Another Open Letter to the Giants
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 15, 2009 10:39 AM PDT
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When wondering if Buster Posey is ready to hit in the majors, ask yourself this question: "Can he somehow manage to have the third-worst on-base percentage in baseball?" If you think the answer is "yes," congratulations. You're on your way to upgrading one of your eight lineup spots.
Sincerely,
McCovey Chronicles
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HA! Shows how much YOU know! Dingerz don’t win games either! What wins games is speed and defense!
Just ask Edgar Renteria.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Actual quote from a Phillies fan
On base and Slugging % do not win ball games. HR and RBI does.
True Story.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Well, RBIs do win ballgames in a fairly literal way.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Speed and Dingfence.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
of course
20 HR for Bengie this year was a career high. He never hit more than 10 HR in a single season in the minors.
Buster hit 18 this year, in his first professional season.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
And that was without any ABs, really, in the month of September.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Yeah, but he didn’t really miss many abs b/c the MILB season was already over
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, yeah, but my point is basically: BUSTER CAN PROVIDE DINGERZ TOO. There is reason to believe he could be even better than Bengie in that regard too.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Oh, I agree, I thought you were comparing MILB stats
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
The season wasn’t completely finished was it? And he missed the playoffs…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The season wasn’t quite over, but Fresno didn’t make the playoffs. They could have (I think, not sure about the rules) sent him to Connecticut or San Jose for their playoffs, though, if they wanted.
That’s right… don’t know why i thought Fresno was in. I was thinking playoff games would be better experience than sitting on the bench for a young guy.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
HE’S NOT MAJOR LEAGUE READY
RAY RATTO SAID SO
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Morbidly appropriate anagram for RAY RATTO
TRY AORTA
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
"columnist Ray Ratto" gives you...
ULTRA MORONITY ACTS
Anagram of "suck it Russell Martin" = TRUER SKILL: SCUM STAIN
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 15, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I read this as “communist Ray Ratto”.
"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings
RAY RATTO LINKED TO COMMUNIST PARTY ON SBN BLOG!!!
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
CLEARLY
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 15, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s On Base Percentage?
Signed San Francisco Giants Management
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
"What we learned this year is the most important thing is the final score, winning the game, and Bruce and his staff established that mindset," Sabean said. "I can’t think of a series we were intimidated. … It was a learning-curve year and we know what our failings are, what we need to improve. We’re going to try to create a product on the field that’s about winning the game. No matter the artistic value, if some of our statistics aren’t too flattering, you still have to finish things off. We did that 88 times and that’s something to be proud of."
Translation: “You want a higher on-base percentage? Go fuck yourself, see if THAT increases on-base percentage!”
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Yep totally works. I just got to 3rd!
Mustache. Grow one. - Steve Balboni
by jhiat00 on Oct 15, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
How? I’m stuck in a pickle between 2nd and 1st at the moment.
"The big thing people say to me is, 'Why don't you ever smile?' Well, I'm too interested in trying to beat somebody right now to smile." Will Clark
"I'm close to six feet, I like to think." The Freak.
EAT THE PICKLE!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You're in for a long offseason, Grant
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
WHERE ARE THEY I CAN’T SEE THEM
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
On base percentage is so overrated.
Signed Joe Morgan
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
Cosign Jeff Francoeur
/notes its not on the score board!
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
The difference between these two guys is that Joe Morgan was actually an OBP machine.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
Play 'em again Sam!!!
When hearing the press-conference-of-doom last week, when Sabean said 1) MadBum is not ready and 2) Posey is not ready…well, I almost became a hockey fan. Go Sharks…oh wait, I’m bored to death by hockey.
Resigning Molina or any other meddling vet catcher would eat into what little money we have. Meanwhile, we have the top catching prospect in baseball just waiting…oh and by the way he’d cost $300,000 next season.
Dito Bumgarner. Please, please, please, give the kids their chance. I got a good feeling they won’t let us down. Let’s use the money to fill the gaping, gaping holes at first base and corner OF.
Oh, and drop Renteria Dave-Roberts-style. Please. PLEASE!!! He’s not going to rebound. He’s old, slow and hurt everywhere. And his eyes creep me out.
I agree. But the fact that they’re already waffling all over the place on Posey is worrisome.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Mmmmm waffles
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
/400 replies on the plusses and minuses of both, plus some discussion of crepes and french toast
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
What, you think you’re a tough guy?
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
There used to be an awesome Crepery on 16th St right across from the Roxie. Wonder if that’s still there.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Pancakes>Waffles>French Toast>Crepes
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 15, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
My dad just sent me a recipe for Pumpkin Waffles with Cranberry Cream.
I’m intrigued.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
That sounds delicious. Send it this way!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 15, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
http://foodival.blogspot.com/2008/12/pumpkin-waffles-with-cranberry-cream.html
this might be breakfast on Thanksgiving. Or Halloween.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
WRONG!
Waffles have built-in syrup cups. Pancakes are just sponges on a plate.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Syrup sponges.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet when Posey is hungry in the Off-Season he goes to The Waffle House.
I don’t suggest doing the same
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Waffle House Is Great After A Nite Of Drinking.
It is a southern tradition to hit the waffle house when the bars close. Everything tastes good then and the starch helps lessen the hangover that is sure to follow.
by giantsrainman on Oct 15, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Never been to the south east but I can tell you the Waffle House on I-17 and Bell Rd in Phoenix serves poop.
Mustache. Grow one. - Steve Balboni
BAND NAME ALERT!
Anagram of "suck it Russell Martin" = TRUER SKILL: SCUM STAIN
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 15, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
There is a “The Waffle House” down the street from me. I’m pretty sure it’s not the same as the southern joints. It’s worse than Denny’s.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 15, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Then it isn’t part of that chain. Good to know.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 15, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I know the one you’re talking about. If the only customers are over 60, don’t eat there.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
That’s a good rule of thumb.
When I went we were the only people there during prime breakfast time. That should have been a clue.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 15, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s not a true Waffle House unless they offer a bewildering range of things that can be done to your hash browns.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
I really don’t see the point of grits. They don’t really have taste or texture.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
(see, I don’t like grits or Waffle House. I’m officially not suited to live in the south. Sigh.)
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
I tried it once. I felt like I was about to get diabeetus.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 15, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I do like barbecue, though. And Cajun and Creole food, but that’s the wrong part of the south.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
No, that's the right part of the south...
…where you’re moving is the wrong part. Sorry.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Well, the texture is….gritty.
But I see them as a good food building block. Like rice.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
I have a taste aversion to butter. Can’t eat it.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
I’M MOVING THERE DAMMIT.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
Well, Florida is God’s waiting room, and most of those people probably can’t have butter. So he will survive
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Tallahassee.
(Before anyone tells me Florida isn’t the south, Tallahassee really is. It’s like 20 miles from south Georgia, and once you get away from the university and the state capitol, it’s very much a southern town culturally)
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
Moving for a job? That’s quite a change in living arrangements. You can join my East Coast Giants club now.
Well, for a lost job, really. We can’t afford to stay in the Bay Area.
My wife’s going to start a grad program at FSU in the spring, and I’m applying for the fall.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
And my parents live in Tallahassee, so there’s that.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
It’s about a 3 hour drive from Tallahassee. By North Florida standards, that’s pretty close.
That’s also the closest professional baseball. Woe.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
Southern style cooking with California ingredients is my ideal cuisine.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
That sounds delicious.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Yum.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Here’s what I am wondering: Does Xanthan have a thick West Virginia accent?
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
I’ve been told I don’t! Thank-you-very-much.
Unless I get really drunk, then I turn into a hillbilly.
Kidding.
I use “y’all.” It’s a useful word. Fills a hole in the language.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
I’ve been trying for four years to perfect a West Virginia accent. I thought a generic rhotic twang + drawl would work, but from what I’ve heard in samples, there’s this particular kind of dipthong formation that is just so difficult. The long, closing “o” sound in particular. And the flat “a” as a long “i”, not the rounded “ah”.
--
Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
by shanghaijim on Oct 15, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
just give yourself mild brain damage
will have the same result.
I really shouldn’t take offense at this, since I’m not a West Virginian, but I love that state too much, I guess.
--
Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
by shanghaijim on Oct 15, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking mild might not do it…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Gosh, I don’t know how to respond to that without thinking I’m not welcome here anymore.
--
Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
Yes… actually it has more to do with my former boss being from there.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Did he have a thing about llamas by any chance?
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
I hate it as a topping. Blech.
But it does make food delicious when well integrated.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
you are not a true American
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Well, I was born in Berkeley, so that’s a given.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
I’ve never had them. ANOTHER THING I MEANT TO TRY IN GEORGIA LAST YEAR AAAH
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Grits are extremely easy to find/make, though.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
I don’t want no westerner cheap imitation
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
But all it is is corn meal. The rest is just whatever you want to add.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Well, yeah, but I’d still like to try it the way it’s made by people who eat it regularly. I mean, a lot of regional foods are pretty simple to make but I’d rather have it made by someone from that region.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
You can buy it roadside in shops that sell firearms, fireworks, and cheap cigarettes (at least you could last I drove through the mid-atlantic seaboard).
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
When passing through southern Georgia once, I noticed that all the small towns had three things:
1) a pawn/gun shop
2) a Baptist church
3) a strip club
They usually seemed to be next to each other, too.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
All of my ham is city ham.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Other random southern foods
Boiled peanuts. They’re not bad, but they’re very weird. They kind of look and taste like kidney beans.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
Ooh, country ham and eggs. My dad once got a country ham for Christmas from his brother. That thing lasted forever.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Never had grits.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO MAKE YOUR GRITS!?
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Well played, sir.
(pictured, left in b.g.: the two utes).
by Every6thDay on Oct 15, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
UTE
Valid Scrabble word
Anagram of "suck it Russell Martin" = TRUER SKILL: SCUM STAIN
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 15, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
UTZ, patatoe chips of the North East
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
BUTTERSCOTCH KRIMPETS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Back in the 60s, they had a real jackass of a spokesman:
by Every6thDay on Oct 15, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Is this Dan Quayle?
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
Yay!
Especially with cheese and/or shrimp. Shrimp and grits might be the best breakfast ever invented.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
MadBum will be traded for BJ Upton this off season
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Hmmmmm
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Would really have to consider that one, put B.J. in RF, he’d be a perfect fit.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Oct 15, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I really like the idea of getting Upton but I don’t know if I like the idea of giving up MadBum for him when he’s coming off such a terrible season.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Whot else might get it done?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Oct 15, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
I actually know what that is, as I was meandering though the ICD-9 code book.
Nope, and let’s hope we don’t.
It would be pretty strange, since it would involve New Guinean cannibalism surfacing in CA.
I am sure it would be mis diagnosed as mad cow disease initially
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
what is Mad Cow Disease called in humans?
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking more like a Happy Meal.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
That link should carry a warning of some sort.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Certainly a risk factor. If you’re eating fifty-year old Papuan brain, that is.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Fred Lewis, Jesus Guzman and Kevin Frandsen
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
YOU DOIN IT WRONG!
Brian Wilson
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Rays don’t want a closer.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Oct 15, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
it is time to trade Wilson
However, Sabean seems to have no problem spending money on a closer. Witness Nen ($9M per) and Benitez ($7M).
And J Sanchez maybe
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Oct 15, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I think J Sanchez, Guzman, and Frandsen sounds pretty realistic, actually. Would you do it?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Oct 15, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure the Rays wouldn’t
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Nah, they’d have to throw in Carlos Pena and maybe Wade Davis in that case
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Really?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Oct 15, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't stop thinking about Carlos Pena though
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Do Valdez or Sosa have any value at all?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Oct 15, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Dude, no way a Upton trade happens. Why would they sale when his value is low?
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Desmond Jennings, attitude complaints
I think they’re more likely to try to dump salary via Carl Crawford or Pena though
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Jennings
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Oct 15, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
They have a good GM. I am inclined to think that he will let BJ play next season to start and up his trade value.
But I really have no idea
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
You are probably correct on that one. Unless they are “blown away”
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Oct 15, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, well nobody wants to do a deal that they know sucks.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabean tends to overpay for low buys, right?
by Every6thDay on Oct 15, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
MADBUM VELOCITY HAS DROP PULL TRIGERZ
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
After a bad 2009 season (only real baseball players can play through injuries), more like BJ DOWNton! BOOOOM!
by Every6thDay on Oct 15, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Wrong
BJ is only 25. We’ll acquire him when he’s closer to 31.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
(let’s someone else handle inevitable “acquiring BJ” joke)
Anagram of "suck it Russell Martin" = TRUER SKILL: SCUM STAIN
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 15, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
BJ is only 25. We’ll acquire him when he’s closer to 31 36.
/fixed
by Every6thDay on Oct 15, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Brian Sabean when he answers the question correctly
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
Brian Sabean when he watches the great offense he thinks he's assembled:
by Every6thDay on Oct 15, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL Mad Men gifs
Hilarious! I love the look on Kinsey’s face.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Who needs feet anyway?
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Buster had his chance
I mean, he had 17 at-bats. That’s way more at bats than are needed to evaluate his incompetence in batting!!! and he was batting .118. Also, he did not have any HR’s or RBI’s in all of September! Clearly, based on this obviously significant sample size, we should waive him from the team and resign Bengie!
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
I mean, the Giants could try to trade him, but it’s apparent there won’t be much of a market for a catcher who can’t hit or field his position or inspire the confidence and trust of a pitching staff, the loyalty and fervor of a city or the admiration and respect of his opponents, broadcasters, pundits and God.
by Every6thDay on Oct 15, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Example:
Sploogeballs. Why does he keep calling a pitch that doesn’ exist?
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Thanks Grant!
I worked hard to make this and then I ended up posting it in the OLD no so shocking and interesting thread!
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 11:01 AM PDT reply actions
/ does not admit to planning to add it to cries of , " Forbidden Result !!!" in game day threads.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 15, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
This brings to mind whether there is a suggestions box for Giants fans. Other than posting here, has anyone had any success sending email to the Giants? Not that they would listen…
Didn’t Mike Nolan have a suggestion box when he was with the 49ers?
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
lol mike nolan
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Way back in 1999, I sent an email to the Giants about the dimensions of the new ballpark and how they didn’t conform to MLB rules (must be 325 down the lines), etc. Got a phone call back and an explanation that they’d applied for waivers from MLB for it.
by David A. Arnott on Oct 15, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
love the cover
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I’ve noticed some MST3Ks are available for instant watch on Netflix. Terrific.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 15, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
the Female lead mastered the art of trying to seem apprehensive in every scene to hide the fact she was slow to remember her lines.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
I loved near the end when she was slowly walking up the stairs. Mike and the bots say something like: “She’s using every bit of her intelligence to climb these stairs.”
It was awesome. And then the bad guy who looked like Erik Estrada on roids. I kept laughing at how his hair changed in every scene.
For all the MST3K fans...
http://www.rifftrax.com/
I haven’t checked it out yet, but I’ve heard some good things about it.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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Also...
http://www.cinematictitanic.com
RiffTrax is Mike and the other replacements, Cinematic Titanic is Joel and the other originals.
RiffTrax does a lot of current movies (Harry Potter, Matrix, (new) Star Wars), while CT is closer to MST3K (classic, bad movies).
I seriously wonder how they are going to get him out at 8,000 feet
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, so when Pixar makes a movie about an old man and a young boy using balloons for transportation it’s all tears and laughter, but when I put my son in a ballon and send him on his way I’m “irresponible” and it’s an “emergancy situation.”
Jeez.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 15, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
That is a nightmare! Add this to the list of things I am glad I cannot make with my son.
by out machine on Oct 15, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
here is a live feed:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33330516/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts?GT1=43001
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
MSNBC sub headline: "Cops: 6-year-old takes off in family's experimental helium-balloon craft"
Family’s experimental helium-balloon craft? This sounds like an episode of the new Disney Channel show, “The Syinz Family.”
by Every6thDay on Oct 15, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Aaaand he wasn’t in the balloon.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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This is terrible.
However, I am surprised that I never heard of this happening before. Balloon travel is something children have dreamed of for years.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 15, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Or the family is full of shit.
One of those two things…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
dad wants fame for his structure?
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
well, the parents were previously on "Wife Swap"
so, they are clearly fame whores.
Cole Hammel’s wife was on Survivor. How cool is that?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Good grief. Who volunteers to be on that show. It’s like those experiments that were banned in Chicago or something, except on TV.
I guess I could say that about all reality TV, though. And most TV, come to think of it.
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Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
And he calls his group The Science Detectives
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
no kidding
unless it means that I get a shot at Mrs. Cole Hamels…
Dude seems like a douche
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-65548
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
From a hardballtimes article on constructing a lineup:
Your three best hitters should bat somewhere in the #1, #2 and #4 slots. Your fourth- and fifth-best hitters should occupy the #3 and #5 slots. The #1 and #2 slots will have players with more walks than those in the #4 and #5 slots. From slot #6 through #9, put the players in descending order of quality.
Here’s the lineup I see using OPS for cleanup and OBP for the rest. Molina moves up two spots for having higher SLG%:
Lewis
Torres
Ishikawa
Sandoval
Uribe
Molina
Rowand
Rentaria
This is taken from 2009 stats. I realize that the Giants may not have ‘The Problem’ next year.
I’m interested in hearing others’ thoughts on lineup construction not just for the Giants but also the general approach.
Mustache. Grow one. - Steve Balboni
I’d swap Ishi and Oooo-ree-bay and put a [strike] [/strike] around Molina.
Kidding Bengie. I kid.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I’m perfectly fine with Posey starting the season in AAA, as long as he’s on the standard “call him up on June 1” plan.
I don’t really mind it if the guy they sign to hold the place for a couple months is a cheap type. I do mind it if it’s $8 mil for Bengie.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Who’s okay on the place holder catchers FA list?
I think Zaun’s available again.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
Only has to last 1/2 a season…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he has an option with Tampa anyway.
Maybe Josh Bard?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I wonder if Bard would accept on those terms?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Oct 15, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Scratch that!
Bako will be our catcher next year. Especially if he plays in the WS this year
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by say hey nation on Oct 15, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
for a second there i thought you said Garko. Hell, why not put him there b/c he ain’t getting playing time at first!
why not just sign steve holm again for cheap and have him backup whiteside until posey is called up
by speedyt72000 on Oct 15, 2009 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I would like Paulino
I still have no idea why we traded for him and then traded him away the next day.
The very bad man traded my son...So now I'd like you all to meet my new son, Ryan "Aaron" Garko...Dammit it's just not the same!
I believe this is the best course from a player development standpoint… June 1 is the earliest date I wuld personally consider. I do agree with Jponry that spending $8M for B.M. would be like, well, spending $8M for a B.M.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
To further offend shanghaijim
“wuld”… I’m using the West Virginian spelling.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, see, I figure this is just kidding, but … good grief, man, okay, I’ll shut up already.
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Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
It’s a personal failing…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
$8 million is always a lot for a BM.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
What’s the difference between a cactus and a BMW?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Another question to ask yourselves:
Could Bengie Molina put up the numbers Buster did if he’d spent the year in the Minors?
(Hint: no)
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
I think if we counted Bengie’s weight against Buster’s avg than it’ll be pretty even.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 15, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Bob Fitzgerald on KNBR said he thought Bengie would return. But he’s in favor of bringing Bengie back for two more years.
"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings
Sometimes I want to crush Fitzgerald’s skull with my thumb and forefinger.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 15, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I see you have been talking about me...
WAFFLES FTW!!!!
On the topic of Posey he was chosen as the top prospect in the PCL.
No other Giants made the list which isn’t surprising at all.
Proud parent of Waldis Joaquin!
Giants FO rebuttal
“yes, We are sure that Eli Whiteside can be at least 3rd worst in MLB OBP”
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Oct 16, 2009 7:47 AM PDT reply actions
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