Thank You Steve S!

by cakes on Sep 16, 2008 11:01 AM PDT

I don't post here very much, but I thought we should have a thread to thank Steve S for his amazing contributions to this site. The daily minor lines are a must-read for me every morning, and I've learned a ton about our farm system specifically and the minor leagues in general by reading Steve's posts and the discussions they generate. Let's face it - we're prety spoiled. Steve puts in the hard work every day (GAMER!), and we get to reap the fruits of his labor.

So: Thanks, Steve!! Keep up the good work!

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Good call. I totally take all of that for granted. Thanks, Steve!

by rotorueter on Sep 16, 2008 11:03 AM PDT reply actions

winters are always hard

you never know how much you miss him until he’s gone!

BROCK BOND LIKES HIS MARTINIS PUNCHED IN THE FACE, NOT STIRRED.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Sep 16, 2008 11:05 AM PDT reply actions

Absolutely indispensable — thanks Steve!

by sularz on Sep 16, 2008 11:06 AM PDT reply actions

Steve is a pretty cool dude.

#1 JUDY STEFFES FAN
My favorite pie is (name of pie flavor)
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 16, 2008 11:09 AM PDT reply actions

is

Steve S eligible for the Steve S award again this year?

BROCK BOND LIKES HIS MARTINIS PUNCHED IN THE FACE, NOT STIRRED.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Sep 16, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions

I’ll allow it

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 16, 2008 11:21 AM PDT reply actions

REPLY FAELZORZ

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 16, 2008 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Thanks Steve S.

Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.

by SF Pete on Sep 16, 2008 11:26 AM PDT reply actions

The Governator approves!

There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
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by Natto on Sep 16, 2008 12:06 PM PDT reply actions

thanks, Steve. another great job this year.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal

by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 16, 2008 12:28 PM PDT reply actions

Like I said before

Steve S: great poster or the greatest poster?

"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 Sep 16, 2008 12:29 PM PDT reply actions

Yes.

Steve S.: Showing Grant how it’s done since 2005.

No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.

by Kitspool on Sep 16, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Minor Lines
Major League Poster
Steve S is a GAMER!

and yes, thanks to Steve for all the work, Minor Lines is a daily must read

by FluLikeSymptoms on Sep 16, 2008 1:10 PM PDT reply actions

Another obligatory thank you

Do we have to buy Steve a shirt?

Excellent work Steve. Thanks for all of the hard work.

Let’s not forget to thank those who filled in this year during Steve’s absence (Baron; the prospect maven and others).

This blog is great for a number of reasons but you can’t find better coverage of the Giants farm system anywhere else.

by slcgiant on Sep 16, 2008 1:10 PM PDT reply actions

plus one

Dodgers fans eat their young.

by redhornet78 on Sep 16, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions

me too!

better said then I would have managed.

Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!

by daveinexile on Sep 17, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Thank you Steve!

And thank you to Brute and the Baron for occasionally filling in!

by BleacherEd on Sep 16, 2008 1:40 PM PDT reply actions

thanks Steve!

http://gregsconnecticutdefenders.blogspot.com

by greg8370 on Sep 16, 2008 1:54 PM PDT reply actions

Steve S

Bringing hope to the Lunatic Fringe since 2005…

Hector Sanchez: really getting tired of playing baseball in foreign countries...

by tedfordfan on Sep 16, 2008 2:22 PM PDT reply actions

I feel like I’m going with an unpopular opinion. Thanks for all the great work Steve and all the rest of the minor league folk!

Make me proud again Hen

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 16, 2008 2:39 PM PDT reply actions

Steve is the man.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Sep 16, 2008 2:58 PM PDT reply actions

I still can’t believe that no one has figured out that Steve has been making up the minor lines this whole time. Didn’t anyone bother to fact check the dude until now?

(Thanks Steve, you’re my favorite “Steve S”)

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 16, 2008 3:02 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks Steve

Your posts make it easy to find at least one encouraging thing about the Giants per-day during the season. Which is no small feat.

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Sep 16, 2008 3:07 PM PDT reply actions

I'll join in the groupthink (in caps)

THANKS STEVE S

by Sammy Danger on Sep 16, 2008 4:14 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks, steve S. The minor lines are one of my favorite parts of the baseball season.

And thanks, too, to the Baron and Brute and anyone else who chipped in. It’s much appreciated, and I realize it takes some work to get ’em out every day.

by Dan from NM on Sep 16, 2008 5:43 PM PDT reply actions

HUZZAH!

The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.

by Mike Hawk on Sep 16, 2008 5:49 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks, Steve!

Also, much thanks to those who filled in for him when he was unavailable. You all did outstanding work.

Proud adoptive parent of Tim Alderson.

by JT Jordan on Sep 16, 2008 5:55 PM PDT reply actions

Steve S....

rocks the casbah. Thanks!

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Sep 16, 2008 6:05 PM PDT reply actions

my favorite rookie pitcher from 1996

Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.

by jasomack on Sep 16, 2008 8:39 PM PDT reply actions

my favorite crappy 2nd baseman from 1995

I was THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).

by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 16, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Or 1971.

“Holy Cow , Stoney , I’m dead as a doornail!”

"Ain't got a hope in Hell - that's my belief." - Bon Scott

by victor frankenstein on Sep 16, 2008 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Thank you Steve!!!

I already miss the dailies. It’s part of my routine. I am no longer regular…..

"Why you gotta be cardin' my hos?" - Charlie Hayes

by stevieg on Sep 16, 2008 9:44 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks, Steve

Hey, even though the season’s over and he’s not playing now, could you still post daily updates about what Villalona is doing? Nothing major, just something like: “Today, Angel saw a matinee showing of ‘Bangkok Dangerous’ and ate lunch at Taco Bell — he had 6 MexiMelts, 2 Nachos Bell Grande, and a large Orange Fanta, which he re-filled 4 times.”

That doesn’t seem like a lot to ask.

"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 Sep 16, 2008 9:58 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

#1 JUDY STEFFES FAN
My favorite pie is (name of pie flavor)
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 17, 2008 6:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Villalona Village Voice

The internet’s leading stalkerazzi newspaper.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 17, 2008 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

VILLALONA IS BRISTOL PALIN'S BABY DADDY! EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS!

Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.

by EliminateMe on Sep 17, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Psh

Angel IS Bristol Palin’s baby period the end.

(BTW what kind of industrial strength crack do you have to be on to name your kids such godawful names as Bristol?)

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 17, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Check this out:

http://politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah_13.html

I’m Stick Freedom Palin!

#1 JUDY STEFFES FAN
My favorite pie is (name of pie flavor)
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 17, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions

IRON FANGS PALIN

Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus.

by oldjacket on Sep 17, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Schwartzkopf Freedom Palin

Suck it!

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 17, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions

SLAP SPEAR PALIN!

Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Sep 17, 2008 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Yahoo Pipeline Palin

Here's to Kemp, Loney, LaRoche, Hu, and Kershaw not panning out.

by Woody Wins on Sep 19, 2008 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions

Axe Diesel Palin

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 17, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Bullpen Cola Palin

by chilibean_3 on Sep 17, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Chisel Dumpset Palin

I see the future, and it is Pablo

by CB30 on Sep 20, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions

I'd follow this

I need help.

Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.

by Aadik on Sep 19, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

i read minor lines....

EVERY SINGLE DAY, i cant go a day without it, seriously Steve S, thank you so much i look forward to your posts daily

"But if he's swinging at real flies, well, in that case there are two definite solutions: 1) Fresno 2) Ritalin." - howtheyscored

by CPGiant756 on Sep 16, 2008 10:55 PM PDT reply actions

Steve definitely defines 'Gamer'

SFDugout.com is BACK! See the Top 50 Giants Prospects!

by BruteSentiment on Sep 16, 2008 11:28 PM PDT reply actions

And I thought by clicking to this fanpost, I’d get a Steve Scarsone update. My search continues…

by biff pocoroba on Sep 17, 2008 8:49 AM PDT reply actions

Come on guys..

Stop kidding yourselves! Any man could do steve S.‘s job! And if they were a real man they would keep on doing it throughout the winter. Just posting up blank fanposts with 75’s as filler. Going through the flaming that would clearly happen after this, that’s what a real gamer would do.

Of course, I kid. Thanks for always putting in the hard work Steve.

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"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Sep 18, 2008 8:57 AM PDT reply actions

thanks

I never post. But I enjoy reading the daily minor lines. I think I only missed a handful. Its great of you to do this. Thank you.

by cwelgin on Sep 18, 2008 9:41 AM PDT reply actions

Keeping up from Iraq

Thanks to Steve for informing all of us who would otherwise be in the blind. His recap is the only link to the future of the Giants for many of us. Weather Im tracking Buster, MadBum, or Villalona, he’s always got all the bases covered. Thanks for your contributions they really are a must read.

by bakeinmosul on Sep 20, 2008 12:05 PM PDT reply actions