McCoven Get-Together at McCovey's: Now with PICTURES!
by delorean on Aug 1, 2008 9:21 AM PDT
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PrintHere is the previous post about arrangements, but basically, here's the deal:
- Some McCovenites are meeting at 7pm at McCovey's in Walnut Creek to break bread, share stories, and watch Tim Lincecum dismantle the San Diego Padres.
- Everyone's welcome, dates and mates and offspring included.
- There's a reservation under the name Josh Burnett.
- I'm gonna try and find some nametags to bring. (This isn't my first Internerd get-together, unfortunately, and I've found it's helpful to have nametags w/ both screenname and real name. I'm a dork!!)
- If the Baron doesn't make an appearance, this whole thing will have been a complete failure.
See you all tonight!
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Have fun guys
On a whim the new ladyfriend and I are going to Pt Reyes for her birthday weekend, but I’ll be there in spirit – definitely will try to make the annual night coming up at the park..
Consume much food (meat if you eat it, cheese if you don’t), libations (for which i have a profound fondness), and have fun!
Tentatively adopting Dan Ortmeier. And Boom Goes the Dynamite.
I arranged a last minute grandmother-sitter so I’ll be there.
"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 9:50 AM PDT reply actions
i'm on it
just remember that the camera adds 10 pounds, or, in my case, 20.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
I look like I have 6 cameras on me at all times
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 1, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Wish I could be there
but, like the night at the yard, not having a job makes stuff like that tough. Have a great time.
Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!
I also like how if you select ‘No’ to “Exposed to D&D at an early age” it goes straight to sunlight and then to girls.
Awesome.
if only i hadn’t found those little chapbooks in the back of the hobby shop when i was 12… /sobs/
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
sweet!
now I know who to charge the take out order to when I call later!
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
I mentioned this on the last fanpost, but my wife and I will be late, as we have to wait on my grandmother getting over to Oakland from The City so she can watch our kid. Hopefully we’ll be there by around 7:30. I would say, “and hopefully the game won’t be out of reach by then,” but it’s a Lincecum day, so that won’t happen until the bullpen comes in.
same here
crazy wife has trapeze class until 6:30; i put our arrival at about 7:30.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
she does flying and static trapeze
here. She’s fucking nuts.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
well
at least when you argue you get to hear circus at some point, i bet you can’t keep a straight face when you hear it. I know i couldn’t.
“Stop moving my tools/guitar/Chipmunk Albums!”
“I’ll move what i damn well please, my house”
“Screw you, that/those were in mint condition!”
“I’m joining the circus, they understand me!”
“Ha ha, what?”
When I was wondering if your wife was a swinger, this isn’t what I meant.
Adoptive father of howtheyscored. The beatings will begin momentarily.
sounds fun
too much I-80 between me and Walnut Creek, though.
We should do a Sacramento McCoven get together sometime.
you can't block the Bocock
We are planning on driving in from Sac.
Depending on when the “other half” gets out of work.
We had talked – very briefly- about maybe doing something in Sac over Labor Day weekend when the Grizzlies are in town playing the Rivercats.
We should post this idea up when the game gets a little closer.....
Would be fun to catch a game in Sactown
Tommy Lasorda HATES GIANTSBOARD.COM
Agreed on the Sacramento idea. That is one I can make it to.
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Aug 1, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Heck..Grizzlies visit Rivercats last weekend of August.....
I’ll would head out to Sac-to for that….
but it IS labor day weekend…...who knows if anyone will be around…
Tommy Lasorda HATES GIANTSBOARD.COM
I’m in Tampa that weekend, doing maid of honor duties for my BFF.
"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 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm only 60 miles East of Sac...
...and I never go out of town.
"Ice is made for two things: injuries and my drinks." The Lincecums
Will be there looking like a Giant Pumpkin
but not THE Giant pumpkin
GF will join as well
Tommy Lasorda HATES GIANTSBOARD.COM
Sounds like a blast and I do live nearby (Concord), but alas have plans tonight that my wife will not let me break. Have fun Nerds, I hope you won’t have to watch a line-up filled with Castillos and Aurilias.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Aug 1, 2008 11:17 AM PDT reply actions
I should be there a bit late to meet all of you, I have a networking thingie in another part of Walnut Creek and need investors for my idea of building a mechanical bruce bochy that I can fit inside of.
be that as it may
I’m looking to replace and live inside him
by Giant Voodoo on Aug 1, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d attend, but the last meet-up resulted in a restraining order. I won’t name names, but I’ll give a hint: The offender’s name rhymes with Fitsnool.
You're in good company
Neko Case has a restraining order on me as well.
No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.
So that’s what happened to Pitsnool.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 1, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, we should have a good crowd. There are several people who haven’t piped up here but who said they would come in the previous pots.
Damn, damn
I wish I could make it.
Notgardo, I still love you -- but you're grounded. No Guitar Hero for a month, no Cheez-Its for two months, and NO BASEBALL! This hurts me as much as it hurts you.
I wonder
what my BART options are here. I can’t drive on the meds I’m on and my husband is sick and gimpy. Hmmmm.
Notgardo, I still love you -- but you're grounded. No Guitar Hero for a month, no Cheez-Its for two months, and NO BASEBALL! This hurts me as much as it hurts you.
by tk on Aug 1, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m told it’s less than half a mile from BART. If it’s too far for you, I bet someone could pick you up.
Wow, they sure have fucked up transit.511.org since I’ve been offline. Maybe bart.gov would work better. If I make it I’ll text the Baron and see who can come get me from BART.
Notgardo, I still love you -- but you're grounded. No Guitar Hero for a month, no Cheez-Its for two months, and NO BASEBALL! This hurts me as much as it hurts you.
by tk on Aug 1, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Get on BART going out to Walnut Creek. Get off at Walnut Creek. I’ll get you from the BART station. My phone battery just died. What time do you want me to meet you?
"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 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Er, get on the Pittsburg/Bay Point Line.
"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 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
6:56 is when it's supposed to arrive
I’m just worried I’m going to be too tired/sick to go! yk? But, might as well try it. I guess if you don’t see me when the train pulls out you can continue on your way assuming I haven’t made it. Which is suboptimal but if there is no texting that’s prolly the best way. j-dizzle can drop me off at West Portal so I can get trains from there.
Notgardo, I still love you -- but you're grounded. No Guitar Hero for a month, no Cheez-Its for two months, and NO BASEBALL! This hurts me as much as it hurts you.
by tk on Aug 1, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I understand your limitations. I’ll be at BART around then and we’ll see what we see.
"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 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
woop! thanks :)
Notgardo, I still love you -- but you're grounded. No Guitar Hero for a month, no Cheez-Its for two months, and NO BASEBALL! This hurts me as much as it hurts you.
by tk on Aug 1, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, we'll see
The baron might be holding me up by the end of the night. I haven’t gone out-out since the end of May. Sit up in a restaurant, good lord. Not even feasible for two months. However I know the McC crowd has its sympathies.
Notgardo, I still love you -- but you're grounded. No Guitar Hero for a month, no Cheez-Its for two months, and NO BASEBALL! This hurts me as much as it hurts you.
by tk on Aug 1, 2008 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
have a kickass time everyone
everybody drink responsibly
however you may smoke as much you want/can/have.
that is all.
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 1, 2008 3:30 PM PDT reply actions
What is this responsible drinking you speak of?
Responsible driving is what’s important…who cares about how drunk you get, so long as you get home safely!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Aug 1, 2008 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Big lamer, not a gamer
Sorry dudes and dudette(s), but now i have to bail again. The body is saying “You have been out of the hospital for six and a half days after a four-week stay. You go to no East Bay tonight.” (It’d be an hour and a half commute from the far reaches of the Sunset District.) But I’ll be there in spirit, and I hope to see pictures, and I hope to see a lot of you at McC Night at the Yard in two and a half weeks.
Notgardo, I still love you -- but you're grounded. No Guitar Hero for a month, no Cheez-Its for two months, and NO BASEBALL! This hurts me as much as it hurts you.
take care, tk!
and i think you’ve earned permanent GAMER status around these parts.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Thanks
P.S. You have a way cooler job than your wife (assuming you’re still copy editing) but I want to meet her and ask her a bunch of bizarre questions about the circus life.
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Aug 1, 2008 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 1, 2008 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahahaha god. Nobody would recognise me by that pic now. 1) Shaved my head, have soon-to-be-purple bangs that stick out everywhere 2) That whole losing 30 lbs. even while on mass doses of prednisone thing. But the glasses remain the same!
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Aug 1, 2008 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
This just isn't a good time for me
Things are kind of crazy for me right now. I just worked my seventh day out of thirteen in a row, at which point I will get one whole day off where I have to go to an orientation. I commuted to Fremont and back today and I really don’t feel like going back across the bridge.
I know, my excuse is way lamer than tk’s but there it is.
Only 867 games until the end of Zito's contract
PICS!!!
I’ve forgotten most everyone’s real names, so screennames will have to do.
L-R: Mrs. Merkin, me (delorean, skulking in the background), Merkin, Mr. Merope, Merope
1/2 of Mrs. JCB, JCB, groug, me (delorean, with the cheesiest smile ever! wtf??)
sharksrog’s friend Jim, Mrs. JCB & JCB
rotoreuter countin’ his scrilla, Baron, sharksrog
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
MORE!!!
rotoreuter, still counting his money!
everyone!
mr & mrs delorean, self-portrait
some of the MANY VALUABLE BASEBALLS for sale @ McCovey’s (including OMG Kevin Frandsen, (Sugar) Ray Durham, and Steve “Pretty OK” Kline)
needs no explanation
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
I don’t think Righetti has done THAT bad of a job…
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 2, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
all in all
it was a spectacular event. sharksrog is about as nice and funny a guy as you could ever want to meet. hell, everyone was super cool and nice and funny and friendly. The Taschner gopher ball was about the only bummer of the whole night. Other than that, it was perfect!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
+1. Sharksrog is hella cool!
"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 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
HALL OF FAMER
I love how Ralph Kiner is inserted between greats such as Kevin Frandsen, Rich Aurilia, and Sweeney.
"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 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
You all look sufficiently NERDY to me. :D
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Twas a blast dude. Why weren’t you there?!
"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 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
East Bay is kind of a drag to get to from Marin! And my Dad took the day off work for his birthday.
Don’t worry, I’ll be at the other meetup.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
boo
I would have carted you to and from BART, at least.
"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 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, Marin?
I totally kick it in San Rafael!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 2, 2008 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions
for real? I was in San Rafael the other day omg!!! (I’m in Mill Valley.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
For real. Right around that Central San Rafael exit where 101 gets all janked up. At least until I get up on my own two feet in a few months. Then I’m probably moving to east bay.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 2, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, in the third photo down, I look like I’m totally dishing some juicy, bitchy gossip.
It’s unlikely, by the way, that we’ll be able to make the day at the ballpark coming up. Weeknights are tough with a two year old. Sniff.
You’re all, Talk to the hand!
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Aug 1, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like the diner scene from Reservoir Dogs. ...you guys weren’t plotting to kill Grant, were you?
Is that the one
where delorean tells The Baron that his wallet is the one with “bad motherfucker” on it?
Wait, wrong Tarantino.
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Aug 1, 2008 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Just not Pink
I claim Ms. Orange.
"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 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
groug looks way more like a dude than I would have thought.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 2, 2008 1:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.
I actually made that joke as I was running out of work last night, and spent a bit of time thinking about how it really just wasn’t up to my usual lofty standards. I’m glad you made the best of it.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 2, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
After I turned off my computer I came up with this alternate joke
We can’t all be hermaphroditic superstars like you, howie.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS BABY
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 2, 2008 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Groug looks scary.
In fact, I’m too intimidated to even joke about Nate at third any more.
The All-Father is now a Giant!
If you combine your opinion with that of Dan From NM, that means Henry Rollins looks scary.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.
Thx for having us =)
Cool Peeps, Giants Win, all in all a good evening….
You guys keep being nice to us, we might be hard to get rid of…...
Tommy Lasorda HATES GIANTSBOARD.COM
It was a good time.
I like sharksrog’s random umpire facts, though naturally they only started after Lincecum was out of the game. Funny how that works.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.
Amazingly
Amazingly, when I arrived at McCovey’s and asked for Josh Burnett, they informed me you have been optioned to Fresno. :)
I always figured I was the most tatted up member of the McCoven. I was wrong.
Looks like a lot of fun. Couldn’t have picked a more appropriate place.
Similarly I wonder if I have the most piercings of any MCCer. I have six currently with plans to get at least three more.
"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 2, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
So?
Where are the six and where will the three new ones be?
Adoptive father of howtheyscored. The beatings will begin momentarily.
Five in my earlobes and one in my upper ear cartilage now, at least three more in my ear cartilage, and if I can get a paying sportswriting gig sooner than later, one (two if the first one goes well) in my eyebrow. I can’t really have facial piercings at my current lame ass desk job.
"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 2, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Ugh
it’s a damn shame i couldn’t make it. I got stuck at Artisan Wine Lounge telling jungle stories to a table of people. My friend apparently talked me up as having good stories and i think they were a little offended. One could say I zito’d the situation.
i must say
you got some sick tats, you must either own a motorcycle or are/were in a band.
by Giant Voodoo on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
I take off my hat and hand it to you for the cool ink.
"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 4, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Looks awesome!
You all are actually a pretty normal looking bunch. Sharksrog rockin’ the blazin’ orange made my morning.
sigh
Living in Fresno = FTL. Sounds like a great time was had. Someday I look forward to the “McCoven Get-Together: Grizzlies version”
Proud pappa of....STEVE HOLM!!
Great pictures!
Looks like it was a fun night. I’ll hopefully see some of y’all at the McCoven night in the city in a few weeks.
No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.
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