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Matt Cain Rumors?

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I honestly can say that I feel bad for him. It seems like he's always in the rumor mill of being traded. Not to mention the lousy run support we provide.However, the latest rumor is the most interesting. Would a Fielder for Cain trade make sense to anyone? There are so many questions to be answered. Is it worth giving away a guy who is locked up super cheap and has potential off the charts? Will Fielder be worth the money if we give him a huge contract? Can Pablo be a solution at first base? Just want see what everyone thinks!

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arrrrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 5, 2008 11:54 AM PDT   0 recs

I'm pretty new around here...

but I’m sniffin hijacking.

by bgunn on Sep 5, 2008 11:58 AM PDT   0 recs

i'm all outta ideas

whatchoo got?

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 5, 2008 11:59 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ideas

~ Favorite position to play on the baseball diamond.

~ What was your first car?

~ The ever popular; what are you reading right now?

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 5, 2008 12:04 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

1. First base, because I’m left-handed and slow (and had some decent pop in my LL days)

2. Mom’s Subaru wagon part time, til I totaled it. Drunk. Then, once I got my license back a few years later, a ’71 Chevelle.

3. The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead. Just finished his John Henry Days, which was stellar. This one is good so far too.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 5, 2008 12:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Rereading...

Please Kill Me – The Uncensored History of Punk by Legs McNeil
and Gillian McCain (I’m guessing no relation).

A must read for those who are interested in music, scenes, new york, drugs, art.

by bgunn on Sep 5, 2008 12:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Please Kill Me

I’ve read it at least twice. So amazing, from start to finish. The Iggy Pop recollections of the Doors alone are worth the price of admission.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 5, 2008 12:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

the others

— First base for exactly the same reasons a delorean

— 70 Ford Econoline van that used to be a sears appliance repair truck

by bgunn on Sep 5, 2008 12:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Please Kill Me – probably the best scene book ever.

by satyricrash on Sep 5, 2008 1:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

thanks for the recommendation. I am reading Johnny Rotten’s autobiography right now. I just finished Hugh Cornwell. (Stranglers)

Brian Sabean's new dad: Firm believer in corporal punishment

by rxmeister on Sep 5, 2008 3:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs?

I didn’t love it, but it was entertaining.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 5, 2008 4:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That’s a great one too. Love Lydon.

by satyricrash on Sep 5, 2008 4:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

1. Catcher.

2. 84 Mercedes diesel wagon

3. Harry Potter 3 (again) – I’m kind of burnt out on real lit

¿Julio is tourist in San Francisco? Harper's Bizarre!

by hairball on Sep 5, 2008 12:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

~2B, LF I didn’t have a strong arm, so had to play those two positions but I could pick it in the infield. I used to play 3B but my arm wasn’t strong enough in my final seasons.

~1987 S10 Blazer. Grandpa’s old car that I got. It was nice but by the time I got a new one I was able to trade it in as a “gross pollutor”.

~Books for school, and John by Cynthia Lennon, or whatever her last name would be. Once John lennon’s first wife, always John Lennon’s first wife.

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 5, 2008 12:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

that’s kind of like me
not a great arm, so i moved from 3b to 2b, and then i played a lot of cf also

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Sep 5, 2008 1:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

3rd base

73 Ford Maverick, Baby Blue

Assets, Expectations, and Children’s Educational Achievement in Female-Headed Housholds

by dogdays on Sep 5, 2008 12:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

1. Second base

2. 1975 Ford F-100 with a 460 v8. It was my first big purchase at $1,000 between my sophomore and junior years of high school. It had over 300,000 miles on it and got 8 miles per gallon. I still own it but it is not just something to tinker around with and doesn’t get driven. Probably not the smartest purchase of my life but I don’t regret it.

3. Sadly I haven’t been reading lately, but I finished a collection of short stories by Kafka a few weeks ago.

Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!

by j14 on Sep 5, 2008 12:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

1. Me on the field is never a good idea. I will catch for my daughter sometimes to warm her up.
2. 1981 Mustang
3. Eyewitness Travel-London; Original Sin by P.D. James

"Ice is made for two things: injuries and my drinks." The Lincecums

by igotnothing on Sep 5, 2008 12:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Answers

~ I loved to pitch. I also liked 1B/3B.

~ First car was a 1989 4-door Saab 900. I still miss that car sometimes, it was really comfy and very driveable. I called it the ‘Saabrerro’ because it looked like a giant hat.

~ 10 Excellent Reasons Not to Hate Taxes by various authors, History of Political Theory: Volume 1 by George Klosko, and I’m flipping around through Plato’s Republic again.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 5, 2008 12:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Because they’re necessary?

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Sep 5, 2008 1:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Does that mean we can’t hate them still?

by CTGiant on Sep 6, 2008 8:02 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

1. Loved running fly balls down in CF.

2. 95 Isuzu Rodeo. Only stopped driving this car when gas prices decided to be ridiculous.

3. School has started. Reading The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture.

Make me proud again Hen

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 5, 2008 12:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Let me know how that book is, if you will. I’ve been following some of the sustainable archi literature. Some of it is very good, some of it is hippie meats archi theory poser trash.

Adoptive Parent of Francisco Peguero. He can throw, he can run, he can hit(fastballs), and he's Dominican. What else do you need to know?

by haverecords on Sep 5, 2008 3:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

1. Pitching. I was bad at it but I was really good at picking people off.

2. A Pontiac Sunbird. I wish I still had that car.

3. I am reading 1491, a book about the Americas before Columbus

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 5, 2008 12:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

- I liked third base, but I don’t have a great throwing arm, so I’m really better at second.

- I have never owned a car! For the first year and a half I lived with my wife, she had an ugly old green Geo Prizm.

- I’m reading Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. It’s a Big Fat Epic Fantasy novel, which is something I haven’t read in the last year or so. I like it. Next I’m going to tackle Pynchon for the first time – starting small with The Crying of Lot 49.

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 5, 2008 12:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

RE: Pynchon

I’ve had Gravity’s Rainbow sitting on my shelf for over a year now, I’m a little intimidated by it.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 5, 2008 12:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I’ve got a bit of a thing for Big Difficult Books – I’ve read Ulysses twice and Dhalgren (sort of the Ulysses of postmodern science fiction) once. Still, I figured I should read a shorter Pynchon book before I make the commitment to a monster like Gravity’s Rainbow.

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 5, 2008 12:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I need PNYCHON FER DUMMIES or something.

What’s an accessible book by his? To break the ice on my brain.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 5, 2008 12:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don’t think there are any, but Crying of Lot 49 is only about 200 pages, so it’s less intimidating.

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 5, 2008 12:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, that’s the one. And it’s awesome.

by Evan on Sep 5, 2008 12:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The first Pynchon I ever read was Mason & Dixon. It’s intimidating, but it’s a deeply rich experience. Hilariously funny, historically enlightening, delightfully surreal… and actually a bit of a fast read for such long, dense prose.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 5, 2008 1:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

There' actually a GR reader's guide which really is quite useful

just a page by page explanation of various allusions, the scientific and historical facts he’s using and riffing off of, and a expalnation before each chapter of what’s actually taking place. It slows down the reading of the text but it really does expand your understanding and enjoyment of the book (did for me anyway), just as the Ulysses reader’s guide does (in both cases I didn’t use the reader’s guide until my 2nd or 3rd time through and it greatly supplemented my reading experience). Highly recommend.

That said, Lot 49 is incredible and you can get throuh it in a day. Read it then read Paul Fussell’s Grea War and Modern Memory — they go great together.

Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!

by Roger on Sep 6, 2008 8:16 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I have the GR reader

It made an excruciating read impossible.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 6, 2008 10:59 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What can I say. I’m just a GR geek. I even make up my own tunes to the songs. Actually I was pretty sure I saw Pynchon at a restaurant on the Upper West Side in Manhattan last spring, and though I’m not typically the intimidated by celebrity type, I couldn’t work up the nerve to go talk to him.

Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!

by Roger on Sep 6, 2008 3:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

When I read M&D, it was actually for a class at Cal taught by the incomparable professor John Bishop, and he would occasionally sing just a little bit of the songs in class according to how he saw them going.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 6, 2008 4:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ah that makes me want to be young enough to go back to college (or possibly be young enough again to go back to college)

Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!

by Roger on Sep 6, 2008 4:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The sky is ripped. I am too tired to write more.

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

by victor frankenstein on Sep 5, 2008 3:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh yeah…I pitched.
I had a late breaking curve. I amused myself by throwing it at the batters.
They’d bail , the catcher caught it , strike3yerout , good times.

A 1964 Plymouth Barracuda. The one with the bubble window in the back.

I had the first Pioneer “Supertuner” FM (only) auto reverse cassette deck. When the car died I ran wires to my room where the stereo lived on after the car died.

I read crap.
“Lisey’s Story” by Stephen King.
Been reading King for , what , almost thirty years now?
The man is in decline.
Meaning both of us.

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

by victor frankenstein on Sep 5, 2008 3:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

much.

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

by victor frankenstein on Sep 5, 2008 3:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I cant even get through Vineland. Good luck with GR.

by bgunn on Sep 5, 2008 12:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I actually don’t like Crying of Lot 49. It’s a little bit of a bunch of hooey.

Mason & Dixon is freaking fantastic, though, so if you don’t like Crying, don’t dismay. I’m about 100 pages into Against the Day right now. It’ll be a good long time before I finish that one, but so far so good.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 5, 2008 1:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, Tigana

at the very least is not some (seemingly) unending fantasy series like some others by other authors: Jordan, Martin, etc. It ends in one book.

It is great.

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Sep 6, 2008 12:34 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Favorite position on the diamond: Missionary Short Stop

1st Car: 1959 Volkswagen Beetle Oval window
I loved that baby. I’m stupid for selling it after I restored her… =(

Book: Assembly Language for Intel Based Computers… argh

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 5, 2008 12:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I read your first line and thought for sure this was a Goofus post.

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

by SF Pete on Sep 5, 2008 1:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow

That was my first car too. Did yours have a gas gauge?

Greetings, Marklar! I am Marklar! This is Marklar.

by marklar on Sep 5, 2008 1:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

My ‘59 was a custom oval rag (they stopped making ovals in ’57) with Flat-4 BRM’s.

I had VDO gauges from a 356 just for shits. I can’t remember how far back when they started using the gas gauge. I know in the split ovals the had to use a gas dip stick.

I’ve gone through a ‘64 and and a ’67 Beetle. I even had two KG’s both from ’59 & ’61.

After that, it was my rice rocket phase, and now (thankfully) back into German autos. I’m looking into getting a 356 coupe basketcase soon.

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 5, 2008 2:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice

I have always regretted not buying my friend’s 356C when he offered it to me for $1,500 back in the late ’70s.

I had a ‘64 Bug as well. Actually, the ’59 morphed into the ’64. My brother blew the engine on the ’59, and I replaced it with a ’64 engine. Later on when the ’59 needed more work than I was willing to put into it, I bought a ’64 with a blown engine and put my good one in. It’s amazing to me now that 2 people with a good jack could switch those engines in a couple hours.

My ’64 had a gas gauge. The ’59 had a reserve tank. There was a lever on the firewall that you would flip with your foot when you felt it running out of gas. That worked fine unless you forgot to turn the lever back when you filled up. What a bummer that was to feel the car running out of gas, reaching over to the lever with your foot and finding the lever in the flipped position.

Greetings, Marklar! I am Marklar! This is Marklar.

by marklar on Sep 5, 2008 5:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

-I sucked at all of them, but I like second

-No car

-I am reading a hijacked fanpost on mccoveychronicles.com

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 5, 2008 12:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

1. Any of the outfield spots. I’ve got pretty good range and judgment.

2. Chevy Tahoe

3. Fantasyland by Sam Walker.

by deuce deuce on Sep 5, 2008 12:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

1. Pitcher
2. 1969 VW Fastback
3. First Man – The Life of Neil Armstrong

by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 5, 2008 12:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Fastback Owners Unite! Very cool. How much bondo did yours end up with?

I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen. - Bob Lemon, 1981

by Lyle on Sep 6, 2008 7:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It was reasonably clean. It had a bit of bondo on the rear quarterpanel but the rest was pretty straight. The color was primer gray and it was lowered with tinted windows. I loved that car. I paid 400 bucks for it.

by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 6, 2008 1:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

- SS. Note: I am in no way good or competent at said position.
- ’92 Acura Legend. I really only used it to learn how to drive. We got rid of it shortly after I got my license because the transmission turned to crap.
- The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear

by Natto on Sep 5, 2008 12:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I have and still drive a ‘98 (I think?) dark blue Volkswagen Jetta. It’s a pretty good little car, even though I’ll probably have to replace it soon.

I was trying to read Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut on the plane to Boston but I wasn’t able to get any of it read. That always happens. I’ve also got Chronicles, Vol. 1 by Bob Dylan on the “pleasure” reading list.

For my classes, I’m reading:
The Great Gatsby
The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells
A History of the Modern Middle East

and some books on Communism or something.

And for some reason, my Firefox just lost its mind and I can’t fix it, so I’m trying out Opera and it’s pretty nice so far. Is there any way to make links that are text clickable, though? That extension in Firefox is more or less the reason I use it over other browsers.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Sep 5, 2008 12:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Actually, I’m not quite sure the car is that old.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Sep 5, 2008 12:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The Great Gatsby = the most overrated novel ever written

(waits for angry mobs)

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 5, 2008 12:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I’ve read it before and I really like it, but I dig that type of stuff.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Sep 5, 2008 12:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I find the plot to be minimal, the characters to be flat and one-dimensional, and Gatsby’s devotion to Daisy utterly unconvincing.

On the plus side, Fitzgerald is a good stylist, though I think he’s overrated even in that regard.

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 5, 2008 1:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don’t really like it quite enough to get het up about it, sorry to say. Now if you want to say something bad about Catch-22 or Vonnegut, I’ll be happy to fly into a blind rage at you.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Sep 5, 2008 1:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I’ve only read a few Vonnegut novels, but I loved all of ‘em. Haven’t gotten to Catch-22, but it’s on my list of stuff to buy.

The authors I will suplex folks for bashing are James Baldwin, Flannery O’Connor, and J.D. Salinger.

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 5, 2008 1:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I love all three of them. Salinger and Catcher in the Rye hate make me :(

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Sep 5, 2008 1:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Supposedly, Salinger has continued to write since he became a recluse, but won’t let any of his stuff get published until after he dies. So I sort of want him to. Is that bad?

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 5, 2008 1:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I hated Catcher in the Rye with a serious passion when I read it, but I enjoyed his other books quite a lot. I keep meaning to give Catcher another chance, but haven’t bothered yet.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 5, 2008 1:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm not crazy, but...

I own 92 copies of Catcher in the Rye. Damn, I love that book.

3B

1994 Mazda MPV (still drive it… I’m a young’n)

Catch-22! I’m only on page 41, but I thoroughly enjoy it so far. It doesn’t hurt that my physics teacher’s name was Mr. Dunbar (he was an awesome teacher)

I’m also reading The Picture of Dorian Gray

There are two ways to argue with a woman, and neither of them work. --Carlos Boozer

by samlet on Sep 5, 2008 2:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I have probably bought that many and given them away. I always give them at bridal showers and toddlers birthday parties. I guess my gift selection is revenge for being a 30-somethin’ single dude and having to go to bridal showers and toddlers birthday parties.

by satyricrash on Sep 5, 2008 4:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I like the idea of Fitzgerald better than Fitzgerald himself.

by satyricrash on Sep 5, 2008 12:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It’s a very, very good book, but it suffers from what I think was largely Fitzgerald’s biggest failing: the prose is exacting to the point of being coldly disaffective.

If you really dig into the book, you can find a ton of stuff that makes it great and a remarkable feat, but it’s a little hard to enjoy if you’re just reading it through because it’s fairly unfeeling.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 5, 2008 1:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I read The Great Ghatsby in high school

So I don’t really remember too many of the details. I do remember that I didn’t really care much for any of the characters because they were all so freakin’ selfish, superficial…poo poo heads.

I also remember that Ghatsby called everybody Old Boy all the time…

Hmm. Maybe I’m misremembering that…

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 5, 2008 4:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He calls people “old sport.”

Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!

by Zetsuboushita on Sep 5, 2008 4:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, right

I knew I was misremembering that.

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 5, 2008 4:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What do you mean by “make links that are text clickable”?

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs".