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Giants Re-Sign Bengie Molina

Oh, my. Here's a link to the breaking news...

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At least it’s a one year deal?

/sobs
//drinks beer

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 1:58 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

fuck beer

this calls for whiskey

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck whiskey

This calls for pure grain alcohol and a power drill.

Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball

by Skaldheim on Jan 19, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck whiskey, this call for grain alcohol and a torch.

by speckops on Jan 19, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Torch the whiskey, this calls for fu…

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck this fucking fuck. (That’s a technical term, don’t get bothered with the details.)

by FireBrianSabean on Jan 19, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey I cryyyyyy-
If I don’t get Rye Whiskey, I surely will die-
If the ocean was Whiskey and I was a duck,
I’d swim to the bottom and never come up-
I’d swim to the bottom and never come up-

Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry

by jhiat00 on Jan 19, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, show me the way
To the next whiskey bar
Oh, don’t ask why
Oh, don’t ask why
Show me the way
To the next whiskey bar
Oh, don’t ask why
Oh, don’t ask why
For if we don’t find
The next whiskey bar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you
I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We’ve lost our good old mama Buster Posey
And must have whiskey, oh, you know why
Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We’ve lost our good old mama the fucking season
And must have whiskey, oh, you know why

"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry

by victor frankenstein on Jan 19, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

one bourbon
one scotch
one beer

/repeat 20 times

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When I’m rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus’ son
And I guess that I just don’t know
And I guess that I just don’t know

You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean

by bgunn on Jan 19, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

DUDE WHAT THE FUCK

YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL

by heimy25 on Jan 19, 2010 1:58 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I disagree with this decision.

Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry

by jhiat00 on Jan 19, 2010 1:58 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Posey isn’t ready.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Based on his destruction of the Cal League and the PCL in one season?

or his 43 (random small-ish number chosen randomly at random) AB in teh AFL.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wasn’t being serious. I think Posey would be fine. And I think he’d definitely be better than Molina.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty sure you fell into the chasm…why don’t they just start drafting players with major league experience so we don’t have to wait all of the time. GIANT BRAS!

Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry

by jhiat00 on Jan 19, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Blinded by anger.

Fell into the chasm.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

FUCK THIS TEAM

I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!!!

by djp4cal on Jan 19, 2010 1:59 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

+2

bondslegend will agree with us

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

FUCK AND YES I FUCKING AGREE

Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs

by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 2:07 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

$4.5 MILLION!!!

I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.

by esseffgeez on Jan 19, 2010 1:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

That's more than twice what sanchez just got

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sigh.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

i've been yelling out the word fuck for the last few minutes

damn i really thought buster had a shot….fuck you sabean

Now batting catcher Buster Posey
my dream for 2010

by sanfrankid on Jan 19, 2010 1:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I need a smoke

/lights nervously several times

by velvadp on Jan 19, 2010 1:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Scott No! gif[/image]

by Every6thDay on Jan 19, 2010 1:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory

by Natto on Jan 19, 2010 2:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I actually screamed “NO, NO!” when I saw the announcement… several family members came running.

FUCK THIS TEAM

Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.

by MonkeyChow on Jan 19, 2010 2:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

+1

my roommate was concerned

Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs

by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

+2

I got a very concerned “What’s going on, is everything alright?” Then I explained, and he laughed

by aaroncallagher on Jan 19, 2010 3:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is probably going to beat the Timmy is hurt thread. Holy shit.

by speckops on Jan 19, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

ACCIDENTAL DFA !!!!! one !!!!1

by Merope on Jan 19, 2010 4:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

this was the first thought that went through my mind when I heard the news.

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 Jan 19, 2010 9:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not to bad to have bengie hit 6th or 7th in the lineup? not a total F-up o guess, right?!

by Swoggle on Jan 19, 2010 2:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Not going to happen.

“He’s our cleanup hitter”

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This

is probably true.

/cry

by The Double Deuce on Jan 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There’s no chance he doesn’t bat 4th or 5th.

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He will bat 6

That’s the message we’ve been getting.

Honestly, they’re not going to displace Huff or DeRosa for bengie. Sabean loves his gritty vets equally.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."

by GiantPain on Jan 19, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe, but just because they’re saying it doesn’t mean they’re gonna do it. We’ve seen this before.

The baseball Satanist

by thehavenot on Jan 19, 2010 3:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This

I do not trust Bruce Bochy or Brian Sabean. At all. I fully expect to see Bengie hitting 4th or 5th because Bochy has given me no reason to expect otherwise.

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 4:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rosterbation time!

I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.

by esseffgeez on Jan 19, 2010 2:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I’ve lost my mojo

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You can get it up for this?
You’re a better fan than me.

Blehhh!

by Giant Homer on Jan 19, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’ve lost the will to rosterbate.

by Cheeeese! on Jan 19, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

once more with a feeling

doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol

by Tim LinCyYoung on Jan 19, 2010 2:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Like I said...

…inappropriate! Molina doesn’t have that much power.

Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball

by Skaldheim on Jan 19, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Holy cripes!

Just as I was scrolling past this picture, an honest-to-goodness thunderball exploded over my house. Hands are now shaking. I think I need a hug.

by StickRat on Jan 19, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

awwwww poor stickrat….
I’ve heard we need to batten down the hatches this afternoon… lightning, heavy rain, tornado warnings in LA ….

by Merope on Jan 19, 2010 3:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it’s like a rain forrest out there. Thunder storms and downpours one minute, sunshine the next. Good thing I watched the Jesse Ventura show the other night about how the government is controlling the weather, or I’d be wondering what the hey-all is going on.

by StickRat on Jan 19, 2010 4:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rat, you're in L.A.?

Because here in Phoenix we usually get a watered down version of whatever you’re going through.

"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry

by victor frankenstein on Jan 19, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No, I’m in the Bay Area. Wouldn’t be much of a StickRat if I couldn’t get to The ’Stick.

by StickRat on Jan 19, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pardon me.

Geographic contextuality wasn’t exactly there.

"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry

by victor frankenstein on Jan 19, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just figured you were skinny

"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.

by Goofus on Jan 19, 2010 7:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I blame the flowchart

Please hit better, Randy Winn.

by oldjacket on Jan 19, 2010 2:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

ATTENTION ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO DEFENDED THE AUBREY HUFF SIGNING AND THE DIRECTION SABEAN WAS TAKING

I will now accept your apology.

"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis

by jcb9 on Jan 19, 2010 2:00 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

Is bass-ackwards a direction?

Blehhh!

by Giant Homer on Jan 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Facepalm

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

MOVE PABLO TO CATCHER AND HUFF TO THE OF BENGIE IS OUR FIRSTBASEMAN

Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.

by MonkeyChow on Jan 19, 2010 2:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

oooohh…Bengie will be moody and a grump when he doesn’t play.

by daniel9 on Jan 19, 2010 2:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Join me

Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW

by jctGamer on Jan 19, 2010 2:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I need something stronger than Grey Goose.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I suggest this

Tastes like compost and completely obliterates short-term memory.

Please hit better, Randy Winn.

by oldjacket on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

=/

Bai jiu is big time bad news…

Pray for a snow drift.

by BurkettandSwift on Jan 19, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

For a second I thought that was a water bottle.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No

But it does have water in it, if I remember.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

about 55% of it is water.

Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW

by jctGamer on Jan 19, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’ve alredhuy stgrtaed nowe weere arye mye kar ceys?

Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?

by TexasRanger on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You're doing it wrong.

Remove cap first.

Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.

by Woody Wins on Jan 19, 2010 3:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Where...how...why...huh?

What the hell happened? And they left Torrealba in the dark again? Posey cries while restaurants around AT&T Park rejoices!

Win the inning.

by Scooter Ellis on Jan 19, 2010 2:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

rec'd

for getting that stupid Hamlet quote right. No one ever does.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LOL@ big name

Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry

by jhiat00 on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What's big about Bengie is neither his name nor his upside...

…it’s his backside.

"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry

by victor frankenstein on Jan 19, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I really like that Fire Sabean logo

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 4:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

what

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jan 19, 2010 2:02 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

the

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jan 19, 2010 2:02 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

fuck.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jan 19, 2010 2:02 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Incidentally

I’m currently getting some work doing transcriptions of several audio files – it’s nothing much, but it’s some money while I look for a real job. I was getting some work done on it just now with my web browser in the background. Then, rotorueter’s comment in the last thread about this popped up.

IF I DON’T FINISH THIS PROJECT ON TIME IT’S YOUR FAULT, SABEAN.

"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis

by jcb9 on Jan 19, 2010 2:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

heh

it did

The very bad man traded my son...So now I'd like you all to meet my new son, Ryan "Aaron" Garko...Dammit it's just not the same!

by boonitez on Jan 19, 2010 6:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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

by EliminateMe on Jan 19, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Peace Buster, see ya in 2011… what the fuck is going on here?

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

2011??

More like 2014 after the Giants re-sign fatso for 3 more years.

"meh"

by SFGuy on Jan 19, 2010 3:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know what the sad thing is? I see this happening… Sabean better get out of office sooner rather than later

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 3:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh Buster, We Hardly Knew Ye

doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol

by Tim LinCyYoung on Jan 19, 2010 2:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I guess Sabean wouldn’t let Buster do anything in the majors… what the fuck ever

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He’ll stay in the minors until he proves he’s able to handle big-league pitching

"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.

by Goofus on Jan 19, 2010 7:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

GREAT ODIN'S RAVEN

"When you look at him, you say: 'Holy God.'" - Pete Carril on Tyreke Evans

by otis29 on Jan 19, 2010 2:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

This isn't a bad deal

It’s actually a very solid price. But I just don’t want any more Bengie. I guess we’ll see Posey in 2011.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

the man made more outs than anyone in baseball last year

Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW

by jctGamer on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   2 recs

THIS

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jan 19, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well hopefully Bengie gets traded at the deadline?

YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL

by heimy25 on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How is it a good price?

4.5 million for a .295 OBP?

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Who happens to be blocking a top 3 prospect?

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

For a cash strapped team*

*who isn’t really cash-strapped.

DIVIDENZZZZ

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just like when people are wrong for just quote BA, it’s wrong to just quote OBP.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, it's the most important offensive stat hands down.

A measure of how many times a batter does not fail.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Trust me

I understand the importance of it. It’s not the entire picture. And someone who can sit behind homeplate an entire season has an incredibly low offensive requirement. I’m not happy he’s resigned, I’m just saying that the money is right.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

so YOU’RE the guy that bought the 80 lb popcorn at the movie theater

Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW

by jctGamer on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

c'mon

there are plenty of guys out there who can play catcher the whole year, for less than this, who are less likely to break than a 35 year old fat tub of goo.

I will be booing this guy

"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket

by DrStankus on Jan 19, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hate the game, not the player.

He neither volunteered his services nor did they refuse to sign him.
Bengie, at this point, is blameless.

"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry

by victor frankenstein on Jan 19, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I agree. All my animosity is directed at Sabean

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 4:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I don’t know if I’ve ever or will ever boo a Giant player.

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 4:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I booed Bochy last year

i booed the whole fucking team back in 1996, when I went to a double header and they got their asses kicked by the Pirates in both games. Anyone who didn’t boo them at that point didn’t have a pulse.

"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis

by jcb9 on Jan 19, 2010 4:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You booed Bochy but the Giants probably thought you said Bruuuuuucccccccce.

"meh"

by SFGuy on Jan 19, 2010 4:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The summer of 96 was good times. I just graduated HS so I didn’t follow the Giants as much that year. Probably a good thing.

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It was brutal

I had a free ticket to that doubleheader. It still wasn’t worth it.

"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis

by jcb9 on Jan 19, 2010 5:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I had repressed that memory after years of therapy.

I went to those games. Four game series against the Pirates, who going in were just as bad as the Giants in the standings. Afterwards, the Giants were in dead last. Some klutz missed third base and was called out on appeal. It was so bad that I spotted it sitting in the upper deck. Those were good times. Not really.

by loonyfringe on Jan 23, 2010 9:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not even Benitez?

The very bad man traded my son...So now I'd like you all to meet my new son, Ryan "Aaron" Garko...Dammit it's just not the same!

by boonitez on Jan 19, 2010 6:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I booed Ray Durham once. I was at the game in 2006, I think it was, when the Dodgers clinched a playoff berth at the Phone Booth. The Giants were just embarrassingly flat and unmotivated, given the situation, and Durham allowed a guy to tag and score from third on a pop-up to second. Just… not paying attention. Whoops. I was pretty angry with him.

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 6:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t like the player. He’s soft and slow, and entirely too temperamental for his talent level.

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by can of corn on Jan 19, 2010 5:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

this

He sulked while he sucked last year.

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by DrStankus on Jan 19, 2010 6:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, he was dealing with the death of his father last season

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by Goofus on Jan 19, 2010 7:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

this

I didn’t like how he shat bricks when Posey got called up last year. He’s 35 and average. He should know that a 23-year-old top prospect is going to have a far bigger place in his team’s future than he will. It also pisses me off when people consider themselves extremely important to their team, especially when they aren’t actually good.

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by boonitez on Jan 19, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

right but he’s not really backing it up with stellar defense and baserunning.

That said, you’re sorta right. They paid about what Molina’s value would be to an average team, just not what Molina’s marginal value was to them, which is his value over Posey.

Please hit better, Randy Winn.

by oldjacket on Jan 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

His value over posey is negative.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Probably

But the Giants FO wasn’t going to have Posey be the starter (yes, I think that’s incredibly stupid), so really it’s the value over Whiteside right now.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Giants should have sent this 4.5 million to Haiti

as long as they weren’t looking to improve the on field product with it.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

they thought they were

roughly the same size

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by wjackalope on Jan 19, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LOLZ

Pablo > mankind

by Meatball on Jan 19, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

UGH.

I’m so fucking sick of this argument (even though I made it earlier). The team’s insistence on giving inferior players playing time should not be a defense for their signing of players who are equal to / worse than what they already have.

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by Viliphied on Jan 19, 2010 3:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

Again, I don’t like the deal, but at least what they did pay is a reasonable amount.

Of course, it’s just another in a long line of small, wasted investments (bookended by two huge, wasted investments).

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Why do people obsess about OBP when it comes to Bengie

This is the one guy I DON’T want to see on base that often. If he gets on in 2 out of 10 plate appearances, that’s fine, as long as those two hits drive in runners. I’ll say it once again: Buster needs more time in the minors as he is still learning, and another few months isn’t going to be a bad thing for his development. And would you really rather have Whiteside as the starter going into the season.

by crazedcrustacean on Jan 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yea, for some reason i agree with this, his place in the batting order shouldn’t require an OBP that is that good

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It’s everyone’s jobs to not make outs, you’re a better offensive player when you don’t. But, even with a .300 OBP, as a catcher, you can be valuable.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just drive in runs then, couldn’t you make an out and still produce a run?

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, but that actually doesn’t happen as often as you might think. Or, you could just drive in a run without making an out. That works too.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And we’re sure Buster would do something better, right?

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but when you’re actively not making not-outs, you’re also actively inhibiting overall run production. There is simply no way around this.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Whoops, replied to the wrong comment.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

haha, it’s cool dude… i noticed you kinda did that

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He’s projected to, yes.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Projections? oh ok, i’m sold, god thank goodness we had those projections

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Should we use a divining rod instead?

Every good projection system worth it’s salt thinks so, so…

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We’ve got a Simpsons Magic-8 ball around here somewhere…

by Merope on Jan 19, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’d rather just use what happens during the game as a projection… like i said, projections are just a tool to see what MIGHT happen

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How accurate are they? haha, i’m bustin your balls dude,

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Okay, then

Name for me one fat 36-year old catcher coming off a season where he had an OBP under .290, and during which his strike out rate doubled, and who then came back the next season to be good.

Okay….go!

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by jcb9 on Jan 19, 2010 2:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

UMMMMMMMMMM… can you give me all week to figure it out?

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

he’s only 35…not that this changes anything

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by DrStankus on Jan 19, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You're right

He’s turning 36 during the season – that’s where that came from. But it didn’t fit in with my premise.

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by jcb9 on Jan 19, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

projections are just a tool to see what MIGHT happen

More like they’re a tool to play the percentages to the best of your ability going forward….which ultimately results in better decision making/returns….

by Missing Barry on Jan 19, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

OK guys, let’s just sign Omar Vizquel and see what happens during the game. Forget projections.

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by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 4:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, his numbers last year totally sucked at every level. So the projections probably don’t mean anything.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and a change in the batting order wouldn’t do shit, right?

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Less than nothing

WHY IS BENGIE?!

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

all i’m saying is… how do we know. I know that nobody’s really happy about this, nor does anyone think that anything productive could come out of Molina being in at catcher

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And people are telling you. Yet you continue to ask the same question.

WHY IS BENGIE?!

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 2:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No, he’s speaking in absolutes is the problem here. Do we know without a shadow of a shadow of a shadow of a doubt that something that is vaguely within the real of possibility and hasn’t happened yet won’t happen? Sure, we don’t know. It’s kind of pointless to play that game, though.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’m pointless!

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

TWSS!

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now that would suck, wouldn’t it?

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Quios?

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

THE OTHER WHITE MEAT!

Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry

by jhiat00 on Jan 19, 2010 3:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

YOURE LUCKY WEE MAN!!!

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 3:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, Bengie Molina could have a .900 OPS this year. It’s possible. We don’t know that he won’t.

And yes, Buster Posey could be a terrible major league baseball player. He could be supremely awful. It’s possible. We don’t know that it won’t be the case.

But we have a pretty damn good idea that neither of those things are true.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

see? that’s what i’m looking for, thanks… And here i say, good lord, what the fuck was Sabean thinking? If anything, why would you sign a catcher who has no ceiling… With Posey, he could have gotten the continuity he needed with the pitchers… Plus even though he might have had a down year, it’s better than not playing at all… it’s all a valuable learning experience

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We have a pretty good idea about those things based on what happened on the field AND projections.

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by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Of course it’s possible that Molina outplays Posey next year. It’s just the less likely thing to happen.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

well, of course he outplays Posey next year

Posey will get 12 PA in September. Hard to out play the guy who is there all year.

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by DrStankus on Jan 19, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Unless

You drop him to 8th, then his OBP would likely go up.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bochy won’t bat him 8th since he’s impossible to sac-bunt over.

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by Goofus on Jan 19, 2010 8:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

A 35 year old fat catcher coming off a down year?

Sounds promising.

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by otis29 on Jan 19, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE!!!! THANKS DUDE!!!!

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did you watch him play last year?

Have you looked at his numbers? What in the world gives you the impression he’ll even get to last year’s production?

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by otis29 on Jan 19, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nah not really, i only occasionally watch the giants… i consider myself a fairweather fan

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Empirically, no.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Phew, replied to the right comment.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yea… like i’m not disagreeing with anyone here, i’m just trying to understand what’s going on… i’m neither in favor or against this… it’s just a little confusing

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bengie led the league in Sac Flies the last two years with 11.

by joethejet on Jan 19, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is the one guy I DON’T want to see on base that often. If he gets on in 2 out of 10 plate appearances, that’s fine, as long as those two hits drive in runners.

This is basically all wrong, unless he’s only hitting HR’s those 2 of 10 times.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Most McCoven don’t trust Bochy to play Posey over Molina when the time comes.

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Most NO McCoven don’t trust Bochy to play Posey over Molina when the time comes.

by capn on Jan 19, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

fixed

Most NO McCoven don’t trust Bochy to play Posey over Molina when the time comes.

by capn on Jan 19, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Grizzled old catchers love them some grizzled old catchers

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by otis29 on Jan 19, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If there’s a player who you don’t want to see get on base, then that’s a player who you don’t want to see at all.

“I WANT one of my everyday players to make outs almost every single time he comes up to hit!”

That’s psychotic!

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I am not understanding their line of reasoning either.

WHY IS BENGIE?!

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

a change will be made sooner

Either the player, the manager or the GM (or all three!)

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by RDreamer on Jan 19, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, he won’t be on base that often, so there you go.

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by Natto on Jan 19, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but there’s no point in playing him. He’s a bad defender, a bad hitter (one of the 5 worst regulars in all of baseball last year), and a horrid runner. Where is the benefit in playing Bengie Molina?

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by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Gritty, grizzled, gamer, veteran.

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by JRPhillips on Jan 19, 2010 3:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, another move where it actually doesn’t bother me one bit in a vacuum.

But then I get out of the vacuum and aaaaugh.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How do you get out of a vacuum?

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by Natto on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You have to turn it from suck to blow.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

/auto-defenestrates

something something jhiat00 will swindle

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by hairball on Jan 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’m sure I could be convinced to hate it in a vacuum, though.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It’s bad in a vacuum. Even if Posey weren’t waiting in the wings, the chance that Bengie will be better than Barajas or Torrealba is minimal, and he costs quite a bit more.

It’s only one year yadda yadda yadda, but it’s still jaw-droppingly stupid.

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I kinda agree, but the rage is going right now. If it weren’t for Bochy’s ability to play the wrong player for months on end, this signing could be viewed as a 2-month placeholder for Posey. But…. but….

RAGE!

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

even then,

isn’t the money way too much for a placeholder?

by aug_21_2003 on Jan 19, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes. Yes it is

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Unless you figure you can deal him

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by Goofus on Jan 19, 2010 8:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Keep telling yourself that.

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by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There were better options. Barajas and Torrealba were better options. Molina could easily fall apart and put up a 550 OPS at any second.

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by rotorueter on Jan 19, 2010 2:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

1/4.5 is just no money at all. He’s been pretty consistently a ~2 win player in his career. I wanted Posey to be the catcher, but that was obviously not going to happen. If there’s anything to get mad over, it’s that decision. Once that one was made, 1/4.5 to Molina just really isn’t a bad option.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

+1. The decision not to play Posey, especially with the 40 man roster spot and the arb clock ticking, is idiotic. I do not trust Bochy to play him when the time comes.

But if they were going to insist on signing a veteran catcher, yeah, you may have wasted $1-2M over Yorvit or such, but I’m not at all uncomfortable with Molina on a one year deal and I’d argue with. If Posey picks it up, then trade Molina to the Mets or such at the deadline.

As it turns out, the decision not to offer arbitration was genius, when I thought it was stupid. Probably saved $2-4M.

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by HaroldS on Jan 19, 2010 2:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

bleh, that’s supposed to be “argue with the assumption that Barajas or Torrealba being better options.”

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by HaroldS on Jan 19, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My anger is largely based on the fact that, with Bochy as our manager, Molina will play everyday as long as he is on the roster.

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by rotorueter on Jan 19, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought if Posey started the season in the minors and was down there for awhile it would delay his arb clock. Is that not the case?

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jan 19, 2010 2:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It is

He needs to be in the minors for about 2 months to delay his clock another year. That HAS to happen now.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Which means he’ll be third string on the Giants, behind Molina and Whiteside. Of course.

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by jcb9 on Jan 19, 2010 2:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But the 4.5M is a lot more than they would have had to pay equivalent options like Barajas or Torrealba.

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Eh

I figure Barajas is worse than Molina on offense but much better defensively. Torrealba is probably about equal to Molina both offensively and defensively.

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

WAR doesn’t factor in baserunning or catcher defense. Take those runs away from Bengie’s WAR, and he’s pretty much replacement level. He has no value whatsoever.

Let's Play a Lineup Game!

The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga

Sabean's Vets: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Renteria, Schierholtz, Posey

The Kids' CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Sabean's Vets' CHONE War projection= 13.5

by dregarx on Jan 19, 2010 9:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty much this. I think he’s probably really worth half a win or so, but basically he’s a $4.5M replacement player.

My calculation is: fangraphs’ WAR = 2 – 0.5 runs (baserunning) – 1 run (defense).

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 9:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but what you’re not taking into account is the fact that you can’t hurt your team with your baserunning when you don’t get on base in the first place. :)

by Missing Barry on Jan 20, 2010 8:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t think so. Barajas would have been cheaper and just as good. I just don’t see how this isn’t an egregious overpay. What does Bengie do that makes him worth $2M more than Barajas? He’s not very good defensively and contributes nothing on offense except DINGERZ.

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 4:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not a bad deal in a vacuum

And I understand that Sabean’s probably trying to “go for it.”

But it’s still blegh considering the Posey situation.

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!!!

Whomever Sabean signs this off-season will make a good platoon partner with Ryan Gark-ohh... nevermind...

by baetown415 on Jan 19, 2010 6:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Blargh, howie used "vacuum" before I did...

phooey

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!!!

Whomever Sabean signs this off-season will make a good platoon partner with Ryan Gark-ohh... nevermind...

by baetown415 on Jan 19, 2010 6:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That totally sucks.

Utter frustration and futility.

by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 6:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

GROAN

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by Norm Median on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Fuck this team

What a stupid bunch of idiots.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 2:03 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I'm with Lars

Hope y’all don’t mind me being late to the hate bandwagon

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jan 19, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’m with Coco and Lars…I’m with Loco

Blehhh!

by Giant Homer on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Leno = Molina
Coco = Buster
NBC brazz = Ginats brazz
Ebersol = Sabes
Kimmel = Torrealba
Fallon = AJ Pierzinski

Blehhh!

by Giant Homer on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

THIS.

The Ebersol = Sabes analogy is right on.

/sobs.

by Cheeeese! on Jan 19, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck fuck fuck

Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?

by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 19, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK This is the worst thing thats happened to me today and I’m under a criminal investigation :(

Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?

by TexasRanger on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Criminal investigation? Did the man find out about your evil plan to nuke the Giants front office?

by Merope on Jan 19, 2010 2:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

well since they track my online activity, NOW THEY DO YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!!!!

Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?

by TexasRanger on Jan 19, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

First off… don’t you talk about my momma that way!
and secondly… that would be daughter of a bitch ….
ALRIGHT!???!

by Merope on Jan 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Insert obligatory no girls on teh interwebz quote, and for your sass I’m taking you with me when Brian Sabean burns, BURNS I TELL YOU

Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?

by TexasRanger on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How do you want me to talk about your momma?

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 Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You?
Not at all!!!

by Merope on Jan 19, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory

by Natto on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Even Jesus is sad.

/auto-defenestrates

something something jhiat00 will swindle

Young Studs for Old Bats: The Brian Sabean Story

FREE KEVIN FRANDSEN!!! Member of the Frandsen 5% Club.

by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jan 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINA!

"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.

by Goofus on Jan 19, 2010 8:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

BTW

LOL Channel 5 – now breaking breaking Giants news.

I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.

by esseffgeez on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Even Schulman was surprise and he’s the Giants beat writer.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I felt guilty about getting fucked up out of my mind this weekend…. now I realize that it was just preemptive.

Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.

by MonkeyChow on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I wonder if Buster will start the season as the back up catcher in the bigs so there is no silver lining with his arb clock

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jan 19, 2010 2:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

well, if you're gonna play "FAIL", you might as well go all the way

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jan 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully we can delay his arb

even though this year he would be the 2nd or 3rd best hitter on the team (depending on how DeRosa does)

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’d rather not make the playoffs this year and have 6 more full seasons of cost controlled Posey than not make the playoffs this year and only have 5 more seasons of cost controlled Posey (which wouldn’t include his cheapest season)…

by Missing Barry on Jan 19, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Start running to first now Bengie

Hopefully you’ll make it there by April.

by Orwell D. Catt on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Rod Brooks: “If you’re a Giants fan, you’re feeling pretty good right now.”

/bangs head

I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!!!

by djp4cal on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

heh...just heard that myself

And his partner just said “I’ll take Nate Schierholtz in the eight hole”. Disgusting!

"When you look at him, you say: 'Holy God.'" - Pete Carril on Tyreke Evans

by otis29 on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

TWSS

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

“If you’re a Giants fan hater, you’re feeling pretty good right now."

Blehhh!

by Giant Homer on Jan 19, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty much

Dodgers fans are rejoicing.

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dodger fans are laughing their asses off right now.

Much like we would’ve been had the Mets signed Molinagoo.

Somehow I blame the Rockies for this. They messed up the Yorvit negotiations.

by younghutch on Jan 19, 2010 3:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yorvit messed them up

we made over 700k in concessions and he wouldn’t budge a single dollar

Attention Whore.

by Muzia on Jan 19, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have been dreading this would happen since I heard talks with the Mets went to shit.

I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.

by Norm Median on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

i literally made a joke yesterday about bengie coming back

fuck my life

Now batting catcher Buster Posey
my dream for 2010

by sanfrankid on Jan 19, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LITERALLY

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

OH HEY GUYZ!!! ITS OK!!!!! Molina now wont bat cleanup!!!!!

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Your optimistic

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You're

whatever. I’m too angry to care about grammar

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LOL, you’re angry!

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 5:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I'm not happy about this

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 5:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So funny

Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry

by jhiat00 on Jan 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

THIS is what I came to see.

FUCK.

Five...Five Cutler...Five Cutler Pickoffs....

by Gabafnerhagen on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The best

line from the office, and why he hates toby i dont know

by Gargonzo on Jan 19, 2010 2:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

“We’re short one bathrobe.”
“take it from Toby.”

"I clearly miscalculated how popular it would be to show Calvin urinating on a Ford logo"--Bill Watterson

by frightenedinmate#2 on Jan 19, 2010 2:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now, it’s “Take it from Posey.”

by TheLetter2 on Jan 19, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

you know the hilarity of the responses here is the only thing keeping me sane right now. either that or the fact that i’m laughing while on the verge of crying means im walking on a very thin tightrope

doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol

by Tim LinCyYoung on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I may choose to ignore a significant amount of games this season. I just can’t take another year of this crap.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I wish I was

I am just tired of this groundhog day idiocy.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Mmmm hmmmm but you’ll want to watch every Timmy, Cainer, and Sanchez start, Zito starts will draw your attention like a 10 car pile up on the freeway…and if Bumm’s # 5 you’ll want to see how he does…

Now if you tell me you won’t watch after the 6th inning…. THAT I might buy.

by Merope on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The starting pitching isn’t enough anymore. I’ve seen that movie already. I know how it ends.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Tim/Matt/Jonathan throws complete game no-hitter. Giants lose 1-0 on error.

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm on the same boat

This team is a complete shit hole when it comes to front office management. Somebody needs to get this team an economist.

by superk1ng on Jan 19, 2010 3:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Is it ironic that [probably] the only person here that works in econ is mostly ok with this move? (That would be me)

by Missing Barry on Jan 19, 2010 6:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

ahem.

Please hit better, Randy Winn.

by oldjacket on Jan 19, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What are we ahem’ing about?

by Missing Barry on Jan 19, 2010 7:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I work in econ and am not pleased.

I seem to remember that you are in finance, no?

Please hit better, Randy Winn.

by oldjacket on Jan 19, 2010 7:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nah not finance, actual econ. I was just guessing nobody else works in it, my bad, not that common a profession. :)

by Missing Barry on Jan 19, 2010 8:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I would assume he works in econ. And, um, I work in finance. Not sure if that counts, but I’m not happy about this move.

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 7:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But are you an accountant??

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 Jan 20, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Trade Deadline pleez

Maybe flip him (flip him for real).

Kurt Ainsworth Roofing and Insulation. Great service since 2005!

by dangjackson on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

you're gonna need a lot of leverage

and a tractor

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jan 19, 2010 2:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Who else wants him?

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I can never get that Fenster quote out of my head.

by sakbaum on Jan 19, 2010 3:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He’s not going to be traded. First of all, he’s going to stink, so he will have no trade value. Second of all, if we postulate that he plays well (by his standards), the Giants will almost certainly still be “in this thing” (within, say, 4-5 games of a playoff spot) at the deadline, so they naturally will not be able to trade their cleanup hitting catcher.

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 4:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks Benicio!

No one here gets out alive.

by Bond16 on Jan 20, 2010 2:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

by zuma420 on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I called it a week or two ago. I know I’m probably not the only one, but I called it.

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

The worst part is that i used to laugh at every time someone mentioned that Bochy would keep playing Molina. I laughed because we had Buster freaking Posey. It’s totally obvious who’s the better player. And now I know all my worst fears about this team to be true. …plus we paid him way too much.

Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?

by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 19, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Out of fucking no where. wtf...

Its funny because fuck the dodgers

by kvdp12 on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Fuck. …Ok, back to work.

Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.

by BrianBokake on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

I can’t say that I’m shocked. This is a sad day.

by cubesonice on Jan 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I agree. I am basically calm and sort of smirking because this just isn’t unexpected. Really the only thing left to do is just laugh uncomfortably. The management of this team is just a fucking joke. On a related note, we just signed Reggie Sanders and Sachel Page.

/auto-defenestrates

something something jhiat00 will swindle

Young Studs for Old Bats: The Brian Sabean Story

FREE KEVIN FRANDSEN!!! Member of the Frandsen 5% Club.

by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jan 19, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

this is seriously unbelievable.

by zuma420 on Jan 19, 2010 2:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I believe it

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I literally gasped a couple min ago when I saw that front page of MLBTR

my jaw dropped and I was frozen for a minute or so.

wtf happened….

Its funny because fuck the dodgers

by kvdp12 on Jan 19, 2010 2:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

I NEED A BIGGER FUCKING FONT TO EXPRESS HOW FUCKING PISSED I FUCKING AM. THE FUCKING METS WERE GOING TO SIGN HIM YOU FUCKING MORONS!!!!!!! GOD FUCKING DAMNIT.

Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs

by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 2:07 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

You know what, fuck it… i dont give two shits if the Giants signed Molina for 4.5 mil, big whoop… it’s 1 year, i’ll take it, put Buster in there as a back up, spell Molina a couple of games. If he’s batting anywhere near the 3-4-5 spots i’ll be a little disturbed… But it is what it is

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I’d rather have Posey in AAA than sitting on the goddamn bench all year

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What the fuck ever… let him play in AAA then

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They're giving Posey the Steve Young treatment

Problem is, Molina ain’t Montana

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jan 19, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Molina is barely Shaun Hill

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He’s barely Benny Hill.

by TheLetter2 on Jan 19, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Benny Hill has better speed.

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

by EliminateMe on Jan 19, 2010 4:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yakkity Sax should be Molina’s new walk-up music.

by kaliber on Jan 19, 2010 7:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He’s a winner, that’s for sure.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 3:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But it is what it is

What isn’t?

You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean

by bgunn on Jan 19, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

hate, ‘it is what it is.’

No one here gets out alive.

by Bond16 on Jan 20, 2010 2:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I’ve already accepted it. But I disagree about Posey being the backup. Let him play every day in AAA.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jan 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

As do i, but hey, all we can do is criticize this team.. we don’t make decisions… the decisions the team makes may not always be right… but screw it, and let’s just move forward

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Ginats Brass are who we THOT they were!!

Blehhh!

by Giant Homer on Jan 19, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

AND WE LET EM OFF THE HOOK

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."

by GiantPain on Jan 19, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

WE LET 'EM OFF THE HOOK!!!!!

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Posey will certainly be in AAA at least until July or so to avoid the whole Super 2 thingy.

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 4:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I fucking hate this team. Sometimes I really do. I can’t take this shit, I honestly despise Brian Sabean, and I hope he’s at fanfest in 3 weeks so I can yell at him.

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Condolences from a Braves fan

Why couldnt you guys just let him go to the Mets?

Remember folks, I'm almost always wrong.
"Let Jason Heyward start the season in RF, and get the hell out of his way."
Tyreke Evans for Rookie of the Year.
Peyton Manning = Best Quarterback of all time.
At Arizona, our basketball team doesn't rebuild...we re-load.

by mvhsbball on Jan 19, 2010 2:08 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Because the Mets GM is slightly smarter than Sabean.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's not possible

Omar Minaya might literally be the dumbest man in America.

Remember folks, I'm almost always wrong.
My sig was too long...

by mvhsbball on Jan 19, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So you are apparently unfamiliar with the work of the Giants front office…

by Merope on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Eh

Okay, I guess you have a point.

Remember folks, I'm almost always wrong.
My sig was too long...

by mvhsbball on Jan 19, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Edgar Renteria: Starting Shortstop

Brought to you by the front office responsible for such hits as: Michael Tucker, FA signing; and AJ Pierzynski, Let’s Trade for Him!

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sabean and Minaya are very similar as GM's

But they have very different personalities. Minaya is charming, nice, and energetic, whereas Sabean is arrogant, standoffish, and stubborn. I know at the end of the day that doesn’t count for much but at the very least Minaya is likable person, which makes his boneheaded decisions easier to swallow

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

by lincecuminyourface on Jan 20, 2010 9:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Blame those damn Mets

They were all of a sudden smart about not adding a 3rd year….

Win the inning.

by Scooter Ellis on Jan 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was praying they would.

Remember folks, I'm almost always wrong.
My sig was too long...

by mvhsbball on Jan 19, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

do not GIF this

Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW

by jctGamer on Jan 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

It’s getting to the point where I’m really just following this team for the lulz.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah. Too bad about Scotty Pods then.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It was nice last year because there was a chance that this would be Sabean’s final year. Now we have an idiot owner and an idiot GM that we’re stuck with for the foreseeable future

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And they seem to be getting stupider

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jan 19, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Giants Way

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't forget an Idiot Manager

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you find this funny:

You should try being a Warriors fan…it’s freaking hiLOLarious

Blehhh!

by Giant Homer on Jan 19, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I am

And I’m more pissed about this.

by goGSW24 on Jan 19, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, apathy set in a long time for GSW fans

Blehhh!

by Giant Homer on Jan 19, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is true.

by goGSW24 on Jan 19, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Grant didn’t fool us this time.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rod Brooks

“You can smell a wild card, at least”.

"When you look at him, you say: 'Holy God.'" - Pete Carril on Tyreke Evans

by otis29 on Jan 19, 2010 2:10 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

stop im gonna throw up

Now batting catcher Buster Posey
my dream for 2010

by sanfrankid on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It smells like a deuce

by Every6thDay on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rod Brooks knows nothing about baseball.

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory

by Natto on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

GIANTS FANS SHOULD BE HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!

I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!!!

by djp4cal on Jan 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

BE HAPPY!!! NOWWWWW!!!!

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

WIN NOW!!

I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!!!

by djp4cal on Jan 19, 2010 3:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hence why he’s a football fan… and does sideline reporting for the niners….

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I like the Fitz and Brooks show but they are embarrassing when they discuss baseball.

The baseball Satanist

by thehavenot on Jan 19, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

More like a 90 loss season. This team is starting to absolutely reek of 90 losses.

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I hope they lose 100

"meh"

by SFGuy on Jan 19, 2010 4:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Since we have no shot at Bryce Harper

Who’s the best prospect in the 2011 draft?

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!!!!

I was just driving home and heard on KNBR and Rod was so excited that I almost wanted to shoot him.

F*** THIS TEAM.

by goGSW24 on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Omar Minaya

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

I take pictures

by SoFa King Mike on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I dont want to be that guy...

But Im ok with this (as long as hes not batting cleanup) ducks for cover

Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!

by prnkmonkie77 on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

bat cleanup?

BORK

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

I take pictures

by SoFa King Mike on Jan 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I forgot Who our manager was, it was a mistake, wont happen again *hangs head in shame*

Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!

by prnkmonkie77 on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

WHY IS BENGIE?!

I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean

by ringleader3 on Jan 19, 2010 2:11 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

New site slogan

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

+ Good experience and results with our pitching staff. I think the pitchers feel comfortable with him behind the plate
+ Only 1 year
+ Full season of Buster learning from Bengie (hopefully)

- Seriously clogs the bases due to his lack of speed and OBP
- Blocks Posey
- 4.5 million which could have been spent on a legitimate 5th starter

All in all, if he’s hitting 6th or 7th, it’s an OK signing…Certainly shows that Sabean hasn’t learned anything, but it might help us win more games..

by giants92388 on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

+ Full season of Buster learning from Bengie (hopefully)

If this is the case, I’ll be pretty pissed. Posey needs to be playing every day.

"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis

by jcb9 on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

I think he means play somewhere everyday, as in AAA. Which is 100% correct. If Posey plays once a week in the majors next year it will be one of the alltime stupidest things ever.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Jan 19, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Based on Poseys Fall preformance,

Brian?

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fall Stats and ST Stats

are where jobs are earned

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 3:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is a joke BTW

Well a joke to everyone but Bork & Brian

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 3:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What performance? His handful of at-bats? Gahhh.

by AndOnTheDrums... on Jan 19, 2010 6:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dude your math is effed up.

The negatives have a much greater absolute value than the positives.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Here's what I don't get

This signing does two things: it blocks Posey and it virtually guarantees that Bumgarner starts the year in the rotation. At the beginning of the off-season, which prospect appeared to be more major league-ready? The guy who got significant playing time in AAA or the guy who saw his stuff decline in AA?

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This team has such bizarre ideas about player development.

"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis

by jcb9 on Jan 19, 2010 3:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Please remember

to spay and neuter your general managers, people.

by Hummfugginbaby on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hmm

I would rather have Bengie for one year than Yorvit for 2. Just saying.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."

by GiantPain on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

Who needs smoking? Being a Giant's fan will take 10-15 Years off of my life easy!

by prnkmonkie77 on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

regretably, this is true.

Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW

by jctGamer on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That’s really the only positive about this signing. No Yorvit and it’s only for a year.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How is this a positive.

Again, with the vacuum.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The problem is that those are the options, when a real GM would say none of the above.

Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.

by MonkeyChow on Jan 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

+1

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And I’d rather have a cold than the stomach flu

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd rather have Posey.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't feel like being part of this MCC Corporate Conformist War Machine

Therefore I have decided to be happy about this deal

Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu

by AXmrdrir on Jan 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

okay, my nose started bleeding from the pressure, back to alcohol laced apathy

Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu

by AXmrdrir on Jan 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

FUCK THE HECK?

I really wish I could just become a Mariners fan… or that we could trade for Jack Zspellingtest.

Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.

by MonkeyChow on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hi, you're Lisa Stevens

Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW

by jctGamer on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

NEEDZ MOAR JOHNNY RABB

Kurt Ainsworth Roofing and Insulation. Great service since 2005!

by dangjackson on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Dingerz

from at least the six hole?

by dogdays on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Way better than dingleberries from the two hole.

by Every6thDay on Jan 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is a Sabean special

Sign two older bats that had solid years a few years back, and re-sign one of the worst offensive players in baseball last season as a stopgap for your young player who could give you just as much.

He does realize that Bonds is no longer on the roster right?

I’m thinking the Giants need to go NFL up in here – get an “Offensive GM” and a “Pitching GM”.

"When you look at him, you say: 'Holy God.'" - Pete Carril on Tyreke Evans

by otis29 on Jan 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Can Dye be far behind?

You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean

by bgunn on Jan 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Fire Sabean Now!!!!!!!

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

New LOLineup:

Grit
Hustle
Pablo
Veteran Savvy
Good Soldier
PlaysGameTheRightWay
AdmiredfromAfar
LooksGoodinJeans
Cy Young

by Every6thDay on Jan 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

But catchers get better the older they get

Todd Hundley amirite?

Kurt Ainsworth Roofing and Insulation. Great service since 2005!

by dangjackson on Jan 19, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Jake Taylor syndrome?

If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.

by Mike Hawk on Jan 19, 2010 2:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

At least he can get to first safely when he bunts.

Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry

by jhiat00 on Jan 19, 2010 2:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’m neither happy nor sad nor pissed right now, more apathetic… Whatever helps this team be more successful i’m good with, that’s my stance, everyone can prove to me that Bengie sucks and Buster would be a bright spot on this team… I don’t care

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:15 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I expect MCC to look like Waco by this evening

Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu

by AXmrdrir on Jan 19, 2010 2:15 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Let's be honest here

It is in the best interests of our team for the Giants to suck out loud this year.

All of the assets on the team are young, so it’s not like there’s a closing window of opportunity. The absolute best thing that can happen to the team is for the Giants to lose 88 games and for Sabean to be canned.

by Bitter Fan on Jan 19, 2010 2:15 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Bow-tie is part of the problem

He will not can

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I agree

It is Bow Tie’s fault for not chopping Sabean into pieces and canning him.

WHY IS BENGIE?!

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Showing off my sig for the 200th time

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm, it’s not really that unlikely that all of Huff, Molina, Franchez, and Derosa will suck and/or be injured. If that happens, and the Giants lose more than they win, I think Sabean would be fired.

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LOLMETSGIANTS:

LOL, thank you Brian Sabean.
-Signed,
Mets fans.

I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean

by ringleader3 on Jan 19, 2010 2:15 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

GET OF UR HANDZ METS BRASS

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory

by Natto on Jan 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

DINGERRRZZZ!Z!!!

sabeans a fucking idiot. i dont give up. man down.

Its funny because fuck the dodgers

by kvdp12 on Jan 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I DO give up..

Its funny because fuck the dodgers

by kvdp12 on Jan 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Another game of.....WHO GETS DFA?

FREEEED LEWIS, come on down!
KEEEEEEVIN FRAAAANDSEN, jog on down, watch your Achilles!
ALEX HINNY HINNNNNNNSHAW, you thought your ass was safe last week? Nope, come on down!

Win the inning.

by Scooter Ellis on Jan 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Why don’t they just DFA Posey? He’ll never play anyways

YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL

by heimy25 on Jan 19, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully its Hinshaw

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 3:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Let the rosterbation begin.

My new 2010 opening day line-up.

  1. Rowand(CF),Unfortunately this was the only place he could help the team last year.
  2. Sanchez(2B)
  3. Sandoval(3B)
  4. Huff(1B)
  5. DeRosa(LF)
  6. Molina©
  7. Schierholtz(RF)
  8. Renteria(SS)

Seriously why did have to sign Molina.

by Gargonzo on Jan 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

switch de rosa and fat ass

you know bochy wont let bengie hit 6th

Its funny because fuck the dodgers

by kvdp12 on Jan 19, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Like Schierholtz is really going to play.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Jermaine Dye!!!

Its funny because fuck the dodgers

by kvdp12 on Jan 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

followed by DFA nate for no reason

Its funny because fuck the dodgers

by kvdp12 on Jan 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That is a bad baseball team. I can’t believe they’re really spending $14M in 2010 on players (Derosa, Huff, Molina) that will, at best, not make the team any better at all relative to free alternatives. You can buy something pretty nice for $14M. (And that doesn’t even count the $2M or so they could have saved by choosing a cheaper alternative to Franchez.)

by taliesin on Jan 19, 2010 4:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nope. We cannot afford Matt Holliday, says Brian Sabean.

by Missing Barry on Jan 19, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I really hope everyone is wrong about Schierholtz starting the season in RF.

No one here gets out alive.

by Bond16 on Jan 20, 2010 2:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Why? Unless you’re a Bowker-wanter, Schierholtz in RF is one of the only things to be interested in seeing this season. And even if you are a Bowker-wanter, Schierholtz is kind of just like a younger, less-unknown-quantity version.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 8:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

At least one person is still holding out hope for Lewis (LF), DeRosa (RF)!

by Missing Barry on Jan 20, 2010 8:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah, Lewis. He’s still on the team?

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 9:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

2009: 308 PA’s, .302 OBP, .702 OPS. 16BB’s

He is better than Torres or Velez maybe. But starting him over Lewis or Bowker is a joke.

No one here gets out alive.

by Bond16 on Jan 20, 2010 9:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I agree. But it’s closer than you make it seem, because Schierholtz is much better defensively than either of them, and also a better baserunner than at least Bowker.

by taliesin on Jan 20, 2010 9:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’m actually not sure about why we believe Bowker would be better. Other than being a relatively unknown major league commodity, he’s older than Schierholtz and never really outperformed him as a minor leaguer. Bowker took more walks. Schierholtz hit for more power. The overall product has been about the same. And Schierholtz is younger and plays better defense.

And as major leaguers, the difference between them is less than 100 at bats. If we want Bowker because he’s an “unknown” then Schierholtz is actually almost exactly as much of an “unknown” except that his similarly short major league track record is MUCH better.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I guess I don’t want to start a guy with a major league track record of .702 OPS at a corner outfield position. He had his 300 PAs last year to prove himself and I think he proved he was a capable bench player. I would rather give Bowker 200 consistent PAs to prove his 2009 AAA season might translate into major league production.

No one here gets out alive.

by Bond16 on Jan 20, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But what about Schierholtz’s 472 career at bats of .731 OPS (.702 was in 2009 only) is that much more PROVEN than John Bowker’s 393 career at bats of a .693 OPS? A whole 79 at bats difference means that much to you?

And what about Schierholtz’s career minor league .871 OPS is that much less convincing than Bowker’s career minor league .857 OPS?

Really, the only thing Bowker has is that he’s performed slightly better in AAA than Schierholtz did, even though almost all of that was achieved in 450 at bats at the age of 25 when Schierholtz managed his in almost 800 at bats – most of which came in his age 23 and 24 seasons.

I mean, there’s almost no reason to think that Bowker is better than Schierholtz at all, except for the one AAA season and the OMG WALKS. Schierholtz is younger, and he has a longer track record of actually performing better. And he’s outperformed Bowker with the bat at the major league level in an almost identical total number of at bats (small though that number may be). And he’s a better fielder.

I’m not trying to dismiss wanting to see Bowker. Hell, I want to see Bowker. I just don’t quite understand where the perception came from that he’s really that much better than Nate. Maybe it’s just the truth that both of them are pretty marginal.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You can quote their career stats all you want. But this is Bowker’s 2009 AAA line:

PAs 450, OBP .451, OPS 1.047

You agreed you want to see Bowker and this is exactly why people want to see what he can do! Maybe he learned something in AAA. Lets find out. Nate never put up numbers like that for a full season in the minors and he had his 300 PAs last year to prove he could hit in the bigs. My personal evaluation of him is over, but its not for Johnny boy.

No one here gets out alive.

by Bond16 on Jan 20, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I acknowledged the very good AAA season that Bowker had last season. But you’re not acknowledging that crutching on a 450 at bat sample of his entire minor league career that happens to support your opinion isn’t really anything but glorified cherry picking.

So we can’t take anything from 400 major league at bats from Bowker.
But we CAN take something out of 300 of Nate Schierholtz’s most recent major league at bats.
And we CAN take something out of 450 of John Bowker’s most recent minor league at bats.
But we CAN’T take anything out of 2000+ total minor league at bats for either player.

I mean, honestly WTF is going on here?

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dude its not cherry picking. You and I both know that Johnny was sent back down after blowing it in the bigs in 2008. He had a great 2009 in AAA and exceeded all his previous minor league stats. Why shouldn’t we believe he learned something there? Why are you defending Nate? Nate didn’t perform in 2009 just like Bowker didn’t perform in 2008. I mean he was better than Johnny ever has been at the major league level but, like you said, both have been pretty marginal. The absolute ONLY upside here is the fact that Bowker MIGHT have learned something in AAA that would help him succeed in the bigs.

No one here gets out alive.

by Bond16 on Jan 20, 2010 1:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I said glorified cherry picking. And it is. You’re using a sample of at bats to support an opinion when that sample is basically equal to another sample that you’re completely disregarding.

It is tempting to look at Bowker’s 2009 season in AAA and think that something changed. It’s also discouring to see him come up the big club and hack at the same sliders he always hacked at. Sure, something might have changed. On the other hand, maybe he had a hot streak while repeating a level at an advanced age after having already experienced a higher level. It’s not surprising that a player who has had at bats against major league pitching would go back down to AAA and appear to be better than he had been before he ever even saw a major league pitcher.

When you’re talking about 450 at bats, you have to make some pretty big assumptions while disregarding some other pretty compelling evidence to see what you want to see.

Yes, Bowker MIGHT have figured something out. It’s one of many possible conclusions to come to from his 450 at bat 2009 minor league sample.

On the other hand, Todd Linden had a 1.120 OPS in 415 AAA at bats in 2005. He was also 25 that year. He was also repeating AAA after having some time in the majors. He also saw a huge gain in his AAA walk numbers and appeared to have figured something out.

Bowker might be different, but the Linden example should be enough to at least make you cautious.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 2:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Of course I am cautious. I watched most of Johnny’s PAs in 2009 and I agree it was extremely discouraging. But what is the point of running Nate out there again when we know his chances of greatly improving his 2009 performance are slim. CHONE puts him at less than .800 OPS and I pretty much agree with this. Corner outfielders should contribute more than that. I think Nate has real value on the team as a left handed backup outfielder and pinch runner and all-around great guy. My point was that I hope the assumptions he will be our starting RF are wrong. Anyway, I appreciate your input on this as I really needed to see the opposing point of view.

No one here gets out alive.

by Bond16 on Jan 20, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nate + Rowand platoon for CF! (I think it’s a great idea, seriously)….

by Missing Barry on Jan 21, 2010 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

a 450 at bat sample of his entire minor league career that happens to support your opinion isn’t really anything but glorified cherry picking.

If you’re going to quote things like OPS that have large amounts of sample error in 450 AB’s, sure. The thing about Bowker that’s different, though, is the qualities that generally have a lot smaller sample error like BB% and K% changed, and these things rarely change for anything other than a legtiimate change in skill. So I don’t think it’s accurate to call excitement over a new approach based on changes in peripherals like that cherry picking. Larger sample generally = better, but more recent is more telling than less recent, and a change in skill level (assuming there is one) kind of makes the long ago past obsolete…

by Missing Barry on Jan 21, 2010 10:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It’s not really the long ago past, though. Bowker was failing to crush the minor leagues as early as one and a half years ago.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Jan 21, 2010 11:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’m not huge on Bowker, but what intrigues me about him is the change in skills that normally don’t change (and when they do, suggest a whole new hitter). That is, BB%, K%…those things that correlate highly from year to year because they’re almost entirely skill based…so that may suggest a whole new Bowker.

by Missing Barry on Jan 21, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No worries really

35 year old catchers rebound from poor seasons all the time.

"When you look at him, you say: 'Holy God.'" - Pete Carril on Tyreke Evans

by otis29 on Jan 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Rumor has it “He’s in the best shape of his career.”

You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean

by bgunn on Jan 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Goodbye Fred Lewis

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Exhibit 124354789574 C

On why you can’t trust a word out of Sabean or Bochy’s mouths.

/auto-defenestrates

something something jhiat00 will swindle

Young Studs for Old Bats: The Brian Sabean Story

FREE KEVIN FRANDSEN!!! Member of the Frandsen 5% Club.

by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jan 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Wow, Giants submitted $8 million in Lincecum arb?

/refuses to think about signing for 15 seconds

by Every6thDay on Jan 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Timmy asked for 13 million. Judge will side with him, no question

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed. I’m guessing the Giants didn’t want to set a precedent by a team proposing over $10 million. Hopefully, they make it clear to Timmy that they’ll be happy to pay him his reward.

by Every6thDay on Jan 19, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dude, Tebow just heard the news

Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu

by AXmrdrir on Jan 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Dude, i heard the news Tebows a terrible QB

by PiKAgiant on Jan 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Even Urban Meyer’s feeling dizzy.

by Every6thDay on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He’s got Jesus on his o-line

Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu

by AXmrdrir on Jan 19, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well at least

my Bengie bobblehead is still accurate.

Kurt Ainsworth Roofing and Insulation. Great service since 2005!

by dangjackson on Jan 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I blame Bush for this signing and the Dems losing Massachusetts

One of the few to have appreciated Cap'n Jax. Do well in NC, get that 8th seed!

Conductor of the "We're Back!" Bandwagon!

by ejdacanay on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Oh nice, good news to balance the bad.

Let's Play a Lineup Game!

The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga

Sabean's Vets: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Renteria, Schierholtz, Posey

The Kids' CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Sabean's Vets' CHONE War projection= 13.5

by dregarx on Jan 19, 2010 9:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What we needed:
A veteran catcher who accepts that at this point his role is as a backup and mentor, is known more for defense than offense, and who is willing to step aside and let Posey be the starter, whether that’s when the season starts or a couple of months in. (See: Ausmus, Brad, or one of many catchers in their late 30s, even semi-retired ones.)

What we got:
A veteran catcher who whines and pouts when he’s not the starter and therefore probably does little to no teaching to younger players, who is clinging to a starting role despite offensive stats that look good on the surface but look pretty damn bad just below the surface, and has no interest or intention of stepping aside at any point.

by GiantJay on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

God damn it sabean..

I had shit I wanted to do today.

Its funny because fuck the dodgers

by kvdp12 on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

room for two?

Its funny because fuck the dodgers

by kvdp12 on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The scariest thing about that pic is the ceiling.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

which line-up is better? If it was for Pablo, I'd definitely take B

Rowand CF
Sanchez 2B
Sandoval 3B
Molina C
Huff 1B
DeRosa LF
Schierholtz RF
Renteria SS

Lewis LF
Posey C
Garko 1B
Bowker RF
Uribe SS
Velez 2B
Frandsen SS
Torres CF

by kingofthacove on Jan 19, 2010 2:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Not seriously, though, right?

Kurt Ainsworth Roofing and Insulation. Great service since 2005!

by dangjackson on Jan 19, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

defense considered, the only advantages the first line-up has is 3B (meant to put Frandsen), 2B, and probably CF

by kingofthacove on Jan 19, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

HEY GAIZ

I FOUND OUR CLEANUP HITTER. YEAH! LET"S DRINK!

Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW

by jctGamer on Jan 19, 2010 2:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

NO, NO, FUCK NO

by atxgiantsfan on Jan 19, 2010 2:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

$6M for DeRosa, $6M for Sanchez, $3M for Huff, $4.5M for Molina=$19.5M spent this offseason on “free agents”. And we couldn’t get Holliday because of payroll concerns?

by quincy0191 on Jan 19, 2010 2:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

See my sig.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Giants management know how to speak out of both sides of their mouth.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don’t forget $3m for Uribe.

I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.

by esseffgeez on Jan 19, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I left that off because we actually needed a second baseman, and it was either him or Freddy.

by quincy0191 on Jan 19, 2010 3:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No, Borass concerns

by crazedcrustacean on Jan 19, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

New pinch-running rule makes this a GREAT SIGNING!

Bud Selig announced today that -effective this season - MLB will allow pinch runners to stand at the plate and run to first for the batter. Now we can keep Velez, too.

Now batting………..Eugenio Molina.

McCovey Chronicles: a bunch of shellacking know-it-alls.

by 22gigantes on Jan 19, 2010 2:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

still fatter than the average person

Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry

by jhiat00 on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It was a pie or cake option.

by Every6thDay on Jan 19, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

NEW SIG FOR THE WIN

I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean

by ringleader3 on Jan 19, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

NOT ACTUALLY WIN

I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean

by ringleader3 on Jan 19, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LARS THE CONTENDER!

"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry

by victor frankenstein on Jan 20, 2010 9:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Top onion?

I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.

by esseffgeez on Jan 19, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wear it around your belt.

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory

by Natto on Jan 19, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Which was the style at the time.

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

by EliminateMe on Jan 19, 2010 2:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bengie has a clause in his contract stipulating that he is allowed to have snacks while behind the plate.

WHY IS BENGIE?!

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully tied to number of triples and stolen bases.

You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean

by bgunn on Jan 19, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Can we rec a sig?

I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!!!

by djp4cal on Jan 19, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just rec every Lars post from now until Bengie is no longer on this team.

by goGSW24 on Jan 19, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If we had signed Holiday or [Jason] Bay, we would have been without Molina, Sanchez, Huff, and DeRosa—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:24 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I’m glad we didn’t sign Jason Bay

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, the quote needed a second FA name…so…

But that’s really not the point is it.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

is it?

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

lol

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Best picture yet.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rec'd

Lulz

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And hooray for 10,000th post? Has a sad.

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sabean to Giants Fans

YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL

by heimy25 on Jan 19, 2010 2:25 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

angry hot chick is angry

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 Jan 19, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Obviously...

….she can handle The Situation.

Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???

by oldrips on Jan 19, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I dunno

I don’t find anybody on that show even remotely attractive. I guess J-Wow has the best body but thats about it.

by superk1ng on Jan 19, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

She’s not bad looking, but her fake boobs are way too distracting for me. Breasts that big should never be that far apart.

Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl

by Viliphied on Jan 19, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It’s like they’re trying to name themselves after American Gladiator competitors

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love how MTV caught the reverse angle

I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean

by ringleader3 on Jan 19, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like how it says “owwned” seeing how her name is "J-WOWW

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jan 19, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We root for a team run by fucking idiots.

I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!!!

by djp4cal on Jan 19, 2010 2:26 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

OT

Kauai is so awesome that it almost overshadows the stupidity of the Giants front office. Almost.

by goGSW24 on Jan 19, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Take pix.

"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry

by victor frankenstein on Jan 19, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh man, I am officially 100% less interested in the coming season…

so sad.

by WTF on Jan 19, 2010 2:27 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

wassup, rocker

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jan 19, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sabean incompetence is way up…

you feelin’ better?

hope so…

by WTF on Jan 19, 2010 3:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah man!

almost 100%. thanks for askin’.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jan 19, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is exactly correct.

WHY IS BENGIE?!

by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Shut up, Damon Bruce
Entire Fall League knew that. RT @UOsportsdude: @DamonBruce did the front office come to the conclusion that Buster Posey just wasn’t ready?
No sacrasm. #sfgiants have improved their chances enough to win the West. Bengie is vial to the staff’s. and now has a little protection.

YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL

by heimy25 on Jan 19, 2010 2:27 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

baahahahahhahahahhahahahhahah

ha

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jan 19, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe Benjie will only catch Sanchez.

McCovey Chronicles: a bunch of shellacking know-it-alls.

by 22gigantes on Jan 19, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Damon Bruce is an idiot.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah. All Bengie needed was a little protection in the lineup. Is he serious?

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There’s your answer to WHY IS BENGIE?

Bengie is vial

You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean

by bgunn on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I agree.

Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

by Cody_ransom on Jan 19, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

a vial of what?

by Merope on Jan 19, 2010 2:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

poop

Brian says a lot of things. Brian only does one thing, though. Get low OBP hacking suckholes who’s best years are in the past. - Missing Barry

by jhiat00 on Jan 19, 2010 2:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

roids

Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?

by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 19, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

damnit. i couldn’t look a few comments down?

by kaliber on Jan 19, 2010 7:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yea I heard him saying this the other night….it was a lot funnier when he was discussing a hypothetical situation

Thing A

by sam23 on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

A vial of steroids that is

Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?

by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 19, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow

That is idiotic.

90 losses.

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 19, 2010 3:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've got nothing.

"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.

-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler

by Alex_Lewis on Jan 19, 2010 2:28 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I heart Keith Law

"Any time I watch a game on television, I have to turn the commentators off. They say 'he's playing well' and I'm thinking 'no, he's not.' My advice to anyone is don't listen to the experts, just watch the game and gather your own opinion."
-Roy Keane

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That guy sure does talk a lot of shit about the Giants.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We are all Keith Law today

"When you look at him, you say: 'Holy God.'" - Pete Carril on Tyreke Evans

by otis29 on Jan 19, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Keith law is Pedro Fe...

O what’s the point

Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Jan 19, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He was giving them a lot of love in their recent drafts.

The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."

by ResDog on Jan 19, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

fish + barrel + gun

Bonds stands alone.

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

by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 19, 2010 4:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

that is amazing

by quincy0191 on Jan 19, 2010 3:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

didn't have time to read all these comments

but I’m assuming everyone is extremely happy about this signing. I have to be honest and disagree. I don’t like it.

by Into the Void on Jan 19, 2010 2:28 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

So, let’s see how MCC did on the offseason wish list, shall we?

- Do not re-sign Sabean
- Do not re-sign Bochy
- Sign a couple of OBP guys
- Sign a big bat
- Sign a fifth starter
- Make Posey the starting catcher
- Do not trade pitching

Well, 1 of 7 wasn’t bad. YAY GIANTS!!!

I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.

by esseffgeez on Jan 19, 2010 2:30 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Sigh

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Jan 19, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

- Do not trade pitching

There’s still time

Thing A

by sam23 on Jan 19, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

especially with the contract Sanchez just signed.

doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol

by Tim LinCyYoung on Jan 19, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs