Post-Game Recap: Playoff Hopes Dim Even More
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2009 4:05 PM PDT
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PrintWhat an amazingly bad day for San Francisco baseball. The playoffs are almost totally out of reach. Tim Lincecum's Cy Young chances were hurt. It all pales next to the Angel Villalona news, though. Everyone in the organization should have just stayed in bed today.
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I feel like baseball is laughing at me for having ever believed…
Buster Posey shot my dog.
I thanked him.
Traffic on here seems to have dropped precipitously over the past few days. Is the bazillion-unknown-Internet-users-meter accurate that we really are done now?
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That and the line ups. I figures t’09 post season was up after the Pad’s series. The stubourn instantce to keep playing Renteria ( instead of sending him to get his elbow worked on) and the only OFers that can loss playing time are under 30, a very hurt Molinia playing instead of wither Whiteside or Posey just makes getting excited for these last couple weeks of games very darn hard for me.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
watching Sanchez bunt Velez to third
yesterday with 0 out in the first inning about did me in, and the double switch in the third inning might have finished me.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Sep 20, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
The double switch was bad, but then taking Nate out after 2 innings, and leaving Velez and Rowand in, was mind numbing.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
Well
I thankfully did not see that indignity as I gave up early yesterday, but you are correct… that’s like the moronic overmanaging trifecta right there.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Sep 20, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I like it better this way. Less users, that is, not the fact that we’re done. It’s much easier to read a GDT when there aren’t 60 billion comments.
I agree
Although it probably cuts Grant’s salary by a quarter-mil.
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
FTFYAG
Although it probably cuts Grant’s salary by a quarter-milnil.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Season in the shitter, weekend, sunny weather, plus a bunch of us who don’t know how to shut up were at McCovey’s on Friday.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
YOU GUYS POST TOO MUCH ... HEY, WHERE IS EVERYONE?
I like how people are wondering why it’s so quiet when, two or three weeks ago, people were complaining about heavy traffic.
That's kind of how it works, isn't it?
People are commenting on how traffic is down because traffic is down.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
And, to be fair, it’s not like I’ve done (or will do) a study on whether it’s the same people “complaining” about both.
I can help
A few weeks ago I said: There are too many people! Threads too big! Site too slow!
Today I said: There are a lot fewer people! I like it better this way!
Contradictory? Or is it just that MY WILL BECOMES NATURAL LAW.
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Am I allowed to declare the season over now?
Anagram of "suck it Russell Martin" = TRUER SKILL: SCUM STAIN
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 20, 2009 4:09 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Yes, yes you can.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 20, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
49ers postgame live is a better option. Or it was until I heard Gary Radnich’s voice.
Did they mention anything about Villalona on the Giants broadcast? I checked out after a while.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 4:10 PM PDT reply actions
To break down what the Niners wear in their postgame interviews. I’m not joking.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Sep 20, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Not on the radio. Although I was asleep for an inning!
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Dave Benz mentioned it with some graphics of stats.
Gary Darling, go DIAFF.
by The Enchanter on Sep 20, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Jerkface Miyachaeael Urban
sat on it all through his scoreboard wrap, dropping teasers as he went, then reported it at the end.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Sep 20, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Should Lincecum start sitting in a freezer between innings on hot days or something?
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Sometimes that doesn't go over so well.
Actually , that look of blind hatred stems from the fact that he lost his skateboard/texting/XBox controls due to three Ds and an F.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Also that old man grinning with the mop on his head!
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
You have to understand my perspective here.
I waited a looong time for that opportunity.
To his credit – because it was his idea – his hair went to Locks For Love , who make wigs for cancer patients.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
So your kid’s shaved look is a more current picture?
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
The 16th.
Grades already rising. Even the As are shinier. I am filled with faith.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh my god
I can’t believe you made him shave off all that poodle hair!
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Miss , I made him do nothing except fork over his toys.
The haircut was his idea.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Locks of Love is rad
I gave them my hair.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
So now you're just a ball?
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It will be interesting to see
$20 million a year can buy an awful lot of ice cubes and refrigerated uniforms.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Sep 20, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Per Schulman
Not surprising that Timmy’s not happy
Lincecum does not appreciate the theory that he is a mudder and a cold-weather pitcher. When pressed on whether the Southern California heat got to him, he curtly responded that location was the bigger issue.
OMGWTFBBQ
Wait – his pitch location or his personal location?
/wonders whether The Enchanter has begun a long list of possible fourth year “locations”
/wonders whether he’s already into the “short list”
/cries softly
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 21, 2009 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Ronnie Belliard has done more for the Dodgers in the last two days than Freddy Sanchez and Ryan Garko has done since the Giants’ got them.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Sep 20, 2009 4:12 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Also played more.
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so has andres torres
Buster Posey shot my dog.
I thanked him.
by Bballpitcher2 on Sep 20, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m in an NFL and EPL state of mind today. 2/3 of my teams had fantastic days, and the other had an awful one (I’m still in shock about Villalona). I’ll just leave you all to bask in your misery
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
I’m excited about my football team too, (Jets) but once the excitement wears off I’m going to realize that an early season football win pales in importance to a season killing baseball loss. EPL? Don’t even know what that is.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
English Premier League. Great game today
http://www.footytube.com/video/manchester-united-manchester-city-sep20-23237
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 20, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, the postgame wrap got cut off. I need to hear Flem tell me what’s on tap!
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If it helps, it was brought to you by Tap Plastics – the fantastic plastic place.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Oh, c'mon!
Spoiler warning?
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I wouldn't mind tapping that!!
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
At this point, I just want the Giants to have a record over .500. I don’t want the Sharks to be the only Bay Area team with a winning record in 2009.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
I don't follow hockey but
I believe in the misery loves company, so I’m rooting against the Sharks to not win the Stanley Cup. I don’t want the Giants to be the only pro team in the Bay Area without a championship (this doesn’t include one year leagues like the XFL).
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
Hey, the California Golden Seals never won a championship! Be miserable with them!
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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Fools and Sages
Please ignore the fact that they relocated to Cleveland back in the 70s, and then were contracted. They still count, in my mind.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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Fools and Sages
Yeah but they have a stellar line and a solid defensive backfield coming into this season
/has no idea if they have a stellar line or a solid defensive backfield coming into this season
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 20, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
/cannot name one player but does know the California Redwoods is the new UFL team in SF that is playing their games at the baseball only AT&T Park.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
Also, they’ll be wearing some of the most uninspired, horribly designed uniforms ever concocted
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 21, 2009 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
ugh
This postseason is going to be chock full of Giants fans’ favorites:
Phillies
Cardinals
Angels
Red Sox
Yankees
Rockies
Dodgers
Go AL Central winner!
I still believe in Bowkermania.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 20, 2009 4:20 PM PDT reply actions
The Phillies were Giants fan favorites last October!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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I’ll become the world’s biggest Twins fan if they make it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe Mauer is there too
And I like looking at him.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
NEVER. We were at the HHH Metrodome on Fri when the Twins were playing the Tigers. I can root for the Twins, since they’re in a similar situation as the Giants, but we had to leave before the 9th. The Nathan thing still hurts too much. When Nathan’s in, we hope for blown save.
BTW, their stadium sucks it hard. They must be so stoked to have a new one, albeit outdoors. (Minnesota outdoors in April? I don’t know who the genius was for that.)
Gary Darling, go DIAFF.
by The Enchanter on Sep 20, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I caught a game there on a cross-country road trip earlier this year.
I scalped a ticket, walked in, and the first pitch I saw became Joe Mauer’s first HR of the season on his first swing of the season.
Timing, baby!
(If not grammatical perfection.)
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It would be nice to just blow that place up, but the Vikings still play there.
Gary Darling, go DIAFF.
by The Enchanter on Sep 20, 2009 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
HATE THE TIGERS
you know why.
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I do
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll tell you when you’re older.
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that
Forced to read way too much Verlander/Wilson slash that ended in tears. Literal tears. Rapey tears.
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
looooooooool
i think i know who you’re talking about too.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Do the words “Piazza is a well-intentioned sociopath” mean anything to you.
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
wut
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I like eating Twinkies.
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I don’t think I’ve ever actually eaten a twinkie.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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Theyre like 3 times as great
especilly with chocolate syrup and whip cream
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t try that in 10 years. You’ll get fat.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
Im 17
and I play 4 sports
Im gonna eat those things while I still can
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, just be careful. I played 3 sports in highschool and on 3 different soccer teams in college. You’d never know it to look at me now. Stoopit metabolism.
My dad is skinner than me
and my uncles are too
plus, im invincible
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Same here. I played baseball year ‘round for from 12 to 20 and couldn’t gain a pound for the life of me. Now I am 26 and have a a hell of a time to lose a pound.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Sep 20, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a deep-fried Milky Way on a stick at the California State Fair in 2003 or so. There’s a photo of me and my then-girlfriend tackling it. We’ve taken maybe a bite each, and we’re already covered in powdered sugar, chocolate syrup, raspberry syrup, and flaky fried shell. I’m holding a 64oz tub of Coke that we used to wash the sugar out of our mouths.
Ridiculously yummy, but I wouldn’t recommend more than one a year.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I only get one about once a year when I go down to Santa Cruz
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounds like something I’d eat once a lifetime.
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Oh my lord I want this.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSPosted
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Mauer to the People!
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
CHAIRMAN MAUER
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can I commission an illo?
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
5 of us.
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
4 of us.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, OK. I wasn’t sure if you did.
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Gonna take a Yankee stance because I hate to see millions wasted.
Unless they’re my millions , heh heh
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
You are very kind. Thank you.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Sep 20, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, maybe Tim will be cheaper w/o two Cy Youngs to his name.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
And only mild weather teams want him.
He can only pitch in SF, Oakland, and Seattle.
The East and Central teams in both leagues are no goes.
Teams never sign players who by reputation won’t do well in their environment. Which is why the Rockies gave Denny Neagle a huge contract and the Yankees traded for Armando Bentiez.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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Only the Internet knew that Benitez was facing for exploding under pressure or that Denny Neagle wasn’t very good and would be eaten alive by Coors? Okay.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
If we don’t see this outfield the rest of the year, Bochy should not be back. He shouldn’t be, regardless, but if we don’t see that, fire him before the season ends.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
Velez and Rowand have the same OPS
and Rowand plays much, MUCH better defense than Velez. I don’t get it.
Me neither… Rowand gets a lot more shit than he actually deserves.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Same boat as Zito
Theyre both playing alright, but are both being payed way more than they deserve
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Zito is at least in our good graces lately.
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if you’re batting eighth on a team that can’t hit and you’re the highest paid player in the lineup, you deserve all the shit you’re getting.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
I’m just saying, for the future, play Velez some more. There’s really no reason to play Rowand any more this year, give Velez some experience in center.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
Makes sense, I guess.
But I have my doubts that a butcher in LF like Velez, at age 28, will be able to improve so much that he can be adequate in a much more challenging position.
And even if you agree with the logic that a defensively-challenged late-20s LF can somehow improve enough to play CF, why not try it with Lewis? He’s a better hitter than Velez.
well
because hes the problem……..
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I would not be hostile to it...
but Velez (age 27) actually had more CF experience in the minors than LF. He’s only the LF now because of Rowand.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=velez-001eug
You get better at playing defese -- by playing defense more often.
Velez has SB potential which Rowand lacks.
still
I really doubt Velez ever gets to Rowands level. he is faster, but if he cant get a good jump it wont matter. If Velez had been in CF today battling the sun, I might have died. I completely trust Rowand out there.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
This
Rowand gets a lot of flak around here, but he’s been more than decent as a CF this year.
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There's little argument about Scott's defense.
However, offensively, he lacks a gimmick. Not enough power, not enough speed, not enough OBP.
I quibble on his Defense. It is not bad. This season he has been solid but I have hard time saying he is well into the “good” cataglory. Considering his glove work and not being Dante Powell are his strongest points, to me, getting excited for Rowand is bit like getting excited for luke warm flat beer.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
On the plus side, it won’t be another losing season unless they go 0-13 from now on.
(I probably shouldn’t say that)
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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how about those 49ERS?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
We’re in this thing!
I still believe in Bowkermania.
by rightcenterfielder on Sep 20, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Frank Gore
#21 / Running Back / San Francisco 49ers
Height:
5-9
Weight: 217
Born: May 14, 1983
College: Miami-Florida
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
FRANK GORE
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Frank Gore
#21 / Running Back / San Francisco 49ers
Height:
5-9
Weight: 217
Born: May 14, 1983
College: Miami-Florida
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
IAWTC
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
IAAWTC
but I must also point out
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Your sig gives me a sad today.
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by jcb9 on Sep 20, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I hate Cal, but Jahvid Best is incredible.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
>:(
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey
I at least gave props to Best!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
:)
but still
>:(
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahahahahahaha
ya right
but my mom did, and my sister is
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
lawl
Our team is so godawful. I ignored the game last night after the first quarter and focused on dancing, mocking our cheerleaders, and photo ops with Sammy Spartan.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
When I played sports in college and we played Stanford they were always soooo nice… the Cal players? They always came across as stuck-up, whiny, complaining bitches, oh… and poor sports. There’s a difference between being competitive and being an outright asshole. Stanford was always class, UC Berkeley never was.
Going into it I thought it would be the other way around, at least back in the ’80’s it wasn’t. Haven’t liked Berkeley since.
That would be why I dislike Cal.
Although last night was funny, when we did the pregame show. We played the fight song and did the SJS spellout like normal, and the Stanford student section was yelling BORING at us. Then we played Hot and Cold (yes, the Katy Perry song), and the girls in the stand were all YAY :D. The guys went :|
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Please file a grievance immediately
we played Hot and Cold
You may not like the Bears, but our band sure as crap won’t be doing that. Or rather, won’t for another 20 years until it’s retro-hip.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
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by natteringnabob on Sep 20, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I never said anything good about our band. I’m just saying that’s what we played.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
YES!!!
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Sep 21, 2009 8:24 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Former teammate of Ken Dorsey, who I went to high school with.
Thus concludes my NFL knowledge for the day.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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Frank Gore
#21 / Running Back / San Francisco 49ers
Height:
5-9
Weight: 217
Born: May 14, 1983
College: Miami-Florida
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure why but this is making me lirl.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
It’s the new Zito!
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GORE!! GORE!! GORE!!
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by Gabafnerhagen on Sep 20, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Made me LOL too
It was the only pic I could find of him making that kind of face though :P
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by Gabafnerhagen on Sep 20, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Earlier this year, I saw a guy in a San Francisco Demons t-shirt at the ballpark.
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I don’t know if that’s epic or pathetic.
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by Gabafnerhagen on Sep 20, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
GIS lead me to this disturbing image:
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AAUUUUGHHHHHHHHH
ANGELFIRE
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Angelfire IS really disturbing.
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by Gabafnerhagen on Sep 20, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
/makes poorly timed Villalona/shotgun joke
by Grant Brisbee on Sep 20, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant’s trying to get me off the hook for my Ted Kennedy joke the other day!
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That had to be my guiltiest LOL ever
No not because…aw hell.
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by Gabafnerhagen on Sep 20, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Even years later, the fact that this image exists make me go WTF
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Heyman is all like RRRRGH and Bischoff is all like whatever!
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I haven't watched WWE in years (since the stupid necrophilia angle)
I used to love Heyman’s old ECW.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
I stopped watching after they made JBL the champion through an angle about how he hated immigrants.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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(I didn’t have cable when the necrophilia thing happened, mercifully)
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That’s not even the worst idea they’ve had.
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Mae Young, octogenarian horny old woman knocked up by “Sexual Chocolate” Mark Henry and giving birth to a hand was right up there.
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The Vince McMahon Gets Murdered angle really pissed me off too, given the number of wrestling deaths. The timing ended up being hilarious in a totally tasteless sort of way, too.
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Was the during the Chris Benoit murder/suicide?
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IAWTC
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 20, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I woke up today and said "The Giants are gonna have a bad day, I'll watch football and see if the Niners can win"
I had no idea that it would be THIS bad. Fucktacular.
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Two weeks in a row I've gotten to say NINERS BITCHES
and that makes me very, very happy.
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by Gabafnerhagen on Sep 20, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah but I haven’t spent almost every day of the last 8 months following the 9ers. Yay for them, but the Giants make me want to cry, or break something…
So, this team has left a lot of destruction in its wake
Villalona: arrested for murder
Uribe: arrested and later cleared for murder
Johnson: hit JT Snow in the face
Lewis: broke Brad Ziegler’s skull, plus the automobile accident
Buster Posey: apparently brutally beat Bochy’s mom with a steel chair
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I keep telling you guys
he ran over Botchy’s dog.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Sep 20, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Cain
Almost killed David Wright.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, duh. That was only what, a month ago!?
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Yeah, mid-August.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Randy Johnson is a pidgeon murderer
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 20, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Good to know
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
2009: The return of Los Galacticos!
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 20, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounds really dirty.
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...wait for it...
…you think it’s dirty now , wait until she lets the cat out of the bag!
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Well played sir.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
Suck it up , Miss.
sorry
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't see the game
Just read the box score and saw that Randy Winn started vs. the lefty. Was there much complaining during the game day thread about that?
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
I was just listening to clips of Jon Miller calling Bonds's 660th and 661st homers, which I saved when they happened
I miss having an offense. :(
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How much more would it have taken to get LaRoche with Sanchez? A line of .356/.429/.638 would look pretty good at first base with this team.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
The Red Sox took Casey Kotchman for LaRoche so they can have a back up first baseman.
Basically, you could have traded Garko or Travis Ishikawa for LaRoche
Garko is under the Giants’ control for three more seasons, while LaRoche is an FA. At the time, that seemed like a good thing. I think Giants’ fans would have been pissed if they traded Scott Barnes for a soon to be FA.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
Yes
would be nice for Garko to have someone to play pinochle with in the clubhouse during the game.
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by natteringnabob on Sep 20, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I get the feeling, I should be glad I missed the Giants game. I watched Steelers-Bears and Niners-Seahawks instead.
Was Lincecum as bad as his stats indicate?
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
Worst start since Opening Day.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
You may well be right.
This is not a debate I wish to consider.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, nothing good can come from it.
Gary Darling, go DIAFF.
by The Enchanter on Sep 20, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Where were his pitches missing today? Up? or just wild all over the place? Was he having trouble with FBs or Off-speed pitches?
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 20, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
He walked Randy Wolf on four straight nowhere-close fastballs. Wolf later scored on a home run.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Si
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
From the game story:
[Lincecum] is 0-4 with a 5.90 ERA in his last five road starts since beating St. Louis 10-0 on June 29 with a two-hitter.
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
I didn't watch
but it is GREAT to see in the box score that Aurillia got an at bat instead of Posey or Bowker or Lewis. So fucking lame.
I propose we modify the Giants’ playoff-drive slogan to “Wherein, this thing.”
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
Or just “Were in this thing.”
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WHERE DID THAT THING GO?
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
CoolStandings, which is the more optimistic of the playoff predictors, now thinks we only have a 5.2% chance of making it.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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BP had us at only 5.15% coming into today. sob.
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I Prefer to Assume We're Done
…and I can print that on a t-shirt if anyone wants to buy it.
by Hoist That Rag on Sep 20, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been assuming we’re done for a while now.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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I haven’t truly believed at any point since the Merkin/Miller collapse.
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it was the last Philly series for me…
by Hoist That Rag on Sep 20, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It was when I found out it was actually parents putting the presents under the tree.
Wait. Are we talking about the same thing?
Notes to self:
1) Do NOT turn on sports talk radio tomorrow morning.
2) Find that little cabley dealie that goes from the mp3 player to the car radio thingy.
Sports talk in Northern CA would be talking NFL (49ers and Raiders both won).
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
I try to listen to sports talk
and I can’t. It is a complete affront. If it’s not idiotic callers, it’s obnoxious hosts. No one but K&K, Flemming and Miller are to be tolerated. Maybe I’m a cranky old lady.
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to listen to WFAN when I was in middle school in New Jersey in the early 90s, but I outgrew it at about the age of 13.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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That is how I heard of the Giants signing Barry Bonds, though, so that’s a fond memory!
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I don’t mind the morning guys, but then I only have a 20 minute commute in the morning so it’s not too much to take.
In the afternoons I’m running errands and/or going to the gym so I catch quite a bit of Fitz and Brooks.
I don’t listen to nobody else… if I can help it. This past Thursday I managed to get myself trapped behind a mountain of paperwork and had to endure 30 minutes of Ralph and Tom before I could get to the radio.
Am I a horrible person for wanting the Giants to fall further out so I can see Posey?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 5:37 PM PDT reply actions
You’re a mark for thinking he’s going to play if we fall further out.
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I can hope
and Bochy will be badly criticized if he doesnt
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Apologies if this was posted in the GDT.
Shawon Dunston doesn’t cheat the game, and he doesn’t let the game cheat him.
Perhaps the most unlikely roadblock for Tribune Co.‘s sale of the team comes in the form of Shawon Dunston, who sent a letter to a federal court objecting to the team being placed in bankruptcy. Seems they promised to pay his tuition if he ever attended college, which he hasn’t and has no plans to.
It was a fairly standard contract clause for high school players in the ‘80s, and it’s just Dunston getting some good financial advice and covering his bases.
“It was just a formality,” Dunston said. “When I signed the contract [in 1982], they said they’d pay for my college tuition if I ever went. It was part of my signing bonus, but I never used it. My adviser asked me about it, and told me to send a letter by the 16th [of September], so that’s what I did. I have nothing against the Cubs.”
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 5:38 PM PDT reply actions
LOL
This letter is written to formerly object…
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
All signs point to GO TO SKEWL U DUM JOCK
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Bengie kinda sucks.
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Fixed
Bengiekindasucks.
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 20, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Disagree. He’s a lazy plate-blocker, doesn’t throw particularly well and is a human sand dune on the bases.
I don’t think Molina calls that good of a game.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
I beg to differ , and the pitchers might as well.
Guy , isn’t it subject to how well the pitcher responds to Bengie’s choices/locations?
Although I may have just inadvertently agreed with you , I still maintain that a lot of the success of the pitch depends on the delivery – and not the choice of pitch/location of target. I have to think that if Bengie , who has caught the majority of games , truly stank in his calling then the pitchers would do something about it.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 21, 2009 2:13 AM PDT up reply actions
If you are right, and I believe that you are, then those issues are overrated and Molina should be out because of his bat.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Sep 21, 2009 8:30 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Angel did what now?!?!
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 20, 2009 5:46 PM PDT reply actions
… Allegedly!
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by tk on Sep 20, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
According to terra.com, as translated by Yahoo’s Babel Fish,
We have the information that yesterday Saturday around the 11 at night an incident in a drink center took place, where died a young person of 25 years because of a firing of firearm, and the main suspect is the pelotero Villalona" Angel; , colonel Adrián Urbáez said to Sunday to the AP. The deceased is Mario Felix de Jesus Velete, who received shot in the chest that left by the neck, according to the police part. Villalona was given to the police around the 1 of afternoon after remaining fugitive more than 12 hours after happened the firing. " We know that there was an incident and that there is a died person, but do not have all the details on the same " , it said Frank Micheli, president of the Sugar bowls of the East, equipment to which belongs Villalona in the Dominican winter baseball. Villalona, of 19 years, was signed like professional by the Giants of San Francisco in the 2006, when it received an advantage of 2.1 million dollars. The police informed that it is lengthy and that will be processed Monday judicially. The player of 1,90 meters (6.3 feet) of stature saw action in 74 parties this season in class outpost in the branch of the Giants and had an average of batting of,267, with nine towed home runs and 42. In case of being found guilty, Villalona would face up to 20 years of prison by the death of Of Jesus.
BLOG LINKS ANGEL TO DEATH OF JESUS!
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 20, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Villalona would face up to 20 years of prison by the death of Of Jesus.
/mind blown
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 20, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
74 parties , not too shabby.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
should have read:
Angel Villalona would face up to 20 years of prison by the death of Of Jesus.
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by Giant among Angels on Sep 20, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess his name being Angel is kinda ironic?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 5:50 PM PDT reply actions
HOLY SHIT
Bears are now the number one threat to Japan too!
Bear pwns hella Japanese people
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 5:55 PM PDT reply actions
Damn.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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I hope one Giants team wins tonight. I hate the Cowboys.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
Shawon Dunston not satisfied with destroying just one team….
http://deadspin.com/5363536/the-cubs-cannot-be-sold-until-shawon-dunston-takes-freshman-lit
I haven’t looked at Baseball Prospectus in a while, so wow…Rowand is our 3rd best hitter by VORP?
BTW, Albert Pujols’ VORP = 95.6. Ridiculous!
I’m not surprised.
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I guess I thought Bengie would be in the top 3. Not a biggie b/c he isn’t far behind Rowand but it threw me off.
How do they calculate VORP?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
There is no single formula for VORP for hitters, because it depends on how you work out the number of runs a player created, as well as exactly how you choose to define a “replacement player” and what level of performance he would produce. VORP for pitchers is a little easier. Go to Wikipedia.
OK
I get the gist (jist?) of it
thanks
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Uribe was traded to ChiSox?
CURSE YOU WILLIAMS!
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by natteringnabob on Sep 20, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I really dont want to have to go to school tomorow
Especially because we have practice before at 6:00
At least I had a sick birthday party last night
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 6:47 PM PDT reply actions
By the way, I finally got some of that Old Rasputin Imperial Stout and wow, it’s awesome.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
too much cyanide
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by natteringnabob on Sep 20, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there gonna be an “Open Emmys Thread” or should I get real friends?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions
The Emmy
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I meant to write “The Emmys?” but hit post instead of cancel.
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You’re not watching the stoopit football game?
This is one of those games where you root for something to blow up the stadium or something.
I just figured I'd stay away because being dour adds nothing to the conversation.
But murder — THAT’S NEWS!
… kidding.
I was also struck by this defeatist thought that the Dodgers are a better organization than the Giants… and that depressed the ever loving shit out of me. I really felt like I watched a JV team face off against the red shirts on a Division I team this weekend.
The Giants suck for two months — April and September — and that’s the season…
Questions for Sabean:
1. What can the organization do to prevent itself from giving up at the end of the season next year?
2. What will you do to make the baseball team you are being paid to organize more competitive?
I understand the FILTHY RICH part (zito)
but , sadly , i do not believe.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 20, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Tina Fey loses Emmy to Toni Colette? This was a crappy day.
And I love Toni Colette — despite the fact that she runs afoul of the irrational yet eerily good guidance of the two-first-name rule. But she has no business prevailing over Tina Fey. Suck it, nerds.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
Yes. We need a wall between the US and Australia.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Sep 20, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
OR A MOAT!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
mote?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Moat
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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ok cool
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Pay moar attention to your vocabulary/spelling , young man...
…ore it will byte ewe in the strainjest loquations.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 21, 2009 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I haven't seen Tina Fey in anything since the Wednesday editions of Saturday Night Live.
Did i miss something?
/ignores 30 Rock
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 21, 2009 1:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m glad Kristin Chenoweth won. Pushing Daisies was one of my favorite new shows.. so sad it got canned. =(
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Sep 20, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Did Chenoweth beat out Jane Krawkowski’s portrayal of Janet Jopler on “30 Rock”? Because if so—and no disrespect to Chenoweth—then it’s a miscarriage of justice.
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
Jackie Jormp-Jomp
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Sep 21, 2009 1:23 AM PDT up reply actions
lol organization
lol season
lol cy young
lol playoffs
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
Bah… i dont know how to feel right now, niners win, so i’m happy, giants lose and most likely done for the playoffs, so i’m sad… School tomorrow and then going to see Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak so i have to be a journalist there for my class, that makes me pissed. Aside from that the weekends over :(, but lots of fun though
Im only a semi-niners fan
so Im sad, plus I have to wake up at 5:30 AM tomorow after staying up till that time last night
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea, aint that the truth, happens every sunday! I guess you could say that i’m also worried about interviewing other people at this speech tomorrow, i really have never done it and i have to write down what they say without misquoting so i dunno how to do that… what are you doing until 5:30? and waking up tomorrow at 5:30?
funny story about the staying up
my friends family went out of town and he gave my other friend his keys and let us hang there. We had a mini-party and none of us even lived there.
and I have water polo practice tomorow
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
haha, that is classic, what did they expect with giving your friend the keys to their place? haha, but that’s straight, going to water polo, have fun with that
The guy who gave us the keys is retarded
Hes gave my friend the keys and told him to go have a party in his house when hes not even there. It was the sketchiest thing I have ever done, but it was fun as hell.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea, if he told you guys to go have a party, i’d be a little freaked out. But hey, it all worked out and you guys had some fun, right on!
I made sure he didnt have anything against anybody
Like he would just call the police or something. But ya, 7 of us spent the night. it was awesome
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Water polo?
ELITIST!!
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Yes I am tall, dark and handsome
thanks for noticing.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 20, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Water polo
Great. Now I picture you in some speedo. Not a visual I want in my head.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
Don't be knockin' Speedos , or those lean enough to pull it off.
Wait…let me try that again…
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 21, 2009 1:55 AM PDT up reply actions
No gallows humor pfff..MCC has gone soft
by DFAAurillia on Sep 20, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
A man lost his life, and a kid has likely ruined his future. Hilarious stuff.
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Sorry I can’t hear you up there on your high horse..A show that got nominated for an emmy tonight makes far worse jokes than that..
by DFAAurillia on Sep 20, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Television humor - or what passes for it - is sometimes baffling.
Let’s wait until all the faxes are in in AnVilgate , huh?
I mean until all the facts are in.
He may very well have turned himself in knowing he’s a "person of interest’ and just wants to cooperate. One can only hope…
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 21, 2009 1:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Baggs updated his AnVil story
In case you guys haven’t seen it. This article has reaction from some Giants players
Better link
http://www.contracostatimes.com/sportsheadlines/ci_13383738
You need to get rid of the ?nclick_check stuff
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Duly noted
The Chron also had this quote from Boch here:
“I don’t have any comment. I’ve got to find out more. … It’s an unfortunate incident anytime somebody is killed.”
Though to be fair, it’s hard to comment sensibly on something this tragic.
The bummer bookends to a baseball season:
A highly touted prospect killed by a drunk driver (Nick Adenhart, April) and a highly touted prospect accused of murder (Angel Villalona, September).
"If you want to walk, watch a mailman."--Shawon Dunston
"If you want to bunt, bake a cake."--Bruce Bochy
Frankly
I don’t want to know nor think about which is worse, although my gut is leaning towards the first.
by i wish we were good on Sep 20, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Strange
Parts of the original article were edited out. Like:
He [Uribe] cautioned against a rush to judgment with Villalona. “When people know you have money, they do things,” Uribe said.
…and Waldis Joaquin saying (as reported on MLB.com):
Right-hander Waldis Joaquin, a fellow Dominican who played with Villalona at low-Class A Augusta last season, didn’t address his former teammate’s case specifically. But Joaquin pointed out that in his country, people occasionally shoot first and answer questions later if they’re being hassled by a group.
“Maybe if you have five people in one fight, you don’t want to leave, and if you have a gun, you [fire it],” Joaquin said.
Aha
Sorry for all the links. But here’s the more complete version of Baggs’ article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13382336
The CoCo Times must have edited it for length.
“It’s a shock,” said rookie catcher Buster Posey, who played with Villalona in San Jose. “I don’t know any details. He’s a guy who gets along with pretty much everybody on the team. I enjoyed playing with him, and I think most people would say they did, too.”
Pitcher Waldis Joaquin lived with the same family that hosted Villalona in San Jose. Joaquin received the news via text message from Henry Sosa, another Giants prospect from the Dominican Republic.
“I don’t know what happened,” Joaquin said. “I have no idea.”
Joaquin, 22, said he owns a gun in the Dominican but that it never leaves his house. He said it’s not uncommon for arguments there to escalate into gunfire.
In 2006, Giants infielder Juan Uribe was investigated in the non-fatal shooting of two men in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, but an arrest warrant was voided and Uribe said he was the victim of an extortion plot.
He cautioned against a rush to judgment with Villalona.
“When people know you have money, they do things,” Uribe said. “We don’t know what happened.”
Villalona’s host family in San Jose, Ed and Donna Musgrave, described Villalona as shy and reserved but good-natured. They had spoken to him often while he trained in Arizona.
“But once he went back to the Dominican, we hadn’t heard a word from him,” Ed Musgrave said. “We’ve left messages for him and he hasn’t gotten back to us.”
“Right now we’ve just got our fingers crossed that there’s more to this story than what’s come out so far.”
Not defending his actions, but all we know at this point is that he allegedly shot and killed a man. We don’t know his motives and whether it was self-defense or not. As people have said, the DR is a dangerous place to be a relatively well known, ‘rich’ man, so its probably best to let the details come out before rushing to any judgment.
by i wish we were good on Sep 20, 2009 10:57 PM PDT reply actions
hitters
get rid of the old men, and get some young hot bats in the lineup. the pitching is there, they just need run support all of the time.
Sounds like a broken record
But this is the offseason where we’ll see how committed the Giants are to their ‘youth movement’ per se. Yes, Renteria and Rowand will still be here, but choosing not to re-sign the likes of Bengie and Winn will go a long way. No more dumb veteran presence signings too, we all know how well those have worked out.
by i wish we were good on Sep 20, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I expect neither Randy Johnson nor Rich Aurilia next year. I’m also for ditching Freddie Sanchez so Uribe can play 2B.
Yes , that. And that. And that.
Or was Uribe this year’s Pablo ’08?
/misses Pablo ’08
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 21, 2009 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I no longer fear hell....
….for I have sat through two crushing losses in a row, in Dodger Stadium, in Orange and Black. I don’t know why I went back today after the game yesterday. It felt like returning to the scene of a crime. Seriously, the most soul draining experience of my life.
Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu
When the season's on the line, this is the line I'm looking for from my #5 hitter:
9/16: 1/4, 1 RBI
9/18: 1/5, 0/1 RISP, 1 K, 2 GIDP
9/20: 0/4, 0/2 RISP, 2 K, 1 GIDP
Total: 2/13, 0/3 RISP, 3 K, 3 GIDP, 1 RBI
That’s what B-Money looks like down the stretch, nerds.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 21, 2009 7:37 AM PDT reply actions
What a day
I was hoping for wins by the Giants, Chargers & D’Backs and for Goofus Jr. to have a good game. (SF Fall Ball)
All three teams lost, but Goofus Jr had a good game (single, HBP, BB, double), but then I hear about Villalona and just had to say Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
yea, i have to agree with ya on the Chargers, i’m not a fan, but i do have Vincent Jackson on my fantasy team, and damn did he have a good game, kinda wish they woulda thrown it to him on that final drive.
Then there’s your silver lining with Goofus Jr. having a good game, but yea overall a so so day, no hope for the D’Backs to win a game
Bork Insanity, Failure of Consensus
Why is it that I keep hearing and sometimes reading comments to the effect that Bochy “has done a good job” and “he handled the pitching well”? I understand the whole exceed expectations thing, but can any baseball fan who has watched his inane line-ups, double-switch twitch and rambling incoherence not see his incompetence? Molina batting fourth? Winn batting third? Burying Torres, Schierholtz, Freddy, Posey? My disappointment in the last 25 games is exceeded only by the fear that the manager may return, instead of fired ignominously.
I would note a lot of baseball beat writers have lost jobs in the last year or so. I will note there are less Giants beat writers then their uise to be. I would lastly say getting booted from the club house might make it very hard for a beat writer to either keep thier gig or get hired by another paper to do the same gig.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
Flipping channels while I wait for the Giants game
Cedric the Entertainer is doing WWE right now.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
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