Stupid Baseball Lingo That Drives You Mad! (or what the heck do you call Soda)
by xanthan on Jan 26, 2009 6:29 AM PST
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PrintBaseball is a sport that's filled with it's own lingo: Jacks, Dingers, Longballs, Ribbies, Taters, etc. If something is happening in baseball, you can probably be sure that there's multiple words out there to describe it.
But, my question to you is, which descriptive words in baseball drive you crazy?
My list:
- Pop - Meaning good power.
ex: OMG FRED LEWIS HAS POP!
Reason for hate: For some reason I always cringe when I hear someone describe the ability to hit for power as 'pop'. Pop is something I drink -- east coast ftw! -- and not something that has ever happened in baseball. - Ribbies - RBI's
ex: It's the end of August and Aaron Rowand has 24 ribbies!
Reason for hate: I never understood why RBI's were called 'ribbies'? And it sounds dumb. - Gamer, Hustle, Grit - Used to describe players devoid of talent but who play 'the game the right way'.
ex: Aaron Miles
Reason for hate: It might be the dumbest phrase ever in sports. I know Kruk says it about a billion times per game, but I've never liked it. No sir. - Crafty [Lefty/Righty] - A pitcher without overpowering stuff.
ex: Barry Zito
Reason for hate: If your fastball is slower than 86mph, then you're automatically crafty!
That's my short list for now, I'll add more later. Let's hear it.
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Home run terminology
I’m sorry whenever I hear someone say “Sandoval just went yard!!” I think he’s out walking the dog.
Grand Salami always irritated me too.
JONRON!
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 26, 2009 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
see also: HOMURAN
"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 Jan 26, 2009 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
I like "yard"
I feel like when I see someone hit it deep, I just yell “yaaaaaaarrrrrrdddddd.” I mean, the way you worded it, does make it seem weird that I say that, but I doubt it’ll change.
proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..
Sandoval just went and crapped in the yard!
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 26, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
I thought that was Joe Castle.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Jan 26, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
I like the term “yard” though it is best used just the sole word “Yard.” and not the phrase “he went yard”.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
Commodity
I will never cease to be enraged by baseball folks who use “commodity” to mean the exact opposite of what it actually means. Baseball people often use commodity to mean something uniquely valuable and special (e.g., “Sandoval’s ability to go yard and hit lots of dingers makes him a valuable commodity that you’d really want to have on your team”), when commodity actually means that something is completely fungible and replaceable.
I always thought that one of the acceptable definitions of commodity included something that was valuable? Interesting, learn something new.
It is… in fact the definition describing fungibility is really more of a specialized, precise meaning specific to the dismal science.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 26, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
is fungible a cromulent word?
"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 Jan 26, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
It's perfectly cromulent...
…but it’s one of the terms that bugs me. Maybe because it reminds me of fungus.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Jan 26, 2009 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
(I honestly didn't think it was a real world)
Baron fail English? That unpossible!
"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 Jan 26, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
I bent my wookie!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 26, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
economics, not English
One point within Econ deals with goods/services which are fungible, that is, one is as good as another (generally speaking). Classic example: wheat. We agree that you’ll buy 20 bushels of wheat from me, but it (generally) doesn’t matter WHICH 20 bushels I deliver— wheat is wheat is wheat (again, generally. I know you like the fancy wheat, but no matter). Water, wheat, rocks, porn, nails, milk, bench-riding utility infielder backups, etc., are all pretty much fungible, that is, easily substituted one for the other, one is as good as another.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Until the lawyers get involved. . . .
http://www.lawnix.com/cases/frigaliment-bns-international.html
For WilltheThrill, this is Jon Miller saying goodnight. . . .
by WilltheThrill on Jan 26, 2009 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
hm
so Dave Roberts is a commodity after all, then?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 26, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Space.
It's a problem we face.
So we never go anywhere.
We just stay in one place.
I've never liked the phrase "walk off"
I guess it’s a useful phrase for the purposes of Baseball Tonight, but I still don’t like it.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
I don’t know about the terminology, but it bugs me no end that about 95% of all of their “web gems” made by OFs are clearly (even on the TV replay) balls that were misplayed — bad jumps, bad reads, bad routes or bad all of the above — before ending in a dive. They always remind me of Wille Mays’ boast that he never made a diving catch because he never had to.
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
+1,000
I definitely agree and that’s probably a big part of my bad association with ‘web gems’. They usually work out like this:
/fly ball
/OF breaks in 20 ft
/hurriedly scrambles backward
/dives
Amazing play!
I still remember that awesome catch he made against the Nationals in LF. I think it ended the game, too.
I was at that game — and really, that had to be one of the worst plays I’ve ever seen on a baseball field — the fielding version of Ruben Rivera’s famous jaunt around the bases — up until the very last second when managed to NOT lose the game by making a diving WEB GEM!
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
Yeah, I was amazed that he got his glove on the ball after breaking like 10ft in the exact opposite direction of where the baseball was hit.
Check it out.
I love the announcer “OH NO”
Couple interesting things about that game:
It was during the short-lived “hey Barry’s finally back from his knee surgery maybe we can sprint to 80 wins and take the division” surge of September ’05, so the game actually did have a thin veneer of importance IIRC.
Linden had come in as a defensive replacement just for the bottom of the ninth (replacing Alou).
It featured one of the most awe-inspiring Barry HRs that I ever saw in person, well back in the Upper Deck Reserved in RFK and still seemed to be going up when it struck concrete.
Matt Cain was awesome with a capital AWE that day.
Ryan Zimmerman (who had been drafted just that June) had driven in the Nats previous run in the ninth with a shot to left that Linden had barely run down as well.
I remember saying to my friend when Benitez came in in the ninth “let’s see how many batters it takes for Armando to blow this one.” The run-up for the ’06 debacle was in full swing.
I remember
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
ugh, Mando.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Wow that brings back memories...
MANDOS: The Hands of Fate.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
That is the greatest comment about Benitez ever. There’s a reason everybody booed his highlight reel while we were waiting to be interviewed for All-Star FanFest.
I think I remember this game. I was away at college watching the game on MLB Gameday, and kept yelling at the screen because of how badly Benitez had blown everything.
Then again, most Benitez games were like that, so I might be thinking of a different game.
by KyrieEleison on Jan 29, 2009 7:14 PM PST up reply actions
Linden was exactly who I was thinking of when fielders who take bad routes yet end up with WEB GEMZ came up. He had a lot of unnecessary somersaults, it seemed.
by Sammy Danger on Jan 26, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Lenny Dykstra during his time with the Phillies would run an extra 25 feet just to crash into the wall.
What is it about being a Phillie that make you want to batter yourself senseless?
This just in...Bobby Estalella can apply oral suction to a deceased pack animal's penile extremity.
by victor frankenstein on Feb 8, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Could you live in that town otherwise?
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 8, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Magellan is a good one for an opposing outfielder. or “get a map, Magellan”
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 6:48 PM PST up reply actions
Jim Edmonds & his heirs are calling to tell you to shut up.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
I never got Web Gems either. I thought maybe it was a selection of highlights from the day that viewers would vote on via ESPN.com or something, hence the web connection. I still don’t understand where the term came from. Does it mean catches that barely remain in the webbing of the glove?
"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 Jan 26, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
i think it’s just their way of saying glove, even though glove gem is a awesome alliteration, it doesnt have the same chutzpah that web gem has.
by Giant Voodoo on Jan 26, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
I would have never associated glove with web.
"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 Jan 26, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Web bing
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 26, 2009 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
I'm going to quibble that that's alliteration
“Glove” and “gem” do not alliterate: same letters, but not the same sounds. One is a hard “g” sound and the other is a soft “g” sound (d.b.a. a “j” sound).
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
al⋅lit⋅er⋅a⋅tion /əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-lit-uh-rey-shuhn] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all. Compare consonance (def. 4a).
2. the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration’s artful aid.
I love you mayor, but mainly for that ass.
by Giant Voodoo on Jan 26, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
There's a reason the second definition is, you know, the second one.
The first — that is, the preferred — definition supports my quibble.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Bah just call it Glove Love.
Complete with Barry White voice over. Hey the Xanthan’s of this nation need work to. As covered above this would also require someone on staff that actually recognizes the difference between a great play and a grand screw up.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Jan 26, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Then Chris Berman would have to host
They say you're a pitcher; you sure aren't much of a dresser.
by CystedTwister on Jan 28, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
I thought maybe it was a selection of highlights from the day that viewers would vote on via ESPN.com or something, hence the web connection.
Baron, please submit this sugesstion to ESPN.
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
A valid point I did not consider. Good Catch Natto !
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
Yeah, but if they changed the name to “Jeter Gems” then it really would be alliterative.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Jan 26, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
On a continuous loop, they’d replay the time he dove into the stands to save that falling baby.
GREATEST CATCH EVAR!!!
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 26, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Wasn't it at one point?
I thought there was some connection to the interwebz…but I may just be too young to remember correctly.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
You're right
They used to (and for all I know they still do this, but I don’t go to ESPN’s website) have a poll on ESPN.com as to which WebGem would be the top one of the day and get included in the end-of-the-month WebGem highlights package which showcased the best of the month.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Web Gems
pisses me off too. I never watch ESPN, and when Web Gems first came around the adds on ESPN games would say stay tuned for all tonights web gems, etc. For the first month I thought it was something internet related…
by lincysgiants on Jan 26, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
BT
We can probably agree that anything said on Baseball Tonight or ESPN drives us mad. Or anything said by McCarver.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
What else would you call it? (see comment below)
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
OMG I HATE HIM
Anything said by Mark “Mudcat” Grant during Padres telecasts. The guy is a giant doucher.
Bring me the head of Barry Zito!
Can I hyjack with an alternate list of Lingo that makes us happy?
We can run the lists side by side. What makes some cringe will make others smile. Personally I love words. All the more if we can lampoon them on occasion (I love the “>run dingerz.exe” and “GRTITT!” comments on this site.)
Some that I like:
- Torpedo – Shortstop. Though I don’t feel like I use it correctly.
- Ribbies – strangled pronunciation of an acronym. terrific.
- Two-bagger – sounds so silly.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
yeah, that and
“dying quail” or “texas leaguer” make me crack a smile every time.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
or its cousin, a duck-snort
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 26, 2009 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
Or his friend
The Duck Fart. I crack up at that one every time. Must be my 3rd grade humor.
Tim Lincecum will win 1 Cy Young, and 11 Tim Lincecums. He's already got his one.
by icantdrive55 on Jan 26, 2009 5:20 PM PST up reply actions
Cool term, but what the heck does it mean...'can of corn'. Why corn? Why not beans,spinach or somethin' else?
"It kind of gives everybody else out there who is not a big person the motivation and the inspiration that they know they can do it, too."--Tim Lincecum
by Timlincecum.com on Jan 28, 2009 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
Origins in old timey grocery stores.
Stock boys would stack cans of things into high stacks, sometimes pyramidal. Then if a can were to fall (or more likely be pushed off the top by a broom handle), a stock boy would catch it in his apron. Hence an easy thing to catch is a can of corn. Yes, other things could have been used, but can of corn is more alliterative & catchy than ‘can of olives.’
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 28, 2009 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
Linda Ronstadt
not really in use anymore, but still a good joke.
I like the terms dribbler, iron-glove and walk-off. (sorry)
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
Seeing eye grounder. I rarely hear that one anymore.
A vote for Iron glove as well!
Possibly my favorite nick name was Dr. Strangelove (Dick Stuart).
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
bloody auto correct.
Should be Dr. Strange Glove.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
Cousin of the seeing-eye grounder:
Twenty-three hopper.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Jan 26, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
/ nods nods
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Jan 26, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
The Tools of Ignorance
I.e., catcher’s gear.
Also, all lingo and nicknames from the teens and twenties.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
+110
Not to be confused with "Tool the Ignorant".
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Jan 26, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
I like the bagger terms too,
use it frequently with 3-bagger too.
proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..
I always liked the “home run in a grain silo” one that kruk and kuip break out from time to time.
I liked when Kruk would always say “that ball had some english on it!” when it took a weird bounce… but i think i liked that because Kruk would always be cracking up every time he said it
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
by theghostofjasonellison on Jan 26, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
I always liked the "home run in a grain silo" one that kruk and kuip break out from time to time
Never heard that one, presumably for an infield popup.
Similarly, I’ve heard (at SJSU Spartan games) “double in a round park” for a ball hit foul but far back.
Kind of a strange phrase I’ve not heard elsewhere.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
How about
That’s a Home Run in cricket. Similar usage to double in a round park.
Tim Lincecum will win 1 Cy Young, and 11 Tim Lincecums. He's already got his one.
by icantdrive55 on Jan 26, 2009 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
I liked when Kruk would always say "that ball had some english on it!" when it took a weird bounce… but i think i liked that because Kruk would always be cracking up every time he said i
This is a common baseball term typically for the ball having an exaggerated amount of spin. Like a ball off the end of the bat, most noticeably with an aluminum bat and not wood.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
The Game the "Right Way"
this one bugs me. yech.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
Agreed.
It is a prissy-snotty judgment of someone else in your business. I could just imagine saying “That guy picks juries the right way,” or someone saying “She really writes computer code the right way.”
And in baseball as in many fields, there isn’t ONE right way. There are lots of bad ways, but more than one right way.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
I do agree with you.
Although a lot of people refer to the “right way” as meaning “hustle”. With hustle their is either the “right” or “wrong” way.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
I believe the term, “he plays the game the right way” is a form of blurred and stilted ignorance. Since for the most part it is an old school belief that is slanted at so-called “sloppy” play by position players, meant to discriminate by longtime players or viewers who are now announcers.
But if someone does play the game “the right way” or begins to, then they are accepted. So it can be construed to be either a right of passage or breaking the player down through humiliation.
it's always noonan somewhere
"HE IS THE FACE OF THE ORGANIZATION!"
Argh…
Velez would be the left buttock of the organization.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 26, 2009 7:39 AM PST reply actions
Appendix of the organization
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Jan 26, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
Turns out that..
the appendix may not be such a useless appendage after all. According to this NY Times article, it may be a storage facility for helpful bacteria.
What would “a-u-hay-nee-o’s” purpose be ?
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
I believe he also stores some helpful bacteria.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Jan 26, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Wouldn’t being the lifeblood of the organization be a lot more important, since the face could be chopped up a la Michael Jackson?
it's always noonan somewhere
Let's not hold up Jackson as an example.
You could also lose all your lifeblood in a bizarre gardening accident. Like what happened to Michael Jackson’s face, such a thing is to be avoided at all costs, but it could happen.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
Pop is something I drink — east coast ftw!
I remember the first time I heard someone use that — a waitress in Oregon. “You want some pop with that, hon?” It was like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.
When I was in college, I lived with an Oregonian and a Californian. Even though we were going to school in Oregon, we still instituted a “no pop” rule in the house. If Oregon boy asked me or my roommate if he could have some “pop,” we would say no. If he asked for pop again, we’d pour it down the sink.
I mean, c’mon. Pop. What the hell is that?
Hey, at least I don’t call everything ‘Coke’ like they do in the south.
An interesting map of Soda vs. Pop vs. Coke
It looks like Pop is more of a mid-west thing, but it’s what we called soda when I was growing up in WV.
Stupid Soda Lingo
I present the Egg Cream. Best name for a fountain/soda drink ever. And pretty tasty too.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
Interestingly, I grew up calling everything Coke down in Central California. I guess that’s because so much of our area was settled by Southerners? Sample conversation: “you want a Coke?” “Sure.” “What kind?” “Oh root beer is fine.”
The one that always drove me crazy was people in Boston who would call sodas “tonic”. It took me a couple years to even figure out what the hell people were trying to offer me when they said that. Have to ask jponry if that’s still part of the nomenclature up there.
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
The Coke thing is baffling because it’s an actual brand. Your sample conversation is exactly how it is, I’ve even heard people call it “Orange Coke” when they want an orange soda.
I’ve never heard that, thankfully.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Another New Englandism that always amused me
They call liquor store “packies,” which is short of “package store” – don’t ask me why they’re called package stores, though.
Aside from the fact that they sell booze, not packages, there’s the fact that “packies,” spelled differently, is an ethnic slur in some parts of the world.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Who knew there were "stats" for Soda vs Pop !
Favorites-(mostly Krukow-isms)
1) Stank Eye
2) Meat
3) Hard Cheese, Country Hard Ball
4) Chin Music
5) Ugly Finder
6) Texas Leaguer
Barely Tolerable-
1) Gamer
2) Five Tool Player
3) Ribbies
Bad-
1) Anything Tim McCarver says
2) Many things Joe Morgan says
3) Walk Off
4) Face Of The Franchise
5) Man Soda
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
Forgot
Good-
“None Chance”
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
I should not ask, but...
“man soda”? does it mean: bee-er?
“Ugly finder” is a good one.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
Hey Hey
We’re on the west coast here. We do soda, not pop.
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Jan 26, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
You should be sad.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
It’s getting close to the point where I might have to return my West Coast cred card. Please don’t make me. I’ll never call it pop again. SODA SODA SODA SODA SODA SODA.
Good.
Although there will be random checkups to make sure you are following the code.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Tough... but fair.
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Jan 26, 2009 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
Man soda is an awful term. It sounds like some disturbing porn thing.
"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 Jan 26, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
/looks around for tk to throw shoe @ bvce
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by SoFa King Mike on Jan 26, 2009 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
Are you sure it’s not fermented?
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by daveinexile on Jan 26, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I did not need that image.
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frosty barley pop
urban dictionary for man soda:
beer, the kind bought for $10 at a baseball game when you could have bought it for 99 cents at the 7 Eleven.
Yo man at the end of this inning im gonna go get a man soda, u want one??
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
Also man soda is stupid because women drink beer too. Yes, the same beer that comes in the bottles that men drink. Shocker I know.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 26, 2009 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
So what you’re saying is that I need to start drinking a different beer?
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by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Women drink beer?!?
Yeah, right. Next you’ll be telling us women post on baseball blogs too. How dumb do you think we are?
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Cof-fee
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by CystedTwister on Jan 28, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Ugly finder never fails to crack me up.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 26, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t wait for a foul ball to almost hit Randy Johnson in the dugout. Ugly Finder for sure!
by paboperfecto on Jan 28, 2009 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
This
Then the best part is taunting your “ugly” teammate with the name “Ugly!”
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
Ah the Man Soda commercials...
Good jokes there.
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Totally an Oregon thing
Even the signs in grocery store aisles say Pop. I spent a lot of time there but it still sounds strange.
Pop is way more appropriate to me, because the only time I consume soda is to pair it with whiskey…and that usually isn’t available at the drive through.
So..
If you pour Coca-Cola in your whiskey it’s soda, but if you get Coca-Cola out of a drive through window it’s pop?
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Anything that starts with the word “ball” when used in that certain way. Bruce Bochy drives me up the goddamned wall with this one.
Ballgame. Ballplayer. Ballpark. Ballball. Ballakhfdaksduk…
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Im Ok with those except Ballpark. Should be stadium
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t mind the words in and of themselves, although I’m not really a fan of “ballgame” or “ballplayer” as stand-alone words. Ballpark is actually a word I like. I think AT&T is a great example of a ballpark, and not a stadium. But when you start hearing somebody say, “he’s a great ballplayer who brings his A game to the ballpark every single day. We really love the way he plays the ballgame. So we’re going to put him out there tomorrow and play some ball.”
I mean, come one.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
I am not exactly sure what defines a ball park from a stadium… Does the At&T Ballpark turn into a stadium when the Emerald bowl is played there? I dont get it.
The reason I dont like Ballpark is because of the baseball-haters who claim that the sport is not “demanding” or doesn’t require any “toughness” or “is a non-contact sport” , “I mean, they play in a park”. (BTW, baseball-haters do piss me off)
But i do agree that your 2-3 sentences there would annoy the crap out of me.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
Well, technically all you need to be a stadium is the tiered seating, so yeah, AT&T is a stadium. There’s something about the connotation of a ballpark versus the connotation of a stadium to me. Stadium seems to connote something brutish. A big, efficient oval wherein you watch the man fight a lion. A ballpark to me connotes something more intimate, wherein the spectator is connected with the sport on a more personal level… a place where people connect over sport rather than fall over backward for it….
So really, it’s just connotation.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
I would love to have a phone boot.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Missed it by that much.
/ Goes back to chasing kids off lawn.
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 6:47 PM PST up reply actions
Contrary to popular opinion
I really enjoyed the remake of that as much as I enjoyed the original.
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t tell me you really enjoyed the remake!
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I'm about to enjoy the remake of "Lunch".
That word – queue. I want to remake the pronunciation (pronounciation?) , because if queen starts with “que” then shouldn’t it sound like “kweewee”?
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Take me out to the...
Stay-dee-umm ???
No.
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
I agree. When you read my post it says that I prefer stadium over ballpark, but I am OK with ballgame. As you said, it is “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”….Not Ballpark, so I dont follow this comment…
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 5, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
Preferring “stadium” to “ballpark” seems very, very odd to me. Stadium sounds so much more…generic. Like a big ugly box with astroturf and multi-purpose design, as opposed to a ballpark, which to me sounds like it’s a place made just for baseball, with personality and quirks. “Ballpark” sounds like a place where you play baseball, while “stadium” sounds like a place that’s really meant for football, but they futz it up enough to get a baseball game in.
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i kind of described my reasoning for my preference when I replied to Howtheyscored up above. Regardless, it’s all personal preference………
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 5, 2009 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed. I’m just sayin’, I think your preference is BAD and WRONG.
(not really)
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My preference wants to bare-knuckle box your preference
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 5, 2009 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously?
Pop is something I drink — east coast ftw!
East Coast FTW? Around these parts?
Who are you, Peter Gammons?
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As much as I like Krukow, he hjas another saying that drives me up the wall. A batter will foul a ball straight back to the screen and Krukow will invarialbly say, “He was right on that.” Well, if that were true, then why didn’t the ball go into the filed of play instead of behind the batter? The fact is that the batter was not “right on it”, but missed it, the exact opposite of right on it.
Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???
Kinda of OT, but I love Bob Uecker and his “Just a bit outside” when a pitcher clanks a ball off the backstop.
I said that at a game last season when a ball sailed to the backstop and everyone around me started cracking up.
by deuce deuce on Jan 26, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Actually, that’s pretty accurate. A guy who fouls straight back is more likely to drill the next pitch, as he has the timing down. It’s the guy who pulls it foul or hits it foul the other way that is way off.
At least, that’s how I’ve heard pitchers explain it.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Yup, deceiving a batter is primarily done with changing speeds (which is why so many people say a change up is the best pitch). If a batter fouls it straight back, you didn’t fool him.
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Yes, it is very accurate. It is the next closest thing to putting solid wood on the ball. By fouling the ball straight back, not straight back into the upperdeck, but directly into the backstop, the batter was pretty damn close to squaring up on it. This shows that the batter is not out in front or behind it.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:10 PM PST up reply actions
Well..
I’d think that if the ball was fouled straight back to the upper deck he’d be even more perfect. let’s just call the ball one plane, and the bat fouling the ball straight back to the backstop another. I’d think fouling the ball straight back into the upper deck would be about halfway between those two planes, but still having the right timing.
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If you put more trajectory on the foul ball, are you not getting less of the ball?
Regardless, timing is the key. And by fouling it either straight back or upward and back, the batter was “right on it”
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
If you put more trajectory on the foul ball, are you not getting less of the ball?
NM. Not true.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 27, 2009 8:00 AM PST up reply actions
Think of it this way..
A home run would be just above the bat plane. A fly ball to the warning track would be just a bit higher. As that pop up moves in toward the plate you get less and less of the ball until it starts to go backward. Straight to the backstop is barely hitting the ball so the trajectory it’s thrown at hardly changes.
But yes, the timing is what the phrase means.
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
This is one of those things that you either know, because you played the game, or can’t comprehend because you havent played.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
Oh give me a break.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
Please do not take that the wrong way.
Like Pete Says below:
It’s a distinct feeling when you swing and foul a pitch straight back and know you just missed one.
The point was it’s about the feeling, and if you’ve never felt that, then how would you know?
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 27, 2009 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
Well, that’s a distinction that I didn’t quite think you were making. It still makes me a liiiittle uneasy, but I know just what you mean now.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, reading it again, I could have worded it better/differently.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 27, 2009 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
It’s like kissing a girl, Howie. You’ll know what we’re talking about when it happens to you the first time.
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I always just assumed that was like kissing dudes after they shave.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 28, 2009 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Well...
I think this is not quite right. It means the batter’s timing is close, closer than if he hits it way off to one side or the other. But I heard Ted Williams say one time that he knew he was late if he fouled the ball straight back. The reason, as I see it, is that as the bat goes through the hitting zone it will not be rotating much — it will stay roughly perpendicular to the path of the ball — but it will be rising, because a good swing is not perfectly level (especially for a power hitter like Williams). So if the hitter just nicks the bottom of the ball, he hasn’t quite got the bat out front enough yet.
Kind of explained above me..
But basically if a batter fouls a ball straight back he hit the ball when he had his bat parallel to the path of the ball. If the ball would have gone sideways into foul territory, a batter was early or late on the pitch. He may not have had the bat in exactly the right plane, but his timing was correct.
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Dude, you’re making me look less intelligent here. “Plane?” “Parallel to the path of the ball?” What are you, some kind of elitist?
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
whoops. did not see this post.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
Read next time.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
WAIT A MINUTE
Whether the bat was parallell or on the right plane or the timing was right, the fact is that the batter missed hitting the ball. THEREFORE, HE WAS NOT RIGHT ON IT. HE MISSED IT. It’s not that difficult.
Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???
I may not be as smart as WalrusMan...
But I’m pretty sure that missing the ball is when you don’t hit it. If you foul it back, you did, in fact, hit it.
If this discussion gets any more technical, though, I’m leavin’.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
missed hitting the ball= no contact. Ball ends up in catcher glove
Right on it= Timed correctly, just missed solid contact with the barrel by a small margin
stroked it= Drives ball through centerfield wall
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
I actually have a different definition for that third one.
But I need a rubber band, two paperclips and a man-sized Super Monkey Ball ball in order to show you.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 11:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m thinkin’ I don’t want you to show me…….
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 11:59 PM PST up reply actions
Hey I was just wondering where you were.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 26, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
omg old dude
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Pants man and Delorean are both back. As ABC would said in “When Smokey Sings”, “And everything’s good in the world, tonight.”
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I thought you loved me but it seems you don't care.
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 26, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
I care enough to know that I could never love you
(Ba-doom, boom, boom, boom)
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That's stupid.
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 26, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
"He is just a baseball player"
They try to say a guy isn’t as athletic, or “toolsy” (another phrase I don’t really like).
My reaction is “OF COURSE, HE IS. THEY ARE ALL BASEBALL PLAYERS. THIS ISN’T FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL OR SOME OTHER SPORT!”
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 26, 2009 9:20 AM PST reply actions
BUT ALL HE HAS TO DO IS STAND THERE FOR 3 HOURS WAITING FOR THE BALL TO NOT COME TO HIM!!!
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I hate it when sports radio callers/hacks who “claim to know something about baseball” start the “if we had a team of 25 David Eckstein’s we’d be unstoppable” tripe.
If these people knew anything about baseball, they’d know you need a lot more B.J. Upton’s and Chase Utley’s on your team than David “as luck would have it” Eckstein.
Oh, loved Matt Vasgersian saying baseball was the sport of fat guys last season. Sometimes these announcers just dumb down the sport to make the everyman/woman feel too comfortable.
it's always noonan somewhere
I’l l pile on here.
Last week was "treated" to a national sports announcer debating Kent’s HoF chops . A legit topic and should be plenty of room to talk. Well he kept saying Kent padded his numbers by hitting in front of Bonds – directly opposite to the facts. While comparing Kent ( who played inthe ’riod era") to Steve "Mr. Clean" Garvey. Never once mentioning the type of pitching the NL West had then ( hint: not good). The Padres, Braves, Giants and a good part of the Red staff was running out there during Garvey’s career with and unbalance schedule was definitely capable of inflating a hitter’s numbers.
If your old enough to have seen that era you should consider this. If you did not see the games there is this little thing called the Inter Webz. Have your intern use it to fact check.
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numbers padding
I guess Babe Ruth padded his numbers by hitting in front of Lou Gehrig and Willie Mays padded his numbers by hitting in front of McCovey and Eddie Matthews padded his numbers by hitting in front of Hank Aaron. I could go on, but it is amazing how great players can compliment each other like that and help make each other great. But apparently, that doesn’t apply here.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
yeah. everybody knows that bowling is the sport of fat guys.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
"Walk Off" is actually a great example of language development
Language develops as necessary to describe something when there isn’t already a phrase for it. There is no other phrase that quite describes “walk off” hits. “Game-winning” doesn’t quite describe it, as the “game winning” hit might be a leadoff homerun in a 1-0 game, or a single RBI in the 4th inning or whatever. If those of you who don’t like “walk off” can suggest an alternative that captures the same meaning, I would like to hear it.
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Also… I mean… you hit the ball, and then you walk off the field because the game is over. It’s not as immediate as all that (you do have to touch the base before you walk off the field), but the phrase is about as literal as you can get without adding a subject, an object and a coordinating conjunction.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Given the choice between “He hit a walk-off homerun.” vs. “he hit a game-ending, game-winning home run.” I know which one I would choose.
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how about "He just overed that shit"?
"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 Jan 26, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not saying it doesn't have utility...
it’s an efficient way to describe a game ending hit, I guess. But baseball has never been about efficiency and I just don’t like how it sounds. So, during the broadcast, I’d like to just hear a nice description. The play by play guy doesn’t have to tell me it’s a walk off; I know if I’m paying attention. That’s why I said it has a use for Baseball Tonight: “The Giants played in LA tonight. Lincecum pitched a seven inning shutout and Ishikawa hit a walk-off homerun! Now on to the Padres.”
Ultimately, my argument is just that I don’t like it. I don’t know why. I just don’t like how it sounds.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Isn’t baseball all about efficiency? I’m pretty sure it doesn’t function otherwise. Pitching, hitting, making an exchange, making a good throw… there isn’t a single aspect of the game that isn’t completely dependent on efficiency.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
that isn't how I've looked at it...
Ever seen that George Carlin routine? Of course, you need some efficiency, but my understanding is that the game was developed in large part as a reaction to industrialization. People were starting to work set hours, for a set pay, and were supposed to produce a set amount of product, etc. Baseball developed without a set clock. A hitter can foul off pitches forever. Each game can go on forever. Relative to football and basketball, baseball doesn’t prize each and every second. Of course this doesn’t apply to Bengie Molina lumbering down the basepaths, but that isn’t my point. Baseball, to me, isn’t about ticking seconds. How fast you can say “walk off” isn’t really the point unless we’re talking about set TV or radio formats. It’s how it sounds. If it sounds good, I don’t care if it takes 3 more words to say. If you think that walk off sounds nice, fine. My point is only an aesthetic one really.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Ok, but please answer the question: what would you call it?
Say you’re in a conversation with a friend (a paid one, if necessary) and you are describing that the game ended by the batter from the home team in the final at-bat driving in the go-ahead run thus winning and ending the game. What would you say?
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by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
why does it need a particular term or phrase? are we german or something?
Please describe the particular atmosphere of the Olive Garden. Hospitaliana, of course!
I’m not a poet, but I guess you could say “Bonds hit a game-winning homerun in the bottom of the 9th that put the Giants ahead 5-4.” More words, sure. I don’t mean to offend anyone. I just don’t really like the term. I got used to it being used for homeruns, but it still bothers me when used for things like singles.
I do need to make some more money so I can buy some friends to stay around for my long winded baseball stories.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Nobody's taking offense, nor criticizing you. I'm really just curious how you would describe that phenomenon.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
I say again
The weird thing about “walk off”is it was coined by a pitcher — Tug McGraw I believe — to describe the dejection of walking off the field after just having surrendered a game losing HR (“you throw the pitch and you walk off the field”). And somehow it’s been turned around to describe the game winning hit itself, which is somewhat absurd. The offensive team doesn’t walk off the field after the exultation of a game winning hit — they sprint, they jump up and down, they jump on top of each other, they high five, they’re jacked up. It’s the defense, and particularly the pitcher who "walk off" and they’re walking because they’re bummed at having just let down the team.
[Sorry for the redundant post- just wanted to place it in the conversation more proper like]
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
Read it the first time. It still isn't a suggestion of how to describe that phenomenon, so still irrelevant to this sub-thread.
That said, it doesn’t matter how a phrase originated, but rather what it means now. HowTheyScored, I am sure, can provide a big list of things that have changed meaning over time (such as the word "cute").
In any case, it does make sense to use the term “walk off,” because the go-ahead run in the final at-bat IS the moment at which all personnel walk off the field.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Also
I’d say that by your definition, it’s in not descriptive of anything at all, as every game does have a conclusion at which the players leave the field, so you could just as well have a walk off fly ball out or a walk off scoreless half-inning.
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
I really can’t see English going towards “walk-off scoreless half inning.”
Walk-off home-run packs a lot of information into a two syllable adjective.
But I’m a fan of neologisms. Language wants to grow.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
Personally, I can’t really see English going towards anything.
Unless you’re in England… then yeah, sure, whatever…
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by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Nah, I’ll never miss such a shining opportunity to despise the “plural” versions of toward, backward, forward, etc.
(I call them plural because I find them stupid, not because I don’t know better and am personally stupid… I would think)
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by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
Just print me out a piece of paper saying "walk-off scoreless half inning"...
And I’ll put it on my pool table when I’m playing tonight.
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Game-ending?
What’s wrong with that? Other than that it has one more syllable than “walk off”?
this
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 26, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
But the weird thing about "walk off"
is it was coined by a pitcher — Tug McGraw I believe — to describe the dejection of walking off the field after just having surrendered a game losing HR. And somehow it’s been turned around to describe the game winning hit itself, which is somewhat absurd. The offensive team doesn’t walk off the field after the exultation of a game winning hit — they sprint, they jump up and down, they jump on top of each other, they high five, they’re jacked up. It’s the defense, and particularly the pitcher who “walk off” and they’re walking because they’re bummed at having just let down the team.
Also, it should be said, that it mostly only works for a HR, on many other “walk off” hits, the pitcher’s actually running to back up a base somewhere.
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
"Product" ... ugh.
I don’t like it when people refer to a team as “product,” as in “the GM has to put a credible product out there on the field.” It’s not a product. It’s a dynamic collection of people (an “organic globule,” as Rosie Perez might say). It’s a team of people with individual and collective abilities and agendas that are constantly fluid. I just find the term such a strained effort to be hip.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
Red Sox Nation
It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."
I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
better or worse?
Raider Nation
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
An Empire
Is better than a Nation
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by SoFa King Mike on Jan 26, 2009 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Giants Empire
I like it!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 26, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
We could also go for something more obscured, like Giants Barony or Giants Grand Duchy.
Random fact for you: Luxembourg is currently the world’s only Grand Duchy.
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Key word there is "currently." I'm working on a little something...
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Hey some of us are Raiders/Giants fans… and while I don’t ever say Raider Nation, we did coin that shit years before the Red Sox.
by lincysgiants on Jan 26, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, I'm not referring to anything sports-related nor metaphorical...
And don’t get too comfortable with any maps you might currently have…
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by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
No you didn't.
ESPN reported the Red Sox Nation more importantly so it was first.
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"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Nation, empire meh.
I’ve always had a soft spot for Horde.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Jan 26, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Afrikaa Bombataa and the Zulu Nation are on line 1
"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 Jan 26, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
That is just a GREAT image. I am chortling.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
I almost went with the Nation of Islam
But their red bowties are the only funny things about them.
…wait, red ties? Red Sox? I’m onto you, Boston…
"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 Jan 26, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Athletics supporters through and through
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by SoFa King Mike on Jan 26, 2009 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Regarding “pop” and the east coast: I’ve lived in four states on the east coast (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts), and nobody called it pop in any of those places. My wife grew in New York, Virginia, and Massachusetts, and she doesn’t call it pop either. I think pop is more of a midwestern thing, but it’s also used in some parts of the south – not the deep south, of course, since they call everything “Coke” as discussed above.
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You’ve lived in elitists states, so I’m not sure how many Georgetown Pop Parties you’ve attended, but they probably called them tonic drink parties!
You bastard.
Impressive how New Jersey remains both a horrible industrial wasteland* AND an elitist state!
- Actually, the part I lived in wasn’t industrial at all, just dull and suburban.
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I do prefer Pepsi to Coke, it’s true.
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Pepsi.
Clearly beating Coke always.
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Err, wouldn’t Coke be the red-headed one? Pepsi would be the punk stepchild with blue-dyed hair.
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Maybe
but in my analogy coke is the cool, older brother and pepsi is the nerd who came later and is trying to copy the cool guy.
Or something. Point is, coke’s better.
Not better'n man soda.
/runs away
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 12:33 AM PST up reply actions
Pepsi only came around a few years after Coke, I believe – they both date back on the late 19th century.
Regardless, in this case first is the worst and second is the best, na na na boo boo!
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DISGUSTING LIES
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Pepsi is delicious.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 29, 2009 7:08 AM PST up reply actions
yes, in fact early on, Coke was given the opportunity to purchase Pepsi (which is out of North Carolina, I believe) and they declined with the belief that it lowered their reputation or something like that.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Ya’all saw the articles on how high fructose corn syrup’s got mercury in it right? and ya’all know what they sweeten those soft drinks with?
- I don’t drink soda, I don’t need the empty calories, or the cancer!
I find it hilarious
that people SOO concerned about what they eat that they prefer mexican “cane sugar” over high fructose corn syrup have no worries about mexican coca-cola quality control. I mean, have you ever BEEN to Mexico?
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
I’ve been to deliciousness, and it comes in a glass bottle.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
All “Soda” made with cane sugar is better than HFCS soda. Soda Pop Stop
Examples:
1) Red Rock Ginger Ale
2) Red Rock Cola
3) CheerWine
4) Jarrito’s
5) Real Dr. Pepper (glass bottle)
6) Rat Bastard Root Beer
7) Cane Sugar Coca Cola
8) Jones
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
Hansen’s also does cane sugar.
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Pepsi is delicious.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Druggie.
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McCoven intervention at Natto’s place!
I’ll bring the hot pockets.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 27, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
I have irrational brand loyalty to Coke.
My grandfather used to work for Coke, years before I was even born. He must have been a salesman, but as I understood it a big part of his job was visiting restaurants and giving them Coke signage, trays, etc. He still had some of the stuff around the house.
To this day, I can’t bring myself to drink Pepsi. If I order a Coke and all they have is Pepsi, I drink some non-cola instead. I’m not normally very brand conscious, but Coke is imprinted on my psyche.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Jan 27, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
I have sort of the opposite with Jack in the Box. My mom worked at one when she was a teenager, but they falsely accused her of stealing cheese and fired her. My family was pissed at Jack in the Box and never went – I’ve still never been to one to this day.
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What about the jumbo deal?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Your 2009 Opening Day starter at second base*: Eugenio Velez
*For the Fresno Grizzlies
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
You're missing out!
Two regular tacos for $.99. Great hangover food.
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I have never in my life...
…been sufficiently hung over to want to eat tacos from JitB. I think I would die of alcohol poisoning before that happened.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
I live in California.
I can get good real tacos any time I want. Why on earth would I want to settle for something made with (gack) Murrican cheeze?
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
yes, this
Jitb is really not that great. When I visit my family out west, then come back home, I don’t find myself bemoaning the fact that I can’t go to one here.
White Castle instead? Hardee’s?
The only “fast food” tacos I will eat is from Baker’s, though I think it is only in the Inland Empire. Very good!
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Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 27, 2009 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve admittedly never had them, but those tacos look like an abomination.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
So good. They are barely tacos, but they are every kind of delicious when you’re in the mood for them.
They’re pretty tasty.
"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 Jan 27, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Something about tacos.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Stealing cheese?
"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 Jan 27, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
It was either cheese or ham. I’m not 100% sure.
Apparently a few weeks later they realized she had done no wrong, and begged her to come back, but she’d already found another job.
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JitB/Taco Hell/In-n-Out
ALL FARGIN DELICIOUS WHEN DRUNK!!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 27, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
Yeahbut
unlike the other two, In-n-Out is also good when sober.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
Every time I’ve ever eaten KFC, it’s given me horrible, ahem, intestinal distress.
Granted, that’s only like 3 times, but still, ew.
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Every time I’ve ever eaten KFC, it’s given me horrible, ahem, intestinal distress
Me too, butt it’s worth it
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
There will never be a time when In-N-Out is not good.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 27, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
My ex wanted to go to an In ‘n’ Out opening in N. Scottsdale. The line was hella long , out the door and around the building. IMHO , it was the blandest stuff I’ve ever tasted…and I’ve eaten paste.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
when I was 20 or 21 I went to Jack in the Box in tacoma 17 consecutive days, sometimes as many as 3x per day (and often intoxicated and/or…). I didn’t even realize I was doing it until the end.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
That bullet point was just meant to be an asterisk.
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(I don’t own a car)
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You guys better can it before jcb goes on another one of his rampages.
"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 Jan 26, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
That’s odd, I live in that county that has 80-100% “Other” and I call it Soda, but I’m from California and live in the rural part of the county. They may do something weird in Santa Fe, I don’t go there much. They have Albuquerque as 30-50% “Coke” and I’ve never heard a soda referred to as a Coke here, unless it was a Coke.
by paboperfecto on Jan 28, 2009 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
Virginians have to draw each other a picture in order their fizzy sweetened drinks.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_soft_drinks#United_States
Apparently we just call them “Drink” which is pretty utilitarian.
“Drink”, “cold drink”, and “soda” are locally common in southern Virginia and the Carolinas, spreading from there as far as Louisiana.
Once, when I was 9 and my family was moving across the country, I learned a valuable lesson: if you’re in the middle of nowhere in Utah, and you stop to get lunch at a restaurant called “Food,” you probably shouldn’t order pork products, because they’ll probably make you sick.
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Lessons learned! There’s a small diner that just opened up near my parents house called ‘Nothin’ Fancy’ that I’ve always been leery of.
When a fast food place has Barq’s root beer I love it because none of them know what it is.
Squawk box: “What would you like to drink with that , sir?”
Jerk: “A large Barq’s , please.”
Squawk box: “…a large what?”
Jerk: “Barq’s. It’s on your marquee.”
Squawk box: “On our what?”
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 26, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Now Vic
Don’t make fun of the kids these days.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
The Idle Mind , Etc.
Victim: “May I ask who’s calling?”
Vic: “Go right ahead.”
Victim: “……………”
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 26, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll have to remember that.
Boy poor unsuspecting people who have to deal with you.
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I blame my father.
(Which is safer to do now that he’s passed.)
When we lived in Lafayette he mandated that when the phone rang instead of answering “Hello” – like normal people would – we answered by saying the word he Tamargoed out of the letters that corresponded to the numerals in our phone number.
So unless you already knew us you had NO idea who you’d called when you heard “Bugwoll”
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 1:16 AM PST up reply actions
I like this idea and was just about to do it but realized that my number has a 1 and a 0 in it. :(
by paboperfecto on Jan 28, 2009 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
The use of “drink” reminds me of Philadelphia, where they have a kind of dessert like an Italian ice, but they call it “water ice,” which has got to be the least compelling name ever devised for a product.
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just bitter
especially when you ask for sliced cucumber in vinegar and get that awful stuff instead. It’s like eating watermelon rinds.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
I’ve never had bitter melon, mainly because I have a sensitivity to bitter flavors, so it seems like a bad idea.
I do kinda like durian, though.
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But still, damn you for mentioning Asian foods, because now I’m reminded that, what with having a one-month old, we weren’t able to get our acts together and do anything for Chinese New Year. Woe.
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just find someone who can make jiaozi and set off some firecrackers.
problem solved.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
Don't worry; I'm still writing Year of the Rooster on my checks.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Is "better" quantitative or qualitative?
For some odd – assed reason (and I’m really open to suggestion here) I can’t log onto any site except McC…and the Az. Snakepit.
These two sites are like night and day as far as the frequency of members’ posts and the number of comments per.
’Pitters post , they comment , they walk away.
McCovenites (The Giant horde!) like to come back and pick at the carcass , if you will.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 7:21 PM PST up reply actions
This is,
by FAR, the best blog I’ve ever seen for any team.
by bondslegend on Jan 27, 2009 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
I ain't complaining.
It’s like Alice’s Restaurant – you can get anything you want.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 12:40 AM PST up reply actions
“Water ice” here (Brooklyn) differentiates from “Ice Cream” and “Cream Ices”. Water Ices seem to me the most watery/icy, Ice Cream seems like standard American Ice Cream and Cream Ices, seem to me very similar to gelato. All available at Ralph’s Italian Ices. I think you can also get a Egg Cream there. Also something called a “Raplhaccino”.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
Sunny D or the purple stuff?
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 27, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
They refer to shopping carts as “carriages” there. My wife still does that, which always results in me making fun of her. Similarly, she makes fun of me for saying “island” instead of “median” for lawns/planted areas in the middle of roads.
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Again, being raised in WV, we called ’em buggies. Which I try not to say anymore because it sounds weird.
Yeah, I’ve heard that too.
My wife also lived in the Boston suburbs in middle school, where they call water fountains bubblers, so she’s weird all around.
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My gran (originally from Tennessee) called strollers “baby buggies.” It was pretty funny to me when I was wee.
"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 Jan 26, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
OT - Construction jive
For years before I entered my trade (commercial plumbing) I hooked the hose up to a faucet….it was confusing as a new father to learn it’s technically called a hose bibb.
Compound the confusion with people telling me to stack those pipes on some cribbing (boards).
In elementary school I asked to be excused to go to the lavatory…that’s the trade technical term for a sink.
It’s not a toilet – it’s a water closet.
East Coast folk call them pump pliers , us Westerners call ’em channel locks.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 26, 2009 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
It's a definite turnoff.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 26, 2009 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
Sexual Plumbing Terms
I work in Plumbing Supply, some of my favs:
Ball-cock
Cock hole cover
Female Adaptor
3" Black Nipple
Quick...what's MIP stand for?
We use a powder actuated gun to shoot anchors into concrete ceilings. The depth is variable , and the charges are colored so as to distinguish their explosiveness. This is why I once unthinkingly yelled to a coworker:
“What color is your load?”
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Some of them are particularily Ridgid.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
when I worked at a hardware store during college, we used to get such a kick out of customers (especially the females) coming into the store and asking “Excuse me, where do you keep your caulk?” or “Do you have any caulk?” or “Can you show me where your caulk is?” It doesn’t translate well into writing, but since the “L” isn’t very pronounceable, so it was just a riot.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
You'll love this...
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?title=caulk&videoId=60189
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
"Speak for yourself , love!"
I prefer to force the caulk into the crack with my fingers.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 29, 2009 6:09 AM PST up reply actions
Depends on what it is.
If it’s a median or an island.
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The wife loves her books. I dont get it
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
Well I can attest for the midwest thing.
In WI it was always pop.
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BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 26, 2009 10:02 AM PST reply actions
And anything
coming out of Joe Buck’s mouth
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by SoFa King Mike on Jan 26, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Bermanism
How is it possible that he never used Ricky “Remains of” Ledee? It’s so obvious!
by biff pocoroba on Jan 26, 2009 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Not a big fan of Berman,
But, Tony “Jalla” Pena always makes me laugh
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
Barry US Bonds
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 26, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
.gif please!
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A few that annoy me
Referring to prospects as “studs.” Well, that doesn’t annoy me so much as it amuses me for its intense homoeroticism.
Related to “gamers”: one year when I was in Chicago, the White Sox had an ad campaign similar to the Gamer campaign, except they used the term “Grinders” instead. I guess that meant that they grind out wins, but as far as I know, a grinder is what they call sub sandwiches in Connecticut.
And I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned the mythical Veteran Savvy.
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my favorite example is from a sport other than baseball, please allow me some latitude…or not
in basketball- the “traditional three point play” when one is fouled while making a two point basket, and used in contradiction to a “three pointer”, which is simply a basket worth three points and not actually a “play”; its not called a “new age three point play” or some such nonsense, so why they need to use that phraseology ill never know
i adopt brian sabean... take that dramatic irony!
by Headhunter Rollins on Jan 26, 2009 10:29 AM PST reply actions
Wait, no, that’s SID Justice.
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Speaking of Justice...
…can one argue the point now that if it weren’t for PEDs Atlanta’s entire 14 year run of NL East domination would be for naught?
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 26, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
anyone using those terms, doesn’t understand how to be a fan the right way.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
Get out in the sunlight and drink some man sodas.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
SPEAKING of homoerotic.
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Next you’ll be talking about your love of MANRAM.
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Or The Big Unit.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
or
A-Rod’s obsession with Jeter
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 26, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
hot
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
ic what you did there
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
This is what happens when we allow science to be "taught" in schools.
First the make a monkeys’ uncle out of you then the crowd out what is sacred with a bunch of gibberish. When to we gather for burning of those profane books by that Darwin and Saber fellows?
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Jan 26, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
“They tried to teach my baby science”
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
On a related topic
Most baseball nicknames this day are terrible – The Big Unit, A-Rod, I-Rod, K-Rod, F-Rod, Everything-Rod. It makes me long for the nickanmes of the past, from Three Finger Brown to Baby Bull to Oil Can Boyd.
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I love the random one-named players on bb-ref more than life itself.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Wow..
Brown is the first I’ve seen.
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I can’t remember all of them, but there are at least a dozen or so. They generally all have one seasons-worth of AB/IP and they’re always from the 1870s or something. It’s incredible.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Brown sucked
Gavern could have totally wiped the floor with him.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
I don’t mind the Big Unit. but the Name shortenings are lame-o. see also MANRAM.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
Dice-K also sucks. The nickname, I mean.
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That doesn’t even make any sense as a nickname. IT DOESN’T CHANGE THE WAY YOU SAY HIS NAME! WTF.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I think people use that because they can’t be bothered to learn to spell his name.
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I also suspect that fuels the use of abbreviated terms like “veggies” and “congrats,” but that’s really just speculation.
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I’ve always wondered why the word “abbreviation” is such a long word.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
Same with "monosyllabic"
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by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
And short.
Wait, damn!
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what's another word for Thesaurus?
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I guess it depends on you pronounce “dice”. “Daisuke” pronounced like “die-soo-kay”, but it can be shortened to something like “die-ss-kay” when spoken quickly.
Something like “dyes-K” would be more accurate, but then you couldn’t make those awesome dice puns. “Boston Rolls The Die In Win” BRILLIANT
close enough for jazz. This is ESPN we’re talking about, we can’t really expect them to go overboard in the “accuracy” department.
by bondslegend on Jan 27, 2009 12:45 AM PST up reply actions
Well
You don’t really say A-lex or I-van Rodriguez either.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
To me, “Pudge” will always be Carlton Fisk.
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This might be sacrilige
but Ivan is the better Pudge, and can now stake claim to the nickname.
by biff pocoroba on Jan 26, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Brandon Phillips is Taco
true story
"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 Jan 26, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
this
"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 Jan 26, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
I am pretty sure Dodger fans like tacos. Communist, Evil it’s the same thing right?
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Jan 26, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
The webpage is being stupid and refusing to load, but in Yahoo’s Big League Stew there’s a thing called “Taco and Me” that explains the whole nickname thing.
"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 Jan 26, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
here
"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 Jan 26, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
God damn link fail
"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 Jan 26, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I give up
"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 Jan 26, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Yes thank you.
"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 Jan 26, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
What would be good is if there was a player named Bill, or William, or some other variation thereof, and people started calling him “Taco Bill.”
Maybe we could start doing this with Bill Hall.
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New Padres closer
Heath “Taco” Bell?
"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 Jan 26, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
"Cool Papa" Bell.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
So fast he could turn the light out and still be under the covers before the room got dark.
Or so I been told.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Jan 26, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Nothing beats the Negro League Nicknames
Check some of the ones listed below
Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Ted “Double-Duty Radcliffe”
Jelly Gardner, Ready Cash, Spoony Palm, Groundhog Thompson, Honey Lott, Cleveland Clark, Ace Adams, True Heart Ferrell, Copperknee Thompson, Steelarm Davis, Cannonball Redding, Dolly Gray, Turkey Stearns, King Tutt, Scrappy Brown, Tank Carr, Possum Poles, Bunny Downs, Rats Henderson, Bullet Joe Rogan,"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
Bring back really old-school nicknames...
…like “Death to Flying Things”.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Jan 26, 2009 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Some other good ones
Rafael Furcal – Nickname: El Enano (The Dwarf)
Todd Jones – Nickname: Roller Coaster
This nickname is derived from his heart-attack-stomach-turning save attempts.
Doug Mientkiewicz – Nickname: Eye Chart
Eye Chart’s name comes from the difficulty to spell his last name (eye chart aka the board you look at during an eye exam).
Julio Franco – Nickname: Father Time
I think Julio Franco is doing the opposite of most Dominican players when it comes to fibbing about his age. In fact I think he is really 39 instead of 49, and when he made his MLB debut in 1982 he was just a really mature looking 14-year-old.
Antonio Alfonseca – Nickname: El Pulpo (The Octopus)
What a great nickname for a freak that has six fingers and six toes on each limb.
Joakim Soria- Nickname:The Mexicutioner
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
Six fingers and six toes on each limb? He must have a hell of a time finding shoes that fit.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Jan 26, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Doug Gwosdz
was the original eye chart, a backup catcher.
I think he got a spring invite with the giants once.
Doug Mientxcjklwet would have to be eye chart the second
adopter/sponsor of "Go, Antoan" Richardson
by foothillsfan on Jan 26, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Since nicknames were mentioned
I feel that this poem is fitting. The Anthem of Nicknames, by William “Sugar” Wallace.
Optional contest: How many nicknames can you identify?
Catfish, Mudcat, Ducky, Coot.
The Babe, The Barber, The Blade, The Brat.
Windy, Dummy, Gabby, Hoot.
Big Train, Big Six, Big Ed, Fat.
Greasy, Sandy, Muddy, Rocky.
Bunions, Twinkletoes, Footsie, The Hat.
Fuzzy, Dizzy, Buddy, Cocky.
The Bull, The Stork, The Weasle, The Cat.
Schoolboy, Sheriff,
Rajah, Duke,
General, Major,
Spaceman, Spook.
The Georgia Peach, The Fordham Flash,
The Flying Dutchman. Cot.
The People’s Cherce, The Blazer. Crash.
The Staten Island Scot.
Skeeter, Scooter,
Pepper, Duster,
Ebba, Bama, Boomer, Buster.
The Little Professor, The Iron Horse. Cap.
Iron Man, Iron Mike, Iron Hands. Hutch.
Jap, The Mad Russian, Irish, Swede. Nap.
Germany, Frenchy, Big Serb, Dutch,
Turk. Tuck, Tug, Twig.
Spider, Birdy, Rabbit, Pig.
Fat Jack, Black Jack, Zeke, Zack. Bloop.
Peanuts, Candy, Chewing Gum, Pop.
Chicken, Cracker, Hot Potato, Soup.
Ding, Bingo.
Hippity-Hopp.
Three-Finger, No-Neck, The Knuck, The Lip.
Casey, Gavvy, Pumpsie, Zim.
Flit, Bad Henry. Fat Freddie, Flip.
Jolly Cholly, Sunny Jim.
Shag, Schnozz,
King Kong, Klu.
Boog, Buzz,
Boots, Bump, Boo.
King Carl, The Count. The Rope, The Whip.
Wee Willie, Wild Bill, Gloomy Gus. Cy.
Bobo, Bombo, Bozo. Skip.
Coco, Kiki, Yo-yo. Pie.
Dinty, Dooley,
Tuffy, Snuffy,
Stubby, Dazzy,
Daffy, Duffy.
Baby Doll, Angel Sleeves, Pep, Sliding Billy,
Buttercup, Bollicky, Boileryard, Juice.
Colby Jack, Dauntless Dave, Cheese,
Gentle Willie,
Trolley Line, Wagon Tongue, Rough,
What’s the Use.
Ee-yah,
Poosh ’Em Up,
Skoonj, Slats, Ski.
Ding Dong,
Ding-a-Ling,
Dim Dom, Dee.
Famous Amos. Rosy, Rusty.
Handsome Ransom. Home Run, Huck.
Rapid Robert. Cactus, Dusty.
Rowdy Richard. Hot Rod, Truck.
Jo-Jo, Jumping Joe,
Little Looie,
Muggsy, Moe.
Old Folks, Old Pard, Oom Paul. Yaz.
Cowboy, Indian Bob, Chief, Ozark Ike.
Rawhide, Reindeer Bill. Motormouth. Maz.
Pistol Pete, Jungle Jim, Wahoo Sam. Spike.
The Mad Hungarian.
Mickey, Minnie.
Kitten, Bunny.
Big Dan, Moose.
Jumbo, Pee Wee; Chubby, Skinny.
Little Poison.
Crow, Hawk, Goose.
Marvelous Marv.
Oisk, Oats, Tookie.
Vinegar Bend.
Suds, Hooks, Hug.
Hammerin’ Hank.
Cooch, Cod, Cookie.
Harry the Horse.
Speed, Stretch, Slug.
The Splendid Splinter. Pruschka. Sparky.
Chico, Choo Choo, Cha-Cha, Chub.
Dr. Strangeglove. Deacon. Arky.
Abba Dabba. Supersub.
Bubbles, Dimples, Cuddles, Pinky.
Poison Ivy, Vulture, Stinky.
Jigger, Jabbo
Jolting Joe
Blue Moon
Boom Boom
Bubba
Bo
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Bonus game
How many Giants players can you spot in the poem?
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Cha-Cha
Stretch
Dusty(manager)
The Count.
Found Four. Must have missed some of the NY Giants.
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
King Carl = Carl Hubbell
The Count = John Montefusco
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Wait, you already got The Count, never mind.
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I saw a couple NY Giants – Fordham Flash (Frankie Frisch) and Rajah (Rogers Hornsby) were traded for each other.
Now that I think of it, that was probably the pre-A.J. A.J. trade. Trade good player (Frisch) for other good player (Hornsby) with overplayed clubhouse issues. Dump other good player after only one year.
Sal Maglie was the Barber, I’m pretty sure. Leo Durocher (the Lip) managed for the Giants in NY.
Any others?
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
"What’s the Use"
I am pretty sure this is Dave Roberts nickname. Or maybe it’s “Tits on a Bull”
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
Some former Giants in the poem...
The Barber = Sal Maglie
The Brat = Eddie Stankey
Big Six = Christy Mathewson (always thought it would be cool if the Giants were to retire #6 in his honor)
Rocky = Rocky Bridges (3B coach of woeful ‘85 Giants)
Rajah = Rogers Hornsby
Duke = Duke Snider
Fordham Flash = Frankie Frisch
Staten Island Scot = Bobby Thomson
Cap = Cap Peterson (…well, it could)
Irish = Irish Meusel
Peanuts = Peanuts Lowrey (coach)
Candy = Candy Maldonado
The Lip = Leo Durocher
Casey = Casey Stengel
Zim = Don Zimmer (who had one season coaching the Giants in the ’80s
King Kong = Dave Kingman
King Carl = Carl Hubbell
The Count = John Montefusco
Handsome Ransom… I guess that’s not Cody or Jeff?
Dusty = Dusty Rhodes and Dusty Baker
Stretch = Willie McCovey
Cha Cha = Orlando Cepeda
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Heavyweight Division
Don’t forget Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons, Chub Feeney, and Big Dan Brouthers.
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
The Original Fat Boys...
I saw Chub and thought of Feeney right away. But I figured a former exec who never played the game was a stretch. Then again, so was the late Cap Peterson, a guy whose career never quite matched up to that of the other, better know Cap Anson. Fitzsimmons and Brouthers were outside my limited body of knowledge.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
/ the daveinexile gives a standing golf clap.
I guess Ho Ho ( Ed Halicki) didn’t fit. I have to ask was Poison Ivy for Mike Ivie ? If not then who was it?
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
Poison Ivie! Good catch!
That was what Giants’ fans called him back in the day. I say it counts!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Name shortenings = bad.
Creative ones = good.
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"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Robby Thompson
I recall that other players called him “RT” which I thought to be about as uncreative as possible. Sometimes, I think they just get lazy with that stuff.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 26, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 26, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Every time someone uses that phrase, I think, "Let's find out..."
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 26, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I Think....
Shows up late and leaves early. And that if I got a transfusion of that crap I would die on the table.
Bring me the head of Barry Zito!
When theres a runner on 1st and 2nd..
and Kruk says to pitch around the batter because there is an open base…
proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..
Doesn’t he say that when there’s a runner on 2nd or 3rd but no one on first? But yeah, that bugs me too because he SAYS IT EVERYTIME when [Giants pitcher] stops throwing strikes and starts walking guys.
Seriously, like the walk is some sort of strategy and not just the pitcher sucking it up.
If Kruk had his way, the bases would be loaded and then stranded every inning.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yeah, me too, which made me sad. I am hoping it was just because of so many poor years in a row, but he was pretty irritating at times last year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I didn’t have a problem with him last year, but maybe that’s because it was my first full year back after listening to the announcers of the Cubs, White Sox, and Red Sox for years. Shudder.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Haha, they do make you appreciate what we have, don’t they? Whenever I watch Sox games, I turn the volume down.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
U DON’T LIKE DA REM DOGG??? ?
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 26, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
His voice makes me want to murder kittens.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I still love the clip on NESN of the one Red Sox fan hurling a slice of pizza at another Red Sox fan. Remmy was cracking up.
That was classic
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
When lester threw his no-no
the batter he struck out was Alberto Callaspo. You pronounce the “Ls” in that name with a “y” sound, thanks to spanish grammar. It should be “cay yas po” or something similar to that.
However, Remy repeated called him “cah las poh”, and even yelled “cah las poh strikes out!!!” on the last pitch. I was irritated. He’s annoying.
by bondslegend on Jan 27, 2009 12:49 AM PST up reply actions
Don Orsillo was the one who called the last out, not Remy.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 27, 2009 1:57 AM PST up reply actions
Similarly, last year Amy G. pronounced “Angel” the correct Spanish way, but said his last name as “Vill-uh-loh-nuh.”
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Her head is disproportionate from the rest of her body, so her rack would be average
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 27, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I’m down with this.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
And to their credit, trying to produce an entertaining broadcast for a sub-.500 ballclub (that’s for you Howie) probably isn’t the easiest job.
Ow.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Aw. What a balldiss.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Obligatory sfgate comment:
The Giants announcers are the worst when it comes to homerism. It used to be that play by play announcers took pride in their objectivity. Sadly now it’s apparent who signs their paycheck.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 26, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Somebody please make Fitzgerald listen to week of Braves games.
While K and K can sometimes “homer” it up, IMO they are pretty balanced. Last year went a little far, but there were not many opportunities to call a good game. You can only point out how good the other team is so many times without wanting to puke.
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
Until I hear them outright cheerleading (“Stay fair!”, “Go on, get out of here!”), I’d say the Giants announcers are far from the worst.
I’d take a little homerism here and there than the forced, disinterested droning of Joe Buck any day.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 26, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
This.
I don’t even think it’s homerism to cheer for the team you are broadcasting, as long as you call with excitement an exciting play that is happening to the other team. With some broadcasting teams for a routing running catch you’ll hear the following for the different teams…
“He’s heading back, the ball is drifting with the wind now and…HE MAKES A RUNNING CATCH to save SURE extra bases.”
"Long drive, this one’s heading deep but the wind is slowing it, and the fielder makes the catch.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Yeah, Kruk and Kuip always call the game as if it’s exciting, and they always give full credit to good plays made by the other team.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
they were put to the test last year
there were A LOT of boring games.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 26, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
And they give full credit to the other teams’ opposing players too.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Good Point.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
OMG
is there anything more annoying than announcers cheering for something to happen? The only other thing that comes close is when the stupid irritating color guy breaks in to scream and yell after something exciting has happened. I HATE that.
by bondslegend on Jan 27, 2009 12:54 AM PST up reply actions
SF announcers
seem to be really really really good at keeping their homerism in check. The Vikings’ radio guy, Paul Allen, is the golden standard for homerism as far as I’m concerned, and I just can’t see Jon Miller or even Kruk and Kuip acting like that fat fucking assclown. If my team’s announcers acted like that, I’d get pissed, and I’m an irrational sports fan.
by bondslegend on Jan 27, 2009 12:52 AM PST up reply actions
Ron Santo?
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
In general I agree.
But Santo I give a pass to. He wore the uni and has been involved with the same franchise for decades now. Since before we even put a man on the moon. If the man wasn’t emotionally invested given that context I would be more offended.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
No pass.
He’s just annoying.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Santo isn't very smart...
Every time he’s asked a baseball-related question, he’s stumped.
(I have my own master suite waiting for me in hell.)
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
Oh never meant to imply he isn’t annoying.
I just don’t have the scorn for him I do for others that act like he does. And boy do I have plenty of scorn for that type of anoncer.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
Guess I've never heard Santo
the guys I’m thinking of specifically are Kruk, Kuip, Miller, Flem, and Joe Starkey. I don’t here too many of the other guys I guess.
I always cringe when watching a White Sox game, because the announcers constantly say “we” and “us”. If they said the “Sox” or “White Sox” it would be fine.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
The White Sox Announcers = embarrassment squick.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
White Sox, Rockies, Douchebacks. Are those the 3 most irritating, homer-centric broadcasts out there? I’m sure I’m missing someone.
by bondslegend on Jan 27, 2009 12:55 AM PST up reply actions
Oh god no, it’s gotta be the Padres radio team, Coleman and Leitner. When all I had to follow the season was my XM feed, San Diego was the one place where I literally dreaded the Giants going because it’s such torture to listen to those two for three days running.
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
Do they also, do the games on local San Diego 4? if so, yeah they suck
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 27, 2009 8:03 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah
I forgot about the padres. Their TV guys are bad enough, never heard the radio guys. But I certainly believe they’re terrible.
His refusal to say that Barry Zito was stinking up the joint was maddening. I know he can’t really call out a player on air like that, but telling me that “Barry Zito has four pitches that he can place wherever he wants in the zone” probably pushed me over the edge.
Also, the insistence of “PLAYING WITH AN OPEN BASE” among other things.
Yeah, exactly, there’s a fine line between being a homer and being willfully blind to the shortcomings of the team, and Kruk was on the wrong side of that line a lot last year.
Of course, I still suspect he and Kuip (in the post-games especially) were pretty drunk for at least half the games last year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Agreed on both! That’s why I always liked Steve Stone so much, because he had the balls to actually talk about the things the team was doing wrong, when things were going wrong.
There were a few times where it seemed like Kruk actually let his frustration through last year and he sounded irritated with the team, but they were sadly few and far between.
I mean, not like I want him to be whining about how much we suck 162 games a year, I don’t want Marty Brennaman here, god forbid, but it gets annoying when you’re all pissed off that the team is playing like crap and the announcers are just cheerfully pretending everything is awesome.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yeah, Brennaman is just bitter and stupid by this point. But I have no problem with an announcer telling me that, for example, Eugenio Velez is terrible at taking a lead off of first base.
It’s probably a fine line between being bitter and being a homer.
They did rag on Velez fairly often last year as I recall.
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I think I remember Kuiper being pretty critical. Kruk seems super reluctant to ever say anything critical of a pitcher.
The unintentional intentional walk
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah he says it in that situation too..
which doesn’t bother me as much as when he says it when 3rd base is the “open base”
proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..
i have never liked nicknames like Gardy, Franny, I guess Jeter is Jeety to some folks.
hey, Velez could be velveeta because he’s smooth
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smooth as a pile of rocks.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Smooth
is actually Kuiper’s nickname. The more you know :-)
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
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Thank You Deuce !
At work, photobucket blocked :-(
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
On the -y it depends..
If you’ve got a veteran player with no nickname, I think the -y is appropriate. But Franny is just too young yet and has too good of a nickname (Peter Frandsen).
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I agree. the -y does work with the vets, or when you are talking about your teammates. The -y thing is more of a clubhouse thing.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think any other player generates as wild disagreement around this site as my man Eugeniooo
adopter/sponsor of "Go, Antoan" Richardson
you’re saying his name wrong.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
eu, eu, eu, i am not
adopter/sponsor of "Go, Antoan" Richardson
by foothillsfan on Jan 26, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
OR E-4, E-4, E-4, I IS
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Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
WE PROMOTED HIM TO BARON
although I will compromise and go with Hauptmann.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
Pretty Sure
that our “Baron” would have a problem being associated with CPVIG.
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You missed the minor skirmish with me and Eugenio’s adoptive parent over Eugenio’s status. I still consider him my retarded baby, though.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 26, 2009 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
Clutch
While certain players might do better in certain situations, I hate it when people criticize actual good players because they aren’t “clutch”. For instance, preferring a team of David Ecksteins over a team of Alex Rodriguezes because A-rod isn’t clutch.
Bengie Molina
Clutch Player :-)
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i see your point, but we’ve all played with teammates that have the knack of “delivering” in those high drama situations, and in my book that is a clutch-type of player. (I would have used “rise to the occasion” instead of “delivering”, but that would cause too Big-Unit jokes)
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
I like it when the announcers say, after a foul line drive into the seats, that the batter “Jerked one into the stands”
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 26, 2009 12:18 PM PST reply actions
I see what you did there...
72-90 - TIMMY FOR CY YOUNG!!!
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as always...
72-90 - TIMMY FOR CY YOUNG!!!
Adopted Giant: Daryl Maday - The roller coaster ride continues - Augusta to Norwich to San Jose, the latter of which has been a success so far. 1.59 ERA.
I like it when they hit one off the fists and the announcer says, “He fisted it!”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Fisting, studs, man soda, money hit, jerking it. Dang.
Semi-related: I once referred to a foul ball as being “raked,” and my wife thought I said it was “raped.”
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Dongs for home runs too
No wonder I love baseball so much. The double entendres make me titter.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 26, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
We should start calling HR’s boners.
I can imagine Jon Miller already “AN EPIC SOARING BONER INTO THE NIGHT!”
I mentioned this in another thread recently, but apparently the use of the word “boner” originates with the Giants – from what I read, it was first used with the famed Merkle’s Boner.
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The use of the word “boner” to refer to a screw-up, that is. I make no claims for its other meaning.
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Xbox online probably wouldn’t let you have that band name on Rock Band.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
!!!
I just had that thought, like, two days ago. Weeeeeird.
by Sammy Danger on Jan 26, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
“Raking” is a good one.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
Shortstop went deep in the hole for that one...
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 26, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone hear?
There was a newsbroadcast on how the Obamas are such a loving family because of their “…kissing, hugging, and even fisting…”
O.O
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TERRORIST FIST JAB
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One that drives me nuts...
Is when someone, usually on a highlight show, will scream:
“FILL THY HORN WITH OIL”
Whenever someone hits a home run. What the hell does that even mean?
72-90 - TIMMY FOR CY YOUNG!!!
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There’s an announcer who says “Fill thine horn with oil, for I am king of the diamond.” or something like that.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
Oops
I meant “thine.”
Could it be biblical or something?
72-90 - TIMMY FOR CY YOUNG!!!
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Yahoo Answers has several incoherent and nonsensical answers:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080510205048AAPzKHo
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You do know that Yahoo means "incoherent and nonsensical" in Swahili, right?
72-90 - TIMMY FOR CY YOUNG!!!
Adopted Giant: Daryl Maday - The roller coaster ride continues - Augusta to Norwich to San Jose, the latter of which has been a success so far. 1.59 ERA.
As always...
72-90 - TIMMY FOR CY YOUNG!!!
Adopted Giant: Daryl Maday - The roller coaster ride continues - Augusta to Norwich to San Jose, the latter of which has been a success so far. 1.59 ERA.
lies
"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 Jan 26, 2009 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
I grew up in NorCal and have since only lived in Portland and NYC and never, ever heard anyone outside of a Hollywood portrayal of a stereotypical Hillbilly or resident of a town that has outlawed dancing call the drink a “pop”.
FYI
I noticed while I was in Europe that alot of people call it pop. WEIRDOS!!
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 7:40 AM PST up reply actions
Shitting the bed
Always liked that one.
ex. A Zitoish performance from 07-08
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 6:54 PM PST reply actions
"Good Eye"
This one bugs the crap out of me.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 8:50 PM PST reply actions
I always yell that though.
A good eye is good.
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The concept is good, but is too LL for my liking. I’d take “good take” over it.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 26, 2009 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
When I want to be extra obnoxious at a game
I wait until everyone has stopped cheering and then scream "Nice Eye!’. I get funny looks sometimes.
Rule #1: Appeal to things people can complain about.
Rule #2: Be xanthan.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think I want to know where you put the hard drive.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 26, 2009 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
“Lincecum tossed seven innings of two – hit baseball…”
Hardly.
“Lincecum twirled a seven hit shutout.”
Sounds positively enchanting , but…no.
Lincecum hurls seven innings of two – hit baseball.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 1:43 AM PST reply actions
my grandma used to call soda “bobby socks” …never got a good explanation of that one
and
when announcers say “no doubt about it” when there is clearly doubt about a majority of things in life, including that deep fly that got caught up in the wind
i adopt brian sabean... take that dramatic irony!
by Headhunter Rollins on Jan 27, 2009 8:51 AM PST reply actions
My top three:
1. a “thang” – as in a blooper that falls for a hit. Occasionally, if it is said naturally, it sounds alright. However, most of the time it is said with the same emphasis a teenager uses when making a sex-related pun.
2. slide piece – especially when Joe Morgan says it. Just say “slider”.
3. RBI as a plural – as in: “he had three RBI on the day”. The plural of RBI is RBIs. Look it up in an AP Stylebook.
Honorable mention: Anything out of Tim McCarver’s mouth. Honestly, Why do we have to listen to this jock stain every October? I think that he was the last person in America to figure out what was going on during the A.J. Pierzynski/Josh Paul play in the ‘05 ALCS should have made it clear to the Fox Network what a bafoon he is. Can I get an “Amen!”? I know I’m not alone in this.
Of course, it would really make sense for the plural of RBI to be RsBI.
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Three Ares Bee Eye.
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This is making me want a roast beef sandwich
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 27, 2009 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think so.
If it were, “He gets credit for an RBI” would be ungrammatical.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
If you ask me, it’s both. As a point of style, it’s just subjective by preference to begin with. RsBI is clunky and RBIs is inaccurate. RBI, on the other hand, stands for both Runs Batted In and Run Batted In. The fact that the s is hidden doesn’t change the acronym in any way.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
Scissors.
Pants.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 7:33 PM PST up reply actions
For some reason
it always amuses me to think that I have a pant on each of my legs.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
It’s a matter of the written word vs. the spoken word. The AP Stylebook denotes “RBIs” as the only plural form of “RBI”. Therefore, in writing, it is correct to pluralize “RBI” with an “s”. There are other such acronyms. Ex.: Prisoners Of War. In March 2004, the U.S. released 31 POWs from Gitmo.
The cause for debate stems from the spoken word. It was ESPN that began dropping the “s” in pluralizing “RBI”. The ESPN style is now denoted in several dictionaries. However, because of the specific AP rule, the plural “RBI” should be considered correct in verbal use only.
The controversy stems from ESPN’s interests in the world of fantasy sports. Because ESPN has bastardized stats to promote an audience for fantasy sports, the “RBI” vs. “RBIs” debate is actually a debate of fantasy sport vs. actual sport. So, from the perspective of a baseball-purist, “RBIs” is generally considered correct simply because it is the way it has always been said.
Like I was starting to get at, AP is just one stylebook. There are others. Maybe not as widely used, but style and usage are pretty fluid and subjective as a general rule. It really is, within a reasonable limit, all preference (for instance, you won’t be putting full stops in the middle of words and calling it correct anytime soon just because you think it looks better, but on the other hand acronym usage tends to vary pretty widely within acceptable limits even from stylebook to stylebook).
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 9:05 PM PST up reply actions
The only stylebook that gives an OK on “R.B.I.”, as a plural, is The New York Times Manual of Style & Usage, which requires periods to denote the acronym. The reason for this is it’s incorrect to imply phonetics in the written word. That the letters “RBI” are pronounced phonetically in essence means it is, in-and-of itself, a word. Therefore, one should pluralize it as if it IS a word. The rule does not necessarily apply to the spoken word, because one can discern auditorily that the letters “R”, “B”, “I”, are pronounced phonetically.
Long story short, there is no stylebook that condones the use of “RBI” as a plural. It is either ‘three RBIs’ (recognized by the vast majority, including the AP Stylebook and the Chicago Manual of Style) or ‘three R.B.I.’ (as permitted by the NY Times Manual).
Long story short, there is no stylebook that condones the use of "RBI" as a plural.
Yet!
I get your point. I really, really do. Try not to get me wrong for being critical of to-the-letter stylebooking. Stylebooks are very good things for the language. They’re also fairly malleable over time and relatively arbitrary in some areas (title case, anybody?). But I’m not trying to denounce your point (maybe I was, but I’m not now). I’m just , personally, a stylebook semi-agnostic.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 28, 2009 7:18 AM PST up reply actions
RsBI sounds awkward.
I would say that it’s evident that the rules of spoken English allow for abbreviations to be pluralized by adding an s.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
Oh, I was never condoning RsBI. And there are tons of examples of similar acronyms regularly going as ACRONYMs (POWs being the convenient example cited above). And the stylebooks do bear out the rule.
I was simply condoning the reality (or, a reality which I perceive, anyway) that there are acceptable alternatives to strict stylebook guidelines. I made the point pretty poorly by pushing other stylebooks in my initial comment, but that’s all I mean. A lot of these rules for the written word aren’t actually all that old, and there is room for wiggle.
I’m not fighting RBIs, and I’m not defending RsBI (though I am, it would seem, defending the right to accept RBI).
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 28, 2009 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
I see and agree. One of the things I like about English that there isn’t really a final authority on what works and what doesn’t. Go Team!
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
No final authority on English?? Dammit, guys, I'm RIGHT HERE.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 28, 2009 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
Screw it
I’m going with RsBsIs. Then I know for sure that there’s an ‘s’ in the right place.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
Too far! Too far!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 28, 2009 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
Stanford Cardinal.
hee hee hee
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I hate it when
Scouts compare prospects to current players and say stuff like “He’s chase utley without the power (Nick Noonan I’m lookin at you)” If you are chase utley without the power you are not Chase Utley you are Nick Fucking Noonan. That always annoys me.
Why does Sabean always look constipated?
oh man, do I agree with this one.
Someone described him as “Dan Uggla with less power” a little while ago and the same frustration with that applies.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
xanthan is an Apple ][ with less processing power.
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I hate freakin video game commentary
It is so annoying. I play 2k8 on my Wii and I am pitching a no hitter with Timmy with two outs in the ninth and Joe Morgan says “I am really surprised he made it this, I few innings ago I question whether he would get out of the inning” its a freakin perfect game he is saying this shit. On second thought its not that different than real life. But it still gets me.
Side Note… I just got my Wii what is the best baseball and football games for it?
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Not NCAA Football 2009
We rented that for the Wii last week and for five days straight we had a constant stream of profanity coming from the living room. The control scheme is awful.
I like MLB Power Pros because it’s fun and silly with the little dudes and no legs. The serious sports gamers probably hate it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
Just try not to do this
.
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One that hasn’t been mentioned yet: Uncle Charley for a curve ball.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
also yakker
Makes me think of vomit.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Yakker – Comes from "yawker," which is a nickname for a flicker, a yellow-shafted bird that flies in a manner similar to a sweeping curveball.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
For some reason this has stuck in my mind, but during the 2002 NLCS, either Chuck Finley or Matt Morris was pitching and some douche in the Cards dugout was like calling his pitches or something and he said three nicknames for pitches, ending with Uncle Charley, and Buck and McCarver thought it was the most hilarious thing ever and they must have replayed the clip about 800 times.
So, I agree.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Uncle Charlie – The term was commonly used in citizens band (C.B.) radio in the early 1970s to describe the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Unfortunately, there’s no real reasoning behind the term being used for a curveball besides the sounds of "Uncle" and "Charlie" suggesting a curve. Disappointing, I know. Different spin-offs of the term popped up periodically including Sir Charles and Lord Charles, which was used to describe Dwight Gooden’s superior curveball in the 1980s.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
and a dead donkey dick if your name is Bobby Estalella.
This just in...Bobby Estallela can suck a dead donkey dick.
by victor frankenstein on Jan 29, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
this is definitely an epic thread
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 4:44 PM PST reply actions
Anytime anybody says anything that is so plainly obvious and inarguable that it is, under all circumstances, best left unsaid so that more worthwhile things might be heard instead of the noise.
For example: “He needs to locate this pitch right now.”
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
Keys to the game
1. good pitching
2. good hitting
3. good defense
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 29, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
YES! 1000 TIMES YES!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 29, 2009 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
Note: Unless he’s pimping a rare 49ers win for 15 minutes on Sportscenter even though nobody on the East Coast cares.
Which he has done.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 29, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Nobody circles the wagons like the BUFFALO BILLS!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 29, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Things I particularily like about this fanpost
ex: It’s the end of August and Aaron Rowand has 24 ribbies!
aaron rowand just slammed his face into a wall
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Most Comments Record
Anyone know what the McCovey record for comments is?
I tried looking it up on Guinness World Book of Records but all i could find is the youngest person to wear dentures (Daniel Sanchez-Ruiz at the age of 3 years and 301 days)
I’ve never heard that one, who calls them that?
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
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This is semi off-topic, but...
I hate when Mark Schlereth on ESPN says “National Football League” instead of just NFL. As in, “Peyton Manning has an accurate arm, which is why he is one of the top quarterbacks in the National Football League.”
There’s a reason most people just use the acronym, for crying out loud
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
Mark Schlereth is a guy who says 10 things in a minutes that drive me nuts. Here’s my Mark Schlereth impersonation:
“I like this guy. He plays tough football and makes things happen with the football because he plays the game hard and give 135% every time he goes out there and does the right things like playing hard, motivated, inspired football with the football. He’s going to be a great player in the National Football League.”
Actually, I could have done better than that, but it’s been a while since I’ve watched Mark Schlereth for more than a few seconds so I’m a little behind on his current brand of cliched, meaninglss schtick.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Feb 4, 2009 7:10 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That was good.
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Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Feb 4, 2009 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
You sure that's not a quote?
seriously, I cannot watch ESPN for anything other than sportscenter. Why are those idiots’ opinions worth more than my own? He may have played the game, but he sure can’t talk about it any better than I can. I wish they’d just put people on TV who don’t say meaningless drivel, because those people exist.
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