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I’ve been pretty clear as to who’s at the top of my wish list for the Giants. I say Tejada is close to a perfect fit. He’s still an impact player,
lol
Tejada freaks me out. He doesn’t hit for power anymore, he doesn’t walk, and he can’t play SS.
IMPACT PLAYER!
Third base maybe?
I might be more interested in Tejada for one year than Beltre for three (would still prefer to sign a 1B).
"It's too late now."
I asked why he felt that the answer to our current old, low-OBP SS was to get another old, low-OBP SS. My question will never see the light of day.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 22, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Because someone needs to drive those high-OBP guys in, obviously.
by chilibean_3 on Dec 22, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
I asked what he could say to placate my fears that there will be nothing done to improve our team this offseason, but more likely an ill advised contract that will make us worse will be handed out to someone like Podsednik.
"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
Guys with high OBP were obviously scarce is SF last year, and you can never have enough of them. But OBP is so highly valued now, so you’re lucky if you can get two or three high-OBP guys on a team, and that’s not enough to dramatically increase your runs scored. You need guys to drive those cats in, and those are the types of guys eluding the Giants of late.
But you need guys on base (OBP) before you can drive them in. Baseball is hard!
CATS?!
WUSSES
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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translation
ITS TEH RIBEYES DUMMIE
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 22, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
NO
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
I take pictures
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 22, 2009 12:22 PM PST reply actions
[Comment From Rich in SF Rich in SF: ]
I know it’s early but can you handicap the AL West and NL West? Angels and Dodgers to remain on top?
LOL WUT?
"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
I’m going out on a limb and picking the Mariners in the AL West.
Huge limb you just went out on there.
he could have picked the Seahawks.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 22, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Seattle Supersonica
just in time for Hanukah
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 22, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
I am going to get bounced from that website
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 22, 2009 12:28 PM PST reply actions
“There will be no ‘cats to drive in’ if no one is ever on base”
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 22, 2009 12:29 PM PST reply actions
"WHAT THE HELL KINA OF QUESTION WAS THAT?"
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 22, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Props to Urban for his response. Kind of funny.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 22, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
I asked if the real reason he wants the Giants to get Tejada is because he already has the “Tejada returns to the bay” article written and needs a home for it now.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 22, 2009 12:34 PM PST reply actions
[Comment From Ramon Ramon: ]
I have heard talk that the Giants might have to alter the dimensions of their ballpark to make it more hitter-friendly… what’s wrong with building a club around pitching and defense?
What?
"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
[Comment From Ramon Ramon: ]
I have heard talk that the Giants might have to alter the dimensions of their ballpark to make it more hitter-friendly… what’s wrong with building a club around pitching and defense?
I thought we were done with this idea.
MOVE THE FENCES IN
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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Pennant Porch
worked wonders for the Kansas City A’s! Greenberg Gardens forever.
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 22, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
You didn’t see Ratto’s column this week (which also posited the notion that the Giants revenues went down in 2009, a virtual impossibility).
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
reading through the earlier questions
Urban calls sandoval KFP (for kung fu panda). I much prefer just “panda” to some weird acronym.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
My most recent question:
You just said this: "
I’m with you. But let’s boil this down a bit. AT&T is not hitter-unfriendly. It’s homer-unfriendly. Gap hitters do well here, so that’s the kind of guys the team should be targeting. Hitting 40-plus homers here isn’t going to happen very often. 50 doubles would be pretty sweet, though, and if you have a few guys with 25-35 doubles, you’re going to score plenty " So what is your justification for wanting Tejada as your impact bat as he does none of the above?
"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
Bochy: Good with players, good at managing the game. Maybe the best of the three, and the best-suited for this team. He drives me NUTS with his preference for veterans because he sticks with them way too long, but I know the players get after it for him, and I’ve never heard them question his in-game approach.
"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
How can he stick with vets too long if they are “getting after it”?
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 22, 2009 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
they are getting after the wrong it
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis. To pass the time during the offseason I decided to try my hand at blogging about photography and music.
his pre-game approach, i.e., filling out the lineup card, is horrible
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 22, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
LARS!
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis. To pass the time during the offseason I decided to try my hand at blogging about photography and music.
I refuse to YAY
Because I feel the freedom to keep hatin’
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
That’s how I end my Christmas cards.
"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
by scout6 on Dec 22, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Is that even possible
It’s a brick wall with a promenade on top and a body of water on the other side, for crying out loud!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Theoretically, you would just build more seats in front of the wall, thus moving in the fence. Like they do in Boston’s RF. The seats now begin right after first base.
"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
Wouldn’t that help the opponent?
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Dec 23, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
And hurt our pitchers
Really, I don’t see how people can view stuff like this as a net gain. Besides, a much better strategy is just to go after right-handed sluggers.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I wish people would stop talking about changing the most gorgeous park in baseball.
"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
by scout6 on Dec 22, 2009 12:53 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
you all fail
/it’s a tarp
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 22, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
WHO WOULD HE BE DRIVING IN IF NO ONE GETS ON BASE?!?!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 22, 2009 12:53 PM PST reply actions
Damon, apparently.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Dec 22, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
I've seen worse
LF – DAMON
2B – SANCHEZ
3B – TEJADA
1B – SANDOVAL
RF – SCHIERHOLTZ
C – POSEY
CF – ROWAND
These pretzels are making me thirsty
by NuschlerFace on Dec 22, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah…
SS – Renteria
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by NuschlerFace on Dec 22, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
You obviously are not Bruce Bochy.
"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
Thank You
These pretzels are making me thirsty
by NuschlerFace on Dec 22, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
let's be clear...
“the high-OBP guys you hope to have,”
not the guys we have. not the guys that are available. Tejada will drive in the guys we don’t have who are presumably getting on base for other teams.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 22, 2009 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Tejada will drive in the guys
That won’t be signed because Tejada was signed instead
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on Dec 23, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
lol
Mychael Urban: Jason Bay doesn’t want to play here. Like I said last week: Dead to me. Loser.
XANTHAN x2!
"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
hackeriffic
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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 22, 2009 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
[Comment From xanthan xanthan: ]
Miggy doesn’t solve any problem for the Giants — other than where they should burn their FA dollars needlessly. He doesn’t walk, hit for power, and he can’t play SS any more. Tell me exactly how he would improve the Giants? And if you think he’s still an impact player, you must be high.
Mychael Urban:
Hold on. I have to go microwave a Snickers bar.
I wish I could rec my own stuff.
"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
by scout6 on Dec 22, 2009 12:55 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
HAHA
[Comment From Kevin Kevin: ]
It was a question mocking you. It was that kind of question.
"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
Here’s my latest:
You do know that if you have multiple high OBP players, they will use that to drive each other in right? Cause they get on base as well. That’s what it means.
"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
[Comment From Canyon Throwing Canyon Throwing: ]
Tell us more about Zito!
LOL
"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
Hey, i go to the can and he answers me?
"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
I had to repost that!
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
I take pictures
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 22, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
It’s like he’s running out of all the real questions and is having to resort to all the mocking questions people posted a while ago.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
LOL wow
I’m asking some legit questions and Urban’s just answering snarky ones…
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!!!
He didn’t really answer my question!
These pretzels are making me thirsty
by NuschlerFace on Dec 22, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Mccoven seems to be taking over all the q's now
I usually ask serious questions, but the tone is just critical enough of the giants to keep them from being answered.
Finally he answered my sanchez question, by mentioning the rumor everyone’s heard about him. I guess I should have been more specific – besides the uggla trade that didn’t happen, what could sanchez bring back?
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
This is pretty amusing. But I will say that Urban is taking a lot of these questions with good humor mixed in with the feisty answers.
Hold on. That really might be Larry King.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 22, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
T’was me
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by NuschlerFace on Dec 22, 2009 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
It's true
I made up all those stories about playing stickball with Sandy Koufax to throw you off the scent!
These pretzels are making me thirsty
by NuschlerFace on Dec 22, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
RIBBIES!
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 suppose
he could have 5 great years ahead of him and then a few merely good years before the inevitable decline.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 22, 2009 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
LOL KEVIN
"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
Well that chat sucked...
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!!!
What was the question?
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 22, 2009 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
I think that deserved an answer
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 22, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, did Urban answer the question from Grant’s boss?
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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CSNBayArea.com: We’ve made a huge mistake.
by chilibean_3 on Dec 22, 2009 1:21 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
This is the way to punish spam!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Mychael Urban:
Good line. Do you really think Tejada is the same type of player as Renteria? Must have missed Edgar at the All-Star Game in St. Louis. Remind me not to hire you as a scout, Mike.
Just wanted to point out that he used an all star game appearance to try and bolster his argument.
"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
He also used RBIs. I’m somewhat confused by the idea of moving him to third though. There has to be more to the plan. Now way you’d want Tejada and Rent playing at the same time.
And why would you want to use Tejada to move Sandoval off third.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
He says his true calling is at 1st. But does not explain why.
"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
well, if it’s his true calling, then that settles it.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 22, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
I take pictures
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 22, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
Miggy looks so upset by this.
"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
That’s the idea
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
I take pictures
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 22, 2009 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
How about this?
"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
If he’s ever seen mccovey chronicles, he wouldn’t be surprised. I almost linked to this place, but decided instead to let the fun go on. I actually laughed out loud a lot reading the chat, not just the “lol” that people write all the time.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
I wish someone would have called him Michael Irvin. That would have been great.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 22, 2009 4:24 PM PST reply actions
Wow. that was entertaining! Great stuff. Funny, how nothing of significance came out of an hours worth or responses.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Dec 22, 2009 7:07 PM PST reply actions
also
The transcript is now up on the site. And it says he will be back for another chat next week. :D
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
So are we all in agreement that we will bombard the next chat and wreck it?
"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
That would kinda be a lame thing to do.
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 Dec 22, 2009 9:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
By wreck it I mean, be the only people who get questions on it. Be they serious or not.
"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
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh my god. I want to hug all of you except WalrusMan.
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 23, 2009 1:45 AM PST reply actions
Better safe than sodomy.
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Official McPokeMaster
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 23, 2009 1:53 AM PST up reply actions
1:12
Mychael Urban:
Isn’t this the holiday season? Why are so many people pissed? Lighten up, Francis. We’re talking abou a guy nicknamed after a cartoon character!!!!
Thats what happens when you advertise to the lunatic fringe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
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