Despite agent Scott Boras campaigning for Adrian Beltre to become a Giant, general manager Brian Sabean said there's no interest now. "Not at this time," Sabean said.
Boras said four or five teams are interested, but Sabean said he's focusing on signing a first baseman to a multiyear deal, preferably two years.
"We have a very definite range we have that we won't exceed," Sabean said.
He said there are no surprises on his list of candidates. First basemen linked to the Giants include Nick Johnson, Mark DeRosa and Adam LaRoche.
...sez the Chronicle. Open Winter Meetings Thread 3.3
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thisthisthisthisthisthis
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
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by Natto on Dec 9, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
OMG I had no idea. We must have Porkins!
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
if he signs, there better be a photoshop ASAP
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
That goes without saying.
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that's the beauty of it
no photoshop needed!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
Did I come up with this nickname?
I think I came up with this nickname.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
Oh, so close.
The correct answer is: How to fuck a neckless chicken.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
In other game-show related news, apparently Shinjo won the Japanese version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” or whatever the hell it’s called.
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by Skaldheim on Dec 9, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So he made like 10K?
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Dec 10, 2009 7:03 AM PST up reply actions
Why do we keep getting stuck with unfunny Grant?
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.
chinless, not really neckless. his problem is too much neck.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Dec 9, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
According to the search function, you did!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
Is it bad...
that his beard and mustache are EXACTLY the same as mine
Could be worse
You could be howie.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I don’t see how that would be worse.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
I mean:
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
You mean.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
What beautiful hair.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
I think he kinda looks like Roy from The Office
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
Good call
But like I said in a previous thread, I see Artie Lange
"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
by Useful_Idiot on Dec 10, 2009 12:12 AM PST up reply actions
Rrrrghh ffarrbb stndiing bah
/eating fried chicken
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Red Auerbach, standing by
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
Standing by
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You just hung a vacancy sign on your ass
and my foot’s looking for a room.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Dec 9, 2009 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
Crashes due to greasy fingers
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Dec 9, 2009 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Red October, Standing by.
"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
Cut the chatter, Red Two
accelerate to attack speed.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Dec 9, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 9, 2009 11:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm sorry, but that's ridiculous
There are no KFCs in space
"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
by Useful_Idiot on Dec 10, 2009 12:14 AM PST up reply actions
This is true.
Popeye’s has the space market pretty much locked up.
Seasons will pass you by. I get up, I get down.
It’s funny how this is going like GDT at the moment.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
a...rabbit?
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Dec 9, 2009 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
ジャビット to be precise.
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Dec 9, 2009 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
I know this has probably been covered in one of the many off-season posts, so forgive me for not searching harder, but what the hell happened to Garko? I thought he was under contract, or at least had a team option. Not that I’m pining for him to play first base, but they sure seem to have given up on him quickly.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Dec 9, 2009 3:37 PM PST reply actions
Yes, they have given up on him quickly
He will presumably be non-tendered if the Giants sign Johnson.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
non-tendered...
that’s like a mulligan, right? So Barnes comes back. That’s a great system!
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 Dec 9, 2009 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
You can choose to judge a player on his career stats, like a godless communist, or you can make snap judgments basted on tiny samples like a single month or spring training. The Giants do the latter, and that’s why they have good offenses year after year.
Boy won’t you feel stupid next year, when Eugenio Velez has a line of .500 / .571 / .778.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
No, duh, he’s going to do that ALL YEAR. Those 18 at bats were the REAL EUGENIO!!!!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
He’s got upside, downside, leftside, rightside, sideside, blueside, blindside…
The guy is just full of sides.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
Whiteside!
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Dec 9, 2009 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
Why is DeRosa listed as one of the possible 1B candidates? Of all the positions he’s played, he’s had the least amount of time at 1B.
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No DeRosa
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Johnson >>> LaRoche>>>>>Derosa @ 1st.
For that matter:
Beltre >>LaRoche>>>>>Derosa @ 1st.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
Thank you Natto
I am flummoxed when I read all these stories that continually, repeatedly, list him as a 1B.
However, he HAS played 23 games at 1B. That’s a perfect sample size for Brain and Bork to work with.
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 Dec 9, 2009 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
Be careful McCoven
McCoven tends to invest themselves into a certain player and when it doesn’t happen they throw themselves down the stairs.
I think stairs is strictly a DH
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
I've always hated Matt Stairs
idk why but ever since I started watching baseball I’ve had this hatred for him
Knock Knock, Who's There? FUCK YOU MATT STAIRS!!!!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
fuck you Lahey
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Cory… Trevor… smokes lets go!
Bleeding orange and black since 1987
by TehGreekStallion on Dec 9, 2009 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
Where’s Bubbles?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2009 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
He’s too busy stealing, fixing, and reselling shopping carts to be at the winter meetings.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
If Colletti were still with the Giants, though, I'd want to Photoshop his and Sabean's head into this, though
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
How can you hate someone who totally owned Broxton in the NLCS
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Dec 10, 2009 7:06 AM PST up reply actions
To be fair
The stair-throwing incident involved someone being invested in NOT wanting a certain player.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
It's Johnson
you won’t convince me otherwise. even after we’ve traded Sanchez for Kouz. i will refuse to believe it.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
The Porkins thing is the clincher.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed
Too much lol potential.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
This is what it's come to...
No hope for actually putting together a decent lineup, but at least we can have more entertaining gameday threads.
(I’m hoping for Porkins as well)
Seasons will pass you by. I get up, I get down.
This time I’ve protected my investment in Nick Johnson by insuring it with Geico. Not only did I not have to speak to an agent in any way, shape or form, but I get terrible customer service, minimal coverage, AND I save 15%.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
i take it you had a bad experience?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Not really. I just have Geico and I know my coverage sucks. I was just assuming terrible customer service.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Switch to Garko
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
Yeah, but they can’t insure the right side of my vehicle, so I’d need some kind of platoon insurance system and that’s a lot of work.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
I’m really just hoping all the available catchers sign so Posey starts by default, way more than NJ.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 3:45 PM PST reply actions
Bring back Tom Lampkin!!!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
The main lesson from 2009
Brad Wellman > Tom Lampkin
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I really like Brad Ausmus; he fits our need of a stop gap, right?
I swear to god, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Dec 9, 2009 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Old…check!
Gritty…check!
Can’t hit for shit…check!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
he had that one gritty home run in the playoffs when Bagwell still played… remember that?
I swear to god, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Dec 9, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
I thought we still had Fransden?
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Player/Manager Bruce Bochy, starts 140 games.
"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
it’s bork’s time to shine
I swear to god, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Dec 9, 2009 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Who are you kidding
If the Giants don’t sign a catcher, say hello to Whiteside starting.
"It ain't over till it's over." - Yogi Berra
Starting every 5th day I hope.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
And also on days 1-4. But yeah, he’ll be in there on that fifth day.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Exactly
Bork will only like Buster when he’s over the hill and can’t hit anymore.
"It ain't over till it's over." - Yogi Berra
To be fair
Whiteside isn’t over the hill. His whole career has been a featureless plain.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Whiteside makes sense
We have to keep him fresh
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 3:55 PM PST up 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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Ladies and gentlemen, this recreation of the Guinness Book of World Records’ “Shortest Correspondence Ever” has been brought to you by PBS, Mobil, and Exxon.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
What did they do? Aside from sign Gammons?
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Subject line for the faint of heart.
“You can kick and scream all you want, but its going to happen.”
"El once, chico. Eleven."
Those assholes. I bet they played the standard edition, too, and not the Director’s cut where the Giants won in Game 6.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
DVD EXTRAS COUNT
THAT’S HOW I KNOW ASH TRAVELED FORWARD IN TIME 100 YEARS TOO MANY!
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Alternate endings ftw.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
WHY?
Is Russ Ortiz wandering the halls alongside Michael Tucker looking for a job?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
“It’s possible, but not likely.” Gotta love that one.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 3:57 PM PST reply actions
If it looks like a Nick Johnson, smells like a Nick Johnson, and sounds like it’s a Nick Johnson, then it’s probably a Kouzmanoff.
Boom! Infield solved!
Now where the hell did I put my Renteria jersey tee?
tweet tweet
jaysonst
Hearing that Padres offered Kouzmanoff to Giants for Fred Lewis & Kevin Fransden. Asked Twins for Glen Perkins & 2nd player.
FREE BUSTER POSEY
I thought that was not even close.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 9, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
I feel like it’s more likely that Jayson Stark is a day late and has it backwards.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I bet that if we did trade Lewis and Frandsen to the Padres that they would destroy us every time the Giants and Padres played.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 9, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
please God no
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
He just heard this?
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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Oh, Jayson Stark, telephone is a cruel bitch goddess of a game...
From ESPN.com’s live hot stove reports:
jaysonst: Hearing that Padres offered Kouzmanoff to Giants for Fred Lewis & Kevin Fransden. Asked Twins for Glen Perkins & 2nd player.
Rumor fail
only an organization of mccove’s would consider that a viable trade…
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Dec 9, 2009 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
mccovens
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Dec 9, 2009 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
NOne.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
I think he’s saying that only we would think Fred Lewis and Kevin Frandsen are worthy of a player of Kouzmanoff’s quality.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Kevin Kouzmanoff: not actually very good.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
same with what was offered; maybe a fair trade afterall!
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Dec 9, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
i don't think he's as bad as people make him out to be
he plays good defense and his numbers would look a lot better if he didn’t play half his games at petco
If we sign Johnson,
I’d be ok with getting Kouz if he’d fill the utility INF role Uribe had last year.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
Huh?
He’s post 2.5+ WAR in the past three seasons. Even if he’s “only” a 2.0 WAR player, that’s still a good player to have.
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!!!
2.2, 2.4, and 2.2 isn’t 2.5+.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Never mind
I was reading the wrong column.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Now that's a stretch
That’s what she said
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
What she read
was sad.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
Anyway
Getting Kouzmanoff would move Sandoval to 1B, so essentially, he’d be taking the place of a first baseman for us. That considered, his offense would be pretty lousy compared to what we could get in a first baseman, even adjusting for Petco.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I agree
I’m just sick of people saying that Kouz is not very good. Even a conservative estimation of his true-talent level is fine for a starting MLB player. Just not on this team right now.
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 not very good
I mean more, “not much better (if at all) than Panda at 3rd and Garko at first”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I agree with that.
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!!!
So you are saying he would be our new LF?
/ ducks!!
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
Kouz at Third when
Panda is behind the dish.
But seriously, could we be seeing a trade for a back-up and “late-inning defensive replacement”.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
Call me crazy but I like Kouz more than Beltre
Kouz hits for more pop and I believe Beltre is somewhat injury prone. Plus Beltre would cost more in FA.
More pop!?
Career SLG, road only to neutralize Petco and Safeco:
Kouzmanoff: .477
Beltre, total: .488
And Beltre’s not really injury prone, testicles notwithstanding. He’s played over 140 games 7 of the 8 last years.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
The year before that
Beltre slugged .457 and Kouzmanoff slugged .433
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
testicles notwithstanding
if only i had a nickel for each time i had to write or read that…
I'm up... everyone move in!
by NastySlurve on Dec 10, 2009 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
"You want to give us who?"
“Those two guys you stopped playing in April? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
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 Dec 9, 2009 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
I’m going to go walk my dog now. If I come back and Nick Johnson hasn’t signed yet, I’ll be very displeased.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
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You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
So explain to me why we should pay $2 million or so for a below average catcher to back up Posey, when we could save the money and just use Steve Holm?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
Is Holm still on the 40-man?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
Wholm?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Steve Wholm!
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
No
He’s one of the couple dozen people who’ve been kicked off the 40-man instead of Bocock.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
That’s what I thought.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
I just stole second off of Steve Holm.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Steve Holm just hit a game-winning double off you!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
You can teach Velez?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
LaRoche over Johnson
I don’t get all the love for Johnson and not LaRoche? Look at the numbers LaRoche has put up playing his career in Atlanta and Pittsburgh, neither of which are a hitters paradise. I understand that Johnson would bring patience to a lineup that needs it badly, but I just think LaRoche is the more valuable, all-around player. Better on the base-paths, more pop, better defensively and has more upside than Johnson. Not that I’d be upset if they end up with Nick Johnson, just not sure why LaRoche isn’t getting more considertion?
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Basically Because LaRoche can't hit before August.
Considering most of his Augusts have been with Pirate teams that could post a losing road trips vs AA franchise that is not a very promising pattern. LaRoche could be JT Snow light. Which is not bad, per say, but is a lot lower than the Giants should be settleing for over the next 3 seasons ( or more) at market prices.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
1/$7
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
jaysonst: Sources close to the Giants say they have signed Nick Johnson for 1 year, $7 million.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
Don’t do it.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
blame howie!
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
For what??? You don’t have any incriminating screenshots to incriminate me with!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
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STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Filtering this through the Jayson Stark Backwards Machine, report should read:
jaysonst: Sources far from the Giants say they have nicked Sig Johnson; foreigner, Senegal.
Move Sig Move Sig
Take off every Sig
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 Dec 9, 2009 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
Hell to the yeah
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Wait
Was this BS?
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
No way
Check the tweeterer!
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I don't think we've met. Here's my high school yearbook photo:
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
I love those movies
But the one thing that always kind of bugged me: it implies that Chuck Berry stole rock-n-roll from a rich white suburban kid.
I mean, dude.
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That never bugged me.
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This is supposed to be a comic?
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
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There’s one for everything!!!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
It’s funnier if you can read the rollover tag.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
sigh
is it just me or are 95% of the strips in the paper terrible?
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
It's not just you
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agreed
My current list of comic rounds:
Zits
Get Fuzzy
Dilbert
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
No Pearls Before Swine?
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nope, not a fan
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not a fan of Get Fuzzy
It’s not that I don’t like it. It just doesn’t click with me like some other comics do.
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Are there any in the papers you like?
guilty pleasure: for some reason I am addicted to Luann
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Foxtrot, although that’s only Sundays now
Pearls Before Swine
I dunno. I don’t really read newspaper strips anymore.That whole industry is messed up.
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baby blues amuses me sometimes
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
same.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Classic Peanuts, of course
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
woooohooooooo
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Can I come over sometime? I’m pretty sure we’re neighbors! =)
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Have you had all of your shots?
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The guy who writes that showed up on my Facebook People You Might Know list
He was friends with, as I recall, you, my 15-year old cousin, and a friend of mine from high school. Freaked me out until I realized it was someone famous.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Only after.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2009 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
My hobby: answering queries in iambic pentameter.
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.
I think it was last year that I finally realized the band was smoking weed in the car when Biff’s gang locked McFly in their trunk.
/never realized that
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Are you playing the racism card?
"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
I don’t think it’s playing any sort of card so much as saying, “Hey, that’s kind of messed up.”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Because Marty is white?
"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
Because saying a white person originally invented a form of music that was invented by black people and then appropriated up the ass by white people is kind of sketchy.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
You are not thinking 4th dimensionally
Marty knew about rock n roll because he was from the future and there already had been influenced by the genre’s progression to that point. Therefore, Marty was influenced by Chuck Berry and then went back in time to influence Chuck Berry!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
whoooooooooooooa
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
You’re just not thinking fifth dimensionally, which completely fucks with the theory you just posited.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
Details
Or your post is just a NO U!!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
In the fifth dimension, Marty is a racist asshole.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
And he actually does sleep with his mother in the past.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
He is his own father
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:33 PM PST up reply actions
You seem pretty worked up about this
Did Michael J Fox spill something on you while he was shaking?
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:34 PM PST up reply actions
Acid.
The goggles did nothing.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
Data: Hey McFly, you bojo, those boards don’t work on water!
Whitey: Unless you’ve got POWER!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2009 9:37 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a whole complex history of inequity and injustice in the music industry to go with it, but yeah.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
Okay. That, or it’s just a clever bit meant to be funny.
"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
I’m not saying that it’s trying to be messed up. But that doesn’t mean that it isn’t.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
I can understand that
"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
Apparently the 5th dimension is hypersensitivity
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
ok raise your hand if you checked twitter
/raises hand
by sadison bummedgarner on Dec 9, 2009 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
Happy dancing! Happy dancing!
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.
Sad dancing.
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.
618pm: Stark hears that the Padres offered Kouzmanoff up for Lewis and Frandsen. That doesn’t match with the reports below, which suggest the Padres wanted more. Stark agrees with Nightengale that the Padres wanted more than Glen Perkins in return from the Twin
Please no
I think the consensus is that Stark doesn’t know what he’s talking about. We hope.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Starks ears be broken.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Torrealba wants Pudge money.
Awesome.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 4:42 PM PST reply actions
Actually Torrealba wants Pudge’s money.
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Even after all these years
It still seems wrong to me to call someone Pudge if it’s not Carlton Fisk.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCZWtTxSFq8
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omg I’m crying
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 9, 2009 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
lol
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Dec 9, 2009 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
Mannnnnnnn
FFFFFFFFFF I can barely get through this video…. half LOL and half headache
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!!!
This may ruin Journey for you if you're a fan of them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIJeXQuAo-w
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Anyone else getting the suspicion that Sabes is reading McC for roster construction hints? That article might as well have quoted the last three threads…
Hitler was a Dodgers fan.
BOLD PREDICTION
No move will actually be made tonight. Half of us will stay up to all hours, desperately waiting for Nick Johnson to show up. Then we’ll cry.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
The move being made tonight
Buying out Eugenio Velez’s arb years with a 5 year, $20 mil contract.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Bold?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
We’ll cry because they signed DeRosa, not Johnson.
by KCE on Dec 9, 2009 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
OK kids, I'm off
There better be 23 fanshots welcoming Nick Johnson when I get back to work in the morning.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
If we've signed Nick Johnson
I take back everything bad I said about Sabean.
Well okay, only the bad stuff this year.
Well okay, only the bad thought this morning.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Until tomorrow, have fun people
And here’s an early welcome to umm… [good player]
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 is going on here
On another note, Sabean said it’s possible the Giants could sign a center fielder and move Aaron Rowand to one of the corners.
From MLBTR.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
MIKE CAMERON COME ON DOWN
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I think Rowand would actually be OK in RF.
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That’s why its’ going to be Rowand in LF and Bowker in RF.
:)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I'm opposed to the idea
Of signing any outfielder who isn’t Jason Bay or Matt Holliday, if only because we have so many young outfielders who deserve a shot who would be squeezed out.
Desirous of Matt Holliday and Dan Uggla since 2009.
fixed
On another note, Sabean said it’s possible the Giants could sign a center fielder and move Aaron Rowand to one of the most distantcorners of the galaxy.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 10, 2009 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Roy Halladay-S-Blue Jays Dec. 9 – 7:59 pm et
The Angels have offered SP Joe Saunders, SS Erick Aybar and CF Peter Bourjos to the Blue Jays for ace Roy Halladay, according to the Toronto Sun.
The offer could put the Angels in the driver’s seat for Toronto’s ace; they have been the most aggressive in negotiations and possess the requisite ammunition to get a deal done. Saunders, 28, was 16-7 with a 4.60 earned run average in 31 starts in 2009. Aybar, who will turn 26 next month, hit .312 with five homers and 58 RBIs in 137 games. Bourjos, 22, is a highly-regarded speedster. Saunders and Aybar are both three years away from free agency. The story notes that the Blue Jays would likely trade recently-signed shortstop Alex Gonzalez if they acquired Aybar.
am i the only one who thinks that’s kind of a poopy return?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Yeah, I read that as “a big offer”, and thought, huh?
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
Saunders: has never pitched 200 innings and 5.17 FIP last year
Aybar is a pretty good player and Bourjos looks like a decent prospect, but this is pretty underwhelming overall.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
well it is only one year of Halladay. A really good 25 year old shortstop signed for 3 more years and a pretty good prospect is a good start.
Thing A
I do not understand the love that mediocre angels players/prospects seem to consistently get in the media.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Dec 9, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
I think after watching Cainer, Sanchez, and Lincecum develope, dude’s like Joe Saunders seem kinda meh.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
He really is pretty meh though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
right
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh. See, that’s what we’d get back if we traded Timmy. No, thanks!
If you can get 3:2 on a headline of "Giants Pitcher Assaults General Manager" at some point this year, take it.
not really
Timmy may be expensive for the next several years, but he is controllable. Halladay is not.
Thing A
Scary thought
Hank Blalock is still lurking hard.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 5:56 PM PST reply actions
Sabean getting testy, re: earlier Boras comments
"Well you know, I never knew that we needed any more offense," said Sabean, tongue firmly in cheek. "I’m shocked to hear I’m the last to know. Scott’s a very smart man. He’s got enough money to buy a club. Maybe that’s the route he should go."
It’s like a fight between Giant Douche and Turd Sandwich.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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Gotta pull for Sabes on that one.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, fuck that Turd Sandwich! Giant Douche! Giant Douche!
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2009 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
wow
Sabean always has had a temper.
My favorite Sabean burst of anger moment was on the Razor and Mr T last off season.
Its funny because fuck the dodgers
My favorite was the interview with them after the Balk-off game buy Armando…dude flipped out and traded him the next day lol.
while doing his job!
Oh Giants, so many great times the last few years.
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 Dec 9, 2009 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
What a moron
Let’s potentially piss off the best agent in baseball and hope he won’t put you over a barrel out of spite.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
I think the Love Boat has sailed for those two already.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
lol angy sabes
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
'angry sabean' GIS results
Almost all of ’em point back to MCC.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
The #1 Google result is this
"Enough’s enough. Go on to something productive. That’s all I got. I never do this but I’m doing it. No more questions."
I’M NOT SAYING, I’M JUST SAYING1!!!!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I see you were GISing the term “failbeard”.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 6:20 PM PST up reply actions
I was thinking 'butt pee
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I was thinking 'butt pee' would work too
But really, no, don’t try it.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
If I had listened to you, I wouldn’t have found this awesome picture
"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
by Useful_Idiot on Dec 10, 2009 12:19 AM PST up reply actions
The kid who was in the original photo is now, like, 18. I heard him interviewed on NPR recently. It was pretty scary.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Curiosity piqued...
Link? Name? Something?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 10, 2009 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll see if I can track it down.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
That was quick
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92833535
Though the interview wasn’t quite as recent as I thought. From last summer.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Thanks!
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 10, 2009 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Is it sad that when I first read this I was like, ‘why is he complimenting Rowand’s intelligence?’
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 9, 2009 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
I'm back from picking the kids up from daycare
And I am SHOCKED! SHOCKED! That Sabean has not yet solved all of our problems with his hinted-at impending acquisition.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
From Baggs
Giants have CF Scott Podsednik on their radar screen, I’m told. Makes sense if they decide to try going with an ultra-small ball offense.
Uhhhh VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM what?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
where's that Michael Scott "nO NO NO NO" gif
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
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NO fucking way.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:10 PM PST up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
He’s younger than Roberts was when we gave him 3 years and coming off a similar season!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Blalock’s name is gonna surface at some point.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
He cant even play defense. Like, at all.
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
Dude, they’re into Podsednic. It’s only a matter of time is all.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
I know.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
He can’t hit away from Arlington either.
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After Sabes won’t meet NJ’s demands he’ll move to Pods and Blalock on 1 yrs. Not sayin’ I want this at all.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure he doesn’t even own a glove
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by j14 on Dec 9, 2009 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
Like a “non-run-scoring offense”
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OBP over the last 3 years
Fred Lewis: .374, .351, .348
Podsednik: .299, .322, .353
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
He’s 34 by opening day, so he’s definitely a good bet to repeat his fluke season which, on balance, was actually not better than Aaron Rowand’s 2009 season!
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oh lordy
Velez in left and Podsednik in center
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by stealth snail on Dec 9, 2009 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
we probably wouldn’t even need a right fielder actually.
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by stealth snail on Dec 9, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
I’m actually fine with Podsenik in LF over Velez. 353 obp and he actually knows how to use his speed to steal bases.
Also, his wife is hot.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
yea I was just gonna say
on the plus side there is this:
Thing A
by sam23 on Dec 9, 2009 6:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
we should put her in center…front and center.
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 9, 2009 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
wide reciever
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by stealth snail on Dec 9, 2009 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
Here's how out of it one person can be...
I found out about the whole sordid Woods mess just yesterday…well, hey, my PC – which is basically my window to The World Outside – caught a NASTY virus…and then there was the washing of the hard drive…and the rewashing…and the ordering the new OS discs from HP…
…and in the middle of all that I saw Tiger’s first massive “public statement” on a screen at a bar, and thought his stance on being able to lead a private life was righteous. And when the bartender asked me how everything was going and I said “Fine, unless you’re Tiger Woods” and she replied “Oh yeah , didn’t he cheat?” I gave her such a look…
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 10, 2009 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
So that’s what’s on Sabe’s radar.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:20 PM PST up reply actions
353 obp
Most BA-based, with a BABIP almost 20 points above his career average. Before this year, he had an OBP above .330 one in four years. In 2008, he had a .333 SLG – WITH THE COLORADO ROCKIES. His defense is awful. He’s about to turn 34.
Scott Podsednik: more worthless than Dave Roberts.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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NOpe.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
meh
velez is already here. We have to spend more money to get Pods. And if we spend money on Pods it only adds to the amount of time he’ll stubbornly be thrown out there in the starting lineup. Plus its not like Velez won’t be on the team if Pods is so it means Bowker’s opportunities will go from very few to none.
Thing A
Ha
In 2005, Podsednik was an all-star and got MVP votes. He had an OPS+ of 86 AS A LEFT FIELDER with poor defense.
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Actually, it looks like that was the one year he had a good UZR
But still.
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BUT HE HIT A HOME RUN IN THE WORLD SERIES! COME ON!
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OMG I may have to jump off the Bay Bridge if we sign Podsednik
or at least jump into the Cove
by 49erEmpire on Dec 9, 2009 6:14 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Split the difference
Jump off the Lefty O’Doul Bridge.
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Or get crushed by that Giant weight.
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I can’t wait for Velez in LF, Podsednik in CF and Torres in RF
by LinceCainGarnerSon on Dec 9, 2009 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
that is a lot of
BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOm
As in ginats getting swept in every series.
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 Dec 9, 2009 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
it'd be like playing 4 outfielders
and batting 4 pitchers
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Man, the thread for the 2 year, 10 mil deal for Podsednik would be hilarious
hilariously sad but hilarious nonetheless
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Many Bothans would have to kill themselves. McCoven too.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 6:55 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, DNW
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2009 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
Haha, you guys are so stupid. The “ultra-small ball” tactic is a brilliant plan that is just way over your heads. STAY THE COURSE
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I think I’d welcome a Dye signing before Pods.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:12 PM PST reply actions
Yeah me too
They both suck and Dye can occasionally hit the ball far. I feel sick saying i’d rather have Dye.
Sadowski signs with Astros
way to get picked up, Sadman…
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Podsednick.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
God I hate it when Boras makes more sense than the Giants’s GM. This, combined with the decision not to offer arbitration to Molina and forfeit the draft picks, tells me the new regime has a firm hold on the purse strings – and the purse is closed. They are too afraid to spend any money on players who would actually make a difference. Posey and Bumgarner better be ready because the only chance the Giants will have is if the rookies come in with a huge year.
That Podsednic shit is just too much. Seriously.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
this rosterbation is wearing me down
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Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
Trying to decide what order you’d bat Velez/Torres/Pods when they’re all in the same lineup?
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
3,4,5
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
Still not acceptable.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:50 PM PST up reply actions
werd.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
yer probably right; there’s never a “payoff”
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Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Dec 9, 2009 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
reading between the lines on mlbtr
it seems the redsox are awfuly eager to trade lowell. i think a beltre deal is in the works for them.
LOLwell plus Pods would suck balls.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
didn’t the Red Sox want to move Lowell so they can move Youkilis to third?
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
As long as it’s not out west, fuck it.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
"but teams clearly think he'll regress back toward the mean."
Not the Gints.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 9, 2009 6:43 PM PST reply actions
hai gaiz wats ap
just got back from raking the leaves, collecting the garbage, and re-stringing the christmas lights. any self-stair-throwing yet?
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Good grief!
In addition to everything else, I’m pretty sure he’s the “Scott” Bonds was thinking of when he was talking about Aaron Rowand.
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2 questions
Who does the McCoven tweets? Grant im assuming
and
When the hell did I start following McCovey Chronicles?
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I don’t know what I’m doing, but they make me.
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Ya what is that? I only have a tiwtter to follow the winter meeting so im really confused
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 9:34 PM PST up reply actions
They’re tags.
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oh ok
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
Sometimes I do a tweet to throw people off.
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looks like a gamer to me...sign him up!
by speedyt72000 on Dec 9, 2009 7:24 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
meh
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
You know, if we signed Podsednik, we’d have 2/3rds of the White Sox’s ‘05 championship outfield. That’s weird.
I can’t remember who the last one was, but we should totally try to get him too.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUU
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
… how badly do we need a backup catcher?
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GETTIN THE BAND BACK 2GETEHR
WORKED FOR BILLY BEAM!
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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Damn you and your dark soul
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2009 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
…and 2 outfielders named Scott. WEIRDER
by KrazyKrabMeat on Dec 9, 2009 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
i don’t remember who the last OF was that year either, but it’s not like it’s really germane to the conversation. I mean what are the odds…
…
GODDAMNIT, NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Dec 9, 2009 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Nick Johson. Git it Dun BraZ!!1
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2009 7:28 PM PST reply actions
Al Jolson
with Brasss!!!!111
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 Dec 9, 2009 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
Patience Grasshopper
We need to be patient cuz it takes time for GMs to make trades for the likes of Uptons, AGonzalez, Elvis Andrus, Smoak etc
When was the last time the Giants traded for a young player of that caliber?
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The year before Brian Sabean’s mom got knocked up.
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someone needs to find Sabean’s mom and get her knocked up immediately! World Series champs in a year! YES
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
"Sign with me if you want to live"
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:10 PM PST up reply actions
I know they got one in 1995.
The Chargers got dominated.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Yeah, the year the Niners cheated on the salary cap.
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Yup
They took away Ben Johnson’s gold medal when he got caught cheating
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
You know, I’ve searched for it, and none of the salary cap violations came in 1994. Most of them were from around 1997 or 1998, years in which the Chargers did not lose horribly to a better team in the Super Bowl.
So again: lol bitter
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
More resentful than bitter.
I pretty distinctly remember at least some of the shenaningans in question dating back to 2004. Can’t remember if it was Jones, Young, Woodall, Rice or someone else. I already couldn’t stand the Niners before that. To me they were like the Yankees; proud of the fact that they were spending more than anyone else and feeling entitled to The Championship every year.
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IF YOU’RE NOT CHEATING YOU’RE NOT TRYING OR SOME SHIT
"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."
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by Useful_Idiot on Dec 10, 2009 12:22 AM PST up reply actions
Need.More.Gold.Bond.Medicated.Powder.
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2009 8:02 PM PST reply actions
I was amazed when I looked up Andre Torres and saw that somehow Fangraphs had him at 1.9 WAR last year. Holy hell, he was almost major league average in like (at most) half the playing time?
He had a 37.0 UZR/150 in LF, 255 in RF. No way in hell does he repeat that. I really can’t see him hitting that well again either.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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Errr
25.5 in RF. Not 255.
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Bonds’ agent concedes slugger’s playing days are over
Barry Bonds’ agent finally admitted on Wednesday that the homers king is done playing baseball.
“It’s two years since he played his last game, and if there was any chance he’d be back in a major-league uniform, it would have happened by now,” agent Jeff Borris told The Chronicle. “When 2008 came around, I couldn’t get him a job. When 2009 came around, I couldn’t get him a job. Now, 2010 . . . I’d say it’s nearly impossible. It’s an unfortunate ending to a storied career.”
If you can get 3:2 on a headline of "Giants Pitcher Assaults General Manager" at some point this year, take it.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU……………………………………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by KrazyKrabMeat on Dec 9, 2009 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
This was great:
In 23 seasons, Bonds had 762 homers, 1,996 RBIs and a .444 on-base percentage.
“If they would have let Barry play baseball until his on-base percentage dropped below .400, he probably would’ve been playing until he was 56,” Borris said.
If you can get 3:2 on a headline of "Giants Pitcher Assaults General Manager" at some point this year, take it.
It’s similar to OBS
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2009 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
Anagram of lolbeans: blenoals
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
GIT R DUN BRASZZ!
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no
twitter is just broken. like usual.
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by j14 on Dec 9, 2009 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
but omg #iaintafraidtosay is a trending topic and I’m sure there are lots of good tweets on the topic!
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
"@realcases" has a point
#iaintafraidtosay it aint kool 4 wayne & birdman 2 b kissin on da lipz
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
For serious? Didn’t they just trade for Matt Lindstrom and didn’t Valverde accept arbitration?
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DisAstros!!!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 9, 2009 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
oh he declined it
still LOLSTROS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
LOL ED WADE AND HIS FETISH FOR RELIEF PITCHERS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Don't be so glib...
If you know where to find another reliever with a 57/31 K/BB in 78 innings, I’d like to hear about it. Middle relievers with career ERAs over 4.00 but below 5.00 are the kind you lock up.
Ken_Rosenthal
Prelim agreement on Lowell to Tex for Max Ramirez. Red Sox owners must approve, teams must be satisfied with medicals. Red Sox eating nearly all of $12 million salary.
FREE BUSTER POSEY
Hot Pockets
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
Diherrea pockets
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Dec 10, 2009 8:17 AM PST up reply actions
How does our shortstop figure into this?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 10, 2009 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
He’s going to eat them.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2009 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
I remember when Texas had depth at catcher. They had Laird, Salty, Teagarden and Ramirez. Now they are looking for help
So what happens to Martinez with Ramirez on the Sox?
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:25 PM PST up reply actions
Eat the Lowell contract, pay Beltre, and then maybe re-sign Bay? That’s a lot of cash.
FREE BUSTER POSEY
Wufld…. Wurpld…World Chankoing
No, i just cant do it.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
Whenever I try to say it
Marty McFly busts into my living room and calls me a honky cracker!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
Let me try it
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry
I forgot to mention that he would be naked.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
THIS IS MARTY MCFLY
LOVE ME!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 9:46 PM PST up reply actions
OK, BUT YOU NEED TO HOLD STILL!!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:47 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa now. Don’t get all sixth dimensional on us.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 9, 2009 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
Whew. I through a pack of fruit snacks into the street, so that should distrcAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 9:49 PM PST up 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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Dammit
I did good on my PSATs too.
where do you find these picture?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
Lamebook
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haha
some of those are hilarious
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
I realize that we read some of the same sites
Like Lamebook, Failblog, and I think cracked and xkcd.
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!!!
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Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
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by Zetsuboushita on Dec 9, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
That would free up Posey to play SS!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:37 PM PST up reply actions
LOL Sabes. More like we’re not interested in Beltre because he would rather play for the Red Sox and they can give him more money.
Just got back from solving world hunger
Giants do anything?
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You missed one
I am hungry
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
You helped that guy in Germany?
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Not exactly
I actually just sent everyone elses hunger to him.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
So, guys, I don’t think we’re signing Nick Johnson tonight.
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WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2009 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
Why the hell am I getting Matt Kemp tweets?
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From John Heyman's Twitter a few minutes ago
#redsox, #giants and #mariners are among those in hunt for 3B adrian beltre.
Not sure if he’s behind the curve or what
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jeez, we are in the hunt for everyone
so, naturally, we will get Pedro Feliz
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:02 PM PST up reply actions
Giants still hot and heavy for Uggla sez baggz
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2009/12/09/dont-count-out-uggla-to-giants-source-cautions/
The source suggested the Giants might be making a subtle misdirection play to get the Florida Marlins to take a lesser return. That might not be necessary, since the Marlins haven’t generated the competition to get a hefty package for the arbitration-eligible slugger. The Orioles are the only other team firmly linked to negotiations.
I understand Uggla would welcome a deal to the Giants, too, for what it’s worth.
Bottom line: We haven’t heard the last word on these Uggla-to-the-Giants rumors yet.
block quote fail
The source suggested the Giants might be making a subtle misdirection play to get the Florida Marlins to take a lesser return. That might not be necessary, since the Marlins haven’t generated the competition to get a hefty package for the arbitration-eligible slugger. The Orioles are the only other team firmly linked to negotiations.
I understand Uggla would welcome a deal to the Giants, too, for what it’s worth.
Bottom line: We haven’t heard the last word on these Uggla-to-the-Giants rumors yet.
Okay, this is sounding good.
But dont the Orioles have Brian Roberts? So they wouldnt play him at 2nd either.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
ya
it was established earlier that they wanted to play him at 3b too.
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by Smoke on the Water on Dec 9, 2009 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Oh ok
I guess that leaves us free to sign Melvin Mora!!!!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Patience
The waiting game is appropriate in this situation.
Lethargy
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ok, so a lesser package would mean...
cross off madbum….replace him with thomas neal
fuuuuu…
by speedyt72000 on Dec 9, 2009 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
Assuming the price isn't too bad
I’m starting to warm to this.
No MadBum or Neal though or I’ll be pissed.
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I don’t know, they’ve been talking him up a bit. I mean, maybe that’s to drum up his trade value, idk.
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All that said
Giving up Neal for Uggla if there’s really not that much demand for him would be a huge mistake.
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Sabes doing a "subtle misdirection" scares me
It makes me think I’ll find out who got traded and be pissed
I would be okay with it as long as we don't give up a lot
and that we also sign Nick Johnson. I’m still in the ‘Freddy Sanchez can’t be worse than Renteria at SS’ camp
agreed.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
2. Sanchez
3. Johnson
4. Pablo
5. Uggla
not half bad
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
If Sabes was smart
1B: Johnson
2B: Uggla
SS: Sanchez
3B: Pablo
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
If Sabes had really been smart, he wouldn't have signed Sanchez and...
1B: Johnson
2B: Uggla
SS: Hardy
3B: Pablo
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I doubt we could have offered them somebody with as much upside as Carlos Gomez. Sure that upside is diminishing but he did have a lot of value at one point and we don’t have anybody like that in our system.
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In all seriousness, I don’t know what makes Gomez a much better player than, say, Nate Schierholtz or John Bowker outside of the last remnants of Mets prospect hype.
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he plays a great CF
and I think the Brewers were probably looking for a cheap w/ upside replacement for Mike Cameron in that trade.
Nate plays a great RF, is cheap and I imagine he has about as much upside as Carlos Gomez at this point.
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Nate Schierholtz: 25
holy shit.
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Oh, oh yeah? Gomez is 24 and a few days, and Schierholtz turns 26 in a couple of months. So there!
Huh. Schierholtz’s birthday is one day after my own.
But seriously, Gomez has two seasons under his belt with a total of 3.0 WAR, is effectively 2 years younger than Nate, and put up that production with an incredibly bad bat. It’s easy to see why GMs think he has a higher upside- all he has to do is develop moderately with the bat and he’s a very good player.
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He’s put up 3.0 WAR in 963 plate appearances the last two years, compared to Nate, who has put up half of that (1.5) in a third of the AB.
Yeah, still don’t get it.
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LOL jponry abandoned Flew
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
Nate has played nearly a third fewer games in the field than Gomez, and not even a full season’s worth, which is an extremely small sample size for UZR.
When Schierholtz was 22, he hadn’t played a single game at the major league level. At 22, Gomez posted a 2.3 WAR with the Twins.
There are reasons for the trade value differential.
Lethargy
It has me
These are all good points and I’m not necessarily saying that Nate >>> Gomez, I just don’t think there’s that much of a difference and I think that if Gomez had come up in any other system/had not been traded for Johan Santana, he never would have fetched JJ Hardy on his own.
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well I don't think Gomez has much actual value either
but he has a lot of perceived value for all the reasons stated, hence the “upside”.
for Hardy?
They sent him down to the minors. thats seems like a way overpay.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
Yeesh. You’re right. I noticed that as I was finishing up and put on the addendum.
They could probably net Hardy and Uggla.
Lethargy
It has me
We probably could have gotten hardy for just Alderson, and maybe another decent prospect.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
Boy I hate Sabean
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
What upside does Gomez have other than speed? No power, doesn’t walk, not much of an average.
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I don’t think theres a chance we trade for Uggla AND sign Johnson. I’d think it would be Uggla plus an outfielder…Damon or Cameron? Sabean seems set on Renteria starting at SS
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
with that said, I would support
Vroom/Torres
Sanchez
Damon/Cameron
Panda
Uggla
Rowand
Rent
Posey
Or whatever the hell 6-8 would be
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You're wasting Damon if he's not at leadoff
Damon LF
Sanchez 3b
Uggla 2B
Sandoval 1B
Rowand CF
Posey C
Nate RF
Rent SS
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5. Rowand CF
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by natteringnabob on Dec 10, 2009 5:26 AM PST up reply actions
well we shouldn't be set on that.
Renteria shouldn’t be anything more than a Utility IF’er. He’s a sunk cost, we shouldn’t try to prove something that’s completely wrong.
Was just going to ask this...
Uggla + Johnson would really start to make this line-up palatable…but would that mean Uggla in LF? Err…
that would actually make me really happy… though a sanchez-uggla combo up the middle might be… well, uggla
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by Smoke on the Water on Dec 9, 2009 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
right
which is exactly why we need to get renteria out of there ;)
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by Smoke on the Water on Dec 10, 2009 1:37 AM PST up reply actions
That might not be necessary, since the Marlins haven’t generated the competition
I would have thought Baggs would know by now that Sabean generates his own bidding war within his own head.
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 10, 2009 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
I was gone all afternoon and night and I come back to this crap?
"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
Whole lot of nothing going on here.
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But a whole lot of it!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
Dinger?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
DAMMIT
"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 was weird
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
Very much so.
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And you said nothing was happening …
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Oh well.
The important thing is that I won.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
Eh, I am just gonna blame it on Grant and call it a night.
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Thats usually the best course of action.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
I beg to differ.
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woah
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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I’d want to see something like
3 Johnson
4 Sandoval
5 Uggla
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I had another shocking moment the other day
I found out that Braves prospect Freddie Freeman is apparently white.
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my favorite was when someone was saying “WINN ISN’T BLACK!” after Natto posted his little giants pictures
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Yes. I will bet that Renteria is the starting SS unless there is some injury that comes up before the season starts.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
this is why
I’d really like to see them come up with a decent middle IF to back up Rent, in hopes his shoulder/elbow/whatever stays balky.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 9, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
ummm
Burriss, DUH.
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 10, 2009 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
bet fail
My blurry eyes mis-read your post:
I REALLY don’t think Renteria won’t be the starting SS
without the “won’t” this statement has a major WTF factor, and yeah, I’d bet my liver against it.
by KrazyKrabMeat on Dec 9, 2009 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I am gonna go to bed. I hope when I log in at work tomorrow this place has exploded from the Porkins signing.
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Porkins?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 9, 2009 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
Man, the look on my wife’s face would be awesome if at 2 a.m. my phone goes off, I immediately jump out of bed then run into the front room just to open my laptop.
Then of course the police would find me in the morning dead from blunt force trauma.
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I CAN'T SHAKE HIM
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I thought we were going to have some action tonight.
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MLB.com’s Chris Haft wonders if the Giants could benefit from the Yankees’ glut of outfielders.
I’ll take Swisher
Um, yes, the Giants can benefit from this, but what the hell do we have that they would want?
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gross
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i would like to trade for swisher
but that picture is a world of DNW
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He looks like he belongs in Nickelback.
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I don't see Johnson saving the world
but I really believe that a lineup with Johnson and Uggla and Pablo in the middle spots would be about the best the Ginas could do in this offseason.
That’s why they’re signing Dye and converting Jason Kendall to 1B!
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by natteringnabob on Dec 10, 2009 5:27 AM PST up reply actions
on a lighter note
watching MLB network 1982 season at the exact spot where they show the Giants/Bum game where Joe Morgan hit a 3 run homer to knock the Dodgers out of the pennant race and seeing a very depressed Tommy Lasorda.
it made my day better
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please be lying...
Mark DeRosa is the Giants’ top priority at 3B because he’s cheaper than Beltre and versatile enough to move if Sandoval has to stay at 3B.
He’ll be eligible for Social Security in his second year.
by KrazyKrabMeat on Dec 9, 2009 11:18 PM PST up reply actions
MLBTR
1:15am: Steve Henson of Yahoo! Sports says that DeRosa is the team’s top third base target because he’s cheaper then Beltre, and versatile enough to move if Pablo Sandoval can stick at third.
I don’t know who that is.
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HE LOOKS WRONG TO ME
WRONG!
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Have a seat over there
What, wrong Hanson?
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by natteringnabob on Dec 10, 2009 6:03 AM PST up reply actions
i would too, DeRosa really isn’t much better than Garko, it’d be pretty foolish to non-tender one and then spend a lot of money to sign the other
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DeRosa’s a lot better than Garko. Just close your eyes, and imagine Garko manning 2nd base for a game…
In a vacuum yes, but not on this Giants team.
Garko is a better hitter and the difference works out to be around 7 runs. If DeRosa is playing 1B then i doubt he’s more than 7 runs better defensively than Garko. If he’s playing 3B then he’s worse than Garko defensively (relative to position) and i doubt Sandoval gains more than 9 runs defensively by moving from 3B to 1B.
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I dunno
Garko is pretty lousy… that said +1000 for stupidity of renting Garko to replace at free market rates with basically the same thing
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by natteringnabob on Dec 10, 2009 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
He certainly isn’t very good but DeRosa wouldn’t be much better as a 1B (in practice or by proxy). Also, DeRosa isn’t young and is a decent candidate to decline even further if you’re signing him to a multi-year deal. We’re better looking at those players who’ll upgrade the team such as Johnson.
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multi-year deal...
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by natteringnabob on Dec 10, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
+1
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 10, 2009 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
1:15am: Steve Henson of Yahoo! Sports says that DeRosa is the team’s top third base target because he’s cheaper then Beltre, and versatile enough to move if Pablo Sandoval can stick at third.
THURSDAY, 12:22am: Baggarly writes that the Giants “might be making a subtle misdirection play to get the Florida Marlins to take a lesser return” for Uggla.
1:07pm: MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro tweets that we should not rule out the Giants on Uggla – “there is still smoke.” He notes that the Marlins never asked for Madison Bumgarner in return.
WEDNESDAY, 12:59am: According to Baggarly, the Giants are hoping to sign one infielder from a group that includes DeRosa, Nick Johnson, and Adrian Beltre. Hudson is also a possiblity, while Adam LaRoche is a “back-burner option.” Baggarly also notes that Sabean doesn’t sound too enthusiastic about pursuing Jermaine Dye, despite previous reports of the Giants’ interest in the veteran: “We want to stay young,” Sabean said. “That’s a blanket statement, not a comment against Dye.”
TUESDAY, 7:50pm: Baggarly reports that the Giants are not a serious bidder for Dan Uggla. His salary (which could be $7MM or so) and his weak glove limit the team’s interest.
6:50pm: Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News has the latest on the Giants:
* Johnny Damon is not a fit for the Giants.
* Bengie Molina will not return: in the words of Giants GM Brian Sabean, “that ship has sailed.”
* It’s possible that Juan Uribe will reconsider the Giants’ contract offer (for one year, plus an option).
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports has more:
* The Giants will move Freddy Sanchez to third base if they sign Orlando Hudson.
* Mark DeRosa , however, would fit in at the hot corner if the Giants sign him.
* Rosenthal confirms that the Giants and Padres have discussed a Kevin Kouzmanoff trade, but says the Padres aren’t enticed by the Giants’ youngsters.
* Rosenthal hears that Sabean has at least considered signing Jason Bay.
BAGGS, I'M CLINGING TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
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i'm seriously trying not to believe anything unless it comes from baggs...no joke
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was it retired?
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ah.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 9, 2009 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
Baggs has been a whole lot of wrong lately. I’m just not going to believe anything until I see an official AP story that we signed or traded for someone.
It was either Baggs or Haft on KNBR yesterday griping about the winter meetings. He was saying something to the effect that… he didn’t like having to report every rumor, because he knows they are just rumors, but in these days of twitter you feel obligated to keep reporting because eventually something’s going to be true, and you don’t want to be the one who didn’t report on it.
It was Haft
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by UnleashTheGore on Dec 10, 2009 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
Hudson: Meh
DeRosa: DNW
Kouz: DNW!!!!
Damon: DNW
Dye: DNW!
Laroche: DNW
Uggla: Want (for the right price)
Johnson: Want (TWSS)
Beltre: Want (prob too expensive)
It should be noted that if the Giants were to sign Podsednik, to get the entire 2005 White Sox OF they would have to sign……….Jermaine Dye.
"meh"
Why Stop There?
Uribe and Crede are free agents, and we could swing a deal with the Chiba Lotte Marines for Tad Iguchi.
Then we’d only need Konerko and the catcher, I forget his name…
Lethargy
It has me
Good to see pods still alive.
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by cain1rstballothof on Dec 10, 2009 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
I’d be okay with Hudson or DeRosa, at the right price. A 3 year deal for DeRosa isn’t the right price.
the good thing about DeRosa is that he is very versatile. Bochy loves to mix and match his lineup. If anyone gets hurt or is unproductive DeRosa can move around the diamond,. Someone need a day off and DeRosa can fill in. His RHB will work
how loaded is Sabean right now?
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friday night
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Ugh. I only know this song from the NSync cover.
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by shanghaijim on Dec 10, 2009 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
more loaded than PIKAGiant
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Steve Henson doing his TMZ-style analysis again
THURSDAY, 1:24pm: Steve Henson of Yahoo! Sports says that Torrealba is currently exhausting all of his options, but “it’s only a matter of time before he accepts” the Rockies’ offer.
A cheaper OF option nobody is recommending...
He just won a bunch of money and I’m sure he’d kill to come back… if even to work on his “acting” career
I think I like it in Japanese, not knowing what the hell is going on. Also, why is his bat speed so damn slow in the 2nd video?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I had heard rumors that he went back to Japan and did gay porn. I have no proof of this. However, seeing his “friend” cheer him on constantly during video one led me to believe that barking up that tree isn’t necessarily an exercise in futility. Of course, would one want an english transcript of THAT video?
He did some male modeling, but not porn.
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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there was a pitcher in the Indians system that did gay porn in Japan, but I can’t remember his name.
Hugh Jass
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 10, 2009 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
Hugh G. Rection
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Hugh R 5
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 10, 2009 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
Tadano Kazuhito
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Nope, that subset is outside my field of study.
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by shanghaijim on Dec 10, 2009 12:09 AM PST up reply actions
Japanese porn. Too broad, too deep, too many tentacles.
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by shanghaijim on Dec 10, 2009 12:16 AM PST up reply actions
No, no, I specialize in subverted tropes of American masculinity. Why do you think I’m on a sports blog?
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by shanghaijim on Dec 10, 2009 12:19 AM PST up reply actions
That can be arranged. I accept cash and major credit cards.
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Dec 10, 2009 12:28 AM PST up reply actions
SHUT UP RICHIE
“Beltre would be a really good fit at AT&T Park.”
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I'll see you that and raise you "Scout 3" from Shea's article
today about 1B:
San Francisco doesn’t need home run production out of that position.They need run production.
Yes, it simply wouldn’t be fair to the rest of the league. Thank god for all the slappy 1B in orange and black for the last… well, every year since Will Clark left, I guess.
Must be one of CPlaneLawr’s inside contacts…
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:38 AM PST up reply actions
I saw that! I nearly clutched a spreadsheet in anger, and I’m the one who only uses Excel to sort casualty lists!
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by shanghaijim on Dec 10, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
One of those three is unlike the other two.
Nick Johnson: Career wOBA = .371
Adam Laroche: Career wOBA = .353
Mark DeRosa: Career wOBA = .334
That’s an oversimplification but there’s not a huge amount of difference between the three defensively. I’d really like Nick Johnson, wouldn’t mind LaRoche and really don’t want DeRosa who is also three years older than the other two.
It’s obvious that DeRosa would be the one we sign though because Scout 4 described him as “Clutch hitter, gamer, versatile.” Also, he’s not really a 1B and Sabean won’t be able to bring himself to sign a 1B (they all ganged up and ran over his dog or something).
Proud parent of Waldis Joaquin!
Also, "makes an impact on all teams he plays on"
Scout 4 pushed all of Sabes’ buttons right there.
Seasons will pass you by. I get up, I get down.
NICK JOHNSON PLEASE
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Rule V Draft...
Is apparently going on RIGHT NOW.
Giants lose Ben Snyder to O’s, apparently to be spun off as PTBNL in Milwood deal.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/schmuck/2009/12/the_rule_5_draft_part_deux.html
Giants draft O’s prospect Steve Johnson. Best known for being Dave Johnson’s kid, former O’s pitcher.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/schmuck/2009/12/rule_5_giants_take_johnson.html
Having seen him throw a few times, he’s got some stuff, but I’d be shocked to see him stick around past even mid-May. O’s got him from the Dodgers last season in the Sherrill trade. He’s already started a game at Fenway, so he already has a bit of “veteran savvy” to him already.
Was commenting on that in the rule V draft fanpost. Snyder and Johnson are both interesting bull-pen options but i can’t see either sticking around until the end of the season.
We also took Jake Stevens (from Baltimore also) and lost Brian Horwitz and Raul Burgos in the minor league phases.
Proud parent of Waldis Joaquin!
Jake Stevens from Wells Fargo Bank!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 10, 2009 7:48 AM PST up reply actions
NO MORE HORWITZ NOOOOOOOO
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Shit
I have him on my dynasty team. GO SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU’LL START, MIKE just not here
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
I was just thinking
The White Sox owe Alex Rios and Mark Teahen a combined $74.1 million minimum. So I was thinking, “Hey, at least that’s not us!”
And then I realized that we owe Zito and Rownad a combined $119 million, combined.
It’s going to be really sad when we pay Zito $7 million not to pitch for us in 2014.
/sobs
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
dammit
That should read “a combined $119 million, minimum.”
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
A minimum $119 millions combines, minimined.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 10, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
It’s going to be really sad when we pay Zito $7 million not to pitch for us in 2014.
On the contrary. This will be one of the happiest days of my life.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 10, 2009 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Some of my favorite days as a Giants fan
- The day we traded Livan
- The day we traded Armando
- The day we released Neifi
I’m a bitter, bitter man.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
The day we clinched the WS
I forget what happened after that.
Two-year window?
I just noticed that we only have Cain signed for two more years (2010 plus a club option in 2011). We’ll control Sanchez through 2012, and Lincecum through 2013. Based on this, how aggressively should we push to win in 2010 or 2011? It doesn’t seem like it’s going to get much better than this in terms of pitching, especially if Bumgarner proves to be ready this year.
Maybe we’re being a little too cautious about the players, and especially prospects, we want to protect? No one’s really untradeable if the return is overwhelming enough (e.g., Lincecum for Smoak/Feliz/Andrus/Feldman). One of the most frustrating things about Sabean is that he sees signing aging veterans for a lot of money as safe while taking any other sort of chances is too risky. It could be time to really try something big in order to get competitive right away, especially considering the Dodgers’ sudden financial issues…
this is why
I start to worry less about the Neals and Crawfords of the world. Playing with no offense for two more years is only going to encourage Cain to walk. If Posey turns out to be ready this year or next year (with Pablo-type numbers)., then they’re really just one bat away.
One bat and one shortstop.
One bat and one shortstop and a CF.
One bat and one shortstop and…
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 Dec 10, 2009 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
Pods..
will cure CF.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 10, 2009 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Well, ideally, yes.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 10, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
This ancient work computer is slowing down. Too many comments in this thread….
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 10, 2009 9:34 AM PST reply actions
Didn’t have time to read everything, is Grant sad about Boof?
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Dec 10, 2009 9:36 AM PST reply actions
I’m not telling you.
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this is what i think of when i think of brian sabena at the winter meetings...
need input!
Les Plack = more chicks
Dingerz.exe League Champs 2009- The Rile Rods...managed by yours truly.
by Headhunter Rollins on Dec 10, 2009 11:53 AM PST reply actions
sabena? dammit
Les Plack = more chicks
Dingerz.exe League Champs 2009- The Rile Rods...managed by yours truly.
by Headhunter Rollins on Dec 10, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
bankrupt airline?
Actually pretty apt!
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 Dec 10, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
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