trade opinions
by SabeanPlusBochyEqualsEpicFailure on Nov 14, 2009 11:54 AM PST
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Oh boy its voting time!
So I went out to the store and there was this big line but I was like screw it because I have to buy some potatoes so I went and I got my potatoes and I waited in line but it was taking so long so I thought to myself man is this really worth it to wait in this line but then it turned out that I wasn't in line at all and there was a circus and I was eating pie in the audience watching the clowns ride the elephants but they weren't really riding elephants I just wished that they were riding elephants or maybe oliphants like the elf I forget his name but he's played by that guy who was also in Elizabethtown which I didn't see but then remember when he shot the oliphant in the head and the other guy was like that only still counts as one I thought that was pretty lame but then it turned out that I was just daydreaming about the circus and I was in line after all and I got to the end of the line and bought my potatoes and now I'm going to go eat my potatoes.
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I’ll just put these trade ideas in the category of: NO WAY IN HELL those ever happen
by 49erEmpire on Nov 14, 2009 11:57 AM PST via mobile reply actions
I don’t fully understand the 75 word limit. Either do away with it, or delete posts like this. Or both!
Barry Zito: Mike Hampton with a guitar
The 75 word limit is likely to there to get people to put some thought into writing their Fanposts and actually string together a few sentences to make something worth reading. Obviously the SBN brass overestimated the writing ability of the average person and underestimated the laziness.
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Oh, I understand the idea, it’s just that everywhere else I’ve seen with such a limit they delete posts from people who circumvent it by just typing “75 words.”
Barry Zito: Mike Hampton with a guitar
It’s that laidback carefree San Francisco attitude.
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I don't get the poll question
He lists hypothetical trades and then asks “what would you do” not if we would like to see them. The choices should be things like “jump off a bridge” “kill Sabean” or “become a fan of the team those players are traded to.”
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Nov 15, 2009 7:38 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Are you shitting me?
None of these trades have a chance of happening. NO NO NO
Praying that Tim Alderson doesn't come back to bite us
this might be one of the worst posts in the history of MCC
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I like the way there’s no way to actually answer the poll question.
by Evan on Nov 14, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think the combination of the steam-of-conciousness bit and the unaswerable poll make this one of the most brilliantly subversive posts in the history of the interblarg.
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.
I beg to differ.
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 Nov 14, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
/sigh
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Nov 14, 2009 12:09 PM PST reply actions
Thread hijack
Favorite video game of 2009 so far?
Mine’s Borderlands
by Lisa Stevens on Nov 14, 2009 12:20 PM PST via mobile reply actions
My favorite thus far
is NCAA Football 2010. I don’t play video games much:(
Praying that Tim Alderson doesn't come back to bite us
As me tomorrow so that I can say New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
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 Nov 14, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Ask me on Monday because it won’t arrive in the mail until Monday. :(
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I keep forgetting we got a wii
My parents bought a wii from a friend of the family. They bought it for my kids (my 5 year old son is addicted to Mario Kart). They decided that it would be better if the wii was at our house, so now it is.
I think I might just get New Super Mario Brothers for my daughter’s Christmas gift…
The baseball Satanist
I got a Wii for my dad’s birthday and September, and nobody has really touched it since then. I’m hoping NSMBW will change that.
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I meant to word that as “I got my dad a Wii for his birthday”.
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I don’t have any of the current gen machines. I am still using my PS2!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 15, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Is this a subtle hint for your Christmas present?
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I was thinking of buying a new game machine
I play mostly sports games like The Show or Madden. Some RPG and driving games. Which platform do you recommend?
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 15, 2009 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Wii
Twilight Princess, Super Mario Galaxy on the RPG side, and Mario Kart on the driving side. Great games.
But then again, I’m a total Nintendo fanboy, so…
SMG is not an RPG. Maybe you’re thinking of Super Paper Mario (which is really good).
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I don’t like the term “platformer”. Also, it’s close enough, and it’s good enough that he should be playing it anyway. And Super Paper Mario is good, though not as good as 1 and 2.
It’s not really close to an RPG.
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But he’s jumping on platforms.
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 Nov 15, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
I dunno
The 360 has a solid library of games right now, but the PS3 looks to be on the rise. Other than The Show, you can get sports games for both consoles. With RPGs, the Xbox is getting Mass Effect 2 soon, which looks awesome. The PS3 is more Japanese-RPG centric if you like that style of RPG. It probably comes down which exclusive games you’d like to play. On the driving side, Xbox has the Forza series, and PS3 has Gran Turismo. GT is more geared toward hardcore simulation, while Forza is slightly more newbie friendly in teaching you how to drive.
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high five!
except I have a wii that I haven’t touched since June.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
ehehehehehehe
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I want to say Brütal Legend, but I haven’t really played enough of it. On the other hand, I’ve played the crap out of The Beatles: Rock Band.
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NBA 2K10 and Baseball Mogul 2010
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
Baseball Mogul?
it’s suprising you put a text-based simulation game as an all time fav…
Bengie Molina is the slowest human in existence- except maybe Homer Simpson. And Man-Ram.
All time fave of this year.
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I’m still playing MLB ’06 the show. Noah Lowry has won 295 games :(
"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
It is the year 2024, though.
"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
wow, that's a great screen name
“oh, you’re Lisa Stevens!”
by FluLikeSymptoms on Nov 14, 2009 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
“That’s right, Shane”
"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
Dragon Age, it is epic! I’ve seen it get some bad marks from chat boards, but I have already played through the first 3 hours like 6 times. I stil cann’t decide which character build I want to go through the game with.
My Will Clark will kick your honor student's ass!
i’ll trade you tim lincecum and matt cain for pikachu, link, and 500 credits!
"Lisa, Vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and eskimos." - Homer Simpson
"Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa?" - Bart Simpson
"Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer." - Will Rogers.
Call Of Duty
Modern Warfare 2. Sick, just sick. If you haven’t played, do yourself a favor.
Tim Lincecum will win 1 Cy Young, and 11 Tim Lincecums. He's already got his one.
by icantdrive55 on Nov 14, 2009 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
after seeing this I’m kinda hesitant
MattCainsAHelluvaDrug: /douses elbow in kerosene
/ignites
by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 15, 2009 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think I've played a game made in 09 yet
I am typically behind on my video game playing. I just played Gears of War recently.
I also just finished Bioshock. It was a great game. It deserved the hype. One of my favorites.
The baseball Satanist
Bioshock is awesome.
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i’m kinda nervous about Bioshock 2. cause the awesomeness of the whole thing was being a guy from the outside coming in (heyo!). being a big daddy seems more like a cool bonus feature than something to base a whole game about.
by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 15, 2009 3:09 AM PST up reply actions
The good thing about sequels
is that, even if they are bad, the original is still awesome.
This was how it was with Knights of the Old Republic. The first game was fantastic, but the second game was pretty bad.
The baseball Satanist
I share your uneasiness
What I’ve seen so far looks promising, but you can stage demos and videos pretty easily. Once we get some real gameplay footage, I hope we can get some more concrete thoughts on the game.
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Its not that these trades SUCK to where they are bad returns or something
They SUCK because they are dumb. They are ridiculously unrealistic.
These are video game type trades that are to unrealistic even for some video games.
I dont like to be rude to posters on here, but just think first.. think of what kind of trades realistically happen in mlb.
Its funny because fuck the dodgers
Filler? I’ve known ‘er way too long and don’t have enough romantic feelings about ’er for that.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
Pfft...like that matters
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Oh look at you
taking a MCC meme a completely different direction. You’re so radical.
The baseball Satanist
Plagiarism
I wrote that potato bit in my latest novel. LAWYER
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
I’ll trade you some of my opinions some of your opinions
by FluLikeSymptoms on Nov 14, 2009 1:49 PM PST reply actions
damn it
I’ll trade you some of my opinions for some of your opinions
by FluLikeSymptoms on Nov 14, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
The worst part of this is
The only trade that makes even some sense (Cain+Sandoval for Pujols+Piniero) doesn’t work because Piniero is a free agent.
Massive fail.
But he didn’t ask which trade would you do, he asked WHAT would you do if one of these trades happened.
There is no correct answer to this poll, therefore.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
True
Therefore I would shoot myself in the head if the Sandoval trade went down (PEDROIA=MVP!!!) and be sad of the other ones happened.
Stealing this from Natto
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
CROOK!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
If FJM was still up and running I’m sure they would file this under “fuck the heck”
My Will Clark will kick your honor student's ass!
Food metaphors
I wasn’t in line at all and there was a circus and I was eating pie in the audience
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
That would be nice for us, but it would leave the Brewers
without their best hitters, and leave them with a bad offense and one good pitcher.
I would be ok with that because we get rid of Rowand and replace him with Ryan Braun
Its worth trading Lincecum if you can get Braun and Fielder and get rid of Rowand. I wonder though if we could replace Lincecum with Cain and Joe Martinez
Either way we win
I am not sure though if we would be able to sign Penny Though. Because Penny would probably try to fight with Fielder. It would be like Kent vs Bonds 2010. Nah, I really like Penny though he is hella funny and a total badass. It would be awesome if this was our lineup
Velez
Sanchez
Braun
Fielder
Pablo
Uribe
Andres Torres because if you triple everything his abs his homeruns, rbis, runs, hits, and sbs in 09 he is the best choice. So here is the tripled number
456 abs 18 hr 69 rbis 18 sb 123 hits 90 runs, the only thing bad would be his strike outs he would have 135 strike outs
Buster Posey
pitcher
Rotation Lincecum/Cain
Sanchez
Penny
Zito
Hinshaw or Bumgarner if you think Bumgarner is ready
We would have great hitting, great rotation too
There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq Chuck Norris lives in Texas
So you’re suggesting we trade Cain, Joe Martinez, and Rowand to the Brewers for Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun? Subtracting CAIN 4 FELDER we trade Joe Martinez and Aaron Rowand for Ryan Braun. With or without Cain, BEST DEAL EVER for us. You’re a genius.
I also think Hinshaw would be a great addition to the rotation because he’s left-handed and there aren’t as many left-handed pitchers as right-handed pitchers. The other team will never expect it! And I fully expect Andres Torres to hit 20 HR if he was given a full season. The math is right there. Plus defense, speed, and a 20 HR bat? Hell yeah!
Mike Fox for GM!
You gotta admit, that’s the best idea ever.
Mike Fox rules. GM!
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Nov 14, 2009 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
To get Hanely we would have to give up a lot
He is young and arguably the best hitter in baseball and can steal bases and hit high avg
So his price may be too high but here would be the most likely
Sandoval one of our young outfielders with potential and bumgarner
There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq Chuck Norris lives in Texas
Wow
That’s actually a semi-reasonable suggestion. A better answer would’ve been “No one, because the Marlins aren’t trading Hanley for anyone except Lincecum, and we’re not trading Lincecum,” but that was actually not dumb.
It’s time to give up on two things here…
1) Any notion of Velez at the top of the lineup. That’s a terrible, terrible idea. In fact, any idea of Velez getting regular at bats during a season is a horrible plan.
2) Using RBI as a meaningful stat. It’s really not. And on this board, nobody really wants to see it.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Thanks
My other post were bad, I didn’t research enough
I am guilty of Blogging Negligence, but I am not a bad writer I can be good too
There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq Chuck Norris lives in Texas
I swear to God, I knew this is what he was going to post
Now Mike, I need to show you two things. The first is +reply:
It’s right there. It makes these nice little indents so you can see who’s replying to what. Use it.
Here’s the second thing:
^
The little arrow. It’s pointing at the word reply. Find the comment you want to respond to, and click on that link. It will open up a new box, and when you post that comment it will branch off horizontally beneath.
You wish you were named Frederick Deshaun...
As long as you’re having fun.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Nov 14, 2009 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
By the way, MIke, who would we have to give up for Uggla? In you opinion.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Nov 14, 2009 11:02 PM PST reply actions
no one
I think we should just keep Uribe and start him at ss, Sandoval ay 3b, sanchez,and IshiGarko(thats a joke but you don’t have to laugh at it if you don’t want too even though it wil hurt me if you don’t) at first
he is far too inconsistent hitting and a poor fielder. he hits for power, strikes out a lot, and his power and rbis will decrease a lot in AT&T Park
Also I don’t know how long he will be able to maintain getting 550+ ab
So he would be a young overrated better hitting Pedro Feliz
There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq Chuck Norris lives in Texas
Awesome breakdown. I don’t want anything to do with Uggla anymore.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Nov 14, 2009 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
Eureka!
This breakthrough necessitates a celebration mondiale.
You wish you were named Frederick Deshaun...
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 15, 2009 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry
This will slow down the loading, but I havent been able to post this since the season! A dancing Pikachu!
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
Official McPokeMaster
Registered Velezbian and supporter of Fredemption
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 15, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Oh and if you like basketball check out this blog its on the warriors and what they need to do to be successful
http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2009/11/14/1157787/we-have-to-change
I would be interested to hear what you think about it
There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq Chuck Norris lives in Texas
YOU JUST KILLED GEORGE GOBEL AGAIN
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Nov 15, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Stream of conciousness is fun!
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.
Yes.
It’s way more fun that some jerk who just writes “75 Words” over and over and over and over again.
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 Nov 15, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I like all the comments that seem to think that the potato-rant was a part of the original post.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
Maybe we should do stuff like that more often.
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We would clearly be within our rights.
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 Nov 16, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
You know, about 5-6 years ago, I used to be a a huge fan of Madden, MVP baseball, NBA 2K, etc. In these games, I loved to create my own franchises and play the role of GM. I was able to pull of miraculous trades, such as JT Snow and Michael Tucker for Albert Pujols, or Jeff Garcia straight up for Peyton Manning. Consistently creating dynasties, I started to believe that I was capable of being an actual GM for a real team. It did not occur to my 12 year old mind that maybe some of these trades were actually implausible and would not work in real life.
Now 18, I now realize how ignorant I was. Unfortunately, it seems as if some people never went through the realization process I experienced. They never realized those trades they made in Madden and MVP may have been completely unrealistic. So they come on here and propose completely impossible trades, unaware of how off base they truly are. I truly pity these souls
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son
by lincecuminyourface on Nov 16, 2009 1:30 PM PST reply actions
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