Post-Game Recap: Matt Cain is Good
by Grant on Sep 27, 2009 3:53 PM PDT
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If only Randy Winn wasn’t lazy and had actually made some effort on defense.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 3:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
he doesn’t want to hurt himself. One more week until he’s a free agent. (hallelujah!!)
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Sep 27, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really, everyone kiss and make up or it’s naps for all of you.
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by timmeh on Sep 27, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If we hear our own bondslegend got arrested, we know why since he was the Metrodome for the game.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Sep 27, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s no way he’s following the no cussing rule at Niners NAtion.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
by cheno on Sep 27, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cain was great today
Would it anger all the Cain fans if I said where was this Matt Cain all of September when we really needed him?
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Sep 27, 2009 3:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, because it would be ridiculous to blame Cain when the real culprit for the Giants falling out of the race is pretty fucking obvious and it’s not Matt Cain.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
so many things to blame for the giants not making the playoffs… people who probably shouldn’t be on that list:
Lincecum
Cain
Sandoval
The Bullpen (yeah, basically all of them)
Zito (most of the time)
J. Sanchez (most of the second half)
Juan Uribe
You can pretty much pick anyone else who played a major role either playing for or making decisions for the 2009 Giants and blame them and no one would quibble. So why bother picking a small-ish sample size from one of the above and complaining that he collapsed when the team needed him most when the rest of the team was nowhere to be found ALL SEASON LONG?
(also: I’m cranky about the 49ers game too… if I ever hear a Viking horn or see Brett Favre grinning again it will be too soon… TOO SOON!)
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Sep 27, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Bullpen (yeah, basically all most of them)
by sfoakbay on Sep 27, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously
Fred Lewis
And Buster Posey. Get rid of this guy while he still has any value.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Sep 27, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not anger me. Also I would not be concerned. He had to carry this stupid arse manager and Pony League offense into September. While not many days off between the All Star game and roster call ups. He just wore down.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 27, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And
as was said all year, he’s not actually a sub-2.5 ERA pitcher.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And the Giants’ pitching staff will, in all likelihood, approach no more than 75% of its production this year in the 2010 season.
by Every6thDay on Sep 27, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
with Bumgarner instead of Johnson it could be better
by NickGiantsROut on Sep 27, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know that I’d expect Bumgarner to pitch much better than Johnson has over a full season.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well i think he will have better than that near 5 ERA Johnson had
by NickGiantsROut on Sep 27, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With an 89 mph fastball and a still shaky breaking ball? Really?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but you can see dominance from young pitchers the first time through the league. The question is… can they adjust when the league adjusts to them?
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In like 9 innings…
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you secretly bruce bochy? It’s really not a good idea to overvalue a prospect’s first couple games after getting called up.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Sep 27, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We are ALL secretly Bruce Bochy.
“Oh , The Changes You’ll Make!”
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 27, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the bullpen.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Sep 27, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The better bet will be a vet dumpster dive for the #5 spot.
It is possble the Giatns get a good 1 year deal on some one trying to to revive their market value.
/ glance at Bedard and the like
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 27, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear Mike Hampton is available!
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/ chuckles
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 27, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the bright side, our cleanup hitter situation would be solved.
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by Natto on Sep 27, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In fact
if Bumgarner pitched next year like Johnson has this year, I’d be pretty psyched.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Johnson sort of didn't pitch much this year , did he?
Quite the bargain. I was sort of disappointed.
Bring me that damned labrum , I want to give it an earful.
Um…where is a labrum’s ear?
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 27, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the side of its head.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 27, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know if i agree with that. A lot of young arms there. Their mean may not be established yet.
I will agree a lot of middle relievers out proformed though.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 27, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought the big suprise Howry did better than i thought he would. I mean i hate Howry just as much as anybody but he actually had a decent year
by NickGiantsROut on Sep 27, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. I am on record arround here as being very down on Howry at the begining of the years.
I thought Afledt would be good but not as good as long as he was.
Medders outs did my expectations as well.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 27, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea and Miller was also great until last month
by NickGiantsROut on Sep 27, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If so . . . .
I’m not up on all the news, but was Miller not pitching through a fairly serious hurt for the last few weeks?
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
by owlcroft on Sep 28, 2009 2:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
tat rash
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 28, 2009 2:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just woke from a nap and am feeling surly.
So hey , once more – with feeling!-
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 27, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FUCKYOUVICTORFRAKENSTEINFUCKYOUVICTORFRANKENSTEIN
by sfoakbay on Sep 27, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you remembered!
don’t know how i feel about this quite yet…..
by sadison bummedgarner on Sep 27, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think everyone forgave you for it
the subject of jinxes and the like has been rehashed many times, and i, obviously, wasn’t serious is my reply to vic’s pic here
by sfoakbay on Sep 27, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hated the glorification of a Dodger player at the expense of a Giants one more than a possible jinx.
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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by Natto on Sep 27, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
EDITOR'S NOTE
Those two were originally designed to point out Medders’ propensity to stick his nose in the air under unfortunate circumstances , and also to point up that sometimes you need to YANK a pitcher when he’s doubling as a waiter , i.e. “serving them up”…
No jinx was ever intended…jeez , me stir up trouble?
Puh – leeze!!!
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 27, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They- especially the second one- remind me of Charlie Brown.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HHHMMM pain.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 28, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
whenever you mildly criticize a player around here, everyone’s defense of him is always to act like you’re blaming him and only him for the team’s demise. Everyone knows it’s not Matt Cain’s fault the team didn’t win the wild card. Everyone knows the offense was the problem. That doesn’t change the fact that Matt Cain had a poor September. And if Matt was so worn down, why did he look so fresh today?
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Sep 27, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
cuz his last start he only went 4 innings?
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The same reason bad pitchers have a gem or two every season
Proud adoptive daddy for the Big Unit, who is currently teaching Madison Bumgarner the art of being intimidating.
by Speedforthewin on Sep 27, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a choker who wilted under pressure and is only good again now that the pressure is off.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think that is being implied, just that the Giants could have used this start when they were still in the race. Obviously not his fault, just unlucky that he didn’t have his best stuff in meaningful games.
DOUBLE SWITCHES AND MATCH-UPS, THAT'S WHAT BRUCE BOCHY DOES!
by PAWarrior on Sep 27, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh. The cubs will have a winning record. They aren’t that bad of a team.
Proud adoptive daddy for the Big Unit, who is currently teaching Madison Bumgarner the art of being intimidating.
by Speedforthewin on Sep 27, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know. I’m just thinking that we can’t get down on him for that and devalue his game. It was a good start against a decent team.
Proud adoptive daddy for the Big Unit, who is currently teaching Madison Bumgarner the art of being intimidating.
by Speedforthewin on Sep 27, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that wasn’t a decent team we faced the whole weekend. The Cubs’ lineup when healthy is good, but we faced a lineup this weekend that was comparable to ours.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Sep 28, 2009 5:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A win is a win (except against the rockies, I guess, then it’s sort of a “2 game swing”)
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Sep 27, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what the Giants really could have used?
An offense.
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by Natto on Sep 27, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Humans aren't "horses".
Is it not possible that Cain was simply worn down from the innings totals? The Giants, and indeed much of baseball, seems to think that there are “horses” who can pitch as many innings as it pleases one to give them. Sure, the old timers threw 300+ innings, but there are various reasons why pitching today might be considered more wearing. I am very uncomfortable when I see Cain and Lincecum getting over 200 innings a season; when they’re older, maybe, but not now. That may not be the issue, but it has to make one wonder . . . .
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
by owlcroft on Sep 28, 2009 2:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They’re all meaningful games. The games he pitched brilliantly in count just as much as the ones in September.
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Sep 28, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RX was that ment for my reply or one of the others?
I ask so I can clearify if nessarry.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 27, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not you at all, Dave. It’s just something that I see a lot. It’s like if someone said, “wow. Timmy pitched poorly against the Dodgers last week.” Someone replies “yeah, it’s all his fault we didn’t make the playoffs.” It’s just not a valid response.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Sep 27, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except you weren’t just talking about Cain having one bad start, you were talking like, “Wow, where was the good pitching when we needed it?”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We all know the offense is nonextistant, and what this team relied on was its pitching. All, I mean all of the starters had a week of bad starts at the most inopportune time. Call it what you will, bad timing, bad luck. Most people will ask “Where’s the pitching when we needed it?”
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
by timmeh on Sep 28, 2009 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The scariest thing about Cain’s good outing is that it came when he was pitching to Eli Whiteside. This is the day after Barry Zito has a shitty outing throwing to Buster Posey. You just know this reinforces in career backup catcher Bochy’s mind the importance of a veteran catcher. If Bochy is the manager next year I fully envision Buster being Eli’s backup.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Sep 28, 2009 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OBEY THE SWARM!!!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 27, 2009 3:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This feels like every late-September win the Giants have had since 2005.
by Every6thDay on Sep 27, 2009 3:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What are we talking about?
I blame Sabean!
Giant season effort summary:
Was just enough ensure the Dodgers won the division.
Was just little enough to ensure the Giants lost the wild card.
by cybermaldonado on Sep 27, 2009 4:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is logically sound & valid.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 27, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no matter what the topic…
bad economy?
Sabean did it – that contract to Zito devalued the housing market…
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/nods nods
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 27, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I missed the end of the game because I took my son out to run around. Looks like that was a good idea!
I did catch up on the DFAAurilia facepalmage after getting back, though. wheeeee.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 4:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey guys, I'm real late to the party but...
GIANTS WIN!!
PANDA PARTY!!
Buster Posey shot my dog.
I thanked him.
by Bballpitcher2 on Sep 27, 2009 4:12 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hello, nightmare fuel.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
something with a subject line… so it can be made to disappear.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep. /click
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Sep 27, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what the fuck
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 27, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can help superimposing Pablo on any panda image I see. So.. thanks a bunch.
Giant season effort summary:
Was just enough ensure the Dodgers won the division.
Was just little enough to ensure the Giants lost the wild card.
by cybermaldonado on Sep 27, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel like its staring into my soul..molesting me with its eyes.
Buster Posey shot my dog.
I thanked him.
by Bballpitcher2 on Sep 27, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
'staring into my soul, molesting me with its eyes' GIS result
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
Im not gonna be able to go to sleep tonight
by NickGiantsROut on Sep 27, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hhhuuumm that is soooo wrong.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Sep 27, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/shuffles away uncomfortably
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 27, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
I just noticed the Nationals have now lost 100+ games in consecutive seasons.
In over 100 years of history, the Giants, for all their pathos, have only lost 100+ once.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 4:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I guess the Blanks will escape that ignominy this year by the slightest of margins.
I wonder why MLB.com doesn’t post “E” for teams eliminated from the WC contention as in the regular races?
I see Atlanta is very determined to be a postseason player. Or players.
Yes , the Frankenstein camp wishes fervently for the Braves to tomahawk chop Dinger’s gaily accented horny head off.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 27, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
its really hard to pick between the braves and the rockies
but i’ll go with the braves for the lulz
by sfoakbay on Sep 27, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmm… burning hatred from then, or burning hatred from now? Decisions, decisions….
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
100th Loss 1985 Season
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN198510060.shtml
I was there. Met Hank Greenwald after the game. That was a highlight.
The starting pitcher for the Giants was Colin Ward…Who?!??
Check out the OPS numbers for the Giants….Yecchh.
by koel on Sep 27, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, Manny Trillo was really bad for the Giants.
To be fair, though, the average OPS was a lot lower in the mid-80s than it is now.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember that year well. Twas a fun year, not.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
by timmeh on Sep 28, 2009 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't see any of the game
Has CSN finally given up on the “We’re in this thing” ads??
I gave up on the season so I watched a few 1 PM NFL games (Seattle with the worst NFL uniforms ever, an upset in Cincy).
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Sep 27, 2009 4:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t seen one for the last few days, so I’m guess they’ve given up on it.
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 27, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We had the Bengal game on here so I couldn’t tell ya.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With a happy Mr. Merope I would gather.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Sep 27, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, although the neighbors might not be too happy about it.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a fan of the lime green?
LOL
Buster Posey shot my dog.
I thanked him.
by Bballpitcher2 on Sep 27, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It sure didn’t go with the color of the sleeves.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Sep 27, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny that the phrases
“worst NFL uniforms ever” and “Cincy”
occupy the same sentence without being related.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the Bengals unis, especially the all black ones.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whiteside
did good today. Caught another gem and have 2 RBI doubles
by NickGiantsROut on Sep 27, 2009 4:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Giants' team ERA is 3.62 this year
Still not even tops in the NL… where does it fall next year?
I assume all starters will not match their performance from this season and certainly not improve upon them.
The offense, which I am assuming will remain largely the same probably won’t get any worse but only marginally better.
Will the slight improvement in offense be enough to offset/overcome the decrease in pitching? My unscientific analysis says the Giants will be about the same team now (barring any significant additions to the roster).
by Every6thDay on Sep 27, 2009 4:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I could see Sanchez improving next year. It’s easy to forget now how rough he was for a while there.
Also, last year I wouldn’t have thought Lincecum could improve – but he has.
There are a few offensive upgrades likely. Although I’m not crazy about him, a full season of Sanchez would be an upgrade. Hopefully a full season of Posey will be, too.
I’m not terribly optimistic in general, though. Not with our current management.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully
we’ll have new management next year.
I can see the same or better production from Lincecum, Sanchez and Zito next year. I actually think that it’s not too unlikely that Cain comes close to this type of year next year, as well. I’m thinking an ERA in the low 3s. Hopefully Brad Penny or someone of his ilk will give us Randy Johnson type of production or better next year.
The big wild card is the bullpen. Affeldt’s contract is up at the end of the year, right? I have faith in Romo, Wilson and…uh…we’ll see about the rest.
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Howry’s a free agent. Affeldt got a 2-year deal.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay
Then I have faith in Affeldt, Romo and Wilson. Not a bad start, actually…
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about this guy coming into his own?
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 27, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He even made progress as a hitter this year, too.
by koel on Sep 27, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
complete game shutout by Correia on Friday and complete game shutout by Misch on Saturday.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Sep 28, 2009 5:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love...
lamp?
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 28, 2009 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have this impression of relief pitchers that they have alternate good years/bad years, so to me, all the good pitchers won’t be as good next season, and vice versa. Now, that doesn’t mean Justin Miller post-July or Merkin Valdez (all season) become dominant relievers, just that they don’t suck as bad. Of course, I don’t envision either of them being a part of the Giants’ plans next year.
by Every6thDay on Sep 27, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t say they alternate good/bad years, but they are very unpredictable.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s funny to me is when relief pitchers have been the very definition of mediocre for years and then suddenly put together a couple of years of dominance. Guys like Rudy Seanez and LaTroy Hawkins (yes, he was dominant for a while).
Here, in SF, Scott Eyre was a text book example of this.
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya he was good, I liked him.
That might of just been because i got his autograph 4 times though.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Were you the one who gave him an MVP vote in 2005?
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by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did he really get an MVP vote?
Eyre or Hawkins?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
He got one point in the MVP race in 2005, the same as Brad Lidge and Jose Reyes.
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by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm, I'm talking about Scott Eyre
But it occurs to me that you might have been talking about LaTroy Hawkins…
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by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
Scott Eyre
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Many do.
It’s mostly closers who show the syndrome, but to some extent many relievers do. There’s no great mystery about it: when they’re going good, they get used a lot—too much. The next year, the overwork takes its toll, they aren’t so good, they don’t get used as much, and the cycle begins anew thereafter.
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by owlcroft on Sep 28, 2009 2:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Offensive Upgrades and New Management
Let the rosterbation begin!
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
FIRE BOCHY FIRE MOLINA
by kennv on Sep 28, 2009 6:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Already there buddy, i’ve rosterbated for some time now
by PiKAgiant on Sep 28, 2009 6:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The 1985 cellar dwellers also had a 3.62 ERA
by hokysmksbw on Sep 28, 2009 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…which was only 6th best in the NL. ERAs were lower back then, overall.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Sep 28, 2009 6:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And there were only 12 NL teams then. Brewers were in the AL and the Rockies, Marlins, Diamondbacks, and Rays didn’t exist yet.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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by jcb9 on Sep 28, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's your point?
Since the number of games in a NL season hasn’t changed.
Diluted pitching argument?
by hokysmksbw on Sep 28, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, he’s saying that 6th place out of 12 is less impressive than 6th place out of 16.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Sep 28, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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by jcb9 on Sep 28, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just pointing out the coincidence since koel brought 1985 up in above post
100th Loss 1985 Season http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN198510060.shtml
I was there. Met Hank Greenwald after the game. That was a highlight.
The starting pitcher for the Giants was Colin Ward…Who?!??
Check out the OPS numbers for the Giants….Yecchh.
by koel on Sep 27, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
by hokysmksbw on Sep 28, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1984 team had 4.39 ERA
and a slightly better record despite also finishing last (66-96)
There’s a lesson in there somewhere.
I remember Dave Newhouse, Sportsphone68 host at the time, talking with Glenn Dickey about the Giants and Dickey said something like: “the Giants thought they could get by losing the 4-3 games by winning the 8-6 games”.
Even at 15 I knew that was crazy-talk.
by hokysmksbw on Sep 28, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He must have been told he's gone
From the Chronicle and sfgate.com in a John Shea story title “The topic has become next year”:
“I won’t be playing here next year, so, yeah, it’s a little bit nostalgic,” Rich Aurilia said.
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by SFGuy on Sep 27, 2009 4:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I can’t imagine why ANYONE would give him a contract.
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by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We do have Brian Sabean still running things. He might change his mind.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Sep 27, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FTFRA
"I won’t be shouldn’t have been playing here next this or last year, or 2007, for that matter, so, yeah, it’s a little bit nostalgic," Rich Aurilia said.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was decent last year.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Sep 27, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Back from the game and just wanna say – FUCK YEAH, I FINALLY SAW MATT CAIN WIN!!!
Gorgeous weather + rowdy fans + just enough from the G-men to pull out the win = a very good day.
by esseffgeez on Sep 27, 2009 4:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Way to not suck out there Matt
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SCIENCE
by CB30 on Sep 27, 2009 4:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Man
I went to check out what they were saying on the Bleed Cubbie Blue gameday thread. I know we joke about how we never talk about baseball – but seriously, they hardly even mentioned the game! Mostly they talked about the Bears. A bit about other football games, some stuff about the Cardinals, a sidetrack about the German election, but hardly a mention of the game. The name ‘Cain’ appears ONCE in the comments. I guess Cubs fans are even less into this season than we are at this point.
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by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 4:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
There’s always next year.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
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by cheno on Sep 27, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or century, as the case may be.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go squirt a little of that "MB" lighter fluid on the fire.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 27, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Winn 4 Fielder and it’s a done deal
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
nah, that’s too much. Aurilia 4 fielder
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by Speedforthewin on Sep 27, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bocock 4 Fielder, what are you, 5? Aurilia is a proven veteran… :)
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was going to say bocock, but he actually has more value to the org than aurilia does.
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by Speedforthewin on Sep 27, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, speed and defense my friend, and Bocock has a lot of good tools
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would trade the Wynn casino for Fielder.
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by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what is making Fielder available? or is it just mcc fantasy…
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
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by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
McC meme.
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 27, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
in all seriousness, there is a chance milwaukee would look to move him in the offseason. he is getting expensive and they have a replacement waiting in the wings
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by Speedforthewin on Sep 27, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
why would the Brewers move Fielder? The time to move him was last year when he was asking for 17 million and they didn’t move him then. They worked out a deal and he’s signed for next year at just 10.5 million.
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by rxmeister on Sep 28, 2009 6:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Avert your eyes! POKEMONZ-related bitching to commence in 3...2...1...
Update on my shitty fever-blasted weekend post in the GDT:
Along with the Giants, Golden Bears, and 49ers getting 12/21/2012 started early by the Bay, along with the frustrating sports-based conversations with lunkheaded loved ones that I do not care to rehash, along with my probably-H1N1 fever…
I now find that I have lost the championship and $100 in my POKEMONZ league 8-7-1 because Jorge de la Rosa dug me a near-insurmountable hole with this gem to start the week, and Fernando fucking Rodney gave up 3 hits in 1/3 of an inning today, causing me to lose BAA by .008 and WHIP by 0.020.
If this horrendous karma can be cashed in for neither the Dodgers or Yankees making the Series, though, it’d all be worth it.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 5:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
anyone watching sunday night football?
who’s the skank singing the opening theme song?
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by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 5:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Umm, Faith Hill.
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by cheno on Sep 27, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YEAWWW Faith Hill is about right.
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by cheno on Sep 27, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
faith in what?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
is she his mother?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
cougar gf?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thin Tim McGraw (her husband) could probably kick Shaun Hill’s ass.
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by cheno on Sep 27, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
alright, back to baseball (son of Tug)
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t he in Friday Night Lights? and the upcoming movie about Michael Oher, The Blind Side
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HaHaHaHa
Your Cowboy boots are too tight and cutting off the blood supply to your brain.
Giant season effort summary:
Was just enough ensure the Dodgers won the division.
Was just little enough to ensure the Giants lost the wild card.
by cybermaldonado on Sep 27, 2009 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shaun appears to have plenty of tough
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
probably more than a candy-ass foo-foo country-western singer
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn’t seem like a fighter though.
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by cheno on Sep 27, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
when did the NFL morph into NASCAR
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She’s done the theme song for SNF since 2007. “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” is based on Joan Jett’s “I Hate Myself for Loving You.”
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol no southner allowed!!!
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by cheno on Sep 27, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mychael Urban just gave a shoutout to the McCoven.
I'm the Juggernate, bitch.
by kdl on Sep 27, 2009 5:41 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
He said that McC (and Athletics Nation) crushes him because he’s not good with sabermetrics (sp? I’m not good with them, either!), but that he’s trying to learn. He also said there are a lot of smart people here and he likes to read. Also said he gets story ideas from McC.
I'm the Juggernate, bitch.
by kdl on Sep 27, 2009 5:58 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
oh shit really?
I need to step up my performance
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm
Whenever I criticize Mychal, it’s not because he’s not good with sabermetrics. It’s because he has stupid ideas and opinions, at times.
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by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All I remember are people saying he looks like a thumb.
I'm the Juggernate, bitch.
by kdl on Sep 27, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's what i always do
i don’t really listen to him so i can only criticize him for his thumbness
by sfoakbay on Sep 27, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Giants Rain Mychael?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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by baetown415 on Sep 27, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone wanna explain this?
http://diamondleung.tumblr.com/post/198706762/mychael-urban-knbr-host-and-barry-zito-friendly
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 27, 2009 5:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Weird.. Anyone know anything about this supposed rap song. Not like I actually want to here anything that comes out of that Donkeys mouth… but still…
Giant season effort summary:
Was just enough ensure the Dodgers won the division.
Was just little enough to ensure the Giants lost the wild card.
by cybermaldonado on Sep 27, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you can play it on that link
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like Urban was just drunk again. I’ll just let Athletics Nation rip him – they have trashing Urban down to an art form almost.
Giant season effort summary:
Was just enough ensure the Dodgers won the division.
Was just little enough to ensure the Giants lost the wild card.
by cybermaldonado on Sep 27, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please don’t let this become a McC meme.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Im not a big fan of Urban
and the chorus is dumb, but credit where credits due, its a pretty legit song.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DEAR MYCHEAL URBAN IF YOU ARE READING THIS I WAS JUST KIDDING ABOUT WHAT I SAID ABOVE I LOVE YOU YOU ARE VERY SMART AND HILARIOUS AND I WOULD LIKE US TO BE FRIENDS.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
T: minus 10 minutes to Dexter
I R 5
by say hey nation on Sep 27, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
whats the story with Dexter?
does he kill for a reason? Like is he killing evil people? Or is he just a serial killer?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a sociopath with a desire to kill people who has been trained to kill only “people who deserve it”.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what qualifies people as “deserving it”
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dodger fans and players
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And employees.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 27, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
People who have killed before and seem likely to do it again.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh ok
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He actually has to, like, justify it to himself by collecting proof that they’re a danger to society before he can let himself kill them. In the first couple of seasons anyway…
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by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
does he have a super power or anything?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a sociopath?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Sep 27, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh
intriguing
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m still mad at Michael C. Hall for being in that movie “Gamer.” I figured if he was in it, it must be pretty good. Man, what a waste of money.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Sep 28, 2009 6:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I stopped with so and so actor is in it so I must see it with Nicolas Cage and Bruce Willis
I R 5
by say hey nation on Sep 28, 2009 6:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
After following this team, you should’ve known that anything called ‘Gamer’ wouldn’t be good.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 28, 2009 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only good thing about “Gamer” is the movie poster could be used for photoshopping Giants players for this website.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Sep 28, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We’re watching football, there are pokemons at stake.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 5:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Kurt Warner is on my pokemonz… i’m down by 15 points
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Merope has Larry Fitzgerald and is down by 21, not looking real good… He’s too busy enjoying the Bengal come from behind beating of Pittsburgh.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let him enjoy it, since that’s the only BIG win they’ll get this year
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Other than the other one they already got, in Green Bay, you mean?
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh right, cuz the packers are good…. i mean, that’s a good win, but this win is a ton bigger, in the same division too
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Should be 3-0
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Sep 28, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it bad that i just want to get done with this school shit? like i love the parties and all, but the stuff i gotta do is just getting annoying
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
me too
AND IM ONLY IN FUCKING HIGH SCHOOL
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
last night they told me not to believe anything posted in all caps…
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Theres different meanings to caps Lock
Theres the “iM SAYING SOMETHING REALLY STUPID SO IM GONNA PUT IT IN CAPS LOCK”
Theres the “IM REALLY STUPID SO IM GONNA TYPE IN CAPS LOCK ALL THE TIME”
Theres the “POKEMON” – which means “pokemon”
And then theres the “IM SCREAMING IN REAL LIFE” which is being used here
Only the last 2 can be believed
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was under the impression that POKEMON in all-caps meant “Fantasy Sports.” Or is that only POKEMONZ?
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The “Z” is key
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is by far the most-used key on this site.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, and now you have another 4 or more years left of it, college is more busy work and shit. like it’s more fun actually
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so ive heard
more expensive too
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, depends on where you go though
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, being a perpetually poor college student was not fun; always scrounging for booze and drug money…and the studying and going to class part!
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
grad school was much better
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
definitely agree with that. At least when you are taking grad courses any “requirements” are in some way related to your field of study. None of those “Introduction to the underwater basket weaving patterns of indigenous New Zealand hermaphroditic tortoises” courses.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, that was a good class
Very under-rated. Or unrated as the kids say.
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grad school = mixers with alcohol
It’s fun.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Sep 27, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you at the stage yet where you have to kiss your prof’s asses just to get your diploma?
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by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, almost, i mean i’m lucky that i have no HOMEWORK, it’s more papers and shit, which i’m fine with, i love writing, because most of it is just me speaking my mind
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked school
There were parts of it that I hated, but I liked it better than working. And I like my job (for the most part).
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
7th grade history
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice! that’s pretty cool, probably get to have fun with it
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It'd be easier to have fun with it
if I taught in a school district that didn’t require me to always be on top of the kids’ behavior. I can’t do much that is fun because of it; the kids can not handle it. They need to be in their seats and being led at all times.
That’s actually the part of my job that I don’t like; where I teach.
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow, i mean in my mind one would learn more if you were to have fun with the subject you teach, that’s just weird then, but i guess i can understand where the district is coming from, how the parents want their kids taught
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, it’s more the fact that I teach in a district with a 45% dropout rate. It’s also one of the lowest paying districts in the bay area so good teachers get their experience here and then go and get jobs elsewhere. Students don’t get a great education, there is a lack of discipline and good teaching in many of the lower grade classes, and there is an atmosphere of failure being perpetuated.
It’s not that I couldn’t do groupwork or skits or other creative stuff if I wanted to. It’s more that if I did, ,many of the students couldn’t handle it.
It’s partly the district. It’s district policy to teach from the textbook and we also can’t show anything that is rated worse than G.
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by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All students are the same… bork… all students learn at the same rate…bork… do not deviate from the textbook…. bork… raise test scores…
bah, my district is like that, luckily I’ve been here awhile and I’m mostly left to my own devices.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotcha, that makes alot more sense then, keep them positive and attentive.
THat’s amazing with what’s going on there though, hopefully everything gets better slowly but surely, good luck with that buddy. I’m still in awe about the 45% dropout rate
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Prezbo!
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Sep 27, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved college….except for the studying and going to class part
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by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree! Like Sundays always suck, but then when THursday comes, it’s fun until Sunday
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cereal Killer: “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things. What? It’s Corinthians one, chapter thirteen verse eleven.”
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, wait till you are older. Get all your colleging done when you are young. The older you get the more irritated you get at the hoops, and the more likely you are to tell the advisors to put their hoops where the sun don’t shine.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah. I could never teach. I know the students would hate me
by NickGiantsROut on Sep 27, 2009 6:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It doesn't matter if they hate you
It only matters if they learn.
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by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well yea but I would like to have some sort of connection with the students. If they hate me then i would be bored out of my mind
by NickGiantsROut on Sep 27, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I almost always connect well with my students
But that’s not the job description.
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by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
good teachers are gold
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by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like wins!
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by Natto on Sep 27, 2009 6:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
randy winns?
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by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Wynn is unrated!
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 27, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's not what I heard
I heard you only care about individual awards.
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by thehavenot on Sep 27, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sure, why not
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by Speedforthewin on Sep 27, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
anything can happen… Prince Fielder will slam the door on the Rockies, you wait
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not if we trade Cain for him first!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well if Cain is a 3rd starter on our team, he’ll be a what # starter on the brew crew
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
2
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by Speedforthewin on Sep 27, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Third
at best
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL no
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Sep 27, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
which year?
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by greatgiantfan on Sep 27, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully i’ll still be around, and i’m only 21
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m thinking 2011.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ADAM SANDLER IS POOPIN
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, i forgot to add, Sharks start up next week too?
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Getting ready for some disappointment again come May
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i wish i could experience the disappointment in june
by sfoakbay on Sep 27, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last Giants game Oct 3rd, first Sharks televised game… for those who are not Versus challenged… Oct 3rd.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or we could just have an MCC night at the shark tank
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The first Sharks game is in Colorado.
by tarlinian on Sep 27, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the 1st is on Versus. Versus is no longer carried by DirecTV.
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A reminder to everyone who wants to watch the Sharks this year: the games are now being broadcasted on CSNCA, not CSNBA. Some cable companies don’t carry that channel, and others only offer it with certain packages, so I’d probably check to see if I have the channel before the Oct 3 game against the Ducks. It sucks, but at least we get 50 games in HD this season, and only 3 games that aren’t locally televised.
Also, first game is at Colorado on Versus (because of Joe Sakic night). There’s been some rumblings about DirecTV maybe broadcasting Versus opening night only, but don’t count on it.
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by mymclife on Sep 27, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Versus is dumb
Not one Ducks game all year. I don’t get Versus anyway, but still.
/runs back to the Ducks’ blog.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Sep 27, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GO SHARKS, but the Sharks game is NOT on CSNBA for opening night?
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sharks games aren’t on CSNBA at all. Switched over to CSNCA.
But, yeah, not on CSNCA for opening night. Home opener, yes, but the season opener is nationally broadcasted on Versus.
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by mymclife on Sep 27, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OHHHH, ok, yea got ya, so we’re getting nationally broadcasted??? OMG!!! not many people are gonna watch it i bet since who can get VS
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, total of 4 nationally broadcast games throughout the season, all on Versus. NBC hates non-Detroit Western Conference teams.
And there are quite a few people who get Versus, it’s just nobody knows about it.
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by mymclife on Sep 27, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, yea, exactly, you know, i got a question about the Winter Classic. Is it just not possible for the Sharks to ever have one?
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, it’s only the third year of the Winter Classic, so nobody really knows what the restrictions are. Judging by the fact that the Bruins are playing the Flyers this year instead of the Canadiens (B’s-Habs is the biggest rivalry in the NHL), I’d say that Canadian teams are unlikely to play.
As for San Jose’s chances? I’d put them pretty low because there isn’t any chance of snow, and it’s a California team (NBC hates California). Maybe if the Sharks play an eastern/big name team, or if the event is multiple decades old and they’ve exhausted all the teams with naturally occuring snow, the Sharks might get to host it (the ownership was trying to host this year’s).
Plus there’s the question of where it would be held, since there aren’t really big stadiums in San Jose (unless the A’s build Cisco Park there). It might even end up being in AT&T Park, which would be pretty awesome.
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by mymclife on Sep 27, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, and it gets pretty darn cold back in the Bay, i remember a few times it’d get down into the 20s, but usually it’s in the 30’s at night, and a night game outdoors at ATT where it’s in the upper 30s would be awesome indeed. I just hope sometime the sharks can host one of those, i just don’t understand why NBC NEVER NEVER NEVER televises a sharks game at all. It makes no sense at all since they’re so consistent, i remember they’d show them on ABC all the time.
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
True, but it doesn’t snow, and that seems to be a pre-requisite for sites. I mean, you look at pictures of the first Winter Classic between Pittsburgh and Buffalo and all the blizzard pictures are totally iconic. They brought in snow for the Chicago-Detroit one at Wrigley. All the logos for the one at Fenway this year have snow on them. There’s definitely a trend here.
The whole NBC thing is probably because the games start later over here, going outside of the primes hours NBC wants to broadcast the games. Like, the Winter Classics all begin at 9am for us, but noon for the east coast (which is the most important part of the country, according to NBC).
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by mymclife on Sep 27, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, now that is truly funny, just because there’s snow makes the game SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING. I agree with what you said, and think it’s bullshit. But in essence, NBC is New York, ABC is Southern California. In my mind, the niners nor the raiders have gotten anything for Sunday Night Football i don’t believe so there ya go, plus i am absolutely getting sick and tired of the East Coast being the most important, where would they be without the West
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ehh, last year the Ducks-Sharks series single-handedly surpassed the number of nationally broadcasted games of California teams for the regular season. And that was just Versus. Nation-wide broadcasters hate the west coast.
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by mymclife on Sep 27, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
Definitely west coast hate.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Sep 27, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate the East Coast Bias, too...
…but 2/3 of the country lives east of the Mississippi. You can’t blame a corporation for maximizing its profits.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 28, 2009 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know that, and I fully acknowledge that. But when NBC’s entire 10 game flex lineup will feature either Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, NY Rangers, or Detroit, that’s a problem. Also, Western Conference teams will play for national broadcasts 59 times, while the Eastern Conference gets 93. The disparity becomes greater when you group the teams east of the Mississippi in one group – they play on national TV 123 times compared to the west’s 29. At that point, it cannot just be blamed on population disparity.
And then of course, the Sharks have been one of the most successful teams this decade, and yet haven’t been on NBC since they switched away from regional broadcasts. Last year they had a chance against the Devils, but NBC instead aired the 22,495th broadcast of a Rangers-Flyers game. That, quite frankly, pisses me off.
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by mymclife on Sep 28, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, that’s because the Ducks suck. I mean, they allowed Douglas Murray to get a hat trick. In Giants terms, that’s like having Jonathan Sanchez hit a home run. It just doesn’t – and shouldn’t – happen.
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by mymclife on Sep 27, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They also beat the Sharks as a team...
That shouldn’t happen either.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Sep 27, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The mere fact that Douglas Murray not only scored one goal, but three, still astounds me. This is the guy that has two goals in his entire five-year NHL career.
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by mymclife on Sep 27, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess
Crazy things happen in playoffs.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Sep 27, 2009 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't log out
I can’t log out of McC…it’s like the log out button isn’t working. Anyone else have this problem? Is this another one of Grant’s cruel tricks?
by Hoist That Rag on Sep 27, 2009 6:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Why would you want to log out of McC? McC is awesome and stuff.
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by Yoyo on Sep 27, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ITS A TRAP
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
I found this comparison on another Giants blog.
Uribe:
Bases Loaded for the NES:
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 7:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Rex Ryan needs a dimmer switch for those teeth…sheeeesh…
by Merope on Sep 27, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Every time I see the “New Blog: Sippin’ on Purple for Northwestern Fans!” link at the top, I’m reminded of the classic “Purple Stuff ad” for Sunny Delight.
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Drove around SF all day, running errands, listening to the game on the radio, big smile on my face. Hearing the call of a Matt Cain start with OMG RUN SUPPORT makes me happy. I understand the logic behind “trade him this offseason, he’ll never be more valuable” but hopefully it doesn’t happen.
There’s not a single Giant I root for more than him.
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by Kitspool on Sep 27, 2009 8:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So are we in this thing or what?
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Sep 27, 2009 8:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
There’s a thing over there we’re trying to get into, but it’s locked and we don’t have the key.
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by Kitspool on Sep 27, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 9:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
McC t-shirt sighting!
Whilst leaving LB 127 today I saw a girl wearing a vintage McChrons t-shirt, the one I sort of helped design with the angel quote on the back. Hers was black and mine was white. We said HEY! As she was walking away I said: So wait, who are you on the site? She said, “Just a lurker,” and then she was gone. But she must have been a pretty old-school lurker to have one of those shirts. So that was pretty cool.
Also, jesus jumped-up christ it was not chilly out there. 90 degrees! Yikes! Mad phat sunburn.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Sep 27, 2009 10:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
theres McC shirts?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not anymore.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Sep 27, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We should make new ones
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Offseason project. I could use the scratch. Er, I mean, I’m doing it for the community spirit.
by Grant on Sep 28, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BUY MY AUTOMOBILES!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 28, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wore mine on Saturday, but no one noticed. :(
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by Natto on Sep 27, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
all you lurkers out there, reply to this post. Its kind of creepy not knowing who you are.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 10:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You definetly dont qualify as a lurker
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I felt pretty appropriately stupid
when after about a month of seeing “PiKAGiant” the Greek character arrangement dopeslapped me…
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 27, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what?
Explain. You making me feel dumb
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently im dumb?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I R DUM
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phi Kappa Alpha
..or am I WAY off again?
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 28, 2009 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes I feel like I am the only person who didn’t go Greek in college
I R 5
by say hey nation on Sep 28, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed you aren't
I stayed well away from that ish in college.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Sep 28, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, half the school is in the greek system here, and it’s one of the oldest fraternity/sorority systems in the country, has a TON of frats/sorority’s to choose from, plus the friends more than anything helped me out
by PiKAgiant on Sep 28, 2009 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They were big in my high school, seemed kind of silly by the time I got to college. That said, I know a lot of people who made good friends for life through the Greek system, so it’s good for some people I guess.
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by bgunn on Sep 28, 2009 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My school didn’t even have the Greek system.
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by jponry on Sep 28, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mine either.
Which was fine by me. I really don’t see the point.
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by jcb9 on Sep 28, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BC doesn’t have a Greek system?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Sep 28, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was not a big thing at my school.
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by groug on Sep 28, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I went to one rush event, didn’t care for it, and never thought about it again.
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by Natto on Sep 28, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
COME ON MAN!!!! how do i make it more easier to read?? but i was going to say “Hi there, BILLY MAYS HERE FOR QUALITY LURKERS”
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I’m a lurker. Just started following the site closely a month or two ago. Not too active on the site during games because the teevee’s in the living room & I don’t have a laptop.
by troymccluresf on Sep 28, 2009 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAA, OH MY OH MY, what is ESPN doing tonight? SUCKING FAVRES DICK, NO WAY!!!!! it’s not possible Brett Favre could get any more coverage than now
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 10:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
The one person who can prevent them from showing Red Sox-Yankees on a loop.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Sep 27, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, but honestly i can’t take any more of that game, it kills me now
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Farve is bueno on the last drive (pretty much) and he gets all the credit for the victory?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Sep 28, 2009 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(I don’t know how Favre did, I was just guessing)
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Sep 28, 2009 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea pretty much, it’s just been so damn consistent, like he did everything, when it was equally a damn good catch. But he got SO LUCKY on that throw
by PiKAgiant on Sep 28, 2009 5:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if you would have drafted Percy Harvin instead of Michael Crabtree you’d be 3-0.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Sep 28, 2009 6:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, a bunch of woulda coulda shoulda…. we’re straight on receivers. It’s Right Tackle where the problem is partly at. Defense is solid
by PiKAgiant on Sep 28, 2009 6:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
C'mon lurkers, I know your there!
Post! I dont like invisible people watching me.
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
Official McPokeMaster
Registered Velezbian and supporter of Fredemption
by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 10:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Quiet damnit!
Youre scaring away the lurkers!
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
Official McPokeMaster
Registered Velezbian and supporter of Fredemption
by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me sorry :(, hey lurkers, you can use me as your personal punching bag if you’d like, cursing at me all day
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you drunk?
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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by Natto on Sep 27, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
I just hate invisible people
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
Official McPokeMaster
Registered Velezbian and supporter of Fredemption
by GrahamCrakalaka on Sep 27, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well that’s no way to get them to speak up.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Sep 27, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Every forum in the history of the Internet has had lurkers. Usually way more lurkers than participants.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
by jcb9 on Sep 27, 2009 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At first i thought that was a reply to me… seems to be the common question for me here
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In your case, asking that is unnecessary.
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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by Natto on Sep 27, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
true… although usually i’m not drunk sunday through thursday
by PiKAgiant on Sep 27, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I CAN SEE YOU
"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 Sep 27, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CEILING CAT IS WATCHING YOU POST!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 28, 2009 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On My Way to Taiwan, sitting at SFO and thinking about Jonathan Sanchez's FIP
What the hell is wrong with me.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
by jctGamer on Sep 27, 2009 11:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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