Come, Good Sirs and Madams, As We Discuss Manny Ramirez's Suspension for Performance-Enhancing Drugs
by Grant Brisbee on May 7, 2009 9:38 AM PDT
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Many being banny.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
by cheno on May 7, 2009 9:38 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on May 7, 2009 9:39 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Also. I think this means we make a trade.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
Maybe so...
The division appears to be much more winnable now.
by The Double Deuce on May 7, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I say Manny and cash for Rowand and Zito
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 7, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Rowand for Manny
is it that outrageous now? Even if we eat some of Rowand’s contract?
I don’t think it’s the most outrageous thing in the world…Winn can play center and Nate play right while Manny is suspended.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on May 7, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, let’s trade for the guy that just tested positive for steroids.
by The Double Deuce on May 7, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
If it would free up money for next year, why not? Plus it would give playing time to younger players
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 7, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a fear of falling into the sarchasm on this one?
You think your a fan? You got nothing on my adopted daughter Sue Burns, now she's a fan. 4 out of 5 doctors agree Rosterbation can cause blindness and delusions of grandeur.
not really
Look, I don’t think it’s going to happen just because the organization is tired of being associated with steroids. However, from a baseball/winning perspective, I don’t see how you wouldn’t consider this. We all know how good Manny is. If you assume he stays off steroids and wouldn’t cause further suspension problems down the road, this might be the perfect opportunity to unload Rowand. The Dodgers need another OF, it would be a good PR move, and the Giants need offense in the worst way. Yeah, you’d only get him for half a season or so, but if the team thinks they are going to be in the chase for the division, he’d be back just in time for a late-season surge.
Like I said, there’s no way the Giants would do it because of the PR issues, but I think it would be a good thing to consider if they’re more concerned about winning than keeping the media off their backs.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on May 7, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I say Manny and cash for Rowand and Zito
This is stupid beyond reason.
Nobody is gonna give us cash in the deal.
Geez……..
Patron saint of pesky hitters.
SARCHASM
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Oh, and lawlz at the jinx machine from yesterday.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
THIS
"You ask for game winning hits, I give you Eugenio Velez"
by The Gene Hackman on May 7, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Open LOL Thread
Adopted Giant: John Bowker. Bowkermania is currently on hiatus.
by rightcenterfielder on May 7, 2009 9:41 AM PDT reply actions
Oh my...
This is terrific news!
Also, can you imagine the fallout if we HAD signed Manny last offseason? First the Bonds fiasco, and then this? I’m glad the Dodgers will have to deal with this headache for a while now.
by The Double Deuce on May 7, 2009 9:42 AM PDT reply actions
LOL @ fangraphs article
**WE DESERVE**
"They can trade me," Bonds said. "I don't think they will, though. It's not like I want to be traded, man. I'm a Giant. I'm stuck here till the end."
The picture caption is full of win. Billy Shakespeare Sarchasm
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My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
we should all thank Dave Cameron
for perhaps the biggest jinx ever put on a professional sports team
by TimLincecumIsGod on May 7, 2009 9:42 AM PDT reply actions
20-8
what could possibly go wrong?
"You ask for game winning hits, I give you Eugenio Velez"
by The Gene Hackman on May 7, 2009 9:42 AM PDT reply actions
Suck it Ralph Barbieri!
(sorry if it was said already, but it bears repeating)
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
i’m removed from the sf radio scene …what did amici’s say?
**WE DESERVE**
"They can trade me," Bonds said. "I don't think they will, though. It's not like I want to be traded, man. I'm a Giant. I'm stuck here till the end."
Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny Sign Manny…
Why didnt we sign Manny?Why didnt we sign Manny?Why didnt we sign Manny? Why didnt we sign Manny? Why didnt we sign Manny? Why didnt we sign Manny? Why didnt we sign Manny? Why didnt we sign Manny? Why didnt we sign Manny? Why didnt we sign Manny?…
Ad Nauseum.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
hahaha…coupled w/the fact that amici’s sucks, not lookin good for rb
**WE DESERVE**
"They can trade me," Bonds said. "I don't think they will, though. It's not like I want to be traded, man. I'm a Giant. I'm stuck here till the end."
Barbieri talked a little about Manny, but he was more a Teixeira guy. Manny was his Plan B.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on May 7, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
That sounds like Damon Bruce
I don’t listen much in “drive time.”
"[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
seriously.
Can’t wait to listen to the show after work.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on May 7, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
just to hear Ralph backing his lips off Manny's butt
I think it’ll be comical.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on May 7, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Suck it Damon Bruce
also needs to be said again.
Right now Jon Miller is somewhere wearing a flamboyant tie and thinking about me.
Yes
This will be hilarious
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
No, it's correlation: teammates just want to hit that guy EXTRA hard.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
This is the best news to wake up too.
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 7, 2009 9:43 AM PDT reply actions
+1
"But if he's swinging at real flies, well, in that case there are two definite solutions: 1) Fresno 2) Ritalin." - howtheyscored
You gotta imagine the appeal process is already over. I’m guessing he tested positive last year?
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
No stats, didn’t happen
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 7, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Today is going to be a good day.
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 7, 2009 9:44 AM PDT reply actions
MERRY CHRISTMAS, GIANTS FANS EVERYWHERE!
Let the silly JPEG’s fly, Photoshopists!
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
An Open Letter
Dear Los Angeles Metropolitan Area,
HAHAHAHAHA LOLZ U SUCKZ
Sincerely,
San Francisco
"Snow woulda had it!!!"
I think we have Dave Cameron to thank for this.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
Help me out here...
Who is Dave Cameron and why must I thank him?
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-nl-west-race-is-over
Right now Jon Miller is somewhere wearing a flamboyant tie and thinking about me.
I come bearing LULZ
And a question: provided he’s telling the truth about the doctor, shouldn’t he have checked to make sure it was safe to take? Even if the doctor says it’s okay, I still research everything I put into my body. Case in point: a doctor once told me that antibiotics don’t lower the effectiveness of the birth control pill. Which, if you know anything about either medication, is bullshit. I went back to my GP and told him what that doctor told me and he was even stunned.
Keep in mind I don’t have a $25 million contract riding on my situation. I’d make sure this drug I was taking wouldn’t cost me big, like losing 50 games worth of pay, jeopardizing the entire 2009 contract, and possibly raising concerns for signing Manny past this season.
That’s why it’s amusing. He’s so dumb that he basically left himself wide open to this.
"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 7, 2009 9:46 AM PDT reply actions
Bill Simmons always said he was too stupid to stick to a steroid cycle. So who knows?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
I laughed at this, too.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 7, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
let the defending begin
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on May 7, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Leave Manny Ramirez alone...RIGHT NOW!!
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IF MANNY DIDN’T KNOW THERE WERE STEROIDS IN THE MEDICATION, THAT MEANS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO HIT ALL THOSE DOUBLEZ AND DINGERRZZ!!
STOP HATING AND DRINKING THE HATERADE!!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
I agree, in JC Romero case is borderline b/c it was supplements etc…
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 7, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
he has 2 options.
“I’m really stupid, like circus stupid”
“I’m a big fat liar with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt stinks and i like to kiss my own butt”
by Giant Voodoo on May 7, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
LOL awww
"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 7, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought nothing would top the feeling I got when I saw this...
I was wrong.
Right now Jon Miller is somewhere wearing a flamboyant tie and thinking about me.
wow, has Matt stairs turned into satan?
I always thought there was something odd about him
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on May 7, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I called one of the VIPs at work with this news...
…a dedicated Giants fan with season tickets. In 10 years of working with him, I have never heard him laugh that hard. Ever.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
BINGO
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Thanks to roger
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fun comments so far over at True Blue LA
"i was too in shell shock when I hear the news via text message … today makes my head heart … is probably on the high end of the spectrum of worst things that could have happened." – Eric Stephen
"WTF – I thought this was a strange April fools joke. I’m still not quite sure I believe it. I’m going to do some work and then come back and hope this all went away." – meercatjohn
"Hopefully the medication will be something that doesn’t taint his legacy" – DonovanNeb
"Is this 50 game suspension set in stone? Can Manny/Dodgers challenge it? If does turn out to be a Romero Case he still does sit 50 because it was banned?" – Big Blue
"Why issue the ban after the Dodgers’ historic night? I hate to be the one to say it, but this reeks of conspiracy, almost as if Bud or someone knew of the suspension and withheld it just so the record could get broken in an effort to cast some light on the MLB during the NBA/NHL playoffs . . ." – Dr. Geek
"I’m very sad to see another MLB icon disgraced with this black mark." – Poisedon’s Fist
"Those boos really motivate me to make something happen." - Bonds
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on May 7, 2009 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
I took a bite right as I saw this
nearly covered my macbook with empanada
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More lolz from the MLB Dodger board
I’ve been vocal about the whole steroid mess and despise it as a scourge on the game. I’d be against anyone who has used the stuff no matter what team he’s on. But I’m also against this guilty until proven innocent lynch mob mentality that’s permeated itself into our society. People need to get all the facts before they make a judgment.
Oh sure, now you say that.
Adopted Giant: John Bowker. Bowkermania is currently on hiatus.
by rightcenterfielder on May 7, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
cough Barry *cough Is the jesuscough for PEDs user *cough
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 7, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 7, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
seriously
STFU. Dodger fans have no legs to stand on.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on May 7, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
The whole shebang calls for a Jon Stewart Daily Show treatment
Not actually on the Daily Show, but the beautiful way those guys frame hypocracy. Clip of Dodger fan bellyaching about Barry Bonds, followed by clip of same fan defending Manny.
"[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
Conspiracy!
"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 7, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
“Hopefully the medication will be something that doesn’t taint his legacy”
That’s pretty damned weak sauce coming from a Dodger fan.
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Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 7, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Bob Nightingale (on MLB TV ) reporting that the “drug” must be some form of PED. If it were amphetamine, the suspension would be 25 days, instead of 50.
"One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other ninety-nine percent are followers of women."-John McGraw, NY Giants Baseball Club
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
Anagram of hypocritcal dodger fan?
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I've never been happier to have Crabs
Dirt Fop Orgy Clinched AA
Fop: a vain man, a dandy
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
“Why issue the ban after the Dodgers’ historic night? I hate to be the one to say it, but this reeks of conspiracy, almost as if Bud or someone knew of the suspension and withheld it just so the record could get broken in an effort to cast some light on the MLB during the NBA/NHL playoffs . . .” – Dr. Geek
Yes, because we know MLB loves to have the steroid scandal attach itself to another one of its top players.
Question: What kind of bear is best?
FOX must be shitting themselves…I wonder how many Dodger / Manny games were on the docket in the next 2 months.
Suck it List:
Barbieri
Bruce
FOX
Patron saint of pesky hitters.
Goes without saying, but can be said again.
"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 7, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
True Blue LA’s three posters.
(Random thought: when Gagne was a Dodger, was it True Bleu LA?)
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.
Last True Blue LA post before the Manny story: 2 comments
Two posts on the Manny story: 189 comments combined
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.
Brian Sabean, you crazy genius, you
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
Sabean / Manny / Ralph Barbieri three-way slash. GET ON IT, PEOPLE.
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.
eew
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You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
BTW, Nate not in the line-up again today. WTF?!??! Can a manager get suspended 50 games as well? He has the tell-tell big head after all.
disregard
An old extra-baggs popped up in my google reader for yesterdays line-up.
by AngelWillSaveUs on May 7, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
DODGERS RECORD IS TAINTED
DESTROY HOME RECORD! MARK IT WITH ASTERISKS! ROIDIREZ! 533*
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by GiantBrass on May 7, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions 7 recs
+1
Over the top.
Just the way I likes it.
by CaliforniaBone on May 7, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Rubbing excess pine tar onto it.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Marvin Bernard taught him about “the tar” on the helmet .
"One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other ninety-nine percent are followers of women."-John McGraw, NY Giants Baseball Club
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
This just in...
Mannywood promotion put on back burner.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
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Excellent analysis!
Sir Alex Omar Hinshaw: It's not right if it's not left.
by The Enchanter on May 7, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
concur
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Finally, the cogent baseball analysis we all come for.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Chatterbalks dot com: Still with jokes. Now with updates.
The sad thing about this is, even with all the players implicated for steroids, and even with all the mega-stars involved, most people will STILL act like it’s all about Barry.
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.
Manny took Barroids* Brand Steroids.
"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 7, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
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Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on May 7, 2009 10:00 AM PDT reply actions 6 recs
holy shit you win everything
seriously, IRL lmao
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“Looks like we sure dodged a bullet on that one, amirite?”
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by rightcenterfielder on May 7, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions
Naught
All goes for naught this weekend for the Giants if they can’t take atleast two or three games from the Dodgers this weekend. 6-1/2 games out and if they don’t start making up some ground it won’t matter that Manny is out for 50 games. Even without Manny the Giants are not 6-1/2 games better than the Dodgers. The Dodgers are still probably a couple of games better. I’m more worried that Arizona will actually start hitting… well that and the North Koreans testing another missile.
vr, Xei
You, sir, are a douche
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on May 7, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’d like to see your thoughts represented in percentages.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
The fact that the Giants can’t play their way out of a wet paper bag and the fact that the Dodgers have been playing very well to start the year have nothing to do with Ramirez’s staggering stupidity for getting caught with a banned substance.
Goddamn man. You’re as stupid as 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 7, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I had a 96.45% chance of posting a nearly identical comment
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 7, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I was going to make a joke about xeifrank’s latest herpes outbreak, but there’s a 98.69% chance he’s never scored.
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 7, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
MEGA BURN
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You’re the troll you asshat! Take your fancy percentages and shove um right up your ass.
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by PacBellBoozer on May 7, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
This is trolling, moron. All your numbers and you haven’t learned common sense.
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Exsqueeze me?
We are trolling our own forum? You really are that dumb, aren’t you? Who’s the one posting nonsense on a rival’s forum again?
Hitler was a Dodgers fan.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 7, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I want to see the gif of this.
That one is a classic.
by AmorVincitOmnia on May 7, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Of course you show up now
Suck it. Suck it long, and suck it hard!
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by PacBellBoozer on May 7, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
The Dodgers are still probably a couple of games better.
Maybe on paper, but I wouldn’t underestimate the distraction that this could bring to the rest of the bums clubhouse.
by The Double Deuce on May 7, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
…Not to mention the several other Dodgers who’ll be SCARED into cycling off.
…What, you think M*nny’s the only DROIDger juicing??
INTERESTING, isn’t it, how many Giants were accused or caught as PED users while Colletti and Conte were with the team. Now that Colletti and Conte are with the Dodgers, look what happens!!
I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT HOW HUGE LASORDA’S BOILER HAS GOTTEN OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS!! IF THAT’S NOT PROOF, I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS!!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Call me crazy but I miss Xeifrank's percentage predictions
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on May 7, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
You sir
are fucking crazy
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
I miss them too.
But you’re still crazy.
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.
IT'S STILL AWESOME THAN MANNY IS BANNED
Remember, we’re Giants fans. The Dodgers losing (games, players, face) is just as good to us as Giants wins.
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.
It’s funny ’cause it happened to someone else!
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.
SUCK IT, XEIFRANK
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Edited “Suck it” list:
Manny
Barbieri
Bruce
FOX
Boras
Russell Martin
Xeifrank
3 posters at True Blue LA
Colletti
McCourt
Russell Martin
Lasorda
"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."
You forgot Russell Martin.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
I was going to save this but now seems appropriate.
Formerly Revolution1 || Status: Worried that Giants are going to sell my wall of Ks to Johnsonville Sausages || Barry Zito: Throws Canyons Mildly Half-OK
WIN
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.
Over/Under on comments until BAN
5 more?
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
BAN HAMMER
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.
Please don't ever ban XeiFrank
The hatred he inspires drives up commenting by 321.7%, and the amusement of the insults adds 721.9% more class to this blog.
vr, ooo
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
FAIL
Should be 321.74% and 721.92%.
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.
But it would so be worth it
To see the new persona that he wouldn’t be able to resist creating. Maybe he’d sign off with xoxoxo, instead of vr
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I need a punching bag today, so let’s keep him around.
"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 7, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
See what you did?
You made the COMPUTER laugh
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
PROTIP
The Los Angeles Angels have never won a World Series.
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.
stop trying to change the subject.
Manny is busted. all rejoice in Giantsville.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on May 7, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Xeifrank,
I actually like ya buddy outside of this site (e.g. on Tango/MGL’s blog, Fangraphs), more than anyone else here probably (and more than everyone else combined), but this was not your brightest move.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
LA’s NFL team since 1995 0-0
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 7, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
The horror, the horror
this is just pwn after pwn..
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
That just seems silly...
A record like that would only emphasize how bad the baseball teams are right now, and to some extent the Warriors. What’s the point of the NFL if they aren’t weighted equally? I thought you were a stat master? I’m disappointed in you.
Formerly Revolution1 || Status: Worried that Giants are going to sell my wall of Ks to Johnsonville Sausages || Barry Zito: Throws Canyons Mildly Half-OK
Again, what in the fuck does that have to do with any of this? In making this head-up-your -ass argument, you are no better than the Padres fans who vehemently deny Caminit’s PED use but villify Bonds. At one point, your misguided statistical ramblings had a shred of merit. Now, you’ve just descended into fullblown asshat territory, and for what? So you can behave like a child?
Good job, asshole.
"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 7, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 11 recs
No kidding…I like it when Baron gets the rage…Find it mildly enticing even!
Proud papa of Nathan John Schierholtz. Choo Choo...the train is a comin' baby, get off them tracks!!
by PacBellBoozer on May 7, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
RAGE
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
BARON FTW
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on May 7, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Well put.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on May 7, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we just get this guy banned already...please?
he’s just a troll. we all know he is a troll. he only comes here to bother us, not to actually participate in any way. is there a way to ban him?
by positiveuphemism on May 7, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Here's a stat for you:
Number of games Barry Bonds has been suspended for due to violating the MLB drug policy
vs.
Number of games Manny Ramirez has been suspended for due to violating the MLB drug policy
Hitler was a Dodgers fan.
If Manny was off the sauce he'd probably look like this....
"Why you gotta be cardin' my hos?" - Charlie Hayes
by stevieg on May 7, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
He'll have plenty of time to play spies now.
"'alice' was a very importent show to the hip-hop community, that show had mad flo" --pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth
from MLB trade rumors
Manny was hitting .348/.492/.641 in 120 plate appearances and figures to be replaced by Juan Pierre.
/tears of joy
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on May 7, 2009 10:06 AM PDT reply actions 28 recs
This needs to be green too.
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.
Holy shit
this is just the best day ever
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
I just looked up “schadenfreude” in the dictionary and it used this sentence as an example.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
Everyone go over to true blue and
vote on the number of games the dodgers will win without manny (less than 15
Minor White > Ansel Adams
Doyers! Doyers! Doyers!
Already made a few rounds around the warehouse at work and let all the LA-lovers hear it. I absolutely love this.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on May 7, 2009 10:08 AM PDT reply actions
Just a thought
is Bonds Manny’s doctor?
“No seriously take this, dont ask stupid questions”
“Ok.”
“Ok now pee into this, and welcome to the pen 15 club”
Also, I really like how it says "ANGERS"
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
No, that's an L
He’s calling Manny out for being a La-hoo-zuh-her
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
He was on the Angers!
/roid_rage
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
WHY IS THERE A TINY ARM GROWING FROM HIS ARMPIT????
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
It's one of the "little people" holding up his immense muscle for him
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
No matter what he does, I’ll always remember him for this:
Adopted Giant: John Bowker. Bowkermania is currently on hiatus.
by rightcenterfielder on May 7, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I can not find this video anywhere, I love it…
I got it.. I got it… ouch…Home RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 7, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
BarryZito:
Manny’s gone for 50 games. time for the Giants to capitalize
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
I seriously laughed at that tweet. Losing Manny sucks, but the Giants still have an offense that’s cobbled together from suck, fail, and Travis Ishikawa.
if they can stay in it through May, a trade could actually make them contenders.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
We’ll see, but the Giants have to fix 1B pretty soon to hang around. I’ll figure up a WAR and how much the Dodgers are losing over 50 games sometime later. I bet it’s 2-ish wins, that might even be too much.
I think that Travis Ishikawa doesn’t have a lot of time left to start hitting.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
Yes
If they trade Sabean for Theo Epstein.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Me too
he’s really turned me around this year
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Okay Zito just got into my good graces. I won’t villify him for the duration of Manny’s suspension at least.
"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 7, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
To steal from Krukow
“HAHAHA-HAHA….Laugher!”
Welcome to the club, D-ger fans, welcome to the club.
I normally don’t laugh at other’s problems, but given all the talk about their unprecedented win streak at home, I can only assume that this will hit them in the gut and they will fall back to the pack, particularly with Pierre as the replacement (thanks Colletti for that one!).
And hopefully Manny gets rusty while out and takes a while to get back on track to his Manny-ness, preferably in the middle of their lineup.
Adoptive parental unit of Ehire Adrianza.
Godfather of Travis Ishikawa.
"I'm really proud to be on this team." - Nate Schierholtz
"Woo hoo" - Tim "The Kid" Lincecum
"Let's go get them in 2009!" - The Kid
by obsessivegiantscompulsive on May 7, 2009 10:13 AM PDT reply actions
The offensive onslaught of Juan Pierre will be upon us soon, which will make Dodgers fans quickly forget about Manny.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
by oooreebay on May 7, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
HEY GUYS I THINK ITS TIME 2 BRING BACK ANDREW JONES
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.
Judgment Day is coming
comics | art | Nattowear
by Natto on May 7, 2009 10:13 AM PDT reply actions 36 recs
YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
You, sir, are a genious and a scholar.
Sir Alex Omar Hinshaw: It's not right if it's not left.
by The Enchanter on May 7, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions