
you imagine correctly; he was a bit of an idiot.
I have always tried to avoid what I saw others do, which was to go through life believing that everything from my era was the best. I have tried to be open-minded to all things new. That being said I still see that trend I mentioned above. It’s like the phrase “image is everything”. Today, image means a lot more than it should. I think people should look beyond image to substance. I believe image is nothing without anything behind it, but it’s amazing how far only image will get you these days.
And when I talk about movies being so much worse today, I am not comparing them to the movies of my time. I actually think the movies of the late 1930’s, ’40’s, and early ’50’s as being generally superior to what you see today. Those movies weren’t about special effects and trying to take every aspect to the extreme. “THE _____4 IS MORE EXTREME THAN THE____3!!!!!!” They had less to work with and yet delivered so much more. My emotional response to the older movies is much greater than most of what I see today.
And a big problem is a lot of people get defensive about any criticism to what is relevant to their era.
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by marklar on Nov 17, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I never minded people preferring something simply because that is what they like more or because that is what is in line with their personal sensibilities. And to me this is how I would describe your preference. You like the more old fashioned style PA simply because you like it more. It sounds better to you. I’m totally cool with that.
It’s when people enjoy something because that’s how it was when, or when they define their sensibilities by a moment in time rather than what is actually in their hearts that I get my panties bundled.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 3:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What band was it?
That makes a huge difference. If you go to see the Flaming Lips or something, their shows are famous for having a crazy amount of stuff going on, and if that didn’t happen then you’re perfectly justified in being disappointed by that. But if you go to see, like, the Mountain Goats, then you’d be dumb for expecting pyrotechnics.
There’s nothing wrong with either of those thoughts.
And also, there are plenty of movies where stuff doesn’t blow up every two minutes. And the only reason movies didn’t used to be like that is that they didn’t have the money or technology, and plenty of those movies were terrible in ways that movies now aren’t.
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by groug on Nov 17, 2008 5:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I went to Yankee Stadium once and I felt that Bob Shepherd, their PA announcer, sucked all the energy out of the place every time he talked.
I can’t overstate how awful I thought he was.
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by groug on Nov 17, 2008 4:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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by victor frankenstein on Nov 17, 2008 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
not a fan of renel either
she can’t touch the A’s dude or the Coors Field dude.
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh. “Can’t” and “wouldn’t want to” are two different things.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 9:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
if she wouldn't want to
it’s because she’s not talented enough to know she should
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2008 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We obviously harbor a pretty fundamental difference of opinion.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes, and i believe we’ve been over it here before. or at least Goof and I have.
de gustibus non disputandem est.
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2008 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Let the digging your way out of my doghouse commence.
Renel is, was and always we’ll be da bomb.
She brings enthusiasm, personality and little bit of soul to the PA job. Having met her and talked a little Giants baseball with her, I can tell you with 100% certainty she’s a fan of the team.
I’ve now been to 11 ball parks and heard probably 15-20 different MLB PA announcers. None come close to RBM. I’m now annoyed by the traditional baritone voices that sound like they’re falling asleep and who’s deep bass reverberates so much through the stadium that they’re hard to understand.
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by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 8:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
why leave? The frig here is better stocked.
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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 10:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No to the RBM...
I’t just…..
Renel.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like Renel
I can see how her chirpiness isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but she’s a fine PA announcer, I don’t think I’ve ever heard her mispronounce a player’s name, and she’d be about 150th on my list of complaints about The Big Phone.
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by Kitspool on Nov 17, 2008 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes
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by groug on Nov 17, 2008 5:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
screaming at a pop fly
because people don’t have any clue how to recognize when a ball has a chance to be a homerun
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by wjackalope on Nov 16, 2008 8:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm probably guilty..
At least when it’s I can’t tell. For instance, sitting behind home plate but in the upper deck. My dad and I have used these tickets a few times from his mailman at work, and you truly can’t tell if a ball is popped up in the infield or to the warning track, especially if it’s going to center. I suppose it’s something you get used to after a while, but I don’t think I could watch 81 games a year up there. (I don’t think I could watch 81 games at the park anyway.)
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 9:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
oh yeah
it happens to everyone, especially from certain angles and in seats you’re not used to – but some people jump up at weakly hit fly balls even from angle that make it very clear the ball isn’t going out. Of course, this is most likely just a lack of experience watching games live, so I guess my pet peeve is people that don’t go to many games, which might not be fair.
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by wjackalope on Nov 16, 2008 11:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s all about the right position in relation to the action and certain angles are certainly better.
That’s what she said.
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by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 8:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+100 billion.
I though this was only a causal, west coast fan kind of thing. Then, we went to Yankee Stadium this summer and A-Rod hit a ball to short RF, and half the staduim rose to thier feet and yelled like crazy. Of course, the ball fell harmlessly into a glove, and everyone sat down. It was sad and disheartening to see the myth of the NY baseball fan come crashing down. It will probably be 50 times worse next year, since the new Yankee Staduim has gone coporate, like all new ballparks.
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 9:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
smashing the myth
I went to Yankee stadium for the first (and only) time a few years back. It was a close, tight game with the Rays, in September, and I think NY was battling with BOS for the division lead. In the eight inning of what I think was a one run game, the fans started doing the wave. The FUCKING wave. In the 8th inning of a close game. I was appalled.
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by wjackalope on Nov 17, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Red Sox fans at Fenway are just as bad. They had a beach ball in the bleachers when I went.
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by jponry on Nov 17, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i’d literally puke all over the green monster if i saw that kind of garbage. Beach balls at Fenway? F-’em.
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention the singing of f'ing "Sweet Caroline"
I mean really…is this necessary?
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by PacBellBoozer on Nov 17, 2008 5:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll admit, Mrs Goofus and I sang along on our visit to Fenway. It was fun.
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by Goofus on Nov 18, 2008 9:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In Boston, it’s fine. When it’s a motherfucking San Jose Giants game—3000 miles from Boston, the last time I checked—it’s not okay. Several McCoven members can attest to me getting very angry at Sweet Caroline being played at SJ Munio.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 18, 2008 8:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THE WAVE
they always do it at the point in the game where it will most aggravate me too. Giants up by one, opposing team at bat, bases loaded, one out? TIME FOR THE WAVE!!!
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by jponry on Nov 16, 2008 8:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I hate..
How the facebook San Francisco Giants Fan application has a wave function and people keep on continuing and starting waves.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 9:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
in my mine the SF Giants Fan app is good for trivia. and that’s about it.
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by Takimoto on Nov 16, 2008 9:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i absolutely detest the wave
i even went to thesaurus.com to find the word to match my feelings. ok not really but i hate the wave. along with the DH and the three-run homer.
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by jasomack on Nov 16, 2008 9:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the beer is too expensive, and i refuse to buy it.
i wish the fans were a bit rowdier. i want to make some noise, and irrationally respond to every pitch and swing, and i feel so lonely. and stupid.
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by jasomack on Nov 16, 2008 9:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
solves all your beer pricing issues...
waiting for 2011....
by Osama91w9 on Nov 16, 2008 9:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you are truly an angel sent from above, Osama.
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by jasomack on Nov 17, 2008 5:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn’t the beer go flat pretty quickly?
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by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 8:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The object is to drink it BEFORE it goes flat...
Ever ordered a pitcher before?!?
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by PacBellBoozer on Nov 17, 2008 5:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well yeah, But a pitcher goes from the tap to your table pretty quickly. I’m picturing filling the beerbelly up at your car, walking to the park, waiting to get in, getting a dog, then getting to your seat before consuming. That would be a pretty good chunk of time from fill-to-finish.
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by Goofus on Nov 18, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow….I need this.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
people in the bleachers who get mad if you’re drinking.
I go to the ball park all the time in normal seats and I’ll have maybe one beer or won’t drink.
But if I’m in the bleachers, I think it’s fair area to get drunk and yell a lot and have a good time.
by fwoty oz on Nov 16, 2008 9:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
you might be confusing your living room with the bleachers
by wilriv21 on Nov 16, 2008 9:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's never a fair area..
To get drunk and yell a lot. Unless you’re at the bar. If you’re at the ballpark where other people paid good money to watch a ballgame then it’s not a fair area.
If you’re just going to get drunk why not just go to the local sports bar. A lot cheaper without the ticket for the seat and $15 beers.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 9:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
well, I agree. I just think it’s fair game in the bleachers to cheer a lot. I don’t involve any obscenities.
I guess I’m saying my pet peeve is people that come to the park that don’t expect people to cheer or celebrate when the Giants do something awesome.
And I would think if people paid a whole $8 bucks for their seat in the bleachers they would be expecting a heavier attitude than in the normal stands.
I’ve had people comment on my group about things that would be less than tame at a football game. It just seems weird to me.
by fwoty oz on Nov 16, 2008 10:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah there are too many people on both sides. if we got rid of the people who took it too far and the people who needed to lighten up a whole lot, we’d have candlestick with less drunks.
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by jasomack on Nov 17, 2008 5:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ya I like this.
just need to get rid of the extremists on both sides.
by fwoty oz on Nov 17, 2008 10:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If it doesn’t involve obscenities or beligerance, I’m usually cool with stuff.
There are times though were drunk people seem to be yelling just to call attention to themselves or not aware that they’re leaning forward in their seats and yelling right into the ear of the person in front of them. That gets pretty annoying.
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by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 8:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So what you’re saying is that if you exercise common decency, then everything’s cool.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I propose a Yelling Area.
I give voice to my emotions and this can be really irritating to Elmer and Myrna Funtz from Pawtucket directly in front of me my son and I try to be considerate we buy a 44 oz. and slam it BUULUUUULURPingly quickly and then cut out the bottom for a directional device and I’m popping up like some idiot Jack – in – the – Box and pointing it UP but they’re not playing up there
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by victor frankenstein on Nov 17, 2008 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I detest people who can’t hold their booze and get pissy drunk after nothing but a watered down margarita. Damn bunch of lightweights…I mean come on…if you’re going to get drunk, just don’t be that asshole who can’t handle him/herself properly.
I’m a happy/mellow drunk myself….so I’ve NEVER had this problem. I’m actually quite entertaining if you must know…not entertaining to just myself…but entertaining for all those around me.
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by PacBellBoozer on Nov 17, 2008 5:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a happy/mellow drunk myself….so I’ve NEVER had this problem. I’m actually quite entertaining if you must know…not entertaining to just myself…but entertaining for all those around me.
I’m pretty sure every drunk thinks this. :-P
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by Goofus on Nov 18, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hey hey now....at least I require some booze to dance like a fool on TV infront of thousands!
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by PacBellBoozer on Nov 18, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think I'm like that..
But then again Goofus is probably right.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 19, 2008 7:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Beach balls are the worst.
I’m glad I’ve never seen one at AT&T.
Besides that, I hate it when people leave the game early unless the game is waaaay out of reach.
I’ve seen people leave when the Giants have been behind by 3 or 4 runs going into the 9th inning.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Nov 16, 2008 9:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like your thinking of a Dodger game
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by CB30 on Nov 16, 2008 9:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Only acceptable going home reason.
Kid. And if you brought a kid to a game you should have just stayed home anyway.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 9:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
if no one brought their kids to games, we’d be breeding a generation of shitty Giants fans. I’m the fan I am because I started going to games as soon as I could walk.
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by Takimoto on Nov 16, 2008 9:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kids:
Should be at day games of Friday/Saturday games. Or wait until they’re old enough to stay the entire night.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 16, 2008 10:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
this
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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 16, 2008 11:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
as soon as i find one
my kid is staying is staying the whole game, every game. before walking.
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by jasomack on Nov 17, 2008 5:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
as soon as
you find a kid?
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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 17, 2008 1:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fun fact: jasomack used to be jeffremack, but one day when he found a kid, it turned out that kid had an owner.
Boy was his face red!
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by groug on Nov 17, 2008 5:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that's fair
though i have a croix from when i was 2, so i’m a lousy example.
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by Takimoto on Nov 17, 2008 7:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
wafuxacroix
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Nov 17, 2008 4:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There’s some in the hat thread.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Nov 17, 2008 4:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We've all got a croix..
Croix de 2008
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 4:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually there are many reasons
to leave a game early, besides a kid.
1) You have a bad back that is tightening up.
2) You have to get up at 4 AM to catch a plane the next morning.
3) The Giants are down by 5+ runs, they are just pissing you off because of their play, and then a reliever comes in and slows the game down by taking an eternity between pitches. You realize then there is something better outside the gate. Not every game is a good one, and life is too short to watch bad baseball.
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by marklar on Nov 17, 2008 8:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
this
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Nov 17, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Another personal fav’s on this list was the fan that would start work in 90 minutes. Rock solid that one.
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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
we brought my 2 year old to a couple of games, so she can learn all about baseball. It is a totally different experience, and way too hard to try to do alone. I took her by myself early in the season last year, and our seats were up in 333 so she didn’t even realize that there was a game going on. We left very early that night. The next time we went, we had seats in the club section and she had a great time for about 6 innnings, then my wife and I had to take turns walking her around. By August next year, I think she’ll be able to make it through an entire game.
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“if you brought a kid to a game you should have just stayed home anyway.”
I don’t think that sentence was very well thought out.
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by stealth snail on Nov 17, 2008 6:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I left a game early once...
…because it was a meaningless early September game running long, and I only had an hour to make it to a San Jose Giants playoff game.
Is that annoyance-worthy?
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by BruteSentiment on Nov 16, 2008 11:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In 2000, a beach ball came my way. I took it, stuck it under my seat and was booed!! I stood up and yelled “This is NOT LA. This is NOT Dodger Stadium.” and then sat down.
A McC newcomer but not outstanding.
by SFGuy on Nov 16, 2008 11:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hahahahhahaha i would’ve high fived you if i was sitting near you
by newbtoob on Nov 17, 2008 1:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate that the bridge between the 3rd base grandstand and the bleachers is so thin.
Though my biggest pet peeve about the games is getting there and coming home on Caltrain. I voted for the bullet train just in the hopes that Caltrain might improve via some halo effect.
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by BruteSentiment on Nov 16, 2008 11:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
You’re right. The bridge should be the same width as the rest of the promenade. Every year when the Giants send out the opinion survey to season-ticket holders, I suggest they widen that bridge.
Yes we did!
by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What's wrong with Caltrain?
I freaking love Caltrain for game commutes. A million times better than Muni (either Metro or bus) and a bazillion times better than driving!
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by tk on Nov 17, 2008 9:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And speaking of beer consumption...
there’s plenty of time to knock down a couple 24s on the ride up the peninsula.
I love caltrain, and their open container policy.
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by Azantor on Nov 17, 2008 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
coke bottle full of mixed drink on BART works just as well too.
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by Takimoto on Nov 17, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Caltrain takes a loooooooooooooong time. We took Caltrain once – from the park to Palo Alto- oh my gawd!!
It’s quicker to take Amtrak back to Sacramento – less crowded, and less drunks too!
by Merope on Nov 17, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
umm
the team?
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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 16, 2008 11:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
for some reason
I thought we were talking about ours.
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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 17, 2008 12:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
RADIOS AT BALLPARK!!! Dammit, use EARPHONES, people!!!
Why do people think EVERYONE wants to hear the tinny, scratchy sound of AM radio from several feet away???? I love baseball on the radio, but if we’re at the park, the GAME IS HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF US!
Sorry. Sorry, everyone. I know I’m worked up here, and the all caps is annoying, but really, if people want to listen to the radio, use earphones— they are 99 cents at any Walgreen’s or Rite Aid.
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by Mayor of 311 on Nov 17, 2008 12:22 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
agree with you 100%
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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 17, 2008 1:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mmmmmm
Tinny, scratchy AM radio….
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 6:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I logged four years of Lon Simmons/Russ Hodges on one. Mostly at night.
“You can take it where you go/You’ve got 560 radio…”
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- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Nov 17, 2008 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow. I’ve never heard anyone actually playing a radio without earphones, except once two season ago when the Warriors had a big game for their playoff drive. I actually appreciated that..
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by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 8:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Funny
I don’t mind that so much. While it doesn’t happen often, it is nice to hear what’s going on in case of an injury. My dad and I went to a game a few years ago, and Estes (I think) was announced as the starter, then Chad Zerbe jogged out to the mound to start the game. Someone behind us had a radio going, and we were able to hear that Estes (I think) couldn’t get loose, and Zerbie was spot starting. Can’t get that kind of info from Rienell.
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A few years ago?
That was 7 years ago man.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
isn’t 7 a few years ago? What’s the cap on “few” years? Two would be a couple…I would think three to ten would be a few…then after that it’s “a decade or so”….
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm..
I’ve always called a few 3-4. Perhaps I’m just too young.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
fair enough. I’ll limit my “fews” to 3-4 years in the future.
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, but then why don't people turn it on ONLY when something bizarre happens?
OK, fine, when there is an injury or a non-obvious argument on the field or something controversial going on (though I can usually deduce what is going on, but no matter), sure, fine, turn on the damn radio. But (a) that still doesn’t explain not using an earphone, nor (b) having it on the entire game without an earphone.
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by Mayor of 311 on Nov 17, 2008 7:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I do not agree, Mayor
I adore AM radio covering something that I’m at. Especially when it’s Miller/Flemming.
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by tk on Nov 17, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
At least it's nice..
If you have to go to the bathroom they’ll play it in there. I’m sure I’ve told my story of one rain delayed game when I went to the bathroom to just hear Jon Miller and Lon Simmons reminiscing about the past. I didn’t want to leave but eventually the stench drove me away.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
too young to appreciate lon simmons.
:(
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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 17, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Too young to hear..
But never to young to appreciate. This was only a few years ago too (2-4).
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, but by that time Lon sounded like someone you’d meet in a drunk tank after a horrible Friday night. My personal favorite was when he talk about “Benito Sandiego” doing the catching.
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also...you're no plumber.
Smells like money!
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by victor frankenstein on Nov 17, 2008 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fine, just USE AN EARPHONE!!!
I don’t care whether people listen to the damn radio. Just take into account that not everyone around you wants to hear it, and thus shouldn’t be forced to. The social responsibility is on the person who is doing something that bothers other people, not on the person doing nothing who is then infringed upon.
It is much like people who sit in an audience wearing a cologne that I’m sure smells great to them, but have no thought whatsoever that they are inflicting that on anyone around them without their consent. It is just plain thoughtless and rude.
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by Mayor of 311 on Nov 17, 2008 7:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Would you like to come over here and give that speech to my neighbors? Their second hand smoke is horrid! Especially when it wakes you up at 2am!!!
by Merope on Nov 17, 2008 7:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd be happy to. Plus I'm 6'3" and have a big voice. And I'd bring tk as backup.
We’ll give them a little honey (tk) and some caustic borax in the eye (mayor).
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by Mayor of 311 on Nov 17, 2008 7:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i got one..
Standing at the top steps waiting for the usher to let me down to my seat and then people start cutting me and act like i’m an idiot for standing in the middle of the stairs…I mean C’MONE WTF! Oh people who stand in the middle of the walk ways chatting….or people who spill their beer everywhere or are too drunk to properly hold it….it sucks when the person sitting at the top of the aisle just topples over their beverage and it creates a waterfall effect for the ppl below them….i always look down at my feet and ask… “Did i just piss myself?!”
by newbtoob on Nov 17, 2008 1:48 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
i’ve never been too drunk to hold my beer. that would be an epic fail.
Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.
by jasomack on Nov 17, 2008 5:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I get especially annoyed when Larry Baer stands up in the middle of a game to chat with people around him in the owners’ box, or walks to his seat while the action is going. Just once I’d like to see an usher with the balls to tell him to wait like everyone else.
Yes we did!
by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 8:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
good answers.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
by kennv on Nov 17, 2008 7:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like that the Giants have
the greatest food vendor of all time. Don’t know his name, but he’s a big dude with long black hair that has the loudest voice I’ve ever heard. He cracks me up every time I hear him from across the park.
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by UnleashTheGore on Nov 17, 2008 7:34 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I love him too. PEEEE NUUTSS. And it doesn’t matter where he is in the Park. You can hear him. Very comforting. Like pie or a warm blanket. And I love seeing the same fans there over the years. The guys with pins all over their hats keeping score. The pin ladies for that matter. The kids growing up in the seats next to me. The ushers….. And the ticket taker guy. I miss them all.
by robbgin on Nov 17, 2008 8:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Semi sequitor:
I’ve always wanted to work as a vendor for one game selling peanuts just so I could wander around yelling things that sound obscene:
- Check out my peanuts!!!
- I wish it was you holding my peanuts in your hand instead of myself!!!
- Who wants to taste my peanuts??!!!
Yes we did!
by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 9:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
salty bag of nutz?!?
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
one day
they will start selling chocolate salty balls.
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by UnleashTheGore on Nov 17, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's a shame.
This unfortunately is a joke among my co workers since one of my managers eats a lot of peanuts. He walked up to someone (mind you, we already think he’s a pervert plus has some pedophile hintings in there) and asked an early 20’s girl, “Have you seen my peanuts?” Unfortunately she heard something else..
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Schwetty Balls?
Molina's gonna test his arm...
by Victorious Secret on Nov 17, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That guy is good.
I love that I can hear him through my radio. This thread makes me miss baseball even more.
by out machine on Nov 17, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I dislike the offseason...
You know Sabean’s is going to overpay for some mediocre talent who had a career year or pitched well in the playoffs the year before, there isn’t a game on every night, and we don’t get to see Timmeh pitch until April.
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Nov 17, 2008 8:47 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
why, oh why dosen’t MLB have a channel to show us winter league games? There are no sports on during the week (everyone knows the NBA and NHL seasons don’t start until late Janurary), and network TV blows. Help us Obi-Bud Selig, you’re our only hope!
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 9:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Obi-Bud Selig
+1!!!
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by Azantor on Nov 17, 2008 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Do You Mean This ?
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My adopted son Matt Downs. Lost in the wilderness of mediocrity.
by nvsfg on Nov 17, 2008 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Poor and live many miles away...
generally just happy to be there once a year! In all fairness my seats are next to the owners’ so, very lttle drunkem revelry is tolerated. Parking sucks!
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by igotnothing on Nov 17, 2008 8:50 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think we can all agree on this one...
I hate people who dance between innings…and their friends sitting with them that don’t even try to stop them.
Yes we did!
by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 9:08 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Recognizing people on TV that you have never even met, AND having K-n-K comment…… priceless
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by igotnothing on Nov 17, 2008 9:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
candlestick had cheap corndogs
Pac Smell has NO -count them- NO corndogs.
not even overpriced ones.
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2008 9:58 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wait..
What did you say between the NO’s? I can’t read.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
formatting failure. it was supposed to read like No – count them – No corndogs.
you see, it’s funny because No isn’t a really a quantity that can be counted.
hilarious.
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2008 10:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah I see what you mean
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
content failure too...
they sell corndogs on the club level and in the field club.
Perhaps corndogs are elitist.
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by bgunn on Nov 17, 2008 11:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
well, in this case, I’m happy to be wrong.
yay.
mmmmm corndog.
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2008 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve also seen them listed on the menu boards at the Doggie Diners on the Promenade Level, but I have yet to actually see one in the wild.
by rightcenterfielder on Nov 17, 2008 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No lids on drinks
which means that everyone else’s beer ends up all over me and my stuff.
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by tk on Nov 17, 2008 9:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
man, drinking beer out of a sippy cup would be awesome…
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by Takimoto on Nov 17, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
File this under former peeve: one thing I don't miss
And it used to bug me. Maybe the FAA rules have changed, but when small planes and helicopters used to fly around the stadium/park at low elevation. I found these flyovers totally distracting.
by out machine on Nov 17, 2008 10:29 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Good thing you weren’t there on the night a few months ago when one of the Armed Forces flew their jets over the stadium right as part of the pre-game festivities. I think they were about four feet above my head, and I was in the lower deck. Scared the piss out of me.
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by Kitspool on Nov 17, 2008 3:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
when does the 2009 schedule come out?
can’t believe I miss Giants baseball already.
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by UnleashTheGore on Nov 17, 2008 10:30 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think it's out..
I saw something on the home page about the 2009 schedule. Also it had Sabean’s Foot Long Yum Rocket picture up there too.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t look behind this curtain.
Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 11:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No Atl, Fla & Stl in the July or August road trip death march this year either.
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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 11:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not a day off after any of the 3 trips of Coors either. First trip is games 6-8 of 17straight days. Second trip is games 8-10 in 20 straight. Third trip games 8-11 out of 16 straight. All three before rosters expand. Thanks Bud. I got a special finger for you too.
Anyone still wonder why we need an other bottom of the rotation guy ( for 1-2 year ) that can deliver 150+ IP next season?
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by daveinexile on Nov 17, 2008 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
2006 Texas @ SF
2009 Texas @ SF
What. The. Fuck.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
by ResDog on Nov 17, 2008 12:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
god damnit
could the giants just once play in DC during the schoolyear?
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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 17, 2008 2:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Missed this before...
“I’m not a big fan of people who boo at fans who drop line drive foul balls with their bare hands.”
BRING YOUR GLOVE MEAT!
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:41 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
mmmmm
glove meat
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2008 10:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
sorry
I’m not a fan of people over the age of 12 that bring their glove to ball games.
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by UnleashTheGore on Nov 17, 2008 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You shouldn't come to a game..
Without your glove.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Contextual
Dude, if you’re sitting anywhere in the lower deck, it’s essential hardware. If (Insert Slugger Name) hits some screaming line drive foul anywhere nearby, it’s about protecting yourself. Sure, any good fan sitting there knows that they should pay attention to the game in case of such an occurrence, but I’d rather not take one in the teeth because some douche 10 rows in front of me tried to catch said liner with his bare hands and it ricocheted towards me.
But I agree that if you’re in the top row of VR335, leave it at home.
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by Azantor on Nov 17, 2008 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah..
BRING YOUR GLOVE MEAT!
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Always do
Cause I can’t stand the upper deck.
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by Azantor on Nov 17, 2008 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Same here. I think of my glove as more a deflection device as opposed to fielding anything coming my way. So you can boo me when I don’t catch anything.
by timmeh on Nov 17, 2008 12:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Key to catching a foul ball..
Stand up, put your glove in the air, and look directly down at your feet.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In other words
Perform a Velezation.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Nov 17, 2008 4:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah.
I’m surprised no one has gotten that yet. I don’t think the youtube clip is up anymore either.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 4:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No problem.
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Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Nov 17, 2008 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Grant could give lessons.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
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by raisingcain on Nov 17, 2008 6:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
best I could do
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Nov 17, 2008 7:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re killing me, Smalls!
by rightcenterfielder on Nov 17, 2008 7:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't seen that movie in a while...
I miss it.
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Then spend 3 weeks’ worth of your life trying to upload it to YouTube.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Nov 18, 2008 2:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
agree. Especially since I started dragging my kid to the park.
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry…but if your kid can’t protect themselves, and you fail do protect them as their parent…then you’re the failure…Not the fool hurling himself over three people to snag a ball barehanded and missing.
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by PacBellBoozer on Nov 17, 2008 6:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
agreed on the self-defense angle
by rightcenterfielder on Nov 17, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh just piss off already. I’d much rather have a broken finger or two and catch the thing than bring a glove along and drop it. At least if you’re goin’ commando you’ve got an excuse!
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by PacBellBoozer on Nov 17, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I always bring my glove to the game regardless of where I sit. You never know when you may need it.
by Natto on Nov 17, 2008 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s a sad day when wearing a baseball glove at a baseball game is child’s play.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
True..true..
How’s your Charizard doing?
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 1:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You knew that was a sore subject and you just had to bring it up anyway. >(
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
God Bless America in the 7th
Call me unpatriotic if you will, but I’m a one anthem per game kinda guy.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Nov 17, 2008 11:15 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
I’m glad that this irks someone else… What the hell happened to ONLY “Take me out to the Ballgame”?
Damn Terrorists.
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by Azantor on Nov 17, 2008 11:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think they only do “God Bless America” on Sundays now, so I can deal with that. Espeically since the park is usually only about 1/3 full during the pre-game anthem.
And while we’re at it, I wish someone would have the good sense to change our national anthem to “America the Beautiful”. It’s easier to sing and has a much more positive message than a poem about a flag still flying despite getting the crap bombed out of it.
Yes we did!
by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 11:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think they only do "God Bless America" on Sundays now
…and every playoff game (though, I guess that’s a tradeoff I’d be willing to make), and nationally broadcast games.
It’s an MLB mandate, so I cannot blame the G’s, but that’s where it irks me.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Nov 17, 2008 11:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Merope wants to know if that MLB mandate applies to Blue Jays.
by Merope on Nov 17, 2008 5:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
God Bless North America
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Nov 17, 2008 8:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I wish someone would have the good sense to change our national anthem to "America the Beautiful"
Word.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Nov 17, 2008 11:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dontcha know? Real terrorists can’t sing God Bless America, that’s how we’re going to flush them out of the crowd!
by Merope on Nov 17, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So what’s to stop them carrying out their nefarious plans before the middle of the 7th, then?
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by EliminateMe on Nov 17, 2008 4:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate that.
It doesn’t help that GBA is an awful song.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Nov 17, 2008 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
just one lyric change makes it so much better. Let’s face it, “ocean’s white with foam” is as dumb as a rock. If you flip that verse, though, and come out with “oceans…to the praires…to the mountains white with snow” it’s way better.
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nice. Did you think of that?
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by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 12:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I did, because “oceans white with foam” has always bugged the shit out of me. Just humming a long one day, and realized a small change would improve the song a lot.
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but then it doesn't rhyme...
…unless you finish it “God bless America, my ho sweet ho”…but that would be inappropriate.
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by EliminateMe on Nov 17, 2008 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you sure?
Consider Jenna Jameson v.08…
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Nov 17, 2008 4:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Easy solution.
Mountains white with snowm.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i hate godbless america and the goddamned anthem… too.
insidious propagandism
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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by tk on Nov 17, 2008 12:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
John Cougar Watermelonplant/Chevrolet hijack , Game 1 , wheneverthefuckitwas
Jamming “Our Country” down a captive audience’s throat.
And the fucking GALL not to stop at just one verse , either.
They can take their bailout pleas and jam them up their collective asses.
Or somethin’.
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by victor frankenstein on Nov 17, 2008 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When we were kids – my sister and I always called him John Cougar MenstrualCramp… I don’t remember why
by Merope on Nov 17, 2008 4:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hopefully this doesnt get me banned or anything
but i fucking hate John fucking Melloncamp. He should be locked in a room for all eternity; only listen to Toby Keith on repeat to punish him the same way he’s punished us. That is, with miserable, faux-patriotic, substance less shit…………………… but really what irks me at a ballpark is when people get mad at you for standing up and cheering. I’m looking at you AAA club.
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by BrianBokake on Nov 18, 2008 1:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not a huge Melloncamp fan, but the song in question is hardly “faux-patriotic”. It’s a protest song against intolerance and bigotry. Melloncamp has been a pretty outspoken critic of Bush, the war in iraq, etc.
http://www.hit-country-music-lyrics.com/John-Mellencamp-Our-Country-Lyrics.html
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by Goofus on Nov 18, 2008 9:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ok
well admittedly the versions of the song i’ve heard have been in commercials or at the ballyard but I still don’t get how people can appreciate his unadventurous lyrics. If you’re trying to to convey something everyone agrees with already you aren’t making a statement at all, you’re just pandering. That’s what pisses me off about his song(s). Thanks for posting those lyrics though, I’d just heard some of them through the song clips.
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by BrianBokake on Nov 18, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, his fan base is made up of a lot of “red state” folks. To many in his “base”, singing about intolerance, bigotry, anti-war, etc. is pretty novel. The whole “Freedom’s road” album is a pretty big f-u to the far right.
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by Goofus on Nov 18, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just hate him as a writer and a singer, his intentions be damned.
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by BrianBokake on Nov 18, 2008 11:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
His best contribution is through his work with Farm Aid. He’s on the board of directors along with fellow sucktard Dave Matthews, not-my-cup-of-tea Willie Nelson, and fantastic artist Neil Young.
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by bgunn on Nov 18, 2008 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+ 1
on Neil Young love.
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by BrianBokake on Nov 18, 2008 3:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rec'd
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by groug on Nov 17, 2008 5:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What about the idiot fans who scream the team name DURING the National Anthem...
The Orioles fans do this to kick off every anthem….pisses me off to no end.
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by PacBellBoozer on Nov 17, 2008 6:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 17, 2008 6:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t say that in Yankee Stadium, they’ll kick you out.
by chilibean_3 on Nov 17, 2008 6:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. I totally agree. Contrived fake patriotism at its worst.
Not only that, but the fact that they are trying to invent and enforce an orthodoxy by asking people to stand and remove their caps — mindless conformity to a fascist ideal right there — actually devalues the real National Anthem. I think the whole thing is horrendous. I’m a total patriot and I love my country more than even above-average Republican presidential nominees, but that is unAmerican, oddly.
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by Mayor of 311 on Nov 17, 2008 7:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
funny story
I attended a Seattle/Red Sox game in Seattle this summer. I have my clam chowder bowl in hand, and I’m trying to get to my seats on the other side of the stadium so I can eat it before it gets cold. This just happens to be during the national anthem, and as I walk past a lady in a Red Sox hat, she turns, scowls, and says, “Stop walking! It’s the national anthem!” Or something like that.
I laughed under my breath as I thought to myself, “the thing this song laudes, freedom, is the very thing I’m practicing — the freedom to get to my fricking seat and eat my food while it’s warm!”
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by UnleashTheGore on Nov 18, 2008 8:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Stalls too close to one another LOL
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by ejdacanay on Nov 17, 2008 12:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
i suprisingly miss
the peeing troughs of Candlestick. I dunno, it was just a cool thing to see as a kid.
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by UnleashTheGore on Nov 17, 2008 12:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I always found peeing troughs terrifying. And gross.
Never cool, though.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
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by groug on Nov 17, 2008 5:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve got a new background for my laptop.
(Not really.)
(Actually yes.)
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
whoa thats weird
I’ve actually seen one of those at some airport or restaurant, I forget which, a long time ago. Unfortunately for me, I did not know what it was (I was a little kid). That did not turn out well
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by raisingcain on Nov 17, 2008 6:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup..
I always thought it was cool too.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I always appreciated that you could squeeze approx. 15 more guys peeing into the trough as opposed to a wall of urinals.
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That sentence is somehow beyond description.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 1:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
go to Oakland
they’ve still got ’em.. right?
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by wjackalope on Nov 17, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it's called the right field bleachers
SHAZAM!
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by UnleashTheGore on Nov 17, 2008 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure
the whole Coliseum is one giant pee trough.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 17, 2008 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Photoshop Gold(en… er… nah, I shouldn’t make that joke)
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned by any of the older fans
Pet peeve: NO LIVE ORGANIST.
I’m totally down with them playing the rock and the rap that the kids like to hear, but would it kill the Giants to occasionally invite an organist in to play some old-timey style tunes? Or maybe have it be a special weekend afternoon thing that harkens back to traditional baseball parks?
See: Nancy Faust if you have no idea what I’m talking about.
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by Kitspool on Nov 17, 2008 3:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I represent that remark...
I’m an “older fan” , but jebus, that was like the 1940’s man :-)
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by nvsfg on Nov 17, 2008 4:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it would kick ass, just one game a year to do a “Vintage” game….only peanuts, hot links, and cracker jacks for sale…all the ushers in period dress…No in-game advertisements, turn off the scoreboard, cover up the other digital scoreboards with vintage ads for a pack of Lucky Stripes, etc…bring back the organist…even if it’s a keyboard emulation…ya dig?!?
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by PacBellBoozer on Nov 17, 2008 6:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Uncomfortable seats
Particularly back-less benches and seats that don’t point towards the infield.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
by Bhaakon on Nov 17, 2008 3:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
+1000 about the benches
Seriously, how expensive could it be to add some cheap back to some bleacher benches? Well, I don’t know, but it seems doable.
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by raisingcain on Nov 17, 2008 6:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Just like..
The SJ Giants seats.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely
Hell, it wouldn’t be terribly expensive to just put normal seats out there (in comparison to the usual improvements they offseason every offseason).
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by Bhaakon on Nov 17, 2008 9:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m guessing it would reduce the number of butts they can fit out there by a substanital margin.
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by Goofus on Nov 18, 2008 10:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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