OT: Cheesy best/worst of the decade discussion
by sam23 on Dec 31, 2009 2:38 PM PST
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1. Favorite/Best Giant?
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant?
3. Favorite non-Giant?
4. Least favorite non-Giant?
5. Best TV show(s)?
6. Best movie(s)?
7. Best book(s)?
8. Best album(s) or song(s)?
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite)
10. Miscellaneous (I'm sure I missed something obviously discussion worthy)
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Counterpoint
Arrested development
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
Counterpoint
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 31, 2009 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
this is an argument that may divide the McCoven
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Civil War!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 31, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Just like in the Marvel Universe.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 31, 2009 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
I get to be Deadpool!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 31, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
dibs on Dr Strange
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis. To pass the time during the offseason I decided to try my hand at blogging about photography and music.
Do I get to kill Captain America?
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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Counter-Counterpoint
Dexter
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Dec 31, 2009 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
great show
but ending with john lithgow was…. gruesome to say the least.
Cause Havoc. Bring Nash in and 120 point games will be very expected
by monta.da.boss on Dec 31, 2009 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
Despite Arrested Development’s brilliance, I have to agree with this.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Me and my wife have been blazing through season 1 of Mad Men. I really like the show so far. For some weird reason, I kinda like Pete even though his character is pretty unlikeable.
I only saw season two
But it seemed to me that while Pete is messed up, Don is a real dick, considering that he’s supposed to likable.
I was promised lasagna.
+1 for The Wire
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Dec 31, 2009 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
1. Bonds
2. Benitez
3. Pedro Martinez
4. LoDuca
5. The Wire, Sopranos, Curb
6. Too many
7. Fiction: Life of Pi; Nonfiction: Too many
8. I’m Wide Awake and It’s Morning (yes, I’m a Bright Eyes fan)
9. USC-Notre Dame – the “Bush Push” game
1. Snow or Nen
2. AJ
3. Verlander
4. Piazza
5. Arrested Development
6. Requiem for a dream
7. The Blindside
8. Muse, black holes and revelations
9. NLCS giants win the pennant game… And Oklahoma vs. Boise State
10. The hell does that mean
you know snow cheated on his wife
and caused another family to have a divorce because he had an affair.
i hate the guy now.
Cause Havoc. Bring Nash in and 120 point games will be very expected
by monta.da.boss on Dec 31, 2009 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
What woman can resist a smooth talker like JT?
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Dec 31, 2009 5:33 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
i loved how they made fun of him on KNBR
‘its gone’
Cause Havoc. Bring Nash in and 120 point games will be very expected
by monta.da.boss on Dec 31, 2009 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
THen hate Barry Bonds, and agreed with SFGuy, hate 80% of the athletes out there, dont care about off the field, on the field he was awesome
but barrys performance on the field was greatest ever
jt was above average player
Cause Havoc. Bring Nash in and 120 point games will be very expected
by monta.da.boss on Dec 31, 2009 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
BOO FUCKING HOO
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Dec 31, 2009 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
what
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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1. Favorite/Best Giant? BMoney
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? Barry Bonds
3. Favorite non-Giant? Derek Jeter
4. Least favorite non-Giant? Any Dodger
5. Best TV show(s)? The Sopranos/Dexter/Two and a Half Men
6. Best movie(s)?
7. Best book(s)? Culture Warrior
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? Marc Anthony music
9. Best game or sporting event? 2002 World Series
10. Miscellaneous (I’m sure I missed something obviously discussion worthy) Found McCovey Chronicles
Were all entitled to our own opinions
but really?
1. Favorite/Best Giant? BMoney
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? Barry Bonds
3. Favorite non-Giant? Derek Jeter
/facepalm
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 31, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
my chasm detector is going off
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 1, 2010 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
he had me
by using “best” and “molina” in the same sentence
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 1, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
LOLCHARLIESHEENMYSOGYNYWITHAKNIFE!!!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 1, 2010 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
Prospero ano nuevo, Pops!
I am firmly with you on #10.
It gives my online addiction substance and meaning.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jan 2, 2010 2:56 AM PST up reply actions
1) Best: Bonds. Favorite: Cain.
2) Worst: Niekro. Least favorite: AJ.
3) Hmm…Mauer, Ichiro, Mike Cameron.
4) AJ.
5) Season one of Flight of the Conchords, followed by Extras, followed by Scrubs. Obviously AD and The Office are up there too. Mighty Boosh alternate between fantastic and terrible. Great decade for comedy. Also, as hard as it is to imagine it now, House used to be pretty great.
The rest are too hard to choose.
I was promised lasagna.
1. Pandoval!
2. Edgaria
3. Lawnmauer
4. Any Yankee
5. MSNBC Hardball with Keith Olbermann
6. Let the Right One in
7. Haven’t read much this year
8. Flaming Lips Dark Side of the Moon
9. No hitter
10. Best form of music that I’m going to start playing in my newly formed band, Fautino: giallo.
Incidentally, I would know nothing about giallo if not for a favorite movies thread here a long time back, where someone insisted that Dario Argento movies were awesome. Saw a few, and was hooked!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Whoops
I went with best of 2009 for some reason.
If we’re going decade, #2 becomes Mando, #3 becomes Frank Thomas, #5 becomes The Wire, #6 will be Pan’s Labyrinth, #8 Neon Golden by the Notwist.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
4) I don’t hate the Yankees, alot of their players are really nice. I just hate the entitlement the media gives them.
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Dec 31, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
hardball
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sports/hardball5/
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 1, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Had to google it, but someone has the nerve to cover Dark Side of the Moon? The whole album?
"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
I went 10 years without accomplishing anything!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 31, 2009 4:27 PM PST reply actions
1. Tie, Bonds and Timmy. No, actually Bonds. Suck it, steroid nazis
2. No such thing. Okay, Benitez
3. Youkilis. GGOW
4. Any Dodger
5. Friday Night Lights
6. Sugar
7.Guns, Germs and Steel
8. Cowboy Junkies, Early Twentieth Century Blues
9.2002 Series. Though it ripped my heart out
10. Got sick, told I was going to die, didn’t, got better, discovered McCovey Chronicles
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
1. BLB
2. AJ or Armando
3. Mauer
4. Schilling
5. The Wire, Arrested Development, The Office, Friday Night Lights, Eastbound and Down
6. The Departed, No Country for Old Men, The Hangover (seems like it should age well), Memento, Dark Knight
7. The Road
8. ?
9. “We Believe” Warriors upset the Mavs, ’02 NLCS
Thing A
i m guessing you didn't like the movie version of the road
Cause Havoc. Bring Nash in and 120 point games will be very expected
by monta.da.boss on Dec 31, 2009 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
Yes it came out a month ago
and yes i saw it. Pretty bleak, and very sad. All the canibalism and greyness made it hard to watch but it had a great underlying theme, and Viggo was amazing so….i give it an A-
Cause Havoc. Bring Nash in and 120 point games will be very expected
The book was very bleak and dark so that sounds like a good start. I’m skeptical, but “No Country” is another McCarthy book that I thought translated very well to the screen, I’ll have to check it out.
Thing A
"No Country " did translate well because they had the coen brothers doing it
This was beyond bleak, and there were moments that almost everyone in the theater couldn’t watch. I heard people crying in the theater. I was pretty close at some parts too, not because it was sad, but really because it was hard to watch. No Country’s adaptation was much easier to watch. I will never watch the “Road” again because it would be hard to forget some of the images that movie had, but i will still rec it to you, because it is a good movie.
Cause Havoc. Bring Nash in and 120 point games will be very expected
by monta.da.boss on Dec 31, 2009 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
I thought ‘the Road’ translated better on film. I didn’t like “No Country” the movie.
"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
The story of the Road wasn’t that difficult to tell. It was more about isolation & the battle of staying righteous in the worst conditions. No Country had a longer story & more meaning behind it. No Country the movie was bound to not capture everything.
"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
What other complaints do you have about No Country? Would you have liked it if you didnt read it first?
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 2, 2010 9:47 PM PST up reply actions
Would you have liked it if you didnt read it first?
Probably. I guess I should see it again to appreciate it. I noticed what was missing more than anything.
"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
it gets better
seriously, although season 2 is probably my favorite (if I had to choose).
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 1, 2010 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
Not saying that your opinion is invalid, but you are literally the first person I have ever heard say that Season 2 was their favorite. It was my least favorite, and by a good margin. Just Ziggy himself brought that season down a few pegs for me.
Seriously though, my favorite season was season 4. That was the season that really put that series over the top for me.
thanks
for not invalidating my opinion.
I find the decline of industrial America (which consists of like 90% of its land area outside the Bay Area) a very interesting topic, and the effects on the working class poorly addressed in most media (if not totally overlooked). On a more mundane note, it was interesting to see a show featuring pursuit and capture of white drug pushers.
Finally, I was totally underwhelmed by the total shift away from the “corner boys” at first, and just as blown away by the whole season. It’s what changed that show from just another cop vs. gangstazzz to something totally different and interesting. The ending montage of that series with Ziggy’s brother looking over the fence as the condos are dynamited is one of the most powerful I’ve seen.
But, that’s just my opinion.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 3, 2010 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
1> Bonds.
2> AJ
3> Joe Nathan
4> Clemens
5> The Wire. Arrested Development. Good Eats. The IT Crowd.
6> No Country For Old Men. There Will Be Blood. City of God. The Royal Tenembaums. In The Loop.
7> Pretty much all of the books I’ve read this decade were written before 1970.
8> Fine China – When The World Sings.
9> Texas/USC Rosebowl.
1-Best-Bonds Favorite-Noah Lowry
2-Worst-Armando Benitez Least Favorite-Tyler Walker
3-Fav. Non Giant-Evan Longoria
4-Least Fav Non Giant-Tie-Eric Gagne & Suck it
5-Best TV Show-Arrested Development
6-Best Movie-Anchorman
7-Best Book-Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker (If you like baseball read this book)
8-Best Album/Songs-Sawdust by the Killers (I’ll think about best album some more)
9-Best Game/Sporting Event-Texas Vs USC (Vince Young Game)
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
1. Favorite/Best Giant? Panda (he’s already my all-time fav Giant)
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? Blownitez
3. Favorite non-Giant? Tough call. Peavy, I guess
4. Least favorite non-Giant? Pierzynski
5. Best TV show(s)? The Office/South Park
6. Best movie(s)? Inglorious Basterds
7. Best book(s)? Audacity of Hope
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? American Idiot
9. Best game or sporting event? Chargers beating Raiders pretty much all decade long
10. Miscellaneous Band of the decade: Black Eyed Peas
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
1. Favorite/Best Giant? Barry Bonds
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? Neifi Perez
3. Favorite non-Giant? Torii Hunter
4. Least favorite non-Giant? Gary Sheffield
5. Best TV show(s)? The Wire (Friday Night Lights is 2nd)
6. Best movie(s)? Almost Famous
7. Best book(s)? I don’t know how to read
8. Best album(s)? Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
9. Best game or sporting event? UCLA’s amazing comeback against Gonzaga in the round of 16 of the 2006 NCAA Tournament at Oracle Arena (and I was there!)
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 31, 2009 5:39 PM PST reply actions
I didn’t go to the movie theater for the entire decade. Kind of proud of that.
If Bochy coached the Warriors Bengie Molina would start every game at PG.
actually that might not be correct. I saw the Exorcist when it was remastered. I think that was 1999 or 2000. Watched it in Paul Allen’s theater in Seattle that had the best sound system in the world or something. Pretty cool it was.
If Bochy coached the Warriors Bengie Molina would start every game at PG.
by cybermaldonado on Dec 31, 2009 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
1. Favorite/Best Giant? Tim Lincecum
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? A.J. Pierzynski
3. Favorite non-Giant? Ichiro Suzuki
4. Least favorite non-Giant? Alex Rodriguez
5. Best TV show(s)? It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
6. Best movie(s)? No Country for Old Men
7. Best book(s)? The Kite Runner
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? Dig Out Your Soul (by Oasis)
9. Best game or sporting event? 2007 Warriors Upset over Mavs
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
1. BLB
2. Armando
3. Mauer
4. Schilling
5. The Wire, The Office, Arrested Development
6. No Country for Old Men, Dark Knight, The Departed, 300, Anchorman, The Hangover,
7. The Road, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Freakonomics
8. passz
9. Warriors upset Mavs in the playoffs
Thing A
best and worst
Best Giant and Favorite Hands down: Barry Lamar Bonds
Least favorite giant. AJ Pierzinski/Brian Sabean
Favorite non giant Mauer
least favorite non giants Curt Schilling, Casey Blake
Best TV shows two and a half men, Larry David, The Sopranos
Favorite movie Too many good ones to select
Worst Movie Mamma Mia
Favorite Book The Audacity of Hope
Best Song Slo-motion for me, My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard
Best Album, “what is an album?”
Best Sporting Event, Any of the Giants World Series wins.
1. Favorite/Best Giant? Omar/Timmah
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? Ryan Klucko
3. Favorite non-Giant? Matt Stairs, honorable mention to Swisher
4. Least favorite non-Giant? Jose Lima? Jeff Weaver? Kent? A lot of blue hats.
5. Best TV show(s)? The Wire
6. Best movie(s)? Lord of the Rings: Fellowship, Pride and Prejudice, Iron Man
7. Best book(s)? Dance with Dragons, George RR Martin (ha ha)
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? Brad Paisley, 5th Gear, “Online” (with video)
9. Best game or sporting event? not live: 2009 Big Game; live: Renteria’s walkoff homer
10. Miscellaneous: Best Place to be robbed of years of your life: z key at McCoven Comickles
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
the "bests" are probably things I didn't care for.
1. Lamar/LeRoy (I expect LeRoy’s more the Twenty-Teens kind of legend.)
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? Benitez
3. Favorite non-Giant? Bill Mueller (for most of the decade, since Sabean offed him after 2000)
4. Least favorite non-Giant? Eric Gagne
5. Best Favorite TV show(s)? The OC
6. Best Favorite movie(s)? Hobbits!
7. Best Favorite book(s)? I don’t think I read anything published in the 2000s that I cared for deeply. Most of the books I read and enjoyed this decade were from the 20th century or older.
8. Best Favorite album(s) or song(s)? ‘Who We Are Instead’ from Jars of Clay / “Something Pretty” by Patrick Park
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite) Jonathan Sanchez’s no-hitter
10. Miscellaneous (I’m sure I missed something obviously discussion worthy): Pie.
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The first half of season one was just the perfect combination of glitz, drama, sentiment, and ironic self-awareness. Quality varied over the years but I still try to watch all the Chrismukkah episodes during the holiday season.
... null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time
1. Favorite/Best Giant?
Barry Lamar Bonds
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant?
Armando Benitez
3. Favorite non-Giant?
Suzuki Ichiro
4. Least favorite non-Giant?
Eric Gagne
5. Best TV show(s)?
Arrested Development, The Office (UK)
6. Best movie(s)?
Ratatouille
7. Best book(s)?
Nothing off the top of my head at the moment
8. Best album(s) or song(s)?
I’ve probably written something similar somewhere else, so I’ll come back to this
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite)
Game five of the 2002 NLCS
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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1. Favorite/Best Giant?
Timmy and Matt / Pandoval/ Grip/ Nen / Snow / 2001 Rich Aurilia
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant?
Benitiez / Bochy
3. Favorite non-Giant?
Joe Mauer/ Pudge/ Carl Crawford
4. Least favorite non-Giant?
Scott Hariston/ Gagne/ Victorino
5. Best TV show(s)?
Still Thinking
6. Best movie(s)?
Too Many
7. Best book(s)?
Too Many
8. Best album(s) or song(s)?
Too Many
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite)
2007 Fiesta Bowl
Matt Downs . The Kevin Frandsen of 2010 !
1. Favorite/Best Giant? Omar Vizquel/ Jim Brower
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? A.J. Pierzynski
3. Favorite non-Giant? Kyle Loshe
4. Least favorite non-Giant? A-Rod
5. Best TV show(s)? Doctor Who, Life on Mars (uk), Arrested development, LOST
6. Best movie(s)? Zombieland, The Departed
7. Best book(s)? Wheel of Time: Gathering Storm. Zombie Survival guide/ World War Z
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? Flogging Molly: Whiskey on a Sunday
9. Best game or sporting event?: Warriors upset Mavs
10. Best Video Game: Bioshock
Garlic fries 08
by operation carrot on Jan 1, 2010 1:13 PM PST reply actions
Yes
and it sucked.
This reminds me that LOM UK is one of my favorite shows of the decade though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
SPOILERS
From Wiki:
At the end of the series, it is revealed that Tyler’s 2008 and 1973 realities were both fictitious, created by the onboard computer of a spacecraft that is carrying Tyler, Hunt, Norris, Carling, and Skelton on the first ever manned mission to the planet Mars, in 2035… To sustain the crew, their minds were routinely kept active while asleep using virtual reality “neural stimulation” programs of their own choosing, but Sam’s choice of a scenario where he was a police officer circa 2008 was abruptly changed to a 1973 setting by a meteor-storm induced glitch in the computer.
WTF?
How’s Ashes to Ashes?
I was promised lasagna.
1. Favorite/Best Giant?
Timmy
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant?
Armando, Edgardo, Neifi, Pierzinski
3. Favorite non-Giant?
Ichiro
4. Least favorite non-Giant?
Piazza, LoDuca, Jeter
5. Best TV show(s)?
classic Simpsons, Arrested Development
6. Best movie(s)?
Dark Knight, Oldboy
7. Best book(s)?
Catch-22
8. Best album(s) or song(s)?
Alphabetical by Phoenix
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite)
Warriors over Mavs
10. Video game
Bioshock
11. Pie
Blueberry
11. Ice Cream
Cookies and Cream
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 1, 2010 1:57 PM PST reply actions
shit i just realized this is ‘of the decade’, and that #7 and #11s do not fit at all since theyre most likely older. Also oops for 1/2 of #5.
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 1, 2010 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
I guess
7. best movie
‘A heartbreaking work of staggering genius’
Tho I am not close to finishing it. Havent read much of this decade. Self-reply thread over.
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 1, 2010 8:44 PM PST up reply actions
football best moment
49ers comeback vs the giants
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 2, 2010 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
1. Favorite/Best Giant? Barry, Matt and Tim
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? STEVE FINLEY
3. Favorite non-Giant? Granderson, Maddux
4. Least favorite non-Giant? Paul LoDuca, Eric Gagne, Russell Martin, etc
5. Best TV show(s)? Arrested Development, Dexter
6. Best movie(s)? O Brother Where Art Thou?, A Mighty Wind, Inglourious Basterds, Good Night & Good Luck
Worst: Match Point
7. Best book(s)? The Soul of Baseball, HARRY POTTER LOL, IDK I realize I don’t read many “new” books :(
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? The Antlers – Hospice, Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica, Radiohead – Kid A, Sun Kil Moon – Ghosts of the Great Highway
Worst (that I’ve heard, obviously): Panic! at the DIsco – A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite) World Series 2002 Game 4
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
agreed on Panic! at the Disco. One of the most annoying albums of all time.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
1. Favorite/Best Giant? BLB (But, I goddamn loved Ellis Burks for his short stint)
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? Mark Leiter
3. Favorite non-Giant? Grady Sizemare
4. Least favorite non-Giant? Curt Schilling, Russell Martin,
5. Best TV show(s)? South Park, Community (I know it is new, but I really, really like it)
6. Best movie(s)? Don’t really know
Worst:
7. Best book(s)? Any Grisham book.
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? eh, don’t buy whole albums
Worst (that I’ve heard, obviously):
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite) the SB between NYG and NE Pats
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 1, 2010 3:19 PM PST reply actions
Yeah, I’ve read them all. I believe there are 23 of them(?).
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 1, 2010 9:06 PM PST up reply actions
Mark Leiter? Wuh?
"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
Yeah, that is true. Didn’t really think about that…
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 2, 2010 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, beyond the obvious (AJ and Armando), I really disliked him as a Giant. I don’t care what his numbers were, good or bad, I just did not enjoy watching him pitch.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 2, 2010 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
1. Favorite/Best Giant? Sandoval
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? Armando
3. Favorite non-Giant? Ichiro, Chase Utley
4. Least favorite non-Giant? Shane Victorino, Gagne
5. Best TV show(s)? The Wire
6. Best movie(s)? Royal Tennenbaums, Ghost Dog, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Best book(s)? A Heartbreaking work of Staggering Genius
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? Revelator – Gillian Welch
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite) Lots of options, but I think I enjoyed Durty’s no-hitter as much as anything
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
1. Favorite/Best Giant? Favorite: Matt Cain, Tony Torcato Best: Bonds, Lincecum
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? Armando Benitez or AJ- dead heat tie
3. Favorite non-Giant? Justin Morneau
4. Least favorite non-Giant? Khalil Greene, Jeff Kent (dodger days only)
5. TV show(s)? Weeds
6. Best movie(s)? Children of Men, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, anything by Pixar
7. Best book(s)? The Rookie
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? The Knux- Remind me in Three Days…
9. Best game or sporting event? Sanchez no Hitter, NLCS game 5, World Series game 5, 2002 NCAA Basketball Championship game, Any Bonds Milestone, Timmy 15ks…Schmidt 16ks….
1. Favorite/Best Giant?
Barry Bonds
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant?
Armando Benitez
3. Favorite non-Giant?
Randy Johnson
4. Least favorite non-Giant?
Curt Schilling or Shane Victorino or Russell Martin
5. Best TV show(s)?
The Big Bang Theory / The Simpsons
6. Best movie(s)?
Star Wars III / Rush Hour 2
7. Best book(s)?
Harry Potter series
8. Best album(s) or song(s)?
Meteora – Linkin Park
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite)
Diablo 2 Just kidding. 2002 Game 5 NLCS
10 Best Moment
Bonds #70 off Wilfredo Rodriguez in Houston
Randy Johnson when he was a diamondback?
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 2, 2010 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
I really enjoyed reading these. But when you get here this late in the thread, you risk repeating. So I’ll try to be original and do a list without repeats.
1. Favorite/Best Giant?
Rich Aurilia, if we’re considering the whole decade.
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant?
Hard to be original here, as there are two obvious options. To be different, I’ll go with Tsuyoshi Shinjo for the combination of high hopes and terrible returns.
3. Favorite non-Giant?
Nick Johnson. Gotta love a guy with Pujolsian OBP without the IBBs.
4. Least favorite non-Giant?
Sooo many choices. I’m going to go with Jimmy Rollins, for constantly acting like the star he’s not.
5. Best TV show(s)?
To be honest, my favorite shows of the decade have all been mentioned. But curiously overlooked is The West Wing.
6. Best movie(s)?
High Fidelity. Don’t make fun of me.
7. Best book(s)?
The Da Vinci Code. Mock if you want, but it made reading popular again for adults early in the decade, and I’m down with that.
8. Best album(s) or song(s)?
Best Album: I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning by Bright Eyes.
Song: Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite)
Game 6 of the 2003 World Series. No Giants involved, but I loved watching one of the biggest underdogs of all time win IN New York.
10. Miscellaneous (I’m sure I missed something obviously discussion worthy)
Saddest Sacks of the Decade: Pittsburgh Pirates
Hopin' to adopt Mark DeRosa.
I watched a ton of WW.
It’s contributory to my Charlie Sheen tirades.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jan 2, 2010 3:07 AM PST up reply actions
jimmy rollins?
idk, he seems like a pretty likeable guy, not a douche or anything, plus BAY AREA TIES
A completely undeserving MVP
And talks like he’s so wonderful, when he actually has one of the worst OBPs for a leadoff hitter in the league.
Hopin' to adopt Mark DeRosa.
He’s been a great player for the past five years or so, 2009 aside, and he’ll probably go back to being great next year. Also, his 2007 really was fantastic, if not MVP worthy. It should have gone to Utley or Wright, but it’s not one of the worst decisions we’ve seen in the past few years.
I was promised lasagna.
1. Favorite Timmy Hanley Ramirez. Not only a great player, but told the Mets the Marlins would beat them and keep them from the playoffs, and then did it two years in a row.
2. Least Favorite -Armando
3. Favorite non-giant
4. least favorite- ARod. Does steroids and comes up smelling like a rose.
5. TV shows- Dexter, Sopranos, Oz, Two and a half men, House, Curb, Big Love, True Blood
6. Movies- Dark Knight, Hangover
7. Books- don’t read much. “Please Kill Me” was the only book I read this year and it wasn’t written this decade.
8. Best Album- Waiting for the Siren’s Call-New Order Hot Fuss-Killers
9. Best game- The game clincher against the Braves in 2002. Nen striking out Sheffield and getting the DP from Chipper is my favorite baseball moment.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
1. Favorite Giant: Matt Cain
2. Least favorite Giant: AJ
3. Favorite non-Giant: Roy Halladay
4. Least favorite non-Giant: Roger Clemens
5. TV show: The Office
6. Movies: Wall-E, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings trilogy
7. Book: Harry Potter
8. Album: eh… I’m not that into music
9. Best game by sport:
Baseball- 2002 NLCS game 4
Football- Giants v. Patriots Super Bowl, I guess
Soccer- 08 Champions League Final, 05 Champions League Final
"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane
1. Favorite/Best Giant? Bonds
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? I love all my Giants, in all shapes and sizes
3. Favorite non-Giant? Hanley Ramirez
4. Least favorite non-Giant? David Ortiz, the stench of being a DH, on the Red Sox, being in the AL in general is just too much
5. Best TV show(s)? South Park, Monk, How I Met Your Mother
6. Best movie(s)? Snatch, Blood Diamond, the Bourne Identity and Supremacy
7. Best book(s)? TWILIGHT jk, I’ve never been one to read modern lit.
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? The Marshall Mathers LP, any Old Crow Medicine Show, The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, most of David Bazan’s work, any Blink 182 released after 2000
9. Best game or sporting event? (not even gonna ask about least favorite) 02 WS Game 4
1. Favorite Giant- Benito Santiago
2. Least Favorite- Eli Manning and Klesko
3. Favorite Non Giant- Chipper Jones
4. Least favorite non giant- Curt Schilling
5. Show- Rome, Dexter
6. Movie- City of God, London, Ratatouille
7. Book- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
8. Album- Is this it by The Strokes
9. Best game- Colorado 17-14 over West Virginia (college FB)
Santiago is only 44, get it done Sabean
by BringBackBenitoSantiago on Jan 2, 2010 4:02 PM PST reply actions
City of God was a good movie
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 2, 2010 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
1. Favorite/Best Giant? – Aurilia, Schmidt, Cain
2. Worst/Least favorite Giant? – Pierzynski, Livan, Benitez
3. Favorite non-Giant? – Matt Stairs
4. Least favorite non-Giant? – Any Dodger
5. Best TV show(s)? – Band of Brothers count? If not Arrested Development, Sopranos
6. Best movie(s)? – Too tough. Dark Knight, LOTR, Kill Bill 1 & 2, There Will Be Blood, Gladiator, Inglorious Basterds, 3:10 to Yuma, Hunger.
7. Best book(s)? – I dunno. No Country, Harry Potters. I’ve been reading older stuff most of the decade.
8. Best album(s) or song(s)? – I like what Jack White’s done this decade. Favorite current bands are the Black Keys & the Gaslight Anthem. But I mostly listen to older music.
9. Best game or sporting event? – The obvious ones. Favorites seen in person: Bernard beats the Dodgers in 2000, Game 2 of WS (Hey, it was back & forth and that Barry HR was worth it), Noah beats Pedro, Lincecum beats Oswalt in his 3rd start.
"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
1. Favorite Giant- Timmy/Bonds (tie)
2. Least Favorite- Mando
3. Favorite Non Giant- Milton Bradley
4. Least favorite non giant- Jose Mesa
5. Show- Sopranos, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
6. Movie- Kill Bill Volume 2
7. Book- Downtown Owl
8. Album- Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cutie
9. Best game-Stanford over Arizona on Nick Robinson’s half court miracle
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
So this is the new year
I don’t feel any different.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
You look different.
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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