Post-Game Thread: More Road Woes
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 16, 2009 1:18 PM PDT
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PrintYou 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.
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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.
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?
:-) :-) :-)
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?
:-) :-) :-)
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.
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.
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 Brisbee on Aug 16, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
/makes some off-color remark on being down with homoerotic conduct.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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
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
Fuck this team
/opinion over
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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...
- 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
smartass FAIL
NUMBER 1 shortstop blah blah i give up
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll be watching the 49ers' playoff run in January
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/Alex Smith throws screen pass in dirt
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 16, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
/Alex Smith throwsscreen pass in dirtpass 15 yards over Isaac Bruce’s head.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
/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."
That'll be hard w/ Shaun Hill throwing the passes
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by bondslegend on Aug 16, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
IKR
wow it’s dead
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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)
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.
/commissions Josh from Hollywood to make a Diary so I’m not so lonely
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 16, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
/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
ALSO BA
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by bondslegend on Aug 16, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
/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
/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 Brisbee on Aug 16, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
can anything go right today?!
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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
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.
Well, then, at least we can be proud of the fact that this order performed to its maximum potential…right?
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
And Lewis should hit #1 and Velez #2 in such circumstances.
Velez might relearn how to steal bases by watching him.
I don’t want anyone taking base-stealing lessons from Fred.
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
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.
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!
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.
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
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
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
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?
:-) :-) :-)
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
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
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
“… 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
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.
I’d love to read your thoughts on the game. Please, continue.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 16, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
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
also, i heard castillo hit a dinger
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jose castillo!?!?!?!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
he told russell martin to suck it at least
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
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
people commenting on sports blogs?
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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
I have flagged exactly one post on any SB Nation blog.
It was well deserved.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
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.
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.
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+1
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by bondslegend on Aug 16, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
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by bondslegend on Aug 16, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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
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or ignorant
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 17, 2009 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
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
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/
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.
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“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
- Charles Darwin (The Descent of Man)
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:-) :-) :-)
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
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.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 2:42 PM PDT reply actions
in other news: how was the burrito?
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very good
The guac was especially tasty.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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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
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
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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
ell grullense
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
damnit, now i want tacos
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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).
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.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 17, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
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
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
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
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
huh.
I willl check it out after our offices move to 1501 California.
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If you’re on California, you ought to try Cho’s.
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by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 17, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
oops meant that there are two across from each other on el camino in rwc.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 17, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
That it is…
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 16, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
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?
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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.
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.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
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
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.
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
I was always more of a confederate fan, myself
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions
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.
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by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 16, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
good lord
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Well let’s see:
0 Friday
5 Saturday
2 Sunday
____________
If they score 2 tomorrow, then yes, otherwise, no.
it's Livan
So doubtful.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Frci?
Am I missing something? What is “Frci?”
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Gosh, I missed that. Thanks.
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Geez
grant is way too fucking clever. And I mean that in the best way possible.
/dont ban me!!
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by bondslegend on Aug 16, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
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To early in the day to be depressed about this team
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by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 16, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
at the end of the day, don’t get depressed at the start of the day
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
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.”
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.
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by Mayor of 311 on Aug 16, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
that Flew catch bobble was retarded
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
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?
FLew: CLANG!
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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.
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by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 16, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
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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.
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:-) :-) :-)
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.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a little buzzed and my spelling sucks :(
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
But it led to this gem...
“He’s Fred Lewis. he play our outfield.”
For some reason, this really speaks to me.
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by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 16, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 17, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Or maybe if the Giants score more than 2 runs off a guy with an ERA of almost 5 they win the game…
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
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.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
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).
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
friends
good heavens… Fred’s..
Okay, no more post-bar posting for me.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Friends of Fred Lewis
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d join.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
we all get cool shades
and bubbahayeds
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL reflective glasses and free knee caps!
also cheers to whomever made this one.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno, I’m pretty pessimistic but I never would have expected a HR from Luis Castillo
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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.
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Actual level of fun may vary.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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.
Bochy hates the giants?
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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.
There’s no leeway on other side, defense or offense. Instead we get failure on both sides of the coin much of the time.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Does he realize that we were actually watching the game, and know that isn’t true?
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
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
what the heck? Tiger is down a stroke now?
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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.
/pretends he knows anything about golf
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:-) :-) :-)
Maybe they’re in the camp where Asian=east Asia, and doesn’t consider India, Thailand, Philippines, etc. Asia.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I've seen some who don't consider India to be Asia
But Thailand? The Philippines?
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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.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
...
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…
…
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.
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me too
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
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
If the people who live there are Indians, that would make it part of America.
Duh.
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Well, it is a subcontinent practically by itself.
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:-) :-) :-)
That’s what I was going to say!
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 17, 2009 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
The “practically” is the point. And, it seems like some cultural assumptions are getting in the way of a geographical concept.
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
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by say hey nation on Aug 17, 2009 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s just like you wouldn’t call a US citizen who was born in Egypt an African-American.
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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.
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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.
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Of course, in the UK, when people say “Asians”, they generally mean people of Indian or Pakistani descent.
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that too
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 17, 2009 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
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).
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by say hey nation on Aug 17, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Well yeah, of course
I just think it’s somewhat funny, how different the conception of “Asian” is in the two countries.
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
perception.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yeah, the conception of Asians works pretty much the same wherever you go.
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Hope fading...
fading….
it’s almost gone…
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Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
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On the hope level from 1-10
Im at about a 6. At the all star break I was at 8.
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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.
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For the slash fans in the house
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions
But Joe and Grady are so dreamy!
Who could be disgusted by that?
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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.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
“Grady’s Ladies”
BARF.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Better than Willy Mo’s Hos in Cincinnatti
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Or the alternative to Grady’s Ladies, “Sizemore’s Whores”
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 16, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Alternately
SizeQueens. Could work for the fellas. If you’re into that.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Here in SF we have Frandsvestites, Romosexuals, and Velezbians.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I ship it
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I need this ship
The boat left and I wasn’t on the boat.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
D:
I don’t like fakebald!Tim. But the armless legless Tiger Woods photo on the same page made me laugh. A lot.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
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.
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:-) :-) :-)
And he missed a month and has 22 homers. He’s off the chain.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus he’s hitting in a pitchers’ park. And he plays good defense.
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:-) :-) :-)
It is according to all the park factors.
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:-) :-) :-)
Batters get confused by the flapping garbage bags on the outfield walls!!!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 16, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but Youkilis will win and the media will jerk off to it until February.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I have faith that the media will jerk off to that, too.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Teixeira seems like a more popular choice at the moment.
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Really? That would be one of the worst MVP selections ever.
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:-) :-) :-)
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.
That is amusing.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 16, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions