Gameday Thread 2
by Natto on Jun 29, 2009 5:40 PM PDT
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Is it wrong that I’m let down when the Cards ground out? I lose the rush of a strikeout!
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
I want to stay in the last one.
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Eephus!
"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.
OT
I got a crazy crab bobblehead today (my first bh)
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Lincecum>Everyone
Jesse Foppert: I Still Believe. Maybe a little less now.
"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 Jun 29, 2009 5:43 PM PDT reply actions
lol
that was probably the longest ball Tim has ever hit.
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you’re everything I wish I could be?"
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Now he's just showing off
"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.
Tim Lincecum: Cleanup hitter
He even worked a full count
Giants Cove: You'll be a better person for reading
FAIL
Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
Anyone else think this new Busch Stadium will make for a boring AS Game? As if any of them are really all that exciting…but still. The HR derby is going to suck.
Will still be interesting to see Pujols in the HR Derby at home.
Wish Bonds did that. =’(
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No more all star games in SF
Signed,
All Lefthanded Hitters
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 29, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Fielder got a splash hit against us!
We can only assume that the Giants pitcher who gave it up was worse than a BP pitcher.
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Lame.
Should have been able to slug that one.
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So Lincecum is the only Giant who can hit off this guy now?
This offense makes me a sad panda.
Giants Cove: You'll be a better person for reading
god
they got one run, how many more do you want?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
:(
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
=(ison
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lol Giants
Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
Bah
Tim sees 6 pitches gets a hit. The Gritty gamer duo see 4 pitches and makes 2 outs. Go figure.
Yes, This is still a 79 win squad.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
in this case the gritty gamer dou is Rowand & Winn.
Members of the Gritty gamer duo can vary.
Resault how ever seem to be very simmlar.
Yes, This is still a 79 win squad.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
Thanks, FS Cardinals
for completely abandoning the play-by-play to talk with some NASCAR jokester. Spring training is over, back to business please.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
I wish we could face the Giants everyday.
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so was timmys hit like a real it or a pitchers hit
by sadison bummedgarner on Jun 29, 2009 5:48 PM PDT reply actions
jinx
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
It sort of makes sense...
You want someone good hitting before your leadoff hitter (if your leadoff hitter is good)
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If your leadoff hitter can get on base...
Don’t you also want some in front of him who can get on base so the leadoff hitter can drive him in? You know, as opposed to the pitcher?
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i guess. it just seems silly. if your leadoff hitter is good at driving people in, put him somewhere else in the lineup and your 9 guy at leadoff. why is larussa the only manager to do this?
No one here gets out alive.
Because managers are scared for their jobs...
and if they change and the team goes into a slump, who do you think gets blamed? LaRussa has been doing it for long enough and has enough job security.
Also it has to do with making sure Pujols gets up 1st inning every game (see below).
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larussa has been doing that since 1911
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
It means that Pujols always bats in the first no matter what...
but in every other situation, he is a clean-up hitter.
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GSPM
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forgot larussa hits pitchers eighth..got scared I missed a baserunner
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
i don’t like this camera angle…..I’m scared of heights
Daily Gameball and Joker at GIANTSBOARD.COM
GB and JK also at Giantsboard Blog
Say Hey Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
I love it..
Get to see the nastiness of Timmy
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
LOL
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
So without Pujols.. is the Cardinals offense as bad as ours?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
I here the Ice Cream Man!
Choco Taco’s BABY!
Daily Gameball and Joker at GIANTSBOARD.COM
GB and JK also at Giantsboard Blog
Say Hey Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
I need one
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
“It’s the Giants way.”
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Timmy works quick + Hitters swing at anything = Short Game
Short Game = Better Baseball
Daily Gameball and Joker at GIANTSBOARD.COM
GB and JK also at Giantsboard Blog
Say Hey Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
Well Thonpson is a Cy young canidate so we need to jump on the first half decent pitch we see. WE will n ot see anotherr if we don’t.
Yes, This is still a 79 win squad.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
Good godd was their tuirblence when you tyyped this?@Q
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Timmy looks good tonight
reeeeally good
by positiveuphemism on Jun 29, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions
Time to make dinner.
Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
Progresso Minestrone with saltines :/
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh Panda...
1 Pitch outs are baaaaaaaad.
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Oh that was Molina.
They have similar statures.
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Fat Stature
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
so...no Spicoli this series
DL’d with social anxiety disorder.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 29, 2009 5:55 PM PDT reply actions
they used to call it being anti-social. now they have pills for it.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 29, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I understand that. But it seems like more and more guys are heading to the DL with this malady. Just strikes me as odd, in my own insensitive way, no doubt.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
be as insensitive as you wish.
I think that guys are being diagnosed with these things, so it provides a reason to DL a guy who isn’t playing well, but doesn’t have some physical ailment.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 29, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Did anyone see Rotoworld’s list of all the 103 steroid positive testers from 03?
They don’t give a link or anything and it looks semi shady, but there’s a lot of familiar names on there mixed with random scrubs.
JuggerKnock
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 29, 2009 5:56 PM PDT reply actions
is mike shannon one of them? I rather like him— he’s kooky and off the wall, but truly one of a kind and while he’s definitely pulling for the Cardinals he still calls ’em like he sees ’em. I lived in St. Louis for a long time, learned to hate most of the Cards announcers (esp. Jack and Joe Buck), but Shannon was ok.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jun 29, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.
by imovermyhead on Jun 29, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Everyone is whispering
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
The Best Fans In Baseball™ are a calm, polite crowd.
Judgment Day is coming
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They’re drunk on budweiser
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
It's like in Japan...
Deadly quiet when the other team is up. But when the home team is up, they break out the drums, start doing chants, release into the air balloons.
What do you mean no drums or balloons?
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They’re out buying spiezio memorial press-on red flavor-savors
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
The Last of His Tribe
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ISHI
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KAWA
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TI BITCHES
Jesse Foppert: I Still Believe. Maybe a little less now.
"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 Jun 29, 2009 5:59 PM PDT reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 29, 2009 5:59 PM PDT reply actions
GTFO BALL!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 29, 2009 6:00 PM PDT reply actions
Hello, 3-RUN HR!!
So good to see you again!! Been far too long!!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
/Posting on old thread FAIL
THe STL announcers are calling Nate “SHIRE-HOLTZ”
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 29, 2009 6:00 PM PDT reply actions
10 bucks says he sits for Richie as soon as he gets back
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
He's from Hawaii...
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Huh, I'm not sure where I heard it but I guess he's not...
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Yeah I just checked the wiki
Is his dad Hawaiian-Japanese?
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Well I guess I'm just plain wrong!
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Possibly...
I knew he was hawaiian but somehow I heard Ishikawa was too.
(Interesting fun fact: Kurt Suzuki was one half of the first Hawaiian battery in ML history)
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He’s from northern california. he was the last of his tribe.
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Does he work for Texas Instruments in the offseason?
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 29, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Good thing I started Ishi in fantasy today
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
Your 1B market is shallow enough for you to have Ishikawa?
Giants Cove: You'll be a better person for reading
LEAGUE AVERAGE!
WE HAS IT!
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he's way better than Uribe and Molina, for sure.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
That answer is too easy
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 29, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
You can legally beat your kids
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
BROOKLYN SUPER-BRAS
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by Giant among Angels on Jun 29, 2009 6:05 PM PDT reply actions
They were bad at names back then.
The Bridegrooms?
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They still are: see, Dodgers
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by Giant among Angels on Jun 29, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
At least that made sense...
there were like 4 trolley lines in front of Ebbets Field.
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Ironically...
It would make more sense if the our team were called the Dodgers, what with the N/T lines in front of the stadium and the really stupid traffic light patterns at 3rd and King…
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My point was that the Dodgers are stupid
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by Giant among Angels on Jun 29, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Preaching to the choir dude!
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then they were just the Grooms and then went back to the Bridegrooms before becoming hte Superbas. Originally, they were called the Atlantics, then the Grays before donning the Bridegroom monicker. they were also the Robins for a long time.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 29, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
KNOW THY ENEMY
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 29, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
The difference is that Pujols hit a lazer-beam on that first pitch, rather than the Giants first-pitch popups or rollovers
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 29, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
You win this time!!!!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 29, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
/breathes again
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 29, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions
lest we tempt the baseball gods...
i would add “… so far”
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jun 29, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
SHUT YOUR MOUTH DAVE FLEMMING!!!
yippie-ki-yay-mo-fo's.
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things- Russell Baker. Almost hard to believe he wasn't talking about the DH.
“Not so fats”
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by zodiac_chiller on Jun 29, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Kruk and Kuip always jinx these sorts of things so watch out.
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You are correct
Brad Thompson will get his career high in strikeouts.
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It must bea good feeling for your greddly not shareing it.
Yes, This is still a 79 win squad.
Where is my beer & chili dog?
WAT?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 29, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Solid connections though. Round 3 will be interesting.
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Gritty AB scott rownads
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Slightly OT...
Anyone catch those 3 NLCS games from 86 Mets vs Astros over the weekend on MLB Network?
What a great series that was….
Was pretty cool to see Gooden and Straw in their primes. The Gooden – Ryan Game 5 was fun to watch. Although Gooden went 10 innings, and it’s no wonder he starting having arm injuries before he hit 25.
Strawberry was ridiculous though. Really sad how far downhill he went.
Also was cool to see some other guys like Keith Hernandez (master with the glove) and Dykstra and all those other dudes again. The uniforms were fun too. Oh 1980’s!