Giants/Mets Series Preview
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 14, 2009 11:08 AM PDT
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PrintWhen the Mets came to San Francisco earlier this year, it was supposed to be the Giants' big test. The Giants were on a little May hot streak, and they'd just climbed a few games over .500. But, oh, sure, anybody could beat up on the Nationals and the Rockies, but the Mets, ho ho: there was the real challenge. And the Giants kind of messed themselves, losing the first three of a four-game series. Right after that series, the Giants went into San Diego and lost all three one-run games. The season was over at that point, and we started to focus on 2010. At least the Giants would be able to get some prospects for Bengie Molina in a deadline deal, right?
Something happened. The Giants got better. The Mets got worse. I don't follow the Mets that closely, so I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I can make an educated guess by taking a look at their roster. Let's take a look...mm hmm. Oh, I see. Ah. Apparently, some members of the starting lineup were involved in a wheat thresher accident. And then some were attacked by ocelots. And then one of them fell down the dugout steps. A full list after the jump:
Carlos Delgado - Wheat thresher accidentJose Reyes - Parcheesi piece stuck in eye socket
Carlos Beltran - Swallowed contents of WD40 cannister
J.J. Putz - Ceased to exist after realizing his name was totally made up
John Maine - Pulled hamstring in his arm
Fernando Martinez - Nerve-tonic induced gigantism
Luis Castillo - Fell down the dugout steps. Seriously.
That's just a wee bit of bad luck. Some folks don't consider it poor luck, though, preferring to question the training staff. Yeesh. For the first time in decades, the Mets organization has to wade through a circus-like atmosphere. It must be such a jarring change for them.
Hitter to watch:
Wait, Alex Cora is still an active player? Cory Sullivan? Anderson Hernandez, the Dominican's answer to Lopez Smith? Man, this team is nicked up. The gimpy clankmitt in left, though, will always scare me. Gary Sheffield is on a very, very short list of hitters who made me twitch in fear every time he came up. Jeff Bagwell's on the list. Albert Pujols. Probably some left-hander. But Sheffield combined patience and wild abandon like no player I've ever seen. Just watching one at-bat might give the impression that, because he swings out of his shoes on almost every pitch, he must be a .230/.231/.500 guy at best.
And while I'll always have a soft spot for those Gagne/Bonds matchups, my favorite hitter/pitcher matchup in the past decade was Sheffield and Robb Nen. My favorite episode of the long-running series: saving the game in which Bonds hit his 500th home run by striking out Sheffield, ending a 87-pitch at-bat with the tying run at third.
Pitcher to watch:
Livan Hernandez. Relies on guile. Trickery. Savvy. Elbow grease. Bacon grease. The only reason he's still in the league is that there are still some hitters who go up to the plate without a plan and wildly hack at his slop. Here's where you'd expect me to write that 70% of those hitters are on the Giants. Nope. That's too easy. Besides, the number is at least 80%.
The Giants have already whomped on Livan this year, and there's no way they'll do it again. He'll fall behind a guy like Bengie Molina, throw three straight curveballs with a 3-1 count, and Molina will pop the last one up. He'll walk back to the dugout, muttering, "Man, I can't believe he threw me a curveball on 3-2! I was totally sitting fastball." Rinse and repeat for every non-Sandoval hitter.
Prediction:
Man, four games? That's a lot of Mets. I'll predict this series will grow tiresome, win or lose.
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Nah
The Giants are the only team in baseball that will make the Mets look good.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 14, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Sheffield is one of my favorites.
One of first games at the stick was in 97 and I went to BP. Sheffield signed and tossed me one of the balls he caught.
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 11:15 AM PDT reply actions
Y'know what's crazy to think about now with Sheffield?
Brother was a shortstop when he first reached the majors.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I didn’t realize the number of teams he has been on either
Mil, SD, Fla, LA, ATL, NYY, Det, NYM
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
He was one of the top prospects in baseball, if not the top prospect. But he was unhappy with the Brewers, so he started deliberately airmailing balls while in the field to try to get the Brewers to trade him. Classy!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
NOT-WINN
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Aug 14, 2009 11:27 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Other players whose original positions are sort of weird to think of
Carlos Delgado: Catcher
Mark McGwire: third baseman
Matt Williams: shortstop
Russell Martin: third baseman
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Couldn’t be worse than Edgar!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Meh. Everybody was dirty. Everybody still does what they can to gain an edge. Check out the Arroyo article in USA Today if you doubt.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Yea, i need to read that, honestly i dont care about it anymore, and when i go to the Reds game next week i bet i’ll get some Bonds shit, but i just don’t care anymore
I don’t really care either. My biggest issue now is the selected targeting pointing a finger at one guy and saying he was bad (Bonds) but giving others free passes (Clemens, ARod, Manny, etc. – pretty much everybody not named Bonds).
Arroyo figures that some of what he takes is banned, but doesn’t care because it makes him a better player. I suspect there are hundreds of players who feel the same way. And there’s no test for HGH, so I’m sure that’s everywhere. Plus, you gotta figure that there are lots of things guys use that aren’t even tested for since they’re new (see: Cream/Clear).
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Perfect explanation, Bonds took all the heat, and still does even though there are tons of ball players who took it, ARod? it’s no problem anymore, Manny? No problem anymore. It pisses me off, but i don’t care anymore, if someone brings it up at the game i’ll just use other names.
Exactly on your second point, there’s things people take that aren’t even tested
and what are you gonna do, you know? it’s bullshit and as a giants fan going to different ballparks during Bonds’ tenure here, it pissed me off but i couldn’t say anything since we didn’t know of the other players who took it yet
That Arroyo article was hilarious
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 14, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Bonds' treatment will pass
I agree with Bill James, who says in the long run, known steroids users will make the Hall and then there won’t be much of an argument to keep anyone out.
Bonds is going to end up revered when it gets far enough away, as did Teddy Ballgame.
Of course, too bad for him that he’d like to play now and probably could.
"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
Good read & my respect for Arroya has gone up.
Jim Bouton said it best in “Ball Four” when he said that if there was a pill that would guarantee 20 wins but would take 5 years off of your life, a pitcher would take it.
And that was before the mega-million $ contracts.
Plus everyone in his era was taking greenies
So he sez and I have no reason not to believe him. Drives me crazy when people talk about Mays/Clemente/Aaron like those guys would never dream of doing PEDs, those stellar paragons of integrity of the past. They did, all of them. Just uppers, not steroids.
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Aug 14, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
How about this:
Jim Thome: shortstop
I wonder if that’s the best one out there.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
HEY GUYS ITS JIM THOME
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 14, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
WATCH ME MAKE THIS THROW FROM THAT THERE HOLE
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
HEY GUYS ITS JI
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Aug 14, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
JIM THOME
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Aug 14, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Never gets old.
(The gag, that is, not Jim Thome.)
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
There’s a street in one of the neighborhoods I lived in on the North Side of Chicago called Thome. I always imagined its property values must be low because Cubs fans wouldn’t want to live there.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
And by the way
I knew Thome was a third baseman at one point, but I had no idea he was a shortstop. Was that in college or what?
Oh, and also: Pat Burrell was a third baseman.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
As far as I can tell, he did not go to college. He was a shortstop as an 18 year old in the rookie leagues. Apparently he had grown off of the position already by 19.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Ahhh, okay
Also, one more: Felix Rodriguez, catcher
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
He meant Pedro Feliz, catcher.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
No he didn’t.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Aug 14, 2009 3:06 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
My favorites
Trevor Hoffman: shortstop
Salomon Torres: catcher
Steve Garvey: 3rd base
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
Is there a group fuller of Pure Evil than Dodger catchers?
Mike Scioscia
Mike Piazza
Paul LoDuca
Suck It Russell Martin
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Mike Scioscia
Another guy who played his whole career with one team, I think.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I’m pretty sure Paul LoDuca IS a venereal disease.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I can’t remember where I heard that story LoDuca told how he learned to bat by his mom throwing beans (?) at him and he’d hit them with a stick…? Something like that. It was hilarious.
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 14, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Paul Lo Duca was born April 12, 1972 on Julio Franco’s 34th birthday. When he was a child, his mother used to throw pinto beans to him in the backyard. He’d hit these pinto beans with a stick. This same stick was later used by Monkey Woman on the popular TV show Who Wants to be a Superhero? Paul used to play soccer as a kid, where he enjoyed getting hit in the face with balls.
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 14, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
he enjoyed getting hit in the face with balls.
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 14, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
HOLY GARBAGE
LoDuca and I have the exact same birthday. Now I have to slit my wrists.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
1919 – In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1933 – The Reichstag passes the Enabling act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
1939 – Hungarian air force attacked the headquarters of Slovak air force in the city of Spišská Nová Ves, killed 13 people and began the Slovak–Hungarian War.
1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot’s fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board.
1994 – A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster.
1999 – Gunmen assassinate Paraguay’s Vice President Luis María Argaña.
2001 – The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
2003 – In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as 18 U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
2005 – A major explosion at the Texas City Refinery kills 15 workers.
2007 – Burnley Tunnel catastrophe occurs in Melbourne, Australia.
2007 – The Iranian Navy seizes Royal Navy personnel in the waters between Iran and Iraq.
Still better than Paul LoDuca, though!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I think FDR died on my birthday, too. And the Stick officially opened with Dick Nixon throwing out the first pitch. Not a great day in history!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I’ve never understood the pronunciation of that stupid name. the first half is Americanized, but the second still uses the Italian method? WTF
The pronunciation should be Shosha, or sosa; one of the freakin two, not both.
I swear to God, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Aug 14, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorta like the city of Vallejo, eh?
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
indeed
I swear to God, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Aug 14, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
scottsdale!
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
Son Fron Seeeesco
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 14, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Barry Bonds: CF (I may be wrong on this one)
Craig Biggio: C
Rick Ankiel: P (Well, at least it will seem strange a few seasons from now)
Felix Rodriguez: C
Jason Giambi: LF
Kevin Mitchell: 3B
by RaymondStoneMedia.com on Aug 14, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Rick Ankiel: P (Well, at least it will seem strange a few seasons from now)
No, it was strange at thte time.
Giambi was a third baseman, not a left fielder, right? As I recall he moved to first because he was blocked by Scott Brosius (and also probably because he wasn’t very good at the position).
It’s hard for me to think of Biggio-as-catcher or Kevin-Mitchell-as-third-baseman as being strange, because I remember them playing those positions!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Actually yes, Giambi also played 3B, but looking at him now, it is more difficult to imagine Giambi running around in the outfield than to imagine him at 3B. As far as Biggio and Mitchell, I guess those are tough examples because they were decent players at their previous positions and spent full seasons there before switching.
by RaymondStoneMedia.com on Aug 14, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Williams was a pretty good shortstop, too.
Oh, another guy is Roger Kieschnick’s cousin Brooks, who was a prospect as a first baseman but eventually morphed into a relief pitcher / pinch hitter.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Your post gives me a random idea.
Shawn Estes should do the Rick Ankiel thing. I think Estes would be a decent RF because he has the athleticism and some potential in that bat. ;)
by RaymondStoneMedia.com on Aug 14, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Position moves
It’s hard for me to think of Biggio-as-catcher or Kevin-Mitchell-as-third-baseman as being strange, because I remember them playing those positions!
Exactly. It’s one thing to “come up as a shortstop” but never really play it in the major leagues (like Sheffield and Williams), vs. guys who actually played well there before moving (like Travis Fryman and Robin Yount).
"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
Never really play it? Sheffield played the first 100 or so games of his career as SS. About 800 innings.
BTW, Kevin Mitchell also played a bit of SS for the ’86 Mets.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Whoops dammit, some 800 innings at SS indeed! I could have sworn he was a 3B from the get go.
Foiled by the fact again.
"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 hardly remember Matt Williams playing shortstop, but he actually played over 100 games there in his first few seasons in the majors. Apparently it was really important to keep Ernest Riles in the lineup or something!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I see another Simpsons reference!
Also, I’m still mad at the Mets for 2000.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Funny how this works, but I’m not mad at the entire Mets team for 2000, just Bobby F. Jones. I don’t like the Mets, but I can’t work up any total Mets hate. I’m that way with the Cubs for 1998 as well – it’s all Trachsel hate.
I do hate the Cardinals, Braves, D-Bags, and most of all EVERY SINGLE ANGEL, but for the latter I just can’t remember why…
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Aug 14, 2009 11:26 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I was going to college in Manhattan that year, so my memories of it are probably more Mets-centric.
I have a thing against the Cardinals, too. In my case it’s because my grandfather was a total annoying Cardinals fan so my dad and I had a bit of a rivalry going with them. Plus that bench clearing brawl with Ozzie Smith and Will Clark.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Nah. Junior says that after his very first sip of the tonic.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Griffey definitely said that in that episode – I remember on the commentary track, one of the writers said Griffey wasn’t happy about saying it, and the guy was afraid he was going to get beaten up right there in the studio.
Moe said the same line in another episode too, which I’m guessing is what Natto’s thinking of.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I predict the Mets series will end the same way!
Giants win 4 games, Mets win 4 games! Everybody goes home happy!
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Man, that 4 game series with the Mets earlier this year was a long time ago and yet it feels like yesterday. Why does it always seem like we play the Mets more than any other non-division team?
Jesse Foppert: I Still Believe. Maybe a little less now.
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." ~Bob Lemon,
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 14, 2009 11:22 AM PDT reply actions
Prediction:
Francour goes 14/17 with 4 HR and 9 RBIs. Giants trade Villanona for him in the off season.
(see if I was a pessimist, I would say that we would trade BUMGARNER for him)
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
Mr. Met is creepy. He also has anger issues
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Also: that rug is hideous.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
There are fanshots about both.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
and now there is a line in the series preview thread. Is that so wrong?
/hurries out of room trying to hold back tears
by Giant Homer on Aug 14, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Sheffield killed us in the last series and will kill us again in this one. Barry never should have stolen his chef.
Or made him take ’roids.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
optimist
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 14, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Why does he handle the axe like a righty?
by Giant Homer on Aug 14, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Lefty guitars are rare and expensive, his parents probably had him learn that way
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
This fact is the most hilarious and or painful one ever learned.
by shanghaijim on Aug 14, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
You didn't know?
Zito is actually a right-hander, he signs autographs and I guess play the guitar with his right hand. He just pitches left-handed but I bet he has a 95 mph fastball in his right arm.
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 14, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok smart guys. Then why is he wearing a Santa shirt?
by Giant Homer on Aug 14, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
It's Santana, fools.
Big fan of Johan, I guess.
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 14, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s always struck me as reasonable to prefer fretting with my right hand as a righty. Yet I don’t do it.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
also
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 14, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Now in Alyssa Milano strength!!!!!!!
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 14, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The Mets clearly lack the leadership that winning teams have.
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 14, 2009 11:54 AM PDT reply actions
BUT STEVE PHILLIPS DRAFTED DAVID WRIGHT FOR HIS 6TH TOOLE
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
the fact that
Florida and Colorado are playing each other makes me happy
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 11:57 AM PDT reply actions
Yes
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 14, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
How I Mets Your Mother
Sounds dirty but so is New York (sik burne). Mets’ fans must be more frustrated than Marko Jaric before he married Adriana Lima although I still insist they sleep in separate beds now. Let’s recap:
2006 – Favorite from the NL to go to the WS but lost to the underdog Cards.
2007 – Excellent season following their NLCS loss, until September where they collapsed like nobody’s collapsed before.
2008 – Another fine season following 07, until September came again and yada, yada, yada Phillies won it all.
2009 – New stadium, new hopes! Nope, all the Mets players worth discussing went down quicker than Alyssa Milano at a baseball game. Wright was the lone healthy one but he must not have paid his electric bills on time because the power is out. 8 dingers in 113 games? Aaron Rowand LOLs at that.
I’m just glad our beloved Giants didn’t tease us like that the past 4 seasons, they just fall flat in the beginning and then coast through into the winter.
Win the inning.
Wright’s slugging percentage is still like 30 points higher than Rowand’s. :(
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Yeah I know, he’s still a great hitter – I was just surprised since he averaged 30 homers easily the past few years. Citi Field must be a monster or Wright was juicing out of his mind before.
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 14, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Visually, there will be two Giants teams on the field this weekend, as the Mets are dusting off an old NY Giants uniform design to go against San Francisco this weekend. The creme colored jerseys throw back to designs worn by the Giants close to a century ago.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Don’t the road unis already use the seals “SAN FRANCISCO” block typeface? I think I saw an old Seals uni from the 40s and I had to double take because it looked exactly like our away uni does now.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I can’t either. NOW.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
ebbetsflanel or something makes them
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
What I am thinking of spelled out SAN FRANCISCO on the front, but had a Seals style “SF” cap.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
How 'bout The SEALS in 1875!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
old school
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 14, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm maybe 1877?
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 14, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
A fake bunt in those days was called an Irish bunt.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Or...
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Those unis are SICK as hell
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That is actually the logo for the Sacramento Salons. Just a little local PCL history.
Their former ballpark location is now a aTarget store :-(
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
yeah that is carl zamloch from the salons
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
and just for the hell of it....
recreation park at 15th and valencia.
was this on the lot where valencia gardens is?
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
check out all those dudes in fitted caps!!!!!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
damn
i could only find ONE picture of the other SF team, the Mission Reds
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Not an SF team, but
The Bay Area did have a Negro League team – the Oakland Larks.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
YES!!!!
love this 1866 (?) pic of the Oakland Live Oaks
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember the game i think in 94?
Giants wore seals unis and A’s wore Oaks unis…
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
WIN
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
This would be awesome !
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
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I don’t know if its just this picture, but I always find it funny that the pants are the same
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently, we’ve already pushed pants technology as far as it can go.
Also, I remember reading an article at the time that mentioned these jerseys were supposed to be worn with orange sleeves, but obviously, the players didn’t go with that.
Bowkermania has been put on hiatus for retooling.
by rightcenterfielder on Aug 14, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d like to get a second opinion on the future of pants technology from El Hombre de Pantalones.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
The future is a strange place
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 14, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL METS don’t even have their own history
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless you go back to the days of Mel Ott and Bill Terry, almost none of the greatest Giants spent their whole career with us. :(
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Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Sure, you can find some from all eras of the game
Even in the free agency era, there have been guys like Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr., Craig Biggio, etc.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
or just the few the proud the best players that any team (even small market teams) would pay close to value for
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
And in the pre-free agency era, there are a lot of guys. Stan Musial, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Walter Johnson, etc.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
In those days, I think that major league franchises would buy the contracts of players from the minor leagues.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
wow, well living here in the Bay Area, and listening to my dad talk about him and the Seals, i’m surprised that the Seals were only a minor league team, i guess to people here they were like a major league team
Well it wasn’t minor league in how we perceive minor leagues today. The PCL was an independent league, it wasn’t anyone’s AAA. Some liked to say that it was actually the third league.
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by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Robby Thompson!
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by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes and no
As I recall, he signed a minor league contract with the Indians after his last year with the Giants but didn’t make the team.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
OH. I didn’t even remember that at all.
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by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m thinking Rockies. I’m probably wrong. He was/is a coach for the Indians, no?
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
He was a coach for the Giants, but then went to the Indians’ coaching staff – at the time it was said he switched because he wanted to be a manager and believed he had a better chance of doing that with the Indians. Obviously that didn’t happen.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Yeah, I'm wrong as usual
January 17, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
I’m gonna rule that minor league contracts don’t count.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 14, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
The Mets have got to stop leeching off the Giants and Dodgers for their history. I believe the admixture of the two at that pseudo-Ebbets they are now playing in has angered all the ghosts of National League New York.
by shanghaijim on Aug 14, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
yea
I find that really annoying. Make your own damn history!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Somehow,
both teams in Giants’ uniforms will figure out a way to lose.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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I was just randomly wondering if the Mets are the only baseball team to ever have two starting pitchers from Hawaii at the same time.
My god am I a nerd.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
You mean that Shane “The Flyin Hawaiian” /“Beer Face” Victorino wasn’t the first or only MLB player from hawaii
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
sarcasm, the whole hawaiaan thing is blown out of proportins here in philly I find it annoying
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
The Mets pitchers from Hawaii, FYI
Ron Darlin & Sid Fernandez
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Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I guess the count was 3 balls and a tough strike.
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 14, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been looking for one of these jerseys for years
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BANNED
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by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Though it is a great uniform. Stupid Mets should ditch the back and stay with this.
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by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
*Black
As in the accent color they seem to favor over their official blue and orange team colors.
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by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
The blue and orange result from a mix of Dodger and Giants colors. True story.
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by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Their logo...
is the Giants logo from NY. Whoever said “the Mets don’t even have their own history” was right. But they do have two world series titles, and we have zero since the move. Now I just threw up a bit
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by milesntrane on Aug 14, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That man does not look happy.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 14, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s also New York City’s colors!
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by satyricrash on Aug 14, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey...
I may live in NYC but I’m a Giants fan through and through! The only reason I can tolerate the Mets at all is because of this picture. I just want this jersey so I can have something to wear when I go to Mets games that the Giants are not playing in.
Brian Sabean is akin to a treatable form of cancer... just get rid of it before it kills you
by milesntrane on Aug 14, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude was a monsta
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Imagine him on the clear!
You people wit' the cheese. It never ends.
by NuschlerFace on Aug 14, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
what year is this?
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 14, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
He came over in 72
and finished up in 73.
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by milesntrane on Aug 14, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
How do I tell if Fox is playing the Sat game in Philly?
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions
I have a really bad feeling about this series
Praying that Tim Alderson doesn't come back to bite us
That’s why i’m not gonna say anything to my buddy in NYC and he’s a mets fan… i’m just going to shut it
I’m with you on this one.
Brian Sabean is akin to a treatable form of cancer... just get rid of it before it kills you
by milesntrane on Aug 14, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
This
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 14, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know what it is
but this series is screaming something bad. In reality, we should sweep them. I mean, they have absolutely nobody healthy, and every game is important to us. But I get the feeling they’re taking at least 2 from us.
Praying that Tim Alderson doesn't come back to bite us
Yea
We’re cold. Rockies are hot. Maybe that will flip-flop come September. I’d rather be hot going into the play-offs than well before
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by milesntrane on Aug 14, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Does being “hot” or “cold” affect anything at all. Take the last few weeks for example, after sweeping the pirates and taking 2 of 3 from Houston we’re “hot”. That results in us going 2-4 on the homestand and being “cold”. If we win 3 of 4 in NY we’ll be hot again but I doubt that will affect our performance in Cincy.
Giants just signed two draft picks
Joseph (2nd round) and Belt (5th round)
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 14, 2009 12:19 PM PDT reply actions
Carl Everett
disagrees with the man landing on the moon
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lol should’ve taken a look around and noticed everyone’s already stated this.
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 14, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Brandon Belt
Steve Slacks. Neftali Necktie. Harry Hat.
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by milesntrane on Aug 14, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
Brian Sabean is akin to a treatable form of cancer... just get rid of it before it kills you
by milesntrane on Aug 14, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Pedro Pants
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Aug 14, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
right now, it’s 1 run/6 pitches
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 14, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
My brother caught a Shinjo home run once and Shinjo signed it. Awesome.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Aug 14, 2009 3:20 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Is that Shinjo?
Why are you being so mean? That’s… so mean…
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by milesntrane on Aug 14, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
P.s.:
Nice arm bands
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by milesntrane on Aug 14, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Why??
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by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, GIS is full of fun Shinjo pictures
There’s also a result with him with what appears to be a picture of himself n the back, but if you click on the image it doesn’t load. :(
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I have had this question for awhile now.
Why do NPB teams use english letters on their logos?
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
The Mets
are so unhealthy, there official website doesn’t even know who’s starting the last 2 games of the series
Praying that Tim Alderson doesn't come back to bite us
True, but you know we’re gonna get blanked by the rookie bullpen kid tonight.
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And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
zito with the only hit through 6.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 14, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Sadly
this is true
Praying that Tim Alderson doesn't come back to bite us
My niece’s fella is a Mets fan. I told him to pick up that rookie bullpen pitcher and start him in his Pokemonz league tonight (silly guy – he thought that the rook would do poorly against the Giants).
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by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Not too smart
being a Mets fan and not wanting to start a pokemonz pitcher.
Praying that Tim Alderson doesn't come back to bite us
Well that, and I don’t think this kid is really on anybody’s Pokemonz team (I feel like I should look up the pitcher’s name and use it, but I don’t want to).
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by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
His name is Something (I think Ronnie) Parnell
Praying that Tim Alderson doesn't come back to bite us
I’ll just call him “Something”, then.
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by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the 4 pm start time for east coast games
especially today since I can go from watching the Giants straight to the Niners
GO NINERS
hopefully we can sign CASHtree
Praying that Tim Alderson doesn't come back to bite us
this
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
TMI.
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by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh no
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 14, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You want to see pictures of me organizing paperwork, rearranging the furniture, and emptying the dishwsher? [When I should have been getting the laundry done and the errands taken care of.]
I played online slots all day and hung out on this blog. I have been completely unproductive.
However, I have been on vacation all week.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 14, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: I've got a hankering for Cheerwine
Sounds like a trip to BevMo is in my future.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
You guys have that out there? I’d never even heard of it before this year. Apparently, it’s a treasured regional beverage in the Carolinas.
Yup. I can only find it at BevMo. But worth it. Yummy.
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And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
LOL!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I think FDR died on my birthday, too. And the Stick officially opened with Dick Nixon throwing out the first pitch. It’s not a great day in history.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERWINE
BevMo also has a phenomenal selection of root and birch beers.
Try the Boylan’s Birch Beer and Abita Root Beer if you’re so inclined; they’re both awesome.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
I’ve done the Boylan’s, haven’t tried the Abita. I’ll put it on the list.
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Its gonna be punishment for my fiance dragging me to...
MY SISTERS KEEPER
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
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by can of corn on Aug 14, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
/Not Pictured:® Michael Vick in follow through motion
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 14, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLINEUP
Velez LF
Sanchez 2B
Sandoval 3B
Molina C
Garko 1B
Schierholtz RF
Rowand CF
Renteria SS
Zito P.
Renteria and his magical bone spurs. Super.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
Per Baggs
Randy Winn on the bench, Nate Schierholtz plays. It appears the shift has begun. But expect Aaron Rowand to rest more often, too.
Yes! Go Nate!
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
More Fred PLZ
Post-All Star: .341 / .431 / .477
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Yeah, except that would mean Velez in center
Which scares me. And he needs to play: Ride that hot streak! Ride it!
But really, our OF now should be Lewis Rowand Nate
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Aug 14, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
also from Baggz
I like the old place better. The combination of rats, exposed wiring, asbestos and the aroma of an open sewer gave Shea a unique allure.
hahaha
I went college in NYC, and in a writing class I took, this one woman who grew up in Queens wrote a piece about how much she loved Shea Stadium, because it was so beautiful and colorful, not boring like Yankee Stadium. I managed not laugh at her.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
He left out the planes overhead every ten minutes
Also the concessions. Worst hot dogs ever
Fulfilling your Gus Benusa needs since 2009!
by Giantsfan4life on Aug 14, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not like the whole “old Times Square > new Times Square” is it? Because yeah the new Times Square is awful but I don’t think hookers, pimps and drug vomit is all that hot either. [shoutout to UN Plaza SF!]
If he wants to remember all that, he should go to the Oakland Coliseum.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 14, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
But expect Aaron Rowand to rest more often, too.
Yeah, this is never going to happen.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Scouting Report
- Sliders Away
- Laugh at the Giants as they flail
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 14, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
My vote would go to the Didgeridoo.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 14, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Especially if Portland gets a franchise…
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
LOL
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
What would be a good road trip record?
I’d like 7-3 but I’m kinda expecting 6-4
Grab Some Pine Meat!
by Gobroks on Aug 14, 2009 2:26 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
That's pretty optimistic
I’ll be happy if they can manage 8-5.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
11 game road trip
I’ll be happy if we got 5.5-5.5
That's not good enough
We have to go at least 9-6 if we want to have any chance at the wild card when it’s over.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
paging PikAGiant
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 14, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
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