Failure

by DuikeBuike on Jul 31, 2008 9:29 PM PDT

The trade deadline has come and gone, and Rich Aurilia, Omar Vizquel, Randy Winn, Bengie Molina, Dave Roberts, and Tyler Walker are still on the roster. Sabean had the chance to move Aurilia. I don't care if we only get Boof Bonser; the important thing is to get rid of at least some of Richie's salary, and give our kids a chance to play. We could have dealt Molina. We probably could have forced the Marlins to give us something better than Mike Jacobs. (someone like Gaby Sanchez or someone else in their farm system) We could have also packaged Taschner with Molina to get maybe two B level prospects, but of course Sabean doesn't have the guts to make a move. Im sure we could have moved Randy Winn, but Sabean considers him a key part to our success next year. PSH! A solid 3 hitter my arse. .280 with 5 home runs. Jose Castillo has become our everyday second baseman, and as Damon Bruce says, Omar hasn't missed an inning since you know what. Nate Schierholtz is going to be looking at another year and a half of the minor leagues. It is absolutely ridiculous that he is not our starting RF. This season is becoming painful to watch. Sanchez seems hurt or tired. Bowker hasn't made contact for a month, and our new infield is 3b-Rich SS-Omar 2b-Castillo.

I vote Damon Bruce should become our GM

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Agreed.

by giants9107 on Jul 31, 2008 9:32 PM PDT 0 recs

a) Damon Bruce is a hack. Mentioning him undermines your credibility.
b) Was this thread really necessary when there are 3-4 thread discussing this same thing?

by KCE on Jul 31, 2008 9:34 PM PDT 0 recs

a) I concur
b) I think we need another thread to discuss that.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Jul 31, 2008 9:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

a) I concur as well. It doesn’t just undermine the credibility, it demolishes it.

by haverecords on Jul 31, 2008 10:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

More like Bruce completely breaks down your credibilty into new sub atomic particles that astrophysicists are still trying to find a name for.

On the good note I think your first paragraph is pretty much spot one. Though Bowker does not bother that much. He is a rookie. Basically jumping an entire level of ball and learning a new position at the same time. Surprise ( well more like not) he struggles.

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by daveinexile on Aug 1, 2008 8:38 AM PDT up 0 recs

No

D-Bruce would give Lincecum and Cain to the Cubs for a few maple bats.

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by SoFa King Mike on Jul 31, 2008 9:35 PM PDT 0 recs

maple bars? don’t let Walker hear you.

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by daveinexile on Aug 1, 2008 8:39 AM PDT up 0 recs

Yum yum!

Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!

by Lyle on Aug 1, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up 0 recs

Damon Bruce would be absolutely terrible.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Jul 31, 2008 9:37 PM PDT 0 recs

Damon Bruce IS absolutely terrible

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jul 31, 2008 9:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

Today he said Brett Favre and the Packers had a “hometextual” relationship because they were discussing the situation over text messaging. Uh, yeah, Damon.

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by Natto on Jul 31, 2008 9:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

oy yoy yoiiiii?

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Aug 1, 2008 6:22 AM PDT up 0 recs

Part of my brain just died reading 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 Aug 1, 2008 7:51 AM PDT up 0 recs

Damon Bruce I’m sure that his obnoxious sound effects, women’s sports bashing and his general level of arrogance plays well in the midwest and/or with the junior high demographic. I can’t believe he was the best they could come up with to fill that time slot.

by Merope on Aug 1, 2008 8:10 AM PDT up 0 recs

Ray Woodsen should be given the show ASAP. He’s fair, smart, and funny. Too bad he does not use a “pound it, pound it, pound it” sexual refrence from a 70 year old woman. That would make him a media superstar.

by tyrannoman on Aug 1, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up 0 recs

In other news...

A little bit of poetic justice tonight. Dodgers are down 2-1 in the bottom of the 8th. Runners on second and third, one out (after Pierre sac bunted runners over).
Kemp hits a fly ball to left, Ethier at third tags up and is thrown out at home. Dodgers go 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 9th, lose 2-1. Hooray!

Noonan. Nooooonan!

by Giant Fan in Singapore on Jul 31, 2008 9:44 PM PDT 0 recs

Damon

Was on an absolute roll yesterday. If he was our GM, he would do better than Sabean has done recently

by DuikeBuike on Jul 31, 2008 9:55 PM PDT 0 recs

I would call you an idiot, but that isn’t even necessary in this case

I actually tried to listen to Damon Bruce on my way home and I couldn’t stand more than 3 minutes of it. Talk radio is awful and Bruce is among the worst. Bring back Larry Kruger, at least he said something notable.

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 31, 2008 10:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

I loved that guy that called in last night that was like YOU'RE ON FIRE DAMON

Nah he’s just pandering to guys that like baseball but don’t know a whole lot about it

by fwoty oz on Jul 31, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

I would only begin to consider it with the following contract stipulations:

1. No dealing with the Cubs
2. No sound effects
3. No speaking, at all

by rightcenterfielder on Jul 31, 2008 9:55 PM PDT 0 recs

OY YOI YOI!

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by Natto on Jul 31, 2008 10:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

Wait, what?

Today was the trade deadline? And we didn’t move anyone?

Why didn’t anyone post this before?...

Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!

by j14 on Jul 31, 2008 10:20 PM PDT 0 recs

You missed

the Fanshot at the bottom of the page.

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by Kitspool on Jul 31, 2008 10:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

Fanwhat?

Okay, now I know you’re just making stuff up.

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by Natto on Jul 31, 2008 10:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

the whatshot?

the whatwhat?

"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Jul 31, 2008 10:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

So who’s looking forward to Pineapple Express?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 31, 2008 10:41 PM PDT 0 recs

I'm look forward to more MIA.

VAE PVTO DEVS FIO

by Bhaakon on Jul 31, 2008 10:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

Tropic Thunder, more so.

by cheno on Jul 31, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

Though TT seems to have some broad comedy appeal, and Downey Jr. will probably knock me on my ass laughing if they managed to stay on the right side of that line they’re walking there, I’m just not sure that I can handle another Ben Stiller vehicle…

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 31, 2008 11:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

I would normally think the same way. But Downey Jr. is likely to be so good that this movie could have Stiller, Sandler, and Meyers in it and I’d still go see it.

“What do you mean ‘you people?’”

by cheno on Aug 1, 2008 12:42 AM PDT up 0 recs

Depends on what type of Ben Stiller vehicle you are talking about. I’m all for the cocky stupid Derek Zoolander/White Goodman character, but hate his seemingly normal but everything that can go bad will character he plays in Meet the Parents/Something about Mary/Heartbreak Kid. TT character looks like it could be good.

Also just as the Will Ferrell or Ben Stillers comedy seems to have run their course, we might be saying the same for the Judd Apatow/Seth Rogan vehicles.

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by WilliamVanLandingham on Aug 1, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up 0 recs

I’m on board for both Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 1, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up 0 recs

I vote this the most idiotic post of the season. The writer complains, early in the piece, “give our kids a chance to play,” then, a few lines later is bashing Sanchez and Bowker. Aren’t they kids?

by allfrank on Jul 31, 2008 11:02 PM PDT 0 recs

before you vote

you should check out Dukie’s post from a few weeks ago which said essentially the same thing but with less regard to proper use of capitalization. He is make a push for the title of worst poster on McCovey Chronicles.

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 31, 2008 11:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

He is make a push for the title of worst poster on McCovey Chronicles.

He can have that title after I’m dead. My understanding is it was a lifetime thing.

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by Goofus on Aug 1, 2008 6:59 AM PDT up 0 recs

so Goofus is like a Supreme Court Justice?

by tyrannoman on Aug 1, 2008 7:40 AM PDT up 0 recs

More like a Supreme.

Think it oh-oh-ver

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by Goofus on Aug 1, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up 0 recs

Haven’t I been good to you?

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by Lyle on Aug 1, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up 0 recs

I’ll stop, but only in the name of love.

by tyrannoman on Aug 1, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up 0 recs

Oh, so that’s why I haven’t gotten that award yet.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Aug 1, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hey...

The title of the post is “Failure”—if it contained anything else that would’ve been false advertising.

"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK

by Josh from Hollywood on Jul 31, 2008 11:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

agreed

by Giant Voodoo on Aug 1, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up 0 recs

I think we can have a pretty good debate about what part of this post was most lame. I’d argue for the assumptions that Sabean could have got this or that for this guy or that guy, like he was in Sabean’s office listening to the speakerphone during conversations with other GMs.

Adoptive father of howtheyscored. The beatings will begin momentarily.

by Goofus on Aug 1, 2008 6:57 AM PDT up 0 recs

but, but mlbtraderumors.com said we could

and they’re never wrong!

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by j14 on Aug 1, 2008 8:28 AM PDT up 0 recs

While everyone else has belittled all the other parts of the original post, I must ask… Why would we possibly care about getting rid of Aurilia’s salary at this point? The payroll is in like the 70million range. Ridding Aurilia’s salary does nothing at this point.

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

by JRPhillips on Jul 31, 2008 11:55 PM PDT 0 recs

I’m sure they planned that pass that $1.5 million or so in savings on to the fans in the form of lowering the price of a krazy krab sandwich from $15 to $7.50

by FluLikeSymptoms on Aug 1, 2008 12:09 AM PDT up 0 recs