Post Posey News Here (aka Posey Panic Thread)
by Goofus on Aug 15, 2008 3:38 PM PDT
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PrintWe're coming down the 9pm PST wire for Buster Posey to sign. If news or rumors come out regarding his status, post them here.
Let's let's try to avoid a whole bunch of differnet FanPosts and Fanshots as news unfolds so people don't end up posting the same links over and over and over and over and over. (For the record, that wasn't post-padding...ok, I lied...it was...but I'm not the father and Mrs. Goofus' cancer was in remission at the time.)
AND PEOPLE, FOR GOD'S REMAIN CALM!!! AGHHHHHH!!!!!! IS HE SIGNED YET?????
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Me neither. :)
Proud new parent of Mr. Buster Posey... you know, if he signs and stuff.
by GiantsFanInExile on Aug 15, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
lol wtf
"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 15, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
OH MY
you, sir, have my vote for President of the McCoven
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 15, 2008 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Correction: I am the father.
"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 15, 2008 3:40 PM PDT reply actions
Correction: I am the father farja.
Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 15, 2008 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That's how I read it at first too.
I was worried there for a minute but now I’m calm.
The Giants win a game! The Giants win a game! The Giants win a game!
i thought james posey signed with the hornets?
www.myspace.com/cynemamusic.com
by Cynema the Band on Aug 15, 2008 3:45 PM PDT reply actions
God's remains?
WTF! Its worse than I thought!
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 15, 2008 3:45 PM PDT reply actions
mainstream media is totally letting us down, dude
We need to dispatch Madtown Bomber to Florida, stat
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
we need a Baggs Signal!
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 15, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
someone needs to tell Baggs about this headline
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_10208934
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
haven't you ever had not regrets?
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 15, 2008 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
We need....
The Baggs Phone!
But the whole system would crash due to the “one pick-up” mechanic, which we’d all be constantly abusing to ask the same questions over and over again.
“Is he signed?”
“Is it over slot?”
“Please tell me if he has SIGNED?!”
it's always noonan somewhere
Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
Posey’s not going to sign. We are going to end negotiations $100,000 apart. He’s going to reenter the draft next year, get drafted by Logan White, and have a stellar 15-year career in Dodger blue. We’ll overcompensate next year by throwing a $10mil contract at a sore-armed college closer in the first round who never pans out.
If we go into this evening assuming that the above will happen, we won’t be disappointed!
Alvarez still isn't signed
Pirates and Boras still dancin’.
Kovacevic mentions Posey, too, in a cryptic manner:
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
There is some thought that he [Boras] is waiting for other shoes to drop — he has Eric Hosmer, the No. 3 guy, and Buster Posey is the No. 5 guy — but a call I got from San Francisco about two hours ago supports the notion that Posey probably will not end up in Alvarez’s pay scale, in terms of offers.
that doesn’t jibe well with the pissing match between Boars and Posey’s agent.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 15, 2008 3:50 PM PDT reply actions
As in Posey will get more or less money than Alvarez?
"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 15, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
The way I read that is less, which I think is incorrect.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Aug 15, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I read it as in Posey won’t get the offers that Alvarez will get. I was worried because according to Baggs this morning, Posey’s agent, Jeff Berry, wants his client to get more than Alvarez and Boras wants Alvarez to get more than Posey, which mean things might go down to the wire. If Posey won’t get Alvarez money, then that may endanger the signing.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 15, 2008 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I am perfectly calm.
No really. I have it mastered. A person can never accomplish calm to a greater extent than I am right now. Decades from now when people discuss the nature of calm, Lars will be brought into the discussion as the epitome of said subject.
In his book: A Brief History of Lars’ Calm, Hawking theorized about the level of calm I am displaying at this very moment. It merely scratched the surface. When Stephan actually finds out about the amount of calm I have gathered right now, he will cry into his electronic voicebox: “I SEE THE INTERCEPTOR!”
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 15, 2008 3:50 PM PDT reply actions
You know, in football and in baseball, I’m tired of these high draft choices demanding the moon, the stars, and one or two minor planets, as signing bonuses. Ya oughta have to prove you can make it at the big league level before you make millions.
The problem with that is when they do prove they can make it in the big leagues it takes at least 3 years for them to be able to make millions.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Aug 15, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t say they still won’t make good livings but when the generate as much money as they do, why shouldn’t they get their fair share. Tim Lincecum’s the best pitcher in the league and he’s still 2 years away from having a salary over $1 million. I’m sure he’s generated that much in jersey sales alone.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Aug 15, 2008 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, that’s only because he’s not interested in signing a long-term deal, right? Plenty of young’uns are making good money by buying out their arb years.
Proud new parent of Mr. Buster Posey... you know, if he signs and stuff.
by GiantsFanInExile on Aug 15, 2008 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe we could sign Buster Olney instead.
The Giants win a game! The Giants win a game! The Giants win a game!
Watch out for Lou Seal
Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 15, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
“Hey, it’s my old hand chair. I never thought I’d miss a hand so much.”
Proud new parent of Mr. Buster Posey... you know, if he signs and stuff.
by GiantsFanInExile on Aug 15, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty weak list
they didn’t ever have Buster Douglas. How is it a complete list?
The Giants win a game! The Giants win a game! The Giants win a game!
Can anyone
give me the cliff notes version of the New Here thread? Didn’t bother reading it and now it’s over 200 replies.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Aug 15, 2008 4:09 PM PDT reply actions
Ah
hadn’t seen wcw or talk of Heyward for awhile, thus my guess.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Aug 15, 2008 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
and he was dead all along.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 15, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, it turns out she was really a guy.
The All-Father is now...umm...a Grizzly. But he was a Giant for a while.
Somone tried to pose as a new guy and failed
The Giants win a game! The Giants win a game! The Giants win a game!
every time i see your name I think it's "jihad"
and I think, “Freakin’ terrorist”
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 15, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG WHERES THE GAMEDAY THREAD
Is it holding out for more $$$$ too??
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
The club made a strong run at signing 10th rounder Ryan O’Sullivan, but the two-way talent informed them he would play at San Diego State.
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_10208934
Tony Gwynn > Brian Sabean
Go Aztecs! Woot!
Can’t say I blame a 10th rounder for choosing college. He can get a free edumacation and raise his stock.
Zooperstars, they quack me up!
“Let’s let’s try to avoid a whole bunch of differnet FanPosts and Fanshots.”
What’s wrong with differnet fanposts and fanshots?
What’s wrong with different marklars and marklars?
The Giants win a game! The Giants win a game! The Giants win a game!
Huh, still hope of the Reds signing Alonso?
I thought that deal was dead.
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=blog07&plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog3ae57bcc87-152a-4f72-96fb-cc08b1f396efPost3a3fde0b5c-0792-444b-948a-cb9673105673&plckCommentSortOrder=TimeStampAscending&sid=sitelife.cincinnati.com
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Not that I need reminding that there are many, many, MANY idiotic baseball fans out there, but
A-Rod is a cancer. He was in Seattle, Texas and now New York. He has never won anything but a couple of divisional championships. With all of the Yankees money, they have never, and will never win anything with A-Rod on the team.
If Yonder Alonso listens to his advice, both on and off the field, the Reds have enough troubles, send Yonder Alonso packing elsewhere.
-MaxTrash, Cincinnati Enquirer poster
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
wait wait wait
He knows Arod?? He’s a bum fuck him!
I’m increasingly convinced everyone in the Cincinnati media hates all baseball players, whether they play for their team or not. Kind of ironic for the oldest pro team; maybe they’re just tired of the game.
Proud new parent of Mr. Buster Posey... you know, if he signs and stuff.
by GiantsFanInExile on Aug 15, 2008 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
What if 4 or 5 of these top guys don’t sign -and go into next year’s draft. Option 1 (since G men will have 2 picks): Giants take Posey. Ha, ha, ha. Option 2 (with their supplemental pick, Giants take Posey. Ha, ha, ha.
If some of these guys go into next year’s draft, maybe the SDSU pitcher (whose name escapes me) goes #4 or 5. Damn, would they be a terrible break for the #4 picking Gmen
Believe it is customary that if your pick a player and do not sign that player that season you must then receive his permission to draft him a subsequent time.
I don’t think that is accurate. It could be, but we have players on the Giants who we’ve drafted 3 or 4 times.
Perhaps they gave permission?
Proud new parent of Mr. Buster Posey... you know, if he signs and stuff.
by GiantsFanInExile on Aug 15, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
wilriv21 is correct
The player has to give his written consent before he can be drafted in 2 consecutive drafts by the same club.
ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524
SOME good news
Baggarly reports (you know the link):
The game ended less than two hours before the 9 p.m. PDT deadline to sign drat picks or lose rights to them.
The Giants still had not announced the signing of decorated Florida State catcher Buster Posey, the fifth overall choice — likely because his bonus was expected to come close to tripling the recommended slot value of roughly $2.5 million, and teams are discouraged from making such deals official until the final minutes.
But Florida State coaches said that they fully expected Posey to sign.
AMEN!
Now the gravy is the announcement of some other signings…like that of the O’Sullivan variety.
it's always noonan somewhere
Just a half hour before the deadline. MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo is hearing conflicting reports about whether Giants top pick Buster Posey has signed a $6.75MM big league deal.
You can tell by the pixels
Theft of Content + Comic Life + Photoshop + Google Pages
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Aug 15, 2008 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
After we drafted Posey, I predicted here that he would not sign. I now hope I was wrong, but I have a nagging suspicion I might have been correct.
I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen. - Bob Lemon, 1981
Reds sign Alonso
ML deal, no terms yet, 10 minutes to midnight!!!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
My grandpa (RIP) had a dog named Buster (RIP). I’d like him to sign just for that reason alone.
Only 855 games until the end of Zito's contract
Tick, tick, tick......
I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen. - Bob Lemon, 1981
OT
Webb gets another W — he’s 18-4.
Might as well give him the Cy Young now.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
too bad...
if timmy’s playing on a team with offense, he’s got that many
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
thus...
why wins are the most overrated stat in pitching.
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
The Smoak on the water, the fire in the sky
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Aug 15, 2008 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
MAYO SAYS ITS DONE
http://draft.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/08/buster_posey_is_done.html
BROCK BOND LIKES HIS MARTINIS PUNCHED IN THE FACE, NOT STIRRED.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Aug 15, 2008 8:59 PM PDT reply actions
RELISH HINTED AT A DEAL
but wouldn’t confirm anything!
BROCK BOND LIKES HIS MARTINIS PUNCHED IN THE FACE, NOT STIRRED.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Aug 15, 2008 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
That Relish is such a tease
When asked for comment he said “I certainly would relish the thought of Buster in San Francisco.”
He’d fit right in here at the MCC.
Only 852 games until the end of Zito's contract
Also an excellent fifth blernsman.
The All-Father is now...umm...a Grizzly. But he was a Giant for a while.
by EliminateMe on Aug 16, 2008 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
conference call witnin an hour
per Baggs
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 15, 2008 9:03 PM PDT reply actions
dunno
I asked Andy
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 15, 2008 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, I got it
That was just the area code, wilriv. The full number is (109) 126-7575
Only 852 games until the end of Zito's contract
Goddammit! That’s the number for the McCovicles Bat-Cave
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Aug 15, 2008 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants FTW!
First Cain owns the Braves again, and now Buster Bluth’s signing is official!
PWN TEH WRLDZ!
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Aug 15, 2008 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Who cares how much Posey got??
as long as he’s signed. Other teams are going to complain about how much we went over the slot, but who really cares what they think?? We gave Barry Zito 126 million, and we’re supposed to lose Posey over a couple of million??
Brian Sabean's new dad: Firm believer in corporal punishment
Giant fan Chris Russo is a free agent, KNBR needs to sign him and fire Damon Bruce
Brian Sabean's new dad: Firm believer in corporal punishment
Bruce is a tool. get rid of that guy.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 15, 2008 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
yes please,
well I don’t know about Russo, but Bruce can leave any second now. His little rant the other day about how women should just shut up and let the man watch football was just too much. Go back to Ohio where that kind of humor/thinking is appreciated!
WHOOOOOO
I NEVER DOUBTED IT FOR A SECOND!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Mustard’s silence made me nervous there for a while.
Only 852 games until the end of Zito's contract
In the drawing room with the lead pipe
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Aug 15, 2008 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
So who gets dropped from the 40-man roster?
NotGardo or G-Rod?
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
Surely our back-up to our back-up to our back-up catchers have no hope of clearing waivers…
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Aug 15, 2008 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
So what does getting a Major League deal mean? Just that they are guaranteed to make the bigs and never get sent down in a certain amount of years?
I hate Baron Davis.
GERALD
We went out to dinner and came back to the good news!
OT: Why don’t the men in beach volleyball play wearing next to nothing? First the US men swim team wears those dumb bodysuit things depriving us of fine swimmer’s bodies. wtf
"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 15, 2008 9:13 PM PDT reply actions
hey, at least the us men’s team is wearing sunglasses without lenses
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
Well the guys in this match on NBC are douchey looking anyway so I don’t want to see them almost naked.
"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 15, 2008 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
You went out to dinner with Posey?
No wonder this went down to the last minute.
Only 852 games until the end of Zito's contract
Yeah we went to Fresh Choice. He had chocolate soft serve with toasted coconut on top for dessert.
"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 15, 2008 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone should tell him he's a millionaire now
He could buy all the soft serve machines that he wants.
Only 852 games until the end of Zito's contract
and buy somebody to clean them. (FYI it’s a kind of nasty job)
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Aug 15, 2008 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Duh it was 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 15, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Uh, those spandexy shorts that a lot of the track and field guys wear reveal pretty much everything.
Zooperstars, they quack me up!
moar partial nudity pls
"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 16, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
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 Aug 16, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
The only thing left they have to fail is fail itself.
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Aug 15, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
If Rowand is regularly batting no higher than 6th and still producing at career average, we’ve finished rebuilding.
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Aug 15, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Anybody know about Alvarez or Hosmer?
I’d love to see one of them turn up in next year’s draft even if it puts our pick back. It’s not like they’d pick the same person again that didn’t sign the first time.
September call-up 2010?
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
by S.F. Giangst on Aug 15, 2008 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't believe Posey got more than Alvarez
I mean, I like Posey, but his ceiling is a good MLB C – aka, a poor man’s Brian McCann or Russel Martin. Alvarez’s ceiling is pretty much unlimited.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
hmm…you are simultaneously underating Posey, and overratting Alvarez.
Probably not ‘poor man’ to those two, and will likely end up somewhere close to Mccann (with a little less power), and Martin.
Alvarez is a killer prospect, and should be very good. If he sticks at third he’ll be average on defense, and many project he’ll end up at first. He also probably won’t have huge power, but will have good power.
by haverecords on Aug 15, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Ryan Howard strikes out alot
so does Adam Dunn…
by bondslegend on Aug 16, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
What is a poor man’s Brian McCann? That dude is unreal.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 16, 2008 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I was just looking at Baseball America’s list
of our draft picks. It doesn’t have our 13th round pick, Juan Carlos Perez, as having been signed. I’m pretty sure I remember someone mentioning here that he had signed. Anyone?
Baggs said he signed
and then he compared him to Albert Pooholes
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 16, 2008 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
i guess ill take it
if our 13th round pick turns out like pooholes
proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..
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