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4th Annual GRANT APPRECIATION DAY

And so another successful Giants season will shortly come to an end. I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I'm getting bored by year after year of 90+ wins, deciding whether I want to watch Zito shut out the Cubbies in the NLCS or watch Aaron Rowand make another perfect throw to nail Dustin Pedroia at home plate in the World Series. Why, I'm not even sure I'll attend this year tickertape parade down Market Str---

Oh, sorry. Seems like my doppelganger was just fanposting in an alternate universe and the HTML spilled over. Where were we, then? Ah, right. 2008 Giants. Popular Giants blog. Guy who runs popular Giants blog. Excerpts from posts by guy who runs popular Giants blog. Blogger nerds read posts, then lavish praise of guy who runs popular Giants blog. Moms of bloggers call down to basement.

Yes, it's that time of year again. Presenting Grant Brisbee in "Grant Appreciation Day 4: This Time, It's Personal":

3/31:

The-truth_medium

4/3: Choose your own adventure

4/8:

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4/22: A well-stocked organization wouldn't have much use for a Eugenio. The Giants are like the homeless person accepting a chowderless bread bowl -- they're more than a little resentful, but danged if they can't use it.

The simile makes more sense in my mind. See, Velez is the bread bowl. Durham is the heroin addiction that caused the homelessness in the first place. Barry Bonds is the fantastic double album written on heroin that caused the Giants to keep trying to recapture the magic. Justin Upton would be creamy and delicious clam chowder. The person who gives away the bread bowl without a hint of self-awareness -- "They should be lucky they even get my bread bowl!" -- is a baseball god. With just one more, I can make sure this is the most ridiculous thing I've ever written, so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

You should get a Croix de Candlestick just for wading through that. Hey, it's free.

5/6

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5/8: When I went to college the first time, if the game wasn't televised, I would need to leave the CNN Headline News ticker on to follow the score from home.

Now, I'm in the middle of a class, listening to a professor yammer about something to do with Carthage or Edgar Allen Poe or genomes or something, and MLB Gameday just told me that Matt Cain's changeup just broke seven inches downward.

5/11: Pedro Feliz finally understands why the Giants no longer needed his services. Jose Castillo can ground into bases loaded double plays for a fraction of the cost.

5/16: And you interleague-loathers want to deprive me of my right -- my god-given right! -- to boo the crap out of A.J. Pierzynski? For shame. I thought this was America. I just hope you'll let me bring a cribbage board to the gulag

5/19: Oh, fantastic. Coors Field and a losing streak. I'd rather watch Steve Buscemi make love to an anteater than watch this game.

5/20: This was supposed to be the season from our nightmares -- a combination of running in place when trying to get away, making a speech in front of a large audience and forgetting your notes, and being eaten by a komodo dragon. It wasn't like that at first, though. Young hitters were doing okay with the at-bats they were given, the bullpen was fantastic, and the young aces were doing well. The team wasn't going to contend, of course, but it wasn't a one-way ticket to Firstpicksville either.

The dream interpretation book I bought from the Barnes & Noble bargain bin says that komodo dragons tend to represent "old, goateed, soap opera veterans." Best $5.99 I ever spent.

6/11:Title Card: Present Day
Scorched earth. Flames ten feet high. Corpses. A hopelessly barren landscape.

Giants Fan #1

Line drives did this.

Giants Fan #2

They warned us about Zito...
but it was Misch...dammit...
it was Misch the whole time.

Giants Fan #2 sinks to his knees and sobs.

6/14: I'd be satisfied with Barry Zito's march to 20 losses if there were cool things like steals of home and sprinkler malfunctions in every one of his games. Next Zito start: unassisted triple play and golden retriever on the field. The start after that: hidden ball trick and someone hacking into the centerfield scoreboard and showing Top Gun clips.

7/1: Dear Brian Wilson,

Please stop doing that.

Sincerely,
My Underpants

7/4: A Journey Through Time with Jonathan Sanchez

7/7: You just know that there's a National Enquirer reporter who is about ready to strap on a vest bomb if he's assigned one more Britney Spears story...That's me, except the role of Britney Spears is played in my little world by Barry Zito. Bloated pill-popping and drunken driving = reduced velocity. Seemingly neglectful parenting = $126M. The "Leave Britney alone!"-kid = Mychael Urban. The parallels are there if you stretch them past any reasonable point.

7/11: You can put a frog in a pot of water and slowly turn up the heat, the old story goes, but the frog will stay put until the boiling water kills it. I present your official 2008 second-half Giants metaphor. The heat is suck. The frog is us. If the Giants' hitters from 2007 show up in the second half of 2008, they'll still get their playing time. The decline won't be obvious when Bochy looks at the numbers. It'll be just like a fire slowly getting hotter.

Wait, maybe that means the hitters are the frog. No, wait. The hitters would be the suck-fire, and we're still the frog.

7/19: 

Free-things_medium

7/23: Even though Brian Sabean is surely going to win a Littlefield at this year's Incompys for allowing Brian Bocock to get over 100 at-bats, he's getting greedy and shooting for the Marble Award (most pointless roster move) as well. Go Brian!

7/25: Here's a Buster Posey interview with Baseball Prospectus Radio. Posey doesn't mention the Giants until 9:15 in, but I ran his voice through my computer voice modulation analyzer, and if I'm reading the results correctly, he sounds like he intends to sign. And by "computer voice modulation analyzer", I mean "Windows Media Player" with those trippy visual effects turned on.

7/29: I have no idea if Lincecum did say something to Righetti or Bochy, but it should be noted that we, as Giants fans, want our pitchers to be FORD TOUGH, and HAVE THE ATTITUDE OF A GAMER at all times, and PITCH THROUGH DISCOMFORT and tell the skipper that HELL YEAH I CAN TAKE THE BALL AGAIN. I CAN TAKE IT AND THROW IT THROUGH A GODDAMN WALL, MAN.

Because the alternative - being honest about how one feels physically so as to prevent strain and possible injury - is for SISSY GODLESS NON-GAMERS WHOSE MOTHERS STILL NURSE THEM IN A ROOM WITH FRESH FLOWERS AND PICTURES ON THE WALLS OF UNICORNS GIVING BACKRUBS TO PANDA BEARS. Commie fruits, the lot of them. Report a tired arm, lose 50 man points. Them's the rules.

7/30: Ha! Ha! You have no idea if Billingsley's game was really spectacular, or if it was just an illusion created by the Giants' sub-AA lineup! I can hear the uncertainty rattling around in your brain! Should you be excited, or should you dismiss Billingsley's outing as you might if he pitched against a Pony League team in an exhibition game? YOU'LL NEVER KNOW!!!!

It seems as if we've won this round. By starting an urn full of Omar Vizquel's ashes and something called Dave Roberts, we've shrouded the development of your pitcher in a fog of mystery. Try to keep up, silly Dodger fans.

8/4: Person A: Knock knock

Person B: Who's there?

A: A good option for the shortstop job in 2009!

B: Aiiiiieeeee! Not another one! Oh god, no!

A: I've become one of them! Barricade the doors! Save yourself, youafargengggrrrreeaackccccckkkk (note: Person A's skull was crushed when was overrun by a stampede of good shortstop options)

B: I'll never forget you, Person A. I'll nevafurrggggrrrrraaaall (note: several good shortstop options came in through the front window and killed Person B for sustenance, as there are just too many of them to feed using typical resources)

8/6: According to Andrew Baggarly here, the Giants designated Sergio Romo for assignment by accident. Or something. I'm sure this will all get straightened out, but in the meantime it's perfectly acceptable to jump to conclusions and start freaking out.

8/8: Dodgers Haiku

8/13: You are the GM for the Giants, and you hav....

Hey! Stop that! It's distracting to try and communicate with someone who's poking themselves in the eye.

Okay. So you are the GM for the Giants, and you...

C'mon, man. Stop filling out those Peace Corps applications. I'm not asking you to pretend that you are Brian Sabean; I'm asking you to pretend that you've magically become the GM for the Giants. Maybe Sabean filled out the Peace Corps application on his own. Maybe he was fired. That part of the fantasy is up to you.

8/21: An excerpt from the forthcoming book: 2008: That Which Is Underneath Sub-Par

...and suddenly only 40% of the starting rotation was worth anticipating. The change happened so quickly, so violently, that I was lost in a cloud of fringe fastballs and lazy breaking balls. I tried to watch. Where zeros were needed, crooked numbers appeared. Where crooked numbers were needed, zeros held their ground.

I made up my mind to do something more productive with my life. After mulling my options, I decided to spend my days proofreading user comments on YouTube....

8/24: Bruce Bochy's dream: An 89-man roster, with lefties to face righties, righties to face lefties, and never the twain shall meet.

8/26: The argument goes something like this: Pitchers should throw as many pitches as they used to because a) that's how they used to do it, and b) remember when that was how they used to do it? Jenkins invokes the Ozzy Osbourne Defense. Hey, Ozzy used to snort piles of cocaine the size of Marvin Benard. But Ozzy's still alive, right? Ergo, nuts to moderation with that stuff.

8/27: 

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9/11: The last time the Giants farm system drafted and signed a better outfielder than Fred Lewis, Bing Crosby might have been listening to a Clash 8-track on his way to see Star Wars in the theater. At least, that's how I've always pictured the world back then.

9/15: 2007: And hope, to me, means a potential solution to the gaping first-base hole. So that's where Pablo's playing now, huh?

Me: Well, kind of. Travis Ishikawa will probably get a lot of the at-bats next year.

2007: I'm sorry, you're breaking up, probably because I'm calling you on technology that doesn't exist. I'll just assume you said "Yep" because what I heard was crazy talk. And I'll also assume that Sabean traded all of the veterans, too.

Me: Not really. He traded Durham for the organizational equivalent of Matt Palmer and Antoan Richardson, but Molina, Winn, Vizquel, and Aurilia are still here.

2007: *stunned silence*

9/16: So let's all be thankful for Anyone but Randy Winn in Center. There's only $54M left to go, so let's not bicker over which player's second-half decline most closely resembles the end of Jose Cruz, Jr.'s Giants career, or which 36-year-old player never should have been signed as a center fielder in the first place. It will all work out. It'll be fun to watch. Yep. Fun. To. Watch. I'm not tired of watching Anyone but Randy Winn flail around after sliders in the dirt. Nope. Fun to watch.

9/17: Myth: The Giants called up Osiris Matos and Geno Espineli when the rosters expanded.

Fact: Jack Taschner strangled both pitchers before they were called up, and he dumped their bodies in a ravine outside of Fresno.

9/19: Platooning

9/21: I had a dream last night that Matt Cain was traded for Edgar Renteria and a C-level prospect. Really. I think the end of the season is coming at a good time for me.

9/25: I've paid hundreds of dollars of dollars for parking and train tickets, hundreds of dollars for lukewarm dinners, and hundreds of dollars for tickets this season, and my reward was one good game. So, yeah, I left in the fifth inning. And if I had to do it over, I would have done a little goat dance on the tickets before I burned them. I don't want this to be a "woe is me" post, so I'll just finish by writing this: Woe is me. You'd think I'd done something to deserve this kind of crappy karma, like spend hundreds of hours writing cynical and nasty things about the franchise and front office, but that's just not the case.

 

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I appreciate Grant Frisbee and all his brilliantly funny creative pieces that he entertains us with on a near daily basis.

Fairley odd parent to Wendell

by WTF on Sep 26, 2008 9:06 AM PDT   0 recs

I appreciate pie.

by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 26, 2008 9:25 AM PDT   0 recs

Hey look! Most of us stay out of jail or the loony bin for long stretches this season because of this out let. Good going Grant. I am sure society thanks you for your tireless efforts helping the manic psychopaths Giants fans.

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

by daveinexile on Sep 26, 2008 9:29 AM PDT   0 recs

Great tribute. Thanks to Grant and thanks to the Giants for providing him with some great material. Encore next year? The Giants say they’re up for it!

Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.

by ResDog on Sep 26, 2008 9:38 AM PDT   0 recs

Thanks, man

And to everyone here. In my pre-McCoven days, it always struck me that all sports fans I met were just blind to reality and thought their team was going all the way every year (we have about 95% Raider and Dodger fans where I live…you get the idea). It was very refreshing to meet a group of people headed up by this mysterious overlord some call “Grant”, where they were grounded in the sad reality of being a Giant fan, but still held unfounded optimism at times (the true trait of any true fan).

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Sep 26, 2008 9:47 AM PDT   0 recs

Grant is totally awesome. Unlike the Giants, he keeps getting better and better.

P.S. Nice roundup of some of the highlights.

by Dan from NM on Sep 26, 2008 9:51 AM PDT   0 recs

Viva la Grant!

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 26, 2008 10:06 AM PDT   0 recs

Anagram of "McCovey Chronicles"

CLEVER, SHY, COMIC CON

Here’s to another year.

Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 26, 2008 10:19 AM PDT   0 recs

Grant has made this year much more enjoyable. However, you must realize that that only improved my reaction to this season from wanting to irradiate myself to die slowly and painfully to wanting to drive a spork into my leg, but one person can only do so much

Todd Jennings: If he's on the DL, he can't suck as much, right?

by Speedforthewin on Sep 26, 2008 10:22 AM PDT   0 recs

:: Speedforthewin drives spork through his leg ::

:: Speedforthewin looks at spork in leg, crosses legs to obscure visual ::

Speedforthewin: “Class dismissed.”

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 26, 2008 12:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

thread hi-jack:
what’s grant’s favorite hijack topic?

"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Sep 26, 2008 10:36 AM PDT   0 recs

seriously tho, grant, what a killer blog.
now make with the laugh laugh.

"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Sep 26, 2008 10:40 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I like Grant

He writes sometimes sarcastic, sometimes despairing, invariably pop-culture-reference-laced commentary about the San Francisco Giants.

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

by EliminateMe on Sep 26, 2008 10:48 AM PDT   0 recs

Grant’s pretty fly for a white guy.

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 26, 2008 10:57 AM PDT   0 recs

+1

http://gregsconnecticutdefenders.blogspot.com

by greg8370 on Sep 27, 2008 7:19 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

My serious non-pie post

The best thing that Grant has done is to provide a place where all of you asshats hang out. I have had mucho fun talking with all of you this season.

Thank you.

by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 26, 2008 11:01 AM PDT   0 recs

Grant is dreamy

but not like Dreamy…. you know in that other dreamy way, ah, nevermind

But much thanks to Grant and the rest of McCoven… hopefully this season is the lowest things will be for a while

Adopted Giant: Aaron King

Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat

by baetown415 on Sep 26, 2008 11:05 AM PDT   0 recs

I discovered the McCoven right before the season started, and I’ll be one of the first to grab a pitchfork when Grant starts the revolution

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

by stealth snail on Sep 26, 2008 11:05 AM PDT   0 recs

While I’ve been a member for a few seasons, and was aware of Grant going back to the Waiting for Boof days, this was the first season where I regularly participated – and, as a result, I enjoyed the season about 10,000% more than the team deserved.

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 26, 2008 11:05 AM PDT   0 recs

Cheers to Grant!

Probably the only reason I made it through the season without a homicide rampage.

by AngelWillSaveUs on Sep 26, 2008 11:13 AM PDT   0 recs

Write something funny [Giants Blogger]

Wait – does that work?

Here’s to Grant – great work, dude! I’ve wasted far more hours here this summer than I should have, and it’s been worth it.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Sep 26, 2008 11:34 AM PDT   0 recs

Thanks for helping me procrastinate Grant!

Adopted Son: Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 26, 2008 11:38 AM PDT   0 recs

I like Grant Appreciation Day. It makes me think of me.

by Grant on Sep 26, 2008 11:44 AM PDT   0 recs

Wait – I thought we were all appreciating this Grant:

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Sep 26, 2008 11:46 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

WHAT?

I thought it was this Grant:

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Sep 26, 2008 12:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This one?

Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.

by thehavenot on Sep 26, 2008 12:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

whoops, I meant this one

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Sep 26, 2008 1:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This one

Over/under on people on McC who know who this is: 3 (PBB, GiantsFan…Kitspool? jponry?).

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Sep 26, 2008 1:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Grant?

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 26, 2008 3:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You win....stellar effort

Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

by PacBellBoozer on Sep 26, 2008 4:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yup...that's about right

Here’s one that is just a weee bit more difficult.
Hint: take a close look at his initials and the club logo.

Bonus points if you can tell me what this useless tw*t is up to today. (steaming mad over here)

Photobucket

Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

by PacBellBoozer on Sep 26, 2008 1:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Which useless crap? Kinnear manages your team (sorry about that). Grant, I believe, is unemployed.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Sep 26, 2008 2:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Come on man…this dude is joke gone horribly wrong! If we’re not sacking the Messiah or being taken over by some Nigerians/Ruskies/Arabs/etc. it just wouldn’t be a typical day on Tyneside.

There’s a reason why nobody in their right mind, Grant included, would step near the club at this time.

Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

by PacBellBoozer on Sep 26, 2008 2:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It’s a corpse.

What do I win?

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

by xanthan on Sep 26, 2008 1:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yay McC!

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

by xanthan on Sep 26, 2008 11:51 AM PDT   0 recs

Thanks for the always funny and usually insightful baseball postings.

This place has helped us all survive some down times these last few years. Let’s enjoy the upswing even more.

by out machine on Sep 26, 2008 11:55 AM PDT   0 recs

You’re welcome!

Oh wait… “usually insightful”? I guess you must be talking about Grant, too.

Humph….

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 26, 2008 12:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks to you as well. Your comments are almost always funny and sometimes insightful.

by out machine on Sep 26, 2008 1:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You must mean funny as in “That milk that I forgot to put back in the refrigerator on Tuesday, does it smell funny?”

Either that or you have a different meaning of “almost always” in mind.

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

by EliminateMe on Sep 26, 2008 2:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I appreciate Grant

Not in a super-creepy way like howie, but the appreciation is there.

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 26, 2008 11:56 AM PDT   0 recs

CYA was one of my favorite reads on any sports site this year

Very nice work Grant.

Can't get enough of the Oakland A's? Visit Oaktown Awesomer's

by iamawesomer on Sep 26, 2008 12:03 PM PDT   0 recs

It’s weird. I keep hitting “z”, but there aren’t any new comments. This thing must be broken.

by Grant on Sep 26, 2008 12:23 PM PDT   0 recs

You’re enjoying this a bit too much.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Sep 26, 2008 12:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That is a good point. I should be recommending this FanPost. Thanks for the tip!

by Grant on Sep 26, 2008 4:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh yeah

And you’re awesome and stuff.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Sep 27, 2008 11:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I heard Grant likes to kick babies.

Dodger babies.

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

by xanthan on Sep 26, 2008 12:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

And Matt Cain won’t save them.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Sep 26, 2008 1:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

God bless him.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Sep 26, 2008 1:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Unlinke the rest of your jerks, I’m going to thank Grant in person, the only way I know how.

See you tomorrow, G.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 26, 2008 12:28 PM PDT   0 recs

See you tomorrow, G.

STALKER mode, initiate!

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

by xanthan on Sep 26, 2008 12:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Unlinke the rest of my jerks?

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 26, 2008 12:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It’s German, alright. Or something like that, anyway. Way to disparage my people, Goofus!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 26, 2008 12:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

On second thought, that doesn’t even make sense in German, or whatever it’s supposed to be.

Disparage away.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 26, 2008 12:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

>>I’m going to thank Grant in person, the only way I know how.<<

TMI

by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 26, 2008 12:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 26, 2008 5:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I like clip shows

Thanks kitspool!

Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.

by thehavenot on Sep 26, 2008 12:28 PM PDT   0 recs

We’ve had “Grant Appreciation Days” before. I’ll delete this repetitive post.

(It should have been a Fanshot, anyway.)

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 26, 2008 12:29 PM PDT   0 recs

Oh and I guess I should mention that what’s his name is pretty cool too.

Every single one of my unfunny attempts at humor that falls on its face highlights just how pretty awesome that guy is. And I don’t have the added pressure of having to be funny on a regular basis, like the author of this blog.

Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.

by thehavenot on Sep 26, 2008 12:32 PM PDT   0 recs

The return of the drunk crappy Aaron Rowand-looking guy!

Also: yay Grant.

"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 26, 2008 12:39 PM PDT   0 recs

Thanks Grant. Thanks A LOT.

by satyricrash on Sep 26, 2008 12:40 PM PDT   0 recs

Roll on Spring Training!

Thanks, Grant, for providing some of the more memorable moments of this Season!

I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused!

by PLUChris on Sep 26, 2008 12:41 PM PDT   0 recs

Thanks Grant. Your day to day writing gets me chuckling, which is damn necessary these days in Giant land.

IF this were a vote I’d pick the CYOA for the rain delay, or the journey through time – I likes me some interaction.

Thank you good sir.

Tentatively adopting Dan Ortmeier. And Boom Goes the Dynamite.

by Andy from DC on Sep 26, 2008 1:00 PM PDT   0 recs

Ok, just reread time travel

Stain of the Ancients might be one of the funniest things I’ve ever read on the interwebz.

Tentatively adopting Dan Ortmeier. And Boom Goes the Dynamite.

by Andy from DC on Sep 26, 2008 1:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh Giants 2008

I laughed, I cried… I mostly cried. Grant, you’re responsible for the laughter – you and, occasionally, Eugenio’s baserunning – but mostly you.

Thanks man.

by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Sep 26, 2008 1:16 PM PDT   0 recs

Honestly

This site and Lincecum have been the best things going on with Giants baseball for the last three years. That’s sad, but this site was is awesome. Go Grant!

by hammystyle on Sep 26, 2008 1:43 PM PDT   0 recs

Grant

Thanks for all your excellent work. This is one of the most trafficked SBN blogs for a reason.

Neglectful father of Da