The Holmless Problem in San Francisco
by Grant on Apr 6, 2009 12:19 AM PDT
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Opening Day! Opening Day! Opening Day is here...for...everybody else. That's quite a metaphorical handful of sand down the pants, Giants brass. Thanks.
Oh, well. We'll just wait until Tuesday, when Tim Lincecum takes the...
Garrrgh. Don't make me pull out Menace 2 Society quotes just to illustrate how badly I want to see an actual Giants game. What are we supposed to do in the meantime? Write about Andres Torres and Eugenio Velez making the team over a backup catcher? Again?
Okay.
Andrew Baggarly's guess -- that the current setup isn't going to last more than a couple of weeks -- is almost certainly correct. So it's probably more appropriate to furrow thy brow than it is to totally freak out. I'm more interested in the post-mortem. Let's assume that Torres is worth keeping, which is a point that I'll have more on at the end. What are the Giants trying to do? Why keep both Torres and Velez?
Hypothesis #1 - Make sure that there are enough people to cover second base and center.
This one doesn't fly. With Emmanuel Burriss as the starter, both Juan Uribe and Rich Aurilia can play second. Uribe is the designated backup, and Aurilia is more of an emergency, what-if-Burriss-and-Renteria-eat-from-the-same-bucket-of-tainted-clams kind of second baseman. This shouldn't be the only reason to keep Velez, who can barely field second base anyways. And all three starting outfielders can play center in a pinch.
Hypothesis #2 - Keep Velez (or Torres) on the active roster long enough to enhance his trade value
Why settle for the bag of airline peanuts you can already get if there's a chance that you can score a free SkyMall catalog too? Yeah, this one doesn't make much sense either. Any team that was interested in Velez or Torres for the back of their bench isn't going to suddenly say, "Zoinks, they're in the minors now? Wow, no thanks."
Hypothesis #3 - Someone in the front office had a "He Who Dies With the Most Center Fielders Wins"-shirt printed up, and danged if that's going to go to waste.
I could see this one, actually.
Hypothesis #4 - If Velez can't play center, then he's not very useful, so they'll give him another month to prove himself before erasing him from the organizational set of Mad Libs that tells the story of how the Giants built a franchise.
Testing a center field neophyte at the major league level when you play at a park with one of the biggest outfields in the majors? Why would you need the minors for that sort of thing? This last hypothesis is certainly the most likely scenario, though.
A team with Velez doesn't need Torres. A team with Torres doesn't need Velez. I don't get the need for both, especially when keeping them both means that the 2009 Giants will be the first team in the history of baseball to have a middle-of-the-order, key component position player as their only backup catcher. If I'm forced to choose between Velez or Torres, it's an easy decision. Both are crazy fast. Both can't play second. Both are coming off of strong AAA showings. Only one can actually help a team with his outfield defense, and the other has an option left. What am I missing? This isn't going to make a lick of difference to the Giants' playoff hopes most likely, but I'm still just fascinated with the decision. I want to know more.
Hmm. I started writing this post to express my preference for Torres, but all I did was expand on my post from last week. Sorry. If there's no baseball tomorrow because of a rainout, though, there's a strong chance that I'll revisit the topic again. Maybe I'll do a Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima-thing and explore the decision from both sides. I could go on about this one for days. Weeks, even.
But it's pretty clear that I'll snap if there isn't a regular season Lincecum game on my TV in the next 48 hours. There's been too much bandwidth wasted on this already. The comments section of this post is reserved for the following comment starter: Just how freaking bad do you want the baseball season to start?
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by GiantBrass on Apr 6, 2009 12:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I voted Velez but I meant Torres
Sorry about skewing your poll. Can we have a recount?
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by GiantBrass on Apr 6, 2009 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This could give Bochy the opportunity to try to outguess Mother Nature again, like what happened in the Enchanter’s first scheduled start of 2008. Replicating good karma for Lincecum’s year, if nothing else.
by non sequitur on Apr 6, 2009 12:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That series of choices never happened and is to never utterred again.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
by daveinexile on Apr 6, 2009 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it rains…both teams could just continue to play under the brim of Bochy’s giant hat. ( it sounded funnier in my head).
Clank: The Sequel demonstrated his uselessness again yesterday. Hypothesis #4 makes sense to me.
As “Ham” Porter said in Sandlot, “PLAAAAY BAALLLLLL”!!!!
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by nvsfg on Apr 6, 2009 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
After 400 preseason games,
it’s time to start the damn season. Short of a monsoon, I think they’ll play. Then again what happened a few years ago when the Astros were in town and two straight games were rained out could happen. Those games were in April.
by SFGuy on Apr 6, 2009 1:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If the WBC games can be played in the rain, we can play in the rain. Get ’er done MLB!
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by GiantsFanInExile on Apr 6, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Reds played in a pretty good rainstorm today. I think it will really depend on how well the field drains / how much standing water there is.
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IT’S NOT GOING TO RAIN.
God wants to see Pablo Sandoval hit too.
by zuma420 on Apr 6, 2009 2:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
But he could be displeased with the Selig clan.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
by daveinexile on Apr 6, 2009 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
T’S NOT GOING TO RAIN.
God Selig wants to punish see Pablo Sandoval hit too the Giants for signing renteria and for bonds
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 6, 2009 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Selig is just a dick. The end.
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Amen.
"Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, we're going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time."
by Azantor on Apr 6, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Start the chant now:
START THE SEASON! START THE SEASON!
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by Little Napoleon on Apr 6, 2009 4:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
After watching Japan and Korea tear up the WBC
I could actually go for some more INTL ball.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
by oooreebay on Apr 6, 2009 6:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Baggs seemed to think that they will try to get the game in: “It could get interesting Tuesday, especially because this is the Brewers’ only trip to San Francisco this season. I’m guessing we could be here a long, looong time Tuesday afternoon/evening. Bring proper attire, folks.”
So for those extra long rain delays – is there a place where the McCoven could gather? I mean heck, we ARE a McCoven, maybe we could get Goofus to lead us in an anti-rain dance or something. Or at least have a “real-life” rain-delay gameday thread, and a beer or two.
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 7:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I would rather save the small furry woodland animals for those rare things called a Giants rally.
Besides after what Selig did to the Astros last September having his team fly cross country on a day off in say August would be rather poetic.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
by daveinexile on Apr 6, 2009 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
After experiencing game 5 of the WS this year Selig is up for anything
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 6, 2009 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
is “up” the correct word to use here?
/ glances towards resident grammar police
Where is my beer & chili dog?
by daveinexile on Apr 6, 2009 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
elitist!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 6, 2009 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just want to stretch my legs out of thier Sin Bin for a bit.
/ whines.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
by daveinexile on Apr 6, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grammar Police are on the scene...
Thanks for the call, good citizen. The phrase “up for” should be recast as “oblivious to” or, if the writer prefers to be more colloquial, “numbnuts regarding.”
Forsan et heac olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 6, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No good comes of Goofus's dancing
If you review the video of Goofus dancing — which our generation will treat like earlier generations did the Zapruder film — you will see a lovely blonde sitting two seats to my right (to the left on screen). She had some kind of ecdysiast name like Bambi or Candi, and her son was sitting in the seat next to mine. I was chatting with her and him, and her boyfriend was sitting to her right, in some sort of pre-annoyance state. Anyway, long story short, she left without giving me her phone number. Goofus’s dancing leads to no good. Q.E.D.
Forsan et heac olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 6, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh, that blonde was me, I think. Now you’re giving me the jibblies.
by Grant on Apr 6, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(note to self: limit yourself to ONE beer at games. ONE.)
Forsan et heac olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 6, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Luckily I read this out of class during a break and not while the teacher was lecturing.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ecdysiast
Thank you for teaching me a new word.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Apr 6, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And a new career possibility?
Forsan et heac olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 6, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Counterpoint:
Pablito broke up a Ricky Nolasco no-hitter after Goofus’ dance.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Apr 6, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, no-- that was an independent event.
Forsan et heac olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 6, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Games rarely ever get rained out at AT&T Park, so hopefully they won’t postpone the game tomorrow. I won’t mind waiting out the rain for however long if it means I get to see some real baseball!
I say definitely keep Andres Torres.
by sfgiantsgirl on Apr 6, 2009 7:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ve been in the middle of a couple of rain outs.
The last time I waited for a rain delay is when Tyler Walker walked 4 in a row. Hooray!
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, you just jinxed this one.
Nicely done.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
by oooreebay on Apr 6, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t get the trade value argument at all – yes, 5 AB a week for Velez is really going to convince some team they want to trade for him!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Apr 6, 2009 7:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I heard rumors that Rowands locker is a wormhole for the DL, sooner or later he is bound to fall in.
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 6, 2009 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
slightly off topic...
As harsh as this will sound I am saying it any ways. The Big Head era had a track record of using the DL for hurt Vets before they moved like extra’s in a back Zombie movie I would have more respect for this theory.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
by daveinexile on Apr 6, 2009 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
.......yes
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d describe that as more “incomprehensible” than “harsh”.
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by EliminateMe on Apr 6, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was like a vic frankenstein post. I still don’t know what happened.
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by cornball on Apr 6, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
How about a formula: the interest of other teams in Ginats lame-os is inversely proportional to the great suckitude they display when actually playing. Alfonso, Benitez, Durham… they seemed to be worth less the more their crapulence was displayed.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
by natteringnabob on Apr 6, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I am very much ready for the season to start. I am going to watch as much baseball as I can today and tonight while being insanely jealous of all the fans of teams that are actually playing today.
As far as Velez or Torres… I dont know. I was really nervous yesterday as I watched Velez catch a flyball and I am not too sure about Torres as I have only seen him play in small snippets.
Right now I dont effin care, I just want to sit back and enjoy a copenhagen and watch a meaningful Giants game.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 7:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
POLL = EPIC FAIL
The obvious choice of “None of the Above” is missing from the poll. Hence, I cannot vote.
Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???
by oldrips on Apr 6, 2009 8:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I also object
I think we should have an option of: c) Major league ball player of some variety
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 6, 2009 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
C) Sheffield…o damn he is allready signed!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 6, 2009 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I choose Torres, and yes, I want the freaking baseball season to start right the fuck now.
Golf clap for the post title, Grant.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Apr 6, 2009 8:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Amen, love the title.
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Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why the hell are the Giants starting tomorrow again?
This sucks
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 9:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
God dammit. It hasn’t rained in weeks, and we hardly ever get thunder in the Bay Area, so of course that WOULD be the forecast for opening night. Bathturds, all of them.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 9:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bathturds. Nice.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If tomorrow gets rained out
I’m going to lose it. I bought my tickets, took the day off of work and have been planning this for what has seemed like months.
Please weather gods, I beg you, don’t break my heart.
Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game. -Rod Kanehl. Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis
by j14 on Apr 6, 2009 9:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yup, us too. If the game gets moved to Wednesday or Thursday I’ll have tickets available, of course you’ll have to come get them…
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baseball Gods trump the weather Gods.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Minor League OPS
Torres: .752
Velez: .792
ML OPS
Torres: .534
Velez: .694
When given the choice between a giant douche and a turd sandwich, One must clearly pick the one with the higher career offensive #’s.
Bonus, he’s also 4 years younger, and plays more positions.
by FairweatherFan on Apr 6, 2009 9:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So,
the fact that he’s capable of sucking at multiple positions makes him more valuable than a guy who’s actually good at one?
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
define valuable
‘cuz if you are talking “comedic value” I’d have to say yes
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got an e-mail from a guy who went to Puerto Rico to coach Torres on his hitting a couple of years ago, and he said he changed his whole approach. He used to be a slappy, hit ‘em where they ain’t guy, but now he’s modeling his swing after Albert Pujols to drive the ball more. Obviously, he ain’t Pujols, but it would explain the offensive improvement of the past couple years. I could see Torres being a .260/.310/.400 kind of hitter, which isn’t bat for a plus defender in center.
by Grant on Apr 6, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, he worked out more in the offseason, added 10 pounds of muscle, and is in the best shape of his career. Oh, and he corrected a flaw in his pitching mechanics.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 6, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
While throwing canyons
I really get sick of hearing stories like this in the spring myself…though Francouerueerur did experience immediate dividends for his hard work
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t see how Francoeur’s new stance will make that bit a difference in the longterm… his big problem is and will always be plate discipline. I don’t think a new stance will help with that.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Apr 6, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But dingers!
And that homer was blasted. Not as much as McCann’s, but McCann’s was a freaking moonshot.
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 6, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kind of, but in this case, he actually got better. He had a hell of a year in AAA.
by Grant on Apr 6, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He plays more positions?
I have yet to see a single position that Velez can actually play.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 6, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer Velez too but I don’t care about it that much.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Apr 6, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ML Defense:
Torres: good.
Velez: ungood.
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I hope.
by Cookyman on Apr 6, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
double plus ungood.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 6, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grant
You took the quiz: What Menace II Society character are you?
The answer is:
O-DOG
You are not kind to Holmless baseheads and enjoy stealing their hamburgers
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 9:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
GOOOOOOOOOOO CLIFF LEE
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 9:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
mine too
im effed this week
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I voted for Velez
for sheer entertainment purposes only.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 6, 2009 9:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Seriously
the new ESPN baseball opening thing is soooooo effing weird. And stupid. And Steve Phillips is on my TV again, goddammit
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 10:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If you have digital cable or Directv, you could avoid Phillips this week and watch it on MLB Extra Innings free preview.
by SFGuy on Apr 6, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw this headline about a dozen times before I realized it said “Holmless”…
I didn’t get it until then.
Torres please, he can actually catch the ball and he’s the EMERGENCY CATCHER FTW!!!!!!1
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 6, 2009 10:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
my now-Pavlovian response when anyone mentions the possibility of Velez:
“You can’t fix stupid.”
Forsan et heac olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 6, 2009 11:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Although I’ll take some tater salad right about now. No Mini Tacos left….
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Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have to ask
These mini tacos. Are they taquitos, or are they something that’s just like a taco, but tiny? The concept confuses me a little, because tacos aren’t very big to begin with.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Think this.
So they’re tacos, just beef and cheese, and they’re about 2 inches long.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
age & pinch-hitting
velez is 4 years younger
he’s proven to be a pinch-hitting machine
winn can play CF so you dont need Torres’ better D there
by cazzuno on Apr 6, 2009 11:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Proven?
In 34 plate appearances?
You could just as well say they should start him in right, since his line as an RF (22 PAs) is .333 /.364/.571.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 6, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
um no
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What?
4 out of 5 doctors agree Rosterbation can cause blindness and delusions of grandeur.
by igotnothing on Apr 6, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He has proven to be mostly full of fail with a few flashes of being mediocre every now and then.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm torn...
On the one hand, I can’t wait for baseball to start. On the other, I have tickets to Wednesday’s game, and it would be super awesome if that turned out to be a Lincecum start and opening day by default. So, for selfish reasons, bring on the rain, I guess.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Apr 6, 2009 11:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
But what about the Cy Young Award ceremony??
They’re not going to have it the same night he’s starting! It will throw off everything! :(
by sfgiantsgirl on Apr 6, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d rather see the Cy Young winner pitch than watch him get a plaque.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Apr 6, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, fine. But since I’m going to both games, I’d rather see both.
by sfgiantsgirl on Apr 6, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you pray to your gods and i'll pray to mine...
we’ll see who comes out on top. be warned, i’m breaking out a rain dance tomorrow.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Apr 6, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or we'll both lose...
From Henry Schulman’s blog:
“Just so you know, if the game is rained out, the Giants are talking about a doubleheader Wednesday, which they almost have to do since the Brewers do not come back to San Francisco. I’m guessing it would be a split-admission doubleheader so the Giants would not lose their Opening Day gate.”
Then you’d still only see the second game and I wouldn’t be able to see the first game at all because I have a midterm on Wednesday!!
by sfgiantsgirl on Apr 6, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck. I can’t stick around for the night game if they do this, as I’m getting up early to leave for Fresno the next day.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 6, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, for selfish reasons, bring on the rain
Yes, very selfish of you. You should be ashamed.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Banned.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Apr 6, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why are we the only team that has Opening Day on Tuesday?! Today is a beautiful day, it would have been the perfect day for our season to start. And why couldn’t we be like a lot of other teams and have an off day in case it rains? The White Sox and Red Sox did that and have already postponed their openers so that they don’t have to make their fans sit through hours of delays. Tomorrow is going to be a loooooooooooooong day……….
by sfgiantsgirl on Apr 6, 2009 11:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, to be fair, the chance of bad weather in April is a lot higher in Chicago and Boston than it is in San Francisco.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's true...
but I still wish we were opening today and not tomorrow.
by sfgiantsgirl on Apr 6, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, yeah.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m saying “well” too much here.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…as a well
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't studied it, but I think the Milwaukee Brewers also have their first game on Tuesday.
Forsan et heac olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Apr 6, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’re on to something!
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
unpossible!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 6, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can we add a who cares option to the poll?
Neither will ever make a significant contribution to the organization.
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 11:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Considering the level of freakout when the roster was announced, I think it’s fair to say that people here are big enough nerds that they definitely care.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You say "they"...
…but you really mean “we”.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 6, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My nearly 11,000 comments would tend to attest to that, yes.
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 6, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That and your rage-fueled oubursts.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Apr 6, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But I don’t think its caring about which one we keep. Its the freak out about having no back up catcher, except the Kung fu Panda.
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There was a lot of freakout over things like Juan Uribe and Rich Aurilia both making the team and Kevin Frandsen getting demoted.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Again, not freak out about which to keep. Just saying who cares which we keep between Velez and Torres. I like the Frandsen demotion. He needs to play everyday. And he wont do that in the bigs. He took a year off. He should be in the Minors
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would express my bafflement at the notion that a 27 year old whose ceiling has pretty much always been that of a backup would somehow “need” to play every day, but I’ve had that argument approximately 7,000 times.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So the other 4,000 comments were just rage then?
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 6, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, shit
Cliff Lee- not a good pitcher this year. IM SCREWED
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 11:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
But I have Haren!
and Gallardo!….
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love Gallardo, until he blows out his elbow in two weeks
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SHUSH YOU
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DOUBLE SHUSH!
Proud parent of future rookie of the year, Gerald Posey!
by GiantsFanInExile on Apr 6, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
D:
"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 6, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dropped Lee midway through last season after he had three bad starts in a row and I thought he was done. So don’t give up on him yet or you’ll look like as much of a fool as me.
He does show all the signs of being a one-year wonder, though.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
and I took him before Oswalt. If I could, I’d do it the other way around. I just didn’t like anyone else that was available
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And speaking of fantasy
My team has a 1.500 OPS right now. I AM GENIUS HEAR ME ROAR.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I drafted Johan Santana
1.59 ERA 4 teh win!
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Apr 6, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My OPS is now down to .600. :(
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…and now .500. I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS SUCH A FAST COLLAPSE.
On the other hand, I have a 0.00 ERA (after 1 1/3 inning of Paul Maholm), so I’m better than you, Kitspool.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had Lee in one league
and Webb in another. Pitching not doing me well so far
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
let me just say for the record that
I NEVER BELIEVED IN CLIFF LEE.
I still don’t.
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 6, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nither to I
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rainy day baseball story
Back in 2002, I think, I decided to splurge on a lower box ticket for a Giants-Dodger game. I was a college student at the time, and was staying with my grandmother out in central Contra Costa County while taking summer classes at Berkeley and working in Oakland. Anyway, the day came – and this was in July or so, mind you – and it was POURING DOWN RAIN. It was torrential.
On this day, my grandmother was out of town, so I didn’t have a ride to BART. It was about a mile to BART, over three hills, so not such a fun walk in the pouring rain. I looked all over the house, but couldn’t find a single umbrella or raincoat. I was so irritated – this would have to be the ONE DAY all summer it rained. I called a cab, but this was the suburbs and it was going to take an hour for them to send someone out.
I finally gave up. The rain was really hard, and, I figured, there was no way the game would get played. Why get soaked for nothing?
Then, shortly before the game started (but close enough to the start time that if I left, I would miss like half the game), the rain stopped just like that. It never started again. The game was played – the start time wasn’t even delayed. God, I felt like a tool.
Lessons to learn from this story:
- Make sure you have an umbrella
- Don’t be a dumbass and give up
- The suburbs are stupid
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 11:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and also
The Giants won the game.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think they won a few in 2002.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't remember
wasn’t that season shortened?
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought that was the strike shortened season
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only after the first 5 1/2 games of the World Series. Then lightning stuck the stadium and many, many were dead. It was a Bad Tragedy.
(What does it say about us that I would rather remember it as a horrible mass-death than a baseball game?)
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are a ture fan.. And we are all sick
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just look at it as Bud Selig just decided to cancel the World Series at that point as opposed to people dying. Selig called and said “Eh, that’s enough baseball for the year. Giants you win it.”
by SFGuy on Apr 6, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shitty shit.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Steve Phillips:
fucking idiot.
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 11:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone seen that optimism commercial?
I love how every fan is like we are going to win it all.. Except the Pirates fan who is like, “We’re on the right track” At least the guy is realistic. But is the right track siging players from India who have never actually played in a baseball game or seen a game for that matter.
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 11:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I mentioned this in yesterday’s gameday thread. It lead to a discussion of the last 15+ years of Massive Pirates Fail. Good times.
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 6, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Should we feel good that our signing of Barry Bonds has resulted in the Pirates potentially setting the record for most consecutive losing seasons in any sport?
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There have been other issues too, like drafting Bryan Bullington ahead of B.J. Upton or Cole Hamels.
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 6, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um, hello? Taking on the remainder of Matt Morris’ contract for Rajai Davis?
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Apr 6, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, yeah, there’s plenty more where that came from. In yesterday’s gameday I also mentioned trading Moises Alou as a rookie, choosing Andy Van Slyke over Barry Bonds, and giving multi-year deals to Derek Bell and Mike Benjamin.
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 6, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How else are you supposed to get the folks excited enough to watch games on TV and go to the yard?
Adopted groomer for Mark Gardner's Mullet / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THIS JUST IN
Steve Phillips doubts the veracity of STATS because they “don’t agree with his eyes”. Seeing as how his eyes told him to trade Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano, I’d say he should STFU
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 12:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Like, when he was GM with the Mets, he could tell who on the field was on ’roids ?
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DEREK JETER CAN'T BE A BAD SHORTSTOP!
He actually made that argument. Again.
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m trying to imagine, now, if Sabean got fired and became a bad color commentator. Oh, god.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Atleast Sabean doesnt have a Kazmir for Zambrano trade hanging over his head… Unless you count that Nathan Liriano for Pierzynski thing
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If that trade didn’t happen, the Giants wouldn’t have been bad enough to draft Lincecum.
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No we still could have been that bad.. Felipe would have worn out Joe Nathans arm and we wouldn’t have had a closer
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’d have lots of opportunities to use his catch phrases.
“At the end of the day, the gamers, the guys with that veteran savvy and warrior spirit, will find a way to win.”
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Apr 6, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On one hand, I doubt ESPN allows smoke breaks after every inning, so Sabean would be out of luck there.
On the other, “due dilligence” and “kicking the tires” could replace Joe Morgan’s “cawwwwmfurtabull” as the top Sunday Night Baseball catchphrase. Hey, it beats “when I ran the Mets into the ground.”
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll be happy if I never have to hear the chicken cackle call ever again: “Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back…” ugh
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boomer should have stopped at Eddie “Eat, Drink and be” Murray. It’s been a downhill slide since then.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for LaMarr “Where Does It” Hoyt and Jim “Two Silhouettes On” Deshaies.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Apr 6, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even Bert “Be Home” Blyleven was pretty decent, but all Chris is good for these days is awesome rants on Youtube about smuggling pills from Canada:
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
Never seen that before. That is some weird, wild stuff.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Apr 6, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he still has a job. Apparently if you were with ESPN from the start you can’t lose your job unless you don’t know how to swim.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Congratulations of making the first-ever Tom Mees joke on McCovey Chronicles.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Apr 6, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always liked Tony “Jalla” Pena
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s Tom Jackson doing at the HR Derby?
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That actually wasn't Phillips
Jim Duquette made that trade.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Chatterbalks dot com: Still with jokes. Now with updates.
by groug on Apr 6, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From Steve Phillips wikipedia article:
During a September 2007 broadcast of a game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles, Phillips claimed that he drafted the entire starting lineup of the 1927 Yankees. “I had my eye on Lou [Gehrig] since he was in high school. Our scouts gave me the warning signs, his lack of range, his inability to hit the inside fastball, the potential degeneration of his muscles, but I stuck with my instincts. I think it was a pretty good move for the ‘Stevemeister’,” quipped Phillips. During the same broadcast, he also claimed to have wrestled the Iron Sheik (to a draw) in 1984 and that he was the original drummer for heavy metal group, Motorhead.
I don’t know if that’s real or not, but either way, I am amused at the stupidity of it all.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s awesome… But I beleive he also claimed he’d let Jeter play short from a wheel chair and he also also perfected Gaydar
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not real
but awesome
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 6, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Steve "Philthy" Phillips
He was wasn’t he?
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Apr 6, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh come on. Take responsibility for your wiki actions jcb9.
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He really doesn't want to wrestle The Iron Sheik, by the way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K-wEUCCvE0
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT
heard unsubstantiated rumor that the O’s have signed Pedro Martinez. Anyone hearing anything?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 6, 2009 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
never mind
April Fulls
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 6, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
velez produces in spring training, people say its only spring so it dosnt matter. velez does well pinch hitting, people say its not enough ab’s to tell. i think he’s a weapon at the plate. i also agree that it doesn’t matter which one stays, as long as one of them goes for holm.
by shaolinironlion on Apr 6, 2009 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Velez is not good at anything
Torres is a good defender. How the hell is this even an argument? They’re the exact same player, except Velez is worse on D. Neither should be on the team, much less BOTH of them.
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
its an argument because its opening day, i have the day off and the giants play tommorow. but for the sake of argument, i like velez off the bench for his bat. not his great bat or even his good bat, just a bat that i think is farther along than torres’. torres just started using his new approach this year, velez has been working with his same crappy mechanics for a while now.
by shaolinironlion on Apr 6, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes,
Velez has a bat. That bat sucks. Torres’ bat sucks slightly more, but his defense probably makes up for that. Velez has no redeeming feature, other than speed, which torres also has. So yeah.
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What would Jose Jesus Guzman do?
Adopted groomer for Mark Gardner's Mullet / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what r we going to use these guys for, i bet they r used way more for pinch running and hitting than for d fense.
by shaolinironlion on Apr 6, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whatever you say
if that’s the case then it’s even stupider to keep them both.
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i bet they r used way more 4 pinch running and d fense than 4 hitting.
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"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
d fense more than hitting if rowand continues to suck thats for sure.if he dosnt i dont see torres taking d reps from are starters unless its a pinch hit double switch situation early in the game. this is like looking at magnifying glasses under microscopes
by shaolinironlion on Apr 6, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wtf
grammar and punctuation, do you speak it????
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 6, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
its jus tha int r net y wud speling ore grammer mater n a mideum were yr cumunicating ownly thru rightng?
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
now, now maybe English is not the primary language.
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently, it’s textish.
Hi, I am Johnny Disaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 6, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
your like a teacher who intercepts a note in a classroom, reads said note, than corrects the spelling and grammar, and returns it to the sender.
by shaolinironlion on Apr 6, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
my like?
what about it?
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 6, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he’s trying to say that you’re hot for teacher.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I GOT MY PENCIL
Gimme sumthin ta write on!
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 6, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Claaaaaaaaaaassss
Dismissed!
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 6, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here’s what the Giants learned during the longest Spring Training in recorded history:
1. Steve Holm is not good.
2. Deciding between Torres and Velez is hard.
They’re just waiting for one of the speedy Quadruple-A OF’s to fail instead of simply making a tough decision. GIANTS BRASS is like a guy who wants to break up with his girlfriend but decides the best way to do it is avoid her and hope she’ll dump him first.
Can we just go ahead and add Velez/Torres to the next UFC 97 PPV in Montreal? I’m going to be there so I’d really appreciate it. It would be a much more entertaining way to decide this than watching how both do with their 10 combined AB’s a week.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 12:51 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
1) SCREW YOU STEVE HOLM RULES
2) It’s pretty clear to me that the Giants already thought he sucked last year.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They’re waiting for Holm to break up with THEM.
“Um, Sabes? Yeah, it’s Steve. No, not Steve Scarsone, Steve Holm. You know, the catcher? Anyway, I think I need to start seeing other teams. No, no, I just think we both need our space right now. It’s not you, it’s me.”
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“I invented the ’it’s not you, it’s me’.”
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 6, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's ALWAYS me.
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 6, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cliff Lee = Barry Zito?
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 1:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
if only for a day…
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
by oooreebay on Apr 6, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If only Zito had Lee’s contract.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If only Zito were in Cleveland with Lee.
by SFGuy on Apr 6, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BTW
St Louis, with Ankiel, Ludwick ,and Pujols, is hitting JEFF EFFING SPICOLI 4th. LOLarussa
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 1:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Seems like a totally legit move.. Spicoli is going to hit like .250 this year
by LittleSabean on Apr 6, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does that make LaRussa Mr. Hand?
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LaRussa's gettin crunk before the game again.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
by oooreebay on Apr 6, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope he keeps this line-up going all year because that’s some great protection for the best hitter in the NL.
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by cornball on Apr 6, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
JJ PUTZ IS BLACK RIGHT HANDED?
I honestly thought he was a lefty.
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by groug on Apr 6, 2009 1:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He’s not, but he and B.J. Ryan were once drafted in consecutive picks in the 17th round. Mike MacDougal was drafted in the same round – 266 combined saves isn’t so bad for the 17th round of the draft.
Ty Wigginton and Eric Hinske were the same round, too.
Of course, the guy the Giants drafted in that round doesn’t even have a b-r profile.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I forgot to mention to reason why I even thought of this in the first place, which is because B.J. Ryan really is a lefty.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought so, too, until the WBC. I mean, Putz is just such an appropriate name for a lefty pitcher.
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by cornball on Apr 6, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Listening to Thom Brennaman call COL-AZ while at work
is the equivalent of repeatedly taking a cookie sheet to the face.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
by oooreebay on Apr 6, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think that’s Daron (Darin? Darren?) Sutton, who’s even worse than Brennaman. I was following that game too for a little bit but listening to him and Grace was just too painful.
by non sequitur on Apr 6, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sutton is the TV
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is the worst game
mlb.tv finally lets you choose which TV feed you want……they are both the worst TV teams in the entire league.
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Angel is doing the NYY/BAL game
excruciating
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Apr 6, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where have you been Joe Angel, I’ve been worried sick about ya!
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least he stuck around for the game this time.
Although that’s not necessarily a good thing.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Apr 6, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
C.C.’s not having such a great debut though, so the Orioles might be in the WIN COLUMN!!!
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yankees 0-162
BOOK IT!
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay to Webb stinking it up so far. Too bad the Rockies suck more.
by paboperfecto on Apr 6, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
cody ransom threw someone out at the plate today
by shaolinironlion on Apr 6, 2009 1:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Too bad it was the ceremonial first pitch! /rim shot
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by Kitspool on Apr 6, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Make no mistake about it, Jon, the Yankees are going to miss A-Rod.”
-Joe Morgan
Thanks Joe! Nobody could have predicted that a team would miss a 3-time MVP who’s one of the best 5 hitters in baseball! You are truly earning your salary!
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by groug on Apr 6, 2009 1:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
But I read on he Internet that Cody Ransom is easily more valuable than Rodriguez!
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cody Ransom could out jump A-Rod!
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
White Boy gots hops!
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that says more about the state of mainstream baseball discussion than it says about Joe Morgan, actually.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
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by thehavenot on Apr 6, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sooooooooooooo this
firejoemorgan.com did great things, but even they admit that their name was stupid. It’s not joe morgan’s fault- this is how almost everyone views baseball. For christ’s sake, ESPN has to explain OPS every time it shows it on the screen.
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The regular season + Gameday audio = 0 productivity for the next 6 months
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by j14 on Apr 6, 2009 1:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I have to take the Boards in June. It’s gonna be a rough couple months.
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by cornball on Apr 6, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone know how Ransom left the org? I remember him, but I don’t remeber how he left.
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Apr 6, 2009 1:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Minor league free agent, I would assume.
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by groug on Apr 6, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I looked it up, and he did. Then he went through like five other teams in a couple of years before the Yankees picked him up.
Also, his b-r profile is sponsored with the comment, “Show the Yankees what you can do.” Which, I guess, would be, “Not very much.”
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ransom's Odyssey
Giants, Cubs, Rangers, Cubs, Mariners, Astros, Yankees.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cody “Holding Your Roster Spot for” Ransom
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
EAT IT, BERMAN.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
by oooreebay on Apr 6, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thread hijack
Given that we’ve produced nearly 200 comments on the relative merits of Torres and Velez, how many comments and Gameday Threads will there be for the first game of the season tomorrow (weather permitting)?
I’ll go first.
Comments: 3,600
Gameday Threads: 5
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by Kitspool on Apr 6, 2009 1:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
1400 comments
2 gameday threads
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by groug on Apr 6, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this just for your comments or for everyone’s?
by paboperfecto on Apr 6, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh dear, Jeff Garcia just signed with the Raiders, I thought he was smarter than that.
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 2:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I can’t imagine the Black Hole is happy about the Silver and Black signing Gay Zorro.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From The Splash
“Just so you know, if the game is rained out, the Giants are talking about a doubleheader Wednesday…”
Seriously, if this happens, we’ll have tickets we can’t use. Anyone in the Sacramento area with free time on Wednesday?
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 2:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’d jump all over that if I weren’t stuck in a booth at the convention center.
by chilibean_3 on Apr 6, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brian Roberts
Dude hits doubles.
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by groug on Apr 6, 2009 2:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Just checked the weather report again
and its been slightly upgraded!
Showers
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by j14 on Apr 6, 2009 2:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, according to what I’m looking at, there’s a 60% chance of rain from 11-3, 70 % chance from 4-9, then back to 60% from 10-midnight.
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Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to opening day for the first time in my life
which equates to 100% chance of crappy weather
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
by natteringnabob on Apr 6, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only opening day I ever went to was pretty damned good.
That was actually the home opener rather than opening day, though.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have Merkin start. Then have Tim relieve.
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Secret (yet obvious) Plan
I think I’ve stumbled onto the Giants Secret plan for keeping both Velez and Torres. You see, Torres tore up Spring Training, but his MLB career is pretty spotty. So, S.T. doesn’t mean much. Given that you really don’t need a back up catcher for the first month, why not get a better idea if Torres can play at the MLB level or not. If he can’t, you cut him and save Velez’ option plus you, theoretically, have a better bat coming off of the bench (Velez v Holm) for the first month of the season.
It’s the only logical reason I could dig up.
by joethejet on Apr 6, 2009 3:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Guys, I just found the stupidest article in the history of sports journalism
I’ve seen dumb people on the Internet claim that the Yankees are better without Rodriguez, but someone actually got paid to have that opinion.
My favorite part is: “A trick the 2009 Yankees should be able to turn with Cody Ransom or some other potential Scott Brosius-to-be at third.”
Hmm…Cody Ransom is 33 and has 183 major league at bats with seven home runs. When Scott Brosius was 33, he’d been a starter in the majors for five years (and had been in the majors for nine years) and had over 100 home runs. CLEARLY THE SAME THING.
Then he goes on to point out that the Mariners had a great year after Rodriguez left, and the Rangers sucked, because correlation and causality are exactly the same thing. And then that baseball isn’t like the NBA, where you can build around one superstar. So…you can’t succeed with one superstar if the supporting cast isn’t there, but when the Rangers lost because they had one superstar but not the supporting cast, why, that’s Rodriguez’s fault!
The level of fail is so high it kind of makes me want to die.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
GNATIS BETTER W/O BONDSOIDS
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by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stupidest article in the history of sports journalism
Sorry, got it right here. And it’s not even close.
The writer is complaining that the first game of the 2001 season was played in Tokyo, between the Cubs and the Mets. Now, you must be saying, the man has a point, the opening game had always been played in Cincinnati, it is a baseball tradition. But, no that’s not his point. He doesn’t like the idea of the first game being played in Japan because of, you guessed it**…
…
(drum roll)
Pearl Harbor. Really:
Eight springs ago the Mets and Cubs opened the season, not in Cincinnati. Guess where? Tokyo. That Tokyo, the guys who gave us Pearl Harbor. Some people don’t like you to bring that up, trade with Japan is so hot. But I’ve got a long memory. I saw what a few bombs can do to our property.
I can’t decide which is more aggravating:
A) That Bisher thinks that people who live in Japan today are responsible for what the Japanese government did 65 years ago. “Some people don’t like you to bring that up, trade with Japan is so hot. But I’ve got a long memory”. Yeah, some people like to focus on how Japan has been a successful democracy for more than 60 years, about how it’s a fairly close ally of the US, about how it’s been a relatively peaceful country for more than half a century, but what I really wanna focus on is how they bombed us 67 years ago.
Or
B) That he claims to have a long memory, and yet is sure that Japan has some karmatic debt to the US. Seriously, how selective does your memory have to be for you to write “But I’ve got a long memory. I saw what a few bombs can do to our property”? How big a dick do you have to be in order “forget” that there were about 200,000 Japanese people who also saw what one bomb can do to their property, that is, before they instantly vaporised, or melted, or – if they were lucky – died from cancer a few years later?
And then, it actually gets worse. Or at least, equally as bad:
It’s just tough to get away from it when you turn on your TV in the morning there are the Boston Red Sox playing the Oakland A’s in the Tokyo Dome. Not only that, but the Red Sox pitcher is Daisuke Matsuzaka, who didn’t grow up in Wampole.
Yay. I love it when people who are secretly racist just say “fuck it”, and write something blatant like this. It makes it a lot easier to make fun of them.
**Actually, I kind of hope that you didn’t, because that would make you crazy.
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I hope.
by Cookyman on Apr 6, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You win.
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 6, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would also like to remind us:
- The man got money for writing that article.
- It was written in 2008 – this isn’t some silly impulsive reaction. He had seven years to think about that game in Tokyo, and this is still the most intelligent thing he managed to write about it.
- I know it’s not nice to laugh at old people for being old, but allow me to make an exception:
They no longer play a Hall of Fame game in Cooperstown. The All-Star Game ends when the commissioner says it’s time to go home, even if the score is tied. World Series games start about my bedtime.
Heh. You’re old.
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I hope.
by Cookyman on Apr 6, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about we name that the most evil/racist article ever, and the Ransom > A-Rod article the stupidest?
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s the nice thing, it’s not just racist, it’s also really really stupid (my favorite kind of racist). I am willing to call it a tie.
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I hope.
by Cookyman on Apr 6, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know. I just feel that saying the Yankees are better off with Cody Ransom than with Alex Rodriguez deserves some kind of recognition.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've heard this kind of crap for so long,
that I don’t even get outraged anymore. The racist/japanese thing is just straight crazy. But yeah- Ransom and Arod…that’s just a columnist being an asshole and not taking his job seriously.
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by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m with bondslegend. It’s not that it’s not stupid, it’s just that I’ve read so many articles of that kind (although this is probably the worst of them), I’ve gotten used to them. Bisher’s article is stupid in a special kind of way.
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I hope.
by Cookyman on Apr 6, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Snakes-Rockies
7 homeruns in that game through seven innings.
A nice feature of the new MLB TV player: I don’t have Premium, so I can’t watch more than one game at a time, but you can have the day’s scoreboard constantly displayed on the right. It updates live and shows the game situation. If something interesting is happening somewhere else you can just click over.
by non sequitur on Apr 6, 2009 3:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe they think it’s the early 90s and they’re in the pre-humidor Coors.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Balls haven’t been in there long enough.
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by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gameday added some info for the pitchers and batters. It’s telling my that Derek jeter loves to face the four-seam fastball but he hates to face the four-seam fastball.
by chilibean_3 on Apr 6, 2009 3:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t we all?
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by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that’s been every player. Its a cool feature and later on in the season it will be useful.
I look forward to when it tells me that Matt Cain has no out pitch.
by scout6 on Apr 6, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Later, when they charge for it, you mean.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Apr 6, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It can’t possibly be a more pointless feature that the one that lets you change the angle you view the strike zone from.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll admit I do kinda like seeing the strike zone from in front of the batter.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Apr 6, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DEREK JETER LOVES TO FACE STEADY EYES AND HATES TO FACE NOBODY AND NOTHING BECAUSE HE IS THE BEST PLAYER EVER.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CALM EYES
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's the HGH
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
by natteringnabob on Apr 6, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HANDSOME GREAT HORMONE.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HE GETS HOES
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What has two thumbs and is like a toolshed?
This guy!
[points to self with thumbs]
Why am I like a toolshed?
IT IS WHERE ALL THE HOES ARE AT!
by chilibean_3 on Apr 6, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had to laugh at this
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HE’S GREATER than HAROD
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another vote for a non-choice
How about: one of those roster spots is being wasted when it could be occupied by someone not named Molina that could bat cleanup.
I haven’t seen anyone grouse about THAT near enough lately. I love pitching and defense and smallball, but two years in a row with Molina and Errant Throwin in two of the three production spots in the lineup is kind of embarrassing, even for the Ginats.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
by natteringnabob on Apr 6, 2009 3:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It looks like Rowand’s dropping down to sixth or seventh in the lineup, at least.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or even
a Phelps/Sexson/Matt Stairs type who could “sit on his * for 8 innings” in the words of Earl Weaver and potentially hit a ball in the air. Maybe even over the outfield fence. I think that’s a field goal or something.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
by natteringnabob on Apr 6, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone watching the Marlins destroy the Nationals. 12 runs in 7 innings already.
by scout6 on Apr 6, 2009 3:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ATTENTION ALL PLANETS OF THE SOLAR FEDERATION!
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 6, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
An excellent example of Fail.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HEY GUYS WHAT DO U THINK OF RUSH THIS FASCINATING TOPIC HAS INEXPLICABLY NEVER BEEN DISCUSSED HERE.
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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BEFORE I CAN ADDRESS THAT SUBJECT I MUST DETERMINE WHICH IS BETTER, MAC OR PC.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Apr 6, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1. Rush is great.
2. PC
3. No thanks.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You sir, are wrong on all three levels.
Adopted groomer for Mark Gardner's Mullet / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cain for Fielder?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YESSSS
CECIL FEILDER IS TEH AWESOME
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
by natteringnabob on Apr 6, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEIL PERT’S A GOOD DRUMMER, BUT I LIKE YES MORE.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes?
No.
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 6, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CC Sabathilol?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Chatterbalks dot com: Still with jokes. Now with updates.
by groug on Apr 6, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
this
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
8 Hits, 5 BBs, 0 Ks, The Horse only goes 4.1 Innings. I would agree.
by scout6 on Apr 6, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
12.46 ERA !
I’ll hold out on any LOL’s until Zito gets off the mound in his first start.
Adopted groomer for Mark Gardner's Mullet / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
:-( Bad Sabathia.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone remember how he did opening day for the Cleveland last year? I remember he didn’t do as well in the beginning of the year as Cleveland would have hoped.. Went 6-8 but did have only 3.83 ERA in 18 starts
by scout6 on Apr 6, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YANKEE TEARS ARE DELICIOUS!!
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 6, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Miller was doing the play by play for that game and he mentioned something about CC being a “slow starter.”
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adam Jones’ official photo might be the best one in all of MLB:
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Apr 6, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeff Passan
Must have been in the room
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s still like that?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The photo they showed with his ESPN at-bat today was 8,000 times better, if only because his eyes were open.
Proud parent of future rookie of the year, Gerald Posey!
by GiantsFanInExile on Apr 6, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Belated LOLOLOL FUCK YOU YANKEES
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 4:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy shiite.
That’s all kinds of Yankee Fail
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 4:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Damn it Peavy
Adopted groomer for Mark Gardner's Mullet / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Apr 6, 2009 4:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
barf
Vin Scully monodrone broadcast
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
by natteringnabob on Apr 6, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's interesting to note here...
Is it’s time for Charlie Steiner to change Vinny’s diaper.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Apr 6, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Cadinals fans already freaking out about their rookie closer.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Apr 6, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Opening Day
I feel like i care about it right now, but I won’t care about it in the slightest 3 weeks from now. Lack of baseball for months on end has made me care a lot more about what happens tomorrow.
That said, I kind of hope it does get rained out, for selfish reasons. I have work at 2, so I would only be able to watch the first 45 minutes if they do play.
Alright, fine, I admit it! "Hydration Technician" really DOES just mean "water boy!"
by giantfan5 on Apr 6, 2009 5:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Start the damn season. I didn’t vote. Right now I don’t really have a strong preference, and since it’s not a really big deal, for now I’m just ready to start the games and could care less about who got what bench spot.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Apr 6, 2009 5:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I need the season to start. Otherwise, I will explode.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Apr 6, 2009 6:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Padres are worthless.
Judgment Day is coming
comics | art | Nattowear
by Natto on Apr 6, 2009 6:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This, FTW.
Proud parent of future rookie of the year, Gerald Posey!
by GiantsFanInExile on Apr 6, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I voted for Velez because I know more about him, even though what I know is he’s not that good.
Suck it, research!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Apr 6, 2009 6:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It would seem that knowing anything about him would indicate that you vote against him at all costs.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Apr 6, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is there any reason the A’s vs. Angels game is not on TV? ESPN says it should be on, but all I see is ESPN news, and the MLB Extra innings preview has a blank channel where it is supposed to be.
by scout6 on Apr 6, 2009 6:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Local blackout. Is it on KICU or CSNCA?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on Apr 6, 2009 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Found it on CSNCA, thanks, forgot to look there.
Man that was pretty stupid though.
by scout6 on Apr 6, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We did the same thing. It’s going to take a game or two to get used to the new channel set up.
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got blacked out too.
"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 6, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dish Network ruined my life.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 6, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MLB.TV has completely frozen for me. I’m not getting anything for any of the games. This happening for anyone else? (About 7 PM PST.)
by non sequitur on Apr 6, 2009 7:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think this might be a good place for a Velez Caption thread
Velez new theme song..
I’m on my waaaaay
I’m on my waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Home sweet HOOOOOOOOOME!!!
GIVE SCOTT McCLAIN A SHOT!!!!!
by HarshInFresno on Apr 6, 2009 7:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm there’s some Lincecum special on CSN tonight at 730?
Just got an email from the Giants, but really don’t see anything about it on the website.
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 7:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Goddamnit
I start Adam Lind in a 10-team league, but bench him in a 14-teamer. What the fuck. I can already tell this is going to be a looooooong fantasy season for me
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 7:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No, no, no… chance of rain for tomorrow now up to 80%
Do they allow umbrellas in the phone booth?
by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 7:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow Tim and his dad were the subject of one of the new MLB ads.
"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 6, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Timmy boyhood footage courtesy of Sharksrog StalkerCam!
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 6, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Timmy threw his placental sac 97MPH out of his mother’s womb right after he was born.
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 6, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so wrong
but so lol
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
best
"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 6, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really like those ads.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Apr 6, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just stopped by to say...
Its hilarious that some of Welcome To Loud City’s posts got linked on this article because of the Rain/Thunder forecast. Just the word Thunder linked a few articles from WTLC. Hilarious, good times.
Go Mets :p
-This comment brought to you by Mr Pappagiorgio aka Mister P
Welcome to Loud City [BRING THE THUNDER] | WTLC on Twitter | WTLC on Facebook | SBNation
by Mr Pappagiorgio on Apr 6, 2009 8:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Huh.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Apr 6, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Arizona-Colorado game
8 home runs were hit in that game. Will the Giants hit 8 home runs this month?
by SFGuy on Apr 6, 2009 10:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pablo
will hit 5 by himself tomorrow. Off the dirt.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 6, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t wait till he tomahocks one above his eyes for a dingerz.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Wronghanded Affeldt doing it right
by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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