Favorite Quotes?

I know this is kind of cheesy...but I'm bored at work.
List some of your favorite quotes from either this board, about the Giants, by a Giants player, by a dumb fan, or just about baseball.
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“I think I’d trust Amy Winehouse to guard my bag of coke before I’d trust Sabes [Brian Sabean, Giants GM] to build my offense.” – Dan Szymborski, Baseball Think Factory
"I think I'd trust Amy Winehouse to guard my bag of coke before I'd trust Sabes [Brian Sabean, Giants GM] to build my offense." - Dan Szymborski, Baseball Think Factory
by 25 on Aug 12, 2008 12:20 PM PDT 0 recs
Not an idiot
“I am not an idiot (yet),” said by Brian Sabean after the Matt Williams trade.
by sharksrog on
Aug 12, 2008 2:30 PM PDT
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Aargh
You took my old signature line. I’m glad someone else still thinks it’s appropriate.
Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!
by Lyle on
Aug 13, 2008 10:22 AM PDT
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by Natto on Aug 12, 2008 12:23 PM PDT 0 recs
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by Natto on
Aug 12, 2008 12:23 PM PDT
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"I think I'd trust Amy Winehouse to guard my bag of coke before I'd trust Sabes [Brian Sabean, Giants GM] to build my offense." - Dan Szymborski, Baseball Think Factory
by 25 on
Aug 12, 2008 12:24 PM PDT
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Thanks, I try
"I think I'd trust Amy Winehouse to guard my bag of coke before I'd trust Sabes [Brian Sabean, Giants GM] to build my offense." - Dan Szymborski, Baseball Think Factory
by 25 on
Aug 12, 2008 12:23 PM PDT
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I kid because I love
But the better option would’ve been to just put your quote in your Fanpost.
by Natto on
Aug 12, 2008 12:28 PM PDT
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I would have, but I wanted to hear other great quotes
"I think I'd trust Amy Winehouse to guard my bag of coke before I'd trust Sabes [Brian Sabean, Giants GM] to build my offense." - Dan Szymborski, Baseball Think Factory
by 25 on
Aug 12, 2008 2:30 PM PDT
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Maybe they would talk about the quote and get into discussion about Sabes.
"I think I'd trust Amy Winehouse to guard my bag of coke before I'd trust Sabes [Brian Sabean, Giants GM] to build my offense." - Dan Szymborski, Baseball Think Factory
by 25 on
Aug 12, 2008 2:35 PM PDT
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Actually, the better option would have been to SAY SOMETHING worth 75 words.
Such as, oh I don’t know… if someone’s creating a fanpost about FAVORITE QUOTES and is bored at work, how about… well, POSTING A COUPLE OF GOOD QUOTES. Then he’s up to 75 words AND actually adding something.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on
Aug 12, 2008 3:04 PM PDT
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“HELLLLLO!”
What Bonds’ fist said to Jeff Kent’s face.
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Aug 12, 2008 12:30 PM PDT 0 recs
My two favorite Baseball quotes
the first one I admit is a bit sappy, but what can I say…
It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and
evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
And this is one of my favorite lines from the best damn baseball movie ever, period, end of story…
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. And the only church that truly feeds the soul, day-in day-out, is the
Church of Baseball.
-Annie Savoy, in Bull Durham
My two favorite teams are the Giants, and whomever is playing the Dodgers!
by World Series or Bust on Aug 12, 2008 12:31 PM PDT 0 recs
I’ll always love the first one. It’s perfect.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
by jponry on
Aug 12, 2008 12:32 PM PDT
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Sigh
/Resisting urge to do Bull Durham rant
/Still trying to resist
/Too…hard…to resist…
Not to rant too much, but any movie where two guys fight over Susan Sarandon can never, ever, be taken seriously. Period. End of story.
STEVE HOLM: Better than Alfonso? Why yes, of course.
by UnleashTheGore on
Aug 12, 2008 12:45 PM PDT
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We’ve been through this before, but I still want to jump in and say the screenplay is one of the best IMO.
"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 12, 2008 12:57 PM PDT
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Well...
that’s what makes a lively debate, differences of opinions. And in the end, as long as you admit I’m right, then everything turns out ok :)
My two favorite teams are the Giants, and whomever is playing the Dodgers!
by World Series or Bust on
Aug 12, 2008 1:02 PM PDT
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Yes sir, Mr. President.
Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!
by Lyle on
Aug 13, 2008 10:23 AM PDT
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Bull Durham = Chick Flick!
The sooner everyone acknowledges this, the sooner we’ll all get along.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on
Aug 12, 2008 2:57 PM PDT
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Cant be taken seriously? One of the guys fighting over her actually went on to become life partners with Sarandon, how much more realistic does it get?
(I have no excuse for Kevin Costner—in fact nobody does. In anything. Ever.)
Here's to Kemp, Loney, LaRoche, Hu, and Kershaw not panning out.
by Woody Wins on
Aug 12, 2008 4:10 PM PDT
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Just because he married her
Doesn’t excuse the movie character for pursuing her as the object of desire when she looks like the bottom of my foot. It would be one thing if it was a love story and he developed feelings for her based on her personality—however, she was an ugly slut that he wanted for her “looks”. That makes it unrealistic, in my book.
And to make matters worse, I think Costner’s great. I have a feeling we would have a fun movie night together!
STEVE HOLM: Better than Alfonso? Why yes, of course.
by UnleashTheGore on
Aug 12, 2008 4:34 PM PDT
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I love the Giamatti line. That whole essay is fantastic.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on
Aug 12, 2008 3:26 PM PDT
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I did love the Annie Savoy line
“there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I heard that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn’t work out between us.”
but then I found out it was not factually accurate, and I think that takes a little something away from it.
by FluLikeSymptoms on
Aug 12, 2008 4:27 PM PDT
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My sig is basically the best baseball quote I've ever heard/read
"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 12, 2008 12:32 PM PDT 0 recs
It’s from the play Take Me Out. The play examines what would happen if the major leagues’ star player casually announced that he was gay. The star player’s accountant/business manager, out himself and hilariously flamboyant, delivers a series of monlogues explaining why he falls in love with baseball. One of the monologues includes his assessment of why baseball is perfect, three strikes, four balls, every batter getting the same chance, umpires as judges, etc. The monologue with my signature quote was the best one 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
Aug 12, 2008 1:52 PM PDT
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If you ever catch a showing be warned (or thrilled, depending on your tastes): it contains several scenes of full frontal male nudity.
"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 12, 2008 2:17 PM PDT
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Thanks for the warning.
From what I understand it takes place in a locker room for most of the play, correct? Wouldn’t be a big deal, really. I was just looking into purchasing the book, as I’m not sure if I would get a chance to see it anytime soon.
by chilibean_3 on
Aug 12, 2008 3:51 PM PDT
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Yeah, the majority of the set is a locker room. The nudity gets started early as the narrator fills the audience in on the situation as he’s getting undressed after a game.
Amazon has the book on their website. It’s a great read.
"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 12, 2008 5:35 PM PDT
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The Penis Monologues?
Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!
by Lyle on
Aug 13, 2008 10:24 AM PDT
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In a way, yes.
"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
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+1
winner
STEVE HOLM: Better than Alfonso? Why yes, of course.
by UnleashTheGore on
Aug 12, 2008 4:36 PM PDT
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“Chemistry is a class you take.”
-Jim Leyland
you can't block the Bocock
by oldjacket on Aug 12, 2008 12:34 PM PDT 0 recs
Zito and his obsession with the word “agressive”
Bochy and his “ballgames” and “bad breaks”
haha
by giantsgirl510 on Aug 12, 2008 12:36 PM PDT 0 recs
Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a bit outside!
STEVE HOLM: Better than Alfonso? Why yes, of course.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 12, 2008 12:46 PM PDT 0 recs
that’s mine too
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 12, 2008 2:38 PM PDT
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Hats for bats, keep bats warm.
fuck you Jobu, I’ll do it myself.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on
Aug 12, 2008 3:06 PM PDT
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You just opened a huge can of worms
“Yo Bartender! Jobu needs a refill.”
“You trying to say Jesus Christ can’t hit a curveball?!?”
“We should’ve got the live chicken.”
“Oh no, no. Too high, it’s too high.”
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on
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Screenshot FTW!
"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
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what was the quote in someone's sig....
about benito santiago and someone going after someone else? that one was key.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Aug 12, 2008 12:50 PM PDT 0 recs
PantsMan has it
“Robb Nen is going to get you” – Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02
by Natto on
Aug 12, 2008 12:52 PM PDT
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thanks natto
that quote is one of my favorite things.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
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“Ninety percent I’ll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I’ll probably waste.” – Tug McGraw, discussing his salary.
also
When asked in 1974 whether McGraw preferred natural grass or artificial turf, he replied “I don’t know, I never smoked AstroTurf.”
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2008 1:10 PM PDT 0 recs
TMG
FtW
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on
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wow, Tug McGraw is one of the all-time greats
by FluLikeSymptoms on
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Kinda like George Best, the Northern Irish footballer.
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
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I used to go missing a lot… Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.
- George Best
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on
Aug 12, 2008 9:45 PM PDT
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"Tug McGraw has about 48 cards in his deck."
—Tom Seaver
by Sabertooth on
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So he likes pinochle. Is that quoteworthy?
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on
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Jack of Diamonds, Queen of Spades.
Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!
by Lyle on
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I don’t have the time to go back through all my comments to pick my favorite, dammit.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 12, 2008 1:45 PM PDT 0 recs
James Earl Jones' monologue at the end of "Field of Dreams."
“Ray, people will come Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. They’ll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won’t mind if you look around, you’ll say. It’s only $20 per person. They’ll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they’ll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They’ll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they’ll watch the game and it’ll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they’ll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh… people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.”
I once punched a hole in a light fixture in celebration of a J.T. Snow home run. That is all.
by oneflapdown on Aug 12, 2008 1:50 PM PDT 0 recs
this
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.
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The best line in Field of Dreams
“You see? That’s the sort of crap people are always trying to lay on me. It’s not my fault you wouldn’t play catch with your father.”
"[Greg] Vaughn is in a funk so deep, George Clinton wearing a miner's helmet couldn't find him."
- Jim Baker, ESPN.com, May 2002
by achiappanza on
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This is what I would’ve posted.
"Liberal is to the media what the 2008 San Francisco Giants are to good baseball."
-My Father.
by thecrippesking on
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Can't really remember
There was a Detroit pitcher, maybe Mark Fidrych, who was asked in a post-game interview what he was thinking about a rocket of a home run someone had hit off of him who answered, “I’m sure glad he didn’t hit that at me.”
And wasn’t there a story about Pedro Guererro having a lot of fielding problems at 3B for the Dodgers being asked by LaSorda what he was thinking just before the batter swung? As i recall, he said, “I’m thinking I hope he doesn’t hit it to me.” When asked if that defeatist thought was all he was thinking at those moments, he said, “No, I’m also thinking I hope they don’t hit it at Sax either.”
There should be two categories—scripted quotes and off-the-cuff responses.
by NearestNorwich on Aug 12, 2008 2:23 PM PDT 0 recs
I love the Guererro quote.
you can't block the Bocock
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Aug 12, 2008 2:47 PM PDT
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During that period when Sax was inexplicably throwing the ball into the stands and the dirt,
some headline writer had the great quote:
Guerrero to Sax to Inglewood.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on
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“Fuck it, put it all on the Reds tonight..we can’t lose!”
-Pete Rose
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Aug 12, 2008 2:28 PM PDT 0 recs
Baseball is democracy in action: in it all men are “free and equal,” regardless of race, nationality, or creed. Every man is given the rightful opportunity to rise to the top on his own merits…It is the fullest expression of freedom of speech, freedom of press, and freedom of assembly in our national life.
~ Francis Trevelyan Miller
"I think I'd trust Amy Winehouse to guard my bag of coke before I'd trust Sabes [Brian Sabean, Giants GM] to build my offense." - Dan Szymborski, Baseball Think Factory
by 25 on Aug 12, 2008 2:34 PM PDT 0 recs
We got some forms to fill out from the Pilots’ publicity department. One of the questions was: “What’s the most difficult thing about playing major league baseball?” And Mike Hegan said, “Explaining to your wife why she needs a penicillin shot for your kidney infection.”
"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 Aug 12, 2008 2:38 PM PDT 0 recs
lol
"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
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Can we count everything Jim Bouton has ever said as a quote?
you can't block the Bocock
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You know it’s summertime at Candlestick when the fog rolls in, the wind kicks up, and you see the center fielder slicing open a caribou to survive the ninth inning. ~Bob Sarlette
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
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My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
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What a horrifying children’s toy.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on
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I want one
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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I had one, and miss it now. Because the Star Wars’ guys’ couldn’t spread their legs to straddle the taunton, it had a bad all trapdoor built into its back. Completely awesome.
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“You’re in big trouble, pal. I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!”
“You eat pieces of shit for breakfast???”
”...Noooo.”
Also…
“There’s a lot of pressure out there, you gotta rise above it. You gotta harness in the good energy… Block out the bad. Harness energy, block bad. Feel the flow, Happy, feel it. It’s circular. It’s like a carousel, you pay the quarter, get on the horse. It goes up and down, and arouuuund. Circular, circle, with music, the flow… All good things.”
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Aug 12, 2008 3:02 PM PDT 0 recs
Oops...
Sports movie, not a baseball movie… Never mind…
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
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