Super Happy Fun Quiz!
by Grant on Jan 27, 2009 12:06 AM PST
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Ooh, oooh! It's happy fun quiz time! Guess the Giants player -- past or present, though I'm not going to go earlier than the '90s -- based on the following descriptions. Note: if I'm describing a minor league season, it wasn't necessarily within the Giants' organization:
- When I was a 22-year-old in the Midwest League, I hit a punchless .270/.340/.313. I probably should have just packed it up, but then I would never have been able to put on the prodigious power display that I did when I joined the Giants. Keep your chin up, Darren Ford
- After I was drafted in the 15th round, I hit .300 everywhere I went. In San Jose, I had a ridiculous ratio of 103 walks to 47 strikeouts. Still, the Giants took their sweet time with me, moving me up one... freaking... level... at a time.
- Other than Tim Lincecum, I'm the only pitcher on the Giants' projected 2009 staff with a career minor league WHIP under 1.00.
- I had as many wild pitches in my sophomore season of college than I have in my combined career in the minors and majors.
- My middle name is "Lamar" and I HAD A FREAKING 1.421 OPS in the majors in 2004.
- I was a first round pick, and I hit .309/.389/.504 in my first taste of professional baseball in the Northwest League when I was just 20. I probably shouldn't have booked all of those bed and breakfasts in Cooperstown for my family so far in advance, especially when the deposits weren't refundable. I'm just a sucker for pancakes. Mounds of pancakes. Mound. Why do people always associate me with mounds?
- In my first 121 minor league games, I stole eight bases. I guess I do everything else baseball-related so well, my former organization just didn't need to see if I could steal bases.
- When I was Matt Cain's age, I pitched 140 innings in AA, giving up 128 walks and 12 wild pitches.
- I reached AA as a starter when I was 20, and I had a 2.23 ERA at Shreveport. Take that, Tim Alderson! I was slapped around in AAA, though, giving up 100 hits in 76 innings as my strikeout/walk ratio plummeted, and I would never start a game in the major leagues.
- This year will be my 10th consecutive season in the Giants' organization, which is by far the longest streak going.
Pencils down. Answers after the jump.
Highlight the below text with your mouse if you're really that much of a weenie.
1. Randy Winn
2. Bill Mueller
3. Sergio Romo
4. Brian Wilson
5. Jose Castillo
6. Dante Powell
7. Eugenio Velez
8. Randy Johnson
9. Rod Beck
10. Jack Taschner
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I thought everyone on McC was well acquainted with 5.
by Natto on Jan 27, 2009 12:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have a feeling that every Tom, Dick, and Harry would be named 3.14159265
/obscure Peanuts reference
//wishes my brain were filled with engineering knowledge instead
by Grant on Jan 27, 2009 12:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t get me wrong, I loves me my Peanuts. I just wish that would make me money.
(Though my obsessive Peanuts knowledge did get me mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, which is…something.)
by Grant on Jan 27, 2009 12:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm. I read the Journal everyday and didn’t even realize it had an informal sports-bloggy-type thing.
by non sequitur on Jan 27, 2009 2:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
From the WSJ
Five pitches later, Mr. Benitez allowed a game-ending home run to Carlos Delgado.
I guess that guy doesn’t like the term “walk-off”. Benitez didn’t really walk off the mound after "doing his job, right? I imagine him disappearing in a puff of vile black smoke after the Delgado dinger .
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
by kennv on Jan 27, 2009 7:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But they needed to do one of those little black-and-white images where they turn your picture into a “drawing”.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jan 27, 2009 7:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of Number 5
He’s gone 5 for 13 for the Leones in the Venezuelan finals in three game with 1 double, 2 RS and 1 RBI.
by paboperfecto on Jan 27, 2009 7:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
His defense got a mention as well
From Saturday’s game:
El noveno fue de exhibición defensiva. José Ascanio vino a poner punto final. El primer out lo realizó José Castillo lanzándose de cabeza hacia la raya de la izquierda
Headlong dive by Castillo for the first out in the 9th (This game put them up 2-1 in the series).
by paboperfecto on Jan 27, 2009 7:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Uhhh…Sunday’s game, was thinking today was Monday as I didn’t go to work yesterday.
by paboperfecto on Jan 27, 2009 7:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
also...
I MAYBE WOULD BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE THIS GUY if he appeared more often, under whatever conditions he usually appears. MAYBE ESPECIALLY AFTER MATT CAIN STARTS.
by non sequitur on Jan 27, 2009 9:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Tim Alderson = Rod Beck?
I wouldn’t mind..
I only have a signature because I recognize everyone else by their sigs, not their usernames..
by lmaozedong on Jan 27, 2009 1:03 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
OMG
RANDY JOHNSON A 3RD STARTER AT BEST
by bondslegend on Jan 27, 2009 1:10 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
1. RW
2. BM
3. SR
4. BH
5. BB
6. DP
7. EV
8. RJ
9. RB
10. JT
by wilriv21 on Jan 27, 2009 1:23 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Trick Question
Biff Lamar Pocoroba
And also you’re drunk.
by biff pocoroba on Jan 27, 2009 2:11 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
This former Giants centerfielder can boast of back to back 100 run seasons and back to back 800+ OPS seasons.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 6:54 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Marvin!
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
by antinous on Jan 27, 2009 8:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
YES
It’s hard to imagine Benard having an 800 OPS season…
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Benard’s the kind of player who, when you look at his numbers, doesn’t seem quite as bad as you remember him being.
Plus, his baseball-reference page has a fine McCoven sponsorship.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Marvin Been Hard (on him)
Marvin Benard is one of several players on whom Giants fans have been ignorantly merciless. Was he a great player? No. Was he overpaid? Yes. Was he anywhere near as bad as many Giants fans made him out to be? Not even close.
Marvin was a corner outfielder who moved to center field so that Ellis Burkes could save his legs by playing right field. Marvin wasn’t a very good center fielder — although he wasn’t as bad as he was made out to be — and few seemed to pay attention to his position shift, while personally disappointing at times, being a key to allow the Giants to keep Burkes’ heavy bat in the lineup.
Marvin was actually a decent ballplayer until injuries did him in.
Marvin WAS as bad as I remember him being — because I realized at the time he wasn’t nearly as bad as he was made out to be.
by sharksrog on Jan 27, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, it wasn’t until 1999 that Burks was moved over to right field, and Benard played around 100 games in CF back in 1996.
He was definitely out of place as a center fielder, though. Unfortunately, he couldn’t really hit enough to justify a corner outfield position either.
I’ll give him this, though: for a 50th round pick, he had a pretty great career.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Web Gems
The thing about Marvin Benard, however, is that he’d have been a perfect candidate for so many web gems if he could have caught up to the ball. I remember so many times watch flyballs to centerfield, and Marvin trotting in to make the catch… Only to sprint full speed towards the wall when he realized he was going the wrong way. And every time he did that, I don’t remember him catching a single ball. That was always infuriating. That is all I have.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Jan 27, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If only he were four inches taller.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Jan 27, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This former Giants infielder can boast that he is the only one to ever share names with a Star Trek actor (albeit, spelled differently).
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 6:58 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Lou Tenant Uhooroo?
Disfrute Los Gigantes every day at www.leftymalo.com
by leftymalo on Jan 27, 2009 7:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
DING DING DING DING DING!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 8:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actor. Not character.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Patrick Stuart?
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Jan 27, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sean McGowan. Excellent question!
Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.
by Lyle on Jan 27, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THE SURGE
I only knew 8 and 10.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
by oldjacket on Jan 27, 2009 8:18 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
SERGIO ROMO YYYYYYYYYEAAAAAH.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jan 27, 2009 8:32 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Matt Cain is clearly going to be better than Randy Johnson y/y
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jan 27, 2009 8:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I just got 8 and 10.
Stupid Jose Castillo
Tentatively adopting Dan Ortmeier. And Boom Goes the Dynamite.
by Andy from DC on Jan 27, 2009 9:11 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
The answer to all of them is Pedro Feliz.
by xanthan on Jan 27, 2009 9:12 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
That is correct, Mr Feliz.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 27, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
2, 5, & 8 for me, too.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 9:23 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Why did I want to answer “Livan Hernandez” for #6?
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
by shikantaza on Jan 27, 2009 10:11 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 27, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was confused...
I thought they were 10 hints about one player. I was having a hard time wondering who this renaissance man of Giants baseball was.
Fail for me…
by NeifiChicken on Jan 27, 2009 10:15 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I did too.
That is, until I got to number 5 and realized that it made no sense for Barry to have thrown so many wild pitches in college.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 11:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fail :-(
My historical Giants knowledge is lacking this morning. Got 2, 8, and 9.
NEED MOAR COFFEE!
"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 !
by nvsfg on Jan 27, 2009 10:44 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Considering these are all about players who’ve been active in the last decade or so, I don’t know if it really counts as “historical.” But maybe that’s just a sign I’m getting old.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ahhh..
The last decade. I would love to have it back. As a 50 year old, ten years is not really an historical period, but there seemed to be a lot more Giants wins ten years ago :-)
Maybe Giants nostaglia is a more appropriate word. But again, I was lacking sufficent caffiene when I wrote that this morning.
"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 !
by nvsfg on Jan 27, 2009 5:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You didn’t get number 5?
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jose Castillo?
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Jan 27, 2009 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hint
The answer isn’t really Jose Castillo.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Matt L. Cain?
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Jan 27, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just assumed #5 was a trick question.
I’ve never been good at trick questions :-)
"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 !
by nvsfg on Jan 27, 2009 5:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Trick questions?
Is that like “What do I get for an extra $50?”
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jan 27, 2009 10:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i totally messed up on the essay portion of this
i adopt brian sabean... take that dramatic irony!
by Headhunter Rollins on Jan 27, 2009 11:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
They only give you 20 minutes and they want you to take a black and white stance on your thesis.
"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 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For those of you who’re baffling me by not listing #5 as one you got right, a hint: the answer isn’t REALLY Castillo. He actually had a Satanic OPS of .666 in 2004.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 11:15 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
Yeah, I actually looked it up. I thought maybe Castillo had only played like three games in the majors in 2004 or something. I thought it was weird that a Venezuelan guy would have the middle name “Lamar,” though.
Did you know “gullible” isn’t in the dictionary?
by taliesin on Jan 27, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OPS of .666
Well, both OPS’s were pretty unholy.
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Jan 27, 2009 6:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I got them all right. It was easy once I realized that the answers were right there.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 11:26 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I got them all right. When I checked the site in mobile the answers are not white text.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Jan 27, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the answers were right there.
Where? You do realize that we can’t see where you are pointing, right?
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 11:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Who’s a bigger dissappointment?
Dante Powell OR Calvin Murray?
You probably know it as MYANMAR, but it will always be BURMA to me!
by NuschlerFace on Jan 27, 2009 11:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Murray. I thought he would at least be a 4th outfielder type with a good glove and enough range to possibly handle Cf well.
/ bows head to Fail.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Jan 28, 2009 8:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
More Trivia
What is the significance of the following number? 34,567,500
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 12:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That I read it.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Jan 27, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Of course
This is the only possible correct answer…
Nah, I figure this one would be really hard to get.
It’s the salary figure for the 1993 Giants.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was the actual number of times Barry had led off an inning.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 3:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This .295 career hitter had batting averages of 236, 251, 318, 243, 283, 322, and 291 in seven stops in the minors. He also was a Giant for a lot longer than I remembered him being (4 years).
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 12:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Willie McGee?
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
by oldjacket on Jan 27, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes sir.
I would have said ugliest Giant ever, too, but Tavarez would have made that part wrong.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
That’s a tough one. Willie McGee’s pretty ugly.
by taliesin on Jan 27, 2009 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t forget Randy Johnson.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 1:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i doubt they'd ever be allowed in the same room together
the earth would stop spinning due to the convergence of fugliocicity.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Jan 27, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You guy’s should see Grant’s Willie McGee photoshop. It’s pretty sweet.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Jan 27, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This former shortstop hit 227/286/384 in his age 26 season.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 12:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Nope
This one’s my hardest one.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 7:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
This is an answer that should be like a Knowlock….
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Your 2009 Opening Day starter at second base*: Eugenio Velez
*For the Fresno Grizzlies
by baetown415 on Jan 27, 2009 11:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Nathan
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?
by zenbitz on Jan 28, 2009 8:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nope
It’s been answered in the other thread, if you want to know.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 28, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This 3 time Giant is best known for being the number one overall pick. And his throwing arm.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 12:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Shawon Dunston.
Mike Ivie was also a #1 pick.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 12:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but was Ivie ever known for his throwing arm?
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Didn’t he have to move from catcher at one point because he developed a phobia of throwing the ball back to the mound? He was a little before my time, but I think I remember hearing about.
He definitely wasn’t a three-time Giant, though.
I believe that those two and Darryl Strawberry are the only former #1 overall picks to ever play for the Giants. Although there was a Dave Roberts drafted #1 overall once.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, even if he was known for his throwing arm, he still wasn’t a three time Giant.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I see this thread, and think it would be fun to also start a fanpost for people to ask their own trivia questions…so I do…and I come back here and people are already asking ‘em here. D’oh!
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 12:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Of course I realize that you can’t see where I’m pointing! I do, however, fully-believe that you can intuit where I am pointing, through a system of sympathetic telekinesis.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 12:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sympathetic telekinesis. I’ve never been that intuit.
Also, did you not reply to me on purpose? Or was that just a happy accident?
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was on purpose, to tease you for not replying to me.
Or was it?
Also, I have the distinct feeling that sympathetic telekinesis is somehow disgustingly redundant. I could have used a much better turn of phrase.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I thought it must be on purpose. But, alas, I am tease-proof.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 2:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So’s your mom.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OH SNAP
Hmm.
That’s either a picture of a bear falling out of a tree or it’s a picture of a flying bear who is really bad at flying.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 7:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Upper Decker
Q: Which former Giants catcher was named Steve Decker?
A: Steve Decker.
by bondo on Jan 27, 2009 2:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Mackey Sasser?
You probably know it as MYANMAR, but it will always be BURMA to me!
by NuschlerFace on Jan 27, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Traded for Don Robinson, incidentally.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is he still Lost In Space?
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 27, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rather few cavemen in outer space.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think I know this one.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So does your mom.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, she was a big Steve Decker fan.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
… no she wasn’t… I just said that to cover up the burn….
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 4:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t get a big picture of a bear falling out of a tree for mine, though…
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
by thehavenot on Jan 27, 2009 7:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You didn’t even get a little one.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 9:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what she said
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jan 27, 2009 10:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a former Giants prospect who twice OPS’d over 1.000 in the minors, had a career .862 OPS, and should have been the greatest first baseman in SF Giants history if everyone in baseball wasn’t working against me, trying to bring me down.
Who am I?
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Jan 27, 2009 3:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Steve Decker?
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Jan 27, 2009 3:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lance is a pitcher.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Jan 27, 2009 4:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nate Schierholtz?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jan 27, 2009 4:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
no, he would have been the greatest 3B in giants history.
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?
by zenbitz on Jan 27, 2009 4:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
JR Phillps?
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by zenbitz on Jan 27, 2009 4:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I wondered, given the username, but his career OPS was .614.
Looking at baseball-reference, Phillips only had one good partial year in the minors (360 at bats) – plus one bad year and one mediocre year – before he was declared the next coming of Will Clark. I guess everyone was too dumb to realize his home run total was inflated by playing in the PCL. Player evaluation fail!
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by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, wait.
It is J.R. Phillips! The OPS cited above is his career MINOR LEAGUE OPS. Not major league.
One of those 1.000+ OPS seasons came about 3-4 years after Phillips was regarded as a prospect by anyone.
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by jcb9 on Jan 27, 2009 6:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, my bad
That was supposed to read minor league OPS. FAIL on my part.
I thought I made that one super easy, but more often than not, my sarcasm doesn’t translate well to the interwebs.
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by JRPhillips on Jan 28, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Number 7
was also caught stealing 212 times in that time span.
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by zenbitz on Jan 27, 2009 4:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
An Excellent quiz beyond most of our little heads.
by daniel9 on Jan 27, 2009 8:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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