Can Pablo Sandoval Keep Hacking?
by Grant on Apr 3, 2009 10:53 AM PDT
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Last night, Pablo Sandoval hit against Trevor Cahill. The first two swings that Sandoval took were sub-Zito swings. Just awful. So on an 0-2 pitch, Sandoval obviously lined a 400-foot extra base hit.
How long can he get away with this approach? Once through the league, and then he'll have to adjust? Forever, as he's just a crazy, once-in-a-generation hacking god?
I swear, I'm leaning toward the latter. There was no reason he should have even made contact against Cahill. The first two pitches were out of the strike zone, both low and outside. Sandoval swung like he stole the wrong sign for both of them. And while the pitch Sandoval hit was a bad one -- a belt-high sinker -- he was probably just looking to protect. Sandoval has had low strikeout rates throughout his career, so he obviously has some idea how to protect the plate when he's behind in the count.
It's just that Sandoval's idea of "protecting" is probably different from anyone I've ever watched. Protecting for Sandoval probably means his brain tells him, "swing just as hard, but if you make contact, Pablo, your pituitary gland promised to release a whole bunch of endorphins, and those make you feel all kinds of good."
No point, really. As an internet baseball nerd, I'm required to have an appreciation of high walk rates, working the count, and getting on base. The part of me that subscribes to the orthodoxy has a sneaking suspicion that Sandoval will have to go through some rough times and adjustments to be a productive major league hitter. The part of me that loves watching Sandoval hopes that he's just a freak, and that what we see is what we get: a big, jolly hacker with a preternatural ability to make hard contact and a zeal for playing baseball. Which leads us to our...
...copy-and-pasted comment starter: How long can he get away with this approach? Once through the league, and then he'll have to adjust? Forever, as he's just a crazy, once-in-a-generation hacking god?
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He makes me feel weird watching him play.
He still flabbergasts me at the way he makes hard contact with half/three-fourths swings.
It’s fun to watch, but I’m not sure how long it’s going to last. Hopefully for the next 10 years…
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
by baetown415 on Apr 3, 2009 10:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure he’ll have some tough times, but I also think he’s going to be a really good hitter. The only question is what position he can/will play in the field.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeh, I’m guessing a generally good year with an 0 for 30 in early June.
by Scottsdale on Apr 3, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
one ticket!
R. Ortiz is not the Run Dingerz.exe we are looking for.
by daveinexile on Apr 3, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm torn
I love watching Pablo play and smash baseballs all over the place. On the other hand, my friend has him on his fantasy team, and I want his team to tank. Best case scenario: Sandoval is awesome, and the rest of his team gets hit with crippling injuries and suck.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Torn?
See, this is the problem with fantasy teams. It’s like saying “I dunno whether I’d rather have a pizza that’s fresh and delicious or rancid and disgusting, ‘cause I’m sharing it with a friend and I hope he gets food poisoning.”.
No! Wrong! You want the fresh yummy pizza! Pablo Sandoval is the delicious pizza!
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One year I had Mariano Rivera, John Smoltz (as a closer), and Eric Gagne (for the Dodgers). It was really sad to benefit from wins for three teams I hate.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huh?
Isn’t it better to get something rather than just being annoyed that they’re winning? This is my theory.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEVER DRAFT DODGERS!!!!!1111one
by microwave donut on Apr 3, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t draft him. I traded for him, actually. Which is probably even worse.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pablo Sandoval
Kung Fu “Delicious Pizza” Panda
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Apr 3, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just remember the number one point in fantasy leagues
Never ever ever draft a Dodger. If you do, you aren’t a real Giants fan.
by positiveuphemism on Apr 3, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I waived Kershaw the day after my draft.
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 3, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always make it a rule for myself to never draft a Dodger. No good can come of it.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is why I drafted Joe Mauer instead of Russell Martin, though. Sigh.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No Doggies for me.
I drafted Wieters, and have Pablo catching until he comes up. I’ll probably move Pablo to Util when Wieters hits the bigs.
by Gregjitsu on Apr 3, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really wanted Sandoval, but it’s tough when you’re playing in a league of McCoven.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"League of McCoven"
We have our animated series title.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just realized that, last year, the McCoven League was called “The Kevin Frandsen Memorial League,” and that that would’ve been an appropriate title this year, too.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never know if these show up when I am at work. Can't get to photobucket!
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 3, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I recognize Grant in the upper left...
…and that guy in the upper right must be PacBellBoozer, but I’m not sure who the rest are.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still looking for Hawk and Animal.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baron is upper middle
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 3, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh hey...
…I found a properly labeled version. Amazing what GIS can get you!
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by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
When did this come about? I missed it the first time around.
Proud papa of Nathan John Schierholtz. Choo Choo...the train is a comin' baby, get off them tracks!!
by PacBellBoozer on Apr 3, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beats me
Looks like something someone might’ve cranked out in five minutes using MS Paint. That could’ve been anyone.
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by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I look pretty badass.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Apr 3, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pleased with the hot redhead avatar.
"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 Apr 3, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have 3-D glasses.
WTF Walrusman?
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Black Manta?
"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 Apr 3, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is up with my hairline?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 3, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t that a Norwegian thing?
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you probably have not been eating enough fish. It happens.
R. Ortiz is not the Run Dingerz.exe we are looking for.
by daveinexile on Apr 4, 2009 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always wonder
WTF I have to do to get a name drop bone thrown my way?
Be nicer?
Be meaner?
Send Grant his blood money?
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?
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by zenbitz on Apr 3, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You haven't been sending Grant his blood money?
You are so screwed.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blood Money???
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Apr 3, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s okay zenbitz. We don’t need their little clique, anyway.
/secretly wishes to be in the clique
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
by thehavenot on Apr 3, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well ya see there’s the have, and the have not.
Proud papa of Nathan John Schierholtz. Choo Choo...the train is a comin' baby, get off them tracks!!
by PacBellBoozer on Apr 3, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OUT STANDING!
R. Ortiz is not the Run Dingerz.exe we are looking for.
by daveinexile on Apr 4, 2009 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m actually in the center picture, trying to stay afloat near the 3rd ripple on the right side. The lighting is bad so you cannot make me out.
by scout6 on Apr 3, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never draft a Dodger seems fair enough
Although my friend kept bugging me and bugging me and I finally traded Josh Hamilton for Victor Martinez and Chad Billingsley (I had outfield depth, was before Hamilton took off). In retrospect such a shitty trade, but it’s a keeper league so I felt obligated to hold onto Billingsley. I reckon I root for him to pitch well and the dodgers lose every time, I can cover the wins with other starters.
Keeping on SWOOPing in the free world! Also, by the reflexive property of the rubber/glue playground comeback, I enjoy wearing hats on my ass.
by SneakToBetterSeats on Apr 4, 2009 3:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude
that’s not just a shitty trade. There are much stronger words to describe it than what we can use on a family blog. Oh my lord
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 4, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely
I will not put myself in a position to root for a Dodger. Not now, not ever.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Apr 3, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I try to draft in person as much as possible. I only have two teams this year, so it was easier.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i could if there wasn't a firewall on my work computer preventing that.
no time for such nonsense at home.
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 3, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also have Kershaw, but I let him rot on my bench, until some dumbass d’ger fan has to have his teams players and is willing to over pay.
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 3, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I drafted James Loney
but only because it was like 4 rounds after he should have gone
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's a way to lose fantasy baseball
and I love me some Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier (in fantasy only).
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 3, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I strongly disagree. Matt Kemp hits 50 HR and 50 SB on my team? Dammit, dammit, at least he made me money. Matt Kemp tears his ACL on April 9th? Dammit, dammit, at least he’s a Dodger. You can’t lose.
by Grant on Apr 3, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love Sandoval! But, that double he hit last night would have been a flyball out if the wind wasn’t blowing out like it was. It probably carried the ball 25 extra feet.
by xanthan on Apr 3, 2009 11:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Giants hater….
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
by baetown415 on Apr 3, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I HATE ’EM
Pablo is probably the best hitter from the Giants system that I can think of in recent memory. Also, I find the nickname ‘Fat Ichiro’ hilarious.
by xanthan on Apr 3, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow. just wow.
Fat Ichiro might possibly be the best nn ever. I might even buy a road jersey with that on the back.
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?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by zenbitz on Apr 3, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know who thought of it, but I love it.
by xanthan on Apr 3, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
another successful oldjacket nickname
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Sandoval comes down with a bleeding ulcer, though, I’ll be very upset with you.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What if he develops Gold Glove defense?
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m okay with that, or if the Giants name a sushi roll after him. The Sandoroll!
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pablo looks more like Char Siu Bao.
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 3, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mmmm….
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he was a sushi roll, I’ll pretty sure it would be filled with barbecue pork, yes.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, Cha Shao Bao
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mandarin elitist!
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Putonghua hen hao!
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cantonese frustrates me. It sounds like i should understand it, but I don"t.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel the same way with vic frank posts.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here.
Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!
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。」
by Zetsuboushita on Apr 3, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I mul'd.
I’ll just start writing Cookyman notes to all y’all.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Apr 3, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The notes are usually just as confusing as the original comments.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Apr 4, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cantonese seems to frustrate its speakers, too. People speaking Cantonese always sound like they’re arguing.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s because we are.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s probably the extra tones. Those can be tricky.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Five sometimes, ‘cause there’s neutral tone, right?
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It has six, but some may say it has nine.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
McCovey Chronicles: YOUR source for Chinese langauge discussion!
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And actually, I’m hoping to get into a PhD program next year, which would require me to learn one or two foreign languages, so I may have less pathetic Chinese skillz to discuss in the future.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You should do something American-based. Then you can get away with “only” knowing Spanish.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
by baetown415 on Apr 3, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pablo Sandoval unites all languages.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No wonder you argue alot…you can’t even settle on the number of tones you’re going to use!
Proud papa of Nathan John Schierholtz. Choo Choo...the train is a comin' baby, get off them tracks!!
by PacBellBoozer on Apr 3, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah but i don’t count that one.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How many tones are there in Cantonese?
When I was taking Chinese, tones were the hardest thing. I can hear them, and when I think of speaking a word, I can hear myself getting the tones right, but when I actually spoke in normal speed, I couldn’t manage to get ’em right.
They’re especially impossible to me in asking a question. I find it impossible not to raise my tone at the end of a question like you do in English.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, I look forward to his expletive-laden pregame pep talk with the NL All Stars.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tip my hat to your nick naming skills.
by xanthan on Apr 3, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the only nickname I came up with that anyone else ever used was Paul Bunyan/Bunion for Fred Lewis. And then it turned out that rotorueter came up with that before I did.
Well, there’s also Fransvestites, but that’s not exactly a nickname.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
who came up with The Flying Squrrel? I like that one.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think there was a discussion of where that came from just a few days ago, but I can’t remember who it was.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kruk came up with that after Frandsen made a diving catch as a LF against the Dbacks in ’07.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think your probably correct – again.
Don’t you get tired of that?
R. Ortiz is not the Run Dingerz.exe we are looking for.
by daveinexile on Apr 3, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kruk stole my nickname!
I swear this is true. I named Erubiel Durazo “T Rex”. My scum sucking A’s fan friend spread it around his drum banging buddies at the Coliseum. And then Krukow used it on the air! I almost passed out.
by res1esq on Apr 3, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is the point of a nickname if only you can use it?
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 3, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m still holding out hope that Uribe-tract infection catches on, though. BOOK IT.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And thus you see why my nicknames never catch on: they’re just too damned weird.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mine are too obscure.
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wondered about Judgement Day. Not sure I get it, but you dont have to explain if you want it shrouded in a cloak of mystery (or if it’s so obvious, you want to extend my period of cluelessness).
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Apr 3, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Terminator 2
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool. If it’s not a music reference, I’m lost. Didn’t the kid
wear a Public Enemy shirt in T2?
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Apr 3, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s Tim 2 (after Lincecum), so T2, so Terminator 2.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's like this
Darryl Philbin to Regis, to Reg (reej), to Rog, to Roger, to Mista Rahjahs
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
by baetown415 on Apr 3, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A random selection of nicknames I've had for Giants through the years
Roberto Nenigni
Jimberly (for Jim Poole)
Bilbo Baggins (for Bill Mueller)
The Mighty Marks (collective nickname form the mid-90s, when the Giants had like 5 players name Mark at once)
Shawn Exxon Valdez
Actually, those aren’t as weird as some of the other ones, but I can’t think of any of the really strange ones now.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s too bad the timing wasn’t right, or I bet I would’ve called Rod Beck Glenn.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always hoped Camper VanLandingham would catch on, but alas.
I also thought I coined Romosexual until I found out there’s the football player, and we all know how big homosexual jokes are in football and in Texas, so I’m doubtful.
And you’d have to be a Deadhead to enjoy Jim Estimated Eisenreich.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Apr 3, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Camper Van Landingham is good.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have
Judgment Day (Tim Alderson)
The Architect (Rafael Rodriguez)
probably some others
I also thought of Anvil, but someone else beat me to the punch.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It just occurred to me that Rafael Rodriguez could be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, but I bet others thought of that long ago.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too obvious.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FLEW
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah, that too.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kevin “No love you’d” Correia
Ishi-ishi-ka-ka-wa-wa
I also had a hand in Juggernate
I think there might be one or two more, but not sure.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also had a hand in Juggernate
That sounds really, really uncomfortable for both of you.
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Apr 3, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I started calling Velez “Zorak” last season.
I have no proof though.
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 3, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does any Giant have more nicknames than Velez?
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not even close.
Zorak
Fast Black Abraham Lincoln
Baron Pickoff Von Ironglove
Ay You Hey Nee Oh
Beethoven
…
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How could I forget!
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This, and Howie’s fake “Jauny Shelled Benitez” pic make me laugh pretty much every time.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come to think of it, Sandoval has quite a few too
Pandoval
Pablito
Panda Express
Meatwad (horrible one thought up by Baggs last year)
Maybe a couple others I’m forgetting, too.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Fred Lewis
FLEW
F-Lew
Paul Bunyan/Bunion
Fast Freddy
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tried to make Right Said Fred happen.
"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 Apr 3, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, if he’s my son, he’s definitely too sexy.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess that makes us in laws now.
"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 Apr 3, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Paul Stanley?
"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 Apr 3, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
w00t
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Little Money
Kuiper said it after Pablo’s first ML homer, which was about 2 seconds after I yelled it out in my living room.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 3, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And, duh, Fat Ichiro.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Big Panda
Credit Rich Aurilia for that one.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We sometimes call him Pablerón
rhyming with Toblerone
(ón being the spanish augmentative suffix for big stuff)
by Merope on Apr 3, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does Pabloso mean the same? I know mexican spanish speakers who use -oso as the opposite
of -ito
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Apr 3, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, we just like that we rhyme it with sweet sweet candy.
Spanish has several diminutive / augmentative endings. It seems to depend on where the speaker is from. I’m not a native speaker and just make it up as I go along.
by Merope on Apr 3, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Fast Black Abraham Lincoln” made me lol
by The Double Deuce on Apr 3, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah, and wilriv21 coined the Say What kid on a day Velez was starting in CF.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just throw stuff up against the wall and see what sticks.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 3, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure this how I got my nickname (aka, my handle, cornball). Some guys on the team probably just started shouting stuff at me and Cornball was the first that I responded, too. I have no proof of this, though.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Apr 3, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yawn Boooribe?
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love this
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was knocked down by the wind. Who’s with me?
Don’t judge by how the outfielder broke at the crack of the bat. It was Jack Cust.
by Grant on Apr 3, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or the route taken by Rajai?
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 3, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the A’s broadcast they said the wind was blowing out to right-center, though they could have been wrong. Jack Cust is a lousy OF.
by xanthan on Apr 3, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The ball to RF went off the wall I thought.
by Lovejoy on Apr 3, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was there last night
The wind was ridiculous, blowing out mostly to right and right center (that Chavez hit wouldn’t be a homer on a normal day).
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by iamawesomer on Apr 3, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Giants hater…
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
by baetown415 on Apr 3, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blasphemy! I distinctly saw him lick his finger and hold it up to gauge the wind on the on-deck circle. He knew exactly what he was doing. Tiger Tiger Woods, y’all.
Please Jesus, don't let us be like the Cubs.
by SimpleJaquez on Apr 3, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He is always going to be able to square up anything close. I can see him having trouble with pitchers who throw hard sliders or splitters…pitches with late movement. Of course, everyone else will have problems with those types of pitchers as well.
I don’t know, I remember an at-bat last season where he looked pretty bad while K-ing on 3 straight down and in sliders. It doesn’t feel me with a bunch of hope for long term success. The league will figure out some way to get you out regularly, it always does. It will be interesting to see what happens after that.
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 3, 2009 11:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Damn you "the league"
Damn you straight to hell…
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 3, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am sure “the league” will be spending plenty of time at the new yankee stadium. Or is that ESPN? I keep getting those 2 confused.
R. Ortiz is not the Run Dingerz.exe we are looking for.
by daveinexile on Apr 3, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THEY'LL NEVER FIGURE PABLO OUT!!!!!!!!!!!1
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 3, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well that clears that up. Now were is that barrel of dip?
R. Ortiz is not the Run Dingerz.exe we are looking for.
by daveinexile on Apr 3, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The league will figure out some way to get you out regularly, it always does. It will be interesting to see what happens after that.
I used to subscribe to this theory, until seeing what he’s done this spring. I know It’s only Spring Training (yada yada), but you’d think by know there’d be some evidence of that happening. The more ABs he gets, the better he gets.
I think he’s doing a better job of figuring out the league than the league is doing trying to figure him out.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Am I really the only person who’s not into the AP photos?
by Scottsdale on Apr 3, 2009 11:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Apparently not.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Apr 3, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Enough pussyfooting around. Who are you drafting tonight at #5?
by biff pocoroba on Apr 3, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pablo Sandoval looks like he ate about two Will Clarks, therefore he will be twice the hitter.
by Norm Median on Apr 3, 2009 11:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And half the fielder….
or maybe half a Fielder
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
by baetown415 on Apr 3, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish to be blindly optimistic with Pablo. Let me have this.
by scout6 on Apr 3, 2009 11:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I like the AP photos.
I particularly like that you change the captions rather than leaving the bland AP writeup.
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 3, 2009 11:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
McCovey loves him… and so do I
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview09/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=4027794
by Squez on Apr 3, 2009 11:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If Stretch says is good that more than enough for me!
R. Ortiz is not the Run Dingerz.exe we are looking for.
by daveinexile on Apr 3, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The AP photos are good when they’re not covering the text of your actual post. Don’t know if that’s just an error from the new implementation or what, but if they can work properly, I’m all for it.
by deuce deuce on Apr 3, 2009 11:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think initially he’ll be fine. As the season wears on the NL pitchers will make adjustments, and this is where we will really see what kind on a hitter he is or will be. Though if he turns out to be the legitimate threat for us then I can see his BB% increase as he may be pitched around (or way around). I am optimistic that he will be able to make the necessary adjustments to stay successful long term.
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Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 3, 2009 11:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The guy puts up .350’s and .370’s everywhere, except when he does even better than that, like in spring training. I see no reason why pitchers will figure him out. Other free swingers like Pedro Feliz fail because they can’t make contact with the bad pitches that they swing at. Pablo is able to spoil them until he gets one in his wheelhouse. He’s going to continue to succeed because he’s simply better than the majority of pitchers he will be facing.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
by rxmeister on Apr 3, 2009 11:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I pretty much agree with this.
In the AB Grant talked about, Pablo got to 0-2, then fouled off two pitches before the double.
The difference betewwen Pedro and Pablo is Pablo doesn’t try to put the same full-body uppercut swing on every pitch he sees. When he reach for that outside pitch, he appears to shorten his swing in mid pitch. It’s the damnest thing I’ve ever seen.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When he reach for that outside pitch,
I read this with a Hispanic accent. It worked well for me.
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 3, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with your sentiments
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pablo would hit more dingerz
were he to be more selective and get himself into hitter’s counts.
"Oh, you're Lisa Stevens from Wells Fargo Bank."
"You can't say enough about..." -Buce Bochy
by Rorealis on Apr 3, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
he's a dumb hitter
needs moar mental…
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 3, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But I thought pitchers were the only ’09 Giants able to run Dingerz.exe ?
R. Ortiz is not the Run Dingerz.exe we are looking for.
by daveinexile on Apr 3, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAVENT YOU LISTENED TO GIANTS BRASS, YOU NEED MORE AGGRESSION TO BE GOOD MIDDLE LINEUP HITTER.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aggression…rage… same thing right?
R. Ortiz is not the Run Dingerz.exe we are looking for.
by daveinexile on Apr 3, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
My realism says this can’t last.
But shit, after watching him last night – How the fuck ?
by FairweatherFan on Apr 3, 2009 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How might you adjust
to a guy that can hit balls in the dirt? Seems like changing how many times the ball skips before it gets to the plate is the last remaining option.
"Oh, you're Lisa Stevens from Wells Fargo Bank."
"You can't say enough about..." -Buce Bochy
by Rorealis on Apr 3, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is the point
I think pitchers who try to work him farther and farther out of the zone are likely to screw themselves more than they are likely to defeat Pablo. There may be a few who are accurate enough hitting specific spots out of the zone to do this, but let’s face it, pitchers spend most of their time honing their ability to hit spots IN the zone. I think you’re best approach as a pitcher is to work harder to find spots in the zone that he is less likely to square up.
by BigO on Apr 3, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good luck with that, pitchers
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i told pablo...
…i was laughed at for over drafting him in my fantasy league. he acutally seemed to get angry and said nobody would be laughing at the end of the year.
by Northside Giants on Apr 3, 2009 12:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I feel bad I didn't get him
but he WAS drafted crazy early in our league. That’s awesome that that’s his response though
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pablo is my favorite Giant
I know Lincecum is the boss and I wouldn’t treade him for the world, but Pablo is easily my favorite Giant. A buddy of mine, who’s fairly casual fan, asked in an email, “Other than Lincecum and Randy Johnson, what is there to be excited about as a Giants fan?” Here’s my reply:
Remember the name Pablo Sandoval. He’s a switch-hitting Venezuelan catcher who’d going to play 3rd base this year because Benjie Molina is the catcher and they have to get his bat in the lineup.
Last year, he started the season in single A. He hit the living snot out of the ball (.359 avg and.597 slg) and was promoted up to AA. In AA, he continued to hit the snot out of the ball (.337 avg and .549 slg), so he skipped AAA completely and was called up to the majors in August as a 21 year old. In 154 plate appearances with the big boys, he (you guessed it) hit the snot out of the ball (.345 avg and .490 slg).
He drives experts crazy because he swings at everything and lack of plate discipline usually leads to big problems as players move up to the higher levels. The problem with Pablo is he hits everything. People were saying, "Lets see how he does with a full Spring Training and trying to learn a new position." Guess what? He found even more snot to hit ad has put up surreal numbers. This Spring he has a .459 avg and is slugging .703. He was 3 for 4 last night with a double and triple.
San Francisco is rapidly falling in love with him. He’s 5’11" and 245 and always smiling and laughing. For a "chunky" kid, he runs really well. (He looks like Bam Morris or Jerome Bettis took up baseball.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 12:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I forgot to mention, he lives in Pittsburgh. Hence the Morris/Bettis reference.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not being a football fan, when you just said Pittsburgh and Morris, I thought you meant Matt Morris. Which would just be cruel.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love Pablo for his jovial nature. He and Buster Posey were both at the media boondoggle in San Jose yesterday. Posey was all spiffy in a white button down shirt and nice shoes, and Pablo showed up in jeans all smiley at everyone. I think I love Pablo more because he’s always so happy.
"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 Apr 3, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
probably more like because you're a
RACIST!
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 3, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You got me
I hate white shirts.
"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 Apr 3, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
how do you feel
about french vanilla?
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?
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by zenbitz on Apr 3, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I speak French…
"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 Apr 3, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I been to a French whore house…I still smell it in my nightmares
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 3, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I learned French with a dream to become a radio announcer for the Montreal Expos. As you can see, that was an excellent career choice…
"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 Apr 3, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
how is his avg higher than his obp?
is there something that you can do that counts as a hit, but does not count as getting on base? Getting thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double or something?
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
by shikantaza on Apr 3, 2009 12:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
huh... I guess sacrifice flies would do this, right?
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
by shikantaza on Apr 3, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no..
I believe sac fly doesn’t hurt your BA (as it doesn’t count as a PA) but it doesn’t up your BA either
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 3, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It doesn’t help your BA, but I believe it does count as a PA for OBP purposes. So, if you go 2-2 and then hit a sac fly, your batting average is 1.000 but your OBP is .667.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
I think HBP does the same thing and so might getting to first on strike 3.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In 1989, Bill Bathe had a higher BA than OBP – I believe it was because of the one sacrifice fly he hit:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bathebi01.shtml
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
could it be fielders choices or defesive errors
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 3, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No. Those are both counted as outs in both.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Apr 3, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what about runner interference after a hit
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 3, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm. I don’t know if that’s counted at all. Baseball has too many rules…yet, not enough.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Apr 3, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reggie Sanders was doing that most of the year one of the years he was in SF. He had something like eight SFs and four BBs most of the year.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Apr 3, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you sure you’re thinking of the right guy? Reggie Sanders was only a Giant for one year, and he had a .250 BA and .324 OBP.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Counts as a PA but not an AB
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember in the first at bat from last night, Cahill had this look on his face that basically said “this is great! This guy will swing at anything!” I don’t think he was smirking for much longer.
I believe in Sandoval. Then again, I believed in John Bowker (whom I almost took as my adoptive Giant). But I still believe in John Bowker! So I believe Sandoval will be fine. He just keeps hitting; no matter what crap gets thrown his way.
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.
by thehavenot on Apr 3, 2009 1:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sac Flies, Catcher Interference
Sac Flies and Catcher Int both count against your OB, but aren’t PAs.
Errors and FC don’t help your OB, but count as ABs and PAs.
HBP I’m pretty sure does count towards your OB (someone take a look at Ron Hunt) and doesn’t count as a PA.
As for Pablo, Maybe he’s Manny Sanguillen, in Sanguillen’s 10 full seasons, he averaged nearly .300 with < 22 walks a season. Yogi Betta is another guy who didn’t walk a lot, but he did walk 50-60 times after his first three seasons. Roberto Clemente averaged 34.5 walks and got 3000 hits. I guess it could happen for Pablo too. It’s not without precent.
Jet
by joethejet on Apr 3, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yogi Betta
betta what?
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 3, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Latest addition to the Zooperstars lineup
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still in user acceptance testing at this point.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of large and young latin phenoms...
I’m just testing out my new supportive sig for my new adoptive Giant.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
by thehavenot on Apr 3, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
After Fat Ichiro took that ground ball straight to his grill, this passage from Schulman made my Spring:
“I feel great,” Sandoval said.
And when we asked about getting hit the way he did, he said, “I like it.”
Come again?
“Yeah, it’s the first time it happened, but I don’t feel frustrated.” In other words, he’s glad he got his first bad-hop-grounder to the puss out of the way.
When someone suggested he might be a little loco, he said, “Yeah, everybody tells me that.”
Pablo enjoying getting hit in the mouth (and this is a guy who has braces, as you all know) will go down in recent Giants history as one of the team’s coolest non-playoff moments; here’s my top five:
1. Thrill homering off Nolan in his debut
2. Kevin Mitchell’s barehand catch in St. Louis
3. Barry Bonds’ homer/360-spin against the D-gers
4. Pablo taking one off his grill and playing the next day
5. Anytime Marvin Benard displayed the “stank-eye.”
Last place: Jeff Kent washing his truck
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 1:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Uh, Brian Johnson’s homer?
It was playoff-related, if that’s what you meant. But it wasn’t in the playoffs.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rod Beck retiring the side in that game is all time best as well.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess if I had given more than 40 seconds of thought to that list Brian Johnson’s homer would have beaten Marv’s stank-eye. So would John Patterson’s donger off Mark Wohlers. Hell, any shot of Lincecum in the dugout cheering his teammates like a lunatic between bouts of spitting and nose-picking were better than watching any non-Sandoval Giant at the plate last year…even when Timmy isn’t pitching he’s must-see TV.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I enjoyed Tim laughing at Matt Cain when Cain missed touching the first base bag during a home run trot.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
John Patterson’s donger
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 3, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The game against the Diamondbacks in 2003 when Bonds made that amazing play at the plate to gun down Counsell (?), saving the game, then winning it with a home run in the bottom of the inning. On his birthday.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that was a great game.
Also, the epic Bonds-Gagne battle ending in a home run.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at that game. It was as awesome as advertised.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My wife and I were in the middle of a big argument throughout the course of that at bat, with the game in the background on Gameday Audio, so it’s a little weird for me. Still a crazy-great at bat, though.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can have McGwire/Sosa in 1998. Bonds/Gagne was the absolute peak of the steroid era.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at that game, sitting behind the home dugout…watching the thing zip past us on the way to the plate is probably tops in my list of plays ever seen in person.
Also, wasn’t it BLB’s birthday too if I remember correctly?
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by PacBellBoozer on Apr 3, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn’t Bonds also take Randy Johnson deep in his first at bat after his father passed away? I think it might have been the same DBacks series.
by Sabertooth on Apr 5, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good call. BA-REF. But I think it was his second at-bat as the HR was in the 4th inning. He singled in the 1st and HR’d in the 4th.
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Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 5, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
Mike Benjamin temporarily turning into the world’s greatest hit machine
Yabu’s triple play
Tyler Walker coming in with the bases loaded and nobody out and striking out the side on 9 pitches (last place: every other Tyler Walker outing)
Dave Dravecky’s first comeback game in 1989 (Last place: his second comeback game in 1989)
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crap
I was at Dravecky’s comeback game. Shame on me.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was there too!
Still probably the best game I’ve been to.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d say the same, although it might be tied with having standing-room only seats for Benito Santiago’s homer in Game 4 of the NLCS. I was standing with two buddies behind the left field bleachers when it happened, and we jumped around so much and so violently that we pretty much created our own mosh-pit. After it was over we looked around and noticed in a packed ballpark we had created about 15 feet of space for ourselves.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sadly, the only postseason game I’ve ever made it to was an ALCS game in Oakland in 1988.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey I was at that game! It doesn’t matter which game you went to. I went to both.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
by thehavenot on Apr 3, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Checking my ticket stub…Game 4.
For some reason, I have no memory of the game whatsoever. I was 8, but still, you’d think something like that would stick with me.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don’t even remember who won the Dot Race?
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t even remember who they played without looking it up!
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Red Sox?
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Apr 3, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Found this little interesting tid bit when looking it up (link):
In an interview conducted before Game 1, José Canseco denied reports in that day’s Washington Post by baseball reporter Thomas Boswell that he had used steroids. Canseco was supported in this denial by former slugger Reggie Jackson.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Apr 3, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tim’s start at home his rookie year against Oswalt is a sleeper greatest hits moment.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1993 Matt Williams
walk-off HR off Bedrosian in extra innings. Craziest game I’m ever seen in person.
by Hobbes2d on Apr 3, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Smartass answer
The moment I heard Armando Benitez had been traded.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
The moment I heard Neifi Perez had been DFAed.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For me finding out Alex Sanchez got released the day after I booed him (first and last Giant I ever booed) was pretty much X-mas.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was living in Chicago when Neifi was released by the Giants, so I go to heckle the crap out of him while he was a Cub.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s like when I went to a Giants game with my friend who’s a huge Twins fan and he made me wait outside the players’ parking lot for an hour to get a chance to heckle then-Giant LaTroy Hawkins. He didn’t show, but we did meet an extremely-tight-shirt-wearing Omar Vizquel. The middle-aged woman next to us almost fainted.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw Hawkins explode and blow a save at Wrigley while a Cub – that may have been the biggest boo I’ve ever heard at a ballgame, along with Armando Benitez’s first game back at Phone Company Park after he was traded.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you must’ve missed Randy Myers Poster Day at Wrigley. He blew the save and the fans all threw their posters on the field. It was a total riot to watch.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 3, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be about a decade before I lived in Chicago, so yeah, I missed it.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Other fun moments
Randy Johnson ending up in a Giants cap after a bench clearing scuffle
Rajai Davis’s two weeks of being the best centerfielder ever.
Omar’s unexpected throw to 3rd to nail the lead runner (and pretty much every play he made)
Shinjo backing up RF and making the greatest throw I ever saw an outfielder make.
JT in foul territory falling down, getting back up and making the catch
Bonds’ birthday game (throw from LF followed by game walkoff HR)
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow…I never expected a Shinjo reference in the same paragraph as the phrase “fun moments.” He did have a cannon, though.
If someone told me Shinjo had moved back to Japan, gained 300 pounds and became a sumo wrestler, I probably wouldn’t even blink. That guy really dug being famous, even though he wasn’t.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He really is in Japan, as I understand it.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude could accessorize, I’ll give him that.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also one of my wife’s favorite Giants, along with Robb Nen, BOWKERMANIA, and Barry Bonds.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No J.T.? I thought he was every lady’s fave.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
<3 JT
JT is as good looking now as he was when I was a lovestruck teenager.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She’s never mentioned any particular feelings about Snow.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My mom always liked Kent, which was (and still is) extremely creepy.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moms are weird
Mine has a crush on Randy Johnson.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess it would be weirder if our moms had a crush on a youngster like Madison Bumgarner, but I’m guessing your mom hasn’t seen Randy in HD.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I already feel old compared to Madison Bumgarner and friends. I don’t need to consider my mom as a cougar. D:
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The day I realized Pablo Sandoval is 5 days older than my little sister, I felt really, really old.
Before too long, we’ll have major leaguers born in the 90s.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For a while it was okay because most of the Giants prospects were old (lulz). Now we have all these good teenagers and it’s all downhill from here, friend.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The first star player who was younger than me was Rafael Furcal. Then it turned out he’s like three years older than I am.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In a related story, Angel Villalona’s actually 32.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RACIST
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, stop that, you!
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
by thehavenot on Apr 3, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um, I meant 32 weeks away from becoming a San Francisco Giant!
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 3, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently, you have better taste than your mother.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My mom had crushaes on Steve Garvey, Frank Gifford and Jim Mora
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by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which one is your father?
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The game where Bonds tied Ruth is eternally special to me. I was at the game with TK, Mr. TK, and TK’s dad. TK’s dad was in the house when Maris hit #61, as a 13 year old boy. For him to see Ruth’s record passed twice is a pretty unique thing.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Armando Rios hitting a game-winning HR the day he returned from his grandmother’s funeral in Puerto Rico.
Also, second the Omar throw. I think that runner still can’t believe he got nailed on that play.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 3, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Third the Omar throw. Props to Feliz for being in position.
by Sabertooth on Apr 5, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pabloco
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 3, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tyler Walker
3 Ks with the bases loaded.
Bonds 500th Steal, Gagne breaks bullpen phone.
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?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by zenbitz on Apr 3, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Special Agent Tyler Walker 3 Ks BB with the bases loaded.
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 3, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When the Giants resigned Bonds to play first for the 2008 season....
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
by baetown415 on Apr 3, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kenny Lofton's
hit to bring the Giants to the World Series is my favorite moment.
I was at the game… Fans were cheering out in the streets afterward.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Apr 4, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This
I was running around and screaming……1700 miles away. But still- it was awesome
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 4, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This from wiki-pedia:
OBP =
(hits + walks + hits by pitch) / (at-bats + walks + hits by pitch + sacrifice flies)
by joethejet on Apr 3, 2009 1:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good posts, but please use the “Reply” button.
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by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not worried one bit
I think Pablo is about one of the safest bets there is to be a .300 hitter for years to come. I don’t know why he would be considered a once in a generation hacker either. Guys like Vlad and Pablo were much more common years ago then the all or nothing hackers we have today. Go watch some old baseball footage and you’ll see all sorts of guys making hard contact with pitches out of the zone. It used to be rare for players to strike out a lot, now it’s the norm. And a lot of those players that DIDN’T strike out were still .300 caliber hitters. Joe DiMaggio never struck out more then 39 times a season for crying out loud. Obviously that won’t be Pablo, but you get the point I hope.
by Hobbes2d on Apr 3, 2009 1:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I bought a Sandoval t-shirt at the yard last night. I never do that shit, but I’m so freaking stoked for Pablo. I’ve been a fan since he was catching for the Li’l Giants, and am thrilled that he’s doing so well.
I will sacrifice a fatted calf to Ann Coulter if that’s what it takes for Li’l Money to keep hitting.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 3, 2009 2:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They have Pablo shirts?! I went looking for one in Scottsdale and came up with goose egg.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here!
But yeah, they have em all over the place @ the Big Phone. I was super excited.
WHEN’S MCC NIGHT @ SJ SOMEONE ANSWER ME DAMMIT
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 3, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck yes. I need me a Pablo shirt.
Did you catch the fanpost about SF Dugout’s night at SJ Muni? We’re putting together quite a nice gathering at the VIP Deck there.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no!
can anyone link me up??
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 3, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/3/26/811597/want-to-go-to-an-sj-giants
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Delorean,
You lazy SOB. I feel like deleting this post just so you have to find it yourself, but I’m probably too late. Hope you and Mrs. Delorean go. I’m bringing Mrs. Goofus and Goofus Jr. It’d be great to see you two.
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by Goofus on Apr 3, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think May 4, but don’t take that as gospel.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
May 3
You need to calm down. In your rage, you’re transposing dates.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right, right. I just knew it was the first Sunday in May.
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by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
damn
we have Rox tix… maybe we can flog me.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 3, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
typo of the century
i meant flog ’em
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 3, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 3, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I need one too
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 4, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWILL LAST FOREVER
As it has been said, so shall it be done
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 2:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Srsly though
I’m not sure we can be so quick to say it’ll stop. The guy just keeps doing it over and over. And over. And over
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 3, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very Felizian of him is it not?!?
Proud papa of Nathan John Schierholtz. Choo Choo...the train is a comin' baby, get off them tracks!!
by PacBellBoozer on Apr 3, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya but in a good way
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 4, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone who isn’t as lazy as I am needs to find that fanpost Xanthan put up a few weeks ago, the one charting all the pitches that Pablito swung at out of the zone, and the incredible number of them he made contact with.
Oh, okay, fine, I’ll do it myself. Here.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Apr 3, 2009 2:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pablo is pretty cool.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Apr 3, 2009 2:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he's pretty alright.
You know what else is alright? I get to move to San Francisco for the month of July. So freakin’ stoked.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Apr 3, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
San Francisco is pretty cool.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Apr 3, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pumped. I’m doing a month of Internal Medicine at St. Mary’s. Get to live in the city, see the parents, see high school friends. Awesome all around.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Apr 3, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All my rotations...
are in SoCal. :(
I’m hoping to get up to the bay for my fourth-year electives.
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Apr 3, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where are you at down there? This is probably the only time I’ll be in the City as I’m trying for residencies in Boston. Which should be…fun to apply to.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Apr 4, 2009 5:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a D.O. student at Western/COMP
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Apr 11, 2009 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this the Cool Stuff thread?
I get basically a one on one experience at the global studies department orientation at San Jose State tomorrow. Only two people declared global studies as their major for the orientation, me being one of them.
"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 Apr 3, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Apr 3, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Already the department chair is sending us emails about research internships in Mexico this summer. If I didn’t have a job with MiLB.com….
"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 Apr 3, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is pretty cool.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Apr 3, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really don't know
It’s easy to always say “Oh yeah well you have mountains of evidence and years of data but my guy is the outlier”. Predicting guys to have the plate coverage that Vlad does generally is a disaster. That being said, Pablo has been quite impressive.
Quick look at last night, fouls are diamonds, the circles are balls, the x is the swinging strike, and the green is the single, purple double, yellow groundout. The triple wasn’t picked up in last night’s data unfortunately.
Almost all the pitches were offspeed. Being at the game I will say his double would’ve been a routine fly ball out (even for Jack Cust) on a normalish day, the wind was just nuts last night. His triple was pretty crushed though.
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by iamawesomer on Apr 3, 2009 4:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey cool, I didn’t know PFX was running last night.
by xanthan on Apr 3, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't get me wrong
I love Pablo and he’ll have a great year. But is it only a matter of time before people start exploiting his lack of discipline? In a way, I’m afraid he’ll turn into our previous 3B, Pete Happy.
I hope I’m wrong, and that he’ll a) develop some discipline or b) be the next Vlad Guerrero in terms of having horrible discipline but being a great hitter. I’m just afraid that by the end of the year, other teams will have him figured out.
by Sharkbit12 on Apr 3, 2009 4:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And let me add
that I liked Pedro overall…he had an outstanding glove and could drive in runs. But there were times that he just drove me crazy.
by Sharkbit12 on Apr 3, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He already is Pedro Feliz.
We are all Pedro Feliz.
by chilibean_3 on Apr 3, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/swings at breaking ball in the dirt
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
by ResDog on Apr 3, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/while still donning the tools of ignorance
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
by baetown415 on Apr 3, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Feliz struck out waaaay more than Pablito ever has.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, Sandoval’s batting average in the minors is higher than Feliz’s OBP in the minors. And they have almost the same number of walks, but Feliz has almost twice as many strike outs.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 5:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Reply fail
This was supposed to be a reply to oldjacket.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 3, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somebody had to do it...
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Apr 3, 2009 5:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yes!
doesn’t someone have a Von Ironglove shirt?
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Apr 3, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
doesn't fit
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Apr 4, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Apr 3, 2009 6:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OT, but still about baseball
Someone on Lookout Landing linked to this article, about how outfielders catch fly balls. I thought it was very interesting.
by non sequitur on Apr 3, 2009 6:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I love (ahem!) shagging...
…but I’ve NEVER had the benefit of OAC.
It’s always cash , baby.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Apr 4, 2009 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So,
is this why we didn’t go after Vlad? Maybe Sabes knew about Sandoval all along! What a dastardly man.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley [insert witty comment]
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 4, 2009 12:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pablo’s new Mantra…..
“SWING TO GET HOT, SWING TO STAY HOT”
Still LMAO at ThrillisGone22’s photoshop effort CLASSIC!!!
GIVE SCOTT McCLAIN A SHOT!!!!!
by HarshInFresno on Apr 4, 2009 9:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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