What the monied class is saying

by biff pocoroba on Apr 28, 2008 9:18 AM PDT Comment 16 comments

No time for a front-page post today, so I present the prose stylings of Biff Pocoroba. Actually he doesn't write that much. He's even less interesting in person, too. Still, we can turn this into an open OMG-the-Giants-are-as-good-without-Bonds-see-see-see thread.

When I want an in-depth analysis of the San Francisco Giants, I, like you, go to The Wall Street Journal and their "All The Sabermetrics That's Fit To Print". Well the Journal doesn't disappoint on Monday morning with their front-page story on the Gigantes. That's right. This story on how the Giants have fared without the likes of Bonds appears on the front page:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120933917167348283.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone

Curiously, there's about as much on the state of local kayaking as there is baseball in the article, but the chance to see a pointillized Barry Lamar and his mid-90's porn stache is worth clicking to see.

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Rubber Chickens

I wonder if that vendor keeps track of his rubber chicken sales on his rubber chicken graph (all those old or curious enough to listen to Steve Martin’s ‘Wild and Crazy Guy’ album will get this reference…which is no longer funny now that I have had to explain it. Damn, I should have just let it sit there and allow it to make people laugh or scratch their heads. This is all Zito’s fault.)

Kevin Correia: MLB's best fifth starter on a last place team

by VidaWantsYourCar on Apr 28, 2008 9:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Midly interesting :-) Pretty much a fluff piece on a slow economic news day.

I may be an old codger, but the one thing I did find refreshing about the article was the respect showed to the players. “Mr. Bonds” and “Mr. Mays” was a nice change from the ESPN type reporting in which the sportswriter refers to the athletes as if they are personal friends.

My adopted son Matt Downs. Bill Mueller without the two-flap helmet .

by nvsfg on Apr 28, 2008 9:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks, Rupert Murdoch, for the superb journalism

Here’s what I learned from this article:
-Sales of rubber chickens are down.
-Rentals of kayaks are down.
—There are fewer media credentials requested.

I was kind of hoping they’d find a way to blame the subprime mortgage crisis on Barry’s absence as well.

Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.

by Kitspool on Apr 28, 2008 9:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow, Biff. You’re famous.

Still watching out for Notgardo in Fresno. Hope you make it back up soon. We miss you 'round The City way. How come you never call?

by tk on Apr 28, 2008 12:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Famous

I’ll take ‘famous but not interesting’ over ‘darling of Giants geekdom and last in our fantasy league’ like Grant is. Nice pick with Troy Glaus.

by biff pocoroba on Apr 28, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

BURN

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Apr 28, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, Glaus homered yesterday!

by Grant on Apr 28, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How apt

Glaus is so….yesterday

by Moggeee on Apr 29, 2008 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

sound about right

15% decline in attendance? i’d say 15% of giants fans aren’t real fans anyway. be gone!

"They can trade me," Bonds said. "I don't think they will, though. It's not like I want to be traded, man. I'm a Giant. I'm stuck here till the end."

by GameSix on Apr 28, 2008 12:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I just don't get this point of view

If only the “true” fans came out to Giants games, the team would have like $15 and a pound of butter.

Teams actually NEED fairweather fans to come to the yard (you hear that, Fairweather Fan?!?). A true fan of the team should welcome fairweathers because without them, the true fans are going to be forced to root for crap every single year of their true fan lives. As opposed to rooting for crap for a limited time only (we hope…).

It’s the weirdest form of elitism… although it’s probably actually about par as elitism goes.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Apr 28, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

nah, we true fans are just poor and jelous we can’t afford a skybox so we cloak ourselves in our “true fandom”.

Now I’m going to cry.

by tyrannoman on Apr 28, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Word up.

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on Apr 28, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ahhhh…here we go…yet another “real fans” debate.

I suppose “real fans” don’t boo the home team when they deserve it?
“Real Fans” sit through a 5 hour rain delay, just so they can catch a waterlogged case of pneumonia?
Do “real fans” miss a half inning while waiting for some brews or to take a leak?!?

I guess what I’m getting at is that this whole “real fans” thing is getting tiring and monotonous. Kinda like all the “gamer” ads we’ve been subjected to. With exception of the one with Matty Cain backing off the dude that’s chatting up the cutie on the bench.

Adoptive papa to Omar...so basically I'm screwed.

by PacBellBoozer on Apr 28, 2008 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs