Random Giants-Prospect-From-the-Past Thread

First!

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Jul 17, 2008 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

oh wait...

I can has forgottun prospectz?

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Jul 17, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

GASP

Is that 75 words?????

by bondslegend on Jul 17, 2008 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Giants All Star Pitchers?

bringing you moral turpitude since 1963

by Idaho Nick on Jul 17, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Marcus Jensen.

Catcher of the future!

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jul 17, 2008 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Calvin Murray?

by wedge on Jul 17, 2008 12:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Steve Decker!

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Jul 17, 2008 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Phil Ouelette

I might have spelled that one wrong—catcher in the mid 80’s.

Let’s see, who else?

Phil Lancelotti (granted, not a prospect, per se; he was Scott McClain before Scott was a gleam in his daddy’s eye).

Steve Decker

Mark Grant

Rafeal Novoa

JR Phillips

by joe t on Jul 17, 2008 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I believe...

it was Rick Lancelotti.

anyone for some John Rabb?

Disfrute Los Gigantes every day at www.leftymalo.com

by leftymalo on Jul 17, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Matt Cain

Proud pappa of....STEVE HOLM!!

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 17, 2008 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Jesse Foppert

:’(

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 12:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

AND

current prospect! I refuse to give up on Jesse! September callup hell yeah!

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

by raisingcain on Jul 17, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Carlos Valderrama

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 12:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

nice one...

he was going to be a star!

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Jul 17, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

dude was epically fug

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's not the only athlete named Carlos Valderrama who was:

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow. He’s a lot uglier than I remember. I think when I was younger I was just distracted by all the hair. Probably the same reason that I never actually knew what Alexi Lalas looked like until a few years ago.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 18, 2008 2:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me too

Although I totally forgot about him until now.

Everybody Loves Durham
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by Natto on Jul 17, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Naw

That’s Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy

Damn my absence of image manipulation skills which my 13 YEAR OLD says he’ll teach me if I come with the long green , yo…

NL West TempestTeapot - An ENTIRE DIVISION under .500!

by victor frankenstein on Jul 17, 2008 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I played a Giant-Dodger game on High Heat 2002 once. It was scoreless going into the 10th (I think) inning, when Valderrama won it with a walk-off HR.

I guess a simulated walk-off against LA is better than none.

Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 17, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Adam Shabala

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jul 17, 2008 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice

The “deep album track” of Giants prospects.

Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.

by Kitspool on Jul 17, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tyler Von Schell

I used to have some weird hope held out for him even though he was never good.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jul 17, 2008 12:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Cody Ransom

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2008 12:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Boo Hiss.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jul 17, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know who that is.

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That name sounds so made up that it can’t possibly be real.

Everybody Loves Durham
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by Natto on Jul 17, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dax Jones?

"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 Jul 17, 2008 12:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

never made it in the big leagues...

but in the future gets to be a member of Deep Space 9.

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Jul 17, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He did have a cup of coffee in the big leagues, actually.

Also, his middle name was Xenos.

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was around long enough to make it onto the Giants roster in one of the Triple Play Baseball games of the time (‘97?) . That’s the only reason I remember his name so well.

by rightcenterfielder on Jul 17, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I meant to word it as in him never being successful in the big leagues, but alas, words often fail me!

/unforcefully tries to slit wrists the wrong way with finger nail b/c I’m sooooo emo

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Jul 17, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He actually hit an inside the park HR against the Phillies!

Fairley odd parent to Wendell

by WTF on Jul 17, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Remember Jacob Cruz? For some reason I always got him and Dax mixed up.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jul 17, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They were very similiar, from what I remember.

"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 Jul 17, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cruz was more highly regarded as a prospect, and was a corner outfielder, while Jones was a CF. I had high hopes for Cruz in my teenage years. I remember when he was called up to the Majors, Rob Neyer posted about how the Giants were dumb for thinking he was a prospects, and then, when he was traded to the Indians, Neyer wrote the Giants were dumb for trading him. You’d better believe he got an indignant email over that blunder!!!

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Edwards Guzman.

by rotorueter on Jul 17, 2008 12:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Jay Canizaro

I think I had a FUTURE STAR card of him at one point.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jul 17, 2008 12:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Brian Dallimore?

I don’t know if he counts, because he might have just been an “organizational player”

Adopted Giant: Aaron King

Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat

by baetown415 on Jul 17, 2008 12:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How soon we forget the immortal Joe Roselli.

Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 17, 2008 12:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Was Doug Mirabelli ever considered a prospect?

"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 Jul 17, 2008 12:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Justin Knoedler and Jerome Williams

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 12:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Don’t they play for the A’s?

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i can’t believe this took all of three minutes

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jul 17, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

are you thinking of Todd Linden?

Castillo hits doubles.

by kennv on Jul 17, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jerome Williams:(

I really liked him. Even got his autograph.

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

by Cookyman on Jul 17, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me too :(

Everybody Loves Durham
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by Natto on Jul 17, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

According to wikipedia:

(Williams) is of Hawaiian-Chinese-Portuguese-Spanish-Japanese-Norwegian-African-Filipino-American ancestry.

Who followed that family tree?

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

not that convoluted, i don't think

lots of “native” Hawaiians are of Chinese/Japanese/Filipino (Spanish) extraction. That’s probably one parent, and the other is Norwegian/Portugese/African, maybe?

OK, maybe it is kinda convoluted.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jul 17, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

In the future, he could throw out the first pitch for Norwegian Heritage Night

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m nowhere near bored enough to start doing that.

Everybody Loves Durham
comics | cartoons | Nattowear

by Natto on Jul 17, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

the Tiger Woods of baseball!

Proud pappa of....STEVE HOLM!!

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 17, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Someday,

We’ll all be like this

I only have a signature because I recognize everyone else by their sigs, not their usernames..

by lmaozedong on Jul 18, 2008 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was my favorite Giant, non-Bonds division, from 03-05. I was so sad when he was traded. :(

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I too, loved Jerome. So did Yorvit Torrealba…

"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 Jul 17, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That picture will never get old

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

...Plus it has random prospect Tony Torcato in the background!!!

...looking kind of bored.

That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more!

by tobias on Jul 17, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I never even noticed that!

"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 Jul 17, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was sad when he was traded, too. And even sadder when he forgot how to pitch.

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why I liked Jerome...

Spring Training in Scottsdale a few years back (I think 2003); It’s about the 7th inning, and my boys and I are sitting by the railing down the LF line. Williams has pitched a couple innings and is done for the day. He comes strolling down the line toward the LF fence as he gets ready to do his running. It’s between innings and the PA is playing “Jammin’”. As Jerome passes right by us, and … I don’t know…I just thought it was cool the way he was kind of into the song. A little head bob, almost imperceptible. Just looked like a kid who was happy to be at Spring Training with the big club, looking forward to the year ahead, enjoying a song that he probably heard quite a bit growing up in Hawaii. Just one of those little moments that make Spring Training special for me.

After the game, my two younger sons wanted autographs, so we stood by the front “gauntlet” area where the players move from clubhouse to bus at game’s end. Every single player whisked by the dozens of us who were pressed against the bars hoping for autographs. I especially remember Cody Ransom sauntering by, nose in the air. Jerome was the only one who stopped to sign, and he took several minutes to sign for just about everyone who was asking him to.

That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more!

by tobias on Jul 17, 2008 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ditto

I wore pooka shells for a few weeks cuz of that guy. He made pooka shells COOL! Cannot be praised enough. Did dusty kill him in Chicago? Why did he die?

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 17, 2008 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Somewhere I still have my pooka shells. They sold them at the ballpark to raise money for the Giants community fund or some such group.

by Merope on Jul 17, 2008 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Alan Cockrell

to go with Ted Wood and Brian Bocock.

by out machine on Jul 17, 2008 12:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Kurt Ainsworth

= ‘ed more than Sidney Ponson

i think Sidney Ponson pitched in the first Giants game at Mays Field that i saw the Giants lose. figures

Adopted Giant: Aaron King

Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat

by baetown415 on Jul 17, 2008 12:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

David Aardsma

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2008 12:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The other guy who broke Hank Aaron’s record, by becoming first in MLB in alphabetical order!

by wedge on Jul 17, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Todd Linden

Gellin’ like Magellan

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.

by groug on Jul 17, 2008 12:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Adam Hyzdu.

I once punched a hole in a light fixture in celebration of a J.T. Snow home run. That is all.

by oneflapdown on Jul 17, 2008 12:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

John Patterson

That homer he hit off Wohlers in Atlanta in September ‘93 is still one of my happiest watching-the-Giants moments.

I once punched a hole in a light fixture in celebration of a J.T. Snow home run. That is all.

by oneflapdown on Jul 17, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

unforgettable

I remember exactly where I was hearing that on the radio that night.

Fairley odd parent to Wendell

by WTF on Jul 17, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man, I had forgotten about Mark Wohlers. His collapse was spectacular, but not as satisfying as John Rocker’s.

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Castoffs from the early Dusty era

Steve Hosey
Kevin Rogers
Rikkert Faneyte

by rightcenterfielder on Jul 17, 2008 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Chris Jones

by Hobbes2d on Jul 17, 2008 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Francisco Liriano?

oh wait

smacks head against the wall

Adopted Giant: Aaron King

Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat

by baetown415 on Jul 17, 2008 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Adam Hydzu

FIRE BRIAN SABEAN

by zenbitz on Jul 17, 2008 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

apparently

there is 33-34 minute delay in recalling his name.

FIRE BRIAN SABEAN

by zenbitz on Jul 17, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lance. Niekro.

by wedge on Jul 17, 2008 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Felix Diaz (once compared to Pedro Martinez in 2002 Baseball America Prospect Handbook, I shit you not)

by Hobbes2d on Jul 17, 2008 12:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Erick Threets.

Ryan Vogelsong.

Kurt Ainsworth.

Tony Torcato. 3rd BASE!

by Hobbes2d on Jul 17, 2008 12:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

at BEST

Tony Torcato. 3rd BASE!

I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."

by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2008 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Merkin Valdez.

Too soon?

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

by Cookyman on Jul 17, 2008 12:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on Jul 17, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dan McKinley

Benji Simonton

Steve Hosey

Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!

by Lyle on Jul 17, 2008 1:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Dante Powell

by rightcenterfielder on Jul 17, 2008 1:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Trey Lunsford

Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.

by Kitspool on Jul 17, 2008 1:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I can’t believe nobody mentioned the future STUD of the resurgent Giants.

Wait for it….wait for it…...

SALOMON TORRES FTW!!!!!!!

by Hobbes2d on Jul 17, 2008 1:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

boooooo

"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 Jul 17, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw Torres

break Charlie Hays’ face in Denver. I love baseball-reference.com…

by jhiat00 on Jul 17, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was at that game too!

Were you the dumb old bastard who tried to fight me immediately after that pitch simply because I was wearing my Giants’ hat?

Reason #628 of Why Rockies Are Retards

by metzgers saw on Jul 18, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was the 12 year old kid

who was also wearing my giants hat. It was the first time (of many) I had been harassed by a home team crowd. I live in AZ now so I get that pleasure about 3-4 times a year…Reason #629 Rockies are retarded: Clint Hurdle is a half-wit.

by jhiat00 on Jul 18, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dan Peltier

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jul 17, 2008 1:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Desi Wilson

Which also brings to mind Wilson Delgado. Carlos Delgado’s useless, horribly ugly brother (not really).

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Darin Blood

by wilriv21 on Jul 17, 2008 1:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Greg Bruso

Okay, maybe not a true prospect, but I saw him pitch in Norwich and liked him.

Also:
Tony Perezchica
Jesse Ibarra
Jamie Brewington

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 1:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

And I forgot my favorite

Steve Hosey. I was pretty sure he was going to be a star when I was about 12. Mainly because I had an Upper Deck baseball card of him saying so.

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL... Brewington FTW!

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Jul 17, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damon Minor

Castillo hits doubles.

by kennv on Jul 17, 2008 1:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The dude with the creepy smile in the batters box right? I loved him.

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 17, 2008 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tony Perezchica

Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.

by oooreebay on Jul 17, 2008 2:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

once signed a bat that I was hoping someone else would sign.

I was caught up in the moment….wish I could use a bit of rubbing alcohol to take that off.

Didn’t mean to post this as NEW, as jcb9 did a fine job posting it a few minutes back. Kudos sir.

Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.

by oooreebay on Jul 17, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

J.R. Phillips

Fairley odd parent to Wendell

by WTF on Jul 17, 2008 2:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nick Conte

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 17, 2008 2:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

lol

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff Verplancke

Brett Pill - Lord of the double.

by malarky on Jul 17, 2008 2:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Matt Nokes

"Candlestick made me a man." - Will Clark

by MeSoKrabby on Jul 17, 2008 2:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I’ll see your Matt Nokes and raise you a Mackey Sasser.

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

EME

Bengie Molina: stretching doubles into singles since 1998.

by jasomack on Jul 17, 2008 2:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

why must you hurt 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 Jul 17, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ib4 wilriv

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kelvin Torve, 1b
Steve Stanicek, 1b
John Rabb, c
Jay Reid, of/1b
Brian Snyder, of
Tony Perezchica, ss
Andres Santana, ss
Dickens Benoit, of
Ted Wood, of
Joe Rosselli, lhp
Fausto Macey, rhp
Darin Blood, rhp
Wilson Delgado, ss

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 17, 2008 3:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

interesting note

John Rabb was traded to the Braves for Alex Trevino who was then traded to the Dodgers for Candy Maldonado.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 17, 2008 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mark Leonard

you can't block the Bocock

by oldjacket on Jul 17, 2008 3:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Chris Brown

Got a speck of dust in his eye and was gone. Just like that.

I should be nice, since I think he died in a truck wreck, but he was really wasted promise. Nice hitter.

bringing you moral turpitude since 1963

by Idaho Nick on Jul 17, 2008 3:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually, he was in a house fire and died of his injuries a few months later.

I work for a company that does online obituaries – we have one, with a guestbook, for him. Mostly it just gets entries from teenaged girls with crushes on the R&B singer Chris Brown. They don’t seem to get the part about him being a baseball player or the part about it being an obituary.

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and it was Jose Uribe who died in an automobile accident, I believe.

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

guestbook

I laughed at that and then felt bad about laughing. People sure can fail when they put their minds to it.

"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 Jul 17, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

HAY CHRIS BROWN I LUV YR SONG UM WUD U CUNSIDER DATING SOMEONE A LIL YOUNGER???

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Trey Lunsford

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 3:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Scott Munter

by theNuschler on Jul 17, 2008 3:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

ew

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.

by groug on Jul 17, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

NO

NO NO NO NO NO

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

by jponry on Jul 17, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sean McGowan

by Hobbes2d on Jul 17, 2008 3:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

THERE'S PLENTY OF COFFEE, BOYS!

FIRE BRIAN SABEAN

by zenbitz on Jul 18, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

¡giuseppe chiaramonte!

by moonman on Jul 17, 2008 3:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Coach:

Bethany Bible College girls softball team. At least he was; not sure if he’s still holding the position.

Kevin Correia: much more Seoul than Pyongyang

by VidaWantsYourCar on Jul 17, 2008 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Angel Villalona

...Oh no I didn’t!!!

by Rusty the Robot on Jul 17, 2008 3:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Whither the late, great Shreveport Captains?

For some reason, I keep an Excel spreadsheet on file, containing 43 of the best pitchers ever to sport the Shreveport Captains uniform. Said spreadsheet goes all the way back to Bob Tufts in 1979, the year Shreveport became a Giants affiliate, and it continues all the way through to 2001 and 2002, when they changed their name to the Shreveport Swamp Dragons and featured the aforementioned Jerome Williams and Jesse Foppert (“Hey Jesse!! Na-now, Jerome!! Yes!”)

A few other notable (to me, anyway), and as yet unmentioned Shreveport pitchers:
– George Ferran ‘86
– Joe Olker ‘88
– Paul McClellan ‘89 and ‘91
– Rick Huisman ‘92
– Steve Bourgeois ‘95

That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more!

by tobias on Jul 17, 2008 4:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I love the reference to The Time, Oh Wee Oh Wee Oh

But I think I speak for everyone else who let this go 6 hours without knowing how to respond to it… umm… that Excel spreadsheet of ex-Captains… well… it is cause for concern.

I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."

by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2008 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I guess it is a bit much...

I probably shouldn’t even bring up the macrame and interpretive dance…

That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more!

by tobias on Jul 18, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does Mike Benjamin count?

Or did he play on the big club for too long?

by roheblius on Jul 17, 2008 4:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Jesse Reid

7 pick overall in the 1980 draft. Took him 7 years to debut in the majors. Went 1 for 10 as a big leaguer in two stints with the Giants. He made the most of that one hit, though. It was a homerun that drove in his only RBI and scored his only run. He also had a walk.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 17, 2008 4:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What about ...

Rich Aldrete, brother of Mike “Enough” Aldrete?

by roheblius on Jul 17, 2008 4:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ah, Mike Aldrete. One of my all-time favorite mediocre Giants.

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mike Aldrete

he had the misfortune of being a 1b when Will Clark was here. the guy totally raked in the minors. I’m surprised he wasn’t considered more of a prospect. Given his on base abilities, in today’s game, he might be one, though he wasn’t much of a power hitter.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 17, 2008 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Aldrete

I was watching the Classic Giants game from 87 where the Giants clinched the division and the announcers were talking about how they thought Aldrete could hit .350 or .360 and they thought he was a lot like Tony Gwynn has a hitter hahaha. I just laughed when I heard that.

Speaking of that game Gwynn was awesome. He was already starting to gain weight in 87 but he was playing GG caliber OF, he threw out a Giant at home, and made a bunch of great plays in RF that night. He also went 3 for 5, and he stole like 57 bases that year. He was an awesome player, I wish I could have seen more of him in his prime when he still had his speed.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 17, 2008 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

like Cain and Abel, those two

Mike went to Stanford and Rich went to Cal.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 17, 2008 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heir Apparent to Willie McCovey:

Rich Murray!

Kevin Correia: much more Seoul than Pyongyang

by VidaWantsYourCar on Jul 17, 2008 5:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I swooned as much as an 11-year-old boy can...

Randy Elliott..who else remembers his claim to fame?

I got one word for you: "youneverknow"

by senorvegas on Jul 17, 2008 6:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Super Spring Training

I was around the same age and recall he hit around .500 in spring training. For many of us kids of that era, he served as a stark lesson that spring training success does not necessarily translate to regluar season success. Especially for journeymen non-prospects.

Kevin Correia: much more Seoul than Pyongyang

by VidaWantsYourCar on Jul 17, 2008 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

BUSTER POSEY!!!!! ducks

by bondslegend on Jul 17, 2008 6:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Side note

Posey won the golden spikes this year- the last Giant who won those is doing pretty well, at least that’s what I hear.

by bondslegend on Jul 17, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

timmeh

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 17, 2008 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

O RLY

Everybody Loves Durham
comics | cartoons | Nattowear

by Natto on Jul 17, 2008 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

YAH SRSLY

by bondslegend on Jul 18, 2008 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dave McCarty

I always thought we’d get a little left handed power from him.

"I'm a street walkin' cheetah with a heart full of napalm"
-Iggy and the Stooges

by radness99 on Jul 17, 2008 8:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

McCarty wasn’t really a prospect with us – he was a big prospect previously, but he was past that point when we got him, having already spent parts of three seasons in the majors with the Twins.

by jcb9 on Jul 17, 2008 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ryan Jensen

Jason Ellison
..Chad Zerbe

by kingofthacove on Jul 17, 2008 8:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Get out of my HEAD!

"I'm a street walkin' cheetah with a heart full of napalm"
-Iggy and the Stooges

by radness99 on Jul 17, 2008 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dave Martinez

"I'm a street walkin' cheetah with a heart full of napalm"
-Iggy and the Stooges

by radness99 on Jul 17, 2008 8:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Chris Begg

Oh wait.. he’s still playing?

by mxmob33 on Jul 17, 2008 8:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Jamie Athas

Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.

by S.F. Giangst on Jul 17, 2008 9:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

jesse foppert FTW

by MeTaLLiCs0naTaS on Jul 17, 2008 10:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm… the word “from” should not be capitalized in title case.

Well, not according to my company’s standards, anyway. Title case is pretty arbitrary by nature.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 18, 2008 12:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It's made worse

by the fact that “the” isn’t capitalized. Methinks grant no speakeah dah english.

by bondslegend on Jul 18, 2008 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, now that I think about it, all words which appear in hyphenates DO get capitalized – so his problem here is actually the word “the.” “From” is correct as is.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 18, 2008 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There is also the question of whether or not Giants should be a possessive. I suppose it doesn’t have to be, if you consider Giants to be an adjective describing the kind of prospect. What kind of prospect is he? He’s a Giants prospect!

Sounds like a punchline, actually…

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 18, 2008 2:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs