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Something's afoot with JT.

Not O'sullivan.

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would definitely be interested in a Big Head replacement. i wonder what his feelings are about playing non-veterans…

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Sep 24, 2008 12:14 PM PDT   0 recs

More Bunion surgery?

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

by daveinexile on Sep 24, 2008 12:16 PM PDT   0 recs

2009 GAMER coach!!

Uncle Sabes...How much longer til we get there?

by NorCalGiant on Sep 24, 2008 12:16 PM PDT   0 recs

JT Snow is about to announce his favorite flavor of pie!

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

by xanthan on Sep 24, 2008 12:19 PM PDT   0 recs

First player to request his own removal from the Wall of Fame?

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

by EliminateMe on Sep 24, 2008 12:31 PM PDT   0 recs

Seriously though...

…if I were betting, I’d say that JT is moving into a full-time front office job from his current triple-threat coach/broadcaster/front office role.

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

by EliminateMe on Sep 24, 2008 12:39 PM PDT   0 recs

JT’s come up with a plan to end the financial crisis. I can’t wait to hear it!

No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.

by Kitspool on Sep 24, 2008 12:56 PM PDT   0 recs

President Snow

Can’t you see him meeting foreign dignitaries with a big wad of gum in his cheek, blowing bubbles between handshakes?

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

by EliminateMe on Sep 24, 2008 1:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

All while scooping up toddlers, saving them from oncoming runners.

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.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 24, 2008 1:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

JT will finally shed light on exactly who let the dogs out.

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.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 24, 2008 1:26 PM PDT   0 recs

all will be revealed Monday, during the premiere of “The Magowan and Snow Morning Nut Hut”! Weekdays 5-9am on KNBR.

No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.

by Kitspool on Sep 24, 2008 1:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

…at the Circle K?

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.

by groug on Sep 24, 2008 1:46 PM PDT   0 recs

Something's afoot with JT

I don’t know what it is, but it’s connected to his ankle and it keeps wiggling.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2008 2:01 PM PDT   0 recs

This just in:

JT is suspending his campaign…

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on Sep 24, 2008 2:17 PM PDT   0 recs

So I guess we’ve filled our hole at 3B for next season, then.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2008 2:27 PM PDT   0 recs

He’s having an emergency personality transplant?

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 24, 2008 3:04 PM PDT   0 recs

New SJ manager?

by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 24, 2008 3:13 PM PDT   0 recs

Decker?

I hardly even….nah forget it

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Sep 24, 2008 3:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

awww… can’t we just push him outta the plane without one??

by Merope on Sep 24, 2008 5:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Update: Snow will not actually play in a game, but he will be in a starting lineup this week and take his position at first base, so the crowd can acknowledge him. Then he will come off the field.

by wilriv21 on Sep 24, 2008 4:14 PM PDT   0 recs

Wow

Where’s that from?

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.

by groug on Sep 24, 2008 4:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It's from Schulman at the Chron

See here.

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

by EliminateMe on Sep 24, 2008 4:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Lame if true

JT was cut by Boston in June 2006. If they wanted to give him the retire-as-a-Giant treatment, why not that year? Or , if JT still had ideas that he might be able to sign on somewhere, they could have done it the end of last year. At this point it just looks like a silly stunt. Why not do the same with Mays and get him out on the field too? Maybe they can sign a posthumous contract with Bobby Bonds and he can retire a Giant too.

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

by EliminateMe on Sep 24, 2008 4:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe JT just didn’t know what he wanted to do until fairly recently.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2008 6:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Meh.

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.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 24, 2008 4:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Jt news

Hopefully velez will be dfa’d to make room for snow because quite frankly i belive hes a better lf

by bigpanda48 on Sep 24, 2008 4:15 PM PDT   0 recs

:rolleyes:

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on Sep 24, 2008 4:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.

by kennv on Sep 24, 2008 7:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

-1

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"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 24, 2008 8:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"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 24, 2008 8:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"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 24, 2008 8:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

wait. what does that equal?

Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.

by kennv on Sep 24, 2008 9:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

does that mean snow would have to get a contract?

by bigpanda48 on Sep 24, 2008 4:23 PM PDT   0 recs

wtf

this is the most retardedest thing i’ve ever heard.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 24, 2008 4:38 PM PDT   0 recs

I don’t really mind it. Hell, let him take a few cuts for gits and shiggles.

by Grant on Sep 24, 2008 5:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Put him out there for a whole game

What the heck, he’s as much a part of the Giants future roster as Scott McClain is.

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

by EliminateMe on Sep 24, 2008 5:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Lame.

by rotorueter on Sep 24, 2008 4:41 PM PDT   0 recs

Agreed.

JT and the Giants are above this kind of thing. Silly.

by out machine on Sep 24, 2008 4:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

YEAH!

The rumor is that he will have a press conference tonight with Sabean. He is going to sign with the team and retire as a giant! They said he even might take one last trip out to first base. How great would that be!

by FutureGiantsGm24 on Sep 24, 2008 4:47 PM PDT   0 recs

Not at all. More like desperate and lame.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 24, 2008 4:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don’t know. I loved the guy. Still do. And I understand all the reasons not to, and I still do.

So it’s a little fanservice. So it’s a bit of a ploy. It’s also a cool thing to see for a guy I had fun watching play.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2008 6:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This

I would feel the same way if they did this with Bonds next year, for example.

Would love to see him play an inning in LF.

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on Sep 25, 2008 11:53 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

he can leap at the wall for a catch, land, and his knees could explode in a flash of light.

plus he’d probably hit a home run.

Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.

by kennv on Sep 25, 2008 12:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Delorean=hater

"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 24, 2008 10:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

they’d probably do the same thing if we were 88-70 right now

Brad Hennessey: the next Kevin Correia
Kevin Correia: the next Brad Hennessey

by stealth snail on Sep 25, 2008 12:21 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It’s so exciting I just came in my pants five times. ooh baby ooh baby.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 24, 2008 5:04 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I need to hear if Judy Steffes has any further information about the press conference before I form an opinion.

No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.

by Kitspool on Sep 24, 2008 4:48 PM PDT   0 recs

I love JT, but is this really necessary? I’m pretty sure nobody even remembers he signed with the Red Sox after the Giants.

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.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 24, 2008 4:52 PM PDT   0 recs

pushes back JT's HOF eligibility to 2014

and his ineligibility to 2015

"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 Sep 24, 2008 5:01 PM PDT   0 recs

This is stupid.

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

by jponry on Sep 24, 2008 5:40 PM PDT   0 recs

Eh, I don't mind.

Although it’s nice to know that JT really cares about the Giants enough to actually do a stunt like this to retire as a Giant.

Barry Zito - Mildly half-OK! Sometimes.

by Revolution1 on Sep 24, 2008 5:57 PM PDT   0 recs

ah the press conference is on

anyone who wants to see a chair, a mic, and giants wallpaper should be streaming

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Sep 24, 2008 6:02 PM PDT   0 recs

breaking news

there are now 2 chairs and mics

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Sep 24, 2008 6:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

is it really?

Where can you watch it?

by kvdp12 on Sep 24, 2008 6:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

there is s a link off the giants main page

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Sep 24, 2008 6:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This is a real tight ship they’re running.

Happy Anniversary, Merkle Boner! [September 23, 1908]

by satyricrash on Sep 24, 2008 6:09 PM PDT   0 recs

The Giants are going to DFA Tim Lincecum in order to make roster space for JT.

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

by xanthan on Sep 24, 2008 6:21 PM PDT   0 recs

this was a hidden gem

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 25, 2008 9:08 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What a sad ploy to try to increase attendance for the final homestand. Bonds would have made more sense for this, and could have been done months ago to help the Giants have a shot at the division.

by Hobbes2d on Sep 24, 2008 6:28 PM PDT   0 recs

Bonds still wants to play though.

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.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 24, 2008 6:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

maybe you've heard

he’s not retired and he will beat torre again

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Sep 24, 2008 8:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I just don’t see what’s wrong with fanservice, I guess.

By and large, fans remember JT very fondly. People are going to get a kick out of this. And JT gets to put it all on one more time, step out on field, and get some sort of ovation.

What’s so sad about it? It’s not making anybody’s lives worse, and for all intents and purposes, the most harm it can cause is putting a nostalgic smile on a few ten thousand people’s faces.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2008 8:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The best part of this is that the article on sfgiants.com declares that “this isn’t just ceremonial”, apparently because he’ll actually go out to 1B and then be yanked before the first pitch. How exactly is that not just ceremonial?

by dmunk on Sep 24, 2008 6:56 PM PDT   0 recs

wow

You guys are really this pissed about us letting one of our best position players of the 15 years retire as a Giant? C’mon now, where’s the love? Tons of teams do the exact same thing, Jerry Rice and the Niners being a recent example. Poor form McCoven, poor form.

Brad Hennessey: the next Kevin Correia
Kevin Correia: the next Brad Hennessey

by stealth snail on Sep 24, 2008 8:25 PM PDT   0 recs

*past 15 years

Brad Hennessey: the next Kevin Correia
Kevin Correia: the next Brad Hennessey

by stealth snail on Sep 24, 2008 8:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, I really don’t understand the disgust here. And I usually understand the disgust here. Even if it’s an obvious marketing ploy, it’s not like it’s a devious or evil ploy. It’s a ploy designed very simply around the fact that this is going to give a lot of people genuine joy.

I mean, really, where’s the problem with that?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2008 8:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think most are disappointed there wasn’t some sort of management change going on.

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.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 24, 2008 9:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh...

Well, certainly the secrecy pomp and circumstance stuff made it out to be much bigger than it ended up being. I can see that.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 24, 2008 10:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I meh’ed, but I’ll definitely enjoy the moment he takes the field.

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.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 24, 2008 10:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

For serious. JT was my favorite for a very long time. We loved him, he loved us. Why not take a few moments aside from the absolute shit season and have a happy time?

"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 24, 2008 10:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I want him to play the entire game, dammit. If he hit a home run, the place would go bananas.

/knows he wouldn’t hit a home run

by Grant on Sep 24, 2008 11:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They should have a relay race between JT and Bengie.

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.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 24, 2008 11:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How can you have a relay race with only two people?

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

by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 24, 2008 11:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They’ll be passing the baton to themselves.

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.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 25, 2008 12:21 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No, you got it all wrong

There will be lots of people participating in the race. It will just take place between JT Snow at first and Bengie Molina at home.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 25, 2008 12:49 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They’ll take so long that it’ll only seem like a relay race to the casual observer.

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.

by groug on Sep 25, 2008 1:17 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hear hear

I wanna see him play an inning or three, too.

No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball

by Skaldheim on Sep 25, 2008 3:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs