The Giants knew Lewis had skills but didn't truly know how good he was."
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My other favorite Haft quote from this one
If it boiled down to it, who would be a better fit for the Giants, Matt Holliday or Jason Bay?
— Kevin N., San Jose, Calif.
Bay’s defense gives him a slight edge. He’s considered only average with the glove, but that’s better than Holliday. At the plate, Holliday’s more productive, but not by much.
Haft, first you fail bigtime with Lewis, even though you somehow manage to couch your fail in a sentence that we would all agree with. Then, you pull this crap. My gosh, you are a farce of a satire of a spoof.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
whaaaaaaaaaat
wah ha ha ha ha ha at
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
WHAT
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
“LOL MATT HOLLIDAY MADE ONE ERROR SO HE’S A BELOW AVERAGE DEFENSIVE PLAYER LOL”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
CAN’T CATCH A BALL WITH YOUR PENIS, STUPID!
by Missing Barry on Oct 27, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
How was he supposed to know that without trying? It’s a lesson that we all have to learn the hard 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 27, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
“CAN’T CATCH A BALL WITH YOUR PENIS, STUPID!”
So would Leslie Holliday have caught the ball? Perhaps Torre was the one who really dropped the ball by not making a defensive substitution.
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Oct 27, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
my response was like this
but with more raspberry-like sounds.
The very bad man traded my son...So now I'd like you all to meet my new son, Ryan "Aaron" Garko...Dammit it's just not the same!
He is reading MLBtraderumors
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/10/odds-ends-st-claire-bay-angels.html
"I think the only defensive statistic that I know for sure that is easily measurable is outfield assists and errors committed, and Jason is just the third outfielder in major league history to lead the league in outfield assists while not creating an error all season, the last guy being Carl Yastrzemski," the agent said. "It used to be that those statistics were enough. In baseball we all need a better evaluation of defensive ability but the defensive metrics we have out there are so debatable, and in most cases proprietary, that it is hard to quantify a player’s ability to play defense.
"Jason Bay is a serviceable outfielder. That’s what we know. We know that Jason bay can play left field. Some will say he’s average, some will say he’s below average. But he’s certainly not a DH or, as someone described him, a hockey goalie out there."
And I wouldn’t be happy if my agent called me serviceable!
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by say hey nation on Oct 27, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Haft: officially the dumbest man on the planet. Does he ever even watching baseball!? Does he know anything about Holliday other than that he dropped that one ball!? Does he know anything about Jason Bay at all!?
We make fun of the people who send these questions, but I’m starting to suspect that Chris Haft is dumber than any of them. What a joke.
"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
failllllll
It’s times like these that I get depressed, seeing that people like this get paid to write about baseball. He must even have a special press pass and everything. Goddamn.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
I read that earlier and hit my head on my desk.
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 the way
I finally tried your namesake recently in a sushi bar. I am adventurous when it comes to eating, but that stuff tasted horrible, almost made me barf, and left strands of mucous all over my face and clothes. I don’t get the appeal.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
It’s an acquired taste.
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Should have seen that response coming
And I dig. Shit- I like durian, so I guess I better understand these things.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I bet you're right
People only say that when something is really nasty. It takes a while for you to become numb to the grossness.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
Could be also that I was at a pretty crappy sushi joint
I imagine there’s a spectrum of good natto and bad natto. I normally love fermented foods and soybeans, so I may try it again if I can be convinced there’s a substantial difference from what I tried.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I don’t know. My experience with natto sushi was exactly the same. So unless we went to the same sushi joint on San Pablo in Berkeley, I’d call that a minor trend.
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 29, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I don’t think natto is the sort of food that varies wildly in different places.
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The Giants knew Lewis had skills but didn’t truly know how good he was.
For some reason, he puts this in the past tense. I can’t figure out why?
In fairness to Haft, he does work for MLB (and thus the Giants). His job is to make the organization look good…
I understand that, but Bay’s D>Holliday’s D is just dumb.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Now, after Lewis’ promising 2008 and disappointing 2009,
“Disappointing” = better OPS+ than any of our every day players other than Pablo Sandoval (and Uribe if you count him as an every day player, which he wasn’t really)? And when he a .388 OBP in the second half?
Sigh.
"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
And LOL Leonard B. from Kingsburg, CA
Would the Giants be looking to fill one less spot in the lineup if they had kept Pedro Feliz? Pablo Sandoval could have played first base and they would have been a much stronger team. The Phillies don’t seem to be complaining about Feliz.
Feliz: .266 / .308 / .386, 80 OPS+
Ishikawa: .261 / .329 / .389, 87 OPS+
“Disappointing” Fred Lewis: .258 / .348 / .390, 94 OPS+
I HATE EVERYONE.
"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
From the comments...
Well, Bowker’s slugging didn’t make it out of AAA, but maybe MacBryde’s bunting will…
MacBryde will fix this team with a piece of chewed bubble gum and a safety pin.
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If you thought Pierzynski, Schierholtz, and Bengie were bad, just wait for the spelling crapstorm around MacBryde's debut.
McBride!
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
O’ Bride!
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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by say hey nation on Oct 28, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm probably as big of a hack-apologist as there is
But that Bay quote is fucking ridiculous. What an idiot.
I like what he said about Nate though.
MOAR NATE
Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.
This image comes to mind everytime I read Haft's blog
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
This is what he meant to show
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