Bochy and Sabean's last year under contract
by TakeAGiantStepNGo on Feb 5, 2009 3:00 PM PST
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Unless Sabean has some agreement to stay with the team he failed again this offseason. Did Nuekom give him a unwritten agreement to stay with the club past 2009? Right now Molina is slated as our number 4 hitter in the lineup and that is a piss poor move. Molina had career year in 2008 and can't be expected to put up the numbers he had last year. He is a year older and did'nt put up enough power numbers to make the Giants competitive in the league. The Giants were last in HR's by alot last year and they did nothing to improve the lineup except sign Renteria.
The Giants continue to wait around for something to happen and Bochy may be the one who takes the blame. How can he win with this lineup? I don't want to hear about small ball because power wins in todays game. It looks like Bochy will be holding the bag at the end of the year.
It looks like the Giants will wait around for 2010 when 36 mill comes off the books. Will they sign a power hitter or two? Stay tunned.
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I usually just lurk around here but I felt I needed to login to let you know that this is a terrible……terrible post.
I was excited when we signed Barry Zito
by jhiat00 on Feb 5, 2009 3:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
“Unless Sabean has some agreement to stay with the team he failed again this offseason.” So the only way Sabean hasn’t failed is if he has an agreement to stay with the team?
I was excited when we signed Barry Zito
by jhiat00 on Feb 5, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know what you mean by that. TAGSNG is a valued member of our community.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Feb 5, 2009 4:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like it better when he posts sober, though. This one was clearly a drunk-post.
“Did Nuekom give him a unwritten agreement… Molina had career year in 2008… He is a year older and did’nt put up enough… The Giants were last in HR’s by alot last year… power wins in todays game… Stay tunned.”
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Feb 5, 2009 6:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
TakeAGiantStepNGo Watch
posts: 30 comments: 29
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Feb 5, 2009 3:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
You must pay the rent!
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Feb 5, 2009 5:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thread Hijack!
topic: what should this thread hijack topic be?
I had a good one in mind a few weeks ago, but I seem to have completely forgotten it
by FluLikeSymptoms on Feb 5, 2009 3:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
We used up all our thread hijacks in Grant’s bogus Manny Rumor thread.
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 5, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That Colossus Is Still In The Rotation
Have you snacked off of it recently?
This just in...Bobby Estalella can apply oral suction to a deceased pack animal's penile extremity.
by victor frankenstein on Feb 5, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t open it. It makes my computer angry. Sad face.
by cornball on Feb 7, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
YAY!!
I always look for to a MakeACrappyPostNGo topic!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 5, 2009 3:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
SICK BURN
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Feb 6, 2009 1:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know what I was expecting clicking this post.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Feb 5, 2009 3:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
TakeAGiantCrapNGo
I was excited when we signed Barry Zito
by jhiat00 on Feb 5, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Take a crap before you go-go
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500
We are at war with Los Angeles. We have always been at war with Los Angeles.
by S.F. Giangst on Feb 6, 2009 1:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
As I read this fanpost I started thinking about TakeAGiantStepNGo the person. What makes him tick. Does he have a wife and kids? Is he a student? How long has he been a fan of baseball? You know? What makes TakeAGiantStepNGo so damn TakeAGiantStepNGo-ish.
by chilibean_3 on Feb 5, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I write what I want and go. Where does it say I have to stick around and get razzed on this site? If you don’t like what I write don’t read my posts. Good luck.
Sports are man's last refuge from the insanity of life.
by TakeAGiantStepNGo on Feb 5, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am a Giant’s fan.
Sports are man's last refuge from the insanity of life.
by TakeAGiantStepNGo on Feb 5, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
do you realize
this is probably the first time you’ve commented more than once in your own thread? Way to go man. You’re makin progress.
by boonitez on Feb 5, 2009 3:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I bet he's more into Giant Gonzalez
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Feb 5, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Totally forgot about that guy! Thanks jcb!
I can haz homerunz!
by jbowl on Feb 5, 2009 5:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think you meant this guy
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 6, 2009 8:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Do these shorts effectively hide my thunder?
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Feb 6, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Beat me to it.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Feb 5, 2009 3:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re a fan of a singular Giant? I like the plural ones, myself.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Feb 5, 2009 3:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“Where does it say I have to stick around and get razzed on this site?”
A better question to ask yourself would be, “Why would I want to write semi-regular posts on a website where everyone thinks I’m a sub-moronic dunce, but an amusing one?”
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Feb 5, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch.
This just in...Bobby Estalella can apply oral suction to a deceased pack animal's penile extremity.
by victor frankenstein on Feb 5, 2009 4:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The alter-ego has consumed him.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
by marcello on Feb 5, 2009 6:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's not that I don't like what you've written
but in this case you’re clearly wrong. The Giants have done more than “nothing” to address the lineup issues, which you’d know if you’d actually been paying attention lately. Bocock, Aurilia, Castillo is replaced by Renteria, Paul Stanley, Ishi and Phelps. Not world-beaters, but still a helluva lot better than last year’s offering.
And didn’t you hear? We’re totally signing Manny.
by bondslegend on Feb 6, 2009 7:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Paul Stanley was a good move
but we need another Ace.
by Sabertooth on Feb 6, 2009 7:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lincecum, Cain, Johnson, Sanchez
that’s pretty fucking awesome.
by bondslegend on Feb 6, 2009 7:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
sucks when people don't get your jokes
It made me laugh though.
''I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant.''
- Fred Lewis?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 6, 2009 10:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Some jokes sneak up on people
like a cat!
by Sabertooth on Feb 6, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well played
I screwed it up, but well played
by bondslegend on Feb 6, 2009 11:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
At least your teeth are bigger than mine.
by Sabertooth on Feb 6, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
DOH
I’m too young!!! I hate those guys.
by bondslegend on Feb 6, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nobody likes KISS
But they make good subjects for esoteric baseball posts. Good job in admitting you missed the joke – some might have taken it poorly.
''I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant.''
- Fred Lewis?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 6, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
peshawww
it’s the internerds. If you can’t make fun of yourself here, then yikes.
by bondslegend on Feb 6, 2009 8:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ideally, a Freely one
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
by zenbitz on Feb 6, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dunno about freely
but this offseason I’ve heard that Aces can be had cheaply.
by Sabertooth on Feb 6, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is he a dot, or is he a speck? When he's underwater, does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead?
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Feb 5, 2009 11:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That would be Chuck Norris
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Feb 6, 2009 7:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you saying that TakeAGiantStepNGo has a secret identity? And that secret identity is some other mild-mannered poster on this forum?
Who? Who can this masked man be? Is he disguised for the purposes of doing good, or for airing the opinions he knows would ruin his alter-ego? Does he help old ladies across the street, or just bloviate to them about the latest free agent the Giants need to sign?
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Feb 5, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Being a sadomasochist...
I like to have two computers in front of me when I log into the Cove. On one computer I log in with a handle where I write nonsensical gibberish about RBIs. On the second computer I log in with a different handle to berate myself.
''I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant.''
- Fred Lewis?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 5, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So the obvious question is...
…which of the accounts is this one?
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Feb 5, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This account is for my other personality. I have issues.
''I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant.''
- Fred Lewis?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 5, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
WTF is your sig? Did I miss something in my lurking?
Molina's gonna test his arm...
by Victorious Secret on Feb 5, 2009 6:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it’s a quote from 30 rock
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Feb 5, 2009 6:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s one of my absolute favorite 30 Rock quotes! Good show, Uribe!
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Feb 5, 2009 10:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks.
30 Rock’s UZR is like 12 quadrillion. That means it’s good.
''I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant.''
- Fred Lewis?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 6, 2009 12:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re lying about that lie. But I think Uribe is undervaluing 30 Rock’s UZR*.
*I still have zero idea what UZR is. I know it might be good, or it might be a new stat that’s now a crappy measuring stick. I couldn’t tell one way or the other anymore.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Feb 6, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
UZR is actually Pedro Feliz. Or Yu Darvish, I’m not sure.
by xanthan on Feb 6, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s definitely Yu Darvish.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Feb 6, 2009 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't listen to them
it’s a firefly reference
by bondslegend on Feb 6, 2009 7:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re thinking of, “That’s why I don’t kiss ’em on the mouth.”
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Feb 6, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My money is on him being Xiefrank
I'm missing Omar and all his "Dreamy-ness".
by PacBellBoozer on Feb 5, 2009 6:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
fake accounts
I posted a comment about this last month. I’m pretty sure there are fake posters because we hand out some pretty strong abuse – I wouldn’t come back. Then again, whomever is doing this is a solid writer, as the tone is spot on every time.
''I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant.''
- Fred Lewis?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 5, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it’s Glenn Dickey, except he’s not kidding.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Feb 5, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Who transcribes his stone tablets to the COM… CO… Cop… electronic thingy.
''I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant.''
- Fred Lewis?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 5, 2009 4:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure
It’s whoever.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Feb 6, 2009 5:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good luck. See you later.
Sports are man's last refuge from the insanity of life.
by TakeAGiantStepNGo on Feb 5, 2009 3:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
And it’s 30:32!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Feb 5, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m imagining a scene with TAGSNG riding off into the sunset with a flaming computer in the foreground.
by chilibean_3 on Feb 5, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You see that.
I see him riding off, sure, but with a flaming computer blasting out of his arse.
by Moggeee on Feb 5, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bad TakeAGiantStepNGo! Bad!
You’ve again made more comments than posts! As a punishment, you are to start three new threads for the McCoven to abuse, and you may not comment on any of them! Begin!
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Feb 5, 2009 4:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I eagerly await your next post.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Feb 5, 2009 4:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HIJACK
if I may be so bold
COCKTAIL BEFORE YOUR DATE WITH THE ELECTRIC CHAIR!
me – some 18year Port
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Feb 5, 2009 3:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Cocktail?
I would ask for an eighteen year old.
– skank –
This just in...Bobby Estalella can apply oral suction to a deceased pack animal's penile extremity.
by victor frankenstein on Feb 5, 2009 4:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sooo, light on the cock and heavy on the tail?
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
by marcello on Feb 5, 2009 6:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
With that guilty smile smeared across my face.
This just in...Bobby Estalella can apply oral suction to a deceased pack animal's penile extremity.
by victor frankenstein on Feb 5, 2009 11:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Soju
Straight, so at least I could be giddy before I was fried to death.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 5, 2009 8:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
18-year-old Port...uguese woman.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Feb 5, 2009 11:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For me, an old-fashioned
And no, it is simply a beverage.
by cornball on Feb 7, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A shot of Fernet-neat-and a good cup of black coffee on the side.
by jdepage on Feb 5, 2009 3:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
A shot of Fernet
Jesus Christ, why? Isn’t it bad enough you’re getting killed?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Feb 5, 2009 7:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I actually like fernet, but it pisses me off a little bit that it is now the SF sheik drink.
PS, wouldn’t a shot of anything imply that it is served ‘neat’
Fun Fact: more Fernet is sold in SF a year then in Italy… (I have no idea if that is true, but I have heard it on occasion)
by lincysgiants on Feb 6, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I actually like fernet, but it pisses me off a little bit that it is now the SF sheik drink
Yeah, you tell everyone how uncool Jager is because it’s so sweet, then you
order a Fernet and a ginger ale (sweet on the side).
< disclosure > I love the Fernet </ disclosure >
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Feb 6, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the ginger back sensation pisses me off as well, as I choose a beer back instead
by lincysgiants on Feb 7, 2009 5:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OH GOD I MISSED YOU SO MUCH
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Feb 5, 2009 3:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sabean Will Get A Contract Extension This Year
And he’s earned it.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
by Skaldheim on Feb 5, 2009 4:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Barring subsequent idiotic moves (knock wood)...
I am stunned to say that I agree completely.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Feb 5, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Let’s see what he does during the season first. Then maybe 1 or 2 more years.
by chilibean_3 on Feb 5, 2009 4:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think the first two missed the joke
Or, I misinterpreted horribly.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
by marcello on Feb 5, 2009 6:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm With You On This One
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Feb 6, 2009 5:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Feb 5, 2009 4:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Is that some sort of strange catputer?! My laptop doesn’t have all those weird buttons…
''I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant.''
- Fred Lewis?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 5, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
kitteh kumputer
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Feb 5, 2009 4:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's America, and we pamper our pets
The top panel contains selections for the Kitty Holodeck.
by Moggeee on Feb 5, 2009 10:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that’s actually a Jaguar controller.
by Natto on Feb 5, 2009 4:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If you look closely
You can see the PAWS button.
This just in...Bobby Estalella can apply oral suction to a deceased pack animal's penile extremity.
by victor frankenstein on Feb 5, 2009 4:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That took me like 2 minute to get. Fact: Job leads to brain rot.
''I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant.''
- Fred Lewis?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 5, 2009 4:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ZING!
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
by marcello on Feb 5, 2009 6:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Got to be a fake account.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Feb 5, 2009 5:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Fake or not, it’s definitely not any of the regulars.
by Natto on Feb 5, 2009 5:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
do you have our
IPEEZ?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Feb 5, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Giants sabermatician scheming?
Could this be Jeremy Shelley trying to rile up the ‘fringe? It’s sort of genius: “I’m Jeremy Shelley. I like computers. Brian Sabean is bad. Did I mention that I am looking for a promotion? You should hate Brian Sabean too. It’s his fault that Benji is tubby.”
Well Shelley. Your ruse isn’t working around here. We’re on to you…
''I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant.''
- Fred Lewis?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Feb 5, 2009 5:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Hijack idea: In jcb’s post about second favorite teams we discussed briefly about fans of teams. So, Who in sports ( and I’m talking all sports I know there are a few soccer fans here ) have the worst fans?And you can give examples of why they are bad if you want.
I can haz homerunz!
by jbowl on Feb 5, 2009 5:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
By the way, I have always disliked Cowboys fans, there are a few in my neck of the woods and they all seem to be total deuch bags.
I can haz homerunz!
by jbowl on Feb 5, 2009 5:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HEY!
Actually, I can hardly stand us. Have you been to our side of the internet? There is a whole lot of stupid going ’round.
by chilibean_3 on Feb 5, 2009 6:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Methinks there’s a whole lot of stupid going around with most football sides of the internet. For some reason, that sport just doesn’t get a lot of people who want to talk intelligently about it.
Even NinersNation, as good as it’s gotten, suffers from a serious case of the nfl.com message board syndrome from time to time.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Feb 5, 2009 7:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For that case..
So do we?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Feb 5, 2009 8:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This
I’ve noticed a distinct difference in NN GDTs and McC GDTs. I think it’s down to the sport. Baseball seems to attract smarter discussion, mostly because there isn’t something happening every 3 seconds.
by bondslegend on Feb 6, 2009 7:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And there is something happening in football every 3 seconds?
It takes the players 30 seconds to line up at the line to make a 5 second play and then they have to line up for 30 seconds again.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Feb 6, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
True
but for some reason I’ve noticed that a GD thread in baseball is just easier to keep up with. Maybe it’s just me. It’s not that there’s more action, but football’s action is just different in some way.
by bondslegend on Feb 6, 2009 8:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's the shape. It bounces funny.
Wait…what?
This just in...Bobby Estalella can apply oral suction to a deceased pack animal's penile extremity.
by victor frankenstein on Feb 6, 2009 11:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think we should trade Frank Gore for either Peyton Manning of the #1 overall pick. We have Deshaun Foster to replace Gore who I think can be a featured back and I was proven right after he had 18 rushes for 76 yards against the Dolphins.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Feb 6, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Careful
Or you’ll be added to his list of PS3 players.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
by marcello on Feb 6, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Needs moar spelling mistakes.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Feb 6, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Raiders.
Hands down.
Molina's gonna test his arm...
by Victorious Secret on Feb 5, 2009 6:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You guys are missing the obvious
DODGER FANS, god i hate them so much, its hard to go to a game in LA cuz the fans make it so awful, even if you don’t cheer or wear opposing teams
Why does Sabean always look constipated?
by TexasRanger on Feb 5, 2009 8:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
*clothes
Why does Sabean always look constipated?
by TexasRanger on Feb 5, 2009 8:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In Dodger stadium
Seating is arranged by zip codes. I used to be able to sit in the bleachers in left behind Bonds when he was first signed, and meet up with other Giants fans and genuinely pleasant Dodger fans. Wouldn’t sit out there for free now, it’s a gang-infested barrio. Even the lower deck along the baselines is drunken and trashy, though with a lesser likelihood of weapons. From inside first and third to behind home plate is full of poseurs from the West Side, but at least you don’t have to worry about an incident.
by Sabertooth on Feb 6, 2009 7:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Padres fans are assholes
They villify us for Barry but turn a blind eye to Caminiti. Then there was that one jerk on the Padres blog who couldn’t shut up about Matt Cain. Those people need to get a damn life.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 5, 2009 8:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
But the Padres fans are ridiculous, nobody actually gives two shits about the Padres. I have to think they have one of the worst fanbases in the league, which is probably why they are broke… I have worn Giants gear to Petco and never even experienced friendly jeering.
by lincysgiants on Feb 6, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I laughed extra hard at Matt Bush’s latest outstanding achievement of class and elegance.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 6, 2009 5:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But we now know we have a vast number of pitchers!
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by victor frankenstein on Feb 6, 2009 7:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Suns Fans
Reason: completely illogical asshats. First they wanted D’Antoni out, Now they’re upset that D’Antoni left and refuse to accept that the reason why they can’t win is because Amare and Nash cannot play defense. Furthermore, they continue to sell out games, even though their owner has made it completely obvious that he is only concerned about making money, even at the expense of winning. Moreover, they’re unknowledgable and cheer when oposing players are seriously injured.
by Fresburg on Feb 6, 2009 9:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Giants Fans
I did want to note how great Giants fans are. I don’t get to many games in SF because I live in AZ. But the one I went to last year was great (Giants v. Padres, Maddux v. Cain, 13 innings). Best fan’s part of the game: Some young teenagers tried to start the wave in the bleachers, only to have about 20 old men stand up and threaten their life if they continued. “we don’t do the wave in San Francisco!”. Classic.
Also, most gimmicky between-innings stunts are lame, but I do admit I loved the air guitar gimmick. Don’t hold it against me.
by Fresburg on Feb 6, 2009 9:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a Suns fan.
I’m also an illogical asshat.
However , I was nowhere near the FIRE D’ANTONI! bandwagon.
The chemistry turned sour somewhere , important pieces were lost…it’s a sorry mess.
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by victor frankenstein on Feb 6, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
what the hell is wrong with Steve Kerr?
He took over a very good team and has proceeded to dismantle it piece by piece. That Shaq trade was such a huge favor to the Heat, just to get Shaq’s contract off the books would have been a big win for them, to also get Shawn Marion on top of that is just a fleecing.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Feb 6, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Shaq for Marion?
They should swap back Shaq for Marion. The Heat are a big man away from being good again, and the Suns would love Marion’s expiring contract…
by Fresburg on Feb 6, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I enjoyed watching the Suns over the last years out here in Phoenix too… but they were never going to win anything with D’Antoni and his lack of defense.
How can you support Sarver? Brian Colangelo made some bad decisions before he left (the Boris Diaw contract), but at least you knew he was in it for the wins—not the bottom line.
by Fresburg on Feb 6, 2009 1:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
nice try.
serra is a girls name
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by The Gene Hackman on Feb 9, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bells……
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Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Feb 9, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hijack: Favorite Conway Twitty song?
I’ll go with “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love”
by FluLikeSymptoms on Feb 5, 2009 5:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Shoot
Only Make Believe!
Best Elvis song Elvis didn’t sing. Even better than “Lay Lady Lay.”
by Sabertooth on Feb 6, 2009 7:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think the other residents of Gilligan’s Island would have killed Gilligan eventually.
I believe that the Professor was hitting both Mary Ann and Ginger.
I think Mrs. Howell was exceptionally kinky and Mr. Howell probably spent more than 1 night hanging from a suspension harness.
I think the Skipper would have ended up as a Thanksgiving feast complete with some type of coconut garnish.
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 5, 2009 6:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Keith Richards is NOT my mailman!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 5, 2009 6:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Phew. I was afraid we were gonna have to wait a long time for another one of these.
by deuce deuce on Feb 5, 2009 7:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The Giants have a budget
that’s a pretty smart thing to do. Most successful businesses do.
If Neukom wanted to increase it, then Sabean could spend more money and get some better free agents. Even that doesn’t guarantee success. And, its a lot harder than it looks. You might want to think about that before your next post.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 5, 2009 8:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sabean didn't fail this offseason...
In fact he did fine this offseason.
It was the past 2 offseasons where he failed and deserved to be fired.
And even then, the Zito contract may have had more to do with Magowan.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Feb 5, 2009 8:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Who’s responsible for Rowand’s contract?
…..and Alfonzo, AJ Asshat, Roberts, …………. /fill in with other useless Giants player
Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???
by oldrips on Feb 6, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What
didn’t you just agree with everything he said?
by bondslegend on Feb 6, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
useless
were you refering to benitez, or morris ?
by giantdonkey on Feb 6, 2009 10:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Who’s responsible for Rowand’s contract?
…..and Alfonzo, AJ Asshat, Roberts"
Sabean of course… Didn’t I just say he was bad the past 2 offseasons?
As for Alfonzo and Pierzynski, I agree with you on that as well.
So no reason to be a dickface.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Feb 9, 2009 5:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate to actually comment on the content of the post
but I couldn’t let this pass
Unless Sabean has some agreement to stay with the team he failed again this offseason. Did Nuekom give him a unwritten agreement to stay with the club past 2009?
Why the hell would this happen? Why would they enter into some secret agreement as opposed to actually signing a contract?
by FluLikeSymptoms on Feb 5, 2009 8:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
In TAGSNG's defense....
His McCoven Post to Comment ratio is actually 13:22. It’s his Niner Nations doings that are bringing him down.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Your 2009 Opening Day starter at second base*: Eugenio Velez
*For the Fresno Grizzlies
by baetown415 on Feb 5, 2009 10:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That is some useful statistical analysis.
by cornball on Feb 7, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And by useful
I think you mean, “not useful”
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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by baetown415 on Feb 7, 2009 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The $36 million could almost all go to one player
The only top free agent who might be out there after the upcoming season is Matt Holliday. And because the demand will likely exceed the demand, he probably would get $20 mill or so per year despite an economy that may still be in the toilet.
I would re-sign Brian Sabean as a reward for some nice drafting and signing the past three years, and I would replace Bruce Bochy with Manny Acta.
by sharksrog on Feb 5, 2009 10:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Manny Acta
…should have gotten the job the last time around.
Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.
by Lyle on Feb 6, 2009 7:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Demand exceeding demand? I’m not sure we should sign this guy if his demand is spiraling into a infinite toilet of cash. It’ll be expensive if it exceeds supply too I imagine.
I actually used that toilet metaphor before reading it at the end of the 2nd sentence, wow.
I’m all for the Acta-puss.
by lincypoo i wuv u on Feb 6, 2009 7:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
have you guys ever had Eye of the Hawk Ale? It is from the people that brought you the more famous Red Tail Ale. This stuff is 8% Alcohol by volume, and I speak from (what I am) experience (ing now) when I say 2 beers get you almost full on drunk.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Feb 6, 2009 12:11 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I just had that for the first time during the Super Bowl! I like all the Mendocino Brewing Co. stuff, but that one might be my favorite. I actually didn’t realize it was 8% alcohol. Good to know.
Also, kudos for spelling everything right on a (almost) drunk post.
by scotterduder on Feb 6, 2009 12:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This could be an Internet 1st—a complimentary post commenting on someone’s spelling.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Feb 6, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Spelling Anti-Flame!
Imminent demise of the internet predicted.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Feb 6, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And may I say that I welcome the spontaneous opinion posts of our newest contributors as a refreshing change of pace.
by lincypoo i wuv u on Feb 6, 2009 7:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ha ha, I proofread that at least 12 times to make sure
by FluLikeSymptoms on Feb 6, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can I buy it anywhere other than the west coast?
by bondslegend on Feb 6, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep. The west coast.
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by WalrusMan on Feb 6, 2009 3:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm have to try and grab it next time.
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by WalrusMan on Feb 6, 2009 3:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what she said!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Feb 6, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Part of me wants the Giants to play poorly
So that they replace Bochy as manager. I think a .500 record would give him an extension and I think he’s a terrible manager.
A McC newcomer but not outstanding.
by SFGuy on Feb 6, 2009 1:09 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Nah.
Let the Giants succeed despite him.
This just in...Bobby Estalella can apply oral suction to a deceased pack animal's penile extremity.
by victor frankenstein on Feb 6, 2009 8:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like my job and I hate the people I have to work with.
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 6, 2009 8:06 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Scenario
But first, you all are so bad, he basically thinks that Sabean is laying down on the job because he doesn’t think much of what Sabean had done (or not done) this off-season, and speculating that maybe Sabean feels his job is secure so why should he try to anything good to help the team. I don’t agree, but that’s basically what a segment of the fans have been saying almost since Sabean took over as GM.
Here is the scenario I see. Neukom has been a man of action so far. For a technology lawyer, he has been much better at marketing the Giants than Magowan, who used to run the very consumer oriented Safeway grocery chain. From “The Giants Way” to hiring Will Clark to allowing the Giants to proclaim their saber-ness by pointing to their internal saber-geek, he has been trying to win the fans over as to how the Giants are run and represented.
The way I see it, if Neukom did not like Sabean’s methods at all, Sabean would be gone already. In the big scheme of things, eating Sabean’s contract would be a mild hiccup in terms of what the Giants pay for every year. So either he likes Sabean or at least is willing to give him a chance.
Now if he likes Sabean, he can’t advertise that out loud to the public. He should know that a lot of people don’t like Sabean, some never liked Sabean from almost the day he took the GM job. If he supported Sabean from the get-go, the Sabean Naysayers would just say that Neukom is just the same-old as Magowan and put him down. Hence the only position he can really take, if this is how he feels, is his being open to revisiting re-hiring Sabean at the end of the season.
And that works too if he’s on the fence with Sabean.
However, here’s why I think he likes Sabean. Early on he set the bar for success very low, in my opinion. He said he expected 2009 to be a year to be competitive and 2010 a year to be contenders. Well, even before the off-season officially began, the Giants were competitive, they were basically at .500 for the last two months of the season. While you can’t expect Sandoval to hit that well again, neither should you expect Rowand to hit so poorly either, nor Sanchez and the #5 pitcher (now Randy Johnson) to pitch so poorly either. Now with the players we have acquired, being competitive should be a given now.
That gives Sabean a small hurdle to jump in order to get another contract.
And I think he deserves that contract. The Giants are in great position to be competing for the division title for the next 4 to 8 years, at least, with Lincecum and Cain now, Bumgarner and Alderson at the end, and the four of them in the middle somewhere. Great pitching is what’s going to get us deeper into the playoffs, they are also what will enable us to win even with a lesser offense. And with Posey and Villalona coming up in 1 to 3 seasons, plus Lewis and Sandoval now, and maybe Frandsen, Burriss, Ishikawa, Noonan, and Gillaspie, the offense looks to be much better in a very short timeframe.
People get too hung up about what he did in the past, both good and bad. They are part of the equation, but really, what really matters is where we are now and where we are headed. I like where we are now and where we are headed, I see good times just ahead, the light is at the end of the tunnel. Doesn’t mean it’s going to happen, but the elements are there and hopefully the young players will continue to develop and not get injured.
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by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Feb 6, 2009 10:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
i knew there was a reason I read this post.
It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."
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by Takimoto on Feb 6, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The way I see it, if Neukom did not like Sabean’s methods at all, Sabean would be gone already. In the big scheme of things, eating Sabean’s contract would be a mild hiccup in terms of what the Giants pay for every year.
I agree with this, but wonder what Neukom would do for a GM if he fired Sabes. Would he pick an internal exec as an interim? Go find a retread (the people that get mentioned for every opening)? Does he know what a GM does day-to-day? Does he know how to interview and evaluate a GM candidate?
These are all things I suspect Neukom figured he would spend this season learning, so when the time came at the end of 09, he could responsibly go forth and replace Sabean if he deemed it necessary.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Feb 6, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've read about that rationale
But he’s been a significant owner on the team for years now. Wouldn’t you think he would have come to a conclusion of some sort on whether he likes what Sabean is doing or not?
And if he knew he wasn’t happy with Sabean, then he had at least from when he was announced as replacement to his first day to figure out the job of GM (that is, assuming he didn’t already know that already, as a detailed oriented person, if I were in his place, I would have learned the much of that over the years) plus at the same time research who the young up and coming assistant GMs currently in the majors, like the Dodgers’ Kim Ng, who not only has been highly praised and considered for a number of positions already, but is also a minority on two counts, which the Giants have appeared to make a conscious decision to promote, like with the switch to a female announcer.
It’s not that big a research job if you have the connections and the time. Heck, he could get a subscription to BP, they have had a lot of interviews over the years with young up and coming assistant GMs and such.
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"I'm a Giant now... I like watching the ball get up there" - Wendell Fairley
"I'm really proud to be on this team." - Nate Schierholtz
"Woo hoo" - Tim "The Kid" Lincecum
by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Feb 6, 2009 5:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
whew
by the time i reached the bottom of that post, i was sure it was from sharksrog….. i have to start giving you more credit ogc.
by giantdonkey on Feb 6, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ogc actually writes much longer posts than sharksrog, on average.
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Feb 9, 2009 12:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What would happen if they replied to each other?
by Natto on Feb 9, 2009 12:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
SB Nation would crash
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Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Feb 9, 2009 4:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've often wondered..
What woudl a OGC vs sharksrog argument look like. First off, they’d be complimenting eachother about their arguments for the first few paragraphs and then continue with their side of the argument for 5-7 more paragraphs.
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by WalrusMan on Feb 9, 2009 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sabean Failure
I will only say Sabean failed to get a legitimate power hitter for the Giants after the season officially starts. I think there is still a good chance he will do something during ST. Lots of things can happen with potential trade partners during ST and in this market patience will be rewarded.
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