San Francisco Giants Link Dump
by Grant on Jun 12, 2009 9:44 AM PDT
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This shouldn't be my post for today, but SB Nation has a neat little widget for authors that helps for link roundups, and I thought I'd try it....
For the birds: Gull struck by winning hit | MLB.com: News
Not Giants-related, but pretty funny. Bonus: The bird was alright.
Greg Minton Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
Just because.
BaseballAmerica.com: Catching Up With Tommy Joseph
Joseph's excited to play with his former teammate, Tim Alderson.
Tommy Joseph love from DRaysBay readers
"Best case scenario - Ryan Doumit" -- Well, maybe. I'm pegging it more as Mike Piazza with multiple gold gloves. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.
Draft Reactions Around the Blogosphere - Beyond the Box Score
A roundup of draft stuff from around the league.
Chronicle story on Zack Wheeler
Pretty standard story meant for people who aren't draft nerds, but the introductory anecdote is worth the price of admission.
Bowker is ready to take a "Giant" step in his career
Hensley Meulens for Pope. Or MLB hitting coach, at least. This is a Fresno news report. Seriously, though, if five seconds of soundbite could ever make you wish for a coaching change, this is it.
The Giants make a Cinderella bid for the playoffs | Dodger Thoughts | Los Angeles Times
Jon Weisman looks at the Giants, unintentionally reminds me of "Spinderella" from Salt 'N' Pepa. I have a ton of respect for Weisman and his blog, even though his choice of team is painfully misguided, but I'm not sure about his ability to evaluate movies. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles not in the top ten Steve Martin movies? That's like putting "Let it Be", "Magical Mystery Tour", and "Yellow Submarine" above "Rubber Soul."
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Tim Alderson was watching the draft on his computer?
NERD
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jun 12, 2009 9:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And that’s very interesting about Bowker. I’d like to see if his improvement would carry over to the majors before anointing Meulens but I never thought a dude like Bowker could learn some semblance of plate discipline, so I am impressed.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jun 12, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked the Bowker video, too. I forgot how much I liked his swing. Good stuff.
by xanthan on Jun 12, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I rooted for Bam Bam when he played here in AAA for the Clippers. I love seeing him succeed in the Giants org!
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jun 12, 2009 9:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He’s seriously awesome. We talked for like a half hour about his career, coaching, and his work with the Dutch Antillies Baseball Academy and his efforts to get an RBI program going in the islands. Listening to him speak about baseball is a real treat.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 12, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a signed Moonman ball
But he just signed it Greg Minton. =/
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 12, 2009 9:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Shameless self promotion. I wrote very briefly about RJ on Wednesday.
http://www.baycityball.com/2009/06/10/wednesday-plots-randy-johnson/
I think this graph is pretty cool. It’s Johnson’s BB/9 and SO/9 rates over his career. It’s pretty amazing how he turned his control around.
by xanthan on Jun 12, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Randy Johnson is a freak of nature and not really a good comparison for anyone.
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 Jun 12, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I think he’s pretty atypical of your average pitcher. He drastically improved his control. I’d be happy with Sanchez if he could keep his BB/9 in the 4’s.
by xanthan on Jun 12, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap
Johnson had a sustained k/9 over TEN?!?!?!?! JEEZUS
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by bondslegend on Jun 12, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
AND BY TEN?!?!?!?!
I MEAN TWELVE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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by bondslegend on Jun 12, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
God that is unbelievable.
If a guy gets 14 Ks in a game, it’s a lead highlight. He FREAKING AVERAGED THAT FOR A WHOLE YEAR OMG
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by bondslegend on Jun 12, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure...
He didn’t pitch all 9 innings every game.
by The Double Deuce on Jun 12, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well yah
but still. To have that kind of K rate is just astounding to me.
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by bondslegend on Jun 12, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also for fun, here’s his ERA+ by age. With a rolling average included.
From 30 to 40 his average ERA+ was 150 or better.
by xanthan on Jun 12, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OMGSTEROIDZ
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by bondslegend on Jun 12, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm thinkin'
this Randy Johnson guy might make the HOF, if he plays his cards right.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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by zenbitz on Jun 12, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty graph.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on Jun 12, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the Joseph pick. I like it even more than he seems eager to sign and get going for the Giants.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 12, 2009 10:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Since this is a weekend to relive the 80s, I’m watching 80s All Star Game highlights on MLB Network. Right now they’re airing the ’84 All Star Game at the ’stick.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 12, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wheeler’s agent thinks that Zack was the best player available. What a shocker!
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Jun 12, 2009 10:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Nationals really went off the board taking that Strasburg clown #1. It’s the biggest overdraft since Bryan Bullington at #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.
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by jcb9 on Jun 12, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you hear wilbon saying he wouldn't draft him
because the Natinals have “too many other holes”.
How the fuck is that guy on TV?
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by bondslegend on Jun 12, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sort of like the “WE COULDNT HAVE SIGNED HAMMONDS AND TOMKO AND (rest of crappy veterans)” rationale.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jun 12, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would guess
that from the agent’s perspective, he was.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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by zenbitz on Jun 12, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pegging it more as Mike Piazza with multiple gold gloves.
I hope without oozing evil, too.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Jun 12, 2009 10:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
My top 10 Steve Martin movies
10. All of Me
9. Bringing Down The House
8. Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
7. Parenthood
6. L.A. story
5. Pennies From Heaven
4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (sorry Grant, but I love Martin and Candy)
3. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
2. Three Amigos
1. Roxanne (he should have at least been nominated for an Oscar)
I also liked “Little Shop of Horrors”, but don’t consider that a “Steve Martin movie”.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jun 12, 2009 10:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What, no ‘The Jerk’? I think that might be my favorite Steve Martin movie.
by xanthan on Jun 12, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Had caught that and was already updating…see below.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jun 12, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s cans in there too!
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jun 12, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No My Blue Heaven?
And yeah Little Shop was like the SNL movie. It’s still hard to think that’s Steve Martin with the jet black greaser hairdo and singing about his sadistic dentistry. It’s not to say I don’t love the film.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 12, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“My Blue Heaven” would have been #12
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jun 12, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Argh! I forgot "The Jerk"
That should be number two and move everything else down a notch.
10. Bringing Down The House
9. Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
8. Parenthood
7. L.A. story
6. Pennies From Heaven
5. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (sorry Grant, but I love Martin and Candy)
4. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
3. Three Amigos
2. the Jerk
1. Roxanne (he should have at least been nominated for an Oscar)
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jun 12, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good amendment
I’ve seen The Jerk close to 50 times and I still laugh every time. That movie taught me about my “special purpose”.
by jnormous on Jun 12, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the entry implies that Grant thinks PT&A is deserving of a top 10 spot?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jun 12, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oops, I misread that.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jun 12, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where's the Man with Two Brains??!
That movie really freaked me out when I was a kid.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Jun 12, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(I’m not really advocating this as a choice)
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Jun 12, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It just misses the top 10
“I never thought it could be like that. That was the most exciting sexual encounter – without actually having it – that I ever, almost had. "
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Jun 12, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the only movie that I really have seen and paid attention to was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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, come back!
by WalrusMan on Jun 12, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHAT, NO PINK PANTHER?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jun 12, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 for Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Great, great piece of celluloid.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 12, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tremendous
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jun 12, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check out the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zPJfZuD-2c
by xanthan on Jun 12, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel like for every movie like this I see, 3 more pop up. I’ll never get to all of the hilarious stuff out there.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jun 12, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So is Bowker ready to
TAKE A GIANT STEP AND GO?
by jctGamer on Jun 12, 2009 11:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That review of the Giants’ draft on Beyond The Boxscore was lame
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jun 12, 2009 11:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, who is that douche they linked to?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jun 12, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
John Bowker is/was actively trying to be more patient?!!!!!
SWING THE BAT YOU BUFFOONN!!!! THE FIRST PITCH IS THE BEST PITCH YOU’LL EVER SEE IN YOUR LIFE
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
by baetown415 on Jun 12, 2009 11:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry
As soon as he makes it up here again, Carney will set him straight.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jun 12, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He should probably stay in AAA then
The San Francisco Giants: Where old men go to die.
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jun 12, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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