Postgame Extravaganza: Uribe walks off on the Dodgers
by Natto on Aug 12, 2009 4:44 PM PDT
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PrintThis has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad homestand. We came into it full of enthusiasm and optimism but had our figurative balloon deflated. The losses were some of the ugliest games I've ever seen. All of these games were important, but perhaps today's was the most important. Even with Lincecum pitching today, there may have been some who had no hope for this game, and nobody could blame them. But...
WOOOHOOOOOO!!!!
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HEY DODGERS UMPS AND ESPECIALLY RUSSELL MARTIN
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 12, 2009 4:45 PM PDT reply actions 9 recs
Where’s this from? I’m intrigued.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Some terrible scifi movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwSYBMLTbWY
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
DUDE SESSION 9 IS GREAT!!!
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 12, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
also not a sci fi movie
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 12, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
my apologies!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
not enough sunglasses action
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A list of win
and here
I love jim carrey
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When you compare Carrey to the real thing it's spot on
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YEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! DUHHH DUHH DUH DUH
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just realized caruso got his start in First Blood
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 12, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
stroking those biceps and looking at john rambo’s ass in the shower
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 12, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
What is it?
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never seen the show
but this guy’s funny
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Yeah I've heard of it
but never actually seen it before. Might have to after watching that, made me LOL multiple times
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea just check out youtube, search Ari Gold and they’ll show that moment where he just flips and says “GET THE FUCK OUT!”
Lol yeah I saw that
and the one where he owns that other agent guy. Hilarious
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
These posted clips from Entourage made me queue up the first season in my Netflix queue.
Honestly I’d heard that the show was pretty boring from a few people whose opinion I respect but I love swearing and especially gratuitous swearing so I’m sold. I’ll report back results once the discs arrive.
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 13, 2009 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
seriously
Mr. Merope loves that program. I couldn’t get past the every other word is “fuck.” Good for you, you can swear. It sounded like a play put on by 5 year olds who just discovered naughty words.
I equate it to poetry with cussing.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 13, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, a play created by 5 year olds that just learned to swear sounds like it could be 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 13, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant: dead in a ditch somewhere?
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Eating an umpire is not cannibalism!
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Aug 12, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions
also show:
RUSSELL MARTIN SUCKING IT
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Fun Fact:
I had cause to say “JUAN U-FUCKING-RIBE” on 4 different occasions today.
Kevin Pucetas lurks in the shadows, waiting for his time to shine.
SUCK IT RUSSELL J MARTIN
As I said in the gameday thread, Eugenio taking him out and Renteria running out of the dugout to get in Martin’s face after the HBP that wasn’t was awesome. They should have just fought everyone. Umpires included.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions
fixed
He should would have swung at Martin, "missed", and hit the ump.
I swear to God, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Aug 12, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
As I said in the Gameday thread, that was Renteria’s biggest contribution in weeks.
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When I was in Little League, we once had a game where the umpire was friends with the big brother of one of the players on the other team. Before the game, the ump’s litlte brother openly told us his brother was going to favor the other team.
The officiating in that game was better than this one.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
pfft
Over the years, I’ve seen far worse umpiring situations than the one you mention.
One season, we were in a tight race for first place. I arrived at a game near the end of the season, only to find that the umpire for the game was the manager of the second place team who was trying to catch us for first.
Another game, the umpire was the older brother of one of the other team’s players, which also made him the opposing manager’s son.
VOTE SANDOVAL
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I gave up watching last year’s world series just because it was one huge umpire FAIL (and the weather wasn’t helping)
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 12, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions
in HS, I used to umpire girls softball games and I had just started seeing one of them at the time…it was one of those “bring your own umpire” situations and I was the designated ump for her team. I tried like heck to be objective. The biggest problem was that the girl I was seeing was the catcher so she was squatting in front of me all game…it was difficult to concentrate.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
bull
Wir müssen wissen — wir werden wissen!
by seesdifferent on Aug 13, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Heh...I am still pissed
This one is going to take awhile to get over. I need a drink.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 12, 2009 4:48 PM PDT reply actions
I swear to you
Had I been able to participate in the gameday thread, I would have said “Even if Uribe hits a walkoff here, I’m gonna be mad.” It went through my head as I was watching the game.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
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ALSO: GIVE IT UP FOR TIMMY
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/gives it up
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSS?
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That guy is an inspiration. If he had a good offense supporting him, he’d be 45-5 over the last 2 years. The Cy Young would be presented to him today. And he would rule the land with a gracious, yet firm, benevolence.
if he's an inspiration, he should inspire fans to STFU about the umps
Wir müssen wissen — wir werden wissen!
by seesdifferent on Aug 13, 2009 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions
As insightful as always.
WTF?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions
lol you are so lame
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And also what the fuck is this Aurilia on the DL shit? We watched the first four innings at Outback.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:48 PM PDT reply actions
Nobody wants to DFA him, I guess. So he has another phantom injury.
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And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
I am imagining they put Aurilia on waivers, nobody wanted him, and they gave him his options: DFA or DL with a nice “going away party” sometime in October.
Holding out until roster expands?
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 12, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably will return in September. But I have a feeling if the Giants play in October, Aurilia makes the team.
technically the last games of the regular season are in October, I believe the season is running late due to the WBC?
whoops too early
Saw the note on Aurilia on the DL while at Outback, the TV on mute. Also watching parts of the USA/Mexico futbol match.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I bought Richie a Foster's
And tried to talk him into retirement.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
he’s Australian for washed up
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He said he wants to play for us in September, so he can’t be DFAed!!!!!! OMG HURT FEELINGS!!!!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Hurt feelings?
Have you ever been told you’re Miss New Zealand?
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 12, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Too many dicks on the dancefloor.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
doing something special for all the ladies in the world
I swear to God, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Aug 12, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
too many muther_uckers _ucking with his sheet
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 13, 2009 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Word is there won't be a third season
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 13, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
they didn’t measure up to the expectation
when you’re unemployed there’s no vacation
no one cares, no one sympathizes
they’ll just stay home and play synthesizers
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 13, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
isn't there
any kind of rule about this? If MLB looks the other way, why not invent phantom injuries every time? Why ever DFA anyone?
Rosterbation isn’t quite as exciting if there’s no need to DFA as opposed to making up injuries as needed.
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 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
BEAT LA
oh and I didn’t like Pablo “Cadillac” Sandoval’s double in the 9th. If the ball isn’t hit into the parking lot then a player should be running and not watching and spitting. Run, you bum!
At least it didn't cost us the game....
… hopefully he learned his lesson and it won’t happen again and cost a game in the future.
I know, but he’s what, 23? He has some maturing to do for sure.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm thinking Bengie will talk to him about it
As Pablo looks up to him quite a bit.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Bad choice. Bengie always runs that slow.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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burn
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
zing!
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
He just turned 23. He’s 5 days older than my sister, so his age is really easy for me to remember.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Screw that-- can she reliably HIT singles?
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
So you’re asking if she’d look at you and say “I’d hit that”?
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
Well, in the back of my mind, I guess I'm always asking that.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Yup
I wasn’t impressed.
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But think about it
Pablo thought he hit it out, game-winning homerun against the asshole Dodgers after such a shit game and series, and probably wanted to enjoy it a bit…Check out Uribe’s body language on his hr in the 10th. When he hit it at first I thought it was out too….
but all of this to say that yeah, he should’ve been running. I just see why he did it. I would’ve watched if I could hit a homerun to win a game against the Dodgers.
Another take on the Uribe homer
I was sitting in the CF bleachers, pretty much the camera line, looking somewhat into the sun. I lost the ball off the bat of Uribe, though I did spot the general direction correctly. From the crack, his body language, and the crowd noise combined with Manny not even going back for it, I knew it was a no-doubter.
"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
I was watching with my girlfriend and said to her, “Panda hits a home run to win it here.” I thought I had it called.
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 called that too
But what you couldn’t tell on TV was how much carry he got from the wind. On a windless day, that ball doesn’t make the warning track.
"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
Kruk and Kuip were saying the opposite, they didn’t know how it didn’t go out.
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!
Kruk and Kuip were in the loge level radio box, completely sheltered from the elements. I was getting the wind in my face.
Also, judging fly balls hit towards you is something you don’t forget. Pablo got a little too under that one.
"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
IF he runs hard, what base does he end up? 3rd? I’d guess that he would have rounded 2nd, but then probably returned to second base.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
duh
he would have seen cake while rounding second, then stumbled and fallen over
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WINNER
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Awwww piss, i’ll be in Denver next Monday, but no games at Coors… And i’ll be in St. Louis on Tuesday and they’re playing at LA, thinking about wearing my jersey, but good thing i’ll be in Cincinnati Wednesday for the Reds series, trying to get seats next to the dugout
As someone who has been going to Giants games at Coors Field for 10 years, you are probably lucky to be missing that game.
And with that said, I am going to 3 games in that series.
Not sure if you’ll be able to answer this question, but any ideas for a good breakfast place around Denver? I’m driving to St. Louis the next day
Not really sure about breakfast, sorry, that series is going to be the first time I’ve stayed downtown for a series.
I’ll be going to the saturday game.
The 2009-10 Colorado Avalanche: Aiming for the Charity Point
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 12, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Coors Field is lovely
As a ballpark to behold. It’s horrifying for baseball, but very pretty. And has good food.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I went over 4th of July with TK
Took in two Giants games and said how do to the city of Denver. Visited her dad, who is a camera operator for FSN (CSN?) Rocky Mountain. It was nice.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
he was banned
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
fighting the umpires
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
redundant
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
point
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh – listening to the post-game wrap with me, my 7 year old said she thought the Giants were playing against the Dodgers, not the Umpires. You would think . . .
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Post Game Wrap
Jon: Uribe redeemed himself
Kruk: Timmy turned back the blue tide of this series. Timmy says “don’t worry about today, guys” and dominated the Dodgers. He’s now a legend.
Kuip: Brian Wilson. 4 outs, 4 ks.
Flem: Sanchez. he got the first hit to drive in a run. Giants were desperate to score after the last couple games. (only hit w/ RISP all game – they stranded 120.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 4:51 PM PDT reply actions
oops
well, it felt that way.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
DICK WHOLESTAFF
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no shit? that makes slightly less sense, but is funnier
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Peter O’Toole?
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll take it
Uribe through 9 1/2 innings: Worst game of the season
Uribe through 10 innings: Best game of the season
Only when I am eliminated by MIke Krukow will my life's work be complete
kinda reminds me of that game that Bob Brenly made 4 errors at 3rd and then hit the walkoff winner in the 9th.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Best bat flip ever
You people wit' the cheese. It never ends.
by NuschlerFace on Aug 12, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I was at that game. If I recall correctly
Brenly actually also hit a game tying double an inning or two earlier.
And the Niners lost to the Rams in the first game that Montana was out with his back issues.
While the umps failed in their attempt to steal a W from the Giants...
…Lincecum couldn’t avoid the burglary.
by BobSacamano on Aug 12, 2009 4:57 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I’m pretty sure Boch was calling the shots from around the corner. I mean, you simply can’t teach that kind of brilliance to your bench coaches.
Postgame, Bochy said that was Flannery’s call, and he looked a little irritated about it, actually.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
Certainly. I just joked that Bochy was texting to Wotus/Flannery.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Brett Pill took him deep
FLYONTHEWALL WAS RIGHT
Totally worth it,
since, you know, they totally PH garko today and he got that key hit….oh wait
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If Ryan Garko is not playing everyday
Still do not understand that trade. For the record I do like Skippy a lot.
Ishi has started 4 of the last 12 games, so they’re clearly going with a platoon. I’m not upset about Ishikawa starting, I’m upset that they’d trade a great prospect like Barnes for a fucking platoon player.
Ishi has started 4 of the last 12 games, so they’re clearly going with a platoon. I’m not upset about Ishikawa starting, I’m upset that they’d trade a great prospect like Barnes for a fucking platoon player
…
after half the season went by. FTFY
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 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Rowand???
Why on earth did he get pinched for Nate????
because it was a double play situation.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
And the slower, right handed hitter is the obvious choice for that situation.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
yup
definitely a no-brainer
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't you read?
LEFTIES CAN’T HIT LEFTIES. Natto wrote it right up there.
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Okay so who coached third for the Giants after Flannery was acting manager? What does that say about the quality officiating when the manager and the acting manager get tossed?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 4:59 PM PDT reply actions
nice
Kickin it minor league style.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That's actually the AP game story
And wow is it terrible. How do you talk about this game without mentioning once how many calls the umpires blatantly missed?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
“beat out an infield single” – that tells you that the author didn’t actually watch the game.
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I didn’t see Uribe’s homer til just now. Cot damn that was a bomb.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:00 PM PDT reply actions
And somehow, he did it with a swing that looked like utter crap.
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I still believe that the Giants split the series, since they had to win this game twice.
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Fools and Sages
I’m still excited to see Vin on Chronicle Live.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:01 PM PDT reply actions
When i’m driving to Ohio, i flip on XM and listen to Giants Dodger games and it’s a Dodger home game, and he’s doing the games, and i love it actually
No video highlights on sfgiants.com yet :(
I wanna relive….well….some parts of this game.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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3. Profit!
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Another reason to love Tim
I could tell he was :| during the postgame interview, but he loosened up a bit and laughed at the end. He has more reason than anyone to be flipping over tables and breaking dishes in the clubhouse, but he kept his cool for 3.5 minutes to put on a good face for the media.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:05 PM PDT reply actions
He was more than :| during the game. After he left the game he was screaming at Darling from the dugout.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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As he should.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
nobody likes looking at her
Sometimes they look like they’re silently praying for spontaneous human combustion. Either them or her.
Although in my experience (look at me, I’m FP) a lot of them don’t maintain eye contact during interviews. Their eyes skip away often.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
She does – saw her in the dugout before a game and was impressed by her easy lankiness.
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And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
Are you imagining the volleyball uniform then?
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Naked Molina
Or thong bikini?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
think unsexy thoughts
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think you would be able to see it.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Possibly the best game of the season
Very close to the pink bat game. I think the coaches getting run and Sandoval calling out mcdonald sets this one apart though. A must win situation and they got it done. I’m impressed, and tired.
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by tommylasordaistheantichrist on Aug 12, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions
I missed most of the game
because I was out all afternoon. Or, as Gary Darling would call it, “Safe.”
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by Kitspool on Aug 12, 2009 5:08 PM PDT reply actions 11 recs
ha
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
You sure you weren’t at the game but then Darling threw you out?
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Aug 12, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well done.
Two words nobody will be saying to Darling anytime soon, unless he gets a new job flipping burgers.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Hm, Wotus’ goatee is not working for him.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:09 PM PDT reply actions
thats ron wotus? I thought maybe it was ryan garko
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I'm still mad at Uribe
Yeah, he gets the game-winning hit. But we wouldn’t have NEEDED that game-winning hit if he hadn’t left seven runners on base. And then Timmeh would have gotten his much-deserved 13th win.
Also, I’m still annoyed with him for blowing the perfect game. Would have been two in one season, not to mention the awesomeness of a Giants perfecto.
I know, I know, he’s contributed mightily considering what we expected and how everyone else has done, but still.
/checks Directv…
Us that live on the wrong side of CA will see the game!
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
CONGRATULATIONS!
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
CONGRATULATIONS!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Fixed
Sadly Fortunately, not my wedding.
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
this
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
/didn’t take own advice
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
not advice
just knows what that really means
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Man fuck that. That’s a hell of a matchup. Let me guess, we won’t get it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this a regional game
or do we have to suffer through Buck/McCarver?
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 12, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it's regional
looks like Buck/McCarver will be calling Phillies/Braves
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Good times at the ballpark today
Big crowd, sellout. Energy in the streets and the seats. Lotta Dodger fans to make fun of.
"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
Wow that amazes me that someone could go to a game and be home that quickly. Takes us at least 2 hours to get home depending on the traffic.
I just went back to the office
Not that far away.
"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
Radio highlights of this game
Is there a way to listen to this after the fact? I want to hear Jon Miller’s reaction to the blown calls and the Uribe walkoff.
Great, thanks
I actually have paid for Gameday audio for this season, is that what you have as well?
LOL mlb.com comments
Tsk, tsk Giantsfanatic330 with all the “F” bombs; very uncharacteristic for all you classy NoCal folk. As for the umps blowing the game, well something tells me Giantsfanatic330 that you know a thing or two about blowing – BATTER UP!!! HA-HA!!!
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/oral copulation reference
/profanity
/amusement
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, I wish this had been my first game back, not the shit-fest that was yesterday’s game.
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.
:-(
Oh, screw it.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
I think he’s overcompensating for some deep sadness. Tears of a clown, and such.
Why are you so sad, cookyman?
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hi
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I'M POOPIN!
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Looks like Martin is sitting on Eugenio’s head, but we know what happened.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, in that pic, who is sucking what, exactly?
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World's worst "human pyramid" act
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that’s the best part!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Russell Martin...
Impersonating his team mate Brad Assmus…
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by Timlincecum.com on Aug 12, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s bizarre how they felt the need to retaliate after this play. As if standing in front of the plate and leaping as soon as the runner slides is totally not gonna get you flipped over
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
STILL DOESN'T TOP JUGGERNATE'S SINGLE HANDED OBLITERATION OF CHINA!!!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah and Ishikawa lost his shit yelling about the blown call at first too.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions
He has already asked for forgiveness
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I just forgot about that reaction. Ishikawa’s not the first guy to yell and scream and carry on, so when he flipped his shit that said a lot.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Winn is the same way. If he verbally disagrees with a call, then the ump definitely made a mistake.
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I just watched some video
I don’t know who I love more: Velez for just effing LAYING OUT Suck it Russell Martin or Renteria for getting all up in his face.
I love it both. But Rent got back in my good graces for making a beeline for Martin.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, he was straight up sprinting out of the dugout
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Seriously. He just went straight for him, shoved Flan out of the way and everything.
And, God, Suck It is such a little b**ch.
Velez didn’t look like he was going directly for suck it martin. Rent was more impressive, throw the hood back and go!
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by tommylasordaistheantichrist on Aug 12, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Also: why wasn't suckitrussellmartin ejected for bumping the HP umpire on the Pablo situation?
I was at the ballpark and saw it, then just watched the replay on Comcast On Demand, and that little two-first-name bitch was screaming at Pablo bumped the HP umpire THREE TIMES on the arm and the back while the ump was restraining Pablo. Now, obviously, the ump didn’t notice it, but you’d think one of the other umps would notice that (yes, yes, cue the jokes about their missing everything). That punkass bitch should have been suspended.
The other thing: how do you lose a shoe by getting upended? I have seen that replay more times than I have seen the Zapruder film, and I still can’t figure it out.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what I want to know. Bumping that is.
And he lost a shoe because he sucks. Simple.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh geez
Gary Darling = San Francisco native. Suddenly, I’m ashamed to have been born in the Bay Area. :(
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Maybe he's going so far to avoid looking like he's favoring the giants
that he’s actually doing the opposite. Or maybe he’s just a terrible fucking umpire
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Heh...yeah, right.
As if such things really existed.
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Lol the ESPN announcers just said the Cubs like to swing at the first pitch more than anyone else in baseball…..morons
I’m surprised the ESPN announcers have heard of the Cubs, much less the Giants, considering neither team plays in New York or Boston.
Then I’m surprised the announcers manage to remember it’s the Cubs playing, and not the Yankees. I would imagine the play-by-play would go something like: “And Derrek Lee strikes out to end the inning…top of the sixth coming up, Yank-um, who’s playing again? The Cubs and the Phillies? Are you sure this is a major league baseball game?”
They probably think Shawon Dunston is still with the Cubs.
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by rightcenterfielder on Aug 12, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Watching Pedro Martinez’s return to action. He’s looking a bit heavier than I remember.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:25 PM PDT reply actions
Seeing these all in a row kind of reinforces how completely ridiculous the umpiring this series was.
Comcast can ask that they take it down
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Almost – his eyebrows moved. Now if only he could master vocal inflection . . .
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Can the Giants file some sort of formal complaint with the league for this? Because they should be able to. The play where Darling isn’t even watching Schierholtz is just ridiculous. I really can’t believe that this could go unnoticed by the MLB front office. These umpires need to be reprimanded or something.
As I understand it, you can’t file a protest on a judgement call – it has to be a case where the umpire clearly violates a rule.
I don’t know how that would work with the play where Darling was caught on camera not even looking at the play he was calling.
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Seems pretty clear to me
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Yeah, I’d imagine you would have to, you know, SEE a play in order to make a call. And considering we have slow-motion, it’s pretty obvious whether it was a judgment call or not. Balls and strikes I can understand, but when the Giants are consistently getting hosed I would imagine they should be able to go to the commissioner’s office and say something.
Judgment call?
How the fuck is that a judgment call? The rule says that if the runner beats the throw to first, he’s safe. If the umpire calls him out, that’s violating a rule, goddammit. Binary calls are not judgment calls, they’re simple binary rulings.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Yup, you can only protest if they get a rule wrong, not a judgement call. Safe/Out calls at first are considered judgement calls even though in reality they aren’t (much like a strike way off the plate should be a ball but is still a judgement call).
While the Giants can’t officially protest, they can send the league a “highlight” reel of wonderful calls over this 3 game set. About the only thing that will come of it though, would be the denial of post-season games for some of the umpires in this crew.
it bugs the hell out of me that when Darling tossed Wotus his words were “Get the fuck out of here”. I guess when you’re the worst crew on the planet (including volunteer little league umps and those softball guys in slow pitch) you get a little fed up with the screw-ees growing a little backbone.
dicks
How DARE you have the audacity to question ME even though I am clearly wrong? GTFO.
They need to GTFO.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
TOTALLY agree re Sandy Alderson
The MLB office decertifying the old umpire union and recognizing a new one, insisting on a return to the rule book definition of the strike zone, and insisting on standards and accountability — as well as returning postseason ump duties to merit appointments rather than just rotation — were extremely positive developments for the game. It even was effective for a couple seasons. Then over the past few years, umps have slid back into “their” strike zone and other imperious shit.
That’s right, I said ‘imperious.’ I’m mad.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Good Call
It seems as though the umps have shorter fuses than ever. Alderson demanded accountability, and now there isn’t any. This crew really needs whatever the harshest punishment there is for this series. This many blown calls is just horrid, no matter what team they are against.
I’m too pissed off to call the number (212-931-7800) but I will be sending a letter (Allan H. (Bud) Selig, Commissioner 245 Park Avenue, 31st Floor New York, NY 10167) to MLB.
It’s the next morning and I’m still ticked off about the officiating. And believe you me that letter’s going to contain references to the NBA and their little playoff shenanigans. AND the fact that this was the same umpire with the “Time Out” “Balk!” fiasco of last year.
by Merope on Aug 13, 2009 7:39 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
We’d all like to see the letter here, if you’d care to make a fanpost and share it.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
Umps are colluding so that they can get instant replay installed in MLB
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
good on ya’, mate.
With umpiring this bad over the course of an entire series, this has to be looked into. Yes, I’m flaming pissed because it was my favorite team, but I felt the same way after the Seatte/ Pittsburg Super Bowl, and I didn’t give a damn who won that game.
I’m pretty sure these umps aren’t on the take, or under orders from some grand FOX Sports conspericy, so that leaves us with an umpiring crew that’s so incompetent they blew six blatent calls in one series, and had several more close calls all go against one tteam. I’d love to see Darling forced to explain this abortion to the press.
Thanks! I just called
I had a lovely conversation with someone in their public relations department, and she said that she had already gotten several calls about the umpiring of this series. She said she is keeping a list and is forwarding it all to the umpiring supervisor. She said that in her opinion, the MLB office still takes the supervising and accountability of umpires very seriously even after Sandy Alderson’s departure. She was very nice and gave the impression of being very interested and understanding.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
The magical mute button. I use it. I love it. I would not have a job if it weren’t for this button
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 13, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I had no idea the ball hit Pablo when I watched the replay.
That is Effin BS that Darling wasn’t even looking at the play at first.. Does he expect the Home Ump to make the call at 1st. Bullshit.
Spring training must be another 40 days longer so pitchers can work on PFPs and bunting drills and nutsacks like Darling can get more work in.
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Jt sounds pretty fluid on this.
actually upset? or carefully edited?
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Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
FLAGRANT LIE ALERT
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More like triple play of SUCKING! RIGHT?
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
gotta admit, i don’t like lou seal but that dude cools as hell laid back with those shades on and shit, california rogue seal just chillin
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
take 2
gotta admit, i don’t like lou seal but that dude LOOKS cool as hell laid back with those shades on and shit, california rogue seal just chillin
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
So, I was happy and all that the Giants won
But it really kind of pissed me off seeing those worthless hitters celebrate at the place like they won the world series. I know, umps and errors and all that. But they scored 2 frikkin’ runs off of Jeff Weaver.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
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I missed the first half of the game
I didn’t know he had only gone 3 innings. I don’t think that really changes my point much, though. I didn’t even mention the 3 runs in the first two 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.
Weaver went 5 innings
I swear to God, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Aug 12, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame Juan Uribe. He personally stranded 7 runners.
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Fools and Sages
BUT WALK-OFF DINGERZ!
I agree with you; he cost Timmeh the win even if he ended it in the 10th, and considering he should’ve been able to provide the insurance needed with all those opportunities I’m not even that ecstatic about the walk-off.
When I saw that, I was happy, but I just couldn’t help but think, “What if he didn’t hit that weak grounder that caused Nate to get out at home, and Nate scored instead? What if he didn’t drop that easy infield popup?” He made up for some of his stupid mistakes with that walk-off home run, but I still blame him.
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The infield popup didn’t lead to any runs, so the “what if” is pretty easy there.
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A celebratory SF Giants Limerick
A day game for the Bay area masses /
Made me wish they gave the umps glasses /
Two Coaches were ejected /
Russell Martin’s pushes deflected /
Uribe’s Home run impresses the lasses!
"It kind of gives everybody else out there who is not a big person the motivation and the inspiration that they know they can do it, too."--Tim Lincecum
by Timlincecum.com on Aug 12, 2009 5:30 PM PDT reply actions
A day game for Golden Gate masses /
Made me wish they gave the umps glasses /
Good men were ejected /
But LA left dejected /
Juan’s errors his home run surpasses
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
FUCK WORK LETS DRINK
out to the 21a to celebrate-ish
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I also make music, please check it out
Love Vin
He looks good and can still bring it with the humor.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
They said 60 before the interview began.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Excuse the stupidity on my part, it makes it dumber that i’m actually watching it, wow that’s pretty incredible
nah
Vin Scully is one of my favorite people ever, and I didn’t know he’d been at it for 60 years.
Vin is invited to my all-time dinner party, along with Eleanor Roosevelt, John Coltrane, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Buck O’Neil, and Willie Mays. Might have to sit Vin and Willie on opposite ends of the table, though.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Mr. Scully spoke at my grandfather funeral...
… My grandfather was a cameraman for the Dodgers for years and they became very close.
Total class… IMO the best to ever call a game
that is the best ever
Although sorry to hear about your grandfather.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
He addressed that he’ll be back next year “god willing,” and then see what happens.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
He was talking yesterday about how the rivalry has faded since the 50’s. He said he was afraid of people getting hurt before every game back then. I’d like to see a little of that come back
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by tommylasordaistheantichrist on Aug 12, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it might, after today. Especially with Sandoval and Martin being such integral parts of the teams.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s true, we’re hundreds of miles away from eachother now rather than next to eachother in New York, but it’s a fact that there has to be players on both sides that are there for a long time to build up that hatred, just like college, you’re there 4 years or longer
Both teams have young cores. If they build off of this game and the Blake incident, it could get ugly in the future.
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by tommylasordaistheantichrist on Aug 12, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed, there has to be players on both sides having long careers with the team, PLUS they both have to be in contention
He was pissed
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by tommylasordaistheantichrist on Aug 12, 2009 5:36 PM PDT reply actions
Attendance
Anyone catch the attendance? I was listening to the end of the game and the Wrap Up afterwards, but didn’t catch the attendance numbers…
Giants wrap says 43,300.
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“WOOOHOOOOOO!!!!”……….?
I completely, 100%, unequivocally disagree with that sentiment.
Today’s game left me disgusted: Lincecum had to throw 120 pitches just to stay even with the Stinkers (and get a ND); the Giants best hitter gets hit by a pitch and the Giants charge onto the field (record slowest charge ever) just so they can stand around with their hands in their pockets making faces at the Stinkers; another terrible error almost costs the Giants another game, and, maybe worst of all, the Giant’s offense stayed consistent.
Bright spots. Schierholtz, Renteria, Sandoval managing to take that BB, and Timmy’s arm didn’t fall off (yet).
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I don’t see a picture.
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by cybermaldonado on Aug 12, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t see that picture ^ either. I must have blocked the source at some point in the past.
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by cybermaldonado on Aug 12, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Not seeing a picture there is almost as big a fail as Candy Malonado in Game 6 of the 1987 NLCS.
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Lay off my Boy…
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by cybermaldonado on Aug 12, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I disagree with that sentiment.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
You've never said anything good about the Giants ever
and no one hear is all “WOOWOWHOOHOOOO!!”. Seriously. Just STFU if you haven’t been paying attention
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You have the sole right to have an opinion on the Giants…
I will refrain from further comment as you are unworthy.
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by cybermaldonado on Aug 12, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Just to be clear there is a big Whoohooo!! at the top of this page. So maybe you should not be accusing others of not paying attention.
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by cybermaldonado on Aug 12, 2009 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
OOOO SNAP SON
I would rather you not talk to me, because you’re pretty unpleasant. We just beat our hated rivals and you’re all “NO WAI IT SUX”
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No, we just lost 2 out of 3 to our rival, and the one we won was a sneaker with the Cy Young pitcher on the mound.
Frankly, I consider myself quite pleasant ( you on the other hand were very rude to me) and was under the assumption that this was a place for people to express their opinions about the Giants. Was I wrong? Maybe I’ll check back in a couple weeks when some of the sting of losing 2 in a row at home to the Stinkers has worn off a little.
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by cybermaldonado on Aug 12, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
No
you can talk about the Giants all you want. But your ridiculous pessimism is really irritating. Seriously, I’ve never seen you say anything GOOD about the team that wasn’t a back-handed compliment.
Obviously we’re not over the moon about how the game went (I don’t speak for everyone), but if you’d been paying attention and not just run in here and read the subject line, then you’d know that. We’re very upset with the way the team played this series, but we certainly weren’t helped by some of the worst umpiring in the history of baseball.
I have very little patience for people who jump in when they don’t know what they’re talking about. I have no problem with your opinion, the thing that bugged be is you ASSuming that everyone here was completely ignoring the negative things that have happened this series and in this game. We know it wasn’t perfect, but it was still fun to watch. Sheesh.
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let’s all roll a j and listen to nurse with wound with the lights off
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 12, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL SF R HIPPIEZ
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW
just for future reference, you need a better sense of humor if you’re going to enjoy being here.
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You must have a strange definition of humor.. Calling people unpleasant,telling them to STFU and them telling them not to talk to you as if this board was in place soley for people to communicate with YOU..
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by cybermaldonado on Aug 12, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Um wut
you said you didn’t want to talk to me, then I said I’d rather you didn’t. IDRC if you talk to me or not. 95% of my namecalling isn’t serious. It’s reserved for trolls.
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Timmy's arm didn't fall off? Are you serious about that concern?
I could be misreading your post, but are you seriously concerned that Tim Lincecum’s arm is being abused? Seriously? After 120 pitches? In August? Seriously?
On the list of concerns I have about this team, that is well underneath last.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
anywhere I can watch the argument at home plate where Renteria gets in Martin’s face?
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Wow
The 9th inning one today was relatively close—as they said on the postgame wrap, if not for the shitty umpiring it probably wouldn’t have been as much of an issue. He was definitely out, but not by much.
But every other single call from this series highlighted in that video was about three notches below “atrocious.”
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
it was a pretty easy call. this is the major leagues. if the ump can’t handle the speed on a play like that, send him to AA. But this ump has 20+ years experience. No excuse for blowing that many calls in one game.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I knew he was safe immediately.
And not because I’m a Giants homer. It was pretty obvious.
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This is incredibly frustrating to watch, but I laugh at JT Snow’s delivery of “Out. His foot’s in the air!” every time.
Oh my gawd
To paraphrase John Miller “and that was the worst umpiring in the history of the game”. Dead blind people could have made a better call on most of these.
by crazedcrustacean on Aug 12, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The play where Gary Darling completely didn’t watch the play at first because he was too busy correcting the absolutely horrific call the umpire at second tried to make is pretty close to being the perfect storm of terrible umpiring.
To be fair, it is much harder to umpire two stations simultaneously.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Miller should get fined for that
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
um, what?
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lol fail
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I wasn’t able to watch today’s game, and when I got home and heard about the walkoff homer, I thought that was a terrible thing. But having watched the “highlights” now, it’s probably a good thing – I wouldn’t have seen the homer anyway, I would have thrown a chair through the tv first.
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I'm amazed I made it through the whole thing
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I turned on the tv later and saw they were replaying the game. In the ninth, kruk mentioned timmy’s pitch count, and I knew what his total for the game was. It looked like such a sure victory, but I knew what was coming. I kept talking to the tv, “No, don’t throw that, don’t get a hit now, don’t blow that call, come on!” I can only imagine what watching it in real time would have been like. Heart attack time!
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by raisingcain on Aug 13, 2009 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I was sooooooooo fucking pissed they called Furcal safe
I knew right there we were fucked. I could CLEARLY see live that he was safe, and I couldn’t imagine they’d blow another call like that. You could hear Kruk yell “NO!” on the broadcast, and that is the first time I’ve EVER heard him talk over Kuip before.
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I watched it on mlb.com. On the main page, click on “Highlights” a little way down the page.
by kdl on Aug 12, 2009 5:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
If you have Comcast, you can watch a replay of the game on On Demand, under sports
then Comcast sports
then Giants
then 2009
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Astros 22 runs over/under?
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 12, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
fuck and the Rockies score 2 in the first
and look at the starting pitchers stats, this doesn’t look good
Nate's first day back = win
Coincidence? I think not.
by kdl on Aug 12, 2009 5:54 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
ALL LOOK SAME
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG I KNO A GUY UR 5
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Still funny as shit every time I see it…
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Billy Ripken is still a douche bag.
by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 12, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm watching the bench clearing incident video
And, after the ump cuts Sandoval off, Russell Martin appears to bump the umpire from behind. Aren’t you supposed to be ejected for any umpire contact!?
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yes
How much did they pay?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if MLB wants the Dodgers to be winners and in the playoffs because there is a bigger media market. I’m not a conspiracy theorist but officiating like this makes you wonder.
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by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 12, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
or some people are just really bad at their jobs.
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Aug 12, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
that's a whole pantload of stupid
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
interesting thought
San Francisco is a pretty big town as well, there are a lot of Giants fans.
But the Dodgers do corner the miserable-douchebag market and that is a ton of buying power.
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That would explain how the Dodgers have reached the World Series every year for the last decade.
Oh wait…
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by EliminateMe on Aug 12, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
MLB =/= NBA
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
well formatted sir
I swear to God, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Aug 12, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
in programming languages, not equals is done as != (fyi)
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure the next time the Mayor is coding he will bear that in mind.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 13, 2009 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Suck It actually bumps the ump twice during the frackas. I don’t know how he stayed in the game, and I’m really curious to see if he’s suspended.
Maybe he liked it.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 13, 2009 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
It kind of looked like Suck It was trying to pretend to be tough while really hiding behind the ump.
Because he knew Renteria was going to fuck his shit up if he got close enough?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s people we all know who wouldn’t get into any fights but when there are people in from of him, he’ll go off and try and get the other person.
Quit holding me back, brah. QUIT HOLDING ME BACK!!
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
2-0 Rockies
Goddamn it Colorado.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 6:01 PM PDT reply actions
There’s a reason why it’s called “fantasy baseball”, not “nightmare baseball”.
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Greg Amsinger on MLB Network screwed the pooch. He said the Dodgers won today, 4-2.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 6:13 PM PDT reply actions
yes
I would like to find a recording of the song for my personal music devices.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
One for the MP3 player...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwKdn-sTvKY
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by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 12, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Aurilla’s wife and Zito need a duet together..Im thinking, “love lifts us up where we belong”.
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by kbsofaraway08 on Aug 12, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Greg Amsinger is my favorite on MLB Network...
Mostly cuz he’s not a complete moron…
But this certainly loses some cool points in my book.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Aug 12, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Argh
I rush home to watch the 6:00 replay, turn on the TV and what do I see? Greg Papa’s orange mug.
Well lets see. Uribe would have been hunted down after the game for leaving so many on and making that error, but that was all completely wiped away with that no doubter of a homer.
Great to see Wilson in the zone. Really thought that he would have trouble mentally vs Blake, but he was just locked in.
I was at all 3 games of the series, and there were FAR less Dodger fans there today which was awesome. Giants fans were all pumped through the game. Really awesome to be around.
Trying to think of other observations that differ from being there than at home. I don’t know, generally it was a great day at the park. Weather was beautiful and the fans were in it the whole time
With malice towards the Dodgers
Oh also I would have left Juggernate in the game instead of pulling him for Rowand.
I’m sure these are things that you guys all were talking about in the gamethreads.
Great to watch 2 managers get tossed and the seats get emptied.
Suck it Russell Martin falling on his ass was also awesome
With malice towards the Dodgers
Today’s game was the one I had wanted to attend until my cat went all psycho and clawed up the bottom of my foot. I’ve been stuck in the house since Monday, so it’s nice to live vicariously through those that were there in person.
lol yeah, did you really get the sense that Giant fans were going to rush the field and attack the umpires if the game had ended in dodger win?
(That’s kind of what K&K were saying in the post game.)
hahahhaha no I don’t think anyone would be that dumb to rush the field, but it was really horrible. I was texting a buddy of mine at home who was watching to ask about the close calls. They don’t ever really show those kinds of replays on the big screen
With malice towards the Dodgers
As a rule, they don’t show anything that goes against the Gs on the tron.
by The Double Deuce on Aug 13, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
More to the point
they don’t show replays that show the umpire got the call wrong. That’s by general agreement with the umpire union and MLB, but not actually part of the collective bargaining agreement.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
stupid remark by K and K, that stuff gets the fans nuts
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by seesdifferent on Aug 12, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Is your cat...
a puma or something?
Man the fuck up!
by The Double Deuce on Aug 13, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve got 2 one inch long gashes on the bottom of my foot, right down the metatarsal/ball of the foot area. Walking is no fun. And that makes me cranky!
If the kitties don’t get regular manicures (as my vet office called them), those claws can be brutal too.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow...
Your cat is a bigtime jerk. Sorry.
by The Double Deuce on Aug 13, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
She was asleep at the time and something just spooked her.
She’s a shelter cat and can do some real flakey stuff sometimes: like trying to sleep in the refrigerator, or climb up the inside of the fireplace. When we first got her we had to take the suction cup bathtub no slip pads out of the bathtub because she would get into the tub in the middle of the night, peel off a little dolphin or sea shell, and come drop the damn, cold, wet, thing on us in bed.
That’s an awesome cat right there.
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And a point from VB 311:
all the regulars in my section (including my 3 year 10 month old son) were LIVID when Schierholtz was lifted in the 9th for Rowand. I actually left after that, I was so mad. Didn’t see the walkoff job, which doesn’t bother me much. So much anger at today’s game!
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
In consultation with others, I'm sure. So what?
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
FWIW, and it may not be much, in his postgame news conference Bochy didn’t seem to like that decision very much.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Once more, I ask: so what?
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just saying that even the guy who normally makes boneheaded decisions for the Giants very possibly wouldn’t have made that one.
We won the game despite that move, and there’s good reason to think it won’t be replicated in the future. So it doesn’t seem like there’s any real use in complaining about it now as long as Tim Flannery never gets to manage the Giants.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
I am not so sure.
I have no faith whatsoever that that move won’t be replicated in the future. None at all. It seemed like just the kind of flywheel move that this management specializes in. I personally think Bochy can tell himself (and us) whatever he wants, but he likely would have made that move, too.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Personally though I must say I’m guilty of wanting to pinch hit Garko for Ishikawa in that at bat against Kuo.
Yup, gotta think you're right
but I really think Boch would have gone with Garko. Still the wrong move IMO since nate owns lefties, but yeah. I really doubt he’d have put in rowadn (that’s his name to me from now on)
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Road trip!
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I had to turn it off after Timmy got taken out. I’m glad they won, even though I’m REALLY surprised. Still, I don’t know what I would have done if I would have kept watching having heard about what happened after where I turned it off and before Uribe hit his homer. I might not have lived long enough to see him hit it.
AP story on SFgate
In their notes section, it said today was Bochy’s 45th ejection. That seems like a lot for a manager that sleeps half the game or is preparing for his double switches.
Boch is one of those predictable ejection coaches. Goes out there with the intention of getting thrown out, but without going over the top. Lame.
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Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
I was hoping he was going to rip the base off shove it up Darling’s ass, but no such luck.
He did say int the post game interview, that he feels he didn’t say enough to get run.
WTF???
I didn’t see the game but I just checked the box score. Either he did it or it was a typo: Molina WALKED TWICE??? How did he do that?
He just stood there and didn’t swing. It was amazing.
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Yup
Greiss played out of his mind in the Calder Cup playoffs, so its good that he’s getting a chance to back up Nabby for two years; maybe even be a starter if Nabokov doesn’t re-sign next year and he impresses at the NHL level. As for Karlsson, its always good to have lots of goalies in your system. I read that he’s going to stay in Sweden this year, so no big impact on the organization initially. He’s also HUGE (6’6").
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SI this to help Nabokov? isn’t he getting a little older? but not too old for a goalie, but a 6’6 golie???? WTF!
Yeah, Nabby is going to be 34 next year, which is fairly old for a goalie, and his groin injuries are piling up, which affects his ability to cover the five hole. Plus, with the cap going down next year and his status as a top-10 goalie, the Sharks might not be able to re-sign him.
Also, Greiss has been in the AHL for years, and with all the goalies coming up in the system (Stalock, Sexsmith, and Sateri), he needs a chance to prove himself in the NHL. Might as well be the backup, since the Sharks didn’t re-sign Boucher.
Oh, and yeah. Karlsson is huge, which definitely helps him cover the net.
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Well, Nabby is small for a goalie – 6’0" – so he really has to play the angles and challenge the shooters to cover up as much net as he can. Karlsson doesn’t have to be as aggressive in playing the angles as he can naturally reach that far and cut off the net.
Plus, Karlsson is rather light for his size – something like 205lbs – which would give him more flexibility. Then again, there are those fat goalies like Brodeur and Thomas that are doing pretty well.
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So they won’t be coming over this year but do you think they might be soon to be starters or what’s the deal?
Greiss will backup Nabokov this season, so he’ll get more than a few NHL starts. He was already the starter for the Sharks’s farm team in the AHL (the equivalent of AAA in baseball). He might be a starter, might not be – the Sharks want to see how he’ll do at the NHL level. He hasn’t blown me away yet, but there’s always a chance he could suddenly turn it on this year.
Karlsson will stay over in Sweden as a starter in the Swedish Elite League (SEL) to get more experience and because the Sharks have no room in their farm team between Stalock, Sexsmith, and Sateri all ready to move up in the organization.
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Well what did we do with our back up from last year Bourche? And that would be awesome, i love Nabby, and he’s been pretty damn good, but more importantly we need some more attitude!
That’s good that they’ll keep him back there for a while
Boucher was let go in free agency so they could play Greiss at the NHL level. He’s now a backup for the Flyers (I feel sorry for him, since he has to play with Captain Elbows himself, Chris Pronger).
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Exactly. Geez, Pronger is a douche.
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Remember him on Edmonton? boy we bood his ass every time he touched the puck then, plus him on St. Louis he was a dick
And then he played for the Ducks, which is like an unholy mating.
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Yup. Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks are the two biggest by far. Flames and Red Wings to a lesser extent.
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Yea i was gonna say, the Stars and Ducks, other than that, the wings just win all the time, flames?? ehhh, but are you positive that there’s a Duck rivalry there?
Wings and Flames just because those games always tend to be hard-fought, and because of the multiple playoff match-ups.
Oh, and I’m sure there’s a Ducks rivalry. 64 minutes in penalties handed out at the end of a regular season game doesn’t happen often.
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My working theory: he didn't refrain from swinging; he simply forgot.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
One of them was intentional.
I didn’t see the other.
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I made you all a present
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I do when it's rectumface
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Damn
Last time I checked the Phillies were destroying the Cubs.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Love it.
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REC'D SO HARD
Kevin Pucetas lurks in the shadows, waiting for his time to shine.
by Sammy Danger on Aug 12, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
BEST
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't get to see this yet
and it is everything I was hoping it would be
Suck it Russell Martin!
by crazedcrustacean on Aug 12, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet Velez’s neck will be a little sore tomorrow morning. Martin’s leg came down on him pretty good
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
/sadly missed the Gameday thread.
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
incredible
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Almost two hours later and I’m still drawn to this. Amazing.
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I wish I could rec it more
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It's a little early
On August 25-27, the Rockies face LA in Denver. Giants are unlikely to catch LA. Who do you root for?? Let the Rockies have that series and the Giants beat them up or do the unthinkable??
You root for Denver to open up and swallow both teams whole, never to be heard from again.
by The Double Deuce on Aug 13, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
More awesome: my landlords are waiving my rent for this month! I did so much cooking while I was here that they’re giving back. I still owe them a bit from the loan they gave me when the alternator in my car went tits up, but it sure beats paying both rent and the loan.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
rub away
And here’s hoping your week turns around. Is it generalized crappiness?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Mostly general crapitude. Monday morning I was sitting on the floor, bare foot, with the cat curled up asleep next to my left foot. She heard a sound or had a bad dream or something and just freaked out and clawed the hell out of the bottom of my foot. Sooo I’m stuck in the house.
I guess better now than when school starts in a few weeks but ugh!
shit
15 day DL, cat related injury
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
hope it's not contagious
Richie’s still fighting that darn toe ankle, I’d hate to see him now come down with advanced catfoot
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by natteringnabob on Aug 12, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s going on here?? I left and I clicked on the comments link and some website asked for a username and password.
That was me deleting my faulty animated gif and my web server saying it wasn’t there… fixed it now.
Nobody likes money
Grant started the pay MCC site
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
nudie pics
Gotta pay top dollar.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
i thought it was bottom dollar...
budoom, chi!
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by Headhunter Rollins on Aug 12, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
aliens started it, fo sho
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by Headhunter Rollins on Aug 12, 2009 7:28 PM PDT reply actions
Expert analysis of the Sandoval-Martin incident:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Sj6KeeP0U
"El once, chico. Eleven."
doesnt know how to wear a hat, however
or how to keep his mom from shopping for his t-shirts at hot topic
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by Headhunter Rollins on Aug 12, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Future ESPN anchor
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Why are you feeding this kid views/hits?
It will only encourage him.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
LOL wow
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I cannot for the life of me imagine why I would want to know what that little turd thinks.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 13, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Watching the game again. I’m packing so I guess this is appropriate background noise.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:36 PM PDT reply actions
From Bengie’s blarg:
Pablo thought McDonald was intentionally trying to hit him, which is a judgment call on his part. Maybe he and McDonald have a history in the minor leagues or something. I don’t know. But you always back up your teammate, no matter what. I grabbed Russell Martin, the catcher, who wasn’t happy that Pablo was accusing his pitcher of intentionally hitting him. I was telling him to take it easy. Basically, your job as a teammate when the benches clear is to keep your teammates safe. You try to grab whoever you can to keep them from getting hurt or getting tossed.
Douche.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 7:39 PM PDT reply actions
the last thing we want is pablo getting tossed. if bengie has to break up a fight, even with the dodgers, so be it.
if it were aurilia, then i’d say fuck it, punch him.
I could see richie doing that. in fact, I’d be willing to let him sit on the bench and let him be the designated fighter if he agrees to not play and just fight when beckoned.
maybe the giants can sign roenick now?
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe Bertuzzi
I swear to God, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Aug 12, 2009 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
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THAT
was sooo fucking great.
Giants need some of that!!!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Saw that Youklis and Porcello were suspended 5 games for their actions yesterday. Youk is douche but he sure would look great at 1st base for us.
lol
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
For getting all up in Suck It Russell Martin’s face. (Totally not going to happen, but it would mean a few games without him.)
it looked to me like renteria barely got close enough to say-it-don’t-spray-it on martin, much less punch him
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
but admittedly I only saw the highlight replay, so maybe he punched him? tackled him?
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
he sprinted up the steps and got in Martin’s face, and some Dodger a-hole grabbed him and pushed hauled him away. He looked pissed.
wish he’d shown a little more oomph than, uh, getting in someone’s face.
there was no mistaking how youkilis felt.
giants = most polite fighters in baseball?
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually thought he was great. I mean, he didn’t throw haymakers or anything but he was the first one out.
had nothing else to do today
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
BA-DUM-DUM
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
For real dude, Youk’s been getting hit a ton, but go cry about it, at least you got on base! Something Renteria would love to do
haha
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Renterria will get a 5 game suspension while Suck It will get a strongly worded post it asking him not to touch umps anymore.
I don’t like the Porcello suspension. He hit him with, what, a curveball? Either unintentional, or he’s the biggest puss out there.
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Looked intentional to me.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
So he is the biggest puss out there?
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah I mean for two consecutive nights the sox and tigers traded off on plunking hitters so can there be doubt that it was intentional?
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
1. it was an offspeed pitch
2. Porcello sure didn’t look like a pitcher that intentionally plunked someone with that scared little boy reaction
That is what places the doubt in my mind
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by Giant among Angels on Aug 12, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
might
might not’ve been, but given the circumstances.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
yike, wtf
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=6053903&c_id=bos
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Where are all you “shoulda-taken-Porcello” people now, huh?!? Guy has a temper, fights like a schoolgirl. DO NOT WANT
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
That is idiotic… do you think Timmy would throw down with Youkilis? Do you want him acting like a tough guy douchebag and getting suspended or injured? I judge pitchers on how well they pitch.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 13, 2009 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
CHASM
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Fell right in….
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 13, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
well that was certainly a messed up situation there, isn’t he married? and this happened a few years ago?
yeah, rumor is that this is par for the course for Pitino.
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Aug 12, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
There was a time when stuff like this got me really upset because I wondered if there was truly such a thing as a faithful marriage or even just a faithful relationship. At this point, I’ve seen it so often that I’m just focused on not allowing myself to make those mistakes, and to hell with every one else.
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
6 years ago. really bad situation.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL – did it on the restaurant table (after hours). And an assistant was there. Super creep!
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
he's super creepy
ow
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by natteringnabob on Aug 12, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
classy as fuck
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
He's heavy duty Roman Catholic.
Which is, studies actually show, the biggest segment of abortion consumers. Like ra-ay-ain on your wedding day…
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course. And I thought it waaaaay too kind.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey! I was raised Catholic and have never had an abortion.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 13, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I love it when people from the “My Church” generation of protestants make fun of Catholics. Usually they are spending a good deal of what they earn on some pastor with an online pastors’ degree who was “saved” in a prison six months ago. Leave your prejudice at home and stick to baseball.
No one here gets out alive.
LOL! Did you read the two sentences that preceded "Leave your prejudice at home"?
Thanks for the big morning laugh, truly.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
No, it IS prejudice to lump protestants as "usually" funding inferior clergy, like they're getting duped or something.
And anyway, the comment to which you replied did not “make fun” of Catholics. Someone mentioned what a creep Pitino is, and there ensued a discussion of various creepy aspects of what he did. One of those, for me, is that he is very public about his particular denomination of religion, yet for his own personal convenience totally goes against one of its major provisions.
And not to prolong this, but in defending the RC church, I don’t think the “superior and better behaved clergy” argument is the strongest one.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t really care who protestants give their money to. If they don’t feel like they are getting duped, I hope they are very happy. I just hear the same tired old barbs about Catholics from Protestants. Personally I feel all religions are about power, prejudice and money. Its just the condescending attitude toward what other people believe that creates bigotry and hate in this world.
No one here gets out alive.
only hates bigots
and the Dutch
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by natteringnabob on Aug 13, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
So, looking ahead
New York is struggling, and vulnerable.
Cincy: payback’s a bitch
Colorado: our chance to make up ground/pull away
7-2?
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yeah but 2 till rain out. You need to get your crystal ball chacked.
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Aug 12, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
err will … that’s what I get for trying to be witty.
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Aug 12, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, you're right
8-3?
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by Giantsfan4life on Aug 12, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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by Giantsfan4life on Aug 12, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
sigh
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Vasgersian is the one who had broadcast sex with Tim Tebow during last year’s national championship, right? I think it was him
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL they keep showing the Velez play.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 8:45 PM PDT reply actions
The bench clearing incident is playing in the comcast replay right now. And, I just have to say:
SUCK IT RUSSELL MARTIN.
Seriously
He’s a colossal dickhead. He started a bunch of shit, when Pablo was just yelling and pointing. The pitcher didn’t wave him over or anything. Martin got what he deserved, a facefull of Renteria screaming.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Who’d want Renteria screaming at you, yikes, just watched the replay with Vin doing the game and he was calling Pablo a baby panda and Martin a ferocious lion… but yea Scully also sounded convinced that Furcal was safe in the 9th inning
a baby panda
Who will eat your face and then homer against you.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet renteria looks even more bug-eyed and bernie mac-like when he gets pissed
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
IRL LOL
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
i wish i could see the entire thing :(
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
That was a great fucking game
unfortunately my work’s internet connection died right as uribe hit that home run…
I loooove the emotion shown today after all of those shitty calls (Timmy was especially furious). Maybe Panda’s little outburst will get the team fired up for this upcoming road trip as well…
Also, Suck It Russell J Martin
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
Yea, the emotion was awesome, i just want this all the time, every day please! By the way, even at the park, i kinda wish i was there
Good gravy, I couldn’t take a game like that everyday. Too many things in the apartment would be damaged. And I’d probably die of a heart attack.
I would hope that playing the Dodgers with the fans going nuts in the stands and so much on the line would get them fired up.
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
The best thin about today's game
The family was out at the yard together, and My daughter learned to say BEAT L.A. for the first time.
Still working on Suck It, Russell Martin though…
also LOL:
“best thin about today’s game”
EUGENIO!!!
(no one else qualifies / body bias)
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Just thought about this:
Did any dodgers fans bring beach balls this time?
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I didn’t see any. Thank god. Nor did they try to start the wave. There really were less Dodgers fans here today compared to the last 2 days.
With malice towards the Dodgers
I’ve seen attempts at the wave. Luckily I wasnt at the Giants game where it actually got going. There have been beach balls from Giants fans though?
And why are you defending Dodger fans?
With malice towards the Dodgers
All dodgers fans are douches though. So saying that giants fans have done both implies that we’re all douches
With malice towards the Dodgers
Also, it’s way douchier of Dodger fans to come into AT&T and do it than for Giants fans to do it in their own park.
exactly.
i hate how the dodger fans acted like AT&T was their home park during this series, saying and doing shit i would never do at the Latrine.
by kezargiants on Aug 12, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Did I completely imagine this
but I SWEAR I has at a game (and it was someone lame, like the expos) at Candlestick and a small group kept trying to do the wave and there was an announcement over the PA that said “DON’T DO THE WAVE”
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I has… geez time for bed
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
i haz teh wavez!
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
As much as A’s fans do the wave, the person who ran the scoreboard, didn’t like it. I remember people doing the wave and seeing on the Diamondvision art of a wave with the wave crossed out and a picture of a sign that said “Do the wave, go to jail”
I’ve been at games where pockets of fans try to do the wave. Only on July 3rd where they went too far. They usually fail otherwise.
Exactly, they all failed, since the people in left don’t give a shit, they’re more focused on the game, and i agree with the guys in left, i kinda want to see another game out there
The times I’ve seen the wave at the Phone Booth has been when there are large groups of children in attendance, well that and 4th of July.
When you haul a pack of random 9 year olds to a baseball game, not all of them are going to be into the actual game. A lot of summer camp type programs just pack up the whole kit n’ kaboodle and take them to a game.
“They tried and failed?”
“They tried and died!”
by paboperfecto on Aug 13, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I went to a few of the Giants/Brewers games at Miller Park earlier this year, and the fans there were doing the wave A LOT. It was really annoying.
They also kept playing rally music over the PA while the GIANTS were batting, though, so…
by The Double Deuce on Aug 13, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Not gonna argue semantics here but seriously if you call yourself a Giants fan and brought a beachball OR started the wave (which started in Oakland btw) then you’ve not been paying attention or just really hate yourself. or both.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
On July 3rd, I got so angry with the wave that went around the ball park 3 times, I screamed every swear word in the book. A couple assholes in front of me did the wave the moment a Giant made a out so I didn’t even see it. I was livid.
fireworks night
brings out a bunch of people who don’t give a shit about baseball or the giants, that’s why.
by kezargiants on Aug 12, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
There was one in section 333 last night. An older guy next to me got it, and I told him to deflate it, but he was like, “but it says AT&T on it.” (It was blue and white with the AT&T logo.) He was so clueless. So, he hit it back into the crowd. But, the next person who got it popped it. Everyone cheered.
Maybe that was the one I saw last night. I was in 331 and I was yelling POP IT. If you saw a crazed brunette in a red hoodie yelling, that was me.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately not, lol. But, yeah, it was probably the same one. It was funny, because I figured I would see a beach ball in my section, because it was FULL of obnoxious Dodger Fans (redundant).
God seriously. That was awful. Did you see the guy in the Kent jersey who got showered with peanut shells?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
:(
I still wear my Kent jersey (giants one)
time for my peanut shelling
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
twas a Dodgers Kent jersey
Which is just disgusting. I wouldn’t throw things at you if you wore a Giants Kent jersey.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
nah any of the games. i’ve bet to a few where as soon as they went up someone grabbed them and popped them. just curious if they came out or not during any of these games.
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reply fail
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: What is the song that the Giants come out to?
the one in the beginning when they first take the field
With malice towards the Dodgers
They need to go back to Bye Bye Baby.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
yes I agree.
Especially cause my buddy figured it out and its this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtUI5MC9tVM
With malice towards the Dodgers
sounds gross.
they should come out to slayer “angel of death” or something. but brian wilson doesn’t like their “message”
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Slayer is awesome.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I love this
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
YES
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
doesn’t surprise me at all.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it a Christian metal band like Mortification?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
my bad guys
it looks like its Lincecum’s pick for the games he starts
from the song’s wiki page:
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher, Two time MLB All-Star and Cy Young Award Winner Tim Lincecum uses “Electric Feel” as his walk out music before every game.
With malice towards the Dodgers
LOL @ Wrigley security. The guy who threw beer on Victorino (Rectum Face?) got away because they got the wrong guy.
fail
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
supposedly they did a second sweep through and grabbed 8 more people (including the assailant hero.)
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I was bored
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by mymclife on Aug 12, 2009 9:31 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
LOL
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
spit ice cream everywhere
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I just saw the play in the game where the ball hit Suck It in the face and knocked his mask off. I laughed and laughed and laughed.
Even though...
…this is only the second best gif posted today, it is still one of the most glorious things I have ever seen. Kudos. Also, this jumps to the top of my list of favorite winter sports.
YEAH!!
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by satyricrash on Aug 12, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Did Torre get Nate called out?
I was just showing my son a few replays on the Tivo. After the play in the 5th where Nate is safe at first before getting called out you can see Torre talking to the first base ump. They finish up, the ump walks to Nate and sends him off the field. I’m guessing that Torre realized that he was not going to get Pablo called out and in the confusion he convinced the ump, who was distracted by the play with Pablo, that Nate was out at first.
I noticed that too. Nate initially stood at first, but after Torre came out, he left.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
impossible
managers have no effect on the game I red it on the internets
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by natteringnabob on Aug 12, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
By the way
I just want to say again how good Brian Wilson pitched today, and personally, i don’t know the guy, so his personality is ok by me, unless i actually witness him being a jerk, i’m not going to call him one. He’s still one of the premier closers in the game right now, so good job Brian
wotus getting kicked out on the ishikawa play!!
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just noticed timmy barking after that play from the mound
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
i'd argue Timmy's bitching from the dugout was better
despite the fact it meant that the Dodgers had just tied it up.
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
still waiting for that
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
oh no, fucking terrible velez throw
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TWSS
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
god damn it!
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Just showed Tim yelling at the umpire.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:08 PM PDT reply actions
the two finge point and F U?
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
yep
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Just got home from game too tired for intelligent analysis. Holy hell that was something
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MUNI running late? or did you fly in from the east coast for the game?
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I live in Nevada County, long drive today
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by igotnothing on Aug 12, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
damn
That’s dedication. I get crabby on my hour long BART rides.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
to and from the ballpark that is
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
My goodness I’m one MUNI train ride away, straight shot, and it’s too much for me most of the time :/
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep
And in a few weeks, it’ll be Caltrain rides!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
And in a few weeks, it’ll beCaltrainPARTYTRAIN rides!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
BYOB
Means beg your own beer for a college student. :(
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
which reminds me I have homework, ugh
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by igotnothing on Aug 12, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
:(
i’ll buy you a beer
thankfully i have two more weeks off but then its 34 hours of work and then 5 classes. hopefully i’ll drop down to 24 hours or work after a couple of weeks of that though.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m out of work as of September 4, when the minor league seasons end. I hope I can get a gig working on campus to help with moneys. I have four classes two days a week. Should leave me time to work.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m still pissed Flan yanked Nate for Rowand. Seriously, WTF? Even if it had been Garko, it would have been less infuriating.
Rowand? We talking about Rowand?
I agree that Nate should have stayed in. They wanted to go with the lefty-righty matchup thats why they went to Rowand. Garko wouldn’t have worked there because then he would have had to take Nate’s place in the OF. Garko was on deck and would have PH for Ishi if Rowand didn’t hit into that DP
With malice towards the Dodgers
I’m still pissed Flan yanked Nate for Rowand
this team is waaaaay closer than I thought.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
lol
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess this is what they mean by “clubhouse chemistry”?
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
We figured out their secret! Maybe that’s why they’ve been “slumping” with Nate in Fresno. If you know what I’m saying, and I think you do.
Okay, I’m gross.
lol
Lewd homoerotic commentary is my specialty.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
ha ha
that reminds me of when announcers say that a batter “jerked one into the stands.”
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
He really unloaded!!!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Krukow: “He really nutted that”
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
fisting the ball into centerfield
and throwing backdoor sliders
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
backdoor slider
my wife always guffaws at that one
She also seems to think “big unit” is a comical nickname, for some reason.
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by natteringnabob on Aug 12, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
When RJ was still with the Mariners, the Mariners drafted a pitcher who was 6'9"
The local “media” (for lack of a better word in Seattle) quickly dubbed that guy ’The Little Unit." Top notch pun, but how would you like to be saddled with that handle? (heh heh— handle)
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Ryan Anderson. he was also called the Space Needle.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Big Unit
His real name is comical. Between his real name and his nick name, they should just call him Giant Horny Penis.
by iammclovin on Aug 12, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
wow
nicely done
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by natteringnabob on Aug 12, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
wow I didn't either
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
with the risk of falling into the chasm…
REALLY? RANDY JOHNSON seemed normal to you?
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess I just never thought of it.
Kind of incredible that my juvenile mind skipped over that one
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
the johnson… it is randy!
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
This is so hilarious to me
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
All my co-workers are now looking at me because I just…can’t….stop….laughing
by paboperfecto on Aug 13, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
That always makes me think of some wrestling/buttsex event
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
redundant
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
“greek style wrestling”
makes me think of this (starting at 1:20)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB055Obmdno
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
KRUK: Bengie Molina in the SQUAAAAAAAT.
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by satyricrash on Aug 12, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Kruk again
I remember a Royce Clayton at bat where Kruk said something to the effect of, “Royce is pulling off and Bobby (Bonds) keeps telling him he’s pulling off but he just keeps pulling off”.
Royce, you’re gonna go blind!!!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how excited Freddy Sanchez was after the walk off
Dude was pumped. Love watching the new guy into it so much
With malice towards the Dodgers
voyeur
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
dude is pumped to be on a team that is in (relative) contention, finally.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
pumped to beat LA
Is what I want to see.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
this
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
wilson valdez
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
also looking for other valdez pics yielded this:
holy mackerel, if she fell forward she’d bounce back up
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
It is not the mackerel I find holy.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
not fakes
aliens
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by natteringnabob on Aug 13, 2009 7:11 AM PDT up reply actions
GAMERZ
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
HUGS ALL AROUND!
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by satyricrash on Aug 12, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That look on his face was like, pure joy
I love it when guys are that into games. Then you know that they’re not going to be slacking off.
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freddy sanchez is quickly becoming one of my favorite giants
and definitely my favorite over 30
by kezargiants on Aug 12, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t realize Affeldt was 30 yet, but a check of Wikipedia did reveal that. Like him a lot too.
by kezargiants on Aug 13, 2009 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
You know another thing I was thinking about a couple of weeks ago was the fact that F.Sanchez is 31 and I was telling someone that Kent was about that age when he came here.. had to look it up… He was 29. Close enough. Hopefully Sanchez stays good, healthy and productive and we keep him for a few years.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions
September Call-ups
just sorta thinking out loud, but teams don’t usually call up more than a handful of guys, especially when they’re in a playoff chase, but you’d have to figure that the Giants could very well call-up a lot of guys who could really contribute.
Guzman, Frandsen, Rohlinger, Bowker, Downs could all get the call.
Matos and Joaquin figure to get call-ups as well.
Sadowski and Hinshaw could also get brought up, though it isn’t guaranteed.
Torres and Unit will probably be activated by then as well. Richie – probably somehow will make it as the last man on earth, though he could be the casualty (yeah, right) if Unit comes off the 60-day.
I doubt Posey would get a call-up b/c it’d require an extra 40-man roster move.
Gillaspie, English and Bocock probably would not get called up.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 10:47 PM PDT reply actions
Rich Aurilia and His Gangrenous Toe!
/runs
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by natteringnabob on Aug 12, 2009 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Mariners-White Sox
they’re scoreless in the 14th inning. Just one substitution of a position player has been made and that was b/c Jack Wilson got hurt. Only in the AL.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 10:53 PM PDT reply actions
Griffey comes thru in the bottom of the 14th for the W.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 12, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm totally cool with the woohoo being for the game
I was at the game and part of one of the largest crowds in park history. Listen I don’t care if the pope gets beat up in the process we got a huge win against out biggest rivals who are huge villians. Good prevailed over evil and I don’t really want to speculate beyond that. Did uribe suck until the end? Yes. Did the umps cost timmy a W? Yes. Was it the wrong move to put in rowand? Yes. But it’s all moot because the ones who went home sad were wearing blue Martin and ramirez jerseys and that is all that really matters. Martin is a punk bitch and anyone who didn’t know before knows tonight. Suck it russell j and victorino and that asshole Blake. Go giants we beat la.
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edited to add:
love timmy coming off the mound saying “fuck you” to the umps
and Kemp getting owned by the wall on Pablito’s double.
by kezargiants on Aug 12, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
24 LOB
24 left on base for the Giants this game. Uribe and Velez each left five on. Tim left on four, lol.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 10:58 PM PDT reply actions
Also, we saw all their Two-First-Named Jerks
Casey Blake, suckitpunkassbitch russell martin, Mark Loretta, and Juan Pierre. Bunch jerks.
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might be a stretch
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by kezargiants on Aug 12, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
It is a stretch, but I like how you're thinking.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
We've explored this many times.
Lewis is not the usual spelling of the first name.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
WILSON!!
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Lewis and Clark!
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Those guys were douches!!!!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I am watching that show as I type. Dean Cain = best on-screen Clark Kent, IMO.
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that show was win
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I hated the finale though
Where the hell did the baby come from?
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Must admit I don't remember the plot that well
I just remember watching it before school on TNT and it was TEH AWSUM
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
It wasn’t exactly a plot – a baby randomly showed up on Lois and Clark’s doorstep in the final minutes finale with a note saying it was theirs and then it faded to black. And then ABC canceled it.
But, yeah. I own the first two seasons on DVD, it is so awesome.
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Wow that's lame
why do shows like that get canceled?? TV sucks so bad these days it seems like shows like firefly, lois and clark and top gear america should really be getting made
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I have no idea
I think the ratings went down after the frog clones and the botched wedding plotline, and then ABC decided to suddenly pull the plug on it over the summer. I blame Eisner.
Oh, and seriously. I was so mad when I heard Whose Line was canceled. Funniest show on television, IMO.
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Meriweather is NOT a first name.
Lewis has one of each. Wrong order, but we can’t help that.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
But as you said, Lewis doesn’t have the right spelling. So if you don’t have any first names, does that make you the best person possible?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
It does not.
There is no observable phenomenon with two-last-named people.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah I was just saying that Lewis (that spelling) can be a first name
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but it is not a first name for the purposes of this theorem.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Ahh I see
yeah I forgot lewis was his last name
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, no, Brian Wilson is a douche despite being on hte right team.
But a positive value as closer, so we tolerate it without problem.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Brian wilson is a douche
but in a marina douchebag way…not like in a “i hate that douchebag way” but in a like “oh yeah i know that douchebag” way
by kezargiants on Aug 12, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
He does a good job of it on Life of Brian.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Well in all fairness, I passed judgment on George Bush and shit too and I have no idea what it’s like to hang with that dude either.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, I bet George Bush would be pretty hilarious to hang out with.
by The Double Deuce on Aug 13, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
You can be a douche while still being a nice guy
just look at his hair man. He’s a douche. Might be super awesome, but he’s a douche
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Uribe has the same hair? doesnt sanchez? unless i meet him in person, i’m not gonna judge him as being a douche is all im saying, you know?
Uribe appears to have shaved his head
J Sanchez has a sad little mohawk that barely stands up, lol. But his fashion sense has always been called into question.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
dude is puerto rican, cut him some slack
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
OK
you can save YOUR judgment, but the guy’s a douche man. Nobody wears their hair for that long and isn’t a douche. But watev
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, Joe Strummer wasn’t a douche, I can tell you that.
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by satyricrash on Aug 13, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Seriously? You're seriously continuing this discussion? Really?
You don’t notice an irreducible difference of opinion when you see one? Secondly, you don’t notice a totally trivial offhand comment when you see one, that is so totally minor, trivial, meaningless, valueless that it doesn’t warrant even writing in that you disagreed the first time, let alone continuing it? Really? Seriously?
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Look, you didn’t have to go out in this long tangent on me, all you had to say was stop and i would have, but now it’s just making me feel bad, I"M SORRY FOR THINKING HE"S A NICE GUY AND BEING SHORT SIGHTED, and i’m sorry for just sparking a discussion, i’m an ass hole, and probably shouldn’t come back then, jeeze, what’s with this
i think he's a nice guy too
just he fits that “douche” sterotype…doesn’t mean he’s not hella cool or anything, IMO…he’s not like a Victorino douche..but just like a “douche” as opposed to like a surfer or goth kid or something…maybe the better word is “bro”.
by kezargiants on Aug 12, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't call you any names nor do you have any need to feel bad.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
No i know, you didn’t call me any names… i mean all you had to say was just “stop” and i woulda, you know what i mean? sorry bout that, but i hate it when people judge others
Dude
It’s not up to me say ‘stop’ or not. Everyone can say what they want (within reasonable limits like inciting violence, etc.). I’m not instructing you and would never presume to do that. I was just questioning the not letting go of a point, that’s all (and definitely mockingly, which I will own). It is totally and eternally your right to pursue whatever point you want to, for whatever your internal reasons are.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
haha, gotcha dude, so basically what you’re saying is, just let the guy get it all out and stuff right? But yea the only point i’m getting at is judging people on the field i guess, but i’m gonna let that go, thanks though for real on letting me know, i’m not pissed at all though haha
calmer than you are
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait a minute… here’s my point, if i got a point to make or something that might be different from what other people believe here, why can’t i come back with an argument? Everyone here can have the same argument as the other and why can’t i have my say? I know you’re saying let it go, well then everyone here has to let it go as well right? It’s just dumb, when i prove my points i usually back it up, i apologize for that since i didn’t back it up there. But i hear this all the time, Wilsons a douche, what if i said Pablo’s a douche, or Lincecums an ass, i mean come on
Then give your reasons. And make some effort at understanding the reasons of those who disagree with you.
But saying “prove it” on a matter of pure opinion — and not an interesting or important one, even — isn’t getting anyone anywhere.
Also, through no fault of your own, this is a topic that we have all done to the moon and back. When the Casey Blake incident happened in LA, we did a number of threads on just that incident. We all get each other’s reasons. The topic is cooked for us.
And there have been discussions that many people here are pretty sure they would really dislike Wilson if he were on another team, but we tolerate him on our team. I am in that camp. I think he is a douchebag frat boy (the tv show certainly confirms that), and I think his little postgame ritual is in the top tier of self-indulgent choreographed bullshit that I have seen in public behavior. Also, as he proved in LA, he has NO BUSINESS DOING IT IN PUBLIC IF HE IS VULNERABLE TO GETTING RATTLED BY IT. You know what? I have weaknesses, too. You know who I don’t reveal those to? MY OPPONENTS. He’s a child.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
By the way, I'm not REALLY asking for your reasons.
You are welcome to give them, but this is an absurd conversation!
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm absolutely not pissed at all.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Exactly, that’s why i said i apologize on not proving my point on that part… Yea good point toward the end, don’t reveal your weaknesses to your opponents if they rattle you, but alot of people don’t think that way either, but i agree that i shoulda came back with a point, that’s exactly where i screwed up and shit… Also by the way, the sign that wilson does and why he was rattled, that’s why i wrote my piece below
There is no point to "prove," though.
These are matters of pure opinion — and not very interesting opinions, at that. There is no proof. You like the guy; you understand that others don’t; that’s that. You owe no apologies to anyone whatsoever about this.
Nor do I think you should have come back with reasons because there is no person on this site who doesn’t already know the reasons for & against liking [fill in the blank with anyone]. There is nothing you could say about him that isn’t already known.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Got it, that makes a ton more sense, i guess the only thing i truly have beef with is what his gesture and how people here took it when he was rattled, and yea that’s my opinion on a “situation”. But i see what you’re saying like on specific players or people, if you dont know him then dont talk basically i guess?
No, people are entitled to their opinions.
I don’t have to know Pol Pot to have known he was horrible and evil. So personal familiarity is not necessary to forming opinions about people. I don’t pretend to know Brian Wilson perfectly, but what I do know about him is self-indulgent, childish, and irresponsible. Your threshholds for forming opinions are whatever they are, and you’re welcome to them.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep, i totally get what you’re saying, and basically just back up what you’re saying, such as you meet the guy somewhere at a bar or what have you, then you can say that you met the guy and he’s this or that… Thanks for this though!
You two are too much.
“calmer than you are”
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Saying you find him to be a pleasant human being is one thing. Saying HES NOT A DOUCHE is another. I can agree to disagree with you on the subject, but only if you recognize that he has done extremely asinine things and experiences like yours are not across the board. I witnessed him being a complete ass to a friend of mine, who was just trying to pay him a compliment for pitching well and making the ASG last year. That, with his Twitter bullshit and the Casey Blake reaction—where he actually asked someone to pull Lincecum away from the media WHILE LINCECUM WAS TALKING TO THE MEDIA to console him—is why I don’t care for him as a person.
But, if you like him, you like him. I’m not gonna tell you to throw batteries at him on the street. But to participate here you will have to recognize that he’s disliked by several people, and for good reason.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
sure
But arguing without having a leg to stand on isn’t gonna help your cause.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
PiKAGiant is the one I referred to.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry bout the delay, was on the phone… Look, i’m sorry if i’m causing a huge ruckus here, and i’m just proving my point and ok, yea that’s instance with your friend where that’s a dick move. And i didn’t want to pull this card but here i go… With the Casey Blake thing, i dont know if you’ve lost a parent or something, but I lost my mom last year, exactly last year actually, and when someone mocks a gesture like that it would piss me off beyond belief. Personally i like his meaning there for his Dad, i’m 21 and lost my mom when i was 20, so losing someone that special to you sticks with you a ton, and when someone mocks you like that, i don’t blame him for feeling depressed and pissed.
If someone were to make fun of me for paying tribute to my mom, i would fucking flip out, because she was such a special person in my life, a mentor. And of course i know people have different opinions, thats why i joined this place, because i could have a discussion about sports and other things where i wouldnt with some of my friends
Oh by the way, i want to add, and by the way, with the pulling away of Lincecum, i’d be so depressed because i’d have a memory of my mom or something similar like when she was in her final week, i’d have those memories and just feel depressed, so i can understand why Lincecum would walk away to help out a teammate, and i dont care how tough he looks nor anyone on the team, everyone has a heart, and his was broken because of it, just like mine with thinking about this shit…
Wilson could have waited until the media was gone. None of this would have been reported upon and thus made worse. IMO, he should have remembered he had a pair and dealt with it like an adult. You need your friends when things suck, yes, but remember the world does not revolve around you. Especially when there are people trying to do their jobs, completely contingent on you pulling someone away when they’re trying to get a quote. Media often has a small window to get to these guys, and a lot of the time, can’t get them at all.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
At any rate
Like I said, it’s fine that you like him and support him. But if you think you’re seriously going to change my mind, then you’re out of your mind. It would be best to leave it at that, lest we rehash things over and over and over.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Further
The opinion of former SFGiants.com beat writer Rich Draper around here is pretty low. I know Draper personally. He’s my sportswriting mentor and he wrote letters of recommendation for me when I applied for university. He brought me to the AT&T press box for a game in 2007 (against the Dodgers) and introduced me to lots of important people in Bay Area sports media. He’s hilarious and sarcastic and always pays for lunch when we hang out. Of course I’m gonna like him.
But, several posters here do not care for him as a writer and find his opinions to be poor. I don’t give an airborne rat’s posterior about that. A person can like or dislike him, but I know how 100% awesome he is. That’s an effective way to agree to disagree on an issue such as this.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, well i guess i might have come across as being combative, but honestly i never meant to, I tried to give my two cents, but failed at it in going too far, and i’m not nor am i ever trying to change people opinions, that’s the thing i try not to do with anyone because it’s their right to think what they want! But if i did come across as doing that well i’m sorry, but from now on basically i’ll let it go and just let everyone have their hate on people or love for others, basically i shouldn’t care about what others think, and yea it’s been something i’ve tried to deal with a ton, even my girlfriend likes to use that against me, but yea i’m through doin that kinda shit since it hurts me than it hurts anyone else, thanks again!
no worries
Tis water under the bridge.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
That was the first mention of his father being related to the cross-arm gesture, after the Blake incident. Before it was just some MMA thing. It seemed he changed the story to be convenient for him.
And yes, I have had a parade of horrible shit happen to me; sexual abuse, physical abuse, horrific parental neglect, homelessness, chronic health problems; name it, it’s happened to me. I don’t go around blaming people for my shit, and I don’t hold other people accountable for my shit. If someone makes a crass remark or gesture about something that happened to me, so fucking what? That person’s a dick, and I move on.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Got it, all i really needed i guess was an explanation, and i got one. Also i think you can say i kinda learned my ways through this experience, and you’re right, it can get annoying if someone constantly comes in and disagrees, so basically it’s just move on and forget about it. So yea, point is, i learned from this and probably won’t really do it again, but thanks for letting me know what’s up.
Apology accepted.
Yes, he is.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
oh and bruce damon, go fuck yourself
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by ringleader3 on Aug 12, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
er, other way around, damon bruce
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
kuip and flem agree…
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely.
Damon Bruce = Jerk.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Yea i know i’m being cynical, but i do like personally since he was an absolute gentleman when i sent him a message about my mother, and he was so nice about it, plus i like the realist attitude on the show, and the drops, plus he brings entertainment to the radio
you like everyone! its not a bad thing
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
the first 3 aren’t people, and everyone loves to hate gary
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
stage name? good lord couldn’t you have a better stage name, like donovan caruthers or slaughter god or something
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
i thought only women strippers were putting themselves through college?
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
gay for pay
Adult films.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That decides it. My next NYPL notebook will be written by Slaughter God.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh?
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by bondslegend on Aug 12, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
oh oh oh
another stretch one: Randy Wolf…like Wolf Blitzer
by kezargiants on Aug 12, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I like it. There are certainly enough people in the world named Wolfgang, so we could maybe add that one.
Randy Wolf = jerk.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Another: Gary Darling
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this only for people with what, at the time, are two first names? Because I’d hate for James Madison to get retroactively classified as a douche.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Excellent point. Yes: two first names in the era in which the person works.
James Madison remains great and not a douche. Likewise Elizabeth I.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Although Chester Arthur was a real dick.
(Based on nothing.)
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by satyricrash on Aug 12, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Totally.
And I have to say that I am puzzling over the puzzle that is Julius Caesar. Total douchebag, but Caesar wasn’t a first name in his time, so I guess he’s just a jerk on the merits.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
History lesson for the day
Even though he was only president for a little over a month, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (!!!) gets triple DOUCHE points
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
keeping with the presidential theme
zachary taylor?
ulysses grant?
james garfield? (who has garfield as a name though, except the cat)
woodrow wilson?
actually we haven’t had one of these presidential names in office since wilson.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Rutherford Hayes has two last names. Does that count?
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no. As stated already, there is no observable phenomenon with two-last-named people.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah. Got it.
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Not to mention sticking us with John Tyler. OH NO, JOHN TYLER.
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by satyricrash on Aug 13, 2009 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I see the point, but Harrison isn't a real first name.
While it is true that it HAS been a first name, those are rare and isolated incidents. Ruling: he was a gigantic dumbass for continuing to give a multi-hour inaugural address in the rain and thus getting the pneumonia that killed him… but not a multiple-first-name jerk.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
There are plenty of people named Harrison. Where do you think Harry comes from?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
It comes from Henry.
Next question.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Touche. Still a name.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Enh. Harrison was #219 in 2008, so it has arguably become enough of a first name.
We’ll observe it out in the field for jerkiness.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
The baby-mama & I briefly considered Harrison for our son.
Tried it out for a week when she was still pregnant— didn’t feel right. Went another direction (#709 in 2008, which I wouldn’t have guessed at the time we thought of it— didn’t seem that outlandish or old-fashioned, but the stats show otherwise).
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
How long are the lists?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Quite
But check out this site— you can type in any name, and it will show you the curve of usage of the name through history. Like Adolph was quite popular in America and rising in popularity until a pretty cliff-like drop in the 1930s. If you roll over any point on the curve, it will tell you where the name was on the list for that year.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
BTW: click on NameVoyager to find that app
And don’t start if you have to be somewhere soon, because it will suck you in for a long time. Really interesting.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
YES
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Seriously
He talked himself to death. How douchey can you get?
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yee
more first names than months in office
by kezargiants on Aug 13, 2009 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I got no problem with Chester Arthur
He was only Garfield’s VP because of the pressure from the powerful New York politicians who wanted to make sure they had one of their guys in power so that there wouldn’t be any radical reforms to their system of patronage that had been making them so much money for so long.
And Garfield gets shot and what does Arthur do when he becomes president? Reforms the system to make it more of a meritocracy.
Props to Chester Arthur for that.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions
those are pretty cool, actually.
LBJ pushing for and achieving the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, even while knowing that the south would go Republican for “a generation” (he was short by over a generation), as an example that pops to mind.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 1:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Had to do something to honor JFK’s legacy while flushing us further down the toilet into Vietnam, but yes he did.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions
It also had to do with, you know, LBJ really believed in it.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
No doubt that he did, but I guess I don’t see altruism in politics. I’m not poo-pooing on the administrations efforts just that I don’t know that you can achieve one series of successes domestically while progressing a detrimental again in foreign policy and not have a motive beyond just, you know, believing in it.
But we’ll have to agreed to disagree here.
Discussing politics / academia / related topics on a sports blog is a recipe for disaster.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Although I do have much appreciation for your knowledge of these subjects. This just isn’t the most appropriate forum.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
agreed
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions
actual laughter out loud for real
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if Gary Darling and his crew will even get to work postseason
Both ESPN and MLB Network covered those plays and both said it were bad calls.
Had better say this as it doesn’t happen often but congratulations to the team for showing some patience at the plate. 9 walks for the team today which is actually the same amount of walks they’d had the entire month before the game.
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That’s kind of really pathetic.
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BOCHY HAD A CLOSED DOOR MEETING!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
they did???
what did they say? He WAS hit on the elbow by the pitch. The zoomed slo-mo showed it conclusively.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah that was bullshit.
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 12, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
they completely ignored that the pitch itself started the whole incident as it was retaliation for Martin getting upended on the previous play.
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 12, 2009 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I am agnostic on whether Panda was hit on purpose, but he WAS in fact HIT and got screwed by the umps.
And suckitpunkassbitch twofirstnamesjerkoff russell martin BUMPED THE UMP two or three times during that moment, but no umpire seemed to notice and therefore he wasn’t ejected. Much officiafail today.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Martin should have gotten tossed, no question. Pablo was ruled to have swung at the ball, which makes HBP irrelevant unfortunately.
Which is also ridiculous because, to me, it just looks like he is lifting his arms up in that flailing manner that our pablo sandoval can do and doesn’t look like a check swing or anything.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Lifting his arms up to avoid being hit, that is.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I did not and do not think that he swung at that pitch.
I’ve now seen the replay several times, and I don’t think it is at all defensible that he swung at that pitch.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
It may have not been on purpose, but it was the second hit Giant in the game, and it was right after Velez collided with Martin. Tempers were already flared at that point, so its completely understandable that Pablo would get pissed off. Plus, its not like he charged the mound.
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If it was Russell Martin doing that, I think your opinion would be different. This isn’t a gameday thread. Be rational.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
I admit, I’m a homer. And because of that, I’m more inclined to like what Giants do and hate what Dodgers do. However, that doesn’t mean that Pablo’s reaction to being hit is inexcusable. People get mad when they get hurt and there’s no repercussions for the offender. I’d expect Russell Martin to act the same way. Yeah, I’d be mad at him for doing it, but that doesn’t mean the context would escape me.
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I’m not saying it’s inexcusable, because I can see the reasoning. But in the end he was wrong and out of line.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
True, he probably could have done without the outburst, but I still think that it was okay in the context of the game.
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Fools and Sages
I also think his reaction was okay. A little chirping/yelling, and he was on his way to first. NO big deal, until Martin flipped out and bumped the ump.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
I thought he shoved Panda! He should be punished b/c they way he acted could off got a lot of people hurt.
Maybe we need to do some Juan Marichal boot camps before the next dodgers series
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by say hey nation on Aug 13, 2009 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
A documentary.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 12, 2009 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
pound it! pound it! pound it!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 12, 2009 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Did Kuiper say “Go Fuck yourself” on the air?? That could get KNBR and CSN in trouble for the bad word if he did.
both maybe
it was definitely on CSN
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 12, 2009 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
What is this?
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I know one person who isn't a Giants fan who probably enjoyed the walk off homer
Prince Fielder. He probably enjoyed seeing Mota give up the homer.
I need this
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure if I can go that night. :(
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
oye como va!
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Benito Santiago Bobblehead?
wheres his catchers gear?
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Will it be weird?
If say a non-Latino person is sitting in the special Latino Heritage section they designated for this game just so I they can get the bobblehead?
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 13, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I brought a White Friend to Mexican Heritage Day
We sat in the special section and got T-shirts. I called ahead and they said it was okay.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 13, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
so the only team we play outside the division from here on out at home
is chicago. we need to pound AZ and SD at home.
TWSS
come on, people…
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
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by natteringnabob on Aug 13, 2009 7:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Too easy because the soundclip IS a(n old) woman saying “pound it pound it pound it”
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 13, 2009 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah we need to take advantage of 3 series against Arizona (2 at home)
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 13, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
So what happened with KnK and damon bruce?
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we need that video back… natto, little help?
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
found it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO6u3zzaApw
last couple seconds, but listen the the whole thing
oh wait, oh noes! it was taken down
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
AHH what happened??
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean like why is it noteworthy?
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
On the air, as they were cutting to commercial, Kuiper's microphone was still hot.
He said “And Damon Bruce, go fuck yourself.” It went out over the air.
Does anyone know exactly what Brucie said that Kuiper was reacting to?
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL the perils of drinking on a live mic
awesome
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by bondslegend on Aug 13, 2009 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Because Damon was saying that they’d sweep the Reds i believe no problem, and he also interviewed Brian Wilson and Wilson said the chances of the Reds winning or getting a hit tonight was very “miniscule”
oh yeah, they were talking about how anyone can win on any given day…. so Kuip was reacting to how silly the sweep call was?
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
the jist
post game wrap some day ( i dont know which )… They’re about to go to comercial, kuip says sort of of microphone: ‘oh yeah, damon bruce, go fuck yourself’, and then flem is like: ‘I KNOW, riii’ and it cuts
i think they were defending the giants hitting or something?
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Dave Flemming
is awesome. freaking future HOFer.
by kezargiants on Aug 13, 2009 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
They talked about it on Gary Radnich’s show a little, but fact of the matter is, the giants lost that game but whatever… i’m not gonna say anything else
do you remember what the context was?
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
huh?
do you work for KNBR or something? I’m confused
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
No i don’t, But like during the show, someone asked about it, and Gary just didn’t talk about it at all, all he said was that he heard about it and didn’t want to talk about it any more, that make sense?? basically they didn’t talk about it much at all
sorry, i meant the context you provided above, about what bruce said
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by ringleader3 on Aug 13, 2009 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Looking back...
we won most of the innings, it just that in the 3 of the 5 innings the Dodgers scored a run the scored big (4,4 and 5)
Minor White > Ansel Adams
Fact: neither the series nor any one game were decided by the umps
they were decided by the players. And K and K’s suggestive crap about fearing for the umps safety is about the most irresponsible broadcasting I have ever heard. Jon Miller was almost as bad.
Wir müssen wissen — wir werden wissen!
Fact: players are entitled to whatever they achieve on the field
(I agree that broadcasters “joking” about anyone’s safety is bad. Let’s leave that aside.)
You are certainly right that yesterday’s game was not “decided” by the umps, but it was undoubtedly prolonged by the umps. That’s an extra inning of work that everyone has to endure — including our closer — and that is unjust. It is lucky that it was just one extra inning. If it had been more, that is a really costly thing to do to a team that is about to embark on an 11-game road trip.
Also, Lincecum was outright screwed out of the win, and that is a shame because he absolutely earned it. I don’t think the pitching stat of Wins means much, but the players and award voters sure do, so if that is the coin of the realm in which Lincecum travels, then he’s entitled to them when he earns them— which he absolutely did earn yesterday.
Monday’s game is a closer call. It might be true that the outcome would have been the same either way, certainly. But it is arguable that they would not: if the right calls were made at first base, the dodgers don’t have that first big inning they had, it’s a closer game for longer, and players play differently. Once it was a multiple-run game, players varied their approach to higher-risk-for-higher-reward type approaches, and the only reason they would need to shoot the moon for higher rewards is because the dodgers now had a big lead— a big lead that wouldn’t have existed with the correct calls being made.
Players are entitled to whatever they actually do on the field. If that’s a loss, a win, an achievement, glory, infamy, then so be it.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh and yay. Looks like I will be at the next Dodger home series, mid-September. Tres excited as I live in Portland and make it to SF only about once a year, but for some reason have missed the Giants since 1999. Yeah, I have never even seen a game at Mays Field. Either they were sold out, on a road trip, or it was inconveniently winter. For ten damn years! Dumb. Instead of blindly planning a trip like I usually do, I have actually planned my trip around the games. You know, like a normal person would. So yay for me. Bums vs. Giants, cannot wait.
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Can you bring a bunch of Cart de Frisco sandwiches???????
I hope that place still exists. Those things were fabulous. There was a cart right across from the law school in Eugene, and later I had a few at the cart in downtown Portland. Mmmmmm.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 13, 2009 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
No, I haven’t heard of this cart Mr Mayor. I’m going on a walk downtown now, though, I’ll keep and eye out in the usual food cart locations, ’cause I love sammiches.
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by satyricrash on Aug 13, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't remember the name of the square
But it was right on the edge of the big, cool, square right downtown. The grilled chicken one is fantastic. it is their sauce that makes it amazing. God, I hope it still exists. Please let me know.
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