Brian Wilson and Casey Blake: I AM SO ANGRY
by Grant on May 11, 2009 1:31 PM PDT
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Quick notes on Blakegate:
- I had no idea that Wilson's gesture had to do with his late father -- I thought it was an mixed martial arts thing -- so I doubt Casey Blake knew the significance.
- I hate when opposing players do little dances or Icky Shuffles, but I can deal with pointing to people who live in the sky. It's a fine line, though, and I can see how post-save celebrations can irritate players in the other dugouts.
- Casey Blake is a sub-human pig man, but most Dodgers are. We shouldn't be especially surprised by this.
- Drilling people in retaliation for something like this just raises on-base percentages. Throw one to the backstop, and then paint the outside corner, Brian. Make him think.
- This story stopped interesting me about five minutes after it happened, but it's actually on the front page of Yahoo! right now, which in turn links to this site. I'm pretty shameless, so I thought I'd get something up quick with a provocative headline. I'm not above whoring myself out for traffic.
It looks like this has been talked to death already on the site, so let's just have an open thread on the unwritten rules of baseball. They irritate me, and I think we should write them down. I'll start:
1. No sex in the champagne room. No sunflower seeds in the champagne room. No sex in the sunflower seed room. No sunflower seeds in the sex room. Champagne in the sunflower seed is allowed at the manager's discretion.
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Baseball’s Bushido is silly.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on May 11, 2009 1:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Chill the F out, folks, and think logically.
;-)
"Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something."
- Dennis Rodman
by Shifty1 on May 11, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t cross the streams.
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by Natto on May 11, 2009 1:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Here's my take
Blake is a douche.
But Wilson is a baby.
I’m over this bullshit.
Bengie: Like an Aurilia kidney stone, slow-moving and tough to get out.
by juanboy on May 11, 2009 1:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Regarding unwritten rules of baseball
Most of them speak so some stupid, atavistic code of masculinity that is more appropriate for 10-year old boys.
Bengie: Like an Aurilia kidney stone, slow-moving and tough to get out.
by juanboy on May 11, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+ me
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate the unwritten rules of baseball.
by SFGuy on May 11, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks for your take. I was dying to know that you are `over it` enough to want ot comment about it.
Adoptive Parent of Francisco Peguero. He can throw, he can run, he can hit(fastballs), and he's Dominican. What else do you need to know?
"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson
by haverecords on May 11, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fixed (and Haiku-ized)
Blake is a douchebag.
Wilson’s Hairball’s boy.
I’m over this shit.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on May 11, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wilson refused to comment
it was his teammates who were pissed
so wilson is not a baby
but you are an idiot
by bacci40 on May 11, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TED’S FROZEN HEAD FOR MANAGER!
by Lars The Wanderer on May 11, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Everytime I see bacci’s name, that is the first thing to pop into my head.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 11, 2009 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not his comment; his reaction was visually observed by players & reporters.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw Wilson on the front page and thought “hey, I know that guy. And sweet, giants exposure”
Gotta love the SFG prominence
by quincy0191 on May 11, 2009 1:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree with 1, 3, 4, and parts of 5. Especially the whoring myself out for traffic on a website that I write. Ah well. So the Giants have a closer with a complete lack of stones. I’m not surprised by his behavior in the last few weeks.
I don’t know if this counts as unwritten law speak, but I do love the silent bubblegum on the cap pranks. Wasn’t there one where a guy glued a paper cup with a tiny flag sticking out of it on some dude’s cap? That was pretty epic.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 11, 2009 1:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jason Schmidt liked to do the bubblegum prank. It was pretty great.
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by Natto on May 11, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Schmidt’s epic one was awesome. I’d love to have a picture of that.
Bubble
Upside Down Cup
Rightside Up Cup
Upside Down Cup
Batboy Helmet
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Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
by WalrusMan on May 11, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hint
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 May 11, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We have some good interviews coming up
Thomas Neal this week and next week, Hensley Meulens, the Fresno hitting coach. Meulens is sure to be interesting, as he’s the first MLBer from Curacao.
"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 May 11, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
*was the first MLBer from Curacao
"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 May 11, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bam Bam!
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 11, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yay someone else knows who he is
"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 May 11, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course! He was also on horrible Yankees teams, which was also nice.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 11, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
also, that’s one also too many. also.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 11, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he as a Donruss Rated Rookie back in the day when I collected cards.
Although, I do wonder about having a lifetime .220/.288/.353 as our AAA hitting coach….
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 11, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those who can, do. Those who can’t become AAA hitting coaches.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 11, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I remember the flag one, but I can’t find a pic of it.
Adopted Giant: John Bowker, who is currently walking wild over the PCL.
by rightcenterfielder on May 11, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
win
"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 May 11, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who is that?
Whoever he is, he should become a rally image for the series against the Mets. Rally Punked Met FTW!
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on May 11, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ramon Castro
http://gotnysports.blogspot.com/2007/06/bubble-gum-hat-lost-art.html
Adopted Giant: John Bowker, who is currently walking wild over the PCL.
by rightcenterfielder on May 12, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i just heard from a guy i know whose brother’s girlfriend has a sister with friend who’s in the Dodger’s FO, and he told me that Blake was talking about Wison’s mama.
"You ask for game winning hits, I give you Eugenio Velez"
by The Gene Hackman on May 11, 2009 1:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OH NO he di’n’t!
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by Natto on May 11, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SAVE FERRIS!
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by younghutch on May 11, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of my favorite unwritten rule moments
When Richie was batting against the Tigers in 2005 or so…Tigers were up 3-2, and Richie put up a bunt attempt (but pulled it back). Kirk Gibson (who was bench coaching for the Tigers) got up on the dugout steps and loudly (enough for TV) cursed Richie out for being the cleanup hitter and trying to bunt.
The next pitch, predictably, came at Richie’s jaw, which he ducked.
The very next pitch, Richie smoked for a game-tying double.
The coup de gras as the look on Richie’s face as he ran down the first base line:
Awesome. Rules were meant to be glared at.
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by BruteSentiment on May 11, 2009 1:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bat of Omens come to me!
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on May 11, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RICHIE!!!
that’s what I’m talkin about!
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
by wjackalope on May 11, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Caption: “Oh, Shit!”
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 11, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like on of those floating pitches that Bugs Bunny used to throw where the batter would swing 3 times and miss while the ball sailed by.
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by younghutch on May 11, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was in 2003
during Detroit’s 119-loss season.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 11, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes it was
I always thought it was ridiculous for Gibson (and his manager, Trammel) to act all tough like this was the 1984 Tigers. It’s like, your team sucks to historic proportions, and it’s not because the opposing team is faking bunts.
by ho-hum baby on May 11, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now that’s some major league stankeye.
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by EliminateMe on May 11, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Note: I am stealing a nick name
Big Bady Wilson!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 11, 2009 1:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The most important unwritten rule of all!
If the other pitcher is throwing a no-hitter, you’re not supposed to anything unexpected to try to break it up and, you know, maybe win the game.
Fucking Brenly and Schilling.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on May 11, 2009 1:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The “Ben Davis is young and has a lot to learn” rule
Adopted Giant: John Bowker, who is currently walking wild over the PCL.
by rightcenterfielder on May 11, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Woops!
Lets think about that.
1)swinging hasn’t worked
2) Something need sto change
3)try bunting
4)win game?
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 11, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. And wasn't that a 2-0 game at the time?
It was close! Yeah, I have never respected Brenly after that. I never respected Schilling, so that was no big loss.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was 2-0, yes. That was the moment I lost all respect for Brenly and really started to hate Schilling.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on May 11, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
stealing bases with a big lead
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 11, 2009 1:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
is a no-no
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 11, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh I agree with that. You’re just showing off at that point and don’t really need to steal a base.
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by WalrusMan on May 11, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree that in timed sports like basket ball, hockey or football when you have a big lead and are racking up points late in the game it is show boating but in baseball you never know if/when your pitcher/bullpen with the help of a few errors will give up a big inning (9+ runs). I think in baseball you have to play hard until that last out, no matter what, and the minute you start calling the game differently b/c you have a big lead is the minute that put your lead at risk.
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 11, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stealing with a big lead
I think this “rule” is made more complicated by the fact that attempting to steal a base is a risk of debatable value for the offense. You have to make it safely something like 75% of the time in order for it to be a valuable attempt if repeated ad infinitum. So someone trying to steal a base with a big lead is taking an arguably unnecessary chance in order to make it even bigger in the case that the rest of the inning was going to proceed with exactly one single, no more no less.
In other words, no one takes great offense if you score from second on a single with a big lead. You could have stopped at third, but there’s no real argument for that.
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by achiappanza on May 12, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
along these lines, apparently swinging 3-0 when you have a big lead is also verboten.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 11, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think I’ve ever heard that one.
by chilibean_3 on May 11, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve heard it mentioned a few times by the broadcasters over the years.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 11, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not questioning it. Sounds like a stupid enough unwritten rule.
by chilibean_3 on May 11, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve heard that one, and I think it’s stupid. Like, now that we’re winning, I’m supposed to stop trying to get hits?
Also, I think people should steal whenever they want. These are grown men here, they should be able to handle it. And if the team has no shot at making the playoffs, at least they can try to have a nice season individually.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on May 11, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Big lead or not, another addendum to that rule is that you can’t swing 3-0 unless you’re a made man, an established big leaguer. In other words, don’t even think about swinging on 3-0, rook.
Mark Grace ranted on that. Anybody who pontifs on slumpbusters has my ear.
by Ed Jew on May 11, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate the "NO CELEBRATING!!!!!!" rule
if a young kid hits a HR he should be able to act a little excited about it without everyone shitting all over him.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on May 11, 2009 2:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
U really don't want MLB
To turn into the NBA or NFL
by FairweatherFan on May 11, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vernon Davis with the 2-yard reception on 2nd and long =15-yard excessive celebration and taunting penalties.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 11, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
IMO
fist pump = fine. When you’re in the zone, you’re not thinking about not celebrating if you do something good. It’s not being really cocky or douchey, like dancing after a save or staring down the pitcher after a home run. Besides, I like to see the players show a little emotion, so it’s not like we’re watching robots out there. If its a playoff game and I’m fired up as a fan, I want to see the players get excited too.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on May 11, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hear hear. I’m totally with you on this. I hate it when guys get lambasted for ENJOYING THEMSELVES whilst PLAYING A GAME.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
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by cornball on May 11, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean like this?
Really, I’ve got nothing to add.
by HowAboutNow on May 11, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
So pretty,
and witty,
and gayyyyy!
by Gob on May 11, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL klesko
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on May 11, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like it. Good rule.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 11, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One unwritten rule there should be
If a pitcher has a perfect game going in late innings, and then hits you with the pitch, don’t charge the mound, you tool.
That was Reggie Sanders, I think – of course, he later became a Giant, but that was still dumb.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on May 11, 2009 2:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Only one way to settle this...
Casey Blake is 6’2", 200 pounds while packing a furry and ferocious beard.
Brian Wilson is 6’1", 200 pounds while featuring a child-scaring mohawk.
Each has to prove his manhood in this game of balls (and strikes) so I suggest…..
TRIVIAL PURSUIT!
Both men can have a fun night and then one will emerged as the top dog so their beef will be squashed. Later they’ll hug it out (with Blake doing the gesture again behind Wilson’s back) and watch Giants’ 2002 World Series Game 6 DVD.
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
by Scooter Ellis on May 11, 2009 2:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It should be the original version, though. I bet those guys would do great with the pop culture questions from the 40s and 50s.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on May 11, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have them play Scrabble
Then we’d get to see Wilson win with a bingo out-play by extending DO into DOUCHEBAG.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 11, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh, No.
Wilson always turn DO into DOUBLE PLAY, GAME OVER.
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
by Scooter Ellis on May 11, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on May 11, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Call Vince McMahon. Have them do a steel cage match or something.
by SFGuy on May 11, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I pack a furry
We all pack furries!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on May 11, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blake thing: my feelings were already noted in the millions of other places this has been brought up. However I will add this. Blake is a douche, but also a hypocritical douche, because even if he did not know the meaning of the Wilson gesture he himself said that he would not make any kind of gesture. Following a game last season where Billy Sadler struck him out Black said this:
“Apparently, that’s his gig,” Blake said. “It’s dumb. If I hit a home run off him, I’m not going to pump my fist and yell, especially if I’m not in the race.”
Unwritten Rules thing: I think the only one that I really notice, probably because they don’t come up too often, is letting a young player be happy about their home run. Let them be happy, there is a limit and they usually only do it for their first few. Then they figure it out. No need to throw at them their next at bat.
by scout6 on May 11, 2009 2:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No sunflower seeds in the sex room?!?!
Ohhhhh, I get it… your trying to make Kansans extinct.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 2:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
that would be "you are trying"
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t see what Blake did, but I read enough about it. It doesn’t sound half as bad as what Aubrey Huff did yesterday to Joba Chamberlain after he smoked a homer off him. Huff was fist pumping and looking (and yelling it seems) at Joba as he circled the basis. i think he did it again after he crossed home plate. It was total bush-league.
apparently, Huff was reacting to what Joba did last year after striking him out – fist-pumping and all.
I guess if you do it, then expect others to react and don’t get all bent out of shape when they do.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 11, 2009 2:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I tracked down a video, and it doesn’t look that bad to me:
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=4501049&c_id=mlb
They don’t show him going all the way around, but on the video at least, he just fist-pumped while going around first and when reaching home. In this case, I’d say turnabout is fair play.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on May 11, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought that Huff shit was pretty hilarious. Fuck the yankees.
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on May 11, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, and it was Joba’s prior on-field celebration that made it funny…
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by Johnny Disaster on May 11, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Operation Traffic Whore is a success, gentlemen! Thanks for your cooperation.
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by Grant on May 11, 2009 2:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
did you get a bump?
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on May 11, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. This story really fascinates people for some reason.
by Grant on May 11, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The unkown referrals are freaking me out. Oh god, where are they coming from?
by chilibean_3 on May 11, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s the religion angle. It’s why I came out of lurking. And now that I’ve done that, I wish I hadn’t. The Baron will stay I’ve don’t got the stones, and I don’t, I really don’t.
by shanghaijim on May 11, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, you're a good guy/gal. I hope you'll hang around.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, but seriously, I can get fucked up sometimes. You’ll have to take my word that I’m really struggling not to have a huge blowup right now. (Just got back from the ER for a bad panic attack actually. This is what happens when I stick my nose into discussions I don’t have the constitution for.) I do try to have a sense of humor, but it’s not my forte.
by shanghaijim on May 11, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it makes you feel any better I had a massive crisis of faith which nearly led to a nervous breakdown over the weekend, and I made it out okay. My only faith is baseball, and I stopped believing in it for a little while. That nearly killed me.
So it’s all good. Hug it out, bitch.
"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 May 11, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I appreciate that, BVCE. You’re a bigger man than me. Most women usually are.
by shanghaijim on May 11, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come for the religion angle. Stay for the LOLcats!
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
by Kitspool on May 11, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Judgment Day is coming
comics | art | Nattowear
by Natto on May 11, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
holy fuck
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on May 11, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is one of my worst nightmares. Good lord do I hate cats. It’s not even the generic, “cats are lame”. I think I have a felophobia. I might not sleep tonight after seeing this.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on May 11, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CATZ R AWESOME
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
by CB30 on May 11, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
KEEP THEM AWAY FROM ME!!!!!
/curls up in the corner, crying
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on May 11, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dodge-O The Clown
GIVE SCOTT McCLAIN A SHOT!!!!!
by HarshInFresno on May 11, 2009 2:38 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
I approve of this completely
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on May 11, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yappy’s Dog Treats are good for Bobo the clown!
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 May 11, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let’s turn this green.
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou. "He has some bat speed and the ball comes off the bat pretty well" - K.Law.
by BrianBokake on May 11, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, Blake is a douche (or as one guy from TrueBlue LA says “douche-canoe” —whatever the fuck that is), afterall, it’s clearly stitched on his uniform…
But for Christ sake Wilson (literally?), STFU and get over it. If you put it on display, you gotta take the heat that comes with it. Be a big boy, and stop crying (not allowed in baseball). Now, if he flashed the sign at you as he crossed the plate after his HR, yeah, DRILL HIM!!!
by KrazyKrabMeat on May 11, 2009 2:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ive been looking for that…
Sincerely,
My Photoshop
GIVE SCOTT McCLAIN A SHOT!!!!!
by HarshInFresno on May 11, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is humorous that the gesture comes with the breast cancer bracelets on.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
by cheno on May 11, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
um
Wilson’s dad died of cancer when brian was 17 – not the same kind of cancer, but still. So I wouldn’t say that’s funny.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on May 11, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe not funny...
…but definitely ironic.
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by BruteSentiment on May 11, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unwritten Rules In Sports
a la Rick Reilly
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006178/index.htm
Molina's gonna test his arm...
by Victorious Secret on May 11, 2009 3:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate Rick Reilly, that guy is an arrogant doucher
The absentee father of Edwin "Cue Ball" Quirarte, now that he is doin well in the minors, its time to get back in his life, and in his checking account!
by TexasRanger on May 11, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Personally, I welcome anything that actually gets the players involved in the rivalry. I hope Wilson (or any other Giants pitcher) drills him in August. I hope this feud becomes so big that Wilson and Blake end up dipping their fists in broken glass and fighting to the death.
Right now Jon Miller is somewhere wearing a flamboyant tie and thinking about me.
by Norm Median on May 11, 2009 3:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLcITYNvQXI
Judgment Day is coming
comics | art | Nattowear
by Natto on May 11, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd watch the deathmatch
"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 May 11, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t do that if I was Blake…. 38 claims to be a Ninja.
Just say’n
GIVE SCOTT McCLAIN A SHOT!!!!!
by HarshInFresno on May 11, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Drilling would not be cool
My son needs to find his mature side. Strike him out on 3 pitches next time. But don’t risk injuring him.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on May 11, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe I need to lay off the "my son" talk
Considering this is partially about disrespecting the dude’s father…
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on May 11, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno – I kind of became numbed to it after all of the molasses-slow home run trots that BLB engaged in during his reign of terror.
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by younghutch on May 11, 2009 3:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
anything that makes our team more angry at their team is cool
"Those boos really motivate me to make something happen." - Bonds
by Persiflage on May 11, 2009 3:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’M MOCKING YOUR AIR X WITH MY OWN AIR X
by chilibean_3 on May 11, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unwritten rule.
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by younghutch on May 11, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You just wrote it down.
That violates section 4, article 3-B of the unwriten code.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
by Bhaakon on May 11, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Classy reaction from a Dodger Fan
Iriepirate21 said…
Seriously, Wilson, shut the fuck up fag. God, I hate the Giants. And not to get too religious here, what a poser. Coming off all hardcore and metal with a mohawk, and then is all religious and Christian. Douchebag. Reminds me of the South Park episode where Cartman beats up a Christian “hardcore” band, I bet Wilson was the singer.
Right now Jon Miller is somewhere wearing a flamboyant tie and thinking about me.
by Norm Median on May 11, 2009 3:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Douchebag? Don’t women use douchebags??
Busted.
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by younghutch on May 11, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HEY GUYS, THIS REMINDS ME OF THAT TIME ON SOUTH PARK LOL!!!!!!1111
by xanthan on May 11, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Irie, mon.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on May 11, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This guy hasn’t heard of Alice Cooper, apparently.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on May 11, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
right
cuz’ you know, Christians are all Amish. but what more would you expect out of a Dodger fan…
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on May 11, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Writing “And not to get too religious here” write after “shut the fuck up, fag” is pretty much the definition of ironic.
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
by Kitspool on May 11, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would be right at home in some church newsletters I've seen.
They think “shut the fuck up, fag” IS being religious.
But yes, it’s like the modern usage of “With all due respect.” That intro pretty much guarantees that what follows will not contain the respect that is due.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s some serious SoCal religion right there.
Hi, I am Johnny Disaster.
by Johnny Disaster on May 11, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Easy Call
Wilson is a douchebag, but who’s worse, the douchebag or the douchebag who roots for the Dodgers and calls people fag?
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 11, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Honest question, not trying to be a smart ass – is Carol Burnett also a douchebag for doing her little ear tug thing at the end of her old variety show? Seems similar to Wilson’s schtick and both seem very different from Papelbon or F-Rod’s douchebaggeyness.
Proud parent of future rookie of the year, Gerald Posey!
by GiantsFanInExile on May 11, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course not, and I don’t mind some excitement from players. It’s hard to describe the line, but something like a Joba fist pump seems ok, whereas K-Rod would make me want to throw a bat at him. There’s also intent – some guys are over the top but seem genuinely excited and happy, while others have an element of taunting or expressing superiority – think “I won” versus “I beat you.”
From this Yahoo article:
The meaning of Wilson’s gesture was pretty well-guarded secret until last season, when the All-Star reliever finally told Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News that he adapted a slogan for an ultimate fighting clothing company to reflect his own personal beliefs and that he has never intended to offend any opponents with it.
“It shows no disrespect toward anybody. It’s all positive praise. It’s not for showboating. It’s not to start an epidemic. It’s just me getting a quick message out to the world and to Christ and that’s it. I just thought, `What more perfect time to display my faith than at the end of a game?’”
Ok, the guy has faith. Whatever. Keep your faith to yourself, I say, but I’m willing to let that go if it doesn’t get out of hand (see Kurt Warner). Still, HE ADAPTED A SLOGAN FROM AN ULTIMATE FIGHTING CLOTHING COMPANY TO REFLECT HIS OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS. REally? Really? How can you expect to get respect when you do stupid shit like that?
Let’s recap:
1) Has Christian faith
2) Uses slogan from Ultimate Fighting Clothing Company after victory
3) USES #2 TO REPRESENT #1
I just can’t get over it. He’s like a 14 year old with a stupid-ass idea who thinks he has come up with the most awesome thing ever.
Now don’t get me wrong, I understand that behind the stupid idea is a genuine wish to show respect to his late father, and that’s a great sentiment, regardless of its execution. I also think that Casey Blake probably wouldn’t have done what he did had he been aware of the significance of the gesture, but how the hell was he supposed to know?
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 11, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the clarification. I personally wish all the overt religious shiz was kept off the field too, but it doesn’t bother me like the Papelbon/K-Rod doucheyness, so long as it’s kept to a minimalist gesture like a finger pointed at the sky. As for the Ultimate Fighting thing, agreed that it is really, really stupid and 14-year oldish to adopt a slogan or gesture like that for your own personal use, but then I remember that a lot of baseball players aren’t the sharpest knives in the jar and I just chalk it up to him being less of a douche and more of an immature meathead. Wilson has a rep as a pretty decent guy, so I tend to err on the ’he’s just not all that clever’ rather than ’he’s a gigantic asshole.’
I think the thing that bothered a lot of people is that Wilson’s celebration is most-certainly lame, but it is sincere and not directed at showing anyone up like a dugout-directed glare or plate-directed fist pump. I too doubt Casey Blake knew that he’s offend on the level he did, though, he wouldn’t be catching heat if he had just celebrated his HR like a grown up rather than stooping to mock fellow player.
Proud parent of future rookie of the year, Gerald Posey!
by GiantsFanInExile on May 11, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s probably a decent guy, and you’re right, it’s not as if he is intentionally showing someone up.
Maybe douchebag is too strong a word.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 11, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, actually, I think you were right on.
there is definitely that aspect to his character. I think that he sealed that with his comments this afternoon, 24 hours after l’affaire blake when the big-time public Christian could have said “I forgive him” or “I am turning the other cheek as my Lord taught, and will kill him with kindness” or “It isn’t a big deal; it’s the next day, for heaven’s sake” or “There is not a story here, guys”… but instead said, “I have a pretty good memory.” (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/11/SPSK17II03.DTL)
Really, Brian? 24 hours and a change of scenery later, and you still couldn’t pull the mature and/or Christian answer when Henry asks the totally expected question about what will happen August 10?
You were right, NorthSide.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 12, 2009 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe the whole story wasn't updated when you read it...
but here’s the rest of it…
“The overall upside is we took two of three and won the series,” Wilson said. “We got over it quickly. You don’t want to be the one guy on a 25-man roster upset about stuff. You take a breather, and you come back and celebrate. That’s exactly what we all did.”
I don’t know if he’ll throw at blake’s head on the 10th, but to declare him a dbag is not accurate.
On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.
by GameSix on May 12, 2009 7:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the most relevant quote from that story...
…was this:
You’re always looking for some excuse to get riled up.
That’s what it seemed like to me. In football they call it bulletin board material. If it gets Wilson and the rest of the Giants fired up, okay. Anything that raises the intensity of Giants-Dodgers games is fine by me. Doesn’t mean I have to buy into it myself.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on May 12, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty anti-religion myself...
But I like the pose.
It’s all gimmicky, and I’m into that kinda thing.
The more baseball becomes like pro-wrestling, the better.
by AmorVincitOmnia on May 12, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know...
One can find good stuff anywhere.
I found a great hat/shirt slogan that sounded like a perfect ‘Gamer’-style slogan for the Giants, even in the right colors:
Believe it or not, that’s from Pro freakin’ Wrestling. Big deal where it’s from, doesn’t mean it’s not a good slogan/motto/something.
I’m no fan of religion, but seriously, are you guys not watching? You know how many players draw a cross in the dirt before every at-bat? It’s all over the place. I don’t necessarily take pride or joy in seeing it, but it doesn’t push me aaway, either. And Wilson’s cross is not any more or less than the finger in the sky type of thing, only simply less generic.
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by BruteSentiment on May 11, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I don’t like the cross in the dirt either, and sure, cool things can be pulled from many sources.
Wilson’s thing is still dumb, but it’s not as if I don’t watch the Giants because of it. I do think that if you’re going to come up with some gesture rather than walking your ass into the clubhouse to celebrate, then you shouldn’t be surprised when someone mocks it (especially a frickin’ Dodger).
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 11, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes. Thank you.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A classic line I am just pasting
I keep thinking of something Roger Ebert once said about criticisms he received from the right and from the left: The ones from the left were long and detailed diatribes explaining carefully why Ebert was wrong and what he’d got wrong. The ones from the right said, “Shut up, fat fuck.”
"[Greg] Vaughn is in a funk so deep, George Clinton wearing a miner's helmet couldn't find him."
- Jim Baker, ESPN.com, May 2002
by achiappanza on May 12, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baseball's Unwritten Rules!
Because the rulebook isn’t baroque enough!
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 May 11, 2009 3:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If it ain’t baroque don’t fix it.
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by younghutch on May 11, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baroque Von Current Events.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok...so Wilson was asking for it
Lots of people are basically saying Wilson was asking to get mocked
but that still doesn’t make what Blake did any more palatable
It was a dumb move on his part and kind of sissy seeing as he did it in the safety of his stadium, in HIS dugout. No offense to Blake, seeing as he’s pretty big himself, but there’s no point in angering a pitcher who only pitches, eats, then works out every day. Oh and he also throws 100 mph on average. It was a dick move even if he didn’t know what it meant or whatever excuses people are making for him. Sweet revenge: strike casey blake out on 3 straight heaters.
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on May 11, 2009 3:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
More unwritten rules: Superstar Edition
Before Ken Griffey Jr bolted from the Seattle Mariners for an even smaller media market, the Mariners had about 5 different uniforms and combinations. Like the road company of “Cats,” but with less singing and more sense. Anyway, apparently Junior got to decide each day which of the several uniforms the Mariners would wear for that game. I think this is ridiculous.
Also, the rule that OMG!1 nobody could sit in Barry Bonds’s recliner was absurd. If it is there for his use, then fine, he can use it when he wants to. But apparently this unwritten rule extended to even when he was not using it, which is silly. It’s a piece of furniture, for god’s sake.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 4:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I wouldn’t let anyone sit in my recliner either. I mean, if you were good enough to have a recliner, then you would have your own.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 11, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of Seattle
Headed up there Memorial Day weekend for the first time in over a decade. Very excited to see the Giants play at Safeco and pick up a Felix Hernandez Bobblehead doll.
Mayor, as a Seattle-area native (right?), any good restaurant recommendations or cheap eats or good Safeco food choices? (This question is open to non-Mayors as well.)
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
by Kitspool on May 11, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Intentional Wok
I have only been to Safeco once, but the food is good. There is a Japanese joint called the Intentional Wok, which I continue to think is hilarious.
Outside of the ballpark, though, my credentials are a little out of date, but Ivar’s is a seafood restaurant that has been around forever and is great. Besides the chain outlets (avoid them), there are real restaurants. Ivar’s Acres of Clams is on the waterfront, and a great choice for before the game. If you want a really nice restaurant for any reason, 13 Coins is great. And if you want the best damn burger anywhere, try Dick’s (one at the base of Queen Anne Hill near the Seattle Center; one on Broadway) and get a Dick’s Deluxe— and the “protip” is to get extra “tartar sauce” (that’s what they call it, but it’s not) and liberally apply to your burger & fries. It makes In-n-Out burger seem like jailhouse sawdust burgers.
And see the Pike Place Market (bring home some MarketSpice tea!), the Seattle Art Museum, go to Ballard (a district of Seattle near the locks that control the water between Lake Washington and the Puget Sound) for a tour of the Red Hook brewery and see if you can sample their rye beer, see the Boeing Museum of Flight, walk around Pioneer Square & maybe take an underground tour.
And if you can get an Ichiro autograph, I know a certain Baron who would appreciate it.
Have a great time!
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bonds
is a major league, hall of fame dick. That’s why he was so sacred about his damn la-z-boy like it’s a solid gold throne. Imagine being Bonds (shrunken testes aside), growing up rich because of his dad and evolved into a jackass once he realized he can hit a baseball better than his dad as well as everybody else. His only encounter with hardship is when he sails in his yacht.
I thanked him for what he did for the Giants, clean or not, but his ego makes Kanye West look like a saint.
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
by Scooter Ellis on May 11, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
kanye west gets a pass from me
..for the Katrina “George Bush doesn’t care” event. I mean, hallelujah.
by wcw on May 11, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kanye West is hilarious.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on May 11, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a genius, the voice of a generation. Also, not a gay fish.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on May 11, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That reminds me of Biloxi Blues – everyone had to scramble to get the right jersey.
Hi, I am Johnny Disaster.
by Johnny Disaster on May 11, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unwritten Rules
- Bullets are cool
- Any reason to hate a Dodger is a good Reason
- Rinse, repeat
Tommy Lasorda HATES GIANTSBOARD.COM
Cut and Pasted Blog redundancy can be a good thing
Say Hey! Say Who? Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
by merkin on May 11, 2009 4:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Unwritten rules
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Chatterbalks dot com: Still with jokes. Now with updates.
by groug on May 11, 2009 4:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That was as complete of a list as I could provide.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Chatterbalks dot com: Still with jokes. Now with updates.
by groug on May 11, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You forgot this one
Judgment Day is coming
comics | art | Nattowear
by Natto on May 11, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Written Rule
SUCK IT, RUSSELL MARTIN!
by Lars The Wanderer on May 11, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yes
"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 May 11, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
one of my favorites
The Tug McGraw code, according to Kruk: relievers only throw fastballs to other relievers. Obviously NL only.
by non sequitur on May 11, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Stupid Unwrittern Rule
Don’t peek back to see where the catcher is set up.
If it’s ok to look at how the defense is playing you…or try to see the pitcher’s grip, why is not ok to peek back and see if the catcher’s set up outside or inside?
Stupid
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on May 11, 2009 4:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I remember watching a Sox-Yanks game once and – honest to God – ARod was actually peeking. Remy and Orsillo couldn’t get over it. Most hitters don’t because there simply isn’t enough time from when the catcher sets up to when the pitcher releases the ball. There’s just no way to find the ball, especially if there are runners on base (the catcher sets up even later). It was pretty funny though.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on May 11, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely!
I totally agree. Moreover, if everyone would do that regularly, there would no longer be an unwritten “rule” about it— given that the penalty is getting plunked, and if the dumbass “offended” pitcher is dumbass enough to hit every batter that comes up, he will give up many runs and his own team will hate him. This could be a totally rescinded “rule” if only one team would decide that everyone in the lineup will break it one night.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On a more fun-ner note
Mad Bum is pitching decent in his first upper minors game.
6IP 7hits 1ER 0BB’s 2k’s
by OmahaGiants on May 11, 2009 5:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Still no walks? DFA immediately. He can never be a real Giant
Jesse Foppert: I Still Believe
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." ~Bob Lemon,
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 11, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he'd fit right in
With Bengie Molina catching him. Both in the no walk club.
by jctGamer on May 11, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
These guys are intense.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on May 11, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Our top two pitching prospects look pretty hilarious in motion.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on May 11, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Both of them for sure need September call ups. They need a month with the Unit so he show them how to use ugly to its fullest…
Everyone's running
The whole field bursts to life, man
Best play in baseball
-Buck O'Neill describing a triple (inadvertent haiku!)
by Traylude on May 11, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
can show them…..geez.
Everyone's running
The whole field bursts to life, man
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by Traylude on May 11, 2009 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I threw a pitch...
and I jizz in my pants.
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by Scooter Ellis on May 11, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It looks he just noticed the skunk that lives under the mound in Norwich.
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by cornball on May 11, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brian Wilson has the right to be pissed at anyone who makes fun of him, whether he deserved said mocking or not. If Blake comes up in a bean able situation, most likely against a different Giants pitcher, than he must be beaned. How could Blake expect anything less for what he did, he wasn’t thinking “I bet Brian will find this to be a funny satire of his post save celebration.” He was mocking him, rubbing it in, and i say once again bean him in a blow out.
by shaolinironlion on May 11, 2009 5:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i like this :)
Drilling people in retaliation for something like this just raises on-base percentages. Throw one to the backstop, and then paint the outside corner, Brian. Make him think.
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by GiNgiNxbOi on May 11, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just so I'm clear, you are advocating a deliberately violent act, potentially extremely dangerous, to punish a guy for an insult?
Bravo. Weather is getting nice— when is your junior high’s Skip Day?
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by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that beaning is part of the game, and if it’s done right is perfectly safe. You don’t throw at someone’s head, you throw at the meat of their body.
I never had a skip day in junior high. :-(
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by WalrusMan on May 12, 2009 4:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Beaning" IS throwing at someone's head.
“Plunking” or “drilling” is hitting someone intentionally, not necessarily on the head, or “bean.”
And it’s never too late for a Skip Day. You owe yourself.
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by Mayor of 311 on May 12, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have never heard anyone make that distinction before. And you can’t assume shaolin has either.
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by groug on May 12, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You haven't?
You need to use the ol’ bean more.
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by EliminateMe on May 12, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why not? I am supposed to assume that people use words INcorrectly?
I assume that people are using the words they mean. That’s always a good starting point, yes? I think anything else would be either unfounded or condescending or both.
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by Mayor of 311 on May 12, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beaning just means hitting to a lot of people. Me, for example. WalrusMan. Probably shaolin. If we’ve only heard it as a synonym for plunking or hitting with a pitch and we haven’t ever heard any differently, how could we possibly know?
If “Casey Blake didn’t know about Wilson’s dad and the gesture” is legitimate, why not this?
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by groug on May 12, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, I’m with groug here. I’ve even heard announcers just say that people got beaned when they were hit in the back.
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by WalrusMan on May 12, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really? I’ve never heard “beaning” used in any way other than hitting someone on the head. Merriam-Webster agrees.
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by Cookyman on May 12, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t let Mike Krukow hear any of this dis-respecting the unwritten rules of baseball.
by FluLikeSymptoms on May 11, 2009 5:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, Mr. Wilson, you have your fight.
I say throw one hard and in (but not up) hopefully avoiding major damage as you hit Blake. If he charges, then make the damage as permanent as possible as long as you can avoid injury yourself, and avoid a particularly heavy suspension.
And to those who in their mock maturity speak hussy whimpers against these unwritten rules, may I politely bitch slap you, so you can demonstrate your mock maturity and alternately cry and steam all the way home?
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by haverecords on May 11, 2009 5:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Short answer: no.
No, you may not. Thanks for asking.
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by EliminateMe on May 11, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome
Adoptive Parent of Francisco Peguero. He can throw, he can run, he can hit(fastballs), and he's Dominican. What else do you need to know?
"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson
by haverecords on May 11, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and, of course, I do not defend all the unwritten rules. I mean only to defend some of them here. b
Adoptive Parent of Francisco Peguero. He can throw, he can run, he can hit(fastballs), and he's Dominican. What else do you need to know?
"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson
by haverecords on May 11, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well you better tell us which ones you don't defend...
…so we all know whether you’re displaying mock maturity or not.
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by EliminateMe on May 11, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, that's really a life well lived.
Carry grudges, lash out disproportionately to the original offense, don’t forgive, don’t forget, anger anger anger. Got it.
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by Mayor of 311 on May 11, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Game tied 1-1 in the 7th Runner on 1st and 2nd with 2 outs. Braves batter hits a slow roller that Reyes boots and the bases are loaded. Next batter hits a 2 run single. Santana is now on the hook for the loss.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 11, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just tuned in. Looks like Santana is on his way to being CAINed.
by non sequitur on May 11, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I fear this Saturday - Johnson vs Santana
Johan allowed 4 earned runs through today’s start, Johnson gave up a 3-run homer to a pitcher in his first 4 innings this season, oh boy.
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by Scooter Ellis on May 11, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t fear baseball games.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 11, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Will you protect me from them then?
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by Natto on May 11, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course!
Just stand behind me. I’ll keep the mean old baseball game from getting you, Natto.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 11, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I fear that particular day, not the game
I was pretty specific…
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by Scooter Ellis on May 11, 2009 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t fear specific days of the week either.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 11, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, I am in the presence of Greatness.
May Brian Wilson gestures to you too after every save/win…
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by Scooter Ellis on May 11, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not even Tuesday?
Tuesday can be one vicious mofo.
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by EliminateMe on May 11, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In baseball, regardless of what you’re pointing at or gesturing to or why – dead father, god, etc – it’s retarded.
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on May 11, 2009 6:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i remember a certain juiced up fat canadian
making chest thumping gestures after a save
dont recall anyone making light of him
eff casey blake and the bums
i say forfiet the next game and hit them all in the head
by bacci40 on May 11, 2009 6:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like a perfectly reasonable idea.
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by Natto on May 11, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hated him for exactly that kind of bullshit. And the getting away with taking ’roids thing.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 11, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at the game when the Giants scoreboard flashed GAME OVER when Bonds scored to beat Gagne and the Dodgers.
I laughed.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 11, 2009 6:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t mind the unwritten rules at all. I approve of whatever adds a little human drama to the game. Wilson is obviously an intense, emotional guy. And Blake, for whatever reason, is all about taking it to the Giants. You knew it was going to be a good battle after the 14 pitch AB from 2 nights before and now I know the next time these two lock horns, everyone is gonna be pumped up a few notches again.
This is part of what makes baseball my favorite sport: the one-on-one battles leave room for these kinds of displays of personality and competition. It’s all basically douchebaggery, but its still entertaining. Also it’s nowhere near the heart of what makes it a great sport, but just some icing that augments the proceedings, as long as it doesn’t overshadow the rest.
by thethrillisgone on May 11, 2009 6:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This shit is real in hockey, losing teeth and stuff – and I guess football too if you count the possibility of getting shot in a club – but in baseball it’s just pedestrian posturing and pathetic.
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on May 11, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, if by “real” you mean physical injury and/or death that has nothing to do with the actual sport, then I guess you’re right. I was refering to the added intensity to the actual gameplay.
by thethrillisgone on May 11, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Players should up the ante and start urinating on home plate after a home run or something.
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on May 11, 2009 6:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Butt pee after butt pee?
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by cornball on May 11, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
After reading some of the comments around here, I'm disappointed.
Why is everyone giving Wilson such a hard time over a game ritual? Some dodger trash just disrespected one of our players and all you can do is give credit to the guy. I’m not saying go out and hug Wilson or urge him on to throw a fastball to Blake’s face, but it isn’t necessary to come here and call out Wilson for something that obviously means something to the guy.
As long as Wilson keeps going out there giving us his A-game, he can do whatever he wants and I’ll support it. He’s been a solid closer so far and if his little ritual helps him keep his focus, then so be it.
And remember, Armando Benitez never had a post-save ritual cause he never had a chance to develop one.
by CaliforniaBone on May 12, 2009 12:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I haven't seen a single comment that supports Blake, excuses Blake, suggests that what Blake did was good, or "gives credit to the guy."
Not one. Not a single person, not a single time, not a single instance. But maybe I have missed it. Please cite/link to any such comments.
But just because Blake was a dick doesn’t mean that it is not understandable or foreseeable that someone would mock Wilson’s thing.
And as for calling him out, if his weird thing ends up hurting the Giants in either of the following three ways, I’ll be pissed off: (a) now because of some ridiculously infantile macho “code”, some Giant pitcher has to hit some dodger with a pitch, that gives them a base for free, and they have a better offense than we do, and it ends up hurting us; or (b) because of some dumbass macho “code” some Giant pitcher has to hit some dodger, then some dodger pitcher has to hit a Giant — and it won’t be Wilson because he doesn’t bat, in all likelihood; or © other teams start doing the “X” thing to Wilson on his way into the game because he has demonstrated that it really rattles him. Great. It’s all stupid on all side. (And as I have said elsewhere, if he is sensitive to something, it would be a really smart idea NOT to present that to your opponents so they can take advantage of that.)
Having said all that, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick, OF COURSE casey blake is a dick. No “credit” to him at all.
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by Mayor of 311 on May 12, 2009 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I started reading the last paragraph but it was becoming too predictable. You need to branch out as a writer.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
by cheno on May 12, 2009 1:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would love to, and will do so when people quit talking childish crap about this.
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by Mayor of 311 on May 12, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
twbraa?
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by Mayor of 311 on May 12, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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