Defenders relocating to Richmond

Giants' Double-A club will spend at least two years at aging Diamond

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Sweeeet!

Giants baseball only an hour or so away from me!

Xanthan (and others close enough to Richmond), we’ll have to make a few games next year. Pumped!

by gvp914 on Sep 23, 2009 11:09 AM PDT reply actions

Pretty neat. I’m looking forward to going to see a few games and taking photos.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 23, 2009 11:19 AM PDT reply actions

Hopefully they can stop whining about the stadium all the time now…

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by jponry on Sep 23, 2009 11:20 AM PDT reply actions

DODD MADE ME SUCK

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 23, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions

What do you mean? They’ve already started whining about their new (old) stadium.

Signs I am old: I actually remember the article in Sport magazine in 1984 when The Diamond first opened. Back then it was considered cutting edge for a minor-league park. Sigh.

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by Kitspool on Sep 23, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Heck, even I was cutting edge back in 1984. Today…not so much.

Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).

by EliminateMe on Sep 23, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions

This made me laugh:

If you like concrete, you’ll love The Diamond. It is as if the builders took a chunk out of old Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta and transported it to Richmond.

From: http://www.ballparkreviews.com/richmond/richmond.htm#

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 23, 2009 11:21 AM PDT reply actions

Wow, it’s enormous.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Sep 23, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions

It says that it only holds 12,000, but it looks bigger than that.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Sep 23, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions

It looks like a mini Oakland Colisseum, only with more people in it.

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 23, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions

fixed

It looks like a mini Oakland Colisseum, only with ~~more~~ people in it.

Utter frustration and futility.

by Johnny Disaster on Sep 23, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions

That’s true. The bi-pedal elephant doesn’t count.

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 23, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions

IT’S A TARP!

Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis.

by j14 on Sep 23, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I would love it if someone would repost that image...

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by BruteSentiment on Sep 23, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 24, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions

Gracias.

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by BruteSentiment on Sep 24, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

TWSS

Bonds stands alone.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 23, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions

It is one ugly piece of concrete when you’re driving by it on the freeway. Maybe I’ll go back down to my former home for a game…

by Missing Barry on Sep 23, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m looking forward to seeing what the new team name to be.

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by Natto on Sep 23, 2009 11:26 AM PDT reply actions

MAVRIKS!

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 23, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions

ICEMEN!!!

I R 5

by say hey nation on Sep 23, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

TAKE MY BREATH AWAY!!!

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 23, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Geese!!!

by gvp914 on Sep 23, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions

RANDOM TIM ROBBINS CAMEOS

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 23, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

EJECTION SEAT FAILS!!!

by gvp914 on Sep 23, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions

IRON TRIANGLES

Utter frustration and futility.

by Johnny Disaster on Sep 23, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions

TOWER FLYBY

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 23, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions

HOMOEROTIC VOLLEYBALL

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Sep 23, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions

AVIATORS!!

glasses OR pilots works here

by gvp914 on Sep 23, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions

MOTORCYCLE FIST PUMP

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 23, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions

UNCOMFORTABLE SEXUAL ADVANCES

by gvp914 on Sep 23, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions

DISTURBING CLOSE UPS OF KELLY MCGILLIS

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by ResDog on Sep 23, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions

TOM CRUISE IN THE LADY’S ROOM

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 23, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

To honor the new Bay Area affiliation, they should call the team the Richmond Bridge.

Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).

by EliminateMe on Sep 23, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Richmond Homicides? That applies to both Richmond’s…!

by Missing Barry on Sep 23, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks to this move, they’ll have to do some sort of divisional shuffling in the EL. Maybe go from 2 → 3?

For those in the D.C. area, they’ll be in Bowie, MD for 14 games next season. Hopefully they’ll have a team chock full of prospects.

by GiantsTribe on Sep 23, 2009 11:35 AM PDT reply actions

Seems like there were a lot of issues in Connecticut, so this is cool.

by deuce deuce on Sep 23, 2009 12:07 PM PDT reply actions

This is the best day of OGC’s life.

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by groug on Sep 23, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions

roffles

Felicitations, malefactors! I am endeavoring to misappropriate the formulary for the preparation of affordable comestibles. Who will join me!?

by MetalFaceDoom on Sep 23, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions

It would be pretty awesome if the stadium in Richmond was even tougher for hitters.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 23, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions

EME will not be pleased…

Bonds stands alone.

Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants

by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 23, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Nah, I don’t really care one way or the other.

Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).

by EliminateMe on Sep 23, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Or if it is an extreme hitters park, and EME ends up doing worse.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Sep 23, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions

No, I’m pretty sure now that every Giants hitting prospect that goes to AA is going to have a monster season and a ticker tape parade down Market Street.

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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster

by jponry on Sep 23, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Locating a team called the “Connecticut Defenders” in Richmond is about the dumbest thing imaginable.

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by Goofus on Sep 23, 2009 1:47 PM PDT reply actions

Virginia Carpetbaggers

by hokysmksbw on Sep 23, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Far from the dumbest

I submit: Los Angeles “Lakers” and Utah “Jazz”.

(And yeah, I do realize Goofus was trying to make a joke…)

Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).

by EliminateMe on Sep 23, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Emphasis on “trying”.

by Natto on Sep 23, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Navigators

Getting rid the Navigators name, an alliterative homage to the seafaring tradition of New England, in order to suck up to the naval base in New London, Ct., with a faux-patriotic name that makes them sound like an overly sensitive tourist bureau was as bad as it gets. I don’t think I’ll change my handle though, since here in NJ I’m still slightly nearer Norwich than Richmond.

by NearestNorwich on Sep 23, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions