Brett Pill tearing up Venezuela...Bowker apparently scared of the country and going home
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 12:39 PM PST
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Since I assume I am the only member currently living in Venezuela I figured I would take some time to update everyone on the Giants that are down here playing winter league. Brett Pill arrived off the plane and has just been named player of the week after only 21 plate appearances with two doubles and two homeruns and a batting average of .429 with the Bravos de Margarita. John Bowker came with him, but apparently he wants to leave because he is worried about the insecurity in Venezuela, which as I white guy in Venezuela I can tell you is certainly an issue, although they are playing their home games in Margarita, which is a beach resort. As for Pill, he might just be taking advantage of some weak pitching, but overall the quality of play is quite high. He beat out Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies for the honor. Pill tearing up Venezuela is the link although its in Spanish, but it does have a nice picture of him at the plate. I posted a fanshot of another shot of him. Also, our dear Kung Fu Panda Pablo Sandoval, my halloween costume ;-) they don´t know the panda mask as well down here as in San Francisco, is set to start at the end of this week with Magallanes and Jesus Guzman is having an up and down season with the Leones of Caracas in his designated hitter role, some two homer games and some 0-5 games. All and all it looks like the Giants down here are getting some good preparation, especially since most of them are on the 40 man roster.
via www.lvbp.com
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Bowker should just hide behind Pill’s chin.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 23, 2009 12:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I take it you’re a fan of Brett Pill.
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 23, 2009 12:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Brett Pill
I am not particularly a fan of Brett Pill, I guess after the last couple seasons of Giants offense any possibility of having some guy who can hit seems like something worth talking about
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Natto’s more commenting just on the fact that you made both a FanPost AND a FanShot about Pill. For most of us, that amount of work requires a special level of dedication.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 23, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Problem was my incompetence at figuring out how to put a title on top of the photo on the FanShot and then saying screw it and posting a FanPost instead…so attribute it to be stupidity than my undying love for Brett Pill
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
so you don’t have an undying love of Brett Pill?
by sfoakbay on Nov 23, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Eh. Brett is a bitter Pill to swallow.
Ewwwwww.
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by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Nov 23, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No undying love for Brett Pill but my true reason for following Giants in Venezuela is to get adopted as a member of the Panda family…maybe this Pill fellow is my way into Pandaland???
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can you keep an eye on Pablo while he is down there? Just make sure he doesn’t kill anyone or go off his diet.
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 23, 2009 1:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Or kill someone and go off his diet.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 23, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, only the combination of the two is worrisome!
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 23, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mmm....people flesh
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 23, 2009 1:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hey!
This tastes like human flesh!
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by zenbitz on Nov 23, 2009 8:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The guilt of having killed someone would probably drive me to eat, as well.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 23, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I EAT BECAUSE I KILL
I KILL BECAUSE I EAT
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by Natto on Nov 23, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Guzman: “Did you see that Brett Pill guy?”
Pablo: “Yeah, he looks delicious!”
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 23, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Soylent Green
ITS PEOPLE! IT’S PEOPLE!!
Skinny cooks?
I don't trust em.
by LargeFarva on Nov 23, 2009 10:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
All of a sudden, that case of flaminghotass is understandable. You REALLY did have to eat, I guess.
by FreshStart on Nov 24, 2009 6:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, if he hits this coming year like he did last year, he can eat anybody in Venezuela that he wants.
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by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Nov 23, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
More likely kill someone because he didn’t go off the diet.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 23, 2009 1:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Next time I see him I will be sure to tell him not to pull a Villalona.
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HI BIFF
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 23, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How can you argue against 21 PA’s in the Venezuelan League. Brett Pill is officially a prospect!
by Missing Barry on Nov 23, 2009 1:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sí
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 23, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It is 21 PA´s in a league where the most notable pitcher is Orlando Hernandez who is like 44 years old so point well taken. Certainly doesn´t mean a thing except that he is moving in the right direction.
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s one of the top 10 hitters on his team!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 23, 2009 2:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
PILLage the village!
(Or the beach resort, whatever.)
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 23, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
PILLer
in the lineup!
Skinny cooks?
I don't trust em.
by LargeFarva on Nov 23, 2009 10:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When I’m PILLed I don’t notice him.
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by bgunn on Nov 24, 2009 7:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When he hits an extra base hit would we be Pill Popping?
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Nov 24, 2009 7:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My thoughts
- Bowker’s scared of getting in a fight with those short arms of his.
- Actually, he wasn’t scared of going to Latin America until he heared Villalona made bail.
- Why the hell is Guzman DHing? If anyone could use some practice with the glove on his hand, it’s him.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
by Goofus on Nov 23, 2009 2:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well he plays first and DH but at least in the box scores I have seen he has been DHing. Batting .278 this season…down here he is known for his bat…broke the single season RBI record for the league last year and was MVP.
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That was my point; if anything my adopted son should be staying out on the field for both the top and bottom half of each inning.
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by Goofus on Nov 23, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree completely ;-) Your adopted son needs to get his game into gear…although his team is in first place…so maybe he can be a lucky charm?
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 7:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The short arms aren’t a disadvantage once you close to grappling range.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 23, 2009 5:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The TRex had short arms, and look what happened to them. They’re dead.
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by scout6 on Nov 23, 2009 7:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m guessing Bowker should be worried about the next massive asteroid strike then.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 23, 2009 9:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Because they couldn’t wipe their asses
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by Goofus on Nov 23, 2009 9:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Or clean out their belly buttons.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 23, 2009 10:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
/starts waiting for science nerds to jump in.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 23, 2009 10:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
/doesn't jump in
/is getting a C in science
by sfoakbay on Nov 23, 2009 10:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
/wonders where sfoakbay is going to school when he’s taking a class called “Science”
by quincy0191 on Nov 23, 2009 11:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In this corner weighing in at millions of ton is Space ASS Roid.
/ Cue wrestling boo’s & Hisses
And in this corner is Tiny Arms “Rexxy” Bowker
/ cue sound of bug hitting a wind shield at 70 MPH.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Nov 24, 2009 8:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well damn, I’m aiming for a study abroad program in Venezuela. Granted, I’m half-Mexican, but still. If they don’t like whitey, they sure won’t like Americans that much.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 23, 2009 2:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Not to worry … Venezuelans don´t discriminate…it´s dangerous for everyone…as far as whether they like Americans it depends where you go…I am as white as they come and you get used to being called gringo and get on with it.
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I highly recommend studying a broad.
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by Goofus on Nov 23, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Nov 23, 2009 5:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
studying a broad or long-haired dictionaries are both good ideas.
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 7:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When you study a broad for a long period of time you usually end up married.
/ Ducks!!
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Nov 24, 2009 8:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wokka wokka wokka
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Nov 24, 2009 8:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Does he speak even a little Spanish? Some people just don’t handle cultural dissonance real well.
by Merope on Nov 23, 2009 8:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I know Pill will be 25 next year, but we probably shouldn’t give up on him yet. He’s going to AAA this year, right?
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by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Nov 23, 2009 4:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well he was put on the 40 man to avoid the rule 5 draft as I understood it…so there must be something there right?
by jbpeterson on Nov 23, 2009 7:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. This is a make it or break it year for him. He’s going to have to own in the PCL to get a shot in the bigs.
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by cornball on Nov 23, 2009 7:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pill
Is his walk up music “This Is Not A Love Song” or “Mother’s Little Helper”?
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
by Goofus on Nov 23, 2009 4:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Or “San Francisco” by the VPillage People. Someone can dress up as th cop, another the construction worker, one as the Indian and yet another as a biker
by wilriv21 on Nov 24, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1 groovy 80s music reference
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on Nov 23, 2009 6:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yo La Tengo
Sleeping Pill
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Nov 23, 2009 6:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The is What You Want, This Is What You Get!
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by satyricrash on Nov 23, 2009 7:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL SPELLING
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 23, 2009 7:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lie Still, Little Bottle
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Nov 23, 2009 7:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“My Yellow Pills”
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 23, 2009 7:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One Pill makes you larger
And one Pill makes you small…..
Officially disinterested in any outfielders from the state of Mississippi.
by Lyle on Nov 24, 2009 2:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Whatever Heath Ledger listened to.
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by scout6 on Nov 23, 2009 7:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Panda Bear
Take Pills
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by jponry on Nov 23, 2009 7:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh damn, I just noticed the second line of your sig, NIGHTMARE FUEL.
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by scout6 on Nov 23, 2009 7:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, he's working
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does
by bobnothing on Nov 23, 2009 8:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Coma White
by Marilyn Manson
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by zenbitz on Nov 23, 2009 9:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If Pill can hit and field better than ishi
Why hasn’t he moved through the system more rapidly?
by bradleybear on Nov 23, 2009 7:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Because, before this season, he didn’t. He’s always been a good fielder, but he’d never before hit as a professional. In reality, his offensive stats last year still weren’t impressive, but there likely won’t be any alternatives at AAA.
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by cornball on Nov 23, 2009 7:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
somewhat impressive
given Dodd Field’s rep.
Skinny cooks?
I don't trust em.
by LargeFarva on Nov 23, 2009 10:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If people are going to keep saying “weren’t impressive”/“Todd Linden”, I do hope you’d be kind enough to provide someone’s full season splits over the last couple of decades or so at the death for power hitters known as Dodd that massively trumped Pill’s numbers.
I’m not sold on him, but I also think he deserves one heck of a look.
Brett Pill - .302/.359/.849 at the graveyard for hitters known as Dodd, .996 fielding percentage led all EL 1B (so much for his 'defensive issues' that someone posted'), probably should have been EL MVP (finished 2nd to Cleveland's top prospect), and nary a staff mention on MCC outside of Minor Lines and almost no fanposts!
by HaroldS on Nov 23, 2009 10:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, the Giants haven’t had any good hitting prospects in forever, so the fact that Pill may have better numbers than them means nothing. Very simply, he doesn’t walk and he has limited power. For a 1B, you can pretty much stop the discussion there.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
by marcello on Nov 23, 2009 11:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Travis Ishikawa
is crying somewhere
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 26, 2009 8:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Closest comp would be John Boy Bowker. Bowker had his minor league breakout season at Dodd in 2007.
by wilriv21 on Nov 24, 2009 12:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
didn’t Dan “Who the fuck is” Ortmeier put up similiar numbers?
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Nov 24, 2009 6:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not in the same way. Ortmeier’s breakout was his first full pro season at 22 in San Jose, when he hit .304/.378/.471. He followed that with a fairly poor season in Norwich in 2004, batting .252/.352/.424. He repeated Norwich in 2005 to the tune of .274/.360/.463 with 20 home runs, at the age of 24. He still ended up playing half of 2006 in Connecticut (to a bunch of bad numbers) as well.
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by BruteSentiment on Nov 24, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Was that year in SJ the one where he first hurt his shoulder making a diving catch, or was that the first year in Norwich?
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by Roger on Nov 25, 2009 6:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dodd hasn’t been around more than one and a half decades. Opened in 1995, if Wikipedia serves me well.
It would probably be a convoluted path to take to find splits from too long ago. BB-Ref doesn’t have minor league splits as far as I can tell and I tried looking for Nick Johnson (who played with the Norwich something or others in the Yankees system in 1999 and had OPS of 1.073 that makes what Brett Pill did look like nothing) on minorleaguesplits.com but it doesn’t go back that far.
FWIW, Pill actually hit better at Dodd (.865 OPS) than out of it (.801) while Bowker had a massive home/away OPS split of .752/1.024.
Lethargy
It has me
by dregarx on Nov 24, 2009 1:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pill's Numbers (AVG, OBP, SLG)
2006 (SK): 220, 296, 359 Bad
2007 (Aug): 269, 321, 416 Okay
2008 (SJ): 266, 321, 495 Sluggin is getting better, but it is the Cal League
2009 (Conn): 298, 348, 480 Wow, that is a big jump in OBP!
It must be remembered that Pill is old (next year will be his age 25 season) for a prospect, plays first base (where offensive stats have to be very impressive to be considered a prospect), and has numbers roughly comparable to – if not worse – than Dan Ortmeier (see above). In Connecticutt as a 23 year-old, Bowker’s line was 363, 523 with 22 homers (to Pill’s 19), but Bowker isn’t a first-baseman. Also, these are minor league numbers – not MLEs – which makes Pill’s even less impressive (first season with an OBP over 325?) and show that Pill has really only had one above-average year.
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by cornball on Nov 24, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Seems to me to be a big jump in AVG which is resulting in a big jump in OBP. I’d like to see his BABIP over those years…
by quincy0191 on Nov 24, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would, too. They didn’t have minor league BABiP on Baseball Reference.
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by cornball on Nov 24, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
.319 BABIP in 2009, compared to .301 for his career. I’ll note that it looks like his career average is brought down a lot by his poor .246 in 2006. In 2008 he had a .310 BABIP so it might not be too fluky in ’09.
by Missing Barry on Nov 24, 2009 2:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Brute has the splits above. I think it’s interesting that Pill’s OBP did go up quite a bit without an appreciable increase in BABiP. I’m still concerned about his relatively low (for a 1B prospect) OBP and SLG and the fact that his Cal League performance was so average when he was age-appropriate or even old for the level. Even with the definite upward trend, I’m still not sold on Pill as anything more than Travis Ishikawa, version 2.0, though I would love for Brett to prove me wrong next summer.
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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 24, 2009 6:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d call Pill a "sign and follow’ right now. Since they don’t do that anymore, I think it’s a good term to give to a guy like Pill who is really going to determine whether he’s worthwhile or not next year. We’ll just have to see if he can build on this past season or not.
by Missing Barry on Nov 24, 2009 6:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I meant draft and follow. Damn it.
by Missing Barry on Nov 24, 2009 6:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, he certainly has moved through the system more rapidly than Ishikawa, who never met a level he didn’t want to repeat two or three times (including SS ball).
But yes, the answer is because Pill hasn’t been very good. Though come to think of it, maybe that’s not the answer, as the same could really be said of his former Augusta teammates Ryan Rohlinger, Emmanuel Burriss, and Brian Bocock, and they’ve all appeared in the majors already, plus Michael McBryde who was mistakenly fast tracked to Fresno for the start of ’09. Really, the mysteries of player promotion in the Giants system are not to be explained by logic alone.
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by Roger on Nov 25, 2009 6:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It must be serious if Bowker doesn’t feel safe there. I mean, this guy went to college in Long Beach.
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by BruteSentiment on Nov 24, 2009 1:17 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Two different worlds. Around campus is very, very nice. Go east a few miles, yeah, it gets rough. The team/school helps the players find housing near campus. He lived about 1-2 miles from school, and 2-3 miles from the beach.
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by Giant among Angels on Nov 24, 2009 5:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well Bowker isn´t completely crazy…according to the State Dept. it is the highest category of countries in terms of levels of potential danger. Victor Zambrano…who pitches here and last I checked was part of the Blue Jays organization and is not related to Carlos just had his mom kidnapped and eventually returned…so I understand Bowker…I just wanted to see you smash some homers off of weak pitching in Luis Aparicio Stadium while I am here with no Giants baseball :-(
by jbpeterson on Nov 24, 2009 7:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll bet you anything, Bowker’s parents did the research and freaked.
(I’m a parent and would do the same thing.)
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by Goofus on Nov 24, 2009 8:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agree completely…I doubt I would let my child come here at this stage in the country´s history…but alas here I am and my parents yes they are freaking.
by jbpeterson on Nov 24, 2009 9:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
this saddens me to hear. I had such good and safe times walking anywhere in Calcutta in the 60s. And a big white guy like Bowker can not just blend in. Gun exporting is right up there with the 4 or 5 worst things the US does.
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by foothillsfan on Nov 24, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cool to get some first-hand info from someone in the country. Thanks!
just a sambple of carbon-based wastage
by Gaahl on Nov 24, 2009 12:42 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
What I am here for…I will be sure to provide more updates on all the Giants down here…not following the Dominican leagues so if anyone has any good info about the Giants there or in Puerto Rico feel free to share ;-)
by jbpeterson on Nov 24, 2009 5:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I wanna go to Venezuela! I ain’t scurred!
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Nov 24, 2009 2:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
BUT THEY HAVE THE BIG GUNS AND HUGO CHAVEZ
by sfoakbay on Nov 24, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe that’s it: Bowker hates when Alo, Presidente! is on every channel for five hours.
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