McCovey Awards: Most Informative Poster
by Natto on Nov 2, 2009 10:30 AM PST
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It's time to vote for the category of Most Informative poster on McCovey Chronicles. These people would be able to come up with all sorts of great stuff to write in a Fanpost to get it past the 75 word limit. As you can see from the list, I am not one of them. Uh... make voting get now!
If you haven't voted for the Newcomer award yet, be sure to check the past Fanposts for that and RAWK DA VOTE. And again, don't rec this Fanpost to avoid knocking out more deserving recommended Fanposts since there will be a few more of these voting ones.
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jponry’s good, but she’s more of a third-ballot inductee in my book.
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 2, 2009 10:34 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Natto asked that we don’t rec these posts. I see this one already has 2 recs and the outstanding newcomer one is up in the recommended fanposts. You guys don’t want to upset Natto, trust me.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Nov 2, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Let’s just say you don’t want to know the real reason why DrB isn’t around anymore.
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 2, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Natto is to Brock Lesnar as DrB is to Zach Gowen.
"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 2, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, I was going to make this joke in a much more transparent and much less entertaining way. But I won’t even bother. You win this time.
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 2, 2009 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
somebody didn’t listen
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Nov 2, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe for the next one, the first thing in the post should be DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS POST.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Nov 2, 2009 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
…which will guarantee that it gets on the rec list within two minutes.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Nov 3, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
jponry: third ballot inductee at best!
Schadendodgerfreude 2009! (CHECK)
Schadenyankeefreude 2009! (______)
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 2, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
:D
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 2, 2009 5:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is really hard…those are all great posters.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Nov 2, 2009 10:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
That's why i hate voting, because then i feel bad for the person i didn't vote for
by PiKAgiant on Nov 2, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I abstain completely. A couple of years ago I voted, but that was just to vote against howtheyscored.
by Grant on Nov 2, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s okay. I’ve never voted for you in one of these things. So there.
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 2, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
haha, there’s not one person i really would vote against on this forum other than bondslegend, but that’s only because he rubbed it in with the Crabtree thing and he swears way too much, i’ll be there one day with the swearing… haha, gotta love it
by PiKAgiant on Nov 2, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Grant Karzai
wins in a landslide
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 2, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
take Lars off the list- he missed it.
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 2, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Brute does the minor league updates but jponry is like the reference book of Giants knowledge. ARGHH!
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Nov 2, 2009 10:43 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but jponry lost a few points with that Springsteen hijack. jk
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 2, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
banned
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Nov 2, 2009 4:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
YES, I got banned twice for the same statement. : )
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 2, 2009 5:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, Bruce is awesome. All other arguments are invalid.
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 3, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ppfft
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 3, 2009 8:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
All good candidates. It’s a sign of the awesomeness of this community that we have so many deserving nominees after the awards have been around for years – and most of them are folks who’ve been around for a long time, too.
"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 2, 2009 11:21 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I was quite surprised to learn from jponry that Fred did in fact not suck.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Nov 2, 2009 11:31 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm – the last time I checked the voting, I don’t remember Grant having 999,999,999 votes!
"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 2, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He's a shoo-in
if the other four drop out. Kandahar votes 99% for Grant Frisbee!
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 2, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I happily voted for BruteSentiment, whose information I admire and whose judgments I trust; and I always read jponry with serious interest. But where on the list is xanthan—or has he won this award before and thus became ineligible to repeat? His detailed, scrupulous, and cogent posts are a must for me. If he’s eligible and doesn’t know whom to vote for, that must be out of modesty or puzzlement at not being on the list. (Also, on occasion, Fla-Giant is worthy.)
by campanari on Nov 2, 2009 11:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
He won last year.
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 2, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For the record, previous winners in this category
2008: xanthan
2007: BaronVonCurrentEvents
2006: Steve S
"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 2, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also, looking at the 2006 awards
This amused me:
Re: Award Winners
How about Most Wished-For Return?
Come back Josh from Hollywood.
by Roger on Oct 25, 2006 8:33 AM PDT actions 0 recs
He’s been around so long that, by 2006, he’d been around long enough to establish a reputation and away long enough to be missed!
"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 2, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sigh
Until dick jokes suddenly start get considered as “inside information”, I’ll never win this award.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
by Goofus on Nov 2, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, assuming that “information” becomes some sort of naughty euphemism, then it’s only a matter of time.
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 2, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m very informative! It’s just that I’m usually informative about things that aren’t really relevant or helpful here, like the works of James Baldwin or how to make jambalaya or Presidential trivia.
"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 2, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kimothy!
I finally got 100% on the Countries of the World quiz on Sporcle a couple days ago.
I was so proud.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Nov 2, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Which reminds me, I need to resume my quest to learn the states of India. It’s been stalled for a few weeks.
"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 2, 2009 12:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also
According to the search function, you’ve just joined ResDog as the only person other than me to ever use the name “Kimothy.”
"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 2, 2009 12:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That was one of my greatest moments.
I had to practice the Australia/surrounding areas one so many times before I got it down.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Nov 2, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nauru is one of the most interesting countries in the world, I think. And depressing.
"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 2, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
1) Nauruan is the only palindromic nationality in the world
2) Their maine export is bird guano – in fact, the whole island was built up through accrued bird guano
3) The whole interior of the island is pretty much strip-mined and only the coastline is inhabitable.
"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 2, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maine exports lobsters.
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 2, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also, it should get hit pretty hard by climate change.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Nov 2, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that too.
Also, for a while Australia was diverting asylum seekers it didn’t want to deal with to a detention center there.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Nov 2, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There are always two countries that I have to think about for a long time before I get them. And they’re two different countries every time. So I’d forget Tuvalu and Vanuatu one game, then I’d forget Samoa and Tonga the next game, then I’d forget Palau and Nauru the next. It was always annoying and I could never blame anyone else for my dumbness.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Nov 2, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In trying to finish the quiz, I found it was wise to start with those countries.
The smaller Caribbean nations can be hard too. St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Antgigua and Barbuda, etc.
"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 2, 2009 12:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It actually got to the point where I could do the island nations every time after a little bit of thought about which one I forgot, but I would always forget something in Europe because I couldn’t see, for example, Croatia, because it was completely covered by the thing acknowledging I had typed San Marino, Vatican City, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Nov 2, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that gets frustrating. I end up going through The Map In My Head.
"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 2, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One time, I actually (and this is true facts)…
forgot Poland.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Nov 2, 2009 1:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I did this with Sweden and Kuwait once.
"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 2, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Now I kind of want to go take that quiz again to see if I could still finish it.
"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 2, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Somehow I missed Chile once.
Also, Italy. Not San Marino or Vatican City, but Italy.
I really just don’t know about me.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Nov 2, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why would anybody want to polish sausages?
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 2, 2009 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s OK, Chamberlain and Daladier did it too.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Nov 2, 2009 3:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
zing!
Schadendodgerfreude 2009! (CHECK)
Schadenyankeefreude 2009! (______)
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Nov 2, 2009 4:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm, I just did this Sporcly thingy for the first time and got about 100 right. That’s…not very good I guess. I panicked! Took me like five minutes to spell New Zealand.
But I bet I can kick all of your asses in the SABR quiz they have.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Nov 2, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There are a couple of user-submitted quizzes for most valuable position players and pitchers since 2002 (I think) by WAR if you can find ’em.
"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 2, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Of course, the best quizzes on Sporcle can be found here:
http://www.sporcle.com//user/jcb9/contributed
"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 2, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Those are actually my favorite kinds of quizzes. Geographic/demographic/political ones.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Nov 2, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
On the “Double U Countries” one, remembering all those countries named after Guinea was a lifesaver.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Nov 2, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Stupid Uzbekistan ruining my Muslim quiz.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Nov 2, 2009 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s all the Soviet Union’s fault for breaking up.
"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 2, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Beat this
Perfect score on Prime Ministers of Israel, with 5:30 left on the clock.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Nov 2, 2009 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I got 14, which I figure is pretty good for a USerican!
"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 2, 2009 2:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And I really should’ve gotten 15. I can’t believe i forgot Begin!
Also missed Sharett and Eshkol. Never heard of ’em.
"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 2, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I spent most of my time trying to figure out how to spell Eshkol.
In 1954 Ben Gurion retired from politics and Sharett, than Minister of Foreign Affairs, replaced him. He was a pretty powerless PM, and two years later Ben Gurion returned and was re-elected. Sharett was also the PM during the Lavon Affair, in case you’ve heard of it, though he didn’t really have anything to do with it.
Eshkol was elected in 1963, and was the PM until his death in 1969. He was Prime Minister during the Six Day War.
Shamir, on the other hand, did nothing, so I’m surprised you remembered him.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Nov 2, 2009 2:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
*Then Minister of Foreign Affairs.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Nov 2, 2009 2:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I always remember him for having the same first name as Rabin.
"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 2, 2009 2:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Which of the Baldwin brothers is he? The blond one?
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 2, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The cute one.
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 2, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THE REAL DREAMY
"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 2, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll always appreciate Brute for talking me off the ledge after the Alderson trade by letting us know that Timmy2 wasn’t quite the propsect many of us had been led to believe.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
by Goofus on Nov 2, 2009 12:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
This.
His was specifically the voice I looked to when the Timmy2 trade went down, and when he said it wasn’t 100% awful I felt better.
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Nov 2, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That, sadly, turned out to be wrong, since Alderson wound up buying 25 games of .284/.295/.324. I’d call that 100% awful.
by taliesin on Nov 2, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, it proved Alderson was almost worthless :-)
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
by Goofus on Nov 2, 2009 7:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
IF JP IS SO INFORMATIVE HOW COME FRED LEWIS SUCKS???
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 2, 2009 12:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Four seriously good options. Seriously good options. All four of them. Cookyman gets my vote simply because I always find his explanations of exotic stats and their application/usage helps me grok.
Thanks all, and best of luck.
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 2, 2009 12:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I know Baron won before but before I even saw the ballot she was my pick…and she’s not there. So thank you for all your good work, Baron. Keep up the good work. (And yes I know that her job is being informative now so things are stacked in her favor.)
by positiveuphemism on Nov 2, 2009 12:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
thanks
Brute’s job is also to be informative, so I hope he wins this year. All are great picks, and the most deserving one will win.
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 2, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is tough!
Each is VERY informative in their own certain way.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Nov 2, 2009 12:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Everybody’s special.
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 2, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, it’s really more of a general sentiment.
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 2, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
then everybody wins!
just like soccer/ fall ball.
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 2, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I voted for Cookyman because I don’t want him to be sad anymore.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Nov 2, 2009 12:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Self nomination
In the Leftover from Boof Infrequent Poster Who Counts on McC to Stay Sane category. Let me know when you get to it. Oh, gotta go with Brute in this one.
by NearestNorwich on Nov 2, 2009 1:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I appreciate everyone’s contributions, but I had to go with Brute, who really stepped up his game this season – to our great benefit.
"The part of the roster where most of the money is spent, though, is on free agents and guys acquired through trade — guys Sabean did play a big role in acquiring. And they are not good. When you get 2/5 of a pitching rotation for free, you would think you could do better with $76 million than to field the league’s worst offense."
-Taliesin September, 2009
by Lyle on Nov 2, 2009 2:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
All very good candidates
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 2, 2009 2:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The only interesting race here is between me and marcello.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Nov 2, 2009 3:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
You mean what appears to be a race to the bottom?
/burn
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Nov 2, 2009 7:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A race for the most also-ran, which is eerily like last year. One of these years they’ll be no one left to vote for and it’ll be our moment in the sun. Or dark, as the case may be (this is why I didn’t get nominated for Most Amusing).
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
by marcello on Nov 2, 2009 10:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I vote Cookyman
for Saddest Poster :(
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
Official McPokeMaster
Registered Velezbian and supporter of Fredemption
by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 2, 2009 3:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Where's my "I voted" button?
What, not even a sticker?
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Nov 2, 2009 4:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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 2, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Whoever wins will definitely deserve it
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Nov 2, 2009 6:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
this was tough for me because they were all good choices, but I went with JPon, because every time she disagrees with me and tells me why, I know she’s right and I’m wrong.
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by rxmeister on Nov 2, 2009 7:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Just to be contrarian...
…I think these choices sucked. Pretty much a Nixon/McGovern “hold your nose and vote” election
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by Goofus on Nov 2, 2009 7:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Theres always Ralph Nader
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 2, 2009 8:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, throw your vote 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 2, 2009 8:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ralph Nader is very informative!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 2, 2009 9:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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by CB30 on Nov 2, 2009 10:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it’s funny that by now practically all of the things that caused voters to see McGovern as some silly naive radical – opposing the Vietnam War, demanding amnesty for draft evaders, supporting the Equal Rights Amendment, (supposedly) supporting women’s right for abortions – are, by now, part the consensus, and yet his image hasn’t change. The majority of the American people now agree with McGovern’s platform, but a silly radical will remain a silly radical, regardless of whether or not he was right.
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by Cookyman on Nov 3, 2009 4:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree, but it depends on your point of view. I’m sure a lot of conservatives feel the same way about Barry Goldwater.
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by rotorueter on Nov 3, 2009 6:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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by jctGamer on Nov 3, 2009 8:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, we could argue about opinions, but that wasn’t exactly my point. I’m not saying people should agree with what McGovern wanted, I’m saying that they already have, that his far fetched idea are now part of the consensus. If he ran for presidency today, and said " I think getting involved in the war in Vietnam was a mistake, I think abortions are legal under the current constitution, I think granting amnesty for Vietnam draft-dodgers was a good idea, and I think no one should be discriminated on the account of sex," people would say “well, obviously, what else you got?” I mean, “amnesty, abortions, acid” is what scared so many voters in 1972, right? But Roe v. Wade was in early 1973, and Ford granted amnesty about a year after that. Just two years after the elections, two of McGovern’s most radical ideas were part of US laws.
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by Cookyman on Nov 3, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Which is to say
I don’t see the Goldwater comparison. He opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was a big supporter of McCarthy right to the end, and talked about nuking Russia all the time. I think he’d considered even more of an extremist if he ran today than he was then.
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by Cookyman on Nov 3, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds good to me.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Nov 3, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think he actually advocated nuking Russia.
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by oldjacket on Nov 3, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Just babies in fields of flowers.
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by jcb9 on Nov 3, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that was probably the dirties t presidential campaign ever.
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by oldjacket on Nov 3, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, but he didn’t mind talking about it. Anyway, it’s not very important. Anyone who supports McCarthy would be considered a radical today, and the CRA is just a bonus.
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by Cookyman on Nov 3, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think McGovern is largely seen as a joke these days not because of his positions, but because was crushed so resoundingly.
With that having been said, I have heard him described as an effete northeastern liberal, which is pretty funny considering he’s from South Dakota.
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by jcb9 on Nov 3, 2009 8:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Here he is, windsurfing off the coast of Sioux Falls.
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by rotorueter on Nov 3, 2009 8:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just pulled McGovern/Nixon out of my butt for sake of the joke…it was the election that came to mind when trying to think of of one where neither candidate was widely admired.
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by Goofus on Nov 3, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s not really the case, though. Nixon was actually really popular in 1972. Right after his inauguration (Jan 1973), his approval was at 67%. (For comparison, Obama was at 69% in January of this year.)
I know it’s hard to understand now, but white middle-class people really liked NIxon. And that was most of the country back then.
by taliesin on Nov 3, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fun Fact
The highest approval rating ever recorded (going back to Truman): G. W. Bush (the week after 9/11) - 90%.
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by Cookyman on Nov 3, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sigh
People are stupid.
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by marcello on Nov 4, 2009 9:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Or emotional?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Nov 5, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Often times, those are synonyms
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by marcello on Nov 7, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I AM NOT STOOPID! YOUR A ASSWHOLE!!!! YES, I NOW MY IQ IS 65 BUT I AINT TRYING THAT DAY. I SAW RUSSIA FROM MY PORCH MOBILHOMEING NUKES! I HAD TO DO SUMTHING!
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 9, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn’t trying to pick on you, I just think the general attitude toward McGovern is strange.
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by Cookyman on Nov 3, 2009 3:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bush/Kerry?
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 4, 2009 8:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Goofus/Kenshin
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by Cookyman on Nov 4, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
tough choices
i went with Brute because of his excellent minor league info, and jponry’s posts are only about “OMG FRED.” that said, cookyman and marcello are great poseters as well. plus, we should give an honorable mentio to SFPete for breaking the bumgarner news
by sfoakbay on Nov 3, 2009 5:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I was way more informative, like, two years ago. I think my information peak has passed.
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by jponry on Nov 3, 2009 7:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just quoted your post about Mike Cameron being more valuable than Jason Bay in another thread.
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by SF Pete on Nov 3, 2009 8:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I’m still useful after all!
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by jponry on Nov 3, 2009 9:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
WRONG SIDE OF 20
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by groug on Nov 3, 2009 11:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Make 250 comments a day and some of them are bound to be informative, amusing, and/or spirited.
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by Cookyman on Nov 4, 2009 6:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’d think so, wouldn’t you?
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 4, 2009 8:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, your intelligence tends to leave after you leave college
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 4, 2009 8:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What is you talkung abot?
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by Natto on Nov 4, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I voted jponry. So there’s that.
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by scout6 on Nov 4, 2009 12:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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