Post-Game Recap: Cain Wins Again
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 24, 2009 8:54 PM PDT
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PrintBrian Wilson walked the leadoff batter in the ninth inning. Then he took the next batter to a 3-2 count before getting a fly ball. Then he gave up a single. There were two runners on and only one out. I'm not an especially religious man, but I looked up to the sky, and I muttered...
Hey there. I don't purport to know if there's anything up there, and if there is, I'm sure I can't comprehend your true nature. But tonight the center field camera showed a) a purple triceratops behind home plate, dancing around in the pitcher's field of vision and b) fans doing the wave. If a team wins a thrilling game in the bottom of the ninth inning after committing both of those crimes against the game -- nay, humanity -- then I guess I only know one thing about you: that you really, really hate me and everything that I stand for.
I don't have any answers, really. But for tonight, at least, I'd put money on "just and benevolent deity."
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BUT HE LEARNED TO WIN, SO ITS OK
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
I’m not going to start this argument again, but it’s more than run support. After Lewis’ miscue he threw his best pitches of the game to Hawpe. Not sure he would have done that last year.
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I don't mind the walks in this game
that strike zone was bull shit
I’m not going to start it either, I do think he looks like a better pitcher this year than in years past. His results overall have been about the same (other than ERA and Wins), but I do think he has improved.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
He’s been pitching deeper into games this year, which helps.
Judgment Day is coming
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yes
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
why does jesus hate porkies?
back in my day we wanted to be like magic larry now these days all you guys talk about is try to be like mike or becoming the next lebanon james
he has BODY BIAS
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
i was going to say
back in my day we wanted to be like magic larry now these days all you guys talk about is try to be like mike or becoming the next lebanon james
speaking of which,
is the owner of porkies (the fat dude) the same as the burger shop owner from better off dead?
go timmy!
It looks like you were halfway through the letter “R” and then decided to do the rest of it backwards. Just sayin’
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
someone needs to punch that goddamn stupid motherfucking dinosaur already.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 8:57 PM PDT reply actions
BUT TRICERATOPS CAN NOT SWIM
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
That Triceratops is the worst mascot in the MLB
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
I don't know if you're kidding...
Colorado is well-known for its dinosaur fossil dig sites.
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Also, its name is Dinger, not Rocky. You’re probably thinking of a raccoon from the hills of Dakota.
Scenes We’d Like To See Re – Enact
“Hit young Rocky in the ee – eye…”
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Jul 25, 2009 6:06 AM PDT up reply actions
+109
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 24, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
i think i seen that guy on barney
back in my day we wanted to be like magic larry now these days all you guys talk about is try to be like mike or becoming the next lebanon james
WHY ARE THERE DIPPIN DOTS ALL OVER IT’S BODY
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Cos' it's dippy?
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Jul 25, 2009 6:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Dino-shingles?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 25, 2009 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
"Rhinos only have 1 horn"
Except if they’re from Africa, when they have two.
Now, African sparrows…
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I'll tell you what it is
It’s stupid.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Count the horns.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 25, 2009 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
loldgers
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully it won’t be dingerz day for the Rockies. I’d like for the Giants to hit dingerz.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 24, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow I sure am glad
Matt Cain got lucky again…or at least thats how the Rox will console themselves.
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 24, 2009 8:58 PM PDT reply actions
no, read their threads during the game—the Rox fans basically concede that Cain is awesome.
by Duelling Brandos on Jul 24, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Fredemption 09 Motherfuckers
We are all witnesses
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 24, 2009 8:58 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I’d love to see him tear it up for the next two months and prove all the haters wrong. Really, I would.
I wonder if it’s just a matter of working on his swing while he’s on the bench and then getting enough playing time to get in a good groove at the plate. There’s a lot to be said for getting enough at-bats, as John Bowker or Kevin Frandsen can tell you. Tell em, guys!
Guys?
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
I think you’re forgetting about the defense. I don’t think the board would be so tough on him if he didn’t miss at least one flyball a game.
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I didn’t watch the game and there’s no error and we won so I don’t care!!! Whoop!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 24, 2009 9:06 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
misplayed a line drive that went over his head
although he admitted that he made a wrong break in the post game interview. Kruk sorta defended him though since the line drives are harder to judge at coors.
There seems to be an assumption that that play was easy.
Fred made a bad read and took a bad route to the ball and he needs to get better at that BUT: Even if he made the right read and got a great jump it would have been a great play. That ball was tattooed.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
nah. The ball WAS hit hard, but if he had the right read and got a great jump he would have easily made that catch.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
End justifies the means
Do we ever have a win w/o some clown play?
Yes? Well , maybe this wasn’t one of those.
I didn’t see it either…or the last one …making me think that you can have Victory without Victor. Maybe it even ensures it. So I will hereby boycott all games until the Giants lose.
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Jul 25, 2009 6:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Toluwhitzskie was wearing a big frown after that double play. I watched that highlight like 20 times
by Classy_Argonaut on Jul 24, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Winarz!
I love the team again! Happy! Fun! Fun night for the Giants tonight! This was a fun game! Matt Cain Matt Catt.
Tonight was the night! Big Plays! This ballpark and defense is huge. The Panda! OMG!
/I need a beer.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
you need a beer??
i need panda express after those plays
back in my day we wanted to be like magic larry now these days all you guys talk about is try to be like mike or becoming the next lebanon james
True story:
I wasn’t here for the dinosaur, so I thought that was the nickname given to the ump.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
It could apply in this situation.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, he will win 20 kinds of fame.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Giants leading off Baseball Tonight. Clear east coast bias.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
We both like leather and the 49ers.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
CHRIS!!
Can I ask a favor? Can you do one “back back back” for us?
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 24, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
HAVE YOU EVER WORKED IN TV?!
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
We’d have to hit a HR for this to happen.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Chris Berman is such an egomaniac. I saw something on TV where he was literally angry that a reporter ignored him to talk to Evan Longoria in an airport. He said to his friend, “this is what thirty years in the business gets you?”
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Longoria is more interesting and better looking. Do the math, Boomer.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Tony Clark found a new gig: studio analysis for MLB Network.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:01 PM PDT reply actions
I hate you. D:
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Gritty gamerness savy
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 9:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
he's classy then?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
And they’re showing the LOLgers fuck up on MLB Net, lol
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:01 PM PDT reply actions
lol nice.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 24, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll believe it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Pictures or it didn’t happen.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 25, 2009 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Affeldt as closer?
I know it’s unorthodox do have a lefty closer but he’s been equally as good against both sides of the dish. Wilson is garbage!
by TheGreatHambino on Jul 24, 2009 9:03 PM PDT reply actions
Nah
We need him for the situations that actually matter.
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saves arent shit
thats only cuz they play 2-1 games all day, affeldts era is barely over 1
by TheGreatHambino on Jul 24, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
i dont call
a heart attack and walkin leadoff hitters perfect
by TheGreatHambino on Jul 24, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Saves are overrated.
Wilson has been one of the better closers this year, despite the heart attack inducing situations.
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“I guess you get a save for that” – Bruce Bochy
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 24, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to say K-Rod had 3 1 out saves in which the lead was 4 runs or more last year.
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if you face the tying run in the ninth you SHOULD get the save. The saves that bother me is when the closer has a three run lead and gives up two runs. In fact, I think you can even get a save if it’s 5-0 and the bases are loaded. The tying run is on deck.
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I don’t like the save rule at all. Abolish it and just keep track of the leverage of the situation relievers face. It’s already being done, it would take no work.
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BUT FANTASY
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Thanks to roger
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by bondslegend on Jul 24, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you imagine?
WTF Bochy? The leverage index is over 2, bring in Affeldt. You’re on this earth just to fuck over my fantasy team, aren’t you?
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Saves arent shit
but ERA for a reliever is the be-all-end-all?
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by bondslegend on Jul 24, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
FANTASY BASEBALL DISAGREES
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by bondslegend on Jul 24, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah.
Wilson is a heart attack on rubber, but he’s been getting the job done.
We need Affeldt for real danger situations.
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.
It’s been mentioned already, and I hesitate to re-mention it and instigate any saber-hate, but Wilson has been one of the 10 best relievers in baseball this year.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Excuse me, Mr. Marcello?
The Saber-Police would like to have a word with you. Can you step outside onto your porch for a second?
This is bullshit
We weren’t even that loud and that smoke you saw was just cigarettes.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Don’t speak without a lawyer present. Come on man!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok, fine
I’ll level with you if you’ll be cool. I’m a little high and I might have stolen this bike.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Thank you for your honesty, young man
But there is the little matter of http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/index.php?cid=204021 (Wilson = fifty-eighh in majors in WXRL)
by SnowLeopard on Jul 24, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
9th in WAR, and 12th in FIP, before tonight.
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Whoops, FIP. And that’s obviously just relievers.
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Any time I get my prospectus on
some jive ass mofo always gotta get all fangraphs on my ass :)
by SnowLeopard on Jul 24, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
It is, as the kids say, the new hot shit.
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Fangraphs is the fire
BP is so 3 years ago.
"My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard"
Yeah, fangraphs is really plague. Better than “sick” and “ill”
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL PROSPECTUS
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by bondslegend on Jul 24, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
SABER-NERD FIGHT!
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I think he can be dominant
He has a good K rate and gets a ton of ground balls but he really needs to develop another pitch.
If he can get consistent with his slider, he’ll be fine. Big if though.
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Dumb.
What we have now works. Why change it?
by CaliforniaBone on Jul 25, 2009 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Because their fans aren’t.
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HEYO
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah. Two run deficit to them isn’t the huge obstacle it is to us.
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at least two of the games. Now that the Mets stink I may even go to all four! Unfortunately I did the math, and unless there’s a change, Lincecum will not pitch in that series.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
time change?
I actually have tickets for this game. thanks for the heads up.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
I don’t give Bochy credit very often but sending Sandoval in the sixth to turn yet another Bengie DP into an RBI single was a nice move.
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yeah
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
of course, if he didn't bat goddamn Bengie 4th, this wouldn't be an issue to begin with
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Genuine Appologies to You Old School Fans
but … I wasn’t around in the fifties. I’ve become a Giants fan just in the last fifteen years,
And, yeahI hate the Dodgers. But, I really, really, really hate the Rockies. Like, worse than the Dodgers.
Fuck their balloon-inflated offensive stats. Fuck their ERA-inflating horror-dome pinball-machine stadium. Fuck their ugly-ass unis. Fuck Helton’s SF-hate. And MOTHERFUCK their extreme (pre-09) home-road split, that got so much even more extreme when they put in the humidor.
Fuck ‘em. More than the Dogs. Sorry. But that’s just how it is.
Doesn’t matter. He’s a lock.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
How could you not? Not enough dingerz?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
I can’t stand the Rockies either. I’m not saying that they do this, but I really think it would be easy for them to cheat with that whole humidor thing. Hand the ump some extra frozen balls when the other team is batting and use regular baseballs when the home team is batting.
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Yup. I published an article on Baseball Primer a few years after the humidor was installed, showing that the Rox Coors-offensive-boost had stayed the same, while visitors had plummeted.
Thankfully, for the first time in like forever, they don’t have an extreme home/road split this year : they actually appear to simply be “good”. (“good” like “good at baseball”, not “good” like “opposite of evil.”)
Seriously?
Can you link to that article? It would be awesome to read.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Many years old, but ...
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/primate_studies/discussion/coutts_2003-08-11_0/
I think, if I am not mistaken, that I started that whole “fuck-the-Rockies-cheatin-ways” meme … :)
FWIW, I've posted more complete, more recent analysis
Right here at the Chronicles.
(too lazy / busy to look up a URL)
Interesting article. It’s certainly a possible theory, although I’m not sure I’m ready to jump on the conspiracy bandwagon yet. Is this the update you were talking about?
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Ah!
My words! Coming to me, from out of the past! Yes! Gracias.
Except – at one point, I also had a more complete back-and-forth (maybe with the Mayor also?) where I posted a bunch of numbers.
OK … looks like I can search my archive under the keyword “Coors” … OK here is where the thread starts
Haha, beat you. You and the Mayor, conspiracy theorists in cahoots.
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Maybe this subthread.
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No problem, I love stuff like this. And I agree with the both of you that there is a significant potential for shenanigans.
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Well, looking at the numbers, something janked has been going on.
(and, FWIW, before any of us had heard of “Enron”, I used to tell anyone who would listen that those fukkin rolling blackouts were being done on purpose, and to California in specific on purpose …)
by SnowLeopard on Jul 24, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
When I bring this theory up to my friends, do you mind if I pretend that I came up with it myself so I’ll seem smarter and more inquisitive?
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
As you wish ...
As you wish, as you wish ….
(although it is kinda a “quantitative” theory – IMHO, it kinda makes a lot more sense when looking at a spreadsheet of home/road splits than when simply abstractly conjecturing “what they could be doing” …)
by SnowLeopard on Jul 24, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
By all means.
SnowLeopard is right that his is a quantitative inquiry; mine is pure qualitative— I have seen with my own eyes too many innings of baseball played at Coors Field in which fly balls were flying more favorably for the Rockies than for the Giants. I can’t say this scientifically, but to my eyes and my satisfaction, the ball was behaving differently in ways not attributable to pitching or weaker/stronger hitting, in my opinion.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 24, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I had this thought too
But then you guys actually did research and stuff.
Anyway, Steroids do nothing to upset me. THIS is actual cheating that I can get upset about.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
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Except it's not cheating.
The Rockies aren’t breaking any rules, even their use of humidor baseballs is checked and monitored by MLB by tests throughout the season of the baseballs used – both before and after being given to the umpires. They are minutely observant of what’s going on there because it could be easily manipulated into gambling profits and baseball doesn’t fuck around with that.
Read this article from earlier this season at Baseball Analysts:
What Does This Mean?
So, some parks have a greater home field advantage than others, and we now have some idea of why, but is it significant in a baseball sense? Over the course of the year, if we assume a team plays .460 ball on the road, a team with a healthy home field advantage may play .560 ball at home, while a team with a small home field advantage may play only .520 ball at home. The team with the big advantage will win over 3 games more than the team with the small advantage. This is not insignificant at all and could easily be the difference between winning and losing the pennant. Additionally, a good home field advantage is the gift that keeps on giving, with the team reaping the advantage year after year. In the extreme case, Coors field, the ballpark makes a .500 team into an 86 win team – so far a lifetime gain of 70 wins for the park, making it likely the most valuable member of the Rockies franchise.
The Rockies do have a massive unfair advantage at Coors, but it’s a legal one by baseball standards.
This is completely non-responsive to the point.
The point was that some people hypothesize that the humidored balls are being provided to the home plate umpire when the visitor is batting and that non-humidored balls are furnished when the Rockies are batting. It would be virtually indetectible. Do you have any evidence or access to procedures that guarantee that doesn’t happen?
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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 25, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
This is responsive.
SnowLeopard’s claiming that the HFA results for Rockies players over the last 7 seasons show conclusively that the Rockies are cheating, I’m responding in saying that these last seven seasons have been well within the expected HFA range for Coors Field. It’s just like with players, some years a guy will hit 40 HR’s but he might usually only hit 30, that there are spikes (or in the case of 2009, a valley) from time to time is nowhere close to evidence of nefarious deeds.
The fact is the Rockies already had the most extreme park in the majors and the most likely to have a home field advantage and then they added a new quirky, league-sanctioned element to it in 2002. Guess who’s going to get the most benefit from that, the team that plays there 81 times a year, or one that comes in for one or two series?
I’ve been told, so this hearsay, but since a lot of the brouhaha over it in 2006 that the MLB occasionally asks umpires to hand over baseballs for testing similar to random drug tests for PED’s. I know they check the humidor itself fairly frequently to make sure everything’s kosher and the Rockies have to report maintenance and breakdowns, hence the above mentioned announcement by both the league and the Rockies. Regardless, I’m willing to bet that the Rockies have the most monitored baseballs in the MLB.
Of course, if you guys do want a smoking gun...
Here’s conclusive video evidence that the Rockies are cheating with the humidor, just don’t let anybody tell you I gave this to you.
That's really funny!
Thank you for sharing that ad clip; quite funny.
I respect your coming in here and being cogent & intelligent, and very reasonably and not like a flaming homer for your squad. It is nice to have you here, so thank you. I’m in no hurry to go in other team’s sites (except the Angels one when Nick Adenhart was killed, but that was obviously different), so I respect your joining us.
I still don’t think you are addressing our point, though, which isn’t about HFA that derives from both teams facing the same circumstances at the same time (that’s what you’re addressing and assuming). We are specifically pinpointing the possibility of HFA deriving from the home team getting a favorable set of balls to work with and the visitor getting the unfavorable set of balls. So this has nothing to do with how well the humidor functions, reporting requirements for malfunctions of it, and so on. If it’s broken, maybe both teams would get the same set of balls, so actually, that’s fine!
While interesting that MLB asks for umpires for balls for testing, I don’t believe they can detect whether a ball was humidified or not or to what degree by the time they get it from the umpire and actually test it. It’s not like a blood/urine sample, which really can be preserved and the chemical composition will remain steady for a period of time. I have heard from some “old timers” (the kind who used to set boxes of balls on top of an air conditioner for a couple days, then take them off a couple hours before giving them to the umpire so they’re normal temp to the touch, but inside are still denser) that you couldn’t really test for that, i.e., cutting the ball in half won’t tell anyone anything.
I suppose if MLB hired, say, Albert Pujols for a batting practice session and his b.p. pitcher grooved a bunch of balls that were known to be normal and a bunch known to be humidified, and a bunch that the Rockies purported were humidified, then I guess we could observe differences among the balls.
Short of that, I would be very interested to see exactly what the diagnostic procedures are and their validity in determining whether the same balls are going into the home plate umpire’s pouch in the tops & bottoms of every inning. I just don’t see how that can be verified. It would be so easy for the home team to segregate the balls undetected and run the right ones out to the umpire in the correct half of each inning.
Thanks again for joining us. Come anytime.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 25, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember reading that article. Really annoyed me quite a bit. :nerdrage:
by positiveuphemism on Jul 24, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Because he “hates” San Francisco
2. Because he “hates” San Francisco because of the “bad energy”
3. Because he “hates” San Francisco because of the “bad energy” create by the “whole goth scene”
4. Because I used to dye my hair black and show off my tattoos/piercings so as to impress the girls wearing black tights and too much eyeliner
5. Because he’s a career .295 / .395 / .494 on the road. He’s like John Olerud (same career EQA, for example), minus the glove.
In sum …. ehhh … pass.
(plus – he hates San Francisco).
Nothing pleases me more
than when one of my east coast friends visits San Francisco and acts like they’re in heaven or something. “Wow, this place is way nicer than New York”. Yeah. It is.
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
SF is the best
I agree, except you really need to get the smelly homeless people off of the street.
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NY has jerks, we have homeless people. They cancel out.
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Because there are no smelly homeless people in New York?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 25, 2009 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know if you’ve even been to New York, but there are literally 20 times as many homeless people in the street in San Francisco. And believe me, I have nothing against homeless people. Put them in a fancy hotel and let them have free room service, but get them off the streets!
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While I might concede that they are more visible in SF (or more tolerated/less warehoused), when I was in NY last, it was like 0 degrees out, so there weren’t many of anybody about, but I still saw street people… shivering and begging.
Maybe I was getting off at the wrong subway stops.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 25, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Goth girls . . . I used to be into them until I realized that there isn’t one that doesn’t smoke.
That and I just don’t like Cradle of Filth that much.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
Todd Helton has been really good in his career, and it’s not just because of Coors’.
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It wouldn’t be my reason but I think a lot of the voters will put Helton into the McGwire/Bonds/Sosa/Palmeiro group.
No way can you group him with those guys.
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I consider him a HOF'er
but considering the mentality of some of the voters, it may take a few years.
Well, you’re wrong in a couple of ways. First, nothing is worse than the Dodgers. Second, the only reason you need to hate the Rockies is ’93.
I hate the Dodgers more, but the Rockies are second in my book. There were years when it just seemed like we couldn’t win in Denver. Barry Bonds pulled a muscle running out of the batter’s box, Neifi Perez hit a broken bat pop-up 3-run homer, Larry Walker was Canadian. It was a house of horrors. Then Todd Helton came along and started mashing every pitcher in the history of the Giants. I cannot stand the Rockies.
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WOOOTTT!!! 2ND MOST HATED!!!
YES! In your face Diamondbacks!! Somebody actually notices us. I’m going to call all my friends.
Reminds me of the time I invited a Diamondbacks fan friend to a Giants game when he was visiting from Phoenix. We sat in the bleachers and witnessed a fistfight. At a Pirates game. He said he wished people cared that much at Diamondbacks games. Nobody cares about the Diamondbacks.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 25, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
"the only reason you need to hate the Rockies is ’93"
This.
The first of many times I realized we never get help from the Rockies. They tank every game that matters.
Proud father of Barry Bonds.
Don't know if they'll ever incur the disdain I have for the Dodgers but
I still think frequently think fuck them and their inability to win one mother fucking game against the fucking hated Braves sixteen years ago.
My ex’s new boyfreind is from Denver and a huge Rockies fan. It kind of just feeds the fire of hatred I’ve had for them. With that said, I still hate the Bums more but the Rockies have become a very close second.
Is that when you take back the ex who’s come crawling back?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 25, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
That is when you remove the seal from the new boyfriend so they are not new anymore.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 25, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
That doesn't void the warranty?
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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 25, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry. But that’s just how it is.
For you.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 24, 2009 9:16 PM PDT reply actions
Neal before Zod
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It probably is somewhat pointless to promote him at this point, so I just hope he goes apeshit on the Cal league for the rest of the year.
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Ridiculous Matt Cain Stat
He is 37-6 in decisions where the Giants score 3 runs or more for him…37-6!!!
That means he is 4-39 in decisions where he was given less than 3 runs of support.
Half of his games ending in decisions, we’ve scored fewer than 3 runs for Matt…
But he’s all luck, right?
yes, he's all luck
lucky when the Giants score 3 or more runs for him…like tonight.
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pitchers wins/losses are freak show stats
worse than saves even. who cares!!
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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As a fan, I don't care
But adding a few more winz per season nets Cain more dollars. I bet he care quite a bit.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 25, 2009 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Posey not in the lineup tonight
traded to Yankees for Cody Ransom
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Fuck!
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Schmidt pitches Sunday for LA. If the schedule and no injuries come up, Schmidt would pitch game one of the series in SF on Monday night, August 10.
our rotation is prolly a bit more in flux with the unit xfactor and all…
speaking of which, i havnt heard much about him in the papers, etc
go timmy!
I'm praying that he gets back healthy
our Rotation would be so good with Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez, Johnson and Zito
Sadowski may be pitching his last game on Sunday
Sabes hinted at acquiring another starter through trade or the minors leagues today
He really doesn’t have the talent to be a big-league regular. He walks too many guys and doesn’t strike out enough hitters to make up for it. He’s also not a sinker/knuckle-baller. His upside is AAA guy with the occasional big league start. Those guys are useful and necessary, but that’s the most that can be said for them.
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They’re “only” 5.5 games back, so they probably will be.
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That’s the number I heard from people other than the Giants when it first happened. Is that 6-8 weeks from now though? Because if so, it’s JOEY time.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
That's too bad
But if it gets Joey into the lineup, I’ll survive.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
HEY JOEY!
I want to see him in the bigs again.
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When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I AM GOING TO BE AT THAT GAME!
So excited, first Giants game since…99 I guess.
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If my schedule is correct, Schmidt will blow a late game lead against the Giants in game 7 of this year’s NLCS
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m trying to go yard
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:24 PM PDT reply actions
:D
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 24, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Watching the Dodgers-Marlins game, it’s the 7th inning stretch. Dodgers fans CANNOT sing. They were awful doing Take me out to the ball game.
do you need a reason?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
In that case.
SUCK IT RUSSELL MARTIN
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"
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 24, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
In addition to: SUCK IT RUSSELL MARTIN
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 24, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Guys guys, we can settle this once and for all
SUCK IT RUSSELL J MARTIN
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
SUCK IT RUSSELL MARTIN
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 24, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Lulz
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 24, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
What a moran
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
woot!
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"
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 24, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I now understand the DAMON BRUCE IS A MORON hate around here.
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:43 PM PDT reply actions
exactly
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That sound you're hearing is my head exploding
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
It was after someone asking if Panda would stay at 3rd or move to 1st. Bruce said something along the lines of “Panda might be better at 1st, but if VillaLOONA is ready, Panda will stay at 3rd next year”
The caller actually said " Will Pablo go to 3rd or stick at first.." That’s how I heard it, though I may be wrong
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Ready next year? He said that? Holy fucking shit, he gets paid to do that. If I sucked that hard at my job I would have been fired long ago.
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I think he actually said, “IF he’s not ready to go….” But, yeah, still.
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Still really dumb
There’s no question that he’s not ready for next year. That is obvious.
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What if he bats 1.000 for the rest of the year? Then what?
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Then I finally pick a savior because the apocalypse is nigh.
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Like I’ve said before, I’d love to get paid to say blatantly incorrect and/or stupid things. I only get paid part time to report on things that actually happen. What a gyp.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
RACIST!
Still in despair.
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by Zetsuboushita on Jul 24, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
This is Baron Von Current Events, with MSUN
Make Shit Up News!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
fair and balanced bullshit about our farm system
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I want my own show where I just tell everyone to shut up.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Like Billo the Clown.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably with more profanity.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I have production experience…
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 25, 2009 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions
At some point, and I’m not sure when it happened, the mainstream reporters decided they were analysts. Shortly after that, everything went to hell.
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I’m sorry, but any one who gets their news from CNN, Fox News or MSNBC is just stupid. They all spin it how they want to
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed. If I was in charge, I’d ban the 24-hours news networks. They’re some of the most unethical corporations around. Let News Corp go back to sheepherding.
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Same here in Montana. I catch the end of games on my drive home from work most nights.
KNBR is what we in the radio business call a FLAMETHROWER
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Beating a dead amplitude modulator , but...
Yeah , and Midnight Replay was my copilot on weesmallhours runs between Vegas and Phoenix.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Jul 25, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
and saying that Maglio Ordoñez was probably untouchable
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
/takes bong hit
derrrrr…um….Maglio Ordoñez…..der…and…um…that’s enough….I gotta go
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Damon Bruce just tried to suggest that
Villallona would be ready for the bigs next year.
????!?!?!!?
what did he say that was anti-gay?
not that i’d be surprised, i’m just curious. i’m pretty alergic to his show so i don’t listen much
What did he say, exactly?
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
You aren’t the only one that has heard this sort of stuff from him. Homophobic, misogynistic blithering is why I stopped listening to him.
He was on a tear one night about how all the women should just go back to the kitchen and make food and let the MEN watch the game on tv. ‘Cuz ya know the wimminfolk always be asking stupit questions and are wantin to put on the figger skatin’ ’stead of the game.
That kind of crap may play well in Arkansas, but I don’t have to listen to it here. We have 2 other sports talk stations in town if I want scores and such after the Giants game.
Last night we ended up following the end of the Dodger game [Suck it Martin] on a cell phone rather than listen to Bruce or the “V Show.”
Asshole. Him, not you, of course.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 25, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLOLOL
that’s why you ask experts like him what the deal is… none of us could tell you that he might be ready next year.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Troncosco finally turning back into a pumpkin.
Still in despair.
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Marlins broadcasts
Their call to the bullpen is sponsored by company called Maroone and the companies motto is music set to the song Ghostbusters.
Neal
Neal!
Neal!
Neal!
Neal!
Neal!
Neal!
Neal!
Neal!
Neal!
Neal!
Neal!
Neal!
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
What'd he do now?
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Fantastic
Keep murder, death, killing the Cal league.
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It's fine
There’s a ton of helpful people here, if you ever have questions, ask. The best place would probably be in the Minor Lines, but anywhere would work.
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just looking up neal
he looks like he’s killing it in san jose? where does he bat in the lineup?
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Usually 3/4. Neal’s leading the Cal League in batting average and doubles and is near the top in homers and RBIs. He’s really killing the ball.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
1st in BA, 3rd in OBP, 2nd in SLG. Monster.
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super beast
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Word
And his home numbers are fucking batty. .373/.439/.703
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!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!
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by bondslegend on Jul 24, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder where he would rank in the top 100 lists if he had been
drafted in the first couple of rounds last year and had had this type of year.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
True
But, I’d be surprised if he’s not top 100 this offseason. He might jump into top 75.
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he has tools, numbers, and good age/level… plus he doesn’t seem to have any problem in terms of only being a DH or a sub-par 1b or something. I’d be really confused if he doesn’t make it into the top 100.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Top 100 should be a lock, especially given the way BA and BP/KG have been pimping him this year.
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Neal: Real.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Beard: not weird
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 25, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I echo marcello. I probably sound like an arrogant ass, but I know a heck of a lot about the SJ Giants and Neal cos I’m covering the team and the Cal League for my sportswriting jobs. Asking me, brutesentiment, SteveS, as well as hitting the minor lines every night, is a good way to start.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Minor Lines is concentrated happiness.
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do you make it to many SJ games? ive been thinking it would be fun to go down the peninsula and check out a few. Ive been to a few grizzlies games, cause my wife is from fresno, and they were fun… I think one of them was a jerome williams rehab start where the power went out for 2 hours, which was a good thing for jerome
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I go quite often, mostly for work. I get to Fresno about once a month also for work. I’m going down there next week for a few days. And absolutely go to a SJ Giants game. It’s fun and you’ll have access to the greatest BBQ on the planet at Turkey Mike’s.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks for the bbq tip
is covering the giants farm your only gig? either way, its got to be fun
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I cover the Giants farm system for SF Dugout. I write weekly California League notebooks as a freelance writer for minorleaguebaseball.com. Tis a good gig if you can get it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
does that pay then rent?
or do you have to have a day job too?
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
It does not pay much
I’m a student for the next three (four?) years. I was doing this in addition to working a day job for a few years, and that sucked. But it’s doing things I love, and I hope to parlay this into a job that does pay the rent. I guess I’m on my way if I’m working under the umbrella of MLB Advanced Media.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks!
If you’re ever in SJ for a game, drop a line here. I’ll be happy to join you and bend your ear about prospects.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
just realized that this is spammer type stuff
sorry :(
I get excited about Neal
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fuck it we all love Neal too. Scream it from the rooftops!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously, though… Grant aside, Neal is just like finding a big ol’ diamond in your Cheerios that you happen to be lucky enough not to eat. We had a bad ass farm system before the guy showed up…
Too bad Crawford is eating it in AA.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
I liked him after his decent year in Augusta last year. I never thought he’d perform like he did this year. I’m so pleased with him that I can’t put it into words.
Plus he’s like the nicest guy ever. He has real star power. If/when he makes it up here, he’ll be an instant hit.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
you were in on the secret awesomeness of Neal too? Wow… I’m glad I’m in the club now and can mock all the people who don’t know that Neal is the next coming of Optimus Prime.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
I can’t take full credit for it. BruteSentiment was the original Neal bandwagoner. He got me to look at Neal last year, and I liked what I saw. A lot of people don’t know that he led the GreenJackets in RBIs last year.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I still believe in Crawford!
It’s still just his first year in the minors. The Connecticut Defenders announcers raves about his glove/range every time I listen so we have a ton of incentive to be patient with him. If he can hit even sorta decently, he’d be VERY valuable.
I will never give up on Crawford.
Maybe he just needs to learn how to play when his dad isn’t around him 24/7.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
First shot at AA
He’s still young. i think he’s still the SS of the future. Him or Adrienza
by Giantsfan4life on Jul 24, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Jesse Foppert is like the diamond in the cheerios that we ate and then shat out. Zing!
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
NEEEAAALLL
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 24, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Spam is only spam if it pisses people off. This doesn’t qualify.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Everybody has Neal!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal League Massacre
Status: Has a feeling that tonight is going to be good night. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.
Honestly though
I am extremely tired of people down on the management for past trades and signings. I truly believe that stuff is different now, and shit wont get as fucked like before
And, you know, has it ever occurred to you, that, instead of, uh, you know, running around, uh, uh, blaming me, you know, given the nature of all this new shit, you know, I-I-I-I… this could be a-a-a-a lot more, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, complex, I mean, it’s not just, it might not be just such a simple… uh, you know?
I’ll tell you what I’m blathering about… I’ve got information man! New shit has come to light! And shit… man, she kidnapped herself. Well sure, man. Look at it… a young trophy wife, in the parlance of our times, you know, and she, uh, uh, owes money all over town, including to known pornographers, and that’s cool… that’s, that’s cool, I’m, I’m saying, she needs money, man. And of course they’re going to say that they didn’t get it, because… she wants more, man! She’s got to feed the monkey, I mean uh… hasn’t that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
off the dome?
or c and p from the screenplay? =)
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
c and p from imdb. Definitely not by memory.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
I mean, I know it, but not that well.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
google the screenplay
i keep it on my computer for comfort… not exactly right cause of some adlibs tho
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
any sentence that features both the word “shit” and the word “fuck” makes me laugh. Seriously, it gets me every time. I’m immature like that
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Right there with you
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Jul 24, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
lol Paulino swung at ball four. IT’S HIS DESTINY TO BE A GIANT!
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
im sure this was hit upon in the game threads
but have any physicists looked into how pablo is getting these backhand plays?
go timmy!
first result for ku fu panda backhand:
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought he was holding a bottle of Sriracha for a minute.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Fredi Gonzalez with some Felipe Alouesque bullpen rotating.
Judgment Day is coming
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relatively safe for work/home
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Who are these fucktards that thing orange is an attractive color. And who are these women that find that attractive. Forced euthanasia.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Needs more question marks.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Orange is great for clothes, handbags, shoes, hair accessories, and jewelry. Not so much for skin.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
IAWTC
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 24, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
I should have clarified.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
That first dude with the tangerine skin and the white hair…wtf?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
He looks like Carson from Queer Eye, but somehow less straight.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
yeah
im not convinced DBags like this actually like women, they just think they’re supposed to
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
That guy looks like one of my neighbors
He’d look out of place anywhere, but here in Montana he REALLY stands out.
"My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard"
Women who are the female equivalent of guys in screenprint tee-shirts with spiky hair and star tattoos?
As much as I can appreciate their looks, the women on those sites ARE douchebags themselves.
"My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard"
the term, i believe
is ‘bleeth’
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
As in Yasmine?
“Kids these days” know who she is???
"My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard"
She's the chick from
Baywatch, right?
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 24, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
More like Baseketball
But yes, that’s her.
"My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard"
Bleeth?
That’s a new one for me.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
i think DB1
the guy who started HCWDB, might have coined it…there is much gold in the hills of that blog. the commenter community there is insane
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t realize there were so many commenters now, I can’t look at that site for more than a few minutes without turning homicidal.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
yeah, its gotten crazy
he has a show on MTV now, and a book
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
douchebaggettes?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
OOMPA PROMPA are my all time favs
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I know that kids in my day were stupid beyond belief
BUT AT LEAST WE WERENT ORANGE
"My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard"
if i exposed some new people
to HCWDB, then its been a good night… oh wait, already happened since cainer got his 12th win
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
still waiting for a shop
AHEM
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Damon Bruce wants to trade Posey and MadBum for Aurillia after we release him and another team signs him
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
wow... that looks like about 5 too many Ls, but it's really just one
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
do we have to kick every flat tire?
The addition of Matt Holliday ensures that the Cardinals will look to move Troy Glaus. The Giants, Braves, Rangers and Tigers are expected to show interest in the former AL homerun champ
Well, we sure need Glaus
We desperately need a RH first baseman with pop. So we should obviously trade good prospects for one. And it’s not like we have anyone like that playing down in Fresno.
Help me Jesus
by Giantsfan4life on Jul 24, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
They throw our name into it whenever a hitter is mentioned. It’s just common sense. Does our GM have any? Stay tuned.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Uh , Glaus
Wasn’t he , um , MVP of some ancient wingding event that may or may not have happened during the Dark Year(s)?
plushe’sexBlanknonono
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Jul 25, 2009 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I think something like
Holliday and Glaus are the same player and the Cards just got Holliday and can’t have them both.
Or something.
I’m actually confused to
glaus is too banged up to play 3b, he’s recovering from injury playing LF in the minors, apparently he’s killin the ball there, but ask Bowker and Fransen about how that goes
while we at it
SUCK IT KEMP AS WELL, PLZ
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
SUCK IT RUSSELL MARTIN
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 24, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
as previosuly stated
RUSSELL MARTIN SHOULD SUCK IT
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
SUCK IT RUSSELL MARTIN
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 24, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
AND YOU KNOW WHO ELSE CAN SUCK IT?
RUSSEL MARTIN
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 24, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
WHEN I SAY SUCK IT, YOU SAY RUSSELL MARTIN
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
RUSSELL J MARTIN
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
< hype man >I CANT HEAR YOU?!< /hype man >
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
are you wearing a clock around your neck?
SUCK IT RUSSEL J MARTIN
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
SUCK IT RUSSELL MARTIN
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 24, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
if i can bring it down a bit here... on the serious tip
why does russell martin suck it so much, i mean, seriously suck it russell martin, with all that extra s and shit
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
He just has a natural tendency to suck.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
RUSSELL J MARTIN HAS SUCKED IT
HE SHALL SUCK IT AGAIN
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
AS IT WAS WRITTEN
SO SHALL IT BE DONE
"My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard"
AND SUCK IT RUSSEL MARTIN AS WELL TO ALSO
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.
And LA Beaten.
Only 9 games out wait whaaaaaaaa 
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.
Don't worry
He didn’t. He gave up 2 HR’s and had a throwing error in the next inning and basically lost us the game. MUST. FIGHT. THROUGH. INJURIES.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
also, from that link
orange monday, fuck yeah… im going, but i dont have much orange, much more black and cream and grey…. usually wear my jerseys
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Man up; get jaundice.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 24, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s easy to hate on Damon Bruce, but I really don’t think any of the KNBR guys know our prospects like we do. The other day a caller asked Rod Brooks if he would accept Evan Longoria from the Rays for a few of our prospects (I don’t remember who they were, but Madbum and Posey weren’t among them), and he actually had to think about it for a couple of seconds. Let it be known that I really like Rod Brooks, by the way. I’m just saying
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Big difference is Bruce seemingly believes himself to be an expert in baseball. The times I do catch Fitz and Brooks, Rod is not afraid to admit baseball isn’t his first passion. He exudes a lot more confidence talking about the Niners and Warriors IMO.
by SeeingStars on Jul 24, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
This is true
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
For the Rays to trade Longoria, the Giants would have to give them a blank sheet of paper and tell them to pick any five players in the organization not named Lincecum, Cain or Sandoval. Not that I would want the Giants’ to do this, but this is probably what it would take. Even then I think the Rays might say no.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Even then I think the Rays might say no.
They would.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Maybe the cards wil trad pooholes!!
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Thanks to roger
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
ESPN Poll question
Which of these was the best catch?
Willie Mays over the shoulder in 1954 World Series
Endy Chavez forearm over the wall in 2006 NLCS
Torii Hunter robbing Bonds in 2002 All-Star Game
Dewayne Wise saves Mark Buehrle’s perfect game
Kirby Puckett against the plexiglass in 1991 World Series.
The right one won.
Good to see that wasn’t like the Best Damn Top 50 Baseball Catches or whatever where Gary Matthews Jr’s catch won #1.
Judgment Day is coming
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Mays leads with 39% over Wise at 30%. The ESPN.com state by state breakdown has Mays winning in all states but ND, SD, and Minnesota (Puckett) and Illinois and Vermont (Wise)
Mays followed very closely by Wise for me
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
In California the voting went 48% to 25%, Mays over Wise. Minnesota had Puckett 70% to Mays 12%. Illinois went Buehrle 48% to Mays 21%
I still think that catch Mays made while colliding with Bobby Bonds along the chain-link fence at the Stick was the best one there is footage of him making.
Wise’s catch was amazing, but don’t points actually get deducted because it popped out of his glove and he caught it again? I don’t see how that makes it a better catch. It was his own mistake that made it tougher. And where’s Kevin Mitchell’s bare hander?
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Where’s Jim Edmonds?!
I still believe in Bowkermania.
by rightcenterfielder on Jul 24, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Is burnt orange an acceptable shade for Monday’s tribute to Ms. Burns? I had picked out an orange tank that looked more coral when I compared it to actual shades of orange.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:49 PM PDT reply actions
this reminds me
of when i first moved to the city from santa cruz, and was going to my first game as a SF resident. i had nothing to wear and ross had a fleece that was the exactly perfect shade of orange for the giants… dont know where that is now
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Excellent
I figure I can wear my Texas Longhorns hat and just go all burnt orange.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Post lots of pictures
So I can see the pretty women of McCovey alongside the ugly bastards that bring them. Maybe you can post them on that pretty women with douchebags site as well.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
speaking of which
where is everyone at mondays game… my best buddy and I got the $5 bleachers from timmys Ks
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re all spread out at the game. Good buy on the bleacher seats. If I already didn’t have a ticket promised to me I would have gone for the bleacher seats.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
at first i was going for the all start voting tix, those sold out, then i was going to stub hub, then timmy etal ran off 12 Ks
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
the offer for the scarf loan still stands
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe he's heading to a funeral
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 24, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 24, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
New Zealand is teh sex. Almost as awesome as the Giants.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Me neither. But in terms of non-American sports, I’m starting to really enjoy soccer
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
if i show up at the mcc meetup, should i not wear my richie jersey? gah… the other option is 22, which while its will the thrill, its also :(owski
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
got my signals crossed somehow
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
ive been confused
since kechi yabu got release, since he was 22 as well
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
You also called him a cheapskate.
Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!
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Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Jul 24, 2009 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
heh, dont have one...
however i did buy 22 for Mike Matheny who i dont think played much after i bought it =/
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 24, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Batting stance Guy’s real name is Gar?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 25, 2009 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
wacky name
but that kid is funny
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 25, 2009 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Fred Lewis is tall
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
tall outfielder is tall
short catcher has no knees
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 25, 2009 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Look like Freddy took a weird route to that high five.
(I’m KIDDING, jponry! I’m kidding!)
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
if you look...
he undershot it too
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 25, 2009 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
HOW DARE YOU
it does look like that though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Laughing and crying at the same time.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 25, 2009 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
credit due
but really, the gold from going back there was that I missed the last comment on that post where someone was listening to the KNBR blackout music for 15 minutes thinking it was normal
go timmy!
by ringleader3 on Jul 25, 2009 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions
why is joe rogan on chronicle live
i know hes at cobbs this weekend… but why does he have an opinion on ricky?
go timmy!
I saw him in Pasadena a few months ago, and he did a good show. The wife thought he was crude and gross, but he definitely made me laugh. He also said some awesome things about Carlos Mencia
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jul 25, 2009 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
also, hadn't watched ESPN yet
holliday pregame press conference already being all OMG CARDS BEST FANS EVAR
go timmy!
Cardinals’ fans do have the reputation for being great. If any team has a chance of trading for Holliday and then re-signing him it would be the Cardinals. Mark McGwire went there at the trade deadline one year with no intention of going back there after the season. The way they treated him made him stay there the rest of his career. And with Holliday going 4 for 5 in his debut and the Cardinals winning in blow out fashion over the red hot Phillies in Philadelphia, I have a feeling he’s going to be treated as a king when they get back to St. Louis.
This is why I want the Giants’ to make a major deal and improve their team. It fires up everybody when you bring in a good player at the deadline. The fans get fired up, and the players get fired up. They get a shot of confidence and excitement, and they usually play much better after a trade like this. The Cardinals will probably go on a serious run right now, and I’m glad we’re done with them until the playoffs!
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
How many times am I going to be reminded that they applauded the Red Sox after they beat STL in the 04 world series? Fans should be pissed when their team loses something like that, especially to a team with such obnoxious fans
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
McCC = McClain Chronicles
by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
that's so Boss , man...
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Jul 25, 2009 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
LOLINEUP!
LF Winn
CF Torres
1B Sandoval
C Molina
SS Renteria
RF Schierholtz
3B Uribe
2B Downs
P Sanchez
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 25, 2009 3:27 PM PDT reply actions
I thought Renteria was still hurting. This should be fun.
Judgment Day is coming
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lol cleanup hitter
I still believe in Bowkermania.
by rightcenterfielder on Jul 25, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
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