Yankees or Phillies?
by Grant on Oct 26, 2009 1:19 PM PDT
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Swear to Bonds, I was thinking about writing a book about baseball economics this offseason. I had parts of an outline worked up, even. The last attempt at something like it was Bob Costas’s book, in which he claimed the Minnesota Twins had no shot at winning more than two games ever season, and they should just give up because they can’t compete. A few Twins division titles later, the argument doesn’t quite hold up.
The thesis of my "Lords of the Realm" and "Garfield Weighs In" hybrid would be something about how baseball’s indentured servitude (six years before free agency) allowed for competitive balance. Sure, the Yankees had a financial advantage, but it wasn’t as great as folks made it out to be. And, heck, I think there’s some benefit to the largest market and fanbase in baseball having a perennial contender – that’s good for the financial health for all of baseball. Something like that.
Then I look at this year’s Yankees. They have C.C. Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, and Alex Rodriguez leading the charge – that’s $500,000,000,000,000 in contracts if my math is correct. There are only a handful of teams that could absorb just one of those players. The Yankees have all three because they can, and it’s a big reason why they’re so successful this season. It’s freaking annoying. I can see myself writing some 70,000-word missive on the subject, and having someone say, "Good points. But it’s annoying to watch the Yankees buy whichever good players they want." Then they’d throw the book down, do a little goat dance as they metaphorically urinate on the last year of my life, and punch me in the face.
So my book will be about owls. Their heads spin around and everything.
It’s obvious, then, that I should root for the Phillies, right? Kind of. I’d like to think, though, that in an alternate dimension, Pablo Sandoval hit a three-run home run in this year’s All-Star Game, which would have led to the Phillies having home field advantage during this series. During a tense seventh game in the alternate dimension, the Phillies will use support from a raucous crowd on the way to a walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth inning. It will make up for Joe Carter in Phillies’ lore in the alternate dimension.
So if there’s any possibility that the technology to travel between dimensions will ever exist, I would like the Yankees to win the Series in this dimension in their last at-bat, in the seventh game, and in New York. And as Charlie Manuel sits in his dark hotel room thinking about what might have been, I would like someone from the alternate dimension to bring Manuel a copy of a newspaper with "Phillies Repeat!" on the front, with a Post-It note reading, "Here’s what would have happened if you had selected Pablo Sandoval for the All-Star Game, you idiot." And then Manuel would totally cry.
Until the days of trans-dimensional travel, then: Go Phillies.
Open Rooting Interests Thread. And go ahead and throw a prediction in there, too. Phillies in six, says I.
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Agree, Phillies in 6 I think, err hope.
Owls are cool. And vicious.
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by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
owls rule is correct
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by The Gene Hackman on Oct 26, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Owls need to STFU and let us sleep.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some stoopid owl hoots all night and keeps me awake. I need to buy a beebee gun.
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And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Oct 26, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I spend weeks at a time walking through the desert in southern California looking for burrowing owls. Stupid things. Just get out of the way of highway construction already.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 26, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Friend of my in highschool stunned an owl by hitting it with his car, then took it home. It flew up into the top of his bedroom closet. In the middle of the night the owl woke up flew down to my friends bed and proceeded to shred the crap out of his face with his talons. Next time I’ll tell the story about what happened in the middle of the night after his pet rattlesnake escaped in his room. Good Times…
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by cybermaldonado on Oct 26, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If that’s his choice of pet(s) … I’d hate to see what he would select for a spouse.
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damned censors.
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 27, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds more like a subject for owlcraft.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sort of . . .
It’s owlCROFT: owl, as in the bird in question, and croft as in “a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable with a crofter’s dwelling thereon” (Wikipedia). Our property, 40 acres, quite rural, we call Owlcroft (and our actual house is Owlcroft House), because there are a lot of owls hereabouts, perennially including a family that nests in an old, disused barn immediately adjacent to our land.
The owl shown as my logo here—see the larger version below—is actually a photograph I took out the living-room window at our previous residence, which is about a mile down the gravelled county road from our present house. There, about two or three feet away, was this owl—whacking bigger than the little image might suggest, in that it there is nothing except the white siding to provide context.
Owls are, in general, A Good Thing, in that they keep down the varmint population, but one has to take care not to let small pets rove around loose where owls live, lest your pet cat not come home one evening.
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by owlcroft on Oct 26, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s something intoxicating about birds of prey… I don’t know why the owl, in particular, is considered to be the wise one of the bunch. Athena, I guess?
Someday girl I don't know when were gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go and well walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us baby we were born to RUNZ
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by Alex_Lewis on Oct 27, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I can’t just keep posting “Go Banana!”
What other fruits are there that don’t roll very well?
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 26, 2009 1:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pears?
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by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pineapples?
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Starfruit.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm - plantains?
But I think durian would be the most appropriate fruit to root for here, because I would like one of fall on the Yankees’ heads.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that the weaponized stinky fruit that Brad Farmerie got on the premier of The Next Iron Chef?
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 26, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s spiky and fragrant, so probably!
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keith Richards. The only problem is, it tends to fall of of trees well past its prime
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 26, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bananas are delicious.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
True jcb9 Fact
Bananas are the only fruit I actively loathe.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But the “passive loathe” list is long.
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by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was going to say “actively dislike,” so as to distinguish from fruit that I’m not crazy about but don’t have a problem with, but that didn’t seem strong enough. Bananas are gross.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bananas gross me out too, but just the over ripe variety. I think because when I was about 7 years old, I was trapped in the back of the car with my baby sister, she was in her car seat, and “eating” an over ripe banana; if you can call what a 9 month old does to a banana “eating.” There was mashed banana everywhere, to this day the smell and texture of over ripe bananas makes me gag.
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, bananas are only good for about 20 minutes. Otherwise they completely gross me out.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
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by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think because when I was about 7 years old, I was trapped in the back of the car
I thought this was going to be a story that made everyone here cry and show you some support. Thank goodness I was wrong!
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by JRPhillips on Oct 26, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Glad to see you & the kiwifruit make up.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kiwi is one of my favorites.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kiwi rules
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by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is not acceptable.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Banana bread? Banana pudding?
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ew.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WEIRDO
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interestingly, though
While pregnant with me, my mother constantly craved bananas.
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Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ahem.
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 26, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
cough cough cough
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I walked right into that, didn’t I?
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
banana cream pie is delicious
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 26, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed
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by Giant among Angels on Oct 26, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup.
Peanut butter an’ banana sandwiches.
Oh , sssh…it’s the Stones’ She Comes In Colors!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Oct 27, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Peanut butter and bannana sandwiches FTW!
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by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YES!!
But, put a little strawberry preserves on that.
by toofruss on Oct 26, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS?
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
D'OH!
I SWEAR I did NOT see that.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Oct 27, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck Grapefruit
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 26, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually like grapefruit. I just like that XKCD comic more.
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 26, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh. I thought you were giving advice.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 26, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would sting a lot.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The seeds would be quite uncomfortable, too.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
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by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would think so.
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 26, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pink grapefruit juice an' Gilbey's.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Oct 27, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was going to look for that, but the site is “under construction”, which apparently means that it’s still working, excpet it’s been bought by a 12 y-o girl blogger from 1998. Really.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blink tag!
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve always thought that’s what this site needed: more blink tags and more marquee tags!
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by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree unironically
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by jponry on Oct 26, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One ronically?
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 26, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the intranet site for our help desk
uses the marquee tag.
It drives me bananas.
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RIP Geocities
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy mother of…
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 26, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dios mio, man…
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.
by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SIDE-TOPIC: name your five favorite fruits
1) Watermelon
2) Strawberries
3) Mango
4) Kiwifruit
5) Pomegranate
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, we’re very different with our fruit I guess.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Elton John
Liberace
Neil Patrick Harris…
Oh. Sorry.
Pineapple
Strawberry
Kiwi
Orange
Banana
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by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also if you throw my favorite fruits all together they make one of the best smoothies ever!
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you would put Neil Patrick Harris in a blender?
by FluLikeSymptoms on Oct 27, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pineapple probably tops my list too.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But it should never be allowed on a pizza.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BLASPHEMY
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HOW DARE YOU!
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.
by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s easy when your taste buds are working properly.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bite my thumb at you, sir.
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.
by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you bite your thumb at…
Oh, well… hmmm. Nevermind.
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 26, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SHAKESPEAREAN BURN!
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
However, it should ALWAYS be allowed on a grill for 2 – 5 minutes.
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 26, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not a fan of pineapple on pizza either.
Or anchovies. I like anchovies a lot, actually, but on pizza, they overwhelm all the other flavors in my experience.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anchovies need to be room temp, then go on for the last minute or two.
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by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO ANCHOVIES
Any J. Geils fans up in heah?
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 27, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love pineapple on pizza.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but you love pineapples on everything.
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 26, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
;)
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You and I will get along perfectly.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1. apples – but only in the fall! #1 right now are “honeycrisp” apples
2. tangerines
3. strawberries
4. grapes (red or black)
5. watermelon
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of my friends had a honeycrisp apple today. It was HUGE. It took her like 45 minutes to eat it.
by goGSW24 on Oct 26, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trader Joe’s had the little “baby” ones we went through a bag of those in 4 days.
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve heard of these, are they sweet or tangy?
by toofruss on Oct 26, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We haven’t quite figured it out yet, we’ve been going with: the skin is a bit tart, but the fruit is sweet, and really juicy.
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
- Strawberries
- Pineapples
- Mangoes
- Blackberries
- Kiwis
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blackberries didn’t make my list, but I do quite like them. Boysenberries are great too.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
An huckleberries, but those are hard to find.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my darling, oh my darling
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what they say
the older the berry, the sweeter the juice!
Blehhh!
by Giant Homer on Oct 26, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand?
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s from FRIDAY..
You’re supposed to say:
“Homie, it’s THE BLACKER the berry…”
and then I say, “Oh, she blacker than a mofo too.”
Blehhh!
by Giant Homer on Oct 26, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t get kiwis, is there some special trick, or preparation method I’m missing in regard to kiwis? They always seem slimy to me.
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Slice ‘em up thin. They’re delicious.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your kiwis are not ripe.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just cut off the skin, cut ’em into quarters, and eat ’em. Delicious!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Peel them.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boil ’em, mash ’em, put ’em in a stew…
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fun Fact about kiwis
They got the name kiwifruit as a marketing ploy by New Zealand. Before that, they were called Chinese Gooseberries.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1. Tomatoes
2. Nectarines
3. Peaches
4. Bananas
5. Lemons or limes in cocktails
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by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tomato? Get the hell out of here.
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by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just given a pomegranate. And a bunch of persimmons. I don’t even know how to go about attempting to consume them. What do they even look like inside? Don’t they have a lot of seeds?
by non sequitur on Oct 26, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the pomegranate
you only want to eat the seeds. the rest will kill you (or something). Not sure about the persimmon – don’t you have to cook those?
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by wjackalope on Oct 26, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
You can eat persimmons like apples.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve eaten raw persimmon. It’s okay, but pretty boring. I’ve never eaten a LOT of it, though, so maybe….
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, you can just cut up persimmons and eat ‘em. They’re tasty on salads.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just did some wiki-research
they are fine to eat raw but in general you want to make sure they are softened, otherwise they taste bad
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by wjackalope on Oct 26, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and
I don’t think pomegranate pulp will kill you. the seeds are just the good part. Maybe I was thinking of mango skin – isn’t that bad for you?
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by wjackalope on Oct 26, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mango skin has the same chemical as poison ivy, if I recall correctly, but in smaller amounts.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah you got it
from wikipedia:
Potential for contact dermatitis
Mango peel contains urushiol, the chemical in poison ivy and poison sumac that can cause urushiol-induced contact dermatitis in susceptible people.31 Cross-reactions between mango contact allergens and urushiol have been observed.32 Those with a history of poison ivy or poison oak may be most at risk for an allergic reaction to mango skin.33 This compound is also present in mango leaves and vines. During mango’s primary season, it is the most common source of plant dermatitis in Hawaii.34
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by wjackalope on Oct 26, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap...
…as chronicled elsewhere I had MAD poison ivy as a Bay Area child. No, no exaggeration here – FULL BODY rash, swollen shut eyes , BAAD juju.
And just this summer I ate two mangoes. No reaction.
If I’d read that above I never would have…periodic reaction outgrown? I thought allergies were for life.
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 27, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
did you eat the skin?
My sister in law is known to eat mango whole. Also known for getting a rash from it. We thought it was just her.
by DrStankus on Oct 27, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, no, but wouldn’t handling it ( in my case mangling it) expose the toxic ooze?
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 27, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah right. As if eating mango skin is going to magically make me fall in love with it temporarily.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
9 years ago I was picking mango’s with some friends and we were spraying each other with the white sap that came out (TWSS). The next day about half of us, including myself, had terrible poison oak like rashes all over our arms and legs. It was terrible.
by TwoBagger on Oct 26, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pomegranates are a pain to eat, but delicious. Persimmons, I hear, are good in pie form. However, I wouldn’t know. They taste okay when you just eat them, but I get so many from my girlfriend that I just end up having to throw most of them out because I don’t make them into a pie and I don’t eat them fast enough and they go bad.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They are terrible in pie and bread. You don’t want to go near them. Honestly you are lucky I am willing to protect you from these things.
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by daveinexile on Oct 26, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This
And persimmon pudding is the worst. It’s not even pudding. It’s cake. Further confirmation of the badness of cake.
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by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i've never tried persimmons
yay for me!
by sfoakbay on Oct 26, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What makes them a pain to eat? I don’t like foods like that. It’s why I don’t care for crabs or lobster — I keep cutting myself to hell trying to eat them.
by non sequitur on Oct 26, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, you can only eat the seeds, so you have to cut them up to get at them. It’s not really difficult or anything, but it takes a while. I usually cut them in quarters, and from there you can pretty much split them open with your hands to get at all the seeds.
Also, they’re very messy.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The “fruit” is trapped in a small pocket that surrounds every single individual seed. The rind is also thick, and sectional. So you can’t just peel it.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ProTip (TM)
Cut the pomegranate in half and bang it with a wooden spoon above a sieve.
by TwoBagger on Oct 26, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pomegranates are good, but messy, and time consuming as all hell to eat. It’s kind of like the opposite of a watermelon. And pomegranate juice will stain!
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The opposite except for the part about being good. Because watermelon is delicious.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well yeah, I just meant the whole having to eat around the seeds thing.
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is probably another way I’m weird, but I eat watermelon seeds. The contrast between the soft fruit and the crunchy seeds is part of why I like ’em so much.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what kinda seeds are good? Pumpkin seeds
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
pumpkin’s a squash and technically a vegetable isn’t it?
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Umm, yes it is, it is a vegetable, what is a tomato?
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All fruit is, really, is the part of the plant with the seeds. If it has seeds, it’s technically a fruit, even if it’s something we don’t think of as fruit-like – tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, etc.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The origin of ketchup.
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by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I don’t know if that’s true. Ketchup used to be a LOT of different things prepared in a certain ketchupy way. You can still find banana ketchup, for instance
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you know, i’m not a big fan of ketchup
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Banana ketchup? The possibilities!
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by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think I’ve seen it at Safeway, so you might have to go to an Asian market.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but what about catsup
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by wjackalope on Oct 26, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Made out of cats.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the possibilities
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by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOLcatsup?
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by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From what I’ve heard, the origin of ketchup is China.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But the question regarding the origin of China remains.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You heat some clay in a kiln. What’s so hard about that?
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alternatively
The word itself comes from the Chin dynasty.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was commonly spelled Qin.
That does make your point less clear, but still.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe that's the current romanization
Same reason why Beijing used to be called Peking.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Peiping.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And similarly
There are old maps with a country called “Corea” on them.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I had a time machine, I’d add an extra r and an i to those maps.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ric O’rea?
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
I love that guy.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Googling this brings up this map
Which is labeled as “A Corean’s delusion map of East Asia”
I’m not sure why delusional Koreans care about independence for Xinjiang, but there you go.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DAMMIT NARROW VIEW
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol Japan as a Korean colony
lol entire east coast
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taiwan is safe, though.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love that they took Vladivostok. I don’t know why I find that funnier than the rest of it, but I absolutely do.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Sakhalin
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, the thing about that is that it’s an island and okay, maybe SuperKorea has the army to take that island, you know? But to think they have the ability to take not only all of Japan, but also Russia biggest Pacific Ocean port and also the capital city of China and a good portion of the country around it is mind-boggling.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Considering they give independence to Tibet and and Xinjiang, I suspect this may be because they want to annoy China, come to think of it.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, Korea took Beijing too. I didn’t notice how far inland they went when I looked at it the first time.
Wow.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the capital is now Chengdu.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
EAST COAST BIAS
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if this is a South Korean or North Korean person.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looking at that guy’s blog, he sure has some strong opinions on whaling.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SAVE THE WHALES, KILL THE SEA
I see what you mean.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s incredibly pro-Japan too.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This guy should team up with Stephen Colbert.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he thinks further study is needed on the Rape of Nanking.
Yeah, dude seems a bit defensive.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I understand it, that’s not an uncommon position in Japan.
But yes.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In Germany he’d be put on trial for writing that.
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he thinks the atomic bombs dropped on Japan didn’t end World War 2.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ironically, this whole thing started by being about a crazy Korean guy, not a crazy Japanese guy.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can play the part of the crazy Chinese guy!
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quick, someone find a crazy Uighur and we’ll be just about set!
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, crazy people who live in glass houses of insanity shouldn’t throw nutso stones.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, so he thinks the war is still going on?
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He thinks a more likely explanation for Japan’s surrender is that rice supplies were down 10% in August of 1945.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm…
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did we happen to bomb any rice?
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably.
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then I don’t see the disagreement here.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could buy this, if it was corroborated by evidence that whales were choking the seas at he time.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I don’t know who you’re responding to anymore, but I was most definitely not being serious. I think hundreds of thousands of deaths had a FAR greater impact that any month-long 10% shortage of rice ever could have.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn’t either. I was referring to the same blog’s contention that, if the Japanese stopped whaling, the seas would quickly die.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m surprised I got your tone wrong there. I think I’m just too used to the rage.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sabean has been re-signed
still plenty of time for rage
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not an uncommon view in China (though I don’t know about Korea).
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by oldjacket on Oct 26, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The rice thing again?
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by Cookyman on Oct 27, 2009 6:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the rice thing I never heard, though that wouldn’t shock me. I never got the details of just how they thought that war ended, just pooh-poohing the importance of the atomic bombs, and the U.S.’s role in the war on the eastern front in general.
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by oldjacket on Oct 27, 2009 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It makes more sense for Chinese people to say that. But from Japan’s point of view…would you rather say you lost because the most power army in the world bombed you with the most dangerous weapon in the history of the world, or because you ran out of rice?
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by Cookyman on Oct 27, 2009 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it’s weird. people believe weird things.
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by oldjacket on Oct 27, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In my Korean travel, there seemed to be an interchangability of P and B; Pusan and Busan are the same place. Took a while to get used to.
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by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A similar thing happens in Japanese between B and V, and L and R.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And in Korea T & D (Taegu/Daegu). As a side note: Taegu Rocks!
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by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Daegu is better
Because it’s 대 구 not 태 구.
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by baetown415 on Oct 26, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, obviously.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that the first Korean written on this site?
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by baetown415 on Oct 26, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think so.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Chinese, Japanese and Korean have all been written on this site.
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by SFGuy on Oct 27, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TO WIKIPEDIA!
Although today’s ketchup is tomato based, it did not appear until about a century after other types. By 1801, a recipe for tomato ketchup was created by Sandy Addison and was later printed in an American cookbook, the Sugar House Book.3 James Mease published another recipe in 1812. In 1824, a ketchup recipe using tomatoes appeared in The Virginia Housewife (an influential 19th-century cookbook written by Mary Randolph, Thomas Jefferson’s cousin).
As the century progressed, tomato ketchup began its ascent in popularity in the United States, influenced by the American enthusiasm for tomatoes. Tomato ketchup was sold locally by farmers. A man named Jonas Yerks (or Yerkes) is believed to have been the first man to make tomato ketchup a national phenomenon. By 1837, he had produced and distributed the condiment nationally. Shortly thereafter, other companies followed suit. F. & J. Heinz launched their tomato ketchup in 1876. Heinz tomato ketchup was advertised: “Blessed relief for Mother and the other women in the household!”
The Webster’s Dictionary of 1913 defined “catchup” as a “table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc. [Written also ketchup].”
Modern ketchup emerged in the early years of the 20th century, out of a debate over the use of sodium benzoate as a preservative in condiments. Harvey W. Wiley, the “father” of the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S., challenged the safety of benzoate. In response, entrepreneurs, particularly Henry J. Heinz, pursued an alternative recipe that eliminated the need for that preservative.
And
also known as tomato ketchup, tomato sauce, red sauce, Tommy sauce, Tommy K, or dead horse,
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently “dead horse” is derived from rhyming slang, and I’m trying to figure out what the base rhyme is.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think just “sauce” in a thick Australian accent.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OH!
Red sauce.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Blessed relief for Mother and the other women in the household!"
Damn straight. Made and canned my own one year. Really good, but a buttload of work.
by maysian on Oct 26, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like Mother and the other women of the household were feeling hysterical.
Schadendodgerfreude 2009! (CHECK)
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 26, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Veggie… I believe.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you sure it’s a veggie? doesnt it have seeds?
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Squash are, from a technical standpoint, fruit.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually you’re right, it’s a fruit
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Squash is considered a vegetable in cooking, but it’s a fruit.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well then I’ll have to amend my top 5 list, I love pumpkin…
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Since Mr. Merope doesn’t like watermelon (he prefers cantaloupe) I usually get the smaller seedless variety – it’s been awhile since I’ve seen a big ole watermelon seed.
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My wife doesn’t like them either, but that’s not a problem – I love watermelon enough to get through it by myself before it goes bad. And my son loves watermelon too, come to think of it.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fun fact
Watermelons are berries.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You learn something new every day.
FREE BUSTER POSEY
by djp4cal on Oct 26, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just not usually here.
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by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fun fact, addendum
Watermelons are the world’s largest berries.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
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by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WRONG
The world’s largest berries are RIGHT HERE!
/grabs crotch.
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 26, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think someone needs to stop grabbing other people’s crotches…
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McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Oct 26, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you’re wrong. And I have a very compelling reason as to why. All you have to do is step over this way a little more and I can tell you.
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 26, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/thinks about calling some type of abuse/molestation agency
/decides against it
NO I DO NOT WANT TO BE TOUCHED
by sfoakbay on Oct 26, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, it’s just a good thing that I know what no means.
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 26, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It means yes, by the 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 26, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No I’m not.
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 26, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe i’m just an idiot all the time
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No.
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 26, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So yes?
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
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by ringleader3 on Oct 26, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No.
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 26, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/wink
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
by ringleader3 on Oct 26, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YOU GUYZ!!!!!!! hey, i think college proves i’m smart… sometimes
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m really starting to get bored with saying no.
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 26, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
by ringleader3 on Oct 26, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Getting bored? NOOOOOOO-OHHHHH
/grabs crotch
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McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Oct 26, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAHA! what are you 5? oh, when i was 5, or whatever age you are when you’re in kindergarden, i got sent to the teacher for grabbing my crotch and acting like michael jackson
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that was warranted…
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Oct 26, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pomegranates can be pretty easy to eat if you have a bowl and a wooden spoon/other handled object. Cut them in half and hit on the outer skin with the cut side over a bowl and the seeds pop right out.
by nataku on Oct 26, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is the one that makes your mouth numb? Persimmons I think
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by ringleader3 on Oct 26, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1) Honeydew
2) Cantaloupe
3)Plums
4) Peaches
5) Cherries
not necessarily in that order
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Also, Tim Lincecum
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 26, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RAGE AGAINST THE BANANA!
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Oct 26, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and
according to a video I watched starring Kirk Cameron, the food that proves that there’s a God
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too bad nobody ever showed him what wild, non-selectively bred bananas look like
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s OK, because pineapples prove that there isn’t one.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What.
You have no right to call anyone weird for not liking a fruit.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No no no no no. Pineapples are practically uncomfortable to eat with bare hands, so they’re the opposite of bananas. So if bananas prove that there is a god…you get the point.
Pineapples are awesome.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And by “uncomfortable” I meant “impossible.”
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was legitimately disturbed when I found out how pineapples grow. I always thought they came from trees.
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by jponry on Oct 26, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Farmville has taught me otherwise.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Botany FTW! Have you seen a banana “tree”? Now those are weird. Not even a tree at all.
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.
by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This reminds me of how, back in Chicago, I used to have a lychee plant. They are actually trees, but if you grow them in a container, they stay house plant sized.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huh? The banana plant is the world’s largest flowering, herbaceous plant. BOOM!
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.
by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lychees are Satan’s testicles.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if the rest of Satan is as delicious.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you ever get tired of being wrong all the time?
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SATAN’S BALL I TELL YOU
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So the are served in Colorado as Hades’s Oysters?
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 26, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lychee!!! Fun fact, in Thailand they have bowls of lychee on the bars like we have pretzels or peanuts. Pretty.Damn.Good.
by toofruss on Oct 26, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not enough places
have the free bowl of stuff anymore. I can’t really think of any bars off the top of my head that do. But I bet in SF there I some – I just don’t go to bars in the city that much.
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by wjackalope on Oct 26, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait… how? Is it some kind of pregnancy / tree vulva thing?
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 26, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From the ground
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh… I don’t find that disturbing at all. jponry has some weird complexes.
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 26, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they’re completely normal
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 26, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS/TWHS
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
omg just looking at the picture makes me laugh uncontrollably
it’s like the plant is presenting the pineapple to you
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 26, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is the same image I linked to.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How anticlimatic.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hilariuos. “Hey, take it. I dare you. You know you want to!”
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.
by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://foodscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/pineapple.jpg/35346467
(big image is big)
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My wife hates pineapples. And grapefruit. But her pregnancy craving was grapefruit. She refused to even try it afterwards.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Howie, you bastard. This post is like 100 comments long, and easier to navigate, without these additional 245 posts about fruit!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Oct 26, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I DIDN’T KNOW IT WOULD TURN OUT THIS WAY! OH GOD… THE BLOOD… IT WON’T COME OFF MY HANDS….
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 26, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Oct 26, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s not blood. That pomegranate juice.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 26, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OH GOOD! I WAS REALLY WORRIED!
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 26, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IT STILL WON’T COME OFF MY HANDS!
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 26, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rambutan
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
We are at war with Los Angeles. We have always been at war with Los Angeles.
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
by S.F. Giangst on Oct 26, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has durian been said yet?
"BUSTER POSEY
HE SAVES PANDAS!" - sadison bummedgarner
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 26, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somewhere up there.
Schadendodgerfreude 2009! (CHECK)
Schadenyankeefreude 2009! (______)
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 26, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Smelly but yummy.
If you can get 3:2 on a headline of "Giants Pitcher Assaults General Manager" at some point this year, take it.
by esseffgeez on Oct 26, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ranking
1. Meh
2. Phillies
3. Yankees
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Oct 26, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
GO MEH!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh-be not
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by Goofus on Oct 26, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MEH
Still my all-time dream vanity plate.
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.
by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just reading on Snopes
There was a guy who accidentally ended up with a vanity plate saying, “NO PLATE” – he listed two choices, both of which were taken, and then put “NO PLATE” as his third choice, meaning if the first two were taken he didn’t want a vanity plate. But they took it at face value.
Anyway, after he got the plate, he started getting hundreds of parking tickets in the mail, because in California, if a car with no license plate gets ticketed, “NO PLATE” is what the police write on the form. Oops!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, that’s amazing! NO PLATE. What an idiot. But really, I want my vanity plate to read MEH. DECENT or OK DCTR would be good, too.
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.
by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
80WINZ
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CLANG
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
too many letters.
something like on Matt Cain’s car: 3RDBEST
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 27, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think my favorite custom plate that I’ve seen is HRCRX7.
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 27, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok I give, what does it mean?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 27, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A young wizard with incredible potential and dedication once asked professor Horace Slughorn that very question…
It turned out poorly for them, so I’m not going to tell you.
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 27, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats actually what I thought it was. But I was afraid I was being too nerdy about it.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 27, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just like that somebody was geeky enough to make that their license plate. I also like the idea that the car itself is being labeled as seventh horcrux. I also like that it’s not some lame-ass “MB <3 PQ” or “JOESCAR” vanity crap.
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 27, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course it means that person is a murderer.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 27, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's a VW Beetle tooling around Phx.
Its vanity plate reads EDNOLB.
It even sports a personalized plateholder with “EDNOLB?” at the top and “I DON’T GET IT…” at the bottom.
Being the Sharpie I am I caught on not right away but in less than a year. To my credit there were infrequent sightings. Oh, quit laughing.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Oct 27, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
49ERS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 26, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yikes
Really scraping the bottom of the barrel there, huh?
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
by marcello on Oct 26, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what i thought at the beginning of the Giants season
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This
Hopefully they’re getting into a bit of a grove.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
by marcello on Oct 26, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man I missed the game last night! I was gonna go but the inlaws caught me in their claws
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 26, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good game, would have been better if “New Guy” would have gotten a hat trick….
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Into the Grove! Quickly!
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Son of a...
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
by marcello on Oct 26, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sharks coming back with a EH roadtrip… ended it nicely though
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
underneath the barrel is where the Raiders are.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 26, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s Alex Smith, Bitches!
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 26, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I, for one, welcome our new overlord
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
by marcello on Oct 26, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t believe. I’ve always been an Aaron Rodgers guy.
by Grant on Oct 26, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, now.
I didn’t believe any of the QB’s in that draft were all that great.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm waiting for Grant to ban you
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Oct 26, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you still believe in Delmon Young?
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t not believe, and I would trade Freddy Sanchez for him, which is the equivalent of Tim Alderson, so my original idea made tons of sense.
by Grant on Oct 26, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I seem to remember a certain Madison Bumgarner being mentioned…
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t make me edit it….
Yeah, Grant’s team wouldn’t have Bumgarner, and it would have Delmon Young clomping around left. But it would also have an infield of Pablo Sandoval, Asdrubal Cabrera, Ben Zobrist, and Carlos Pena. BECAUSE EVERYTHING I WRITE IS GENIUS AND WELL THOUGHT OUT.
by Grant on Oct 26, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I reserve the right to mention Young as long as Zobrist keeps being mentioned.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d rather have Zobrist and Young than Sanchez and Velez.
by Grant on Oct 26, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MUST HAVE VVVRROOOMMMM!!!!
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 26, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d rather have Lincecum than Wood and Kendrick.
I win.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least the other scenarios are defensible. Kind of.
by Grant on Oct 26, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe you should write a blog every day. Did you ever think about that, tough guy? Huh? Maybe you should write your trade ideas down for posterity.
by Grant on Oct 26, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It now reads “Howie Kendrick, Jered Weaver, Kendry Morales, Chone Figgins, and $100M.”
by Grant on Oct 26, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d rather have Lincecum
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn’t finished. Then you add the $100M to the pile when you sign Lincecum away from the Angels.
by Grant on Oct 26, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's ok Grant
/pat on the back
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Oct 26, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d still do the Longoria + Young one.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 27, 2009 6:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or the world peace one, I guess.
Maybe.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 27, 2009 6:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Always stick with the local boys.
See: Kevin Fransden and Nate Schierholtz
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
by 49er16 on Oct 26, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Ryan Cavan will shredd his way up the AA this comming season?
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 26, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep........................
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
by 49er16 on Oct 26, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This season I dine on turtle soup.
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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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I will put some Turtle wax on my car.
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
by 49er16 on Oct 26, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still wonder why the niners didn’t draft Rodgers.
by nataku on Oct 26, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
fear of Kyle Boller
they both went to Cal
A hearty thank you to Rich Aurilia for all the good memories, and to the Niners for finally getting the uni's (mostly) right.
by wjackalope on Oct 26, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TEDFORD QBS DON"T PLAY GOOD AT NFL
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 26, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always liked the NFL aversion to Tedford QBs thing that was going on during the Rogers years.
It’s like, “we scout them and everything but something about Tedford is magic and bad players look good and we can’t do anything about it so we won’t draft them because they all end up sucking!”
When I always thought it should have been more like, “maybe our scouting could be better in some ways.”
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 26, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here.
But (Aaron Rodgers + (zany 49er FO/coaching/coordinator antics)) <<<<< (Aaron Rodgers + (chance to study under ZOMGBRETTFAVRE for a few years))
Similarly, Alex Smith was may yet turn out to have been doomed from the start by the aforementioned zaniness. I feel the same about Robert Gallery across the Bay.
Schadendodgerfreude 2009! (CHECK)
Schadenyankeefreude 2009! (______)
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 26, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was actually kidding about Smith. I’ve been a huge Smith apologist/fanboy for years, to the point of mock-threatening bans for anti-Smithites. I didn’t know that pretending to be a Rodgers guy would lead to Cookyman’s vicious attack and besmirchment.
by Grant on Oct 26, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still think he hasn't gotten a fair shake
with the injuries, the management turmoil, the changes needed to move from the spread offense.
He’s also still quite young, at 25.
I have hope.
We’ll see, they need something more from that position, and it’s either got to be Smith, or get lucky and find some gem in like arena2 or something. Someone from a draft would probably take a few years to arrive, and they still have other needs like O line and D line, pass rush
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It always comes back to the O-line. Always.
Schadendodgerfreude 2009! (CHECK)
Schadenyankeefreude 2009! (______)
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 26, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
absolutely does
you can have a HOF quality QB and a HOF quality RB, but it’s hard for them to do anything if the QB is on his ass and the RB can’t get any holes.
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And conversely, if you can overwhelm the other teams’ O-lines, wins come that much easier.
Schadendodgerfreude 2009! (CHECK)
Schadenyankeefreude 2009! (______)
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 26, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS!
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 27, 2009 5:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I besmirch because I care.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 27, 2009 6:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THE PRODIGAL SON
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 26, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phillies in five. Their offense is ridiculous, and the Yankees haven’t dealt with a good offense yet.
Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.
by GiantPain on Oct 26, 2009 1:26 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Did you mean that the other way around? The Phillies have a 102 team OPS+ and the Yankees are at 119. Every player in the Yankees lineup is at least 21 points of OPS+ better than the Phillies team average with the exception of Melky Cabrera.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 26, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phillies are weird. The have Utley, Howard, Werth, and Ibanez, and even Ruiz has been good this year, and yet somehow they’re just average offensively. Same thing last year. Maybe the have the worst bench players in the majors or something?
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I blame Pedro Feliz.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1350 PA of pretty bad performance from Feliz and Rollins and only one bench player with an OPS+ over 93 will do that, I guess.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 26, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But doesn’t every non-Yankee team have a couple of bad hitters in the lineup? They just feel like such a good hitting team. Part of it is the park probably
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the series, especially with the parks they are playing in, will have a lot of offensive outbursts and a good amount of HRs.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But doesn’t every non-Yankee team have a couple of bad hitters in the lineup?
Technically, the Giants are a non-Yankees team and have more than a couple of bad hitters in their lineup, so the answer to your question is “no”.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
by Goofus on Oct 26, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No matter who they are surrounded by, Edgar Renteria and Bengie Molina were bad hitters. Objection overruled.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“British dentistry is not on trial here!”
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
by Kitspool on Oct 26, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wrong
edgar renteria and bengie molina were sent on a himalayan expedition. your overrule objection has been overruled
by sfoakbay on Oct 26, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome to the Himalayas!
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 26, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t worry. They’re lemon.
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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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, they have two regulars with 85 (Rollins), and 80 (Feliz) OPS+.
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BUT FELIZ IS PATIENT NOW
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The saddest thing is only, Lewis, Torress and Tim had a lower Swing% among ‘09 Giants with 80+ PA’s. He Renteria would have been 9th out 17 in OSwing% on the ’09 Giants. Sadly the ’09 Giants might have been better if more of them (non Panda division) were Pedro.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 26, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
jeez, I'm taking too long to post
jpronry keeps beating me to my points. Stupid work
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The thing with Phils is that you can’t do match ups in the heart of the order you have
Rollins pretty even splits (but better against LHP)
Victorino pretty even splits (but better against LHP)
Utley pretty even splits (but better against LHP)
Howard- Way better against righties
Werth- way better against lefties
Ibanez- can hit both
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 26, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bochy scoffs at OPS.
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
by 49er16 on Oct 26, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yankees offense is incredibly ridiculous. Only non regular with as sub 100 OPS+ is Cabrera at 97.
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shhh
Stop crushing my dreams with facts. Cliff lee will shit them down.
Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.
by GiantPain on Oct 26, 2009 1:32 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
he eats pieces of shit like them for breakfast.
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does that differ from crapping all over them?
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 26, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and will he update his twitter while doing it?
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 26, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you meant to say “…sh*t them out and flush them down.”
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
by Goofus on Oct 26, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Angels don’t have a good offense?
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 26, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I couldn’t bring myself to root for Anaheim, but now that the ALCS is over, I’ll return to my usual GO NOT-YANKEES mindset.
by troymccluresf on Oct 26, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Phillies in 4 or 5 (I hope) I attended game 5 last year (twice) and would love to experience a home crowd winning the WS again. I would prefer that crowd be SF but hey.
Also after hearing the replay on MLB Network today I really want the Yankees to lose. That radio announcers is ANNOYING! Yankee’s win…(REALLY LOUD JUMBLED WORD) WIN!
And the fans pounding the 3rd foul fence was a little annoying. I was starting to warm up to Yankee fans…that phase of my life is over.
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 26, 2009 1:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Phillies in 7.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Oct 26, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Yankees are kind of ridiculously good, I’ll be surprised if they lose. I just hope the Phillies can push it to 6 or 7 games.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 26, 2009 1:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Although did anyone think the 2003 Marlins would beat the Yankees.
"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
by SFGuy on Oct 27, 2009 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, obviously anything can happen in a short series, so it’s certainly possible the Phillies win.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 27, 2009 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think my hatred for all things Red Sox over the last three or four years has pushed me to the point where I actually root for the Yankees.
by deuce deuce on Oct 26, 2009 1:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. The Red Sox (and their “fans”) are the new Yankees.
now skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody.
by bondo on Oct 26, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well they aren’t the new Yankees, but they are equal to them
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 26, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is exactly
reverse of healthy, baseball-positive thinking.
After therapy, you will find that your extreme hatred of the Yankees will be ameliorating and lessening your Sox-hatred.
by SnowLeopard on Oct 26, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hope: phillies in 4, A-Rod the only Yankee with more than 1 rbi, for the lulz. Prediction: Yankees in 6.
by Kalk on Oct 26, 2009 1:34 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
The Yankees never really did anything to me. The Phillies, Dodgers, and Angels did.
Go Yankees.
now skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody.
by bondo on Oct 26, 2009 1:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yankees in 5
A-Rod wins WS MVP. Writers start talking about him in Jeterian tones and my love for him turns to hatred.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
by marcello on Oct 26, 2009 1:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’d love to be able to hate A-Rod. I feel dirty whenever I defend him against the “NOT CLUITCH” allegations.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Oct 26, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yankees in 5 and I won’t really care.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 26, 2009 1:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I really have no interest in this series. Sad.
FREE BUSTER POSEY
by djp4cal on Oct 26, 2009 1:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Phillies Not-Yankees, please.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 1:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So my book will be about owls llamas.
/Grant’s_boss
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 1:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jan-Kees in 6...
…is my prediction. My hooting interest (!) is in a rarely seen flock of 50 Snowy Owls (my favorite animal ever, yay Grant!) swoops in and eats the players and coaches from both teams and the WS is cancelled for the first time since 2002. I would love to see Snowy Owls gorging on the eyeballs of Jeter, Melky, Victorino, and Werth (he called me fat once.) I like Utley (chatted with his dad during his At&t debut) and Howard, and I like ARod and Swisher, just not enough to root for them over Snowy Owl carnage.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Jason Stoffel, 2009 (Rookie + A-): 24IP, 1-0, 0.75 ERA, 5 S V, 25K. The heir apparent to B-Weez.
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by bigboneded on Oct 26, 2009 1:57 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
And not even the Jan-kees Nazgûl bodygards can save ’em from the Giant owls …
by SnowLeopard on Oct 26, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know any Yankees or Phillies fans. I’d like to say I’ll root for the Phillies, but when the game starts I might resort back to my 2003 self: “If the Giants aren’t winning, I don’t want anyone to be happy. Go Yankees!”
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 2:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice.
I like the implication that Yankee fans are never happy.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 26, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Meh... sort of.
Really the best selling point these games have to me is how long it is tell April. And at any given moment Fox broadcasting it totally capable of obliterating that intrigue.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 26, 2009 2:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Anagram of "Yankees in five"
KNIFE EASY VEIN
Anagram of "suck it Russell Martin" = TRUER SKILL: SCUM STAIN
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 26, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Sean (it may be spelled Shawn, Chan, or Chone, but I think it’s Sean) the bartender at Acme is a Phillies fan.
He gave us some free Fernet on a couple of occasions.
Er-Go Phillies.
But it will take all seven games with the victory being a barely-early Christmas present
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 2:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That seems like a great reason to cheer for the Phillies
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
by 49er16 on Oct 26, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
go Not-Yankees
I almost always root for the NL team anyway, so it’s not a big deal.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 26, 2009 2:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
Schadendodgerfreude 2009! (CHECK)
Schadenyankeefreude 2009! (______)
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 26, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bonds bless this site for spending the first 50 or so comments discussing tropical fruits.
Phillies in 7. The sight of a dead-silent Yankee Stadium crowd as Pete Happy and Scott Eyre spray champagne at each other will taste better than Dodger tears.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
by Kitspool on Oct 26, 2009 2:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I support this use of Bonds’ name.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 26, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But if the Phillies win...
it gives Dodgers fans the excuse of “yeah but we got beat by the eventual champions!” (Assuming your typical knuckle-dragging Dodgers fan could somehow show any type of logistical reasoning ability)
by Into the Void on Oct 26, 2009 2:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wasn’t the Giants season record against the Phillies pretty impressive?
by Merope on Oct 26, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really do not want to revisit those series’.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The one in San Francisco was pretty cool.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
freddy sanchez played in one of those games!
by sfoakbay on Oct 26, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CLUTCH RBI DOUBLE!
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That didn’t make me feel any better in ‘03 or ’97, so I don’t think it’ll help them at all.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phillies in Six
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
by 49er16 on Oct 26, 2009 2:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m rooting for the non-Yankees and that’s that.
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.
by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 2:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Phillies will win because...
Jeters never prosper.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
by Goofus on Oct 26, 2009 2:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You could say that again!
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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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was correcting a typo
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
by Goofus on Oct 26, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you can say that again.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
rooting for the Phils
prediction: Yankees in 5, maybe 6. I could see Philly taking 2 of 3 at home, but they probably won’t. Here’s hoping I’m wrong.
A hearty thank you to Rich Aurilia for all the good memories, and to the Niners for finally getting the uni's (mostly) right.
by wjackalope on Oct 26, 2009 2:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
May the best 'pen win
that’s what I see it coming down to
Blehhh!
by Giant Homer on Oct 26, 2009 2:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And the Phillies bullpen has been stronger this postseason than the Yankees.
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
by 49er16 on Oct 26, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chasm, right?
That’s gotta be chasm.
Schadendodgerfreude 2009! (CHECK)
Schadenyankeefreude 2009! (______)
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 26, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ah well
I’ll root for the Phils, but I kind of don’t care overall. Prediction: Happy Pete will outplay A-Rod in the battle of third basemen.
by non sequitur on Oct 26, 2009 2:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OT: woohoo, off to the library to get homework done, then an exam tomorrow, heck yea
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 2:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How did the paper turn out?
FREE BUSTER POSEY
by djp4cal on Oct 26, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, the presentation went alright, i used past and present examples of Vietnam, so pictures of protests that compare the Vietnam war to the War on Terror, she loved it
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nicely done. I was gonna suggest doing that but i fell asleep early last night.
FREE BUSTER POSEY
by djp4cal on Oct 26, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, it’s straight, i also used an example of living out in the Lafayette area and crossing the Lafayette BART with all those crosses as an image that just sticks with you
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Library?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That reminds me of a bar that was in Albany when I was a kid – The Office. Dunno if it’s still there.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The was an Office (bar) in East Palo Alto s well (just off 101 on the way to the bridge)
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does everyone furtively look at each other awkwardly?
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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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s also a bar in San Luis Obispo called the Library (or at least there was two years ago).
It was not my favorite.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was your tab always overdue?
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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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I could have a very unclassy answer to this.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t piss off Randy Winn!
FREE BUSTER POSEY
by djp4cal on Oct 26, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, the library was a bunch of bullshit, people just take school way too seriously on stuff that is actually really simple
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huh?
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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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He just wanted to go there for a drink, and everybody was studying their multiplication tables and told him STFU and stop drinking?
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 26, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, this week = no drinking until friday, three exams in a row starting tomorrow
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
fact is dude, some people that go here think way too hard about certain projects….
by PiKAgiant on Oct 26, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
been there.
No one here gets out alive.
by Bond16 on Oct 27, 2009 4:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To hell with baseball. Obviously fruit and the various plants that produce them along with ketchups that can be made from them are where its at.
I really love this site.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 3:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
BANANA KETCHUP
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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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My wife puts bananas in her spaghetti.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHAT?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s not really a marinara sauce. It’s tomato sauce with a little bit of clam sauce. It reminds me of the spaghetti they served in elementary school. But she puts bananas in to add ‘substance’.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 26, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who doesn’t?
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
by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where do you put 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 26, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grant, you should really change the misleading title of this post.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Who are you rooting for in the World Series? Bananas or pineapples?”
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Oct 26, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pinapple or Schoolbus?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find this year’s version of the Yankees to be slightly less dis-likable as Yankee teams of the past. This year CC, Swisher, Tex, and Burnett are very likable IMHO. I also like Joba. However, Yankee fan will always disturb me.
The Phillies however are much more likable. You can keep Victorino, but the rest of them are very likable, even Werth.
Go Phillies!!!
by toofruss on Oct 26, 2009 3:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree with your first list minus Burnett. CC and Tex take a hit because of CASH MONEEEZ.
Swisher is an all around likeable guy. Still wish the Giants would have tried to trade him off the A’s.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not off the A's
Off the White Sox. The A’s actually got players of value for Swisher, the White Sox got nothing.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
by marcello on Oct 26, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sabes would never ever never
trade for a guy w a .245 career average, but tons of walks and homers
by SnowLeopard on Oct 26, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no
not with the walks and homers. But .245 BA? Is he gritty?
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm gonna go with
kinda.
Although .270 BA with 8 hr/yr and 25 BB/yr and gritty and classy and with a few flashy defensive plays = The Sabean Way™, all the way.
by SnowLeopard on Oct 26, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The thing about Tex, CC, and Burnett is that they are living symbols of “HAY GUYZ GUESS WHAT THE YANKEES GET EVERY PLAYER THEY WANT SUCKS TO BE YOU BECAUSE YOU WILL NEVER SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY” and I’m very much not a fan of that.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is what I was alluding to in my post. But you said it better.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t hold the money against the players. I despise the current system however and in favor of any MLB policy which is designed to level the field including a world-wide draft and enforcing slot money in the draft as well.
That being said, I have coached LL in the Vallejo/Benicia area and have seen a bit of CC’s money at work here. You would have a hard time turning me against him. But I am sure if someone offered you guys sick money to play ball, you would turn it down.
by toofruss on Oct 26, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not against the players
Their money made me dislike the team less because of what they symbolize. That’s all I was saying.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its like you speak for me.
/GROUGTHINK
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If only Grant had said something on this topic!
I’ll bet it would have read like this:
Then I look at this year’s Yankees. They have C.C. Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, and Alex Rodriguez leading the charge – that’s $500,000,000,000,000 in contracts if my math is correct. There are only a handful of teams that could absorb just one of those players. The Yankees have all three because they can, and it’s a big reason why they’re so successful this season. It’s freaking annoying. I can see myself writing some 70,000-word missive on the subject, and having someone say, “Good points. But it’s annoying to watch the Yankees buy whichever good players they want.” Then they’d throw the book down, do a little goat dance as they metaphorically urinate on the last year of my life, and punch me in the face.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…dude…
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 26, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop putting words in his mouth. You have no idea what he would say on this subject if he took the time to bother writing an opinion for all of us to have the opportunity to read or ignore at our own discretion.
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 26, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just hope he doesn’t ban me for quoting a post I didn’t link to.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
People get banned constantly on MCC, you know. Totally out of control.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve heard that.
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by groug on Oct 26, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BANNED
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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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just banned you for banning him.
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 26, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IC. Actually, I still despise the Yankees. Just a little less that I did before.
by toofruss on Oct 26, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some of the blame is on a system that supports the crazy salaries that these guys get offered. But most of the blame is on the Yankees for destroying the game by buying everyone good and on the players for taking enormous contracts over where they want to play. Sabathia wanted to play in the Bay Area, and the Giants probably would have signed him if he agreed to a reasonable-ish amount. Same thing with Tex and the Nats/O’s. But they sold out for an extra $50M, which they obviously don’t need. Like only having a $100M contract is really hurting them.
And yeah, if the Yankees offered me a bunch of money to play for them, and the Giants offered by a little less, I would play for the Yankees because I’m not very good at baseball and I’d rather take their money a la Schmidt. If I was a good player I would definitely go to the Giants; I wouldn’t even consider signing anywhere else. Whatever they gave me would be good enough for me (if you can’t live on $400,000/year then you’re doing something wrong).
by quincy0191 on Oct 26, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the players union would have some input for you.
He and the Giants would have been a heckuva lot more likely to make a deal if they didn’t already have Zito
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a fan of A.J. Burnett’s name.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What are you, five?
Just because it has a B and a J in it doesn’t automatically mean BJ.
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 26, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to use science
and deduce that jcb9’s last name is also Burnett
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
I’m also a fan of John Burkett’s name because you only have to change 2 letters to and subtract 1 letter to get my name!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
jcb9 is an anagram of 9 BJ c.
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 26, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Burnett—that’s a small burn right?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Oct 26, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
I don’t actively hate the Yankees that much. I don’t think they need another championship though. I’m just rooting for the Phillies since I normally go for the NL team. It helps that the Phillies beat the Dodgers to get to the WS.
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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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 3:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m rooting for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. What’s up, bitches?
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Oct 26, 2009 3:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe Chase Utley will be my friend?
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What do you expect to accomplish with that?
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.
by cornball on Oct 26, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dear Chase, (oh shit there’s stickers)
I feel like I can call you Chase because you and me are so much alike. I would love to meet you someday, it would be great to have a catch. I know I can’t throw as fast as you, but I think you would be impressed with my speed. I love your hair. You run fast. Did you have a good relationship with your father? Me neither. These are all things we can talk about, and more. I know you have not been getting my letters because I know you would write back if you did. And I hope you write back this time and we get to be good friends. I am sure our relationship would be a real home run.
by DrStankus on Oct 26, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
P.S. I thought you were new to California.
"BUSTER POSEY
HE SAVES PANDAS!" - sadison bummedgarner
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 26, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/sounds oddly familiar
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Oct 26, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(oh shit there’s stickers)
May have been one of the funniest scenes ever out of that show. And that’s saying a LOT!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Oct 27, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs