LOL Grant getting called out by Baggs and Bochy
Posey has waited and watched eight major league games since his surprising call-up Sept. 2 and still hasn't made his major league debut, which has led to any number of tinfoil-hat theories — a rift between manager Bruce Bochy and general manager Brian Sabean being the most outlandish of the bunch.
Bochy, usually slow to anger, was incensed at the suggestion he doesn't want Posey on the roster.
"It's unbelievable," he said. "I don't know how somebody can (write) that without asking me."
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Baggs has proven himself to be of the gritty-veterany-gamery type more than once this season.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 11, 2009 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions
By sucking offensively
on an otherwise good offensive team.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Sep 11, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
beat writer kissing ass
so he can stay n the clubhouse.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
FIRE BOCHY FIRE MOLINA
BORK
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 10, 2009 9:37 PM PDT reply actions
This is incontrivertible evidence...
…that Kenshin can suck it.
But wait, did we need evidence of that?
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by EliminateMe on Sep 10, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
<Will Ferrell doing Harry Caray>
Haaay. If your head was a Hershey’s Kiss, would you eat it? I would. I bet it’d be delicious with a cup of coffee.
</Will Ferrell doing Harry Caray>
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 11, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Whatever
If the Manager wants to act like a fucktard and then, when someone tries to come up with the most reasonable (read: sane) reason why, gets all butt hurt about it, then they’re just about the stupidest fucking person in the world. Fuck him. That huge fucking head and no brain in it.
Also, it’s possible the article/quote might be directed at Kawakami.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
well, kawakami quotes Grant in his article….
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I know
But who do you think Bochy knows about, Grant or Kawakami? And do you think he’s smart enough to figure out that Kawakami was referencing Grant?
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Wow, Grant’s pretty hot in an orange t-shirt.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 10, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
And surprisingly tan!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Sep 10, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
<Mayor of 311> And are they into mayors? </Mayor of 311>
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by EliminateMe on Sep 11, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
THANK YOU!
I was in Phoenix working all weekend, so thank you for filling in for me.
Well? Anyone know? DO they like mayors???
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Sep 14, 2009 1:48 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, I’m pretty sure that Bochy wouldn’t be exasperated that Grant didn’t pick up the phone and call him.
Of course, given the bizarre and shifting reasons we’ve heard from Bochy, I don’t know what good that would have done, anyway.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
Do you have a link for this? or was it a Fanshot (if so, I can’t find it)?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Sep 10, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Sep 10, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m more intrigued by the description of Runzler and Joaquin and their hairy balls.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Bork
suckin dick for drink tickets
at the free bar at my cousin’s bot mitzvah
cutting the punchline that ain’t no joke
devoid of all hope
circus mirrors and pot smoke
pickin’ fights on dyke night
on shirleys and lokes
and snatchin’ purses
doin out in the karaoke
and forgettin all the verses
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Looks like Is just protecting his sources.
We know Molina likes to run his mouth to the media.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Wow, I am normally a big fan of Baggs for his insight and usually unbiased (for fans and management) reporting. But this goes beyond rediculous, come on why the heck isn’t Buster pinch hitting on monday? Why is Whiteside getting starts over Buster? Come on Baggs, Bochy’s big headed BS can’t be fooling you can it? Like most people I understand the sentiment of Bochy, but noone, not even Whiteside would have been upset about Buster pinch hitting on monday especially after Whiteside caught 12 innings on sunday. Maybe Bochy threatend to kick him out of the clubhouse if he didn’t report what he wanted him to, because that whole article was just stupid to me.
My Will Clark will kick your honor student's ass!
The best thing is Bochy’s comment “I don’t know how somebody could write that without asking me?” Like he would tell us the truth if he didn’t want Posey on the roster! Bochy, it’s deeds, not words. We all know you’re going to say you’re happy that he’s here, but your refusal to play him, even in a blowout when your starting catcher was injured tells us all we need to know.
proud father of Edgar (Grandslam) Renteria
Flat out saying
that he doesn’t want Buster playing would end his career as the Giants manager…
So Bochy… We’re not stupid. We’re not going to take your word when you’re word is worth shit.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Sep 11, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
COME ON GRANT, GO ASK BOCHY NEXT TIME.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
STOP SITTING ON UR HANDZ, GRANT!!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 11, 2009 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Grant is a better writer than anyone covering the GIants, but I’m glad he’s here and not working for a newspaper. These newspaper guys get close to the players, coaches and manager, and it clouds their objectivity. If he actually covered the Giants, he would also have to worry about someone like Molina waiting for him outside the press gate to kick his ass! It might affect his ability to write what he really feels.
proud father of Edgar (Grandslam) Renteria
Lolcats and/or demotivational posters as part of Giants coverage in a rag like the SF Chron would be kickass.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 11, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Besides, I am all for people making a buck. If Grant starts writing for the traditional media and earns a living doing so, more power to him.
Someone else will come along and take his place in the blog world.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 11, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone else will come along and take his place in the blog world.
I disagree. Grant’s VORB is like eleventy million.
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by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 11, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone else will come along and take his place in the blog world.
It’s already happened.
There was also a rumor started this weekend that had the guru shopping Matt Cain in order to find that bat they dustily need. Hypocrite fan can catch a breath of fresh air, because Matt Cain isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. The consequences can be tall if the injury has few of its own newsletters waiting to revolt it up. An assistant executive shot down the notion of shopping Cain impassively and said the story had no merit to it.
LET'S REVOLT IT UP!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I dunno...
…the consequences can be tall.
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by EliminateMe on Sep 11, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
That site's got the scoop!
NY Mets’ Tim Lincecum balls out one batters while tying his student.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
On a related note.
We are down to what 2-3 beat writers? Some teams even less. When you start looking around and seeing less faces you know in a job and less faces period that has to effect a writer wheather he wants it to or not.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
I for one
would be in awe at the monstrosity sitting on top of Bochy’s neck and therefore probably could not ask a relevant question.
Skinny cooks?
I don't trust em.
Wow Baggs ...
Really?
This article is pathetic.
the Giants needed more catching depth. With Posey providing that depth, Bochy has more freedom to pinch run for Molina in a crucial spot or double switch late in games.
Yep, still waiting on Bork to, you know, make use of that “freedom”
If the Giants are eliminated, they’ll have plenty of chances to play Posey in the final days. So you’ll excuse them if they hope the future remains just a bit distant yet.
Yep, I’m sure there will be no rust on the kid after 3 weeks of doing nothing but riding pine and catching in the bullpen. Jesus, if he doesn’t go all Pujols on the league in the last 2 weeks, he’ll probably get Frandsended for the next 3 years.
LinceCain and pray for rain .... or for someone to take Zito off our hands.
Again, like, if that’s all they wanted… WHY DID THEY NOT JUST BRING UP STEVE HOLM???
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 11, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Srsly. Really, the article makes no sense at all, especially the free pass it gives Bochy.
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And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Sep 11, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
On KNBR yesterday, both John Shea and FP Santangelo said they heard from “source deep within the organization” that they are not at liberty to reveal, that the move was made because the FO was not please with the way Molina has sat out games and at least partially done to light a fire under him.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
It’s kind of hard to pinch run for Molina when he’s never on base.
proud father of Edgar (Grandslam) Renteria
ZING!!!
/sad
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by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Sep 11, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
that is actually so true
since coming back on Sept 2 (the day Buster was called up), Bengie has been on base 6 times with 6 hits and zero walks and one of the hits was a homerun so really he has been in a position to be run for just 5 times. So I guess it all makes sense now…
In the midst of the all the Bengie bashing, (which I’ve enjoyed as much as anyone) let me say this to Giants’ management. If you don’t offer the guy a new contract, (and you’re right to not do this, by the way) you can’t blame him for protecting himself by not playing when hurt. He’s a free agent, and if he reinjures himself and misses the last few weeks of the season it cost him a million or two. The Giants’ can’t have it both ways.
proud father of Edgar (Grandslam) Renteria
I doubt that I came up in any context other than “some fan sites and Tim Kawakami were thinking…”, and Bochy’s comment was almost entirely directed toward anyone with a press pass who might have written something on the situation.
There is no rift between me and Baggs. I’m not sure how you can start a FanShot on it without e-mailing me first.
And Bochy’s logic is that he’d rather fail with the hitters who have failed him all year long rather than fail with hitters he doesn’t know. Whatever.
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 11, 2009 9:16 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
There is no rift between me and Baggs. I’m not sure how you can start a FanShot on it without e-mailing me first.
Funny.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 11, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
golf clap
Seriously though, it seems like Baggs thinks the rift thing is ridiculous because he thinks it’s ridiculous. Still doesn’t explain why Bork Bork wouldn’t put Posey into a blowout for Molina when Whiteside had played extra innings the night before. If it isn’t a rift between management and Bochy, the Bochy is definitely giving Benjie a lavender oil scented backrub.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
I’m sorry, my overlord. Please forgive my sins.
Vr,
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Also, this was fricking awesome Grant. Mad Props.
Even though you’re making a Samuel Beckett reference in the title, I’ll pretend it’s a sly reference to me….
Waiting for Posey…… Waiting for Boof…… I didn’t see it until you wrote that. Just phenomenal.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I couldn’t believe some of the fans’ comments I’ve read on Baggs’ blog the last few days. I’m stunned that there are that many fans who agree with Bochy about playing the veterans down the stretch. I guess they’re just fans who don’t think for themselves, and assume that everyone else knows more than they do.
proud father of Edgar (Grandslam) Renteria
Pure Gold!
And Bochy’s logic is that he’d rather fail with the hitters who have failed him all year long rather than fail with hitters he doesn’t know. Whatever.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
I much preferred the Lunatic Fringe name-calling. Tin foil hats? Sounds like something the Chicago White Sox tried as an alternate uniform idea in the 1970’s.
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by BruteSentiment on Sep 11, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
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