Why Tim Lincecum Should Win the Cy Young
by Grant on Nov 16, 2009 3:16 PM PST
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He's better than everyone else.
What, you want more? Chris Carpenter missed a month and gave up six earned runs to the Giants, which is a sin so egregious he should be ineligible for next year's award as well. Adam Wainwright had more wins, but Lincecum's middle name is LeRoy, so those two equally important pieces of information cancel each other out.
Another reason that Lincecum should win is that he had to pitch every inning with the knowledge that if he gave up a run, he had to rely on a ragtag collection of non-hitting misfits to score two runs. If he gave up two runs, he had to rely on the same bunch of offensive null sets to score three runs. After giving up a bloop and a sacrifice bunt, he'd look at the runner at second and think, damn, if I give up another hit, that's one more run that our offense will have to score. I'd like to think that as he looked at the runner on second, Aaron Rowand waved at him. But that's just the poet in me. Point being, Lincecum pitched under more pressure because his offense stunk. Is that a valid reason? No, but it makes me feel better, and the abacus twiddlers agree that Lincecum was the most valuable pitcher in the NL, so I can always hide behind appeals to authority that I'm not sure I comprehend.
Maybe Lincecum winning another Cy Young will cost the Giants an extra two million clams. Maybe. But I've watched William VanLandingham tease us with potential. I've listened to the KNBR lines burn up after good games from Jamie Brewington, Allen Watson, and Ryan Vogelsong. I've watched hundreds of games featuring the close-but-no-cigar promise of Russ Ortiz and Shawn Estes. I've watched Joe Nathan build the bulk of an unlikely Hall of Fame case in a different uniform.
Tim Lincecum is it. He's the one we've been waiting for. He might have two Cy Youngs in each of his first two full seasons. He's it. I don't care if winning seven straight Cy Youngs costs the franchise eleventy billion dollars. I watched Noah Lowry disintegrate into a fine powder. My double-album of odes to Jerome Williams, Jesse Foppert, and Kurt Ainsworth seems kind of silly now. Merkin Valdez is still a freaking question mark, 27 years after the Giants acquired him. But we have Lincecum. That makes up for a whole hell of a lot.
So I support Tim Lincecum's candidacy for Cy Young. He makes America better. You like America, don't you? Also, every time a Giants fan roots against Lincecum in the hopes of a lower arbitration award, Tommy Lasorda's bosom tingles with mirth and delight. You have a choice. But you don't have a choice.
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but, but
winz and era!
Give -peace- Ryan Garko a chance.
by GiantPain on Nov 16, 2009 3:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I have a sinking feeling that he wont win
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SCIENCE
by CB30 on Nov 16, 2009 3:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
You know, i haven’t really paid any attention, i really hope he does, but in the end if he doesnt, he’s young enough that he can win more than 1
by PiKAgiant on Nov 16, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He won’t win it but he should.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 16, 2009 3:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
HOW MANY DOLLARS????????
"Snow woulda had it!!!"
Has decided to put all his "In this thing" energy to being in the Shark Tank and the Big House.
by beat_la_25 on Nov 16, 2009 3:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I don’t like how it loops.
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 Nov 16, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What a lovely visual
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Nov 17, 2009 5:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t be too upset if Carpenter wins.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
by cheno on Nov 16, 2009 3:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The last time I bought a copy of the Chronicle was when Lincecum won the CYA last year. So, to support local print, the writers should do the right thing and give Lincecum the award.
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 Nov 16, 2009 3:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The Lincecum CYA Economic Stimulus
That was the last time I bought the Chon also.
Gary Darling, go DIAFF.
by The Enchanter on Nov 16, 2009 5:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I will enjoy watching Lincecum win or be saddened by the loss. He is better than the two men he is up against and any team that plays in San Francisco should not consider money when it comes to greatness.
by Every6thDay on Nov 16, 2009 3:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
For some reason, Bailey winning the AL RotY gives me hope for Timmeh.
by The Franchise on Nov 16, 2009 3:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The voters making the wrong selection for another award shouldn’t give you hope that they’ll make the right one here.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
by marcello on Nov 16, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Different set of voters. Not that that should change your hope, but they aren’t related.
by positiveuphemism on Nov 16, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No need for more. It’s true.
You wish you were named Frederick Deshaun...
by dregarx on Nov 16, 2009 3:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I do not want
Lasorda’s bosom tingling with mirth and delight.
Please, please, please BBWAA, Vote Timmy!
"I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw." - Willie Mays
Tommy Lasorda is the Antichrist
by tommylasordaistheantichrist on Nov 16, 2009 3:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
It will be a closer vote than last year, but I see Timmy winning by, say, about three grams.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Nov 16, 2009 3:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
token weed reference
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Nov 16, 2009 4:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Toking
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 Nov 16, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and so can you
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Nov 16, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
must i spell it out for you
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Nov 16, 2009 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
let’s try that again…
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Nov 16, 2009 8:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One mor etime?
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 9:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it's working for me
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Nov 16, 2009 11:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
works for tim too
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Nov 17, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t understand why a Giants fan would root against him getting it again to (possibly) save money? It just does not compute. Go Timmy!
by AngelWillSaveUs on Nov 16, 2009 3:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
It’s the same instinct that makes some people want the team to lose games (in an already lost season, mind you) in order to have a better draft pick.
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 5:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I bet if you could rank people by how competitive they are, you could get a pretty good read on whether or not they are the ‘lose games for draft pick’ sort.
You wish you were named Frederick Deshaun...
by dregarx on Nov 16, 2009 7:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If it was the difference between having a 72-90 and having the 16th pick with good FA and Draft classes and being 70-92 with the 15th pick in the same year I would willingly give up those two wins.
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 6:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
NOT A COMPETITOR
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I probably would too.
You wish you were named Frederick Deshaun...
by dregarx on Nov 17, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hope he wins, and I think he should win. If he doesn’t, I won’t be shocked.
F. the Lewis.
by calpolynate on Nov 16, 2009 4:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The Giants certainly have a long list of pitching prospects that fizzled to go along with their heaping pile of outfielders that kicked ass in AAA and fizzled in the pros.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Nov 16, 2009 4:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
From an MLB article
The current field doesn’t have any members of also-ran rotations as compelling as Lincecum, who went 18-5 for a San Francisco team that was 50-78 in everyone else’s starts in ’08 and had 59 more strikeouts than anyone else in the league.
Not even this year’s Lincecum, whose numbers aren’t as eye-popping — although he definitely is back in the campaign.
Tom Singer, Professional Moron
WHAT. THE. FUCK? HOW? How are they not as eye-popping? They are more eye-popping in EVERY FUCKING WAY except W-L.
That said, I don’t think the voters can stay away from the Carpenter feelgood jerk fest. It makes the columns too easy to write.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
by marcello on Nov 16, 2009 4:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Ha, I just read that and had the same reaction. The article goes on to say he had a better ERA, more strikeouts and less walks. This guy is an idiot.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Nov 16, 2009 4:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It IS mlb.com.
You wish you were named Frederick Deshaun...
by dregarx on Nov 16, 2009 4:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
once your eyes have popped
it’s harder to pop them again.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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by zenbitz on Nov 17, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, it's official
Wins are dangerous and will pop out your eyes. Kids, stay away.
/auto-defenestrates
something something jhiat00 will swindle
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by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Nov 17, 2009 2:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I don’t particularly like America all that much. Tim should win the award.
Still in despair.
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by Zetsuboushita on Nov 16, 2009 4:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
have you tried America on weed?
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Nov 16, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Nov 16, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm Cuban B!
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by NuschlerFace on Nov 16, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.. you’re cool.. and FUCK YOU, I’m out.
"I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw." - Willie Mays
Tommy Lasorda is the Antichrist
by tommylasordaistheantichrist on Nov 16, 2009 7:44 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like Jon Stewart and Scott Rowand.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Nov 16, 2009 4:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Because he's Timmy!
How many other five foot nothing guys can pitch like him?
"It ain't over till it's over." - Yogi Berra
by 49er16 on Nov 16, 2009 4:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
If the Cardinals split the vote, Timmy wins. If not, then he comes in second. I suspect Timmy will get about 25% of the 1st place votes and the majority of the remaining 2nds. I can’t see many people voting both Cardinals ahead of him. As such, I think Timmy wins a close vote.
Also, the BBWAA voters seem to be doing a better job in recent years of selecting the right guy for whatever award. This may be me speaking from my bottom but hey..it’s an internet post…whatever!
by positiveuphemism on Nov 16, 2009 4:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I’m still waiting for Boof.
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 Nov 16, 2009 4:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
we share so many of the same memories.. lol
I agree with you totally timmy is the one.. I really thought Jerome Williams was going to be successful… and i pray somehow Noah Lowry makes another attempt.
by dez4o8 on Nov 16, 2009 4:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Jesse Foppert was my guy. The SF native with the blazing fastball, shuuto and filthy splitter. I saw him last year at USF and had to restrain myself from sobbing and asking, “GOD, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, MAN?!?!”
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 Nov 16, 2009 5:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I still remember going to his first or second start in the majors, excited to see the radar gun light up…
I don’t recall seing a single pitch travel faster than 89, maybe 90. I also remember looking for information on why the hell the kid wh supposedly threw 97-99 could barely, if at all, break 90. The only thing I ever found was some chowderhead telling us they sometimes juice the radar guns in the minors.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Nov 16, 2009 6:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Same here. I went to a game he pitched against Minnesota where he hit 90 just once all night. He went 5 innings and gave up 4 runs, and that was with excellent outfield defense by Cruz and Grissom, and JT doing his usual thing at 1B. I went home depressed and unable to understand how the best pitching prospect in all of baseball could have a slower fastball than Kirk Rueter.
I still don’t know what happened to Foppert but whatever it was (and I’m not trying to incite any freakouts), I hope that it doesn’t happen to MadBum.
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 Nov 16, 2009 8:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Seemed pretty obvious at that point that the TJ was hovering on the horizon. His velocity really should have raised more red flags in the organization then it did in the first half of that season. My theory was he overthrew in ST trying to turn everybody’s head before he was good and stretched out. The damage was done and it was just a matter of waiting for the shoe to drop.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
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by Roger on Nov 17, 2009 6:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Foppert and I went to the same high school
Everyone was so excited when he made it up.
by dprodigy19 on Nov 18, 2009 9:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My double-album of odes to Jerome Williams, Jesse Foppert, and Kurt Ainsworth seems kind of silly now.
Not as silly as your upcoming Christmas album, “I Still Think Kevin Fransen Will Have a Successful Major League Career”.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
by Kitspool on Nov 16, 2009 4:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Gah
Frandsen
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
by Kitspool on Nov 16, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
At this point the spelling of his name seems irrelevant
... null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time
by shanghaijim on Nov 16, 2009 8:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Water up the nose, thanks so much
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
by timmeh on Nov 17, 2009 2:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
he’s not gonna win for 3 reasons
1. Wins
2. Carpenter is better
3. Pot
by KENN on Nov 16, 2009 5:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
one of those 3 is false
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
by jctGamer on Nov 16, 2009 5:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Carpenter is better – F
"I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw." - Willie Mays
Tommy Lasorda is the Antichrist
by tommylasordaistheantichrist on Nov 16, 2009 7:49 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
the vote was made before said pot episode
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 Nov 16, 2009 5:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
but that would’ve been the clincher for me!
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 Nov 16, 2009 5:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he’s implying the writers are bitter because Timmy doesn’t share.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 16, 2009 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i thought you meant pol pot for a second...
by sfoakbay on Nov 16, 2009 6:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You;ve just won the CYA, what will you do now?
… a holiday in Cambodia.
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FIRE BOCHY FIRE MOLINA
by kennv on Nov 17, 2009 2:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My mother was recently visiting and going on about needing the new Pol Pot album.
I’m like:
1) Wha—?
2) Some Asian-Brit punk group?
No, some guy named Paul Potts. Mom drops “s” from time to time.
... null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time
by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s tough, kid, but it’s life
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Nov 17, 2009 2:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
maybe
the giants would hit better if they had a gun at their backs for a bowl of rice a day
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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by zenbitz on Nov 18, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good enough for a return of JT Snow.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Nov 16, 2009 5:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The part about rowand waving made me laugh so much.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Nov 16, 2009 5:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I imagined him smiling while he waved.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 16, 2009 5:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I cracked up so much, I had to read it to my wife. Who probably ignored every word of it. But I heard me read it, and laughed again.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Nov 16, 2009 6:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was laughing so hard I had to read it to my teenager who then walked out of the room in a sulk. Some people’s kids.
You think your a fan? You got nothing on my adopted daughter Sue Burns, now she's a fan. 4 out of 5 doctors agree Rosterbation can cause blindness and delusions of grandeur.
by igotnothing on Nov 16, 2009 9:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you really have to mention Lasorda’s tingling bosom?
by kimmyg on Nov 16, 2009 5:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Could've been worse
He could have referred to Lasorda’s tingling loins.
by taliesin on Nov 16, 2009 5:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Or painfully itchy rectum.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 16, 2009 5:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Or blackened heart of evil and empty soul.
"I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw." - Willie Mays
Tommy Lasorda is the Antichrist
by tommylasordaistheantichrist on Nov 16, 2009 7:54 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
I was at that VanLandingham game
For a brief spell I would go to about a game or two a year, and it seemed like I always saw him pitch. The first 3 or 4 times, he was stellar. Took a no-hitter into the 8th in LA even.
The last time I saw him pitch, however, he got lit up by LA at home, and that was pretty much his career.
BTW, no way Carpenter doesn’t win, as much as we doth protesteth.
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Nov 16, 2009 5:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Vanlaunchingpad?
He seemed to have such talent and he kept the ball down, missed a lot of bats for a bit, then, all of a sudden he either couldn’t find the plate….but when he did, it never reached the catcher’s glove
by CplaneLawr on Nov 16, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
pfft...
I’d like to see Carpenter & Wainright dominate the National League high as a kite.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Nov 16, 2009 5:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
But why would anybody believe that Jack got a bowl cut? How can somebody who is bald all the time possibly cut his nonexistent hair into a bowl shape?
That commercial is fundamentally flawed.
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 6:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Imagine Jack with an Afro...
If Bochy coached the Warriors Bengie Molina would start every game at PG.
by cybermaldonado on Nov 16, 2009 6:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OT:
HOLY SHIT MIAMI, damnit, lost to Kentucky on a last second jump shot by John Wall, DAMNIT! does anything ever good happen here at this school other than the damn parties and girls?
by PiKAgiant on Nov 16, 2009 7:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The top PG coming out of high school this last year, top recruit
by PiKAgiant on Nov 16, 2009 7:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it was an Ayn Rand joke, a poor one.
But it still contained more humor than her books or an average cohort of her adherents.
by DrStankus on Nov 16, 2009 7:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
BOO YA! missed that one, obviously… apologies
by PiKAgiant on Nov 16, 2009 7:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it was somewhat subtle
also, not something ol’ Ayn was known for. :)
by DrStankus on Nov 16, 2009 7:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
BE MORE SELFISH!!!
/auto-defenestrates
something something jhiat00 will swindle
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by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Nov 17, 2009 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
John (Vander) Wal
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Nov 16, 2009 7:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re my Vanderwahl.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 16, 2009 8:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wall will be in the NBA one year from now.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 12:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Account inactive!
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 Nov 16, 2009 8:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
PAUL WALL WHAT IT DO BABY?
FREE BUSTER POSEY
by djp4cal on Nov 17, 2009 12:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve heard that he’s got the internet goin’ nuts!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Nov 17, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Late
But I’d think this guy was pretty good for Miami:
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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Fools and Sages
by mymclife on Nov 17, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Should win. Won’t win. Sun will still come up the next morning.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Nov 16, 2009 7:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Unfair advantage:
The other candidates actually get to pitch against the Giants.
Alternate universe average Lincecum performance against current Giants lineup:
9 IP, 2 hits, 1 BB, 29 strikeouts (includes 7 K’s on wild pitches and 4 swinging strikeouts on pitches which struck the batter), total pitch count of 93.
by baseballjunkie on Nov 16, 2009 8:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
It works
With the hitters who don’t strike out all hitting into double plays….can you say Aaron and Bengie (although I have to think they could strike out too).
by CplaneLawr on Nov 16, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh wait....
That wouldn’t add up right for 9 IP.
Well, I did say Alternate Universe…
by baseballjunkie on Nov 16, 2009 9:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
WAHR IS EVERY1!?!?!?!!?!? ahhhhh whatever
by PiKAgiant on Nov 16, 2009 9:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Dead thread is dead.
FREE BUSTER POSEY
by djp4cal on Nov 16, 2009 9:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You guyz r 5!
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Nov 17, 2009 7:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Er… this person here sees a third Cy for Tim in 2010, but also believes that the pressures of getting to the big leagues and having to deal with a drug scandal are equal. Really? It’s a thoroughly mixed-up article, with an irrelevant question for a headline. I’m not rec’ing it, but … third Cy?
/participating
by The GD Batman on Nov 16, 2009 10:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lincecum yeah baby wooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by PIZZAGUY on Nov 16, 2009 10:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I vote
for Anna Benson to win the Cy Young
Skinny cooks?
I don't trust em.
by LargeFarva on Nov 16, 2009 11:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
As I said in the related fanpost
Anyone who votes no is a puppy killer. There I said 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 Nov 17, 2009 12:10 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
HOO-RAH!
I’m fired up. Feel like going to LA and kicking a grocery store display of bums-laden-budweiser-paraphenalia to smithereens now.
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
by Yoostey on Nov 17, 2009 12:39 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
It's stupid for a Giants fan to ever, under ANY circumstances
root against their player getting accolades. Unless it’s like “puppy killer of the month” or something.
Tim should win, and fuck da haterzz
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 1:12 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Those are the people who think it will cost the Giants money when it shouldn’t even matter to them.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 2:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Some of the people who don’t want Tim to win the Cy Young.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 2:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed, honestly, i hope Tim wins the Cy, but if he doesnt, he’ll for sure get one or a few more or alot more in the future. Plus you’re right, it’s not OUR money, so people should stop caring about how much WE’LL pay, because WE don’t pay, it’s the team that pays, so it’s really not our problem concerning the money
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 8:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We do pay – every time we go to the park or buy merchandise.
But it’s more about production on the field per dollar spent… theoretically, the more efficient a team is at spending, the better the product on the field. Since the Cy Young award doesn’t improve the team but does cost them money, it will lower the payroll efficiency of the team, which is why some people aren’t as excited for Timmy to win as others think they ought to be.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2009 8:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
true, i do understand that we do pay as a fanbase by paying for tix and merchandise, and hence that money goes to the players’ salary, but it’s not our problem handling the money with how much they pay their players, or free agents, you know?
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 9:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, seriously.
I never saw anyone getting pissed off at how many MVP’s that Barry Bonds got.
I know people are concerned about the possibility of him getting $20+ million per season… but don’t you think he’s kind of worth it? I’d rather them not spend that kind of money on a pitcher… but if they did, he better be good, and the fact that he came up through our system and has been here from the start is a good thing. Winning those awards is gonna bring people to the park. It’s going to sell jersey’s, and that = revenue for the team.
by aBulldog on Nov 17, 2009 9:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He is 1000000000% worth it
“Timmy Day” is basically a holiday for all of us. We love to watch him. He’s the best pitcher in baseball and he’s like 25. Pay him whatever he wants and keep him here his whole career. He is a once-in-a-generation talent.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes yes yes absolutely.
You wish you were named Frederick Deshaun...
by dregarx on Nov 17, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
he might get more money if he wins it
but what if because he doesnt win it he wants to go somewhere that will get him WINS
it’s the scariest thought ever
MattCainsAHelluvaDrug: /douses elbow in kerosene
/ignites
by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 17, 2009 1:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
That has just scared me.
Nightmares of Timmy in another jersey.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
FIRE BOCHY FIRE MOLINA
by kennv on Nov 17, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i raise you this
Lincecum agreed to plead guilty to a lesser infraction and pay a $250 fine as part of a standard plea arrangement with the prosecutor’s office in Clark County, Wash. But Judge Darvin Zimmerman has requested that Lincecum make a court appearance Dec. 22 before he considers signing off on the agreement.
The judge might be motivated to make a high-profile example of Lincecum to deter other young people from marijuana use.
If the judge refuses to accept the plea deal, Lincecum’s two misdemeanor charges for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to use — each carry a maximum of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
MattCainsAHelluvaDrug: /douses elbow in kerosene
/ignites
by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 18, 2009 4:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
weed makes you paranoid
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Nov 18, 2009 7:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He does have the numbers for it. I think he’s going to have the most 2nd place votes, so who knows how it’s going to turn out.
Commie bastards.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
by timmeh on Nov 17, 2009 2:09 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Anyone with TWO capital letters in their middle name deserves to win! I want two capital letters in my middle name…=(
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 6:36 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Anyone know how it’s pronounced?
Lee-Roy (like Cliff Lee and Roy Orbison) or
Lehr-wah (like the French Burgundy, and similar to Habs goalie Patrick Roy)
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Nov 17, 2009 8:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
leh-ROY
I think. At least that’s how they’d say it in the Philippines.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 9:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what Tim’s dad said it’s pronounced like. Or was that sharksrog? Same thing, I guess.
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by Natto on Nov 17, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Where is sharksrog?
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
FIRE BOCHY FIRE MOLINA
by kennv on Nov 17, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
further down the thread
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In the bushes outside the Lincecum Family Compound, with his trousers around his ankles.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Timmy doesn’t have the money for a compound yet. Sharksrog is probably outside Tim’s Mission Bay condo with his pants down …
… which means he blends in with most of the other people on that street during the day.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Right here!
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/11/16/1160365/why-tim-lincecum-should-win-the-cy#25748503
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by Natto on Nov 17, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I posted this and then lo! he was lower in the thread.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
FIRE BOCHY FIRE MOLINA
by kennv on Nov 17, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
VIVE LE ROY
I mean it’s LEE-roy, as in Brown. Vive Jim Croce too!
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Nov 17, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How in the hell did Wainwright become a Cy Young candidate?
Seriously. Relievers turned starters should just be barred.
by velvadp on Nov 17, 2009 7:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
And a surprisingly huge K total too
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Thanks to roger
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Like Russ Ortiz!
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by Natto on Nov 17, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Johan Santana!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 17, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Chad Billingsley!
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 Nov 17, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Joba Chamberlain!
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 Nov 17, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LaTroy Hawkins!
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 Nov 17, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
John Smoltz!
Starter turned Closer turned Starter
"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 Nov 17, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like America... but I won't if Lincecum doesn't get the award.
The “win” stat is one of the dumber stats for a pitcher to have. Lincecum had 3 games where he pitched at least 7 innings and gave up 1 run or less. On an average hitting team, those could all be wins, not to mention an August 12th game were he went 8 2/3rd’s and gave up 2 runs.
If he was on a team like say, THE CARDINALS, like Wainwright and Carpenter, you could assume that some of his games were he wasn’t as sharp, say an Aug. 7th game where he went 7 innings and gave up 3 runs (2 earned). You could tack on 3 to 4 more wins if he’s on a team like that…. So on a good hitting team, he could have had 18-20 wins. On a great hitting team, 21 or 22 could have been easy with the numbers he had.
AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON CAIN’S W-L RECORD. HE HAD 8… COUNT THEM… 8 GAMES WHERE HE GAVE UP LESS THAN 1 RUN AND DIDN’T GET THE WIN. And a couple more only giving up 2 runs. Dude, on a good hitting team, he could have maybe had 25 wins…. or come close.
That’s not to knock the other guys win-loss records, but it should be the last stat looked at when deciding who the best pitcher was this year, because so much of that stat is based on your team performance, and not your own.
by aBulldog on Nov 17, 2009 9:04 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I’ve missed MCC.
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Nov 17, 2009 10:16 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
David Aardsma blossomed into a great reliever over the past year. Another pitching talent who didn’t work out for us. Just saying
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son
by lincecuminyourface on Nov 17, 2009 10:41 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the Giants suck at developing pitching talent.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 17, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Though be fair, pitching is the toughest (i.e. riskiest) position to draft and develop.
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 Nov 17, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Chasm.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not if you’ve been following the Giants for a while.
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 Nov 17, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pitching development is arguably the only real strength of the current Giants organization.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not arguing it. Current being the key word.
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 Nov 17, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lars was using the present tense…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 17, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So was I. But enough with the English lesson!
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 Nov 17, 2009 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and only because I do this to everyone...
SO YOU ARE NOT SAYING!!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 17, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I believe he was saying. He specifically said he was ‘just saying’. I’m sure he even said it under his breath as he was typing it. He said it.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Nov 17, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Just announced
Greinke wins AL Cy Young in a landscape.
by Duelling Brandos on Nov 17, 2009 11:02 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Was he mowing the lawn when it was announced?
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 17, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Marquis de Sod.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 17, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t want to think of what the Marquis de Sade would have done with modern lawnmower equipment.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
120 Days of Sodom
Never looked the same to me.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 17, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Nov 17, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
win
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 17, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
this made my day
MattCainsAHelluvaDrug: /douses elbow in kerosene
/ignites
by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 17, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Correct
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 Nov 17, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, Connecticut.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Landscape?
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 17, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
With mountains and streams and sheep at his feet.
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 Nov 17, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If Jonathan Sanchez ever wins the Cy Young, it will definitely be in a Manscape.
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 17, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Could do without the imagery, Howie…
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 Nov 17, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’ll thank me later.
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 17, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How much later?
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 Nov 17, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fleetwood Mac’s less successful single.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Nov 17, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He really deserved that new walkway.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Nov 17, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think the new retaining walls look amazing.
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 17, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What do you think of the sand garden in place of the koi pond?
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet
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 Nov 17, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
WTF is up with Jon Miller picking Verlander?
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Nov 17, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a rebel.
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 Nov 17, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
TEH KZZZZ
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also, WTF is up with the Cy Young Predictor?
It has three pitchers above Timmy. And one of them is Broxton?
VB: Victory Bonus is a 12-point bonus awarded for leading your team to the division championship (pro-rated based on the current standings).
- hah, I lol’d.
F. the Lewis.
by calpolynate on Nov 17, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
sad thing is that they usually pretty close to being right
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Verlander finished 4 places higher than they predicted, though.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Talking about winners
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The only time they were wrong (I’m discounting relievers) since 202 was the 2003 NL CYA when Eric Gagne got it
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
DAMN YOU, GAGNE
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 Nov 17, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, this year it had Felix Hernandez winning, not Greinke. Greinke was second, though.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Technical!
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Does it have a negative adjustment for an embarassing first round exit from the playoffs?
Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu
by AXmrdrir on Nov 17, 2009 11:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It overrates relievers.
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 Nov 17, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It would be absolutely retarded to think that Wainwright would be ahead of Carpenter.
Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu
by AXmrdrir on Nov 17, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why?
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
because he posted better numbers in every category except for wins and BB.
Also, from a pitching perspective, it would seem to me that “losses” should be more equally weighted with wins as it stands, “W*6-L*2” seems a little imbalanced
Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu
by AXmrdrir on Nov 17, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The point isn’t to say who’s most deserving. It’s to say who’s most likely to win.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 12:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wainwright had a better K rate FWIW
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 12:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And more IP.
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 Nov 17, 2009 12:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
by a lot
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 12:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So why should he NOT be considered? All the candidates are up there
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I never said he shouldnt
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
haha, yea i know, i just think, may the best man win, you know?
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jon wears tentlike tailored mango yellow dress shirts. You can’t argue with him.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Felix had it sewn up
He had a pretty damn good season too considering the M’s offense aren’t anything special, but then again Greinke pitched for the Royals.
But let’s be blunt, one of them redbirds will win the NL CY…
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Nov 17, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have proof
Tim has convincingly won every poll I have seen, and I now have proof positive he will win.
MLB.com has a two-minute video on the Cy Young competitors. Tim’s 30 seconds in the video was easily more than anyone else.
Is that proof, or not? And right from MLB.com itself.
by sharksrog on Nov 17, 2009 12:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Here's hoping
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thursday.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 12:38 PM PST 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 Nov 17, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OT: boy missionaries piss me off sometimes... what's the point of converting people... please just stop
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 12:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I’m more angered by the adult missionaries who ask these boys to go out and do this stuff. Let them be kids!
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 17, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed, it’s just so freakin annoying, let them be kids, AGREED
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I blew up on two missionaries during my finals week one year. I have rage issues
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t hate them, I just want my Sunday in the park to relax!
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
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by SoFa King Mike on Nov 17, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, yea, they just came to our apartment and were like “what’s your religion?” “are you happy with it?” WHY WOULD I NOT BE HAPPY WITH MY RELIGION
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 12:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Tell them you are into the Dark Arts and would be thrilled with it if you could just find a nice virgin for your next sacrifice… and then add… “Oh by the way, what are YOU doing on the next full moon?”
by Merope on Nov 17, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HAHA, i’ll do it Merope, thanks for the idea, next time i see them on the street or at my place. LOVE IT
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I tried to post this once and it disappeared, it’s probably now floating around on the Operation Panda thread or something!
Anyways, taking a more rational approach, the Freedom From Religion Foundation offers what they call “non-tracts.” Once when we had some exceptionally pushy Mormons coming around I ordered a few of the “sample packs” and the next time they came to the door I said “I’ll read yours, if you read mine.” They never returned.
by Merope on Nov 17, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, this is fantastic, now i kinda wish they’d come back so i can say that to em, but you know, i was pretty much calm about it and said “i believe in this, and absolutely love it” but all they said was that their religion might better suit me…… They never heard of my religion, and it figured
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Are you happy with it?"
Not really sure if I’m using it right. I admit I never read the owner’s manual. The reception is fuzzy at times. Just not sure if I kept the receipt.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Nov 17, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There’s no money back guarantee on future happiness…
by Merope on Nov 17, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately, since you opted for the self install option, I cannot help you at this time. Jesus loves you.
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by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
how do you blow people from the missionary position?
by DrStankus on Nov 17, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Once, when I was visiting my parents’ house, some Jehovah’s Witnesses came to the door. They asked if I studied the Bible every day. Since my parents read scripture and discuss it every night at dinner, I answered that I did. They left very quickly.
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by cornball on Nov 17, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve found that stopping them and saying, “Listen, you’re not going to get anywhere with me and I really don’t want to waste your time” tends to work pretty well. Sometimes this confuses them, at which point simply reiterating that talking to me will be a big waste of time tends to do the trick. You can only be confused so much when somebody very plainly gives you a 0% chance of success.
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 17, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yea, good idea actually. THey’ll just give up and go to the next door after that, they just assume everyone is just so nice, but when you be upfront with them and bitch em out? they’ll be surprised
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 12:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, there is also the fact that I legitimately don’t want to waste their time. It’s a big fat waste of my time, but allowing them to continue to talk to me when only I’m aware that it’s completely fruitless is also me completely wasting their time. And I don’t like doing that.
If they are completely aware that their time is being wasted and still insist on wasting it, then it’s just my time that is being wasted and they probably deserve a door to the face.
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 17, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good point, it really is also a waste of their time to try and get me to convert or at least consider their beliefs.
But you know dude, as the Dalai Lama kind of said, believe in whatever God you want but don’t try to convert people and live life, and stop being angry with what others believe in. It was something like that i think
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Conversion has been a big part of not only Christian tradition but also that of other religions for thousands of years now. At one point it was simply a necessary part of keeping the faith from dying out. Why do you think it’s so incredibly important to Mormonism even today: it was a late-developing sect with a world population that remains small.
I don’t begrudge these people for supporting their church the same way that people have always supported their churches. I just don’t want them bugging me any more than they have to.
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 17, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And I’m not trying to excuse the conversion / missionary process of everything. It’s been the cause of some of the ugliest moments in civilized history. But when it comes to these people… I don’t know… door-to-door visits just don’t ring of 15th century colonialism to me.
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 17, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, i see what you’re saying, perfect explanation actually of how Mormonism was a late-developing sect, i’m just all, believe in your faith, and if others think it’s a great belief then go for it, but how often does one believe that this visiting of peoples homes would help convert people to other religions
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I recently heard an interview with a younger evangelical leader who’s been very critical of the traditional missionary practices like door-to-door preaching, revival meetings, etc., because he doesn’t think they do a good job in the long term – while some people convert, they rarely stick in the faith. His argument was that evangelicals shouldn’t worry about trying to convert people, but rather try to be a good example and hope people would follow.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 1:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
His argument was that evangelicals shouldn’t worry about trying to convert people, but rather try to be a good example and hope people would follow.
Also, have babbys.
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 17, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not saying he said that. I just like the word babby.
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 17, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Unless you’re a Shaker.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
thus, the end of fine furniture.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, yea, lead by example… then people might say “oh look at how these people go about doing things or how they carry themselves”
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dr. Moon says
stadium conversion FTW!
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by natteringnabob on Nov 17, 2009 1:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I heard that—-NPR a week or so ago?
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by rotorueter on Nov 17, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was trying to remember where I heard it and couldn’t, but that sounds right.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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by ringleader3 on Nov 17, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THAT’S right.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus
plainly gave his followers the commission to preach to people, and while he was on the earth that is all he did. He went door to door throughout the land, and the last thing he told his followers to do was to follow his example and make disciples.
Just sayin. Now the WAY certain religions FOLLOW that command is up for debate. But it’s plain that part of following Jesus is preaching.
That’s my religious rant for the day, and probably forever since it’s a touchy subject.
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
True enough
Though he also told his followers to leave their families and give up their possessions.
In any case, I do understand the missionary impulse, but I also find it annoying in actual practice. So I can see both sides.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Symbolical
he didn’t literally mean for them to become destitute, obviously people have to care for the people they love. His point in saying that was that possessions and things like them should be a means to an end, not the end themselves. A life spent chasing possessions is a life wasted, as many many many many many rich people have found out.
People need money to care for themselves and their families, but what Jesus taught was that money should never become the sole focus of your life.
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You can interpret it that way, sure. But it really is a matter of interpretation and tradition. Which is, of course, true in every tradition, religious or secular.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To a point
but when you look at Jesus’ ministry in context it makes it a little easier to figure out what he was about.
Anyways, like I said I know it’s a touchy subject, but I also know that the vast majority of religious leaders have given “faith” a really horrible reputation. They do not represent the bible in the way they live or even the things they teach.
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, some of the Old Testament figures had personal lives that would put Jerry Springer guests, let alone televangelists, to shame, but I do know what you mean. :)
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good point
but the world was a much different place back then. It’s difficult for us to imagine a world where those sorts of lifestyles were accepted, but it’s difficult for me to imagine someone enjoying a meal of cow brains, and somewhere in the world I’m sure that’s a delicacy.
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, often it wasn’t tolerated, at least by the true faithful – David and Bathsheba, for instance.
I rather like that type of moral ambiguity in the Old Testament, though, as an outsider to the tradition.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
David wasn't killed though
he was forgiven because he demonstrated repentance. Well, his kid was also killed because of it so he didn’t get off scot free, but yeah.
I didn’t mean so much that as I meant the multiple wives thing and some of the other stuff in the old law. It was crazy.
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The baby of Bathsheba? I thought that was Solomon. Or was there another child before him? That wasn’t covered in the SuperBook cartoon about it.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Their first child died of illness as a baby.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 2:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
David’s whole family was pretty messed up.
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by Natto on Nov 17, 2009 2:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Though not as much as….shit, I can’t remember who it was. One of the big Old Testament patriarchs. When he was an old man, his daughters got him drunk and snuck into his bedchambers to have sex with him so they could bear him sons. That was a bit of an eye-opener in Bible as Lit class.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lot
They were in a cave.
/ends subthread
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by baetown415 on Nov 17, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's right
I almost said his tent. The memory is hazy, obviously. This was when I was an undergrad, about 8 years ago.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lovingly illustrated in Crumb’s new Book of Genesis graphic translation.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lot
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 Nov 17, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s because the prince was in love with him.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OT: to JCB9
You still going to make that fall recipe / foodie post. I don’t want to step on your oven mitts.
by Merope on Nov 17, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I keep forgetting. I’ll try to get it up this afternoon.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thread is up
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/11/17/1161981/mcc-recipe-swap-food-talk
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re right, it is a pretty touchy subject, that’s why i like to stay away from it and just say, hey believe in what you want and enjoy, because in the end, why do people believe in a God? because what’s everyones biggest fear? Death, and what happens after, at least that’s what i was taught in my Philosophy class. So yea, be happy with your religion
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wellllll that's part of it
another part is what happens before death, and feeling good about yourself and others. Religion does that for a lot of people.
For example, if one followed the bible’s counsel they’d never have a hangover or an STD, 6th graders wouldn’t be pregnant, etc.
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, good point, i get it, oh religion
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
if one followed the bible’s counsel they’d never have a hangover or an STD, 6th graders wouldn’t be pregnant, etc.
Well, I wouldn’t go so far as the pregnancy thing. If everybody followed the Bible’s counsel… maybe. If that particular sixth grader followed the Bible’s counsel… maybe. But that’s moving into a very weird area of discussion for me.
Certainly, it ideally acts as a guide for an individual to lead a good life as a good person, and – philosophical questions about a doctrine of works aside – if an individual follows that counsel, then that individual will ideally in fact be leading a good life as a good person.
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 17, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Which is also true of a good number of other faiths and doctrines, I should add.
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 17, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I run into enough atheists and statheads who want to preach at me to change my beliefs to know exactly how annoying it is to be missionized.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Atheists can be among the worst, yes.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
As always it’s a certain kind of person. I know a couple of confirmed atheists who are very respectful of me, and interested — academically, sociologically — in religion. But then there are the occasional people who are essentially loudmouth holier-than-thou preachers about it, which kind of defeats the purpose of the atheism.
As for stats, I just can’t do math, so I won’t waste anyone’s time.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree, yes.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 2:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
this
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well one more thing
Jesus also taught that living what you preach is important- which is why I laugh at all the hypocritical religious leaders who act like they’re following Jesus while at the same time doing whatever they can to make money and fornicate wildly. Obviously they are not actual followers of Jesus, since they are completely missing the point of his ministry.
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
SO YOU ARE NOT SAYING!!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 17, 2009 2:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There’s also the doctrine of the messianic secret (mostly in the Gospel of Mark), where he plainly tells his followers not to say a thing about him.
Do you really believe we can know anything about “jesus of nazareth” from reading the bible?
he didn’t write it, you know.
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2009 2:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
Moneyball wasn’t written by Billy Beane, but it gives some pretty good insight into how he runs a baseball club.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
let me put it this way….
One year later, how accurate is Sarah Palin’s account of the 2008 presidential campaign?
Mark wrote his gospel (by far the earliest) some 40 to 70 years after jesus supposed ministry.
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t disagree with the assessment that the Gospels have some pretty serious problems if viewed as historical documents (and it’s also worth mentioning that the Gospel leaned on most heavily by evangelicals is the last one to have been written). But I don’t think it follows that they can’t have insight into their protagonist because they weren’t written by him.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 2:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And actually, I think authorship is probably not as strong an argument as the issue of how the Gospels were selected. There are a number of Gospels that were written and widely read and followed in the early church, but never made it into what we know as the Bible for largely political and doctrinal reasons, and many of them present a very different portrait of Jesus than the canonical Gospes. The Gospel of Judas got a lot of attention recently, but there are others, like the Gospel of Thomas.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So, do you think you could know how BB runs a ball club if Moneyball had been written like the Gospels? Like, 7 different versions of Moneyball… written 100 years later (after decades of oral tradition) in a language that BB doesn’t speak? Some versions where he owns up to being a GM, others where he seems to deny being a GM?
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Enh, just the first example that came to mind.
Like I said, I don’t really disagree with your point. Just the argument you were using to get there. What’s most relevant, I think, is the timeline, the political wrangling, etc., not the fact that the Gospels weren’t written by Jesus.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OK but I only ever argued that no one can rightly discern: “Jesus intended for us to do THIS” or “Jesus would have done BLANK” from reading the bible.
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2009 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fair enough.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
glad we agree
Too bad jesus was so illiterate or we could have a much clearer idea of what he wants us to do/be.
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We’re not selling robes here!
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Nov 17, 2009 2:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well and the story was preserved orally for many decades… it wasn’t written down until what 25 years? 50 years? afterwards… and they had no Wiki for fact checking!
by Merope on Nov 17, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
IIRC
he told them not to say a thing about him after his resurrection, and that was so that they didn’t freak people out.
Matt 28: 19,20 is pretty clear on the assignment he gave his followers.
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I see your Matt 28:19-20 and raise you one Mark 8:27-30.
It’s “pretty clear” only if you prooftext.
Many theologians will argue that you cannot find evidence of the divinity of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark.
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by The Gene Hackman on Nov 17, 2009 3:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
the bible is meant to be taken as a whole. You can make it seem like a contradiction by selecting certain verses, but as a whole it is in harmony. It IS pretty clear based on Jesus’ life and his teaching and the people that followed him during his ministry that if you want to follow him, part of that is preaching to others, and that preaching is a very LARGE part of that.
I’m not trying to change anyone’s mind, I’m just sayin what I believe after my (admittedly relatively short) study of the subject.
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by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
While most religions accept converts, a lot of them don’t have anything like the missionary tradition of Christianity. A lot of religions make it difficult to convert.
There are some that refuse to accept converts altogether, but they’re mostly small, local religions like the Druze.
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by jcb9 on Nov 17, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I wasn’t trying to lay a blanket. I just didn’t want to be like “OMG TEH CHRISTIANS”.
On a visible level, it is obviously the Christ-based faiths that are doing a lot of it. But I don’t believe it’s a claim they make exclusively.
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 17, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The missionary command as recorded in (I’m not sure but all four?) gospels is a big part of it. Another part is how it became the authorized religion of the late Roman Empire, and then a key aspect of the nation-building of European states and eventually their colonial ambitions.
Of course, some would say (I have said, half-jokingly) that Mormons aren’t Christians … although gosh, that whole interplanetary thing of theirs is kind of cool. Cylons!
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I tried that. I finally had to blow up on them after like 6 times.
What worked really well, was when I was a teenager I happened to be cleaning my shotgun on the porch when I saw them drive down the drive way. I took of my shirt and put on the overalls from the work I did that morning and acted all white trash with my shotgun and some shotgun shells next to me. They never showed up again.
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 17, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, if you let them know that they’re wasting their time and they still insist on pursuing things, they’re just asking to get yelled at.
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 17, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
before the Cal game a couple of weeks ago
a trio of slightly hippieish kids (mid 20s or so) came up to my sister and law and me and asked “do you need any physical healing?”. I, rusty from living in SF where we’re all going to burn in Cotton Mather’s special place, was surprised when the question wasn’t “spare some change” or “would you like to sign this petition against Prop 8”.
My sister in law didn’t miss a beat, immediately asking the younguns if they wanted to go to a free vegetarian dinner. For some reason the krishnas never approached me in Berkeley, it was always the “do you want to go to a bible study” folks. She apparently was frequently approached by the krishnas; I guess there’s a crew for every demographic.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Nov 17, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I used to attract Hare Krishnas like moths to a flame. I haven’t been approached by one for years, though.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mormon boys? in pairs? in short-sleeved white shirts, skinny ties and black nameplates? with carefully combed-flat hair and bright shiny grins?
send ’em my way please.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
With reading your posts over the year, I know what you are thinking.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 6:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Because I stop everything I do on Sunday afternoons to worship the Dude
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Nov 17, 2009 12:39 PM PST 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 Nov 17, 2009 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This guy is me every day as a warrior fan, praying that i dont kill myself because of this pitiful excuse for a team. GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK
by PiKAgiant on Nov 17, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
love it
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 17, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
NEVERNUDES
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Nov 17, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THERE ARE DOZENS OF US OUT THERE!
DOZENS!!!
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 Nov 17, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t see you at the conference in Germany last year.
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 Nov 17, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
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 Nov 17, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Turning a thread about Timmy into a religious discussion seems blasphemous
Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu
by AXmrdrir on Nov 17, 2009 2:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Just wait until we get into Pokemon.
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 Nov 17, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
SQUIRTLE CAME TO MY DOOR AND TRIED TO TELL ME WHY WATER IS THE BEST TYPE BUT I WAS JUST GETTING PISSED AT HIM BECAUSE WHO IS HE TO TELL ME HOW TO BATTLE MY POKEMON SO I JUST HELD UP A LEAF AND HE WAS LIKE OH SHIT SON AND RAN AWAY
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 17, 2009 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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 Nov 17, 2009 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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 Nov 17, 2009 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
garsh, natto—so bold of you to be sharing your innermost with us mccovens…
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 Nov 17, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I picked Charmander as my first pokemon.
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 17, 2009 2:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And that is why you are not boyfriend material to me.
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 Nov 17, 2009 3:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But I’m cute, I’ll watch horror movies with you, I have glasses, I like art and comics, and I read!
This is so not fair.
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 17, 2009 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure that giant tattoo of Grant you have on your chest, with your nipples as his eyes, falls into the “bad tattoo” category.
"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 Nov 17, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
GROW A PAIR!
You Charmandar selector!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 17, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But it’s HARDER to play the first parts of the game with a Charmander! You think beating Brock was some walk in the park? You think I had a lot of fun rolling out a fire type against Misty and her Starmie?
It takes a pair to select Charmander as your first pokemon. Anybody who doesn’t respect that decision must not respect themselves.
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 17, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
C'mon
He is the second coming of Christy!
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by shanghaijim on Nov 17, 2009 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What the hell do you think this place is?
Purple Row?
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Nov 17, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Grant
Please remember to post the farm animal band gif on Thursday. It was good luck last year.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 17, 2009 3:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That poor slave band!
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 Nov 17, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sad cow is sad.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 17, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
huh
Lincecum, Cy Young, Religion
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Nov 17, 2009 9:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Baggs’ take:
Giants: Tim Lincecum not Cy Young favorite this time
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 Nov 17, 2009 10:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
My bets on Carpenter
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
Official McPokeMaster
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 17, 2009 11:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
JUDAS!!!
Schulman didn’t vote for Timmy
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by shanghaijim on Nov 18, 2009 10:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
hmm. on second thought, I don’t like the connotations of this post.
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by shanghaijim on Nov 18, 2009 10:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i like how he didn’t write about the part where carpenter had incriminating photos of him
MattCainsAHelluvaDrug: /douses elbow in kerosene
/ignites
by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 18, 2009 10:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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