Giants/Pirates Series Preview
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 17, 2009 10:01 AM PDT
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PrintThe Giants are 5-14 against the Pirates over the last three seasons. The Giants have been bad over that time, but they haven't been that bad. No team has. Yet the Giants have disintegrated year after year against the Pittsburgh Pirates. What gives?
Sabean: We would like Jason Schmidt, and we are prepared to offer these beans.Littlefield: Don't you mean "magic" beans?
Sabean: Ha ha, no. We're saving our magic beans for a big deal. You're just giving up a pitcher with an ERA in the mid 4s. It's not like he's going to put on our uniform and become one of the best pitchers in the game for the next five years. So our offer is this: just beans.
Littlefield: Are there little bits of processed pork in the beans?
Sabean: Maybe.
Littlefield: Deal.
I've done about 4,201 of these stupid fake GM conversations in the history of this site. And about 4,197 of them were created just to mock Sabean. The exceptions always -- always -- have to do with the Pirates.
Sabean: We'd better figure this out. There's only two minutes left until the trade deadline passes. We'll give you Matt Morris for Rajai Davis, and we'll send over three million dollars to help you with Morris's salary next year.Littlefield: I'm not stupid. We'll take Morris, but only if you send over two million dollars to help with his salary for next season.
Sabean: My final offer is Morris with one million dollars.
Littlefield: Nice try, pal. I'll take Morris on the express condition that he does not come with any financial relief.
Sabean: Deal.
So while I don't believe in karma, I can write with confidence that the Giants have lost five of nineteen against the Pirates because of karma. There's also that small matter of their franchise player leaving for the Giants in free agency, which started a multi-decade circling of the toilet for the Pirates. From 2029 through 2033, the Giants are going to lose five NLCS against the Pirates, and we'll wonder what we've done to deserve it.
Hitter(s) to watch
Saaaaaay, look at all of those infielders I'd like the Giants to trade for! For some reason, I'm convinced that Adam LaRoche will be a Giant before August starts. He's an impending free agent, there aren't a lot of contenders who need help at first, and he isn't having a good enough season to command a huge bounty. The merits of a LaRoche deal are up for debate -- neither Baseball Prospectus nor FanGraphs think LaRoche is much of an upgrade over Travis Ishikawa -- but it's such an obvious fit. I kind of have the feeling that LaRoche will be hanging around until 2011 or so. As a cheap bridge between now and Villalona, the Giants could do worse. Note that this all only makes sense if you have a disturbing lack of faith in Travis Ishikawa. Which I do. Sorry.
Pitcher to watch
Zach Duke is having a nice season, albeit one that might be unsustainable. I can picture someone in the Giants front office trying to temper Sabean's enthusiasm for a Duke deal by first showing a spreadsheet of how pitchers with low BABIP have regressed, then showing a series of pie charts, then making flash cards, and finishing up with a hand puppet conversation about how Duke is unlikely to maintain his success. Godspeed, gentle front-office warrior. I can only hope you're successful.
For this series, though, a high-control, low-strikeout pitcher like Duke is almost guaranteed to dominate the Giants. "And ____ swings at the first pitch, and he pops it up to Jack Wilson, who comes in...." If the Giants win the first two games of the series -- no easy feat considering the recent history, mind you -- I'm putting a good chunk of change on the last one. Giants for the sweep + control pitcher = kerflooey.
Prediction: Juan Uribe and Freddy Sanchez have completely different performances, which heightens/tempers the "SANCHEZ 4 SANCHEZ!!!omg" chatter.
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Last season was especially horrific against the Pirates. It would be nice if they allowed us to win tonight.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 17, 2009 10:07 AM PDT reply actions
Although you could also make the following case:
Giants for the sweep + Pitcher making MLB debut = kerflooey
Actually it’s simpler than that
Pitcher making MLB debut = kerflooey
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jul 17, 2009 10:07 AM PDT reply actions
Well put.
Giants really need to start off the second half with a winning road series, under Bochy, these key winning trips never seem to happen. Lets hope now, since Obama took Mays on airforce 1, it time for a change.
I can picture someone in the Giants front office trying to temper Sabean’s enthusiasm for a Duke deal by first showing a spreadsheet of how pitchers with low BABIP have regressed, then showing a series of pie charts, then making flash cards, and finishing up with a hand puppet conversation about how Duke is unlikely to maintain his success.
irl lol
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yeah, no claim to originality on that one.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 17, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Xanthan’s mom was a laptop. This is how Xanthan came to be.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 17, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
… or is that a top a lap?
I get so confused about these things.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Xanthan's mom was an IBM clone, His dad was a Mac
The family disapproved.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
I was gonna commute from Philly for the Sat game. Then I saw Zito was pitching and decided to stay home and
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Its OK I called the suicide hot line, Ted Bundy talked me off the ledge
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
anything
but while I was typing I was thinking: going to all of Philly/NYC games
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
So Lee Jones is useing his back equipment for the radio broadcast?
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I have to work this weekend, or else I would have driven out myself.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Yeah, I was toying with the idea of driving to Pittsburgh but I had other things come up this weekend.
is that a TWHS
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Working on your Wendell Fairley post eh?
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
by Zetsuboushita on Jul 17, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Prepare to be DoS’d within 1 minute of posting. This is not a threat.
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
by Zetsuboushita on Jul 17, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
What is DoS'd?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Denial of Service
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
by Zetsuboushita on Jul 17, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
This road trip
@PIT, @ATL, @COL
something tells me that I’m going to need more beer
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis.
definitely the wrong week to give up heroin.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Have a great time, Mr and Mrs. ENIAC!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 17, 2009 10:17 AM PDT reply actions
WRISTWATCHES!
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jul 17, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
PIE!!!!!
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Re: Ishikawa
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Jul 17, 2009 10:24 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Perhaps he can find new ways to... MO-tivate them.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
You will find the Mayor Emperor is not as forgiving has I.
Am I doing it right?
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah i just don’t see how LaRoche is much of an upgrade. I mean i know he’s had more success prior to this season…but meh. I’d rather have homegrown middling 1b talent than rent-a-player middling talent.
Proud new co-dad of Travis Ishikawa. And ishikaBOOM Goes the Dynamite.
by Andy from DC on Jul 17, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean i know he’s had more success prior to this season
That’s pretty much it. I like Ishikawa the theory, but if I have to pick one player to help the Giants win for the next three months, I go with the proven player if he comes for, like, Mike McBryde and Jesse English.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 17, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
So, for free.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Jul 17, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Not free exactly
I forked over a couple of similar prospects for a sandwich this morning.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Was it a real sandwich?
Not, like, wrapped in pita or something like that? ‘Cause that’s not a sandwich.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Jul 17, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, the cheese may have actually been "cheese product"
I’ll have to go to the judges…
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Exactly. I don’t think it will take a lot. (More than McBryde/English, of course, but not much…)
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 17, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
The other nasty little worry about Adam LaRoche is he tends to have monster second halves. The Pirates are also out of the things in the second half. So it is not like a buying team can be confident how he would react to pressure and extra adrenaline. In that respect him and Ishikawa are very simmilar.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I am calling it right now: Giants sweep the Pirates.
Of course, mayors have a long history of puffery, getting it wrong, suffering no consequences, and then running for Governor of California like its their natural right. But I sense a disturbance in the Force. I believe.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
Is this from the gut, or did many Bothans die to bring you this information?
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
NERD!
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jul 17, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Little know fact is Bothan hides make excellent seat upholstery!
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Gut. I don't do business with those little Bothan wusses: Worst. Spies. Ever.
This one time, long ago in some distant galaxy, they were hired to get the plans for a military satellite, and they get a bunch of their own guys killed, wah wah wah, and then they bring back plans that the bad guys had planted some data and let them get the plans. Good guys ended up doing ok, but in spite of the Bothans, not because of them. Buncha jerks.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't you wonder if the Emperor was just saying that?
I mean he doesn’t seem like an honest guy. Maybe the Bothans actually did steal the plans and the Emperor was just trying to look like he let them.
Proud parent of Frederick Charles Merkle.
Unless the emperor knew they would try and steal the plans and left were they could grab them anyways.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
"It's a Trap" was a Trap?
whoa.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
IIRC, he didn't know the plans were stolen or the rebels were amassing when he said that.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
He had to know. Why else would they try to disable the Endor base if they werent supplementing it with an assault on the Death Star?
That is the nerdiest question I have ever asked.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
That's maybe the nerdiest question ANYONE has ever asked.
Well, that is a good point. Clearly, the Empire knew at some point that something was up because they set a trap on Endor. I guess maybe the Emporer knew at the time he said it. But that would support that he was telling the truth, not lying as jhiat suggests.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm just saying that you can't take him at his word.
I can’t help but feel that his supposed admission to allowing the plans to get stolen seems like political posturing.
Proud parent of Frederick Charles Merkle.
It IS the nerdiest question anyone has ever asked.
/salutes rotorueter
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
At last!
My discussion on the vents on the 2nd death star has been outdone!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 17, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I bet that someone somewhere...
…has asked a technical question about the functioning of dilithium crystals or some such that would qualify as way nerdier.
Not that I’m gonna go look for one.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on Jul 17, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Would that be nerdier?
See, I think that would be highly practical for their purposes— on the assumption that nobody would be just wondering about that in the middle of gym class or something. I’m going to give the nod to rotorueter and to Lars for his contemplation of the vents on Deathstar 2.0.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
god you losers
it’s not the plans that mattered or were leaked, it’s that:
a) the station wasn’t operational
b) the emperor himself would be there.
THEY HAD THE PLANS FROM THE FIRST DEATH STAR! And this one has a Giant hole to drive in!
I guess it’s an open question as to whether or not the exact code to get the shuttle into the field “it’s an older code, but it checks out” was leaked or not. Vader clearly doesn’t know that it’s the code leaked.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
So, umm....
What movie are you guys talking about?
by The Double Deuce on Jul 17, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I understand, but still think that any decent quality spy would have suspected the info they were getting and figured out that it was a trap.
Or a tarp. Either one.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
As any looked into teh possiblity they were working for the Emperor to set up the rebels?
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
Hmmm... then that would make Mon Mothma either a dupe or a double agent
Hence her mournfulness and loss of focus during the mission briefing.
I see where you’re going with this. Very interesting…
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I think that the effort the Empire put into killing the spies managed to fool them into thinking they’d discovered something legitimately valuable.
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
by Zetsuboushita on Jul 17, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I like a good Mon Mothma quote.
I mean- the Mon Mothma quote.
by oneflapdown on Jul 17, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
She needed a bigger role, I mean come on Star Wars Brass
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
She HAD a bigger role
In the crapfest of a movie that was Revenge of the Shit, er, Sith. It was cut.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Well, they already had ONE female character with a big part in that movie. Obviously that’s enough.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Her parts were not that big.
What do you mean I doing it wrong?
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
The part that Luke and Leia skywalked out of?
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Yeah, and what a part it was. “Anakin… you’re breaking my heart!”
Also, she dies upon losing the will to live- as she’s giving birth to twins. Lame lame lame.
SPOILER ALERT!
by oneflapdown on Jul 17, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I really thought that movie was the worst of the bunch.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
In hindsight, yes, that one just gets worse and worse. “The Phantom Menace” made me want to burn things, though.
by oneflapdown on Jul 17, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
They were all bad, but the last one had the biggest gap between how good it was, and how good it needed to be.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Phantom was still worse because it was both puerile and awful. Revenge was just awful.
"El once, chico. Eleven."
Revenge was the worst IMO. Phantom was the best of the 3
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Weird. I thought Revenge was the best of the 3. Actually was my 2nd or 3rd favorite of the entire series.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 17, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Everyone in my theater had that “did that just happen” moment when that scene came up. The acting, or lack thereof, still gives me nightmares.
by SeeingStars on Jul 17, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I am not familar with the “first” three in the series, is revenge the one with Samual as a Jedi? If so I have no respect for it. The last one was horrible, it made watching the next three (for future gen) pointless b/c the plot is exposed.
My favorite non-Star Wars star wars movie is Space Balls We break for nobody!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I/m including the three new Star War movie in the Non-starwars movie section
and
We Brake For Nobody
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Phantom was worse but I don’t understand people who act like ROTS was a return to form because it was TERRIBLE and what should have been the most epic part of the series (Anakin’s fall from Grace) was just extremely rushed.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
The only impressive thing in that movie was that Ewan McGregor wasn’t terrible.
Considering he was saying words that George Lucas wrote, that’s an enormous compliment.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
I thought the opening sequence was really good. The end fights were good.
Everything else OTOH…
"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.
That line makes me lol every time. I mean it’s not a funny line but she’s so sad and most of the audience has no fucking clue what a Bothan is.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
WTF is a Bothan? All of George Lucas’ ideas and he could show what a Bothan was.
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
A basic google search will turn up what you need to know.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Unless that infor mation is planted by the Emperor. Then the resaults are not to be trusted.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
THE EMPORER CONTROLD THE GOOGLE!!!
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 17, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
They are scorce of naugahyde in a galaxy long ago and far away.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I bet George Lucas would have named him Zath Furbaggio.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
fucken goat men
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Don’t doubt it, just haven’t seen him in a while. Apparently he’s hosting that “Web Junk” show on VH1 as well.
by oneflapdown on Jul 17, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Saw him at the SJ Improv a few weeks ago.
Funny stuff.
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Nine out of ten performers who leave Saturday Night Live to find bigger fame wind up never getting heard from again.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
What do you mean, I loved Horatio Sanz’ latest vehicle!
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It looks more like it belongs in like Lord of the Rings or Narnia than Star Wars. Especially that outfit.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I know, this doesnt seem like a Lucas creature
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Yeah, it’s not saying something stupid.
by satyricrash on Jul 17, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Defiantly the ’09 Nats of the Star Wars. Definitely.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Washington Nationals Marketing Director Jar Jar Binks
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
That looks like something out of “Labyrinth.”
by oneflapdown on Jul 17, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Skin it. Tan it. Makes great seat upholstery!
Would i ever sterr you wrong?
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Something Something Something Deathstar
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Something Somethign Something Complete
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Let the something something flow through you.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Something Something Something Power
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Not only that, but her reaction was totally unmotivated and out of place for a high-level military leader.
I mean, we should get that she is a great military leader— she was in on the planning of this do-or-die mission and is leading a significant part of the senior mission briefing. She is a colleague of Adm. Akbar, who is an outstanding field general by any measure. Rule One in warfare is that soldiers die, and anyway, she didn’t JUST learn of the death of the Bothan spies. So unless she was banging one of the Bothans who went on the plan-stealing mission, her reaction is totally out of place and out of character for someone in her position.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Her tone and her blank expression into space made it seem like she was boning a Bothan.
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
BONING A BOTHAN
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I haven't Googled it, but what would you bet that "Hot Bothan Boning Action" would produce sites for that?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm relieved...
I could not resist, so I checked. Google returns NO sites for Bothan porn. I am surprised and relieved.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
No results!
At least, not in quotes. And the ones out of quotes don’t seem to be very relevant.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Well like a good politician I notice you didn’t exactly say when this sweep was suppose to happen so can’t realy be wrong. Well played!
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
(guy in sunglasses and dark blue suit says something into his sleeve, walks toward daveinexile)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
" You say there is cold beer there? So how far is this walk?"
/ leaves area is man in blue suit.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
now is the tiem to remember you xmass lessons. “For it is always better to give then recieve.”
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Not touching that with a 10 foot hedge cutter.
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Republicans say: MOVE IN THE FENCES!!!11
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Shit, when did Grant hire mexican bloggers?
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
He only lets us work part of the time
Otherwise we’d get benefits and stuff.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 17, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
He eats Yumbo Yacks for lunch.
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
by Zetsuboushita on Jul 17, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it wrong that I laughed at this?
I have a shirt that says Mexican Baseball Association: Juan on Juan Tournament, and there’s a silhouette of a dude making a layup wearing a sombrero.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 17, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Anagram for Zach Duke:
Haze Duck
So there’s that.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 17, 2009 11:06 AM PDT reply actions
Commence the comments from all the U of Oregon fans on this site in 3.... 2.... 1...
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
You beaver believe it?
/ RUNS!!
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
The arch rivil of the Ducks. I don’t realy root for either but it a darn good way to stir up crap and tweek noses.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Reply flail.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
/ nods
Like most of my "bright " ideas.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Jul 17, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Doumit !
One of my favorite players who unfortunately is always hurt.
Also unfortunately, he just got off the DL so I predict him destroying the Giants this weekend.
by cybermaldonado on Jul 17, 2009 11:27 AM PDT reply actions
Waiting for Doumit killed my fantasy team last year. Catcher eligibility is a very powerful drug.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s killing me. I want to play Doumit sooo bad in my fantasy leagues after waiting all these months w/ him on the DL, but now he’s playing against the Giants (not to mention Timmy starts tonight) and I have to wait a few more days.
by cybermaldonado on Jul 17, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
No, you have to play him
Otherwise, he’s guaranteed to go 8-11 with 6 homers.
At least this way, the Giants have a chance.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
For the sake of convenience, how’s about them Pirates give us LaRoche, Sanchez & Duke for mid level prospects (& some fresh, clean baseballs) before the weekend is out.
Would be tidy.
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live - too rare to die."
I like it. Can’t win a game without baseballs!
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
I say we throw in a B-Weez bobblehead as the player to be named later.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
why not through in Edgar and cash and get J. Wilson
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
why not through inEdgarAmy G. and cash and get J. Wilson
/fix’d
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure they pay her in ponchos and dental floss. So yes.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Freddy Sanchez on the possible contract extensions
“I want to finish my career turning double plays with Jack in a Pirates uniform,” Sanchez said. “If it works out, it would be unbelievable. This is what we’ve been talking about for a long time.”
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6999/news;_ylt=AvwiknZYtwecPhLq3BYCWcSFCLcF
A lofty goal to have.
Judgment Day is coming
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So, the Giants are targeting both Sanchez and Wilson?
by deuce deuce on Jul 17, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I got confused by the Sanchez & Wilson doppleganger.
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously
I bet he gets traded in the next 2 weeks
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
I didn't see the sunflower guy today
I had seen him on the day of Tim’s previous 3 starts. I take this as a bad omen.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 17, 2009 12:31 PM PDT reply actions
This morning on KNBR Kruk was relating his experience with post All-Star Game adrenaline let down, and how his first start after the ASG was his worst of the season. So we’ll see.
A little less adrenaline might not be a bad thing for Tim.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool trivia on MLB Network. No fair if you know what game they’re playing:
Who is the only player to play for all four of the franchises that started in New York (Giants, Dodgers, Mets, and Yankees)?
I first thought Duke Snider, but it’s Vizcaino, Strawberry and Ricky Ledee.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
MLB Network fail. They only gave Strawberry.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 17, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool MLBtv trivia from yesterday: Who was first $1M/year player in MLB, and what year?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
You are correct, "Sir."
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Mike LaCoss!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLINEUP - game could be rained out
CF Rowand
RF Winn
3B Sandoval
C Molina
SS Renteria
2B Uribe
1B Aurilia
LF Torres
P Lincecum
Uh
Is this a joke?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
this is why LHP are so valuable
they cause managers to do stupid things
I’d give my kingdom for a RHH guy who can fake first base and is not Rich Aurilia right now.
For real.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Aurilia’s tough to take, but so is Winn when he’s hitting right-handed.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Somebody prop up Josh Phelps’ dead body and tie it to 1st base. Stat!
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
I really hope so
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
ISHI NEDZ RESTZ!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Aurilia, REALLY?? Molina batting 4th, REALLY?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
NO RAINOUT
TAKE MY HOUSE BUT NO RAINOUT
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/sports/hourbyhour/39075:20?from=hrly_graph_tab
they should be able to get the game, if this is accurate.
really? it begins raining at 7 and the T-storms at 9
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
weather in eastern PA is great, so that mean the weather in Western PA = good!!!!!!!!!!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 17, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
sigh
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
by Zetsuboushita on Jul 17, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Rain outs….
That is why i hate this freaken schedule. You watch theGiatns will have to fly back in August to either here of ATL to make a game. Freaken’ idoit commishioners office.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
So you don’t think teams should have to play in Pitt or ATL?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
I think it is nuts the ofice writes shedules that sends east coast team cross country 2, maybe 3, times a year. While expecting West coast teams to do so 5-7 times a year. The fact there are only 2 days off between now and labor day is just begging for a rain out tate forces the west coast team to make specail trip cross country just to make up the rain out.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
screw interleague play!
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?
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
so
this is the lineup we’re storming out of the gates with? aurilia AND uribe AND torres?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 17, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Just go with it
EMBRACE THE NIGHTMARE!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 17, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I have to note that Torres and Uribe have the 2nd and 5th highest OPS on the team.
Aurilia…I have nothing to say about him.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
This is his secret plan for game one of the WS
Cause the opposition to falll about laughing for three inngings, by which time the Giants will be nearly 1-0 up
So, basically, Bochy has picked Matt Cain in the office pool for NL CY
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
What would be worse?
- the lineup performs as expected and we lose this game.
- the lineup scores 10 runs and convinces Bochy that the young’uns are not ready.
"I can't hit the ball until I hit the bottle!"
by Li on Jul 17, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Are we trying to win this game?
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
Easy. Timmy shutout + Panda HR = 1-0 win.
"I can't hit the ball until I hit the bottle!"
by Li on Jul 17, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
So, no
Schierholtz, Bowker, Frandsen or Ishikawa
Instead Renteria hitting fifth, Torres in LF and Aurilia at 1st.
Fun, fun, fun.
"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.
They know we are Jonesing for Giants baseball. So now is the time to force us to accept hook us up with a heavy hit of gritty, gamer Giants baseball! The know we will like it if we just try it …again. Then 1000th time is the the charm you see.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
LEFTIES CAN’T HIT LEFTIES
WINN BATS RIGHT HANDED AGAINST LEFTIES SO HE CAN HIT THEM
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Manager of the year.
No competition.
"I can't hit the ball until I hit the bottle!"
by Li on Jul 17, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
You know what's crazy?
If the season keeps going as it has, you may actually be right.
by The Double Deuce on Jul 17, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
115/127/148 vs LHP is obviously the way to go.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
Hopefully this is Winn’s last chance to prove he shouldn’t pull a J.T. Snow and ditch switch-hitting.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
How old was JT when he gave it up? Just curious.
by The Double Deuce on Jul 17, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
That is good question.
B-R does not list him having a Right Handed PA after 1998 so his age 30 season. Stats can be fun because I would have bet a tasty beverage it was later then that.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
I think he was 17, right in the middle of senior year. He had this girl named Stacy as his lab partner, and…
Wait, you meant switch-hitting? Oh, this is embarrassing…
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
You have more faith than me in this.
To me this is when you start fishinging or cutting bait if you think your in the chase. I look at this combonation of a line up and i see a lot of grab arseing arround.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
Hopefully doesn’t mean I have much faith. Hoping against hope is more like it.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Welcome back Giants baseball
this lineup makes me wish you stayed away longer
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis.
i get the sense you're kidding, but..
wouldn’t him at SS and Rent at 2B be a decent option?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 17, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone wrote a fanpost about trading for Lugo
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Lolugo has been really bad at defense this season.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 17, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Lolugo has been really bad fuckin’ disastrous at defense this season
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
He'd be our 3rd best hitter
That’s not a joke.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Not really
His OBP would be second on our team, but his OPS+ is 84, which is one point above Bengie’s. Also the defense.
Judgment Day is coming
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Then again, that’s a lot better than what most of our 2B have been putting up.
Judgment Day is coming
comics | art | Nattowear
Hopefully this will be followed by LOL AURILIA DFA’D
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
by Zetsuboushita on Jul 17, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
wow... eating almost $15M. Glad that's not us.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, but that's still a chunk. Even to Boston, that's not just tip money.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 17, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
At least they have Green and Lowrie to make up with talent
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 17, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
KEEPIN IT REAL
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 17, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
That is a lot of fan's money and merchandise
on the floor of the strip club and being carried in buckets.
Bochy is an ass
Zito tomorrow, really? You have the freaking all star break to set your rotation and this idiot finds a way to get his worst pitcher to pitch twice in a three game span? You want to break up your hard throwing righties, put the lefty who pitched a freaking NO HITTER his last time out between them. You think there’s a chance he might be on a roll?
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
But buuutt, Veteran grit, and Zito had a great bullpen session and... ugh no excuses.
Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.
Something something " keep sharp".
Soemthing something need" something " in the mix".
“Perfect” Soemthing something " get him going"
Something something “need” something something “down the strecth”
There the pre game show is done. Just keep restin’ that hiead on your massive pillow.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
You forgot, “grumbleSanchygrumblePablo’sgonnabeOKgrumbleZito’sworkinonsomethingsgrumble.”
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 17, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Melonhead's lineup idiocy is at play again
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Better news than the LOLineup:
Cain’s bullpen session went well
"I can't hit the ball until I hit the bottle!"
WHOOOOO!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
zito only has value for the japanese leagues
what a loser, with money
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