Giants/Dodgers Series Preview
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 10, 2009 11:30 AM PDT
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PrintClick this link. Do it. Don't mouse over like a weenie, find out where the link sends you, and then avoid it. Click the link, and let the horror wash over you. Wayne Franklin. Cody Ransom. Dustin Hermanson's sideburns. Unfortunate man-buzzard, Steve Finley. That was the last meaningful game played between the Giants and Dodgers.
That was the last meaningful game played between the Giants and Dodgers.
Well, every Giants/Dodgers game has a special kind of aura. When the Giants were on their way to 91 losses, I still did a dorky fist pump for every one of the 18 hits in the last game of the 2007 season. Why? Because suck it Dodgers. That's why. And it's hard to call a game meaningless when at least one of the teams is still in contention.
But other than those stray, Joe-Morgan-in-a-bottle hopes of schadenfreude, the Giants haven't gone into a Dodgers series with anything at stake since 2004. The mind boggles. Four years of sub-.500 nothingness. Four years of hoping Rajai Davis was the next Torii Hunter, or that Lance Niekro was the next, uh, Ron Coomer. I think I speak for everyone here when I suggest that this is the biggest series in the history of baseball.
An aside: if you haven't looked at Barry Bonds's numbers from 2004 in a while, they're good for a few laughs.
Hitter to watch:
Not one of the Dodgers, that's for sure. When they're not taking drugs or eating veal right off the bone of a living calf, the Dodgers can hit a little bit. But I'm not going to single one of them out. The Dodger roster is an amorphous blob of dark matter, and I don't care if Manny Ramirez or Blake DeWitt is up -- I fear and loathe each of them equally. My Samoan lawyer concurs.
The Giants hitter to watch: all of them. Like, score some runs, you goofballs. Randy Winn: You start on one of your silly 35-for-77 runs. Bengie Molina: You hit the ball in the air if you aren't going to get a hit. Eugenio Velez: Do not recant your pledge to give up your soul until after the series. Ryan Garko: Hit better than Scott Barnes, please. Score some runs. Score some freaking runs. Hey, Giants, score some runs. Score more runs than the other team. If you score more runs than the other team, you will win. So score some runs.
Also, I am of the opinion that the Giants should score some runs.
Pitcher to watch:
The Giants miss Clayton Kershaw -- though Bengie Molina just swung at one of Kershaw's sliders as I was typing this -- so they'll face Hiroki Kuroda, Randy Wolf, and Chad Billingsley. They all scare me in their own way. Kuroda and Wolf are finesse lefties who thrive on stupid hitting, and Chad Billingsley is a power rightie who can overmatch bad-to-average hitters. As long as the Giants keep the stupid, bad-to-average hitters out of the lineup, they'll be fine.
The pitcher to watch, though, is Jonathan Sanchez. Since coming back to the rotation, Sanchez has been pretty danged good. After the no-hitter, he's had a few struggles staying in games, but his slider is a different pitch entirely. It's absolutely nasty right now, and if he can exhibit even a modicum of control, his results should match his stuff. I'd love for him to make some Dodger hitters look silly.
Or, he could walk seven in three innings, getting pulled after the game is out of reach. Don't want to hear the Sanchez-for-Joe-Carter rumors in the offseason, Jonathan? The no-hitter was a good start, but a fantastic stretch-run finish would mean even more.
Prediction:
I have a sack full of kittens, Giants. I have the number for Felines for Foster Kids, a non-profit organization that places kittens in loving homes. I also have a way to close the sack, and I also have access to the Pacific Ocean. What happens to the sack of kittens is up to you, Giants. Do not displease me.
Wait, that's more of a threat than a prediction. My prediction is that I'll look like Keith Richards after this series is over. I can't take this.
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Ah, Hecubus.
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Aug 10, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
iViva los niños en el pasillo!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
EVIL!
Pure and simple, by way of the eighth dimension Chavez Ravine!
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
YEAH!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Can't wait for the games to start
Should be fun. Please play better than you did against the Reds Giants players.
Hey did you hear the Red Sox and Yankees played over the weekend?
Oh, um, I mean, I hate the Dodgers…!!!
Re: Dodgers wonder what's wrong with Dodgers
They are bums?
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 Aug 10, 2009 11:39 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Why is there a question mark at the end of that declarative statement?
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 10, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm sorry the question mark is close to the exclaimation point on my mobile device.
I meant to say: They are bums!
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 Aug 10, 2009 11:46 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Much better.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 10, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I was just thinking GBrass might have been open to other possibilities
Like: they are baby-killers, they weare nighties to bed, they are shit-eating fuckwads, they tie puppies to a stake in 108 degree heat, the Dodger men are adulterers and the Dodger women are sluts, etc. Things like that.
woah woah woah
baby killers? come on, you know better than that…….they torture babies THEN kill them….seriously FreshStart, thats rookie
All that may be true...
…and yet it is indisputable that what’s the matter with the Dodgers is that they are bums.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
After the weekend series, I think a sweep would make my whole summer.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I concur. nothing would be nicer than to go in with our 4 5 and 1 pitchers and walk away with a sweep.
please score runs. lots of them
Timmy is my Man-crush
by Fan from Sac on Aug 10, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 11:40 AM PDT reply actions
Waiting for a gif party of LOLgers classics, and perhaps the gif of Barry pirouetting out of the batter’s box.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Mike has my back
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, look how skinny Barry was in 2001
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
yes
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
That will never, ever get old. I will laugh at this with my grandchildren.
by oneflapdown on Aug 10, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, man, Dodgers series are so draining. I know what you mean about looking like Keith Richards after this series is over.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
It’s irritating when the Giants lose, but nothing is more demoralizing and infuriating than losing to the Dodgers. I just want to crawl into a hole and die.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I forgot that Merkin Valdez pitched “pitched” for the 2004 Giants.
and suck it, Russell Martin
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 11:44 AM PDT reply actions
suck it, Russell Martin
This can’t be stressed enough.
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
That Joe Torre picture IS pretty Evil looking.
Someone needs to photoshop his face onto the Emperor from star wars.
I think it would be difficult to tell the difference.
He’s always reminded me of a vulture
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
YESSSSSSS… YESSSSSS!
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Aug 10, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
superbb
The b is for Bothan.
What’s the second b for? That’s a typo.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you actually seen Rajai Davis’ line lately??
.293/.367/.414 with 20 steals in 197 PA
WTF RU DOIN SAEBS WHY U GIVE HIM AND MATT PALMER UP
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Holy crap. .361/.429/.525 in the second half.
I actually would have liked him on the roster the past couple of years, but Torres is a pretty comparable player.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 10, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah
Davis is much better defensively and speed wise.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Have to agree with JP ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑
Torres has been a very good value for the dollar. Speed, very good defense, and can hit a little.
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
Haved you seen Matt Morris’ line this year?
Best trade ever!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 10, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
is this the thread where it’s ok to post the baseball boogie?
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 11:44 AM PDT reply actions
120 intentional walks!
/guffaw
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
263
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
A record that will never even be threatened, much less actually broken...
Barry’s career intentional walks record. So utterly ridiculous…
Barry Bonds 688
Hank Aaron 293
Willie McCovey 260
Ken Griffey, Jr. 245
Vladimir Guerrero 241
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Vlad
Yes, but always a pretty free-swinging beast, no? Seems like it’d be worth pitching around him to see what he goes for.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
It makes me a little sad to go through old box scores and see a typical Barry line of 0-1 4BB.
It’s mind boggling to think of his numbers if he hadn’t been walked so much.
or if he had taken 2x amount of steroids
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 10, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Man JT Snow was good in 2004.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Surprisingly, yes
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
I want a sweep but will settle for a series win.
This series worries me. I’m a worrier by nature, but this series is huge, and winning it would be an enormous boost for the team and the good of mankind. Hopefully me being at tonight’s game will bring some good mojo to the opener.
haha, dude that’s awesome, i remember Bruce Lee came to our school and did a speech, very cool stuff
Did he share any of his cocaine with you?
Too soon?
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 11:46 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
this
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I was at that game, I really was and it was awesome. One of the 2 or 3 best live baseball experiences of my life. :)
by APGiantsFan on Aug 10, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 11:47 AM PDT reply actions
and this
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Score more runs than the other team. If you score more runs than the other team, you will win. So score some runs.
Wait, I thought all we have to do is win more innings than the other team.
Now I’m confused.
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 10, 2009 11:48 AM PDT reply actions
NERD ALERT
My wife and I just watched the Star Trek: DS9 episode “Take Me Out to the Holosuite,” and although it was Captain Sisko who was revealed as a closet Giants fan:
It’s Worf I will quote today:
DEATH TO THE OPPOSITION!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
The emissary knows what's up
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
Hot damn i miss me some DS9.
Oh well.
Proud new co-dad of Travis Ishikawa. And ishikaBOOM Goes the Dynamite.
by Andy from DC on Aug 10, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
My first name is Benjamin
and my middle name is Cisco. So I have kinda an affinity for that dude.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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BENbitz?
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Beat LA, btw.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 11:50 AM PDT reply actions
This
Only with added gratuitous profanity.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 10, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
i can't stop laughing at the picture of Durocher and Thompson
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Oh man me neither. And I’m trying to meet a deadline. I’m going to be giggling at this all day.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
The way they're both beaming...
…you’d think Gavin Newsom just officiated their wedding.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 10, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
2nd dumbest comment ever by a politician?
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
The Sporting Orange?
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.
I knew there was a reason I liked this Mr. F. it appears we both enjoy stomping the genitalia of the Dodgers.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I knew he was from the Valley in so-cal.
but is there a chance he trained with that old bonzai farmer in Reseda?
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
Hehehe
I’m imagining Joe Torre as the Cobra Kai instructor
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.
Woah
He’s going all Chan Ho Park on that Dodger.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
Reply fail
I will now kick myself.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
from the Phillies series last weekend
Bowkermania has been put on hiatus for retooling.
by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 11:53 AM PDT reply actions 38 recs
lol the ship name
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 Aug 10, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
more of this please
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 Aug 10, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
this is outstanding
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
THAT
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
+2
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
>
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f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 10, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, its green
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by ringleader3 on Aug 10, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
i wish you configure the rec’d color… so we could say TURN THIS ORANGE
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by ringleader3 on Aug 10, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
THIS.
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
THAT , dammit!
By the way…
ringleader3
joined Jul 07, 2009 last login Aug 10, 2009 posts 0 comments 1456
…for an average of 44 comments a day.
Don’t hold back , it’s not healthy.
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
is 44 low?
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
It’s about my average per GDT.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
i dont have much to offer other than random inside joke posts… im not much of a stats guy, tho I am learning a lot here
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
You’ll be fine. Random jokes are great. It’s why I keep coming back. And you’re not kidding, the people here with their stats…. I didn’t even know wOBA and UZR existed until I came to this site.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
/looks up wOBA for a 4th time
yeah, crazy!
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
This is ten different flavors of awesome.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 10, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
incredible
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
WOWOW
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That
is simply stunning
Timmy is my Man-crush
by Fan from Sac on Aug 10, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Greatest Picture
In the history of pictures
by JoeBu Needs a Refill on Aug 10, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL just noticed that the boat said Russell Martin on it
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
did you notice the Panda?
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 10, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
AWESOME
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
YOU ARE CORRECT
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
the USS Russell Martin is not sucking it...
however, it does appear to be “taking” it.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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Superbest!
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, that was the size of the source image, but after some modifications… Widescreen!
Bowkermania has been put on hiatus for retooling.
by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
This would make a great panoramic back tattoo.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I know everyone here has heard it a million times before
But, in honor of this series, THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 10, 2009 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Finally had to join...
After reading through the postings and threads on this blog, I broke down and decided to join the fun. Don’t really know the best way to introduce myself, so I figured I’d dive in head first.
I really, really, really hope this weekend was an abberation. And that we turn it around here.
Beat L.A.
Welcome
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
welcome
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm with you
This series compels me to quit lurking and start posting. I live in LA and was at that game in ’04 and muttered out loud to myself “why the hell is a cold rookie coming in as a defensive sub in the ninth inning?”
SF > LA!
Hi
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty optimistic today for some reason...
I believe a series win is well within reach… Dirty should pitch a solid game tonight, and with Timmy on the mound on wed, we have a great shot. I hope Joey does well tomorrow.
BEAT THE FUCKING LA DODGER BUMS AND SUCK IT RUSSELL MARTIN, ETAL
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Suck it Cody Ransom
For some reason I only thought we were up 3-2 or 3-1 in that 2004 game. Ugh, what a mess. I nearly broke up with the girl who is now my wife shortly after that game just because I wanted to feel something that hurt less than that game.
My wife and I had been together for just over a year at the time of the imaginary 2002 World Series. It was…a bit of a shock for her.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
That’s funny- my wife and I had only been together for about 6 months in ‘02, and on the night of the fictitious sixth game, we were at a party at a friend’s house. I watched the game alone in the living room, then went out to the car without saying a word to anyone. Somehow she still married me.
by oneflapdown on Aug 10, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I shut the T.V. off and walked out the door as soon as he hit that grand slam. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that ball land.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
I’ve never seen the ninth inning of that game. My life is better for it.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I was in Boston, following it
and I just shut the TV and walked out. Just didn’t want to be around anyone.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
I watched that game with my smug dodger fan best friend
yes, my best friend is a dodger fan
i’ve made some bad decisions in my life
I'm up... everyone move in!
Man
I feel bad for having a Red Sox fan as my BFF.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't feel too bad
I play baseball with a LoLdger fan and we have become friends. When the correct moment comes I will ask him specifics about his puppy killing ways.
Do they eat their own children or just other peoples’? Did he feel his soul actually leave his body?
Stuff like that.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
People ask me all the time if I have/want to marry a Jewish girl and I came to the realization that the Jewish thing isn’t really that important to me, but I would NEVER marry a Dodger fan. I can raise kids half jewish half whatever but there is no way to raise a kid half Giants fan and half Dodgers fan. does not commute
With malice towards the Dodgers
every dogger fail is actually a win. So this is actually epic WIN
Timmy is my Man-crush
by Fan from Sac on Aug 10, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
263 OPS+ ?
meh.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 10, 2009 11:59 AM PDT reply actions
What? Beat the Redlegs?
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
Drop the Dodgers to 7th place. That would be sweet.
by oneflapdown on Aug 10, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Redlegs
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
You just don’t see “bang” used as a verb these days. Not in this context, anyway.
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by EliminateMe on Aug 10, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
excellent
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
SUCK IT, GAILLARD!
/Russell Martin, too.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 10, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
That Gaillard was a real jerk
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
and whats up with ike vetoing the water bill?
GIT IT DUN U.S. BRAZZ
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I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 10, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
man in space?
that’ll be the day
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
notice the irony of the article about a plane crash, and the huge United ad on the left side
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by ringleader3 on Aug 10, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm mostly interested
in these super pain killers and the french man who plans to swim the Atlantic. These ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your…newspaper.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
NO WAY
WE LANDED ON THE MOON!
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!
We must have murdered the Bums at Chavez
…cos’ that ain’t no fog.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
YES
It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.
by imovermyhead on Aug 10, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Baseball Weather To Continue
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.
Correct!
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
this.
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by ringleader3 on Aug 10, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
im going… pre-game at 21a
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by ringleader3 on Aug 10, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:12 PM PDT reply actions
That’s what happens when you eat too many blueberries
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
N o longer the n00b!
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
brilliant
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I love it, but it looks quite uncomfortable.
by High_On_Lincecum's_Godliness on Aug 10, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
quite the cesspool indeed
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
lol "sensible dinner"
I know there’s an edited version of this somewhere on the site. Can’t seem to find it.
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I went to this thread to find it but it’s unavailable. :( that was my favorite image from that epic, epic thread.
by scotterduder on Aug 10, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember LOLing at someone who said, “I lost 30 lbs…..and gained it right the fuck back!”
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
This was in the Green today
/Manny strikes out on a 75mph Lincecum changeup
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:20 PM PDT reply actions
That’s not a changeup grip
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
Tim can make it a changeup with the power of his mind.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The Enchanted Changeup
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
What , he got a haircut?
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
This is fantastic.
It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.
by imovermyhead on Aug 10, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny is a Switch hitter!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 10, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
looks pretty lazy too. Am i right Natto? It looks like the whole profile is mirrored, with the chin and body differed
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 10, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.
by imovermyhead on Aug 10, 2009 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
lol
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
IM GONNA FAIL FOREVER
I’M GONNA LEARN HOW TO DROP POP FLIES
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't think anything could make me despise the Dodgers more
But this may have done it. W. T. F.:
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Well the need to bus the the “fans” in from the nursing home some how!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 10, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
What in the hell?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesn’t arrive at the ballpark until middle of the 3rd.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
leaves mid 4th
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 10, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
WOW
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
it would explain alot
Timmy is my Man-crush
by Fan from Sac on Aug 10, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
YEAH
I was at that game and I fully expected Michael Tucker to go at fatass roided out Gagne like a spider monkey.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
YYYYEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 10, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Michael Tucker.
Whatever he did, he hated the Dodgers.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!
I hated the signing of Michael Tucker, but my hate of him pretty much disappeared once he started playing.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
LOL.
We need wilson to get all of the saves this week so he can do his stupid crossed arm thing to Casey Blake
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I love this one
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 10, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
A TABLE!
As long as the Giants keep the stupid, bad-to-average hitters out of the lineup, they’ll be fine.
Uh oh.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 10, 2009 12:31 PM PDT reply actions
YES
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s the story behing this?
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
Hahah
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
why are the planes shooting at Barry?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
No that's the media
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
SWOOP!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
no
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate work!
All is see is this
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 10, 2009 12:35 PM PDT reply actions
And if a Jonas is a Dodger fan… ’nough said
by gvp914 on Aug 10, 2009 12:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
SUCK IT, JOHNNY ROSEBORO
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 10, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL manny being manny
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny being Manny=hilarious and charming
Barry being Barry=evil terrorist baby-eater
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Not into this one at all
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
thats just manny being manny
Timmy is my Man-crush
by Fan from Sac on Aug 10, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL MANNY
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s an Ortmeier?
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s a who now?
It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.
by imovermyhead on Aug 10, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
[ortmeier homerun fist pump gif]
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 10, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
YESSSSIIREEE
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
When / if this kid ever joins the Rockies big club, I just know he is going to break my heart in a game someday.
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 Aug 10, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not even sure what to say about this one
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
for those that want some stats on this series, check out www.dodgers-giants.com
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 10, 2009 12:49 PM PDT reply actions
I’m likin this site. Too bad the most common and well known rivalry isn’t recognized by anyone else in the sporting world.
Screw the Yankees and Sox
Timmy is my Man-crush
by Fan from Sac on Aug 10, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
BEAT LA BEAT LA BEAT LA BEAT LA
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
SMELL IT, THEN SUCK IT!
Timmy is my Man-crush
by Fan from Sac on Aug 10, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m really surprised the Dodgers are even making the trip up here. Why not just forfeit all three games and avoid the humiliation?
by Hoist That Rag on Aug 10, 2009 12:59 PM PDT reply actions
so does The Wave (thanks for that one, A’s fans)
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 10, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve seen both in SF. I got booed when I stopped a beach ball at the ball park. All I screamed was “We’re not in LA. This ain’t Dodger Stadium”
I'm with you. I would deflate the beach ball, too.
And I would defend you for doing so. Right on.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I would stab it repeatedly and then look around and see who’s still booing…
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
And I would pick your jury for free.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
The “fans” in (triple A D’Backs) Reno attempt to do the wave almost every home game. It generally gets stopped in section 115, our season ticket section. There are a group of us (Giant’s, A’s, Cubs, and a single Dodger Fan) that vehemently oppose the wave. It’s a thing of beauty to see it make it’s way around the park and fail at section 115.
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
Usually see the wave once or twice at Chase field too. Especially during close games in critical situations.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
Yeah..
The wave is bad enough, but I really don’t get why anyone would do it during a critical moment of the game. That’s just Dodger Beach Ball Stupid.
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
Haha this one is good
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 Aug 10, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s probably the closest thing to genius posted so far.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 10, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure I got that from MCC
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah it’s garbage. It’s full of jerks.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Clearly, you have it confused with Russell Martin.
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He only writes 300 words a day and posts crappy Photoshops. That’s garbage. We need to develop the farm bloggers better so this doesn’t happen again.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
He ends up being an average mod, but his contract and douchey personality make him hard to tolerate overall.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
I hear know that site sucks.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Grant, when somebody else posts one of your photoshops, does that count against your one-usage-per-minute-worked-on-it rule?
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They’re worse in Dante’s cosmology because they commit their sins calmly and with full awareness of what they’re doing, as opposed to the violent, who are reactive. As I recall, anyway. It’s been a while since the I read the Inferno.
/nerd
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
You are right.
Special Infernal kicks in the nuts to those who betray others while in a position of any kind of trust, w00t.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite part of Dante’s Hell was the center, where Judas, Brutus, and Cassius are forever being eaten by Lucifer, who’s trapped in a frozen lake. He keeps trying to escape, but it’s the cold wind from the flapping of his wings that keeps the lake frozen.
Fun!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Yeah. That's pretty damn well thought out by Dante.
Dante Aligheri: would be a great drinking buddy or all-time worst party guest? Discuss.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Worse
All he would he will talk is Beatrice
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Being in love with a woman who you once talked to for life five seconds, and staying in love with her all your life, and writing epic poetry about her, is kind creepy, y’know?
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
This ideal leads to crap such as Twilight
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
And yet, for reasons that will mystify me for life, 'Romeo & Juliet' is wildly popular.
Romeo, a 16 year old boy, had JUST gotten dumped by some chick who he LOVED LOVED OMGBBQ LOVED— then catches one glimpse of the 14-year-old Juliet, and no, wait, NOW he is in LOVE LOVE OMG LOVE.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
The thing is that it’s pretty much supposed to be about two dumb teenagers who fall in love like that… but people make it out to be this epic romance.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I just think it’s hilarious. The whole thing is a big long joke. Much more enjoyable if you read it that way. Just like if you read Hamlet as the rantings of a deranged crazy person.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
My ex used to teach 'R&J' to middle schoolers
and her technique was to have them keep track of every stupid thing any character does. She hated the play, but by the time the higher grades picked their Shakespeare plays, this was usually all that was left.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Rough. I took a semester of Bill in college and we completely skipped R&J for the, you know, better romances.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Not sure I agree that it was supposed to be about 2 dumb teens.
The priest, after all, helps them concoct that stupid ass plan to fake their own deaths so they could slip away. The presence of adults and their stupid behavior makes me think it was intended as a romtrag. Probably not Epic For The Ages, but romtrag nonetheless.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
It’s definitely one of my least favorite Shakespeare plays. I agree with cornball that I usually just read it as a big joke (and most of my teachers who have taught it to me have talked about it like that as well.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
By the way, did you take Shakespeare with Crane? I kind of did not enjoy that class.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I didn’t take Shakespeare at BC ever, actually (I wanted to one semester – not from Crane – but it was full). But I took it while I was in London (my tutor at UCL was actually a big Shakespeare expert).
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Ahh. Fair enough. I would have taken it over there, too, if I’d had the chance. Seems to make a little more sense.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
It was pretty great and I also had the opportunity to see a few Shakespeare plays while I was over there too (Macbeth w/ Patrick Stewart, Othello w/ Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor and an amazing Much Ado About Nothing), so the whole thing was really great.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Ejiofor = the fucking best
would pay to watch dude read the phone book
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
I love him! But whenever I tell people about the play, they’re like, “OMG EWAN MCGREGOR” and I’m like, “eh, he was just okay but EJIOFOR WAS AMAZING!” (He won the Olivier Award for his performance in it that year.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Man, that makes me rather jealous. I would love to see MAAN or Patrick Stewart in anything Shakespearian.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I never went to the theatre much before then, but while I was there, I tried to go a lot. So many great productions going on and if you’re willing to get up early in the morning and wait in line (and I had nothing better to do!), you can get great tickets for pretty cheap.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Romeo’s either really far too young to get married, or a hebephile. Either way, he doesn’t come out well.
I am El Person and I ¢¾ this message.
This is really fucking annoying!
(No , El , not you. And not Shakespeare , either.)
Every time someone posts a new comment my browser brings me back here from wherever I was on the page..
Any ideas?
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
"The fault, dear Victor, is not in our browsers, but in ourselves."
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I see you're remainig consistent in your laissez faire when I NEEDHELPHEREDAMMIT
I’ll get you , my pretty.
And your little section too.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
trying refreshing the page… it will suck on the reload, but it should help
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
So I did.
And there was Torre…and then the top of the Comments…and then I was back here.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
what browser are you using? you should try a ‘hard refresh’ which should clear whatever javascript wonkiness is plaging you
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
Romeo and Juliet, to me
was always about the stupidity of the adults. It was the stupid decisions that the adults made that led to Romeo and Juliet’s death.
I kind of viewed it as a critique of how society can ruin other peoples’ lives.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
I always suspected that Shakespeare was making fun of young love with that play.
Think about it, Mercutio’s lines always feel the truest in that play, and he likes Romeo, but also thinks he’s an idiot.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
Typical MCC
Dodgers → Dante → Shakespeare. Other sports boards aren’t like this, are they?
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
They aren't?
I assumed that was an unavoidable natural progression.
I was about to introduce a discussion of ‘Don Quixote’ as Cervantes wrote at the same time as Shakespeare and because the Giants are on a tough campaign these next 8 weeks.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Don Quixote is a great book, but full of painfully long, dull digressions that don’t really add anything to the book.
The Giants are a great franchise, but full of painfully old, bad veterans who don’t really add anything to the lineup.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Kind of like The Fountainhead? Oh wait, that wasn’t great. It was just indulgent.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
/bows
Thank you, thank you.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Oh, Atlas Shrugged is ridiculous. The John Galt speech that goes 80 pages might be the biggest digression in all of literature. But at least Fountainhead is readable. And if I wanted to be mean we would be talking about the sex scenes in We the Living.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Even when I thought I was gonna be all into the Objectivism thing and started reading her books, I still had to skip large chunks of pages just to get through them…
It’s terrible. And the thing is, she has some good stuff to say and could actually have some intriguing stories if she could, you know, write.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
The McCoven complaining about Bochy/Sabean and veteran-lust=tilting at windmills.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
It’s more like we’re waiting for Godot.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Fine
Rich Aurilia at bats=tilting at windmills
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
Uhhh...
No. And that’s what makes it so great. Next topic, recipe post :-)
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
R&J was raunchy as hell, too. It was basically about teenagers boning and talking about boning. And this was required reading for 14 year olds?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, they should read something more age-appropriate. Like Titus Andronicus.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
If you can’t have senseless bloodshed and violence in literature, what can you have?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
And then there’s Antony and Cleopatra which manages to combine juvenile sexcapades with senseless bloodshed and violence.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I remember my freshman English student teacher made a point of pointing out every dirty pun Shakespeare used. It took a long time to get through it.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Puck the LOLgers?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 10, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe Torre
looks like a mummy there.
"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia
This game...
made me proud to hate the Dodgers. I made sure every Dodger fan within shouting distance heard my two cents…. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN200605130.shtml
Brian Sabean is akin to a treatable form of cancer... just get rid of it before it kills you
The rare Armando Blownitez WIN!
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 Aug 10, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
One of my favorite Giants-Dodgers games
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199909290SFN
Next to last game ever played at Candlestick. Tommy Lasorda made a pre-game appearance so we got to boo him out of the park, Crazy Crab was in the house, Bonds hit a first inning homer, the Giants jumped all over Kevin Brown (who’d previously dominated them – I don’t think they’d ever beaten Brown before)….and noted megastar Bronswell Patrick got his first major league save. It was a night game at Candlestick, but even the weather was nice!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I was in the bleachers in left field. we cursed Tommy so bad when he came by. It was a lot of fun. Last Candlestick win ever.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
tommy was waving to the fans from the luxury boxes along the third base side around the 5th inning or so. everyone was giving him hell and he was soaking it up like he always does. that is, until someone hucked a wad of sourdough that came close to being sucked in by his gravitational pull, barely missing him. i will never forget the look on his face before he disappeared into the catacombs of candlestick to a chorus of cheers. when the cops came to escort the godly thrower from the stadium, i felt that san francisco’s finest were committing treason.
great game.
That game was awesome
I still have my commemorative Croix De Candlestick pin from that night.
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
That was the day
Mark Sweeney stole my GF, that bastud
Daily Gameball and Joker at GIANTSBOARD.COM
Say Hey Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
haha
see, its a funny hat, cuz its bigger than a normal hat
Timmy is my Man-crush
by Fan from Sac on Aug 10, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
U DED DAWG
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 10, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Omar>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Rent
Man do I miss his defense this year
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
In my defense I don’t know what this is from so if it’s actually evil feel free to delete it, mods.
Looks like JT making an amazing play to me, though?
Everybody loves money
he was making fun of the fact that JT Snow always has long pauses and ’uhhh’s between everything he says when he does weekend games on the radio.
Oh, YOU’RE JT SNOW.
That’s RIGHT LISA!!!
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 Aug 10, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
that's amore...heh...
“That’s Omar , eh!”
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 1:09 PM PDT reply actions
I know its the past but....
HR
- and 72 vs. Dodgers
- vs Dodgers
SB
- vs Dodgers
Minor White > Ansel Adams
.#71 & 72 vs Dodgers
.#500 vs Dodgers
SB
.#500 vs Dodgers
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 10, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Barry: I’ve beat you before, and I’ll beat you again.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
He's just lonely
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
haha i agree
true blue LA doesnt have the buzz that this blog has. . . and its with a bunch of dodger haters who i can talk smack with lol. . how could it get better (:
by SeanMillerSavior on Aug 10, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I went over there to educate myself about the Dodgers minor league system, and I do like the minor league digest posts over there.
Otherwise, LA sucks and that. You know how it goes. Standard procedure.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Aren't you the one who called us 'Homos' in that AZSnakepit post?
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oh that's charming
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Not mutually exclusive…
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
someone needs to counter with E. Velez walk-off dribbler.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
no where near as slopey as the other one
its a dam straight line lol on the other one
by SeanMillerSavior on Aug 10, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that the English language you are attempting?
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
nah
Dodger fans speak a rare form of Orc that can only really be heard in the pit of the abyss
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 10, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Ot the abyss of the 'Pit
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I did some research on our guest ...
…the ’Pit did not spawn him
DO NOT ATTACK
that is all.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly one year ago today
that was the best game I’ve ever been to.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
Just saw a guy on 4th & Townsend in an Dodgers hat. They’re already invading.
I think I’ll head over to the park and yell “Suck it Russell Martin!” when he comes in.
by kdl on Aug 10, 2009 1:19 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
what's in a Russell Martini?
Other than suck, of course.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
urine
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 10, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I just saw a Dodger, but it wasn’t Suck it Russell Martin! Damn!
by kdl on Aug 10, 2009 1:43 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
who was it then?
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 Aug 10, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
They've infiltrated as far north as
Napa. Something came into work with the hat as well. I told him to leave, and never come back
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 10, 2009 1:36 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Hydrants!
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I do as well
Mods…
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
anything that gave or gives the Dodgers the moral high ground sucks. This was a bad move at the time and not too cool here.
What part of beating a Dodger on the head with a bat are you cats so high and mighty about? Like you’ve never…
How come it was cool the first 7,913 times that pic has been posted? This is all in fun!!!!!
You people wit' the cheese. It never ends.
by NuschlerFace on Aug 10, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
“The next 100 online orders get a free ball signed by Joe Morgan.”
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
the ball, or the swing trainer?
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
Will a swing trainer help me get dates on AFF?
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I like how the LeMaster walk is a major turning point in the game. It’s like “oh shit, LeMaster has figured out the pitcher—-the Dodgers are fucked!”
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Roster move predictions for Schierholtz?
How will we get him back on the squad today? Rowand DL, Uribe DL, or Aurilia DFA?
Renteria DL
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Aug 10, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this supposed to be photoshopped? I don’t see any changes.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
He blurred out the Dodger fans in the background to save them from embarrassment.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
fixed
He blurred out the Dodger fansin the background to save them from embarrassment.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 10, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually fixed
He blurred out the Dodger fansin the background to savethemit from embarrassment.
BEAT LA
rec'd
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 10, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I really wouldn’t mind Harang. He’s got stuff, and I think his 08 season was just a really bad bump in the road. If they could get him without giving up much, I’d like the deal.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I totally agree. You’d think we wouldnt have to give up much, considering no one wanted the contract. His FIP is around 4.00, so he’d be a fantastic addition for this year, and a great replacement for Johnson next year.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Wouldn’t it be more likely the Dodgers do a trade for starting pitching? I’m hoping they give up a LOT.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
So pumped for this. Just got my ticket for Wed to go along with tonight and tomorrow
BEAT LA . LETS GOOOO
With malice towards the Dodgers
You’re going to every game? NICE! I barely got tickets for Wednesday’s Timmy Day game
Giants Cove: You'll be a better person for reading
Yeah family friend just called this morning saying his buddy who he has season tickets has an extra one. Not much hesitation from me to grab the ticket. Going tonight and tomorrow too. Bleachers tomorrow to heckle the shit out of Manny
With malice towards the Dodgers
any hesitation at all = BANNED!
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
Sorry, it’s just that I’ve never been. Jealousy is a stinky cologne.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
do you not live in the area?
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No, I grew up in South Dakota and now live in Phoenix. I am planning a trip in October for the Giants vs. Phillies though.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
wwooowow where does the Giants fandom come from?? Just generally wanting to be on the goodside of everything in the world and to ensure good karma for you and all your future generations?
With malice towards the Dodgers
Pretty much this
Also because Bonds was my favorite as a kid so I defected when he left Pittsburgh.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
yay optimism!!! have you seen any spring training games in scottsdale at least? I head out there every year
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Oh yeah go to as many as I can.
I would like to get some rookie league games as well but it’s just too damn hot.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
i like scottsdale, and scottsdale stadium… papago brewing is my favorite place over there though =)
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wow, weds game is SRO only now… im hoping to scalp a cheap ticket after the game starts, i work right down the street
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Try stubhub
May be a 33 dollar ticket, but it’s Timmy Day!
Giants Cove: You'll be a better person for reading
cheapest for wed are SRO at 42.50 each, then 1 ticket in view reserve at 46 is next cheapest
With malice towards the Dodgers
cheapest on stubhub
was $46!!! pretty sure I can get one outside, or ill go stand on the boardwalk
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Hot damn
I checked like an hour ago and it was cheaper. Gotta love Dodger series
Giants Cove: You'll be a better person for reading
managed to get VRs for tonight for $31
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damn
i would check wednesday morning on the actual giants site because for the jon miller bobblehead game they released a shit load of bleacher and VR seats like 5 hours before the game even though it was a Sell out before hand.
ooh, thanks
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cannot see this enough
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s upthread a few times, but like I said, it’s always welcome.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
BEAT LA
Time to file my Cal League notebook, then it’s to the grocery store for Gruyere and a baguette for French red onion soup. I have fewer than 14 days left here and I took a vow to fill the next two weeks with fabulous food.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 2:04 PM PDT reply actions
where are you going?
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Moving into campus housing at San Jose State. not sure of the quality of the kitchen or the quality of my new roommate’s palates, so I’m doing all my insane Julia Child cooking now.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice, hopefully you have a dishwasher, i don’t where i’m living next year, so i get to wash by hand! wooohooo, plus i thought i’d have enough time to cook and stuff but no dice for me at school, this year i’m just bringing a bunch of food out from here to cook, since we have MUCH better food and veges than out in ohio
im sure you'll make due in your new digs...
good food finds a way. and roomates (especially college ones) generally will eat anything, definitely if its good
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Did Jack Clark wear #22? ’Cause Will Clark was a rookie like 4 years after Morgan was a Giant.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Jack the Ripper
J Clark was indeed #22.
by biff pocoroba on Aug 10, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Aha
Jack Clark was my first favorite Giant, but he was traded when I was four when he was traded, so it’s hard to remember these kinds of things.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
That shirt is pretty shit-tastic as well
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Turtle?
You people wit' the cheese. It never ends.
by NuschlerFace on Aug 10, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT!
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
no I am sorry
This is the winner. Of everything.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice going, Heimy. Now Papa Dubs will be all blubbery and unable to throw well.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry i'm late the the party, I brought a warmed over dish.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
i want the WIN NOW with the whole cast of characters
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WIN NOW: A RETROSPECTIVE
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
bring maria back, and add that princess leia chick too!
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awesome
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 10, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
404: skill not found
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LOL that pic of schmidt
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 10, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
True/False
This thread already contains more comments than the True Blue gameday thread tonight.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
so, my buddy saw in Twitterville that Billingsley WON'T be able to start wed
We’ll see if that holds up
With malice towards the Dodgers
He rediscovered his suck-string.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I wore an Orange collared shirt with black slacks to work today. I work at Paramount Pictures in LA. :)
I’m taking Tuesday-Thursday off this week so I can be at Tuesday and Wednesday’s games.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 2:40 PM PDT reply actions
Talk to Barry.
He may have some body armor he’ll loan sell to you.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Change it from Celtic green to Giants Orange, and it will be a fantastic pic
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Beats that dull CSI gig now doesn't it , Marg?
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, GIS for "Beat LA" has become lame
Too much Celtics stuff
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Wow, we did that before, didn’t they hand those shirts out a while ago? like 4 or 5 years ago at a game? they should do that again
WEE NEED TO DUBBLEZ OUR REVENOO
I R ACCOUNTANT
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
the drr A’s outta here, ginats brazz
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Dear Giants,
I began trash talking my Dodger fan friends this morning. I do not want to be embarassed, so score some runs, play good defense, score some runs, strike everyone out, and if you get some time, score some more runs. Four years of taunting, its time to stick it back in their face when we pull out the broom! (at least a series win?).
Thanks,
Giants fan
Hey Russell, something smells funny
SUCK IT, RUSSELL MARTIN
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GIDP: A Pierzynski (26)
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 2:57 PM PDT reply actions
I got
a little spiteful chuckle from that line in the boxscore. Used to call him D.P. Pierzynski.
Unfortunately, it seems to me that some of the players lack the passion of hate, disgust, vitriol that the fans feel towards the Dodgers. I suspect that the gamers on the team realize the passion the fan base feels and step up their game, but it seems that some don’t put any extra emphasis on the rivalry.
I'm for whatever makes the players play the game better.
If that’s getting all riled and full of contrived anger, then great. (Exhibit A: Bob Gibson) But if it’s staying calm, then great. I don’t want my team to get all pissed off and come out of their Effective Zone™ just to play to a segment of the crowd who would notice it and care.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
you should
probably exhale now.. picture over.
They use Manny for every single ad don't they.
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rofl burn
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
pulling for the team
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve seen this around, hilarious.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I also see James Vanderbeak or whatever...the Dawson's Creek kid.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
i hate those
they are everywhere..even phonebooths…..there is a big one in Hollywood with Suck it Russell Martin
Joe Socal
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
LOL
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Douche Nozzle & Turd Sandwich.
Who’s the other guy?
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to punch all of them in the balls repeatedly.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Kim Kardashian?
A lovely looking woman, I must say.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
He blew his shot. He should step aside like a gentleman.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
He blew his shot.
LOL
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Gonna be me later tonight when any ball is hit to LF or CF
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I was confident until this.
Velez in CF. Sigh. I hope his deal with Satan included a covenant that extends to newfound defensive skills as well.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Must be a seller’s market for souls these days.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
GET 'r DONE, METAPHYSICAL BRAZZS!!!
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Do Not Want
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
I never understand any reason not to start Garko. Wtf was to acquire him if he doesn’t start everyday.
matchup potential!
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
NEED HALF ASIAN MAN TO HIT AGAINST ASIAN MAN
by jctGamer on Aug 10, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
ishi comes out in a kimono
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
SUIT UP, MATTHEW!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Well, Garko and Ishikawa are pretty similar hitters against righties, and Ishikawa’s got a much better glove, so there’s that.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
He is definitely superior defensively to Garko though, even though he’s not as ridiculously good as his UZR makes him out to be.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
He is definitely superior defensively to Garko though…
I agree. I am superior to Garko defensively.
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
Defense, you mean? Because his OPS against righties is like .740, I think, which is hardly flukey.
I agree they’re flukey, but he’s still a good defender and Garko really isn’t.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I agree that first isn’t the most important defensive position, but you’re still changing your position mid-argument.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I didn’t change my position. I think Ishikawa is a bad offensive player and that Garko is better. Ishikawas stats are based on a ridiculously high BABIP and sporadic playing time, he really shouldn’t be starting considering what we gave up to get Garko.
I don’t like the argument of “we paid a lot for him so we should play him”. Take Edgar Dysenteria for example…just because he’s getting $9 mill a year doesn’t mean he should be our starting SS (the dude has a negative WAR ffs)
Garko is a lot better than Renteria though. He’s gotten off to a slow start, no doubt, but it’s not fair at all to compare him to Renteria.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Oh I’m not comparing the two, I’m just saying that if you want to make an argument for Garko being the everyday starter, don’t say “because we paid a lot for him”.
Well my main point for that is, they’ve been using that excuse for just about every player so far, so why aren’t they using it for Garko? We apparently thought enough of him to give up a good prospect like Scott Barnes, but we apparently don’t think he’s good enough to be a sure fire everyday starter? Ishikawa really shouldn’t be making starts anymore, and I say this as a fan of Ishikawa. He’s really just a defensive replacement at this point.
Wow
Big Skull really wants Sanchee to pitch his way out of the fail from this defensive lineup
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Bochy is counting on a….you know. Don’t want to jinx it.
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
what
Isn’t Kuroda a LHP?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Oh Boy
I’m actually happy though to see Ish back at 1b. Garko needed a day off.
Lewis is LF though, ugh………..
Hard Truth
Lewis is hitting .351/.415/.486. His season line is back up to .265/.344/.402 (95 OPS+), which is good for 4th on the team for players with over 100 PA. He deserves a few starts.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
*in the past 28 days for the first stat-line
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
LOL dumb lewis hate
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
He’s made like 5 bad plays this entire year and people act like he’s the worst defensive player ever.
…and still manages to have have above-average range.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
FBM ?
Fast Black Magellan ?
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
Haha, what?
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
dear god yes
i would rather have him in CF a million times over
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
Me too, but his and Fred’s offensive lines are now more or less identical. 20 points of OBP for Lewis and 20 points of SLG for Nate.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I’d like to see them both start with Randy as a fourth OF, personally
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yes.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
This
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
Randy Winn should really never start after Nate comes back
unless it’s against the Diamondbacks
I don't think anyone's mentioned it yet, but...
Kuroda and Wolf are finesse lefties who thrive on stupid hitting
Grant, Hiroki Kuroda is NOT a lefty.
by The Double Deuce on Aug 10, 2009 3:22 PM PDT reply actions
I confused Kuroda with Kuo
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
You confused yourself with Grant?
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
ALL LOOK SAME
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
A blind racist I know also assures me
that they all smell the same.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLINEUP
Velez CF,
F. Sanchez 2B,
Sandoval 3B,
Molina C,
Winn RF,
Lewis LF,
Ishikawa 1B,
Renteria SS,
J. Sanchez P
also I like this
Something the Giants’ media staff dug up: Freddy Sanchez has the sixth-highest batting average (.342) against the Dodgers among active players with at least 120 plate appearances against them.
WINN BATS 5TH AGAIN
IT HAS WORKED SO WELL THE LAST TWO TIMES
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
i’ll be at a bar, thankfully.
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
gonna be at the DBags game. Luckily they have beer there
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
Probably Fat Tire… barf.
Always the worst part of the trip down to AZ.
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s also just one guy with a margarita machine on his back. Just one for the whole stadium. I will get one if I happen to see him.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
…a margarita. Not a margarita backpack
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
sounds AMAZING
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes , but the Blanks will be there as well.
Dude , that’s a lot of margaritas.
“Noop , I shtill shee emm…gimme annnothrrrr…”
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Jesus Christ. He’s not even trying.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
LOLINEUP V1.1
Velez CF,
F. Sanchez 2B,
Sandoval 3B,
WTF BOCHY !! C,
Winn RF,
Lewis LF,
Ishikawa 1B,
Renteria SS,
J. Sanchez P
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
Also no Billingsley on Wednesday
Dodgers ace Chad Billingsley is questionable for Wednesday’s series finale against Tim Lincecum. I’m told by a Dodgers scribe that 25-year-old right-hander Charlie Haeger, who is 11-6 for the Dodgers’ Triple-A Alburquerque team, is a candidate to take the start instead. That could be bad news for the Giants. I hear Haeger models himself after Aaron Harang.
per sfgate
models himself? tucks and dances in front of mirror? [goodbye horses playing in background]
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear Haeger models himself after Aaron Harang.
Haeger looks like a horse?
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Lurch
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 Aug 10, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
He is, or at least was.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
last time I was some pitch, he gave up 11 runs in 1 2/3 innings vs. the Rivercats.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
I thought he was a sticky black substance used to waterproof wooden ships.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought he was a business proposal.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
PUT THE LOTION IN THE BASKET!
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
reply fail
but on it’s own isn’t too bad either
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
Woah
Rios traded to White Sox, I mean. Nothing in return. “This allows us to get out from under a contract and do more to address our club” – JP.
um fuck
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Man, that’s even crazier than Randy Winn getting traded for a manager.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I hope they re-sign Halladay now, or else this move will probably really look bad for them.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I think I read that he wants to pitch in the NL.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I wonder what they could’ve gotten in exchange for Halladay 10 days ago, though.
Hey, remember when we almost traded Tim Lincecum for Alex Rios!?
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
that means we did not have a chance to claim him.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
WTF
This is one time that Big Bud needs to step in.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I guess the Blue Jays let the White Sox have him on waivers, which is how the process works.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Ahh. Well then, that’s not a trade, then. Still, makes me fangry.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Alex Rios apparently traded to the White Sox for nothing.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
GIANT BRASZZ!!!
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
Blame it on Rios
We already have our $1M/ home run guy in Rich Aurillia.
by biff pocoroba on Aug 10, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Stuff I've been talking about lately in this thread
1) Dante’s Inferno
2) Shakespeare plays
3) Fred Lewis
I love MCC.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Mention something about food and we will have nailed the quadrufecta.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I mentioned I’m doing French onion soup and a nice chicken summer salad for dinner tonight. I ate 1/3 of the baguette on the way home, lol. I was zipping through the backroads gnawing on bread. Fantastic.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
are you putting parmesan goldfish on top? or is that not julia child classy enough?
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
That’s classy as fuck, my friend. That’s Randy Winn classy!
Nah I’m doing the Gruyere and toasted baguettes. I couldn’t find fresh thyme. I hope the soup doesn’t turn out like crap because of it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Explain this summer salad.
And ZOMG FRENCH ONION IZ WINTER FOODZ.
Proud new co-dad of Travis Ishikawa. And ishikaBOOM Goes the Dynamite.
by Andy from DC on Aug 10, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Spring mix, walnuts, chopped green apples, grape tomatoes, and chicken breast.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
ive been going crazy over heirloom tomatoes right now… really in season at the moment. had a wine tasting on saturday night, and I made organic burger bites with heirlooms, aged cheddar and swiss chard. went over well with the 97’ cabs we were drinking
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I also make music, please check it out
i made a greek salad with it
cherry tomatoes, greek feta, cucumber, green onion, chiffoned mint, olive oil and lemon… super easy, and awesome tasting, and CHEAP… whole foods sells the same stuff for 8 bux a pound
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I also make music, please check it out
I love the heirlooms.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
my definitive post on ghee
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 10, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't know about ghee
But a win tonight would bring lotsa GLEE
Damn culinary masters.
/walks into kitchen
/makes spaghetti
/jar sauce , damn you
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Grilled BBQ pork chop, corn (hey, that’s me!) on the cob, mashed potatoes.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Someone also photoshopped Fred with the skull in his glove, alas poor Yourick and that.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Pie?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
/bengie swings at a slider in the dirt
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
(out of sheer habit, Bengie swings at burger at White Castle)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
/bengie gets stoned and makes sweet love to a swing at a slider in the dirt
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
(for those without east coast experience, White Castle sells a burger called the Slider)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Does the slider consume him, or vice versa?
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry Mayor
Not it is funny, I forgot about their sliders. Do they still have good Italian beef too?
/mayor explains bad joke, makes it worse
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
OK... Bengie swings at Canadian national curling team.
Better?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Bengie wouldn't try to hurt cute kids like those!
He’s not a Dodger, for cryin out loud!
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Yep. Sliders in the dirt. Powerful force of habit is powerful.
(brilliant pic, by the way)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but he would miss them, so no harm done.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Bengie Molinaswinging at sliders joke nevergets old,
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 10, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Shame
I had tickets for the Tuesday game but posted them for sale on craigslist, as I have a dinner to attend that night. About five minutes ago I met the guys to make the exchange and as a parting shot I said, ’ey, guys, bring home a win, huh?"
The big Jonathan Broxton looking guy responds, “Yeah, go Dodgers”.
I unwittingly sold my seats to interlopers! I feel unclean, and I humbly apologize.
BANNED!!!11
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
No, no apology possible. You are unclean. Here's what you do.
I’m modifying this from theatrical practice. If an actor, by chance or design, says the name of the Scottish play aloud in the dressing room, he has to leave the theatre, spin three times, say a naughty word, spit on the ground, and then humbly beg to be allowed back in.
So your penance is to log off. Spit, spin, curse. Repeat for every current Dodger everyday player, plus the starting pitcher tonight. And log back on. Do this, and the Gods will be appeased.
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Aug 10, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Biff, sorry bro
But we’re gonna need you to step out back…
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s go Anderson Silva on the Dodgers, shall we?
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
Giant Silva!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
FUCK WORK, LETS DRINK - BEAT LA - SUCK IT MARTIN
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
A sweep isn't enough...
I want 3 soul-crushing victories. I want camera shots of several Dodger players openly weeping in the dugout. I want the post-game quotes from the Dodgers to reflect players who are questioning their own masculinity. I want reports of a team rendered so insignificant that their charter back to that L.A cesspool took off without them. I want to find out (but not see, mind you) that Russell Martin did, in fact, suck it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_av_plEEvg8&feature=related
Classy Slam!
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
Fixed
Dodger Fans…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBJYIZhM6EI
unbelievable
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
git a mitt, dodger fan
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
good times. good times.
Eugenio "Skinny Panda" Velez post All Star OPS 1.108
by cybermaldonado on Aug 10, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
What an idiot
Also, screw the fans saying give him the ball, that’s rewarding dumb behavior. I like the people whispering about what happened too
Can someone tell me if this is flukey BABIP stuff?
I’m not a huge stats guy.
From Giants Insider on Twitter:
Tonight’s starter, Jonathan Sanchez, has posted a .144 avg. against since July 10, which is the lowest mark among all major league pitchers
With malice towards the Dodgers
Batting Average on Balls In Play.
A very high number indicates you may be getting lucky (though elite hitters often have very high BABIPs consistently), while a low number indicates you may be having bad luck.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
no no I know that. I’m asking if the low avg against just means he’s been getting lucky
With malice towards the Dodgers
If a pitcher is getting a lot of strikeouts, a low BA against is not necessarily luck.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
Batting Average for Balls In Play. If it is low you are unlucky. If it’s high you are lucky. However, I think some players tend to have a higher BABIP becuase they always square up the ball. Anyone know of a good complimentary stat that would prove/disprove?
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
yeah, could it be that Sanchez is getting good luck from hitters hitting it into defenses?
With malice towards the Dodgers
It could mean that. If opponent’s BABIP against him is .144 he proabably has been pretty lucky.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
OIC
I don’t think people put much stock into batting average anymore but .144 seems like he’s been shutting people down.
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
A lot of STFDs lately for Dirty.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I figured out a way
Sanchez’s BABIP since July 10th is .290… His career BABIP is .323, although this year it’s been .298.
So he’s been getting a little lucky, yes.
Everybody loves money
Yeah, but .290 isn’t something to get worried about. The vast majority of pitchers (ie, everyone besides knuckleballers and extreme sinkerballers) hover around .300. Pitchers tend not to have much individual variance. So .290 is about normal and you wouldn’t expect much regression.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 4:10 PM PDT reply actions
As much as I want to beat the Red Sox guy, teaming up to beat the Dodgers fan works.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
first things first
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s for the greater good.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Business before pleasure.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Manny sure looks a lot different wtihout the juice
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 10, 2009 4:11 PM PDT reply actions
poor brainwashed alyssa milano
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
Indeed! Fuck the Dodgers!
Let’s hope that Brian Wilson doesn’t let Casey Blake rattle him, since…well, since it’s all bullshit anyway — his gestures, Blake’s mockery.
t-50 minutes until I hit the 21st Amendment
THEN GAME TIME
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
oh jeff, you got something on your shirt
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
am I allowed to spread the happiness to other Dickheads?
Suck it Steve Garvey!
Suck it Pedro Guerrero!
Suck it Jerry Reuss!
Suck it Rick Monday!
(They all made my childhood less awesome than it could have been.)
Thank you all for your indulgence.
Almost 900 Comments before the game !
Suck It Dodger Fans.
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
FUCK WORK, BEAT LA
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 Aug 10, 2009 4:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hope everyone enjoys the game
Suck it Russel Martin, and Suck it Kuroda
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
interloper?
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
Why don’t you focus on holding onto your diminishing NL West lead?
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s where she got the hair style… someone needs to tell kate victoria has moved on, though
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
Boy, I didn't know Kershaw has such great legs
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 10, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
listening to old school primus is get pumped up
what are others doing?
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I also make music, please check it out
Reading up on the New York Penn League for my new assignment. Soon to start the soup for dinner.
But trust me I am pumped.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Reading Harry Potter
I’m not kidding. I never read the series as a kid. The Fodgers make Voldemort look like Mother Teresa.
Watching the clock at work.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I did that til 6 (EST). It SUCKED man. Nothing like a Giants/dodgers series to make a day go by slowly
same, im trying to hold out til 515 before going across the street and pregaming
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I also make music, please check it out
I get off at 7...
I’m gonna be speeding home.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a softball game at 7:40 cries
I think I’ll bring a radio for the dugout, though.
Everybody loves money
I was thinking about it but we’re in 2nd place and tonight’s game is the first place team. Big games all around!
Everybody loves money
Dude...
I ditched Yom Kippur for the Giants/Dodgers game once. My mom didn’t talk to me for a week. Giants won…so it was worth it.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s the difference between Giants Jews and Dodgers Jews…Giants Jews know what’s important!
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I moused over the link like a weenie ...
cause I’m the record holder for most times Ric Roll’d. It’s kind of a reflex now. Sort of like how I barf at the first sight of Eric Gagne. Can’t really help it.
LinceCain and pray for rain .... or for someone to take Zito off our hands.
Last baseball game I see for 2 weeks
Make it good folks!
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Dodgers Lineup
Furcal, SS
Martin, C
Ethier, RF
Manny, LF
Blake, 3B
Hudson, 2B
Kemp, CF
Loretta, 1B
Kuroda, P
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 10, 2009 4:52 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, batting your 2nd best hitter that low is pretty dumb. Almost as bad as Bengie 4th and Winn 5th. :(
by scotterduder on Aug 10, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Leading the NL in 2FNJ (two first-named jerks)
Russell Martin
Casey Blake
Mark Loretta
(and just because he might pinch hit, Juan Pierre)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 10, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
BEAT LA.
Leave no stone of thiers placed upon another. No lice with thier blood. No fleid of thiers without salt.
Am I makeing myself clear yet?
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
SUCK IT MARTIN
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Ya, ti was discussed. Most likely either Scott Elbert or Jeff Weaver.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s word on your side about who is starting in place of Billingsley?
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 10, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
ok, im off to 21a
if anyone else stops buy, im the guy in the grey SF hat and a ‘22’ jersey
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I also make music, please check it out
1000+ Comments...
1 1/2 HOURS BEFORE GAME TIME!
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 5:35 PM PDT reply actions
“What are you doing tonight?”
“Hangin out on the cumpuder!”
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I hope there’s at least one mod online tonight and ready to create 15 or 20 Gameday Threads.
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
I’ll be here!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Has anyone yet mentioned?
SUCK IT, RUSSELL MARTIN
NO!
Suck it, Russell Martin.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually...
I’ve counted 18 times that people have told Russell Martin to suck it on this thread…NOT ENOUGH!
SUCK IT, RUSSELL MARTIN!
…19.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Aug 10, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Slightly OT but...
…I just wanted to add: Suck it, Russell Martin.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
It bears repeating
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
loving it
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 10, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Have fun stormin the castle tonight boys
You caught a Dodgers team about as flat as they’ve been all season. Still, I’m hoping we can steal two from you this series.
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