Please forgive me in advance for this
by thehavenot on Mar 22, 2009 7:52 PM PDT
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It is now officially Spring. The equinox has come and gone. The clocks have been changed. I am on Spring break for the next two weeks. Blossoms are on the trees. The weather is getting warmer. Spring training is here.
And I am itching for baseball. I am ready for games that mean something.
This year has been kind of tough. Being a first year teacher is tough. The school district I am in is pretty messed up. The kids, the administrations, the district office, all of it. And then there is the uncertainty of where I will be working next school year.
And so, with two weeks off I am ready to watch Lincecum and Cain and Sanchez throw again. I am ready to see Randy Johnson in a Giants uniform. I am ready to see Sandoval hit again. I am ready to see Ishikawa and Bowker and Frandsen and Lewis try and make something of themselves. I am ready to see Rowand miss the cutoff man. I am ready to bitch about Bochy's stupid veteran fetish. I am ready to marvel at Molina's incredible sloth-like baserunning.
I am ready for the stream of non-sense of gameday threads.
But I will not get real baseball during spring break. For some stupid reason, the baseball season does not start until April 5th this year. The Giants do not play until April freakin' 7th (or the second day back from Spring break). Whose genius idea was this? The playoffs already darn near go into November as it is. Now they are probably going into mid-November.
I feel I am pretty safe to say that I speak for pretty much all baseball fans when I say "We don't need to wait an extra freakin' week for baseball. Go back to the way it was. Baseball is supposed to start at the beginning of April. Whoever was responsible for this (probably Bud), you have just made all of our lives that much bleaker for one more week. Thanks."*
* The preceding rant was purely self-indulgent and meaningless. Of course, if the season starts a week later, it just means that the season will go a week longer at the end. So this is simply thehavenot expressing his bitter, bitter disappointment at not being able to participate in gameday threads and watching real baseball for a whole extra week, at which point he will be working again.
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Opening Day should be a national holiday. The first Friday in April, with a full slate of games.
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.
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
A Tuesday
Looks like I’ll be missing Sociology and Bio
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
by Useful_Idiot on Mar 22, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve already put in my notice that I will be leaving at lunch time on the 7th.
by paboperfecto on Mar 23, 2009 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I cut work for Opening Day 2006. We had bleacher seats. That was pretty cool.
"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 Mar 23, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
IAWTGD*
(I agree with the giant donkey)
Not a big fan of WBC, hate having the season start a week later.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
Right? What’s that all about? Assumed guilt nothin’!
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
Covering one's bases never hurts
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
..and this 10 is for the World San Francisco fans Classic.
Yeah, I too am ready for some baseball. My MLB Package on Directv has been renewed and ready to be put to use.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Mar 22, 2009 9:25 PM PDT reply actions
last year they had some superfan thing which gave extra features. I haven’t seen it offered this year. Are they doing it for free this time or was it eliminated? Does anybody know? I guess I could call them, but if someone would save me the trouble that would be nice.
email Matt Cain at findsawaytolose.com
It looks like they included everything into one package this year. The extra channel with the 8 different games going on looks to be included as well as all the HD games.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
Dammit, I want my money back.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Mar 23, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it was called the Strike Zone channel, the one where they would go to live look-ins in various ball parks. MLB Network will do that now so the channel is gone.
I think that cost extra last year though. Right?
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Mar 24, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I believe so. So I guess these other stuff will be included since there is no Strike Zone channel.
And its fitting that I got home from work today and my Direct/DVR box is broken. Flashing Power and Record buttons. I called in and they are sending me a new box that I will not have until Friday. Here’s the kicker, they are making me pay for the shipping and processing. What the hell is processing? Someone sticking a printed UPS label on the box and handing it to the driver?
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Mar 24, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Shenanigans.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Mar 24, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this time of the year
While I hate spring training, I do like this time of the year. The NCAA tournament leads right into the beginning of the baseball season.
On a side note: how did everyone do in their bracket? I’m not doing well other then to say I have a better bracket then President Obama (who is about 50% or so on his ESPN picks).
I have 13 of the Sweet 16, so I’m doin’ ok. Two of the three I missed play each other this round, so at best I’ll have 7 of 8 picked correctly. I have Gonzaga winning the whole thing, so this game against North Carolina is my big one.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
Gonzaga?!?
Oh, right, you’re a Giants fan …. hopeless optimist.
Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.
13/16
but all my elite 8 teams are alive. I think I’m in 2nd right now in the McCoven group. I didn’t have Arizona (thought they’d fall to Wake, way to go Deacs), Kansas (ditto, west virginia), and Xavier (ditto, Florida State). So I went out on a limb a little with WVU and FSU and it came back to bite me. The games I’m worried about in the next round are: Vill vs Duke, I picked Vill to go to the final 4, Syracuse vs. Oklahoma, I picked the Orange, and MSU vs Kansas, I’ve got the Spartans.
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
no forgiveness needed...
I am ready for baseball too. About the job… there are mornings that I wake up and wonder if I did they right thing in retiring. Then I roll over and go back to sleep, smiling and knowing that I did. Good luck with the job.
"It hurts sooooooo... good!"
I'm not sure I'm ready for the gameday threads
with this site being promoted on Yahoo and all of us have seen signs of the demise.
COME ON MCCOVEN BRASS!!!!11
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.
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
by S.F. Giangst on Mar 22, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Whipped Cream And Other Delights!
dude you’re we’re old…
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 23, 2009 5:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve always had a hardsoft spot for this one.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 24, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
seen signs of the demise
Wait, what? Other than one FanPost that spiralled out of control because of dickish comments, what other signs have there been?
by Grant Brisbee on Mar 23, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I blame Goofus for the dick comments
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 23, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think it’s been too bad so far. We’ll see what happens when the season starts.
Anyone who thinks it’s out of control here need only spend a day reading the comments after pretty much any news story on SFGate. That will sap your will to live.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
SFGate comments.
A comedy of errors.
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 23, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he was joking? But maybe not.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Partially joking. When you have one person ending everything with “hahaha” and with Yahoo partnership, I see problems in the future.
eh
just ignore them and let the mods decide what to do with the onry types.
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 24, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know about the other mods, but I try and warn them. You never know what may come from a member who is an idiot at first, but just needs to learn the rules. Hell, you should have seen xanthan a few years ago.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Hell, you should have seen xanthan a few years ago
Something like this?
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Mar 24, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
WOPR? Too much cholesterol.
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.
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
by S.F. Giangst on Mar 24, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless the people are blatant trolls, I will do a warning first. I don’t take pleasure in banning anyone.
Well, maybe a little.
Same here, though I’ve had less time with the site lately and haven’t been particularly up on the new crazies. Are there new crazies? I haven’t really seen any.
Mostly I haven’t been active from having less time with my laptop lately. That, mostly from having no power cord. That, mostly from dropping my laptop on my power cord.
I think my grandma might want her computer back soon. I’d better wrap this up.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Mar 24, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
tough times
With the way things have been lately you’d think itd be mandated baseball start sooner rather than later. There is something amazing and magical about baseball. Heck its the only thing in the world where you can do something 3 out of 10 times and be considered real good, or somehow do it 4 out of 10 and be legendary. Forgive me for stealing that from a crappy movie but it matches my mood.
I can't wait for baseball
so computers like xanthan can ruin it for me.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Mar 23, 2009 1:42 AM PDT reply actions
Bud Selig did this to fuck me over
I always take off from work on Giants’ Opening Day and by making it on a Tuesday April 7th, he purposely scheduled it for the day before we have our inventory for the year. I can’t take that day off because we have to prepare and they’ll be big shots in the store so I can’t watch the game on my cell phone with my slingbox. Normally I would TIVO and watch it when I get home at 9pm, but Opening Day is too exciting for me and wondering what is happening is excruciating. I have XM radio, but I don’t want my supervisors to know that I have a satellite radio hookup in their precious store. What a dilemma!
email Matt Cain at findsawaytolose.com
Diaries FTW!
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
It's about time to break out the 'ol copy of Field of Dreams
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
Nah
I said I’m ready for baseball that counts. Fiction about baseball doesn’t count.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
..and this 10 is for the World San Francisco fans Classic.
But nonfiction baseball books do.
(Is anyone reading that Joe Torre thing? I’m just excited that a baseball book is No. 1 on the NYT bestseller list! My genre!!)
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
I really don’t get why the players who are taking part in the WBC would be so much worse off if they just had another four or five exhibition games before the season started next week, like it should. And for everyone else (other players and us fans), I’m guessing they’re ready to go right now.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
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