Post-Game Recap: The Sky is Falling
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 11, 2009 10:03 PM PDT
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PrintConfession: I've always kind of liked the wild card. More teams in a playoff race without going to the ridiculousness of the NBA or NHL, where regular season games mean almost nothing to the top teams in the league. The Giants almost rode a wild card berth to a championship in 2002 before the league canceled the playoffs to help fight WWII. The wild card wasn't so bad.
Right now, though, the wild card makes me feel icky. Dirty. Disgusting. The Giants are just a game back of the wild card. This wretched, putrid lineup is still close to playing a 163rd game. That shouldn't be. The universe shouldn't allow such a thing. A series like this should be the nail in the coffin, the toaster in the bathtub. After this series, the Giants and their fans should hang their heads, kick at the ground, and wait impatiently 'til next year.
Nope. The Giants are contenders. For real. And if they make the playoffs, they'll be a force to be reckoned with as long as they can avoid pitchers as good as Randy Wolf. Yep.
Just think: if the Giants squeak out a first-round victory against some hapless, sleeping division winner, we can relive this series in the NLCS! Wouldn't it be awesome to watch Matt Kemp go 16-for-12 in the NLCS?
So I'll just put this post-game recap up in the bottom of the ninth. Maybe the Giants will score ten and make me look like a big faithless jerk. Boy, that would be embarrassing. And maybe Clint Eastwood will jump down on the field before the last run scores, running around and carrying a huge picture of me as a four-year-kid trying on my mom's high heels in the nude. Boy, that would be embarrassing. I'll just worry about both equally likely outcomes all night.
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So, I hear The Empire Strikes Back was on tonight. How was it?
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
- on my Netflix is Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Number 6. How does #6 become 1.?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
frontal nudity.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Not the good kind either.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
There’s a bad kind?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 12, 2009 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Is that the good Hodgkins?
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
hash mark makes a numbered list?
- foo
- bar
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 11, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Weirdest. Greeting card. Ever.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Who do you think I have it at the top of my list?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok, that's a diction fail.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh jeez. That was really bad.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Not enough Bothans.
Crappy spies, but they are disposable. And pretty hot in the sack.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
SAY WHAT?
I don’t even recall seeing a bothan in Star Wars. Or I just didn’t pay attention.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
They aren't shown. They are referred to as having died in the process of bringing the rebels some (pretty faulty, incomplete) information.
For the lady general who reported it, it was pretty traumatic. As she is a senior military leader who was in on the planning of the attack on Deathstar 2, the only reason for her sorrow and trauma must be that she was boning one of the Bothans who died. At least one.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
mmmmm
furries
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...
by natteringnabob on Aug 12, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
fuck this shit
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Interesting. It fits so well. I guess the ground out covers the GIDP part.
VOTE SANDOVAL
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Aug 11, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, that cat has a sandpaper tongue.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Cats usually do, don't they?
"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 don’t know. This is the only one I’ve ever met who licks people.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Really?
It was my impression that cats lick all the time. It’s the salt, or something.
"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.
Maybe I just know some very standoffish cats.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe you're just being coy.
Of course, no cat could resist you if you were being koi.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I SEE WHAT U DID THAR!
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
In my experience, most cats will lick people on rare occasions. Few cats will lick people frequently.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
My cat bites the shit out of my hair if I let him. He’ll hop up on the back of the couch, slowly walk up, and just chomp the shit out of my hair. It’s unsettling, and it hurts.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 11, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
My dog licks my ears. I always wonder why she does that…
"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.
If the graffiti on the bathroom wall in the SF Greyhound station is accurate, it’s because your ears taste like minced pork.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 11, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
THE PAIN WILL CLEANSE YOU
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
My dad’s cat was cleaning my head. How much context do you need?!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I read that as “me dead cat….”
I blame the Giants.
by paboperfecto on Aug 12, 2009 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
the sad thing was that, yet again, when they scored the one run ON A FUCKING GROUNDOUT, i was sitting there thinking, “well i sure hope that holds up” and knowing that it wouldn’t
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
And now the Giants will go 7-3 in their next 10 games
"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.
And I wouldn’t be surprised at all.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
7-3 over 10 games
plus 3-7 over 10 games = 10-10 in 20 games
QED
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...
by natteringnabob on Aug 12, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Wolf the buzzsaw will probably baffle the Giants
I dont like being right
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
BILLY MAYS HERE
FOR THE OMNISAW CUTS THROUGH EvERYTHING!
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
the word is afeeling
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
That was so demoralizing
Oh, have I mentioned that I hate Dodger fans.
Almost as much as I hate Shawon Dunston.
Krukow looks shell shocked.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
The other day I ate some peanut butter that expired in 2005. Six hours later, I was in diarrhea city.
I’d do that again before I watched this game again.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
lol grammar
"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’d do that again before I’d watch this game again.
I really hope that’s what you were talking about, because my brain’s not functioning well enough to see anything else here.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup, that's it.
"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.
Oh good. /wipes brow
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess we'll know in five hours or so.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 11, 2009 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Why wouldn't it be "watched"?
I thought in the conditional, the verb took the past tense. Not so?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Parallelism
"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.
Parallelism isn't grammar. It's style.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Nitpicking
"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.
Just like me
"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.
Nitpicking IS grammar!
Or grammar is nitpicking. That’s it— grammar is nitpicking.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
its geometry
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the idea is that “before” can be read two ways there. The sense that I mean it (as in, I’d rather do this than that), and in another sense (I’d precede that action by doing this).
Although, like I said, non-functional brain. Take me with a grain of salt.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I just like to selectively point out grammar mistakes on message boards
Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don’t. Most of the time I don’t really examine the “mistakes” and they turn out to not be mistakes. My part time job involves correcting grammar and there I…
Okay, I am rambling. My brain isn’t functioning so well right now, either, apparently.
"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.
Join me in my campaign against the "then" for "than" error.
I know, I can be an elitist and a pedant, and that is as it may be. And I don’t usually pick on anyone’s grammar or style… except the than/then thing. AAAGGGGHHHHHHH!
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I resist the urge to correct people now. You have done well
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
NO!! You should correct people!!
You are the reformed alcoholic wastrel who can preach to the sinners from someone who staggered the same wobbly, ungrammatical path, and emerged from it to be generally understandable now! Preach it!
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Then/then you're/your there/their/they're
These are all things that annoy me all to heck. The You’re/your thing shows up all the time on facebook quizzes. And, really, why do I need to know what personality style you are or what character from Harry Potter you’d be? And would it really be that hard to come up with an “unlike” option?
"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.
There’s a very long list of such errors. My pet peeve is adding an extra ‘o’ to the word “lose.”
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
My pet peeve isn’t really even completely valid. I hate towards/backwards/forwards, etc.
The s is fucking meaningless! More than that, it’s un-American!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
You might be glad to know
that I am much more sensitive to that after your mentioning it before. I don’t think I ever made that mistake anyway, but I’m definitely more attuned now.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
By the way
For some reason, whenever I see someone use the possessive in front of the gerund correctly, like you just did, it fills my heart with joy.
"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.
Glad it does. Vote for Mayor.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I am glad to know that.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I always say "anyways" for some reason
It’s makes absolutely no sense.
"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 pains HowTheyScored every single time you do that.
Just so you know.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
(says something into sleeve; nearby man in dark suit and sunglasses nods)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
You know what pains me?
The fact that I said “It’s” to begin that sentence…
"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.
Yeah, those all annoy me, too... but the then/than one just drives me up the damn wall.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Your/You're is my biggest annoyance
"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.
Yeah, that really used to bother Richard Nixon.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
There's a special place in hell
for those who assume “compose” and “comprise” have identical meanings.
Actually, according to Merriam-Webster, the two can be used interchangeably (well, to a degree, which is to say not interchangeably at all, but I already got myself into this diction mess so I’m just going to keep digging until I come out the other side – comprise can be used to mean compose, but it doesn’t stand the other way around).
I was personally taken aback when I found out the dictionary said this, because I long held that it was simply not the case, but it does say it.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprise
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 12, 2009 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
No two words in English mean precisely the same thing.
There might be exceptions to that, but I am unaware of any.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions
It depends upon how far you are willing to take "meaning precisely the same thing."
I is the subject form and therefore means that it is the pronoun for when the first person is performing an action.
Me is the object form and therefore means that is ithe pronoun for when the firstperson is being acted upon.
"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.
Which are two different meanings.
Exactly.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
So they aren’t two words, but different forms of the same word.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
But they are two different words.
“There” are many different words, and I went “there” are two different forms of the same word.
And I’m sure even there I got my semantics all screwed up.
Anyway, all that aside, I think the key here is that – in my opinion – function informs meaning, such that meaning is altered when function is changed.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 12, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
If you're Jar Jar Binks, I guess.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, of course
I simply wanted to make the the compose/comprise distinction more specific, because it is commonly held that the two are mutually exclusive terms, when in fact there is a centuries old tradition of limited usage overlap.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 12, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
less/fewer confusion
sends me into convulsions… I blame my mom.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
Well, keep working on it
If you do, you will have fewer convulsions in the future. And you will be able to blame your mom less, as well.
"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.
Ooooh, some other ones that bug me:
Could care less / Couldn’t care less: I mean, come on. Are you people even listening to yourselves? One means one thing. The other means the opposite. This is not like flammable and inflammable. This is a very basic rule of negation.
People who take pride on things (or who pride themselves in things): More excusable, but still dumb.
I might think of more later. I need to marinate on this.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 12, 2009 7:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I could care less
That one amuses me.
"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.
Mayor, I'm disappointed
I only ever say “I need to marinate on this” for the express purpose of aggravating you, and it never does seem to work.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 12, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree
“Could care less” is the ultimate wrong one. Sometimes you hear “warm-blooded” as meaning “likes it warm” and “cold-blooded” for “likes it cold,” which is also backwards.
“Exception that proves the rule” always makes me think about it.
"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
The exception that proves the rule is one of the most psychotic ones I’ve ever seen. It’s original meaning has been misconstrued for so long that it’s virtually meaningless now. What people think it means is total, unsupportable nonsense.
I like this explanation of the origins of that phrase:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/exception-that-proves-the-rule.html
So when I say that this is virtually meaningless, the exception is proving that must still have limited meaning!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 13, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Har
And would it really be that hard to come up with an "unlike" option?
Ironically, I think you mean “dislike.”
"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
by achiappanza on Aug 12, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
It's facebook
The forum matters.
"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.
Which is why it amuses me to point out grammatical errors (occasionally) on message boards
That’s not the forum for it.
"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.
Yeah, Facebook
In Facebook, you can click a “thumbs up” to say you like something. I thought the proposal was to have a matching “thumbs down” to say you don’t like something.
But it’s possible it was to retract your thumbs up, which would be “unlike.”
"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
Nah
You had the right idea the first time. Dislike sounds wrong, for some reason (even though it is the correct word). How about nonlike? delike?
"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.
"Unlike" is live at Facebook!
Hey, I just noticed that after clicking “Like,” the link changes to “Unlike,” which fits the “retract your like” definition.
Funny. Not sure if that’s new.
"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
by achiappanza on Aug 14, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
join me in my campaign to correct use of '...begs the question..."
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we are losing this one.
The misuse has become ubiquitous throughout the media. I am sorry to see it go, because it is important to spot that logical flaw, but I think we are going to have to find another label for it.
And maybe that’s good riddance— it was always an odd label, not very descriptive of what it was trying to say. I’ve always had better luck just saying, “You’re assuming the very thing you’re trying to prove.”
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually, I think I've only been wrong once.
"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.
Ever. So there.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 12, 2009 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I wasn't wrong there
Unless you are nitpicking.
"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.
According to the rules of parallelism, the statement should have been
I’d do that again before I’d watch this game again.
"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.
You failed to capitalize the name of a city.
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 11, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
The air quality is about the same.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I took asprin that expired before I was born
exp date jun1985
that was one fun trip to the emergency room
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Watch every half inning, turn to another channel on the other half
"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 have ALWAYS
for all my 21 years found the pitching half of a giants inning unwatchable. I also have a hard time watching los gigantes hitting. That is why I spend most of my time drinking in front of a blank monitor, because even the local pub will have the Giants on, and the pain of a year I can’t quite remember still clutches my heart.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
That’s not a position on the field, so I’m going to say no.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate that I follow the Giants
The Giants are simply the least-appreciated hard-luck story in professional sports. Nothing ever, ever, ever goes right for us. At least they made a few movies about the Indians’ misfortunes.
In 2002 I lived in a house with an extensive basement that allowed me to spend three hours destroying packing material after a game six loss. And that was just an exhibition!
Fuck me. Fuck this team. I am more infuriated than I’ve ever been, unless you count 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Game six? Game six of what? The season?
by HeMissedTheTag! on Aug 11, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
The exhibition, like I said.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
I love being a Giants fan....
… I just shake my head listening to Yankees, Dodger, and now Red Sox fans. They don’t live in reality….. how could you follow a team that just throws around money every time they run into adversity. Sure, this last week has sucked. Who am I kidding the last 5 years have sucked! But, when we put it all together and actually win this thing – damn it will be sweet!
This is definately the vodka speaking (damn Velez for forcing me to break out the Stoli) but at least the Rockies lost, we are only one game back and with a good road trip can completly wipe the slate clean. Let’s start by enjoying Timmy day tomorrow and see where it takes us!
I mean, I'm with you
If we ever win this, I will be drunk and emotional. But where I’m sitting, following a talented, wealthy team avidly for well over twenty years, it seems like the furthest possible thing.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
It’s August…. only a couple more months of this. Sure losing sucks…. but I’ll root for a losing team like the Giants all day long over a phoney winner like the Marlins or D’backs all day long.
Fuck it… only one team wins it each year and the odds are it’s not going to be us this year but so far I’ve had a shitload of fun watching this team.
PS – Suck it Russel Martin – and I now officially hate Matt Kemp! Fuck You
How in the hell are the Marlins a phoney winner
oh wait, I haven’t payed attention to them since the last world series they were in, did they suddenly receive a bunch of money from dying senior’s estates to get good players?
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
ummm...
maybe the fact that they signed a bunch of free agents, raised the value of the franchise, and then sold off everyone of them off the next year.
Plus they are expansion teams that haven’t been around or suffered long enough to deserve a world series win.
"A good road trip"
What is this language, bushman? It is incomprehensible to me! I should buy the rosetta stone software for “road-a-trip-sian-hili!”
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
This is true
Sports media love to flog the Cubs and Indians as hard luck stories, because they have gone longer without a championship. But at least they’ve actually won something. Sure, the Giants won the World Series in 1954 (which, by the way, is a pretty long time ago), but to most Giants fans, the fact that they won something when they were the New York Giants is fairly meaningless. Of the four major professional sports (I’m including the NHL), no team has gone longer without winning a championship in its current city, than the Giants. It’s a good trivia question. Ask people—you’ll stump them every time.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
My coping mechanism
Have these past 5 games been worse than that stretch at the beginning of the season where they were swept by the Dodgers and the Padres in back to back series? Have these games been worse than the series in Pittsburgh to begin the second half?
Yep. That’s my coping mechanism. Clinging to the next upswing by the Giants.
"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
How does this work as a coping mechanism again?
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Hoping for a repeat of things from earlier in the year
Hoping. Hope. That’s all I got…
"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.
thats what I was thinking
Lets slump now , not in September
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
Good news, the Mercury News says that Randy Winn will be seeing some bench time.
by BittyBee Loche on Aug 11, 2009 10:12 PM PDT reply actions
Whose bench?
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Works for me.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Bochy looks frustrated. I wonder why.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
He really, really wanted to bunt more, and he’s mad at himself that he didn’t.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
No one really wonders why
Guy: “Whats wrong, Boch?”
Boch: “Grumble…Alzheimer’s……grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, !”
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
eh… tasteless
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Highlights:
-Garko got a hit, finally.
-That hat. It was big and orange and amusing.
-I got to see what Joe Thornton’s wedding ring looks like.
"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
I really feel bad for Joe
And hope this pathetic performance doesn’t sway him from supporting the Giants more often. Joe Thornton is 2X the athlete any of these Giants are. (AKA HE’S OUR CLEANUP HITTER GIANTS BRAZZ DO IT!) Though Timmy would beat the shit out of Thornton in a chess game.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
aubrey huff cleared waivers
anyone interested?
by HOLDEMUPwuzzBANNED on Aug 11, 2009 10:13 PM PDT reply actions
no
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
he sucks
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
and is wholly redundant on this team
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
granted he is having a bad year. how many people on our giants team have ever had a .300 30hr 100rbi year? huff did it last year. we dont have a single player on our team that has ever had 30hr 100rbi let alone hit .300…
by HOLDEMUPwuzzBANNED on Aug 11, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
who cares what he did last year, it’s not last year anymore. He’s worse than pretty much all of our outfielders
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
dead wrong. plus he’s a 1b… so your comment is irrelevant.
by HOLDEMUPwuzzBANNED on Aug 11, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s a 1B/OF.
And he’s having a worse year than Travis Ishikawa. So. Like. IDK man.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
are you telling me you wouldn’t want david ortiz on you’re team?
by HOLDEMUPwuzzBANNED on Aug 11, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Not this year
Ryan Klesko’s great years weren’t helpful when he was playing first for the Giants, were they?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
i think you guys are fast to write off huff. he’s a hardass like jeff kent was and he had a sick ass year last year. i dunno if you’re some professional scout that can see he has lost his swing but this is a guy who, not 2 years ago, not 3, but LAST year hit .300 with 30hrs and 100rbi. this isn’t ryan klesko.
by HOLDEMUPwuzzBANNED on Aug 11, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
funny he hasn’t played a single game in the OF in 3 years…
by HOLDEMUPwuzzBANNED on Aug 11, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Also I’m dead wrong? Is it last year? Did I miss something?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Be sure to vote for Obama in November. We don't want a 3rd term of g.w.bush, yo.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
The ways the Giants played tonight might indicate that it is indeed 2008.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
sad but true
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Edgar Renteria was a good baseball player at one point too.
That doesn’t seem to help this year’s team, does it?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
he should be showing the opponents his career stats before each game.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
They will weep openly.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 11, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
She sounds hot.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Some of you are unbelievable.
Quite often the past few years, someone had proposed the Giants trade for Nick Johnson. From what I recall, an idea like that was always followed by a ton of “no” answers. Of course this year most of you were willing to trade Alderson for Johnson.
This is just one instance, but this always happens here. Huff is at his lowest possible value now, and he’s coming off a great season. I don’t know if we have a place for him on the team, but jponry writing him off as a complete failure is frustrating.
by giants92388 on Aug 11, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not writing him off as a complete failure – he’s certainly had some very good years – but he sucks this year and he has no place on the team.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
And NO ONE was ever willing to trade Alderson for Johnson, that’s a complete straw-man. people wanted to trade for Johnson when they thought it would cost nothing more than like Merkin Valdez or Osiris Matos.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
It’s simply exceedingly unlikely that last year was anything but a fluke. This year is likely one too, but considering his age, this year is more likely to be closer to Huff’s true ability going forward.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Yeah, I figure he’s probably more of a 100 OPS+ hitter at this point than 87 or whatever he’s at but all things considered, he’s not really an upgrade over Garkokawa.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Of course this year most of you were willing to trade Alderson for Johnson.
I’ll just head this one off at the pass: No. No one on this site made that suggestion. If someone did, it was laughed off.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 11, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
You may want to nip that in the bud.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 11, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not your bud, pal.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
not your friend, chief
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 11, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not your hombre, babydoll.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
im not your babydoll, classy
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 11, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
im not your sport, champ
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 11, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not your homes, garçon
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I’m not your garcon, sweet-tits
I'm up... everyone move in!
by NastySlurve on Aug 11, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not your garçon, kemosabe
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 11, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not your kemosabe, tiger.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I'm not your tiger, compadre
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not your compadre, comrade.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Who was willing to trade Alderson for Johnson? You’re inventing information to prove your point
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Also
o/u on runs scored off weaver tomorrow: 1.5
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
-1.2
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Quote of the day
“Velez throws home for no apparent reason.”
Bowkermania has been put on hiatus for retooling.
by rightcenterfielder on Aug 11, 2009 10:15 PM PDT reply actions
tomorrow: Velez plays infield for no apparent reason
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
No. He will be the closer.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
Okay, perspective time — if memory serves, the Giants still have 10 games to play against the Colorado Rockies. Seems that the outcome of those 10 will have the hugest impact on the Giants’ playoff chances. So really, this series with the Dodgers is like not important at all.
We don’t care about this series. Hell no. It means nothing. Sour grapes. Yep. Why am I still talking?
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
I'm not ready for perspective time yet
And those games are against the Rockies.
The Rockies.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
what is this word you speak of… hit-ting?
by HOLDEMUPwuzzBANNED on Aug 11, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
You shouldn’t Count On The Rockies™ like that.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 11, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
/adds fourteen points to Stuttering John Tamargo’s “Vintage WFB Funtime Reference Account”
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 11, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Whether we care to admit it or not
The Dodgers are just a better club right now.
Much better.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 11, 2009 10:16 PM PDT reply actions
I don't know about anyone else
But It’s so true that it’s hard not to admit it.
"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.
We caught them when they were having one of their worst stretches of the year and their pen was totally exhausted and they’ve beaten us decisively two games in a row. They’re a good team.
THEY ALSO SUCK
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I have no problem admitting it
And I have no problem admitting that the Dodgers led the integration of baseball, and that the Kirk Gibson home run off Eckersley was one of the most remarkable things I’ve ever seen in baseball. I don’t hate them like Idi Amin. I hate them because they’re the Dodgers, and they’re the bad guy.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Freely stipulated.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, having a major league caliber offense is a serious advantage for them.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
These last two games were disgusting, but remember when the Mets came in here and embarrassed the Giants? The Giants are about ten games ahead of them now.
embarrassed father of over the hill Edgardo Renteria
The Mets will close that gap this weekend
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I dunno, if there’s a team in the NL that is more star-crossed than we are, it’s the Mets.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
I remember 1986
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
I meant this season, with all the injuries, the front office staff ripping off their shirts and challenging minor leaguers to fights, and GMs acting like complete whackjobs during press conferences.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
I don't remember 1954
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Shawon Dunston thinks Franceour is the most talented player of all time
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
they have injuries, we have Shawon Dunston
we are more starcrossed.
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions
For howtheyscored
https://www.yousendit.com/download/Y1RwQndBdWMzS3F4dnc9PQ
Assuming your phone can play mp3s.
This works. Thanks!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Coming Up Soon...
The Giants play 7 games out of 10 against the Rockies, hopefully (doubtfully) scoring more than 8 runs in the stretch
by HeMissedTheTag! on Aug 11, 2009 10:22 PM PDT reply actions
No worries
I couldn’t distinguish it from the voices in my head.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
We welcomed them with open arms.
Like our Tec – 9s and RPGs.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 11, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
wait...
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 11, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
…well , they were Orcs.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 11, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
can you apologize for the IRL Dodger trolls at the ballpark?
One guy got showered with peanut shells.
although a beachball was intercepted a few sections over from us and popped.
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 12, 2009 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Let's just fucking hope Bochey learned a very important lesson tonight!
Eugenio Velez is not a second baseman!
I hope this put an end to the “Velez at SS” idea
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Hide him in left field till he cools off...
and then ship him back to Fresno. Eugenio Velez is NOT the answer
he is the answer to any number of questions
eg: “WTF?”
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions
/ someting mubbled from arround HIEEADD
“Must….
Not…..
Frandsen….
at all costs."
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
Would anyone care to describe Eugenio’s fielding adventures last night, for those of us who were smart enough to go to bed early?
Bouncer up the middle, Joey makes an amazing behind-the-back stab of the ball and throws to Velez covering to start a double play, Velez drops the ball (it really never even got into his glove), everybody safe.
Dodgers go on to rally for runzzzz…
I’m not completely sure it’s his fault. Isn’t the job of management to put people in positions to succeed?
He wasn’t hurting anyone out there in LF..in fact, he was pleasantly surprising some of the time.
I’m blaming poor roster management an some sort of irrational Sabeanic hatred of Frandsen for this mess.
Oh, for sure. Eugenio’s a thoughtless player who doesn’t get enough out of his talent and I blame him for that, but it’s not his fault they put him at a position that he has proven he can’t play well — and with a groundball pitcher on the mound to boot.
No, it's not his fault
It’s the fault of Bochy and Sabean for not putting Uribe on the damn DL already if he can’t play, so they could actually have a backup infielder on their active roster.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Postgame Wrap
Filled with awesome.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
POOP
Proud father of Dallas Mcpherson. If you have any information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the kidnapping of my son please contact me immediately. Reward if found!
Last night I dreamt that Bruce Bochy started colvulsing and collapsed during a press conference. It was kind of disturbing.
i dreamt of Posey and Bumgarner pitching/catching the final out in the World Series last night
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 11, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Time to cut my wrists vertically
Who wants to help?
Welcome to the Warriors, Stephen Curry, the 2009 NBA Rookie of the Year.
Panda's and Curry in the Bey Area. Who would've known?
Conductor of the "We're Back!" Bandwagon!
Remember, it’s down the road, not across the street.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Thanks for reminding me! Time to see if there’s a new Something Positive…and there is!
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Tee hee!
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
I almost lost my shit
when Failez biffed the throw from Martinez. Just wow.
one of the most disguting plays of the year….. had Sanchez/Burris/Frandsen/Uribe/Downs or any other capable professional baseball player been there tonight it would have been a web gem for sure and I’m convinced this game would have turned out completely different.
Don’t blame Velez…. blame Bochy and Sabean for having no one on the roster who could fill in adequetly for Sanchez if he was really injured.
If Sanchez is not hurt and this was some idiotic excuse to keep Aurilia on the roster then I am completly disguted and a lot of people better be losing their jobs over it!
hahah lol
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 11, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
EPICgenio FAILez
is on this team and he allows my Dodger “friends” to flip my shit about how he needs Ritalin. I would LOL but I must QQ.
I feel guilty now
For thinking in my head last night that Velez at SS was the answer. I hope I never see him in the infield again. Speaking of which, why wasn’t Sanchez playing?
by Pearlsofwisdom on Aug 11, 2009 10:39 PM PDT reply actions
Listening to an appropriate song
Said it once, Said it twice
Said it hurts, But I’d do it again
I Don’t change, I don’t learn
Cause I can’t let it end
I pull and you push
And we cry till we laugh
And I promise you, you promise me
Why does it all fall apart
Just a matter of time
Funny, the last few games have seemed more like a Spinal Tap tour to me…
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
little green globule
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 11, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
New line
“Said it once, And I’ll say it again
I’m not retired…THANK YOU!”
by baybruin415 on Aug 12, 2009 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
The highlight of my night
My Fodger fan housemate saying “Ugh, Russell Martin sucks. I hate that Troll.”
I can't wait until Nate comes back
Another 0-4 for Winn today. At least this is his last season here.
Randy's Righthanded Popups are the most consistent thing on this team
followed closely by his Lefthanded Groundouts.
Why does he never bunt?
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
i need some “minor lines” to make me feel happy again
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 11, 2009 10:51 PM PDT reply actions
Buster didn’t play tonight, sorry.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Crawford went 2-4 with 2 doubles though! .261/.303/.391!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
psst... it's the 21st Century. They don't like to be called that.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
hits of length
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions
how sexy is this picture
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
on what scale?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 11, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
it falls into the :D: category
conflicting feelings…
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Buster Posing
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
chick on KTVU news cast, talking to ibanez:
“we’ve talked about pathetic, we’ve talked about pitiful, we’ve talked about ugly”
i know we sucked, but come on… your the SF newscaster
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harsh but fair
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
- you’re
bah
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by ringleader3 on Aug 11, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe Fonzi would never spread such blasphemy!
by baybruin415 on Aug 12, 2009 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions
oh man, why are all the ‘Around SB Nation’ posts from True Blue LA
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You guys gotta have faith. Like George Michael. And Limp Bizkit.
by Hoist That Rag on Aug 11, 2009 11:02 PM PDT reply actions
doo doo doo…. doo doo doo doo
/kicks at stone on the ground
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by ringleader3 on Aug 11, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember earlier some commentator or other saying, “the Giants have been lucky to be relatively free of injuries” or something similar. Approximately 2 minutes later, RJ tore his rotator cuff. Batting.
And, I started thinking that, you know, the Giants are pretty banged up. Of course they’re slumping. That made me feel better for a second until I thought about how the team would look without these injuries.
1B – Garko/Ishikawa/Aurilia
2B – Sanchez/Uribe/Velez
SS – Renteria/Uribe
3B – Sandoval/Aurilia
C – Molina/Whiteside
RF – Winn/Schierholtz
CF – Rowand/Torres/Velez
LF – Velez/Lewis/Winn
(I’m sure I fucked that up somehow, and will hear about it.) Even if all of them were healthy, it seems like the lineup would be a LOLineup. Would a healthy Renteria and Schierholtz really be the difference? Not bloody likely. (Even though I love Juggernate for a lot of reasons.) Anyone got anything else to make me feel better?
Sanchez – Sandoval – Posey
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 11, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
heart of the lineup, 2010
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 11, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Sanchez–Sandoval–AnVil–Posey
heart of the lineup, 2011??
by baybruin415 on Aug 12, 2009 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
the correct answer is Sanchez-Sandoval-NEAL- Posey
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by Speedforthewin on Aug 12, 2009 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll admit, a 2011 rosterbation sounds great right after a horrid loss:
1. B. Crawford, SS
2. F. Sanchez, 2B
3. P. Sandoval, 3B
4. B. Posey, C
5. N. Schierholtz, RF
6. T. Neal, LF
7. R. Garko, 1B
8. A. Rowand, CF
Bench of: J. Bowker, LF/RF, T. Ishikawa 1B, E. Velez 2B/LF/CF, J. Williams, C, R. Rohlinger 2B/3B
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by Speedforthewin on Aug 12, 2009 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions
When the game went to 9-1
I had enough and left. I usually would stay the whole game but I couldn’t take a ton of Dodgers fans being happy.
Did see a fellow McCoven member, merkin, before the game tonight.
daily show over here
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by ringleader3 on Aug 11, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It’ll just be the episode about the dog.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2009 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Well one sorta good thing happened today
we signed Matt Graham (our 6th round pick) So I think we’ll eventually end up signing our first 17 picks
Grab Some Pine Meat!
great!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions
How strange is it
That the Giants have won only one of their last 5 games and the one starter to win was Barry Zito.
Just got back from the game
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
reminds me a bit of last night
With malice towards the Dodgers
What a cruddy day
The guy who was going to sell us his tickets for tomorrow’s game never called my dad back, the Giants were worse than atrocious tonight, and now I can’t find my tripod for the meteor shower.
It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.
It has been a shitty day.
I just found out that the Depeche Mode show for tomorrow has been canceled. I mean, I’ll get to watch Timmy live, but still….
"El once, chico. Eleven."
oh crap that's awful
I’d be pissed if I were going to the show. Any word on why it was cancelled?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Dave Gahan’s doctor ordered/advised him to take 48 hours of “vocal rest.”
DM’s pretty good about not canceling a show unless there’s a legitimate reason—unlike, say, Morrissey. Hopefully they’ll come back to the U.S. next year, but I’m not optimistic.
"El once, chico. Eleven."
right
That’s still shitty and I’m sorry you’re gonna miss it. I love some DM myself.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
RUSH!
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
let's wait and see how Timothy does tomorrow against the Bums
before we all go and start jumping off bridges
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
going to see Timothy Leroy tomorrow but wasn’t planning on jumping off any bridges
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
The baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than old king kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog
by paboperfecto on Aug 12, 2009 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
What a thoroughly shitty, awful, no good very bad game. The day started like shit with me missing my BART train. I was stuck in the Chophouse until about 8pm because my guy was late. I ordered a draft beer at first pitch and drained it by the end of the first inning. That was my revenge; mainlining beer. My scorecards are a mess. There were WAY too many Dodger fans in the ballpark and it made me sick.
But the guy loved the panda gift. We had a great night in VR 331 with a lovely clear view, talking football announcers, the greatest hitters of all time, and why wearing heels to a baseball game is a crime (media excluded). I walked him to caltrain and he immediately asked me out again.
So a no good very bad day can turn out well. The Dodgers are still assholes and everything sucks baseball wise, but I’m actually pretty happy.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 12:26 AM PDT reply actions
you ended up giving him the panda?
nice!
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes. He held it the entire game and when other fans said “oh look how cute” he said how much he loved it. I know I like him, because when he started spewing all the flattery crap like “you’re beautiful” at me, I started talking about Thomas Neal’s batting average. A+ deflection on my part.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
ahh, the classic boy loves girl, girl loves prospect triangle! glad it ended up being an actual date.
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
somewhere in there, a panda appears
A twist on the classic story.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Last night was definitely much rowdier.
by baybruin415 on Aug 12, 2009 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions
we had a few IRL trolls
Some ass was basking in the boos wearing a Dodgers Kent jersey. He was showered with peanut shells before he was escorted out.
A beachball made it into the section near us and thankfully was popped.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I've been to two 3-game losing streaks at home this year..
I think I should stop going to the yard because my heart can’t take it. Zito has been the only Giant to win at AT&T over the past 6. Gimme more Zeets!! Wait, what?
BEAT LA, BEAT L....
aww, I’m too sad to do this :-( And it’s not just the game either.
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!!!
OT: My night sucked, and the giants weren’t even part of it really, i just shrugged and all, but long story short, caring for a friend when drunk is absolutely terrible, sorry guys didn’t mean to be too personal
If anyone doesnt like long advice stories then move on... :)
Maybe i’ll explain myself, and i know noone will read this till morning, but point is, took care of a friend who wanted to drink, i drove, went to a few bars here in Berkeley, and he drinks too much, bitches out his girlfriend, so we go back home and he starts yelling at my friend in the passenger seat, then bitching to his girlfriend in the back seat of my car. He then gets out and pukes everywhere, gets in and actually slaps his girls hands to get the phone away from her, then goes wild in the back seat punches the seats and me while i’m driving, incidentally but still it was wrong.
We get back and he’s still bitching about wanting to go to his girlfriends place but no one not even his girlfriend would let him, so he flips out again and gets out of the car and starts walking somewhere, then get him back in the car and drive him home while he flips out and punches the seats and me again. Now i bring this up because he has a girlfriend and i feel bad for her since she’s put up with this for 4 years, and i just want advice on how to approach this whole thing like what i should say to his girlfriend, and he’s very protective and obviously i’m not going to try anything since i have my girlfriend out in Ohio. So i dont use this place for advice all too often but it’d be much appreciated on how to approach it… if not that’s cool too, thanks everyone!
The quick advice from me would be: a) you need to let his girlfriend figure her own stuff out. Hopefully she can realize this isn’t the relationship for her, but b) if you are worried about how your friend is acting, you need to address that with him. What is he trying to get out of the way he is acting. If someone is being that self destructive there is more going on than you know.
In general you can only control the relationships you have, which is between him and you.
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Let him know he is a terrible drunk, and you don’t want to be around him when he is violent and abusive (and that you honestly can’t understand why anyone would.).
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
I was thinking something along the same lines, these days with video recording capabilities in toenail clippers, find someway to get video of his drunken rampages… I don’t know the guy, so how you approach him with it, I don’t know.
Seriously though, now a days, everything ends up on youtube it could really damage his career, education or whatever if someone else “films” his antics first.
Good idea, haha, that = end of friendship, but to me i dont care much, i’m not best friends with the guy since he uses me for a lot of things…. Just don’t want to deal with it anymore, and plus don’t think his girlfriend should have to deal with it anyways
I’ve dealt with a similar situation. The person in question REFUSED to believe they had acted inappropriately, or EVER did act inappropriately. The next time there was a “night out” it was filmed with commentary added at the end saying “we care about you please get help” (or something to that effect) and left for said person to find. It worked – temporarily anyway. This was not a person I continued to have in my life so I’ve no idea how it worked long term.
Yea, i see what you’re sayin, like record it to let him know what’s up, and to tell you the truth, this guy is so selfish i dont know how i put up with him, but yea my other friend i was with we’re probably gonna stay friends for a while but i don’t want to really be too big of friends with the guy that flipped out last night, i hate it when people blame shit on being drunk, it’s a shitty excuse since it’s your own damn fault
+ Mayor
Ring is right, and the only other thing I would add is that this would be a great time to set some boundaries with the guy: “We have been friends a long time and I really want to keep doing stuff with you, but I absolutely won’t do anything with you if it revolves around your drinking too much. It’s obnoxious, unpleasant, unacceptable anymore. Sorry to have to draw the line, but I just won’t be part of this anymore.”
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Yea, agreed, since it’s been going on a long time, i mean i can’t deal with it, basically with him, if he doesnt get his way he flips out and gets pissed, this even happens when he’s not drunk, if he doesnt get his way he flips out, just not as much. But I do agree where i have to draw some line sooner or later, thanks a lot Mayor!
i just noticed that people are starting to call me Ring, lol… didn’t realize this post started with your agreeing with me.
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Yea i agree with this, only worry about your friendship with each one of them and don’t approach it by talking to both of them at the same time, it’s their deal to work out, and i should handle my own friendships and stuff with the guy and girl. Thanks a ton buddy, appreciate it, it was just something that was kinda bugging me all last night and this morning
believe me, I have been there. Not quite in the same context, but as people grow up, and try to keep the same relationships, often new boundaries have to be created. Some people are going to mature differently.
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Simply put the ’09 Giants are who we thought they are and not what the July front office thought they were.
Playing his older Vets every game he could from April tell August has paid off real well for Big Head along with never using a DL to rest them and still have warm body. Right now Renteria reminds me of the armless, legless knight in Monty Python trying to bite his opponent while say it is only a flesh wound. My best hope is Bow tie is truly watching this "display" and is disgusted. Or at least has noticed the fans are.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
I’d really like to know wth Frandsen did, he must be FUMING in AAA to see the entire middle infield battered, broken, and bruised and yet the Giants won’t DL anyone.
At this point i don’t care what he did. It is much more telling of the front office the refuse to even use in as a pain sponge ( ala Ochoa in ’08) in June and no body heals up enough. They refuse to use him July and no one heals up enough and the refuse to use him in August. Talk about stubbornly insisting and making sure nothing good can come out of a situation just to appease your own mental vanity. THIS is the kind of trait the Bow Tie darn well should be taking note of.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
exactly. We have players who can fill in adequately at AAA in Frandsen and Bowker. because we have these players, it is in the Giants’ best interest to DL the hurt players so they will get healthy and play better. They are doing the team no good playing hurt.
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by Speedforthewin on Aug 12, 2009 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions
exactly again. This whole NO-DL thing has me fuming everytime someone makes an excuse for a poor AB, or play, or game, or series or gamer. Bonds is allowed to play hurt. Sandoval can play through nagging injuries. If you are well above replacement level playing at 80% is still bettter thna the next guy. No so for Rent, Uribe, or Rowand.
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Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
the Giants haven’t been willing to DL any banged up vet this year. seriously, how many times do renteria and rowand need to get hurt this season before we can put them on the DL?
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by Speedforthewin on Aug 12, 2009 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the Renteria situation is getting to the point were us McCoven should talk about if we would shut him down for the season to elbow fixed or not. Lawds knows the HIIEAD and Sabean will not.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
I’m always of the “Shut him down, get him fixed < ahem > repaired.” school of thought. I felt that way last year with F.Lewis.
I tend to be that way myself as well. But probably ends and post season hopes. It has been a fairly long stretch between pennant chase teams and I can see the logic in playing that string out. If you’re a say 10-12 years old you might not remember meaningful Giants’ games. So where is the tipping point?
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Surely it would help our postseason chances. Renteria has an OBP of .273 over the last month, with no power and mediocre defense. Uribe, Frandsen, Rohlinger, and Downs would probably all be more productive shortstops at this point.
The rub here is they will not play Frandsen. At this point of the season i think we can logically treeat that as a fact. And just how banged up is Uribe? SS is not a postion you can put just any Velez at on a pitching based team and expect to run with the big boys.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
"Martinez threw a sinker to second base."
sure, any excuse for not catching a throw.
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
“Well that ball had REAL big teeth…”
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
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Scariest movie ever. Also, grossest
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
never went to see it. I saw a preview at the movie theater that consited of a girl at a OBGYN office w/ her feet in the stirrups and the doctor examining her. All of the sudden the doc picks his head up and says “IT HAZ TEETH!!!!!!”. That image will always stick with me
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 12, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone tell me I'm beautiful.
You're F*cking Out!
by Kenny F*cking Powers on Aug 12, 2009 9:15 AM PDT reply actions
I went to the game last night. I was very excited about it. It was my first game attended this season. We sat in section 109 even. My fun lasted about 40 minutes and then the night sucked from there on out.
109!
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Tim Lincecum is awesome.
But he can’t pitch and score all the runs. Can we get some goddam offense. I’m so tired of Bochy calmly saying after the game, “Uh, well, we just need our bats to wake up…” What BATS? Fucking Randy Winn and Fred Lewis??? Christ. Someone talk me down, please!
You're F*cking Out!
by Kenny F*cking Powers on Aug 12, 2009 9:25 AM PDT reply actions
Nah, just jump. It’ll end the pain. Now if you’ll excuse me I have to get back to work at a suicide hotline.
Jesse Foppert: I Still Believe. Maybe a little less now.
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." ~Bob Lemon,
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 12, 2009 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
EVERYBODY! CALM THE FUCK DOWN, TIMMY'S PITCHING TODAY.
Now offering free hugs from Amy G.
Billy Ripken is still a douche bag.
NO U
Jesse Foppert: I Still Believe. Maybe a little less now.
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." ~Bob Lemon,
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 12, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Timmy sez
EVERYONE CHILL THE FUCK OUT
I GOT THIS
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Now offering free hugs from Amy G.
Billy Ripken is still a douche bag.
by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 12, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Now offering free hugs from Amy G.
Billy Ripken is still a douche bag.
by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 12, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
thank you
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Times like these make me wish we had a guy like Ozzie Guillen coaching this team. I appreciate positivity, I really do, but I feel so oversaturated with false optimism by the commentators/radio hosts/coaches/players that it makes me wonder if any one can see what’s going on.
Just once, I’d love to hear Bochy say something like “This entire team is playing like a garbage right now. Nobody knows how to fucking hit the ball, and I’m this close to benching every mang on this team and starting their wives instead.”
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Mang!
Thanks. I have used that a few times on here in the past couple weeks— it cracks me up for reasons I don’t understand.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Mang!
Thanks. I have used that a few times on here in the past couple weeks— it cracks me up for reasons I don’t understand.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok, that was weird, mang. I don't know why that repeated.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
This, mang!
You're F*cking Out!
by Kenny F*cking Powers on Aug 12, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Confession
I was so pissed off about Velolez’s error that I stopped watching at that point.
Or I was so drunk at that point I passed out.
Either one.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 12, 2009 9:59 AM PDT reply actions
sounds like maybe somebody sacked too many castles yesterday, hmmmm?
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 12, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
This home stand is bad, As bad as when the Angels came in and swept us. I hate the Dodgers and this shitty line up. Makes me want to throw up hangs head and cries
Now offering free hugs from Amy G.
Billy Ripken is still a douche bag.
The homestand with the Angels was better since at least it was sandwiched between two sweeps of our own.
thru dat
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by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 12, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I am sick of watching this horrid offensive team. It hasn’t gotten any better over the last 4-5 years.
I was there last night, and the combination of watching our hitters get owned by Randy Wolf, the day after getting shut down by Kuroda, the Dodger fans rubbing it in our faces, the swagger of Kemp and Ramirez admiring their shots and just the overall hopelessness of this team coming back from three runs down made for a demoralizing evening. I was sitting there feeling angry at the Giants because the team is just embarrassing in comparison to Dodgers lineup.
Someone needs some chin music today!
Wouldn’t surprise me at all if there was some, and i’d be all for it just to get people on the giants pumped up, because they just look dead, and if there was a fight, it’d probably pump up the team a little, so screw it
Wanna bet? let’s find out and see if we can get the good year blimp to come on over to ATT today! haha
with the Giants luck, some seagull would fly into it, pop it, and it would crash into the stadium killing dozens.
Sorry, I’m bored. Been cooped up in the house the past 2 days, and certain baseball teams aren’t helping to lighten my mood.
we need to get the game to start now
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
/throws self down the stairs
/lays at the bottom motionless
/opens eyes
/picks self up
/walks back up the stairs
/waits for the next game
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
I need some more WIN NOW pix, please
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Giants with Bases loaded, no outs = NO RUNS.
You're F*cking Out!
by Kenny F*cking Powers on Aug 12, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions
embarassing
last night reminded me that velolez should never play second again! i was at the game and after the hit right after his error, he caught the throw in from right as the cutoff man and stood there for a solid TWO seconds while two guys were heading down the third baseline and scored… what a joke didnt know where to throw the ball
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