Post-Game Thread: More Road Woes
by Grant on Aug 16, 2009 1:18 PM PDT
356 comments
You can't get angry at a pitcher for allowing a Luis Castillo home run. That's like getting angry at the city for not putting a "Yeti Crossing" sign up at a crosswalk when a Yeti causes you to be late for work. Marvel in the wonders of nature; don't get mad.
Scoring two runs? That's a good spot for your anger. I'm starting to think this lineup isn't really designed to score a lot of runs.
And I miss the old, magic Jeremy Affeldt. This mortal one is starting to drive me nuts.
0 recs |
356 comments
|
Email
Print
Comments
At least we can still split the series tomorrow… except that Livan certainly has a CGSO in him. Possibly also a few cheeseburgers and an entire pizza.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 1:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Can we: Maybe
Will we: Probably not
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just so we're clear
It’s not that you really were a mod all along, right? Because I also completely forgot that HTS is a mod, so what do I know.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh shit - I should have known it all along
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 16, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wasted 20 minutes of MS Paint on a lifeless thread.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WTF
I didn’t notice I was in there until just now and it creeped me out DDDD:
At least I’m John though, he was the coolest dude in the Who.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently my MS Paint skills are much better than I thought.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, Grant made me a mod a couple weeks ago because we needed someone else other than Natto who was around most nights to open new threads.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also to keep the male mods from patting each other on the butt so much. It was really embarrassing. Goofus even puts on pants now. Mostly.
by Grant on Aug 16, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/makes some off-color remark on being down with homoerotic conduct.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m down with OPP
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Congratulations!
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’re the mod now, dog!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well played
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joey Time!
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 16, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Livan’s been awful in the first inning of games this year. If he pitches a scoreless first, we’re in big trouble.
embarrassed father of over the hill Edgardo Renteria
by rxmeister on Aug 16, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fuck this team
/opinion over
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 16, 2009 1:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Think of how much more fun this is, though, than whatever you’ll be thinking about in January.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 16, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
probably another year of edgar renteria
by sfoakbay on Aug 16, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
woohoo
in that case, another year of aaron rowand
by sfoakbay on Aug 16, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
- shortstop in baseball history!!!!!1
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 16, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
smartass FAIL
NUMBER 1 shortstop blah blah i give up
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 16, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll be watching the 49ers' playoff run in January
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 16, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
shaun hill leads team to last second victory
alex smith gets the start the following week.
by sayheybk on Aug 16, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/Alex Smith throwsscreen pass in dirtpass 15 yards over Isaac Bruce’s head.
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 16, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/Alex Smiththrows screen pass in dirtpass 15 yards over Isaac Bruce’s head and gets intercepted.
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
by cloudydays on Aug 16, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isaac Bruce’s head get intercepted?
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Aug 16, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats how bad of a pass it was
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That'll be hard w/ Shaun Hill throwing the passes
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 16, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i can see why we’re second to last in offense
by monta ellis on Aug 16, 2009 1:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Most defeated post-game thread in the history of post-game threads.
by Grant on Aug 16, 2009 1:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
IKR
wow it’s dead
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 16, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was pretty expected that we would lose
I dont really have anything new to rabble about, same old stuff
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Back in the day, you were happy to get 18 comments in any thread
You’ve changed, man. You’ve changed.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 16, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/commissions Josh from Hollywood to make a Diary so I’m not so lonely
by Grant on Aug 16, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/doesn’t even know about site… tells somebody how cool RBIs are.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ALSO BA
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 16, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/posts Diary, loses respect for Grant.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 16, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/tells Josh from Hollywood to get used to it. It’s a tough blogosphere, and at some point, you’ll be spit out of the back end of the porn blog industry no matter how talented of a actress commentor you think you are. So just go ahead and ditch all of your respect at once, sweet fingers, both for other people and yourself.
by Grant on Aug 16, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
can anything go right today?!
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 16, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I found a frog in my 7ft x 15ft “back yard” this morning, that was kinda cool. And luckily for the frog, I found it before the cat did.
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no
New hard drive: emitting nice, constant, clicking sounds. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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 16, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bochy picked today's batting order out of his ass-hat.
I took one look and knew it was a 2-run maximum (as opposed to yesterday’s 3.5-run maximum). Fred Lewis hit #5 and Velez hit #1? Don’t even get me started about sitting Nate and starting Wynn.
by hokysmksbw on Aug 16, 2009 1:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, then, at least we can be proud of the fact that this order performed to its maximum potential…right?
by Wazl on Aug 16, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lineup needed more renteria, amirite?
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 16, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
6 for 13, Homey!
Actually, I don’t disagree with giving Edgar the day off, I took umbrage with the ass-headedness of putting a base-stealer with no home run skills in the #5 hole while a 25-year-old with power (hitting .294 to boot) sat against a starting RHP. If he can’t start that game, you better sit him down for the ENTIRE game and yell, “HAMSTRING!” or “TENNIS ELBOW!” at the postgame conference.
by hokysmksbw on Aug 16, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t understand why Fred bats 5th all the time – he should have been hitting 2nd instead of Winn
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This.
also I’m into the medieval / Wyld Stallyns spelling of Wynn’s name.
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 16, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
supposedly Bochy said that Nate will be playing everyday from now on. I’ll believe it when I see it.
embarrassed father of over the hill Edgardo Renteria
by rxmeister on Aug 17, 2009 6:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except today
Today isn’t part of every day.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 17, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still, I wish he’d put Sanchez and Sandoval in the 3 and 4 spots more often
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Lewis should hit #1 and Velez #2 in such circumstances.
Velez might relearn how to steal bases by watching him.
by hokysmksbw on Aug 16, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t want anyone taking base-stealing lessons from Fred.
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Aug 17, 2009 7:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fred is successful 75% of the time (the last 2 years).
In the 80’s and early 90’s that was pretty damn good because dudes didn’t just sit around waiting for the gophers.
by hokysmksbw on Aug 17, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Time to bust out the standard post-game rant:
Goddammit, another quality start from Lincecum Cain Sanchez undone by a lack of offensive production. Bochy’s line-up and management boggled the mind once again. Seriously, dude? Bengie Molina still batting clean-up? Randy Winn batting second? Jesus Christ, it’s like you’re trying to lose! And what’s up with our bull-pen? Sergio Romo Jeremy Affeldt is killing me lately!
by Wazl on Aug 16, 2009 2:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
MAD LIBS!
Gary Darling, go DIAFF.
by The Enchanter on Aug 16, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
know that the chances it would have mad a difference are extremely strong, but I’m getting really sick and tired of this “pull a pitcher for putting a runner in scoring position with complete disregard for how the runner got there or how dominant the current pitcher looks” thing.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 2:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
wow
phone post fail. I meant the chances are extremely “small” and pleas excuse any other weird mistakes.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Romo should have been aggressive on the bunt, because it sure looked like he had an easy force at second. He bobbled the ball there, but that bobble happened because he was indecisive. Even though I liked the Affeldt-Murphy matchup and supported Bochy for making the move, perhaps he should have considered walking Murphy, setting up the DP, and having the weaker hitting Omir Santos and Anderson Hernandez try to drive in those runs.
embarrassed father of over the hill Edgardo Renteria
by rxmeister on Aug 16, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was also calling for the IBB — it’s by the Goddamn book to set up a DP in that situation.
by hokysmksbw on Aug 16, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but if you're going to set up the dp
Why not set it up for the pitcher who just induced two ground balls?
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because season and career stats mean just a tiny bit more than the past two AB’s.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look at it this way
Of 146 qualifying relievers, Affeldt is 1st in GB%. If Romo qualified, he would be 138th.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s a good way to look at it. I still don’t quite like pulling the hot hand apparently because a runner fluked his way to second, but it was never something that was more than a pretty meaningless annoyance. 99 times out of 100, that probably doesn’t make a difference. I just wish it seemed like there was any kind of a thought process beyon “scoring position! Matchups!”
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I don't think Romo should have been pulled a defensive miscue, even if it was his own. I'm an extreme matchup agnostic, and I think I always like the "guy who just got two consecutive ground balls vs. Batter" matchup than the "some new guy who might
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus, my phone doesn’t usually suck so hard at posting.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“… who might not be sharp…”
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that’s a good philosophy as well. The more times you go into the pen, the better chance you have of putting somebody in that doesn’t have it that day.
embarrassed father of over the hill Edgardo Renteria
by rxmeister on Aug 17, 2009 6:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That said: offense = enemy #1
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 2:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’d love to read your thoughts on the game. Please, continue.
by Grant on Aug 16, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ummm. The offense sucked. And they were bad and stuff, too. I guess.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
also, i heard castillo hit a dinger
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 16, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
jose castillo!?!?!?!
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 16, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought he only hit doubles.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 16, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he told russell martin to suck it at least
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 16, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm digging your new sig line.
To what does it refer?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 16, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
people commenting on sports blogs?
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 16, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Specifically, football blogs. The refuge for people who like to say things like “unbelievably stupid thing for anyone to say.”
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 16, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have flagged exactly one post on any SB Nation blog.
It was well deserved.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 16, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now I want to know what it was
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.ninersnation.com/2009/8/14/988709/niners-nation-sits-down-with#19749393
You are an assistant coach on Niners Nation.
You should STRIVE to be more intelligent and more accurate in your responses.
Really.
I understand that my NFL knowledge dwarfs yours, but you can at least try to be intelligent and accurate.
You crawling out of the woodwork to attack me is kind of annoying. Your nonsense is kind of sad.
And this is after a thread where howie was nothing but respectful and this guy was nothing but a douche.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 16, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't think of any type of person who is more aggravating
than someone who is clearly not very bright insulting others’ intelligences.
"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.
by thehavenot on Aug 16, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
although as a Jets’ fan, I’m sure as hell hoping that they play better for Ryan than they did for Mangini!!
embarrassed father of over the hill Edgardo Renteria
by rxmeister on Aug 16, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
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 16, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing_effect
The Downing effect describes the tendencies of people with below average intelligence quotients (IQs) to overestimate their intelligence, and of people with above average intelligence to underestimate their intelligence. The propensity to predictably misjudge one’s own intelligence was first noted by C. L. Downing who conducted the first cross cultural studies on perceived intelligence.
His studies also evidenced that the ability to accurately estimate others’ intelligence was proportional to one’s own intelligence. This means the lower the IQ score of an individual, the less capably he or she can appreciate and accurately appraise others’ intelligence. The lower an individual’s IQ, the more likely they are to rate themselves as more intelligent than others around them.
by khenderson on Aug 16, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow that explains a GREAT many things
thanks for that. I’d never heard of that before.
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 16, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
First, IQ testing is not an accurate way of testing intelligence, and one will never be found, b/c definition of intelligence varies
Second, wikipedia!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 17, 2009 6:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But that theory makes too much sense to not have SOME credibility
stupid people are often the ones who are most likely to think they’re smart
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 17, 2009 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or ignorant
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 17, 2009 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I invite you to do your own research, or not - it's up to you.
To dismiss the Downing Effect because a wiki page references the phenomenon is somewhat ironic. The Downing Effect is part of a larger set of phenomena known, collectively, as the Dunning-Krueger Effect.
I see Dunning-Kruger a lot in my field of expertise, economics. One of my favorite quotes from Paul Krugman is from an essay he wrote on economic cranks, “I have repeatedly encountered would-be economic experts who begin a conversation by saying ‘The trouble with economists is that they never consider the possibility that . . .’ and refuse to believe me when I tell them that that very possibility is treated at length in most sophomore-level textbooks—and that their radical insight is either a well-known fallacy or, worse yet, a familiar and standard part of the canon……the simple things misunderstood, the garbled statistics, the statement of both standard concepts and classic fallacies as if they were revolutionary innovations—is overwhelming.”
by khenderson on Aug 17, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I just find it hard to respect wikipedia or psychology. The Downing effect can be rationalized as a confidence/education/ignorance effect also.
People with lower self confidence will bring other people down, while people with high confidence will try to down play their abilities.
Have you ever heard of the little Albert studies? Psychologist are notorious for skewing data
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 17, 2009 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don't have to respect either. Skepticism is a good thing.
And the more you know the more you’ll be skeptical of your own knowledge. The irony, though, is the less you know the less skeptical you’ll be. I’m guessing 90% of Internet flame wars originate from Dunning-Kruger.
Here’s an article a found interesting:
http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/04/06/climate-change-and-argumentative-fallacies/
by khenderson on Aug 17, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
physicists are also famous for this type of error
when applying their vast knowledge of the universe to other disciplines:
There is a story about Feynman, who, after attending a seminar on evolutionary biology, when back home with his (Giant) brain all aflutter… 2 days later he comes back to a colleague and shows him all the work he has done deriving basic principles of evolution that he’s sure will be a big break through.
Biology professor shows him an undergraduate textbook with all that stuff there.
I am an anti Dunning-Krueger… if I think of something “new” I immediatly assume someone else has already thought of it.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by zenbitz on Aug 17, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
- Charles Darwin (The Descent of Man)
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 17, 2009 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool”. – Shakespeare, As You Like It, Touchstone the Fool Act V, Scene I.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 17, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken.”
- Robert Allen Zimmerman, (Tombstone Blues )
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 18, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish to not speak about the game.
Watching the A’s/White Sox game and they are wearing the super throwback uniforms. When they said white Sox, they meant it: they’re wearing the knee socks in pure white.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 2:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
in other news: how was the burrito?
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 16, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
very good
The guac was especially tasty.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ah, good burrito is good. I’m more of a taco guy myself… have become addicted to the various taco trucks around SOMA in SF
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 16, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The one behind CNET rules.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 16, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, los compadres… same guys run one at spear and folsom… i hit that place up on tues and sit by the bay, its a nice lunch
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 16, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All i can think about is “I’m Jennifer Lopez and i like tacos and burritos.”
Gary Darling, go DIAFF.
by The Enchanter on Aug 16, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ell grullense
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 16, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
damnit, now i want tacos
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 16, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d drive down from Davis for that place. So damn good.
"Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, we're going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time."
by Azantor on Aug 17, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which one (seems like there’s a million taquerias with that name).
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 17, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
rwc. www.elgrullensegrill.com/
there are grullenses across from each other (there used to be, not sure if there still are).
there used to be a grullense truck in sf too, prettty sure not related.
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 17, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool. I’ll keep it in mind for when I’m up in that area.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 17, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
in Palo Alto
on south bound El Camino a few blocks south of Page Mill
http://www.yelp.com/biz/taqueria-el-grullense-palo-alto
Wir müssen wissen — wir werden wissen!
by seesdifferent on Aug 17, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it a chain, or just a common name?
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 17, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't know
but I do know that you can get two great pulled pork soft tacos and all the chips u want for under three bucks.
Wir müssen wissen — wir werden wissen!
by seesdifferent on Aug 17, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
huh.
I willl check it out after our offices move to 1501 California.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by zenbitz on Aug 17, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you’re on California, you ought to try Cho’s.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 17, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oops meant that there are two across from each other on el camino in rwc.
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 17, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That it is…
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 16, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
awesome tacos (and good burritos to)
ironically a little Mexican market on Grand Av. In South SF. Not sure of the name or address….it’s between Maple and Walnut, across from the grassy civic area.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by zenbitz on Aug 17, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So this game sucked hard, let's talk about something else that sucks hard
Am I the only one HOPING Bart would strike come Monday so they can fire all these assholes for abandonment?
Seriously. The current structure for overtime pay and pension plan for these people are so out of line, it is due for an overhaul, and they have the audacity to walk out of their 100K paying jobs?
Get a grip of reality, and go fuck yourself like Damon Bruce.
by jctGamer on Aug 16, 2009 2:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s deplorable. It’s got to be one of the most blatant gravy trains in the Bay Area and nobody does a damn thing to stop it.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baron is virtually always right
and this is the rightest of the right. I’m in a freaking public employee union, and I cannot imagine going on strike in this economy. Because they’re eliminating a second pension? Or requiring some token health ins. contribution?
And I didn’t hear BART management offer to give back any sales tax revenues generated while the trains weren’t running and employees weren’t working.
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 16, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m super pro union, as my dad and grandfather were Teamsters. It’s illegal to be anything but pro-union in my family. But this is clearly bullshit and not the goal of unions at all. I’m glad those in unions see how awful this whole fiasco is.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am a union supporter for the most part. Grew up in a union family and I’m in one now. But in California, the Prison Guards, Police, Fire Fighters, Dock Workers, etc. seem to have hugely unrealistic expectations for their future contracts. In the past the pay and pensions from the private sector were slightly ahead of those working for the public sector. Currently the pay and pensions of the private sector have been diminishing. Most striking is that private sector retirements have moved to a 401k style vs a defined benefit plan. I believe that the benefits for our public services should mirror what is going on in the private sector not greatly exceed it. Our private sector tax base can no longer support these huge pension plans.
No one here gets out alive.
by Bond16 on Aug 16, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The tradeoff between public sector & private sector jobs used to be:
In private sector, pay was higher but conditions were harder (more hours expected of workers, less job security, etc); gov’t pay was lower, but hours were fewer and had more job protection. In California, the unions have achieved such immense political power via immense campaign contributions, so that elected officials negotiate these sweetheart contracts with the unions so that gov’t workers get great pay AND great security AND fewer hours than private sector. This has been covered immensely by SF Guardian re Newsom’s dealings with cops & firefighters— 11% raise in a depression.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 16, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The historically strong private sector unions have all given major concessions because the current economy. Not so in the public sector.
No one here gets out alive.
by Bond16 on Aug 16, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right. And the public unions haven't given significant concessions (and in many cases, NO concessions) because they haven't been forced to.
And they haven’t been forced to because they employ the elected officials, not the other way around.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 16, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was always more of a confederate fan, myself
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Forgive me if it was already mentioned, but the Angels defeated the Orioles in 13 innings…by scoring 9 runs in the top of the 13th inning. 17-8 was the final score.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The O’s almost won this game in the bottom of the 9th when Adam Jones’ fly ball was caught at the wall, turning what looked like a walk-off HR into just a game-tying sac fly. It’s crazy that they came within a couple of feet of winning, then lost by 9.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 16, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
good lord
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Will the Giants even score 9 runs in NY??
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well let’s see:
0 Friday
5 Saturday
2 Sunday
____________
If they score 2 tomorrow, then yes, otherwise, no.
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's Livan
So doubtful.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Frci?
Am I missing something? What is “Frci?”
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
by antinous on Aug 16, 2009 3:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If you look at his uniform, it looks like…
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 16, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gosh, I missed that. Thanks.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
by antinous on Aug 16, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Geez
grant is way too fucking clever. And I mean that in the best way possible.
/dont ban me!!
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 16, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow, this place is ded
i took after the game for a nice bike ride… I feel better now, but it’s kind of weird: I didn’t feel that dejected after this loss. I must be getting jaded to them.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 16, 2009 3:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
To early in the day to be depressed about this team
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 16, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Mad Men” is back tonight. I’m drinking and watching that.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
by Skaldheim on Aug 16, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
at the end of the day, don’t get depressed at the start of the day
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just Back from the Game
The stats say quality start from Sanchez but they sure hit a lot more balls hard than we did. He seemed to periodically lose the strike zone completely, just like the last time I saw him pitch live — Norwich v. Trenton. God it’s annoying when the temperature is in the mid-90’s. For anyone who was listening and didn’t see it on television, the hit before Castillo’s home run looked like an error on FLew from our seats in the upper deck just beyond third base. Alas, there is no margin for anything less than flawless defense with an offense this bad. I was with a Yankees fan, but she is such a sweet old friend that she spared me any comments along the lines of “You know, not one of these guys would be starting on the Yankees.”
by NearestNorwich on Aug 16, 2009 3:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, FLew looked like an error to some of us, too
It sure looked like an error to me, as it landed RIGHT IN HIS GLOVE. Not the heel, not the tippytips— right in the pocket. Grr.
I can’t subscribe to any criticism of Sanchez, though, despite that some hits/contacts were hard. The strike zone of Crawford was tight and sometimes changeable, and he did, after all, hold the other side to 2 runs in 7 innings.
Looks like a really nice ballpark, though. Hope you had fun despite punchless, anemic, weak-ass, offense by the Giants.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 16, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that Flew catch bobble was retarded
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 16, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
New promotion at the yard: Fred Lewis bobble glove figurine.
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I actually heard a “clang” when the ball smacked him in the glove.
by younghutch on Aug 16, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From Baggarly postgame:
“Hey Bochy, should Fred Lewis have caught Angel Pagan’s fly ball in the fifth inning?
"Yeah, I think Freddy would say so," Bochy said.
Actually, no. Lewis said the ball popped out of his glove when his elbow hit the turf. But that doesn’t resemble the play as I saw it, either live or on replay. Lewis lost the ball instantly.
For some reason, it’s very difficult for Lewis to own up to a mistake. That’s got to be infuriating to fans, and I’d imagine it doesn’t endear him to teammates, either."
Me: Are you kidding me?
by younghutch on Aug 16, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FLew: CLANG!
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 16, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It really is true — I really root for Fred, but I’d like him a lot more if he owned up to his miscues more often.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 16, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I have to agree – I don’t blame him for the loss for not catching the ball; it was a tough play, not many would have made it to the ball, etc but it’s a play he probably should have made. I’m not going to fault him too much for NOT making it but he really should say things like, “Yeah, I should have caught that” after he does things like that.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The weird part is that he knows we can all see the reply, so why would he just make up something that’s so clearly wrong? Maybe that’s what he actually thinks that happened. Though that might be even weirder.
But seriously, how many LF make that play? 5? If we still had, say, Barry (2006 version) out there, he’d see that he can’t make the out, play it nicely off the wall, and turn around and get the ball back into the infield quickly. It would be good, clean baseball, and nobody would blame Bonds for the loss. But it wouldn’t be any better for the team. Just less ugly.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel the opposite of Fred most of the time. In fact that bobble during Cain’s start a few starts ago, in CO when he goofed but then produced at the plate… when he was being interviewed after the game, Miller (I think) kept asking about is success at the plate and Cain’s solid start and Freddy kept STEERING the interview back to his blunder in LF, which kinda made it all the more painful and seemed like he was gonna cry or something. He seems like a really sincere and humble kid to me (at least).
Nonetheless, the kid has concrete blocks for hands and it’s painful to see.
He makes that catch today, it’s the third out. No homer. Mets probably don’t win. It’s baseball. He’s Fred Lewis. he play our outfield. Maybe you can’t pin the loss on him but he doesn’t lose the ball, that homer doesn’t happen and maybe he makes it to tonight’s web gem. The baseball gods saw a different ending.
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 16, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a little buzzed and my spelling sucks :(
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 16, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But it led to this gem...
“He’s Fred Lewis. he play our outfield.”
For some reason, this really speaks to me.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 16, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and this
The baseball gods saw a different ending.
Wir müssen wissen — wir werden wissen!
by seesdifferent on Aug 17, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah well don’t judge me, who doesn’t like to have a drink OR TWENTY when the giants are playing their awesome brand of baseball.
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 17, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or maybe if the Giants score more than 2 runs off a guy with an ERA of almost 5 they win the game…
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah I agree. I’m not pinning the loss on Fred, but one fail on THIS team’s defense or THIS team’s offense and the game is lost, that’s all I’m saying.
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 16, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it’s definitely true and it’s probably the reason why Fred’s mistakes are magnified so much more than they probably ought to be.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t imagine that I’m the only cynical one here, right? but when that ball popped out of friends glove today, we all just knew that the HR was coming next, right? or at least it was going to be a decisive play / blunder? I want Fred to do well, whether or elsewhere (preferably not in the NL west).
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 16, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
friends
good heavens… Fred’s..
Okay, no more post-bar posting for me.
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 16, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Friends of Fred Lewis
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d join.
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 16, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we all get cool shades
and bubbahayeds
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL reflective glasses and free knee caps!
also cheers to whomever made this one.
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 16, 2009 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, I’m pretty pessimistic but I never would have expected a HR from Luis Castillo
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not fun fact
With his home run today, Castillo now has 28 career home runs and only his 4th since the beginning of the 2008 season. Pablo has 21 career. All within the past year.
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I betcha Pablo’s going to wake up a wee bit sore in the morning. No home runs for him for awhile.
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
fun facts not guaranteed to be fun
Actual level of fun may vary.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the problem here was that Sanchez was pitching. If Lincecum or Cain was pitching and Freddie did that, we would not be expecting the next hitter to hit one out. Freddie made the mistake with the worst possible pitcher on the mound. The one who’s going to fall apart when things suddenly go wrong.
As for the guy who mentioned that game where Fred “made up for it with the bat” and then was upset about his fielding miscue, it’s probably easier for him to admit he made a bad play after they won, than after they had a tough loss and his play was the main reason why.
embarrassed father of over the hill Edgardo Renteria
by rxmeister on Aug 16, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think it’s fair to say that play was the MAIN reason why. It was A reason but I do think we all know what the real reason was.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bochy hates the giants?
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 16, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh me neither. but I also wasn’t surprised by my own reaction of “oohhhh of course” when it happened. sorta seems an appropriate reaction for the 2009 giants.
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 16, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All this.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 16, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gary Darling and his crew did a horrible job during the Giants-Dodgers series (also see below for Darling today in Oakland) but Lincecum gets the win if the Giants score more than 2 in 9 innings.
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s no leeway on other side, defense or offense. Instead we get failure on both sides of the coin much of the time.
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 16, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember that. Krukow was also trying to help Fred out, talking about how hard it is to judge balls in Coors, but Fred said that he just messed up.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does he realize that we were actually watching the game, and know that isn’t true?
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I too was at the game
and I think that that play perfectly sums up Fred Lewis as defined by UZR and Fred Lewis as he actually is.
He got there, made a sweet dive, and… clank.
Yes, that was a tough play. A hit, not an error. But Christ on a crutch, man it hit right in the pocket of your glove! And was out again before you hit the ground, no matter what your memory tells you. As they say in football, if it hit you in the hands, you shoulda caught it.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 16, 2009 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what the heck? Tiger is down a stroke now?
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 16, 2009 3:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah Yang eagled the reachable 300 yard par 4 14th with a chip. Tiger birdied that hole then missed an eight foot birdie put on the final par 5 to tie it. 3 holes to go and no easy birdie opps.
No one here gets out alive.
by Bond16 on Aug 16, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/pretends he knows anything about golf
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HOLE IN ONE!
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yang supposedly is the first Asian to win a major. But Tiger is half Asian.
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe they’re in the camp where Asian=east Asia, and doesn’t consider India, Thailand, Philippines, etc. Asia.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've seen some who don't consider India to be Asia
But Thailand? The Philippines?
"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.
by thehavenot on Aug 16, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew of a guy who didn’t consider the Philippines to be part of Asia. His reasoning was the prevalence of Hispanic surnames among Filipinos. True story.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...
…
…
…
I hate humanity.
"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.
by thehavenot on Aug 16, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
me too
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yer both skrewd.
Unless you find a desert island.
by FreshStart on Aug 16, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, that’s a very stupid reason to think that, but there has been some debate in the past over whether or not the Philippines are part of Asia (it’s this whole Pacific Islander question). But it doesn’t seem to be a very popular question today, and it seems pretty widely accepted to me that it counts as Asian.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 17, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What in god's name do they think India is?
Europe? Africa?
by FreshStart on Aug 16, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the people who live there are Indians, that would make it part of America.
Duh.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 16, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, it is a subcontinent practically by itself.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 17, 2009 6:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what I was going to say!
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 17, 2009 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The “practically” is the point. And, it seems like some cultural assumptions are getting in the way of a geographical concept.
by FreshStart on Aug 17, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And of course cultural assumptions are getting in the way of geographical concepts – otherwise Europe wouldn’t be a continent.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 17, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My fiance, is one who says Indians aren’t Asians. I think the confusion is from the following:
Orientals or Orient (not PC)——> Chinese (Largest Orient(Far East country)———> Not everyone is from China————> ASIAN!
India =/= orient
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 17, 2009 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s just like you wouldn’t call a US citizen who was born in Egypt an African-American.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 17, 2009 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he means that just like how “Asian” replaced the word “Oriental”, “African-American” replaced the word “black”. Thus, an Indian would not be considered Asian, and an Egyptian-American would not be considered African-American, even though they probably should be based on the geographical terms.
Osiris, lord of the dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
FREDEMPTION 2009
by neurofarm on Aug 17, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
People didn’t want to say “East-Asian”, let alone “Sub-Saharan-African”, because it’s too long, and people are lazy. So instead, they just said “Asian” or “African”, trusting that the people around them will know what they mean. And it worked – whenever people heard someone say “Asian”, they knew he or she meant East-Asian. It worked so well, that “Asian” and “East-Asian” have become completely interchangable (as have “African” and “Sub-Saharan-African”), and now people are actually starting to forget that not all (or even most) Asians are actually from East-Asia, and that not all Africans are black.
It’s just a good example of what a huge effect language has on the way we think. Of that, and of how we’re just a bunch of lazy morons.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 17, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course, in the UK, when people say “Asians”, they generally mean people of Indian or Pakistani descent.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 17, 2009 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that too
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 17, 2009 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could that be b/c of the different influences that Asia has on the US/UK?
I am not sure about the UK, but I imagine Pakistan and India (both former colonies) affected the UK greater than eastern Asia. I believe the opposite is true for the US (Railroad, chinatowns, etc).
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 17, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well yeah, of course
I just think it’s somewhat funny, how different the conception of “Asian” is in the two countries.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 17, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
perception.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 17, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the conception of Asians works pretty much the same wherever you go.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 17, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s the first that was born in an Asian country.
by nataku on Aug 16, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well that was just nifty.
This team is soooo oh nm I don’t have the energy…
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 3:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I could’ve sworn I saw Bobby Jones warming up in the bullpen for NY.
by younghutch on Aug 16, 2009 3:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hope fading...
fading….
it’s almost gone…
"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.
by thehavenot on Aug 16, 2009 4:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
On the hope level from 1-10
Im at about a 6. At the all star break I was at 8.
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m about a 4, though I’m sure the team has a great winning streak still left in them which will bounce my hope level back up to an 8.5.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
by Skaldheim on Aug 16, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even if they get to the playoffs, they will get there as a wild card team, so they will have to play more games on the road, so they will continue to suck, so I refuse to get my hopes up.
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phillies Braves
But its raining
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks
There were two games that were having rain issues on my little “scoreboard gizmo” I wasn’t sure which one was tonight’s game.
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't see one second of the game
What did I miss?
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 5:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
A luis Castillo upper deck home run. About as common as seeing a solar and lunar ecplipse at the same time
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
irritation, annoyance, yelling at the screen, condemning Lewis, worrying about Panda, and more irrational yelling – this time directed at Bochy…
so…
as you can see…
you didn’t really miss a thing.
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For the slash fans in the house
All three or four of us: http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/umpire_disgusted_by_catcher
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
But Joe and Grady are so dreamy!
Who could be disgusted by that?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 16, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he has a crush on Joe (or Grady, they are equally dreamy) and is jealous that they don’t let him in on the fun.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Grady’s Ladies”
BARF.
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 16, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Better than Willy Mo’s Hos in Cincinnatti
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or the alternative to Grady’s Ladies, “Sizemore’s Whores”
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alternately
SizeQueens. Could work for the fellas. If you’re into that.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here in SF we have Frandsvestites, Romosexuals, and Velezbians.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I ship it
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I need this ship
The boat left and I wasn’t on the boat.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
D:
I don’t like fakebald!Tim. But the armless legless Tiger Woods photo on the same page made me laugh. A lot.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In other news, Joe Mauer is insane
He’s leading his league in AVG, OBP, and SLG. This is a historical season – Berra, Campanella, Bench, and Piazza have never even led the league in any of these categories.
I’m gonna be so pissed when Youkilis gets the MVP.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he missed a month and has 22 homers. He’s off the chain.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus he’s hitting in a pitchers’ park. And he plays good defense.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know if I were to call the Metrodome a pitcher’s park.
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is according to all the park factors.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Batters get confused by the flapping garbage bags on the outfield walls!!!
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 16, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And it’s if I would.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(Don’t know why I had to do that)
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but Youkilis will win and the media will jerk off to it until February.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think a Yankee is in the lead right now.
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have faith that the media will jerk off to that, too.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RACIST
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Teixeira seems like a more popular choice at the moment.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would go Mauer
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really? That would be one of the worst MVP selections ever.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know but the Yankees writers are writing masturbatory articles about it all over the place.
They said Mauer’s numbers were only “slightly” better than Texeira’s. I lol’d.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is amusing.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think there’s a NY media bias when it comes to these awards. The NY writers push their players to the point where it probably offends media from other cities. A few years ago everyone thought Jeter was a sure thing to be MVP and he was beaten out by Morneau. Last year they pushed Santana for Cy Young and he was obliterated by Lincecum.
embarrassed father of over the hill Edgardo Renteria
by rxmeister on Aug 17, 2009 6:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Randy Wolf was a triple short of the cycle
lol wut
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 6:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Uribe was a triple short of 1 for 4.
Wir müssen wissen — wir werden wissen!
by seesdifferent on Aug 16, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bengie was a triple short of the apocalypse.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 17, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With no Sunday night baseball on
I checked out a little of the Little League World Series (No Cal vs. So Cal). One of the So Cal kids was listed at 6’2", 205 lbs. He looked like he was in his 20’s.
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 6:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Feeding the kids Muscle Milk and HGH in their Yoo-hoos, I see.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Full beards at 12 years old.
It really does bother me when I see those kids stepping out between pitches and adjusting the velcro on their batting gloves though haha it’s so ridiculous.
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 16, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Controveral call in Oakland
I bring you a paragraph posted on sfgate.com:
Geren disputed back-to-back plays in the top of the ninth. Jayson Nix was ruled safe at first base with two outs, although Crosby’s throw from deep short appeared to get him by half a step. Then Nix stole second, and Crosby put down an emphatic tag. Nix’s hand came off the bag and Crosby touched him again, but second-base umpire Gary Darling ruled that Crosby had pushed Nix off the base.
Note the second-base umpire.
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 6:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If you or I did such a horrid job in our profession…we’d be FIRED!
wth?
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The replay clearly showed Darling was wrong.
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Umpires Association are colluding to push for instant replay and games will be 6.5 hours long next year.
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 16, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought umps liked the really fast games so they could catch their airplanes, make their dinner engagements!
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This crew doesn't travel by plane
they use:
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 17, 2009 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
always late arriving
damned gorilla keeps throwing barrels
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 17, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That sentiment is understandable, but contraindicated by my experience. For instance, the recent round of layoffs at my work saw some really smart, productive people jobless and other people whose intelligence rivals that of a bag of hammers still employed… I guess I can’t say definitively that they’re Gary Darling bad though.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 16, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The minute I saw the mustachioed little freak in Oakland Friday night I knew there was something afoot.
At least we weren’t the only ones getting screwed by this crew. Now I hope this means more attention is called to their bullshit and they meet swift retribution.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does the league pay attention to Oakland, though? If the WS were being screwed, Ozzie would be all over it, but since it’s the A’s, it won’t matter.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Aug 16, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m hoping someone raises hell about it and draws attention to it.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hell was successfully raised?
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tried his best to feign an emotional outburst.
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 16, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a hard thing to accomplish.
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 16, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So does Eeyore
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait
I missed the incident. Is Gary darling the Mario-lookin guy?
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
That’s Bill Hohn. Darling is his crew chief.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 16, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still can't believe
there were no repercussions for that. Where the hell is bud??
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 17, 2009 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know they’re a packaged deal after our traumatizing experience last week.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The league can’t be happy that this crew is getting so much notoreity. I wonder if they will try to do anything in the offseason about it, and if so, whether we’ll hear anything.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
by Skaldheim on Aug 16, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They clearly don't like the bay area
"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.
by thehavenot on Aug 16, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I picked an OK weekend to leave town.
by xanthan on Aug 16, 2009 6:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Dammit xanthan
/reboots
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the plus side, I bought an ice cream maker attachment for our kitchen aid today. I think I’m going to make some coffee and chocolate ice cream soon.
by xanthan on Aug 16, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh lord I want one of those so bad.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve heard good things about the attachment. I’m probably going to gain 10lbs with this thing.
/looks up Guinness Stout Ice Cream recipe
by xanthan on Aug 16, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You gained ten pounds
just looking up the recipe for that ice cream. Good lord.
"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.
by thehavenot on Aug 16, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow. that sounds…interesting.
Brand new adoptive daddy for the Big Unit. Congrats go out to my son for his 300th win. Only 211 more wins until he catches Cy Young!
by Speedforthewin on Aug 16, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man that sounds so good right now.
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 16, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are not allowed to say that without making enough for all of us. I learned that in kindergarten, or something.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
by Skaldheim on Aug 16, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Situation Tomko
From the A’s:
Brett Tomko will be called up Monday to start against the Yankees
by Merope on Aug 16, 2009 6:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
paging TK
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If BART goes on strike, it will prevent A’s fans from seeing the massacre live.
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No strike!
The union agreed to something tonight.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
by Skaldheim on Aug 16, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
More like the BART board stopped imposing terms and started negotiating… and it seems like that went both ways because the union agreed to a longer contract than it wanted as well.
A strike would have been a disaster for the union (as well as the riders) – hopefully the rank and file are wise enough to see this and ratify the contract, but you never know.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 16, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ESPN
We got baseball. Unfortunately, Morgan and Phillips are there.
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 6:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
BART BREAKING NEWS
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/16/BA77199F58.DTL&tsp=1
by SFGuy on Aug 16, 2009 6:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hedge Hog
So we hit into DP’s, can’t set up or turn a DP, perhaps we should just get Ron Jeremy to bat cleanup…he knows about DP’s…
by MoreroidsforZito on Aug 16, 2009 7:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bowker today
2-4, 2HR, 2R, 7RBI, 1BB, 1SO, I assume no dropped balls
.343/.450/.614 for the season
All we are saying…is give [Bowkermania] a chance
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 16, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They’ll call him up again, give him 20 ABs over 3 weeks and send him down again after he hits just ok over that time period.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 16, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your San Francisco Giants!
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Aug 16, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not funny because it's true
"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.
by thehavenot on Aug 16, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think
his first at bat back set the table for his treatment during his stay. He did the one thing he couldn’t do which was strike out flailing like an ass at horrible pitches. I can forgive him for it, but I could imagine management not.
by iammclovin on Aug 17, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
any Wheeler news?
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 16, 2009 8:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Prolly getting the word tomorrow. Day of rest and all that.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
arg
thats annoying
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 16, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d read they have a deal, but it’s way over slot, or whatever the heck they call it, and so the Giants don’t want to release the details till closer to the deadline.
by Merope on Aug 17, 2009 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the closer we get to 80, the closer lars should get to a ban
Brand new adoptive daddy for the Big Unit. Congrats go out to my son for his 300th win. Only 211 more wins until he catches Cy Young!
by Speedforthewin on Aug 16, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
80 what?
im lost
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 16, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But if we get to 81, you clearly deserve to be banned.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 17, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m actually starting to think that my high water mark prediction is gonna be right about what the Giants get this year.
85 wins, baby!
"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.
by thehavenot on Aug 16, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Back to the game for a sec
Random points from attending today.
Wow, there were a LOT of empty seats. Even more for Sunday than the Friday and Saturday. LOL Mets fail! I’d forgotten how funny it was watching the Yanks and Mets panic about ticket sales earlier this year.
I was there, and Pablo hit the rail twenty rows in front of me. But obviously New Shea didn’t show the replae. If I had to guess, the ball popped out when he got popped in the balls by the rail. Verdad?
My sense-of-dread-ometer was redlining when that ball a) was hit to Fred and b) was not caught by him. Seriously, dude! It hit the pocket of your glove! WTF?!
I was pleasantly surprised by most of Bochy’s moves. No Rowand, por ejemplo. He looked beyond abysmal these last two days. Like he was hitting defensively on a 3-2 count even when it was 0-0 (actually, the whole team looked this way on Friday night). But why on earth do you not set up the double play by walking the guy hitting in front of the slow-ass back up catcher? F&%#!!!
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 16, 2009 9:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and Jon Stewart was there with his kid. I felt momentarily bad that I was cheering against him.
After the game ended at four I hopped the 7 to the N to Coney Island and caught the Brooklyn Cyclones – Oneonta Tigers game at five. It’s the New York-Penn League Short-Season A ball affiliate of the Mets. It was Tommy Lasorda fotoball giveaway night, and I wanted to boo him in my Giants gear. Sadly a) he wasn’t there, AFAIK and b) I got there too late to gat a ball.
I also kinda harbored a secret dream of getting him to sign the ball with meanest thing he’d be willing to write to a Giants fan. I know, I know. Consorting with the enemy and all. But wouldn’t that be an awesome artifact?
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 16, 2009 9:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice re: NYPL
I cover the NYPL for MiLB.com, and one of my good friends lives out there on Long Island. He goes to Cyclones games a lot and always tells me what’s going on out there.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Giants' line from the blog header
R H E
2 0 0
Congtrats to Met pitching on the no hitter.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 16, 2009 10:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Along with Xanthan
I missed the weekend festivities. Backpacking in the Sierras. Looks like I could go away for a month and not miss a Giants pitcher getting their 13th win of the season. Sigh.
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
by Kitspool on Aug 16, 2009 10:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
plus 1 to mcC Chronicle
i would just like to say that everybody who contributes to threads here are intelligent and funny. Logging into Yahoo! and checking threads on McC has become a post-game ritual for me. as for the g-men offense? FAIL! I want more from Garko’s stubby-armed at-bats
by itsAteamGAME on Aug 16, 2009 11:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
LOL NOOB
/dick joke
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 17, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I played HR derby today after the game
and I started the game shagging balls in the outfield. The very first ball hit to me
was a low sinking liner that I charged and tried to catch but I didn’t get there in time. It short hopped and hit me HARD square in the nuts, causing me to collapse and writhe in pain for a few minutes. It was that kind of day today.
by jordanovich on Aug 17, 2009 2:15 AM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
The nice thing about this road trip...
is that there is game after game, no breaks.
New game today, which means it’s time for a preemptive YEAH JOEY!
Brand new adoptive daddy for the Big Unit. Congrats go out to my son for his 300th win. Only 211 more wins until he catches Cy Young!
by Speedforthewin on Aug 17, 2009 4:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Back to on-topic, for a sec
via the giants twitter
Matt Cain met with David Wright today at Citi Field. They talked it out and are on good terms.
Good to hear, two great ballplayers who play the game right. Wouldn’t expect anything less.
"Snow woulda had it!!!"
Self appointed president, ruler, dictator, czar and potentate of the Free Gerald Society. As of... right now.
by beat_la_25 on Aug 17, 2009 1:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good. I expected Cain to make a visit to Wright if Wright was up for it, health-wise. Both are good guys and I’m glad they took the time to talk about it.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 17, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- Rickey Henderson's 80-steal projection doesn't faze Rajai Davis
- Spring Snapshot: A's crossing fingers for comprehensive health
- Answer Man: Troy Tulowitzki talks brackets, Dirtbags and mullets
- Toyota sign proposal in Wrigley Field's bleachers in need of recall
- Andrew Bailey doesn't play tennis, but he does have tennis elbow
Certain photos copyright © 2010 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
