Giants/Rockies Series Preview...Again
by Grant on Aug 28, 2009 12:26 PM PDT
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The Rockies are...ugh, dang, are we really playing the Rockies again? And, let me guess, this is one of those "most important series of the year" dealies? If the nanny staters would loosen a couple regulations, I could have my Maalox with morphine, and I just might tolerate another one of these series.
At least it's in San Francisco. Mays Field. Kryptonite to all of those goofballs like Jeffrey Hammonds and Terry Shumpert, who'd make a living off hitting 500-foot pop flies in Denver, only to wither in the sea air. The Rockies have muttered some curse words of their own when they've come into San Francisco. Their record since the park opened:
2000: 0-6
2001: 4-6
2002: 4-5
2003: 1-9
2004: 4-5
2005: 3-6
2006: 4-5
2007: 5-4
2008: 6-3
Not digging the trend. Although if it were to continue in a nice, linear fashion, the Rockies would have to win the next six games in San Francisco to get to a 7-2 mark for this season. Yeah, right! I'd like to see that happen!
I'm blaming the humidor. The Rockies can't be fooled with Coors Field mirages anymore, so they have to find good hitters. Less Quinton McCrackens, and more Brad Hawpes. Or something. Maybe the Giants haven't lost their traditional advantage, and the past two years are just filled with sample size chicanery. Maybe.
I miss 2000.
Hitter to watch:
Freddy Sanchez. I'm thinking this is going to be a huge series for him.
Also, Aaron Rowand has a bit of a spotlight on him. With his recent slump, he's back down below a 100 OPS+, which means that every non-Pablo hiter who qualifies for the batting title is also a below-average hitter. That's not exactly shocking, but it's nice to have the validation. See:
So keep on keepin' on, Aaron. We don't need you to confuse us by rapping out a couple of doubles to put you at 101 for the season.
Pitcher to watch:
All three of them, actually. I think this is the first time that Lincecum, Good Zito, and Cain have started each game of a three-game series. It's kind of amusing to hear people say that Lincecum needs to "get back on track" -- he has a 3.77 ERA over his last four starts! The horror! -- but we were spoiled by his ridiculous run of success. Zito's certainly not this good, but it doesn't take a gravity bong and a punch to the face anymore to think he might give the Giants some value over his contract's final 43 years.
Did you know that Cain might be the most hated Giant in the post-Bonds era? Seriously. Check out the opposing team sites whenever he's on the mound. The Padres hate him for chirping at Scott Hairston, the Rockies hate him for staring down Matt Holliday, andthe Mets hate him for throwing a ninja star at Ed Kranepool or something. The odd thing is that Cain might be the most likable player on the team -- he certainly isn't the Brad Penny-like lump of distastefulness that he's made out to be by the partisans -- with a humility and wit that's hard to find in baseball. He just gets a little intense.
Prediction
Don't look at me. I'm already working on my Mike Aldrete post for the Underappreciated Giants series in the offseason. I can't watch this stuff. Are you kidding? I need to keep the hair I have, and I'd like it to be the same color.
Fine. I'll watch the series. But you can't force me not to have acid reflux the entire time.
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The idea of Matt Cain being another team’s Shane Victorino is just comical.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 12:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Please don't ban me for asking:
I know he got tossed from CF for throwing up his hands after a ball call, but is there any non-Panda-related reason to hate on Victorino? He’s always seemed to play the game with joy.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You make some good points, sir.
But is this really any worse than most guys trying to break up a double play?
(Plus, isn’t punching Clint Barmes in the nuts that nicest thing anyone around here has said about the Rockies in weeks?)
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Worse” is subjective, I guess, but it’s against the rules. And I think it’s way more dangerous than just sliding hard.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn’t Victorino the dude who decided to “make his own basepath” by basically running out to centerfield?
by Merope on Aug 28, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Aug 28, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Giants, DO BETTER!
"This season is expecting a $10,000 bonus, actually getting $50,000 but then accidentally setting $25,000 of that on fire." - AngelWillSaveUs
by scout6 on Aug 28, 2009 12:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The names just have to be purple, don’t they?
Hopefully we score more than the other team tonight.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Aug 28, 2009 12:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
MIKE ALDRETE
FUCK YEAH
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This got me thinking of a post
Where you would take a user, and guess five ex-Giants they loved, and five they hated. I doubt I could do it for most McCoven, but I bet y’all could do it for me, given how much I obsess over these things.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t recall ever expressing an opinion about Jason Christiansen! Maybe you’re thinking of Jim Poole, who I hated for the sin of being traded for Mark Carreon.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I just hate Jason Christiansen.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
JC was right about Felipe though.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What did he say? I assume it was related to Felipe’s terrible bullpen usage.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
right before he was released he told the media that Felipe ran through the bullpen’s arms like a turnstile.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not entirely sure if you love or hate Kim Batiste. You could hate his production, or love him in a Plan Nine from Outer Space- kind of way.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hated him horribly as a player, but it’s turned into a strange form of love over the years. He’s more archetype than man, now. Plus is name was Kimothy.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And for the record
Some ex-Giants I loved:
Will Clark
Robby Thompson
Dave Dravecky
Rod Beck
Mike Aldrete
Mark Carreon
Chili Davis
Bill Mueller
Some ex-Giants I hated:
Kim Batiste
Candy Maldonado
Jim Poole
Dave Martinez
Brad Wellman
Neifi Perez
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another one I hated was Tracy Jones. He may be one of the most obscure Giants I ever hated.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What was wrong with Dave Martinez? He didn’t bother me much.
Waiting for Giants and Niners to contend once more.
by dcp on Aug 28, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His stats were clearly lousy, but he was a Gritty Veteran so you always heard about his intangibles and how he was really a good player. Even at the age of 13-14, I could see how dumb that was with him.
He did have some good years with the Expos as I recall, though.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, the Rich Aurillia codicil. Makes sense.
Waiting for Giants and Niners to contend once more.
by dcp on Aug 28, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL The candyman was my favorite player. I was like 8 though so I have an excuse. Fred Lewis’ play brought back memories of Candy sliding for a ball and it sailing like 30 feet over his head. Good stuff
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was like 8 too, but I never forgave him for that botched catch in the 1987 NLCS.
Plus, he was competing for playing time with Mike Aldrete, who was a favorite of mine.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he was so awesome in 1987. too bad he got hurt and missed a bunch of time. he should have been an all-star. that fuckup he made in the playoffs will always haunt his Giants legacy, but I still like him.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The thing that gets forgotten is that after playing that ball into a triple, he had a chance
to throw the runner out at the plate on what was the run-scoring sac fly.
My 1st Giants playoff roadtrip. Cost me my job selling stereos. Alas.
Also our first year as a full STHs.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Aug 28, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was quite the knucklehead
But a fun player to watch. Remember the fight out near 2nd base with the Cardinals way back in the day? Candy came running in and flew over the pile trying to clock one of the Cards. It was hard for me to hate him after that…
by otis29 on Aug 28, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Loved:
Matt Williams
Will Clark
Robby Thompson
Robb Nen
JT Snow
Jeff Kent
Kirk Reuter
Omar Vizquel
Hated:
Bill Mueller
Marvin Benard
Kirt Manwaring
Armando Rios
Bobby Estalella
Tyler Walker
Eliezer Alfonso
Bleeding orange and black since 1987
by TehGreekStallion on Aug 28, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHO THE SAM HELL WOULD HAE THE GALL TO HATE A MAN AS GREAT AS BILL MUELLER DAMMIT!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved Kirt Manwaring.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kirt "what the hell is that" Manwaring
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
by FriscoJoe on Aug 28, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bill and Mueller and Kirt Manwaring
Those are bizarre Giants to hate.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
by thehavenot on Aug 28, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hated Bill Mueller because he wasn’t Matt Williams, who was my childhood hero.
I guess I don’t have a reason to hate Manwaring other than the fact that I hated him for no reason as a child. It’s too late to unhate him now.
Bleeding orange and black since 1987
by TehGreekStallion on Aug 28, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
how can you hate Benard?
It’s not his fault that he was born with short little legs!
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by zenbitz on Aug 28, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Matt Cain is one of the least hateable players we’ve ever had. He’s just such a cool guy!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 12:31 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Strange how that works
He’s abhorred my many of my friends who aren’t Giant fans.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Strange how this reminds me of some other guy we used to have…
by toofruss on Aug 28, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But I just don’t get why.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lots of fans dont like players that do well against their team
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
who do well*
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
do we really hate Troy Tulowitski for any reason other than he’s from the Bay Area and he kills us.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a douchebag.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(OK, maybe you have a point.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate him for his unabashed Jeter love.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even I hate him for that. But that’s all.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is wrong with liking Derek Jeter? The guy is a phenomenal baseball player and probably the best hitting ss of all time
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Aug 28, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but Tulo, like, wears Jeter’s cologne, or gently caressed him during a game, or some such like that.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, that would be Honus Wagner. And Alex Rodriguez was also much better.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matt Cain’s not from anywhere that has an MLB team, though.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like him because he’s one of my pokemons.
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Aug 28, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Old, beat up glove. Therefore, gritty. And annoying.
by younghutch on Aug 28, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But, ahem, Robby Thompsen.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cannot hate a Dirtbag
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 28, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Aug 28, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because he was an A’s fan growing up and “Hated the Giants”
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scott Hairston is the Devil
and Suck It Russell Martin
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
by cloudydays on Aug 28, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When he was a kid, Tuloshitzki was an A’s loving-Giants hating fan. He was the type that would show up at our park and act completely obnoxious (i.e. saying the Giants suck, no titles, steroids [which I’m sure he has changed his tune here], etc.).
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Aug 28, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A's lover AND Jeter lover?
Fail.
Slide, Jeremy, slide!
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Semi-seriously
He’s got a pug face, is built like a bruiser even after losing all that weight, and speaks with a country accent. If he hadn’t come up in San Francisco and we knew nothing about him except what we saw when he pitched against us …
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have to say, I kind of love how a country boy from Alabama has taken to San Francisco so well.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hee me too
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tenessee!
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was born in Dothan, Alabama.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Peanut Capital of the World, according to Wikipedia.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, their paper is the Dothan Eagle, thus proving the theory of McCoven conversational convergence.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is the newspaper’s motto “Many Dothans Died To Bring You This Information”?
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 28, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hot Dothan Boning Action!
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
by thehavenot on Aug 28, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A few days ago, I made the connection that Matt Cain’s home town was similar enough to Bothan, and I was wondering if there was ever going to be an opportune time to bring it up. Wow.
/tips his hat
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, right… I just looked at his birthplace.
MY POINT STANDS.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We love Smokin’ Matt Cain down here in Mississippi-Alabama. That boy can chunk the seed.
by Countificus on Aug 28, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh my!
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS!
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matt Cain is cool. He strikes Dodgers out & stuff. My favorite Giant.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 28, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He only has 51 Ks in 70.1 innings. Also has never beaten LA (WHIP of 1.66).
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Aug 28, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not cool.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 28, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meaning you sir are not cool for those stats.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 28, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s still cool
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DUDE IS DUE
word is bond
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No matter what happens this weekend, I’d like to thank the entire Giants organization for losing 11-0 last night so that for the first time all week, I didn’t take years off of my life.
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
by Kitspool on Aug 28, 2009 12:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Travis Ishikawa: key offensive cog.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
MIGHTY WARNING TRACK POWERZ
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just needs to lay off the fastballs and breaking balls.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 28, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
I noticed today that there’s someone in the MCC Facebook group whose last name is Agbayani, and whose profile pic is three men, completely naked except they’re holding water polo balls over their dirty bits. I’m a little frightened to think of who this could be.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OW MY EYES
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How would you know if their bits are dirty?
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d have to imagine Jonathan Sanchez would dirty all Agbayanis in retaliation for the 2000 NLDS.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I went to look at this Agbayani person and saw that people are discussing Xanthan’s hair pie.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Aug 28, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
loling at work
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
didnt know there was Mcc facebook group
/joins
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
by FriscoJoe on Aug 28, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ITS ME
and those are pictures of me!!!1
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now settle the issue about your bits.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I JUST TOOK A SHOWER
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you related to Benny and the Mets?
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m Elton Agbayani.
(actually, no, that’s not me. i’m not in the MCC facebook group. although it’s beginning to look tempting.)
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they are probably wearing Speedoes
thats what us water polo players do
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 28, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like that one club I went to in Amsterdam
This series is exciting and terrifying at the same time.
Pro-tip: DON’T FORGET THE SAFE WORD
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis.
by j14 on Aug 28, 2009 12:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I used to sub Aldrete for Uribe in the original RBI.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Aug 28, 2009 12:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tongue firmly in cheek
Though however terrible that game was in 2008, Jason Marquis was on that Cubs team… That man just wins games and makes the playoffs
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought you guys had a sense of humor here
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL TROLL
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The guy is clearly smiling.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As am I
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We do. I laughed my ass off at Lars giving you the finger.
by younghutch on Aug 28, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who said I wasn’t laughing?
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its uncanny how Marquis ALWAYS makes the playoffs. Giants should get him next year just to guarantee they make the post season
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For a second, I thought you were talking about Marquis Grissom. And he was in the playoffs like four years in a row in the 90s, so it kinda works.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kenny Lofton – King Playoffs Carpetbagger
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Marquis will be 10 for 10 if the Rox make it this year. Plus he was in the little league world series. WTF?
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if only Matt Cain learned how to playoff
by jctGamer on Aug 28, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved how all but two kids on Marquis’ old Staten Island team in the LLWS named him their favorite player. The other two were Jeter and Piazza.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not only that, but he's one of only 6 pitchers to win 10+ games every year since 2004
I don’t get it
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it’s not fair that he’s suddenly turned into a good pitcher this year.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not totally random
I believe he worked on a new sinker and cutter this offseason. A remember reading a quote from a former teammate from January who told him that the movement he was getting on his pitches while playing catch was far more than he’d ever seen from him before. That’s led to a career-high ground ball rate. I don’t get where it came from either, but it’s legitimate.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but every spring training there’s a million new pitch/lasik/“best shape of his life” stories and, like four pan out.
I don’t think Marquis can do it again, BTW. He’s having his 2004 all over again, combined with a career low HR/FB rate. That makes it all the worse, really.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not completely
true, his HR/FB is a career low, but his 2004 also featured a career high non-Brave K rate, whereas he’s striking out less this year than he has in four seasons. That could return, but to me, that compunded with his high GB rate it indicates a different pitching philosphy than he’s had in past years. He’s not going for the strikeout as much – he’s going for the ground ball. That has helped pitch count and longevity. He won’t be this good next year, and he’ll probably be on another team, but I don’t see him falling in the pits like he did after 04.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree. I love both films.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haven't seen either
though my image of “trolls” will never be the same now.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't recall being so bloody and ugly
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Remember Double Impact?
Double the Van Damage!
by jctGamer on Aug 28, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Best marketing slogan ever?
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 28, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GTFO
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 28, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on
You made that game up. That didn’t happen.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
by thehavenot on Aug 28, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jim Edmonds!!!?
WTF?
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 28, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh
thats from 2008
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 28, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pro-tip for Fox Sports and MLB:
Ya know how the NFL has this cool thing called “Flex scheduling” set up for it’s late-season national TV games, so they can put on games that match the best teams with playoff implications?
Tomorrow’s Saturday Fox games:
Dodgers vs. Reds. Yeah, the Dodgers are still very much in it, but they’re evil. The Reds suck.
Cubs vs. Mets. No one cares about this game. I’m not even sure Mets and Cubs fans care about this game. The Mets are currently running out a AAA lineup. Good luck getting Joe Buck and Tim McCarver to spend nine innings talking about anything but David Wright and Milton Bradley.
Recommendation: move Giants-Rockies to 1pm Pacific time and do the world a favor.
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
by Kitspool on Aug 28, 2009 12:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’d LOVE to see the Giants on national TV. Really, the only time I get to see them is when they play the Nats or Braves. And the 1 Fodger series ESPN decides to televise as a guise of Coast balance.
by gvp914 on Aug 28, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The schedule is flexed
The Dodgers vs Reds game is replacing what was originally supposed to be Astros@Diamondbacks. If the Giants vs. Rockies game was originally a 1pm game, they probably would have picked it up. Giants @ Brewers will be on FOX next weekend though.
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
by FriscoJoe on Aug 28, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For What It's Worth...
The game is on MLB Network tomorrow night.
I just hope they use the CSNBA feed and I don’t have to listen to the awful Rockies announcers again.
by GiantsTribe on Aug 28, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure they take the home feed. I know the free games on my iPhone do.
by quincy0191 on Aug 28, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if the game was the national TV game on Fox it would be blacked out here in New York. Please leave it at night and don’t give them any ideas.
embarrassed father of over the hill Edgardo Renteria
by rxmeister on Aug 28, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What makes you think people would care about the Rockies-Giants??
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Aug 28, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Top two teams in the WC race means a lot of fanbases would be interested, I would imagine.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Happy Day of Timmy!
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 28, 2009 12:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
also
Zito’s certainly not this good, but it doesn’t take a gravity bong and a punch to the face anymore to think he might give the Giants some value over his contract’s final 43 years.
I prefer glass on glass
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 28, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is a gravity bong some variation of a regular bong?
by boogalou on Aug 28, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you mean you've never tried a Gravity Bong?
Come on over here, son, let me show you…
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
silly computer
that’s a zero-gravity bong.
totally different.
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 28, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.legalbudreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/gravity-bong.jpg
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well I guess you could do it that way, seems overcomplicated though
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Aug 28, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
complicated, sure.
But, it’s really kind of a special thing that you might rig up for a party. Like fondue or an eight ball.
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN
--
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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Molten cheese and rails FTW!
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Aug 28, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
when fondue/cocaine parties go bad
“have you tried the fondue?”
“I can’t feel my face!!!!”
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Aug 28, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 28, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha
When we made gravity bongs, it was because we needed something to smoke out of that could be made quickly from otherwise inconspicuous materials. We usually just cut a hole in a water bottle, filled it with water, screwed on the bowl and let the water out while the bowl was lit.
The whole half of a 2 liter and bucket of water just seems odd to me.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Aug 28, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on, now!
Don’t knock something until you’ve tried it.
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok
I’ll try it…
/tires screech
/heads over to TGH’s crib
by Giant Homer on Aug 28, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
“Then get me an avocado, an ice pick and my snorkel. I’ve made bongs with less. Hurry up!”
by Giant Homer on Aug 28, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Version with a socket as a bowl
Interesting. I have never seen this before.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8536623257647066540
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
by achiappanza on Aug 28, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it’s definitely a “the more you cough, the more you get off” device.
Also, it’s probably safer than knife hits.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Done correctly, it is indeed a means of getting maximum THC in the bloodstream in minimum time.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 28, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BONG AND CHEESE BLOG
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The real San Francisco treat.
--
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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I smoked out of a gravity bong once, and it sent straight into some sort of catatonic hell. Nevar again!
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Aug 28, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, yes. A happy Timmy to you as well!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 28, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In order to have statistical rigor
Your table of Rockies record vs. Giants in SF must be normalized by their respective season total w/l %!
Signed,
Poindexter.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by zenbitz on Aug 28, 2009 12:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
remember that Rockies fans might visit the site this weekend:
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
what the fuck are you talking about?
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have it your way,
Dude.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought they prefer True Blue LA
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Aug 28, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some of them think we’re funny, while others are offended by our use of naughty words like “suck.”
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FIDDLESTICKS
jimmy crickets! i hope the appreciate our use of the English vocabulary this time
FUCK YOU ROCKIES
by sfoakbay on Aug 28, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In all honesty, I am quite impressed with their level-headedness. Very upbeat bunch.
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Aug 28, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
damn their wholesome midwestern optimism.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think anyone in Colorado believes we're in the midwest
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No one in the midwest thinks so, either.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
umm… i’m in the midwest, Ohio… Cincinnati is the midwest
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My grandmother grew up in eastern Colorado, and it’s pretty midwestern there.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The midwest becomes the plains once you exit Iowa into Nebraska IMO
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I agree. The town she grew up in had a very midwestern flavor, though. As I recall, anyway. I haven’t been there since like 1988.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's it called?
Way out east (where like 3% of the population is) could be considered midwest I guess, but not really.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Akron
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's almost in Kansas...that's why
I played against them in summer league ball in middle school. Except for some reason we always played their outgoing freshman team
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you do the math on their Census Bureau demographics, it works out to 2 Black people, 2 Asian Americans, and 1 Pacific Islander. wheee.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...and all of those doubled when my team was in town :)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have you ever been to the new Denver airport? IT’S IN WESTERN KANSAS!!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
by tobias on Aug 28, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I was about to say...
…I lived in Colorado for a few years, and I have always believed the midwest started about five miles east of DIA.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 28, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess you get to pick. Turkey decided that it wasn’t in the Middle East, after all.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It did? When was that? Or are you just referring to its Europeanization?
I’m fascinated, increasingly, many/most Americans seem to think that Afghanistan, Pakistan, and even India are in the Middle East.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the Euope vote. Most Turks in the U.S. don’t like being considered M.Eers because the next step is confusing them with Arabs.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Considering most Americans can’t distinguish between an Iranian and a Bengali, I can see that.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
C'mon, we're not that dumb.
An Iranian is, like, Saddam Hussein, and a Bengali is, like, Chad Ocho Cinco.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 28, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most Americans don't have maps.
:(
"El once, chico. Eleven."
by Juan Primo on Aug 28, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone put a world map in my office while I was on vacation
I still don’t know who it was or why they put it there. No one will confess.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some, people out there, in our nation don’t have maps. and uh…I believe that our education like such as in South Africa, and the Iraq, everywhere like such as…and, I believe they should uh, our education over here, in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa, and should help the Iraq and Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 28, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This reminds me of how my wife knows someone online who says “Iraq” to refer to the entire Middle East, and insists that this is correct and everyone does it.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone on FOX News, maybe…
blah blah blah…
by Merope on Aug 28, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was pretty amusing.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, most Americans probably don’t really know where those countries are.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
India?
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As in, they all think they’re in India or you think they’d know where India is?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone knows where India is
It’s between New Mexico and Oklahoma, where they make all the turquoise jewelry.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 28, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
True Fact
New Mexico’s license plates say “NEW MEXICO USA” because a large percentage of Americans think New Mexico is part of Mexico.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A large percentage of Mexicans think that too.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reconquista!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DAVID HIDALGO!
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Aug 28, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know if this was a joke or not but I read somewhere that a person went to an airport, said they were from New Mexico and was asked for their passport.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Aug 28, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The second one. It’s pretty huge.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're giving us USericans too much credit
We’re really, really bad at geography.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-shehori/poll-37-of-americans-unab_b_150933.html
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(for folks who don’t click on the link, it’s a joke. but we are really bad at geography.)
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll admit I’m bad at it. Everytime I learn the names of the damn places, there’s a coup and the name gets changed. I gave up.
by Merope on Aug 28, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can gather all the geogrpahy I need from Risk and wherever the Giants/49ers/Kings play.
And I can gather all the news I need on the weather report.
Oh yes.
"El once, chico. Eleven."
by Juan Primo on Aug 28, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You must control Kamchatka!
Nice trifecta of teams, btw.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's a real link
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/0502_060502_geography.html
There’s a bit about India, though it doesn’t reflect whether people can find it on a map or not:
Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map—though U.S. troops have been there since 2003.
6 in 10 young Americans don’t speak a foreign language fluently.
20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia. (It’s the largest country in Africa.)
48% of young Americans believe the majority population in India is Muslim. (It’s Hindu—by a landslide.)
Half of young Americans can’t find New York on a map.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And most Americans think “Hindu” refers to an ethnic group + language + religion.
I don’t think they know what the hell “Sikh” refers to either.
"El once, chico. Eleven."
by Juan Primo on Aug 28, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
6 in 10 young Americans don’t speak a foreign language fluently.
Bullshit. There’s no way 4 in 10 Americans speak a foreign language fluently.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Aug 28, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lou Dobbs would disagree vehemently while foaming at the mouth.
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by groug on Aug 28, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most of them don’t speak English fluently.
by Merope on Aug 28, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Almost 20% of Americans speak a non-English language at home (with Spanish being the most common one), so that means only 2 in 10 speak a foreign language that is actually foreign to them. Though, I admit, that still sounds high.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The percentage who speak a foreign language at home may be higher among young people. They also don’t specify what they mean by “fluently.”
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A lot of Americans don’t even know where America is.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that seems about right.
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by can of corn on Aug 28, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love how Africa is completely missing.
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by Viliphied on Aug 28, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duh, that’s where the kangaroos are.
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by EliminateMe on Aug 28, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I recently found out that in some educational systems in Europe and elsewhere, there are between five and six continents; “the Americas” count as one.
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by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fair enough, but no way should Europe get to be its own continent. It’s really a subcontinent, like India.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From a HS history lesson a few years ago…
Teacher: /something about how there was once a plan to move all of Europe’s Jews to the Dominican Republic.
Student: Where the hell is the DR?
Teacher[after thinking for a few seconds]: Eh, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
Cookyman: /considers saying something. //decides to play on his cellphone instead.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have to admit
I only found out Turkey is considered part of the Middle East a year or two ago. Nobody knows what’s the definition of the Middle East anyway.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it’s like the orient, the concept can mutate
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The the Balkans.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
many balkan spies died to bring us this information
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by zenbitz on Aug 28, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a geography nerd and I’m not entirely clear on whether the Caucus states and Turkmenstan are supposed to be included.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always think of the ex-Soviet -stans as Central Asia.
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by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me too, but Turkmenstan is right there by Iran.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right,
but as Palin pointed out, Alaska is right there by Russia.
You gotta draw the line somewhere.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In my History of the Modern Middle East class last semester, the professor defined it as:
Turkey
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Iran
Kuwait
Bahrain
UAE
Qatar
Yemen
Oman
Egypt
Israel/Palestine
I’m probably forgetting something.
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Who remembers the Armenians?”
— Adolf Hitler
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by zenbitz on Aug 28, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he really said that
when asked if people would remember the Jews.
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by zenbitz on Aug 28, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, yea i know that, that’s kinda why the Turks got away with this murder
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh.
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hitler was kind of a jagoff…IMO.
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by Juan Primo on Aug 28, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
going out on a limb there
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joseph Heller doesn’t.
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by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s Assyrian or something
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right. Yossarian is an Armenian-sounding name, but for some reason Heller made him Assyrian. The “theory” is that Yossarian lied about his ethnicity because he’s paranoid or something, but I read an interview with Heller and he admitted he just confused Assyrians and Armenians.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I always thought it was just a joke. Huh.
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There was an Assyrian intern in my company. Holy mother of God she was smoking hot with a great body to boot. Good lord.
by jctGamer on Aug 28, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I mentioned the question of whether or not the Caucus states count above.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like Cyprus, we had to know where it was on the map, but it wasn’t included in the overall definition.
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that’s about how I see it. Maybe Cypress.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
AND I SWEAR I DO KNOW HOW TO SPELL CYPRUS GEEZ.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lulz
Still in despair.
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by Zetsuboushita on Aug 28, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does Cyprus count?
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by Zetsuboushita on Aug 28, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Greek, or Turkish? /kaboom: war
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by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My point is, and look, i might spin some heads here, but personally, i hate the turks because of what they believe right now, but what’s done is done, you know?
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“The Turks” don’t believe in anything.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, for real, but you see what i’m sayin though? like being Armenian i dont hate the Turks, i just don’t agree with what they did during WW1, but i have Turkish friends, so it’s all done
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he’s referring to the Turkish government’s still official denial of the Armenian genocide.
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
correct sir… System of a Down explains the whole deal perfectly
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, I thought turks = Turkish people.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s had a few beers, verbal precision tends to decline.
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Turks do equal Turkish people… that’s what i call Turkish people, turks… but i feel kind of weird thinking badly about the Turkish people now, since they have nothing to do with the genocide
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Next thing you know, he’ll be blaming the Uyghurs for the conflict in Cyprus.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uyghur what
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
half of my family is from southern Greece. Someday I should tell the story of when my little sister unknowingly wore a Turkish charm bracelet (gift from a student) to Orthodox Easter.
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, what!!!! that doesnt make sense at all… by the way, we played the Greeks for church league basketball when i played in Oakland
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My immediate family is pretty Americanized. She had no idea what it was, just thought it was a pretty bracelet.
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, whatever, that’s cool though, here in America, it’s almost like, WHO CARES, unless you’re from the old country then who cares
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Extended family is definitely OG old country Greeks. My mom is an Arab – that’s okay – if she were Turkish it would NOT be okay.
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, dude, like my family doesnt care anymore, but if you do go to the old country, like Turkey and say genocide, you’d get killed
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well it’s good to be able to forget about old feuds. that’s good for your family.
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea for real dude, like it’s done, but if someone talks about it, or talks shit on it, then i’m involved… but i’m not gonna let it ruin my life right now
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We had to know where it was on a map, but it wasn’t included in the overall definition.
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco?
Or are those “North Africa” (I mean so are Libya and Egypt)….
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by zenbitz on Aug 28, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They were all North Africa. Egypt is generally included because, I mean, they’ve kind of always been pretty heavily involved in the affairs of the Levant.
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I say they’re North Africa / Sahara, but Egypt is hard to pin down.
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by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s pretty much impossible to look at the history of the Middle East without including Egypt.
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really.
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by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Egypt is kind of an overlap between the two regions.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/was just looking up jobs at the American University of Cairo because our lousy job prospects here are making us wonder if now would be a good time to go abroad. Whee!
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FWIW, my friend studied there a couple years ago and he really didn’t like it.
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, it’s just a very, very vague thought, believe me. Looking into all sorts of options.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(the school, I mean, Cairo itself is wonderful.)
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's also Libya between them
Which I could kind of get, but Morocco? That’s way the hell out there.
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by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Closer to Norway than to Saudi Arabia!
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course
According to G8, Mauritania is also part of the Greater Middle East.
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by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last country in the world to officially ban slavery, from what I recall.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MAURITANIA?!?!
What’s next, Mali?
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by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Franz Josef Land.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Leave the penguins alone!
(wait, that is antarctica right?)
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by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope, it’s an archipelago in the Arctic Circle, north of Siberia.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dammit. ice got me again.
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by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course, even the very concept of defining something as the “Middle East” is kind of silly to begin with… (man, I had to listen to THAT rant from two separate professors last year!)
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or the Near East. Or the Orient.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Midwest?
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by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“The Midwest” is silly inasmuch as it’s much closer to the East Coast. But it doesn’t have the cultural issues of defining the region in the terms of where it is in relation to Europe.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it is defined using the mississippi river i think
by jctGamer on Aug 28, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always hear ppl refer to the east as the Orient, but never hear people refer to the west as the Occident.
by jctGamer on Aug 28, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is why Mauritania is amusing
It’s further west than any of Europe.
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by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m trying to think how someone could even try to fit the history of the ME into one class. Sounds pretty crazy.
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by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, it was pretty much a survey course. We definitely didn’t get through everything and we didn’t get to go into a ton of depth, though I’m pretty impressed with what he did manage to get through.
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
I didn’t see the word “modern”. How modern is modern?
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by Cookyman on Aug 28, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The focus was mostly on the 20th and 21st Centuries. The name of the class may have actually been “The Middle East in the 20th Century”, come to think of it.
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by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is a lot of history in itself
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by thehavenot on Aug 28, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OLD
when you realize that “History of the 21st Century” is not from Star Trek…
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by zenbitz on Aug 28, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we could call your region “Greater Utah” if you like. :)
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I live in Salt Lake City and hate the Rockies with a passion… please don’t lump me in with his kind.
by OTTOMATIC on Aug 28, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Recently someone on my blog wondered what exactly counts as the Midwest.
I offered Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. West of Iowa/Missouri I think of as the Plains.
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by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From where I sit your EAST of here, so Colorado is in the mid east!
by Merope on Aug 28, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny thing, being from the Midwest I find it interesting that people speak of Midwestern wholesomeness, values, or optimism. Or any other positive virtues for that matter. I scratch my head when people say stuff like that.
by toofruss on Aug 28, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where from the midwest?
I’m from Iowa, and those values certainly apply.
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by Poseidon's Fist on Aug 28, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Illinois, near Champaign. The same issues exist there as on the coasts. Just not as many people.
by toofruss on Aug 28, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Purple Row: Thank you, but we’re not allowed sugar.
MCC: Aw, it’s OK. There’s no sugar in Pixie Stix.
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
wrecked.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Aug 28, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here it is.
Sometimes, there's a man...well, he's the man for his time and place.
by I'm_a_Man on Aug 28, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Purple Row fascination with us continues!
From their series preview:
The Giants have a glimmer of hope with a strong showing this weekend, but if the Rockies manage to win the series, it would not only push the lead further but would also result in the likely implosion of McCovey Chronicles, if not the Giants’ psyche.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
we have a devilish fascination: pessimism, sarcasm, cuss words.
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by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We implode over everything. So nyah! You’re not special, Rockies.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like imaginary accidental DFAs of relief pitchers.
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by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/throws self down stairs
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Travis Denker
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ryan Rohlinger
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh silly Rockie fans
We’ve sustained far, far worse than blowing a wild card chase that we should never have been in in the first place
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by zenbitz on Aug 28, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno. Sunday night was the most painful loss I’ve been through since 2004.
Whatver doesn’t kill me bores the crap out of my wife.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, are you watching Top Chef? Who do you like?
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I watched the first one. I like all the fat guys and the cuban guy.
I totally would love a deep fried steak.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Hector too, because he cooks with COJONES. Most of the women have just annoyed me so far. The fat guys seem pretty good. I would also love a deep fried steak.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and Mike is a douche. He is this years NEW YAWKER guy from last season.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's a large douche
and deep fried steak is genious.
by jobrien9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we should do that in america. i liked homeboy’s vice which was him coming from the islands to america. WTF?
by jobrien9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank god they kicked off that clueless lady
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 28, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least last year’s New Yawker had a stonerish dumbass charm. THis guy seems like a “jagahbomb” swilling date rapist.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Amazing description. I’ll allow it.
He’s all A GIRL CAN’T BEAT ME AT COOKING in the first episode.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(Sorry Rockies fans!)
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck that
Eat my turds, Rockie fans!
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Au Bon Pain disagrees
But seriously, this is America. The guy knows his crowd. We even deep fry Oreos and Coke here.
by gvp914 on Aug 28, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, we ain't the only ones
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think most of the world enjoys deep fried food more than Americans. Carribean and Chinese cuisine is full of fried dishes, but for Americans it’s more of a novelty food thing. (other than french fries)
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i’ve said the same thing for years. take any left overs on your plate throw it in a fryer and you’ll be amazed. hell take the fork off your plate and deep fry that shit.
by jobrien9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe my grandmother called that “Scotsman’s dessert”
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just pour some powder sugar on it honey
by jobrien9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
twinkies?
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Aug 28, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
theme of the day
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh crap now I have to clean sticky soda off my keyboard.
Well it is past time to clean it anways. Thank you.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Aug 28, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had to close my door on that one.
“WTF is he laughing at in there?”
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 28, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which reminds me, I should make deep-fried cashews sometime soon. mmmm.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
deep fried coke stings the nostrils
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Aug 28, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
damn snobby judges
“You don’t deep fry a steak in America.”
What an insulting, borderline racist thing to say. If you don’t like a dish, fine. But just because deep-fryin’ ain’t haute cuisine doesn’t mean you need to demean a style of cooking enjoyed by most of the world.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like gvp said above, it’s ironic he said “We don’t do this in America” when we do practically deep fry everything.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, southerners deep fry everything. The coasts generally consider that gross.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like a little elitism, just not in the kitchen.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
mmmmm
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I go there for recipe ideas
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t need the interWebs to tell me why.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Aug 28, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
aka
thisiswhyyourebleedingoutofyouranus.com
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like to call this "food porn"
Also, viewable on Food Network. Late night FN is DIRTY
by gvp914 on Aug 28, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man vs Food is like the TV show version of that site
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just started watching season 1 of that show on Netflix Instant, it’s pretty sweet.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's on Netflix Instant?!
/begins food tease marathon
by gvp914 on Aug 28, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup, Season 1 is. I’ve been going through it. It’s in HD, too.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I watched most on TV and caught ones I missed on netflix. Now 2nd season is underway. Dude ate 2 gallons of ice cream in an hour in SF
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The burritos and sandwiches looked damn good in the SF episode. The San Jose episode was a disappointment except for Iguanas
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
San Joseans eat iguanas? Sorry I don’t venture often south of Fremont.
--
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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SJ is a pretty crappy food city.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Aug 28, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plenty of good mexican if you know where to look. Other than that, I agree unless you can afford to spend a small fortune on a meal, which I am not
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only for the sauce. Then i’ll walk over to Iguanas for a better burrito :-)
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A valid method, however, I find that Iguanas always smells like a porta potty
by ryanmiles on Aug 28, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck La Vic..I’m across the street from them for half my waking hours, and every minute of that time is spent hating the assholes at La Vic
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Aug 28, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's got to be
el tarasco @ 4th and taylor
or nuttin
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…and eat it at Jack’s across the street. I like Eduardo’s on Race as well.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Aug 28, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup, that and all the cake shows are explicit
by gvp914 on Aug 28, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just vomited.
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Aug 28, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is some pretty damn good elitist food out there, though.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/deep fries oldjacket
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 28, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
cordurouy gets crunchy
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“No offense, but I really hope the Giants don’t make the playoffs next year.” – my wife (girlfriend at the time) following Game 7, 2002.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My girlfriend at the time told me the only time I made her uncomfortable was when I watched sports. It got to the point where she wouldn’t watch Giants or UVA basketball games with me. Largely explains why she hold the title of “Ex” now
by gvp914 on Aug 28, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But they did! So BOOYA jcb9’s wife!
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 28, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool to discover the Top Chef love here.
It’s on constantly in our house since my wife is writing a tie-in cookbook for them as we speak.
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 28, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I almost bought last year’s version. I already have too many cookbooks though.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She didn’t do that one. She did the Quickfire Cookbook (coming out in a couple months) and is doing the (still under wraps) book that follows that.
And no, even Bravo isn’t telling her anything about who lives/dies in advance of the shows airing.
by Duelling Brandos on Aug 28, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that would take the fun out f it anyway.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We’ll still have food threads.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Aug 28, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
McC Implosion? Word to the wise. McCoven make Herpes seem whimsical and undetermined.
/ Yawn
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Aug 28, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is a wine and cheese blog.
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know if I’m going to get more crushed than I still am from Monday, but I’m sure the Giants will test that theory.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 28, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so what exactly is the new scale
for thinking the Zito contract might not be as bad as it is?
1) Three tequila shooters
2) 47 hours straight playing “Pokeman” or WOW.
3) Gravity Bong OR Punch in the face
???
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by zenbitz on Aug 28, 2009 12:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yes
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Amount of confidence I have in the Giants right now: not much
Prediction: bullpen blows the lead in the Lincecum and Cain starts, but for some reason the Giants pull off the Zito game.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nope, been around for awhile and never tried any type of bong, just smoked ’em like cigs.
by boogalou on Aug 28, 2009 12:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Get Blind
ride the subways smoking jays afta jays
got the munchies now i need me some frito lays
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you smoked bonghits that wouldn’t happen.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Aug 28, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't had time to keep up with DL news
What are the chances of Sanchez, Sandoval, and Molina playing this series?
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
by GiantPain on Aug 28, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Sanchez is still out for a bit. Molina seems day-to-day as does Pablo.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sanchez will be back for Philadelphia.
I haven’t heard what the results of BM’s MRI were.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s eligible to be back for Philadelphia, but that doesn’t mean he will be.
Remember, he was supposed to be back for Colorado.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 28, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was supposed to be back on like August 3, too.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…he played August 2.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 28, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well yeah; my point was that the Giants evaluated him before trading for him and assured us he’d be fine after a couple of days.
I guess they couldn’t have foreseen that he’d come down with five more injuries the next week. I’m cranky.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the end of the series, we’ll have a couple of infielders get hurt and end up with Ryan Garko as our shortstop.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO ERRORS
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want to watch him play LF for the LULZ.
by xanthan on Aug 28, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fred Lewis without the range or hands
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yet still better than actual Fred Lewis
On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.
by GameSix on Aug 28, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
two of them!
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
by ringleader3 on Aug 28, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hands that don't...
clutch.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Aug 28, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sanchez, specifically, is on the DL until September 2nd.
There was an article on SF Giants.com yesterday that claimed the Giants were “likely” going to be without both Bengie and Pablo for the 1st game of the series. Molina made some kind of peeved “you can’t force me to play when I’m feeling crappy, cus then I’ll be out for a month instead of 3 days” quote.
69-58 - Giants Series Record: 22-13-5, 16-4 at home
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - Not reassigned after all. Still a mediocre AA pitcher.
by rhys on Aug 28, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
69-58 - Giants Series Record: 22-13-5, 16-4 at home
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - Not reassigned after all. Still a mediocre AA pitcher.
by rhys on Aug 28, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“I don’t feel it’s going to be tomorrow. I don’t care who we’re playing. I have to take care of my health,” said Molina, who hurt himself Monday in Colorado while batting in the 11th inning. “I want to be able to help the team in [September]. If I try to be a hero and try to play through it, and all of a sudden I get hurt more, I don’t get to play the last month.”
Bengie has such thin skin over his thick fat.
by FireBrianSabean on Aug 28, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I PLAY WHEN I WANT!!
Now can I get a contract extension, plz?
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He says it all whiney but it’s the smart thing to do – and advice that many Giants would be wise to follow coughRowandcough
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
by norcalnick on Aug 28, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We are so fucked
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
fucked we are so
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 28, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anagram of "We are so fucked"
“Caked Ewe Fours”. So there’s that
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so fucked, we are.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’re out of your depth, Donnie!
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
by Skaldheim on Aug 28, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here it is again!
Sometimes, there's a man...well, he's the man for his time and place.
by I'm_a_Man on Aug 28, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
someone give me their scrabble pieces from subway!
im trying to win me some cars n shit.
by jobrien9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You try to win shit when you can make your own?
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they mail it to you covered in glitter and birthday candles. DUH…
by jobrien9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: LOL @ California
http://www.dgs.ca.gov/GarageSale.htm
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 28, 2009 1:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t trust users with zero feedback.
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Aug 28, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We do not accept cash for vehicles.
making money fail
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll give you 30 1990 Donrus Chris Hammond rookie cards and that’s my final offer!
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 28, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll see you there! I’m hoping to pick up a vintage lamp, and the Department of Health and Human Services.
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
by Kitspool on Aug 28, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m hoping to get a good deal on CALPERS
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just don’t get stuck with DOJ.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear you can get the dessicated corpse of Mike Quackenbush for a nickel.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SF Chron article from John Shea
08-27) 21:38 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Bengie Molina and Pablo Sandoval are “questionable” for tonight’s series opener against the Rockies, though they view their prognoses differently.Molina is a 10-year big-leaguer who’s trying to exercise patience: “I don’t think it’ll be tomorrow. I don’t care who we’re playing. I’ve got to take care of my health first. I want to be here for the whole last month.”
Sandoval is in his first full season with an urge to play immediately: “Yeah. It’s a series we want to win. It’s one big series for me. I want to play.”
Molina (right quadriceps) and Sandoval (right calf, flu) were out of the lineup the entire Diamondbacks series. An MRI exam showed Molina, whose pinch three-run homer was the difference in Wednesday’s victory, has a mild strain.
Eli Whiteside remains the starting catcher, with first baseman Ryan Garko available in emergency.
LOL GARKO
69-58 - Giants Series Record: 22-13-5, 16-4 at home
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - Not reassigned after all. Still a mediocre AA pitcher.
by rhys on Aug 28, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Please make it happen. If we lose at least bring out the LULZ.
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Aug 28, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s weird how we went through the entire first half of the season with almost no real serious injuries, and then Randy Johnson hurt his shoulder swinging a bat and the wheels have come off since then.
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
by Kitspool on Aug 28, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
69-58 - Giants Series Record: 22-13-5, 16-4 at home
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - Not reassigned after all. Still a mediocre AA pitcher.
by rhys on Aug 28, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kazmir to Angels close
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/08/angels-close-to-deal-for-scott-kazmir.html
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
HO SHI-
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s not actually a bad haul for him but it seems like they should be able to get more
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
take a look at the carfax
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They have a note from the Rays
That says he’s ok
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
by FriscoJoe on Aug 28, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats a strange trade
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a weird time to do a trade like that. The Rays are only 3.5 games out of the wildcard (although they have two teams ahead of them).
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
by Kitspool on Aug 28, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
White Navy Blue Flag
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/flag bangs into catwalks on the Trop ceiling
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
by Kitspool on Aug 28, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kazmir's contract
2010: $8 million, 2011: $12 million, 2012: $13.5 million club option w/$2.5 million buyout, 2013: Free Agent
that’s a lot of green for a guy who has an ERA+ of 77 this year.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
also, it makes it easier to exercise Crawford’s $10M option in 2010.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was injured for most of the year and he’s better now.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 28, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sure, he’s been better of late, but he’s been injured a bit the last few seasons and missed a number of starts. with durability being an issue, this trade really isn’t a surprise, though the timing is a bit odd.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 28, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope they do something stupid and trade the Giants Carl Crawford in the offseason for very little in return
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t he a free agent?
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rays hold the option. They definitely wouldn’t let him walk just for the picks. I think they will pick up the option and trade him either before the season or during
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's hot and humid with a tropical wave coming up from off Mexico
Timmy is so gonna lose tonight.
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
LIES
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 28, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Earthquake weather.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Aug 28, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s a night game. So it will be cooler.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Aug 28, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
try having a night game in the midwest, doesnt matter, this place blows
by PiKAgiant on Aug 28, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RACIAL SLURS - CURSE WORDS - DUSTY BAKER!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 28, 2009 1:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
YOU PUSSIES
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cat Owner!
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Aug 28, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My second ban was more satisfying than the first.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who else did you ban?
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some guy who showed up brandishing the king offensive racial slur.
Waiting for Giants and Niners to contend once more.
by dcp on Aug 28, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw that guy, I mean the other one
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some Rockies fan who was being an annoying shit.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 28, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
department of redundancy department
Waiting for Giants and Niners to contend once more.
by dcp on Aug 28, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I missed this story.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Win # 13. All it takes is a Perfect game and a home run Tim
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
THE FOG WILL PREVAIL
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
by KINGofCRA5H on Aug 28, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
None of them will win more than 12 games this year. It’s hopeless. Rohan has deserted us. Theoden has betrayed me. Abandon your posts! Flee, flee, flee for your lives!
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice transition
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT
If Galdalph can fly to Mt Doom with those eagles and retrieve Sam & Frodo, why couldn’t he have just flown frodo/ring to Mt Doom in the first place?
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It depends whether or not balrogs have wings.
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Balrogs have wings, they just can’t fly. Except in the Ralph Bakshi film, where the Balrog flies around, but then falls when the bridge is destroyed.
Also, I’d imagine the eagles would’ve been easy for Sauron’s minions to take out. By the time they were flying there, Sauron was defeated.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/is also enough of a nerd to tell you that Sauron wasn’t even the first dark lord, if you want to hear about that!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funnily enough I was wallowing in TolkienWiki late last night. Just refreshing my Sil lore.
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I asked myself that in the theatre
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
jcb has the sober answer. Aside from the minions etc Sauron himself was still glaring about.
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
idiots
the WHOLE POINT OF THE FREAKING STORY is that the only way to beat Sauron was with something so pitiful he would not view it as a threat.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by zenbitz on Aug 28, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and this is the true answer but one which I could not express with as much passion.
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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.
by shanghaijim on Aug 28, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just like the Death Star!
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Strangely enough
The eagle’s vent port was a vunerable spot as well!
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and many Bothans died to bring me this valuable information.
/sad rememberance of hot bothan action!
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ITS A TRAP!
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
by Aadik on Aug 28, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boromir was the Porkins of LotR
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
zenbitz bein zenbitz
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
then why does Sauron so obviously view frodo as a threat for the entirety of the last two films? Hmm?
what’s the difference between frodo + ring + fellowship
and
frodo + ring + gandalph + eagle?
I mean, the eagles seem to have no problem thowin down with the Nazgûl, right?
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They’re supposed to be sneaking into Mordor unnoticed, because if they are noticed, they can’t possibly win. Giant freaking eagles flying across the sky are pretty hard to miss.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Couldn’t they have the eagles drop them off closer to Mordor?
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 28, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
thank you
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suppose so. I don’t think the eagles show up until the last book of LoTR, though (except in flashback), so maybe they were off getting their nails done or something.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One comes and gets Gandalf from the roof of Sauroman’s tower in Fellowship.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Aug 28, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that’s a flashback to the time between The Hobbit and LotR. I don’t think that’s how they made it seem in the movie, though.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was during LotR, after Bilbo’s party, and it’s why Gandalf isn’t at the Prancing Pony. I suppose the eagles could have been otherwise occupied after they drop Gandalf off at Rivendell, but still.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Aug 28, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s been a few years since I reread the books, so you may be right. I thought it was around the time Gollum had been released from Mordor.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They show up early\ier, but they never challenge the Nazgul.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
earlier
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IIRC
the idea was that Sauron had spies all over the place and he would be alerted to their/the eagles’ presence immediately, whereas a group of like 8 wouldn’t draw as much attention (of course everything goes FUBAR in Moria and when Boromir dies…)
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
by cloudydays on Aug 28, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Giant freaking eagles flying across the sky are pretty hard to miss.
Couldn’t Galdalph use one of his light spells to blind the enemy from seeing the eagles’ formation?
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn’t trick Sauron or Saruman.
(And it’s Gandalf. Galdalph sounds like a cross between Gandalf, Bob Geldof, and Dolph Lundgren. Which would probably be AWESOME.)
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HOW THE FUCK DID WE GET HERE?
serously? Should I put on my robe and a wizard’s hat?
(10 pts if you get this joke)
by jctGamer on Aug 28, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d really prefer that you didn’t.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Aug 28, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I stomp the ground, and snort, to alert you that you are in my breeding territory.
Waiting for Giants and Niners to contend once more.
by dcp on Aug 28, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and then Sauron would unleash....
what or whom?
Is there something else in Mordor’s arsenal that we just never got to see?
You’re saying the Witch King would actually “break” Geldof and the eagles if they tried to enter laurel canyon Mordor?
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 28, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d imagine every single Nazgul would make a bee-line their way at once. Maybe the eagles could take out every Nazgul at once, but it would probably be just as risky a move as the one they did make.
(God this is a nerdy conversation)
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your point, sir?
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Aug 28, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that’s what happens when Frodo declares himself Lord of the Ring
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Aug 28, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let’s talk star trek and why the 3rd warp nacelle on the future Enterprise (in all good things…) is redundant and completely unnecessary.
by jctGamer on Aug 28, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great episode, though.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Although there’s a major plot point that actually makes no sense whatsoever when you think about it (the anomaly moves backwards in time, but when the future ship creates it, leaves, and comes back, they can see it).
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that was dumb
Especially because everyone knew that Picard would eventually be right, and they just did that in the future timeline to stall because they didn’t have enough story for two hours.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Aug 28, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Q is part of the interference
Since Picard is jumping through time via Q, and he is, as they say, all knowing, all powerful, omnipotent Q, it is not out of the realm of possibility that he tinkered with the parallel universe timeline to make sure they don’t see it the first time.
by jctGamer on Aug 28, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But it it moves BACK in time, why would they see it hours AFTER they created it?
/nerd aneurysm
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 28, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
temporarily in parallel universe the first time they visited
by jctGamer on Aug 28, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As Q says
you humans think in linear time…….so pathetic
by jctGamer on Aug 28, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NERDS!
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 28, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was never really into Star Trek
but man, about 10 years ago, I could tell you WAY too much about Star Wars.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Aug 28, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still could
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How pissed were you when they showed celebrations on Coruscant right after the Death Star II blew up in the “revised” Return of the Jedi? My first reaction was THEY DIDN"T EVEN TAKE THAT PLANET FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS, JERKHOLE!
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
by Viliphied on Aug 28, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They did that because of the new movies, which pisses me off. God damn Lucas
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
by CB30 on Aug 28, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply