PANDAMANIAAAAAA!!!!!!!

by Hobbes2d on Jun 16, 2009 12:23 AM PDT Comment 61 comments

I'm sorry but I can't say enough about Pablo Sandoval. His season and quick development is the reason why all teams (especially the Giants) should invest heavily in Latin American baseball. Build academies in countries, sign as many kids as you can. There is just so much talent oozing out of that area that it's just awesome. And to have a player with his kind of enthusiasm and love of the game and love for competitiveness is just infectious to not only his teammates but for the fans too. It reminds me of when Miguel Tejada was coming of age for the A's in the early part of the decade. This combined with his late power surge is just awesome. Kid's OPS is now .913, just 2 pts behind Hanley Ramirez and Hunter Pence. And 5th best among all qualifying 3B in the majors. Those ahead of him: Wright, Longoria, Mark Reynolds and 5 pts behind Chipper Jones. Ahead of Ryan Zimmerman, Casey Blake, Feliz etc.

Aren't you glad we didn't take a gamble on Joe Crede's back now?

Sandoval would even be top 8 in ML 1B as well in OPS. Better than Miguel Cabrera, Ryan Howard, Lance Berkman, Todd Helton and others. Like Nick Johnson and Adam LaRoche.

All hail the Panda!

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Someone wrote “Pandamonium” earlier and that sounds great. The cashier at my favorite mexicatessen calls him “Secret Weapon”.

by wilriv21 on Jun 16, 2009 12:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

All I know is that he is the MAN.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 16, 2009 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just like Pablo Sanchez

Except not small, or fictional

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by CB30 on Jun 16, 2009 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

AHAHAHAHAHAAH

I love that game

The San Francisco Giants: Where old men go to die.

by GrahamCrakalaka on Jun 16, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think the Giants should sign Angela Delvecchio, she had a mean curveball.

Barry Zito: Mike Hampton with a guitar

by JakeS on Jun 16, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ode to Pablo Sandoval

I love your happy smile
You hit the ball a mile
You jump in the dogpile
When you’re in the box you’re dialed
You’re large like Big Money
But you’re not slow like honey
Your nickname is real funny
DINGERZ bring the sunny
You love the game of baseball
You wouldn’t fake a sick day call
You’re <a href=“http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=3484016>not afraid to ”http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=4406049">take a fall
In the outfield you’d leap up walls

Pablo Sandoval is really one of the great players. He does it with the bat, he does it with the glove, he’s deceptively fast, and most importantly, you can see he loves to play. Every time he gets a big hit or makes a big play he’s got this huge smile plastered on his face (especially at the end of the walk-off homer) that marks him as one of baseball’s good guys.

by quincy0191 on Jun 16, 2009 1:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

God dammit

2nd to last line is “You’re not afraid to take a fall” and includes this video and this video.

That’ll teach me to write my own tags.

by quincy0191 on Jun 16, 2009 1:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha!

That random shot of that kid in the end of the first clip made me laugh I dont know why..

by kvdp12 on Jun 16, 2009 2:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thought you were refering to this play

by MetalFaceDoom on Jun 16, 2009 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions 11 recs

AWESOME

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jun 16, 2009 7:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, in Pablo’s defense, that is a pretty big piece of cake.

by satyricrash on Jun 16, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

why can’t I stop watching this?

Seriously, has anyone seen my adopted brother?

by j14 on Jun 16, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No matter how many times I watch this I can’t stop laughing.

I like cats.

by Norm Median on Jun 16, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It is quite funny, despite the cake timing being off… he should trip on the cake. Or better yet, pie.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jun 16, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The cake timing is perfect, he doesn’t trip on it, he’s distracted by it. Watch the eyes follow it.

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by marcello on Jun 16, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He turns the head before the cake, or the cake isn’t perfectly synced with the stationary objects (even accounting for parrallax, it seems to drift a little) – it isn’t a perfeect track. I apparently call out nitpicky crap out of habit now – it’s one of the things I do at work. Not that I expect or desire perfect edits on animated GIFs posted to internet message boards…

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jun 16, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not that I expect or desire perfect edits on animated GIFs posted to internet message boards…

So the criticism isn’t even there , lol

The image manipulation I’ve seen here is one of the many facets of this place I love , and I never notice the imperfections.

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Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 5, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If he were tripping on the cake, it wouldn’t need to be a cake.

Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Jun 16, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would have had him tripping over a food item as a metaphor for the only thing that can trip up his career.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jun 16, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me neither. Unfortunately, I’m in my office at work. I feel very awkward.

by Missing Barry on Jun 16, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is the greatest use of the internet to date

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Say Hey! Say Who? Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!

by merkin on Jun 16, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

concer

experiment is over. Close the tubes. Everyone go home and start reading the newspaper again.

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 16, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If that was pie he wouldn’t have tripped.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 16, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed

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Say Hey! Say Who? Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!

by merkin on Jun 16, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Freaking LOL

That is too perfect. The way he notices at the cake while rounding the base, gets distracted and falls over. I’m dying.

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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 16, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably

the best gif I’ve seen.

by AmorVincitOmnia on Jun 16, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love how he’s kind of like “Oh, hey cake…” and then falls on his face. Awesome.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 16, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol at the end he’s even all NO I MISSED CAKE as he buries his head in the dirt.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 16, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s the best part. Oh man.

Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
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by cornball on Jun 18, 2009 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is awesome beyond words. Definite front-runner for a McCovey Award at the end of the season.

My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman

by Goofus on Jun 17, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's ahead of Feliz?!

No way! Sign him him to a 10-year extension immediately!

by kingofthacove on Jun 16, 2009 3:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Would not mind that : >

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by lmaozedong on Jun 16, 2009 4:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Joe Crede has actually been really good this year. He’s been worth 1.7 wins above replacement already. Sandoval has been worth 1.8 wins. Crede at third base and Sandoval at third looks pretty nice right now.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jun 16, 2009 5:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Crede at third base and Sandoval at first looks pretty nice right now.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jun 16, 2009 5:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Though playing them both at third could ALMOST cancel out Edgar’s defense.

Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.

by MonkeyChow on Jun 16, 2009 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ZONE DEFENSE

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by Natto on Jun 16, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think most people have always been happy the Giants didn’t take a chance on Crede

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jun 16, 2009 8:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am a pandamaniac

I only have a signature because I recognize everyone else by their sigs, not their usernames..

by lmaozedong on Jun 16, 2009 8:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It’s a “pandademic” :-)

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by nvsfg on Jun 16, 2009 8:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

CALL THE CDC AND THE WHO!

"Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?" / Adopted brother of the AnVil

by SoFa King Mike on Jun 16, 2009 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Notify the High Numbers!

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jun 16, 2009 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What does Pete Townshend have to do with this?

by jhiat00 on Jun 16, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We need a killer guitar montage music

"Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?" / Adopted brother of the AnVil

by SoFa King Mike on Jun 16, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you need child porn he can take care of that too.

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by BrianBokake on Jun 16, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

PANDA WATCH

by BrianBokake on Jun 16, 2009 10:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Watching Sandoval crank those two homers last night made that game worth attending.

by deuce deuce on Jun 16, 2009 10:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought the 2nd HR was pretty impressive. Tough pitch to hit.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Jun 16, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We watched the replay on the screen right after and it looked like a curveball that was almost in the dirt. I don’t know how you hit a ball like that so far.

by deuce deuce on Jun 16, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your panda pic

Can you change the blood color to Dodger blue? That would make my day.

Oh, and obligatory SUCK IT RUSSEL MARTIN.

With the 4th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Sacramento Kings select Rickeke Flynenningday, point guard from Europe, Memphis, Syracuse, UCLA and Parts Unknown.

by otis29 on Jun 16, 2009 11:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs