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Since we can never quickly find the wiki whenever we want it, I figured it'd be good to make a Fanpost to collect random bits of info pertaining to our fair site. Let's get it started and would someone please turn off that Black Eyed Peas album?

Gameday Thread stuff

- On Matt Cain starts, you will likely see many posts chastising Cain for his lack of ability. Do not be alarmed. This is all part of a reverse jinx ploy that started back in 2006. We really think Cain is awesome. At least I do anyway.

- When a Giants pitcher gets a strikeout, you'll likely see me post one of two images, this:
 or this:
The former represents strikeouts swinging and is Korean singer/songwriter K who is a pop star in Japan and Korea. The latter represents strikeouts looking and is Agent Kay from Men In Black (because the batter didn't see the pitch like no one can see the MiB). Sometimes I'll use different pictures of the two, but they'll still be K and Kay.

- For Giants victories, we have an animated gif of 555 95472 (or 5 for short) from Peanuts.

The dance is from the Peanuts Christmas special. 5 was introduced back in 2006 as a way of celebrating Giants wins and has been used ever since. Charles Schulz was a big Giants fan, beginning from his days in Minnesota when the Giants had a minor league team there all the way to his days after he moved to the Bay Area. Thus, it's rather fitting that we incorporate one of his characters into our site. It's pretty convenient that 5 happens to be wearing orange and black. Also 95472 happens to be the zip code for Sebastopol. And yes, he can play third base (5 = third base in scoring shorthand)!


Nicknames/Player-related Jokes

- Tim Lincecum: The Enchanter - named after the Monty Python character
- Bengie Molina: B-Money - for his frequent clutch RBIs
- Pablo Sandoval: Little Money - like B-money but smaller; Paul Stanley - the English equivalent of Pablo Sandoval 
- Jonathan Sanchez: Dirty - uhhh... you can look it up...
- Nate Schierholtz: Juggernate - earned after plowing over Chinese catcher Yang Yang during the Olympics
- Eliezer Alfonzo: Notgardo - for not being his cousin Edgardo
- Steve Holm:  - character from Arrested Development; Mythbuster - for his resemblance to Adam Savage
- Omar Vizquel: Dreamy - coined by kenshin who was enchanted by Vizquel's defensive wizardry when he joined the Giants
- Jack Taschner: Secret Agent - because Jack Taschner sounds like a good name for a CTU operative, Captain Jack
- Tyler Walker: Polar bear - coined by Bruce Bochy
- Randy Winn: Dwight - Winn's full name is Dwight Randolph Winn
- Eugenio Velez: Zorak - because he shares a similar body structure with Zorak; fast black Abraham Lincoln: this is sorta self-explanatory
- Fred Lewis: Flew, Paul Bunyan - for the bunion, although I guess this will go away next season
- Angel Villalona: Anvil - The only true nickname for Villalona, it's a blend of his first and last names. It can also refer to him being as strong as anvil or something like that.
- Travis Ishikawa: Rock River - I'm the only one who uses this. "Ishi" means "rock" and "kawa" means river; Ishi the Killer - a reference to the Japanese movie Ichi the Killer.
- Aaron Rowand: Gamer, Nasty Shit - In one game, Kruk was talking about how Rowand got hit by a pitch  and meant to say that he took a "nasty shot in the ribs".
- Ryan Rohlinger: Rickrohl
- Sergio Romo: Surge - coined by oldjacket; Sergio's fans are Romosexuals.


Misc Jokes

- 109: During Zito's start in Florida this season, someone asked what Zito's pitch count was. Within seconds, a flurry of replies of 109s came.
- Schierholtz at 3rd: Unfortunately, there are those who don't post it as a joke.
- lots of LOLcats

There's a lot more, but I can't be expected to do all the work for you. You lazy bums. So add on, my fellow McCoven.

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