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by Grant Brisbee on Aug 25, 2009 12:35 PM PDT
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That game kind of stunk
Congratulations! You've found the secret post! Now go away.
Last night's game made me want to take a belt sander to my groin. So why do you think that I want to write about it today? What, do you want me to write 1,000 words that translate to "Grrrr, Justin Miller shouldn't have walked Adam Eaton?" Do you want me to describe the pain of waiting for Merkin Valdez for the past three decades, only to be rewarded with a string-straight-fastball-throwing goofball with nary a hint of command? Do you think that I really have it in me to write something poignant right now? I don't. I just don't. When the Giants do win something, when the rapture arrives and takes us all to Championship Land in the clouds, we'll remember last night. We'll wear it like a scar, and we'll rub that scar when the Giants are spraying champagne all over the clubhouse in 2056, or whenever. The younger folks will just be excited that their team won, but they'll have no idea. No idea. I've wasted hundreds and hundreds of hours on this team just this year. Thousands over my lifetime. That was the incorrect choice. I could have read books. I could have figured out how to change my own damned oil. I could have learned to cook. Instead, I'm sitting here thinking, gee, this team can't hit, when I already knew that. I knew that in March. I knew that in 2008. Hey, the Giants could win the next four while the Rockies go on a four-game losing streak, and all of this apoplectic twitching will seem kind of silly. But I wouldn't know. Because I'm going to go home tonight and read a fucking book. And tomorrow night, I'll go home and learn how to change my fucking oil. Maybe I'll figure out what a fucking scallion is, and I'll cook the fucking shit out of it. And I'll show up the next day and fulfill my contract by writing about a team I didn't watch. I'll play the part well -- I'll read the post-game AP story and figure out whom I should blame or praise, and I'll come up with weak comment starters revolving around September call-ups or arbitration-eligible players -- but my heart won't be in it. October will roll around, and I'll check in with the World Series. November will roll around, and I'll start to rosterbate furiously. December will roll around, and I'll long for spring training. March will roll around, and I'll be excited. Why? Because I'm a fucking idiot.
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You didnt put masochist
So I voted for breakfast cereal. Apple Jacks FTW
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
CAPTAIN CRUNCH
but the ones BEFORE they rounded the edges
Juan Marichal's bat > JR's head
by titofuentes4 on Aug 25, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Lucky Charms. They’re magically delicious.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 25, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Or Count Chocula. Or Monster Berries. I like October for those options.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Silly rabbit
Trix
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
…warm my heart (my worn and tired heart)…
by paboperfecto on Aug 25, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
i'm here for you man
you did say you need a groud hug, right?
Randy Winn cannot play third base. Randy Winn cannot play third base. Nate Schierholtz, Giants 3B of the future! Randy Winn cannot play third base.
I'm waiting for the Diamondbacks series preview
Because I really can’t wait for more Giants baseball.
Because I really can’t CAN wait for more Giants baseball.
I R 5
by say hey nation on Aug 25, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
How am I going to know which hitlers to watch?
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
Did you say "hitlers?"
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
I can’t get away from Honey Nut Cheerios. I try more childish ones, I try super nutritious ones, I try vegan kosher halal locavore gently stripped from the husk grains. But it’s always back to Honey Nut Cheerios.
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Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
Garfield Minus Garfield FTW
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Aug 25, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
50 times better than regular Garfield
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
It’s shocking how well it works and how much more sense it makes.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
I swear, its right behind door #109
I R 5
by say hey nation on Aug 25, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this the grope party?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
He will answer your prayers (if your a male that is)
I R 5
by say hey nation on Aug 25, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Best/Most-inappropriate cereal name:
Good Friends
I R 5
by say hey nation on Aug 25, 2009 12:45 PM PDT reply actions
POOPIN
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Aug 25, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahahahah what.
Status: Feels so broke up. Wants to go home. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.
win
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
I find a very good sould cleanser
to be this song. Look right into the video, turn up the volume, and be PURGED!
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
dont post here often
I just don’t know what to do. Thinking about my favorite team makes me sad right now and that’s just not right….. I have nowhere else to go and coming here just twists the knife but what else am I supposed to do. Stop caring? Not going to happen. Maybe tomorrow I can be positive.
Bring me the head of Barry Zito! HOLD THAT ORDER two week reprieve to prove himself.
Someone made the a good point the other day, and I agree. I would rather see LA in the playoffs than Colorado
I R 5
by say hey nation on Aug 25, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
How can you even say that.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Maybe he meant meet them, like play them, in the playoffs
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Giants over Dodgers then Angels amirite
You know, I always wanted to see what would have happened if the 2002 World Series wasn’t cancelled.
"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." - Coach John Wooden
Its not about OMG DODGERS I WANT TO BEAT THEM IN THE NLCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its about playing the team that we can beat, or are more likely to beat
I R 5
by say hey nation on Aug 25, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
lol…did you watch the games when the dodgers were in town a couple of weeks ago?
On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.
I have these pics , they're very representative.
/crawls back under Ayers Rock
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 25, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
If the Rockies keep surging then LA becomes 2nd place WC contender
By this time next week it could be LA vs SF for the WC — which might be what the Baseball Gods wanted all along. That or they want the Braves.
I swear to god
If I have to watch that stadium fill up with bandwagoners for 41235245662th time and the TOMAHAWK CHOP OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOH. Something will have to die.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Oh but that 2002 NLDS was absolutely incredible...
The most hideous, ghostly tomahawk chop echoing throughout Pac Bell Park when the Giants victory was all but assured, absolutely incredible.
Status: Feels so broke up. Wants to go home. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.
I think I have devolved from a fanatic to a pathetic...
I’ve given this some thought and as much as I’d like to think my Giants fanaticism occupies a separate but equal part of my life, I just know that’s not true. There’s just too much crossover and sharing. The fears I have about Giants games are the same fears I have about my life: that I’m going to try to do something positive and it’s just going to blow up in my face.
I’m definitely trying to be a better person and overcome my paralyzing fear of trying to do anything out of fear of failing; it’s not that games like last night make me afraid to try, it’s that games like last night remind me why I’m this way in the first place. I was not surprised by the outcome, but biochemically in shock, just as I would be losing out on a job I really wanted and thought I had in the bag or something else of significance in my own (or family’s) life. It’s rough having that same feeling while watching a fucking baseball game, but feelings are feelings, and however they’re accessed doesn’t make that any less true, I suppose.
I can equate how I felt last night two a few events in my life:
1) Losing out on a part that I really wanted and even got called back for (but, like the Giants, I lost out to the better man).
2) Finally getting the chance to interview for a writers position on a TV show and, after a few minutes, realizing that the position had already been filled and this was just a formality
3) Getting dumped by a girl I was surprised I was with in the first place.
So, I am hesitant to put myself out there anymore, because “trying is the first step towards failing” and most of the time we fail more than we succeed. Just like Baseball.
Of course, the bigger fear is that I’m not a prospect with high upside but an aging veteran hoping to turn a corner.
Fucking hell
Way to depress people even more dude, get some help.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
I feel your pain.
Make you a deal: I’ll hold you if you brush away my tears.
"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 25, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
We need to make a fucking A trade
"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." - Coach John Wooden
Problem Solved:
Don’t put milk on your cereal.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 25, 2009 12:55 PM PDT reply actions
When I was a kid my mom wanted me to make friends with the new next door neighbors. I didn’t want to, at the age of 8 I knew she was just weird. I fought it and fought until the day the kid put WATER on her cereal instead of milk (no she wasn’t allergic to milk, she was just WEIRD!) mom then realized that, yes, the kid next door was a little odd.
Steve Finley-flavored Cheerios.
"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 25, 2009 12:57 PM PDT reply actions
I eat gamers for breakfast.
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Aug 25, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Finley Fiber Flakes: Crap like a gamer!
"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 25, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That poll on the front page went from 0 votes to many rather quickly. Impressive site traffic. Giants losses are good for business!
Grant earning money off of Giants losses?
DESPICABLE
"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." - Coach John Wooden
I somehow really doubt
Grant’s version of the advertising post is anything significant with 12343125461 bloggers on sbnation.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
This was the post I've been waiting for since morning.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Who are these ghoulish fans of other teams? Name yourselves, sirs or madams!
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Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
Ghoulish here
Not 100% ghoulish because I’m a local boy but am an A’s fan who enjoys how Giants fans have such wild mood swings…..seriously, before the start of this season, SF fans would’ve been thrilled with .500, now it is the end of the world because they aren’t making the playoffs? With a team that hits almost as bad as the A’s?
Relax, people, it’s only a game.
PS 1989 ;)
And we should relax?
And let douchebags frolic?
Also, it’s not that the team isn’t making the playoffs, it’s losing games in a devastating manner. I’m not upset that the Giants aren’t making the playoffs, it’s that they’ve succeeded in spite of their talents and in such a way that they won’t actually improve upon their success next season because of the inordinate degree of suck that is their talent.
GHOUL BEGONE!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
GTFO
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 25, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Slappy
leave
Your in the presence of angry people who dont like you.
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 25, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah yeah yeah, blow me
actually….YOUR MOM ALREADY DID HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA HIGH FIVE EVERYONE!
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
Hey, don’t be so down! There’s still a month left, and it isn’t crazy to think the Giants are still in it
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
You have drugs. Hand them over.
Gary Darling, go DIAFF.
by The Enchanter on Aug 25, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I think a bright side is: I don’t have cable because when I do I waste a lot of time watching tv and not enough time being a productive member of society – like posting in all caps about poop in the interwebs. If the Giants got into the playoffs, the NL rounds are all on TBS this year and I would be forced to cave in and purchase cable for at least a month. So thank you, Giants, for saving me from purchasing costly horrible television entertainment. SILVER EFFING LINING!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Or
you could have gone to a bar
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
And be around the common dullard drunkard, in his element? Sir i think not!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
That post
combined with your signature makes me think you do not like consumers of alcoholic beverages.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
OR
That I am joking.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
THIS IS NO TIME FOR HAPPINESS!!!
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
I think
you should skip the TV (and playoff considerations) and just go to a bar.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"This is not good, folks."- Duane Kuiper
by natteringnabob on Aug 25, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
They still advertise that show?
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Doesnt seem to be that good
and yet keeps having success that really seems fishy and unwarrented
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
The thing about BRETT FAVRE IS BRETT FAVRE
GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE!
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
+BACONEXPLOSION
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
THE NUMBER ONE COMEDEY ON TEH CABLES!!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 25, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Bad side: I already have cable & now I’m forced with TBS without any Giants games.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
The sad part about all this is
We’ll probably end up watching tonight’s game. Not without drowning in our sorrows, of course.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
I just bought tickets to the LA game on the 20th. I am keeping the faith.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 25, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm considering doing that
Can’t wait for Timmy to silence the Bums fans in Chavez Ravine.
"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." - Coach John Wooden
OH a few strings of wins and some lucky bounces
and were back in contention, this little episode will be laughed about for ages.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
That's actually happened recently for a Bay Area team
Warriors 26-35 → 42-40 and playoffs after a 16-5 streak.
I don’t think I need to tell anyone how that went. But I’m still not keeping my hopes up.
"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." - Coach John Wooden
Didn't that warriors team
perform the only upset of a 1 seed in the 16 team playoff format’s history?
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Third time, but first in a 7-game series
The NBA playoffs are much less of a crapshoot than MLB playoffs, and somehow the Warriors clearly looked like the better team in that series.
"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." - Coach John Wooden
Avery Johnson!
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
Johnson always looks like he's constipated.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 25, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
that was nuckin futs
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
Anyone going to the games in Philly?
I will be there 1 night, but I am holding out hope I can make a second
I R 5
by say hey nation on Aug 25, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going on 9/3, driving down to Philly after work. A friend has awesome seats. Don’t know if I’ll make out of Philly alive with my Marichal shirt on…
Juan Marichal's bat > JR's head
by titofuentes4 on Aug 25, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
The worst part of these games
I thought we were the Cinderella team this year, and would be winning games like this and making a spirited run to the playoffs.
Turns out, we are still the San Francisco Giants.
And yes, I will be watching tonight. Matt Cain doesn’t deserve to be deserted.
Cinderella can only sprint so far in her glass slippers
before she must climb the Rockies, and uttery fail doing so. OH BITTER FATE, THE FAIRY GODMOTHER HATH ABANDONED US!!!!!!!
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
The thing is, the Giants haven’t been that team all season. The charmed one, the lucky one. The good one. They have been a winning ballclub by record, for no satisfactory reason, except perhaps three or four pitchers, one of whom is a generational star. I have no idea what will happen in September, and I remember saying in March I will be happy if they finish at .500; but if destiny has anything in store for the 2009 Giants, it’s not by her favor.
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Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
I’m going to the game tonight. Don’t ask me why. But I plan on drinking heavy, heavy, heavy amounts of alcohol to the point where I don’t know where I am.
Brian Sabean “Hi, Deuce Deuce”
Deuce Deuce: “Whaaa….”
/Nuke reaches into dd’s pocket takes out wallet and waves it at BS
/BS and Nuke run off laughing
I R 5
by say hey nation on Aug 25, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I did that at a Giants and Rivercats game
for some reason, being in the club levels makes me think I can afford the beer when I can’t.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Can’t remember the last time Grant dropped this many f-bombs in one post. Can’t remember the last time it seemed so necessary, either.
Tonight I am going to do useful things, like clean my catbox, balance my checkbook, and maybe paint some miniatures before getting some early sleep. This week was already way too long, tiring and depressing, and then last night the Giants managed to make it all ten times worse.
On the other hand, I just spent my lunch hour sitting at the marina eating a burrito and cracking up over Fitz & Brooks. So maybe it’ll all be okay.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
That's NOT going to improve the flavor.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 25, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I came to see who here agreed with Damon Bruce’s rant this AM (unfortunately KFJC drops off on 280 at the 380 junction and I’m stuck with AM/sportsYap radio until inside KUSF range).
I’m STILL in, and will see you at the yard tonight and beyond.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
please tell me about Damon’s rant! I must know his opinion, NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
I R 5
by say hey nation on Aug 25, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
That would require me to listen to Damon Bruce….
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
it actually wasnt that bad. he shares our vulgar anger/frustration. he was saying that the giants are the only team that is actually at a disadvantage with the leadoff runner on, among other things. also that all giants fans knew the game was going to end in some dramatic fashion, with the giants losing. just like we all did.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
also, he's a cubs fan
so he knows what a season ending game looks like.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
it’s played in April
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Real life Charlie Brown lol
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Maybe I’ll figure out what a fucking scallion is, and I’ll cook the fucking shit out of it.
That made me lol.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 25, 2009 1:14 PM PDT reply actions
I voted for "nowhere else to go"
but mostly i keep checking to see if the entire team has been DFA’d yet.
by projectmayhem713 on Aug 25, 2009 1:15 PM PDT reply actions
How about a 'Most Painful Moment of Last Night's Game' poll?
Can’t use the grand slam.
I’m gonna say when Stewart caught Medders’ line drive. I did a “YYYYYEEEESSSNNOOOOOO!!” That’s what you call painful.
He has a passionate romance with that nose-high fastball or down-and-away slider. I wish I knew why.
If you didn’t know they were going to lose when that happened, you’re not a Giants fan.
"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 25, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Amendment to the Rules of Baseball
Rule # 109
If you walk the opposing pitcher, very bad things are going to happen like blowing a three run lead in 14th inning of a five hour game by ways of a grand slam.
by CrispinGloversBalls on Aug 25, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I knew they’d lose once they took the lead. Coors is a house of horrors.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Is “Walking Eaton” kinda like “Walking & Chewing Gum”?
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
Not really...
Justin Miller knows how to do one of those.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
this was by far the most painful
I lol’d when Spilborghs hit the GS cause I knew, once Eaton was walked, it was all over
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
No, when Velez did his f’ing Rocky Balboa gesture in the top of the 14th, i knew it was over.
You still have to play f’ing D, Velez.
Gary Darling, go DIAFF.
by The Enchanter on Aug 25, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
The bunt was painful, but more expected. Walking Eaton is just an inexcusable failure to play baseball.
Likewise walking Fowler when he can barely stand in the batter’s box. That’s slightly less egregious because it was already a 3 ball count.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Miller walking Fowler, nibbling at Tulo-fucker, and then walking Eaton. Oh, and all of Rowand’s AB. And Nate not being able to lay off the slider at his foot. Lewis looking clueless AGAIN!!!
Zito’s gem being shat upon by the above said incompetence. That was a big time performance when this team needed it, and it was fucking shat upon. Each of the above named Giants should stand in the middle of the club house with his legs parted and allow Zito to kick him in the nuts 5 times each for that shit. Rowand 5 times each for each of his AB last night.
Miller didn't walk Fowler
That was Medders.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Medders was fine
He was just gassed at that point.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
He WAS fine
But then he walked a guy with a knee injury so bad, they DLd him before the slam left the yard.
Come ON, dude. You’re an ML pitcher. Suck it up and throw strikes. Underhand that shit like at the end of Rookie of the God Damn Year if you have to.
Throw.
Fucking.
Strikes.
(Not you, Merkin.)
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 25, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
i have to spend money today to make me feel better. buying a macbook pro from a guy for a ridiculous price.
by projectmayhem713 on Aug 25, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions
NO NO NO NO
Fuck the apple store, they plaster their walls with pictures of europe, a meteor shower must destroy those people that sell those shitty computers. ONE ONE ONE
SUCK IT RUSSELL MARTIN
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
suck it russell martin to you as well
that is a good greeting. instead of ‘good day sir’ i will start saying ‘suck it russell martin to you’
by projectmayhem713 on Aug 25, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
“And please give my Suck It, Russell Martin to Susan and the kids as well.”
"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 25, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Fixed
That is a seriously ugly group of chicks man man-chicks.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
I wanted to avoid all contact with anything sports related today but I just can’t quit you guys.
Jesse Foppert: I Still Believe. Maybe a little less now.
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." ~Bob Lemon,
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 25, 2009 1:20 PM PDT reply actions
BROKEBACK GIANTS FANS.
Literally, our backs are broken, our will, SHATTERED.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
To follow this team you must be toughtoughtoughtoughtough!
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 25, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t quit you…..babe….
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"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!
I’m over 18
Jesse Foppert: I Still Believe. Maybe a little less now.
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." ~Bob Lemon,
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 25, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
GOD DAMMIT GOOFUS WILL SEE
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!
See what? I’m pretty sure Goofus is over 18 too
Jesse Foppert: I Still Believe. Maybe a little less now.
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." ~Bob Lemon,
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 25, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Dear Alex,
We’re in this! The Giants are headed into the home stretch of the season with an eye toward October baseball. As such, we want to make sure that you’re in as we make preparations for Post-Season play.
As a Season Ticketholder, you have the guaranteed benefit of purchasing your seats for the 2009 Post-Season. You will find more detailed information regarding games, shipping dates and delivery method when you go to the Information & Payment site below. Note that all StubHub credits as of 8/17/09 appear on your electronic invoice. The Giants are in this, and we want you with us every step of the way!
LOL
Why don’t they give you HIV as a tasty bonus?
by Alex_Lewis on Aug 25, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don't tell me they sent that email
AFTER THE FUCKING GAME
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
I wish I could say that were the case (since it would be so epicly LOL-worthy) but it was sent to me last week before the Rockies series.
I'd send a reply...
“DFA Miller and then we can talk.”
"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 25, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I would write a follow-up letter
Dear Alex,
Please disregard our previous correspondence. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion it may have caused. See you next season!
it was sent to me last week before the Rockies series.
probably smart
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 25, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
We're in!!
…the garbage can.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
I didn't know they were offering special viewing party seats
Damn, they like it fancy.
"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." - Coach John Wooden
to be a truly great cereal
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions
From the Rocky thread on MLB.com
“lwmorley wrote:
Are you kidding me!? Are you kidding me!? I will never forget standing ON MY COUCH, jumping and nailing my head on a ceiling beam the second Spilly made contact with the ball…I felt, knew, it was gone the moment he made contact. I screamed so loud the neighbors called the cops, who showed up on my doorstep at 1230am this morning to my happy face, blood in my hair, High Life in hand, and DVR remote in the other. I can’t believe I even made it in to work today…the buzz is all that’s getting me through the day! I’m exhausted, but giddy! I can’t help but think the Rockies are destined, again, for a historic run. WOW…JUST WOW!”
This is kind of like what happened to me, but without any of the happiness or high on life part, or the giddiness. There was a lot of blood, though.
LET'S ALL TAKE A MINUTE (or less)...
…to reflect on how the Rockies’ last “historic run” turned out.
Now grin like idiots.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 25, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
For once I would like to gore myself on a ceiling in celebration of victory. That would be sweet.
by CrispinGloversBalls on Aug 25, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The Rockies had their historic run already in 2007, that sort of magic don’t come up again in 2 years.
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 25, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I just checked the Rockies blog
That was a mistake
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
I won't even try to imagine
I just bought a new computer with a 22 inch monitor. That shit would be gone in minutes.
Kevin Pucetas lurks in the shadows, waiting for his time to shine.
by Sammy Danger on Aug 25, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Ouch.
That hurt. Really. I am so butthurt right now…
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Those guys are on top of the world
And they seem fascinated by our use of swearing. Is swearing on the internet really that bad?
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
interesting.
the use of swear words whilst angry. what a revelation?
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Yeah, I’ve noticed that, too. It’s like every other person comments on how funny we are, but that’s followed up by a ‘Thank God we don’t swear like those California heathens."
Personally, I didn’t know it was that big a deal.
Plus, Fuck you, Justin Miller is a hell of a lot more satisfying than Justin, don’t be a piddle-widdle, you sillie-willie.
this
Les Plack = more chicks
i claim part ownership of G.I. Joe: Declassified, but only for the funny parts
by Headhunter Rollins on Aug 25, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions 13 recs
I want a Dinger photoshop collage similar to the "win now" one
Starting points
-Caruso “F you”
-The guys from “office space” destroying the copier
- Mad Bum “FFFFFFFFFFFFF”
I would do it but I cant do photoshop
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
omg
someone post this on purplerow NOW
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Nah
Lets not troll, take the high road
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
ah, indeed.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Well, the middle road, anyway.
The high road might be a little much to ask for the next few days.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
If you're careful , and spell my name right on the check...
…maybe I won’t.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 25, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
that website looks straight out of 1994
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
Nah...
This one does. Although they seem to have linked it to something…a bit better?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!
oh god
all that site’s missing is a spinning .gif and some crappy .midi
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
This needs green
Plotting the ultimate demise of Gore51 (never met him, I dunno he could be swell) so as to adopt Kyle Nicholson.
by Whiteteaandpoptarts on Aug 25, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this the Open Dinger Hate Thread?
The strongest force is the universe is biding its time in Fresno, brother.
by rightcenterfielder on Aug 25, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 10 recs
YES!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
justin miller douched all over my high road, its washed out
Les Plack = more chicks
i claim part ownership of G.I. Joe: Declassified, but only for the funny parts
by Headhunter Rollins on Aug 25, 2009 1:46 PM PDT reply actions
I am so glad I did not watch the game.
I’m able to go to tonight’s game relatively calm. Go Bobby Hill.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!
My cereal spiel
Everyday cereal: Kashi Island Vanilla (best smelling cereal EVER) mixed with Kashi Heart to Heart (the Raisin Bran-ish one, not the Cheerios-ish one.)
Splurge cereal: Lucky Charms all the way. Honorable mention to the chocolate-milk manufacturing ones. NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
Giants-related spiel: They are not scoring a single run tonight.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 25, 2009 1:49 PM PDT reply actions
Eaton was instructed....
…not to swing the bat by his manager, in order to avoid hitting into a double play!!
I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused
I suspected as much, but did want to investigate because I was afraid finding this out would make me feel even worse. I was right.
"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 25, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
*didn’t want
So if you’re scoring at home, the Giants “relievers” walked two players who were both likely unwilling/unable to swing the bat.
"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 25, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Goatse
Too far?
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 25, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re In This Thing
/walks Adam Eaton
Never Mind
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
With hopes that the original artist doesn't mind the amendment:
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Aug 25, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 14 recs
I wish I could do more than rec this.
I wanna take it out behind the middle school and get it pregnant.
"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 25, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
LOVE '30 Rock'
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 25, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
had to take it one step further
Nobody likes money
by fwoty oz on Aug 25, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 10 recs
needs more Rowand/squirrel picture
and Bengie swinging at a slider in the dirt
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
How ’bout some Winn gumby shoulders after a K?
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
LOL
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Aug 25, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
SURE!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
HEY!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
The only way im back in is if the Giants score 15 runs tonight, and if the Dodgers and Rockies both somehow lose all 3 games against each other
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
at LEAST
15.
really though, is it even feasible that the Rockies will loose any after last night?
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Yes
They will no longer be playing the Giants.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
What?
I’ve got spinach in my teeth, haven’t I?
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
i was being serious.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
So was I (more or less)
I’m sure the Rox are on a high after humiliating the Giants, but the Dodgers don’t care.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
They won't score 15
but if they did that would make me even angrier
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Aug 25, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless some fresh relievers get called up for Fresno for tonight’s game (which I’m assuming will happen), Cain probably needs to go at least 7, then maybe Romo/Howry can pitch the 8th, then Affeldt comes on to close in the 9th. That’s if the Giants have a lead.
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
Romo and Affeldt are at least fresh. Which is maddening, but helpful I suppose
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
imagine if Bochy didn't feel the need
to always play the “matchups”…
Affeldt could have been pitching the 14th.
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
Sure, they could bring up other relievers, but then they’d have to send somebody down. Can you think of anyone who the Giants could possibly do without? Hmmm…
"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 25, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck it, let's just bring back Barry. At least then we'll have something fun to watch right?
With malice towards the Dodgers
That's Old School,
Zito back-to-back starts!
Juan Marichal's bat > JR's head
by titofuentes4 on Aug 25, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey!
had to blink because I get called that!
Juan Marichal's bat > JR's head
by titofuentes4 on Aug 25, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL DBruce suggested this last night.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
for that very same reason
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Bring back Wilbur Wood
or Lance Niekro and his knuckler
Juan Marichal's bat > JR's head
by titofuentes4 on Aug 25, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
ahahaahahahahahaha
it’s funny to pick one option to vote for and then see that you’re in the 69% majority
"Those boos really motivate me to make something happen." - Bonds
We’re all here crying together. A support group that actually hates everything right now
With malice towards the Dodgers
what I don't understand
is why my baseball team keeps reminding me of my ex-girlfriend right now
"Those boos really motivate me to make something happen." - Bonds
Advance apology for a line from baseball teammates:
She didn’t have a good move with a man on…
Juan Marichal's bat > JR's head
by titofuentes4 on Aug 25, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate support groups most of all
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Bunch of f*king whiners.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
I notice that Baron was nowhere to be seen on these threads. Maybe she started school this week. Her poor SJ State classmates, incurring her invective and wrath today….
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
Take out that wrath with a pillow fight & slumber party!!!!
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Aug 25, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Coincidence...
The last two seasons the Giants have competed for a playoff spot have been ended by walk-off grand slams after holding a three-run lead heading into the bottom of the inning. Yes. I firmly believe this season is over and the Giants won’t be able to luck, scratch or win their way into a playoff spot.
I switched to Weeds after the Giants went up 4-1
After Weeds I went back and they were showing the Giants dugout in total glumness. I couldn’t believe it….
A couple of points: Zito didn’t pitch as well as some have suggested. He walked six in six innings, including one with the bases loaded. He was good, but let’s not suggest we have a new Zito here. Relief pitchers also walked some guys and weren’t so lucky about them coming around to score. it was, as so many have said, about the Rockies taking walks and the Giants not, and the odds finally taking over.
Second point: Giants have below average players at every ‘position" except third and catcher. Fred Lewis is an average player but the Giants won’t play him because he makes an occasional blunder in the field. The players haven’t quit. They are doing the best they know how.
To be winning more than half their games is a tribute to everyone but the front office.
Six walks that led to one unearned run thanks to a fielding gaff…
I’d say Zito pitched pretty well. The Rockies hitters work the count, Zito has a tendency to throw a lot of pitches anyway — they should’ve scored more runs than they did and he kept it in check. That was an above average performance, despite the walks.
To be winning more than half their games is a tribute to everyone but the front office.
agreed
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Only to to met by a
Haren perfect game
/Bengie PBs Cain fastball down center of plate, Bengie turns to run, runner on second scores
Juan Marichal's bat > JR's head
by titofuentes4 on Aug 25, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Isnt that how tornadoes form?
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 25, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2009 2:35 PM PDT reply actions
I saw that too
It was actually Molina saying it
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
That must be how he spends his off duty hours.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
If everyone is this emotional in late August then I wonder what the tension on the boards will feel like if the Giants actually do find their way into the playoffs.
by RaymondStoneMedia.com on Aug 25, 2009 2:56 PM PDT reply actions
That would be the wrong for each other couple breaking up and then getting back together a month later. You know it’s going to end even worse the second go-around.
Yeah
It’s like the euphoria felt by a bottom of the 9th game-tying 3-run HR by J.T. Snow…
…followed by a top of the 10th Mets run (thanks a lot Darryl Hamilton), followed by a bone-headed base running mistake by Armando Rios in the bottom of the 10th (WHY WOULD YOU ATTEMPT TO TAKE 3RD WHEN THE BALL IS HIT IN FRONT OF YOU WITH LESS THAN TWO OUTS?!?!).
by RaymondStoneMedia.com on Aug 25, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Fine, is this better?
#200!
#300!
#400!
#500!
#73!
#600!
#660!
#715!
#756!
by RaymondStoneMedia.com on Aug 25, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I was there for that.
Upper deck behind home, looking down the RF line.
Bedlam and euphoria.
So much baserunning fail in that series. CALL TIME OUT BEFORE YOU STEP OFF SECOND, ESTES YOU FUCKING USELESS DOUCHE! I don’t care if there’s a bone sticking out of your leg. CALL FUCKING TIME OUT!
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 25, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
don't i fucking know that one
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
Quick hint...
…SBNation better get bigger servers before then.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Awwww, man...
does this mean the whining’s over?
Juan Marichal's bat > JR's head
by titofuentes4 on Aug 25, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
At the risk of getting banned...
I’m a baseball fan and I like several of the Giants players, but am not a Giants fan per se. I come here for the great writing and the really intelligently funny community.
Obviously last night was tough (understatement), but the Giants are only four back in the wild card. If there was a team you absolutely despised, with whom the season would not be over until you knew they were eliminated (Dodgers, for example), you certainly wouldn’t rest easy if they were in the Giants’ situation, thinking, “They’re done. No more worrying this year.” No, you’d sit around, checking the standings, noticing that the teams competing with them play each other a lot, haven’t been playing too well themselves, thinking that four games out with 40 left isn’t really that much, and besides, doesn’t the bad guy always come back to life in horror movies? (Though he usually does can it in the end.)
In any case, my own team(s) have no chance this year, and are likely to both finish in last place in their divisions. Now those are teams that really have no hope this year.
The Giants do a better job of beating themselves than other teams do of beating them. As long as that holds true (and it has through 100+ games), then there’s every reason to believe/predict that we’re not still in this.
Also, I second the ‘no problem with this comment.’ I just don’t buy into it. My eyes and the numbers (not the standings) support my belief about their chances.
Good points, and hard to think that way when it’s not going just right
Juan Marichal's bat > JR's head
by titofuentes4 on Aug 25, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothin wrong w/ this
and time may yield a better perspective, but yeah. Right now most of us are just sorta shell-shocked I think. That fucking blew chunks
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
The bad guy does always come back.
And, boy oh boy, do we have some baaaaad guys on this team.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 25, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
why baggarly, WHY!?!>?
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
One more reason I'm on the McCoven this fine day
I’m going to the game tonight and only a couple of my friends care as much as about the Giants as I do, so I’m just pre-“venting” here to prevent making a drunken ass out of myself there. This is why I love the McCoven — well, that, and the fact that the humor’s right up my alley (preemptive TWSS).
Tonight's LOLineup worst of the year by a wide margin
Now Lewis gets a start. No Bengie. No Panda. No Garko. No F Sanchez obviously.
Velez 2B
Renteria SS
Winn CF
Schierholtz RF
Lewis LF
Ishikawa 1B
Uribe 3B
Whiteside C
Cain RHP
With malice towards the Dodgers
HAHAHAHAHAH
now Lewis starts?
Bochy needs to be fired
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 25, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
impossible
it doesn’t include Jose Castillo
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
oh man, rent in the two hole again, and lewis isn’t even leading off?
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
Velez had a good enough game last night to stay in leadoff. Thats the least of our problems
With malice towards the Dodgers
you’re right, he did get some good at bats, and some stolen bases, no?
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
Lewis in the five hole...
…obviously because he’s an RBI guy.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
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That’s the best I can bring myself to say about that lineup.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
if there was ever a time in my life i wanted to be an emo
this is it
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Thank god I won’t be watching this and Haren’s on my fantasy team.
Win-win for me.
Lose-lose for the Giants.
this, on both accounts
fuck this miserable team. I’m gonna go do something outside tonight.
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
what? do people WANT to see Rowand and Bengie in there?
Panda is still hurt, so another day of rest is warranted. what else you gonna do? the lineup sucks, but moving guys around is just deck chairs/Titanic.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have hoped that they’d dip more into AAA and at least give us a fresh face. sigh, Rohlinger is a start
With malice towards the Dodgers
of course. I meant with the roster as currently constructed.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
My heart will go on
as long as Molina isn’t batting 4th.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"This is not good, folks."- Duane Kuiper
by natteringnabob on Aug 25, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m actually pretty surprised that there wasn’t some sort of roster move or shakeup made before this game IE no word yet of Sanchez to DL.
I understand that rosters expand soon, but like HEY FRONT OFFICE WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING. SERIOUSLY YOU’RE GIVING US THIS LINEUP AFTER LAST NIGHTS GAME?
I’d much rather have Frandsen at 2b, Guzman at 3b, Bowker in the OF than this garbage
With malice towards the Dodgers
I really like this move.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Like it?
Well, I’d rather Sanchez were playing, but I’m OK with Rohlinger coming up. It was ridiculous it took them so long to put Sanchez on the DL. An extra guy on the bench might come in handy if you have to play an extra-inning game against your main competition for a playoff spot.
lol Winn batting third
I’d rather see FLew hit there…. Hell even Uribe…
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
and the LOLINEUP award goes to...
/drumroll
the San Francisco Giants Lineup of 8/25/09!!!!
/round of applause
/randy winn walks to podium
clears throat
i would like to thank our manager bruce bochy and our general manger brian sabean for making this possible. we could not have done this without them. i hope that this lineup can continue its amazing success for many years to come, hopefully via 3 yr./36 million dollar extension
This is actually painful to look at. What’s more painful is that, on a night when Pablo, MoLOLina, and F. Sanchez need to be out, and Garko is automatically out via his contract’s RCRH (“Righties Can’t Hit Righties”) clause, this is probably the best Bochy could do.
Seriously, though, if we’re not, ahem, “contending” by September 1st, I’d much rather see our farm at work. We need to legitimately evaluate our prospects. The only thing this season has accomplished — aside from setting up one of the most spectacularly painful regular season losses I’ve ever experienced — is delay our team’s development.
At the risk of breaking the holiest of McCoven taboos, the whole “Cheer up! There’s a month left and it’s only four games!” thing really brings me back to October, 2002, after the debacle of Game Six. It’s easy to forget, now, that that game didn’t end everything – sort of like how Bill Buckner didn’t actually end the 1986 World Sereis for the Red Sox. There was still another game to be played, another chance to win it and turn things around. but after Game Six, I had no hope whatsoever, and I know Red Sox fans felt the same way in 1986.
Part of that is irrational gloom, perhaps. But there’s also something about that sort of a crushing loss that offers a glimpse into the soul of the team. Which is a dramatic way to put it, but these are dramatic times. But, after Game Six, it seemed completely impossible that the Giants could lose a game in such horrible and pathetic fashion and then come back immediately and win. It was hard to believe that the same team could do both things. And even if it wasn’t technically impossible, it didn’t happen. The Giants showed up for Game Seven and very, very quickly pissed it away.
Similarly, I just don’t believe that teams who lose games like the Giants did last night are teams who make the playoffs. Everyone has crushing losses, everyone loses games they should’ve won, but last night was beyond the pale. It was pathetic on so many levels. The 14th inning pitching implosion is what’s most painful about it now, but what’s really worse than the that – the real systemic problem of this team – is the truly pathetic fact that the Giants scored 1 run in 13 innings last night in goddamn COORS FIELD. Teams that have flaws that gigantic, that flagrant, are not teams who I have any faith will make the postseason.
Oh, and “Well, it’s okay, they’ve never been good on the road and they have lots of home games left!” doesn’t really comfort me either. We’re contending for the WILD CARD. Winning every damn game at home wouldn’t do us any good if that’s how bad the lineup’s going to be on the road.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 25, 2009 3:52 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Well...
The Rockies also scored one run in 13 innings at Coors Field, and they’re on track to make the postseason. But your points are well taken.
Funny how winning the game can make a pathetic offensive effort seem better!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
More seriously, though
First: this is something of a false equivalency. Just looking at this game in isolation, it might look like the Rockies’ offense is just as pathetic as the Giants’. But it’s not. The Rockies have score 133 more runs than the Giants. Even accounting for Coors Field, they’re a lot better offensively than the Giants. In other words: for the Rockies, last night was a fluke. For the Giants, it wasn’t – it was par for the course.
Looking at the game in the context of the whole series is important, too. The Giants could/should have SWEPT the Rockies and absolutely broken their backs. They had a 2-1 lead with Lincecum taking a no hitter into the sixth inning. They had a 6-1 lead. Then there was last night. To lose all three of those games is, to me, a sign of two things – first, that the Giants don’t have the talent of a playoff-caliber team (and I’m not sure I believed they did even before the series started), and it also tells me that they’re not living the charmed life of a team that somehow coasts into contention despite not really having the talent. If they were a better team, they might’ve screwed up one or two of those games, but not all three. If they were a lucky team, well…
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
For me (at least at this moment), the most painful part of the series was the fact that it exposed all of the Giants’ weaknesses. Sure, there was some great moments of pitching, but we can see that pitching alone won’t get us too far if our offense can’t score. And it can’t. It’s like we’re kinda close, but due to some really poor roster construction, we’re so very far.
I hate Sabean and Bochy.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Big But...
Bochy lead the Padres to the playoffs after that game where the Dodgers crushed their soles repeatedly a few years ago. It can happen.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
I like Big But’s and I cannot lie.
"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 25, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
what of theirs do you like?
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
Is that like chinese foot-binding?
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 25, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You and your rage fueled outbursts.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
It didn’t help that they only managed to score one run the whole game, either.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
In the 2nd inning
it’s not like the entire team came out that night and shitted themselves from the start. Once Livan gave up that big inning they were done though…
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
The Sox took a lead in Game 7 in 1986, too
But, like us in 2002, Red Sox fans knew they were doomed
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 25, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Freddy Sanchez on the 15 day DL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/detail?&entry_id=46218
Infielder Ryan Rohlinger called up from Fresno
Also
UPDATE: Sandoval said his calf remains sore but feels better than yesterday. Asked if he could play, he said, “I want to, but they won’t let me.”
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/detail?&entry_id=46218#ixzz0PEs0BHOC
by Orwell D. Catt on Aug 25, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
we need a new Rohlinger thread!
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 25, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
CALL JUDY!!
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
Okay, one more quick rant
Why the everloving crap was Freddy Sanchez not on the DL already!? He has already missed SEVEN GAMES and NOW he’s on the DL? For the love of….
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I'm ok with how they handled it
It’s a retroactive move, so they seven days he’s missed count. I’m guessing they truly thought he might be ready sooner than 15 days, but the injury to Pablo might have forced their hand here.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
Again, context
The Giants KEEP DOING THIS. They keep having veterans get hurt, but they never put them on the DL. They did it with Rowand, too. I think they did it with Renteria and/or Uribe, too, right? There was one game recently when the only backup infielder we had who was actually available to come in and play was Travis Ishikawa. I shudder to think what would’ve happened if any of the infielders had gotten hurt mid-game.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I posted this elsewhere, but...
I wrote a post about this annoying practice three years, and nothing has changed in that time (besides the manager and the actual players in question). Any one instance — like Sanchez — is defensible, but the fact they do it so consistently is not, IMO.
"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 25, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder how many of the McCoven who swore they wouldn’t watch today’s game will actually be here come game time. When it comes down to it, we’re such gluttons for punishment.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
I already decided to come back. Couldnt go through with it
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
I’m watching. Never thought otherwise.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Not only watching it, I'll be there!
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
i would like to be here
but im going to bar trivia night
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
MCCmasochists
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
You know what last night feels like?
The scene in The Usual Suspects where the Hungarian is the hospital all burned up, half his face fried off, his leg a drumstick, in extreme pain. But the guy is so deathly afraid of what is coming after him that all he can scream out is “Keiser Soze!” every sentence, while trying to get the doctors to let him go.
That’s what I feel like. The torture that was last night was bad. But what’s to come is going to be so much more excruciating, that I just don’t want to face it. But I can’t get away from it…
Proud Parent of Past Longhorn and Future Giant Brandon Belt - The Official J.T. Snow Clone.
Also
Fuck Purple Row. They said True Blue Row is a better place to be than McCovey Chronicles. The reason SB Nation gets half the traffic they do is because of Grant and the McCoven. So just to reiterate FUCK YOU Purple Row
Proud Parent of Past Longhorn and Future Giant Brandon Belt - The Official J.T. Snow Clone.
that dinosaur thing is the most annoying
lame, stupid, ridiculous joke of a mascot, symbol or whatever the fuck it is in the history of mascots. In the name of common baseball decency, someone needs to barbeque that thing asap because if the Rockies do make the playoffs like I suspect they will, watching that in October will be the equivalent of a slow agonizing sports related death.
Even worse, Rockies (and horrid mascot) vs Braves (and that irritating tomahawk chop chant that I definately don’t miss in the playoffs) in NLCS. Talk about a blow your brains out type of series.
by crazedcrustacean on Aug 25, 2009 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Be sure to hang out with the fans at True Blue LA. It’s a good crowd and a far better place to be than McCovey Chronicles.
I guess this is true if you like ghost towns…
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
You have friends?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
lol
Both of those sites added together do not get the traffic that this site does.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 25, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone know how to check which sites on SB Nation get the most traffic?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Bleed Cubbie Blue, Lookout Landing, Lone Star Ball, Here and few others were at the top I think.
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
I mean, where can you see the rankings or whatever?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Better than us?
Proud Parent of Past Longhorn and Future Giant Brandon Belt - The Official J.T. Snow Clone.
Its probably becuase they dont like our dirty nasty swearing.
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Apparently "sucks" is swearing over there
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Dear Purple Row,
fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck
you
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Aug 25, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
WHERE ARE MY SMELLING SALTS?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
NOT CLUTCH!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
To be fair, I peaked over there yesterday, and while there was a lot of complaining about our naughty words, there were also a lot of people reposting our funny comments in an admiring sort of way.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
They are fascinated by us. “fascinated” seems like the best word
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Like we're a bunch of freaks?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Pass.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Stalkers.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Been giving it a look
Their blog is boring as petrified shit. And one of them had the gall to suggest that we don’t know what ‘real’ losing is. I lived in Colorado for a year; I know the people there are stupid. But honestly, pull your head out of your ass for two seconds.
I honestly lol'd
Name one place on The Interwebs with the McCoven’s collective wit, intelligence, and all-around badassery.
But I’m happy that they find us off-putting. I’m hoping that means the many neanderthals who populate the sports world stay away. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to pay a visit to the local organic foods market and purchase some arugula prior to tonight’s local sporting event.
- Proud Elitist
I hope that purple dinosaur at Coors gets hit by a foul ball today
Also, a game that lasts 18 innings and involves a bench clearing brawl.
"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." - Coach John Wooden
Hey I like Yorvit. He was a good Giant
Proud Parent of Past Longhorn and Future Giant Brandon Belt - The Official J.T. Snow Clone.
It could be worse Grant
You could be an A’s fan.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
The A’s and the Mets have both won the World Series in my lifetime.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
The A's have won a WS in my lifetime
It’s just that I hate the franchise beyond description right now. I want to root for them and I can’t find any redeemable reason to do so.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I feel like the A's are the 2000's version of the Cubs in the 50's & 60's (all the way to the 90's really)
Where they were happy making money and pushing their agenda as long as they got what they want. Argh. To say I have no respect for the A’s organization is beyond compare. Peter Magowan may be a piece of shit, but he isn’t pretending to be anything he isn’t.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Warriors fans
Oh wait, that’s all of Oakland, isn’t it?
"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." - Coach John Wooden
The worst part
The worst part of all this is now I have to try and convince myself to pull for the dodgers against the Rockies
No you don't
We’re closer to the Rockies, but there’s less than a 0% chance we catch them this year. Our only hope is a Dodger collapse. Root against the Dodgers guilt-free.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Epic Dodger losing streak
I would like that
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Fuck That
I’d rather the Rockies win the west. If we can somehow put together a winning streak, maybe we could battle smelLA for the wild card!
"I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw." - Willie Mays
Tommy Lasorda is the Antichrist
by tommylasordaistheantichrist on Aug 25, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
No.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Hell, even Armando Benitez got into the mood last night.
I heard that fat bastard gave up four home runs in AAA last night.
Four home runs.
IN A ROW.
Totally serious.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
is this supposed to be some sort of compensation? because it isnt.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
It is to me, kinda. Benitez was like a Dodger disguised in a Giants uniform when he played for us.
by High_On_Lincecum's_Godliness on Aug 25, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
true, but
there are only a few things that could make any of us feel better right now.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Where’s that .gif of Velez knocking Russell Martin on his ass?
by High_On_Lincecum's_Godliness on Aug 25, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/heimy25/martin1-1.gif?t=1250129289
No one here gets out alive.
I’m a trucker and was on the road up in the Siskiyous last night listening on KNBR feeling pretty good about thing until Spillborgs hit that bomb. I almost drove into a ditch. To make matters worse he is on my fantasy team but I had him benched this week so I didn’t even get credit for the slam. Right now my sports life just sucks.
i like how there is not even a discussion about how Rohlinger is called up vs Frandsen.
No one here gets out alive.
I’m pretty sure cheering for the Dodgers is evil.
by High_On_Lincecum's_Godliness on Aug 25, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
BANNED
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