Giants/Braves Series Preview
by Grant Brisbee on May 26, 2009 1:39 PM PDT
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PrintAfter 14,301 straight consecutive division titles, the Braves missed the playoffs in 2006, and they haven’t been back since. I’d enjoy a hearty chuckle at the Braves’ expense, but it isn’t as if the Giants have been tripping the October light fantastic in that time.
Eh, a little chuckle wouldn’t hurt.
The Braves had a weakness this offseason – the starting pitching was a little thin – and they addressed the weakness through trades and free agency. They tried for almost every non-Sabathia free agent starter, ending up with Derek Lowe, and they traded for Javier Vazquez after a Jake Peavy trade didn’t go through. What a bunch of weirdos. Don’t they know you’re just supposed to wish really, really hard for the problems to go away? It worked for the Giants’ offense this year.
And the Braves have a pretty good team this year. The starting pitching’s solid, and the infield ranges from solid-to-spectacular. The only thing holding them back is the outfield, which includes four-time cover model of This Is the Year Quarterly, Jeff Francouer. Garret Anderson has been a wreck so far, but it’s early, and he could still contribute as a first baseman for a contender.
Brian Sabean picks up the phone
That’s a joke, Brian.
Sabean puts down the phone after remembering he doesn’t read this site
The Braves are a pretty good team. I still think the Giants will figure out a way to win at least one game in the series. I’m usually not that optimistic, but I have a feeling about this one.
Hitter to watch:
Jordan Schafer is a top prospect who is struggling mightily at the plate. There’s no way he continues his struggles against the Giants. Well, I have a hunch he’ll struggle against Jonathan Sanchez, but latent, untapped talent is always something that kills the Giants. See below for more examples.
Pitcher to watch:
Kris Medlen, who starts tomorrow, is a good prospect who had an exceptionally low walk rate last year. So, if I’m putting together a top-five list of pitcher-types I don’t want to see the Giants face, would this be accurate?
- Young pitchers with okay stuff and good control who have given up several runs against every other team they’ve faced
- Young pitchers with live arms who’ve struggled with their control against every other team they’ve faced
- Old, crafty control specialists trying to hang onto a job in the majors
- Crafty control specialists with secure rotation spots, but poor strikeout rates
- Perennial Cy Young contenders
Yeah, Medlen’s a #1. Sorry, Tim Lincecum. Looks like you’re in for another pitcher’s duel.
Prediction:
Even if the Giants sweep the series, I will still be violently angry toward the following people: Fred McGriff, Randy Smith, Mike Piazza, Melvin Nieves, Jeff Blauser, Steve Avery’s healthy left shoulder, Deion Sanders, Armando Reynoso, Craig Colbert, Bud Selig, Kevin Gross, and Dave Burba.
Since this series preview is a day late, the following comment starters will also be accepted: a) Discussion on whether or not you still hate the Braves, b) how much you hate the Braves, or c) if there are any other types of pitchers guaranteed to shut the 2009 Giants out.
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He may have gone 0-4 with 7 LOB yesterday but I’m still pretty sure Francoeur is going to kill us this series.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
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My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't be so sure
His typo could have been really bad. He could have meant time travailer.
Upon further reflection, travailer would still end in ler…
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
IAWTC
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
IAWTA
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
I have an irrational hatred of all things from Atlanta (kind of like the irrational hatred I have for all things from Texas outside of “Austin City Limits”). Hey, it works for me. Thus, I hate the Braves.
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
What is rational hatred like?
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
uh, dodgers?
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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The only thing that bothers me about the Braves is that stupid chop thing they do. When the stadium plays that crappy music, the fans response looks absolutely Pavlovian.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 26, 2009 1:55 PM PDT reply actions
There are many things that bother me about the Braves, but this is #1.
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.
We were at the game Monday, and in true wacky SF style so were the protestors. “Stop the Chop!!!” “Boycott Atlanta Braves Baseball!”
I promised them I would NEVER do the chop and that I’d never go to an Atlanta Braves game, I was going to a Giants game you see – I also volunteered to take up a collection for them so they could, like, you know, go to Atlanta, where their protest MIGHT ACTUALLY MEAN SOMETHING!
Sometimes these liberals and their tutti-frooti ideas….
Back in the Candlestick days, I went to a Giants-Braves game and made a sign spelling out TBS as The Braves Suck. At one point a Braves came up to me and tried to seriously debate the merits of said claim. “HOW CAN THEY SUCK IF THEY’RE IN FIRST PLACE? AND THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD PITCHING WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU!!!!!”
Mem-ories.
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.
Piss on them
After all of their We’re Tired of Being Second signs from ’93, all bets are off.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 26, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how people still protest the Florida Seminoles even though the Seminoles said they were fine with it.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Yes and no
There are three recognized Seminole tribes. Two of them are okay with it, one is against it.
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.
Majority rules, the Seminoles are fine with it.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on May 26, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
According to wikipedia there are two – Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and Seminole Tribe of Florida, and both reached an agreement with FSU.
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.
:-(
There’s also the Everglades Miccosukee Tribe of Seminole Indians.
Doing some quick Googling, it looks like they may be okay with it now, too.
My understanding of the whole situation is largely based on talking to my parents, who both teach at FSU, years and years ago, so I probably shouldn’t have spoken so authoritatively!
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.
The United States government has used flimsier excuses!
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.
You wouldn’t believe how many people tried to use the wiki as a reference for term papers and what not. You try to explain to them why it’s not a legitimate source for research and they just don’t get it. We’re doomed I tell you, doooomed!!!
Even at its best, all Wikipedia should be is a launching point for generalities and finding other resources.
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.
Yes, well, one thing I’ve learned this semester is that California’s Community Colleges are not exactly bastions of scholarly study.
Are you putting down the fine West Valley Community College?
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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, back with the big team!
I suppose I shouldn’t speak for anything other than the 4 “colleges” that make up the Los Rios Community College District.
I had a good experience at DVC, but then, they had that grading scandal after I left.
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.
You’re in the area…what have you heard about Sierra? I’ve always thought of moving up that way and going there.
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, back with the big team!
I’ve not heard much about Sierra. At any of the JC’s it may very well depend on what you are majoring in, and what your expectations are.
Us old fogeys probably shouldn’t be going to school with 18 year olds who write reports as if they were text messaging their BFF.
Then again, many of the instructors, who ARE my age haven’t been much better. Mr. Merope and I have both had some pretty discouraging experiences with American River College.
We’ve both enjoyed courses we’ve taken at Sac State; however the administration there is a nightmare wrapped in red tape.
I went to Sierra
My experience was that how much you get from a course depended a lot on who your professors were. I don’t know what you want to major in, but they have some really good math professors, some ok to good comp sci professors, and a philosophy prof. who’s one of the best in the biz.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
SRJC or DVC
best community colleges in California
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
I finished classes at DVC last fall and when I was getting my transfer stuff together I asked basically everyone about that. I was told the grade scandal had been resolved and the college could keep its accreditation. I got into San Jose State ahead of 4400 freshman applicants. However the school is required to submit a report by October stating why their accreditation shouldn’t be withdrawn.
That said I don’t know if I’d go there now, but when I went it was good. I actually did the work though. That might have something to do with it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 27, 2009 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
As a historian
I’m supposed to hate wikipedia. I have no real problem with it. I would never cite it in a paper. But it has its uses. And some of them are beyond a jumping off point.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
An* historian
Where are you studying/working right now?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
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Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
I'm not working as a historian ;), right now
I am currently working as a teacher. But I’ve been trained as an historian. That makes me one.
I served an internship for the National Park Service as an historian.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
Cool cool
I’m starting grad school in the fall….
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
I’ve always wanted to write a complicated history books with pages upon pages of endnotes, and in those endnotes I would cite nothing but Wikipedia.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Chatterbalks dot com: Still with jokes. Now with updates.
One of my journalism profs let us use Wikipedia as a source as long as the information we cited had a legit source. Which is how I wrote my papers in all my classes anyway. Wiki can be used as a great information aggregate, provided you look at it with a discerning eye and pay close attention to the sources.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I like wikipedia just for finding quick info about random stuff whenever I need it, but it could actually be pretty useful for more serious research, too.
Take the article on the cold war. It’s locked so random users can’t edit it. It has 243(!) footnotes, as well as a ton of references.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
I use it to find out when celebrities were born.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
to quote the always insightful michael scott
Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you are getting the best possible information.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
Advantage goes to Wikipedia
When finding what nations signed the Kyoto Protocol, Wiki has it, with the sources to back it up. Googling the same info took me 45 minutes. It’s also fun to waste a day reading taxonomy articles. I got into that stuff after my anthropology class a few semesters ago. You can absolutely find info on the pages, but to lift what it says directly from the pages is another story.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s the thing for me, I’ll just look on the home page, open a few articles, and then just start bouncing around from there to various linked articles.
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, back with the big team!
My freshman year of college appeared to be the first year that professors started to encounter the wikipedia as academic source phenomenon. It took almost no time at all before grades started taking knocks for it and that pretty much killed the practice.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw the protestors out there too. Some asshat wearing a Braves jersey got right up in their face and did the chop. They showed remarkable restraint, especially when it it looked pretty clear they could have beat his ass, and just said “You’re really ok with hurting peoples’ feeling like that.”
I’ve never found the chop to be as offensive as “Redskins”, but I’ve never walked a mile in their mocasins, so can’t fairly judge the situation.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
Is this the place where I just link to that fanpost I made last year?
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
Leave 'em alone
What difference does it make if they want to do it?
Insanity is just a state of mind.
Yes. And furthermore, it’s dumb.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I was at the game yesterday, and every time the Giants did something good the fans in my section would do a sychronized chop in the direction of whatever Braves fan happened to be around.
I asked them to please stop, but I wasn’t in the best section as far as examples of intelligent Giants fans went. Between that and the heckling of some “Dee-az” character who wasn’t playing left field at all, it was almost easy to ignore the abject lack of any real baseball knowledge that was coming out of their mouths.
I don’t like to speak poorly about Giants fans, but the section was asking for it.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The only time that happened in our section was after the Braves scored and the Braves fans started doing it, but almost immediately after that they made their 3rd out and some Giants people did it right back in their faces.
I only really talked to one Braves fan, when I was jokingly yelling for the Giants to score more runs during the 7th inning. He was sitting 2 rows in front of us and he said “Oh come on, give me a break already!” and I said “You obviously haven’t seen our bullpen.” He laughed.
they just copied the Tomahawk Chop from Florida State fans.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 26, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I dislike the Braves slightly less than the Dodgers and Angels, but more than the Cardinals and Marlins.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
Chipper Jones and Yunel Escobar will probably miss this series
Good news for Lincecum and Johnson
lamenting on losing players on my fantasy team
receives heckling and projectile rotten produce
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never liked the Braves. Their fans suck and they draft the same goofy looking SOBs from backwoods Georgia. F them.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions
Pitcher types
It would be less fun, but the list could look something like:
1. Pitchers who are alive and pitching at the high school varsity level or above.
Terry Pendelton belongs somewhere on that list of hate for no reason other than owning some of Barry’s hardware and the San Diego Padres have to be included as a 1a) with Fred McGriff.
topical
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 26, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you know July 12th is Brian Wilson bobble head day?
How is THAT going to work?
“No really, here’s $20 AND a bobble head! Take it… Please…”
you know the weird thing about the Brian Wilson bobble head?
It’s anatomically correct.
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WITH FOUR BALLS.
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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re: Brave Hatred
I hate them still. I really, really do. the closest I ever came to getting a ball in the stands was when David Justice looked right at me in the candle stick outfield, and threw it to the kid 5 seats away.
That goddamn assbag. Same feeling re: current braves.
Proud new co-dad of Travis Ishikawa. And ishikaBOOM Goes the Dynamite.
Justice
Overrated player, shitty broadcaster, and an ego he didn’t deserve.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 26, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I dont really hate the Braves
Just the chop thing, and how good they were for all those years.
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
Don’t really hate the Braves that much even though they were good for so long. I like if I am tired and want to take a nap, I can turn on a Braves telecast on TBS and their monotone announcers put me to sleep.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on May 26, 2009 2:22 PM PDT reply actions
That’s the thing I hate most about the Braves other than the chop – their worthless TBS announcers.
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.
Good lord their announcers are crap. Chip Caray (sp?) is terrible and all their veteran announcers sound like they either don’t know they’re at a game or, if they do, don’t enjoy baseball. So boring.
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.
a) Oh God, yes
b) a crapload
c) all of them
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 26, 2009 2:24 PM PDT reply actions
Jeff Blauser was a funny-looking dude
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.
Yes……still hate the Braves! It’s on a different scale then Dodgers/Angels hate but definately one of my top 5 hated teams. The fact that they were so good for so long and ’93 will always keep them on that list
93 is also for Rockies hate.
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Wasn’t around in ‘93 so I’ve never hated them.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
1993 hurt as much IF NOT MORE than any other year for the following reasons:
We had a 10.5 game lead in July, before the Padres handed McGriff to the Braves
It was the last year before realignment, thus the BRAVES would not have won OUR Division
It was the last year before the Wild Card, so the Giants basically fell short in the last true Pennant Race
The MF’ing Rockies went 0-13 against the Braves
We had an 8 game losing streak that started on September 4th. My Birthday.
Bob Quinn turned down a trade for Dennis “El Presidente” Martinez, a move that would prove costly
103 wins, 4 Gold Gloves, 2 20 Game Winners, 1 MVP ALL WASTED!
We won 3 straight in LA to hold serve against the Braves, until the Dodgers hammered King Salomon to end our season 13-1
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by NuschlerFace on May 26, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
As I recall, the Giants had the best record of any major American sports team not to make the postseason.
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.
I believe you’re correct. Also, Will Clark left for Texas a couple months later.
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by NuschlerFace on May 26, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants could have had McGriff (for no other reason than to block the Braves from getting him + Will had been injured that year) but they didn’t want to part with Salomon Torres….
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 26, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks Barry!
“Barry came up to us at the All-Star Game and told us the race was over.” — Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone
Also, that John Patterson HR was so out of nowhere and unreal. I was going ape shit.
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by NuschlerFace on May 26, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I relive it every morning,
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by NuschlerFace on May 27, 2009 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
The Braves ARE good for one thing. Whenever someone starts chirping about how we need to trade our pitching for a bat I can always point to those Braves teams of the 90’s and say “Yeah back in the mid to late 90’s Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux didn’t help the Braves in the playoffs AT ALL.”
(Which I usually follow up with “Fine trade for ONE bat, they’ll just WALK him and get the next dude to GIDP”)
If nothing else it leaves them spinning for a moment, and gives me time to run away before they start yelling “CAIN 4 FIELDER”
A succession of shitty, douchenozzle announcers on TBS sealed their fate for me long ago…
Also, fuck skeleton-faced Otis Nixon, dumbass Dave Justice, anyone involved with the McGriff trade, too-much-follow-through-on swing Ryan Klesko (yes, even the erstwhile Giant), wife-smacking Bobby Cox and obviously-roided out Ron Gant.
"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."
this for me as well
A succession of shitty, douchenozzle announcers on TBS sealed their fate for me long ago…
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on May 26, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just thinking about Ron Gant the other day
Him and Ray Lankford. I wonder what happened to them.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, few players in MLB history uglier than Rick Mahler.
"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."
Also worth mentioning: former Brave and Giant Ken Oberkfell
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.
that is one amazing beard
almost better than Billy Mays
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on May 26, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
He lost the lumberjack look as a Giant.
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.
I’ll see your Oberkfell and raise you Glenn Hubbard:
"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."
snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake it's a snaaaaaaaaaaaaaake
seriously WTF though
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
That Oberkfell card is from 1986. My memory is spotty, but i don’t think I had a beard when I was six.
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.
My memory is not spotty. But my beard might be.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
/points and laughs
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish I could sport a beard like that now.
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I have a Grizzly Adams going right now.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 26, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I had Mickey Mahler’s (brother of Rick, also a Braves pitcher) baseball card around ’79 or so. It was one of the creepiest things ever.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 26, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I thin Grant forgot to include “long relievers who get an emergency spot start due to injury”
They too are guaranteed to shut the Giants down.
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I was so confused I actually went to check my calendar.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
Wrong thread.
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Now I’m beyond confused. I thought I went back in time and the series had not started yet. Time and space had to erase the 8 runs the Giants put up.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
The Giants have never scored eight runs (or more) in a game. It has never happened. This is (a not fun) fact.
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.
For some reason
The capitalized “H” in hitter made me read “Hitler to watch” instead of “Hitter to watch.”
What about a Girl Hitler to watch?
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When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Anyone going to the game tonight? I can’t decide what food to get tonight at the yard. I’m leaning towards the Cha Cha bowl. Help?
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 26, 2009 4:24 PM PDT reply actions
SHEBOYGAN
Though they’ve been a bit disappointing the last few times I’ve gotten them.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Oh no, what’s happened to the brats?
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 26, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno, they just seemed a bit different – even slightly on a cold side. And they put them in a cardboard tray thing now instead of wrapping them in foil, which makes it difficult to eat.
This is all last year though, things may have changed. And they were still pretty good.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
It kinda seems like since they sell them all over now they tend to vary from stand to stand.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
well really...
What CAN you do with brat like that?
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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I had a cha-cha bowl yesterday. Be advised, they’ve moved the hot sauce dispensers! Yesterday they were on the corner of the stand itself, not on the napkin table.
If it stays warm the Ghirardelli Sundaes are really yummy. I can’t quite remember where the stand is though, and the ball park map wasn’t much help, near sections 104? 105? but around the corner on the patio dealie, big help I know.
Ghirardelli Sundaes are really yummy. I can’t quite remember where the stand is though,
IIRC, there is one under Section 140 .
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There’s a carvery on the third deck with turkey cranberry sandwiches to die for.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
btw
in case you missed it on the other thread:
Trader Joe’s sells the Pomegranite Limeade. In our Sacramento store, the one at Town & Country, they have a huge display on an endcap at the front of the store, I think it’s a new item.
Excellent
Mom and I are planning a trip to TJs in the near future. Thanks for the tip!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants also have trouble with pitchers that they have recently let go or traded.
by Classy_Argonaut on May 26, 2009 4:58 PM PDT reply actions
Timsday
The holiest day.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t see the protesters, but I’m sure if they went to Atlanta to protest, John Rocker would take em out with a sniper rifle and some pipe bombs.
Ron Wotus for Manager or Roberto Kelly.
Billy Ripken is still a douche bag.
oh and that post about the braves hiring of backwoods funny looking dudes was right on.
Ron Wotus for Manager or Roberto Kelly.
Billy Ripken is still a douche bag.
by kbsofaraway08 on May 26, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t even know he was running.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t even know the Confederacy was still around.
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I work with a fellow who has the Confederate flag as his work computer screensaver. My jaw dropped when I saw it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
At first I thought he was just some dumb hick. He was pretty cool to me, offered me tips when the alterator on my car bit the dust. But then I saw that and I was all “oh”
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Communication is good
Even here. Open up the lines of communication. It’s likely that the conversation will end badly. But there’s no real problem considering you aren’t friends with this person anyway.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
Maybe he doesn't really know what it means
It could be a romanticism thing. Ignorance is better than the alternative.
It’s not likely, but everyone deserves a chance.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
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I just checked the Wikipedia article on the Confederate States, and saw the quote from their vice president that the new Confederate government “rest[ed] upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth”.
So uh, I’m not a fan.
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nor am I
I can’t fathom someone who would be, and I still have to make sure that guy’s bills get paid on his orders. It’s a fucked up world we live in, friend.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps he isn’t a Confederate hold out, and perhaps he just thinks it’s something cool. You know, like, “HEY MAN, LYNYRD SKYNYRD MAN, CONFEDERATE FLAG, WOOOOO!” cool.
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Singing along to Sweet Home Alabama, cool
Supporting a hateful and myopic failed republic, not cool.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions
This "truth" was the central basis for their economy
Money is a powerful motivator.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
Of course
This is not an excuse. Especially for the jerkwad at Baron’s work.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
yep
I’d make some scathing remark about how he doesn’t have to care because he’s a white middle aged American male, but there are plenty of white males of every age here and elsewhere who aren’t flaming dillholes, so.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Some of us are flaming dillholes and still don’t agree with waving the confederate flag around.
And then some of us are just flaming.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 26, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
my bad
When it comes to dillholes that are flaming, you are the best of both.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh…I figured they would at least kind of avoid that issue and come up with something that, you know, makes sense.
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The whole Southern cotton economy was built on slavery. So they had to keep it.
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A Rebel Flag would seem
to violate many HR policies, and most state laws. Except maybe Alabama.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
He always ran in from the bullpen
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
I work at motorcycle rallies across the country and am always amazed at how many of these flags you see out there. Really makes me appreciate I live in CA.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on May 26, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I still kind of like the Braves. We moved to the Bay Area in ‘93 (when I was already a neophyte Braves fan) and I really wasn’t old enough to follow sports. Then Chipper came up when I was in middle school and he was my first favorite player (the high socks, the shades, the switch-hitting, the playing of third base). By that time I was a big-time Giants fan, but it couldn’t prevent me from liking the Braves.
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.
One of my cousins is a Braves fan despite having been born and raised in SF. I think he watched too much TBS growing up.
Judgment Day is coming
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The funny thing is, we didn’t even have cable (or a TV sometimes). It’s not like I could watch much baseball period, let alone the Braves.
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.
Chipper Jones provokes an irrational loathing in me that’s matched by few non-Dodgers.
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.
I still think the Giants will figure out a way to win at least one game in the series.
I’m going out on a limb here, but I agree.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
from baggs
CF Rowand
SS Renteria
RF Winn
C Molina
LF Lewis
1B Ishikawa
3B Uribe
2B Burriss
P Lincecum
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
BOCHY WTF R U wait
Uh…that’s fine, I guess.
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I still kind of get this strange retching reflex when I see Rowand leading off. But I’m learning to suppress it.
/gag reflex.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Ishikawa not batting third? But he hits homerunz now!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 26, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have preferred Aurilia go away, but oh well.
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I know, which is why I’m resigned instead of angry.
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2010
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My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
Don't worry
He should be back soon.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 26, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
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