Bengie Molina: Back on the Giants
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 4:01 PM PST
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Reporter #1: How many RBI will Bengie Molina bring back to the Giants?Sabean: Oh, there’s no question that he’ll bring a bunch of RBI back. He had them neatly packed and hanging in a garment bag, ready to leave, and we weren’t going to be able to replace them. You say we signed a player; I say we signed a bag of RBI that can also manage a pitching staff. It’s a coup for this offense.
Reporter #2: If Bengie Molina is such an integral part of a successful lineup, why do you think he couldn’t find anything close to the contract he was seeking?
Sabean: …
Reporter #2: …
Sabean: …
Reporter #3: In your opinion, why wasn’t Buster Posey ready to be a starting catcher?
Sabean: Well, it’s a complicated position -- the on-field general, really -- and we weren’t sure if Posey was ready to call a good game.
Reporter #3: Couldn’t Bochy call a game from the dugout if that’s such a huge problem?
Sabean: …
Reporter #3: Uh…
Sabean: Bruce has better things to do with his time in the dugout.
Reporter #3: What would Posey do that would make his game-calling so poor? Would he call fastballs down the middle on 3-2 counts? Would he ask Tim Lincecum to throw a three-seam fastball? Did the San Jose Giants or Fresno Grizzlies have instances of bizarre pitches being thrown in crucial situations?
Sabean: The majors are a whole other ball of wax, and at the end of the day, Buster wasn’t ready.
Reporter #1: Bengie Molina had the 2nd-worst on-base percentage in the National League last year, and when he does get on base, he’s the slowest player in baseball. He’s also in awful shape, and he’s going to be 35. Even if we accept the argument that he’s a positive influence on the pitching staff compared to a cheaper free agent, or when compared to what Buster Posey would do, do you think he will improve the Giants’ efforts to score runs?
Sabean: See, that’s just selectively plucking your data points. He was 54th in the league in batting average, and 33rd in RBI. So, yes, he will help the offense.
Reporter #1: Do you think that he’ll continue to get the same number of RBI when he’s not hitting cleanup?
Sabean: Of course, those are the RBI that he’s creating. Why wouldn’t they stay the same? He’s a run producer. So his RBI will just move to a lower spot in the order, which makes this lineup even stronger.
Reporter #3: Do you think that Bengie gives the Giants a chance to score more runs than Buster Posey would, and why?
Sabean: It’s a no-brainer. Of course. Molina is a proven RBI man, and all Posey has done is hit well in the upper minors. We wouldn’t know how Posey would hit until he received playing time in the majors, and we certainly aren’t going to give him playing time in the majors until we know how he’ll hit. That’s how most teams operate, I’m sure. So when you get a chance to add a proven run producer over an unknown quantity, you jump at it.
Reporter #4: What do you think of Beethoven?
Sabean: Great. Especially his poems.
laughter
I had already resigned myself to the idea that the Giants were going to sign a catcher like Rod Barajas or Yorvit Torrealba, neither of whom are much better than Molina. And I’m actually fine with the idea that Posey should be eased into the starting job; he’s young, and catching is a heckuva strain on the body. If Posey was really worn down after the Hawaiian League, spring training, the minors for a full season, sitting on the bench in the majors, and the Arizona Fall League, maybe it’s not a bad idea to let him ease into the job.
What kills me about this move is: a) I think the Giants really believe that Bengie Molina is an above-average hitter, and b) I think the Giants really believe that the difference between the greatest game-caller/pitcher-handler in the catching ranks and the worst game-caller/pitcher-handler is worth several million dollars on a tight budget.
All things being equal, I don’t mind a player with Molina’s résumé hitting toward the bottom of the order while Posey, who would probably be an offensive improvement, hones his craft in a situation that isn’t as physically demanding while keeping his service time down. I just hate the move because I know that’s not the reason the Giants re-signed Molina. They think he’s a good offensive player.
They’re doing cartwheels in the front office because they think they’ve signed a good hitter, and the beliefs that lead to an evaluation like that are why the Giants have been at the bottom of the National League in runs scored for the past five seasons. That’s why I don’t like the move. If Bengie Molina’s name were Mortimer Stankovich, I’d probably be completely indifferent.
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On the afternoon of Bengie Molina’s signing, the Heavens wept over San Francisco and let out thunderous cries of anguish. But in time, the tempest passed, and the sun appeared once more from behind the mournful gray sky. Now a rainbow arcs over the fair city by the bay, reminding its faithful citizens that something wonderful can follow from something that seems so terrible.
(That said, fire Sabean)
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Sean Connery: Not a fan of the ladies, eh Trebek?
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 19, 2010 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
Chief, I have to differ with your opinion on Torrealba not exceeding Molina
Just line those bad boys up at home and tell them to race to second.
Torrealba exspeeds Molina every time.
Every time there’s no chalupa waiting at second, that is.
"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 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure just one chalupa is sufficient motivation.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
wow
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Jan 19, 2010 4:03 PM PST reply actions
Your pseudo-Sabean is far too articulate and relatively platitude-free …. please try again
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
Its ok....we'll get through this together.
What's the matter with Sabean?!?!? He's a bum!
by The Montana Giant on Jan 19, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
Yarrr, it make more sense that way. Yarrrr.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
I mentally take out the comma, and the third, fourth, and fifth words.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
‘They always be taking me asshole’
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
Magically delicious
Always after me lucky charms
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 20, 2010 7:25 AM PST up reply actions
He still has a physical to pass right?
Right?
PLEASE!
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
I’ve got two words for Bengie: Camp Panda. It worked so well for Pablo…
Choppin' broccoli
by SimpleJaquez on Jan 19, 2010 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
When I see I’ve got two words for Bengie, all I think of is the old late 90’s WWF wrestling group DX.
"meh"
they brought it back?
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
lolwut
who’s in it?? It can’t be the same people, right?
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I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
HHH and HBK
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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HBK IS STILL WRESTLING
LOLWUT?! Isnt he like 55 now?
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by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
He’s 44 and still one of the best wrestlers out there.
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I always liked him
I just thought he was done already. 44 isn’t that old I guess, I thought he was older
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by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
Dude still looks good!
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I guess
if THATS what youre in to. (not that there’s anything wrong with that)
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Thanks to roger
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by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
They don’t call him the Heartbreak Kid for nothing.
*swoon *
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But guys
according to MLB Network…we’re contenders next year!
dumbasses
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey I really thought you had a shot
I still believe our offense has improved over last year. Our pitching, if it puts up near what it did last year, can mean yes we could contend again. We weren’t that far off last year.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
agreed
What's the matter with Sabean?!?!? He's a bum!
by The Montana Giant on Jan 19, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
enh
We also got pretty lucky in a number of ways last year.
"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
Well, no
Not all teams outperform their pythagorean. Not all teams score more runs than their OBP/SLG/wOBA say they should. Not all teams have ERAs significantly better than their FIP (of course, that last one probably has as much to do with defense as luck – but with Pablo, Renteria, and Huff in the infield, I’m not expecting great things from our defense in 2010).
"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
The Rockies were going at a pretty ridiculous stretch in the 2nd half
The Dodgers pitching somehow made it through the whole year
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
You might want to take another look at the Dodgers pitching from last year. They were very good.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
The Dodgers pitching is good.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
the "team whom i shall not mention" had great pitching
What's the matter with Sabean?!?!? He's a bum!
by The Montana Giant on Jan 19, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
The Dodgers pitching performs well.
But they clearly are evil.
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They perform well because Tommy Lasorda sold his soul
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
And chavez ravine is the opening to hell
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 19, 2010 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
Not the unlucky ones.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
agreed
What's the matter with Sabean?!?!? He's a bum!
by The Montana Giant on Jan 19, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
our offense did improve but what I was irritated about was that they were all saying that Bengie was like the missing link. Suddenly by signing him we became contenders. I don’t take them seriously but it still is just somewhat irritating. I do think though we have a shot.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey I really thought you had a shot
that is so sad, every year lincecum isn’t pitching in the post season is a complete waste of talent
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey I really thought you had a shot
“What’s wrong with your life that you need drugs to make it bearable?”
We all have our reasons.
"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 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
Over/under on Molina pouting episodes in 2010?
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
under
he’s taking it in the nuts on this one, plus he needs to impress for next year. Bengie knows the score on this one, and he’ll be wearing his happy face.
by KrazyKrabMeat on Jan 19, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
_WAY_ over
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Over
What's the matter with Sabean?!?!? He's a bum!
by The Montana Giant on Jan 19, 2010 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
first one will be on opening day when he doesn’t see his name in the #4 spot.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 19, 2010 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a bunch of small bad moves that add up to one craptacular offseason.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
It’s a bunch of small bad moves that add up to one craptacular offseason.
that was a beautiful quote.
What's the matter with Sabean?!?!? He's a bum!
by The Montana Giant on Jan 19, 2010 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
One thing that I didn’t fit into this post: I really, really, really don’t think Molina will catch more than 100 games this year. He’s too out of shape. I’ve been expecting him to break down for a while, but it has to happen at some point.
I dunno. Bochy is such a dumbass that he lets injured and worn out players stay in the lineup day after day, praising them for wanting to get out there and play, no matter what the effect is on the team.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
GAMERS!
Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???
I have no problem rooting for injuries
So long as they are not life-ending. Bengie Molina will make over 4 million dollars next year.
"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."
That came off harsh
I meant to say I have no problem rooting for injuries that only impact baseball and not the ability to live a happy healthy life.
I, for instance, will be rooting for Roy Halladay to suffer a shoulder strain so that I can drink the delicious tears of phillie fans.
"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."
What if baseball is the only ray of sunshine in Roy Halladay’s miserable life?
"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 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
60 million dollars
can buy a lot of therapy
"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."
The beauty of this is that people are talking about Posey’s lack of conditioning as a reason he shouldn’t be playing in the majors.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Yeah he'll be fine once Buster gets called up
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 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I still hate this move.
"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
I don’t really hate it that much.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Now I do.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, whatever.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not.
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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NOT Sabean’s wife or dog. Frandsen learned that the hard way.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Just start sleeping with everyone until you breakout. It worked for Madonna!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
His world not your world.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jan 23, 2010 7:50 AM PST up reply actions
Look on the bright side: we can at least trade his expiring contract for a decent player at the trade deadline, right?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
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
we are all Bengie!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 19, 2010 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
And you just know Bengie-goo is gonna have a shit attitude all year ‘cuz he wasn’t able to get a sniff of a multi-year deal after being such a gaping asshole about the whole affair last year.
This has the smell of “bork” all over it.
Bengie-goo?
If we do see the spoogeball this year, at least I’ll know why.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
/ducks
I still think Sabean was handcuffed by a number of guys who didn’t want to sign with the Giants. I haven’t really heard of better options for this offseason, giving what we possibly know more about now with dudes not wanting to play for us.
Begin the rage towards me in 3…2…1…
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Better option:
UNLEASH POSEY
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 19, 2010 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Might as well fold up the franchise, then. If we can’t attract top talent, what’s the point? We’re certainly not going to waste time trying to develop in-house options through the draft and international scouting like every other organization does.
Except Posey will be in AAA developing. We still have a top 5 farm system, just a lot of our guys are a few years away. At the very least, Sabean signed a bunch of guys to 1 and 2 year contracts.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Are you sure Posey isn’t on the MLB roster to start the year?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 19, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
He’d better not be – wherever he is, he needs to be playing regularly.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
The farm system is meaningless unless the big club shows it knows what to do with the players. And it apparently doesn’t.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Lewis
Bowker
Nate
Posey
Frandsen
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 19, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Bowker and Nate will at least fight over RF.
you can maybe argue that Lewis’ development has been hampered. maybe, but what about how no other team wants him or Frandsen?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I bet that if Lewis gets DFA’d, some team ends up wanting him pretty quickly.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
Teams might add him for depth, but you don’t see anyone trading for Lewis to plug straight into their lineups
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
And I didn’t say “if Lewis gets put on the trading block, some team will try to give something up to get him.”
If Lewis is free, he’ll be useful to somebody, and their straw will reach all the way across the room and they will drink him up.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Who says they don’t want them? I’m willing to bet Sabean doesn’t try to shop Frandsen around just to spite him by leaving him in Fresno.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 19, 2010 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
There was the story about Lewis and Frandsen for Kouzmanoff…and I believe it was around that time that it was said there was no interest in those 2 players
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
The point about Lewis and Frandsen isn’t that they’re great players. It’s that they are cheap and about as good as the expensive old dudes we signed to play ahead of them. So sabes spent a bunch of cash for marginal upgrades (and possible downgrades) instead of improving the team.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Holliday locks you up for years. The question is do you build a lineup around him (for years) like we did with Bonds around him? I’d say no. Guess you think so.
Cameron is old and isn’t that good v RHP. But, is better than Rowand. How much better? Worth the ??
Johnson wanted to play in NY.
Bradley is a problem-child. A big risk. Not sure I’d want to go there. You have 25 guys who have to get along.s They aren’t just stats and projections in there.
Clearly
Aaron Rowand is the guy you build a lineup around…
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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How many options does Frandsen have left?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 6:10 PM PST up reply actions
ah, thanks. I was too lazy to look at Natto’s post from a while back.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
You could start by not paying actual money to guys (Huff, Molina) who are not better than the free guys you already have on the roster (Ishikawa, Posey). First, do no harm. You don’t actually have to do something just to do something. If Ladouche and Johnson won’t sign, well, maybe wait out Johnny Damon or just sit tight, spend the extra money on draft picks.
or, I dunno, put that money in the bank and invest it when you have better options.
There’s no rule that you have to spend the same amount every year. Spend less when conditions are not favorable, spend more when they are.
It’s like they never took a basic personal finance class or something. You don’t always have to pay market when the market is crazy.
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that’s my take, exactly
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 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
The Giants are smart cookies.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
chasm, hts?
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 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
It’s my understanding that none of the Smart Cookies actually know how to manage their personal finances.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
sounds like someone who’s afeared of intellectuals
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 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
"I can still get what I deserve"
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
They sound hot though.
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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and 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 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
Oh admit it
If his name was Mortimer Stankovich you would be ecstatic, just for the cheap joke potential. Every front page post for the next year would be packed with “Stank-eye” or “Mort d’Arthur”
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
or, y’know, accidentally posted before you even finished.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
I am not an opthamologist
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
Meh
/ heads back out to the pool, where it’s 75 degrees and sunny
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Jan 19, 2010 4:11 PM PST reply actions
Shit that's fuck.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 19, 2010 4:13 PM PST reply actions
I don't get it.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 19, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
WHO DOES NUMBER TWO WORK FOR?
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
So you’re saying Stankovich is a classy guy.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
All of my faith in this franchise rests in Dick Tidrow and John Barr.
I have faith that they will continue to draft well. I believe that they will continue to keep our minor league teams loaded with talented players. Eventually I trust these players will advance enough to contribute in SF. This was going to be a process, and so far these 1- year deals haven’t hamstrung our team. I am hoping that some of our younger batters can start producing in the upper minors this year.
What’s frustrating is that this Molina signing basically confirms our suspicions though— those young guys we’re placing our hopes in will never just get a fair shot to see what they can do, they’re going to have to force the big league club’s hand.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 19, 2010 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
I hate this signing as much as anyone, but in a winter where FA’s gave us the finger and signed with other teams for less money, I give some props to Bengie for telling the big money Mets to fuck off and signing for less with the team and city he wanted to be with.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
by rxmeister on Jan 19, 2010 4:14 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Agreed
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by stealth snail on Jan 19, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
PICS OR IT DIDNT HAPPEN
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 19, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO STAY IN THE BAY AREA
we should be going after her!
STANKOVICHONIA
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'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
What if I’m allergic?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
YES
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
I take pictures
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 19, 2010 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
With this move, I wish I could trust that Posey will start the season in AAA. But something tells me, he’ll be the MLB backup catcher on opening day.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
I think that’s a given
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 19, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
“We feel like Buster has proven all he has needed to in the minors. However, DINGERZ RBIZ and such”.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 19, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
DINGERZ GLAND
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I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Here's my rant
Is this signing all too bad? Not really. At the end of the day, Molina is a terrible player, but he does hit some homers and provide some power. That doesn’t change the fact that he sucks and is one of the worst players in the bigs, but Sabes has done worse (/rationality)
But in this he’s showing every weakness he has. He has no basic knowledge in statistics, he refuses to give young guys a chance, and he judges too quickly. Stats: we know Bengie’s OBP. He’s benching our best young prospect and the best catching prospect in the minors. And while he might have other reasons, it seems his reasoning for “POSEYZ NOT READY” is 17 at bats. Which in its self is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
So yeah, this signing sucks. And if there was any doubt from anyone that Sabean was a terrible GM, then ths ends it. Now, as for Neukom and the GINATZ Brass seeing it…
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Among the many false assumptions,
is the notion that Bengie is blocking Posey this year. Not quite. Buster can seamlessly move from Fresno to backup to starter, etc. without the team sacrificing a legit frontline catcher.
And another point that seems to be forgotten here: While Buster has hit wherever he has played, it seems to take him a little while to get in the groove. I have no problem starting him this year in the minors and easing him into the MLB job.
by KrazyKrabMeat on Jan 19, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
What legit frontiline catcher are you talking about?
Anyway, Bengie is blocking Buster from a starting role. And it’s a pretty much assumed that he’s a starter. And backing him up will harm his development (imo). And if it takes him awhile, it takes him awhile. Let him take the job and let him keep it
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what's wrong with ...
posey starting in fresno for the few months, then coming to back up bengie, then taking over at the end of the year??? it could happen – if he signed molina for more than 1 year i would be at 3rd & king with a pitchfork – but one year is reasonable. although i would have liked torrealba
Having him back up is useless
he’ll play once a week. It’s better for him in AAA then to back up. Buster>Molina. This team probably isn’t going anywhere anyway; let him settle into his role. I don’t have a pitchfork out; it could be far worse (like you said). I just don’t like the backing up idea at all
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it doesn't matter
if he doesn’t hit well in the first 50 ABs he’ll be on the last train to Connecticut anyway.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 19, 2010 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
legit frontline catcher … You’re right, that’s a bad choice of phrase. I meant a real, MLB starter, unlike Whiteside and/or any of the other FA catchers except Yorvit and maybe Brajas.
The point is, we don’t have to suffer through a 2nd stringer as a starter or as the only alternative to Buster being ready.
by KrazyKrabMeat on Jan 19, 2010 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
I thought that was a bad choice of phrasing
I guess it’s nice having somebody besides Whiteside. But I think Buster is ready, and I’d take a fring starter/good backup at a lower price rather then Bengie
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fringe starter
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Maybe he’s ready, but it’s a two way street: are they ready for him? I want him to start, but I don’t want him to start simply because the alternative is Whiteside.
Honestly, I think Sabean was just putting the squeeze on the catcher market by claiming that he’s prepared to go with Buster on opening day. Many of us fell for it, and got it in our heads that he’s ready.
by KrazyKrabMeat on Jan 19, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
I’m with you. It’s a big assumption that Posey is ready. There’s a big jump between AAA and MLB.
I won’t know if I like this move until I see how long they stick with Molina once it becomes obvious Posey is ready.
If Bochy knew what to do with young (position) players i wouldn’t worry at all, but he’s shown that he has no idea what to do with them.
The only way Buster sees playing time in MLB is if Molina gets hurt or plays so badly that even Bochy can’t trot him out there.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
I get why you say that, but I’m pretty sure the mandate from on high is for Buster to be the starter by, at the latest, the end of the season.
by KrazyKrabMeat on Jan 19, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
one reason, among many
is why they insist on signing a catcher this year to a 1 year contract.
by KrazyKrabMeat on Jan 19, 2010 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
Eli better have his shin guards close by!
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
Time will only tell when the season comes, but I have a hunch that if/when Gerald is brought up later in the year (assuming he is in AAA), there won’t be a problem with getting ABs regardless if the Giants are in contention or not. Maybe I am forgetting that Bochy will still be managing, but I still feel this year will be different from last.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
And as for the people saying that Posey isn't ready
give me a reason other then “he didn’t show me something”
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I KNOW RIGHT
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I'll play devil's advocate
He’s 22.
"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."
and...?
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That's younger than most MLB catchers start, I guess
Younger than most MLB players start, period.
I’m not going to get too in depth on this one.
"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."
He ripped it up in AAA
there’s nothing left for him to prove elsewhere. Let him acclimate to the job and become the stud he’s going to be
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He ripped it up in AAA
for ONE season. Prove he can do it again.
"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."
He ripped it up in Low A, High A, AAA
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 19, 2010 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Actually he skipped Augusta
He just tore it up in High A and AAA
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Meh.
I think if you do it when you’re 21, you’ll do it again. Point is, he hasn’t experienced failure yet. Call him up. IMO, he has shown he’s ready for the big league level
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Again, just playing devils advocate
But if some player X tears shit up for one season, it’s generally not considered a guarantee that he’ll repeat. I have faith that buster will turn in more good numbers in the minors, but who knows.
"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."
It's no guarantee
but as long as the player is young, it’s a solid bet. But when that player is over 35 and fat, then you can’t expect them improve…
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Basically, no one that young and with that little pro experience has ever had a productive career.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
um, what?
Dave Winfield debuted in the majors at age 22 without ever playing in the minors…just to name one.
Do you mean catchers?
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You fell in
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I don't think so
JD has been the McCoven’s token non-dumbass anti-starting Buster guy.
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I don’t mind delaying Buster’s clock but I don’t like the argument that JD is making. The only guy that really compares to Buster is Wieters and Wieters did really well last year.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Wieters did get off to a slow start, though. And he does have a few more games played in the minors than Buster.
I’m totally fine with Buster being kept down to delay his arb clock until June or so, but I’ll be pissed if he doesn’t get the bulk of the playing time after the All Star Break.
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
My plan is
To be pissed now, so when it happens I won’t get all pissy.
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."
The nice thing is that this works in American and British.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
I was actually about to go get a beer
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Go ahead.
That just advances your pissed clock.
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 19, 2010 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
I was okay with him starting AAA, I think most of us were.
This move kinda says that he’s going to spend the entire year in the minors though. I’m pretty sure that nobody likes that.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
I do think expecting Bengie to stay healthy all season is probably a stretch.
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Pretty sure he won’t lose any playing time unless he’s seriously physically unable to play
…and even then, I think they’d probably go with Eli Whiteside as a starting catcher for a few months.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Hey, remember when Bengie was hurt
And then they called up Posey, and suddenly, magically, he was able to play the next day?
Wheee.
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LIGHT A FIRE UNDER BENGIE!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
He’s too slow to run away!
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 20, 2010 1:51 AM PST up reply actions
I think expecting Bengie’s pants will kind of stretch.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
Skinny pants!
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 20, 2010 1:51 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, catchers – I was unclear.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
In that case
Johnny Bench was in the Majors at age 20, and a starter at 21. He had more at-bats than Posey in the minors, but only by about 100.
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wait, never mind
I was missing one of his minor league seasons – he did have significantly more ABs than Posey.
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265 games though… also had been basically training to be a catcher from a very young age, as opposed to being converted in college. Also, greatest MLB catcher ever.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Matt Wieters was better than Bengie Molina in 2009. He turned 23 in May. Posey turns 23 this coming March. Johnny Bench was 20 his rookie year. I think you might want to try again.
Matt Weiters, once he has had a career, will be the first that young and with that little professional experience. I believe he also spent his entire college career catching.
Johnny Bench, despite his youth, had 265 games in the minors and had spent his whole life aiming to be a catcher (on his Dad’s advice).
Buster Posey was a shortstop converted to catcher in college and has 125 games in the minors (just 35 above A-ball)… another half a year playing every day in AAA under Steve Decker would still put him on a very fast track to a starting job in the bigs.
Rushing him to the majors to fill the offensive black hole that is the Giants batting order would be sub-optimal (from a player development standpoint) and having him on the ML club and not playing would be an utter disaster. Giving him 200 or so games in the minors is a reasonable proposition, and in my admittedly unprofessional opinion, the correct thing to do.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
thank you, JD. Bench was a man at 20; Posey is a skinny kid still.
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Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
by greatgiantfan on Jan 19, 2010 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
oh come the fuck on
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by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
i know, anything other than Posey-worship is sacrilege here
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 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
No
but that argument was fucking bullshit. “he’s a skinny kid”. Give me a break with that. That is weaksauce.
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by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
whatever, bro. Catching takes a lot of strength and endurance at the major league level, whatever kind of sauce that is.
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by greatgiantfan on Jan 19, 2010 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
Ok
yeah, I’ll trust your opinion of what he looked like when you were watching from home. Even if you were at the games where he was playing, you still have no way of knowing how big he is. “He doesn’t look big enough to me” is a stupid argument, I’m sorry.
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by bondslegend on Jan 20, 2010 12:28 AM PST up reply actions
I actually agree that Posey staying in the minors until July or so isn’t the worst thing (though I have to wonder if he’d actually have a chance to play in the majors after that even if he tears up AAA).
That said, he is far from a skinny little kid. He’s listed at 6’1", 205 and he doesn’t really look skinny to me.
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he looked like 180 to me. Benito was a skinny kid, though, when he came up. He did ok.
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by greatgiantfan on Jan 19, 2010 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
Manly?
Hmmm well this is 1969:
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 11:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
BUT HE WAS FROM MY CHILDHOOD SO OBVIOUSLY HE'S BETTER THAN SOMEONE PLAYING NOW!!!11!1
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by bondslegend on Jan 20, 2010 12:29 AM PST up reply actions
He was a skinny kid!!!
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by EliminateMe on Jan 20, 2010 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Listed 6-1, 208 in 1969… virtually the same as Buster. Probably just nostalgia (and the fact that in the 50’s and 60’s fistfights were more socially acceptable than the 80’s and 90’s) but I’d still bet on Johnny.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 20, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
I just want to say
see, GGF? THIS is why you don’t trust your eyes. Because they’re almost always wrong, especially when dealing with nostalgic visions of things from your past.
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by bondslegend on Jan 20, 2010 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Forward this to wilriv while you’re at it.
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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Buster turns 23 during spring training.
Pablo Sandoval turned 23 in the second half of 2009.
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Sandoval had 452 games over 5 seasons of pro experience.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
True
That’s not what he said, though.
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TNWHS
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Jan 19, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I know, but my point is they are not equivalent even at a similar age since Pablo started his pro ball tenure so much younger.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
Are you arguing that college ball just doesn’t count at all? I generally assume that playing for a top D-I school is essentially equivalent to low A ball, even with the metal bats.
It’s nothing to disregard certainly, but I wouldn’t say that it’s equivalent – fewer games, different atmosphere. Even short season A-ball teams play more games in a season, slightly. The SAL season is much longer.
I would also contend that having it be a job is a major difference, mentally.
I know I open myself to mockery, but I do believe that getting used to working with pitchers and calling games as a pro is something catchers need experience doing. I’m willing to concede that at the ML level, basically all catchers can call a game reasonably competently, but virtually all of them also have 200+ games of pro experience.
It may be that at a program like FSU the difference is smaller, but I do think there is a difference.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 20, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
In the end
this signing doesn’t really change the playoff standing, positively or negatively. Even if Buster started, this isn’t a playoff club.
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For idiotic fans?
Definitely
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Oh totally
The KNBR/sfgate crowd thinks Bengie is good. DINGERZ
We’re not really “fans”, honestly a few regulars here hate the Giants.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
Like xanthan, for example.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 19, 2010 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 20, 2010 6:04 AM PST up reply actions
NO
NO
NO GOD PLEASE NO
NO
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
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this was my actual reaction
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Me too…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
My computer is being fixed, so I was messing around downstairs, playing DS, listening to music. Stop to check my e-mail, check McCovey Chronicles (on my phone) – see the Bengie Molina: Back on the Giants post, think it’s a joke… scroll down…
NOOOOOO!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
NO!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
It is a joke!
Surprise! Okay everyone, we can stop pretending now. I thought we pulled this whole thing off rather convincingly. We even got Keith Law, MLBTR and KNBR in on 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 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Computer issues again? What now?
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
Two weeks after we made the beachball go away, the computer froze and didn’t come back after a minute. So, I turned it off and… it never turned back on again.
So Apple has it at the moment and hopefully everything will be fixed when I get it back in a day or two.
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I’m pretty pissed, to be honest. If it has any problems at all after this for at least a year, I’m going to go ballistic.
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Jesus
that really sucks.
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by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
Thankfully my dad sprung for AppleCare for me when I got it.
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
SCOAR
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I’d rather watch Posey struggle in April and half of May then hit .300 the rest of the way than Molina…do anything.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
you mean
like bat cleanup 140 times? FLGAHREAGEAREAGSAGAWE$RGAERGWEAS
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IAWTC
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 19, 2010 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
yup
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
I take pictures
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 19, 2010 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
I HEARD HE CAN PLAY SHORTSTOP
maybe thats why we signed him
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
PENIS HANDS
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Well, penis fingers….
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
FUCK ROSTERS LETS DRINK
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
its like he is mocking us
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
the first one looks like he’s taking it in the can
…and loving it!
by KrazyKrabMeat on Jan 19, 2010 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
Hardcore double-fisted wine drinker
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 6:20 PM PST up reply actions
he looks the guy from the windows 7 commercial. the one with all the sony vaio’s
Garlic fries 08
by operation carrot on Jan 19, 2010 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
Fuck this team
I’m taking a break for a few days after this bullshit.
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
Boycott the TV broadcasts for the next week! I’m in!
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
I know
it’s easy to say it in the offseason. And look, I’m back on after merely a few hours. God i hate this team so much, and I hate that I’m basically enslaved to following them even more.
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
now only if
anybody liked Harold Reynolds
shush your mouth! he is a great man
Baltimore: A horseshit city
by BringBackBenitoSantiago on Jan 19, 2010 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
That's Harold Ramis.
"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 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
is that the one who runs around with Kumar?
Baltimore: A horseshit city
by BringBackBenitoSantiago on Jan 19, 2010 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
SS Molina
3B Sanchez
LF DeRosa
1B Sandoval
RF Huff
SS Molina
CF Rowand
C Posey
WE GOT THIS FIGUREd OUT!!!
VERSATILITY!!!
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
I take pictures
by SoFa King Mike on Jan 19, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
KNBR ALREADY HAS A "BENGIE'S BACK" AD
I want to throw sharp objects at everything and everybody I see.
Five...Five Cutler...Five Cutler Pickoffs....
My Bengie’s back and we’re gonna be in trouble. Hey-naa, hey-naa, my Bengie’s back?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
TWHS!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
I think I’m going to move exclusively away from TWSS and focus on pointing out things that other people said.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
TWSS
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Like putting them in your sig.
"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 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
It lives in a pineapple under the sea.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
I thought the DeRosa blurb was bad
but this one is unpossible.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 19, 2010 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
Technically that’s the absence of feeling.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
is you all is or is you all aint...
the same people who’ have been saying for the past few years that he’d be fine if he wasn’t the cleanup hitter? he’s surely no savior… but the melodrama people… OBP Awful. Outs made Awful. Clutch numbers down from solid 08. 20 home runs though. Knows the staff. One year. Not cheap, but not silly numbers. And Buster is still there should the need arise. I’m not touting the move as big. I just don’t all the gg bridge jumpers out there.
I think they played this one just right, though. Just this one.
I, with them, laughed at a multiyear deal for him. This is the only way I’d want to see him again. Seems to me like they won this particular pissing contest. I’m still very afraid of Renteria, Alfonzo, Perez, multiple etc… old man post roid era results.
How does Bengie Molina make the team better?
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
By quitting it?
"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 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
the color guard is colored!
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
I’ve been saying he’d be fine if he wasn’t so terrible at hitting.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
I always said this place would be great if it weren’t for all the customers.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
No, we’re the ones who’ve been saying he’s terrible.
"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
Yeah
It’s all of the mainstream people (KNBR, mlbtraderumors commentors, etc) who have been saying he’s fine except for being miscast as a cleanup hitter.
The baseball Satanist
AND NOW WE HAVE AUBREY HUFF FOR THAT!!!!
"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
Nicely played.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
Also
Bengie’s clutch numbers aren’t significantly different from his overall numbers.
"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
wow
if only there were some way to figure out of those home runs are worth all the negative value he brings with his number of outs made….
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
At the risk of falling into the chasm
you mean like wOBA?
yeah
wOBA, Batting Runs, Runs Created.
If raidoo wants to put 20 HRs as a positive vs the rest of the horrible, the least we can do is use the best values we have to see if they are a net positive.
Pete Palmer published Linear Weights in The Hidden Game of Baseball in 1984, which was actually 17 years after he first tried to get it published. Bill James introduced Runs Created in 1979.
This is really less about raidoo not knowing this, honestly. It’s more that Sabean, et al, who are professional baseball men, don’t have any idea that such a thing exists, when they have been around for so long, and successfully implemented.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
:(
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
he also drank your milkshake
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
He drank it up. :(
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
my straw reaches ACROSSSSS the across the room
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
Not okay
I think what bothers me the most is that it seems like we position ourselves as underdogs, yet there’s no reason for it. San Francisco is hardly a small market, yet we don’t make big signings, and we don’t make bold trades that really work out. We seem to settle for the scraps, which is ridiculous.
We’re really supposed to look at a lineup with the 2010 versions of Mark DeRosa and Aubrey Huff hitting in the fourth and fifth spots and think that’s okay? Really? The Dodgers have Kemp, Ethier, and Manny. The Cardinals have Holliday and Pujols. The Phillies have Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Werth, and Ibanez. We’re supposed to be happy because our lineup looks better than that of the Padres?
We’re competing in the same damn league as these other teams! Yes, we have Lincecum and Cain, but the Rockies have Jimenez and de la Rosa, the Dodgers have Billingsley and Kershaw, and the D-Backs have Webb and Haren.
There is no magical ingredient that makes our lack of hitting somehow acceptable when it wouldn’t be acceptable to any other team in baseball just because our guys have a 3 in front of their age!
despite my slight nod towards positivism above
you’re totally right. I sure was hoping we’d be further along in the rebuilding-after-bonds by now. If it weren’t for Pablo we’d be the pits of the pits.
Yeah, the hell with mediocrity as acceptable.
"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 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
I cannot argue with success.
I know, I know, “But Vic – they BOUGHT it!”
Gee, until players offer their services pro bono i suppose that’s the way the game is played.
And apparently New York plays to win – not simply to profit.
Or maybe…just maybe… they see some sort of connection between the two.
"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 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
Just after I heard this news
I was looking out over the bay and I saw a lightning bolt strike down right near AT&T Park. I guess even Zeus hates the Bengie Molina signing.
by kenarneson on Jan 19, 2010 4:33 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Actually, that was Thor. He was wielding his Mjolnir.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
HERITAGE NIGHT!
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
LOL METS
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
joke’s on us, pal
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 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Not about Posey
I don’t see this being about Posey. He was going to be eased in, no matter. This is about who that other catcher would be, and although Molina is a pretty fair hitter for a catcher, he’s also old for a catcher, and nearly a cripple on the basepaths.
So, what the hell, couldn’t they at least have made a better sideways move, like Torrealba?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD! STFD!
Repeating from tail of the old thread
Since my policy is to save the agony for actual nauseating on the field developments that count in the standings, I’ve decided to assume for now that Benjie will bat 7th, the Giants will successfully put off Posey’s Super 2 status a year, Posey will benefit immensely from catching for Steve Decker, and Benjie will gracefully hand over the starting job to Buster after the All-Star break… if you are saying anything else, la-la-la-la-I-can’t-hear-you.
Repeating from tail of the old thread
Thank you. There is just too much whining going on. Bengie should never have been in the 4th spot and, yes, he is slower than my dead aunt Clarissa. Maybe even bat him 8th although RentaWreck probably fits better (actually RentaWreck fits better on the bench — in Kansas City — but I digress). Look, Bengie knows the staff, is a pretty good clutch hitter with a little pop. He will give way to Buster as soon as mid-season. I don’t think this is a terrible move. The difference between Bengie and Russell Martin or Mauer, okay. But given who’s left on the market, it’s not worth hemorrhaging about.
Don't believe everything you think.
If I really believed the Giants would let Buster take over for Bengie at midseason, I would not be so disappointed.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
At least he will have done some dues paying – riding the bench, getting sent back down to work on his game, getting to 200 pro games caught. Bochy will look at him in a new light.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
Waiting for E's post.
"If we had signed Guerrero or Sheffield, we would have been without Brower, Eyre, Herges, Hermanson,Tomko,Pierzynski, Feliz, Snow,Hammonds, Mohr and Tucker–obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint"--B Sabean
E just shot a man in rage
Just to watch him die
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."
XKCD'D!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, this signing is bad
No, this does nothing to improve our offense
No, this is not an improvement over Posey
No, Bengie makes no appreciable difference to the pitching staff
No, this baseball team is not better than last season’s team
Yes, Bengie will be placed in the cleanup spot
No, anything said by Bochy or Sabean between now and spring training will make any difference about Bengie hitting in the cleanup spot
This team is one Dye signing away from sweeping the fucking podium in the offseason craptacular-move olympics.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 4:37 PM PST reply actions
‘and that was the worst baserunning in the history of baseball!’
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
An unfortunate but true realization
Sports are a lot more enjoyable for fairweather fans. They seem to enjoy the victories as much, but the defeats don’t bother them nearly as much. I’ll go to a Sharks game with my brother and just enjoy being there, while he’s noticing all the little things that are going wrong even if they win. If he goes to a Giants game with me, it would be the opposite.
i think it makes up for it when you finally end up getting good. it’d feel real damn good to be able to say, i was there for the ups and downs and now we have a world championship. that said, i’m 18 and i’m still not sure the Giants are gonna win a ’ship in my lifetime.
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
U R 18
Try to cheer up huh?
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."
haha i was trying this offseason. i was trying to tell myself that this was finally the year we’d transition to the young guys, and we’d be ready to make a run at a championship in the next 3 or 4 years. Now… i don’t know if i can convince myself that any of our prospects will ever get a reasonable shot, rather than getting 20 ab’s in the majors and then getting an aging veteran signed to start instead of them on a 1- or 2-year contract when they don’t adjust instantaneously. rinse and repeat, and you’ve got tommy neal and roger kieschnick turning into quad-a guys and career minor leaguers who could’ve done something if the team had ever had the balls to give them a shot.
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Depressing. Fuck the Dodgers.
I speak fluent English and Arabic and have a working knowledge of Spanish. Yet a certain GrahamCrakalaka cannot distinguish me from Mike Fox. Man...
sorry dude. i’ll work on it, and maybe come back with some optimism when we can field a team whose average age isn’t within spitting distance of social security.
also: FUCK THE DODGERS.
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
At least we signed Nick Johnson
Damn it.
Also, Fuck the Dodgers.
I speak fluent English and Arabic and have a working knowledge of Spanish. Yet a certain GrahamCrakalaka cannot distinguish me from Mike Fox. Man...
Fuck the Rockies
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 20, 2010 1:55 AM PST up reply actions
maybe...
Bengie got P90X for Christmas, and had experimental surgery to implant a chip in his brain that forces a hitter to take a disciplined approach to at-bats…
Could happen…amiright????
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Jan 19, 2010 4:40 PM PST reply actions
nope.
we don’t have surgical tools advanced enough to cut through that much blubber yet.
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
*vrrrrroooooommmmmm
revs up chainsaw
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 20, 2010 1:55 AM PST up reply actions
You know what is funny about this
If the Giants suggested any type of offseason workout regimen designed to make that fat ass lose weight and perhaps be a better baseball player, he would pout.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
If we can get Panda to do it, why can’t Molina? The fact that Panda is doing it just makes Bengie look bad.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
I don’t know that they ‘had to get’ Pablo to do it – maybe he actually is on board with the idea of having a longer, more successful career.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:42 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t that a gun? I should really stop playing Modern Warfare 2 for a bit
"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 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
NEVER!
but its hella dumb that you can have akimbo P90.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand how people play with akimbo. I hate it. I need my red-dot sight.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
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I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
Note to self: don’t GIS the word “akimbo” again.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
Going to page 2 of the results was a mistake.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
I just couldn’t leave it alone, could I?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
agreed. Bling Pro. I like to have a silencer.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
i’ve always been a fan of the thermal/hbs setup. then again, i’m more of an assault rifle/sniper guy.
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
I pretty much only use the M4 with Bling pro, red dot, silencer, stopping power and steady aim. PP2000 with FMJ and silencer dominates as a secondary weapon.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve been rocking the SCAR with ACOG, along with the Striker w/ red dot; scavenger, stopping power and commando. I’m trying out the ACR and TAR, but not sure if I’m loving those. I’ll create other classes for the purpose of getting some of the challenges done, but if I want to go on a rampage, I’ll go back to my standard set up. I don’t know if I’ve tried the M4 – I’ll have to check that one out.
The thermal is good on the Afghan map, but I’m not a big fan of the extreme scope. I’d love to have a thermal with the ACOG scope.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Ive never tried any of the other guns, I just stick with the M4. Its deadly accurate, and has a very quick fire rate which I love, but its kinda weak so i suggest you use stopping power with it.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly. Bling Pro, Stopping Power Pro, and Ninja Pro with an M16.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 8:56 PM PST up reply actions
M16?
Noob
And Ninja? Seriously? What game type do you mostly play? S&D? because not enough people use heartbeat sensors in TD to make that useful.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
No, I play Team Deathmatch. I go up a lot of stairs. Seriously, though, I can take or leave all of the perks in that tier. I just really, really hate the jackasses with heartbeat sensors.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 9:06 PM PST up reply actions
Ya, when people just camp in building with a heartbeat sensor I get pretty pissed off, but I need my Steady Aim. With the M4 you can hipfire like a mile.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
You don’t have that power. I’ll ban you for you.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
Ban me for like an hour. Im supposed to be studying right now.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
Heheheh.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
Are you folks talking Halo?
Waterskizz is Jr.
"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 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
I should too
On the "Brian Sabean should be fired" bandwagon
I want winners...and Eric Berry
I can’t stop. I’ve tried. I’ve given myself over to it.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I really hope
That part of his contract is that he must participate in Operation Panda activities.
"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."
Remember what Kuip said during that Rockies game in Denver when they lost in extra innings??
This applies here.
"meh"
Did he say
“Fuck my life”?
On the "Brian Sabean should be fired" bandwagon
I want winners...and Eric Berry
This doesn't look good, folks.
"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."
k & k
serious question:
i wonder what they have to say about this
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
VETERAN GRIT AND SAVVY
Oops, wrong guy. Sabean is who I meant
On the "Brian Sabean should be fired" bandwagon
I want winners...and Eric Berry
you’d assume so but its not like they’re idiots. im sure they have to somewhat agree with all of us who think this signing does nothing to help the offense.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
I dunno, but here's Jon Miller's reaction to the announcement
"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 4:54 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
he’s all broken up about it.
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
Kruk likes it.
Or at least he says he does.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
But, But
DINGERZ
On the "Brian Sabean should be fired" bandwagon
I want winners...and Eric Berry
To Quote the Killers
Keep Him (Buster) tied up to a dream
Only she (Sabes & Bork) can set him free
Then He (Buster) says to me
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
…The song is called under the gun by the way
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
FUCK THIS SHIT FUCK THIS SHIT FUCK THIS SHIT
This is the worst offseason ever. They haven’t made a single move I like.
At least it’s one year and for relatively cheap, but I JUST DID NOT WANT TO SEE HIM AS A GIANT ANYMORE. PERIOD.
Okay, now to go catch up on the 1000 post thread.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Overall synopsis
SHIT, THIS IS FUCK
On the "Brian Sabean should be fired" bandwagon
I want winners...and Eric Berry
Imagine if Pablo didn't hit in 2009
We would have Tejada at 3rd and Byrnes in RF. The Giants would have an all over 30 starting lineup. Fortunately, we’ll have one guy under 30.
"meh"
God, I knew this was going to happen.
I can’t wait for him to start 130 games, half of them hitting cleanup, while he hits .240/.270/.410
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
dude, he's not hitting cleanup anymore
We have Aubrey Huff, A LEGIT CLEANUP HITTER EVEN IN AN OFF YEAR, now.
"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
momma says he’s bonafide
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
He’s a suitor.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
Buster Posey is the Goddamn paterfamilias
"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 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
FUUUUUUUUUUUCK
I cant stress that enough.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 4:58 PM PST reply actions
Thank you for expressing everything I ever meant to say
On the "Brian Sabean should be fired" bandwagon
I want winners...and Eric Berry
Well, I finally got some good news today. I get to go skiing with " a couple" friends next weekend!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 4:59 PM PST reply actions
Until the bills start piling up… then you start to look over your shoulder.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
There will be no bills. I will be nomadic, sleeping in the houses of beautiful women.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
But will they even that know you’ve snuck in?
"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 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
OT
If good hitters won’t sign with us because of the park, then in theory pitchers should all want to sign with us because of the park. So if we have to overpay for hitters, we should be able to underpay for pitchers. So if Sabean believes his own bullshit, seems like the thing to do is trade our pitching for hitting and then sign pitching for cheap.
Not that I want Sabean to do that, necessarily. But maybe he should.
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz
But what does Groud have to say?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Some questions for everyone who is down about the 2010 Giants
Would you rather the Giants have a bad year and you be right about this offseason?
or
Would you rather the Giants have a good year and you be wrong about this offseason?
I’ve asked this in other threads before, but am I the only one who is still positive about this team?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I'm positive.
But Bengie Molina was a bad signing that happened for all the wrong reasons.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
B easily. No one will remember what I said. You are a terrible fan if your answer isnt B
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, still those comments have come up of “I WANT THIS TEAM TO LOSE 90 GAMES” and I really don’t understand it. It’s January.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Where are those comments?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I didn’t say that I wanted this team to lose 90 games. I said that I think this team will lose 90.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
You really think this team has gotten that much worse than last year to become a 90 loss team?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Last year the team outperformed it’s pythagorean record by about 4 wins. True talent was an 84 win team, not 88. I don’t think the pitching will be quite as good because our 5th starters last year were actually quite good and Cain was better than his peripherals. So there’s a couple wins. The bull-pen is also likely to regress. Plus, do you really expect that all of these old hitters (Huff, Molina, DeRosa, Rowand, Sanchez) will maintain their performances? I don’t. I don’t think the current line-up is a 90-loss team, but they do have major fall-off-a-cliff potential if any key players get injured.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I guess I kinda understand the reasoning behind that. They want to lose 90 games so Sabean will be fired, and the FO will be cleansed. Its the same reasoning behind the Holocaust.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
If the Giants win 90 and make the playoffs, Molina gets re-signed for 2 more years. Buster Posey is in Fresno, again. And the Giants go with 30 + players for 2011.
"meh"
They also would be continuing to make improvements as a team if they made the playoffs.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Unless they were simply damned lucky.
"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 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
What?
/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 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
/seriously concerned about the California educational system
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."
so that makes… umm… im at a loss
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 19, 2010 7:38 PM PST up reply actions
I would say that you could argue A was a preferable result...
…because B would be a fluke and reinforce Sabean’s stupid behavior. But it’s pretty clear Sabean doesn’t learn from his mistakes, so that’s out the window.
"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
Would you rather the Giants have a good year and you be wrong about this offseason?
This is always, always, always preferable.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, but some people (not targeted at anyone specific) seem to have such pride in bashing the Giants, that it definitely seems like even if the Giants do well, that there will still be reasons to bash them
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I don’t have pride in bashing the Giants. I really, really, desperately want them to get a clue and start learning from their mistakes. But that keeps not happening, and thus they richly deserve all the bashing the lunatic fringe can give them. It’s a pretty sad state of affairs, really. Especially considering how good the team was from 1997-2003 or so.
"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
It seems silly to get on people’s cases for bashing the Giants – outside of last year, which looks flukish, the Giants have been BAD since 2005. When the Giants give me more reasons to be positive about them, I’ll be positive. But just because I’m a fan of the team doesn’t mean I’m going to pretend every move they make is awesome if I don’t think they are.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
We bash because we love. We want them to win and they keep making mediocre to bad moves.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
yeah
If we didn’t have an obsessive-compulsive love and dedication to this team, do you really think we’d give two shits about Aubrey Huff?
"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
.75 shits, tops.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
I’m still of a believer that fluky or not, we should give the Giants the benefit of the doubt after what they did on the field last year
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
What they did on the field last year, all things considered, even if you ignore the fluke aspect, was not all the impressive. Less than 90 wins, team OPS+ in the 80s… the pitching was good and I don’t think you’ll see anyone complaining too much about the pitching (except for maybe starting the year with Bumgarner in the majors), but until the Giants show any indication that they understand how offense works, I’m not giving the benefit of the doubt on that.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Part of what they did last year
Is field one of the worst offenses in all of baseball.
What are we complaining about right now? The offense.
"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
If you wanted to see people not bashing the Giants, then you should have joined this blog in 2003.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
Really?
You really need to ask this? Is this some sort of True Giants Fan test or something?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
heh
I have to admit, I rolled my eyes when I read heimy’s post.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry Heimy
But it’s true. I did. =/
I think asking a bunch of people who hang out on a Giants message board for hours on end during the offseason if they want the Giants to win is a little silly.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
Ok ok its just I don’t understand the moves that could have been made this offseason to make the team better yet everyone still bitches.
Johnson took less money to play in New York.
LaRoche took less money to play in Arizona.
Bay apparently didn’t want to be here.
A Holliday contract would have been enormous and who knows if he wanted to be here and…
people are freaking the fuck out about how bad this offseason was, when really I don’t understand how the money would have been better spent.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I think convincing people that they want to play here is a big part of Sabean’s job.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Well, we really don’t know the process on that. He very well could have tried.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Which might mean that Sabean is bad at his job…?
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I’m beginning to suspect that Sabean is exactly the reason why FAs aren’t interested in the team. He makes capricious signings and non-tenders, and doesn’t seem to know how to fill out a roster. Why subject yourself to such chaos?
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Because french vanilla jerseys are the shit. And so is the staff.
Show up, do your job, cash your check, marvel that you play for the west coast Yankees – as far as following in the footsteps of baseball greats.
And it’s really a pretty city.
What’s more to want?
"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 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
I think that all sounds groovy. But I also don’t have to spend 162 games with the organization. It’s kinda like when you have a job you really love, but the boss is a fucktard that spoils just about anything you try to do. You’d rather work for someone who is a little bit less stoopid and destructive.
And also, the Giants are just so schizo when it comes to their players – it doesn’t make for a feeling of good job security (Garko is thinking about this now).
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
I honestly would have rather seen them stand pat if none of those options would have worked and save the money for international signings or the draft.
The thing is that the Giants have spent a ton of money now and I don’t think they’ve made significant upgrades in any case.
I think Garko/Ishikawa could do as well as Huff for about the same money.
I think Lewis/Bowker/Schierholtz/Torres combination could do about as well as a DeRosa/Schierholtz/(Byrnes?) combination in LF/RF
I think there were many second base options out there that could have been about as good or better than Sanchez and I don’t know why they rushed to sign him
If they couldn’t sign any hitters, I don’t know why they didn’t try harder to sign another starting pitcher and a bullpen arm – we could have used the depth
etc.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
So far we havent had trouble signing our big guys in drafts. We don’t know the process in international signings, but to have the 20 million or so just unused from this offseason wouldn’t make sense. Instead that money is put to 1 and 2 year contracts which means we’ll have this money to use next year and the year after
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Also, if the Giants just went with Garko/Ishi, didn’t sign DeRosa and stood pat, and only upgraded at 2b with someone over Sanchez, I don’t think too many people would be happy here either especially when everyone is so up in arms about the offense, as they should be
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I hate this argument. I really do. Perhaps I wouldn’t be happy but I would still think it was preferable to DeRosa/Huff/Sanchez.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
look, this isn’t a personal thing to you. The fact is if you weren’t happy, someone else would be and thats the no win situation of the offseason it seems
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Well, there’s never going to be an offseason where everyone’s happy (except for maybe the offseason the Mariners had this offseason.)
I don’t know why you’re so concerned with other peoples’ happiness.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Hey, I’d rather just the Giants have positive fans.
I’ve said this a few times too, but I’m a company man now.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Well, I think a site of always-positive fans would be really dull, so to each their own.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I agree that I love this way more than say, what the fans do at Purple Row, but am I the only ultra positive one here?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
obsessivecompulsivegiantsfan
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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/ponders pot as a balm
"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 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
I’m more positive than I think I get credit for. I’ll acknowledge that there’s a small chance that Huff goes back to being a 100/110 OPS+ guy, or that DeRosa might be an above-average hitter in a lineup that doesn’t have a lot of those, or that Bowker might save the day, or that Sanchez might bounce back to be a .300/.340/.440 guy, or….
But I have to be realistic: those things aren’t likely on their own. The probabilities get worse when you’re counting on more than one.
I hope the team hits well. I don’t think it’s likely, though.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
It is nice that Grant has the most fair & balanced opinion of the Giants.
/puts apple on desk
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."
I would actually like to hear your take on what you think the most ideal Giants offseason would have been, with what we learned about guys like Johnson, LaRoche, and Bay who may not have wanted to be Giants
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Assuming all the hitters on the market were not interested in the Giants, I would have signed Rich Harden to a one year deal, Kiko Calero to a one-year deal, re-signed Garko and signed Kelly Johnson after the non-tender.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
You cant’ tell me Harden would rather pitch at Arlington than AT&T.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I didn’t say ALL hitters didn’t want to be Giants and I really doubt pitchers wouldn’t want to be here.
I actually thank you for posting your ideas. So many people talk about how shitty the offseason is/was but don’t actually say what they think should have been done
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I do think hitters are wary of coming here but I think Sabean is partly to blame for that. You hear him talk about hitters not wanting to come to SF but you never hear him say that the park actually favors hitters. He just helps perpetuate that idea that it’s a bad place to hit.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
He probably doesn’t realize that the park is favorable to hitters.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
+109
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
“How can it be favorable to hitters when our hitters can’t hit ????”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I’m positive once the game starts. I actually can’t take a lot of the GDT because of the negativity. But when the game is over, I come here to gripe.
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."
But there’s no point to those 1 and 2 year deals when the Giants have players who are probably just as good.
And the Giants haven’t had trouble with the big guys at the top of the draft, but that could allow them to take more tough signs in the second/third/etc rounds.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Don't Just Stand There, Do Something!
Sabean is angling for another contract extension. Yes, he signed a bunch of players that, when compared to what we have, are probably at about the same level of quality for a lot more money. However, if he had stood pat, and the offense had stunk again, Bowtie would have fired him. Now, if these veteran players tank, Sabean will make the argument that he signed players with good track records, and they didn’t perform to expectations, but he didn’t touch or block his prospects, so the team’s long-term outlook is still good. Also, if we didn’t win 88 games last year, he probably could have gotten away with not signing too many vets, and waiting another year for the prospects to reach the majors. With the raised win total came raised expectations. Bowtie expects a playoff spot this year, or heads will roll.
by GiantFaninDodgerLand on Jan 19, 2010 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
they could have not spent the money this year.
And spent it some other year, when the options were better. Or put it into international signings.
They don’t have to spend the same amount every year. That’s foolish
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
The way people are talking about how hell has frozen over because of this offseason, I honestly can’t tell what people really think about their team
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I'll sum it up for you
We love the Giants. We hate the way the Giants are run.
"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
Thank you.
Being a fan does not mean you have to think, “Well, Aubrey Huff has been pretty bad 4 of the last 5 years, but he’s a Giant now so I think he’ll be great!” It’s well within your rights to do that, but I’m not interested in it.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Yes, being a fan does not mean you have to believe the following
Someone who hit .304 with 32 home runs the year before last and then had a really bad year isn’t a garbage hitter. That’s what we like to call a low risk $3 Mill signing with HUGE upside possibilities. Get you sh*t straight. And Derosa in left, as opposed to Lewis, is definitely an offensive and defensive improvement. So basically, 88 wins… PLUS having Freddy Sanchez all year, PLUS Renteria likely improving off of by far his worst season ever, PLUS the upside of Huff’s power (who doesn’t have to play if he keeps sucking, meaning that he can’t hurt us… he can only help), PLUS Derosa’s offensive and defensive upgrade over Lewis in left, PLUS having a stud prospect (bumgarner) come up to lock down a 5th starter role that was very inconsistent last year, PLUS the maturing of all of our already stellar young talent (Sandoval, Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez)….. I’d call that an overall improvement. suck it.
The baseball Satanist
Oh, geez, where is that from?
"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
That was my front page post yesterday.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
You just saved howie a 5000 word essay on this subject.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
I’ll save it for the offseason NinersNation threads.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
That’s like when people would criticize President Bush, and then people would question their loyalty to the country.
"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 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
Oh hell.
I question the government’s use of the military in local chat rooms and get run out on a rail for hating soldiers.
"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 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
I’d rather the Giants have a good year and me be right about the offseason.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
Ive never wanted to be Rick rolled so badly.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 5:07 PM PST reply actions
Also, I can’t wait until the Giants sign Eric Byrnes or similar and the Giants end up with one starting position player under 32
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
D:
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 19, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
I banned BillyMaysHere. His last three comments I’d seen had been obscene and homophobic, and I’d given him a warning, so I thought he deserved the ban
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
It was a righteous ban.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
I banned BillyMaysHere.
Thank You.
I had a bad day today and spent it trying to recover a hard drive and OS after one of my store managers added a tool bar with a bad piece of malware.
So… I come home, sign into McC hoping for some Giant news. What I got did not make me happy. I think it’s time to go bed and start this day over
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yea his comments were a little messed up, i just didn’t understand how someone could say something like that
ummm what did he say?
Baltimore: A horseshit city
by BringBackBenitoSantiago on Jan 19, 2010 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
ohhhhhhhhh
good riddance
Baltimore: A horseshit city
by BringBackBenitoSantiago on Jan 19, 2010 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
Saw this coming a while back. IIRC, he/she was already banned under a different name, correct?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
NOOOOO WHAT DID YOU DO
Just kidding. He deserved it.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
The next time Sabean mentions how he wants to make this team younger, someone should throw a tomato at his face
"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 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
Because the lycopene will make his skin look younger.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 19, 2010 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
Wow.
Talk about an entrance!
"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 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
This is the Internet.
It’s spelled “simular” here.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:20 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah I officially don't want him anymore
Adopted father of the prettiest player in the organization, Nestor Rojas.
by stealth snail on Jan 19, 2010 9:33 PM PST up reply actions
What are the chances that this offseason has humbled Molina a bit and we will have less pouting in 2010?
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
He ate the entire humble pie. But then he poo’d it out and ate an ego pie that he’s still digesting.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:21 PM PST up reply actions
This move shows me that the Giants have no clue about what constitutes a good baseball player.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
What's #3?
Must wear fatigues on his off day?
"When you look at him, you say: 'Holy God.'" - Pete Carril on Tyreke Evans
Jeff Kent?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
Sabean took 23 million dollars of Bow Tie’s money this offseason and wiped his ass with it. And he did it right after receiving an extension…lol.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:14 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
To be fair, I think Sabean really believes he improved the team. But contrary to his 13-year-old statement, he is an idiot.
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."
Someone is not paying attention.
"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 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Caller on KNBR
Says to trade Posey for Carl Crawford. Also says the Giants will hit 160 homers.
"meh"
So the question now is
Obviously they are going to pull the whole “we don’t want posey on the bench”, so he will go to AAA…so does Whiteside start the season as the backup or will they bring in yet another OTH veteran…?
I don’t think there’s any money for another OTH veteran
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
not even an ST invitee?
I can totally see them bringing in Mike DeFelice or Alberto Castillo or something along those lines, just as an FU.
OT
Anyone else being a political nerd and refreshing websites to get live results from Mass.?
"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."
I wasn't
But I am now! Hopefully we can turn this into a political thread and things will get really messy.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
liberals sux
"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 5:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It is a lost cause
Coakley is getting stomped.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn't say that.
Way too early to tell, and there will be a ton of votes to count.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
You can buy cheap Coakley shares at In Trade
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
53-46 with 21% reporting. It doesn’t look good.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:44 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed.
But still too close to call.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
If she wins, I hope this serves as a wake up call
This is MA. The seat has been D for how many decades? This should have been a walk.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
She ran a horrible campaign and, honestly, seems like a horrible person from what I’ve read.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Dem pollster Mary Anne March just called it for Brown. =/
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
Bad candidate, bad campaign and a state with a majority of independent voters… the Democrats’ incompetence would be funny if the consequences weren’t so grave.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
53% in 52-47
I’d say this is close to over.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah.
What a hideous move. What an awful candidate. Who made that decision?
So you know how people always make jokes about the Democratic Party being stupid? I get it now.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
They have handled prosperity very poorly
"When you look at him, you say: 'Holy God.'" - Pete Carril on Tyreke Evans
the same ones
who have yet to have a candidate file papers to run for governor
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 20, 2010 7:25 AM PST up reply actions
what she did in that “alleged child abuse” case was despicable. She’s deserves to be disbarred.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
She was awful.
It’s hard to feel bad about her not becoming a senator… That said, I’m pretty unhappy with this result. I’ve got a friend with a congenital health defect. Naturally, coverage is next to impossible for him to find. This bill would have solved that problem. It disturbs me that men and women across the nation are fighting so hard to deny him coverage…
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Looks good to me =)
"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."
Boston has only about 3% of their votes counted. It will lean huge towards Coakley.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
The Boston/Cambridge vote is all I can hang my hat on at this point
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
Boston is half in and Coakley is not closing the gap enough for it to make a difference. I would say it is about as close to over as you can get without calling it.
If it is any consolation to the MA citizens, Brown may be moderate enough to pull a Nebraska and ask for some voting payola to pass health care reform…heh
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 6:20 PM PST up reply actions
AP projects Brown as winner
Unconfirmed reports of Coakley calling Brown to concede.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
Looking pretty done.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
It's over
Maddow is losing her shit as we speak. If I wasn’t so mad, I would consider it funny.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
Jon Stewart lost his shit last night.
That was pretty funny. I’ll catch the Maddow meltdown later on…
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
What I don't get
is why the Democrats act as though it’s absolutely impossible to get anything done w/o the fillibuster proof majority. Pretty sure the Republicans have been able to get plenty done w/o it for decades.
Basically I’m sick of the Dems constantly disappointing me in everything.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
This.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
That was Stewart's point.
Bush never had anything close to a super majority, yet did what he wanted to do pretty much all the time.
The Democratic Party is Giantesque in its ability to disappoint.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Because the Republicans would vote against a law outlawing the imminent nuclear annihilation of the entire world if it meant actually compromising with the Democrats
by crazedcrustacean on Jan 19, 2010 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
Can’t blame today on the Repubs. The Dems shot themselves in the foot.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
Feet.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 8:10 PM PST up reply actions
That would require a lot of coordination.
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."
Something neither party appears to have.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
It doesn't matter who wins
Both political parties have failed us.
"meh"
by SFGuy on Jan 19, 2010 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't know
I’ll set the over under at Aug 1, 2010
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
I am now the part-time Mayor of 311
I am giving up my seat licenses (unless someone wants to actually shell out money to buy them from me) and buying into the group who has had the seats next to mine since the ballpark opened. I thought I would regret that more than I do, but this team has taken us all for granted for 6 years (in my opinion; I know others around here think much longer than that… say, where is E these days?). The utter cluelessness with which Sabean approached this winter is appalling— as if the contents and relative prices in the free agent market are somehow not foreseeable THREE GODDAMN YEARS IN ADVANCE.
Anyway, I’ll be in VB 311 a few times per month, and happy for being less of a sucker.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
This reminds me – I’m looking for good tickets for the July 18th game against the Mets, as a treat for my niece and nephew-in-sin (who is a NY native and lifelong Mets fan) who will be visiting (I had hoped to boo Molina in a Mets uni; now I’ll just boo him in a Giants uni, I guess). Anybody here have any suggestions, or perhaps be willing to sell me a few tix?
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Prediction: tix will be plentiful
Unless it’s a Lincecum start, I guess.
I would be glad to, as one of your biggest stalkers (heh), but I don’t even know if I will get them that day, and I am hoarding the day games for the Heir of Mayor and myself. But yeah, I think you’ll have options.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 19, 2010 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I just figured out your name
"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 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a music reference.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
Wow xanthan, stop being so negative, I bet you would like this if Jack Zdurenick made it!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I’ve got this feeling that the 2010 team will be very similar (but without the amazing luck) to the 2009 team.
MY THEORY
Pos 2009 * 2010 LF Lewis = DeRosa CF Rowand = Rowand RF Winn < Schierholtz 3B Sandoval = Sandoval SS Renteria = Renteria 2B Awful < Sanchez 1B Ishikawa > Huff C Molina > Molina
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I’m not so sure Schierholtz will be better than Winn, but I can dig the rest.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Sandoval will regress a bit
No real reason why. Just a hunch.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I could easily see that happening.
Of course, i could also see him having a crazy season.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
ya
I actually think he’s gonna take a step forward. His average might nog be as great, but I think he’s gonna have even more pop, and he’s gonna get walked more as a result.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 19, 2010 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
babip
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Hitters have more control over their BABIP than pitchers, so it isn’t a total red flag. Jeter’s BABIP has been as high as Sandoval’s for his entire career. Watching Pablo, you can kind of see why he’d have an above-average BABIP. Dude makes solid contact.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
He looks like a guy that can have crazy high BABIPs. His plate approach worries me a little but he was walking more at times near the end of the year.
#1 FanShot Champion
the only thing I worry about Panda-wise is if he tries to hit for 4 or 5 guys in the lineup, and ends of flailing
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 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
GTFO
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 19, 2010 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
Back up 3B
for the Fresno Grizzlies
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
I don’t like Nate but his field appears to be good and I’m sure he can outhit Randy’s 2009 wOBA of .302
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Nate is my last hope for a Giants homegrown position player in the lineup (other than the obvious, of course), so I’m really hoping he goes out there and puts up a +10 defensive season and a .335 wOBA or something.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
CHONE predicts Huff will be better than Ishikawa and DeRosa will be better than Lewis.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
I don’t know what goes into these projections but they have Fred at 1.3 WAR and DeRosa at 2.3.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
playing time, probably
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
FanGraph’s has DeRosa as a 3B/2B for some reason, so he’s not getting docked -7.5 runs like Lewis is. The point is that they both profile has league average hitters with above-average defense in LF. Lewis is a much better baserunner, too. So you could even spot him a few runs on the basepaths.
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No, it doesn’t, it predicts 0.9 WAR for Travis and 0.6 for Huff
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Neither should be starting for your favorite team at first base. But Travis is free and at least has a bit of youth on his side. He’s a much better defender as well.
#1 FanShot Champion
Plus if you think of it as a platoon with Garko, they could probably combined for more than 0.9
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I thought we didn’t want to mention G-A-R-K-O in front of X-A-N-T-H-A-N.
Gets him all wound up.
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."
Yes. Future generations of marketers of meat will call repackaging the same crap and selling it the next year as "The Giant."
And I don’t think that your RF assessment will pan out that way, at least not conclusively. I will be glad if Nate goes out there and rakes, but… we shall see.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jan 19, 2010 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
If you liked the team more, you’d be on board.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
THIS MOVE WILL BE TOPPED!
…
by the niners when they draft Tim Tebow with the 12th pick.
In Sabean Logic: This move actually SAVES money by allowing the Giants to leave Posey in AAA until July!
Also, can someone please summarize the 1111 posts (probably more now) in the original thread. I mean, anything beyone “no.ooooooooooo.com”
Stupid Mets, can’t even get stupid right!
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
by the niners when they draft Tim Tebow with the 12th pick.
Stop that.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
Look in your heart Grant.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
If I look in my heart, there is a fiery sword. If the Niners draft Tebow, I will pull the fiery sword from my heart, and I will mete justice as I see fit. Few will be spared.
Also, the Niners aren’t drafting Tebow. Stop that.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
After the announcement was made that Tebow and his mom will appear in a anti gay marriage commercial during the Super Bowl, is there really any way he’d be welcome to SF?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Yahoo announced it as an anti-abortion ad. Was there an official announcement about what it is officially?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
anti gay abortion
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
The holy grail.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
Thursday night- 7PM
Castro Theatre- be there! Terry Jones will.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 20, 2010 7:27 AM PST up reply actions
How would that work, just wondering
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 20, 2010 2:06 AM PST up reply actions
If you need to ask, then you’re not ready to know.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 8:39 AM PST up reply actions
Ah you’re right. Theres this…
Though Focus on the Family gave little detail about the commercial, the presence of both Tebow and his mother in it, as well as the organization’s well-known pro-life stance, suggests that the story will include how Tebow’s mother refused to have an abortion while she was pregnant with him despite having suffered from a life-threatening infection.
Still probably won’t be toooooo favorable in SF
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Yeah, I Facebooked about it the other day.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
I remember that. I expressed my admiration for abortions.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
I remember:
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, that’s not the right screencap.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
It’s just his facebook name.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
Why in the world would you black out my last name. It’s not a state secret, arrogant mod. Also, what in the hell is that picture? Did you superimpose some weird stalker picture over my real Facebook profile picture?
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
I think it’s Pony Boy
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
Holy cow, the Karate Kid was in The Outsiders???
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
Hitler Ponyboy
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:02 PM PST up reply actions
Oh. That’s clever. About .1% of people who’ve met me will swear that I’m a dead ringer. The other 99.9% are normal.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
I choose to believe you don't look like Christian Slater.
I saw that guy on Top Gear one time, and he insisted on pronouncing Prius as Anglically as he could. It really bugged me. Also, he lost in a fist fight against that Broken Arrow chick. What sort of boxing fighter pilot gets his butt kicked by a park ranger?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I guess delorean was the first one to mention it around here:
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2007/8/8/5834/97693#1239076
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
you know, great for her that she made that choice and it worked out.
but I don’t think I’d be out of the grougthink here if I think that not everyone should be forced to the same decision she made.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
Missionaries
don’t set up shop in Florida
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
I was going to rec this comment, but I don’t want you to get the wrong idea. I don’t like your comment, but I really like stopping that.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
Hey McCovey Chronicles, I am not really a fan of the SF Giants resigning catcher Bengie Molina
just thought Id see if anyone kind of agreed with me on that..
Its funny because fuck the dodgers
Apparently Tim submitted 13 million and the Giants offered 8
I hope they get something done because the Giants will LOSE. They should have offered 10.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I mean seriously what the hell
That’s an AJP-esque lowball right there
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Maybe they’re going under Ryan Howard’s MVP number by a little, claiming that Tim only has two years of service time where Howard had three?
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 19, 2010 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but 2 CY in 2 and a half years is more impressive than a ROTY and an MVP in 3 years.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I don't even want to think about it.
Especially when you see guys like Jack-Z spending an ocean AND locking down their big time ace for years and years to come…
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Posey needs to develop more muscle before he is ready.
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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body bias
"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 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
lol
I haven’t seen a lineup like this since bonds, not to mention the rotation
The baseball Satanist
Hmm
Is this the best offensive lineup since bonds?
I think this lineup has a good chance to score more runs than any team post- BLB
"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."
Well, all it has to do to do that is score 658 runs this year, so.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Only 4.1 runs per game!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
….wha?
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
On the "Brian Sabean should be fired" bandwagon
I want winners...and Eric Berry
by MadBum on Jan 19, 2010 5:43 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
They should hang that from the street lamps around the ballpark this season, in place of the “play with balls of fire” ones
"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 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
With one starter over 30
I agree
On the "Brian Sabean should be fired" bandwagon
I want winners...and Eric Berry
I think its 2 right now
Pablo and… Lewis/Velez/Nate/Bowker
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Oh, I'm expecting either Dye or Blalock to sign
and either Dye will be in RF or Blalock will play 3rd, Panda will play 1st and Huff will play RF. Ugh.
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
You should make a fanpost about signing him
I’m not sure very many people have talked about that possibility.
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
The day's first chuckle.
Still looking for guffaw…I need a good guffaw right now.
"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 7:06 AM PST up reply actions
LOL
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 19, 2010 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
I’m watching a game from 2007.
Bengie just ended an inning by grounding into a double play.
"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
even Panda at catcher would be better than this scenario
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 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn't go that far
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
dude played c more than any other position in the minors
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 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
But he can't play it anymore
plus the strain of catching could hurt his hitting which would be a death sentence for the Giants
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
maybe catching would put a strain on Posey’s hitting
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 11:54 PM PST up reply actions
I think playing Catcher is part of Posey's value
Sort of like Posey is a good hitting catcher where as Pablo is a good hitter who can play anywhere but his hitting is so critical that they want him to play a less stressful defensive position
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Yeah, it's been killing him in the minors
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 20, 2010 12:29 AM PST up reply actions
He must have been dogging it down to first because that’s the only way that happens.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
The Fuck!
I thought this was a joke. Apparently I missed a lot today. Was there a lot of rage involved?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 5:56 PM PST reply actions
the original douche is back???
The Rockies and catcher Paul Lo Duca have agreed to a minor league contract, according to MLB Home Plate producer Brady Gardiner.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
and the love letters
Bowkermania had second thoughts about running wild over Venezuela.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 19, 2010 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
Oh gawd no
should I start writing an “I hate LoDuca” story now
by crazedcrustacean on Jan 19, 2010 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
and Dave Roberts
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 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
Johnny Bench? That’d be nice
"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 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
WTF
This is a sad day in Giants history… It must have been all that damn whining he did on his blog.
where’s Timmy… we need to light it up…
:/
by thel33whosnotazn on Jan 19, 2010 6:13 PM PST reply actions
In honor of the Molina signing, I feel like I need to tell what I just ate for dinner
Home made tacos with home made salsa.
It was better than taco bell.
The baseball Satanist
And more effective than the Taco Bell diet!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
salmonella
will do that.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 20, 2010 7:29 AM PST up reply actions
Not just salmonella
E coli, shigella, there are options.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
My wife made mozzarella & spinach panninis with a side of fries.
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."
I just made a hot ham/cheese/egg sandwich.
But since I didn’t take a picture of that I’ll throw up tomorrow’s dinner….wait…
"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 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
VERY limited menu.
"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 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
frankie, the barrett-jackson auction is on again
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 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
Damn...gotta miss it. I've had a long day admonishing.
But if you see a late 60s Datsun roadster or a Porsche 914 snap ’em up for me, wouldja?
I’m good for it.
Just, you know, not right away.
"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 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
ok
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 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
I accept cash, and/or old giants ticket stubs
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 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
maybe we could interest you in a 1956 BMW Isetta?
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 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
Nothing smaller than a 2002 will do.
"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 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
$46,000 for the Isetta. meh.
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 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
Nothing
And my blood pressure and heart rate are fooked. This has been a bad day.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 19, 2010 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
I was going to microwave my dinner myself, but then my grandma did it for me. I’m completely incapable of doing anything as a person.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
Except take pictures of yourself
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Give howie a break!
He’s too pretty to not share!
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
Nice bow on top.
I speak fluent English and Arabic and have a working knowledge of Spanish. Yet a certain GrahamCrakalaka cannot distinguish me from Mike Fox. Man...
Those are cat ears.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
XKCD'D!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
You’re so black.
I speak fluent English and Arabic and have a working knowledge of Spanish. Yet a certain GrahamCrakalaka cannot distinguish me from Mike Fox. Man...
…..
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure. It was across the street from WonderCon. So… maybe?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry, just trying to comment on the whole every-Starbucks-is-the-same.
My cousin always works WonderCon. And Comic-Con. Last year she was at the media sign-in desk.
JUST A CITY BOY
by shanghaijim on Jan 19, 2010 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
Chow mein and char siu
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
awesome
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 20, 2010 2:13 AM PST up reply actions
cereal
"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 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
I heard it was raining outside.
Ed McMahon called, you didn’t win the million dollars.
That girl that smiled at you the other day? You had a piece of lettuce in your teeth.
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."
Well if its anything like this, she’ll be back but only after realizing she can’t do better anywhere else, thus settling to stay with you.
Sorry, too soon?
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
i lol’d cuz im a dick
but seriously be aggressive this offseason
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jan 19, 2010 7:57 PM PST up reply actions
PUPPIES
I remember the puppy cam these people did last year
Got me through some bad days, not gonna lie.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Now I’m thirsty for some warm milk.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
how is it a jpg?!
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
by Tim LinCyYoung on Jan 19, 2010 6:48 PM PST up reply actions
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 6:52 PM PST reply actions
By the way, who the fuck is this CBS5 guy with these past couple breaking stories on signings?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 7:00 PM PST reply actions
Dennis O’Donnell?
I speak fluent English and Arabic and have a working knowledge of Spanish. Yet a certain GrahamCrakalaka cannot distinguish me from Mike Fox. Man...
Somehow, this signing keeps reminding me of this pic.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 19, 2010 7:00 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
I knew it was your work just by the look.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
Urban's take
http://www.csnbayarea.com/01/19/10/Urban-Molina-Back-in-Port/landing.html?blockID=160904&feedID=4481
Here’s a little preview
Sure, the Giants told you they were fine with Posey as The Man once it seemed clear that Bengie wouldn’t be back. What else were they going to do? Give the Yorvit Torrealbas and Ramon Castros of the world leverage?
No, they had to tell their fans that Posey was ready.
Because let’s face it, it’s a lot easier to get your fans jacked up about the promise of the reigning Minor League Player of the Year than it is to sell them on the band-aid that would be a short-lived Rod Barajas era by the bay.
All the while, though, Bochy — a former big-league catcher — was whispering into the ears of his buddies among the Giants’ brass.
"Buster’s not ready, guys. You gotta trust me on this one. His bat will play up here, but his D isn’t there yet. This pitching staff deserves better."
We know this because (a) well, we just know, and (b) the Giants started slightly backing off their Buster’s-The-Man stance last week.
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
This part gave me heartburn:
It was obvious that the soft market wasn’t going to give Molina what he wanted. It’s just that kind of year again. Call it collusion all you want, but overweight 35-year-old catchers don’t figure to command three years and $18 million even on a terrific market.
It was one year or nothing for Molina, and for one year, the Giants made the most sense. He knows the city, the pitchers and the fans. He knows the Giants have, as of now, a much-improved offense.
And perhaps most important, he knows that Posey needs to play every day at this stage in his career.
With the “Good Ship Bengie” back in a bayside berth, Posey will be shipped out to the minors again before opening day.
Somewhere Bruce Bochy — the skipper — is smiling.
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Uh
Who the fuck was calling it collusion and who would think it was?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
a mid 30s catcher with a sub 90 OPS+ last year isn’t getting much attention? OMG COLLUSION
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
When I grow up, I swear I’m going to sue Brian Sabean for every bad deal he’s made (ahem Nathan, Liriano, Bonser, and cash for Pierszynski ahem), and then assume the new title of GM.
I speak fluent English and Arabic and have a working knowledge of Spanish. Yet a certain GrahamCrakalaka cannot distinguish me from Mike Fox. Man...
NOBODY FUCKING WANTED BENGIE MOLINA SO I GOTTA SCOOP IT UP WHILE ITS THERE
Sincerely,
Brian Sabean
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
*SWOOP
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
I wish they would decide whether it was Buster’s bat or his D that’s not ready, because it seems to flip flop on a monthly basis
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Posey isn’t ready.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 7:20 PM PST up reply actions
“three seam fastball” LOL
I speak fluent English and Arabic and have a working knowledge of Spanish. Yet a certain GrahamCrakalaka cannot distinguish me from Mike Fox. Man...
Finally the Truth…he doesn’t sound as bitter as we do though, and that’s not ok >:|
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 20, 2010 1:57 AM PST up reply actions
Alas all he needs to do now is say SIGN JERMAINE DYE and the cycle will be complete and the heavens shall weep mighty tears of acid rain upon the fair city of Saint Francis.
Book of McCovey 4:55
Hey Fred Lewis, remember Mother's Day?
by anotherbadexcuseguitar on Jan 20, 2010 1:59 AM PST up reply actions
Better get one of these ready
- a real burger btw. cost 399$
Garlic fries 08
by operation carrot on Jan 19, 2010 7:23 PM PST reply actions
Please help me with my Resume
I am applying for a job as a MLB General Manager. I figured I should highlight the following points:
1. I have the longest active run as a General Manager in the big leagues, which validates me
2. I made some great trades last decade
3. I can recite anyone’s batting average and RBI total from memory
4. I have good rapport with anyone who hits 20 HR a season
5. I can put my managers in position to always have a 20-HR, 80-RBI man to bat cleanup
6. I realize that there is no metric that has aptly proven that there is such thing as a measurably better way to call games behind the plate
7. I know what wOBA is
8. I know what a .295 OBP isn’t: professional
9. I won’t fill areas of minimal need with signings of maximum expenditure in comparison to the market
10. I haven’t kicked a tire, ever
11. I can beat a base in a foot race to first base
12. I am not Brian Sabean
8. I know what a .295 OBP isn’t: professional
I feel I should make this my sig but
If I hear the term “Professional Hitter” uttered by Sabean I am going to break something.
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
295 OBP is better than what he had
He was 285 last year.
2 freakin 85.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
by beat_la_25 on Jan 19, 2010 7:55 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
Pretty much my reaction.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
That guy looks a lot like WalrusMan.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
That looks like seven words.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
Semantics.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/1/19/1260768/bengie-molina-back-on-the-giants#29171872
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
Its a reoccurring nightmare!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
A Möbius strip of ban.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand you lost me
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
LOL from MLBTR
Grant of the McCovey Chronicles blog is, shall we say, less than enthused about the Bengie Molina signing.
Thing A
I can’t wait for the MLBTR comments saying “OMG I HATE MCC THEY’RE SO NEGATIVE WHY WOULDN’T THEY WANT BENGIE BACK”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
ahahaha
A healthy Wang would be such a sweet addition to the cards rotation.
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
ehehe I was about to comment on that
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
my wang is healthy—where do I sign up?
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 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
ever listen to Comedy Death Ray Radio?
available on itunes. Often extremely funny.
They play “Would you rather” One example was “Would you rather have a perfect body or a perfect boner”.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
I find it to be too funny to listen to at work. Hard to get anything done when you are convulsing in laughter.
Tom Lennon’s Little Gary is way funnier than it should be on paper.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
Cyber Thug has been my favorite character on there. Nick Kroll usually is hilarious too whenever he is on
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
I also like Chupacabra.
Que paso, baby?
I only found it recently, so I’m having fun going through the archives.
Would you rather be a dog in a loving home, or a deer who runs a towing company who is doing “alright for himself”?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
I want to see Ovo, except for the insects theme and oh yeah, I effin’ hate contortionists!
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Cirque is awesome.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 8:10 PM PST up reply actions
LOLFRENCH
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I don’t know if this was posted yet:
The 35-year-old Molina can earn an additional $1.5 million in performance bonuses based on games started.
The incentives are based on games started? Awesome. It should be easy for Bengie to meet them then, at which point $4.5 + 1.5 = $6M salary in 2009.
WIN!
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
This is so perfect, it gives them an excuse not to bring Buster up
IT WOULDN’T BE FAIR TO BENGIE AND HIS INCENTIVES!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
You know, I think I’ll be okay with this move is Bengie takes some steroids.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
So he basically got LaRoche's contract?
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Well, if it’s based on performance, then we’re safe.
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
Ctrl+A
So what did I miss?
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
Mostly just everyone is talking about how awesome Bengie Molina is.
by Into the Void on Jan 19, 2010 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
We love the signing
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
yeah, I hate the "funny" contestants on Idol though
oh, signing
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
Why would you want to select everything on this page?
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
Ok, since i’m pretty much done talking about Molina for the time being… OT: COLLEGE IS FUCKING AWESOME
HOW SO?
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
Well… For one, if you don’t have a girlfriend, it’s fucking awesome, the eye candy is fucking awesome, and just the free time you have is awesome also… like i just got back from the rec… such a great place if you got nothing to do, work out and just stare at wonderful women
Awesome. I’ve been working out and staring at wonderful women. In fact, I just came back from working out.
But where are you getting this free time!? Oh yeah, you’re probably not applying to law school right now.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
This is true… I do have a girlfriend… but, stupid me, i should’ve gone out and experienced other girls… first GF and been together a year and a half… so now i want to go out and see what else is out there… no offense, i love my girlfriend
I'm sorry - what?
Either you have a girlfriend and it’s a closed relationship or it’s an open relationship.
Or is it a relationship at all?
"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 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
closed dude… i mean like howtheyscored said, i’m a newb… i dont know much about relationships, i’m a senior in colleege, and this is my first relationship…
It’s cool. I’ve only ever been in two relationships.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
honestly dude, i want to experience what else is out there… but if i wanted to i could probably marry this girl… and i think she’d love that…
Are you playing the field with her consent?
"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 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
Yea, i would say so… kinda fucked up last week, but i wont go there for the sake of this being a baseball forum
You already have.
"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 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
Aw. hell.
I hope for her sake that what you confusedly say is true, that you’re "seeing what’s out there’ with her consent – because if she honestly cares about you and it’s not with her consent you could really be fucking someone over.
"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 9:12 PM PST up reply actions
In terms of “seeing what’s out there” i guess i made it sound wrong… she flirts, i flirt… but at the same time, i should have said here, i “would like to” but i wont do it when i’m going out with her
I'm giving your attempt at spin control a C-.
Just think about it.
And notice how many people bring those kind of intimate details out here for all to see.
"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 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
Not be a newb.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Go back in time.
DON’T tell the world you “screwed up with your girlfriend”, then post this.
… I do have a girlfriend… but, stupid me, i should’ve gone out and experienced other girls… first GF and been together a year and a half… so now i want to go out and see what else is out there… no offense, i love my girlfriend
Because to the jaded eye it seems you’re saying you’re looking to play on her.
DON’T SAY ANY OF THIS and you get your damned A.
"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 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
Do I get an A?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
You get to change Bengie in and out of his catcher's gear while he stands there looking bored.
"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 9:33 PM PST up reply actions
I’m sure that can be arranged.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:34 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure that what else is out there isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
Relationship N00B!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:00 PM PST up reply actions
what free time?
I only have time for gym, school and studying
GTL, baby
Gym, Tan, Laundry
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
Hey, just because you’re full doesn’t mean you can’t look at the menu!
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
(Do not tell my gf I wrote this.)
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
Sorry. Sometime between 10:24 and 10:25, I told her.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
(My comment was a joke anyway.)
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
(I’M SORRY OK SOB)
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
Hey, no need to resort to namecalling.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
Ah yes: The Bengie Molina Theory.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Im psyched! I get to go skiing and stay a couple night in a cabin with “a couple” friends next weekend!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
HELL YEA!!! up in tahoe? man, i miss skiing… haven’t done it in quite a while… plus there’s really no place to go do that here in Ohio, it’s pretty flat
Ya up in North Shore it should be sick.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
Ya. I have no idea. I told my parents it was me and like 5 friends, but it may end up being like 20ish. In a really small cabin
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
That is tight, i need to get up there in Tahoe… except, my friends like the ocean more than the mountains
i like the beach every once in a while, but Im not crazy about it.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
I guess i’m there right now… i’m getting sick of the beach, but you know what? It’s a great option to have
Youre on the beach? Oh right, those big lake thingies. Well ya, but this is why I love California. The geological diversities
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
the best thing about Sacramento is
that we’re an hour or two away from everything cool.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
That is very true, however, that does matter a lot less when you work in an office all day.
I’m really looking forward to the warm days when I can put the top down and tool around up in the mountains.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
Hahaha, yea i see what you’re sayin, it’ll be fun during the summer… it’s awesome you can go up to the mountains and get the cooler weather… likewise with us in the east bay, where you just drive to the city where it’s 40 degrees cooler
for me, the East Bay around there, on the East side of the hills, has the best climate. Its about 10 degrees warmer than here in the winter, and 10 cooler in the summer.
I might be biased since I grew up there.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
LIES!
Sacramento is not that bad. I’ll believe it into the grave.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
but in the middle of nothing cool
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 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
haha this.
college is the shit.
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
FUCK IT
I quit. I’m becoming a Mariners fan. Life is easier without this level of incompetence.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
You’re abandoning your adopted son?
I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
Sabez will trade him for Griffey Jr soon anyway.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
You can join that guy who quit to become a Red Sox fan.
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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Oh Crap
It’s too late for me to go through this whole thread. I will tomorrow. But the first 50 posts/replies or so may constitute the funniest thread ever started on MCC. I’m busting a gut.
Dammit.
Bengie is fat. I’m fat, but I ain’t that fat.
I keep reading...
…that Bungie will hit lower in the lineup, so this move ain’t so bad. I still envision Bochy penciling him in at #4. What says he won’t?
Fuck
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 9:03 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
so, Kermit represents Giants fans?
which means that the Chef is going to screw him before he cooks him?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
You’d only have like a 30% chance of even being arrested.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
My uncle thinks this is a good signing...
and then went on to say that Pablo Sandoval isn’t that great and has serious weight issues.
ffffffffffffFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Status: Feels so broke up. Wants to go home. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.
wow
Pablo might have serious weight issues, but contrasted with Molina…ye gods.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
Was Molina at 23 was as chubby as Pablo is now?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 19, 2010 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
BANNED
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I SWEAR TO GOD I ONLY WARNED HIM!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 9:33 PM PST up reply actions
Pika! I thought you had my back!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
Haha it wouldnt let me post so I thought Howie did. I thought he didnt realize it though. I thought about X-Box live messaging you, but I just Facebooked Howie.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
You’re just lucky that you facebooked the right Garrett Croker.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
Well I found you through the Mccovey Chronicles fan page. I even left a threatening letter there for you.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
oh ya huh. That would have taken a while.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
My facebook is impossible to find. I have cleverly hidden it behind my real name and my yahoo e-mail address.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Im friends with 49er16 and BVCE
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
Its all about the fan page now
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
TWHWHCS!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
You will never find me
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Past-tense LOL
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Everyone here's cool and all
but I’m only FB friends with people I actually know. But the group is awesome.
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 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
You found me?!?!?!?!
that’s impressive. Or I guess maybe we’re listed in the group or something.
No worries, I get friend requests from people I went to school with and I was like “meh, I don’t really even know you anymore”. I just don’t like having 200000000000 status updates every time I log on. I know you can hide stuff but I’m just too lazy for that
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
WTF
YOUR NAME IS ANDREW TOO. I knew you were awesome
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
What’s a facebook?
I don’t need my employers, former students, current parents, prospective employers, idiots from high school, or drug addled family members trying to find me.
"ignore" is your friend
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 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
My company has a page and it works great to promote new products. Free advertising is nice!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
Facebook is a website where intellectuals gather to discuss philosophy, etc.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
Thats a side of you I havent seen
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
Also
Where some people share what they’re going to name their future kid
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...
Wait
what did you do to get warned??
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
This was my feeling
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Thanks to roger
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by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Whats that mean? You think im not badass enough?
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
bondslegend is badass because he comes across as being one… swearing every chance he gets and isn’t afraid of an argument
well
Fuck
what do you think of that?
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
/warned
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
WHATS A METTER PIKA? TOO BADASS FOR YOU???
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
WERE JUST TOO BADASS FOR THIS BLOG. BETTER GO SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN HANDLE THE HEAT, LIKE PURPLE ROW
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
You’ve been warned, fucker.
:)
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
what a buncha fuckin’ lightweights
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 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
actually… i was gonna say someone go over there and start something.. that’s just giving a bad reputation here
i’ll text the shit outta all of youse
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 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
dude, i need to chime in on your marriage plans
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 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
Or
bondslegend is a baddumbass because he comes across as being one
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I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
i JOKINGLY asked Howie to ban me so I could study for finals
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
And I JOKINGLY warned you!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
But I didnt ASK to be warned!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
I still have time to ban you, you know.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
Oh God, he did!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
It wouldnt let me post! And I dont close the window so I never saw the warning!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll ban you before you can get me!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
He’ll do it, too! He’s crazy!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
FIGHT THE POWER! Army of two! Were all we’ve got Pika!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
Oh damn. Howie is really in trouble now.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
Nah, I’m the dude who killed William Wallace at the end of that movie or whatever.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
I was gonna go with The Bucket List, but then I realized they probably die at the end of that movie.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Stay home and watch them with your girfriend.
OK, I apologize for that.
(No he doesn’t.)
"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 11:15 PM PST up reply actions
DRACULA MUSICAL
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
I’m writing a short story where Dracula’s brides are all dudes. I haven’t gotten to the sex scene yet, and I’m not sure what to do when I actually get there. Sex is not easy to write, particularly between three dude vampires and some hypnotized dude.
/actual story I’m writing.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
Damn. That’ll get published. Stupid me and my stupid semi-comedic ww2-lieutenant-wakes-up-a-vampire-in-2002 idea.
But let’s see. Do your vampires have working penises, or is this all just teeth and tongues a la Anne Rice?
JUST A CITY BOY
by shanghaijim on Jan 19, 2010 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
Oh man, it’s penis city. Seriously.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 12:03 AM PST up reply actions
TWSS!
First One!
Baltimore: A horseshit city
Sometimes I just want to be a Pirates fan. No pesky expectations
by BringBackBenitoSantiago on Jan 20, 2010 12:22 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, okay.
Well, the mechanics can be straightforward: oral and anal penetration with forcible genital stimulation. Happens all the time.
JUST A CITY BOY
I gotta hand it to ya, Shanghai...
…well, no I don’t.
i suspect you’d just grab it! (wink)
"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 6:58 AM PST up reply actions
It’s not the mechanics of the act that I find difficult to fathom. It’s the mechanics of the writing. It’s writing it in a way that doesn’t sound ridiculous and stupid. People have spent thousands of years trying to write sex scenes that don’t sound stupid and silly, and most of those failed miserably – and most of those didn’t involve a harem of vampires.
Some of them did, I guess. But I’m pretty sure those all sounded stupid and silly.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
How much of the erotica you read was written with the male POV?
Also, I have yet to meet a woman who didn’t enjoy a gentle yet firm bite on her neck.
I will, of course, continue my field research.
"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 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
Ah, well. Personally what I try to do is not write as if I’m trying to turn anybody on. I wrote this gay sex scene in my WW2 novel and focused on the POV character’s profound conflicts—his revulsion and his self-hatred combined with his lust and his actual love of the other guy. I think if you focus on the sex it becomes silly (because sex is kind of silly, and gay sex very silly, and gay vampire sex …) Maybe focus on the monstrousness of the vampires, so the silliness becomes grotesque.
JUST A CITY BOY
by shanghaijim on Jan 20, 2010 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
The detached and dispassionate aspect, eh?
Personally what I try to do is not write as if I’m trying to turn anybody on.
/deletes Shanghaijim contact info
"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 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I also have written hot baseball slash, but that’s for Baron to know.
JUST A CITY BOY
by shanghaijim on Jan 20, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
First mention of penis city on McC
You must be so proud.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
I’m practically bursting with pride.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
‘swollen with pride’
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 20, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
Dammit, that’s what I was going for.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
Well then you still get fucked up by that army of rebels at the end (played by me)
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
No, in my version I run away.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
But then I track you down on my dragon
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
But I killed your dragon earlier in the movie and also I slept with your women.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
Yes but my dragon had already mated with my women and created a half-dragon half-human. It can fly and it is super intelligent. And it hates you.
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
I’m no longer a character in your beast-porn.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:39 PM PST up reply actions
This is your big shot at the limelight!
GrahamCrakalaka
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 19, 2010 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
It’s cool, though. We kept our clothes on and slept head to foot and everything. God, I wouldn’t touch them. I’d feel terrible.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:39 PM PST up reply actions
Great. With this signing, Sabean has officially made the current team in my sig WORSE in CHONE WAR than the team the Giants would have had had he not made any signings in the field over the last 3 years and signed Alfredo Amezaga to play SS this year.
Let's Play a Lineup Game!
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz
The Kids' CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Sabean's Vets' CHONE War projection= 12.6
holy fucking hell
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Chone War
Really wish Lucas had stopped with the first 3
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
I think of Chone Figgins batting his evil twin
by DFAAurillia on Jan 19, 2010 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
I always misread CHONE as CHODE.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 19, 2010 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
Riiiiight
"mis"read
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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if I were to win it
could I tell Panda it is ok to take walks?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
We must get you into this meeting.
Meanwhile, I’m still dueling with “clubpapi” who has high bids on BOTH the 10 pitches and Timmy. I do not want someone named clubpapi having a private one-on-one meeting with Timmy. TIMMY RUN AWAY DON"T GET INTO HIS VAN
JUST A CITY BOY
by shanghaijim on Jan 19, 2010 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
Kyle Boddy finally posted something at Driveline Mechanics, but it seems he won’t be doing much more of it. It’s too bad, I enjoyed his work with the slow-mo breakdowns of pitchers.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Jan 19, 2010 10:24 PM PST reply actions
Bengie is so good at blocking wild pitches though!!
ooops! did i say wild pitches? i meant to say Buster.
I don’t have time or the inclination to wade through the thousand + posts in this thread, but let me be one of the few, if not the only one, to say welcome back, Bengie. One year is just right so that Posey gets the time he needs. The last thing the Giants needed to do was set back or even ruin a prospect of his caliber by rushing him into the majors before he is ready. And while Sandoval, Huff, Molina, and DeRosa aren’t Murderer’s Row, they will be an improvement over last year.
Molina is going to hit cleanup again
and anyone who thinks other wise is a fucking naive fuck (not really, just making a point). THAT is why this move pisses me off. Like grant said, if it was someone with bengie’s production who “wasn’t bengie molina” I’d be like “meh”. But since it’s Molina, Bochy is going to play it the same way as last year and have him hitting 4th, which will ruin the team and gut the offense.
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by bondslegend on Jan 19, 2010 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
Perhaps, but likely not
They hired Huff to bat cleanup, even moving Pablo back to third in the order, by all accounts, to do so. If Huff hits like last year, then we may well see Molina back in the cleanup slot, but assuming Huff has even a modest rebound, Molina is destined for fifth or sixth – either which would suit him better. Bengie has excellent home run power – for a catcher – but he isn’t anyone’s prototypical cleanup hitter. Including Bochy’s. The sad part of the last two years is that Bengie probably was the best cleanup hitter – after Pablo – that the Giants had on the roster.
It is nice – in a not really jumping up and down exciting sort of way – to look at this lineup and see four hitters, instead of two, who have legit shots at 20 plus home runs. Hell, if they’d give Uribe a shot to start at short, it might be five.
I agree that the offense might be better than last year
and I also agree that Posey shouldn’t be rushed, but re-signing Molina is embarrassing. As for this:
Bengie probably was the best cleanup hitter – after Pablo – that the Giants had on the roster
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 20, 2010 7:42 AM PST up reply actions
In the normal, non-stathead world, the stat that most people place first in importance for a cleanup hitter is home runs. ISO or Home run percentage would be useful as well, but the point is that in making up a lineup usually the player with the best home run power is placed in fourth position. OBP is a great stat for knowing how often a player gets on base, but tells you absolutely nothing about the power needed in a cleanup hitter. OPS+ is nothing more than OPS compared to the league average and park adjusted, which is a lousy stat that tells you less than the two stats, OBP and SLG%, added together do separately. It’s best used by people who can’t hold the two better stats in their head at the same time. It is a lousy indicator of power, and a lousy indicator of who should bat fourth in a lineup. So, no and no. Not that saying Molina was their best option as a clean up hitter the last two years is saying a lot, but your stats don’t refute the statement.
usually the player with the best home run power is placed in fourth position.
That’s probably generally true, but it’s also dumb. Not that lineup decisions make that much difference, but OBP is still more important than HR, even for the cleanup hitter.
It’s not just generally true; It is also the primary criteria every major league team uses and has used since the end of the dead ball era. High OBP players in the first two slots with and best hitter hitting third and the best home run hitter hitting fourth makes sense. Home runs are the most efficient method of scoring runs and the threat of them changes the game. You may well disagree with how major league baseball is played, and think those who make up the strategies of how to play it are “dumb,” but I don’t think there can a be a real dispute over what is the primary trait looked for by MLB teams to choose a cleanup hitter. Home run power. On the Giants, the last two years, that really boiled down to Sandoval and Molina. With Pablo being the best hitter and a better choice for the third spot, that left the ill-suited Molina to bat fourth.
Almost ruined a great day
This morning I got accepted to my top choice Ph.D program. I was on cloud fucking 9 until I saw this. It’s been a mediocre day ever since. Fuckin-a.
Nice! what’s the discipline?
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 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
I would not let this team ruin your happiness
And congratulations!
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...
Semi-Repost
Credit to Sabean_Is_Iago for reminding me of this article.
Is a GM Gap Behind the AL/NL Disparity?
The Worst: Oh boy… This was surprisingly (and depressingly) easy. In no particular order, the Frightful Five are: Dayton Moore (KCA), Omar Minaya (NYM), Ed Wade (HOU), Ned Colletti (LAN), and Brian Sabean (SFN). Seeing those names together gives "Murderer’s Row" a new meaning. I’ll pursue the increasingly uncanny Moore/Minaya dynamic at length some other time. Suffice it to say, no one would blink an eye if tomorrow Minaya lectured Mets fans about "trusting the process" while Dayton Moore held a press conference at which he accused Joe Posnanski of gunning for a player development position with the Royals. Ed Wade’s Brandon Lyon contract aside, his organization is sort of like the Royals except older and without the glimmers of hope in the minor leagues. Some may feel it is unfair to put Colletti on this list given his team’s success, but look at the cash he has (or, more accurately, had) at his disposal relative to his divisional rivals. Then there’s Colletti’s mentor, Brian Sabean… That I’m so impressed that he’s restrained himself from resigning Bengie Molina sort of says it all.
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The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz
The Kids' CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team's CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
I am resigned to the fact I'll hear Jon Miller say this on opening day during player introductions
Batting 4th and doing the catching, #1 Bengie Molina!!!!!
"meh"
worse yet, Renel’s shrieking voice
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 11:57 PM PST up reply actions
<3 Renel
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Jan 20, 2010 12:04 AM PST up reply actions
and 80 other times
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 20, 2010 7:43 AM PST up reply actions
Yep
read the last comment. reeks of ignorance
http://www.sfgiantsbaseball.net/sf-giants-rumors-2/sf-giants-rumors-molina-is-back#comments
Baltimore: A horseshit city
Sometimes I just want to be a Pirates fan. No pesky expectations
by BringBackBenitoSantiago on Jan 20, 2010 12:28 AM PST up reply actions
Haha can I adopt him?
Baltimore: A horseshit city
Sometimes I just want to be a Pirates fan. No pesky expectations
by BringBackBenitoSantiago on Jan 20, 2010 12:31 AM PST up reply actions
I got like 8 words into the first comment and had to quit
it was something like ‘buster should get some more abs in the minors’
Its funny because fuck the dodgers
How can anyone tell if they need to work out or not? How could this person know he needs to work on his abs?
"meh"
buster should get some games in the minors but then come up later in the year when he is watchin molina catch he should have a clippboard and pen and take notes as well as molina and buster one on one time
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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It's not the worst thing in the world
Would Buster Posey have been fine? Probably.
Will Buster be even better if he has another year in the minors under his belt before he comes up? Probably.
"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."
You guys know the real reason for the signing?
Scapegoat for Sabean.
Reporter 1: “Hey, Sabean, why do the Giants suck so bad this year? Why can’t they score any runs?”
Sabean: “Well, Bengie told me that he was coming into his power years, so I should look to see him hit 30 HR’s, and steal 20 bags this year…. He lied to me…. you aren’t going to blame me for that, right?”
Reporter 1: “No, I guess not. You totally deserve an A+ for all the players you’ve brought in over the years that have done well…”
Sabean: “Jeff Kent… totally my idea.”
Reporter 1: “yeah, thanks for interrupting me, but yeah, Kent was a great move. Can you name a second move that can compare to Kent?”
Sabean: “…..”
Reporter 1: “um….”
Sabean: “Wait…., uh…. Barry Bonds? I totally resigned that guy a couple times.”
Reporter 1: "Kinda, but not really.
Reporter 2: “What about the Zito, Renteria, and Rowand deals? How do you rate those?”
Sabean: “A-…. I mean, Zito kinda bounced back last year, Renteria is healthy and Rowand was pretty decent with the Phillies, you know, I mean dude, if this was 2007, this team would be badass, and don’t forget Huff and DeRosa.”
Reporter 1: “How did we get so off topic? I thought we were talking about why this team sucks, and not why it has so much imaginary potential”
Reporter 2: “I don’t know.”
Sabean: thinking to himself, (Because I have the Force, and I do a mind trick on the fans every year by giving them a sense of what ‘could’ happen by getting guys who were good a couple years ago. I mean, it worked once with Ellis Burks, it could work again.)
We've hit prime time gaiz
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