Post-Game Discussion: Barry Zito Might Not Be the Staff Ace After All
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 23, 2009 9:41 PM PDT
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PrintWhy Tim Lincecum is the greatest hero in American history:
a) He pitch good
b) When Mike Krukow asked how he felt his pitches were working tonight, Lincecum said that he thought "things were going well." A 95-mph fastball, an 89-mph change, a sharp curve, and proper grammar.
Tim Lincecum is better than you.
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Timmy K Lincecum
"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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by i love sports101 on Jun 23, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Timmy- great pitcher or greatest pitcher?
I mean, in the entire world.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Who will win the Tim Lincecum award in 2020?
"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.
side table?
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 23, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
or mushroom cloud?
I wanted to adopt, but all the good looking babies were taken
by joeytothelimit on Jun 23, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
it does look like 2 faces
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by i love sports101 on Jun 23, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Meat Cleavers
Robby Thompson "hey Hinshaw, let me see your hat for a minute."
Alex HInshaw "Why?"
Robby Thompson ,"You'll see...."
Alien body with a large, oval-shaped head, a long neck, and sharp, jutting shoulders?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
empty trophy holder?
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 23, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
repeating, for clarification
Tim2 is NOT Sandy Alderson’s son. Came up in the game thread and wouldn’t want misinformation to spread. D’oh on me.
He’s their own grandfather?
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by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Hence, she cannot perform the surgery.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Sandy is a guy?
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 23, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
zomg someone is wrong on the internet!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
exactly
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/technology/internet/22link.html?ref=global
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 23, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
there is a battle raging online to keep Iran connected to the world digitally, and thus connected to the world
Wait! WTF?
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 24, 2009 7:07 AM PDT up reply actions
XKCD!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 23, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
actually
i went to high school with sandy alderson’s son. he has a girl’s name too, strangely enough (bryn).
actually, that’s just not a real name at all.
There are so many douchey names that start with “Br”, my favorite is when a guy’s name is Brit.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jun 24, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
For a good time
check the angels-rox score
by Classy_Argonaut on Jun 23, 2009 9:45 PM PDT reply actions
Meh.
Still worse than the Nationals.
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A 95-mph fastball, an 89-mph change, a sharp curve, and proper grammar.
I’d have avoided the serial comma there. That’s right, grammar nerds. I’m startin’ shit.
WHAT?!
THE SERIAL COMMA IS SACROSANCT!
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GIVE ME THE BEST YOU POSSESS!
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THE SERIAL COMMA IS SACROSANCT!
I’LL SHOW YOU SACROSANCT!
GIVE ME THE BEST YOU POSSESS!
WTF LOL
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by i love sports101 on Jun 23, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I disagree
the Oxford comma, like everything Oxford, is overrated.
Really, the damn thing should only ever be an issue when clarity is at stake. When clarity is not at stake, use or don’t use depending on your preference.
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by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?
Bengie: Like an Aurilia kidney stone, slow-moving and tough to get out.
FUCK YOU THE SERIAL COMMA I BETTER THAN YOU TOO!
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by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I better than you, but me is worser.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Sugar-covered cereal commas are my favorite.
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The serial comma is preferred, and is preferred because it usually clarifies (or, at least, minimizes risk of ambiguity).
Unless you agree, then I believe we have nothing left to discuss.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I do agree.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is to say that I prefer the serial comma for exactly this reason. And I do like to yell about it. But in truth, I don’t really mind when somebody doesn’t use it, so long as ambiguity is not a serious issue.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
WTF is a serial comma? I’m guessing it’s the last one right before “and?”
If so I love the serial comma.
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Yeah, it’s that one.
It’s also called the Oxford comma.
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by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, that's the one. And it is called the "Oxford comma" by pretentious effetes.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
It is called the unnecessary comma by me.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 23, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Mayor's holiday card list, revised.
HowTheyScored
Tina Fey
CEO of Its-It ice cream sandwiches
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Snap, Crackle, and Pop
Note the cereal comma before “and.”
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 24, 2009 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Lincecum (7-2), the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner who fueled up with an ice cream taco pregame in the clubhouse
hell yeah ice cream tacos
Choco Tacos? Those are the shit.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
An understatement
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by Giant among Angels on Jun 23, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Lincecum Brand Ice Cream Tacos.
I’d buy ’em. Breakfast of Champions!
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by Giant among Angels on Jun 23, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Mmmmmmm... Tina Fey....
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Weirrrrrd
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by i love sports101 on Jun 23, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait…Tina Fey’s taco tastes like choco?
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Chocobo, actually. It’s a common mistake.
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by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to go to there
Fixed
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part of a nutritious middle school lunch
by Classy_Argonaut on Jun 23, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
you forgot a comma after “winner”
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by UnleashTheGore on Jun 24, 2009 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
wow
see above discussion before you start acting like that. It’s called “tongue-in-cheek”
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by UnleashTheGore on Jun 24, 2009 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, I’ve really enjoyed the games this month. I can’t remember a time the Giants had two pitchers as good as Lincecum and Cain.
I actually looked
This is a total sample size foul, but if Lincecum and Cain were to finish the season at their current rates, the only other pair I could come up with were Mathewson and McGinnity, 1904.
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/1969.shtml
That’s got to be up there.
/retroactively shakes fist at Hal Lanier
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 23, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe not the strikeout dominance...
But this squad had a couple good pitching performances as well.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jun 24, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that’s the only reasonable comparison
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 23, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
out of curiosity...
how do they compare to Johnson/Schilling circa-Dbacks years? I’m at work and dont feel like looking it up.
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by UnleashTheGore on Jun 24, 2009 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuentes vs his old mates….and he immediately plunked Iannetta.
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MLB Extra innings.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 23, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Ack. Fuentes hits the leadoff guy
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by Giant among Angels on Jun 23, 2009 9:49 PM PDT reply actions
or what nostocksjustbonds said
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by Giant among Angels on Jun 23, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
So, uh, I like Tim Lincecum.
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So…no note? Dammit. I had planned on reading your note and making a few editorial changes.
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Kiesch, 2 k’s in ASG
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Grant’s gonna ask for Natto, Kenshin and Howie’s resignation emails in his Inbox by 9am tomorrow.
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I’m definitely cutting some salaries, that’s for sure.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 23, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll work for 3 choco tacos !
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
That would be a raise for me.
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by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
okay, 1 choco taco and a beer?
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Would you settle for a Coors?
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by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I said beer!
I’d rather have a Schlitz that a Coors…
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
To be fair to me, I was working overtime and didn’t even get into the mod seat until almost 9:00.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Nobody’s interested in being fair to you, Howie.
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The moderator committee needs more estrogen imo.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
this
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You do know that howie’s already there, right?
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True
But if you vote for me I’ll bring pie.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
My piemaking skills are pretty well thought of too, fwiw.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I usually do too
Last time I made the crust out of crushed shortbread cookies though and it was A+++.
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That sounds amazing.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
if this is the only skill test, I would be the champion.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
I’ve got plenty of estrogen for everyone! You have to bring your own syringe, though.
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by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
For the extraction, I mean. I’m still working out the particulars of injection.
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by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Phew…freedom.
Working nights really sucks for the Giants games. Anyone know if there’s a good service that will text you the important things (runs/big performances/etc.) in game?
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How did it hold up when you got so many posts?
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It was fine for me if I left teh tab open but I think it would have taken a long time to load the whole thing if I’d accidentally refreshed or x’d out.
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I think jelly came out of one of the USB ports. I need to look into that.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 23, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
What say you, 1000? Or stay at 500?
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sac bunt. iannetta moves to 2nd
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 23, 2009 9:50 PM PDT reply actions
Alright, admit it because there is a record of it on the gameday thread: WHICH OF YOU THOUGHT TIM SHOULD STOP AFTER THE 7th??
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not me
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Me
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I wanted him to keep going but have the pen ready as he was allowing a ton of baserunners in the mid-innings. I believe they had Romo and Affeldt up at one time (in the 7th?)
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by Giant among Angels on Jun 23, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Not me
But I thought Tim should have at least gone to the dugout in a timely manner after striking out Giambi in the 4th.
That was even funnier than Pablo tripping on the bases, because it didn’t hurt the team at all. Of course, when you add the slice of cake, Fat Ichiro’s fall becomes funnier than pretty much anything.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jun 24, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Me
I am on the record as saying after the 8th that I was mighty wrong.
by Duelling Brandos on Jun 24, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Rockies showcasing Garrett Atkins in a pinch hitting role.
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and Atkins goes down looking
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 23, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
that's usually how I do it.
usually.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I laughed
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by Giant among Angels on Jun 23, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
They mostly come at night
mostly
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COMPLETE GAME
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FINISH HIM, FUENTES!
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I’d actually like to see that, but no. Brian Fuentes.
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STFD, BARMES!
ROX LOSE
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 23, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Kruk just let out a huge “YAAAA-HOOOO!” on the postgame wrap. Revenge for ’89!
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Why isn’t the wrap on television goddamn it?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 9:57 PM PDT reply actions
Away game ha.
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it is on tv
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If you’re replying to me, I have CSN Bay Area on right now and I see no wrap. Just their canned highlights show.
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Looks like the Rockies are somewhat mortal.
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SWEEP
Giants victory
Brewers defeat
Rockies defeat
Mets defeat
Cubs defeat
YESSSSS
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by i love sports101 on Jun 23, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the entire National league is still in that one.
(Offer not valid in Arizona, or Washington DC).
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
Good
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by i love sports101 on Jun 23, 2009 9:59 PM PDT reply actions
He didnt say TWSS
“They just keep coming and coming and coming”
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I need to reincorporate Choco Tacos into my diet, apparently.
by deuce deuce on Jun 23, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure anymore. I remember about eight years ago Taco Bell sold them.
by deuce deuce on Jun 23, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t seen one in a really long time.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I see them once in a while in liquor stores, or an ice cream truck
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Yea mostly convenience stores I’d say.
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by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jun 24, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
That'll work
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I’m convinced that Jon Miller is on SOMETHING
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 23, 2009 10:04 PM PDT reply actions
He’s on the hamburger diet.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Except Flemming, who enjoys white zin.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jun 24, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Lincecum will be a rich, rich man in about 4-5 years
Giants brass should provide him a lifetime supply of choco tacos so 55 won’t be a Yankee ever.
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
When they retire his number he'll be bigger than Gaylord Perry
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
With a lifetime supply of Choco Tacos? Yeah.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, it wasn’t me.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I still prefer him to Flem for the late night hour..
by baybruin415 on Jun 23, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
And now you’re banned.
Bruce is an unlistenable doucheface. I’d take Flem at his most droll over any version of Bruce any time.
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by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s no question Dave is superior but he doesn’t really communicate well with the callers at that time but I guess you can blame that on half of them being drunk
by baybruin415 on Jun 23, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s a good talker, but perhaps he’s just not a good conversationalist? He’s got good chemistry with the other announcers, but perhaps that takes a while to build up.
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Kevin Frandsen, come back!
I think he really gets screwed by awful call screening when he does that late show. Everytime I’ve heard the show, he has to deal with awful, awful calls, and he always plays it off really nice, even when a call is so bad that it would be impossible to be even a little bit nice about it. Which can be pretty painful.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
How quick would he have gotten fired after watching this offense?
by baybruin415 on Jun 23, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember he even stopped doing the pre-game show!
by baybruin415 on Jun 23, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Damon is trying to be like Krueger. Hindsight can be rose colored, but I remember Larry actually knowing something about baseball. Damon just talks out of his ass all the time. One thing though: he does get the listeners talking. That’s his job.
by positiveuphemism on Jun 23, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely agree..
I think KNBR went out of its way to get a guy who would be as similar to Larry as possible.
by baybruin415 on Jun 23, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Similar to Larry? Krueger knows about 10,000 times more about baseball in general and the Giants in particular than Damon ever will. It’s too bad that a single stupid and offensive comment ended his radio career.
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
I think he still has a show on Sirius or XM. But yeah, effectively, his career was ended.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
he writes a column for an ideological newspaper in Sacramento, now.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
he’s such an asshole tonight
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 23, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
So, Torres played a nice LF tonight.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 23, 2009 10:14 PM PDT reply actions
Ahem...
Man, Cheetos commercials make me not want to eat Cheetos. Them, and Cheetos.
Although flaming hots are delicious.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
I prefer the Jalapeño Cheddar over the Flamin’ Hot
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 23, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Where did your other post go? Where did groug’s post go?
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 23, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Stop talking crazy. You’re crazy.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
DID MY POST GET CAPTURED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND TAKEN TO A LAB WHERE BRENT SPINER IS WORKING ON IT?
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Apparently there was a response to my (second) post
But now I’ll never know what it was.
THANKS A LOT, HOWIE
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You’re welcome for whatever it is you’re talking about, which I don’t know what it is.
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howtheyscored responded with something like “I don’t know what you are talking about” again
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by Giant among Angels on Jun 24, 2009 6:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Just saw the stats for Lincecum.
AWESOME.
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Worth noting:
The Giants now have five complete games this season, not even halfway through the schedule. They had four all of last season. Timmy and Matt have both become much more efficient pitchers, even while piling up the strikeouts.
Plus it puts less stress on the bullpen, which means the bullpen is fresher, which helps them pitch better, etc. etc…virtuous cycle.
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
OVER 100 PITCHES
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 23, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
NOMGNOMGNOMGNOMGNOMG
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
108 PITCHES
HE SHOULD HAVE THROWN ONE MORE
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Clearly Tim is not the McCovey Chronicles superfan we all thought he was.
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He had it all worked out to get to 109, but then Renteria accidentally made an out when he was trying to drop the ball to give Lincecum one more pitch to work with.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, that reminds me
Edgar Renteria really fucking sucks.
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i don't even care if he's a black hole offensively
his defense is pure shit
I think they prefer to be called holes of color*
*Joke copyright Mayor of 311, 1999
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
laughing for real. Thank you.
Usual royalty waived.
This time.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
more efficient... hmmm
Tim is facing more batters per inning this year than last year. My eye told me he was, so a few weeks ago I started looking at the stats, and it’s true. He is facing 4.15 batters/inning this year compared to 4.09 last year. Now, I haven’t done a big statistical analysis, but considering that the theoretical minimum is 3.00 batters/inning, I’m guessing that the difference between 4.09 and 4.15 isn’t nothing. That’s a hypothesis, and it would take someone with more interest to do a league-average study and figure out standard deviations and such.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Unlucky with hits.
His walk rate is way down and his strikeout rate is the same. He really has been more efficient, and it will show when his BABIP regresses.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at second.
Lucky in love.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Fantasy trade
Should I accept this trade?
Trading: Shin Soo-Choo for Brandon Inge
Insanity is just a state of mind.
DO IT NOW. PULL THE TRIGGAH. OMG, WHAT IDIOT IS OFFERING YOU THAT??///
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to need a comprehensive rundown on your fantasy team to weigh in. Spare no details.
by Dan from NM on Jun 23, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
As far as the players at those positions
I have (sigh) Russell suckit Martin and Barajas at catcher. In the OF I have Choo, Dukes, McCutchen, Victorino, Bruce and Cuddyer, and Ben Zobrist. 1B: Nick Johnson, Panda, Ryan Howard and Casey Blake. 2b: Zobrist and Felipe Lopez. SS: Gordon Beckham, Jason Bartlett, and Miguel Tejada. 3B: Panda, Beckham, Blake and Longoria. Rotation, too? Timmy, Cain, Ubaldo Jimenez, Jair Jurrjens, Dallas Braden, Edwin Jackson and Jake Peavy. RP: Brian Wilson, Bobby Jenks, and Aardsma.
My league uses: 5 OFs and 2b/ss and 1b/3b in addition to 1b, 2b, ss, and 3b, and one utility slot, plus a catcher’s slot.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
Oh, yeah, then TOTALLY make the trade of Tsuyoshi Shinjo for London Bridge. What, did you just start this stuff today????////!!!!111
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Both will be there. Unless Bilingsley or Haren really start to do something interesting, one of our guys will start, too. Also, Wilson has a really good shot, as does Panda.
by positiveuphemism on Jun 23, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Several blown saves and now on the DL? Thanks for setting me straight.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jun 24, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I would really, really, really like it ifs Tim & Cain started on 7/10 & 7/11. The All Star manager can go get cannon fodder else were. It would also set the Giants up nicely for coming out of the break.
Yes, This is still a 79 win squad.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
Something about Rush?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yes. Boycott Zicam's parent company.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
The dodgers never ever lose ever!
How many games over .500 will they finish?
No one here gets out alive.
from your mouth to Satan's ears.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
ESPN:
BAD TEAMMATE EFFECTS TEAM
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Ehem
Affects
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
It is also a believable ESPN headline as-is.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
But that would require some thought on WalrusMan’s part.
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I thought he was saying Manny would cause the existence of the team.
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I can see the BREAKING NEWS on the ticker now: Manny flies out to right center, walks back to dugout, sits on bench. Stay tuned for more Baseball Coverage!
by baybruin415 on Jun 23, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
even Quickpitch
covered his first “rehab” start in Albuquerque. Exciting stuff.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
I still don’t understand how he is allowed to play. Hello…??!! He’s SUSPENDED ! You don’t lose your license and then a week before it’s reinstated drive around town on a motorcycle. If a TripleA player is suspended does he get to go to DoubleA the week before he’s suspended? Hell if it had been Bonds….
But nooooooooooooooo it’s Manny….. everybody Looooooooooooves Manny.
BAD TEAMMATE, EFFECTS, AND TEAM
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
See that? The serial comma to the rescue!
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Weird how I thought you were talking about Burriss, even though that doesn’t even make sense.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Los Gigantes!
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
World Series
Anyone else feel it in their gut that our wait will be over within the next few years?
by positiveuphemism on Jun 23, 2009 10:49 PM PDT reply actions
Shrug. I don’t believe in jinxes. I do believe in positive and negative energy, though.
by positiveuphemism on Jun 23, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Philosophy question: Is positiveuphemism more of a hypocrite or an apostate?
Show your work.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Neither. I’m Buddhist and plan on staying that way.
positiveuphemism was me trying to be clever one day when I grew tired of my old handle.
by positiveuphemism on Jun 23, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I'm not a credentialed theologist; I'm just sayin'
that claiming not to believe in jinxes but believing in +/- energy is inconsistent and dooms you to hell. I just want to know if your punishment is supposed to be crucifixion or mere exile.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
Guzman’s bat has been ice cold this month.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
was there ever an answer to why he came out of the game early last night/yesterday?
/runs off to check minor lines…
I’m still waiting definitive word from my sources. Right now they don’t know.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 24, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t don’t see the it as inconsistent, I think it makes sense to be one or the other. Being positive or negative is an expression, while believing in a jinx is a fear of causing “undue harm” by showing postive or negative emotions. So the people who are expressing themselves don’t believe in jinxes while the people who act like zombies probably do.
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 24, 2009 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Whose gut?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely... in the sense that at some point, I will simply quit waiting.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought so, but that feeling turned out to be poop.
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Fun Fact
The combination of Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez have hit 42 home runs, one less than the entire Giants team.
My first reaction: We have 43 home runs?!? That’s about twice as many as I would have guessed!
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making a push for 100 this season!
by TimLincecumIsGod on Jun 23, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess I'll throw one out there now..
Timmy and Cain have as many wins as their top four starters..what would you guys rather have?
by baybruin415 on Jun 23, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
WINZ BY STARTING PITCHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ONLY STAT TO EVALUATE A PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 24, 2009 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
things got interesting along the way but the final line looks pretty goot
Innings 1-4, 8-9: 1 hit, 0 BB, 1 ER
Innings 5-7: 6 hits, 2 BB, 0 runs
by TimLincecumIsGod on Jun 23, 2009 11:06 PM PDT reply actions
also it’s fun being at an away game where your fans easily outnumber the home fans and are A LOT louder to boot.
by TimLincecumIsGod on Jun 23, 2009 11:08 PM PDT reply actions
LOL A'S
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Well, they're not the world's most passionate fans
But when we outhit them, it still blows my mind
Oh my lol A’s lo-lo-lo-lo lol A’s
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
That could have been better, but my brain is kind of fried anyway, so whatever.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2009 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Mmmmm.... fried food....
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Fried goo?
Is that the way you roll?
Yes, This is still a 79 win squad.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
That stadium really brings out the trashy side of both fanbases. I had two 7 year old girls wearing green and gold “ATHEISTS” shirts yelling “GIANTS SUCK” every other inning sitting right next to me. Their parents didn’t bat an eye. Instead, they were rewarded with kettlecorn.
That said, I wasn’t too classy for yelling back “A’s swallow”…
by CaliforniaBone on Jun 23, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
"You say this to me? I'll bust you up. Here's a kettlecorn."
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
they say this to his family. to californiabone’s family.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
You’re right.
I was just jealous cause I didn’t get a kettlecorn myself.
by CaliforniaBone on Jun 24, 2009 1:42 AM PDT up reply actions
well done! I knew there was more to the quote, but couldn't remember it
(and didn’t bother looking for it; not even sure I would know where to look anymore). Very funny stuff.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 24, 2009 6:54 AM PDT up reply actions
So…were they calling the A’s Atheists? I can’t quite put a finger on how that can be a bad nickname for your team or good nickname for your team. It just confuses me altogether.
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I think the parents were just terrible parents…and not just because they were A’s fans.
They also left in the 6th inning, if that says anything more about them.
by CaliforniaBone on Jun 23, 2009 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
7 year old girls have bed times.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
My first baseball game I went to (Oakland A’s versus someone else) we left early, I was probably around 7 years old and there were younger kids with us too. For this reason if I am going to take my kids to a game I try to make it a day game. Barring that we probably leave early from a 7:00 start as well and depending on travel time around the sixth inning sounds about right.
by paboperfecto on Jun 24, 2009 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
When I go with my brother in-law and his two girls (3 and 5) the love watching the game, but as soon as the cotton candy/peanuts/hot dogs have run their course they are done with the game.
One time I went ahead of them for the giants game last year. They showed up, watched the 7th she said daddy can we go I already have my cotton candy!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 24, 2009 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions
My oldest (six) has sat through several Isotopes games with me so I know he can make it. He would be upset at leaving a game early (and is upset when I make him go to bed when a game is on the computer) but he really doesn’t do well on little sleep.
He loves baseball, I’m just trying to get him out of the habit of rooting for whatever team is winning at the time. It’s really annoying to come back into the room where the game is on and suddenly he’s rooting for the Dodgers or Angels since they’ve gone ahead. It could be however that he does it just because he knows it bothers me though.
by paboperfecto on Jun 24, 2009 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
They’re bad parents because they let their kids root for the A’s, in an A’s game, in the A’s home park?
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.
:-(
I guess that should be “the A’s’ home park”, but that’s just weird.
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.
:-(
Eat’s, shoot’s, and leave’s.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Jun 24, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
The first and only time I left a game early was because I had a dentist appointment to go to. It was also this game, which was Noah Lowry’s last regular season start ever, so pretty bad day overall.
I was sitting in a predominately A’s section. Everyone was loud. Good fun all around. But the groans when Timmy got out of the two innings with based loaded…priceless.
Krazy Krab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
It’s like being a Red Sox fan in Oakland, a Cowboys fan in Arizona or a fan of any other team in Washington, D.C.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jun 24, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Back from the Coliseum
I haven’t been there in years, and boy, let me tell you what a wonderful, family experience the A’s have in that magical stadium. The moment I stepped through the turnstile, I was greeted by shouts of curses and fat sea of people (or a sea of fat people, depending on where you were looking). It really is something special. It took me about half an hour just to get through concession lines. There were lots of Giants fans in attendance, so “Let’s go, Giants!” chants echoed throughout the Coliseum. These were met with adding “SUCK!” to them and feeble cries of “1989 YEAH WHAT”. As we filed out of the stadium, thunderous chants of “Let’s go, Giants!” reverberated throughout the halls, while the A’s fans mostly grumbled under their breath. Good times.
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Yep. I really wanted a beer, but I noticed people who left would miss two innings before making it back to their seats. So no beer for me. :(
The best sequence of chants occurred during the bases loaded situations, where A’s fans were frantic with their cheering, only to be shut down as Giants fans jumped out their seats to applaud the double play! And then it happened again! Woo!
by CaliforniaBone on Jun 23, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I still recall a game in 2003 when I stood in line for food, wearing an orange shirt and black pants and black and orange beads. I wasn’t even wearing anything with a Giants logo on it. Some fat woman in an A’s jacket waddled up to me and said, “Bonds does steroids.”
Okay? I’ll give you that one lady, but who gives a flying fuck at that moment? I was hungry. PS Half your team did steroids too. Fuck off.
I hate A’s fans.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, FIRST of all, Baron, how many times do I have to apologize for that?????
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll take an order of fish n chips and we’ll call it even.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just going to start walking up to random people on the street and saying, “BONDS DOES STEROIDS” to them.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Just FYI
Status: So pissed that the Giants sold my wall of Ks to Johnsonville Sausages, that I'm boycotting purchasing anything at the park, or patronizing their sponsers.
(SOOOO doubting the randomness.)
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 23, 2009 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I went to Fenway a couple years ago for a Sox/Rays game with my Giants hat on and I got shit from four different vendors about Bonds. Still got my beers, though.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jun 24, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Rachael Leigh Cook as The Baron
John Travolta as Fat Woman #1
Barry Bonds as Himself
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
i lol'd
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jun 24, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Haven't been there in a few years but going tomorrow..
Can you take in food/drink like at AT&T?
by baybruin415 on Jun 23, 2009 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
Same rules, no cans/glass, but they’re a little stricter on the bag checks IIRC. I’ve also been questioned if my plastic drink bottles have already been opened. I lied and said no, but they might check.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
they definitely check to see if bottles have been opened, the guy examined mine pretty closely tonight.
by TimLincecumIsGod on Jun 23, 2009 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Good to know. Thanks.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 24, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
What's great
With the victory on Tuesday night, the Giants have clinched the season series by winning their 4th game vs. Oakland. So they could do no worse than 4-2.
34-39 all time vs. the A’s… used to be much closer, but these last few years have been soul-crushing.
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He's not your guy, buddy
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jun 24, 2009 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
he's not your buddy, pal
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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Due to Rich Aurilia’s loss, I will lay off of him until one week after his return. So if he starts, I will not be critical. It’s the right thing to do.
The right thing to do is for him to not come back at all. Just send a prepared statement through his agent that he had an epiphany and realized that by sacrificing the rest of the season, he would be helping his teammates.
by positiveuphemism on Jun 24, 2009 2:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Not sure I'm getting what you're saying...
Are you really saying that letting someone start a game in a professional sports league simply to make him feel better, without regard to what’s best for the team, is the right thing to do?
IF that is what you’re saying, I disagree. I am all for humane and respectful treatment of players— but isn’t that what bereavement leave is for? THAT is the team recognizing the human aspects of players’ lives, allowing them to go, paying them for time off, losing them for 5 days out of a 180 day season, accommodating the loss of the player for non-injury reasons on essentially no notice.
Moreover, I just don’t think that the emotional needs of the individual should ever rise above the needs and best interests of the team. (Which is also why the arguments that “Frandsen deserves the shot because he has done everything he’s been asked, been up and down” fall flat with me— his emotional well-being is not persuasive to me, versus pure merit, which are arguments I do listen to.)
Then again, your sentence “It’s the right thing to do” might refer to not criticizing whether he starts, not to starting him. I would disagree there, too, for the same reasons— I would criticize the team for endangering a win for attempting to cater to the emotional well-being of any one player. (I might make an exception for the psychology of a relief pitcher, but that would be situational.)
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by Mayor of 311 on Jun 24, 2009 7:07 AM PDT up reply actions
emotions are overrated
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 24, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
all I have to say
That I hate pretty much every move Brian Sabean has made as a Giant since 1995. Even the ones that worked, I hated.
But +1 Tim Lincecum, I am kinda prepared to forgive him.
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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Even the trade that shall not be named is looking a little rosier now.
Francisco Liriano #47
2009 STATS
ERA W-L SO WHIP
5.88 3-8 74 1.57
Boof Bonser #26
2008 STATS
ERA HLD SO WHIP
5.93 2 97 1.48
Injury Note 15-day DL as of Mar 27, 2009 (Right shoulder surgery – out for season)
Joe Nathan #36
2009 STATS
ERA SV SO WHIP
1.63 16 32 0.83
Ok, so it’s still bad. but i don’t cry looking at it anymore. just a little sniffle.
"Snow woulda had it!!!"
Stil awful when you consider that the Twins, even if those three never threw a single pitch for them again, still got almost thirteen times as much value out of those three (25.1 WAR) than we got out of AJ (2.0 WAR).
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I’m putting my thumb up against my monitor to cover Joe Nathan.
Judgment Day is coming
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Why does every one hate the Hillenbrand trade?
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 24, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Hillenbrand was a mediocre hitter for a first baseman (and had a history of having poor second halfs – which he did for the Giants) and Accardo’s component stats were far better than his ERA.
He got injured, of course, so the trade doesn’t look quite as bad as it could have, but we sure could have used that 1.5 WAR season out of the pen in 2007 more than we could have used Hillenbrand’s negative half season in 2007.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
OK that makes sense, that season was lost b/c I was moving
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 24, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, there are some personality reasons why Hillenbrand has jumped around so much. He kind of seems like a dick.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jun 24, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Might I add…
That squad couldn’t even play 500 ball for any length of time from the trade as well. It was just a bad, bad, bad idea to be adding guys with shorter windows to a squad like that by using guys with long windows. Especially short windows guys that have big question marks if they would developed to their ceiling.
Yes, This is still a 79 win squad.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
John Gibbons didn't hate it
THIS IS A SINKING SHIP
PLAY FOR YOURSELF
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
he Nats: the most illiterate org in baseball
a couple of cross posts, but these were too good. the jerseys we all saw already, but the rain delay sign, bobblehead and season ticket holde® gift are too much haha
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 24, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions
good lord.
LOL
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
No wonder they’re in last place.
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by EliminateMe on Jun 24, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s a whole lot of fail.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 24, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It's all the Nationals know
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Chatterbalks dot com: Still with jokes. Now with updates.
Oh also..
…cool website.
http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/index.html
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 24, 2009 10:32 AM PDT reply actions
We should sign RZA and trade Sanchez
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jun 24, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
There is NO WAY that score would only be 4-3. The Boss’ FB is 45mph at most and far too readable (based off of an observation from 25 years ago of the Glory Days video).
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jun 24, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice…
How’d you get by Super Macho Man?
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"Nothing important ever happened without me."
best
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 24, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Timmy with the best change in baseball!
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jun 24, 2009 10:53 AM PDT reply actions
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