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I was going to write a long, in-depth piece that compared Kevin Frandsen's minor league career to the minor league careers of the top 15 major league second basemen, but my internet connection went down. Then it went back up. Then back down. Then up. Now, as of 11:00 a.m., it's down. So I'll have to make do with a research-free post, or as I like to call them, a "typical and ordinary weekday post." I'll summarize the point of the canceled post in a sentence: Because Brian Roberts didn't have have the numbers that Frandsen did in the upper minors, science says that Frandsen will have a better major league career.

It's probably for the best, though, as my heart wasn't really in a pseudo-research mode. Today, my heart is full of hate. The All-Star break was long, and during the entire break, I was allowed to fantasize about a playoff-bound Giants team. They would have made it if the season ended at the break, of course. I hate that I was duped, bamboozled, and possibly even hornswoggled. This team, as presently assembled, is a reaaaaal stinker.

After the jump, there's more hate.

Star-divide

I hate that of the three left-handed hitting corner outfielders on the roster, I'm still not sure if any of them will ever be worth a starting role. I want closure.

 

I hate that Jason Marquis has been one of the best pitchers in baseball this year. Seriously, that's really annoying. Let's go with Occam's Razor here. What's more likely: a) that Jason Marquis pitches well in Coors Field and the Rockies go on their second historic 40-game run in less than two years, or b) the Rockies are cheating by spraying humidor balls with freon in the top half innings of home games. Obviously, it's b. I'm just trying to figure out why they're winning on the road too, and then I'll publish my paper.

I hate that there were actually people who thought Ryan Sadowski's first two starts in the majors meant more than his entire professional career to that point.

I hate that Kevin Frandsen never got a shot after getting hot toward the end of 2007, even though his career minor league numbers are comparable to the minor league numbers of most of the top second baseman in the game. I guess he just needed to play for an organization that had more of an opening at second base.

On a related note, I hate that I even suspect that my favorite team is run by people who could look at Frandsen's 5-for-39 this year and conceivably think, man, that's obviously his true performance level now.

On another related note, I hate that someone just read that and didn't get the point. "Yeah, but what's Frandsen done in the majors, man? NOTHING. Minor league stats, AAAA players, blah blah blah, game played on the field, blah blah blah, Damon Minor and Todd Linden."

On yet another related note, I hate that I'm worrying that two bad outings + no help from the relievers who followed him + ERA over 6.00 = back-o'-the-bullpen duties for Sergio Romo.

I hate that my cat wants out and then scratches to get in so he can meow to get out once he's in, and that wakes up my daughter, which seriously impedes my effort to write about a crappy team that no one wants to read about right now. Solution: I'm going to shave the cat and mail him to Finland. You read that,cat? I swear on my life, I will shave you and mail you to another country. Pull this crap during a winning streak.

I hate that Pablo Sandoval didn't make the All-Star Game. Sorry, I'm not letting it go.

I hate that this team will probably start winning soon, making me look like an idiot. They won't go on a Rockies-type tear, of course. They'll win just enough to make the haters look stupid, and then they'll have another terrible road trip right as I start to believe again.

I hate the Dodgers. I hate that they're winning. I also hate the Dodgers.

Comment starter: THINGS YOU HATE. I hate this road trip. I think I hate every road trip now.

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Hate?

You’re stealing my shtick!

by xanthan on Jul 22, 2009 12:00 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Also, wholeheartedly agree with this:

I hate that there were actually people who thought Ryan Sadowski’s first two starts in the majors meant more than his entire professional career to that point.

by xanthan on Jul 22, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah. I was content to stick with him and see what happens, and I still am. But I know what I’ve seen from him in his minor league career: mediocrity.

Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 22, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was annoyed when people thought he was better than Jonathan Sanchez

by superk1ng on Jul 22, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me 3

And we got shouted down by idiots who thought he “knew how to win”

Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.

by Aadik on Jul 22, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He knows how to pitch!

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

thats a complement….

by Fila429 on Jul 22, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A complement to what?

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

01111010100011001001101010010010100101101101001010001111100100001001000010001101100100111000011011011110

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 22, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me too

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t hate that there were people who believed that. I hate that some of them are running the franchise.

by Evan on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would be my dad

I was all “umm just no”

Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs

by bondslegend on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Grim Sadowski was destined for failure when he already had a nickname that the broadcasters were using before he even had a pro start.

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 Jul 22, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jul 22, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well here's my counterpoint

I’m tired of reading about the sanctity of “regression to the mean,” “park factors,” and “age-appropriate development” as the trifecta of implacable reason applied to predictions. A robot can do that.

At this point, I’m only interested in people who make predictions that defy those patterns. For a few years, I thought Sammy Sosa and Luis Gonzalez were those guys. But it turns out: Roids.

I’m not saying I thought Sadowski would be that guy. But I am saying I would have loved it if he was.

"[Greg] Vaughn is in a funk so deep, George Clinton wearing a miner's helmet couldn't find him."
- Jim Baker, ESPN.com, May 2002

by achiappanza on Jul 22, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think I get your counterpoint

You’re saying Sadowski should start taking steroids.

by xanthan on Jul 22, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sanctity?

You mean reality?

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.

GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!

by baetown415 on Jul 22, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Reality bites

No, I mean sanctity. Reality about the past, it’s certain, it’s factual, there’s no point in pretending it happened any other way. I call it “sanctity” because it’s used about the future, confidently, smugly, haughtily, as if counting on it was a sign of brilliant calculation instead of what it really is: betting the house will win in the long run.

I mean really, big whoop.

"[Greg] Vaughn is in a funk so deep, George Clinton wearing a miner's helmet couldn't find him."
- Jim Baker, ESPN.com, May 2002

by achiappanza on Jul 22, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So you’d rather have someone grasping at straws and being right like 5% of the time, rather than trying to be realistic and be right more than wrong? Or do you only want people to talk about guys like Ben Zobrist or Chone Figgins who change their approach or swing or whatever and outperform their projections?

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.

GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!

by baetown415 on Jul 23, 2009 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, “only” is a little extreme, but I agree the first case would be pretty boring. I would like to see people who make comments about why a particular player might be one to buck the odds forecasted by the trinity.

For example, I really liked Travis Fryman’s numbers coming up. He had some very good years as the Tiger SS, making the All-Star game in his second full year. In Keith Hernandez’ book Pure Baseball he commented watching Fryman that he was a “guess” hitter. A guy who could tattoo the ball if he guessed right about what was coming. But the great hitters adjust to it. So Fryman’s numbers did not rise as long and as strong as I hoped, but Keith spotted why. That kind of observation is interesting.

You know what would be a fun roto league? Teams playing against PECOTA projections. Who can put together a better team?

"[Greg] Vaughn is in a funk so deep, George Clinton wearing a miner's helmet couldn't find him."
- Jim Baker, ESPN.com, May 2002

by achiappanza on Jul 23, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

huh.

I mistook that for machine like-indifference.

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hate the word moist

Les Plack = more chicks
my lead in dingerz.exe is shrinking...

by Headhunter Rollins on Jul 22, 2009 12:03 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Are you Lily from HIMYM?

If so, what’s up?

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 Jul 22, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know this is a hate thread but I have to save that I LOVE calling How I Met You Mother HIMYM, for the same reason it’s awesome to call Neal Patrick Harris NPH.

I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.

by Norm Median on Jul 22, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the show “Two and half Men” is still on and getting emmy consideration annually. I don’t understand. I have watched a show or two and at no point have I considered to laugh, unlike HIMYM, which gets me good a couple times a show.

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 22, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The kid on that show (Angus T. Jones, or as I like to call him: ATJ) is getting old. Soon they’re going to have to change the name to “Three Men”.

I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.

by Norm Median on Jul 22, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Charlie Sheen

  Anybody ever see a movie called The California Kid? I’m gonna try like hell not to run to IMDB but I think it came out around 1974…ish. Starred his dad , who I respect the hell out of for not being his son. Well , that and being a charismatic screen stud. Charlie , OTOH…

…oh , just fuck Charlie Sheen.

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

but what about Platoon?

And then there’s Major League and Hot Shots…

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 22, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No , Pete , you don't get it.

Charlie , in my mind , shit all over himself.
Which would be A – OK with me , except his dad is Martin Sheen.

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, maybe Platoon even helps your argument. It showed how Charlie could have been more like Martin but then chose to go on and do… other things.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 22, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like star in a sitcom (have I expounded on laughtracks insulting my ability to discern humor?) where he walks through the entire show with this look of utter confusaion on his face..sort of like , I imagine , the – cough – actor Charlie Sheen does in real life…that fuck.

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not all of Martin’s films are winners.

ever see Spawn?

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 22, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No.

We all have our contractual obligations.

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great flick. Martin Sheen was a badass…

I don’t hate that you reminded me of that movie.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the Braves.

And I hate that I still think about 1993 every time the Giants play them. Because that just makes me sad. And I hate being sad.

by oneflapdown on Jul 22, 2009 12:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate the Blanks.

And for our Sedona redtoned onlookers , how many of the ’Pit have this us vs. them outlook which condemns those who dare communicate within their hallowed hole. Er , hall.

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I used to like going there. It’s scary this year. The ugly season must have gotten to them.

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 22, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jim seems a bit of a tyrant.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 22, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the Rockies and Dodgers dont lose. I hate how no one on this team can hit expect for Sandoval. I hate how all three homegrown lefties HAVE THE SAME FUCKING HOLE IN THEIR SWINGS. And Bochy cant construct a lineup correctly.

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 12:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate how all three homegrown lefties HAVE THE SAME FUCKING HOLE IN THEIR SWINGS

Good God, this x1000.

by ryanmiles on Jul 22, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe more so the fact that none of them have figured out how to lay off that pitch

by ryanmiles on Jul 22, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

this

Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.

by Aadik on Jul 22, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jul 22, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’ll go ahead and say it: I hate Lou Seal. If you put a tail on it it would be Lou Rat. Plus, Lou totally sucks up to the owners’ kids.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 12:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You, sir, are dead to me.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This will make it worse: Lou Seal is actually born from an act of plagiarism.

http://columbus.clippers.milb.com/fans/page.jsp?ymd=20090317&content_id=525366&vkey=fans_t445&fext=.jsp&sid=t445

The Clippers actually came up with him first, but allowed the Giants to retain the character due to the distance between the markets.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

WTF

a sidekick mascot?

by Classy_Argonaut on Jul 22, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t like Lou Seal either.

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 22, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i LIKE that the seals had an actual baby seal in a tank at Seals stadium.

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 Jul 22, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

FAILEST OF THE FAIL

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Feel the hate flow through something something

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

by SoFa King Mike on Jul 22, 2009 12:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Emperor Palpatine

on DL with infected face

Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."

There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...

by natteringnabob on Jul 22, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the Dodgers.

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 12:07 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

i hate that pablo's approach

seems to be regressing as he tries single handledly to get the team out of a slump

go timmy!

by ringleader3 on Jul 22, 2009 12:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I don’t hate that so much as cry softly to it…

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well that's the problem right there!

Use both hands, Pablo!

Sheesh!

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree with everything you said regarding Frandsen, 100%.

Also, I agree with everthing else you said.

by AndOnTheDrums... on Jul 22, 2009 12:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that I don’t think like everyone else here.

"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW

by bgunn on Jul 22, 2009 12:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

OT

I hate that the Warriors’ summer league team filled me with false hope (again). I also hate that Chris Cohan still owns the team — not very original, I realize, but it feels good to write it down.

by sven406 on Jul 22, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

And

I hate that every week or so the Giants make a no-name rookie/journeyman/zombie pitcher look like Christy Mathewson.

by sven406 on Jul 22, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the Kings’ summer league team filled me with despair (again).

"El once, chico. Eleven."

by Juan Primo on Jul 22, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that Paul Maholm gave up 7 ER in 4 2/3 innings this morning after shutting us out for eight innings last week.

by non sequitur on Jul 22, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that too.

Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 22, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Plus one. I was most displeased when I saw his line today.

by oneflapdown on Jul 22, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the Brewers were down 4 runs and came back to take the lead in the next couple of innings and there is no way that the Giants offense could do that

by OTTOMATIC on Jul 22, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that Ryan Braun isn’t a Giant.

"I can't hit the ball until I hit the bottle!"

by Li on Jul 22, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, who didn’t see THAT coming?

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 22, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He’s gotta get his crappy stats from somewhere and the Giants aren’t going to help. But yes, I hate this too.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that I can’t threaten to beat people up anymore. That makes me so mad I just want to punch someone!!

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 Jul 22, 2009 12:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate New Jersey. And Barry Zito’s contract. I hate that Bochy STILL bats Bengie cleanup. Bengie is one of the worst hitters in baseball right now. He has a .276 OBP for Christ sake’s!

by Missing Barry on Jul 22, 2009 12:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

+1 on Bengie, but I don’t blame him as he was never a 4 hitter to begin with. In fact I think putting him in the four hole has been actively detrimental to his success.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that Rich Aurilia is forcing me to hate him. I also hate Giants management for keeping him on the team.

by superk1ng on Jul 22, 2009 12:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i know

i dont know what to do with my aurrila jersey now

go timmy!

by ringleader3 on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Get its big toe examined.

"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW

by bgunn on Jul 22, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that Aurilia looked like he could still hit major league fastballs in spring training, thereby convincing the Giants to put him on the roster.

Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).

by EliminateMe on Jul 22, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

+109

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Giants road games this year.

I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.

by Norm Median on Jul 22, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate people who threaten me on a virtual board to beat my physcial ass at a game I am unable to attend

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Say wha……

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 Jul 22, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that I couldn’t see that fight.

Bonds stands alone.

Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 22, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that our old friend, disappointment has returned to grace us with her presence

I just want her to go away!

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that I keep waking up next to her.

by jnormous on Jul 22, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gimme Back My Wife!

by Giant Homer on Jul 22, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I WANT MY SON!!!

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that whenever the Giants fall behind by more than about two runs in a game, I have the choice of wasting 90 more minutes watching a not-fun game that I know we’ve conceded, or feeling disloyal by turning it off.

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jul 22, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

THIS

I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.

by Norm Median on Jul 22, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, the second McCann hit that ugly mistake from Sadowski in the first inning I knew the game was unwinnable, and I hate that :(

Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?

by TexasRanger on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have no problem changing the channel when we are losing.

After over 40 years of disappointment, it is a form of mental self defense. Plus, I’m more pleasant to be around when I’m not watching them lose…

by Jakespaar on Jul 23, 2009 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Barry Zito's contract.

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 12:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What, specifically, about it do you hate?

/ducks/

Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005. And winner of the 2012 NL Fireman of the Year Award!

by Lyle on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I HATE THAT DOG IN DUCK HUNT THAT LAUGHS AT YOU

WHEN THE DUCK GETS AWAY

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

SERIOUSLY

FUCK THAT DOG. IT’S BULLSHIT YOU CAN’T SHOOT HIM

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

DOG'S A FUCKING ASSHAT

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That’s going on the list.

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 22, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that I’ve never seen a blue duck. I’ve never seen a blue duck before so I thought I’d draw a blue duck.

by jnormous on Jul 22, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I read that wrong. Watchmen spoilerz!

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ms. Veronica Vaughn loves your Blue Duck!

Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right

by Giant among Angels on Jul 22, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also, I hate that Tim Lincecum is starting today and I feel like we’re going to lose. I don’t feel that way ever on Timmy Day.

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 Jul 22, 2009 12:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The Giants are GIVING odds for todays game (+102 this morning)……. I can’t remember the last time they weren’t heavy favorites with Timmy pitching

by OTTOMATIC on Jul 22, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You summed up my hate thoughts pretty well, the nonsensical dicking around of Kevin Frandsen, the Sadowski stuff, the low points of this roller coaster season, etc.

And since this is a hate thread, and I know many of you hate Livan Hernandez, I’ll relay this little story I was recently told.

A friend of mine was with the team during their recent trip to St. Louis. He got to go to Woody’s shed or shack or whatever it’s called. Not surprisingly he said that Woody was a great guy, that Gardner and Righetti were constantly teasing him, but that Woody would just laugh it off. At some point during the evening, Woody told my buddy the story of how Livan Hernandez got Krispy Kreme donuts banned from the clubhouse.

He said at some point Sabean came into the clubhouse shortly before a Livan start and saw Livan take down about 12 Krispy Kremes. Livan then went out and got shelled. Sabes banned the donuts from the clubhouse. Pretty straight forward story I guess but I thought some of you might like to hear it.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 22, 2009 12:20 PM PDT reply actions   2 recs

LOLvan

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't hate this comment

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good story.

How can he still be a major league pitcher and make more money than 99% of the population pisses me off

by Mrbasepaul on Jul 22, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does it make you feel better that the Mets have talked about using him as an emergency infielder?

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 22, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He’d hit cleanup for the Giants.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Juan Uribe. Since he booted that ball we’ve gone 2-5…coincidence?

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 12:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Not a coincidence, it’s SCIENCE!

by xanthan on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

MY LEGIONZ THEY BE GROWING

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 22, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

C'mon everyone...enjoy the game!

I hate Jeff Kent

My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman

by Goofus on Jul 22, 2009 12:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I think Frandsen probably shouldn’t have whined earlier in the year when he didn’t make the team. I’m guessing that has something to do with why he is in the doghouse. Pretty simple really, don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Especially when you’ve proven nothing in the major leagues. It’s one thing if you are a 10 year vet who’s an All-Star or something, but when you’ve never done jack shit in the show and then act as if you are entitled to a job because you’ve been around longer than the guy who won your job, you look like a horse’s ass.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that I actually believe the Giants would use non-baseball reasons to make baseball decisions.

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the Giants would unconditionally support the biggest a**hole in sports for 15 years and then suddenly make poor baseball decisions based on the fact that a player was upset about prior poor baseball decisions

by UVHaight on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Um, Jeff Kent was only on the Giants for 6 years, not 15.

by Missing Barry on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That biggest asshole was also the best player in baseball and what kept the team in contention. Obviously you’re going to put up with that if a guy is a great player, you have to. But with some guy like Frandsen you don’t have to.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the biggest asshole was only a asshole to the media

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not true – he was an asshole as a teenager when my brother played American Legion ball with him and is still an asshole today. The greatest hitting asshole the world has ever known and one I am glad to have watched ply in SF all those years.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

who wasn't an asshole as a teenager?

Teenagers are assholes (or, alteratively, bitches)

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yup

I like the guy. Whiny middle-aged sportswriters seem to believe every young black guy is supposed to say “yessir nosir” to them. Anyone who pisses of Plaschke/Mariotti etc is a good guy in my books.

Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.

by Aadik on Jul 22, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You fail

Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs

by bondslegend on Jul 22, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate people who hate Barry Bonds. The guy was a dick to reporters, and may have cheated on his wife. He didn’t do drugs, he seems to be raising his kids well, his rap chart is clean, and he never beat anyone up.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and he never beat anyone up.

Except Jeff Kent, and that was awesome.

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He didn’t beat Kent up. If Bonds had meant to hurt him, Kent would be peeing in a bag right now.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In my fanfic he did…

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He didn’t do drugs

i agree with you but well…

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh heh – I was thinking the same thing.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hehe. you know what I mean.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and he never beat anyone up.

Except Jason Christiansen.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 22, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jason Christiansen probably deserved it.

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The story is that one of Bonds’ entourage guy cut in front of the line for the post game spread and Christiansen called him out. But I don’t care if Bonds was a dick.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 22, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's go talk to Sun Bonds about Barry's gentle nature.

I recall some story about an alleged flight of stairs he assisted her down…

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

a la Lawrance Phillips

by seyheystretch on Jul 22, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds like a perfect gentleman to me.

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I HATE JASON CHRISTIANSEN

The story I remember is that Bonds showed up in the clubhouse in like June or July of ’05 when he was reahbbing and Christiansen picked a fucking fight with him, and then Bonds had to go get a third knee surgery and he was out until September.

HOW DARE YOU JASON

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jul 22, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

JASON CHRISTIANSEN IS A DOUCHE WITH HIGHLIGHTS IN HIS HAIR

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE PICK APART MY POSTS

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The cheating on his wife makes him a bad person.

Maybe he’s since felt sorry for what he did and will never do it again. But that is pretty crappy to do.

That said, I agree with you.

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

9 out of 10 athletes cheat on their wives. At least that’s my guess.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would imagine that's way high

I could buy 50%, though.

That just means that 50% of athletes are bad people.

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it’s closer to 90.

Baseball players are filthy.

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 22, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Basketball players are at least as bad.

by Missing Barry on Jul 22, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cricket players are downright obscene.

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So are synchronized swimmers.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 22, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Senior LPGA golfers

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.

GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!

by baetown415 on Jul 22, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t think it makes them bad people, it’s really the lifestyle. When tons of hot women are throwing their panties at you because you can hit or throw a baseball well has to be pretty flattering and hard to turn down all the time. And a lot of these player wives meet these players from the same ways and HOPEFULLY know what they’re getting into. I’m not condoning the cheating, but just saying that it’s a much different situation from your typical family lifestyle.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it has more to do with the millions of dollars these players have rather than being able to hit or throw a baseball.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 22, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m sure the combination is better than either one alone.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Being on the road all the time certainly contributes, as well.

by Missing Barry on Jul 22, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah

it’s wayyy over 50

Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs

by bondslegend on Jul 22, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

his rap chart is clean

yeah I hate athletes who try to rap. shaq, AI, terrible. athletes who sing, though = OK in my book (broadway is dark tongiht, omar vizquel)

On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.

by GameSix on Jul 22, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And he was down with SUE,
so stfd Bonds haters

by Giant Homer on Jul 22, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

 No disrespect to Mrs. Burns, but character is measured more by how you treat those below you than by how you get along with a very nice, very rich lady.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hilarious.

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NAH

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that you censored “asshole”

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 Jul 22, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

I couldn’t figure out what you meant

by Mrbasepaul on Jul 22, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Counterpoint: Yunel Escobar has been far more confrontational and disruptive in the Braves clubhouse than Frandsen could have possibly been for the Giants, and yet he continues to see playing time (and hit pretty darn well). If Escobar were a Giants prospect, he’d probably be toiling in Fresno right now.

"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."

by Kitspool on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Escobar has already been benched a few times, and the Braves have been trying to trade him. But the point remains, despite this fact Escobar has been a proven ML SS who can hit and so it would make no logical sense for the Braves to send him down when despite their problems with his attitude he can still help their team win in the interim before he is eventually traded.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t need to root for a team full of Ned Flanders.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed. They’d all be lefties and way too okay with losing. Also, in accordance with the 8th Commandment, they would never steal any bases.

by oneflapdown on Jul 22, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And if they ever did...

…they’d return the base immediately with a tearful confession.

Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).

by EliminateMe on Jul 22, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also, forget trades, since coveting is out.

by oneflapdown on Jul 22, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Shane Victorino

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 12:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that Shane Victorino was an All-Star.

by Missing Barry on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Charlie Manuel

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Jim Tracy

Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right

by Giant among Angels on Jul 22, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate

that arguably the best front office in baseball of the last twenty years was bestowed upon a city that cares about nothing except NASCAR and the Dawgs.

by UVHaight on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I didn’t know NASCAR was popular in Boston.

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Key qualifier was “of the last twenty years”

by UVHaight on Jul 22, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oakland likes NASCAR?

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i love the lower haight!

"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"

by The Gene Hackman on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wrong thread?

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I HATE THE LOWER LOVE!

"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"

by The Gene Hackman on Jul 22, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

thats a lie. everyone loves lower love

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah

Bring me a higher love

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Isn’t that a Creed song? I hate Creed.

"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW

by bgunn on Jul 22, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think that’s Steve Winwood.

by SFGuy on Jul 23, 2009 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the way this team is playing right now proves pretty effectively that the media not paying attention to us a couple of weeks ago (because we were due to have a regression to the mean) was well deserved.

by Duelling Brandos on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that people have unrealistic expectations of a rebuilding team. Before the season people were upset that the Giants were going to be bad, now that they’ve played decent baseball, people are upset that the Giants haven’t gotten a bat etc. Well who is out there that they can get who will legitimately be a big upgrade? And to get that big upgrade the Giants will single handidly be undermining their current rebuilding project. I hate that people can’t read between these lines and just be happy that steady progress has been made the past 2 years. Have some fucking patience.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate myself for totally agreeing with you. I also hate Matt Kemp. Just ’cause.

by Giantsfan4life on Jul 22, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Josh Willingham

It wouldn’t take that much to get him, and he would be a welcome addition.

by GiantPain on Jul 22, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And yet getting him won’t make the Giants all that much better.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OPS

over 900

couldn’t hurt.

And come on, with a decent back we can beat the rockies.

They’re the rockies.

We can beat them.

… right?

by GiantPain on Jul 22, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He would help the team as an OF/1B who can hit lefties, but he isn’t the ONLY move we should make if we really want the team to get better.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

sure

but he’s an example of someone we could get who wouldn’t gut the farm system or “undermine the rebuilding”

by GiantPain on Jul 22, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1 on the rebuild.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that even though Jason Marquis has been bumped starting against us this weekend, we’ll probably get shut out by that Hammel guy anyway

by BigO on Jul 22, 2009 12:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

bumped from. I hate typos.

by BigO on Jul 22, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Doesn’t start vs us on Friday?

by superk1ng on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

just saw this
News: Marquis will miss Friday’s scheduled start due to a blister on his right middle finger, the Denver Post reports.
Spin: Marquis’ next start will come Tuesday against the Mets. Jason Hammel will start against the Giants in Marquis’ stead. Marquis has been battling the blister for nearly a month now.

awesome

by superk1ng on Jul 22, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't hate that

wait what did I just do

by jctGamer on Jul 22, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that I am happy that we don’t face Maquis

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you Cardassian?

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

woooooooooooow

I hate that I understood that

by GiantPain on Jul 22, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was going to make a similar Star Trek joke, and refrained. I am glad, since yours is better.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Rockies are on to us. Replace a veteren pitcher with someone we haven’t seen yet. Well played Rockies, well played

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 22, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that Bochy’s dog is more likely to see time at second than Frandsen.

I hate that once again Sabean’s back-up-infielder-of-the-year-has somehow become an everyday starter- like they suddenly became good after the only team that woulds sign them in the first place and as a back up is the Giants.

And I’d like to hate the idiotic ‘Latin Strategy’ that Sabean seems loathe to discontinue, but I think it helped us get Pablo (and we only had to sign 12 overpriced, old, declining, Latin free-agents to long-term contracts for it to work).

The King Of Bling

by cybermaldonado on Jul 22, 2009 12:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate the way the Giants’ roster has been mismanaged over the past several years. I hate the 20 or so drafts before 2006.

Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005. And winner of the 2012 NL Fireman of the Year Award!

by Lyle on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate Damon Bruce and Ralph Barbieri.

I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.

by Norm Median on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

More this than that.

by UVHaight on Jul 22, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

About a tenth as much as I hate Gary Radnich

Scratch that. Radnich is mentally ill. I guess I just feel sorry for him.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

me, too

and I hate the idiot Giants fans that they let talk on hte public airwaves. I hate that those fans do not understand the economics of the game and would willy nilly give up Posey and Mad Bum for any old rental bat on the trade market. I hate that the radio personalities on KNBR by and large do very little to educate people on the economic and transactional realities of the game.

Bonds stands alone.

Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 22, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that Ted Robinson doesn’t get more airtime on KNBR. He’s bright and articulate.
I also hate that I didn’t appreciate him more when he was a broadcaster here.

"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW

by bgunn on Jul 22, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

flem is the 2nd coming of ted robinson. their voices/vocal mannerisms are similar, no?

"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"

by The Gene Hackman on Jul 22, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always enjoyed Robinson. Especaily when he talks baseball. He knows his crap and he ejoyment of that game tends to come out. He seems to have no problem calling “B.S.” when someone is going off the rails either. ( Looks at Raph).

That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.

by daveinexile on Jul 23, 2009 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I Hate O'Douls

Who drinks beer without alcohol? Communists, that’s who.

by drunkgiant on Jul 22, 2009 12:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

and communist pregnant women!

by Duelling Brandos on Jul 22, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and designated drivers

by Jakespaar on Jul 23, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that people can’t make funny jokes about Billy Mays without a certain someone freaking out.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that people can’t make funny jokes about mention Billy Mays without a certain someone freaking out.

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’ll say it – I hate Billy Mays.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BLASPHEMER

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hear if you sy his three times in front of the mirror he appear!

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

udd

(short for u ded dawg)

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's sad that he died, especially so young...

but I WON’T miss his ANNOYING commercials! I know that the old ones will still play, but at least we won’t be subjected to any new ones.

by Jakespaar on Jul 23, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

29-40 to get there

The 2nd half is going to suck if that does happen.

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

/braces self

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

/orders some anti-depressants

by Merope on Jul 22, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that this franchise hasn’t been able to produce a good homegrown SS since Chris Speier.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I was about to yell Royce Clayton! Then I realized I didn’t see the word “good” the first time around…

by Missing Barry on Jul 22, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eh… have you ever looked at Speier’s career stats? They’re really pretty comparable players, except Speier did have two or three good years mixed in the 19, while Clayton’s were pretty uniformly crappy.

My Bucardo is better than yours.

A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.

by Roger on Jul 22, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate when Molina catches Zito’s starts.

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 12:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

too strong

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

maybe

I hate that he’s on the team. He hurts this team more than he helps and I wish he would go away.

by superk1ng on Jul 22, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that anytime anybody implies that Molina’s time is past, he gets hurt feelings and whines about it publicly. He’s a big baby, and that has diminished any respect I may have had for him as a player.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

WHY WON’T YOU GIVE ME ANOTHER 3 YEAR DEAL?

/stomps feet

by xanthan on Jul 22, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

/passed ball

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

/that he swung at

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and hit him on the rebound

Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.

by Aadik on Jul 22, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I also hate the way he whines when anybody suggests somebody else should be catching Zito or any other pitcher on this staff. I’M THE STARTING CATCHER I SHOULD CATCH THE ACE.

by superk1ng on Jul 22, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’ll accept that

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 22, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that he swings at everything, regardless of the situation. I hate that he’s our cleanup hitter. I hate that Bochy keeps putting him in that spot. I hate that he hasn’t gotten traded. I hate that b/c the Giants are “contenders” he won’t get traded.

Bonds stands alone.

Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 22, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the pessimists are crowing

I understand their position. I even have that same worry in the back of my head.

But after playing winning baseball for 90 games, 6 games of suck doesn’t prove you right.

I hope….

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate hope

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the feeling of hopelessness I get whenever the Giants come up to bat. I’m legitimately surprised whenever someone gets on based.

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, me too

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And I hate the fact that I now consider 2 Giants base hits in 1 inning a “big inning”.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the Dodgers are being run by Ned-f’ing-Coletti and are running away with the division title!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

To be fair, Ned has had very little to do with their success while he’s been there. Logan White is the one you should hate.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hate by association

go timmy!

by ringleader3 on Jul 22, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I tend to just hate the entire organization, to make sure nobody gets left out.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I never said that he was the reason they are good. I just hate that he’s there, and that the team is good.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that they are doing so well despite the boneheaded things Ned has done. How can you be doing so well with Pierre and Schmidt and trading away Carlos Santana for scraps and trading away Andy LaRoche and…

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

well Andy LaRoche for Manny is pretty good…

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the Dodgers are still winning DESPITE Coletti.

by Missing Barry on Jul 22, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fox News
Dallas Cowboys
Boston teams
Curt Schilling
Mayonnaise

by seyheystretch on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i actually enjoy fox news

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

unrec

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Hopefully ironically.

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

its really entertaining in how biased it is, its like the anti-keith oberman minus the joking

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's fair

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Olberman. He’s kinda creepy and I really don’t find him very funny.

Bonds stands alone.

Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 22, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is that because you watch Fox news non-ironically or did you feel that way when he was on SportsCenter?

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

as in insanely awesome

by jctGamer on Jul 22, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As much as I am on the other end of the political spectrum as them, I have to admit it is rather clever of them to put as many attractive females as they do to spout out their conservative propoganda as they can. I am suprised they haven’t made Elisabeth Hassleback their nightly news anchor yet.

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 22, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

right, right

gretta vansustren is a fox…

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

admit it, you would hit that

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 22, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

seriously

I find that people who hate fox news, rarely or never watch it.

That said, I rarely watch it, but I don’t watch any of the news channels. They all suck.

Bonds stands alone.

Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants

by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 22, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't consider Faux News to be legitimate.

It is merely a propaganda machine for Rupert Murdoch. "Fair and balanced" (yeah right) – nothing could be farther from the truth. It’s almost like they are part of a bad satire and they don’t realize it…

I especially HATE Bill O’Reilly and Ann Coulter.

by Jakespaar on Jul 23, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the entire media.

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 Jul 22, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

is it because the entire media hates you

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that Bengie Molina hacks at slop and thinks it’s ok. I hate that the majority of Giants positional prospects in the last 10 years to hit the big leagues other than Pablo have all been AAAA players at best.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate veterans who can’t end their careers (which are obviously over) without a bunch of little girl whining.

I hate pathetic lineups that, no matter how often they change (daily) are still lame.

I hate that we have only one reliable bat, and management seems incapable to get the hitter(s) the team desperately needs.

I hate that our hitters swing at slop, and all the other teams know it. There’s no reason to throw a strike to almost anybody on the team.

I hate that when we give up a run in the first inning, I feel like the game is over.

I hate that the Dodgers are winning so much. I fucking hate the Dodgers.

I hate a lot more, but I need to go punch a wall right now.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 12:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate Bochyies nicknamesis

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 12:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

AGREED! Small mind = unimaginative nicknames.

Slight detour: Just finished reading Shoeless Joe, and the part about how old-time players got their nicknames was inspired. Then the next day I hear “Downsie” and stoopid shit like that from Bochy.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So lets come up with better nicknames

We can do that much. Brian “Full Count” Wilson for starters.

by Giantsfan4life on Jul 22, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

brian “right handed craig lefferts” rolls off the tongue better

Les Plack = more chicks
my lead in dingerz.exe is shrinking...

by Headhunter Rollins on Jul 22, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

Good nicknaming is a lost art, to be sure. If I hear one more “Big” nickname, someone’s getting hurt.

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 22, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Big Sadowski?

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ted Robinson was on KNBR asking how he got that nickname. He hasn’t done anything to get any nickname says Ted.

by SFGuy on Jul 23, 2009 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the [First initial] + [1st syllable of last name] "nickname" construct.

Cliche, hack, dull. And by the time white people rip off something from minorities, it has already been done to death and beaten to dust.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Jul 22, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The new [First initial] + [1st syllable of last name] "nickname" construct

[First initial] + [Last initial] + [player’s number]. And I hate it just as much.

by Missing Barry on Jul 23, 2009 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the fact that if you put a gun to my head, I couldn't tell you what we're doing

Seriously, what’s the strategy? Rebuild? Win now? Draft high-upside toolsy HS guys? Draft ready-for-the majors polished college players? Build through a Latin American strategy? Look for speed, line drive hitters, or power? Look for OBP, or free swingers?

by Giantsfan4life on Jul 22, 2009 12:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

1. Rebuild with a chance to win cheap this year if things break right. Sign low-cost vets to short-term deals that won’t block anybody long term.
2. They’re breaking right. Don’t overreact; wait as long as possible to decide whether it is worth investing in this year.
3. Oh no, now they’re not breaking right. Don’t overreact. Wait as long as possible to decide whether it is worth conceding this year.
4. Draft guys that almost everybody on this board likes for three straight seasons. Draft high-upside toolsy HS guys, ready-for-the-majors polished college pitchers, build through a Latin-American strategy, and look for speed, line-drive hitters and power. Get it all and be pleased with the development of many of them. Be very, very optimistic about 2011-2013.

I like the strategy. I just don’t like all the players.

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jul 22, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You forgot to add the painful step of giving young players time and experience on the playing field and then evaluating the results in the offseason, but I like where you’re going.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate people who bash Jon Miller.

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 12:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Who are these people? I will fight them.

by xanthan on Jul 22, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you going to infect their hard drives?

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 Jul 22, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Xanthan will wear a condom.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 22, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wear a firewall

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pardon the noobness, but what’s the genesis of the Xanthan-is-a-computer gag?

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jul 22, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

gag?

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 22, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I actually would kind of like an exodus of the Xanthan-is-a-computer gag.

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it took me a while to get that joke.

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 22, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

joke?

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

genesis, exodus, etc. etc.

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but what is the leviticus?

Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs

by bondslegend on Jul 22, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Protip: Don’t question weird things on McC.
You will not like the answers

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you question the Cray equivalent?

Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.

by Aadik on Jul 22, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

while were on it, what is 109? Is it giving 109%?

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Someone asked what Zito’s pitch count was. About 100 people responded simultaneously with “109” and it was amusing.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 22, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ooooh. I like my interpretation better. WHY WONT U GIVE ME 110%?!

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will fight them too. Then when they are defeated and sobbing, I will fight you. When you are defeated and emitting smoke, I will laugh.

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 22, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

WHY DO YOU HATE ME SO MUCH

by xanthan on Jul 22, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hate baseballs stamped with asterics

by locutus on Jul 22, 2009 12:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i hate mark ekko

and his designs for douchebags

go timmy!

by ringleader3 on Jul 22, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Ed Hardy

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that there are people who are all smug about the result of that “vote” online.

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that we still haven’t actually seen the numbers!
and I hate hanging chads

by Merope on Jul 22, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate

that Grant stole my fan post thunder!!!!

grumble grumble start m’own damn blog grumble.

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 12:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

/opens post
/face melts

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 22, 2009 12:52 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

http://tohtweakness.ytmnd.com/

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Manny Ramirez

I hate the fact that he blatantly gets caught with using something that has no other use but steroids, admits to nothing, and yet everything is all right in the world because it’s just “Manny being Manny”.

Bonds never gets blatantly caught, and the media proceeds to treat him like the anti-Christ, Fainaru-Wada and Roger Cossack make careers out of the story, and every baseball writers says he’ll never ever be in the hall of fame either.

All this while “Mannywood” and Sportsnation comparing Manny to Mantle in full bloom.

Supporting the Giants, Niners, Sharks, Warriors, Golden Bears and Zags since 1987

by objesguy on Jul 22, 2009 12:52 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

I hate the way Bob Costa suggested we take a “wait and see” approach, and not jump to any conclusions, to the Roger Clemens situation but had no problem making immediate judgement with Bonds.

by superk1ng on Jul 22, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That bothered me as well.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 22, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, it’s nothing as sinister as you think. It’s simply because Costas, like Clemens, is white, and therefore has subtle prejudices that influence his thinking. See?

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jul 22, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It’s like O.J.

Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.

by Johnny Disaster on Jul 22, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I liked Costas before he did that but I lost respect for him even though I hate Bonds. But be fair, which Costas was noyt.

by SFGuy on Jul 23, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They shut up about A-Rod too…

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the word "creamy"

With a searing passion.

Just one of those words that’s used a billion squared times in commercials, and almost never in everyday conversation. I hate all “commercial” words, that one especially.

Fuck you and your “creamy.”

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 22, 2009 1:00 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Don’t you think you should rethink that last sentence?

No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball

by Skaldheim on Jul 22, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was thinking the sentence was incomplete.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 22, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You should use creamy more. You might enjoy it.

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

79 wins

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 22, 2009 1:00 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that when I get drunk I think I can dance.

I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.

by Norm Median on Jul 22, 2009 1:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate Russel Martin.

Actually today I’m in such a shitty mood, I hate just about everything.

by Merope on Jul 22, 2009 1:02 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I HATE YOU

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that Raj Davis just smacked a triple.

by Merope on Jul 22, 2009 1:03 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i hate kicking tires

by locutus on Jul 22, 2009 1:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate how shitty the 3 new Star Wars movies were

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 1:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate how shitty the 3 new Star Wars Lucas movies were are

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Star Wars in general

Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?

by TexasRanger on Jul 22, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

YOU, SIR, CAN LEAVE

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Trudat

The originals were awesome, but are tainted now by the ridiculous amount of stench that is Lucasfilm.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t think it’s fair to compare the two series. While I didn’t care for episode 1, the next two (while certainly not on the level of the original series) did wrap things up in a decent way, I felt. Could he have done better? Yes. But they weren’t terrible, IMO.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I felt that way

Until I saw the newer movies for the second time. They were so bad that I was forced to realize I hadn’t actually liked them, as much as having made myself try really hard to like them, because of my devotion to the originals.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Totally. Watching them at home instead of on opening day in the theatre made them go from disappointing to rage-inducing.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, episodes 2 and 3 were terrible.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jul 22, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty much. The only thing I liked in episode 2 was when Obi-Wan told that guy in the club on Coruscant to go home and rethink his life.

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like the expression on Yoda’s face when he sees Dooku.

that’s about it.

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 22, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BANNED

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the unreliability of Bothan spies

They didn’t vet their findings. The fact that many of them died on the mission? Lucky break for the rebellion. Pussies.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Jul 22, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am telling you they were really working the Emperor.

That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.

by daveinexile on Jul 23, 2009 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOLINEUP

CF Winn
LF Bowker
3B Sandoval
C Molina
RF Schierholtz
1B Ishikawa
SS Uribe
2B Downs
P Lincecum

by superk1ng on Jul 22, 2009 1:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate this lineup

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate your hate of this lineup

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

what is that Lincecum guy doing playing!

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

outhitting most of the "batters"?

Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."

There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...

by natteringnabob on Jul 22, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck that lineup

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well okay, go ahead

I won’t judge.

"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.

by thehavenot on Jul 22, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They shoulda never given them players money

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You don't appreciate shit!

Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs

by bondslegend on Jul 22, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that our choices for SS are Renteria or Uribe.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

apparently Renteria’s got a boo-boo and had a cortisone shot in his throwing arm recently.

by Merope on Jul 22, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I read that – he said it’s messed with his swing, too. Like we noticed.

I hate the black hole of suck that is our middle infield.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate him.

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

would look better with : LF Dunn or 1B Dunn

by sadison bummedgarner on Jul 22, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree

Even with his defensive asshatery

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I disagree: he’s a complete nightmare out there.

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 22, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Would still look better

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

exactly

there is no way his defense could be THAT bad. plus i believe he has walked more times than our entire team

by sadison bummedgarner on Jul 22, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Giants scouts thought he was even worse at first, though that beggars belief.

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 22, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He is worse at 1st. Yes SSS but his he made like 5 errors in 9 games there last year, and this year has been pretty horrible range wise and with the glove at 1st in SSS again.

Dunn is a DH playing in the NL.

by Hobbes2d on Jul 22, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate small sample sizes.

by Missing Barry on Jul 22, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i disagree

I don’t like the idea of Lincecum giving up 5 ER because Dunn has the range of a fire hydrant

by superk1ng on Jul 22, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate people that are bad at math

Dunn’s defense is bad. 15-20 runs per year bad. That’s 2 wins/year, tops. Of which Lincecum pitches in 20% of the innings (generously), so that costs Lincecum 0.4 wins.

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

not just Lincecum

I don’t like the idea of any of our pitchers looking bad because of bad defense behind them. He wipes out most of his offensive contribution through his defense.

by superk1ng on Jul 22, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

uh.
I hate that you are kind of right.
At least 2008-2009. He didn’t used to be that bad.

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But is Dunn’s D at 1B going to be that bad? His peer group he’s compared to there is pretty bad themselves…

by Missing Barry on Jul 22, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

he's like -14 runs/150g for his career

but only over 100 games.

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I said it somewhere else, but I’m going to repeat it, because I feel strongly on this issue. I hate small sample sizes.

by Missing Barry on Jul 22, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

On offense anyway.

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No no, I need Dunn in DC

Hear me out on this one:

As an SF fan living in DC, the only baseball that gets covered here is Nats.

As it stands now, Dunn has 24 HRs. The Nats have 27 wins.

I want to see if Dunn can get more homers than the Nats get wins.

I need this.

by GiantPain on Jul 22, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate people

that won’t sacrifice for the greater good

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that barring an injury molina is ostensibly guaranteed the cleanup spot

by Lobsterkite on Jul 22, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that we don’t have any obvious candidates for the cleanup spot. Major failing on management’s part.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously

Like 7 Yankees could hit cleanup for us

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

everyone but Brett Gardner and… Posada?

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Posada would

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t understand why Bowker is hitting second again.

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

queue john bowker BB%, 2005-2009 image

by jctGamer on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cue

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 22, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought it was in a line.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jul 22, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That’s another usage for it.

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 22, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hate that randy winn won’t be a type A free agent

by locutus on Jul 22, 2009 1:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

He might

It might be better for us if he was type B anyway

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

type A = better stats in a pennant race
type B = 75 wins in a lineup that looks a lot like today’s

by locutus on Jul 22, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I mean that a team might not give up a first if he is type A, but he will certainly be signed if he is type B because the team wont give anything up but we still get a comp pick.

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that people assume that Randy Winn would decline arb

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 22, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hate people who think players like playing in anemic lineups

by locutus on Jul 22, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

More like a Taipei free agent

Might as well be in China for all we’re going to see him anymore.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Jul 22, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.

by Norm Median on Jul 22, 2009 1:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate constantly having to choose whether I prefer to lose 2-1 or 9-1.

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 22, 2009 1:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Prelim. info – I watch almost all of the Giants games on TiVo after my wife has gone to bed.

Having said that, I HATE that my spirit is so broken that, whenever the Giants fall behind by 2 runs or more, I flash forward at triple speed through the game until the Giants bring the tying run to the plate. Then, and only then, do I slow down to regular speed and watch the action.

I estimate that my average viewing time for a Giants game is about 43 minutes.

Also, I hate that Suck it, Russell Martin is not forced to wear said moniker on the back of his jersey.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

At least you dont see the patheticness first hand live like we do

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember the good ol’ days (1993, early 2000’s) when the Giants would fall behind by 3 runs or more and I would giggle maniacally, rub my hands together and think, “We’ve got ’em right where we want ’em.”

I hate nostalgia.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

J. Martin

What the fuck is that?

by SFGiantsD on Jul 22, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the fact that when we get 2 runners on with 0 outs, all I can think of is how they are going to fuck this up..

It makes me cry inside. I keep telling myself, this time they won’t play like the Giants. They will score at least one.

/Molina promptly grounds into a DP.
/tears
/more tears
/….

Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.

by gianator on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that

despite this feeling, I know that the Giants have OVERPERFORMED in this area this year.

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate stress.

No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball

by Skaldheim on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate the fact that Pedro Fucking Feliz has a WS ring and would easily bat cleanup for this team.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

WHY DID YOU MAKE ME REMEMBER THAT? NOW I HATE YOU!

No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball

by Skaldheim on Jul 22, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Strangely, I don’t hate your hate of me.

Whassup wit dat?

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that helpless, someone-just-stole-my-dog look that Zito gets on his face when he’s getting shelled. Pisses me right off. Every time.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the A’s are winning 8-1

by Merope on Jul 22, 2009 1:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

But the Rockies are losing 3-1!

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jul 22, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that I know they will come back to win, like always.

by jctGamer on Jul 22, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate you for being right.

by CaliforniaBone on Jul 22, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that I picked up Glen Perkins for that start.

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate fantasy baseball.

"I can't hit the ball until I hit the bottle!"

by Li on Jul 22, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that this cute girl I met at orientation

is a Phillies fan.

I also hate this new, hackier version of Pablo. He hasn’t walked or hit a home run in years, it feels like.

Watch out San... oh, wait, Sadowski... uhh... [fifth starter], uncle Pucetas is comin' for you.

by Sammy Danger on Jul 22, 2009 1:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

confess your undying hate for her.

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that the Lebron getting dunked on video was so lame.

TMZ Link

Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.

by gianator on Jul 22, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that that was even a story in the first place.

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Jul 22, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeesh, that is weak. Should have filmed it through a peephole.

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jul 22, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that I know what you are talking about.

I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.

by Norm Median on Jul 22, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wait that was it?

Fucking weaksauce

by jctGamer on Jul 22, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wtf, for real?

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Bobby Flay. Fuckin jerk thinks he can just roll up in someones hood and outcook them at their LIFE SPECIALTY. Maybe sometimes he can, and it gets the challengers good exposure, but hes still a turdface. Food Network rant over.
I hate than Lebron’s ppl are jerks enough to take peoples footage of that lame dunk. Ass/es.

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the food network

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmmm...

does she cook? on TV? HATE HER.

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fivehead

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh the things I would do to that forehead!

I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.

by Norm Median on Jul 22, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ew

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You can't hate Iron Chef America..?

Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.

by gianator on Jul 22, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hate it

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Iron Chef America – hate. Iron Chef Japan – love.

by SFGuy on Jul 23, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not really hate.

More shellshock and despair. I can’t believe this is happening again.

Status: Has a feeling that tonight is going to be good night. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.

by GiantBrass on Jul 22, 2009 1:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate pumpkin pie

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Well that’s just silly.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, i’m going to eat a friggin pureed squash when there’s apple pie available…that makes sense.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Walnut.

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jul 22, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You made no previous mention of the availability of apple pie.

I retract my comment.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

I assume at a thanksgiving dinner, there’s apple alongside pumpkin, for those who don’t care for pumpkin.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You must come from an elitist, multi-pie family.

When I was younger we had pumpkin pie…and it was from 2 years ago…and we LIKED IT!

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

AND we had to walk two miles through the snow UPHILL BOTH WAYS to get it!!!

by Merope on Jul 22, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The nerve of these kids nowadays; different flavors of pie flying around at the same meal…

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You’ve just crossed a line, my friend.

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

GTFO

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed, its overrated.

by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 22, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I got in trouble here for confessing that I don’t like pumpkin pie. I now fake an indifference towards it for social acceptance.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How does it feel to be incredibly wrong?

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

YOU LOSE

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 22, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

what did you say?

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I SAID GOOD DAY

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY!
oh but apple pie is overrated. pecan+key lime+pumpkin+cherry>>>apple

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Key lime is best, followed by pecan and cherry.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Jul 22, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

pecan? better than apple? i…i can’t…what?

/sigh

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Rush

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 22, 2009 1:28 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Limbaugh and the Band.

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 22, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If Rush Limbaugh had a band...

what would it be called?

Status: Has a feeling that tonight is going to be good night. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.

by GiantBrass on Jul 22, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Creed.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol. And while I’m at it, I hate Creed.

by oneflapdown on Jul 22, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh no you din’t:

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Incidentally, in Sweden, one Stapp can be exchanged for ten Dursts.

by oneflapdown on Jul 22, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

proving your point mathematically

Creed + Stapp = CRAPP

Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."

There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...

by natteringnabob on Jul 22, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stapp sounds like VD.

by SFGuy on Jul 23, 2009 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rush and the Oxytocins?

Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.

by gianator on Jul 22, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the band RUSH..

or the band The Band?

go timmy!

by ringleader3 on Jul 22, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Both, don’t really like Bob Dylan either, but I wouldn’t say I hate him.

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 22, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

IMO sounds like incohesive old guy muttering. That changed music forever or something.

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hear folk Dylan fans really shat when Bob went electric.

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really don’t understand people who say this. Bob has fantastic diction on most of his classic albums.

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

+109

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Certainly, on the recent albums, he’s mumbly as fuck, but you can’t point to H61 or BoB or even BOTT and say he sounds like he’s mumbling.

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah. He definitely doesn’t sound like he’s mumbling on those albums (all of which are fucking classics).

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 22, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

TWSS!

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How’s a snake
Shed his skin?

"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW

by bgunn on Jul 22, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

;)

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BANNED!

Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.

by Aadik on Jul 22, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

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

by jponry on Jul 22, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Rush" is also a song by Depeche Mode.

I don’t hate that.

"El once, chico. Eleven."

by Juan Primo on Jul 22, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you hate Rush AND like Depeche Mode

You are more evil than the Dodgers.

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 22, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't HATE Rush. Neil Peart's awesome and they're immensely talented,

but everything after 2112 is totally meh.

Depeche Mode beats the shit out of Rush and it ain’t close. Sorry, sunshine.

"El once, chico. Eleven."

by Juan Primo on Jul 22, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no no no no no no no no no no no

no.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

how can you

even compare the two?

go timmy!

by ringleader3 on Jul 22, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

my thought exactly

depeche couldn’t hold a candle to YYZ

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

big RUSH fan, and i like DM… b ut they’re like on different planets musically

go timmy!

by ringleader3 on Jul 22, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fixed
Depeche Mode beats the shit out of Rush and it ain’t close. Sorry, sunshine.

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 22, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Alan Wilder knew when to jump.

I’ve been a Mode fan since Music For The Masses.
Had a damned near religious experience the first time I saw them (’87) , good mix of beats and sardonic pokes at religion and sex.

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that if Adam LaRoche had gone anywhere else he would’ve hit about .230 with 1 hr…but with Boston he’ll hit about .340 with 20 hr.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

BODY BIAS

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.

by zenbitz on Jul 22, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Short bus.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that i stay up til s or 4 in the morning to watch this joke of a franchise blindly stumble around night after night. Only 4 things make me smile anymore – Cain, Timmy, Panda (whos starting to piss me off now) and the small number of real prospects we have. Fuck the rest of them, I hate sabean I hate bochy and the team of slop hacking losers they’ve assembled. I hate that some crappy pitcher with an ERA over 5 million is made to look like cy young by this lineup!!!!!! If timmy doesn’t win tonight i might self harm!!!

I may have overreacted on the last one!

by antshar on Jul 22, 2009 1:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I HATE SMILING

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the back-end of our rotation as it is right now

Zito gets no run support when he pitches well and he pitches like crap when he gets run support. Our 5th starter is basically a carousel now after all that stability for the beginning of the year.

by akamikedavid on Jul 22, 2009 1:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

But Sanchez is in the back end of our rotation!

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thats the point, our backend is a mess

by akamikedavid on Jul 22, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

TWSS?

nope… didnt work

go timmy!

by ringleader3 on Jul 22, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

May I suggest some baby wipes for that?

by Merope on Jul 22, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sanchez + “back end” in same sentence = eww

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 22, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Plus, he’s apparently rotating in Natto’s back end.

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate that, even though I would NEVER listen to it if I still had it, I got rid of all my Suicide Machines CDs 10 years ago. Because I sort of liked this (apt) song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMYKc1J_YCo

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jul 22, 2009 1:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

OT

I unnerstan’ this should be baseball oriented but my hate has many addresses.

The lazy , indifferent fuckheads I work with in the good ol’ Pipe Trades Union who either jack their jaws half the day or produce insulting crap for $30/hr , making ME “Guilty by United Association”…oh , you’re a plumber? Yeah , we’ve seen your work…"

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 1:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that all you seem get from people is shit.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Small Sample Size of my HATRED:

Vin Diesel
Pepp-O-Mint
Troy Tulowitski’s Tight Pants
Keith Urban
Mayonnaise
Bret “Hit Man” Hart
Shark Week
Burning My Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (15 minutes ago)
Jim Rome’s Goatee
Mannywood
Love And Rockets Jackets
Mr. Pibb
Bobby Flay
Ray Fosse
Brown Cords
“Hot August Nights” Here In Reno
Perez Hilton
Joe Biden
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Dane Cook
Sunny D

Original member of the Van Buren Boys

by NuschlerFace on Jul 22, 2009 1:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

This is a strong list.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Burning My Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (15 minutes ago)

Ow. That’s the worst.

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 22, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ooo, I forgot about Dane Cook.

I hate Comedy Central for thinking he was funny enough for giving him two standup shows. This hurts because I love the Daily Show.

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 22, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hate Dane Cook, try Raaaaaaaandy.

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jul 22, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fantastic!

Original member of the Van Buren Boys

by NuschlerFace on Jul 22, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aziz Ansari? +1,000,000

"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."

by Kitspool on Jul 22, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

bobby flay: very overrated

I can’t disagree with any of those things.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t hate Vin Diesel.

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I heard Vin Diesel talking at my workplace the other day,

I spun around…and his voice was coming out of this 5’ – 5" , 180 lb. electrician…

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SUNNY D?!?! SHARK WEEK?! Those are going on my love list.
Poll: whos the most meh/forgettable vice president?

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

al gore

duh!

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hey kids. wanna help me find manbearpig?

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since he was so forgettable I can't remember him.

HA!

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Man, Burning the Sandwich and Perez Hilton and Jim Rome’s Goatee are all solid picks. Well played.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jul 22, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Dusty replacing Ortiz with Rodriguez.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 22, 2009 1:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Who did what, now?

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate dusty putting livan into game 7 instead of woody

by akamikedavid on Jul 22, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK fine

I hate that the World Series didn’t end on a Shawon Dunston home run. The guy who sucked all year finally hits the home run that wins the World Series. WHY DOES GOD HATE A GOOD STORYLINE??

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jul 22, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What do you mean? Shinjo hit a grandslam to win the World Series. How could you forget that?

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate you for reminding me of a game that never happened

by jctGamer on Jul 22, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh No you didn't....

/years of therapy going down the drain.

Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.

by gianator on Jul 22, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t remember Dusty ever being on the Angels and replacing Ramon Ortiz with Francisco Rodriguez.

That was a bit of a stretch.

by Natto on Jul 22, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

God, I hate geography

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

True story: I had Abu Dhabi in the original, but I need to write an article for an English-language newspaper in Abu Dhabi, and I didn’t want the editor to think I was talking to him in code instead of making a Nermal reference.

Also, Finland is cold, which would make the no fur thing more effective.

And I’m serious about the Abu Dhabi thing.

by Grant on Jul 22, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I also hate that this time next year this thread will be written again witht the same hate for sabean and bochy!!!!

by antshar on Jul 22, 2009 1:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate anybody saying a game is a “must-win” in the middle of the season.

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 22, 2009 1:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

and everybody else who says it right after the Giants go on a losing streak.

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 22, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I HATE LAMP

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Do you really hate Lamp? Or are you just saying it because you saw it?

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jul 22, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate... lamp

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dennis Lamp?
Jim Lamp(ley)?
Lava lamp?
Grow lamp?

"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."

by younghutch on Jul 22, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

/Brick

Could a hairball ever truly hate a grow lamp?

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate and love the fact they are trying to make a sequel to this movie. I mean I’m really against it because it is probably going to be horrible, but part of me wants it.

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 22, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like Harold and Kumar

I hate the bag of pot jokes. Especially in the second movie.

And much as I love Anchorman, I HATE THE CHOCOLATE SQUIRREL JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 22, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs