I'm so ashamed - Rosterbation
by Franchise55 on Dec 16, 2009 12:43 PM PST
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There has been a lot of talk obviously about the differing FA possiblities and trade possibilities that we could pursue. But one name that was written off pretty quickly is Matt Holliday and I am not sure why.
Holliday is clearly the best FA on the market bringing nearly 6 WAR to the table. He plays a position that would hopefully force Velez to the bench and wouldn't keep us from pursuing our other FA or trade desires (N. Johnson/ Uggla)
Now I understand that according to Sabean they wont pursue anyone who isnt interested in coming to SF but I am sure that with the right offer minds can be changed.
The biggest problem I see with a Holliday aquistion is the fact that He and Cain have a history of not getting along very well and that may pose a problem. Also there is the issue of Thomas Neal and his possibly being blocked.
Here comes the climax...
So what if we were to sign Holliday and then traded Cain and ??? to Cin for Joey Votto. Oh I feel so dirty.
- Sanchez
- Scheirholtz
- Sandoval
- Holliday
- Votto
- Posey
- Rowand
- Renteria
Dont judge me. I have a problem.
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I’m pretty sure the two Matts could get over it.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Yeah the giants will never sign Holliday
where do they get the at least 15 million and why would he wanna play here if he could play with the Cardinals or an other team that can actually make the playoffs
There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq Chuck Norris lives in Texas
meh
I can see how St Louis could have a certain appeal, but its not like the Giants are the Warriors here. Any team with Lincecum, Cain, Pablo, Holliday and good talent in the minor is a pretty solid bet for the playoffs most of the next 5-7 years.
Thing A
thankfully
soon school will be out and they won’t pile up so much during the day waiting for you…
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 16, 2009 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
For some reason all my teachers would be chipper and cherry when I started the class, gloomy at break and chipper and cherry on the last day of the school year (for year long classes). I wonder if that had anything to do with me being difficult?
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Dec 16, 2009 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
This year I see less of my kids and do 10x more paper work. I only have kids 4 days a week and usually only 3 weeks out of the month. This group is waaaaaaaay behind where my classes usually are by this time of year.
The kids are great. The paperwork sucks biscuits.
All the birthdays coming up are for kids turning 5. So it’s become a “thing” now for them all to accost each other with “Are you 5?” repeatedly throughout the day.
lol
If Bochy coached the Warriors Bengie Molina would start every game at PG.
by cybermaldonado on Dec 17, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
This year
I’ve really come into my own. And this year’s 7th grade class is much better than last year’s 7th grade class. And next year’s is supposed to be even better. I still would like to be in a different district but now I don’t mind being where I’m at, so much.
So, of course, our district is closing the school I work at.
The baseball Satanist
Have we done an over/under on these yet
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 16, 2009 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
“Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair,
Don’t tell me the lights are shining
any place but there;
We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,
I will be your tootsie wootsie,
If you will meet in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair.”
trivia alert
hoochie koochie is one of the few words in English derived, IIRC, from Mayan.
I assume potato would be another.
cheering for Adam Witter, who will hit bigleague dingers some day.
Still yelling "Go, Antoan"
by foothillsfan on Dec 17, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
"The biggest problem I see with a Holliday aquistion is the fact that He and Cain have a history of not getting along very well and that may pose a problem."
I thought the biggest problem was Scott Boras would want a 10 year contract at $25 billion/year for a player who catches balls with his, uh, balls
Matt Cain's right hand beats a Royal Flush.
It’s pretty safe to say that 95% of us would like him, we just don’t mention it because we know there is no chance we get him.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
Pretty much this. Sabes has said he has no intention of even trying.
Plus as said above the Cards have already put a gonzo offer in for him that we really cannot and should not top.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
TURN DOWN THE HATE
thats just Brain being sneaky so Holliday won’t expect to receive an offer. Then when he least expects it, hell get it!
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 16, 2009 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
In general, I see nothing wrong with the occasional rosterbation. But this… well, you should be ashamed of yourself.
And what happens when you go blind, and can’t read McCovey Chronicles anymore? Huh? Actions have consequences.
Officially disinterested in any high school outfielders from the state of Mississippi.
Proud adoptive parent of Sergio Romo.
While we're rosterbating senselessly...
Your 2011 SF Giants!
1B Lance Berkman
2B Freddy Sanchez
SS Derek Jeter
3B Pablo
RF Jayson Werth
LF Carl Crawford
CF Thomas Neal
C Buster Posey
SP Lincecum
SP Cain
SP Webb
SP Bumgarner
SP Sanchez
Matt Cain's right hand beats a Royal Flush.
Crap
LF Should read: Velez/Crawford. He’s our leadoff man!
Matt Cain's right hand beats a Royal Flush.
by Viva Gigantes on Dec 16, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
It does say ‘senselessly’ in the header…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 17, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
LF Carl Crawford
CF Thomas Neal
uh
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
lol replyfail
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
lol mod lol
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.
Seriously
I expected this from Mike Fox, but not from you jponry!
(it’s okay Mike, it was just a friendly jest)
Too intense rosterbation for me
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
LF PODS/Velez/Torres
2B BROKEN
1B LaRoche
3B THE GOOD ONE
RF BOWKER maybe
CF the other SCOTT
SS BROKEN
C Olivo/Barajas (or has he signed)whiteside
72 Wins baby
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 16, 2009 2:45 PM PST reply actions
Giants should just lowball Boras
Dear Scott the great agent man,
We, the G-men, will offer Matthew “Playaz” Holliday a contract of 4 years and $62 million. Included in the contract is a corner locker next to Bowkermania, one of Timmy’s Cy Young trophy with his favorite herbs, (3) $64 BART tickets, (4) $35 gift cards to any Safeway and a hot plate in his locker so he’ll always have the opportunity to touch the plate.
Sincerely,
The Supper Crew
Win the inning.
Seriously
You’d think Sabes would be all over Holliday and his warrior spirit. Rowand faceplanted into a wall trying to catch a ball. HOLLIDAY TRIED TO END THE NLCS BY CATCHING A LINE DRIVE WITH HIS NADS. Can you imagine the manliness in the outfield? They could rochambeau and give each other purple nurples and buttslaps between innings while Nate cowers in the right field stands.
Matt Cain's right hand beats a Royal Flush.
by Viva Gigantes on Dec 16, 2009 3:49 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
and by NLCS I meant Division series. But who really gives a shit, Giants weren’t there.
Matt Cain's right hand beats a Royal Flush.
by Viva Gigantes on Dec 16, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
The fly ball, as if drawn by a higher power, somehow avoided Holliday’s extended glove, and planted itself squarely into Holliday’s groin. It was as if America’s Funniest Home Videos was filming on location. And now, Holliday says, it’s gotten worse.
"Look, I feel terrible about that play," Holliday said of the groin drop. "It was one of those spur of the moment decisions. Glove or groin? Glove or groin? Obviously in retrospect, I should have gone with glove. But I really thought I could snatch that ball with my highly evolved pubis, and if I did, it would crush the Dodgers’ spirit."
Holliday says the attempted groin catches neither began nor ended with the playoff gaffe.
"I’ve always tried to catch stuff with my crotch. I guess it started when I was a baton twirler in the marching band," Holliday explained. "And as I grew older, my attempts grew more exotic. Footballs, frisbees, a sports book, wild birds, watermelons. I had gotten pretty good. Heck, I even once caught the flu with my groin. Don’t worry, it wasn’t the swine flu. I would never let a pig down there. Probably."
"So I was confident I could pull it off in the playoffs. And when it didn’t happen, I was really distraught. I haven’t felt like myself since then."
Holliday says he’s been trying to get the crotch magic back.
"I’ve tried to catch everything in the world with my man sack, but it just isn’t working. My wife tossed me the remote control the other night, and I just couldn’t catch it with my groin. I did hit the channel button, though. Of course, it wound up on Lifetime, but I didn’t have the spirit to change it."
But Holliday says he’s had plenty of chances to get back on the horse, so to speak.
"Yeah, I mean, I’m getting plenty of opportunities to catch stuff with my groin lately. It just seems like, ever since the playoffs, balls keep flying at my crotch. That came out wrong. What I’m saying is that, lately, my sack is like a magnet for other guys’ balls. No. No. That’s not right either. Stuff just keeps coming at my groin."
As a free agent, Holliday is looking forward to taking his schtick elsewhere.
"Maybe New York," Holliday guessed. "I could see myself there. Or maybe Philadelphia. I hear they throw batteries."
Matt Cain's right hand beats a Royal Flush.
by Viva Gigantes on Dec 16, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
so we have a plagiarist? Humm…without issuing proper credit to the writer it seems to me that beers for all McCovin-ites is in order.
All in favor say aye…
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 17, 2009 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
My throat is too dry to vote. Perhaps I can get 2 beverages?
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Dec 19, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Since when do Holliday and Cain not like each other?
Did I miss something?
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son
by lincecuminyourface on Dec 16, 2009 5:36 PM PST reply actions
Some incident. Holliday hit a homerun and was celebrating too much for Cain, so Cain said something to him. Something like that, a couple years ago.
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Official McPokeMaster
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 16, 2009 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t be ashamed, it’s a natural urge… it’s only when doing it in public that it becomes problematic.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 16, 2009 5:42 PM PST reply actions
Judging you so hard right now
I do want Holliday, but Sabean has more or less said that there’s no way they pursue the only difference-making power hitter on the market.
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.
Is it true that Holliday is very far to the right politically
Even though he would have to play left field? Give Bowker a chance for heaven’s sake.
if true
that settles it, he can’t play here.
cheering for Adam Witter, who will hit bigleague dingers some day.
Still yelling "Go, Antoan"
by foothillsfan on Dec 17, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
The problem with signing Holliday will be the money and whether you’re prepared to sign him to the deal he’d require. I don’t think him and Cain would be an issue so i wouldn’t worry about that.
I doubt the Reds would trade Votto for Cain so that part is probably unrealistic anyway. Even if you didn’t sign Holliday you’d have to give serious consideration to a Cain/Votto swap.
Proud parent of Waldis Joaquin!
I used to rosterbate...
…but my palms got all Harry Caray
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
That's my favorite thing about Cain
Holliday annoys that crap out of me for some reason.
Still, I would trade Cain for Votto in about 2 seconds if I was given the chance ( I might look at Votto’s contract first).
If Bochy coached the Warriors Bengie Molina would start every game at PG.
by cybermaldonado on Dec 17, 2009 11:51 AM PST reply actions
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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I likely. What is the context for this drawing?
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Dec 19, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
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