Freddy Sanchez: One Last Post....
by Grant on Jul 30, 2009 1:14 PM PDT
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Acceptance. I will root for my contending San Francisco Giants Baseball Club, and I will root for them heartily. They’re a better team than yesterday’s group of misfits, and that’s a good thing.
On the first of July, Kevin Goldstein wrote this about Tim Alderson:
Scouts still find it difficult to warm up to Alderson, however. "It's not an insult at all, he's a for-sure, big-league starting pitcher for me," said one scout who saw him recently, "but it's strictly back of the rotation for me," he added, while explaining that Alderson's backwards style of pitching is not one that is usually conducive to major league success. "That plus breaking ball is his calling card, and he's a guy with plus-plus control and average command, but he can't pitch off his fringy fastball, and you don't really see many changeups out of him."
At the time it was written, that passage was obviously untrue. Alderson did not have any flaws at that time. Now that he’s been traded away, though, the passage is certainly true. Alderson was obviously flawed. Schrödinger’s flaws! A month ago, I was rationalizing Alderson’s declining K-rate as a product of his youth. Now it’s obvious that his fastball will never allow him to be an All-Star. Having opinions is much easier when you don’t mind being inconsistent or hypocritical.
But my main point of discontent – that Alderson could have been used to acquire a more productive hitter – might be inaccurate. Brian Sabean might have used Alderson as bait for a guy like Victor Martinez, only to be told flatly, "No. We will not accept Alderson as a centerpiece." Maybe there are 15 teams who still believe Alderson is a top-50 prospect, and maybe 14 of them are within a couple of games of the wild card/division lead. The second wave of reaction to the deal, in which a couple of learned folks tried to soften the "top prospect"-hyperbole surrounding Alderson, is undercutting a lot of my argument. And that’s fine with me. I don’t want to be filled with rage.
What’s still killing me, though, is that Bengie Molina is our cleanup hitter now. He was our cleanup hitter last season. In between, Alderson probably could have helped the situation. Going over the offseason trades and a list of teams that probably considered themselves non-contenders, there really isn’t an "I wish the Giants were in on that" potential deal. Maybe Dan Uggla could have been a Giant if Alderson were available in November, but Sanchez has been better than Uggla this year. In retrospect, trading for Alderson for Miguel Tejada probably would have been a solid move, especially if it meant avoiding the $18M S.S. Renteria boondoggle, but I think blood would have shot out of my eyes if such a trade went down. So maybe it’s a little unfair
Another thing that still kills me: I’m one of the 5% who still think that Kevin Frandsen will have a couple of Freddy Sanchez-type years yet. I would have liked to have been proven wrong. About seven people thought Manny Burriss could be an acceptable MLB hitter as soon as this year: two of them cash checks with a Giants logo on them, and most of the rest share DNA with Burriss. The best in-house option for second base was playing shortstop in Fresno (you know, because he didn’t have the defense for second), and the best outside options for second base weren’t really considered. Not to mention, Freddy Sanchez could have been had for a bag of Tim Alderson's fingernail clippings last offseason.
I’m not as upset as I was yesterday. I’m not sure I’m even still upset. The main points stand, and I’ll keep repeating them until they revoke my soapbox:
- The Giants have problems scoring runs because they don’t get on base and they don’t hit for power, and they traded for a player who doesn’t address either of those needs. Well, he does, but only in the sense that he’s replacing a series of comically overmatched hitters.
- The Giants probably overvalue Freddy Sanchez because he usually has a high batting average. That just shouldn’t happen in 2009. It’s like planning a vacation around the sun’s rotation of the Earth. Maybe I’m wrong with this assumption, but judging by the number of times ".300 hitter" came up in yesterday’s press conference, I don’t think so.
- I would have rather have traded for Felipe Lopez or Marco Scutaro, holding on to Alderson while his stock is down. Teams willing to eat salary usually aren’t paying retail.
- Freddy Sanchez is a good player, and I’m glad he’s on the team both this year and next.
There’s still a day left before the deadline. And, hey, lookie here: more rumors. I’ll take Kevin Correia as a cheap fifth-starter option, but only if we give up Luis Perdomo in a one-for-one swap.
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I'm getting lost in all these Alderson/Sanchez posts
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 30, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah, I think what’s left of brain just short circuited.
by Merope on Jul 30, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hence the missed word.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
by cheno on Jul 30, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scary thing is, the trade deadline is not up yet.
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 30, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lost In Extrapolation
- or -
Rationalization FTW
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Jul 30, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dodgers get Sherill
I don’t think they are in for Roy Halladay anymore. There goes all of Richardi’s bargaining chip. He’s going to look really stupid if the Red Sox get V-Mart and pull out of the Halladay sweepstake.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I wonder if this gets him fired? Seems like he really screwed the pooch, holding out for too much— it’s like he forgot that there might be other options out there for buyers.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jul 30, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure hope that’s it. Definitely don’t want to see Halladay in the NL, especially with the Dodgers.
by shark94112 on Jul 30, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't mind seeing him there
if it means they have to give up Kemp, Ethier and Loney.
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by Viliphied on Jul 30, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have moved on
Let’s see some baseball now. Someone needs to tell Bochy that Molina isn’t required to bat cleanup.
by Natto on Jul 30, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Still enough time before the deadline to trade our manager for somebody else.
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by Li on Jul 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I appreciate the intellectual honesty of your post.
and yes, we need to get bengie out of that 4th slot. he ends all chances of a rally if he gets a hit, and he grounds into an insane amount of double plays. i wouldn’t bat him anywhere above 6th.
by HOLDEMUPwuzzBANNED on Jul 30, 2009 1:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
don't you just love twitter
3:22pm: Via Twitter, Kovacevic says Grabow and Gorzelanny to the Cubs is almost done, while Chris De Luca of the Chicago Sun-Times says they closed the deal for Grabow.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 1:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
@fakemlbtraderumors Willingham hurts neck, Giants doctors flying to Milwaukee to evaluate
OMG, Willingham!
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by merkin on Jul 30, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not sure Grabow is going to help the Sun-Times. Does he even know how to write on deadline?
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by Kitspool on Jul 30, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Better than Jay Matriotti
Point me
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by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
spelling points to someone else
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mariotti?
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by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
right
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that third overflow thread worth going through?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
by cheno on Jul 30, 2009 1:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah the naked pics are really nice
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
naked pics of Natto
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m in.
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by cheno on Jul 30, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you and Krukow
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Prepare to meet the JUGGERNAT
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by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THE LID IS STILL ON
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so, goyim?
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by Sabertooth on Jul 30, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/wonders if Natto is a master at debating.
/decides not to view photo if posted
by younghutch on Jul 30, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by ringleader3 on Jul 30, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if you’re interested in learning about various state laws re fornicating with farm animals it could be worth the time.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone please create a username:
Freddie Sanchez’s Achy Knee
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Freddy Sanchez's Meniscus
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by EliminateMe on Jul 30, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We should just rename this site “The Sanchez for Alserson Chronicles”
by CrispinGloversBalls on Jul 30, 2009 1:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
without the misspelling of Alderson
by CrispinGloversBalls on Jul 30, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’re making an alse of yourself at this point.
by Grant on Jul 30, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
when are you going to update the boof blog
I’ve been waiting years now
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by merkin on Jul 30, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it had gotten awfully quiet on that site.
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by raisingcain on Jul 30, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I understand the point of view that this team really needs a power hitter and that Sanchez doesn’t get on base enough. However, I would counter that with the idea that the best way to improve a team is to upgrade your worst position. Getting Sanchez at 2B is a bigger upgrade than something like getting Willingham to play LF.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 30, 2009 1:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
point
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that the best way they could have upgraded at 2B
would have been to have just stuck Franny (or, better still, Downs) out there every day for two or three months, and stopped yo-yo-ing them around. I feel like either one of them would have come around eventually.
I think that there are two reasons why the Giants don’t develop position players well:
1. The organizational philosophy on hitting instruction emphasizes hacking-at-slop aggressiveness over patience
2. Young players that come up to The Show always know that they are on a reeeaaally short leash, and it fucks with their heads. They know that they need to get dramatically hot immediately and sustainedly to not be sent back to the bench/Central Valley.
I don’t buy the whole “AAAA” meme. If someone has consistently hit in AAA, they usually just need a solid chance for a job in the bigs to continue the trend (see “Cust, Jack”).
I think that if we had just given Todd Linden a starting job in 06, told him he had half a season’s chance with no questions asked, he would have relaxed and eventually bloomed. Same with Bowker or Nate this year, or, to get back to my point, Fransden or Downs.
by SnowLeopard on Jul 30, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anything but the Syndrome. He was an absolute black hole in the lineup and was not even taking quality ABs. I don’t think time was going to cure his suck.
by snafu on Jul 30, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My Sig would like a few words with you.
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by nvsfg on Jul 30, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Forgive me for being a dumb dumb, but what is the difference between control and command?
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by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 1:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think this is it. Feel free to correct me.
Control=throwing strikes
Command=throwing the right pitch in the right spot each time (throwing good sliders each time instead of hanging 2/3 of them)
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by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see…thanks
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by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always thought “control” was location/spotting and “command” was having the pitch do what you want it to do.
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by Goofus on Jul 30, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pitching command means being able to locate any pitch within a certain section of the strike zone
Pitching control means being able to consistently throw strikes
by wilriv21 on Jul 30, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good question
I didn’t know either.
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by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 30, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Command is about your doing what you mean to with your pitches.
Control is about your temper, like one certain current SF Giants who, as a minor leaguer, threw most of a no-hitter, but then got angry about something and punched a wall with his pitching hand and broke it, missing the rest of the season.
He’s gotten better, but that’s definitely the difference.
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by BruteSentiment on Jul 30, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kevin Costner would like a few words with that guy
by quincy0191 on Jul 30, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My nephew, a Dodgers fan, said he thought the Giants make a good deal. He asked me “Do you like (Orlando) Hudson?” I said “yes”. He then went on to say then I would like Sanchez.
What I do question is the Giants pitching depth. The Giants have drafted only one starting pitcher in the top 5 rounds the last two drafts and have yet to sign that pick (Wheeler).
by wilriv21 on Jul 30, 2009 1:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Your comment regarding pitching depth is correct.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Wheeler turns into a must sign, in my opinion (not that I ever thought he shouldn’t be signed). I imagine his agent is thinking the same thing.
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by marcello on Jul 30, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except the Dodgers didn’t have to mortgage away a piece of their future to sign Hudson.
by aBulldog on Jul 30, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
2009 1st rd pick as compensation to DBacks
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by merkin on Jul 30, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Top 20 pick, for a year of Hudson. A little risky
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by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From the trade rumors link:
Zito, Sadowski, Bowker and Velez for Roy Halladay.
by E30Alex on Jul 30, 2009 1:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Keep Bowker. He’s going to be a good one.
by Grant on Jul 30, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
INTERNET SITE REPORTS BOWKER IS DEALBREAKER IN A TRADE FOR HALLADAY
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by gianator on Jul 30, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GIANTS ASK BOWZER FOR HALLADAY STRAIGHT UP
NINTENDO QUESTIONS GIANTS’ RIGHTS TO BOWZER; TRADE TALKS CONTINUE.
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by UnleashTheGore on Jul 30, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SHA -NA-NA REPORTEDLY ON THE TRADING BLOCK!!
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 30, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sadowski for 10 bats
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by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Turned out to be an extremely sad story
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4334671
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by gianator on Jul 30, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah that really bothered me. He made it kind of hard to make jokes about it when he…you know..died.
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by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, after I read this, I couldn’t make jokes about it anymore. It just seemed wrong.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 30, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
:(
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by jhiat00 on Jul 30, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember hearing about the trade, but I didn’t realize he had been in the giants system, and so recently.
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by raisingcain on Jul 30, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I read somewhere that Lincecum crashed on Odom’s couch in San Jose, and he was shaken by Odom’s passing.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
throw in Frandsen
See if we can get David Purcey as the needed 5th starter.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let’s do a sign and trade of Barry Bonds for Roy Halladay instead.
by aBulldog on Jul 30, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we should use the Franchise tag on Timmy
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by merkin on Jul 30, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Renteria is going to be a valuable expiring next season.
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by gianator on Jul 30, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read that as “Renteria is going to be expiring next year.” Prophet of doom?
by younghutch on Jul 30, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, the 49ers should use the Franchise tag on Timmy.
by aBulldog on Jul 30, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tejada:
Scouts hated this guy too at the beginning of the year; said he had zero power left, was washed up, not even worth having on a fantasy team. Shows what they know…
Sabean would indeed have been roasted for trading Alderson for him. But, so what. It’s Sabean’s job to make good trades, and if he made that one he’d be looking like a genius now.
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by cybermaldonado on Jul 30, 2009 1:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
14 HRs or whatever he’s on pace for in Minute Maid isn’t exactly a power surge..
by SeeingStars on Jul 30, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He wasn’t supposed to be driving in any runs either. He’s has 60 rbi and is batting .328.His stats are close behind in a comparison with someone like Sandoval.
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by cybermaldonado on Jul 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even though my main goal as a hitter was always to knock in runs, RBI are more indicative of how many baserunners are on when someone is batting than the quality of the batter.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 30, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sabean made the trade for next year, with the added bonus of 2 months rental this year. Totally different situation as Tejada.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sabean traded for Sanchez for next year? I thought it was for this playoff race… Wouldn’t Freddie have been a lot cheaper to pick up in the off season then?
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by cybermaldonado on Jul 30, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What?
Isn’t this the last year in Sabean’s contract? Why would he be setting the team up beyond this year, if he may not even be here himself?
It’s a do or die for him. Would the Giants give him an extension if he doesn’t make the playoffs 7 years in a row?
by aBulldog on Jul 30, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
2010 club option for both FS and BS apparently
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 30, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
6 years in a row, actually. 2004-2009.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How would not setting a club up for the future ensure you’re going to be brought back?
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by satyricrash on Jul 30, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m hoping the trading isn’t done yet. Willingham and Dye are still available and will serve better as cleanup hitters than Molina. It’s just, well, if Sabean was willing to give up Alderson for Sanchez, other teams are going to think they deserve Bumgarner and Posey for those types of power hitters.
Sabean told us in the off season that players will come cheaper at the trade deadline, so he would wait until then to make a deal…, well he did wait… but it doesn’t seem like we are getting anything “cheaper” than before.
I like Sabean, but I think he’s lost his ability to make rational deals with other GM’s. I feel like they probably think they can walk all over him and get exactly what they want.
by aBulldog on Jul 30, 2009 1:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Dye=rental. I wouldn’t want him more than this season and if he has no other takers, maybe… JUST MAYBE, we can pull off a trade that actually makes a little more sense… cuz I don’t care what you guys say about his age… .284 BA, 24 HR’s, 63 RBI’s is a shit ton better than what we have been using for a cleanup hitter.
by aBulldog on Jul 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He plays Dunn-esque defense, though.
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by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BUT WE WUDDNT BE GETTIN HIM FER HIZ DEFENCE
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by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How is Fred Lewis doing out there in the outfield for us? Not too good. I cringe every time I see a ball hit out to him.
by aBulldog on Jul 30, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmm… what would the White Sox want for Dye?
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 30, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah! The silence around here about Fred Lewis’s defense is shameful.
by Evan on Jul 30, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have some graphs to show you, Evan!
by xanthan on Jul 30, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t believe the computer Evan. He hates you and the Giants!
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 30, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That Fred Lewis has been getting a free pass for far too long
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by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it's bullshit
Does no one remember how he caused The Great Depression?
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by marcello on Jul 30, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was a free pass part of the new deal?
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/goes nuts
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bailout
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 30, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is true. My glove was EpicGenio-like.
Of course, I pitched so it really didn’t matter.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
STRAWHATS!
I thought we were beyond BA and ribbies.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are we? damn it, I didn’t get the memo.
by aBulldog on Jul 30, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well now you have. Let’s never speak of your crappy post again.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
its all about
((RBI*TB)/((BA+OBP-SLG)^0.5)))/(HBPSH+SF-IBB))
or RTBOSSCHSSI for short
but to get a real idea of value
(((RBI*TB)/((BA+OBP-SLG)^0.5)))/(HBPSH+SF-IBB)))/PA
or RTBOSSCHSSIPA
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by merkin on Jul 30, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have that tattooed on my forearm
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 30, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have ((RBI*TB)/((BA+OBP-SLG)^0.5)))/(HBPSH+SF-IBB)) tattooed on my penis.
But when it is cold, it ’s just RTBOSSCHSSI
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 8 recs
x2
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Say Hey Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
by merkin on Jul 30, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
x3
I wanna see it turn green.
Oh wait…
by younghutch on Jul 30, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
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 30, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/has visual that may require therapy
by younghutch on Jul 30, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, when it was warm
you still had to use acronyms?
Proud father of Barry Bonds.
by Sabertooth on Jul 30, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol’ed
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
by FriscoJoe on Jul 30, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Small sample size.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jul 30, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think the rest of the baseball world (non-Giants fans) saw yesterday’s trade as Sabean getting fleeced
by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 30, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and the non McCoven Giants Fans are doing Oy yoy yoy! all last night for acquiring a 3 time all star!
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
the internet fan part of the baseball world seems to have thought that, but most of those more closely connected to baseball seem not to
Prospective parent of new pick, Zack Wheeler. Projectable Righty stolen from the braves. Of course, I stalk my son's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/zackwheelerbaseball
"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson
by haverecords on Jul 30, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yet another example of the Internet baseball world’s over-valuing of prospects
by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 30, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or of the non-Internet baseball world’s undervaluing of prospects. One of those.
by Evan on Jul 30, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or a bit of both. When we follow these kids we become attached, and rationality is harder to find.
by tyrannoman on Jul 31, 2009 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baseball Primer
full of the phrase “Sabean taken to cleaners”.
But that could have just been all the over-reped-on-the-net Giants Fans …
by SnowLeopard on Jul 30, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
acceptance is hard to swallow (TWSS)
It’s posts like these that make me love all of you. We collectively lost our shit yesterday. We propped one another up, laughed, cried, fought, and lived to tell about it.
Thank you.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 1:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
thanks for your “professional” opinion
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BaronVonCurrentEvents, Profession thinker.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She put up a professional AB.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
gamer!
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Jul 30, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i have not gotten tired of that song title despite not having listened to it
by shanghaijim on Jul 30, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Hold me closer Tony Danza/Count the headlines on the highway”
you mean that song?
Disfrute Los Gigantes every day at www.leftymalo.com
by leftymalo on Jul 30, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grrr...
I hate those lyrics and I hate how catchy the tune is.
Status: Feels so broke up. Wants to go home. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.
by GiantBrass on Jul 30, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t reached acceptance yet.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/fights Lars
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/gets into an early 20th century pugilist stance
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's amazing how McCovey Chronicles works
It’s like clock work. The Giants make a move and everybody thinks it’s the worst thing in the history of the world. Then they have a day or so (sometimes just half a day) to think it through and they end up coming around to think it’s actually a decent move after all. The drafting of Posey, the drafting of MadBum and Alderson, the signing of Renteria, etc…
by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 30, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t forget Denker and Rohlinger. Never forget.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the player, but I still hate the trade.
by SeeingStars on Jul 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hate the sin, love the sinner
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you should have stopped after “Alderson”
by Evan on Jul 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s the point in rioting and throwing ourselves down the stairs if we can’t do it together?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was “meh” yesterday and i think it’s “meh” today.
by SFGuy on Jul 30, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was okay with Posey day of. I still think this trade sucks.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very “professional” of you, “Baron.”
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 30, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if that is in fact my real name
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Tap” is very “professional.”
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 30, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2009/07/30/two-opposing-views-on-the-sanchezalderson-trade/
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 1:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
clearly Baggs went through all 3 reflow threads.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just read that. It was epic.
He definitely reads McCC
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/waves to Baggs
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
by marcello on Jul 30, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that’s so us.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except that the SabeanMustGo guy wants Jermaine Dye.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
everywhere!
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
by GiantPain on Jul 30, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Farm farm farm Giants Way farm prospects farm.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No! Alderson is peaceful, we have no weapons. You can’t possibly–
So much win
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You prefer another target? A military target? THEN NAME THE SYSTEM!
by furikawari on Jul 30, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WTF Is Dantooine?
I assume its a planet, but they never told us.
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep. Dantooine’s a planet.
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 30, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I mean what does it do? Who lives there, Bothans?
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dantooine
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 30, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They just orgy all day long.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How do you get there without Warp drive?
Young Studs for Old Bats: The Brian Sabean Porno Story
FREE KEVIN FRANDSEN!!! Member of the Frandsen 5% Club.
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 30, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess you take one of them new XJ7’s.
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 30, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My unsuccessful attempt at starting a Trek vs. Wars fisticuff.
Young Studs for Old Bats: The Brian Sabean Porno Story
FREE KEVIN FRANDSEN!!! Member of the Frandsen 5% Club.
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 30, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dantooine (pronounced /‘dæntuin/) was a pleasant world of grasslands, rivers and lakes. The planet was located in the Raioballo Sector of the Outer Rim at an endpoint of Myto’s Arrow, the other endpoint of which was in the Obtrexta Sector, though Dantooine itself was still far removed from most galactic traffic. It hosted a small population spread amongst single-family settlements and small communities with large land holdings. Its sentient population consisted primarily of simple Human farmers, though Dantooine was also home to the primitive Dantari race. Native wildlife included the kath hound, the iriaz, the kinrath, and the graul. The planet had no industrial settlements or advanced technology by the time of the Galactic Civil War.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, now I totally want to live on Dantooine.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Jul 30, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
spread ugly rumors about Jermaine Dye’s personal hygiene so he’ll get through waivers in August.
McCoveyism
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 30, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hygiene and/or drug use
Or do the two go hand-in-hand?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hes a pro, he can’t be saying drug use, he might get fired
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 30, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
still funny, even if he didn’t go the Ackley route.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baggs was on KNBR this morning
He was eloquent and insightful on all things Giants (including the trade) without ever coming close to falling into that gimmicky sportswriter-on-TV/radio habit of having “takes.” Two big thumbs up.
I heart Baggs.
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
by Kitspool on Jul 30, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which one of you is Andrew Baggerly?
Still the loving, adoptive father of Hector Sanchez. And who doesn't love switch-hitting catchers with power and patience?
by tedfordfan on Jul 30, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
me
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am Baggerly.
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 30, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am Baggerly.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We were doing the Spartacus bit, Captain Bitstomper.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn kids
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
suddenly, I make the Monty Python connection
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Say Hey Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
by merkin on Jul 30, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh good one
Proud parent of Frederick Charles Merkle.
by jhiat00 on Jul 30, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, better question:
who do you predict is Andrew Baggerly? I say jponry, because there are no girls on the internet.
Still the loving, adoptive father of Hector Sanchez. And who doesn't love switch-hitting catchers with power and patience?
by tedfordfan on Jul 30, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my god.
He has this taco stand down.
I have adopted Brian Sabean as an ironic hipster joke.
by satyricrash on Jul 30, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BAGGS FTMFW
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 30, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's possibly Mexican
So it’s mole, like the yummy chocolate sauce.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought mole was raisin paste
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 30, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Freddy the Mole
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“When you refer to my mole, call it Winnie Cooper.”
by CrispinGloversBalls on Jul 30, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
mmm...
Winnie Cooper…
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Jul 30, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Jul 30, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sigh
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 30, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can we all agree Freddy nickname should be “Fred Savage” in a perfect world?
by Giant Homer on Jul 30, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too close to Michael Savage.
I have adopted Brian Sabean as an ironic hipster joke.
by satyricrash on Jul 30, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He looks more like Ben than Fred anyway.
by The Double Deuce on Jul 30, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never said he looks like Fred Savage…
And I hate to let Mike Savage ruin a hell of a last name, but then again I listened to A LOT of rap growing up and I’ve never tuned into the conservative radio guy, so rambleramble
by Giant Homer on Jul 30, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so everyone named Michael is out?
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1. What is it with official photos that makes everyone so ugly/molester-y?\
2. The MOLES … they’re BACK …
by shanghaijim on Jul 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1a. except Timmy, who just looks like a mad killer
by shanghaijim on Jul 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY
by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MR. F!
I’m going to keep making this reference because it amuses me. It looks like they used the same uniform template that they used for Garko.
by Natto on Jul 30, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dig the nickname.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m definitely posting the mole picture from AD every time he does something good.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m calling him Mr. F from now on.
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 30, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's like kissing a peanut
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Homer, get that thing out of here!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“There is no escape from the Fortress of the Moles….Well, except that”
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you saying "Boo" or "Boo-urns?"
I was saying “Boo-urns”
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by objesguy on Jul 30, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
this one is worse than garko, for sure
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Jul 30, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are we sure that this is the last post about Sanchez?
‘Cause I’m not so sure.
by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think it will be the last post about Sanchez this hour.
by CrispinGloversBalls on Jul 30, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i lol’d
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jul 30, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m having a hard time getting over the team going with Burriss over Frandsen at the start of the season. Sanchez and Garko will improve the team for now, but Sabean needs to GTFO ASAP.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Jul 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm becoming more OK with the deal
I just cant believe we couldnt get more for Alderson, despite the question marks. And if he became almost worthless in less than a year, maybe we should admit we effed up a draft pick? And that might be a bigger problem. Mix that with the MadBum Meltdown the other night and maybe nothing has changed.
Meet your 2009 Farm System – Same as your 1995-2008 Farm System.
by projectmayhem713 on Jul 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think in that entire time period, we ever had a prospect like Posey. Like, ever.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even a broken clock is right twice a day...
by projectmayhem713 on Jul 30, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and now once with posey.
BOOM, twice. Did that blow your mind??
by projectmayhem713 on Jul 30, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Having opinions is much easier when you don’t mind being inconsistent or hypocritical.
+109
I am El Person and I ¢¾ this message.
by El Person on Jul 30, 2009 1:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Internet Rule #1
Your opinion is never wrong, never.
by xanthan on Jul 30, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Volcanoe Burrito Rule #1
Your (something like opinion) is never wrong the morning after, never.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s how pundits make the big bucks!
by shanghaijim on Jul 30, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That, and yelling
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what an opinion is really.
bq.a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty
Do not meddle in the affairs of GM's, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
by cybermaldonado on Jul 30, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
blockquote FAIL
Do not meddle in the affairs of GM's, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
by cybermaldonado on Jul 30, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last year, Sanchez had a .298 OBP, drawing 21 walks. He’s already up to 20 this year. I expect he’ll draw two more walks the rest of the year, at best.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Jul 30, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
20 walks? That’s like 4.5 seasons of Bengie.
by xanthan on Jul 30, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy deviled eggs! Bengie has a .278 OBP and an OPS of .696??? I’m feeling ill now!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Jul 30, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
4EVER
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
six bucks and my right nut says we sign him for another year.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
by JRPhillips on Jul 31, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
before we move on...
read the Alderson draft thread
memories.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
lol @ my old, borderline, obnoxious sig.
by xanthan on Jul 30, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
btw in your article you got Wheeler's first name wrong.
Computers make mistakes too, I guess. :)
Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.
by gianator on Jul 30, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can feel jponry’s sigh, 2 years later
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tim Alderson: He came into our lives with a sigh. He left with OMGWTFDIEINAFIREDSABESYOUHELLSPAWN
by Evan on Jul 30, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we’re pretty good at that.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hilarious Article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/30/SP241912VE.DTL
Ostler had to be wasted when he wrote this
Suddenly the Giants’ batting order looks, if not imposing, at least competent.
It’s still going to be a scratch-and-sniff offense. The Giants have turned their ballpark into the world’s largest singles bar. But if they’re going to specialize in three-hit, one-run rallies, it’s good to have hitters who can deliver those singles.
by ssbase21 on Jul 30, 2009 1:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That’s when you’re arrested for putting your nose where it ain’t suppostah.
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by leftymalo on Jul 30, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“scratch and sniff” and “singles bar” in the same paragraph is kind of yucky.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ODORAMA!
I have adopted Brian Sabean as an ironic hipster joke.
by satyricrash on Jul 30, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
\scratch
\sniff
Needs more OBP
by CrispinGloversBalls on Jul 30, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My doctor told me not to scratch that.
by younghutch on Jul 30, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s still going to be a scratch-and-sniff offense
What does this even mean?
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It isn’t one.
I am El Person and I ¢¾ this message.
by El Person on Jul 30, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am going to make an macro for "scratch and sniff offense" when I get home.
Status: Feels so broke up. Wants to go home. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.
by GiantBrass on Jul 30, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm still Surprised Sabean hasn't used the Michael Tucker defense yet
“Other team’s 2007 draft picks are still toiling away in AA, ours is a 3 time all star already”
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 1:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
thanks for giving him ideas
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
by Aadik on Jul 30, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not the only one watching Maury Povich Nerd To Knockout makeovers, am I?
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 2:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought they only did paternity tests and Jack Hannah specials on that show.
by SeeingStars on Jul 30, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes both of those at the same time. They had one guy on there from Eunumclaw, WA
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My uncle is switching between Steve somebody and Fox News. I have headphones on.
by shanghaijim on Jul 30, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m watching the Cubs beat the shit out of the Astros.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its sad
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by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have Bourn, Carlos Lee, and Ramirez in fantasy. At least I got a homer out of Lee.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is a real tasteless joke in there…but I’m too much of a gentleman scared to make it.
by younghutch on Jul 30, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go for it
I could use some uncouth humor today.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Want to see my player evaluation formula?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you hear the one about the deaf girl?
Neither did she
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like this one.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you see the blind guy’s new haircut?
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 30, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
First, I’ll need the definition (and perhaps visual aid demonstration) of exactly what a “homer” is.
by younghutch on Jul 30, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
going all the way
Trust me, neither of those three are on my “fantasy” team.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now, Derrek Lee . . . .
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why was Helen Keller a bad driver?
Because she was a woman
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Jul 30, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What was Helen Keller's favorite color?
Corduroy
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Jul 30, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why did the monkey fall out of the tree?
Because he was dead
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What do you call a guy with no arms and legs in a lake?
Bob
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Jul 30, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with whoever said yesterday that the Cubs are our most likely competition for the WC
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Fish / Colorado has got to be the favorites still. The Cubs and the Cardinals are gonna battle it out for the Central.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um
Yeah, but the loser of that battle will be a contender for the wild card.
it’s not like you have to pick whether to contend for the central or the wild card.
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
by GiantPain on Jul 30, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What i mean is the winner of the wild card will win more games than either one of those two teams.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ah
gotcha
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
by GiantPain on Jul 30, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
after the trades the Cardinals have made, I dunno about that. Especially if Carpenter remains healthy down the stretch.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jul 30, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Fish have a negative run differential, and the Rockies pitching is meh. I like us in that 3 team race.
by Hobbes2d on Jul 30, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
12-0. That’s a low-scoring football game.
by shark94112 on Jul 30, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m still sitting here waiting for the damn fedex woman to get here. The kitchen’s all sparkly clean now. Well, except for the cat hair…that stuff gets everywhere!
by Merope on Jul 30, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wondered why it went quiet in the last thread.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You got Natto’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 30, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
via twitter @injuryreport (Will Carroll from BP)
“Pirates aren’t done dealing …”
Last one out of Pittsburgh please turn out the lights.
by Orwell D. Catt on Jul 30, 2009 2:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well. It looks like the Pirates are really HAVING A FIRE
…sale.
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 30, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zach Duke: “FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU….”
by younghutch on Jul 30, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone left in the Pirates dugout has to be wondering if they have bad breath.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Jul 30, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate “Go Cubs go”
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Love it
DOUBLE SWITCHES AND MATCH-UPS, THAT'S WHAT BRUCE BOCHY DOES!
by PAWarrior on Jul 30, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baggs?
that you?
Or DBruce? Wdup!
by Giant Homer on Jul 30, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
worst
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 30, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s terribly catchy. I’m not sure if that makes it better or worse… I have a feeling I’d LOVE it if I were from Chicago.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jul 30, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not quite at acceptance yet
More like bored resignation. From this point forth, I will try to never acknowledge the trade ever again. I’ve heard and said too much about it in the last day. And maybe this way I can make myself think it never happened.
VOTE SANDOVAL
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Jul 30, 2009 2:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Need power hitter for sure. Sanchez an upgrade nevertheless, especially for a playoff contender.
by shark94112 on Jul 30, 2009 2:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Go Gianst!!!
Go grako! Go sanches
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 30, 2009 2:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OT: Your favorite underrated movies
Rules: If a sequel was made it’s not underrated.
Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.
by gianator on Jul 30, 2009 2:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Waking Life
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Jul 30, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A Bronx Tale
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
by FriscoJoe on Jul 30, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
cool hand luke
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
by FriscoJoe on Jul 30, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taral Hicks is lovely in this film
by Giant Homer on Jul 30, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+ Mayor
Fantastic movie.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I Flove Network.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Underrated by whom?
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
by Kitspool on Jul 30, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everytime I try and tell someone about the movie, they have no clue what I am talking about.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s a network?
Proud father of Barry Bonds.
by Sabertooth on Jul 30, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whaaaaaaaaaaaat
I have adopted Brian Sabean as an ironic hipster joke.
by satyricrash on Jul 30, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the critics and the Oscars.
Oh… wait….
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They should totally make a sequel to Network.
by Evan on Jul 30, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
raucous, boorish golf clap
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Head of State
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Singles
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Travis?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Slackers..just because of Cool Ethan
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love Slackers. I didn’t see it until last year, which is a shame as it just might have changed my life if I had seen it when it came out.
Yeah, Steve Zahn and I were roommates in the early oughts – could have avoided that.
Young Studs for Old Bats: The Brian Sabean Story
FREE KEVIN FRANDSEN!!! Member of the Frandsen 5% Club.
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 30, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hooray! That makes me feel all warm inside.
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
cool ethan cousin of nick cage
Daily Gameball and Joker at GIANTSBOARD.COM
Say Hey Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
by merkin on Jul 30, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The song at the end is on my ipod.
“I love you, but… I hate you”
by The Double Deuce on Jul 30, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
little locked room on itunes?
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Say Hey Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
by merkin on Jul 30, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think so...
Somebody I knew recorded it off the dvd and sent it to me.
“He’s filed under cocksucker in my little black book…”
by The Double Deuce on Jul 30, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
'Tin Men'
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think Rounders is underrated.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, if anything Rounders is overrated.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Jul 30, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t know Rounders was so familiar it would be rated at all.
by shanghaijim on Jul 30, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ive never seen it
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by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try this right now wherever you are: shrug and say "enh"
There. I just saved you 2 hours.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no wonder none of you guys got my “all your dreams, dashed. hopes down the fucking drain.” reference last time.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got it, but I don’t think I responded.
by deuce deuce on Jul 30, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s the Randy Winn of Matt Damon-John Malkovich movies!
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
by Kitspool on Jul 30, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone I knew in college had seen it and almost all of them thought it was amazing.
I thought it was okay.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Jul 30, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The couple of friends who I mentioned it to in college made a face and said “Matt Damon he got absolutely no talent” which I believe is straight code for “is more attractive than I am”
by shanghaijim on Jul 30, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
High Fidelity
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
by GiantPain on Jul 30, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THIS
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 30, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love this movie, but is it really underrated? I think it’s a “modern classic”
by shanghaijim on Jul 30, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was under the impression that only girls enjoyed this movie. The entire time I was watching the movie all I could think about was “this would be way better as a book” (before I knew it was based on a book)
by snafu on Jul 30, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked it. It’s one of the few relationshippy movies that I enjoy.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was going through the exact same thing as Rob when this movie came out on DVD. Except I never slept with Lisa Bonet
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 30, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She was pretty crappy in that movie.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gah, don’t remind me about her covering Peter Frampton
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 30, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny, I always thought it was one of the few romantic comedies that’s aimed at men.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That just described half of John Cusack’s films.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Jul 30, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is Fear and Loathing really underrated though? I love it, but I think everyone else does too.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tuman Show
Reservoir Dogs
UHF
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
I can quote the shit out of this movie
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
STOOPID
YOURE SO STOOPID
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SUPPLIES!!
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jul 30, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't you know the Dewey Decimal System?
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No more Mr. Passive Resistance
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 30, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reservoir Dogs goes with Fear and Loathing for me (see above)
UHF was just freaking awesome.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My Favorite Year
Kurt Ainsworth Roofing and Insulation. Great service since 2005!
by dangjackson on Jul 30, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clue
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely! I’ve probably seen this movie 15 times and I still love it.
by snafu on Jul 30, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
great pick
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome movie
made awesomer by the multiple endings
by RougeGorrila on Jul 30, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you liked this you might also enjoy
Cloak & Dagger
by Giant Homer on Jul 30, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the part where they all die
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dude…. I just saw that movie…
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Say Hey Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
by merkin on Jul 30, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHUT RU 5????
I have adopted Brian Sabean as an ironic hipster joke.
by satyricrash on Jul 30, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
overated
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
by FriscoJoe on Jul 30, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO
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 30, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bound
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 30, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOVE Bound
Love love love love love it. Gina Gershon is mind-blowingly hot in the film.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great film but who is underrating it?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just not mainstream, I think?
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 30, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was a critical darling.
In addition to wearing out the pause button on my remote.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was young when it came out. So I don’t remember any of the hoopla about it. I found it last year in a used book store an watched it
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 31, 2009 6:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
great film
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 30, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Walk Hard
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great pick.
There’s somethin’ happening here. And what it is ain’t exatly… obvious.
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
by GiantPain on Jul 30, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
exactly*
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
by GiantPain on Jul 30, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In my dream you’re blowin’ me…..some kisses
That’s one my favorite things to do=
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m goin to beat off… my demons
That’s what lovin jesus all about
by PiKAgiant on Jul 30, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here I am a-sneakin’ up behind you
You can always come in my back door
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh i will also add Heavyweights… made me feel good about myself!
by PiKAgiant on Jul 30, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
my favorite John Woo flik, CY Fat is amazing
by Giant Homer on Jul 30, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kung-fu Hustle
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and shanhai soccer
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
by GiantPain on Jul 30, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow, i can’t type. Shanghai
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
by GiantPain on Jul 30, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SS and KFH are good, but they aren’t Stephen Chow’s funniest movies.
by Natto on Jul 30, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that would be God of Cookery!
try finding that, though.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t looked in every shop, but I’ve never seen it.
Plenty of the Fight Back to School movies (meh).
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I so need to see that
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
here's a little taste
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtYNu8LV50c
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that and the “who’s throwing handles?” scene from KFH are two of my all time favorites.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All of the fights I ever saw in China (4!) involved those chairs.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I swear Iron Chef rips off the camera work from this movie
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 30, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that movie rocked hard.
You know what else was good and old? God of Gamblers for Chow Yun Fat.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wasn’t Stephen Chow in a sequel to that?
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
0/3
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
by GiantPain on Jul 30, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Saw CJ7 a couple of nights ago. Disappointing. I want to see Steven Chow’s earlier work like this Cock of Dookery movie everybody is so hard-up about.
Young Studs for Old Bats: The Brian Sabean Story
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by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 30, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CJ7 is a kid’s movie. I wasn’t warned before I saw it.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew it would be kid-friendly, it just didn’t feel finished. I still love Chow’s style.
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by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 30, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Superman II
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Backdoor Sluts 9
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
House Party (I know they made House Party II, but let’s forget that for the moment)
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by Kitspool on Jul 30, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Class Act is actually my favorite of the Kid and Play movies.
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Jul 30, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read your username as “Wonderful Terrific Mods,” and I was going to say we don’t have any so GTFO.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rocket Science
I have adopted Brian Sabean as an ironic hipster joke.
by satyricrash on Jul 30, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Midnight Run
Robert De Niro
Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.
by gianator on Jul 30, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know anybody who doesn’t love that movie.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Jul 30, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never seen it.
I’m not a big movie buff, though. There are a stunning number of incredibly famous/acclaimed movies I’ve never seen.
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by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
- in our queue! It got delayed a bit by some stuff that just came out – new seasons of This American Life, Torchwood, and Flight of the Conchords.
We just started the last batch of Dr. Katz DVDs, though.
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by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FUCKING SBN AUTO FORMAT
Number 32 is what I goddamn typed.
SBN BRASS!!!!!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was excited it was #1 for a second so I could talk to you about how awesome Coach McGurk is.
by xanthan on Jul 30, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t he the one voice by H. Jon Benjamin? I always did love Ben Katz.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
coach McGurk is awesome
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
by oldjacket on Jul 30, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tapeheads
Proud father of Barry Bonds.
by Sabertooth on Jul 30, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know if you can call it underrated, but I love Blue Velvet and not many people I know have seen it.
by xanthan on Jul 30, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Top 5 movie for me
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw it and was not impressed. Sorry xanthan.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it’s one of the more watchable Lynch movies!
by xanthan on Jul 30, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s hilarious and Isabella Rosselini is one of my favorite people.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
praise so faint it cannot be detected.
Gonorrhea— the most desirable sexually transmitted disease!
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which reminds me of “Gomorra”. Anybody seen it? I was waiting for it to show up at Blockbuster.
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"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Jul 30, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haven't seen it, but the book has been humping my coffee table for about 4 months.
Looked great in the bookstore, but less so in my hand.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
omg hdu
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, I felt stupid so I googled “hdu.”
HDU High-Density Urethane
HDU High Dependency Unit
HDU Hose Drum Unit (air to air refueling)
HDU Helmet Display Unit
HDU Hard Disk Unit
HDU Harley-Davidson University (service school operated by the factory)
HDU Hydraulic Drive Unit
HDU Hot Death Uno (game)
HDU Heat Dissipation Unit
HDU Hose and Drogue Unit (air to air refueling)
HDU Head-End Distribution Unit
HDU Hazardous Device Unit
Now I feel stupider.
by Evan on Jul 30, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
how dare you
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hose drum unit.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/knife fight
I think we discussed this film before. I feel it is weird for the sake of being weird, and I didn’t get into it.
But I love David Cronenberg films. Dead Ringers is freaking awesome.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blue Velvet is weird for the sake of being weird and Dead Ringers isn’t? (fwiw, I liked Dead Ringers too.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s why I threw that in there. It’s strange that I can’t embrace the weirdness. I don’t know what it is about Lynch’s stuff. I just can’t get into it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh ok, I dig it. Lynch’s stuff definitely isn’t for everyone.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IMO Dead Ringers is Cronenberg’s worst film.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite Cronenberg film is a History of Violence followed by Videodrome. I really enjoy almost everything he’s done.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent choices. I’ve seen them all, outside of Naked Lunch and Fast Company. I am very partial to the weirder horror ones, like Shivers, the Fly, the Brood (and Videodrome)—-but I do love HOV. Eastern Promises was good too, but like Dead Ringers, I thought it was weak relative to his other stuff.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course I dig M. Butterfly. It was a huge bonus when we had to read the play for my Asian American lit class.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/forgets about M. Butterfly and quickly adds to his netflix
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of DVDs, I found your Flight of the Conchords. I can send it your way. :)
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 30, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, don’t sweat it. It’ll cost you nearly as much to send it as it would for me to buy a new one. I appreciate the offer, though.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yuk.
But Lynch isn’t my cup of midgets.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mullholland Drive
is one of my favorite movies, definitely my favorite Lynch movie, and underrated.
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by Kitspool on Jul 30, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what’s REALLY underrated? Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. It’s really a pretty amazing movie.
by Evan on Jul 30, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t seen it yet, I need to finish the actual TV Series first. But I’m looking forward to it.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fire Walk is actually a prequel to the series.
by younghutch on Jul 30, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know, but my friend who’s in the know said I should watch the whole series before watching the movie.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
laugh Yeah – the series does answer a few questions like “What the hell is that lady doing with that log in her hands?”
by younghutch on Jul 30, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the reason people despised the movie when it first came out is that it was so different in tone & style & structure than the movie. If there had never been a Twin Peaks show, the movie would be considered some sort of bizarro classic.
by Evan on Jul 30, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want to watch Twin Peaks, but the DVD set – or at least the version Netflix has – doesn’t include the pilot for some reason. Um, that sort of seems like a problem.
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by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmm, my dad’s DVD set has the pilot.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe it was reissued with the pilot, but Netflix is annoying about upgrading their DVDs to special editions/reissues.
Oh wait! I just looked on Netflix, and it appears that they have the edition with the pilot – two version of it, actually. I’m pretty sure that didn’t use to be the case last time I checked.
I’ll add it to my queue.
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by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, anyone who likes weird tv should watch The Prisoner.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So true. Watch it before the movie ruins it for everyone.
by Evan on Jul 30, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was a mini-series, not a movie.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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by jcb9 on Jul 30, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never saw it. I only made it through the first season-and-a-half of the Twin Peaks TV series. (The 2-hour pilot remains one of the greatest programs ever broadcast on a major American television network. Watch it again, you’ll be blown idea by the idea that ABC agreed to air it on a Sunday night in 1990.)
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by Kitspool on Jul 30, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m about halfway through Season 2 and it’s gotten so boring that I haven’t watched an episode in months. I think it’s supposed to get good again by the end, but I just can’t bear to watch anymore of James and Donna whining.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The last episode still gives me nightmares!
I have adopted Brian Sabean as an ironic hipster joke.
by satyricrash on Jul 30, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved the series, but didn’t get the film. I bet someone could talk me into liking it more, though.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The way he built tension in the diner scene where the guy is telling his story to the police was just awesome. The rest of the movie…meh.
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good choice.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jul 30, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Better Off Dead
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 30, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think most of my faves are rated highly by some people, just not the academy awards. So I’ll go with movies that I’m surprised I can’t NOT watch if they’re on:
Spy Game
The Truman Show
Wyatt Earp
U571
And I was cracking up hysterically at “Observe & Report”. Am I the only one?
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Jul 30, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
21 grams
Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.
by gianator on Jul 30, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see your 21 Grams, and raise you Amores Perros
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 30, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Big Trouble in Little China
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is a joke here somewhere about white guys having asian girlfriends.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait. that’s me!
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 30, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, how about King of Comedy? I know, I know, it’s a DeNiro movie, so it’s hard to be underrated, but it’s such a great movie that gets overshadowed by most of his other work. I think it’s got some great commentary in it.
by xanthan on Jul 30, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Such an awkward, great film. The scene when he takes the girl to Jerry Lewis’ weekend house…ouch!
by Giant Homer on Jul 30, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Since this has sort of turned into a “great movies that aren’t particularly well known by the masses” list, I’ll throw out Withnail & I.
by Evan on Jul 30, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Der Himmel Uber Berlin
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love it... but also kind of an arthouse darling. Not sure it's underrated.
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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 30, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we’re on to great films that our friends haven’t seen now, I think
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by jponry on Jul 30, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It should have been classified as science fiction
Gong Li’s never had those before I swear to god.
by jctGamer on Jul 30, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs