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I have been pondering with some of my close friends about ways for the Giants to continue building our franchise.  Within one year we have went from a laughing stock of the west to a team with some serious pitching in the rotation and now in the bullpen.

  So how do we score runs?  Obviously we don't have the money, attraction or will to get a big bat like TEX MEX or Vlad back  in the day.  Hitters are afraid of coming here, Carlos Lee didn't even consider our offer when he was a free agent.  Our prospects aren't looking good enough to make an instant impact. 

  One common way is to trade pitching, we all know about the Rios-Lincecum deal that almost went down last year.  Now we have the Sanchez dilemma, we almost traded him for Cantu (Out of the bigs two years ago) or Edwin ( who hits in a great ballpark.)  3rd baseman that hit 25 home runs in a fluke year happens all the time, please don't trade a young left handed power pitcher for either of them. 

  Our next way is through lower tier free agents, ala Aaron Rowand who we had to overpay for.  I don't want to spend money on a mediocre hitter like Pat Burrell, he's similar to the injury prone Rafael Furcal.  Don't just spend money because you feel you need some names to fill seats, lets build towards a ring. 

I do see one player that would not cost a ton and solve our power needs.  ADAM DUNN,  he has hit 40 home runs in the past 5 seasons, people complain about his batting average (.250) although take a look at his OBP (.387 the past couple years), he is very exciting to watch and takes pitchers deep into counts.  He is still young and has as much power as anybody else in baseball.  Lets compare him to TEX MEX who is the prized free agent, over the past 5 years TEX MEX had 177 home runs while Dunn had 206.  The career OBP for TEX MEX is.378 while Dunn's has been .381.  I rest my case. 

PS: people with negative views don't bring up his defense, yeah it sucks although your not paying 180 million for him, I imagine we could get him for 5 years and 70 million maybe less.

 

 

 

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He’s a good hitter, but I don’t see why we can’t bring up his defense. His glove gave away so many runs last year that Fred Lewis was actually a better player.

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 28, 2008 5:46 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Have we just given up on exasperation, mocking, and hijacking?

"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 Dec 28, 2008 5:56 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’ve basically given up on reading any of the posts. How many times can you re-re-re-re-hash the same thing?

….yeah I know … 109!!

by Merope on Dec 28, 2008 6:11 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, it’s not completely silly like a lot of the others.

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 28, 2008 6:56 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

FLY THIS THREAD TO MIAMI , NOW!

Or so help me I’ll post again.

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by victor frankenstein on Dec 28, 2008 11:49 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think you meant “Havana,” right? At least, that was how I always told that joke.

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by Lyle on Dec 29, 2008 8:04 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No espeek bueno Castro.

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by victor frankenstein on Dec 29, 2008 8:36 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They love me! They named a street after me!

…it’s full of what?!

"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 Dec 29, 2008 11:27 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This “have went” to a pretty good argument for 7 day a week elementary school

by allfrank on Dec 29, 2008 1:08 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dunn=DH

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by DbacksSkins on Dec 29, 2008 3:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Do people really call him “Tex Mex?” If so, that’s terrible.

HIJACK: Name your five favorite fruits.

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by jcb9 on Dec 28, 2008 6:21 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

- Kiwis
- Mangos
- Pomegranates
- Watermelons
- Strawberries

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by jcb9 on Dec 28, 2008 6:22 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you’re batting .200

Bonds stands alone.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 28, 2008 6:23 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’d like to see you come up with better, wisenheimer.

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by jcb9 on Dec 28, 2008 6:25 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

- TakeAGiantStepAndGo
- Joe Morgan
- Tim McCarver
- Jim Nantz
- Macadamia

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by Giant among Angels on Dec 28, 2008 6:24 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TRUE FACT

The macadamia nut is the only domesticated crop that’s native to Australia.

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by jcb9 on Dec 28, 2008 6:25 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You can learn all this and more from Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.

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by jcb9 on Dec 28, 2008 6:31 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

“He got it at Jared”

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by Giant among Angels on Dec 28, 2008 6:32 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Those commercials are almost as annoying as the “We can save you up to 50% -- or more!” commercials.

by Merope on Dec 28, 2008 6:33 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Those Lexus “December to remember” ones annoy the crap out of me too

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
Jeremy Affeldt Ready To Make His Father Proud

by Giant among Angels on Dec 28, 2008 6:36 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly

by jcb9 on Dec 28, 2008 6:40 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

YES

"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 Dec 29, 2008 3:44 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Aren’t those the ones with the little kid talking about his Big Wheel? I love that ad. Mainly because the Big Wheel was the greatest thing ever

My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman

by Goofus on Dec 29, 2008 6:38 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And

Happy Honda Days!

Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.

by Lyle on Dec 29, 2008 8:05 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

THAT'S Jared?

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers

by victor frankenstein on Dec 28, 2008 11:50 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you forgot Gaven Newsome

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by The Thrill on Dec 29, 2008 9:20 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

STARFRUIT

as opposed to just regular fruit :-)

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by nvsfg on Dec 29, 2008 8:28 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not Enough Coffee Yet....

Hit enter by mistake and posted.

-Green Apples
-Cherries
-Red Pears
-Pineapple

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by nvsfg on Dec 29, 2008 8:32 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pomegranate
Green apples
Bing cherries
White nectarines
Watermelon

"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 Dec 28, 2008 7:17 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’m more a Rainier cherry fan, myself.

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by jcb9 on Dec 28, 2008 7:29 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’m more of a Bing Crosby fan

Wall-E for Best Picture 2008

by Useful_Idiot on Dec 28, 2008 7:48 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bobby Crosby?

"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 Dec 28, 2008 8:06 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dirtbag

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
Jeremy Affeldt Ready To Make His Father Proud

by Giant among Angels on Dec 28, 2008 8:11 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

barfbag

"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 Dec 28, 2008 8:25 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dirtbag

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Jeremy Affeldt Ready To Make His Father Proud

by Giant among Angels on Dec 28, 2008 8:30 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I know, I thought we were just riffing.

"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 Dec 28, 2008 8:37 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scumbag

/sorry

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by Giant among Angels on Dec 28, 2008 8:40 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rainiers are great too but they’re expensivo. :(

"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 Dec 28, 2008 8:06 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

then dragonfruit, green grapes, tangerines, seedless watermelon

by ExcuseMeSwing on Dec 28, 2008 8:41 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seedless watermelon is an offense against god. Part of the watermelon’s charm, I believe, is the contrast the crunchy seeds provide against the soft flesh.

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by jcb9 on Dec 28, 2008 10:02 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Even Square Watermelon?

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
Jeremy Affeldt Ready To Make His Father Proud

by Giant among Angels on Dec 28, 2008 10:10 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have one of these messy trees in my backyard. I am about ready to chop it down.

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
Jeremy Affeldt Ready To Make His Father Proud

by Giant among Angels on Dec 28, 2008 8:48 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mostly stone fruits

Peaches, plums, prunes, cherries.

Also, jackfruits, durians.

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by rfloh on Dec 28, 2008 9:05 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Durian: The reason that Berkeley Bowl smells so very bad.

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 29, 2008 8:00 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’ve had durian a few times, and I really think the stink is overrated. I mean, it smells bad, but the way people go on, it’s like it’s worse than a million open sewers, and it’s really not.

Of course, I also have a lousy sense of smell.

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by jcb9 on Dec 29, 2008 2:39 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, durian isn’t that bad. It’s not a typical smell, but I wouldn’t bolt in the opposite direction if I caught a whiff of durian.

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by Natto on Dec 29, 2008 2:41 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if it’s kept at room temperature for a couple of days (like the Berkeley Bowl used to do), the sulfer smell gets out of control.

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 29, 2008 2:59 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Duriwhat?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 29, 2008 4:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Durian fruit, Vietnamese restaurants usually keep a couple around.

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 29, 2008 4:32 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

All this talk of Vietnamese food is making me want Pho.

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by xanthan on Dec 29, 2008 4:33 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My local Pho place went belly-up a couple weeks ago. Now i am searching for an acceptable replacement.

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by Giant among Angels on Dec 29, 2008 4:54 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I assume you live in Anaheim, there is an amazing place in Los Al called Benley that serves the best pho around.

Why does Sabean always look constipated?

by TexasRanger on Dec 30, 2008 1:01 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes, Next to the happiest place on earth.

Los Alamitos? whereabouts?

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 30, 2008 3:45 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The best pho I've had in southern california

Is in Long Beach about a block up Anaheim past Redondo. But if you’re going to have to drive all the way to Long Beach, you might as well just stop in Little Saigon.

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jan 2, 2009 7:00 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I used to live on Anaheim near PCH in LB and I think I know of the place you are describing. A co-worker of mine lives in Stanton (Little Saigon) and has recommended some places there as well. Thanks.

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
Jeremy Affeldt Ready To Make His Father Proud

by Giant among Angels on Jan 2, 2009 7:37 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The smell can be bad

but the taste and mouthfeel are divine.

I do understand that the smell is a turnoff and can scare people off, and that durian is very much an acquired taste.

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by rfloh on Dec 29, 2008 9:38 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, you’re talking about durian. It only took me two and a half sentences to work that out.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 29, 2008 10:18 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hahaha, me too

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by marcello on Dec 30, 2008 12:09 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have to admit I went there too.

"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 Dec 30, 2008 12:12 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mouthfeel is just an awesome descriptive word.

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by marcello on Dec 30, 2008 12:49 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

fuji apples
rainier cherries
pluot
blackberries
plums

by timmeh on Dec 29, 2008 1:07 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Have you ever had green pluots? A stand at my neighborhood farmers’ market had them this past summer, and they were great. Not quite as sweet as regular pluots, but a similar flavor.

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by jcb9 on Dec 29, 2008 2:40 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes I tried the green pluots this summer. The farmer’s market had quite a nice variety this year.

by timmeh on Dec 30, 2008 2:20 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

- fiji apples
- banans
- watermelon
- kiwi
- mango

Mmm.. that’d make a good smoothie…

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by Natto on Dec 29, 2008 1:17 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good call on the Fijis, guys

- Fiji apples
- Freestone peaches
- nectarines
- bananas
- dark plums

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by Lyle on Dec 29, 2008 8:07 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fuji apples are so freaking good man. Second only to my fave granny smiths. And plums just missed the list for me. There’s nothing better than biting into a fresh, crisp, sweet apple, plum, or cherry to me.

"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 Dec 29, 2008 11:28 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pink Ladies are really good, too.

I love Fuji apples. That’s seriously a daily staple for me at work.

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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 11:31 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We’ve been getting pink ladies from the farmers’ market lately, and they’re great.

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by jcb9 on Dec 29, 2008 2:42 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nothing compares

to the sweetness and crispness of a fuji. it’s a must to use granny smiths in an apple pie, but eating out of one’s hand requires a good fuji.

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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 29, 2008 12:15 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

one way to get power

but it’s not terribly efficient

Bonds stands alone.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 28, 2008 6:25 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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by Giant among Angels on Dec 28, 2008 6:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

up yours, we need more windmills

also, ADAM DONE!

"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 Dec 29, 2008 3:45 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tim Flannery is enough.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal

by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 29, 2008 10:15 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

/golf clap

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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 10:29 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Back in June, I got called an idiot on sfgate for saying the Giants’ offense wasn’t very good.

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by jcb9 on Dec 28, 2008 6:29 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We need Chris Haft

to start bitch slapping folks again

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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 28, 2008 6:41 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Chris Haft does nothing but encourage this type of stuff with the questions he answers from fans in his mailbags.

by deuce deuce on Dec 28, 2008 7:02 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He commented on a letter in his last mailbag. That response was epic.

Usually just browse for a good chuckle.

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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 28, 2008 7:08 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I haven’t bothered reading the mailbags in quite some time. If he is indeed laying the smack on some fans now, perhaps I’ll be more inclined to check them out once again.

by deuce deuce on Dec 28, 2008 8:24 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OMG...

can we please stop these posts. We have about 17 fanposts about this topic over the past week. Besides Adam Dunn was a league average player last year.

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Dec 28, 2008 6:32 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Must be the winter break. All the kids are home with nothing else to do.

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by Natto on Dec 28, 2008 9:14 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But..

Defense doesn’t count!

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by WalrusMan on Dec 29, 2008 9:40 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll give it a shot

Burrell is just as good as Dunn, and RH. If Burrell is medicore, I want no piece of Dunn.

by DesertFox on Dec 28, 2008 7:11 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yep

Didn’t get the disdain for Burrell (mediocre hitter… and in absolutely no way similar to Furcal) and praise for Dunn.

How about we deal Winn and Rowand away and sign both Dunn AND Burrell? The difference would probably be a wash, but it’d be way more entertaining than defense and gamerness.

Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.

by jasomack on Dec 28, 2008 7:16 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs


In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women…

by rightcenterfielder on Dec 28, 2008 7:45 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Max Power?

Chesty LaRue?

"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 Dec 28, 2008 8:07 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Busty St. Claire

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by jcb9 on Dec 28, 2008 10:02 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dusty Gazongas!

“Job over.”

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers

by victor frankenstein on Dec 29, 2008 1:46 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gloria Stitts

Ceci n'est pas une signature.

by DbacksSkins on Dec 29, 2008 3:31 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I really don't get...

The Tex Mex thing…
Seriously I spend hours of my day reading baseball articles and he was pretty big news this year (whole FA thing) and I NEVER saw that. Ever. It sounds ridiculous.

Or the Rafael Furcal=Burrell thing…
This comparison discredits anything you said in this post. Pat Burrell is very similar to Adam Dunn, who you are basically creaming yourself over in your post. Low average, good .OBP, plus power and terrible defense.

Now let’s compare Dunn to Furcal

Dunn has Power, Furcal does not. Furcal has speed, Dunn does not. Dunn is shitty on defense, Furcal is not. Dunn is tall, Furcal is not.

by lincysgiants on Dec 28, 2008 10:19 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mark Teixeira is American of Portuguese descent

by wilriv21 on Dec 28, 2008 10:28 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Portuguese=Mexican?

"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 Dec 29, 2008 6:47 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Same difference.

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

by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 7:38 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, except for the different languages. And cultures. And hemispheres.

Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.

by Lyle on Dec 29, 2008 8:09 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And the Portuguese gave us the Portuguese Water Dog , who made up the now-defunct Baseball Aquatic Retrieval Korp (BARK) at Pac Bell Park.

Great dogs! I used to have one.

My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman

by Goofus on Dec 29, 2008 8:50 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow I’m Portuguese now. Who knew?

"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 Dec 29, 2008 11:30 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

True fact

The Portugese invented tempura and introduced it to Japan.

Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly

by jcb9 on Dec 29, 2008 2:43 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fun Fact

I got a counter top deep frier for Christmas and will be having tempura whenever I damn well feel like it.

by chilibean_3 on Dec 29, 2008 2:46 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My wife makes tempura in a plain ol’ skillet sometimes, and it’s quite good. It’s time consuming, though, so she rarely makes it. Sad.

Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly

by jcb9 on Dec 29, 2008 2:47 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Panko is my best friend.

Last night, I made some turkey katsu from some leftover turkey, and put some yellow curry over a bowl of rice.

NOM’s

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

by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 3:03 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Portugal? Well, gonna live it up in ol’ South America, aren’t we?

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Dec 29, 2008 10:55 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???

by oldrips on Dec 29, 2008 5:06 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

South America?

Time to learn your geology, jp. Any thinking person can tell you that Portugal is located in France, up by Russia.

Duh.

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Dec 29, 2008 6:23 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, right. Next you’ll be telling me they don’t speak Spanish in Portugal!

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by Natto on Dec 29, 2008 6:30 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Next you'll be telling me

that this creature’s name somehow is related to Portugal.

Ceci n'est pas une signature.

by DbacksSkins on Dec 29, 2008 6:56 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I got stung by one of those in Hawaii

But I’m pretty sure it wasn’t alive. Hurt like hell

Wall-E for Best Picture 2008

by Useful_Idiot on Dec 29, 2008 9:32 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My aunt

got stung by one of those in Alaska when she was a little girl. She was on a dock and she picked it up out of the water, thinking it was a balloon or something.

Ceci n'est pas une signature.

by DbacksSkins on Dec 29, 2008 10:38 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whatever you say, hermano

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Dec 29, 2008 8:36 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don’t think there really is a place called Portugal. Y’all must be thinking of the town of Port Joogul. I think it’s up in Maine somewhere.

Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly

by jcb9 on Dec 29, 2008 9:08 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, you're thinking of Port Said,

which is in Egypt.

Ceci n'est pas une signature.

by DbacksSkins on Dec 29, 2008 9:24 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Porto Reeko. Damn commies

Wall-E for Best Picture 2008

by Useful_Idiot on Dec 29, 2008 9:33 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No way dude

Porto Reeko’s in Mexico.

Ceci n'est pas une signature.

by DbacksSkins on Dec 29, 2008 10:52 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANTDkfkoBaI

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Dec 30, 2008 3:53 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Adam Dunn?

"INCOMING!!!!

fences.

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers

by victor frankenstein on Dec 28, 2008 11:53 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO RESCUE THE OFFENSE

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Dec 28, 2008 11:59 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

YAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGH

Adam Dunn has been worth the following wins above replacement the last four years:

2005 – 2.7
2006 – 2.0
2007 – 3.1
2008 – 1.9

He’s going into his age 30 season and has a skill set that ages poorly. The thought of a five year deal for him makes me want to kill someone.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Dec 29, 2008 1:05 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kill Adam Dunn. Problem solved.

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

by SF Pete on Dec 29, 2008 9:29 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That would work. Sadly, I actually like Adam Dunn. He’s a hilarious quote and is a fun baseball player to watch (for me at least).

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Dec 29, 2008 11:04 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Too bad he hates baseball.

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by Natto on Dec 29, 2008 11:36 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The thing about Adam Dunn is he hits for less power as the year progresses. If a team wants to contend, it needs its centerpiece hitter to be strong through August and September. Dunn ain’t that guy.

by StickRat on Dec 29, 2008 1:30 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Do the games in August and September count more than the ones from April through July? Now, I don’t follow baseball too closely, but I was under the impression that each game was worth the same.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Dec 29, 2008 1:56 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You don’t understand Marcel-low (HAHA your name means “a marcel that is under or beneath other marcels”), because baseball is about kicking the other team’s ass for nine innings. And an offense has its tone set by its best hitter and so if that slugger is slacking off and not putting forth the full effort and not kicking asses with his bat the team will all do horrible at baseball because that’s how baseball works. This is why two time willie mac award winner Bengie Molina is such an awesome cleanup hitter because he goes all out all season, unlike adam dunn who obviously just smokes a shitload of weed on bastille day and forgets how to hit, singlehandedly bringing down every team he ever played for along with him. DOI

"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 Dec 29, 2008 3:55 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So on Bastille Day he’s Adam Duh?

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers

by victor frankenstein on Dec 29, 2008 8:41 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Looks like someone is trying to make Jeff Fuller’s list. Do you own a PS3? Speaking of PS3, I played Little Big Planet last night and it is unbelievably fun, especially two player.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Dec 29, 2008 11:08 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I so wish LBP was on the Wii. It looks like a Wii game with the cute little brown thing.

"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 Dec 29, 2008 11:31 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It’s a game that I could see working on the Wii. The little sock puppets are adorable and hilarious and the game play is quite fun.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Dec 29, 2008 11:37 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I got LBP for Christmas and it’s pretty damned cool.

It’s also the cutest fucking thing I’ve ever seen.

/deer head
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Dec 29, 2008 12:46 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think its too trippy..

I want to try it high though.

proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..

by Azmanz on Dec 29, 2008 4:19 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I once played the original Zelda for the NES stoned and it was AWESOME.

Bay City Ball | Beyond the Box Score

by xanthan on Dec 29, 2008 4:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It’s a really cool game, and the unlockables / community content is beyond awesome. The gameplay is a little glitchy, and that’s my only complaint.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 29, 2008 4:28 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, also, it’s refreshing to play a game where I’m not murdering hookers or shooting aliens in the face with a laser gun.

Bay City Ball | Beyond the Box Score

by xanthan on Dec 29, 2008 4:32 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Really? Maybe you try out the level I’m working on where you do nothing but shoot alien hookers in their 3 faces.

by chilibean_3 on Dec 29, 2008 4:43 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But enough about Super Mario Bros…

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by Natto on Dec 29, 2008 5:48 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great game

Some of the music just plain creeps me out, though. Especially the music in the Mexican wedding levels

Wall-E for Best Picture 2008

by Useful_Idiot on Dec 29, 2008 9:35 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 29, 2008 8:03 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it’s a groug cover.

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 29, 2008 8:19 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wholly approve.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Dec 29, 2008 12:25 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What the hell happened this weekend?

by chilibean_3 on Dec 29, 2008 9:18 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seriously

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

by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 9:24 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We finally realized that this team haz no powar.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 29, 2008 10:07 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Worst show ever

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Dec 29, 2008 10:18 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Makes me want to drop these kids off in a third world country with no way home.

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

by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 10:33 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And arm the locals.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Dec 29, 2008 11:09 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But really

Don’t they have enough problems already?

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Dec 29, 2008 11:12 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not after they rob those kids

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

by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 11:32 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I read that as “lolcats”. I need to get off my computer once in a while.

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by Natto on Dec 29, 2008 11:36 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But I wouldn’t mind seeing armed lolcats

Molina's gonna test his arm...

by Victorious Secret on Dec 29, 2008 2:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ask...

Receive !Photobucket

The clock doesn't matter in baseball. Time stands still or moves backwards. Theoretically, one game could go on forever. Some seem to.-Herb Caen

My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !

by nvsfg on Dec 30, 2008 8:33 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wish granted

http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/exiled/series.jhtml

Except I’m pretty sure they’re eventually given a way home…

Wall-E for Best Picture 2008

by Useful_Idiot on Dec 29, 2008 3:39 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well yeah

Maybe not the worst ever, but it’s mind-boggling to me that over 200 episode of that show were made.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Dec 29, 2008 10:42 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And syndicated. day after day, night after night…..blah

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
Jeremy Affeldt Ready To Make His Father Proud

by Giant among Angels on Dec 29, 2008 10:43 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Isn’t that the deal with MTV anyway?

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

by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 10:53 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Home Improvement was cool for what it was: a broad-base family friendly comedy.

And really, Al was a funny character.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 29, 2008 10:59 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The only family friendly comedy to ever approach coolness (at least over the last 20 years) was Fresh Prince of Bell-Air.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Dec 29, 2008 11:11 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I….puled up to my house about 7 or 8,
Said to the cabbie "Yo Homes Smell Ya Later :-)

The clock doesn't matter in baseball. Time stands still or moves backwards. Theoretically, one game could go on forever. Some seem to.-Herb Caen

My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !

by nvsfg on Dec 29, 2008 12:25 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I liked Wilson too.

"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 Dec 29, 2008 11:32 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This

It was a fun little family show.

by chilibean_3 on Dec 29, 2008 2:35 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You ever see the one...

where Tim messes something up, Jill gets mad, Tim gets some advice from Wilson, and Tim apologizes for his mistake in an offhand way on his show while Jill is watching?

I liked that one.

Almost as good as the Three’s Company where there’s a misunderstanding.

Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...

by ThrillisGone22 on Dec 29, 2008 3:00 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, but did you see the one where Tim and Jill find out that Brad smokes pot?

Wall-E for Best Picture 2008

by Useful_Idiot on Dec 29, 2008 3:42 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is that the one where Tim tries to repeat to Jill what Wilson told him, but he butchers it and it sounds silly? Because that was a particularly funny episode.

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Dec 29, 2008 6:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oooh, yes.

Also a good one.

Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...

by ThrillisGone22 on Dec 30, 2008 7:04 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, but everything has a formula. Did you ever see the episode of Seinfeld where nothing happened?

(Now, now, I don’t mean that in a bad way)

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 29, 2008 6:45 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sure

But there’s following a general formula, and then there’s writing the same script 200 times and hoping that no one will notice.

And yes, you do mean it in a bad way, so stop pretending like you don’t.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Jan 1, 2009 9:00 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don’t mean it in a bad way. I just thought it was a funny thing to say.

But I think that’s how a lot of TV just plain works. ER, CSI, Law & Order, Raymond, Full House… anything on CBS… It’s part of what makes the shows so damn accessible. It doesn’t make them masterpieces or innovative or anything even particularly special, necessarily, but I don’t know howi fair it is to knock the individual show for doing something that is really fairly common.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 1, 2009 3:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I haven’t seen FH since I was 8, and I’ve never watched L&O or ER. CSI is complete crap, and Raymond got boring after 4 episodes exactly because it stuck so firmly to the same formula every episode. Good shows follow general guidelines without repeating themselves too much. Or they have good and/or funny actors who manage to still keep the show interesting. Raymond at least had Brad Garrett. Home Improvement had…Tim Allen? No thanks.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Jan 1, 2009 3:48 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tim Allen is Not Very Funny

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Jan 1, 2009 9:16 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This could all get very subjective very fast (for example, I think Brad Garrett is deeply unfunny), and it would be stupid for me to start an argument over simple opinions.

However, I do get what you’re saying, and by and large I do agree. I simply don’t share your disdain for Home Improvement. I am in full agreement about your disdain for CSI, though.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 1, 2009 9:31 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the Giants signed a pitcher, not a hitter, so everyone freaked out.

Todd Jennings: If he's on the DL, he can't suck as much, right?

by Speedforthewin on Dec 29, 2008 10:20 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 29, 2008 10:23 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Boggs Signal!

My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman

by Goofus on Dec 29, 2008 1:18 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What are going to do when Wade Boggs arrives?

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

by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 1:19 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Weighed Boggs

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

by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 1:26 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

eat some chicken

get in some BP

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 29, 2008 1:55 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bang Margo Adams.

Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly

by jcb9 on Dec 29, 2008 2:45 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Determine who was England’s greatest Prime Minister.

by rightcenterfielder on Dec 29, 2008 4:57 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

When Boggs Arrives

Make out with home plate?

Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...

by ThrillisGone22 on Dec 30, 2008 7:05 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I go away..

And all this happens. I’m sorry people, but I won’t be back for a couple more days though.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."

by WalrusMan on Dec 29, 2008 9:44 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

5 years of dunn?

barf.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Dec 29, 2008 12:18 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and another thing

as long as your gonna knock Encarnacion for playing in a hitters park, you miiiight wanna remember how Adam Dunn was on the same team for every year except for the last half of last season…

by boonitez on Dec 29, 2008 2:32 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just to finish your thought

…when he was in another hitters park.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Dec 29, 2008 3:06 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I feel like I’m getting food poison from Chevy’s when TEX MEX is mentioned.

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

by SoFa King Mike on Dec 29, 2008 3:05 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How to get Power

Make a lot of money
Become the Command Decision Maker

by wilriv21 on Dec 29, 2008 4:22 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

MORE POWER

did the compairson to TEX MEX not impress anyone? Geez, what options do other people have? For those jaybroni’s they think Pat Burell is just as good, well I’m sure Sabien would hire you as a special consultant because you both have the same idiotic way of evailating hittiers, L8.

by SanFransFinest on Dec 29, 2008 6:21 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pay Attention

He’s the guy evailating hittiers.

Just don’t ask me what means.

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

by marklar on Dec 29, 2008 6:50 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I believe

that’s actually banned by the Geneva Convention.

Ceci n'est pas une signature.

by DbacksSkins on Dec 29, 2008 6:51 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dunn and Teixeira aren’t really the same kind of player.

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by Natto on Dec 29, 2008 6:30 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dunn’s probably not going to age as well as Texeira.

(Shouldn’t that be Tex Mesch?)

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 29, 2008 6:36 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Adam....

Done. I can’t believe no one went there yet :-(

The clock doesn't matter in baseball. Time stands still or moves backwards. Theoretically, one game could go on forever. Some seem to.-Herb Caen

My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !

by nvsfg on Dec 30, 2008 8:37 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

When I needed power, I called PG&E. They didn’t send Adam Dunn, but we did get power.

Perhaps Sabean should just sign PG&E. It will cost a whole lot less than Adam Dunn.

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Dec 29, 2008 6:30 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Burn ze Reichstag

Zen ve annex Austria und ze Sudetenland!

*haben Sie gehort das Deutsche band …•

by shanghaijim on Dec 29, 2008 9:25 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ON ESPN YESTERDAY

THEY SAID THE DODGERS WERE GOING AFTER DUNN. THEY ALSO SAID HE WAS THE ONLY PLAYER IN BASEBALL TO HAVE HIT 40 HOMERS AND 90 RBI’S THE PAST 5 SEASONS. BOOM, BAM, SHAKALAKA. SANFRANSFINEST IS RIGHT, JEEZ I WISH YOU PEOPLE WERE IN MY FANTASY LEAGUE SO I COULD HOSE YOU.

by SanFransFinest on Dec 30, 2008 2:33 PM PST reply reply actions actions   2 recs

YOUZ GUYZ GOT PWNZR'D!!!

DA ESPNZ SAID IT SO ITZ FOR REALZ!

BOOM SHAKALAKA!!

by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 30, 2008 2:39 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NED COLLETTI’S NEVER BEEN WRONG BEFORE!

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 30, 2008 2:40 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

...

…really? Boom, Bam, Shakalaka? Seriously?

Did that just happen?

by chilibean_3 on Dec 30, 2008 2:51 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn

Now I want to go play NBA Jams

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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 30, 2008 2:52 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

SANFRANSFINEST IS ON FIRE!

by chilibean_3 on Dec 30, 2008 3:05 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You could put your money where your mouth is and join the McC fantasy league for next season.

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by Natto on Dec 30, 2008 3:20 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’ll put my money where his mouth is.

We don't really have that much pitching depth. We don't really have that much pitching depth. FOR GOD SAKE, VERUCA, DON'T GO FAKE TRADING JONATHAN SANCHEZ. We don't really have that much pitching depth

by oldjacket on Dec 30, 2008 3:28 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’ve got some old socks looking for a home…

by Merope on Dec 30, 2008 3:40 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not that

he was mostly playing at Great American Ballpark or Chase Field or anything like that….

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by DbacksSkins on Dec 30, 2008 3:21 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No.

Don’t try to reason with it.

Any second now WalrusMan is going to come out from behind the curtain and say this was just his impression of a bored/dumb high school kid. C’mon WalrusMan, I’m on to you. This can’t be real.

by chilibean_3 on Dec 30, 2008 3:25 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY!

This makes me very happy. The Dodgers going after Dunn that is, not whatever the fuck that comment was.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

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by marcello on Dec 30, 2008 4:54 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Offensively, he's a helluva performer,

but his defense is so terrible it almost outweighs his bat. I hope the Dodgers sign him to another embarrassingly bloated Juan Pierre/Andruw Jones-type deal. Maybe, say, 7 years, $150 million or so?

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by DbacksSkins on Dec 30, 2008 6:08 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That’s exactly what I’m hoping for.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Dec 30, 2008 6:35 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

On the Fantasy side, he is very hard to put in the starting lineup

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by Giant among Angels on Dec 30, 2008 7:06 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm hoping

the Dodgers sign Dunn and then trade away all their young guys.

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by DbacksSkins on Dec 30, 2008 8:01 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have no problem with Dunn. He just doesn’t fit with the Giants. But by all means go for it, Dodgers.

by chilibean_3 on Dec 30, 2008 7:11 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like this idea

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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 31, 2008 8:28 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I bet you drive the short bus, actually...

Maybe before calling everyone else stupid, you should learn a bit about baseball. Dunn played most of his career in a hitters park. He can only hit homers and pretty much nothing else. He also bats lefty. That doesn’t bode well in our park. Pat Burrell, on the other hand, is a righty. He also hits for more average and posts a better OBP. Maybe Bryieeen Sabyin would hire you to scout his hitting because you seem to be retarded and maybe he’d get a laugh out of you.

by boonitez on Dec 30, 2008 5:22 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like you. You’re funny

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by Useful_Idiot on Dec 30, 2008 5:35 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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